The fallout from Thursday night's ITV general election debate  has dominated the Scottish campaign trail.

The SNP pointed to the results of snap polls as it claimed victory in the debate for its leader, Nicola Sturgeon.
The Conservatives said the debate had shown that only two of the seven leaders who took part had a chance of becoming prime minister.
And Labour said it had made "crystal clear" the choice facing Scottish voters on 7 May.
The Liberal Democrats said the debate had shown UK politics had become more fragmented, with voters dissatisfied with the game of "pass-the-parcel" between Labour and the Conservatives.
Ms Sturgeon returned to Edinburgh after the debate, where she visited a pharmacy as she argued that a strong team of SNP MPs will put an end to austerity, as well as take a stand against the privatisation of England's NHS, which has knock-on effects for Scotland's budget.
The SNP was buoyed by the performance of its leader in the televised debate, which saw Ms Sturgeon attempt to reach out to voters in England by saying that SNP MPs at Westminster would be "a voice to help bring about change for you too."
The party said more than 1,200 new members had joined during the two hour long debate, and said the combined results of three snap polls by ComRes, ICM and YouGov released after the debate suggested Ms Sturgeon was judged to have performed best by 21.7% of respondents.
This was marginally higher than David Cameron's 21%, with Ed Miliband on 20.3%, Nigel Farage on 20% and Nick Clegg on 9.3%, the SNP said.
Former party leader and first minister Alex Salmond said Ms Sturgeon had "hammered" the prime minister in the live TV debate, which Ms Sturgeon said she had enjoyed as it had "demonstrated the days of the old boys' network at Westminster really are over."
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and Glasgow Central candidate Anas Sarwar were in Glasgow to launch the party's pledge to ban "exploitative" zero hours contracts.
Speaking ahead of the event, Mr Murphy said the TV debate had "made crystal clear the choice facing Scots at the general election".
He said: "In the debate there were seven passionate speakers but only two potential prime ministers. There are lots of ways to protest against David Cameron but only one way to replace him.
"We can either have a prime minister in Ed Miliband who will make life fairer for working class Scots and bring an end to failed Tory austerity, or we can have David Cameron's unfair cuts that have done so much damage to families in Scotland."
Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson was campaigning in Musselburgh on the day of the town's Good Friday race meeting.
She said: "Last night's debate may have been between seven leaders but the truth is that only two of them stand a chance of getting into Downing Street.
"Our next prime minister will either be Ed Miliband or David Cameron. That is the basic choice people face. And the fact is that when asked to choose between the two, most Scots prefer the prime minister.
"A return to Labour's economic mess - made worse by having the SNP in saddle, pulling the reins - would undo all that hard work, racking up huge bills on our country's credit card and expecting them to be paid by our children and grandchildren."
Elsewhere on the campaign trail, the Scottish Liberal Democrats criticised the SNP's plans for healthcare funding.
The party's Sir Malcolm Bruce said: "The SNP plan to borrow £180bn to pay for their promises threatens to wreck NHS funding.
"The SNP plan to take on more debt would mean £3.1bn extra in interest payments every year. That eats into the money available for health. The entire NHS funding they propose is wiped out by three years of interest payments."
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to pump an extra £800m a year into the NHS in Scotland under their health spending vision.
In an interview with BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme, UKIP's Scottish MEP David Coburn defended party leader Nigel Farage's comments during the debate that tax payers in England were "cheesed off" with the amount of public money that goes to Scotland.
The claim had been dismissed by Ms Sturgeon, who said Scots had paid more tax per head of population every year for the past 34 years.
Mr Coburn said: "I think most reasonable Scots believe in the fair allocation of money. I think the SNP may make a big fuss about this but I think fair minded Scots like myself and everyone else believe we should give the English a reasonable deal too."
Meanwhile, Scottish Greens co-convener Patrick Harvie was campaigning in Glasgow, highlighting the party's pledge to bring the railways back into public ownership.
His fellow co-convener, Maggie Chapman, was asked by Good Morning Scotland how the party would fund its policy of £10 an hour minimum wage by 2020.
She said: "The HMRC's own figures indicate that there is £34bn missing from the UK economy at the moment because of tax cheats. That is the kind of thing we need to change.
"There is money there across the board. One of the things we are doing is working up these numbers. We see the £10 minimum wage as part of a suite of economic policies that serve to put people back at the centre of the economy."


The boundaries of the Roman Empire have been expanded following the discovery of Roman coins in a rural village.

Amateur metal detectorists Jim Wills and Dennis Hewings first unearthed the coins in Ipplepen, Devon, in 2009.
Now archaeologists have uncovered a Romano-British settlement which had trade links to the rest of the Empire.
Dr Sam Moorhead, from the British Museum, said the site raised "a whole series of new questions" about Roman Devon.
The Ipplepen Archaeological Project, which began its 2016 fieldwork just two weeks ago, has involved the University of Exeter, the Portable Antiquities Scheme run by the British Museum, Devon County Council and Cotswold Archaeology.
Until now there was little evidence of the Romans outside of Exeter, which is 20 miles north-east of Ipplepen.
It had been thought that rural areas had not been particularly affected by Roman influence, a spokesperson for the University of Exeter said.
However, the discovery of "significant amounts" of Roman pottery made in other parts of the Empire and imported into Britain has demonstrated the rural site's connections to the rest of the Roman world.
"The presence of these kinds of vessels demonstrates that the people living here... adopted Romanised ways of eating and drinking" including "a taste for Mediterranean products such as wine and olives", Danielle Wootton, the Devon finds liaison officer for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, said.
But the site was "puzzling" when compared to other known settlements in neighbouring counties such as Somerset, where a greater amount of coins, brooches and pottery had been found, she said.
"We are wondering whether the Dumnonii, the tribe who lived in the area now known as Devon, still retained their traditional identity rather than becoming entirely Romanised", Ms Wootton said.
In previous years the team have discovered a Roman road, as well as pot holes which had been repaired.
"Until recently, who would have thought that Ipplepen village was once 'plugged in' to the Roman empire?", Ms Wootton added.


This is a real "Roy of the Rovers" story.

One of a young goalkeeper who makes the change to striker. Moves to a new club and becomes a defender.
Let go by that club but moves away and returns to the striker role before firing in a goal that helps his country make their way into the European Championship finals.
A bit far fetched it may sound, but this is the real life story of Josh Magennis.
"It's crazy!" Magennis told BBC Scotland. "It was Neil Ardley, who was the academy manager at Cardiff and is now the manager at Wimbledon, who helped me make the transition from goalkeeper.
"He said I had the attributes to be a striker. I managed to knuckle down and find my strengths, which are my pace and power and able to run."
Magennis then made the move north to Aberdeen, where he struggled to hold down a regular spot, although he did have an alternative option.
"We had a tremendous striking group there with Chris Maguire and Scott Vernon who were keeping me out of the team," he said.
"Assistant manager Archie Knox said there was a vacant position at right back and I ended up playing around 30 games in that position."
Magennis, though, fell out of favour when Derek McInnes took over and, after a spell on loan at St Mirren, he joined Kilmarnock, where he has found his shooting boots once again, netting as Kilmarnock defeated Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2-0 at Rugby Park.
In addition, he scored his first goal for Northern Ireland in their recent win over Greece in Belfast. A win that took Michael O'Neill's side to next year's finals in France.
Magennis says he will not look too far ahead and just try to concentrate on helping Kilmarnock up the league table and hope that, when the squad is named next year, he will be one of those on the plane.
"I can't get ahead of myself thinking I will be one of the 23 man squad," he added.
"That would just be insulting to the rest of the lads.
"It is up to me to make sure I am in peak condition for my club and hopefully keep scoring goals.
"It is up to myself to show the manager that in the domestic level and then, if I am picked to go away for the upcoming international friendlies, that I am ready to be part of the squad."


One of the most senior figures at the Indian giant, Tata Group, has said that its major businesses in the UK gain from membership of the European Union.

Tata Sons Group executive council member Nirmalya Kumar told the BBC that access to the single market made trade easier with the rest of Europe.
Mr Kumar reports directly to Cyrus Mistry, the chairman of Tata Group, and is head of the group's strategy.
"It's not rocket science" to see that business benefits from the EU, he said.
However, he made it clear that it was for the UK government and voters to decide on whether the UK would remain in the EU.
"The fact [is] that for our British operations being part of the EU makes it easier for them to have market access and many of our investments in the past have been based on that understanding," he said.
"Having said that, it is for the British government and the British people to decide what they want to do. We as [a] business focus on what we can control, which is our strategy, our ability to deliver globally."
Asked directly whether being part of the EU was better for Tata's businesses in the UK, which include Jaguar Land Rover and Tata Steel, Mr Kumar said: "For our UK operations, definitely.
"Why is that? Because it is easier to export stuff out of here [Britain], you don't have to do the paperwork as much, you don't have any import duties.
"That is the reason, it is not rocket science."
Tata, which also owns Tetley Tea, employs 65,000 people in Britain and has combined UK revenues of Â£25bn.
Mr Kumar said that the UK was a good place to operate.
"Britain has always been for Indians a relatively easy place to do business," he said. "We speak the language, we have historical links, we have known British people all our lives."
Asked about whether Britain could do more trade with India, Mr Kumar said: "I think there is a lot more we can do to connect to the growth engine of India and it will be good for our people in the UK and it will be good for our businesses in the UK, it will be good for everybody."
Mr Kumar was speaking to the BBC as part of the India Rising series, which is looking at the growth of the Indian economy.
He said that India had been an economic success and although it still needed investment in infrastructure and energy, as well as a more positive business environment, the government recognised the need for reform.
"If you take off China, I think for any large economy to have grown at 5-7% for 20 years is actually unprecedented in human history," he said.
He said that businesses had to be patient as the government of the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, put reforms in place.


A Santa parade which was cancelled over crowd fears has taken place following a public campaign.

The event, which attracts up to 10,000 people has run for the past 40 years in Poole, Dorset.
It was cancelled earlier in the year because of safety concerns, but more than 2,400 people signed petitions to have the event reinstated.
Campaigner Ryan Stiggants said: "Thousands of people were there and everyone was enjoying it."
Poole Borough Council and local businesses organised the parade and free "festive fun" event on Sunday after The Dolphin Shopping Centre decided not to hold the annual event.
The centre's manager John Grinnell said: "We've become a victim of our own success.
"As we've seen the numbers swell every year, we've become increasingly concerned about the volume of people in such a confined space, especially around moving vehicles."
As with previous events, Father Christmas arrived by RNLI boat to the quay.
The parade on Sunday went length-ways up and down the quay instead of along the High Street, and featured stars of the local pantomime and the Mayor of Poole, councillor Peter Adams.
Mr Stiggants said he was "pleased" the campaign worked.


Cardiff City are waiting to discover if midfielder Peter Whittingham will sign a new contract.

Manager Neil Warnock has made it clear he will give the midfielder time to mull over the new deal on offer.
"If they want to consider it for a length of time, that is all right for me. I think you have to show respect to Peter," said Warnock.
Whittingham, 32, celebrated ten years at the club last month. His current contract is due to expire this summer.
Warnock said: "He has an offer on the table. It is down to them now really. I spoke to his agent again this morning on the way in.
"I think we have to leave that down to Peter. Obviously negotiations are to and fro, but the offer is on the table and will stay on the table.
"I said to them I am not in a rush, the offer is on the table, I won't withdraw the offer."
Whittingham opened the scoring in the Bluebirds 2-0 win over Preston.
He will be looking for the chance to add to his tally against Norwich City, in Saturday's Championship clash in the Welsh capital.
Warnock has made it clear Wales international Emyr Huws and fellow midfielder Stuart O'Keefe are not in his long term plans.
Huws went on loan to Ipswich on deadline day while O'Keefe also made a loan move to League One side MK Dons.


Gay rights activists in Cuba will hold a mass wedding this weekend, in a country where gay marriage is still not legal.

The activists will be led by the daughter of President Raul Castro, Mariela, who is a leading gay and transgender rights campaigner.
The symbolic wedding will be part of Cuba's annual gay pride parade.
Ms Castro said she hoped the event could lead to further change in future.
In recent years, Cuba has taken steps towards integrating people from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.
In 2010, two years after he stood down as president, Fidel Castro said he had been wrong to discriminate against gay people, who were sent to labour camps soon after the 1959 revolution.
In 2012, Adela Hernandez, who is biologically male but has lived as a woman since childhood, became the first LGBT person in Cuba to win a seat in office, after winning in municipal elections in central Cuba.
And in 2008, Cuba approved free sex-change operations to those who qualified.
Ms Castro, the head of the National Sex Education Centre and a member of Cuba's National Assembly, says her father supports same-sex marriage, but no legislation has yet been approved.
"We can't do a wedding, but we wanted to have a very modest celebration of love with some religious leaders," said Ms Castro,
"In the future we'll see what more we can do."
In December 2013, a new labour law was approved, outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation.
But the law did not ban discrimination based on gender identity, and Ms Castro voted against it.
"There is a fear that this will tear Cuban society apart," Ms Castro said. "It will create cultural and ideological enrichment."
In its 2014 annual report, Freedom House, a US-based think-tank, criticised delays in implementing same-sex marriage in Cuba, and said the authorities "do not recognize the work of independent, grassroots LGBT rights groups".


David Cameron has rejected calls to rethink cuts to tax credits, as the Conservatives gather in Manchester for their annual conference.

The PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr the cuts were part of a "bigger picture" of increased wages and lower income tax.
But a think tank headed by former Tory minister David Willetts warned low paid families will be out of pocket until the other changes kick in.
It came as thousands took part in a TUC anti-austerity rally in Manchester.
Greater Manchester Police and the TUC say 60,000 people joined the demonstration against spending and benefit cuts, NHS reforms and new restrictions on industrial action.
The protest, which saw placard-waving crowds pass within metres of police barriers protecting the conference venue, was largely good-natured but there have been two arrests, including that of a man for allegedly spitting at a journalist.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt was jostled by protesters as he made his way into the venue, protected by a cordon of police officers.
In other developments from the first day of the Conservative Party conference:
The government's welfare changes
National living wage unveiled
What are tax credits and how do they work?
Who will be affected?
Institute for Fiscal Studies on welfare spending
More than three million low-paid workers will be told just before Christmas how much they will lose from the changes to tax credits.
Former Conservative minister David Willetts has urged Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne to look again at the changes - a view supported by Labour MP Frank Field and Conservative MP Boris Johnson.
Rosa Walden, a single mother of two who works full-time, said she would lose 10% of her income. She told BBC Radio 4's The World This Weekend: "If I stand to lose that amount of money, it's keeping me struggling, it's making things worse."
The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned it is "arithmetically impossible" for nobody to lose out under the changes, while another think tank, The Resolution Foundation, which is headed by Mr Willetts, said more than one million households would lose an average of £1,350 a year.
IFS director Paul Johnson told BBC News the move to a living wage - which will increase the minimum wage to £7.20 an hour from April next year - was a "big change" but "not a big enough change to compensate most of those who are receiving tax credits".
Mr Cameron told the Andrew Marr Show the introduction of the National Living Wage and continued increases to the personal tax allowance would protect the poorest.
He said: "We have had the vote in Parliament on tax credits and I think people respect this argument that the National Living Wage - a 50p increase next year, so a £20-a-week pay rise, rising to £9 by the end of this Parliament - that is a very significant change that really helps to make work pay rather than a tax credit system that recycles money back to people."
He said the UK was moving to a "better system" where people pay less in tax and keep more of the money they earn.
Asked about a possible further review ahead of next month's Autumn Statement, Mr Cameron said: "No, we think the changes we have put forward are right and they come with higher pay and lower taxes."
Labour's Jonathan Ashworth said: "David Cameron has shown that his promises to stand up for working families are a complete farce."
He said the PM's promises on a seven-day NHS had been made before and not delivered and the PM had "refused to come clean" in his Marr interview about when he was "informed directly" about the non-dom tax status of former Conservative Party donor Lord Ashcroft.
Mr Cameron appeared to offer an olive branch to trade unions angry at plans to raise strike ballot thresholds, describing their offer of a compromise involving the introduction of electronic voting as "interesting".
"The trade unions are accepting these thresholds are right, that you shouldn't have damaging strikes that close schools or shut hospitals or stop underground systems working, you shouldn't have those things without a proper turnout of voters," he told Andrew Marr.
Mr Cameron suggested controversial parts of the Bill, such as a requirement for people on pickets to wear armbands and to have social media posts vetted in advance, could be reviewed.
"All these measures in the legislation can be discussed as they go through Parliament," he told Andrew Marr.
Mr McCluskey vowed to fight the "deeply divisive" Trade Union Bill by any means, warning: "If that pushes us outside the law, then it will be the prime minister's responsibility for the outcomes of that."


Barcelona midfielder Ivan Rakitic has agreed a new contract, tying him to the Spanish champions until 2021.

The 28-year-old Croatia international will sign the deal, which has a £109m (125m euros) buyout clause, on Friday.
Rakitic - whose current contract runs until 2019 - has made 145 appearances for Barca since his 2014 move from Sevilla, scoring 23 goals.
He played in Barca's famous 6-1 comeback win against Paris St-Germain in the Champions League on Wednesday.


Britons killed in the D-Day landings are to be remembered at a memorial the government is giving £20m towards.

The memorial for those who died in the Normandy campaign will be unveiled in the French region on the 75th anniversary of D-Day in 2019.
It will have the names of the estimated 21,000 members of the British armed forces and Merchant Navy who died, as well as those from other nations.
The government's contribution comes from LIBOR fines levied on banks.
D-Day took place on 6 June 1944 and began the liberation of German-occupied north-western Europe.
BBC - iWonder - D-Day timeline- The beginning of the end of WW2
Prime Minister Theresa May said the memorial would be a "fitting tribute".
"Its unveiling on the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings in 2019 will provide a timely reminder that we should never take our freedom for granted," she said.
A fundraising appeal will now be launched by the Normandy Memorial Trust, supported by the Royal British Legion, to add to the government's contribution.
The memorial will pay tribute to several thousand sailors and airmen who were lost at sea, and those who died from their wounds after being brought back to the UK for treatment.
It is hoped many of the remaining veterans, and the families of those who fought, will attend the unveiling ceremony planned for 6 June 2019.
George Batts, former national secretary of the Normandy Veterans' Association, said: "It has been the dream of Normandy veterans for many years for there to be a British memorial in Normandy dedicated to all those from the British armed forces who lost their lives in the D-Day landings and in the Normandy campaign which followed.
"This generous commitment by Her Majesty's Government will finally enable us to realise this ambition in time for the 75th anniversary of D-Day in June 2019."


Tributes have been paid to a "monumental" arts figure in Wales who died following a road crash in Monmouthshire.

Peter Goodridge, from Abergavenny, died on 1 June after a single vehicle collision in Llanfoist.
The 61-year-old's company ArtWorks transports art throughout the UK and across the world.
His family said he would be greatly missed by the artists, curators and technicians he worked with.
They said the National Museum in Cardiff had its flag at half-mast in his honour.
In a tribute, issued via police, the family said: "Pete was a larger than life character, and not just his height of six foot six.
"He connected with so many people, he loved what he did and was a unique part of so many people's lives. He will be greatly missed."


A rare copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio is leaving the British Library for the first time to go on show.

It is one of only 233 surviving copies of the first collection of his plays.
Newcastle City Council said being allowed to exhibit the book, formerly owned by George III, was a "real coup".
Jamie Andrews of the British Library said: "Sharing our collections with audiences across the UK is hugely important to us."
Just 750 copies of the book were published in 1623, seven years after Shakespeare's death.
It is believed 18 plays including Twelfth Night, Macbeth, and The Tempest would otherwise have been lost.
Council cabinet member David Stockdale said it was an honour and a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to be lent "such a prestigious and important piece of literary heritage".
233
Surviving copies of the 750 original First Folios
36 Number of plays contained in the First Folio
18 Number of unprinted plays which might have been lost if not published in the First Folio
5 First Folios owned by the British Library
37 Plays now accepted as having been written by Shakespeare - the one not in the First Folio edition is Pericles
The British Library in London owns five copies.
Folio editions are made using sheets of paper folded only once, hence the books' larger size.
One of Durham University's copies made headlines when it was stolen in 1998 and then reappeared in Washington, USA ten years later.
Wearside antiques dealer Raymond Scott was convicted of handling stolen goods and hanged himself in prison in 2012.
The book will be on show at Newcastle City Library until 24 April to tie in with the 400th anniversary of the bard's death.


A man from south Wales accused of involvement in a car insurance fraud ring "does not agree" with personal injury claims, a court has heard.

Seven people have denied conspiracy to defraud at Cardiff Crown Court after six insurance claims worth £144,000 were made between 2009 and 2011.
Matthew Davies, 33, of Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, said he suffered  injuries in a "genuine" crash.
A guitar worth £1,850 was also damaged, he said.
On Monday, the court heard Mr Davies, who runs a valeting business, expressed his disapproval of personal injury claims during an interview about his own.
"It's not something I agree with," he said at the time.
"I understand the reflection that personal injuries and claims have on the price of people's insurance policies."
The prosecution said he was also recorded as having stated everyone else "is doing it, so I'm going to put one (a claim) in".
Mr Davies told the court he and fellow defendant, Adam Fear, 27, also of Pontypridd, played together in a band called Heroes and Outlaws.
They went for a jam session at a home on Shelley Walk in Rhydyfelin, Pontypridd, on 15 October 2010, Mr Davies said.
He told the court the pair were later driving out of the area when Mr Fear's car collided with a BMW at the junction of Dyffryn Road and Cardiff Road.
When asked whether he was telling the truth and the crash was genuine he said: "Yes, it was."
The court heard Mr Davies attended his GP a week later.
"Initially, I was fine but on the Sunday and Monday evening I could not sleep very well. I had numbness in my fingers and ringing in my ears," he said.
He also told medics he was suffering with neck and back pain after the alleged accident.
Mr Davies visited Caerphilly Miners' Hospital on 3 November 2010, having consulted with a firm of injury specialist lawyers.
When quizzed by prosecutor Christopher Clee, Mr Davies said he had "no idea" why details about his injuries and the accident appeared to differ in the various medical notes.
Mr Davies told the court he discovered his Gibson Les Paul Custom electric guitar was damaged only when collecting it from the wrecked vehicle after the crash.
He said it only later occurred to him that he might make an insurance claim on it but, as he had failed to find a receipt, he ended up having to "cut his losses" and accept an offer of £300 for the damaged instrument.
His fellow band mate Mr Fear has already told the court he is innocent of conspiracy to defraud.
The case continues.


The wife of jailed prominent Saudi human rights campaigner Waleed Abu al-Khair has been arrested, activists say.

Samar Badawi was detained for allegedly managing a Twitter account calling for the release of her husband.
Amnesty International called the arrest "the latest example of Saudi Arabia's utter contempt" for human rights.
Abu al-Khair was jailed for 15 years for "undermining the regime" in 2014. He is the founder of the Monitor of Human Rights in Saudi Arabia group.
Mrs Badawi is also the sister of imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who in 2014 was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for insulting Islam.
Raif Badawi's wife, Ensaf Haidar, also reported the arrest in her tweet: "Urgent: #Samar_Badawi was arrested on the charge of directing @WaleedAbulkhair twitter account."
Samar Badawi was arrested on Tuesday in Jeddah and transferred along with her two-year-old daughter to a police station, Amnesty International USA quoted local activists as saying.
After questioning, she was sent to prison and is expected to appear before a prosecutor later on Wednesday, it says.
Amnesty's Philip Luther said the arrest "demonstrates the extreme lengths to which the authorities are prepared to go in their relentless campaign to harass and intimidate human rights defenders into silent submission".
Saudi officials have not publicly commented on the issue.


Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has hinted that the time may have come for him to leave the show.

Writing in his column for The Sun, he says that the day must come when you "wave goodbye to the big monsters".
"I don't intend to dwell here on what happened then or what will happen in the future," he says. "I'm sure you're as fed up with the story as I am."
Clarkson was suspended by the BBC earlier this week after reports of a "fracas" with producer Oisin Tymon.
The show has been taken off-air while the BBC carries out an investigation into the allegations.
In his column, Clarkson uses comparisons with animals repeatedly, saying that big imposing creatures on the brink of extinction had no place in a world which has moved on.
"We lose one animal and we get another," he says. "The world turns."
The presenter also thanks his fans, saying that one of the things that has cheered him up is the how many people have expressed their support.
More than 870,000 people have signed a petition demanding he keep his job.
Newspapers are claiming that Clarkson got angry after being told he couldn't have a steak for dinner.
Clarkson is scheduled to appear with co-hosts James May and Richard Hammond at four live shows in Norway on 27 and 28 March and a decision on whether to go ahead with them is expected early next week.
All three men's contracts expire three days after the appearances in Norway.
The last three episodes of the series are on hold.
The BBC has apologised to viewers who complained about the postponed shows.
In a statement it said: "We do hope you'll understand that we value this reaction, but the investigation is still under way.
"Until more is known, we're therefore unable to say anything further in response and will not yet be making further statements about the issue.
"We realise you'll be disappointed that we can't respond to you in any more detail but thank you for contacting us."
Clarkson started the investigation process when he told his bosses about the argument.
A BBC disciplinary panel will be led by Ken MacQuarrie, the head of BBC Scotland, who carried out an investigation after Lord McAlpine was wrongly implicated in child sex abuse allegations by BBC Two's Newsnight.
A lawyer for Mr Tymon said his client intended "to await the outcome of the BBC investigation" and would make no comment until that was finished.
A family who witnessed the row said Clarkson was staying at the Simonstone Hall Hotel near Hawes in North Yorkshire and went into the bar at around 9.30pm after a day of filming last Wednesday.
Bob Ward, 60, from Leeds, told Sky News the star refused to have a selfie taken with him, saying: "No, not with the day I have had."
His wife Sue claimed Clarkson then said it was "ridiculous there was nothing to eat".
She said he thought his colleague had not done his job properly and "he would see to it that he would be losing his job".
Clarkson has joked about his position, telling reporters he was "just off to the job centre" and he changed his Twitter profile on Thursday to read: "I am probably a presenter on the BBC2 motoring show Top Gear."
The BBC owns the rights to Top Gear, which is valued at around Â£50 million, and includes the show, DVD rights and live shows.
If Clarkson left or was sacked, Top Gear would continue on the BBC while Clarkson could take a similar show to one of its rivals such as Sky or ITV.
Jeremy Clarkson first appeared on the show in 1988 and it now has an estimated global audience of 350 million.
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An "unruly" passenger on a Boston-bound British Airways flight has been arrested after she tried to force open an exit door mid-air.

An airline spokesman told the BBC that reports of a passenger trying to access the cockpit were incorrect and they were not particularly concerned.
Police met the plane upon landing at Boston's Logan Airport on Tuesday.
The 30-year-old woman was restrained by the crew during the flight, the FAA said.
The six-and-half-hour Flight BA 213 originated from London's Heathrow Airport.
British Airways officials said they believe the woman was intoxicated and they did not believe the incident was related to terrorism.
"We do not tolerate abusive behaviour," a statement said.
Earlier on Tuesday, four passengers were removed from a Baltimore to Chicago flight because of "suspicious behaviour".
The incidents come as authorities have been put on heightened alert after devastating gun and suicide attacks killed at least 129 people in Paris.


Lewis Hamilton says there is no need for talks following his clash with fellow Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg at the United States Grand Prix.

The drivers touched at the start of Sunday's race in Austin, where Hamilton sealed a third World Championship.
Team boss Toto Wolff said the incident would be discussed, while Rosberg also threw a cap at Hamilton after the race.
"There is no need," Hamilton said. "Everyone has a right to an opinion but it doesn't matter. I won the race."
On the cap throwing incident, the Briton added: "I picked up the three caps and mine was at the back with the number one on the side. I just threw it over to him. I literally said 'here you go, mate' and then it came back at me.
"It's the worst thing to be my team-mate. On top of everything, he was disappointed with himself.
"I've seen Nico in lots of different lights over the years. The cap came past me and I'm like 'no problem'. I'm completely oblivious to it but I understand."
Speaking to BBC Sport on Monday, Wolff said talk of a dispute between Hamilton and Rosberg had been blown out of proportion, adding that the situation was "political not critical".


The SNP has challenged opposition parties to set out proposals for local taxation after criticism of Nicola Sturgeon's reforms to council tax.

The first minister announced a proposal this week that the four highest council tax bands should pay more.
Scottish Labour dismissed the challenge from Local Government Minister Marco Biagi as "laughable" and the Scottish Conservatives said it was "rich".
The Lib Dems said the SNP had put off reforming council tax for nine years.
Under the SNP's plans, the average Band E household would pay around £2 more per week from April 2017, with those in the highest band paying an extra £10 a week - an average of £517 a year.
The council tax freeze will also end at the same point, with local authorities able to increase the charge by a maximum of 3% a year, potentially raising up to £70m for local services.
Ms Sturgeon confirmed there were no plans for a revaluation of the council tax, which remains based on 1991 property values.
Mr Biagi called on opposition party leaders to "ditch the posturing" and detail their plans in response to Ms Sturgeon's announcement.
He said: "Earlier this week, we set out plans to reform local taxation by making the council tax fairer, protecting low-income families and raising £100m for schools - but all the opposition parties have had to offer is tired rhetoric and a complete avoidance of any detail.
"If any of the opposition parties want to start being taken even remotely seriously, they need to be clear with people in Scotland what their own plans are - and accept that simply carping from the sidelines isn't going to cut it."
The minister added the SNP's reforms were "fair and progressive".
A - D
No change for these tax bands
E - H
Will pay £2 to £10 more per week
£100m for education each year
54,000 people on low incomes in bands E to H  will be exempt
3% increase in local taxes available to councils from 2017
A spokesman for Scottish Labour said: "This is laughable from a minister who has broken the central promise his party was elected on: to scrap the council tax.
"SNP Minister Marco Biagi should be embarrassed to promote this plan. The SNP promised to abolish council tax for a decade, but all they got rid of was the council tax freeze instead. We will outline our fairer plans in the coming weeks.
"Labour have set out more details of our plans on tax than any other party, including plans to ask those earning more than £150,000 to pay more in tax so we can invest in schools."
Scottish Conservative MSP Alex Johnstone said: "It's rich of the SNP to make demands like these, when its own council tax plans were a straight lift from Scottish Conservative-commissioned recommendations barely a month ago.
"And for a party which hasn't even said what it will do with income tax when the power comes to Holyrood, perhaps it should sort out its own house before criticising other people's."
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie said: "The SNP have had nine years to put this policy in place but they missed the opportunity to invest in education and instead cut £500m from local authorities' budgets. Half of what councils do is education.
"Scottish Liberal Democrats will set out our proposals for local taxation in the run-up to May. They will be fair, progressive and give local democracy back to communities."
The Scottish Greens responded to the SNP's challenge by saying they would publish "bold" plans to replace the council tax in the coming weeks.
Local government spokesman Andy Wightman said: "The Scottish Greens have consistently argued that the local tax system must give councils the freedom to make their own choices on how they invest in public services, and the ability to raise the finance they need.
"We have already put forward clear proposals on taxing derelict and vacant land, and will set out our full, bold and progressive vision for local tax reform in the coming weeks."


One of Scotland's most iconic paintings is being put up for sale in a move that could see it go abroad.

The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer is expected to generate global interest and fetch more than Â£10m when it goes under the hammer next month at Christie's in London.
It is the first time in 100 years the painting has been on the open market.
It has been on display in Edinburgh for 17 years while on loan to the National Museum of Scotland from owners Diageo.
Sir Edwin Landseer painted The Monarch of the Glen in 1851.
Diageo officials said they had decided to sell the painting as it had "no direct link to our business or brands".
A Diageo spokesman said. "We have made a major contribution by loaning the work for the past 17 years, but we believe the time is right for us to pass on the ownership of the painting.
"The priority for Diageo is to ensure all our assets are focused on growing our business and delivering value for our employees, shareholders and the communities where we operate."
The National Galleries of Scotland has not yet said if it will attempt to buy the painting.
A spokeswoman said: "The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer is a well-known painting which has been on public view for many years as a loan to National Museums Scotland.
"The familiar image of the stag is an important Victorian picture that has taken on various layers of meaning, which include its use in advertising and as a Romantic emblem of the Highlands of Scotland.
"This painting will undoubtedly draw attention now that it is up for sale."
The red deer stag in the oil painting has 12 points on its antlers, which makes it a "royal stag". The scene is thought to be set in Glen Affric.
A spokeswoman for National Museums Scotland said: "We were delighted to have The Monarch of the Glen on long-term loan from Diageo and to display it in our Scottish galleries at the National Museum of Scotland.
"Landseer's superb vision of the nobility of the Highland stag, and of the Highlands as a wilderness, was a hugely powerful image, and one which still resonates in perceptions of Scotland today."
Diageo is donating another famous painting to the Scottish War Museum, where it is currently on loan.
The Thin Red Line, by Robert Gibb, depicts the 93rd Highlanders halting a Russian cavalry charge at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War in 1854.


Police have been given more time to question three men arrested on suspicion of murder after a man was stabbed in Conwy county on Thursday.

Officers were called to an address in Bryn Heulog, Old Colwyn, at 20:30 GMT on Thursday. David Kingsbury, 35, was found dead nearby.
The men, two aged 30 and one aged 50, were arrested on Monday. Police have a further 36 hours to question them.
A 38-year-old woman arrested last week was released on bail.
Police renewed an appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Det Insp Arwyn Jones said: "We would like to thank those who have already come forward with information which has assisted in the investigation, but we would still like to hear from anyone who may have been in the Aldi car park on Abergele Road or the Wellington Road areas of Old Colwyn, between 8.30pm and 9pm on Thursday 5 January.
"We are also keen to speak to anyone who saw a silver three-door Vauxhall Corsa in the Old Colwyn area and we are appealing to anyone who was travelling on the No 12 bus on Abergele Road between the mentioned times."


Great Britain's Olympic champion Mo Farah is one of three athletes still in contention for the men's IAAF World Athlete of the Year award.

The 33-year-old will go up against Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and South Africa's 400m star Wayde van Niekerk.
The women's award is between Ethiopia's 10,000m champion Almaz Ayana, Jamaican sprinter Elaine Thompson and hammer thrower Anita Wlodarczyk from Poland.
The awards will be presented in Monaco on 2 December.
The three athletes in each category were shortlisted from an original list of 10 announced last month following a vote of representatives from all sections of the sport and members of the public.
Farah secured a historic 'double double' by retaining both his 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic titles in Rio.
Bolt sealed the 'triple triple' in Rio, winning his third Olympic title in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay while Van Niekerk became the first man to run sub-10 seconds for the 100m, sub-20 for the 200m and sub-44 for the 400m, breaking Michael Johnson's 17-year world record on his way to Olympic gold.
Paula Radcliffe, in 2002, was the last British athlete to win one of the IAAF's end-of-year awards while the last Briton to win the men's award was triple jumper Jonathan Edwards in 1995, the year in which he jumped 18.29m - still the world record.


The SDLP is to try to block a bill that prevents former prisoners guilty of serious offences from holding posts as Stormont special advisers (SPADs).

The TUV brought the bill after ex-prisoner Mary McArdle was appointed as an advisor to a Sinn Fein minister.
The SDLP's Dominic Bradley has said his party may use a petition of concern to stop the bill from becoming law.
The petition of concern requires 30 or more signatures and triggers a cross-community vote in the assembly.
The SDLP MLA for Newry and Mourne made the comments on the BBC's Stormont Today programme, after the bill passes its latest consideration stage in the assembly on Monday evening.
Mr Bradley said his party had tabled a number of amendments to the bill, including provisions for an appeal mechanism, but all their proposed amendments have been rejected.
"I don't think that we can be persuaded to live with the legislation," the SDLP MLA told the programme.
"We've made every attempt that we possibly could to shape this into good law, that hasn't been successful and I think at this stage we are considering supporting a petition of concern."
The bill was introduced by TUV leader Jim Allister, in response to Mary McArdle's appointment as special adviser to Culture Minister Caral Ni Chuilin.
Ms McArdle had been convicted for her part in the IRA murder of judge's daughter Mary Travers in 1984.
The victim's sister, Ann, protested publicly about the appointment.
Ms McArdle subsequently took up a different post in Sinn Fein.
The bill seeks to ban anyone who has been sentenced to more than five years in prison from taking up a post in the future.
Sinn Fein, which has 29 MLAs, is opposed to the bill and if the party joined forces with the SDLP's 14 MLAs, both parties would be able to secure a petition of concern.


A Cheshire businessman has been cleared of assaulting two policemen in Greater Manchester in August 2008.

Arran Coghlan, 39, from Alderley Edge, was accused of assaulting two officers outside Mottram Towers in Stockport.
Mr Coghlan said he reacted in self-defence and did not know the men were police when they approached him.
The Crown Prosecution Service told Liverpool Crown Court the charges were being dropped as the prosecution could offer no evidence.
Mr Coghlan was recently cleared in a multi-million pound drugs conspiracy case, after being accused of leading a cocaine-smuggling operation.
He was arrested by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in September 2010 and cleared in June after prosecutors offered no evidence at Liverpool Crown Court.
Mr Coghlan, who has denied any links with criminality, was charged with the murder of his friend Stephen Akinyemi after a fight at his home in Alderley Edge in February 2010.
But prosecutors dropped that case because they could not prove he had not been acting in self-defence.
Mr Coghlan was injured in the fight but Mr Akinyemi - who was known to police - was shot in the head and stabbed to the upper body, despite wearing a stab vest.
The businessman was also cleared in 1996 of shooting Chris Little dead at the wheel of his Mercedes in Stockport.
In 2003, he stood trial for the murder of drug dealer David Barnshaw, who was kidnapped and forced to drink petrol before being burned alive in the back of a car in Stockport in 2001.
He was cleared after it transpired police failed to pass on important information about another possible suspect.


Actress Julie Walters is to be given the Bafta Fellowship, the highest honour the British Academy of Film and Television Arts can bestow.

Walters is being recognised for her contribution to film and TV, where she began partnering comedian Victoria Wood in shows such as Wood and Walters.
She was Oscar-nominated for her turn, opposite Sir Michael Caine, in the 1983 film Educating Rita.
"I'm completely honoured and thrilled," the actress said.
"I got a letter just saying 'you've been chosen, would you accept it?'" she told Chris Evans on his Radio 2 Breakfast show.
"That was it. It was just like an email, and I emailed them back and said, 'yeah, great!'"
In a statement, she added she had "worked with some brilliant people over the years" and had been "very fortunate to have had the opportunities to work on such a variety of projects".
Walters, who was made a CBE in 2008, originally trained as a nurse before studying English and drama and going to work for the Everyman Theatre Group in Liverpool, where her contemporaries included Bill Nighy and writer Alan Bleasdale.
She played various minor roles before teaming up on TV with Woods, with whom she had previously appeared on stage.
She gained international stardom with the comedy film Educating Rita, playing a working class woman who turns to academia to try and better her life. The film was nominated for three Oscars, though Walters - who won the Bafta and Golden Globe for best actress, lost out to Terms of Endearment's Shirley MacLaine on the night.
Walters won another Bafta for best supporting actress in 2001 for the film Billy Elliot.
She won the best actress category at the Bafta TV awards for three consecutive years between 2002 and 2004, for her roles in My Beautiful Son, Murder and Canterbury Tales. She was given the prize a fourth time in 2010 for her portrayal of former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam.
She recently starred in the BBC's Shakespeare series The Hollow Crown.
Chief Executive of Bafta, Amanda Berry called Walters "one the most talented individuals to grace our screens".
"She has the innate ability," she added, "to draw the viewer in across any genre, captivating and entertaining with every performance.
"Julie is thoroughly deserving of the Fellowship, the highest honour the Academy can bestow."
Walters will receive the award at this year's television Baftas at the Theatre Royal in London on 18 May.
She said her speech would require "a bit of thought".
"It's an award that's right at the end of the evening, so nobody wants a great big [speech] so I'm going to have to judge it carefully."
Previous recipients include Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders, Richard Curtis and Sir David Jason.


Heavy drinking remains a major problem stretching health services in Wales, a new report has warned.

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Alcohol is responsible for around 1 in 20 of all deaths in Wales - 29 a week - according to Public Health Wales.
A higher proportion of children in Wales aged 11 to 16 were drinking alcohol than in England or Scotland.
The report said progress was being made with heavy drinking falling among adults under 45 but could be on the increase among older people.
Linda Bailey, a consultant with Public Health Wales, said advertising and sports sponsorship needed to be tackled.


A measles outbreak has been declared at a school in Newport.

Public Health Wales said four people with links to Lliswerry High School had been diagnosed with the illness.
Vaccinations are being carried out at the school and parents have been sent letters to alert them to the risk.
Parents have been urged to ensure their children have received both doses of the MMR vaccine. The first dose is usually given at 12 months and the second at 40 months.
Symptoms include a fever, cough, runny nose, conjunctivitis and a distinctive red rash.
Heather Lewis, consultant in health protection for Public Health Wales, said: "While four cases of measles may not sound a lot, we know that there are other children attending the school who are unvaccinated and could easily catch and spread measles."
Adults who have never had measles or the MMR vaccine and who work in close contact with children have also been urged to speak to their GP about vaccination.


Kit Symons has returned to the Wales coaching set-up under Chris Coleman.

Symons left his national role in July 2015, midway through their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, to concentrate on his job as Fulham manager, but has since been sacked.
Former Wales international Tony Roberts, currently at Swansea City, will replace Martyn Margetson as Wales' goalkeeping coach.
Margetson is leaving his Wales role to work for England and Sam Allardyce.
Paul Trollope has relinquished the role that Symons is retaking in order to concentrate on managing Cardiff City in the Championship.
Trollope succeeded Russell Slade as Cardiff boss in May.
Symons, 45, a former Portsmouth, Manchester City, Crystal Palace and Fulham defender had been Coleman's assistant on a match-by-match basis since 2012.
After being sacked by Fulham in November 2015, Symons was part of Coleman's scouting team at the European Championships in France, where Wales reached the semi-finals.
Wales begin their 2018 World Cup qualifying campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September in Cardiff.


A record number of affordable homes were completed in London last year.

But although it was the highest numerically, it represented just 28% of all homes completed in the capital - the lowest rate in a decade.
Latest government figures show there were 17,914 completions in the year to April 2015, compared to 8,114 affordable homes finished in 2013, and 8,709 in 2014.
Numerically, 2015 marked a sharp recovery.
But when London's population is growing by about 100,000 annually, this acute housing shortage has made the issue more potent than in previous elections.
More than 9,500 of the homes finished last year were for what is now called "affordable rent" - meaning occupants are charged up to 80% of private rental levels in the area.
Just over 3,000 homes were available at "social rent" typically set at 40-50% of private rent levels and what is traditionally charged for council housing.
And more than 5,260 were provided for people who want to part-rent or part-buy.
Case study: Richard Hill, aged 28
Richard lives with his parents in Brentwood, Essex and works at the University of Roehampton. He earns £30,000 a year and says he can't afford to buy in London and won't be able to at least for the next five years. Commuting costs him £4,000 a year.
"I could find a room in a house-share but then I would be forever trapped in a 'generation rent' market. As soon as you rent it makes it near impossible to save for a deposit. I am saving now, doing things like bringing my own packed lunch into work.
"It's quite depressing. Every little helps but only saving £50 a week doesn't make a very substantial dent.
"It's a long commute to work, a good hour and a half and it's expensive. But it's the only option at the moment. It's either grin and bear paying the extortionate rent prices in London or commute in and pay the extortionate commuting fees.
"My parents don't want me there. I don't want to be there. But it's purely because I don't have any choice."
But the number of completions will have to keep on rising to more than 18,000 next year if the mayor is to match the 53,000 affordable homes built in his first term, mainly under Labour's National Affordable Housing Programme.
And more than 12,000 new affordable homes need to be finished this financial year if he is to meet his own target of 100,000 over eight years and the conclusion of his second mayoral term in 2016.
The Conservatives pushed housing to the centre of their campaign last week - promising to extend the right-to-buy policy to an estimated 1.3 million housing association tenants in the UK.
The plan is opposed by Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens.
•200,000 homes for first-time buyers aged under 40, at 20% discount
•New Help to Buy ISAs for first-time buyers
•             Exempt first-time buyers from stamp duty when buying homes for less than £300,000
•Get 200,000 homes built a year by 2020
•Guarantee three-year tenancy agreements in the private sector and a "ceiling" on rent increases
•Prioritise local first-time buyers in new housing areas
•Increase house-building to 300,000 a year
•Set in motion at least 10 new Garden Cities
•Create 30,000 Rent to Own homes a year by 2020
•Build 500,000 social rental homes by 2020
•Abolish the right to buy council homes
•Prioritise social housing for people with parents born locally
•Hold referendums on major planning decisions


Cheltenham Town manager Gary Johnson has signed a new two-year contract with the League Two club.

The 61-year-old guided the Robins to the National League title in 2015-16, his first full campaign in charge.
But they only avoided an instant drop back into non-league on the penultimate weekend of this season.
"We've had a couple of good chats and I'm happy with the way things are going," former Yeovil boss Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
Johnson, who celebrates 25 years in management in October, says he has now fully recuperated after heart surgery in March, which saw him miss several of Cheltenham's matches.
And he admitted any further health problems could have scuppered the new deal.
"I'd already sat down and agreed with the chairman but of course we had to wait until I was better," he said. "I'm certainly ready now."
Johnson began his managerial career at Cambridge and has also taken charge of Bristol City, Peterborough and Northampton, with a 14-game spell in charge of Latvia between 1999 and 2001.


Dozens of customers who paid thousands of pounds for furniture from an online company have been left empty-handed, prompting a probe by Trading Standards.

One woman said, while pregnant, she slept on a mattress on the floor after ordering a bed which did not arrive.
French Rococo Furniture Ltd has been accused of taking £11,000 and not supplying customers with their items.
The BBC has made several attempts to contact company director Cameron Cumming, but he is yet to respond.
Some 30 complaints have been received by Trading Standards, which is investigating the Bristol-based company.
Mr Cumming apparently told them their furniture was in port at Southampton and the delays were not his fault, but the BBC has learned he has not paid his supplier which was holding the goods.
Milly Beddow, 28, from Wales, said she paid £1,700 for a king size bed and bedside tables in June last year and decided to take action five months later.
"I rang him and I said Cameron, you're in breach of contract, I need my furniture - I'm pregnant, sleeping on the floor, I have no wardrobes, I'm living out of bags," she said.
"He offered me furniture for part-time sake. Alarm bells were ringing, if I accepted that I'd be stuck with it. I said I either want my furniture tomorrow or I'd like my money back.
"He asked for my bank details via email and said he would do it there and then. But I haven't had any money back, and no furniture."
BBC reporter Dickon Hooper has spoken to seven customers with similar stories from across the UK, including Belfast, Kent, Rotherham and London.
Source: Citizens Advice Bureau


England's in-form Danny Willett is within one shot of the lead after the opening round of the Maybank Championship in Malaysia.

The 28-year-old, who won the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this month, carded a six-under 65 to end the day behind Australian leader Nathan Holman.
Willett has climbed to 13th in the world rankings from 134th in June 2014.
He is joined in a six-way share of second by compatriot Tommy Fleetwood and Frenchman Alexander Levy.
Willett is also third in Europe's rankings ahead of September's Ryder Cup meeting with the United States after top-five finishes at the Nedbank Golf Challenge,World Tour Championship and HSBC Champions events in the last four months.
But he says that he tried to put his recent run of good form out of his mind as he picked up seven shots over the final 11 holes to climb up the leaderboard at Kuala Lumpur's Royal Selangor Golf Club.
"It is always easy to come to a tournament after you've won and put pressure on yourself to go out and do it again. I've done that before and it kind of kills you," he said.
"So I came here, tried to do the same things, kept working hard and tried to hit the same shots. And it seemed to work for me today."


Dominant Australia claimed their 12th consecutive win over Wales at a shocked and subdued Principality Stadium.

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The Wallabies blew the lethargic hosts off the field in a one-sided first half when tries by Stephen Moore, Reece Hodge and Tevita Kuridrani opened a 20-3 lead.
Bernard Foley's try put the game beyond Wales.
A Welsh flurry, in which Scott Williams scored, was snuffed out when Dane Haylett-Petty crossed for a fifth try.
Wales, whose last win against Australia was in 2008, have now lost their past five Tests.
The Wallabies, meanwhile, made a perfect start to a Grand Slam tour that also includes matches against Scotland, France, Ireland and England.
And the scoreline could have been even more lop-sided as Australia butchered a number of try-scoring chances and fly-half Foley, outstanding in every other facet of his game, missed three conversions.
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Rob Howley, in charge of Wales in the absence of British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland, has to regroup before the visit of Argentina in a week.
Another worry for Wales was a serious-looking ankle injury suffered by scrum-half Rhys Webb in the second half.
Australia dominated possession, and with Sam Warburton and Taulupe Faletau missing, Wales were unable to slow down the speed of delivery.
Foley's distribution and tactical kicking kept Wales guessing in defence, and it took serious scrambling defence to keep the scoreline in check.
Wales managed a good spell after the hour when Williams - a late call-up for the injured Jonathan Davies - scored an opportunist try, and then replacement Hallam Amos was denied in the corner by a superb tackle by Nick Frisby.
But the home side looked blunt in attack compared with their opponents.
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Australia started like a team in serious pursuit of a northern hemisphere Grand Slam and had Moore's try from a lineout rumble on the scoreboard by the time Dan Biggar was shown a yellow card for an early tackle on Haylett-Petty.
A combination of desperate defence and ham-fisted Australian handling at key moments meant Wales did not concede during the fly-half's absence.
But within a minute of his return, Hodge claimed his first international try after a superb backs move, and when Kuridrani dummied over for his try, the half-time score better reflected the Wallabies' dominance.
There was no coming back from that for Wales against a team that had lost seven of their previous 10 matches this year.
Bernard Foley. With space and time there is little this little man cannot do with a rugby ball. And he had lots of space and time.
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Wales face Argentina on 12 November, while Australia travel to Scotland.
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; Alex Cuthbert, Scott Williams, Jamie Roberts, George North; Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Ken Owens, Samson Lee, Luke Charteris, Bradley Davies, Dan Lydiate, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Nicky Smith, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill, James King, Gareth Davies, Sam Davies, Hallam Amos.
Australia: Israel Folau, Dane Haylett-Petty, Tevita Kuridrania, Reece Hodge, Henry Speight, Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps, Scott Sio, Stephen Moore (capt), Sekope Kepu, Rory Arnold, Adam Coleman, David Pocock, Michael Hooper, Lopeti Timani.
Replacements Tolu Latu, James Slipper, Allan Alaalatoa, Rob Simmons, Scott Fardy, Nick Frisby, Quade Cooper, Sefa Naivalu
Referee: Craig Joubert (RSA)
Touch judges: Jerome Garces  (FRA) & Federico Anselmi (ARG)
TMO: Peter Fitzgibbon (IRE)
Citing commissioner: Mike Rafter (England)


A woman has been assaulted with a hammer during an attempted robbery outside a south Belfast restaurant.

The attack happened on the Lisburn Road shortly after 23:00 GMT on Friday night, police said.
A man armed with a hammer attempted to take the woman's handbag after she refused to hand it over.
The woman was struck in the arm several times before the man made off empty handed along Lower Windsor Avenue.
The victim suffered bruising to her arm and was left badly shaken.
Police are appealing for information.
The man was described as being around 5ft 6in tall, and wearing a grey, hooded top, blue jeans and a dark-coloured baseball cap.


A 44-year-old man shot in the knees in Londonderry has said he believes he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Anthony Moran believes his friend was the intended target of the masked gunmen, but he managed to flee the scene.
Mr Moran said he decided to speak out to clear his name after he was shot - it is believed by dissident republicans -  on Monday of last week.
He was visiting his friend in Galliagh Park when three masked men burst in.
Two were carrying metal bars and a third was armed with a gun. The 44-year-old said his friend was under threat from dissident republicans.
When a number of shots were discharged, he said his friend ran out and the gunman then turned his attention to him.
"I believe that the guy who shot me knew that he wasn't there to shoot me," he said.
"But whatever way their operation panned out, I think, in a split-second decision, he's decided to take it upon himself - 'there's somebody here, I can't get the guy [they planned to shoot], I'll get this guy here whoever he is'."
"I'm not known to them, I've never been in trouble with them, I've never had the need to go and speak to them, they've never spoke to me, I've never been in trouble with the police.
"So I definitely don't understand why I was targeted in the end and, as I say, I don't think I was originally the target.
"I think it was just a split second decision by the guy with the gun."
Mr Moran said he would have to use a wheelchair for at least the next six weeks and after that there will be several months of rehabilitation. However he said he is determined to make a full recovery
He said his family have been trying to find out why he was targeted, but have so far been met with silence.


A lottery syndicate set up on Facebook has scooped more than £1.1m in a EuroMillions draw.

The 38 people from around the country are each receiving at least £21,213 after their success in the Mega Friday draw on 27 February.
The syndicate, known as "Gary's Players", was set up more than two-and-a-half years ago by 47-year-old Gary Schei, of East Linton in East Lothian.
The finance manager had four shares in the syndicate, netting him £84,852.
He said: "It's great to win and I think most of the money will go towards the mortgage, although there may be a little treat or two.
"I have a nine-year-old daughter so I think a holiday may be on the cards, but we'll have to wait and see.
"Others in the syndicate are slightly more impulsive than me, one lady went out and bought herself her dream motorbike - a pink Harley-Davidson - while another winner sent me a picture of their credit card that they had cut up into pieces.
"The win really has made such a difference to so many people, it's fantastic."
Mr Schei previously decided playing would be more enjoyable if he did it as part of a group and so sent all his friends and family on Facebook a message inviting them to join the syndicate.
He said: "The syndicate includes friends and family from far and wide - my partner Amanda, my mother, two sisters, a few neighbours, old school friends, golf buddies, friends and family of my friends - it's a huge network of people dotted all over the country, most of whom have never even met each other but who are all in some way connected to me.
"Hopefully one day in the not too distant future we'll all be able to get together and celebrate."
In addition to the £1,103,080 EuroMillions win, the syndicate has enjoyed some luck over the years with 79 smaller wins.
Mr Schei told how he got a variety of different reactions from his friends and family when he informed them of his latest win.
He said: "As it was Saturday not everyone had checked their emails, so I started calling round.
"It was hilarious, I got everything from screaming, tears, complete disbelief and stunned silence. It was so nice to be able to bring joy to so many people.
"One member had bought shares for his parents so they were amazed to find out they had over £40,000 coming their way."


England full-back Mike Brown appears unlikely to face Ireland in the Six Nations on Sunday following a setback in his recovery from concussion.

Brown, 29, was stretchered off in the first half of England's 47-17 win over Italy at Twickenham on 14 February.
He experienced concussion symptoms last Friday, meaning he had to re-start his recovery and will not resume full training until the end of the week.
Worcester's Chris Pennell has been called up to the squad as cover.
"The decision will obviously centre around Mike's health and wellbeing first and foremost," England head coach Stuart Lancaster told BBC Radio 5 live.
"If he is good to go then I have a selection decision to make on the basis of [someone else's] opportunity to train and play fully in the squad during the first part of the week.
"The first decision will be whether he is medically fit and able to play in the game, and we will make that decision via the protocol.
"We do need to get some consistency and continuity in the team during the course of Tuesday and Wednesday, but we will wait and see."
Alex Goode of Saracens is in pole position to start at full-back if Brown, who plays his club rugby for Harlequins, is left out.
"He would be the obvious one having played for us recently, but Chris Pennell comes in as well, and he was excellent for the Saxons [against the Ireland Wolfhounds last month]," Lancaster added.
Meanwhile Jack Nowell is pushing hard for Jonny May's place on the wing, while Tom Wood, Geoff Parling and Courtney Lawes are all fit to train this week after injuries.
Of the three, flanker Wood is the one most likely to force his way into the matchday squad after returning from an ankle problem as the two unbeaten sides in the Six Nations prepare to meet in Dublin.


A Fermanagh GP who dishonestly exploited and took advantage of a vulnerable elderly patient when she failed to repay a £10,000 loan has been given a suspended prison sentence.

Michelle Mellotte, 61, took the money from Michael McGrory in February 2010, saying it would be repaid that summer.
But it was only returned after police began an investigation the next year.
The former doctor in Ederney now faces being struck off the medical register.
The judge told her there was little the courts could do to punish her more than the public humiliation of exposing the "significant breach of trust".
She admitted fraud by abuse of her role.
The judge told her the offence warranted a 12 month custodial sentence, but it would be suspended for two years given the exceptional circumstances of the case.
The court, sitting in Downpatrick, was told that the victim, Michael McGrory, was suffering from Alzheimer's and the GP was aware of his deteriorating mental and physical health when she asked him for the loan.
She went to his home to "ask him for a favour" to help her out of her financial difficulties and he agreed to sign a cheque for £10,000 in the presence of his home help with an endorsement that it would be paid back in the summer of 2010.
The home help confronted the GP a year later when the money was not repaid, but she told her "not to worry about it".
The money was returned to Mr McGrory, who died in 2012, after the police began to investigate the doctor's conduct.
The judge said the GP was not motivated by greed and the money was not spent on a lavish lifestyle, but was rather a result of her financial mismanagement.
He said he had received many testimonials and it was clear Dr Mellotte was dedicated to her patients, and had cared for many people in a compassionate and selfless way.
He said she not only looked after their medical needs but also helped their housing and financial needs, giving people money who were in arrears for rent, and regularly buying groceries for patients.
The judge said the GP did not see anything wrong with this approach, which he described as not only "unorthodox but inappropriate".
He said she was dedicated to her patients but was less interested in the financial aspects of her practice, and described her practical financial management as "inept".
The court was told that the doctor suffered from a history of depressive illness and was in significant financial difficulty and pressure from her bank at the time.
The judge said the offence did not start out as one of dishonesty and the money was used to repay other individuals, including another patient she owed money to.
He said that Dr Mellotte had cared for many people in a compassionate and selfless way for four decades but her career had come to an end in a "publicly inauspicious way".
He said this was a "significant punishment in its own right" and that it was right that the significant breach of trust in the doctor-patient relationship had been publicly exposed in this way.


A former Sinn Féin MLA has lost his legal battle over being denied insurance cover for a libel award of almost £50,000 made against him.

Phil Flanagan sued the firm AIG after it refused to cover him when he sent a tweet falsely implying Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott had shot people.
But a judge ruled that AIG was entitled to withhold cover because Mr Flanagan knew the remark was defamatory.
He also ordered Mr Flanagan to pay the legal costs of his failed action.
Mr Flanagan was told in February that he must pay £48,750 compensation to Mr Elliott for making the unfounded allegation about the former Ulster Unionist leader's conduct during his previous career as an Ulster Defence Regiment (UDR) soldier.
The court heard that Mr Flanagan had tweeted about Mr Elliott when the unionist politician was being interviewed by Stephen Nolan about the Troubles.
The High Court heard that Mr Flanagan tweeted: "I wonder if he [Mr Elliott] will reveal how many people he harassed or shot as a member of the UDR."
The contents of his tweet were held to be baseless and grossly defamatory.
As a result of legal action, Mr Flanagan, who failed to gain re-election to the Northern Ireland Assembly last month, issued an apology on Twitter and agreed to pay compensation and costs.
He accepted his tweet was "untrue, wholly without foundation" and apologised "for all offence caused".
A High Court judge put the payout on hold until Mr Flanagan resolved his case against AIG, the insurers used by Northern Ireland Assembly members.
The court heard that the policy provided for libel and slander claims excludes cases where MLAs know their comments are defamatory.
He said it was never his intention to defame Mr Elliott, and he only realised the seriousness of the situation after taking legal advice.
Lawyers for AIG said on Wednesday that Mr Flanagan was ineligible for cover because the policy did not cover libel cases between MLAs, and that the tweet had nothing to do with constituency or parliamentary business.
The judge rejected those submissions, but he backed a contention that AIG could refuse to cover Mr Flanagan because he knew his posting was defamatory.
He also upheld a claim by AIG that Mr Flanagan took no precautions before publishing the tweet and said Mr Flanagan knew there was no evidence he could use as a defence to any libel proceedings against him.


The UK's tax authority is stressing that "no laws have changed" and that tax rules remain the same following the EU referendum.

Changes to financial regulations will inevitably change in time following the UK's vote to leave the EU.
But, a recorded message on the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) helpline says that nothing has changed in the immediate aftermath of the vote.
An accountancy group said the reassurance message was sensible.
The HMRC message says: "There are no changes to any taxes, tax credits, child benefits or other HMRC services as a result of the vote on the EU referendum.
"Everything is continuing as normal. No laws have changed. There is no need to contact HMRC as a result of the EU referendum."
The recorded message was added to the helpline in line with plans made before the vote, not in response to calls from taxpayers, the tax authority said.
A change of prime minister and new look to the government is likely to lead to tax changes, said Chas Roy-Chowdhury, head of taxation at the ACCA accountancy body, but he added that nothing had changed straight away.
"People and businesses still need to get returns in or make tax payments - they can't slack under the fog of the referendum result," he said.
There is no "moratorium on deadlines", he said, with the next tax deadline for half-year tax payments for those in the self-assessment system coming on 31 July.
He added that there was a danger that if businesses, in particular, were not urged to carry on as normal, that the UK could "talk itself into a recession".


Sierra Leone has officially been declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital, Freetown, at the stroke of midnight - marking 42 days without a single declared case of the disease.
There were further cheers when the WHO local representative made the official announcement later on Saturday.
The outbreak killed almost 4,000 people in Sierra Leone over the past 18 months.
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4,809 Liberia
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2,536 Guinea
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Many gathered around a giant cotton tree in the centre of the city. Some lit candles in memory of the victims, while others danced with joy.
Dr Oliver Johnson, from the King's Sierra Leone partnership, worked at an Ebola clinic in Freetown, and has strong links with medical professionals there.
"[For] everyone I've spoken to, there's a sense of relief that this might finally be over and maybe a bit of disbelief that after so many false starts, or false ends, we might finally be there," he told the BBC.
A country is considered free of human-to-human transmission once two 21-day incubation periods have passed since the last known case tested negative for a second time.
This is the moment Sierra Leone has been waiting for. Thousands of people took to the streets of the capital on the run-up to midnight.
Women's groups came together to organise a march through the city centre; the final point was a 600-year-old cotton tree which sits on a huge roundabout. Usually, the area is jammed with cars, but last night it was packed with people. Some held up candles, others jumped around dancing and a military band led the procession through the city.
There were waves of celebrations, and then silence as names of some of the dead were beamed on to a screen. Health workers in particular were honoured for their bravery and sacrifice, they were some of the first to die when Ebola struck. Today is an enormous milestone for Sierra Leoneans, and people are overjoyed. But this historic moment is bittersweet.
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Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma is due to address crowds in the city later.
On Friday, he blamed the WHO for delaying Sierra Leone declaring a state of emergency and restricting movement during the Ebola outbreak.
He said his government did at the time what it could do and did not have the knowledge to fight the disease.
He said his government had to put up with the delays because international organisations such as the WHO "were the experts".
Neighbouring Liberia was declared Ebola-free in September following 4,800 deaths there.
A handful of cases are still being reported in neighbouring Guinea. Sierra Leone has said it will take heightened security and health screening measures at their shared border.


The family of a woman shot dead in Turkey have said justice has been done after her killer was jailed for life.

Anne Bury, 56, from Swainby in North Yorkshire, was murdered at her villa in Dalyan in September 2013.
Her elderly mother Cecilia, 87, and 25-year-old son Alex were also injured in the shooting.
Gardener Veli Acar, who was jailed on Wednesday at a Turkish court, had claimed the pair were in a romantic relationship which the family denied.
After his sentencing, the family said Ms Bury had intended to dismiss Acar, then aged 46, as her property manager after discovering his "dishonest and deceitful nature".
"We also know that Anne's killer was aware of what she intended to do and believe that Anne was killed in order to prevent her from doing so, as this would have revealed to his family and friends the lies he had peddled of a romantic relationship with Anne and the illegitimate source of his new-found wealth," a statement from the family said.
They added she had been unable to defend her reputation but had left "irrefutable documentary evidence" proving there was no romantic relationship and Acar was simply trying to cover up stealing from her.
Ms Bury, a trained midwife, worked in a healthcare role for an oil company in Dubai. She had also worked as a barrister specialising in health and social care.
She was described by her family as a "caring, compassionate, considerate and trusting woman".
"Although justice has been done, nothing can bring back Anne or restore the grievous mental and physical wounds inflicted by this evil man on Anne's mother, son and wider family which will be with us for the rest of our lives," the family added.


London Irish back Andrew Fenby says his hat-trick of tries against Edinburgh in the European Challenge Cup came after weeks of frustration on the sidelines.

Fenby, 30, made his first appearance since the opening Premiership weekend in mid-October on Saturday as Irish moved to the top of their pool.
The 38-6 victory at the Madejski Stadium included six tries for Irish.
"It's been a frustrating season so far with not many opportunities for me," he told BBC Radio Berkshire.
Fenby made the switch from full-back to blindside wing as he was named man-of-the-match in his first start since 18 October.
"Being out of the side has been incredibly frustrating," the former Scarlets player added.
"It's part and parcel of professional sport really. Especially now with the investment we've made and the great players we've signed in the back three.
"There's loads of competition and it's all part of staying positive and waiting for your chance. When it comes, you've got to take it."
Irish top pool five after three games and face Edinburgh again at Murrayfield on Friday.
But, The Exiles are still without a win in the Premiership after losing their opening six games.
Fenby hopes they can take the confidence of their European campaign into domestic competition.
"It's about gaining momentum," he said. "We're desperate for that first win in the Premiership, but know we've also had a tough run in our opening fixtures."


Two ambulance workers, both women, have been attacked while attending to a patient in Trillick, County Tyrone.

The female patient called 999 but became violent when the crew arrived.
The woman struck out at a member of the crew, hitting her on the face and kicking her. When a second crew member tried to help, she sustained an arm injury.
A spokesperson for the ambulance service said attacks like this are happening on an "almost daily" basis.
In this instance, the spokesperson said, the two ambulance workers were stood down from their shift, which led to reduced cover in the "significantly rural area in and around Enniskillen" from 23:00 BST on Thursday until 08:00 BST on Friday.
Only one crew member remained to cope with calls in the area.
The police were called to deal with the incident.


Manager Brendan Rodgers has no concerns about indiscipline after his Celtic team was cited by Uefa for "improper conduct" in receiving five bookings against Linfield last week.

Uefa also charged Leigh Griffiths with "provoking spectators" but Rodgers will await the decision of the Uefa hearing on Thursday before commenting.
"One or two weren't bookings, but I don't think you need to worry about the discipline of Celtic," Rodgers said.
"It's not an issue, the discipline."
And the Celtic manager added: "We always try to win any game of football in the most sporting and best way that we can."
Striker Griffiths was charged after he tied a scarf to the goal following Friday's 2-0 win at Windsor Park in the second round of Champions League qualifying.
Play had been held up during the match when a bottle was thrown at Griffiths while he was taking a corner. The striker was shown a yellow card by referee Alejandro Hernandez as he picked up the bottle.
Rodgers remains surprised at that decision, but did not wish to dwell on the incident after the final whistle.
"The hearing is on Thursday so we'll see what comes back from that," Rodgers said.
"The booking seemed really strange at the time, everyone in the stadium would have recognised that.
"It's a situation I don't really want to go overboard on, it happened, it's not something we want to see at Windsor Park or any football ground.
"I was surprised like most people when he got the booking for it. It could have been a little exuberance towards the end, but we're a team that's very disciplined in how we work and that's what we'll remain being.
"If you put yourself up to the things that Leigh did after the game, there's the possibility of what sanctions can be brought the against you. We accept where it's at and we'll wait to see what the hearing says."
Griffiths is a doubt for Wednesday's second leg at Celtic Park due to a calf injury, although Rodgers insisted "it's not serious".
The manager expects another game in which the onus will be on his side to break down opponents who will sit deep and compact, and he wants his players to be "more clinical".
When asked if he hopes that the aftermath of the second leg is not spent discussing off-field incidents, Rodgers said that his only focus will be on the game itself.
"We really enjoyed the trip to Northern Ireland, it's a great country and Belfast's a great sporting city," he said.
"I've been very fortunate to have been in the Bernabeu as a manager, the Nou Camp, Anfield, Old Trafford, and managing at Windsor Park was always something that I wanted to do.
"What's important for me is that Northern Ireland moves on, the stuff you see is the dark ages really. We need to move on as a country. [But] all the players and coaches involved in the game will only ever be talking about the football.
"It's not a game I'm overly worried about in terms of behaviour. In my time up here the Celtic supporters have been amazing, travelled the world, support the team passionately and create a great atmosphere.
"The ones who travelled to Windsor Park last week behaved themselves and there was no drama. If there's any message [to fans], it's enjoy the game and behave yourself."
Linfield were also charged by Uefa for the "throwing of objects" and for a "field invasion".


Kidderminster Harriers were relegated from the National League after a goalless draw against Barrow.

Despite winning their previous two league games a point against Barrow ended the Harriers' 11-year stay in the top tier of the non-league football.
Barrow's Ben Tomlinson had the best chance of scoring at Aggborough when his close-range effort hit the post.
Kidderminster managed four shots on target but failed to really test Barrow keeper Joel Dixon.


Boris Johnson's office has warned senior officials at London's City Hall not to speak out in favour of staying in the European Union.

An email from his chief of staff, Edward Lister, seen by the BBC, tells deputy mayors and senior advisers to "either advocate the mayor's position or otherwise not openly contradict it".
The Mayor of London has accused pro-EU campaigners of trying to gag opponents.
His spokesman said the ruling applied only to those on "official business".
Mr Johnson was "relaxed" about members of his team campaigning on either side in a personal capacity, the spokesman added.
The instruction, in an email sent on 4 March, was circulated just 24 hours before Mr Johnson accused pro-EU campaigners of trying to silence those arguing for Brexit who he claimed were being "crushed by the agents of Project Fear".
Repeating his concerns about ensuring open debate during the referendum campaign when speaking to the BBC on Monday night, the mayor said it was "wrong" that John Longworth, the former boss of the British Chambers of Commerce, had not been able to articulate his pro-Brexit views.
Mr Longworth was suspended and subsequently resigned after saying the UK's long-term prospects could be "brighter" outside the European Union.
The order from his chief of staff not to allow Mr Johnson's team to express their views or contradict him appears to contrast with the mayor's public statements on the importance of an open and public debate.
But the mayor's official spokesman said: "The mayor is relaxed about any of his team of advisers in a personal capacity campaigning for or supporting either side in the EU referendum.
"He wants to see an open and inclusive debate, and recognises that some of his advisors have differing views to those he holds.
"In his role as chief of staff Ed Lister advised the team that as official mayoral policy is now to support the case for leaving the EU they are requested to support that position when undertaking official City hall business."
The mayor's office said the advice was "in line with that issued by the Greater London Assembly's statutory officers".
Although his deputy mayors and senior advisers are political appointees, they are technically officials of City Hall so not subject to the same rules as elected representatives.
The City Hall decision will be seen as a contrast to David Cameron's, taken after pressure from Eurosceptic ministers, to allow members of the Cabinet to campaign openly on either side.
In what one minister described to the BBC on Monday as an "bitter and bad tempered debate" within the party, decisions over the conduct of the campaign on both sides are under intense scrutiny.
Boris Johnson's public calls for open debate sit uncomfortably alongside his office's private demand for discipline.


Seven-time champion Roger Federer played down the favourite tag as he prepared for his 12th Wimbledon semi-final on Friday.

The 35-year-old Swiss third seed plays Czech 11th seed Tomas Berdych on Centre Court at about 16:00 BST.
Seventh seed Marin Cilic of Croatia faces American 24th seed Sam Querrey - conqueror of Andy Murray - in the first semi-final at 13:00.
"Being favourite or not the favourite doesn't matter," said Federer.
"These other guys are all big hitters. I feel like they will have their word to say of the outcome of the matches."
Federer has yet to drop a set as he looks to become the second-oldest man to reach a Wimbledon final in the open era - Ken Rosewall finished runner-up at the age of 39 in 1974 - and ultimately extend his record number of Grand Slam titles to 19.
He has an 18-6 career record against Berdych, and has won their past seven matches, although the Czech claimed significant victories over Federer at the 2004 Olympics, 2010 Wimbledon and 2012 US Open.
"I think he's the greatest of them all," said Berdych, 31. "It's a great challenge to have actually the opportunity to play him.
"No matter if it's Roger or if it's Novak [Djokovic] or a guy in the first round, the most important is myself, my game, belief in what I'm doing. That's it.
"I just have to see it like that. I've done it in the past. I just need to go out there and play my best."
Querrey, 29, enjoyed one of the best wins of his career when he upset defending champion and world number one Murray in the quarter-finals.
The American leads the serving charts with 126 aces after five matches, with former US Open champion Cilic in third place with 105.
Cilic has been tipped as a title contender throughout the grass-court season and has a 4-0 head-to-head lead over Querrey, including two five-set wins at Wimbledon
"Most of the matches were very tight, quite long, especially here," said Cilic.
"I think Sam played really well this year. He's got a big game potentially that can hurt anyone in the game."
Querrey's win over Murray made it two years in a row he has beaten the world number one at Wimbledon, having defeated Djokovic in the third round 12 months ago.
"I knew I could make the second week," he said. "I'm comfortable on the grass. I like playing at Wimbledon.
"It's been a dream tournament so far. Hopefully I can keep it going and go one round further."
The semi-final features four players outside the top four in the world rankings for the first time since Wimbledon 2003 - Federer's first Grand Slam victory.
Despite the vast gulf in experience, the Swiss can see threats to his hopes of a record eighth Wimbledon win from all the other semi-finalists.
"They've got big serves, big forehands - big hitters really," he said.
"All three guys are taller and stronger than I am. I've got to figure out a different way, carve my way through the draw somehow with my slice and my spins, my consistency maybe.
"I'm looking forward to doing that."


Jeremy Corbyn has written to the prime minister calling for urgent talks on social care funding in England.

The Labour leader has urged Theresa May to provide "emergency top-up funding" to protect the elderly and vulnerable.
Councils have been told to bring forward council tax rises, after funding cuts from Whitehall.
A government spokesman said extra funding was being provided and Mrs May was "clear that we need to find a long-term sustainable solution".
In the letter, Mr Corbyn says social care is a "deepening crisis" threatening the lives of hundreds of thousands of older people.
He said the government "must take responsibility" and that relying on council tax to foot the costs would lead to a postcode lottery.
Last week, the Local Government Association criticised the government's decision to not give any extra money in social care funding.
Instead, ministers will let local authorities bring forward council tax rises, and money cut from a housing scheme will be spent on social care.
Mr Corbyn writes:  "After £4.6bn of cuts to social care budgets since 2010, more than a million elderly people are not getting the care they need."
A Conservative Party spokesman said Labour had "no credibility" when it came to social care.
"They had 13 years to find a long-term solution and totally failed to do so," he said.
"Now they suggest raising corporation tax, a pot of money they have already promised to spend on higher welfare payments, scrapping university tuition fees and ending public sector pay restraint."
Mr Corbyn has proposed an urgent meeting at "the highest level" to discuss emergency support for social care and to look at more far-reaching solutions.
Downing Street has not responded to the letter directly and Mr Corbyn has not been invited to meet the PM.
In a statement published by the Department for Communities and Local Government, a government spokesman said: "On Thursday, the Government announced almost £900m of additional funding over the next two years to tackle these growing pressures.
"The prime minister is clear that we need to find a long-term sustainable solution, including making sure all local authorities learn from the best performers to raise standards across the whole system."