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Exodus

Four in ten in San Miguel are foreign

oreign residents now make up just under half of the population of San Miguel in south Tenerife. The figure was given recently by the town’s mayor at the launch of a programme of activities aimed at integrating non-locals and enhancing

cultural awareness. Mayor Victor Chinea revealed that around 3,000 of San Miguel’s 18,000 registered residents are British, no doubt attracted by the great weather and sporting facilities, with a further 500 from Italy. Other significant population groups are Venezuelans and Cubans, according to

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the council’s statistic unit. The diversity-oriented activities, collectively entitled Exodus, run from 11-14 October with a host of different activities reflecting the changing face of the borough and the new cultural mix that lives and works there. On the 11th, and coinciding with the inauguration of the

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Breege O’Donoghue Doing things the local way: We talk to Primark director Breege O’Donoghue football Page 16

Princess Letizia Recent visit to Tenerife

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Loro Parque first

Ice Age stars are born S

id the sloth would have been proud of one of his descendents at Loro Parque who has just provided the Puerto de la Cruz zoological theme park with two new additions. Bimba, a two toed sloth, became the first of her species worldwide to give birth to twins in captivity and has started a flurry of interest by animal experts, biologists and veterinary surgeons all over the globe.

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Facilities such as the borough’s golf courses do attract a lot foreigners to the area

new Plaza Pública Llano del Camello, arts and crafts from Peru and Venezuela will be on display, visitors can sample gastronomy from around the world, Bollywood dancers will abound, as will music and movement from Chile, Sierra Leone, Bolivia, Venezuela, and Brazil as well as the Canaries. All in all this promises to be a fun filled afternoon for all comers of all ages. The British Consul will also be hosting an information stand, under the banner ‘Vivir en España, Living San Miguel’ with staff on hand to give out leaflets and information to interested parties. The event is a welcome move by the San Miguel council and a positive reflection of the moves in the Islands to encourage and assist integration in the many boroughs with high non-Spanish populations. On average 15 per cent of the population of Tenerife is foreign.

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Operation Zumo

Joint op drugs bust I

n another successful joint operation, the Guardia Civil (the Spanish Civil Guard) have dismantled a British organisation involved in drug trafficking in leisure centres in Levante and the Baleares. During Operation ZUMO, a joint operation between the Guardia Civil and SOCA (UK Serious and Organised Crime Agency), 12 British nationals were arrested, five vehicles, one boat, precision scales, and 53,000 designer drug pills were seized, and a cannabis planta-

tion dismantled in Crevillente (Alicante). According to police sources, the members of the group travelled regularly to the United Kingdom in order to smuggle the drugs hidden in double-bottom suitcases and vehicles from there. Some of those arrested are believed to have also had contact with a smuggling group dismantled by the Guardia Civil last August during the course of Operation Flecha. From the start of this operation the investigators were in contact with SOCA who sent a number of officers to assist

Stop press

Shopping trip

Fancy a shopping trip to Gran Canaria and the new Primark store in the CC Las Arenas?Flight Finders are promoting a limited availability trip on October 15th. The company specialises in this kind of trip and no doubt, if successful, will be organising more Primark days away. More information and booking on 922 714172. (See ad on page 55 and our interview with Primark director Breege O’Donoghue on page 15.)

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Rivero opens centre

During the course of the operation vehicles and boats were searched

the Spanish authorities during the investigations. It is another excellent result from these joint operations and should send out

warning signals to any groups hoping to profit from smuggling drugs or other contraband across borders.

Stepy Johnson coverage

ITV in Tenerife

As readers may know the case of Stepy has been making headlines, not so much for the crime he is accused of but for the amount of time he has now been on bail, nearly three years, and confined to Tenerife. Stepy’s business and health have suffered, though the courts have allowed him to return to the UK on one or two occasions to deal with urgent family matters and visit his doctor. The team from ITV were

and UK justice systems work and why delays of this nature are, unfortunately, all too frequent here. During their time they visited the offices of the IC Media group and spoke to the Island Connections editor about the case. Stepy still has no court date, but is in much better form and seems upbeat about his prospects when the case finally does come to court. We will keep you updated as the case progresses.

n investigative team from Britain’s ITV news channel were in Tenerife recently following the following his case and exploring case of Stepy Johnson. the differences in how Spanish

Canarian president Paulino Rivero has described the new health centre in Playa Blanca (Lanzarote) as “world class”. Rivero and regional health minister Mercedes Roldós travelled to the island recently for the formal inauguration of the facility, which has already been operating at full capacity for some time. The health centre, which is open 24 hours a day, serves a resident population of just under 11,000 and an estimated 15,000 holidaymakers in Playa Blanca. It replaces the previous centre, which was partly demolished to make way for the new building.

Canarian economy

Rating agency blow

The Canarian economy has been dealt a major blow with the decision of prestigious rating agency Standard and Poors to downgrade the region’s creditworthiness. S&P announced on October 4th that it had cut the Canaries’ credit rating to AA- due to the less than positive economic prospects, particularly the likelihood of a further rise in unemployment. S&P also alerted to the dangers posed by the high level of government debt here, which could jeopardise the region’s finances for years to come.

Cruise news

New Queen in town

As has become customary, Cunard’s latest transatlantic cruise ship will be visiting the Canaries during her maiden voyage. The 14 day trip calling in at Spain, Portugal and Madeira as well as three Canarian ports was the fastest selling trip in the company’s 170 year history, it sold out in just 29 minutes. The Queen Elizabeth will be calling in at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on October 18th, Santa Cruz de Tenerife on the 19th and Santa Cruz de La Palma on the 20th.

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Princess of asturias Miss Tenerife 2010 Judith Estela Guerra

Royal visit

Tenerife 2010

Miss and Mister Tenerife elected F T ollowing a special dinner and pre-gala parade of the candidates for these two titles at the official venue, Hotel Jardín Tropical in Costa Adeje on September 30th, the winners were chosen in the Plaza del Cristo, La Laguna during the following weekend.

There were 28 contestants from all parts of the province for each of the two titles. Judith Estela Guerra, representing the discotheque Big Ben, was chosen as the most beautiful woman in the province and was crowned Miss Tenerife by Amanda Perdomo, her predecessor. 21 year-old Judith, 1.75 metres tall, is currently studying her second course of a superior cycle of physical sports activities. The title of Mister Tenerife was won by Alberto José Pérez Lorenzo, representing La Palma. He takes over the title from Roberto Baez. The new Miss and Mister Tenerife will now go on to represent the province of Tenerife in the contests for the titles of Miss and Mister Spain.

he Princess of Asturias, Doña Letizia, wife of the heir to the Spanish throne, Principe Felipe, arrived in the Canaries recently for her first solo visit to the Islands. Her first call was to Gran Canaria to the El Pino hospital centre then on to a busy afternoon in Tenerife where she visited the TEA arts and study centre and the Auditorio de Tenerife. At TEA the princess met a group of local preschoolers (comforting a small Asian boy who was overwhelmed by the fuss), unveiled a plaque to

honour her visit and saw one of the exhibitions. In scenes which sometimes were more reminiscent of the Keystone Cops than a press call, photographers and journalists scurried about in the entrails of the TEA building, popping up providentially just minutes before the Princess and her entourage entered the next staged setting for her visit. General comments were that if she always moved

about so much, it was no wonder she is so slim. In the evening the Princess presided over the V for Vida (life) awards and the handing over of the latest investigation grants from the AECC (Spanish national charity fighting cancer) in the capital’s auditorium. She has accepted the nomination of the charity to be their honorary President and

made a brief, succinct address underlining the importance of a healthy lifestyle to reduce the incidence of cancer and the importance of investigation in the fight against this disease, “to win in the long term, and reduce the incidence of cancer in our society”.

Merlin Retirement Resort

A safe and secure retirement

The newly established Merlin Retirement Resort is holding open days on Saturday October 9th and Sunday October 10th, from 12 noon, on site in the resort (entrance opp. Tropical Park hotel). The new retirement centre promises to offer 24 hour on site security, help and support. Apartments (studios or one bed) are comfortably furnished, and are for rent, not sale. They will be available from the beginning of November. The weekly fee includes all meals. More information by calling Chris or Lynn, (0034 634 150 514).

Under the influence

Mayor apologises

The mayor of Buenavista del Norte in Tenerife made a public apology to the town for setting a bad example by driving under the influence of drink.

Victor Lorenzo was involved in a collision with a bus late on Friday October 1st and faces prosecution after traffic branch officers found him to be well over the limit when he was breathalysed at the scene. “I admit I did something I should not have done by driving the council’s jeep to a private lunch at which I took a couple of glasses of wine and a liqueur” said a repentant Lorenzo, who denied the drink had anything to do with the accident, in which one woman passenger suffered minor whiplash.

Paper slammed

General strike call

Tenerife daily El Día is under fire for calling for another general strike, this time to press the independence claims of the Canary Islands.

The paper’s editorial on October 5th makes the case for a repeat here of the recent nationwide day of action, but as a means of pressuring the rest of Spain to take seriously the region’s desire (according to El Día) to split from the rest of the country. “There is no reason why, six centuries after we were colonised by force, we should continue to be Spanish” argues the editorial. The strike call was been ridiculed in other sectors of the media within hours of the paper appearing on the newsstands.

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La gomera

Hermigua mayor Solvieda Clemente

Gran Canaria

Tourism recovery

he tiny hamlet of Aceviños boasts a population of just seventy-three souls. They are the remnants of the once flourishing community that farmed and lived in the beautiful surroundings of the national park forest. Most of the seventy-three are elderly. Their children and grandchildren live elsewhere. Some stayed on the island, but the majority left long ago for Tenerife or other destinations far less beautiful than Aceviños, but less isolated. The few younger people living there are foreigners, with at least one English couple among them. Whilst the abandoned villages of La Gomera slowly crumbled in the second half of the twentieth century, untended, if not forgotten, by their distant owners, the island’s growing popularity as an independent tourism destination provided new potential populations: younger, northern Europeans. Aceviños has started, very slowly, to grow again in terms of inhabitants, but the new community bears little resemblance to the old. Although cordial relations between foreigners and locals are enjoyed, life is very different there now. The foreigners are generally well-heeled, in as much as they arrive with funds to buy and renovate the houses they live in, they have cars and tend not to have to work the land they bought from dawn to dusk to make a living. They generally keep themselves to themselves. The problem posed by this form of, admittedly very gradual, rural repopulation, is that basic services take a long time to catch up as the new population is often foreign, with poor language skills, little experience of rural, community life and, ver y impor tantly, has ver y little inclination to change the isolated rural idyll. Enjoying the Good Life somewhere like

They shall go by taxi By Barbara Belt Aceviños is charming when you can hole up at your leisure, do a bit of gardening, commune with nature and then escape in your four-wheel drive down to Valle Gran Rey when it all gets a bit much, or pop over to the capital to shop whenever you need anything. Life there without transport has never been easy and is especially dif ficult for the present, local population because of old age, infirmity, a lack of family and community support and a marked lack of interest in changing the status quo. Living the end of your life cast as a quaint, ageing local character for the newcomers is of limited appeal. How much nicer to be independent, to be able to go and come as the fancy takes you. Until now, this has been impossible, but there is hope on the horizon in the form of Solveida Clemente, Hermigua council leader and the island’s only mayoress. Solveida Clemente helped the villagers of Aceviños to put in an official request for public transport in February

this year. It went to the Cabildo and chief Casimiro Curbelo assured press then that, “...we will have contracts drawn up between the town council and local taxi drivers to provide this service immediately”. However “six months and many requests later, the promised Cabildo help has still not materialised,” says Clemente. “So we’ll do it ourselves. We’ve told the villagers to meet and give us the timetable they’d like. Then we’ll put on a regular taxi service from the village to the centre of Hermigua. From there, they can hook up with the island’s bus service. We can’t leave them all stuck up there like that. It’s shameful”. The new taxi ser vice will also pick up passengers in the neighbouring village of El Cedro. There is, of course, a political element to this tale. Our PSOE majority Cabildo always experiences unfortunate and mysterious delays when required to deal with councils of a different political party and nationalist CCN party won the last local elections in Hermigua.

The better than expected August figures for the holiday sector in Gran Canaria have revealed that tourists from other parts of Spain have overtaken the traditional mainstays of the island’s industry for the first time. Statistics compiled by the Gran Canaria Cabildo show that the number of Spaniards who holidayed on the island in August topped the 55,000 mark, 6,000 more than UK holidaymakers and nearly 10,000 more than the number of Germans. “The figures vindicate the major efforts undertaken of late to attract more Spanish visitors through a series of marketing campaigns on the mainland” explained the Cabildo’s tourism councillor Robert Moreno.

Tax

‘Undeclared’ rentals

Spanish tax officials calculate that up to 65 per cent of property rentals in the Canaries are done ‘under the table’, with no earnings details supplied by owners to Hacienda. The claim is made by members of the Gestha association of tax employees in its latest annual study of what it has dubbed the ‘Black Rental Economy’. The figure for the Canaries is almost ten points higher than the average for the rest of the country, a situation officials attribute to the high number of rentals negotiated informally in tourist areas. A concerted effect to uncover the undeclared earnings from rentals in 2007 helped bring 90,000 cases to light but Hacienda reckons three billion euros are still unaccounted for, 179 million in the Canaries alone.

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News from the Tenerife Cabildo

Intercontinental art

The first Tricontinental Art Fair, organised by the Tenerife Cabildo, with Casa Africa, takes place from October 27th to November 1st. Works will be exhibited in the Puerto de la Cruz port, and according to Efraín Medina, island councillor for economic development, commerce and employment, the Fair hopes to “promote the works of art from all sides of the Atlantic, converting Tenerife into a true tricontinental platform and a cultural bridge between the peoples of Latin-America, Africa and Southern Europe.” Up to 200 artists will show their works during the fair, 80 from Latin-America, Portugal and the Spanish peninsula, 80 from Tenerife, 30 from Senegal and 30 from the rest of the Canary Islands.

A whale of a time Turismo de Tenerife will install a number of information panels in the island’s tourist zones on sightings of the cetaceans who inhabit our waters (or do we visit theirs?). The panels will be placed in the main marinas from where the whale and dolphin excursions set off, and the aim of the panels is to highlight the importance of this kind of tourist activity as well as the need for respect for the marine environment. According to tourism councillor José Manuel Bermúdez, given the year-round presence of these creatures in Tenerife’s waters, the island has become the second most visited resort world-wide for people in search of this kind of holiday activity. The panels will be located in the ports of Puerto Colón, Los Cristianos, Los Gigantes, and along the maritime pathways of Adeje, Arona, and Santiago del Teide.

Rural awakenings The Tenerife Cabildo, through the auspices of the Fundación Tenerife Rural, has organised a new education programme which hopes to teach the island’s school children about the more rural side of life. Activities take place in a variety of locations, the El Helecho farm in Arico, the Casa de la Miel (honey), the Casa Museo de la vid (vine), the Tenerife Museum of Biodiversity, La Baranda in El Sauzal, the Boquín farm in Icod de los Vinos and the Casa del Ganadero (rancher) in the Camino de San Diego, La Laguna. The island’s agricultural councillor, José Joaquín Bethencourt, said “this activity is designed to improve the student’s knowledge of rural life on our Islands, and raise conservation awareness at the same time”. Last year 4, 013 took part in the visits.

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El Hierro

By Matthew Vickers, British Consul, Canary Islands

Useful information from the British Consulate Useful information for women in Tenerife Charities with specific programmes for women: • (*)Cruz Roja (Women’s Projects) Tel: 922 282924 (Ext. 1339) Email: activa@cruzroja.es http://www.cruzroja.es/portal/page?_pageid=564,12254338&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30&P_ CENT=14387 Calle San Lucas 60, Santa Cruz de Tenerife • (*)Médicos del Mundo – Tel: 922 248936 – https://www.medicosdelmundo.org/NAVG/pagina/ NAVGEstructuraPrpal.jsp Email: tenerife@medicosdelmundo.org Calle Juan Pablo II 12, bajo. Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Also in El Fraile, Arona) • Caritas – Tel: 922212446 Email: mujer@caritastenerife.org http://www.caritastenerife.org Calle Rafael Arocha Guillama No.18. Santa Cruz de Tenerife

Assistance to victims of domestic violence: If you have suffered from aggression or are at risk of suffering from aggression call 112. They have a woman’s care service that puts the Emergency Response Program for assaulted women (D.E.M.A.) of your island in operation, if necessary. Here are some organisations that can provide legal, psychological and financial support and assistance to victims of domestic violence: • (*)Unidad Orgánica de Violencia de Género – Tel: 922843142 (Specific office for Victims of Domestic Violence) Email: uovg@iass.es. http://www.iass.es/iass/DEFAULT/violencia/carta_violencia.pdf C/ Diego Almagro nº1, Edificio Hogar Sagrada Familia, Santa Cruz • (*)Oficina Comarcal de Intervención Especializada del Suroeste – Tel: 922753619 Email: ocaem.adeje@fundescan.org Avda. Los Pueblos s/n, Estación de Guaguas, Pl.2. Playa de las Americas, Adeje • (*)Oficina Comarcal de Intervención Especializada de Abona – Tel: 922701306 Email: ocaem.sanmiguel@fundescan.org Ctra. General a Los Abrigos No.30, San Miguel. • Centro de Atención a Víctimas del Delito – (Office for Victims of Crime) - Tel: 922 747310 Juzgados de Arona, Avda. Chayofita s/n, Arona (By appointment only) For a full guide in English to the rights of women victims of gender violence in Spain - Please visit the Spanish Ministry of Equality website www.migualdad.es or click here Useful links if you are returning to the UK: • • • • • • •

Women’s Aid Federation of England – Tel: + 44 0808 200 0247 - http://www.womensaid.org.uk/ Scottish Domestic Violence Helpline – Tel: +44 0800 027 1234 - http://www.scottishwomensaid.org.uk/ Wales Domestic Abuse Helpline - Tel: +44 0808 801 0800 - www.wdah.org Northern Ireland Domestic Violence Helpline - Tel: +44 0800 917 1414 - http://www.niwaf.org/ Refuge - Tel: +44 0808 200 0247 - http://refuge.org.uk/ Rights of Women - Tel: +44 0207 251 6577- http://www.rightsofwomen.org.uk/ Broken Rainbow - Tel: +44 0845 260 4460 - http://www.broken-rainbow.org.uk/

(*) Some English spoken Please note that although some staff speak basic English and can offer initial assistance in English, it may be in your interest to take an interpreter, when dealing with the above local authorities or organisations This information is provided by the British Consulate in Tenerife for the convenience of enquirers, but neither HMG nor any official of the Consulate take any responsibility for the competency of any company on the list, nor the staff employed by any listed institutions.

AFIS U-turn on the cards

El Hierro looks to have won its battle to restore traffic controllers to its small airport.

ust weeks after the Spanish Airports Authority introduced the much cheaper AFIS (Aerodrome Flight Information System) system in the island’s airport, it has emerged that the government is considering reverting to the full controller system due to the unprecedented pressure received from all political parties in the Canaries.

l Hierro’s situation has even been raised in the Spanish Parliament, with Tenerife senator Antonio Alarcó challenging the country’s prime minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero to order AFIS to be used for his home-town airport of León, which has far fewer flights than El Hierro. Sources in Madrid say that the controversial decision could be reversed in the near future “depending on the outcome of technical reports”. However, the island’s Cabildo says there is no need for any reports to be produced because the conditions at the airport are exactly the same as they were before AFIS was introduced in August.

strong brand – an airline totally in symbiosis with its market. It also won praise for its strong financial situation and remarkable positive growth in spite of the economic crisis in Europe, resulting from a clear business development strategy. Its standardised fleet was regarded as providing great operational and economic benefits. Finally, it was lauded for its innovation, focus on customer service quality, and its effective use of IT including social networks.”

Flying high

Air Berlin receives Lanzarote award

Lanzarote’s Tourism Board has chosen German airline Air Berlin as the recipient of its most important award for services to the island.

Going for gold

Binter scoops airline award

Canarian inter-island carrier Binter has picked up the European Regional Airline Association’s ‘Airline of the Year’ Gold Award for the fourth time in its 20-year history.

ompany chairman Pedro Agustín del Castillo travelled to Barcelona to receive the honour and said it was a “great incentive” for his airline to work even harder for its customers and was also a reflection of the efforts invested by all staff to make the airline a success. According to the ERA, “Binter Canarias impressed the judges for its team focus and

he low-cost airline picked up the ‘Isla de Lanzarote’ honour at a special ceremony in Arrecife held in the Cabildo on 27 September (World Tourism Day). Announcing the award, the Board said it was formal recognition of the important work done by Air Berlin to promote Lanzarote as a holiday destination, and a tribute to its business professionalism. “The airline has been instrumental in helping us retain and increase our German holidaymakers” said a spokesperson.

he Board conferred special mentions on a number of local firms for their track records and contribution to tourism, including the Amanecer restaurant and the Friends of Costa Teguise Association. Basque TV channel ETB was also honoured for its original Lanzarote promotion campaign featuring first division football side Real Sociedad.

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Prostitution

Bin there…

Recycling ‘deception’ claims denied

Employees of the refuse collection company which was replaced recently by Las Palmas council have accused the corporation of deceiving the public into believing that household waste is recycled.

Brito believes

Free books rethink call

Ca n a r i a n e d u c at i o n minister Milagros Brito believes it is not fair that better-off families should receive free school books for their children.

lthough backed by photographic evidence and testimony from several opposition members, the claims have been flatly denied by refuse services councillor Inmaculada Medina, who accused the binmen of “stooping to any depths“ to discredit the new firm. “The image of the city has improved beyond recognition in terms of bin collections. It would not be in the new firm’s interests to mix the waste because they receive payment for every kilo of separated rubbish recycled” insisted Medina.

round 2,500 women earn their living from prostitution in the Canaries, according to the first ever report on the activity drawn up specifically in the region.

The figure was given at a conference organised recently by the Gran Canaria Cabildo to examine the extent of the phenomenon on the island

and the Canaries in general. Corporation official Isabel Guerra says that conservative estimates put the revenue generated by prostitution at approximately €20 million, making it a substantial black economy activity. The conference discussed the profile not just of prostitutes (who tend to be foreign women as opposed to locals)

but also that of their habitual clients, who -the report says“are not men living on the margins of society but respectable persons, in half of all cases middle-class or above, married and with children”. However, Enrique Hernández, a senior psychiatrist at the University Hospital, added that “85 per cent of men who pay for sex match the profile associated

with abusers of women”. Conference delegates said they were opposed to abolition of the world’s oldest trade although they urged the authorities to stamp out the human trafficking mafias which snare young women from Africa, Eastern Europe and South America and force them to sell their bodies for sex.

Cueva de Los Verdes

everal employees who lost their jobs when their firm Clusa saw its contract terminated took the media and members of the opposition to the city’s main landfill to show them how supposedly sorted plastics and paper ends up in the same dump as other rubbish. “The new firm cannot cope and is cutting corners by sending recycling lorries to the general dump. The council knows this and is turning a blind eye” said the former binmen.

A €20 million business

ommenting on the growing success of the initiative adopted back in 2005 and which now benefits 170,000 schoolchildren from early primary school to final year of compulsory education, Brito said the free books were really only required “by those who cannot afford them”. She explained, “you can’t treat everyone the same way if they are faced with totally different circumstances. The child of an MP is not in the same position as that of a single mother, but the measure was introduced by Parliament before I became minister so I can do little about”. Education officials say the free books scheme benefits around half of the school population and is not taken up more widely “because many private and grant-maintained schools in the Canaries prefer not to be part of it”.

Cave row escalates T

he row over one of Lanzarote’s most popular tourist attractions has escalated further after the mayor of Haria vowed to evict the island’s Cabildo from the Cueva de Los Verdes (Green Cave). Famous for its optical illusion, the cave, which is one of the

longest volcanic tunnels in the world and part of a six km lava tube formed about 3,000 years ago when the La Corona volcano erupted, has been at the centre of a patch war between the two corporations since the Cabildo began to default on its annual payments to Haría for the right to manage

the underground attraction, which is visited by thousands of tourists every week. Haría mayor José Torres is adamant that unless the debt, believed to be several million euros, is paid soon, he will order the Cabildo to hand back the cave and will manage it directly from the town. However, support from

other towns on Lanzarote with Cabildo-run tourist attractions appears to have dwindled after an initial expression of solidarity with Haría. For its part, the Cabildo insists it “does not dispute the ownership of the Green Cave but will fight to retain its right to run the facility”.

Smoke alarm

Cigarette smugglers A

recent flight from Gran Canaria to Seville turned out to be a customs and excise treasure trove when a dozen passengers were caught smuggling cigarettes bought here.

Officials carrying out random checks at Seville Airport

discovered hundreds of 20packs of cigarettes in the hand luggage and checked bags of a man who was part of a large group travelling on the plane. Further checks led customs to more than 20,000 packs of cigarettes, which were confiscated in the arrivals hall. A

spokesman said the suitcases and bags of twelve passengers were full of cigarettes, the origins of which are being investigated to see if they belong to a bigger shipment of counterfeit tobacco products smuggled into the Canaries for onward distribution. The authorities

calculate the cigarettes would have fetched €45,000 on the market in Spain. The European commission estimates that around €10 billion are lost to national and EU budgets each year due to the smuggling of both genuine and counterfeit cigarettes.

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The American ambassador to Spain has vowed to do all he can to help Tenerife become a hi-tech platform for international firms wanting to do business with Africa. Ambassador Alain Solomont paid a fleeting visit to the island, accompanied by senior officials from the US Chamber of Commerce in Spain, to see for himself its potential as a transport and telecommunications hub. With security uppermost in mind he visited the port of Santa Cruz to

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US Ambassador in Tenerife

Solomont’s help promise check on the controls in place for container traffic and to discuss the massive extension to the port’s eastern dock, which is due to be completed in a few weeks. Solomont also met

Embracing the capital

Cabildo President Ricardo Melchior to hear about Tenerife’s ambitious plans for an ultra-fast fibre optic cable connecting it to West Africa and the Americas. Among the US firms believed to be interested in setting up here is courier giant UPS, which sent a senior manager to look

Free Hug initiative falls flat

A bid by a group of people to turn Santa Cruz into the ‘hug capital’ of the Canaries for a day failed to attract much interest but the organisers still say it was a great success. Around 400 people had indicated on a special Facebook site that they would turn up to dish out free hugs to all and sundry on 24 September but in the end just 15 put in an appearance in the city centre.

Organiser Carlos Díaz, a local psychologist, said that the hugs and embraces received a mixed reaction from bemused members of the public but several acknowledged afterwards that the effect on them had been positive. The Free Hugs movement, now an international phenomenon, was started by Juan Mann on June 30 2004, when he began giving out hugs in the Pitt St Mall in Sydney

(Australia). In the months prior to this, Mann had been feeling depressed and lonely as a result of numerous personal difficulties. However, a random hug from a stranger made an enormous difference, with Mann stating that “...I went out to a party one night and a completely random person came up to me and gave me a hug. I felt like a king! It was the greatest thing that ever happened’.

at logistics aspects, particularly the facilities at Tenerife’s two airports. Solomont said he was “highly impressed” by what he had seen and, in particular, by the Cabildo’s vision of the island’s economic future. Quoting Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca, he predicted that his visit “could be the start of a beautiful relationship” with Tenerife. The movement was started by Juan Mann

Santa Cruz conversion

City beach idea rejected

A proposal to convert part of the port of Santa Cruz into a city beach has been rejected by a wide range of stakeholders, from the Port Authority to shipping agents.

he debate was triggered by Ignacio González, of the CCN party in the Tenerife capital, who called for serious consideration to be given to the idea to replicate the Las Canteras Beach in Las Palmas. The CCN believes a beach, stretching between the Auditorium and the Cabildo, would be a massive draw for residents and visitors and would inject new life into the seafront area of the capital.

owever, opponents say the proposal is unworkable and accuse González of trying to drum up support for his party. Pedro Anatael, a former head of the Port Authority, ridiculed the idea and said he “was not surprised that bizarre proposals

are put on the table as local elections draw near”. One of Santa Cruz’s biggest shipping agents, Hamilton, called the idea ludicrous and called for a yachting marina to be given priority. Others have pointed out that a beach would be incompatible with cruise liners, which would not be able to call into Santa Cruz.

Las Teresitas

Beach demolition ‘requires licence’

An association set up to protect Las Teresitas Beach in Santa Cruz from development says it is flabbergasted to learn that the shell structure of a shopping centre and car park still cannot be demolished despite being ruled illegal.

onstruction of the twostorey building was halted a few years ago after a High Court judge ruled that it and the development project it was part of breached planning and environment regulations. Santa Cruz council voted in favour of pulling it down but the city’s mayor

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ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 627 :: 08/10/2010 - 22/10/2010 Miguel Zerolo subsequently challenged the decision in court. According to the Friends of Las Teresitas association, the council now says it cannot demolish the shell without a demolition permit. “This is the height of absurdity. The council is ordered to pull it down because it is illegal and will not do so without a demolition permit, which only it can issue” said a spokeswoman.

Tenerife expansion

Three more Lidl shops

German supermarket chain Lidl have just confirmed the opening of three more stores in Tenerife, bringing to 15 the number of outlets in the Canary Islands.

ccording to a spokesperson the openings are part of the company’s ongoing plan to establish, in the medium to long term, a Lidl outlet in all of the major towns in the islands. Lidl Los Realejos will open on November 4th and will be located in the Corona del Polígono Industríal la Gañania, creating 30+ new jobs. The Tacoronte shop should

open its doors to the public on November 18th (25 new jobs) and the new Lidl in Santa Cruz, in Añaza, opens on November 29th and will offer employment to over 30 persons. All the shops also offer client parking.

aking the announcement the company added that “at all times Lidl has given priority to employing Canarian residents and works in conjunction with local councils and employment programmes and the INEM (the Canarian employment service)”:

Arona

Rubbish problem

T h e Fr i e n d s o f Lo s Cristianos Association has publicly criticised Arona town council for failing to find a solution to the age-old problem of rubbish collection in the resort.

n a strongly worded statement the association says mayor José Alberto González Reverón and his colleagues have taken cowardly and stop-gap measures to resolve the conflicts at the refuse collection firm, rather than a permanent solution. Around 300

refuse collectors and road sweepers began a second strike in less than a month during the last weekend in September and although they have now agreed to go back to work, the massive mounds of rubbish on the streets was taking some time to clear because they have adopted a ‘go slow’ approach and are refusing to do overtime.

La Orotava

Jewellery raid

Burglars who broke into a La Orotava jewellers in the early hours of September 28th snatched an estimated €40,000 worth of items, say local police.

he break-in at the shop in the residential El Mayorazgo area was highlyplanned and well-executed, according to detectives. The burglars covered security cameras with masking tape and then used a chain to hook the security shutters to their vehicle. The shutters were ripped off, allowing the four thieves to smash the plate glass window and enter the premises.

Reckless escapade?

Sand incident triggers bill Calls for reckless holidaymakers to foot the bill for selfinflicted problems have been rekindled by a near-repeat in Tenerife of the recent beach tragedy in Fuerteventura which left a young Italian boy dead. In the latest incident, a 23year-old German had to be rescued by the emergency services in Bajamar after a sand tunnel he had dug for hours

collapsed with him inside. Other beach users joined his girlfriend in digging frantically with their hands to extract the man while help arrived. The rescue operation, which is said to have cost around €20,000 in labour (fire brigade, police, ambulance crew) and the dispatching of a helicopter to airlift the holidaymaker to hospital if required, triggered angry reaction in the local

media, with calls for the man to be held personally liable for the expenses. One reader posted a comment stressing that “it was not an accident: anyone who tries to carve himself a little cave under the sand is asking for trouble. He should pay back every penny”. Other examples used in the media to underline tourist negligence were illequipped walkers in the hills in Anaga and Masca and the growing number of youths who suffer serious injuries when climbing between balconies of their hotel or apartment in drunken pranks.

Water water everywhere….

Turn off that tap Arona has just introduced a new awareness programme into schools in the borough hoping to make children more aware of the need to save water.

In parallel in 12 local infant and primary public schools a company specialising in water saving systems has installed a number of new pieces of

equipment which, for instance, will regulate the water flow from taps and in cisterns, and regulate the pressure leading to an overall saving of up to 50 per cent in water consumption. The cost of the installation €34,000 – should be offset in the first year, with the schools’ authorities reckoning on a first year saving in their water bills

of up to €37,800. According to technology councillor for the area, Antonio Miguel García Marichal, the idea is now to extend the installation of the devices to “municipal sporting complexes and other public buildings”, adding that the council are also considering investing money in the installation of renewable energy technology for water heaters.

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X-Factor Star

tered X-Factor to get that reaction from Simon Powell”. At both these events, she told us that everyone in the audience sang along with every word of the songs she performed, which were 20 years old, “even Spanish people and young kids”. She enjoyed her time in Tenerife and commented, “I’ve been made so welcome – I love it!” At the Jasmine Lounge, she made a bid for a catamaran trip for two, and although she won’t be able to take up the excursion (which she sees as very romantic) until her return, she has already chosen a suitable man to accompany her, and hopes that he will still be available later in the year.

Rowetta on Tenerife R

owetta, the Manchester born lady with the powerful voice was recently in Tenerife, appearing at events and relaxing when she could. She is best known for her appearance in the first series of UK TV’s X-Factor and for

singing with the band Happy Mondays between 1990 and 2000. She was also a session singer on Simply Red’s album Stars amongst others and currently presents a programme for a gay radio station in the UK. Her personality is as strong as her voice, with an infectious sense of humour. When Island Connections met her, she told

us, “Fame is annoying”, and said that she prefers to protect her family. She continued, “I just love to be on stage and see the look on people’s faces when I sing. There’s nothing better than that”. She told us that she got that reaction at events in Tenerife at Tramps and the Jasmine Lounge in Callao Salvaje and said, “I en-

Rowetta told us that for the future she wants to continue her career and feels that she represents a lot of women in the over 40s age group. She is certainly a great inspiration to us all. The good news is that she will be returning to Tenerife at the end of October and we hope to be able to catch up with her then.

Jasmine Lounge

A truly wonderful afternoon’s fun was had by all with the impromptu MC Sallyann Sallyann, Mandy and Lin making sure the day went with a swing

Reina Sofía airport

International tourism day

Bemused arrivals at the southern Tenerife airport were greeted with trays of fruit, nuts, cheese and sweetmeats and small glasses of local wine at the end of September. Members and staff of the CIT Sur tourism initiatives centre, the majority in regional dress, welcomed the visitors with beaming smiles and a small taste of what the island has to offer. “What a lovely idea”, “what a great start to the holiday” and “what a grand welcome” were just some of the pleased comments whilst we were there just before midday from visitors fresh off an easyJet flight from Manchester.

The children got up close and personal with some of the seas’ residents

Callao kids hile the funds being raised at the recent do in the Jasmin Lounge in Callao Salvaje may have been for the village’s kids, it was the adults who were having all the fun.

Arriving tourists were delighted to try Canarian tidbits

on the microphone singing and giving it her infectious all, loads of the island’s top entertainers, and a hugely anticipated set from the UK’s X Factor star Rowetta, (featured on this page) who most certainly did not disappoint. The club is now up and

running, though is still looking for a premises it can call its own. 12 kids are currently regular visitors, where they can play table tennis, do their homework (yes, they do study as well), have some time on the computer and generally get to hang out in a safe and friendly environment. Monies raised from previous fund raisers have also allowed club or-

ganisers Beverly and Dennis to take the members to Loro Parque and other excursions are planned. The members are a mix - British, Spanish and German, and more are always welcome. Nearly €400 was raised at the Jasmin Lounge event, and organisers want to send a huge thank you to everyone involved and who gave of their time. Watch this space for news of up and coming events.

Whales and dolphins

Children and the sea

A group of children connected to Spain’s Once charity for the disabled recently took part in a day on the ocean waves organised by Arona’s environmental office, with whales and dolphins as the ‘invited guests’. The primary aim of the activity, according to Arona environmental councillor Antonio Sosa, was to introduce the children “to our marine eco-system and the manner of conserving it, use these sea creatures as a means to get to know the sea life nearest to us”. During the day the 15 girls and boys were able to take part in a variety of activities, such as ‘biologist for a day’, where they were allowed use the tools and technology normally available to marine biologists in the study of cetaceans. Once on dry land, the children were taken to Playa de Las Vistas for a swim in the company of specially trained life guards.

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The issue of longevity

Will your finances last a lifetime? By Bill Blevins, Financial Correspondent, Blevins Franks

hile longer lives are good news for most people they are creating a major headache for European governments. People living longer require more health and social care as well as pension payments over a longer period of time. All this has to be paid for and as governments juggle finances to reduce their budget deficits, they are also looking at pension reforms and other ways to boost finance for state pensions and welfare costs. This could potentially include further tax rises to cover the cost of increased longevity. Life expectancy will gradually increase as medical science advances further and the costs will increase exponentially. Pensions will have to be paid out for a much longer period of time. In the UK, when the current pension age was set in the 1940s, people were only expected to live on average around seven

years into retirement. Today they can expect to live 20 or 30 years as retirees. Governments realise they have to act now, which means longer working lives and possibly higher taxes to help provide the finances. The UK, France, Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Greece and the Netherlands have all announced increases or are reviewing both public and state pension ages with the view to raising them. On a personal level, you need to ensure that your wealth will last at least as long as you do and that you have enough spending power to enjoy a comfortable retirement all the way through. Ideally, you should not have to worry about whether you will have enough money to live on in your senior years or a back up sum for emergencies such as health care. Many retirees move their investments into more ‘safe’ assets, such as a bank deposit account. But with the prospect of 30 years to fund this is unlikely to be the right thing to do. Instead of keeping most of your money in a bank account, which can offer low interest rates and no capital growth, you should consider a strategic

investment policy designed for capital growth over the longer term and regular income if required. Your wealth needs to keep pace with inflation in order to protect your spending power and financial security through retirement. For example, if your personal rate of inflation runs at four to five per cent

Ideally, you should not have to worry about whether you will have enough money to live on in your senior years it can reduce your wealth by around 37 per cent over a ten year period alone. Even a low rate will have an adverse effect over time. Annual inflation of just two per cent would reduce the spending power of €200,000 to €109,100 after 30 years – that’s almost half its value wiped out.

If governments continue on a course of increasing taxation to help decrease their deficits and fund longevity, your portfolio also needs to include legitimate tax mitigation structures designed to help you pay the least amount of tax possible in Spain. You can often combine your tax and investment plan-

ning in one exercise, allowing you to tackle the twin threats of tax and inflation and gain peace of mind about your financial security through retirement. An experienced wealth and tax management firm like Blevins Franks will advise you on the available opportunities and suggest recommendations

based on your specific circumstances, aims and objectives.

To keep in touch with the latest developments in the offshore world, check out the latest news on our website: www.blevinsfranks.com

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Social security

Foreign workers The number of nonSpanish contributors to the Social Security system decreased in August after six consecutive months of increases. There were 22,222 less people paying into the system in August, a reduction of 1.17 per cent over July and leaving a total number of 1,877,935 foreign residents in Spain who are registered as working. The re-

ductions were across the board from self employed and employed to home helps and farm hands and sailors. Of those who continue to be registered in August, 670,267 are from the EU, 217,690 Moroccan, 175,463 Ecuadorians, 118,200 Columbians and 81,794 Chinese. Bolivia with 81,161 workers, Peru with 72,927, Argentina with 48,531, the Dominican Republic with

34,209, the Ukraine with 33,676 and Brazil with 26,263 registered workers make up the other major groups. Of the EU block of workers, the countries most represented are Rumania, Italy and Portugal with 280,233, 66,588 and 54,864 registered workers respectively. British and German social security workers were registered at 50, 873 and 41,790.

Monthly bills

Electricity increases The price of TUR, the electric last resource tariff, which is applicable to those consumers with a supply of less than 10kw will increase from October 1 by 4.8 per cent. The average increase to home owners will be approximately €1.7 a month. Those homes which are signed on to the Bono Social plan will not have the new rates applied. Increased costs in producing the energy have been blamed due to higher fuel costs and higher demand due to harder winters.

The tariffs applied by the companies which are supposed to cover the costs of using the network etc. are to be frozen according to the Government’s proposals to the National Energy Commission. Homes with a supply of less than 3kw, pensioners on minimum income, large families (two parents and three children or one parent and two children) and those families where everybody is unemployed may be entitled to sign up for the Bono Social system to reduce and/or freeze costs.

La Palma cruises

A day in port Visitors from cruise ships in Santa Cruz de La Palma have a new tool to make sure that they enjoy to the full their day in port. A special brochure has been prepared and circulated to the many shops and services in the island’s capital for distribution among the visitors. The brochure shows the various options for cultural visits, shopping and leisure

that the tourists can find and information for the businesses to let them know the specific characteristics of the average cruise tourist such as their advantages as potential clients given their high level of spending power, the compacted time frame they have to operate in and the need for visits to be made quickly to make the most of their time.

Statistics

Tourist spending The results of the August tourist questionnaire by Egatur show an increase by 6.2 per cent in the spending pattern of foreign tourists. Egatur statistics are compiled by the tourist studies institute of the Ministry of Tourism and their figures reveal spending by visitors across Spain to have risen to €6.8 million and show a continuance of the trend

of increases over last year’s figures for the fourth month running. In the first eight months of the year, tourists left over €33,906 in Spain, 1.9 per cent more than 2009. The average spending per person in August increased by 2.2 per cent to €975 and the daily spending reached €98, an increase of 8.1 per cent. By nationality, the British spending increased by 2.3 per cent, the

Nordics by 12.3 per cent, the Italians 2.3 per cent and the French 5.5 per cent whilst the Germans spent one per cent less. The Balearics remained the region which received the most money from foreign tourists with €1.774 million, an increase of 5.3 per cent. The Canaries and Valencia were the regions which benefited from the highest increases registering improvements of 10.8 per cent and 14.5 per cent respectively. Interestingly, the number of clients choosing a package tour decreased by 2.1 per cent and those making up their own holiday choices, mainly via Internet, increased by 9.9 per cent.

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CajaCanarias

Vote for projects

The CajaCanarias has made its social and cultural projects site more user friendly so that clients of the bank can vote for the proposals they would prefer to see receive financial aid.

ne of the first to ask clients to vote for them is the Tenerife based breast cancer charity, Ámate, which helps breast cancer victims and their families. If you have a CajaCanarias account just enter into their website and vote for them or tell your local branch that you wish to support them. There is no jury this year, the public decide who the funds go to from the bank’s Obra Social. Everybody who has an account has the right to vote. Make your vote count and let all your friends know, it costs you nothing and could help them a lot.

Canarian Government

Hotel renovation programme

The regional government has finalised the details of its ambitious renovation programme to increase the standard of hotel and apartment accommodation by facilitating refurbishment of older premises.

pokesman Martín Marrero says a considerable amount of the red tape to have older buildings declared obsolete, a prerequisite for complete refurbishment, has been removed and the formal declaration will be particularly swift in the case of premises which will be upgraded to four stars (hotels) or three keys (apartments). The new programme also makes it easier for owners of unregistered rural tourism accommodation in La Palma, El Hierro and La Gomera to legalise their premises if they can show they have been used for tourism continuously for the last five years.

n many ways Breege O’Donoghue, director and Human Resources manager for Primark, is a reflection of what can make Ireland and things Irish successful. She is quite obviously dedicated to her job, to the products she represents, to the company and the company ethos, while retaining a charm and ease of manner that perhaps belies her commitment to the job at hand. Breege was in Gran Canaria recently to launch Primark’s first store in the Canary Islands, with more in the pipeline. Watching her in action before the speeches was a lesson in human resource management; she knew the names of very many of those on the new shop floor, was, of course, dressed in Primark fashion, just as much at ease with the young team getting the shelves ready as with the directors, local press and Gran Canarian mayor Jerónimo Saavedra, who seemed absolutely delighted to be there, happy with more job creation for the city, and talking jokingly of an Irish coup d’etat in the city. Many people may not be aware that Primark was and still is the international branch of the Irish shop Penneys (the name changed when they decided to branch out overseas to avoid any legal problems with another international company), with head office and all major decision-making still taking place above the shop in Mary Street, in Dublin. Breege has been with the company since 1979, and as she says, “that’s key for us, business is run from Ireland, decisions are made in Ireland”. But what makes a small company into the huge European success it is today, employing more than 32,000 people in over 205 shops in Spain, Ireland, England, Portugal, Germany, Holland and Belgium? Rather than close doors during the last two

Doing things the local way By Clio O’’Flynn

recession led years, Primark has continued to expand and successfully. So what’s the company secret? Breege says, “well I think we do well in good times and in bad. It’s really about price and quality, it’s really about value for money. We are a volume business, a simple business, we have good technology, good back up , we have our excellent staff, 32,000 of them, with longevity, longevity with the suppliers, and it’s those things working together that mean we can supply value for money, and that’s why we believe that the customer does come back again and again.” Keeping the price low is of course a key element – and Primark work hard to achieve that, using their own and freelance designers, working directly with producers, keeping profit margins low and, as said, with high volume turnover this still

means the company is making money. They also maintain a high level of product rotation, so there’s something new for their (mostly young, under 35) customer base on a weekly basis. And there’s more, and specifically when it comes to locating abroad. “We want to do business the local way, we want to bring the DNA of Penneys in Ireland to an international clientele, but its always about doing business the local way. For example we have two excellent Spanish nationals living in Dublin and they’ve come over, they’ve relocated and they’re the ones who inform us regarding the product for Iberia (so there is cross product integration). We are in the process of recruiting similar German product controllers to come and live in Ireland for Northern Europe. “We also have a very short chain of command and I think that’s good for communication, decisions are made not by com-

mittee, decisions are made by individuals, we make bad ones, we make good ones, but we encourage people to make decisions at the lowest level. “You get out of it what you put into it” and this despite the fact that what was once a small company is now owned by Associated British Foods (ABF) and run by the Westons. Breege says that despite the appearance of being a giant corporation, the ethos of belonging to a family run company remains. “From the Westons we get a lot of freedom, they support us on issues that really matter. They have great respect for the Irish and the Irish tradition in business” And that is? “I think it’s about hard work, I think it’s about detailing as well as the big picture. Retailing is detailing... in our business there are no such words as ‘I can’t do’, instead the emphasis is on ‘how can I get it done’. We are a close team, led by a

fantastic chief executive, Paul Merchant, who is a great communicator, has a great sense of product - the best people in the best seats”. The company’s expansion was, for many years, limited to the UK, but when they did decide to look for new markets, Spain was the first choice, and quite obviously, given the store locations, not with the smaller ex-pat market in mind. “There are a lot of similarities between Spain and Ireland - education, family, a good sense of humour…we did our market research but even then were particularly surprised …we expected to do reasonably well, but it has outshone our expectations. “We love the Spanish…for example in our international buyers’ office we have Spanish classes three times a week, and it’s not so much that people need to know the language for their work, it’s for the camaraderie, that understanding of the culture, because there are also a lot of differences between Spain and Ireland. And we want to do things the local way. I myself have been learning Spanish for about eight years since we knew we were coming here. That is important to us.” And indeed Breege’s inauguration speech was delivered in well-penned and delivered Spanish, much to the appreciation of the local staff and invited guests. They also donated a cheque for €10,000 to local charity La Asociación APAELP, further underwriting their desire to integrate into the local community. When are we likely to see more Primark stores in the islands? There is one in the offing, and the islands as a whole are being considered, but as Breege says, “we’re going to look and see. Four years ago we started in Spain, and we now have 18 stores, it’s really important that we have the right people in place, we’re not in any rush, and we want to do it well. And it’s about learning as we go.”

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Dear Dr. De La Flor Dear Dr. De La Flor,

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Rituals are the Foundation of Success!

What can I do to help with my varicose veins? Sincerely, Judy

Dr. Loehr, one of the leading authorities on spor ts per formance once stated that, “top performers have lives full of rituals on and off the court. Less accomplished athletes don’t have these rituals.”

Dear Judy, Varicose veins are twisted, enlarged veins near the sur face of the skin. They are most common in the legs and ankles and caused by weakened valves and veins in your legs. Our legs are equipped with one-way valves to keep blood flowing from your legs up toward your heart. If the valves get messed up, blood collects in your legs and pressure builds up. The veins become weak, large, and twisted. Home treatment may be all you need to ease your symptoms and keep the varicose veins from getting worse. You can: - Apply a cold compress/ gel that you can keep in the refrigerator which will help to alleviate the pain and diminish the swelling. - Regularly elevate your legs which helps keep the blood from pooling in your lower legs and improves blood flow to the rest of your body. - Avoid long periods of standing or sitting. - Exercise and control your weight. I bet you Tina Turner doesn’t have them because she has toned-up veins that push the blood effectively. Walking, bicycling, and swimming are recommended for varicose veins. Ask your doctor for a specific exercise plan as some exercises might worsen your current situation. - We a r c o m p r e s s i o n stockings - not fun but in some scenarios unavoidable. These suggestions can relieve your symptoms, slow the progression of varicose veins, and prevent complications such as sores or bleeding. They are especially important if you have a family histor y of varicose veins. These measures may help you avoid surgery or other medical treatment for your varicose veins. Your GP may also tell you to take a nonsteroidal

Varicose veins are most common in ankles and legs

anti-inflammatory drug (for example, ibuprofen) and some other drugs available to boost circulation and improve vessel tone. Make sure you discuss with him/her an encompassing game plan that includes aerobic exercise, some callisthenics, weight management, posture issues and perhaps some medication. Best wishes.

Dear Dr. De La Flor, I’ve been taking condroitin for a couple of years but they don’t seem to work. Sincerely, Joe

Dear Joe, I’ll be brief and straight to the point on this one, even though I have several relatives and numerous close friends that are pharmacists and it might put me in an awkward position. The latest research published by the reputable BMJ (British Medical Journal) bluntly states that “popular arthritis supplements don’t work”. The study suggests that the most popular supplements used to treat joint pain are useless. Researchers analysed the results of 10 past trials in 4,000 patients who took glucosamine, chondroitin or a placebo to treat arthritis in their hips or knees. They found neither supplement, taken either separately or

together, did any better than a placebo. Chronic ar thritis in the hip or knee can be treated with dr ugs that reduce inflammation, but those can cause serious stomach and heart side effects if they are used long term. In the BMJ analysis, the researchers didn’t find any proof glucosamine or chondroitin were dangerous either. Still, the researchers said because the supplements didn’t reduce joint pain, insurers and governments should stop buying them. “New prescriptions to patients who have not received treatment should be discouraged,” they wrote. The fact that the government does not pay for the supplements isn’t a coincidence. Ask your GP for a personalised programme to minimise the degenerative condition. Light to moderate, low-impact, aerobic exercise (e.g. swimming) should be one of your ‘medicines’. Painkillers and occasional anti-inflammatories should also be in your arsenal. Postural exercises as well as maintaining a healthy weight also need to be priorities for you.

Surgeons have precise preoperative routines; pilots have pre-flight rituals; athletes perform warm-up routines as well as rituals during their competitions; each one of us relies on personal rituals and routines in our daily undertakings.

To be truly successful, we must set and follow a pattern of rituals. Routines and rituals are time savers. They clarify, simplify, and create order, symmetry, and familiarity in chaos and high stress situations, allowing us to concentrate on what’s really important. Rituals become doubly important to anchor our time and ensure that what is important in our life gets done regardless of how crazy and hectic our life sometimes becomes. The next two weeks, whether we have a nutritional goal,a personal weakness to work on or a disempowering habit that damages our health, I would like you and me to focus on our routines, adjusting them if necessary and once we have them, stick to them. Remember to be patient with yourself and consistent since sooner rather than later we’ll reap plentiful fruits.

Dr. De La Flor, licensed G.P. Holds certificates in coaching, nutrition and medical exercise from Berkeley University and the American Council on Exercise. His medical approach is highly influenced by Positive Psychology; an empowering, encompassing way of approaching patients through the study of their strengths and virtues to enable them to thrive and lead fulfilling lives, accept the past, find happiness in the present, and hope for the future. You can reach the doctor at 00-34-697.888.666 to schedule a consultation in his surgery or in your home/business.

The event was well attended by experts in the field and other interested parties

ver 200 people recently attended the series of talks on breast cancer organised by the O Hospiten group, which took place in the Salón de Actos de CajaSiete in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

The event was opened by Hospiten’s Dr Rafael Cobiella, and dealt with the latest developments in prevention and treatment of breast cancer, with an attentive audience composed of medical personnel, experts in the field, as well as patients and individuals with an interest in the subject. The day ended with a round table discussion where people were invited to pose relevant questions which the experts were happy to answer. Specific themes dealt with included advances in epidemiology and breast cancer prevention, advances in diagnosing breast tumours, chemo-prevention, surgical changes in at-risk patients, and post-op brachytherapy.

Retinoblastoma

Tea party fun

Cup of tea and a cake…mmmmmmmmmmm

Having a cuppa was never so much fun.

James’s Bistro in San Eugenio was the location for another great afternoon of fun and fund raising for the Cancer Eye Trust, with people paying just €3.50 for a lovely cup of tea or coffee and a home made cake. And very delicious they were too. Kids had buns free, and were able to swim in the pool to their hearts’ content, with all the money raised going to the deserving charity. And the star sweet turn of the day was definitely the cake made and donated by David.

Kids and cancer

Healthy minds…

new prevention programme for cancer aimed at 10-13 year old children is about to be put A into effect in Canarian schools. Designed by the national association against cancer, A.E.C.C., the project teaches youngsters to learn healthy lifestyle habits and avoid cancer risk behaviour and other themes related to tobacco, alcohol, nutrition and exercise. To appeal more to the children this free initiative has been developed as an e-learning exercise. Using a special access password and under the supervision of a teacher, the children will be able to access games, files, bibliographies and other materials.

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health directory

Health Directory Useful Vocabulary

Describing your symptoms

I have a pain (here) Tengo dolor (aquí) I have stomach ache Tengo dolor de estómago I have chest pain Tengo dolor en el pecho I have a sore throat Tengo dolor de garganta I feel sick Tengo nauseas I feel dizzy Tengo mareos I have a temperature Tengo fiebre I have diarrhoea Tengo diarrea I have cramps Tengo calambres I have sunburn Tengo quemaduras del sol I have something in my eye Tengo algo dentro del ojo I have difficulty breathing Tengo dificultad en respirar I am sick a lot Vomito mucho It itches Me pica I get pain when I pass urine Me duele cuando orino

Frequency & type :

Sometimes A veces All the time Todo el tiempo A lot Mucho A little Poco Stabbing p�� ain Dolor punzante

Emergency

DIAL 112 Emergency Single emergency line

Existing conditions I am allergic Soy alérgico(a) I’m diabetic// Soy diabético(a) Asthmatic Asmático(a) Epileptic Epiléptico(a) I’m pregnant Estoy embarazada I have anaemia/arthritis Tengo anemia/artritis I have high blood pressure Tengo hipertensión I have low blood pressure Tengo hipotensión

Hospitals USP COSTA ADEJE HOSPITAL Urbanización San Eugenio, s/n, 38660 - Adeje Tels: • 922 752626 • 922 791 000 • 900 112 111 Hospital La Candelaria Carretera Del Rosario 145 Santa Cruz de Tenerife 922 602 000 hospitaldelacandelaria. com Hospital Universitario Carretera Cuesta-Taco San Cristobal de La Laguna (Tenerife), 922 678 000 www.huc.es HOSPITEN SUR Playa de Las Américas Arona-Tenerife Tel.: 922 75 00 22. Fax: 922 79 36 18 HOSPITEN C/ Pescadores, Edf. Discovery, Carretera Gral. La Cuesta. Taco 38108 La Laguna Tel.: 922 626240 Fax: 922 614355 HOSPITEN BELLEVUE C/ Alemania, 6 Urb. San Fernando. Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 35 51 Fax: 922 37 03 12 HOSPITEN TAMARAGUA C/ Agustín de Bethencourt, 30 Puerto de la Cruz Tel.: 922 38 05 12 Fax: 922 38 08 50 HOSPITEN RAMBLA Address: Rambla General Franco, 115. 38001 Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Tel.: 922 29 16 00. Fax: 922 29 10 88

DOCTOR ON CALL 24 HRS

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Physiotherapy

Gynaecology Dr Michael Theis Calle La Hoya 55 Puerto de la Cruz In the south on Saturdays at Hospital Las Americas Tel 922 370 897 Specialist in gynaecology

PHYSIOTHERAPIST / OSTEOPATH Officially registered Nº967 Philippe Hoogstoel Home visits Tel: 677 818 661 English, Spanish, French, German spoken

Gran Canaria

Emergency

080 092 091 062 016

Hospital Dr. Negrín

Fire Brigade Local Police National Police Guardia Civil

C/. Barranco de la Ballena, s/n. 35020 Las Palmas. Tel. 928 450 000 Fax: 928 449 100

Materno-Insular

Avda Maritima del Sur 35016 Las Palmas. Tel: 928 444 500 Fax 928 444 288

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Chemist Farmacia de Guardia

Clínica San Roque – Sur

24H Service

Mar de Siberia 1 Urb. Meloneras 35100 MaspalomasMeloneras Tel: 928 063 600 Clínica Roca

The various chemists in the Canaries take it in turns in each area to make sure that there is access to medicine all over the islands.

C/ Buganvillas 1 35100 San Agustín Las Palmas. Tel. (0034) 928 76 90 04 Fax: (0034) 928 76 12 48 Clínica Salus Las Palmeras

Enter the website of the Federation of Canarian Chemists:

Avda. de Tenerife, 24 Centro Comercial Kasbah Playa del Inglés Tel: 928 762 992

www.fefarcan.com and click on ‘farmacias de guardia’ at the top right of the page.

Fussengel Your home visits’ service • Chiropody • Manicure • Massages Call Claudia: 687 662 849 or eMail: fussengel@gmail.com

Lifestyle Choices

Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) South:

630 478 448 (24 hrs).

Dr. Luke R. Ramsay Bsc. D.C., F.C.C

Board Certified Craniopath with over 25 years experience

Back Pain, Neck Pain, Sciatica, Migraines and Sports Injuries Edif La Arenita, Loc 4, Palm Mar Tel. 922 748 904 / 661 265 344 • www.lukeramsay.com

online counselling & healing

Counselling

C. C. El Camisón, 9, Local 4 Playa de Las Américas, Arona Tel: 922 79 76 88 / 626 855 356 www.neweuropeanclinic.com

Plaza Doctor Pasteur 35020 Las Palmas. Tel. 928 313 033

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Hospital Insular

Hospital San Juan de Dios Ctra. Gral. del Norte, 53. Santa Cruz. Teléfono: 922 64 55 11 Fax: 922 64 93 52

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We look after your dental health and are offering free bacteria testing with painless elimination in only ten minutes (value €100). Please ask for Mandy to make an appointment.

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Hospitals

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Tel. 922 163 236 or 639 977 334

922 791 000

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FREE check-up and X-ray Emergency Phone Line (for Bank Holidays & Weekends)

687 744 225

Tel: 922 714 225 • Fax: 922 724 130

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EDITION 627 :: 08/10/2010 - 22/10/2010 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

living lifestyle

Primark

CC.Las arenas - gran canaria

fashion

Primark 05. Frilled skirt, printed top and hooded jacket

Primark 03. Black jacket with four pockets worn over light grey

Primark 01. Lined flying jacket (29€) worn over top (6€) and military pants (14€).

Primark 02. Lined tartan shirt/jacket over printed shirt worn with faded jeans, military style bag and lined hunting hat.

jersey with hood. Chambray shirt with hood, 50s style check shirt and faded jeans.

Primark has recently opened in Las Palmas at CC Las Arenas, full of great clothing and accessories for men, women and children, all at excellent affordable prices. Here are a few items from their Autumn collection.

Primark 04. Fitted check blazer (13€) over tweed Bermuda shorts (29€). Narrow belt (2€) and handbag (13€).

Clothing Alterations

Exclusive Design & Dressmaking

Curtain making Fast & Reliable service

Margoth Design

Opposite Mercadona Car Park, San Eugenio (Above BBVA Bank)

Tel. 616 807 365

Primark 06. Check pattern dress with waistcoat, with matching Fair Isle knitted mitts and ear muffs. Patterned scarf, plain boots and grey tights.

living lifestyle

ISLAND CONNECTIONS :: EDITION 627 :: 08/10/2010 - 22/10/2010

HealthFitness

info@bfit.es

Fabian Fitzner founder and chief trainer of Bfit 24h gyms and Bfit Personal training.

Part Two

Alcohol is healthy, isn’t it? O ver the last four months I have been involved in constant discussions with a colleague about the real effects of alcohol. He mentions studies which have proven the benefits of consumption, I counter with the details

of the negative effects.

I finally decided to do some research, looking at the pros and cons. I found some very interesting studies and facts, the most interesting of which I have put together in a number of articles.

Alcohol and hormones

Chronic alcohol intake is one of the most powerful mediators of sex hormones. Ethanol is a testicular toxin and can increase the activity of aromatase, an enzyme that

shrink muscle tissue. Obesity is another independent risk factor for liver disease in alcoholics. When muscle is exposed to ethanol on a regular basis, it decreases in size, also receiving less blood circulation and distorted metabolism.

Summary and recommendations

If you don’t drink there’s no reason to start. If you do, then drinking small amounts of alcohol on a regular basis will likely offer the greatest health benefits without promoting fat gain. Any alcohol consumption above low to moderate levels can displace nutrients, increase health risks, and make you act like a degenerate at parties. Remember that alcohol is a drug. Be smart.

News in Brief

Alcohol and nutrients

Health law credit:Engideniz

The liver is a major storage depot for vitamins and converts vitamins into metabolically useful forms. Heavy alcohol consumption diminishes the uptake and utilisation of folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B1, and vitamin A. Folic acid deficiency is the most common vitamin deficiency among alcoholics, most likely due to the increased demand for nucleic acids needed for regeneration of injured liver cells. Nevertheless, poor dietary intake of folate also contributes. Alcohol acts as an antagonist to vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B3, and vitamin K. Vitamin E has also been depleted in those who consume alcohol.

converts testosterone to estrogen in the body. Chronic male alcoholics develop an assortment of endocrine disorders, including infertility, gonadal atrophy, and feminisation, caused in part by elevated production of estrogens and low testosterone levels. Alcohol abusers tend to have lower testosterone (and LH and FSH).

Alcohol can be healthy as well, can’t it

Moderate alcohol consumption has been associated with health benefits. But data from over 100 studies taking place in 25 countries demonstrates a link between alcohol intake and heart disease. The greatest benefits occur with small amounts of alcohol consumption several times per week, and those with the

highest risk of developing heart disease seem to benefit the most. The amount of alcohol that has been linked with the greatest decrease in risk is about one-half to one drink per day. Furthermore, all types of alcoholic beverages seem to offer benefits, not just red wine, which is popular among the public. Still, beverages like red wine may contain other ‘heart-protecting’ compounds. Excessive amounts of oxidative stress are associated with numerous chronic diseases like cardiovascular, cancer and diabetes. Regularly drinking more than moderate levels (more than 50 grams per day) can result in higher levels of oxidative stress, injure the liver, increase fat synthesis, displace nutrients (mostly B vitamins), displace omega-3 fat intake,

Time off for parents

The Spanish parliament hasjust passedameasure that will make life a bit easier for parents of children suffering from cancer or other serious illnesses.

nder the new provisions if both parents of the sick child are working, one of them may take time off or ‘sick leave’ and apply for state aid as unavailable for work, while they are minding their sick child. So while you obviously continue to worry about the health of your offspring, at least you can take the time to be with them, at least while they are hospitalised, without worr ying about how the mortgage or next shopping bill is going to be paid.

Atchoo!

Flu jab season

he 2010-2011 flu vaccine campaign has just T got under way in the Canary Islands with the regional department of health encouraging all those who fall into the risk groups to get themselves vaccinated as soon as possible.

While the heightened awareness of flus and vaccines of last year, due to the fear generated by the possibility of a swine flu pandemic, has receded, it’s no reason for those who would normally consider having the annual jab to let their guard down, and there will be information leaflets about the flu and the vaccine in health centres, schools, private clinics, senior citizen homes, and other public centres. Schools will also be receiving up to date information on how to avoid spreading

a virus, such as reminders to wash hands, cover your mouth when sneezing and coughing, and personal hygiene. As a further promotional aid the department is also distributing special packets of tissues on Binter and Islas Airways planes. The department recommends that the optimum time for vaccination is from now until mid-November as the normal time for flu epidemics to appear, and the winter flu can be highly contagious, affecting between five and 15 per cent of the population annually.

Who should be vaccinated? The department recommends that the following groups be vaccinated: • Over 65s;

• Those who are likely to suffer extra

complications from a flu virus, who have respiratory, cardiac, liver, renal or diabetic related illnesses; • Adults and children with any immune problems; • Adults and children with any motor neurone related problems; • Residents in old people’s homes; • Pregnant women; • Persons who are classified as severely obese (BMI 40+) • Health care professionals and those working in long term care (including domestic care); • Personnel in child care facilities and schools, police, fire personnel, public transport workers and taxi drivers, and in general workers who come into contact with the public on a regular basis.

Horoscope & pastimes

Letters

EDITION 627 :: 08/10/2010 - 22/10/2010 :: ISLAND CONNECTIONS

Chinese Horoscope

editorial@ic-news.com

By Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller

Parking problem

with very high efficiency in a very short time, even if the car occupies only a very small part of the reserved space. See picture below

Dear Editor

an you pass on the following information to all your readers with cars who have struggled to find parking in certain parts of South Tenerife. After leaving Avenida Suecia towards San Telmo at the Chayofita block, extra attention should be paid when parking on the right hand side after the scooter and the disabled parking spaces. There is a sign which allows parking after the 9am-1pm ‘loading-unloading’ hours are over, but right next to this sign there is another one which indicates the reserved space for the pharmacy clients from Monday to Saturday 9am to 9 pm. I was not so vigilant and found to my unpleasant surprise that during mentioned hours the staff of the pharmacy can and will inform the police and your car will be taken away

What was that all about?

Cruz, here in South Tenerife nothing was going on to indicate there was a strike on. I was involved in a trade union for many years back in the UK and what we tried to do was listen to our members and represent them, but here the unions seem to take decisions and expect the masses to follow. Isn’t that what they’re accusing the government of doing, taking arbitrar y decisions without proper consultation?

I rest my weary case. R. Stern

It felt for all the world like a Sunday, and while maybe there were gatherings in Santa

In the article Saint Andrews School was listed under “in process of recognition”. Saint Andrews School has been recognised by the British Council since May 2007 and by Consejeria since September 2007. The e-mail address of the school was also incorrectly published, it is sastenerife@ hotmail.com. I would be grateful if you could address these mistakes in your next issue. I will also be contacting the British Consulate. Regards,

Adeje

Marianne Dalton Headmistress/Owner

Dear Editor have been living here for years and like to think I am well informed (thanks to your paper among others), but am still in the dark about what the unions think they achieved last Wednesday, the day of the general strike.

from the British Consulate.

St Andrews School notice that in your edition 624, 27/8 -10/9/10 on Page 5 you published information

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Pastimes

Daniela Herzberg & Roger Keller are based in the south-west of Tenerife. They both are certified Feng Shui and Chinese Astrology consultants and Cosmic Healers and work and teach in Tenerife and Germany. Their comprehensive knowledge about Feng Shui, Chinese Astrology and the five elements is a result of their work with Derek Walters, one of the most respected Feng Shui masters in the world. They have published several books about Chinese Astrology and how to increase your health and vitality with the five elements, with recipes from all over the world.

 Rat (1936, 1948, 1960, 1972, 1984, 1996, 2008) You will get the opportunity to show your creative skills now. Do not be too ambitious, you might get stressed out if you take too much on your plate.  Ox (1937, 1949, 1961, 1973, 1985, 1997, 2009) You might be asked for help now. But you should stick to your own projects rather than doing the work of your colleagues or friends.  Tiger (1926, 1938, 1950, 1962, 1974, 1986, 1998) Even the tiger is allowed to show some weakness from time to time. So if you do not feel well, ask for help instead of keeping all the burden on your own shoulder.  Rabbit (1927, 1939, 1951, 1963, 1975, 1987, 1999) Do not let those pessimists around you ruin your day! All is well for you – especially on the work front. If you stick to your plans, you cannot do wrong.

Dear Editor

daniela@5-elementos.com / Tel. +34 922 104 358 / www.5-elementos.com

 Dragon (1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000) Sometimes it is a good idea to plan ahead – even if this normally is not your cup of tea. Be prepared and concentrate on every tiny little detail to make sure that everything goes well.  Snake (1929, 1941, 1953, 1965, 1977, 1989, 2001) Have a close look at your work surroundings – there might be small mishaps due to exhaustion of man and machine. Maybe you need a break now.  Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) Some horses might want to think about their commitments to their loved ones now. Maybe you have to give up some of your independance if you want to have a stable and lasting relationship.

Los Cristianos

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 Sheep (1931, 1943, 1955, 1967, 1979, 1991, 2003 You can take care of yourself! So don’t always expect help, but try to walk ahead without your usual support. If you succeed, this will give your self-esteem a real boost.  Monkey (1932, 1944, 1956, 1968, 1980, 1992, 2004) Take better care of your health now! Your personal resources are not endless. So if you feel the need to slow down, now is the perfect time to spend quality time with yourself.  Rooster (1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993, 2005) Ambitious roosters can go ahead with their plans now. Make sure, that you check all the facts before investing in a new project.  Dog (1934, 1946, 1958, 1970, 1982, 1994, 2006) You do not always have to say yes, if somebody asks for a favour. It will not ruin the friendship nor have a bad influence on your work if you need more time for yourself now.  Pig (1935, 1947, 1959, 1971, 1983, 1995, 2007) If you are angry with somebody, you should really tell the person how you feel. Do not gnaw on your bad emotions – spit them out! You will immediately feel better.

The Chinese solar year starts around February 4. If your birthday is in January or at the beginning of February your Chinese animal sign belongs to the year before. Example 27.1. 1967 still belongs to the year of the horse.

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8th October - 8:00pm EastEnders

Alfie decides to pull out all the stops for Kat

one 6:00 Breakfast 9:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes under the Hammer 11:00 Commonwealth Games Clare Balding and Mark Foster introduce action from another busy day at the SPM Swimming Complex in Delhi, including the men’s 100m butterfly, the women’s 50m and 400m freestyle events, and the men’s para S8 100m freestyle. 1:00 BBC News at One 1:30 BBC London News 1:45 Doctors 2:15 Commonwealth Games John Inverdale, Michael Johnson, Denise Lewis and Colin Jackson present more athletics action, including the women’s 1,500m and 10,000m finals, the men’s hammer final and the decathlon 1,500m. 5:00 Commonwealth Games Report 6:00 BBC News at Six 6:30 BBC London News 7:00 The One Show 7:30 Real Rescues 8:00 EastEnders Alfie decides to pull out all the stops for Kat, forcing her into a difficult position. Jay brings a surprise visitor to see Billy, and Carol finally lets go of Billie and allows him to celebrate his birthday into the small hours. 8:30 QI 9:00 New Tricks 10:00 BBC News at Ten 10:25 BBC London News 10:35 Would I Lie to You? 11:05 The National Lottery Draws 11:20 The Night Listener In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan, a troubled young boy, via the telephone 12:35 The Impostor Sci-fi action thriller set in the future when the Earth is at war with aliens.

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6:00a Daybreak 8:30 Lorraine 9:25 The Jeremy Kyle Show 10:30 This Morning 11:25 ITV News 11:30 This Morning 12:30 Loose Women 1:30 ITV News & Weather 2:00 60 Minute Makeover 3:00 Secret Dealers 4:00 Midsomer Murders 5:00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show 6:00 London Tonight 6:30 ITV News & Weather 7:00 Emmerdale Holly tries to take advantage of a visit from Roz. Victoria takes charge when Hannah worries about her encounter with Isaac. Andy comes to the aid of a cheeky motorist. 7:30 Coronation Street Ken and Janice both question Leanne’s decision. Will Molly and Tyrone find out what is causing Jack’s behaviour? Ryan is reluctant to tell Michelle the truth. 8:00 Cheetah Kingdom Series following the conservation work of David Houghton and his colleagues at the Africat Foundation in Namibia. Today, Coco’s ‘Gang of Five’ have their hunting skills tested when they face an adult warthog and her family 8:30 Coronation Street Molly and Tyrone are shocked by Jack’s confession. A new friendship is forged between Molly and Sally. Ciaran and Michelle finally admit their feelings for each other. 9:00 Paul O’Grady Live This week he is joined by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow to talk about their 20 years in the business. 10:00 ITV News & Weather 10:35 American Pie Presents Band Camp Teen comedy sequel. 12:15 The Zone Our hosts guide you through The Zone.

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/ Wednesday 13/10/10 BBC1 / Entertainment

13th October - 10.45pm Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman

The new host is joined by film journalist Danny Leigh to discuss the week’s new releases

one 6:00 Breakfast 9:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes under the Hammer 11:00 To Buy or Not to Buy 11:30 Commonwealth Games The Talkatora Stadium hosts the latest two boxing finals, with the middleweights taking to the ring at 11.45, followed by the heavyweights at 12.15. Attention switches to the Dr SP Mukherjee Swimming Stadium at 12.30 for the concluding diving event, the final of the men’s 10m platform. 1:00 BBC News at One 1:30 BBC London News 1:45 Doctors 2:15 Commonwealth Games The flyweight contest at 2.30, followed by the lightweights at 2.45, welterweights at 3.15, light heavyweights at 3.45 and super heavyweights at 4.15. 5:00 Commonwealth Games Report Coverage of the concluding events on day 10 in Delhi. 6:00 BBC News at Six 6:30 BBC London News 7:00 The One Show 7:30 Bang Goes the Theory 8:00 Waterloo Road Vicki cannot balance living in a hostel and visiting her sick father at hospital with her schoolwork, and resorts to blackmailing Chris to improve her grades. 9:00 The Apprentice 10:00 BBC News at Ten 10:25 BBC London News 10:32 BBC Weather 10:35 The National Lottery Draws 10:45 Film 2010 with Claudia Winkleman In the first-ever live broadcast of the show, the new host is joined by film journalist Danny Leigh to discuss the week’s new releases 11:25 The Human Stain Adaptation of a Philip Roth novel. 1:00 Weatherview

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/ Thursday 14/10/10 ITV1 / Soap

14th October - 8.30pm Coronation Street

Tina reveals the shocking truth about David’s attack to a furious Graeme

one 6:00 Breakfast 9:15 Heir Hunters 10:00 Homes under the Hammer 11:00 To Buy or Not to Buy 11:30 Cash in the Attic 12:15 Bargain Hunt 1:00 BBC News at One 1:30 BBC London News 1:45 Doctors 2:15 Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony Sue Barker presents live coverage of the Closing Ceremony of the 19th Commonwealth Games from the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, including the handover to Glasgow 2014. 5:15 The Weakest Link 6:00 BBC News at Six 6:30 BBC London News 7:00 The One Show 7:30 EastEnders A grieving Carol lashes out at all sides when she realises that she didn’t really know her son. Bianca crumbles after she discovers what happened between Ricky and Kim. Billy defies Phil but is crushed to discover that Jay is already lost to him. 8:00 Watchdog Anne Robinson and the team investigate the private parking companies whose tickets are designed to look like they’ve been issued by the police 9:00 Have I Got News for You Paul Merton and Ian Hislop return with the popular quiz 9:30 Reggie Perrin After cracking up in front of his colleagues at a sales conference, Reggie has disappeared to the beach. But what should he do next? Walk out to sea, or start a new life? Without Reggie, Groomtech is in big trouble. 10:00 BBC News at Ten 10:25 BBC London News 10:32 BBC Weather 10:35 Question Time 11:35 This Week 12:20 Holiday Weatherview 12:25 Panorama

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