It's hard to walk round London and admire the sights without admiring something paid for by Qatar.

From some of the most famous hotels and landmarks to the cranes arcing over the South Bank, Qatar has a substantial finger in a huge number of pies.
The UK is Qatar's single largest investment destination, with £35bn in place and another £5bn on its way in the next five years.
And it is now said that Qatar owns more land in London than the Queen.
The next batch of £5bn is headed for sectors ranging from infrastructure and energy to IT.
However, the pace may be slowing slightly after a rapid acceleration in the last five to 10 years, and Qatar's focus is turning instead to the US, where it aims to invest some $35bn (£27bn).
Both here and in the US, the investments will be largely channelled through the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) the country's sovereign wealth fund, that has a global portfolio worth about $335bn.
And it all comes from gas.
Qatar's oil output is relatively modest. But it is, through happy geological coincidence, situated on top of the South Pars Field, the single largest known natural gas field in the world, which straddles the Gulf.
The property research company Datscha revealed that the QIA owns 879 commercial and residential properties in London.
Of that, about 26 million sq ft is commercial property.
Central to its property empire is the Canary Wharf Group (CWG), which it bought with partners Brookfield Property Partners in 2015 for £2.6bn.
CWG owns some 16 million sq ft in the heart of London, including 20 Fenchurch Street, nicknamed the Walkie Talkie, and the Shell Centre redevelopment on London's South Bank.
The QIA separately bought the HSBC Tower at 8 Canada Square in 2014 for £1.1bn.
It also has a stake in London's Savoy Hotel (through owning 10% of the French hospitality group Accor), and a 95% stake in the Shard. It bought the Harrods department store for a reported £1.5bn in 2010.
Meanwhile, Qatari Diar, the QIA's real estate development unit, is busy converting the US Embassy on London's Grosvenor Square into a luxury hotel, and is building homes at the former Chelsea Barracks which it markets as "the most coveted 12.8 acres in the world."
Qatari Diar also has a partnership with the real estate investment company Delancey and the Dutch pension fund asset manager, APG to develop and rent the 2012 Olympic Athletes' Village, known as East Village, and the Elephant and Castle redevelopment.
In all, that's about 4,000 residential units, managed and leased through the Get Living brand.
Another unit of the QIA, Qatar Holding, owns a string of hotels in London - not just any old hotels, but Claridge's, the Berkeley and the Connaught, as well as the Intercontinental in Park Lane, through a 64% stake in Coroin, the holding company which owns the Maybourne Hotel Group.
Across England and Wales, Datscha estimates the rateable value of all the QIA's properties is more than £1bn. Rateable value is not how much the properties are worth - it's based on the rentable value, so it represents the rent that could be charged in a year on all the properties.
Qatari individuals have also pumped money into London real estate. No 1 Hyde Park is a 380,000 sq ft development of some 83 apartments, considered by some to be the most expensive address in Europe.
It is joint owned by the CPC Group and Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, former prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of Qatar.
An investigation by Vanity Fair in 2013 found that 64 of the apartments were held by companies registered in offshore tax havens.
Qatar is also bound into the UK economy through trade. And for Qatar, trade means liquefied natural gas (LNG).
Natural gas makes up about 29% of the UK's fuel imports and of that, about 29% is in the form of LNG, transported in double-hulled, temperature-controlled ships, such as the distinctive "Dinosaur Egg Carriers".
Qatar provides nearly all the UK's LNG. It comes through the South Hook Terminal at Milford Haven, which is 67.5% owned by Qatar Petroleum.
Then there are the strategic stakes in some of the country's biggest corporate names. The QIA has bought 22% of Sainsbury's and 20% of London Heathrow airport.
Since July last year, Qatar Airways is the biggest shareholder in British Airways owner IAG, with a 20% stake.
These kinds of investments do not come without a degree of controversy.
The Chelsea Barracks site has had a chequered history after Prince Charles lambasted the modernist design and the whole project was put on ice until 2015.
More serious is the cloud hanging over Qatar's interests in Barclays bank. At the height of the financial crisis in 2008, Qatar and Abu Dhabi pumped some £7.3bn into Barclays bank as it attempted to avoid being bailed out by the UK government, Qatar paying £4bn.
But the manner in which Barclays raised the funds is being scrutinised by two UK regulators, the Financial Conduct Authority and the Serious Fraud Office, and there is a separate lawsuit in which the private equity company PCP Partners is claiming £700m from Barclays in allegedly unpaid fees.
Qatar Holding is not under investigation. It still holds 6% of Barclays.
The country has also been making inroads into other areas of UK banking.
In 2009, the Qatari Investment Bank bought 44% of the venerable London stockbrokers Panmure Gordon.
Earlier this year, it made what it called a "joint bid" with Atlas Merchant Capital - the private equity firm of former Barclays boss Bob Diamond - to "take Panmure Gordon private and reposition the company as a key boutique investment bank in the UK market".


Costa Rica has detained a Syrian woman with a fake Greek passport, two days after five Syrian men were arrested in Honduras trying to travel to the US on stolen passports.

The authorities said the woman had flown to Costa Rica from Peru.
She was arrested in a hotel in the Costa Rica's capital, San Jose.
Honduran officials said they believed that the five Syrians held on Tuesday were refugees, and there was no evidence they were Islamist militants.
The five were detained when it became clear they were carrying stolen Greek passports. They told police that four of them were students and one a professional worker.
A sixth man was turned away from Honduras on Friday on arrival by plane from El Salvador, and was sent back.
In Paraguay, police detained a seventh Syrian man on Sunday who was also travelling on a stolen Greek passport.
Migration experts say that for several years migrants from Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and other countries have tried to enter the US through Central America and Mexico.
But news of the Syrians' arrests is sparking alarm in the US, where some fear that militants may use the same smuggling routes.


The Australian government has said a deal to resettle refugees in Cambodia is on track, despite media reports to the contrary.

Under an agreement signed in September last year, Australia is paying Cambodia to take in refugees rejected from its detention centre on Nauru island.
But so far only four people in Nauru have volunteered to go.
Cambodian media quoted a government spokesperson on Sunday as saying it had no plans to bring in any more.
Australia has set aside about AU$55.5m ($40m; Â£25m) for the deal, including a $40m aid package, which means almost AU$14m per refugee so far, according to figures from the Australia Associated Press.
Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak was quoted in the Cambodian Daily at the weekend as saying the four refugees were "enjoying their life" in Cambodia.
But he said: "We don't have any plans to import more refugees from Nauru to Cambodia. I think the less we receive the better."
But Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the deal was still on track, and was an important agreement "which indicates Cambodia's readiness to be a good international citizen".
Earlier Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the reports were "relying on an alleged statement of one official," adding she had recently had "productive" discussions on the issue with her Cambodian counterpart.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said Australia had "a level of confidence" in the agreement and "we hope a lot more will follow the four".
Australia expected the deal to be honoured, ABC quoted him as saying, "and we're working with Cambodians to that end".
But the opposition has seized on the reports, with Labor's shadow immigration spokesman Richard Marles calling the Cambodia deal an "expensive joke".
A "fact sheet" on life in Cambodia given out on Nauru serves to act as an inducement.
It paints an implausibly rosy picture of life, describing the country as "rapidly developing" with "all the freedoms of a democratic society", as well as "a high standard of health care with multiple hospitals", and no "violent crime or stray dogs".
What Australia tells its own citizens about Cambodia is rather different.
"Health and medical services in Cambodia are generally of a very poor quality and very limited in the services they can provide," Australia's foreign affairs department says on its website.
What Australia isn't telling refugees
Australia does not allow asylum seekers or refugees onto its shores, instead detaining them at facilities on the island nation of Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
The four people - three Iranians and one Rohingya - were the only refugees in Nauru to volunteer for the controversial scheme.
The UN has spoken out against the resettlement agreement and Cambodia has, in previous years, been criticised for its own record on helping refugees.
Rights groups have accused Australia of shirking international responsibility by not taking in refugees.


One horse died and another was treated by vets after what police described as "cruel and brutal" stab attacks.

The horses were grazing in a field in Haltwhistle when they were targeted sometime between 8 and 10 July.
They were both treated by vets but one subsequently died from the injuries it received, Northumbria Police said.
A spokesman said both animals were stabbed "a number of times". The owner was too upset to comment.
The spokesman added: "This was a cruel and brutal attack on two defenceless animals and we are determined to catch those responsible.
"Both animals were stabbed a number of times and required two vets to work together on stitching together the wounds. They were surprised the horses were still alive.
"We suspect that whoever could be responsible for such an offence would have been in a group and would have been covered in blood following the incident."
Police have appealed for witnesses.


Police investigating a serious assault in a bar in Glasgow's Merchant City area have released CCTV images of a man they want to trace.

The attack took place in Bar Square around midnight on 20 May 2015.
The man in the CCTV images is described as white, with a local accent, aged between 25 and 35, 5ft 10in tall with a medium build and fair/brown hair.
At the time of the attack he was wearing a black top and denims with a denim shirt or jacket.


A Chinese woman who fell off a cruise ship and drifted at sea for 38 hours before being rescued by fishermen has lived to tell the tale.

The woman from Shanghai, known only by her surname Fan, leaned too far forward from a ship deck and fell overboard, according to Chinese media.
She reportedly fell from the fourth deck, the approximate height of a seven-floor building.
The 31-year-old survived the ordeal with only minor injuries, reports said.
Ms Fan was on a five-day cruise on the Royal Caribbean from Shanghai to South Korea and Japan, according to reports.
She reportedly had nothing to cling on to after she fell in the sea, and drifted for most of the time until she saw a fishing boat approaching.
Her parents, who were allegedly on the cruise with her, did not realise she was missing until hours later.
Her father refused to believe his daughter was alive until he heard her voice on the phone, reports said.
The 1.75m tall woman had allegedly been enjoying the view on the cruise deck on Wednesday night when she accidentally fell forward into the sea.
She called for help but was not heard.
She eventually became exhausted, yet somehow managed to tread water while dozing off, Chinese media said.
She spotted a fishing vessel when she awoke on Friday morning.
Fan is said to have escaped with only blisters on her arms caused by jellyfish stings.
Some users took to micro-blogging site Sina Weibo to express their incredulity.
"She didn't eat and drink at sea for 38 hours and she survived? That's a miracle," said one user.
"This can't be real," said another.
One commenter was more light-hearted, saying: "She should join the Olympics".
Reports suggest that Fan's physical strength may have helped her, as she studied sport at university and started swimming from the age of five.
Local media attributed her survival to her "strong will" - but did not explain how she survived the low temperatures.
Earlier this year, a 33-year-old woman in the US fell overboard a cruise from Texas to Mexico.
Her friends were not aware that she had gone missing until 10 hours later, and police have yet to find her body.


A former opencast quarry which has been transformed into an enormous landscape artwork will officially open to the public this weekend.

The Crawick Multiverse, designed by renowned artist Charles Jencks, has been created with materials found on the site in Dumfries and Galloway.
The Â£1m project on land near Sanquhar was funded by the Duke of Buccleuch.
It will be launched on Sunday with a performance by a cast of 30 dancers and musicians.
The Crawick Artland Trust, which manages the site, has said it hopes to attract international visitors and boost business in Sanquhar, Kelloholm and Kirkconnel.
The opening performance, which coincides with the Summer solstice, is called Oceanallover and it has been specially developed by artistic director Alex Rigg.
He said: "Through conversations with Charles Jencks and with the Duke of Buccleuch and the local community, it is clear to me that my job is to present something which is interesting to look at in itself but allows other people to see the potential of the site for future events."
The performance is likely to raise questions, rather than answer them, he said.
"It's likely to be quite abstract at times and certainly not a conventional piece of theatre," he added.
"The performance itself, until we have done it I can't describe what it is. I'll be waiting to hear what other people say about it, myself.
"I'll have discussions with other people, asking them what they thought it was and what they thought was interesting. It's a puzzler."
Mr Jencks previous work includes the Garden of Cosmic Speculation north of Dumfries, and the Beijing Olympic Park's Black Hole Terrace.
He has said the Crawick artwork "celebrates the surrounding Scottish countryside and its landmarks, looking outwards and back in time."


A G4S security van has been robbed outside a branch of Royal Bank of Scotland in Glasgow city centre.

Police said three armed men took a five-figure sum from the vehicle in the city's Sauchiehall Street on Monday at about 21:45.
A spokesman said no-one had been injured although two security guards aged 47 and 49 were left badly shaken.
The area around the bank, which is near the Buchanan Galleries shopping centre, has been cordoned off by police.
Police said the security guards had been making their delivery when they were approached by the three armed men, who threatened them and demanded they hand over a box of money. It is understood the cash taken was in the region of Â£50,000.
Following the robbery, the three men got into a white Seat Leon car, which sped off along West Nile Street towards the Cowcaddens area.
The car has since been found in Scott Street, near Stow College. Police said it was being taken for forensic examination.
Inquiries have so far revealed that the car performed a u-turn on West Nile Street, causing a cyclist to take evasive action to avoid a collision, immediately prior to the robbery.
Officers are appealing for the cyclist to contact them.
The suspects are described as wearing dark-coloured clothing and balaclavas to conceal their identities.
Det Insp Alasdair Barlow said: "We are reviewing CCTV images in and around the city centre.
"We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or noticed the car, in particular the cyclist.
"As the car left the scene, it was being driven at speed so people may have noticed its excessive speed."


Pittsburgh Penguins scored three goals in the final period to beat Nashville Predators 4-1 and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final.

Nashville took the lead at PPG Paints Arena through Pontus Aberg, before Jake Guentzel levelled for the hosts.
After a goalless second period, Guentzel scored again before two goals inside 15 seconds - from Scott Wilson and Evgeni Malkin - sealed victory.
Guentzel has now scored 12 play-off goals in his rookie season.
The 22-year-old is two short of the record set by Dino Ciccarelli in 1981.
Game three of the series is in Nashville on Saturday (01:00 BST on Sunday).


The report into the fiasco of the Financial Conduct Authority and a mishandled announcement that led to billions of pounds of value being wiped from insurance companies' share price will be published tomorrow.

And it will not make for comfortable reading for the chief executive of the FCA, Martin Wheatley.
I am told there are two major criticisms.
Firstly, that the FCA should not have made a major policy announcement via a briefing to a single journalist at The Daily Telegraph.
You can read the subsequent story that followed that briefing - about a review off "rip-off pensions" going back decades - here.
And secondly that the FCA was achingly slow to announce more details to the market despite the Telegraph story leading to plunging share prices across the insurance sector.
Aviva, Prudential and Legal & General all suffered.
Investors became fearful that the FCA review of pensions' policies going back to the 1970s could lead to an insurance sector version of the Payment Protection Insurance scandal that has left banks facing billions of pounds of costs.
It wasn't until well into the afternoon that the FCA clarified the position - more than six hours after trading had opened on the London Stock Exchange.
The review was actually far more benign, and would not mean millions of pensions' policies being subject to scrutiny to see if they were actually value for money.
"This was clearly not the FCA's finest hour," Mr Wheatley admitted at the time.
What gave the report in The Telegraph authority was not just the journalist who wrote it - the respected Dan Hyde (a reporter I used to work with when I was business editor of The Sunday Telegraph) - but the fact that it had a direct quote from Clive Adamson, the director of supervision and a member of the FCA's executive committee.
He was quoted as saying: "We want to find out how closed-book products are being serviced by insurance companies, as we are concerned insurers are allocating an unfair amount of overheads to historic funds.
"As firms cut prices and create new products, there is a danger that customers with older contracts are forgotten. We want to ensure they get a fair deal. As part of the review we will collect information to establish whether we need to intervene on exit charges."
This appeared to raise the possibility of retrospective action going back 30 years if the pension provider could not prove it had acted in the interests of the customer.
It wasn't until mid-afternoon that the FCA clarified the position, a delay that led one insurance chief executive to describe the situation to me as ridiculous.
"This had the effect of creating a disorderly market," the executive said, describing the briefing as "factually incorrect".
The FCA clarification said: "We are not planning to individually review 30m policies, nor do we intend to look at removing exit fees from those policies providing they were compliant at the time.
"This is not a review of the sales practices for these legacy customers and we are not looking at applying current standards retrospectively - for example on exit charges."
I am told - embarrassingly for the FCA - that Mr Adamson did not approve the quote attributed to him despite it coming from the FCA officially.
That raises significant questions for the communications team at the FCA.
Adding to the feeling of a regulator without a firm grip on its own announcements was the fact that when the Telegraph story broke, Mr Wheatley was travelling back from a work trip in Asia.
I am told he didn't arrive back in the office until "mid-morning", as insurers clamoured for more information.
The wider ramifications became clear to the chairman of the FCA, John Griffith- Jones, when he received a letter from the chancellor the following week.
"As you know, I am profoundly concerned about the events of last Thursday and Friday," George Osborne wrote.
"A pre-briefing of information about a forthcoming FCA review appears to have caused considerable disruption in the trading of insurance shares."
For a financial regulator, disrupting the market is about as bad as it gets.
"These events go to the heart of the FCA's responsibility for the integrity and good order of the UK's financial markets, and have been damaging both to the FCA as an institution and to the UK's reputation for regulatory stability and competence," Mr Osborne continued.
Andrew Tyrie, the chairman of Parliament's Treasury Select Committee, described the watchdog's actions as an "extraordinary blunder".
Mr Wheatley - who once famously said he would "shoot first and ask questions later" - and Mr Griffith-Jones both have serious questions to answer.
They have already announced a restructuring at the FCA which you can read about here.
Tomorrow, the FCA will need to make it clear to the financial services sector it regulates, how - precisely - it will ensure that this mess doesn't happen again.


The board of Sports Direct has denied knowledge of any attempt to bug MPs from the Business and Skills Committee who were on a surprise visit to the firm's Shirebrook warehouse.

The six MPs claimed an attempt was made to smuggle in a recording device behind a plate of sandwiches to record their private discussions after the visit.
The MPs wanted to check whether Sports Direct had improved employment methods.
The board said it did not authorise the use of any device.
Sports Direct said in a statement: "The board is disappointed that reporting of a possible recording device (the veracity of which has yet to be determined) has overshadowed the truly important issues that the visit should have focused on - the true working conditions and worker satisfaction at Shirebrook."
The firm's founder Mike Ashley said: "I stand firmly behind the people of Sports Direct, who through no fault of their own have been made a political football by MPs and unions."
The MPs only gave notice on Monday morning that they would visit the Derbyshire site.
After a three hour tour, they gathered in a private room, and were served a series of refreshments, including a plate of sandwiches.
However, Anna Turley, MP for Redcar, said the lady who had served the sandwiches also left a recording device in the room.
"I went over to pick up the device and there it was: a camera and a recording device for the conversation that we were having privately. I'm very disappointed."
Ms Turley told the BBC that the situation was "bizarre", and that during the visit the group had been "man-marked" with devices recording everything that was said during the visit.
She said the device in the private room "was on, the red light was showing, it was on, it was recording".
She said the firm had tried to claim it didn't know anything about it  - "Mike Ashley's even accused us of planting it ourselves, it was totally bizarre."
Sports Direct, which has around 450 retail outlets, came under fire after BBC and Guardian investigations uncovered working practices at the warehouse which MPs later described as being akin to a Victorian workhouse.
Concern about working conditions led to Sports Direct's founder Mike Ashley being called to give evidence to MPs.
He said at a hearing of the Business and Skills Committee that control of the company may have outgrown him.
But Mr Ashley denied knowing about day-to-day operations at Shirebrook.
Sports Direct has promised to make a number of changes to its working practices.


A remembrance memorial to mark the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising has been vandalised.

Paint was thrown at the wall, in Glasnevin Cemetery, in Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. It was discovered on Sunday morning.
The wall bears the names of all those who died as a result of the 1916 conflict.
The Glasnevin Trust, which operates the historic graveyard, described it as "an act of callous vandalism".
"Glasnevin Trust is currently engaging with the Gardaí on the matter and will not be commenting further at this time,"  the statement said.
Gardaí (Irish police) in Mountjoy are investigating the incident.
The paint is not confined to any category of deceased.


An elderly South African woman living illegally in Britain has written to the Home Secretary asking for clemency over her deportation.

Irene Nel, 73, came to visit family in Bristol on a tourist visa in 2012, but later became ill with kidney failure.
She has dialysis three times a week and her daughter, who moved to the UK in 1999, said she will die if sent back.
The Home Office said "all cases were carefully considered" but Mrs Nel cannot remain in the UK.
Initially Mrs Nel's medical insurance paid for her stay in hospital when she became ill. It has now said it will not pay for any further medical treatment but would pay for her to return to South Africa.
The case echoes that of 92-year-old South African, Myrtle Cothill, who had her threat of deportation lifted after more than 150,000 people signed a petition for her to stay in Dorset with her daughter.
Mrs Nel said she wants to remain in Bristol because she has no family in South Africa to look after her.
She is being cared for by her daughter Desree Taylor in Sea Mills and has two other sons who live in the UK, and have British passports.
Mrs Taylor, a British citizen, said they had done everything to help their mother stay in the UK legally, but their visa applications had been rejected.
Her mother said in her letter to Home Secretary Theresa May that if she is sent back she would like "six weeks notice so I can stop dialysis".
She said: "I'd rather die than go back there. I love my country but I cannot go back to nothing."
Mrs Taylor said: "I don't want to sit and watch my mum pass away but it's out of my control. I don't understand how someone could decide that on someone else's life.
"I don't know how I am going to deal with it that is why we're pleading for help."
A Home Office spokesman said: "All cases are carefully considered on their individual merits, in line with the UK immigration rules."
He added an independent immigration judge had "upheld this decision".
Desree Taylor said the family had spent more than Â£15,000 on legal costs and had now launched a petition with more than 1,000 signatures so far.


Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal shooting of a teenage boy.

Lewis Dunne, 16, died in hospital after he was found on a towpath near Burrows Court in Liverpool on 15 November with a single shotgun wound to the back.
A 20-year-old from Anfield and a 21-year-old from Kirkdale are being held in custody, Merseyside Police said.
A 20-year-old man from Everton was bailed after he was arrested last Wednesday on suspicion of murder.
Last week, police said they had ruled out "an arranged fight involving groups on quad bikes" in the area the teenager was shot.
Det Ch Insp Keaton added that officers knew the teenager left home at about 22:15 GMT "to go to a local shop", adding "his friends, his peers and his family are totally bemused as to why this is happened".


The Archbishop of Canterbury has said a DNA test result revealing the identity of his biological father has come as a "complete surprise".

The Most Reverend Justin Welby, 60, has discovered he is the son of Sir Winston Churchill's last private secretary, the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne.
He had believed his father was whisky salesman Gavin Welby, who died in 1977.
His mother, Lady Williams of Elvel, has confirmed she had a "liaison" with Sir Anthony just before she wed in 1955.
She said the news had come as an "almost unbelievable shock", and although her memory of the time was patchy, she recalled sleeping with former colleague Sir Anthony after "a large amount of alcohol on both sides".
Archbishop Welby, the most senior cleric in the worldwide Anglican communion, said he discovered the real identity of his biological father in recent weeks.
The Daily Telegraph reports that he decided to take a DNA test after it approached him with research it had carried out into his family's background.
It reports mouth swabs were compared with hair samples from a hairbrush kept by Sir Anthony's widow and showed a 99.9779% probability they were father and son.
Former Telegraph editor Charles Moore, who broke the story, said the archbishop was "very, very surprised " when the DNA tests were revealed to him.
"The dates looked impossible because he was born almost exactly nine months after his mother married Gavin Welby, and so it was natural to think that he was a honeymoon baby."
He told Radio 4's Today programme that it appeared that Lady Williams went to bed with Sir Anthony in the days before she eloped to the US with Gavin Welby.
Justin Welby has lived a life worthy of a protagonist in a Charles Dickens novel, with twists and turns at every new chapter. He is perhaps one of the most unusual Archbishops of Canterbury that the Church of England has ever had.
On the surface, his confidence and charm seem typical of the sheen that an education at Eton bestows. He went on to become an oil executive, and travel the world. But for all that apparent privilege, his own childhood, and the younger lives of both the man he assumed to be his father, Gavin Welby, and his mother Jane, were deeply affected by his parents' addiction to alcohol.
And yet, as he and his mother make clear in their public statements, this is not a story of misery but one of redemption, with Justin Welby and his mother both crediting their families and their faith for helping her to overcome alcohol, and for helping him to show that children can overcome a difficult start in life.
Hear Justin Welby talk about his difficult childhood and finding God on Desert Islands Discs in 2014
In a statement issued through Lambeth Palace, the Archbishop of Canterbury refers to his mother and Gavin Welby's addiction to alcohol while he was growing up.
"As a result of my parents' addictions my early life was messy, although I had the blessing and gift of a wonderful education, and was cared for deeply by my grandmother, my mother once she was in recovery, and my father (Gavin Welby) as far as he was able."
He added:  "I know that I find who I am in Jesus Christ, not in genetics, and my identity in him never changes...
"Although there are elements of sadness, and even tragedy in my father's (Gavin Welby's) case, this is a story of redemption and hope from a place of tumultuous difficulty and near despair in several lives."
Lady Williams, whose marriage to Gavin Welby broke up in 1958, had worked as secretary to Sir Winston during his final spell as prime minister.
In a statement published online she said: "Although my recollection of events is patchy, I now recognise that during the days leading up to my very sudden marriage, and fuelled by a large amount of alcohol on both sides, I went to bed with Anthony Montague Browne.
"It appears that the precautions taken at the time didn't work and my wonderful son was conceived as a result of this liaison."
In an interview with the Telegraph, the archbishop said the news had not affected his relationship with his mother, who always looked reality "straight in the face".
"I wasn't in any way upset... and I remain not upset," he added.
The Bishop of Norwich, Graham James - who has been talking to the archbishop over the past week - told BBC Radio 5 live Mr Welby decided to take the DNA test to disprove the claim.
"It proved quite the opposite and he discovered this for certain just before Easter and then contacted his mother... his first thoughts were for her rather than anyone else," he said.
"Although she knew the history of her relationship with Sir Anthony at the time, she'd always believed, as had Gavin Welby, that they were Justin's parents."
The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Vincent Nichols, said he was "full of admiration for the dignified manner in which [Mr Welby and Lady Williams] have handled this startling news".
"Upheaval in family life is neither uncommon nor easy to embrace. Every family knows this. But to do so with such steadiness and honesty in the full glare of publicity is remarkable and yet fully characteristic of them both.
"This is a great tribute to their Christian faith."
Lady Williams, who remarried in 1975, says she has not drunk alcohol since 1968.
She added that she had seen Sir Anthony occasionally after her relationship with Gavin Welby ended.
"Although he may have asked how Justin was, there was nothing that gave me any hint that he might have thought he was Justin's father," she said.
Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, and brought up an only child, Mr Welby spent 11 years as an oil executive, before giving up a six-figure salary in 1987 to train as an Anglican priest.
The decision followed a personal tragedy in 1983 with the death of his seven-month-old daughter, Johanna, in a car crash.
In 2002, he became canon at Coventry Cathedral, before serving as Dean of Liverpool Cathedral and Bishop of Durham. He succeeded Rowan Williams as Archbishop of Canterbury in February 2013.


For Prince, song writing was a compulsion, an unstoppable force, and a joy.

Writing in the programme for 1992's Diamonds and Pearls tour, he explained: "There are no accidents. Music is made out of necessity. It's a fact of life. Just like breathing."
His recorded output extends to nearly 1,000 songs. Many more are thought to be stashed in a vault at Paisley Park.
It is impossible to boil that productivity down to a list of 50 or 100 songs, never mind 16 - but here's a broad (and personal) portrait of his hits, mixed with a few fan favourites.
Prince's first single sets the tone for what follows - staccato funk with a racy lyric co-written by Chris Moon, the producer who discovered the musician in Minneapolis.
But flimsy production and a conventional arrangement show a writer who is only just beginning to learn his studio craft.
The title track of Prince's third album was where he really hit his stride. Recorded in his home studio, the music is pared back to its bare essentials - the raw, gritty sound finally a match for his lyrical thrust.
Reviewing the record, rock critic Robert Christgau declared: "Mick Jagger should fold up his penis and go home."
Intrigued, Jagger invited Prince to support the Rolling Stones on tour. But the musician and his band, subjected to a torrent of racial and homophobic abuse, were booed off stage.
Prince's first bona-fide classic came to him while he slept in the back of a car - not a Corvette, but a bright pink Ford Edsel owned by his bandmate Lisa Coleman.
A perfect fusion of soul and rock, it builds slowly from those mournful opening lines ("I guess I should've known by the way you parked your car sideways that it wouldn't last") to a climactic guitar solo, and Prince's trademark squeal "Ah-oh-wa".
By hiding his cruder thoughts behind a car/sex/horse-racing metaphor, the song achieved airplay ubiquity and gave Prince his first top 10 hit in the US.
Purple Rain, the film, was as much about Prince's phenomenal live band, The Revolution, as it was about him. For a long time, the soundtrack was the closest he came to releasing a live album.
Several of the songs, including the timeless title track, were captured in concert at the First Avenue nightclub in Minneapolis on 3 August 1983 (notably, it was guitarist Wendy Melvoin's first gig with the band.)
When Doves Cry was the exception. Prince recorded it alone at home. Perhaps the story, loosely based on his parents' failed marriage, was too personal to share. Or maybe it just came to him too quickly to call the band together.
But when he played it back, The Revolution scoffed. Prince had erased the bass from the track, heightening its sense of alienation. "How are you going to have a hit record without a bass?" they teased.
According to his engineer, Prince replied: "Nobody else would have the balls to do this. You just wait - they'll be freaking."
During his purple period, Prince's b-sides were the equal of his hits; and Erotic City is one of his lesser-known classics.
A duet with drummer Sheila E, it's an extended club track based around an infuriatingly catchy bass line that showcases a more playful side to Prince's self-serious public persona. It also features the first instance of Prince speeding up his voice and toying with androgyny.
Amazingly, Kiss was originally given away to another Minnesotan band, Mazarati, after Prince floundered over the arrangement. Bootlegs circulated amongst fans suggest it started life as a (beautiful) acoustic blues number, but Prince just couldn't make the song work.
"I had that song for a long time," he said. "Changed it around a lot. Happens all the time."
Once he heard Mazarati's dizzying electro-funk arrangement, though, he demanded the song back - even retaining their backing vocals. It was one of the smartest decisions he ever made.
A desolate ballad about the death of a loved friend, Sometimes It Snows In April is simply one of Prince's most beloved and devastating songs.
By 1986, Prince was working on a dizzying number of potential projects - among them a solo record under the pseudonym Camille and a triple album called Crystal Ball.
Both were abandoned and the best tracks compressed into his masterpiece, 1987's Sign o' the Times.
But that meant the loss of Crystal Ball's title track, a 10-minute pop-funk number about making love during the apocalypse (probably). It features several musical movements, a bass solo and an orchestral overture by Grammy-winning composer Clare Fischer.
If you want an unfiltered example of Prince's musical agility and compositional prowess, this is the one.
Prince was told he couldn't write the ultimate pop song. He came up with this - a duet/stand-off with Sheena Easton. "Boy meets girl in the world series of love." Not a bad effort.
An odd, yet tender, ode to intimacy - in which Prince imagines what it would be like to be his lover's female best friend. "Would you run to me if somebody hurt you, even if that somebody was me," he wonders aloud.
According to engineer Susan Rogers, it was written for his girlfriend Susanna Melvoin - twin sister of Wendy, his guitarist in The Revolution.
"It was a way of asking, 'Why can't I have the closeness you have with your sister? Why can't we be friends too?"
Simple, carefree, joyous. Prince climbs aboard his "daddy's Thunderbird" and proclaims "life is too good to waste".
Curious fans should track down a bootleg of Prince rehearsing the song for 1988's Lovesexy tour. It illustrates how the star drilled his band to perfection, cueing in different musical elements - "Just the horns and drums!", "Timbale solo!" on a whim.
Every so often Prince chants "v, w, x, y, z," and the song comes to a juddering halt - before Prince cues the musicians back in with the simple utterance: "Good God!"
It's mesmerising.
Prince's "sequel" to Purple Rain, 1990's Graffiti Bridge, was diabolical - but the soundtrack hides a few gems, including this bluesy ballad, which features one of his most romantic lyrics: "Holding someone is truly believing there's joy in repetition."
Prince never really worked out how to meet the challenge of hip-hop ("the only good rapper is one that's dead on it," he sang in 1987) - but this was his best attempt.
Recounting an eventful evening out ("23 positions in a one-night stand") Prince is at his lascivious best over this drawling, drooling funk groove.
The full length, 10-minute version is also worth seeking out purely for Eric Leeds' flute solo in the coda.
An acoustic song with a mystical Eastern flavour, 7 foreshadowed Prince's decision to "kill" his public persona and adopt a new name - with the video showing the star being assassinated seven times.
A big hit in the US, Prince continued to play it live - often combining it with a cover of The Beatles' Come Together.
After a "lost decade" in which Prince battled with his record company and tragically lost a newborn son to clover leaf syndrome, his sound began to resurface via the recordings of R&B super-producers Pharrell Williams and Timbaland.
Reinvigorated, he returned to the studio and beat them at their own game on this tough, nasty groove that made effective use of sonic negative space.
"You'll be screamin' like a white lady," he informed his lover, the charmer.
The saddest aspect of Prince's untimely death is that he had recently rediscovered his muse, playing incessantly - first with his new, all-female band 3rdEyeGirl, then on an intimate "piano and a microphone" tour.
That coincided with a slew of new material, of which Breakdown was a highlight.
Apparently an autobiographical account of his former excesses - "I used to throw the party every New Year's Eve/First one intoxicated, last one to leave" - it is also a love letter to the person (or higher power?) who set him free.
The vocal performance - literally the sound of a man breaking down - is astonishing. It's a shame more people didn't hear it.


By-elections sparked by the resignations of Labour MPs Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed are to be held on 23 February, the party has said.

Mr Hunt announced his decision to quit as MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central last week to become the director of London's Victoria and Albert Museum.
Mr Reed is leaving the Copeland constituency to take up a post at the Sellafield nuclear plant.
The MPs are expected to leave the House of Commons early next week.
In his letter of resignation, Mr Reed said his last act as an MP was "to implore" Copeland voters to back Gillian Troughton, a former hospital doctor and Labour's candidate for the seat.
"This by-election is about the Tory government's dangerous proposals for the NHS," he wrote.
"The Tories have created a crisis in the NHS and, as a result, the future of West Cumberland Hospital and the services provided by Keswick Hospital are under threat."
Ms Troughton, who said it was "an honour" to be selected by Labour, faces a tough battle in the West Cumbrian seat where her party's majority over the Conservatives was cut to 2,564 at the last general election.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said: "Gillian is a local councillor with a strong track record of getting things done for her community. She has campaigned tirelessly to maintain local hospital services.
"As a St John's blue light ambulance driver, Gillian has seen first-hand the extent of the crisis caused by this Conservative government, which has chosen to fund tax cuts for the wealthiest instead of our health service."
The Conservatives said the selection was a "victory for the hard left", describing Ms Troughton  - who voted to remain in the EU referendum and is a supporter of nuclear power - as "nothing more than a Corbyn puppet".
However, her choice has been seen elsewhere as a boost for moderates, as Ms Troughton was one of 1,000 Labour councillors who signed a letter of support for Owen Smith in his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Mr Corbyn as leader last year.
Mr Reed held Copeland with 16,750 votes (42%) in 2015, ahead of the Conservatives on 14,186 (36%), UKIP on 6,148 (15%) and the Liberal Democrats on 1,368 (3%).
UKIP has chosen NHS worker Fiona Mills to contest the seat. She stood in Carlisle at the 2015 election, coming third with 12% of the vote.
"Copeland voted 62% to leave the EU," she said. "What better way to send a message to the government that we want a full Brexit as soon as possible than to return a UKIP MP."
Rebecca Hanson has been chosen to fight the seat for the Liberal Democrats.
Labour is due to choose a candidate on 25 January to fight Stoke-on-Trent Central, in a by-election triggered by historian Mr Hunt's appointment as director of the V&A Museum.
Despite being a traditional Labour safe seat, Mr Corbyn faces an awkward contest in a city which voted overwhelmingly Leave in last year's EU referendum.
UKIP - which took second place in the 2015 general election - is due to announce its candidate on Saturday, amid widespread expectation that leader Paul Nuttall will fight the seat in the hope of becoming his party's second MP in the Commons.


Lionel Messi scored his 400th goal for Barcelona as Luis Enrique's team beat Valencia to stay clear of title rivals Real Madrid.

Messi set up Luis Suarez's opening goal after 55 seconds before scoring his landmark goal in stoppage time.
The Argentine scored his 46th goal of the season at the second attempt after Diego Alves saved his initial effort.
Barcelona were made to work for the win, with keeper Claudio Bravo saving a penalty from Dani Parejo.
Real stayed two points behind leaders Barca after their 3-1 win over Malaga late on Saturday.
Suarez was in scintillating form during the 3-1 Champions League win against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday, and it took him less than a minute to make his mark as Barca turned their attentions back to La Liga.
Sergio Busquets released Messi, who surged forward before finding former Liverpool striker Suarez, who slid home a low shot for his 11th league goal of the season.
Fourth-placed Valencia were given the chance to level from the spot after Gerard Pique's clumsy challenge on Spain striker Rodrigo, but Bravo dived to his right to keep out Parejo's penalty.
Striker Paco Alcacer found space in the Barcelona box and his shot beat Bravo but came back off the upright as Valencia pressed for a leveller.
Pedro had the chance to seal victory but fired into the side-netting after another fine pass from Messi, but the Argentina forward had the final say.
A Valencia attack broke down, allowing Messi through on goal on the break. Alves saved his initial effort but Messi prodded in the rebound to score in his 471st appearance for the club.
Defeat means Valencia are now four points behind third-placed Atletico Madrid.
The defending champions claimed a 2-1 win at Deportivo La Coruna on Saturday, thanks to a brace from France attacker Antoine Griezmann.
Match ends, Barcelona 2, Valencia CF 0.
Second Half ends, Barcelona 2, Valencia CF 0.
Goal!  Barcelona 2, Valencia CF 0. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal following a fast break.
Attempt saved. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Neymar.
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by José Gayá (Valencia CF).
Corner,  Barcelona. Conceded by Javi Fuego.
Claudio Bravo (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card.
Javier Mascherano (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daniel Parejo (Valencia CF).
Corner,  Barcelona. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
Corner,  Barcelona. Conceded by Diego Alves.
Attempt saved. Pedro (Barcelona) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lionel Messi.
Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Barcelona. Conceded by Nicolás Otamendi.
Substitution, Barcelona. Sergi Roberto replaces Xavi.
Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia CF).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Javi Fuego (Valencia CF) because of an injury.
Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona).
André Gomes (Valencia CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Neymar (Barcelona) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by João Cancelo (Valencia CF).
Corner,  Valencia CF. Conceded by Claudio Bravo.
Attempt saved. Rodrigo (Valencia CF) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. José Gayá (Valencia CF) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
José Gayá (Valencia CF) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Valencia CF. Álvaro Negredo replaces Paco Alcácer.
Attempt missed. Neymar (Barcelona) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Lionel Messi following a corner.
Corner,  Barcelona. Conceded by Antonio Barragán.
Substitution, Valencia CF. João Cancelo replaces Sofiane Feghouli.
Nicolás Otamendi (Valencia CF) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Dani Alves (Barcelona).
Daniel Parejo (Valencia CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Barcelona. Pedro replaces Luis Suárez.


Volunteers in Cardiff are set to plant trees across the city in a bid to boost the population of a rare butterfly.

The number of White-letter Hairstreak butterflies has been in decline since the 1970s following the outbreak of Dutch elm disease.
Buglife's Urban Buzz project will be planting elm trees resistant to the disease at sites including Bute Park and Forest Farm from Saturday.
Conservation officer Michelle Bales said it hoped to "make a difference".
According to the project, the White-letter Hairstreak has declined by 53% in the UK over the past 45 years.
The butterfly breeds and lays eggs on elms and the tree is also a food source for its caterpillars.
"If we really want to make a difference to declining insect populations it is important to provide habitat not only for the adult forms, such as butterflies, but all stages of the insect's life cycle which is often overlooked," Ms Bales said.
Russel Hobson, head of Butterfly Conservation Wales, said: "Bute Park is a known hotspot for this butterfly in Cardiff so it is great that the Urban Buzz project is able to link up populations so they continue to thrive in future."
The planting coincides with National Tree Week, which runs from Saturday until 4 December, and will continue into 2017.


A man who orchestrated the shooting of a man outside a Greater Manchester pub has been convicted of his murder.

Kieran McGrath, 26, was shot after leaving the Sheldon Arms pub in Ashton-under-Lyne on 4 October 2014. He drove to a nearby police station but died a short time later.
The jury at Liverpool Crown Court found Anthony Henry, 32, of Kenwyn Street, Miles Platting, guilty of murder.
Jurors are still deliberating on charges against five other people.
A further four men are accused of murder. A fifth defendant faces charges of assisting an offender.
They deny all the charges.
The trial continues.


Tributes have been paid to Welsh actor Islwyn Morris who has died aged 90.

He was best known to many for his role as Idris in the BBC Wales comedy Satellite City which was made in the 1990s.
He also appeared in High Hopes and played the part of David Tushingham in the Welsh-language soap Pobol y Cwm.
Boyd Clack, who wrote and also starred in Satellite City, said Swansea-born Mr Morris was "a great actor" and "a great man."
Mr Morris began his acting career in repertory theatre.
Early television appearances included Z Cars and The District Nurse.
Mr Clack said: "I worked with Islwyn on Satellite City for six years.
"Islwyn was a great actor, a great man, it was an honour to have known him and worked with him.
"He played my father in Satellite City. I lost my father when I was young and I thought of him in a few ways as being a father figure.
"For the first time he became recognised by people in Wales - he thought it was funny, he quite enjoyed it.
"He was very much a family man and his faith meant a lot to him. Being with him was a constant pleasure."
Mr Morris, who died on Tuesday, appeared in Pobol y Cwm over 25 years.
Keith Jones, Director of BBC Wales, said he was one of Wales' most loved actors.
"As 'Tush' he was one of the defining faces of Pobol y Cwm, alongside characters such as Bella and Harri Parry," he said.
"He brought warmth and subtle comedy to this role and many other roles for the BBC.
"In recent years, he became popular with a new and different audience through the comedy series Satellite City and High Hopes.
"I'd like to pay tribute to his artistry and to the great contribution he made to BBC Cymru Wales drama."
Bethan Jones, BBC Wales' Acting Head of Drama said: "Islwyn Morris was a wonderful actor who created memorable characters including the very dapper Mr Tushingham in Pobol y Cwm and the loveable Idris Price in the popular comedy Satellite City.
"Islwyn will always be remembered not only for his notable acting talent but for also being a true gentleman."


More lives could be saved if doctors considered giving blood pressure drugs to all patients at high risk of heart disease - even if their blood pressures are normal, a study suggests.

The report calls for a move away from current guidelines which recommend pills only be prescribed if blood pressure is above a certain threshold.
But experts acknowledge lifestyle factors also have an important role to play in bringing blood pressures down.
The study appears in the Lancet.
High blood pressure has long been linked to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke.
Current guidelines - issued by England's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence - suggest patients should only take medication when their blood pressure levels reach 140 mmHg.
Until this point even those at highest risk, for example people who have had strokes, are offered monitoring but not pills.
Now a global team of experts are calling for doctors to focus on an individual's risks rather than rigid and "arbitrary" blood pressure thresholds.
Experts analysed the results of more than 100 large-scale trials involving some 600,000 people between 1966 and 2015.
They found those patients at highest risk - including smokers with high cholesterol levels and people over 65s with diabetes - would benefit most from treatment, lowering their chance of heart attacks and strokes.
In addition the report suggests once on treatment, blood pressure levels could be reduced even further than the targets currently used.
The study also adds to growing evidence that patients may benefit from lowering their blood pressure whatever their baseline levels - either through lifestyle changes or drugs.
But it shows the lower the person's blood pressure to start with, the lower the benefit they gain from reducing it.
The authors do not go as far as to suggest everyone should be given pills and caution side-effects of medication must be weighed up.
Prof Liam Smeeth, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, agreed the findings were important for those at highest risk.
But he warned: "One important caveat is that not everyone will be able to tolerate having their blood pressure reduced to low levels, and there is a need to balance possible drug side effects and likely benefits."
Heart specialist Dr Tim Chico, of the University of Sheffield, said medication need not be the only way to tackle the issue.
He added: "We can all reduce our blood pressure.
"We can do this safely, cheaply and as effectively as tablets by eating healthily, taking more physical activity, reducing alcohol intake, and maintaining a healthy weight."


Japanese shares have managed to recover some ground after their historic plunge last Friday following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.

Traders have taken some confidence from a pledge by the Japanese government to stabilise the financial markets.
The Nikkei closed 2.4% up at 15,309.21 after losing almost 8% on Friday.
The yen, though, remains strong at 101.8 to the dollar. This hurts Japan's exporting firms by making their goods more expensive on world markets.
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The yen has gained ground because it is considered a haven currency, a status which has been bolstered by the continued decline of the pound.
The pound continued to slide in trading in Asia on Monday, adding to Friday's record one-day decline.
In a response to the currency moves and the risk it poses to Japan's crucial export sector, the government held an emergency meeting with the central bank.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Finance Minister Taro Aso to watch currency movements "ever more closely" and take steps if necessary.
"Risks and uncertainty remain in financial markets," Mr Abe said. "We need to continue to work toward market stability."
It is difficult to guess if investors are bargain hunting or if the prime minister's repeated promise to intervene if necessary have calmed the market.
The yen, which surged to the highest level since 2013 on Friday, has stabilised for now, which helps shares in Japanese exporters.
But analysts say the volatility in the Japanese yen will continue and the government might still have to intervene.
Shoppers that I spoke to in Ginza on Sunday all expressed concerns.
"It is disappointment for Japan," one woman said. "In terms of exports and especially when we think about those Japanese companies in UK. I hear Brexit may have a longer effect than the financial crisis so I am worried."
Others were concerned about the direct impact on Japanese companies with their overseas investments being affected.
"I am worried because my company has business with UK so I am concerned about the future," one shopper told me.
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There was mixed picture in other Asian markets.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed down 0.2% at 20,227.30 points, while China's benchmark Shanghai Composite finished up 1.5% at 2,895.70.
Over the weekend, China's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei said the consequences of the UK leaving the EU were still unclear, but that they would be felt for years to come.
The country's central bank weakened the yuan fix by 0.9%, on Monday, the biggest daily move since August 2015.
South Korea's benchmark Kospi index finished flat at 1,926.85.
Australia's ASX/200 in Sydney closed 0.5% higher at 5,137.20.
Both the Kospi and the ASX/200 had lost more than 3% on Friday in the wake of the UK's vote to leave the EU.


MSPs have expressed disappointment that mesh implant operations continue to be carried out by Scotland's NHS despite a ministerial call to suspend them.

In June last year the then Scottish health secretary, Alex Neil, urged the 14 health boards to stop the procedures while a review was carried out.
Some women with the implants, which are used to ease incontinence, have suffered painful complications.
Members of the petitions committee now want a chamber debate on the matter.
They also want the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which is carrying out an investigation into the use of mesh implants, to appear before MSPs.
In addition, the committee is keen for the new health secretary to answer its questions.
Petitions committee member, Jackson Carlow, said that while he had been "enormously encouraged" by Mr Neil's call to stop use of the implants he was "disturbed" that some health boards had not halted the procedure.
He said he was also worried that the MHRA was set to recommend that the benefits of the operation outweighed the risk.
Mr Carlow said: "They have come to that conclusion despite the fact there is evidence of under reporting and there are concerns that the MHRA is not aware of all women who have experienced problems.
"This seems to me to be potentially quite a dramatic obstacle to what many of us thought was progress."
He added that what was seen by the committee as "tremendous progress" could be "going into reverse".
The MHRA had said its research showed that while a small number of women had experienced distressing effects, the benefits of the tapes and meshes "outweighed the risks" and could help in dealing with upsetting conditions such as urinary stress incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse.
Neil Findlay, who was at the committee along with several women who have had the implants, said: "Since the cabinet secretary announced his alleged suspension of mesh we know that this is still being fitted inside the bodies of women in Scotland, but it is now called a clinical trial.
"Since then we have also witnessed multi-million pound compensation claims being paid out to several people, with thousands more sitting in the pipeline."
Mr Neil called for a review of the mesh implant procedure -  which is carried out on about 1,850 women each year in Scotland - after the petitions committee heard moving evidence from members of the Scottish Mesh Survivors campaign.
On Tuesday the committee was due to hear from Adam Slater, a New Jersey trial lawyer who helped to secure a multi-million dollar compensation deal for mesh users.
However, he was unable to give evidence via video conference due to the bad weather in New York.
The committee confirmed that his appearance would be rescheduled.


Potentially lethal asbestos has been found illegally dumped in "every corner" of a rural county, a council has said.

The toxic material has been fly-tipped "from Berwick to Alnwick and Bedlington to Hexham" in the past nine months, Northumberland County Council said.
In that time it has dealt with double the number of cases it handled the previous year.
Cabinet member Ian Swithenbank said it cost the authority more than Â£10,000.
If homeowners are unable to prove their hazardous waste has been removed by a registered operative they run "the real risk of being prosecuted if any dumped waste is traced back to them", he said.
"Fly-tipping on private land remains a significant problem for farmers and landowners who are left frustrated when they, the victims of this crime, are left to clear up dumped waste and pay for its disposal," Mr Swithenbank said.
The asbestos found was mostly corrugated sheeting, once commonly used in old colliery houses, farms and commercial properties which have now been modernised, the council said.
There are strict rules concerning its removal and disposal by a licensed operator but "unscrupulous waste contractors" have been dumping it to save costs, the authority added.


A cache of more than 180 Roman lead sling bullets - thought to be the largest ever found in Britain - has been unearthed in southern Scotland.

They were discovered during an archaeological dig at Burnswark in Dumfries and Galloway.
Investigations have been ongoing at the flat-topped hill near Lockerbie over the past fortnight.
Dark organic soil was also found nearby which could be the remains of a bag or sack for the bullets.
Archaeologists have been trying for centuries to assess the role of Burnswark in the Roman occupation
One theory is that it may have seen the first battle in the Roman invasion of Scotland around 140 AD.
During the latest dig, small numbers of the lead bullets were initially found with identical 4mm holes in them which were something of a mystery.
However, an expert in sling shot ballistics showed how the deadly weapon would make a terrifying "screeching noise" after it was fired.
Now a much larger find of the bullets has been made.
"We have had a good second season digging at Burnswark and can confirm that we have excavated the most significant hoard of Roman bullets in Britain," said John Reid, of the Roman heritage group the Trimontium Trust.
"It is becoming increasingly clear that these are likely to have been deposited in a single brief episode.
"This greatly strengthens the suggestion of a Roman assault on the hill top which appears to have been occupied at that time."


An Argentine judge has asked Spain to arrest and extradite 20 former officials accused of abuses during the military rule of General Franco.

They cannot be tried in Spain because of an amnesty law but the officials could be prosecuted in Argentina.
The families of alleged victims asked Argentina for help because it has an extradition treaty with Spain.
In April, Spain's high court refused to extradite to Argentina a former policeman accused of torture.
Judge Maria Servini de Cubria issued the arrest and extradition warrants for two former ministers of General Franco's regime, and 18 other officials, invoking "universal jurisdiction" - a legal doctrine that authorises judges to try serious rights abused committed in other countries.
Using the doctrine, Spain briefly detained Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet in 1998.
The two most prominent suspects in Judge Servini's investigation are Rodolfo Martin Villa, 79, who was Franco's interior minister, and Jose Uteri Molina, 86, who was housing minister.
After Franco's death in 1975, the amnesty agreement was seen as essential to avoid score-settling as the country moved towards democracy.
The United Nations has asked Spain to revoke the amnesty law but the Spanish authorities have so far refused.
Last year, Judge Servini issued warrants for a Spanish policemen, Antonio Gonzalez Pacheco, accused of torture, but the Spanish High Court refused arguing that the statute of limitations had run out on the accusations against him.
Mr Pacheco has denied torturing prisoners.


National League club Macclesfield Town have signed defender Kieran Kennedy and midfielder Noe Baba on one-year deals.

Republic of Ireland U21 international Baba, 20, was released by Championship side Birmingham earlier this summer.
Kennedy, who spent the end of 2016-17 with AFC Fylde, joins after impressing in a trial game for the Silkmen against Derby County.
The 23-year-old started his career at Manchester City, before joining Leicester in 2013, initially on loan.
After two years with the Foxes he signed for Motherwell, making 25 appearances before moving on to Fylde in March.
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France coach Marc Lievremont insists his team can pull off one of the great World Cup upsets after he named an unchanged side for Sunday's final.

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New Zealand thrashed France in the group stage and are favourites to win their first World Cup in 24 years after outplaying Australia in the semi-final.
But Lievremont, in his last game in charge of the side, said: "Every time we play the All Blacks it's always the same - they are always the favourites.
"I believe in our team and we can win."
France have come in for heavy criticism after they struggled past 14-man Wales in Saturday's semi-final, going tryless in their 9-8 win.
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That followed being beaten by Tonga in the Pool stages a fortnight ago - but Lievremont remains unapologetic about their style.
He said: "If we have to win it the same way we beat Wales, I will accept that with great pleasure.
"The problem with a lot of people is that they have serious holes in their memory. In 1999, apart from a very accomplished semi-final [against New Zealand], the French flair or the French spirit, as they say, was seriously missing. I should know, I was there.
"In 1995, there was an epic semi-final [against South Africa], but we qualified in the last minute against Scotland in the quarter-finals.
"The history of French rugby, even if displeases some people, has always been made of ups and down. Some matches that were not good, some won through courage, like last week."
Four of Lievremont's team - hooker William Servat, number eight Imanol Harinordoquy and the half-back pair of Dimitri Yachvili and Morgan Parra - only took part in very light training on Wednesday, while flanker Julien Bonnaire sat it out entirely.
While Lievremont has delayed naming his seven replacements until Friday, he is confident that his first choice XV - the second-oldest in French history - will all be fit for France's first World Cup final since 1999, when he himself was in the team.
He added: "It's really hard to compare a final as a player and as a coach. These games often come down to small details. I hope that will be the case - and not the thrashing everyone's predicted.
"The first thing I said to the players at the start of the World Cup was that everything matters, both mentally and physically. We must be prepared to do everything we can to win this match."
New Zealand thumped France 37-17 in their pool match four weeks ago. Thirteen of France's starting XV played in that match but All Blacks back Sonny Bill Williams said the squad were taking heed of what happened four years ago, when an unfancied French side were beaten by Argentina in the pool stages but produced a stirring second-half fightback to knock New Zealand out in the quarter-finals.
Williams warned: "Expect the unexpected. They can shock us, as they've done in past World Cups.
"Their scrum is up there with the best in the world, their line-out is not too bad either and their backs are unpredictable.
"You can play against one side one week and then you play against them a couple of weeks later and they're a different team. Past form means nothing."
France: Maxime Médard, Vincent Clerc, Aurélien Rougerie Maxime Mermoz, Alexis Palisson, Morgan Parra, Dimitri Yachvili; Jean-Baptiste Poux, William Servat, Nicolas Mas, Pascal Papé, Lionel Nallet, Thierry Dusautoir (c), Julien Bonnaire, Imanol Harinordoquy.
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It would be the perfect nest egg, and certainly enough for a deposit on your first house or flat.

Yet for most people, saving £60,000 looks to be well out of reach.
Indeed, as the BBC reported last month, 16 million people in the UK have savings of less than £100. In many parts of the country, such people are in the majority.
Some of those on low incomes say they do not earn enough to save anything.
But now campaigners are out to persuade them that the task of saving tens of thousands of pounds does not have to be as hard as one of the labours of Hercules.
It is, actually, achievable.
One such campaigner is Robert Gardner, chair of the Children's Savings Policy Council, and author of a new children's book called Save Your Acorns.
In the story, the monkeys eat up all the bananas they possess.
The bears eat most of their berries, and store up those left over.
But the squirrels do something different entirely. Before eating any of their acorns, they save 20% of them, and learn to live on those that remain.
Those saved acorns grow into oak trees, with more acorns.
"The point is that saving doesn't mean you can't enjoy things in life," says Mr Gardner.
"But it's about budgeting. You get 10 and bank two. That two is what will help you in the future."
So how does this acorn philosophy work in practice?
Stop buying, for example, one cup of takeaway coffee every day, he recommends.
Save that £2.50, and invest it in the government's new Lifetime Isa, which is due to launch in April 2017.
If you invest it in shares, rather than cash, it could grow by as much as 7% a year.
The government will also add 25% to each annual investment you make.
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Taking into account the effects of compound interest, if you keep up the savings every day between the ages of 18 and 40, you could end up with as much as £60,000, he claims.
The only catch is that you would have to spend that money on a house or flat, or save it until you are 60. Otherwise, according to the rules of the Lifetime Isa, you would forfeit the government bonus.
But even without the benefits of the Lifetime Isa, some people on low incomes have still managed to save large amounts.
Alison Schofield from Halifax in West Yorkshire was on a salary of less than £16,000 a year.
As a result of a disability known as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, she was also entitled to some benefits.
Nevertheless, after taking part in a savings challenge organised by the government-backed Money Advice Service, she managed to save between £200 and £300 a month.
At one point she had £2,000 in an Individual Savings Account (Isa).
"It takes a lot of worry out of your life," says Alison.
"It gives you nice things to spend money on, and you sleep better as well."
One way she managed it was by making herself a sandwich every day for lunch, instead of buying one - so saving £3 a day.
"You just make it a habit when you get in at teatime - you put the £3 in the tub."
Apart from saving £3 a day, Alison kept spreadsheets on her computer to track her income and her outgoings.
She also:
If all that sounds like hard work, there is a new way of saving that involves doing precisely nothing.
Mobile phone tools, similar to apps, can now work out when you've got a couple of pounds spare in your current account, and automatically switch them into a savings account.
Both Chip and Plum, as they're called, work as so-called bots on Facebook Messenger. In other words, users think they are having a conversation with a person, even though they are automated programmes.
The bots use algorithms that analyse your spending patterns, compare them with forthcoming income, and calculate what cash you don't need.
They then move that sum - possibly as little as £10 a month - into an account that pays interest.
"We wanted something that would take decision-making out of people's hands and automate it," says Plum's co-founder Victor Trokoudes.
"I love it when people say they can't save, because everyone can save. It's money coming out of your account in small amounts. But over time it accumulates."
However, experts at the Money Advice Service (MAS) think it can be more fruitful to engage positively with saving, for example by setting a particular goal.
As part of its savings challenge pilot scheme, MAS asked 22 people - including Alison Schofield - to try to save £100 a month for three months.
It was left up to them to decide how they were going to do it.
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Participants
£447 average amount saved after three months
£600 average amount saved after six months
On average, those who took part managed to save £447 over the three months. After six months, although one or two were derailed by leaking roofs or ill pets, the average amount saved was still over £600.
"The thing that motivated people - almost without exception - was the challenge," says Paul Taylor, head of digital at MAS.
"It was fun. And six months down the line there was a sense of automation."
In its guidance, MAS recommends that savers consider four "S" words:
"The key thing is just to give something a go," says Nick Hill, money expert at MAS.
"Start getting that momentum happening. It's amazing what small tweaks people can make to really start building up those savings."
In other words, be less like a monkey, and more like a squirrel.


Big falls on US stock markets have dragged down Asian shares over fears the political controversy surrounding President Trump will blunt his ability to deliver tax and regulatory reform.

Wall Street's three main indexes shed more than 1.7%, and the dollar erased most gains made since his election.
Asia's main stock markets also fell following the losses in New York.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index closed down 1.3% while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index dropped 0.6%.
That follows the S&P 500's biggest one-day fall since September. It closed 1.8% lower at 2,357 points.
But the biggest plunge was the tech-heavy Nasdaq which lost 2.6% to 6,011.
Greg McKenna, chief market strategist at AxiTrader in Sydney said the falls in Asia were "all about President Trump".
Optimism over the Trump administration's pro-growth policies had driven a sharp rally in US stocks since his election in November.
But the row over the firing of FBI director James Comey, and growing scepticism about Mr Trump's ability to push major policies through Congress has cast a cloud over markets.
Mr McKenna said the uncertainty could continue for few days yet with Mr Comey due to address a congressional committee next week.
The concerns are shared by traders on Wall Street.
"It's kind of worrisome as it could take time to muddle through this," said Joseph Benanti, managing director, at share trader Rosenblatt Securities, in New York.
Although the Oval Office has furiously denied wrongdoing over Mr Comey's sacking and claims Mr Trump passed on sensitive intelligence information to Russia, some commentators have even spoken about impeachment.
"Calls for President Trump to be impeached are growing louder and that has created a long overdue sense of fear in markets," said market analyst Jasper Lawler at London Capital Group.
Mike van Dulken, head of research at Accendo Markets, said investors are having to "digest the latest real-life episode of House of Cards".
At the very least, analysts say, it will all be a distraction for the administration and may stall the introduction of spending plans and market-friendly legislation.
However, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Paul Ryan, insisted that the administration's legislative agenda was not becoming paralysed, blaming "some people out there who want to harm the president".
Financial stocks, big risers over the last few months, bore the brunt of Wednesday's share price falls. Goldman Sachs fell more than 5% and JP Morgan Chase fell 3.8%.
Eight of the 11 major S&P 500 sectors were lower. However, utilities and real estate sectors - preferred investment options in times of uncertainty due to their slow but predictable growth - were higher.
Gold, another haven asset, rose 0.9%, and the so-called "fear index", the VIX, reached its highest level in nearly one month.
On the currency markets, the dollar was down 0.6% against the euro and 0.35% lower against the pound. The greenback fell almost 1.9% against the Japanese yen, which has been a traditional haven for risk-averse investors.
The dollar index, which tracks the value of the currency against a basket of currencies, is down 0.6% to 97.5, its weakest since November.
Jeremy Bryan, Gradient Investments, said the uncertainty could continue through the summer and beyond. "We're largely through the earnings season, so political uncertainty is probably going to be the largest source of risk in the next three to six months," he said.


A former PSNI assistant chief constable who was one of seven men questioned about the awarding of police vehicle contracts has been released.

Duncan McCausland was arrested on Tuesday along with five other men, including a serving police officer.
All seven men have been released pending reports to prosecutors.
Mr McCausland said he "strenuously denies" the allegations. The 54-year-old was once one of Northern Ireland's most high-profile officers.
He said: "I am going to go out of my way to ensure I can prove my innocence."
The 54-year-old was once one of Northern Ireland's most high-profile officers.
He retired from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) in March 2011.
Following his arrest, Mr McCausland was taken to Antrim police station where PSNI detectives questioned him for three days.
His release from custody is pending a report being sent to the Public Prosecutions Service (PPS).
Speaking outside the station following his release, the former officer said he was "disappointed" to be arrested and that he was happy to attend the station voluntarily "throughout the entire process".
"I've actually told them that I'm happy to come back and assist them with anything else that they wish to talk to me about," he said.
"But I fully understand what they had to do and they treated me in a very professional manner, which is what I would have expected."
Mr McCausland's solicitor added that they did not believe it was "necessary" for police to arrest him but they would "definitely not" be making any sort of complaint.
He said: "The staff within the building have been excellent, they have treated him with the utmost respect, so there is no issue whatsoever."
PSNI detectives are investigating allegations connected to contracts for the PSNI's fleet of vehicles and the first six arrests were made in Northern Ireland and England on Tuesday morning.
The Northern Ireland arrests took place in counties Antrim, Down and Tyrone and the detainees included Mr McCausland, a 48-year-old serving police officer, a 37-year-old member of the PSNI's civilian staff and a 62-year-old civilian.
Two civilians aged 34 and 54, who were arrested in England, were brought to Northern Ireland for questioning.
On Thursday morning, a 71-year-old pensioner in County Down became the seventh man to be detained as part of the investigation.
Later that evening, Mr McCausland and the civilian worker with the PSNI were both released pending a file being sent to the PPS.
The PSNI civilian staff member has been suspended from duty.
On Friday, the five remaining men questioned were also released pending reports to the PPS.
The 48-year-old serving officer has also been suspended from duty.


Tenth seed Tomas Berdych set up a Wimbledon last-eight match against Lucas Pouille by beating fellow Czech Jiri Vesely in five sets.

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Berdych, who reached the final in 2010, won 4-6 6-3 7-6 (10-8) 6-7 (9-11) 6-3.
Vesely, the world number 64, saved five match points on Monday before fading light stopped play.
However, Berdych gained the upper hand with a second break in the seventh game of the final set on his way to reaching his fourth Wimbledon quarter-final.
"It was not really a position I would like to be, especially last night," said Berdych.
"But the important thing was I was able to erase it from my mind very quickly, get a good night's sleep, and come back strong again to finish the last set."
Berdych had asked to get the match moved to Centre Court under the roof when play was halted on Monday evening, but his request was denied.
"I just felt like there would be a chance to finish," he said. "But there was not really a clear answer why not.
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The graffiti artist Banksy has created a new artwork in the so-called Jungle refugee camp in Calais depicting the late Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple.

The artwork shows Jobs, the son of a Syrian migrant, carrying an early Apple computer and a bin bag of possessions.
The work is intended to draw attention to the benefits of migration, Banksy said.
The artist, who has never revealed his identity, donated elements of a recent installation to the camp for shelter.
In a rare public statement, Banksy said "We're often led to believe migration is a drain on the country's resources but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant.
"Apple is the world's most profitable company, it pays over $7bn (Â£4.6bn) a year in taxes - and it only exists because they allowed in a young man from Homs."
The work - painted on a concrete bridge in the camp - shows Jobs in his trademark black polo neck and round glasses. He appears to be carrying a bin bag full of his possessions, as if he were a migrant.
In pictures posted on the artist's website, the work can be seen near tents and adjacent to another piece of graffiti which reads: "Nobody deserves to live this way!"
The camp in Calais is home to about 7,000 migrants and refugees, the majority from Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea.
While at the camp, Banksy painted several other pieces, including one based on Theodore Gericault's famous painting Raft of the Medusa, but depicting refugees waving towards a luxury yacht.
Banksy recently donated wood and other structural elements from his "bemusement park" installation Dismaland to the Calais camp to help build shelters.
The installation, in Weston-Super-Mare, closed in September.


Dido Harding, the chief executive of TalkTalk, has a firestorm on her hands.

Millions of her customers could have had their data - including bank details - stolen in what the company has described as a "concerted cyber-attack".
I am told that TalkTalk first started experiencing "latency" problems with its internet servers during the day on Wednesday.
That means information that should have been transferred easily between different parts of the business started slowing down.
TalkTalk shut down its website overnight as what is called a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack took hold.
I am told that attack "punched a lot of holes" in TalkTalk's systems and allowed the attackers to gain access to the customer data.
TalkTalk will have to reveal pretty quickly whether all that data was encrypted.
TalkTalk had earlier called in the police and its cyber-security provider - a major global company which I have been asked not to name.
It does not appear that TalkTalk knows whether the attack came from within Britain or abroad.
And of course in all situations like this, companies are dealing with groups that operate in the shadows and across national borders.
One thing it is worth noting at this early stage is that there have been a number of recent reports about groups attacking companies and subsequently demanded ransoms in Bitcoins.
One group is named DD4BC, which has been accused of emailing companies with demands to be paid.
It is as yet unclear whether TalkTalk has been the target of a similar attack, but I am told it is already a strong line of inquiry.
Following my earlier blog, I have been contacted by a number of companies which say there was a significant upsurge in Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Wednesday, the day TalkTalk was infiltrated.
Some appear to be connected with extortion, with ransoms demanded in Bitcoins.
This appears to be a far wider problem.
Even if it is part of a wider attack, it is still very bad news for TalkTalk, which has been dealing with high levels of customer complaints already about its service.
And it had two more minor data breaches earlier this year.
With Sky and BT much bigger providers, TalkTalk knows that this major infiltration by cyber-criminals is very serious.
Investors seem to agree. TalkTalk's share price is down nearly 10% this morning.


Huddersfield Town have confirmed the signing of German defender Chris Lowe from Bundesliga 2 club Kaiserslautern.

The 26-year-old will join the Championship side as a free agent on a three-year deal on 1 July.
Lowe previously worked with Terriers boss David Wagner when the pair were at Borussia Dortmund.
"He is also a great character; a leader in the dressing room, who has captained the team," 44-year-old Wagner told the club website.


Arsenal have been crowned champions of England for the 11th time in 12 years.

The all-conquering Gunners had sealed the Women's Super League title before their game against Doncaster Rovers Belles kicked off.
Our top priority every season is to win the league, so it's job done there
Second-placed Bimingham City needed to beat Bristol Academy earlier in the day but could only draw 2-2.
Arsenal then celebrated their ninth-straight league triumph by beating the Belles 3-2 to maintain the WSL's only unbeaten record.
With one game left, the Blues should finish runners-up. They are three points ahead of Everton with a vastly superior goal difference.
"We're delighted to have won the league again and it's great to have done it at home," said Arsenal boss Laura Harvey. "Our top priority every season is to win the league, so it's job done there, but we've now got three big games coming up so we have to keep our focus.
"We've got Barcelona in the Champions League, followed by Birmingham in our last league game and then Blues again in the Continental Cup. We beat them in the Continental Cup final last year and aim to do it again."
Two first-half own goals and a strike from Kelly Smith gave the Gunners victory over Doncaster.
Lyndsey Cunningham put through her own met on 16 minutes before Belles striker Aine O'Gorman levelled the scores with a 35-yard lob four minutes later. Arsenal then re-took the lead when Tanya Oxtoby headed into her own net on 32 minutes.
What proved the winner arrived in the 81st minute, substitute Smith racing on to a Kim Little throughball to shoot home.
Two minutes from time, Little reduced the arrears after goalkeeper Emma Byrne dropped the ball at her feet.
Birmingham made the best possible start in their lunchtime kick-off as they looked to keep Arsenal hanging on the for title. The visitors took the lead after just 58 seconds when Rachel Williams headed home.
Bristol drew level on 11 minutes when Spanish striker Laura Del Rio left defender Emily Westwood in her wake before chipping neatly into the top corner.
Blues should have added to their tally after being awarded a penalty in the 23rd minute. However, striker Jodie Taylor's spot-kick was brilliantly saved by Siobhan Chamberlain who pushed the ball past the post.
Defender Angharad James put the home side in front with a tremendous 20-yard drive four minutes after the restart, but Jade Moore forced home an equaliser from close range just six minutes later.
The home side began to build pressure, but Birmingham held firm to put the end-of-season runners-up spot firmly within their grasp.


Actor and comedian Sir Lenny Henry premiered his new BBC One drama - Danny and the Human Zoo - in his home town of Dudley.

The screening took place at 17:00 BST at a cinema in the West Midlands town and was followed by a question and answer session with Sir Lenny.
The one-off drama, which was written by and stars the comedian, is a "fantasy memoir" of his teenage years.
Half of the tickets were distributed to homes with Dudley postcodes.
Sir Lenny said: "It is about everything that I love about Dudley in the 1970s... it is a story that is heartfelt and funny and moving."
Speaking before the screening, Steve Waltho, Mayor of Dudley, said: "Lenny Henry is one of Dudley's most famous sons and is as proud of his roots as we are of him.
"We have presented him with the freedom of the borough as a celebration of his achievements and I am sure this drama will capture many of the aspects that helped make him synonymous with the town.
"I am very much looking forward to the special screening of Danny and the Human Zoo and finding out more about the early life of our very own Lenny Henry."


Pianist Tokio Myers has been named winner of Britain's Got Talent.

The London-based musician beat eight-year-old magician Issy Simpson and comedian Daliso Chaponda to become the winner of the ITV talent show.
The 32-year-old won £250,000 in prize money and an appearance at the Royal Variety Performance.
ITV moved the final of the show forward by a day to avoid a clash with Ariana Grande's benefit concert for the Manchester bombing victims on Sunday.
Myers had previously supported artists such rapper Kanye West.
His performance in the final took in a variety of musical styles and included drumming.
He fell to the floor after presenters Ant and Dec broke the news he had received the most votes from the public.
Judge Simon Cowell said: "As a talent, as a person, Tokio right now, this was the most important thing for him, I'm thrilled for him."
Teenage singer Sarah Ikumu had been chosen as the judges' wildcard choice for the final.
The other acts taking part were: magician Matt Edwards, The Missing People Choir, singing pensioners the Pensionalities, dance act MerseyGirls, comedian Ned Woodman, singer Kyle Tomlinson, and magic double act DNA.


Emmanuel Macron has been installed as the overwhelming favourite to be the next French President - but what does that mean for business and Brexit?

For the bigger economic picture, a Macron win removes the chance of a political and economic shock to Europe's core.
Marine le Pen's calls for France to leave the eurozone have been seen as an existential threat to the entire European project.
Macron's likely win has seen the French stock market and the euro surge as that threat is seen as  receding.
A Macron win will be cheered by business who see him as untested and inexperienced but pragmatic and pro-business.
Some argue that his business-friendly policies - such as cutting corporation tax from 33% to 25% and making it easier to fire (and therefore hire) workers - make France look more attractive to businesses scouring Europe for a potential EU base.
Most bankers, for example, had put France near the bottom of the list when mulling any potential moves for those very reasons. A Macron presidency could see that change.
But there are two good reasons a Macron win could still be good for the UK in its Brexit negotiations.
First, Macron may want to cut taxes and water down workers' rights - but he has to form a government to do it, and may need the support of French socialists who were excited by Benoit Hamon's ideas of a universal basic income and 32-hour working week.
His attempts to make France more attractive to business will have to navigate the rocks of coalition building. There have been many attempts to reform the French labour market. I can't think of a single success.
The second is a wider point about the security of the European project.
Fears that the UK's vote to leave the EU would inspire anti-EU sentiment right across Europe now seem to be fading.
Geert Wilders' far right party in the Netherlands failed to live up to pre-election hype while its counterpart in Germany, Alternative fur Deutschland, is in disarray.
The UK's antipathy to the EU has, so far, failed to catch on elsewhere.
With that in mind, there is less reason to punish the UK in upcoming negotiations as a deterrent to other would-be leavers.


Gunmen from a Christian sect have stormed a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, freeing their leader and about 50 other inmates, a government spokesman says.

Shots were fired and vehicles torched as Ne Muanda Nsemi was freed from the jail in Kinshasa, witnesses said.
Police are suspected to have shot dead several prisoners, witnesses added.
Mr Nsemi is a self-styled prophet and the leader of an outlawed group seeking to revive the ancient Kongo kingdom.
He was arrested, along with his three wives and son, in March following clashes between his supporters and police.
Mr Nsemi leads the Bundu dia Kongo movement, which is campaigning  to restore a monarchy in parts of DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola and Gabon.
He was an MP when he was arrested in Kinshasa after police accused him of inciting violence.
"Followers of the Bundu Dia Kongo attacked Makala prison at dawn and  broke out around 50 prisoners including their guru, Ne Muanda Nsemi,"  government spokesman Lambert Mende said, AFP news agency reports.
A major operation is underway in Kinshasa to recapture the prisoners, reports the BBC's Mbelechi Msoshi from the city.
He saw Red Cross officials loading the bodies of several prisoners into vehicles and and transporting them to the morgue.
In January 2016, every prisoner except one escaped from a jail in eastern DR Congo. They included murder and rape convicts.
Rights groups say prisons in the country are over-crowded and badly guarded.
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A 70-year-old woman has died in a house fire in Wiltshire.

She was found in a burning first-floor bedroom in Brynards Hill in Royal Wootton Bassett but could not be saved.
Police have not released her name yet, though a man, believed to be her husband, escaped the fire and was treated for smoke inhalation.
The fire is thought to have started accidentally in the early hours and an investigation is ongoing into the exact cause.