A Suffolk sixth form college is facing cuts to teaching staff and courses as it looks to save £2m from its budget.

Suffolk One in Ipswich, which has about 1,750 students and 200 staff, has to make a 20% cut in its annual budget of £10m.
Alan Whittaker, principal, said the college has to make "tough decisions" before the next academic year.
Teaching unions said they would be meeting college bosses on Friday to hear the initial proposals.
The college opened in 2010 to provide post-16 education for children from surrounding state schools which did not have their own sixth forms.
It offers 41 A-levels and 29 vocational courses.
Mr Whittaker said: "We opened with a deficit and we did have to take some loans on and those debts have built up as funding has reduced.
"We're looking for efficiency savings across the board and we're working through those [staff redundancy] figures - there's a significant number.
"Clearly, we will be looking at the viability of courses and will have to make some tough decisions."
The principal said students will be able to complete any courses they have started.
A spokesman for the National Union of Teachers said all the unions represented at the college would be meeting Suffolk One's management.


A late surge at Kiltarlity put Newtonmore through to the quarter-finals of the Camanachd Cup with a 4-1 win over depleted holders Lovat.

Lochaber raced to a 5-0 half time lead over Kingussie at The Dell, running out 5-1 winners
There was derby joy for lower league Kilmallie who ousted their Premiership rivals Fort William 2-0 at An Aird.
The other National Division side to go through is Beauly who claimed a late 1-0 home success over Inveraray.
The biggest score of the day was Kyles 11-1 eclipse of minnows Oban Celtic at Tighnabruich but there will still be an Oban presence in the last eight after Camanachd's 3-0 defeat of Glenurquhart at Mossfield  Park.
The only replay will be between Glasgow Mid Argyll and Skye who drew 1-1 in Yoker.
The last eight draw for shinty's premier prize will be made on Tuesday in Fort William.
Evan Menzies gave Newtonmore a third minute lead over a Lovat team which was short of seven players including goal ace Greg Matheson.
However, early in the second half Kevin Bartlett surged down the left and smashed in an oblique equaliser.
The score remained level for 25 minutes until a Callum Cruden own goal allowed Newtonmore to edge ahead in advance of two in a minute from Glen MacKintosh and Fraser MacKintosh which killed the tie.
Zander Ferguson opened for Lochaber before a blitz of four goals in the last eight minutes of the first half suddenly sank Kingussie.
Stuart Callison's double was followed by one each from Ben Delaney and Kevin Ferguson. Just after the restart, Savio Genini got what Kingussie will probably not even regard as a consolation and the scoring then dried up.
Kilmallie may well have fancied their chances against local rivals Fort William who sit bottom of the Premiership and so it transpired when Duncan Rodger scored early and Mark Graham extended their lead midway through the second half.
The game at Beauly guaranteed a lower league presence in the quarter final draw and that was closely contested for 79 minutes before Connor Ross made the vital breakthrough for the home side.
Seven different players scored as Kyles' overwhelmed Oban Celtic from two leagues below them. The charge was led by a hat-trick from Innes MacDonald while Grant Irvine and Craig Martin both grabbed doubles.
Andrew McCuish and two from Daniel Cameron had Oban Camanachd 3-0 up against Glenurquhart early on and there it stayed for the remaining 78 minutes of the game.
Danny Morrison gave Skye an early lead but Danny Morrison's equaliser for Glasgow Mid Argyll was not long coming, leaving the sides to meet again in Portree.


Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn could be facing a new battle after "moderate" MPs seized key policy making positions.

The list of MPs who will chair Labour policy committees reads like a who's who of Mr Corbyn's internal critics.
They include pro-Trident MP John Woodcock who reportedly turned the air blue at a Blairite event as he summed up his views on Mr Corbyn's leadership.
The annual Parliamentary party departmental committee elections normally pass without controversy.
But this year there appears to have been a concerted effort by Corbyn-sceptic MPs to gain control of one of the party's policy making mechanisms, according to grassroots website Labour List.
Particularly as only four of the 17 posts were contested - although that may be because most of Corbyn's Labour allies already have roles as shadow ministers.
Former shadow chancellor Chris Leslie, who has said Mr  Corbyn's economic policy would result in "higher inflation and higher cost of living" which would hit "the very people we should be standing up for", will chair the Parliamentary Party's Treasury committee.
Ian Austin, who tweeted "I'm getting a little tired of the self-indulgent comfort-zone fantasy that Corbyn could ever persuade mainstream voters to make him PM," will chair the party's education committee.
Shabana Mahmood, who quit the shadow cabinet, because she "strongly disagreed" with Mr Corbyn's economic policies, will chair the justice committee.
Other Corbyn critics to be appointed to committee chairs include Caroline Flint, Tristram Hunt, Ivan Lewis, Mike Gapes and Emma Reynolds.
They will have the power to stand in for shadow ministers at the despatch box, although this is rarely used, and influence policy decisions behind the scenes.
Who chairs Labour backbench committees doesn't usually make the headlines  - but then there has rarely been such a gulf between a leader and many of his own MPs.
The lack of support for Jeremy Corbyn at Westminster was underlined by the fact that all but two of the successful candidates backed either Liz Kendall or Yvette Cooper for leader - and none backed him.
Mr Corbyn had said he wanted these positions to become more influential - and that is exactly the intention of the new chairmen and women, too.
Nine of them will serve on Labour's National Policy Forum.
John Woodcock  - who is now the Parliamentary Labour Party's defence chairman -  said he will remind his leadership that MPs were elected on a policy of retaining the nuclear deterrent.
And the new Treasury chairman Chris Leslie has denounced both his leader - and the shadow chancellor's - economic policies.
Mr Corbyn is at odds with his many of his centre-left MPs in key policy areas, including the renewal of Trident, the welfare cap and military action in Syria.
But he has vowed to open up the party's policy making process to its members, the vast majority of whom voted for him to be leader.
This has sparked fears among "moderate" MPs that their views will be sidelined.
"Many MPs feel the agenda of many of Corbyn's backers is less about Jeremy, more about a left realignment of the party," writes an anonymous columnist on Blairite website Progress.
"This would be achieved with manifestos decided by conferences and executive meetings, with MPs restrained by fear of reselection. Once such changes are achieved, any leader will have to follow."


The Supreme Court of El Salvador has refused to allow a seriously ill pregnant woman to have an abortion, even though her foetus has almost no chance of survival.

Lawyers for the young woman - who suffers from lupus and kidney failure - had argued that continuing the pregnancy would place her life at risk.
The foetus itself is missing part or all of its brain.
All abortions are prohibited in El Salvador under any circumstances.
The constitution in the majority Roman Catholic country protects the right to life "from the moment of conception".
The 22-year-old woman - referred to as "Beatriz", not her real name - is said to be in fragile health, suffering from the chronic immune disorder lupus as well as kidney failure.
Tests suggest her 26-week-old foetus is developing without a complete brain, a condition called anencephaly. Almost all babies born with this condition die before or shortly after birth.
Sources: World Health Organisation, Guttmacher Institute
A medical committee at her maternity hospital, the Ministry of Health and rights groups had all supported Beatriz's request to terminate her pregnancy, but judges at the Supreme Court voted four-to-one to reject the woman's appeal.
In their ruling, the judges said: "This court determines that the rights of the mother cannot take precedence over those of the unborn child or vice versa, and that there is an absolute bar to authorising an abortion as contrary to the constitutional protection accorded to human persons 'from the moment of conception'."
The judges said that Beatriz's health was "stable", although they recognised this could change, ordering doctors to continue to monitor her health and provide all necessary treatment.
Judge Rodolfo Gonzalez, one of the four judges to rule against allowing Beatriz to have an abortion, said the constitutional court could not be turned into a "tribunal to allow the interruption of pregnancies".
Judge Gonzalez said he had not been convinced Beatriz was at risk of dying if the pregnancy was allowed to continue.
He said the case, and the great number of groups and people who had wanted to offer their opinion on it, had shown there was a need to discuss abortion more widely in El Salvador.
Florentin Melendez was the only one of the five judges to rule in favour of Beatriz, but said this did not mean he backed abortions.
He said he believed the court should have ruled in her favour to "guarantee that the medical personnel would not omit [any treatments] and would act diligently at all times, without having to recur to legal authorisation to protect the life of the mother and the human being she is carrying in her womb".
There was no immediate response from Beatriz's lawyers to the ruling.
Campaigners for the legalisation of abortion in cases where the mother's or foetus's life are at risk have condemned the ruling.
Morena Herrera, director of a campaign group which has supported Beatriz's case, said it was "irresponsible".
She argued that the judges had failed to consider the delicate state of health of the foetus, which she said would have no chance of surviving after birth.
"The only life we can save here is that of Beatriz," she said.
Ms Herrera said the group would look into ways of moving Beatriz out of El Salvador so she could receive the treatment they said she needed.
Doctors who support a termination have argued that the risk to Beatriz's health will grow as her pregnancy advances, and that if she suffers a health crisis it will be more difficult to treat the further into her pregnancy she is.
Doctors who perform an abortion in El Salvador and the mothers who undergo it face arrest and criminal charges.


Three people have tested negative for bird flu following an outbreak at a farm in Hampshire, Public Health England (PHE) has said.

Work is under way to slaughter 10,000 chickens at the farm in Upham.
Tests showed the outbreak as a "low severity" H7 strain of the disease, a much less serious form than the H5N8 strain found at a Yorkshire duck farm, in November.
A PHE spokeswoman said: "The risk to public health is extremely low."
There are no links between the case at Upham and the outbreak last year in Yorkshire, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said.
It added "robust action" was being taken to prevent any spread of the disease.
A 1km (0.6 mile) poultry movement restriction zone has been imposed around the commercial chicken breeding farm.
An investigation into the possible sources of the outbreak is under way.
Chief vet, Nigel Gibbens, said it was important to find out whether the avian flu case had come from somewhere else or if it had spread.
However, he said early indications showed there was "no strong likelihood that happened".
"We have to consider the possibility that it came from wild birds in the area," he added.
Paul Townsend, from the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), said the cull was necessary in order to "stamp out" the strain which could "potentially mutate to become a more highly pathogenic version, having more severe affects".
Meon Valley MP George Hollingbery has praised the owner of the farm, whom he said had reported the case to the authorities.
The premises will be quarantined for three weeks and barns will also be disinfected.
There is no food safety risk for consumers, according to the Food Standards Agency.
Defra said anyone suspecting avian influenza should immediately contact their nearest APHA office.


The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has said a data transfer pact between the EU and US needs "significant improvements".

The EU-US Privacy Shield agreement was supposed to safeguard EU citizens' personal information when stored in the US.
The agreement was designed to replace the Safe Harbour pact, which the EU Court of Justice ruled invalid in 2015.
But the EDPS Giovanni Buttarelli warned Privacy Shield was "not robust enough".
"I appreciate the efforts made to develop a solution to replace Safe Harbour but the Privacy Shield as it stands is not robust enough to withstand future legal scrutiny," he wrote in a statement.
Mr Buttarelli's statement does not mean the agreement will be scrapped, but his concerns echo those expressed by European privacy regulators in April.
The Privacy Shield agreement, negotiated by the US and the European Commission, was intended to be ratified in June.
Safe Harbour referred to an agreement struck between the European Union and United States, designed to provide a "streamlined and cost-effective" way for US firms to get data from Europe without breaking EU rules. It was introduced in 2000.
The EU forbids personal data from being transferred to and processed in parts of the world that do not provide "adequate" privacy protections.
Safe Harbour allowed US companies to self-certify that they had taken the necessary steps to protect data, to avoid having to seek permission for each new type of transfer.
In 2013, Edward Snowden revealed details about a surveillance scheme operated by the NSA called Prism.
It was alleged the agency had gained access to data about Europeans and other foreign citizens stored by the US tech giants.
Privacy campaigner Max Schrems asked the Irish Data Protection Commission to audit what material Facebook might be passing on.  The watchdog declined saying the transfers were covered by Safe Harbour.
When Mr Schrems contested the decision, the matter was referred to the European Court of Justice, which ruled Safe Harbour inadequate.
In February 2016, the EU and US agreed a new pact to make it easy for organisations to transfer data across the Atlantic.
Key points of the agreement are:
However, the agreement has been criticised by European privacy watchdogs.
In April, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party said it was still concerned about the possibility of "massive and indiscriminate" bulk collection of EU citizens' data by the US authorities.
Mr Buttarelli has echoed those concerns.
"Significant improvements are needed... to respect the essence of key data protection principles," he wrote.
In a statement, the EDPS said the Privacy Shield agreement needed to provide "adequate protection against indiscriminate surveillance" and "obligations on oversight, transparency, redress and data protection rights".


An inmate has been reported missing from Castle Huntly prison.

Andrew John Sharkey, 35, was reported missing from the jail, which is seven miles west of Dundee, at 17:40 on Friday.
He is believed to have connections in both Dundee and Perth.
He is described as 5'11" tall, of medium build and clean shaven with short brown hair. When last seen, he was wearing a dark hooded top and khaki trousers.
Police have advised members of the public not to approach him but to call them on 101 or 999.


The last inmates have left Shrewsbury's prison ahead of its closure next month.

HMP Shrewsbury, also known as The Dana, is one of seven prisons that are due to close after an announcement by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in January.
Staff gathered at its doors at about 11:00 GMT as governor Gerry Hendry opened the gates to allow the remaining five prisoners to be transferred.
Patrick Jackson, from Preston, was the last inmate to leave. He was given a certificate to mark the event.
The vice-chairman of the prison's independent monitoring board, Howard Horseley, said it was a sad day, with some staff facing an uncertain future.
About 190 prison staff work at the category C prison.
Mr Horseley said there was still an enormous amount of work to be done before the prison was officially closed next month.
He said the education department, library and other services would be decommissioned, with some facilities including the kitchens and the gym being sent to be used at other prisons.
Governor Mr Hendry said it was "the end of an era", but hoped people in the town would find a way of remembering the prison's history and traditions.
"We've served the general public well and we go out with our heads held high," he said.
"The one thing I did not want to be is the last serving governor of Shrewsbury prison, but that is what history will record."
The MoJ said the national closure programme would save Â£63m a year in running costs.
It said a 2,000-capacity super prison would be built to replace those closing, along with four smaller ones, each holding about 400 inmates.
HMP Shrewsbury was built in 1877 and is now a Grade II listed building.
It was originally designed to hold 170 inmates, but more recently officially had capacity for 340 prisoners.


Nottingham Forest full-back Daniel Pinillos is available after missing the win over Brighton with a foot injury.

Defenders Matt Mills (groin), Michael Mancienne (hamstring) and Jack Hobbs (foot) are still out.
For Brentford, captain Harlee Dean is available again after serving a two-match ban.
Meanwhile, his fellow Bees central defender Andreas Bjelland is doubtful after going off at Ipswich with a hamstring injury.


Prescription drugs were stolen from an ambulance while it was parked outside a hospital's accident and emergency unit.

The incident took place at Monklands Hospital in North Lanarkshire on Wednesday between 22:25 and 23:20.
Police have warned the public of the "potentially serious or fatal" consequences of taking the drugs if they are offered them.
The stolen items included vials of adrenaline, glyceryl trinitrate sprays and hydrocortisone sodium phosphate.
Police have urged anyone who comes across any discarded drugs to hand them in to their local police station.
Anyone with information about the theft is also asked to contact officers.


Jennifer Lawrence says she won't be playing shape-shifting mutant Mystique any more in the X-Men prequels.

The Oscar-winning actress says she's giving up the role when asked by a reporter at the premiere of her new movie, Serena.
She told MTV: "It is my last one, actually."
Lawrence started playing a younger version of Mystique in X-Men: First Class in 2011 and reprised her role in last year's X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Her final film as Mystique will be X-Men: Apocalypse, which is out next year.
With a number of new mutants appearing again - Cyclops (Tye Sheridan), Jean Grey (Sophie Turner) and Storm (Alexandra Shipp) - the time could be right for Lawrence to step away from her role.
Former Skins actor Nicholas Hoult, who played the Beast in X-Men: First Class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, has also suggested he won't be part of the franchise after Apocalypse.
He told E! Online that he wasn't signed up for any more films although he didn't rule out a return.
An older Mystique was played by Rebecca Romijn in 2000's X-Men and 2003 sequel X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.
She's a member of Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants and frees him from his plastic jail cell.
But she's turned into a normal human being after being shot in X-Men: The Last Stand and is abandoned by Magneto.
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Nottingham Forest fans spat on a group of rescuers ferrying a victim of the Hillsborough disaster towards an ambulance, the inquests have heard.

Former PC Philip Foster told the jury that, as Liverpool fans carried Paul Brady, 21, on a makeshift stretcher, they were targeted by some Forest fans.
Trained first-aider Mr Foster had earlier tried to resuscitate him.
Mr Brady and 95 other fans were fatally injured in a crush at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.
The refrigeration engineer from Liverpool had travelled to the match with friends Colin Auton, Michael O'Keefe and Joseph McCarthy, the jury heard.
Mr McCarthy also died in the disaster, while Mr Auton and Mr O'Keefe both lost consciousness.
Mr O'Keefe, a Liverpool season ticket holder, told the jury he spent three days in hospital.
Mr Brady and Mr O'Keefe were pictured inside pen three on the Leppings Lane terraces, at 14:56 BST - four minutes before the game kicked off.
In a statement read to the court, John Bilsborough, another Liverpool fan, recalled that Mr Brady was smiling and appeared "buoyant" and "with a twinkle in his eye" before the disaster unfolded.
The court heard Mr Brady was carried out of the terraces at 15:21 BST.
Dr Colin Flenley and Mr Foster both tried to resuscitate him on the pitch, along with a volunteer medic from the St John Ambulance service.
Mr Foster said that at one point he was "confident" he felt "one or two beats" of a pulse but added that may have been caused by someone else giving Mr Brady heart massage at the same time.
Mr Foster said: "At one point, I'm sure I felt something at the wrist - a pulse - and that's when I decided I couldn't do any more for him and I needed to get some more help.
"We needed airways, we needed lots of things, we needed oxygen. I couldn't do that on a football pitch."
Dr Flenley said Mr Brady showed no "signs of life" during the time he was with him.
At about 15:30 BST, Mr Foster helped a group including Liverpool fans carry Mr Brady on a makeshift stretcher the length of the pitch towards an ambulance.
The former officer said he was sure the group carrying Mr Brady included Liverpool fans because Forest supporters "spat" on them as they reached the other end of the pitch.
George Jacob, a surgeon and medical doctor, was part of a team that tried to resuscitate Mr Brady at Northern General Hospital in Sheffield but he was declared dead at 16:05.
Mr Brady's body was taken back to the stadium that night and Harry Brady, his father, identified his son the following morning.
The inquests, in Warrington, Cheshire, are due to resume at 13:00 BST on Friday.
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Michael O'Halloran believes St Johnstone manager Tommy Wright is the best man to help him rediscover the form that led to a transfer to Rangers.

The 26-year-old Scottish forward was sold to the Ibrox club by Saints for £500,000 in February 2016.
But he found starts hard to come by despite 24 appearances last season and has been sent back to Perth on loan.
"He knows when I need a kick up the backside or an arm round the shoulder," O'Halloran said of Wright.
O'Halloran joined Saints after leaving Bolton Wanderers in January 2014 and, after 16 goals in 90 appearances, was persuaded to move down a division to join Mark Warburton's Rangers.
He scored three goals as he helped the Glasgow side win the Championship title, but he failed to find the net last season and fell out of favour under new manager Pedro Caixinha.
"I came here a few years ago from Bolton and, at the time, it felt right when I spoke to the manager and again it feels right," said O'Halloran of his six-month loan.
"He knows me as a person and how to get the best out of me as a player and I trust him and I think he trusts me, which is important.
"You also see how he is with the boys, it is such a tight group, a family club and we work hard for each other.
"The manager, the staff and the boys were a big part in coming back and I am just looking forward to it."
O'Halloran came on at half-time in Saturday's friendly against East Fife and is hoping to start in this weekend's Premiership opener against Kilmarnock.
"The last game I started was in January," he added. "I haven't done a lot of training sessions and pre-season has been on my own as well.
"It was good to get training with the boys again and get some minutes on the pitch on Saturday, which was important as well going into the season."


The Belfast Giants clinched an overtime win over the Sheffield Steelers in the first of back-to-back Elite League meetings on Saturday night.

The match at the SSE Arena in Belfast was goalless until Colton Fretter netted for the visitors at 10:26 in the final period.
The lead was short-lived, though, as Colin Shields got the Giants level within 22 seconds.
Chris Higgins scored the overtime winner for the second-placed Giants.
The teams face each other in another league match in Belfast on Sunday, 8 January (16:00 GMT).
The hosts edged the opening period in possession and shots, but Ervins Mustukovs in the Sheffield goal kept the Giants at bay.
In the second period home netminder Jackson Whistle and the Giants defence killed off three Steelers powerplays.
Mustukovs was again the difference early in the final period as he produced a string of impressive saves to deny the Giants in two early powerplay opportunities.
After just over 50 minutes without a goal, the game sprung to life with two inside 22 seconds.
Fretter, assisted by John Armstrong and Mathieu Roy, netted from close range and then Shields squeezed the puck into the Steelers' net, assisted by James Desmarais and Steve Saviano.
In overtime, the Giants broke into the Sheffield zone with Blair Riley dishing the puck to Higgins who, one-on-one with the goalie, pulled a move and netted to secure the win for the hosts at 60:31.


Former Olympic champion Katie Taylor will be expected to take another step towards a world title shot with victory over Monica Gentili on Saturday.

The 30-year-old lightweight from Dublin is on the undercard of the David Haye and Tony Bellew fight in London.
Victory over her Italian opponent would give the London 2012 gold medallist three wins out of three since turning professional in October.
Promoter Eddie Hearn says Taylor could have a world title fight by September.
Taylor won her pro debut bout by stopping Karina Kopinska from Poland and followed that with a points win over Brazil's Viviane Obenauf.
At the 2016 Olympics, her attempt to become a double gold medallist ended when she lost her opening bout in Rio in August.
"We want to grow Katie into an international star before going for the world title," said Hearn.
"So we are going to box in America, we are going to box in the UK, probably in Scandinavia or Germany and then back to Dublin for that world title fight.
"I feel Katie will be in a position to fight for a world title in September."


A lot is riding on Australian Treasurer Scott Morrison's economic plan, which doubles as the government's pitch to voters.

As the official announcement of an early election draws near, a resurgent opposition Labor party has been piling pressure on with populist policies.
It appears as if this budget is about two things: neutralising Labor's lines of attack for the election and playing up the government's economic management credentials.
This is aside from setting up Australia's economy for future prosperity and reducing a ballooning deficit.  Here are five key things you should watch out for.
The end of the mining boom has left Australia with a deficit problem. Ratings agency Moody's said this month that Australia could lose its AAA credit rating if the government cut spending but failed to raise taxes.
The opposition has already boldly announced a number of policy measures aimed at raising revenue, including preventing multinational companies' tax avoidance, increasing the tobacco excise and cutting tax concessions for high-income earners saving for their retirement.
And all three measures will almost certainly be in the government's budget. Reports say Mr Morrison will reduce the amount of tax-deductible debt that multinational companies can load onto their local operations through so-called "thin capitalisation". The treasurer has also confirmed that the wealthy will pay more on their superannuation plans.
These are all relatively modest ideas. The government has taken an increase in the goods and services tax (GST) off the table.
It is also refusing to consider changes to negative gearing laws, which allows property investors to write off losses on private housing on tax. Ending negative gearing on existing dwellings is a key Labor policy.
But while Labor plans to plunge additional revenue back into health and education, the government intends to use its new revenue to deliver a modest cut in the corporate tax rate of 30%. While this leaves Mr Morrison open to charges of supporting big business over ordinary Australians, the government says it will deliver productivity gains in the future.
Workers earning around A$80,000 ($61,300; Â£42,000) per year can expect some tax relief as the threshold for entering the second-highest tax bracket, where earnings are taxed at 37 cents in the dollar, is pushed higher.
Mr Morrison appears to be sticking to his word that the budget will not be filled with sweeteners for voters. Instead the government is emphasising a message of fiscal responsibility and contrasting that with what it says is Labor's inclination to "tax and spend".
But even as it seeks to emphasise its economic credentials, the government wants to neutralise Labor's promised spending on health and education.
To that end, it's promising a A$5bn subsidised dental plan and an extra A$2.9bn for hospitals between 2017 and 2020.  It will also provide an extra A$1.5bn for school funding. By way of comparison, the opposition is promising A$4.5bn in school funding.
This will be a key election battleground. Do voters trust Labor to deliver a solid economy along with increased social spending, or will they prefer the government's fiscally conservative approach?
Cities policy is a pet project of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the government plans to fund crucial infrastructure.
There will be A$5bn to pay for transport infrastructure, chiefly the Sydney Metro and Melbourne Metro rail projects. The fund will only partially pay for each project, with state governments to provide the rest of the cash.
Mr Turnbull has also announced a A$50m Smart Cities program which will look at issuing long-dated government bonds to pay for high-value infrastructure projects.
Australia's budget has not been in surplus since 2007-08 and falls in commodity prices have left a gaping hole in the government's revenues. Australia is now carrying more than A$400bn in debt and this is growing.
The government is aiming to slow this ballooning debt over the next five or six years, returning the budget to surplus by around 2021.  It may be wise not to put too much faith in that date as modelling from the treasury has predicted a rapid return to surplus more than once.


World number one Novak Djokovic beat defending champion Andy Murray 6-2 3-6 6-3 in the Madrid Open final.

The defeat means the 28-year-old Briton will lose his world number two ranking to Roger Federer on Monday.
The Scot was blown away in the opening set, but fought back to level, only to fall to the Serb's power and accuracy in the decider.
Djokovic now moves ahead of Spain's Rafael Nadal with a record 29 ATP Masters 1000 titles.
The Serb underlined his current dominance as he claimed his fifth title in the past six Masters tournaments but he was pushed hard by Murray, exemplified by a 14-minute final game as Djokovic survived six deuces and seven break points to hold for the match.
"The first couple of break points I remember making two mistakes," said Murray.
"It was kind of back and forth from there and unfortunately I couldn't quite break, which was a shame because both of us on the break points until that last game were pretty clinical."
Djokovic broke Murray's serve in the opening game and the 2011 winner gave a masterclass combining powerful ground shots with brutal accuracy as he found the lines with uncanny regularity.
Murray found his second serve coming under huge pressure and Djokovic duly earned a double break before racing to the first set in just 31 minutes.
In the second, however, the Scot's serve began to click into gear and, having won just 17% of points on his second serve in the first set, he increased it to an impressive 60% in the second.
Djokovic made crucial forehand and backhand errors in the third game before serving a double-fault to be broken for only the second time in the tournament.
The Madrid crowd who were muted as Murray beat local favourite Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-4 in Saturday's semi-finals were now encouraging the Briton, who responded with some of his best tennis of the week as he won the set with a cheeky drop shot from the back of the court.
It was Djokovic's turn to regroup and after a comfortable hold needed just one of two break points to take the early initiative in the decider.
But this was a different Murray from the opening set and the Scot immediately broke back with Djokovic again serving a double fault at the crucial moment.
Again, however, the world number one raised the bar and this time it proved crucial with a decisive break in the sixth game.
"When you play against the best players, you are probably not going to win every single time," said Murray. "But you want to make the matches extremely difficult for them: physically and mentally, so it's not comfortable. So I think at least today I did that, but unfortunately didn't get the win.
"It's been a positive week for me this week overal l- a few years ago I wouldn't have thought I'd be winning against Rafa and then pushing Novak this close on a clay court."
"Murray began the match a shadow of the man who had played so well in Madrid all week. The first set wasn't a contest, but once given an opening by the world number one early in the second, Murray started playing with real conviction, and pushed his man to the limit.
"At 2-2 in the decider the match was genuinely in the balance. Djokovic's response, though, was characteristically brilliant, and after surviving a bout of jitters and a 14-minute final game, he deservedly clinched his record 29th Masters series title."


Supermarket giant Sainsbury's is to close its mobile phone service after two years, the company has confirmed.

Mobile by Sainsbury's was a "virtual network" run on infrastructure provided by Vodafone.
The BBC understands the two companies could not reach an agreement to continue the service, which will close on 15 January.
Sainsbury's told the BBC it still wanted to provide a mobile service to shoppers and was exploring its options.
Brands such as Giffgaff, TalkTalk and Tesco Mobile are known as mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) and run on infrastructure provided by other carriers, including O2, Three and EE.
Sainsbury's rival Tesco Mobile is one of the largest MVNO in the UK and has about four million subscribers.
Mobile by Sainsbury's attracted just 150,000 subscribers, which the BBC understands did not meet Vodafone's expectations.
Sainsbury's told the BBC it was exploring other options and was "still interested" in providing a mobile network for its customers.
In July, TalkTalk suggested Vodafone was leaving the MVNO market, in documents submitted to the Competition and Markets Authority.
Vodafone denied the suggestion and said it continued to operate MVNO with companies such as Amazon, Lebara and Talk Mobile.
Sainsbury's said its customers would be able to move their numbers to a new network if they wanted to, and the supermarket chain would continue to sell mobile phones in more than 300 of its stores.


Another associate of a Hong Kong bookshop specialising in titles critical of the Chinese government appears to have disappeared.

Last month four other employees of the same bookshop and publishing house, including its owner, went missing.
Their colleagues believe they have been detained because of their work.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed in Hong Kong, but many in the publishing industry say they are beginning to feel pressure from mainland China.
The latest associate to be reported missing is the man who raised the alarm when his colleagues disappeared in October.
Mr Lee spoke to the BBC when his colleagues disappeared but did not want to disclose his full name at the time fearing reprisals.
He failed to arrive home on Wednesday evening and his wife has been unable to reach him. She told the BBC she is deeply afraid.
One of his colleagues said Mr Lee was taken away by unknown men and the fear is that Chinese officials have reached beyond mainland China to punish them for their work, our correspondent Juliana Liu in Hong Kong reports.
Two of the previous four men who disappeared were last seen in Shenzhen, mainland China, where their wives live; one was last seen in Hong Kong; and the other, the owner of the publishing house, was last heard from by email from Pattaya, Thailand, where he owns a holiday home.
The Causeway Bay Bookstore sells gossipy paperbacks that are highly critical of the Chinese leadership and are said to be popular among mainland tourists visiting Hong Kong.
The bookshop's troubles are not unique. Last year, Hong Kong publisher Yiu Mantin was sentenced to ten years in prison in China on smuggling charges his family believes were retaliation for publishing a book highly critical of President Xi Jinping. And in November, two Hong Kong journalists were tried for selling political magazines in nearby Shenzhen.


A man who reversed his car into a woman in Aberdeen has been jailed for six months.

Steven Whyte, 23, got out his car to have an argument with Katrina Michie, 46, at a roundabout.
Whyte then reversed into the woman, pinning her leg against the bonnet of her car in October of last year.
Whyte was found guilty of charges including dangerous driving and threatening and abusive behaviour at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
The father-of-one, of Aberdeen, was also disqualified from driving for two years.
The victim suffered cuts and tissue damage to her leg.
The incident happened at the Tesco roundabout at Persley Bridge, in the Bridge of Don area.
Sheriff Annella Cowan told Whyte: "It's obvious that in moments of frustration you resort to violence.
"You deliberately drove backwards and crushed her leg."


A 47-year-old woman has been killed after her car hit a tree in West Lothian.

Police said the crash, involving a silver Citroen, happened at Wester Breich Road in West Calder at about 01:10 on Saturday.
The Fire and Rescue service said that when they arrived they found the woman trapped inside the vehicle.
However, despite the efforts of ambulance crews she was pronounced dead at the scene.
No other vehicles were involved in the crash.
Sgt Neil Inglis said: "The woman's next of kin have been informed and our condolences are with them at this very difficult time.
"Anyone who may have witnessed this collision, or who saw the Citroen beforehand, is urged to get in touch as soon as possible."


One in three fraud victims are aged 65 or over, analysis by the charity Victim Support suggests.

Over 65s made up 35% of 39,272 fraud referrals to the charity in England and Wales in the year to September, despite making up just 18% of the population.
And 22% of victims were aged 75 or over despite making up just 8% of the population, the analysis showed.
Victim Support's director said the targeting of older people was "disturbing and despicable".
Lucy Hastings added that many other cases were not being reported.
"We need to take away the stigma, so that victims of fraud have the confidence to report it, knowing that they are not alone and will be taken seriously," she said.
Caroline Abrahams, charity director at Age UK, said elderly people could be scammed on the doorstep, by phone, online or by post.
"Figures like this aren't surprising to us as time and time again we're seeing stats that highlight this horrible problem and as scams become more sophisticated the risks they pose to older people are growing," she said.
"To most of us it's unbelievable that anyone would target an older person to defraud them but unfortunately it happens and we know that older people can be especially vulnerable if they are lonely and isolated or suffer with dementia."
Case study: "I was totally drawn in"
Pat Bottomley from Hull lost her £8,500 life savings after falling victim to fraudsters posing as police officers.
One fake officer called the widow, 76, and said a teenager with the same name as her son had been arrested in possession of her bank card.
"The police officer assured me he was genuine and needed my assistance," Pat said. "He even gave me the name and phone number of a real policeman, which I looked up - so I thought he was being honest."
A second fraudster then called and talked her into transferring money into a savings account to help the "police" catch international criminals withdrawing stolen money.
When her son returned home later, she realised it had been a scam.
"I was totally drawn in and I felt absolutely gutted," Mrs Bottomley said.
"The experience made me totally lose my confidence. I felt very stupid. It wasn't about the money - it was about how I was made to feel. I didn't want to answer the phone to anyone or go out anymore."
Last month, it was revealed fraudsters posing as bank staff had tricked 65-year-old Nargess Sadjady, from west London, into handing over her £12,000 savings.
In March, a man who stole more than £17,000 from a pensioner to pay his gambling and wedding debts was sent to prison.
Cormac McGuckin, 29, from County Londonderry, was given a 20-month jail sentence after a court heard he had befriended an elderly man and persuaded him to write blank cheques.
Concerns have also been raised about the vulnerability of those approaching retirement under new pension rules, which make it easier to access money in pension pots.
The Financial Conduct Authority warned that con-artists have been keen to take advantage of the change.


Thousands of teachers are being lured abroad with lucrative pay packages as England's schools grapple with a recruitment crisis, Ofsted warns.

Chief Inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw says elite public schools have been opening up branches abroad, leading to a boom in international schools.
More people left the UK (18,000) to teach than trained (17,000) on English post-graduate routes, he adds.
Ministers cited figures saying just a tiny fraction of teachers left the UK.
The Department for Education also said it was disingenuous to suggest its approach to teacher recruitment was not working.
Why are teachers quitting the UK to work abroad?
But Sir Michael's claim comes after the government missed its teacher trainee recruitment targets for the past four years.
This has led to shortages of teachers in most subject areas, and many schools are finding it hard to recruit staff.
Sir Michael said it was not surprising that the demand for UK-trained teachers was soaring as English was the most common language used in the estimated 8,000 international schools, many of which follow a British-style curriculum.
He added that the demand for UK-trained teachers was only likely to increase as the number of international schools is projected to nearly double to more than 15,000 by 2025.
He quoted International School Consultancy figures which suggested 18,000 people had left the UK to teach abroad in 2015, although he acknowledged not all of these would have been fully qualified teachers.
Recruitment agencies were actively targeting newly qualified teachers, he claimed, as well as more experienced classroom professionals - with "enticing offers of competitive, usually tax-free salaries, free accommodation and often the prospect of working in warmer, sunnier climes".
He added: "Shouldn't we also ask the question: at what cost to our own state education system?
"Are we in danger of overlooking one of the consequences of this expansion - a teacher 'brain drain' from this country just when the supply issue is reaching situation critical?
"At a time of well-documented shortages, should we not be putting more effort into holding on to those who have gone through their teacher training in England?"
And he called for policy makers to consider financial incentives, often referred to as "golden handcuffs", to retain teachers working in the UK state system.
Sir Michael also said there was a need to "talk up" the profession and highlight the "nobility of teaching" and how it can transform lives.
"The idea of 'golden handcuffs' to keep teachers in this country for a period of time is an interesting one which deserves more examination."
A Department for Education spokesman said: "Despite the challenge of a competitive jobs market, the proportion of trainee teachers with a top degree has grown faster than in the population as a whole, and there are more teachers overall.
"But we are determined to continue raising the status of the profession.
"That's why we're investing hundreds of millions in teacher recruitment, backing schemes like Teach First and the National Teaching Service to get great teachers where they are most needed, and why we've given schools unprecedented freedom over staff pay, to allow them to attract the brightest and the best.
"The number of former teachers returning to the classroom has increased year on year - further evidence of the popularity of the profession. Recent research shows that the number of teachers leaving the profession to work abroad is 1%."
This percentage is based on separate figures from research based on England's Labour Force Survey. Wales does not compile figures on teachers leaving the country.
A teacher training certificate in British education has always been a passport to rewarding work in interesting parts of the world.
What is worrying is that this alleged "brain drain" comes amid a growing teacher recruitment crisis in England.
Because of high staff turnover, the equivalent of an entire British Navy of teachers has to be recruited every year, just to stand still.
So financial incentives or "golden handcuffs", that might staunch the flow of those leaving may well tip the balance.
A scheme to attract and retain teachers in challenging schools began in 2009 but was axed in 2010.
Official "golden hellos" or cash bonus schemes, to attract teachers into shortage subjects and tough areas, were used by the Labour administration.
These were scrapped in 2011 and new bursary schemes giving trainee teachers money off their higher university tuition fees became the key incentive.
But teaching unions say, fee-waivers do little to address the low starting salary for teachers - Â£21,000 outside London - and the pressures of increasing workload and accountability.
Shadow education secretary Lucy Powell said: "Whilst ministers continue to deny the crisis in teacher shortages, we are seeing more and more evidence that this serious issue is threatening standards. Sir Michael Wilshaw is right to highlight the detrimental impact this is having on schools right across the country."
Leora Cruddas, director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders,  said: "Our view is that more needs to be done to incentivise teaching as a career.
"We would suggest that government undertakes to write off, over a period of time, the undergraduate tuition fees of students who become teachers, as long as they remain in the state system in this country during that period.
"This would help with both the recruitment and retention of newly qualified teachers."
Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said performance-related pay and an "utterly punishing" workload that leaves little time for family or friends is driving teachers out in droves.
"Add to this the punitive and often pointless accountability system overseen by Sir Michael Wilshaw alongside his regular disparaging comments about the profession, it is no surprise teaching in England has become an unattractive option."


Ebola - or Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) - is a really deadly virus: 50% to 90% of people who catch it die.

But there are a few forms of the virus which have been identified by scientists.
But  if you get the right medical care and treatment, you can recover.
Ebola was first spotted in the African countries of Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976.
In five months 284 people in Sudan caught the virus.
It killed 117.
You can catch it through direct contact with the body fluids of an infected person such as blood and saliva.
It is not airborne like the flu so is more difficult to catch but is very infectious: so infected people have to be kept separate to reduce the risk of it spreading.
Health care workers who have looked after sick patients have also been infected.
It's thought Ebola is carried by animals too - chimpanzees and monkeys have been badly affected by the virus.
It is spread to humans from close contact with infected animals and can then be passed between people.
This latest outbreak has been linked with fruit bats - which are considered a tasty meal in parts of Africa.
There is no cure or vaccine for Ebola but a new experimental drug, ZMapp, has been used in the US on health workers and a UK nurse who caught the disease in Africa. They recovered from the virus.
You lose a lot of fluids when you have the disease so giving people enough water and the right vitamins, minerals and nutritious food is one of the main treatments.
October - The government announced that more is being done to deal with the risk of the Ebola virus in the UK.
People will be able to ring a special phone line and will be asked questions about their travel history and possible symptoms.
Experts will be on standby with several hospitals ready to deal with any possible cases.
The Ebola virus has spread across West Africa in recent months and prompted lots of questions from you.
We asked virus expert Dr Benjamin Neuman to answer some of your questions.
20th October - Nigeria was declared free from Ebola after more than six weeks without any new cases.
But the World Health Organisation says Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone are still trying to prevent it spreading.
Lots of countries and charities are trying to help stop the outbreak of the virus by sending troops, supplies and helping to build more facilities to treat people.
Chris Worrall from the charity Oxfam, has told Martin about the work they're doing to raise awareness of the virus.
3rd September - The first British person to catch Ebola during the outbreak in West Africa made a full recovery.
William Pooley was brought back to the UK from Africa and was treated in a special isolation unit at the Royal Free Hospital in London but has now been discharged.
William was given the experimental drug ZMapp and has praised the "world class" care he received.
He was working as a volunteer nurse in one of the worst affected countries, Sierra Leone, when he caught the virus.
August - The deadly virus Ebola had killed more than 1,500 people, aid workers travel to west Africa to help.
In the fight to try to stop the disease spreading, doctors and medical staff from the UK and other countries are helping to treat those infected in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Nigeria.
So why do so many doctors, nurses and medical staff risk their lives in dangerous places?
Dr Nathalie MacDermott, who's worked with Ebola sufferers, told Newsround what it's like to work in such a difficult environment.
Dr Tim O'Dempsey told Newsround what it's like to work in such a difficult environment.
Monday 25th August - A British man who caught Ebola when working as a nurse in Sierra Leone was treated for the virus.
The man, named as William Pooley, has been flown home to the UK and is being treated in an isolation unit at a hospital in London.
Ebola is a very serious disease and lots of people in West Africa have been affected recently.
Health experts say people in the UK should not be worried as it's extremely unlikely it will reach this country.
22nd August - Two American aid workers recover from Ebola after being treated with an experimental drug ZMapp.
Two American aid workers who fell ill with Ebola have left hospital after recovering.
Dr Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol were working in Liberia in Africa, when they caught the disease.
They were both flown to the US for treatment three weeks ago, where they were kept in isolation in an Atlanta hospital.
Doctors who treated them say they no longer show any signs of the disease and pose no threat to the public.
Whilst in hospital, they were both given an experimental treatment known as ZMapp.
The drug, which has only been made in limited quantities, had never been tested on humans before and it's unclear whether this helped in their recovery.
7th August - World leaders met to discuss how to tackle Ebola outbreak.
In Africa, doctors are fighting to stop an outbreak of a virus that has been spreading there.
It's called Ebola and health experts from across the world are meeting to try to work out how to tackle it.
The outbreak began in December 2013, over 3,500 miles away in Guinea, and has spread to other countries in west Africa.
Health officials are working hard to get the situation under control in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria.


A new exhibition of the works of sculptor Henry Moore has been put together following a Â£7m revamp of his former home.

Becoming Henry Moore will mark the opening of the redeveloped Studio & Gardens in Hertfordshire, as well as the 40th anniversary of his foundation, created to support artists.
The exhibition focuses on works from his formative years, from 1914 to 1930.
It also includes exhibits from artists who influenced the sculptor.
Among the works on show is Moore's first commission from his student days, a World War One roll of honour for his secondary school, which has never before been seen outside his hometown of Castleford, in West Yorkshire.
This work, and others including his Reclining Figure, will be exhibited at the Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Perry Green, near Bishop's Stortford, which has been transformed to include a visitor centre, cafÃ© and classrooms.
Moore's works will be shown alongside those of artists who inspired him, such as Picasso, Rodin, Michelangelo and British contemporaries including Barbara Hepworth and Jacob Epstein.
In the 40 years since Moore and his family set up the Henry Moore Foundation to encourage appreciation of the art world and support artists and projects throughout the world, it has awarded grants worth more than Â£31m to over 2,000 projects and individuals.
Becoming Henry Moore runs until 22 October.


England are "sitting really pretty" after Joe Root and Moeen Ali led them to 311-4 on day one of the first Test against India, says Geoffrey Boycott.

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Joe Root scored 124 and put on 179 with Moeen, whose 99 not out Boycott described as "one of his best innings".
"This was a lovely innings - controlled drives with lovely flow and ease of the bat," the former England opener told Test Match Special.
"Moeen and Joe Root in the afternoon session took the game away from India."
The second new ball is available for India when play resumes on Friday at 04:00 GMT with Moeen on strike, one run short of his fourth Test hundred and first overseas.
Boycott added of Moeen's innings: "I thought he played splendidly. I know sometimes he plays airy-fairy and he gets out - but you could say that about the wonderful, great player David Gower occasionally, but a lot of other times he played fantastically."
As for fellow Yorkshireman Root, Boycott said "it was just a very good Joe Root innings - what you have come to expect from one of the world's best players".
Boycott believes the tourists, who won the toss, should be aiming to score at least 450 in their first innings.
"You've got to aim for 550 but 450 is the minimum so don't cock up now - let's have no collapses tomorrow. India are not world-beating. Put the score on the board, a big score, and let's see how they do under scoreboard pressure."
Root, who brought up his 11th Test century and first in Asia, says there is still "a lot of hard work to do tomorrow morning" as England look to build a big total.
"It's a good start to the game but it'd be silly and naive to look too far into it," he told Test Match Special.
"It's nice to see Moeen set and Ben Stokes looked very comfortable towards the back end of the evening. If they can get a good partnership together and put some pressure on them, we could be in a really good position come the end of this innings."
The England vice-captain said the testing pitches in the drawn series against Bangladesh last month had helped prepare the players for facing the world number one Test side.
"From those extreme conditions you learn how to start an innings against spin. We've worked really hard since we've been here about doing that and I thought that has paid off slightly," Root said.
He believes there is enough in the pitch already to give England hope of causing India's batsmen problems later in the game.
Root continued: "There are quite a lot of cracks and you saw reverse swing come into it quite early on. That will give the seamers a boost. There was a bit of variable bounce and if that can continue to develop over the next couple of days and we get a lot of runs first innings, we could be in a good position."
Root had no complaints about his eventual dismissal via a return catch to Umesh Yadav, who lost control of the ball as he attempted to throw it up in celebration.
Third umpire Rod Tucker adjudged the catch had been taken despite Yadav appearing to panic as the ball slipped from his grasp.
"I didn't see too much about it because I was so disgusted with the shot, I turned my back on it as the ball went in. I looked back up and he was scrambling around for it," Root said.
"Having seen the slo-mo, it looks like he had control of it. When you speed it up, it's a bit up in the air. I was lucky to get away with an umpire's call on lbw - sometimes these things go for you, sometimes they go against you. You have to take it on the chin and move on."
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew felt the correct decision had been made, explaining: "You go to the law book and see that up to 2000 you had to have full control of the ball and its further disposal but that law is gone.
"There is no mention of the word 'control' in the laws any more so as long as you catch the ball, that's it. It didn't look good at full speed but in slow motion you see that he has the ball in his hands and he then makes to throw it in the air. These days that's good enough."
Agnew was impressed by 19-year-old Test debutant Haseeb Hameed, who looked composed in making 31 before he was out lbw to off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin.
"Hameed looked a natural, and a natural opening batsmen. He showed a lot of maturity and wasn't rushed at all - he made the bowlers wait until he was ready," Agnew told BBC Sport.
"He gets very much on the front foot, he gets from front foot to back foot very quickly and he played the short ball well.
"His family is here and it's a huge event for him at the age of 19 but I thought he played very, very well. There is a lot of talent there and let's hope it matures fully."
Boycott also expressed his approval, saying: "I thought he played nicely but I don't think we should expect too much from him - he's 19.
"Where was I playing then? Some club cricket or Yorkshire second team. This kid is playing a Test match in India. But what I saw, the nice shots, the footwork, the defence - I agree with the selectors. There looks to be something there worth taking a chance on. He looks a proper opener."
Agnew has concerns over Ben Duckett's technique after the Northamptonshire left-hander was caught at skip off Ashwin for 13 in the final over before lunch, which left England 102-3.
Duckett opened alongside captain Alastair Cook in Bangladesh, where he averaged 23 in four innings, but has moved to number four here.
"Ben Duckett does tend to get leg side of the ball, which means he is going to be caught in the slip area," Agnew said.
"He's going to have to look at covering his stumps a little bit more but this is the way that he plays and it's got him in the England side, and he has a fifty to his name from the second Test against Bangladesh.
"He is batting in a better position than opening - I'll be surprised if he regularly opens in Test cricket. But he has got to realise that in Test cricket the margins of error are miniscule."


An airfield which played a "pivotal" role in World War Two is commemorating its centenary.

North Weald in Essex was established in 1916 as an RAF base for fighter planes to combat airship raids over London.
Fighter planes, mainly Hurricanes, flew from the site during the Battle of Britain in 1940.
The RAF left the base, just off the M11 near Epping, in 1964 and it is currently used by businesses and small aircraft.
Pilots from Norway, USA, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and Poland also flew RAF planes from North Weald during the 1939-45 conflict.
Arthur Moreton, airfield historian and chairman of the North Weald Royal Air Force Association, said: "It was involved in the defence of London in WW1, but it really came to public prominence during the Battle of Britain when it played a pivotal role as an RAF Fighter Sector Station with Hawker Hurricanes defending the eastern approaches to the capital.
"Spitfires arrived later in the war and its role continued during the Cold War, but the growth of civilian flights around London's major airports meant it was too restrictive for the RAF to continue using it.
"Today it's a thriving airfield for private flying, restoration of historic military aircraft and the museum."
North Weald, which is owned by Epping Forest District Council, hosts its Centenary Air Fete on Sunday.
Ash Bailey, event manager for EM Aviation Services, said: "This is our big event of the centenary year and we're most excited about the return of three Norwegian veterans who flew from here for the RAF during World War Two.
"The weather's looking good and we're confident it's going to be a fitting celebration."


A memoir by the widow of a man who died of a brain tumour has won a prize for new books about health or illness.

Marion Coutts' The Iceberg beat five other titles to receive the £30,000 Wellcome Book Prize, given annually to works that "showcase the breadth and depth of our encounters with medicine".
Coutts' memoir charts the last 18 months in the life of Tom Lubbock.
Chief art critic of the Independent, he died in 2011 of a tumour that robbed him of the ability to write or speak.
Published last July, The Iceberg was previously been shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction and the Costa Biography Award.
Author Bill Bryson, chairman of the Wellcome judging panel, called it a "wise, moving and beautifully constructed" book that "stays with you for a long time after".
Coutts is an artist, writer and lecturer who wrote the introduction to her late husband's own memoir, Until Further Notice, I am Alive.


Glasgow stretched their winning run in the Pro12 to five games with an engrossing comeback against Ulster at Scotstoun.

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The visitors scored the first two tries of the match, early in the first half through Iain Henderson and early in the second with a controversial one for Stuart McCloskey.
Glasgow trailed 17-9 after almost an hour, but rapid-fire scores from man-of-the-moment Stuart Hogg and then Tommy Seymour dealt a blow to Ulster's play-off hopes.
Ulster were even denied the consolation of a losing bonus point when Hogg, the great showstopper, boomed over a penalty from 53 metres with the last kick.
The drama - and the big refereeing calls from John Lacey - began as early as the second minute when Glasgow lost the golden boy of Scottish rugby, Hogg, to the sin-bin. The full-back came in at the side of a ruck and while he was away, Ulster struck.
It had been on the cards even with a full complement, as Ulster carved Glasgow open in those opening minutes, with Stuart Olding and Craig Gilroy's footwork getting through soft tackling from the home side and into open country.
The try when it eventually came was richly deserved, Olding throwing an inside pass for Henderson to score under the posts on his return to action after four months out injured.
Paddy Jackson's conversion made it 7-0 to the visitors in a city where they have lost their previous five games in the Pro 12, most notably the two-point loss in last season's semi-final.
Glasgow finally found some belligerence midway through the half. Their big carriers took them into Ulster territory and the visitors were penalised repeatedly at the breakdown.
Two Russell penalties made it 7-6 after the half-hour before two more penalties - one apiece for Jackson and Russell - left it at 10-9 to Ulster at the break.
Lacey had been a deeply unpopular character with the Glasgow supporters in that opening half. The breakdown had been a shambles and the home crowd, unsurprisingly, laid the blame squarely at Ulster's door.
Their ire turned to blind fury when McCloskey scored early in the new half. From a downfield kick to touch, Ulster took a quick throw - from Gilroy to McCloskey - who crashed over while Glasgow dozed.
The controversy arose over whether the ball travelled the requisite five metres and the fact Lacey decided to forego the TMO and award the score. When Jackson converted, Glasgow trailed 17-9.
Their response was magnificent. First, Hogg chipped over Olding down the left wing and ran on to gather and score for a classic predator's try. Then, Russell's crossfield kick was taken at full pelt by Seymour, who belted away for Glasgow's second try.
Russell converted and, suddenly, Glasgow led 21-17. They had to soak up pressure after that with questions asked of their defence  -which were soundly answered.
When Russell put over a penalty for 24-17 with seven minutes left, the game was as good as up.
The last act belonged to Hogg, who launched a 53-metre penalty to deny Ulster a losing bonus.
It was a precious victory for the defending champions, whose momentum is growing all the time along with their prospects of retaining their crown.
Glasgow: S Hogg, T Seymour, M Bennett, A Dunbar, S Lamont, F Russell, H Pyrgos; G Reid, F Brown, S Puafisi, J Gray (capt), L Nakarawa, R Harley, C Fusaro, J Strauss.
Replacements: J Malcolm, J Yanuyanutawa, Z Fagerson, T Swinson, R Wilson, G Hart, D Weir, T Naiyaravoro.
Ulster: S Olding, C Gilroy, L Marshall, S McCloskey, R Scholes, P Jackson, R Pienaar; C Black, R Herring (C), R Lutton, A O'Connor, F van der Merwe, I Henderson, C Henry, N Williams.
Replacements: J Andrew, K McCall, A Warwick, R Diack, S Reidy, P Marshall, S Windsor, D Cave.


Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has called for new tax and welfare powers to be devolved to Scotland as a "priority".

Ms Sturgeon told the BBC such powers would allow the Scottish government to grow the economy.
She added that she had spoken "briefly" to Prime Minister David Cameron but more discussions were required.
Ms Sturgeon also said her party now provided the main opposition at Westminster.
Labour, with 232 MPs, are the official opposition but Ms Sturgeon claimed her party, which gained 50 MPs on Thursday, was the one putting pressure on  Mr Cameron's Conservative government.
The SNP is the third largest party in the UK despite only standing in Scotland.
It took 56 of the 59 seats in Scotland, reducing Labour to just one MP when they had previously had 41.
Speaking to the BBC's Andrew Marr programme, Ms Sturgeon said Mr Cameron did not appear to want to move beyond powers already outlined in the Smith Commission, which was formed after the independence referendum to fulfil the pledge to give Scotland further devolution.
She said: "What we will argue for is priority devolution of powers over business taxes, employment, the minimum wage, welfare, because these are the levers we need to grow our economy to get people into work paying taxes and lifting people out of poverty.
"David Cameron did not give me any indication that he wanted to move beyond the current Smith Commission proposals.
"I think he has to and that clearly is one of the things we are going to have to discuss."
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Elsewhere in the interview, Ms Sturgeon was asked whether a UK government offer of full fiscal autonomy - the devolution of all tax and spend powers - within two years would be a "good deal" for Scotland.
She replied: "It would be the responsibility of the Scottish government and our MPs down in the House of Commons to make sure we get a good deal."
She said any move towards full fiscal autonomy created "questions" around issues such as how much Scotland contributed towards reserved areas such as defence, and how much Scotland would pay towards UK debt interest payments.
"We have not got into the details of those discussions," she added. "My starting point is that Scotland's voice has to be heard."
She said any move to full fiscal responsibility would take several years to implement.
Ms Sturgeon described her party as the "principal opposition to the Conservatives".
She said she would seek to build alliances with others to stand up for "progressive politics".
Responding to former SNP leader Alex Salmond's comments on Saturday that following the party's landslide victory he thought Scotland was now closer to independence, Ms Sturgeon said there was "no disagreement" between them.
She said: "I think Scotland will become an independent country one day. He said he thinks it will be in his lifetime, I hope that's the case."
However, she repeated her previous stance that the election was "not about independence".
She added: "I said expressly to people in Scotland that if they voted SNP, and half of the Scottish population did, I would not take that as an endorsement of independence. I stick to that position.
"As First Minister, as leader of the SNP, I've got a responsibility to try to unite Scotland and I'm determined that I do that."


Brexit Secretary David Davis has said that the UK and Republic of Ireland "both want to have an open border".

Mr Davis met with First Minister Arlene Foster and Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir separately on Thursday.
"There are other places in Europe that don't have hard borders with places outside the union," he said after speaking with Mrs Foster.
However, Mr Ó Muilleoir said he was determined that Northern Ireland would remain a part of Europe.
The Sinn Féin finance minister - who was standing in for Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness who is on leave - described his meeting with Mr Davis and Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire as a "frank exchange".
"It's my resolve and conviction that we will ensure that the Irish government and the British government get together to make sure that we are not dragged out of Europe," he said.
"That we remain at the heart of Europe and it is up to him (Mr Davis) to square that particular circle.
"But, the majority of people here voted to stay and that vote to remain should be respected."
In an article in today's newspapers, David Davis says he wants to see continuity when it comes to public funding, but Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir will probably be pressing him to go further.
David Davis is also quoted as saying the government does not want a hard border and wants a practical solution that will work in everyone's interest here.
David Davis and Secretary of State James Brokenshire both emphasise there was a common travel area between the Republic Ireland and the UK before either was a member of the European Union.
Speaking after his meeting with Mrs Foster, Mr Davis underlined the importance of controlling immigration and said "we have to take control of our borders".
He identified the single energy market, export markets and the skills base as "things which are important to making Brexit a success in Northern Ireland".
Mr Brokenshire said it was "important" to move on from the EU referendum and focus on getting "the best possible deal for the UK and the best possible deal for Northern Ireland".
Both Mr Davis and Mrs Foster campaigned for a leave vote in the EU referendum and believe Brexit offers excellent potential trade opportunities.
DUP sources described their meeting in Belfast on Thursday as "useful".
Mr Davis has been attending the first session of a business group set up to advise the Northern Ireland Office on local concerns about the forthcoming Brexit negotiations.
In Northern Ireland, the majority of voters (56%) opted for the UK to stay in the EU during June's referendum.
At a special meeting of the cabinet on Wednesday, Prime Minister Theresa May said there would be no second referendum on EU membership.
She said there would also be no question of the UK trying to remain inside the EU through some kind of back door.
Mr Davis has said he wants to reach out to the parts of the UK where people did not support Brexit, as well as those where big majorities voted to leave the EU.
In an article in Thursday's Belfast Telegraph, he wrote that Northern Ireland's voice will be heard loud and clear and Brexit should not mean the introduction of a hard border.


Olympic chiefs will look at the number of top golfers not playing at Rio this summer when deciding if the sport should be at future Games.

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The world's top four are among more than 20 to have withdrawn.
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said this would be considered when the line-up for Tokyo 2020 is decided next year.
"One of the main categories is the question of participation by the best players," he said.
Critics say golf should not keep its Olympic place because of the lack of support shown by leading players. Squash was one of the sports that lost out to golf in the bidding for an Olympic place, and English player Laura Massaro said the lack of appreciation for the Olympics by some golfers was "unacceptable".
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Golf is returning to the Olympics this summer after a 112-year absence, following a successful bid that included leading golf personalities helping to make the sport's case.
But some of those golfers have withdrawn because of the threat of Zika - a mosquito-borne virus linked to brain defects in newborn babies. That is despite World Health Organisation advice saying the risk to athletes at the Games was low. By contrast, only one player has pulled out of the women's tournament.
Other male players, though, said the Olympics held no allure for professional golfers who would rather compete for the sport's four major trophies - such as the Open, which starts at Royal Troon on Thursday.
Ahead of the Open, world number four Rory McIlroy, who had been expected to play for Ireland, emphasised that point. He even went as far to suggest he would not even watch golf on television at the Olympics, instead choosing sports "that matter" such as track and field.
Speaking on Wednesday, Bach said: "We have to respect the individual decisions, even if they are going contrary to the World Health Organisation recommendations.
"On the other hand, we are aware of discussion in the golf community that there are obviously very different reasons for not going to Rio, not related to Zika."
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Scotland's Gordon Reid won Paralympics gold in the wheelchair tennis singles final.

The 24-year-old beat GB team-mate Alfie Hewett 6-2 6-1 in 54 minutes to collect his second medal in Rio.
On Thursday, Reid and Hewett had to settle for silver in the doubles event, losing out to French pair Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer.
Reid won the inaugural singles title at Wimbledon this year as well as the Australian Open title.
"I felt I hadn't played that well on the big stage until Australia this year and ever since then I've enjoyed every match on the big stage," said Reid after his latest triumph.
"I was nice and relaxed and managed to play one of the best matches of my life.
"Me and Alfie know each other inside out. We train together, we play doubles together. It just felt like anything I tried tonight came off.
"It's an incredible feeling. I'm really clear headed at the moment but I might just lose the plot as soon as I get back to the locker room."


A couple have been killed in a head-on crash in South Ayrshire.

Henry McBeath, 80, and his 78-year-old wife, Jessie, from Sorn, East Ayrshire, died at the scene of the crash, on the B743, near Mossblown, on Tuesday.
Police said their white Kia Venga had been travelling west when it collided with an eastbound Renault LGV truck.
The driver of the truck was uninjured. The road was closed for several hours while the crash scene was investigated. Police have appealed for witnesses.


Volkswagen's US boss has admitted he was aware early last year of the emissions cheating affecting millions of the company's vehicles.

Michael Horn said he was told about a "possible emissions non-compliance" in the spring of 2014.
The revelation was made in testimony due to be presented to a committee of the US House of Representatives investigating the scandal on Thursday .
He said he was told after a study by West Virginia University was published.
"I was informed that EPA [Environmental Protection Agency] regulations included various penalties for non-compliance with the emissions standards and that the agencies can conduct engineering tests which could include 'defeat device' testing or analysis," he said.
"I was also informed that the company engineers would work with the agencies to resolve the issue."
Mr Horn said in the written evidence it was not until 3 September this year that Volkswagen told US authorities about the "defeat device" in emissions software in diesel vehicles for the model years 2009 to 2015.
The software allowed a vehicle to recognise whether it was being driven on the road or running in a test laboratory, and turn engine emissions controls on or off.
Mr Horn said the events had been "deeply troubling", adding: "I did not think that something like this was possible at the Volkswagen Group.
"We have broken the trust of our customers, dealerships, and employees, as well as the public and regulators."
He said the company took full responsibility for its actions and was co-operating with all relevant authorities.
"Responsible parties will be identified and held accountable," Mr Horn said.
As well as striving to rebuild the company's reputation, the priority was finding remedies for the three groups of vehicles affected, he said.
The executive will give evidence to the House Energy committee and Commerce subcommittee on oversight and investigations before being questioned by the politicians about the scandal, which affects half a million cars in the US.
The company on Wednesday appointed former finance chief Hans Dieter Poetsch as its new chairman, following a board meeting to discuss the emissions scandal.
Mr Poetsch said it would be "some time" before the car maker could uncover the details of the emissions test cheating.


Leeds Rhinos have signed prop Jack Ormondroyd from Featherstone Rovers on a three-year contract.

Ormondroyd, who started his career with Rovers, had two years left on his deal with the Championship club.
The 24-year-old made 23 appearances for Featherstone in 2016 to help them reach the Qualifiers, and played a further five times in the Super 8s.
"Jack is a player who has impressed us this season and who has potential," head coach Brian McDermott said.
"We will be continuing our dual registration arrangement with Featherstone next season and that will allow Jack to continue his development in games as well."


Six teenagers have been killed in a collision involving a school bus in western France, officials say.

The accident took place in the centre of the town of Rochefort in Charente-Maritime, at 07:15 local time (06:15 GMT) on Thursday morning.
French media report that part of a truck detached and sliced through the side of the bus, which was travelling from the Ile d'Oleron to Surgeres.
It comes one day after a bus crash in eastern France killed two children.
A boy aged 12 and a girl of 15 died on Wednesday when the driver lost control in snowy conditions near Montflovin in the department of Doubs.
As well as the six school pupils killed in Thursday's crash, two people have been taken to hospital, according to a statement from local authorities.
They have set up an emergency number for concerned relatives to call: 0811 000 617.
Family members of the victims have arrived at the scene.
According to regional news site Sud Ouest, the pupils on board were aged 16 to 18 and were travelling to school in Surgeres.
Both drivers have been taken in for questioning, it reports.
French President Francois Hollande tweeted about his emotion at hearing of Thursday's accident, and sent his condolences to the bereaved.
Emergency plans had been triggered and ministers Segolene Royal and Najat Vallaud-Belkacem were travelling to the scene, Mr Hollande's office said.


People in Burkina Faso are campaigning for the release of an Australian doctor and his wife, kidnapped the same day as the attack on the capital.

Ken and Jocelyn Elliott, who are in their 80s, have built up medical facilities since the 1970s in the town of Djibo near the Mali border.
Locals have started a Facebook page posting messages of support.
It is unclear if their abduction is related to Friday's deadly al-Qaeda attack in the capital Ouagadougou.
Burkina Faso's government says 28 people were killed and a further 56 injured in the attack, which targeted two hotels and a cafe frequented by foreign nationals. Six of the dead were from Canada.
Hamadou Ag Khallini, a spokesperson for Malian militant group Ansar Dine, told Australian media that the al Qaeda-linked Emirate of the Sahara group were holding the couple.
The group operates in northern Mali.
No reason for the abduction has yet been given and the couple's whereabouts are unknown, Australia's foreign ministry said.
The couple were running a 120-bed clinic in the town of Dijbo, where Dr Elliot is the only surgeon.
Djibo residents have set up a Facebook page called "Djibo supports Dr Ken Elliot" to describe the impact he and his wife have had on the town.
This latest kidnapping bears signs of an operation mounted by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). The extremist group has a long history of kidnap-for-ransom in the region, to the extent that it once was one of its major revenue sources.
Similarly, the attack on the cafe and hotel popular with foreigners in the capital was carefully planned. Throughout the siege, AQIM was releasing statements about its intentions to kill as many Westerners as possible.
The intervention of French special forces was key to retaking control of the hotel but this latest attack is another blow for France's military strategy in the Sahel. The French drove most jihadi groups out of their hideouts in northern Mali but AQIM and others remain an active threat throughout the region.
Former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore had forged some kind of relationship with these groups, often negotiating the release of foreign hostages. But since he was ousted in a popular uprising, Burkina Faso may have become just another battleground for the Islamist militants.
The Facebook page says Dr Elliott's "numerous patients are waiting for him".
"Elliott is all for us and we need him like a baby needs his mother," said resident Moussa Dicko, quoted on the page.
"Elliott is a Burkinabe and a humane person," said Francois Ramde. "He represents the best of humanity."
"Let the name of God not be used in connection with this ignoble act because it was God who sent Elliott to us and will bring him back," said Roots Hassane.
Militant groups in the Sahel region of north and west Africa have long used kidnap for ransom as a way of raising money.
Friday's attack in Ouagadougou was claimed by AQIM on behalf of one of its affiliates, al-Murabitoun, which is run by the notorious Algerian extremist Mokhtar Belmokhtar.
Last April, al-Murabitoun claimed to have abducted a Romanian security manager who was working at a mine in the north of the country.


A plaque marking the meeting between Mick Jagger and Keith Richards is to be replaced after The Rolling Stones' former bassist Bill Wyman objected.

The blue plaque, unveiled at Dartford station in February, says the pair "went on to form The Rolling Stones".
But Wyman complained, saying guitarist Brian Jones created The Rolling Stones and enlisted the other members.
"I've never upset a Rolling Stone before but we are going to put it right," said councillor Jeremy Kite.
Jagger and Richards both went to Wentworth Primary School but met up again on platform two of Dartford station in Kent on 17 October 1961.
They bonded over a love of the blues and formed a musical friendship that still endures.
Wyman, who left the band in 1993, told BBC Radio 5 live the plaque was disgusting.
"Mick Jagger and Keith Richards didn't create the Rolling Stones - they were part of The Rolling Stones like all of us," he said.
"Brian Jones wanted to form a blues band and he enlisted each member one by one.
"He gave the name The Rolling Stones, he chose the music and he was the leader."
Guitarist Jones drowned in the swimming pool of his home at Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex in 1969 after taking a cocktail of drink and drugs.
Dartford council leader Mr Kite said the plaque was intended to commemorate the meeting of the two Dartford sons, not the formation of The Rolling Stones.
But he said it would be taken down and replaced by another with new wording.
"Accuracy in history is really, really important and we want it to be right," he said.
"We will create a new plaque which makes it clear that this is where Mick met Keith and went on to be part of The Rolling Stones."


Norwegian mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik is more radical than ever, prosecutors warned as the right-wing extremist appeared in court.

Fredrik Sejersted said the government should still be prepared for Breivik, who gave a Nazi salute on entering the courtroom, to do the unthinkable.
The state is appealing against a ruling that some of Breivik's treatment in prison amounted to "inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment".
Breivik killed 77 people in July 2011.
He murdered 69 people at a summer camp for young centre-left political activists on the island of Utoeya after, earlier in the day, setting off a car bomb in the capital Oslo, killing eight people.
The 37-year-old has been kept in solitary confinement since he was sentenced, in 2012, to 21 years in prison - but he has argued that being kept away from other prisoners for 22-23 hours a day breaches his human rights.
Breivik's lawyer Oystein Storrvik has said the killer is "mentally vulnerable" because of his prison conditions.
In April 2016, a Norwegian court upheld part of his claim, although it dismissed his argument that his right to respect for private and family life was violated by restrictions on contact with other right-wing extremists.
On Tuesday, the Norwegian government - which was also ordered to pay Breivik's legal costs of 330,000 kroner ($38,500; Â£31,600) - began the process of appealing against the court's ruling.
The government argued that his three-cell complex, where he can play video games, watch TV and exercise, is better than the conditions of most other prisoners to compensate for being kept in solitary confinement.
"The core of the state's view is very simple, there are no human rights violations," said Mr Sejersted, the prosecutor, said.
He told the court that Breivik "has not broken down, he has not expressed remorse, he is proud of what he has done.
"If anything, according to documentation, he is even more convinced in his extreme far-right beliefs."
"It's very difficult to know how dangerous Breivik is today and it's even more difficult to know how dangerous he will be tomorrow, or in a year, or in 10 years," Mr Sejersted also told the court.
"But what is absolutely certain is that in the years leading up to July 22, 2011, he was the most dangerous man in Norway."
To prove his point, Mr Sejersted added that his mother had noticed nothing different about him in the days leading up to the murders.
The hearing is set to last six days, and Breivik has agreed not to perform a Nazi salute again after Judge Oystein Hermansen described the gesture as "offensive to the dignity of the court" and "disturbing".
This is not the first time the mass killer has performed the salute in court.
He is scheduled to address the court on Thursday, with a verdict due in February.


Tony Bellew says he cannot be beaten by Ilunga Makabu in Sunday's fight for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title.

Liverpool-born Bellew, 33, told his opponent, there is "nothing he can do" to win the bout, despite the Congolese's record of 19 wins from 20 fights - 18 by knock-out.
Speaking at a news conference on Thursday, Bellew said: "I don't think he's got more power than me.
"I'll be the bigger man, I'll make it show and I am the real cruiserweight".
Makabu, 29, said he would not be overwhelmed by the expected partisan crowd at Everton's Goodison Park.
"People expect me to be scared of the occasion as the stadium will be full of his people cheering him and booing me," he said.
"Tony must not wait for his people to get behind him to start fighting - as once we are in there, no-one can help him."
Bellew, who has missed out on the WBC cruiserweight title on two occasions, added: "He's going to weigh in light, which will be a bad mistake.
"The advantages he usually has in fights are through speed and power - he's normally faster than his opponents and punches harder than them too. In this fight, I don't think he'll have those against me.
"Every fight I go into, when I hit them, they change. I'm a nine-gear, fat racehorse and they'll see that on Sunday."


Less than half of frontline NHS staff had the flu jab last year, according to a report.

AMs on the assembly's health committee were left "concerned" that just 46% of staff were vaccinated in 2015-16.
Their report said vaccinating front-line staff was a key preventative measure and chairman Dai Lloyd called for more to be done to ensure staff "do not get ill in the first place".
Public Health Wales said the jab uptake was the highest it has been in Wales.
Nicola Meredith, lead nurse for flu in the vaccine preventable disease programme at Public Health Wales, said: "The annual flu vaccine is recommended for all frontline health and social care workers in Wales to help protect them from catching and spreading the infection."
She said the uptake of the vaccine in NHS workers has been increasing each year and that for 2015-16 it was the highest yet.
"As well as frontline staff, it's also really important for people more at risk of developing complications of flu to get the vaccine, such as pregnant women, those aged 65 and over, and people with long term health conditions," she added.
"In 2015-16, more people in these groups than ever had the flu vaccine."
Tina Donnelly, director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, said: "Up to one in four frontline health care staff may become infected by flu every winter, even in a mild season.
"We are acutely aware that this is individual choice and cannot be mandated.
"However, it is nurses' responsibility to keep themselves as fit as possible so that they do not put patients at risk and we would urge our members to have the flu jab."
The committee's report also suggested the NHS would be better able to deal with winter pressures if it could deal with difficulties throughout the year.
It argued a more resilient NHS all-year round was the best way to cope with increased pressure on services.
AMs said efforts made around winter tended to focus more on "fire-fighting" than changing the whole system.
"It is clear from the evidence we heard that the many pressures facing the NHS in Wales are not restricted to a particular period or season but are, in fact, all year round," said Dr Lloyd.
"Nevertheless, it is also clear that there are seasonal spikes in demand, especially during the winter months, which put an already stretched system under further strain."
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health said it was "encouraged" by the recommendations of the health committee's report.
"The bottom line is that more care needs to be delivered in the community by GPs, pharmacists and urgent care centres," said its Wales officer, Dr Mair Parry.
An extra Â£50m is being made available for NHS Wales by the Welsh Government to deal with winter pressures on hospitals.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We welcome the committee's report and will consider their findings in due course but firmly believe the extensive local and national preparation that has been put in place will deliver robust, resilient services so that people have access to the care they require, when they need it."


More than 14,000 creatures are being counted at Bristol Zoo as keepers begin their annual stock-take.

The zoo and Wild Place Project are home to around 500 species, from tiny fish and insects to gorillas and hippos.
The count is done at the start of each year to verify audit records and check vulnerable populations are thriving.
John Partridge, senior curator, said: "The last 12 months have been very successful in terms of animal births, so the count is a big job this year."


A convicted murderer has appeared in court charged with absconding from prison.

Amy Stewart is alleged to have failed to return to Cornton Vale prison in Stirling after a period of home leave on Thursday, 2 July.
The 31-year-old made no plea or declaration to charges that she "absconded and did attempt to defeat the ends of justice".
The case at Stirling Sheriff Court was continued to a full hearing next week.
Papers from the court alleged that having been sentenced to life in prison for murder in February 2004, Stewart "failed to comply" with the conditions of her temporary release licence between 25 June and 3 July.
She was remanded in custody.


Writer Eric Ngalle Charles describes his journey to Britain from Cameroon and through the immigration system as a process of "brutalisation and humiliation".

The 36-year-old came to Cardiff in 1999 on a Zimbabwean passport after fleeing persecution in his village and being illegally trafficked into Russia.
Now he has written a book about what it means to be a refugee, caught between two worlds, destitute and unable to move forward with one's life.
Launched on Saturday at the Cardiff Story museum, "Asylum" features several refugees he has met through the creative writing classes he runs at the Welsh Refugee Centre in Splott, Cardiff.
All have varying stories of abuse, brutality and banishment from their home countries.
Mr Ngalle Charles, who was granted leave to remain in Britain after he met and married the mother of his daughter, now 15, says it has taken him a long time to come to terms with his own past and he is keen to help other refugees tell their own poignant stories through literature.
"The last seven days in my village and the things that happened to me were too painful for me to accept for a long time but I have found writing as a way of overcoming my trauma," he said.
"I lost my purpose in life and would have been better off dead for a while.
"Coming to Cardiff has been a rebirth for me and I want to help other people who are trapped in their memories."
The book's protagonist is Eritrean refugee Abdul, who was once falsely accused of being in al-Qaeda and then left for dead in the desert. His story is one that resonates with Mr Ngalle Charles.
"Moving from being an asylum seeker to a refugee is a very long process and in most cases is rejected," he said.
"The Home Office is always blamed for that rejection and then you fall into the category of 'destitute'.
"Indeed, to qualify for temporary accommodation and a meagre living allowance, while they wait for their case to be decided, asylum seekers must first prove to the Home Office that they are destitute, prove that they have no means of supporting themselves.
"Destitution among asylum seekers means being without dignity, without having basic needs met, completely without power, able barely to survive.
"An animal in the forest knows it can go out and hunt, or graze, but an asylum seeker in destitution is powerless, voiceless, toothless. Without."
The ambivalence of this situation means asylum seekers are often dependent on the support of strangers and charitable organisations, according to Mr Ngalle Charles.
But they also have to recount the trauma they have suffered time and again to different people, with no consideration for how this impacts on their mental health.
Mr Ngalle Charles believes this stifles their integration into society as a whole, meaning they can only be defined by the horrors of their past.
"I want to convey this problem to the British public - that when you come here as a child it is easier to integrate but if you come as an older person you are permanently caught between two worlds.
"Abdul typifies this kind of life because when I first met him he was existing in Eritrea in his mind while living in Cardiff.
"He had left his two children behind and he was expected just to restart his life and there was no medium for him to tell his story.
"He talks to the Home Office, he's sent to Migrant Help and from there to another agency and another and each time he has to relive his trauma.
"What are the mental health implications of this? He has left everything he knows behind him. By making Abdul relive his experience they are cutting out his tongue."
Mr Ngalle Charles, who lives in Cathays, Cardiff, said he hoped the book and his accompanying play, My Mouth Brought Me Here, which is being staged at the South Bank Theatre in London in August, will give a face to all the images of refugees in the media and humanise them.
"When people come here they are not coming to claim benefits or take jobs - they want a new beginning and to start afresh," he added.
Mr Ngalle Charles himself faced persecution in society at home following a family row over inheritance which saw him and his mother shunned and publicly humiliated.
Believing his life was at risk, he tried to leave the country but had his money stolen by unscrupulous men and fell into the hands of traffickers.
Cold and hungry and with nowhere to go, he spotted a National Express coach outside Heathrow destined for Swansea via Cardiff.
Recalling that a friend at home had once been to Cardiff, he boarded the bus.
He said: "I approached the first black man I saw and explained my situation.
"By coincidence that man, Emanuel, had been helped by Cameroonians during his escape from Rwanda, and he wanted to return the favour, so he embraced me and welcomed me into his home."