Nicola Sturgeon has put her independence referendum plans temporarily on hold after announcing a "reset" of her proposed timetable.

The first minister had called for an independence referendum to be held in the autumn of 2018 or spring of 2019.
But Ms Sturgeon told Holyrood she would now delay her plans to introduce legislation for a referendum.
However, she later said it was still "likely" a referendum would be held by 2021.
Ms Sturgeon has been considering her options since the SNP lost 21 seats in the election earlier this month.
She said the Scottish government would delay its proposed referendum legislation until at least the autumn of next year - although it would still need the permission of the UK government for a legally binding vote to be held.
In the meantime, she said she would "redouble" her efforts to secure the best possible Brexit deal for Scotland, and to keep the country in the European single market.
Ms Sturgeon stressed that she continued to be "strongly committed" to Scotland having a choice on its future at the end of the Brexit process.
And the first minister later told journalists she believed it was still "likely" there will be a second referendum on independence during the lifetime of the current Scottish Parliament, which is due to last until 2021.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May had earlier urged Ms Sturgeon to take the possibility of a second referendum off the table completely.
And Unionist opposition parties in the Scottish Parliament claimed Ms Sturgeon had not gone far enough, and that "nothing has changed".
The pro-independence Scottish Greens urged the SNP leader not to retreat on her referendum bid, and to "continue fighting" for another vote on the issue.
Ms Sturgeon has previously said that the prospect of an independence referendum was a factor in the election result, which saw her party's share of the vote drop from 50% to 37%.
However, the SNP remained by far the largest party in Scotland after winning 35 of the country's 59 seats at Westminster.
Anyone waiting to declare that Nicola Sturgeon has been forced to do a U-turn over her plans for a second independence referendum will have been sorely disappointed today.
She has been forced to backtrack on the timing. The first minister is no longer insisting that any independence vote takes place before the UK leaves in EU in March 2019.
But she has told the BBC that there could still be another referendum before the end of this Scottish Parliamentary term in 2021.
In the parliamentary chamber this afternoon she said had listened to voters and reflected on the result.
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Ms Sturgeon said she had repeatedly been told during "hundreds" of conversations since the election that people were worried about the uncertainty caused by Brexit, and wanted a break from making big political decisions.
The first minister said people also wanted greater clarity about the implications of Brexit to emerge, and that it was "too soon right now" to make a decision about a referendum.
And she said people wanted the Scottish government to "focus as hard as we can on securing the best possible outcome for Scotland".Ms Sturgeon argued that the general election and the "weakness" of the UK government had "reopened the possibility, however narrow, of averting a hard Brexit and maintaining membership of the single market".
She added: "I want to reassure people that our proposal is not for a referendum now, or before there is sufficient clarity about the options.
"But rather to give them a choice at the end of the Brexit process, when that clarity has emerged.
"I am therefore confirming today that having listened and reflected, the Scottish government will reset the plan I set out on 13 March.
"We will not seek to introduce the legislation for an independence referendum immediately. Instead we will, in good faith, redouble our efforts and put our shoulders to the wheel in seeking to influence the Brexit talks in a way that protects Scotland's interests."
Nicola Sturgeon intends to focus upon securing the best possible deal from Brexit for Scotland. She believes, further, that such a mission is made more feasible by a UK Government weakened by the absence of a single party majority.
So what has changed, in practice, as opposed to rhetorically?
Not, you understand, that the UK Government and the Conservative Party regarded the demand as urgent in the first place. The Scottish Secretary David Mundell has said not now, almost certainly not within the lifetime of the present Holyrood Parliament.
Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Tory leader, has come within a whisker of saying "not ever" - although, to be clear, she retains the option of indyref2 returning at some point.
So, one, the indyref2 Bill is shelved. Two, the Section 30 request is also on ice. But, three, the First Minister intends to return to the topic once Brexit negotiations conclude which she anticipates should be in Autumn 2018.
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The Scottish government will also work to build "maximum support" across the UK for the proposals it set out at the end of 2016 - which argued for both the UK and Scotland to remain part of the European single market with "substantial new powers" for Holyrood.
She challenged the other parties at Holyrood to back her calls for Scottish government ministers to be "at the table" for Brexit negotiations.
And she added that when negotiations with the EU are complete and "when the terms of Brexit will be clearer", ministers would come back to the Scottish Parliament to "set out our judgment on the best way forward at that time".
Ms Sturgeon said this statement, which is likely to happen next autumn, would also set out the Scottish government's view on "the precise timescale for offering people a choice over the country's future".
She said independence "may well be the only way to protect Scotland from the impact of Brexit" but insisted the case for independence "goes far beyond that".
"We must persuade the majority in Scotland of that. We have not done that yet but I have no doubt that we can," she added.
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson said Ms Sturgeon had failed to give people any assurance that she has been listening to them since the election.
Arguing that the first minister was "in denial" and "leaking credibility", the Tory leader added: "Her response hasn't been to reflect.
"It has been simply to lash out at the UK government at every opportunity and to sing the same old songs in the same old tune.
"She now claims to be putting the referendum to one side. She should just give the country some certainty and take it off the table for the rest of this parliament at least."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale said: "The truth is the threat of an unwanted second independence referendum is dead and this didn't happen because Nicola Sturgeon wanted it to, the people of Scotland have taken that decision for her.
"The first minister is digging her heels in, putting her fingers in her ears and pressing on regardless. She is just not listening."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said Ms Sturgeon's "long hard think" had led her to conclude that she should call another independence referendum at a time of her choosing.
He said: "The people spoke loud and clear at the general election that they did not want another divisive independence referendum. She should listen."


(Noon): London's leading shares made gains on Friday morning, building on the previous day's rally, with mining stocks among the biggest risers.

By lunchtime, the benchmark FTSE 100 index was up 19.14 points, or 0.31%, at 6,220.26.
Anglo American was the best performing miner, up 3.5%, while BHP Billiton was 3% higher.
But the top gainers were Standard Chartered and Sports Direct, which both added more than 8%.
Mining firms had been boosted on Thursday by rising commodity prices, which were helped by the weakening of the US dollar.
The dollar fell on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged, but also indicated that it expected fewer rate rises this year than previously forecast.
On the currency markets on Friday, the pound was steady against the dollar at $1.4477. Against the euro, it was 0.25% higher at â‚¬1.2828.


Nick Matthew became the first man to retain the Commonwealth Games singles squash title after beating fellow Englishman James Willstrop in Glasgow.

Matthew, 34, won an absorbing contest 11-9 8-11 11-5 6-11 11-5.
With Peter Barker taking bronze, it is England's second successive Commonwealth podium clean sweep after they also dominated in Delhi.
Five weeks ago I was on a hospital bed, throbbing pain in my body
England's Laura Massaro took silver after losing to Malaysia's world number one Nicol David in the women's final.
Matthew's clash with Willstrop, 30, was a repeat of the 2010 final in Delhi.
Then Matthew had won in three games but this time he was made to work much harder as Willstrop pushed him every step of the way.
An exhausting rally on the third point of the match set the tone as both men covered the court in tireless fashion while producing some top quality squash.
World champion Matthew - who carried the England flag at the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony - took the opening game before Willstrop hit back.
Sheffield's Matthew, who won gold in both the singles and doubles in Delhi four years ago, went 2-1 ahead as he breezed through the third game but Willstrop hit back in impressive fashion in game four to take it to a decider.
But Matthew, who had won the last 24 meetings between the pair, went ahead early in the fifth game and maintained his advantage throughout to take it.
Matthew's victory was all the more impressive as his hopes of competing in Glasgow were threatened by a knee injury which required surgery last month and left his participation in doubt.
"Five weeks ago I was on a hospital bed, throbbing pain in my body," said Matthew.
"How the medics have done it… it is incredible. They need to retire now because it can't get better than that."
England's Peter Barker took bronze after beating Saurav Ghosal 11-5 6-11 11-5 11-6 in 53 minutes to leave the Indian player in fourth place for the second Games in a row.
In the women's final David, 30, produced a superb performance to beat Massaro 12-10 11-2 11-5.
Like Matthew, it is back-to-back Commonwealth golds for David, who did not drop a single game when she won in Delhi in 2010.
She has been world number one for 99 months and has won the World Open title a record seven times.
But Massaro, 30, is the world number two and went into the Commonwealths full of confidence after winning both the World Open and British Open titles in 2013.
Massaro, based in Preston, began quickly and looked to be controlling the opening game, but David showed why she has been the dominant figure in women's squash for so long by fighting back to pinch it 12-10.
The second game was much more one-sided as David played some brilliant shots and displayed her trademark athleticism around the court to breeze through 11-2 with little trouble.
Massaro fought hard in the third - and required treatment after being accidentally caught in the face by David's racket - but it was not enough.
New Zealand's Joelle King claimed bronze as she beat England's Alison Waters 11-7 11-7 11-5 in the third-place play-off.


German carmaker Volkswagen increased sales in the US in October as the emissions scandal entangling the company mounts.

On Monday US regulators said an extra 800,000 cars had been identified as using devices that concealed emission levels during testing.
The carmaker sold 30,387 cars in October, a rise of 0.24% compared with the same month last year.
In a statement VW thanked its customers for "their patience and loyalty".
"Volkswagen is committed to making things right and actively working to restore trust," said Volkswagen America's chief operating officer Mark McNabb.
Sales of the company's Golf line increased 40.2% compared to October last year. The Jetta and the Beetle, though, both took hits with sales decreasing 41.5% and 34.1% respectively.
Other US car companies reported double digit gains. GM rose 16% and sales of Ford rose 13% in October.
Volkswagen sales have been down throughout the year, mostly driven by its poor performance in the sale of larger cars and trucks that are popular in the US. Year to date sales are down 2.19%.
In September the company stopped selling six diesel car models after US regulators uncovered software code designed to cheat emissions tests.
The affected models were:
•VW Jetta TDI (Model Years 2009 - 2015)
•VW Jetta SportWagen TDI (Model Years 2009-2014)
•VW Golf TDI (Model Years 2010-2015)
•VW Golf SportWagen TDI (Model Year 2015)
•VW Beetle TDI and VW Beetle Convertible TDI (Model Years 2012 - 2015)
•VW Passat TDI (Model Years 2012-2015)
Sales of the Touareg TDI - one of the few diesel cars Volkswagen was not ordered to stop selling - stood at 416 vehicles.
Volkswagen has replaced its chief executive and apologised to customers.
However, a new report from environmental regulators on Monday suggested the company used the emission-concealing software in more vehicles than previously uncovered.
"It's the intentional deceit that bothers consumers and Volkswagen hasn't laid out its plan for how it is going to fix this. They need to lay out a plan before they can begin to turn the corner," said Michelle Krebs senior analyst for AutoTrader.com.
Cheap fuel prices and the low cost of borrowing helped other US carmakers boost sales throughout the year.
Purchases of GM cars have been up for 24 months in a row. Sport utility vehicles and trucks were a major driver of this trend. October's increases have mostly been attributed to sales of Chevrolets, which were up 18% from last year.
Similarly Ford, which sold 213,938 vehicles in October, had a 12% increase in sales of its SUVs compared with 2014.
The demand for larger cars in the US was hurting VW even before the scandal.
"VW has been down for a couple years because they haven't had the right vehicles at the right price, at the right time. The market is screaming for sport utility vehicles and VW isn't dominating in that," said Ms Krebs.


Jamie Vardy scored twice as leaders Leicester won at Sunderland to move to within three victories of their first top-flight title.

The Foxes are also guaranteed Champions League football following Tottenham's 3-0 win over Manchester United.
Vardy coolly slotted in the first against Sunderland, before outpacing the opposition defence and tucking home a second deep into injury time.
The hosts' best chance fell to Jack Rodwell, who blazed over.
Sunderland remain 18th in the Premier League table, four points from safety.
Relive the action from the Stadium of Light
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Leicester's remarkable surge towards the title shows no signs of slowing up after a battling victory over relegation-threatened Sunderland.
Foxes goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel said there is "no pressure" on his side in the run-in and there were certainly no signs of nerves at the Stadium of Light.
England internationals Danny Drinkwater and Vardy combined for the striker's 20th league goal of the season, the first Leicester striker to reach the milestone in the top flight since Gary Lineker in the 1984-85 season.
His 21st in injury time was superb, leaving Patrick van Aanholt floundering before going round Vito Mannone to slip the ball into an open net.
Claudio Ranieri's men have now won their past five league games without conceding, picking up their 14th clean sheet of the campaign on Sunday. They have lost just three of their 33 league games so far.
The supporters stayed inside the ground well after the final whistle chanting "we're gonna win the league" and it now seems only an astonishing collapse will stop them from lifting the trophy.
Sam Allardyce's Sunderland side gave a good account of themselves against the leaders, but that is not enough at this stage of the season as they cling on to their Premier League status.
They left the Stadium of Light without any points and are 18th in the table, although they do have a game in hand on Norwich, who are four points and one place above them.
Centre-back Younes Kaboul, who should have done better with a header in the first half, made 25 clearances in the match - the most by a player in the division this season.
And German Jan Kirschoff, patrolling the space in front of the defence, kept key Leicester man Riyad Mahrez quiet, completing seven tackles and gaining possession back 18 times.
However, their problems lie at the other end of the pitch, having scored just four goals in their past six games.
The result could have been different had Rodwell buried his gilt-edged chance, while top scorer Jermain Defoe, with 12 league goals, was on the periphery for much of the game.
Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce: "I can't accept how we conceded the first goal. We allowed Jamie Vardy to play to his strengths. One ball over the top... not coping with that was the reason why we lost today.
"Our most costly games were not today. A 0-0 draw would have been good for us. The costly ones were the last three, we should have won all three. That wouldn't have seen so much pressure on ourselves and that is what told today."
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Leicester boss Claudio Ranieri: "The fans must continue to dream but we must continue to be concentrated and focused. Now we have two tough matches at home, the Champions League is on the table and we have to keep it. We haven't achieved anything yet.
"You make this job for the emotion you feel inside, but it is difficult for me to tell what kind of emotion."
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Sunderland travel to Norwich on Saturday (kick-off 12:45 BST) in a crucial game at the bottom of the table, while leaders Leicester will be looking to take a further step towards the title when they host West Ham the following day (13:30 BST).
Match ends, Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2.
Second Half ends, Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2.
Goal!  Sunderland 0, Leicester City 2. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Demarai Gray.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Jan Kirchhoff (Sunderland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Vardy.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Jan Kirchhoff.
Attempt saved. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Offside, Leicester City. Daniel Drinkwater tries a through ball, but Jamie Vardy is caught offside.
Substitution, Leicester City. Daniel Amartey replaces Marc Albrighton.
Attempt saved. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Jack Rodwell (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Jermain Defoe.
Attempt blocked. Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jack Rodwell.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt missed. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin.
Dame N'Doye (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Patrick van Aanholt.
Foul by Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City).
Jeremain Lens (Sunderland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Marc Albrighton (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Leonardo Ulloa.
Substitution, Sunderland. Jeremain Lens replaces Fabio Borini.
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dame N'Doye (Sunderland).
Substitution, Sunderland. Jack Rodwell replaces Yann M'Vila.
Substitution, Sunderland. Dame N'Doye replaces Wahbi Khazri.
Goal!  Sunderland 0, Leicester City 1. Jamie Vardy (Leicester City) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt missed. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Yann M'Vila.
Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Shinji Okazaki.
Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Patrick van Aanholt (Sunderland).
Attempt missed. Daniel Drinkwater (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riyad Mahrez.
Attempt blocked. Wahbi Khazri (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Lee Cattermole.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by DeAndre Yedlin.
Attempt missed. Shinji Okazaki (Leicester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.
Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt blocked. Jermain Defoe (Sunderland) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri.
Attempt missed. DeAndre Yedlin (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Wahbi Khazri.
Attempt missed. Fabio Borini (Sunderland) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Sunderland. Conceded by Robert Huth.


Roarie Deacon's late winner helped non-league Sutton United beat League Two side Cheltenham Town in the FA Cup second round.

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After an even first 30 minutes, Danny Wright tapped in from James Dayton's free-kick to put the Robins in front.
But Tubbs levelled after the restart, latching onto Maxime Biamou's header and slotting in from 10 yards out.
Robert Dickie headed against the bar for the Robins late on, before Deacon fired in to win the game in added time.
Sutton have won just one of their past eight games in the National League - including a 6-0 home defeat by Dover on Tuesday - but Deacon's late heroics earned them a place in third round for the first time in 22 years.
The U's have twice gone even further in the competition, reaching the fourth round in 1970, and again in 1989 after they famously beat First Division Coventry City in round three.
They will receive £27,000 for getting through the second round, and could earn a lucrative tie with Premier League or Championship opposition when the third round draw takes place on Monday.
Match ends, Sutton United 2, Cheltenham Town 1.
Second Half ends, Sutton United 2, Cheltenham Town 1.
Offside, Cheltenham Town. Robert Dickie tries a through ball, but Daniel Wright is caught offside.
Goal!  Sutton United 2, Cheltenham Town 1. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicky Bailey.
Substitution, Sutton United. Adam May replaces Matt Tubbs.
Daniel Spence (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Daniel Spence (Sutton United).
James Dayton (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simon Downer with a headed pass.
Attempt saved. Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kyle Storer.
Foul by Craig Eastmond (Sutton United).
James Dayton (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Harry Pell (Cheltenham Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kyle Storer.
Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nicky Bailey (Sutton United).
Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Nicky Bailey (Sutton United) because of an injury.
Craig Eastmond (Sutton United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Wright (Cheltenham Town).
Robert Dickie (Cheltenham Town) hits the bar with a header from the centre of the box. Assisted by James Dayton with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Cheltenham Town. Conceded by Jamie Collins.
Substitution, Cheltenham Town. Jon Smith replaces Jack Munns.
Ross Worner (Sutton United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Billy Waters (Cheltenham Town).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ross Worner (Sutton United) because of an injury.
Foul by Craig Eastmond (Sutton United).
Jack Munns (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) is shown the yellow card.
Gomis (Sutton United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Daniel O'Shaughnessy (Cheltenham Town).
Attempt missed. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Daniel Spence.
Simon Downer (Sutton United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Dayton (Cheltenham Town).
Foul by Roarie Deacon (Sutton United).
James Dayton (Cheltenham Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Roarie Deacon (Sutton United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Craig Eastmond.
Foul by Maxime Biamou (Sutton United).


Orkney's neolithic Ring of Brodgar has been vandalised.

A tour guide discovered the initials 'AA 2015' scratched into one of the stones while visiting the site.
Police Scotland and Historic Scotland have both been informed of the vandalism. It is believed it took place sometime between Monday and Thursday.
The Ring of Brodgar - the third largest stone circle in the British Isles - is regarded as one of Western Europe's most impressive prehistoric sites.
A spokesman for Historic Scotland said: "We were very disappointed to discover that the Rune Stone had been vandalised in this way and immediately contacted the police, as it is a criminal offence to damage a scheduled monument.
"Our conservation experts will review the damage soon and put together a programme of remedial work to mitigate the damage done.
"Fortunately incidents such as this are rare, and we continue to work with the local community to educate people on the significance of these prehistoric sites."


Ryan Sidebottom rolled back the years to claim a season's best 6-34 as champions Yorkshire seized control against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

The home side were already in trouble whens they resumed on 11-2.
But 37-year-old Sidebottom (6-34) and Jack Brooks (3-10) caused havoc as the hosts were bowled out for 69, losing five wickets at one stage for no runs.
After a brief rain break, Yorkshire reached 125-1 by the close of play with opener Will Rhodes 53 not out.
Just nine balls were possible in the morning session before Warwickshire - batting record breakers last week - were shattered by losing five wickets in 29 balls as they slid from 29-2 to 35-8.
It was high-class fast bowling from the Yorkshire pair, although they did get some help, with Ian Westwood offering no shot to a Sidebottom delivery which hit off-stump, just as Chopra had done the previous evening.
When Sidebottom bowled Laurie Evans then removed youngsters Peter McKay and Sam Hain, he had the first six wickets but his aspirations to an 'all-10' ended when Brooks forced Jonathan Trott to edge into the slips.
Brooks added the scalps of Jeetan Patel and Boyd Rankin to bring last pair Rikki Clarke and Oliver Hannon-Dalby together at 37-9, with 27 needed to reach the follow on figure.
The last pair then added 32, Clarke hoisting Brooks for six before cutting Tim Bresnan for four to take the score past the follow-on point before being bowled by Steve Patterson for 28 from 42 balls.
Yorkshire then made batting look a little more comfortable proposition again as they reached the close with a 269-run lead, thanks to Rhodes, well supported by Alex Lees (28) and Jack Leaning (28 not out).
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown:
"Credit to Yorkshire. Ryan Sidebottom was outstanding and they bowled exceptionally well, albeit in very helpful conditions, and caught very well.
"We were undone by good bowling but our batting was weak. Too many of the guys were trapped in the crease and it was only our last pair that really started getting properly forward or back.
"The game's not dead yet but to save it we will have to fight like we have never done before and play a lot better than we have done in the last two days."
Yorkshire bowler Ryan Sidebottom:
"Before play Dizzy (coach Jason Gillespie) asked me to say a few words to the lads and I said we had to bowl full and straight so I had to go out and do what I had told them to do.
"Jack Brooks bowled really well and we complement each other well. Sometimes one guy bowls at two an over and the other guy gets the wicket,s but it doesn't matter which way round it happens, it's all about being effective as a unit.
"We didn't bat very well so to come out and bowl them out for 69 was very pleasing."


Australia head coach Michael Cheika is expecting England to ditch their "dull" tactics and "open up a bit more" in Saturday's third Test in Sydney.

England, coached by Eddie Jones, are chasing a 3-0 series win after claiming a first series success in Australia.
"Teams that I think are dull throw it around a little bit more because they've won the series," Cheika said.
"Eddie and me play different footy. We are not set up to play kick and chase footy. We play running rugby."
England beat the World Cup finalists 23-7 last Saturday in Melbourne to follow a 39-28 victory in Brisbane the week before.
The second win in particular was built on sturdy defence with Grand Slam champions England making three times as many tackles as the Wallabies.
Cheika has accused of England of not being "free", having previously criticised the "niggle" they put on the ball.
"A lot of our supporters want to see us keep playing footy," he said.
"They don't always understand why you lose, but they want to see us keep playing footy.
"I want to do that, too, and I'm prepared to continue to do that for as long as it takes for us to play that way consistently."
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Despite being unbeaten in 2016 and moving to second in the world rankings, Jones warned his players against becoming "weak" from external praise.
"If you become weak once, you can become weak twice.," he said
"To be a champion team, you can't be like that. Outside praise is dangerous for a team and they've been getting a lot of it."


Mae arbenigwyr canser yn gobeithio y bydd cynllun newydd, fydd yn cael ei dreialu yn ne Cymru, yn lleihau'r amser mae'n cymryd i gael diagnosis o'r clefyd.

Mae gan Gymru a rhannau eraill o'r DU rai o'r cyfraddau goresgyn canser gwaethaf yn y byd datblygedig.
Nawr mae cynllun peilot yng Nghwm Cynon a Chastell-nedd yn canolbwyntio ar gleifion mae eu meddygon teulu yn amau sydd â chanser ond ddim yn dangos unrhyw arwyddion neu symptomau brys.
Daw hyn flwyddyn ar ôl i feddygon ymweld â Denmarc er mwyn gweld y systemau diagnostig yno.
Fe welodd swyddogion Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf bod y gwasanaeth iechyd yn Nenmarc wedi gwella cyfraddau goresgyn canser.
Y pryder yw bod claf yng Nghymru sydd ddim gyda symptomau clir yn disgwyl am gyfnod rhy hir am ddiagnosis, am nad ydyn nhw yn "ffitio'n hawdd" i unrhyw lwybr triniaeth benodol.
Mae'n golygu bod meddygon teulu yn cyfeirio'r claf yn ôl ac ymlaen er mwyn cael nifer o brofion, a hynny yn cymryd sawl wythnos.
Oherwydd hyn, yr ofn yw bod gormod o gleifion yn dechrau triniaeth pan mae eu canser wedi datblygu neu nad oes modd ei wella.
Bydd 40 o feddygon yng Nghwm Cynon sydd yn credu efallai bod rhywbeth o'i le yn gallu cyfeirio'r claf at ganolfan ddiagnostig yn Ysbyty Brenhinol Morgannwg, Llantrisant o fewn saith diwrnod.
Yr amcangyfrif yw y bydd rhyw chwe chlaf yr wythnos yn cael eu gweld ac yn cael profion gwahanol, a'r gobaith yw bod hyn yn digwydd ar yr un diwrnod.
Ar hyn o bryd dim ond 35% o gleifion sydd â symptomau sydd yn "peri pryder" sy'n cael diagnosis yn ardal Cwm Taf.
Mae meddygon felly eisiau cyrraedd y mwyafrif o'r cleifion sydd heb symptomau mor amlwg o'r clefyd yn gynt.
Bydd clinig tebyg yn cael ei sefydlu yn Ysbyty Castell-nedd Port Talbot fel rhan o gynllun prawf arall gan Fwrdd Iechyd Abertawe Bro Morgannwg.
Mae'r treialon wedi eu datblygu yn ystod y 12 mis ers i arbenigwyr o Gymru ddychwelyd o Aarhus.
Fe aeth Denmarc ati i sefydlu'r canolfannau diagnostig wedi pryderon bod y wlad ar ei hôl hi o ran cyfraddau goresgyn canser.
Yn ôl Dr Gareth Davies, Cyfarwyddwr Cyswllt Rhwydwaith Canser Cymru, bydd y cynllun yn tawelu meddwl claf ond hefyd yn cyflymu'r broses.
"Os yw'r meddyg teulu yn gweld claf a ddim yn siŵr beth sydd o'i le ond yn pryderu ac yn teimlo bod rhywbeth o'i le, bydd yn rhoi cyfle i'r meddyg teulu gyfeirio'r claf yn syth i'r clinig ac yn golygu bydd y claf yn cael ei weld yn gyflym a gobeithio yn cael diagnosis."
Mae Gareth Jordan, meddyg teulu yn Aberdâr, yn dweud y gallai'r cynllun peilot wneud gwahaniaeth mawr i fywydau'r cleifion.
"Mi fyddai gallu dweud, 'Dwi wedi gweld y gŵr yma, mae wedi colli llawer o bwysau... allai ddim ei anfon i ffwrdd i gael profion arbenigol neu pe bydden ni fyddai'r profion yn cael eu rhoi yn nhrefn tebygolrwydd'.
"Ond mae'r ffaith eu bod nhw'n cael eu gweld mewn un lle a phob un yn gweld cynnydd cyflym, y tebygrwydd ydy diagnosis cynnar os oes ganddyn nhw ganser yn fy marn i."
Os bydd cynllun peilot Cwm Cynon - fydd yn para chwe mis - yn llwyddiannus, bydd gweddill byrddau iechyd yr ardal yn cynnig yr un gwasanaeth yn y misoedd wedyn.


Householders who persistently leave out too much rubbish in Flintshire will face fines from next year.

The move by Flintshire council is partly aimed at increasing recycling rates to meet Welsh Government targets.
A report to the council's cabinet said if enforcement action fails, it will need to reconsider introducing three-weekly bin collections.
From June 2017, all rubbish will need to go into wheelie bins and anything else will not be collected.
Then from September, anyone still leaving rubbish outside bins will face fixed penalty notices.


Food prices climbed at their fastest rate for more than three years in May as the weak pound pushed up import prices, new research shows.

The British Retail Consortium measured the prices of 500 everyday goods and found food inflation was 1.4% during the month, up from 0.9% in April.
But it said overall inflation including non-food items had fallen.
It comes as another study found a surprise pick-up in consumer confidence despite a predicted pre-election slump.
According to the BRC, processed food prices showed the steepest rise in May, at 1.8%, up from 0.8% in April, while fresh food inflation was 1.2%, up from 1%.
It blamed the pound, which has fallen about 16% since the Brexit vote last June, increasing costs for businesses that import goods into the UK.
BRC chief executive Helen Dickinson said: "With shorter stock turnaround times, the impact of the weaker pound has already started feeding through into food prices, although food price inflation this month is still well below the input cost price increases being faced by retailers."
Despite the rising food prices, overall inflation fell, with the prices of non-food items 1.5% lower than a year ago.
BRC credited heavy discounting in the wake of a "weak start to the year" and the fact that some businesses are still protected against currency shifts by hedging contracts.
Meanwhile, a separate study from GfK found consumer confidence increased in May, with the market research firm's Consumer Confidence Index increasing two points to minus five.
This was despite inflation squeezing household spending and wages rising at a slower pace than inflation for the first time in two and a half years.
Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, said: "We have an unexpected uptick in the barometer this month as consumers report increased confidence in their personal financial situation, the wider economy, and future plans for shopping and saving."
He added: "Although the overall index score is bumping along in negative territory, we haven't seen any significant fall of the kind we might expect during such periods of pre-election and pre-Brexit uncertainty."
It follows the most recent Office for National Statistics retail figures showing sales outstripping expectations to rise by 2.3% in April compared with March.


Ireland's showjumping team will not be competing at the Olympics after failing in their final protest over a bizarre incident at the European Championships.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport dismissed the Irish appeal over the results from August's event in Aachen.
Ireland claimed they had been denied a crucial clear round when Cian O'Connor was distracted by a member of the ground staff running across the arena.
O'Connor's horse knocked down the next fence and the Irish missed out on Rio.
If O'Connor had completed a clear round Ireland, and not Spain, would have landed a place at next summer's Games in Brazil.
The European Championships counted an a qualifying event for the Olympics.
Ireland had already had an appeal against the result rejected by the International Equestrian Federation (FEI).
Meath rider O'Connor, 36, expressed his disappointment at the outcome on Facebook.
"I tried everything and left no stone unturned in trying to seek fairness for what I felt was an unsporting decision made by the ground jury in Aachen," he said.


Stevenage leapfrogged Newport County and secured their League Two safety in the process with a comfortable win.

Stevenage are up to 21st with Newport slipping to 22nd, still 11 points clear of the League Two drop zone.
The hosts were ahead on ten minutes, Jake Mulraney heading home from Tom Pett's cross before former Newport favourite Aaron O'Connor scored against his old club.
Alex Rodman fired in a late consolation for Newport.
The Exiles have failed to win since 5 March and have drawn one and lost eight of their last nine, including losing six in a row for the first time in 11-years.
Stevenage caretaker boss Darren Sarll told BBC Three Counties Radio:
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"The points were going to be the targets for the day, and the performance would be secondary to that.
"Ultimately, it was the win we wanted and the win we deserved.
"I thought we were brilliant in the first half, but we were poor in the second.  It felt two days long and we looked anxious and nervous.
"We have been in good from lately, so we will go into next week with the belief that we can see off the problems we are facing and enjoy the rest of the season."
Newport manager Warren Feeney told BBC Wales Sport:
"We lost the game in the first half today and I can take people having bad games but I can't take people having no desire and no hunger and unfortunately today in the first half we showed that.
"Without a doubt it was the worst 45 minutes since I've been here.
"I don't want to lose football games.
"It's a mentality thing for me. You can't get into a lull of losing football matches and they've had it all season unfortunately.
"I've every confidence we will stay up but you shouldn't just be buzzing to stay up."


Ipswich Town have extended the contract of midfielder Darren Ambrose until the end of the season.

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The 30-year-old started his career at Portman Road and returned on a short-term deal in September.
He has made six appearances in his current spell, but made his first start on Saturday, scoring in the 1-1 FA Cup draw with Southampton.
Meanwhile, full-back Frederic Veseli and striker Frank Nouble have had their contracts cancelled by mutual consent.
Nouble, 23, joined a year ago from Wolves and scored five goals in 58 games, but has been on loan at Coventry this season.
Former Manchester United and Manchester City prospect Veseli, 22, has played once for Town since arriving in 2013 and has spent most of this season on loan at Port Vale.
And striker Jack Marriott has agreed to continue his loan spell at Woking until the end of the season.
Former Crystal Palace and Birmingham City man Ambrose had spoken this week of how his return to Ipswich had rekindled his enjoyment of the game.
"It's been a difficult few years, not playing. But I've got the love back now, playing with this team and this manager," he told BBC Radio Suffolk.
"It's changed my opinion of football once again and now I love it again."


A van driver has been injured in two-vehicle crash on the A701 near Beattock in Dumfries and Galloway.

Emergency services - including a heli-med helicopter - were sent to the scene following the incident which took place at about 11:20.
The road was shut for about two-and-a-half hours as a result of the accident involving a lorry and a van.
Police Scotland said the man driving the van had been taken to hospital suffering from leg injuries.


A planned 'super prison' housing more than 2,000 inmates will have a "knock-on" effect on local health services which will need more funding, says a watchdog.

The new Â£212m jail proposed for Wrexham is due to open in 2017, making it the largest in the UK.
But the community health council said there was already a shortage of GPs.
The Welsh government said there were plans to scrutinise the potential impact of the prison on the NHS.
In June, the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board said the new prison would have "significant investment implications" for the health service locally and it was fully involved in planning for the project.
Geoff Ryall-Harvey, chief officer of Betsi Cadwaladr Community Health Council, told BBC Radio Cymru's current affairs programme Manylu the situation was concerning.
"There are problems recruiting GPs in north Wales, and a prison population of over 2,000 people will need two GPs on its own. We don't know where we will get those GPs from - it's a real issue," he said.
"And there will be knock-on effects for hospitals, for emergency departments. It certainly is a worry and I know the health board shared those worries."
Robert Jones, research associate at the Wales Governance Centre, agreed and said the impact on the local NHS "could be profound".
"Prisoners have a whole range of complex physical and mental health problems. If it's run privately, the secondary health care cost will have to be picked up by the local health board," he said.
But Hugh Jones, Wrexham council's lead member for community collaboration and partnerships, rebutted the claims.
Councillor Jones said: "It has already been stated before that although this is going to be a large prison, the intention is that the majority of healthcare services will be provided within the prison."
The Welsh government said: "Arrangements are in place for key partners, including the Welsh government, NHS, National Offenders Management Service, the Ministry of Justice and HM Treasury to closely scrutinise the potential impact and costs of the proposed new prison being built in Wrexham on the Welsh NHS."


A teenager arrested at Stansted Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences has been freed pending further inquiries.

The 16-year-old boy, from Kent, was held by counter-terrorism officers on Sunday as he prepared to board an international flight.
He was arrested on suspicion of the collection of information likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism.
He was detained under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE).


MMR vaccinations have been given to 123 pupils at a Newport school following a measles outbreak.

The outbreak was declared at Lliswerry High School on Monday after four people were diagnosed with the illness.
Public Health Wales said it was pleased with the uptake of vaccinations at the school but there was more work to do.
Vaccination sessions will take place at six primary schools in Newport on Friday.
Parents have been urged to ensure their children have received both doses of the MMR vaccine. The first dose is usually given at 12 months and the second at 40 months.
Symptoms include a fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and a distinctive red rash.
The primary schools scheduled to receive vaccinations are Somerton Primary School, Lliswerry Primary School, Eveswell Primary School, St Andrew's Primary School, Pillgwenlly Primary School and Maindee Primary School.


A police 101 service deemed "not fit for purpose" was clogged up for an hour a day by officers doing administrative tasks, the BBC can reveal.

The 101 non-emergency number was introduced to free-up calls to 999.
Internal Devon and Cornwall Police emails reveal its officers used the system to request contact numbers. Staff have since been taken off patrol to deal with the call centre backlog.
A force spokesman said "the process has ceased".
The internal messages urging staff not to abuse the system were disclosed to the BBC in a Freedom of Information request to all police forces in England.
It revealed Derbyshire Constabulary also warned its officers not to abuse the 101 facility.
Devon and Cornwall Police said the 101 number is barred from all police landlines, mobile phones and airwave terminals.
However, staff are still able to access the 101 service through their private mobile phones and landlines, "which has been actively discouraged", the force said.
Devon and Cornwall's former police and crime commissioner, Tony Hogg, said earlier this year the 101 service was not fit for purpose.
"At a time when we have been reducing some face-to-face contact though the closure of public enquiries offices, it is vital that our phone contact system is fit for purpose - it is not," he said.
"There is a lack of police management focus in this area and that needs to change."
A Devon and Cornwall Police spokeswoman said: "An internal message went out eight months ago asking officers not to contact 101 for administrative tasks, this process has ceased."
Rob McMahon, a taxi driver from Kingsbridge, Devon, said he called 101 to report a drunk driver last year but had to wait 40 minutes to get through.
"By the time I got through he had gone home. It's put me off calling 101. Lately I had cause to dial 101, but I emailed because I didn't want to be hanging on the line for so long."
Since 2014, Devon and Cornwall Police has encouraged the public to use email or an online form to report crimes, in order to cut delays to the 101 number.
A spokeswoman for Derbyshire Constabulary said its first internal message was issued because "officers and staff were calling 101 rather than using our online telephone directory".
"The workforce responded positively to that message.  The number of this type of call has fallen dramatically as a result," she said.
"The second message was issued when there were problems with 101 that reduced the number of lines carrying the calls.  This was a temporary problem but to alleviate the pressure on call handlers the message was issued to officers and staff.
"The recent introduction of mobile data equipment will reduce the calls from officers to 101 even further."
Calum Macleod, vice-chair of the Police Federation, said: "We would expect all police officers and staff to use the 101 phone line appropriate and responsibly, and in line with any local procedures that are in place."


Fresh cuts to police budgets could lead to "dramatic and dangerous" variations in services, a senior officer says.

Forces will struggle to find savings required by new arrangements due soon, said Ch Supt Irene Curtis, president of the Police Superintendents' Association of England and Wales.
Policing minister Mike Penning said reforms were working and crime rates had fallen over the last five years.
The Home Office said it had not taken any funding decisions beyond this year.
It has been told to prepare proposals to achieve savings of 25% to 40%.
Earlier this year, the BBC found every police force in England and Wales was preparing for major budget cuts over the next five years.
Ms Curtis said: "I do not believe that individually every force can find the savings that will be needed.
"Even working collectively, I do not believe that 43 forces together will be able to meet the savings targets without it potentially leading to dramatic, unfair and dangerous variations in the level of service provided from one force to the next, and the loss of public confidence that will inevitably result."
Last week, the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners published analysis of the possible impact of cuts, saying uniformed officers may have to take back-office roles and the total force in England and Wales could fall below 100,000 by the end of the decade.
Ms Curtis, whose organisation represents senior operational police leaders, said the cuts police face are "too great".
"If we cannot police effectively with the resources we have, that becomes a problem for society. I genuinely believe that the scale of the challenge ahead makes this a serious risk," she said.
She called for a "radical rethink" of how public services are funded and delivered.
"Almost everything that the police deal with today has an impact on, a crossover with, or a root in another public service; whether that is health, education, social services, housing or something else," she said.
"Government cannot look at policing budgets or services in a silo any more."
Mr Penning said police forces still had the resources "to do their important work".
"What matters is how officers and staff are deployed, not how many of them there are in total."
Government changes since 2010 had cut red tape, scrapped unnecessary targets, and given officers the discretion to use their professional judgement, he said.


The economic and environmental impact of offshore wind is to be studied as part of a multi-million pound research programme based in Aberdeen Bay.

Other projects being funded by the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) will examine the lives of sea trout, salmon and dolphins.
The centre is run by Swedish power company Vattenfall.
The three million euro (Â£2.6m) offshore wind research programme is thought to be the largest of its kind.
Half the money is being provided by the European Union.
Vattenfall, which is wholly owned by the Swedish government, said the programme would also put Scotland at the forefront of research and development in the industry.
The first projects to receive funding include:
Adam Ezzamel, the centre's project director, said: "The announcement of these successful projects, including three in Scotland, is an exciting one with each having the potential to unlock fascinating new insights into the offshore wind environment and determine influencing environmental factors."
Mr Ezzamel said the EOWDC's offshore wind test facility offered an "unmissable opportunity" for scientists and researchers.
He added: "We are pleased to be facilitating such innovative research in the north-east which will bring considerable benefits to the region as well as the industry and policy-making."
Almost 100 applications from across the UK and overseas were submitted for the research programme with a shortlist of 16 selected by a specialist scientific panel.
The panel hopes to make a further funding announcement soon.
WWF Scotland said: "Offshore wind is a critical technology in the fight against climate change, helping to reduce emissions, keep the lights on and create thousands of jobs across the UK and Scotland.
"This new package of research and development projects will enrich our understanding of the environmental and economic effects of offshore wind operating in our waters, helping ensure any future development maximises the benefits."


A "very dangerous" man who planned to meet two children, one aged just two, at a hotel and appear in a film raping them has been jailed.

Lee Matthews, 47, from Cambridgeshire, had booked a family room and had toys with him at the time of his arrest.
At Cambridge Crown Court, Matthews, of Holme Way, Sawston, pleaded guilty to arranging a child sexual offence.
The defendant was jailed for six years and eight months and will be put on the sex offenders register indefinitely.
He was arrested as part of a police operation targeting online paedophiles.
Cambridgeshire Police said Matthews believed he had arranged to meet a man who was going to let him rape his eight-year-old daughter and two-year-old son and film the abuse.
Det Sgt James Weston, from the Paedophile Online Investigation Team, described Matthews as "a very dangerous individual who has an extremely unhealthy interest in children".
Matthews also pleaded guilty to three charges of making an indecent image, to one charge of possessing a prohibited image and to one charge of possessing extreme pornography.
On his release, he will be on licence for three years and four months and will be given a life-long Sexual Harm Prevention Order.


US President Donald Trump has told supporters that his proposed wall along the border with Mexico could have solar panels fixed to it.

Addressing a rally in Iowa, he said the panels would provide cheap energy and help to pay for the controversial wall.
He suggested the plan was his own, saying: "Pretty good imagination, right? Good? My idea."
However, solar panels have been included in designs for the wall submitted by companies.
During his campaign, Mr Trump pledged to build a wall along the Mexican border to stop illegal immigration and drug trafficking.
He insisted he would make Mexico foot the bill, but President Enrique PeÃ±a Nieto has dismissed the idea.
Mr Trump told cheering supporters at a campaign-style rally in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday that he would "give you an idea that nobody has heard about yet".
"We're thinking of something that's unique, we're talking about the southern border, lots of sun, lots of heat. We're thinking about building the wall as a solar wall, so it creates energy and pays for itself. And this way, Mexico will have to pay much less money, and that's good, right?"
He added: "Solar wall, panels, beautiful. I mean actually think of it, the higher it goes the more valuable it is. Pretty good imagination right? Good? My idea."
More than 200 companies are believed to have responded to an invitation from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit designs for the wall. Among them was one from Gleason Partners in Las Vegas that proposed a wall of steel, cement and solar panels.
The DHS told the BBC that 20 companies had been shortlisted.
In April, US media reported that President Trump had raised the idea with Republican Congressional leaders in talks at the White House.
The idea of a solar panelled wall was also proposed in an article by an environmentalist and an academic last year in the Huffington Post and another article for the Wall Street Journal by two academics in March.


A Mongolian security services official is due in court in the UK to fight extradition to Germany amid claims he was lured to Britain to be arrested.

Bat Khurts' lawyer says the UK government told him he was coming for talks but acted "duplicitously" at the behest of the German government.
Mr Khurts, 41, was allegedly involved in the kidnap and false imprisonment of a Mongolian national in 2003.
The UK Foreign Office said the arrest was in no way a political statement.
Mr Khurts, the head of the executive office of Mongolia's National Security Council, was arrested at London's Heathrow Airport in September and is being held at Wandsworth prison in south west London.
He will appear before City of Westminster magistrates on Wednesday.
His solicitor, Duncan MacDonald of law firm JD Spicer, said his client had no idea a European Arrest Warrant existed.
He said Mr Khurts had thought he had been invited to the UK for official government talks on intelligence co-operation relating to Muslim fundamentalism.
The UK's national security advisor Sir Peter Ricketts and his strategy and counter-terrorism director William Nye were among those he thought he was meeting.
There had been "prolonged correspondence" prior to the trip, Mr MacDonald added.
"It seems the Foreign Office was duplicitously luring Mr Khurts to his arrest and imprisonment at the behest of the German government," he said.
"This is no way to treat any individual, let alone a senior official of an allied nation."
The warrant for Mr Khurts' arrest relates to the kidnap, false imprisonment and repatriation of Mongolian national Enkhbat Damiran, who has since died.
Mr Enkhbat was wanted in connection with the murder of Mongolian minister Zorig Sanjasuuren.
It is alleged that Mr Khurts helped kidnap Mr Enkhbat in France before driving him to Berlin in Germany, drugging him and flying him back to Mongolia.
Mr MacDonald says Mongolian prime minister Sukhbaataryn Batbold cancelled a trip to the UK in November as a result of Mr Khurts' arrest - and has no plans to reinstate it.
But the UK Foreign Office said it was postponed because of parliamentary business in Mongolia, and officials were looking to reschedule it.
A spokesman said: "Mr Bat Khurts was arrested under the European Arrest Warrant issued by the German judicial authorities.
"The arrest in no way amounts to a diplomatic or political statement by the British government.
"Judicial authorities, which are wholly independent of the government, are carrying out their independent legal function in accordance with the law.
"His extradition is now before the courts and it would be inappropriate for us to pass further comment at this stage."


Swedish audiences enjoy a wide variety of public and commercial broadcast services.

TV is the most-popular medium. Public Sveriges Television's (SVT) main competitor is commercial network TV4. Sweden is home to the regional media giants Bonnier and the Modern Times Group (MTG).
Most households have multichannel cable or satellite TV. Sweden has made the switch to digital terrestrial TV (DTT) and pay TV is broadcast in the format.
Public radio is run by Sveriges Radio. There are nearly 100 private radios; some are part of near-national networks.
Most Swedish homes take a daily paper and the country is among the world's top consumers of newspapers. Aftonbladet is the best-selling daily. Many titles have a regional readership. The government subsidises newspapers regardless of their political affiliation.
By December 2011, around 8.4 million Swedes were online - more than 92% of the population.


Thirty-four people were killed after police opened fire on striking miners at a South African mine on Thursday, the police chief has said.

Riah Phiyega said police had been forced to shoot after armed protesters charged them, "firing shots", at the Marikana mine in the north-east.
At least 78 people were injured in the confrontation, she added.
Unions are demanding an inquiry into the incident - one of the bloodiest police operations since apartheid.
The Lonmin-owned platinum mine has been at the centre of a violent pay dispute, exacerbated by tensions between two rival trade unions.
Violence had already killed 10 people, including two police officers, since the strike began a week ago.
By Martin PlautBBC World Service Africa editor
This strike was sparked by a demand for better wages. And - armed with spears and machetes - strikers were in no mood for compromise.
But it goes much deeper than that. The traditional union in the area, the NUM, is a key ally of the African National Congress. Their backing is critical for President Jacob Zuma in his fight to retain his position in the ANC's party elections this December.
Miners accuse their leaders of abandoning their grassroots concerns, focussing instead on politics. So they turned to an alternative union to fight their corner. But - as so often happens in South Africa - this dispute turned violent. Two police had been killed earlier in the week.
The 3,000 police who surrounded the hilltop on which a similar number of miners had gathered were determined not to join their dead comrades. It is in the culture of the force. As one former police commissioner said, they should "shoot to kill" without worrying about what happened after that.
South African commentators are comparing this tragedy to Sharpeville - when the police fired at a crowd in 1960 - leading to the start of the armed struggle against white minority rule. This comparison seems a step too far. But the country is facing the bleakest moment since the end of apartheid.
Some of the strikers' wives gathered near the mine on Friday, chanting anti-police songs and demanding to know what had happened to their husbands.
"Police, stop shooting our husbands and sons," read a banner carried by the women, according to the Associated Press news agency.
South African President Jacob Zuma has cut short a trip to Mozambique in order to visit the mine, which lies about 100km (62 miles) north-west of Johannesburg.
Police were sent to break up some 3,000 miners - some armed with clubs and machetes - who had gathered on a hillside overlooking Marikana to call for a pay rise of about $1,000 (Â£636) a month.
The circumstances that led police to open fire remain unclear, but reports from eyewitnesses suggest the shooting took place after a group of demonstrators rushed at a line of police officers.
Police, armed with automatic rifles and pistols, fired dozens of shots, witnesses said.
One witness, Molaole Montsho, of the South African news agency Sapa, said police had first used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades in an attempt to break up the protest.
"And then in the commotion - we were about 800m [2,600ft] from the scene - we heard gunshots that lasted for about two minutes," he said.
David Nkolisi, 37, who works as a rock-drill operator, told the BBC: "We were killed for asking our employer to pay us a decent salary for hard work deep underground."
At a news conference on Friday, Ms Phiyega said police had been forced to open fire to protect themselves.
"The militant group stormed toward the police, firing shots and wielding dangerous weapons," Ms Phiyega said. "Police were forced to use maximum force to defend themselves."
She said 259 people had been arrested on various charges.
The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) accused the police of carrying out a massacre.
"There was no need whatsoever for these people to be killed like that," General Secretary Jeffrey Mphahlele told Reuters news agency.
A spokesman said President Zuma would be travelling to the site later on Friday.
"The president is concerned about the violent nature of the protest, especially given that the constitution and labour laws allow enough avenues to deal with issues, and is sympathetic to calls for a commission of inquiry," his spokesman Mac Maharaj said in a statement.
Thursday's incident came after several days of violent strikes in which 10 people were killed, including two police officers who were hacked to death.
The miners, who are currently earning between 4000-5000 rand ($484 - $605), say they want their salary increased to 12,500 ($1,512).
The stand-off has been exacerbated by rivalry between two trade unions, with the AMCU, a new group, seeking to challenge the dominance of the NUM.
The NUM is seen as being close to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and the two groups were allies in the fight to end white minority rule, although relations between the ANC and the unions have worsened in recent years.
South Africa is the largest platinum producer in the world and the dispute has already affected production.
Lonmin, the world's third-largest platinum producer, has encountered similar labour disputes at the Marikana mine.
In May 2011, the company sacked some 9,000 employees after what it described at the time as "unprotected industrial action".  Lonmin and the NUM said all were later reinstated.


There cannot be many fields of study where you would be happy if your tutors left you in the dark.

But that is something which will be positively encouraged in a new scholarship available in the south of Scotland.
The bright idea owes its origins to the Galloway Forest's designation as the UK's first Dark Sky Park in 2009.
Now a doctoral project - led by the University of Glasgow's Prof Hayden Lorimer and Dr David Borthwick - is to shine new light on the night sky.
It involves both academic research and work with organisations outside the university.
The student will work with the Forestry Commission and have input from Forest Research.
"The project begins with the night sky and the importance of preserving dark skies for present and future generations," explained Dr Borthwick.
"The Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park is an important resource for Dumfries and Galloway - being one of the few locations to achieve this designation in the western world.
"Dark skies are endangered owing to light pollution and urbanisation."
23.6
maximum Sky Quality Meter reading (scale from 0 to 25)
7,000 stars visible with the naked eye
75,000 hectares of land
31 International Dark Sky Parks - eight outside the United States
The PhD project will  investigate why dark skies are important and why their popularity appears to be on the rise.
Another example of this in the south of Scotland came with Moffat's recent designation as a  Dark Sky Community.
Dr Borthwick said the Dark Sky Park was an important draw for "dark sky lovers and dark sky tourists" and one of the few places in the world where enthusiasts could gather in a designated park.
"The research project wants to find out  how this influences local identity and local land use," he said.
"We want to find out how local communities identify with and celebrate the dark sky."
He cited the music event Sanctuary at Murray's Monument, created by local artists Robbie Coleman and Jo Hodges, as one example of such work.
Dr Borthwick said the region had the capacity to develop and grow the "unique resource" and the student would work with the Forestry Commission to sustain its future.
"More than this, though, the knowledge gained from Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park can be used to teach other groups and places internationally about the importance of being able to see a dark sky, to celebrate that, and use it to inform distinct local identity and tourism," he said.
"Through talking with locals, Dark Sky Rangers, astronomers and lovers of stars our student will spend a great deal of time in project fieldwork in the region, which will trade in words and walks, stories and secrets, maps and memories, skyforms and landforms.
"It is a unique opportunity to study the return of the dark as something vital, and to take lessons from the universe - as seen from Dumfries and Galloway skies - outwards to the wider world."


Bolton have handed four players one-year contract extensions through to 2017, including defender Rob Holding and striker Kaiyne Woolery.

Holding, 20, made 30 appearances in all competitions this season and was named the club's player of the year.
Woolery, 21, has scored two goals in 19 games this term for the Trotters, who were relegated to League One in April.
Midfielder Tom Walker, 20, and 19-year-old defender Alex Finney have also had their extension options exercised.
Managerless Bolton are bottom of the Championship table, but ended a 14-match winless run by beating play-off-bound Hull City 1-0 on Saturday.


A schoolgirl with a severe dairy allergy suffered a fatal reaction after unwittingly eating a kebab containing yoghurt, an inquest has heard.

Chloe Gilbert, 15, from Seend, Wiltshire, collapsed in Southgate shopping centre in Bath, on 5 March.
An inquest was told a member of the public administered an EpiPen to Chloe, who was in anaphylactic shock, but she died later in hospital.
The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
An inquest at Avon Coroner's Court heard Chloe was diagnosed with a milk allergy from an early age and carried an EpiPen as well as inhalers for asthma.
On the fateful morning she met a friend on a bus travelling from Melksham to Bath.
They stopped for lunch and went to a kebab shop. Chloe ordered a kebab with lettuce, chips and BBQ sauce.
She quickly felt unwell and made herself sick, but her condition deteriorated, the inquest heard.
A passerby administered her EpiPen to her before police and paramedics arrived on the scene outside Boots at the Southgate shopping centre.
She was taken by air ambulance to Bath's Royal United Hospital, but was pronounced dead at 15:35 GMT.
A post-mortem examination has confirmed Chloe had suffered an anaphylactic reaction.
Coroner Dr Peter Harrowing concluded that she had died accidentally.
He said: "This is a very tragic case with someone so young who had such a severe allergy,
"This was an accidental exposure to dairy products to which Chloe was severely and seriously allergic and therefore her death is an accidental death."
Speaking after the inquest, Chloe's parents thanked the emergency services and members of the public who tried to help.
They said: "Our dear Chloe, a true angel, is loved and so dearly missed by us, her brother, all her friends and family."


Police have ended an investigation into claims a woman was sexually assaulted near a Carmarthenshire town centre car park in the early hours of Saturday.

Dyfed-Powys Police said officers looked into the report, which was said to have happened between 03:00 and 03:30 GMT, near St Peter's car park, Carmarthen.
The area was cordoned off and St Peter's Street was closed while forensic officers investigated.
The force said it was no longer looking for anyone in relation to the claim.


The Aegon Championships will this year have its strongest ever field, with 16 of the world's top 30 players set to compete at Queen's Club in June.

Britain's world number two and defending champion Andy Murray will be joined by four other top 10 players in Rafael Nadal, Stan Wawrinka, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Milos Raonic.
Marin Cilic, Juan Martin del Potro, Richard Gasquet, John Isner and Nick Kyrgios will also be competing.
The tournament runs from 13-19 June.
Scotsman Murray, 28, will be aiming to become the first player to win five titles at the pre-Wimbledon event.
Wimbledon begins on 27 June this year, running until 10 July.
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A court in Delhi has said it will look into a complaint that India's Education Minister Smriti Irani allegedly lied about her college degree.

The magistrate said he would examine the evidence on 28 August to see if the charges were valid.
The complaint alleges that Ms Irani made contradictory claims about her degree in documents filed in different years with the Election Commission.
The Delhi law minister was arrested earlier this month on similar charges.
Jitender Singh Tomar, who is from the Aam Admi Party (AAP), quit his post after he was accused of forgery and cheating and sent to jail amid allegations his law degree was fake.
Wednesday's court order is being seen as a setback for Ms Irani, a former television actress, who is the youngest minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet. Ms Irani has not yet commented on the specific allegations.
Freelance writer Ahmer Khan, who has brought in the court complaint against her, has accused the minister of "not being honest" in her election affidavits.
His complaint alleges that while contesting the 2004 general election, Ms Irani said she had graduated with an arts degree in 1996 from Delhi University's School of Correspondence.
Mr Khan alleges that while contesting last year's general election, Ms Irani said she had pursued a degree in commerce from the same university.


England football manager Roy Hodgson has been given an honorary degree to mark 40 years of dedication to the sport.

The 68-year-old was made a doctor by the University of York at a ceremony earlier.
He was described by the student union as an "ambassador of the sport" and an "inspirational leader".
Hodgson said he would "treasure" the award, which was presented to him by deputy vice-chancellor, Saul Tendler.
He attributed his career success to having the courage to take chances.
He told his university audience: "If there's one thing I would say to you, and it's something we try to preach to our football players, have no fear.
"You have got to believe in yourself."
Hodgson was appointed England manager in 2012 and has led them to two major finals.
After a low-key playing career, he started managing at Swedish side Halmstad in 1976 and since taken charge at clubs in Italy, Denmark, Switzerland and England.
He has managed in the premier League with: Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Liverpool and West Bromwich Albion.
His international career saw him guide Switzerland to the 1994 World Cup finals and he has also been in charge of UAE and Finland.


A media group linked to so-called Islamic State (IS) militants has started sharing their online posts via the social media platform Baaz.

The San Francisco-based service, founded in 2015, allows users to combine updates from dozens of other apps and sites into a single feed for simplicity's sake.
It currently supports English and Arabic languages.
Baaz told the BBC it had tackled the issue.
The IS-linked propaganda outlet Nashir News Agency began posting material to Baaz in the early hours of 12 June.
The content included claims about attacks and images glorifying the group's activities.
The outlet advertised its new Baaz account via numerous replica channels on the messaging app Telegram, which has itself attempted to restrict the Nashir agency's activities on its platform.
IS's news outlet Amaq has also launched a feed on Baaz, where it started posting its own reports and videos on 5 June.
Nashir News Agency, which largely distributes official IS material - including that of Amaq, proliferated on the messaging app Telegram after the group's official channels - called Nashir - went underground last August.
Since late March this year, the outlet has slightly diversified its content to include calls on IS supporters to increase their efforts to get the group's message out on popular platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
It has repeatedly set up its own accounts on the platforms, but they have been suspended.
Amaq intermittently appears on other social media platforms such as Tumblr and YouTube. IS supporters have also recently shared links to an Amaq group on the messaging service WhatsApp.
Baaz's website states that users can report abusive, illegal or offensive content posted on its platform via a feature that is currently available in its iOS and Android apps but not its web app.
After being alerted to the developments, Baaz suspended the Nashir News Agency account.
"We appreciate you pointing it out to us," a member of the firm's support team told the BBC.
"We are taking immediate action, and are removing the content as well as blocking the user.
"If the content contains any offensive or known Jihadi content we act immediately. Our policy and position is unequivocal, and we do not tolerate, condone, support or accept such content."
Baaz also appears to have removed the Amaq account from its platform.


Millwall kept up their League One promotion push with victory at struggling Chesterfield.

Sam Morsy's 25-yard strike put the hosts ahead, but Aiden O'Brien headed in Shane Ferguson's cross to level.
Lee Gregory scored the winner from 10 yards early in the second half.
Keeper Jordan Archer denied Morsy and Byron Harrison to seal victory as Millwall moved into the play-off places, and left the Spireites two points above the relegation zone.
Millwall manager Neil Harris told BBC Radio London:
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"For us as a group to break into the top six in January is a fantastic achievement. It gives us something to grow from.
"It's terrific to come to Chesterfield away from home in January and show character and resilience to come back and win.
"I'm really delighted with my players.
"We took care of the ball, and if we do that we've got players who can hurt the opposition."


An artist's impression of how an expanded primary school in Addlestone will look has been unveiled.

Sayes Court will double in size and provide an additional 210 places by September 2015.
Surrey County Council said it needs to "bridge a Â£215m funding gap" for 13,000 places, blaming an "unprecedented demand" on its services.
It said nearby Esher School is also being completely rebuilt to boost capacity by 210 places.


Work has begun on plans to alleviate traffic congestion and regenerate Fishguard town centre in Pembrokeshire.

Phase one of the project will take 10 weeks to complete and will see demolition of the rear function room of the Ship and Anchor pub.
An old library building will also be knocked down and a new car park built.
Pembrokeshire council also wants to create a one-way system, footways and a public transport hub, with work starting later this year.
The master plan includes a new link road, retail units and the demolition of buildings, including the derelict Fishguard Junior School, on 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) of land.
Councillors hope it could encourage further investment in the town.


A scheme to upgrade part of the A1079 into dual carriageway has been postponed but £6.3m is to be spent on improving two roundabouts on the route.

The money would have been used on a mile of the Hull to York road between Wilberfoss and Barmby Moor.
But surveys showed it would cost "significantly more than originally anticipated", East Riding of Yorkshire Council said.
The £6.3m will be used to relieve congestion at two roundabouts.
They are well known bottlenecks with regular queues and congestion, the council said.
The work will take place at Killingwoldgraves roundabout, the junction of the A1079, A1174, A1035, and at Dunswell roundabout linking the A1079, A1174 and the A1033.
The money was given to the council by the York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership.


The University of Derby has removed a sign supporting the London 2012 Olympics because it had not been officially approved.

The banner which read "supporting the London Olympics" breached the rules set out by Games organisers Locog.
The rules state that only official sponsors are allowed to use logos and text defined in the organisation's
          2012 UK statutory marketing rights.
The sign was being used to promote Olympic events in the city.
The torch relay is due to visit Derby on 29 June and Peter Allen, director of marketing for the university, said he was keen to support the event.
He said: "As you can imagine it's difficult to do this without making reference in some way to the Olympics."
But he added that the university was working closely with Locog and the city council to ensure it followed brand guidelines.
Several independent businesses in the East Midlands have also used Olympic logos in their shop windows.
Hobsons shoe shop on the Strand in Derby has put a display with five coloured rings in its window.
The shop's owner said he would keep the rings until he was told to take them down.
The owner of a neighbouring wool shop, John Sallis, had planned to create his own woollen Olympic rings to put on display.
He said: "It's absolutely ridiculous - all I want to do is celebrate the Olympics by putting the five rings in the window to celebrate the Olympic runners coming past."
One shop owner in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, was told to take down her plastic rings by Trading Standards.
Julie Swain, who runs a lingerie shop, said: "We were hoping to have a competition for window designs for when the torch relay comes past. Obviously, I don't think we will be able to do that now."
Keith Regan, from Leicestershire Trading Standards, said: "The Olympic rings are very much protected."
He added that people could get involved by using different types of displays  - as long as Olympic logos were not used.


A body found in the ruins of a collapsed building at Didcot Power Station has been identified.

Christopher Huxtable, 34, from Swansea, had been missing since the collapse in February.
His body was found on Wednesday and workers who carried out the search formed a guard of honour as it was driven from the site in the early hours of the morning.
Ken Cresswell, 57, and John Shaw, 61, both from Rotherham, remain missing.
The body of a fourth man, Michael Collings, 53, from Brotton, Teesside, was previously recovered from the site.
Swansea East MP Carolyn Harris, who has been involved with the family since the incident, said they still did not know all the facts about the collapse.
She said: "I feel very sad. My heart and my prayers go out to the family who have waited desperately for Christopher's body to be found. They can finally have closure, and say goodbye to him and grieve his loss.
"But let's not forget that there's two other families who are still waiting for their loved ones to be returned."
The building was due for demolition when it partially collapsed in February.


Kumar Sangakkara's fifth successive first-class century led a remarkable recovery for Surrey against Essex.

The Sri Lankan finished unbeaten on 177 as Surrey closed on 334-7 having been reduced to 31-5 in the opening hour of a sun-drenched first day at Chelmsford.
Sam Curran (90) shared a 191-run partnership with Sangakkara for the sixth wicket while Stuart Meaker (43 not out) added more tail-end runs.
Seamer Matt Quinn (3-66) had earlier prospered with the new ball for Essex.
Sangakkara's past five County Championship innings have produced scores of 136, 105, 114, 120 and 177 not out and he has now scored 769 runs this season at an average of 128.16.
In between, he also struck an unbeaten 124 in Surrey's final One-Day Cup group match against Hampshire.
Five successive first-class centuries is a Surrey record and Sangakkara became the first player to achieve the feat since Mike Hussey for Northamptonshire in 2003.
He was let off on 46 when former England Test captain Alastair Cook dropped a sharp chance at first slip off Neil Wagner, which brought up his half-century in the process.
And the left-hander, who confirmed on Monday he will retire from the first-class game in September, moved to his century in 173 balls and then passed 150 off 247 deliveries.
Essex, who started the day top of Division One and a point ahead of second-placed Surrey, were in charge early on after Quinn and Jamie Porter (2-70) had accounted for the top order.
But by the close, Sangakkara and Meaker had added an unbroken 95 for the eighth wicket to move within sight of a fourth batting point.
Surrey all-rounder Sam Curran told BBC Radio London:
"It was amazing [batting with Kumar Sangakkara], I didn't really expect that at 11:30, I'd be in batting with him, especially after winning the toss.
"Fair play to the Essex guys, they bowled top of off stump and made a good pitch look like a good bowling wicket.
"But, batting with Kumar was probably only the third or fourth time I have in four-day cricket.
"We're going to miss him at the end of the year when he goes, but we're going to take in whatever we can right now.
"It was literally incredible batting with him. He told us to dig in deep to start with and just take 20 minutes at a time and then go from there.
"He helped me through the way and that's the best time to score runs when the team needs you.
"I'm gutted to miss out on a hundred, but the main thing is we finished the day in a good position and I definitely think it was our day."


The First Minister has called for a constitutional convention to be set up in order to keep the UK together.

Carwyn Jones said he was concerned that the future of the UK was being driven by Scotland where the SNP is talking about a referendum on independence.
Mr Jones said it was time for a more pro-active approach from those who wanted to see the union maintained.
His comments followed new research which showed more English voters think devolution has worsened UK government.
"It isn't simply a matter of more devolution or less devolution - there should be an open debate about how the UK itself might function more responsively to the needs of its constituent parts," said Mr Jones, speaking at the first in a series of regular monthly press conferences.
"I'm open to discussion about what form a convention should take but the key point is that it should include a variety of opinion formers and members of the public to ensure that politicians can focus on the really important issues like jobs and growth."
On Monday a report was published on changing attitudes in England which showed a sharp rise in those who think the Welsh assembly has had a negative impact.
Meanwhile, in contrast to UK Labour leader Ed Miliband, Mr Jones said he could see "no reason" for a pay cap on public sector wages, which he said would cause difficulties in Wales.
"I think it's absolutely crucial that people see that those who are paid the most in financial services, those who the public believe were responsible for our current economic difficulties, pay their fair share as well.
"I don't believe that this is being done and as a result I think it's very difficult to say to those who work in the public sector, who didn't cause the economic difficulties, that we have to bear the brunt of pay cuts when it isn't happening in those sectors which are more appropriate."


Lost in the birch forests an hour's drive outside Moscow is an oasis of diplomatic calm amid the turbulence surrounding Russia's relations with the outside world.

Once through the gates of what's known as Star City, the Russian spaceflight training centre, you leave behind all inconvenient talk of doping, sanctions, Syria and Ukraine.
With drab concrete buildings but an extraordinary history, this place has hosted dozens of foreign astronauts over the years - and right now at least two Americans, and Britain's Tim Peake, are happily and studiously going through their drills.
While the headlines are raging about Russia's actions with its military or its athletes, one very stark and unavoidable fact remains: that Russia currently has the only means of getting people into orbit above Earth.
When Western sanctions were first imposed on Russia, and questions were raised about whether Americans should still use Russian rockets, a Russian minister tweeted a picture of a Nasa trampoline - a reminder of the fact that the Americans had no choice.
Ever since Nasa retired its space shuttles in 2011 - which were costing a vast amount for each launch - any manned spaceflight has had to involve Russia's venerable but highly dependable Soyuz rockets.
Even before the end of the shuttle era, American astronauts were brought here to train to fly on them - but the motivation back then was about deliberately trying to foster a shared effort in space.
So Americans flew on the Soyuz, Russians on the shuttle and both started constructing the International Space Station, a monument to post-Cold War collaboration.
On my last visit here, back in 2003, in the wake of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, I met the British-born NASA astronaut Michael Foale.
I asked him which he'd prefer to ride: an American shuttle or a Russian Soyuz. He was too polite to answer directly but said his wife was happier to see him in a Soyuz because it was more reliable.
Now the Soyuz route is a necessity, and will remain so until two American companies, SpaceX and Boeing, are ready with their own crew capsules, a prospect that keeps slipping.
And that means that literally anyone who wants to get into space has to come to this campus, learn some Russian and get the hang of the Russian way of doing things.
Everywhere you look there are reminders of the extraordinary heritage of Russian achievements in space and of the legendary role of Star City itself.
This place was founded in 1961, a moment of dazzling success, as the old Soviet Union amazed the world by launching Yuri Gagarin into space, the first person ever to fly in orbit.
It then went on to teach and prepare a host of giants of spaceflight: the first woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, the first person to walk outside a spacecraft, Alexei Leonov, and the first people to live on Russia's space station, Mir.
At first sight, Star City does not look space age.  Money is not wasted on appearances. The grounds are adorned with an ancient fighter jet rather than a gleaming modern rocket and there's a slight air of dilapidation.
But then you step inside, and a different and far more impressive reality unfolds.
The corridors are lined with pictures of the generations of spacefarers who have studied here.
Our first stop is a cavernous hall containing an array of highly realistic mock-ups of Soyuz launch capsules - simulators of the kind that Tim Peake and his colleagues Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra were in yesterday for their final training session before liftoff next month.
In the control room, serious figures with stern faces created a kind of orbital hell in the capsule, generating no fewer than 10 different emergency scenarios in the course of three hours.
The approach obviously works. I learned that the much-travelled Malenchenko, a veteran of five previous spaceflights, has never failed a simulator test, and that each of his mock landings has been successful, despite multiple malfunctions and alarms that would undermine someone less well trained.
In fact Malenchenko is so comfortable in space he chose to chalk up another first by becoming the first person to get married in space - though the ceremony in 2003 was handled remotely with his bride in Texas while he was in orbit above New Zealand.
Next came another vast hall, this time housing replicas of the Russian modules on the International Space Station. Tim Peake pointed out to me what looked like the largest, a module that acts as a social focal point for the astronauts to gather in every evening.
As we spoke, I was struck by the thought that his mission, and so many others, simply would not be possible without Russia.
Back in the Cold War, America won the race to put men on the Moon while a secret Soviet plan for lunar landings failed and was then hushed up.
But take a longer view of mankind's effort to get beyond Earth: with flights into orbit running year in, year out, with a reassuring safety record, with a decades-long routine of preparing people for spaceflight, and Russia emerges in a very different light.
Just don't come here and mention anything awkward about events beyond Star City.
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A man took a bedridden 98-year-old woman's rings from her fingers leaving them badly bruised.

Elsie Bird died four weeks after Jason O'Connor, 41, carried out the robbery in Trentham, Staffordshire Police said.
He also took rings from the fingers of an elderly victim while she slept in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
O'Connor, of no fixed address, admitted two charges of robbery, two of burglary and one of handling stolen goods and was jailed for 18 years.
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Police said he took Mrs Bird's wedding ring and other jewellery from her fingers after breaking into her house in Stone Road on 20 October.
O'Connor, originally from Birmingham, also stole other jewellery and cash and the incident left Mrs Bird shaken.
Other crimes include holding a knife to a 76-year-old Stafford man's face, holding him down and kneeing him in the back before taking his bank cards and a mobile phone and then burgling a house in Coppice Way, Stafford, on the same day and taking Â£67,000 worth of jewellery, electrical items and clothing.
Following the Newcastle-under-Lyme burglary, on 28 October, police found forensic evidence on a trowel used to smash a window.
Det Insp Phil Bryan, of Staffordshire Police, said O'Connor did not show any remorse for his actions.


Wales kept alive their Six Nations title hopes with a hard-earned 20-13 victory against France in Paris.

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Leigh Halfpenny kicked two penalties as Wales edged a tight first half 6-3, but the game burst into life after an hour.
Dan Biggar crossed for a slick Welsh score only for France to hit back with Brice Dulin's try in the corner.
Another Halfpenny penalty eased Welsh nerves as they sealed a fourth straight win over France for the first time since 1957.
Having lost to England on the opening weekend, Wales knew only a win would suffice for them to have a chance of claiming a fifth championship in 11 seasons.
And following their latest Parisian triumph - a fifth win in nine visits to Stade de France - they host Ireland on 14 March with their title dreams intact.
Wales assistant coach Rob Howley said beforehand they would be on "red alert" defensively, wary of a French side they expected to adopt a more expansive approach than in previous matches.
The omission of juggernaut centre Mathieu Bastareaud did not hinder their physicality, however, as Yoann Huget set the tone for a confrontational start with a thumping tackle on opposing wing Liam Williams.
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Wales centre Jamie Roberts was prominent as a battering ram in midfield, and the away side's forays into French territory were rewarded as two Halfpenny penalties either side of one from Camille Lopez put Wales 6-3 up.
Genuine scoring opportunities were at a premium, although France thought they had the opening try after half an hour, only for Huget's touchdown to be disallowed for a forward pass.
Wales then threatened as George North galloped into the French 22 but, after that period of pressure yielded no points, the visitors could count themselves fortunate to lead at half-time as Lopez missed two penalties.
The fly-half redeemed himself with a penalty early in the second half but Halfpenny's third soon restored Wales' lead.
After an hour of attrition, Warren Gatland's side extended their advantage with a stylish try.
Scrum-half Rhys Webb made the initial sniping break before passing to flanker Dan Lydiate, whose deft sleight of hand allowed Biggar to scamper over in the corner.
It took only seven minutes for France to strike back, their forwards pounding the Welsh line before the ball was spread wide for Dulin to squeeze over for a first French try against Wales since 2011.
Halfpenny soothed fraying Welsh nerves with another penalty, before the visitors had to withstand a late flurry of French pressure to secure a memorable victory.
France: Dulin, Huget, Lamerat, Fofana, Guitoune, Lopez, Parra, Ben Arous, Guirado, Slimani, Taofifenua, Maestri, Dusautoir, Le Roux, Chouly.
Replacements: Bastareaud for Lamerat (17), Tales for Fofana (70), Tillous-Borde for Parra (52), Debaty for Ben Arous (52), Kayser for Guirado (52), Atonio for Slimani (52), Suta for Taofifenua (61), Goujon for Chouly (74).
Wales: Halfpenny, North, J. Davies, Roberts, L. Williams, Biggar, Webb, Jenkins, Baldwin, Lee, Charteris, Jones, Lydiate, Warburton, Faletau.
Replacements: Priestland for Biggar (74), James for Jenkins (71), Hibbard for Baldwin (70), Jarvis for Lee (79), B Davies for Charteris (70), Tipuric for Warburton (70).
Att: 80,000.
Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa).