The eulogy by her close friend, the Reverend David Thom, summed up the strength of Helen Jones.

He told mourners at Laigh Kirk in Paisley, Scotland, that Ms Jones, 28, was very supportive after he witnessed a child dying in an accident.
He had questioned whether he would be able to carry out such a funeral.
"She said to me: 'In tragedy, it is never God's will. God's is the first heart to break and God is the first to shed a tear.'
"We rejoice she is now safe."
Helen grew up in Templand and left Lockerbie Academy with straight As in all her Higher exams.
She was such a brilliant scholar that she began studying divinity at Aberdeen University, aged just 16. She went on to achieve a first-class honours degree.
After this, she took a gap year with the Glasgow City Mission, working with drug addicts, prostitutes and the homeless. During the year, she also went to the US city of Denver to work for a sister organisation on an exchange.
She felt called to the Church of Scotland ministry, but feeling she wanted some "real life" experience before seeking selection, she trained as a chartered accountant in 1998 with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Glasgow.
There, she was known as "Sherlock Jones" due to her ability to sniff out accountancy errors.
In 2002, she moved to London and took up work in the strategic and commercial intelligence department with KPMG, then moved to Phoenix Equity Partners, a job she said she adored.
She lived in Holloway, north London, where she had bought a flat only two weeks before she died.
The last contact she had was with her boyfriend, Clive Brooks, just before she got on the Piccadilly Line that morning.
Her mother Liz Staffell and stepfather David Gould travelled to London to try to find her, but later gave up clinging to the slim hope she was still alive.
Her family said she was a "shining star" who loved parties and traditional folk music.
In a statement, her mother and stepfather said: "Wherever Helen went, she gathered up groups of people and organised them. Helen loved being with people, and was determined always to be involved and involving.
"It was impossible not to like her. She was big-hearted, warm, humorous and downright likeable. She drew people to herself in a unique way. She loved people and people loved her."
At the inquests her mother said a colleague recalled that a typical quiet evening meal out could end up involving most of the restaurant's other customers as she gathered complete strangers up into an amusing anecdote session.
They said Helen loved travelling and her holidays had taken her all round the world, from Australia to Iceland, from the Caribbean to Sweden.
"Into a busy life, Helen had packed more living, more loving and more giving than many of us will achieve in a very long life.
"One phrase has been oft repeated by friends and colleagues alike - her being in a situation made a considerable difference."
Her mother told the inquests that friends and family had contributed to a book of memories about Helen, and her own entry read: "We are infinitely poorer for having lost Helen. We are all infinitely richer for having known and loved her."
Her former neighbour of three years, Julie Roberts, said: "She was a very lively person, she had lots and lots of friends and was a fantastic friend and neighbour. She also used to throw great parties!
"She was extremely intelligent and successful and very, very kind."
Miss Roberts said when water leaked from her flat into Miss Jones's, blew her electrics and caused her kitchen ceiling to collapse, she just laughed and they drank gin and tonics into the early hours.
"I think that is indicative of her attitude to life.
"She was a strong person with an enormous sense of fun and nothing was ever too much trouble. She is very sorely missed."
Three appeals have been launched in her memory.
Donations of Â£1,026 from Helen's funeral were given to the Glasgow City Mission.
Work on the Eden Valley Hospice Children's Unit in Carlisle started following a Â£141,000 donation from her last employer, with some Â£6,000 given by others. The unit opened in December 2007.
The Helen Jones Appeal Fund was launched by the Scottish Trust for Education and Research with assistance of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland to provide grants for young people in Dumfries and Galloway who wish to become accountants.


Blackpool were left bottom of the table and without a Championship point after losing 2-1 at Millwall.

Scott McDonald converted Jack Powell's free-kick before setting up Scott Malone to double the home side's lead.
Substitute Nile Ranger finished coolly into the corner from Francois Zoko's cross to reduce the deficit.
The Seasiders could not find an equaliser, however, as first Steven Davies and then Zoko failed to beat goalkeeper David Forde.
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Earlier, Blackpool goalkeeper Joe Lewis had to punch away Lee Martin's free-kick to prevent Ricardo Fuller scoring.
The away team then had a goal ruled out when Nathan Delfouneso was adjudged to have fouled Carlos Edwards before setting up Ishmael Miller.
Powell, making his first league appearance, picked out MacDonald at the far post to fire the home side in front.
Striker McDonald turned creator for Millwall's second, setting up full-back Malone to score from close range.
Blackpool did find a way back into the game through Ranger's neat finish before the substitute set up Davies, only for him to miss the target from eight yards.
Zoko shot into the side netting and Forde did well to deny Davies' shot from the edge of the area, but Millwall hung on to record a deserved three points.
Blackpool have lost all five league matches they have played under Jose Riga, while Millwall, managed by ex-Blackpool boss Ian Holloway, move up to fifth with their third win of the season.
Millwall manager Ian Holloway:  "We got ourselves into a great situation with a brilliant goal and then we have just got to learn to manage the game.
"We conceded the most bizarre goal I have ever seen. Our centre-half came up for a throw and then we didn't aim it at him. How stupid is that?
"We ended up scrapping but I'm glad we didn't throw it away because, on the balance of play, I would have been fuming had they equalised."
Blackpool manager Jose Riga: "The efficiency of the team is very important. When you have opportunities you have to put them into the net.
"The reality stays the same but I am sure that we can solve some problems but we have to improve our efficiency.
"I saw in this game the reality that we wanted it but it is hard with these levels of confidence."
Match ends, Millwall 2, Blackpool 1.
Second Half ends, Millwall 2, Blackpool 1.
Alan Dunne (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nile Ranger (Blackpool).
Mark Beevers (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Scott Malone (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Magaye Gueye.
Foul by Scott McDonald (Millwall).
Donervon Daniels (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Steve Davies (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nile Ranger with a headed pass.
Alan Dunne (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Blackpool).
Mathias Ranégie (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mathias Ranégie (Millwall).
Tony McMahon (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Offside, Blackpool. Peter Clarke tries a through ball, but Steve Davies is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Francois Zoko (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Offside, Millwall. Alan Dunne tries a through ball, but Mathias Ranégie is caught offside.
Joan Oriol (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Magaye Gueye (Millwall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joan Oriol (Blackpool).
Foul by Carlos Edwards (Millwall).
Edu Oriol (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Millwall. Byron Webster replaces Jack Powell.
Foul by Jack Powell (Millwall).
Edu Oriol (Blackpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Millwall. Magaye Gueye replaces Lee Martin.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
Tony McMahon (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Carlos Edwards (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mathias Ranégie.
Foul by Martyn Woolford (Millwall).
Joan Oriol (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Steve Davies (Blackpool) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Andrea Orlandi with a headed pass.
Substitution, Blackpool. Edu Oriol replaces John Lundstram.
Foul by Mathias Ranégie (Millwall).
Tony McMahon (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mathias Ranégie (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Lundstram (Blackpool).
Attempt missed. Steve Davies (Blackpool) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nile Ranger.
Steve Davies (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.


Two-time Masters winner Tom Watson waved an emotional farewell to Augusta after carding 78 to finish eight over.

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The eight-time major champion, playing in his 43rd Masters, had hoped to make the cut but seven bogeys prevented a dream weekend goodbye.
The American, 66, received a standing ovation as he finished his second round with a par at a packed 18th green.
"To finish playing at Augusta with my friends and family watching - that's the way to go out," he said.
"The fans were really very generous with their applause, it was a pleasure."
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He completed his 134th and last round in the Masters with a long snaking putt at the 18th that stopped just inches away from what would have been a fitting final birdie.
He was then embraced by a waiting gallery of family, Augusta Green-Jacketed officials and former golf rivals with hundreds of fans surrounding the green.
"I hope that over the period of my career, I've been able to show the crowd some great golf," he added.
Watson, whose two Masters wins came in 1977 and 1981, said that the only regrets he had over his long career was not winning a few more majors.
"I know I won probably more than my share, but on the other hand, there are a few that got away. I guess it all balances out in the end, just like they say," he said.
Last July, he marked his final appearance at the Open with an emotional walk up the 18th fairway at St Andrews at the end of his second round.
But he said Friday's walk up the 18th at Augusta National was even more special.
"There's more finality in this walk here, because I really have made the decision that the kids hit the ball too far. I can't compete against the kids," he said.
"This course really shows the difference. You've got to hit the ball a long way to play this golf course."


The trial of two Rwandan Hutu leaders accused of masterminding atrocities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has started in Stuttgart in Germany.

Ignace Murwanashyaka, head of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), and his deputy Straton Musoni both live there.
They face 26 counts of crimes against humanity and 39 of war crimes.
The trial comes under a new law which allows the prosecution of foreigners for crimes committed outside Germany.
They are accused of ordering militias to commit mass murder and rape between January 2008 and the date of their arrest in Germany in November 2009.
A third suspect, Callixte Mbarushimana, who had been living in France, has been extradited to face trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Mr Murwanashyaka's lawyer said proceedings against her client were unfair.
"This is a politically motivated trial, a purely political trial. Until today we have no access to the complete files, they are blocked by the United Nations and the federal public prosecutor decides which documents he considers relevant or not," Ricarda Lang said.
State prosecutors rejected claims of bias in the justice system, Reuters news agency reports.
"We have a long list of attacks on the civilian population, killings, people shot because they were not co-operating with the FDLR, women gang raped, rape as a means of armed fight, as means of civil war," senior public prosecutor Christian Ritscher said after the indictment was read out. "There were also pillages at the centre, where complete villages were burned down.
"Our understanding is that the two defendants had knowledge of everything, at least most of it."
The BBC's Nathalie Versieux in Stuttgart says the trial has now been adjourned until Monday and is expected to last until 27 June.
The UN has hailed the trial as a breakthrough after repeated calls by the UN Security Council to bring FDLR commanders living abroad to justice.
"This co-operative burden-sharing in prosecuting individuals for serious international crimes will greatly advance the fight against impunity," said UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in January.
"Legal action against FDLR leaders also reinforces efforts to demobilise and repatriate FDLR fighters, which would significantly contribute to stabilising the eastern DRC."
Mr Murwanashyaka, 47, has lived in Germany for 20 years, having studied in the western city of Bonn before being offered asylum and settling in Mannheim in the south-west. He is married to a German woman.
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According to Associated Press new agency, he appeared relaxed and waved to photographers at the start of the hearing.
Mr Musoni, 49, has lived in Germany since 1994, and has been Mr Murwanashyaka's deputy since 2004.
The FDLR was established by men accused of taking part in the Rwandan genocide of 1994 who later set up in DR Congo.
It is now one of the most powerful rebel forces operating in eastern DR Congo, where it is believed to make millions of dollars a year by controlling mines rich in gold and other minerals and extorting money from local people.
An unusual group, the stated aim of the ethnic Hutu rebels is to overthrow the ethnic Tutsi-dominated government in the Rwandan capital Kigali, says the BBC's international development correspondent, Mark Doyle.
But in practice the rebels have only rarely infiltrated Rwanda since the Hutu army that organised the 1994 genocide of Tutsis was defeated and chased into DR Congo.
The Tutsi-dominated Rwandan Patriotic Front came to power in Rwanda after the 1994 genocide, when many FDLR members fled across the border, sparking years of unrest in the region.
The FDLR's top leadership was based in Germany and France but maintained control in DR Congo through an organised hierarchy of military officers and men.
ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said earlier this year that the prosecution of FDLR leaders "will provide the opportunity to demobilise this armed group".
A 1998-2003 conflict in DR Congo is estimated to have caused the deaths of five million people.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of posting an offensive Facebook post about the London Finsbury Park attack.

Police said a 37-year-old, believed to be the son of an owner of the Rhondda Cynon Taff company whose van was used in Monday's attack, is in custody.
Richard Evans allegedly posted: "It's a shame they don't hire out steam rollers or tanks could have done a tidy job then."
His father, Lee Evans, said he condemned the remarks.
South Wales Police said a 37-year-old man was being held on suspicion of displaying threatening, abusive, insulting written material with intent that is likely to stir up racial hatred.
Comments made by an account under the name of Richard Gear Evans Facebook, which were then shared by others on Twitter, read: "Glad I'm not running the van hire the police wouldn't like what my answer would be.
"It's my dad's company I don't get involved it's a shame they don't hire out steam rollers or tanks could have done a tidy job then."
The comments and account profile appear to have since been deleted.
Lee Evans said: "I want to condemn in the strongest possible terms these ill-considered Twitter comments, which in no way reflect my own view or indeed those of anyone else in the family.
"The attack in Finsbury Park was shocking and cowardly. Together with all the staff at Pontyclun Van Hire, I am doing everything I can to assist the Metropolitan Police in their inquiries."
Darren Osborne, 47, from Cardiff, is being held on suspicion of the commission, preparation and instigation of terrorism, attempted murder and murder following the incident at Finsbury Park.
On Tuesday evening, the Met's counter terrorism unit was given an extension until the early hours of Saturday to question Mr Osborne.
The attack in Finsbury Park happened as an ill man was receiving first aid from the public near the mosque, where people had been saying Ramadan night prayers.
The van was apparently driven at people who were helping him.
Police said they were still trying to establish if there was a link between the man's death and the attack.
The man died and nine people were taken to three London hospitals, while two others were treated for minor injuries.
Witnesses said they heard the driver, who was detained by members of the public before police arrived, shout: "I am going to kill Muslims."
One of Mr Osborne's neighbours said they thought they had seen him sleeping in a van on Saturday night.
South Wales Police confirmed that 24 hours before the London attack it had responded to a 101 call following reports of an "insecure van" in the Llanedeyrn area of Cardiff.
Officers found a man asleep inside, but no offence had been committed.


The environment secretary has sought to reassure farmers in Northern Ireland about the level of subsidies they will receive after Brexit.

Michael Gove was visiting the Antrim Show alongside DUP MPs Paul Girvan and Ian Paisley.
On Friday he said that subsidies after Brexit will have to be earned rather than just handed out.
Northern Ireland, with 3% of the population, currently receives almost 10% of the UK's EU farm subsidies.
Mr Gove said: "There will always be some areas of UK where more is spent on agriculture.
"Northern Ireland and upland areas of Scotland, Wales and England will receive support in future to ensure communities there can survive."
Farmers will only get payouts if they agree to protect the environment and enhance rural life, part of what Mr Gove calls his vision for a "green Brexit".
In Antrim he promised that the UK framework for agriculture would have the flexibility to allow the devolved administrations to make sure the policy is right for their areas.
Mr Gove did not define the limits of any framework, saying he has to consult the devolved administrations.
The Conservative Party manifesto pledged to keep overall farm subsidies at their current levels until 2022.
Sinn FÃ©in said that Mr Gove pulled out of a prearranged meeting with them "without prior notice at the very last minute".
South Antrim MLA and party chairperson Declan Kearney said:  "This is the latest example of the Tories' disrespect for voters in the north and is in default of the British government's responsibility as a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement to be rigorously impartial in the political process.
"The Tory deal with the DUP is making it more difficult to reach a resolution to the current political difficulties in the north," he added.


Fifa president Sepp Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini could face longer bans from football despite being handed eight-year suspensions last month.

Fifa's ethics committee wanted lifetime bans and will appeal against the sentences in a bid to increase them.
The duo were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
Both Swiss Blatter, 79, and Frenchman Platini, 60, deny wrongdoing and have also appealed against their bans.
Fifa's appeal committee will hear all the appeals, but the cases could go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Platini had hoped to replace Blatter as Fifa president when elections take place on 26 February but says he will not stand.


Wales Sevens reached the quarter-finals of the 2017 Sydney Sevens Series as they pulled off a shock to beat Olympic champions Fiji.

Gareth Williams' side started the day with a narrow 14-12 win against France after Ethan Davies scored late on.
Morgan Williams scored a hat-trick as Wales pulled off a surprise 28-15 win against back-to-back series winners and Olympic gold medallists Fiji.
In their final game, Wales drew 7-7 with Samoa to finish top of Pool B.
The day marks a turnaround for Wales, after the disappointment in Wellington a week earlier, where they were beaten by Canada and made just the Challenge Trophy semi-final.


The lead actor in a proposed Bollywood film on Adolf Hitler has withdrawn from the controversial project.

Anupam Kher wrote on micro-blogging site Twitter that he was not going to play the German dictator in Dear Friend Hitler.
"Sometimes human emotions are more important than cinema," Mr Kher wrote explaining his decision to withdraw.
The project drew protests from Jewish groups in India and outside and was condemned by historians.
Mr Kher withdrew from the project after criticism
Hitler memorabilia 'attracts young Indians'
"Thanks for your varied reactions to my opting out of Hitler.  After 400 films in 26 years I have the right to be wrong and still be happy," the actor wrote on Twitter.
In a statement to news agency Reuters, Mr Kher said: "Considering the ill-will that the project is generating among my fans, I wish to withdraw from it as I respect their sentiments."
The project was criticised after director Rakesh Ranjan Kumar said the film would show Hitler's "love" for India.
Mr Kher said he chose Dear Friend Hitler as the film's title because that is how Mahatma Gandhi had referred to Hitler in his letters.
But several historians questioned the claim saying that the German dictator had no respect for Indians and that he regarded them as racially inferior.


Southport edged towards National League safety as they extended Guiseley's winless run to eight league games.

The away side are just three points above the relegation zone, while Southport's first win since 1 March moved them up to 16th place.
Jonny Margetts opened the scoring in the first half with a close-range finish before Craig Westcarr's long-range lob beat goalkeeper Dan Atkinson.
Guiseley's Emile Sinclair went close to scoring when he hit the crossbar.


A federal appeals court is halting President Barack Obama's executive action that would have kept five million people from deportation.

The US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Monday to uphold a Texas judge's blocking injunction.
Critics of the plan said it was an executive "overreach" by Mr Obama and 26 states legally challenged it.
Mr Obama argued that deferring deportations was within the administration's power.
The ruling would have let Mr Obama defer deportation of groups of immigrants, including children.
"We strongly disagree with the 5th Circuit's decision," a White House official told the AP news agency. "The Supreme Court and Congress have made clear that the federal government can set priorities in enforcing our immigration laws."
Texas Governor Greg Abbott applauded the ruling, calling Mr Obama's proposal "lawless".
The Texas court rejected the Obama administration's argument that, among other things, the states did not have the standing to challenge the order.
A dissenting judge wrote that the administration's proposed actions were lawful, calling them "quintessential exercises of prosecutorial discretion".
It is unlikely the action will pass before Mr Obama leaves office because appeals often take months.
The National Immigration Law Center has called for a quick Supreme Court appeal.


People in the north west Highlands have reported feeling a small earthquake on Sunday morning.

British Geological Survey (BGS) recorded a 2.3 magnitude earthquake at Badrallach, a few miles west of Ullapool, at about 09:00.
Residents of Ullapool and nearby Loggie, Ardessie and Camusnagaul have reported feeling the quake.
BGS said the reports included descriptions of walls "visibly" shaking and windows rattling.
Mirrors on walls were also said to have rattled while other residents told BGS that "the whole house shook" and of the earthquake feeling like "lorries passing the house".
BGS said the intensity of the quake had been classed as a three on the European Macroseismic Scale, meaning it was "weak" but could still be felt indoors by people.
On social media, people living in Dundonnell have also told of feeling the earthquake.


A prisoner has been charged with rioting at HMP Birmingham during a disturbance at the jail last month.

Ross Queen, 30, of no fixed address, has been charged with prison mutiny, West Midlands Police said.
Mr Queen has been remanded in custody and is due to appear before Birmingham Magistrates' Court on Friday.
The disorder at the privately-run prison, which was understood to have involved up to 600 inmates, is being investigated.
It took place at the jail, in Winson Green, on 16 December. About Â£2m worth of damage was thought to have been caused.
Stairwells were set on fire and paper records destroyed during trouble in four wings of the category B prison, run by G4S.


An Oxford college is considering removing a statue of the 19th Century politician, Cecil Rhodes, in response to a student anti-racism campaign.

Protesters have argued that the views of the colonial politician are incompatible with an "inclusive culture" at the university.
Oriel College says it will consult on the statue's future - and has decided to remove a plaque to Rhodes.
The college says it does not "condone his racist views or actions".
The campaign to remove the Oxford statue follows a university protest in South Africa.
A statue of Cecil Rhodes was attacked and then ultimately taken down at the University of Cape Town, after being identified by protesters as a symbol of a colonial, pre-apartheid era.
Rhodes had been a strong advocate of colonial power in Africa.
But his name is also attached to Rhodes Scholarships which bring overseas students to Oxford University - past beneficiaries include former US president Bill Clinton.
The Rhodes Must Fall campaign in South Africa has been adopted in Oxford - and in the next six months the college will decide on what should happen to its statue.
Among the options will be to leave it in place, to add some information explaining the historical context, or to remove the statue completely.
Cecil Rhodes attended Oriel College and and left money to the college on his death in 1902.
The college says his legacy might include the scholarships, but his "values and world view stand in absolute contrast" to a modern university.
Oriel says the experience of ethnic minority students needs to improve at Oxford and that his links with the college do not reflect any "celebration of his unacceptable views and actions".
A statement from the college says a plaque erected in his honour on a college building in 1906 will be taken down, pending the consent of the local council.
The statue is also in a college building with listed status, which raises questions about what could be changed.
"In the short term, we have put up a temporary notice in the window of the High Street building, below the statue, clarifying its historical context and the college's position on Rhodes," says a college statement.
The argument in Oxford is part of an international pattern of students challenging university symbols and accusing them of promoting a racist legacy.
There has been a wave of protests in dozens of United States universities this autumn, many focusing on emblems which they accuse of racist links.
At Harvard University, there have been campaigns to change a university emblem which includes the coat of arms of a slave-owning family.
University house masters have also agreed to drop the title "master" because of its associations with slavery.
At Amherst College, there has been a campaign against a mascot, based on an 18th Century general who had advocated killing the local Native American population by deliberately giving them smallpox.
There have also been opponents of changing such symbols, who have argued that universities have to reflect the reality of views held in previous eras.


Tension is high in Burma's western Rakhine state after President Thein Sein imposed a state of emergency.

A spate of violence involving Buddhists and Muslims in the past week has left seven people dead and hundreds of properties damaged in the area.
Trouble flared after the murder of a Buddhist woman last month, followed by an attack on a bus carrying Muslims.
On Sunday, former colonial power the UK urged authorities and community leaders to begin talks to end the violence.
Foreign Office minister Jeremy Browne said he was "deeply concerned" by the situation and that the UK and other countries would continue to watch developments closely.
A state of emergency essentially allows the military to take over administrative control of the region.
State television said the order, imposed late Sunday night, was in response to increasing "unrest and terrorist attacks" and "intended to restore security and stability to the people immediately".
According to a Reuters report, the violence over the weekend began on Friday in the Rakhine State town of Maungdaw, spreading to the capital Sittwe and neighbouring villages.
Rival Buddhist and Muslim groups were witnessed setting houses on fire, reports said.
"We have now ordered troops to protect the airport and the Rakhine villages under attack in Sittwe," Zaw Htay, director of the President's Office was quoted as saying by Reuters.
In a televised speech, President Thein Sein said the violence could put the country's moves towards democracy in danger.
"If we put racial and religious issues at the forefront, if we put the never-ending hatred, desire for revenge and anarchic actions at the forefront, and if we continue to retaliate and terrorise and kill each other, there's a danger that [the troubles] could multiply and move beyond Rakhine," he said.
"If this happens, the general public should be aware that the country's stability and peace, democratisation process and development, which are only in transition right now, could be severely affected and much would be lost."
A nominally civilian government was elected in 2010 and, in April this year, opposition politicians led by Aung San Suu Kyi entered Burma's parliament following historic by-elections.
However, the government is still dominated by the military and concerns over political repression and human rights abuses continue.
The clashes began on 4 June when a mob attacked a bus in Taungup, Rakhine province, apparently mistakenly believing some of the passengers were responsible for the earlier rape and murder of a Buddhist woman.
Rakhine state is named for the ethnic Rakhine Buddhist majority but also has a sizeable Muslim population, including the Rohingya minority.
The Rohingya are a Muslim ethnic group and are stateless, as Burma considers them to be illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.


The former commander of the Chilean army, General Juan Emilio Cheyre, has been detained for alleged involvement in the killing of 15 people in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup.

Mr Cheyre was a young officer at the time of General Augusto Pinochet's coup.
He was accused of complicity in the killing of left-wing activists in the northern city of La Serena.
The operation was part of the notorious Caravan of Death.
The Caravan of Death was a a military unit despatched by General Pinochet to remote Chilean areas to hunt down opposition activists.
They travelled from town to town in a helicopter.
Gen Pinochet said there would be no mercy for "extremists", and was reportedly annoyed by news that some commanders in provincial towns had been "soft" on political opponents.
Mr Cheyre was army commander from 2002 to 2006, after Chile returned to democracy.
During his time as army chief, Mr Cheyre said a coup and humans rights violations should "never again" happen in Chile.
Eight other former officers have been accused of taking part in the operation in La Serena on 16 October 1973.
Victims' relatives hailed the news and said it was never too late for justice.
"All I want is for justice to be made and the facts to be clarified. I am not interested in vengeance," said Ernesto Lejderman, who was three when his parents were killed in one of the Caravan of Death operations.
Former Defence Minister Jaime Ravinet said, however, that it was unfair to hold a young officer responsible for following orders.
"Anyone who knows the military world knows that you will be taken to court or expelled from the military if you refuse to obey orders from your superior," Mr Ravinet told CNN Chile.
"In 1973, during the Caravan of Death, he could have been shot dead [had he refused to follow orders]."
The Caravan of Death landed in 16 towns in the north and south of Chile and killed 97 people between 30 September and 22 October 1973, according to figures compiled by the NGO Memory and Justice.
Gen Pinochet seized power from the democratically-elected government of Salavador Allende on 11 September 1973.
He stepped down in 1990 but retained the post of commander-in-chief of the army for another eight years.
He died in 2006, aged 91, without ever standing trial for his actions.


The US has called for ''cooler heads to prevail'' as tension intensifies between China and Japan over disputed islands in the East China Sea.

China sent two patrol ships to islands - known as Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China - on Tuesday.
This came after Japan sealed a deal to buy three of the islands from their private Japanese owner.
Washington will not take sides in the matter, said Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell.
The region, he said, was the ''cockpit of the global economy'' and it was ''of utmost importance'' that peace and stability be maintained.
''The stakes could not be bigger and the desire is to have all leaders to keep that squarely in mind,'' he said, in answer to questions at a debate at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies.
Mr Campbell is America's top diplomat on East Asia.
China's defence ministry has issued a strongly-worded statement against Japan's move to buy the islands, Chinese state media reported.
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"The Chinese government and armed forces stand firm and are unshakeable in its determination and will safeguard sovereignty over the nation's territories," ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency.
"We are watching closely the evolution of the situation and reserve the right to take reciprocal measures."
A group of about 15 protesters gathered at the Japanese embassy in Hong Kong on Wednesday, shouting slogans and burning the Japanese flags.
Tension has been brewing between the two countries for several months over the islands.
Japan controls the uninhabited but resource-rich islands, which are also claimed by Taiwan. They lie south of Okinawa and north of Taiwan, sit in key shipping lanes and are thought to lie close to gas deposits.
Japan says it is buying the islands to promote their stable and peaceful management.
"We have absolutely no desire for any repercussions as far as Japan-China relations are concerned. It is important that we avoid misunderstanding and unforeseen problems," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura.
Mr Fujimura told reporters that the government had set aside 2.05bn yen ($26m, Â£16.4m) to pay for the three islands.
The move followed a bid by the outspoken and right-wing Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara to buy them using public donations - an action analysts believe would have further raised tensions with China.


In March, online community Reddit killed its "warrant canary" - a statement on its website declaring that it had not received any secret data snooping requests from government or law enforcement agencies.

While the site has remained quiet about its canary's demise, it has hosted a discussion on the subject by a group of lawyers.
A warrant canary is a statement saying a company has not received secret requests for user data by government or law enforcement officers.
It is named after the birds that were taken down mineshafts to alert workers to toxic gases.
If the canary died in the mine the workers knew they had to leave quickly.
Similarly, the existence of a warrant canary on a website indicates the "all clear". When it disappears, visitors might assume the website has received classified requests for data.
Many websites publish a warrant canary in an effort to be transparent with visitors. The concept gained popularity after the extent of US government surveillance was revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
In the US, law enforcement can issue requests for user data that come with a gagging order, preventing the demand from being disclosed.
Demands known as national security letters are designed to allow law enforcement agencies to conduct an investigation without interference or alerting the target.
But critics say the confidential nature of national security letters, which can be issued without a court order, makes them ripe for abuse by law enforcement.
Reddit, Adobe and Tumblr are among the sites that have published warrant canaries.
The disappearance of a warrant canary usually only reveals that a website has received at least one secret surveillance request. They are often written in broad terms, as their legality has not been tested in court.
"The more practically useful and informative they are, the more legally risky they are too," said Brett Max Kaufman, a lawyer at the American Civil Liberties Union.
Before it was killed, Reddit's warrant canary said: "Reddit has never received a National Security Letter, an order under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or any other classified request for user information."
One Reddit member asked whether websites could print an individual warrant canary on every member's profile, making it immediately obvious when a specific user had been targeted by a secret request.
"The government would have a pretty strong argument in that case that the removal of the individual's canary was simply an end-run around the gag order, and that it would jeopardise the government interests in completing its investigation without interference," said Mr Kaufman.
"That's not to say an individualised canary could never be lawful."
While the disappearance of a warrant canary could indicate that a company has received a classified data request, it remains possible that Reddit removed the canary to avoid a future fight over its legality.
"I strongly suspect it is the first," said Alex Abdo of the ACLU.
"Unless they received a national security request, nothing else would have changed between the 2014 transparency report and now.
"If they abandoned it for the second reason, Reddit likely would not have issued the very cryptic statement that they could not comment on the disappearance of the canary."
Reddit did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.
One Reddit member questioned whether the government could force a website to falsely keep its warrant canary online, disguising the existence of a national security letter.
"If the government asked a company to leave its warrant canary up (and therefore communicate something false to the public), the company would have the right to challenge any gag (under the First Amendment... or under certain provisions of the USA Freedom Act) in court," said Mr Kaufman.
"But if a court upheld the government's request... the public would be none the wiser, at least for some time.
"Indeed, that would be the entire objective from the government's perspective."
When asked whether the disappearance of Reddit's canary was a cause for alarm, Mr Abdo said it was "difficult to know".
"It's possible that the request was very targeted and in pursuit of someone we would all agree should be investigated," he said.
"But we don't know the facts at this point, and we don't even know which legal authority the government was relying on.
"And we might not know either of those things for a long time."


Convicted fraudster and former Nigerian state governor James Ibori has been released, despite attempts by the home secretary to detain him in prison.

He was due for release on Tuesday, having agreed to be deported after serving half of his 13-year sentence.
But it has now emerged that the Home Secretary, Amber Rudd did not intend to deport Ibori to Nigeria until he handed over £89m of "proceeds of crime".
A High Court judge said attempts to detain him were "quite extraordinary".
Ordering Ibori to be immediately freed from prison, Mrs Justice May said: "You don't hold someone just because it is convenient to do so and without plans to deport them."
A Home Office application that Ibori be electronically tagged and subject to strict curfew conditions was also rejected after the judge accepted arguments that the home secretary was attempting to misuse her immigration and deportation powers.
Ibori, a former London DIY store cashier, was jailed for fraud totalling nearly £50m in April 2012.
He evaded capture in Nigeria after a mob of supporters attacked police but was arrested in Dubai in 2010 and extradited to the UK - where he was prosecuted based on evidence from the Metropolitan Police.
On Wednesday, the Home Office's barrister said the government was concerned that Ibori might "frustrate confiscation proceedings" and wanted him kept in jail or subject to strict controls on his movement.
But it emerged in court that the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is pursuing the confiscation proceedings, was "neutral" about Ibori's release and possible deportation.
Ian MacDonald QC, representing Ibori, said: "The Secretary of State has taken it upon herself.  There is no objection from (the CPS) for release."
"This is extraordinary", Mrs Justice May said.  "They (the CPS) don't care."
"Why doesn't the Secretary of State just send him back?" she asked.  "He wants to go.  She wants him to go".
The conviction of James Ibori followed a government anti-corruption campaign led by the Department for International Development (DfID) 10 years ago.
But earlier this year the Director of Public Prosecutions, Alison Saunders, demanded a review of the evidence following allegations that police took bribes and prosecutors covered it up.
"The review team found material to support the assertion that a police officer received payment in return for information," the CPS admitted in September.
In court on Wednesday, Ibori's barrister, Ivan Krolic, explained how another defendant in the fraud case had appealed against conviction on the grounds that "police officers in the investigations had been corrupt".
"The court of appeal rejected that after counsel for the Crown indicated that there was nothing to support the allegation," Mr Krolic explained.
"And then it turned out there was," Mrs Justice May interjected.  "Yes", Mr Krolic replied.
Ordering Ibori's release, Mrs Justice May said: "The Secretary of State appears to have take it upon herself that Mr Ibori does remain in this country, in apparent contradiction of the order served earlier this year to deport him."
"The position of the Secretary of State, as very candidly set out by Mr Birdling (representing the home secretary), is that she accepts that there is an argument that she has no power to detain him."
"I have decided that the balance of convenience falls heavily in favour of his immediate release.
"I am not prepared to impose conditions involving tagging or curfews."
The judge said the matter of Ibori's deportation should be heard before the end of January.
Correction 19 January 2017: The figure relating to "proceeds of crime" has been amended from £18m to £89m in line with the court transcript.


Turkey says it has repelled an attack by the so-called Islamic State on its troops in Bashiqa in northern Iraq, killing 17 militants.

There were no reported injuries or deaths on the Turkish side.
Turkey deployed at least 150 troops into northern Iraq last year, but it has been the subject of dispute between Turkey and the Iraqi government.
Turkey says its troops are only there to train Iraqi forces, but Iraq says Turkey is violating its sovereignty.
Turkey later acknowledged that there had been a "miscommunication" over the troop deployment.
The Bashiqa camp lies near Mosul, a city controlled by Islamic State (IS) since June 2014.
Turkey is part of the US-led coalition against IS, which has taken control of large parts of Syria and Iraq.


Haiti's presidential and legislative run-off elections have been postponed, officials have said.

Opposition factions alleged fraud during the first round of voting and there have been widespread street protests.
A special commission set up by President Michel Martelly last week is to investigate the electoral process.
There were more violent protests on Saturday when the results for the legislative vote was announced.
Jovenel Moise, a banana exporter, won the most votes in the presidential elections but with 33% fell short of a majority.
He is to face ex-state construction company head Jude Celestin, who came second with 25%.
Mr Moise has little political experience but has the backing of current President Michel Martelly. Mr Celestin is seeking the presidency for a second time.
Whoever wins will face a daunting task when taking over from Mr Martelly in February. Haiti is the poorest nation in the Americas.
Since it was devastated by an earthquake in 2010, the country has relied largely on international donations and foreign aid from the United States and other countries.


A doctor who claimed disability benefits worth more than £22,000 while volunteering as an army reservist has been given a 12-month community order.

Sandra Turnbull told benefit officers she could not walk a step "without pain", but was winched out of a helicopter during a training exercise.
Newcastle Crown Court also heard she was observed walking considerable distances while working at hospitals.
The 45-year-old was sentenced after admitting three benefit fraud charges.
The hearing was told Ms Turnbull, who had a genuine hip complaint, had claimed disability living allowance for ten years.
However, during that time she worked 40 hours a week on shifts for Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital, Newcastle General Hospital and County Durham and Darlington NHS Trust.
In 2006, she joined an Army Reserve unit, the 201 Northern Field Hospital, and was deemed fit for combat.
During a training exercise she played the part of a casualty and was winched in and out of a RAF Sea King helicopter.
She also tried to complete a six-mile march with a rifle and 15 kilos strapped to her back, although she did not complete it.
The judge at Newcastle Crown Court said: "You are an educated and intelligent woman who has got secure and well-paid employment.
"These are not offences of oversight or mistake, but plain old-fashioned dishonesty."
Her barrister, Richard Herrmann, said she had suffered "significant health problems" due to her hip, but had not disclosed the "full picture" to the Department for Work and Pensions.
He said: "Effectively, by this course of conduct, this defendant is going to lose everything she has worked for for 15 years.
"She is suspended, she will be put before the General Medical Council and one can fairly readily anticipate the outcome from a conviction like this, although it is not certain."


Polio cases in Pakistan have dropped by 70% this year as troops make territorial advances in the north against militants opposed to vaccination programmes, government officials have told the BBC.

They say that so far in 2015 there have been about 25 cases.
In October officials said that Pakistan had its highest number of cases for 15 years, mostly due to militant attacks.
At that time they said there were more than 200 cases across the country.
The number in October exceeded the 199 cases in 2001 but was short of the 558 cases in 1999.
Most polio infections are in the north-western tribal region where militants have targeted health teams.
They accuse doctors of being spies and say the vaccinations are part of a Western plot to sterilise Muslims.
Prime ministerial polio adviser Ayesha Raza said on Wednesday that while it had taken time to eradicate militancy in North Waziristan, the rewards from doing so were "already visible in the polio programme".
Ms Raza told the BBC that polio samples from high-incidence zones - which used to be positive for months on end - were now testing negative again.
The Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) had only reported seven cases so far this year, she said, while Karachi had reported none.
"The army has been a great help in both these areas," Ms Raza said.
"With their help, and with the help of funding from the United Arab Emirates, we have been able to extend immunisation drives to high-risk areas.
"We got access to populations in Waziristan after more than two years. We have also now penetrated some formerly no-go zones in Karachi."
Officials say that in recent months there has also been a clear decline in the number of attacks on polio teams. A number of men involved in such attacks have been arrested.
The BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad says that while Pakistan is celebrating the latest figures, the two other countries in the world where polio is endemic have done equally well if not better.
Nigeria has reported no new cases this year, and Afghanistan has only reported one.
Our correspondent says that a major chunk of the North Waziristan population who lived under a militant-imposed vaccination ban for several years have now been vaccinated several times over along with their children.


The number of outstanding interest-only mortgages is falling but more work is needed to ensure people are not left unable to pay, a lenders' group says.

Interest-only deals mean borrowers pay the interest on the loan, then pay the capital when the mortgage term ends.
At the end of 2014, there were about 2.4 million outstanding home loans of this type, the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) said.
This was 460,000 fewer compared with a year earlier.
About a quarter of these had come to the end of their term, but others have seen borrowers moving on to "safer" deals.
However, at the end of the year, a total of 16,000 loans had matured but not been repaid. The CML said that in many cases homeowners would be in the process of paying the lump sum, so not all would be in difficulty.
Earlier this month, Citizens Advice warned that 934,000 owners on interest-only deals did not have a plan for how to pay back the money at the end of the mortgage term.
Banks and building societies have been told by regulators to write to their customers to warn them that they could be in financial danger.
The first sizeable wave of repayment problems is expected to appear in 2017-18, when endowment mortgages sold in the 1990s reach their peak period of maturing.
A decade later, in 2027-28, the surge in interest-only mortgages taken out from the early 2000s reaches a high point. The final peak comes in 2032 when the wild lending to people who could barely afford the interest, just before the credit crunch, has to be dealt with.
In some cases those facing difficulty have converted interest-only mortgages into Lifetime Mortgages, which allow borrowers to stay in their homes though retirement, paying interest if they can. The debt is paid off when they die or have to move out.
The CML said that progress was being made in preparing people for a potential financial hit.
"The continued decline in interest-only mortgages outstanding confirms our perception that many borrowers are firmly on top of this issue, and successfully making plans to manage their loans to ensure they are not faced with a payment shortfall at maturity," said Paul Smee, CML director general.
"As an industry, we clearly still have work to do to trigger more borrowers to respond to their lenders' attempts to understand their intentions and help them plan ahead for the maturity of their loans."
Mark Harris, chief executive of mortgage broker SPF Private Clients, said: "There is no great surprise at the decline in number of interest-only mortgages.
"The changes made by many lenders were draconian, with some of the biggest banks scrapping interest-only in the wake of the financial crisis in an effort to deliver immediate change to the business mix."


Police investigating the "brutal attack" on a Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker in south London are still looking for five males.

Reker Ahmed was beaten and kicked by a gang while waiting at a bus stop in Croydon on Friday night.
A family friend said the 17 year old had been left "black and blue" and "mentally not well" after the assault.
Thirteen people, aged between 15 and 24, have been charged with violent disorder in relation to the attack.
A total of 16 people have been arrested. Three of those will face no further action.
Det Supt Jane Corrigan said "somewhere in the region of 20-30 people who were in the vicinity of the attack... may have had some involvement in the incident".
She said "CCTV enquiries" had identified five people police want to contact "but there is a possibility that this may rise".
Mr Ahmed suffered a bleed on his brain, a fractured eye socket and fractured spine in the attack.
He was visited by his brother Hadi Ahmed on Tuesday who said Reker had not recognised him.
Family friend Abdullah Abdullah, who also saw him in hospital, said the the 17-year-old "was very bad, his face had been smashed very badly".
"He couldn't recognise me as well. Mentally he is not well," he said.
A demonstration by Kurds was held in Croydon earlier.
Rebaz Mohammed, a Kurdish community leader, said the attack "will be with Reker for the rest of his life".
"There's not enough support for asylum seekers who come over... they need help to integrate," he said.
Communities Secretary Sajid Javid, who also attended, said the teenager "came to this country seeking refuge and safety but... he got the exact opposite".
"When something like this does happen we must do everything we can possibly do to apprehend those that were responsible," he said.


Championship strugglers Blackburn stunned Newcastle United as Charlie Mulgrew's winner ended the leaders' run of nine successive victories.

Boss Rafael Benitez made six changes as the Magpies looked for a club-record 10th straight win in all competitions.
Danny Graham tested Newcastle goalkeeper Karl Darlow with the first half's only shot on target.
Rovers keeper Jason Steele denied Jonjo Shelvey and Ciaran Clark before Mulgrew won it with a close-range volley.
Newcastle - who had beaten Leeds 2-0 a week earlier to equal a club record run of nine wins, set in 1994 under Kevin Keegan - looked disjointed in the first half and failed to create a significant chance.
They were more industrious after the break, with Christian Atsu volleying wide, Isaac Hayden going close and Matt Ritchie firing over before Shelvey called Steele into action for the first time and Clark tested the keeper from the resulting corner.
Blackburn, a club that won the Premier League title in the same season that Newcastle set their consecutive wins record, produced just two shots on target. Mulgrew's acrobatic left-foot finish from Liam Feeney's cross was enough to earn all three points and move the visitors out of the relegation places.
Top scorer Dwight Gayle came off the bench for the Magpies, but could only shoot over the bar when a chance presented itself in stoppage time.
Newcastle's defeat was soured further as full-back Jesus Gamez, making his first league start since moving to St James' Park from Atletico Madrid in July, lasted just 55 minutes before leaving the field injured on a stretcher.
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez:
"I didn't like our reaction when we were losing, and we have to do better. I didn't like the chances we didn't take, and I didn't like my decisions.
"But we cannot change things. We have to analyse what happened before the next game and make sure we don't make the same mistakes.
"I knew that when you lose a game and you change your players, everyone blames the manager. I knew that, but in the same time we have to show more character and more personality."
Blackburn manager Owen Coyle:
"There is a lot of perception in football and people see the table and think Blackburn are a poor team; nothing could be further from the truth.
"We took two points from our first seven games and there was a lot going on at the club. From there after, I think that is now 17 points from 11 games and that is close to play-off form.
"We stuck to the game-plan, we asked them to stand toe-to-toe, we marked them man-for-man all over the park. We knew we would have to do a lot of dirty work."
Match ends, Newcastle United 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 0, Blackburn Rovers 1.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Liam Feeney.
Attempt blocked. Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Jason Lowe.
Attempt missed. Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Offside, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey tries a through ball, but Dwight Gayle is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ben Marshall (Blackburn Rovers).
Offside, Newcastle United. Ciaran Clark tries a through ball, but Christian Atsu is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Marshall following a corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
Attempt blocked. Corry Evans (Blackburn Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Isaac Hayden.
Attempt blocked. Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Danny Graham.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Dwight Gayle replaces Chancel Mbemba.
Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Craig Conway with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Attempt blocked. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marvin Emnes (Blackburn Rovers).
Goal!  Newcastle United 0, Blackburn Rovers 1. Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Liam Feeney with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Corner,  Blackburn Rovers. Conceded by Paul Dummett.
Attempt blocked. Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Craig Conway.
Foul by Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United).
Danny Graham (Blackburn Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Isaac Hayden with a cross.
Attempt saved. Ciaran Clark (Newcastle United) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt blocked. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Jason Steele.
Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jason Lowe (Blackburn Rovers).


Unemployment in Scotland rose by 6,000 between November and January to stand at 162,000, according to official figures.

Employment also increased over the same period by 6,000 to 2,611,000.
The Scottish jobless rate is 5.9%, which is above the rate of 5.7% for the whole of the UK.
The number of people claiming Job Seeker's Allowance fell by 2,000 to 79,400 between January and February - 27,700 fewer than a year ago.
The UK's jobless total fell by 102,000 to 1.86 million in the three months to January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
The Scottish government's Fair Work Secretary Roseanna Cunningham welcomed the latest figures, which she said showed that Scotland was outperforming the UK on employment and inactivity rates.
Ms Cunningham added: "Whilst Scotland continues to have a higher employment rate than the UK as a whole, today's figures show a slight increase in unemployment on the previous quarter.
"This can be explained, in part, by falling levels of economic inactivity as more people join the labour market and start looking for work.
"Given the increase in the claimant count in both Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire over the last month, difficulties faced by the oil and gas sector may also be a factor - reinforcing the need for Chancellor George Osborne to use today's Budget to at long last take the action on oil taxation we have been calling for since the start of the year."
The UK government's Scottish Secretary Alistair Carmichael said: "Today's figures round off a remarkable period of success for this government - we now have 174,000 more people in Scotland in work than we did in 2010.
"The number of women in employment has also increased by 101,000 in that time. That shows the real difference the economic choices of this government have made to the lives of people in Scotland.
"We saw record employment in 2014, while the number of people claiming benefits has fallen by over 27,000 over the last 12 months and is down to a level last seen in June 2008."
Scottish Labour's finance spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said the statistics were "bad news for Scotland".
She said: "The Scottish jobless total is above the rate for the whole of the UK, and Scotland's emergency services are bearing the brunt of SNP cuts."
Ms Baillie added: "Thousands of Scots face an uncertain labour market, trapped between governments in Westminster and Holyrood that do not work for them."
Liz Cameron, chief executive of Scottish Chambers of Commerce, said any increase in unemployment was disappointing and served as a reminder of the challenges that continued to affect the Scottish economy.
She added: "These figures cover a period when the effects of the low oil prices were beginning to bite in our oil and gas sector.
"That said, we should remember that employment has also increased by 6,000 over the same period and the reason for these apparently contradictory changes has been that Scotland's pool of available workers has grown overall.
"This points to a relatively healthy economy where many businesses are continuing to expand and create new job opportunities, and this reflects the feedback we are getting from businesses that we speak to across Scotland."
Scottish Trades Union Congress (STUC) general secretary Grahame Smith said: "In advance of today's Budget, this is a worrying set of statistics for Scotland: unemployment is up and employment is static.
"Scotland is one of only two nations and regions of the UK to register an increase in unemployment over the past three months."


A man has been charged with assisting a murder suspect thought to have fled the country.

Mohammed Kadir, 24, is alleged to have killed Jamal Uddin, 71, who was murdered in February over a belief he was practicing "black magic".
Mohammed Syadul Hussain, 24, is accused of assisting Mr Kadir and will appear at Manchester Crown Court on 24 October.
It is thought Mr Kadir has fled to Syria.
Mr Uddin died after he was bludgeoned during an attack at a children's playground in Rochdale.
Mohammed Hussain Syeedy, 21, has already been convicted of Mr Uddin's murder and was jailed for life earlier this month.
He was told he must serve a minimum term of 24 years.
A court heard he was the getaway driver for Mr Kadir, of Chamber Road, Oldham.
Hussain, of Oswald Street, Rochdale was remanded in custody.


A tutor indecently assaulted a 13-year-old pupil and had sex with him more than 100 times, a court has heard.

Carolyn Keeling, now 64, is accused of indecently assaulting the boy, who is now 34 and cannot be named for legal reasons, between 1993 and 1996.
At the start of a trial, at Gloucester Crown Court was told the boy reported the abuse to police last year after reading of the Jimmy Savile scandal.
Ms Keeling, of Taynton near Gloucester, denies six counts of indecent assault.
Prosecuting, Ed Burgess said the boy described his tutor as "being hippy-like in her mannerisms" and he "thought she was rather cool".
"He talks about his hormones raging and he wasn't going to turn down what she was offering.
"At the time he didn't see it as abuse, he rather enjoyed it.
"It was only later that he came to understand it as the sexual abuse that it was," he said.
The jury was told the defendant was given a key to the boy's family home and let herself in to give him lessons.
It is alleged she would get into bed with him and also take him on nature walks and horse rides.
Ms Keeling told police the boy slept naked and she would sometimes go into his bedroom to wake him up.
When the allegations were revealed, she described herself as "gobsmacked", Mr Burgess said.
The alleged abuse stopped when the boy reached the age of 15.
The boy, who is now a father of three, told his mother about the sexual relationship in 2012, and reported it to police in April 2014.
The trial continues.


The pilots of at least 20 aircraft taking part in a vintage plane rally have been released after being detained in Ethiopia, officials say.

The group had been held at the airport in Gambela, western Ethiopia after crossing "illegally" into the country from Sudan.
Organisers say the group is now free to continue their journey to South Africa.
The aviators are travelling the length of Africa in biplanes built between 1920s and 1940s and support aircraft.
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The group announced on its Facebook page that: "VintageAirRally crew are allowed to fly on from Ethiopia!"
The rally had been suspended while diplomats tried to secure the release of least 47 crew members in the past two days.
The planes took off from the Greek island of Crete on 12 November on a 13,000km (8,000 mile) journey to Cape Town.
However, the head of Ethiopia's civil aviation authority, Wosenyele Hungnall, told the BBC that the aircraft had crossed illegally into Ethiopian airspace from Sudan.
A British pilot who had been reported missing was found to be among those detained.
On its Facebook page, Vintage Air Rally said that Maurice Kirk, 72, was with other pilots in Gambela who were all "safe and accounted for".
The aviators aim to cross 10 countries, making 37 stops in more than a month with Kenya as their next planned stop.


First Minister Carwyn Jones has told AMs that "in principle" he supports a quota system for each nation of the UK to resettle refugees.

During First Minister Questions, Mr Jones called David Cameron's response to the situation "laggardly".
The comments followed opposition party calls for a full refugee crisis debate.
Earlier, Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said migrants needed a "substantial package of integration" rather than "tokenism".
Deputy Plaid leader Elin Jones said the party was "disappointed and surprised" at the lack of a Welsh government response to an urgent question on the crisis.
Assembly members gathered in the Senedd chamber on Tuesday for the first time after the summer recess.
Although no statement was scheduled on the refugee crisis, several AMs raised the issue during First Minister's Questions.
Answering a question from Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, Mr Jones said: "In principle I support the idea of a quota system for each nation."
On the UK government's handing of the refugee crisis, he added: "I regret that fact that the prime minister was laggardly in in his response.
"You cannot bury your head in the sand when people are risking their lives on unseaworthy craft in order to cross to a place that they see as a place of safety."
Mr Jones has called a summit on the crisis for Thursday.
Charities and local councils have been invited to send representatives to the meeting, aimed at co-ordinating the Welsh response.
Responding to opposition criticism of the fact that the first minister was not making a statement in the assembly on the issue, a Welsh government spokeswoman said Mr Jones had "been clear that Wales stands ready to play our part and that the Welsh government has an important role in responding to the refugee crisis".
The spokeswoman said Thursday's summit was "bringing together key agencies and service providers to develop a co-ordinated Wales-wide response to the crisis" as "the start of a government-led action, which will continue throughout the autumn".
David Cameron has said the UK would accept up to 20,000 refugees from camps surrounding Syria, with priority given to vulnerable children.
The Welsh Refugee Council has said Wales could give sanctuary to around 1,600 Syrians, but local councils have said they will need help to meet the cost.


A woman wearing a "distinctive cow print onesie" has reportedly robbed a man at gunpoint in Belfast city centre.

Police said the woman, armed with a suspected gun, stole money from the 20-year-old man in Great Victoria Street at about 03:00 BST on Thursday.
The suspect was in a blue Volkswagen Golf with two other men at the time and the gang escaped with a sum of cash.
Det Con Gareth Hussey said: "I would ask anyone with any information about this incident to contact detectives."


Water drilled from rock in a North American mine is among the oldest yet found on Earth, say scientists.

Novel dating techniques used by the Canadian and UK team suggest the fluid is at least 1.5 billion years old.
The water was probably once on the surface and then percolated through the ground where it became trapped at a depth of 2.4km.
The discovery, made under Timmins, Ontario, is reported in this week's edition of the journal Nature.
Although far from any light source, particular types of micro-organism could survive in the water - it has the right chemistry; it is rich in dissolved gases like hydrogen and methane.
The team is currently testing its samples to determine whether any such lifeforms are indeed present.
"There are similar waters in South Africa with almost identical chemistry that are tens of millions of years old, and they contain microbes that have adapted to that environment," explained Prof Chris Ballentine from Manchester University.
"These are microbes that can survive on the energy from the natural water-rock interactions," he told BBC News.
A positive identification would have fascinating implications for our understanding of how life evolved on the early Earth and where it could exist underground today on other planets, such as Mars, Prof Ballentine added.
The water was recovered from deeply buried sulphide ores containing zinc and copper.
The researchers collected the water as mineworkers drilled new exploratory holes.
Temperature increases with depth and so the fluid emerged at 40-50C.
Three dating techniques were employed to work out how long the water trapped in the rock had been isolated.
A key method involved studying the different types, or isotopes, of xenon dissolved in the fluid.
The noble gas can be used as a marker to time when the fluid was last in contact with the atmosphere at the Earth's surface.
This approach only produces a broad age range, so the best the team can say is that the Timmins water had been resident underground for between 1.5 billion and 2.6 billion years. Even so, this is still hundreds of millions of years older than samples recovered from deep under South Africa's Witwatersrand Basin.
The only water known to be more ancient is found in minute quantities trapped in the voids in some rock minerals.  These inclusions can be billions of years old.
Members of the research group at the University of Toronto are now examining the Timmins samples for their biological content.
Identifying microbes would go to the heart of issues about the habitability of deep Earth environments and for the prospects of finding life on other worlds.
Mars, for example, is cold and dry at its surface today, but the evidence suggests it was much warmer and wetter billions of years ago.
A lot of that early water was lost to space, but some of it is thought to have retreated to deep reservoirs.
Findings like those at Timmins raise the possibility that similar, long-isolated environments could yet persist on Mars, possibly supporting micro-organisms.
"The study has consequences for our understanding of how early life on Earth may have migrated into these kinds of environments and been protected from cataclysmic events at the surface," said Prof Ballentine.
"And being completely speculative, on somewhere like Mars, where the surface may have been habitable in its early history, water could have percolated into deep environments and been preserved on planetary timescales."
As well as the universities of Manchester and Toronto, the study involved researchers from Lancaster University, McMaster University and the University of Alberta.
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Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams continues to be questioned by Northern Ireland police in connection with the 1972 murder of Jean McConville.

Mr Adams has spent the night in custody after going to Antrim police station, where he was arrested.
Speaking before his detention on Wednesday evening, Mr Adams said he was "innocent of any part" in the murder.
Mrs McConville, a 37-year-old widow and mother-of-10, was abducted and shot by the IRA.
Her body was recovered from a beach in County Louth in 2003.
Police said a 65-year-old man presented himself to officers at Antrim police station and was arrested.
In a statement, Sinn Féin said: "Last month Gerry Adams said he was available to meet the PSNI about the Jean McConville case. That meeting is taking place this evening."
Mr Adams added: "I believe that the killing of Jean McConville and the secret burial of her body was wrong and a grievous injustice to her and her family.
"Well publicised, malicious allegations have been made against me. I reject these.
"While I have never disassociated myself from the IRA and I never will, I am innocent of any part in the abduction, killing or burial of Mrs McConville."
His party colleague Alex Maskey condemned the timing of the arrest, just over three weeks from the European and local government elections.
However, Mrs McConville's son Michael, who was 11 when his mother was murdered, welcomed the arrest.
"We're just happy to see everything moving as it is moving at the minute," Mr McConville said.
"Me and the rest of my brothers and sisters are just glad to see the PSNI doing their job. We didn't think it would ever take place [Mr Adams' arrest], but we are quite glad that it is taking place.
"All we're looking for is justice for our mother. Our mother, on the seventh of next month, would have been 80 years of age.
"Although we didn't spend much time with our mother, we'd have like to have spent a lot of time with her. If the IRA hadn't have killed our mother, God knows, she still might have been alive today."
Mr McConville said what he really wanted was for the perpetrators to be tried as "war criminals" at the international court in the Hague, rather than being brought before courts in Northern Ireland.
Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson said he "commends the police for the action they have taken".
Sources: Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times
Speaking to the media on Thursday, he said: "It strengthens our political process in Northern Ireland for people to know that no one is above the law, everyone is equal under the law and everyone is equally subject to the law."
Prime Minister David Cameron said there had been "absolutely no political interference in this issue".
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny also rejected suggestions from senior Sinn Féin figures that the arrest of Mr Adams had been politically motivated.
"This is still a live murder case, this is still a live investigation," he said.
"All I can say is that I hope the president of Sinn Féin answers in the best way he can, to the fullest extent that he can, questions that are being asked about a live murder investigation."
Mrs McConville, one of Northern Ireland's Disappeared, was kidnapped in front of her children after being wrongly accused of being an informer.
The claim that she was an informer was dismissed after an official investigation by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman.
Mrs McConville was held at one or more houses before being shot and buried in secret.
The Disappeared are those who were abducted, murdered and secretly buried by republicans during the Troubles.
The IRA admitted in 1999 that it murdered and buried at secret locations nine of the Disappeared.
The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains was established in 1999 by a treaty between the British and Irish governments.
It lists 16 people as "disappeared". Despite extensive searches, the remains of seven of them have not been found.
On its website, the commission said all information it received was privileged - it can not be passed on to other agencies or used in a court of law.  It can only be used to try and locate the remains of the Disappeared.
Jean McConville's remains were found in 2003 by a man walking at Shelling Hill beach, near Carlingford.
It is understood that because Mrs McConville's body was found by accident by a member of the public rather than through information given to the commission, a criminal investigation can take place.
Last month, Ivor Bell, 77, a leader in the Provisional IRA in the 1970s, was charged  with aiding and abetting the murder.
There have also been a number of other arrests over the murder recently.
The case against Bell is based on an interview he allegedly gave to researchers at Boston College in the US.
The Boston College tapes are a series of candid, confessional interviews with former loyalist and republican paramilitaries, designed to be an oral history of the Troubles.
The paramilitaries were told the tapes would only be made public after their deaths.
However, after a series of court cases in the United States, some of the content has been handed over to the authorities.
Mr Adams has never been charged with membership of the IRA. He was, however, interned in 1972 under the controversial Special Powers Act, but briefly released in order that he could take part in talks in London between representatives of Sinn Fein and the then Home Secretary Willie Whitelaw.
He was later re-arrested and interned at Long Kesh. Following an aborted escape attempt he received a prison sentence.


Two lions rescued from circuses in South America and relocated to South Africa have been killed by poachers.

Animal Defenders International (ADI) which helped move 33 lions last year, including José and Liso, says it might offer a reward for information.
The lions' heads, skins, tails and feet were removed, prompting suspicions that they were killed for ritual purposes.
The crime is currently being investigated by South Africa's police and anti-poaching units.
ADI head Jan Creamer said she was heartbroken over the killings.
"José and Liso had suffered a terrible life of abuse but their new life in Africa had given them a new lease of life," the group said in a statement.
José had suffered brain damage from blows to the head in the circus, it said.
The lions had been living at the Emoya Big Cat Sanctuary, inside a 5,000-hectare private farm in the northern Limpopo province.
ADI says it has placed rescued animals in sanctuaries in South Africa for 21 years and this is the first such incident.


US comedian Bill Cosby admitted he obtained sedatives with the intent of giving them to women he wanted to have sex with, court papers from 2005 show.

The unsealed files, obtained by the Associated Press news agency, show Mr Cosby made the admission in a sex abuse civil case brought by a woman.
That case was settled for an undisclosed sum in 2006.
Mr Cosby, now 77, is facing a series of sexual assault accusations dating back decades. He has denied the claims.
Mr Cosby has never been criminally charged.
The documents came to light after the AP went to court to compel the release of the documents.  Mr Cosby's lawyers tried to stop the release of the papers, arguing it would embarrass their client and reveal personal information.
In his 2005 testimony, Mr Cosby admitted that he obtained Quaaludes in the 1970s, with the intent of giving it to women he wanted to have sex with.
The case was brought by Andrea Constand, a former employee of Temple University - the Philadelphia college with which Mr Cosby was once closely associated.
The comedian said he had given the sedatives to at least one woman and "other people".
Later in the deposition, he said: "I meet Ms T (another woman whose name was redacted to preserve her anonymity) in Las Vegas. She meets me back stage. I give her Quaaludes. We then have sex."
His lawyers said that at least two of those accusing the comedian had knowingly taken the sedative.
Mr Cosby also admitted to offering money to Ms Constand, and other women who had made allegations, in the form of educational trusts.
Testifying later in the case, Mr Cosby said that he had given Ms Constand one and a half pills of the over-the-counter antihistamine drug Benadryl.
Mr Cosby has yet to comment on his released testimony.
2002:  Lachele Covington, a 20-year-old actress, reportedly files a police report saying she had been inappropriately touched. No further action was taken.
2005:  Andrea Constand sues Mr Cosby for sexual assault. The case is eventually settled out of court in 2006.
2014: Over the year, dozens of women make public accusations that Mr Cosby sexually assaulted them. Live shows are cancelled across the country amid protests
November 2014: TV network NBC scraps plans for a new show with the comedian following allegations by TV presenter Janice Dickinson that he had assaulted her in 1982. Repeats of the Cosby Show are also pulled from cable TV
December 2014: Judy Huth sues Mr Cosby for molesting her in 1974 when she was 15 years old. Mr Cosby counter-sues, claiming she is trying to extort money from him
May 2015: Mr Cosby speaks publicly about the allegations for the first time. "I can't speak; I just don't want to argue; I don't talk about it," he told ABC News.
Best known as Dr Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show in 1984-92, the comedian is facing a number of allegations dating back to the 1960s.
Most of the claims of sexual assault are barred by statutes of limitations. They restrict the length of time in which legal actions can be taken after an alleged crime has been committed.
The accusations, which Mr Cosby has described as "fantastical" and "uncorroborated", have led to some of his stand-up shows being called off and the cancellation of some TV projects.


A woman has been killed after a van struck a bus shelter in the southern French city of Marseille, police say.

The driver has been arrested. His vehicle had struck another bus shelter in a different district of the city earlier in the morning, seriously injuring one person.
French prosecutors say the case is not being treated as a terrorist incident.
French media reports say the driver is known to police and may have mental health issues.
The unconfirmed reports say he has a criminal record but is not known to the intelligence services.
The first bus stop was hit at about 09:15 (07:15 GMT) at Croix Rouge in the 13th district, where one person was seriously hurt.
The second bus stop was struck at about 10:00 at Valentine in the 11th district.
French media say the woman who died was in her 40s.
On Bastille Day last year, along the coast in Nice, more than 80 people were killed when a lorry was driven into celebrating crowds on the seafront in an attack claimed by so-called Islamic State.


Eight Northern Ireland beaches will proudly display international Blue Flags this summer.

The figure is down from 10 flags awarded last year.
Beaches with a Blue Flag demonstrate their commitment to protecting the coastal environment, water quality, safety, and access for all.
Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful have presented beach and marina operators with 14 national and 10 internationally-recognised awards.
Two marinas have also been awarded blue flags - at Ballyronan, County Londonderry, and Ballycastle, County Antrim.
Tony Wilcox, chairman of Keep Northern Ireland Beautiful, said: "Having Northern Ireland's world class beaches managed to such high standards is helping improve the quality of our lives as well as attracting visitors".
Forty-seven countries participate in awarding Blue Flags to more than 4,000 beaches and marinas worldwide.
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs monitors identified bathing waters on 20 occasions during the annual bathing season, which runs from the 1 June until 15 September.
In 2016, Portstewart Strand in County Londonderry was awarded the accolade of Best Blue Flag Beach in the UK.
County Down: Cranfield West, Murlough, Tyrella
County Antrim: Portrush West Strand, Portrush East Strand
County Londonderry: Portstewart, Benone, Downhill
Twelve beaches were given the Seaside Award - the national standard for beaches across the UK.
This award guarantees a clean, safe, attractive and well-managed coastal environment with varied levels of facilities provided depending on the location of the beach.
Two Northern Ireland beaches have received the Green Coast Award, which recognises an agreement with the local community to protect and promote a natural beach environment, rather than developing visitor infrastructure.


Montreal has been named as the best city in the world for students.

This international ranking of university cities has seen Paris slip from first place - a position the French capital has held for four years.
The Canadian city has come top of the QS Best Student Cities, a spin-off from the annual QS World University Rankings.
It will add to suggestions that Canada will attract a bigger slice of the lucrative international student market, particularly if there are concerns about changes to entry rules under President Trump.
It also has the benefit of being able to offer degree courses in two big international languages - with English-speaking universities such as McGill University, and French-speaking, such as the Université du Québec à Montréal.
Entry to this league table requires cities to have at least a population of 250,000 and to be home to at least two universities in the World University Rankings.
The rankings are based on a basket of measures - including the quality of universities, facilities for students, affordability, the "desirability" of the city for students, access to employers, the international nature of a city, levels of tolerance, pollution and safety.
Canada is seen as high on desirability for international students - with Montreal in top place and Vancouver in 10th and Toronto in 11th place.
Ben Sowter, head of the QS Intelligence Unit which produces the ranking, forecasts that Canada's growing popularity will be part of an increase in "alternatives to the traditionally dominant study destinations, both in Europe and North America".
"Canada will become a major player," forecasts Mr Sowter.
Canada could attract students from the US, and the UK could lose students to Ireland, the Netherlands and the Scandinavian countries, he says.
A spokeswoman for the city of Montreal says there has already been a surge of international students - with big rises in student numbers from China, India, France and Iran.
Figures from admissions services in the UK have already shown a 7% fall in applications from EU students - and UK universities have been worried that the backwash of Brexit will leave the UK looking less welcoming to overseas students.
But there are no signs of an adverse impact on London in this year's rankings, moving up from fifth place to third.
The two great world cities of London and Paris are in the top three best places to study - able to offer both a rich cultural as well as academic experience.
Along with Boston, which can claim Harvard, MIT and Boston University, London and Paris are boosted by the strength and number of top universities.
The slip from first to second place for Paris is attributed to cost and a loss in desirability, including safety.
Mr Sowter rejects a link to terror attacks in the French capital - saying that when students are surveyed only a handful of cities are seen as more attractive than Paris.
He says students seem to be resilient to accepting there are no "zero risk" cities - whether it is Boston, Berlin or Paris, all of which have maintained their attraction.
London's universities rate highly on quality - "no city has a superior variety and quality of universities to London" - and the falling value of the pound after the EU referendum has improved their affordability for overseas students.
Edinburgh is Scotland's highest ranked university in 18th place.
Apart from Canada, the only other country with two cities in the top 10 is Germany, with Berlin and Munich. This reflects Germany's financial advantages for overseas students - who do not have to pay any tuition fees.
The most affordable cities of all, taking into account living costs, were Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia and Surabaya in Indonesia. Stockholm in Sweden and New York in the US were the most expensive.
Asian countries - particularly China and India - provide the biggest cohorts of overseas students. But Asian countries are becoming big magnets in their own right, with five cities in the top 20, headed by Seoul, which has risen to fourth place.
Shanghai is the highest rated city in China in 25th place, with Mumbai the highest in India in 85th place.
The competition for attracting international students is big business.
The US remains the biggest market and annual figures show that for the first time more than a million overseas students were at US universities - with almost 330,000 from China alone.
Apart from the benefits from international research partnerships - and the long-term influence of soft power - such international students are officially estimated at being worth almost $36bn (£29bn) to the US economy.
Being able to attract more of these valuable students makes these rankings much more than a civic beauty contest.
QS Best Student Cities 2017
1. Montreal
2. Paris
3. London
4. Seoul
5. Melbourne
6. Berlin
7. Tokyo
8. Boston
9. Munich
10. Vancouver
11. Hong Kong and Toronto
13. Sydney
14. Singapore
15. Zurich
16. Vienna
17. Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe
18. Edinburgh
19. New York
20. Brisbane
21. Taipei
22. Canberra
23. Barcelona
24. Manchester
25. Shanghai


A woman mauled by a bear at her home in Canada's Yukon Territory was killed by a bullet fired by her husband while trying to rescue her, a coroner says.

Claudia Huber and her husband Matthias Liniger were attacked at their home in Johnson's Crossing.
Mr Liniger fired several rounds at the bear as it was mauling Ms Huber.
The bear was shot and died, but one bullet ricocheted off a tree and killed Ms Huber, according to Kirsten Macdonald, Yukon's chief coroner.
"What transpired at that property on that day was an absolute, catastrophic collision of events," Ms Macdonald said, according to CBC.
Mr Liniger said: "It was almost already too much what happened there, what I saw, what I heard."
"And now I have to somehow get over that fact, too, that a bullet killed her," he went on.
The coroner's report noted that Ms Huber tried to play dead during the attack, which is not the recommended course of action in this situation.
Ms Macdonald said the best response during a predatory bear attack is to fight back.
The report called for better public education on what to do in different kinds of bear attacks.


US President Barack Obama has joined photo-sharing social network Instagram.

The first picture, posted by his campaign staff, shows the President video-conferencing with supporters at the Iowa caucus.
The service, which allows users to apply special effects to pictures, has over 50 million users worldwide.
Social networking is expected to play a major role in efforts to build voter loyalty in the upcoming US Presidential Elections.
Prior to being elected in 2008, President Obama used Twitter to rally support and raise money for his campaign.
He quickly became one of the service's most followed users.
Ahead of this year's election, all of the Republican candidates have established a presence on Twitter - with Newt Gingrich proving the most popular of the presidential hopefuls with over 1.3 million followers.
President Obama's Twitter account is mostly maintained by his campaign team, although posts signed off with 'BO' are said to be posted by the President himself.
As a notable Blackberry user, it is unclear whether the President will upload pictures that he has taken himself as the app is currently only available on the iPhone.
Instagram, which Apple named "app of the year" in 2011, said it was delighted to have the President using its service.
"We look forward to seeing how President Obama uses Instagram to give folks a visual sense of what happens in the everyday life of the President of the United States," it saidin a blog post.


Andy Murray has been seeded second in the men's singles at Wimbledon and fellow Briton Johanna Konta has been seeded 17th in the women's competition.

World number two Murray, the 2013 champion, has reached the finals of the Australian and French Opens this year.
Konta has had a rapid rise to world number 18, having been 47th at the end of last season.
The 25-year-old achieved her best result by reaching this year's Australian Open semi-finals.
Konta, born in Sydney, Australia, is the first British female to be seeded at Wimbledon since Jo Durie in 1984.
Six-time singles champion and 2015 winner Serena Williams is the top seed in the women's competition and Novak Djokovic, who is going for a third successive title, is the number one men's player.
Murray, beaten by Djokovic in the two Grand Slam finals of this year so far, would not meet the Serb until the final at Wimbledon as they are in opposite sides of the draw.
Swiss Stan Wawrinka moves up to fourth in the absence of the injured Rafael Nadal.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet, a quarter-finalist at Queen's club this month, jumps from a world ranking of 10 to a seeding of seven as the men's seedings take into account recent grass-court form.
In the men's doubles, Briton Jamie Murray and his Brazilian partner Bruno Soares, who won the 2016 Australian Open together, are seeded third. Another Briton Dominic Inglot and Canada's Daniel Nestor are seeded ninth.
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller
Murray is seeded to play either Roger Federer or Stan Wawrinka in the semi-finals, but some of the changes could make life trickier for the top four in earlier rounds.
Richard Gasquet is now a potential quarter-final opponent, and Nick Kyrgios's jump from a ranking of 18 to a seeding of 15 means he is now projected to play one of the top four in the fourth round.
Being one place outside the top 16 does mean Konta is seeded to face a slightly higher ranked opponent in the third round, but she would be protected from the very top seeds until at least the fourth round.
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