Details have been set out of a review into the way the police handle calls in their control centres.

It follows the fatal crash on the M9 two weeks ago which took police three days to investigate.
Scotland's inspector of constabulary, Derek Penman, said he will examine how control centre systems and staff manage, answer and prioritise calls.
He will also look at the way Police Scotland is reducing the number of control centres.
It is expected the report will be completed by the end of October.
The review will include visits to all Police Scotland call centres, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) said.
The review will examine the "capacity and capability of the systems and the staff available in the control centres to manage, answer and prioritise calls" to the police.
A separate investigation into the incident is being carried out by the independent Police Investigation and Review Commissioner (PIRC).
John Yuill was found dead and Lamara Bell critically injured on Wednesday 9 July in a car that had crashed off the M9 near Stirling.
It subsequently emerged that the crash had been reported to police by a member of the public the previous Sunday.
Officers only attended the scene after receiving a second call from a different person.
Ms Bell later died in hospital from injuries that included broken bones and kidney damage that had been caused by dehydration.
Sir Stephen House, the chief constable of Police Scotland, has admitted that his force had "got things badly wrong" over its handling of the tragedy.
But he has denied changes to the control room system following the amalgamation of Scotland's eight regional forces into a national force were to blame for the failure of officers to respond to the initial call about the crash.
Scottish Labour's justice spokesman said: "It appears that the police failure in this case wasn't an isolated incident and was the result of a number of major problems since the creation of Police Scotland.
"The inquiry by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland must look closely at the impact of the decision to close a number of police contact centres across the country and the cut in the number of civilian staff by the Scottish government.
"It is essential that this inquiry doesn't suffer from interference by SNP ministers."
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokeswoman Alison McInnes said it would be fundamentally wrong to sweep problems in police call handling under the carpet.
She said: "It is essential that serving police officers and civilian staff have every chance to have their say during this review without fear of adverse consequences for their careers.
"The commitment from HMICS to listen to police staff and public alike is welcome and they will be held to that."


Author Anthony Horowitz says he was "warned off" including a black character in his new book because it was "inappropriate" for a white writer.

The creator of the Alex Rider teenage spy novels says an editor told him it could be considered "patronising".
Horowitz wanted a white and black protagonist in his new children's books but says he is now reconsidering.
"I will have to think about whether this character can be black or white," he told the Mail on Sunday.
"I have for a long, long time said that there aren't enough books around for every ethnicity."
Horowitz, who has written 10 novels featuring teenage spy Alex Rider, said there was a "chain of thought" in America that it was "inappropriate" for white writers to try to create black characters, something which he described as "dangerous territory".
He said it was considered "artificial and possibly patronising" to do so because "it is actually not our experience".
"Therefore I was warned off doing it. Which was, I thought, disturbing and upsetting."
Horowitz, who has written a new James Bond book, went on: "Taking it to the extreme, all my characters will from now be 62-year-old white Jewish men living in London."
The author also revealed he had apologised to actor Idris Elba after saying he was "too street" to be the next James Bond in an interview in 2015.
He was criticised by fans who accused him of making a veiled racial remark.
Horowitz said the fallout from his remarks was "unpleasant because it went against everything I believe in".
"The character I was being portrayed as was not the person I am," he added. "I'm still deeply sorry. I'm still annoyed at myself, it was stupid."
Horowitz said he apologised to Elba at a film premiere and the actor "could not have been more charming, more delightful, more humane".
He revealed the experience changed him and he is now "more guarded, more careful and more discreet".


Highland Council has said it must save more money in 2016-17 than it had previously thought.

The local authority was expecting to have to tackle a funding gap of more than £21m, but that figure has been revised up to £40m.
The council said the figure was reviewed following last week's UK government Autumn Statement.
Senior councillors said they wanted to protect education from cuts and avoid compulsory redundancies.
Council leader Margaret Davidson said the Autumn Statement had included a 4-5% cut to Scotland's budget and this would filter down to local authorities in terms of less funding from the Scottish government.
She told BBC Alba that trying to find savings of £21m, which was on top of £10m of cuts already agreed for 2016-17, had been "bad enough".
She added: "Now we are being told the gap could be up to £40m, almost double what we had been expecting."
Ms Davidson said Highland Council would be calling for an end to the council tax freeze, as it has done in the past, to allow it to generate more revenue.
Budget leader Bill Fernie described the savings local authorities were having to make as the hardest since World War Two.
Last week, Highland Council said it was looking at closing all its offices and schools from lunchtime on Fridays to help it save money.
Views have been sought from the public on the plan and other ideas to help the council tackle a hole in its budget.
Reducing the working and school week to 4.5 days would result in significant savings, the council has said.


A third man has been charged with the murder of a footballer's brother in Leeds in January.

Raheem Wilks, 19, the brother of Leeds United's Mallik Wilks, was shot near Too Sharps barbers in Harehills.
Keiran Hunt, 29, from Harehills, is due to appear at Leeds Magistrates Court charged with his murder.
Keal Richards, 21, of Francis Street and Jaydn Manners, 23, of Louis Street in Chapeltown have also been charged with murder.
Mr Wilks died in hospital from a single gunshot wound to the chest. He was shot near the barbers on Gathorne Terrace.
Mr Richards and Mr Manners were both arrested in Hunslet and have been remanded in custody, due to stand trial in October.
Five men and a woman men arrested in February were bailed pending further inquiries.
Hundreds attended Mr Wilks's funeral, which was held at St Aidan's Church in Harehills in April.


Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has been charged by the Football Association for kicking a bottle in frustration during the 1-1 draw against West Ham at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Mourinho, 53, who was sent to the stands by referee Jon Moss, was charged with improper conduct on Monday.
He has until 18:00 GMT on 1 December to respond.
It is the second charge for the Portuguese in two months after he was sent off against Burnley on 29 October.
Mourinho received a one-match ban and an £8,000 fine for that incident.
Because Mourinho has already been sent off this season, the punishment for Sunday's offence will be determined by a commission, whether he accepts or denies the charge.
The former Chelsea, Inter and Real Madrid boss was also fined £50,000 for comments he made about referee Anthony Taylor before the Liverpool match at Anfield on 17 October.
In Sunday's game, Mourinho reacted after Paul Pogba was booked for diving following an apparent incident with West Ham captain Mark Noble.
Replays showed Noble did not make contact with the 23-year-old France midfielder.


As the outbreak continues to spread, the fear of catching the disease is rising.

Experts are learning more about how to contain the virus that has infected around 7,500 people in West Africa.
The race is on to stop this deadly disease that kills more than half of those it infects.
Here's what is known.
Ebola is spread by direct contact with contaminated body fluids. Blood, vomit and saliva can all carry and spread the deadly virus.
The relatives of sick patients and the healthcare workers who care for them are at highest risk of infection, but anyone who comes into close proximity potentially puts themselves at risk.
For that reason, contact should only be for essential medical care and always under the full protection of the right clothing.
The virus can't breach protective gear, such as gloves, mask/face shield, a full body suit and tough rubber wellington boots, but too few have access to state-of-the-art kit.
Those who do get to wear it should keep changing it every 40 minutes to be safe. Inside the suit it can get up to about 40C. Getting into the kit takes about five minutes. Taking it off again takes the wearer and a designated helper "buddy" about 15 minutes.
This is one of the most dangerous times for contamination and people are sprayed with chlorine as this happens.
Surgical cap
Goggles
Medical mask
Scrubs
Overalls
Apron
Double gloves
Boots
Respirator
The cap forms part of a protective hood covering the head and neck. It offers medical workers an added layer of protection, ensuring that they cannot touch any part of their face whilst in the treatment centre.
Goggles, or eye visors, are used to provide cover to the eyes, protecting them from splashes. The goggles are sprayed with an anti-fogging solution before being worn. On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients. In the new guidelines, health workers are advised to use a single use disposable full face shield as goggles may not provide complete skin coverage.
Covers the mouth to protect from sprays of blood or body fluids from patients. When wearing a respirator, the medical worker must  tear this outer mask to allow the respirator through.
A respirator is worn to protect the wearer from a patient's coughs. According to guidelines from the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the respirator should be put on second, right after donning the overalls.
A surgical scrub suit, durable hospital clothing that absorbs liquid and is  easily cleaned, is worn as a baselayer underneath the overalls. It is normally tucked into rubber boots to ensure no skin is exposed.
The overalls are placed on top of the scrubs. These suits are similar to hazardous material (hazmat) suits worn in toxic environments. The team member supervising the process should check that the equipment is not damaged.
A minimum two sets of gloves are required, covering the suit cuff. When putting on the gloves, care must be taken to ensure that no skin is exposed and that they are worn in such a way that any fluid on the sleeve will run off the suit and glove. Medical workers must change gloves between patients, performing thorough hand hygiene before donning a new pair. Heavy duty gloves are used whenever workers need to handle infectious waste.
A waterproof apron is placed on top of the overalls as a final layer of protective clothing.
Ebola health workers typically wear rubber boots, with the scrubs tucked into the footwear. If boots are unavailable, workers must wear closed, puncture and fluid-resistant shoes.
If an infected droplet does get on to your skin, it can be washed away immediately with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitiser.
The eyes are a different matter. A spray of droplets from a sneeze directly into the eye, for example, could let the virus in.
Similarly, the mucous membranes of the mouth and inside of the nose are vulnerable areas, as is broken skin.
One of the most shocking symptoms of Ebola is bleeding. Patients can bleed from the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and rectum. Diarrhoea and vomit may also be tainted with blood.
A big infection risk is cleaning up. Any laundry or other clinical waste should be incinerated. Any medical equipment that needs to be kept should be decontaminated.
Without adequate sterilisation, virus transmission can continue and amplify.
Minute droplets on a surface that hasn't been adequately cleaned could, in theory, pose a risk. And it's unclear how long the virus could sit there and remain a threat. Flu viruses and other germs can live two hours or longer on hard environmental surfaces like tables, doorknobs, and desks.
The nurse who recently became infected while caring for two Ebola patients in Spain had twice gone into the room where one of the the patients was being treated - to be directly involved in his care and to disinfect the room after his death. Both times she was wearing protective clothing.
Soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitisers readily disrupt the envelope of this single-stranded RNA virus, and decontamination with dilute bleach is effective and readily available even in remote settings.
Generally, once someone recovers from Ebola and they have the all-clear, they can no longer spread the virus.
But according to the World Health Organization Ebola can be found in semen for seven weeks and some studies suggest it can be present for up to three months.
For this reason, doctors say that people who recover from Ebola should abstain from sex or use condoms for three months.
*In all cases but two, first in Madrid and later in Dallas, the patient was infected with Ebola while in West Africa.


Breast surgeon Ian Paterson has been jailed for 15 years after carrying out unnecessary cancer operations.

Paterson, 59, was convicted over operations on nine women and one man, but there were hundreds of other victims.
He was found guilty of 17 counts of wounding with intent and three of unlawful wounding, after his trial.
Jurors at Nottingham Crown Court heard last month Paterson had exaggerated or invented the risk of cancer.
The NHS has paid almost £10m in compensation to his victims, while more than 600 private patients will pursue civil action against him later this year.
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The court was told the defendant, of Altrincham, Greater Manchester, urged patients to undergo procedures for "obscure motives" that may have included a desire to "earn extra money".
The trial heard accounts from 10 victims - representing a sample of those he treated - operated on between 1997 and 2011, at the privately-run Little Aston and Parkway hospitals in the West Midlands.
Sentencing Paterson, who grew up in County Down, Northern Ireland, Mr Justice Jeremy Baker said: "In pursuit of your own... material rewards, you lost sight of what you were doing.
"Without any regard for the long-term effects, you deliberately preyed on their long-term fears.
"You can be a charming and charismatic individual but you deliberately used those characteristics to manipulate your patients."
Speaking at the sentencing victim John Ingram, who underwent an unnecessary double mastectomy, described Paterson as a criminal who committed grotesque, violent acts.
Another victim Carole Johnson, described him as a "monster".
In a victim impact statement read out in court she said she felt "violated and vulnerable" and had "lost confidence" because of Paterson's actions.
Pamela Jain, of the Crown Prosecution Service, said Paterson had repeatedly abused his victims' trust for more than a decade.
£17.8m
Total damages and defence costs
£9.49m Damages paid
£8.31m Legal costs
256 NHS patients awarded compensation
25 Still waiting for a payout
The specialist prosecutor said: "He knew the procedures were not needed but carried on regardless, inflicting unlawful wounds on his patients.
"The impact of Paterson's actions on his victims has been devastating, from the unnecessary distress of undergoing procedures they did not need, to the scars that will always serve as a physical reminder of what their doctor, Ian Paterson, did to them."
Surgeon 'psychopathic like Shipman'
Paterson 'played God' with patients
Hundreds of other victims seek payout
Complaints about Paterson had been made for years but managers at the NHS trust that employed him "preferred good news to true news", a 2013 report said.
Paterson, who was suspended by the General Medical Council after his arrest, was allowed to carry on operating on women for several years despite serious concerns raised about him by other staff, the report by lawyer Sir Ian Kennedy found.
1,207
patients given a mastectomy, including "cleavage-sparing" operations
675 mastectomy patients have since died
68 of his surviving patients have seen their cancer return
Bosses at Heart of England NHS Trust had failed hundreds of breast cancer patients, it said.
Sir Ian published his findings in December 2013 - more than three years before Paterson stood trial - although the jury was not told about his report.
In the wake of his sentencing, the General Medical Council (GMC) said it was crucial such crimes were prevented from happening again.
Charlie Massey, chief executive and registrar of the GMC, said Paterson's crimes were "deeply shocking acts that betrayed patients' trust".
"It is absolutely right that questions are asked about how this happened and more crucially how the health system can prevent it from happening again," he said.
"As soon as we were made aware of these issues we took action to curb his practice and then suspend him, but his practice went unchecked for so long because some of those in the health system, managers but also his colleagues, had their concerns but failed to report them to us."
The court case centred on 10 patients who were treated at private hospitals operated by Spire Healthcare.
Following the sentencing the firm said it was "truly sorry" for the distress caused to Paterson's victims.
"What Mr Paterson did in our hospitals, in other private hospitals and in the NHS absolutely should not have happened and the sentence handed down today reflects the gravity of the crimes he committed," it said.
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Scottish 800m runner Guy Learmonth says he's "come through the other side" after suffering a series of personal tragedies which affected his career.

Learmonth is one of six Scots heading to the European Indoor Championships, which get under way on Friday.
But a place on the British team was a long way off two years ago when he was struggling to find the form which saw him make the Commonwealth Games final.
After those 2014 Games in Glasgow, the 24-year-old's life was thrown into turmoil, with the 18 months that followed difficult to endure.
"Straight after my Commonwealth Games final, I got a phone call from my big brother basically saying my papa was dying of cancer," Learmonth told BBC Scotland.
"He'd been seriously ill for a good few months but my whole family had kept it from me with the Commonwealths coming up.
"I was part of the 4x400m relay squad, so after my 800m final I was getting ready for that. But then my brother called to say Papa was dying and that he wasn't going to be here after the closing ceremony, so he asked if I wanted to go and see him."
Learmonth packed his bags and immediately left the athletes' village, missing the relay so he could say goodbye to his father.
"I just managed to see him before he passed away. He died through that night."
Unfortunately for Learmonth, more tragedy was around the corner.
One of his good friends was involved in a serious car accident and was fighting for his life in a coma. The accident left him paralyzed from the neck down.
Then his grandfather (his late father's dad) died just before Christmas 2014.
This all happened in the space of three months, but Learmonth kept on training and competing through the adversity.
"I just kept rolling with the punches, I kept on racing and 2015 was a mixed bag," he recalled. "I won my first British indoor title in 2015 and I ran well in the Europeans (Indoor Championships) in Prague, but there was lots of personal stuff going on in my life, and I had a few wee injuries, so I didn't really get what I wanted out of it."
Learmonth, training out of Loughborough University, also had a fall-out with his coach. Coupled with the build-up of events from the end of 2014, it had a fairly disastrous effect on his 2016 season.
"2016 was a disaster, just plagued with various injuries, which culminated in the hamstring injury at the Olympic trials last summer.
"It really was a combination of everything sort of bubbling up. It started off with personal problems and family bereavements and it just kind of spread on to affecting me on the track and training - it was a downhill spiral."
Despite his troubles, quitting the sport never entered Learmonth's thoughts.
"I had two choices, let it defeat me or overcome it. And I was determined more than anything to overcome everything that was thrown at me.
"I did consider taking a step back, but I thought if I did that then I'll never get back to where I was, and I would live the rest of my life with all these ifs."
He left his coach in Loughbrough and headed home to Berwick-upon-Tweed late last year. He's not looked back.
Learmonth started working again with his former coach Henry Gray, who he says "picked up the pieces" and "believed in him."
He's now running better than ever, with three indoor personal bests already this season, not to mention a British indoor 800m title last month.
No wonder he has "a new love for the sport again" as he heads to Belgrade full of confidence and determination.
"I've been told off in the past for saying I'm going to do this, that and the other. But I really do want a medal and I'll fight to the bitter end for one.
"I want to take it to the next level now and really start giving these other athletes around Europe a real run for their money."
If he does achieve his medal target, his late grandparents won't be far from his thoughts.
"I always think about them, they were always proud of me," he added. "It's a shame they are not here to see the athlete that I've turned into, but hopefully they'll be looking down."


Chocolate might not be the healthiest thing for your waistline - but research suggests it may protect against stroke.

A study following more than 37,000 Swedish men showed those eating the most chocolate were the least likely to have a stroke.
It follows on from other studies that have suggested eating chocolate can improve the health of the heart.
However, researchers and the Stroke Association warned the findings were not an excuse to overeat chocolate.
Everyone taking part in the study was asked about their eating habits and their health was monitored for a decade.
They were split into four groups based on the amount of chocolate, with the bottom group eating, on average, no chocolate each week and the top group having 63g (2.2oz) - slightly more than an average bar.
Comparing the top and bottom groups showed those eating the most chocolate were 17% less likely to have a stroke during the study, published in the journal Neurology.
One of the researchers, Prof Susanna Larsson, from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden, said: "The beneficial effect of chocolate consumption on stroke may be related to the flavonoids in chocolate.
"Flavonoids appear to be protective against cardiovascular disease through antioxidant, anti-clotting and anti-inflammatory properties.
"It's also possible that flavonoids in chocolate may decrease blood concentrations of bad cholesterol and reduce blood pressure."
The study also noted that while dark chocolate had been linked to benefits for the heart in the past, milk chocolate was the preferred option in Sweden and in the study.
Dr Clare Walton, from the Stroke Association, said: "Past research has shown that eating dark chocolate might go some way to reducing your stroke risk if it is eaten as part of a healthy, balanced diet.
"This study suggests that eating a moderate amount of other types of chocolate could also be beneficial in men.
"However, a lot more research is needed and these results should not be used as an excuse for men to eat chocolate as an alternative to regular exercise or eating a healthy diet to reduce their risk of stroke."
The authors of the study warned of the high sugar and fat content of chocolate.
"It should be consumed in moderation," they said.


In Sweden, she's been a star since she was 10 - but Zara Larsson has her eyes set on global domination.

Aged just 19, the star has racked up seven hits in the last 14 months, including the tropical pop smash Lush Life, which spent more than a year on the charts.
Along the way, she's collaborated with Tinie Tempah and sung the official anthem of Euro 2016, but the highlight of her year was supporting Beyonce at Wembley Stadium.
"It was the best show on a tour I've ever seen. Wembley's such an incredible stadium. It's definitely one of the stadiums I want to stand on and have my own tour, one day."
Although she's already scored a number one single and album in her home country, Zara is starting from scratch in the UK - and releases her debut album, So Good, this week.
Outgoing and dynamic, she talked the BBC through her career to date. Here's everything you need to know (and a few things you probably didn't) about Sweden's latest pop sensation.
Writing on her Swedish-language website two years ago, the 19-year-old revealed she frequently has episodes of sleep paralysis.
"Oh my God, it's scary!" she tells the BBC. "Basically, you wake up and you literally cannot move. Your brain is active, but your body is not yet awake.
"It's weird. It lasts half a minute maybe - but it kind of feels like you're trapped there for half an hour.
"I get it a lot when I'm stressed out, or when I have a lot of things going on."
But Zara says there's an upside, too. Often, as she falls asleep, she's overcome by a sense of tremendous wellbeing (to paraphrase a certain Blur song).
"It's like a wave comes over me. Energy is just vibrating through your body and it's awesome."
In 2008, Zara entered Talang Sverige - Sweden's version of Britain's Got Talent - mainly because there was no age restriction, unlike X Factor or Swedish Idol.
Singing a heavily-accented, but vocally powerful, version of Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On, she won the contest, and its 500,000 krona (Â£42,600) prize.
"I sounded like a little guinea pig!" she laughs. But, incredibly, the contest led to nothing.
"Nobody really wanted to sign me, which I was devastated about," she says. "I was like, 'oh my gosh, my career's over and it hasn't even started yet!'
"I didn't really want to do anything with Nickelodeon or Disney, so I just went back to school."
The break may have saved her. Rather than becoming a novelty act, washed up before she was a teenager, Zara re-emerged as a bona fide pop artist on her 15th birthday, with an EP that turned people's heads.
"When I released the first song, a lot of the people didn't even recognise me," she says. "And the people that did were like, 'Oh my gosh, it's her!'
"So in Sweden, the talent show is like super-irrelevant. And that's great because usually it's very hard to wipe off that kind of Got Talent stain.
"It just stays on you - but it didn't for me."
...As we discovered when we played a game of "So Good or So Bad?" with Zara (watch above)
When Zara released Lush Life in January last year, a lot of people thought it was Rihanna's comeback single.
"I don't know where it comes from but even my mom is like, 'You sound like Rihanna,'" says the singer.
"I was very confused because I'd never really listened to her until pretty recently. It's not a bad comparison to have but I'm never going to be Rihanna, and I'm not trying to be.
From the moment Zara fired up her Instagram, pulled a condom over her leg and called out guys who "think they're too big to wear protection", it was clear Zara wouldn't be sticking to the record company script.
Since then, she's voiced her support for Kesha - who is suing famed record producer Dr Luke for alleged sexual assault - and engaged in a war of words with R&B star Chris Brown, calling him "a sexist, homophobic, transphobic trash".
"That's who I am," says the star. "I don't really have a 'vision' of who I want people to see me as.
"I just post whatever I feel like."
Larsson was born in Stockholm at the tail end of the 1990s, moving to the suburbs when her younger sister Hanna was born.
She was always singing - showing off to her parents' dinner-party guests; and serenading "ladies on the subway, when I was like three".
But she didn't come from a musical family. Far from it.
"My dad was a military man, working in Navy intelligence," she says, "so I know he can keep secrets, definitely."
While the exact nature of his job remains classified, Larsson swears he was the model parent.
"He's great and he's funny. You can ask him whatever and he always has the answer. Even if he doesn't, he will never admit it. So we had a lot of debates and discussions. That's the reason why I'm interested in everything.
"Now he's actually studying again - he wants to be a professor in war science."
Potential boyfriends beware.
Zara's breakout hit in the UK was Never Forget You - a duet with British producer MNEK that was written in just two hours.
"We work really well together," she marvels. "It's just no question marks. I feel very relaxed and honest and open with him. "
They collaborated again on Ain't My Fault, a sassy, sexy club track that became Zara's fifth top 20 hit, late last year.
"We wrote it in five minutes," says Zara, "Originally, it was about me stealing someone else's man. I was saying, 'It ain't my fault that you're not cute enough for him.'"
But after submitting the song to her record label, the singer had second thoughts.
"I was just like, 'Wait, hold up, I can't sing this'. It just didn't feel right. It felt like I'd broken the girl code, and I didn't want to do that."
As a child, Zara attended the Royal Swedish Ballet School.
"I was very flexible," she says. "It really taught me a lot about discipline and how to use my body. But these days I'm about as flexible as aâ€¦ erm, a safe!"
In fact, she's so out of shape that a brief session with her personal trainer ended in disaster.
"I ran 200 metres and my trainer said, 'That was a great job, you ran pretty fast'.
"I said, 'I know!' so he told me to do it a second time. And when I came back, I threw up."
"I'm on my way to becoming a true performer," the star wrote shortly after singing Lush Life on The Voice UK last year. So, does she not consider herself a fully-qualified pop phenomenon yet?
"You're never finished," she says.
"My inspiration for performing is Beyonce. I don't think Beyonce  ever wakes up and thinks, 'Oh great I'm Beyonce, I'm just going to chill today.'
"She wants to be better, she wants to do bigger things and she wants to keep on evolving.
"That's what makes her great, and that's what I want to do."
Zara Larsson's album, So Good, is out now on Epic Records; as is her collaboration with Clean Bandit, Symphony. She also plays the Isle of Wight Festival in June.
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The mother of car hire company Uber's co-founder Travis Kalanick has died in a boating accident in California.

Mr Kalanick's parents Bonnie and Donald were out on a lake in Fresno when their boat sank on Friday.
Mrs Kalanick, 71, and her husband were found on the shore of Pine Flat Lake by the emergency services.
Fresno County Sheriff's Office said a preliminary investigation suggested their boat had struck a rock, with the Kalanicks both hurt in the collision.
A spokesman for Uber said the family had suffered "an unspeakable tragedy", adding that Mr Kalanick's father was in a "serious condition".
An investigation into the accident is ongoing, the sheriff's department said, with an autopsy due to be carried out on Sunday.
Mr Kalanick hit the headlines earlier this year when he was filmed swearing at one of his company's drivers.
He later said he was "ashamed" of his behaviour in an email to staff.


Angry gamers have forced Valve to end a system that let people who make modifications or "mods" for games get paid for their work.

The paid-mod system was only switched on four days ago.
The game-maker had been heavily criticised on its own forums and in social media for the way the payment system was set up and being run.
Valve said it took the decision because of the "dump truck" of feedback it received from players and mod-makers.
The cancellation will involve Valve refunding any payments gamers made to buy mods.
"We've done this because it's clear we didn't understand exactly what we were doing," explained Valve in a blog posted to the forums of its online game service Steam.
Before Valve introduced the paid-for mod system, most mods available via Steam were free. The only way that creators of add-ons and extensions for games could get paid was to have their code included in official updates for Valve games.
Mods add all kinds of new content to games. Some just let people clothe characters in new outfits or use new weapons or mounts. The most ambitious mods add new levels, enemies and challenges to games.
Valve said it started the payment system in a bid to expand the ways it could reward people who create game content for players.
"Our main goals were to allow mod-makers the opportunity to work on their mods full-time if they wanted to, and to encourage developers to provide better support to their mod communities," said Valve.
However, it added, it had underestimated the difference between its own revenue-sharing model and the complexities involved in the wider modding world.
"It's obvious now that this case is different," it said. "We think this made us miss the mark pretty badly, even though we believe there's a useful feature somewhere here."
Game-maker Bethesda also released a statement about shutting down paid mods. One of its games, Skyrim, was the first on Steam to be put in to the paid-mod system.
"Even though we had the best intentions, the feedback has been clear - this is not a feature you want," it said. "Your support means everything to us, and we hear you."
Graham Smith from game news site Rock Paper Shotgun said Valve liked to experiment in public and adapt to the feedback it got but the response was so negative that it simply had to pull the system.
Mr Smith said the response was probably so strong because Skyrim already had a well-established modding community that was used to getting extras for free.
"I think it'll be interesting now whether we see paid mods re-introduced with one of Valve's own games or whether they'll find a third-party partner who is planning on launching something new," he said.
It might also look again at the way cash was split between modders, game makers and Valve, he said. With Skyrim mods, creators only got one-quarter of the cash paid for a mod.
"I think if this system is launched again, modders need to get a higher starting cut than 25%, in order to make players feel like they're doing a good thing when they buy a mod," he said. "Ideally, a planned pay-what-you-want system would help with that."


The death of a six-year-old girl who choked on a grape while on holiday in Gwynedd was accidental, a coroner has ruled.

Jasmine Lapsley, from Liverpool, collapsed and later died in August 2014 while her family were staying in Morfa Nefyn.
Coroner Nicola Jones said more ambulances were needed in north Wales during the summer months.
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it had "learnt a lot" from Jasmine's death.
While delivering her conclusion at the inquest in Caernarfon, the coroner said there needed to be better air support during the evenings and night when the air ambulance does not currently fly.
Ms Jones also said she would to make a report to the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust (WAST) to improve its emergency response.
Jasmine's parents had told the hearing about the chaos and panic as they tried to stop her choking.
An off-duty policeman and passing firemen who were flagged down gave CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
The firemen were heard saying "Where is it? Where's the helicopter?" as urgent follow-up calls were made chasing the 999 response, the hearing was told.
The six-day inquest heard the two closest ambulances to Jasmine were both on emergency calls.
Volunteer community first responders arrived 22 minutes after the initial call while the ambulance took 25 minutes to arrive.
Jasmine was taken by RAF helicopter to Bangor's Ysbyty Gwynedd hospital, where her parents were told she had "zero" chance of survival and her life-support machine was switched off.
Medical experts told the hearing even if the ambulance had arrived within the eight minute guideline time for emergencies, there was still "no realistic chance of survival" due to cardiac arrest and her brain being starved of oxygen.
Jasmine's family said, in a statement read out after the hearing: "Jasmine was failed by the Welsh Ambulance Service. Jasmine was denied the opportunity for life-saving care that she desperately needed."
Her family said they were "devastated" by details they had learned during the inquest.
After the inquest, Tracy Myhill, chief executive of the Welsh Ambulance Service, said: "What happened to Jasmine was an absolute tragedy and our thoughts and sympathies remain with Mr and Mrs Lapsley.
"We know that there are things we could have done differently, both during and after the event, and for that we are genuinely sorry.
"Whilst we have already made many improvements since Jasmine's tragic death - like the method we use to treat a child whose airway is compromised - we know that there is still work to do."


The deal to determine who runs train services in Wales is a "once in a generation opportunity" for passengers, the Welsh transport secretary has said.

Bids have been submitted by Abellio, Arriva, KeolisAmey and MTR for the next Wales and Borders franchise.
Ken Skates said the zero-growth forecast on passenger numbers in the current contract with Arriva Trains had been a "huge failure".
The new franchise will be awarded in early 2018.
Transport and Economy Secretary Mr Skates was giving evidence to the Welsh Affairs Committee's inquiry into the franchise on Monday.
The AM for Clwyd South said lessons could be learnt from the current franchise, with passengers concerned about poor quality trains and a lack of capacity.
The Welsh Government is committed to paying Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) a subsidy of Â£170m a year under the terms of a 15-year deal signed in 2003.
He said talks between the Welsh Government and the Department for Transport had been constructive, but that historic under-funding needed to be addressed.
Iwan Prys Jones, of the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, told the committee it felt like the network was "a long way down the shopping list" for improvements.
Meanwhile, chair of the North Wales Business Council, Ashley Rogers, said investment could lead to the creation of 70,000 jobs.
The four bids are being assessed by Transport for Wales (TfW), a Welsh Government-owned company, as part of what ministers said would be an "ambitious and creative not-for-profit model".
The successful bidder will also be responsible for delivering a major upgrade to the rail network in and around Cardiff as part of the Metro scheme.


Burglaries at the homes of four elderly women were among 20 separate incidents in County Down in a 72-hour crime spree, the High Court has heard.

Houses were ransacked while commercial premises and a youth club were also targeted, prosecutors said.
Two men allegedly behind the robberies were arrested in a 4x4 vehicle towing a caravan stolen from one property, the court heard.
Details emerged as one of the accused was refused bail.
John Connors, a 35-year-old farm labourer from Laire in Kilcock, County Kildare, faces a total of 30 charges.
These include multiple counts of burglary, attempted theft, going equipped for theft and possession of an offensive weapon.
He was arrested along with his co-accused in Rostrevor on 23 January.
Opposing his release, the prosecution lawyer said: "Given this was a crime spree over a period of days, if the applicant is admitted to bail he's a real risk of re-offending."
He said Mr Connors' co-accused had absconded after gaining temporary release, and remained at large.
The prosecution lawyer said the charges related to 20 different reports to police in the three days up to his arrests, including:
A defence barrister said that only three of the incidents had any evidential link to his client.
He described Mr Connors as a settled member of the Travelling community and a father of seven.
Mr Connors was merely a drunken passenger at the time of his arrest, the barrister said, adding that it was a "very weak circumstantial case".
Refusing bail, the judge rejected a proposal for him to live at a property in Newry.
He added: "It would be far better to try and get an address further into Northern Ireland."


Cambridge United have signed forward Adam McGurk on a two-year deal from fellow League Two side Portsmouth.

Former Tranmere trainee McGurk joins Shaun Derry's side after just one year of a two-year deal at Fratton Park.
The 27-year-old joined Pompey last summer after helping Burton win the League Two title and scored six goals in 36 games last campaign.
However, following Pompey's play-off semi-final defeat by Plymouth Argyle, McGurk was placed on the transfer list.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove believes support from the county's members for a new city-based T20 competition is "overwhelming".

The county hosted a members' forum on Wednesday to present details on the proposed eight-team competition, which could start as early as 2018.
"There's a lot more work to do, but the direction of travel is now confirmed," Bransgrove told BBC Radio Solent.
The ECB board will meet at the end of October to hold a vote on the proposal.
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Bransgrove, who feels the new competition will help retain a younger cricket audience, has already fed the support from the Hampshire members' forum back to ECB chairman Colin Graves and chief executive Tom Harrison.
Surrey, Kent and Sussex reportedly voted against the idea when it was passed by a majority vote at Lord's in September.
"I don't think there's any doubt now, we have to go this way," Bransgrove added.
"This overwhelming support makes it easier to calculate the things that we need to assess when we address this competition.
"We've got an easier job to do now that everyone recognises the importance of this competition."


The director of public prosecutions for NI has said critics who accuse him of treating former soldiers unfairly have insulted him and his office.

Barra McGrory QC says he is mystified by claims that he did not act impartially when he brought charges against a small number of ex-soldiers.
They are facing prosecution over killings during the Troubles.
A number of unionist and Conservative MPs have claimed cases involving the army are being unfairly prioritised.
"That is just not correct, that is inaccurate," Mr McGrory told the BBC.
"We have taken decisions in three army cases recently, one was not to prosecute and in the other two prosecutions have been initiated.
"In the overall context of what we do these are a tiny number of cases. We receive 40,000 files a year, we take over 2,000 cases a year to the Crown court, and we are talking here about three cases.
"Even in terms of legacy cases, the reality is that we have prosecuted more legacy cases connected with paramilitary cases than we have in respect of military cases."
Mr McGrory says a number of cases involving former soldiers were coming to court now because of inquests and referrals from the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.
He rejects suggestions by some MPs and national newspapers that he cannot be impartial when making decisions about army cases because of his previous career as a solicitor, when clients included Sinn FÃ©in president Gerry Adams and other senior republicans.
"Mystified is about the mildest way I can put it," he responded.
"Anyone who is informed about these matters would know that as a professional lawyer you represent anyone who seeks representation from you.
"I have been a professional lawyer for 30 years, during which period I have represented loyalist paramilitaries, republican paramilitaries, members of the DUP, the Official Unionist Party, members of  Sinn FÃ©in.
"I have represented a broad cross-section of people, so who I have represented in the past really has got nothing to do with it."
Some politicians have suggested the government should introduce emergency legislation to prevent the prosecution of former soldiers for Troubles-related killings.
A London-based law firm representing a number of ex-members of the army has also called for an independent inquiry into the decision making process.
I asked Mr McGrory if he viewed the criticism as an attempt to influence his decision making and to put pressure on him not to prosecute former soldiers.
"If they are not trying to influence me then they are certainly being personally insulting, and they are questioning my integrity," he says.
"But what concerns me more about that is that it is insulting to this office and to the lawyers who work here and do their work day and daily with absolute integrity and to the best of their ability.
"So I am personally offended by the remarks, but I am more offended on behalf of the individuals who work for the public prosecution service and who do a fantastic job, so I think those who are making those comments ought to think a bit carefully before they speak in such a way."
Critics have also questioned how the director of the PPS could decide to charge former soldiers when one of his predecessors said there was insufficient evidence to merit a prosecution.
They have suggested Mr McGrory reached a different conclusion based on the same evidence.
"That's just inaccurate," he says.
"In each of the three soldier cases this office has examined, there has been new evidence.
"Whether that be evidence which has been forthcoming following an inquest and referred to me by the coroner, pursuant to the powers available to the coroners, or new evidence obtained by the PSNI in the context of its investigations, or in any other context through ballistics or forensic evidence which has emerged through a variety of routes since the original decision was taken.
"Anyone who has said this is a re-taking of a decision in respect of which nothing else has changed is quite simply wrong."


A near-complete skeleton of a dodo has been sold at auction for £280,000.

The bones of the extinct, flightless bird were sold at Summers Place Auctions, in Billingshurst, West Sussex, to a private collector.
The remains were compiled by a dodo enthusiast over four decades until he had enough bones to create a 95% complete skeleton.
Humans are thought to have driven the bird to extinction in the 17th Century so rapidly that few traces remain.
The auction house said the total paid would be £346,300, ($430,662) which included its fee.
It said there were only 12 similarly complete skeletons in existence and all were held by museums.
The dodo was a flightless bird once found on Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean.
It was first seen by Portuguese sailors in the first decade of the 16th Century but was soon wiped out by humans and the animals they introduced. The dodo was extinct by 1681.
Bigger than a turkey, it was thought to weigh about 23kg (50lb), with blue-grey plumage, a big head, a nine-inch (23cm) blackish bill with reddish sheath forming the hooked tip, small useless wings, stout yellow legs and a tuft of curly feathers high on its rear end.
All that remains of the dodo is a head and foot at Oxford, a foot in the British Museum, a head in Copenhagen, and skeletons - in varying degrees of completion - at museums in Europe, the United States and Mauritius.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica
The private collector offering it for sale only lacked part of the skull and one set of claws when he assembled the specimen in the early 2000s.
The majority of the bones in the specimen were recovered from the Mare aux Songes swamp, in south-eastern Mauritius, in the 19th Century.
The Mauritian government has since banned all exports of dodo bones.


Afghanistan's new leader is resuming the investigation into a banking fraud said to be one of the world's largest.

Ashraf Ghani said reopening the Kabul Bank inquiry was the first step in a fight against corruption.
The bank collapsed in 2010 after losing almost $1bn (Â£600m), mostly deposited by international donors.
Many of the bank's staff were sent to prison but the brothers of former President Hamid Karzai, who were involved, were granted immunity.
The bank's founder, Sherkhan Farnood, and ex-CEO Khalilullah Ferozi were jailed for five years after being convicted last year of taking $810m of the $935m stolen.
Their sentence was described as "relatively light" by an anti-corruption watchdog.
Eighteen others were also jailed but Mr Karzai's brothers and one of his vice-presidents escaped prosecution because they had returned stolen funds.
President Ghani, a former economist at the World Bank, said he was appointing a new team to look into the fraud, fulfilling pledges he made in the campaign to cut corruption.
"The time for action has come and, as we pledged, the fight against corruption will be done in a thorough and systematic way," he told reporters in Kabul.
The BBC's David Loyn in Kabul says international donors froze aid to Afghanistan when the bank collapsed four years ago.
But aid was restarted after intensive investigations carried out by donors foundered, our correspondent adds.
Most of the $935m that was lost remains undiscovered.
Mr Ghani was only sworn in as Afghanistan's new president on Monday, in the country's first democratic transfer of power.
The Kabul ceremony followed six months of bitter dispute over electoral fraud that was ended by a US-brokered unity deal that saw Mr Ghani share power with runner-up Abdullah Abdullah, who becomes chief executive.
His government's first act was to sign a security deal with US officials that will allow US troops to remain in the country beyond this year.
2004: Kabul Bank founded by international poker player Sherkhan Farnood
September 2010: Kabul Bank taken over by the central bank after a run on the bank amid fears of its collapse
February 2011: Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, central bank governor, tells BBC those involved in bank's woes should be prosecuted
February 2011: An IMF report recommends the bank be put in receivership
April 2011: Mr Fitrat names in parliament prominent Afghan figures in connection with the Kabul Bank scandal
May 2011: Report by anti-corruption office shows outstanding loans worth $467m were made without appropriate collateral
June 2011: Mr Fitrat flees to the US saying his life is in danger
June 2012: Special tribunal for Kabul Bank set up by Afghanistan's Supreme Court
November 2012: Independent leaked report from Kroll auditors finds the bank funnelled almost $900m to small political elite
March 2013: Farnood and ex-CEO Khalilullah Ferozi found guilty of theft and both sentenced to five years in prison


Bomb disposal experts in the German city of Koblenz have successfully defused two bombs from World War II found in the riverbed of the Rhine.

They were discovered when water levels fell because of a prolonged dry spell.
The bigger of the two bombs weighed 1.8 tonnes and was dropped by the Royal Air Force between 1943 and 1945.
Nearly half the city's population - 45,000 - has been evacuated, including the inhabitants of two hospitals, seven nursing homes and a prison.
It is the biggest bomb disposal operation in Germany since 1945.
The smaller of the two bombs - weighing 125kg (275lb) - was dropped by US forces. Experts said it was the more dangerous of the two.
Both bombs have now been made safe in a three-hour operation.
"We are relieved," fire department spokesman Manfred Morschhaeuser told the German news agency DPA.
A smoke grenade canister found at the same site was blown up in a controlled explosion.
The BBC's Stephen Evans, in Berlin, says more bombs are expected to be discovered because of the low water levels in the Rhine.
About 600 tonnes of unexploded ordnance are discovered in Germany every year, our correspondent says.
Everyone living within a 2km (1.25 mile) radius of the bomb site was ordered to leave the area.
Shelters with 12,000 beds were set up in schools to accommodate those with no other place to go.
By Sunday morning, Koblenz was a ghost town
In pictures: WWII bomb disposal operation
However, only 500 people were reported to have made use of them. Most residents went to stay with friends or relatives.
A fleet of 500 emergency vehicles - including ambulances and police - stood ready in case one of the bombs went off.
Hundreds of sandbags were laid around the site of the bombs, and water pumped out from the surrounding area. Only once the bomb site was dry could work to defuse the explosives begin.
Wartime bombs are frequently found in Germany - but this is believed to be one of the biggest ever.
In July 2010, three people were killed in the central German town of Goettingen when a 500kg World War II bomb unearthed during the construction of a sports stadium exploded.
The RAF bomb in the Rhine - discovered on 20 November - is one of the so-called block-busters designed to cause maximum damage to buildings.
More than 250 bombs of the block-buster type were dropped on Koblenz between 1943 and 1945, Ronald Eppleheim of the city's fire department told the BBC. Some still lie undiscovered.
If the bomb had gone off, Mr Eppleheim said it would have sent "shrapnel flying through the air in and around 1.5km".
There would also have been a "big, big air blast that would crash into the walls and the houses and put the windows out, or the doors," he said.
The newspaper Die Welt quoted one woman who said her elderly relative in one of the care homes was distressed by the evacuation.
"She lived through nights of bombing in World War II, and now it is all coming back to her," the woman said.
Trains were not stopping at the main railway station in Koblenz, and access roads into the city were closed.
The city authorities began distributing leaflets on Tuesday, advising residents to close up their properties and pull down shutters where possible.


Thomas Tuchel will replace the departing Jurgen Klopp as Borussia Dortmund head coach from 1 July.

Klopp, 47, announced on Wednesday he was leaving Dortmund at the end of the season as he felt he was no longer the right man to take them forward.
Former Mainz coach Tuchel has signed a three-year contract with the eight-times German champions.
Tuchel, 41, stood down from his post at Mainz last year after leading them to their highest Bundesliga finish.
He is regarded as one of Germany's top coaches and was linked with the Hamburg job before Bruno Labbadia was appointed.
Tuchel set a new club record at Mainz by winning their first seven league matches of the 2010-11 season.
Klopp has frequently been linked with Premier League clubs, including Manchester United before the appointment of Louis van Gaal, Arsenal and more recently Manchester City.


Leicester midfielder N'Golo Kante has attracted the attention of Arsenal and has opened the door for a summer move (Daily Mirror)

Arsenal are leading Liverpool in the chase for Borussia Monchengladbach midfielder Granit Xhaka (Daily Express)
Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin is a summer target for Manchester City and Bayern Munich (El Confidencial)
Arsenal goalkeeper Petr Cech is in line for a return after the international break (London Evening Standard)


Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has played down reports that he is considering a bid for party leadership.

The Sunday Times claims the backbencher is "sounding out" friends about possibly succeeding Theresa May.
But the North East Somerset MP told the BBC: "I think it's a reminder that it's August and people don't have pressing UK political news to write about.
"And therefore there's this jolly stuff about me, but I wouldn't put any money on it," he told Radio 4.
In The Mail on Sunday, academic Ted Malloch said: "I was at a lunch with Jacob very recently and he indicated he would like to be considered for the leadership when the time comes.
"He did not mean now, but at some point in the future."
Mr Rees-Mogg, 48, told the newspaper he had lunch with Prof Malloch, but denied suggesting he wanted to be leader.
However, the father-of-six declined to rule out making a challenge in the future.
Mr Rees-Mogg has become a popular social media star with more than 40,000 followers on Instagram and 29,000 likes on Facebook.
There are dozens of Facebook pages devoted to the MP, some with tens of thousands of likes - more than any cabinet minister, according to the Sunday Times.
"I think if I threw my hat in the ring, my hat would be thrown back at me pretty quickly," he is quoted as telling the paper.
He has previously told the BBC: "I am fully supporting Mrs May."


The parents of Paul Quinn, who was beaten to death in County Monaghan almost six years ago, have met the Northern Ireland commissioner for victims and survivors.

Stephen and Breege Quinn met Kathryn Stone in Belfast on Thursday.
Paul Quinn was 21 when he was murdered. No-one has been charged.
His family said he had been involved in a dispute with individual IRA members. His mother said the family were being kept up-to-date with the investigation.
She said the commissioner had been very sympathetic towards them.
"She could not believe when she read up on him, the lies that were told about Paul," his mother said.
"She said she will be there to help us. There will be no end till we get justice.
"Every day there's something new comes in and the gardaÃ are very, very good.
"They will keep going and we'll keep fighting."
Mr Quinn's family claimed he had been "ordered to leave the country" but refused to do so.
Sinn FÃ©in has denied republican involvement.
After the meeting, Ms Stone said it was a privilege to meet the Quinns and to "witness their strength and tenacity in the pursuit of justice".
"The commission fully supports their search for justice," she said.
"It is my role to advocate for all victims and survivors, and I hope that this meeting with the Quinn family and representatives of the Quinn Support Group, will go some way in reassuring them that they are not being ignored and that the commission is here to help them in any way it can."
Nearly three weeks ago, the Police Service of Northern Ireland released a man in his 20s and Irish police released three other men who were all being questioned about the killing.


A transgender man has won his case for unfair dismissal at a court in China.

Mr C, who was born female but identifies and dresses as a man, was working at a health centre in Guiyang last year when he was fired.
The court said he had been illegally dismissed, but said there was not enough evidence to rule he had been fired due to discrimination against transgender people.
Mr C told AFP news agency that he was "quite happy" with the outcome.
But he said that the court's decision to reject discrimination as the cause showed that "legislation in this field requires greater attention".
Mr C had only worked at the Ciming Health Check-up Centre for a week when he was told to leave. He says it was because he wore men's clothing.
A news report at the time quoted a manager as saying that his appearance "really didn't fit our standards".
The court awarded him a month's wages, reports said. Mr C took the case to court after losing a complaint at a labour tribunal.
Speaking to the BBC last year, Mr C said he had received a lot of support from China's LGBT community. But he said trying to find a job as a transgender person was hard.
"Within the LGBT community, many people have experienced this after they revealed their sexual orientation," he said. "So you either hide it, and wear their uniforms, or you get rejected."
Conservative attitudes to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender issues hold sway in China, which does not allow same-sex marriage. But activists have become more vocal in recent years.
Last year, a court in Changsha city ruled that two gay men could not register as married. Supporters said the fact that the case was heard at all constituted progress.
When Mr C's wrongful dismissal case was first accepted by a district court, activists were pleased that his complaint was being taken seriously. That was a victory unto itself, they said.
There was talk that the case could be a legal landmark; a decision that Mr C experienced unfair bias based on his transgender status could set a precedent to protect the labour rights of gay, lesbian and transgender people in China.
In the end the court's ruling was a limited victory - awarding Mr C compensation but not ruling that he was dismissed because of his transgender status.
China's courts are not independent, and a politically sensitive case like this would have attracted the attention of the country's central authorities.
The decision effectively takes the steam out of Mr C's battle. If he had lost, he probably could have appealed, bringing the case to a higher court and gaining even more attention.
Mr C said he was pursuing the case to gain recognition rather than compensation. He and his supporters say the decision will allow hidden discrimination to persist.


England rugby star Danny Cipriani has been arrested on suspicion of drink-driving following a car crash.

The Sale Sharks fly-half was unhurt in a collision between his Mercedes and a Toyota in Chelsea, west London, at about 05:15 BST on Monday.
Cipriani, 27, was breath-tested and taken to a west London police station before being released on bail.
In 2013 he was hit by a bus while on a night out with team-mates, suffering concussion.
A Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said officers were called to reports of two cars in collision on Imperial Road, London SW6.
There were no reports of any injuries.
"The cars involved were a silver Toyota Prius and a black Mercedes C63," she said.
"The driver of the Mercedes, a 27-year-old man, was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving.
"He was taken to a west London police station where he was later released on police bail. Return date to be confirmed."
Cipriani, who starred for England in the 73-12 triumph over the Barbarians on Sunday, is hopeful of a place in head coach Stuart Lancaster's squad for this year's Rugby World Cup.


Glamorgan can use the start of their T20 campaign to change the momentum of a difficult season, according to batsman Colin Ingram.

The 30-year-old South African is set to make his first appearance of the season following a knee injury against Surrey in the T20 Blast at the Oval.
Ingram has been a spectator as Glamorgan have failed to win any of their six County Championship matches.
"It's been a really tough start to the season," Ingram said.
"It might be really good for us to change the format up completely and change the momentum of the season and keep building on that with a really good run in the next couple of months coming."
Ingram will need an operation to "clean-up" his knee which he injured during the warm-up to Glamorgan's first game of the season.
But he has chosen to return to the team because he wants to "get as much cricket as I can out of the season."
Ingram added: "I've torn a cartilage in my knee and at some stage I'm going to need an operation to clean that up.
"If I go for that operation now it could 10 or 12 weeks out again."
However, Ingram insists it is not a risk to play and is looking forward to his return to the Oval where he scored 91 off 47 balls in Glamorgan's most impressive win last season.
"We showed last season we could beat anyone on any day. A few wickets up front wouldn't go awry either," he added.
"It's been pretty frustrating and it's just been great the last couple of days just joining up with the squad again and I'm just ready to go."


The parents of murdered bride Anni Dewani say they are desperate for answers ahead of next week's trial of their son-in-law in South Africa.

They told the BBC's Asian Network they would be unable to grieve until they learned the truth.
Shrien Dewani, 34, from Bristol, is accused of hiring a hitman to murder his wife. He denies any involvement.
Mr Dewani was extradited to South Africa in April after a three-year legal battle.
His legal team argued that his mental health was too fragile for him to stand trial.
Anni Dewani was shot dead in Cape Town in November 2010, just days after the couple's wedding in India.
The trial is due to begin on Monday and is expected to last two months.
Mrs Dewani grew up in Sweden and her childhood home is on a quiet road in the small town of Mariestad.
In the garden where she once played with her two siblings, her wooden playhouse remains intact.
Inside, her room is just the way she left it - a single bed in the corner and a side cabinet adorned with cherished pictures from her childhood and teenage years.
"Every day I come into her room and look at the photos and think about her," says Anni's mother, Nilam Hindocha.
"She was a beautiful girl. I remember her smile, her eyes, her beautiful light brown eyes, her hair, the way she spoke. I remember everything about her."
Photos of her as a happy bride are displayed on the walls of her parents' living room.
"She was a charming, lovely and bubbly girl - we miss her so much," says Vinod Hindocha, Anni's father.
"Now everything in our lives is empty, everything is quiet, there is no charm in life any more."
Her ashes were scattered in the peaceful, glistening blue waters of Lake Vanern, where she spent many summer days. This is a place her parents come to recall happy memories of their daughter.
But they say they have been unable to start grieving for their daughter's death because they still do not know the truth about what happened.
Mr Hindocha says the past four years have been "torture".
"We need to know what happened to our beautiful daughter," he says.
"The only thoughts we have in our head are, 'Why did she die?' We need to know the truth."
Three men are currently serving jail terms in South Africa in connection with the death of Mrs Dewani, including taxi driver Zola Tongo, who was jailed for 18 years after admitting his role in the killing.
Xolile Mngeni, who prosecutors claim was the hitman, was convicted of premeditated murder over the shooting.
Another accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, pleaded guilty to murder and was handed a 25-year prison sentence.
Nilam, 62, who is in remission from cancer, has vowed to be in Cape Town throughout the trial.
She says: "We know it is going to be torture hearing the details of Anni's death, but we will be in court every day.
"We know it's going to be very difficult but we will do anything to get justice. People say time heals wounds, but in our case, the wounds are deeper the longer we live without answers.
"Once this is over, we hope we can move forward with our lives and our Anni can finally be at peace."
You can hear more on this story on BBC Asian Network at 13:00 and 17:00 BST, or listen back on the BBC iPlayer.


A man has denied murdering a teenager who was stabbed to death more than 30 years ago.

Student Melanie Road was 17 when she was attacked as she made her way home from a night out in Bath in June 1984. Her body was found in front of garages.
Christopher Hampton, 63, of Staple Hill, Bristol, appeared before the city's crown court earlier on Tuesday.
Mr Hampton was remanded in custody and told he will face trial on 9 May next year.
The father-of-three, who is being held at HMP Bristol, spoke only to deny the single charge of murder.
Prosecuting, Kate Brunner QC told the court the trial was expected to last up to four weeks.
Melanie had been out with her boyfriend and friends to the Beau Nash, a nightclub in Kingston Parade.
She left the club at 01:30 BST on June 9 and was last seen alive by her friends a short time later in Broad Street.
Last year, Melanie's mother Jean and sister Karen spoke about the impact the murder has had on them.
Mrs Road wrote an open letter to coincide with the 30th anniversary of her daughter's death, appealing for anyone with information to come forward.


Managerless Coventry City ended this season's 10-game League One winless run by winning at Port Vale - just two days after Tony Mowbray's resignation.

Marvin Sordell and Chris McCann both fired home after the hosts gifted possession to the Sky Blues who, under caretaker boss Mark Venus, became the first team to take any points from Vale Park this season.
The visitors took the lead after 36 minutes when experienced midfielder Michael Brown lost possession to Gael Bigirimana, who charged into the box and pulled back to Sordell, who smashed home from close range.
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City doubled their tally after 72 minutes when Paulo Tavares was robbed of the ball in midfield by Daniel Agyei, who found McCann in the box to fire into the roof of the net.
Just six minutes earlier, the away side almost capitalised on one of many Vale mistakes when home keeper Jak Alnwick presented the ball to Agyei from a roll-out, but the keeper redeemed himself by tipping the subsequent shot wide.
City's first league win of the season lifts them off the bottom of the table while Bruno Ribeiro's Vale drop to sixth.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Port Vale 0, Coventry City 2.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 0, Coventry City 2.
Attempt missed. Ben Purkiss (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Gael Bigirimana.
Attempt missed. Marcus Tudgay (Coventry City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Gezim Shalaj (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lewis Page (Coventry City).
Sam Hart (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Corner,  Port Vale. Conceded by Jordan Willis.
Paulo Tavares (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ruben Lameiras (Coventry City).
Foul by Gezim Shalaj (Port Vale).
Jamie Sterry (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Coventry City. Marcus Tudgay replaces Marvin Sordell.
Attempt missed. Ruben Lameiras (Coventry City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Page (Coventry City).
Sam Hart (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marvin Sordell (Coventry City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sam Hart (Port Vale).
Attempt missed. Alex Jones (Port Vale) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Coventry City. Ruben Lameiras replaces Daniel Agyei.
Goal!  Port Vale 0, Coventry City 2. Chris McCann (Coventry City) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Daniel Agyei.
Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City).
Corner,  Coventry City. Conceded by Jak Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Daniel Agyei (Coventry City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Delay in match  (Coventry City).
Corner,  Coventry City. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Attempt blocked. Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Gael Bigirimana (Coventry City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Paulo Tavares (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Paulo Tavares (Port Vale).
Lewis Page (Coventry City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Port Vale. Quentin Pereira replaces Michael Brown.
Substitution, Port Vale. Gezim Shalaj replaces Anton Forrester because of an injury.
Anton Forrester (Port Vale) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Turnbull (Coventry City).


A ban on smoking on a Pembrokeshire beach will be extended indefinitely.

The 12-month trial began on Little Haven beach in March 2016 and the council said it would continue "for the foreseeable future".
Little Haven - along with Swansea council-owned Caswell Bay on Gower - are the only beaches in Wales with a ban, which is voluntary in both places.
Smokers' lobby group Forest has questioned the need for such a ban in the first place.
Pembrokeshire council said it hoped it could extend the ban to other beaches "if we can garner support".
No other councils in Wales have any kind of smoking ban and they have all said there were no plans to introduce them.
The ban at Little Haven, which includes e-cigarettes, was the first in the UK and was followed in April 2016 by Caswell Bay.
As the bans are voluntary, no fines or punishments are enforced.
A council report said litter checks during the summer months at Little Haven "did not find any smoking-related litter".
Random visits during normal working hours of the peak season "did not report any sightings of smokers on the beach".
The report said "while no detailed surveys were undertaken" the information indicated the pilot was self-regulating so recommended it continue "subject to the support of the relevant town or community council".
Simon Clark, director of smokers' group Forest, said: "There's no evidence that smoking in the open air poses a risk to anyone else's health so this is not a public health issue.
"On the rare occasions a beach is crowded with people, on a sunny bank holiday for example, smokers should use their common sense and show consideration for those in close proximity."


Serena Williams has beaten her big sister Venus to win the Australian Open for a seventh time, giving her a record 23 Grand Slam singles titles.

Serena, who is around 15 months younger than her sister, won in straight sets 6-4 6-4.
The American now also takes back the world number one ranking from German Angelique Kerber.
Venus and Serena have played each other many times over their long careers, but have always put sisterly love over any sporting rivalry.
After losing, Venus said, "Congratulations Serena on number 23."
"I have been right there with you, some of them I lost right there against you. It's been an awesome win."
"I'm enormously proud of you, you mean the world to me. I, God willing, would love to come back. Thank you for all the love."
Serena also paid tribute to her big sis, saying: "There's no way I would be at 23 without her. There's no way I'd be at one without her. She's my inspiration.
"She's the only reason I'm standing here today. She's the only reason the Williams sisters exist. Thank you for inspiring me. Every time you won this week, I felt like I got a win too."
The final was the 28th time the sisters have played each other, with Serena now 17-11 ahead and 7-2 up in Grand Slam finals.
Venus, who turned professional in 1994 and has won five Wimbledon and two US Open titles, insisted she was not too disappointed after losing the match which was her first major final since 2009.
"No, because I guess I've been here before, "she said. "I really enjoy seeing the name 'Williams' on the trophy. This is a beautiful thing."


Anti-fracking campaigners say they are "shocked" to be named on a list of "key risks to York" alongside Islamic terrorists and right-wing activists.

They said their inclusion in City of York Council's anti-radicalisation "Prevent strategy" was "ludicrous".
Frack Free York spokesman Leigh Coghil said there was "absolutely no link" between fracking protests and terror.
The council says it monitors "any activities where there is potential for community tension".
Prevent is the government's counter-radicalisation programme and aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorism.
According to to council documents: "The Counter Terrorism Local Profile for York and North Yorkshire highlights the key risks to York as evidence of activity relating to Syria, presence of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK), Anti Israeli/pro Palestinian activity, Hunt saboteurs, animal rights, anti-fracking and extreme right wing activity."
Steve Mason from Frack Free Ryedale said the group discovered its inclusion after a similar situation was highlighted in East Yorkshire.
He said: "To my knowledge I know of no violence by anti-fracking protesters.
"We fight fracking with cakes not with violence."
In May, North Yorkshire County Council granted permission to Third Energy to extract shale gas in Kirby Misperton, Ryedale, using the controversial fracking technique.
The following a month an anti-fracking demonstration in York was attended by more than 1,000 people.
Jane Mowat, head of Community Safety at City of York Council, said: "As part of the wider Prevent agenda, all local authorities are required to identify any area of activity or campaigning where extreme actions may be identified as a risk to the wider community or may pose a threat to individuals or organisations covering a wide range of interests.
"Most organised protest groups - including the majority of anti-fracking campaigners - have been peaceful in their right to protest, however, since 2010, local authorities monitor any activities where there is potential for community tension."


Striker Amr Gamal is to become the first Egyptian to play in South Africa after his club Al Ahly agreed a loan deal with Bidvest Wits.

The 26-year-old has played for the Egyptian club's senior team since 2013, having previously been a member of Al Ahly's youth side.
He will join the Johannesburg-based South African Premier Division champions on a one-year loan deal.
Al Ahly confirmed the move, saying head coach Hossam El-Badry had approved it.
The Pharaohs international has made more than 100 appearances for Al Ahly and has scored 29 goals.
He will move to the South African side - nicknamed the Clever Boys - after the Egypt Cup final against Al Masry on Tuesday.
Bidvest Wits won their maiden title in May and are eyeing African Champions League glory under coach Gavin Hunt.


Many of us have had bad days on the golf course, but spare a thought for Andrey Pavlov who scored a nightmare 17 on one hole at the Austria Open - the second worst in European Tour history.

The Russian, who started the day six shots off the lead, found the water six times on the par-five first hole at the Diamond Country Club in Atzenbrugg.
Englishman Chris Gane also managed 17 on one hole at Gleneagles in 2003.
Philippe Porquier heads the European list with 20 at the 1978 French Open.
However, the Frenchman will have to doff his hat in the direction of American Ray Ainsley and the "Silver Scot" Tommy Armour, who both took 23 shots on a single hole on the American tour circuit.
Armour, who won three majors, managed the unwanted feat at the 1927 Shawnee Open, while Ainsley suffered his nightmare at the 1938 US Open.
Pavlov completed the front nine in 53, 17-over, after adding three bogeys and a double bogey to his card.
Two birdies helped restrict the damage on the back nine to 37 and an eventual completed round of 90, 18-over-par.
He was not alone in struggling - Austrian Benjamin Weilguni shot 89 after taking nine on the first.


EU states have struck an action plan for Turkey that it is hoped will ease the flow of migrants to Europe.

Nearly 600,000 migrants have reached the EU by sea so far this year, many of them travelling from Turkey to Greece before seeking to head north.
Turkey made a number of demands in exchange for helping to stem the flow.
In a press conference in Brussels, Donald Tusk, the president of the European Council, said he felt "cautious optimism" over the deal.
Meanwhile, Agence France-Presse reported that an Afghan man was shot dead while trying to enter Bulgaria from Turkey late on Thursday.
He was part of a "large group" of migrants trying to enter Bulgaria, AFP reported, quoting the interior ministry.
In the Brussels summit, European officials agreed to:
Turkey had also asked for â‚¬3bn (Â£2.2bn, $3.4bn) in aid, something German Chancellor Angela Merkel said EU states were considering.
Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the European Commission, said talks over the sum to be given to Ankara would continue with Turkish officials over the coming days.
Mrs Merkel will travel to Turkey at the weekend.
"There is still a huge amount to do," Mrs Merkel said. "But you cannot say that we've achieved nothing."
EU sources had said several countries were cautious about rushing into an agreement with Turkey too quickly.
Among them were Greece, Cyprus and France.
BBC Europe correspondent Chris Morris says most EU leaders are convinced that efforts to contain the migration crisis will not succeed without closer co-operation with the Turkish government.
The BBC's Matthew Price is sending social media broadcasts from Calais on the EU migration crisis. You can follow his reports here.
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Earlier on Thursday, Mrs Merkel said all EU countries must be prepared to send security staff to the bloc's external borders.
She said it would be unfair to ask EU countries seeing the majority of initial migrant entries to secure borders as well.
"It's quite obvious that only a few countries today take the majority of refugees and if these countries now are asked to secure the external borders on top of that, I don't think it would be what we could call a fair distribution of effort," Mrs Merkel said.
She described the current situation as "very disorderly".
In other developments:
593,432
migrants have arrived by sea in 2015, says IOM
3,103
migrants have died trying to cross the Mediterranean
76% arrived in Greece via the eastern route
70.1% of arrivals in Greece were from Syria
10,043 migrants arriving in Italy were unaccompanied children
710,000 migrants have crossed EU borders this year, according to Frontex figures
Turkey is hosting some two million migrants, most of them fleeing the war in neighbouring Syria.
Turkey has also called for the establishment of an international "safe zone" for refugees inside northern Syria - but Mr Tusk said Russia's involvement in Syria made the idea more difficult.
Also in Brussels, the UK Prime Minister David Cameron said he would present four main demands for change in the EU in November. It comes ahead of a promised referendum on the UK's membership of the EU in 2017.
Mr Tusk welcomed Mr Cameron's announcement, adding that the "real negotiations" could start after early November.


A hard Brexit could have drastic consequences for the legal profession in Northern Ireland, according to the International Bar Association.

It will be one of the main topics under discussion at a global conference of lawyers getting under way in Belfast this week.
More than 400 lawyers from around the world are taking part.
The Law Society and International Bar's Norville Connolly said Brexit was a huge issue for the profession.
"All UK lawyers at the moment can either establish or go into Europe to provide legal services," Mr Connolly said.
"Between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland there are a huge amount of lawyers who conduct business and create jobs and all that follows from that.
"If there's a hard Brexit, to use that expression, what will happen is that ability to travel abroad, to establish firms abroad, may well be lost.
"That's the fear that the lawyers who practise in Europe, or practise in some country other than their own country, that's their huge fear .
"So there's a lot riding on the hard Brexit v the soft Brexit."


Two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of a drug dealer who was stabbed to death after being ambushed by a rival gang.

Raja Ali's car was rammed and then blocked in at the side by two vehicles in Dagenham on 25 September 2016.
The 33-year-old was then chased and stabbed.
Abubakar Bana, from Hornchurch, Essex, and Jordon Archambie, 20, of Stratford, east London, were convicted following a trial at the Old Bailey.
Daniel Welch, 34, of Winstead Gardens, Dagenham, and Zakar Yunas, 22, of Rokeby Steret, Stratford, were found guilty of violent disorder.
Mussa Jalo, 21, from Norfolk Road, Dagenham, had pleaded guilty to violent disorder at the start of the trial, along with Bana, of Station Lane, and Archambie, of Hesketh Road.
Jurors in the trial heard that Mr Ali was sat in his car along with two friends waiting for what they thought was a drugs deal.
A Mitsubishi Shogun 4x4 then rammed into Mr Ali's car, shunting it forward, while a red Renault Megane pulled up alongside and the occupants got out armed with weapons.
Mr Ali and two other men ran away but they were chased and the 33-year-old was stabbed to death in Braintree Road.
Det Ch Insp Dave Whellams called it a "pre-planned and orchestrated murder".
"Regardless of what Raja's intentions were that night, when he arranged to meet these men he should not have lost his life.
"I hope Raja's grieving family are able to move forward knowing his attackers have now been brought to justice."
All will be sentenced on 3 July.


Tom Alsop's unbeaten century guided Hampshire to a commanding six-wicket win against Kent in their opening One-Day Cup group game.

The England Lions left-hander (112 not out) shared decisive partnerships with captain James Vince (69) and Sean Ervine (33 not out) in a chase of 259.
Hampshire comfortably reached 260-4 with 29 balls to spare at Canterbury.
Earlier, Darren Stevens (60) top-scored for the hosts who were bowled out for 258 after making a promising start.
Alsop, 21, registered his second List A century and his second-highest score in the format off 132 balls, including 13 fours.
England international Vince did much of the early damage at the top of the visitors' order with 69 in just 50 balls, 60 of which came in boundaries.
Kent's innings slumped from 127-1, after Daniel Bell-Drummond (56) and Joe Denly (46) had laid a strong platform, to 194-6. Hampshire seamer Reece Topley (3-65) was the pick of the bowlers.
Hampshire captain James Vince told BBC Radio Solent:
"They got off to a decent start, so to claw it back from 70-0 after 10 overs, the bowlers stuck to our plans and kept them to what we felt was a gettable score.
"After losing Michael Carberry early, we built some decent partnerships and Tom Alsop, to bat through the innings, did a decent job there and was well supported by Sean Ervine at the end.
"My mindset batting in the powerplay was if they were slightly off their lengths, I was going to try and cash-in and it hit the middle of the bat nicely.
"I'm pleased for Tom, he did exactly what we needed from him, someone to grab hold of the innings and bat through. He played well down the ground and took the options he's best at."


Who was King Arthur and how Welsh was he?

These are two of the questions up for debate at a new exhibition at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
From ancient Brythonic warlord to mythical chivalric king with a court anywhere from Wales to Glastonbury or as far north as Scotland - it is hard to separate myth, legend and fact.
According to curator Dr Maredudd ap Huw, these unknowns lie at the heart of King Arthur's enduring appeal.
"The beauty of Arthur is that he was - indeed, according to some 'is' - whoever you want him to be," said Dr ap Huw.
"There is some early evidence to suggest that there was an Arthur in the 4th or 5th Centuries.
"Though in all likelihood he was very far removed from the romantic depictions of (writers) Thomas Malory and Alfred, Lord Tennyson."
However, just how Welsh he would have been is a "moot point", Dr ap Huw added.
Before the Saxons drove the Brythonic people (Celtic Britons) west and north, there was no recognised entity of an independent Wales, making his nationality hard to ascertain.
The exhibition brings together all the crucial texts which have informed our perception of Arthur for more than a millennium.
One of the exhibits is the 13th Century Book of Aneirin, which includes a 6th Century poem describing a battle near what is now Catterick in North Yorkshire.
Dr ap Huw said one reference in it is extremely telling.
A young Brythonic hero called Gwawrddur is described as fighting valiantly against the Saxons "although he was no Arthur".
"It is possible to infer (from this) that the legend of Arthur as a fearsome warlord was already well-established by the 6th Century," Dr ap Huw added.
But the man who drew all the threads together and introduced Arthur's wife Guinevere, his sword Excalibur and the Knights of the Round Table was Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Dr ap Huw describes the 12th Century writer as "the most influential author in the history of Wales".
"Forget Dylan Thomas, what Geoffrey wrote had a far more profound impact on world thinking and the perception of Arthur as a Welsh hero," he said.
"Writing in Latin, his ideas rapidly spread throughout Europe, and via Chretien De Troyes, fed into the French-Norman ideals of chivalric kingship.
"Geoffrey claimed as his source an ancient Welsh manuscript which was then lost, never to be found.  Read into that what you will, but what is certainly true to say is that it is still essentially Geoffrey's version of King Arthur which we are taught as children, right up to the present day."
Arthur's castle Camelot and other characters such as the wizard Merlin are then referenced in the 13th Century Black Book of Carmarthen.
There he is described as "a war veteran who has lost his wits in battle in Scotland, and has developed the gift of being able to talk to animals".
But it was not until the 15th and 16th Century that "Arthur Mania" reached its heights after William Caxton published Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
While Geoffrey of Monmouth set Camelot in the former Roman stronghold of Caerleon, near Newport, Malory anchored it as a thoroughly English tale.
So much so that King Henry VII named his eldest son Arthur in honour of the legend.
By 1534, Polydore Vergil's Anglica Historia had debunked much of Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, and cast doubt on the very existence of a historical Arthur at all.
"Virgil's account wasn't wholly accepted. John Prise - a lawyer for Thomas Cromwell - published a rebuttal in defence of Arthur, but by then the historiographic interest in Arthur was already fatally damaged.
"That's not to say we'd forgotten about him altogether. Edmund Spencer's Faerie Queene drew heavily on Arthurian tradition and, when it was presented to Queen Elizabeth I in 1590, she was so delighted that she awarded him a pension of Â£50 a year for life," Dr ap Huw said.
"But by then Arthur had become a Britannia or Gloriana-type figurehead for a nation.
"The historical Arthur was deadâ€¦though there are some who say he never died, and is simply waiting to wake again when his country needs him."


League One side Southend United have signed West Ham left-back Stephen Hendrie on a one-month loan deal.

Hendrie joined the Hammers from Hamilton for an undisclosed fee in July 2015, having made 117 appearances for the Scottish club.
The 21-year-old, who has won three caps for Scotland's under-21 squad, has yet to feature for West Ham's senior team.
Hendrie could make his debut for the Shrimpers when they visit Peterborough United on Saturday.
"I spoke to his former manager, Alex Neil, to ask about the type character we're bringing in," manager Phil Brown told the club website.
"He says he's a solid character, reliable, got bags of energy and probably his biggest asset will be his legs, as he can run all day.
"He brings a lovely left foot to the party, as Ben Coker does, so he's got a great opportunity to get his career going in England at Southend United."
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A baseball player from Cuba's national team has reportedly defected to the United States ahead of five matches against a US college stars team.

The 24-year-old pitcher Misael Siverio is said to have disappeared from the hotel where the Cuban national team had been staying in the US state of Iowa.
The heads of the Cuban delegation do not expect him to return, reports say.
At least two of the American Major League Baseball's rising stars are Cubans who recently defected to the US.
Mr Siverio, one of the 24 players in the US for a five-game series, told the El Nuevo Herald newspaper that he was going to try to make it in the US baseball leagues.
"Leaving behind your country is not easy, but this was a decision that I gave a lot of thought," Siverio reportedly told Miami's El Nuevo Herald.
Siverio was not in the Cuban team list published by the US organisers on Wednesday.
The Cuban delegation has reportedly declined to comment on the situation.
"From their perspective, he's no longer a member of their delegation," US Baseball director Paul Seiler told the Des Moines Register.
Cubans Yoenis Cespedes, from the Oakland A's and Yasiel Puig, from the Los Angeles Dodgers, who defected in the last two years, are considered to be among the US major baseball league's (MLB) rising stars.


Hamilton Academical recorded their first home win in over six months and scuppered Dundee's Premiership top-six hopes in the process.

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Ali Crawford's clinical finish had Accies ahead on the half-hour mark.
Dundee were two behind when Jesus Garcia Tena scored a penalty after Julen Extabeguren fouled Eamonn Brophy.
A classy Gary Harkins finish made the hosts nervous, but they remained resolute for a huge victory that lifts them 12 points clear of bottom place.
Accies' win also preserved the four-point gap between themselves and Kilmarnock, who currently occupy the relegation play-off spot.
Dundee will be dejected, dropping to seventh just before the split after occupying the top half of the table for a huge part of the season.
Hamilton showed slightly surprising confidence in the opening 15 minutes, really taking the game to their visitors despite such a poor home record this term.
Greg Docherty - who scored in their previous match at New Douglas Park - was set up nicely by the returning Carlton Morris before the young midfielder had a rasping shot tipped over by Dundee goalkeeper Scott Bain.
Accies' next effort came from the instep of forward Brophy, whose curled attempt landed the wrong side of the post.
When Hamilton defender Lucas Tagliapietra needed to leave the pitch to get a bloodied head cleaned up following a clash with team-mate Ziggy Gordon, the Dark Blues nearly took advantage.
A poor Michael McGovern kick was snapped up by Greg Stewart, who nudged the ball into Kane Hemmings' path, but the former Barnsley man watched his low shot saved by a grateful McGovern.
On the half-hour mark Accies went ahead and Crawford's fifth goal of the season owed much to the strength of forward Brophy.
The 20-year-old outmuscled his marker in the box to ensure he could set up Crawford to drive low into the bottom corner. Crawford - quieter this season than last - showed great technique with his finish.
Things got even better for Martin Canning's side 10 minutes later. The spot-kick owed much to the industry of Brophy with his dash into the box inviting an ill-timed challenge by Extabeguren, who despite already being booked received no further punishment.
Garcia Tena stepped up and calmly put the ball it into the right side of Bain's net for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Dougie Imrie's challenge on Cammy Kerr raised the temperature in what was already a feisty atmosphere, with the winger exchanging angry words with visiting manager Paul Hartley on the touchline.
But for a great save by Bain, Crawford's header would have put Accies three ahead, then Garcia Tena went close with a free-kick just after the break.
Dundee would score next, though, and substitute Harkins' goal was very clever. He raced on to a fine pass by Hemmings and flicked it past the onrushing McGovern from eight yards and right in front of the Dark Blues' support, which got them buoyant.
McGovern reacted well soon after to smother Thomas Konrad's header as the visitors applied more pressure, that ultimately did not pay off.


Melbourne Renegades wicketkeeper Peter Nevill will miss the rest of the Big Bash League after he was hit in the face by a cricket bat during his side's win over Adelaide Strikers.

The Australia international was looking the other way when he was hit in the 18th over of the Strikers' run chase.
The bat slipped out of Brad Hodge's hands, flew into the air and the handle caught Nevill on the cheekbone.
Hospital tests revealed Nevill, 31, had a burst blood vessel in his cheek.
Marcus Harris top-scored with 85 as the Renegades scored 171, with the Strikers falling six runs short in their 20 overs at the Adelaide Oval.
It is the second time in a week Nevill has been forced from the field with a head injury, after he was hit by a fielder's throw against Sydney Sixers.
Nevill was cleared of concussion shortly after the end of the match but later confirmed he will be unavailable for the rest of the Renegades' campaign and will be monitored by Cricket New South Wales medical staff in the coming weeks.
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The next generation of voters may ignore formal politics, the Electoral Reform Society (ERS) has said.

Its report, published three days from the general election, said Wales faces a "turn-out time-bomb", although young voters' belief in democracy is high.
ERS Cymru calls for a lower voting age, "radical overhaul" of politics teaching in schools and a "louder voice" for young people in Welsh public life.
Around 52% of under-24s voted in 2010, compared to 65% of all eligible.
This was an improvement on the record low of 38% in 2005, but ERS Cymru warns the long-term trend is one of decline.
In 1964 young voters turned out in roughly the same proportion as voters of all ages - 77% - but since 1997 they have been notably less likely to vote than older people.
Director Steve Brooks called on the new Parliament to "immediately devolve power over the voting age to Wales, so AMs can get on and make changes in time for next year's assembly elections".
"The Welsh government needs to radically overhaul how politics is taught in schools," he said.
Mr Brooks also called on the Welsh government to set up an independent national youth assembly for Wales and reverse its decision to withdraw funding from Funky Dragon.