Barclays bank is closing about 100 UK accounts held by cash transfer businesses, over fears they are being used for money laundering.

The businesses are vital for Somali expatriates sending remittances back home, where banking facilities have collapsed.
Aid workers say the service is a "lifeline" for 40% of the Somali population, who rely on the transfers.
It is feared that the cash transfer business could now go underground.
By Mark DoyleBBC International Development Correspondent
Money transfer shops are a lifeline for millions of people in the developing world.
Their relatives living in richer countries send cash for school fees, medical care and even basic food.
The companies having their Barclays accounts in the UK closed have branches in countries as diverse as Bangladesh, South Africa and Romania.
Barclays says some of the companies don't have checks in place to stop cash reaching money launderers or terrorists.
Worldwide, the remittance business is estimated to be worth $350bn a year. That's more than the annual value of the entire economy of Denmark - and more than double the total of international development aid.
The long war in Somalia means there is no formal banking sector at all, so millions of Somalis depend on money sent from abroad.
Several money transfer businesses - including Dahabshiil, the largest such business providing services to Somalia - say Barclays has given them a temporary reprieve of one month.
Dahabshiil says it is urgently trying to meet the bank's criteria to keep its account open.
Abdirashid Duale, chief executive officer of Dahabshiil, has said Barclays' decision could see money transfers pushed underground into the hands of "unregulated and illegal providers".
Barclays is the last major UK bank that still provides such money transfer services to Somalia, which has an estimated 1.5 million of its nationals living overseas.
The UK Serious Organised Crime Agency has identified money service businesses generally as a potential money laundering risk.
All international banks have been tightening rules in a bid to cut money-laundering and funding of groups accused of terrorism.
"Some money service businesses don't have the proper checks in place to spot criminal activity and could therefore unwittingly be facilitating money-laundering and terrorist financing," Barclays said in a statement last month.
The bank emphasised that it was "very happy" to serve companies with strong anti-financial crime controls.
Last month, more than 100 researchers and aid workers signed a letter urging the UK government to stop Barclays closing its account with Dahabshiil.
They said the move would cause a crisis for the families that rely on the transfers.
According to Dominic Thorncroft of the UK Money Transmitters Association (UKMTA) trade body, "closing these accounts will lead to a humanitarian crisis in Somalia".  UKMTA represents over a third of money transfer firms in the UK.
Oxfam says there is no need for a blanket shut-down of these kinds of accounts. Instead, it would like to see better regulation and the money service businesses investigated on a case-by-case basis.
Research for the charity suggests that Somali migrants in the UK may be sending as much as Â£100 million a year back to Somalia, about 12.5% of the total amount. That would make it the second largest proportion of remittances, after the US.
Oxfam's study also estimates that remittances could account for about 60% of a recipient's annual income.


England duo Joe Marler and Owen Farrell have been cited for foul play during the latest round of European matches.

Harlequins prop Marler, playing for the first time since being banned for his "Gypsy boy" insult, has been reported for an alleged kick on Grenoble hooker Arnaud Heguy.
Saracens fly-half Farrell is alleged to have committed a dangerous tackle on Wasps scrum-half Dan Robson.
Wasps' Simon McIntyre faces a hearing for allegedly kicking Maro Itoje.
Marler, who has 42 England caps, returned to the Harlequins team on Friday after being suspended for two games for calling Wales forward Samson Lee "Gypsy boy" during the Six Nations.
Television pictures appeared to show the 25-year-old kicking Heguy in the head in the 26th minute of a 30-6 victory in the European Challenge Cup semi-finals.
Quins director of rugby Conor O'Shea, however, said the incident was "nowhere near a boot" and not worthy of a red card.
If Marler is found guilty, the low end of a ban is four weeks, rising to eight weeks for a mid-range ban and a maximum of a one-year suspension.
Farrell, meanwhile, could face a minimum two-week ban for his tackle in Saracens' 24-17 win over Wasps in the European Champions Cup semi-final on Saturday.
The 24-year-old, capped 40 times, was sent to the sin-bin following the incident.
With a mid-range offence receiving a six-week sanction, Farrell and Marler could be ruled out of England's summer matches.
Eddie Jones' side face Wales at the end of May before a three-match Test series in Australia in June.
Saracens lock Itoje, who made his England debut during the Six Nations, has been issued with a warning for playing Wasps prop McIntyre without the ball in the second half of Saracens' victory, while Grenoble's Fabrice Estebanez has been given a similar reprimand for striking Harlequins wing Marland Yarde.
The dates of the disciplinary hearings for Farrell, Marler and McIntyre are yet to be announced.


The Professional Footballers' Association believes there is "still much work to do" to educate players following Adam Johnson's conviction for child sex offences.

The ex-Sunderland forward, 28, is facing jail after being found guilty of sexual activity with a girl aged 15.
The PFA runs programmes to teach players about "personal integrity".
And it said it was "extremely disappointed" to see the damage that had been caused by one of its members.
"As the players' union, we are very conscious of the role and responsibility of our members and we work hard to ensure they receive relevant information and important guidance regarding appropriate standards of conduct," the organisation said in a statement.
"Situations such as this, unfortunately, demonstrate that this is a vital area for our focus and that there is still much work to do."
The players' union said its training programmes incorporate "the theme of personal integrity for all professional players, ensuring they are fully informed on such issues and includes sexual consent, standards of behaviour and respectful relationships in person and on social media".
Former England international Johnson had denied all four charges he faced up until the start of his trial last month.
After admitting to two charges on the first day of his trial - one of grooming and one of sexual activity - he was found guilty on Wednesday of sexual touching, but not guilty on a charge relating to another sexual act.
He had been playing for Sunderland until the start of his trial but was sacked after admitting to the two charges.
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Black Cats manager Sam Allardyce said Johnson's change in plea had come as a "massive shock", adding: "I was sat at home when it came on the news and I just was gobsmacked.
"As far as we were concerned, it was his intention to plead not guilty on all charges. That is why we continued to let him train and play for us.
"Now the judgement has been made, we all feel extremely let down by what has happened and by what Adam has done and certainly feel a lot of sympathy for the victim and the family."
The trial at Bradford Crown Court heard evidence that the club's chief executive, Margaret Byrne, met Johnson and his barrister in May 2015, when he accepted he had kissed the girl and exchanged messages with her.
The jury was told that, before the case came to court, club bosses had seen all the 834 WhatsApp messages the pair sent to each other, along with transcripts of police interviews.
On Wednesday, Sunderland issued a statement denying they "knew all along that Mr Johnson was intending to change his plea just before trial to enable him to continue to play football for the club".
But Clare Phillipson, director of charity Wearside Women in Need, said: "I think there are questions that are just not answered in that statement, around what Johnson said in court, about what they knew and when."
The Football Association said it spoke to the club in April 2015 to confirm that "Johnson did not have any roles with the club involving a position of trust with children and was not involved in their community schemes".
In a statement issued on Thursday, it added: "Adam Johnson's conduct in this case is to be condemned. Our thoughts are with the victim and her family as they look to rebuild their lives after this traumatic ordeal."


A Cambridge professor rejected donor kidneys that were later found to be infected with a parasitic worm that killed two transplant patients, an inquest has heard.

Robert "Jim" Stuart and Darren Hughes were given kidneys infected with the meningitis-causing worms in transplants carried out in Cardiff in 2013.
Prof Christopher Watson said no-one could have foreseen the outcome.
But he told Cardiff Coroner's Court he would not have used the kidneys.
Speaking about the cases, Prof Watson from the University of Cambridge's department of surgery told the inquest that he had been asked if the donor kidneys should be accepted for transplant at his hospital.
"I declined it on the night when contacted by my colleague," he said.
But the expert added that the parasitic infection was incredibly rare.
"I doubt we'll ever see this again. No-one could have foreseen that," he said.
Both men died of meningitis two weeks after receiving the transplants, the same infection that had killed the kidney donor.
The cause was only established once post-mortem examinations were carried out on Mr Hughes' and Mr Stuart's bodies.
Prof Watson, who was part of a three-person panel asked to review this case, said it was a "concern" that the donor had been in hospital for nine days with no sign of improvement before he died despite receiving treatment.
He added: "I'm quite sure Mr Asderakis did these transplants with the best intentions for the two patients to have a successful outcome with no intention to cause any sort of harm.
"I can understand how he came to his risk/benefit equation. That's not the one I would have come to."
It emerged during evidence to the inquest on Wednesday that Prof Watson's own hospital had been offered the kidneys for transplantation.
But he advised colleagues
Prof Watson said he was "extremely impressed with the care when the diagnosis was made" and the efforts made across the UK and in the US to find out the cause of the infection.
Earlier, the court heard that both patients had been told the donor had had meningitis when he died, despite claims earlier in the hearing that relatives had made stating the opposite.
Usman Khalid, a clinical research fellow from Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales who was part of the transplant team, said both men had the opportunity to refuse the operations.
Mr Stuart's widow Judith challenged Mr Khalid's evidence from the courtroom floor, asking him to "tell the truth".
"I have," was the reply.
Mr Khalid also caused unrest in the public gallery after saying Mr Hughes signed his own consent form prior to surgery.
This contradicts what Mr Hughes's father Ian said previously when he claimed to have signed the form on his son's behalf to a neurological condition which left him unable to hold a pen.
The inquest also heard no case of infection by the worm had ever been successfully diagnosed and treated.
The inquest has been adjourned for the day.


More than $1.5bn (Â£950m) has been pledged to help civilians affected by the conflict in Syria at a conference of international donors, the UN says.

King Abdullah of Jordan, which is hosting 224,000 refugees, warned its resources were "exhausted", adding: "We have reached the end of the line."
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meanwhile appealed to all sides to stop fighting "in the name of humanity".
As he spoke, Syrian state media blamed a rebel group for a massacre in Aleppo.
The bodies of more than 70 men and teenaged boys were found on Tuesday on the banks of the River Quwaiq in the second city's rebel-held western district of Bustan al-Qasr.
In a separate development, Israeli forces attacked a target on the Syrian-Lebanese border overnight, security sources said.
Sources told the AFP news agency that the Israeli air force had bombed a weapons convoy. However, it was unclear if the attack had taken place on Syrian or Lebanese territory. The Israeli military has declined to comment.
Meanwhile, the head of the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition, announced on Facebook he was "ready for direct discussions with representatives of the Syrian regime in Cairo, Tunis or Istanbul".
Moaz al-Khatib set out two conditions - the release of the 160,000 people he said were being held in Syrian prisons and intelligence facilities, and the resumption of the issuing of new passports by Syrian embassies.
By Jim MuirBBC News, Beirut
This is good news for a relief effort which has so far been hampered by being severely under-funded. While the US, Europe and others have increased their own donations, what made the difference was a change of heart by some of the rich Arab states of the Gulf. Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Kuwait each promised $300m.
In the past, the Gulf states have been reluctant to put funds through the UN, partly because it works largely through Damascus. The UN insists, though, that it does not give money directly to the Syrian government, and it is also looking at other ways of getting aid to rebel-held areas.
While the big new pledges will be extremely welcome, in the past performance has not always lived up to promises. This is also just what is needed for the next six months, and the challenge is growing bigger every day.
Addressing the International Humanitarian Pledging Conference for Syria in Kuwait City on Wednesday, Ban Ki-moon described the situation in Syria as "catastrophic".
"I appeal to all sides, and particularly the Syrian government, to stop the killing... in the name of humanity, stop the killing, stop the violence," the UN chief said.
He also called for urgent financial aid to ease the suffering of civilians, warning that if funds were not forthcoming "more Syrians will die".
In December, the UN set a funding target of $1.5bn, which it said was needed to provide food, shelter and other aid over the next six months to four million people inside Syria and 700,000 others who have fled abroad.
Kuwait's emir opened the conference by calling for humanitarian efforts in Syria to be redoubled and announcing a donation of $300m.
Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah said the "horrifying reports" of violence were a "cause for concern over the security of Syria [and] its future".
The $300m pledge was matched by the United Arab Emirates, which was represented by Abu Dhabi's Crown Prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nuhayyan, and Saudi Arabia, which sent its Finance Minister, Ibrahim al-Asaf.
UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening pledged Â£50m, Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa $20m, and the German foreign ministry 10m euros ($13.5m; Â£8.5m). A Kuwaiti-led NGO coalition also pledged $183m.
At the end of the conference, the UN secretary general announced that the $1.5bn target had been exceeded. The UN refugee agency's chief spokeswoman, Melissa Fleming, said it was the largest total raised at such a meeting.
Earlier, UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos had told delegates that the winter weather had made matters worse for Syrian refugees and internally displaced people, with many struggling without suitable clothes, blankets or fuel.
"We are watching a human tragedy unfold before our eyes," she added.
On Tuesday evening, the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said international aid was not being distributed equally within Syria, with government-controlled areas receiving nearly all of it.
"The current aid system is unable to address the worsening living conditions facing people inside Syria," MSF president Dr Marie-Pierre Allie said in a statement.
MSF said rebels controlled areas where at least a third of the country's population - about seven million people - were currently living.
The UN said 49% of the food aid it was distributing to 1.5 million people in co-operation with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other aid agencies was delivered either to rebel-held or contested areas.
Also on Tuesday, the UN special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, told the Security Council in New York that the conflict had reached "unprecedented levels of horror".
His comments came after the discovery of dozens of bodies in Aleppo. Most of the dead had their hands tied behind their backs and gunshots wounds to their heads, suggesting they were executed summarily.
On Wednesday, the state news agency Sana reported that the families of the victims had "identified a number of the killed, stressing that the al-Nusra Front abducted them because of their refusal to co-operate".
Sana's reporter said the water level in the river was too low to carry the bodies any distance suggesting they had been killed in Bustan al-Qasr.
However, locals said several of those killed were from rebel-held districts and had disappeared after crossing into those under government control. Some had been detained by security forces, they added.
The National Coalition blamed the government and called for an international investigation. It warned that "ongoing global inaction towards human rights violations encourages the killers to continue their crimes".


The largest warship ever built for the Royal Navy has arrived at its new home in Portsmouth this morning.

16 August 2017 Last updated at 08:30 BST
The aircraft carrier called HMS Queen Elizabeth, cost three billion pounds to make and weighs 65,000 tonnes.
It set sail from Rosyth dockyard in Fife, where it was built, and has been carrying out sea trials since June.
The warship won't have any aircraft on board just yet though, but flying trials are due to begin next year.
Check out our fun facts about the warship here.


Four-time champion Tiger Woods has confirmed he will not be fit for next week's Masters and has not put a timetable on his return.

The American, 41, winner of 14 majors, has not played since withdrawing from the Dubai Desert Classic on 3 February with ongoing back spasms.
This year marks the 20th anniversary of his first Masters win and he said: "I did about everything I could to play."
Woods also missed the 2014 and 2016 Masters tournaments because of injury.
He won the last of his 14 major titles at the US Open in June 2008 and has since had surgery on his knee and back.
After an absence of 17 months, he returned to the PGA Tour in January but missed the cut at the Farmers Insurance Open after rounds of 76 and 72 and was injured again after an opening round of 77 in Dubai the following week.
"My back rehabilitation didn't allow me the time to get tournament ready," Woods said in a statement on his website.
"I'm especially upset because it's a special anniversary for me that's filled with a lot of great memories.
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"I have no timetable for my return, but I will continue my diligent effort to recover, and want to get back out there as soon as possible."
Woods said he would still be at Augusta National's clubhouse on Tuesday for the annual Champions Dinner ahead of the year's opening major, which starts on Thursday.
Iain Carter, BBC golf correspondent
"Woods has been struggling with back injuries for quite some time now. There was an awful lot of optimism that this would be the year he would make a successful comeback to competitive golf.
"But having played only three rounds before succumbing to yet more back problems, no surprise he has not managed to make it in time for what is always an arduous test at the Masters.
"It's always a blow for golf when Woods doesn't play because he remains the biggest calling card in the game but there are a crop of young players who are at the very top of the game who are really driving it forward.
"But it would have been a huge boost for the game if Tiger Woods had been back at Augusta - and competitive - at the first major of the year."


Shetland's spectacular Up Helly Aa Viking fire festival has been held in Lerwick.

About 1,000 men paraded through the streets before burning their replica Viking galley.
Hundreds of visitors arrived in the islands for the annual event.
This year's Guizer Jarl - festival leader - Mark Evans led his squad of latter day warriors, which included a number of relatives all the way from Brisbane in Australia.
Mr Evans portrayed the warrior Solmund Sigurdsson of Tonsberg.
The festival is a descendant of the ancient feast of Yule - which the Vikings held to celebrate the rebirth of the sun.
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A map showing the modern day location of hundreds of thousands of historic images of London has been created.

Visitors to The London Picture Archive can search any address in the capital and find photos, maps, prints and paintings of how the area once looked.
It took two years to digitise and find the location of the pictures, which are from between 1450 and the present day.
The map has been made from the collections of the London Metropolitan Archives and Guildhall Art Gallery.
Images include well known sites in the capital such as Covent Garden and Tower Bridge, as well as less prominent sections of outer London.
Archive photos courtesy of Collage - The London Picture Archive


A Londonderry woman whose mother was buried three days ago said she is angry at vandals who burnt a car just yards from her mother's grave.

Police received a report of a silver Corsa on fire at Derry City Cemetery at about 17:00 GMT on Tuesday.
There has been a call for a security review at the city cemetery. Evelyn Cassidy said she felt sorry for the people involved.
"The more I thought about it, the more I pitied them."
Ms Cassidy said she did not want more security for what should be a peaceful place.
"I was really angry and all I could think was how could somebody do this?
"It did play on my mind a lot last night, my mum isn't dead a week and ... it really panicked me that the wood that her flowers were laid on could have gone on fire."
Sinn FÃ©in councillor Kevin Campbell said he was shocked by the incident. He said Derry and Strabane District Council may need to revise security at the cemetery in the future.
The car is believed to have been purchased and used by youths in the city over the weekend.
"These people need to give themselves a shake, what do they get? A few minutes of fun and leave the rest of this city traumatised," said Mr Campbell.
"This has never happened before. It's an area where people come to be with their loved ones that have passed away."
One woman told the BBC she was "distressed" by what had happened.
"I also met a young girl kneeling by the graveside about 20 feet from where the car was. Obviously she was very distressed," said Mr Campbell.


England's women return to competitive action for the first time since August when their one-day international series against South Africa begins on Sunday.

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With new head coach Mark Robinson in charge for the first time in Benoni, the sides will meet in three ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals.
England have not lost an ODI to South Africa since 2004, but will not underestimate the improving Proteas.
"They're very much an up-and-coming team," batter Lydia Greenway said.
"Over the past couple of years we've seen how far women's cricket has come, so it should be a really good series and one we're all excited for," the Kent left-hander told BBC Sport.
BBC Radio will have commentary on all six matches.
All three ODIs - in Benoni (7 February), Centurion (12 February) and Johannesburg (14 February) count towards the ICC Women's Championship.
It is a tournament being staged over a two-year cycle between the summer of 2014 and the end of 2016, in which eight teams all play each other, with the top four qualifying for the 2017 ICC Women's World Cup - hosted by England.
Despite being the second best side in the world according to the ICC's current team rankings, England are fifth in the Championship table following last year's defeats by New Zealand and Australia.
While they still have series against Pakistan, West Indies and Sri Lanka to come later this year, any slip-up against fourth-placed South Africa could leave England under a little pressure to clinch automatic qualification for their own World Cup.
Greenway said: "I think it helps that everyone has to play everyone else. We've got some games in hand, but we need to get some points on the board."
Despite that 12-year wait for a win over England in the 50-over format, South Africa have won their last six ODI series since the 2013 World Cup, collecting series wins against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and India.
However, the Proteas have had to wait nearly a year since their last international match.
England pace bowler Anya Shrubsole told BBC Sport: "We last played them in 2014, but South Africa have been quite consistent of late.
"Like Sri Lanka and West Indies, they've become more competitive, and I think that's good for world cricket."
Another sign of the women's game's growing profile in South Africa is the venues which will be used for this series.
While England's last tour there in 2011 featured a three-match series in Potchefstroom, this time round they will take the field on two of South Africa's most famous grounds - the Wanderers in Johannesburg, and Newlands in Cape Town - for the first time, in T20 double-headers alongside their male counterparts.
Those two double-headers will also be televised in South Africa - another first for their women's team.
Greenway said: "The double-headers give us more opportunity to show how we can play, and it's great that we're going to be playing at some of the bigger grounds like Newlands."
While Robinson's first selection retained most of the squad from last summer's Women's Ashes defeat by Australia, England's players are relishing the chance to impress their new coach.
"Everyone sees it as a good opportunity, someone new to impress," explained Somerset's Shrubsole.
"You see it quite a lot in football, 'new manager syndrome'. When someone comes in, everyone ups their performance and I'm sure that will be the case for us."
Greenway added: "We've just had a training camp in Sri Lanka with him, and he's brought a lot of new ideas."
England will be without injured all-rounder Natalie Sciver, who misses the ODIs with an ankle injury she sustained playing in the inaugural Women's Big Bash League in Australia.
Otherwise, they will be at full strength, as will South Africa who have named a 15-strong squad.
But despite the lack of international action since last summer, Shrubsole insisted: "The girls who've been playing in the Big Bash have been playing some very competitive cricket.
"It seems like so long since the Ashes, but everybody's raring to go, and we'll be ready."
South Africa (from): Mignon du Preez (capt), Trisha Chetty (wk), Dinesha Devnarain, Shabnim Ismail, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Ayabonga Khaka, Masabatha Klaas, Lizelle Lee, Marcia Letasoalo, Sune Luus, Andrie Steyn, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk, Laura Wolfvaardt.
England (from): Charlotte Edwards (capt), Lauren Winfield, Sarah Taylor (wk), Heather Knight, Lydia Greenway, Amy Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Georgia Elwiss, Jenny Gunn, Katherine Brunt, Danielle Wyatt, Danielle Hazell, Anya Shrubsole, Kate Cross, Rebecca Grundy.


A Nottingham Forest fan has recreated the double European Cup-winning team of 1979/80 in Lego.

Lifelong fan Nigel Daws said he created the figures, which include Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, to mark the club's 150th anniversary.
He said he has tried to make the players' facial expressions and hair look as realistic as possible.
Mr Daws said Peter Shilton's perm and Garry Birtles' quiff were among the most challenging parts of the project.
The designer, who is originally from Ilkeston but now lives in Manchester, said a friend had seen the England Lego team he had created for his son and asked if he could do one of the Reds.
Mr Daws said: "I tried to make the facial expressions as close to the real thing as I could - including Kenny Burns with his little snarl."
"Shilton was another interesting one to make - with his tight permed hair," he said.
"Lego don't do perms - so the only thing available  was like an afro style - which I bought, but it looked ridiculous, so I had to find another one."
Mr Daws said Garry Birtles was also difficult to get right.
"There were a lot of mullets back then," he added.
Mr Daws has no plans to exhibit the 1.57in (4cm) figures, but added "it would be fantastic" if the club wanted to use them in some way to mark its anniversary.
A number of other tributes are also being paid to Nottingham Forest to mark the club's anniversary.
A documentary film - called I Believe in Miracles - tells the story of the club's rise under Brian Clough, from second division strugglers to European champions in 1979 and 1980, and is due to be premiered at the City Ground in October.
Nottingham Contemporary will also hold a short exhibition, alongside the release.


Hibs football fans who verbally abused a disabled man on a train in Glasgow are being sought by police.

The 51-year-old man boarded a Helensburgh-bound train at Carntyne station at about 12:30 on 27 February.
He asked the group of supporters, believed to be travelling to watch their team play Dumbarton in an SPFL match, if he could sit on a seat designated for disabled passengers.
After initially refusing they allowed him to sit down.
However, as he left the train at Glasgow Queen Street, the group verbally abused the man, who walks with the aid of two sticks, making references to his disability.
PC John Paul O'Kane, of the British Transport Police, urged witnesses to come forward.
He said: "Hate crime in any form is totally unacceptable and there really is nothing that excuses such behaviour from the group of Hibs supporters."


Hollywood star Rhys Ifans is joining forces with Cian Ciaran from the band Super Furry Animals to retell a Welsh folk tale.

The musician has composed the score for the BBC National Orchestra performance narrated by Ifans.
"Rhys and Meinir" recalls the story of two lovers and tragedy that strikes as they prepare to marry, with poetry by Gruffudd Antur.
It gets its premiere in November at BBC Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff.
It has taken Ciaran nearly 20 years to compose the piece while working on the road or in the studio with his band, which returned in 2015 after a hiatus.
With Ifans recording the Welsh-language narration, he is reunited with Ciaran - The star of blockbusters like The Amazing Spider-Man was the one-time frontman for the fledgling Super Furry Animals.
The performance also brings the conductor Alastair King into the fold, who has credits for Pirates of the Caribbean and Doctor Who.
"The story of Rhys and Meinir was told to me as a young boy, by my father in the village of Nant Gwrtheyrn, where it is set, so has deep resonance with me," said Ciaran.
"That Rhys Ifans and Alastair King have joined me and BBC National Orchestra of Wales to tell the story will do the story added justice."
Nant Gwrtheyrn is more well known today as being home to the National Welsh Language and Heritage Centre, close to the village of Llithfaen and under the shadow of Yr Eifl mountains on the edge of the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd.
It is also home to the legend of Rhys and Meinir.
According to the story, Meinir went to hide on the morning of her wedding as part of a local tradition in the Snowdonia area.
However, despite frantic efforts by the groom to find her, she had disappeared.
Rhys slowly lost his mind in grief, when one day he stopped by a tree as it was hit by lightning.
Inside the tree trunk stood the skeleton of Meinir still in her wedding dress. Rhys collapsed and died as he made the grim discovery.
"It's a double tragedy and there can be no happy ending, but it's a part of Welsh storytelling and culture, a language and identity, which in turn continues to add to the rich diversity of the world around us," said Ciaran.
Ifans added: "The story is shocking, a real heartbreaker, but there's beauty in the prose and wonder in the music."
Michael Garvey, director of BBC National Orchestra of Wales said: "This piece is quintessentially Welsh - a wonderful combination of music, folklore and poetry and as Wales' national orchestra, we're excited to be performing the world premiere."
The piece will be premiered on 4 November in Cardiff and broadcast live on BBC Radio Cymru, before touring to Bangor University's  Pontio centre in Ciaran's home city on 19 November.


US officials have raided three Caterpillar sites as part of a criminal probe into tax irregularities at the heavy machinery manufacturer.

The raid sent the company's stocks sharply lower to close down 4.3%.
Caterpillar said it thought the probe was linked to profits from Swiss subsidiary CSARL.
The company is accused of shifting billions of profits abroad to avoid paying taxes in the US.
The officials searched the headquarters of the company, one of the world's largest makers of construction and other heavy equipment, in Peoria, Illinois. Two other sites in Illinois were also raided under the federal warrant.
The raids come as the Trump administration plans to overhaul corporate taxes to keep jobs and profits within the country.
The subsidiary in Switzerland was the focus of a 2014 investigation by the US senate alleging it was set up to shift billions of profits abroad to avoid paying taxes in the US.
A subsequent report by Senate Democratic staff accused Caterpillar of having avoided paying $2.4bn in US taxes since 2000 by shifting profits abroad.
The report said the firm transferred profits of its parts business to the Swiss subsidiary even though no employees or business activities were moved there.
The income was then taxed at a special rate of 4% to 6% that Caterpillar negotiated with the Swiss government, the report said. This meant that only 15% of the profits from its parts business were taxed in the US whereas beforehand 85% had been subject to US taxation.
The US Internal Revenue Service demand Caterpillar pay back $2bn in taxes and penalties for profits assigned to the CSARL subsidiary.
The machinery maker though is also part of the Trump administration's effort to promote US manufacturing.
Chief executive Douglas Oberhelman only last week met with US President Donald Trump at the White House.


Feelings of aggression after playing video games are more likely to be linked to gameplay mechanics rather than violent content, a study suggests.

Researchers carried out a range of tests, including making a non-violent version of popular game Half-Life 2.
Games modified to have counter-intuitive, frustrating controls - leading to feelings of incompetence - produced more aggressive reactions.
The team called for more sophisticated research into violent gaming.
"There's a need for researchers who are interested in these questions not just to pull two video games off the shelf from the high street," said Dr Andrew Przybylski from the Oxford Internet Institute, who carried out the research along with colleagues from the University of Rochester in the US.
"We need to have a more sophisticated approach so we're all reading from the same experimental methods."
The link between violence and video games is a heavily debated topic among psychologists.
One recent study suggested that playing violent video games for long periods of time can hold back the "moral maturity" of teenagers.
Problems arose with teenagers who spent more than three hours every day in front of a screen, continuously playing these violent games without any other real-life interaction.
The study from the University of Oxford, however, believed it was the first to look at the impact gameplay mechanics had on aggression.
The findings have been published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
The research sought to establish whether it was violence in games which made players feel more aggressive, or a combination of other factors.
Six separate studies were carried out.
One of them involved modifying Half-Life 2 - a critically-acclaimed, but graphic, shooting title.
The researchers created a modified version in which rather than violently removing enemies, the player would instead "tag" foes who would then evaporate.
This version was tested alongside the normal, violent version.
However, only some of the gamers were given a tutorial before playing the game so they could familiarise themselves with the controls and game mechanics.
The researchers found that it was the players who had not had the tutorial who felt less competent and more aggressive, rather than people who had played the more violent version of the game.
"We focused on the motives of people who play electronic games and found players have a psychological need to come out on top when playing," said Dr Przybylski.
"If players feel thwarted by the controls or the design of the game, they can wind up feeling aggressive.
"This need to master the game was far more significant than whether the game contained violent material.
"Players of games without any violent content were still feeling pretty aggressive if they hadn't been able to master the controls or progress through the levels at the end of the session."
Further research is needed, Dr Przybylski said, into longer-term effects of video game violence beyond initial feelings of aggression.
Co-author Prof Richard Ryan, from the University of Rochester, said: "The study is not saying that violent content doesn't affect gamers, but our research suggests that people are not drawn to playing violent games in order to feel aggressive.
"Rather, the aggression stems from feeling not in control or incompetent while playing.
"If the structure of a game or the design of the controls thwarts enjoyment, it is this not the violent content that seems to drive feelings of aggression."
The chief executive of Tiga, a British video games trade body, said it was encouraging to read a study that took a more nuanced approach to the link between video games and aggression than some previous research into the topic.
"If developers can design more effective game-play processes then it could be possible to minimise a player's feelings of exasperation and irritation - admittedly something good developers will want to achieve in any case," said Richard Wilson.
"Indeed, creating a game that is challenging without feeling unfair or frustrating is often the mark of a great developer.
"It's also important to understand, as part of this debate, that most video games are not violent.
"Previous research published by Tanya Byron in her 2008 independent review 'Safer Children in a Digital World', found little evidence to suggest children who play video games become desensitised to violence."
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Dharavi is Mumbai's most famous slum, made famous by the film Slumdog Millionaire.

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It is home to hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom have been getting access to smartphones.
Across India, 40 million smartphones are expected to be sold this year alone.
In the slums, they're giving small businesses new ways to sell, as Sameer Hashmi reports from Mumbai.
Watch more reports on Asia Business Report's website


A £250,000 programme to help cancer patients in Dundee become more active has been launched.

Move More Dundee includes walking groups, gardening, gentle movement and circuits-based activity classes.
Macmillan Cancer Support has invested the money to develop the programme in partnership with Leisure & Culture Dundee.
It was officially launched by Scotland's Health Secretary Shona Robison.
Ms Robison said: "We all know that keeping active after cancer treatment can have a hugely positive impact on a person's health and wellbeing.
"The work that Macmillan are doing through Move More supports the aim of our cancer strategy in helping people to live with and beyond cancer."
Macmillan said that the activities, which are free of charge, would help people cope with the side-effects of treatment and provide an opportunity to meet others in a similar situation.
Caroline Grant, one of the Move More participants, said: "My family have been commenting on my improved mood since I've been coming along to the classes.
"They feel I'm getting back closer to my old self. I have more energy now and do more activity in the week than I ever thought I would do."
Head of Macmillan in Scotland, Janice Preston, said: "Traditionally, people have been told that rest was best and while it is right to rest at certain times, it is also really beneficial to get moving too.
"Research shows that being active during and after treatment can not only help with the side-effects but also reduce the loneliness and isolation many people feel."


Former President George W Bush appeared for jury duty at a Dallas courthouse on Wednesday, prompting excitement amongst fellow jurors.

As it turned out, he was not actually selected for duty but this did not a stop a flurry of photos with his colleagues before he was spirited away from the building by secret service agents.
"I turned around and he was seated right behind me and I said, "I think I know that guy," fellow juror Joel Ehambe said.
This is not the first time a former president has been called for duty - in 2003 Bill Clinton was a prospective juror in a gang shooting case in New York.
However, he was excluded by the judge, who said his secret service retinue could "undermine our efforts to keep the case focused quietly on the evidence".
The Dallas Morning News quotes Judge Eric Moye as insisting Mr Bush's profile was not the reason he was not called for duty.
"He was number 27 of a 35 member panel and we only got through number 23," he said.
Never mind former presidents - even actors have to turn up when summoned.
Celebrity gossip site TMZ even has a special "Reporting for Duty" page where you can keep track of famous faces going to court (but on the right side of the dock).
Often those who appear for jury duty in the first instance are not actually selected to serve on a trial.
But one exception was Tom Hanks, whose being on a jury had an unexpected effect on the outcome of a domestic assault case.
A lawyer for the prosecution admitted approaching Hanks outside the courtroom to thank him for his service. The defence duly asked for a mistrial, citing prosecutorial misconduct.
Lawyers then reached a settlement on a reduced charge, perhaps giving weight to the argument that celebrity jurors can be a distraction.
But celebrities don't always hold up the wheels of justice. The jury that Oprah Winfrey sat on in a 2004 murder trial managed to reach a verdict with no mishaps - and, of course, she invited some of her fellow jurors on to the show.
However, she did herself point out that inevitable media attention had been something of a distraction: "This is not good for the victim's family. This is not about Oprah Winfrey, the fact is a man has been murdered."
But if anyone reading has a public profile and think they might plead celebrity if the summons ever arrives, take note of the case of British footballer Carl Fletcher.
He reportedly tried to argue he was too well-known in the area when called for jury service in Plymouth, and that it would prevent him attending matches.
Judge Francis Gilbert was not convinced.
"Captaining Plymouth Argyle is not sufficient reason for not doing jury service. Employers are required to give you time off for jury service as a matter of law," he said.
"So far, what you've said is not sufficient. Lots of well-known people, some more famous than you, have been required to sit on juries."
Ouch.


Police have appealed for information after an 11-year-old boy was seriously assaulted by a man on Halloween.

A group of boys had thrown eggs at windows before one boy was chased by a man and punched so hard in the face he needed stitches.
The assault happened at about 20.00 on Saturday night in Old Kilpatrick, Clydebank.
The boy was taken to a Glasgow hospital where he received stitches to an eye wound.
The suspect is described as white, in his 40s, of "chubby" build with stubble on his face and dark hair, according to Police Scotland.
The boy was with friends in the lane between Harris Drive and Old Dalnottar Road when the man chased and assaulted him.
The suspect then ran off in the direction of Old Dalnottar Road.
Police believe that the suspect came from one of the houses involved.
Det Con Nicola McGowan said: "Whilst we are not condoning the egg throwing - that in itself was dangerous and upsetting for the householders - it's no excuse to hit a child in the face so hard they had to get stitches."
Police have appealed for witnesses.


The North West 200 road race is to receive funding of £124,000 from the Northern Ireland Executive towards improving safety measures at the event.

Communities Minister Paul Givan said the money will enable the promoting Coleraine Club "to purchase equipment to help improve the safety of the course for competitors and spectators".
Malachi Mitchell-Thomas was killed in a crash at the event in May of this year.
He was the fifth rider to lose his life in nine years at the north coast race.
Robert Dunlop, Mark Young, Mark Buckley and Simon Andrews have also died due to racing incidents on the nine-mile course over the past decade.
A number of other serious accidents have taken place, including an incident involving several riders and a spectator at the Mill Road roundabout section of the course in 2015, and a collision between Ryan Farquhar and Dan Cooper at Black Hill this year.
The money will be used to purchase more safety bales, kerb protectors and pole protectors, as well as introducing a new warning light system and make improvements to the paddock area.
"It is important that we do what we can to make the races a safe and memorable experience for everyone and this funding will contribute to that," said Givan.
"Much of the equipment being purchased will be available to other event organisers so this is not just an investment that will benefit the North West 200.
"Road racing is a fantastic sport which attracts the top international riders to Northern Ireland. It also makes a significant contribution to tourism and to marketing Northern Ireland as a venue to come to for major international sporting events.
"This is the first of a number of safety investment announcements I will be making in the coming weeks for our local races."
Race Director Mervyn Whyte said the financial injection will help his team "make significant improvements to the Triangle course".


Charles Piutau inspired Ulster to a 29-19 friendly victory over Northampton on his first Kingspan Stadium appearance for the Irish side on Friday evening.

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The All Blacks utility back was involved in the opening try from Louis Ludik before he powered over for a try.
Rob Herring added a third Ulster try and they led 24-0 at the break.
Alex Walker touched down for the Saints and Piutau set up Jacob Stockdale for a try before Northampton tries from Tom Collins and JP Estelles.
Piutau, a rising star of New Zealand rugby, signed for Ulster in April and joined up with the Belfast team this summer.
It was a home debut to remember for the Ulster fans as Piutau caught a cross-field ball and passed to Robert Lyttle, who put in Ludik for the first try.
Piutau showed his strength to barge over for his own try while Herring added the third try from a driving maul.
A blistering run and lay-off from Piutau saw Stockdale complete Ulster's try-scoring.
Academy player Lyttle kicked nine points and he also caught the eye as Ulster completed their pre-season preparations.
Ulster start their Pro12 campaign against the Dragons at Kingspan Stadium next Friday.


Thousands of drivers a day are cutting through villages near Stonehenge, to avoid traffic jams on a main road, a Wiltshire Council survey suggests.

Between 1,000 and 1,700 extra vehicles a day cut through villages in the summer, to avoid using the congested A303 route, figures show.
Shrewton, Larkhill and Bulford were the worst affected villages.
In 2013 the A344, which runs past Stonehenge, was shut. The council denied the closure made traffic worse.
Ms de Rhe-Philipe, cabinet member for strategic transport at Wiltshire Council, said: "We have been working very hard to press the government to make sure the whole of the A303 is improved and dualled - particularly past Stonehenge," she said.
"We can look at possible weight restrictions in various places and possible re-signage but the immediate problem is not going to go away until that road is fixed."
In 2013, the A344 was shut as part of a Â£27m to restore Stonehenge's "dignity".
Since its closure, residents of nearby villages claim there has been an increase in drivers using their villages as cut-throughs.
In the spring, a 10-day survey was carried out and repeated in August, using cameras at 15 monitoring sites.
"It's taken from February until now - November - to prove something we already knew," said councillor Ian West, for Till and Wylye Valley.
"I hope Wiltshire Council will sit up and say we made a mistake and we're going to help you [the community]."


Farmers' leaders have cautiously welcomed a pilot scheme that aims to increase tree cover across the country.

Forestry Commission Scotland's scheme involves leasing "suitable" land from farmers for about 10 years to create new woodland.
The land would then be returned to the farmer to reap the benefits.
NFU Scotland have backed the idea but remain concerned the scheme is targeted at land traditionally used for livestock production.
Announcing the pilot project, Environment Minister Roseanna Cunningham said climate change was a key issue and both farming and forestry had an important part to play in tackling it.
She continued: "Too often these sectors are regarded as being separate industries but I'm pleased that recent discussions are starting to forge closer working ties. This new pilot project could strengthen this partnership.
"Simply put, we are not planting enough trees and we need to look to innovative ways to overcome this. We have improved woodland grants and streamlined the process for applications but more needs done."
NFU Scotland said it believed the pilot would provide "a helpful gauge" on the demand for such a scheme in the future and assist those interested in establishing farm woodland.
But it added there were still "concerns that the scheme is targeted at land traditionally used for livestock production and that some of the terms and conditions of the pilot need to be determined".
Should the pilot develop into a widely-available scheme, NFU Scotland said it would look for "cast-iron assurances" from the Scottish government that it will serve agricultural interests as well as meeting the government's climate change targets.
These targets aim to have 25% of Scotland under trees in the future and 650,000 hectares of new forest planted in the next 40 to 65 years.
Meanwhile, Forestry Commission Scotland wants to hear from farmers who are interested in tree-planting on land that is suitable for productive woodland but is not prime agricultural land.
Depending on the interest shown, the project is expected to cover a total area of around 400 hectares, covering a number of sites.


With James Anderson ruled out of the first Test through injury, the responsibility of leading England's attack fell to Stuart Broad - and how he delivered on day two.

The slow pitch in Durban didn't really do him any favours but he bowled an immaculate line and length to pick up 3-16 as England reduced South Africa to 137-4.
Broad really has blossomed into a supreme competitor - he relishes the challenge of bowling sides out and he has the skill and control to do so.
There was one extraordinary over that he bowled to Dean Elgar where he went round the wicket, over the wicket, round, over, but each ball was bang on the spot - that's not easy to do and it just shows the absolute mastery he has over the cricket ball.
Thank goodness he has shaken off that ridiculous 'enforcer' tag - there's no need to bowl bouncers; a good, probing line and length can be just as hostile.
In fact, I thought England's attack as a whole demonstrated that principle.
Without banging it in short, they looked more penetrative and hungry than the South African attack, and that's why, if I were to give anyone the upper hand at this stage of the match, I would have to give it to England.
I'm a great supporter of Alastair Cook as England captain but I do think he missed a trick by not reviewing Ben Stokes' lbw appeal against Elgar.
As we know, had England reviewed, the not-out decision would have been overturned and Elgar wouldn't be unbeaten on 67 overnight.
Of course, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I did think it was a little odd at the time - England had both reviews left, but we didn't even see a huddle form as you usually do in these situations. Cook must have thought Elgar hit it, as umpire Aleem Dar probably did, but Stokes was absolutely convinced.
All in all it was a pretty frustrating day for Stokes, who also had what I thought was a perfectly legitimate catch off AB de Villiers given not out.
As far as I'm concerned it was cleanly taken - we all know the two-dimensional cameras of the review system can't be relied upon for those decisions, so it's disappointing that the umpire didn't have the conviction to give it out on the field.
England's total of 303 was underpinned by Nick Compton's measured 85 - and unlike some, I have absolutely no qualms about the sedate nature of his innings.
Yes, he batted slowly, but I thought he played really well - he came in with England having a huge amount to do and held the innings together. It's not the sort of pitch where you can thrash the ball about. It's a slow pitch and it's all about survival and you've got to play with a certain amount of caution.
That's not to say there's no room for improvement - you can always look to be busier or run a few more singles - but overall I think he can feel extremely proud of his effort, and unlucky not to score a century.
His 85 runs could be hugely valuable for England. South Africa have got quite a timorous batting line-up, and if England bowl them out quickly tomorrow, they could put themselves in an excellent position to set up victory.
I wouldn't want to be chasing more than 250 batting last on this pitch.
Jonathan Agnew was speaking to BBC Sport's James Gheerbrant.


Belgium midfielder Axel Witsel has joined Chinese side Tianjin Quanjian from Zenit St Petersburg, the Russian club have confirmed.

The 27-year-old, said to be a target for Juventus with his Zenit contract due to expire in the summer, has agreed a reported £15.3m annual salary.
His new Chinese Super League side, who were promoted from the second tier in 2016, are managed by former Italy international Fabio Cannavaro.
Witsel has won 78 caps for Belgium.
He spent five seasons at Zenit after arriving from Portuguese side Benfica, having started his career at Standard Liege.
Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar and ex-Manchester United and Manchester City forward Carlos Tevez have also recently joined Chinese sides in lucrative deals.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Work to build a giant artificial Christmas tree has been abandoned in Sri Lanka after objections from the island's top Roman Catholic clergyman.

Scrap metal and wood were being used to build the tree, intended to be 100m (328ft) tall in the capital Colombo.
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Ranjith's objection, more than three months after work began, called for the money to be spent on charity work instead.
While fewer than 10% of Sri Lankans are Christians, Christmas remains popular.
The tree was being built on the esplanade in Colombo. The idea to use recycled material came from a minister and former national cricket captain, Arjuna Ranatunga.
He said it would help erode religious and ethnic strife.
The money came from a welfare fund that he runs, with the labour force reportedly provided by volunteers.
Announcing the decision to drop the project on Wednesday, organising committee chairman Mangala Gunasekara said the scheme had not received state funding and was undertaken to promote national unity, using Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim workers.
"We thought it would be a great idea to... celebrate Christmas," he said.
"When we put our idea to the minister he agreed. We Buddhists worked voluntarily to build this."
Mr Gunasekara added that when the project was initiated in August, a letter was sent to Cardinal Ranjith informing him about the plan.
Several Roman Catholic priests attended the opening ceremony.
Now the archbishop has attacked it as a waste of cash which would be better given to charity.
The project initiator and main architect, HDM Nanayakkara, broke down in tears during the press conference on Wednesday at which the abandonment was announced, saying his dreams had been shattered.
But the organisers said they had to drop the project in deference to the archbishop's views.
Construction work on the tree began three months ago, with the intention of making a Guinness World Record, the Sri Lankan Daily Mirror reported.
The estimated cost was 12m Sri Lankan rupees ($81,000; Â£64,000) with about 6m rupees already spent on construction costs, it reported.
The BBC's Azzam Ameen in Colombo says that there has been a mixed reaction on social media to news of the abandonment.
Some commentators commended it, arguing the tree was a waste of money while others complained the Church was wrong to criticise such a well-publicised project at the last minute, when most of the hard work had been completed.


A primary school in County Antrim has been closed due to fears that asbestos had been found in the building.

St Joseph's Primary School on the Greystone Road in Antrim closed earlier this week.
A spokesperson from the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) said the school would be closed while a survey was carried out to assess whether there was asbestos present.
The CCMS said it hoped pupils would be able to return to school on Monday.
But the spokesperson added that this would not be in the St Joseph's building, and an alternative was being arranged.
It is understood the asbestos was discovered during routine building work at St Joseph's.
Around 800 pupils attend the school.
In a statement, the Health and Safety Executive Northern Ireland (HSENI) said: "HSENI is aware of issues in relation to asbestos management in St Joseph's Primary School in Stiles, Antrim, and has directed the education authority and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) to take the necessary actions to address the matter."


The plan to bring professional boxers into the Olympics is "preposterous", says former world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medallist Lennox Lewis.

Lewis was victorious at the Seoul Olympics, representing Canada, before turning professional as a Briton.
"I know they are doing it for other sports but I don't think it works with boxing," he told the BBC's Sportsweek.
"I think it is preposterous to a certain degree."
Dr Ching-Kuo Wu, president of world boxing's governing body AIBA, said on Wednesday he wanted to abolish rules stopping any fighter with 15 or more paid bouts from competing at the Olympics.
His proposal needs to be approved by the AIBA's executive committee but Wu believes it is "absolutely possible" to change the rules in time for August's Rio Games.
But Lewis, 50, believes the safety of inexperienced amateurs could be put in jeopardy by the move.
"Olympic boxing is built for amateurs and is the highest achievement you can get, alongside being world amateur champion," he said.
"All of a sudden you could have a scenario where someone like [former world heavyweight champion] Wladimir Klitschko, who won Olympic gold in Atlanta and has so much experience, could go up against a kid of 18 who has had just 10 fights. I don't think it is fair.
"Even the scoring systems are different. In the professional game, you score on power punches and you keep pressure on your opponent, while the amateur system is to score points."


A vote on President Donald Trump's new health care bill in the House of Representatives has been delayed.

The postponement is a setback for the president who had insisted he would win the numbers to pass it through the lower chamber of Congress on Thursday.
The American Healthcare Act is intended to replace parts of President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.
Repealing and replacing so-called Obamacare was a major plank of Mr Trump's election campaign.
Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Republicans would still meet on Thursday evening but the plan was for a House vote on Friday.
A White House official said that "the vote will be in the morning to avoid voting at 3AM... We feel this should be done in the light of day, not in the wee hours of the night and we are confident the bill will pass in the morning".
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Mr Trump had made a "rookie's error for bringing this up on a day when clearly you're not ready".
After a tumultuous day on Capitol Hill, it has become apparent that there simply aren't enough votes to pass the healthcare reform law. At the moment, it may not even be close.
Minutes before the announced delay, the president himself was insisting that a vote would happen on Thursday night, so this turn of events signifies an embarrassing setback.
If success was just a vote or two away, the evening would probably have proceeded as planned, with Speaker Paul Ryan and Donald Trump offering whatever threats or entreaties were necessary to edge past the finish line. Instead, the bill remains on the edge of an abyss.
For Republicans, a delay is better than outright defeat, of course, a scenario which would have undermined both the president's claims to be a dealmaking supremo and Mr Ryan's ability to control his party's hardliners.
The White House now has more time to negotiate with the conservative House Freedom Caucus, who represent the best, possible last, chance to salvage the bill. Such support will come with a high price, however, with any move to the right making the legislation all the harder to pass in the more moderate-minded Senate.
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has all week insisted the administration would get the numbers and that the bill would pass, saying there was "no plan B".
The bill needs 215 votes to pass but ran into opposition mainly from conservative Republicans who believed it did not roll back enough of Mr Obama's Affordable Care Act.
Obamacare helped 20 million previously uninsured Americans get health insurance but has been plagued by increases in insurance premiums, which were also a problem before the health law.
Mr Trump promised a new law that would cover more people and at a lower cost.
The Republican bill keeps some of the popular elements of Obamacare but limits future federal funding for Medicaid, which covers low-income people.
A new estimate by the Congressional Budget Office released on Thursday evening said recent changes to the bill would make it costlier than previously thought.
The number of uninsured Americans would rise to 24 million by 2026 under the new law, the budget analysis said.
Groups representing doctors, hospitals and the elderly have said they are opposed to the Republican bill.
The conservative House Freedom Caucus met Mr Trump on Thursday and afterwards said there was "no deal".
The failure to go to a vote is a blow for the president, who has projected himself as a master dealmaker and has spent the week visiting the Capitol and calling senators on the phone to win over opponents.
House Freedom Caucus chairman Mark Meadows said there were "not enough members to get a yes, but progress is being made".
He played down what he called the "artificial deadline" of Thursday.
Mr Meadows insisted: "We are going to get to the finish line."


A man died of a suspected heart attack in Guernsey after a call to emergency services went unanswered.

Alan Hamilton, 65, originally from Northamptonshire, was at the KG5 sports ground on 9 July when he collapsed.
Phone records show he had dialled 999 and telecoms records suggest the call was put through, but no ambulance was sent. His body was found the next day.
St John Ambulance and Rescue, the island's only ambulance service, has launched an internal investigation.
It is understood Sure, the telecom company that currently handles calls to emergency services, put the call through to St John.
The ambulance service said it would be inappropriate to comment further at this stage in the process.
Mr Hamilton was brought to the island by the Guernsey Cricket Association to work as a groundsman. He was heavily involved with cricket in the island.
Guernsey Police said no further investigations - or an inquest - had been carried out.
The internal investigation at St John is expected to conclude later this month.


After England handsomely defeated South Africa in the first Test at Lord's, I wrote that new captain Joe Root had been given an easy ride.

On Thursday, Root himself said he was looking forward to the time when his leadership mettle would be examined.
On the first day of the second Test, where South Africa moved on to 309-6, Root got his wish and, in turn, allowed the pressure to ease off the Proteas on more than one occasion.
It was a fluctuating day - South Africa were attritional in the first session, fluent after lunch and had to recover following a four-wicket collapse in the evening.
They were helped by England opting to use Liam Dawson ahead of fellow spinner Moeen Ali and again in the sleepy overs in the run-up to the second new ball.
I'm not the only one confused by England's approach to Moeen, with both Root and coach Trevor Bayliss saying that he is now seen as the second spinner.
When confidence is high - as Moeen's should be after taking 10 wickets at Lord's - it is reasonable to expect players to perform for you.
Therefore, I was surprised when left-armer Dawson, despite what the England higher-ups are saying about his place in the pecking order, was used before Moeen at Trent Bridge.
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Put simply, we know that Moeen is good enough at this level, but the same cannot yet be said about Dawson, who is playing in only his third Test.
Indeed, Dawson was the most expensive of England's bowlers, often providing a release for the South Africa batsmen. It was almost as if Root felt like he had to bowl him simply because he was in the side.
In all, the six bowlers that England have in their side is probably too many. It creates a problem for the captain in juggling them, and perhaps even puts doubt in a bowler's mind in that he may be thinking that he has to perform well quickly otherwise he will be replaced by one of the many other options.
I would prefer to see England play an extra batsman, even if that does push the talented Moeen down to number eight. The make-up of this side is not one I expect to be mirrored during this winter's Ashes series.
When England knew that the new ball was approaching, they allowed the game to drift, fiddling overs from Dawson and Keaton Jennings.
It was almost as if they were waiting for James Anderson and Stuart Broad to take the wickets, rather than using the other two of their four seamers - Ben Stokes and Mark Wood - with the old ball.
Often, the whole point of a new ball is that you are using it against a new batsman. England may have missed a trick by taking the foot off the gas at that moment.
Root's other issue on Friday was the use of the review system, with both of England's referrals frittered away inside 24 overs.
On both occasions, headstrong bowlers in Stokes and Broad wanted reviews, only to see that their lbw appeals were turned down for pretty obvious reasons.
It's tricky for Root, because the new captain has to feel his way in, not only with the technology, but with experienced bowlers, of whom he wants to gain their trust.
In these situations, bowlers are always likely to be biased, with a more streetwise skipper less likely to be concerned by their demands for a review.
It is something that Root will learn from and he may well be saying to his players that more discussion is needed to ensure they get the reviews right.
All in all, it was an excellent day of Test cricket that leaves the match set-up for the weekend and beyond.
South Africa's Quentin de Kock, a freescoring left-hander, made batting look terribly easy before playing a horrible shot, while his opposite number Jonny Bairstow goes from strength to strength behind the stumps for England.
After taking a wonderful catch at Lord's, Bairstow took a similar one here to remove Proteas captain Faf du Plessis. From being a keeper who made one mistake per Test, Bairstow has made a massive improvement.
There has been talk of bringing in Jos Buttler to allow Bairstow to concentrate on his batting. I can tell you that Bairstow would be devastated if the gloves were taken from him.
There was a lovely moment for Anderson, who became the bowler to take 300 Test wickets in England, but I thought he bowled a little too short, especially with the second new ball. Broad, on his home ground, was the pick of England's pace bowlers.
It was Broad who took two wickets after tea to begin the South Africa collapse, only for Vernon Philander and Chris Morris to steady their situation.
Their efforts have left the contest wonderfully even.
Jonathan Agnew was talking to BBC Sport's Stephan Shemilt.


Public sector staff on contracts without guaranteed hours will be entitled to reviews if they work regular shifts, under proposals from the Welsh Government.

Ministers have published guidelines for such staff, including people on zero-hours contracts.
The Welsh Government has pledged to ensure zero-hours contracts are not misused in devolved public services.
Plaid Cymru has criticised ministers for not banning them in social care.
Staff on such contracts can request a review "with a view to changing their contractual arrangement" if they have been working regular hours - for example four hours a week for three months.
The guidelines say devolved public services should regularly review whether non-guaranteed hours are appropriate.
Employers are also told they should involve trade unions as part of a "'Welsh Way' of social partnership".


Christine Hamilton has accused UKIP Wales' leader of acting like a "third-rate general" after he said he would "probably not" have chosen her husband as an election candidate.

There have been accusations the selection of Neil Hamilton and fellow ex-Tory MP Mark Reckless as UKIP candidates in Wales was imposed by the party centrally.
On Tuesday, Nathan Gill said he would "probably not" have chosen them.
Mrs Hamilton criticised his revelation.
She tweeted: "Only a 3rd rate General would diss his crack troops on the eve of battle."
On BBC Wales' Ask the Leader programme, Mr Gill said: "Would I have allowed people to come in over our hardworking Welsh membership?
"Probably not... but it wasn't my decision."
"The members have given us these candidates and therefore I back them."
Mr Gill added: "Of course they've got years of experience.
"Mark Reckless was an MP. He did a very brave thing when he came over to UKIP. We all recognise that. He's a very intelligent and clever man.
"Of course they're an asset."
Opinion polls suggest UKIP are set to win their first ever assembly members when voters go to the polls on 5 May.
But the party has been hit by a succession of rows over candidate selection.
Mr Hamilton is UKIP's lead candidate in the Mid and West Wales region, while Mr Reckless is the lead candidate in South Wales East.
Mr Gill holds the same position on the North Wales list.


Retailers have called for action from "government at all levels" to stem a drop in shoppers and a rise in the number of vacant shops in Scotland.

Research by the Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) found 10.6% of shops were vacant last month - up from 10.4% in June.
That means almost one in every nine retail premises is now sitting empty.
Footfall numbers were unchanged from June's rate, but were 2.4% lower than a year ago.
SRC said encouraging shoppers back was "crucial" to reducing the number of vacant premises.
The SRC/Springboard report for July found the decline in footfall was in high streets and shopping centres, and was much more severe than across the UK as a whole.
However, retail parks saw an 8.8% increase in shopper numbers.
SRC director David Lonsdale, said: "This is a rather cheerless set of figures, heralding a third successive spike in the shop vacancy rate in our town centres coupled with a further drop in shopper footfall.
"A more concerted effort is required to drive up footfall and reduce the number of empty retail premises in our town centres.
"Retailers have a role to play but we also need to see government at all levels consider what further steps could be taken.
"For example, local councils should place more emphasis on accessible and affordable parking and a building standards system that better facilitates retail refurbishment and expansion.
"At a time when retailers' margins are thin or non-existent, government needs to get a firmer grip on tax and regulatory costs which have mushroomed, starting by making it less costly for firms to invest in commercial premises."


The 2016 Olympic Games kick off on 5 August in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2 August 2016 Last updated at 06:40 BST
Diver Tom Daley is one of Britain's top medal hopefuls at the Games.
He is no stranger to Olympic glory, having won a bronze medal in London four years ago.
But Tom's been speaking to the BBC about his quest to win gold at this summer's Olympics.


An American who was sentenced to prison in the United Arab Emirates for making a spoof video about Dubai youth culture has returned to the US.

Shezanne Cassim, 29, arrived in his home state of Minnesota on Thursday.
Cassim and seven others were convicted in December of defaming the UAE image abroad under a 2012 cybercrimes law.
Arrested in April and later sentenced to one year in prison, Cassim was reportedly given credit for time served and good behaviour.
Cassim, a US citizen who moved to Dubai for work in 2006, participated in a 19-minute video, entitled Satwa Combat School, which was posted on YouTube in October 2012.
It opens with the explanatory text: "The following events are fictional and no offence was intended to the people of Satwa or UAE."
Set in the Satwa district of Dubai, the video is a mock documentary about a fictional establishment in which students are taught to throw sandals as a form of weapon, and seek aid through social media when in need of back-up.
Cassim, another American man, two Indians, two UAE citizens, a British citizen and a Canadian were later convicted of crimes stemming from the video.
The defendants were reportedly accused of violating Article 28, which calls for imprisonment for anyone who uses information technology "with the intent of inciting to actions, or publishing or disseminating any information, news, caricatures, or other images liable to endanger state security and its higher interests or infringe on the public order", according to local media reports.
Cassim subsequently became the public face of the defendants after his family publicised his incarceration.
"You can imagine the torture they've been under for nine months, not knowing if they were going to see him, when they were going to see him," Susan Burns, the family's attorney, told the Associated Press news agency.
"Now, they are ecstatic to be able to actually see him," she concluded.


Runners have held a minute's silence in tribute to two teenage athletes who died when they were struck by a car in Aldershot while out training.

Stacey Burrows, 16, was with 17-year-old Lucy Pygott when they were hit by a Ford Focus in Aldershot on Tuesday.
Athletes paid tribute before taking part in the Hampshire Cross-Country League fixture in Bournemouth.
Both girls were dedicated runners and members of Aldershot, Farnham and District Athletic Club (AFD).
Hampshire cross country team manager David Vosser said the deaths had had a big impact on athletics across the country.
"Today is very very raw.
"There is a deep level of respect between athletes so it was special to take a moment to think about them today," he said.
"I'm very encouraged by the number of people who've turned out today to do what Stacey and Lucy loved doing, and that was to run," he said.
Lucy was this year's England Under-20 3,000m champion and European Youth Championships bronze medallist. Stacey was the Hampshire Under-17 3,000m champion.
A serving soldier has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving, two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and two counts of careless driving while unfit through drink or drugs. He has been bailed until February.


The number of rape allegations in Wales has more than doubled in the last five years, new figures show.

Last year 1,657 allegations were recorded by police, of these 670 were child victims under the age of 16.
The total is more than double the 785 allegations recorded in 2011-12, according to Rape Monitoring Group data.
South Wales Police logged the largest number of allegations, while Dyfed Powys recorded the least.
The data is drawn from official figures by the Home Office, Office for National Statistics, Crown Prosecution Service and Ministry of Justice.
End Violence Against Women Coalition said the figures showed rape was not a "rare crime".
Its co-director Sarah Green said the spike in reporting showed the "desire to seek justice was increasing".


David Cameron has denied claims he is scared of TV election debates, saying he wanted to "get on" with his proposal for a seven-way contest.

Ed Miliband has accused the PM of "cowering" from the public after he rejected proposals for a head-to-head debate with the Labour leader.
But the prime minister claimed the broadcasters were to blame.
Meanwhile, the BBC Trust has rejected the Democratic Unionist Party's appeal against its exclusion from the debates.
The decision is likely to trigger a judicial review by the DUP.
Explaining his decision to reject the broadcasters' debates proposals, Mr Cameron said that rather than ducking scrutiny, he wanted to "unblock the logjam" the "broadcasters helped to create".
"Let's get on, let's have the debate that matters the most," added Mr Cameron. By putting forward a proposal for a debate with seven leaders, "we'll actually see one take place", he said.
Mr Miliband said he did not accept the prime minister's excuse and accused him of "running scared" from TV debates.
"I'll debate him, any time, any place, anywhere. He should stop ducking and weaving and he should name the date," said the Labour leader.
"I think what the public will not tolerate is a prime minister who is running away from them (the debates), running away from his record and running away from a face-to-face debate with me that he said he wanted and the public deserve."
Lib Dem election campaign chief Lord Ashdown said Mr Cameron was "running scared" and was "frightened of defending his own position".
"What he is proposing is not just a ludicrous, seven-sided, bite-sized squabble fest but actually he is proposing it takes place before the Conservative manifesto is published," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
Mr Clegg said: "If David Cameron is too busy or too important to defend the record of this government with Ed Miliband then I offer myself.  How about that?  I'll do it instead."
He told LBC radio the Conservative leadership was behaving like "they're ordering a drink in the drawing room of Downton Abbey and, sort of, telling everybody else what they should do". He said:  "I mean it's not for one party to, you know, grandly tell everybody else what's going to happen."
Under Mr Cameron's "final offer", one 90-minute contest would take place before 30 March, when the official general election campaign starts.
Downing Street said the Democratic Unionist Party should also be considered for inclusion.
The broadcasters, who have proposed a total of three debates, said they would respond to the Conservatives' proposal in due course.
The BBC and ITV are scheduled to hold two, both involving the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, UKIP, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and the Greens.
A third debate - hosted by Sky and Channel 4 - the week before the 7 May election would feature a head-to-head between Mr Cameron and Mr Miliband.
After Mr Cameron questioned the timing of it at Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Sky and Channel 4 offered to move the event to a different date if the leaders could agree.
So are the debates dead?
Well, maybe not. But only if the broadcasters hold their nerve.
In other words, if they decide to press ahead with the three debates and empty chair the prime minister.
It would be a huge decision - and many at Westminster remain sceptical that the BBC would be willing to do this.
However, privately, the broadcasters insist they will not buckle and will not allow one party to "dictate" the conditions.
They insist the single, 90-minute, seven, or even eight party, debate proposed by the prime minister will "not cover the ground".
And crucially, both Labour and the Liberal Democrats say they will still turn up for whatever debates the broadcasters decide to hold.
Ed Miliband will even take part in the head-to-head without David Cameron - and subject himself to a grilling from Jeremy Paxman.
Senior Lib Dems say Nick Clegg would be ready to stand in for the prime minister in the final head-to-head, making it a Miliband v Clegg clash.
The danger for the prime minister is that even if the debates lose their impact without him - he risks a backlash from voters for failing to take part.
Downing Street's hope is that the broadcasters will buckle and either agree to his proposal or just scrap the whole idea of TV debates for this election.
A UKIP spokesman said: "After praising what a good thing debates were for democracy as recently as 2014, why is David Cameron now acting chicken and running as far away from them as possible?"
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said Mr Cameron had "sabotaged the whole thing" with his proposal, which would not be a "proper debate".
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon accused Mr Cameron of "arrogance," adding: "I will debate him anytime, anywhere, on any number of occasions.
"However we have accepted the broadcasters' proposals, and believe we should stick with that, rather than allow a Tory prime minister to dictate the terms of debate."
The Green Party has accused Mr Cameron of "further damaging trust" in British politics.
"Not only is Cameron's announcement cowardly but it also shows his contempt for the electorate. People want to see a set of debates between all major party leaders, yet the prime minister is clearly scared of scrutiny," said a spokesman.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Mr Cameron's "efforts to manipulate the broadcasters are unacceptable and arrogant".
Speaking after his party's appeal to be included was rejected, Nigel Dodds, the DUP's Westminster leader, said: "I think that the decision of the BBC Trust defies belief, quite frankly, because it's wrong, irrational, and unjust to exclude Northern Ireland from the national debates if you are going to include the Scottish National Party from Scotland and Plaid Cymru from Wales."
As leader of the opposition, Mr Cameron led calls for televised debates at the 2010 general election - the first time they have been held in the UK.
But he has since criticised the idea of holding debates in the run up to polling day, saying they had "sucked the life out of the campaign".
After months of wrangling over the format for debates at the 2015 election, Downing Street issued a statement on Wednesday night, confirming that Mr Cameron did not want to go head-to-head with Labour leader Ed Miliband under any circumstances.
In a letter to the broadcasters, the prime minister's communications chief Craig Oliver said: "In order to cut through this chaotic situation I am willing to make the following proposal: There should be one 90-minute debate between seven party leaders before the short campaign."
He added: "In order for it to be organised in time, the debate should take place during the week beginning March 23. I will make myself available to negotiate the details. Having been the editor of numerous broadcast news and current affairs programmes, I know this is ample time to organise a programme.
"This is our final offer, and to be clear, given the fact this has been a deeply unsatisfactory process and we are within a month of the short campaign, the prime minister will not be participating in more than one debate."
In a joint statement, broadcasters said: "The BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky have received an email from the prime minister's office with a proposal.
"The broadcasters are committed to providing our audiences with election debates.
"Twenty two million people watched the debates in 2010 and we believe the debates helped people to engage with the election.
"The broadcasters have set out their proposals and continue to talk to all the relevant parties on an equitable basis.
"We will respond to the Conservatives' proposal in due course."


The pilot of a display team aeroplane has been killed in a crash at the CarFest motoring event in Cheshire.

Kevin Whyman, 39, was flying a Folland Gnat aircraft that came down near the event at Oulton Park at about 14:00 BST.
BBC presenter Chris Evans, CarFest's founder, confirmed his death and said the pilot's family had been informed.
A visibly upset Mr Evans delivered a statement saying the display pilot had been killed in a "tragic accident".
The Heritage Aircraft Trust, operator of the Gnat Display Team, said in a statement: "Kevin was a Royal Air Force-trained fast jet pilot whose enthusiasm for flying the Folland Gnat was infectious.
"He will be greatly missed by his family, the team and many friends.
"Kevin leaves a wife and young daughter."
Mr Whyman, who was born in Chester, is a Cambridge University economics graduate.
He trained with the university's boat club and coxed Cambridge to victory in the 1996 and 1997 boat races against Oxford.
He had a career with the RAF from 1998 to 2001, when he left for a trading job with a US investment bank in the City of London.
He completed his civilian flying licences so that he could continue with his passion for flying.
BBC producer Justin Bones, on the scene at Oulton Park, said two planes performed a low-level, close-proximity pass just before the crash.
One of the aircraft failed to pull up and crashed north of the circuit, he said.
Mr Evans said: "The event will continue on the advice of the three aviation authorities we are currently involved with, as part of the ongoing investigation to what happened.
"And the police have also advised us that the best thing, and the safest thing to do, is to carry on with the event, bearing in mind there are 10,000 children here, and that's what we are going to do."
Cheshire Police say they are working to establish how the accident happened.
Eyewitnesses described horrified spectators screaming as the plane nosedived suddenly.
Witness Steve Gluning, who works with aircraft, said: "It's an airshow and it's dangerous. You know these things can happen but when they happen in front of you it's shocking.
"We were at the CarFest, my partner and I. Two Gnats came in. Five or six minutes doing individual and pair displays. They did a crossover. One went north and the other, I saw it jink. It went past the trees. Two or three seconds later there was a fireball.
"Instantly, you know that could be fatal."
Tessa Angel was watching the display with her husband.
"We saw two planes flying, weaving side by side. One was at a strange angle. My husband said: 'That's low. I hope he comes back up.' Then it went down," she said.
"People were staring, asking what happened. I didn't see any parachute. There were sirens within seconds, then a helicopter hovering."
Aviation expert Julian Bray said the type of Gnat plane involved in the crash had been around since 1955.
Peter Collins, a test pilot and former RAF pilot based in Cheshire, is familiar with the aircraft.
He told the BBC: "I flew it during training. I rate it as one of the best aeroplanes I've ever flown.
"It was designed as a fighter that was later turned into a trainer."
CarFest's organisers said in a statement: "Our thoughts are with the family of the pilot and all those affected at this time.
"We have helpfully received images and footage captured by those close to the site, which will aid with the police investigation.
"Should anyone else have similar photo or video footage, they are asked to keep hold of it in case the authorities request further information."
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) spokesman said: "AAIB will be investigating and is sending a team to the site."
Mr Evans, a car enthusiast who has just become the new presenter of BBC Top Gear, created the motoring and music festival, which raises money for BBC Children in Need.
Other celebrities attending CarFest included TV chefs James Martin, Tom Kerridge and Paul Hollywood.


Northern Ireland construction workers are calling for political intervention to solve a cross-border problem involving health and safety training.

They say their qualifications - or cards - are often no longer being accepted to allow them onto sites in the Republic of Ireland.
Brendan Crealey, who runs courses for builders in Portadown, feels Northern Ireland firms are being disadvantaged.
He called for "mutual recognition sorted out at political level".
Workers require safety qualifications to operate machinery such as cranes and diggers.
The construction sector north and south runs similar schemes - but workers have said only cards issued in the Republic of Ireland are being accepted across the whole island.
"All the machines are the same, the course content is the same, it is just a bit of bureaucracy," said Malcolm Keys of Mills Contracts in County Tyrone.
"You cannot draw a line across a road and say a guy is competent to operate a machine on one side and not the other."
He said Northern Ireland firms are frequently not tendering for contracts across the border as it involves paying for much the same safety training they have already had.
Gordon Best, of the trade body the Quarry Products Association, said the construction sector intends bringing the issue to the economy committee at Stormont early this year.
"Over the last number of months there has been a tighter interpretation of regulations in the south," he said.
"I know a number of road contractors who have had workers put off sites."


The police watchdog has launched an investigation after a former South Yorkshire Police press officer claimed she was asked to "spin" news during the Hillsborough inquests.

Hayley Court claimed she was asked to encourage the media to report evidence favourable to the police, including that fans were partly to blame.
She said she was told to "get the media together and tell them what to write".
The force has said Ms Court's claims were "not substantiated".
A spokesman for the Independent Police Complaints Commission said: "Following an assessment of the available evidence, the IPCC has decided to conduct an independent investigation into this matter."
Ms Court claimed she felt trapped when she realised she had been given an "impossible job" that was "wholly unethical".
"It seemed to me to be more about how we could share the blame," she said.
"If South Yorkshire Police was going to be found partly responsible for what happened then all the other interested parties should be found partly responsible as well.
"If that meant perpetuating comments about fans being drunk, if that meant perpetuating comments about fans forcing gates then that was how they were going to do it."
Ninety-six football fans died in the 1989 disaster, which unfolded during an FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
A jury at the inquests concluded the fans had been unlawfully killed.
They also criticised SYP's planning for the match, and highlighted a catalogue of failures by senior officers on the day.
The stadium was also said to have contained "defects" that contributed to the disaster, and Sheffield Wednesday FC and South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service were criticised.
The supporters were exonerated of any blame.
SYP's chief constable David Crompton was suspended the day after the inquests concluded because there had been an "erosion of trust".


The conviction of a paedophile as part of a wider operation into abuse at north Wales care homes has proved survivors have finally been heard, the children's commissioner has said.

Ex-care home owner John Allen was jailed for life for sexually abusing boys between the 1960s and 1990s.
He was the first to be convicted under Operation Pallial.
Now, Keith Towler has praised Pallial for "successfully" managing a survivor-led investigation.


A dumped tyre may have caused the sinking of an amphibious vehicle in Liverpool's Albert Dock complex, the attraction's operator has said.

Twenty seven people were treated in hospital after a Yellow Duckmarine sank in Salthouse Dock on Saturday.
Pearlwild Limited said it believed the debris in the water resulted in "severe damage to the hull" of the vessel.
Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) and coastguard officials are investigating.
Thirty one people, including children, were on board the craft when it sank. No one suffered serious injuries.
The MCA has withdrawn MCA certification on all of the vessels.
A Pearlwild Limited spokesman said photographs showing a near-shredded tyre wrapped around the propeller have been passed to the MAIB.
He said: "We have spent tens of thousands of pounds enhancing the safety of our fleet during recent months to meet with the requirements of the MCA, but the extent of the damage was such that the vessel was unable to cope with the sheer volume of water.
"We will continue to work closely with the MAIB in their investigation and fully expect that debris in the dock will form an important part of their enquiries."
He added: "It is the first time in more than 35,000 Yellow Duckmarine tours that debris has been a problem in the dock."
Ramandeep Mann, from Coventry, was on board the vehicle.
She said: "You could tell there was something wasn't right, they were trying to fiddle with the gearsticks and you heard the tour guide saying something like 'this doesn't sound healthy'.
"The next minute there was someone screaming from the back that there was water coming in. I just sat there and thought, this can't be happening to us."
Mitul Patni, from Leicester, said he could not inflate his life jacket in time.
Source: The Yellow Duckmarine
He said: "When the life jacket didn't inflate, I started to panic, thinking, 'oh my God, I think I'm going to die here. I can't swim', so I was just so scared."
Speaking on Monday, the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson said the fleet of DUKW vehicles should "not be allowed back in the water".
He said options such as new crafts to replace the old vehicles should be considered if tours were to continue.
After one of the vehicles sank in March, all four Yellow Duckmarines were stopped from going into the dock. Three vehicles were declared safe to return to the water two months later.
In 2012, the Queen was given a tour of the dock on one of the vehicles when she visited the region as part of her Diamond Jubilee tour.
On Wednesday, Pearlwild Ltd faces a separate investigation by the North West Traffic Commissioner amid concerns over the operation of the Duckmarines in 2012.
The public inquiry follows an investigation by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) last year which found systems to be "unsatisfactory" with minimum standards not being met.
It will examine evidence from VOSA and hear response from Pearlwild Ltd.
The Yellow Duckmarines have carried almost two million passengers in Albert Dock since the tourist attraction first opened.


"The only function of economic forecasting," JK Galbraith once said, "is to make astrology look respectable."

With disarming honesty, the Bank of England's chief economist, Andrew Haldane, has admitted that criticisms that economic forecasts had been wrong before the financial crisis and wrong about the immediate impact of a Brexit vote were a "fair cop".
The profession, he said, was facing a crisis of confidence.
Mr Haldane went on to describe the failure to understand the impact of the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 as the profession's "Michael Fish moment" - when the weather forecaster suggested in 1987 there wasn't a hurricane on the way before record high winds devastated large parts of the south east of England.
To be clear, Mr Haldane was talking about economists as a whole - not just the Bank - and said he still fundamentally agreed with the Bank's central forecast - made last November - that 2017 and 2018 could see a "material" slowdown in economic activity and a significant rise in inflation.
The Bank was right to suggest that sterling would fall in value following a Brexit vote.
But, consumer confidence has held up far more robustly than expected and, yet again, it is clear that while economic models can make reasoned judgements about the future, those judgements can prove erroneous.
Particularly when they attempt to account for "shock" events - the financial crisis (when forecasts undercooked the effects) or the vote to leave the European Union (when models over-cooked the short term effects and failed to account for "dynamic" policy responses such as the Bank itself cutting interest rates to new record lows).
Mr Haldane said that economists could learn from meteorologists, who now use much more data to understand how weather patterns develop.
Meteorology is, of course, a science.
Economics is a study, ultimately, of human behaviour - what millions, billions, of people may or may not do, given a certain set of circumstances.
Making judgements on that is always going to be a tricky, imprecise business.