British American Tobacco has suggested an appeal is likely amid reports that the World Trade Organization (WTO) has upheld landmark Australian laws on cigarette plain packaging.

A leaked draft of the WTO ruling found that packaging constituted a legitimate public health measure, Bloomberg said.
The agency quoted two sources familiar with an interim report. The final report is expected to come in July.
If confirmed, the decision would be major blow to the tobacco industry.
It would effectively allow other nations to introduce plain packaging legislation without fear of violating trade laws.
British American Tobacco said it would wait for the final report before making detailed comment.
"However, as there is a high likelihood of an appeal by some or all of the parties, it is important to note that when the panel report is publicly released, it will not be the final word on whether plain packaging is consistent with international law," a company spokesperson said.
The WTO confirmed an "interim report" was circulated to those involved in the dispute, but said it remained confidential.
In 2012, the nation introduced world-first plain packaging with a uniform, drab colour across all brands except for health warnings.
Any brand names are in small, non-distinctive lettering.
The idea is that this lessens the attractiveness of smoking and experts, including from World Health Organisation, have said it is an effective measure to curb smoking rates.
Britain, France and Hungary have since announced plans to follow Australia's lead.
Around six million deaths each year are linked to smoking.
Four nations - Cuba, Honduras, Dominican Republic and Indonesia - argued to the WTO that the rules constituted an illegal barrier to trade.
The laws were also opposed by tobacco companies, who argued their trademarks were being violated.
Australia has complained its opponents are dragging out the WTO investigation.
On Friday, Nicola Roxon, the former health minister who introduced the laws, said she was "absolutely thrilled".
"It is consistent with what we have always known - that countries can take action in public health areas, especially battling tobacco, that help protect their citizens," she told the BBC in a statement.
"This decision will give a green light to other countries who... may have been frightened by threats of legal action and the WTO dispute that has dragged on for many years."
In addition to British American Tobacco's statement, other tobacco companies have been critical about the leaking of the report.
"Such breaches completely undermine the integrity of the process, which has not yet run its full course," a Japan Tobacco spokeswoman told Reuters.
Before the leak, Alison Cooper, the CEO of tobacco company Imperial Brands, she did not expect a "significant domino effect in terms of different markets adopting it".
Those involved in the dispute can submit comments on the document before the final report is handed down, most likely in July.
In addition to emboldening other nations to introduce similar laws on tobacco, the decision - if confirmed- could also have wider implications for alcohol and junk food.
A spokesman for Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt told the BBC that the government would not comment until the final report was handed down.


Tommee Tippee has launched an investigation after parents complained of finding "mould" in the internal pipes of its formula feed machines.

The baby product company said it was concerned by reports of a "build-up" in the tubes of its Perfect Prep machines.
Parents have taken to social media to complain of feeling "angry" and "let down".
Tommee Tippee said initial investigations suggest the build-up was carbon residue which is "harmless".
The Perfect Prep machine is used to make a formula feed by controlling the quality, volume and temperature of the water being used.
The company posted a statement on its Facebook page saying it had received comments from parents complaining the internal pipes of the machines were not clean.
It urged families who had found a similar build-up to contact the company to have the machine returned to them for examination.
More than 3,600 comments have since been left on the Tommee Tippee page, with several parents saying they had also discovered unclean pipes.
Gillian Clelland, from Glasgow, said the machine she uses to feed her son Hayden was "full of black mould in the pipe".
She said: "The worrying thing is I don't know how long the mould has been there and if it has affected Hayden in any way."
Allana Simpson wrote: "I've just opened mine up to check after seeing this and there is black mould in the pipe. My poor wee boy. This won't be getting used. Horrified."
Holly Dack-Hughes said she had always done a "full clean" and changed the filter on her machine "every month" but opened it to find it was "absolutely disgusting".
"No wonder my daughter was having an upset tummy," she said.
However other parents took to the page to say they had checked their machines and found the pipes were clean.
Astyn Hutchinson said the pipes of her machine - which she has she has had for 18 months and uses for every feed - were "completely clear".
She added: "I love this machine and has been a Godsend especially for those night feeds in the early stages."
Sarah Stephens said she bought hers in 2015 and had used it continuously for a year and found "all pipes clear and clean and looks as good as new" when she checked.
Tommee Tippee said it was "concerned" by the complaints made and has started an investigation.
It said it would be impossible to determine the exact cause until it had examined the machines sent back by parents.
A spokesman added: "Our preliminary investigation has found two things. Firstly, the build-up we've seen so far we suspect is carbon residue and not mould. Carbon is a harmless, inert bi-product of the filtration process.
"Secondly, some parents have told us they've used ordinary water jug filters instead of the Tommee Tippee filters. Standard filters do not contain the ultra-filtration membrane needed to remove bacteria, plus are more likely to release carbon into the system.
"Although we can't be certain until we've received back and examined more machines, it is possible these factors are linked to what people are seeing.
"However, the investigation will continue until we've found answers."


Finding the right outfit for the big day can be a challenge and there are few days bigger than a US presidential inauguration.

But America's biggest designers have been strangely reticent about bringing their best frocks and suits to Trump Tower. Indeed, some have been positively resistant.
None more vocally than Sophie Theallet, a designer whose work has benefited from her association with Michelle Obama over the last eight years.
Her open letter to her fellow designers, where she declares that she "will not participate in dressing or associating with the next First Lady", has become a lightning rod for an industry that vocally supported Hillary Clinton during the election.
The New York Times Fashion Director, Vanessa Friedman, has ventured that Clinton's defeat and the arrival of the Trump family marks "possibly the end of fashion's seat at the power table."
During the campaign much was made of Mrs Clinton's relationship with Ralph Lauren, a brand built on a vision of US heritage that harks back to a time when America was great.
Whereas the designer was apparently comfortable being associated with Mrs Clinton's trouser suit obsession, the jumpsuit Mrs Trump wore on election night was was bought off the rack, according to the brand.
Michelle Obama has been a strong supporter of domestic designers and brands during her eight years as First Lady, mixing high fashion (Jason Wu, Maria Pinto) with High Street (J Crew, Target) to promote the industry and the values of Made in America.
Her choice of outfits gained her a reputation as a consummate diplomatic dresser and saw designers willing to offer up their finery to her.
Given the prestige associated with dressing the First Lady, it is notable that Mrs Trump has bought many of her most notable outfits at retail and has been associated with European designers so far - think of the infamous Gucci (Italy) pussycat bow blouse from the debates, or the Roksanda Ilinic (Serbia via UK) dress she wore for her Republican convention speech.
An estimated $250bn (Â£203bn) is spent annually on fashion in the US, according to a 2015 Joint Economic Committee report, and the fashion industry employs 1.9m people across the country.
One of Mr Trump's key messages was bringing industry back to America and, with "reshoring" of production a continuing trend, fashion could be a good place for the president-elect to start.
Being seen not to back American businesses in an area of his presidency which is open to daily scrutiny would give his critics an easy opportunity to attack.
The Washington Post checked on where Trump's own brand goods were manufactured and found that some of his fashion lines carried labels indicating that they were manufactured outside of the US.
They did find that his trademark "Make America Great Again" cap was "Proudly Made in USA".
Hats off to him for that.
There is a long tradition, dating back to Eisenhower, of presidents choosing American-made suits in office. But Mr Trump is definitely not a man given to tradition or convention.
His taste is for the luxury of the Italian Brioni label, which supplied his suits for The Apprentice - Mr Trump is now a paying customer. The choice of high price tag suits, an excess which may once have been counted against a candidate, did no harm to the president-elect during the campaign.
Barack Obama chose Chicago tailor Hart Schaffner Marx for his inauguration in 2009, sending a strong message about both his connection to the city and to Union-made goods. Will native New Yorker Mr Trump make a similar statement on his big day?


Japan's unemployment rate fell to 3% in July, the lowest for 21 years, despite the country's stagnant economy.

Separate data showed spending by households in Japan fell by less than expected in the month.
Japan's government has been struggling for years to find a way to boost growth in the world's third-largest economy.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambitious reform agenda, dubbed Abenomics, has introduced huge stimulus packages to try to revive the economy.
Japan's economy grew at an annualised rate of just 0.2% in the three months to June and recent inflation figures fell far short of the central bank's 2% target, so Tuesday's fresh data provides a rare glimpse of positive news.
The new seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate of 3%, down from 3.1% in June, is just above what authorities would consider full employment.
Marcel Thieliant, senior Japan economist with Capital Economics, said the latest data "suggests that the jobless rate will fall below 3% before long".
Figures showed that household spending fell 0.5% in July compared with a year earlier, although this is  still better than the 0.9% drop expected by analysts.
Earlier this month, the Japanese cabinet approved yet another stimulus package, worth more than 28 trillion yen ($275bn; Â£207bn).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic policy, which quickly became known as "Abenomics" is based on three arrows:


More than 80 activists who were investigated by undercover officers could have been victims of miscarriages of justice, a report has concluded.

However, its author Mark Ellison QC said police failure to keep records on undercover work could make it difficult to prove what role it played.
His conclusions come as the home secretary set out terms for a public inquiry into undercover policing.
Mr Ellison said the activists' cases should be reviewed within the inquiry.
The report, led by barrister Mr Ellison, who previously conducted a review of the role of undercover policing in the Stephen Lawrence murder case, looked at the practices of undercover officers who infiltrated protest groups in the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Some had lengthy personal and sexual relationships with their targets - and even had children with them.
Mr Ellison found 83 cases that potentially involved the work of undercover officers where there was a "spectrum of behaviour of concern to the safety of convictions" - however, no decisions have been made about whether the cases should be referred back to the courts.
The lack of records - and the scale of the work required - meant the possibility of unsafe convictions should now be considered by the public inquiry into undercover policing, he concluded.
This inquiry will be headed by Lord Justice Pitchford, who will examine the motivation for, and the scope of, undercover police operations and their effect upon individuals and the public.
Mr Ellison's report said that 26 officers working for the Special Demonstration Squad (SDS) - a branch of the Metropolitan Police which infiltrated protest groups including animal rights activists and far right organisations - were arrested on 53 occasions.
There were nine occasions when the officers were "in role" and with activists who were also arrested.
The inquiry has been examining whether undercover officers might have had evidence which should have been disclosed to courts where activists were being prosecuted, resulting in their acquittal.
However, this review concluded that "the SDS regarded its activity as outside any of the prosecution disclosure obligations".
Only in "a very small number of cases" was the involvement of an undercover officer revealed.
There have been revelations of undercover relationships, the use of the names of dead children to create false identities, monitoring of MPs, infiltration of the Stephen Lawrence family campaign and, now, the possibility of the largest miscarriage of justice in modern times.
Given the seriousness of the allegations - and the inevitable challenges in getting to the bottom of part of what went on in the murky world of undercover operations, there is an enormous amount at stake.
Campaigners closest to the allegations have been broadly supportive of the inquiry's terms of reference - although there are some reservations - and they are now focused on the detail of one very important element of the procedures.
They want Lord Justice Pitchford to resist any attempts by the Metropolitan Police or other forces to avoid full public disclosure of what went on - including any possible attempts to keep officers anonymous or to adopt the legal position of neither confirming nor denying what went on.
One detective inspector said in the 1990s: "We were part of a 'black operation' that absolutely no one knew about and only the police had actually agreed was all okay."
BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds said the lack of records may mean convicted activists involved in protest groups during the period, and even later, may never know if their convictions are unsafe.
Often the undercover officers would be arrested alongside protestors at demonstrations and face trial, unknown to anyone in the court system, he said.
The Special Demonstrations Squad did not keep proper paper records on purpose, and Crown Prosecution Service files only begin in 1986 when the organisation was created.
This means that investigators from Operation Herne are struggling to determine whether undercover officers behaved as "agent provocateurs" and encouraged protestors into actions they would not have otherwise taken.
Former SDS undercover officer Peter Francis, who has made a string of disclosures about undercover work - including detailing alleged infiltration of the Stephen Lawrence family campaign and monitoring of Labour MPs - welcomed the inquiry.
He said he wanted to "speak openly, under oath, not hidden behind a screen and without the fear of being prosecuted" about his time undercover.
Police Spies Out of Lives, a campaign group backing women taking legal action against police chiefs after unknowingly having relationships with undercover officers, said the inquiry must tackle "all aspects of the complete disregard shown for human rights".
National Police Chiefs' Council said it would cooperate with the public inquiry into undercover policing, but said "it should be remembered that undercover policing has and continues to protect the public from our most dangerous criminals".
In 2012, the Court of Appeal overturned a series of convictions as a result of the actions of Mark Kennedy, an undercover officer.
He had taken part in a protest at Drax power station in Yorkshire which led to a number of offences taking place.


About 10,000 live chickens have been put up for sale to the public to stop them from being slaughtered.

Babthorpe Hall Farm, near Selby in North Yorkshire, said the free-range hens had come to the end of their working lives.
Owner Sheena Seels said there had already been a bit of interest in the birds since her daughter Ellie posted a message on social media.
"It's been a very positive response, 300 have gone this morning," she said.
Ms Seels said the mass sale of birds was quite common in the egg industry, as producers restocked with younger birds.
"Once they come to 72 weeks their shell quality goes as the hens get older," she said.
The brood of Bovan Brown hens are described as having "lovely friendly temperaments".
Ms Seels said potential buyers needed to have enough space for the birds to wander about and they would be better with other chickens.
"They do like company. They are very sociable," she said.
"They look after themselves, so long as they are fed and watered."


Coleraine's continuing run of good form has been recognised by Bannsiders boss Oran Kearney being awarded the March manager of the month prize.

Kearney received the recognition after his side picked up 10 points from four difficult league fixtures and continued their progress to the Irish Cup final.
Coleraine are now unbeaten in 16 games in all competitions, winning 14 of them, having not lost since Boxing Day.
They lie third in the table and will face Linfield in the Irish Cup final.
The Ballycastle Road outfit are also in a good position to secure a potentially lucrative place in the Europa League qualifying rounds.
"It's nice to have that record (of being unbeaten in 2017) but it doesn't give you a God-given right to win a football match," said Kearney, who also won the January managers' award.
"We need to continue to hit the same levels and with the top six teams playing each other now, anything can happen in any given match."
Coleraine beat Glentoran, Glenavon and Crusaders in Premiership games during the month of March, and also drew a rearranged match with derby rivals Ballymena United.
They comfortably accounted for United 4-0 at the quarter-finals stage of the cup and subsequently defeated Glenavon 2-1 to clinch a place in the showpiece occasion of the season on 6 May for the first time since 2008.


If most of us could borrow money at 4% interest, and would never have to repay it, we would be pretty happy.

But not so George Osborne. Because on Friday he announced he would redeem Â£218m of a so-called consolidated loan - a class of gilt-edged stock commonly known as Consols - which were issued in 1927 by his undistinguished (at the Treasury) predecessor, Winston Churchill.
The Treasury has had the option to repay or redeem the loan since 1957, according to the original prospectus terms.
But it has never done so, because 4% interest looked very good value for taxpayers.
So why is the chancellor paying off the loan now?
Well it is because - as I assume you know - the interest rate the government currently has to pay is exceptionally and amazingly low.
I wrote about this recently in a column about how investors are placing bets that the long term growth prospects for the UK and other big rich economies are lacklustre at best, and why they are prepared to lend colossal sums to the supposedly safe-as-houses government at rates of interest that don't match the rate of inflation.
Here is one measure of these extraordinary market conditions. Last Tuesday the Debt Management Office, which borrows on behalf of HM Treasury, sold Â£4bn of a loan that doesn't have to be repaid till 2068 and on this loan it is paying an interest rate, or yield, of 2.966%.
In other words, it is borrowing for 54 years at an interest rate of less than 3%.
Now the last time the interest rate paid by the government was almost as low as this when issuing gilts or borrowing for such a long period was in August 1937, 34 years before George Osborne was born.
And the Debt Management Office has no record of ever having paid a lower rate of interest when selling a loan of that kind of ultra-long maturity.
So of course there is logic to the chancellor repaying the perpetual loan, the Consols, on which he pays a 33% higher rate of interest of 4%.
That looks like smart business for taxpayers.
But is he tempting fate in the decision to repay?
Chancellors should not be superstitious, I suppose. But some might wonder whether in deciding to repay a loan which never has to be repaid, and on which he pays an interest rate that looks low by all historical standards, he is shouting to the gods of the markets that they have created an unsustainable bubble.
And if the bubble is ever to be pricked, might this not be the moment dictated by what some would see as Treasury hubris?


Mae Plaid Cymru wedi cadarnhau bod y cyn-arweinydd, Ieuan Wyn Jones, yn ymgeisio ar gyfer enwebiad y blaid ar Ynys Môn er mwyn brwydro am y sedd yn yr etholiad cyffredinol.

Mr Jones oedd Aelod Seneddol Môn o 1987 i 2001, a bu'n Aelod Cynulliad rhwng 1999 a 2013.
Albert Owen o'r blaid Lafur yw AS presennol yr ynys, wedi iddo gael ei ethol gyda mwyafrif o 229 o bleidleisiau dros ymgeisydd Plaid Cymru, John Rowlands, yn etholiad cyffredinol 2015.
Mae Mr Owen wedi cadarnhau y bydd yn sefyll eto ar 8 Mehefin.
Roedd Mr Jones yn wreiddiol yn un o saith oedd yn ymgeisio ar gyfer enwebiad y blaid ar gyfer yr etholaeth, ond mae tri o'r rheiny bellach wedi tynnu 'nôl.
Cyhoeddodd John Rowlands fore dydd Llun ei fod wedi tynnu ei enw'n ôl rhag ceisio cael ei enwebu er mwyn cefnogi Mr Jones.
Mae Iwan Huws ac Ann Griffith hefyd wedi penderfynu peidio ymgeisio yn dilyn cyhoeddiad Mr Jones.
Dyfrig Jones, Elliott Riley-Walsh, a Vaughan Williams yw'r tri ymgeisydd arall.
Bydd hystings lleol yn cael eu cynnal ddydd Mercher os bydd mwy nag un person yn parhau i ymgeisio am yr enwebiad.
Bu Mr Jones yn arweinydd Plaid Cymru o 2000 i 2012, ac ef oedd Dirprwy Brif Weinidog Cymru rhwng 2007 a 2011.
Gadawodd ei rôl fel AC yn 2013 i arwain Parc Gwyddoniaeth Menai.
Roedd sedd Ynys Môn yn nwylo'r Ceidwadwyr rhwng 1979 a 1987.


Rolling Stone has apologised and officially retracted an article about rape on the campus of a US university following an independent review.

Managing Editor Will Dana apologised to readers and "all of those who were damaged by our story and the ensuing fallout".
The November 2014 article described a gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity house in 2012.
A four-month police investigation found no evidence that the incident occurred.
However, police chief Timothy Longo said that did not mean "something terrible didn't happen" to the student known as Jackie.
When the story was published, it prompted student protests and a renewed national debate about sexual violence at US college.
The Columbia School of Journalism report, commissioned by Rolling Stone, described the article as "a story of journalistic failure".
Written by journalist Sabrina Erdely, the 9,000-word article A Rape on Campus relied on Jackie as the sole source to tell the story of an alleged rape at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house.
Subsequent investigations by other reporters and Ms Erdely herself identified errors in the reporting of the piece.
The Columbia School of Journalism report said the magazine failed to use "basic, even routine journalistic practice" to verify the details after Ms Erdely failed to contact the alleged attackers.
"The failure encompassed reporting, editing, editorial supervision and fact-checking", and there were "systematic failures" at the magazine, the report said.
The report went on to suggest that the article had undermined work to stop sexual violence as it "spread the idea that many women invent rape allegations".
Mr Dana described the report as "painful reading", and said the magazine was committing itself to a series of recommendations in the report.
He apologised to all those affected by the story, "including members of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity and UVA administrators and students".
"Sexual assault is a serious problem on college campuses, and it is important that rape victims feel comfortable stepping forward," he added.
"It saddens us to think that their willingness to do so might be diminished by our failings."
Ms Erdely also apologised in a statement released alongside the report.
Columbia said that Jackie had declined to answer questions for the report and that her lawyer said it "is in her best interest to remain silent at this time."


The Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening ceremony takes place on Friday evening with Wales boasting a record number of athletes at an overseas Olympics.

London 2012 champions Jade Jones and Geraint Thomas lead the 23-strong Welsh contingent spread across 11 sports.
"They include current and former World, European and British champions," said Sport Wales chief Sarah Powell.
A record 30 Welsh athletes competed in London while the previous record for an overseas Games was 17 at Athens 2004.
The most successful Olympics for Welsh athletes was the 1920 Antwerp Games where Christopher Jones and Paulo Radmilovic won water polo gold while John Ainsworth-Davies and Cecil Griffiths were in the title-winning 4x400m relay team.
London 2012 was the largest overall Welsh medal haul of seven, when taekwondo star Jade Jones, cyclist Geraint Thomas and rower Tom James won gold, boxer Fred Evans, rower Chris Bartley and sailor Hannah Mills claimed silver, while Sarah Thomas won bronze in the hockey.
Sport Wales - the body responsible for developing and promoting sport and physical activity in Wales and distributing Lottery funds - has a rolling medal target of six to 10 medals across two Olympic Games cycles.
Taekwondo's 57kg class world number one Jade Jones is the only Welsh athlete defending their title.
Double team pursuit track champion cyclist Thomas will compete in the road race at the 2016 Games and he is set to be the first Welsh athlete in action in Rio on Saturday, 6 August - the day after the opening ceremony.
Here are the Welsh athletes who have qualified for the 31st Olympic Games in Brazil:
NAME: Seren Bundy-Davies
DISCIPLINE: 400m & 4x400m relay
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 December, 1994
FROM: Manchester
HONOURS: 4x400 gold at 2016 European Championships 2016, 4x400 bronze at 2015 World Championships
Bundy-Davies is Wales' only track and field athlete at Rio, the first time that has happened since the 1952 Helsinki Games in Helsinki. Ranked number 31 in the world, she is expected to win a relay medal, which would be Wales' first track and field medal since Jamie Baulch and Iwan Thomas won 4x400m silver at Atlanta 1996. The 21-year-old is studying at the University of Manchester for a biomedical science degree.
NAME: Joe Cordina
DISCIPLINE: Men's lightweight (60kg)
DATE OF BIRTH: 1 December, 1991
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2015 European Amateur champion, 2014 Commonwealth Games champion
The 24-year-old world number eight shares his St Joseph's stable in Newport with current featherweight world champion Lee Selby, 2012 Olympic welterweight silver medallist Fred Evans, 2010 Commonwealth bantamweight champion Sean McGoldrick and British flyweight champion Andrew Selby.
NAME: Elinor Barker
DISCIPLINE: Women's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 7 September, 1994
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2013 World & European team pursuit champion, 2014 World, European & World Cup team pursuit champion, 2015 World team pursuit runner-up, 2014 Commonwealth Games points race runner-up & scratch race bronze medallist
The 21-year-old joins the world record-breaking team pursuit squad alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell-Shand that will be hoping to defend their Olympic crown in Rio but the United States are favourite. The British team pursuit trio won gold in London in world record time. Barker is the youngest member of the British cycling team and started riding aged 10 to get out of swimming lessons.
NAME: Owain Doull
DISCIPLINE: Men's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 May, 1993
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2013 European team pursuit champion, 2014 European team pursuit champion, 2015 World team pursuit runner-up & European team pursuit champion, 2016 World team pursuit runner-up.
The 23-year-old, like Elinor Barker, is in a British team pursuit squad that is defending an Olympic crown after winning gold in a world record time in London in 2012 - and Great Britain are favourites to retain their title. Welsh-speaking Doull, whose childhood ambition was to be a fireman, gave up a promising rugby career to join the British Cycling Junior Academy aged 14.
NAME: Ciara Horne
DISCIPLINE: Women's team pursuit
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September, 1989
FROM: Warwickshire (father from Penarth)
HONOURS: 2014 European & World Cup team pursuit champion, 2015 European team pursuit champion, 2016 World team pursuit bronze medallist
The former national junior swimmer and triathlete joined a cycling team in 2009 and joined the Welsh Cycling Performance Programme in 2012, representing Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Horne, born to an Irish mother and Welsh father, has a physiotherapy degree from the University of Birmingham.
NAME: Becky James
DISCIPLINE: Women's sprint and keirin
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 November, 1991
FROM: Abergavenny
HONOURS: 2013 World keirin and sprint champion and team sprint and time trial bronze medallist, 2010 Commonwealth Games sprint silver and time trial bronze medallist,  2014 World team sprint and keirin bronze medallist, 2016 World keirin bronze medallist
James became the first Briton to win four medals at one World Track Cycling Championship at Minsk 2013 and the 24-year-old competes in the sprint event that her hero Victoria Pendleton won 2008 gold and 2012 silver at Olympic Games. James, a former junior show jumper who loves baking, is fifth favourite on her Olympic debut, with Kristina Vogel the bookies' choice.
NAME: Geraint Thomas
DISCIPLINE: Men's road race
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 May, 1986
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: TRACK: 2008 & 2012 Olympic team pursuit champion, 2007, 2008 & 2012 World team pursuit champion, 2014 Commonwealth Games road race champion ROAD: 2016 Paris-Nice champion, 2015 & 2016 Tour of Algarve champion, 2015 E3 Harelbeke champion
Thomas is bidding to become Wales' most successful Olympic athlete for 96 years as the 30-year-old is aiming for his third successive Olympic gold at Rio. But he is expected to play the supporting role for Chris Froome as he did at the Tour de France. The 2014 BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year, who lives in both Cardiff and Monaco, has a dog called Blanche and has just bought a Grade II listed mansion in south Wales to hire as a wedding venue.
NAME: Natalie Powell
DISCIPLINE: Women's -78 kg
DATE OF BIRTH: 16 October, 1990
FROM: Builth Wells
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth & Astana Grand Prix champion, 2013 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix runner-up, 2014 Samsun Grand Prix runner-up
The 25-year-old will become the first Welsh woman to compete in judo at the Olympics after beating 2012 silver medallist Gemma Gibbons to the -78kg Team GB place. The world number eight, whose hero is former England football captain David Beckham, started judo when introduced to the sport by friends at school.
NAME: Victoria Thornley
DISCIPLINE: Double sculls
DATE OF BIRTH: 30 November, 1987
FROM: St Asaph
HONOURS: 2011 World bronze medallist (eight), 2015 European bronze medallist (double sculls)
The former equestrian rider and model was the first graduate of rowing's 'Sporting Giants' talent identification scheme to win a medal when she won the 2009 World Under-23 Championships. Thornley was fifth in the eight boat at London 2012 and now races alongside Katherine Grainger as the five-time Olympian defends the double sculls title in Rio.
NAME: Chris Bartley
DISCIPLINE: Men's lightweight four
DATE OF BIRTH: 2 February, 1984
FROM: Wrexham
HONOURS: 2010 World champion, 2012 Olympic silver medallist, 2007, 2011, 2013 & 2014 World runner-up, 2014 European runner-up
The 32-year-old, an ever-present in the four since 2009, was part of the lightweight men's four that missed out on gold by less than a second at London 2012. Bartley, who studied biology at the University of Nottingham, is one of Team GB's most experienced rowers.
NAME: James Davies
POSITION: Forward
DATE OF BIRTH: 25 October 1990
FROM: Carmarthen
HONOURS: 2012 Dubai Sevens Plate winner
The 25-year-old Scarlets flanker is the younger brother of Wales and British and Irish Lions centre Jonathan Davies. He is nicknamed 'Cubby' because his brother is known as Jon 'Fox' Davies because their parents ran the Fox & Hounds pub in the Carmarthenshire village of Bancyfelin. The former Wales Sevens captain impressed in the Pro12 in the 15-man game last season and was a contender for Wales' tour to New Zealand.
NAME: Sam Cross
POSITION: Forward
DATE OF BIRTH: 26 August, 1992
FROM: Abergavenny
The 23-year-old former Gwent county footballer who also represented Team GB at the World Student Championships in rugby league, is a centrally contracted Welsh Sevens international and has won 100 caps. Cross played for Cardiff Met University when studying a sport and exercise science scholarship.
NAME: Jasmine Joyce
AGE: 9 October, 1995
FROM: St David's
Joyce will be the only non-English representative in the Team GB female rugby squad. The 20-year-old, who was called up by Wales after impressing for the Pontyclun Falcons and the Scarlets, has taken a sabbatical from her university studies to concentrate on her rugby career.
TRAVELLING RESERVE: Luke Treharne (Wales)
NAME: Hannah Mills
DISCIPLINE: 470 class
DATE OF BIRTH: 29 February, 1988
FROM: Cardiff
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic 470 class runner-up, 2006 World 420 champion, 2012 World 470 champion, 2011 & 2015 World Championships 470 runner-up, 2014 European 470 runner-up
Mills and her crew Saskia Clark's gold hopes at the 2012 Games were blown off course by a wind shift in Weymouth and finished the medal race next to last, leaving them with silver. Mills, who started sailing aged just eight, is currently fourth in the world rankings but favourite to win in Rio.
NAME: Chris Grube
DISCIPLINE: 470 class
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 January, 1985
FROM: Chester
HONOURS: 2014 World Cup Miami round bronze
Grube failed to qualify London 2012 after he was beaten to Team GB selection by Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell, who went on to win Olympic silver. He was dropped from the Royal Yachting Association elite Olympic Podium squad in 2014 because of poor results. But the 30-year-old was paired with Patience in January 2016 after Patience's initial partner Elliot Willis was forced to withdraw after being diagnosed with bowel cancer. They are now ranked third in the world.
NAME: Elena Allen
DISCIPLINE: Women's Skeet
DATE OF BIRTH: 12 July, 1972
FROM: Blackwood
HONOURS: 2014 World team skeet champion and skeet runner-up, 2013 World team skeet runner-up and skeet bronze medallist, 2014 Welsh Commonwealth Games skeet silver medallist, 2006 English Commonwealth Games skeet pairs bronze medallist.
The 44-year-old, who will hope for an improvement at her third Olympics, was born in Moscow and her mother Tatiana Bogdanova was a World and European Championship shooting competitor for the Soviet Union. Allen moved to the UK aged 20 and married fellow shooter Malcolm Allen, who is now her coach. The world number 39 has a modern languages degree from the University of Bradford.
NAME: Jazz Carlin
DISCIPLINE: 400m and 800m freestyle
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 September, 1990
FROM: Swindon (both parents Welsh)
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth & European 800m freestyle champion, 2014 European 400m freestyle runner-up, 2015 World 800m freestyle bronze medallist, 2010 Commonwealth 200m freestyle runner-up, 2009 World 4x200m freestyle relay bronze medallist
The Welsh record holder in 200m, 400m and 800m freestyle made her international swimming debut aged just 15 and became the first Welsh female swimmer to win a Commonwealth title since Pat Beavan in 1974. The Manchester United fan and qualified personal trainer is fourth in the world in her favoured 800m freestyle and is fourth favourite to win on her Olympic debut with defending champion and world record holder Katie Ledecky a huge odds-on favourite.
NAME: Georgia Davies
DISCIPLINE: 100m backstroke
DATE OF BIRTH: 11 October, 1990
FROM: Swansea
HONOURS: 2014 Commonwealth 50m backstroke champion and 100m backstroke runner-up, 2014 European 50m backstroke runner-up, 2010 Commonwealth 50m backstroke bronze medallist, 2016 European 50m backstroke bronze medallist & 4x100m medley & mixed medley relay champion, 2014 European 100m backstroke & 4x100m medley relay bronze medallist
Davies is a 250-1 rank outsider for 100m backstroke gold as her favoured 50m backstroke event is not included in the Olympic schedule. The 25-year-old was an Olympic semi-finalist at London 2012 and the world number 11 will be aiming for the final in Rio and hoping for relay success.
NAME: Ieuan Lloyd
DISCIPLINE: 200m freestyle and individual medley
DATE OF BIRTH: July 9, 1993
FROM: Penarth
The City of Cardiff swimmer made his Olympic debut as a teenager at London 2012, finishing 19th in the 200m freestyle, but hasn't lived up to his early promise. The 23-year-old returned to form this year and is expected to feature in the 4x200m freestyle relay as well as 200m individual medley, where he is ranked 27th in the world..
NAME: Chloe Tutton
DISCIPLINE: 200m breaststroke
DATE OF BIRTH: 17 July, 1996
FROM: Rhondda
HONOURS: 2016 European 100m breaststroke bronze medallist and 4x100m relay medley champion
Following an international debut at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, the 20-year-old has burst on to the scene within the last 12 months and won the British 200m breaststroke title ahead of European silver medallist Molly Renshaw - and in a British record time. Tutton narrowly missed the Olympic qualification time but her performance convinced selectors she should go to Rio and the world number five is an outside bet for a medal.
NAME: Jade Jones
DISCIPLINE: 57kg
DATE OF BIRTH: 21 March, 1993
FROM: Flint
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic champion, 2015 European Games champion
HONOURS: 2012 Olympic 57kg champion, 2011 World 57kg runner-up, 2015 European Games 57kg champion, 2016 European 57kg champion, 2014 European Championships 57kg runner-up, 2010 European Championships 53kg bronze medallist, 2012 European Championships 57kg bronze medallist
Wales' only current world number one is favourite to retain the Olympic crown she won in such style as a teenager in London, the first taekwondo gold Great Britain have ever won. The 2012 BBC Cymru Wales Sports Personality of the Year, nicknamed 'The Headhunter' because of her style, was encouraged to take up the sport as a child by her grandfather because Jones was "quite naughty".
NAME: Non Stanford
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 January, 1989
FROM: Swansea
HONOURS: 2013 ITU World triathlon champion, 2012 World under-23 triathlon champion
The 27-year-old was handpicked by double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes as a possible star of the future in her teenage years when Stanford was a promising distance runner. But Stanford, second favourite for Olympic gold in Rio behind reigning back-to-back world champion Gwen Jorgensen, converted after joining the University of Birmingham triathlon club during her sport and exercises sciences degree. Stanford is the first woman to win an Under-23 and senior world title.
NAME:Helen Jenkins
DATE OF BIRTH: 8 March, 1984
FROM: Bridgend
HONOURS: 2008 & 2011 ITU triathlon world champion, 2011 ITU triathlon team world champion
Jenkins is among Britain's most consistent female athletes, achieving more World Triathlon Series podium finishes than any other British woman and winning the world title twice. Jenkins, who married British team-mate and coach Marc at Disney World in Florida in 2008, is preparing for her third Olympics and is third favourite as the 32-year-old hopes to improve on her 21st-placed finish at Beijing in 2008 and fifth at London 2012.


Photographer and street artist Philippe Echaroux has created a powerful series of images to highlight the issue of illegal logging and continuing deforestation of the Amazon rainforest.

Sources show a recent increase in this activity, despite efforts by the Brazilian government to curb it.
Working alongside the Paiter Surui people of western Brazil, Echaroux created these spectral images by projecting large scale portraits of the indigenous community on to foliage on its land.
Almir Narayamoga Surui, the chief of the indigenous community that currently numbers around 1,300 people, has been given the task of replanting and protecting part of the rainforest by the government.
"Since the beginning of this year, we are undergoing a total invasion of deforesters and miners of diamonds and gold," he says.
"Every day, 300 trucks leave our territory filled with wood, which represents 600 hectares of deforested forests. And it continues to increase, whilst according to the Constitution of Brazil, it is illegal to deforest an indigenous reservation.
"On the ground, the illegal loggers have heavy means, with caterpillar machines. We have found mercury and cyanide in three rivers of Surui territory because of the miners."
Philippe Echaroux


Bulent Mumay found out he was on a list of 42 journalists facing arrest when a friend called him on Monday morning.

A well-known reporter who was sacked from a long-standing job at the liberal Hurriyet newspaper last year, Mr Mumay says the news was a shock.
"It's difficult to be facing such accusations," he told the BBC, "but I wasn't surprised."
Mr Mumay described Turkey's record on press freedom as "troubled".
The country ranked 151 out of 180 in media watchdog Reporters Without Borders' 2016 World Press Freedom Index.
Mr Mumay said he had several journalist friends who had been arrested in recent years.
"I am just a person who practises journalism and describes himself as a critic," he said. "So I am one of those they point the finger at and accuse of being part of the group who planned the coup."
Mr Mumay called on the authorities to look at his social media accounts which would show that he had taken a stand against the coup from the moment he first heard military jets flying overhead.
"Just look on Twitter and you will find several tweets from me strictly rejecting any kind of military coup," he said.
Another name on the list is Fatih Yagmur, an investigative journalist sacked from another liberal daily, Radikal, after writing a story alleging the Turkish government was arming militants in Syria.
In a defiant message on Twitter on Monday, he said that he had no intention of handing himself in to prosecutors, having witnessed torture in Turkish police stations.
Many of the journalists named on the prosecutor's list only found out they were facing arrest when their names were published by the state news agency.
So far only five have been detained, in dawn raids on Monday.


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Young women travelling to Syria to join Islamic State often end up "domestically isolated in severe conditions", new research claims.

UK-led research suggests that the women do not join with the intention of becoming "jihadi brides", but often end up facing "harsh realities".
The report also says the recruits are increasingly younger and come from comfortable and educated backgrounds.
An estimated 4,000 Westerners have joined IS, including some 550 women.
The joint report by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation at King's College London says women are far from passive agents, with some involved in aspects of IS life including propaganda and recruitment.
But it suggests that, whatever women's reasons for joining IS, also known as Isis, their "first and foremost" responsibility will actually be "to be a good wife to the jihadist husband to who they are betrothed and to become a mother to the next generation of jihadism".
Researchers have monitored more than 100 of the women through social media platforms and analysed interviews with those who have been arrested by security forces.
The researchers say that although many young women join up with pre-conceived and often naive ideas, many are living with no electricity and little comfort and those who do marry jihadi men often face widowhood.
The report says that though many women post photographs of themselves carrying guns, they are not allowed to fight and are confined to their homes with few managing to escape.
Co-author Melanie Smith said: "It gives a unique lens into the daily lives of foreign women living in the so-called Islamic State.
"Often through social media, we are able to read and hear about the complaints of daily life for females, often domestically isolated in severe conditions, and the realities of living within a war zone in a terrorist-held territory."
The report also says programmes aimed at preventing girls from joining IS are "too few, ill-informed and under-resourced".
It concludes that the role of female mentors in prevention and de-radicalisation programmes is vital, but that more such mentors are needed.
Shiraz Maher, senior research fellow at King's College London, said: "Female recruits now make up a substantial part of those who have emigrated to join the Isis cause, but little has been done to properly investigate the reasons why they are joining and how to prevent them.
"This important piece of research will go some way to helping stem that tide."


UFC will be back in Belfast for the first time since 2007 with the SSE Arena hosting the event on 19 November.

"Irish MMA fans are among the most passionate that we've seen anywhere in the world," said James Elliott, general manager of UFC EMEA.
"They have long been asking for the UFC to return.
"We look forward to delivering an unforgettable event for the city of Belfast, one which will be remembered for years to come."
Ireland's Conor McGregor, the UFC featherwight champion, has boosted the popularity of the sport in recent years.
A line-up of fighters for the November showdown has yet to be confirmed.
"It goes without saying that Ireland is a key market for us, and the popularity of MMA amongst Irish fans continues to grow exponentially year on year," added Elliott.


Our World: Killing for Conservation is at 21:30 GMT on Saturday 11 February on the BBC News Channel and this weekend on BBC World News

The authorities at a national park in India protect the wildlife by shooting suspected poachers dead. But has the war against poaching gone too far?
Kaziranga National Park is an incredible story of conservation success.
There were just a handful of Indian one-horned rhinoceros left when the park was set up a century ago in Assam, in India's far east. Now there are more than 2,400 - two-thirds of the entire world population.
This is where David Attenborough's team came to film for Planet Earth II. William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, came here last year.
But the way the park protects the animals is controversial. Its rangers have been given the kind of powers to shoot and kill normally only conferred on armed forces policing civil unrest.
At one stage the park rangers were killing an average of two people every month - more than 20 people a year.  Indeed, in 2015 more people were shot dead by park guards than rhinos were killed by poachers.
Innocent villagers, mostly tribal people, have been caught up in the conflict.
Rhinos need protection.  Rhino horn can fetch very high prices in Vietnam and China where it is sold as a miracle cure for everything from cancer to erectile dysfunction.  Street vendors charge as much as $6,000 for 100g  - making it considerably more expensive than gold.
Indian rhinos have smaller horns than those of African rhinos, but reportedly they are marketed as being far more potent.
But how far should we go to protect these endangered animals?
I ask two guards what they were told to do if they encountered poachers in the park.
"The instruction is whenever you see the poachers or hunters, we should start our guns and hunt them," Avdesh explains without hesitation.
"You shoot them?" I ask.
"Yah, yah.  Fully ordered to shoot them.  Whenever you see the poachers or any people during night-time we are ordered to shoot them."
Avdesh says he has shot at people twice in the four years he has been a guard, but has never killed anybody. He knows, however, there are unlikely to be any consequences for him if he did.
The government has granted the guards at Kaziranga extraordinary powers that give them considerable protection against prosecution if they shoot and kill people in the park.
Critics say guards like Avdesh and Jibeshwar are effectively being told to carry out "extrajudicial executions".
Getting figures for how many people are killed in the park is surprisingly difficult.
"We don't keep each and every account," says a senior official in India's Forest Department, which oversees the country's national parks.
The director of the park, Dr Satyendra Singh, is based at the park's impressive colonial-era headquarters.
He talks about the difficulties of tackling poachers in the park, explaining that the poaching gangs recruit local people to help them get into the park but that the actual "shooters" - the men who kill the rhinos - tend to come from neighbouring states.
He says the term "shoot-on-sight" does not accurately describe how he orders the forest rangers to deal with suspected poachers.
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"First we warn them - who are you?  But if they resort to firing we have to kill them. First we try to arrest them, so that we get the information, what are the linkages, who are others in the gang?"
Dr Singh reveals that just in the past three years, 50 poachers have been killed. He says it reflects how many people in the local community have been lured into the trade as rhino horn prices have risen.  As many as 300 locals are involved in poaching, he believes.
For the people who live around Kaziranga the rising death toll has become a major issue.
Kaziranga is densely populated, like the rest of India.  Many of the communities here are tribal groups that have lived in or alongside the forest for centuries, collecting firewood as well as herbs and other plants from it.  They say increasing numbers of innocent villagers are being shot.
In one of the villages that borders the park live Kachu Kealing and his wife.  Their son, Goanburah, was shot by forest guards in December 2013.
The only picture they have of him is a fuzzy reproduction of the young man's face.
Goanburah had been looking after the family's two cows.  His father believes they strayed into the park and his son - who had severe learning difficulties - went in to try and find them.  It is an easy mistake to make.  There are no fences or signs marking the edge of the park, it just merges seamlessly into the surrounding countryside and fields.
The park authorities say guards shot Goanburah inside the forest reserve when he did not respond to a warning.
"He could barely do up his own trousers or his shoes," his father says, "everyone knew him in the area because he was so disabled."
Kachu Kealing does not believe there is any action he can take now, especially given the unusual protection park guards have from prosecution.  "I haven't filed a court case.  I'm a poor man, I can't afford to take them on."
Conservation efforts in India tend to focus on protecting a few emblematic species.  The fight to preserve them is stacked high with patriotic sentiment. Rhinos and tigers have become potent national symbols.
Add to this the fact that Kaziranga is the region's principal tourist attraction - its 170,000 or more annual visitors spend good money here - and it is easy to see why the park feels political pressure to tackle its poaching problem head on.
In 2013, when the number of rhinos killed by poachers more than doubled to 27, local politicians demanded action.  The then head of the park was happy to oblige.
MK Yadava wrote a report which detailed his strategy for tackling poaching in Kaziranga.  He proposed there should be no unauthorised entry whatsoever.  Anyone found within the park, he said, "must obey or be killed".
"Kill the unwanted," should be the guiding principle for the guards, he recommended.
He explained his belief that environmental crimes, including poaching, are more serious that murder.  "They erode," he said, "the very root of existence of all civilizations on this earth silently."
And he backed up his tough words with action, putting this uncompromising doctrine into practice in the park.
The numbers of people killed rose dramatically. From 2013 to 2014 the number of alleged poachers shot dead in the park leapt from five to 22. In 2015 Kaziranga killed more people in the park than poachers killed rhinos - 23 people lost their lives compared to just 17 rhinos.
And, as the park's battle against poaching gathered in intensity, there were to be other casualties.
In July last year, seven-year-old Akash Orang was making his way home along the main track through the village, which borders the park.
His voice falters as he recounts what happened next. "I was coming back from the shop. The forest guards were shouting, 'Rhinoceros! Rhinoceros!'" He pauses.  "Then they suddenly shot me."
The gunshot blasted away most of the calf muscle on his right leg.  The injuries were so serious he had to be rushed to Assam's main hospital five hours away.
He was there for five months and had dozens of operations but, despite the hospital's efforts, Akash can still barely walk.
His father, Dilip Orang, bends down and removes the bandage from the boy's leg to display the wound.  His leg appears to be stripped of its skin - the calf muscle is bunched into tight ball. It doesn't flex. "They took the muscle from here and grafted it here," he says. "But it hasn't worked very well. Just look at it."
It is clear just how terrible his injuries are when Akash gets up to move out of the sun.  He can barely limp the few feet into the shade.  His older brother now has to carry him to the local shop.
"He has changed," Dilip says. "He used to be cheerful.  He isn't any more. In the night he wakes up in pain and cries for his mother."
The park admits it made a terrible mistake.  It paid all his medical expenses and gave the family almost 200,000 rupees ($3,000; £2,400) in compensation.  Not much given the scale of Akash's injuries, says his father, who worries whether his son will ever make a living.
The crippling of Akash led to a huge outcry from villagers.  It was the culmination of long-simmering disquiet over the mounting death toll in the park. Hundreds marched on the park headquarters.
In a house a short walk from the park HQ, human rights campaigner Pranab Doley, himself a member of a local tribe, pulls out a bag stuffed with paperwork.  He has made a series of requests under India's Right to Information Act and says the replies show that many cases aren't followed up properly.
"In most cases you don't have things like the magisterial inquiry, the forensic report, the post mortem reports," he says, rifling through the stacks of paper.
The park says that it's not responsible for investigating the killings, and whatever action it does take follows the law. Even so, some of Mr Doley's documents reveal a surprising lack of information. He pulls out a table listing deaths in one of the park's four districts.  It shows nine suspected poachers killed in one year, six of whom are recorded as unidentified.
And there are other indications that careful investigation is not a priority when it comes to wildlife crime in Assam. The park says that in the last three years just two people have been prosecuted for poaching - a striking contrast to the 50 people who were shot dead in the park in the same period.
The park justifies the number of deaths, saying the figures are so high because the heavily armed poaching gangs engage guards in deadly shoot-outs.  However, the statistics indicate that these "encounters" are more one-sided than the park suggests. Once again, firm figures are hard to come by, but according to the reports we can find just one park guard has been killed by poachers in the past 20 years, compared with 106 people shot dead by guards over the same period.
Mr Doley argues the high number of deaths is because, at least in part, of the legal protection the park and its guards enjoy. "This kind of impunity is dangerous," he says. "It is creating animosity between the park and people living in the periphery of the park."
That animosity is deepened because so many of the local community are tribal people who claim they and their ancient way of life are - like the animals the park is trying to protect - also endangered.
Their cause has been taken up by Survival International, a London-based charity.  It argues that the rights of tribal people around the park are being sacrificed in the name of wildlife protection.
"The park is being run with utmost brutality," says Sophie Grig, the lead campaigner. "There is no jury, there's no judge, there's no questioning.  And the terrifying thing is that there are plans to roll [out] the shoot at sight policy across [the] whole of India."
Her strong language is testimony perhaps to the concern felt by activists like her that traditional communities might be sacrificed in the name of wildlife protection.
She says some of the biggest animal conservation charities in the world, including the World Wildlife Fund, have turned a blind eye to the activities of the park.
"WWF describes itself as a close partner of the Assam Forest Department," says Ms Grig.  "They've been providing equipment and funds to the forest department.  Survival has repeatedly asked them to speak out against this shoot-on-sight policy and extrajudicial executions which they have so far failed to do."
According to the WWF India website, it has funded combat and ambush training for Kaziranga's guards and has provided specialist equipment including night vision goggles for the park's anti-poaching effort.
"Nobody is comfortable with killing people," says Dr Dipankar Ghose, who helps run much of WWF's conservation programme in India. "What is needed is on the ground protection. The poaching has to stop."
The bulk of WWF's funding comes from individual donations. So how would the WWF's donors feel about the organisation's involvement with a park facing allegations of killing, maiming and torturing?  Dr Ghose does not answer the question directly.
"Well, as I said, we are working towards it.  We want the whole thing to reduce - we don't want poaching to happen, and the idea is to reduce it involving all our partners. It is not just the Kaziranga authorities but also the enforcement agencies, also the local people. So I think the main thing is to work with the local people."
And there are plenty of conservationists that accept that, in some circumstances, there must be a tough response to poachers. "No park would exist in India without having regular anti-poaching operations," says naturalist and writer Valmik Thapar. "Anti-poaching is an essential element of conservation."
"There are some that do it well. There are some that fail miserably… and they don't have any tigers. So there are some tiger reserves in India, that actually don't have any tigers at all because they have all been poached.
"In some exceptional cases you can use the gun against the gun, but in other places in India you need to use community intelligence, because the local community are the eyes and ears of the forest."
Three months after Akash was shot and villagers marched on park headquarters once again - this time to protest allegations of torture.
Mono Bora was sitting at a roadside cafe when he was picked up by forest guards. He claims he was punched in the face repeatedly as he was driven to park headquarters. Once inside the offices the questioning became even more violent.
"They gave me electric shocks here on my knees, and here on my elbows. And here on my groin too." Mr Bora describes how he was tied in a stress position to bamboo staves.
"They kept on hitting me," he says. The ordeal lasted for three hours until finally his assailants became convinced they had the wrong man.
Kaziranga confirmed it did bring Mono Bora in for questioning but categorically denies any harm came to him, adding that it "never uses electric shock during interrogation".
The chief of Mono Bora's village picked him up from the park headquarters.  Biren Kotch says he did not believe Mr Bora had any involvement in poaching. "How can they justify torture?"
But it isn't just the anti-poaching effort that threatens local people. Big wild animals like tigers and rhinos need lots of space.
To accommodate them India is planning a massive expansion of its network of national of parks. It is great news for conservation, but the plans involve relocating 900 villages.  More than 200,000 people will have to leave their homes, it is estimated.
Kaziranga will double in size and an eviction order has been issued. State police recently evicted two villages amid chaotic scenes in which stone-throwing villagers were beaten with batons and fired on by police. Two people - a father of two and a young female student - were killed.
Diggers were brought in and the national park provided a team of elephants to help raze every home to the ground.
In the wreckage of the village critics might see more evidence of a brutal approach to conservation.  The problem is the park's tactics appear to have worked.  Since the crackdown in the park began in 2013 the numbers of rhinos poached has fallen back.  Last year just 18 rhinos were killed.
But the important question is what the long term cost will be, says Pranab Doley, the tribal rights campaigner.  He believes the park's behaviour betrays a misguided attitude to conservation.  "That's what their policy and philosophy is - move the people out of here and create pure pristine forest."
He says the park is on a collision course with local tribal people.  If it gets its way, he says, it will destroy the ancient culture of tribal people like him, but could also end up frustrating its own efforts to protect its animals.
"Without the people taking care of the forest, no forest department will be able to protect Kaziranga. It's the human shield which is protecting Kaziranga."
Of course, there's no arguing that endangered species must be protected and preserved, but the costs on the human community need to be taken into account too.
Additional photos by David Reid


Two years on from a fatal crash involving more than 30 cars on the M40, Highways England has said it will install a fog sensor in the area.

The pile-up occurred between junctions nine and 10 northbound in Oxfordshire on 14 February 2015.
Highways England claimed the move would improve driver safety in the area, though the sensor is not expected to be installed until after April 2017.
Edmund King from the AA said he was "disappointed" it was taking "so long".
He said the stretch of the M40 was described by many as "Fog Alley", and was an area "prone to pretty heavy fog".
Robert Pilott, 65, of Woking, Surrey, died in the accident in which six other people were seriously injured and 55 had minor injuries.
At an inquest after the crash Oxfordshire coroner Darren Salter said he would write to Highways England and ask it to investigate installing fog sensors.
Former paramedic Graham White, from Kingham, said problems with fog there were known many years ago when he started training.
He added: "It was known before the motorway opened, that certainly on the section running down to the River Cherwell and the canal, fog would be a problem.
"We're coming up to that same time of year againâ€¦ when we're going to get early morning mist and fog over the rivers.
"I would've said get [the sensor] upâ€¦ the costs of doing it is going to be way less than the costs of someone dying."
A Highways England spokesperson said: "We are committed to installing a new fog sensor on the M40 near junction 9, which we believe will improve driver safety."
The work is expected to take place during the 2017/2018 financial year.


The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is investigating more than 800 individual taxpayers, all residents of Australia.

They have been identified as high net wealth clients of a law firm in Panama.
The investigation follows a leak of 11m documents from the database of law firm Mossack Fonseca, revealing how wealthy and powerful people hide their wealth.
The ATO says in a statement it has managed to link more than 120 of the individuals to an "associate offshore service provider" located in Hong Kong.
The tax body did not disclose the name of the company in Hong Kong.
The ATO is working closely with the Australian Federal Police, Australian Crime Commission and other agencies, and said some cases may be referred to the Serious Financial Crime Taskforce.
"The message is clear - taxpayers can't rely on these secret arrangements being kept secret and we will act on any information that is provided to us," said ATO Deputy Commissioner Michael Cranston.


Seat has said about 700,000 of its cars are fitted with the software that allowed parent company Volkswagen to cheat US emissions tests.

A spokesman said they are currently trying to work out how many were sold in each national market.
In Spain slightly over 3,000 new cars are affected but showrooms have been told to put them aside.
VW says it is working out how to refit the software in the 11m diesel engines involved in the emission's scandal.
Broken down brand-by-brand they are:
VW said it would inform customers "in the next few weeks and months" about how refits would take place.
Seat also said it planned to contact owners so their cars can undergo tests.
It will also set up a search engine on its website to allow customers to find out if their vehicles are affected.
The Spanish carmaker said it had temporarily suspended the sale and delivery of all new vehicles with the EA 189 engines which contain the software.
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The scandal is continuing to hit VW's share price. On Tuesday it fell another 1.5% during morning trade in Frankfurt. The company has lost 35% of its market value since last Monday.
A survey of 62 institutional investors by the investment banking advisory firm Evercore, showed 66% of them would not invest in VW for 6 months or until it clarified what costs, fines, and legal proceedings it faced.
The effects are also spilling over into the local economy around VW's headquarters in Wolfsburg. The city is expecting a fall in business tax revenue from VW and the mayor has announced a budget freeze and hiring ban on public sector workers.
The scandal was revealed after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that some VW diesel cars were fitted with devices that could detect when the engine was being tested, and could change the car's performance to improve results.
The German company has apologised for breaching consumers' trust, and on Friday announced that Matthias Mueller was replacing Martin Winterkorn as chief executive. Mr Mueller promised a "relentless" investigation to uncover what went wrong.
He said the group was "facing the severest test in its history."
German prosecutors announced on Monday that it was conducting a criminal investigation of Volkswagen's former chief executive.


Doctors should use newer medications rather than aspirin to treat a common heart problem, say new guidelines for the NHS in England and Wales.

The National Institute of Health and Care Excellence says blood-thinning drugs like warfarin are better for those with atrial fibrillation, which can increase a person's risk of stroke.
Experts say most doctors are already doing this.
The advice will affect hundreds of thousands of patients.
Atrial fibrillation (AF), which causes an irregular heartbeat, is the most common heart rhythm problem, affecting up to 800,000 people - roughly one in 100 - in the UK.
In AF, the heart cannot work as well as it should and blood clots can form, which, in turn, increases the risk of a stroke.
Aspirin has been used for years to help protect patients from strokes, but mounting evidence suggests the drug's benefits are too small compared with other treatments.
The guidelines acknowledge this - it is the first time they will have been updated since they were originally issued in 2006.
The advice to switch from aspirin to a blood-thinning drug such as warfarin instead should prevent thousands of strokes.
Newer anticoagulants other than warfarin may be most suitable as they do not require regular monitoring, says NICE.
Experts say if aspirin is to be stopped, it should be stopped gradually and only under the advice of a doctor.
Prof Peter Weissberg, medical director at the British Heart Foundation, said: "Strokes caused by atrial fibrillation are both common and preventable but only if the abnormal heart rhythm is identified in the first place and if effective drugs are given to prevent blood-clot development.
"The revised NICE guidance reflects accumulating evidence that warfarin and the newer anticoagulants are much more effective than aspirin at preventing strokes.
"This does not mean that aspirin is not important and effective at preventing heart attacks and strokes in other circumstances. Patients who are unclear on whether or not they should continue to take aspirin should speak to their doctor."
Prof Peter Elwood, an expert at Cardiff University, warned it could be unsafe to suddenly stop taking aspirin. "If aspirin is to be stopped, it should be stopped gradually," he said.


A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to murdering his father at the house they shared.

Geoff Seggie was found dead at his home in Marylebone Crescent, Mackworth, during the night on 1 December.
Mr Seggie, 59, described by his family as a "hero", had suffered multiple stab wounds, Derbyshire Police said.
Daniel Seggie, who lived at the same address, admitted murder at Nottingham Crown Court and is due to be sentenced on 31 May.


Water polo is fast, furious and easy to understand, with players needing to combine skill and accuracy with endurance.

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Lisa Knights, BBC Sport
"Anything goes under the water and players compete to gain whatever advantage they can. For Team GB, the women should fight for the bronze medal. They are led by Sam Leighton, who sets a great example to her team. For the men, Craig Figes's side have been given an incredibly hard draw for the group stage with heavyweights Serbia and Hungary in there with them. London 2012 will be the swansong for Hungary's Tamas Kasas, who is looking to end his Olympic career with a fourth successive gold medal. Brenda Villa is tiny by water polo standards but she'll be hoping to inspire the United States' women to success."
For Great Britain, there has been nothing to cheer since winning four of the first five Olympic tournaments and the country has not even qualified since 1956.
Host nation status means both men and women will have teams at London, although medals are unlikely to be on the cards.
Hungary are the sport's most successful Olympic team with 15 medals, including nine golds, and have won the last three men's titles. However, they are yet to win a medal in the women's event, which was introduced at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
Russia (previously the Soviet Union), Serbia (previously Yugoslavia), Italy and the USA have also performed consistently well down the years.
Water polo combines the shooting skills of handball, the ball-handling skills of basketball or netball, and the speed and stamina of swimming.
Players can swim up three miles at a high tempo in the course of a match. This means you can burn approximately 465 calories during a game, making it an excellent way to lose body fat.
As it is a team game, water polo is an excellent way to develop communication skills and learn to work effectively with other people.
Clubs also offer a variety of social events beyond simply playing the sport.
Water polo works many of the muscle groups in the body. The leg muscles are in constant motion as players keep themselves afloat, while the ball-throwing action strengthens arm muscles.
The effort of intensive swimming combined with fighting for possession helps boost cardiovascular fitness and lower blood pressure.
For those looking to take part, there are more than 300 water polo clubs in the United Kingdom. People in England, Wales and Scotland can visit the British Swimming team sports page for details of where you can play.
The Swim Ulster websites contains information for where people in Northern Ireland can find their nearest club.
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Further details about training schemes and events can be found on the Amateur Swimming Association,Scottish Swimming and Swim Wales websites.
Water polo clubs provide balls, nets, referees and coaches to members. For beginners, all you will need is a swimming suit or swimming trunks, and a swimming cap.
Many clubs offer mini water polo sessions for children aged eight to 11. This activity teaches the fundamentals of aquatics and the sport as a whole.
British Swimming is working with the BBC to get the UK into the pool in a celebration of swimming events called the Big Splash.
A wide range of activities, including competitive races, swimming lessons and aqua aerobics, are being put on in swimming pools throughout the country.
Sign up to British Swimming's mailing list to be sent details of the latest events and use their pool finder to find out where you can get started.
More on the British Swimming website
'Join In Local Sport' aims to get as many people as possible to turn up and take part in activities at their local sports facilities on 18/19 August, 2012 - the first weekend between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The aim of the initiative is for every sports club and community group in the UK to put on a special event in a bid to encourage more people to get involved as members, supporters or volunteers.
More than 4,000 local sports clubs will be opening their doors to host events and show people just how they can get involved.
As well as tips on playing sport there will be information on coaching, supporting and how to help out.
Find an event near you.
More on the London 2012 website
Each nation has a 13-man squad, with seven allowed in the pool at any one time. The number of substitutions are unlimited.
Matches consist of four periods, each of them eight minutes long. A team has just 30 seconds to attempt to score before the ball is returned to the opposition.
Hungary came from 7-5 down to beat Serbia 8-7 in the Athens 2004 final, with Gergely Kiss scoring the winning goal
Whenever the referee whistles, the clock and play both stop.
At the start of each period, players line up on their goal line and the ball is released from a special float in the centre of the pool.
Only the goalkeeper can touch or hold the ball with both hands, but a goal can be scored by any part of the body apart from the clenched fist.
Players are not allowed to touch the sides or the bottom of the pool during play.
In each group stage match, two points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat.
If, at the end of a knockout match, the score is tied, two further three-minute periods will be played. A penalty shoot-out of five penalties per team will take place if no winner emerges.
If the match still remains tied, a sudden-death shoot-out will take place.
More on the Team GB website
Both the Team GB men's and women's sides will have their work cut out against the powerhouses of world water polo.
The women, already through to the quarter-finals as the group stage is used to determine who plays who in the last eight, will struggle to go further. The men will do well to reach the quarter-finals, with four teams set to bow out after their group games.
Serbia are men's World League, World Cup and European champions, but Italy beat them in the final of the World Championships last year. Croatia and Montenegro are also strong, while Hungary are looking for a fourth straight gold.
The women's event is wide open, with USA, Italy, Greece and China among the contenders for the title.
So called because in its earliest days players rode on floating barrels that resembled mock horses, and swung at the ball with mallet-like sticks, water polo was developed in Europe and the United States as two differing sports.
The modern form of the game is based on the European version and made its Olympic debut at the Paris Games in 1900 when Great Britain won gold.
Wedgies - where players pull up an opponent's swimming costume to cause eye-watering discomfort - are so commonplace in the women's game that some teams, including the Spanish, have taken to giving themselves wedgies before matches in order to prevent them during play
Their superiority over Belgium in the final was such that they limited the amount of shots they took to spare their opponents' embarrassment.
The early version of the sport bore a key difference to the one we now know - swimming was not necessary.
Instead, those first Olympic medals were contested in pools only deep enough for a spot of advanced wading. As a result many of the players could not actually swim.
During the 1920s though, games were switched to larger, deeper pools. Swimming became a prerequisite and the sport advanced from little more than a holiday pastime to a skilled and physically demanding sport.
It was not included in 1904 but has appeared at each subsequent edition of the Games, with the women's event introduced in 2000.
More on the IOC website


A Glasgow street was turned into a "war zone" when what police described as a targeted attack left three men injured and two vans burnt out.

Trouble erupted on Sunday in Frankfield Street, Cadowan was more likely to be "rival gangs fighting" than anything related to terrorism, said police.
Emergency crews and a police helicopter were scrambled to the scene, where a boy was seen "covered in blood".
The three injured men are in a stable condition, Police Scotland said.
Det Supt Stephen Grant said: "Officers are continuing inquiries after three men were left injured in what we understand is a targeted attack in the Cardowan area. These three men are in a stable condition.
"This was a brazen incident on Frankfield Road, involving a number of vehicles being set alight.
"A substantial police response followed the initial reports."
Neighbours told BBC Scotland reporter John McManus that the disturbance started at about 13:30 BST.
Photographs posted by local residents on Facebook showed thick black smoke and two burnt-out vans being hosed down by firefighters.
Another posted: "Just dropping the kids off in Cardowan and Frankfield Rd has been closed, it's like a war zone two vans on fire."
Another resident, Frank Kerr, 59, said: "I saw a boy sitting in a paramedic's van. He was covered in blood, but I didn't see what happened to him.
"It's very rare for this neck of the woods.  There was a fire at the end of the street, and I heard tyres blowing up.
"There were police, fire brigade, ambulances, tow trucks, you name it, everything was here."
One eyewitness said he saw flames "as high as a house", before the emergency services arrived.
Police have sought to reassure residents saying a "significant" number of officers remained in the area as door-to-door inquiries were carried out.


A car has been found by divers during a search of the River Lee in County Cork in the Republic of Ireland.

RTÃ‰ reports that divers from the naval base at Haulbowline will help in assessing the vehicle and establishing if anyone was in it.
The search started after the coast guard received a call from police shortly before 06:00 local time.
The incident happened near the Lee Rowing club.
Valentia Coast Guard, police, a rescue helicopter from Waterford, the fire service and naval divers attended the scene.


England opening batter Tammy Beaumont says she is honoured to replace Charlotte Edwards as Kent captain.

Former England captain Edwards, 37, joined Hampshire in December after 16 years at Canterbury.
Beaumont, 26, has spent her entire career at Kent, helping them win the County Championship and Twenty20 competition last season.
"It's something that I always hoped one day I'd get to do and now that it's here it is a real honour," she said.
"I've got pretty big boots to fill. Charlotte's going to be a big loss both in terms of her batting and her captaincy experience."
Beaumont, who has won 81 caps for England in all formats of the game, was asked by BBC Radio Kent whether she thought her new role might help her to become England captain in future.
She replied: "Heather Knight's doing a great job at the moment and I'm sure will be doing it for years to come.
"But I think it would be nice to be thought of as potentially a leader in the future and I've certainly tried to act that way and bring ideas to the table when I do meet up with England.
"The great thing about our squad at the moment is that everyone's voice is just as valid as anyone else, and hopefully I'm part of that."


An American football stadium in Minneapolis has been brought down by a controlled explosion.

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It's been demolished to make way for a new 65,000-seat state-of-the art stadium for the Minnesota Vikings.
The Metrodome was voted the worst stadium in America in 2012.
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England are hopeful Ben Stokes will be fit to play in the first Test against South Africa next month.

The 24-year-old Durham all-rounder injured his collarbone while fielding during the third Test against Pakistan and could not bowl.
He batted at the bottom of the order as the tourists lost the series 2-0.
"Every day that goes by, Ben has more movement in his arm," said coach Trevor Bayliss. "We're hopeful he will be OK for the first Test in South Africa."
Stokes was able to play some shots on the final day in Sharjah, making a run-a-ball 12 before being the last man out in a total of 156.
It was in contrast to England's first innings when he made a 10-ball duck but enabled Stuart Broad to extend the tourists' lead.
The first of four Tests against South Africa starts in Durban on 26 December.
Bayliss added: "It's one of those things where we'll need to assess and be flexible if he's not ready."


One of China's most senior military officials has been accused of accepting bribes and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report.

Gen Xu Caihou was once a member of China's elite decision-making body, the Politburo. He will now be handed over to prosecutors for a court martial.
He is believed to have been held under house arrest for several months.
Analysts say this could be the biggest military scandal China has seen for many years.
Xinhua reported that President Xi Jinping had presided over a Politburo meeting about military discipline and approved the decision to expel Gen Xu and hand him over to military prosecutors.
Rumours about the investigation into Gen Xu had circulated for months. Many believed poor health - he is reported to have been treated for cancer  - would save him from prosecution.
But this move is being presented in state media as part of the government's battle against corruption.
Two other high profile figures were also expelled from the Communist Party for corruption on Monday - Jiang Jiemin, the former head of the state asset regulator, and Wang Yongchun, the deputy head of the state energy giant China National Petroleum Company (CNPC).
The spate of expulsions comes at a time when speculation is rife about the fate of one of China's most powerful politicians, former Politburo Standing Committee member Zhou Yongkang, who is allegedly being investigated over allegations of corruption and abuse of power.
Tens of thousands of officials have been arrested since President Xi began an anti-corruption campaign in 2012.
The president has warned that the Communist Party's very survival is threatened by corruption and has vowed to root out every corrupt official, whether "tigers" or "flies".
Throughout his career, Xu Caihou rose steadily through the ranks of the military and the Communist Party.
He  joined the army in 1963, and the party in 1971. A year after that he became the secretary and deputy chief of the political department of the military command in the north-eastern province of Jilin.
He spent most of his career in Jilin and the neighbouring province of Liaoning, where he was born, before taking up senior roles in the army's main political department in the 1990s.


Ian Glover, a street paver from Liverpool, travelled to Hillsborough with his brother Joe and other friends, who all survived.

This is the full statement to the inquests from his sister, Lorraine Glover:
I am the sister of Ian Thomas Glover, who was killed in the Hillsborough disaster on 15 April, 1989. He was just 20 years old.
I make this statement on behalf of my whole family, including my mother, Teresa, my brothers John and Tom and my sister Cathy.
My father, John, died in March, 2013 and my brother, Joseph, died in 1999.
Ian was born on 10 January, 1969 and he weighed 8lbs. We are all very close in age. My brother John is the eldest, followed by Cathy, then Joe, then Ian, myself and then Tom.
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We had a very happy childhood. When we were all young and in bed, we would all shout "Goodnight" to each other. We were just like the Waltons.
We had a lot of good times. It was a very welcoming house and always full of our friends and relatives. Our parents were very generous.
We were all very close growing up. Three of my brothers shared a bedroom. Joe and Ian used to argue about clothes a lot, especially when Joe took them without asking.
Ian was designer mad and always wanted to iron his clothes himself in case anyone marked them.
I'd say Ian was the most stubborn out of us all. After an argument, sometimes Ian would not speak to us for days.
However, he was very thoughtful. He was the most caring out of us all, especially about our mum. If she had a cough or a cold, Ian would stay in with her.
He really doted on her. I found a birthday card he had sent to my mum in which he had written that the sweetest girl he had ever kissed was another man's wife - his mother.
My mum's 50th birthday was two days after Ian died. On her birthday, flowers were delivered from Ian. He had ordered them before going to the match.
I always thought Ian was very sensible, maybe because I was younger than him. But he seemed quite old for 20.
He was very particular about things. He liked his room to be spotless and he kept all his cassettes and records in order.
Ian was very good looking and lots of girls fancied him. He was just under six foot and had fair hair.
Ian started going out with Nicky when he was 15 and she was his first proper girlfriend. Nicky was always at our house and they would often just watch films in his bedroom.
They later got engaged. They had not arranged the wedding when Ian died, although I'm sure they would have done.
Ian and Nicky were childhood sweethearts and they idolised each other. Nicky is still very close to us and she still visits Ian's grave.
Ian and Nicky used to go on double dates with my brother John and his wife Sue. Ian loved John's children, Emma and John, and he used to babysit for them.
It is sad that Ian never got the chance to be a dad and also that there are lots of nieces and nephews that he has never met. The children often talk about their uncles Ian and Joe, even though they never knew them.
We all go to the cemetery where they are buried together now with my dad too.
Ian went to St Francis de Sales Infants and Junior School. He was in the school football team. He then went on to St Bonaventure's Secondary School.
He left school when he was about 16 and got a job in a food factory. He then went to work as a paver with my dad and he left this job shortly before the disaster.
Nicky's dad worked for Yorkshire Metal and, through him, he was able to get an interview for a job there just before he died. After the disaster, Yorkshire Metal wrote to us to say they would have employed Ian.
It would have been a stable job, but, sadly, this was never to be.
Ian had lots of friends. Ian and Joe were quite close in age and were in the same circle of friends.
They socialised together - neither of them were drinkers. They went to concerts together. I remember them going to see Supertramp.
Ian was really into music. He loved Deacon Blue, The Waterboys and Daryl Hall and John Oates. His favourite song was The Whole of the Moon by The Waterboys.
Ian was not planning on going to Hillsborough that day. John and Joe had tickets and Ian got one at the last minute.
Ian went to special matches (like the semi finals) - he didn't go every Saturday. He was not as passionate about football as my older brother John was.
Ian's clothes are still hanging up in his bedroom, including what he was wearing the day he died.
Every so often, my mum washes and irons them and hangs them back up. Our family has never been the same since Ian died.
My brother Joe was on the Leppings Lane terraces with Ian. Joe was able to escape from the pen, but he then saw Ian being crushed through the fence and was unable to help him.
He later tried to resuscitate Ian and helped to carry him to the gymnasium. Joe was badly traumatised by what happened and he never really recovered.
He would often go missing and we would later find him asleep on Ian's grave.  Joe blames himself that he survived Hillsborough and Ian didn't.
Almost exactly 10 years after the Hillsborough disaster, Joe was also crushed to death. He was unloading a wagon at work when he was crushed by five tonnes of marble. Joe managed to save a colleague by pushing him out of the way.
At Christmas and New Year, there have been two very special people missing from our home. At midnight, we always gather at the family home and we kiss the pictures of Ian and Joe.
After Hillsborough, my father John dedicated himself to getting justice for Ian. He was a leading campaigner and was involved in setting up the Hillsborough Justice Campaign.
Over the years, this took its toll on my dad and the rest of our family. My dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer in October, 2011 and, against the odds, was still alive when the Hillsborough Independent Panel report was published in September, 2012.
Although he did not die until after the original inquest verdicts were quashed, by that stage he was too ill to learn of the decision.
After the disaster, Ian became one of the victims, 'Glover 37', which we found heartbreaking, because to us he was our lad and he was our life and he was just very  popular with everyone.
Our family have learned to be very strong, but it will always be incomplete.


Scotland ended their summer tour with a disappointing defeat by Fiji in Suva.

Following a famous win in Sydney over Australia last weekend, the Scots failed to reach such heights again.
The hosts were inspired, scoring memorable tries through Peceli Yato and Henry Seniloli, with Ben Volavola kicking 17 points.
Ross Ford, Ruaridh Jackson and Fraser Brown all crossed the whitewash for Scotland, but it was not enough to overcome the swashbuckling Fijians.
The result meant a first defeat for Gregor Townsend as Scotland head coach, having opened the tour with a solid win against Italy before the triumph over the Wallabies.
Fiji were magnificent, inspired by the stratospheric brilliance of former Glasgow Warriors lock Leone Nakarawa and a back row that rarely dipped below the ferocious.
They had power and subtlety, they blasted Scotland at the breakdown and in the collisions and when something more dexterous was needed they had all manner of off-loaders. Principally, they had Nakarawa, an old friend come back to haunt the visitors.
It was a frenetic day, a madcap Test. When Josua Tuisova, the Toulon wing known as The Bus, obliterated Damien Hoyland in the tackle early on there was already a sense that Fiji were on to something special.
In the mayhem of the opening minutes, Tevita Cavubati, the Fijian lock, was yellow-carded followed sharply into the bin by Scotland's Josh Strauss and then, a third man walked - Peni Ravai, the Fiji loosehead getting done for pulling down a maul. Fiji had a three-point lead at that stage, but it soon vanished when Ford crashed over from a lineout maul.
Hooker Ford had become his country's record cap-holder with his 110th Scotland appearance and it was his third try of the series - having scored two in total prior to the tour.
Jackson converted, but this was short respite for Scotland. Volavola's boot made it 7-6 as the visitors struggled awfully to gain any semblance of control. They threw risky passes, got turned over, missed a huge number of tackles and sent up distress flares in much of what they did.
The sense that they were in serious trouble increased significantly when Fiji cut loose before the break. Clermont's Peceli Yato - a colossal presence in their back row - started it all with a howitzer tackle, Hoyland being the victim again. Then it was Nakarawa who got the locals to their feet when he sucked in Scottish defenders and pulled off an outrageous offload that had Scotland scrambling forlornly.
They swept left, Patrick Osborne barrelling through Jackson before linking with Yato who ran on to score. Devastating.
At the break it was 11-7 to Fiji and they were good value for it. Scotland lost Duncan Taylor at half-time and Gregor Townsend reworked things. Greig Tonks came on at full-back, Jackson went to 10 and Peter Horne moved to 12. Gordon Reid also replaced Alex Allan.
None of it worked. Scotland continued to turn over ball and could not live with Fiji when they got on the front foot, which was often. More slackness in defence cost Scotland three more points from the boot of Volavola. Townsend went to the bench again. Brown, Zander Fagerson and Hamish Watson all appeared with half-an-hour to play.
Briefly, it looked like Scotland might get a grip on the Fijians when Jackson picked up at the side of a maul and strolled over. When he converted his first Scotland try, it was level at 14-14.
The maddening thing for Townsend was that they fell behind so quickly, Volavola landing another penalty.
Jackson levelled it again but that set the scene for Nakarawa to take on, and beat, three Scottish defenders before presenting a pass - it was forward, but there was no TMO to check it - to Henry Seniloli who sprinted away to score.
Volavola converted and added another penalty after Tuisova had once again turned on the power to drive his team forward.
Brown scored a first international try off another lineout maul with four minutes left to play, but Scotland toiled badly as they attempted to pull it back. They could not. In truth, they did not deserve to.
Fiji: Murimurivalu, Tuisova, Vulivuli, Vatubua, Osborne, Volavola, Vularika, Ravai, Koto Vuli, Tawake, Cavubati, Nakarawa, Waqaniburotu, Yato, Qera.
Replacements: Tuapati, Veitayaki, Ducivaki, Nabou, Dawai, Seniloli, Stewart, Masilevu.
Scotland: Jackson, Hoyland, Grigg, Taylor, Visser, Horne, Pyrgos, Allan, Ford, Nel, Swinson, J. Gray, Barclay, Hardie, Strauss.
Replacements: Brown, Reid, Fagerson, Toolis, Watson, Price, Tonks.
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France).


A railway line has reopened after engineers removed a boulder which fell onto it during a landslip.

The mass of rock tumbled onto the line near Kemble in Gloucestershire on Monday.
It caused disruption to services between Swindon and Gloucester with trains being diverted via Bristol Parkway.
National Rail warned trains may still be cancelled, delayed by up to 15 minutes or diverted.


Venezuela's opposition-led parliament has delayed the symbolic trial of President Nicolas Maduro, which was due to take place on Tuesday.

The speaker for the National Assembly said the decision was aimed at easing the country's political crisis.
An opposition march on the presidential palace planned for Thursday has also been postponed.
President Maduro is accused of violating the constitution but claims MPs are attempting a "coup".
The decision to delay the trial follows Vatican-sponsored talks between the two sides, and the release from prison of three anti-government activists.
Last month a referendum process seeking to remove Mr Maduro was suspended after the government said that the vote was meaningless.
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Mr Maduro has dismissed the trial as invalid and has vowed to jail participants of any attempt to overthrow his government.
A former bus driver and union leader, Mr Maduro is blamed by the opposition for Venezuela's dire economic situation. The oil-rich country is facing widespread food shortages and spiralling inflation.
The opposition has been trying to hold a recall referendum that would allow Mr Maduro to be removed from office.