Prof Sir Tom Kibble has been posthumously awarded the highest UK honour for physics.

Prof Kibble has been awarded The Isaac Newton Medal by the Institute of Physics for his outstanding lifelong commitment to the field.
He is noted for his work in the development of theories about the Higgs boson.
Many believe Prof Kibble should have been awarded a Nobel Prize for his work.
Prof Kibble, who was 83 when he passed way last month, was admired as much for his kindness and humanity as well as his contribution to physics.  His peers and colleagues say his work reshaped the landscape of theoretical physics.
The President of the IOP, Professor Roy Sambles, said he was delighted that Prof Kibble received the award.
"The award is recognition of his contributions to mankind through his insight into the origins of mass and also through establishing astroparticle physics as a new branch of physics," he said.
"Notwithstanding his achievements, he remained a modest man of quiet distinction and dignity, respected by all who knew him, the many students he lectured and supervised and the academics he collaborated with. In very many ways he was an example not just of how to be an excellent creative scientist but how to behave towards others.
"He is a truly outstanding winner of the Isaac Newton Medal."
Prof Kibble's theoretical work on the development of the Higgs mechanism, the way in which particles acquire mass, was heralded by the journal Physics Review Letters as one of the most important research papers of the last 50 years.
His friend and former colleague Prof Sir Peter Knight of Imperial College London and a former IOP President believes that Prof Kibble made the most important contribution to the development of our understanding of how the so-called Higgs mechanism operates.
"He was someone who did not follow fashion. He really felt that it was important to get to the heart of problems in a systematic way. It was Tom's vision and insights that led to a deeper understanding of the Higgs mechanism and connected it with the Standard Model and it led to so many other things in physics."
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A special guest set by dance music DJ Patrick Topping has been added to this summer's Groove Loch Ness.

The festival near Dores is now also to feature a late night set from Ibiza nightclub Space's resident DJ David Moreno.
Taking place on 19 August, Groove Loch Ness was first held in 2015.
Acts already confirmed include a DJ set from Faithless, also Skream, Julio Bashmore, Theo Kottis, Kidnap Kid and sets by local DJs.


Police have arrested two men in connection with an attack in County Antrim that left a 44-year-old man with a suspected broken arm.

The attack happened in the Dhu Varren Park area of Portrush shortly before 03:00 GMT on Sunday morning.
It was reported that a group of men assaulted two others, smashed the windows of a car and damaged the windows of a house.
The other man, 69, was treated in hospital for cuts to his head.
The arrested men are being questioned in connection with grievous bodily harm with intent, criminal damage and possession of an offensive weapon.


A man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of veteran criminal Eamon Kelly in the Republic of Ireland two-and-a-half years ago.

Mr Kelly, a convicted armed robber and drug dealer, was shot dead near his home in Dublin in December 2012.
Dublin man Sean Connolly, 35, pleaded guilty to the murder earlier this week.
Two other charges against him of IRA membership and possession of a firearm were not proceeded with.
Mr Kelly's daughter Alison said that the brutal and senseless murder destroyed the family's lives and they still do not know why he was killed.
Police described the killing as a highly-professional murder.
Mr Kelly, 65, left a bookmakers to walk home on 4 December 2012, but his killer met him 70 metres from his front door.
Mr Kelly ran but he was shot four times in the back.
Connolly was arrested a short time later.
Petrol vapours were detected on his shoes from a partially-burned getaway car and firearms residue was found on his person.
Connolly, a Real IRA gunman who was ordered to carry out the murder, has already served terms of four and six years in prison for IRA membership and possession of guns and ammunition.
He admitted that he intended to kill Mr Kelly and was sentenced to life in prison.
Mr Kelly's family left the court in Dublin on Friday saying they were grateful to police for what they described as a "tireless investigation".
Mr Kelly was shot dead three months after the murder of Real IRA leader Alan Ryan, at a time when there were tensions between gangland criminals and dissident republicans.
He was aware his life was in danger and there had been a previous attempt to shoot him two years previously.
Police had consistently warned him of the threats to his life.


Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's party has won a huge majority in parliament in this week's elections, officials say.

With most seats declared, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said Zanu-PF had won 137 seats in the 210-seat chamber, just short of two-thirds.
Results in the presidential race have yet to be announced.
Mr Mugabe's main rival, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, has already dismissed the election as "a sham".
Mr Tsvangirai, 61, who heads the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and is running for president against Mr Mugabe, said the vote was "null and void".
By Brian HungweBBC News, Harare
There is a mood of despair among Morgan Tsvangirai's supporters - they are shocked and dejected.
A palpable feeling has gripped the capital, Harare, where people's hopes had been raised by the absence of the intimidation and violence seen in past elections. Many cannot understand how President Robert Mugabe's party managed to win seats in Mr Tsvangirai's urban strongholds.
In contrast, Zanu-PF supporters feel they have brought back the father of the nation, who fought colonial rule and restored the dignity of black Zimbabweans.
The country is torn apart by political strife. Emotions are running high and the country is likely to face another period of bickering and, perhaps, economic stagnation.
The leaders of Mr Tsvangirai's MDC are meeting on Saturday to map the way forward. The question is whether he will remain at the helm, or face internal pressures to quit. The strong indications are that he may stay on in the opposition trenches until the next election.
For now, the MDC is pursuing the legal route, which - judging by the past - is unlikely to succeed.
For President Mugabe, it is time to go back to the office, where he will face the world's questions about his legitimacy.
A local monitoring group has also said that the poll was "seriously compromised".
However, the two main observer groups have broadly endorsed the election, saying it was free and peaceful.
Earlier reports from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said Zanu-PF had won 142 seats but this was later corrected following some recounts.
The AFP news agency reports that 186 seats have been declared with 24 results still to come.
If Zanu-PF clinches a two-thirds majority it will be able to change Zimbabwe's constitution.
African Union (AU) mission head Olusegun Obasanjo dismissed the complaints of fraud, saying the election was fair and free "from the campaigning point of view".
He acknowledged incidents "that could have been avoided and even tended to have breached the law" but added: "All in all, up to the close of the polls, we do not believe that these incidences (incidents) will amount to the result not representing the will of the people."
The former Nigerian president added: "I have never seen an election that is perfect. The process continues and we have to limit our comments."
Monitors from the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) described the elections as "free and peaceful" but said it was too early to call them fair.
"In democracy we not only vote, not only campaign, but accept the hard facts, particularly the outcome," said Sadc mission head Bernard Membe.
The AU assessment sharply contrasted to that of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) - the largest group of domestic monitors with some 7,000 people on the ground.
It said on Thursday that the elections were "seriously compromised", with as many as one million people unable to cast their ballots.
"I accept that the president has support, but enough for a landslide?
When I was in a voting queue, I struck up conversations with people. Most of us were there to fix our country.
Surely that does not mean returning to the pre-2008 days?"
Harare diary: 'Sad and disenfranchised'
The ZESN said potential voters were much more likely to be turned away from polling stations in urban areas, where support for Mr Tsvangirai is strong, than in President Mugabe's rural strongholds.
The group also alleged significant irregularities before the poll. It said that 99.7% of rural voters were registered on the electoral roll in June compared with only 67.9% of urban voters.
Zanu-PF and the MDC have formed an uneasy coalition government since 2009. That deal ended deadly violence that erupted after a disputed presidential poll the previous year.
Mr Mugabe, 89, is running for a seventh term.
His Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said on Friday that Zanu-PF was "headed for an unprecedented landslide".
"If anyone is dissatisfied, the courts are there. I invite Tsvangirai to go to court if he has any grounds to justify what he has been saying,'' he told journalists.
Under Zimbabwean law, seven days are set aside for legal challenges with another two days for rulings to be made. After that, the swearing-in of a new government takes place.
The BBC's Andrew Harding in Johannesburg says some strong legal challenges are likely, with perhaps a few results overturned.
Amid rising tension, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on President Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai to send "clear messages of calm" to their supporters.
His spokesman, Martin Nesirky, said Mr Ban wanted any election disputes to be handled "transparently and fairly".


French warplanes have bombed the town of Gao in eastern Mali, extending their attacks deep into rebel-held territory.

France's military has been in action against Islamist militants in Mali since Friday, helping government forces recapture the central town of Konna.
A resident in Gao told AFP news agency all Islamist bases in the town had been destroyed and the militants had fled.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the Islamist advance in Mali had been brought to a halt.
"Stopping the terrorists, that's done," he told RTL radio. Had France not intervened, there was a risk that the Islamists could have advanced as far as the capital, Bamako, he said.
Islamist groups and secular Tuareg rebels seized northern Mali in April 2012.
But the Islamists soon took control of the region's major towns and one group, Ansar Dine, began pushing further south last week, seizing the strategically important town of Konna.
The town has since been recaptured by Malian troops with French aerial support.
France's decision to intervene in its former colony took many by surprise. A UN-backed international force had not been expected in the west African state until the autumn.
France has called a meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss its action on Monday.
The foreign minister made it clear that France was now targeting Islamist bases in the north and said Algeria, which shares a long border with Mali, had given permission for its air space to be used for bombing raids "without limit".
For months, Gao has been in the hands of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (Mujao), which along with Ansar Dine has sought to enforce an extreme interpretation of Islamic law in northern Mali.
The town is around 500km (310 miles) north-east of a de facto line dividing the rebel-held north of Mali from the government-run south.
Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said four Rafale fighter jets, flying from their base in France, had attacked and destroyed rebel training camps and logistics depots in Gao, which acted as back-up bases for terrorist groups.
The air attacks were continuing as part of an offensive to drive back Islamist militants who still controlled large swathes of northern Mali, he said earlier.
"There were [air strikes] last night, there are now and there will be today and tomorrow," the minister said.
BBC Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says it seems clear that French air power is now preparing the ground for a much bigger offensive against the Islamists.
A spokesman for Ansar Dine Islamist group was quoted as saying that the French attacks had focused on three areas: Konna, Douentza and Lere.
But later reports said French bombers had also targeted the northern town of Kidal, described as a headquarters for Ansar Dine and its leader Iyad Ag Ghaly.
Fearing further French air raids, the group's fighters have moved out of the historic town of Timbuktu, Sahara Media report from neighbouring Mauritania.
An unnamed Elysee Palace official quoted by AFP said on Sunday that French armed forces had been surprised by the fighting quality and the equipment of the militants they were up against.
"At the start, we thought they would be just a load of guys with guns driving about in their pick-ups,  but the reality is that they are well-trained, well-equipped, and well-armed," the official said.
"From Libya they have got hold of a lot of up-to-date, sophisticated equipment which is much more robust and effective than we could have imagined."
France has sent around 550 troops to the central town of Mopti and the capital, Bamako.  They are set to be joined by troops from the neighbouring African states of Niger, Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Togo, some of which are expected to arrive in Mali within days.
In December, the UN Security Council backed sending a 3,300-strong force from the Ecowas West African regional bloc to recapture rebel-held areas of Mali but their deployment was not expected for some months.
The UK has provided two C17 transport planes to aid the French effort and Mr Fabius said practical support was also coming from the US, Denmark and other European countries.
A Malian army officer said on Saturday he believed more than 100 militants had been killed.
Since the start of the French intervention on Friday, at least 11 Malian soldiers and a French helicopter pilot have also died.
Human Rights Watch believes 10 civilians, including three children, died in Konna as Malian forces fought to recapture the town.
Medical aid agency MSF said many civilians had fled the Mopti area and some places had become "almost ghost towns". Hundreds of people had already fled over the border into Mauritania, it said.
Islamist groups are still holding several French hostages and have threatened reprisals against them and other French targets.
This prompted the French government to step up security across the country on Saturday.


A thief robbed an amusement arcade in Edinburgh by threatening a worker with a meat cleaver before running off with thousands of pounds.

The incident happened at Cashino on Leith Walk in Edinburgh on Monday at 17:20.
The 24-year-old was working alone when the "distressing ordeal" happened.
The thief is white, 35-to-45 years old, about 6ft, of stocky build, clean shaven and spoke with a local Edinburgh accent.
He was wearing a dark navy heavy weatherproof jacket, dark blue jeans, dark navy cotton beanie hat with light-coloured stripes, dark wraparound sunglasses and black ski-style gloves.
Det Con Stephen Herd, of Police Scotland, said: "The victim wasn't injured but this was obviously a very distressing ordeal and we're pursuing various lines of inquiry to trace the suspect.
"We are keen to hear from anyone who can help us identify the suspect and those with information are asked to contact police immediately.
"In addition, anyone who has any information about this incident, or who was in the Leith Walk area on Monday 15 May at about 17:20 and saw anything suspicious should also get in touch."


Manchester United spent more than £10m on agents' fees between 1 October 2015 and 1 February 2016 to lead the latest Premier League list.

United boss Louis van Gaal did not make any signings in January yet the club's fees are more than £3m Liverpool's amount, who are second on the list.
Premier League leaders Leicester City, who need three more wins to secure the title, spent just £936,004.
Everton are bottom of the list on £471,400.
A Manchester United spokesman said the £10m figure reflected a high number of contact renegotiations during the period, including with goalkeeper David de Gea, and staged payments on previous transfers.
In the Championship, QPR are the only team to pay more than £1m in the four-month period.
See the full list of fees paid by Premier League and Football League teams.


F1 great Michael Schumacher's former boss at Ferrari has said the latest news about the German's health "is not good" - but has refused to elaborate.

"I have news and unfortunately it is not good," Luca di Montezemolo told reporters on Thursday.
When contacted by BBC Sport, Schumacher's official spokesperson Sabine Kehm declined to comment.
Seven-time world champion Schumacher, 47, suffered severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December 2013.
Schumacher continues to receive intensive treatment at his home in Switzerland following the accident in France.
In November, FIA president Jean Todt said Schumacher was "still fighting", almost two years after the accident.
"Life is strange," added Di Montezemolo.
"He was a fantastic driver and only had one accident with Ferrari in 1999."


Tony Bellew's WBC cruiserweight champion status has been changed as a result of potential ongoing involvement in the heavyweight division.

Bellew, 34, has held the title since May, but beat fellow Briton David Haye at heavyweight earlier this month.
As he is yet to make clear which weight he will fight at, the WBC has made him Emeritus Champion - so he can return to contest the title at any time.
Saturday's fight between Mairis Briedis and Marco Huck will be for the title.
"Tony Bellew has become a major attraction in the heavyweight division and is at this moment uncertain of his next steps following his life changing victory," said the WBC in a statement.
"The Emeritus Champion designation is a privilege, which has been successfully used by some of the great champions of the history of our organisation including Vitali Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, Erik Morales and other greats."
The WBC's board "unanimously voted" to amend Bellew's title status and said the Liverpudlian has "represented the WBC in the best way".
Bellew won his first world title against Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park but, after beating BJ Flores in October, called out Haye and stopped the former WBA heavyweight champion at London's O2 Arena earlier this month.
After the victory, Bellew stated he would consider retirement but admitted the financial rewards his next fight would likely offer would be too big to turn down.
He has stated a rematch with Haye - who is recovering from Achilles surgery - is a possibility, while bouts against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder or WBO title-holder Joseph Parker have also been touted.


New York's Tribeca Film Festival will feature its greatest number to date of movies by female directors.

Organisers unveiled the first 55 of this year's 101 films on Wednesday, with more than a third made by women.
Notable females with films on the list include Sophia Takal, who made 2011's Green; and Ingrid Jungermann, known for short films Slope and F to 7th.
Other highlights include the premiere of the R-rated cartoon Nerdland and Equals starring Kristen Stewart.
Takal tweeted her excitement at her film's inclusion in the festival programme:  "So excited my new movie Always Shine premiering Tribeca!!!," she said.
Jungermann was equally delighted, tweeting: "Thrilled for our world premiere to be in our favourite city in the world. Thank you Tribeca for being our champion!"
The films announced on Wednesday are from the competition categories US Narrative, International Narrative, and Documentary along with Viewpoints, which showcases work from promising new film-makers from around the world.
The festival also has a special award for women film-makers called the Nora Ephron Prize.
It is designated for those considered to be showing the trailblazing spirit of the Academy Award-winning screenwriter of Silkwood and When Harry Met Sally.
This year's 12-day festival will, organisers have said,  include features from 32 countries, with 77 world premieres.
A total of 130 directors will screen their films, 42 of which will do so with their feature directorial debuts.
Festival director Genna Terranova said: "We are very impressed by the films this year and inspired to see new voices transcending traditions and taking risks by telling their stories their own way.
"We are excited to share with audiences how the world of independent documentary and narrative film-making is thriving."
Jungermann's festival film will mark her feature-length debut.  Women Who Kill - in which she also stars - is described as a wry satire on contemporary romance, telling the story of the love affair between two female crime podcasters.
Takal's feature film Always Shine will be shown at a world premiere screening. The movie is a psychological drama about obsession, fame and femininity, revolving around the friendship between two actresses and starring Mackenzie Davis and Catlin FitzGerald.
Other women film-makers on the festival programme include Deb Shoval and Karolina Waclawiak, who will be showing the world premiere of their feature film AWOL, a love story between two young women.
In the documentary category, director Jenny Gage will be hosting the world premiere of All This Panic, which looks at what it's like to grow up and  find one's way as a young adult in New York.
This year's Tribeca will open with the world premiere of The First Monday in May, a documentary about the Metropolitan Museum of Art's headline-grabbing costume  exhibition, China: Through the Looking Glass.
The second half of the festival programme will be announced on 8 March and the festival runs from 13-24 April.


The UK's youngest MP has called for 16 and 17-year-olds to be given the vote in the forthcoming EU referendum.

Mhairi Black said the "remarkable" role of young people in Scotland's independence referendum showed they can fully contribute to the debate.
Her comments come after the House of Lords voted earlier this week to amend the EU referendum Bill to allow 16 and 17-year-olds to take part in the poll.
The UK government has said it will seek to overturn the amendment.
If the move went ahead it would see some 1.5 million extra teenagers eligible to vote in the referendum which Prime Minister David Cameron is committed to holding by the end of 2017.
Ms Black, SNP MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, said: "We know that those who get into the habit of voting early are more likely to vote often for life.
"It is also important that those who will have to live longest with the decision on whether or not to stay in the European Union have their say.
"The SNP has always argued that the EU referendum should meet the gold standard set by Scotland's independence referendum, where 16 and 17-year-olds were allowed to vote and participate in such an important, democratic decision for the first time.
"We hope the vote in the House of Lords will force the Tory Government to reconsider their opposition and hold a more democratic debate."
Scottish Liberal Democrat peer Alison Suttie said she supported 16 and 17-year-olds being given the vote in the EU poll.
She added: "16-year-olds are mature enough to work and pay tax. They are mature enough to join the army or get married. Suggesting that they are incapable of understanding political debate is patronising in the extreme."
Following the vote in the Lords, the UK government said it was wrong to change the franchise for the EU referendum "by the back door" and it would seek to reverse it when the bill returns to the Commons.


Somerset's teenage off-spinner Dom Bess marked his debut with 6-28 as 21 wickets fell on a remarkable first day against Warwickshire at Taunton.

Keith Barker (4-33), Rikki Clarke (3-32) and Chris Wright (2-28) exploited the swinging conditions to bowl out Somerset before lunch for 95, spinner Jeetan Patel taking the last wicket.
But the Bears were bowled out cheaply themselves for 123 - a lead of just 28.
Somerset then lost a wicket, Tom Abell for a second time, to close on 41-1.
Abell had been Somerset's first-innings top scorer with 20, caught behind off Wright, before being out for the second time in the day late on when he was trapped leg before in Bears leg-spinner Josh Poysden's second over.
But Poysden missed a chance to make further inroads when he then spilled Somerset skipper Chris Rogers at long leg off Barker.
On a used pitch with bare patches at both ends to entice the spinners, Somerset selected three. And 19-year-old off-spinner Bess proved the star, also taking three catches, two off his own bowling and the other a stunning one-hander to his left at mid-wicket to dismiss Alex Mellor.
It was mostly swing that proved the key before lunch although, having claimed the extra half hour to extend the morning session, it took just one ball of spin from Jeetan Patel for Warwickshire to end the innings.
When the Bears replied, in-form opener Ian Westwood proved the day's highest scorer with 34. But, from 62-1, the visitors slumped alarmingly once Bess claimed the wickets of Jonathan Trott and his old England team-mate Ian Bell with successive deliveries.
Although Sam Hain saw off the hat-trick ball, they lost their last nine wickets for 61 as the lower order's attempt to hit their way out of trouble failed to pay off.
Batting suddenly proved a lot easier in the day's final 13 overs as ex-England opener Marcus Trescothick reached the close on a far more assured 19.
Bess's performance for Somerset was the second time this season that a teenage spinner has upset the Bears.
Matt Parkinson, also 19, took 5-49 for Lancashire with his leg-spin at Old Trafford in June.
Nottinghamshire off-spinner Matthew Carter took 7-56 on his first-class debut against Somerset last summer, also at Taunton, at the age of 19, the best figures by a debutant spinner since 1938.
Bess made his first-class debut against Pakistan in early July when he took 0-128 from 30 overs.
Somerset's collapse was the first instance of a side being bowled out before lunch in English cricket since Stuart Broad took 8-15 as Australia were bowled out for 60 in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge in August 2015.
Warwickshire had to claim the the extra half hour to get the job done too, with the first ball of the 31st over.
By comparison, on that day at Trent Bridge, Australia lasted just 18.3 overs. Somerset skipper Chris Rogers was in the Australia side and went for a third-ball duck.
The other common denominator was Warwickshire captain Ian Bell, who was also on the pitch on both occasions, each time taking a slip catch to dismiss the number four, Shaun Marsh and Jimmy Hildreth respectively.
Somerset debutant Dom Bess told BBC Radio Somerset:
"I had to pinch myself when I got Jonathan Trott out and then saw Ian Bell walking in. These are guys I was watching on TV not so long ago.
"When Bell hit the next ball back at me I was just thinking 'don't drop it, don't drop it' as it came towards me. It has been a surreal day in many ways and one I won't forget.
"We were aiming to bat big at the start, so 95 all out was certainly not what was required. But the way we have fought back as a team is encouraging and the match could still go either way."
Warwickshire director of cricket Dougie Brown told BBC WM:
"The pitch assisted all types of bowling. The colour of it put doubt in the batsmen's minds and led to some poor shots. There were some pretty soft dismissals.
"We would certainly have batted first had we won what we thought was an important toss but, as it turned out, conditions suited our seamers and they took full advantage. We bowled really well and took our chances.
"The same then applied to Somerset. The game is evenly balanced. It remains to be seen how the pitch changes. I wouldn't expect it to improve, but I would expect us to bat better on it in the second innings."


A rescue deal has been agreed to prevent US airline United ending its daily service between Belfast and New York.

Financial assistance, believed to be in the region of £9m over three years, will be provided.
Most of the money is coming from Stormont.
The BBC has established United was set to axe the route next month, believing its aircraft could be more profitably used elsewhere.
The managing director of Belfast International Airport, Graham Keddie, said: "Two weeks ago we had lost it.
"It was a Northern Ireland team effort to get it back."
Economy Minister Simon Hamilton said the rescue package had the backing of the executive.
"It is public money being spent to ensure we keep this very important route in place," said Mr Hamilton.
He said the route was crucial to attracting US-inward investment.
Northern Ireland politicians lobbied their counterparts in the US as part of the effort to have United re-think its initial decision.
DUP MP for North Antrim Ian Paisley said: "Losing this route would have been a blow to the prestige of Northern Ireland.
"Imagine the outcry if this had been lost."
The Ulster Unionist MP for South Antrim, Danny Kinahan, added: "This is an excellent example of what can be achieved when political differences can be put aside."


Jay Emmanuel-Thomas has returned to Queen's Park Rangers after his loan spell at League One side Gillingham was ended early.

The 26-year-old striker scored 10 goals in 35 appearances after joining the Gills on a season-long deal in August.
But Emmanuel-Thomas failed to score in six outings under new Gills boss Ady Pennock, who was appointed by the Priestfield Stadium club on 4 January.
The former Arsenal trainee is not eligible to play for QPR this season.
Emmanuel-Thomas' final appearance for Gillingham was in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Coventry, when the ex-Ipswich and Bristol City man was substituted at half-time.


Gareth Bale could miss Wales' Euro 2016 warm-up game in Ukraine this month for the birth of his second child.

Emma Rhys-Jones, the Real Madrid forward's partner, is expected to give birth in Spain around that time.
Wales host Northern Ireland in Cardiff on 24 March and travel to Ukraine four days later.
Bale is set to be named in manager Chris Coleman's squad for both matches in the knowledge new parent duties could affect the player's involvement.
The former Tottenham forward's absence would add to Coleman's list of unavailable players as he prepares for Euro 2016, Wales' first major finals since 1958.
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey, West Ham United defender James Collins and Wolves midfielder Dave Edwards will miss the two friendlies.
Ramsey is expected to be out for four weeks with a thigh injury he suffered during Arsenal's FA Cup fifth-round replay win at Hull City on 8 March.
Collins is out with a hamstring injury while Edwards has had surgery on a fractured metatarsal and admits he faces a race to be fit for the finals in France.
Newcastle United defender Paul Dummett is also set to be ruled out with a hamstring injury.


Welsh athlete Helen Jenkins is determined to join Non Stanford and Vicky Holland in the GB triathlon team at the Rio Olympics.

Holland and Jenkins' compatriot Stanford pre-qualified for the team in 2015, leaving one more place to fill.
The likelihood is whoever finishes first out of Jenkins, 31, and Jody Stimpson in the World Triathlon race on Australia's Gold Coast will be picked.
"I would love to qualify for another Olympics and go to Rio," said Jenkins.
The two-time former World Champion finished third behind Stimpson in the opening round in Abu Dhabi on 5 March.
"I was happy to come away with a third in Abu Dhabi," Jenkins told BBC Wales Sport.
"I'd had a chest infection and came off antibiotics on the Monday and raced on the Saturday."
The GB team will be announced before the Columbia Threadneedle World Triathlon Leeds, 11-12 June.
British Triathlon say the quality of the performance in Gold Coast will be taken into consideration as well as the finishing positions.
The Welsh athlete would need to finish ahead of Stimpson and show Olympic medal-winning potential.
Jenkins won the world title in 2008 and 2011, and represented Team GB at two Olympic games.
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"I've been to Beijing and London," she said.
"Qualifying means a lot, but it's not going to kill me if I don't go, I'm a lot more balanced coming in to this Olympic cycle.
"I have a massive desire to go, but have balance in my life so if I don't go I have other things I want to concentrate on."
Jenkins has been in Australia for three weeks preparing for this weekend's race.
"I think my fitness has come on really well since I've been here," she added.
"I've had a really decent, consistent block of training and got some more harder running done on the road, which I haven't really done up until this point. I'm feeling strong in all disciplines."
It makes a change for Jenkins who has been plagued with injuries in recent seasons.
"I'm not going to lie, there's been a few times when it's nearly been it and I've thought I just can't do this any more . . . there's been tears," said Jenkins.
"But there's always something that keeps me going. I don't know what it is - but there is something that keeps you going."
See Helen Jenkins' interview on Sport Wales, BBC Two Wales, 19:30 BST on Friday, 8 April.


The government of Myanmar (Burma) has admitted firing on villages occupied by the Rohingya Muslim minority with helicopter gunships.

State media say two soldiers and six attackers died in clashes after an ambush on troops, which led to air support being called in.
There are reports of villages burning in the northern region of Rakhine.
Photos released by Human Rights Watch seem to show charred villages, with the group reporting 430 burnt buildings.
The satellite photos were taken between 22 October and 10 November, following reports of fighting and civilians fleeing last month.
Rohingya activists say the government is trying systematically to drive the Muslim minority from their villages.
Attacking the Rohingya is a popular move for the military, the BBC's Jonah Fisher reports from Myanmar's largest city, Yangon.
They are disliked by many, if not most, Burmese who consider them illegal immigrants from Bangladesh, our correspondent says.
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The 'abandoned' people in Myanmar's election
The latest outbreak in fighting was triggered by an attack on three police checkpoints just over a month ago.
The Burmese government is not allowing independent journalists into Rakhine, so it is impossible to verify claims about the scale of the fighting.
According to the latest official statement on Saturday, troops were ambushed and then clashed several times with armed men, presumably Rohingya Muslims, equipped with guns, knives and spears.
At one point, when faced by about 500 men, the soldiers called in air support and two helicopter gunships fired on the Rohingya village.
Casualty figures vary widely, our correspondent says.
Brad Adams, the Asia director for Human Rights Watch, said the new photos showed "widespread destruction" that was "greater than we first thought".
"Burmese authorities should promptly establish a UN-assisted investigation as a first step toward ensuring justice and security for the victims," he said.
The government - led by Aung San Suu Kyi - talks of "clearance operations" as part of the search for the attackers.


Aberdeen limped into the second qualifying round of the Europa league with a 3-2 aggregate win, despite going down to Fola Esch in Luxembourg.

In a dismal Dons performance, Samir Hadji gave the hosts a deserved lead when he raced onto a loose ball and lashed it home just before half-time.
As Aberdeen continued to create little after the break, Emmanuel Francoise thumped the ball off the post.
But despite dominating, the hosts could not find the second goal they needed.
The Dons live to fight another day and will face Latvian side Ventspils in the second qualifying round, with the first leg at Pittodrie next Thursday.
But they were well short of their best, with Fola Esch claiming their first-ever win in a  European tie.
It was Fola who were the more dangerous of the two sides in the opening minutes as they attempted to pull back the two-goal deficit from the first leg.
An audacious effort from the halfway line almost caught out Dons goalkeeper Joe Lewis, before Hadji raced to the near post and tested the Englishman from close-range.
The hosts pressed again when Mehdi Kirch sent a left-foot shot wide from distance, before Shay Logan had a similar strike at the other end with Aberdeen's first effort of the game.
Peter Pawlett, making a rare start for the Dons in place of the rested Niall McGinn, cut a neat ball across from the byline for Jayden Stockley and goalkeeper Thomas Hym had to be alert to deny him from close-range.
The best chances were continuing to fall to the hosts, though. Hadji was not too far away with a back-post header from a corner, before Stefano Bensi volleyed over.
A goal was coming and it was no surprise when Hadji found the net on the stroke of half-time.
Bensi stabbed the ball through the heart of the defence, and with Ash Taylor caught between the player and the ball, Hadji raced past him and fired beyond goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Manager Derek McInnes' frustration was apparent with a double substitution at the interval, with Pawlett and debutant Anthony O'Connor being replaced by Willo Flood and Mark Reynolds.
The Dons though continued to toil and goalkeeper Lewis twice denied the hosts in quick succession; first tipping Bensi's curling effort wide before getting to Tom Laterza's low shot from the resultant corner.
A second goal from the hosts would have been enough to send the Dons out of Europe, and that nearly became a reality when Logan stood off Francoise and allowed him to rattle the ball off the inside of the post.
Flood appeared to have injured himself in a clumsy challenge on Fola's Ryan Klapp, and with Aberdeen having used all three substitutes, he was a passenger for the final 20 minutes.
That allowed the home side to continue to go forward in numbers, and Gerson Rodrigues should have done better with a weak shot from the edge of the box.
Adam Rooney was booked for diving after going down in the box in a rare reprieve from late Fola pressure, with Hadji nearly poking a cross beyond Lewis in the last minute.


A tropical butterfly might not be the first place to look when seeking inspiration for the latest bomb sniffing technology for the US military, but the brightly coloured iridescent wings of a blue morpho provides one example of a promising branch of science - bio-inspiration.

Other varied applications inspired by the South American butterfly's shimmering wings include high-tech textiles, self-cleaning surfaces, cosmetics, and security tags.
An exhibition called the Invisible Garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's Hampton Court Flower Show is enthralling visitors with its displays of the microscopic world in gardens.
"Oh wow!" cried one six year old school girl as she squinted into an optical microscope at the wings of a blue morpho. "It's really shiny. It's a really pretty one, that."
"They're just like scales, like fishes have," said her class-mate, "They're really nice."
He was right about the scales. Lepidoptera is the Latin name for butterflies, which means "scaly wing".
But when an electron microscope is used to zoom in to the nano-structure of the wing scales themselves, a new world is revealed. This is what is inspiring scientists, like Professor Peter Vukusic, an optical physicist, at Exeter University.
"They are aesthetically beautiful," he said, "But scientifically, from the perspective of the physics which underpin the colour, they are hugely interesting. They are complicated. They are adapted to serve a set of complicated functions. The optical ingenuity that's responsible for the appearances which we see is tremendous."
At the nano scales revealed by an electron microscope there are structures which can only be described as Christmas Trees, standing up from the surface of the wing scale in long lines.
Made of chitin, these Christmas Trees are just one micron high - one thousandth of one millimetre.
The iridescent effect, which changes according to the angle of vision, is produced by light reflecting off the different structures in the Christmas Trees, rather like the effect of light on a soap bubble.
This is known as structural colour, which is not produced by pigments.
Professor Vukusic and some of his colleagues have been at the forefront of these discoveries. "I remember 15 years ago sitting and marvelling at this, realising at that time that I and my colleagues were some of the first to really look at this from a physicist's perspective," he says.
"We shone a laser through a single one of those wing scales and we saw a wonderful diffraction pattern produced. I had goose-bumps along the back of my neck because no-one had done that previously. It gave rise to a depth of understanding of how the system works which was unparalleled at the time. It was a life changing moment."
Professor Vukusic and his colleagues have gone on to examine many other butterflies, moths, beetles and seeds, all of which have structural colour.
But it is more than just scientific curiosity.
The structure which gives the beetle Cyphochilus its extraordinary whiteness is contributing to the development of a type of super light white paper.
The shimmering green surface of the Margaritaria nobilis seed (common name - the bastard hogberry) has inspired scientists to design a fibre which changes colour as it is stretched. As tension is applied to the thread it changes from red to green and then yellow. The colour is determined by the thickness of the nano-structures.
This has great potential for use in micro-surgery. A surgeon operating remote equipment would know exactly how much tension to apply to surgical thread by observing the colour change.
Other more well-known examples of bio-inspiration include Velcro, which was invented by Swiss engineer George de Mestral who returned from a walk with his dog in 1941 and noticed the burdock seeds caught in his dog's fur. On closer inspection the seeds had hooks on them which attached securely onto the loops in the fur.
The way water runs off a lotus leaf is due to the rough nano structure of the plant's surface. Water forms droplets and rolls off, inspiring the invention of self-cleaning glass, which is cleaned when rain rolls off collecting dust and dirt as it goes.
But for perhaps the most unlikely example of bio-inspiration we must return to the blue morpho butterfly. The air gaps between the Christmas Tree structures can be used to trap other vapours, changing the optical appearance of the surface accordingly.
"The American military are particularly interested in explosive agent vapour detectors," said Professor Vukusic, "Can such a system be ultra-sensitive to a range of explosive materials? In the long term there is certain potential for it. The morpho wing itself would not be used, but a mimic of it, more highly applied, is currently being developed."
Back at Hampton Court, the comedian Bill Bailey was delighted at the rapt attention being shown to the microscopic structures of butterflies, bees and beetles, particularly by the children.
"I was really drawn to this because I think this is where a lot of people's interest begins. It begins with the familiar - what you see around you," he said.
"I became fascinated and a bit obsessed by the Victorian naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, and I made a documentary about him for the BBC.  What is so charming about his love of the natural world, and indeed Darwin's, is that it began with the tiny creatures. It began with beetles."
"You start with the small creatures you see around you and that gives you this life-long love and curiosity to pursue these interests in later life."


Endurance cyclist Mark Beaumont has announced plans to go around the world in 80 days on his bike, which would involve smashing the current record.

To be successful, the Scot will have to complete the 18,000 mile route in less than half the time he took when he set the record nine years ago.
He will also have to knock more than 40 days off the current world record.
Beaumont, 34, will begin his trek on 2 July and will have to travel 240 miles a day to get around the world on time.
Beaumont set the world record in 2008, completing his cycle around the globe in 194 days.
Since then, riders have whittled the record down to the current level of 123 days, set by New Zealand's Andrew Nicholson.
Beaumont, who lives in Perthshire, told BBC Breakfast that this latest attempt had been "three years in the planning".
As a warm-up to the trip, he will first cycle around the coastline of Britain, beginning on Tuesday.
The 3,500-mile, 15-day training ride will be at "80 days" pace and will see Beaumont cycle for 16 hours and 240 miles per day.
He said: "I know what I'm getting into. I cycled around the world 10 years ago but that was unsupported, wild man-style, trying to find clean water and a place to sleep.
"This time it is Tour De France-style. I have a support team behind me and it is just about performance. That makes a huge difference."
He will be supported by a team including a mechanic, nutritionist, physiotherapist and manager.
Beaumont said: "I will be travelling 240 miles and be riding for 16 hours a day so there are not many reference points for this level of endurance.
"The whole point of the next couple of weeks going around the coastline of Britain is to test the theory, to know that I can hold that 80-day pace."
The cyclist said his average day would see him on the bike at 04:00 and riding for four sets of four hours with half-hour breaks in between.
"I'll get off the bike at 9.30 at night, get some recovery, into bed and the alarm goes off at 3.30 and back on the bike."
He said he would need to take on about 8,000 calories a day and he had a top team looking after his nutrition.
The world tour route starts from Paris goes through Europe, Russia and Mongolia to Beijing in China.
It goes across Australia, up New Zealand, across North America from Anchorage and then the final "sprint finish" is Lisbon, through Madrid and back to Paris.
The rules state a rider has to go more than 18,000 miles and has to go through two points on the opposite side of the planet.
Beaumont said he had "not rolled out of bed" and thought cycling round the world "sounds like a good idea".
He said he had cycled across Scotland as a 12-year-old boy and had been doing endurance rides for the past 20 years.
"I know what I'm taking on," he said.
"It scares me. It intimidates me but this is me putting all my cards on the table. I believe this is possible."
The adventurer is raising funds for Orkidstudio, which works to benefit communities worldwide through innovative architecture and construction.


The son of a woman who died in a fire at her Kilmarnock home has appeared in court charged with her murder.

William Kelly, 41, was seriously injured in the fire which killed his mother Catherine, 71, on 11 February.
Mr Kelly faces charges of murder, attempted murder, assault to severe injury, permanent impairment and danger of life, and assault to severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
He made no plea at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court and was remanded in custody.


League One side Chesterfield have added goalkeeper Jon Flatt on loan from Wolves until the end of the season.

The 20-year-old, who had a spell at Wrexham earlier this season, will join the side as cover and is available for Saturday's match with Walsall.
Meanwhile, the Spireites have recalled striker Armand Gnanduillet from his brief loan with Oxford United.
The 23-year-old Ivorian only made four appearances without scoring for the U's over a three-week period.


Devolving housing benefits to Wales could help boost affordable homes and tackle poverty, an independent think-tank has said.

The Bevan Foundation claimed policies aimed at combating poverty in Wales were not working.
It said it was "disappointing" nearly a quarter of people were in poverty, as in 2006-7.
The Welsh Government said it was "working hard" to increase prosperity and take people out of poverty.
The number of children living in poverty has fallen from 33% to 29% since 2012, but pensioners in poverty has risen from 14% to 17% since 2013.
For its report, the foundation took its definition of poverty as those living with a household income of less than 60% of the median (middle) figure.
UK government figures for 2014-15 showed about 23% of people in Wales were living in poverty.
"The latest figures are very disappointing", said the foundation's director, Dr Victoria Winckler.
"That around 700,000 people - many of them in work - are struggling to make ends meet suggests that UK and Welsh Government policies aren't working.
"Even worse, reducing poverty seems to have fallen off the current Welsh Government's agenda, with few references to it in Welsh Labour's [assembly election] manifesto and the post of tackling poverty minister disappearing."
Dr Winckler said using devolved benefits well could make a difference to people's lives and strengthen the economy.
"We think there's scope to devolve some welfare benefits and bring those in-house where they're a good fit with Welsh Government policies," she told BBC Wales.
"So housing benefit we think could make a real difference. There's Â£1bn coming into Wales and going straight into landlords' pockets.
"If that money was used differently and better, we could be building more houses and people could have more affordable and secure homes."
Dr Wincker believes benefits for young people could be devolved too "so they're not being forced into low paid, low skilled work before they know what they want to do with their lives".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Wales has the fastest growing rate of employment in the UK along with the sharpest declining rate of unemployment over the last 12 months.
"We are working hard to identify ways we can increase prosperity for people in Wales and help people out of poverty.
"Job creation, closing the education attainment gap and improving skill levels are top priorities for this government and represent the most effective levers at our disposal to tackle poverty in Wales."
Plaid Cymru spokesman Steffan Lewis said the report "casts a damning judgement" on Welsh Labour's "abject failure" to tackle poverty.
But he called for a transfer of social security powers from Westminster to Wales, claiming "our most vulnerable people are exposed to policies designed to benefit the London City square mile at everyone else's expense".


The partners in a plan to develop a future vision for a former nuclear site have said it could "relaunch the economy" of Dumfries and Galloway.

The council, Scottish Enterprise and Nuclear Decommissioning Authority have signed up to the Chapelcross project.
For the past five years, efforts have focused on boosting employment - particularly for former plant workers.
Now their attention is turning to attracting businesses to the site, such as low-carbon energy providers.
Bill Hamilton of the site owners, the NDA, said it was a massive opportunity.
"In total we have got something like 95 hectares of land - that is an enormous site, that is a site of strategic importance for Scotland," he said.
"A major proportion of that land actually is available right now."
He said the site's connection to the National Grid made it particularly attractive.
"That is why it is of great interest to energy companies - both companies that want to generate energy and companies that want to use energy," he said.
"It is a great asset.
"It has got some challenges but this memorandum that we have signed means that we are all working together to really bring it to fruition."
Dumfries and Galloway Council chief executive Gavin Stevenson said there was an opportunity to use the site's energy generating history in more green ways.
He said the location near the Scotland-England border and infrastructure available were other selling points.
"We have got the motorway, we have got rail lines, we have got internet cables and we have got the main power grid connection - as an investment opportunity, it is fantastic," he said.
"The fact that we have partnership, we have no barriers to taking forward inward investment, is unique in Scotland, I think, for this site."


A Cambodian court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Sam Rainsy over a conviction for defamation in 2011.

It was issued after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen threatened Mr Rainsy with legal action for saying the ruling party would "derail" elections in 2018.
Hun Sen has ruled for more than 30 years and is known for tough tactics.
Political tensions have been rising in Cambodia despite a truce between the two politicians last year.
Mr Rainsy said during a visit to Japan earlier this week that, in the wake of the historic Myanmar election, it was imperative the international community did not allow Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) to delay elections. Mr Rainsy is now in South Korea.
In a response posted to his Facebook page, Hun Sen said: "I cannot keep calm because of this insult by the son of a traitor."
Friday's warrant relates to a 2011 conviction against Mr Rainsy, then in self-exile in France, for comments he made about the Cambodian foreign minister.
Opposition MP Mu Sochua told the BBC the warrant was a "very serious blow to even the facade of democracy in Cambodia".
"While the world and in particular the Asian region is inspired by the determination of the people of Myanmar, Cambodia sadly is seeing a deteriorating pre-election political environment," she said.
Mr Rainsy returned to Cambodia ahead of the July 2013 national election after receiving a royal pardon, though it was not immediately clear if the defamation conviction was part of the deal as he had been convicted of a string of offences.
His Cambodia National Rescue Party won 55 of 123 seats in the 2013 polls but led months of street protests after accusing the ruling CPP of rigging the vote.
A year-long parliamentary boycott ended in August last year after a deal was struck on election reform.
But simmering tensions have erupted in recent weeks, with two opposition MPs beaten up outside parliament last month following a demonstration by CPP supporters.


The first death in Northern Ireland due to second impact syndrome has been recorded at a 14-year-old boy's inquest.

The coroner at the hearing in Belfast said it was also "probably" the first such case in the UK.
Ben Robinson, from Carrickfergus, County Antrim, died after suffering concussion during a school rugby match.
The syndrome happens when a blow causes swelling to the brain before it has recovered fully from an earlier injury.
The schoolboy was in several heavy tackles before collapsing near the end of the game in January 2011.
He had been momentarily knocked out at the start of the second half of play.
His parents had argued he should have been taken off the pitch at that point in the game.
The coroner said this was the first recorded death due to second impact syndrome in Northern Ireland and probably in the rest of the UK.
She is sending a copy of her findings to the head of Irish Rugby and to the education minister.
The coroner said this was a case of great public interest and she believed everybody should learn from it.
The Carrickfergus Grammar schoolboy was seen holding his head before collapsing during the game against Dalriada and later died in hospital from brain injuries.
In a statement, the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and Ulster Rugby expressed their "deepest condolences" to the Robinson family and said player safety was a priority.
"Injuries of this nature are highly unusual in rugby," the statement said.
"The IRFU and Ulster Rugby observe all international best practices, as set out by the International Rugby Board. We have in place, and continue to develop, education and training campaigns to ensure player welfare is prioritised at all times."


There is certainly a feel-good factor in Welsh sport at the moment.

After Wales' memorable win against England in the Six Nations, Swansea City's Capital One Cup success at Wembley and Cardiff City poised for promotion to the Premier League, let us all hope for a resurgence in Glamorgan's performances during the next six months.
There have been too many false dawns in recent years and too many upheavals that have affected on-field performances, but the general belief this year is that the squad is good enough to compete in three competitions.
We will have to wait until 27 September, the latest ever finish to a season, to see whether this optimism is justified.
Unlike the start of last season when overseas player Marcus North did not arrive until the fifth Championship game and Alviro Petersen changed his mind, there will be a full complement to start the campaign.
North arrives with extra responsibility, combining his role of overseas player with leading the team in two one-day competitions.
The former Australian Test batsman averaged 45 runs last year, but during the winter not only relinquished the Western Australia one-day captaincy but was subsequently left out of the four and one-day teams.
There should not be a shortage of runs with Jim Allenby batting at number six
North and the other batsmen will need to improve on last season's form when no-one exceeded 1000 first-class runs and only seven centuries were scored, compared to 10 the previous summer.
The atrocious weather did not help, resulting in bowler-friendly pitches throughout the season, and Gareth Rees is unlikely to experience such a poor season when he was left out towards the end of the summer.
Murray Goodwin has been signed on a one-year contract to bolster the middle order, but the 40-year-old former Zimbabwean international needs to score consistently as there will be younger players challenging for his place.
There should not be a shortage of runs with Jim Allenby batting at number six followed by Mark Wallace and Graham Wagg, but solid starts are essential if Glamorgan are to build first-innings totals from where they can control a game.
Glamorgan's seam-bowling attack has been centred around James Harris for the past five years, but the England prospect is now with Middlesex.
However, the club are fortunate to have signed Michael Hogan from Western Australia. The 31-year-old seamer has relinquished his Australian status and he will not play as an overseas player, and if he can replicate his performances in the Sheffield Shield he could prove a valuable asset.
With spinner Robert Croft now concentrating on coaching after a 23-year career, his successor Andrew Salter will have the opportunity to develop, while Dean Cosker will be eager to forget the disappointment of last season's meagre return of just 11 first-class wickets.
Glamorgan have experienced too many seasons which have promised so much but delivered so little.
Although a one-day trophy appears optimistic, there is enough talent to challenge for a top two place in the second tier of the County Championship - after all who would have tipped Derbyshire as Division Two champions 12 months ago?


Further claims of historical abuse at three schools in Gloucestershire and Wiltshire have been made.

Pupils said they were subjected to "horrific" abuse at Badgeworth Court, Dowdeswell and Clouds House in the 1970s and 1980s.
Det Ch Insp Steve Porter, from Gloucestershire Police, said "tens of victims" had since come forward.
Staff who worked at the schools have "categorically denied" any involvement in abusing pupils.
Det Ch Insp Porter said the force was treating "these new allegations seriously" and it would "robustly investigate" them.
"We will treat them with sympathy and compassion and have a victim-centred approach in how we deal with them," he added.
He added allegations of cruelty had also been made.
The former owner of the schools Anthony Hurley, appeared in court in 2000 on allegations of cruelty and sexual abuse of children, but was deemed unfit to stand trial.
He then died in 2003.
The investigation is being led by officers from the force's major crime team.


Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb will no longer seek the Democratic presidential nomination.

Mr Webb has said on Tuesday that he is considering how he might "remain as a voice" in the campaign, possibly as an independent candidate.
Mr Webb has struggled to gain traction in the Democratic primary, often polling at or below 1%.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is leading the race, followed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.
"I am withdrawing from any consideration of being the Democratic Party's nominee for the presidency," Mr Webb said. "This does not reduce in any way my concerns for the challenges facing the country â€¦ or my intentions to remain fully engaged in the debates that are facing us."
During the first Democratic debate, he struggled to explain why he was at odds with his party on key issues like gun control and affirmative action.
He also often complained about his lack of speaking time.
Mr Webb, who was a Navy secretary under Republican President Ronald Reagan, became a Democrat after opposing the Iraq War.
He had been promoting criminal justice reform and an overhaul of campaign finance laws while criticising President Barack Obama's foreign policy.


A majority of councillors voted in favour of retaining a Welsh-medium stream at a Powys school on Tuesday.

The council's cabinet had recommended changing Brecon High School to an English-medium school from 1 September.
But 32 members of full council opposed the plans, with eight in favour.
The vote was taken as an indication of the full council's views but it was not a final decision. That rests with the cabinet which meets on 14 March.
A council report said low pupil numbers and the "need to ensure robust linguistic progression and appropriate curriculum choice for Welsh-medium pupils" were the reasons for the recommendation.
The council plans to centralise Welsh-medium education for mid and south Powys in Builth Wells High School, which is a 40 mile round trip.
A consultation has been carried out on the plans, with staff, parents and pupils raising a number of concerns.
Among them were pupils missing out on extra-curricular activities, such as after school clubs and music lessons, due to having to travel to Builth Wells for Welsh-medium education.


Theresa May has promised to strengthen relations with ministers in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland ahead of a meeting of the UK's top politicians.

The joint ministerial council (JMC), which includes first minister Carwyn Jones and the prime minister, meets on Monday for the first time since 2014.
Mrs May hopes it will be the start of a "new grown-up relationship".
Mr Jones said a stronger partnership was needed after the decision to leave the EU.
He told BBC Wales the UK government had not realised the scale of the challenge of reaching an agreement between the devolved nations over a future Brexit deal.
Mr Jones and Mrs May will be joined by Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the First Minister and Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Arlene Foster and Martin McGuinness, as well as Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns on Monday.
The council last met in December 2014.
The UK government said Mrs May would seek agreement on strengthening ways of working between the UK and devolved governments, guaranteeing relationships will be built on a basis of "co-operation and consensus".
'Grown-up' UK and Wales relations call
Mrs May said: "I want Monday's meeting to be the start of a new grown-up relationship between the devolved administrations and the UK government - one in which we all work together to forge the future for everyone in the United Kingdom."
The prime minister is also proposing a series of changes for the JMC, with meetings taking place at least once every 12 months and committing to an annual report of the committee's work.
Under the shake-up, the venue of the JMC, which will be chaired in Downing Street by Mrs May on Monday, would also rotate between each of the four governments on a revolving basis.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said the prime minister had set a "clear framework" for Wales to be at the centre of any Brexit negotiations.
The first minister said there was "nothing new" in the JMC changes beyond those already agreed for some time, but he welcomed Mrs May's "warm words" ahead of Monday's meeting.
Mr Jones told the Sunday Politics programme there needed to be "proper discussions" to reach a "common UK viewpoint".
He said it would make no sense to push forward with a Brexit negotiation that Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales had not agreed on.
"If Whitehall can't get agreement with the devolved administrations, what hope has it got of getting agreement with 27 member states," he added.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said the UK's exit from the EU raised profound issues for all four governments.
"We must work together in a radically different way from before if we are to rise to the challenge we face and ensure the needs of all parts of the UK are properly addressed.
"The first minister looks forward to setting out our own vision for the future at Monday's JMC," they added.


Mansfield made it six League Two games unbeaten with a convincing 2-0 home win over struggling Leyton Orient.

The Stags finally took control with two goals inside eight minutes early in the second half from Ben Whiteman and Danny Rose.
Whiteman smashed in the first from 20 yards three minutes after the break when Paul McCallum headed away a Joel Byrom free-kick towards him.
Then Rose slid in at the far post to bury a superb low ball across the face of the goal from the left by Whiteman.
In between those efforts, home debutant Shaq Coulthirst rattled the right-hand post from 20 yards.
Mansfield had the best of a subdued first half in which Orient lacked ambition and seemed content to waste time.
Rose prodded close-range chances wide at the start and end of the half while left-back Mal Benning twice forced saves from Alex Cisak.
The first came on 12 minutes from Byrom's quickly taken free-kick and the second on 40 minutes from CJ Hamilton's low pass through the middle.
Report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Mansfield Town 2, Leyton Orient 0.
Second Half ends, Mansfield Town 2, Leyton Orient 0.
Attempt missed. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient).
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Tom Parkes (Leyton Orient) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Yoann Arquin replaces Shaquile Coulthirst.
Attempt missed. Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Victor Adeboyejo replaces Paul McCallum.
Delay in match Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient) because of an injury.
Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Krystian Pearce (Mansfield Town).
Attempt saved. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Mansfield Town. Conceded by Nicky Hunt.
Substitution, Mansfield Town. James Baxendale replaces Benjamin Whiteman.
Attempt saved. Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Benjamin Whiteman (Mansfield Town).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Sammy Moore (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Matt Green (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sammy Moore (Leyton Orient).
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Attempt missed. Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Matt Green replaces Danny Rose.
Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient).
Attempt missed. CJ Hamilton (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Attempt missed. Shaquile Coulthirst (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt blocked. Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Rhys Bennett (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Ollie Palmer (Leyton Orient).
Paul McCallum (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Lee Collins (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


With Syrian government forces insisting that the air and artillery bombardment of eastern Aleppo is the preliminary for "a comprehensive" ground assault, it would be easy to see the current upsurge in fighting as marking perhaps the start of the final battle for this key city.

Indeed, the intensity of the bombardment certainly suggests that a significant push is under way.
Aleppo matters. It is one of the few major urban areas to be held - in this case partially - by the rebels. Before the war the city was Syria's great commercial centre, and it thus represents a key strategic and psychological prize.
As long as parts of the city are held by the rebels, it is a thorn in the government's side.
But if captured by government forces it would be an important step in ensuring Russia's main strategic goal: the survival of a pro-Assad statelet with effective strategic depth, making the President Assad a factor that would have to be dealt with in any future peace arrangements.
Of course we have been here before. During the earlier part of this year Syrian government forces, along with various pro-Iranian militias, launched a major offensive that resulted in the siege of the rebel-controlled eastern part of the city.
This siege was consolidated in early July, but just a few weeks later the rebels launched an offensive of their own.
Islamic State and the crisis in Iraq and Syria in maps
This resulted in the cutting of a key communications link to the south-west of Aleppo, effectively bringing the government-held area under siege.
Each side can thus hold the others' territory at risk. Russian and Syrian commanders - always sceptical about the merits of the latest ceasefire - now appear to have been given a green light to sort out the Aleppo problem once and for all.
Imagery of the shattered city presents a gaunt vista in which thousands of innocent people remain trapped on both sides. Targeted attacks by government forces against medical and civil defence facilities add another element of horror to the situation.
The fact that this new onslaught is taking place against a backdrop of the total failure in the US and Russian brokered efforts to implement a ceasefire in Syria is also significant.
In the wake of this failure there is a good degree of bitterness on all sides. This provides space for the stepping up of military action on the ground.
Indeed the pause may well have enabled government forces to consolidate their positions, reposition in key areas, and to improve their intelligence gathering.
The military picture though is complex. In the past, despite support from Russian air power, Syrian government forces and their allies have run out of steam.
Rebel groups have been able to draw in fighters from around the city, holding back localised offensives and ultimately going on to the attack themselves. There is no way of knowing if this pattern will be repeated this time.
Aleppo, now the epicentre of the Syrian crisis, will draw in forces from many outside players.
The Russian are already engaged - certainly from the air - and one can only speculate about other potential niche areas where they may be involved on the ground.
Hezbollah and other pro-Iranian fighters may also take a role. And Turkey may encourage rebel groups that it backs to reinforce the eastern part of the city.
And the failure of the ceasefire may well serve to drive rebel groups into the arms of more extreme Islamist elements linked to al-Qaeda.
So the scene is set for a battle that could mark a significant turning point for rebels and government forces alike.
The weakness though of the Assad regime's forces may mean that it simply doesn't have the muscle to impose a definitive outcome on Aleppo.
The result then would be a stalemate with an even greater level of destruction and loss of life.
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that in the absence of a ceasefire deal things in Syria could get a lot worse. In Aleppo that seems already to be happening.


Chinese police have accused a British GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) executive of ordering staff to bribe hospital officials to use its medical products.

Mark Reilly and two other colleagues are also suspected of bribing government officials in Beijing and Shanghai, they said.
Police have handed the case over to prosecutors, officials said.
GSK said it took the allegations "very seriously" and would co-operate with the authorities over the matter.
Chinese authorities announced in July last year that they were investigating GSK, detaining four Chinese GSK executives.
The police ministry accused Mr Reilly, the company's former head of China operations, of personally running a "massive bribery network".
By John SudworthBBC News, Shanghai
Today's announcement will be a bitter pill for British Prime Minister David Cameron to swallow, having used his trip to China last year to lobby on Glaxo's behalf. "Properly standing up for British businesses and British individuals," he said at the time.
Politics is almost certainly playing its part. The Chinese healthcare industry is rife with corruption - feeding off the desperately low wages of doctors and officials - and no part of it, particularly not the local pharmaceutical supply chain, is exempt.
So Glaxo may well have a case to answer but it may also be a scapegoat. Foreign companies are easy targets in the midst of a crackdown on corruption, and a British one perhaps even more tempting, given China's fury over David Cameron's 2012 meeting with the Dalai Lama.
There is no way of knowing how much bearing that may have had of course, but if nothing else, today's excoriating indictment is a lesson in the limits of British diplomacy in modern day China.
He is alleged to have pressed his sales team to pay doctors, hospital officials and health institutions to use GSK products, resulting in the "illegal revenue" of hundreds of millions of dollars.
At a news conference, the investigators took pains to explain how the cost of the alleged bribes was passed directly on to Chinese consumers, the BBC's Celia Hatton reports.
They said the cost of the drugs sold by GSK in China was much higher than that of similar drugs sold by the company in other countries - sometimes up to seven times higher.
The investigators also said that while the company itself had been "very responsible and has given us their full support", the firm's operation in China "tried to pay bribes" in order to "obstruct" their efforts "in exposing their bribery behaviours".
Mr Reilly had briefly left China when the investigation was launched last July, but returned to help with the inquiry. A police investigator was believed to still be in China. Mr Reilly could not be reached for comment.
The Chinese operation of GSK was accused by the Chinese authorities, when the probe first began, of using travel agencies and consultancies to transfer bribes over several years.
GSK has already apologised for employees apparently acting outside of its internal controls, but denies the sums of money are anything like as high as those alleged to have been paid.
The pharmaceutical giant is also facing a criminal investigation into similar allegations in Poland.
It follows allegations made by former sales representative Jarek Wisniewski to the BBC's Panorama programme in April that doctors were paid to promote GSK's asthma drug Seretide.
If the allegations in either country are proved, GSK may have violated both the UK Bribery Act and the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. It is illegal for companies based in the US or UK to bribe government employees abroad.


Relatives of one of the Glasgow bin lorry crash victims have called for the driver involved to be prosecuted.

A fatal accident inquiry into the tragedy has heard claims that driver Harry Clarke, 58, lied to doctors about his medical history.
The Crown Office said before the inquiry began that no criminal charges would be brought.
In a statement released through their lawyer, the family of victim Jacqueline Morton criticised that decision.
The Crown explained its position in February, saying at the time that there was "no evidence to suggest that the driver's conduct at the time amounted to a breach of the criminal law."
A spokesman for the Crown Office confirmed: "This still remains the case and all the relevant evidence regarding these points was known to Crown Counsel at the time the decision to take no proceedings was made."
A legal source has told BBC Scotland the law was "crystal clear" in that the Crown was now barred from prosecuting Mr Clarke as it had given him a "no proceedings" letter.
He said it was his opinion that saying the driver would not be prosecuted was "perfectly sensible".
Mr Clarke's lawyer would otherwise have advised him to refuse to answer all questions put to him so as not to say anything which might be used against him at a later criminal trial, he said.
This was likely to have prevented the inquiry achieving its aim of discovering as fully as possible what went wrong, he added.
But Mrs Morton's family said they had thought all along that Mr Clarke should face prosecution, and would be making a submission on the matter to Sheriff John Beckett, who is hearing the inquiry at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
They added: "While the evidential position will be determined by Sheriff Beckett, we wish to state that, based on the information given to the families by the Crown to justify their decision not to prosecute at the time, we do not accept that the Crown were in possession of all relevant information when the decision not to prosecute Mr Clarke was announced.
"Submissions to this effect will be made and developed on their behalf in the closing stages of the inquiry.
"We consider that the statement as to the applicable law apparently made by the Crown is simply incorrect. There is no basis in law for the suggestion that a prosecution for causing death by dangerous or careless driving would require to prove that it was foreseeable that the driver would suffer a loss of consciousness on the day of the collision."
The family statement went on to say that the Crown's decision "makes us consider that their focus in the inquiry is on justifying their own decision not to prosecute rather than a robust and thorough investigation of the circumstances that led to this tragedy".
The inquiry has heard Mr Clarke, 58, previously fainted while working as a bus driver but failed to disclose the incident when he joined the council.
It has also heard a claim Mr Clarke "lied through his teeth" to doctors about his medical history.
The inquiry is due to continue on Monday morning.
Solicitor General Lesley Thomson, who is acting on behalf of the Crown, is expected to make a statement on whether Mr Clarke could still be charged with offences not directly relating to the crash, such as failing to disclose information about his medical history when renewing his HGV licence.
She had been asked by Sheriff Beckett last week to give a categorical statement on the issue before Mr Clarke begins giving evidence to the inquiry.
Glasgow City Council confirmed last week that it had suspended Mr Clarke on a precautionary basis pending a full disciplinary investigation into his conduct before and at the point where he commenced employment with the council.
Mrs Morton, 51, from Glasgow, was one of six people who died when the bin lorry went out of control in the city centre on 22 December of last year.
The others were Erin McQuade, 18, her grandparents Jack Sweeney, 68, and his 69-year-old wife Lorraine, all from Dumbarton, Stephenie Tait, 29, from Glasgow, and Gillian Ewing, 52, from Edinburgh.
A further 15 people were injured.


A university graduate says he was left humiliated after being asked to dance to a Daft Punk song during a job interview at an electronics superstore.

Alan Bacon, 21, thought working at Currys in Cardiff would be ideal given his love of cameras, and he spent a week preparing for the interview.
But instead of showcasing his skills, he ended up doing robotic-style dancing "like a scene out of [BBC TV comedy] The Office".
Currys has since apologised.
It has also admitted that the dance segment of the interview had been a mistake and was not part of its official recruitment processes.
Mr Bacon has been looking for work since gaining his degree in documentary, film and TV from the University of South Wales in July.
He said he was finding the process "extremely hard" because so many people were job hunting.
After finding out he had an interview for a sales assistant role at Currys Megastore in Newport Road, he was told he would have five minutes to talk to interviewers about his hobbies.
So, armed with photographs to highlight his love of astronomy, he went to the group interview on Tuesday.
But he said he was left "incredulous" as the group was told it was being split into two, with each having to make up a dance.
"I think everyone initially thought it was a joke," said Mr Bacon, whose ambition is to make science documentaries.
"But they were serious. All professionalism went out of the window. I'd spent the past week researching the company and looking forward to being able to express myself and talk about what I love doing.
"But I just felt so embarrassed and uncomfortable. I ended up dancing to Around the World by Daft Punk, doing rubbish robotics in my suit in front of a group of strangers.
"I told my dad it was like a scene out of The Office. I would have walked out but I need a job.
"Another middle aged guy looked really upset as he danced to a rap song.
"I've been to quite a few job interviews and have never had to do anything like it before. To be honest, it was hard to be taken seriously after it."
Mr Bacon, who had moved to Cardiff from Newport in the hope that it would help his job search, said he did not get the Currys job and is still looking for work.
His experience has echoes of a scene in the recent BBC Three documentary The Call Centre, where new recruits at a telephone sales company in Swansea had to join in a mass singalong to The Killers' Mr Brightside.
Lottie Dexter, who founded the campaign group Million Jobs, which lobbies on behalf of unemployed young people, said more and more companies were using "more innovative" ways to interview people.
"But this is the one of the craziest and most outrageous I've heard about," she said.
"I think the companies see it as a way of loosening people up and taking them out of their comfort zone and seeing how they react in different situations.
"There's more competition and people are having to jump through more and more hoops to get a job.
"In fairness, I think employers want to make the interviews fun.
"But they often forget that people going for jobs can be really insecure and it's a huge deal for them. They want to come across at their best.
"I think it shows a lack of understanding and a complete disconnect between businesses and job hunters."
A spokesman for Currys said it was inviting those involved in the dance process back for another interview.
He said the dance had been part of team building exercises, although these were not part of its official recruitment process which would normally include a more formal interview.
"Regrettably, the store in question did not follow our official recruitment processes on this specific occasion," he said.
"We are currently investigating those members of the store who held the recruitment session.
"We are very sorry to those interviewees impacted on this occasion and would like to invite them back to attend an official interview where they will be given a proper opportunity to demonstrate how they can contribute to our business."
Mr Bacon said he had politely declined the offer of another interview.


Sports luxe, athleisure and loungewear - the fashion pack have been telling us it's "on trend" for a while.

Footwear is no exception, as Britain's women are kicking off their high heels in favour of comfy trainers and flats.
Even Victoria Beckham has ditched her signature stilettos at work, sweeping into New York Fashion Week in baggy trousers and sandals.
Market research group Mintel says trainers have overtaken heels in popularity, with 37% of women in the UK buying trainers last year, compared to just 33% of women splashing out on high heels.
Though younger women are more likely to wear heels, women of all ages prefer flat shoes - with 51% of shoppers opting for flats.
Hannah Rochell, fashion and features editor at InStyle Magazine, told BBC Radio 5 live that the move away from heels was a "natural progression".
She says: "I think that for the past few years flats in general have been much more popular with women - they've been on the catwalk, they've been much better designed on the High Street and it's just a natural progression that trainers are going to be the next thing that we want to wear."
Mintel's senior fashion analyst Tamara Sender highlights the "trend for consumers to integrate sports clothing into their daily wardrobes", with data showing that 50% of consumers who bought sports goods in the last 12 months did so for non-sport use.
She told BBC Radio 4's You and Yours programme: "I think we've seen a lot of sportswear brands really pushing sports clothing and footwear aimed at women and more fashion-led sports footwear, and this also all fits into the leisurewear trend we've seen growing in the UK which is driven by increasing consumer interest in health and wellbeing, and so therefore we feel this has more longevity."
According to the Office for National Statistics, sales of footwear and leather goods totalled Â£4,615m in 2015, up 4.9% on the previous year.
A debate was sparked earlier this year by city worker Nicola Thorp, who was sent home from work for not wearing high heels.
Parliament is currently considering her petition to make it illegal for companies to require women to wear high heels at work.
At the time, she said: "I was expected to do a nine-hour shift on my feet escorting clients to meeting rooms. I said, 'I just won't be able to do that in heels.'"
Women can only last around an hour on average in high heels before complaining of foot pain, according to the College of Podiatry.
A fifth of women surveyed by the college said that their feet began to hurt after just 10 minutes' wear.
Miss Rochell says women in the workplace are increasingly abandoning heels in favour of flats.
She says: "If I just look around me and my office at work - that women two or three years ago would wear heels to work, they just don't wear them anymore."
Indeed, 74% of women surveyed by Mintel said comfort was more important to them than fashion when it came to buying footwear.
Miss Rochell says: "The trainer is the ultimate expression of that comfort and that feeling of empowerment.
"For me, I feel far more empowered wearing flat shoes or trainers that I think look great but that also I feel comfortable in and that I can be very practical in - I can run, I can walk around."
Now that women are used to the comfort, Miss Rochell says she doesn't think they will "go back".
But eyebrows were raised earlier this year when Victoria Beckham told the Daily Telegraph: "I just can't do heels any more". Though she added: "At least not when I'm working."
She is still regularly seen in towering heels out of office hours.
The former Spice Girl is among a string of pop stars who have launched their own fashion lines, with Rihanna unveiling her line Fenty x Puma in Paris on Thursday.
Rihanna, who became the creative director of Puma in December 2014, was said to be inspired by the concept of "Marie Antoinette at the gym".
But the editor of the fashion blog Glamorous Heels, Martin Deshev, says high heels aren't going anywhere.
"It's just that women finally aren't feeling pressured to wear high heels all the time and everywhere.
"While our blog is dedicated entirely to heels, we've always maintained that women (and men of course) should dress the way they feel their best and not the way someone else tells them how to."
He adds: "So, women are enjoying this freedom and saving their heels for the moments they feel are right for them."
There's no avoiding the fact that high heels can be bad for your feet.
Generally, high heels have thin soles - often less than half a centimetre deep - which the College of Podiatry says can mean poor cushioning, especially on irregular surfaces such as cobbled paving.
Matthew Fitzpatrick, consultant podiatrist at the College of Podiatry, advises women to think about how they can best support their feet, adding that choice of footwear is the "obvious question" for anyone with sore feet.
In a 2013 survey of 2,000 women by the college, 90% of respondents reported foot problems - ranging from short-term irritants such as blisters to long-term conditions such as bunions.
Mr Fitzpatrick says: "Although the college is not saying you should never wear high heels, we are keen to promote the appropriate use of footwear for every occasion."


Angry theatre-goers have slammed former X Factor finalist Stacey Solomon for reading lines from a clipboard on the opening day of a pantomime.

The singer appeared onstage clutching the sparkly stationery a day after returning from Australia.
But some panto fans were dismayed to see the east London-born entertainer reading lines during Thursday's matinee of Dick Whittington.
The producer said it was a "prompt" to ensure a smooth show.
Solomon, a regular on ITV's Loose Women, was cast in the part of Fairy Bowbells at Milton Keynes Theatre, alongside Eastenders' Samantha Womack and entertainer Kev Orkian.
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Some audience members described her use of the clipboard as "a sham" and "embarrassing" although one said it "didn't make any difference".
One member of the audience said it was "obvious she was reading at the beginning of the show, but added it "didn't make an iota of difference" to his enjoyment.
"In her other entrances I didn't see any signs of clipboards or anything else," he added.
Another suggested the part should have been given to someone who "had time to rehearse and didn't double-book work".
Christopher Marsh, a theatre company actor, described it as "disrespectful and "unacceptable".
Paying audiences expected "professionalism", he wrote on Twitter.
Tickets for the pantomime cost on average between Â£14 and Â£35.
Solomon's representative told the Daily Mail she had not had time to learn her lines or rehearse with the rest of the cast because she had been co-hosting ITV's I'm A Celebrity Extra Camp in Australia.
Her agency has not yet replied to the BBC.
Pantomime producer Kevin Wood said "Stacey chose to take to the stage having just returned from the jungle as she didn't want to disappoint her fans by not appearing in the show.
The script was a "prompt" to ensure the show ran smoothly, and she "should be applauded for her professionalism", he added.


A deal on the financial arrangements that will underpin Scotland's new devolution powers "seems within reach", a UK government minister has said.

Scotland Office minister Lord Dunlop was speaking as the House of Lords debated the Scotland Bill.
Talks between the UK and Scottish governments on the fiscal framework continued over the weekend, although no agreement has yet been announced.
Lord Dunlop said the talks were at a "sensitive and critical point".
But he told peers that "significant progress" had been made.
Peers agreed to go ahead with detailed scrutiny of the new powers contained in the Scotland Bill despite the lack of agreement on the fiscal framework.
Tory former Scottish secretary Lord Forsyth had called for the final day's committee stage debate to be delayed until the fiscal framework was published.
But he withdrew his demand after opposition from both the government and Labour.
Labour's former chancellor, Lord Darling, said it was "deeply regrettable" that parliament still did not know what the fiscal framework was going to look like.
Lord Darling said there were "massive considerations" to take into account in determining tax and welfare.
He added: "I struggle to see how it's going to work. If we don't get it right, we could be simply storing up problems for the future, providing rich and fertile grounds for those who seek out grudge and grievance as a way of life."
Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney held talks with his UK government counterparts in London on Friday.
Mr Swinney said afterwards that progress had been made, but some "significant issues" still remained before a final deal could be agreed.
The two government have been locked in protracted discussions about how the block grant that Holyrood receives should be adjusted when new tax powers are devolved to Scotland.
Any deal must meet the principle of "no detriment" - the idea that neither the UK or Scottish governments should lose out financially simply as a result of the decision to devolve.
Mr Swinney and Scottish Secretary David Mundell are both due to appear before the Scottish Parliament's Devolution Committee on Tuesday, where they will be asked to lay out their positions.
With the Scottish Parliament being dissolved next month ahead of May's elections, MSPs on the committee had warned of "very substantial impacts" on their ability to scrutinise any proposals if talks were not concluded by 19 February.
But Chief Secretary to the Treasury Greg Hands has said he will not be able to appear before Holyrood's Finance Committee on Wednesday to give evidence to MSPs about the talks.
Mr Hands, who has been negotiating on behalf of the UK government during the talks, had previously said he would be "very happy" to appear before MSPs once a deal had been reached.
In a letter to the committee, he said: "I fully intend to honour that commitment. Unfortunately, due to parliamentary business I can not attend your committee on 24 February.
"I look forward to appearing before your committee once the framework is agreed."
In response, committee convenor Kenneth Gibson told Mr Hands: "This would appear to suggest that you do not think an agreement will be reached on the fiscal framework before then."
He urged Mr Hands to reconsider, stating: "If this is indeed the case, then it is essential that the Finance Committee has the opportunity to hear from both governments as to why it has not been possible to reach an agreement."
The Scottish government has already warned it will pull the plug on the Scotland Bill by recommending MSPs veto the legislation if an agreement over the fiscal framework cannot be found.


Plans have been submitted to rebuild one of Cardiff's oldest pubs at St Fagans National History Museum.

The Vulcan Hotel, which opened in 1853, was dismantled brick by brick last year, and is in storage.
St Fagans hopes to recreate the building as it would have looked in 1915, and ground works could start this year if permission is granted.
Museum officials are appealing for anyone with old pictures of the pub to get in touch.
Gerallt Nash, senior curator of historic buildings, said: "We don't have many early pictures.
"If anyone remembers going there and can describe it, or have early photographs of the Vulcan, we would like to see them."
Mr Nash said plans were submitted to Cardiff council last week.
He said: "We have decided on the date we're going to represent when we rebuild it, which is 1915.
"It dates back to 1853, but it was substantially altered in 1914 and that's the period that's of greatest interest to us.
"We have got copies of plans prepared in 1914 for the building."
Rebuilding plans include using the original tiles on the outside of the building, bearing the hotel's name.
Original features will also include a set of gents' ceramic urinals dating back to 1914 or further.
Mr Nash said running the pub as a working exhibit was an option.
It was once part of Cardiff's Newtown area and popular with the Irish community. The old suburb was cleared during post-war redevelopment.
The museum hope the pub will help tell the story of an expanding and changing Cardiff at the end of the 19th and start of the 20th Centuries.
The pub was bought by compulsory purchase order five years ago as part of redevelopments and last orders were called for the final time in May 2012.