A former soldier accused of defrauding an armed forces charity out of more than Â£23,000 has been found not guilty.

Mike Buss, 41, from Highworth, was cleared of theft and fraud by false representation relating to Help for Heroes at Swindon Crown Court.
The ex-serviceman said the case "wasted nearly two years of my life" as he had been "innocent from the start".
His fund-raising work included running for 24 hours on a treadmill, and completing 100 marathons in 100 days.
Between 2009 and 2011 the ex-Green Jacket raised about Â£40,000 meant for Help for Heroes by collecting donations and selling official merchandise, the court heard.
However, the charity said it only received monies totalling about Â£17,000 from him.


A former bar worker from Cornwall has won Germany's version of Britain's Got Talent.

Singer Angel Flukes, 28, from Saltash, won Supertalent 2016 and 100,000 euros (Â£85,200).
She sang Think Twice by Celine Dion in front of an estimated 5m television viewers in Germany.
Ms Flukes said she did not expect to win and would be spending some of her winnings on a wedding next year.
The singer, who went to Plymouth's City College, lives with her fiancÃ©e Lee, 33, and her three dogs in Calvia on Mallorca.
She moved there when she was 21 to work for a summer season in Magaluf but was talent-spotted while singing in a German bar.
She is the first female winner of the Supertalent show, which has run for 10 years.
Judge Dieter Bohlen told her: "You're not just an angel, you look like you're an angel... world class".
Fellow judge Victoria Swarovski found her "breathtaking".
Ms Flukes said: "I really did not expect to win. I am very happy."
"It's hard to believe but this time last year I was getting up at seven o'clock to flip eggs in a bar," she said.
"But I have always wanted this, it's been my dream since I was a little girl."
"My dream has come true and it's unbelievable," she added.


South Yorkshire Police's website has been hacked by a group purporting to be from Albania.

Following Sunday's hack, the front page of the site showed an Albanian banner and a carousel of images including football fans at Euro 2016.
It later changed to a message claiming "no data was leaked" and signed "Albanian Hackers".
A security expert warned the attack is "potentially very serious".
The force said it would use its Facebook and Twitter accounts to pass on any information while its technical team tried to regain control of the site.
By 15:00 BST the site appeared to have returned to normal.
The first image posted by the group proclaimed: "It's Good To Be Albanian."
Later, the red and black image was replaced by text on a white background.
The message read: "no worry no data was leaked or deleted, simple a deface page was uploaded."
Last year, the Daily Mail reported a hack on Falmouth Town Council by the same group.


A gang which used JCB diggers in a series of ram-raids and stole over £400,000 has been jailed.

The five men targeted homes and businesses in a string of raids and burglaries across the East of England between January and October 2012.
Using the diggers, the men ripped cash machines from walls before making off in stolen cars.
They admitted the offences at Cambridge Crown Court and were handed sentences between three and five years.
Four of the men had been jailed in 2013 for a violent burglary at a Bedfordshire farmhouse, which led to police to investigate them in connection with the ram-raids.
In total, they stole £301,560 from cash machines, and stole cars and jewellery worth more than £100,000, Bedfordshire Police said.
They also caused damage to buildings estimated to have cost £250,000 to repair.
Four of the men pleaded guilty to two counts each of conspiracy to burgle.
Joseph Upton, 43, of Murrow Lane, Parsons Drove, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was jailed for five years, while Alfred Stanley, 37, of Sandon Close, Sandy, Bedfordshire, was jailed for four years.
John Smith, 39, of Small Lode, Upwell, Cambridgeshire, and Albert Smith, 38, of Common Road, Potton, Bedfordshire, were both jailed for four years and nine months.
John Christopher Smith, of Werrington Bridge Road, Peterborough, admitted one charge of the same offence and was handed a three-and-a-half year sentence.
The gang launched raids on businesses across Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
They also burgled homes in Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk.


A primary school on Anglesey has been shut after staff spotted a rat in the building.

It is understood Ysgol y Parchedig Thomas Ellis in Holyhead was closed after environmental health officers visited on Monday and is due to reopen Friday.
The school is due to shut permanently this year to be replaced by the Â£10m Ysgol Cybi "superschool" in September.
Anglesey council said the situation would be monitored.
Ailia Lewis, lollipop lady and governor at the school, said the rat was spotted by a cleaner.
"The children are delighted that they're off... but these things happen and it's better for them to be away from the school.
"It's been a good school, there's been no trouble with rats in the past," she told BBC Radio Cymru.
Some parents on a Facebook page about the school initially seemed confused over why it had shut and claimed they had not been told the reason - though it is understood a text was sent to parents to let them know.
Others said the council had done the right thing and it was not the school's fault.
A council spokesman said: "Environmental Health officers visited Ysgol y Parchedig Thomas Ellis after staff saw a rat in the building on Monday.
"Treatment is currently ongoing, and officers will continue to monitor the situation over the coming days."


A school in Norway is raising funds to support a UK charity working to improve social mobility.

Deborah Streatfield, founder of the MyBigCareer charity, said it seemed "absurd" to depend on a handout from another western European country.
The charity works to improve careers advice and to widen job opportunities for deprived youngsters.
Johann Falkenberg from St Paul school in Bergen said it was "important to help" people wherever they lived.
MyBigCareer is a charity that aims to "break down barriers to social mobility".
As a recent example, Mrs Streatfield says, it supported young people by paying £5 or £10 to help with travel fares for an open day for medicine courses.
The charity recently highlighted cost barriers to careers, such as a hospital charging £500 a week for young people wanting work experience to help with their applications to become doctors.
"We started with nothing and sadly cannot help more students unless we obtain more funding," said Mrs Streatfield.
But teachers in Norway, who met Mrs Streatfield on a visit to London, are now organising fundraising events, such as a concert and cake sales, with the aim of raising several thousand pounds.
Mr Falkenberg says the UK's debate about a lack of social mobility is not familiar to Norwegians.
"It's not a problem here," he said.
But he said teachers and pupils visiting London had been "really shocked to see that some children do not have the right books or have to borrow clothes for school or can't cook themselves a meal".
The school is going to support the charity as part of its Helping Others project.
Mrs Streatfield said: "It does seem absurd that although our current work is focused in England, we are relying on western European countries to help the UK.
"We are beyond grateful for the support from Norway which will facilitate our growth and reach."
A seminar on social mobility in the UK, to be held at the London School of Economics on Thursday, will hear that too little progress is being made.
It will be addressed by Prof Stephen Machin, research director of the Centre for Economic Performance and author of a landmark report in 2005 highlighting the lack of social mobility.
Prof Machin will say that a decade later there are few signs of improvement, and in some cases the problem is getting worse.
"The UK's low level of social mobility is not just a problem for those from poor families - it's a problem for the economy too. The large number of young people who are not able to reach their full potential is a tragic waste of talent," says Prof Machin.
Sir Peter Lampl, chairman of the Sutton Trust education charity, which aims to improve social mobility, says: "We need to think radically about how to break the UK's cycle of low social mobility.
"We must build better access to our top universities and ensure internships are paid and advertised. Otherwise the prospects for improved social mobility will remain bleak for future generations," says Sir Peter, who will also speak at the seminar.


Police in China have offered large rewards to find five people following violent protests in the southern fishing village of Wukan.

A notice of the 100,000 RMB (Â£11,000) rewards, and pictures of the five, were broadcast on TV in nearby Lufeng city.
It is not clear what charges they face, but police earlier arrested 13 people in an operation to quell protests.
The demonstrations followed the jailing of the village's elected chief, Lin Zuluan, last week.
The five suspects were named as Wei Yonghan, Cai Jiaxia, Yang Shaoji, Liu Hanchai and Hong Yongzhong.
Crushed by an overwhelming force
The notice, broadcast by the Lufeng public security bureau in Guangdong province, urged the five to turn themselves in and warned that anyone helping them would be punished.
Some villagers, however, have taken to social media describing the five suspects as heroes and encouraging others to protect them.
Earlier, video posted online appeared to show clashes in the streets of Wukan with villagers throwing rocks at police who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets.
The footage, which cannot be independently verified, showed one man being pinned to the ground by police in body armour, while other images showed bloodied villagers.
Lufeng police gave no details of the operation but said the 13 arrests were made for public order offences.
Wukan appears to have been sealed off by the authorities who have imposed tight control.
Trouble began when village leader Lin Zuluan was jailed for three years last Thursday for corruption.
He was voted in as Wukan's chief in 2012 in an attempt by the local government to end months of protests about illegal land grabs.
Anger over land seizures by officials had triggered an open revolt against local party leaders.
Lin Zuluan's election by popular vote was seen as a rare compromise by the Chinese government.
He remains hugely popular and his supporters say a televised confession was forced and the charges against him  are political.


The Gaza Strip's only power plant has resumed work, temporarily preventing a worsening of the energy crisis in the Palestinian coastal territory.

Officials said it was operating, but at a reduced capacity, after diesel fuel was sent from Egypt.
Engineers hope to restore it to full working order within days.
The plant was shut down in April amid an escalating power struggle between Hamas, which governs Gaza, and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority.
The closure worsened the already lengthy blackouts which Gaza's two million inhabitants have been experiencing.
Despite the plant's partial resumption, residents will continue to receive four hours of electricity followed by about 14 hours off.
On Thursday, a day after lorries brought a million litres (220,000 gallons) of diesel into Gaza from Egypt, engineers partly restarted the plant.
A spokesman for the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company (Gedco), Mohammed Thabet, told the BBC that two of the four generators were now operating
He added that the other two generators would hopefully be operational before the festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Islamic month of Ramadan.
The power plant is now generating 45MW - 30% of the 148MW of electricity available in the Strip. Israel is providing 80MW and Egypt another 23MW.
Gaza has long suffered from chronic power cuts, says the BBC's Yolande Knell in Jerusalem.
But, our correspondent adds, recent decisions made in Ramallah by the Palestinian Authority, headed by President Mahmoud Abbas, to put pressure on the Hamas government in Gaza have led to a worsening energy crisis.
Hamas stopped buying fuel for the power plant from the PA after the PA scrapped a tax exemption, doubling the price.
And this week Israel - which considers Hamas a terrorist organisation and does not deal directly with it - began reducing the electricity it supplies to Gaza after President Abbas said he would no longer pay Israel the full amount for it.
Mr Abbas had warned in mid-April that he would take "unprecedented steps" to "end the division" between Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
In 2006, Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections and reinforced its power in Gaza the following year when it ousted Mr Abbas' Fatah faction from the territory.
The rival groups agreed to the creation of a unity government in 2014, but it never got off the ground in Gaza.
Last week, the United Nations warned that a further increase in the length of blackouts was likely to lead to a "total collapse of basic services, including critical functions in health, water and sanitation sectors".


A strong second-half performance from Harlequins secured victory against Northampton and saw them leapfrog Saints to go eighth in the Premiership.

Alofa Alofa's first try for the club and a Nick Evans penalty gave the hosts an early 8-0 lead.
Northampton pulled it back to 8-6 at the break through Stephen Myler's boot.
But Quins substitute Tim Swiel made an impact after replacing Evans, adding four penalties to Harlequins' tally, and Saints struggled to respond.
Northampton have recorded just two victories from their opening six matches and are ninth going into the European break, with Harlequins now a place and a point above them.
Saints arrived at the Twickenham Stoop having won the last seven encounters with Harlequins in all competitions but that never looked like happening this time around.
Harlequins' performance was a physical one and at the heart were standout performances from props Kyle Sinckler, who was man of the match after a rumbustuous display, and Wales international Adam Jones.
When loose-head prop Mark Lambert left the field after just 10 minutes following a knock to the head, and with England's Joe Marler having pulled out prior to kick off, the pressure was on Jones - normally a tight-head - to deliver, and the veteran Welshman was more than equal to the task.
Evans landed a penalty to get the scoreboard ticking over for Harlequins but the former New Zealand fly-half went on to miss several shots at goal and was replaced at the break.
Shortly after the opening penalty quick hands produced the only try of the match as Alofa dotted down for his first score for the club.
After the opening quarter Northampton seemed to stir and, although they had limited possession compared to their hosts, Myler kicked two penalties to ensure the match was delicately poised 8-6 at the break.
Evans did not return for the second half, clearly still nursing the injury that had seen him on the side-lines in recent weeks, and Swiel took over at fly-half.
Northampton proceeded to regularly infringe and the South Africa-born Swiel made them pay, with his four penalties taking the match well out of Saints' reach.
Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Alofa, Roberts, Visser; Evans, K Dickson; Lambert, Buchanan, Sinckler, Merrick, Horwill (capt), Robshaw, Wallace, Chisholm.
Replacements: Gray, Jones, Collier, Twomey, Luamanu, Mulchrone, Swiel, Marchant.
Northampton: Tuala; K Pisi, G Pisi, Burrell, North; Myler, Groom. A Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Lawes, Paterson, Wood (capt), Clark, Harrison.
Replacements: Clare, E Waller, Hill, Dickinson, Picamoles, L Dickson, Olver, Foden.
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If there’s one thing history has taught us: technology fails if using it makes you look like a plonker.

I don’t mean a bit silly, like skiing on a Nintendo Wii, or a little crackers, like running around in Snapchat’s Spectacles. I mean the sort of technology that when you look across a room and see someone wearing it you don’t think “wow” or “that’s futuristic”.
You just think… plonker.
That’s how I felt when Rory started wearing Google Glass (sorry, Rory) and that’s how I've always felt about 3DTV.
That was the first nail in its coffin. The second was the fact it really didn’t bring much to the TV-watching experience. The third? It was too expensive, even at a discount. And the fourth? It was uncomfortable, and according to some surveys, straining many people’s eyes and giving them headaches.
This week we learned that both LG and Sony have now stopped making 3D-enabled televisions. The firms follow Samsung - the world’s biggest TV maker - who confirmed the move last year. It means there are currently no major manufacturers making 3DTVs.
At this year’s CES trade show, there was barely a whimper of 3D TV, compared to just two years ago when it was being heralded as the next big thing.
But you could argue that 3DTV was never about the home experience. Where it would come into its own was in huge cinemas with full surround and the kind of environment that would do the new(ish) medium justice. But here, too, things have ground to a miserable halt.
Despite the moderately promising start made by Avatar, no single 3D production ever became a must-see.
The 3D high point for me was the remake of the Jungle Book, but the enjoyment there was clearly the return to the songs that soundtracked my early childhood - not the fact the odd branch stuck out of the screen, even if it did enhance the immersion of the jungle which had been so beautifully animated.
In the cinema, 3D was milked for all it was worth. Watching the 3D version of the film would often be a more expensive ticket. And while some theatres would give you free glasses you could return at the end, many would make you pay for them on the basis that you could “bring them back next time”. Imagine being the sort of person who brings their own pair of 3D glasses to a date. It's up there with owning your own pair of bowling shoes.
Then, having to watch an hour’s worth of hollow Hollywood tat with plastic strapped to your face would soon see off any chance of an eventful evening.
Even James Cameron, who directed Avatar, is fed up with 3D. It has "become a studio-driven top down process to make money”, he said (as if Hollywood has ever been anything else). The cinema-going public was immediately sceptical - knowing that the more the movie industry told them it was the next big thing, the more it felt like a pathetic gimmick. To quote The Oatmeal, “saying that 3D movies are the future of cinema is like saying that Magic Eye books were the future of literature”.
Which is why most major studios have just about stopped bothering. The former head of Dreamworks Animation said that the industry “blew it” with 3D, something he blamed it as much on poor story-telling as limitations of the tech. And while there are plenty of 3D films lined up for this coming year, many of them have been bodged together using post-production, rather than filmed with 3D viewing in mind.
There is still an audience for the technology in China, but it’s with no great sadness we accept that 3D is rather quickly on its way to being technology of a bygone era. A format that lost a format war without even having an opponent.
It may well resurge. There has been good progress in making glasses-less 3D which, to my mind, is the biggest barrier here. But such innovations would just have to an added feature rather than the be-all-and-end-all - the window for selling 3D to the public has been slammed shut.
So what’s next?
According to CNet's report, TV makers are instead focusing on newer technologies such as HDR. And at CES 2017, one crowd-pleaser was LG's super-thin and light TV - the kind of innovation, I thought, that appealed to more people than something like 3D.
Movie studios are pouring resources into virtual reality story-telling. I took part in a demo a year or so ago by the Oculus VR team at Facebook - it was a short animated film about a lovely little hedgehog who invites you into his home and… you’re six years old again. I cheered. I awww-ed. It’s remarkable - and it won an Emmy. Virtual reality is heralding new levels of realism and immersion to gaming, and films could, and hopefully will, follow suit.
Which is great - because wearing a virtual reality headset doesn’t make you look silly at all.
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The organisers of the Mid Antrim 150 road races have confirmed that the meeting will not take place in 2017.

The Mid Antrim 150 club say inclement weather this year, combined with a poor attendance at the event, has forced the decision.
The event was dogged with heavy rain prior to race day, which resulted in the paddock turning into a quagmire.
Plans are in place for the race to return in 2018 and to become a regular event on the calendar.
The race has been dogged by setbacks over the past eight years and 2016 was the first time the meeting returned to the Irish road racing calendar since 2013, due to a shortfall in finances.
The Mid Antrim was the first national road race of 2016 after being moved to a new slot at the beginning of April.
The 2017 Irish national road racing season will begin with the Tandragee 100 on 21-22 April, followed by the Cookstown 100 on 28-29 April.
The Armoy road races will be staged on 28-29 July.


Jim Wells has apologised for making a "light-hearted comment" on social media about the dead sister of a former SDLP councillor, the DUP has said.

Connaire McGreevy's sister Ciara died last month. He had changed his profile picture on Facebook to an image of her.
Mr Wells asked Mr McGreevy on Facebook: "Who is that drop dead gorgeous young women (sic) on your Facebook site?"
"Is she your daughter or a promotional model you have hired to advertise your company?"
He replied: "Eh, Jim Wells, that is my sister who passed away a month today."
Mr Wells, a former Northern Ireland health minister, responded to say he would delete the post. It has since been deleted.
A DUP spokesman said: "Jim has known Connaire a long time but was unaware that his sister had died.
"It was a light-hearted comment and when Connaire called him to explain he apologised.
"He didn't want to cause offence. It was certainly not what he set out to do."


Almost exactly five years ago the UK software group Micro Focus was on the verge of being taken over.

Valued at just over Â£500m the company was being wooed by a clutch of private equity firms.
But "market volatility" killed the talks. Since then Micro Focus's fortunes have changed dramatically.
Last week it joined the FTSE 100 and on Thursday bought the software arm of Hewlett Packard Enterprise to become one of the UK's largest tech firms.
To complete the irony, the collapse of the Micro Focus talks in 2011 coincided, almost to the day, with Hewlett-Packard's disastrous $11bn takeover of rival software group Autonomy.
The remains of Autonomy, massively written down, are among the assets that Micro Focus is now buying for $8.8bn (Â£6.6bn) from Hewlett Packard Enterprise - a spin-off from HP's computer and printer business.
It is the latest and biggest purchase on Micro Focus's shopping list, drawn up by executive chairman Kevin Loosemore.
As part of the shopping spree, the Berkshire-based company has bought two other US software companies - Attachmate for $1.2bn in 2014 and Serena Software this year for $540m.
Mr Loosemore, who took the helm in 2011, said: "I contacted HPE in about February this year. We are in regular contact with most players in the mature software space, it's what we do, and HPE had just separated from HPI (Hewlett Packard Inc) at the back end of last year and I was personally intrigued as to what their new strategy was going to be."
The core of Micro Focus's business is this "mature software space", specifically linking old software technology to new.
So for instance, it can make old cash machines talk to the latest banking software, or connect a supermarket's old inventory control system to the latest generation of mainframes.
These businesses can be made to generate huge amounts of cash. Since 2011 Micro Focus has delivered annual compound shareholder returns of 39%. And its stated strategy is to deliver 15-20% returns to shareholders each year.
That explains why Micro Focus has little problem funding its acquisitions.
But its rise from mid-cap company to FTSE entrant and the near-doubling of its share price in the last year has taken many by surprise, so much so that many of the top technology analysts in London simply did not cover the stock.
One analyst said: "I think many have steered clear of it because it is a complex company, a kind of portfolio business and until recently was not considered big enough. But that will all change now."
However, Paraag Amin, technology analyst from Peel Hunt, has been watching the company for almost ten years. He explained that its strategy has been to buy up software that is "mature", i.e. no longer growing and about to be superseded by new products.
Software companies that were developed in the nineties have been "maturing" over the last five years and have fueled Micro Focus's dramatic acquisition programme and rapid expansion.
"Micro Focus has realised that as technologies mature and go into decline they, as a management team, can make them more profitable by supporting them and making them work in the new environment. You could call them asset managers of software products.
"For instance, Autonomy, which made up about 6% of HP's business will now make up over half of Micro Focus's business. But it is hoping it can take its profit margins from the 20-30% range up to 40% which is the average for Micro Focus's businesses."
Asked whether Micro Focus had the skill to hold together such a rapidly expanding group of companies, Mr Amin said: "It's exactly what they are good at, taking in declining companies, turning them round and supporting them."


A security alert at a computer chip making company in County Kildare has ended.

The alarm was raised at the Intel plant in Leixlip about 06:30 GMT on Tuesday.
Many staff had not arrived at the site when the alert began but some staff on shift in the factory were forced to leave the site.
Irish police said the alert ended about 09:00 GMT when the area was deemed safe. A spokesperson added that nothing untoward had been found.


Barnsley snatched a late win against Cardiff in an extraordinary game.

Sean Morrison nodded in from a corner to put Cardiff ahead, before Sam Winnall's fine stretching header brought Barnsley level.
Winnall finished a counter-attack to give the Tykes the lead and Josh Scowen scored their third before half time.
Cardiff fought back with goals from Peter Whittingham and Anthony Pilkington to make it 3-3, only for Ryan Williams to strike in added time.
Paul Heckingbottom's side are now only six points behind the Championship play-off places, while Cardiff drop to 20th in the table - three points above the bottom three.
The home side were ahead inside three minutes, as Morrison flicked in from Whittingham's corner.
Barnsley's response was impressive, equalising as Conor Hourihane's deep cross found Winnall, who directed a looping header over Cardiff goalkeeper Ben Amos.
The visitors then took the lead with a flourish, seizing possession from a Cardiff corner and breaking at pace before Sam Morsy laid the ball off to Winnall, who converted with a low finish.
There was a sense of déjà vu to Barnsley's third - stemming from another Cardiff set-piece. The visitors swept upfield and Amos ill-advisedly rushed out to present Scowen with a simple tap-in into an empty net.
Manager Neil Warnock had said his uncompromising half-time team talk had inspired Cardiff's fightback against Wolves and they improved again in the second half against Barnsley, with Junior Hoilett hitting the post less than 30 seconds after the restart.
Whittingham's swerving half-volley stirred hopes of another Cardiff revival with 11 minutes left and Pilkington - who scored the late winner against Wolves - thought he would be the hero again when he bundled in from close range after 88 minutes.
But it was Barnsley who had the final say with yet another counter-attack, with substitute Williams finishing from close range to settle a remarkable match.
Cardiff boss Neil Warnock:
"It was an exciting game for the neutral, on how not to defend! I'm disappointed with every goal. They were elementary errors.
"I've persevered for a few weeks, but I've got to change it. I've had enough now, I have to be critical when I look at the goals.
"The chances we had, they take some missing. I'm not going to name individuals, but I'll be changing the team before the next game - and January can't come soon enough."
Barnsley boss Paul Heckingbottom:
"We don't set aims. If you set a goal you're limiting yourself and we just want to win as many games as we can.
"It's reflected in games like that. We've got a group of players who have responded to that over the past year or so. We know we won't win them all, but we'll try.
"I've had some big games in the short time I've been doing it. But in terms of the scoreline and nature of the game, it's probably the most dramatic game I've been involved in."
Match ends, Cardiff City 3, Barnsley 4.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 3, Barnsley 4.
Goal!  Cardiff City 3, Barnsley 4. Ryan Williams (Barnsley) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marley Watkins.
Attempt missed. Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Anthony Pilkington.
Ryan Williams (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by Marley Watkins (Barnsley).
Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Barnsley. Conceded by Sean Morrison.
Substitution, Barnsley. Ryan Williams replaces Tom Bradshaw.
Goal!  Cardiff City 3, Barnsley 3. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Sean Morrison following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Adam Davies.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Andy Yiadom.
Angus MacDonald (Barnsley) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Angus MacDonald (Barnsley).
Rickie Lambert (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Josh Scowen (Barnsley) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kadeem Harris (Cardiff City).
Attempt saved. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
Attempt missed. Anthony Pilkington (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal!  Cardiff City 2, Barnsley 3. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham with a cross.
Substitution, Barnsley. Marley Watkins replaces Ryan Kent.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by James Bree.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Rickie Lambert replaces Junior Hoilett.
Offside, Barnsley. Josh Scowen tries a through ball, but Tom Bradshaw is caught offside.
Ryan Kent (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Peltier (Cardiff City).
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by James Bree.
Andy Yiadom (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City).
Tom Bradshaw (Barnsley) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
Foul by Marc Roberts (Barnsley).
Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Bruno Ecuele Manga (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.


A first-half goal from Keanu Marsh-Brown proved enough to give Forest Green Rovers a 1-0 win at Woking.

Rovers started brightly and took the lead after 19 minutes when Marsh-Brown converted a cross by Liam Noble, the midfielder making his debut following suspension after a summer move from Notts County.
Woking tried to force their way back into the match before half-time but forward Zak Ansah saw his effort saved by Sam Russell.
The visitors were forced into a change after 30 minutes when midfielder Rob Sinclair was replaced by Darren Carter and then had a header from Noble ruled out for offside.
Woking defender Jake Caprice fired a long-range effort over before Noble's free-kick was saved and substitute Matt Tubbs was denied a second Rovers goal in stoppage time by another decent stop from Cardinals keeper Michael Poke.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Woking 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Second Half ends, Woking 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Kieffer Moore replaces Christian Doidge.
Substitution, Woking. Max Kretzschmar replaces Fabio Saraiva.
Substitution, Woking. Anthony Edgar replaces Gozie Ugwu.
Substitution, Woking. Charlie Penny replaces Dennon Lewis.
Gozie Ugwu (Woking) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Matt Tubbs replaces Rhys Murphy.
Ben Jefford (Forest Green Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Second Half begins Woking 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.
First Half ends, Woking 0, Forest Green Rovers 1.
Substitution, Forest Green Rovers. Darren Carter replaces Rob Sinclair.
Goal!  Woking 0, Forest Green Rovers 1. Keanu Marsh-Brown (Forest Green Rovers).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Microsoft has confirmed that it has agreed to buy internet phone service Skype.

The deal will see Microsoft pay $8.5bn (£5.2bn) for Skype, making it Microsoft's largest acquisition.
Luxembourg-based Skype has 663 million global users. In August last year it announced plans for a share flotation, but this was subsequently put on hold.
Internet auction house eBay bought Skype for $2.6bn in 2006, before selling 70% of it in 2009 for $2bn.
This majority stake was bought by a group of investors led by private equity firms Silver Lake and Andreessen Horowit.
Other major shareholders include tech-firm Joltid and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.
Shares in Microsoft ended the day in New York down 0.5% at $25.68. In contrast, eBay - which owns a stake in Skype - saw its share price rally 2.5%.
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said: "Skype is a phenomenal service that is loved by millions of people around the world.
By Tim WeberBusiness editor, BBC News website
It's a done deal: Microsoft has bought Skype for a whopping $8.5bn.
That's a lot of cash for an eight-year-old company that's not making a lot of money.
So what's in it for Microsoft?
For starters, the firm gets well over 600 million users who make Skype the world's largest phone company for international voice calls.
More importantly, Microsoft buys into a lot of potential.
Marry Skype's software with the Xbox Kinect and an HD television set, and Microsoft can make a powerful argument for getting into millions of living rooms.
Think beyond teleconferencing for the whole family: there's one-on-one training, home schooling, even patient care delivered remotely and in vision.
Smarten it up for the corporate world, and Microsoft can challenge the telepresence business of firms like Cisco and Polycom.
And Skype is multi-platform, reaching into the worlds of Apple and Linux.
Finally, Skype is mobile, and can be paired with Windows Phone 7.
The hitch: Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer will have to work hard to integrate Skype, to ensure the voice/video-over-the-internet company is not strangled by his firm's notorious bureaucracy.
"Together we will create the future of real-time communications so people can easily stay connected to family, friends, clients and colleagues anywhere in the world."
Skype will now become a new division within Microsoft, and Skype chief executive Tony Bates will continue to lead the business, reporting directly to Mr Ballmer.
"It's a strategic asset and a defensive move [for Microsoft]," said Colin Gillis, an analyst at BGC Financial.
"If they can put it on Windows 8, it gives them an advantage. It helps them in the tablet market."
Other analysts say Microsoft's aim in buying Skype is to improve its video conferencing services.
Although the price tag of $8.5bn will not stretch the US giant, some experts have questioned whether it is paying too much for a company that has struggled to turn a profit.
Michael Clendenin, managing director of consulting firm RedTech Advisors, said: "If you consider [Skype] was just valued at about $2.5bn 18 months ago when a chunk was sold off, then $8.5bn seems generous.
"[It] means Microsoft has a high wall to climb to prove to investors that Skype is a necessary linchpin for the company's online and mobile strategy."
This view was echoed by Ben Woods, head of research group CCS Insight.
"The big unanswered question is how do Skype assets work for Microsoft... how do you justify the price?" he said.
Skype was founded in 2003.
Calls to other Skype users are free, while the company charges for those made to both traditional landline phones and mobiles.


A pensioner who began sexually abusing two young girls more than 30 years ago was caught after one of victims began having flashbacks.

William MacKay, 70, had denied the abuse, which took place in Ross-shire between 1986 and 1994.
He was cleared of rape after a trial at Glasgow Sheriff Court but convicted of three counts of sexual abuse and jailed for three-and-a-half years.
The court heard his victim experienced flashbacks and had dream therapy.
That unlocked memories of the abuse of her and another girl that MacKay used to babysit for.
One of his victims was only seven when her ordeal began.
Defence QC Frances McMenamin said that MacKay, who is in poor physical health and suffers from short-term memory loss, continued to deny committing the offences.
However, judge Graham Buchanan sentencing MacKay, who is from Ross-shire, said: "You continue to maintain your innocence of these charges and were acquitted of more serious charges towards these girls at the young ages they were was quite disgraceful.
"A significant custodial sentence is the only appropriate form of disposal."
Judge Buchanan also placed MacKay on the sex offenders register.
The court was told that MacKay was likely to be freed from custody within a matter of weeks after serving the equivalent of 40 months in custody while awaiting trial.
Judge Buchanan was not able to give MacKay, who is considered a medium risk of re-offending, an extended sentence which would include monitoring in the community because the offences were committed before that legislation came into force.
Speaking after the case, Det Insp Andy Logan from the Public Protection Unit said: "MacKay exploited young girls over many years and today he has finally been held accountable for his actions.
"Whenever incidents of sexual abuse are brought to our attention they will be thoroughly and sensitively investigated by specialist officers, who will provide dedicated support, regardless of the passage of time.
"The bravery of MacKay's victims in coming forward has allowed for a robust investigation to be carried out and subsequently MacKay being brought to justice for his deplorable actions."


A pedestrian killed after being hit by a car crossing the A64 in North Yorkshire has been named by police.

Kevin Younger, 51, died when he was hit by a silver Hyundai on the eastbound carriageway at Bilbrough, at 22:30 GMT on Monday.
The driver was not hurt in the collision.
Mr Younger's family said they were "devastated" by his death but also extended their sympathy to the car driver.


The Environment Agency has issued 17 severe flood warnings in the North East and Cumbria, meaning the weather could pose a danger to life .

Homes have been flooded and roads shut after the River Eden burst its banks in Appleby. Flooding has also started in Corbridge and Hexham, Northumberland, and Sedbergh, in Cumbria.
Eleven of the severe warnings are for the River Greta in Keswick.
More than 30 other flood warnings are in place in the North East and Cumbria.
Following our live page for the latest updates across the North East and Cumbria.
Forecasters are predicting more rain later and throughout Sunday.
Fire crews are visiting flooded homes in Appleby to check residents are safe.
In Sedbergh, resident Lester Close said the flooding was the highest he had seen in 54 years living there.
He said: "There's just more and more water pouring down the road, it's horrendous all over.
"Not many roads will be passable now."
According to an Environment Agency gauge on the River Kent in Cumbria, the water is 12in (30cm) higher than in 2010, the previous record.
The Environment Agency said about 60 homes in low-lying parts of Corbridge were expected to be flooded with some already affected.
A spokesman said: "If you are caught in a flash flood, get to higher ground. Stay away from floodwater and don't take risks."
He urged people in the affected areas to move their family, pets and valuables to a safe place.
He added: "Heavy rain is currently falling in the Tyne Catchment and will continue throughout Saturday.
"River levels on the River Tyne are rising and are expected to rise through the day."
The spokesman said some homes in Well Bank had already flooded and the agency expected water to reach the top of the floodwall at the Stanners later.
Northumbria Police said they have also received reports of flooding in parts of Hexham.
Supt Geoff Logan said: "We are working closely with the other emergency services and partner agencies to plan and respond to flooding."
Premises along the River Wear in lower Stanhope in Weardale are also being warned of an imminent flood risk.
Warnings are also in place for the River Tees at Hurworth Place, Newbus Grange and Low Dinsdale after a night of heavy rain fall has swollen the river.
Flood gates at Yarm and Croft have been closed this morning.
Flooding has closed the A591 in Cumbria in both directions between Ambleside and Windermere, and the A6 is closed at Plumpton.
Several events have also been cancelled including the Newcastle Christmas Market.


Two women who attacked police with gunfire and a grenade before hiding in a building in the Turkish city of Istanbul have been killed, the city's governor has said.

A statement on a website close to the outlawed Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C) said it carried out the attack.
The two women died in a shootout with police after hiding in the building in Bayrampasa district, officials said.
Two policemen were hurt in the attack.
The women had earlier opened fire at a riot police station in Bayrampasa, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.
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The statement on the website hailed the "brave female liberation fighters".
The extreme-left DHKP-C has waged a violent campaign for more than three decades.
Turkey says the group has killed dozens of police officers and soldiers along with scores of civilians since it was formed in 1978 with the aim of replacing the Turkish government with a Marxist one.
It also opposes what it calls US imperialism and has several times targeted US military personnel and diplomatic missions.
Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said an investigation into Thursday's attack was under way.
Both Kurdish rebels and far-left militants have attacked police in Istanbul in the past.
Thursday's attack comes amid a rise in violence in Turkey since mid-2015.
In November Kurdish PKK rebels said they would resume fighting against the army, ending a unilateral ceasefire that over the past three decades has killed tens of thousands of people.


In the detritus of Hurricane Harvey a splash of red, white and blue catches the eye.

It is a rain-sodden American flag, half-hidden under the green leaves of fallen trees.
A few paces away Judie McRae, 44, is inspecting the damage to her trailer home.
Judie has lived more than half of her life here but she says this is her first hurricane. She spent it hunkered down in bed, unable to sleep.
She does not want to see another one.
"I just felt like my roof was going to come off at any minute," she says, describing a terrible sound of "cracking and creaking" that only stopped for a few minutes of calm when the eye of the hurricane  passed directly over her head.
"I was very fortunate that only two little windows got broke," she says.
Exactly how fortunate is obvious. Three of her neighbours' houses lie in ruins. Sheet metal has been twisted out of shape and insulation foam hangs from the trees. Books and clothes are soaking in the rain. One powder blue trailer home has caved in completely, its wooden skeleton broken and exposed.
As we examine the damage a young man arrives, agitated. He asks us if we have checked inside for the owner. We have not.
"Dan, are you in here?" he shouts.
We climb into the wreckage to help search for Dan, gingerly stepping over the missing man's possessions and clambering around his bathtub. There is no-one here.
Judie, meanwhile, is worried about two other neighbours. Both got out before the storm struck and have not yet returned to learn that their homes are destroyed.
She is particularly concerned about the elderly woman who lives two trailers along.
"She has no money and that was her home and it was already crap so..." Judie tails off as if she can think of no useful way to complete the thought, no hope to offer.
Meanwhile, down on the shore of Rockport, Robert Zbranek, 56, is trying to secure his boat to the dock after it broke free during the storm.
Alongside, a small sailing yacht is under water.
The yacht, Robert explains, was his home. He was inside when the hurricane swept over, smashing the hull. At the height of the most powerful storm in Texas since 1961, with winds blowing at 130mph (215km/h), he had to get out and scramble into his car, which he had parked behind a truck for shelter.
Even then he did not feel safe as, he says, the vehicle was lifted off the ground by the high winds but it worked.
What was it like? "Rough," he laughs.
I suggest that some people might question his sanity.
"I know I'm crazy," he says with a smile. "It was supposed to be a category two, maybe a category three but it didn't turn out that way. It was absolutely ridiculous. Ferocious."
"I still got a house," he adds. "It's just a little tore up."
As we are chatting Robert's friend, Craig Hack, 56, appears. He too rode out the storm on a small sailing yacht.
"I just about lost my mast," he says, cackling when I ask how it was. "No brains" is his answer.
Both men say they stayed because they wanted to be with their boat homes and their vehicles. They agreed that many folk like them would have lost money in the storm because they did not have insurance.
Here in this coastal town that is a familiar story, of people struggling to make ends mean, let alone to thrive.
Rockport was founded as a cattle abattoir and meat-packing port after the American civil war of 1861-1865.
Named after its geology - it sits on a solid rock ledge - the town and its adjoining neighbour, Fulton, did well for many years, first on the beef trade and later thanks to fishing and shrimping.
By the time the 20th Century had dawned, a railway was bringing in tourists too.
They still come, spending time and money boating and birdwatching, with ornithologists keen to see whooping cranes and hummingbirds.
But their money does not seem to have done much for the people of the port or of its wooded suburbs.
"Hardscrabble" is the word Americans use to describe a place like Rockport. It is overwhelmingly white (88.7% at the last census in 2010) and voted decisively for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
Life here is tough, says Judie, never more so than now.
There is some good news though. Judie thinks that Dan, the missing man, got out with relatives or friends just before the storm.
"God was with us," she says of her own survival though as she glances around at the destruction, she sounds a little unsure.
Judie stayed, she tells me, because she had no means to leave and no place to go.
"I had some problems getting out of town, a little broke and stuff, so I had to come home and, you know, tough it out," she says. "We're all the working class people.
"We're the ones who go to the restaurants and wait on you and pick up your trash and do all that work. We don't have a lot of money."
"Fighting for the American dream," she adds, with a rueful laugh.


Three miners who have been trapped in an abandoned gold mine in the South African city of Johannesburg since Wednesday have emerged alive.

The men fled the scene as soon as they came out fearing they would be arrested for illegal mining, police said.
Others though remain trapped. It is not clear how many are stuck as the site is a popular location for illegal mining.
On Sunday four miners were rescued from the shaft, which is Johannesburg's oldest.
Rescue workers say the only way to reach the miners is to crawl through 1.5km (0.9 miles) of small tunnels.
But operations have been halted and the mine cordoned off after a fire broke out on Sunday.
Those that crept out of the mine were helped by an accomplice, who told them no police were there and it was safe to emerge, News24.com reported.
Illegal mining is rife in South Africa, a major producer of gold and platinum. It can be punished with fines and prison sentences.


The Volkswagen Group, the world's second biggest car maker, is conducting a feasibility study into a potential Formula 1 entry.

Sources say the review is being conducted by ex-Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali, who was hired by VW's Audi brand earlier this year.
Its interest is being piqued by the global marketing success achieved by rivals and new F1 champions Mercedes.
But any entry would depend on management changes at VW or F1.
Ferdinand Piech, the head of the supervisory board of the VW Group, and F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone have long had a difficult relationship.
At least one of them would need to leave their current position before a VW Group brand could enter F1.
VW was on the working group of car manufacturers that decided on the new turbo hybrid engine rules introduced into F1 this season, but decided against entering at that time - and, publicly, has not changed its stance since.
But sources say that some senior board members now believe F1 would be a more effective global promotional tool than its existing motorsport programmes.
Among the Volkswagen Audi Group's brands, as well as VW and Audi, are Porsche, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Bentley, Skoda and Seat.
VAG currently has three main motorsport programmes - with Audi and Porsche in the World Endurance Championship, Audi in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM) and Volkswagen in the World Rally Championship.
The global advertising value of Mercedes' television appearances during its F1 campaign in 2014 was $2.8bn (£1.8bn).
Experts believe the equivalent value for VAG of their sportscar and touring car programmes was about $30m (£19m).
Mercedes spent a net 130m euros (£103m) on F1, once external sponsorship and prize money is taken into account. VAG spent about 320m euros (£254m) on DTM and sportscars.
Some reports have linked a potential VAG return with the Austrian Red Bull team - Piech has a close relationship with Red Bull owner Dietrich Mateschitz.
But sources say that VAG turned down an approach from Red Bull some years ago and that if it did enter F1 it would be with its own team based in Germany.
Asked for a comment, a spokesman did not deny the information but pointed to an interview with the chairman of the VW board of management Martin Winterkorn in the German newspaper Bild Am Sonntag last month, in which he suggested the group was happy with its existing commitments.
Winterkorn said: "Our brands in motorsport are as successful as ever, whether in the DTM with Audi or Le Mans with Audi and Porsche, or in the World Rally Championship with Volkswagen. We feel we have really good position."
Audi chairman Rupert Stadler said in an interview with another German newspaper, Heilbronner Stimmer, that Domenicali had expressed a desire not to work in motorsport and that he was working in "organisation and new business fields in the areas of service and mobility".


Australia completed a 3-0 series whitewash over Pakistan with a 220-run victory in the third Test at Sydney.

Resuming on 55 for one, the tourists needed to bat out day five to save the Test but they lasted just 64 overs before being bowled out for 244.
Josh Hazlewood and Stephen O'Keefe took three wickets each on Saturday while Sarfraz Ahmed was left stranded on 72 not out for Pakistan.
It was a 12th successive Test defeat in Australia for Misbah-ul-Haq's side.
Pakistan's 42-year-old captain said his team did not recover from the final day collapse in the second Test in Melbourne when they lost by an innings and 18 runs after scoring 443 in the first innings.
"The last day of the MCG was the biggest disappointment of the tour and we got demoralised from that,'' Misbah said. "This is how it is. Australia is not an easy place.''
Pakistan did not take 20 wickets in any Test.
"It's difficult for any Asian side to come here and take 20 wickets in a Test match. That's an art and we could not do that and that mainly cost us the series," Misbah added.
It was Australia's first series victory since February last year and a stark turnaround to a summer that began with a home series defeat by South Africa.
"You lose your first two Tests of an Australian summer and you are not in a good place,'' captain Steve Smith said. "I'm really proud of the way the guys have come in and turned it around since then.''
Next up is a five-game one-day international series between the teams, beginning on 13 January.
Batsman Chris Lynn and fast bowler Billy Stanlake have been included in Australia's 14-man squad for the one-day series, while Usman Khawaja has been recalled after missing the 3-0 one-day series win over New Zealand in December.
Aaron Finch, George Bailey and Hilton Cartwright are the men to drop out of the squad.
Lynn, 26, has been in fine form in the Big Bash and recently hit an unbeaten 98 from 49 balls for Brisbane Heat against Perth Scorchers, while Stanlake, 22, has taken six wickets in four Big Bash games for Adelaide Strikers.
"We believe it is right we give Chris Lynn the chance to show whether he can convert his wonderful ball-striking ability to ODIs,'' said national selector Trevor Hohns.
Australia one-day international squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Pat Cummins, James Faulkner, Travis Head, Josh Hazlewood, Usman Khawaja, Chris Lynn, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Billy Stanlake, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, Adam Zampa.


A leading malaria control expert has said efforts to contain the disease may be jeopardised by the Ebola crisis.

Dr Fatoumata Nafo-Traoré, who heads the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership, said after visiting west Africa: "Understandably, all the health workers' attention is on Ebola."
Children's wards which used to be full of malaria patients were becoming "ghost areas," she added.
In 2012, malaria killed 7,000 people in the three countries worst hit by Ebola.
Most of these will have been young children - although malaria is curable.
The disease caused almost 4,000 deaths in Sierra Leone in 2012 - as well as around 2,000 deaths in Liberia and approximately 1,000 in Guinea.
Now the three countries are wrestling with the Ebola virus and Dr Nafo-Traoré said she feared that recent gains in preventing malaria could be threatened by the crisis.
She said: "These countries have previously been really hit by malaria. But five years ago, it was even worse - the deaths were double.
"We all agree that no child should die from malaria, because we have the tools to prevent and treat it.
"But now, understandably, all the health workers' attention is on Ebola.
"We used to see hospital beds with three children in them at a time, because there was not enough space.
"Now those paediatric wards are becoming ghost areas, because of the lack of manpower there.
"So we don't know who has malaria, and who is dying from it.
"Even if the situation is at the same level as last year, that was still very bad in those countries. We're really concerned that Ebola will cause a setback to the efforts on malaria.
"And there's a lack of trust and confidence in health workers. There's still a feeling it's them who are bringing the virus to people."
RBM is a partnership of more than 500 organisations. It was formed 16 years ago to co-ordinate global efforts against malaria.
It says Guinea and Sierra Leone met key targets last year for distributing bed nets - a crucial weapon for protecting children from mosquitoes which spread malaria.
The situation in Liberia was less positive. Officials there are trying to work out how they can boost their distribution efforts while trying to contain Ebola too.
One problem is that the early symptoms of Ebola and malaria can be similar.
Dr Nafo-Traoré travelled by road from Conakry in Guinea to Sierra Leone earlier this month.
She told me: "The Ebola treatment centres have a protocol for treating cases of fever with anti-malarial drugs too, because the patient might be suffering from both diseases.
"But at the moment when people have fevers, they are often afraid to go to healthcare facilities because they want to avoid being held in the Ebola treatment centres.
"We are working with the countries to ensure people are tested for malaria and get the drugs.
"It's important to have a co-ordinated approach. A key aim is to decrease cases of malaria-related fever, so the Ebola centres don't get overwhelmed.
"I'm worried because of the weak health systems. And communication is so easy between all 15 of the West African countries.
"In the past Ebola occurred in remote bush areas. But today it's happening in capital cities.
"People are getting well-organised now. As I travelled by road there, I saw checkpoints where people were having their temperature taken and were washing their hands.
"Fortunately the world has received a wake-up call - but the response was slow at the beginning."


Preschools help boost the academic careers of children who have fewer educational experiences at home, a study suggests.

The effect lasts into secondary school with preschoolers from all backgrounds twice as likely to do AS-levels, say the Oxford University researchers.
The advantage was more than just an early grasp of numbers and letters.
"High quality early education makes the child a more effective learner," said co-author Prof Kathy Sylva.
Activities such as singing songs and nursery rhymes, teaching and playing with numbers and letters, reading with their children and taking them to the library "turn the child on to learning", said Prof Sylva, professor of educational psychology at the university's department of education.
The researchers tracked the education records of a nationally representative sample of children who were attending 141 preschools across England in 1997 and compared these with those of a sample of children who had minimal or no preschool experience.
The study, published by the Department for Education, found parents who provided their children with "stimulating learning experiences" as toddlers, gave them a big educational advantage throughout school.
Children who had this early support from parents were also more likely to go on to achieve better A-level grades, say the researchers - but preschools can help offset this early advantage, the study found.
Preschools whose support was rated "highly effective" in teaching early number concepts saw their pupils four times more likely to do well throughout school.
"Our findings reveal that preschool boosts a child's chances of doing well at school and going onto to take A-level examinations," said principal investigator Prof Pamela Sammons.
"Our research also shows that a child's educational experiences at home when they are under five really matter to their later academic success.
"Unfortunately, not all children get the same support from their parents and for these pupils, preschool is especially important."
Prof Sammons said the findings proved investment in preschools paid off and had particular benefits for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.


Teachers, nurses and council workers should be given a pay rise, former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said.

Mr Crabb told BBC Wales that anger over several years of modest or non-existent public sector pay rises contributed to the Conservatives' failure to win a majority at the general election.
He said voters told him they would not back him due to public spending cuts.
Many public sector workers are receiving a 1% pay increase this year, despite rising inflation.
Unions estimate an effective pay freeze for many dates back to 2010.
Speaking to The Wales Report with Huw Edwards, Mr Crabb said: "I think we really need to tune our ear much more closely to the needs of the public sector in Wales and across the UK.
"Clearly these seven years of wage restraint we've had, which has kept a limit on wage growth for people in the public sector, we probably need to be looking at that.
"It's about time people across different sectors had a wage increase."
He said the Conservative election campaign had "buttoned up" Prime Minister Theresa May, preventing voters from seeing her "range of qualities and skills".
But he rejected a suggestion from Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies that distinctly Welsh messages had been "marginalised".
"Overall the factors against us in Wales were exactly the same as they were right across the UK," said Mr Crabb.
The Wales Report, Wednesday 14 June, 22:55 BST BBC ONE Wales


President Barack Obama has said the war on drugs will not be effectively won unless the economies of Latin American countries are strengthened.

Mr Obama was speaking in Costa Rica, where he is due to attend a summit of Central American leaders.
They are expected to discuss ways of tackling increasing violence generated by drug cartels operating in the area.
Most of the cocaine produced in South America is smuggled through the region before it reaches the US.
At a joint news conference with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla on Friday, Mr Obama said criminal organisations prosper in economically vulnerable countries:
"The stronger the economies and the institutions for individuals seeking legitimate careers, the less powerful those narco-trafficking organisations are going to be," Mr Obama said.
The Costa Rican president called for a review of the current approach to the drugs problem in the region.
"Costa Rica doesn't have an army and cannot allow to come to a situation of war with the drugs cartels," she said.
Mr Obama began a three-day tour of the region in Mexico on Thursday, and arrived in the Costa Rican capital, San Jose, on Friday.
He will take part in a summit of the Central American Integration System (SICA), which includes Dominican Republic and all seven Central American countries - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
Central America has become increasingly engulfed in the violence generated by the illegal drugs trade.
Local gangs are being employed by the Mexican cartels to bring the drug from South America.
These organisations are also involved in human trafficking, arms smuggling and other forms of crime.
The US has security co-operation agreements with several countries in Central America and Mexico, which it intends to renew.
The summit will also discuss trade and economic co-operation.
Costa Rica and other countries are expected to request favourable conditions to buy gas from the US. Guatemala is expected to raise the issue of immigration.


Dog owners could be required to put pets on leads in country parks and on pavements under new public order plans being drawn up in Wrexham.

The idea was mooted in an informal council survey as officials look to update existing legal orders tackling dog fouling and anti-social behaviour.
A council report has backed the idea for dogs to be kept on leads near park visitor centres, but not a wider area.
People in breach of public orders can face fixed penalty fines.
Dog exclusion zones already exist on marked sports pitches and play areas in Wrexham, apart from owners with assistance dogs.
Extending the order to pavements and some parkland could cost an additional £20,000 in signage costs, according to the report.
A scrutiny committee meeting at the Guildhall on Wednesday agreed to allow a formal consultation to take place to push ideas forward.


It is a plant that is really good at growing, and one of our most important nature reserves has more than enough of it.

If left untreated, bracken would colonise swathes of the dune system at Murlough on the County Down coast.
Dune heath is a key habitat, and 16% of the UK total is in the 700-acre site between Dundrum and Newcastle.
It is home to a range of plant and animal life and a huge variety of moths and butterflies.
There are 700 types of moth and 23 types of butterfly found at Murlough.
The bracken is being removed partly to help them and to manage the habitat.
"Bracken can become invasive," said Patrick Lynch, a conservation ranger at the site.
"It can become quite dense, the fronds get quite high and then nothing can grow underneath it."
The bracken is beaten down so that heathers and other plants that attract moths and butterflies can grow.
Almost 30 acres of bracken is removed each year by the National Trust, which manages Murlough.
They use a combination of rolling and spraying for the task.
The site is also managed by using livestock.
Cattle and 10 Exmoor ponies are allowed to graze in the area to help to keep the bracken down and let other plants flourish.
The bracken is favoured by some butterflies, but it needs to be kept in check.
Conservation workers hope the bracken-clearing initiative will provide a "mosaic of habitats" and balance the interests of all the animals and insects on the reserve.


Egypt has ordered the closure of the country's last remaining centre for the treatment and documentation of alleged torture victims.

Officials have said the prominent El Nadeem centre had breached unspecified health ministry regulations.
But the centre's director said the decision was "politically motivated".
Rights groups have criticised Egypt's government for its crackdown on dissent, and there has been a surge in allegations of torture by officials.
The Cairo-based El Nadeem centre has operated since 1993, providing support and counselling to victims of torture.
Aida Seif al-Dawla, the organisation's director, said the group had been given until Monday to close but had vowed to defy the order.
"Unless they arrest us all, we will continue to work," she told the BBC.
Amnesty International said the move against the El Nadeem centre appears to be an "extension of the ongoing crackdown on human rights activists in Egypt".
The BBC's Orla Guerin in Cairo says the move comes at a time when enforced disappearances are on the rise, and amid growing concern about allegations of torture by the police and intelligence services.
Human rights groups accuse security forces of torturing detainees and of detaining suspected activists or militant Islamists without reporting their arrests, allegations rejected by the government.
Just two weeks ago, the mutilated corpse of  Italian student Guilio Regeni was found by a roadside, amid allegations that he had been kidnapped by security services, which Cairo denied.
Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi led the military's overthrow of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi in 2013, following mass protests.


Swedish fashion company H&M will launch its eighth fashion brand later this year, with the first outlet opening in London this autumn.

The new brand, Arket, will provide "simple, timeless and functional designs" including clothes for adults and children, and household products.
It will sit in a slightly higher price segment than the main H&M brand.
The move comes as competition online and on the High Street is squeezing profits at the fashion giant.
After London, more Arket stores will follow in Brussels, Copenhagen and Munich, and the new brand will be launched online.
The new stores will also stock external brands, and some outlets will include a cafe offering Scandinavian-style food.
Bernadette Kissane, apparel and footwear analyst at Euromonitor International, said on paper the plan looked "promising".
"The company's results have been falling short of expectations recently, consistently outpaced by key rival Inditex," she said.
"Rather than adopt a faster sourcing strategy to compete, the company has opted to introduce new brand Arket to effectively cater to shifts in consumer behaviour."
H&M already operates a range of High Street brands including Cos, & Other Stories, Monki, Weekday and Cheap Monday. But the firm said market conditions were difficult for fashion retailers as digitisation is changing both shoppers' behaviour and the way fashion companies operate.
H&M pioneered fast fashion alongside Zara's owner Inditex. But Inditex has overtaken H&M in recent years to become the world's largest fashion retailer.
The company's profits are also being squeezed by online competition from retailers such as Asos, which offer a fast turnover of fashion styles in response to customer demand.
"Retail is going through a challenging period of change in which customers' shopping behaviour and expectations are changing at a fast pace as a result of growing digitalisation," said H&M's chief executive Karl-Johan Persson in a statement accompanying the firm's latest financial results.
"For fashion retail in general, market conditions were very tough in many of our large markets in central and southern Europe and in the US, and this was reflected in our sales," he added.
H&M reported a 3.4% drop in net profit to 2.45bn kronor ($275m; Â£220m) for the December to February period, the first quarter of the company's financial year.


BodyPositive will be following the journey of people just like us in our series of real life stories.

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We'll be hearing honest, heart warming accounts from young people as they share their innermost feelings in the pursuit of being #BodyPositive. And in doing so we hope you feel like you can share your story too.
Meet Nicole, she's 17. She's at college. She's dances, horse rides three times a week, is in the athletics team, and has a part-time job as a lifeguard. Sounds normal so far. But Nicole has to balance that with taking 30 tablets a day and having regular physio. She has cystic fibrosis.
Cystic fibrosis is one of the UK's most common life-threatening inherited diseases. Cystic fibrosis is caused by a single defective gene. As a result, the internal organs, especially the lungs and digestive system, become clogged with thick sticky mucus resulting in chronic infections and inflammation in the lungs and difficulty digesting food.
This is Nicole's story.


Fast bowler Tino Best has joined Hampshire on a short-term deal.

The 34-year-old joins the county as cover for fellow West Indies paceman Fidel Edwards, who broke an ankle while playing football last week.
Best has played 25 Tests and 26 one-day internationals for his country, and taken 316 wickets in 115 first-class wickets at an average of 28.
Like Edwards, he is a Kolpak signing, with South African Ryan McLaren Hampshire's designated overseas player.
"Tino trained with us in Barbados during pre-season and looked good," Hampshire director of cricket Giles White said.
"It's come about at short notice, initially on a short-term contract. He seems excited about the opportunity and very motivated to do well."
Best will play for Hampshire in a three-day second XI match against Somerset at the Ageas Bowl starting on Monday with a view to joining the first-team squad for the County Championship game that begins against Middlesex on Sunday.
As well as Edwards, who will undergo surgery on Tuesday, Hampshire are currently without the services of bowlers Reece Topley, Gareth Berg and Ryan Stevenson through injury.
Ireland seamer Craig Young has also joined the county on a short-term loan deal.
"We'll support Fidel through his recovery and look forward to having him back in a Hampshire shirt as soon as possible," White added. "He's a class act and the team will miss him."


Wigan have rejected a fresh Chelsea bid for Victor Moses and are determined to hold out for a fee of £10m.

Chelsea have made two cash bids for the 21-year-old winger, who has a year left on his contract, but both have fallen some way short of Wigan's valuation.
If Chelsea offer the right amount of money, we will sell Victor
Attempts to bridge the gap by offering a player in part-exchange have also been rejected out of hand by Wigan.
"If Chelsea offer the right amount of money, we will sell Victor," Latics chairman Dave Whelan told BBC Sport.
"We do not stand in the way of young players. But I must stress we do not want to sell Victor, Roberto doesn't want to sell Victor - we would like to keep him for another 12 months. He is a tremendously exciting player and the fans love him.
"£10m is the figure Roberto has always had in mind for Victor and that has not changed. We have had two cash bids and Chelsea then asked if they could offer a player in part-exchange or on loan. But we are only interested in a straight cash offer."
Wigan made their first signing of the summer last week, when Aberdeen midfielder Fraser Fyvie agreed a three-year contract.
However, both  and Hugo Rodallega have left the club on free transfers and Wigan could also lose Moses for nothing next summer if he is unable to agree a new deal at the club.
Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo is keen to add the former Crystal Palace player to his squad ahead of the new season and the Stamford Bridge club remain confident of reaching an agreement with Wigan.


Kanye West was not asked to perform at Donald Trump's inauguration, which will be a "traditionally American" event, the chief organiser has said.

There has been speculation since the star told a concert crowd he would have voted for Mr Trump - if he had voted - and then turned up at Trump Tower.
But Tom Barrack, the Presidential Inaugural Committee chair, told CNN the ceremony is "not the venue" for West.
He said the rapper is "a great guy" but "we haven't asked him".
Mr Barrack said: "He considers himself a friend of the president-elect, but it's not the venue.
"The venue we have for entertainment is filled out, it's perfect, it's going to be typically and traditionally American, and Kanye is a great guy but we just haven't asked him to perform. We move on with our agenda."
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An Argentine man stolen from his parents during military rule when he was just a month old has been reunited with his biological family.

The Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo, which aims to find children taken during the 1976-1983 dictatorship, said he was the 106th they had recovered.
Pablo Javier Gaona Miranda, 34, was identified as the son of parents who disappeared in 1978.
Several hundred babies are believed to have been taken from their mothers.
The president of the Grandmothers, Estela de Carlotta, told a news conference in Buenos Aires that Pablo Javier had come to them a month ago in an attempt to find his true identity.
"Pablo Javier always knew that he was adopted," she said.
But he always had his doubts about his origins and his adoptive mother told him in 2008 that he was the son of disappeared parents.
Pablo Javier, who did not attend the news conference, was born in April 1978.
A month later his parents, Paraguayan Ricardo Gaona Paiva and Argentine Maria Rosa Miranda, were kidnapped by the armed forces and never seen again.
Pablo Javier was given to a family by an army colonel to raise as their own. His biological family had been searching for him ever since.
"And to all of my brothers, I say to them we have a nephew. A nephew who is the first grandchild, the first nephew," Pablo Javier's uncle said.
The fate of stolen babies is one of the most painful legacies of Argentina's "Dirty War".
During this period, up to 30,000 people were killed or disappeared by the armed forces, according to rights groups.
Children born to mothers held in detention centres were given to police or army families.
Many were brought up not knowing they were adopted and only found out as adults.
Many more still do not know that they were seized from their parents, the Grandmothers say.
Some children have said they would rather not know their origins, especially if the information implicates their adoptive parents in illegal acts.
Last month, two former military leaders, Jorge Videla and Reynaldo Bignone, were found guilty of overseeing the systematic theft of babies from political prisoners.


Rawan Albutairi wouldn't have to do much to get noticed at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

A mere 18% of all delegates at the conference are female, and women under 30 are rarer still - especially if they are from Saudi Arabia.
But the 28-year-old is unusual for other reasons, too.
She's a leading financial analyst at the world's biggest oil and gas company, Aramco, managing a multi-billion dollar budget, and she is one of the Forum's "Global Shapers" - a title awarded for her work in encouraging more young women to enter Saudi Arabia's male-dominated workforce.
What's more, she's currently in training for the Rio Olympics later this year. where she will be competing as part of the kingdom's first ever female fencing team.
By her own admission, she's an "outlier" in the country.
Only one in five women of working age in Saudi Arabia is employed, according to the World Bank, and the collapse in the oil price has added further pressure, as many companies now cannot afford to nurture talent.
Rawan puts her success down to her "very progressive family".
"My dad taught us independence since we were very young," she explains.
Two of her older sisters went through the traditional Saudi education system, but Rawan wasn't impressed with the results, wanting "something more".
Luckily, she was one of the first to benefit from the late King Abdullah's scholarship programme, launched in 2005 to help young, ambitious Saudis study in the United States.
The University of Maine, where she studied finance, was a culture shock.
Undergraduates quizzed her on why she didn't wear a hijab, whether women were really banned from driving in the Kingdom, and whether she would ever accept an arranged marriage.
She also learnt to fence, and travelled widely within the US.
But ultimately, home beckoned. "I missed my family, so I decided to come back to Saudi," she says, without a hint of regret."If you see the campus of Aramco, you wouldn't blame anyone for wanting to work there".
Through the Al-Khobar Global Shapers hub, which she founded, Rawan works with local schools (only girls' schools, she's not allowed in boys' schools) visiting classes and trying to inspire others to follow career paths such as her own.
"You can see it in their eyes; they want to be engineers, they want to be lawyers, but they lack the guidance, they lack the resources," she says.
"It's so heartbreaking."
But despite the obvious barriers for enterprising young girls in Saudi Arabia, such as the ban on women driving or on leaving the house unaccompanied, Rawan argues it's more what happens in homes that matters.
"Unfortunately, a lot of girls, their career path is not only determined by who they think they want to be, but also the culture, their background.
"We try and push them, but it's how they push their parents, to get them to agree."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Rawan is guarded in her criticism of the Saudi administration, nor would she be drawn on the debate about over-supply in the global oil market.
She insists the government are "trying their best" to expose young people to role models like her, and to get more women into work.
One example she cites is the Nitaqat scheme - or "Saudization" as it's colloquially known - designed to encourage firms to employ fellow citizens, rather than foreigners.
"If you hire a Saudi male, you get a point into your programme," says Rawan, "but if you hire a female, you get two points".
She is also keen to point out that, at least at her workplace, women are given equal opportunities.
"The only difference is that we wear Abaya (black robes). I spoke to a couple of people who work at Exxon Mobil and Shell, and we do exactly the same thing!"
As for driving, Rawan is content to have a chauffeur, although she'd "prefer to have the option" to have her own car, and is convinced the regulations will be relaxed in the next few years.
She also says many of her contemporaries flout the law, and leaving the house unattended is commonplace.
But you get the sense that Rawan plays down the harsher aspects of the kingdom, out of the belief that taking on the authorities would distract from the advances being made by women like her.
"I truly believe that change is happening," she says.
For now, however, Rawan's immediate focus is on fencing. The next few months will bring several training sessions and tournaments, all while holding down a demanding full time job.
Is she confident of making it all the way at Rio 2016?
Rawan chuckles nervously - "Hopefully, Insha'Allah!"


Nottingham Forest's final-day escape from relegation from the Championship is the perfect motivation for the new season, says manager Mark Warburton.

The Reds stayed up on goal difference with a 3-0 win over Ipswich Town.
Warburton, who was appointed in March, has been backed in the transfer market by new owner Evangelos Marinakis, with six new faces arriving over the summer.
"That sensation from the last game of the season, we must never feel again," Warburton told BBC Radio Nottingham.
"I have said that before and will say it again - we must always use that feeling as a motivating force to move the club forward."
Last season, the Reds used 42 different players under three managers.
But a new start under Marinakis, who took over from previous owner Fawaz Al Hasawi, has brought fresh optimism following the arrival of Jason Cummings, Barrie McKay, Daryl Murphy, Tendayi Darikwa, Andreas Bouchalakis and Kieran Dowell.
Warburton said he is "very confident" Forest would not endure another relegation battle this season.
"We are in a good position and comfortable with the squad," he added.
"Their attitude is outstanding and they are hungry for success. They know how close they came to relegation last season.
"I have absolute belief in the players in their desire and quality. Let's see how we go but we are looking forward to a strong season.
"It's a fantastic division with huge clubs, but Forest are a huge club as well and we know where we need to get the club back to."


About 75 people have gathered in Cardiff city centre calling for stronger ties with the European Union.

Organisers March for Europe said a stronger connection "makes Britain stronger".
Geraint Talfan Davies, of Wales Stronger in Europe, said Brexit had caused "uncertainty" but Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said everyone needed to "come together".
Similar events were held across the UK.
Those attending the event sought to put pressure on the UK Government to pause invoking Article 50 following the vote for Brexit.
It comes two days before Parliament reopens after summer recess, with MPs set to debate a petition calling for a second EU referendum.


Kieran Richardson and Nigel Reo-Coker have joined Granada on trial on Tony Adams' first full day as head coach.

Former West Ham midfielder Reo-Coker, 32, has played for teams in Major League Soccer between 2013-16.
Former Manchester United and England winger Richardson, 32, made six appearances for Cardiff in 2016 after spells at Aston Villa and Sunderland.
Ex-England and Arsenal captain Adams has been put in charge of the La Liga side until the end of the season.
Granada are 19th in La Liga after five losses in six games, leaving them seven points from safety with seven games remaining.


A father and son from Northern Ireland are to stand trial in October, accused of assaulting a man in County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.

The accused are Eugene Hanratty Sr (57) of Castleblaney Road, Crossmaglen, County Armagh, and Eugene Hanratty Jr (34) of Dundalk Road, Armagh.
They are charged with assault causing harm to a man in Castleblaney on 24 November, 2012.
Their trial was due to begin this week in Dublin but has been postponed.
On Wednesday, the judge set down a new trial date for 25 October.
She also scheduled a pre-trial hearing for 28 June, 2016.


An "evil and twisted" kickboxing instructor has been jailed for 15 years and six months for raping a teenage girl at his martial arts studio.

Paul Drury, 57, admitted three rapes and four offences of making indecent images at Exeter Crown Court.
He raped the girl shortly before her 13th birthday at his home and at the Black Belt Academy he ran in Dawlish.
His sexual attacks took place more than a decade ago in Devon but his victim only went to the police last year.
His victim described him to officers as "'a sick, evil, twisted man".
Drury, of Maudlin Drive, Teignmouth, has run his Black Belt Academy for more than 20 years and specialised in teaching kickboxing and Tae Kwon Do.
After his arrest, police found child images on his computer as well as web chats in which he boasted of abusing children.
Judge Simon Carr also ordered him to sign on the sex offenders' register for life and made a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, which bans him from contact with children under 16.
He told him: "You started your sexual grooming when this girl was just 11 or 12 and your sexually inappropriate behaviour was clearly intended to prepare her for the rapes that followed.
"You told her this was normal and she would have to accept it, and despite she had the enormous courage to fight back, it had no effect on you whatsoever.
He added: "It is self evident this will have devastating psychological consequences which she will have to live with for the rest of her life.
"Sexual images of children were found on your computer, but more troubling are the conversations in chat rooms which indicated your interest in child abuse and showed you seemed to positively revel in it"


A springer spaniel who almost died after being bitten by a snake could follow her mother's lead by becoming a search and rescue dog.

Stevie Coombes dog Tara was given two blood transfusions after being bitten on the face by an adder in Aberfoyle.
Tara's mother Tess is currently being trained by Trossachs Search and Rescue (SAR) in Balfron, Stirlingshire.
Mr Coombes said he feared he would lose Tara after her condition deteriorated following the incident on 13 July.
Tara has accompanied Tess on her training sessions with the aim of being trained in the future.
Mr Coombes, a trainee dog handler and first-responder with Trossachs SAR, said he had earlier let the two dogs out of his truck for ten minutes at a golf course in Aberfoyle.
He said: "She (Tara) was a wee bit lethargic.
"I got her in the house and she started drooling and I could see her face swelling and I knew she'd been bitten by an adder.
"I instantly phoned the vet in Doune and said I'll be there in 20 minutes.
"The vets were brilliant, by the time I got there they already had anti-venom on the way."
After administering anti-venom, the vet recommended transferring Tara to the Vets Now animal hospital in Glasgow.
Mr Coombes said: "That turned out to be the best call. The hospital got her blood pressure sorted and got her stable.
"I went to see her and an hour later they phoned to say she was going downhill.
"They were going to have to start a blood transfusion because the venom affects the clotting of the blood."
Mr Coombes returned later that day to be told Tara needed a second blood transfusion.
He said: "When they told me they were having the second transfusion, I genuinely didn't think it was going to get her back.
"I thought I would lose her, so for myself and the family and the kids, it was quite an emotional few days."
The following day Mr Coombes was told Tara's blood and vital signs had returned to normal.
He said: "Since then she's been absolutely fine, it's remarkable.
"She's really inquisitive, she's into everything, which is probably what caused the problem.
"In the country if you're letting your dogs run off the lead, it's just one of these things.
"The snake is just minding its own business in its own habitat."


The company behind plans to build a new nuclear power plant on Anglesey has started an investigation of the seabed.

Horizon Nuclear Power said the work will give it a better understanding of the geological conditions offshore from the proposed Wylfa Newydd site.
Samples will be taken from the seabed and coastline throughout July and August.
The company claims the Â£8bn plant will employ 1,000 people once it begins working in the first half of the 2020s.
Site Development Director Charlie Tasker said: "Although we'll be working 24 hours a day, we'll ensure the work doesn't cause any inconvenience to local people or tourists by keeping lighting and noise to an absolute minimum.
"We'll be keeping a distance of more than 800 metres from the Cemlyn Bay nature reserve at all times."


As well as Labour members, those in trade unions affiliated to the party will be able to vote in the party's leadership race.

The contest is open to members of the 14 unions which back Labour, if they pay a political levy to the party and had registered as affiliated supporters before 12 January.
So which unions back challenger Owen Smith and which support the incumbent Jeremy Corbyn - which have not declared a preference?
Train drivers' union Aslef has given its backing to Jeremy Corbyn, having backed him in the 2015 leadership contest as well. The union's executive committee endorsed Mr Corbyn in a meeting in July.
General secretary Mick Whelan said: "We are backing Jeremy again because he believes in the core values and the key aspirations of the Labour Party and proposes to run on a platform, at the next general election, which will excite voters put off by the failed focus group-obsessed machinations of the New Labour years."
The union for media workers has not taken a position in the leadership race.
"In keeping with past practice Bectu neither made a nomination for a Labour leadership candidate, nor recommended either of those who entered the contest," union officer Tony Lennon wrote in a message to members.
At a conference in June, the bakers' union voted that "if there was any challenge to Mr Corbyn's leadership, our union would continue to support the current, democratically elected incumbent and the progressive policies he has put forward".
National president Ian Hodgson wrote that under Jeremy Corbyn "the Labour Party now represented and supported the aspirations of our members".
Steelworkers' union Community has declared backing for Owen Smith.
The union tweeted that Mr Smith "has shown he is able to unite and lead the Labour Party and more importantly, he can be trusted to lead our country".
The Communication Workers Union confirmed its backing for Jeremy Corbyn at the beginning of August.
"Jeremy is a leader for the millions, not the millionaires," said general secretary Dave Ward.
The FBU re-affiliated to Labour after Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour leader in 2015, over a decade after splitting with the party in protest at the policies of then-leader Tony Blair.
In July this year the union said Mr Corbyn was "by far the best candidate for firefighters, for the fire and rescue service and for working people in general".
The GMB. one of the biggest unions affiliated to Labour, backed Owen Smith to become leader after balloting its membership for their views.
General secretary Tim Roache called on Labour to "unite when all this is over", adding: "GMB members cannot afford for Labour to be talking to itself in a bubble for the next five years while the Tories run riot through our rights at work, our public services and our communities."
The union's executive has made an "advisory recommendation" that members vote for Owen Smith as Labour leader.
John Smith, the union's general secretary, praised his namesake for "offering a second referendum based on approval of the terms of Brexit, which is undoubtedly an attractive option for many musicians concerned about what Brexit might mean".
The National Union of Mineworkers has not yet declared which candidate it supports.
The Transport Salaried Staffs' Association, which backed Jeremy Corbyn in 2015, reaffirmed its support for him in July.
"With a new leader at the head of the Conservative Party and the Tories looking set to remain in a prolonged period of bitter rivalry and infighting, it is for Labour to unite and be the source of national unity and stability for the country," the union said in a press release.
The construction union has nominated Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader.
"This is an unnecessary and divisive election but now it has been triggered it is essential that Jeremy receives an even larger mandate than he did in 2015 and that the Labour Party then properly unites behind him," said acting general secretary Brian Rye.
The second largest union, Unison, has backed Jeremy Corbyn over Owen Smith.
"Jeremy Corbyn retains the backing of a majority of UNISON's Labour supporting members," said general secretary Dave Prentis. "However, a significant minority backed Owen Smith. Their views will always be respected in our union - that's our proud tradition."
The UK's largest trade union has not changed its position of supporting Mr Corbyn since the last Labour leadership election in 2015, and leader Len McCluskey is one of Mr Corbyn's more outspoken champions.
In a statement in July, the union said a leadership election was "an unhelpful process to be embarking upon at this time".
Usdaw, whose members include retail and distribution workers, has backed Owen Smith, arguing that he stands a greater chance of leading Labour to power.
"Our members cannot afford years of principled opposition, with a Labour Party divided and unable to secure the confidence of voters," said general secretary John Hannett.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) has given its backing to Jeremy Corbyn, but the union is not affiliated to Labour.
"Jeremy has renewed the faith that many rank and file trade unionists have in the Labour Party," said general secretary Mick Cash.