Sterling has slipped back to near 31-year lows after a wider market recovery earlier helped it make modest gains.

The pound fell 0.13% against the dollar to $1.2914 after having earlier risen above $1.30.
The gains for sterling - which is still 0.3% higher against the euro - had come in tandem with widespread increases on European stock markets.
London's FTSE 100 share index rose more than 1% on Thursday to 6,534, although trading on Wall Street has been choppy.
The FTSE 250 of mid-cap UK firms finished 1.5% higher, while stocks in Paris, Frankfurt and Madrid made modest gains.
In the US, trading was muted. The Dow Jones index dipped 0.1% to 17,895.88 but the Nasdaq edged 0.4% higher to close at 4,876.81.
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"Europe's markets have enjoyed a much better time of it today with the FTSE 100 once again outperforming due to a rebound in some of the bigger fallers over the past few days," said Michael Hewson of CMC Markets.
Banks and building stocks, which have been hit hard by the EU referendum result, were among the big winners on the FTSE.
Provident Financial rose 8% and RBS gained 6.5%, while house builder Taylor Wimpey shares increased 5.4%.
Despite a sharp sell-off after the Brexit vote, the FTSE 100 is up more than 3% since its close on 23 June. However, it is down around 10% in dollar terms as the slump in sterling has reduced the dollar value of the market.
Sterling has fallen 13% from the high of $1.50 seen before the referendum result - when investors bet heavily on a win for Remain - to lows not seen since 1985.
While there were some tentative signs of recovery in riskier assets on Thursday, investors were still on edge over the fallout from the Brexit vote which helped extend a rally in gold prices.
The precious metal is trading near its highest price in more than two years. Gold tends to perform well when investors are worried about the performance of riskier assets like equities.
In a busy company announcement session, shares in Marks and Spencer finished 1.6% higher, having earlier been among the biggest fallers after it reported a steep fall in sales.
AB Foods, owners of Primark, saw shares rise 8.9% to be the biggest gainer on the FTSE.
The firm said it was sticking to plans to expand its Primark chain across Europe and the US, and was optimistic about continued growth despite uncertainty created by the Brexit vote.
Sports Direct shares rose 1.8% despite bad publicity about the retailer's working conditions prompting a heavy fall in annual profits.
Late on Wednesday, the latest Federal Reserve minutes were released, showing that prospects of an interest rate hike have diminished.
This soothed investors who had feared that a rise in interest rates may hinder prospects for economic growth.
The US central bank's last meeting in June took place before the UK's EU referendum.
However, policymakers were concerned the vote would heighten global market uncertainty and potentially hurt the US economic outlook.


Ukrainians are never far from painful episodes in their history, such as the mass state-enforced famine in Soviet times that killed millions.

And now Ukrainians are beginning to explore another difficult chapter - the destruction of Jewish communities that were a fixture of Ukrainian life before World War Two.
The last time Ludwika Schein saw Rava-Ruska in western Ukraine, where she was born, she was just a young girl.
But the village she remembers does not exist anymore.
"It was a very Jewish town," she remembers, full of observant men with black hats and long beards, and a wide array of Jewish schools, political groups and civic organisations.
Of a population of around 12,000, more than half were Jews.
Community wiped out
Today, however, none of that Jewish life is left in Rava-Ruska. The cemeteries are parks where children play football.
The buildings - the synagogues, ritual baths and religious schools, all signs of a community that thrived here for more than 400 years - were destroyed without a trace.
"They've all disappeared," says Ms Schein, who was born Sarah Leah Weiler.
When she was 11, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, of which Rava-Ruska had become a part two years earlier.
In 1941 the Germans forced the Jews from the town and outlying areas into a ghetto and then a work camp, not far from the centre.
The Jews were shot over open pits or transported to Belzec, an extermination camp nearby, where more than 400,000 Jews were gassed. Ms Schein and her two sisters were hidden by a local family.
She remembers how the Nazis shot her mother, father and two brothers at the work camp in Rava-Ruska, which she saw from a distance.
"There were sand dunes, and the Nazis were behind them with guns, waiting," she says.
"The bullets were flying, I had to lie flat, not to be shot. And they killed everybody - my parents, my brothers, the whole camp was eliminated."
Now, more than seven decades after that horrific event, she has returned for the first time to the place where it happened, to finally put her loved-ones to rest.
A memorial has been erected, marking the camp and mass grave where the remains of about 3,000 Jews, including her family, lie.
Ms Schein travelled there for the dedication of the memorial, constructed out of Jewish gravestones. It lies at the end of a road full of potholes just beyond the main market. As a rabbi sang a lament for the dead, she wept.
Four other memorials have also been created in villages near Rava-Ruska, marking where thousands of Jews were similarly gunned down over open pits.
These mass shootings are one of the least-discussed aspects of the Nazi eradication of Europe's Jews, a "forgotten Holocaust".
Historians believe that perhaps 1.5 million people were killed in this way, often in or near town centres, in countless villages and cities across eastern Europe.
In Ukraine alone, some experts believe there could be as many as 1,100 such mass graves.
Ground zero for this genocide was to a large degree western Ukraine. In Galicia, the region where Rava-Ruska and the villages are located, the killing rate was more than 90%.
However, although the Holocaust is officially recognised and taught in schools, what actually happened in individual communities is very rarely discussed.
A silence about the Holocaust descended over the Soviet Union after the war, putting people off talking about what happened to the Jews. Instead the focus was on how "Soviet citizens" suffered.
This silence led to a general forgetting, as new generations appeared, and no one wanted to speak.
When Ukraine became independent, the population - especially the intellectual class - was more focused on recovering the ethnic Ukrainian past.
Now, with the creation of the memorials, interest is growing. Teachers and students in Rava-Ruska have been inspired to investigate what actually happened to their former Jewish neighbours.
"We hope that this will trigger some rethinking in Ukraine," said Deidre Berger of the American Jewish Committee, which sponsored the monuments, along with the German government and Ukrainian organisations.
"There was nothing here, two years ago, absolutely nothing. It was as if this Jewish history in Rava-Ruska didn't exist," she continued. "And because of this project, it prompted teachers and students to start looking at it."
"This will change thinking and change minds, and the understanding that this is part of Ukrainian history," she said.
Some of their discoveries may be difficult. The local population, as was often the case throughout Europe, was directly involved, either voluntarily or against their will.
In Rava-Ruska local police, recruited by the Germans, helped extensively in the killings - by combing through and brutally clearing the ghetto, for instance.
The memorial project is based on the work of Father Patrick Desbois, a French Catholic priest, whose Yahad-In Unum organisation is documenting all killing sites across eastern Europe and interviewing witnesses still living in the villages.
In his book, Holocaust By Bullets, he describes how many regular people were forced, sometimes under threat of death, into assisting: feeding the Germans, collecting valuables, digging and then filling in the pits, many of which still contained living people.
"The ground moved for days afterward," he was told repeatedly.
These shootings were a more intimate form of extermination than the killing factories of Auschwitz and Treblinka. Virtually everyone in the communities was touched in some way.
"One day we woke up and we were all wearing Jewish clothes," he quotes one villager as saying.
Many in Rava-Ruska are still unaware of what exactly happened. The process will most likely be slow, and some people resist acknowledging the local population's participation. Others express interest in finding out, no matter how uncomfortable this may be.
"It's a tragic history, a sad history - but it's history and I want to know more," said Ihor, who preferred only to give his first name, standing in a park where the town's main Jewish cemetery once stood.
"We don't want to repeat such bad examples in life."
Large crowds of villagers showed up at the ceremonies besides that in Rava-Ruska, indicating that this process is striking an emotional chord.
"This is also essential at a time that Ukraine is striving for democracy," said Ms Berger.
"Historical memory has been neglected for various reasons, and we think this is a major contribution, so that Ukraine can move into the future as a country."


Identity School of Acting started in London in 2003 with just 10 aspiring actors who wanted to make their mark.

Now, 14 years later, what opened as the UK's first black drama school has trained thousands of actors, with Star Wars lead John Boyega its most notable alumnus.
In the past decade, nearly 60 per cent of UK films made didn't feature a single black actor in a lead or named role, according to the British Film Institute.
Identity's founder and principal, Femi Oguns, wanted to create a drama school that reflected modern society. "Rather than join a chorus of complaint I decided to do something about it," he says.
He didn't just want to train actors - he wanted to shake the industry up. "We need to challenge the decision-makers and the producers and educate them," he goes on.
Oguns didn't want to waste time on producers in the UK who didn't want to use his actors. So he ventured off to Hollywood, taking Boyega with him.
While there was still buzz around Boyega's first film Attack the Block, Oguns self-funded a trip to Los Angeles.
"Femi pushed me and we chased the dream together," says Boyega. "I had used up all my money for this trip and he had funded me and put all his faith into me.
"We just wanted to tackle the world head on. We didn't want to wait."
The Star Wars actor isn't the drama school's only success story. Rising stars Letitia Wright and Malachi Kirby are hot on his heels.
Michael Caton-Jones, the man who discovered the young Leonardo DiCaprio, called Wright a real talent when he directed her in 2015's Urban Hymn.
The 23-year-old went on to appear in Channel 4's Humans and has a starring role in Marvel's Black Panther, out next year.
When looking into applying to prestigious drama schools like the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (Rada) and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda), Wright found the costs expensive and didn't think it was accessible to her.
"You shouldn't have to miss out if you don't have the money." she said.
Wright's first TV role was in Holby City. Looking back at her audition in 2011, she remembered being the only black girl in the room.
She continued: "We went into auditions not looking at the colour of our skin but looking at our talent."
"I felt like I had something to offer - and the role turned from a Caucasian girl into a role for a black girl. Attitudes break chains."
Another breakthrough star is Malachi Kirby, who was highly praised by critics for his portrayal of Kunta Kinte in the recent adaptation of Roots.
He has also been seen in EastEnders, Doctor Who and Black Mirror.
When working as a full-time actor in the UK, Kirby often found himself cast as a gang leader. But he was hungry for more opportunities as playing other characters was important to him.
"There are stories I wanted to tell and they are not defined by what I look like," he says.
"I believe it's important to have equal opportunities as a black actor. My way of fighting for it is through my art, by not accepting that there are roles that aren't for me."
All three of Identity's actors echo a similar message - the importance of breaking glass ceilings.
"I wouldn't be doing it if it wasn't for that," says Boyega. "I'm not here to just act. There's purpose in everything I feel, and a value in making others see themselves in a better way.
"You've got to break glass ceilings to do that, and that's what I'm doing."
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Fifteen patients were evacuated from a hospital in St Andrews after a car crashed into a wall of the building.

The early morning collision caused a fire at the St Andrews Memorial Hospital in Largo Road.
Police Scotland said the Audi car was found ablaze and "embedded" in the wall of the building at around 02:30.
Officers traced a 27-year-old man to a nearby property and he was taken into custody in relation to road traffic offences.
They said the incident could have had "much more serious consequences".
No-one was hurt but the building suffered "significant damage", according to NHS Fife.
The health board said a GP practice which operates from the building had to close but the hospital, which treats mainly older patients, was operating as normal.
Sgt Pat Turner, of Police Scotland, said:  "It was extremely fortunate that the part of the building with which the vehicle collided was not being used at that time.
"But this incident had the potential for much more serious consequences.
"This was undoubtedly a frightening experience for hospital residents but staff and emergency services initiated established protocols which resulted in the safe evacuation of all patients and staff."
A spokesman for NHS Fife warned that the accident was likely to cause further disruption to GP appointments on Friday.
He said: "Whilst we are working hard to mitigate the impact of this incident, today's disruption is expected to continue into tomorrow and we will continue efforts to contact any outpatients who may be affected.
"Importantly, if there is a need for urgent GP assessment, please present to the minor injuries unit or contact NHS 24. Inpatient care remains unaffected and wards should be contacted in the usual manner.
"The car involved in the collision will remain on site ahead of a structural assessment tomorrow and security services will be present overnight. This situation continues to be under regular review and further information will be made available in due course."


Two boys have been abducted from their own home by three masked men.

The offenders entered the property on Hemming Way on the Britwell estate in Slough between 07:00 and 07:30 GMT and ordered them into a van parked outside.
The boys, aged six and 10, got into the vehicle which travelled to Upper Lees Road, where they were able to escape and run back to Hemming Way uninjured.
Other people who were inside the property were not disturbed during the abduction, police said.
Det Insp Nicola Hurdley said police were in the "early stages" of working to establish a motive.
She said: "The incident itself only lasted for several minutes and violence was not used against either victim, however it is understandably upsetting for them and their relatives, given their young age, and officers are currently providing support to them."
Police said the suspects had their faces covered and were wearing dark clothing.
The van is described as white and may have been a Ford Transit.
Officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.


The government's promise to reduce net migration by 2015 includes measures that have made it more difficult for people from outside Europe to join family members in the UK, creating tough choices for some British residents.

It's difficult to tell two-month-old twins Tanya and Lara apart. When their father, John, introduces them his mother-in-law Nadya bursts out laughing.
"He's mixed them up again!"
Nadya, 64, is visiting from Russia. Widowed two years ago she recently retired from her job as a doctor and has been helping to look after her tiny granddaughters in Edinburgh.
"Everybody I care about is here, in the UK," she says.
But in January her visitor visa will expire and she will have to return to Russia with no guarantee that she will be allowed back.
John and his wife Yana, both British citizens, had hoped that Nadya would be able to live with them but under the government's new immigration rules, introduced in July, that will no longer be possible.
To be granted indefinite leave to remain, dependent relatives must now prove they need long-term personal care to perform everyday tasks like dressing and feeding themselves.
Even if Nadya met those criteria, Yana and John would need to demonstrate that they could not afford nursing care for her in Russia, while showing they have enough money to provide maintenance and accommodation for her in the UK.
"It's a Catch 22 situation," says John.
"It's particularly cruel," says Yana, "that my mother isn't allowed to be with us unless she's too ill to enjoy it."
The home secretary, Theresa May, told Parliament in June that it has been "too easy for elderly dependent relatives to join their migrant children here and then potentially become a burden on the taxpayer."
But John takes issue with this.
"We as sponsors would sign a document guaranteeing that Nadya would not take benefits for at least five years. I know public money is short, but we are happy to pay for private healthcare and she has savings of her own.
"There's no opportunity to prove this - the government has just pulled the shutters down."
Yana and John are reluctant to relocate the family to Russia because of the unstable political situation there. Yana says she feels betrayed by her adopted country.
"We have to choose between abandoning my mother on her own in Russia or leaving this country if we all want to be together. This system does not take account of family ties."
Dr Avinash Kanodia has to make the same difficult choice.
Recruited by the Department of Health from India in 2003 because of doctor shortages in the NHS, he works as a consultant radiologist in Perth. He, his wife and two children are now British citizens.
An only child, he checked before committing to move to the UK that his mother would be allowed to join them if her health deteriorated.
Under the new rules she would not be granted a visa because Dr Kanodia can afford to pay for nursing care in India.
"The rules are morally wrong. I don't want to leave my mother in the care of a stranger thousands of miles away. I was lured here with the promise of citizenship.
"But look how I am being treated as a citizen of this country. This is the worst thing the government could have done to me."
Dr Kanodia is now considering whether to move his family back to India before his daughter starts secondary school in 2013.
"I pay over Â£40,000 in income tax every year. I don't see how driving people like me away will help the economy of this country."
According to the Home Office, 2700 adult dependent relatives were granted visas in 2010. Of those, 1350 were aged 65 or over.
Nicholas Rollason, head of immigration at the London law firm Kingsley and Napley, says the new rules will reduce these numbers dramatically.
"The criteria are now so draconian that I think only a handful of adult dependent relatives - maybe 10 to 20 a year - will get visas. It was never a big problem in terms of numbers or abuse of the system.
"The government seems to be using a hammer to crack a nut."
The new immigration rules do not apply to European nationals living in the UK. Under an EU directive of 2004 - relating to freedom of movement - they can bring dependent relatives - including those from outside Europe - to settle in the UK without any restrictions.
Yana says this makes her feel discriminated against for being British.
"We are friends with a Chinese woman who is married to an Irish man. Because he is an EU national they can sponsor members of her family to come from China and settle in the UK without any problem.
"They have more rights than us, although we are British. People don't believe me when I tell them this, because it seems so unfair - but it's true."
The Immigration Minister Mark Harper declined to be interviewed on this subject, but provided a statement:
"We welcome those who wish to make a life in the UK with their family, work hard and make a contribution but family life must not be established here at the taxpayer's expense.
"To play a full part in British life, family migrants must be able to integrate - that means they must speak our language and pay their way. This is fair to applicants, but also fair to the public."


Antrim's hopes of Hurling League promotion have suffered a blow after star forward Neil McManus sustained a broken cheekbone which is likely to rule him out for at least three games.

Cushendall's McManus picked up the injury in Antrim's game against Tipperary on 29 January.
"I'm definitely going to miss two or three games," said McManus at the Allianz Hurling League launch.
The Saffrons open their Division 2A campaign against London on Sunday.
McManus also expects to be ruled out of Antrim's second match away to Carlow on 19 February and is not hopeful about playing in the contest against Kildare at Ballycastle on 5 March.
It's Antrim's second successive season in the division after their attempt to regain Division One status imploded last Spring during a campaign which saw PJ O'Mullan's brief managerial reign come to an end.
Despite his own misfortune, McManus believes that the Ulster champions are capable of producing a strong promotion challenge a year on.
"From the get-go, that's what we are going to be interested in," McManus told BBC Sport Northern Ireland.
"It is going to be extremely competitive and we will not be the only county eyeing promotion.
"We are probably not even promotion favourites but we believe we are capable of putting a serious challenge in place.
"I know we have the hurlers to do it. More importantly the desire is there. People have committed and people are starting to buy into what it is to be an Antrim hurler and what a privilege that is."
Antrim went into last season's Division Two A campaign as favourites but after winning their two opening games against Derry and Kildare, the Saffrons lost their last three encounters with Westmeath, Carlow and London.
The Ulster champions will conclude their Division Two A fixtures with games against Armagh and Westmeath.


A £10m prize has been launched to solve one of the greatest scientific problems facing the world today.

The competition idea is based on the 1714 Longitude Prize, which was won by John Harrison. His clocks enabled sailors to pinpoint their position at sea for the first time.
In an updated version, the public will be asked to choose a new challenge.
Six potential categories have been announced, ranging from healthcare to the environment.
After a special 50th anniversary edition of the BBC science series Horizon on Thursday, the public will be able to cast their vote on the issue that they would most like to see tackled.
Geoff Mulgan, chief executive of the charity Nesta, which is looking after the prize, said: "If you want to solve a scientific problem, one method is to go to top universities and top scientists and ask them to solve it.
"But over the years, and this was something pioneered by the Longitude Prize in the 18th Century, it's often better to open it up to anyone to come up with a solution."
The original £20,000 prize was set by the British government to solve the most vexing issue of the 18th Century: how to determine a ship's longitude at sea.
For sailors to pinpoint their position on the waves, they required two clocks: one that was set each day, using the the height of the sun in the sky, and another that kept the time back at port.
The problem with the latter was that the pitch and roll of the oceans, and the humidity and temperature changes at sea would damage the delicate mechanisms of a timepiece.
But Mr Harrison, a clockmaker from Yorkshire, created a chronometer that overcame these problems.
It took several prototypes and decades of battling with the scientific elite before he was finally deemed the winner. His work revolutionised navigation and saved countless lives.
Now, 300 years later, a new challenge is being launched.
Nesta and the government-funded Technology Strategy Board are offering £10m for a solution to the biggest scientific problem of our time.
The categories from which "the problem" will be chosen was announced on Monday. These themes have been been selected by a Longitude Committee, chaired by the English Astronomer Royal, Prof Sir Martin Rees, after widespread consultation with experts across various fields. They are:
Standing next to Harrison's H4 timekeeper at the launch of the prize, the BBC's director-general Tony Hall said: "What's really exciting about the Longitude Prize 300 years on in 2014 is that there might be another modern-day John Harrison somewhere out there - someone who will be inspired to change our world fundamentally, and they may not even know that they're a scientist."
Comparing the modern prize to its predecessor, Prof Sir Martin Rees, chair of the Longitude Committee and English Astronomer Royal, commented: "There's no manifest number one problem as there was in the 18th Century. Rather there are many broad societal problems demanding fresh thinking.
"There's a pressing need also for the UK to channel more brain power into innovation, jump-start new technologies and enthuse young people."
Each category will be examined in the Horizon programme to be broadcast on BBC Two at 2100 on Thursday. After that, a public vote will be opened, with a favoured theme to be announced on 25 June.
At the prize launch held at Broadcasting House in London, the six challenges were outlined by Horizon presenters.
A&E doctor Saleyha Ahsan is presenting the segment on providing freedom of movement for people with paralysis. She demonstrated the potential for her challenge with the help of Sophie Morgan, who has a spinal cord injury.
Using a robotic exoskeleton called Rex, Ms Morgan was able to stand up on stage.
Ms Morgan, who has been using Rex for one month, told the audience: "Having been sat down all the time, it is literally and metaphorically a perspective shifter... I've been psychologically affected by talking to people at eye level and there are health benefits. Already, I'm sleeping better, feeling better, my body is getting better and the pain is gone."
BBC TV presenter Michael Mosley demonstrated his challenge with the help of insects, a source of protein that could offer one way to fight world hunger. He suggested insects could be turned into a kind of flour to make them more palatable to consumers.
After the result of the vote is announced, experts will then convene to refine the details of the challenge, with anyone from around the world able to submit their solution.
Mr Mulgan said: "We're going to set a very precise measurement of what will count as eligibility for winning the prize.
"The prize will only be awarded when someone can demonstrate that their invention actually meets those criteria."
He said that it could be several years before a winner is decided.
David Rowan, the editor of Wired Magazine, is on the committee.  He said: "The brilliant thing about the Longitude Prize is that we don't know where the answer's going to come from.
"The crowd is smarter than any of us on the committee.  And the beautiful thing about the internet is that by connecting people together, two plus two is five or five hundred.  People come together in all sorts of extraordinary and unpredictable ways to solve problems and we want to see where this goes. Surprise us!"
And Roger Highfield, the renowned science writer and director of external affairs at London's Science Museum, commented: "We've got challenges like global climate change, like the growth in the global population, pressure on food supplies, and pressure on water supplies.  I think actually this is a very opportune moment for challenges across a range of fronts. So, the Longitude Prize has just come in the nick of time."
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Wakefield is celebrating the arrival of the first rhubarb crop of the season with a special exhibition at the Hepworth gallery.

4 February 2016 Last updated at 08:37 GMT
The BBC's David Sillito reports from the Rhubarb Triangle, where you can actually hear it grow...


Beating Fiji in Cardiff will pile pressure on England in World Cup Pool A, says Wales coach Warren Gatland.

Wales face the Pacific Islanders on Thursday after their bruising 28-25 win over the hosts at Twickenham.
England then face Australia two days later.
"If we beat Fiji we'll put quite a bit of pressure on England I suppose because they'll have to beat Australia," said Gatland, who has three fresh injury worries.
Centre Scott Williams hurt a knee and wing Hallam Amos suffered a shoulder and seem set to miss the rest of the tournament.
Full-back Liam Williams was concussed after a blow to the head in the same passage of play and is unlikely to face Fiji.
Wales trailed 25-18 to England at the time but, with three backs playing out of position, they rallied to claim a crucial victory.
On Sunday Australia beat Uruguay 65-3 to join Wales on nine points at the top of the table.
Fiji have lost their opening two games - 35-11 to England and 28-13 against Australia - but New Zealander Gatland believes they have been unlucky.
"It's massive for us," he said.
"We've spoken that if we could win today and win against Fiji then that game England v Australia becomes huge and the pool could be over by that stage.
"I think they've been pretty unlucky and we have to make sure we respect them.
"But I think we can take a lot of confidence out of this performance."
Gatland says a lot of effort has been put in to preparing for the short turnaround between these two matches.
"This isn't anything new to us. We've gone through meticulously various scenarios... to make sure we prepare the players the best we can," he added.
Watch all the analysis on Scrum V Rugby World Cup Special, 19:00 Sunday, 27 September, BBC Two Wales.


Scottish Rugby have enquired about bringing Western Province centre Huw Jones to Edinburgh or Glasgow Warriors.

Scotland cap Jones, 22, is contracted to WP until October and also represents Super Rugby side Stormers.
Edinburgh-born Jones scored two tries as Scotland lost 23-22 to Australia at Murrayfield on Saturday.
WP have been dealing with financial concerns, and recently obtained a court order for the provisional liquidation of their commercial arm.
The union, a 75% shareholder in their commercial arm, said at the time that WP's teams would continue to function as normal and that the contracts of players remain secure.
Warriors having tracked Jones' development since the centre was enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 2014.
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Enquiries have been made regarding a possible transfer fee, paid by Scottish Rugby to WP to negotiate the early release of Jones, but the province are believed to be resistant to this route.
The player's agent has told BBC Scotland his client is "very happy" in South Africa while Scottish Rugby declined to comment.
The Super Rugby season begins in late February and ends in July, but under World Rugby Regulation 9, clubs must release selected players during international windows, meaning Stormers would be without Jones during the Six Nations Championship, should he be included in Scotland's squad.
Jones was Western Province's top try-scorer in this summer's Currie Cup, with seven. He earned his first Scotland cap as a replacement in the second Test of the June tour of Japan before making his maiden international start against the Wallabies.


Kilmarnock recorded a dramatic first win of the season to move off the bottom of the Scottish Premiership and above Dundee United.

The result eases the pressure on the visitors' manager Gary Locke, but heaps more on United boss Jackie McNamara.
A Kallum Higginbotham penalty had put Killie in front before Billy McKay equalised with a spot-kick of his own.
But debutant Kevin McHattie fired a tremendous long-range winner to stun the home support.
United had bombarded the Kilmarnock goal in the second half, only to find Jamie MacDonald in inspirational form.
The goalkeeper produced outstanding saves to keep out McKay and Ryan Dow as they pressed for the winner.
He was mobbed by his team-mates at full-time as they acknowledged the role he played in the victory.
It was clinched, though, by an unlikely hero in McHattie, the full-back rifling in a low shot past Luis Zwick.
United will feel hard done by, having dragged themselves back into the match, but their profligacy in front of goal was their undoing.
They found themselves behind initially when Rory McKenzie nipped in in front of United captain Sean Dillon, who reacted slowly, catching the Kilmarnock winger and prompting referee Brian Colvin to point to the spot.
Higginbotham sent Zwick the wrong way with an expertly-taken penalty, high into the United net to give his side a half-time advantage.
If there were few arguments about that award, the equaliser came in more controversial circumstances.
Blair Spittal fired a volley goalwards, Lee Ashcroft threw himself in the way of the shot, with the ball coming off his arm.
Despite his protestations, Ashcroft's handball was deemed deliberate by referee Brian Colvin and McKay slotted the penalty down the middle to level the scoring - his first goal for United.
As United swarmed forward, there seemed likely to be only one winner, but that did not allow for the performance of MacDonald and the late cameo from McHattie.


Colombia's Fernando Gaviria won his third stage of the Giro d'Italia in a sprint finish on stage 12, as Dutchman Tom Dumoulin retained the overall lead.

Quick-Step Floors' Gaviria, 22, surged past his rivals into Reggio Emilia to continue his domination of the sprint stages on his grand tour debut.
Italy's Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina) was second, with Ireland's Sam Bennett (Bora) in third.
Britain's Geraint Thomas lost further time on general classification.
The Team Sky rider rolled in 31 seconds behind Gaviria and is now six minutes 46 seconds behind leader Dumoulin, suggesting the Welshman will now target stage wins instead of overall victory, having lost significant time in a crash on Sunday.
Sunweb rider Dumoulin finished six seconds behind the sprinters in a group that contained most of his main rivals on the 229km stage, the longest of this year's race.
He keeps the pink leader's jersey and maintains an advantage of two minutes 23 seconds over Colombia's Nairo Quintana (Movistar), with Dutchman Bauke Mollema (Trek) 15 seconds further back.
Britain's Adam Yates (Orica) stayed in front of the split to make up six seconds but remains 16th overall, one place behind Thomas.
Gaviria is the first rider since world champion Peter Sagan at the 2011 Vuelta a Espana to win three stages on his grand tour debut, having also claimed stages three and five.
He also extends his lead in the points classification, moving to 247 overall, 80 points ahead of second-placed Jasper Stuyven (Trek).
Gaviria has the chance to claim his fourth stage win on Friday, with another flat route from Reggio Emilia to Tortona.
1. Fernando Gaviria (Col/Quick-Step) 5hrs 18mins 55secs
2. Jakub Mareczko (Ita/Wilier Triestina) Same time
3. Sam Bennett (Ire/Bora)
4. Phil Bauhaus (Ger/Sunweb)
5. Maximiliano Richeze (Arg/Quick-Step)
6. Ryan Gibbons (SA/ Dimension Data)
7. Sacha Modolo (Ita/UAE Team Emirates)
8. Andre Greipel (Ger/Lotto)
9. Jasper Stuyven (Bel/Trek)
10. Roberto Ferrari (Ita/UAE Team Emirates)
1. Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 52hrs 41mins 08secs
2. Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +2mins 23secs
3. Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +2mins 38secs
4. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +2mins 40secs
5. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita/Bahrain) +2mins 47secs
6. Andrey Amador (Crc/Movistar) +3mins 05secs
7. Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +3mins 56secs
8. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita/AG2R) +3mins 59secs
9. Tanel Kangert (Est/Astana) Same time
10. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +4mins 17secs
Selected others:
15. Geraint Thomas (GB/ Team Sky) +6mins 46secs
16. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +6mins 52secs


Madagascar's former President, Didier Ratsiraka, has returned to the island after nine years in exile in France.

Mr Ratsiraka, who seized power as a young naval officer in 1975, governed Madagascar until 1991 and again from 1996 to 2002.
He left the country after losing disputed elections.
His return comes three days after a unity government was unveiled to try to end the political deadlock in Madagascar.
In 2003, a Madagascan court sentenced Mr Ratsiraka in his absence to 10 years' hard labour for corruption. However, the current President, Andry Rajoelina, who seized power two years ago, has said that the 75 year old is free to return home.
The former president has refused to sign the deal brokered by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) which aims to resolve Madagascar's long-running political crisis.
Journalist Tim Healy told the BBC hundreds of supporters gathered at the airport in the capital, Antananarivo, to welcome Mr Ratsiraka.
In a speech, he said he was opposed to the unity government as he believes it is not consensual.
"There should be a conference not just by the four main political leaders, but all the other parties and civil society groups must be involved," AFP news agency quotes Mr Ratsiraka as saying.
"There's need for reconciliation. I will shake everybody's hands in the overall interest of the nation. The government says it wants to reach out, I'm reaching out in return."
But Mr Rajoelina, who is unelected, has already refused the proposal of the so-called "conference of four presidents", reports Mr Healy.


Former Manchester United and West Ham midfielder Ravel Morrison has joined Mexican club Atlas on loan from Lazio.

The 24-year-old, who earlier this summer had a trial with Birmingham, has appeared just eight times for the Italian club since joining in 2015.
Atlas are based in Guadalajara, and captained by Rafael Marquez, the former Barcelona defender who in August denied US accusations of links with a drugs cartel.
Seven matches in to the Mexican league season they are 13th in the table, 10 points adrift of leaders Monterrey.
Morrison, an ex-England Under-21 international, played only 122 minutes over the whole of the 2016-17 season, having moved to QPR on loan in January.
He began his career at Manchester United, before moving to West Ham in 2012, and to Lazio three years later.
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While his talent has never been in question - former Birmingham manager Lee Clark described him as "the best English player since Paul Gascoigne" - he has been involved in various troubling incidents away from the pitch.
In 2008, he was cautioned for common assault, and in February 2011 pleaded guilty to witness intimidation.
Three months later he was fined £600 for throwing his girlfriend's phone through an open window during an argument.
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Falkirk leapfrogged hosts Inverness Caledonian Thistle with a 2-0 win to reach the top of Group A in the Scottish League Cup.

Alex Harris' pace helped set up Joe McKee for the opener before Nathan Austin curled in the Bairns' second.
Kyle Lafferty scored twice for Hearts in a 3-0 win over East Fife in Group B.
But the Jambos trail high-scoring Dunfermline, who were 5-1 winners against Peterhead, as Declan McManus and Joe Cardle each scored two goals.
Falkirk beat Stirling Albion in their opening match of the tournament and, even with a game in hand, look down on John Robertson's second-placed Highlanders after the win at the Caledonian Stadium.
Elsewhere in the group, 18-year-old Callum Morrison's brace helped Stirling Albion to a 3-1 win away to Forfar Athletic.
His two strikes gave the Binos a 2-0 half-time lead before Ross Kavanagh added a third, while Mark Millar scored in added time for the hosts.
Dunfermline's comfortable win over Peterhead means they have won two and drawn one of their three Group B ties.
They could not find the net away to East Fife in midweek, though they earned a bonus point in the penalty shootout, but Saturday's five-goal haul followed the six they put past Elgin City last week.
McManus, the summer signing from Fleetwood Town, shot home in seven minutes prior to Cardle's rapid double.
After the break McManus lobbed Peterhead keeper Greg Fleming for his team's fourth ahead of Rory McAllister's penalty for the visitors after Lee Ashcroft had handled inside the box.
However, an own goal by Scott Ross re-established the Pars' four-goal margin.
While Allan Johnston's team have eight points from three games, Hearts are second in the table with two wins from as many ties.
In their match against East Fife, played for spells in torrential rain, Northern Ireland striker Lafferty nodded home Don Cowie's cross to break the deadlock midway through the first half.
Hearts goalkeeper Jack Hamilton turned a Paul Willis header round the post before captain Christophe Berra headed home Malaury Martin's corner.
East Fife's Ben Gordon was sent off for a second bookable offence as he brought down Isma Goncalves inside the penalty area and Lafferty converted the penalty.
In Group C, Highland League champions Buckie Thistle were the stronger team for the first 20 minutes against Premiership Dundee, but the Dark Blues had the greater goal threat.
Faissal el Bakhtaoui lashed in the opening goal from outside the box and Paul McGowan curled an effort over Thistle's crossbar prior to Sofien Moussa going close with an overhead kick.
El Bakhtaoui set up Moussa to score from six yards for Dundee's second as they moved just behind group leaders and city rivals Dundee United on goal difference.
Arbroath moved ahead of Hibernian in Group D with a 4-0 win over Montrose in the Angus derby.
David Gold pounced when the visitors failed to properly clear a corner kick and Danny Denholm scored twice in five second-half minutes to put the result beyond doubt.
In added time, Kane Hester set up Steven Doris to shoot past Montrose goalkeeper Allan Fleming.
Ross County lead Group D with eight points from their three games, but the Staggies have played one tie more than second-placed Arbroath on five points and Neil Lennon's Hibs on four points.
The eight group winners and four best runners-up progress to the knockout stage where they are joined by the four teams in European competition - Celtic, Aberdeen, Rangers and St Johnstone.


A children's summer camp has been closed by Ofsted after a man was arrested on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children.

LL Camps has operated at Merry Hill in Bushey, Hertfordshire, for the past four years, describing itself as the UK's only American-style summer camp.
A man aged 25, of Borehamwood, had been bailed until September, said police.
They said they would contact families directly should they discover that any children had been affected.
A spokesman for Ofsted said: "We can confirm we have suspended the registrations of these early years settings while investigations are carried out.
"It would be inappropriate to comment further while investigations are ongoing."
In a joint statement, Hertfordshire Police and Hertfordshire County Council said they were working with Ofsted and the "safety and welfare of children is the top priority".
Anyone with specific concerns about a child is asked to call Hertfordshire County Council on 0300 123 4043.
A statement from the LL Camps team was posted its Facebook page on Thursday. It said the camp had closed with "immediate effect" and it "cannot disclose any further information".
The privately-run LL Camps is based at St Margaret's School in Bushey.
A school spokeswoman said LL Camps was "entirely non-related to our school" and St Margaret's had "no links to LL Camps except to hire out a part of the Sports Centre site during the holiday periods".
The LL Camps website, which has been taken offline, stated it had achieved "outstanding early years provider" awards from Ofsted in 2013 and 2014.
It said the camp was about "meeting new friends, expanding interests and learning new skills". It added it was committed to its core values of creating a "caring, nurturing and positive" environment.


Steven Finn took four wickets as Middlesex continued to dominate against Essex on day three at Lord's.

Dan Lawrence (75) and Adam Wheater's (64) 127-run partnership helped Essex create a platform before they were all out for 295, having resumed on 120-4.
Middlesex, also aided by Toby Roland-Jones' 3-81, chose to not enforce the follow on, despite being 212 ahead.
Sam Robson hit 77 and Nick Gubbins 64 as the hosts declared on 239-3, and Essex ended 19-0 chasing 452 to win.
Given the forecast for rain on the final day, the decision not to put Essex back in to bat again was surprising. However, Robson and Gubbins built on their first-innings centuries to ensure the best chance for victory possible if the weather holds out.
After dismissing former England captain Alastair Cook cheaply on day two, Roland-Jones took his third wicket of the match with the 14th ball of the third morning, as Ravi Bopara was caught at third slip, continuing his poor batting form this season.
That brought Wheater to the crease, and alongside Lawrence the pair dragged Essex away from a disastrous reply to Middlesex's 507-7 declared, but Wheater was eventually out to a brilliant one-handed tumbling catch by Stevie Eskinazi at square leg to reduce the visitors to 253-6.
Ryan ten Doeschate (20) was then trapped plumb lbw by Tim Murtagh, Simon Harmer hit a wide ball to Eskinazi's hands, and Lawrence and Neil Wagner were dismissed by Finn (4-51) as the final four wickets tumbled in nine overs.
At a pace of more than six runs an over, Middlesex thundered to a lead of 451, thanks to Robson, Gubbins and fellow first-innings centurion Eskinazi, who hit 62 in 34 balls, going to his fifty with three successive sixes into the Grand Stand off Jamie Porter.
Essex faced six overs late in the day and opener Nick Browne survived a scare when Ollie Rayner dropped him at second slip off Roland-Jones when he was on eight.
Middlesex head coach Richard Scott told BBC Radio London:
"We decided not to enforce the follow-on because our bowlers had sent down almost 100 overs in their first innings.
"We wanted to give them a session's rest so they could come back again strong and also have the chance of bowling fresh in the morning.
"Our batsmen actually did brilliantly to accelerate the scoring rate and get us a lead of 450 in time for us to have six overs at them before stumps."
Essex wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Wheater told BBC Radio Essex:
"We tried to slow the scoring rate in their second innings but their top three all played really well.
"With the small boundary on one side it is hard to defend it.
"We just have to bat well on the last day and you never know what can happen."


Rock star Ozzy Osbourne says he's "a whirlwind of emotions" as Black Sabbath prepare to play their last ever show.

The band, who gave birth to heavy metal in the 1970s, are calling it a day with two concerts in their home city of Birmingham this week.
"My emotions are flying all over the place," Osbourne told the BBC, as the band rehearsed at the Genting Arena.
"Since I've got to this building today, I've been happy, I've been tearful. Let's see what happens."
The group formed in 1968 under the awkward name the Polka Tulk Blues Band (a reference to a brand of talcum powder). They later changed their name to Earth before settling on Black Sabbath.
Powered by Tony Iommi's seismic guitar riffs and Osbourne's primal vocals, they created classic metal songs like Paranoid and Iron Man, full of doom-laden, occult imagery.
They also gained a reputation for chaos, with drug addiction and in-fighting derailing the band in the late 1970s.
Osbourne quit in 1977 and was replaced by Rainbow's Ronnie James Dio - but the classic line-up made their way back under the stage lights in 1997 and have played consistently since.
Over the years, their heavy blues riffs inspired hundreds of other bands, many of whom pay tribute in a Black Sabbath Special, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 1 this Sunday, 5 February.
"Black Sabbath mean everything to me," Scott Ian, of Anthrax told the station's Daniel P Carter. "You could say that for me Black Sabbath are the bible and each one of their records is another book of the bible that they wrote - the bible of heavy metal."
"Some of the sickest music in the world has come out of Black Sabbath," added Bill Kelliher, of Mastodon. "People try to emulate them and they just can't."
Osbourne said he was surprised and humbled by Sabbath's influence.
"People come up to me and say, 'We're not worthy', and I'm like, 'Why are you being that way?'
"But at the same time, if they don't recognise me I get upset."
The singer admitted he was feeling sentimental about his time in the band.
"I remember playing the Crown pub in Birmingham and thinking, 'This'll be good for a couple of years - drink a few beers and have a jam'. But it was the beginning of the most incredible adventure you could think of. I've had the best life out of it.
"One of the proudest things I have in my heart is the fact that Black Sabbath wasn't a band that was created by some big mogul. It was four guys who said, 'Let's have a dream', and it came true beyond our wildest expectations."
The star confirmed that - unlike other bands - Black Sabbath's farewell tour was the definitive end.
"This is definitely it," he said. "It's run its course."
Osbourne added that his solo farewell tour in 1992 had been a mistake. "What I learned is you have to have something to retire to. So I'm going to continue with my solo thing. It's not a job, it's a passion."
The band have suggested there will be a few surprises when they take to the stage for the last time on Saturday night - and one of them will be Osbourne's goodbye speech.
"I've got to say something but I've nothing rehearsed," he laughed. "I'm no good at speeches."
Fans who attend the gig on Saturday night will have their portraits taken and memories recorded, as part of the Home of Metal project.
The project is also asking fans to contribute photos and memorabilia for an exhibition celebrating the legacy of Black Sabbath, which will tour internationally in 2018, followed by a summer season in Birmingham and the Black Country in 2019.
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The "dedication and skill" of hospital staff has helped one of the UK's largest NHS Trusts emerge from special measures, a report has revealed.

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has enhanced the rating for Cambridge University Hospitals Trust from "inadequate" to "good".
It follows a visit by inspectors in September 2016.
The last major inspection in April 2015 exposed staffing problems and management failings.
The Trust, which runs Addenbrooke's and the Rosie Maternity Hospitals, admits about 55,000 patients a year and treats a further 65,000 in A&E.
It is the eastern region's main trauma centre and is renowned worldwide for its teaching, academic research and innovation.
The latest inspection covered eight main areas including surgery, critical care and maternity services.
Each was rated regarding safety, effectiveness, care, responsiveness and leadership.
Particular praise was singled out for the care administered by staff.
"There were a number of areas of outstanding practice and it was clear that staff and the trust leadership had worked hard to ensure improvement took place," the report found.
It said senior staff described being put in special measures as "a wake up call".
"The resulting improvements were evident in our inspection and in conversations we had with staff, who reported a more positive culture within the trust," it added.
Addenbrooke's Hospital chief executive Roland Sinker said: "The recognition of the outstanding care our staff provide to our patients is testament to their dedication and skill.
"We are on a journey and will learn from the findings of the report to make further improvements."
The CQC report marks a major turnaround for the trust after one of the most challenging periods in its 250-year history.
The public sector union Unison, which represents health workers, said the inspections had gone from a "slap in the face to a slap on the back".
Spokesman Stuart Tuckwood said: "It's testament to the hard work and excellence displayed by our members and colleagues who work at the trust.
"They have repeatedly gone the extra mile to help with improvements in their services.
"We urgently need the government to mirror their dedication and compassion and deliver the funding the NHS and social care need."


Major League Baseball has abandoned plans to stage some regular-season matches in London in 2017.

The fixtures would have been the first MLB games played in Europe, and reports suggested "serious talks" took place about the Olympic Stadium hosting the potential series.
Dan Halem, MLB's chief legal officer, said discussions would continue about playing matches overseas.
But he said there was not enough time to agree a deal for the 2017 season.
MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in January that talks had begun about matches being played in London, but ongoing collective bargaining negotiations and next spring's World Baseball Classic are believed to have halted them.
Players' Association executive director Tony Clark said: "Unfortunately there were a number of moving pieces related to London that shortened our window in an effort to try to find common ground."


Graphene is a waste of money, a very senior British professor told me last year during a conversation about government funding for science.

It might be useful to a few applications, he complained, but graphene will never be revolutionary:  the technology is too limited -  it is interesting but not a game changer.
We were talking a few months after the Chancellor George Osborne had allocated £50m to graphene research.
The year before, Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov of Manchester University had won the Nobel Prize for Physics for their pioneering work on the "miracle material" and the funding was a vote of faith in an exciting new area of research. Another £11m followed just after Christmas.
Graphene is the name given to a novel substance composed of a single layer of carbon atoms, extracted from graphite, with astonishing properties: the stuff is stronger than diamond, more conductive than copper and more flexible than rubber.
However amazing, more than £60m is a lot of money to pump into one particular area of science in an age of austerity and researchers in other subjects are always bound to quibble, at the very least.
In the clamour for funding, resentment is not unusual, particularly if the money appears to be aimed at one specific project rather than a whole field of fundamental research which may deliver far more in the long run.
The objection is to what could be called the Concorde syndrome: public money being hosed at a single project, in that case a supersonic passenger plane, admired for its beauty but limited in its possible uses.
But graphene is different and has caught the eye of the British government - and other governments and companies  - precisely because its potential benefits reach into an extraordinary range of areas.
Even if it fails to deliver all that is promised for it in, say, electronics, it might still prove incredibly useful in others such as energy or medicine.
In a paper in Nature last year, Professor Novoselov and his colleagues outlined a "road map" for possible applications of graphene, exploring whether it could become "the next disruptive technology, replacing some of the currently used materials and leading to new markets?"
They acknowledge that many of the material's most exciting characteristics are only achieved with the highest-grade graphene and that industrial-scale techniques for making it have yet to be confirmed.
Still, they argue that a long list of applications is plausible.
Flexible electronic screens may emerge soonest, with the most appealing idea being "e-paper". A working prototype is expected by 2015, according to the Nature study, though the costs are still far too high for any marketable product at the moment.
The authors acknowledge that the established role of silicon will mean that graphene, which is not a semi-conductor, might not play a part in processors till after 2021.
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However, they say graphene is so thin that a "paint" could act as a rust protector or an "electronic ink" or be added to advanced composite materials to make them impermeable or conductive or stronger.
It could be used to enhance solar cells and to improve the working life of batteries, though a lot of technological barriers still remain.
As a material highly sensitive to the environment, graphene could act as a sensor with a single device measuring strain, gas, magnetism or pressure.
And its purity and large surface area make it suitable for medical uses too: from aiding drug delivery to building new tissue for regenerative medicine. However, the authors admit that the sheer number of hurdles mean this will not happen before 2030.
They recognize that "established benchmark materials will only be replaced if the properties of graphene, however appealing, can be translated into applications that are sufficiently competitive to justify the cost and disruption of changing…"
In other words, the price and hassle of switching to graphene need to make sense financially.
So, the paper argues, graphene's "full potential will only be realized in novel applications, which are designed specifically with this material in mind…"
What this means is that graphene is something of a gamble: to really make sense, people will have to dream up inventions for it.
The bottom line is that graphene is too good to be ignored and - in some applications - may yet prove to be too good to be true.
But a look at the statistics for patents - a key indicator of commercial intent - reveals how many countries and companies are prepared to throw the graphene dice.
From a standing start with the Manchester work in 2004, there are now more than 7,000 patents on graphene, with the largest number - more than 2000 - held by China. Samsung alone holds more than 400.
Massive investments on this scale can turn sour - plenty of promising technologies do flop.
But the greater the level of finance, energy and sheer brainpower devoted to graphene globally, the greater are the chances of exploiting it successfully.
The miracle material will soak up a lot of money but, taking a long view, it's unlikely that much will be wasted.


Elderly people would need to spend less time in hospital if care in England were better organised, experts say.

A review by the King's Fund found there was scope to reduce the number of overnight stays by 2.3 million.
That would free up 7,000 beds - 6% of the total - saving the NHS nearly Â£500m a year, according to the think-tank.
The figures were based on all hospitals performing as well as the best 25% in terms of admissions and lengths of stay for the over-65s who need urgent care.
This group of patients excludes those admitted to hospital for routine check-ups and non-emergency operations such as knee and hip replacements.
Instead, it covers the ones admitted via accident and emergency or sent to hospital by GPs for urgent help.
The review said the factors underpinning their use of hospitals were complex.
But the think-tank said its work suggested there were some key areas the NHS could prioritise to reduce their need for hospital care.
These included minimising admissions by working closely with GPs and other health services in the community to help prevent illnesses worsening to the point where patients needed emergency help.
The presence of senior doctors at the point of admission could also help reduce numbers by ensuring the elderly were channelled to the best services sooner, the report said.
Meanwhile, better integration with social care would help speed up discharge and, therefore, reduce length of stay in hospital.
Report author Candace Imison said focussing on this issue made sense for both the patient and the NHS budget.
"We have the opportunity to significantly reduce the number and length of hospital stays for older people," she said.
"This would avoid often destabilising and distressing emergency hospital admissions.
"In a climate where resources are scarce and getting scarcer this will also build a model of care that is far more clinically and financially sustainable."
Alex Mair, chief executive of the British Geriatrics Society, said: "Health and social care services must adapt to meet the urgent care needs of older people.
"At the moment services are too fragmented and hampered by poor communication."
He added another key issue was the lack of specialist skills to care and support frail, elderly people.
Health Minister Anne Milton said ministers were working hard to reduce unnecessary stays in hospital.
"This report shows that driving up quality is not only good for patients but can also save the NHS money," she added.


Saudi Arabia's King Salman has arrived in the south of France for a three-week break - but the monarch is not your average holidaymaker.

Locals are already upset after a public beach was closed so he can relax in private, while a 300m (985ft) exclusion zone has been implemented around his villa.
Many businesses are, however, more than happy to meet his demands. They claim the Saudis bring much-needed revenue to the area.
So what exactly is on the King's holiday checklist? We took a look.
As the head of one of the world's richest royal families, it is no surprise that King Salman is a fan of palatial accommodation.
His villa in Vallauris is nestled among the rocks of the French Rivera - and stretches for several hundred metres along the picturesque coast.
Built in 1932 by the architect Barry Dierks, Chateau de l'Horizon - as it was once known - has hosted many famous guests, including Winston Churchill, Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe.
For the next three weeks, it will house King Salman's family and closest aides.
Preparations have been under way for some time, with locals reporting a flurry of activity in and around the grounds.
New windows have been installed, fresh flowers planted -  and there have even been rumours of a throne on the balcony so the King can enjoy unspoiled views.
Several hundred other Saudis are accompanying the King on his visit - more on them later.
King Salman and his entourage arrived at Nice airport on Saturday on board two private planes operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines.
A 10-vehicle motorcade was there to greet the 79-year-old monarch and his guests, before whisking them away to his private residence.
At least 400 luxury saloon cars with tinted windows have been hired, according to local drivers.
They will be used to transport the King's relatives and friends around the region to local tourist spots and beaches.
"They ask us to take them to restaurants, or they say they want to visit Saint Tropez, Monaco, Nice or villas in the area, because they want to buy property," one driver told AFP.
Summer holidays are the perfect opportunity to spend time with family and friends - but inviting 1,000 of your nearest and dearest may seem excessive.
King Salman's huge entourage of relatives, staff and military officials have taken up residence along the French coast.
While his inner circle will spend time at his seafront mansion, around 700 others are staying in lavish hotels in Cannes.
The influx of visitors from the oil-rich nation has led to increased security in the area.
Police vans have been pictured at the entrance to the King's residence, while security guards have been spotted relaxing on sun loungers.
Some locals are irked by the exorbitant attention being given to the monarch and his guests, while others are happy to accommodate them.
"The economic impact for us, but also restaurants, chauffeurs and all those who worked at his villa, is real," said Serge Reinhard, the director of the four-star Hotel Montaigne, where half of the rooms have been booked by Saudis.
Perhaps the tallest order on the King's checklist.
The sandy shores of La Mirandole run alongside his Vallauris mansion - and are usually packed with holidaymakers and sunbathers.
But the beach has now been sealed off by the authorities to allow King Salman to holiday in private. Members of the public are also banned from coming within 300m of his villa by sea.
The move has enraged locals. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition against the closure, insisting the beach is a public area that should be "available for the benefit of all".
Police boats are patrolling the coastline on the look-out for intruders.
The mayor of Vallauris has also written to President Francois Hollande to protest against unauthorised work carried out on the shore.
A slab of concrete was poured directly onto the sand to install a temporary elevator to allow for easier access for King Salman.
"We understand the security reasons and the nation's greater interest," Mayor Michelle Salucki wrote. "But nobody can exonerate himself from the laws of the land."


Scotland recorded their first official one-day international win over a Test nation as they beat Zimbabwe on the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method.

The Scots won the toss and elected to bat. Captain Kyle Coetzer top-scored with 109 and Craig Wallace and Michael Leask both contributed half centuries.
Scotland totalled 317, while in reply Zimbabwe amassed 107-4 before rain.
When play resumed, Zimbabwe were set an adjusted total of 299 to win but finished on 272 all out.
The Scots' May win over Sri Lanka was not classed as a first win over full member opposition as the two-game series was not given full ODI status.
Opener Matt Cross contributed 33 in Scotland's innings but it was Coetzer's century that led the way for the hosts in Edinburgh.
He received good support from Wallace (58 off 54 balls) and Leask, who cracked 59 not out off 38 balls.
Sean Williams took two of the Scottish wickets and then scored 70 at comfortably better than a run a ball in Zimbabwe's innings, bettered only by Malcolm Waller's brutal 92 off 62 balls.
Solomon Mire (40) and Hamilton Masakadza (38) had earlier given the tourists a positive start with the bat.
Con de Lange excelled for Scotland, taking five wickets, including those of Mire and Waller.


Arsenal boosted their Champions League hopes with a deserved victory over West Ham, who remain in relegation trouble after a fifth consecutive Premier League defeat.

After a quiet first half, Mesut Ozil, on his 150th appearance for the Gunners, fired home from the edge of the box after being gifted possession by Jose Fonte.
And the German, after playing a one-two with Alexis Sanchez, crossed for Theo Walcott - captain for the day in the absence of the injured Laurent Koscielny - to turn home from eight yards out.
Olivier Giroud curled in a fantastic third after being picked out by fellow substitute Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Gunners are now up to fifth in the table, only four points behind fourth-placed Manchester City, with a game in hand on Pep Guardiola's side.
West Ham are five points above the bottom three, although it could have been a lot worse had Swansea not collapsed late on to lose 3-1 to Tottenham.
The Gunners had only won one and drawn another in their past six Premier League games, to leave their hopes of Champions League qualification - having reached the last 17 tournaments - in real jeopardy.
There were more protests against long-serving manager Arsene Wenger - with some Gunners fans not taking their seats until the 13th minute. It has been 13 years since they last won the league.
But it did not distract the team too much, admittedly against opposition in even worse form than themselves.
Arsenal had the best of the first half, but it was after the break they took control of the game.
Hammers keeper Darren Randolph was unhappy with Ozil's opener as he felt Sanchez was offside and blocking his view, but referee Martin Atkinson did not care for his appeals.
The two Gunners stars both linked up to set up Walcott's second, and then Giroud scored the game's outstanding goal to clinch the match. The French striker, who replaced Danny Welbeck, has scored more Premier League goals as a substitute than anyone else this season - five.
Arsenal should have had a penalty in injury time when Sam Byram brought down Nacho Monreal.
The Gunners had to play their third-choice keeper, Emiliano Martinez, after injuries to Petr Cech and David Ospina. But the 24-year-old, on his first Premier League appearance since 2014, only had to make two saves in the game.
West Ham have not won a game in more than two months and have Tottenham to thank for them not being dragged closer into the relegation zone.
Before Spurs' comeback against Swansea [West Ham's opponents on Saturday], the Hammers looked set to be only three points above the relegation zone. Instead it is five.
In the first half, the Hammers were OK, but they collapsed after the Gunners - who are short of confidence themselves - scored their opener.
The Hammers' only two shots on target - from Manuel Lanzini and Edimilson Fernandes - came after the game had already gone.
Michail Antonio, returning from a hamstring injury, only lasted 45 minutes before being replaced at half-time by Robert Snodgrass.
Striker Diafra Sakho made his first appearance since November after recovering from a back injury, although he only touched the ball eight times after his second-half introduction.
Wenger on Ozil: "I feel that he's back physically with focus.
"I know him quite well and I felt that he got hit hard from us going out of the Champions League and it took him some time to recover from that mentally.
"I feel for a few weeks now in training he's really focused again - and that comes out in the game.
"Of course [he deserves credit]. We live in a world of extremes... we are always praised maybe more than we deserve it and punished more than we deserve it when it doesn't go well - but that's our world."
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger told BBC Sport: "West Ham defended well in the first half and we needed to find a solution in the second half. We were convincing after the break.
"Ozil and Sanchez are important players but everyone did well. You could not say any player had a bad performance.
"We come out of a difficult period and our confidence goes quickly and comes back slowly.
"We are in the final sprint in the Premier League. Consistency will be very important.
"We have a little handicap on the points front. We have less possibilities to drop points."
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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic told BBC Sport: "Arsenal deserved to win. The first half was OK, not only because of the score but we were good. We defended well with numbers. And we were also good on counter-attacks.
"In the second half they raised the tempo and scored a goal, and they were the better team. They were sharper than us tonight.
"We wanted to keep a clean sheet and the draw as long as possible, or even better to score, and make their fans and players a bit more nervous. But they started to play with more freedom after scoring.
"Of course we are [in a relegation battle]. We don't have to hide it. It's not being negative, it's being realistic. I told the players to forget today - we have big games ahead of us. It's a massive game against Swansea on Saturday. We are in a fight to keep our Premier League status. We have to start winning games.
"To get that confidence back is the key point. One win will change everything for us. Because three points at this stage of the season are massive."
Former Arsenal striker Ian Wright: "I'm just delighted Arsenal got something from the game. Mesut Ozil does what he does. It's his demeanour which upsets people, throwing his hands up in the air. It's unfortunate for him that because of his languid style he gets a lot of stick. As a forward, I'd want him behind me.
"I do feel for Slaven Bilic. I have a lot of time for him. The board have said they will back him. I just hope it's not lip service."
West Ham face a match against relegation rivals Swansea on Saturday at 15:00 BST. Arsenal face another London derby - at Crystal Palace - next Monday (20:00).
Match ends, Arsenal 3, West Ham United 0.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 3, West Ham United 0.
Attempt blocked. Aaron Ramsey (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
Attempt saved. Edimilson Fernandes (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
André Ayew (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Granit Xhaka (Arsenal).
André Ayew (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Arsenal 3, West Ham United 0. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Substitution, Arsenal. Aaron Ramsey replaces Mohamed Elneny.
Substitution, Arsenal. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain replaces Theo Walcott.
Substitution, West Ham United. Edimilson Fernandes replaces Mark Noble.
Attempt blocked. Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Attempt saved. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mohamed Elneny.
Sam Byram (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card.
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Byram (West Ham United).
Attempt saved. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Danny Welbeck.
Attempt missed. Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez with a through ball.
Goal!  Arsenal 2, West Ham United 0. Theo Walcott (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Offside, West Ham United. Sam Byram tries a through ball, but Diafra Sakho is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mesut Özil with a cross.
Attempt missed. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Substitution, West Ham United. Diafra Sakho replaces Andy Carroll.
Attempt missed. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal).
Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Danny Welbeck (Arsenal) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Theo Walcott with a through ball.
Attempt blocked. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Robert Snodgrass with a cross.
Goal!  Arsenal 1, West Ham United 0. Mesut Özil (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt blocked. Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Granit Xhaka.
Corner,  Arsenal. Conceded by Arthur Masuaku.
Offside, West Ham United. Robert Snodgrass tries a through ball, but Sam Byram is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by José Fonte (West Ham United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Arthur Masuaku (West Ham United) because of an injury.


Aberdeen goalkeeping great Theo Snelders believes a Scottish Cup final win for the Dons is long overdue.

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The Dutchman was a penalty shoot-out hero when Aberdeen beat Celtic in 1990.
"In my house I've got a picture of after I saved the penalty and sometimes you look at it and think it was like yesterday," Snelders told BBC Scotland.
"But then you think it's 15 years ago, then 20, then 25 and now 27 years. It's already gone on too long and it's time for Aberdeen to win that cup again."
Since the 1990 under Alex Smith, Aberdeen have twice been Scottish Cup runners-up, losing to Rangers in 1993 and 2000.
The League Cup has been a happier hunting ground for the Dons of late and current manager Derek McInnes guided his men to glory in that competition in 2014.
The 1990 Scottish Cup final was the first to be settled by penalty kicks, replacing the previous format of a replay in the event of a draw.
It had finished 0-0 at the end of full-time and extra-time between Aberdeen and Celtic, with Brian Irvine eventually sealing the Dons' 9-8 victory on spot-kicks after Snelders had saved from Anton Rogan.
If Irvine had missed it would have been the turn of the two goalkeepers to take penalties.
"Most of the penalties were hit quite well and I remember Pat Bonner going past me near the end and he was saying 'we are next!'," said Snelders.
"I didn't really have a philosophy. Nowadays you study penalties but in those days you didn't do that. The only theory I had was that a right-footer would shoot across his standing leg and a left-footer would do the same - especially with defenders. Luckily that theory went well for the final penalty."
Snelders, who spent eight years at Pittodrie, had made a deliberate attempt to rouse the Dons fans for inspiration before Rogan stepped forward.
"I remembered when Graham Watson took his penalty, on the halfway line the Celtic players were winding the Celtic end up," he recalled.
"I did the same as they did with our crowd. Aberdeen had 25,000 supporters there and they were in the goal behind me. The noise was immense and it was a nice one-two combination with the fans.
"You have a lot of moments in football but this was something you remember for the rest of your life. It was my best moment in football. A game that goes to such a climax and having a big say in the outcome was a great feeling.
"There was quite a story in Holland because they broadcast the game live. But at that time they only had the satellite at a certain time and they didn't calculate that it might go to extra-time and penalties.
"So in Holland, my mum was watching the game and just before the final penalties, it went to a different programme and they didn't know the score. Later in the hotel I had to phone her to tell her that we won it!"
Snelders, now 53, went on to sign for Rangers before returning to the Netherlands, where he is now a coach at FC Twente. But he regularly returns to the north-east of Scotland to speak or attend special football events in Aberdeen.
Recently he met a Dons fan who was lucky enough to grab a special memento from that glorious Hampden victory in 1990.
"My gloves went into the crowd," said Snelders.
"It's quite funny, I remember a photo with the guy who caught one. I met him at Andrew Considine's testimonial dinner.
"We were staying in a hotel in Aberdeen and this guy came along to tell me that he caught one of the gloves. He said at that time he was offered £500 to sell it but he kept it as a big souvenir.
"I don't know who's got the other one!"
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A bird of prey which was persecuted to extinction in Ireland is spreading its wings again following a programme to reintroduce them into the wild.

Three white-tailed sea eagles have been spotted flying over Lough Erne in County Fermanagh in recent weeks.
The sighting has boosted hopes that a breeding pair will establish a nest in the area in the future.
Lough Erne is an important habitat for a wide variety of bird species but sea eagles remain a rare sight.
RSPB conservation advisor Sarah McCaffrey was conducting a survey of breeding waders - including curlew, lapwing, redshank, and snipe - when her attention was drawn skywards.
"I could hear the gulls calling and mobbing the animal and turned around and could see this big bird with massive wingspan, roughly about two metres, soaring overhead," she said.
"I thought: 'This is fantastic, such a majestic bird in flight and so close as well.'
"And then when she landed on the fence post and I was able to capture a picture it was just incredible, a really, really lovely experience and just proof of how important Fermanagh is for wildlife."
The white-tailed eagle is often called a "flying barn door" because of its size but this bird is still only a juvenile.
It was identified by the Golden Eagle Trust as a bird that fledged from a nest in Connemara in County Galway in 2016.
Another female called Cealtra - that fledged from Mount Shannon in County Clare in 2015 - has also been seen on Lough Erne, and there has also been a reported sighting of a mature male called Star in the same area.
Sarah McCaffrey said: "In the past they would have been persecuted to extinction but reintroduction programmes in Scotland and the Republic have been very successful.
"There's around 40 breeding pairs in the UK at the moment and probably about 13 pairs in the Republic so its all very encouraging.
"(They're) beautiful majestic birds to look at and it's fantastic to see them in the county."
However, they still face threats to their survival.
The remains of an eagle called Ingar which was released in Killarney National Park in 2011 by the Golden Eagle Trust were found near Lisnaskea in February 2015.
A breeding female in Connemara was found dead on a nest on 13 April 2015 which confirmed poisoning of a white-tailed eagle in Ireland since the reintroduction project began in 2007.
Despite a ban on poisons to control foxes and crows, their illegal use remains a threat to birds of prey.
Sarah McCaffrey said: "We don't actually know if Ingar was poisoned. When his remains were recovered he was so badly decomposed, so we can't really speculate if he was poisoned.
"It's very important to get education out there to make people aware that these birds are a benefit to our habitat.
"They feed on carrion, things that have died, and their main food source is also fish."
Sea eagles breed at about five years of age and Ms McCaffrey is hopeful that a male and female could set up a permanent presence on Lough Erne.
"We could well have them breeding it will take a wee while for these birds to reach maturity.
"Cealtra certainly seems to like the county, she's been present for a long time so it would be great certainly if we did (have a breeding pair) in the near future."


Francis Amin Michael Paul has been elected as the new president of the South Sudan Football Association (SSFA).

His election ends a period of uncertainty as he replaces Chabur Goc Alei, who was suspended by the SSFA's general assembly last year.
Amin beat former international referee Lual Maluk Lual in the polls which were overseen by delegates from Fifa and the Confederation of African Football.
"Let's forget our differences but be united by the beautiful game of football," Amin said.
"I welcome all my opponents to come and join hands so that we develop football in our beloved country South Sudan."
Alei was forced out of office amid allegations of mismanagement.
Amin is a well-known businessman in Juba and is a former board member with local club Atlabara.
Venasio Deng Amun will be Amin's deputy after he beat Sestilio Juba Leriba in the polls for vice-president.


Danny Willett says his parents and wife received abuse from fans during Europe's Ryder Cup defeat by the United States at Hazeltine last week.

Willett, 29, apologised before the tournament for an article his brother Peter wrote about the American crowds.
During the event players called for rowdy fans to be ejected, with Willett then saying his brother had been right.
"I don't think that's our sport, that's not what we play for, that's not what we do," he told Sky Sports.
Willett, who failed to win a point on his Ryder Cup debut, said the abuse came from a "massively tiny proportion" of the huge crowds in Minnesota.
"You've got 150-200,000 fans there that love watching golf," added the Masters champion. "Unfortunately, you've got the odd one or two that don't actually go there to watch the golf, which is a shame.
"I don't think you should be walking around playing golf while people are saying things to your parents and saying things to your wife.
"Unfortunately that happened and unfortunately it put a little bit of a downer on what was supposed to be my first really good experience of the Ryder Cup."
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At least 27 people, including two children, have been killed and dozens more injured in a bomb attack on a cafe in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, officials have said.

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside the cafe in the west of the city, police said.
No group has said it carried out the attack.
The violence comes ahead of Iraq's provincial elections on 20 April, the first in the country since 2010.
Emergency workers were still trying to pull out victims trapped in the rubble when part of the building collapsed, police told the Reuters news agency.
On Monday, a series of co-ordinated car bomb attacks took place across the country, claiming at least 31 lives and injuring more than 200 people.
Tensions are high between Iraq's Sunni and Shia, amid claims by the Sunni Muslim communities that they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's Shia-led government.
Sunni Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda have attempted to destabilise the government by stepping up attacks, mainly on Shia but also Sunni targets this year.
Although violence has decreased in Iraq since the peak of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, bombings are still common.


The recreation and destruction of a long-lost Dundee landmark will be a highlight of a design festival in the city next month.

Ignite 2016 will see hundreds of people recreate Dundee's Royal Arch from cardboard before toppling and trampling the structure the following day.
The festival includes a new programme selected to celebrate Scotland's Year of Innovation, Architecture and Design.
The original Royal Arch was built between 1849 and 1853.
It was constructed to commemorate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's visit to Dundee in 1844.
It was demolished in 1964 as part of preparatory work for the Tay Road Bridge.
Artist Olivier Grossetete will work with the public to recreate the Royal Arch from cardboard over the weekend of 28 and 29 May.
A series of events celebrating design and construction will take place alongside evening projections before the tower is destroyed.
The festival will also include two pop up markets and highlight work from emerging artists and designers from local universities and colleges.


An appeal has been lodged over the recommendation for a permanent home for a Viking treasure hoard discovered in Galloway.

Both Dumfries and Galloway Council and National Museums Scotland are bidding for the artefacts.
The Scottish Archaeological Finds Allocation Panel (SAFAP) met to discuss their future last month.
It made a recommendation to the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR) but that has now been contested.
A QLTR spokesman confirmed: "SAFAP have submitted their recommendations regarding value and allocation of the hoard to the QLTR for his consideration.
"An appeal regarding the allocation has been lodged and during the appeal process it would not be appropriate to offer further comment."
He was unable to provide a timescale for the final decision or confirm who had lodged the appeal.
Dumfries and Galloway Council wants to house the hoard in a new art gallery being built in Kirkcudbright.
The bid has been backed by a local campaign that delivered a 5,000 signature petition to the Scottish Parliament.
Supporters have argued the treasure should be returned to the region where it was found.
However, National Museums Scotland said it had put forward a "mutually-beneficial and positive proposal".
It would see some of the hoard go on display permanently in Kirkcudbright and, on occasions, the entire collection hosted in the town.
A spokesman for Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was not in a position to comment on the appeal.


A deer which was catapulted through a car windscreen landed in a 10-year-old girl's lap as she ate fast food.

Kira Slozzy and her mum Claire were travelling along Humberston Avenue, near Cleethorpes, when another vehicle hit the animal and sent it flying towards them.
It smashed through the front window, and landed on Kira, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the Volvo car at the time.
The deer was killed by the impact.
According to locals, the road has become a hotspot for deer-related accidents since building work started nearby.
Posting on Facebook, Lisa Auty said she believed building site noise had scared the animals towards the road.
She called for drivers to reduce their speed.


Simona Halep beat Madison Keys in straight sets in the Rogers Cup final in Montreal.

The Romanian, 24, won 7-6 (7-2), 6-3 to claim her third title of the year.
However, the world number five was unable to add a second title as she and compatriot Monica Niculescu were beaten by Russian duo Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in the doubles final.
Makarova and Vesnina, who will represent their country at the Rio Olympics, won 6-3, 7-6 (7-5).
It was a different matter in the singles where fifth seed Halep eventually breezed through a tie-break against the 21-year-old American after a first set that saw eight breaks of serve.
Halep, who also beat Keys in the fourth round at Wimbledon, broke again in the second set and never looked troubled thereafter.
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Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain has spoken of the racial abuse she received after a passenger on a train refused to sit next to her.

The 31-year-old, who grew up in Luton, said the man had remarked: "I ain't sitting near a Muslim" on a train service on Wednesday.
"His ignorance is his own ruin," she added in her tweet about what happened.
Hussain has previously spoken about racist abuse and how "it feels like that's become a part of my life now".
"I expect to be shoved or pushed or verbally abused, because it happens, it's happened for years," the mother-of-three told BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs.
She won the 2015 series of the hit baking show and has gone on to become a columnist, author and television presenter.
A contestant from this year's Bake Off, Rav Bansal, replied to Hussain's tweet saying he had recently had a similar experience.
"You are a much better person then he will ever be," Bansal said.
A spokeswoman for Hussain was unable to confirm any further details about the incident.
Last week Hussain told the BBC's 100 Women season she thought it was important not to "feed negativity with negativity".
She said: "I live in a lovely country. I don't want my kids to grow up with a chip on their shoulder.
"Those negative people and those negative comments are the minority and I don't let that dictate how I live my life."


A US-European satellite that is fundamental to our understanding of the oceans has launched from California.

Jason-3 will measure the shape of the global sea surface to an accuracy of better than 4cm.
It will track currents, tides, winds, wave heights, and will help forecast the intensity of storms.
But the new mission will also maintain the reference data-set on sea-level rise. This shows the world's oceans to be rising at more than 3mm per year.
Jason-3 was launched atop a SpaceX Falcon-9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force base at 10:42 local time (18:42 GMT). The flight to orbit took just under the hour.
An attempt by SpaceX to recover the bottom part of the Falcon by landing it back on a sea barge came very close to success. The booster found the platform but could not remain upright because a landing leg failed to lock. As a result, it toppled over and exploded.
The rocket company had managed a historic first controlled return of an orbital stage last month.
Jason-3 will spend the coming weeks being moved into a position some 1,336km above the Earth where it can make tandem measurements with its still-operational predecessor, Jason-2.
This will enable scientists to cross-calibrate their altimeters - the microwave radar instruments they use to map the various "hills" and "valleys" in the ocean surface below.
Understanding these variations in elevation has myriad applications, both short term and long term.
Just as air pressure tells meteorologists what is going on in the atmosphere, so ocean height will betray details about the behaviour of water below just the top layers.
The data gives clues to temperature and salinity. When combined with gravity information, it will also indicate current direction and speed.
The oceans store vast amounts of heat from the Sun, and how they move that energy around the globe and interact with the atmosphere are what drive key elements of our weather and the climate system.
A classic example is the El NiÃ±o phenomenon, which is in play at the moment. This sees usually cold waters in the eastern central Pacific overtaken every few years by a surge of warm waters from the west. This disrupts weather patterns worldwide, bringing drought to some areas and intense rainfall to others.
The Jason satellites act as an early warning system for El NiÃ±o by detecting the developing bulge in surface waters associated with the warming.
The mission series, which started in 1992, has always been a US-European venture, but the number of organisations involved has grown over time and now includes the US and French space agencies (Nasa and Cnes) and the premier weather satellite services on both sides of the Atlantic - Noaa and Eumetsat.
For future Jason missions, this co-operation will be extended further, to include the European Space Agency (Esa) and the European Commission.
This wider interest underlines the importance of the satellite data, and the stronger partnership should ensure the continuation of  the series. Europe will be folding Jason into its Sentinel programme of Earth observers, giving follow-on spacecraft the designation "Sentinel-6".
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