Back before the world of boxing became clogged up and confused by 'junior' and 'super' titles and weight classes that accommodate men so tiny they could fight on a Petri dish, jumping weight divisions really meant something.

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This explains why Kell Brook's audacious bid to become only the second man to reign simultaneously as a welterweight and middleweight world champion has attracted so much attention - no stopping off at light-middleweight for Sheffield's Brook, instead he'll challenge Gennady Golovkin for his WBC and IBF middleweight titles in London on Saturday in his first fight at 160lb.
BBC Sport takes a look at eight famous occasions when boxers jumped divisions - or, to use the parlance of the day, 'dared to be great'.
As Muhammad Ali's career was spluttering into darkness in the late 1970s, Leonard began to dazzle. In 1979 he dethroned Puerto Rican great and WBC welterweight champion Wilfred Benitez, only to lose his title two fights later to Panama's Roberto Duran, perhaps the greatest lightweight ever.
In 1982 Leonard retired because of a detached retina, and again after a comeback fight in 1984. But missing the limelight, he challenged fearsome middleweight king and fellow American Hagler in 1987.
Many feared for Leonard's health against a man who hadn't lost since 1976, but the naturally smaller man deployed his speed and reflexes to great effect, persuading two of the three judges that the WBC middleweight belt should be his - although many observers believed Hagler was robbed.
Verdict: HIT
Before the cruiserweight division was slowly introduced in the early 1980s, boxers from lower divisions challenging for heavyweight honours were rare.
This didn't deter Spinks, who won the light-heavyweight title in 1981 and defended it 10 times before challenging heavyweight world champion Holmes, who had reigned over boxing's blue riband division for seven years.
Spinks piled on 25lb in two months but still weighed 22lb lighter than Holmes, who was 46lb heavier than anyone Spinks had ever faced. However, Spinks won a unanimous decision to deal Holmes his first defeat and become the first reigning light-heavyweight champion to win the world heavyweight crown.
Verdict: HIT
Back when only eight 'pure' weight divisions existed, jumping divisions was a more daunting prospect, given that it usually meant bridging a stone in weight. But in 1938 Armstrong attempted the truly outrageous, challenging for the welterweight world title while still featherweight world champion.
'Homicide Hank' won the 126lb title in 1937, before bypassing the lightweight division and challenging 147lb champion Ross instead. Armstrong was outweighed by 10lb at the Madison Square Garden Bowl but battered Ross for 11 rounds before showing mercy and carrying him for the last four.
Only 10 weeks later Armstrong dropped down to the 135lb lightweight division and outpointed Lou Ambers to complete a remarkable world title 'triple crown'.
Verdict: HIT
By the early 2000s Jones Jr had grown bored of beating up light-heavyweights who weren't fit to carry his jockstrap and sought greater fame and fortune in the heavyweight division. Conveniently, the heavyweight division had collapsed and the rugged but limited Ruiz was the reigning WBA champion.
Jones won the middleweight world title in 1993 before cleaning up at super-middle and light-heavyweight. But no former middleweight champ had won a heavyweight world title since Cornish-born Kiwi Bob Fitzsimmons in 1897.
It speaks volumes for Jones' prodigious talent (as well as the decrepit state of the heavyweight division) that he was the favourite to beat Ruiz, and so it came to pass. Despite, or because of, being 33lb lighter, Jones comprehensively outboxed Ruiz over 12 rounds and was awarded a wide unanimous decision.
Verdict: HIT
Perhaps the closest comparison to Brook v Golovkin was when Cuban emigre Napoles stepped up to challenge the great Argentine middleweight Monzon - although Napoles was a far more proven champion at 147lb than Brook, having landed the undisputed world title in 1969 and defended it 11 times.
That said, Napoles had contested 82 pro fights before facing the wild Monzon in his first fight at 160lb - although it should be noted that Monzon had had 93.
Having, like Brook, skipped the light-middleweight division, Napoles found Monzon too big and too strong and failed to answer the bell for the seventh round. Napoles dropped back down and continued to reign at welterweight.
Verdict: MISS
Robinson, probably the greatest boxer who ever lived, had laid waste to the welterweight and middleweight divisions and lost only two of his 135 pro fights before challenging Maxim for the light-heavyweight world title.
To put Robinson's challenge into perspective, he started out as a lightweight. Meanwhile, only two fights before he fought Robinson, Maxim was beaten on points by former world heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles.
Robinson was beaten by the conditions rather than Maxim - with the temperature running at 103 degrees in Yankee Stadium, Robinson, miles ahead on the scorecards, was unable to come out for the 13th round. Still, Robinson lasted longer than referee Ruby Goldstein, who collapsed after the 10th.
Verdict: NEAR MISS
Virgin Islander Griffith won and lost the world welterweight title several times in the early 1960s, while earning unfair notoriety for killing bitter Cuban rival Benny Paret in 1962, in a bout that was broadcast live on American television.
In 1966 Griffith vacated his welterweight title to challenge Nigeria's middleweight world champion Dick Tiger, who had won the title from American veteran Joey Giardello only six months earlier.
Despite being outweighed by 10lb, Griffith floored Tiger for the first time in the Nigerian's career in round nine before being awarded a narrow decision. The Madison Square Garden crowd booed and 17 out of 22 boxing writers perched ringside thought Tiger had won, but the record books state the opposite.
Verdict: HIT
Brook's compatriot and cross-Pennine rival Khan hoped to become only the third former light-welterweight world champion to win a middleweight world title when he signed to fight WBC title-holder Alvarez earlier this year.
Many observers dubbed the fight a suicide mission on Khan's part - the match was made at a catchweight of 155lb, five pounds below the traditional middleweight limit, but that was still eight pounds heavier than Khan had ever weighed, while a rehydrated Alvarez reportedly weighed 180lb on fight night.
The fight panned out as many had predicted, the Briton using his superior speed to keep his Mexican rival at bay for the first half before walking on to a crackerjack right hand that rendered him unconscious before he hit the canvas. Alvarez promptly vacated his belt rather than face Golovkin.
Verdict: MISS


Australian artist Christian Thompson says education and a mixed heritage enable him to slide between cultures.

In his video, Silence is Golden, Aboriginal artist Christian Thompson dances in slow motion against a jet-black background.
Thompson isn't performing a traditional Australian dance; he is Morris dancing.
While he was studying in Oxford in 2010, Thompson - one of the first of two Aboriginal Australians to attend the University of Oxford - caught his first sight of the English folk dance at an annual May Day celebration.
"I was on the way to the President's Collections in a gown, suit, polished shoes and bow tie," recalls Thompson, referring to the university's tradition of meeting the head of a college at the end of term for a discussion.
"The sun was just coming over the horizon - and I saw the Morris dancers coming towards me.
"It was the most surreal, cryptic, strange collision, of these two very old English cultural traditions," he told the BBC.
Thompson spent six months learning the "Old Tom of Oxford" - a jig practised in the village of Bampton in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds where his mother's family originally came from.
For the child of a mixed marriage - Thompson's father is an Aboriginal Bidjara man from Barcaldine in Queensland while his mother is of British convict and free settler descent - Morris dancing provided a route into his mother's heritage.
In his work, which ranges from the mediums of sculpture, photography and video, Thompson examines changing mores and cultural identities, and rebuts stereotypes.
Galleries and art collectors have taken note.
This year Thompson finished his PhD, which looked at the repatriation to Australia of historic Indigenous photographs from Oxford's Pitt Rivers Museum.
He has now moved to London and his work has been exhibited in London's Royal Academy, the National Gallery of Australia, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh.
In January, Oxford's Trinity College took down the historic paintings in its ornate dining room for the first time in over four centuries to display a survey of Thompson's work.
Thompson, who is also collected by the likes of Australian actress Cate Blanchett, was one of 12 artists mentored this year in Sydney by celebrated performance artist Marina Abramovic.
Born in 1978, Thompson battled racism and prejudice growing up in small towns around Australia where the family moved thanks to his father's career in the military.
The artist still remembers the day Australian Aboriginal activist and public servant Charlie Perkins visited his school in rural Queensland.
"It was a very backwater town - there was no real sense that there was anywhere else outside of that racially divided place," Thompson remembers.
Perkins provided "a glimmer of hope" to the then 13-year-old.
As the first Aboriginal man in Australia to graduate from university, Perkins, who died in 2000, proved it was possible for Indigenous people to succeed in white society.
"He had a very strong powerful voice," says Thompson.
Life came full circle when in 2010 Thompson became one of two inaugural recipients of the Charlie Perkins Scholarship for postgraduates.
He says: "[Perkins] was opening doors for me psychologically back then by saying there's a world outside of this town.
"Again, he altered my life all these years after."
Education "emancipated" Thompson but the artist also learnt to be "thick-skinned" enough to ignore what he says is the "deeply entrenched racism that takes its toll on most Aboriginal people's sense of who they are".
He says his mixed heritage - and his on-the-go childhood - has allowed him to slip into different cultural contexts, including Oxford and the art world.
"That in-betweeness or grey area is where I feel comfortable artistically because that to me is where I find interesting things," Thompson says.
Every summer the family of four boys would return to the arid red desert of Barcaldine.
This landscape is expressed in Thompson's 2010 photographic series Australian Graffiti, in which the artist wears elaborate headdresses made of indigenous flora and fauna and juxtaposes them with camp modern clothes.
Thompson remembers his grandmother sending him into the outback to find the green, pink, and lavender desert flowers in bloom; they became "a powerful symbol" of his childhood.
For the artist, though, it is the impact of his 2012 series "We Bury Our Own" that is most rewarding.
Produced in response to the Pitt Rivers Museum's historic photographic collection from Australia, the eight self-portraits include "Down Under World".
In the piece, Thompson is dressed in traditional Oxford garb with a crown of gemstones adorning his long straight black hair.
Now Thompson says he is regularly contacted by academics and artists who want to use "We Bury Our Own" for research.
"It was very emotional for me," says the artist, who, like Perkins before him, wants to open up new conversations and forge new pathways.
"It is like the biggest exhale of breath you can have."


Saudi King Salman has held rare talks with the leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, who was on pilgrimage to Mecca.

Mr Meshaal "praised the positive stance of the kingdom's leadership towards the Palestinian cause", Saudi Arabia's SPA state news agency reported.
It is four years since a Saudi monarch last had publicly acknowledged talks with Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip.
Ties between Saudi Arabia and Hamas have been strained in recent years.
This was caused by the Saudi support for the Egyptian military in ousting the country's Islamist President Mohamed Morsi in 2013.
Hamas has strong links with Mr Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood movement.
Hamas is also traditionally aligned with Iran - the country seen by Saudi Arabia as a regional rival.
However, correspondents say that Saudi officials and Hamas are in regular contact behind the scenes.
Mr Meshaal has been living in exile in the Gulf state of Qatar since 2012, when he abandoned his base in Damascus, after Hamas sided with Syrian rebels against President Bashar al-Assad.


British number four Dan Evans struggled with the heat as he lost 5-7 6-4 6-3 6-1 to Spanish veteran Tommy Robredo in the French Open first round.

Evans, playing in the main draw for the first time, broke twice to win the first set but could not sustain his challenge in temperatures of 33C.
Robredo, 35, is a five-time Paris quarter-finalist and would be ranked higher than his 271 but for injuries.
The Spaniard's experience proved too much as he sealed a deserved victory.
There are now four British players left in the singles draws at Roland Garros, with Aljaz Bedene in action on Monday and Andy Murray, Kyle Edmund and Johanna Konta playing on Tuesday.
Evans left the court to vomit after the first set, later revealing that his pre-match routine had been disrupted by the preceding match ending unexpectedly quickly with a retirement.
The Briton was keen to point out that was not an excuse for his defeat, adding that Robredo was clearly "a better player" on clay.
Evans was heard to say on court that he was struggling to breathe, describing the experience as "like torture".
"It was really tough," he said after the match.
"It was difficult conditions especially for such a physical surface, as well, for me. I clearly found it really hard."
Asked if he had considered quitting, Evans added: "I always try to complete the matches.
"I didn't feel good at all, but I think it's in the spirit to just carry on playing."
BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller in Paris
Evans fought hard in stifling heat, but his lack of pre-match confidence was not misplaced.
Robredo recovered from two sets to love down three times in a row at the 2013 French Open, and likes nothing more than a sapping clay-court struggle.
Evans has improved on the surface in recent weeks - he now hits through his backhand with much more force - but won't be sorry his next event is on grass.
Elsewhere on day one, Austria's Dominic Thiem - the only player to defeat nine-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal on clay this season - powered past Bernard Tomic 6-4 6-0 6-2 in 80 minutes.
"It was very hot out there, so I'm happy that I won in three sets," said the 23-year-old sixth seed.
"It was a tough opponent and a close first set. I was also a little bit nervous before the match and because of these circumstances I'm happy with my performance."
Meanwhile, 11th seed Grigor Dimitrov will be Robredo's next opponent after the Bulgarian defeated France's Stephane Robert 6-2 6-3 6-4 to reach the second round for the first time in four years.


A north Devon beach has been named the best in the UK for the second year running in a traveller review survey.

Woolacombe beach was described in reviews on TripAdvisor as a "magnificent stretch of sand" with "great surf".
Cornwall had more beaches in the top 10 than any other county, with the four including Perranporth beach and Fistral beach.
Beaches in Weymouth, Jersey, Swansea, and Bournemouth also made the top 10.
Phil Hill, the RNLI lifeguard manager for Woolacombe beach, said "having such a beautiful beach in a beautiful setting with all those facilities" meant the beach was "a great destination to take your family".
The beach is part of the north Devon coast which has protected status as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
It boasts nearby parking, surf hire, showers and toilets. There are also plenty of cafes, pubs and shops nearby.
The Travellers' Choice Beaches Awards were determined by the quality and quantity of traveller reviews and ratings for beaches, gathered over 12 months.


The number of Scottish school leavers staying on in education, getting a job or doing voluntary work is up slightly.

In 2015/16, 93.3% of youngsters were in a "positive destination" three months after leaving high school. That was up from 93% in 2014/15.
The Scottish government figures also showed that those taking up training was 2.6%, down from 3.8% in 2014/15.
The data is based on what happened to 52,249 pupils in S4 to S6 attending council-run and grant aided schools.
Minister for Further and Higher Education and Science, Shirley-Anne Somerville, said the statistics showed that the government was making real progress in enabling young people in Scotland to realise "their full potential".
She added: "It is especially encouraging to note that the proportion of school leavers in our most deprived areas going on to a positive destination is at a record high.
"I am also pleased to note that the proportion of school leavers going directly into higher education has reached its highest ever level."
The statistics also showed that from the 20% least deprived areas of Scotland, 96.6% of former pupils were in a "positive destination". That is up from 95.1% in 2011/12.
When looking at the 20% most deprived areas, the data shows that 88.7% of former pupils continued in education, got a job or secured training - that is up by 0.2% on 2014/15 and up by 4.8% on 2011/12.
At a local authority level Glasgow (89.9% of 4,551 pupils) and Clackmannanshire (90.2% of 489 pupils) had the lowest percentage of pupils going on to "positive destinations" while Na h-Eileanan Siar (97.6% of 248 pupils) and East Dunbartonshire (97.5% of 1,368 pupils) had the highest percentages.


Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri says he does not want to be woken up from his Premier League title dream.

The Foxes are five points clear of Tottenham at the top of the table, following Saturday's 3-1 win over Manchester City at Etihad Stadium.
Ranieri, 64, insists his players are not feeling the tension even though his team are now the bookmakers' favourites to win the Premier League title.
"It's a great story so why the pressure? Let's enjoy," he said.
"I hope the bookmakers, this time, are right but I am very pragmatic.
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"Give me points and not words. We want to continue to dream - nobody wake us up, please."
Leicester have lost only two out of 25 games in the Premier League this season, and the Italian says says a top-four finish would be "fantastic" for a club who were 5,000-1 shots to win the Premier League before the start of the season.
"It's a 12-point gap [to Manchester United in fifth place] and for us to achieve the Champions League would be fantastic," he said.
Leicester next meet third-placed Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Sunday, and the Foxes then have a 13-day break before a Premier League home fixture against Norwich City on 27 February.


Pokemon Go players have been left disappointed after developer Niantic made significant changes to the app's Pokemon-tracking functionality.

The firm has cracked down on third-party websites such as Pokevision that let players see where characters in the augmented reality game were located.
A tracking feature intended to help players find the colourful creatures has also had its functionality reduced.
The changes have been criticised by many of the game's fans.
Pokemon Go previously showed players a list of nearby creatures, each with a number of footprints beside it representing its proximity to the player's smartphone.
However, the footprints system was criticised because it did not work as intended and it has now been removed.
Unofficial third-party tracking services, such as Pokevision and Pokeradar, have also had their functionality limited.
Pokevision used data from Pokemon Go to create real-time maps that allowed players to locate specific creatures.
Writing on Twitter, its developer said the site had been disabled.
"We wish we had some news for you," Pokevision tweeted.
"At this moment, we are respecting Niantic and Nintendo's wishes."
The removal of the footprints feature, along with the halting of third-party tracking apps, has caused a stir within the game's community.
"It's so ridiculous that a simple feature could be handled this badly and cause all this backlash," wrote member CA_dot on online discussion forum Reddit.
"I always thought Niantic should have fixed the game instead of removing features."
The updated app also adds a warning not to play Pokemon Go while driving, lets players edit their avatar and fixes a number of bugs.


The European Commission says it is in contact with UK authorities after Japan's Nissan said it had been given "support and assurances" over Brexit.

Nissan's commitment to its Sunderland car plant, the UK's biggest, had been in doubt following the EU referendum.
But after government pledges, Nissan is to build two key models in the UK.
"We have seen the press reports regarding Nissan and as a result the Commission... is in contact with the UK authorities," a spokesman said.
UK Business Secretary Greg Clark has said Nissan was told that the government would seek tariff-free access to EU markets for the car industry.
However, the agreement has raised fears that the government might have breached EU rules preventing unfair state aid to companies.
The Commission spokesman said: "The UK authorities have not notified any support to Nissan for assessment under our state aid rules and we've therefore not taken any formal view of this matter."
Depending on the terms of the UK's exit from the EU, Britain may well no longer be bound by EU state aid rules following Brexit.
But as long as it remains a member, the UK would not be able to favour particular companies. Mr Clark has insisted that that there was "no cheque book" involved in the assurances given to Nissan.


Great Britain Cycling Team's BMX squad is fitting its bikes with tech developed for drones to try to shave milliseconds off its race times.

Miniature infrared lamps are fixed to the off-road two-wheelers, and they're monitored using sensors placed at a track's sides.
These provide data to an app, which suggests ways the cyclist can be more efficient.
The move is the result of a partnership with the defence firm BAE Systems.
It said it originally developed the technology as part of a "sense and avoidance" system for unmanned commercial aircraft to help them prevent mid-air collisions with other flying objects.
It has been adapted to record the trajectory of the cyclists in the air after they make their jumps as well as their movements on the ground. It is hoped they can use the information to improve their techniques and race strategies ahead of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro next year.
The BMX team was previously reliant on data from timing loops buried into test tracks for feedback, but the extra data should provide deeper insights into how team members change speed as they handle jumps.
"In an elite sport such as BMX, where riders are travelling around 40kph [25mph] and spending more than 40% of the race in the air, every millisecond counts and one imperfection for your form can put you at a disadvantage," commented BMX squad member Liam Phillips.
"[This] will revolutionise the way we train, allowing us to analyse our techniques with a new-found precision."
The app displays its findings in real-time, meaning the athletes can get feedback as soon as they complete a lap.
"They can race round the track, take the jumps and immediately see how their performance has been compared to other runs perhaps on the same day by that [same] rider, or maybe by a different rider on a different day," said Kelvin Davies from BAE Systems.
Richard Moore - a former racing cyclist who represented Scotland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and who now covers the sport as a journalist - said that it was not uncommon for road-based champions to be given access to such cutting-edge tech.
But he remarked that it could still give the UK's BMX squad an edge that its rivals lacked.
"BMX is not really at the vanguard of this kind of stuff - it's usually seen as a cool kids activity, but it's been included in the Olympic Games since 2008 and that has upped the ante," he told the BBC.
"Sports like that are there to be exploited in terms of finding performance analysis gains.
"Most countries are not putting a lot of emphasis on BMXing, and I'd be shocked if any other place in the world was treating it with the same kind of seriousness.
"By contrast, in road cycling they have data for everything, and on the track - where there's not quite the same amount of money involved - it's still getting there."


Ex-Manchester United defender Phil Neville believes there is "something fundamentally wrong" with Luke Shaw that has forced manager Jose Mourinho to publically criticise him.

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BBC pundit Neville scouted Shaw for United when he was at Southampton, believing the full-back, 21, would would become a star at Old Trafford.
But the £27m signing has played only three times since the end of November.
The England player says he will "fight to the last second" to prove himself.
Shaw came off the bench in Tuesday's Premier League 1-1 draw with Everton and won the late penalty that salvaged a point for the home side.
Mourinho, who had criticised the player's commitment and focus earlier in the week, did praise him - but also commented on his lack of "a football brain", adding: "I was making every decision for him."
Neville told BBC Radio 5 live: "When Luke Shaw signed for Manchester United I was probably involved in the process of scouting him and recommending him as a player because I thought he would be a Manchester United left-back for the next 10 years. You would think he would be a sensational player, but he just hasn't done it.
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"I know he's suffered an injury but there must be something fundamentally wrong if the manager is questioning your attitude, training performances, desire. That from a 21-year-old with the world at your feet, you think maybe this is the last throw of the dice from Jose to try and get something out of Luke Shaw that he knows is in there."
Neville said his Old Trafford boss Sir Alex Ferguson "would have probably dealt with it in a similar way to Jose" though "probably not as much publically".
He added: "Behind the scenes he [Ferguson] would have been giving him the full barrels and leaving him in no doubt that if you don't meet those standards, go and play for somebody else."
"Jose's probably tried this behind closed doors and this is the last throw of the dice. To speak poorly about one of his own players, he must be absolutely at his wits end."
Full-back Shaw, meanwhile, is determined to meet the challenge of becoming a United player.
"I will fight to the last second because I want to be here for the club," he said.
Shaw met Mourinho on Monday morning to clarify his position.
It is not known what was said but the defender feels he still has a future at Old Trafford.
"I am keeping my head up," he said. "I love this club and will give everything to be here.
"I am going through a phase where everything is sort of going against me. But I want this so badly. I want to prove everyone wrong.
"The stuff that has been going on is hard for me to take because deep down that is not me as a person."
Neville feels Mourinho has similarly given plenty of chances to his squad, who lie sixth in the Premier League table, four points and two places behind Manchester City who hold the final Champions League qualifying spot.
They could still qualify for the lucrative Champions League by winning the Europa League.
Neville, who spent a decade at United as a player, said many members of the squad seemed nervous at home, which had played a part in them drawing nine games at Old Trafford.
"If anything goes drastically wrong and they are knocked out of the Europa League or struggle to qualify in the top four, I think Jose Mourinho will make major changes," added Neville.
"He's given this team a year now to prove themselves: the Chris Smallings, the Phil Jones, the Marcos Rojos, the Daley Blinds of this world - if they don't perform from now until the end of the season I think you'll see six, seven, maybe eight new signings in the summer and a real Jose Mourinho-type team picked."


Oil Services company Wood Group has secured a £40m contract to deliver energy services to two North Sea platforms.

The two-year deal with Premier Oil will see the Aberdeen-based firm provide topside operations and maintenance to the Balmoral Floating Production Vessel (FPV) and the Solan installation.
The move secures the future of more than 150 jobs.
Wood Group already delivers fabric maintenance services to Balmoral FPV.
It has held that contract since 2014.
Dave Stewart, chief executive of Wood Group's Asset Life Cycle Solutions business in the eastern region, said: "This contract clearly demonstrates the strong partnership we have developed with Premier Oil in the North Sea; renewing our support of the Balmoral FPV and broadening our delivery to include the Solan field, which came on stream in April 2016.
"We have consistently and successfully assured the management of safety and integrity and applied our innovation and technical expertise to maximize uptime and production, whilst also reducing field lift costs.
"This will be our continued focus; leveraging both our late life asset management expertise and production enhancing technical solutions as we continue to collaborate with  Premier Oil on the safe and effective delivery of this latest contract."
Earlier this month, Wood Group reached agreement to take over rival Amec Foster Wheeler in a £2.2bn deal.


The skipper of a yacht from which nine people were rescued after it caught fire off Shetland has said they had a lucky escape.

Polish yacht Miracle raised the alarm about 50 miles south west of Shetland on Thursday.
All nine on board the yacht had abandoned the vessel and were picked up from their liferaft by an oil support vessel.
Skipper Matusz Cwiklimske said the fire spread quickly.
The crew was taken to Scalloway Harbour.
Aith lifeboat and the Coastguard search and rescue helicopter from Sumburgh had been sent to the scene.


Japan's PM Shinzo Abe issued a stern rebuke after one of his lawmakers sparked a row by saying US President Barack Obama has "the blood of slaves".

Kazuya Maruyama from Mr Abe's ruling party made the remark on Wednesday during a parliamentary session.
Mr Abe said that as elected representatives of the people MPs should have "self-discipline".
Mr Obama is the son of a white mother and a black Kenyan father who went to the US as a student.
Mr Maruyama made the comment while discussing the evolution  of the US  into a world superpower.
"Now in the United States, a black man serves as president. With the blood of black people. This means slaves, to be clear."
He added later: "It was unthinkable at the founding of the country that a black man, a slave could become president. That's how dynamically America has evolved."
Mr Maruyama later apologised when approached by reporters asking about his comments.
But opposition lawmakers complained and on Thursday submitted a resolution calling for him to resign.
On Friday, Mr Abe fielded questions from the opposition about Mr Maruyama and answered: "We should be more conscious that we have been elected by the people. Self-discipline is required as our remarks have influence."
The furore is just the latest to involve lawmakers from Mr Abe's Liberal Democratic Party in recent weeks.
Last week Kensuke Miyazaki quit his post after admitting to having an affair as his wife was due to give birth. The MP had earlier shot to prominence by becoming the first to request paternity leave.
In January, economy minister Akira Amari resigned amid allegations that he had received bribes from a construction company, which he denied.


Kris Meeke could only finish 12th in Rally Sweden after going off the road on Saturday when running in fifth spot.

The Citroen driver was in a battle for a podium spot when he went off on stage 14 to drop him out of contention.
Although the car emerged unscathed, the 37-year-old Dungannon driver lost over eight minutes as spectators helped to remove him from a snow bank.
Finnish driver Jari-Matti Latvala won the rally for Toyota, ahead of M-Sport duo Ott Tanak and Sebastien Ogier.
Second place in stage seven showed that Meeke had potential, but he lost the back end of his Citroen over a crest in stage 14.
He plummeted down the order as the minutes passed, emerging in 12th place where he eventually finished.
The Northern Irishman still recorded his first championship points of the season as he finished fourth in the powerstage, which leaves him 14th in the standings.
Meeke's team mate Craig Breen, making his debut in an 2017 spec rally car, had another strong showing as he came home in fifth.
Hyundai driver Thierry Neuville held a 43.3 second lead heading into the final stage on Saturday, but crashed out for the lead for the second successive rally.
The incident which handed victory to Latvala and Toyota, in what was only their second rally back after a 17-year absence from the World Rally Championship.


The BBC has apologised for remarks made on the television programme, Top Gear, that caused outrage in Mexico.

Top Gear presenters characterised Mexicans as lazy and feckless.
In a letter to Mexico's ambassador in London, the BBC said it was sorry if it had offended some people, but said jokes based on national stereotyping were part of British national humour.
The ambassador had demanded an apology, calling the remarks "offensive, xenophobic and humiliating".
Hundreds of Mexicans contacted the BBC Spanish-language website BBC Mundo to protest about the remarks made by presenters Richard Hammond, Jeremy Clarkson and James May.
Many more expressed outrage in e-mails to Mexican newspapers and websites, where the Top Gear jibes have received huge coverage.
The matter was also raised in the Mexican senate, where lawmakers were considering a motion of censure.
On Thursday an all-party group of British MPs also urged the BBC to apologise, calling the remarks "ignorant, derogatory and racist".
In a statement, the BBC said the comments may have been "rude" and "mischievous," but there was no "vindictiveness" behind them.
"Our own comedians make jokes about the British being terrible cooks and terrible romantics, and we in turn make jokes about the Italians being disorganised and over dramatic, the French being arrogant and the Germans being over-organised," the BBC said.
It added that stereotype-based comedy was allowed within BBC guidelines in programmes where the audience knew they could expect it, as was the case with Top Gear.
"Whilst it may appear offensive to those who have not watched the programme or who are unfamiliar with its humour, the executive producer has made it clear to the ambassador that that was absolutely not the show's intention," the BBC added.
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The executive producer of Top Gear also apologised to ambassador Eduardo Medina Mora personally for remarks made about him.
Jeremy Clarkson had said he was confident he would not receive any complaints about their comments because the Mexican ambassador would be asleep.
The Top Gear team's comments about Mexicans were made when they were discussing a Mexican sports car.
Richard Hammond said vehicles reflected national characteristics so "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy".
Reviewing the Mastretta on Sunday's show, Hammond said: "Mexican cars are just going to be lazy, feckless, flatulent, overweight, leaning against a fence asleep looking at a cactus with a blanket with a hole in the middle on as a coat."
The presenters, known for their edgy jibes, then described Mexican food as "refried sick".
It is not the first time the driving programme has caused controversy.
Hundreds of viewers complained in 2008 after Clarkson made a joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.
Last week, the programme was named most popular factual show at the British National TV Awards.


There is a "near-dysfunctional level of mistrust and misunderstanding" among people in mid Wales about plans for health care services, a report says.

It recommends that Bronglais General Hospital, Aberystwyth, is at the heart of future health care services, highlighting "enormous" public concern services are under "imminent threat".
And it calls for three health boards to unite to improve care in mid Wales.
The Welsh government commissioned the report and said action would be taken.
The study by the Welsh Institute of Health and Social Care (WIHSC) at the University of South Wales. spent nine months listening to the views of patients, the public and local NHS staff across mid Wales and reviewing the plans of Hywel Dda University Health Board.
Report co-author Prof Marcus Longley said: "People in mid Wales want a health service that delivers high quality, safe and accessible services that are sustainable.
"I am pleased to be able to say that, in the main, care in mid Wales is still in good health and that patients are not getting second class treatment.
"We believe that Bronglais General Hospital is at the heart of these services, but a more co-ordinated approach between the three health boards covering mid Wales is needed to establish its future strategic role.
"The future of this hospital has been dogged by uncertainty for too many years, and this now needs to be resolved."
Analysis by BBC Wales health correspondent Owain Clarke
Bronglais hospital is unique. It is the only hospital in mid Wales, located 50 miles from its nearest neighbour.
For years there have been debates about its future, specifically whether a hospital serving a small rural population could sustain its specialist services.
The study found distrust among the public and clinical staff who felt health managers had been prioritising care to the north and south.
But this study says the hospital does have a future and specialist services such as cardiology or emergency surgery could be sustained if health boards, professional medical bodies and the public worked together.
It also calls on GP surgeries to cooperate more, and for technology such as video links to be more widely used, to allow more patients to be treated closer to home.
The report calls on the health boards of Hywel Dda, Powys and Betsi Cadwaladr, which covers north Wales, to form a partnership to serve mid Wales.
Hywel Dda chair Bernardine Rees said: "We welcome today's study that confirms the importance of Bronglais Hospital in providing safe, sustainable and high quality health care services to the population of Ceredigion and bordering counties.
A Welsh government spokesperson said: "We will begin work immediately on the options available to make sure all organisations involved in health care in mid Wales improve the way they work together.


Yaya Toure has ended his self-enforced international break and will play for Ivory Coast in this month's Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan.

Manchester City midfielder Toure's last competitive international was the Nations Cup final in February 2015.
Bournemouth midfielder Max Gradel, also absent since helping the Elephants win the trophy, is back after injury.
Newcastle's Seydou Doumbia, Sunderland's Lamine Kone and Manchester City's Wilfried Bony are also included.
China-based Gervinho is also in the strong 24-man squad, as is Hertha Berlin striker Salomon Kalou.
But it is the return of their inspirational captain Toure, 32, that is the biggest boost for Ivory Coast as they continue the defence of the title.
They sit second in group I on a single point, after being held to a goalless draw by Sierra Leone in Nigeria last September.
The Elephants will host group leaders Sudan in Abidjan on 25 March before playing the return leg in Khartoum four days later.
Coach Michel Dussuyer wants to take all six points in the back-to-back fixtures to avoid an embarrassing qualifying exit for the holders.
"That is our goal [six points] and we will work in this direction," he told the Ivorian Federation website.
"But first we must earn the first three points in Abidjan before going to get a positive result in Khartoum.
"For now, I want to focus on the first game where we plan to destabilise our opponent. The Sudanese will draw up a defensive screen in front of their goal. We will be working on our attack to find their weakness."
The group also includes 2017 Nations Cup hosts Gabon but their matches will not count towards qualification. Only the group winners advance to the finals.
Ivory Coast squad:
Goalkeepers: Sylvain Gbohou (TP Mazembe, DR Congo), Ali Sangare Badra (AS Tanda) Mande Sayouba (Stabaek, Norway)
Defenders: Serge Aurier (PSG, France), Mamadou Bagayoko (KV St Trond, Belgium), Eric Bailly (Villareal, Spain), Simon Deli (Slavia Prague, Czech Republic), Constant Djakpa (Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany), Wilfried Kanon (ADO Den Haag, Netherlands), Lamine Kone (Sunderland, England) Ousmane Viera (Rizespor, Turkey)
Midfielders: Jean Daniel Akpa Akpro (Toulouse FC, France), Jean Michaël Seri (Nice, France), Yao Serge N'Guessan (AFAD), Victorien Angban (KV St Trond, Belgium), (Geoffrey Serey Die (VFB Stuttgart, Germany), Yaya Toure (Manchester City, England)
Forwards: Wilfried Bony (Manchester City, England), Seydou Doumbia (Newcastle, England), Gervinho (Hebei Fortune FC, China), Max Gradel (Bournemouth, England), Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Giovanni Sio (Rennes, France), Cyriac Bi Gohi (KV Ostende, Belgium)


Doctors in Ghana have suspended a three-week strike they called to press for better working conditions, the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) said.

Outpatient services at state-run hospitals have been closed for more than a week because of the dispute.
The GMA say the government has failed to define working conditions for medical staff, including overtime pay.
But the union said on Friday that its members would return to work as talks continued.
"The ongoing withdrawal of out-patient and emergency services by members of the GMA is suspended," from 08:00 GMT on Monday, a GMA statement said.
The decision will come as a relief to President John Mahama's government, which is under pressure to control spending in line with an International Monetary Fund deal aimed at reviving economic growth in the country.
Unions argue that salaries in the country are being undermined by inflation of nearly 18%, but Ghana's Mr Mahama said on Wednesday that he would not be pressured into spending more than had been budgeted for the year.
All Ghanaians can have access free state healthcare if they register with The National Health Insurance Authority.


Raiders have attempted to steal two cash machines from separate buildings in East Anglia.

One machine was pulled from the wall on Mill Street in Gamlingay near St Neots, Cambridgeshire, at about 01:45 BST on Saturday morning.
About two hours later, a machine six miles away at Morrisons in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, was hit.
Police said the thieves left empty-handed and abandoned vehicles at both crime scenes.
John Mercer, who lives on Mill Street, said: "We were woken by the noise and looked out to see an agricultural vehicle pulling the machine out of the wall, which took about two minutes.
"We called the police, but while we were doing so a Bedfordshire Police car arrived and the thieves sped off in a car empty-handed and they left behind the agricultural vehicle and a loader."
Officers have also recovered a stolen vehicle which was used at the Morrisons raid in Market Square.
Meanwhile, Hertfordshire Police said a cash machine was removed from the outside wall of the Co-op on High Street in Stanstead Abbots near Hertford at about 03:00 BST on Sunday morning.
A number of people who lived above the shop were evacuated from the building amid concerns about its structural safety.
The cash machine was left behind, but it was unclear if any money had been removed.
A Hertfordshire Police spokeswoman said: "We are aware of incidents elsewhere in the region and are linking in with colleagues from other forces as part of our inquiries."


The United Nations will ask Syria to allow the air drop of humanitarian aid to areas under siege, diplomats say.

The US, UK and France have been calling for air operations, given the reluctance of Damascus to allow relief into rebel-held areas.
This comes as Syria says it has approved the delivery of aid to 36 regions, including 11 besieged areas.
Meanwhile, air strikes in and around the northern city of Aleppo have reportedly killed 31 civilians.
They included 10 people on a bus going down a road used by rebels as a supply route, rescue workers from the Syrian Civil Defence force said.
Stephen O'Brien, the UN aid chief, told the Security Council that consent from Damascus was needed to carry out the air operations, diplomats who were in the closed door meeting said.
The formal request would be made on Sunday, they added.
The UN has 19 areas designated as "besieged" in the country, where an estimated 600,000 people live.
The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) said it had already drawn up a plan to carry out air drops but that funding was also needed.
However, a senior UN official warned that air operations were "not imminent".
Earlier, a statement by the Syrian Mission to the UN said permissions for humanitarian aid included access to Kafr Batna, Saqba, Hammura, Jisrein, Zabadin, East Harasta, Zamalka, Madaya, Foua, Kefraya and Yarmouk.
Eight other towns were approved to receive medical assistance, school supplies and milk for children, including Daraya and Douma, also under siege, it said.
The Syrian opposition has warned the government may open the door just enough to alleviate international pressure before restricting access again.
In February, the WFP carried out a 21-pallet air drop of aid to a government-held area of Deir al-Zour in eastern Syria, which ended in failure. Of the 21 pallets, 10 were unaccounted for, seven landed in no-man's land and four were damaged.
But it has since carried out 44 air drops over the city, delivering mainly rice, chickpeas and beans to meet the immediate needs of around 100,000 residents.
The WFP has identified some 592,700 people in 19 besieged areas that may need to receive aid by air.
But the operating conditions are challenging, it says. Many besieged locations are in built-up, urban areas with no suitable space for a drop zone. High-altitude drops are not possible in those areas because of the risk of harming people on the ground.
The UN food agency says airdrops are always a last resort as access by land is more efficient.
Meanwhile, aircraft from the US-led coalition dropped ammunition to rebels in the town of Marea, in Aleppo province, the UK-based monitoring group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
It was not clear if weapons were also delivered.
Rebels are fighting militants from so-called Islamic State (IS), who cut off supply routes between Marea and Azaz, both under rebel control, near the Turkish border.
The area between the city of Aleppo and the Turkish border is split between IS, rebel and government-controlled zones.
The US is also supporting an offensive by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up by Kurdish and Arab fighters, against IS-held Manbij.
The Syrian Observatory also said Islamist insurgents, including from the al-Qaeda linked al-Nusra Front, and government forces have attacked each other near Khan Touman, in southwest Aleppo.


Bangladesh is one of the world's most densely populated countries, with its people crammed into a delta of rivers that empties into the Bay of Bengal.

Poverty is deep and widespread, but Bangladesh has in recent years reduced population growth and improved health and education.
Some economists see it as one of the "Next Eleven" tier of developing countries with potential for serious foreign-investment-led growth.
The major employer is agriculture, but it is unable to meet the demand for jobs. So, many Bangladeshis - in common with citizens from other countries in the region - seek work abroad, sometimes illegally.
The country is trying to diversify its economy, with industrial development a priority. Overseas investors have pumped money into manufacturing and the energy sector. The collapse of a garment factory in 2013 with the loss of more than 1,000 lives brought workers out onto the streets to demand better conditions.
Onshore and offshore gas reserves could provide a chance for future prosperity. There has been a debate about whether the reserves should be kept for domestic use or exported. International companies are involved in the gas sector.
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Formerly East Pakistan, Bangladesh came into being only in 1971, when the two parts of Pakistan split after a bitter war which drew in neighbouring India.
Bangladesh spent 15 years under military rule and, although democracy was restored in 1990, the political scene remains volatile.
Antagonism between the main parties - the Awami League and Bangladesh Nationalist Party - to a large degree reflects personal animosity between leaders rather than substantial ideological differences.
Most opposition parties boycotted the 2014 elections, and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is leading a campaign of civil disobedience to have the Awami League government step down in favour of a caretaker administration to hold fresh elections.
Political tensions often spill over into violence, in which hundreds of people have died in recent years.
Islamist extremism has been rising in this traditionally tolerant country. The government is conducting a sustained campaign of arrests against opposition Islamist politicians, many of whom accuse the authorities of using security fears to suppress legitimate opposition and distract attention from the real culprits.
The low-lying country is vulnerable to flooding and cyclones, and stands to be badly affected by any rises in sea levels.


White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after fewer than 10 days in the post.

The former Wall Street financier had drawn criticism after calling a reporter to give a profanity-laced tirade against his colleagues.
Mr Trump's chief of staff Reince Priebus and spokesman Sean Spicer both left their posts with his appointment.
The decision was made by Mr Trump's new chief of staff, Gen John Kelly, who was sworn in on Monday.
The president was also unhappy with Mr Scaramucci's performance, the White House confirmed.
Mr Trump's spokeswoman, Sarah Sanders, said the president thought Mr Scaramucci's comments to the reporter "were inappropriate for a person in that position".
He has not been moved to another White House role, she added.
Mr Trump had tweeted in the morning about job and wage figures, and insisted there is "No WH chaos", referring to reports about fighting among White House staff.
Mr Scaramucci had boasted of reporting directly to the president, rather than to his chief of staff.
Gen Kelly, who had formerly served as secretary of homeland security, was sworn in on Monday morning at the White House.
By Anthony Zurcher, BBC News, Washington
Staff in this White House have the job life expectancy of mayflies. Only 10 days ago, Mr Scaramucci burst on to the scene as the fast-talking New Yorker whose fanatical devotion to the president was matched only by his distaste for the established order.
Although his job tenure was short, he managed to do a lot of order-disrupting. Press Secretary Sean Spicer resigned to give Mr Scaramucci a "clean slate". Then, like a heat-seeking missile powered by foul language, Mr Scaramucci went after Reince Priebus, who was unceremoniously cashiered on Friday.
Now it is Mr Scaramucci's turn to wipe down the slate.
If Mr Scaramucci's exit was indeed orchestrated by John Kelly, it could be an indication that the former general is quickly asserting control over what has been a rancorous White House.
Perhaps it is the first sign of order being established, even if the brevity of Mr Scaramucci's tenure - he wasn't officially set to begin until 15 August - will be a short-term embarrassment for the president.
Then again, it could be that the pace of change is quickening as the Trump administration approaches the centre of the vortex. Only time will tell.
End of Twitter post  by @Scaramucci
The resignation of Reince Priebus came on Friday after Mr Scaramucci posted and then deleted a tweet which many interpreted as an accusation and a threat against Mr Priebus.
Mr Scaramucci also called a reporter to attack Mr Priebus as a "paranoid schizophrenic" and accuse him of leaking information to the media.
During the on-the-record phone call, he also made vulgar statements about chief strategist Steve Bannon.
He also pledged to fire every member of the communications team, as part of his crusade against "leakers".


Chairman Mehmet Dalman says Paul Trollope is not a "cheap option" to succeed Russell Slade as Cardiff boss.

The promotion of Trollope, 43, was confirmed on Wednesday with Dalman promising him full control of the first team and funds to bolster his squad.
Trollope worked as Slade's assistant from February 2015 and has been told the Bluebirds hierarchy expect a top six finish.
"It is not us taking the cheap option," Dalman told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"It could turn out to be a very expensive option."
Slade has taken up a new role as head of football, in which he will oversee scouting, among other duties.
Trollope will not report to Slade, and has already started to change his backroom staff with coach Scott Young being moved from first team duties.
Dalman believes Trollope's appointment underlines Cardiff's commitment to stability and has explained the club will allow the former Bristol Rovers manager to be his own man.
"We have [had] stability over the last 18 months. The team is not far off, let's be honest about that," he said.
"Paul is absolutely able to bring in his own coaching team, it is entirely up to him how he builds that and I will support him with club resources."
Dalman entirely dismissed the notion the club missed a trick by appointing from within.
"First of all, we interviewed candidates from outside of the club as well, and some very, very good candidates actually. I was genuinely very surprised and impressed by the number of people who have shown interest," he said.
"We felt that when you look at the history of the club and the disruptions and difficulties that we have had, we felt continuity was important.
"And the resources we are about to have we want to put into the squad, rather than anywhere else. There will be money available for Paul, absolutely."
Trollope has been told clearly he is expected to finish in the top six next season after the Bluebirds finished this campaign eighth in the Championship.
"We need to get promoted and we will do the best that we can," Dalman said.
"It is challenging, especially with the teams coming down - Aston Villa, Norwich City and Newcastle United, these are not the sort of teams you take lightly.
"I think Paul has a real task ahead of him, but you've got to expect us to be at least in the top six, if not in the top four, if we make the investments we are planning to make."
Trollope will not be reporting to Slade as he takes control of all aspects of the first team at Cardiff City Stadium.
"Russell has now gone to head our football side; he will be helping us with all football matters, apart from the first team," said Dalman.
"Paul Trollope will report directly to our CEO Ken Choo and very much has a free hand.
"And that is the big significant change, that we are allowing Paul to express himself on the pitch. I think he will do a good job for us."


Bournemouth defender Adam Smith has signed a new four-year deal with the Premier League side.

Smith, 25, joined the club permanently from Tottenham in January 2014, having previously spent time with the Cherries on loan during the 2010-11 season.
The full-back made 36 appearances for Bournemouth in all competitions in the 2015-16 season.
"I get along with all of the lads and the gaffer knows me really well, so it was a no-brainer really," said Smith.
"I think it's important that the club can keep everyone together, as well. We have a great team spirit here and if we can keep everyone then I am sure we can achieve great things together."
Smith's new deal, which runs until 2020, comes a day after fellow defender Steve Cook also committed his future to the club.


CCTV images showing suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he attacked Manchester Arena killing 22 people have been been released by police.

Fourteen locations are being searched and 11 men remain in custody on suspicion of terror offences.
Abedi's identity was known within two hours of Monday's attack, police said.
The UK threat level has been reduced from critical to severe and soldiers deployed to support the police will be gradually withdrawn from Monday night.
Prime Minister Theresa May made the announcement after leading a meeting of the government's emergency committee Cobra on Saturday morning.
Armed police continue to guard hundreds of events across the UK over the bank holiday weekend.
There was increased security at Wembley for the FA Cup Final, Hampden Park for the Scottish Cup Final and Twickenham for the Aviva Premiership Rugby Final.
Hundreds of police were on duty as 50,000 fans attended The Courteeners concert at Old Trafford cricket ground - the first major music event in the city since the bombing.
Additional security measures will be in place for Sunday's Great Manchester Run, where tens of thousands of runners are expected to participate, including Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham.
Other major events on Sunday include the League Two play-off final at Wembley and the second day of Radio 1's Big Weekend in Hull.
Mrs May said significant activity by the police during the last 24 hours had led to the threat being reduced.
It is unclear where the newly released images of Abedi were taken and from what time on Monday evening.
Greater Manchester Police have made an appeal to the public for information about the bomber's movements since 18 May, when he returned to the UK.
Police said the investigation - which is "making good progress" - has around 1,000 people working on it and hundreds more officers involved in the security across Greater Manchester.
Officers said they arrested 13 people in Greater Manchester, Warwickshire and Merseyside - but a woman and a 16-year-old boy were later released without charge.
Abedi's city centre flat was one of the last places he went - and where he may have made the final touches to his explosive device - before going to the arena, police have said.
Seven children were among those who died when the Manchester-born 22-year-old detonated the bomb on Monday night, at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
A vigil has been announced for 29-year-old victim Martyn Hett, which will take place at Heaton Moor Park in Stockport on Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, the family of student Georgina Callander, from Lancashire, have said she was "as beautiful on the inside as she was on the outside, with a smile that was never ending. She always had big hugs for everyone and her life was blooming like the flowers she loved".
In a statement issued through Greater Manchester Police, they said her life was "taken away after 18 short years by evil, evil men prepared to ruin lives and destroy families, for what?"
They added: "I wish I could say that Georgina is one of the last to die in this way but unless our government opens its eyes we know we are only another in a long line of parents on a list that continues to grow."
A total of 17 warrants have been carried out mainly across Greater Manchester in the last five days.
On Saturday, officers used an explosive device to gain entry to a property in the Cheetham Hill area of Manchester, where two men were arrested.
A joint statement from Chief Constable Ian Hopkins and Neil Basu, senior national co-ordinator from UK Counter Terrorism Policing, said: "This is still a live investigation which is not slowing down.
"Our priorities are to understand the run up to this terrible event and to understand if more people were involved in planning this attack."
Anyone with information is asked to call the anti-terrorist hotline on 0800 789321. You can email images or footage that might be of assistance to ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk.


One of the six teenagers accused of gang-raping a 16-year-old girl in Kenya and dumping her in a pit latrine has gone on trial.

The case led to widespread shock in Kenya and around the world after police ordered some of the alleged attackers to cut grass as punishment.
On Monday, hundreds of people marched through the town of Busia to demand justice for the girl, known as "Liz".
She suffered a broken back and serious internal injuries.
The girl was attacked and repeatedly raped in June as she returned from her grandfather's funeral in Tingolo village in western Kenya's Busia County.
The BBC's Robert Kiptoo reports from outside court in Busia town that the trial is being held in-camera because the accused and alleged victim are minors.
He understands that the girl has already testified, and will now be cross-examined by the defence lawyer.
Her family has been barred from the courtroom, along with the family of the accused, our reporter says.
There are no protests outside the court, he adds.
More than 1.3 million people have signed an online petition demanding that the attackers are prosecuted.
Police say they are continuing investigations into the five other alleged attackers.
Her case caused an uproar after Kenya's influential Daily Nation newspaper reported that police in Busia had ordered three of the suspects she identified as her rapists to cut grass as punishment and had chosen not to prosecute them.
Police chief David Kimaiyo then intervened, and promised that a thorough investigation would take place.
Under Kenyan law, anyone convicted of gang rape face a sentence of between 15 years and life in prison.


A scheme has been set up to help more female performers top the bill at music festivals.

Promoter Festival Republic said the three-year project, based in Leeds, would act as a step up for female artists in the UK.
ReBalance is to provide recording studio time for chosen performers until 2020 under the scheme.
The successful acts would then also appear at Festival Republic or Live Nation Festivals.
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A recent BBC study found festivals failed to reflect the diversity of the UK music scene, with headline slots being dominated by a small band of male rock acts.
Some eight out of 10 top slots were occupied by all-male acts, analysis of more than 600 headline appearances across 14 major festivals found.
Singer Ellie Goulding commented on the lack of women performing at music festivals in a series of tweets in July saying she did not see many females in the line-ups.
Melvin Benn, of Festival Republic who put on Leeds and Reading festivals among others, said: "Something needs to be done about gender equality in the music industry."
"ReBalance will enable future, and current female musicians to have the support they need in order to be recognised."
An apprenticeship scheme is also to be launched to encourage female studio and production engineers.
Women represent about 16% of UK songwriters and composers and there is a lack of women in other industry roles according to the PRS Foundation musical charity that is involved in the new venture.
ReBalance aims to strengthen "the talent pipeline" and give female artists and engineers new routes into the industry.â€‹
A selection panel - including Melvin Benn and Vanessa Reed (PRS Foundation) is to choose the successful artists and engineers.
They will get studio time, travel and accommodation support and an all-important festival slot.


Fifa President Gianni Infantino will be in Zimbabwe at the same time as a regional meeting which has drawn criticism from the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

Infantino has accepted an invitation from Zimbabwe FA president Philip Chiyangwa to visit the country.
In December, Chiyangwa was elected chairman of the Council of Southern African Football Associations - known as Cosafa.
Caf recently claimed that a planned Cosafa meeting on 24 February is 'an attempt to destabilise' the African body.
"Convening a meeting with representatives of many member associations outside the Cosafa zone is deemed to represent an attempt to destabilise Caf," the organisation added.
Chiyangwa has also invited other African FA Presidents to the gathering.
The Cosafa region encompasses Madagascar, whose FA head Ahmad Ahmad is the sole challenger to Issa Hayatou in next month's Caf Presidential elections.
Cosafa has already pledged its vote, which encompasses 14 members, to Ahmad, who is looking to dethrone Hayatou, the Cameroonian who has led Caf since 1988.
Appointed Fifa president twelve months ago, Infantino will visit Zimbabwe shortly after attending the world governing body's summit in South Africa between 21-23 February.
"This will take place in connection with my trip to South Africa for the Fifa Executive Summits in Johannesburg," Infantino wrote in a letter dated 15 February to Chiyangwa.
"I will be arriving in Harare on Thursday 23 February and leaving on Friday 24 February," he added in a letter seen by the BBC.
"I have no doubt that this visit will help us to lay the foundations for further fruitful cooperation and to share our personal visions for the continued development of our sport in your country."
After receiving Caf's letter, Chiyangwa wrote back to complain about its tone while also denying any attempt to destabilise African football's governing body.
"The informal gathering styled as 'Dr Philip Chiyangwa Birthday and Cosafa Presidency Victory celebration'  in Harare scheduled for 24 February is merely my belated birthday celebration," the Zimbabwean wrote.
"I also intend, on the same occasion, to celebrate my ascendancy to the Cosafa presidency."
Earlier this week, Ahmad unveiled his election manifesto which highlighted a desire for improved governance, citing a commitment to increased transparency and reinvestment.
Ahmad is considered the most serious challenger in years to Hayatou, who was re-elected unopposed in 2013.
The Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa will host the Caf elections on 16 March.


Women's Super League One side Reading Women have signed New Zealand defender Anna Green on a deal until June 2018.

Green, 26, has represented her country at two World Cups and has also been part of three Olympic squads.
The left-back has made more than 60 appearances for the Football Ferns, scoring seven goals.
"I've only heard good things about Reading and the professional environment here," Green said. "I'm excited to be involved."


Serena Williams beat Elena Vesnina for a second time on Thursday to remain on course for a sixth Wimbledon doubles title alongside sister Venus.

The Williams sisters beat Vesnina and fellow Russian Ekaterina Makarova 7-6 (7-1) 4-6 6-2 to reach the semi-finals.
Serena had already beaten Vesnina in the singles semi-finals, while Venus was beaten by Angelique Kerber.
The Americans will meet German Julia Goerges and her Czech partner Karolina Pliskova for a place in the final.
The Williams sisters have already won five Wimbledon ladies' doubles titles, the last of which came in 2012.
Their path to a sixth has been eased slightly by a defeat for number one seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza.
The defending champions were beaten 6-2 6-4 by Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova.
That was the first of two titles surrendered by Hingis on Thursday, who, along with partner Leander Paes, was beaten in the mixed doubles by Great Britain's Heather Watson and Finnish partner Henri Kontinen.
Watson and Kontinen, in the third round after walkovers in each of the first two, won 3-6 6-3 6-2 to book a quarter-final with Scott Lipsky and Alla Kudryavtseva.
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A historic theatre said to be the country's longest-running music hall is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a special open day.

The City Varieties, in Swan Street, Leeds, was the home to BBC series The Good Old Days from 1953 until 1983.
Notable acts to have performed there over the years include Harry Houdini, Eartha Kitt, Les Dawson and John Inman.
The venue will open its doors from noon until 16:00 BST for visitors to explore and take part in various activities.
Its managers said the venue, which is believed to be the country's longest-serving music hall, began life as a room above a pub to provide entertainment to the working classes.
"Affluent" sister venue The Grand Theatre, used to serve the higher classes, they said.
Escapologist Houdini and a woman who "hypnotised alligators" were among some of the "weird and wonderful acts" to grace the Varieties' stage.


Thursday's first estimate for growth is welcome news to everyone, not least government ministers.

In effect, it confirms that the last three months of this latest recession were brought to you by the Queen. Or at least the extra Bank Holiday to celebrate her Jubilee.
If it had not been for that special factor pulling down output in the second quarter, it looks as though the UK's official GDP numbers would have shown the economy to be growing since the spring.
We can't say for sure how much the Bank Holiday or the Olympics have distorted these figures.
We do know that Olympic ticket sales worth 0.2 percentage points of GDP were included in this third quarter figures, regardless of when the tickets were actually bought.
We also know that the Bank of England, among others, believes the Jubilee will have knocked around 0.5 percentage points from growth in the second quarter - and then boosted the third quarter by a similar amount as companies make up the lost output.
One way to step back from this is to simply take the average quarterly growth for the past six months, which appears to have been 0.3%. That is half the long-term average, and a lot less than we would want to see in an economy that is still more than 3% smaller than it was in early 2008.
It also means the economy is no larger now than it was a year ago. This may or may not be a "lost decade". It has certainly been a lost year, if these preliminary figures turn out to be accurate.
But it is growth - even with all the one-offs - and faster growth than most in the City expected. It is even possible now that the UK economy will grow slightly over the course of 2012, though most still expect national output to decline a little. That is because the figure for the fourth quarter is unlikely to be nearly as good as Thursday's. Indeed, some expect it to shrink in the last three months of 2012 - though the average forecast is for modest growth.
The positive "surprise" in these figures is largely to be found in the service sector, which is estimated to have grown by 1.3% in the third quarter, after shrinking by 0.1% in the three months before.
For some, that is another reason to take this first estimate with an extra dose of salt: service sector output is especially hard to measure accurately, even without all these special factors being thrown into the mix.
However, as Neville Hill at Credit Suisse points out, two much smaller sectors - construction and energy - have also been pulling the figures down in the past six months.
If you strip out just these two highly volatile parts of the economy, GDP rose even faster in this quarter -  by 1.3%, after a decline of 0.2% in the three months to June. So, without those two, the underlying rate of growth in this period would be closer to the long-term average of 0.5-to-0.6% a quarter.
Ministers will understandably savour the moment: the fastest quarterly growth since 2007, at a time when we have had also had good news employment, inflation and borrowing.
Today's news would sound even more exciting if we reported it the way that most other countries do. In the US, for example, we would say that the economy had grown at an annualised rate of around 4%. That sounds fantastic.
Then again, you can see why George Osborne wouldn't want to encourage this kind of talk. He knows that 1% growth is going to be a hard enough act for our troubled economy to follow.


A majority of Scottish councils want the right to buy for council and social housing tenants scrapped, a government report has said.

Many tenants and social landlords also want to see an end to the policy, according to a consultation.
The Scottish government has already ended right to buy for new tenants, amid concern over a shortage of rented affordable homes.
Right to buy has also been suspended by a number of local authorities.
Ministers are currently considering proposals to protect and increase the supply of affordable housing.
The government's consultation on the issue got 169 responses in total from registered social landlords, tenant and resident groups, councils, charities and others.
Of the 161 respondents which answered the question on ending right to buy altogether, 83% said the policy - introduced in the early 80s - should go.
In all, 92% of social landlords, 81% of councils and 80% of tenant and resident groups which responses said right to buy should be scrapped.
The policy was introduced by the Thatcher government to make owning a home more affordable and, since its introduction, more than 500,000 homes have been sold in Scotland.
But in recent years councils have been forced to suspend the policy, as their stock of social housing to rent has dwindled.
The Scottish government's 2010 Housing Act brought in several changes, including ending right to buy for new council and social housing tenants, alongside a three-year £1.5bn house-building plan.
Ministers said stopping all new tenants from buying their homes could see up to 18,000 properties retained over 10 years.
The Scottish government said it would respond to the consultation in due course.


The new head of north Wales' health board says he wants to rebuild trust among patients, staff and politicians.

Gary Doherty was named as the new chief executive of Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board on Monday.
The board was put in special measures by the Welsh government in June following a critical report on a mental health ward in Denbighshire.
Mr Doherty has run the Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust since 2013.
Speaking on Tuesday, the new health chief said he wanted to see a three to five year recovery plan put in place, and the board taken out of special measures.
Mr Doherty said it can be devastating when "trust isn't well placed and people are let down".
"It's really, really important we get that trust back and I think we can do that," he told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
"But equally, I'm under no illusions. It's a big, tough job."
Betsi Cadwaladr has been under the highest level of Welsh government intervention for six months since the investigation into "institutional abuse" at the Tawel Fan mental health ward at Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.
It led to the former chief executive Prof Trevor Purt standing aside, and an interim chief executive was appointed by the Welsh health minister.
The Welsh government has already said it expects the health board to remain in special measures for up to two years.
Mr Doherty said he was acutely aware of the political significance of his role and that of the health board.
"It's a really important political issue - and it should be," he said.
"I fully understand how much this means to people, how hot it is politically.
"If we do a good job and I do a good job and we work together with people, then these political concerns and these very personal concerns and individual concerns that people have, we can respond to them and it can be a successful dialogue."


The Conservative Party has taken overall control of Gloucestershire County Council after securing 31 out of 53 seats.

Labour lost four seats, including three to the Tories, while UKIP lost all three seats it previously held.
The Green party doubled its number of seats to two after securing the Minchinhampton ward from Conservative cabinet member Dorcas Binns.
Previously, the Tories were short of a working majority with 23 seats.
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The MP for Gloucester, Richard Graham, tweeted: "Congrats all Conservative candidates in #Gloucestershire for winning control of the @GlosCC. Now to work hard for the people of Glos!"
Green candidate Rachel Smith, who claimed the Minchinhampton seat with 2,320 votes and a narrow margin of just 27, said her party had "fought really well".
She added: "I'm ecstatic. One of the challenges being a single Green is that you don't necessarily have someone to back your motions. So having two [councillors], really means we can work together and support each other to get even more good policies through."
Stroud District Council leader Steve Lydon was among the Labour candidates to lose his county seat to the Conservatives.
He said: "Obviously I'm disappointed for all the people that work for you, all my friends who came out.
"But we're stoical, we move on. David Drew, my good friend, is standing for parliament and we live to fight another day."
Following the last election in 2013 the Conservatives held 23 seats, the Liberal Democrats 14, Labour nine and the Green Party one. Independents and UKIP held three seats apiece.
The Conservatives now hold 31 seats, the Lib Dems 14 and Labour five. The Greens, with two, and one Independent complete the new council.


The legal system in Northern Ireland has been under fire in recent months.

The Director of the Public Prosecution Service (PPS), Barra McGrory, has defended himself against allegations of "bias" and "imbalance" over Troubles-related legacy cases.
Fresh evidence in the Kingsmill massacre investigation was deemed not strong enough to proceed with prosecutions.
Families of the victims were left feeling deeply disappointed.
The PPS is dealing with a seemingly constant backlog of case files and ever-dwindling resources.
The role of the PPS is to decide whether or not to prosecute people for committing criminal offences.
It decides what the correct charges should be and is also responsible for prosecuting cases in court. The PPS does not investigate crimes.
That function is carried out by the PSNI which sends a file to the PPS to decide who is to be prosecuted and for what offences.
It also deals with investigations by government departments.
The most serious offences are heard before a judge and jury in the Crown Court, less serious cases are heard at a magistrates' court, while cases involving young offenders are dealt with in a youth court.
The PPS is independent of government and the police and no-one can make the service prosecute a particular case - nor stop it from doing so.
"Obviously you can gather evidence which proves that 'X' committed a certain offence," said Stephen Herron, a senior assistant director at the PPS.
"But you also have to make sure that you've gathered evidence that may assist 'X' in the case, and that's a role that, sometimes. the general public struggle with.
"It's our job to prosecute cases robustly, but we also have to do it fairly."
The PPS works with the police to build cases at a much earlier stage than it did 10 years ago, he said.
"This is to ensure that cases at the outset are looked at strategically, so they are put together in a way that they can withstand robust cross-examination by the defence," he added.
"We also have to make sure we're not building a case where we get a conviction at any cost."
Stephen Herron was robust in his defence of the PPS following recent allegations of "imbalance" from politicians, including the secretary of state and the Prime Minister, in relation to legacy cases.
"The PPS director is on the record about the impact that such allegations from politicians... can have on the public confidence in the service," he said.
"I'm heartened by the fact that in the last Northern Ireland Omnibus survey around 70% of the public surveyed feel that we did take decisions in a fair and impartial manner."
The PPS stresses it has a very dedicated team of lawyers and support staff who do everything possible to try to take decisions based purely on evidence, without fear or favour or prejudice.
The legal system can be a very slow process, with suspects on remand for long periods, leaving victims and their families feeling frustrated as they wait for their day in court.
Stephen Herron said it was an issue that is being tackled.
"In Northern Ireland, one of the things we're doing to address delay is looking at legislative reform," he said.
"There needs to be somewhat of a cultural change as well.
"We have to get used to the fact that we cannot continue to have the same level of resource either from the police or prosecutors put into every type of case."
The PPS lawyer would like to see a more proportionate approach to lower-level offending.
When the test for prosecution has been met, he said, that does not always have to mean a court hearing.
"In lower-level offending we can offer maybe a caution or informed warning," said Mr Herron.
"There has to be another way that cases are listed in court so that we have fewer and more effective hearings and a lot of that involves us getting it right first time."
The PPS also acknowledges the right of anyone who is not happy with a "no prosecution" outcome to request a review.
"We understand people are going to very disappointed when a case cannot be taken forward on evidential grounds," he said.
"The least we can do is explain the reasons for that and try to do it in a way they can understand because as lawyers we do tend to use legal jargon and that's not of much benefit to someone feeling very disappointed at our decision."
"We have to move the process on so that it's done quicker, not only so that victims and witnesses are given the justice they deserve in a timely fashion but so that it can be done proportionately and more cost effectively."


A group of naturists have apologised after a mix-up left a woman unwittingly sharing a sauna with naked bathers.

The woman was reportedly shocked to see naturists entering the sauna.
A spokesman for the Western Swimming Club, which hires the swimming pool at Chepstow Leisure Centre weekly, apologised for the incident but said there was nothing to be ashamed of.
Monmouthshire council apologised and said it was looking into how the woman ended up in the wrong sauna.
The Western Swimming Club meets at the leisure centre every Friday.
Ian Saunders, Monmouthshire's leisure activities manager, said about 40 club members regularly attend the leisure centre.
Club members use an upstairs sauna to change, while others use the downstairs facility.
Mr Saunders said: "Unfortunately, a lady booked a sauna and found herself in the upper sauna area.
"Usually our staff clear the public from the areas used by the Western Swimming group and we are naturally very disappointed that on this occasion the lady concerned was left in the sauna as the group entered.
"This is the first problem we have encountered in 25 years that the club has hired the pool.
"I apologise to the lady and wish to assure the public that we will look into this incident and ensure staff are aware of their responsibilities".
Andrew Welch, spokesman for British Naturism, which represents the club, said: "We're sorry that this has occurred."
However, he added: "We don't believe we've got anything to be ashamed of.
"There's no law against public nudity. We don't have to hire leisure centres at certain times but we choose to because we understand the sensitivities."
He said the woman concerned remained "in the vicinity for about 30 minutes before she went home," and claimed the "complaint only seemed to arise from her husband".


The law banning pigs from eating most types of food waste should be reformed, say campaigners.

Pigswill restrictions were introduced in 2001 after a costly foot-and-mouth-disease outbreak that was widely blamed on infected swill.
The National Pig Association says the restrictions are most unlikely to be relaxed.
But The Pig Idea group say the rules should be reviewed because they have led to an increase in food waste.
The regulations have also resulted in a big rise in the import of grain to feed the animals, it adds.
The Pig Idea campaigners are offering free pork meals to people in London’s Trafalgar Square on Thursday. The pork comes from pigs fed on certain permitted types of food waste.
The initiative being led by chef Thomasina Miers, founder of the Wahaca chain, and food-waste expert Tristram Stuart. They aim to put food waste back on the menu for Europe’s pigs.
They say: “The best use for food surpluses is to ensure that they are eaten by humans, through food redistribution charities such as FareShare and FoodCycle.
“But where food is unfit for human consumption, feeding it to pigs and chickens is the next best option – far more economically and environmentally beneficial than anaerobic digestion or composting.”
The campaigners complain that pigswill has been replaced by commercial pig feed made from grains that could feed people directly. It also contains a significant proportion of soya, which is a driver of deforestation in the Amazon.
Their statement continues: “Currently, 37% of the global harvest is fed to livestock, which in turn give back only 11% of the calories they consume in the form of meat, dairy and egg products, resulting in a net loss of over a quarter of the food we produce.  This increase in demand puts pressure on global food supplies, exacerbates global food price volatility, and contributes to global hunger.”
While the campaign to change the law proceeds,  the group says pig farmers should be made aware of alternative foods that escape the ban. Existing legislation allows non-meat products such as bakery, dairy, fruit, vegetable and confectionary waste to be diverted from supermarkets and factories to livestock - but only if there is a sufficiently robust system to ensure that they cannot come into contact with meat.
The pigs being served up in Trafalgar Square were mainly fed on brewer’s grain, whey, and okara (a tofu byproduct).
The groups says many countries, including Japan, South Korea, China and New Zealand, agree that when properly managed, including heating, turning food waste into livestock feed is safe and economical.
However, the National Pig Association countered: “This is a superficially attractive concept  promoted by well-meaning people, but it is destined to fail because it is fundamentally unsafe, and consequently the European Union will not be persuaded to lift its zero-tolerance ban on feeding swill to pigs
“Even if it did, the idea could not work commercially, because the overwhelming majority of British pig farmers refuse to contemplate feeding swill, because of the disease risk involved and because they are opposed to cannibalistic feeding on ethical and food safety grounds.”
The Pig Idea claims support from the Campaign for Real Farming, Compassion in World Farming, Farms Not Factories, Forum for the Future, Friends of the Earth, the Health Education Trust, Real Food Festivals, the Soil Association, Sustain, the Sustainable Restaurant Association, the Sustainable Food Trust, Slow Food London, the Slow Food Youth Network, Waste Watch and WWF UK.
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Drunk students who brought Newcastle city centre to a standstill while singing and dancing along to a cult football chant have been criticised by Northumbria Police.

Footage of dozens of people joining in a song praising brothers Yaya and Kolo Toure was posted online.
Collingwood Street was blocked for several minutes at 03:00 BST on Wednesday, police said.
The chant uses the tune of 2 Unlimited's 1993 single, No Limit.
It originated from the time both players were at Manchester City.  Kolo now plays for Liverpool.
It is thought the chanting was started by a Chelsea-supporting friend of a Manchester City fan.
The outbreak of dancing came to the attention of Yaya who tweeted his thanks to those who joined in.
Police said the "rowdy" behaviour could have resulted in injuries.
Central neighbourhood inspector Caroline Ord said: "This type of drunken and disorderly behaviour will not be tolerated by police in Newcastle city centre.
"We want young people to come into the city centre and have a good time but they must behave responsibly."


Prince Charles has said he finds it "unbelievable" when people ask why tackling "terrifying environmental issues" should be a priority.

Addressing a sustainability conference in Llandovery College, Carmarthenshire, he said humans were "doing our utmost to test to destruction" the living system of nature.
The speech was part of the Prince's annual summer tour of Wales.
He later described the Welsh dairy industry as of "great importance".
During the 20-minute speech, the Prince of Wales said traditional architecture, crafts, music, education and engineering could be used to tackle the "enormous problems we face".
"This is not backward-looking and anti-science, it is reinstating the discarded baby that was rashly removed with the bath water," he added.
Prince Charles later opened an extension at Rachel's Organic yoghurt factory in Llanbadarn Fawr, near Aberystwyth, where he opened an earlier expansion almost 20 years ago.
He said: "I do hope that it will make an enormous difference not only in terms of sales but also in terms of the dairy sector in Wales which is of such great importance."
On the second day of his five-day tour, the Prince also visited the historic Strata Florida site in Ceredigion and wore white gloves to examine the Nanteos Cup - considered by some to be the Holy Grail.
Linda Tomos, the national librarian for Wales, told him: "The Holy Grail legend dates to 1905, when it was very fashionable.
"The healing properties are undoubtedly very, very old."


Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel has replaced Durham's Scott Borthwick in the MCC squad for next month's champion county match in Abu Dhabi.

Patel, 31, played for England in the 2015 Test series against Pakistan and comes in after Borthwick extended his stay with Wellington in New Zealand.
England batsman Ian Bell will skipper the MCC against Yorkshire in the annual four-day game, starting on 20 March.
Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara will be also be part of the squad.
"Samit is the perfect replacement for Scott and has played for MCC in this fixture before so will be a great asset to us," said MCC head of cricket John Stephenson.
"He is an experienced county and international cricketer and adds a nice balance to the side."


Coventry City have appointed Mark Robins as the League One club's new manager, a day after relieving previous boss Russell Slade of his duties.

Robins, 47, has returned to the Sky Blues for his second spell as manager, having been in charge between 2012 and 2013 before leaving for Huddersfield.
He has rejoined Coventry, who are bottom of League One, on a contract "beyond the current season".
Slade was sacked on Sunday with the club 13 points adrift of safety.
More to follow.


Scotland's Brexit minister has warned the Scottish Parliament might block Theresa May's "Great Repeal Bill".

The prime minister has said the bill would remove the European Communities Act 1972 from the statute book as a prelude to EU withdrawal.
But Mike Russell said it would require Scottish Parliament approval, which may be denied if Scotland's interests are not represented in negotiations.
Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson said there would be full consultation.
But she also stressed that the EU referendum had been a UK-wide vote and that "there is no veto for the Scottish Parliament".
Theresa May has promised that a "Great Repeal Bill" in the next Queen's Speech which would remove the 1972 treaty but also enshrine all existing EU law into British law.
This would allow the government to seek to keep, amend or cancel any legislation once Brexit has been completed.
Under the "Sewel convention" the UK Parliament would not normally legislate with regard to devolved matters in Scotland without the consent of the Scottish Parliament.
But nothing in the Scotland Act prevents the UK Parliament from legislating on matters which are within devolved competence.
Speaking to the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme, Mr Russell said such a bill would concern devolved matters and would therefore require MSPs' approval.
He said: "This Great Repeal Act will require the approval of the Scottish parliament - a legislative consent motion will be required.
"So the Scottish government, the Scottish Parliament has a formal role there.
"We need to make sure we are in there discussing these matters because on what we're hearing so far, the matters of great importance - matters of free movement, a whole range of matters on education and the environment - I'm not hearing the sense in London that makes me think that Scotland and Scotland's vital interests are being protected."
Asked whether the Scottish Parliament might refuse to give legislative consent, he pointed to recent parliament votes demonstrating opposition to a "hard Brexit".
He said: "Presently there is a majority against that repeal bill - that's absolutely obvious."
Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson insisted the Scottish government would be consulted in the Brexit negotiations.
She said: "There's a full acknowledgement from the UK government that consultation will go on within the Scottish government.
"David Davis {Brexit Secretary} spoke to Nicola Sturgeon last night. He's already sat down with Mike Russell, who is the minister Nicola Sturgeon has put in charge of the negotiations on behalf of the Scottish government.
"So it's about being integrally involved - but I think there has to be an understanding that this was a UK-wide vote.
"The UK is the member state. Foreign affairs is reserved to the UK. So there is full input there - but there is no veto for the Scottish Parliament."
Scottish Labour's Europe spokesman Lewis Macdonald accused the prime minister of brazenly putting party before country.
He said: "There is nothing 'great' about a Bill with the purpose of withdrawing from treaty obligations on one hand, then re-enacting all the laws which arise from those treaty obligations on the other.
"There is little evidence that the Conservative Government has worked out how this measure will work in Scotland, given the separate status and application of Scots Law.
"The rhetoric of 'an independent and sovereign country once again' is only too familiar to people in Scotland. It is just as meaningless for Britain in the 21st Century as it is for Scotland.
"If the Tories are intent on wrecking our relationships in Europe by pulling Britain out of the single market as well as the EU, they should at least be honest with the British people about what that will mean."


Gerard Coyne, who lost the Unite leadership battle to Len McCluskey - has been sacked as the union's West Midlands regional secretary.

Mr Coyne said he was "deeply disappointed, but not surprised" by his dismissal, which he says he was notified of by email.
He was suspended in April after accusations of bringing Unite into disrepute.
Mr Coyne said he would appeal against the decision.
Mr Coyne said he faced seven charges at a disciplinary hearing but three were thrown out before it got under way and three more were dismissed in the final hearing.
The seventh charge, he said, related to an alleged technical data breach, which was claimed to have damaged the relationship between Unite and the Labour Party.
"This preposterous trumped-up charge has been used to indict me - even though the returning officer from Electoral Reform Services had already ruled that there was no breach of the rules," Mr Coyne added.
During the proceedings, he said "no complaint was raised" about the way he carried out the role in the 16 years he held it.
But, he says he was told union rules required his role to be "the general secretary's representative in the region".
"It was implied that, because of the way I criticised Len McCluskey during the campaign, I could not fulfil that role," he added.
"It was always clear to me that the charges were nothing more than a stitch-up. My real 'crime' was having the audacity to challenge Mr McCluskey in the General Secretary election that he called unnecessarily," he added.
"It is a public warning to any member of Unite's staff who is thinking of challenging the way the McCluskey gang run the union: step out of line and you will be out of a job. Political dissent is not tolerated inside Unite."
A spokesman for the union said: "The decision is subject to a right of appeal to Unite's executive council, and the union will be offering no further comment on the matter."


The appearance of huge cranes and fast cars at Blenheim Palace have fuelled rumours on social media it is being used as a location for the new James Bond movie, Spectre.

Daniel Craig will play 007 for the fourth time in the film, due to be released in the UK on 23 October.
Several Twitter users have posted pictures, but the palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, has declined to comment.
Sony Pictures has not yet responded to a BBC request for comment.
Samantha McGregor posted a picture of the cranes and asked: "Where is James?"
Jonny Dyer tweeted: "Lots of very expensive cars and film unit gear at Blenheim Palace today. Staff cagey but seems to be new #bond #007."
Matt Lawley added a photo of a "007 crew minibus" sign, while Finnish 007 location bloggers Pirita and Mika  also claimed the site had been used for filming.
The palace has previously featured in several films, including Gulliver's Travels and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.


Shares in Worldpay slumped 8.8% after news broke that it was being taken over by US rival Vantiv.

Earlier in the day, the company had been leading the FTSE 100 for the second day running, following a rise of 25% on Tuesday.
Tesco was the biggest riser, up 3.8% after wholesaler Booker reported strong sales figures. Tesco's deal to buy Booker awaits approval from regulators.
Overall, the FTSE 100 closed up 10.37 points or 0.14% at 7,367.60.
Housebuilder Persimmon rose 2.4% on the strength of solid first-half results.
The company said sales rose by 7% year-on-year in the period, unaffected by general election jitters.
Persimmon's performance lifted the sector, with rivals Barratt and Taylor Wimpey also trading higher.
On the currency markets, the pound was up 0.11% against the dollar at $1.2933 and also up 0.11% against the euro at 1.1399 euros.