The Russian Football Union (RFS) has admitted that it cannot afford to pay coach Fabio Capello's £7m salary.

The former England manager has not received any money since June and said earlier this month he was "getting close to the limit" of his patience.
The Italian is the highest-paid international coach, earning almost twice that of England's Roy Hodgson.
"We have no money to pay Capello's salary," Sergei Stepashin, a member of the executive committee, admitted.
"It's wrong, but when they signed the contract they should have thought through how it's going to be financed. Today we need to look for sources of funding."
Capello signed a contract extension last January, which ties him to Russia until they host the World Cup in 2018.
Since then, though, the Russians failed to win a game at the World Cup finals in Brazil - drawing 1-1 with both Algeria and South Korea, as well as losing 1-0 to Belgium - and were knocked out after finishing third in their group.
Their Euro 2016 qualification campaign started with a 4-0 win over Liechtenstein but has stuttered since, with draws against Sweden and Moldova.
They face group leaders Austria on Saturday, but are preparing for the game without two members of Capello's coaching staff after fellow Italians Christian Panucci and Massimo Neri refused to travel to Vienna.
Speaking to Moscow-based news agency Interfax, former Prime Minister Stepashin echoed the suggestion of the right-wing Liberal Democrat party that Capello and his staff should receive performance-related pay.
"As the former chairman of [Russia's] Accounts Chamber, I believe you should pay for results," said the politician, who served under president Boris Yeltsin. "This would be a more effective use of funds."


Organisers of the Southampton half marathon have said they would like to introduce a full marathon to the city.

Southampton's second 13-mile event was held on Sunday and attracted more than 6,000 runners.
Race director Chris Rees said there was "definitely a demand" for a 26.2-mile (42km) run at next year's event and one could be formally announced by the autumn.
More than 500 people responded to the suggestion on social media, he added.
Southampton City Council has said it cannot "offer any comment at this early stage", but added it was "delighted" by the recent successes of the half marathon.
The inaugural Southampton half-marathon was held last April, along a route that passes many of the city's landmarks, including the Bargate, St Mary's Stadium and Itchen Bridge.
Organisers said most people who had responded to the suggestion of a full marathon favoured a separate 26-mile route, rather than the idea of running the 13-mile route twice.
Mr Rees said: "This weekend showed how much the city embraces and enjoys running so it would be great to have a marathon in the city - it just has to be done right.
"We've got a couple of ideas and proposals and we want to work with the council, runners and community groups and residents to make sure they are all backing the event."


Yet again, a "live" video on Facebook has brought in millions of views and reactions to something which is not what it claims to be.

In the same vein as the "live" space walk that wasn't live - broadcast on 26 October on the social network - a video of a sky-high maintenance job has racked up over six million views.
The Facebook pages for Interestinate and USA Viral this afternoon each posted a video claiming to be of a lightbulb being changed at the top of a 1,999ft (609m) tower.
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It claimed the video was live and four hours long. It wasn't and isn't.
It's roughly 18 minutes long, but looped for four hours, a tactic used by the Viral USA page with the space walk video. Unlike the space walk, the video was not said to be from any particular body or organisation.
The earliest copy we could find on YouTube was published on 21 September 2015 at 16:38 UTC. It claims to be of an ascent of the KDLT Tower in Rowena, South Dakota, to inspect the antenna at the summit.
Facebook Live videos are a lightning rod for attention through users' notifications. Look at the screengrab at the top of the page: 251,000 reactions, six million views, more than 54,000 shares, and each one of those turning up in the timeline of other Facebook users.
Facebook has seen its finances improve on the back of the potential of live video as a revenue stream. It has recently begun advertising its live video facility on UK television.
The service has already had some big hits, such as Candace Payne's Chewbacca Mask and BuzzFeed's exploding watermelon.
However, live broadcasts of killings in France and in Chicago, USA, have highlighted the dangers of broadcasting online in real time.
The BBC has contacted Interestinate and USA Viral for comment.
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Many more Southern trains than promised are travelling without a second member of staff, the RMT union has claimed.

It said the "damning" information on the new driver-only-operated (DOO) services came from passengers and rail workers.
Southern said industrial action and a drivers' overtime ban had displaced its on-board supervisors "on occasions".
A 24-hour walkout by RMT conductors on the Southern network over changes to their roles is under way.
Southern is replacing conductors with on-board supervisors (OBS) who would no longer be in charge of closing train doors.
The company has said the changes it is making are "small" and "safe".
But the RMT believes public safety is at risk.  It also says a second member of staff on trains is critical.
The union said that, in previous correspondence to MPs, Southern anticipated 0.06% of trains would run without an OBS, the equivalent to one service, every two days.
But the RMT said information provided for five days - 9, 12, 14, 15 and 18 January - suggested 15 trains travelled without one. It said this was at least six times more trains than promised.
RMT General Secretary Mick Cash said the union believed the instances of trains running without a second person were "far more widespread and will rapidly and substantially increase".
A Southern spokesperson said: "Last-minute changes to some services caused by the industrial action and the drivers' overtime ban has displaced the on-board supervisor so that, on occasions, they've not been able to join the train.
"Previously, this train would have had to be cancelled but we can now run the service and avoid disrupting hundreds of passengers."


Brighton and Hove Albion have agreed terms with FC Zurich to sign striker Raphael Dwamena for an undisclosed fee.

Ghana forward Dwamena, 21, has agreed personal terms, with the move subject to a medical, a work permit and international clearance.
Brighton had an £8m bid for Dwamena rejected with reports saying FC Zurich wanted 15m euros (£13.7m).
The newly promoted Seagulls have lost both of their Premier League games and are yet to score a goal this season.
On Sunday, Brighton broke their transfer record for the third time this summer by completing a move for Colombia winger Jose Izquierdo from Club Brugge in a £13.5m deal.
Chris Hughton's side have also signed midfielder Davy Propper from PSV Eindhoven for about £6m, goalkeeper Mathew Ryan for a reported £5m from Valencia and winger Soufyan Ahannach from Dutch second-tier side Almere City for an undisclosed fee.


A rare baby pygmy hippo has been born at Bristol Zoo.

It is now three weeks old and has been enjoying splashing around in the water with its parents.
Pygmy hippos are an endangered species, with fewer than 2,000 left in the wild, as they face threats from hunting and people destroying the forests they live in.
Pygmy hippos only grow to be around 80cm tall, which is half the height of their cousin the Hippopotamus.
Lynsey Bugg, assistant curator of mammals at the zoo, said: "The calf is looking very strong and it certainly feeds well."


An armed robber who threatened to shoot an 80-year-old woman in her Borders country cottage has lodged an appeal against the length of his sentence.

Taylor Wright, 21, was jailed for five years and 10 months at the High Court in Edinburgh last month.
Appeal details emerged at Jedburgh Sheriff Court when he appeared for sentence on other outstanding charges.
His lawyer asked for sentence to be put on hold pending the appeal but it was deferred until Thursday.
Wright was jailed in August after he admitted assaulting and robbing 80-year-old Sheila Turnbull in her Yarrow Valley home.
He armed himself with a spray-painted BB gun which his victim believed was real and robbed her of cash and a bank card after getting her to reveal her PIN number.
Wright has appealed against the length of the sentence he received for that offence.
That came to light while he was appearing for sentence on a number of outstanding offences including breaking into a carwash premises where he used to work and stealing a cash register and a vehicle.


During her year of breast cancer, Alison Habbal occupied hours of nausea and exhaustion by planning for her post-sickness rebirth.

Just 36 years old when the cancer struck, Alison, from Sydney, knew that, along with a good portion of her hair, she would lose her nipple and suffer extensive breast scarring in a lumpectomy.
But the idea of recreating a nipple through plastic surgery didn't appeal to her.
"I didn't want a fake nipple made from some other piece of flesh. I thought I'm just going to get a tattoo," she says.
"During the year I was sick I had the idea of me with the blonde crop and the tattoo. The whole time I was sick I would trawl tattoo artists over the internet," she says.
After extensive deliberation, she settled on a New Zealand-based artist named Makkala Rose, a 24-year-old with a bold and colourful illustrative style.
The tattoo was applied in Melbourne during a gruelling 13-hour session on 1 July this year. Alison, happy with the result, posted a photo of her design to Instagram and Facebook.
It would be an overstatement to say that the picture "went viral" - it's not a meme like grumpy cat or doge - but something about it is making people respond.
To date more than 23,000 people have liked Alison's Instagram photo, which has been reposted on multiple tattoo-focused Instagram accounts.
Comments are overwhelmingly positive and when someone - usually a man - pipes up to ask where Alison's nipple is, complete strangers step in to let them know the full story behind the tattoo.
"Because there's no nipple, I can blast it everywhere all over Facebook and Instagram, and they can't censor it, which I think is really funny," Alison says.
Post-mastectomy and lumpectomy tattoos have been gaining popularity in recent years. Although women of all ages are choosing tattoos over breast reconstructions, they are particularly popular among younger women.
But something about Alison's tattoo is generating more reaction than many other post-mastectomy tattoos. She thinks it's a combination of the tattoo's execution and the fact that she's smiling in the photo, adding a layer or emotion missing from breast-only shots.
"There are pages of collections, but mine tends to get more likes. Even on the one that went up yesterday, the page is full of hot models, and even to be on that page is an honour," she says.
Makkala Rose, the Hamilton-based tattooist, said Alison was an "absolute champion" for sitting through 13 hours of intense work on painful, sensitive areas - an experience her client called "blood-curdlingly horrific".
"Alison was pretty clear about the idea that she had and what she wanted it to look like, but she also gave me a bit of freedom," Ms Rose, 24, said.
"Tattooing a breast is quite different to tattooing a leg or a back or something. It's a bit challenging to design something that would fit and work around it.
"It's quite humbling and it puts a lot of things in to perspective. That made it really cool to be able to do for her."
Alison, who is married and has a seven-year-old daughter, says she wasn't particularly bothered when she saw the results of her lumpectomy.
"The lump had been there for a while and it was hurting. I'd had visions of removing it myself, wanting to cut it out," she says.
"When I got it removed, I was so happy. I've never been so happy in my life. It probably wasn't the normal reaction - I didn't mind the scar."
What bothered her more was a lack of resources for breast cancer survivors under the age of 40.
"There's not a lot of networking for younger women. I've had women contacting me through Instagram to ask me about what drugs I was on," she says.
"When you meet younger people they tend to latch on to you. There are very few to meet people if you're under 40."


The grandson of the late Kim Jong-il and nephew of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has given a rare TV interview from Bosnia, where he is studying.

Kim Han-sol, 17, said that he wished to ''make things better'' for the people in his country.
He was speaking to former UN Under-Secretary General Elisabeth Rehn in an interview for Finnish television.
He is the son of Kim Jong-nam, eldest brother of Kim Jong-un, who has been living in Macau and China.
"I've always dreamed that one day I would go back and make things better and make it easier for the people there," said Kim Han-sol, in fluent English.
Sporting ear-studs, styled hair and a black suit, the teenager spoke of his dreams of reunification of the two Koreas in the televised interview.
He had South Korean friends, he said, and while it was awkward when he first met them, ''little by little'' they started to understand each other.
''Through meeting people, I've concluded that I will just take opinions from both sides, see what's good and what's bad, and make my own decisions,'' he said.
It is not clear why Kim Han-sol agreed to the interview. He first drew international attention in October 2011, when pictures and comments on his Facebook page were reported by South Korean media.
His account was quickly blocked and it was reported that he would be studying at the United World College (UWC) in Mostar.
Ms Rehn is the patron of the UWC initiative in Bosnia. She is also formerly Finland's Minister of Defence and a UN special rapporteur for Human Rights in Bosnia-Hercegovina.
Kim Han-sol said he had never met his grandfather or uncle. He described an isolated childhood spent mostly in Macau and China, after his birth in Pyongyang in 1995.
He only realised who his grandfather was after putting ''pieces of the puzzle'' together as he grew up.
''I was actually waiting for him...  till before he passed away, hoping he would come find me, because I really didn't know if he knew that I existed," he said.
On the succession, he added that he did not know how his uncle, Kim Jong-un ''became a dictator".
"It was between him and my grandfather," he said.
His father, Kim Jong-nam, 39, was thought to have fallen out of favour in 2001 after he was caught trying to sneak into Japan using a false passport. He told officials that he was planning to visit Tokyo Disneyland.
He has maintained a low profile overseas but he was quoted by Japanese TV station Asahi in October 2011 as saying he was opposed to ''dynastic succession''.
"My dad was definitely not really interested in politics," Kim Han-sol said, when asked why his father was passed over for succession.
As for his own future, he said he pictured himself going to university and then ''volunteering somewhere''.
''I would like to engage in more humanitarian projects, work to contribute to building world peace, especially back home because that is a really important part of me,'' he said.


Health and jobs are among the issues on the election agenda as parties campaign across Scotland.

Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy told a rally in Glasgow the NHS should be the top priority, not a second independence referendum.
The Scottish Conservatives focused on apprenticeships, while the SNP pledged to increase the minimum wage.
Elsewhere, the Scottish Liberal Democrats launched their manifesto in Edinburgh.
Mr Murphy addressed a street rally in Glasgow, where he said Labour would invest in the NHS.
He said: "Scotland needs to rebuild our NHS, not re-run the referendum. The SNP promised to rule out a referendum for a generation and they've reneged on that pledge. Labour has pledged to invest in the NHS and we will keep that promise.
"Under the SNP we have seen a crisis in our A&E wards. Supporting our NHS should be our national priority, not a second referendum and the years of debate and division that would mean."
Elsewhere, Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, met young apprentices in Peterhead to highlight the Conservative pledge to create 10,000 more apprenticeships by 2020.
Ahead of the event, she spoke to BBC Radio Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme about Tory peer Lord Forsyth's warning that talking up the SNP's possible role at Westminster was undermining the Union.
Ms Davidson said:  "I think Lord Forsyth has fallen into a bit of a Nationalist trap here by framing this as a Scotland versus England thing, and it is not.
"Unionists across the whole of the UK are concerned and frightened about the sort of concessions that the SNP being in charge of a weak Labour government could bring and whether those concessions would put the UK - that I fought for, that many people fought for, that we won a referendum on - at risk.
"And there is a clear way to avoid this and that is to elect a majority Conservative government that will do no deals with the SNP."
Meanwhile, SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon addressed the Scottish Trade Union Congress in Ayr, where she pledged to increase the minimum wage to Â£8.70 per hour by 2020. The SNP claim this would make 250,000 people in Scotland better off by up to Â£4,000 a year.
Speaking ahead of the event, she said: "Hard working people have been let down by Westminster, with the cost of living rising as the harsh cuts agenda takes its toll.
"We need a new, progressive approach to tackle inequality, boosting pay for our lowest paid workers and helping close the gap between rich and poor."
The Scottish Green party marked John Muir Day - celebrating the birth of the founder of the National Parks movement - by reiterating their election manifesto pledges to tackle poverty and oppose fracking.
Scottish Green MSP Alison Johnstone said: "Returning more Green MPs would send a strong message that the UK is serious about showing leadership on climate change, pursuing sustainable jobs and protecting the environment that our economy relies on.
"All too often we see UK governments ignoring their responsibility to protect our seas, our wildlife and our food chains. And we need stronger voices on fossil fuel decommissioning and divestment."
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As one half of The Two Ronnies, Ronnie Corbett - who has died at the age of 85 - was one of the UK's best-loved entertainers with a career spanning more than six decades.

The Two Ronnies predated Ant and Dec by more than 20 years and followed on from another household name comedy double act - Morecambe and Wise.
Made up of the rotund, jocular Englishman Ronnie Barker and the diminutive mischievous Scot Ronnie Corbett, the pair would become known for their hilarious sketches, mock news bulletins and comedy songs.
Their famous pay-off after every show was: "And it's good night from me. And it's good night from him."
Neither comic played the straight man, both seemingly more than content to share out the funnies between them and they worked together for more than 30 years until Barker's death in 2005.
Born in Edinburgh to a Scottish baker and his English wife, Corbett was educated locally but shunned further education after a handful of performances in amateur theatrical shows at his church youth club convinced him he wanted to be an actor.
He served his national service with the Royal Air Force and was, at only five feet tall in his stocking feet, the shortest commissioned officer in the British Forces.
After moving to London, he made his first professional stage appearance as Ronald Corbett in Take it Easy in 1956.
He was initially sensitive about his height, but as his career developed he made shrewd use of its comic potential.
His film appearances included Rockets Galore! (1957), Casino Royale, alongside David Niven, (1967) and the cinema version of the farce No Sex Please, We're British (1973).
In 1965 he starred with Danny La Rue in cabaret at Winston's, La Rue's Mayfair nightclub, where he was seen by David Frost who asked him to appear in The Frost Report.
It was there that he first worked with Ronnie Barker.
Most of the writers and cast - which included the Monty Pythons John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Michael Palin and Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor and Bill Oddie - were Oxbridge graduates.
But as former grammar school boys who did not go to university,  Corbett and Barker were drawn together and were soon thought of as a pair.
They famously appeared with Cleese in the Class sketch, in which Corbett - representing the lower classes looking up to the middle and upper classes - got the pay-off: "I get a pain in the back of my neck."
Of his relationship with Barker, Corbett said: "We liked each other very much and Ron, I suppose was the brainier of the two of us as far as theatrical knowhow because of his writing skills."
The pair would get their own show in 1971. It would run for 16 years and became essential family viewing.
One of their most famous sketches, Four Candles, was written by Barker showing off his natural gift for amusing wordplay.
Walking into an old-fashioned ironmonger's store, Barker appears to ask for "four candles". Corbett gives him the candles but it turns out that Barker wanted "fork handles - 'andles for forks".
With a  team of writers and the hugely talented Barker at his disposal, Corbett said he was never tempted to sit down at the typewriter himself: "I think it's a very brave thing to do, to write something down on a piece of paper and give it to someone and say, 'I think this is very funny'.
"It's bad enough getting up and doing it."
Corbett's most famous contributions to the show were his solo monologues, delivered from a chair, facing the camera.
His attempts to tell a simple joke, usually with a deliberately corny punch line, were constantly disrupted by his own going off tangent and relating other humorous incidents. The jokes could often last several minutes in the telling.
Even after the show ended, it would be regularly repeated and enjoyed many festive specials.
Both Corbett and Barker enjoyed hugely successful solo careers, the latter with the classic prison sitcom Porridge and Corbett in Sorry!, which ran from 1981 to 1988.
In 2005, Corbett teamed up again with Ronnie Barker for The Two Ronnies Sketchbook, featuring comedy sketches from their original series with newly-recorded linking material.
The shows were recorded prior to Barker's death later that year from heart failure at the age of 76. Corbett led tributes saying: "Ronnie was pure gold in triplicate - as a performer, a writer and a friend.
"We worked together since 1965 and we never had a cross word.
"It was 40 years of harmonious joy, nothing but an absolute pleasure. I will miss him terribly."
Speaking to BBC's Front Row in 2010, when he filmed a one-off The One Ronnie to mark his 80th birthday, he said he had never even entertained the idea of starting a partnership with another comedian.
"I suppose I avoided thoughts of it because it had been such a happy and supportive collaboration that we had, that I would miss his advice and his touch."
In 2006, he played himself in Ricky Gervais's comedy series Extras.
A running gag involved references to Gervais's character Andy apparently losing his virginity to "a women that looked like Ronnie Corbett". The episode featured Corbett being caught taking drugs at the Baftas.
He also starred as himself in Little Britain Abroad and, in 2009, he hosted Strictly Come Dancing alongside Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman when regular host Bruce Forsyth had flu.
Corbett was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to entertainment and charity.


Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has hit back at his critics over plans to rewrite the devolution settlement.

He told MPs much of the criticism of UK ministers' draft Wales Bill was "ill-informed or just plain wrong".
But First Minister Carwyn Jones said Mr Crabb wanted a "political row to hide his embarrassment" over criticism of the proposals.
Shadow Welsh Secretary Nia Griffith said Labour would not back the "badly flawed" bill without radical changes.
She told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme: "As the bill stands at the moment, we cannot back it as it would mean turning the clock back, meaning that some of the things the assembly has done to date would not be possible and it would end up in the courts time, after time, after time."
The new laws would give Welsh ministers more power in some areas, let the assembly call itself a parliament and decide its own election rules.
It would also scrap the requirement to hold a referendum before Wales gets some control over income tax powers.
The bill aims to set out more clearly which powers are reserved to Westminster, but opposition politicians and academics say it could lead to a reversal of devolution and give UK ministers a "veto" over Welsh decisions.
Defending his plans, Mr Crabb told a meeting of the Welsh Grand Committee on Wednesday: "There is no 'English veto' and there is no 'roll-back' - the bill actually strikes the right balance."
The Welsh secretary conceded there were "elements of the bill" that would need to change, but warned that "when the first minister keeps moving the goalposts and shifting his own position it makes negotiation very difficult".
He accused Mr Jones of being "in the same camp" as Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood "arguing for a devolution settlement that undermines the role and legitimacy of UK government".
Suggesting he fears Mr Jones has "given up on the Union", the Welsh secretary added: "It is absurd for Welsh government to be arguing for a devolution framework which not only gives them free rein in devolved areas but also total freedom to block and interfere in decisions by UK ministers."
Responding, Mr Jones said Mr Crabb "wants to have a political row to hide his embarrassment over the recent criticism of his draft Wales Bill" but he was going to "disappoint him".
"He knows our views. He knows the views of the entire National Assembly for Wales, including the Conservative group, who by his own logic are now in favour of independence.
"He knows the views of every constitutional expert who has looked at the draft bill."
The first minister urged Mr Crabb to stop "throwing stones and buckle down to the hard task of actually fulfilling the promise his prime minister made to the people of Wales" on Welsh devolution.


Mexico's Congress has approved sweeping changes to the country's energy industry which will see private oil contracts awarded in the country for the first time since 1938.

New laws voted in on Wednesday will open the market to foreign oil firms.
As a result, state-owned energy group Pemex will lose the monopoly it has held since nationalisation.
President Enrique Pena Nieto has made energy reform the cornerstone of his administration.
He expects the changes will boost production back to 2004 levels by 2025.
Crumbling infrastructure, bureaucracy and corruption have pared Mexican production from 3.6 million barrels a day in 2004 to just 2.5 million.
The ending of Pemex's monopoly required changes to the constitution, signed into law last year.
The reforms are expected to attract billions of dollars of investment into the country, the world's ninth-largest oil producer.
They also authorise private production of electricity.
President Pena Nieto tweeted: "A more competitive and prosperous Mexico. They have laid the foundation for a new era of development and prosperity for Mexican families."
Pemex, known officially as Petroleos Mexicanos, will have to compete with international giants such as Chevron, Exxon Mobile and BP.
Bidders are expected to start signing new contracts with the Mexican state from 2015 to explore, produce and refine oil.
Until now, they were only allowed to hold service contracts with Pemex.
The break-up of the oil industry is the climax of years of attempts to liberalise the Mexican economy that began in the early 1980s.
In July, new legislation forced the break-up of billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil empire, Latin America's biggest telecoms company.
The most controversial part of the energy reforms is a provision to transfer about one-third of the state oil company's pension debts to the federal government's balance sheet.
Opponents to the bill said taxpayers would have to bear the cost of years of mismanagement of the pension fund.
To make their point, they carried a life-size picture of the late President Lazaro Cardenas, who nationalised the industry in 1938, on to the floor of the Senate.


An underage motorist who was stopped by police for her erratic driving was let off - even though she had consumed "a couple of bottles" and had no licence, insurance or MOT.

Fortunately the "young offender" was a nosy toddler who had trundled up to officers in her pink plastic car to see what was going on.
The officers had been trying to seize a genuinely uninsured vehicle at the time in Runcorn, Cheshire.
Playing along, the officers pretended to take a breath test from the girl after asking her parents if she had been drinking that morning.
"She's had a couple of bottles," they quipped.
A Cheshire Police spokesman said: "Thankfully, the tot's reading was clear and she was free to go."


Scotland's finance secretary has said the Treasury's pledge to replace EU funding does not go far enough to end uncertainty after the Brexit vote.

Derek Mackay said the "limited" funding was hundreds of millions of pounds short of what Scotland would receive as an EU member.
Chancellor Philip Hammond guaranteed to back EU-funded projects signed before this year's Autumn Statement.
Agricultural funding now provided by the EU will also continue until 2020.
Mr Mackay has written to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury David Gauke acknowledging the UK government's commitments but saying they still leave almost Â£750m not yet guaranteed.
He said: "We will study the detail but what is already clear is the chancellor's approach falls far short of what fishermen, farmers and communities across Scotland need.
"A limited guarantee for some schemes for a few short years leaves Scotland hundreds of millions of pounds short of what we would receive as members of the EU.
"Major funding streams such as contracts for EU structural funds and European Maritime Fisheries projects beginning after the Autumn Statement have no guarantee of continuation at all. That simply isn't good enough.
"It puts at risk significant investment and jobs, revealing the reality of Brexit.
"Scotland didn't back Brexit and doesn't want Brexit. We certainly should not now see funding and investment in communities hammered as a result of Brexit."
In the EU referendum 62% of Scottish voters wanted to retain membership while the UK as a whole voted by 52% to 48% to leave.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has promised to "explore all options" to secure Scotland's place in the EU, including another independence referendum.
The chancellor's announcement of guaranteed funding is expected to cost the Treasury Â£4.5bn a year.
Mr Hammond said: "We recognise that many organisations across the UK which are in receipt of EU funding, or expect to start receiving funding, want reassurance about the flow of funding they will receive.
"That's why I am confirming that structural and investment funds projects signed before the Autumn Statement and Horizon research funding granted before we leave the EU will be guaranteed by the Treasury after we leave.
"The government will also match the current level of agricultural funding until 2020, providing certainty to our agricultural community, who play a vital role in our country."
Prof Dame Anne Glover, dean for Europe at Aberdeen University, said: "The statement by Phil Hammond delivers some certainty around H2020 funding until the UK leaves the EU.
"It may provide confidence amongst our EU collaborators that our involvement in proposals will not compromise the success of applications and that is welcome.
"The research community needs to continue pressure to ensure this commitment is fully honoured."


Millionaire philanthropist Sir Harry Djanogly has been cleared of dangerous driving and assault after a policeman was hurt trying to cling onto his car.

Sgt Robert McDonald tried to get Sir Harry, 77, out of his Jaguar XJF after pulling him over for speeding on the A40 near Acton, west London.
The officer suffered knee injuries but Isleworth Crown Court accepted his did not deliberately accelerate.
Sir Harry denied dangerous driving and assaulting a police officer.
The philanthropist, who lives in Angel Court, near Pall Mall, was driving at about 70mph in a 50mph zone and told the jury he was taking his wife to hospital in December 2014, and believed "her life was in danger".
Sir Harry accepted he was speeding and during the trial apologised to the officer saying he did not intend to harm him or rev his car.
Sgt McDonald suffered knee injuries as he clung to the car when it moved forward along the dual carriageway.
Following the verdict, Sir Harry's lawyer Nick Freeman, said: "Mr Djanogly very much regrets the incident and would like to thank the court and the jury for giving his case such careful consideration."


BHS is expected to persuade its landlords to take a hit today in return for limping on and paying reduced rent - but rent nonetheless.

Those that don't fancy it can have their stores back to rent to someone else - so why wouldn't they vote yes.
But even if that happens, BHS does not ride successfully off into the sunset.
It needs to raise Â£100m in working capital, jobs will go when the 40 stores making the heaviest losses close after Christmas, and - most importantly - there is the small matter of a Â£571m pension deficit.
Whatever happens today, this scheme will end up in the pensions lifeboat scheme and will be one of the biggest schemes it has rescued.
This means that 20,000 pension scheme members may lose some of their pension entitlements.
The Pension Protection Fund is entitled to vote today but, I have learned, will NOT.
Because it is by far the biggest creditor, its vote would make the other creditors' votes irrelevant and so it is allowing the company and the landlords to sort out their issues first.
However, it has secured the right to call in its debt in six months' time if it's not happy with the way the pension liabilities are dealt with.
That would bankrupt the company and is essentially a sword of Damocles hanging over the company.
That will focus minds at the company and at the pension regulator, which is in negotiations with former owner Sir Philip Green's Arcadia over making a contribution towards filling the hole.
BHS may win the day today but the pension question will have to be answered if the company is to survive.


A pet Labrador has adopted a newborn lamb abandoned by its mother after it was born prematurely.

Tia, the resident dog of a Guernsey cider farm, took four-day-old Rocky under her paw after he was rejected at birth.
The Shropshire lamb, part of a flock to keep the grass short at the farm, was born ten weeks early.
Since then Tia has displayed motherly behaviour towards Rocky, who has been given "quite a pick up" as a result.
The Rocquette Cider Company in Guernsey introduced the Shropshire breed in 2013 after the previous flock started eating the apples trees.
Owner James Meller said he had brought Rocky into the house after he was abandoned and he believes that led to Tia treating the lamb as a companion.
"Tia's a lovely dog, she's been on the farm and around the animals. It's not usual that she's allowed so close to them," he said.
"Having the animal around the house, she saw it as a companion and took a shine to it."
Mr Meller, who has been bottle-feeding the lamb, added: "Hopefully we'll return Rocky to the flock once he's strong enough."
But for now he believes the relationship between dog and lamb will continue.


A US chimpanzee who paints with his tongue has won a $10,000 (£6,450) prize in a chimpanzee art competition.

Brent, 37, created a delicate, vibrantly coloured work featuring daubs of violet, blue and yellow on paper.
The entries were judged by noted primate researcher and conservationist, Jane Goodall.
The prize in the contest, sponsored by the Humane Society of the US will benefit Chimp Haven, Brent's sanctuary in the US state of Louisiana.
Cheetah and Ripley won second and third prizes in the competition that garnered 27,000 votes.
Brent is a retired laboratory animal, and the Humane Society says he is protective of an elder companion, named Grandma, and "loves to laugh and play".
"All of the art was beautiful and unique, just like chimpanzees," Jane Goodall said, in a statement distributed by the Humane Society.
"It was difficult to choose. It's so important that the public support all of these sanctuaries in their mission to provide exceptional care to chimpanzees, and other primates, who have suffered through so much."
Second-place artist Cheetah won a total of $10,000, including a $5,000 judge's prize awarded by Mrs Goodall. He lives at Save the Chimps in Florida.
Ripley took $2,500 for the Center for Great Apes, also in Florida.
Other artists won $500 grants for their sanctuaries for their participation.


UK shoppers have rushed to buy Black Friday bargains, as retailers and payment firms report strong sales activity for the annual discount event.

Barclaycard said it had seen a record number of transactions on Friday, while Argos, John Lewis and Currys PC World reported a surge in orders.
Online retailers said initial figures indicated Black Friday, now into its third year, had topped expectations.
Meanwhile, in the US, where it all started, websites saw heavy traffic.
The boss of department store Macy's said it had seen a strong start to the sales, although its website later suffered glitches.
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In the UK, analysts expect sales on Friday to have topped last year's £1.9bn, with people hunting for discounts ahead of an expected rise in prices in 2017.
Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the credit and debit card transactions in the UK, said payment transactions were 6% higher than last year's Black Friday.
Total spending was £2.9bn, although that also includes non-Black Friday specific purchases, a spokesman said. The firm processes payments for customers of Barclaycard, Barclays and several major retailers.
The Nationwide Building Society said purchases by its customers were up 13% on a year ago, while the discount retailing site TopCashback reported a 43% increase in spending over last year.
Many retailers are stretching the one-day shopping extravaganza over several days. Amazon and some supermarkets started their sales up to 10 days ago.
The total for the following four days is forecast to rise to more than £4bn once the weekend and Cyber-Monday - an online-only event - are included.
Experts say that the shopping cycle has changed in recent years, with Christmas consumer spending stretching for many weeks.
"The Black Friday promotions at the end of November are the start of a longer, more drawn-out peak season, which begins with most of the activity online and then moves in-store as we get closer and closer to Christmas day," said Richard Jenkings, data analyst at credit reference agency Experian.
Increasingly, Black Friday, which came to the UK in 2014, is becoming an internet bonanza. According to the online retailing association IMRG, well over half the spend will be done online.
Andy Mulcahy, editor at IMRG, which tracks online sales, said: "It seems a safe bet from what we've seen today that our forecast of £1.27bn will be met [for Friday's sales]".
Warnings have been issued to shoppers over the dangers of getting carried along by Black Friday marketing.
"The key is to make sure you only buy items you were looking for anyway, and not because you fall for the marketing hype," said Gary Caffell, from Moneysavingexpert.
"There are some great deals out there but make sure you do your own price comparisons, as prices can fluctuate wildly from store to store - don't just take a retailer's word for it that something is a bargain."
He pointed to cut-price vacuum cleaners, which can already be bought cheaper online.
Andy Webb, of the Money Advice Service, said: "A third of people felt pressure to spend more than they could afford during the whole of Christmas. That leads into debt."
For some, this can have a serious impact on their wellbeing.
"Short-term discounts encourage consumers to purchase immediately, rather than reflecting on whether you really need to buy a product and if you can afford it," said Katie Evans, head of research and policy at the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute.
"This can be particularly difficult for people experiencing mental health problems, who sometimes find it harder to resist impulses and might find that shopping makes them feel better, at least for a short while."
The institute is calling for new rules to allow people to opt out of email marketing or to set a daily spending limit in online shops.
In the US, stores like Macy's, Walmart, and Target opened on Thursday evening to start the sales early amid hopes that more than 137 million shoppers will take part in the sales bonanza.
"I was here at the front door and there were 16,000 people that came through," Terry Lundgren, chairman and chief executive of Macy's, told the BBC. "They never stopped, the flow of traffic came from all three sides."
But he said the firm has seen a big drop-off in UK shoppers since the fall in the value of the pound after the EU referendum in June. Sterling has dropped about 17% against the dollar since the Brexit vote.
Looking ahead, the cost of imported items in the UK is forecast to rise, as the weaker pound finally feeds through into retail prices.
AO World chief executive John Roberts said: "Obviously, with the Brexit currency movements, prices are going to go up in the first quarter of next year. The vast majority of all Black Friday offers were negotiated and in place before [the] Brexit [vote]."
Argos boss John Rogers said he "can't rule out price increases" next year because of the falling pound.
Fashion retailer Next said that it had managed its currency exposure so that it could keep prices down until January: "Although it is very early in the buying cycle, we currently estimate that cost prices in 2017/18 will rise by less than 5% on like-for-like products."
Consultancy group PwC estimated that one-in-four UK adults would spend on average £203 this Black Friday.
Even so, Paul Martin, KPMG's UK Head of Retail, said: "For retailers, it has always been questionable whether Black Friday really benefits them in the long-run, and in the current environment of rising costs and squeezed margins - perhaps it's even more so."
Asda opted out of Black Friday in 2015 and again this year following chaotic scenes among bargain-crazed customers in 2014. Next, Ikea and fashion chain Jigsaw have also declared themselves Black Friday refuseniks.
Jigsaw chief executive Peter Ruis called it "a complete and utter deception". He said: "In fashion, over 50% to 60% of Black Friday purchases are returned. It stays in the supply chain two or three weeks, churns around and everyone's lost the chance to sell it, and it just goes straight into the sale at 50% to 60% off.
"It is a double whammy: loss of profit, loss of margin, and that product just sitting around in supply chains," he said.
Mr Mulcahy of IMRG, said it can work for companies to stay out of the discounting "if they play it well". He said: "Not everybody likes Black Friday. Some people absolutely hate it."


West Ham have agreed a deal with Stoke City for the signing of Austria forward Marko Arnautovic.

The Hammers had already seen two bids rejected but it is understood Stoke have now accepted a fee in the region of £24m.
Arnautovic, 28, joined Stoke from Werder Bremen four years ago and is just 12 months into a four-year contract with the Potters.
He scored seven times in 35 games in all competitions last season.
West Ham signed Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart on a season-long loan deal on Tuesday.
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England playmaker Rangi Chase has had his contract terminated by Super League side Salford Red Devils following a 'disciplinary procedure'.

Chase, who was mid-way through a four-year deal at the end of this season, was revealed as a 2016 signing by Leigh on BBC Radio Manchester, although the deal has not been formalised to date.
The 29-year-old had already been granted a free transfer by Salford.
He was suspended internally by the club in September pending the hearing.
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The 2011 Man of Steel, who missed the final four games of the season because of that suspension, joined the Red Devils from Castleford for 2014 and scored seven tries in 17 league games in 2015.
The New Zealand-born half-back qualified for England on residential grounds in 2011 and has since gone on to win 11 caps, but has not featured since losing his place to Gareth Widdop for the 2013 World Cup semi-final defeat by the Kiwis.
Chase was banned for seven matches in April for a dangerous throw on Huddersfield forward Brett Ferres, but also showed off his skills during the campaign, notably with an assist for a Josh Griffin try against Hull FC.


A boxing fan has been seriously injured in an attack in Stirling.

The 41-year-old man had left a boxing event at about 22:00 on Saturday with two companions when they were attacked.
The man was taken to Forth Valley Royal Hospital where he reported to be in a "stable" condition in the intensive care unit. His companions were given medical attention for minor injuries.
In a second incident, a 25-year-old man was robbed by men who may have been at the boxing event at the Albert Halls.
Appealing for information on the serious assault, Det Sgt Colin Moffat said: "We have descriptions of two of the men who carried out this attack.
"One is described as being white, in his mid 20s, muscular build, black spiky hair with both arms covered by sleeve tattoos. He was wearing a cream or white T-shirt.
"The second man is described as white, again in his mid 20s, slim build, short dark hair and was wearing a blue coloured blazer.
"Anyone who may have been in the area of The Back Walk is asked to call us at Stirling on 101 if they saw or witnessed this assault and can help identify those responsible."
In the later incident, police said the 25-year-old was approached by three other men in Murray Place at about 22:50 on Saturday. They stole money from their victim, leaving him "badly shaken".
It is thought the attackers may have been at the boxing event nearby.


Miley Cyrus uses them all the time but Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber aren't such big fans.

We're talking about the heart emoji on your phone, or emoticon, which is this year's most popular "word".
A new survey from Global Language Monitor found that the symbol appeared billions of times a day across the world.
Also making it into the top 10 of most popular words in 2014 were hashtag, vape, blood moon and nano.
The research, carried out by the Global Language Monitor in Austin, Texas, looked at blogs, Twitter, Facebook and 250,000 global news outlets over the last 12 months.
Ebola was top of the list of names with Pope Francis, World War One, Médecins Sans Frontières and Prince George behind it.
OK is the most understood word in the world.
This is the 15th year that the list has been put together.
Last year's most popular word was 404, as in a 404 internet error. Top phrase was Toxic Politics while Pope Francis was top name.
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Festivalgoers are settling into the second day of Glastonbury Festival.

Hollywood actor Johnny Depp made the headlines with his comments about President Trump, Friday's night saw the return of Radiohead on the Pyramid stage and there was a surprise gig by Elbow at The Park stage.
Although it has been a damp start with rain overnight, music fans have mostly escaped the muddy conditions of previous years.
Here are some of the highlights so far:
Hollywood actor Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance at Cineramageddon - a drive-in cinema on the Somerset site.
Bradley Cooper joined Kris Kristofferson on the Pyramid Stage.
There were some acrobatic performances by Bo Ningen.
Large crowds gathered beneath the giant spider at Arcadia.
The rather more sedate cinema option was also a popular choice for some festivalgoers.
This group of music fans were seen at Shangri-La dressed as astronauts.
The rain did not hold off, but the dreaded mud is not as bad as in some previous years.
Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper were spotted in the queue for a shower.


After an earthquake was recorded in Kent on Friday morning we went searching through the Newsround archives to find the best explanation of how it might have happened.

22 May 2015 Last updated at 10:23 BST
The British Geological Survey said it had a magnitude of 4.2 which is 260,000 times smaller than the earthquake that hit Nepal.
No one was hurt and quakes in the UK are very rare.
One of the last ones happened in January in the East Midlands.
Watch Ayshah's interview with earthquake expert Steve Hicks from that time to find out more about how they happen.
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Gerard Lyttle takes his Cliftonville team to Crusaders on Saturday confident of a victory which would move them to within six points of the leaders.

The north Belfast derby could have a huge bearing on whether the Crues will retain the Irish Premiership crown.
The clash of two in-form sides is one of the biggest fixtures of the season.
Cliftonville have lost just one of the 19 league matches played since Lyttle took over in October while Crusaders have been beaten just once in 25 games.
"Cliftonville will come to Seaview and throw the kitchen sink at us," said Crusaders manager Stephen Baxter, who is without suspended striker Michael Carvill.
"We know that, and have to be prepared for it. We need to give back as much as we receive.
"It is a big match but there is a long way to go in this league.
"Our job is to concentrate on our own game and just get on with the task ahead of us."
Earlier in the campaign, Crusaders won 1-0 away to the Reds while the north Belfast rivals drew 2-2 at Seaview on Boxing Day.
"We have been on a good run for some time now," said Cliftonville manager Lyttle whose side beat Ards in last weekend's League Cup final.
"We had a wee blip with a number of draws but we have got things sorted out and are a team in form.
"Hopefully, we can drive on for the rest of the campaign."
Victory for Cliftonville would also be a boost to Linfield's ambitions of being the ones to deny Crusaders back-to-back titles.
David Healy's Blues, who lost 2-1 at Portadown last time out, go to Coleraine aiming to beat the Bannsiders for the third time this season.
"We had been on a nice little run before the Portadown game," said boss Healy.
"Portadown had been struggling but they have now taken six points from us. It shows how teams raise their game when they play Linfield.
"We must pick ourselves up and go on another unbeaten run."


A pantomime production of Snow White has been cancelled three days before it was due to end after claims its celebrity actors had not been paid.

The show, in Leeds, started on 8 December and featured comedian Jimmy Cricket, actors Louis Emerick and Tupele Dorgu and reality star Scotty T.
Emerick, best-known for his role in Brookside, said the cast had only been paid "a small percentage" of owed fees.
Organisers Liberty Events Ltd said the move was due to "industrial issues".
A statement said "applications for full refunds" for those with tickets for the remaining performances should be made to the White Rose Theatre box office.
Scotty T, who stars in reality TV series Geordie Shore, left the production before Christmas after claiming he had received only 10% of his fee.
Posting on Twitter, he said he had also loaned the production more than £7,000 "to cover accommodation and flooring for the venue".
The production also featured the puppets Zippy & George from the TV show Rainbow and a digital projection of comedian Ken Dodd.
A marquee was built on land next to the The Tetley arts centre in central Leeds to house the production.
Speaking to BBC Radio Leeds, Emerick said the cast was prepared to complete the final six shows.
He said: "We turned up today with the intention of working and found out it had been cancelled, the place had started to be gutted out.
"We've carried on working in good faith with promises the money would come forward, but that never happened."
Liberty Events Ltd said it was with "deepest regret" the remaining shows had been cancelled and offered "sincere apologies to patrons".


About 40 skeletons have been uncovered by archaeologists at the site of a Roman cemetery in Gloucester.

The discovery was made during a dig at the former Gloscat site at Greyfriars in Brunswick Road, ahead of a housing development being built.
It has been described as one of the most significant archaeological finds in the city in the past 30 years.
The skeletons could end up in the care of Gloucester museum after scientific tests have been carried out.
Stuart Joyce from Cotswold Archaeology said: "We're just outside the walls of the Roman city of Glevum and this would have been the Roman cemetery associated with the city.
"This is probably one of the most significant finds that has been made within Gloucester within the last 30 years. It will add greatly to the knowledge of the [city]."
Forty skeletons were uncovered nearby in the 1960s. These are now kept at Exeter University.
"The cemetery itself was known previously, but this is the first time that such an [archaeological dig] in this area has been conducted under modern excavation practice," added Mr Joyce.
"Maybe another 20 to 30 will come up during subsequent excavations, but the number is very hard to say."
Excavation work on the site is expected to last for at least another two years while a new housing development is built.


A series of colourfully-written letters sent by Donald Trump to then-Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has been published in full for the first time.

The letters formed part of an intense lobbying campaign against plans for an offshore wind project near Mr Trump's Aberdeenshire golf resort.
In one, Mr Trump said he was attempting to "save Scotland".
In another, he claimed Mr Salmond would be known as "Mad Alex" if the plan went ahead.
And the US president elect predicted the "insanity" of the project would bankrupt Scotland, and destroy Mr Salmond's hopes for Scottish independence.
Details of some of the correspondence has been made public before.
But the Huffington Post obtained full copies of all of the documents after submitting a freedom of information request.
They included a letter sent on 14 September 2011, in which Mr Trump told Mr Salmond: "Its adverse visual impact on my development and the beautiful Aberdeen coastline will be disastrous and environmentally irresponsible."
Less than a fortnight later he sent a one-sentence missive to the then first minister asking why Swedish energy firm Vattenfall was being allowed to "ruin" the Scottish coastline, adding: "Let them ruin the coastline of Sweden first."
On 9 February 2012, Mr Trump told Mr Salmond: "With the reckless installation of these monsters, you will single-handedly have done more damage to Scotland than virtually any event in Scottish history."
He added that he would never support "this insanity" and said he was motivated by his family ties to Scotland.
Mr Trump wrote: "Please understand that I am doing this to save Scotland and honour my mother, Mary MacLeod who, as you know, was born and raised in Stornoway.
"She would not believe what you are doing to her beloved Scotland!"
The correspondence showed Mr Trump becoming increasingly frustrated by the turbine plan.
On 12 March 2012 he asked Mr Salmond: "Do you want to be known for centuries to come as 'Mad Alex - the man who destroyed Scotland'?"
He added: "If you pursue this craziness Scotland will go broke and forever lose whatever chance you currently have of making Scotland independent."
The following month he warned about the economic damage that reliance on wind power would do.
Writing on 19 April 2012 he said: "Your economy will become a third world wasteland that global investors will avoid."
In two separate messages on 2 May of the same year, Mr Trump gave an insight into what he believes makes a great leader - and said the wind turbine plans were a "mad march into oblivion".
In one letter Mr Trump said: "History has proven conclusively that the world's greatest leaders have always been those who have been able to change their minds for the good."
He also said he would be "your greatest cheerleader if you can change or modify your stance on at least the inappropriately placed turbines."
In the other letter he told Mr Salmond: "Your idea of independence is 'Gone With the Wind'."
The correspondence reveals that Mr Trump also lobbied UK ministers, with one letter to then defence secretary Philip Hammond praising the Ministry of Defence's concerns about the project.
In the 16 August 2012 letter he told the cabinet minister: "The defence of the UK is far too important to tinker with just to satisfy Alex Salmond's bloated ego."
The released papers include one reply from Mr Salmond to Mr Trump, in which he told the tycoon that the renewable energy industry would help create job opportunities in Scotland.
In the 12 April 2012 response, Mr Salmond said: "We are determined to be on the right side of this debate, to deliver a future for the next generation, and a prosperous one at that."
Mr Salmond was an outspoken critic of Mr Trump ahead of the US presidential election, calling for him to be banned from the UK after Mr Trump said he wanted to deny Muslims entry to the US.
He reflected on his dealings with Mr Trump in July of this year, when he said: "Most American presidents don't send you 'green ink' letters, often capital letters. Usually couriered overnight with press articles attached to them, 'READ THIS!' Underlined, three times."
Vattenfall is now going ahead with the Â£300m construction of Scotland's largest offshore wind test and demonstration facility after Mr Trump's efforts - including a Supreme Court challenge - failed.


About 200 people attended a rally in Bangor on Thursday night to show support for a community worker who was beaten with a hammer by masked men in his home.

Aaron McMahon was attacked by a gang in front of his family.
He believes he was targeted for leading a campaign against UDA activity in the Clandeboye area of of the town.
Mr McMahon criticised police and politicians for not doing enough to combat paramilitaries.
The police said individuals who try to "terrorise people" must "be isolated".
At the rally on Thursday night, Green party councillor John Barry said the council had a responsibility to do more.
"We have a responsibility to serve our community, part of which is protecting it, and we've fallen down on this occasion," he said.
"That's why we need to have a root and branch reform, a good look inside at how council operates and how we relate with community groups, particularly community groups that are paramilitary-linked."
Earlier, Mr McMahon, who sits on the board of the North Down Community Network, described what happened: "I walked into the workshop and then I felt the door being forced open.
"When I turned around, two masked men set upon me.
"It probably only lasted a minute at most, but I could hear the kids screaming and (my wife) Michelle screaming. Then they left."
Mr McMahon's wife said her instinct, when she realised what was happening, was to protect the children in the house.
"I saw the door being pushed open and two masked men coming in, so I screamed to get the kids upstairs.
"They were screaming as well, so my main concern was to keep them away. I opened the front door and screamed for help out on the street."
Mr McMahon was treated in hospital for severe bruising, but has since been discharged.
He spoke out about Ulster Defence Association (UDA) flags erected around a local play park earlier this year and sought political help to have them removed.
"I spoke to a local MLA and, within days, the ones around the park were moved to alternative sites," he said.
He explained that there were also concerns about intimidation around the community's Eleventh Night bonfire.
Mr McMahon said he was asked if his community association would meet the UDA.
"My committee agreed that this wasn't an issue for the community association. The community felt they were left high and dry," he said.
"They said they believe the issue is up to the police, the council and our politicians to resolve. But no action was taken. Young people were left to fend for themselves."
Mr McMahon said he believes that if his wife had not been able to scream for help, he may not have survived the attack.
He says he was left with "no choice" but to stand up to the paramilitaries and the attack has made him more determined to continue his community work.
In a statement, the PSNI said:  "Officers in Bangor strive to provide a first class policing service to all in the town and it is clear that the vast majority of people within the local area have chosen to support the police and support law and order.
"Those small groups of individuals who continue to try and terrorise people and commit criminal acts must be isolated from communities.
"Police in Bangor will continue their efforts to bring those responsible for criminality before the courts, but we need the help of the local community."
A 32-year-old man was arrested "on suspicion of aggravated burglary". He was later released on police bail pending further inquiries.


Ronnie O'Sullivan is "close" to being bigger than snooker, says the sport's chairman Barry Hearn.

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O'Sullivan turned down a maximum 147 break at the Welsh Open saying the £10,000 prize money was "too cheap"
He potted 14 reds and 13 blacks before opting for an easier pink as he made a 146 to beat Barry Pinches 4-1.
"Without personality and characters, sport dies," Hearn told BBC Radio 5 live. "O'Sullivan is the biggest character in the sport."
Five-time world champion O'Sullivan had scored 80 in the break when he asked an official what the prize was for the highest break. He also asked the commentary box for information and looked visibly disappointed when told he could win up to £12,000.
The £10,000, boosted by the £2000 on offer for the highest break of the tournament, is a rolling prize fund at ranking events which has not been won since Neil Robertson made a 147 at the UK Championship last year.
"I could have done it, but I didn't think the prize was worthy of a 147," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport after the match on Monday. "So I've tried to let it build up until it's worthy and then go for it."
O'Sullivan leads the list of most maximum 147 breaks compiled in snooker history, two ahead of Stephen Hendry.
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Hearn, who initially criticised O'Sullivan's actions, said players had no obligation to go for certain shots and 'The Rocket' had not broken any rules.
"Some have said he has brought the game into disrepute but Ronnie brings the game into fine repute," Hearn said on Tuesday.
"In his little head, he thought it would be funny. He is quite dry. The 147 is a the pinnacle but Ronnie has made loads of them, he has got loads of money.
"He is the biggest character in the sport. When he breaks the rules, he gets punished, in this case, it was his choice.
"No-one is bigger than the game but Ronnie is close because he is a fabulous player and a fun personality.


"Absurd" and "a travesty" are some of the words used to describe Russia's trial of the dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, set to open on 22 March.

The European Parliament says the trial "is a violation of international and national laws and clearly shows the malfunctioning of the Russian criminal justice system".
The Russian interior ministry has accused Mr Magnitsky and the UK-based fund manager who employed him, Bill Browder, of tax evasion. Mr Browder will also be tried - but in absentia, because he believes his life would be in danger were he to return to Russia.
According to a ministry official, Boris Kibis, the Magnitsky case remains open because there has been no request from his relatives to halt it.
Legal experts contacted by the BBC said they could find no parallels for the Magnitsky trial - whether in Russia or internationally. They say there are dubious legal grounds for such a case.
There is a grisly medieval precedent for putting a dead man on trial - in 897 the then Pope, Stephen VII, held a trial of his predecessor, Formosus, whose body was dug up and propped up on a chair in the papal court.
US law professor Donald Wilkes, of the University of Georgia, has written that Stephen VII "screamed and raved, hurling insults at and mocking the rotting corpse" at what was dubbed "the Cadaver Synod".
Formosus was found guilty of violating Church law, but the macabre trial caused widespread anger in Rome and within months Pope Stephen VII was overthrown.
Under Russian law the death of the accused means the investigation ought to be stopped, retired Russian judge Tamara Morshchakova told the BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow. She formerly served in Russia's Constitutional Court.
Mr Magnitsky's death in prison while on remand in 2009 has become a cause celebre among critics of abuse in the Russian justice system.
Acting on behalf of Hermitage Capital Management, he had exposed an alleged fraud in which government officials had stolen $230m (Â£150m) of tax revenue.
But instead of prosecuting any of the alleged embezzlers, the police arrested Mr Magnitsky.
In prison his pancreatitis went untreated and an investigation by the Russian Presidential Human Rights Council concluded that he was a victim of criminal negligence. There is evidence that a beating by prison guards may have killed the chronically ill prisoner, the council reported. His relatives said his body was bruised and finger bones had been broken.
The council also condemned the fact that the same interior ministry officials whom Mr Magnitsky had accused of tax fraud were the ones who handled his arrest and prosecution.
The Magnitsky case has soured Russian-US relations and the European Parliament has urged EU governments to emulate the US Magnitsky Act, which bars entry for Russian officials suspected of human rights violations. Officials on the blacklist can also have their foreign assets frozen under the act.
Nobody has been convicted over the lawyer's death or the alleged theft from state coffers. A prison doctor was acquitted in December, after being accused of negligence.
Ms Morshchakova said the posthumous trial of Mr Magnitsky was "very strange" and "dangerous".
"If such trials were possible then in Russian judicial practice there would be a lot of 'dead souls' in the role of the accused," she said.
The exploitation of dead people for personal profit is the theme of Dead Souls, a 19th-Century Russian classic by Nikolai Gogol. The grotesque comedy features a social climber who buys dead serfs from the nobles who owned them.
"The authorities must halt this travesty," Amnesty International said in January.
"The trial of a deceased person and the forcible involvement of his relatives is a dangerous precedent that would open a whole new chapter in Russia's worsening human rights record," Amnesty's Europe and Central Asia Director John Dalhuisen said.
Mr Magnitsky's widow and mother oppose the trial - but the state has appointed defence lawyers anyway to represent Mr Magnitsky and Mr Browder.
Prof Mike Redmayne, a criminal law expert at the London School of Economics (LSE), told BBC News that "trying a dead person would make as much sense as trying a horse".
He said there was usually no point trying dead people because trials are about punishment and involve a process of interaction with the accused, including the accused's ability to defend him- or herself. "It is possible to have a trial in absentia if the defendant disappears, but we rarely do this," he said.
Ella Paneyakh, a sociologist and legal expert at Russia's European University in St Petersburg, said the case illustrated how in President Vladimir Putin's Russia "they are getting very creative, interpreting the law very literally, in a way which does not correspond to the spirit of the law".
"One thing this case says is that there is no real rule of law in Russia, at least in such political issues," she told BBC News.
The "unprecedented" trial of a dead man, she said, shows that "so much political capital is already invested in this case, and they need some legal back-up".
"Many lawyers are looking at this case now, and if someone knew of a similar case [previously] it would appear on social networks - but it hasn't," she said.
Russian law does allow relatives to get a dead person rehabilitated, to restore their reputation - a practice that was common in the post-Stalin thaw under Nikita Khrushchev, to clear the names of people executed or exiled by the Communist Party as "traitors" or "saboteurs".
The posthumous rehabilitation process allowed old cases to be re-examined, but did not lead to new prosecutions, Ms Paneyakh said. That was frustrating for some Soviet-era dissidents who wanted punishment for those who had sentenced them.
The UK has also reopened some historic cases involving dead people, where there are suspected miscarriages of justice - but that did not mean putting a dead person on trial.


Cardiff Blues are in talks with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) over plans to redevelop Cardiff Arms Park, says chief executive Richard Holland.

The ground at which Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC play is physically attached to Wales' Principality Stadium home.
"Dialogue is taking place with many parties regarding the project, including the WRU, as we consider the best way forward," said Holland.
Recent reports have linked Blues with a takeover by the WRU.
The rugby region has a lease from Cardiff Athletic Club (Cac) which ends in January 2022, and it wants a long-term extension so it can redevelop the city centre site.
It wants a 15,000-capacity stadium with a retractable pitch and sliding roof so it can be used as a concert venue, as well as building an exhibition centre, a hotel and flats.
Cac's agreement is needed to allow the redevelopment to go ahead.
It is a body made up of Cardiff tennis, bowls, hockey and cricket clubs which has a clubhouse at the Arms Park.
Holland said that an extraordinary meeting of Cac to discuss the plan is "imminent".
He added: "The whole drive behind this project is to secure the playing of rugby at Cardiff Arms Park and for it to remain the home of Cardiff Blues and Cardiff RFC for generations to come."


A Bath councillor has been found guilty of being involved in a cannabis drugs ring.

Donal Hassett, 57, was accused of acting as the property fixer using fake paperwork to rent four homes which were later turned into cannabis factories.
He was convicted at Bristol Crown Court on Wednesday of conspiring to produce cannabis.
The prosecution described their drugs operation as an "organised, sophisticated drugs syndicate".
Cannabis was produced between January 2015 and March 2016 in four properties across the West Country, the court heard.
Hassett, of Southdown Road, Bath, was suspended from the Conservative Party when he was charged. He is currently an independent councillor.
Conservative leader Tim Warren said in a statement on Wednesday that "the party, and he personally, felt very let down by Donal Hassett".
A council spokesman said: "The council takes this matter extremely seriously.
"We expect the highest standards from all our members and Cllr Hassett's behaviour falls far short of this."
Hassett was remanded in custody until sentencing.
Six others, five men and woman are due to be sentenced for their part in the drugs ring.


The Menai Bridge is one of 10 iconic UK river crossings to feature on the latest set of first class stamps.

The 176.5m-long suspension bridge, which links Anglesey to mainland Wales, was completed in 1826 to Thomas Telford's design.
Royal Mail said the stamps demonstrate "leaps in engineering" by progressive architects.
Others featured include Pulteney Bridge in Bath and Middlesbrough's Tees Transporter Bridge.
Royal Mail will also issue a special postmark to mark the stamps release.


A woman has been flown to hospital by air ambulance following a two-car crash on Anglesey.

Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to release the woman from one of the vehicles.
North Wales Fire and Rescue Service were called at 14:10 BST to the collision on Holyhead Road near Menai Bridge.
The road remains closed in both directions.


A County Fermanagh man, who saved nearly £2m by illegally burying almost 20,000 tonnes of waste on his land, has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Stephen Harron, who had pleaded guilty to four charges, was sentenced to 12 months, suspended for two years.
The judge at Dungannon Courthouse accepted that Harron, of Arney Road, Arney Skea, removed some of the non-hazardous materials at his own cost.
A barrister also accepted the 51-year-old was remorseful and ashamed.
Harron's barrister described him as a "man of straw who has hit financial rock bottom".
"This is a man who bitterly regrets his involvement in these offences... a man never before the court until this," he said.
Harron pleaded guilty to one charge of unlawfully depositing waste and three of keeping controlled waste on two parcels of land at his home between January 2008 and May 2015.
The prosecution had previously told Omagh Crown Court that an estimated 19,721 tonnes of waste was found on Harron's land, with all but 570 tonnes buried.
It was estimated it would have cost £1,835,214 to legitimately dispose of the domestic and commercial waste.
The prosecution said Harron had been a registered controlled waste dealer up until December 2005, operating two companies Arney Skip Hire and S Harron Contracts.
Environmental officers first visited Harron's land in March 2013, and dug eight test pits after finding a number of "mounds of plastic waste", which he claimed had been left by "two men from Sligo" who had rented the site and whose company had since gone bust.
The prosecution said waste was found in all but one pit, and included plastics, food packaging, carpet fragments, wood, glass, metal, wires, insulation foam and a number of baton ammunition round castings.
Officials from the Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) visited the site again in 2014 and 2015.
"The whole area was described as being 'strewn with mixed waste'. Mr Harron was present on the site and informed NIEA officers that he was in the process of removing the waste," said the prosecution.
The defence said Harron had been a licensed waste dealer until a "rather sad set of affairs" resulted in a fall from a lorry, in which he broke a number of bones in his back.
His once thriving businesses, which had been going "from strength to strength" began to decline, he said.
He added that despite his liabilities out-weighing any possible assets, he had "got money somehow" and had spent the last "18 months trying to clear the land".


Care staff did not follow procedure when moving residents at a West Midlands care home, an inquest into the death of a 91-year-old woman has heard.

Iris Teale died in hospital 16 days after suffering a fractured thigh bone at Aston Court Nursing Home in 2011.
Three care assistants told a coroner they did not use a hoist to lift her in or out of bed. One said she was aware of other carers mishandling residents.
The leg break "accelerated" Mrs Teale's death, the inquest heard.
Nurse Santhosh Rajan was found not guilty of her manslaughter earlier this year.
He told the hearing he had nothing to do with her injury and denied dropping her and doctoring paperwork from his rounds.
He said when he last checked on Mrs Teale during his night shift she was "fast asleep" and he did not move her.
Former care assistants Kerry Pemberton, of Walsall, and Rachel Foulger, of Little Aston, and current employee Rizwana Kosar, of Walsall, admitted handling Mrs Teale incorrectly at the inquest.
But they all said Mrs Teale, who had heart disease, chronic renal failure and dementia, was fine when they last had contact with her.
Mrs Pemberton told the inquest that she did not use a hoist to move her the day before she was admitted to hospital on 7 October.
She said it was something that happened quite often at the Bupa-run home near Sutton Coldfield but that she did not alert management.
Mrs Teale's family barrister, John Coughlan, asked Mrs Foulger: "There was a culture of manual handling otherwise than in accordance with the care plan, wasn't there?"
She told the hearing at Cannock Coroner's Court that it did happen "quite frequently".
Pathologist Alexander Kolar said Mrs Teale had a 16cm spiral fracture of her left thigh with significant bruising over a 60cm area of her leg.
He said it occurred about 14-21 days before her death.
With her underlying poor health, Dr Kolar said the break was "a significant event, resulting in multiple consequences, essentially acting as a tipping point to her pre-existing conditions".
The hearing continues.


A soldier slept next to his ex-girlfriend's body after stabbing her to death, a court has heard.

Jay Nava told his trial he was "filled with remorse and wanted to die" after stabbing Natasha Wake 11 times in the chest and neck in October.
The 27-year-old does not remember the fatal attack or where the knife in his hand came from, the jury was told.
A defence psychiatrist said he believed Mr Nava, who denies murder, suffered an "abnormality in mental function".
Winchester Crown Court heard Mr Nava, who was a serving soldier at Royal Citadel in Plymouth at the time of the killing, told the psychiatrist he could not remember stabbing 26-year-old Miss Wake, describing it as "all a blur".
Jurors were told the former couple had been arguing and drinking alcohol at her Bournemouth home on the evening of 1 October.
Mr Nava said he could remember hitting Miss Wake after she threatened to call the police, alleging he had sexually assaulted her. She then bit him, the court heard.
The next thing Mr Nava remembered was kneeling over Miss Wake's body and seeing the stab wounds, but he did not know where the knife in his hand had come from, the jury was told.
Defence solicitor Peter Griffiths QC said there was "no issue at all" that Mr Nava had stabbed Miss Wake 11 times and added it had happened "almost in a flash".
Dr Paul Warren, the psychiatrist for the defence, said Mr Nava told him he slept next to Miss Wake's body for "some time" after her death.
Dr Warren told the court he believed Mr Nava was suffering from an underlying narcissistic personality disorder which would have caused an "abnormality in mental function".
Mr Nava told the court there was "no excuse" for what he had done.
He said he "just wanted to get the children out" after killing their mother while they slept upstairs.
He admitted scrubbing the walls, wrapping Miss Wake's body in a duvet and hiding it in the cupboard under the stairs, so the children would not see.
The trial previously heard he was found by police attempting to take his own life at Hengistbury Head on 2 October, when Miss Wake's body was discovered.
The trial continues.


Ed Miliband has accused the Tories of using the SNP to distract voters from their record as he tries to kill off talk of post-election deals.

The Labour leader said the election was "not a clash of two nations but a clash of two visions".
His party has been attacked by the Tories over potential alliances with the SNP in a hung parliament.
The Conservatives said it was a legitimate argument because Labour "can't get a majority without the SNP".
And Labour former Scottish first minister Henry McLeish said Mr Miliband may have little choice but to negotiate with the Scottish Nationalists.
"At the end of the day, Ed is not going to exclude himself from being prime minister by not talking to anyone," he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme
'No child benefit cuts'
In an appeal on the last weekend before the 7 May poll, David Cameron urged people not to vote tactically, but to "vote for your preferred prime minister".
"Don't take a risk thinking 'I'll vote Liberal Democrat and hope I get the prime minister I want' or vote UKIP and hope somehow it emerges," he told BBC Breakfast.
"If you want me to carry on leading the country, making sure we have that stability and security in our economy, vote accordingly because we are only 23 seats short from that overall majority."
He also insisted there would be no cuts to child benefits as part of Conservative plans to shave £12bn off the welfare budget.
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The prime minister spoke out as Mr Miliband continued to insist he would not lead a government if it involved any deal with Nicola Sturgeon's party.
In an interview with the Guardian, Mr Miliband accused the prime minister of having "entirely withdrawn from the central issues facing the country... in a bid to distract voters from the big choices".
The Labour leader also told the Guardian that 10 of his manifesto proposals would be introduced as bills by the end of May if he formed a government.
These include a "strong economic foundation bill; freezing energy prices until 2017; banning recruitment agencies from hiring only from overseas, and cutting university tuition fees in England to £6,000.
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Mr Miliband has urged voters in Scotland not to "gamble" with the SNP, but the Conservatives insisted the SNP would be "the monkey on Labour's back".
However, Mr Miliband insisted: "What this election really comes down to is not a clash of two nations but a clash of two visions.
"Two different plans ideas about how our country succeeds."
He said the Conservatives would offer "huge tax cuts" for the "rich and powerful", whereas Labour thinks "Britain succeeds when working people succeed".
Mr Cameron highlighted his party's commitment to the "triple lock" on state pensions,  which means they rise by whichever is higher out of inflation, average wages, or 2.5%.
He said the triple lock - which Labour says it is also committed to - would take the annual pension to £7,000 a year by 2020.
The prime minister also outlined other previously announced proposals including the protection of benefits such as free bus passes and TV licences, and giving people more freedom to invest and spend their pensions.
He suggested a Labour government "would mean a return to higher taxes, spending and borrowing and pensioners would be particularly vulnerable because many of them do not have the option of increasing their incomes".
Labour has claimed the Tories plan to cut child benefit as part of their planned £12bn welfare savings.
The Tories say they will freeze working-age benefits, including child benefit, for two years. There is some speculation that freeze could last the duration of the next Parliament.
On BBC Breakfast, Mr Cameron was asked if there would be no increases to child benefit cuts if he resumed office.
The PM said: "That's right, I've said it stays as it is. I've been very clear on child benefit. I could not have been clearer."
He said: "It's very important for family's budgets to be able to plan, and they can know with me that it stays as it is - and we've been very clear about this."
He said "billions of pounds" would be raised by freezing in-work benefits, like unemployment benefit.
"I think that's right because we should be making sure you're better off in work," he said.
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Mae'r diwydiant amaeth yn wynebu trafferth yn y dyfodol os nad oes mwy yn cael ei wneud nawr i annog y genhedlaeth ifanc, yn ôl undeb ffermio.

Galw ar Lywodraeth Cymru i gyflwyno cynllun gweithredu ar gyfer ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid mae Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru ar ail ddiwrnod y Sioe Frenhinol yn Llanelwedd.
Dywedodd llywydd yr undeb, Glyn Roberts, wrth BBC Cymru y byddai angen cyflwyno ysgogiad ariannol yn ogystal â chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus allu ymddeol a rhyddhau tir.
Ond mae'r Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad, Lesley Griffiths, yn mynnu ei bod hi wedi blaenoriaethu ffermwyr ifanc ers dechrau yn ei swydd.
Bydd dadl yn cael ei chynnal ar faes y sioe yn ddiweddarach i drafod yr heriau sy'n wynebu'r genhedlaeth ifanc wrth geisio gyrfa ym myd amaeth.
Mae ystadegau diweddara' Llywodraeth Cymru yn awgrymu bod y gweithlu'n heneiddio. Ar gyfartaledd 60 yw oed perchennog fferm yng Nghymru erbyn hyn, gydag ond 3% dan 35.
Dywedodd Mr Roberts bod angen mynd i'r afael â "thair elfen bwysig".
"Mae angen tir, mae'n rhaid bod ffermydd ar gael i'w rhentu gan nad yw rhywun newydd sy'n dod i mewn i'r diwydiant yn mynd i fedru fforddio prynu," meddai.
"Felly mae'n hollbwysig bod daliadau cyngor sir yn cael eu cadw."
Gyda'u cyllidebau dan bwysau mae sawl awdurdod lleol yng Nghymru wedi bod yn gwerthu tir amaethyddol yn eu meddiant, cam sydd wedi cythruddo undebau ffermio.
Dywedodd: "Fe gefais i'r cyfle pan oeddwn i'n ifanc i ddechrau allan fel amaethwr drwy fod yn denant.
"Mae'n drist bod lot o ddaliadau'r cyngor sir yn cael eu gwerthu heddiw, dydy hynny ddim yn rhoi cyfle i bobl ifanc.
"Ac os 'na allwn ni ddod â phobl ifanc i mewn 'da chi'n colli agweddau gwahanol a syniadau ffres."
Dywedodd hefyd bod angen "ysgogiad ariannol" i helpu ffermwyr ifanc, a chymorth i ffermwyr oedrannus sy'n "methu fforddio ymddeol".
"Maen nhw angen ysgogiad hefyd i fynd o'r ffermydd fel bod lle i bobl newydd ddod drwyddo."
Yn 26 oed, mae Caryl Hughes newydd ddechrau ffermio 300 erw ger Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog, Wrecsam.
Mae'n dod o gefndir amaethyddol ac roedd angen cymorth y busnes teuluol i fedru dechrau ffermio ar ei phen ei hun.
"Roedd rhaid i fi ddod yn bartner yn y busnes er mwyn i fi allu cael y pres tu cefn i fi oedd angen er mwyn siarad â banc," meddai.
"Dwi 'di bod yn lwcus iawn, iawn achos bod gen i'r fferm deuluol y tu nôl i mi a bod fy rhieni yn gefnogol.
"Ond i'r sawl sydd heb hynny mae'n anodd iawn. Mae rheolwyr banc yn gyndyn iawn o fenthyg arian i ffermydd newydd.
"Her arall hefyd yw gorfod ffeindio'r costau i brynu pethau ar y dechrau, prynu stoc a phethau syml fel ci a quad bike, maen nhw gyd yn hanfodol ond yn costio llawer iawn o arian ar y dechrau."
Dywedodd y byddai'n hoffi gweld Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei gwneud hi'n anoddach i dirfeddianwyr a busnesau mawr brynu tir amaeth allai gael ei gynnig i bobl ifanc.
Mae hefyd am weld cynllun 'match-making' yn cael ei gyflwyno ar gyfer ffermwyr hen ac ifanc, syniad sy'n cael ei dreialu gan Ffederasiwn Cenedlaethol Clybiau Ffermwyr Ifanc Prydain.
"Ry'ch chi'n cymryd ffermwr sydd eisiau ymddeol ac yn ei lincio fo neu hi gyda ffermwr ifanc. Y syniad yw bod y ffermwr ifanc wedyn yn dysgu gan y ffermwr hŷn.
"Gobeithio bydd hyn yn rhywbeth y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei weld ac yn sylweddoli ei fod yn syniad da."
Dywedodd yr Ysgrifennydd dros Gefn Gwlad Lesley Griffiths wrth BBC Cymru fod y llywodraeth yn "gwneud darn o waith gydag awdurdodau lleol i geisio sicrhau bod daliadau amaethyddol cynghorau sir yn cael eu cadw fel ffermydd ac ar gyfer defnydd y sector amaeth".
"Ers i fi gael fy mhenodi dwi wedi gwneud ffermwyr ifanc a newydd ddyfodiaid i'r diwydiant yn flaenoriaeth," meddai.


Britain's best-known ski jumper, Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards, said the actor playing him in a film about his life is "uncannily" like him.

The movie, due to be released in April, stars Welsh actor Taron Egerton in the title role.
Edwards, who lives in Stroud, Gloucestershire, shot to stardom at the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988 despite finishing a distant last.
He said "only about 5%" of the biopic would be true to life.
The former ski jumper, whose real name is Michael Edwards, said: "Taron has done a very, very good job.
"I sat down and chatted to him for an afternoon at Pinewood Studios back in March and it's amazing - he's got my mannerisms and everything else just right.
"It's uncanny how much he looks like me - he's wearing the glasses and got the hair style and moustache."
Edwards confessed he first signed a deal about 18 years ago to make a film about his life, "but I didn't think it was ever going to happen.
"Then [director] Matthew Vaughn phoned me while I was shopping in a supermarket in Stroud and said 'I've just bought the rights and we start filming in two months'.
"It was bit of a shock, but now it's about to be released so it's good news."
While Edwards said he had seen "about 70%-80%" of the finished film, he pointed out that "only about 5% of it is true".
He said a documentary and book about his life were also being planned "to tell the true story".
Eddie the Eagle, which also stars Hugh Jackman, is due to be released on 1 April.


The Passport Office is having to deal with a backlog of 53,000 applications - higher than previously thought.

The agency released the new figures after pressure from Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz.
He said the data proved the backlog was caused by the closure of overseas posts and the transfer of work to the UK.
"This decision was clearly the wrong one and has been poorly managed. The public have been badly let down," said the Labour MP.
He also accused the Passport Office of "profiting from public hardship" by making a surplus of almost Â£13 on each application.
Passport Office chief executive Paul Pugh this week apologised to the public for the delays that have put thousands of peoples' holiday plans at risk.
He told MPs on the home affairs committee that his office knew a surge in demand was on its way because the Foreign Office had decided to close seven posts in foreign embassies. He had expected to have to deal with 350,000 more applications.
But even though that figure would be closer to 400,000, he said, adequate preparations had been made.
He admitted the agency had failed to predict the scale of the increase but insisted it was not just down to the extra work from the closure of the overseas centres but other factors, which have yet to be identified.
The report released by the Passport Office identifies a sudden surge in demand for passports in January this year - 70,000 higher than at the same time last year.
Mr Pugh spoke about this when he was being grilled by the committee and said he had added extra shifts and redeployed staff to cope with it.
But Mr Vaz says the spike should have acted as a "wake-up" call to managers.
"A comparison of the 2013 and 2014 figures for January would have told the management of Her Majesty's Passport Office (HMPO) and ministers all they needed to know," said Mr Vaz.
"The 70,000 additional passport applications, received five months ago, should have provided the wake-up call.
"It is baffling why immediate action was not taken to alleviate the impending disaster that has now engulfed HMPO."
The PCS trade union blames job cuts for the failure to cope with demand and says that rather than take on additional staff, managers forced officials to work longer hours, resulting in "burn-out".
Last week, Prime Minister David Cameron told MPs up to 30,000 "straightforward" passport applications, mostly adult renewals, had not been processed within the three week target time.
The figures released by the Passport Office show that 23,000 "non-straightforward" applications, including overseas and first passports, may not have been dealt with in time either.
It has also been revealed that the agency has spent Â£2.2m on overtime for staff since the beginning of the year to deal with a huge surge in applications in the spring.
In a separate move, the Home Office has published a list of countries that have agreed to accept UK passports that have been extended for 12 months.
British nationals living overseas are being offered an automatic one-year extension when they apply to renew their passports in a bid to ease the pressure on staff dealing with the backlog:
Labour said the list covered only a quarter of countries in the world - and did not include popular destinations such as the USA, Cyprus and Turkey.
Shadow Home Office Minister David Hanson said: "It's just not good enough from the home secretary and she needs to urgently get a grip and realise how important this is to people."


A UK-funded memorial to Kenyans killed and tortured by British forces during the Mau Mau uprising in the 1950s has been unveiled in the Kenyan capital.

The monument is part of a 2013 out-of-court settlement by the UK government when it agreed to pay Â£20m ($30m) in compensation to Mau Mau veterans.
It also expressed "sincere regret" for abuses committed under colonial rule.
Thousands of veterans crowded into the memorial site in Nairobi to witness the historic unveiling.
The statue shows a woman handing food to a Mau Mau fighter, their faces turned away so they could not reveal the other's identity if caught by the British authorities.
Tens of thousands of Kenyans were held in detention camps during the Mau Mau campaign. Many suffered abuses including beatings, rape and castration.
"The memorial stands as a symbol of reconciliation between the British government, the Mau Mau, and all those who suffered during the emergency period," Christian Turner, the UK High Commissioner to Kenya, said at the ceremony.
At the scene: Anne Soy, BBC News, Nairobi
Many of the veterans and their families who crowded into Nairobi's Uhuru Park were clad in red T-shirts printed with the words "shujaa wa Mau Mau", meaning "heroes of Mau Mau", the underground movement that fought against British colonial rule.
The midday sun did not deter their enthusiasm as they sang old war songs to remember their struggle for independence.
At the centre of the monument is a sculpture depicting an armed dreadlocked fighter receiving food from a woman in a traditional "kiondoo" basket. The sculptor, Kevin Oduor, told the BBC that it acknowledged the role both men and women played to liberate Kenya. "The veterans re-enacted this scene before I came up with the sculpture," he said.
Excited veterans and their families crowded around the monument as soon as it was unveiled to take pictures. There was a look of satisfaction on their faces. For many, it is a symbol of closure.
Daniel Leader, from the London-based Leigh Day law firm that represented the 5,228 victims Mau Mau veterans who sued for compensation, said the memorial was "historic" and represented "the first apology by the UK government for abuses", the AFP news agency reports.
The Mau Mau began a violent campaign against white settlers in 1952, but the uprising was eventually put down by the British colonial government.
The Kenya Human Rights Commission says 90,000 Kenyans were executed, tortured or maimed, and 160,000 people were detained in appalling conditions. A number of historians believe the figure is lower.


The father of missing chef Claudia Lawrence has said he is "disappointed" no charges have been brought during the seven year investigation.

The Crown Prosecution Service said it would not be charging four men arrested last year in connection with the case.
Miss Lawrence, 35, disappeared after leaving her house on Heworth Road in York on 19 March in 2009.
Peter Lawrence said he remained hopeful someone would still come forward with information.
"I am disappointed that after such a long and expensive police investigation into Claudia's disappearance and possible murder no-one is to be prosecuted," he said.
"However, prosecution and even conviction would not bring Claudia back to us and may well not have resulted in revealing where she is buried, if she was murdered.
"Someone knows what happened on that day seven years ago and they should now come forward to tell us where our darling daughter, and Ali's loving sister, is.
"I have always said that the not knowing is the hardest thing for the family to bear."
The four men, who are all in their 50s and from the York area, were arrested in March and April of last year as part of a review of the initial investigation into the case.
North Yorkshire Police said up to 20 detectives and police staff had worked full-time on the review for more than two years at a cost of nearly Â£800,000.
Det Supt Dai Malyn, who led the investigation, said he understood the frustration of the Lawrence family.
"We have made progress but the public are the key and somebody or some persons out there have the information that will assist us in unlocking this."