Yvonne Murray's husband has called for an investigation into whether her Olympic bronze medal should be upgraded after Russia was accused of running "state-sponsored" doping.

The Scot finished behind Tetyana Dorovskikh of Russia and Paula Ivan of Romania in the 3,000m in Seoul in 1988.
Dorovskikh was banned for a positive drug test in 1993.
"You just feel the time's right to make a move on it now," Murray's husband Tom Mooney said.
"If we don't do it now, we'll never do it."
Mooney says they plan to write to International Association of Athletics Federations president Lord Coe and International Olympic Committee counterpart Thomas Bach in light of the World Anti-Doping Agency commission report examining allegations of doping, cover-ups, and extortion in Russian athletics.
"They should consider Yvonne's case," he told BBC Radio Scotland's John Beattie programme. "We're flagging it up. We want this investigated.
"I know all the hard work she (Murray) put in over the years."
However, Murray's former Scotland and Great Britain team-mate and middle-distance rival Liz McColgan does not think medals should be redistributed.
"Although I was one of a number of athletes back in the '80s who went to championships and won a silver or a bronze because a Russian or an Eastern European has been ahead of us, the way I look at it is, on the day, I finished second, I didn't win the gold," she said.
McColgan pointed out that most do not know the background or circumstances to individual cases of drug-taking in the sport.
"You don't know if they were forced to do it back then," she said. "Did they know they were doing it back then? They were in a regime where there wasn't a lot of choice for what they did to be successful in sport.
"Although they're taking drugs, they still have to train hard to do it.
"The cheating phase comes into the recovery phase where they are able to recover quicker so they can train with double the work-load.
"And, to me personally, I wouldn't feel the need to chase after the gold medal because I just feel, on the day, I didn't win it."
McColgan thinks that, if there is to be any retrospective action, they should simply erase the achievements of drug cheats without upgrading anyone else.
She added that she believes there were British athletes also using drugs at the time.


The family of a woman who was found dead in a car boot in Greater Manchester have said she was a "loving and special" person.

A post-mortem examination has revealed Katelyn Parker, 24, had been strangled with a ligature, police said.
She was found in a blue Nissan car on River Street, Heywood on Friday.
Police were tipped off that a body was in the boot of a Nissan car and officers followed one seen in Claybank Street.
They discovered it had been abandoned nearby.
Ms Parker's family said: "She saw the best in everybody and was happiest when spending time with her friends and family.
"Katelyn was a vibrant and sociable young woman with a big heart and an even bigger smile. She will leave a void in all our lives and her death under such tragic circumstances is something that we will never be able to come to terms with."
Lee Nolan, of Bamford Road, Heywood, has been charged with murder and is due at Manchester Crown Court on Tuesday.
Anybody with information is asked to contact police or Crimestoppers.


A two bedroom flat, described as "mouldy" and "full of rubbish", has sold for £22,500 over its asking price.

The property, in Westcliff-on-Sea in Essex, was also "not for the faint hearted", the estate agent said.
It was put on the the market for £125,000 and went for £147,500.
Rob Kahl, of Scott & Stapleton estate agents, said:  "It was obvious what the condition was like, so I thought let's be a little bit different and not flower it up."
The owners, who live in another part of the UK, had decided to sell up after it was left in a poor condition by tenants.
The property description also advised viewers to "wipe your feet on the way out" and Mr Kahl wrote "I think there may even be some fleas there to keep me company when I carry out viewings".
He said: "We had to go round with the bailiffs and it was full of rubbish, the kitchen was interesting, the toilet was fun and games and there's no point putting it on the market with the normal script - people needed to be pre-warned.
"Nobody was surprised or disappointed - I like to think I was honest."
The flat, on St Helen's Road, had 25 viewings and 10 firm offers in the two days after it went on the market on Friday, the estate agent said.
They estimated that if it were cleaned and decorated it would be worth £170,000.


Mike Edwards has played for 21 managers in 10 years at Notts County, was there when they had no money for milk and has even cooked pre-match meals for the team.

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No wonder he says his time at Meadow Lane has been "a rollercoaster".
Former England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson came and went as director of football, as did Munto Finance and Sol Campbell - and that is just the tale of a few months in Edwards' decade-long association with the East Midlands club.
He now works as fitness and conditioning coach - a job that he once mixed with being part-time cook - but also remains part of the playing squad at the age of 36.
"That is the thing with Notts, you have to muck in. You have the job you have to do, but also you know you have to go a bit beyond it. You do it for the love of the club," he says.
Ahead of his testimonial match at Meadow Lane against Nottingham Forest on Saturday, the defender looks back at the bosses, the good times and bad during 350 matches at Notts.
Possibly the most turbulent time of Edwards' career came when former England boss Eriksson arrived after Middle East consortium Munto Finance took over the club of the summer of 2009.
There was a five-year plan to take the club into the Premier League, but it came to nothing and ended with the club heavily in debt and a £1 takeover.
"He (Eriksson) was queen of everybody's hearts, the dressing room really took to him," Edwards said.
"He was honest with the boys about the troubles off the pitch. He came and told us that we couldn't pay the milk bill. He tried his best to get the club that investment and to get the security."
During that time, Edwards lost his place to former England defender Campbell, who arrived on a five-year deal, but spent just one month and played one game for the Magpies before leaving by mutual consent.
"I like to say that I got him out of the team the next game. To say that I got an ex-international out of the team is a nice thing to keep with me," Edwards said.
After two years away from Meadow Lane between 2012 and 2014, Edwards returned to Notts County looking to expand his horizons beyond the pitch.
It led to a job on the coaching staff, and inadvertently as part-time chef under then manager Shaun Derry when budgets were having to be cut.
"I remember having a meeting with Shaun and Greg Abbott and they were looking at me saying 'we are not going to a hotel before games, we are going to eat on the coach'," he recalls.
"It was my second day in the job and I could feel the heat, a stack of bricks on me and I felt I had to pipe up and say something.
"I said that I could cook, make the food. My wife and kids got back after school and work and there is a stack of pans in the kitchen. They just asked what the hell I was doing?"
A takeover saga and culinary tales are just part of Edwards' story at Notts.
Plenty has also happened on the field. He was part of the League Two title-winning side that won promotion under Steve Cotterill in 2010.
Then there is the highlight of playing for Notts County, the oldest Football League club in the world, when they were invited to inaugurate Juventus Stadium - home of the  Italian giants who adopted Notts' black and white stripes in 1905.
Edwards was later discarded, subsequently brought back, then went down with the Magpies in 2015.
John Sheridan, his 21st boss at Notts - and fourth last season, has brought hope of better times again after a period of upheaval, in which they finished 17th in League Two.
"I'm looking forward to it," said Edwards.
"Off the back of last season, we need to get foundations in place and kick on from there. Hopefully we can get promotion again."
"Notts fans have been brilliant - success and failures, we have shared it together," he said.


More than 140 council workers have been warned they could lose their jobs due to budget cuts, Isle of Wight Council has said.

Eighty-two full and part-time posts are set to be closed, with the authority needing to save £32m over four years.
Last month the government agreed to review funding for the island following warnings about essential services.
The independent-run council said the job losses were due to its "extreme financial situation".
The 82 posts will be cut from a pool of 146 people.
Mark Chiverton, of the Unison trade union, said it was a "devastating blow".
"It just means less and less people are desperately trying to shore up services which are very under-resourced," he said.
"Plainly the level of morale in the council is very low indeed."
A statement from the council said a consultation had started with staff and unions over the proposed redundancies, which would affect 146 employees.
Staff would be offered voluntary redundancy and could be offered alternative employment within the council, it said.
Council leader Jonathan Bacon added: "This is a decision which has been reached with much regret, and which has been a consequence of the extreme financial position which the council faces."
Last month the council's financial position was raised in Parliament after it received nothing from a £300m government fund to help councils hit hardest by cuts.
Communities secretary Greg Clark said he would visit the island to consider its circumstances.


Police arrested 14 people during Saturday's FA Cup semi-final at Wembley Stadium which was marred by Millwall fans fighting each other during their club's 2-0 defeat by Wigan Athletic.

Some supporters were left bloodied while younger fans were left in tears.
Millwall FC said it could not "allow the actions of a mindless minority" to undermine the club's efforts to lose its reputation for hooliganism.
The Football Association said it deplored the "unacceptable" scenes.
The fans were arrested for offences including affray, possession of an offensive weapon, Class A drug possession, ticket touting and assault on police.
Twelve were Millwall fans while two were Wigan supporters.
The BBC's chief football writer Phil McNulty said the violence - the first significant trouble at the new Wembley stadium since it opened in 2007 - took place in the closing stages in several areas of Millwall's allocated end.
He said it was a shameful day for Millwall, whose fans made up about 32,000 of the crowd of 62,335, as an increasingly tense atmosphere built up throughout the second half before trouble flared.
Police and stewards moved in to try to stem the violence - witnessed by millions on TV -  but it took some time to restore a measure of control.
Millwall chief executive Andy Ambler said in a statement: "Our position is clear - anyone associated with our club found guilty of violent behaviour will be banned indefinitely from Millwall matches in addition to any punishment they receive from the authorities."
He added: "At this stage we are still in the process of establishing the full details of what happened in a section of the ground during the second half.
"When we have those facts at our disposal and the police have completed their investigations we may be in a position to comment further."
Millwall manager Kenny Jackett  said he had not been aware of "any fighting".
"I promise you, I wasn't aware of it during the game," he said in a post-match interview.
Told that children were carried crying out of the stadium, he said: "I am very sorry if that is the case."
Club captain Danny Shittu said it was "sad to hear about these things happening on a day like today".
"Things like that shouldn't be going on - it should be a great day for both sides."
FA general secretary Alex Horne said: "We will look to ensure those involved are identified and we would call for criminal charges and a football banning order to be brought against them."
Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan told BBC Radio 5 live he understood why Millwall fans "want to fall out with the visiting team, but why would they fall out amongst themselves?".
"It just gives football a very, very poor reputation.
"We know Millwall are a tough club, their team's tough to play.
"But don't fight each other. I couldn't understand that."


Two dogs have died of smoke inhalation in a house fire caused by a lit cigarette at a home in Stoke-on-Trent.

The blaze, at a two-bedroom home on Bond Street in Tunstall, broke out at 04:20 GMT.
Staffordshire Fire Service said an occupant had dropped a lit cigarette end or hot embers from an ashtray on a settee before going upstairs to bed.
Firefighters rescued a man and a woman from the house. They were taken to the Royal Stoke University Hospital.
The service said the woman had fallen asleep in the living room but was unable to escape as she could not find her key. They smashed the windows and rescued her.
Four firefighters then tackled the blaze using two hose reel jets.
They discovered a man in an upstairs bathroom and rescued him using a ladder.
The service said two Staffordshire bull terriers who were upstairs had died.
Both the man and woman were treated for smoke inhalation.
Station manager Neil Pedersen said: "The couple had an incredibly lucky escape and the situation could have very easily been catastrophic for them."


Police in the Indian capital say they have arrested a fifth person in connection with the gang rape on a bus of a young woman on Sunday.

Four people, including the bus driver, have already been arrested.
The 23-year-old woman remains in a critical condition in a Delhi hospital.
There has been outrage in India in the wake of the attack on the woman and her male friend. The government has since announced a series of measures intended to make Delhi safer for women.
They include more police night patrols, checks on bus drivers and their assistants and the banning of buses with tinted windows or curtains.
"The fifth accused has been arrested in the rape case. His age is being verified before giving details. If [he is a] minor, we have to hold back his particulars as per law," Delhi police chief Neeraj Kumar was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.
The men arrested in connection with the incident earlier also include a gym instructor and a fruit seller.
Fresh protests demanding stringent punishment for the rapists were held outside Delhi's presidential palace, or Rashtrapati Bhavan, on Friday.
The woman has undergone two rounds of surgery since Sunday and remains on life support, doctors at Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital said.
Angry MPs have demanded the death penalty for the rapists, and protests and candle-lit vigils have been held in the capital and elsewhere in India.
The woman and her friend boarded the bus in Munirka area and were on their way to Dwarka in south-west Delhi.
They were returning after watching a film in a shopping centre in south Delhi, police said.


Plans for a £3.5bn development of an area of east London have been given the go-ahead.

The Royal Docks site, in Silvertown, will provide offices, leisure and retail facilities and 3,000 homes including affordable housing.
It is also hoped the development will create 20,700 jobs over the next 10 years.
Newham Council gave planning permission to The Silvertown Partnership (TSP) on Tuesday night.
The council said it hoped, once completed, the 62-acre site would attract about 13 million visitors a year from across the country and abroad, providing a £33m-a-year boost to the local economy and adding about £260m to London's economy.
A school will also be built on the site.
The first phase aims to be finished by 2018, in time for the new Crossrail connections.
This stage will include the renovation of the historic Millennium Mills building - once home to food manufacturer Rank Hovis MacDougall - which will be a centre for start-up businesses.
The building has been out of use since the early 1980s.
The Royal Docks was once known as the warehouse of the world and at the height of its success, the Docks employed more than 100,000 people.
"This part of London is now destined to be a creative hub for our capital, offering a new, easily accessible location for innovative businesses, as well as housing for Londoners and amazing new brand experiences to attract visitors from the UK and abroad," said Simon Webster, TSP's Chief Executive.
The Mayor of Newham, Sir Robin Wales, said: "This multi-billion pound transformation is a fantastic opportunity to reinvigorate the Royal Docks area, giving it a new lease of life benefiting Newham and the capital as a whole."


Hundreds of people in the USA have held protests in the home town of man who killed a lion in Zimbabwe, Africa.

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Walter Palmer from the state of Minnesota is believed to have paid about Â£32,000 to hunt lions in the wild.
Cecil the lion's death has prompted a huge reaction from many on social media, with tens of thousands of people signing a petition asking for Cecil's killer to be punished for what he did.
Mr Palmer said he thought the hunt was legal and didn't know the lion was protected.
Ayshah's been following the story.


A new theory suggests that our male ancestors evolved beefy facial features as a defence against fist fights.

The bones most commonly broken in human punch-ups also gained the most strength in early "hominin" evolution.
They are also the bones that show most divergence between males and females.
The paper, in the journal Biological Reviews, argues that the reinforcements evolved amid fighting over females and resources, suggesting that violence drove key evolutionary changes.
Fossil records show that the australopiths, immediate predecessors of the human genus Homo, had strikingly robust facial structures.
For many years, this extra strength was seen as an adaptation to a tough diet including nuts, seeds and grasses. But more recent findings, examining the wear pattern and carbon isotopes in australopith teeth, have cast some doubt on this "feeding hypothesis".
"In fact, [the australopith] boisei, the 'nutcracker man', was probably eating fruit," said Prof David Carrier, the new theory's lead author and an evolutionary biologist at the University of Utah.
Instead of diet, Prof Carrier and his co-author, physician Dr Michael Morgan, propose that violent competition demanded the development of these facial fortifications: what they call the "protective buttressing hypothesis".
In support of their proposal, Carrier and Morgan offer data from modern humans fighting. Several studies from hospital emergency wards, including one from the Bristol Royal Infirmary, show that faces are particularly vulnerable to violent injuries.
"Jaws are one of the most frequent bones to break - and it's not the end of the world now, because we have surgeons, we have modern medicine," Prof Carrier explained. "But four million years ago, if you broke your jaw, it was probably a fatal injury. You wouldn't be able to chew food... You'd just starve to death."
The jaw, cheek, eye and nose structures that most commonly come to grief in modern fist fights were also the most protected by evolutionary changes seen in the australopiths.
Furthermore, these are the bones that show the most differences between men and women, as well as between our male and female forebears. That is how you would expect defensive armour to evolve, Prof Carrier points out.
"In humans and in great apes in general... it's males that are most likely to get into fights, and it's also males that are most likely to get injured," he told BBC News.
Interestingly, the evolutionary descendents of the australopiths - including humans - have displayed less and less facial buttressing.
This is consistent, according to Prof Carrier, with a decreasing need for protection: "Our arms and upper body are not nearly as strong as they were in the australopiths," he explained. "There's a temporal correlation."
The facial buttressing idea builds on a previous observation by Prof Carrier and Dr Morgan that the early hominins were the first primates to evolve a hand shape compatible with making a fist - and thus, throwing a punch.
That earlier paper attracted criticism from some other researchers, and Prof Carrier expects this new contribution may also prove controversial. He says that debate about the role of violence in human evolution is not new.
"[Our paper] does address this debate of whether our past was violent or peaceful," he told the BBC. "That's an argument that's been going on for a very long time."
"The historical record goes back a short time, the archaeological record goes back a few tens of thousand years more... But the anatomy holds clues to what selection was important, what behaviours were important, and so it gives us information about the very distant past."


The SNP's national executive is to meet to decide selection procedures for the snap general election in June.

The party's 54 sitting MPs are expected to be endorsed as candidates.
A decision will also be made about the fate of Natalie McGarry and Michelle Thomson, who were elected as SNP MPs but now sit as independent members.
Labour's executive is also expected to decide candidate selection, while some challengers have come forward for the Conservatives and Lib Dems already.
The UK goes to the polls on 8 June after Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans for a snap election, subsequently endorsed by MPs by 552 votes to 13.
Ms McGarry and Ms Thomson were the only two Scottish MPs to vote against the election, with SNP members abstaining.
If they do not return, the SNP will need to find five candidates, including three for the seats the party did not win in 2015. A number of party activists have already announced their intention to bid for the SNP ticket in the Glasgow East and Edinburgh West seats formerly occupied by the two women.
On Friday, the UK Labour party issued a call for prospective for parliamentary candidates over Twitter, inviting party members to apply with a deadline of noon on Sunday.
The Scottish party's executive group is meeting over the weekend to agree their selection procedure, with leader Kezia Dugdale saying they were ready and had already been preparing for an election.
The party's sole MP north of the border, Ian Murray, launched his campaign to defend Edinburgh South on Friday. Scottish Secretary David Mundell then followed suit in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale.
Representatives of other parties have started to declare their candidacies for various seats.
Tory MSP Douglas Ross, who was elected to Holyrood in 2016, has announced he will challenge SNP depute leader Angus Robertson in Moray.
And former Lib Dem MP Jo Swinson said she would seek a rematch with John Nicolson in East Dunbartonshire, two years after the SNP member ousted her from the seat.
The Lib Dems are operating all-female shortlists in a number of target seats, some of which - Edinburgh West included - may be decided over the weekend.


David Gilbert says he is already thinking about the new season after seeing his best ever campaign end with a battling first-round defeat by Ronnie O'Sullivan at the World Championship.

World number 22 Gilbert said he played "probably the best I'll ever play and not win" in losing 10-7 to the five-time world champion at the Crucible.
He was happy with a season that saw him reach his first ranking event final.
"It's been my best financially and my ranking's never been so high," he said.
The 34-year-old added: "I am looking forward to next season already."
Gilbert, who reached the International Championship final in China in September, trailed 6-3 overnight but hit four breaks of more than 50 as he pushed O'Sullivan in a high-quality match.
O'Sullivan refused to fulfil his post-match media duties and faces a fine.
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Gilbert felt he could hardly have done more in his first-round match.
"It was an honour to play the legend that is Ronnie O'Sullivan," continued the Tamworth potter. "The guy is amazing. He wasn't quite on the top of this game, but his safety was brilliant.
"I felt like I learned a lot from it. I have nothing to feel disgraced about. I gave it my all and it wasn't quite good enough.
"I really enjoyed it out there. There's not a lot you can worry about when you're up against a player like Ronnie. You expect to get punished every time."
Gilbert continued: "I just tried to attack. My game plan was that the only way I could win was to attack, attack, attack, so I pretty much went for everything.
"His all-round play is just unbelievable. His tactical brain is brilliant. My safety and tactical play is nowhere near what Ronnie's is. He plays shots I don't even see. I have to improve in those areas."
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Rangers have been fined by Uefa after objects were thrown from the Ibrox crowd during their Europa League qualifying tie with Progres Niederkorn.

The Glasgow club must pay €7,000 (£6,250) following the incident during the first-round match on 29 June.
Rangers won the game 1-0 in Glasgow but were beaten 2-0 in the return leg in Luxembourg.
The home leg marked the Scottish Premiership club's return to European competition after a six-year absence.


Grimsby Town have signed Birmingham City midfielder Luke Maxwell on loan until the end of the season.

The 19-year-old started his career with Kidderminster Harriers, where he played under Mariners head of recruitment Gary Whild, before joining Blues in January 2016.
He is yet to make his competitive debut for the Championship side.
A groin strain is likely to prevent him from featuring for Grimsby against Stevenage on Saturday.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.


More than a year after a devastating earthquake hit Nepal, many of its victims are still living in appalling conditions.

The Chuchepati camp is dotted with scores of shacks built with bamboo poles and white polythene and tarpaulin sheets.
It was set up for those displaced by the devastating earthquake in Nepal in April and May 2015.
I had to jump and sidestep the slush and sewage to reach the centre of the camp.
The stagnating puddles of water appeared to be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.
Standing outside a shack, Laxmi Nepali narrated her story with a wry look while comforting her seven-month-old son.
Her life has gone from bad to worse since the quake flattened her small mud and brick house in a village in the district of Sindhuli.
She is among hundreds of displaced people still living in this makeshift camp without running water, electricity, drainage or proper food.
The 30-year-old single mother broke into to tears as she described her daily struggle to feed her three children.
"We lost everything in the earthquake," she said.
"A few months ago, my husband also left me for another woman.
"We are not getting any help from the government.
"How can I manage with my three children?"
Her father, who works as a day labourer, gives her some support.
Ms Nepali's misery continues as the government and the aid agencies still wrangle over how to distribute aid to those affected by the quake.
It is estimated that more than 9,000 people were killed in the earthquake.
Nearly a million homes were destroyed or damaged in the country's worst ever disaster.
Hundreds of thousands of Nepalis are still living in temporary shelters dotted across the country.
A few metres away from Ms Nepali's hut, I met Susmita Thapa, who is visually impaired.
Ms Thapa, is originally from Sindhupalchowk district and lives with six of her family members in the camp.
Life was miserable in the camp, she said, adding that they wanted to return home.
"The government says it will give $2,000 [Â£1,540] to rebuild our houses," she said.
"How can we build our house with that money?
"It will cost three or four times more.
"My parents are day labourers, and we cannot afford it."
Nepal's chronic political instability, incompetence, corruption, convoluted bureaucracy of aid agencies and a crippling economic blockade from neighbouring India are often cited as reasons why people such as Ms Nepali and Ms Thapa are still living in camps in appalling conditions even 14 months after the disastrous earthquake.
Sushil Gyawali, chief executive of Nepal's Reconstruction Authority, accepts displaced people are facing difficulties.
But he said the reconstruction work was on track and the money being distributed to rebuild damaged houses.
"In addition to the $2,000 as grant, we have also announced that we are providing an additional $3,000 as interest-free loan," Mr Gyawali told me.
"People have started to receive the housing grant."
At the same time, he added, the government could provide only partial assistance and was not in a position to provide everything people had lost in the quake.
Just a few metres away from the camp, Kathmandu was bustling with activity.
Traffic jams are normal, and people have learned to live with them.
I could see Nepalese men and women wearing their masks to protect from dust pollution.
The roadside temples were full of worshippers.
But there was a sense of despair and helplessness among the people.
Many Nepalis said they were shocked by the attitude of neighbouring India, which shares close cultural, ethnic and religious links and an open 1,800km (1,100-mile) border.
As a landlocked nation, Nepal depends on imports from India for everything - from oil to pulses.
Nepal's ethnic Madhesi groups in the southern plains, bordering India, launched a general strike late last year in protest at the country's new constitution.
The people of Terai region share close cultural and family ties with people across the border in India.
The Madhesi groups were demanding better representation under the new constitution.
The roadblocks prevented lorries carrying goods from India from reaching Nepal's hills.
Dozens of people were killed in clashes between protesters and security forces.
Some senior Indian officials reprimanded Nepali politicians for ignoring the demands of the Terai population.
Though the Indian government denied that it was behind the economic blockade, very few people in Nepal believed their denial.
The blockade, which lasted for nearly five months crippled life in Nepal.
There were long queues outside petrol stations, severe shortages of cooking gas and lifesaving medicines.
More importantly, Nepalese experts said the blockade had had a huge impact on earthquake reconstruction and rehabilitation, due to a lack of construction material.
An entire nation was seething with anger and despair.
"We felt very insulted and humiliated," Jamuna Gautam, an 18-year-old student, said.
"Our generation will not forget what we had experienced."
Finally, Nepal knocked at the doors of its northern neighbour - China.
But although Beijing offered some symbolic help, it could not translate into full fledged economic aid as difficult terrain in the Tibetan plateau prevented any large-scale movement of essential supplies.
Nevertheless, the crisis made Nepalese politicians reconsider their relations with China.
"India has been myopic in its relations with Nepal," said  veteran Nepalese analyst Yubaraj Ghimire.
"With one stroke the present Indian government has pushed Nepal into China's sphere of influence.
"The Chinese are coming into Nepal in a big way."
Nepalese politicians and media have long accused Delhi of meddling in the internal affairs of Nepal.
There is a strong sense here that Delhi micromanages events in Nepal.
The anti-Indian sentiment in Nepal is not new, but this time I could feel that it was deeply rooted.
The sentiment is somewhat similar in most countries in the region.
I was in Bangladesh a few weeks ago, and many were criticising India for meddling in their internal affairs.
From my days in Sri Lanka as a reporter, I could say how much both the Sinhalese and Tamils criticised India.
In Thimphu, many Bhutanese grudgingly accept India's overarching influence in the country.
Maybe India needs to reboot its relations with its immediate neighbours before reaching out to the outside world.  But that is a different topic altogether.
After suffering ignominy for months, the Nepalese government finally held talks with India and the blockade was gradually lifted.
Analysts in Nepal say India was held in high esteem after it played a key role in bringing Nepal's various warring parties to the negotiating table in 2006, which brought an end to the country's decade-old civil war. But 10 years later, the story is totally different.
There is hope that the new Nepalese Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda (Nepali for "fierce one"), will work towards improving relations with India.
But many here feel that the trust Nepalese people had in India has vanished and the uneasy relationship with India is set to continue.
So, what next for Nepal?
"First, we have to bring our politics in our sovereign domain," said Mr Ghimire.
"Then, we have to make interdependence with any country - neighbouring or far away - dignified, and then we have to learn to live in crisis."


Police in Russia have seized a painting depicting the country's president Vladimir Putin in women's underwear from an art gallery in St Petersburg.

The portrait features President Putin combing the hair of Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev.
Its artist, Konstantin Altunin, has since left the country to seek asylum in France, according to the director of St Petersburg's Museum of Power.
Police said four paintings that were seized broke unspecified legislation.
Two of the other pictures removed from the gallery poked fun at conservative Russian politicians who led a campaign to introduce controversial anti-gay laws.
Gallery owner Aleksander Donskoi claimed he had been given no formal warrant or explanation for the removal of the paintings, which were included in Altunin's exhibition entitled Rulers.
The gallery's director, Tatiana Titova, said Altunin had fled the country following the confiscation of the paintings.
One of the pictures seized features Mr Putin in a nightgown, standing behind Mr Medvedev and stroking his hair, while the prime minister is depicted with a woman's body and wearing lingerie.
Another shows St Petersburg legislative assembly member Vitaly Milonov - one of the architects of Russia's anti-gay laws - against the background of a rainbow, the symbol of gay pride.
A fourth painting depicting the head of the Russian Orthodox Church adorned with tattoos was also confiscated from the Museum of the Authorities.
St Petersburg, which hosts the G20 summit next week, was one of the first Russian cities to introduce a law against what it terms 'gay propaganda'.


Walsall have signed Scunthorpe left-back Scott Laird on loan until January.

Taunton-born Laird, 28, comes in on the day that Walsall sold fellow left-back Rico Henry to Dean Smith's Brentford.
He began his career at Plymouth Argyle, where he was loaned to Torquay before moving to Stevenage in January 2008.
After four-and-a-half years at Broadhall Way, where he made 216 appearances, he followed his old manager Graham Westley to Preston, before joining Scunthorpe in June 2015.
Laird is new Saddlers boss Jon Whitney's 15th signing of the summer transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Mauritania's slim hopes of qualifying for a first ever Africa Cup of Nations finals were ended on Friday as they drew 1-1 in South Africa in Group M.

With Cameroon having already won the group Mauritania needed a win to have any chance at all of earning one of the two best runners-up places available.
The draw means that Mauritania finish in second place with eight points and South Africa third a point behind.
The Gambia, who play Cameroon on Saturday, finish bottom of the table.
Mauritania gave themselves some hope in Nelspruit as they took the lead after 17 minutes.
The goal came against the run of play, as captain Diallo Guideye's low shot from the edge of the area beat South Africa's keeper, Itumeleng Khune.
South Africa's equaliser came about 10 minutes later from a Mpho Makola corner that was headed on by Thulani Hlatshwayo to allow Hlompho Kekana to head home from close range.
Thamsanqa Gabuza had a great chance to give Bafana Bafana the lead just before half-time but was denied by the keeper after a one-on-one chance.
The stop left keeper Brahim Souleymane injured and he did not recover for the second half.
Gabuza was then denied from the penalty spot by Souleymane's replacement.
Mauritania played the last 15 minutes with 10 men after the dismissal of Ismail Diakhite for a second bookable offence.
Also on Friday the Nations Cup hosts Gabon came from behind to beat Sudan 2-1 in Khartoum.
All three goals came in the first-half with Hamid Nizar on target for Sudan before Borussia Dortmund's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and then Cardiff City's Bruno Ecuele Manga gave Gabon the victory.


The Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, is on a five nation tour of Central Asia and Russia with trade and energy topping his agenda.

He will attend the BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summits during his eight-day visit.
He will also lobby for India to join the Uzbekistan-Turkmenistan-Oman-Iran transit treaty, which will give it access to Turkmenistan's oil reserves.
Indian trade organisations have expressed excitement over the visit.
The Press Trust of India news agency quoted the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as saying that Mr Modi's visit to Central Asia was a "landmark" event to revitalise links with the region.
The Associated Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Assocham) highlighted India's recent decision to hike foreign direct investment in the defence manufacturing industry as an opportunity to improve trade ties with Russia.
Mr Modi's itinerary will include an extended meeting with Russian President Valdimir Putin.
Local media have speculated that the visit may also include a meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Russia.


A study carried out by an anti-bullying charity found that 57% of the young people it surveyed had experienced bullying online when playing games.

In addition, 22% said they had stopped playing a game as a result.
Ditch the Label surveyed around 2,500 young members of the virtual hotel platform Habbo, aged between 12 and 25.
One 16-year-old gamer, Bailey Mitchell, told the BBC he had experienced bullying while playing online games since the age of 10.
"If you're going to school every day and you're being bullied in school you want to go home to your computer to escape," he said.
"So if you're getting more abuse thrown at you it's going to put you off doing anything social - it has for a lot of people I know, me included.
"It's regular, every other game you're in, there's always someone who has a mic or types in chat. They'll call you some random abusive thing they can think of."
Mr Mitchell said he regularly received death threats but enjoyed playing online as the competition against others made the games more challenging.
"Now, when I get things, I'll reply with something funny or ignore it. But when I was 10 it was like: who are these people, why are they being mean to me?"
Ditch the Label chief executive Liam Hackett said his charity was launching a global campaign to try to tackle the problem.
"Bullying within online gaming environments is a real issue," he said.
"We are standing for acceptance and tolerance within our games and making the internet a better place."
The report also found:
Around half of the respondents said they believed extra human moderation would help prevent bullying from occurring.
"Online games are often violent and based upon conflict," said Dr Ian Rivers, a psychologist at the University of Strathclyde.
"However this study also shows us that we also need to look at the ways in which people interact online while gaming."
"We note the concerns highlighted in the survey of Habbo users, but the survey relates to a Habbo audience alone which is not indicative of the games industry as a whole," said Dr Jo Twist at Ukie, The Association for UK Interactive Entertainment.
The industry "consistently adapts" by introducing moderators, features to block or silence unwanted communication and issue advice to players and parents, she added.


Easyjet has raised its full-year profit forecast to between £675m and £700m after enjoying better-than-expected trading in August.

The airline said that it carried 7.06 million passengers in August - the second consecutive month above the seven million mark.
The load factor was a record 94.4% - up 0.2 percentage points from August last year.
Easyjet had previously predicted annual profits of between £620m and £660m.
Some of the most popular destinations for holidaymakers included Malaga, Alicante, Faro, Palma and Barcelona.
Paul Moore, an Easyjet spokesman, said: "People have realised that the strong pound against the euro is really making their money go further on holiday."
Sterling has surged against the euro over the past year and is worth €1.36, having reached as high as €1.44.
The airline said the strong August had more than offset additional costs faced by the carrier, including disruption from French air traffic control strikes in April and the impact of two fires at Rome Fiumicino airport.
Shares in Easyjet rose 6.4%, or 117p, to £17.88, making it the top riser on the FTSE 100.
The company's shares have gained almost 30% over the past 12 months, valuing it at more than £6.6bn.
Easyjet's load factor was just short of the 95% figure reported by Ryanair for August.
The Irish airline said on Wednesday that it carried 10.4 million customers in August, up 10% from the same month last year.


The first Syrian refugees to be taken in under the government's expanded resettlement scheme will arrive in Britain "in the coming days", Home Secretary Theresa May has said.

The UK has pledged to take up to 20,000 refugees over the next five years.
Labour's Andy Burnham welcomed the move, but questioned whether more refugees should be accepted by the UK.
Earlier, it was announced that Royal Navy ship HMS Richmond will be deployed to help tackle people smugglers.
The warship will be deployed for two months to board and seize vessels off the coast of Libya.
The government has said it will take refugees from UN camps on the border with Syria.
But the UK will not take part in a proposed EU-wide resettlement scheme for refugees who have already arrived in Europe.
In a Commons statement, Mrs May said many refugees had been through "heart shattering" experiences and seen loved ones die.
She told MPs: "I know that honourable members and the general public are keen to know more detail on the numbers and when people are expected to arrive.
"But I must underline that the scale of the expansion needs careful and meticulous planning to ensure we get it right."
The government was "working at speed" to plan for even more arrivals in the coming weeks, she said.
In response to questioning from MPs, she added that refugees would be subject to security checks to make sure Islamic State militants were not among them.
She did not say how many refugees would arrive in the first wave, but the BBC's Daniel Sandford said he understood the government was aiming to take about 400 people a month.
The UN was able to send people quickly, but security checks by the UK authorities would take time, he added.
Shadow home secretary Mr Burnham said with winter approaching and temperatures dropping, there needed to be an "urgent solution" to stop more refugees risking dangerous voyages by boat to Europe.
He welcomed last week's announcement the UK would accept 20,000 further refugees, but stressed there needed to be "clarity on headline figures".
He also queried whether the government's decision not to take any refugees from Europe was sustainable "from a moral and a practical point of view".
The SNP's Joanna Cherry QC said her party believes "the UK Government is not doing enough in the face of the extraordinary humanitarian crisis".
The home secretary said she would update Parliament on the numbers in due course.
Europe has been struggling to deal with a huge influx of refugees.
Most are fleeing the conflict in Syria but large numbers are also escaping from violence and poverty in Afghanistan, Eritrea and Kosovo.
In the latest developments, Croatia says it will allow migrants to travel on to northern Europe - opening up a new route a day after Hungary sealed its border with Serbia.
Several other countries have tightened their border controls, including Germany, Austria and the Netherlands.


A best man who conned his friends out of £8,000 for a stag-do and lied about having cancer has been jailed for fraud by false representation.

Martyn Galvin, 30, from Yarm, collected money from his friends, some he had known for 20 years, for a trip to Prague and a day at the races.
But the group was left "shocked" when he failed to turn up at the airport and found the trip had not been booked.
Galvin was jailed for 20 months at Teesside Crown Court.
One of the group, who did not want to be named, told BBC Tees: "It was shock more than anything and disbelief. We were just sat there thinking, 'Is that really happening?'."
He said once the group had arrived at the airport, Galvin had text them to announce his cancer had just been diagnosed as terminal and apologised for a "mix up" with the booking.
The friend said: "He [the groom] was in shock. He was on one side of the fence thinking his best mate's got terminal cancer but then on the other because of all the things that had happened...he started to think 'What's true and what's not?'.
"It's almost as if he [Galvin] was starting to believe his own lies and living a lie. I still to this day don't believe it actually happened," he said.
The friend said Galvin had lied to them about having cancer four months before the stag-do.
He said: "I remember incidents where I had picked him up from his house because the doctor said he wasn't allowed to drive and he would gingerly get into my car with a fresh bandage on that we later found out he was buying from Boots."
The stag do still took place in Newcastle, Yarm and Middlesbrough and the wedding went ahead with a different best man.
Galvin was also ordered to pay full compensation within 28 days.


Nigel Farage and Bob Geldof have traded insults in a nautical battle over the EU referendum.

Mr Farage led a flotilla of fishing boats up the Thames to urge Parliament take back control of British waters.
But his Brexit armada was greeted by a rival Remain fleet carrying Mr Geldof.
The rock star yelled that the UKIP leader was "no fisherman's friend".
Mr Farage accused Mr Geldof of "mocking" impoverished fishermen.
The UKIP leader's flotilla, organised by Fishing for Leave, left the Kent port of Ramsgate early on Friday and reached Westminster during Prime Minister's Questions at 12:30 BST.
A handful of dinghies and other vessels bearing In flags sought to "intercept" the Leave flotilla as it passed under Tower Bridge, with the vessel carrying former pop star Mr Geldof playing the song "The In Crowd" over loud speakers.
There were reports of brief, light-hearted skirmishes, including the exchange of hose fire and a police launch got involved to keep them apart on the Thames outside Parliament while Prime Minister's Questions took place inside.
Addressing Mr Farage over a PA system as his boat, the Sarpedon, pulled alongside the boat carrying the UKIP leader, Mr Geldof called Mr Farage a "fraud".
"Here are the facts about fishing. One, Britain makes more money than any other country in Europe from fishing. Two, Britain has the second largest quota for fish in Europe after Denmark. Three, Britain has the third largest landings. Four, you are no fisherman's friend.
"You were on the European Parliament Fishing Committee and you attended one out of 43 meetings."
Mr Farage branded Mr Geldof counter protest "just disgusting... disgraceful" and said he wanted the UK to get back the rights to its own fish.
"We used to protest against the establishment, now the establishment protests against us," he said.
"What multi-millionaire Mr Geldof did was to show his absolute contempt for the men and women who have come here from right across the UK asking, demanding, to be listened to as their communities are destroyed by the commons fisheries policy.
"As a spectacle, I think it is pretty disgraceful. And then what he did was show the depth of his ignorance... We are only allowed to catch 20% by value of the fish that swim in what should be our territorial waters. He clearly does not understand that."
A group of 30 Leave boats set off before first light, stopping at Southend and Gravesend to pick up passengers before mooring at the Pool of London at 11:00 BST, having passed underneath Tower Bridge.
Police vessels and the harbour master were in attendance as the rival vessels circled on the river outside the Houses of Parliament, where the final PMQs before the referendum was taking place.
The Port of London Authority said it had spoken to both sides about "excessive noise" and the risk of disturbance to other river users but that the episode had passed off without any safety issues.
Mr Farage rejected claims it was a publicity stunt, saying it was a "full-throttled protest" against what he claimed was the "destruction" of the UK's fishing industry by EU membership.
"There are now many harbours without a single commercial vessel...Compare and contrast all of this with Norway who control all fishing stocks up to two hundred miles within the North Sea and has a booming commercial and angling tourism industry."
But Greenpeace said the problem lay not with the EU but the concentration of UK fishing quotas in the hands of a few large operators - some of which it said were part of the flotilla - and successive governments failure to address this.
"The root of the problem lies in London, not Brussels," said the campaign group's director John Sauven. "The distribution of fishing rights within the UK's fleet is entirely the responsibility of the UK's fisheries minister."
"Brexit cheerleaders like Nigel Farage are cynically exploiting the legitimate anger of many British fishermen for political gain."
This view was echoed by Labour, which said being in the EU was good for British fishermen as it gave them access to Europe's fishing waters and their boats were able to land and sell their catch in any EU country.
"To protect fish stocks and the livelihoods that depend upon them, we need a European-wide collective approach," said shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy, calling for reform of rather than exit from the Common Fisheries Policy.
"We cannot risk a return to the bad old days where fish stocks were declining so fast that there were species on the verge of extinction."
Pressed on the matter at prime minister's questions, David Cameron said British fishermen could not hope to get a better deal outside the EU than they do now.


Singer Michael Buble has said his son Noah's cancer treatment is "progressing well", three months after the three-year-old was diagnosed.

The Canadian star and his Argentine model and actress wife Luisana Lopilato issued an upbeat update on Friday.
"We are so grateful to report that our son Noah has been progressing well during his treatment," they said.
They added that the "doctors are very optimistic about the future for our little boy".
It is the first official statement since Buble and Lopilato broke the news of Noah's diagnosis in November.
"He has been brave throughout and we continue to be inspired by his courage," the couple said in the statement on Facebook.
"We thank God for the strength he has given all of us. Our gratitude to his doctors and caretakers cannot be put into words.
"We'd like to thank the thousands of people that have sent their prayers and good wishes to us. As we continue this journey we are greatly comforted by your support and love."
After the initial diagnosis, the couple said they were "devastated" and that they were giving up work commitments to concentrate on "helping Noah get well".
Buble cancelled appearances including the BBC Music Awards and the Brit Awards, which he was due to host later this month.
Buble and Lopilato have another son, one-year-old Elias.
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A blue plaque marking the work of a leading campaigner against racial intolerance and discrimination in Bristol has been unveiled.

Batook Pandya MBE founded the charity Stand Against Racism and Inequality (SARI) in 1988.
Mr Pandya came to Britain from Kenya in 1963 when he was 17 and initially worked as an engineer for British Aerospace. He died in 2014.
The plaque is outside the charity's offices in Portland Square.
Gordon Young of Bristol Civic Society said the plaque will serve to "honour" Mr Pandya as an individual who made "an important contribution to our city".
Esther Deans MBE, Chair of SARI said Mr Pandya was a "tireless campaigner for positive race relations".
"We are extremely proud that his efforts will now go down in Bristol's history for our future generations to celebrate," she said.
Bristol Mayor, George Ferguson described Mr Pandya as "a giant in Bristol public life - with a passion for fairness and cultural integration".
SARI is run by and for victims of racial harassment or attack and describes itself as "an autonomous user-led charity".
The charity now has 20 members of staff and deals with almost 400 cases each year.


Defending champions Toulon claimed a first Champions Cup victory of the season by beating winless Leinster.

Steffon Armitage touched down from a catch and drive, with Eric Escande kicking the conversion and a penalty for Toulon's first-half points.
Johnny Sexton's three penalties kept the visitors in touch, but Escande added three of his own after the break.
Armitage crossed again at the death to all but end Leinster's prospects of progressing from Pool Five.
With only one losing bonus point from three games, Leinster need to win all three of their remaining matches to stand any chance of avoiding a first group-stage exit since the 2012-13 campaign.
Armitage's try-scoring performance will once again raise the question over whether foreign-based players should represent England.
New England head coach Eddie Jones has said he is happy with the Rugby Football Union's policy of only selecting players from outside the Premiership in "exceptional circumstances".
But, when asked about the prospect of adding to his five Test caps, Armitage told Sky Sports: "I wouldn't say no, but my first thing is to keep playing well for Toulon and keep my place here.
"That's the only way I am going to get anywhere at international level - keep my head down and keep pushing. Who knows what is going to happen in the future?"
Toulon, champions in this competition for the past three seasons, were not at their fluid best against a resilient Leinster side, and struggled to work openings for their explosive wingers Bryan Habana and Drew Mitchell.
But the Top 14 club have at least got off the mark in Pool Five after their first fixture against Bath was postponed following the Paris attacks and they suffered a humbling 32-6 loss at Wasps three weeks ago.
Leinster had opportunities to hurt the hosts, with Johnny Sexton given the time and space to attempt kicks to the corners, but the Ireland fly-half's accuracy was uncharacteristically wayward.
And even when Armitage put the finishing touch on a catch and drive spearheaded by Duane Vermeulen, the visitors were still in with a chance thanks to three Sexton penalties.
The Blues' front three of Cian Healy, Richardt Strauss and Mike Ross put in an exhaustive defensive shift before they were replaced after 50 minutes, but it was Leinster's ill discipline that eventually cost them.
They survived Healy's first-half sin-binning unscathed, but saw the points margin widen when Escande landed two penalties during a period in the bin for Devin Toner.
Leinster conceded 17 penalties in total, and were finally finished off in the final minute when Tom Denton was shown a yellow card before Armitage barrelled through from a line-out.
Toulon: D. Armitage; Habana, Bastareaud, Nonu, Mitchell; Giteau, Escande; Fresia, Guirado, Stevens; Manoa, Taofifenua; Gorgodze, S. Armitage, Vermeulen.
Replacements: Taylor for D. Armitage (59), Mermoz for Nonu (69), Meric for Escande (76), Chiocci for Fresia (51), Etrillard for Guirado (59), Chilachava for Stevens (41), Suta for Manoa (53), J. Smith for Gorgodze (51).
Leinster: R. Kearney; McFadden, Te'o, Fitzgerald, Nacewa; Sexton, Boss; Healy, Strauss, Ross; Toner, McCarthy; Ruddock, Van der Flier, Heaslip.
Replacements: D. Kearney for R. Kearney (62), Madigan for Fitzgerald (76), Reddan for Boss (49), J. McGrath for Healy (49), Cronin for Strauss (49), Moore for Ross (49), Denton for McCarthy (62). Murphy for Van der Flier (69).
Sin bin: Healy (25), Toner (46), Denton (79).
Attendance: 12,590
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales).


Jamie Murray will have to wait to become the world number one in doubles after he and partner Bruno Soares lost in the quarter-finals of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells.

The duo, who won the Australian Open men's doubles title in January, were beaten 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-2) 10-8 by Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez.
Scot Murray, 30, is looking to overtake Soares' fellow Brazilian Marcelo Melo.
"It didn't happen today, but next week we'll go again," said Murray.
"I was aware of it. People write about it so you hear about it.
"It probably came into my head a couple of times. I guess that's difficult to block that out. It's not every day you get the chance to reach the top in your sport and for me it was a huge match."
Doubles players are ranked individually and Murray, who helped Britain win the Davis Cup in November, has had 63 playing partners since 2003.
Melo will have to reach at least the semi-finals in Miami, which starts next Wednesday, to deny Murray top spot in the rankings.


Plans to build a new park-and-ride scheme on meadows near Bath may damage the city's Unesco World Heritage City status, campaigners say.

Bath's Conservative-led council has proposed the scheme for Bathampton Meadows but more than 5,500 people have signed a petition against the plans.
The Bath Preservation Trust said the Unesco 2009 recommendation was to reinforce the protection of the site.
The plans are due to be discussed at a meeting of the council on 12 November.
"It would be difficult to see how building a park-and-ride on the site would protect the setting," said Caroline Kay, chief executive of the trust.
Mrs Kay said the trust was "not anti-park-and-ride" but did not believe a new scheme to the east of the city would "provide sufficient benefit to justify the harm it would cause".
Bath resident Amy Williams, who won gold in the skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, has joined the campaign.
She said there was "no need to spoil these beautiful meadows" and urged the council to think about better advertising for the existing park-and-ride sites.
Tim Warren, the leader of Bath and North East Somerset Council, said the plans were "a key part of the council's wider strategy to improve transport and tackle congestion in and around Bath".
"It is of course vital that it is delivered in a way which is sensitive to the local area," said Mr Warren.
A final decision on the scheme will be made by the cabinet at a later date.


Another 24-hour strike by guards on Southern rail is to be held on 23 January, the RMT union has announced.

The action is the latest in the long running dispute over drivers taking on responsibility for opening and closing train doors.
Train drivers in the Aslef and RMT unions walk out again on Friday, leaving almost all Southern's 2,242 weekday services cancelled.
The rail firm said it had already invited the RMT to fresh talks.
Further drivers' strikes are planned for 24, 25 and 27 January.
What's the Southern rail strike about?
RMT leader Mick Cash accused Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink (GTR) of breaking a pledge to retain a second safety-critical member of staff on trains.
He said a commitment made by GTR chief executive Charles Horton in a recent BBC debate "melts away" in direct talks.
"RMT is available but it is down to Southern/GTR to show that same commitment and stick to the promises they gave on camera in front of a TV audience across the region," Mr Cash added.
A Southern spokesman responded: "Mr Horton spoke face-to-face with [RMT deputy general secretary] Mick Lynch immediately after the recording of the debate on Sunday.
"He invited the RMT to fresh talks but we've had no dates or times from them.
"We also made a formal written offer to Aslef over a week ago and we have heard absolutely nothing."
On Wednesday, Southern said it would go to the Supreme Court to try to block Aslef's action, after losing a court case and an appeal last year.


Members of the donor community in earthquake-hit Nepal are concerned that the government is moving too fast with long-term reconstruction plans.

They say the needs of tens of thousands of people in remote areas remain unmet and should not be forgotten.
Nepal is hosting a major international donors conference on Thursday aimed at securing foreign aid to rebuild everything destroyed in the 25 April earthquake.
A UN official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said donors had used a formal diplomatic procedure known as a demarche, to tell the government directly of their concerns.
UN figures show nearly 45,000 households in far-flung mountainous regions are waiting for urgent supplies like tarpaulins and medicines.
It's an acute need with monsoon rains under way.
$7bn
needed by Nepal to rebuild
13
of Nepals GDP wiped out
8,832 people died
500,000 homes destroyed
2.8m people affected
"There is a gap there," said the United Nations Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Nepal, Jamie McGoldrick.
"The search and rescue during the first two weeks was very impressive and very comprehensive but there has been a dip in the support to the work that we need to do in preparation for the monsoons and the reconstruction phase.
"This relief [phase] is essential for life-saving and that's what we are talking about."
The Nepali government has declared the emergency relief phase over, less than two months since the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit central Nepal. That was followed by a second major tremor on 12 May.
The international norm is to allow the emergency period to last for three months after a disaster of this scale.
Donor agencies say the shortened emergency phase means many relief materials are stuck at custom points and warehouses because they can no longer be brought into the country without paying duties and taxes.
The government has defended its policy, saying almost all places affected by the earthquake have received emergency supplies and the relief phase cannot continue forever.
It has prepared a post disaster needs assessment paper which estimates that nearly $7bn ($4.46bn) will be required for reconstruction.
The Association of International NGOs in Nepal recently asked the government to consider extending the first phase of relief to three months to ensure that life-saving aid, including all forms of shelter materials, can be delivered to needy communities before the monsoon.
"We have not been able to reach the remote areas in Gorkha, Dhading, Rasuwa, Sildhupalchok and Dolakha districts with shelter, water and sanitation and non-food items," said Lex Kassenberg, country director for Care Nepal, an international non-governmental organisation.
"The government is really pushing to go into rehabilitation, and most donors and humanitarian workers have the feeling that we are not out of the emergency woods yet, especially considering that we are entering the monsoon now."
The earthquakes have caused more than 3,000 landslides and scientists say monsoons could cause more.
"The wind and the pre-monsoon rains have already damaged the tarpaulins we had been given," said displaced villager Siru Maya Tamang at a makeshift camp in Rasuwa district.
"One old lady in our camp had to spend the whole night in the open and she was taken ill."
Ms Tamang's village and nearby settlements were swept away by massive landslides triggered by the earthquake which killed nearly 200 people in the area.
Nearly 9,000 people died in the country due to the quakes.
"We have been urging all donors to provide us with corrugated iron sheets because they are the only covers that can save us from monsoon rains now," said Ms Tamang.
But government officials say the situation is not so bad.
"There is no village left where the government and its development partners have not reached with relief materials," said Madhu Marasini, who heads the International Economic Co-operation Co-ordination, at the finance ministry.
"We have also been stockpiling some food grains, tents and blankets bearing in mind the monsoon rains and the risk of landslides.
"We have told the development partners very categorically that if they bring in any rescue and relief materials, they need to deposit them in the central warehouse and distribute them through the coordination of the government, which is always open and tax free."
The government has also been critical of donors.
It has accused them of not being transparent about how they spent tens of millions of dollars during the search and rescue operations immediately after the earthquake.
Some donors say relief and reconstruction efforts could go hand in hand.
"It is important to realise that these are two parallel processes," said EU ambassador to Nepal Rensje Teerink.
"The UN has recently re-launched its flash appeal so for us, the humanitarian assistance and relief are still ongoing.
"On the other hand, it is extremely important to find a solution now for the people who have lost their houses and to come forward with reconstruction because the earlier we do that, the less people will be dependent on humanitarian aid."
But it is clear that donors will have to be generous if both relief and reconstruction efforts are to be funded.
It is still debatable whether adequate relief has reached the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the remotest regions.
Everybody acknowledges that the reconstruction effort will test the capacity of a country that has been crippled by years of political instability.


Cardiff Blues completed their pre-season preparation with a hard-fought 25-24 victory over Bristol.

Wales hopeful Matthew Morgan started at number 15 against his old club while No 8 Nick Williams also made his debut despite joining from Ulster in December 2015 after shoulder surgery.
Wales international Tom James and Steven Shingler both scored tries for the hosts, as did Aled Summerhill.
Gavin Henson kicked two conversions and a penalty for Bristol.
Cardiff Blues: Matthew Morgan (Dan Fish 55); Alex Cuthbert (Aled Summerhill 37), Cory Allen, Rey Lee Lo (Garyn Smith 68), Tom James (Blaine Scully 62); Steve Shingler (Jarrod Evans 69), Tomos Williams (Tavis Knoyle 62); Rhys Gill (Brad Thyer 58), Kirby Myhill (Kristian Dacey 40), Taufa'ao Filise (Dillon Lewis 40), George Earle (James Down 58), Cam Dolan (Seb Davies 69), Macauley Cook, Ellis Jenkins (Shane Lewis-Hughes 75), Nick Williams (Josh Navidi 60)


Conservative Beata Szydlo is no new rising star of Polish politics but she is poised to oust a woman rival - Ewa Kopacz - from the prime minister's office.

The Law and Justice Party (PiS) - eurosceptic and strong on traditional values - made a dramatic comeback in Sunday's general election.
Ms Szydlo, 52, has been a conservative MP for a decade. But she impressed many Poles and her party leader, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, earlier this year by running Andrzej Duda's successful presidential campaign.
A relatively unknown MEP, Mr Duda surprised almost everyone by beating the popular incumbent, Bronislaw Komorowski, in May.
During an energetic campaign, Mr Duda travelled the country, with Mrs Szydlo by his side, meeting and listening to as many Poles as he could. Ms Szydlo's role in his success was recognised when Mr Kaczynski appointed her the party's candidate for prime minister.
"The fresh, moderate face of the Polish right. She is the hard-working, skilful and intelligent woman behind Andrzej Duda's spectacular victory in the presidential race," said Marek Magierowski, President Duda's public diplomacy adviser.
That "fresh" face is important here - it sets her apart from the governing centre-right Civic Platform which, after eight years in office, lost much support. But she also contrasts with her boss, Mr Kaczynski.
Mr Kaczynski, a 66-year-old bachelor, is a divisive figure. He is not afraid to accuse his political opponents of being on the side of the former communist police and, more recently, he warned that immigrants were bringing diseases with them from the Middle East.
Led by Mr Kaczynski, Law and Justice had lost every major national election since 2007 until he stepped aside to allow Andrzej Duda to run for president this year.
Like Mr Kaczynski, Ms Szydlo stresses the importance of traditional Roman Catholic family values and the need to help the many who feel they have not benefited from Poland's impressive economic growth during the past two decades. But her tone is more measured.
She was born and raised near the southern Polish coal-mining town of Brzeszcze. "I remember my warm family home with affection," she writes on her webpage. "There was no lack of support, nor discipline. My parents worked hard. Daddy was a miner," she said.
She says she enjoyed reading and played handball during her student days in Krakow's Jagiellonian University, where she met her husband, Edward. They have two sons.
She became the youngest mayor in Malopolska province at the age of 35, and later joined Law and Justice, where she rose to become a deputy leader.
"Never a cabinet member, she'll face a steep learning curve as prime minister. Nevertheless, her views on the economy, a mixture of welfare and laissez-faire, have been her best asset during the campaign - at least in the eyes of the conservative electorate, appalled by the scale of corruption and indolence of the outgoing government," Mr Magierowski said.
Some critics, however, question her independence with Mr Kaczynski in the back seat.
A recent Civic Platform TV campaign spot shows Mr Kaczynski making several gaffes, followed by Ms Szydlo repeating "the chairman is always right".
In 2005, concerned that Poles would not accept both himself and his identical twin, Lech, in the country's top two jobs, Jaroslaw stood aside to help Lech win election as president.
Jaroslaw Kaczynski selected the relatively unknown Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz for prime minister, who lasted just eight months before he made way for his boss.
One of those critics is columnist Konstanty Gebert. "She won't last long. She is a creation of chairman Kaczynski and she serves at his pleasure," he told the BBC.
"She has proven to be as uncharismatic as Prime Minister Kopacz, which is no mean feat. She will be replaced as soon as Kaczynski decides to reshape the cabinet."


A consultation is to be held over proposed measures to cut anti-social behaviour and vandalism in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park.

The park authority has proposed measures including bylaws banning camping without a permit at some popular loch shores, alongside a Â£10m investment in campsites.
A meeting of the board warned parts of the park are being "severely damaged" by over-use and anti-social campers.
The consultation runs until 12 January.
There has been a marked reduction in problems at East Loch Lomond since similar measures were introduced there three years ago, with an 81% drop in antisocial behaviour recorded.
However, littering, fire damage, abandoned campsites and summer-long caravan encampments setting up in laybys remain an issue in other parts of the park.
To combat this, seasonal bylaws have been proposed for the west side of Loch Lomond, the north-east tip of Loch Long and many lochs in the Trossachs.
These would make it an offence to camp outside of authorised sites without a permit, or to cause damage to the area or wildlife.
Kevin Lilburn, chairman of the East Loch Lomond Visitor Management group, said the scheme in place there has made a huge difference.
He said: "Previously we suffered some sort of incident at my home pretty much every weekend in the summer, including litter, theft, vandalism and verbal or even physical intimidation.
"Since the bylaws have been introduced, there have been none.  Not one. That speaks for itself and official statistics tell a similar story.
"We have gone from a situation where my neighbours and I dreaded sunny days to one in which we can relax, enjoy where we live, and happily share the area with responsibly behaved visitors."
The two proposed "management zones", combined with the existing one at East Loch Lomond, would amount to less than 5% of the 720 square miles the park covers.
Fiona Logan, chief executive of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park Authority, said the plans being put out for consultation were "unashamedly ambitious".
She said: "The park is within an hour's drive of more than 50% of Scotland's population, and this gives us specific problems, which, despite our best efforts, have been escalating.
"The package of measures we are proposing has been developed in conjunction with partners and local communities and reflects our wholesale commitment to dramatically improving the experience of the Park for both residents and visitors."
The "Your Park" consultation will begin on 13 October and run until January.
The authority is seeking input from "individuals, landowners, businesses, community enterprises and charities" who may be interested in setting up or running new facilities.
This would be supported by Â£10m from the park authority, which has already identified potential sites for additional camping, campervans and motor homes.


The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) attended 113 incidents at Halloween, which it says is a slight increase on last year.

It said the majority of the incidents on Saturday were located in the Southern Command Area (36%).
Most involved rubbish and bonfires. There were a number of calls about tyres that had been set alight.
Twenty-five of the incidents were bonfire-related with NIFRS crews only having to take action seven times.


The Syrian man who blew himself up in Ansbach, Germany, on Sunday made a video pledging allegiance to the leader of so-called Islamic State, Bavarian authorities say.

The man threatened a "revenge attack" on Germans in the video, they said.
Germany's federal prosecutor's office has taken on the case due to "the suspicion of membership of a foreign terrorist organisation".
IS has claimed it was behind the attack and the Syrian was an IS "soldier".
Fifteen people were injured, four of them seriously, when an explosive device in the man's rucksack, packed with shrapnel, went off close to a music festival in the small town, which is near Nuremberg.
If the attack is confirmed as IS-linked, it would be the first Islamist-inspired suicide bomb on German soil.
The bomber had been denied asylum in Germany and was due to be deported to Bulgaria, where he had previously been granted refugee status.
He had received psychiatric inpatient treatment and had tried to take his own life on two previous occasions, officials said.
Naming the man as 27-year-old Mohammad D., the federal prosecutor's office said in a statement (in German) that a video in which a masked man pledges allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the IS leader, was found on one of the attacker's phones.
Investigators believe that the masked man is Mohammad D. himself. Authorities are investigating whether other people were involved in the crime.
State Interior Minister Joachim Hermann said two phones, multiple SIM cards and a laptop were found with the body of the asylum seeker or at his accommodation.
The attacker announced in the video "an act of revenge against Germans because they were standing in the way of Islam," Mr Hermann said.
Germany was already reeling after five people were wounded on a train in another part of Bavaria a week ago by an axe-wielding teenager from Afghanistan who had pledged allegiance to IS.
On Friday nine people were killed by a teenage gunman in the state capital, Munich, who then shot himself dead. That incident was not believed to be jihadist-inspired.
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Bavarian authorities said that the bomb which exploded in Ansbach was clearly meant to kill as many people as possible.
Further bomb-making equipment was found at the asylum seeker accommodation where the man was living, including a fuel canister, hydrogen peroxide and batteries, they added.
A detailed analysis of the content of all the videos found on the man's electronic devices was ongoing, Mr Hermann said.
"I think that after this video there's no doubt that the attack was a terrorist attack with an Islamist background," the state interior minister said.
A week of bloody attacks has frayed nerves in Germany, which led the way in accepting asylum seekers from Syria. To date, two of the attacks have been linked to a militant group:
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The German interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, acknowledged possible links to international terrorism and IS but also added: "At the same time, we cannot exclude a particular psychological or mental disorder or instability - or we may be talking about a combination of both factors."
Mr de Maiziere has ordered increased police presence in public places.
A neighbour at the asylum seeker accommodation where Mohammad D. lived said he often lied, without any reason, perhaps for attention. He had always said he did not like IS, the neighbour said.
162,510
applications for asylum were lodged by Syrians in 2015
36%
of all first asylum applications were from Syrians
23 Syrian applications were rejected
4,178 applications were closed or withdrawn
135,852 more Syrians arrived in the first five months of 2016
Germany has been the main destination of Syrian asylum seekers entering the EU, most of them arriving irregularly in Greece via Turkey.
Only 23 Syrians had their applications for asylum rejected by the country last year, out of a total of 105,620 decisions on Syrians' applications. A common reason for rejecting an application is when the asylum seeker submits false or incomplete information.
Just under half of asylum seekers rejected by Germany in the past two years were allowed to stay on in the country, according to a recent report in German daily Die Welt (in German).
The Ansbach bomber, who was among those rejected for asylum in 2015, appears to have been placed in a former hotel in the town, designated by the municipal authorities for asylum seekers since 2014.
Source of statistics: German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees report (in German)


It is being described as one of the highest-powered "selfies" ever snapped.

US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, and Denmark's PM Helle Thorning-Schmidt took an impromptu photograph of themselves at the memorial service for the late South African President Nelson Mandela.
The snap joins what one commentator has suggested is the "interesting social phenomenon" of people taking "selfies" in serious places.


Plenty of people are under serious pressure over the next 48 hours here in northern France.

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Not least England manager Roy Hodgson, who desperately needs his team to secure a positive result against Wales in Lens on Thursday after the disappointment of failing to win their opening Euro 2016 game against Russia, despite dominating.
England have played eight matches in major tournaments since Hodgson took over. They have won twice - the last time during the group stages of Euro 2012.
Lose against Wales and the 68-year-old will have one more game to save his job.
The local authorities are also under pressure.
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Policing - already stretched because of the terror threat in France - has been heavily criticised and they seemed overwhelmed in Marseille.
Especially after none of the 150 hardcore "hyper-violent" Russian hooligans who were blamed for most of the violence at the weekend were arrested.
Remember, last month's French Cup final at the Stade de France also descended into chaos when fans managed to smuggle in fireworks, smoke bombs and bottles.
That hardly inspired confidence.
Then there is the English Football Association, which has been told Hodgson's team could be expelled from Euro 2016 if supporters are involved in any more trouble.
After the fresh disorder on Wednesday overnight into Thursday in Lille, the FA are now skating on thin ice. There is probably enough uncertainty surrounding the events - and the tactics of the police - to spare England the humiliation of expulsion for now.
But the numbers of injuries and arrests certainly do not look good. And that will be of huge concern after the FA urged fans to stay out of trouble.
FA chairman Greg Dyke was right when he told Uefa that England fans were not to blame for the sickening scenes inside the Stade Velodrome on Saturday.
But, despite football-related arrests in English football decreasing by 18% in the most recent figures and banning orders preventing known thugs from travelling to tournaments, there is a sense the FA could still be tougher.
According to Uefa, neither the FA nor the Russian Football Union raised any issue when the draw pitted the two countries against each other in Marseille.
The FA needs to explain why not.
England fans may have largely been the victims on the streets of Marseille, but, all too often, a minority still asks for trouble, still chants offensive songs, still trashes town squares, still intimidates locals and still brings embarrassment to English football.
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That is why some would have liked Hodgson and captain Wayne Rooney to have condemned such boorish behaviour during their video appeal earlier this week.
Their message to fans, urging them to be respectful, was well-intentioned, but the words could perhaps have been firmer.
Russia, of course, are also under pressure - having been told they will be kicked out of Euro 2016 if there is any repeat of events at the Stade Velodrome.
Worryingly, that did not seem to bother the Russian 'ultras' who appear to have attacked England and Wales fans in Lille on Wednesday, just hours after Uefa issued its warning.
It seems unlikely the threat of suspension will concern the thugs.
Those who, with a twisted sense of pride, filmed themselves during the rampage before posting the footage on social media.
Who attend hooligan training camps and wear gum shields.
Who traumatised innocent families when they attacked the England section after the full-time whistle on Saturday.
Whose sports minister is Vitaly Mutko, filmed celebrating with the Russian fans just after a dangerous stampede had narrowly been avoided in the south stand.
The participation of Russian athletes at the Rio Olympics already hangs in the balance following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
Being kicked out of the second biggest football tournament in the world would be an even graver humiliation for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
It would raise even more doubts over the country's suitability to host the 2018 World Cup, and would also heighten geo-political tensions.
But, after Russia were sanctioned by Uefa for hooliganism at Euro 2012, there is very little sympathy left.
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Finally, tournament organiser Uefa is under scrutiny.
For failing to take action when the draw threw up the obviously high-risk pairing of Russia v England, on a Saturday evening, in a city where racial tension runs high, and where England fans have particular notoriety after their antics the last time the team played there.
For shrugging its shoulders when the draw meant an inevitable convergence of Russian and British fans in Lille this week.
For allowing Lens, the smallest host city, to stage the England v Wales game.
And for being responsible for security inside the Stade Velodrome, where fan segregation and stewarding was sub-standard.
This is the same Uefa that staged this season's Europa League final at Basel's St Jakob Park, ignoring warnings about the risk of ticket chaos with such a small venue.
The same Uefa whose acting president is Angel Villar Llona, who was fined and warned by world football's governing body for failing to co-operate with an investigation into the bidding for the 2018 World Cup.
A man who, according to Fifa's ethics committee, "failed to behave in accordance with the general rules of conduct applicable to football officials".
And who was put in charge of the 2018 World Cup by Fifa.
The risk of a potential conflict of interest, should a decision have to be made about Russia's involvement in Euro 2016, is obvious.
In warning Russia its team faced expulsion from Euro 2016 if fans caused any more trouble, Uefa deserves credit for leaving itself no wriggle room.
It a strong and decisive message that had to be taken. But football needs to reflect on whether all this could have been avoided.


Leicester City club ambassador Alan Birchenall has said he "was dead" when he suffered a cardiac arrest at an awards ceremony.

"The Birch", 71, collapsed while making a presentation in January. He was treated by medical staff from the audience using a defibrillator.
The former Foxes player said since that night "every day is unreal because the Birch was gone... it changed my life".
The use of a defibrillator saved his life, his doctor confirmed.
Mr Birchenall helped raise money in 2015 for defibrillators to be used at 20 Leicestershire schools.
In his first BBC interview since his collapse, the Leicester City legend said: "I said 'I don't feel well' and then I just felt my legs going and that was it, I was in the ambulance.
"I'm lucky. I owe my life to a defibrillator and the people at Glenfield Hospital... the difference was that there was a defib for me."
Dr Nicky Hickman, one of the people who treated Mr Birchenall, said: "The team had done a good job.
"These devices [defibrillators] in public places really, really make a difference to people.
"Without it he probably wouldn't have had quite such a good outcome."
Mr Birchenall collapsed when making a presentation for the Club of the Year award at the Leicester Mercury Sports Awards on 12 January,
BBC Leicester presenter Martin Ballard, who was at the ceremony, said: "He turned and collapsed at the back of the presentation stage.
"After a couple of minutes the audience realised the severity of the situation and up to 500 people hushed, many standing."
'Mr Leicester City'
"The Birch" was born in East Ham, London, in 1945, but moved to Nottinghamshire when he was four years old.
He played for youth clubs in the county before he was spotted by Sheffield United. He went on to play for Crystal Palace and Chelsea.
However, the majority of his playing career was a six-year spell with Leicester City.
He made 163 appearances and scored 12 goals for the club.
The attacking midfielder later had spells with Notts County, Blackburn Rovers and Luton Town.
In 2002, Mr Birchenall was awarded an MBE for his charity work and seven years later he was given the Freedom of Leicester.
The 71-year-old has become synonymous with the Foxes in his role as club ambassador.
He is hugely popular with fans, pundits and many people connected with football.


Forest Green Rovers boss Ady Pennock sent Cheltenham Town's Gary Johnson a bottle of champagne to congratulate him on promotion to League Two.

Cheltenham secured the National League title on Saturday, ending a season-long battle for top spot with Pennock's second-placed side, their local rivals.
"He may have wanted to keep it secret but it was a lovely little touch," Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.
"Credit to him because he's been very humble. That was a bit of class there."
Pennock said: "He deserved it. We've had a good battle up there, being first and second all season.
"It was just a case of saying well done to him. He fully deserves it.
"Being manager at any football club is a tough job. He's come out on top and that was all it was."
Johnson added: "A bottle turned up yesterday in a package and we thought 'who is this from?' The card came out and it was from 'Ady Pennock, Forest Green.'
"I wish him well for the play-offs."


Uber has said it could have done more to pull unsafe cars off the road in Singapore, amid allegations it rented out faulty vehicles to drivers.

The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that Uber was aware of a Honda Vezel recall when it purchased more than 1,000 Vezels that were then leased to drivers.
One of these cars caught fire in January, according to the report.
Uber has faced a string of controversies in recent months.
Honda recalled the Vezel model in April 2016 due to a faulty component that could cause overheating.
According to the Wall Street Journal, Uber subsequently bought more than 1,000 of the models and leased them to drivers in Singapore through its affiliate car-leasing company, Lion City Rental.
The leasing arrangement was designed to meet strong demand in the country where the cost of owning a vehicle is extremely high.
In January, one Uber driver had flames burst from the dashboard of his Vezel, causing damage to the interior and windshield, the report said. He was not injured.
"As soon as we learned of a Honda Vezel from the Lion Cit Rental fleet catching fire, we took swift action to fix the problem," Uber said in a statement to the BBC. It did not provide details of what action was taken.
However, the firm said "we could have done more" to deal with the issue.
Uber said it had responded to six vehicle recalls since the beginning of the year.
The company has introduced "robust protocols and hired three dedicated experts in-house at Lion City Rental whose sole job is to ensure we are fully responsive to safety recalls".
Uber said it had worked with Singapore's transport authorities to rectify the problem. The Land Transport Authority did not immediately respond to the BBC's request for comment.
The safety fears are the latest damaging development to hit Uber in recent months.
It continues to face legal challenges as it fights to repair a corporate image badly bruised by sexism and misconduct allegations.
Chief executive Travis Kalanick resigned in June, bowing to pressure from shareholders. His departure came after a review of practices at the firm and scandals including complaints of sexual harassment.
The San Francisco-based company, which is valued at about $70bn (£53bn), has faced several hurdles in its attempts to rapidly expand globally.
Uber breached local transport regulations in countries including South Korea and India. The company suspended operations in Macau earlier this year after a dispute with local regulators.
Taxi drivers around the world have protested and accused the ride-sharing firm of unfair competition and undercutting prices.


US senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham are due to arrive in Cairo as diplomatic efforts to end Egypt's political crisis intensify.

US and EU envoys have been meeting officials from the military-backed government and supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.
Their talks took place amid mounting tension over plans to break up two mass sit-ins by Morsi loyalists in Cairo.
A government helicopter dropped leaflets urging people to leave.
The pamphlets, which were dropped over the Rabaa al-Adawiya square, pledged protesters would face no action if they had not committed a crime whilst demonstrating.
More than 100 Morsi supporters have been killed in clashes since the president was overthrown by the military on 3 July.
Meanwhile a court in Cairo said it would start the trial of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie and two of his deputies on 25 August.
Mr Badie and several other senior Brotherhood figures were arrested on charges of inciting violence and complicity in the deaths of anti-Morsi demonstrators during rallies in July.
Protest camp: Clickable image
A Brotherhood spokesman rejected the charges last month as "nothing more than an attempt by the police state to dismantle" the protests.
Mr McCain and Mr Graham are expected to land in the Egyptian capital on Monday evening for two days of negotiations.
Over the weekend, US deputy secretary of state, William Burns, already held separate talks with members of Mr Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood and the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil Fahmy.
The European Union's envoy, Bernardino Leon, also joined the meeting with Mr Fahmy.
Few official details have been given, but the hope is clearly to prevent further violence and bloodshed, correspondents say.
The foreign ministers of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates are also involved in the diplomatic push, and are reported to have visited a Muslim Brotherhood leader.
Meanwhile further talks took place between army chief Gen Abdul Fattah al-Sisi and a prominent group of Islamic clerics.
According to an army statement, Gen al-Sisi told the clerics a peaceful solution could be reached if all sides rejected violence.
However, the preachers were heavily criticised by Morsi loyalists for taking part in the meeting; they say nothing short of Mr Morsi's reinstatement will end their protests.
On Saturday, the interior ministry renewed its call for the demonstrations to end peacefully, and said this would allow the Muslim Brotherhood to return to a role in the democratic political process.
Thousands of Morsi supporters have been defying warnings from the authorities to abandon the sit-ins in Cairo at Nahda Square and outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque, in the east of the capital.
The protesters and their families have been camping there for weeks, demanding the ousted president's reinstatement.


A teenager accused of murdering a Merseyside police officer has been found not guilty of attempting to wound another officer.

Clayton Williams, 19, denied attempting to inflict grievous bodily harm with intent on PC Thomas Birkett by driving a stolen truck towards him.
His colleague, PC Dave Phillips, 34, died after he was hit by the truck in Wallasey last October.
Mr Williams claims he did not intend to injure the officer and denies murder.
The jury is continuing to deliberate over the murder charge in relation to PC Phillips and will return to Manchester Crown Court on Monday.
PC Phillips and PC Birkett had been responding to reports of a burglary in Birkenhead before the collision.
They had been attempting to stop the vehicle using a tyre-puncturing "stinger" device.
Fellow officers tried to save PC Phillips' life but he died shortly after arriving at hospital.
Mr Williams has admitted the burglary in which the car was stolen and a charge of aggravated vehicle taking.


Two men who killed an Aberdeenshire family's pet geckos in a "chillingly evil" act have been told they will avoid jail if they show true remorse.

Daniel Innes, 20, and Jordan McIsaac, 18, put one of the lizards in a kitchen blender and the other fell to its death.
The pair filmed the act on a mobile phone during a house party in Aberchirder in March last year.
The sheriff said it was one of the most "difficult" cases he has faced.
Banff Sheriff Court heard Innes and McIsaac used the householder's teenage son's phone to film the crime as he slept.
His mother Amanda Bibby, 33, returned home early from a weekend break to find her pets dead, with Innes also causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to her home.
Sheriff Philip Mann told Innes and McIsaac that their crime was "chillingly evil" and a "matter of great concern".
"You've given me one of the most difficult cases I've yet to deal with on the bench and I've been on the bench for about 11 years," he said.
He deferred the sentence for three months for good behaviour and for the men to show they are "truly remorseful."
The sheriff also suggested the men contact the Scottish SPCA to ask if there was anything they could do to make amends for their behaviour.
He told the men that if they returned with a positive letter from the charity they would be spared jail.
However, responding to the case Scottish SPCA Ch Supt Mike Flynn said: "Due to the horrific nature of their crime it would not be appropriate for them to volunteer with the society."
Mr Flynn added that the organisation was pleased to see that the pair had been dealt with by the court.


A meeting of household staff called at Buckingham Palace is not a cause for concern, the BBC understands.

The BBC's royal correspondent Peter Hunt understands the meeting is not about the health of either the Queen or Duke of Edinburgh.
Officials at the palace have not said what this morning's meeting, reported to involve all senior staff from across the UK, is about.
Such internal royal meetings usually happen about once a year.
Thursday's meeting will take place at 10:00 BST.
It comes after the Queen and Prince Philip fulfilled official duties on Wednesday.
The Queen met Prime Minister Theresa May at Buckingham Palace to formally agree the dissolution of parliament ahead of the general election, while Prince Philip attended Lord's Cricket Ground to open a new stand.
He was heard joking at the event that he is the "world's most experienced plaque unveiler".
On Thursday, the Queen and Prince Philip are due at a service for members of the Order of Merit at the Chapel Royal at St James's Palace before hosting a lunch for those attending.