Five schoolboys who applied to be the new managing team of the England football squad have met the man who pipped them to the job.

Sam Allardyce surprised the boys from Jersey when they were given a tour of Wembley Stadium.
Harlan Moss, aged 11, and Jonathan Trant, 10, said in their application they would give "100% effort" to coaching the team.
"They were all very knowledgeable about the game," Allardyce said.
The boys, from St George's Preparatory School, were allowed to quiz Allardyce on his new role after he made the surprise appearance when the boys were given a tour of his office.
"If they stay focused and keep working hard then you never know, they could be in my position in 30 years," Allardyce said.
The application was one of 700 submitted for the job, which became available after Roy Hodgson resigned following England's defeat by Iceland at Euro 2016.
In their letter, Harlan and Jonathan explained how they would act as joint coaches, with their friends James Douglas, Felix O-Connor and Bertie Cooke, all aged 10, taking on more specialist roles.
"My management team and I would absolutely love being the coaches for England," the letter read.
"We will promise you that we will give 100% effort, 100% getting the squad right and 100% commitment in getting our legends fully fit.
"I am confident in my coaching staff and we promise that we will do the best we can to bring success to English football," it finished.


A strong earthquake has devastated a string of mountain towns and villages in central Italy, killing at least 250 people and leaving many unaccounted for.
The 6.2 magnitude quake, which was followed by several aftershocks, struck at 03:36 (01:36 GMT) on Wednesday, 100km (65 miles) north-east of Rome.
Worst affected were the towns of Accumoli and Amatrice and the villages of Pescara del Tronto and Arquata del Tronto.
The first confirmed deaths following the quake came in Amatrice, and by Thursday it was clear that many had been buried when the town collapsed.
The town's mayor, Sergio Pirozzi, told the AP news agency: "Half the village has disappeared."
In Accumoli, a small mountain town, the first victims were a family of four who were found under the debris of a collapsed building.
Mayor Stefano Petrucci told reporters: "We have a tragedy here. There are people under the ruins."
He said the town of just 700 residents swells to 2,000 in the summer months thanks to tourism, but that he feared for its future after the earthquake.
The village of Pescara del Tronto was also badly hit, with the Italian news agency ANSA reporting that at least 10 people had been killed there.
The main road into and out of the town was covered in debris, making it difficult for search and rescue teams to gain access to some damaged areas.
The neighbouring village of Arquata del Tronto was also devastated by the earthquake. Mayor Aleandro Petrucci told AFP news agency: "If we don't get help, l'Arquata is finished."


Anthony McGill won the Shoot Out title in Watford in the first year that the one-frame format has been counted as a ranking event.

The 26-year-old Scotsman defeated Xiao Guodong of China 67-19 in the final to take the £32,000 prize money.
McGill, who beat Shaun Murphy in the semi-final, claimed his second ranking title after last year's Indian Open.
"It is a coin-toss tournament," he said. "You never know what can happen but I'm extremely happy."
The four-day event features matches played over a single frame that last for a maximum of 10 minutes. The players must take no more than 15 seconds on a shot for the first five minutes and 10 seconds for the last five.
"In no way on God's earth should this be a ranking tournament," said McGill.
There was controversy in one of the quarter-finals when a shot from eventual finalist Xiao, 28, was allowed to stand despite him overrunning the shot clock, because crowd noise meant both the referee and marker were unable to hear the beeps of the clock.


Two men have pleaded guilty to beating a couple and dousing them with boiling water during a burglary.

Daniel Wallace, 33, and Kacey Adams, 34, broke in to their home in London Road, Halstead, in April 2016.
The victims, aged in their 60s, were tied up, had boiling water from a kettle poured over them and they were threatened with a knife and hot iron, Kent Police said.
Wallace and Adams will be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court at a later date.
The couple were left tied up when Wallace and Adams left with cash and jewellery.
The man managed to free himself and alerted police. Both victims were taken to hospital with serious injuries.
The woman suffered about 30% burns and required treatment in an intensive care unit for several months.
Adams, of Covert Road, Hainault, Ilford, and Wallace, 32 and of no fixed address, were arrested on 31 May at Heathrow Airport, on their way back from a shopping trip in Dubai, police said.
Det Insp James Derham said: "Adams and Wallace were responsible for crimes which can only be described as barbaric and cruel beyond words.
"The elderly woman had two kettles of boiling water poured on to her, inflicting horrific burns and injuries, which could quite easily have proved fatal.
"The psychological scars that both victims are continuing to deal with are unimaginable."


The BBC's Pumza Fihlani spends an evening with Nairobi's good Samaritan, a Kenyan primary school teaching taking his passion for children to unexpected lengths.

Sewerage floods the alleyway; on either side of the narrow passage are aging buildings. The stench of urine fills the air.
As we make our way into the night, I begin to make out shadows lining the side of the street. "Odijo, odijo," they shout.
Odijo is sheng (Kenyan slang) for teacher - it's an affectionate name they use for the man who has become something of a "messiah" for Nairobi's forgotten children.
Clifford Oluoch is a primary school teacher in Nairobi by day but has been spending his evenings for the last three months feeding street children.
"I was walking home one night and came across boys haggling for a cob of corn. I offered to buy them a cob each, more came, then more. By the end of the night, I had bought corn for 25 people," he says.
"They asked if I could come back tomorrow and do the same and I said I would. I've been keeping that promise."
The latest figures are difficult to come by but a 2012 Unicef report estimated that there were 250-300,000 homeless children in Kenya, most of them in the big cities.
According to Nairobi-based charity Kenya Children of Hope, 63% of the cities' homeless children have been on the streets on a part- or full-time basis for up to five years.
In the city centre, the vile smell of human waste, flowing near where we stand, mixes with a thick cloud of industrial glue - a drug of choice here.
There is a group of about 20 youngsters waiting crouching on the concrete.
Many of them are carrying small plastic containers - a few sniffs of glue can last for several hours.
It smells strong and potent. I gesture to it and ask one boy why he uses it.
"It makes me warm and makes it easier to sleep at night out here," he says, before drawing three quick pulls from the plastic bottle. I sense he doesn't want to continue with the topic.
His name is Thomas, he's 14 and has been living out here for the past four years.
Thomas says he has seen many people trying to help but says he thinks "Odijo" is different.
Some of the children here are from abusive homes, others left alcoholic parents behind.
But the streets are no picnic either.
"Life here is hard. Bad things happen, young boys get beaten up by the older homeless people and we fight for food," says one of the boys huddled around me, he too is sniffing glue and his eyes are blood-shot.
But they are mostly orderly and welcome me as Odijo's guest.
They tell me he is like their "messiah".
Earlier that evening, the teacher, his wife Benedette and their 13-year old daughter had buttered 30 loaves of bread. This type of meal costs about 2,000 Kenyan shillings ($22; Â£14) a day.
For months he has been splitting his salary between his wife and two children and 60 street children and says he was beginning to feel the pinch.
Thankfully word is slowly started to spread in his community - this month he got a donor for bread.
He says he can now use that money to see to other needs such as transporting someone to hospital, or helping some of the homeless women set up fruit stalls.
Still, this is an expensive project to maintain on a teacher's salary, not to mention the time away from his family - up to three hours every evening.
So why does he do it?
"My wife and I feel strongly about helping other people," he says.
"We know what is it to grow up having nothing. We know how difficult life is when you have no-one. This is making a difference, that makes all of it worth it,"  Benedette told me earlier.
It's dark now and he hands out the parcels quickly, desperate to get to the next location - for some this is the first and only meal of the day.
What took him and his family an hour to prepare is gobbled down in 10 minutes.
Some nights the feeding is followed by a counselling session - this is the most difficult part.
"A lot of these children have been disappointed so many times and that's made some of them hard. I've learned that they are just hungry for love - for someone who will care about them," he says, as if drowning under the weight of this task.
The children have a lot of faith in him - he tells me they make him feel superhuman, like he can solve all their problems. He, of course, knows he can't.
He has big plans to help get them off the streets - but with no-one else to help, that's a long way off.
We take a short drive. A group of mothers is huddled under a flickering streetlight near a shopping centre in the affluent Westlands district.
It's a busy area with fast-food restaurants. It smells of roasted garlic and warm curry - torture, even for me.
As Clifford makes his way to them, a crowd of children no more than three years old runs to him, tugging at the plastic bags in his hands. Another feeding frenzy.
"This is no place for children. I'm hoping to get the youngsters out while they still have a chance," he says.
One of the women tells me says she's been homeless for seven years and has no skills to speak of.
Her son, Wesley, just a year old, has a cold, so we walk to a nearby pharmacy where Clifford buys him medication.
The contrast of the woman and baby in their grubby clothes and the health worker in his crisp white coats is stark.
"They know I don't give them money. I don't encourage people to give them money either but if I can help with things like buying medicine then I do," explains Clifford as we walk out.
By this point the woman and her boy have disappeared back into the night.
Clifford has learned that the streets are addictive and that some people cannot leave - some do not even want to. This is all they know.
Being a Good Samaritan can be a thankless task as some sell the clothes he collects for them to buy drugs or alcohol.
But some - although few - still dream of a different life.
"I left school after my father died and my mother couldn't afford to take me to school, I thought it was easier to go out and take care of myself," says 13-year old Neville, who adds he wants to be a reporter.
"I want to go back to school one day. I'm hoping Odijo can help with that. I don't want to live here for the rest of my life."
Hearing this fills Clifford with hope and the drive to keep going.
"If I can save just one person, just one child, that would be enough for me," he says.
And so he keeps coming back, night after night with nothing more than buttered bread and a heart ready to love - and they are grateful.


The European Parliament's top Brexit negotiator says he plans to fast-track a proposal to offer UK nationals "associate EU citizenship".

The proposal "will be on the table of the upcoming Brexit negotiations", liberal MEP Guy Verhofstadt said.
UK nationals could have the option of paying a fee in order to keep rights such as freedom of movement in the EU and a vote in European elections.
Mr Verhofstadt said strong interest in the idea meant it could not be delayed.
Originally a liberal ALDE party colleague, Luxembourg MEP Charles Goerens, had included "associate EU citizenship" among reforms to be considered in the next EU treaty change.
But Mr Verhofstadt said "some things cannot wait until treaty change".
The proposal will also be discussed by the European Parliament when it draws up a resolution on Brexit, "right after the triggering of Article 50 in March", he said.
Mr Goerens's citizenship proposal may not convince Eurosceptics like UK Brexit Secretary David Davis, who has emphasised the importance of UK sovereignty and citizenship.
The UK government plans to trigger the EU exit procedure - Article 50 - by 31 March.
Experts on EU law say the legal position of UK citizens post-Brexit remains uncertain, as it is possible that some aspects of EU citizenship will be retained.
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Article 50 allows just two years in which to negotiate the terms of withdrawal from the EU. Any extension would have to be agreed by all 28 member states.
The European Parliament will have a significant voice in the negotiations. But the European Commission will handle the details, the government leaders will have a big role, and each national parliament will have to vote on the final deal.
In a statement on Friday, Mr Goerens said the European Parliament "will define its position on the Brexit agreement through a resolution during spring 2017".
"This seems to be the best opportunity to give Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt the possibility to enforce the Associate EU Citizenship."
"The above-mentioned procedure makes it much more likely for the Associate EU Citizenship to succeed than through an amendment," he added.
His original proposal - now withdrawn - was attached to a long report on possible EU institutional changes.


A police officer who was responsible for the safety of pubs and clubs in Hull has been sacked after being convicted for being drunk and disorderly.

Gordon Underwood, 39, was fined Â£300 after admitting the charge, and one of obstructing three of his colleagues, at Hull Magistrates' Court on 23 March.
Underwood worked as a licensing officer at Humberside Police.
He was dismissed at a disciplinary hearing for discreditable conduct.
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The hearing, chaired by temporary Chief Constable Garry Forsyth, found Underwood's behaviour "fell far short of the standards of a police officer".
Underwood did not attend the proceedings but accepted the charge. The tribunal heard Underwood had served as an officer for 15 years and was of "previous good character".
The incident that led to his conviction took place in Hull city centre on 15 February.
Ch Supt Judi Heaton, head of the force's professional standards branch, said: "The public can be reassured that the vast majority of our workforce are hard-working, dedicated and committed professionals and it is important that those who let down the force are held to account and are not able to damage its good reputation."


Six British soldiers have been charged with beating up an off-duty police officer outside a New York City bar.

One soldier is accused of second-degree robbery and five with third-degree assault in relation to the fracas early on Friday morning in Manhattan.
The soldiers, Fijian nationals who serve in the Royal Regiment of Scotland, were on a rugby tour.
Three of the soldiers were due to appear in court on Tuesday. The other three are expected in court this week.
A confrontation occurred during an argument between the soldiers and the off-duty NYPD officer outside a bar in the Murray Hill neighbourhood.
According to a police complaint seen by the BBC, Joeli Raduva, 34, Filipe Vunisarati, 24, and Mosese Kurulala, 27, "struck [the officer] repeatedly about the face and body with closed fists".
Two others, Iliakini Raderua, 30, and Thomas Shute, 34, are accused of hitting the 30-year-old officer when he was on the ground or facing away from the soldiers.
Ratu-Iosefo Yavala, 33, allegedly attempted to take the officer's mobile phone as he tried to report the incident to police, officials said.
The officer suffered a broken nose, a swollen jaw, a large cut to his neck, bruises and a cut inside his mouth requiring stitches, according to the police report.
The NYPD told the BBC that one of the British soldiers had required minor stitches.
It is understood that two of the servicemen received minor injuries from a knife during the altercation, although it is not clear who attacked them.
The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed that six British Army soldiers had been charged in relation to an incident in New York.
"This is a civil police matter and it would be inappropriate to comment further," the ministry's statement said.
"All those who are found to fall short of the Army's high standards or who are found to have committed an offence under the Armed Forces Act are dealt with administratively (up to and including discharge) or through the discipline process, as appropriate."


Switzerland is the first country in Europe to deliver so-called ultrafast broadband to customers through traditional copper infrastructure, according to service provider Swisscom.

It said 1,000 customers were now using a G.fast connection, which can reach speeds of 500Mbps.
G.fast lets copper cables carry data at faster speeds than before.
In the UK, BT's Openreach has been trialling G.fast technology, but customers can not yet buy packages.
Openreach has been installing the fibre optic cables that facilitate superfast broadband across the UK, but has so far focused on connecting street cabinets rather than homes.
For most broadband customers, the internet is still piped from the exchange into homes via the copper network.
That means people who live closer to the street cabinet enjoy faster internet speeds.
This set-up is known as fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) - as opposed to the faster fibre to premises (FTTP).
G.fast is designed to speed up the internet by transmitting data at a higher frequency than existing broadband.
It can also bring fibre distribution points closer to homes than the street cabinets, for example, with installations on telegraph poles or in manholes.
Openreach told the BBC that the UK's first G.fast connections would be enabled in November for a small number of homes.
It said 140,000 homes and businesses would be capable of connecting by March 2017 and 10 million by the end of 2020.
However, it will be down to internet service providers to advertise and sell ultrafast connections.
Research by news site thinkbroadband.com suggests more than 91% of UK homes and businesses already have access to a "superfast" connection - with speeds greater than 30Mbps - while more than 50% have access to an "ultrafast" (over 100Mbps) connection.
While Openreach is rolling out G.fast to its street cabinets, a continuation of its FTTC approach, Swisscom said it was hoping to install distribution points within 200m of homes.
"The layout of the existing Swisscom network makes it a little easier to launch. With existing manholes in streets, which are ideally suited for the deployment of these weather-proof units, roll-out should be swift," said thinkbroadband.com's Andrew Ferguson.
Swisscom said its service had launched after four years of development with Chinese technology giant Huawei.
"We believe Swisscom are the first to announce a full retail package," said Mr Ferguson.


New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson has won the Badminton Horse Trials at the 36th attempt, two years after suffering a serious neck injury.

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The 55-year-old Wiltshire-based rider was lucky not to have been paralysed after a fall in 2015 and required eight hours of surgery on his neck.
He held his nerve in the show-jumping phase on Nereo to edge out Germany's defending champion Michael Jung.
Overnight leader Ingrid Klimke of Germany dropped from first to ninth.
Tim Price of New Zealand was third while Rosalind Canter was the highest placed Briton in fifth place, with Gemma Tattersall seventh and Kristina Cook 10th.
British rider Emily Gilruth is in intensive care after she was seriously injured in a fall on Saturday.
1. Andrew Nicholson (NZ) (Nereo) 41.4 pens
2. Michael Jung (Ger) (La Biosthetique Sam FBW) 44
3. Tim Price (NZ) (Xavier Faer) 49.2
4. Mark Todd (NZ) (NZB Campino) 50.4
5. Rosalind Canter (GB) (Allstar B) 54.5
6. Mark Todd (NZ) (Leonidas II) 58.1
7. Gemma Tattersall (GB) (Arctic Soul) 60.2
8. Yoshiaki Oiwa (Jpn) (The Duke of Cavan) 62.2
9.  Ingrid Klimke (Ger) (Horseware Hale Bob) 62.6
10. Kristina Cook (GB) (Billy the Red) 63.4


An eighth person has been charged with murder over the death of a 21-year-old man after a party in Gloucester.

Dolton Powell, from the city, was found injured in the car park of the All Nations Community Centre on 23 August. He died later in hospital.
Josphat Mbugua, 19, of Elmore Road, Horfield, Bristol was charged with murder and appeared before magistrates in Cheltenham.
Seven other people have already been charged with murder.
Mr Mbugua was remanded in custody and is due to appear before Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday.
Carlton Egbert James, 52, of Howard Street, Gloucester, was also charged with assisting an offender and perverting the course of justice and bailed to appear at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on 14 January, police said.
A 21-year-old man and a 22-year-old man, both from Gloucester and arrested on suspicion of murder, remain on police bail.


A memorial to a RAF pilot who died when his Spitfire was shot down during World War Two has been unveiled in Bournemouth, Dorset.

Cecil Henry Hight, 22, was brought down by German bombers during a combat mission off Portland on 15 August 1940.
He bailed out of the plane and deployed his parachute, but it failed to open.
The memorial has been placed at the crash site where the fighter came down on the corner of Leven Avenue and Walsford Road.
The Portland stone was unveiled on the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain by Mayor John Adams and MP Conor Burns.
It is thought once shot, he piloted the plane away from the centre of Bournemouth to avoid killing civilians.
Cecil Hight, originally from Christchurch, New Zealand, served as a pilot officer with the RAF's 234 Squadron based at Middle Wallop, Hampshire.
He was buried with full military honours in Boscombe Cemetery.
After the war Pilot Hight Road in West Howe, Bournemouth was named after him.
In 2010 a new road sign was installed bearing a picture of a Spitfire in tribute.


A student discovered it was cheaper to fly from Newcastle to London via Menorca than to take the train.

When Joe Furness, 21, decided on a last-minute trip to see friends, the lowest rail fare he found was £78.50.
But after an internet search the trainee marine officer found the same journey, including a 12-hour stopover on the Spanish island, for £26.98.
He said it showed train travel in the UK had become "ridiculously expensive".
Mr Furness, from Oldham, is a trainee cadet with shipping firm Maersk and is studying at South Shields Marine College.
As well as the flights, he also spent £7.50 on a hire car, which he slept in, and splashed out on a £4 cocktail - meaning his entire trip was £40 cheaper than taking the train.
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Mr Furness admitted the trip was "no good for anyone who needs to do a commute".
"But it does show how cheap it can be to travel and have a bit of fun at the same time," he added.
"I had a great time, saw a festival, drove around the island for a bit and met loads of people.
"Trains in the UK have become ridiculously expensive. I've never once got on a train and got off at the other end thinking I've had value for money."
Mr Furness made a video of his trip, which took a total of 22 hours and consisted of a flight out of Newcastle to Menorca with Thomas Cook on 23 June for £15.99.
His return flight to London Gatwick the next day cost £10.99 with the same airline.
This is not the first time Mr Furness claims to have found cheaper flights than trains. He said he recently travelled from Newcastle to Manchester via Geneva by air at a cost of £39 when the cheapest train ticket he could find would have cost £64.
He added: "I use comparison sites to find the cheapest flight from my departure point to anywhere in the world. Then find the cheapest from there to my destination.
"This time I found it was way cheaper to go via Menorca. It took a lot longer, but I think it's still better than sitting on a train for four hours."


An unusual poker game is taking place in Pittsburgh, pitting human players against  an artificial intelligence program.

The goal is to see if a computer can beat four of the best players in the variant of poker known as no-limit heads-up Texas hold 'em.
In a similar tournament in 2015, the humans won.
The algorithm could be adapted for use in medicine, cybersecurity, business and the military, its creators said.
The matches - dubbed Brains v Artificial Intelligence -  are being held over 20 days at Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh.
The four human players are matched against Libratus, an artificial intelligence program developed at Carnegie Mellon University's (CMU) school of computer science.
It uses algorithms built over 15 million core hours of computation at the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Centre to analyse the rules of poker.
Viewers can watch the entire event live on video-streaming games site Twitch, where there will be a stream for each of the human players:
The players are vying for shares of a $200,000 (Â£162,000) prize, while the CMU scientists are hoping to set a new benchmark for artificial intelligence.
"Since the earliest days of AI research, beating top human players has been a powerful measure of progress in the field," said Tuomas Sandholm, professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon.
"That was achieved with chess in 1997, with Jeopardy in 2009 and with the board game Go just last year.
"Poker poses a far more difficult challenge than these games, as it requires a machine to make extremely complicated decisions based on incomplete information while contending with bluffs, slow play and other ploys."
A similar contest in 2015, with a computer program dubbed Claudico, failed to beat the humans, with scientists concluding that the 80,000 hands it had played had proved too few to establish its superiority.
This time around, there will be 120,000 hands.
Claudico also made some obvious bluffs that they had been able to exploit, the players said.
This time around, the AI will be able to bluff with precisely calculated values to balance risk and reward.
It will also be able to deploy random moves in a way that human players would have great difficulty doing.
The scientists hope that it could baffle human opponents, with unusual strategies such as making tiny bets or massive over-bets.
Player Jason Les said of the new contest: "I'm very excited to see what this latest AI is like."
"I thought Claudico was tough to play; knowing the resources and the ideas that Dr Sandholm and his team have had available in the 20 months since the first contest, I assume this AI will be even more challenging."
Solving the complex game of poker had many real-world applications, Dr Sandholm said.
"Extending AI to real-world decision-making, where details are unknown and adversaries are actively revising their strategies, is fundamentally harder than games with perfect information or question-answering systems," said Nick Nystrom, senior director of research at Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center .
"This is where it really gets interesting."


Funding levels for NHS mental health care in England have fallen in recent years, the BBC has learned.

Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request showed the budgets for mental health trusts fell by 2% from 2013/14 to 2014/15.
This compares to a rise of 2.6% in hospital trusts' operating budgets, according to analysis by the Health Foundation think-tank.
The Department of Health said mental health care funding overall was rising.
In the year to April 2016 the budget for mental health trusts was projected to rise just 0.3%.
Of the 53 out of 59 mental health trusts in England which responded to the FOI request, 29 said their budget would be lower this year than last.
0.3%
projected rise in the income of England's mental health trusts
29 of 53 trusts in England reported a drop in income
1.4% fall in number of nurses working in psychiatric sectors between 2010-11 and 2014-15
The Health and Social Care Bill, which became law in the last parliament, included a demand for parity of esteem - meaning mental and physical health services should be treated equally.
But the BBC's investigation has found that for England's mental health trusts and health boards in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, which provide about £12bn worth of mental health care in the UK, funding is not keeping pace -  and many are facing cuts.
In Scotland, mental health spending was up just 0.1% last year, and down a projected 0.4% this year. In Wales, spending was down 1.1% in 2014-15 and up a likely 1.2% in 2015/16.
Northern Ireland was the only country to see an increase in both years, with 1% additional spending last year, and 2.6% more this year.
Anita Charlesworth, chief economist at the Health Foundation, a charity striving for better health and health care in the UK, said: "Mental health hasn't increased as a share of NHS funding, despite the fact that there are huge demands on the system, and access to care for mental health still falls way below that for physical health.
"The NHS clearly sees parity of esteem as a key priority and want to prioritise improving mental health. But problems in our hospital sector means that money increasingly is getting sucked in to meet their rising costs, and the NHS is struggling to actually commit resources to fund mental health providers"
A Department of Health spokesman said: "These figures do not show the full picture for mental health spend - councils, third-sector organisations and NHS England all play a role in providing services, and all receive government funding.
"We have made more money available than ever before for mental health, increasing our investment every year since 2010 to a record £11.7bn last year."
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It also argues community schemes like crisis cafes are on the rise, though many campaigners say these simply are not filling the gap in effective care.
The government is set to unveil its mental health taskforce report on Monday, the biggest ever study of mental health services in the England, with a five-year national strategy to improve services.
The Scottish government said extra investment in mental health had been promised.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "Spending on mental health services in Wales is rising. Indeed, we spend more on mental health services than on any other part of the Welsh NHS.
"The Welsh government has also made a significant new investment of £7.65m in child and adolescent mental health services this year - a 17% increase compared to 2013-14."
A spokesman for the Northern Ireland executive said: "In Northern Ireland...there has been increased investment in the development of psychological therapies hubs, which are locally-based groups of GPs and voluntary sector partners, who arrange for bespoke referral to and delivery of talking therapies to patients with low-to-moderate intensity mental health problems."
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A shortlist of sites for a potential HS2 "parkway" station to serve South Yorkshire has been revealed.

One of the eight places, revealed at a Doncaster Council meeting, could act as a rail park-and-ride site with 1,700 parking spaces.
Opponents living in the rural locations in Doncaster, Rotherham and Wakefield said it would "not benefit Yorkshire".
HS2 said the early proposal would provide "additional access onto the railway for a wider area".
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Proposed sites
The proposed South Yorkshire HS2 route, part of phase 2b of the project, runs east of Sheffield towards the M18, with a separate spur to take passengers to Sheffield city centre.
Paul Griffiths, phase 2 development director at HS2, said: "We've focussed our attention [at the eight sites] because there are already roads and access, but we are at a very early stage of the development.
"There would be public consultations and the secretary of state would take a view as to whether we can manage this in a way which doesn't have too much impact and whether this does make sense as a proposal."
A study looking into the possibility of a "parkway" station is due to be completed later in 2017.
Christine Jackson, chair of Hickleton Parish Council, said: "I presume you would have greenbelt for a car park, people would struggle to get to it due to a busy A road.
"You would lose its sense of being a conservation area, so I can't see anything positive about it."
Grant Morement, who lives in Hooton Roberts, said: "It doesn't help the capacity, it doesn't benefit Yorkshire, it has no economic benefit, there's just no point whatsoever having it up here."
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In November, the government confirmed the route for the second phase - from Crewe to Manchester and the West Midlands to Leeds.
A new HS2 station will be built next to Manchester Piccadilly, with a spur to take HS2 to another new station at Manchester Airport.
The decision on how to run the line to Sheffield has been delayed. The government's preferred option is for the main HS2 route to run east of Sheffield but for a spur to take passengers to Sheffield city centre.
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The trial of a new flight path from Edinburgh Airport is to be halted two months early after intervention from Scotland's transport minister.

The new route started in June in a move designed to allow one flight to depart every minute at peak times.
It was due to run until 24 December but will now stop on 28 October.
The move follows concerns from local communities, with residents saying they experienced sleep disruption and noise pollution.
Transport Minister Derek MacKay secured the agreement with the airport.
Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport's chief executive, told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme: "We always knew this was going to have an impact and the trial now tells us with data and facts what that impact would be before we consider what the next steps for the future are.
"We are in no doubt that for some this suggested flight path is detrimental.
"We are also in no doubt that the flight path is one of the main options in delivering the capacity that the airport and the country needs."
He added: "We believe that this trialled route is the least detrimental option given the geography we have to deal with.
"There are tough decisions ahead but I hope that we can make them together based on data and balancing the needs of Scottish passengers and local residents.
"We will be engaging with local communities and their representatives in early 2016 to do just that."
SNP MP for Livingston Hannah Bardell welcomed the decision to call a halt to the trail.
She said: "I had a lot of constituents contact me largely about the noise intrusion into their homes.
"Lots of people being woken up early in the morning, cargo flights going on late at night, their children's sleep patterns being affected."
She added: "The local folk in this area of Uphall, Broxburn, Winchburgh and a number of other areas, were affected because the flights were not sticking, they believe, to the flight path that was stipulated.
"They were actually turning early and so it was fully fuelled planes turning over people houses at very low levels."
Alison Johnstone, MSP for Lothian and Scottish Green Party candidate for Edinburgh Central, said: "I'd like to congratulate the community on their success in reducing the length of the reckless flight trial by two months.
"This is entirely due to sheer determination and their well-organised and effective campaign.
"October will still feel like a long month for the community who have had to suffer negative health impacts and disruptive noise caused by the trial, but I am please the airport have recognised the need to listen and act.
"An end to this stressful situation is now in sight."


Online cartoon character Pepe the Frog appears to have been killed off by its creator in a bid to stop his image being hijacked by far-right groups.

Pepe's creator Matt Furie over the weekend depicted the frog in a coffin, mourned by other members of his Boy's Club cartoon strip.
Furie recently complained that "a chilled frog" had become a hate symbol.
Pepe has recently been depicted as Adolf Hitler and as a member of the US white supremacist Ku Klux Klan group.
The alt-right group, a disparate group of right-wingers, has repeatedly shared Pepe re-workings on social media.
The frog made its debut in 2005.
Furie lamented in a recent article for Time magazine that it was a nightmare that his "blissfully stoned... peaceful frog-dude" in Boy's Club - who enjoyed "a simple life of snacks, soda and pulling his pants all the way down to go pee" - was now being used as a symbol of hate by racists and anti-Semites.
Recent efforts by Furie and Boy's Club fans to reclaim Pepe were overshadowed by the the alt-right's movement's transformation of the character during the US elections last year when it claimed Donald Trump as its presidential candidate of choice.
The movement has been described as an alternative to mainstream conservatism, but its proponents have repeatedly piled abuse at Jewish Americans and portrayed white people as oppressed.
Mr Trump at one point re-tweeted a caricature depicting him as Pepe in October 2015, with the caption "You Can't Stump the Trump".
In September Pepe was added to the Anti-Defamation League's database of hate symbols alongside other logos including the Swastika and the "Blood Drop Cross" of the Ku Klux Klan.
The anti-bigotry group said "racists and haters" had taken a popular internet meme and "twisted it".
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The frog also made headlines in mid-September when Hillary Clinton said most of Mr Trump's supporters belonged in a "basket of deplorables".
Mr Trump's son Donald Trump Jr then shared an altered version of the movie poster for "The Expendables", which showed Pepe with his father and other conservatives, labelled "The Deplorables."


Aberdeen made it 10 home league wins in a row with a slim victory over Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

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The Dons took the lead when Jonny Hayes' corner landed at the near post, with Caley Thistle's Gary Warren deflecting in Ash Taylor's shot.
Greg Tansey headed wide for the visitors, while Hayes, Kenny McLean and Niall McGinn all missed for the Dons.
Miles Storey should have made it 2-0 but somehow got the ball caught under his feet on the goal line.
The result moves Aberdeen 13 points clear of third-placed Rangers, with the two sides set to meet on Sunday at Pittodrie.
Aberdeen may have been unable to mount a serious title challenge this season, but they are still on course for a record points tally after surpassing the run of home wins set by Sir Alex Ferguson's side in 1986.
They now need 12 points from the last seven matches to do that, but an overall run of 12 victories in their last 14 Premiership matches suggests they are up to the task.
Aberdeen impressed with their pace, intensity and variety of movement going forward in the first half, but the defence remains equally effective as they have now gone 531 minutes without conceding a goal.
Of course this was another painful night for Caley Thistle manager Richie Foran in what has been a steep learning curve for the Dubliner in his first season in the job.
No team in British senior football have won fewer league matches than the Highlanders this season and, while they are not yet entirely cut adrift at the bottom, time is fast running out to turn things around.
The sight of five former Caley Thistle players in such an impressive Dons squad was compounded by the knowledge that current top league marksman Greg Tansey is moving to Pittodrie in the summer.
The midfielder is desperate to leave with the club still in the Premiership, but he missed one of their best chances of the evening when he headed a Henri Anier cross over the bar from six yards in the first half.
The real disappointment for Foran, though, will be that the goal they conceded was a gift for Aberdeen.
It was poor marking by the Caley Thistle defence as Dons pair Taylor and Andrew Considine contested a Hayes corner, the ball eventually deflected in by captain Warren off Taylor's strike.
Despite a battling performance, Caley Thistle simply could not find a way back into the match.
They did have a late let off, though, when former Inverness player Storey had an incredible miss when he failed to convert from point-blank range after a Hayes shot came off the post.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes: "We didn't have the same rhythm or flow to our game as we normally have, but there were a number of factors for that as we had the game in our pocket but didn't know whether to stick or twist.
"We are delighted to get the 10th home win on the bounce for the first time since that great Aberdeen side in 1986 with so many top players and a top manager in Sir Alex Ferguson.
"That keeps the distance between us and Rangers and we just look forward to playing them here on Sunday now but we have a lot of hard games left."
Inverness CT manager Richie Foran: "We had chances to go one up but we didn't take them then we give a goal from a set-piece which was really disappointing.
"We work hard on defending those so it was a sloppy goal to give away and Aberdeen looked more confident than we did.
"We are not going to be judged on games against Aberdeen though. We have seven must win games left and I believe we can still get enough points to get out of trouble."
Match ends, Aberdeen 1, Inverness CT 0.
Second Half ends, Aberdeen 1, Inverness CT 0.
Attempt blocked. Billy McKay (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Alex Fisher.
Hand ball by Greg Tansey (Inverness CT).
Substitution, Inverness CT. Alex Fisher replaces Kevin McNaughton.
Corner,  Inverness CT. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Attempt blocked. Ash Taylor (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Ryan Christie replaces Niall McGinn.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Miles Storey replaces Adam Rooney.
Attempt missed. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by David Raven (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Larnell Cole (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Owain Fon Williams.
Attempt saved. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner,  Inverness CT. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Dean Ebbe replaces Henri Anier.
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Carl Tremarco (Inverness CT).
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Kevin McNaughton.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Jack (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Inverness CT. Larnell Cole replaces Ross Draper.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Greg Tansey (Inverness CT) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Gary Warren.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Kevin McNaughton (Inverness CT).
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Corner,  Inverness CT. Conceded by Joe Lewis.
Attempt saved. Liam Polworth (Inverness CT) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ross Draper (Inverness CT).
Attempt blocked. Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.


Brain tests at the age of three appear to predict a child's future chance of success in life, say researchers.

Low cognitive test scores for skills like language indicate less developed brains, possibly caused by too little stimulation in early life, they say.
These youngsters are more likely to become criminals, dependent on welfare or chronically ill unless they are given support later on, they add.
Their study in New Zealand appears in the journal, Nature Human Behaviour.
The US researchers from Duke University say the findings highlight the importance of early life experiences and interventions to support vulnerable youngsters.
Although the study followed people in New Zealand, the investigators believe that the results could apply to other countries.
They followed the lives of more than 1,000 children. Those who had low test scores for language, behavioural, movement and cognitive skills at three years old went on to account for more than 80% of crimes, required 78% of prescriptions and received 66% of social welfare payments in adulthood.
It is known that disadvantaged people use a greater share of services. While many of the children in the study who were behind in brain development came from disadvantaged backgrounds, poverty was not the only link with poor futures.
When the researchers took out children below the poverty line in a separate analysis they found that a similar proportion of middle class children who scored low in tests when they were three also went on to experience difficulties when they were older.
The researchers stress that children's outcomes are not set at the age of three. The course of their lives could potentially be changed if they receive support later in life, for example through rehabilitation programmes when they are adults.
Prof Terrie Moffitt, from Duke University in North Carolina in the US, who co-led the study, told BBC News: "The earlier children receive support the better.
"That is because if a child is sent off on the wrong foot at three and not ready for school they fall further and further behind in a snowball effect that makes them unprepared for adult life".
Prof Moffitt said nearly all the children who had low scores in cognitive assessments early on in life went on to fall through "society's cracks".
"We are able to predict who these high cost service users will be from very early in life.
"Our research suggests that these were people who, as very young children, never got the chance that the rest of us got. They did not have the help they needed to build the skills they need to keep up in this very complicated and fast-paced economy".
She said society should rethink their view of these people who are often condemned as "losers" and "dropouts" and instead offer more support.
Prof Moffitt conducted the study with her husband, Prof Avshalom Caspi, from King's College London. He said he hoped that the study would persuade governments to invest in those in most need early on in life.
"I hope what our study does is not feed into prejudice," he told BBC News. "I hope that our research will create the public compassion and political will to intervene with children and more importantly offer services to families of children so they can get a better start in life".
Successive governments have invested in expanding nursery education in the UK over the past 20 years. According to Josh Hillman, who is the director of education for the Nuffield Foundation, policy makers already realise the value of early years education.
"But this new research suggests that they may have underestimated its importance," he said.
"The issue now in the UK is to provide more high quality nursery provision and to consider targeting it to those disadvantaged groups that would benefit the most."
Participants were members of the Dunedin longitudinal study, an investigation of the health and behaviour of a representative group of the population of 1,037 people born between April 1972 and March 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand.
As adults these people account for only 20% of the population - but they use 80% of public services in an analysis of a group of people in New Zealand whose lives were tracked for 40 years.
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A koala has received a police escort to save it from being injured, after it wandered onto a busy road in Brisbane, Australia.

28 March 2016 Last updated at 14:18 BST
Two motorists captured this footage of the koala taking a casual stroll along the road, stopping all the traffic.
Watch the video of the police helping it to safety.


A school has gone to the High Court to try to prevent a highly critical Ofsted report from being published.

The report is understood to criticise the school for a policy of teaching boys and girls separately and segregating them at mealtimes.
Reporting restrictions mean neither the name nor the location of the school can be revealed.
The school has the backing of its local education authority in its attempt to stop publication of the report.
The school's interim board is disputing the report's findings and is applying for a judicial review to have it quashed.
On Tuesday, Mr Justice Jay, sitting in London, was told the school - which is in England - admitted pupils of both sexes between the ages of four and 16.
He heard how, from Year 5 (age 10 and 11), girls and boys were completely segregated for lessons, break and lunchtimes, as well as for school clubs and trips.
Barristers representing the school claimed documents suggested Ofsted inspectors had decided that segregation of pupils was unlawful, before visiting the school.
They outlined what they described as "pre-determined bias" against the school by inspectors.
Under cross-examination, the lead Ofsted inspector said some pupils had expressed unease about girls and boys being taught separately.
One girl told him it was "dumb" and  another said it did not prepare her for life in Britain.
The school cannot be identified because a judge at an earlier hearing said identifying it could "generate a media storm and tensions and fears for parents and the local community".
Ofsted has told the BBC there have been four attempts this year for injunction or judicial review against one of their reports.
Of these, two were turned down. In one case, an injunction failed and the report was published, but the school is still seeking retrospectively to overturn the findings via a judicial review.
The fourth attempt comes from the school currently at the High Court.
If the judge rules that the inspection report cannot be published, the case could make it easier for other schools to block critical reports by inspectors.


Twins found dead at the foot of cliffs in Dover had rucksacks containing the ashes of their dead parents, an inquest heard.

Muriel and Bernard Burgess, aged 59, from Cheshire, were discovered on New Year's Day having fallen 200ft (60m).
The unemployed "private and reclusive" siblings had struggled since their parents' deaths, the hearing was told.
Coroner Patricia Harding recorded an open conclusion at the inquest at Archbishop's Palace in Maidstone, Kent.
She said: "The evidence doesn't disclose to the required standard of proof whether there was an intention by them to take their own lives or was indeed simply a tragic accident."
The twins' bodies were found as Kent Police searched for 45-year-old ex-soldier Scott Enion from Radcliffe in Manchester, who had been seen jumping from Langdon Cliffs.
All three bodies were found by coastguards within half a mile of each other on the same day. Mr Enion's death is not connected to that of the twins.
The siblings had been struggling to come to terms with their parents' deaths, particularly that of their mother in 2014, the inquest was told.
Their late father Bernard Burgess died in 1984 and the twins had been caring for their mother, Muriel Burgess, until her death.
One rucksack found near to the twins contained ashes with their mother's name, and it emerged a second rucksack had their father's ashes inside.
Mr and Miss Burgess lived together in a static caravan, neither ever married and they had no children.
They struggled financially and had sold the family home in north Wales to buy a caravan together at Orchard Park in the village of Elton.
Last year the pair disappeared for three months and went into rent arrears, according to the caravan park manager.
A statement from a GP they had visited together in September said they both agreed to counselling amid reports of having "low mood" but he did not consider Mr Burgess to be suicidal at that time.
Coroner Harding said: "It is clear from the evidence that they were both of the view that they could be assisted by counselling.
"Muriel and Bernard were reclusive and would keep themselves to themselves and disappear and go for walks within the UK."
On Christmas Day, the pair told a police officer who spoke to them on the cliff top that they were out walking.
When their bodies were found were dressed in walking clothing, the inquest was told.
The same coroner recorded a verdict of suicide for Gulf War veteran Mr Enion, who the inquest heard had travelled from Manchester to Dover by coach on New Year's Eve.
He had complained of suffering from Gulf War Syndrome and depression and had considered suicide in the past, the inquest was told.


The issue of paramedics, who may not qualify until next year after two university courses failed to get approval, will be investigated, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised.

It comes after the Health and Care Professions Council said more work was needed on the University of East Anglia and Anglia Ruskin University courses.
The East of England Ambulance Service (EEAS) recruited the paramedics.
But, gaining approval was a university responsibility, the EEAS said.
The GMB said the ambulance service needed to "take responsibility".
Clive Lewis, Labour MP for Norwich South, raised the matter in the House of Commons.
He said the course had not been accredited and trainee paramedics had been left "Â£4,000 out of pocket" (the cost of the course).
Mr Hunt agreed he will take up the issue of the training of paramedics at EEAS.
Anglia Ruskin and the University of East Anglia both said they were working on a solution with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) who had asked for more information before it would approve the scheme.
UEA also said review was a normal part of the approval process and it would "begin delivery of the diploma by the end of this year".
The ambulance service, under fire from patients and the Department of Health for poor response times, had pledged to recruit and train 400 paramedics.
Recruits who had been "learning on the job while studying" were told in a letter the universities' failure "does not affect the development undertaken within the trust or ability to work after successfully completing it".
Tony Hughes, GMB union representative at the EEAS, said: "The EEAS should have ensure the course was in place in its entirety. It is not acceptable that halfway through their course they are told they can't complete it.
"This has just come out of the blue. Once again the EEAS is blaming others... and not taking the responsibility themselves."
Chris Hartley, East of England Ambulance Trust communications director, said the service had hundreds of frontline vacancies at the start of 2014.
"We are working closely with them (the universities) to ensure students are able to complete their qualification with as little delay as possible," he said.
The trust is also looking at other education providers with an existing approved programme.


Southend United manager Phil Brown has confirmed the Shrimpers are in talks with Leyton Orient over the signing of forward Jay Simpson.

The 27-year-old former QPR and Hull man scored 25 goals in 48 appearances for League Two Orient last season.
"Both clubs are talking and it's in the hands of the financial directors at Orient and my chairman," said Brown.
"It's a case of watch this space. I'm hopeful that I'll improve the squad, not just in that area but in others."
Southend lost 3-1  to Gillingham in their first game of the season on on Saturday, having taken the lead early on through Stephen McLaughlin.
Brown told BBC Essex: "I think we're still probably three players short and I've been working hard to get players in.
"I had a meeting with the chairman on Sunday morning, which is not a typical one, but is down to the fact that the second-half performance was so alarmingly poor."


Former France winger David Ginola is back at home following his quadruple heart bypass operation.

The 49-year-old former Newcastle and Tottenham player required the procedure after going into cardiac arrest playing football in the south of France on Thursday, 19 May.
He tweeted: "Home at last! Thanks so much to all of you for your incredible messages of love and affection!"
Surgeon Gilles Dreyfus said Ginola was "extremely lucky" to be alive.
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The professor of cardiac surgery at the Monaco Heart Centre said the ex-France international "was shocked four times on site" by an ambulance crew. They were able to restore a normal heart rhythm and within 10 minutes a helicopter arrived to transfer him to the centre.
Ginola, who won 17 caps, retired in May 2002 and has gone on to become a pundit with the BBC, BT Sport, Canal Plus and CNN.
He moved to Newcastle from Paris St-Germain for £2.5m in 1995.
A fans' favourite at St James' Park, he joined Tottenham in 1997, winning the 1999 League Cup with the Londoners.
That same season, he was named the PFA players' player of the year and the Football Writers' Association's footballer of the year.
He went on to play for Aston Villa and Everton.


Iceland's prime minister has stepped down - the first major casualty of the leaked Panama Papers that have shone a spotlight on offshore finance.

The leaks, from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, showed Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson owned an offshore company with his wife but had not declared it when he entered parliament
He is accused of concealing millions of dollars' worth of family assets.
Mr Gunnlaugsson says he sold his shares to his wife and denies any wrongdoing.
He is one of dozens of high-profile global figures mentioned in the 11.5 million leaked financial and legal records, which were first published on Sunday.
Pressure on Mr Gunnlaugsson to step down had been building since then, with thousands of people protesting outside the parliament building in the capital Reykjavik on Monday and opposition parties tabling a confidence motion.
Earlier on Tuesday, the prime minister had asked President Olafur Ragnar Grimsson to dissolve parliament and call an early election.
But Mr Grimsson said he first wanted to consult leaders of the Independence Party, which has been in the ruling coalition with Mr Gunnlaugsson's Progressive Party since 2013.
Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson, the chairman of the Independence Party, said the prime minister's request had come as a "total surprise" and was not "the rational thing to do".
Ahead of the proposed confidence vote, Agriculture Minister Sigurdur Ingi Johannsson told reporters that the prime minister was stepping down and that the Progressive Party planned to name him new leader and propose that he become prime minister.
However, Mr Gunnlaugsson put out a statement hours later insisting that he had not in fact resigned and Mr Johannsson would take over the post "for an unspecified amount of time".
Confusion surrounding Mr Gunnlaugsson's status continued into Wednesday and further protests were due to be held later in the day.
KatrÃn Jakobsdottir, head of the Left-Green Movement, told the Reuters news agency that opposition parties still wanted early elections.
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The documents leaked from Mossack Fonseca show that Mr Gunnlaugsson and his wife bought the company Wintris in 2007.
He did not declare an interest in the company when entering parliament in 2009. He sold his 50% of Wintris to his wife, Anna Sigurlaug Palsdottir, for $1 (Â£0.70) eight months later.
Mr Gunnlaugsson maintains no rules were broken and his wife did not benefit financially.
The offshore company was used to invest millions of dollars of inherited money, according to a document signed by Mrs Palsdottir in 2015.
Court records show that Wintris had significant investments in the bonds of three major Icelandic banks that collapsed during the financial crisis which began in 2008.
Some of Icelanders' anger is believed to stem from the perceived conflict of interest.
The prime minister was involved in negotiations about the banks' future and had characterised foreign creditors who wanted their money back as "vultures", while Wintris itself was a creditor.
Mr Gunnlaugsson had kept his wife's interest in the outcome a secret.
In his statement, Mr Gunnlaugsson said he had no wish to stand in the way of further government work, such as reform of the financial system.
Addressing the issue of his wife's assets, the statement says the couple have "never sought to hide these assets from Icelandic tax authorities and these holdings in Wintris have been reported as an asset on the prime minister's wife's income tax returns since 2008 and taxes have been paid accordingly in Iceland.
"No parliamentary rules on disclosure have been broken. Even the Guardian and other media covering the story have confirmed that they have not seen any evidence to suggest that the prime minister, his wife, or Wintris engaged in any actions involving tax avoidance, tax evasion, or any dishonest financial gain."
Mr Gunnlaugsson took to Facebook on Wednesday to complain about the recent pressure on his family as well as some of the reporting surrounding his wife. Misinformation and speculation had become so great in some media, he said, that one report even suggested his wife was hoping to travel into space.


Disability groups have written an open letter to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith, urging him to abandon planned cuts to a key benefit.

The House of Lords will vote next week on government plans to cut Â£30 a week from Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) for some new claimants from 2017.
The letter says it will make it harder for disabled people to find work.
But the Department for Work and Pensions says the campaigners are "scare-mongering".
"[The letter] fails to acknowledge that existing claimants and those with the most severe disabilities will not be affected at all," a spokesman said.
From April 2017, ministers are intending to reduce the amount of money people in one category of ESA receive, taking approximately Â£30 a week from new claimants who are deemed to be capable of making some effort to find work.
The change will bring the benefit rate in line with Jobseeker's Allowance.
More than 30 charities and members of the Disability Benefits Consortium, including Mencap, Mind and Parkinson's UK, and three peers, including Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, the record-breaking Paralympian, signed the open letter to Mr Duncan Smith.
The letter said the change would "push sick and disabled people further away from work and closer to poverty".
"The government says this Â£30 disincentivises sick and disabled people from finding work, but it has so far offered no evidence for this claim," the letter said.
By Michael Buchanan, BBC social affairs correspondent
Ministers have struggled to control the cost of Employment and Support Allowance.
An analysis produced last summer by the Office for Budget Responsibility saw them once more increasing the forecast costs for ESA.
The official reason is that more people than expected are on the benefit, a consequence of an increasing number of people successfully appealing against a decision to deny them the benefit, and problems in processing fit-for-work tests that decide if claimants are eligible.
However, internal DWP documents I've seen previously suggest there is a belief in government that people are applying for ESA rather than Jobseeker's Allowance.
They get more money on ESA and the demands to apply for jobs aren't as great.
The planned reforms, for some new claimants in 2017, will bring the ESA benefit rate in line with Jobseeker's Allowance and provide more support for people to find a job, albeit with tougher conditions if they don't comply.
Ministers hope the reforms will save money and get more people into work.
Mind policy and campaigns manager Tom Pollard said: "There is a complete lack of evidence to show that stopping, or threatening to stop, someone's financial support is an effective approach.
"In fact, pressurising people with mental health problems to engage in activities under the threat of losing their benefit is counter-productive, causing additional anxiety, often making people more unwell and less able to work."
Jan Tregelles, Mencap's chief executive, said disabled people were telling the charity "loud and clear" that the cut to ESA "will make their lives harder, with both their health and chances of returning to work being harmed".
A DWP spokesman said the government was "committed to ensuring that people have the best support possible".
"The current system needs reform because it fails to provide the right incentives, and acts to trap people on welfare," the spokesman said.
"The truth is that ESA sanctions are falling, and are only used as a last resort for the tiny percentage of people who don't take up the help on offer - fewer than 1% in any given month."


A van driver was stabbed during an attack by another driver in Edinburgh at the weekend.

Police Scotland said a 23-year-old man was driving a yellow Ford Transit on the A71 between Hermiston and Dalmahoy when he noticed a black car driving very closely behind.
When he pulled over, the car driver got out and attacked him, leaving him with a "puncture wound" in his chest.
Police are treating the attack at about 21:15 on Sunday as attempted murder.
The van driver was taken to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where his condition was described as "stable".
The suspect was described a white man with a light brown beard.  He was wearing a black hooded top with the hood up and dark gloves.
Det Sgt Martin McKay of Corstorphine CID said:  "This was a brutal attack on a member of the public and we are eager to trace the man responsible as soon as possible.
"I would urge anyone who recognises the description of the man, or saw either a black car or a yellow Ford Transit on the A71 around 9.15pm on Sunday, 11 December, to get in touch with us immediately."


Thousands of athletes, officials and spectators left London on Monday after the Olympic Games came to an end.

Heathrow airport said about 116,000 passengers in total left on Monday, and a Games terminal, resembling a London park, saw about 8,000 athletes depart.
About 70,000 passengers in total, including 220 Chinese athletes, departed from Gatwick airport.
Canadian, Polish and Austrian athletes were among the first to leave by air, while others departed by train.
The Greek team left from Stansted airport, and the Lithuanian and Serbian teams were scheduled to leave from the Essex hub on Monday afternoon.
The Australian team are leaving from Stansted in a specially painted Qantas Boeing 747.
Athletes from the Netherlands, Belgium and France left by Eurostar train from St Pancras International station.
Two specially-chartered trains took passengers to Paris and Brussels, where the Dutch team were due to travel on to the Netherlands.
A Gatwick spokesman said the airport handled 100 Games-related flights on Monday, with nearly 1,000 Games-related passengers, including athletes and officials.
Heathrow's temporary terminal is part of a Â£20m investment in handling London 2012 passengers.
In addition to the 31 check-in desks, seven security lanes helped deal with the high number of departures.
The terminal will be decommissioned after three days and returned to its normal use as a staff car park as most of the athletes and visitors are expected to leave during this time.
A spokesman for Heathrow said regular passengers should check-in as normal three hours before long-haul flights and two hours before European flights.
Among the athletes passing through was gold medal-winner Chris Brown, who was part of the winning Bahamas men's 4x400 metres team.
"These Games... have been great. London has staged a fantastic Olympics," he said.
"Everything has worked out well today (Monday) and this special terminal is a bit of fun."
The Heathrow spokesman said: "We wanted to continue the feelgood factor of the Games at the airport on our busiest day for departing athletes."
A spokeswoman later said Monday's departures had run very smoothly.
Heathrow introduced a check-in and bag-drop at the Olympic Village and volunteers will form a guard of honour to cheer athletes off at the airport.
More than 5,000 bags were collected at the Olympic Village on Sunday and processed overnight ready for Monday's exodus.
The Games terminal resembles a London park with plants, park benches, trees, and model stags.
It also features iconic designs such as a red telephone box and a Routemaster bus.
Some Heathrow staff are dressed as park wardens and a bearskin guard is stationed at the ticket presentation stand.
Athletes are being invited to record their favourite memory of London 2012 and hang it on a tree which will be displayed at the airport.
The BBC's Jon Kay, at Heathrow, said American runner Manteo Mitchell, who ran the last 200m of the Olympic men's 4x400m relay heats with a broken left leg, recorded his favourite memory as: "God allowing me to have the strength to finish the race."
Once they have checked in, the athletes are being transferred airside from the temporary terminal at Heathrow by coach to a regular departure point.
A spokeswoman for Gatwick said extra staff were on duty and it was well prepared for Monday's departures, which had passed off without a hitch.


England goalkeeper Joe Hart kept a clean sheet on his home debut for Torino as they drew 0-0 with Empoli.

Hart was not forced to make a save until the 63rd minute and the visitors had only two shots on target.
The 29-year-old, on loan with the Italians from Manchester City, was initially left off the teamsheet on Torino's website in favour of Daniele Padelli, but the mistake was rectified.
Last week Torino got his name wrong on the teamsheet for his debut.
In his first game against Atalanta, Hart failed to deal with a corner and conceded an equaliser, but he was assured against Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino.
He saved a Vincent Laurini shot at his near post and was quick off his line to smother the ball as Manuel Pucciarelli ran on to a through ball.
Match ends, Torino 0, Empoli 0.
Second Half ends, Torino 0, Empoli 0.
Corner,  Empoli. Conceded by Antonio Barreca.
Rade Krunic (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Leandro Castán (Torino).
Offside, Torino. Cesare Bovo tries a through ball, but Davide Zappacosta is caught offside.
Assane Diousse (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Torino).
Attempt missed. Cesare Bovo (Torino) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right following a corner.
Corner,  Torino. Conceded by Manuel Pasqual.
Giuseppe Bellusci (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josef Martínez (Torino).
Daniele Baselli (Torino) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Rade Krunic (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniele Baselli (Torino).
Corner,  Torino. Conceded by Assane Diousse.
Attempt blocked. Cesare Bovo (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Torino. Conceded by Vincent Laurini.
Assane Diousse (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Assane Diousse (Empoli).
Afriyie Acquah (Torino) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Empoli. Rade Krunic replaces Riccardo Saponara.
Hand ball by Lucas Boyé (Torino).
Substitution, Torino. Daniele Baselli replaces Joel Obi.
Attempt missed. Vincent Laurini (Empoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andrés Tello.
Corner,  Empoli. Conceded by Leandro Castán.
Attempt saved. Andrés Tello (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Pucciarelli.
Assane Diousse (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Davide Zappacosta (Torino).
Substitution, Torino. Davide Zappacosta replaces Iago Falque.
Offside, Torino. Afriyie Acquah tries a through ball, but Lorenzo De Silvestri is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrés Tello.
Offside, Torino. Lucas Boyé tries a through ball, but Iago Falque is caught offside.
Offside, Empoli. Daniele Croce tries a through ball, but Riccardo Saponara is caught offside.
Alberto Gilardino (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cesare Bovo (Torino).
Offside, Torino. Mirko Valdifiori tries a through ball, but Afriyie Acquah is caught offside.
Substitution, Empoli. Assane Diousse replaces José Mauri.
Attempt missed. Joel Obi (Torino) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Manuel Pucciarelli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Sierra Leonean striker Alhaji Kamara has been given medical clearance to resume his career after heart tests and has signed for DC United in MLS.

The 22-year-old's former club IFK Norrkoping said he had a heart defect.
DC United's general manager Dave Kasper said: "The MLS cardiology consultant and a heart specialist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital determined he could resume playing.
"Kamara will undergo testing at the end of each season."
The Sierra Leone international's move to DC United comes at a time when two Cameroonian players Patrick Ekeng and Jeanine Christelle Djomnang died of suspected heart problems.
Kasper added: "The player had a potential cardiac issue that could have eliminated him from playing. He was evaluated and found this was not the case.
"We went through proper medical testing and approvals from two top cardiology specialists.
"Certainly we went through a rigorous process, but once they cleared him to play, it gave us peace of mind."
A transfer fee has not been paid for Kamara but Norrköping will be compensated if the player meets performance incentives or if he is sold in the future.
He was originally examined as part of a Uefa requirement because IFK Norrkoping are due to take part in the qualifiers for next season's Champions League.
'He is a strong guy'
Experts from both Uefa and Fifa had advised Kamara against continuing playing football.
This initially forced Norrkoping to remove Kamara from their 2016 season squad to stop him from playing more matches.
Kamara, who scored six goals to help Norrköping win the 2015 Swedish league, is delighted that his career can resume.
"He is so happy and excited to be able to play again," Kamara's local agent Chernor Musa Jalloh told BBC Sport.
"Physically and mentally he is prepared and he knows everything as he is a strong guy.
"He went through a difficult path and thanks to everyone who supported him."


The Royal Observatory's annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has produced some incredible photographs.

They include a look at swirling gases on the Sun and a night sky filled with a shimmering, green aurora.
There were hundreds of entries from 51 countries around the world, showcasing the cosmos beyond our planet.
Astronomer judges Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock, from the BBC's Sky at Night, and Marek Kukula made a shortlist of 20 winning photographs.
Categories included; Earth and Space, Deep Space and Our Solar System.
There was also a Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year category won by Shishir and Shashank Dholakia, aged 15 from the USA.
Images from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2014 can be seen at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, until 22 February 2015.
Images by: Patrick Cullis (Moon Balloon),  Catalin Beldea (Totality from above the clouds), Rogelio Bernal Andreo (California vs Pleiades), David Fitz-Henry (The Helix Nebula), Matt James (Wind Farm Star Trails), O Chul Kwon (Venus-Lunar Occultation), George Tarsoudis (Best of the Craters), Alexandra Hart (Solar Nexus), Stephen Ramsden (Calcium K Eruption), Alexandra Hart (Ripples in a Pond), Olivia Williamson (The Martian Territory), Emmett Sparling (New Year over Cypress Mountain), Eugen Kamenew (Hybrid Solar Eclipse), Chris Murphy (Coastal Stairways), J P Metsavainio (Veil Nebula Detail), Bill Snyder (Horsehead Nebula), James Woodend (Aurora over a Glacier Lagoon)
All images subject to copyright.


Sergio Aguero's swinging arm into the throat of West Ham's Winston Reid was "excessive in force and brutal", the Football Association has said.

The Manchester City striker, 29, was found guilty of violent conduct after their 3-1 Premier League win in August.
In its written reasons for the ban, the FA "unanimously felt that the video evidence before them was conclusive".
Aguero, who has scored six goals in four matches this season, is serving a three-match suspension.
"All three Commission members felt that in their opinion, having been knocked off balance by Winston Reid, Mr. Aguero had thrown out his left arm in an aggressive manner that was excessive in force and brutal, which clearly endangered the safety of Mr. Reid," the FA commission's statement said.
"Indeed, even though the point of Mr. Aguero's elbow did not connect with Mr. Reid, his flailing forearm did and this contact between forearm and throat/neck clearly hurt Mr. Reid."
Manchester City contested the violent conduct charge and argued that "the standard punishment would be clearly excessive".
However, the commission noted "the clenched fist of Mr. Aguero as he threw his left elbow towards Mr. Reid, the upward angle of the movement and the force of the movement".
Hammers defender Reid could not talk after the clash, according to his captain Mark Noble, and was substituted.
Aguero served the first game of his ban during last weekend's Manchester derby and will also miss the upcoming home league game against Bournemouth (Sat, 17 Sept) and EFL Cup trip to Swansea City (Wed, 21 Sept).


Boreham Wood have signed experienced defender Matt Paine from fellow National League side Braintree Town.

The ex-Colchester trainee, 28, follows the same route taken by Braintree team-mate Kenny Davis just a fortnight ago.
Both were in the Iron side who finished a club-best third, only to be beaten by Grimsby Town after extra time in the promotion semi-finals.
"We had a talented squad, but we need additional leaders to help get us over the line," said boss Luke Garrard.
"In Painey, Kenny Davis, who we signed a few weeks ago, and with the likes of Joe Devera, Dave Stephens, Danny Woodards, Ben Nunn and Conor Clifford, that problem will now solve itself."
"I'm delighted to secure Matt. His experience, ability and versatility will serve us well. It's a signature that I've targeted since the season came to an end and I'm again very grateful to our chairman for backing me on this."
Paine, who can also play centre midfield, made 183 non-league top-flight appearances for Braintree over the past five years.
He is Boreham Wood's third summer signing, following Davis and winger Bruno Andrade from Woking.


The typical UK home now costs six times average annual earnings, even though house price inflation is slowing, according to the Nationwide.

The last time the prices/earnings ratio was so high was more than eight years ago, in March 2008.
Over the last three years, house prices have risen by 20%, while wages have risen by just 6%, the Nationwide said.
In the year to the end of October, prices went up by 4.6%, down from 5.3% in September.
They were unchanged during the month of October.
The average price of a UK house fell from Â£206,015 to Â£205,904, on a non-seasonally adjusted basis.
The Nationwide said the weakness of the market may still reflect the changes to stamp duty in April this year, when landlords were faced with tax rises.
Despite the fact that the house prices are so expensive relative to wages, low interest rates have made them more affordable.
"The steady decline in borrowing costs over the same period has helped to lessen the impact on affordability for home buyers," said Robert Gardner, Nationwide's chief economist.
"Indeed, the typical mortgage payment expressed as a share of average take-home pay is little changed over the period, and is still in line with the long-run average."
Mr Gardner also pointed out price differences across the country, adding: "It is important to note that there is significant variation across the regions in terms of affordability.
"The cost of servicing the typical mortgage as a share of take-home pay is now above its 2007 peak in London and above its long-run average in the outer metropolitan and outer south-east regions.
"By contrast, housing appears far more affordable in northern England, Wales and Scotland."
Where can I afford to live?


Voters in five north-eastern US states are casting ballots in a series of primaries that could cement the leads of presidential frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Democrat Mrs Clinton and Republican Mr Trump hold sizeable leads in all five contests, according to recent polling.
Mr Trump's rivals have already shifted focus away from the north-east.
Ted Cruz and John Kasich have teamed up to help each other in the Indiana, Oregon and New Mexico primaries.
Mr Trump has condemned their pact as a sign of weakness and desperation.
Live coverage: Five north-eastern states head to the polls
On Tuesday, the Republican frontrunner also fired back at celebrities who said they would leave for Canada if he was elected, including Lena Dunham, the actress and creator the television series Girls.
"Well she's a B actor and, you know, has no mojo," he said. "I heard Whoopi Goldberg said that too. That would be a great, great thing for our country."
Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island are holding primaries on Tuesday.
In the Republican race, the candidates are focused on blocking Mr Trump from gaining 1,237 delegates and so forcing a contested convention this July in Cleveland.
That would mean party delegates - Republican officials and activists - choose the nominee.
The hope of a contested convention is keeping Mr Kasich and Mr Cruz in the race. Both candidates have no chance of securing the nomination outright.
Meanwhile, Democrat Bernie Sanders is pushing hard for a win in Rhode Island, where Mrs Clinton's lead is slimmer. He is also hoping for an upset in Pennsylvania, with its many working-class voters.
However, after Tuesday's results, it is unlikely Mr Sanders will be able to overcome Mrs Clinton's lead to become the Democratic nominee for president.
In a word, demographics. Mrs Clinton does best in races where the electorate is diverse, older or affluent. The north-eastern voters are all of those things.
With a large African-American population and one of the highest average household incomes in the country, Maryland represents a daunting challenge for the Sanders campaign.
Pennsylvania seemed like more fertile ground for Mr Sanders because it looks somewhat like Michigan, a blue-collar state that his campaign won. However, polls show Mr Sanders trailing badly even in Pennsylvania.
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are poised for a dominating showing in one of the last multi-state primary days of the 2016 presidential campaign.
Last week in New York the two front-runners reasserted themselves after a string of stumbles both at the ballot boxes and in the headlines. This week they could consolidate their position at the top - or more.
It's hard to imagine a scenario where Democrat Mrs Clinton doesn't have the nomination sewn up by Wednesday morning. She is in Philadelphia on Tuesday and might want to check out hotel suites near the site of July's Democratic National Convention.
Republican Mr Trump's path to his party's nomination remains more uncertain - but a strong result on Tuesday will edge him ever-closer to the magic 1,237 delegate mark and make wresting the prize from his grasp all the more difficult.
It looks like Mr Trump's poor showing in Wisconsin three weeks ago was just a blip and not evidence of a campaign in decline. It proved that if the political stars aligned - united Republican opposition, a hostile local media and a string of mis-steps by the Trump team - the New Yorker is beatable. To the despair of the #NeverTrump forces, however, those circumstances may not appear again.
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It's complicated. Pennsylvania awards its 71 delegates by a state-wide vote and by congressional district.
Heavily favoured to win the popular vote, Mr Trump should easily gain the 17 state-wide delegates.
However, the 54 delegates awarded by congressional district are "unbound" or free to support the candidate of their choice regardless of the outcome of the popular vote.
Before the convention, Mr Cruz and Mr Kasich will be lobbying these delegates, hoping to gain their allegiance.
The pact itself is very narrowly focused.
Mr Kasich is to give Mr Cruz a "clear path" by not campaigning in Indiana. Mr Cruz will reciprocate in New Mexico and Oregon.
But neither has endorsed tactical voting among their supporters. And Mr Kasich said after the pact was announced that voters in Indiana "ought to vote for me".
No other states are included and both campaigns intend to fight for their candidate should there be a contested convention, not to mention how far apart the pair are on policy.
Yes and no. On the Democratic side, Mrs Clinton might have essentially wrapped up the race if she stretches her lead.
Mr Sanders will probably shift his focus from competing outright with Mrs Clinton to trying to push the Democratic Party platform further to the left. If he does well in coming primaries like California and New Jersey, he will have more leverage.
The Republican race is a lot more fluid. If Mr Trump performs as expected on Tuesday, the Stop Trump movement will make its final stand.


The US Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has said it is investigating 14 new reports of possible sexual transmission of the Zika virus.

The cases include several involving pregnant women, the CDC said.
The public health body made the revelation as it published new guidance on sexual transmission of the virus.
The guidance has been issued in response to confirmation of the first case of Zika in a non-traveller in the continental United States.
That case was linked to sexual contact with an infected partner.
The CDC is advising all men who have travelled to an area active with the Zika virus to use condoms or abstain from sex for the length of the pregnancy.
There is no evidence yet that women can transmit Zika virus to their sex partners, but more research is needed to understand this issue, the health body said.
Scientists last week said a study involving pregnant women in Brazil "strengthened" the theory that Zika is linked to the microcephaly birth defects in babies.
The defect can cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads and affect their cognitive development.
The research confirmed the presence of Zika virus in the amniotic fluid of two women who had had Zika-like symptoms during their pregnancies.
Brazilian experts say this suggests the virus can infect the foetus.
The primary method of infection of the virus remains mosquito bites. Experts say women who are pregnant should try to avoid the insects.
On Tuesday, Margaret Chan, the head of the World Health Organization, said the world faced "a long journey" to defeat Zika.
Speaking in Brazil, where most cases have been recorded, she said it was a "very tricky, very tenacious, very difficult" virus.


A Somerset hospital has declared its third "black alert" of the winter as doctors say they are dealing with the "busiest fortnight in our history".

"Unprecedented pressure" at Yeovil District Hospital means 80 operations have been cancelled in two weeks.
A temporary ward with 24 extra beds was opened in February to cope with winter pressures - but that is also full.
Deputy chief executive Jonathan Howes told the BBC:  "Every part of our capacity has been filled."
The 345-bed hospital serves a population of about 185,000 - largely in south Somerset, North and West Dorset and parts of Mendip.
It has already been on "black alert" - meaning there are not enough beds to cope with numbers coming in to A&E - twice this winter, in January and February.
Dr Howes said the pressure was partly explained by the area's ageing population, many of whom have "multiple conditions". There has also been "respiratory conditions" circulating in schools and workplaces.
"That, combined with pressures felt in other parts of the system so that we can't discharge people from hospital, has caused the acute crisis right now."
"We are always under pressure but the last fortnight has seen the busiest period in our history.
"This has been an on-going issue, we have had the highest number of attendances in our emergency department on record, up in the 170s - we normally see about 130. This has been sustained over the last fortnight. "
With the "added pressure" of the Easter weekend ahead, the hospital is urging people to "think carefully" before going to A&E - as a "significant number" of those who have been in casualty could have been treated elsewhere, at minor injuries units, GP walk-in centres or by calling 111.


A convicted murderer who stamped a woman to death has absconded from an open prison in Derbyshire.

Darren Jackson, 51, was serving part of his life sentence at HMP Sudbury when he was reported missing on Tuesday.
Jackson killed Gill Ellis in Burnley in 1984, when he was a teenager, by stamping on her stomach and tearing a main blood vessel to her heart.
He was jailed in March 1986, went on the run in 1997 and was later freed but then recalled to Sudbury Prison.
Ms Ellis, from Burnley, was mugged as she walked across Hargher Clough Recreation Ground on her way home from a Christmas party in 1984, the Lancashire Telegraph reported.
As she lay unconscious, Jackson, also from Burnley, stamped on her stomach - splitting her pancreas and fracturing her ribs, the trial at Manchester Crown Court heard.
The prosecutor said Ms Ellis's liver had "virtually exploded".
Jackson was found guilty of murder and jailed for life.
In 1997, he escaped from HMP Ranby, in Nottinghamshire, and went on the run for three days before giving himself up after he was spotted.
He was released in 2007 - after serving 21 years of his sentence - but was later recalled to Sudbury Prison.
Police have described him as white, 6ft 4ins tall, slim, with short cropped grey hair and a tattoo on his wrist. His last known addresses was in Oldham and Burnley.


A man has been left traumatised after he was attacked and bundled into the boot of a car during a robbery in County Down.

Three men went to a house at Lurgan Road, Magheralin, on Tuesday at about 20:45 BST.
They demanded money and assaulted the man, then threw him into the car boot and drove off.
They abandoned the car near Moira and the victim was freed.
Police said it was a traumatic experience for the man who was left extremely shocked by what had happened.
They appealed to anyone who saw a blue Mazda and a silver Vauxhall car in Magheralin on Tuesday night to contact them.


A tense exchange between two rival Australian politicians has ended with one calling the other a homophobe.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten was criticising Senator Cory Bernardi's push to cut a school anti-LGBT bullying program when Mr Bernardi walked past.
When Mr Bernardi called Mr Shorten "a fraud", the Labor leader retorted, "At least I'm not a homophobe".
Mr Bernadi later issued a statement calling on Mr Shorten to "get out of the leftist quagmire".
"It's disappointing that the so-called leader of a political party can only resort to name calling instead of addressing the merits of any political policy debate," Mr Bernadi said.
"His ill-advised quip was a direct insult to millions of Australians who are concerned about the quality and content of material being provided to schools via Federal government funding."
The conservative politician says sexualised elements of the A$8m ($5.7m; Â£4m) scheme are inappropriate.
He wants it abandoned due to fears it will "indoctrinate children into a Marxist agenda of cultural relativism".
The Safe Schools program was introduced by the previous Labor government with the aim of stopping LGBT bullying in schools.
Safe Schools Coalition Australia says around 500 schools are involved in the program designed to achieve "safe learning environments", "better diversity" and "well-being for students".
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull ordered a review of the program on Monday following Mr Bernardi's criticisms.


Patients, staff and visitors were evacuated from Wishaw General Hospital in North Lanarkshire earlier.

Pictures on social media showed elderly patients on trollies outside the main building.
Police were called to the site at about 16:40 after an alarm was activated. The building was assessed as secure and the alert is believed to have been caused by a fault with the system.
NHS Lanarkshire said all patients were now back inside.
A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Police officers attended and a search was carried out in conjunction with hospital security staff. The building was assessed as secure it was believed to be a system fault with the alarm.
"There was no impact on the health and safety of patients and normal hospital service resumed."
Calum Campbell, chief executive of NHS Lanarkshire, said: "At around 4.40pm, our alarm system at Wishaw General Hospital was triggered. Staff followed protocol, emergency services quickly attended and there was a partial evacuation of the building.
"Within the hour we had received confirmation that it was safe to re-enter the building and the hospital quickly returned to normal.
"We are investigating the cause of the alarm which is believed to be due to a fault with the system. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to patients and visitors and are pleased to report that there was no impact on the safety of patients as a result of this incident."


A new report says that using technology like laptops and tablets in schools does not improve pupil results.

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Research by the OECD, an organisation that looks at how people live and work around the world, suggests that some places that invested heavily in tech often experienced worse results than those that had limited access.
They looked at schools around the world and concluded that the ones that spent lots of money on technological learning aids had seen "no noticeable improvement" in the reading, mathematics or science tests.
Newsround spoke to children at a school in Salford to ask if they thought technology helps them learn better.


Staff at the Met Office in Exeter are to walk out on strike later over a 10% gap in male and female salaries.

The trade union Prospect, which represents the majority of Met Office employees, says senior female meteorologists earn about Â£7,000 less than their male counterparts.
The Met Office acknowledged the 24-hour industrial action, from 07:00 GMT, may disrupt some weather services.
It said it was aware of the pay gap and "committed to reducing it".
It is the second time in a year Met Office staff have taken strike action over pay.
A group of union members are travelling to London to lobby MPs in a bid to get the government to give the Met Office more freedom in how it pays its staff.
It says its current pay policy is restricting the Met Office's ability to close the equal pay gap and retain specialist staff.
Union spokeswoman Helen Stevens said the strike action was not being taken lightly by "loyal and committed" staff, adding the government "talks the talk on fair and equal pay, but does not walk the walk".
The Met Office said it was working to ensure services "critical for safety of life and property" were maintained during the strike action.
It provides information for a wide range of customers including the armed forces, energy and retail companies and for BBC weather forecasts, although the BBC announced last summer it was cancelling its weather forecasting contract after nearly 100 years.
The Met Office said its current gender pay gap was "in line with the public sector and better than the UK's industry-wide figure".
"The Met Office has carried out a pay audit and is now reviewing the findings to understand the reasons behind the pay gap it has revealed and decide on next steps," a statement added.