Tiger Woods failed to card a birdie as he shot a five-over-par 77 to trail leader Sergio Garcia by 12 shots at the Dubai Desert Classic.

The 14-time major winner, playing in his first European Tour event after a back injury, faces missing successive cuts after struggling at Torrey Pines.
"I was trying to hit shots and I wasn't doing a good job," said Woods, 41.
"I could have shot something near even par if I would have made some putts but I made nothing."
Starting his opening round on the back nine, Woods got off to a poor start as he found a bunker and bogeyed the par-five opener.
He dropped another shot on the 12th before his approach shot fell short of the 18th green and rolled back into the water, leading to his third bogey of the day.
Woods, who returned to action last December after 15 months out following surgery, had a three-putt bogey on the fifth and missed par from five feet on the sixth.
Woods insisted he had not suffered an injury setback despite climbing awkwardly out of a greenside bunker early on and grimacing as he walked off the tee on his 16th hole.
"No, I wasn't in pain at all," Woods said. "I was just trying to hit shots and I wasn't doing a very good job. At the end I finally hit some good ones but the damage had already been done."
Spain's Garcia said his seven-under-par 65 was "a nice way to start; a good solid round".
He holed six birdies and an eagle to lead by one from Chile's Felipe Aguilar and South Africa's George Coetzee, with England's Ian Poulter a shot further back after a 67.


A gunman has killed four US Marines and injured several others at two US Navy buildings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

A local district lawyer said the shootings were being investigated as an "act of domestic terrorism".
The gunman, who was shot dead, was named as 24-year-old Mohammad Youssuf Abdulazeez by the FBI and local reports said he was born in the Middle East.
President Barack Obama said the attack was "heartbreaking" and said the suspect appeared to be a "lone gunman".
Abdulazeez is believed to have been born in Kuwait, but has lived in the US for several years.
He was arrested earlier this year in Chattanooga for driving under the influence of alcohol.
A spokesman for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga said a student with the same name graduated in 2012 with a degree in engineering, according to local media reports.
The Chattanooga Times newspaper reported that he went to a local high school and competed on the wrestling team.
He left this message in his school yearbook: "My name causes national security alerts. What does yours do?"
The investigation is still at an early stage, but it appears that Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez  was acting alone. What made him do what he did will be the subject of intensive inquiries that will delve deep into his past and that of his friends and family, and into his state-of-mind.
But lone wolves, as such men are often described, are the hardest to stop.
Both the president and the head of the FBI have recently underlined this problem and called on local communities to be vigilant for the signs of any radicalisation.
It is also hard for the authorities to protect all potential targets. The first location at which Abdulazeez began firing was an army recruitment office, in the middle of a strip mall - flanked by a mobile phone shop and an Italian restaurant - in other words, firmly within the local community. Many will not want the military to completely retreat behind barbed wire and concrete barriers.
Armed police raided the house where he lived, a few miles outside Chattanooga in Hixson, after the shootings and an AP reporter said two women were led away in handcuffs.
In a statement, the FBI confirmed his identity but said it "would be premature to speculate on the motives of the shooter at this time".
Officials told the AP news agency that Abdulazeez was not known to federal law enforcement before the attacks.
Earlier, US officials said authorities were investigating whether the gunman was inspired by or had links to the Islamic State (IS) group or other jihadist organisations.
IS leaders have called on their followers to launch attacks during the month of Ramadan, which comes to an end this weekend.
FBI agent Ed Reinhold, who is leading the investigation, said the first shooting occurred at about 10:45 local time (14:45 GMT) at a US Navy recruitment centre in the east of the city.
After opening fire on the building, the gunman then fled the scene in a Ford Mustang and was pursued by Chattanooga police, Mr Reinhold told reporters.
He was shot dead after a gunfight at a US Navy reserve centre about seven miles (10 km) away on Amnicola Highway.
The US Marines confirmed in a statement that there were "four Marine fatalities" at the Navy and Marine Corps Reserve Centre in Chattanooga.
They said one Marine Corps recruiter was wounded but was later released from hospital. Two other people are believed to have been treated for injuries.
"This is a sad day for the United States. These service members served their country with pride," Bill Kilden, the federal prosecutor for eastern Tennessee, said.
"We are investigating this as an act of domestic terrorism," he told reporters.
But other officials expressed caution at jumping to conclusions.
"We are looking at every possible avenue - whether it was terrorism, whether it was domestic, international or whether it was a simple criminal act," Mr Reinhold said.
City Mayor Andy Berke tweeted: "Horrific incident in our community."
"Our hearts are broken for the families of the four Marines killed in today's terrible act of violence. They are in our prayers," he added.
Eyewitnesses reported seeing the gunman firing from inside a car outside the recruitment centre.
Gina Mule, who works at a local restaurant, told CNN she heard "really loud noises" and saw a man with a "high-powered rifle".
"A lot of shots were fired," she added.
A statement from the US Department of Homeland Security said it was "enhancing the security posture at certain federal facilities, out of an abundance of caution".


Antrim were beaten 2-22 to 0-8 by Galway in Saturday's Ireland All-Ireland Minor Hurling quarter-final.

Cian Salmon and Evan Niland scored the goals for the Westerners who were always on top at Breffni Park.
Galway had seven points on the board before Antrim opened their account through Diarmuid McShane on 11 minutes.
The victors claimed a trio of scores, before Conal Doherty Cunning and Donal McKernan landed points to ensure a 0-10 to 0-3 scoreline after 18 minutes.
Nine points separated the teams in the 23rd minute after Keelan Molloy pointed for Antrim, but the Saffrons were not to score again until the 13th minute of the second half.
The Ulster champions trailed by 1-14 to 0-4 at half-time, with Salmon netting Galway's goal in the final minute of first-half normal time.
Both sides had equal share of possession inside 10 minutes of the restart, but crucially Galway added two points, as Antrim fired three wides.
Evan Niland and Enda Fahy added further scores to open up a 1-18 to 0-4 lead, before Doherty Cunning broke the Antrim deadlock.
Antrim pushed hard for goals, with Galway goalkeeper Jack Forde denying both Donal McKernan and Peter McCallion.
At the opposite end Niland cut through for Galway's second goal to ensure a 2-19 to 0-5 lead with six minutes remaining.
Doherty Cunning registered three of the next four points, but it was far too late for Antrim, as late scores from Jack Coyne and Martin McManus ensued a 20-point Galway win.


The leader of the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) has dismissed suggestions he is preparing to retire.

Jim Allister told his party conference - his eighth as leader - that he was already looking forward to the council elections in 2019, when he hoped to double their numbers.
"It seems it's not yet time for Jexit but happily it's time for Brexit," he told delegates in Cookstown.
He vowed to continue to "shine a light" on the executive's "dark secrets".
He also accused the first and deputy first ministers of hiring a "super spin doctor" in David Gordon "to hide uncomfortable truths under the carpet".
Around 100 TUV members attended the conference - fewer than last year.
Mr Allister was the only one of the party's 15 candidates to be elected to Stormont in the 2016 assembly elections.
However, the party faithful were urged to take comfort in the success of Brexit and Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
"2016 will go down in history as the year when the people rose up to retake control of their destiny," said Mr Allister.
"2016 was our year of liberation from the shackles and torments of the EU.
"An uprising of true patriots, a bloodless revolution that will set our nation on course to be great again - spending our own money, deciding our own laws, being subject to our own courts and making trade deals that suit us."
The TUV leader urged the Ulster Unionists and SDLP to reject mandatory coalition, to ensure they could be elected to govern without any input from Sinn FÃ©in and the DUP.
Mr Allister also accused First Minister Arlene Foster and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness of using the social investment fund to pander to paramilitaries.
He described it as a "slush fund" used to win support in communities they struggled to reach.


The venue of Banksy's Dismaland show in Weston-super-Mare could house a new tourist information centre.

The theme park at the empty Tropicana building is now being dismantled after the five week exhibition.
The previous tourist information centre at the Winter Gardens closed at the end of last month.
Mike Jackson, North Somerset Council's chief executive, said discussions were taking place with the town council about using the location.
"The future of tourist information is going to be quite heavily online based, but we are exploring whether the new possibilities created by the interest in Dismaland means we can perhaps provide something at the Tropicana," he said.
Mr Jackson said the Tropicana site could also now be used for further events and exhibitions by "local and regional" artists.
Dismaland attracted about 200,000 visitors during its five-week run, and brought about Â£20m to the local economy, according to tourism bosses.
Street artist Banksy's website stated that timber and fixtures from the dismantled exhibition will be sent to a migrant camp in Calais to build shelters.


The world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since 1945, the United Nations says, issuing a plea for help to avoid "a catastrophe".

UN humanitarian chief Stephen O'Brien said that more than 20 million people faced the threat of starvation and famine in Yemen, Somalia, South Sudan and Nigeria.
Unicef has already warned 1.4m children could starve to death this year.
Mr O'Brien said $4.4bn (Â£3.6bn) was needed by July to avert disaster.
"We stand at a critical point in history," Mr O'Brien told the Security Council on Friday. "Already at the beginning of the year we are facing the largest humanitarian crisis since the creation of the United Nations."
"Now, more than 20 million people across four countries face starvation and famine. Without collective and coordinated global efforts, people will simply starve to death. Many more will suffer and die from disease.
"Children stunted and out of school. Livelihoods, futures and hope will be lost. Communities' resilience rapidly wilting away. Development gains reversed. Many will be displaced and will continue to move in search for survival, creating ever more instability across entire regions."
Mr O'Brien's comments follow on from a similar appeal made by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres last month.
At that time, he revealed the UN had only received $90m (Â£74m) so far in 2017, despite generous pledges.
Like Mr O'Brien, he urged more financial support for the four countries. But why are they in such dire need?
The pictures were among the most shocking of last year: emaciated children, clinging on to life with what little strength they had left. Four-year-olds not bigger than infants. And mothers unable to do anything to stop their children dying.
It is thought a child dies every 10 minutes in Yemen from a preventable disease, while half-a-million children under five are suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
The UN estimates some 19 million people - or two thirds of Yemen's population - is in need of some sort of humanitarian help following two years of war between Houthi insurgents and the government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition.
What's hampering aid?
Continuing fighting, lack of rule of law, poor governance, under-development.
A naval embargo imposed by the Saudi-led coalition, fighting around the government-controlled port of Aden and air strikes on the rebel-held port of Hudaydah, have severely reduced imports since 2015.
A lack of fuel, coupled with insecurity and damage to markets and roads, have also prevented supplies from being distributed.
Read more: How bad is Yemen's humanitarian crisis?
UN agencies say 100,000 people are facing starvation in South Sudan, while a further million are classified as being on the brink of famine.
It is the most acute of the present food emergencies, and the most widespread nationally.
Overall, says the UN, 4.9 million people - or 40% of South Sudan's population - are "in need of urgent food, agriculture and nutrition assistance".
What's hampering aid?
Continuing fighting in the country that now has been at war since 2013, lack of rule of law, under-development.
Some UN officials have suggested President Salva Kiir's government has been blocking food aid to certain areas - a claim denied by the authorities.
There have also been reports of humanitarian convoys and warehouses coming under attack or being looted, either by government or rebel forces.
Read more: Why are there still famines?
The UN has described the unfolding disaster in north-eastern Nigeria as the "greatest crisis on the continent" - the full extent of which has only been revealed as extremist militant group Boko Haram is pushed back.
It was already known the Islamist group had killed 15,000 and pushed more than two million from their homes. But as they retreated, it became clear there were thousands more people living in famine-like conditions in urgent need of help.
The UN estimated in December there were 75,000 children at risk of starving to death. Another 7.1 million people in Nigeria and the neighbouring Lake Chad area are considered "severely food insecure".
What's hampering aid?
Boko Haram attacks, lack of rule of law, under-development.
There are still areas under the control of Boko Haram, which aid agencies cannot reach.
Thee have also been allegations of widespread aid theft, which are being investigated by Nigeria's senate.
Read more: 'We survived militants but face starvation'
The last time a famine was declared in Somalia - just six years ago - nearly 260,000 people died.
At the beginning of March, there were reports of 110 people dying in just one region in a 48-hour period.
Humanitarian groups fear this could be just the beginning: a lack of water - blamed partially on the El Nino weather phenomenon - has killed off livestock and crops, leaving 6.2 million people in urgent need of help.
What's hampering aid?
Continuing attacks by Islamist militant group al-Shabab, lack of rule of law, under-development.
Piracy off Somalia's coast impeded shipments in the past - however attacks have reduced significantly in recent years.
Read more: More than 100 die from hunger in one region


The Irish police watchdog, the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC), has confirmed that its chairman Simon O'Brien is to step down from his post.

It said Mr O'Brien is leaving to take up a role as chief executive of the UK's Pensions Ombudsman Service.
His resignation takes effect on 30 January.
Mr O'Brien led GSOC for three years and during his tenure the commission was the focus of a high-profile controversy over claims the office had been bugged.
The allegations were not proved, following a judge-led investigation.
In his resignation statement, Mr O'Brien said: "I have been in Ireland for five years in two posts.  This is a significant opportunity and I am looking forward to the new challenge.
"The new post will bring me back home to be with my wife and young family in London."
GSOC was established by the Irish government in 2007 to provide independent oversight of policing in Ireland.
Its main role is to investigate complaints about police officers' conduct.
The bugging claims first emerged in the Sunday Times in February 2013, when the paper reported that a hi-tech surveillance operation had been uncovered at GSOC's Dublin headquarters some months earlier.
GSOC had called in a British security consultancy in 2012 to check its offices for bugs, and the firm found "three electronic anomalies" that could not be explained.
The firm's findings suggested evidence of electronic surveillance in a meeting room and a compromised wi-fi system.
The newspaper report caused widespread controversy, with concerns raised over who would have reason to spy on the body that held Irish police officers to account.
GSOC had not informed either the police or the justice minister about the findings of the security operation, and the minister publicly criticised Mr O'Brien for failing to do so.
The government appointed a high court judge to investigate the matter, and in June 2014, Judge John Cooke concluded that the available evidence did not support allegations that GSOC's offices had been bugged.
He also said it was even more unlikely that members of the police would be involved in unlawful surveillance.
The British security firm, Verrimus, said it stood over its findings that it had identified "credible threats" during the surveillance sweep.
GSOC held its own investigation in a bid to find out how the confidential findings of the surveillance sweep had been leaked to the Sunday Times.
The barrister appointed to carry out the investigation was unable to identify the source of the leak.
When the barrister's report was published last September, Mr O'Brien said he had no intention of resigning as a result of the issue.
He said his office had learned lessons from the case and wanted to move on from it.


Cash will remain a part of our day-to-day lives for decades, the Bank of England's chief cashier has said on the 50th anniversary of the ATM.

Victoria Cleland said that although the use of notes and coins in transactions is falling, cash is part of all the Bank's future plans.
She pointed out that 94% of UK adults use cash machines.
It was 50 years ago today that the world's first ATM was unveiled at a Barclays branch in Enfield, London.
As a tribute to the golden anniversary, Barclays has transformed the modern-day Enfield cash machine into gold.
Ms Cleland said that more than half of UK adults use an ATM at least once a week.
Cash was used in nearly half of all transactions and was also important as a store of value, she added.
Raheel Ahmed, head of customer experience at Barclays, echoed Ms Cleland's views.
"Even though recent years have seen a huge uptake of digital banking and card payments, cash remains a crucial part of most people's day-to-day lives - whether it is paying for groceries or doing the office coffee run - and we're very proud of the role that Barclays has played in the history of the cash machine."
The first cash machine came about after some hurried signing of contracts, over a pink gin, between Barclays and Scottish inventor John Shepherd-Barron, who died in 2010.
"It struck me there must be a way I could get my own money, anywhere in the world or the UK," he told the BBC in 2007. "I hit upon the idea of a chocolate bar dispenser, but replacing chocolate with cash."
All did not go entirely to plan with the first ATMs. When one was installed in Zurich, Switzerland, there was a mysterious malfunction. Eventually, it was found that wires from two intersecting tramlines nearby were interfering with the mechanism.
There are now about 70,000 cash machines across the UK, and 176 million cards in the UK that can be used to withdraw cash at them.
These cards were used to withdraw a total of Â£180bn from UK cash machines last year.
The latest developments aim to make the ATM a "bank branch in a box". Manufacturer NCR said its research showed that 80% of the transactions typically completed inside a physical branch could be completed through a video teller at an ATM.
Portugal has the highest proportion of cash machines in western Europe with 1,516 machines per one million residents.
Sweden, typical of a Scandinavian shift towards a cashless society, has the lowest with 333 machines per one million inhabitants.


Leeds United have signed striker Caleb Ekuban from Italian club Chievo Verona for an undisclosed fee.

The 23-year-old has agreed a four-year contract with the Championship side.
A product of Chievo's youth system, Ekuban spent last season on loan in Albania with FK Partizani, for whom he played in the the Champions League and Europa League preliminary rounds.
Ekuban will join the Leeds squad on their pre-season tour of Austria later this week.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Buckingham Palace has said it is disappointed that footage from 1933 showing the Queen performing a Nazi salute has been released.

The Sun has published the film which shows the Queen aged about seven, with her mother, sister and uncle.
The palace said it was "disappointing that film, shot eight decades ago... has been obtained and exploited".
The newspaper has refused to say how it got the footage but said it was an "important and interesting story".
The black and white footage, which lasts about 17 seconds, shows the Queen playing with a dog on the lawn in the gardens of Balmoral, the Sun says.
The Queen Mother then raises her arm in the style of a Nazi salute and, after glancing towards her mother, the Queen mimics the gesture. Prince Edward, the future Edward VIII, is also seen raising his arm.
The footage is thought to have been shot in 1933 or 1934, when Hitler was rising to prominence as Fuhrer in Germany but the circumstances in which it was shot are unclear.
A Palace source said: "Most people will see these pictures in their proper context and time. This is a family playing and momentarily referencing a gesture many would have seen from contemporary news reels.
"No-one at that time had any sense how it would evolve. To imply anything else is misleading and dishonest."
The source added: "The Queen and her family's service and dedication to the welfare of this nation during the war, and the 63 years the Queen has spent building relations between nations and peoples speaks for itself."
BBC Royal correspondent Sarah Campbell said Buckingham Palace was not denying the footage was authentic but that there were "questions over how this video has been released".
Dickie Arbiter, a former Buckingham Palace press secretary, said the Palace would be investigating.
"They'll be wondering whether it was in fact something that was held in the Royal Archives at Windsor, or whether it was being held by the Duke of Windsor's estate," he said.
"And if it was the Duke of Windsor's estate, then somebody has clearly taken it from the estate and here it is, 82 years later.
"But a lot of questions have got to be asked and a lot of questions got to be answered."
Sun managing editor Stig Abell said he did not accept Buckingham Palace's accusation that the footage had been "exploited".
He said the newspaper had decided to publish the story because it was of great public importance and the involvement of Prince Edward gave it "historical significance".
The then Prince of Wales faced numerous accusations of being a Nazi sympathiser and was photographed meeting Hitler in Munich in October 1937.
BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt
It's an arresting, once private image on the front of a national newspaper.
Its publication has prompted Palace officials to talk about a breach of privacy and the Sun to argue it's acting in the national interest.
Apart from the obvious anger on one side, it's striking how both sides have talked of the need to put the home movie in its "proper context".
From the Palace perspective this is a six-year-old princess who didn't attach any meaning to the gesture.  Such an explanation doesn't, of course, explain the thinking of her mother.
Those around the royals are also keen to focus on the war record of the then King, Queen and their two daughters.
What they're less keen to focus on - and what the Queen would like not to be reminded of - is the behaviour of her uncle.
A man, who was briefly King, and whose fascination with Nazi Germany is well documented.
Read Peter Hunt's blog here
Mr Abell said: "We are not using it to suggest any impropriety on behalf of them. But it is an important and interesting issue, the extent to which the British aristocracy - notably Edward VIII, in this case - in the 1930s, were sympathetic towards fascism.
"That must be a matter of national and public interest to discuss. And I think this video and this footage animates that very clearly."
Mr Abell told the BBC the video was a piece of "social history" and said the paper had set out the context of the time and explained that the Queen and Queen Mother went on to become "heroes" of World War Two.
He denied the video had intruded into the Royal Family's privacy.
"I think this is a piece of social history. One of the most significant events in our country's history, the Second World War, the rise of Nazism, one of the most pernicious movements in human history, and I think one is entitled to have a look at some of the background to it."
He added: "We're very clear. We're of course not suggesting anything improper on behalf of the Queen or the Queen Mum."
The Queen was 13 when World War Two broke out and she later served in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service.
In June she made a state visit to Germany where she visited the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp and met some of the survivors and liberators.


Police teams searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos have started to excavate a new site after new information emerged.

26 September 2016 Last updated at 12:00 BST
Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he disappeared on 24 July 1991 during a family holiday.
A fresh line of inquiry suggested he could have been crushed by a digger.
South Yorkshire Police (SYP) said it continued to keep an "open mind" about what happened to Ben.


The airline industry has called on the Thai government to address problems at the country's main airport in Bangkok.

The International Air Transport Association (Iata) says Suvarnabhumi airport has inadequate capacity and substandard taxiways.
The criticism follows safety warnings last year from another air industry organisation about Thailand's regulation and inspection of airlines.
The government has set up two bodies to oversee airports and airlines.
However, it has asked for more time to meet international standards.
Suvarnabhumi airport was opened nearly ten years ago. It is Thailand's main international gateway but Iata says it is now operating beyond its capacity, and needs to be expanded.
"Aviation is critical to Thailand's economic success. It is the backbone of the tourism industry and provides critical global business links," Iata's director general Tony Tyler said in Bangkok.
"It is in jeopardy, however, unless key issues of safety, capacity and costs are addressed urgently."
The organisation urged the Thai authorities to fix the problem of 'soft spots' in poor quality tarmac at Suvarnabhumi airport, where airliners sometimes got stuck and had to be pulled out.
Mr Tyler said a permanent solution was needed. "There seems to be a constant resurfacing with a temporary patchwork of asphalt reinforcements. Frankly, that is not good enough.
"The runway and gate downtime that results from constantly fixing (and re-fixing) them is unacceptable.
"Moreover the situation is a safety risk. The extraordinary power that aircraft need to use around soft spots and extra-towing expose ground personnel, ground equipment and the aircraft to safety risks.
He also highlighted the issue of lack of capacity at the airport. He said the Phase Two terminal expansion was badly needed and should be fast tracked.
"For runway capacity, immediate capacity increases can be achieved through addressing the "soft spots" issue which will allow existing capacity to be used fully. But a third runway will be needed eventually. So it is important that work and preparations for a three runway system continue," he added.
Thailand is already struggling to address last year's warnings from the United Nation's International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), about a shortage of inspectors to check safety procedures among Thai airlines.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) subsequently downgraded its safety rating of Thailand's aviation authority, finding that Thailand did not comply with the ICAO's safety standards.
Iata said it was "deeply disappointing" that the organisations had raised safety concerns about Thailand as a country.
It said the oversight concerns raised in both the ICAO and the FAA reports should be addressed by the Thai government "thoroughly and urgently".
The airport's operator, Airports of Thailand,  has said it has come up with several measures to improve the runways using concrete and expand capacity. These are awaiting government approval.
"We have prepared short- to medium- and long-term plans to solve the problems," said Sirote Duangratana, general manager of Suvarnabhumi Airport.


Yorkshire Jets are to be wound up after England Netball decided to remove them from Netball Superleague.

The league was expanded from eight to ten teams in June, but Jets, who finished bottom of the table last season, were not offered a place.
The team will close in September to allow players to take part in training camps already scheduled for the summer.
"This is a sad day for netball and for women's sport in Yorkshire," Jets chairperson Mariana Pexton said.
"It has been a difficult period for all involved and we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received through the media and social media.
"The overwhelming public sentiment has echoed what we feel - sadness, shock and great disappointment at the removal of Yorkshire, a county of five million people, from a place in the country's premier domestic netball competition."


Newcastle United kept intact their slim hopes of winning the Championship title with a comfortable victory at Cardiff.

Already promoted, the Magpies went ahead early in the second half with Christian Atsu's delicate curling free-kick.
Isaac Hayden's long-range strike sealed victory for the visitors, who are now one point behind leaders Brighton.
However, the Seagulls will be crowned champions with a game to spare if they beat Bristol City on Saturday.
Despite securing an instant return to the Premier League, Newcastle had endured a turbulent week following Wednesday's off-field investigations by Revenue & Customs.
According to manager Rafael Benitez, however, it was "business as usual" on the football front, and his side were roared on by 4,000 travelling fans in a boisterous away end at the Cardiff City Stadium.
They were briefly silenced when Bluebirds captain Sean Morrison thought he had headed the hosts in front from a corner, but referee Graham Scott deemed the centre-back to have fouled Ciaran Clark.
Chances were scarce in evenly contested first half but Newcastle seized control of the game in a one-sided second.
Atsu's beautifully struck free-kick from the edge of the area got the party started for the away fans, who had further cause to celebrate 10 minutes later as Hayden was given too much time and space to score with a swerving shot from 20 yards.
Newcastle were in cruise control from that point, dominating possession and pinning Cardiff back into their own half.
The hosts had opportunities to claw themselves back into the contest but, with Bruno Ecuele Manga and Craig Noone wasteful in front of goal, the Bluebirds succumbed to only a second home league defeat of 2017, keeping them 13th in the Championship table.
Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez on their title chances: "You never know. Something they [Brighton] have is experience but we did our job, and we're happy with that.
"It's always good for your fans when you can win. It's a long, long trip. I don't think I will [watch the Brighton game]. I will try and enjoy with the family.
"The reaction of the players, especially after the promotion, I think they were focused, especially in the second half."
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock:  "I thought we had some good chances and finishing those is what you pay for, I'm trying to get more goals in the team, that's what I'm looking for in the summer.
"I thought we were a bit unlucky, I didn't see anything wrong with Morrison's header, it's a very soft foul.
"If you look at the free-kick he gave for their first goal, it's a nothing free-kick. We have to start educating players what to do when you get a referee like that.
"I thought 'Scotty' [referee Graham Scott] had a bad game today, he was poor in general with his positioning and interpretation.
"Mitrovic came on and never looked at the ball once, he fouled Morrison three-times and he didn't see it - why? Because he's not educated.
"There is no wonder, if Mike Riley's his tutor, no wonder."
Match ends, Cardiff City 0, Newcastle United 2.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 0, Newcastle United 2.
Attempt missed. Jamie Sterry (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey following a fast break.
Attempt blocked. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sean Morrison.
Attempt blocked. Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington.
Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United).
Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Junior Hoilett.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jamie Sterry replaces Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt missed. Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Aron Gunnarsson.
Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Attempt blocked. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Sean Morrison (Cardiff City).
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Ayoze Pérez.
Jazz Richards (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jazz Richards (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Kenneth Zohore.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a through ball.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Jonjo Shelvey replaces Jack Colback.
Attempt missed. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Joe Bennett with a cross.
Attempt missed. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Craig Noone with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Robert Elliot.
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Christian Atsu.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Daryl Murphy.
Goal!  Cardiff City 0, Newcastle United 2. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Anthony Pilkington replaces Peter Whittingham.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Greg Halford.
Offside, Cardiff City. Joe Bennett tries a through ball, but Kenneth Zohore is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Christian Atsu (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Paul Dummett.
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).


Syria's government says unrest in the country's third-largest city, Homs, and in the northern city of Baniyas amounts to an armed insurrection.

The warning came after thousands of demonstrators occupied the centre of Homs on Monday, vowing to stay until the president was ousted.
Witnesses say security forces fired on the protesters in Homs and there are reports the square was  cleared.
Rights activists say about 200 Syrians have been killed in weeks of unrest.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC Diplomatic Correspondent
Syria matters in ways that make Libya appear peripheral in the region. It is a key element in an alliance that brings together Iran, Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in the Gaza Strip and other more radical Palestinian groups opposed to peace with Israel.
If Syria descends into chaos, that alliance could also be weakened. But the most serious impact might be felt in next-door Lebanon: another country made up of a patchwork of different communities which has not enjoyed Syria's long-term stability.
One way or another, a strong Syria represents a stabilising element in Lebanon. Chaos in one could lead to chaos in the other. Israel, too, is watching events in its northern neighbour with concern. Syria has long been a predictable enemy. Even a shaken Syrian regime could pose a different kind of problem.
Syria crisis could change face of the Middle East
President Bashar al-Assad announced on Saturday he would end nearly half a century of emergency rule next week, while the authorities have also been releasing political prisoners, both key demands of protesters.
But Syria's unprecedented wave of unrest shows no sign of abating, says the BBC's Kim Ghattas in Beirut, in neighbouring Lebanon.
In a statement late on Monday, the interior ministry said: "The course of the previous events... have revealed they are an armed insurrection by armed groups belonging to Salafist organisations, especially in Homs and Baniyas."
It warned "their terrorist activities will not be tolerated".
Salafism is a strict form of Sunni Islam which many Arab governments equate with militant groups like al-Qaeda.
Our correspondent says this means the authorities will crack down on dissent under the pretext of fighting terrorists.
At least 5,000 demonstrators occupied Clock Square in Homs on Monday after mass funerals for about 12 protesters slain by security forces at the weekend.
Checkpoints were set up around the square to ensure people coming in were unarmed civilians, and protesters stocked up on supplies.
One protester said it had been renamed Tahrir Square, after the one in Cairo which was the focal point of the uprising that toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
Witnesses said that security forces told them through loud-hailers to leave, before firing tear gas, then live ammunition.
One protester, Omar, told BBC Arabic on Tuesday that he had seen one person shot dead.
"Listen to the shooting," he said, "Can you hear it? It's hammering on us like rain.
"Security forces... listen to the shooting, where is it coming from?  It can't be coming from thugs, it's so heavy."
An activist in the capital Damascus told AFP news agency by telephone: "The sit-in was dispersed with force. There was heavy gunfire."
The official Sana news agency has also been reporting on events in Homs.
It said three army officers, including a brigadier-general, together with his two sons and a nephew, were killed on Sunday by "armed criminal gangs", which then mutilated the bodies.
The northern town of Baniyas also saw anti-government protests on Sunday.
Demonstrations against the authoritarian rule of Mr Assad's Baath Party spread after breaking out in the southern city of Deraa in mid-March.
The unrest poses the gravest threat to his rule since he succeeded his father Hafez al-Assad 11 years ago.


Arsenal are "a long way behind" their Premier League rivals and are likely to miss out on a Champions League place again next year, says Gary Lineker.

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Despite manager Arsene Wenger being set to sign a new two-year deal, ex-England striker Lineker's views were echoed by former Gunners goalkeeper Bob Wilson.
He believes Arsenal will struggle to attract quality players without the offer of elite European football.
"How are you going to get Antoine Greizmann to sign?" Wilson said.
"Without the Champions League, the only way is if you can compete salary-wise to attract the players," he told BBC Sport.
"Chelsea bought the best player available last season in N'Golo Kante and Arsenal went for him too but came nowhere near the salary that Chelsea pay.
"So the board has to be realistic and say: Are we going to compete at this level?
"They cannot compete with Manchester United, or Chelsea with all the money [owner] Roman Abramovich has, or [owner] Sheikh Mansour has at Manchester City - these are clubs who can manage to go into huge debt."
Wenger and club owner Stan Kroenke met on Monday to determine the Frenchman's future, with the decision relayed to directors at  Tuesday's board meeting.
Arsenal are planning to make an official announcement confirming Wenger's new deal on Wednesday. His contract was set to finish at the end of the current campaign.
The Gunners were fifth in the league this season, the first time they have finished outside the top four since Wenger joined in 1996. They were 18 points behind champions Chelsea, but beat the Blues 2-1 to win the FA Cup at Wembley on Saturday.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, Lineker said: "Arsenal have got a long way to go at the moment. If you ask me now whether Arsenal are going to be in the top four next season, I would say most probably not. They are further behind than Wenger thinks."
The former Tottenham striker said he thought it was "remarkable" that it had been left to Wenger to determine his own future.
"The only other example of a manager that decides when and where he goes is Sir Alex Ferguson, but he was still winning league titles. Arsene Wenger was still winning FA Cups and until this season he had always got in the top four, but now that's changed."
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Wenger led the Gunners to three Premier League titles and four FA Cups in his first nine seasons in charge.
In 2003-04, he became the first manager since 1888-89 to lead a team through an entire top-flight season unbeaten.
But after winning the 2005 FA Cup, they had to wait another nine years - or 3,283 days - for their next silverware. It came as they beat Hull City to win the 2014 FA Cup, before winning the trophy again the following year.
Some Gunners fans turned on the 67-year-old Frenchman as a result of their league performances and they lost 10-2 on aggregate to Bayern Munich in the Champions League last 16 in March.
They finished the league season with five successive victories, but it was not enough to carry them above Liverpool to take the fourth and final Champions League spot.
Wenger told BBC's Football Focus on Saturday the criticism he has faced this season is "a disgrace" he will "never forget".
Anti-Wenger banners were held aloft by Gunners fans in the closing stages of a 3-1 defeat at West Brom on 18 March, while in the first half two planes towed banners over the ground - one criticising the manager and the other supporting him.
After that loss, Wenger said he had made a decision on his future which he would announce "very soon".
He faced significant criticism around that time, with former Blackburn and Celtic striker Chris Sutton telling BBC Radio 5 live on 20 March that Wenger was "an uncle who doesn't want to leave the party" and was running a "dictatorship".
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte, meanwhile, described Wenger as "one of the best managers in history".


Dwight Gayle scored twice as Newcastle United went top of the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, who had Matt Mills sent off.

Matt Ritchie's deflected free-kick put the Magpies in front early on.
Forest levelled against the run of play when Nicolao Dumitru swivelled to beat Karl Darlow on the volley.
Mills saw red for two bookings, and Gayle restored the lead with a hooked volley past stranded keeper Vladimir Stojkovic, before scuffing in a second.
The spite that threatened to overshadow the corresponding game at the City Ground earlier this month - when Newcastle had Jonjo Shelvey and Paul Dummett sent off in a 2-1 defeat - continued on Tyneside, with a third red card in two meetings and a flurry of yellow cards.
This match lacked the excitement and incident of that meeting, although it started brightly enough when Ritchie's early free-kick wickedly beat Stojkovic to lift a sell-out St James' Park crowd.
Forest, somewhat shell-shocked, struggled to muster a response but found themselves level when Newcastle failed to deal with Eric Lichaj's cross and Dumitru swept into the back of the net.
Newcastle responded after the break when Ritchie was denied from close range and, after Mills was sent off on the hour, Gayle fired them back in front after some sloppy Forest defending.
Gayle pounced for his second and 19th of the season at the far post as Forest's defence looked uncertain in Mills' absence, the decisive act of a fairly turgid game.
Newcastle United boss Rafael Benitez told BBC Newcastle: "Job done, pleased for that because we needed three points.
"However, if you analyse the game we were pushing and creating chances, I was pleased with the approach in the second half, the sending off gave us an advantage but we were doing what we had to do.
"Dwight [Gayle] is a great player, scoring goals and creating chances, I'm pleased for him, hopefully he can carry on scoring goals."
Nottingham Forest manager Philippe Montanier told BBC Radio Nottingham: "I prefer not to comment [on the Matt Mills red card] on what what's happened, it's incredible and it changes the game.
"We had a good first half, a good reaction after the unlucky goal, we draw level and have opportunities to score and 11-versus-11 we can hope for a better result.
"To concede so quickly the second goal after going down to 10 men, it was too tough."
Match ends, Newcastle United 3, Nottingham Forest 1.
Second Half ends, Newcastle United 3, Nottingham Forest 1.
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Anel Ahmedhodzic (Nottingham Forest).
Corner,  Nottingham Forest. Conceded by Jamaal Lascelles.
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Achraf Lazaar (Newcastle United).
David Vaughan (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United).
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Aleksandar Mitrovic replaces Dwight Gayle.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Anel Ahmedhodzic replaces Thomas Lam.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Achraf Lazaar replaces Matt Ritchie.
Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest).
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. David Vaughan replaces Nicklas Bendtner.
Goal!  Newcastle United 3, Nottingham Forest 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) with an attempt from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest).
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Attempt missed. Eric Lichaj (Nottingham Forest) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Christian Atsu (Newcastle United).
Matthew Cash (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaac Hayden.
Foul by Christian Atsu (Newcastle United).
Pajtim Kasami (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Britt Assombalonga replaces Nicolao Dumitru.
Attempt missed. Isaac Hayden (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Isaac Hayden.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Nicklas Bendtner (Nottingham Forest).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Mohamed Diamé replaces Jack Colback.
Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Thomas Lam (Nottingham Forest).
DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Ben Osborn (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Newcastle United 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right to the high centre of the goal.
Hildeberto Pereira (Nottingham Forest) is shown the yellow card.


Lazio have been fined 50,000 euros (£38,250) after their match against Napoli on Wednesday was temporarily halted following racist chants.

The Rome club will also have to close three sections of the Stadio Olimpico ground for their next two Serie A home games.
The match was stopped for three minutes in the second half after some fans aimed racist chants at Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly.
League leaders Napoli won 2-0.
Senegal international Koulibaly, 24, praised referee Massimiliano Irrati for stopping the match.
After the match, Lazio manager Stefano Pioli said: "I would not have stopped the match. It was chanting from the minority, but I don't think they were racist. We also have players of colour and they are treated well."
The club have frequently been punished in the past for similar offences.
A spokesman for Serie A's disciplinary office said the club's North End, Tevere North End and Monte Mario North End must be closed for two matches.
This includes a one-match sanction which had been suspended for a year after racist chants from some fans in their home match against Genoa on 10 February 2015.


The Cancer Drugs Fund in England will no longer pay for 16 medicines, used in 23 separate cancer treatments.

It has now more than halved the number of treatments it covers since the beginning of the year after being repeatedly overspent.
The latest drugs being axed include those for breast, pancreatic and blood cancers.
The Rarer Cancers Foundation said the news was a "hammer blow" and estimated that 5,500 patients would miss out.
All the drugs on the Cancer Drugs Fund list have been rejected by the NHS as a whole because they do not provide enough benefit for the amount they cost.
The fund was set up by Prime Minister David Cameron to provide access to such medication.
However, NHS England announced that the fund was due to go £100m over budget in 2014-15.
At the beginning of 2015, there were 84 funded therapies, but after a series of culls there are now just 41.
In the latest reduction, 23 course of treatment have been removed.
Prof Peter Clark, the chairman of the Fund, said: "There is no escaping the fact that we face a difficult set of choices, but it is our duty to ensure we get maximum value from every penny available on behalf of patients.
"We must ensure we invest in those treatments that offer the most benefit, based on rigorous evidence-based clinical analysis and an assessment of the cost of those treatments."
NHS England said current projections suggest that without de-listing, spend on the fund would rise to around £410m this year.
The drugs will be formally removed on 4 November and the announcement will not affect patients currently receiving treatment through the fund.
Source: Rarer Cancers Foundation figures bases on usage figures for 2014-15
Andrew Wilson, chief executive of the Rarer Cancers Foundation which is supported by pharmaceutical companies, said: "These cuts will be a hammer blow to many thousands of desperately ill cancer patients and their families.
"Ministers told us they wanted to work with charities to develop a solution, but now the NHS has announced big reductions in access to existing life-extending treatment, with no action to make available the newest game-changing drugs."
The charity Breast Cancer Now said it was a "dreadful day" for patients.
Its chief executive, Baroness Delyth Morgan, said there had been a lack of leadership: "Kadcyla is a one-of-a-kind drug proven to extend life, and the fact is that because government, the NHS and the pharmaceutical industry have failed to agree realistic prices for new drugs, some women will die sooner."
The chief executive of Myeloma UK, Eric Low, said: "The government has been far too slow to see and address the critical flaws of the Fund.
"It has let things develop to the stage where effective and life-prolonging drugs are being brutally delisted from the Fund to cut costs."


Mae Gweinidog y Gymraeg wedi annog unoliaethwyr yng Ngogledd Iwerddon i fod yn fwy croesawgar o'r iaith Wyddeleg.

Dywedodd Alun Davies na fyddai hynny'n niweidio'u hunaniaeth a'u gwleidyddiaeth, a'i fod yntau'n "unoliaethwr sy'n siarad Cymraeg".
Mae anghytuno dros ddeddf ar yr iaith Wyddeleg wedi bod yn un o'r prif rwystrau yn y trafodaethau i geisio creu llywodraeth yn Stormont.
Ond dywedodd Mr Davies: "Bydden i'n dweud croesawch yr iaith, croesawch y diwylliant, croesawch e fel rhan o'ch hunaniaeth. Pan ni'n tynnu gwleidyddiaeth mas o'r iaith, mae pawb wedi elwa."
Ychwanegodd yr AC Llafur mewn sylwadau wrth BBC NI: "Dwi'n unoliaethwr ac yn siarad Cymraeg. Mae'n rhan o fy mhrofiad diwylliannol ac yn rhan o fy nyfodol, fy nyfodol Prydeinig.
"Does dim rhaid i mi ddewis rhwng bod yn Brydeinig neu'n Gymreig, fe allai gael y ddau."
Ond er bod rhai ymgyrchwyr yn galw am sefydlu swydd comisiynydd i'r Wyddeleg, tebyg i'r hyn sydd ar gael yng Nghymru, mae academydd o Ogledd Iwerddon sydd yn dysgu yng Nghaerdydd yn rhybuddio nad yw'n rhywbeth y dylid rhuthro i'w sefydlu.
"Mae manteision penodol yn gallu dod ohoni, ond mae'n rhaid i'r swydd gael ei chreu gyda thasgau penodol mewn golwg," meddai'r Athro Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost.
Dywedodd Comisiynydd y Gymraeg, Meri Huws, wrth BBC NI y dylai unrhyw drafodaethau am greu cymdeithas ddwyieithog fod wedi'u seilio ar onestrwydd a pharch i'r naill a'r llall.


A pair of red slippers worn by Dorothy in 1939 film The Wizard of Oz film will be preserved thanks to a $300,000 (Â£246,000) Kickstarter campaign.

The Smithsonian National Museum of American History had run a campaign to save its pair of the famous shoes from deterioration and discolouration.
The slippers are one of the most viewed items at the Washington DC museum.
But age has taken its toll and they have turned from a sparkling red to a dull brown.
Officials at the museum said they reached their goal late on Sunday night thanks to more than 5,300 supporters in 41 countries.
The campaign started on 17 October and had 30 days to reach its target.
The museum is also planning to announce another fundraising goal shortly involving one of the characters from the famous film.
The funds raised by the Kickstarter campaign will be used for immediate conservation care and a new, state-of-the-art display case designed to protect the slippers from environmental harm and slow their deterioration.
Future plans include moving the ruby slippers into a new exhibition on American popular culture, scheduled to open in 2018.
The shoes contain a dozen different materials. The sequins are made of gelatin with a primitive plastic coating, and their red colour has faded because the coating has flaked off, partly due to the effects of light and moisture.
"We're going to have to do a lot of scientific research to come up with a treatment plan that is compatible with all of the different materials," Ms Machado said.
The shoes also include glass beads and red felt on the soles, which was used to muffle their sound when Garland wore them during dance sequences.
They were donated anonymously to the museum in 1979. A number of identical pairs were made ,with five pairs believed to have survived.
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Amazon has launched a service in the US offering daily "essentials" for collection within two minutes of ordering.

The items available in Instant Pickup include snacks, cold drinks, smartphone chargers and Amazon devices.
The move poses a threat to bricks-and-mortar convenience stores, but one expert questioned its appeal.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has criticised Amazon on Twitter for harming other retailers.
The new service will enable Prime and Prime Student members to use the Amazon app to order items they need urgently from a curated collection of popular products.
Amazon employees at the pickup points then process the order, and it will be available to collect from a self-service locker within two minutes.
For now, the service will be available at only one location in each of:
The online retail giant already operates 22 manned pickup locations on or near university campuses in the country.
Over the past two years, Amazon has been making an increasing play for offline bricks-and-mortar shops - from the physical book shop Amazon Books, launched in Seattle in 2015, to its acquisition of the  grocery chain Whole Foods in June.
"They're making a play for convenience stores, but ultimately, you have to think of the logistics involved," Ronan Hegarty, news editor of the Grocer magazine, told the BBC.
"How many people would live within two minutes of the pickup point, and would they really want to do this? To me, it sounds fantastic.
"You might actually pass a shop selling [what you need] on the way to the pickup point.
"I don't think it's going to stop a chain like 7-Eleven in its tracks just yet."
On Wednesday, the president tweeted: "Amazon is doing great damage to tax paying retailers. Towns, cities and states throughout the US are being hurt - many jobs being lost!"


A teenager has been jailed for six years after a pedestrian was seriously injured in a collision.

The victim, 19, was airlifted to hospital after a crash with a 4x4 vehicle on the A631 near Beckingham, Nottinghamshire, on 26 April.
James Smith, also 19, of Lincolnshire, admitted grievous bodily harm and dangerous driving but denied attempted murder.
A judge directed he be found not guilty of that charge.


Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola says he is "arriving at the end" of his career and will not be coaching at 65.

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The Spaniard was in charge at Barcelona and Bayern Munich before replacing Manuel Pellegrini at City last summer.
"I will be at Manchester for the next three seasons, maybe more," Guardiola, 45, told NBC prior to his team's 2-1 win over Burnley on Monday.
"I will not be on the bench until I am 60 or 65 years old. I feel the process of my goodbye has already started."
Guardiola, who gave an awkward post-match interview to BBC Sport - which you can watch at the top of this page, won 14 trophies in four years at Barcelona, including three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues.
He took a year's break before joining Bayern in 2013, leading the German team to three successive league titles but missing out on the Champions League.
Guardiola added: "I am arriving at the end of my coaching career, of this I am sure."
City were reduced to 10 men against Burnley when Fernandinho was sent off after 32 minutes, but goals from Gael Clichy and Sergio Aguero gave them the lead.
Ben Mee pulled one back for the Clarets and, despite City holding on, Guardiola cut an edgy figure following the victory.
Asked at his post-match news conference about his comments to NBC, he said City "might be one of my last teams".
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After City's win over the Clarets, Guardiola was interviewed by BBC Sport's Damian Johnson. Here is the tense exchange in full:
Johnson: "What was your view of the red card for Fernandinho?"
Guardiola: "You are the journalist. Not me."
DJ: "You're the manager. I'm sure the fans would like to know."
PG: "Ask the referee - not me."
DJ: "Are you concerned that's his third red card this season? Is there a discipline problem with him?"
PG: "We will accept. Like I said before, the team with more ball possession we have always sending-off. I have to understand the rules here in England. I know you are specialist but I have to understand it."
DJ: "So the interpretation is perhaps different in England?"
PG: "Of course, yes. Around the world our keeper in the box is fouled, not here. I have to understand that. Claudio Bravo is fouled."
DJ: "It's his fault?"
PG: "He is fouled. Here not - that's OK but I have to understand that."
DJ: "You don't seem that happy that you've won."
PG: "More than you would believe. More than you would believe, I am happy."
DJ: "You're not showing it."
PG: "I'm so happy, believe me. I'm so happy. Happy new year."
DJ: "Are Manchester City in the title race?"
PG: "Yesterday, no. Why today are we in the title race?"
DJ: "Thanks Pep."
PG: "My pleasure."


A police chase stopped play at a Cardiff cricket match as officers pursued suspected car thieves.

Radyr was playing Marylebone Cricket Club when officers ran across the pitch and into a neighbouring field, leaving players and spectators watching on.
It ended soon after when officers re-appeared with five arrested youths.
It is alleged a stolen BMW was involved in the incident and had earlier driven through nearby Hailey Park in Llandaff North.
Jo Morgan, the scorer at Radyr Cricket Club, said they had heard the helicopter for a while before they saw a police car heading towards the pitch.
"The police got out and ran across the field," she said.
"They went into the neighbouring fields and within 10 minutes they were all walking back through with five youths."
South Wales Police has been asked to comment on the incident.


Investigators probing a rail accident which killed six people near New York City say the train was within the speed limit for that section of track.

The crash happened after a mother-of-three stopped her car on a level crossing north of the city.
She was killed in the subsequent inferno along with five train passengers.
Accident investigators also said there were no problems with the signals or barrier at the site of the collision.
But they remain unaware why the driver, 49-year-old Ellen Brody, became stranded on the crossing at Valhalla, about 20 miles (32km) north of New York City.
An official from the National Transportation Safety Board, the federal agency leading the probe, said on Thursday that a witness in a nearby car had seen Ms Brody stop on the crossing in the moments before the train approached.
Investigator Robert Sumwalt said that the barrier was seen to come down on the rear of the car, a Jeep Cherokee, at which point Ms Brody got out and appeared to inspect the damage.
He said that, according to both the witness and the train driver, after returning to the car she suddenly drove forward slightly - straight into the path of the oncoming train.
Data retrieved from the train's recording device suggested it was travelling at 58mph (92km/h) an hour, added Mr Sumwalt - just below the 60mph speed limit for that section of track.
In addition to the six deaths there were 15 injuries, seven of them serious.
The electrified third rail of the track came through the front carriage of the train after the crash, setting it on fire.
Passengers had to escape from the rear carriages.
The line on which the accident happened, Metro-North, is the second-busiest rail system in the US, serving about 280,000 passengers a day in New York and Connecticut.
Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board issued rulings on five accidents that occurred on the network in 2013 and 2014, criticising Metro-North while also finding conditions had improved.


A brewery's logo has been censored in a Houses of Parliament bar because it was deemed too shocking.

Cerne Abbas Brewery Ale is on sale in Westminster but the pump clip, featuring the "particularly well-endowed" Cerne Abbas chalk giant, has been covered with a paper fig leaf.
Head brewer Vic Irvine said no-one had taken offence to the logo before.
Parliamentary beer group chairman and MP Andrew Griffiths said his colleagues had "got their knickers in a twist".
The 180ft-tall (55m) giant, cut into the hillside above the Dorset village of Cerne Abbas, is regarded by some as a symbol of fertility.
Mr Griffiths said: "The beer pump has the famous chalk man on the front of it and he is particularly well-endowed.
"That caused some consternation among the authorities here in Parliament and so a photocopy of a fig leaf was Blu-tacked in the strategic place.
"I think honourable members have got their knickers in a twist, but I hope as a result of it they drink a bit more beer."
Mr Irvine said: "We all live in the shadow of the giant. We celebrate him on May Day, we're up at sunrise, and we celebrate the fertility.
"Jodie and Chris who I work with have both become fathers within a month of each other and the brew wasn't even 15 months old at the time so I think there's quite a lot in it, so to see the fig leaf is quite funny really."
The ale is one of several guest beers available on rotation in Parliament's Strangers' Bar.
Mr Irvine said it was not clear whether the fig leaf would be reattached when the next barrel went on sale.


Chester midfielder Tom Shaw has been appointed player-assistant manager at the National League side after signing a new contract at Bumpers Lane.

Chester have also made their first summer signing, Solihull Moors striker Harry White, 22, who scored 12 goals in 2016-17, scoring in both of the Midlanders' two wins over City.
Shaw, 30, will combine his playing duties with helping boss Jon McCarthy.
Chester have also made an offer to coach Chris Iwelumo to remain.
The club are hopeful that the 38-year-old much-travelled Scot will continue to combine his coaching role with his media work.
On Monday, Chester announced six players would leave but offered deals to Sam Hughes and James Alabi.
The club lost their last six league games of the season to finish two points outside the relegation zone.


The granddaughter of a composer, who founded the Nottingham Symphony Orchestra, is searching for a wedding march he wrote in 1955.

Gaze Cooper, who died in 1981, set up the orchestra in 1933 and was its conductor for over 40 years.
Sarah Bradwell said her grandfather composed a wedding march for her parents' wedding, but "sadly we can't find the sheet music".
Mrs Bradwell has also launched a campaign to keep his legacy alive.
Mr Cooper, who was born in Long Eaton, Derbyshire, died at the age of 86.
His compositions include eight symphonies, four piano concertos, two ballets, overtures, an opera, chamber music and songs.
Mrs Bradwell said the wedding march he composed for her parents more than 60 years ago, which was played on the organ at Sawley Church, Derbyshire, was also played at her own wedding.
"My daughter's getting married next year and she would like it played at her wedding but sadly we can't find it. It's the sheet music we're looking for," she said.
"I've contacted the lady who played at our wedding and she can't find it.
"I've looked through all the opus lists and I can't identify it myself from the music scores in the archive.
"But I'll just have to keep hunting."
Mr Cooper was well known in his lifetime, but Mrs Bradwell said he and his music have been forgotten.
"It is sad and I don't understand why he's not heard of," she said.
"It's amazing to hear the music, it makes me feel like I'm soaring into the air.
"It makes me very proud of my grandpa, makes me feel very privileged to have known him."
A group of ex-pupils, musicians, music lovers and his grandchildren have launched a website hoping to revive his memory and his works.


Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford has apologised following a "foul-mouthed exchange" with a reporter during the Tour de France.

Brailsford was unhappy with a report by a cycling website reporter and excluded him from listening to Chris Froome's media conference on Monday.
But the 53-year-old says he regrets his comments and has apologised.
"I can be a bit stubborn at times," he told BBC Radio 5 live. "We're in battle mode, but I let myself down."
Brailsford added: "It wasn't very clever and I wouldn't want my daughter doing that.
"I went and apologised to the person involved."
Team Sky rider Froome is set to win his fourth Tour de France title on Sunday after finishing third on the penultimate stage on Saturday.
The 32-year-old took time out of all his major yellow jersey rivals on a 22.5km individual time trial in Marseille.
He will not have his lead attacked on Sunday's processional final stage into Paris and will win the race for the third successive year.
Since Froome's third Tour win in 2016, there has been widespread criticism of Team Sky and their principal Brailsford.
The former performance director of British Cycling has been questioned over the contents of a medical package sent to Sir Bradley Wiggins at the Criterium du Dauphine in 2011.
Wiggins, an asthma and allergy sufferer, received special permission to use triamcinolone shortly before the 2012 Tour as well as the previous year's event and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
His therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) were approved by British authorities, and the UCI, cycling's world governing body. There is no suggestion either the 36-year-old or Team Sky broke any rules.
British Cycling has also been subject to independent review panel that found a "culture of fear" existed within the team.


Kurdish forces in Syria have accused Turkey of repeatedly attacking their units across the border.

Turkey said it was investigating the claims but insisted the Syrian Kurdish units remained "outside the scope of the current military effort".
Turkey launched air raids on Islamic State fighters in Syria and positions of the Kurdish militant PKK in Iraq following violent attacks in Turkey.
Turkey has also said it has no plans to send ground troops into Syria.
The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), the armed wing of the main Syrian Kurdish party (PYD), said that Turkish tanks had shelled the Kurdish-held village of Zormikhar inside Syria late on Sunday evening.
It added that, an hour later, one of its vehicles had come "under heavy fire from the Turkish military east of Kobane in the village of Til Findire".
In a statement on Monday, the YPG said: "Instead of targeting IS terrorists' occupied positions, Turkish forces attack our defenders' positions. This is not the right attitude.
"We urge Turkish leadership to halt this aggression and to follow international guidelines. We are telling the Turkish Army to stop shooting at our fighters and their positions."
A Turkish government official said its military operations sought "to neutralise imminent threats to Turkey's regional security" and was targeting IS in Syria and the Kurdish separatist PKK in Iraq.
"We are investigating claims that the Turkish military engaged positions held by forces other than [IS]," the official said.
"The PYD, along with others, remains outside the scope of the current military effort."
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu told a meeting of Turkish newspaper editors that, following Turkey's military action, there were now "new conditions" in the regional conflict.
"The presence of a Turkey that can use its force effectively can lead to consequences which can change the game in Syria, Iraq and the entire region; everyone should see that," the Hurriyet Daily News quoted him as saying.
The Washington Post meanwhile reports that Turkey and the United States have agreed to create a de facto safe zone along Syria's border with Turkey.
Such a deal would significantly increase the scope and pace of the US-led air war against IS in northern Syria, the paper says.
Nato is to hold an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the situation.
Turkey - a Nato member - asked for the meeting based on Article 4 of the organisation's founding treaty, which allows members to request such a summit if their territorial integrity or security is threatened.
"When Turkey requests for such a meeting I think it's very right and very timely to have a meeting where we address the turmoil and the instability we see in Syria, Iraq and surrounding and close to Nato borders of Turkey," Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told the BBC.
Mr Davutoglu said Turkey was prepared to work with the PYD - which has links to the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) - provided it did not pose a threat to Turkey and severed relations with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
However, the raids against the PKK in northern Iraq effectively ended a two-year ceasefire.
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Turkish police have continued to arrest suspected members of IS or the PKK, with further early morning raids on Monday.
In recent days, Turkey has arrested hundreds of people suspected of supporting the militants.
Police raids on suspected IS and PKK members in the city of Istanbul triggered three days of rioting in the Gazi district.
At least one activist and a policeman have been killed.


Wolves have signed two young players, central defender Ben Goodliffe from Boreham Wood, and winger Andrew Harris, for next season's Under-23 squad.

An undisclosed fee has been agreed for Goodliffe, 17, who will sign in the summer when the transfer window opens.
Free agent Harris, also 17, arrives following a successful trial.
Goodliffe has made four National League appearances for Wood since the turn of the year, playing a full 90 minutes against both Forest Green and Tranmere.
Boreham Wood academy captain Goodliffe, who has agreed a contract until May 2019, will be allowed to finish his education and play the rest of this season in Hertfordshire before joining Wolves in May.
"Wolves are a big club with a great history," said. "It's just mind-blowing what I'm going to be involved in here."
Harris arrives from the Middlesex-based Conquest Academy in London.
"He is a left-footed winger with considerable pace," said Wolves sporting director Kevin Thelwell. "He has been here on trial for two weeks, and impressed for the Under-18s against West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland."


Two men have appeared in court charged with murder after a death in Fraserburgh last month.

Gary Clampett, 39, died after a disturbance in Fernie Place in the early hours of 18 June.
James Connor, 61, and 24-year-old Dean Leach, both from Fraserburgh, appeared at Peterhead Sheriff Court.
They made no plea and were remanded in custody. It brings the number of men who have appeared in court in connection to the death to seven.


Do you use Miss, Ms, Mrs, the gender-neutral Mx or just go without?

While some honorifics reveal a woman's marital status, Ms does not.
Following the passing of American feminist Sheila Michaels, credited with bringing the term Ms into mainstream use, we asked you what honorific you choose to go by.
Here are some of the stories you have shared with us.
Helen Hall, 51, from Scarborough in the UK uses the term Ms.
"I started to use Ms for two reasons," she says.
"Beyond the age of 25, Miss feels rather undignified. Also, I began to resent having to reveal my marital status.
"When organisations see me listed as Ms, they always call me Mrs Hall.  I don't correct them, as I don't want to make a big deal of it.
"I dealt face-to-face with customers for 15 years, and when taking details from a woman, I would always ask, 'Which title do you prefer?' Simple."
Jennie Jonasson, 51, from Montreal, Canada says Mrs and Miss are outdated.
"I think people should be free to use a name that they want to be called by.
"I go by Ms. When my husband and I received an invoice addressed to Mr and Mrs, I sent it back with the Mr and Mrs scratched out and wrote: 'Mr [husband's surname] and Ms Jonasson'.
"Mrs and Miss to me are dinosaur terms that belong in the Downton Abbey era!"
Geraldine Downer, 40, from Mexico City who is married explains why she uses Ms.
"I live in Mexico, where it's not obligatory to change your surname when married.
"I have been married for nearly seven years now but I use Ms because I am certainly not a Miss but did not want to identify as a Mrs either because I have not adopted my husband's surname.
"It's important to keep your identify even after marrying!"
Wendy Shepherd says: "I do not use the honorific title Ms.
"Before I was married I was Miss and after 57 years of marriage I am Mrs.
"I am old fashioned and I hope a few others are as well."
Francine Morris, 48, from Salford in the UK has used a range of honorifics.
"During my first marriage, I took my husband's name and accepted Mrs. I reverted back to my maiden name as I didn't want my ex-husband's name on my degree certificates.
"I didn't need to give up my own name, my identity and take on that of a man.
"I got married again but kept my name and used Ms whenever possible until I got my PhD and became Dr.
"Now people presume that Dr Morris is a man. You can't win!"
Wendy Jo Gertjejanssen, 50, from Minnesota in the US has used Ms for a long time.
"I only ever use Ms and have used it since I was my early twenties.
"I find it insulting that I would be considered a possession of my husband while he is an individual, being a Mr.
"I get frustrated in Germany where I am Mrs Gertjejanssen or even Dr Mrs Gertjejanssen. And when purchasing an airline ticket, there is no Ms choice on some European airlines."
Maeghan Sheehan, 26, from Vancouver, Canada doesn't like the connotations the character Bridget Jones has on Miss.
"I like using Miss as I am young and single but I think should I remain unmarried later in life, I'd use Ms.
"I don't like the idea of the Bridget Jones stereotype associated with Miss.
"I think it's great that there is the Ms option."
Jane MacAllister, 64, from Kent, UK uses Ms but wonders why men do not have similar honorifcs.
"I use Ms though I am still often called Mrs. When my husband sadly died, I dropped my husband's last name of Dukes to become Jane MacAllister once again.
"However I am often called Mrs MacAllister and it drives me a bit nuts because I never was Mrs MacAllister. That was my mum not me!
"Mr tells you nothing about a man's marital status so why are women classified differently?"
By Lamia Estatie, UGC and Social News team


Dutch anti-Islam political leader Geert Wilders has been convicted of insulting a group and inciting discrimination.

But no penalty was imposed by the court near Amsterdam on Wilders, whose party is leading in polls ahead of parliamentary elections in March.
Wilders was also acquitted of inciting hate over telling supporters in March 2014 he would ensure there were fewer Moroccans in the Netherlands.
He called the guilty verdict "madness" in a tweet posted a short time later.
He said he would appeal.
The three-week trial was triggered when police received 6,400 complaints about remarks Wilders made during a municipal election campaign in The Hague.
At a rally, he asked supporters whether they wanted "fewer or more Moroccans in your city and in the Netherlands".
When the crowd shouted back "Fewer! Fewer!" a smiling Wilders responded: "We're going to take care of that."
At the trial, prosecutors took testimony from Dutch-Moroccans who said his comments made them feel like "third-rate citizens".
This guilty verdict will do little to damage Geert Wilders' political aspirations.
In fact, the trial has provided the populist leader with the two vital elements upon which his party thrives - a platform to promote his political message and masses of media attention. In court he repeated warnings about the dangers of Islam and immigration.
Many supporters see this trial as reaffirming their belief that Wilders is a courageous leader prepared to stand up for them and address the issues a politically correct elite is afraid to talk about. They have been emboldened by populist victories in the UK and US. Wilders' Freedom Party (PVV) is currently 10 percentage points ahead of the ruling liberal party in the polls.
In response to the guilty verdict, Mr Wilders accused the judges of convicting "half of the Netherlands" - a reference to research commissioned by the PVV which found 43% of the Dutch public believe the country has a problem with Moroccans.
Wilders had argued his comments should be protected by his right to freedom of speech.
But judges at the court in Schiphol ruled that there were limits and that this right could not be used to limit the freedom of others - in this case, a minority group.
"If a politician crosses the line, that doesn't mean free speech is being restricted," said Presiding Judge Hendrik Steenhuis. "A crime cannot be protected by the right to free speech."
The verdict suggests that, in effect, Wilders and his party staged a stunt. Judges found evidence that they planned the remarks in advance and coached the supporters on how to respond.
He had intended to insult, they said.
The judges described it as an "extraordinary case" because Wilders was the leader of a political party and had a duty not to polarise society.
They said the conviction was punishment enough and that there would be no jail sentence or fine, as the prosecution had requested.
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Wilders was previously prosecuted in 2011, over anti-Islam comments such as comparing the religion to Nazism and calling for a ban on the Koran. He was acquitted and the case was widely seen as giving the populist leader a publicity boost.


ScotRail passengers have faced disruption to their journeys after damage to overhead electric cables caused services to be suspended throughout the central belt.

Five of 14 routes experienced major disruption on Hogmanay.
Nearly all low level services via Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central were cancelled in the afternoon.
Some replacement bus services were later put in place.
ScotRail said the problems were caused by damage to overhead cables at Hyndland in Glasgow and apologised for the disruption.
Services passing through Hyndland have been suspended for the rest of Saturday.
A ScotRail spokeswoman said: "There has been some overhead damage at Hyndland, one of the busiest junctions on the north Clyde so we've had to suspend services through Hyndland.
"We are trying to run some shuttle services to keep people moving.
"Services running through Hyndland to Queen Street low level station are suspended for the rest of the day.
"We apologise to customers."


A man has been arrested over a suspected hit-and-run in Staffordshire.

The victim, believed to be 22-year-old Joseph Hunt from Rugeley, was found with serious head injuries on Western Springs Road in the town in the early hours of Saturday, police said.
An 18-year-old man has been arrested and police have seized a Skoda Fabia for detailed forensic examination.
A member of the public contacted officers and subsequent inquiries led them to an address in Rugeley.
A police spokesman said officers have not formally identified the victim but specialist officers are supporting Mr Hunt's family.


Thousands of unidentified remains from the 9/11 attacks have been returned to "Ground Zero" in a solemn ceremony.

Fifteen vehicles took the remains from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to a repository under the World Trade Center site.
The move has split opinion among the families of victims, with some holding a protest at the memorial site.
The 11 September 2001 attacks killed almost 3,000 people in New York, the Washington DC area and Pennsylvania.
The remains consist of 7,930 fragments of human tissue that could not be identified by forensic teams.
They were placed in metallic boxes, covered in the American flag and taken in a convoy comprising fire trucks and police vehicles to the site of the attacks in downtown Manhattan.
Uniformed firemen and police then placed the boxes in a dedicated facility located underneath the 9/11 Memorial Museum.
The repository is 65 ft (20m) underground and will remain under the control of the Office of the New York Medical Examiner. Only family members and forensics teams will be allowed direct access.
Authorities say this will allow further identification attempts to be carried out if there are advances in forensic science.
Some family members held a silent protest at the site of the move, ending their vigil just before the transfer ceremony took place.
Sally Regenhard, the mother of a fireman who died in the attacks, told AFP that city authorities had not canvassed opinion among families because the majority were against the plan.
"The human remains of my son and all of the 3,000 victims should be in a beautiful and respectful memorial, not in the basement of a museum," she said.
"We are outraged. There is anger and anguish. It's an insult and a sacrilege," she added.
Rosaleen Tallon, whose brother was also killed, said: "Putting them in a museum is so hard to explain to my children."
However, the New York mayor's office said ahead of the ceremony that it would be "conducted in a dignified and respectful manner".
Other families also spoke out in support of the decision. Charles Wolf, who lost his wife Katherine, said: "I was proud when I saw the caskets with the American flag."
Of the 2,753 who died at the World Trade Centre, 1,115 have not been identified.
A new skyscraper, One World Trade Center, has been built on the site of the twin towers. It is now the tallest building in the western hemisphere.