Rochdale striker Calvin Andrew has been given a 12-game ban - one of the longest in English football history - for elbowing Oldham's Peter Clarke.

His ban is longer than the 10-game suspensions handed to Luis Suarez for biting and Rotherham defender Kirk Broadfoot for misconduct.
Andrew, 29, was not punished on the field, but was later cited after a Football Association video review.
Rochdale won Saturday's League One derby match 1-0 at Spotland.
The usual tariff for violent conduct is three games, but that sanction was deemed insufficient by an independent disciplinary panel on Friday.
Dale will be without the former Crystal Palace striker, who admitted to his violent conduct charge, until January.
Former Manchester United and France forward Eric Cantona was banned for nine months for a 'kung-fu' style kick on a Crystal Palace fan in 1995.
Ex-Chelsea goalkeeper Mark Bosnich was given a suspension of the same length after testing positive for cocaine in 2003.


The doctor who gave double Olympic champion Mo Farah a controversial supplement has told MPs that he failed to correctly document the treatment.

Dr Robin Chakraverty said the amount of L-carnitine was well within World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) limits.
Dr Chakraverty said the substance was given to help the Briton's performance.
He said he gave 13.5 millilitres of the legal supplement, below the maximum allowed of 50ml within six hours, by injection and not via drip.
The use of the substance, given to Farah in 2014, is being looked at by the US Anti-Doping Agency (Usada) - which has called it an infusion - to determine whether rules were broken.
The injection was made in consultation with Farah's American coach Alberto Salazar.
Salazar and Farah, Olympic champion in both the 5,000m and 10,000m in 2012 and 2016, have strongly denied breaking any rules.
Dr Chakraverty, formerly the chief medical officer for UK Athletics (UKA), now works with the England men's football team,
He told the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on Wednesday there had been staffing cuts at UKA and he had been responsible for the healthcare of 140 athletes in an "immensely busy" job.
"Where we have had lapses is when you're on the road, when you're travelling, and that is probably the unique thing about this role. Not all our athletes train in one area," he said.
"When you are constantly on call for athletes you travel to those athletes. If you don't record it straight away - which I didn't in this case - then it can get forgotten because you have all these other things. That is just the scenario. It is not an excuse."
In March, the BBC reported that UKA staff may not have properly recorded the use of L-carnitine - a naturally occurring amino acid often prescribed as a supplement for heart and muscle disorders.
Ed Warner, the UKA chairman, told MPs that not recording injections was "inexcusable" although Dr Chakraverty said record keeping had since improved.
Farah was given the injection during preparations before his full London Marathon debut in 2014, in which he finished eighth.
Salazar has been under investigation by Usada and UK Anti-Doping (Ukad) since 2015, following claims of doping and unethical practices made in a BBC Panorama programme.
At a meeting of the committee earlier this year, a doctor who received a 'mystery package' for cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2011 said he had no record of his medical treatment at the time.
Ex-Team Sky medic Dr Richard Freeman had a laptop containing medical records stolen in 2014, the committee was told in March.
Team Sky and British Cycling's record-keeping was questioned at the earlier hearing and when it was raised again on Wednesday, Warner replied: "Please don't tar us with the same brush".
He said UKA was keen to centralise its records and now handles all of Farah's medical care.
"There was a period of a few months in which we allowed Mo to go to Oregon and be treated by a local GP over in America, and we were observing his medical care from afar," said Warner.
"A decision was taken that we had to make sure we were in control of all medical interventions where Mo was concerned. That should always be the case for funded athletes."
An interim Usada report centres on claims a number of athletes at Salazar's Nike Oregon Project were given L-carnitine - some of which were "almost certainly" more than 50ml and therefore doping violations.
Another former UKA doctor, Dr John Rogers, visited a training camp held in France in 2011.
He reported back some concerns about the side-effects of some of the supplements Farah was taking, but stressed there were no worries that anything illegal may have been taking place.
Farah was receiving supplements to help prevent stress fractures and for iron and vitamin D deficiencies.
Dr Rogers told the committee Salazar's knowledge of sports medicine and science at the time was more advanced than any coach he had worked with.
"We had several conversations here and he was very open and transparent about the sports medicine practices he was using," he said.
"There was no concern there were any Wada rules being broken.
"There were some medical concerns around possible side-effects from some of the strategies they were using and it was important I shared that in terms of the continuity of care."
Committee chairman Damian Collins MP said at the start of the hearing that the MPs' final report into anti-doping would now not be published until after the General Election on June 8.


Tottenham Hotspur Football Club and a leading private school, Highgate School, are proposing a state sixth form in north London.

The free school, planned for September 2017, will use staff and educational expertise from Highgate, where pupils pay Â£18,705 per year.
Spurs will be the school's main financial sponsor and provide premises.
Highgate's head teacher says it will allow the school to offer an education to poorer families "on our doorstep".
The proposed London Academy of Excellence Tottenham plans to offer A-level courses in the London Borough of Haringey, subject to a four-week consultation which begins next week.
Highgate has already been involved in Stratford's London Academy of Excellence, which has been successful in getting pupils into top universities.
That school has provided the model for the Tottenham school and has been supported by other schools such as Eton.
The plan for the school promises an "academically-rigorous curriculum" aimed at pupils living in Tottenham from "disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds".
Haringey council leader Claire Kober welcomed the proposal as a "significant step in our ambition to ensure that young people in Tottenham have access to the same level of opportunity as any of their peers in London".
Adam Pettitt, Highgate's head, said the school would enable "bright local children, especially those with disadvantaged backgrounds, to access a high-calibre academic education and first-rate preparation for university and employment".
"Although Highgate School is situated in an affluent area of London, some of the least affluent and most challenged parts of the whole city are on our doorstep."
Donna-Maria Cullen, executive director for Spurs, said the project would help to regenerate "one of the poorest parts of Britain".
"What has become evident to us is both the thirst for teaching at the highest level and a real need to retain the brightest schoolchildren in Tottenham," she added.


Liverpool and Birmingham should ask to use London Stadium for athletics as part of their 2022 Commonwealth Games bids, says outgoing UK Athletics chief Ed Warner.

The cities are bidding for the Games after Durban was stripped of the event.
Warner says it is more cost effective to use the stadium, which hosted the 2012 Olympics and 2017 World Athletics and Para-athletics Championships.
"The first one to make the call has the knockout bid," he said.
Liverpool's plan will see a temporary athletics track put into Everton's proposed new stadium, while Birmingham is planning on refurbishing Alexander Stadium, the home of the national championships.
"If I was leader of the Liverpool or Birmingham bid I would be ringing [London Mayor] Sadiq Khan and say 'you know what, can we have the athletics in London and we will do everything else?" Warner told BBC Radio 5 live's Sportsweek.
Warner, who is also co-chairman of London 2017, said: "I spoke to a civil servant, who is heavily involved in the Commonwealth Games bid, he said he was going to be 'be rinsing the treasury for half a billion pounds to put on an English Commonwealth Games.'
"My answer is, save a load of money, use this amazing facility, which is the best in the world and make it an English bid."
Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson told BBC Radio Merseyside: "Liverpool's case is around the fact that - with the athletics village, with the things that we would put in place - there would be a huge legacy, not just economic but for sport, for our children, for the future."
Both cities will be inspected in August, before the final decision in September.
The Department of Culture, Media and Sport will then forward the bid to the Commonwealth Games Federation.
Cities in Canada, Australia and Malaysia are also expected to bid for the Games.


Brett Williams rescued a point for Forest Green Rovers in the National League with a late goal at Wrexham.

Darren Carter put the visitors ahead but Blaine Hudson struck twice after the break to put the hosts on the brink of victory.
But in a dramatic end, Rovers' Sam Wedgbury was sent off for a second yellow card before Williams levelled.
Wrexham remain 12th while the end of Rovers' six-match winning streak saw them drop to second behind Cheltenham.
Wrexham manager Gary Mills told BBC Radio Wales: "We've had a couple of cruel, cruel Saturdays - last minute things. A penalty last week and a late equaliser today is tough on us.
"And it's just those thin dividing lines making the difference of whether you achieve what you want to achieve.
"And we could be four points better off than we are, but we're not.
"What can I say after what my players have given me today - unbelievable - and I'm absolutely delighted with them."
Forest Green boss Ady Pennock told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"It's a point won - when you go down to ten-men and you've only got another minute to go, it's a point gained.
"I'm just disappointed with the two goals. The build-up and the free-kick - it's all our own fault, we were a bit naïve I thought on both of the goals.
"We should have been a little bit more ruthless in front of goal in the first half, we played some lovely football in the conditions.
"But I'm really pleased, this is a big club, we knew it was going to be a tough place to come and it ticks the board over with another point for us."


A family dog attack which hospitalised a three-year-old girl "came out of the blue",  Dyfed-Powys Police has said.

Officers were called to an address in Neyland, Milford Haven, at 14:45 BST on Thursday.
Police said the girl is "recovering well" after being treated for facial injuries at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
The dog, a cross between a Siberian Husky and Alaskan Malamute, was destroyed with the family's consent.
A police spokeswoman said the attack was an "unfortunate incident that no one could have foreseen" and there will be no further investigation.


Health services in Somerset warn they face a budget deficit of £596m over the next five years if they "do nothing".

Saving suggestions include cuts to maternity services in the county and reducing beds in community hospitals.
The Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) said "things could not stay the same" and would have to be done "differently".
Trade union Unison South West said there was a "real urgency to deal with the problems facing our NHS".
Dr Matthew Dolman, of the Somerset CCG, said: "It's driven by the fact that people are having more complicated illnesses and those complicated illnesses come with an increased cost.
"So that is driving this really large figure if we do nothing - which is why things can't stay the same. We have to do things differently.
"Part of the problem is that health and care is fragmented. What we're doing is coming together to say, 'right we've got a real problem here, let's work together, let's do things differently'.
Helen Eccles, from Unison, said: "We want to work together with employers to deliver preventative, joined-up services to deal with the predicted 30% rise in the elderly population, public health problems and the challenges of a rural area."


An Islamic street preacher threatened to blow up a Muslim woman's house and claimed she was Satan for wearing tight jeans, a court has heard.

Krissoni Henderson allegedly abused the woman on New Street in Birmingham on 4 July, city magistrates were told.
Noor Alneaimi said the incident happened after she stopped to listen to a Christian preacher.
Mr Henderson denies using religiously aggravated threatening words or behaviour.
Giving evidence behind a screen, Ms Alneaimi said she was surrounded by friends of the 31-year-old Mr Henderson.
She said "all of a sudden" she heard him shout abusive language to a passer-by and then started calling females in the streets prostitutes.
"He wasn't preaching at the time - he was just a by-stander like myself," she said.
"He started saying things like 'Look at your tight jeans'. "He said 'You shall burn in hell, look at your jeans they are so tight. You will burn in hell for wearing such clothes'.
"I said 'I am going to report you to the authorities' and he said... I am going to come down your house and blow up you and your house'."
During cross-examination, she rejected claims that the only comment he made was a request to be left alone after she stared at him.
The trial was adjourned until 26 September.


Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson is "stable and improving", his party deputy has said.

Mr Robinson remains in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) after suffering a suspected heart attack.
Mr Robinson, 66, was taken to the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, on Monday morning after he became ill.
The leader of the Democratic Unionist Party was then transferred to the RVH where he underwent a procedure.
On Tuesday morning, DUP deputy leader Nigel Dodds said Mr Robinson was feeling better and the family hoped for a speedy recovery.
Referring to the major debate on welfare reform at Stormont on Tuesday, he said: "Peter is very determined that today's proceedings should continue."
A statement released by the hospital on Monday said: "Mr Robinson underwent a procedure this morning and is currently recovering in the RVH.
"He and his family have requested the need for privacy from this point onwards."
Mr Robinson has served as first minister and DUP leader since 2008, succeeding lan Paisley in both jobs.
The DUP has asked that the Robinson family's privacy should be respected.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted his best wishes to Mr Robinson, wishing him a speedy recovery.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon also sent her best wishes.
Other politicians including Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt,  SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell, TUV leader Jim Allister and Mr Robinson's Stormont colleague Peter Weir have wished Mr Robinson a speedy recovery.
Last week, Mr Robinson warned that the assembly could not survive the scenario that would unfold if the welfare reform bill was not approved.
The Northern Ireland parties had agreed a deal on Westminster's welfare reform in the Stormont House Agreement last December.
However, Sinn Féin withdrew its support for the bill in March.
Sinn Féin and the SDLP have signed a petition of concern which means the bill appears certain to be blocked on Tuesday as it will not get the necessary cross-community support.


A sixth-form pupil on a school trip to Ecuador has fallen from an inflatable white water raft and died.

Matthew Hitchman, 17, from the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, was on a month-long school trek.
On Sunday he fell off the raft and attempts to rescue him "proved impossible", the school said.
The group from the school had just completed a trek to the Northern Andes when the accident happened.
The pupils had been working on a community project to provide sustainable tourism income in a remote area of Ecuador.
In a statement the school headmaster Philip Wayne said: "Matthew will be sadly missed by all who knew him.
"He was a caring, friendly and well-liked student who was highly regarded by his teachers and fellow pupils."
The school said it had focused on the "safe and compassionate return of 11 boys to the UK without one of their team mates, supporting our staff and students and giving the best possible care we can offer to a devastated family".
A spokesman for World Challenge, which organised the trek, said: "A full independent review is already under way."
He said the firm had suspended white water rafting in all destinations until the completion of the review.
It has been organising educational expeditions for 30 years and claimed that since 2003 more than 6,500 students had completed expeditions to Ecuador.


Two companies have been fined hundreds of thousands of pounds over an accident with a wind turbine blade that left one man dead and seriously injured another.

Danish worker Per Terp died and Frank Kroeger had to be resuscitated twice after the incident at Harwich in 2010.
Chelmsford Crown Court heard a missing bolt caused the accident but the HSE said it would have been avoided had "the right questions been asked".
Denmark-based Siemens Windpower A/S and London firm Fluor Ltd were both fined.
Mr Terp, 42, was crushed on 21 May 2010 at Harwich International Port.
His colleague Mr Kroeger was airlifted to Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge with serious, life-changing injuries.
A heavy blade root was being lifted in an H-type lifting frame by the jack-up vessel Sea Jack, but the frame gave way and dropped the load, the court heard.
Siemens pleaded guilty to two charges under the Health and Safety Act and Fluor was found guilty of one offence.
Judge David Turner QC said there needed to be "greater clarity" between the companies.
Speaking after the hearing, Health and Safety Executive inspector Julie Rayner said: "This incident could easily have been avoided had suitable systems and procedures been in place to ensure that all loads were properly connected whilst being lifted.
"Had the right questions been asked when the lift was being planned and had the bolt and two brackets holding the blade and frame together been checked before they were lifted, the death and serious injury of two workers could have been prevented."
Siemens Windpower was fined £375,000 and told to pay costs of £105,355, while Fluor was fined £275,000 with costs of £271,048.


Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan have been confirmed for the line-up of a US "mega-festival" this October.

Called Desert Trip, the three-day event will take place at the Empire Polo Field in Indio, California - the site of the Coachella music festival.
Tickets start at $200 (Â£137) per day, rising to $1,599 (Â£1,097) for a three-day pass for the area near the stage.
The Who, Roger Waters and Neil Young are also on the bill.
Performances will start after sunset, with each artist playing a full set.
Rumours about the show began to circulate last month, after the first weekend of Coachella.
The Who's Roger Daltrey later confirmed to BBC 6 Music that the festival was likely to go ahead, describing it as a once-in-a-lifetime line-up.
"We have to face it, we are [at] the end of an era," the singer told 6 Music's Matt Everitt. "We're the last of our generation."
"You can see from reading the obituaries lately that we [rock stars] don't make old bones very well, do we?"
The LA Times said Dylan and the Stones were expected to open the festival with back-to-back performances on Friday, 7 October, with McCartney and Young playing the following night, and Waters and the Who concluding proceedings on 9 October.
"I don't think any of us cares who goes on first," said Daltrey. "We've never worried about that. The music is all so different, that's not going to matter at all."
The gigs will be scheduled as follows:


Midfielder Tom Rogic would welcome the possibility of Celtic playing a league match in the United States.

Dundee have confirmed they are in discussions with Celtic about the possibility of playing a Scottish Premiership fixture in North America.
"It's a good opportunity to expand the game and broadcast Scottish football on a world stage," said Australian Rogic.
"Celtic has a massive fan base and it would be fantastic to give some fans over there the chance to see us play."
"There would be a bit of travel involved but we have a few international boys that are used to that.
"You don't think too much about that, though. The first thought is that it would be a positive idea.
"Growing up in Australia, I knew about the Old Firm and definitely knew about the size of this club, but I guess you could call these plans an innovative way to promote the game a little bit more on the world stage."
A formal proposal is expected to be put before the Scottish Professional Football League in the next few weeks, with Boston and Philadelphia possible host cities.
The SPFL board says it would have to "sanction any move for a league game to be played overseas".
Talks between Dundee and Celtic and representatives in the United States have been going on for some time.
Texas-based chairman Tim Keyes and managing director John Nelms took over ownership of Dundee in 2013.
Celtic, who have frequently played friendlies in the USA, revealed in October they were considering starting a franchise in the country.
Dundee, who lost 6-0 at Celtic Park in September, host Celtic at Dens Park on 30 December, their only scheduled home game against them this season.
"We look forward to hearing more details on what certainly sounds to be a forward thinking and incredible opportunity for both clubs," said Alan McEwan, director of Dundee FC Supporters Society.
Uefa and Fifa have also released statements.
"First and foremost this is a matter for the national associations concerned and for Fifa," said a Uefa spokesman.
"But it must be remembered that the framework of the game worldwide is based on association football and the rules and boundaries which apply.
"As a result, clubs cannot simply choose which country they want to play in. There are rules in place and procedures which need to be respected."
And a Fifa counterpart added: "In accordance with the Fifa Regulations Governing International Matches, any such match could only be played if approved by the member associations and confederations concerned.
"Further, according to art. 82.4 of the Fifa Statutes, Fifa may take in any case a final decision.
"For the time being we have not been contacted with regard to the specific proposal you refer to and therefore we are not in a position to comment further."


Pregnant women will no longer have rubella screening in England, officials have announced.

Public Health England said the success of MMR vaccination meant the infection was now incredibly rare and the screening was causing unnecessary stress.
Infection during pregnancy can lead to brain damage and other health problems for the baby in the womb.
The rest of the UK is also considering the measure.
The viral infection - also known as German measles - is mild, causing a rash and fever.
But it becomes very serious in the first 20 weeks of pregnancy, when it can lead to sight and hearing problems, brain damage and heart defects.
Pregnant women are offered a blood test to determine whether they are immune to the virus.
The UK's National Screening Committee recommended in 2012 that rubella screening should stop because levels of the virus were so low that the World Health Organization classed rubella as eliminated in the UK.
Screening will stop in England in April.
Public Health England (PHE) said high uptake of the MMR jab - which protects against measles, mumps and rubella - was allowing it to make the decision.
Dr Anne Mackie, the director of screening programmes at PHE, said: "The decision to end rubella susceptibility screening in pregnancy in England is based on a rigorous assessment of the evidence and expert clinical advice.
"Screening for rubella in pregnancy does not give any protection to the unborn baby in that pregnancy.
"The best preventative measure a woman can take to protect herself from rubella is to ensure she is immunised with the MMR vaccine before she gets pregnant."
The charity Sense, set up by parents affected by rubella, welcomed the news.
Joff McGill, from the charity, said: "It is a cause for celebration that in the UK there is no endemic rubella and congenital rubella syndrome births are now rare thanks to the childhood immunisation programme and high levels of MMR uptake.
"Stopping rubella screening in pregnancy will not lead to an increase in cases of congenital rubella syndrome.
"The only way that will happen is if there are significant rubella outbreaks, and we can ensure that doesn't happen by continued high levels of uptake of MMR."


The family of murdered Irish student Karen Buckley have thanked people in Scotland for their "huge outpouring of support and sympathy".

The 24-year-old went missing after leaving a nightclub in Glasgow on 11 April. Her body was found four days later at a farm near Milngavie.
Ms Buckley's father John said the family was "grateful" for the support shown during "this terrible time".
Alexander Pacteau, 21, from Glasgow, has been charged with her murder.
Ms Buckley's parents, John and Marian, travelled to Scotland from Cork after she disappeared and said they were touched by the support they had received.
In a statement issued through the Irish Examiner, Mr Buckley said: "We are very grateful for all the support and messages of sympathy we received from so many people from all over Scotland at this terrible time for our family.
"People have been extremely helpful to us right from the moment we discovered that Karen was missing.
"We would like to thank everybody in Scotland who helped us in any way.
Mr Buckley said: "People have been very good to us and it means a lot.
"The Scottish police were wonderful and very professional right through it all.
He said some police officers "took the trouble to travel to Ireland for Karen's funeral", and added: "It was a very kind and thoughtful thing to do."
A major police search was launched when Ms Buckley was reported missing by friends on Sunday 12 April when she failed to return after leaving a nightclub in Glasgow's west end the previous night.
The 24-year-old's body was found at High Craigton Farm, near Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, following a four-day search.
Following the discovery, about 300 people attended a vigil in Glasgow's George Square in April, including her parents.
Ms Buckley, a qualified nurse, moved to Scotland in February and was studying occupational therapy at Glasgow Caledonian University.
Mr Buckley said: "We will never forget the huge outpouring of support and sympathy we got when we were in Scotland, it was incredible.
"We want to thank everybody who took part in the search for Karen and the hundreds of people who turned out for the vigil in George Square.
"We are extremely upset that Karen will never have the chance to live out her life, travel more and pursue her career in occupational therapy.
"That maybe someday she could have a family of her own and enjoy a happy and eventful life, which is what she would have wanted.
"We are still in shock and disbelief and it sometimes feels like all of this isn't real."
Mr Pacteau is also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice.
He made no plea or declaration when he made his second appearance at Glasgow Sheriff Court in April and was remanded in custody.


A multi-billion dollar global fund is encouraging the construction of fossil fuel projects, at the expense of cleaner options, a study reports.

An NGO said that some World Bank policy loans had the effect of supporting coal, gas and oil developments while undermining renewable schemes.
It added the loans were intended to boost growth in the low carbon sector.
The World Bank disputed the report's findings, saying it did not reflect the wider work it did with countries.
The report by NGO Bank Information Center (BIC) looks at the Bank's Development Policy Finance (DPF) operations in four nations - Indonesia, Peru, Egypt and Mozambique.
DPF is one of the main activities of the bank, accounting for about one-third of its funding (more than US $15 billion in 2016), according to the report's authors.
The scheme provides funding for countries in exchange for the implementation of policy agreed by both the national government and World Bank officials.
The authors say the World Bank's Climate Action Plan considers DPF as a key instrument in help developing nations become low-carbon economies.
They added that the scheme was also essential in helping these nations meet their national commitments outlined in reducing emissions, which form the backbone of the Paris Climate Agreement.
However, BIC research found that DPF had introduced subsidies for coal in three of the four nations examined in the report (Indonesia, Egypt and Mozambique).
The authors said this had helped Indonesia become one of the world's top coal exporting nations, while turning Mozambique - considered to be among the most at-risk nations from climate change - into a major player in the global coal sector.
"The findings were really shocking for us because in all of the countries, across the board, the Bank actually created new fossil fuel subsidies, which directly goes against what the Bank wants to achieve," Nezir Sinani, BIC's Europe and Central Asia manager, told BBC News.
"The World Bank has pledged to help countries adopt a low-carbon development path specifically by phasing out fossil fuels subsidies and promoting a carbon tax," he added.
"However, the Bank's policy lending does the opposite by introducing tax breaks for coal power plants and coal exports infrastructure."
A spokesperson for the World Bank told BBC News that the group disputed the picture painted by the report.
"We are deeply disappointed that after close cooperation with BIC on this report, their findings grossly misrepresent the World Bank's engagement in these countries," they observed.
"The report does not capture the World Bank's broader energy work, which involves not only development policy loans, but a mix of interventions - policy reforms, investments, technical assistance - that work together to promote climate smart growth and increased energy access.
"In each of the countries mentioned in the report, the World Bank's development policy loans do not promote the use of coal, but help support a shift towards a cleaner energy mix and low carbon growth."
The report was published by BIC, which works with other groups in civil society to hold the World Bank and other financial institutions accountable, in collaboration with other green groups, including Greenpeace Indonesia and Friends of the Earth Mozambique.
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An Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) move to form the Northern Ireland Assembly's first ever opposition is a "sign of confidence", its former leader David Trimble has said.

Current leader Mike Nesbitt announced the party's decision in Thursday's first sitting of the new assembly.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness said the step was "an act of desperation" that went against Lord Trimble's approach.
But Lord Trimble said he saw "leadership" in the UUP's "bold move".
The former Northern Ireland first minister led the UUP through peace talks that paved the way to the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and the creation of a power-sharing executive at Stormont.
He said the arrangements put in place in the 1998 agreement "were going to evolve".
"In the initial stages we wanted everyone in there working together, but there is actually, in the long-run, a need for an opposition," he told BBC Radio Ulster's Good Morning Ulster programme.
"It is a bold move but it's a move which I think reflects what was always going to be the case.
"I think bold moves have to be taken now and again and people have to offer leadership.
"I recognise that in what Mike's doing and I salute him for it."
A bill to allow for the creation of an official opposition at Stormont was passed towards the end of the last assembly term.
Lord Trimble said criticism of the UUP's move by Sinn Féin was therefore ironic.
"Mr McGuinness and Sinn Féin were party to putting those arrangements [to create an opposition] in place, so it's a bit silly to turn round and complain that it's happened," he said.
"Rather than throwing these negative comments at it, what others parties should be doing is saying: 'OK, let's see if this works.'"
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) also criticised Mr Nesbitt for the move, saying it had been his response to a poor result for the party in last week's assembly election.
Lord Trimble disagreed with that assessment.
"I saw a very positive result and I saw growth there, too," he said.
"I see this as a sign of confidence and I hope it's rewarded."
Northern Ireland's main political parties entered negotiations over a programme for government - a plan of priorities and action - for the new Northern Ireland Executive this week.
David Ford, the Alliance Party leader, said the Ulster Unionists had been premature in deciding to move into opposition, and accused Mr Nesbitt of "grandstanding".
"The opportunity was there to discuss and negotiate over two weeks, and Mike Nesbitt didn't even last two speeches before he flounced out," Mr Ford said.
He said his party has been offered the justice ministry, which it held in the previous executive, but it has yet to decide on whether it will accept the position.
"It's not an issue of being offered something," he said.
"It's an issue of whether being in government or not being in government is a better way for delivering what we believe is essential for the people of Northern Ireland."


A County Tyrone cattle dealer who defrauded an 83-year-old farmer has been given a suspended sentence.

David Lee, 56, of Carrickaness Road, Dungannon, showed "complete disregard" for rules protecting the food chain.
He was convicted of fraud and several other charges, ordered to pay £6,000 compensation and fined £3,600.
Lee turned up late at night at Patrick McGorrey's farm at Clonoe in August 2015 with more cattle than agreed.
The animals were not the specification ordered, thus affecting their resale value.
A number were also sick, leaving the family with a £2,000 vet's bill.
The McGorreys said they believed their elderly father had been "taken advantage of".
The judge at Dungannon Magistrates' Court said Lee had demonstrated contempt for the rules on which food safety in Northern Ireland are based.
Lee plans to appeal the fraud conviction, effectively postponing the compensation payment.
The judge said the Northern Ireland farming community depended on the "integrity" of the animal movement system.
He said it not only underpinned human health but provided assurances in the event of an animal disease outbreak.
The judge said he found it "alarming" that someone like Lee with his "contemptuous attitude to the rules" could be so heavily involved in the cattle trade.
The court was been told that he had sold 3,000 cattle in a ten-month period.
His record keeping was described as "shambolic".
Lee was given a three-month prison sentence suspended for two years on the fraud charge.
He got further suspended sentences for failing to notify the Department of Agriculture on the animals' movements and failing to keep a herd register.


Graeme McDowell posted a final round of one-over-par 72 to fall down the leaderboard to joint 26th at the RBC Heritage event in South Carolina.

The Northern Ireland golfer recorded birdies at the fifth, ninth and 18th hole during his closing round of the PGA Tour event on Sunday.
Bogeys at the first, seventh, 12th and 16th marred his round however as he fell away to end on seven under par.
American Jim Furyk beat Kevin Kisner in a play-off to win the tournament.
McDowell began the event strongly, tying for the lead after the opening day thanks to an impressive 66.
The Portrush man followed that up by signing for rounds of 69 and 70 to lie joint 10th going into the final day.
Jim Furyk earned his first PGA Tour win since 2010 after he beat fellow American Kisner in added holes.
Furyk, 44, started the final day four shots behind overnight leader Troy Merritt on 10 under.
But a final eight-under round of 63 took him into a play-off, where he defeated Kisner after two extra holes.
Masters champion Jordan Spieth, 21, finished tied 11th on 10 under after a closing round of 70.


Marine researchers have said a beluga whale has been sighted off the County Antrim coast near Dunseverick.

It is believed to be the first time the Arctic species has been recorded in Northern Irish waters.
Dr Peter Evans, director of the Seawatch Foundation, said a fall in sea temperatures could be why the whale strayed so far from its usual habitat.
"A beluga whale is extremely unusual," he said.
"It's the first record that we know for Northern Ireland and in fact there's only been about a dozen in 50 years for the whole of Britain and Ireland.
"On the whole, over the last sort of 10 years, certainly the sea temperatures have been generally warming, but at the same time there have been a number of anomalies where you've got actually significantly cooler waters and that seems to be the case here."
There are just two records of beluga whales off the coast of the Republic of Ireland - one off Clare Island, County Mayo, in 1948 and another at Cobh, County Cork, in 1988.
"This is not the first arctic species to occur in Britain this year. Back in February, the first European sighting of a bowhead whale was captured on a smart phone in the Isles of Scilly," Dr Evans said.
"In that instance it was thought that the fragmentation of floating ice may have resulted in whales typically associated with pack ice, straying much further south.
"Whether the same has occurred in the case of this beluga is not clear but sea temperatures have been unusually low this summer."


Environmental campaigners say that a draft plan to respond to an oil spill in the Arctic ocean is inadequate and vague.

The proposal has been in preparation for two years as oil companies look to increase exploration in the region.
Greenpeace says it fails to get to grip with the risks of an accident in an extremely sensitive location.
Ministers from the eight nation Arctic Council are due to discuss the plan at a meeting in Sweden tomorrow.
As summer ice in the Arctic has declined in recent years, the area has become the subject of intense interest from oil and gas companies. Estimates from the US Geological Survey indicated that there could be 60 billion barrels of oil in the region.
In 2011 The Arctic Council members signed the Nuuk Declaration that committed them to develop an international agreement on how to respond to oil pollution in the northern seas.
Now Greenpeace have released a draft of the plan that they say is simply inadequate.
"The big glaring hole is that it is such a vaguely worded document that it doesn't seem to force countries into doing anything," Ben Ayliffe from Greenpeace told BBC News.
"For all intents and purposes it is a useless document," he said.
The plan says that "each party shall maintain a national system for responding promptly and effectively to oil pollution incidents" without requiring any clear details on the number of ships or personnel that would be needed to cope with a spillage.
But Sweden's ambassador to the Arctic Council, Gustaf Lind, rejected the Greenpeace claims that the document was woolly and vague.
"The agreement is a great step forward for the protection of the Arctic from an oil spill because it sets up a system for the states to co-operate in practice," he said.
"I think Greenpeace misses the target because they criticise the agreement for not regulating oil companies, that is not the purpose of it at all."
Ben Ayliffe says he believes the Arctic Council plan would be ineffective if a spill occurred.
"It would be a nightmare scenario, you're facing oil drifting for thousands of miles under ice, the technical challenge of operating in darkness would make mounting the sort of response that BP had to do in the Gulf, completely impossible," he said.
Late last year, the House of Commons environmental audit committee called for a halt to oil drilling in the Arctic until a pan-Arctic response plan was in place. They called for a stricter financial liability regime to require oil and gas companies to prove they could meet the costs of cleaning up a spill.
According to chair of the Committee Joan Walley MP, there were big questions over the abilities of these companies to deal with a spillage.
"The infrastructure to mount a big clean-up operation is simply not in place and conventional oil spill response techniques have not been proven to work in such severe conditions," she said.
The Arctic Council consists of the United States, Russia, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and Iceland.


Debbie McGee has unveiled a pin badge as part of an initiative to raise money to fund research into the disease that killed her husband, Paul Daniels.

The magician died last year aged 77 at his Berkshire home, a month after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.
McGee is working with the charity Brain Tumour Research to raise awareness of the disease.
The new pin badge - featuring a white rabbit in a pink top hat - will help generate funds, McGee said.
"Paul died four weeks and five days after the diagnosis.
"I still miss him every day. I still love spending time with our rabbits, he loved them so much and they make me think of him.
"I hope people will buy these badges - by wearing one they'll be remembering Paul and supporting vital research."
The pin badge, which McGee helped to design, is available on eBay with a suggested donation of Â£5.
Sue Farrington Smith, chief executive of Brain Tumour Research, said: "We are enormously grateful to Debbie who, like so many of our supporters, is bravely sharing her story with the aim of ensuring other families do not have to bear the pain they have experienced."


Two men have been charged in connection with a stabbing at a house on Portland in Dorset.

The woman, in her 30s, was taken to hospital with stab wounds after the attack in Verne Common Road at 17:45 GMT on Wednesday.
The men, aged 33 and 30, have been charged with wounding with intent and false imprisonment.
The two men, who are both from Portland, are due before Bournemouth Magistrates' Court later.
A 37-year-old man also arrested in connection with the attack on suspicion of attempted murder has been bailed.
Police said the woman's condition was not through to be life-threatening.


Slovakia slumped to their second successive 1-0 defeat at the start of World Cup 2018 qualifying on Saturday night in Slovenia.

Now they simply must beat Scotland, with the visitors also knowing that anything less than a victory will leave them with an uphill struggle to reach the play-offs.
BBC Scotland's Alasdair Lamont was at Saturday's match in Ljubljana and pinpoints some of Slovakia's strengths and weaknesses.
Jan Durica: The veteran defender is at once a key component of Jan Kozak's defence and a potential liability. In the absence of the suspended Martin Skrtel against Slovenia, Slovakia reverted to a back three, which looked flustered by the pressing of their opponents.
On one such occasion, the 34-year-old made an outstanding last-ditch challenge to prevent a likely goal. But though he looks assured in bringing the ball out from the back, any pace he once had is fading and on more than one occasion the alertness of the Slovenian attack left him struggling.
He was posted missing at the winning goal and if he partners Skrtel against Scotland, some of his frailties could be exploited.
Juraj Kucka: The experienced midfielder worked energetically, without ever earning any significant reward for his efforts. But the Milan player did display evidence of his undoubted class at times, principally when working back the way to assist his under-pressure defence.
Like many of his team-mates, though, he failed to hit the heights he is capable of, something he will surely look to put right against Scotland.
Marek Hamsik: The same goes for captain-for-the-night Hamsik. The Napoli star showed only fleeting glimpses of his creative brilliance, shackled as he was by Rene Krhin.
Given the chance, Hamsik, 29, has shown at both club and international level he can both create goals and score them himself from an advanced midfield role.
Against Slovenia, he had virtually no opportunity to impose himself in that manner and with Steven Pressley in attendance to file a report for Scotland boss Gordon Strachan, a man-marking job on one of Serie A's biggest talents might be a worthwhile recommendation.


William Hague is standing down as an MP after an illustrious 25 year career in the House of Commons.

Looking back on his time in politics, in an interview with the BBC's Norman Smith, the former foreign secretary and Conservative Party leader said he had few regrets, other than losing the 2001 general election.
"I'm not one for having a lot of regrets but I do regret that we didn't get things back together again faster in the Conservative Party," he added.
But Mr Hague is far from alone in seeking a new role, away from the famous green benches, after 7 May's general election.
A total of 86 MPs have announced their intention to stand down, according to BBC Analysis and Research.
It might sound like a lot, out of 650 MPs, but it is a long way short of the total in 2010, when 149 MPs headed for the exit in the biggest Commons clear-out in history, in the wake of the expenses scandal.
A total of 17 former cabinet ministers - 12 Labour and five Conservative - are standing down at this election.
The departure of Mr Hague, Sir George Young and Stephen Dorrell takes the number of John Major cabinet survivors down to three: Ken Clarke, Peter Lilley, (who both served under Margaret Thatcher as well) and John Redwood.
Three female Conservative MPs, all elected in 2010, have announced they will retire. This constitutes 6% of female Tory MPs. In all, seven of the 2010 Tory intake will stand down after a single term.
High profile Tory retirees include former health secretary Andrew Lansley, Sir George Young and Sir Peter Tapsell, the Father of the House, who was first elected to the Commons in 1959. He has clocked up 54 years on the green benches, with a two year break from the Commons in the mid-1960s, making him one of the longest-serving MPs in British history.
Former Foreign Secretary Sir Malcolm Rikfind, who now sits as an independent. after having the Tory Whip withdrawn, is also standing down.
The retirements on the Labour side leave only three members of Tony Blair's first cabinet - Nick Brown, Margaret Beckett and Harriet Harman - in the Commons, assuming they manage to retain their seats.
High profile Labour retirees include former Prime Minister Gordon Brown and ex-cabinet ministers Alistair Darling, David Blunkett and Dame Tessa Jowell.
Former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, who has had the Labour whip suspended, and who now sits as an independent, is also standing down.
Eleven women, 16% of Labour's female MPs are standing down, although in contrast to the Conservatives, they are all long-serving MPs.
A total of 10 Liberal Democrats, including two women, are standing down. Retirees include former leader Sir Menzies Campbell and former minister Jeremy Browne.
Here is the full list of MPs standing down in 2015:
Stephen O'Brien, Eddisbury
Francis Maude, Horsham
Mark Hoban, Fareham
Sir Hugh Robertson, Faversham and Mid Kent
Robert Walter, North Dorset
Stephen Dorrell, Charnwood
Sir Richard Shepherd, Aldridge Brownhills
Andrew Robathan, South Leicestershire
Sir Tony Baldry, Banbury
Chris Kelly, Dudley South
Brooks Newmark, Braintree
Mark Simmonds, Boston and Skegness
David Ruffley, Bury St Edmunds
Dan Byles, North Warwickshire
Andrew Lansley, South Cambridgeshire
Greg Barker, Bexhill and Battle
David Willetts, Havant
William Hague, Richmond
Sir John Randall, Uxbridge and South Ruislip
James Clappison, Hertsmere
Mike Weatherley, Hove
Sir Peter Tapsell, Louth and Horncastle
Aidan Burley, Cannock Chase
Tim Yeo, South Suffolk (deselected)
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, Kensington (whip withdrawn)
Sir George Young, North West Hampshire
Laura Sandys, South Thanet
Jessica Lee, Erewash
Lorraine Fullbrook, Ribble South
Brian Binley, Northampton North
Sir Jim Paice, South East Cambridgeshire
Charles Hendry, Wealden
Jonathan Evans, Cardiff North
Richard Ottaway, Croydon South
Peter Luff, Mid Worcestershire
Sir John Stanley, Tonbridge and Malling
James Arbuthnot, North East Hampshire
Linda Riordan, Halifax
Paul Murphy, Torfaen
Andy Love, Edmonton
Dave Watts, St Helens North
Sir Hugh Bayley, York Central
Gordon Brown, Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
Alistair Darling, Edinburgh South West
Frank Dobson, Holborn and St Pancras
Sir Tony Cunningham, Workington
David Blunkett, Sheffield Brightside & Hillsborough
Joe Benton, Bootle
Peter Hain, Neath
Gerry Sutcliffe, Bradford South
Austin Mitchell, Great Grimsby
David Heyes, Ashton-under-Lyne
Mike Wood, Batley and Spen
Sian James, Swansea East
Hazel Blears, Salford and Eccles
Meg Munn, Sheffield Heeley
Anne McGuire, Stirling
Andrew Miller, Ellesmere Port & Neston
Hywel Francis, Aberavon
Dame Tessa Jowell, Dulwich and West Norwood
Joan Walley, Stoke on Trent North
Shaun Woodward,  St Helen's South
Lindsay Roy, Glenrothes
Jack Straw, Blackburn (whip withdrawn)
Frank Doran, Aberdeen North
George Mudie, Leeds East
Nick Raynsford, Greenwich and Woolwich
Dame Joan Ruddock, Lewisham Deptford
Bob Ainsworth, Coventry North East
Martin Caton, Gower
Dawn Primarolo, Bristol South
John Denham, Southampton Itchen
Jackson, Glenda, Hampstead & Kilburn
Dai Havard, Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Jeremy Browne, Taunton Deane
Ian Swales, Redcar
Don Foster, Bath
David Heath, Somerton and Frome
Sir Menzies Campbell, North East Fife
Sir Andrew Stunell, Hazel Grove
Sarah Teather, Brent Central
Sir Malcolm Bruce, Gordon
Sir Alan Beith, Berwick-upon-Tweed
Annette Brooke, Mid Dorset and North Poole
Elfyn Llwyd, Dwyfor Meirionnyd
Eric Joyce, Falkirk (formerly Labour)


Defender Michael Mancienne has agreed a new two-year deal with Nottingham Forest.

The 29-year-old joined Forest in 2014 from Hamburg and his next appearance will be his 100th for the club.
"I know the manager (Mark Warburton) is looking to do a lot of positive things for the club," Mancienne told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"The way that he wants to play suits me down to a tee and I think that we can really push on next season."
The London-born centre-back came through Chelsea's academy, after being picked up from the youth ranks of non-League Kingstonian.
He made only six first-team appearances for the Blues and had loan spells with QPR and Wolves before being sold to Hamburg in 2011.
Mancienne played 49 times in the Bundesliga prior to returning to England with Forest, who are still looking to secure their Championship survival.
"I'm really happy to be here," Mancienne, who was named in one England squad under Fabio Capello, added.
"It gives me stability in my life as well, knowing where I'm going to be for the next two years."


Former Manchester United and England defender Gary Neville has been sacked by Valencia after less than four months in charge of the Spanish club.

The 41-year-old, who is part of the England coaching set-up, was given his first managerial job in December.
Valencia won three of their 16 league games under the former television pundit, and 10 of 28 games overall.
Neville said he wanted to stay but results had "not been to my standards" or those "required by this club".
He added that he understood "we are in a results business".
Neville's younger brother Phil is also part of the Valencia coaching team and will be retained.
Neville first faced calls to quit after a 7-0 loss to Barcelona in the Copa del Rey semi-final first leg in February.
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His last match in charge was a 2-0 home defeat by Celta Vigo just before the international break.
He has spent the past six days with the England squad for friendly games with Germany and the Netherlands.
Former Liverpool assistant manager Pako Ayestaran, 53, will take charge for the rest of the season.
Pako joined the club as assistant coach in February in a move that Neville insisted was his decision.
"I'm the head coach of Valencia, I will be the head coach of Valencia for the rest of this season. If I leave, Pako will leave. He's come to be part of my coaching staff," Neville said at the time.
"I understand it might look like there's something going on. There absolutely isn't."
Valencia owner Peter Lim also co-owns Salford City along with the Neville brothers and former Manchester United team-mates Ryan Giggs, Nicky Butt and Paul Scholes.
Neville's management career began with a Champions League loss to Lyon at the Mestalla and it was not until 13 February that Los Che clinched their first of only three league wins.
Cup competitions provided some respite for Neville, with seven wins coming in the Copa del Rey and Europa League.
Neville retired in 2011 after 602 Manchester United appearances and 85 England caps. He won 16 trophies at United and represented his country at five major tournaments.
Six-time Spanish champions Valencia are 14th in the table, six points clear of the relegation zone with eight games remaining.
On Saturday they face Las Palmas, who are one place below them, and meet four of the top six - including both Barcelona and Real Madrid - before the end of the season.
European football expert Andy Brassell:
"I don't think he did have any chance of turning it around and I think it was an incredibly difficult first job.
Not just because of the relative lack of experience, not just because of the size of Valencia, but because of the situation he was going into.
The fans were pretty unhappy with the way the club was being run, players were dispirited but you add to that the lack of experience, the communication barrier - it was just all too much."
Spanish football journalist Graham Hunter on BBC Radio 5 live:
"A cocktail of horrible factors piled against him. The first problem was he trusted Peter Lim - trusted that he'd be given time.
"I don't think in any way his credibility - as a coach, an analyst or somebody who will be brilliant for British football in the coming years - has been dented one little bit.
"He leaves a club that is still badly wounded, badly put together and he would have been the man - once he learned Spanish fluently - to put the club right again, off the pitch as well as on it, next season."
Real Madrid and Wales forward Gareth Bale said it was "a shame he's been sacked".
Speaking ahead of Saturday's El Clasico derby with Barcelona, Bale said: "It is obviously difficult coming to Spain anyway and being a manager where you really do have to be vocal.
"I'm sure he'll bounce back from the experience and it will stand him in good stead for the future."
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Gary Neville's Valencia tenure in quotes:


Families face a struggle to find summer holiday childcare as councils across Britain report a lack of places.

In Wales and the east of England, none of the councils responding to a Family and Childcare Trust survey, said it had enough places for all age groups.
Average holiday childcare fees are down slightly on 2015 but remain 20% higher than in 2010, the study found.
Families face a summer of "high costs and limited choice", said trust's chief executive, Julia Margo.
The report looks at the prices and availability of holiday childcare for groups of children, such as holiday clubs, play-schemes or summer projects, in England, Scotland and Wales.
"Holiday childcare is an essential part of our country's infrastructure, enabling parents to juggle their caring obligations and work during the school holidays," says the report.
"Despite the importance of holiday childcare, too many families struggle to find local provision that they can afford."
The trust sent a survey to 205 local authorities in England, Wales and Scotland in May and 177 responded.
The results suggest that overall only 12% of local authorities have enough holiday childcare available for all age-groups.
Of the local authorities who responded in England the figure was 13%, in Scotland 22% and in Wales there were no authorities had enough places for all age groups.
Likewise in the east of England not one council said it had enough childcare for every age group.
Parents with children aged over 12 or with disabilities face the biggest gaps in provision, the survey suggests.
There was some respite for parents on price, with a week on a holiday play-scheme costing £121.12 this year, down from £123.49 last year, the survey found - but this masks wide variations.
Some publicly run schemes benefit from subsidies and free access to premises, but most schemes are run by private or voluntary groups which tend to charge more.
The average public sector scheme costs just over £100 a week for 50 hours of childcare, the researchers found, but the average private or voluntary scheme is about £123 a week.
Parents in the south east of England pay the most for holiday childcare, averaging £141.87 a week and this region also has some of the most expensive private play-schemes with parents paying up to £600 - almost five times the national average, the report found.
"We would like to see real commitment to increasing availability to meet demand, with a particular focus on deprived areas.
"Families should have a right to a childcare place, in line with a right to a school place," said Ms Margo.
England's Department for Education said it was pleased to see that the cost of holiday childcare is falling, "but we know that there is more to do".
"Councils must provide childcare for children up to age 14 for parents who are working, studying or training and we are helping schools to offer after-school and holiday clubs."
The Welsh government said it had provided £2.3m a year to local authorities since 2012 to provide childcare out of school hours and in the holidays.
This provision is focused on children from low income families and with special needs, said a spokeswoman.
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said it had introduced a requirement on local authorities to offer more flexibility and choice on how funded childcare hours are offered.
"We are working with local government to further develop and expand their provision in this area, with the majority of local authorities now offering more flexibility to meet local demand."
Separately the NSPCC has urged parents to think carefully before leaving children home alone over the summer.


There have been calls for Belfast Zoo to be shut down amid claims it is reminiscent of a "Victorian peep show" that is costing ratepayers £2m a year.

Keeping animals in isolation was cruel, said UUP councillor Chris McGimpsey and the Northern Ireland Says No To Animal Cruelty group.
They want the zoo replaced with a conservation area for NI's priority species.
Belfast City Council said no decision had been made on the zoo's future.
It indicated that Belfast Zoo has been losing about £2m a year for the past three years - with £1.8m of income generated set against £2.8m of expenditure and additional central support costs of about £1m.
"While the future of Belfast Zoo has been raised in council by individual members, no formal proposal of any kind has been presented or discussed, and therefore no decision on its future has been made," said the council.
Mr McGimpsey said that as well as the "dreadful cost" to ratepayers, "the welfare of the animals needs to be called into question".
"Belfast Zoo is like a Victorian peep show, with animals in inappropriate conditions in cages that are too small enduring a climate that is all wrong," he added.
"You take animals from Sub-Saharan Africa and stick them on the hill at Bellevue where they sit and shiver while we gawk at them through the bars."
Mr McGimpsey said the zoo should be replaced with an an animal conservation area for native breeds such as the Irish hare, species of Irish bat and the red squirrel.
"The zoo is inappropriate for this era and it is wrong that it continues," he said.
"The rate payers cannot afford to keep it and the welfare of the animals needs to be called into question."
The Northern Ireland Says No To Animal Cruelty group supported Mr McGimpsey's call.
"Cave Hill is no place for lions, elephants, giraffes and many of the 150 species that are currently incarcerated there," it said.
"It serves no benefit for the animals as most are not endangered and those that are are not there for conservation, as this requires a breed-to-release mechanism."
The group said it was calling on Belfast City Council "to stop wasting millions of pounds every year on a failed project that forces lives of suffering for the entertainment of the minority of people that are still entertained by animals in cages".


A dentist who was found dead by her husband at their home died as a result of hanging, an inquest has heard.

Dr Helen Nicoll, 53, was pronounced dead at the house in Frog End, Great Wilbraham, Cambridgeshire on 5 June.
Her husband Stephen Nicoll, 53, was arrested on suspicion of murder before being released with no further action.
The opening of an inquest into her death heard the cause of her death was compression of the neck consistent with hanging.
Opening and adjourning the inquest into Dr Nicoll's death, coroner David Morris said Mr Nicoll had discovered his wife hanging from a banister with what looked like a ski jacket belt around her neck.
'Devastating loss'
He had cut her body down.
Mr Morris said he was satisfied there was no third party involvement in her death.
Further toxicology tests were ordered "with reference to alcohol" and a full inquest was scheduled for 20 August.
Cambridgeshire Police were called to reports of a sudden death at the couple's home at about 06:30 BST.
A post-mortem examination on Monday revealed Mrs Nicoll died from asphyxiation.
Mr Nicoll has said his wife had "taken her own life" and spoke of his family's "devastating loss".
The couple had three children and worked together in their clinic in Hurst Park, Cambridge while Mr Nicoll also practises in London's Harley Street.


Jack Compton hit a hat-trick to earn a shock comeback win at AFC Wimbledon and take Yeovil Town three points clear of the League Two relegation zone.

The Dons twice led in the first half, through David Fitzpatrick's 20-yard strike and Tom Elliott's volley.
But Compton levelled on both occasions, running through to slide home and curling in a free-kick from out wide.
And the winger sealed his treble from the penalty spot after substitute Kevin Dawson was fouled by Callum Kennedy.
The home side drop to 10th in the table after seeing their four-game winning run come to an end, while the Glovers are three points ahead of Dagenham & Redbridge, whose match was postponed.
AFC Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley told BBC Radio London:
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"You concede three goals at home, that's not good enough.
"I knew this would be tough and I drummed it into the players. That's the sort of game I expected.
"We struggled at times and we had too many players who probably didn't perform to the levels they have performed at. We're giving away really, really poor goals.
"We ran out of ideas trying to chase the game in the last 20 minutes."


Welsh health secretary Vaughan Gething says there is a broader challenge for those who are "positive" about the European Union after the EU referendum.

24 June 2016 Last updated at 07:17 BST
Speaking as results came in, Mr Gething said: "There's still a big anti-politics feeling.
"We've got to understand that, show that we are prepared to listen and act."


A security alert is continuing in County Armagh on Friday night.

It began after the discovery of a suspicious object in Killylea.
The Elm Park Road is closed in both directions.
It is not thought any homes have been evacuated.


The mayor of Cleveland has apologised for language in recent court documents that blamed a 12-year-old for his own death.

City lawyers suggested in court documents that the boy, who had a pellet gun when he was shot by police, was responsible for his own death.
Mayor Frank Jackson said wording in the documents filed late last week was insensitive and poorly worded.
Tamir Rice was shot by police in November near a recreation centre.
The apologies stems from wording in a documents filed by the city in response to a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of Tamir Rice's family.
The documents said Tamir's injuries were a result of his failure "to exercise due care to avoid injury".
Mr Jackson said the city plans to alter the wording in the documents within the next three weeks.
"We used words and we phrased things in such a way that was very insensitive," the mayor said.
He said that the new language, however, would not undermine the city's defence against the lawsuit.
The black boy's death on 22 November was caught on CCTV video and fuelled a national debate over police use of deadly force - especially in dealing with black men.
He was shot by a junior police officer while waving a replica firearm near a recreation centre. The pellet gun lacked the orange safety cap that designates lethal firearms from non-lethal ones.
Tamir's mother is expected to address the apology in a news conference later on Tuesday.


Beware of Frances: She's on a one-woman mission to force all the water in your body out through your tear ducts.

Nominated for the Brits critics' choice award and the BBC Sound of 2016, the singer has a knack for achingly beautiful ballads that tug at the heartstrings.
Songs like Let It Out and Say It Again have earned her more than 50 million streams on Spotify - and top 10 singles around the world (although not at home, thanks to the current state of the UK singles chart).
Born Sophie Frances Cooke in Berkshire, she was an aspiring violinist when her teacher sent her to see a film composer for career advice.
On a whim, she played him a pop song she'd written for fun - and moved him to tears.
"It was a bit awkward," she recalls. "I was like, 'Are you ok?' and he said, 'Yeah. But you need to do that. You have to do that for the rest of your life."
She took his advice - choosing to attend the pop-focussed Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts instead of her original choice, the Birmingham Conservatoire.
By the time she reached her third year of studies, she'd already been signed by a record label and moved to London.
Her debut album, Things I've Never Said, comes out this week. A warm and wistful collection of perfectly-crafted piano pop, it has already won the singer comparisons to Adele and Carole King.
Meanwhile, her single Grow has been selected to soundtrack a new campaign by Refuge, the charity supporting female victims of domestic violence.
The 23-year-old sat down to tell the BBC about that video; the perks of fame; and what it's like to get school lessons from Paul McCartney.
Hello Frances... Or should I call you Sophie?
I'm Sophie to my family and friends - but I once thought, "If I'm going to be an artist, my name's got to look good on a piece of paper". Sophie is very curly, it looks very young, whereas Frances is a lot more angular. So it just kind of stuck.
But then up until the age of 16, everyone called me Cookie. So anything goes.
It's been three years since your first single - you must be relieved the album is finally out?
I'm so excited. It's definitely been a while. I wrote some of these songs when I was 18 or 19, and so they've literally been with me for five years.
It's unusual for people to stay fond of the songs they wrote in their teens.
Actually, at the time, I didn't think much of them! But they made it through all the label cuts and slashes. They stood the test of time.
What are the oldest ones on there?
I wrote Drifting and Sublime in my room at LIPA - the performing arts school up in Liverpool.
That's the one that Paul McCartney founded, right? Did he ever show up?
A couple of times. He'd come in to do little Q&As.
He was really nice, if you saw him walking past, you could just say "hi" and he was always really sweet.
What's the best advice you got from him?
He said that when he and John [Lennon] were writing, they didn't have anything to record what they were doing… Whereas now, if I'm writing in a session, I've got my phone there recording everything. And so if I forget something I can go back and find it.
But he said, "We didn't have that luxury. So if we forgot something, it wasn't good enough and we didn't use it."
I was like, "Oh my God, that's so true." Because if you've written something and 10 minutes later you don't remember it, then it's not good enough.
Do you stick to that advice even now?
No, because my memory's terrible!
One of the first songs you released was Grow... and that's now being used in a very powerful video for Refuge.
It's amazing. It's about a woman called Melanie Clark, who had a terrible time, a really abusive partner, and she managed to get out of it by seeking help from Refuge.
They've animated her story. It's basically about her feeling invisible until one woman, who represents Refuge, notices her for the first time. It's a campaign to encourage victims of domestic abuse to seek help. We want people to realise they are not alone.
The original song isn't about domestic abuse at all. Were you surprised by how well the words and the images complement each other?
It's weird how the lyrics make so much sense alongside the story. I just hope it will resonate with people all over the world. It's an amazing animation and everyone's done it for free.
Would it be fair to say you've always wanted to play music?
Absolutely. My best friend's parents were professional violinists. When I was about eight, I went round to her house, picked one up and fell in love with it. Then her dad taught me all the way up 'til I was about 16 or 17.
What grade did you get?
Eight. I absolutely loved it.
What was your exam piece?
I did a kind of a gypsy piece called Csardas. It's so fast - and it speeds up towards the end, as well. And then I started the piano when I was 10  - but I only got to grade six.  I couldn't be bothered to do scales any more.
Do you remember your first stage performance?
I was three, dressed as an ice cream in a production of The Hungry Caterpillar at the Royal Festival Hall! And then throughout school, I was always on stage, playing violin or piano. And I played in the Berkshire Youth Orchestra.
You sound like a high achiever. Were you good academically, too?
I was quite lucky at school. I had this little charm - I could not do my homework and somehow get away with it.
Everyone knew I worked so hard at music. I was doing stuff after school every day, so the teachers were quite lenient.
And then you went to LIPA...
Actually, I didn't get in the first time. They put me on their foundation course, which cost like 10 grand or something. My parents, bless them, scrambled together every penny we had and I worked at Waitrose trying to get money to go.
How did you get signed?
I put a song called Coming Up For Air on SoundCloud in early 2014. It was quite calculated - because at the time London Grammar were really big, so I thought, "OK, I'm going to write something like that, so all the blogs listen and pick up on it". Eventually, a few started writing about it and then Tom Robinson from 6 Music played it which was really cool.
After that, we ended up having a meeting with [boutique record label] Kitsuné, and released a single.
Don't Worry About Me was a big breakthrough for you. How did that come about?
One of my friends was quite ill - and I wrote the song to say, "look after yourself and I'll be here for you".
I wrote it really quickly. I was just getting off the bus on Kilburn High Road when I came up with the phrase, "I'll feel the fear for you, I'll cry the tears for you, don't worry about me." I ran home thinking, "I need to get to a piano quickly, I don't want to lose this."
It's a very emotional performance.
I think because I wrote it so quickly. I was thinking about my friend and the lyrics just came out.
Don't Worry About Me has been played nine million times on Spotify. How do you wrap your head around that?
I don't really. I always said that if I won the lottery, I'd be more excited by £100,000 than I would with £1m because I can't understand a million pounds. I've never seen that. I can't quantify it. Whereas a hundred grand, I can think, "ah, that's a really nice car".
It's a weird period for music at the moment… You can have all those plays, and millions of people know your song, but it hasn't troubled the charts in the UK.
It's a really weird time. In Belgium, Don't Worry About Me was in the top 20 for 10 weeks and that's mainly because in Belgium the singer-songwriter world is their Radio 1. In Australia, it hung around the chart for ages. In the UK, I've just come out at a really funny time. There's a weird limbo.
But I'm so proud of my album. I know it's not going to sell 20 million copies but that's OK. I want to be an artist that's going to be around for 20 or 30 years.
In a strange way, you're famous to the people who know you and nobody else.
It's actually lovely because I can walk down the street and not be bothered. Apart from in John Lewis once, where the manager recognised me while I was buying a sofa.
He was like, "Excuse me, can I ask you a question?" and I thought, "Oh no, my card's been rejected" but he was like, "Can I get a picture with you?"
And I think he paid for my sofa because I took out finance and I haven't paid a penny yet.
That's a proper celebrity discount!
Totally. 100% off!
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League Two side Plymouth Argyle have signed winger Ryan Donaldson following his release by Cambridge United.

The 25-year-old former Newcastle United trainee made 110 appearances for the U's over three seasons, but was restricted by injuries last campaign.
Donaldson helped the U's win promotion back to the Football League in 2014 by scoring in the play-off final.
He becomes Argyle's first summer signing following their League Two play-off final defeat by AFC Wimbledon.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


News of Carla Lane's death has led to people paying tribute on social media about her writing and charity work.

Memories of her most popular sitcoms including The Liver Birds, Butterflies, and Bread have been shared online.
Here is a selection of tributes that have been posted.
I loved liver birds I followed that series till the end, I also followed Bread, I laughed so hard and Butterflies all of them are out of this world, I've been in the USA 13 yrs and I still go back to YouTube to cheer myself up and watch them.
I remember Carla Lane in 1995 when she joined us protesters down at Shoreham Port authority who were against the live export of animals.  Carla and Celia Hammond both came down and added support to the cause and helped bring the public attention to it after it had died down a bit following the initial furore when it was hijacked by anti-police protesters.  Carla was doing some work against the live export trade from her house and I went there to help out.  It was an amazing place with lots of animals a lot of whom were rescued.  She was a very genuine person - not at all stuffy like some celebrities just very normal.
An extraordinary talented, genuine, sensitive, inspirational  and compassionate lady who dedicated her life to giving pleasure and humour to her fellow man.  History will also forever cherish her memory as a champion and voice for all animals, not only for those who needed a safe haven but for those thousands of animals who were forced on long hazardous journeys to the slaughterhouse, their pain was Carla's pain, their tears were Carla's tears. Although for only a brief period, It was a privilege to have worked with this exceptional legend. Her heart made space for all humanity and she strived to make this world more humane.  The world has lost a precious and irreplaceable jewel.
Compiled by Andree Massiah


A headstone has been unveiled in honour of the first Romany footballer to play for England.

Rabbi Howell, who was born in a gypsy camp in Dore, Sheffield, played for Rotherham and Sheffield United before making his debut for England in 1895.
He died in Preston in 1937 and was buried in an unmarked grave.
A campaign was launched last May to raise money for a headstone, which was unveiled during a ceremony at Preston Old Cemetery.
Howell - who throughout his career was was known in the newspapers as "The Gypsy" - signed his first professional contract with Sheffield United in 1889 before joining Liverpool in 1898.
He left Merseyside in 1901 to join Preston North End, where he played until a broken leg ended his career in 1903.
At that point he was 36 years old and had been at the top level of English football for 13 years.
Together with Howell's granddaughter and great grandson, Steven Kay - author of a book about the footballer - started the campaign to get a headstone.
A ??250 donation from Football Unites Racism Divides was supported by money from Preston City Council and other others.
Mr Kay said modern-day players of a Romany background such as Gheorghe Hagi, Andrea Pirlo, Freddy Eastwood and Eric Cantona "walk in Rab's footsteps".
He added: "No one who played for England should be buried in an unmarked grave.
"Rab had largely been forgotten and I am thrilled to see his pioneering role now recognised."


Pay-TV firm Sky is launching a mobile phone service next year in partnership with O2's Spanish parent Telefonica.

Sky will use Telefonica UK's wireless network, enabling the satellite broadcaster to offer mobile voice and data services for the first time.
It takes Sky into the battle for "quad play", adding mobile to its existing services of internet, landline and TV.
Offering all four services is seen as the next big UK growth area for telecoms firms and broadcasters.
Such bundled services are already popular in much of mainland Europe
"Sky has a proven ability to launch new services, at scale," said Jeremy Darroch, the company's chief executive.
The UK's telecoms market has seen several deals in recent months, and Telefonica is in talks to sell its O2 business to Hutchison Whampoa for about £10bn. Meanwhile, BT, the UK's largest fixed-line provider, is talks to buy the UK's biggest mobile operator, EE, for £12.5bn.
Sky, 39%-owned by Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, is present in more than 10 million homes and has been successful in cross-selling services.
Sky already offers Sky Go, which enables customers to watch Sky programmes across a number of devices.
Analysts welcomed the move, which they said was unlikely to be a costly drain on capital but which took Sky into a potentially important growth market.
"We would expect take-up amongst loyal customers to be relatively quick," analysts at Citi said in a research note.
The latest announcement will not affect Sky's existing tie-up with Vodafone allowing customers to access Sky Sports or Sky's pay-as-you-go NowTV service.
Last year Sky changed its name from BSkyB after it completed the acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority interest in Sky Deutschland. The enlarged company now serves 20 million customers in three of Europe's four biggest markets.


Turkish police have detained 445 people suspected of links to the Islamic State group, state media say.

Co-ordinated early morning raids were carried out in 18 provinces, Anadolu News Agency reported, quoting anonymous security sources.
Most of those held are foreigners, among them 60 people taken into custody in the capital, Ankara, it said.
IS claimed responsibility for the New Year shooting attack on an Istanbul nightclub which left 39 people dead.
Last month police arrested an Uzbek national, Abdulkadir Masharipov, suspected of mounting the assault on revellers at the Reina nightclub.
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In Sunday's operations, nine suspects who are alleged to have been planning a terrorist attack were held in the Aegean province of Izmir, Anadolu reported.
Many of the suspects were detained in provinces bordering Syria - 150 in southeastern Sanliurfa and 47 in the city of Gaziantep.
A total of 18 people - 14 of them foreigners, including 10 minors - were detained in and around Istanbul, after operations at 20 addresses in the city.
The Turkish military has been battling IS inside northern Syria while seeking to push back ethnic Kurds in the region too.
A fierce struggle for control of the town of al-Bab has been under way since December, four months after Turkey launched its incursion across the border.
The country has suffered a string of attacks blamed on IS in the past two years, but also been accused of failing to do enough to stop militants crossing its borders and establishing a presence in its own cities.
20 August 2016: Bomb attack on wedding party in Gaziantep kills at least 30 people, in an attack claimed by IS
28 June 2016: A gun and bomb attack on Ataturk airport in Istanbul kills 41 people, blamed on IS militants
19 March 2016: Suicide bomb kills four people in shopping street in Istanbul. IS blamed
12 January 2016: 12 Germans killed by IS bomber in tourist area of Istanbul
10 October 2015: More than 100 killed at peace rally outside railway station in Ankara; blamed on IS
20 July 2015: 34 people killed in bombing in Suruc, near Syrian border; IS blamed


Chelsea have completed the signing of Spanish defender Cesar Azpilicueta from Marseille for an initial fee of £6.5m.

Right-back Azpilicueta, 22, started his career with Osasuna and has represented Spain at various youth levels and played at the Olympics this summer.
He missed Marseille's Europa League qualifier against FC Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday as he travelled to London to complete the deal.
Chelsea have not revealed the length of the contract for Azpilicueta.
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Marko Marin, Werder Bremen, £6m
Oscar, Internacional, £25m
Cesar Azpilicueta, Marseille, £6.5m
A statement on Chelsea's website read: "Chelsea is delighted to announce the signing of Cesar Azpilicueta.
"The 22-year-old right-back, who recently represented Spain at the London Olympics, arrives at Stamford Bridge following a two-year spell in France's Ligue 1 with Marseille."
Azpilicueta made the last of his 69 appearances for Marseille in last weekend's 2-0 victory over Sochaux.
He joined the French club in 2010 from Osasuna, and although he suffered a serious knee injury in his first season there, he went on to establish himself as the club's first-choice right-back.
Azpilicueta is the fourth Spaniard at Stamford Bridge, linking up with compatriots Juan Mata, Oriol Romeu and Fernando Torres.
His arrival comes after Wigan Athletic accepted a £9m bid from Chelsea for forward Victor Moses.


The elections watchdog has officially named Yes Scotland and Better Together the two main campaign groups ahead of the Scottish independence referendum.

They will each be subject to a Â£1.5m spending limit and other rules in the run up to the vote, the Electoral Commission said.
They were designated as "lead campaigners" following an application process.
Voters in Scotland go to the polls in the referendum on 18 September.
They will be asked the Yes/No question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
Yes Scotland, the campaign group for independence, and Better Together, which backs the Union, will also have access to specific benefits during the regulated referendum period which runs from 30 May to 18 September.
These include a free delivery of campaign material to voters, referendum broadcasts and the use of public rooms.
Scottish Electoral Commissioner John McCormick, said: "Following careful consideration of their applications, the Electoral Commission has designated Yes Scotland and Better Together as lead campaigners for each side at the Scottish referendum.
"Both campaigners set out clearly how they will ensure their campaigns will reach voters across Scotland and we are grateful for the constructive way that they each engaged with the commission during the designation process."
Anyone intending to spend more than Â£10,000 during the referendum period is required to register with the Electoral Commission.


Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido, which also owns the Bareminerals and Nars brands, has cut its profit outlook as a result of the stronger yen.

It now expects full-year profits of 30bn yen ($296m; Â£227m), compared with a previous forecast of 34.5bn yen.
Shiseido said earnings would be hit by the recent strength of Japan's currency and the cost of recent acquisitions.
The 140-year-old firm is buying make-up brand Laura Mercier and skincare line ReVive to try to lift sales.
Shiseido shares fell 7.5% in reaction to the lower forecast.
"There is a growing sense of uncertainty regarding the future," Shiseido said in a statement.
"This largely reflects further appreciation of the yen and a drop in stock prices, mounting anxiety toward overseas economies, and signs that corporate-sector earnings and consumer spending have stalled."
Andrew Hall, retail consultant at Verdict Retail said: "If you remove currency fluctuations from the picture you see that sales are flagging in international markets such as the U.S.
"Recent acquisitions will also be taking its toll on profit as Shiseido must invest in restructuring these acquisitions to align with the rest of the business, these costs have come sooner in the year than many analysts expected.
"However the brand still has a number of strengths including licence agreements with coveted brands such as Dolce & Gabbana."
"Like all multinational companies, geopolitical turbulence represents an ongoing obstacle to success as uncertainty creates a volatile currency market and changing tourists dynamics.
"For such a large company as Shiseido and one for which tourism has been an important source of sales, these issues are particularly pertinent."
Shiseido has been taking steps to boost its sales from overseas markets by either signing licensing deals or buying rival brands.
It bought Gurwitch Products, which owns the Laura Mercier and ReVive brands, for an undisclosed amount in June.
The company is also the licensee for fragrances by Dolce & Gabbana, Issey Miyake and Elie Saab.
Shisheido said it was "making every effort to become a global beauty company... with its roots firmly entrenched in Japan".  The company is aiming to increase its sales to more than $9bn by 2020.
It is currently ranked the fourth-largest company in the US beauty market behind Estee Lauder, L'Oreal and LVMH.


Motorists and residents in south Jakarta, Indonesia, were left in shock after a pornographic film appeared on a public billboard.

Footage of a couple in a sexual encounter was displayed on a large electronic screen located on a busy street close to the mayor's office.
The video ran for five minutes on Friday before power was eventually cut.
South Jakarta's head of public information Ady Wiryono Lestari said the incident was "serious".
Ms Lestari said she did not know how the material appeared or who was responsible.
A police investigation is now under way to determine whether the billboard, which is owned by a private company, was hacked, local media report.
The news was met with amusement on Twitter with users debating whether the footage was the result of an unfortunate accident or a plot by professional hackers.
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Carrick Rangers defied the odds to reach the final of the Northern Ireland League Cup thanks to a surprise 1-0 win at Glenavon.

Tiernan McNicholl struck the deciding goal from an acute angle in the 80th minute for Rangers who are one from bottom in the Irish Premiership.
He beat three defenders before firing a shot past keeper James Taylor.
Glenavon had been favourites to progress to the 18 February final but they failed to find a way through.
The home side's closest effort was a James Singleton header just in front of the far post with Carrick keeper Brian Neeson making a great save to tip it over the crossbar .
After going behind, Glenavon threw on substitutes Ciaran Martyn, Declan O'Brien and Greg Moohouse but the Lurgan men could not find an equaliser.
Carrick will play Ballymena United who beat Coleraine 3-0 after extra time.
Carrick Rangers manager Aaron Callaghan: "The players were absolutely magnificent and I'm very proud as manager.
"We have been training and playing well, and are competing against teams.
"This is a bonus because we have to concentrate on improving our league position."
Carrick scorer Tiernan McNicholl: "Words cannot describe how I feel, it is amazing and everyone is buzzing in the changing room.
"I picked the ball up in our own half and dribbled it. I got a bit of luck in beating the last man, but once I did there was no doubt I was going to finish it.
"I went straight to the fans because it means everything to them."


A stretch of a busy dual carriageway in Medway was closed after the discovery of a suspected unexploded hand grenade.

Kent Police and an army bomb disposal unit were called to the A289 Hasted Road near Rochester at about 01:00 BST.
The device was taken away so a controlled explosion could take place, a spokeswoman for the police force said.
The Wainscott bypass has since reopened, according to BBC Travel reports.


The Irish division of Ladbrokes has been granted court protection to restructure its business following losses of 5m euros (£3.6m) last year.

Ladbrokes said job losses were expected at all levels of its operation in the Republic of Ireland, where it has 840 employees and 196 betting shops.
The company was granted High Court protection of an interim examiner while it attempts to deal with its problems.
Ladbrokes Ireland said the move was taken in its best long-term interests.
It said it wanted to restructure its Irish business "to create a sustainable competitive business which is currently being held back by real estate legacy issues".
Jim Mullen, overall CEO of Ladbrokes, said: "While regrettable, the action taken today by the directors of the Irish companies is absolutely necessary to safeguard the Irish business which in its current state is not sustainable and cannot be supported by the Ladbrokes board without radical change, having lost its competitive edge."
The move only affects the company's operations in the Republic of Ireland.
The company said its digital and telephone businesses would not affected, and shops would remain open during the examinership process.


The SDLP has refused to say if it will back a Sinn Féin petition to block the welfare reform bill if its brought to the floor of the assembly next week.

Social Development Minister Mervyn Storey will bring the Welfare Reform Bill back to the assembly next Tuesday, along with a new implementation plan.
Sinn Féin wants other parties to back a petition of concern against the bill.
Talks between the parties and secretary of state on Wednesday failed to find a resolution to the crisis.
On Thursday, SDLP leader Alasdair McDonnell said his party was hopeful progress could be made on getting an independent economic think-tank that would help with what he called "a total re-engineering of our economic strategy".
He added that recent engagement with the other parties had been "very positive" and some of their concerns "were being listened to".
Mr McDonnell said there were "96 hours before next Tuesday" and they would be meeting on Thursday, Friday and over the weekend, both internally and with other parties.
"The engagement with other parties has been very positive on many aspects of this arrangement," he said.
"We had very useful discussions yesterday with some of the other parties and the people in DSD [the Department for Social Development] and a lot of our issues, it would appear, can be factored into a solution.
"Our job is to protect those in the margins of society and we're going to do that and we're relieved that at least we're being listened to now, whereas we were being dismissed out of hand by others who then have changed their minds."
Mr McDonnell described it as "a very fluid situation."
His party colleague, Fearghal McKinney, said they put before the secretary of state an economic agenda that shifted the context of welfare reform.
"Where was it ever ordained that we should be so heavily reliant on welfare?" he said.
"We need a different game-changing discussion that puts ambition at the heart of our politics."
The Northern Ireland parties had agreed a deal on Westminster's welfare reform in the Stormont House Agreement last December.
However, Sinn Féin withdrew its support for the bill in March.
The DUP has warned that if Tuseday's bill is not passed the assembly could collapse.


Manchester United insist Wayne Rooney is not for sale after the striker asked to leave Old Trafford for the second time in three years.

The 27-year-old ex-Everton forward told United boss Sir Alex Ferguson two weeks ago he felt the time was right to move after nine years at the club.
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A spokesman for United would only say: "Wayne Rooney is not for sale."
The news emerged on the day Ferguson announced he would be retiring as manager at the end of the season.
Rooney is set to be reunited with his former Everton manager David Moyes, who could be announced as Ferguson's successor on Thursday.
Then aged 18, Rooney left Moyes and his hometown club Everton in August 2004 in a deal worth an eventual £27m. He has since scored 197 goals in 402 appearances for United, winning five league titles, two League Cups and a Champions League.
This season the England striker has scored 16 in 37 appearances, 12 of those coming in the league as United won their 20th title.
However there has been speculation in the second half of the season that Rooney may leave, especially after he was dropped to the bench in favour of Danny Welbeck for the Champions League second-round tie against Real Madrid.
Days later Ferguson promised Rooney would stay at the club, saying: "He'll be here next year. You can have my word on that." Ferguson later said Rooney would be given a new deal.
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But speculation has persisted and now the forward has asked to leave the club for a second time.
The first occasion came in October 2010 when Rooney pulled out of contract talks, saying he had not received "any of the assurances I was seeking about the future squad".
Ferguson said at the time he was "dumbfounded" by Rooney's desire to leave, but 48 hours later, Rooney signed a new five-year deal. Manchester United went on to win the title that season, and Rooney later said
Moyes and Rooney have had their own differences. In 2008, Moyes accepted substantial libel damages over claims made in Rooney's book about their relationship at Everton.
Since then, however, the pair have been reconciled. In September 2012, Rooney wrote on Twitter: "Everton are playing brilliantly. David Moyes has done some job over the last 10 years."
On this occasion Rooney has not submitted a formal transfer request, but it is understood he asked verbally to leave.


A football team stranded on a motorway after a bridge collapsed are hunting for a mystery bride who asked to have her photo taken with them.

Suffolk side Needham Market FC were heading to Folkestone when they hit a jam on the M20 in Kent on Saturday.
As reported on the Ryman Football League website, they were approached by a woman who was late for her wedding.
Club secretary Mark Easlea said they wanted to know if she got to the church on time and to congratulate her.
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Despite posing for the photo with the bride-to-be - who appeared to be in decent spirits even though her journey to her wedding had been disrupted - it appeared none of the men had asked her what her name was, where she was from or where she was going, Mr Easlea said.
"Everyone had got out of the coach and was sitting at the side of the road in the blistering heat, when she wandered along and said 'Lads, can I have a photo with you on my wedding day?'.
"She was obviously as late as everyone else and we've no idea how long she kept the groom waiting at the altar, but we'd dearly love someone to contact the club and tell us who she is, as we think she brought us luck," he said.
The Ryman Premier League side beat Folkestone Invicta 1-0 when they eventually kicked off an hour later than planned.
The M20 remained partially closed until Sunday after the bridge collapsed on Saturday lunchtime after being hit by a lorry carrying a digger. Two large cranes cleared the debris from the road which is the main route to the Channel Tunnel.
A motorcyclist suffered broken ribs when he threw himself from his bike to avoid hitting the fallen bridge but nobody else was injured.


A man has been killed after being struck by a car in County Carlow.

The 29-year-old, who was a pedestrian, was pronounced dead at the scene after the  he was hit by the vehicle at Gorteengrone.
It happened at about 19:20 local time on Christmas Day.
The man who was driving the car, who was its only  occupant, was not injured. Police are investigating.


Great British Bake Off host Noel Fielding has responded to reports that he would not be eating any cake on the Channel 4 show.

The comedian and actor said he was joking when he told a journalist he wouldn't be partaking in any nibbles during the baking contests.
"No-one likes a tubby gut," the Sunday Times reported.
But Fielding tweeted that he had actually joked: "No-one likes a tubby goth."
The Mighty Boosh star added: "I love cake."
In The Sunday Times magazine interview, Fielding was quoted as saying: "Sugar is a very powerful thing, I get more work when I'm thinner, so I can't put on weight."
He reportedly added: "No one likes a tubby gut is what I'm saying. I don't eat anything, I'm like a plant.
"It's not that I don't like cake, I have a very sweet tooth."
The BBC lost the contract to broadcast The Great British Bake Off last year after Love Productions, the makers of the show, signed a three-year deal with Channel 4.
Mary Berry, Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins subsequently decided not to move with the programme.
Paul Hollywood is the only original member of the BBC line-up to appear on the new series, describing the new team - himself, Fielding, Prue Leith and QI host Sandi Toksvig - as a "dysfunctional family".
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