A court in Japan has ordered the operator of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant to compensate a couple who fled radiation, even though they lived outside the evacuation zone.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will pay 30m yen ($265,000; Â£185,00) for financial losses and poor health.
It is thought to be the first time Tepco has been found liable for people outside the mandatory evacuation area.
In 2011 the plant suffered multiple meltdowns after a quake and tsunami.
After that people who lived within 20km (12 miles) of the plant were ordered to evacuate, but thousands of others voluntarily left their homes and businesses over fears of radiation
Analysts say Thursday's ruling could pave the way for many more compensation claims from such evacuees.
In April 2014 some residents started to return to their homes in the exclusion zone, but many areas remain ghost towns with their former residents in temporary housing.
The sum awarded to the couple, who have not been named but are in their 40s, is also far greater than the 11m yen proposed by a government-established centre to mediate settlements for compensation cases.
According to the written submission, the husband became depressed and developed pleurisy after the evacuation and their children were stigmatised for their association with the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Tepco has already been embroiled in a number of compensation claims. In 2011, the government ordered Tokyo Electric to pay 1m yen to every family within 30km of the plant.


A man has been shot dead in an underground car park in Dublin city centre.

The man's body was discovered in a vehicle in the car park in Sheridan Court, Dorset Street, at about 09:50 local time.
He had been shot a number of times. A car was found on fire at nearby Clonliffe Avenue at about 07:50.
The killing is believed to be linked to an ongoing feud between the Hutch and Kinahan crime gangs.
The victim's name has not been released, but Irish national broadcaster RTE is reporting he was associated with the Kinahan gang and had been active in the feud.


A century-old signal box has been demolished despite a campaign by railway enthusiasts to save it.

The Oxfordshire box, dating from 1901, was reduced to rubble overnight as campaigners watched from a bridge.
One protester said former signalmen would be "turning in their graves", while another described the flattened Banbury North box as a "crime scene".
Network Rail said it was replacing more than 800 remaining signal boxes with 12 Regional Operating Centres (ROCs).
It said the change would deliver savings of up to Â£250m a year while allowing "greater control" over the network.
The company delayed the demolition of the box to allow railway fans to take farewell tours in 2016.
More than 3,500 visitors came to look at its bells, levers and coal-fired stove, between 10 August and 2 October.
Banbury Civic Society supported plans to convert the box into an education centre but the project failed to raise sufficient funds.
Rob Kinchin-Smith, its acting chair, said the company had demanded that the campaign raise Â£168,000 in three weeks to save it.
He took to social media to rue the demolition, commenting: "The party's over and the star guest departs... Banbury North, it was great knowing you."
Mr Kinchin-Smith said the interior of the box had been saved with a view to reconstructing it for future public display.
Rails bosses said the stretch of track was now controlled from Rugby ROC, whose wider view of the network and modern traffic management software could help to reduce rail delays.


A white tailed sea eagle chick that had to be rescued after swallowing two fish hooks has been released close to his nest site in the Highlands.

The male bird was found at Loch Arkaig in Lochaber in June tangled in fishing line and in distress. It was rescued by conservation officer Lewis Pate.
The Scottish SPCA first took the chick to Inverness and then to its national rescue centre in Alloa for treatment.
An operation was done on the eagle to remove the fish hooks.
Animal welfare staff have called him Brahma.
Colin Seddon, of the SSPCA, said: "Brahma is now around 12-weeks-old and fully fledged.
"The release site was prepared by Lewis Pate and staff from the Achnacarry Esate in Lochaber, who have generously provided a boat and engine for logistical support and feeding if he needs it.
"There were several people involved in Brahma's rescue and recovery and without them he would not have survived."


The man behind a "revenge porn" website has pleaded guilty to hacking and identity theft, in Los Angeles.

Hunter Moore, 28, faces between two and seven years in prison, according to the US Attorney's Office.
He ran IsAnyoneUp.com, on which pictures were posted of naked women without their consent, and was once called "the most hated man on the internet".
Another man allegedly involved has pleaded not guilty and faces trial.
As well as running the site - where people often posted pictures of their ex-lovers, coining the term "revenge porn" - prosecutors said Moore had also enlisted a hacker to steal nude photos from email accounts.
Photos posted between 2010 and 2012 included pictures of an American Idol finalist, the daughter of a major US Republican party donor and a woman in a wheelchair, according to a 2012 article in Rolling Stone magazine.
Moore alleged in the agreement that he had paid Charles Evens to hack email accounts and steal photos.
Mr Evens, 26, of Los Angeles, pleaded not guilty and is scheduled for trial in March. He refused to comment.
Moore is due in court on Wednesday 25 February, although the Attorney's Office spokesman said sentencing could be postponed until March. Moore will also be required to inform his parole officer every time he uses a new device capable of accessing the internet.
Moore was arrested in January 2014 after an FBI investigation. He had previously been ordered to pay $250,000 (Â£170,000) in damages for defamation after a civil lawsuit.
He was found to have made false claims on Twitter that James McGibney, the chief executive of an anti-bullying website, was a paedophile who possessed child pornography.


The number of NHS organisations investigating allegations of abuse by Jimmy Savile has been extended to 41, the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says.

The findings of inquiries at 28 hospitals were published in June.
A further wave of allegations has since emerged at some of those hospitals, and meanwhile a further eight hospitals and one ambulance service are starting investigations.
The results are expected in January 2015.
The former BBC presenter of Top Of The Pops and Jim'll Fix It, who also worked as a Radio 1 DJ and received a knighthood in 1990, died aged 84 in October 2011.
He was an opportunistic and prolific sex offender, who took advantage of his celebrity status to carry out abuse in dozens of NHS hospitals, according to the reports published in June.
Assaults on victims aged from five to 75 were described in reports into Leeds General Infirmary and Broadmoor.
Reports from four hospitals which were also due in June - Stoke Mandeville, Rampton Hospital in Nottinghamshire, Springfield Hospital in London and Crawley Hospital in West Sussex - but have been delayed.
Eight further hospitals are starting fresh inquiries:
West Yorkshire Ambulance Service is also investigating allegations.
Not all the hospitals mentioned are still in existence, including Shenley psychiatric hospital and Meanwood Park, while others have changed function.
The allegations at Scott House Hospital relate to a period the site served as a children's home. And Calderdale Royal Hospital is built on the site of the former Halifax Royal Infirmary where the alleged abuse took place.
The precise details of Savile's links with all these institutions or the number of alleged offences are unknown.
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital has launched an investigation after it found records of visits by Savile, but there have been no specific allegations of abuse by the public.
The Shenley Hospital closed in 1998, but the Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is conducting the investigation.
It said: "The allegation is about a teenager, not a patient, who took part in a sports event held there when Savile was present.
"We have spoken to this person, our report will be published in line with all the others."
The South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Bethlem Royal Hospital, said: "We are investigating this evidence thoroughly and if necessary will ensure that any lessons are learnt for the future."
Meanwhile, Leeds General Infirmary, Stoke Mandeville and the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle are investigating fresh allegations that have emerged since June.
Peter Garsden, from the association of child abuse lawyers, told the BBC: "It's quite shocking, I'm sure we all thought we'd heard the last of the Savile locations, but here we are with several more allegations.
"It seems that his net spread very far and wide, which is perhaps not surprising considering he was constantly visiting hospital under the guise of doing charity work and inevitability he behaved the same way wherever he went."
He said the inquiries helped victims of abuse in the "journey to justice".
In a written ministerial statement, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "At the request of the Crown Prosecution Service, the publication of the NHS investigations into Jimmy Savile is being delayed until the conclusion of ongoing legal proceedings.
"Therefore, I wish to advise the House that there will be a delay in the publication of the outstanding NHS investigation reports.
"We now hope trusts will publish their reports in January 2015."
The investigation at Leeds, published earlier this year, found patients, including teenagers recovering from surgery, had been abused in their beds and one 10-year-old boy had been sexually assaulted while waiting on a trolley for an X-ray on his broken arm.
When the reports came out, Mr Hunt apologised on behalf of the government and the NHS.
He said there was a "deep sense of revulsion" over the findings, adding: "We let them [the victims] down badly."


Three goals in eight first-half minutes inspired Norwich to a commanding win over Nottingham Forest at Carrow Road.

Jonny Howson's 25-yard volley put City ahead and was followed by Josh Murphy's finish from a tight angle and Wes Hoolahan's half-volley from distance.
Alex Pritchard's low drive made it 4-0 before Forest defender Eric Lichaj was sent off for two yellow cards.
Ross McCormack stroked in a consolation on his debut for the visitors before Pritchard drilled in his second.
Gary Brazil was confirmed as Forest's caretaker manager until the end of the season after winning three of his four previous four matches in charge, but saw them crash to a fifth defeat in their last six away trips.
And Forest also had keeper Stephen Henderson stretchered off after injuring himself while scrambling back in a vain attempt to keep out Hoolahan's spectacular strike.
Norwich, top scorers at home in the Championship, could have had more before half-time with Zach Clough clearing Russell Martin's header off the line, and replacement keeper Jordan Smith tipping Pritchard's curling shot round the post.
Danny Fox almost pulled one back before the break when his header clipped a post from Ben Osborn's cross, but Forest's hopes were well and truly extinguished by the time Lichaj was dismissed after fouling Murphy.
The Canaries are now unbeaten in five league games and moved to within two points of the play-off spots after their 11th home win of the campaign, while Forest slipped two places to 17th.
Norwich City boss Alex Neil:
"I was delighted with that. We have played some excellent football, scored five goals and could have had seven, eight or nine with all the chances we created.
"I always thought this would be a good, footballing game and that is why I decided to play both Wes Hoolahan and Alex Pritchard. I was counting on them going out there and causing havoc with the quality they have got and that is exactly what happened.
"The level of our performances has also improved and if we keep on going like this we will be in the play-off positions soon."
Nottingham Forest boss Gary Brazil:
"It was a tough afternoon, I won't deny it. You could see the quality in the Norwich squad and there were two exceptional finishes in the first half.
"Then we lose our goalkeeper and have our captain sent off, so it was one of those days for us.
"At least we kept going in the second half, we didn't just fold, and Ross McCormack scored a good goal and showed what he can do for us. But it was obviously a bad result for us."
Match ends, Norwich City 5, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 5, Nottingham Forest 1.
Attempt missed. Daniel Pinillos (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by David Vaughan.
Attempt missed. Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Ross McCormack (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Murphy (Norwich City).
Goal!  Norwich City 5, Nottingham Forest 1. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jonny Howson.
Attempt missed. Jonny Howson (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yanic Wildschut.
Attempt blocked. Alex Pritchard (Norwich City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest) because of an injury.
Offside, Nottingham Forest. David Vaughan tries a through ball, but Ross McCormack is caught offside.
Offside, Norwich City. Nélson Oliveira tries a through ball, but Russell Martin is caught offside.
Aaron Tshibola (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Youssouf Mulumbu (Norwich City).
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Daniel Pinillos.
Goal!  Norwich City 4, Nottingham Forest 1. Ross McCormack (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Zach Clough with a through ball.
Steven Whittaker (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Aaron Tshibola (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steven Whittaker (Norwich City).
Substitution, Norwich City. Yanic Wildschut replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Thomas Lam replaces Britt Assombalonga.
Second yellow card to Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) for a bad foul.
Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Norwich City. Ryan Bennett replaces Mitchell Dijks.
Offside, Norwich City. John Ruddy tries a through ball, but Nélson Oliveira is caught offside.
Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Jack Hobbs.
Foul by Daniel Pinillos (Nottingham Forest).
Josh Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Britt Assombalonga (Nottingham Forest).
John Ruddy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Alex Pritchard.
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nélson Oliveira (Norwich City).
Attempt missed. David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Aaron Tshibola (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Timm Klose (Norwich City).


A man who made headlines for impersonating a dead Zulu folk musician has been sentenced to 28 years in prison.

Sibusiso Gcabashe was found guilty of a string of charges, including kidnapping and raping an 18-year-old woman.
Gcabashe was also convicted of impersonating Khulekani "Mgqumeni" Khumalo, who died in 2009.
Thousands of fans flocked to his house in KwaZulu-Natal in 2012 believing he had been resurrected.
He was an award-winning "Maskandi" musician.
Three years after his death, Gcabashe returned to the singer's hometown, claiming he had been kidnapped by a witchdoctor who had cast a spell on him and held him in a cave with zombies.
His fingerprints proved he was not the singer, police said at the time.
Gcabashe, 32, was found guilty of rape, assault, kidnapping, attempted escape from lawful custody and impersonating Khumalo.
He underwent psychiatric evaluation during the course of his lengthy trial but was found fit to face justice, says the BBC's Pumza Fihlani in Johannesburg.
The magistrate who convicted Gcabashe said he didn't show any remorse during the trial.
Even Khumalo's own family appeared split over his identity. While his wives believed he was their husband returned from the dead, a former lover was not convinced.
Some of Khumalo's family said they would appeal against the conviction in the High Court because they still believed Gcabashe was indeed their son, according to local reports.
Belief in witchcraft is not uncommon in rural South Africa.
The man apparently sang one of Khumalo's song as he was being escorted to the police cells and said he would compose music in prison, according to SABC news.


Leicester City's FA Cup fourth-round replay against Championship side Derby County will be shown live on BBC One on Wednesday, 8 February.

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Wes Morgan's late goal salvaged a 2-2 draw for the Premier League champions to set up the replay at the Foxes' King Power Stadium at 19:45 BST.
The winners will travel to League One side Millwall in the fifth round.
Sutton United will host Arsenal, while Lincoln, the other non-league side left in the Cup, travel to Burnley.


Work on a convention centre at Newport's Celtic Manor Resort will start in the new year after planning permission was granted.

The Wales International Convention Centre will have the capacity for 4,000 delegates, making it the largest of its kind in Wales and south west England.
Newport council's planning committee backed the detailed plans at a meeting on Wednesday.
The centre will create 250 jobs and could be open by 2019.
More than 200 jobs will also be created during the three-year construction of the centre, which will have an auditorium for up to 1,500 delegates and a separate exhibition hall.
It will also have 13 meeting rooms, outdoor terraces and an entrance plaza with potential for an outdoor theatre.
The so-called "ground-scraper" will include two storeys of basement parking for 700 cars underneath the main hall, as well as a new multi-storey car park over four floors with another 290 spaces.
It is nearly two years since the plans were first unveiled, while outline planning permission was granted last July.
The resort has already hosted major events such as last September's Nato summit, which saw 60 world leaders including President Barack Obama descend on the venue off the M4 under tight security.
The hotel and golf complex - owned by telecoms billionaire Sir Terry Matthews - also hosted the Ryder Cup golf tournament in 2010.
ANALYSIS by BBC Wales business correspondent Brian Meechan
Wales needs a convention centre to compete with the likes of Edinburgh, Birmingham and Liverpool.
On that, everyone agrees. But where to put it is a different matter.
The Celtic Manor has beaten Cardiff to deliver a venue that could host international business functions, political party conferences and major events like sporting tournaments.
There has been talk for a long time about Cardiff building a convention centre and it has not happened.
So many hoteliers in the capital are very happy that the Celtic Manor will be going ahead with it.
They will certainly receive a lot of business from events held at the Newport site.
If an event has 4,000 delegates and the Celtic Manor has 400 rooms, that is a benefit not just for other hotels but also restaurants, taxi companies and various other firms.
The Welsh government has set targets to improve tourism by 2020.
The capital has to play a major part in driving that increase.
One of the problems Cardiff hotels have is that they are packed at weekends, but much quieter in the week than they should be.
That is because of a lack of business travellers, which is a result in part of there being no convention centre in the city to host major events.
Cardiff council says it will now focus on creating an "international multi-purpose arena".
You do not have to read between the lines of its statement to sense its frustration that the Welsh government chose to financially back the Celtic Manor convention centre.
In fairness to ministers though, it seems they backed the most solid plan on the table that was likely to turn into something more than a talking point.


Just 10 children were responsible for a quarter of all missing person reports in Aberdeen last year, with one going missing 45 times, it has been revealed.

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) reviewed the way police in Aberdeen dealt with missing person inquiries.
The report said 10 children accounted for 290 of the 1,120 episodes.
A total of 41% of all missing person cases related to children aged between 12 and 15.
The HMICS praised the force's "strong leadership" and said reports of missing people were being properly investigated.
HMICS has made four recommendations for improvements for Aberdeen city division and seven for Police Scotland nationally.
The creation of the single police force meant Police Scotland "inherited a complex and divergent approach to the management of missing person investigations across Scotland", the report found, with different systems for recording missing persons cases and different risk assessment tools.
HM Inspector of Constabulary Derek Penman said: "The importance of dealing with missing person investigations effectively from the outset cannot be over-emphasised and experience has shown that in some instances the report of a missing person is the first indicator that a serious crime has occurred.
"There is usually a reason why a person goes missing and understanding the circumstances and causes creates an opportunity for the police and other authorities to identify measures that can stop or minimise further disappearances.
"More importantly, it can draw attention to safeguarding issues for the young and most vulnerable in our communities and help in the identification and investigation of crimes which are linked to, or are the cause of, someone going missing."
Ch Supt Adrian Watson said: "We have seen improvements in the way we deal with missing people and the creation of Police Scotland and the specialist Missing Persons Unit has no doubt assisted us in the progress we've made."


Bristol Rovers showed their promotion credentials with a hard-fought victory at Oldham.

The Pirates, who are now unbeaten in four games, sealed the points with goals from on-loan Chelsea duo Charlie Colkett and Jake Clarke-Salter.
Rovers full-back Lee Brown almost made the breakthrough when his skimming drive forced a low save from Oldham goalkeeper Connor Ripley.
The visitors deservedly went ahead on 25 minutes as Oldham only half-cleared a corner and, from 16 yards, Colkett smashed a powerful drive just inside the post.
Oldham were being outplayed in all areas, with their defence again pulled apart when Colkett wasted a first-half chance to double the lead.
It was a more even contest after the break, though Rovers goalkeeper Kelle Roos was not tested until the 65th minute when he beat away Lee Erwin's free-kick.
Roos also saved a 30-yard strike from Ryan Flynn as Oldham enjoyed their brightest spell.
But Rovers secured the win in the 87th minute when Clarke-Salter headed in from six yards.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Bristol Rovers 2.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 0, Bristol Rovers 2.
Foul by Byron Moore (Bristol Rovers).
Ousmane Fane (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Calaum Jahraldo-Martin (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Matty Taylor (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing misses to the right.
Goal!  Oldham Athletic 0, Bristol Rovers 2. Jake Clarke-Salter (Bristol Rovers) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Chris Lines with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Bristol Rovers. Conceded by Ousmane Fane.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Calaum Jahraldo-Martin replaces Paul Green.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers).
Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Foul by Darius Osei (Oldham Athletic).
Tom Lockyer (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Darius Osei replaces Freddie Ladapo.
Attempt saved. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Cristian Montaño replaces Charlie Colkett.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Byron Moore replaces Hiram Boateng.
Attempt saved. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) header from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Lee Brown.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
James Clarke (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Lee Brown.
Attempt saved. Rory Gaffney (Bristol Rovers) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
James Clarke (Bristol Rovers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Freddie Ladapo (Oldham Athletic).
Attempt blocked. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Kelle Roos.
Attempt saved. Ryan Flynn (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Bristol Rovers. Jake Clarke-Salter replaces Peter Hartley because of an injury.
Foul by Stuart Sinclair (Bristol Rovers).
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.


Three men have been charged after police seized herbal cannabis worth an estimated £300,000, in Lurgan, County Armagh.

The drug was discovered in vehicles on the Derrymacash Road on Friday.
Three men, aged 32, 36 and 59, have been charged with possession, intent to supply and being concerned in the supply of class B drugs.
They are due to appear at Lisburn Magistrates' Court on Monday.


A former youth football coach and top-flight assistant referee has been accused of a catalogue of child sex offences in Scotland.

Pete Haynes, 50, claims Hugh Stevenson sexually abused him over a three to four-year period from 1979.
The Scottish Football Association accredited match official coached hundreds of boys with youth teams in Glasgow and Renfrewshire.
Mr Haynes waived his right to anonymity to speak to BBC Scotland.
He said he reported the allegations to the police in 1993 and 1996 and also warned the SFA, but said he was never told of any outcome.
Mr Haynes said the abuse began the day of the 1979 Scottish Cup Final between Rangers and Hibernian at Hampden Park - the day before his 13th birthday.
Some weeks earlier, Hugh Stevenson had approached the boy, who was developing into a gifted footballer, with the promise of a trial for a bigger club.
Mr Stevenson, who died in 2004, had officiated at the semi- final of the 1979 tournament, and offered to take the child to the final. He said he would have to ask his parents.
Mr Haynes said: "He came up to the house, he was adorned in his SFA blazer with his badge on. Very official, very reassuring, I would imagine, for, for my mum and dad - and asked them politely if he could take me to the match.
"I still have that programme, yeah…because that day was the day that my life changed.
"I was confused really, I had no idea what was going on.  I was 12, going on for 13. It was the last thing I was expecting to happen that day. That was the start of three, possibly four years, of intense abuse at the hands of Hugh Stevenson.
"[It happened] two or three times a week on average…he always, from that point on, he always seemed to know where I would be because of my football connections.  There would always be a fixture list published anyway so he would know them well in advance.
"He would take coaches of boys…away for football tournaments. At those times I would get a break…but it was every week, it was every few days.
"It escalated quite quickly. From that point on the abuse would take place in his house. He done things to me that I find difficult to talk about in great detail but it was about every depraved sexual act that you can think of, up to and including rape.  I was raped dozens of times over a period of three-and-a-half years.
"I was ashamed…I knew [my parents] would support me but it wasn't something I wanted to burden them with.
"The main feeling that I had was shame, ashamed of myself. I felt dirty."
Pete Haynes said the abuse continued until about 1982, until he felt able to stand up to Stevenson and put a stop to it.
But it would be another 10 years before he told anyone his story. He told his family and reported it to the police in 1993.
He said: "I contacted the police in Paisley, K Division. They went off and I'm fairly sure in a very short space of time Hugh Stevenson was arrested and charged."
Asked what happened to the charges, he said: "I've no idea. He never went to court."
He said he turned to the Scottish Football Association and was invited to meet the late Jim Farry, the then chief executive.
He said: "They did tell me that Hugh Stevenson was known to them but he was no longer an SFA affiliate.  They said they were very sorry for what had happened to me and, in way of some sort of apology, they gave me a tour of the building in Park Gardens.
"And that was it. That was the last I heard from them.
The BBC has established that he was on the official list of SFA referees between 1964 and 1983.
He was assistant referee in at least four international matches, including the England v Wales home international at Wembley in 1977.
He is also listed as a club official for the well-known feeder club Eastercraigs Boys Club for periods between the late 1970s and mid 1980s.
The BBC understands he was asked to leave Eastercraigs in the mid-80s for attempting inappropriate contact with a boy at another club. He then moved to the Glasgow-based Chelsea Boys Club, which had an affiliation to the London club.
Later, it is understood Hugh Stevenson was involved with the Paisley-based Ferguslie United.
The BBC has spoken to a number of former players at Eastercraigs who, speaking on condition of anonymity, told of attempts by the coach to "groom" them. One man said he raised the alarm with his parents over Stevenson's alleged behaviour, and they removed him from the club.
Pete Haynes' mother Cathy, told the BBC she had been devastated when she learned of his story in 1993.
"In a way it was like the world ended. It was horrible. Truly horrible. Even now...it's still painful. I just cuddled him. That was really all we could do."
Mrs Haynes, 70, said she had learned Stevenson was still active within youth football in Renfrewshire in the mid-1990s, and tried to report it to a local football official who, she says, refused to listen.
"He didn't want to know," she said.
Mr Haynes said he returned to the police with this information, but never heard anything back.
On Monday evening the Scottish Youth Football Association, an affiliate of the SFA, announced it had suspended a member of staff.
A spokesman for the SYFA said: "After we were informed of allegations relating to a period prior to the SYFA's formation in 1999, we have placed a member of staff on precautionary suspension while further investigations are carried out.
"We deal with all matters involving child safety with the utmost seriousness and will be undertaking our investigations promptly and rigorously."
The BBC understands the suspension is related to the alleged handling of information provided by the Haynes family in the 1990s, and not allegations of child abuse.
In his first interview on the burgeoning child sex abuse in football scandal, SFA chief executive Stewart Regan told the BBC his organisation took full responsibility for the child protection failings of the past.
He said: "I'm sickened as a father, as a director of the Scottish FA. It sickens me to the stomach to think that somebody (a) has been abused and (b) has tried to report it and has received no positive feedback or help or assistance in actually taking the matter forward.
"Clearly at the moment we need to understand the information and we're grateful to the BBC and indeed grateful to Peter Haynes for having the guts and the bravery to come forward and speak about something that must be pretty uncomfortable for him.
"I apologise deeply to Peter Haynes for the fact that this matter wasn't taken seriously. It was an issue that clearly him and his parents felt so strongly about that they tried to do everything that they possibly could, and the Scottish FA at the time didn't appear to listen, and nothing came of it. That's unacceptable.
"It's certainly something today that we would not tolerate. We would operate with a zero tolerance policy towards any child abuse, and indeed we've put in place the procedures, policies and directives going forward.
"But they won't be of any comfort to historic victims, and I do hope that those out there that are listening to these allegations will actually pick the phone up and let us know if there's any information they feel we should be aware of.
"I'll be absolutely clear - we will take action, if we have any evidence whatsoever of child abuse or of any wrongdoing we will take action and we will deal with it in the strongest possible way."
Police Scotland confirmed investigations had been carried out in the 1990s into Hugh Stevenson.
Det Ch Supt Lesley Boal said: "Police Scotland can confirm that following a report of non-recent child sexual abuse, a then 55-year-old man was subject of a criminal investigation by Strathclyde Police.
"This resulted in a prosecution report being submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) in 1993.
"The same man was subject of a further investigation by Strathclyde Police in 1996 and a further prosecution report was submitted to COPFS."
A COPFS spokesperson said: "We do not have computerised access to reports said to have been submitted more than twenty years ago and therefore we cannot readily confirm how the report was dealt with."
Mr Haynes said he had waited years for his opportunity to speak out, and that he now hopes his coming forward will give strength to others who suffered similar abuse.
He added: "I would encourage them to come forward and give information, whether they do that anonymously or like myself come forward and speak out about it.  Anything like that would help this stop because at the end of the day we are all older now.  We have children.  They need to be protected as well."
The NSPCC offers a free helpline for footballers who have been abused. It is available 24 hours a day on 0800 023 2642.


Crystal Palace are looking to appoint a long-term manager who will not treat the club as a "stepping stone", says chairman Steve Parish.

Sam Allardyce resigned as boss on 23 May after just five months in the role.
The Eagles are looking for their eighth manager in seven years, but Parish is seeking someone to come in "over a long period of time".
"We do not really want someone who sees it as a stepping stone," Parish told American radio station SiriusXM FC.
Allardyce replaced Alan Pardew in December on a two-and-half-year deal with the Eagles one point above the relegation zone.
He led the club to eight wins in 21 games to guide them to a 14th-place finish.
"In the past we have had managers like Steve Coppell who have been at the club a long time and helped build the club," added Parish.
"If we could get one of those relationships again that would be preferable."
Parish said he wanted a manager who would build on, rather than change, the playing style that has kept the club in the top flight for the past four seasons.
He added: "We have got a personnel and a way of playing. It has served us well. Do we try and change that again?
"That will inform probably where we go on the list of managers. After that you are just looking for somebody who has got a long-term view for the club."


Voters in the Republic of Ireland will go to the polls on Friday to decide whether to enshrine marriage equality in the constitution.

Ireland will be the first country to use a national referendum to extend marriage rights to gay couples.
The signs are that voters will take the opportunity to move towards a more open and pluralistic society.
Many question the wisdom of putting the rights of a minority up to a vote of a majority.
Furthermore, there is some dispute about whether a referendum is legally necessary; after all, other countries have simply changed the law.
But Ireland has quite an extensive written constitution and it can be amended only by process of national referendum.
The constitution does not define marriage as being between a man and a woman, but there is uncertainty over whether any legislation extending marriage rights could be open to legal challenge in the Supreme Court.
It is likely that a cautious government opted for direct engagement with the electorate by referendum rather than running the gauntlet of producing legislation on marriage equality, which could have been struck down by the courts and then would have needed to be put to a referendum in any case.
In 2010, the government enacted civil partnership legislation, which provided legal recognition of the partnerships of gay couples.
But there are some important differences between civil partnership and marriage, the critical one being that marriage is protected in the constitution while civil partnership is not. It could be removed through the same legislative process by which it was introduced.
This referendum has been in the pipeline since the Fine Gael-Labour coalition government took office in 2011, when the Deputy Prime Minister, or TÃ¡naiste, Eamon Gilmore called it: "The civil rights issue of our generation."
A constitutional convention established by the government considered the specifics of the proposal on extending marriage rights.
The convention voted in favour of the proposal and the date for the referendum was agreed earlier this year.
All political parties in parliament have endorsed the marriage equality proposal, with just five of the 226 members of parliament publicly announcing they will vote against.
Opinion polls are also predicting a vote in favour - a year ago, they pointed to a Yes vote of close to 80%.
Since then, the margin has tightened but three weekend opinion polls indicated that the proposal should still pass with a reasonable margin of support - probably in the region of 60%.
The referendum campaign has been slightly more respectful than some of the deeply divisive and nasty social policy referendums on divorce and abortion in the 1980s and 1990s, but many of the same campaigners are still on the field, particularly on the No side.
The Yes campaign is led by an active, crowdfunded and very effective referendum umbrella group, Yes Equality, and is joined by all of the political parties.
The No campaign has been spearheaded by a number of Catholic lay civil society groups, with the institutional Catholic Church playing a relatively low-key role in the background.
The Catholic Church, once a dominant player on the political scene, has seen its role and influence diminished greatly by decades of child abuse scandals.
In a poll last weekend, we found that some 35% still rely on the Church as a source of influence in their vote.
This figure may seem high by international standards, but it marks a significant diminution of the influence of the Catholic Church.
The No side relies heavily on traditional models of the family and in common with referendums that touched on family issues in the past, it speaks to the grave societal dangers of moving away from family values and a society built on the core, heterosexual married family unit with children.
In contrast, the Yes campaign has concentrated on equality as the central plank of its argument and has used personal testimony from high-profile gay citizens and children of gay parents to great effect in the many radio and TV debates.
Irish society has become more secular over the past few decades and indeed constitutional changes have often lagged overall attitudes on social and moral issues.
Contentious debates on divorce in the 1980s and 1990s faded very quickly when divorce was passed by referendum in 1995. Indeed, successive surveys have demonstrated that divorce is now a largely uncontroversial issue.
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There has been movement in attitudes to abortion although it is still contentious. However, voters have twice rejected referendum proposals (1992 and 2002) aimed at making abortion provision stricter.
Eventually, a brave government will have to run the gauntlet of the vocal but increasingly minority conservative right and offer a referendum proposal on abortion, which would liberalise it, rather than restrict it.
Ireland has long been seen as a conservative Catholic country - after all homosexuality was decriminalised only in 1993 after a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights.
However, the country has experienced rapid social and political change since the 1970s and all the indications are that it will take a further step away from its conservative past on Friday.
Dr Jane Suiter is director of the Institute for Future Media and Journalism at Dublin City University and Dr Theresa Reidy is a lecturer in the department of government at University College Cork.


The father of a teenager who was shot dead in a revenge attack has urged people to hand illegally held guns into police as part of an amnesty.

Giuseppe Gregory, 16, was the last fatal gang shooting in Manchester, outside a Stretford pub on 11 May 2009.
His father, James, said: "Don't let weapons be your first choice to solve a disagreement."
Greater Manchester Police is asking for weapons to be handed in anonymously so they do not fall into criminals' hands.
The two-week amnesty is the force's first since 2008 when more than 1,000 guns were handed in.
From Saturday 12 July at 07:00 BST until Saturday 26 July at 11:59 those surrendering firearms at any police station will not face prosecution for illegal possession and they can remain anonymous.
In 2011, Moses Mathias, then aged 18, was jailed for life after admitting murdering Giuseppe Gregory in a revenge attack over the shooting of his friend in a betting shop in south Manchester.
Det Ch Insp Debbie Dooley said the police "work hard to educate young people about firearms and the dangers that come with them, to ensure that gun crime doesn't become prevalent in the future".
Greater Manchester's Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Lloyd, said: "Every weapon removed from the streets potentially represents a life saved, so take this opportunity to do the right thing."


The dangers facing Formula 1 pit-lane mechanics were brought into sharp focus by two alarming incidents during Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix.

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McLaren's Fernando Alonso so nearly hit his front jackman when his brakes failed while entering his pit box, the quick feet of the mechanic averting a collision.
Lotus's front jackman was less fortunate a few laps later when Romain Grosjean was unable to stop safely in the slippery pit lane and clattered into his mechanic, pitching him into the air.
An icepack to the groin and a bandage on the arm had the mechanic patched up and smiling again, but all the same, it was a timely reminder that the F1 pit lane is one of sport's most dangerous environments.
Add into the mix the fact that these guys are normally jet-lagged, work long hours - 18-hour days are not unheard of - spend half their lives away from home, and it's fair to brand the life of an F1 mechanic a hard one.
They deserve our respect, and here's a few more reasons why:
When Nelson Piquet Jnr purposely crashed his Renault on lap 14 of the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, the Brazilian was lucky his 'crash' did not result in a truly serious pit-lane incident.
Rushing to get race leader Felipe Massa back on track during the safety car period that followed, Ferrari's electronic pit-release system prematurely turned green, causing him to pull away with the refuelling hose still attached.
Massa knocked over a mechanic and tore the refuelling hose away from the equipment, which stayed clamped to the side of the car, before he pulled over at the end of the pit lane.
A handful of Ferrari mechanics sprinted to release the hose but the damage was done. An almost certain victory and 10 points were lost. Come season's end Massa would lose the title by one point.
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Perhaps the most famous of all the sport's pit-lane incidents occurred 21 years ago at Hockenheim.
On lap 15 of the 1994 German Grand Prix, the Benetton of Jos Verstappen came in for a routine pit stop only to suffer a catastrophic failure of the refuelling hose, spraying car, driver and mechanics with fuel that quickly ignited.
The fire was extinguished after only a few seconds but not before Verstappen - father of Toro Rosso driver Max -  and a handful of mechanics suffered minor burns. It later emerged that a 'junior member' of the Benetton team had removed a filter from the hose, causing the conflagration.
The Benetton team had another scare in 1995 when Steve Matchett was very nearly dragged down the pit lane by Johnny Herbert when the rear jack became lodged underneath the car as the Briton accelerated out of his pit box at the Spanish Grand Prix.
Matchett later went on to become a broadcaster and author and described the incident in his 1999 book 'The Mechanic's Tale':
"The next thing I remember was a terrifically violent lunge from the jack handles as Herbert released the full might of the 800-horsepower engine. Within the space of one second the car was doing 40 miles an hour. Fortunately I managed to get free, but the jack travelled the entire length of the pit lane before finally disengaging itself from the car.
"I felt both my arms stretch, snap and pop back again; nothing broken, thank God, but two sharp spears of pain like nothing I'd ever felt before. It was a relief when they finally went numb."
If you want to fully appreciate the strides taken in F1 safety over the years, you could do worse than watch the utterly shambolic start to the 1981 Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder.
With just seconds to go before the race start, the cars, hopelessly out of sequence, were still forming up on the grid. Amid the confused scenes, the Arrows of Riccardo Patrese stalled and his chief mechanic, Dave Luckett, went to his aid - just as race was started.
Luckett ducked behind the rear wing of Patrese's car and was avoided by half a dozen cars, but was struck by the second Arrows of the unsighted Siegfried Stohr, leaving him with a badly broken leg and arm and a hand injury.
The incident came just two days after Osella mechanic Giovanni Amadeo was killed when he fell off the pit wall during practice and was struck by the Williams of Carlos Reutemann.
During the days of in-race refuelling there were countless incidents involving drivers setting off while the fuel hose - and refuelling man - was attached to the car.
One of the most famous involved Ferrari's Michael Schumacher in Spain in 2000, when the German was wrongly given the signal to leave the pit box and struck chief mechanic Nigel Stepney, who suffered a broken ankle.
The 1994 San Marino Grand Prix weekend will forever be remembered for the sad losses of Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger, a twin tragedy that paved the way for a raft of safety improvements in the sport.
Yet one of the key safety revisions to come out of that weekend - a limit on the speed cars could travel in the pit lane - had nothing to do with those terrible crashes.
That change came about due to an incident involving Michele Alboreto, whose Minardi shed a rear wheel as he accelerated away after a pit stop on lap 48, with four mechanics - two from Lotus and two from Ferrari - injured in the incident.


Ricky Burns says a world title fight with Adrien Broner could still happen in 2017 despite the American announcing another opponent for his next fight.

The WBA super-lightweight champion had hoped to face Broner in Las Vegas in February, but Broner will instead fight Adrian Granados that month.
"The fight is still a possibility, but I don't think it will happen until April or May," Scot Burns, 33, said.
Four-division world champion Broner faces American Granados on 11 February.
"I'll sit down with my team in the next couple of weeks and decide what's next," said Burns, who defended his WBA belt against Kiryl Relikh last month.
"I don't know what they've got planned for me, if I'm going to try to get another fight in, or go after another big name."
When Burns was preparing for Relikh, the expectation was that victory would secure a meeting with 27-year-old Broner, who was stripped of his WBA light-welterweight title in April after failing to make the weight for his fight with Britain's Ashley Theophane.
"When we're in the gym, sparring and training, I would know if I still didn't have it and Tony [Sims, his trainer] would be the first to tell me. I've definitely still got a few big nights left in me," Burns said.
"The Hydro [in Glasgow] is some venue. The last couple of fights I've been in there and, if the chance came to get one of these big names over, that would be great.
"Las Vegas was talked about, so if it is over there then I can't complain."
Burns, the first Scot to win world titles at three different weights, was talking at the launch of the North Lanarkshire Sporting Hall of Fame at Ravenscraig.
He is one of the potential first inductees - with nominees selected by public vote for a specially convened panel to then make the final decision on inclusion in February 2017.
Former Manchester United manager Sir Matt Busby and former world snooker champion John Higgins could also be among the first 10 figures to be inducted, with the hall of fame to be housed at Ravenscraig Sports complex.
Burns hopes the initiative - the first of its kind to be launched by a local authority and which is backed by SportScotland - will inspire the next generation of sports people.
"They were saying that possibly I might be up for nomination, since people can vote to see who goes into it," Burns said. "When I started boxing, I never dreamed that I would be where I am today. If it did happen, I'd be over the moon.
"Over the years, in all different sports, hopefully the hall of fame is going to inspire the up-and-coming sports people.
"Who knows, in a few years' time, if they work hard and show the discipline they need, they might get their photos up on that wall."


Welsh Labour ministers have agreed a deal with opposition parties to ensure their budget is passed in the Senedd.

Around £100m will be devoted to Plaid Cymru and Liberal Democrat priorities, including money to treat more patients in the community rather than hospital.
There is also a doubling of funding for a scheme to help poorer school pupils.
Lacking an overall majority, Labour needs agreement to approve its 2014/15 spending plans, expected to be the toughest since devolution in 1999.
The full draft budget, worth around £15bn, will be published on Tuesday afternoon, with AMs due to vote on the final version before Christmas.
£50m will be spent on the fund to keep more patients, who do not need to be admitted, out of hospital and treated in the community.
A further £9.5m will be used to provide robotic prostate cancer treatment in north and south west Wales and to improve telemedicine services, allowing more specialist consultations closer to patients' homes.
£35m was secured to expand a Liberal Democrat flagship policy, the pupil deprivation grant.
It currently gives schools £450 for every child eligible for free school meals.
This will now rise to £918 per pupil in 2014/15.
A £5.5m fund to prevent homelessness amongst vulnerable people was also announced.
A joint statement from First Minister Carwyn Jones, Plaid leader Leanne Wood and Welsh Lib Democrat leader Kirsty Williams called it an "unprecedented £100m agreement".
The deal between government and opposition was announced as public services  braced themselves for spending cuts, expected to be announced a few hours later by Finance Minister Jane Hutt.
Local councils had already been warned they will be exposed to more cuts than in previous years.
A Welsh government source said ministers were preparing to deliver "the toughest budget since devolution".
By Daniel DaviesBBC Wales News political reporter
There is a new alignment in the assembly and that, I suppose you could say, reduced the options available to Carwyn Jones and his finance minister Jane Hutt.
This year Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats joined forces so Jane Hutt had to negotiate a deal that is palatable to both those parties.
Local government has been warned to expect cuts and there was a review of health spending over the summer and we will have to wait to see what comes of that.
Could it mean more cash for the NHS? Could it mean that the decision to not link health spending to inflation is reversed?
But it is a zero sum game. If someone is a winner, someone else will be a loser.
John Rae, director of resources with the Welsh Local Government Association, said: "We estimate we are facing cuts of around 4% after the local government minister warned us we'd be looking at English-style reductions."
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, he said there had been "a level of protection" to local government in Wales, and a study had shown that until now councils in Wales probably had taken "half the cut that councils in England had faced".
He added that all the councils in Wales had their own priorities, but services in "discretionary areas" such as leisure, culture, planning, libraries, highways, street lights and economic development would be affected.
The Conservatives have previously criticised Labour for not protecting the health budget against inflation.
Spending on the NHS has been frozen in recent years - meaning it has been cut in real terms after taking account of inflation.
A review of the health budget was carried out over the summer.
Speaking ahead of the draft budget, shadow finance minister Paul Davies AM criticised the situation in the NHS in Wales where "patients are routinely waiting over four hours to be seen in A&E".
He added: "For the sake of our NHS, Carwyn Jones must use this draft budget to reverse Labour's damaging health cuts."
In the last two years, Labour has done separate budget deals with Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats.
This year, Plaid and the Lib Dems have joined forces to negotiate a deal with the government.
An assessment by the Institute for Fiscal Studies think-tank said the UK government's block grant to Wales in 2013/14 would be around 9.4% smaller in real terms than it was in 2010/11.
More cuts announced for the two years after that would take the reduction to 12.2%.


A humpback whale has been rescued for the second time after becoming entangled in fishing gear off Devon.

It was cut free off Blackpool Sands on Saturday afternoon by the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) and the RNLI Salcombe lifeboat crews.
Since it was first sighted in Start Bay in February, the whale has drawn visitors from all over the UK.
Two weeks ago, volunteers from the BDMLR had to cut the creature free from whelk pot ropes.
"Fortunately this time it was a much easier operation and with the experience we had from the last time, it was all done and dusted in about an hour," the BDMLR's Dan Jarvis told BBC News.
"The whale was quite exhausted, but they're very intelligent animals, so I'd like to think it knew we were trying to help and was very cooperative."
The rescue operation was coordinated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
Mr Jarvis said the whale would be on its migration route north, possibly to Iceland or Norway, but it was likely to remain in the area while there is plentiful plankton and small fish.
"It hasn't left the area for over a month, so there's obviously fantastic feeding," he said.
"If there are a lot of people out on boats over the Easter holidays trying to see the animal, I'd remind them that whales are protected from harassment, so they should keep their distance - ideally a minimum of 50m to 100m (165ft - 328ft)."


Dog owners in the UK are being warned about an outbreak of an animal disease that is carried by ticks.

It is the first time that experts have established an outbreak of babesiosis in the country.
In Essex, two dogs have died and three others needed blood transfusions after contracting the disease.
Experts say that it will be impossible to stop the spread of the disease, which is caused by a single-celled parasite.
The ticks carrying the Babesia canis parasite have been found in fields in Harlow, Essex. The local council has put up a sign with a map defining the area and advising dog walkers not to enter.
Two government agencies are now investigating the outbreak: the Animal and Plant Health Agency and Public Health England.
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Clive Swainsbury is a vet at the Forest Veterinary Centre in Harlow. He has been treating some of infected dogs, including the one that died.
"The parasite enters the bloodstream, enters the cells, and in the process of trying to kill the parasite the dog will actually destroy its own blood cells.  So they become very anaemic."
The expectation is that it will spread throughout the country.
"At present we have a very well defined area. The problem in the future is that every female tick will lay a couple of thousand eggs and all those offspring from that disease will also carry the disease.
"As mammals move around they will start spreading the disease. Although you can advise dog walkers not to go there, it's possible that foxes and other animals will transport these ticks."
The symptoms of babesiosis within dogs include weakness, lethargy, pale gums, red urine and fever. A serious problem is that Babesia can be mistaken for other less dangerous diseases.
"It's easy to miss it. And because it's a new disease to this country, we as a profession aren't used to looking for this disease on a regular basis."
The tick acts as a vector. In the same way that a mosquito transmits malaria by sucking the blood from a person, the tick does the same to an animal. It also sucks blood and in the process of feeding the disease will transmit from the tick to the dog. It's not contagious between dogs themselves.
The Pet Food Manufacturer's Association estimates that there are more than nine million dogs in the UK - almost a quarter of households.
It's dogs that spend a lot of time outdoors, especially in rough and wooded areas, that are most at risk.
"The only solution is to kill the ticks quickly," says Mr Swainsbury. "Some of the tick products available will kill the tick quick enough to prevent the tick spreading the disease to the dog, because the tick needs to be feeding for 24 hours at least before it transmits the disease.
"But not all tick products do that and you need to seek advice from your vet."
The tick found in the UK carrying the Babesia canis strain is called Dermacentor reticulatus.
Prof Richard Wall is professor of zoology at the University of Bristol. He is helping to conduct the largest every veterinary study of ticks and tick-borne diseases, called the Big Tick Project.
"People who work on ticks and tick-borne diseases are concerned about this outbreak. It could be the tip of the iceberg. If it spreads quickly throughout the UK then it is going to be a very significant problem, but we don't have enough info at this stage to make a prediction about how quickly this will happen.
"It's highly unlikely that the problem will now disappear, we have the vectors, we have the pathogens established in the UK."
TV naturalist Chris Packham says: "The population of ticks is getting bigger year on, year on. That's because there is better over winter survival of the adults  - it's warm and mild through our winters and that means they can breed more quickly in the spring and there are a lot more of them.
"These animals are very good at what they do, and they need to find hosts to suck its blood to reproduce, and they do it brilliantly. So if you walk in an area where there are ticks, with a dog, they will get on to your dog."
There are several species of Babesia and some of them affect humans. In parts of the world including the United States, human babesiosis is transmitted by the same tick that carries Lyme Disease, caused by Borrelia bacteria.
"The first thing that dog owners can do to protect their animals is to be aware of the problem. Your dog could become very seriously ill or die, and if you get Lyme disease then the same could be the case for you."


Glasgow Warriors have signed the former Scotland captain and British & Irish Lions scrum-half Mike Blair on a two-year contract.

Blair, capped 85 times, will move to Scotstoun in the summer from Newcastle Falcons, subject to a medical.
The 33-year-old returns to Scotland three years after leaving Glasgow's rivals Edinburgh for French side Brive.
He told Glasgow Warriors website: "I'm excited about moving back to Scotland and joining a very ambitious club."
After a year in France, Blair joined Newcastle and has since made 39 appearances for the Premiership side.
He retired from international rugby in January 2013 having played in three World Cups and being part of the 2009 British and Irish Lions squad, which toured South Africa.
Blair played 158 games for Edinburgh in a 10-year spell, helping them reach the semi-finals of the European Cup in 2012.
He said that one of his reasons for joining Glasgow was the opportunity to work again with head coach Gregor Townsend.
Speaking to BBC's Good Morning Scotland, he said: "He's done a great job with Glasgow. I knew him through playing with him at Scotland level, playing against him when he was at the Borders, and he was the backs coach at Scotland when I was there as well.
"He's a guy I've learned a lot of from a playing side as well as coaching side so I look forward to working with him.
"It's a good pathway for my career coming to the latter stages. It'll be great to play a bit of rugby and learn coaching wise off the likes of Gregor Townsend so it's a good move all round.
"I've got some great memories from playing with Edinburgh and the set-up there at Murrayfield, but Glasgow is a very good fit for me. They approached me very early on to ask what I was doing next year and I'm really pleased to get something organised and sorted with them.
"I coach down here at Newcastle, I coach the local team Ponteland Rugby Club. I really enjoy doing that, and that's the next progression in my career when I stop playing hopefully."
Townsend is looking forward to adding Blair's experience to the playing and coaching group.
"We expect Mike to compete hard for a starting place with our other nines next season and in addition bring a wealth of experience and knowledge to the club," he said.


Gillian Duffy is a pensioner from Rochdale who shot to fame in 2010 when Gordon Brown called her "bigoted" after she challenged him on immigration.

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Mr Brown didn't realise he was being recorded at the time, and - of course - apologised.
BBC Newsnight caught up with Mrs Duffy as part of its My Decision series, where a number of figures explain how they plan to vote in the EU referendum - and the thinking behind their decision.
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A condition known as "broken heart syndrome" may cause longer-lasting damage than previously thought, a study has found.

Aberdeen University researchers looked at 52 patients with Takotsubo syndrome.
It can be triggered by severe emotional distress, such as the death of a loved one, and can cause temporary heart failure.
Until now, it was thought the heart fully recovered, but the findings suggested more long-term damage.
The condition affects more than 3,000 people a year in the UK. However, it is sometimes seen in people who have not had any acute emotional stress or bereavement.
Symptoms are similar to a heart attack and the syndrome, which mostly affects women, is usually diagnosed in hospital.
This latest research, funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF), has been published in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography.
The team from Aberdeen used ultrasound and cardiac MRI scans to look at how the patients' hearts were functioning.
The results suggested that the syndrome permanently affected the heart's pumping motion, delaying the twisting or "wringing" motion made by the muscle during a heartbeat. The heart's squeezing motion was also reduced.
The researchers also found that parts of the heart's muscle were replaced by fine scars, which reduce the elasticity of the heart and prevent it from contracting properly.
They said the findings may help to explain why takotsubo sufferers have similar long-term survival rates to people who have had a heart attack.
Dr Dana Dawson, who led the research, said: "We used to think that people who suffered from takotsubo cardiomyopathy would fully recover, without medical intervention.
"Here we've shown that this disease has much longer lasting damaging effects on the hearts of those who suffer from it."
Figures have shown that between 3% and 17% of people with the syndrome die within five years of diagnosis.
Some 90% of sufferers are female and a stressful trigger is identified in about 70% of cases.
Prof Metin Avkiran, associate medical director at the BHF, added: "This study has shown that in some patients who develop Takotsubo syndrome various aspects of heart function remain abnormal for up to four months afterwards.
"Worryingly, these patients' hearts appear to show a form of scarring, indicating that full recovery may take much longer, or indeed may not occur, with current care.
"This highlights the need to urgently find new and more effective treatments for this devastating condition."


A jaw-dropping last-second Bob McHugh goal put Falkirk in the Premiership play-off final to face Kilmarnock.

On a night of unending drama, the hosts got an early lead and a 3-2 aggregate advantage through Blair Alston.
Hibs hit back quickly, James Keatings scoring twice in three minutes, the first from the penalty spot.
Luke Leahy struck an equaliser before Hibs' Jason Cummings' thumped the bar. Extra-time beckoned, but in the last act, McHugh turned in a long throw-in.
His strike sent the home support into total delirium; Hibs face another long season in the Championship, their third in a row.
Some of the matches between these teams have had an epic quality to them and this one was the most breathless of the lot.
Falkirk were bright and accurate in the opening stages and were ahead when McHugh played in Alston to beat Conrad Logan.
It was a nicely-created goal and a dream beginning for the home side who continued to dominate until midway through the half. Hibs had been flat and unthreatening and in the relative blink of an eye became energised and dangerous.
They were level when Keatings was hauled down by David McCracken in the box. Craig Thomson's decision to award the penalty was straightforward but he could - and probably should - have gone further.
McCracken was fortunate not to be sent off. For the second time in this tie - he got away with a surreal handball incident in the first leg - the Falkirk man had a very lucky escape.
Thomson's punishment began and ended with the penalty - and it was put away in style by Keatings, who sent Danny Rogers the wrong way.
Moments later, Hibs were ahead. After a woeful first 30 minutes, Anthony Stokes made a contribution, putting in a cross from the left to Keatings, who still, in fairness, had a world of work to do to get his header past Rogers.
He angled his effort back across the goalkeeper, the ball almost travelling in slow motion and into the back of the Falkirk goal. It was a rapid-fire and stunning turnaround, a double blow that stunned Peter Houston's team.
They don't often stay stunned for long, though. Falkirk have shown all season that they have seemingly bottomless reserves of resilience. They've shown it most especially in recent 2-2 draws against Hibs.. And they showed it again, in the most dramatic way.
The game had meandered its way to the 79th minute. There'd been a few half-chances for both sides but nothing too clear-cut. Hibs looked in control. They had Falkirk pegged in their own half and looked comfortable. Then Leahy unleashed that bullet and the narrative changed anew.
When David Gray nodded clear from his own penalty area he can't have sensed what was coming next. Nobody did. As the ball fell from the sky to the floor, Leahy appeared on the scene and rifled it low and hard and true past Logan.
The strike couldn't have been any sweeter had Leahy emptied a bucket of sugar on the ball before thumping it home.
This great footballing odyssey had a way to go yet. Jason Cummings came on to the field and promptly rattled Rogers' crossbar with a howitzer from over 30 yards out. Rogers got a touch on it and Hibs were denied a sensational winner just two minutes from time.
Just after, a Stokes header clipped the top of Rogers' crossbar.
Falkirk looked to be hanging on for extra-time. Not a bit of it. It was fitting that such a pulsating tie had a gob-smacking endgame.
A Falkirk throw-in from Will Vaulks, a ball bouncing free in the Hibs penalty box and McHugh firing it in off the post.
In a word: stunning. In another word: Falkirk.


A solicitor who was stabbed by his new wife had to use makeup to disguise injuries on his wedding day, a court has heard.

Sharon Edwards, 42, is charged with murdering David Edwards at their home in Chorley, Lancashire, in August.
Pictures of Mr Edwards showed him with a black eye and burst lip while his face was described as black and blue.
Mrs Edwards told Manchester Crown Court she had been "protective" of Mr Edwards and the stab wound was accidental.
Solicitor Mr Edwards, 51, was found dead in bed with a chest wound two months after the couple married in Las Vegas
Prosecutors said Mrs Edwards' claim her husband had walked into a kitchen knife was "fictional".
Mrs Edwards previously admitted holding the knife that killed him but denies deliberately pushing it into him.
During cross examination, prosecutor Anne Whyte QC challenged Mrs Edwards' version of events.
She said: "It is a wound caused by a knife that has gone 8cm into his chest and you hadn't realised that had happened?"
The defendant said: "I hadn't realised."
Ms Whyte QC suggested to Ms Edwards she was "making it up as you are going along".
She said the defendant fully appreciated "the supreme gravity of what happened".
"You were busy worrying about yourself," she said.
Mrs Edwards replied: "That is not true."
The prosecutor said: "I'm going to suggest you knew perfectly well you needed an explanation of why you were holding the knife at the time of your husband's fatal injury.
"You were thinking of number one."
Ms Whyte suggested Mrs Edwards had told her husband to "rewrite history" and lie about injuries she had inflicted on him.
The court heard he had told a doctor and a nurse that his wife regularly assaulted him.
In a recording of a conversation Mr Edwards had with his wife, he was heard to say "we are going to have to refine the excuse for my eye, you know the garage door that we made up, that doesn't wash".
Mrs Edwards said she had only ever slapped her husband but claimed he had not been frightened of her.
She told the court: "I was a loving wife and I was protective of him."
Ms Edwards denies the murder charge.
The trial continues.


Applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can boost maths skills up to six months later, say Oxford University researchers.

A small study in Current Biology suggests the brain stimulation technique makes neurons function more efficiently.
It could help those suffering with neurodegenerative illness, stroke or learning difficulties.
An expert said the technique could have "real, applied impact."
Transcranial random noise stimulation (TRNS) involves applying random electrical noise to targeted areas of the brain by placing electrodes on the surface of the scalp.
It is a relatively new method of brain stimulation which is painless and non-invasive.
Fifty-one students from the University of Oxford, split into two groups, were asked to perform two arithmetic tasks over a five-day period. Only one group received TRNS while performing the tasks each day.
The tasks tested participants' abilities for calculation (eg 32-17+5=20) and rote learning (committing times tables such as 4x8=32 to memory).
Dr Roi Cohen Kadosh, study author from the department of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, said the noise stimulation group showed improvements in cognitive and brain functions compared with the control group.
"Performance on both the calculation and rote learning tasks improved over the five days, and the former improvements were maintained until six months after training.
"Our neuro-imaging results suggested that TRNS increases the efficiency with which stimulated brain areas use their supplies of oxygen and nutrients."
There were no significant differences in performance between the groups at the start of the study yet TRNS was found to improve the speed of learning for both calculation and rote learning tasks.
Six months later, when participants were contacted again and asked to solve calculations, researchers found that the group which had received five days of transcranial random noise stimulation showed "superior long-term performance, compared to sham controls".
Cohen Kadosh and his colleagues had previously shown that another form of brain stimulation could make people better at learning and processing new numbers.
But he said transcranial random noise stimulation could help more people because it had the potential to improve the ability to add, subtract or multiply a string of numbers in your head - not just new number learning.
"Mental arithmetic is a more complex and challenging task, which more than 20% of people struggle with," the study said.
A learning disorder, called dyscalculia, which is characterised by struggles with arithmetic is thought to affect around 5%-7% of the population. Similar problems affect people suffering from neurodegenerative disease or stroke.
Cohen Kadosh added that it was important to identify any downsides of this and other similar forms of transcranial electrical stimulation to ensure that boosting one cognitive ability did not lead to damage in another.
Looking ahead, he said he hoped these stimulation techniques would one day be used in the clinic, the classroom and even at home.
Dr Michael Proulx, senior lecturer in psychology at Bath University, said the study findings were important and exciting.
"This study reinforces the idea that brain stimulation enhances cognitive training. It is not some panacea that just makes the brain work better overall, but it helps boost a learner's effort.
"The results also clarify that stimulation does not only improve specific learning, where practice might make perfect, but also generalised learning, where practising one skill can transfer to new situations."
He added: "These two findings suggest that this technique could have real, applied impact."


A new air ambulance, described as "the most advanced in the UK," is coming into service in mid Wales.

The new aircraft can fly at night and in bad weather, reach speeds of more than 150mph (241km/h), and replaces the current 20-year-old model.
The helicopter is the last of Wales' three air ambulances to be upgraded after the charity raised an extra Â£600,000.
A charity spokesman said it "belongs to the people of Wales".
The aircraft, which comes into service on Friday, can reach Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, from its base in Welshpool, Powys, in 12 minutes.
There is also more space for paramedics to treat patients, an additional seat for a doctor, nurse or a parent, and it has radar technology that can detect bad weather ahead.
The air ambulance can also carry an incubator - a first for the Welsh fleet - so it can fly sick children all over Wales.
Mark James, from the Wales Air Ambulance charity, said: "To be honest the paramedics are absolutely delighted with the aircraft. You can see they're running around like kids on Christmas morning.
"This aircraft is the most advanced air ambulance currently flying in the UK.
"It's brand new, it's straight off the production line and it's got all the bells and whistles on it."
Flight operations manager Jason Williams it was a "privilege" to fly the new aircraft.
"It's a phenomenal difference," he said.
"The speed of the aircraft is completely different. The avionics have got the new equipment that allows us to fly in worse conditions we wouldn't be flying in before."
Mr James added: "The wording on the side [of the aircraft] - 'funded by the people of Wales' - has always been behind everything we've done.
"It isn't our aircraft...it belongs to the people of Wales because they pay for it and if they didn't believe in what we were doing they wouldn't be paying for something like this."


Marc Muniesa scored his first Premier League goal to seal a deserved home win for Stoke over Burnley.

Striker Jonathan Walters put Stoke ahead with an exquisite finish, guiding home a volley from Mame Biram Diouf's teasing cross.
Spanish defender Muniesa made it 2-0 before half-time thanks to a crisp low volley following clever play on the left flank by Marko Arnautovic.
Burnley went close late on when Andre Gray's angled shot was parried by goalkeeper Lee Grant.
Stoke withdrew Arnautovic in the second half after he was on the receiving end of a strong tackle from on-loan Liverpool full-back Jon Flanagan.
Potters defender Bruno Martins Indi was also floored by an elbow from Ashley Barnes, although he recovered to complete the game.
Stoke's fifth win in seven games lifted them to ninth in the table, while Burnley slipped to 14th spot courtesy of a third successive defeat.
Eyebrows were raised when Stoke manager Mark Hughes decided not to recall Joe Allen to his starting line-up following suspension.
The former Liverpool midfielder has been one of Stoke's most influential performers this season and has scored four league goals.
Hughes, though, stuck with the same team which saw won 1-0 at Watford last weekend, and was rewarded with another determined and disciplined display.
The starting line-up might have lacked some of their star players - Wilfried Bony, Peter Crouch, and Bojan KrKic were also left on the bench - but Stoke proved the whole is greater than the sum of its parts to clinch a second win in a row.
Burnley's away record this season does not make pretty reading: one point, five defeats, one goal scored and 16 conceded.
Premier League survival will largely be determined by how many games they win in the familiar surroundings of Turf Moor.
However, it is essential the Clarets pick up points on the road sooner rather than later, especially against their fellow relegation contenders.
Two goals from Danny Ings gave Burnley a 2-1 win over Stoke in their previous meeting at the Potteries in November 2014.
Victory was Burnley's first away from home in the 2014-15 season, but there was no danger of a repeat on this occasion.
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Stoke manager Mark Hughes: "We performed superbly well in the first half and then the second half was more about game management and making sure we defended well as a group, which we did.
"I get a lot of pleasure from us doing that because it shows all the elements and characteristics of a really strong-minded group of players, which is what I have here.
"We see ourselves as a top-10 club so we have to maintain these levels now and try to build on the fact that we have suffered just one defeat in nine."
Burnley boss Sean Dyche: "I know we have to change our away form. That's an important part of the Premier League and, even though that's difficult, there were clear signs today that was a team that went to win a game.
"We haven't shown that much away from home, but we did today and I thought the mentality was clear and some of the football was good.
"We just have to keep believing we will get our rewards if we keep performing like that."
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Stoke City travel to Arsenal, who have not lost at home since the opening day of the season, on Saturday 10 December, when Burnley host Bournemouth at Turf Moor. Both matches kick off at 15:00 GMT.
Match ends, Stoke City 2, Burnley 0.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Burnley 0.
Attempt blocked. Ashley Barnes (Burnley) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andre Gray.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Jonathan Walters.
Substitution, Burnley. Michael Kightly replaces Scott Arfield.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Joe Allen.
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Joe Allen (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ashley Barnes (Burnley).
Substitution, Stoke City. Glenn Whelan replaces Charlie Adam.
Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Burnley. Dean Marney tries a through ball, but James Tarkowski is caught offside.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Lee Grant.
Attempt saved. Andre Gray (Burnley) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeff Hendrick.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Peter Crouch with a headed pass.
Charlie Adam (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Mee (Burnley).
Substitution, Burnley. James Tarkowski replaces Jon Flanagan.
Attempt blocked. Glen Johnson (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Ben Mee.
Attempt blocked. Peter Crouch (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Burnley. Sam Vokes replaces George Boyd.
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Ashley Barnes (Burnley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Hand ball by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Foul by Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City).
Stephen Ward (Burnley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jon Flanagan (Burnley).
Substitution, Stoke City. Peter Crouch replaces Marko Arnautovic because of an injury.
Giannelli Imbula (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.
Attempt missed. Ben Mee (Burnley) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Scott Arfield with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Burnley. Conceded by Glen Johnson.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Stoke City. Joe Allen replaces Xherdan Shaqiri.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


The NHS in Wales must speed up plans to introduce an electronic system for prescribing drugs, a Wales Audit Office report has said.

It said a detailed, time-bound plan for implementation should be outlined as the move could improve safety and efficiency.
A plan for the system has been in place since 2007 but prescribing is still paper-based in Welsh hospitals.
The scheme must be in place by 2023, but the WAO wants it brought in sooner.
WAO director David Thomas said a number of the NHS staff auditors spoken to cited "frustration" that it was taking so long to bring in an electronic prescribing system in Wales.
He said implementing one would result in a "much more effective and efficient system within hospitals".
The report also looked at other areas of prescribing and found there were some safety issues caused by incomplete medicine information on paper drug charts, including some which did not have information about patients' drug allergies.
There were also some instances where notes were unclear about whether patients had received the doses they were due.
The report also looked at how new medicines were chosen and although there is a national process for appraising new drugs, it found there were three instances where decisions had been taken outside that process.
The WAO would not provide details of the cases, but Mr Thomas said where new drugs are given there needed to be very clear reasons for doing so.
The report also found that while NHS Wales was taking steps to improve prescribing in the community, there was scope to further improve quality and costs.
It said health bodies were working together well to improve the way medicines are prescribed and managed, and in hospitals, pharmacy services were rated highly by staff.
However, auditors highlighted problems with medicine storage and gaps in information about drugs.
A Welsh Government spokesman said it was pleased the report recognised there were many good aspects of medicines management in Wales.
It added that since last year, it had made good progress on a number of earlier recommendations by the auditor general, and it would respond to the latest advisories shortly.
Responding to the report, Nick Ramsay, chairman of the assembly's public accounts committee, said it showed there was "still much to do to ensure the safe and cost effective use of medicines in Wales".


California Governor Jerry Brown has signed into law a ban on therapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight.

When the law comes into effect on 1 January, the Golden State will become the first to outlaw the practice for people under the age of 18.
The bill was backed by mental health groups, and gay rights activists say reparative or "conversion therapy" can increase risk of depression or suicide.
Counselling and prayer is used to help some Christians deal with gay urges.
The bill was signed over the weekend along with more than 100 pieces of legislation sent to the governor by California's state legislature.
Two Christian groups, the California-based Pacific Justice Institute and the Florida-based Liberty Counsel will challenge the law.
The Liberty Counsel said it planned to argue in its lawsuit that the measure infringes on the First Amendment and equal protection rights.
In his statement, Gov Brown said sexual orientation change efforts "have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery".
The Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group, said: "We're grateful to Governor Brown for standing with California's children.
"LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] youth will now be protected from a practice that has not only been debunked as junk science, but has been proven to have drastically negative effects on their well-being," the gay rights advocate added, urging other states to take up similar measures.
But the National Association for Research and Therapy on Homosexuality said the bill was a "legislative over-reach".
Some conservative groups have said banning the therapy would restrict a parent's right to care for children going through gender confusion.
California is embroiled in a long-standing legal tussle over gay marriage.
A law called Proposition 8 banned same-sex marriage in California just months after it had been introduced. But a court overturned the ban in 2010.
After an appeal was upheld, the matter may now come before the US Supreme Court for a final ruling.


The father of Claudia Lawrence is calling for more government action to help families manage the affairs of missing people.

Peter Lawrence said he wanted relatives of adults missing for more than three months to have "guardianship" of legal and financial matters on their behalf.
Miss Lawrence disappeared on her way to work in York in March 2009.
The Ministry of Justice said it was "crucial we get the legislation right on such a sensitive issue".
Under current law in England and Wales, the disappearance of a person does not affect the ownership or control of their property and affairs.
In March 2015, following a consultation, the Ministry of Justice said it strongly supported changes, but Mr Lawrence said it was not a "top priority" for the department.
After meeting with MPs in Westminster, he said: "I'm extremely disappointed that the Bill hasn't been brought forward and I don't know what has happened to stop it - we need these laws."
Miss Lawrence lived in the Heworth area of York and was 35 when she disappeared.
Four men, in their 50s and from the York area, were arrested last year in connection with her disappearance and have since been released from bail.
A Ministry of Justice spokesman said: "We are committed to helping families of missing people deal with the administrative problems associated with the disappearance of a loved one.
"Delegating control of another person's property is a significant step.
"It's crucial we get the legislation right on such a sensitive issue and we want to bring forward plans as soon as we can."


A Labour government would press ahead with its planned energy price freeze with new legislation within months of taking office, Ed Miliband has said.

The Labour leader said the freeze and new powers for a regulator to cut prices would be "one of the first bills" Labour would introduce.
The freeze was first announced at Labour's 2013 party conference.
But the Conservatives have said the policy is "in chaos" now that bills have started to fall.
The "big six" energy firms have all cut their gas prices by between 1.3% and 5.1% in the past few weeks and critics have said they were holding off going further in anticipation of the freeze being introduced if Labour takes power.
But Labour's shadow energy secretary, Caroline Flint, told BBC Radio 4's Today Programme said she did not accept that argument.
"We always have 101 reasons from the energy companies and those in the sector about why they can't pass on wholesale costs.
"We've seen recently that actually they have started to pass on some of those costs but it's only between 1% and 5%, and on gas alone, not electricity.
"Now when we've seen costs fall by an average of 20%, I think it's fair to say that something isn't right here," she said.
Labour says it has always proposed a freeze against rising bills that would not stop them falling.
Under its plans, regulator Ofgem would be legally required to "review prices" by the autumn and given the power to order price cuts.
If further cuts of 10% in bills are made this year, it would save a typical family at least Â£100, Labour says.
Energy companies would also be split up and required to trade their energy in a central "pool".
Labour also wants to give the regulator access to energy companies' books - commercially sensitive data - to allow oversight of consumer bills.
"The regulator will need to have access on a company-by-company basis on what is going on within those companies," Ms Flint told the BBC.
Mr Miliband said wholesale energy costs are "tumbling down" because of "global changes in oil and gas supply".
"The sky-high prices that families pay have only fallen by a fraction of that. Gas bills have declined by between 1% and 5%. Electricity bills haven't fallen at all."
Labour would "go ahead" with the freeze, he said, adding: "We will pass a law to ensure falling costs are passed on to the consumer this winter.
"A law giving the regulator a legal duty to ensure fair prices this winter. A law giving the regulator the power to cut prices and keep homes warmer this winter."
Chancellor George Osborne said Labour's energy policy "doesn't add up".
"The truth is that under this government energy bills have been falling. But if we'd adopted Ed Miliband's plan, energy bills would be higher for families and families would be worse off."
Last month consumer body Which? said energy suppliers had failed to keep standard variable energy tariffs in line with falling wholesale prices over the past two years.
As a result, households on standard energy tariffs were Â£145 worse off last year, or a total of Â£2.9bn, it said.
Energy companies say they are already passing on price cuts to customers, with "competitive pressure" forcing bills down.
Regulators are to investigate whether the "big six" UK energy suppliers prevent effective competition in the UK energy market, which could take up to 18 months.
The government says its energy reforms have increased competition in the market and made it easier for consumers to switch suppliers to drive down prices.


Wales and Scarlets wing Harry Robinson has retired from rugby with immediate effect following a serious neck injury.

The 23-year-old had surgery last summer after a heavy collision in a Pro12 game in March 2015 forced two discs in his back to protrude onto his spinal cord.
He won three international caps, scoring two tries, but has not played for Scarlets since December 2015.
"I am utterly devastated and it is a very, very bitter pill to have to swallow," said Robinson.
"I never thought I would be in this position at the age of 23 - having to call an end on my professional rugby career at such an early age.
"I have worked so hard over the last 10 months to return to full fitness and regain the functionality I had before the injury.
"It is with great regret that I have been unable to do this."
Robinson joined Scarlets in 2014 from Cardiff Blues and went on to make 30 appearances for the region.
A Wales Under-20 international and former member of Wales Sevens squad, Robinson was called into the senior squad for the training camp in Poland in January 2012 before that year's Six Nations Championship.
Robinson scored his first international try on his debut against the Barbarians in June 2012 at the Millennium Stadium.
"Whilst I am devastated I count myself very lucky and enormously privileged," he said.
"I have had a fantastic six years as a professional rugby player with both Cardiff Blues and Scarlets.
"I have travelled all over the world at every age grade, Wales Sevens and the Welsh squad."
Jon Daniels, Scarlets' general manager of rugby, said: "It is with great sadness that we as a region have to confirm Harry's retirement from rugby.
"He's a talented young player who had a bright rugby future ahead of him.
"It has been a difficult time for Harry as he has worked exceptionally hard to make a full recovery.
"I am sure the qualities that got him to the top of the rugby tree in Wales will stand him in good stead in his future career."
Scarlets play Newport Gwent Dragons on Saturday in Welsh rugby's Pro12 Judgement Day IV at Principality Stadium.


Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama in 2009 failed to achieve what the committee hoped it would, its ex-secretary has said.

Geir Lundestad told the AP news agency that the committee hoped the award would strengthen Mr Obama.
Instead, the decision was met with criticism in the US. Many argued he had not had any impact worthy of the award.
Mr Lundestad, writing in his memoir, Secretary of Peace, said even Mr Obama himself had been surprised.
"No Nobel Peace Prize ever elicited more attention than the 2009 prize to Barack Obama," Mr Lundestad writes.
"Even many of Obama's supporters believed that the prize was a mistake," he says. "In that sense the committee didn't achieve what it had hoped for".
He also reveals that Mr Obama considered not going to pick up the award in Norway's capital, Oslo.
His staff enquired whether other winners had skipped the ceremony but found this has happened only on rare occasions, such as when dissidents were held back by their governments.
"In the White House they quickly realised that they needed to travel to Oslo," Mr Lundestad wrote.
Mr Lundestad served as the committee's influential, but non-voting, secretary from 1990 to 2015.
He has broken with the tradition of the secretive committee, whose members rarely discuss proceedings.
The book also gives other insights into the activities of the committee:
This year's Nobel Peace Prize will be announced on October 9.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder of a burglary victim who was beaten to death at his Kent home.

The body of Roy Blackman, 73, was found inside the property on Headcorn Road, Biddenden, at about 09:00 GMT on Monday.
A post-mortem examination revealed he died as a result of multiple blunt force injuries.
Kent Police said a 49-year-old man, from Maidstone, was detained on Wednesday.
The force believes the break-in took place sometime between 01:00 and 03:00 on Monday.
Several suspects, who had "targeted a vulnerable man", are being hunted, a spokesman said.
Det Insp Lee Whitehead said: "Mr Blackman was beaten to death in his own home in what appears to be a violent burglary.
"A safe is missing from the property and we are keen to locate it.
"I believe that several suspects would have carried out this crime. They have targeted a vulnerable man in his own home leaving a trail of devastation in their wake."
He described Mr Blackman as a "well-known and well liked member of the community", whose killing had left his family "distraught".
Detectives are particularly keen to speak to anyone who may have been in the area of Headcorn Road between Weeks Lane and Frittenden Road from 19:30 GMT on Sunday into the early hours of Monday.