An inspection of Aberdeen Crematorium has found some staff believe they were "victims" of the national investigation into the disposal of infant remains.

A visit by Inspector of Crematoria Scotland Robert Swanson was made three days after the publication of the national investigation report.
That inquiry, by Dame Elish Angiolini, uncovered "unethical and abhorrent practices" at Aberdeen Crematorium.
Mr Swanson said he found "good practice" in the cremation of babies.
But he warned the "air needs to be cleared" over the concerns and attitudes of staff.
Mr Swanson said: "In this instance focus was given to examining current procedures and working practices in place at Aberdeen Crematorium to assess what changes have been implemented to ensure that there will be no repeat of the unethical and abhorrent practices described in the report by the Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini.
"The inspection found the operational procedures to be of a good standard with no evidence of current working practices which are comparable to those described in the Report of the National Cremation Investigation."
The Angiolini report led to an apology by Aberdeen City Council chief executive Angela Scott and an urgent inspection by Mr Swanson.
Dame Elish found in some cases that an infant coffin was placed at the side of or on top of an unrelated adult coffin and both cremated together.
Many staff had the "extraordinary belief" there would be no recovered ashes from babies up to the age of 18 months despite the fact they were recovered in other crematoriums.
Mr Swanson observed: "Of most concern to the Inspector was being advised that a number of the five employees currently working at the Crematorium, who were in post during the period subject to the investigation, regard themselves as being 'the victims'.
"Staff were clearly very apprehensive about what the future holds for them and intimated that a representative of their 'Union' was in attendance that day.
"It is the opinion of the Inspector that if public confidence in the Cremation Authority and the Crematorium is to be restored, then the 'air needs to be cleared' with staff at the earliest opportunity."


Martyn Irvine will be out of action for about five or six weeks after suffering a hip fracture in a crash in Belgium on Wednesday.

The Northern Irishman, 31, was competing in the Baloise Belgium Tour event for his Irish professional team Aqua Blue Sport.
Former world track champion Irvine came out of retirement last October to sign for the team.
A team tweet said Irvine had sustained a "minor hairline fracture".
Irvine's team-mates include fellow Irishmen Matt Brammeier and Conor Dunne.
The County Down man retired from the sport after failing to qualify for the Rio Olympics before reversing the decision nine months later.
Aqua Blue Sport's goal is to eventually participate at a World Tour level and compete in the Tour de France, but their events this season include the Milan-San Remo classic, Amstel Gold and the Tour of Britain.
Newtownards man Irvine became the first Irish cyclist to win a world track title in 117 years with victory in the scratch race in Belarus in 2013.
Irvine also won silver in the points race at the 2013 World Championships and a European bronze medal
He finished 2013 as number one scratch rider in the 2013 UCI world rankings and claimed a scratch silver medal in the 2014 Track Cycling World Championships.
His achievements in 2013 led to him being named as the BBC Northern Ireland Sports Personality of the Year.


A bid for council money to help fund a fanzone for Celtic supporters to watch their side's Champions League qualifier against Linfield has been withdrawn.

Belfast City Council had approved an application for funding for the facility at the Devenish Complex pub.
The plan was criticised by some politicians, with one saying it was a "gross misuse of ratepayer money".
Organiser Féile an Phobail has said it has pulled its bid as it does not want to "be used as a political football".
Celtic, the Scottish champions, chose to turn down their allocation of tickets for Friday's match against last season's Irish Premiership winners at Belfast's Windsor Park.
The Glasgow club cited concerns over its supporters' safety.
Celtic won the game with a 2-0 scoreline, but it was marred by a series of missile-throwing incidents.
The fanzone was proposed by Féile an Phobail in conjunction with the Devenish Complex and was backed at a council meeting.
In a letter on Friday, the Féile an Phobail director Kevin Gamble informed Belfast City Council that he was withdrawing the application for funding.
Mr Gamble said the funding was to be used to "reduce tension" surrounding the match and "encourage people without tickets to stay away from Windsor Park".
But he wrote: "We have since reviewed the need for this funding and after consultation with our stakeholders and with the support of local businesses we no longer require additional funding to deliver the fanzone.
"Féile will not be used as a political football despite attempts by some in the media and those politically opposed to the community values Féile upholds."
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) councillor Graham Craig tweeted that he was "pleased to hear" that the application had been cancelled.
Sinn Féin's Matt Garrett said he was disappointed that some unionist councillors opposed the fanzone, accusing them of a "lack of broad-mindedness".
"Unionist councillors are falling over themselves to criticise and close down a positive initiative aimed at diffusing tensions and ensuring that this football match passes peacefully," the councillor added.


A woman who went missing with her four children, amid fears they were heading from London to Syria, has been arrested on her return to the UK.

The Met Police said the woman, 33, had been arrested at Luton Airport on suspicion of child abduction.
Police made an appeal for information after the family went missing from Waltham Forest last week. They were detained in Turkey on Tuesday.
The woman's four children are in police protection, police said.
The woman and her children - aged from four to 12 - were last seen on 25 August boarding a flight to Amsterdam from London City Airport, the Met Police said.
Detectives later found the family had been pictured on security cameras at the airport.
The force said that "due to concerns she [the woman] was intending to travel to Syria with her children" an appeal for information was launched.
Officers then received official confirmation on Tuesday that the family had been detained in Turkey by Turkish authorities.


The last Concorde to take to the skies made its first journey in more than ten years - when it was towed into a new hangar.

Concorde 216 has been parked on a runway in Filton, Bristol, since its farewell flight over the city in 2003.
A small crowd gathered to watch the jet make its latest journey - although the sound barrier remained unbroken during its 800m (2,642ft) trip.
It took about 20 minutes to complete the move to its new home.
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The Concorde is to be the centrepiece of the Bristol Aerospace Centre, due to open this summer.
The Â£16m museum - built around a listed WW1 hangar - will also document the city's central role in the development of the modern aviation industry.


Duncan Bannatyne has announced he is leaving Dragons' Den after 12 series due to "other business commitments".

The 65-year-old's last appearance on the BBC Two show will during the next series, which begins on 20 July.
"I do not plan to make any further investments on the programme so thought it fair to offer my seat to someone else," said the health club mogul.
Bannatyne's departure will leave Peter Jones as the last remaining original dragon on the show.
The other dragons include Deborah Meaden and Kelly Hoppen.
The programme sees businessmen and women present their money-making ideas to the panel of "dragons", who either invest in schemes or pronounce "I'm out".
Mark Linsey, the BBC's controller for entertainment commissioning, said: "Duncan has been the most formidable Dragon and we are going to miss him enormously. He has inspired many entrepreneurs to come on the show and helped make Dragons' Den a huge success for BBC Two."
"His seat is going to be a difficult one to fill, but he leaves the show on a high, with this next series being the best yet," he added.
Bannatyne said: "The series that is about to be transmitted is my final season and I'm delighted that it is full of exciting, high quality pitches. I have made a number of investments and it really is must-see business TV."
His business success took off with the purchase of an ice-cream van, which he later sold before investing in a chain of nursing homes.
Bannatyne sold that business in 1996 and built up a chain of health clubs and spas.
According to the Dragons' Den website, he has invested almost Â£2m in schemes on the programme to date.


Former England captain Rio Ferdinand has defended Raheem Sterling's request to "sit out" England's 1-0 win over Estonia on Sunday because of fatigue.

Sterling was used as a substitute in the Euro 2016 Group E qualifier after telling boss Roy Hodgson he was tired.
Ferdinand said more English players should follow the 19-year-old's lead as it would benefit the national team.
He said on Twitter: "Fair play to him. English players are normally too proud to do that unlike our foreign friends."
Sterling came on as a 64th-minute substitute in Tallinn and was fouled for the free-kick that captain Wayne Rooney scored from.
The teenager, who has played 1,079 minutes of football this season, responded to criticisms from fans by tweeting: "Excuse me for being human. On my way home."
Last month Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers had promised to protect the teenager in a bid to avoid the experiences of Michael Owen, whose career stuttered from his mid-twenties onwards because of injury.
Like Owen, who made the England 1998 World Cup squad aged 18, Sterling has become a key player for both his club and country at a young age.
Ferdinand said he and other England players, like Rooney and Steven Gerrard, would have benefited from more rest and pointed to his former Manchester United team-mate Carolos Tevez, who would not take part in training when tired.
The former defender added on Twitter: "Tevez would come in some days and sit on the massage bed while the team trained. "I'm tired"... match day - firing and energised.
"With more rest at the right times throughout seasons, Rooney would have gone into tournaments for England fresher 100%. Too proud again.
"Same could be said of Gerrard, [Frank] Lampard, John Terry, Ashley Cole myself etc - all too proud to sit out of training or a match with the bigger picture in mind.
"Going by many of the responses on here - because players earn a fortune they cannot get tired. Leave off!"
Former England rugby union captain Will Carling also sympathised with Sterling.
"Always amazed how simplistic some people are," Carling tweeted. "Professional sportspeople can never get tired/ lose form. They get paid! They're still human!!
"I am not just talking footy. Sometimes the adrenaline is just not there. The extra edge. Down to opposition, or fatigue."


The chief executive of aerospace giant Airbus says he has "no intention" of pulling manufacturing out of Britain if it voted to leave the European Union.

Fabrice Bregier said he was committed to its UK workers which includes 6,000 at its wing-making factory in Broughton, Flintshire.
His comments come after the UK boss of Airbus said it would reconsider future investment in the event of an EU-exit.
The referendum will not take place next 5 May, the government says.
At the Paris Air Show, Mr Bregier did say that in a new post-referendum environment, he would have to make a judgement about what the consequences would be for the competitiveness of his business.


Ford driver Andy Priaulx believes the World Endurance Championship is rivalling the status of Formula 1.

Former F1 racer Mark Webber won the championship with Porsche in 2015, while Nick Heidfeld and Kamui Kobayashi are among those competing this year.
Priaulx, a three-time World Touring Car champion, will make his Endurance bow at Silverstone this weekend.
"The crowds and popularity are growing to an all-time high - I think it's competing with Formula 1," he said.
"These guys are all pros - they're either on their way to Formula 1 or just finished Formula 1.
"The next two races will be about learning the ropes and rejoining a World Championship which is the highest level you can achieve in sports car racing."
The highlight of the Endurance season is the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which takes place in June this year.
Priaulx, 41, left BMW after 13 years to join the new Ford Chip Ganassi Racing team.
"I would say we're rookies and we've got the approach of rookies, but we're ambitious rookies," Priaulx told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"You have literally four categories racing in one big race and that makes it very exciting for the fans - there's lots of overtaking."


The number of illegal waste sites being shut down has increased by 70% in the past 12 months, according to the Environment Agency.

Some 1,279 locations were identified and closed in 2012/13, according to its Waste Crime Report.
However, construction waste continues to be a problem, while scrap cars were found at a quarter of all illegal sites.
And the number of successful prosecutions was down by 30%.
The legitimate waste and recycling industry currently generates over Â£12bn every year in the UK, and employs about 128,000 people.
Illegal operators, on the other hand, usually offer to dispose of waste at extremely low prices, and are said to be diverting up to Â£1bn per year from legitimate businesses.
Often the waste is buried or burned with no safeguards for the environment. As well as infestations of flies and acrid smoke, it can lead to serious pollution incidents.
While local authorities deal with most cases of fly-tipping, the Environment Agency deals with larger-scale dumping and illegal exports of waste.
Two years ago, it set up an illegal waste taskforce. Its latest report states that, over the past 12 months, it closed down an average of 25 of these sites every week.
"We've shut more sites down faster than ever," said Mat Crocker, head of waste at the agency.
"We put additional resources to it, we got more people in with the right skill sets, and we've also targeted our efforts at the right people so we can deal with it faster."
While the number of sites being closed down is at record levels, the number of successful prosecutions for waste crime is down to its lowest level in four years.
In 2102/13, 171 prosecutions were completed, leading to five custodial sentences. In 2011/12, there were 249 prosecutions with 10 ending in jail terms.
"We target our prosecutions at the most serious offenders," Mat Crocker explained. "Quite often by providing clear information and following it up with the right type of encouragement, people stop.
"Prosecution is just one of the tools in the bag, really."
One feature of large-scale waste business is that dumpers are often clustered around key motorway links near London and in the North West.
The agency identified 820 active sites in March this year - the vast majority around these pivotal transport routes.
It also carried out inspections on shipping containers in an attempt to curb the illegal export of waste.
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Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon has signed a contract extension until 2018 with the Italian champions.

The 38-year-old, who joined Juve in 2001, helped the Turin club to a fifth consecutive Serie A title this season.
"I hope my fantastic story with this club will go on and bring even further success," said Buffon, whose new deal will take him to 17 seasons at Juve.
Defender Andrea Barzagli, 35, has also signed a new deal until 2018, saying Juve is the "best place" to improve.
Barzagli, who has 54 caps for Italy, will retire from international football after Euro 2016.
But Buffon, who has 156 caps for the Azzurri, hopes to play international football beyond the age of 40 and retire after the 2018 World Cup.
His longevity at Juventus has seen him win seven Serie A titles, not including two that were stripped over the Calciopoli corruption scandal, and the Serie B title they won after their demotion.
"I'm immensely proud in the faith Juventus have placed in me once more," said Buffon, who has made 579 appearances for the Turin club.
Buffon has played 44 times for the club this season and set a new Serie A record in going 973 minutes without conceding a goal.
He remains the most expensive goalkeeper of all time following his £32m move from Parma in 2001.
Juve could complete a domestic double in Italy if they add the Coppa Italia to their league title when they meet AC Milan in the final on 21 May.


Some parents have withdrawn their children from a planned school visit to a mosque following "safety concerns".

Lostwithiel School, in Cornwall, plans to take 91 children to the mosque in Exeter as part of their Religious Education (RE) lesson.
Cornwall Council said "a small number of parents" had raised concerns after fundamentalist groups, such as IS, affiliated themselves with Islam.
The Muslim Council of Britain said it was "disappointing".
Speaking outside the school gates, one mother who did not give her name, said: "With the way that things are at the moment in this country with the attacks that have happened through no warning, I just felt that it was the wrong time to be sending children to a mosque."
Kat Smith, chair of governors at the school, said some parents had expressed concern but the "vast majority" had returned their consent slips and the trip would go ahead.
The Muslim Council of Britain said: "We hope this incident is atypical and not reflective of a growing sentiment against Muslims in this country."
Cornwall Council said: "Parents have the right to withdraw from RE in whole or in part and provide alternative work for their children to further their knowledge and understanding of their own beliefs and values.
"However it is not possible for children to take part in RE as a whole but opt out of learning about one specific religion, as this would contravene the Equality Act of 2010."
Lostwithiel School follows the Cornwall Agreed Syllabus for RE.
As part of that curriculum they study Christianity in greater detail, as well as finding out about Hinduism, Sikhism, Judaism and Islam through school trips, visits from outside speakers and class teaching.
Exeter's mosque has declined to comment.


An industrial chimney which has loomed over part of Wiltshire's countryside for decades is to be demolished.

The Westbury cement works were constructed in the early 1960s and mothballed in 2009.
In a bid to attract investors, non-operational parts of the site, including the 122m-high (400ft) chimney, are to be cleared.
The structure will be brought down with a series of controlled explosions, site owners Tarmac have said.
The chimney is just short of the height of the spire at Salisbury Cathedral, which stands at 123m-high (404ft) above ground level.
Earlier this month Tarmac said it had submitted a prior notice to Wiltshire Council to demolish part of the complex.
At present, the site is an attraction to trespassers and is "a security and maintenance liability".
"Demolition will result in reduced trespass and reduced needs for maintenance," he said.
The cement works are about 1.6km (1 mile) to the north east of Westbury, and the chimney is visible from miles away.


The founder of the Circuit of Wales project has criticised the Welsh Government's refusal to back the scheme, claiming it misled his company.

Economy Secretary Ken Skates said it was too risky, and claims of up to 6,000 jobs were "overstated".
Michael Carrick said none of the government's reasons for rejecting the racetrack were raised during 28 meetings with civil servants.
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the matter had been handled "by the book".
The developers of Circuit of Wales wanted a guarantee to underwrite the cost of the £433m motor racing track and leisure scheme in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent. But Welsh Government said there was a risk ministers would end up with taking on £373m in debt.
The scheme received £9m in public money from the Welsh Government before ministers decided on Tuesday not to offer further support.
Instead, Mr Skates set out plans to invest £100m in a new business park close to the site of the proposed circuit which it believes could attract 1,500 jobs.
Mr Carrick said of the Welsh Government: "They have not shared their concerns with us.  After 28 meetings [in the last year], none of these points were communicated to us."
He claimed that without the construction of a racetrack with testing facilities, the government would struggle to attract companies to Blaenau Gwent.
"They have picked these job figures on the back of a fag packet. It is nonsense," he said of the business park idea.
"We have had seven years of due diligence and evidence. If they think companies are simply going to come without any other reason then they are wrong.
"The question on the automotive park is what diligence has the government done?
"What feasibilities studies have they undertaken before committing £100m?"
Mr Carrick said no final decision had been made about whether to continue to pursue the project without government support.
He said a number of senior members of the team at the Heads of the Valleys Development Company were due to lose their houses in the wake of the decision, and more than £50m committed to the project by dozens of companies had been put at risk.
Meanwhile First Minister Carwyn Jones has defended the Welsh Government's handling of the Circuit of Wales project.
"I wanted to see it work," he told BBC TV's The Wales Report programme.
"What I wanted to do was to give every single opportunity for the Circuit of Wales to come up with scheme that would work as far as the taxpayer was concerned.
"If we are going to be accused of anything, then perhaps it's being too open to giving them that opportunity but I wanted that opportunity to be there and unfortunately it didn't work out."
The Welsh Labour leader claimed the government had handled Circuit of Wales "by the book" and had "properly protected the tax-payer".
"The circuit itself would have provided only around 100 full-time jobs," he said.
"The thousands of jobs would have been created in the technology park which we are now going ahead with."
"We are confident that we can create most of the jobs that the circuit would have created in any event."
Ian Price, director of business organisation CBI Wales, said he supported the "very, very difficult decision" and denied suggestions that it would damage Wales' reputation as a place to do business.
The Wales Report, BBC One Wales, Wednesday 22:40 BST


A Chinese man kidnapped while cycling through Pakistan in May last year has been freed by the security forces, the Pakistani government has said.

It says that Hong Xudong was released following an intelligence operation and is now in the hands of the government.
He had reportedly cycled across Pakistan after traversing Tibet, Nepal and north India.
He was kidnapped in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, close to a dangerous region in neighbouring Balochistan province.
The area is notorious for its multiple insurgencies.
"The Chinese tourist was recovered on Saturday night after a successful operation and is to be handed over to the Chinese embassy in Islamabad anytime soon," Dawn newspaper reported Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan as telling a press conference in Islamabad.
It remains unclear who abducted him - a Taliban splinter group said it was holding him, but another faction released a video three months ago apparently showing the kidnapped man asking the Chinese government to fulfil the kidnappers' ransom demands.
China is one of Pakistan's major allies, investing heavily in infrastructure projects including nuclear power plants, roads and dams.


Rory McIlroy's struggles continued in advance of next week's Open Championship as he missed a second straight cut at the Scottish Open.

After an opening two-over-par 74, the world number four looked on course to survive after three birdies in an unblemished front nine.
But a double bogey at the 13th after he needed two attempts to get out of a greenside bunker halted his momentum.
His 71 left him on one over and proved two shots too many at Dundonald Links.
McIlroy, 28, also endured an early exit at last week's Irish Open at Portstewart where he was tournament host but he tried to remain positive after his latest disappointment.
"I'm frustrated but I thought I saw some good signs this week. My putting was definitely improved although my wedges were not quite there," said McIlroy, who did agree to do media interviews following Friday's round unlike on Thursday.
"I feel like it's close. I'm shooting in and around par. It's not like I'm shooting 76s or 77s."
Ireland's Padraig Harrington is sharing the lead after firing a 68 on Friday.
That left the three-time major winner on nine under along with England's Callum Shinkwin and Germany's Alexander Knappe.
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell survived into the weekend after a birdie on the 18th help reach the cut mark.
The 2010 US Open champion battled valiantly to recover from his opening 75 after carding four birdies and no dropped shots in his opening 15 holes.
A bogey at the 16th dropped him back to level par before his crucial fifth birdie of the day at the last saw his carding a 68.
McDowell has not qualified for next week's Open and his final remaining hope of securing a place at Royal Birkdale is clinching one of the three spots available at Dundonald Links.
For those who have not already won a place in the major, three spots are up for grabs with a top-10 finish in Ayrshire.
Paul Dunne is also looking to secure an Open spot and a second-round 73 left him six behind the leaders.


New Cameroon coach Hugo Broos has made it clear he will not tolerate any interference in his work.

The 63-year-old Belgian was officially unveiled by the Cameroon Football Federation (Fecafoot) on Thursday as he signed a two-year contract.
Broos has not managed at national team level before but insisted he is "not afraid" and demands to be respected.
"I will never accept intrusion in my job as a coach. I am the coach and I take the decisions," he said.
"It is the first time I will be training a national team and there is always a beginning but I hope for good results and I am not afraid to take the post.
"I have always been passionate about African football and Cameroon has a rich football history having participated at World Cups and won the Africa Cup of Nations.
"They have good players and this, coupled with the prospect of qualifying for and playing in two big competitions, was a big attraction."
Fecafoot has set Broos two main objectives: to qualify the team for the 2017 Nations Cup and also for the 2018 World Cup.
His first task is to prepare for the Cameroon's 2017 Nations  qualifier against South Africa on 26 March.
Broos admitted he will initially rely on Alexandre Belinga, who was the interim coach, for information and to get up to speed.
And he will need to make a fast start to the job in order to win over some skeptical Cameroon fans who are unsure if he is the right man to lead the Indomitable Lions.
Meanwhile, former Cameroon captain Rigobert Song has been appointed coach of Cameroon's national team for locally-based players.
He replaces Martin Ndtoungou Mpile, who took the team to the quarter-finals of the African Nations Championship in February.


The 2017 Derby at Epsom will be the richest race ever staged in Britain after two horses were added as late entries at a cost of £85,000 each.

The addition of Permian, who was successful in the Dante Stakes at York, and last week's Goodwood winner Khalidi, means the total purse for the Classic on 3 June will be £1.625m.
The John Gosden-trained Cracksman is the favourite.
Cracksman beat Permian in the Derby Trial in April.
Meanwhile, trainer John Jenkins has defended his owner's decision to run 1,000-1 outsider Diore Lia, where she will be ridden by apprentice Gina Mangan.
Diore Lia has made just two competitive appearances to date, beating only one rival on her Epsom debut late last month before finishing down the field at Lingfield.
Owner-breeder Richard Aylward is keen to let his filly take her chance to generate publicity and funds for Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
"If I didn't run her, someone else would. The owner is keen to run her and has set up a charity. He's there for the big day," said Jenkins.
"I had a runner in the Derby a long time ago. That was an outsider as well and it didn't finish last.
"Has there ever been a 1,000-1 winner of the Derby?"


Williams test driver Susie Wolff will not replace Valtteri Bottas if the Finn is ruled out of the Malaysian Grand Prix, the team have told BBC Sport.

The 25-year-old was declared unfit by a doctor to race in Australia because of a tear in a disc in his lower back.
But deputy team principal Claire Williams said Wolff would not be under consideration - although she refused to confirm the likely deputy.
"Susie Wolff is our test driver not our reserve driver," she said.
"It's not my place to say whether [Bottas] will be in Malaysia. It's a very small tear and it's a case of waiting.
"I don't want to think about what we will do if he's not fit. But clearly we'd have reserve drivers."
Bottas qualified sixth in Melbourne but was not allowed to race, despite complying with the requirement to get out of the car within five seconds.
Although he extricated himself within the specified time, he was in a lot of pain while doing so and the doctors felt he might have been unable to repeat the feat if the car had stopped during the race. Doctors were also concerned about him doing further damage to the injury.
Williams said they "respected" the decision.
Bottas is considered unlikely to miss the Malaysian race on 29 March but if he does it is not yet clear who would replace him.
The team does not have a designated reserve driver, with only test driver Wolff and development driver Alex Lynn on their books in addition to the race drivers.
It would be unlikely to be Lynn, who has just graduated from GP3 and has very limited F1 experience.
Given the team's links with Mercedes, which supplies Williams's engines, it is possible they would choose the world champions' German reserve driver Pascal Wehrlein, who has experience of both the Mercedes and the Force India from pre-season testing.
In 2014 Wolff, married to Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, was the first woman to take part in the race weekend at the British Grand Prix in 22 years.
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A decade ago, the Colombian region of Putumayo was the main production centre for coca, the raw material for cocaine.

And the guerrillas from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc) were well placed to profit from the illegal drugs trade.
Today, there are still small fields of bright green coca cut from the virgin jungle, but the rebels have found a more lucrative, and far safer, source of income: gold.
It was here the US military aid package, known as Plan Colombia, which has amounted to some $8bn (Â£5bn) since 1999, was concentrated.
Since 2000, fleets of spray planes have dropped glyphosate chemicals over the coca bushes, managing to reduce, but never eradicate, drug production.
What the chemicals have done is push local farmers into the new, informal industry of gold mining.
"We estimate that the Farc here make 800m pesos ($450,000) a week from illegal gold mining," said Jhimmy Calvache, the acting mayor of Mocoa in Putumayo province.
Colombia has vast gold deposits, especially along the rivers that wash down from the Andes Mountains.
It was gold that drew the Spanish conquistadors here in the 16th Century, and now, with prices high for precious metal, gold fever has returned.
Mechanical diggers operate along the riverbeds and banks in Putumayo, protected by heavily armed rebels who allow no access to the sites and impose huge "taxes" on production.
In March, police sought to send in investigators to find out how much gold was being extracted.
They ran into trigger-happy guerrillas and it was decided that, without massive army support, there was no chance of making any meaningful inquiries. The operation was abandoned.
While the illegal exploitation of gold in Putumayo is still in its infancy, it is well developed in other parts of the country.
In the northern department of Antioquia, the Farc have established a series of extortion schemes on the gold miners, legal and illegal.
For every mechanical digger that enters their territory, the rebels charge an initial "tax" of up to $3,000 and another $2,000 per piece of heavy machinery for every month of operation.
In the gold-rich municipality of Anori in Antioquia, authorities believe there are up to 120 diggers operating, earning the local Farc unit a monthly income of at least $240,000. There are 125 municipalities in Antioquia.
"Gold is now more lucrative than coca," says Antioquia Governor Sergio Fajardo.
The guerrillas are not just extorting money but running some mining operations themselves or demanding a percentage of all production.
The advantage of gold is that it is perfectly legal to transport and sell, unlike cocaine.
Indeed, legally registered mines have become a favourite acquisition for drug traffickers as well, as they are perfect vehicles for laundering money.
The mining companies can claim any amount of gold is being extracted and then traffickers put all their money from cocaine sales through the books.
On condition of anonymity, a mine worker in Anori played the recording on his telephone of a call he said was from the Farc demanding payment.
"Don't try my patience this month," growled a low voice, "don't make me look for you, or the machines will be burnt and you may become a military objective [this is guerrilla speak for becoming a target for assassination]."
He paid, and continues paying, even during the rainy season when the rising water levels make extracting gold from the river bed almost impossible.
In Putumayo, there is clear evidence that the rebels are strengthening themselves thanks to the cash from gold.
In the remote municipality of Puerto Guzman, 400 people were called in April by the rebels to attend a political meeting, where they said they were forced to listen to Marxist doctrine.
These meetings are increasingly common.
In Piamonte, accessible only by canoe, the rebels run football tournaments for the young people, to hook them in and prepare them for recruitment.
"We had a rebel incursion last month," said Piamonte local councillor Carlos Martinez, who moved his children away for fear of Farc recruitment.
"The guerrillas came into the town, to within 30 metres of the police station. The policemen did nothing, they never left their base."
The police station is a series of bunkers connected by trenches. Resupply is done by US-supplied Blackhawk helicopters.
Their landing is covered by a helicopter gunship hovering over the town, the gunner's finger never leaving the trigger of his machine gun that is capable of firing 800 rounds a minute.
A young policeman offered a few words from the barrier to the base, refusing to come out or let me in.
"We don't get much co-operation from the local community here. We never leave the town," he said, glancing nervously at the high ground within sniper range.
Putumayo used to produce up to 100 tonnes of cocaine a year. Now it produces around 40 tonnes.
But the shortfall in Farc revenue has been more than made up with illegal mining of gold.
As Colombia's conflict enters its 49th year, the 9,000-strong rebels are looking to gold to fund new offensives against the state.


Police have made a fresh appeal for witnesses following an assault on a woman in Inverness last month.

The incident happened on Damfield Road at about 14:10 on 8 June while the  woman was walking towards Old Edinburgh Road.
Police want to trace a man described as being about 50-years-old, 6ft tall, of slim build and with grey shoulder length hair and a distinctive grey beard.
He was wearing a dark knee-length coat.
The man was last seen in the area of Old Hilton Hospital, which is now residential flats, on Damfield Road.


A four-year-old boy has been hailed as a life-saver after coming to the aid of a choking classmate in Caerphilly county.

Harvey Price slapped Aniya Williams on the back after food became lodged in her throat at Pantside Primary School, in Newbridge.
The youngster has been given the honorary title "Dr Harvey" by schoolmates.
Aniya's mother Sinead Williams, 23, said: "He's an angel."
Aniya was eating a sandwich but when she went to have a drink some food became lodged in her throat.
"Harvey reacted immediately and whacked her on the back. He jumped up without even a second thought," teacher Kira Watkins said.
"He is a delightful little boy and is very happy and caring."
Harvey's mother Kay Price, 30, said: "We're absolutely ecstatic, if I'm honest, me and his dad.
"For a four-year-old to think quickly like that - we can't get over it.
"What if no one else had noticed? They are all making a fuss of him at school.
"The dinner ladies and the breakfast club ladies, they all make a fuss of him and call him 'Dr Harvey'."
Ms Williams said her daughter did not understand how serious the situation could have been - but she had thanked Harvey and his family for saving her life.


The number of people claiming unemployment benefit in Northern Ireland fell by a further 900 in April.

It is the 28th consecutive month there has been a fall in the claimant count, with the total figure now at 44,300.
Over the last 12 months, the number of people claiming unemployment benefit has fallen by almost 12,000.
The figures have been published by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency.
The other measure of unemployment, the Labour Force Survey, showed an unemployment rate of 6.2% in the first quarter of this year.
That is one percentage point less than the figures for last year and half a percentage point less than the previous quarter.
The Northern Ireland jobs market has recovered in parallel with the UK as a whole.
However, the Northern Ireland performance has been weaker than the UK average.
The annual drop in jobseekers claimants in Northern Ireland was 20.9%, which was the lowest decrease of the 12 UK regions.
The annual decrease for the UK as whole was  31.4%.
Northern Ireland also continues to have a distinct problem with economic inactivity; working-age people who are classed as neither in work nor seeking unemployment.
The Northern Ireland economic inactivity rate for those aged 16-64 stood at 26.9% which is the highest of the 12 UK regions.
In the first quarter of the year, the numbers classed as inactive fell by 20,000 to 557,000.


Bradford Bulls centre Adrian Purtell says he is not confident of being able to continue his playing career.

The 27-year-old suffered a heart attack in May after the Bulls' defeat by Leeds Rhinos at Magic Weekend.
He told BBC Radio Leeds: "I'd be silly not to think of the worst case scenario. I have hopes of coming back to play but I know my body has gone through a massive trauma.
"I'm hoping for the best but I am expecting the worst."
The boys can hold their heads up high because with all the uncertainty that's been going on it can be hard to concentrate on playing so they should be very proud to still be in with a chance of reaching the play-offs
He added: "I realise I'm very lucky to have got through what I did to be feeling quite healthy now.
"I'm pretty much back to normal now. I'm back training, I don't do as much as the other boys but I'm in the gym and it's hard to believe I had a heart attack four months ago."
The Australian is meeting a sports cardiologist in London on Wednesday to have further tests to see whether he will have to retire.
The former Penrith Panthers man, who is in his first season in Super League, praised the performances of his team-mates in his absence.
Despite being deducted six points for entering administration, the Bulls head into the final round of regular season games one point off Wakefield in eighth place.
"It's disappointing that I've not been able to play and help the boys out because they've been awesome," he continued.
"They can hold their heads up high because with all the uncertainty that's been going on it can be hard to concentrate on playing so they should be very proud to still be in with a chance of reaching the play-offs.
"It seems like things are heading in the right direction off the pitch too, so hopefully that gets sorted soon."


So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says.

Their bodies were then hung from electricity poles in several districts, the office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner said, citing sources.
A man was also reportedly shot dead in public in central Mosul for ignoring an IS ban on using mobile phones.
Iraqi security forces are continuing their push to take Mosul back from IS.
The killings of the civilians appeared to have been carried out on the orders of self-appointed "courts", according to the UN report.
The 40 civilians were accused of "treason and collaboration" and dressed in orange clothes marked in red with the words "traitors and agents of the ISF" (Iraqi Security Forces).
The UN says 20 civilians were also shot dead on Wednesday evening at the Ghabat military base in northern Mosul, supposedly for leaking information.
The UN also expressed concern at IS's deployment of teenagers and young boys. Children are apparently seen in an IS video issued on Wednesday shooting dead four people for spying.
IS also announced on 6 November that it had beheaded seven militants for deserting the battlefield in the Kokjali district of eastern Mosul, the UN says.
Among the sources cited for the UN's information was a man who played dead during a mass killing by IS fighters.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein called for the government to "act quickly to restore effective law enforcement in areas retaken from ISIL [IS] to ensure that captured fighters and their perceived supporters are dealt with according to the law".
Large quantities of ammonia and sulphur, for possible use in chemical weapons, is being stockpiled by IS and stored near civilians, the UN said.
Pro-government forces launched an offensive to retake Mosul last month. The city has been occupied by IS since 2014.
The operation, now into its fourth week, involves some 50,000 Iraqi security forces personnel, soldiers, police, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen.
Troops have reportedly been consolidating gains made in the eastern outskirts of Mosul, which they entered nine days ago amid fierce resistance.
There have also been allegations of atrocities committed by government forces.
Amnesty International reported on Thursday that men dressed in Iraqi federal police uniforms tortured and killed up to six residents of villages south of Mosul for having suspected ties to IS.
The federal police deny involvement.


Plans for major changes to the road layout in the Headington area of Oxford have been approved by the county council.

The Â£12.5m scheme aims to ease congestion and improve access to the city's hospitals and universities.
Several road junctions will be redesigned, including the intersection of Headley Way and John Radcliffe Hospital access road.
Some parking places may also be lost to accommodate new cycle lanes.


Austria will impose a daily quota on asylum claims and limit the flux of migrants travelling through the country.

Officials say 80 asylum applications will be accepted each day, and a maximum of 3,200 people will be allowed to travel through Austria.
The measures will be introduced on Friday.
The country has become a major transit route for migrants seeking to claim asylum in Germany.
Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner said Austria had no choice but to act, as there was no European solution yet in place for the current migrant crisis.
"It is a matter of common sense to secure our borders as long as there is no European solution. I see it as our responsibility, to maintain security, order and the quality of life in Austria for our citizens," she said.
"We cannot cope with the number of asylum applications that we had last year. That is why we impose limits on the stream of refugees. Another step is the introduction of daily quotas."
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Austria took in about 90,000 asylum seekers in 2015, about 1% of its population, and officials expect to cut this number sharply this year, to about 37,500.
Observers say the influx has contributed to the rising popularity of the far right in Austria, sparking tensions in the governing coalition.
Neighbouring Slovenia and other countries in the Balkans - the main route for migrants bound for northern Europe - have also indicated that they will impose tougher measures against migrants.
Some EU states have already re-imposed border controls on a temporary basis.
The migrant flux is expected to intensify in coming months as weather conditions improve.
The crisis will be high on the EU's agenda at a Brussels summit on Thursday, and countries are expected to debate the future of the Schengen Agreement that creates a 26-nation passport-free zone.
Following the Austrian announcement, the Slovenian government said it had asked its parliament to approve the deployment of soldiers to its borders to help control the migrant flow.


Islamic State militants have attacked a cafe in Iraq frequented by supporters of the Spanish football club Real Madrid, killing at least 12 people.

Three men opened fire with machine guns at the al-Furat Cafe in the mainly Shia town of Balad early on Friday.
The assailants fled and hours later one blew himself up after being cornered by Shia militiamen, killing four of them.
In a claim of responsibility, IS said the attack had targeted militiamen and did not mention any connection to Real.
But a statement from Real Madrid said 16 members of a supporters club had died in the attack.
"The club expresses its great sadness and offers its regards and condolences to the families and friends of the victims," the statement said.
A correspondent for the Reuters news agency reported seeing the burned body of one of the suspected assailants outside the cafe.
Residents said they had found the man hiding in a nearby house after the attack and burned him alive after he confessed, the Reuters correspondent added.
Javier Tebas Medrano, the president of Spain's La Liga, said he was appalled by the incident.
"Terrorism has attacked football. We are with the victims and their families," he wrote on Twitter. "We were going to travel this month [to Iraq], but it was put off for security reasons. We will be back to support the people of Iraq."
Real Madrid said its players will wear symbolic black armbands in their league match on Saturday against Deportivo La Coruna.
Balad, about 80km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, was overran by IS militants in June 2014, when they routed the Iraqi army and seized control of large swathes northern and western Iraq.
The town was recaptured by security forces and Shia militiamen a month later, and is currently about 40km from the nearest frontline with IS.
The cafe attack came two days after more than 90 people were killed in three suicide car bombings in Baghdad. Two of the three attacks were in Shia areas.
Iraq's most revered Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, condemned the bombings on Friday and said the government was ultimately responsible for security breaches in the capital and elsewhere.
IS, a Sunni jihadist group, considers Shia to be irredeemable apostates.


A County Down doctor, who falsified clinical trials, has been struck off the medical register.

Hugh McGoldrick, Crossgar Road East in Crossgar, County Down, has 28 days to appeal the decision.
Last April, the 59-year old admitted two charges of falsifying drug trials on patients with sleeping disorders.
He was jailed for nine months and fined Â£10,000 in June 2016, but appealed. His sentence was suspended and he was released from jail six days later.
The offences took place at McGoldrick's Pound Lane GP practice in Downpatrick between 2007 and 2008.
In a statement on Tuesday, his lawyers said he "does not accept the tribunal findings and has every intention of contesting them".


Birds of prey nesting in Leeds are threatening the future of pigeon racing in the city, fanciers fear.

Pigeon racer Simon Schofield said he believed 25 of his birds had been killed so far this year by raptors.
The RSPB said birds of prey were increasingly nesting in cities and would naturally kill racing pigeons.
But the charity said this accounted for only a small proportion of losses and many failed to return to lofts due to straying and collisions with buildings.
A pair of peregrine falcons are often seen nesting on buildings around Leeds University.
Peregrines have also been present on Wakefield Cathedral for a number of years.
The RSPB said such birds, which are a protected species, were colonising in cities because high rise buildings replicated natural habitats such as cliff edges
Mr Schofield, of Wetherby Road, Leeds, said: "I've got 60 birds now and I reckon I'll end up with 30.
"It's not just the emotional side, but the cost too. Racing pigeons aren't cheap and for each one that gets killed or injured you've to replace them or get them treated.
"This is my hobby but now I'm facing the possibility of having to give it up."
But birder Paul Wheatley, who takes pictures of the Leeds peregrines, said it was wrong to assume that pigeon losses were a result of birds of prey.
"Peregrines eat a variety of species and pigeons make up only a small amount of their meals.
"Also, as hard as it must be for pigeon fanciers to lose birds this way, it is also the natural order of things and there is not a lot we can do about that."


League Two side Grimsby have re-signed QPR midfielder Brandon Comley on loan until the end of the season.

Comley returned to the R's at the start of January after a four-month loan spell with the Mariners.
The 21-year-old made 22 appearances for Grimsby in all competitions, starting in 19 of those games.
"Athletically, he can get round a pitch really well - on the ball, there is a lot more to come from him," Grimsby manager Marcus Bignot said.
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Soldiers have raided Turkish media as they tried to take over the country in a coup attempt in which at least 161 people have died.

CNN Turk had its live broadcast shut down, while a journalist for state broadcaster TRT said she was made to read a statement by the coup plotters at gun point.
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Gazetesi was also stormed by soldiers.
More than 2,800 military personnel, including four generals, have since been arrested.
The Turkish government says the attempted coup, in which 1,440 people were injured, is now over.
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The coup attempt began on Friday evening when a section of the armed forces placed tanks in positions on key bridges in Istanbul, blocking them to traffic.
Shortly after, the group released a statement saying that a "peace council" was running the country, and there would be a curfew and martial law.
As the attempt to gain control of the country continued, soldiers attempted to seize control of the media.
State broadcaster TRT was taken over first, with one of its journalists forced to read a statement by the army group at about 22:00 BST.
CNN Turk, a private broadcaster, was also raided, with soldiers entering its studio at the Dogan Media Centre in Ankara at about 01:30 BST.
The broadcaster's director and editor were taken out of the control room and its live news transmissions halted.
Its Facebook live feed was left showing an empty desk and chair.
The Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Gazetesi was also raided at about 01:30 BST.
Emre Kizilkaya, who works for the paper, said soldiers entered the building and took some of his colleagues hostage.
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had addressed the country in an interview given to CNN Turk via Skype on his mobile phone at about 22:30 BST.
He said the coup attempt would be given the "necessary response" and called on Turkish people to go out on the streets to oppose it.
Access to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube had been temporarily blocked in Turkey by the government soon after reports of a coup emerged, according to Reuters.
But Mr Erdogan remained able to tweet and said the country would "never, ever tolerate unlawfulness" and would not allow democracy to be interfered with.
He later sent a text message to people in Turkey, reiterating his message that people should take to the streets to support his government.
As clashes continued overnight, increasing numbers of soldiers were arrested.
TRT was able to resume broadcasting at about 01:00 BST but CNN Turk remained off air until around 03.30 BST, when soldiers at its studios were arrested.
This video footage on Twitter shows the moment they were seized.
The broadcaster returned to air shortly afterwards.
Mr Kizilkaya, from Hurriyet Gazetesi, later tweeted that those who had raided his newspaper had been arrested.
He added that the journalists who had been taken hostage were fine but "traumatised".
Officials now say the coup attempt is over.


League One strugglers Crewe held leaders Burton Albion to a draw in a game of few clear-cut chances.

Crewe seized the lead when Marcus Haber tapped in a rebound in the first significant opening of the game.
Brad Inman then fired at goal from 20 yards, stinging the palms of Jon McLaughlin as Crewe sought a second.
But Lucas Akins grabbed the equaliser for the Brewers when, from Mark Duffy's cross, he turned three Crewe defenders and slotted past Ben Garratt.
Crewe, who lost defender Jon Guthrie late on with a cheekbone injury, remain seven points from safety with 11 games left to play.
The Brewers maintain their four-point advantage over second-placed Wigan, now nine points clear of third-placed Gillingham.
Crewe manager Steve Davis told BBC Radio Stoke:
"Drawing against the team that is top of the league should give us confidence because it shows that on our day we can compete with the very best.
"But, in the context of our situation, we need to be getting three points, especially from our home games. It is still a good point and I don't think it's two points lost.
"Overall a draw was fair. There was not a lot between the two sides. We took the lead again but we didn't hold onto it long enough. We have taken the lead in 17 games and only gone on to win six, so that tells its own story."
Burton boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"Jon McLaughlin's not had much to do.  We should have worked their goalkeeper a bit more.
"We had some brilliant situations today which we didn't turn into clear cut chances and ultimately we were just lacking that little bit of quality in the final third to get us the winner.
"I was pleased the way the players responded to going a goal down and the way we got back into the game and deserved out equaliser and were looking to win the game but when you're a goal down away from home then you end up with a point, it's not a bad result."


Could the biggest free trade area in the world be announced this week?

Well, that's the ambition that sits at the top of the agenda as Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe undertakes a week-long trip to Washington, though a final announcement is unlikely to be this week.
Abe's visit is being termed historic as he is the first Japanese PM to be invited to address both houses of Congress on Wednesday, and any remarks that he makes on the 70th anniversary of World War Two will be closely monitored.
Yet for Abe and perhaps also US President Barack Obama, it's their progress on a trade deal that is at the top of the agenda.
Abe has said that they are near agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), which would create the largest free trade area in the world, linking the countries in Asia Pacific ranging from central America to southeast Asia. I've written before about the ambitious TPP, which notably excludes China - a notable exception at that.
Given all of Japan's economic challenges - struggle to defeat deflation as price increases have fallen back to zero - and low productivity to name a few, would a trade pact really make a huge difference?
Estimates by economists put the gains at 0.66% of GDP that increases to 2% by 2020 if factors like foreign direct investment are included.
For an economy that is struggling to grow, these are not huge amounts but certainly not negligible.
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So why is it the big focus in Abe's visit to Washington?
For one, it's a tangible example of a structural reform that is the crucial third arrow of Abenomics - Abe's ambitious reform plans.
Monetary and fiscal stimulus make up the first two arrows, but it's the third one that is the key to raising economic growth that has come under criticism for lacking focus. In other words, there are numerous policies that have been put forward by the Abe government, but few concrete initiatives to cite.
One exception is Womenomics, where increasing female labour force participation to the same rate as men's would add some 14% to GDP. Even with respect to that policy, it's unclear how it can be achieved.
So a new trade pact that puts Japan at the centre of the world's biggest free trade area certainly has its appeal.
But it's not only up to Japan - the US also has to agree.
And it's not just the usual hurdles of opening up agriculture or the auto sector to contend with. TPP has been described in the US media as "Nafta on steroids". The North American Free Trade Agreement was a contentious free trade area linking the US with Canada and Mexico under the last Democratic President Bill Clinton. Free trade has been blamed for the loss of US manufacturing jobs, for instance.
But before that stage, President Obama also needs "fast-track" authority for trade negotiations. The Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) allows the president to present to Congress an agreed trade deal and they can't pick it apart. Unsurprisingly, it's key for getting trade deals through Congress. One is in the works but is unlikely to get through Congress by the end of May, much less this week.
For President Obama's Asia Pivot, where he's reorienting American foreign policy more towards Asia, the TPP is a centrepiece. And one of the few areas where he may indeed be able to claim a legislative victory given that the Republican-controlled Congress makes it tricky for his last two years in office. I understand that the president may well be relying on executive orders like what he announced on immigration to put forward policies.
So for both Japan and the US a win on the TPP would be welcome.
For Abe, walking away with a concrete example of an economic policy that will boost growth would certainly make his historic trip to Washington worthwhile.


A major employer in Northern Ireland has said its business is threatened by proposed rises in energy costs to fund grants for onshore wind farms.

Michelin Tyres Plc, based in Ballymena, County Antrim, is concerned about the financial impact the subsidies are having on its energy bills.
A wider UK scheme is being ended early by the government but will continue in Northern Ireland.
Michelin said its £9m energy bill has been increased by £75,000.
Figures from the Department of Trade suggest this would add £30,000 on to the bills of the top 200 companies.
Northern Ireland has the second highest energy prices in Europe.
Michelin Tyres Plc employs 870 people in Northern Ireland.
The firm said the government should assist Bombardier with its anaerobic energy systems projects.
Site manager Gerard Cassidy said: "I have a committed desire to see Northern Ireland manufacturing succeed.
"We need all the tailwinds we can muster, not additional costs."
North Antrim MP Ian Paisley said: "[Stormont politicians] need to take time to consider the implications of any decision, to take evidence from the likes of Michelin, who employ almost 1,000 people."
"If the wrong decisions are made in a rushed manner we will see the knock-on effects for the next 20 years and could in the process place the future of major employers such as Michelin and their fellow manufacturing heavyweights' continued presence in Northern Ireland in severe jeopardy."
Keeping the subsidies going longer in Northern Ireland than the rest of the UK could also cost households £16 extra in their bills.
The subsidy has been the Northern Ireland Executive's main policy measure to support the development of renewable energy.
Northern Ireland Renewable Industry Group (NIRIG) believes that withdrawing government support would have a "catastrophic" impact on both the industry and the NI economy.
They predict that £470m of investment and 51 onshore wind projects could be put in jeopardy as a result.
NIRIG chairman Patrick McClughan said onshore wind is one of the most cost-effective ways of producing electricity for Northern Ireland in the future.
"The aim is to become support-free within 25 years of the first wind farm becoming operational," he said.
"For investors and consumers in Northern Ireland to see the continuing success of onshore wind, helping to keep electricity bills lower, there needs to be a stable and supportive policy framework."


Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection with an incident in which a married couple were found dead in their home in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland.

The couple have been named locally as Michael Greaney, 53, and his wife, Valerie, 49.
They were discovered at a house at O'Neill's Place, Cobh, at about 15:30 local time on Sunday.
Their eldest daughter is in hospital, the other is said to be traumatised.
Police were alerted by neighbours who contacted them after the couple's 16-year-old daughter was told by her mother to raise the alarm.
They found the other daughter, 21-year-old Michelle, lying on the road outside after a knife attack.
She was treated at the scene before being taken to hospital where she remains in a serious but stable condition.
The couple's youngest daughter was not hurt, but is said to be severely traumatised.


Widnes Vikings half-back Tom Gilmore could be out for up to eight weeks with an ankle injury.

The 23-year-old suffered the injury in the Vikings' Super League opening day loss to Huddersfield Giants where he had to leave the game.
Kevin Brown moved to Warrington over the winter while Joe Mellor suffered a serious knee injury in pre-season to limit Widnes' options at half-back.
Gilmore came through the academy at Widnes and is contracted until 2018.


A parade of current and past political office holders spoke in Oklahoma City over the past three days.

It was a man whose name has never appeared on a ballot, however, who ended up winning the Southern Republican Leadership Conference straw poll.
Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon turned conservative author and activist, won the support of 25.4% of the 958 conference attendees who voted.
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker came in second at 20.5%, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz finished third with 16.6%.
After the announcement, Carson supporters who ran a table in the convention hallway were understandably thrilled - although they insisted they weren't surprised, saying they had a steady stream of people interested in their candidate.
"We think he's amazing, and he's a great speaker, he has great ideas and he doesn't take all the credit," said Stella Cox from Newcastle, Oklahoma.
"He's smart, and he has common sense," added Jola Mills from Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Mr Carson's campaign will likely tout its victory in the days ahead. But do the views of Southern conservative activists and operators - a majority of whom hail from deeply conservative Oklahoma - really matter in the vast sweep of the campaign?
After all, four years ago in New Orleans, Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the poll. Eventual nominee Mitt Romney finished fifth.
In a field as crowded as this, however, every little boost matters.
And while the first votes, to be cast in Iowa and New Hampshire, are still more than eight months away, there's a new sense of urgency among candidates to cement their place in the top 10 according to national opinion polls so they can participate in the first presidential debate, hosted by Fox News in August.
To that end, the past three days here in Oklahoma City gave some often overlooked candidates a chance to step into the spotlight.
While front-runners like former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and Mr Walker made appearances, three presidential hopefuls in the US Senate - Marco Rubio, Mr Cruz and Lindsey Graham - were stuck in Washington, voting on trade and national security legislation. They appeared only via video.
That opened the door for other candidates, like former Texas Governor Rick Perry (fifth in the straw poll with 5%), former Senator Rick Santorum, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (fourth at 5.3%), Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and former Hewlett-Packard head Carly Fiorina.
Mr Christie pitched the audience on his plan to limit Social Security retirement benefits for the wealthy and cut government regulation.
Later on Friday, Mr Jindal focused on what he sees as an ongoing cultural and political war on religious values - most notably in the recent protest against states that attempt to allow business to refuse to do business with those seeking same-sex marriages.
"The United States of America did not create religious liberty," he said, "religious liberty created the United States of America."
It was a line that struck a chord with Ron Hulshizer of Edmond, Oklahoma, who was in the crowd.
"When he made the comment that the country was founded on religious freedom, if you look at the history, it was," he said. "It's ironic it's now come that Christians, and really all religions, are under persecution. If you're not secular, you're just not on the right side."
On Saturday morning, Ms Fiorina touted her experience as a business leader, her foreign policy views and her ability to take on the woman who would be her likely Democratic opponent.
"We know Hillary Clinton won't be held to account unless we have a nominee who holds her to account in the general election," she said.
Mr Carson perhaps benefited the most from the smaller list of attendees, however, as he filled in for Mr Cruz - last year's straw poll winner - as the keynote speaker of Friday evening's gala dinner.
"I always enjoy coming to Oklahoma," Mr Carson told the members of the audience who paid $100 (Â£65) a head for the meal, "because there are a lot of people here with common sense."
The conservative firebrand had particularly vocal backing from those at the conference who feel like the current crop of Republican politicians have let them down.
"When conservatives won in 2010 and 2014, we expected big things, and they've gone to Washington and they've stayed, and not much has changed," said Carson supporter Ken Farr of San Antonio, Texas.
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, who has raised the most money in the early days of the campaign and still holds a narrow lead in most national polls, came in sixth in the straw poll with 4.9%.
During his speech on Friday morning, he said the Republican Party has to move "beyond preaching to the choir" - a reference to the conservative true believers in the audience.
"I love the choir, don't get me wrong, but we need to get outside of our comfort zone," he said, adding that he will reach out to voters in Latino neighbourhoods, college campuses and black churches.
His spot among the top-tier of candidates in the race gives Mr Bush that luxury. For many of the others here over the past three days, the choir is where their preaching has to start.
If they're going to make a move, audiences like those in Oklahoma City need to get on board.


Accrington Stanley have signed midfielder Scott Brown on a deal until the end of the season after his release by National League club Grimsby Town.

The 30-year-old former Everton trainee worked with Stanley boss John Coleman at Southport and has also spent time at Bristol City, Port Vale and Morecambe.
"I think he's a top player," Coleman told the club website.
"He's a good character, he's got a tremendous will to win and he'll fit in with our lads seamlessly."
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Adolf Hitler was the real author of a biography which compared him to Jesus, a University of Aberdeen historian has claimed.

Adolf Hitler: His Life and his Speeches was published in 1923 - two years before his autobiography, Mein Kampf.
The first book was published under the name of German aristocrat Victor von Koerber and likens Hitler's political life to Jesus' resurrection.
Historian Thomas Weber believes Hitler penned it himself as a publicity stunt.
Professor Weber said he unearthed "compelling evidence" - including signed testimony - in a South African archive which proves who the real author was.
He said the original book helped propel Hitler to power and was the first sign that he planned to lead a German revolution.
Professor Weber made the discovery while carrying out research for his latest book about how Hitler became a Nazi.
He said: "I stumbled across a reference to von Koerber's private papers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.
"Once I had flown to South Africa, it quickly became apparent that surprisingly they had not previously been investigated in this context.
"Going through his papers, I soon realized that von Koerber, who later broke with the Nazis, had merely been a front for the profile and not its real author."
He added: "The book makes some outlandish claims, arguing that it should become 'the new bible of today' and uses terms such as 'holy' and 'deliverance'.
"To find it was actually written by Hitler himself demonstrates that he was a conniving political operator with a masterful understanding of political processes and narratives long before he drafted what is regarded as his first autobiography, Mein Kampf.
"It also challenges the accepted view that at this stage in his life he did not see himself as the man to lead the German revolution."
"Taken together, the pieces of evidence now available to us build a compelling picture that this was indeed an autobiography written to boost Hitler's profile as the 'German saviour' and that even at this early stage of his career he was an astute and manipulative political operator."
Prof Weber's as yet untitled book will be published in the UK next year.


The US National Security Agency (NSA) is reported have cracked the security codes which protect data on iPhones, Blackberries and Android devices.

German news weekly Der Spiegel says documents suggest the NSA and the British GCHQ made joint efforts to gather intelligence.
Teams looked at each phone to crack its privacy codes, Der Spiegel said.
Saturday saw thousands of demonstrators in Berlin demand that the NSA stop monitoring internet users.
The documents Spiegel has seen do not show whether or not there has been mass surveillance of phone use.
Once the intelligence teams had unlocked the codes, agencies could read a user's contacts and lists of who had been called.
The BBC's Steve Evans in Berlin says the reports do seem to indicate that the British and American security agencies have the ability to read private communications beyond what might have previously been thought possible - or desirable by those who fear the intrusion of the state.
The magazine did not explain how it had obtained the documents.
But one of the authors of the article, Laura Poitras, is an American filmmaker with close contacts to the NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden.
According to the documents seen by Der Spiegel, the Canadian manufacturer of Blackberry phones began using a new method to compress the data in May 2009.
Intelligence agents were unable to access some information on BlackBerry phones for about a year afterwards, the Associated Press news agency said.
Der Spiegel's article said that GCHQ then cracked the problem, too - and analysts celebrated their achievement with the word "Champagne".
A stream of recent revelations about international data surveillance has ignited a heated debate in Germany about the country's co-operation with the United States in intelligence matters.


What did you do with your wedding dress after the big day?

Did you pack it away safely in storage, or decide to sell it? Have you ever worn it again?
Relationship expert Samantha Burns couldn't bear to see the back of her gown and says she wears it every year to mark her anniversary.
"I had looked forward to the day for so long and couldn't believe in a matter of hours it was over," Samantha said. "It was in that moment that I turned to my husband and told him that I intended to wear my wedding dress for every anniversary as long as I could fit in it.
"I envisioned myself doing the activities we enjoy as a couple, frolicking around restaurants, parks, and ice cream shops in my white gown."
Here is a selection of stories about what your dress did next.
I got married in August 1980, and have worn my wedding dress every Christmas Day since.
It's a white, full-length, jersey dress with a built-in train.
Not only does it still fit me - I now weigh less than I did when I got married - but I can also fit into my husband's wedding suit, which he can't.
I also have my late mother's wedding dress from 1949.  That is a bit big for me now, but I have worn that as well.
My husband and I have just celebrated our 36th wedding anniversary.
We were married in St Mary & Ethelburga's Church in Barking, Essex
I wore my wedding dress on the first Christmas after we were married, as it was such a lovely dress, and you don't often get the chance to dress up.
Everyone in the family thought it was a nice idea, and it's become a family tradition.  I even cook the dinner wearing it, with an apron over it."
It was the most expensive dress I ever bought.
I wouldn't let my dad pay for it, as I wanted to do it myself.
I've had very good value from it. It's probably worked out to be the least expensive item I own, in terms of cost per wear.
I was married in 1994 but separated in 2005 and then eventually divorced amicably.
My dress stayed in a box and moved house with me a couple of times.
I've got two boys, so there was no daughter who might have been interested, and I never got round to selling it.
I saw a post on Facebook about Cherished Gowns UK, which makes gowns out of wedding dresses for babies who have died.
I thought that donating my dress to them was something I'd like to do.
There is a long waiting list, but eventually I sent my dress to them in April this year.
They say to allow six months for the baby gowns to be made, so I don't think "mine" are ready yet.
I got married on the 30 August 2008, we recently celebrated our eighth wedding anniversary.
I am quite small at 5ft 2in so although I'd always imagined a huge dress, when I tried some of them on they didn't suit me at all.
I looked more like an 80s inspired toilet roll holder than a blushing bride.
The bridal shop I used suggested that I try something more tight-fitting. I'd never considered a tight dress and as someone who wanted a traditional wedding, I needed some convincing.
When I tried it on however I loved it. I liked how it seems to float and how light it was.
When it came to what I would do with the dress after the big day I hadn't really thought about it. I didn't want to throw it away and although trashing dresses was becoming a trend, I just didn't want to.
I was coming up to 30-years-old and so went back to Gill at the bridal shop and asked what she thought.
I had a long train on my dress so she made me a beautiful knee length gown with a matching bolero.
Needless to say, with a big hat and some heels to match, I had a fabulous day at the races and felt a million dollars in my "second hand" dress.
I got married in 1974, and again in 1983.
My first wedding dress from Nicholas Bros Seven Sisters Road was a traditional long gown which I kept until about 1988, when I threw it away in the rubbish.
My second dress was a shorter one from Pronuptia Enfield Town - this was also worn by my sister and sister-in-law.
My sister got married in a bit of a rush and on a low budget so we did all the catering and she wore my dress.
My sister-in-law was in a similar position, and again I catered her wedding and she borrowed my dress.
I still have it.
Produced by the BBC's UGC and Social Media team


A Women's Institute (WI) is considering legal action in a row with villagers over ownership of a meeting hall.

The Cornwall Federation of WIs (CFWI) says the hall at Kelly Bray is theirs and anyone wishing to use it should seek their permission.
But according to locals, the hall was purchased in 1937 by the village for the WI.
The row started after the local branch of the WI, which met in the hall, folded in 2013 due to lack of members.
The CFWI changed the locks and put up a sign regarding entry requirements in November 2014.
However, residents changed the locks again and are using it for events.
The hall, on the corner of Stokes Road and Parson's Green, was built with the deeds saying the site was sold "for an Institute for the women of Kelly Bray".
The CFWI said in a statement: "The hall was established specifically for the use of WI and not for village hall purposes.
"The recent actions of the village hall committee to force entry in the building, change the locks and deny access to the trustees of CFWI are not only highly regrettable but also illegal, and the trustees are seeking a way forward through discussions with their lawyers."
The village hall committee rejected the WI's claims, saying that according to their interpretation of the deeds, the hall was purchased by the village for the use of the WI ladies and they have vowed to carry on using it.
It said the hall had been used over the years for events such as Christenings, wakes, dog-grooming classes and Young Farmers' pantos as well as the WI.
Susie Iannantuoni, from the village committee, said villagers had been "horrified" when the hall was locked by the WI.
"We have money to pay the bills, we have insured it and running repairs are being done.
"I think the situation is dreadful. We have the same aims as the WI, to have the hall for the community and reach out to people. We are providing a social service."


The world's biggest investment fund manager has said Scottish independence would bring "major uncertainties, costs and risks".

Blackrock's assessment was that those risks would be "mostly for Scotland, but also for the remaining UK".
The report comes as an academic's analysis strongly disputed the UK Treasury's rejection of a currency union post-Yes.
Voters in Scotland will decide their country's future on 18 September.
They will be asked the "Yes/No" question: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"
Blackrock, which is based in New York and manages trillions in financial assets, will be sending out its 12-page assessment to clients next week.
It said a currency union between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK "looks infeasible" and would "bring risks to both countries".
The asset managers believed the "best of the few choices" Scotland had would be to launch its own currency.
The company said oil and gas were critical to Scotland's finances but fiscal spending based on specific oil revenue projections was "uncertain and probably unwise".
It reported that banks and insurers would face pressure to move headquarters to a "stronger fiscal state with a more certain regulatory backdrop".
However, the report added: "A wholesale exodus of staff and operations would be unlikely, given Scotland's cost advantage over London and other locations."
Blackrock also said that fears an independent Scotland would become a "bastion of anti-business sentiment are unfounded, in our view".
It said: "The Scottish government would likely go out of its way to accommodate the oil industry in particular. Why risk killing the Scottish grouse that lays the golden egg?"
On the issue of renewable energy, Blackrock said both sides had merit in their arguments.
It recognised the UK position that at present Scotland received a third of UK subsidies for renewable energy, although it represented less than a tenth of the UK's population.
However, it also recognised the pro-independence position that Scotland would no longer need to help fund the UK's nuclear programme.
Blackrock's assessment came as Leslie Young, professor of economics at a university in Beijing, claimed the Treasury's currency position did not stand up to scrutiny.
He was commissioned by businessman Sir Tom Hunter's new institute to assess the case against a currency union between an independent Scotland and the rest of the UK.
Sir Tom is funding academic reports, research and polling in a bid to help people better understand the issues in the referendum, while he says he remains undecided on his vote.
Blair McDougall, of the pro-Union Better Together campaign, said that the report by Blackrock was "a serious piece of work from experts in managing money".
He added: "The SNP cannot dismiss this as they have every other warning from experts, employers and economists.
"Being part of the UK means lower costs, more jobs and better opportunities for future generations. Losing the pound means losing the strength, stability and security of the UK economy."
A Scottish government spokesman responded to the Blackrock report by saying: "The Fiscal Commission Working Group, which comprises economic experts and including two Nobel Laureates, has considered a range of currency options in its detailed report published a year ago, and concluded that it is in the interests of both Scotland and the UK to continue to retain Sterling in a formal monetary union, and that is the policy the Scottish Government proposes.
"A currency union is in the UK's overwhelming economic interests due to the vast contribution Scotland makes to the Sterling Area, including its valuable contribution to the UK's balance of payments.
"Standard & Poor's published analysis showing that Scotland has a rich and diversified economy, with wealth levels comparable to those of AAA rated countries and that Scotland would qualify for their highest economic assessment."


European football's governing body has opened disciplinary proceedings against Aberdeen and Apollon Limassol following crowd trouble at their Europa Cup tie.

Aberdeen lost Thursday's third qualifying round second leg 2-0 in Cyprus, exiting 3-2 on aggregate.
The Dons have been charged with crowd disturbances and having no stewards travelling with their support, in contravention of Uefa regulations.
A Uefa disciplinary panel will hear the case on 17 August.
Police Scotland has confirmed that no officers travelled with Aberdeen to Cyprus or to Bosnia-Herzegovina in the previous round against Siroki Brijeg, stressing that liaison officers are only sent at the request of the host nation.
Apollon, who will face Midtjylland of Denmark in the first leg of their play-off round tie later that day, have been charged by Uefa with improper conduct by their team, who received five yellow cards, and with the setting off of fireworks and throwing of objects by their fans.
The Cypriot club had used the AEK Arena in Larnaca for the tie against Aberdeen as their Tsirio Stadium is being redeveloped.
Riot police moved into the away section as Aberdeen fans clashed with stewards following the final whistle.
Flares had been lit early in the second half in the home section, with one thrown and landing inside the goal behind Aberdeen goalkeeper Joe Lewis.
Television cameras caught Swiss referee Stephan Klossner telling an official that he would abandon the match if the behaviour did not cease.
Aberdeen, who have declined to comment, later announced they had begun an investigation into the fighting in the away section.


Theresa May has said the Conservatives' "astounding" victory in the Copeland by-election shows her government "is working for everyone".

The Tories swept aside Labour, which had held the Cumbria seat for 80 years, to record the first by-election gain by a sitting government in 35 years.
Mrs May said the success showed her party's broad appeal across England.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has insisted he will stay on after it won a separate by-election in Stoke Central.
But one Labour MP has urged him to consider his position following the Copeland loss.
On a visit to the constituency, Mrs May said newly elected MP Trudy Harrison had upset the odds in a seat held by Labour since the 1930s.
Speaking in Millom, Mrs May told supporters: "What we've seen from this victory is this truly is a government that's working for everyone and every part of the country - and that's the message that we bring here to Copeland and we'll take across the country."
She praised Mrs Harrison as "such a fantastic candidate", one who does not just talk about things, but who "actually rolls up her sleeves and gets things done".
Labour had held both Stoke and Copeland since their creation but was forced to defend them when two former frontbenchers, Tristram Hunt and Jamie Reed, resigned as MPs.
Copeland, created in 1983, and its predecessor constituency Whitehaven have returned Labour MPs since 1935.
Mrs Harrison got 44.3% of the vote, increasing the Conservatives' vote share by more than 8%. She overturned a Labour majority of more than 2,564 to take the seat by 2,147 votes - a swing of more than 6%.
Professor John Curtice, of Strathclyde University, said the Copeland result was the best by-election performance by a governing party in terms of the increase in its share of the vote since January 1966.
In her victory speech, Mrs Harrison said: "It's been very clear talking to people throughout this campaign that [Labour leader] Jeremy Corbyn doesn't represent them.
By Norman Smith, assistant political editor
Theresa May finds her grip on British politics hugely strengthened.
For a governing party after seven years of austerity to be sweeping aside Labour in a heartland seat and to see their share of the vote increase in another is an extraordinary achievement.
It will be taken by her supporters as a vindication of her hard-edged drive towards Brexit and her break with the more metropolitan politics of David Cameron.
As for Labour, relief that it has at least repulsed the perceived threat of UKIP but its slow painful anguish under Jeremy Corbyn seems set to continue.
In normal times, both by-elections should have raised barely a flicker of concern and while the slide in support may not ignite a further leadership challenge, the convictions of Mr Corbyn's critics that he is leading the party into the wilderness will only have been strengthened.
"They want a party which is on the side of ordinary working people, which will respect the way we voted in the referendum and which will build a country which represents everyone. That's why they voted for me tonight."
Mr Corbyn said Labour's "message was not enough to win through in Copeland" but hailed victory in Stoke as a "decisive rejection of UKIP's politics of division and dishonesty".
He added: "Labour will go further to reconnect with voters and break with the failed political consensus."
But Labour MP John Woodcock, a critic of the leader, said as things stood the party was on course for a "historic and catastrophic defeat" at the next general election.
In Stoke-on-Trent, UKIP had hoped to capitalise on voters' leanings towards Brexit - the area voted strongly to leave the EU in June.
But in his victory speech, the new Labour MP Gareth Snell said voters had "chosen the politics of hope over the politics of fear".
"This city will not allow ourselves to be defined by last year's referendum and we will not allow ourselves to be divided by the result," he said.
Labour's share of the vote was 37% - slightly down on the 39.3% it got in 2015.
UKIP got 24.7% of the vote and the Conservatives, who came a close third, 24.4% - both slightly higher than their 2015 vote shares.
Speaking to journalists after the result, UKIP leader Mr Nuttall said his party's "time would come".
"There's a lot more to come from us," he said. We are not going anywhere, I'm not going anywhere."
The by-election results mean the government's majority is now 12 - the same as it was immediately after the general election, as the Conservative's new Copeland seat makes up for the one they lost to the Lib Dems in the Richmond Park by-election.
With Sinn Fein's four MPs not taking their seats, Mrs May's working majority is 16.


(Close): UK shares joined in the global rally triggered by the US Federal Reserve's decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

The FTSE 100 index rose 77 points, or 1.1%, to 6,911.4, with similar rises seen elsewhere in Europe.
Most analysts had expected the Fed to hold rates on Wednesday, although the US central bank indicated rates could rise before the end of the year.
The dollar fell after US rates were held, which pushed commodity prices up.
That led to rises in shares of mining companies, as the price of copper hit a one-month high and other metal prices increased.
Shares in Glencore and Fresnillo led the FTSE 100 higher, with both seeing rises of more than 5%.
"Given the rise across the spectrum for commodities, it comes as no surprise that the FTSE leaderboard is headed by some of the biggest names in mining," said Joshua Mahony, market analyst at IG.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Kier Group rose 1.3% after the construction group reported a 45% increase in underlying full-year pre-tax profits to Â£125m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.55% against the dollar to $1.3104, but was little changed against the euro at â‚¬1.166.


More than a third of people in Wales do not have five basic digital skills, a charity has claimed.

Go.On UK has produced a "digital exclusion heatmap", pinpointing the areas where people are least likely to succeed in an evolving digital age.
It shows Wales has the lowest levels of internet access and only 62% of adults have the five basic digital skills.
Conwy county, Pembrokeshire and Anglesey are among the Welsh counties where digital exclusion is high.
The heatmap has measured the "likelihood of digital exclusion" based on social and digital indictors such as age, gender, broadband coverage and the five basic digital skills - managing information, communicating, transacting, creating and problem-solving.
Blaenau Gwent has the lowest number of adults possessing all five basic digital skills at 69%, compared to Ceredigion which has the highest percentage with 80% of adults.
Nearly half of adults on Anglesey have never been online, the highest percentage in Wales, while just 13.2% have never accessed the internet in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
Rachel Neaman, chief executive of the charity, said: "Digital competency is an essential skill for everyone and we believe that - without urgent action - the nation's lack of basic digital skills will continue to hold back economic growth, productivity and social mobility."
The heatmap was produced in partnership with the BBC, the Local Government Association and the London School of Economics and Political Science.


Crystal Palace have signed Chelsea striker Loic Remy on loan for the season.

The France international, 29, has made only nine Premier League starts in his two seasons at Stamford Bridge following a £10.5m move from QPR.
Remy played with Palace boss Alan Pardew on loan at Newcastle in 2013-14, scoring 14 goals.
"It was very important to know Alan Pardew as he is a very good manager and I am happy to be here," said Remy.
Pardew said: "Loic has been a target of mine throughout this transfer window and I'm delighted the deal has been done.
"I brought him to Newcastle so I know what he is capable of and I am convinced he will be a quality addition to our squad as we evolve.
"Loic has international and Champions League experience as well as being a Premier League title winner and is the latest example of the high calibre of players we have brought into the club during this transfer window."
It is understood that Tottenham have now ended their interest in signing Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha this summer.
Spurs had bid £15m for the 23-year-old England international but a move was blocked by Palace chairman Steve Parish.
Zaha rejoined Palace in February 2015 for £3m just two years after a £15m move to Old Trafford,


A Swansea electronics company is to move to new premises and create 118 jobs by 2018 after securing £2.5m in funding, it has announced.

Trojan Electronics Ltd, which works in manufacturing, repair and e-commerce, is bringing its existing seven sites under one roof in Swansea.
Part of the money has come from the Welsh government, with the remainder from the Santander group.
Trojan said the move would help safeguard an existing 110 jobs.


Rival camps in the EU referendum have claimed they have momentum on their side as campaigning in Wales resumes.

Former Labour Welsh Secretary Lord Murphy said there was a trend towards Remain as voters began to make up their minds.
He was one of several senior Labour figures pushing the pro-EU cause in Pontypridd on Monday.
But UKIP Wales' Nathan Gill said there is a growing trend towards Leave that "hasn't changed".
Campaigning for Thursday's referendum had been put on hold for more than two days following the killing of Labour MP Jo Cox.
Lord Murphy joined another former Welsh Secretary, Lord Hain, and past and present First Ministers Rhodri Morgan and Carwyn Jones on the streets of Pontypridd amid claims that undecided voters in the south Wales valleys were leaning towards Brexit.
"The campaign has been difficult," Lord Murphy admitted.
"There's no question about that, particularly in the south Wales valleys seats where there has been quite a support for Leave."
However, he claimed there was "a definite change in mood" and "a trend towards Remain".
"Because people are starting to think that the big decision day is coming on Thursday, they have to make their mind up, and as a consequence of that they're thinking carefully now," he said.
Lord Murphy said voters were not just considering immigration, "which clearly has been an issue, but also about the economic factors that could actually affect their communities and their selves".
However, UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill claimed momentum was with the Leave side, and denied any change of mood following the death of Ms Cox.
"In recent weeks we have seen a growing trend towards a vote to leave the EU, and that doesn't appear to have changed in light of the tragic events of last week," he said.
"As we approach polling day I am sensing a shift in mood, particularly on economic issues, and I believe that voters have grown wary of the shock and awe tactics deployed by Remain campaigners.
"This is also a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put power back in the hands of locally accountable lawmakers - not unelected Eurocrats.
"That's a positive message that continues to resonate, even in areas viewed as being most in favour of remaining in the EU."


A Kosovo team will compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio after the nation gained full membership of the International Olympic Committee.

It was confirmed as the 205th national Olympic committee at the IOC session in Monte Carlo on Tuesday.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008 from Serbia, which does not recognise it as a state.
The Serbian Olympic committee protested when Kosovo was granted provisional IOC recognition in October.
It is recognised as a country by 108 of the 193 United Nations member states and is a full member of six Olympic sports federations: table tennis, archery, judo, sailing, weightlifting and modern pentathlon.
The IOC began reviewing the Kosovo case five years ago but the request to field a team at London 2012 was rejected.
Majlinda Kelmendi was the only athlete from Kosovo to compete in London, where she represented Albania in judo.
"Congratulations Kosovo and all athletes," said Prime Minister Hashim Thaci. "Our flag will wave at the Olympic Games in Rio and will be held by Majlinda."
IOC president Thomas Bach said that Serbian Olympic Committee president Vlade Divac had not been happy with the initial IOC decision but accepted it "in the interest of the athletes" and in a gesture of sportsmanship.
However, Serbian sports minister Vanja Udovicic criticised the IOC's decision to give full membership to Kosovo, which is not a member of the United Nations.
Udovicic said: "I regret that sport has become a field for politically motivated decisions and it will be very difficult to preserve the basic principles of sport in the future after this kind of precedent."