Standards of healthcare in the UK are lagging behind many developed nations with thousands fewer doctors and nurses being employed, a report says.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development review of 34 countries found the UK was behind in key areas such as stroke and cancer.
It also found spending was lower per head and there was less equipment.
The Department of Health said there was room for improvement and money was being targeted in those areas.
The report found the UK has 8.2 nurses per 1,000 people compared with an OECD average of 9.1, while it has 2.8 doctors per 1,000 compared with 3.3.
Experts said 26,500 more doctors and 47,700 nurses would be needed to match the OECD average.
In terms of equipment, the number of MRI and CT scanners was well below average.
Spending, it said, had seen "zero growth" per person in real terms between 2009 and 2013.
Countries such as France, Canada, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand and Denmark were all spending more.
The report, which also took into account the private sector for some measures, highlighted lower rates for survival for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer.
Levels of hospital admission for stroke and respiratory illness were also higher.
But the report also found evidence that Britons were leading unhealthy lives.
Obesity rates were among the highest, while alcohol consumption and smoking rates were also above average.
But the UK did perform well in terms of waiting times for key treatments and ensuring everybody had access to services.
Mark Pearson of the OECD said: "The UK is world leader in developing innovative approaches to healthcare but often does not do the basic things very well.
"While access to care in the UK is good, the quality of care is uneven and continues to lag behind that in many other OECD countries."
Nigel Edwards, chief executive of the Nuffield Trust think tank, said: "For the UK, the message seems to be that where healthcare is concerned, you get what you pay for.
"Our lower-than-average level of public investment in healthcare is mirrored by our somewhat mediocre performance across the board."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said the extra investment being made in the NHS this Parliament would help improve services.
"We know there are areas where the NHS can improve which is why we have prioritised investment in the front line."
But she added: "The OECD report shows there are many indicators where the NHS continues to be the envy of the world."


Grampian Police officers are to be given access to body-worn video cameras, after a successful pilot.

They have been trialled in Aberdeen over the past 18 months, and the scheme will now be rolled out across the Moray and Aberdeenshire divisions.
The force said more than 90% of cases pursued, using evidence from the cameras, resulted in early guilty pleas.
Supt Nick Topping said: "We have been delighted by the difference made."
He explained: "As an evidence-gathering tool they have surpassed our initial expectations and the results really do speak for themselves.
"By rolling out the project across the entire force, every single officer or pair of officers on duty will now have access to this technology.
"The cameras can provide potentially crucial evidence through the clear and accurate digital video that they record and offer an extra layer of protection for officers.
"Most significantly, the cameras have helped to bring about earlier guilty pleas - which means officers are able to spend less time in court and more time out and about in communities, making a real difference."


The revival of Dragon Studios comes as another much-heralded film project flounders.

The Hollywood remake of cult classic The Crow was due to begin filming at Pinewood Wales over the summer.
First Minister Carwyn Jones announced the imminent arrival of the film's cast and crew on a visit to the new Pinewood facility in March.
But financial issues at the film's production company mean the project is now on hold.
It is not unusual for films to be delayed, and The Crow may yet take off, but for now Pinewood's studio on the outskirts of Cardiff stands empty while Valleywood is resurrected.
Sources in the industry warn against further prophecies of doom or talk of "white elephants", with one production supplier insisting Wales' film and TV sector is working "at capacity".
There is also excitement about the launch of Bad Wolf, the new venture from former BBC executives Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter, which plans to begin filming a slate of high-end TV dramas in Wales next year.
Other productions are already planned at Pinewood, while there are rumours that new episodes of the BBC drama Sherlock may be filmed there in the new year.
Wales Screen, an arm of the Welsh government which promotes Welsh filming locations and facilities, has seen a near five-fold rise in inquiries about high-end TV dramas since 2012.
Feature films shooting in Wales recently include Guy Ritchie's Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur and Criminal starring Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones.
TV and film executives are regularly spotted visiting Wales' four main studio facilities - Pinewood, Dragon, the Swansea Bay Studios - which were used to film Da Vinci's Demons - and the Chepstow studio where the BBC's Atlantis was filmed.
Though it is an attractive filming destination, Wales is part of a relentless beauty contest with other parts of the UK, as well as emerging film industries in eastern Europe, to entice the latest productions.
UK tax breaks have seen a general boost in productions, although those marketing Wales think the close proximity of urban streets and dramatic rural landscapes give the country an advantage.
The Welsh government also offers financial support for some productions, including a share of its Â£30m Media Investment Budget for films made through Pinewood Pictures, while it has previously loaned money to the new Bad Wolf company.
By its nature the TV and film production industry relies on relatively short-term, peripatetic projects that bring many of their own staff, though they also draw heavily on local facilities and skilled workers.
The boom in high-end TV drama, and the growth of on-demand services such as Netflix and Amazon Prime Video, means it is an expanding market, potentially worth many millions more to the Welsh economy.
But while Wales has developed the infrastructure to support the increased demand from the international industry, it faces stiff competition from the UK and abroad to attract the new wave of productions.


Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is trending on Indian social media for her literary reviews, after suggesting Animal Farm be used to teach children about caring for animals.

George Orwell's 1945 novella Animal Farm is actually a dystopian allegory for the rise of Stalinism.
In the novella, an animal revolution results in the rise of a corrupt elite.
Twitter users responded with the trend #ShilpaShettyReviews - summarising books with guesswork from their titles.
Shetty was reacting to Harry Potter's inclusion on the national school syllabus in India, and suggested other books she thinks should be included.
"I think having books like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter as part of the syllabus is a great move because it cultivates imagination and creativity at a young age," she told the Times of India.
"I think books like Little Women would also encourage respect towards women at a young age."
"Even a book like Animal Farm should be included as it will teach the little ones to love and care for animals," she added.
The quote has since been removed from the online version of the article, but social media users have already shared photographs of the print edition.
Shilpa Shetty is also well-known in Britain for her appearance, and eventual win, on Celebrity Big Brother. She was the subject of a race row which prompted international reaction.
The television programme Big Brother is named after the antagonistic national leader from another George Orwell novel, 1984.
Shetty has yet to respond to her latest trend-setting activity.


El Salvador's football federation has imposed a life-time ban on 14 members of the country's national team for match-fixing.

One of them is the goalkeeper Dagoberto Portillo.
Another three players were banned for between six and 18 months. Only one of the 22 players involved was cleared.
The players were accused of receiving bribes in matches such as a 5-0 defeat against Mexico in 2011 and a 4-2 loss against Paraguay last February.
Four players remain under investigation and those banned have 15 days to appeal.
The 22 players were suspended in August pending the investigation.
"The disciplinary commission's work has been extensive, has evaluated all types of information obtained from interviews, videos and testimonials from people," said Carlos Mendez, president of the country's football federation (Fesfut).
The players banned for life are: Luis Anaya, Osael Romero, Ramon Sanchez, Christian Castillo, Miguel Granada, Miguel Montes, Dagoberto Portillo, Dennis Alas, Darwin Bonilla, Ramon Flores, Alfredo Pacheco, Mordecai Henriquez, Marvin Gonzalez and Reynaldo Hernandez.
The federation is allowing a period of 15 days for Salvadoran league clubs affected to hire new players.


The results of Sats tests taken in primary schools in England, due to be published on Tuesday, should not be compared with previous years, says Education Secretary Nicky Morgan.

The tests have been made tougher and Mrs Morgan says lower results should not be interpreted as a decline in performance by pupils.
"They simply cannot be compared directly," says Mrs Morgan.
Heads have called for this year's test results not to be published.
Mrs Morgan's warning comes in advance of the publication of results from Sats tests taken by 11-year-olds, which this year have been made more difficult and based on a new curriculum.
There will be national level results published on Tuesday and individual schools will receive their results.
There has been an expectation of volatile and unpredictable results - and Mrs Morgan is pre-empting claims that they will show that standards are falling.
"I expect critics of the new primary curriculum will be quick to try and suggest that any lower results are evidence of a failure of the system," says Mrs Morgan.
"Nothing could be further from the truth. I don't know what the results will look like yet. But I have always been clear that politicians trumpeting ever-rising test results, at the expense of high standards is entirely wrong."
If results do turn out to be lower than previous years, then Mrs Morgan feels: "It wouldn't mean children have performed any worse this year; simply that we have raised the bar on what counts as good enough.
"Neither schools nor parents should try to compare this year's results with previous years. The tests are new and are based on a new, more rigorous national curriculum - based on the best evidence from across the world."
Mrs Morgan said that parents should "see the results as what they are - a reflection of how well children this year have performed against a new curriculum".
The National Association of Head Teachers had previously written to the education secretary calling for the publication of this year's results to be cancelled.
They warned that there had been "serious mistakes" in how changes had been introduced and said results were too "unpredictable" to be used for league tables.
Head teachers said the results were likely to be so "skewed" that "comparisons between schools become very risky".
Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said the results would be used by the Department for Education and Ofsted to make judgements on schools, with potentially "serious consequences for the jobs of school leaders and the future of the school".
But he said that from the perspective of teachers, the changes to the tests had been "shambolic", with frequently changing guidance and leaked test papers.


Landlords at troubled care home provider Southern Cross have pledged to do all they can to help it avoid bankruptcy, the BBC understands.

Southern Cross is holding a crisis meeting with landlords, lenders and government officials.
Of central importance is how to ensure continuity of care for the 31,000 people at the firm's 751 care homes.
The care home provider says it cannot afford to pay the full rent on its homes.
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Landlords will agree to a compromise in order to allow the care home provider to remain solvent, the BBC's business editor, Robert Peston, has learned.
The restructuring may leave the Darlington-based firm with just 250 to 400 homes, with the others being taken over by different care providers.
But the biggest landlord, NHP, which owns 249 of the homes, is expected to stick with Southern Cross.
The government has been putting intense pressure on landlords not to abandon Southern Cross altogether, according to Robert Peston.
Southern Cross said last month it planned to stop paying about a third of its rental bill.
The company's landlords met on Monday, and are expected to table their own proposal for the firm's future at the meeting on Wednesday.
"The landlords have agreed in principle that they will make significant financial concessions in order to achieve a sustainable solution," said Daniel Smith, who chaired their meeting on Monday.
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"Our overriding concern at this time remains minimising disruption and concern for residents and their families."
In return, it is expected that the government and lenders will also agree to write off some of the money Southern Cross owes them.
Under their joint proposal, individual landlords would reportedly be given various options, including:
Southern Cross is the UK's largest care home operator, employing 44,000 staff, of which the company has already said it will cut 3,000.


England weightlifter Zoe Smith won the Commonwealth Games -58kg title as Wales' Michaela Breeze took bronze.

Twenty-year-old Smith trailed Breeze after lifting 92kg in the snatch, but managed 118kg in the clean and jerk to set a Games record of 210kg.
Two-time champion Breeze, 35, who came out of retirement last December, lifted 202kg in total as Nigeria's Ndidi Winifred took silver with 206kg.
"This is what I've been dreaming of for months and it's happened," said Smith.
"There was a time when I considered quitting the sport.
"I had problems with a back injury and I just wasn't getting any better but, sitting here with a gold medal round my neck, I know exactly why I love this sport."
The Londoner, who won bronze in the same event four years ago in Delhi, celebrated victory with a back flip.
She admitted she struggled to make the weight for the competition.
"I had a bit of a scare a couple of days ago because I still had a good two-and-a-half kilos to come down, so I cut out the carbs and I didn't drink for the majority of Friday," she said.
"I was suffering a little bit so, post-weight, that first bite of chocolate was the best thing I've ever tasted."
Breeze, who moved into coaching after retiring in 2010, said: "It's been one heck of a comeback. I never for one minute thought I'd be back competing.
"My sole intention when I started playing around again last year was to try and motivate and push my athletes to qualify themselves."
England's Christopher Freebury, 25, finished eighth in the men's -69kg after lifting a total of 280kg. That was some way behind Malaysian gold medallist Mohd Hafifi Mansor's total of 305kg.


A man who robbed a bookmakers armed with a knife is being sought by police.

The robbery in Huddersfield Road, Low Moor, Bradford, was on Thursday evening, said West Yorkshire Police.
The male suspect, who was wearing a balaclava, threatened staff before making off with cash.
The suspect is described as possibly Asian and being about 6ft (1.8m) tall and of "scrawny" build, officers making the appeal for witnesses said.


St Helens captain Jon Wilkin and prop Kyle Amor have signed new contracts with the Super League side.

Wilkin, 33, who moved to Saints in 2002 and has won seven trophies since then, has agreed a two-year deal.
Former Leeds and Wakefield forward Amor, 29, helped Saints win the Grand Final in his 2014 debut season and has now signed a three-year deal.
"I'm delighted that both players have agreed to stay at the club," said head coach Keiron Cunningham.
"They are integral to what we do here and provide leadership and professionalism to the younger players in the group."


The RAF Red Arrows have cancelled their performance at Barry Island.

The display team were due to appear at the Barry at War event on Saturday.
But Barry Coastguard tweeted the team has cancelled its appearance due to bad weather.
The team has been unable to fly into Bristol Airport ahead of the event, the Red Arrows confirmed on Twitter.


Frustration with the US is flowing freely in global media following President Donald Trump's announcement that his country would withdraw from the Paris climate agreement signed in 2015 by 195 countries.

European newspapers see an opportunity to move forward without the burden of appeasing a reluctant partner in Washington.
And in China, state-run media see their country ascending to a position of global leadership on the issue of climate change.
The announcement also triggered a global conversation on social media, with climate-related hashtags trending worldwide.
Newspapers on the continent generally expressed disappointment at the decision, but saw in it an opportunity for Europe to forge a new path.
French centre-left daily Le Monde said that the decision had "widened the gap of mistrust" and noted that Mr Trump's mantra of "America First" seems to be leading the country to ever greater isolation.
Similarly, the French financial newspaper Les Echos says America is now part of a "trio of marginalised" nations, along with Syria and Nicaragua, who are not part of the deal.  It adds that the move has not "signed the death warrant" of the agreement.
France's left-wing LibÃ©ration newspaper took a more personal view of the Mr Trump, saying: "Since his accession to the White House, the US president has believed he is on a reality show. Except for the fact that this is no longer a game, it is about the future of the planet."
Global dismay at US climate deal pullout
A commentary in Germany's centre-right  Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung sees a certain "cold logic" in Mr Trump's move, in that he appears to prefer to deal with migration with "walls and weapons" rather than action to limit global warming.
"[The US] is reducing its financial contribution to global climate protection while boosting funding for the military and homeland security," writes its Washington correspondent, Winand von Petersdorff.
Germany's conservative Die Welt sees something positive in Trump's decision, saying it will actually be good for the Paris agreement to lose countries who do not believe in it.
"Those whose take part half-heartedly or even dishonestly are likely to undermine its agenda from the inside," says a commentary by the paper's science editor, Norbert Lossau.
A presenter on Russia's state-controlled Channel One TV said that Mr Trump has "shaken the global community once again".
And state-owned newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta was more sympathetic to Mr Trump than most, saying he had "stood up against Americans paying for the USA's 'climatic leadership', getting nothing in return, except for sweet-voiced chants of European politicians".
In the USA itself, the Washington Post said Mr Trump was not considering the bigger picture with regard to climate change.
"Trump only looked at one side of the scale - claiming the agreement left the United States at a competitive disadvantage, harming US industries. But he often ignored the benefits that could come from tackling climate change, including potential green jobs."
The right-wing Breitbart website, on the other hand, said: "Rather than get bogged down in the 'science' of climate change... he cut to the chase and talked about the important stuff that hardly ever gets mentioned by all the other politicians, for some reason: the fact that the climate change industry is killing jobs."
Colombia's El Tiempo newspaper warned that the decision could cost the USA "very dearly", while in Brazil, the Folha de Sao Paulo said it had allowed "Germany and China to find each other".
In China, commentators did not hide their disdain for the decision.
State-run Global Times called it "selfish and irresponsible" and "the biggest waste" of US diplomatic resources in recent years.
Meanwhile, a correspondent on Chinese state-owned CCTV said China would not alter its course, adding: "The whole world struggled to reach a collective agreement, there was a lot of hesitation and going around in circles... But China has been responding to climate change, it has been pursuing developments in green energy; it has all along been an active player."
Is Trump abandoning US global leadership?
Hong Kong's South China Morning Post said that Mr Trump was well on his way to being the worst American president ever.
"Trump is an angry man. He hates lots of things and lots of people. But there's nothing he seems to hate more than Barack Obama. Trump seems to have a rule of thumb: reverse every decision taken by Obama," it said.
In India, which Mr Trump mentioned as a beneficiary of the Paris Agreement, the story was covered prominently.
Leading daily The Times of India says on its website: "The shrill speech, replete with claims of American victimhood at the hands of the rest of the world, casts a chill on [Indian] Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to the White House later this month."
Another report in the paper says Mr Trump has "gone rogue". The Indian Express, another respected English-language newspaper, says the decision has "stunned the world".
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GCHQ is operating within the law when it hacks into computers and smart phones, a security tribunal has ruled.

Campaigners Privacy International have lost a legal challenge claiming the spying post's hacking operations are too intrusive and break European law.
The case was launched after revelations by US whistleblower Edward Snowden about the extent of US and UK spying.
GCHQ admitted its agents hack devices, in the UK and abroad, for the first time during the hearings.
Its previous policy had been to "neither confirm nor deny" the existence of such operations.
Hackers can remotely activate cameras and microphones on devices, without the owner's knowledge, log keystrokes, install malware, copy documents and track locations among other things, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) was told.
The Home Office has now published a code of practice for hacking, or "equipment interference" as it is also known, and aims to put it on a firmer legal footing in its Investigatory Powers Bill, which is due to become law later this year.
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal, a panel of senior judges, said in its ruling that the code struck the right balance between the "urgent need of the Intelligence Agencies to safeguard the public and the protection of an individual's privacy and/or freedom of expression".
But the judges were "satisfied" the agency was already operating in a lawful and proportionate way, whatever the outcome of Parliament's scrutiny of the Investigatory Powers Bill.
Privacy International, which launched the legal challenge with seven internet service providers, said it was "disappointed" by the ruling and would continue to challenge "state-sponsored hacking," which it said was "incompatible with democratic principles and human rights standards".
Scarlet Kim, Privacy International's legal officer, said: "Hacking is one of the most intrusive surveillance capabilities available to intelligence agencies.
"This case exposed not only these secret practices but also the undemocratic manner in which the government sought to backdate powers to do this under the radar.
"Just because the government magically produces guidelines for hacking should not legitimise this practice."
She added that hacking "fundamentally weakens the security of computers and the internet" by exploiting the "weaknesses in software and hardware used by millions of people".
"It is akin to unlocking a person's window without their knowledge and leaving it open for any attacker - whether GCHQ, another country's intelligence agency or a cyber criminal - to access."
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond welcomed the tribunal's ruling.
"The ability to exploit computer networks plays a crucial part in our ability to protect the British public," he said.
"Once again, the law and practice around our Security and Intelligence Agencies' capabilities and procedures have been scrutinised by an independent body and been confirmed to be lawful and proportionate.
"The draft Investigatory Powers Bill will further strengthen the safeguards for the Agencies' use of these powers, including a new double-lock authorisation process.
"It will provide our Security and Intelligence agencies with the powers they need to deal with the serious threats our country faces, subject to strict safeguards and world-leading oversight arrangements."


Paolo Nutini and The Charlatans have been announced as the headline acts for Edinburgh's Hogmanay celebrations.

Paisley-born singer Nutini will be the top act for the Concert in the Gardens, his only festival performance in 2016, while the indie favourites will headline the Waverley Stage.
The event is estimated to be worth more than Â£40m to the economy.
Increased stewarding and security will mean higher prices for some events including the Torchlight procession.
Nutini said: "When they offered us the gig, I was made up, as it was 10 years ago that we had shown up at the castle, lined up to play alongside the Pet Shop Boys and unfortunately it was a washout ... forcing the powers-that-be to cancel.
"We went back as a three-piece in '08 to play a small set before legging it to Glasgow for George Square, but this now gives us a chance to make up for lost gigs.
"We had no plans for any shows this year after Wales but this was the only one that, over the years, I hoped that we would get another shot at.
"Edinburgh is electric at that time of year and I'm glad we get a chance to be a part of it."
Charlatans singer Tim Burgess, said: "Nowhere in the world sees in the New Year like Scotland.
"I've been to Edinburgh before for Hogmanay and it's always brilliant. Looking forward to another big night."
About 75,000 revellers are expected to attend the celebrations in Edinburgh city centre, with entertainment across seven open-air stages.
The Castle Stage will feature Scottish music from artists including Salsa Celtica , Manran and Ross Ainslie, Ali Hutton and Friends.
The Frederick Stage will have DJs, dancers and performers from Guilty Pleasures while the Mound Stage will showcase jazz performers including James Brown is Annie, Brass Gumbo and Blues n Trouble.
A candlelit concert will also take place in St Giles' Cathedral and the record-breaking Old Town Ceilidh will return to Parliament Square.
The event will be rounded off with a fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay, described as the UK's largest outdoor winter music festival, has been produced by Unique Events on behalf of the City of Edinburgh Council since 1993.
It is expected to bring in 150,000 visitors from more than 80 countries across three days of celebrations, giving the city an estimated Â£40m boost.
Other events confirmed include the annual torchlight procession on 30 December, the "Loony Dook" dip in the Forth at South Queensferry, the Scot:Lands festival of music, art and theatre on 1 January and the Final Fling closing ceilidh, also on New Year's Day.
Penny Dougherty, director of Edinburgh's Hogmanay, said "Edinburgh's Hogmanay's place alongside the New Year celebrations of the world's leading cities proves that Edinburgh continues to punch above its weight and that Scotland is the home of hogmanay.
"As the world's leading festival city and on the back of two sell-out years, we are looking forward to another exhilarating three days of hogmanay celebrations."


A lesbian couple who say a policeman in Honolulu, Hawaii, harassed and wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kiss have been awarded damages.

The $80,000 (£55,150) settlement was announced in a local court, but still needs city council approval.
Courtney Wilson and Taylor Guerrero say they were told to "take it somewhere else" when the policeman saw them kissing in a food store.
They later spent three days in jail after scuffling with the officer.
Honolulu City Council will consider the damages in early July. Donna Leong, of the city's Corporation Counsel, which advises on legal matters, said her department believed "the tentative settlement is in the best interests of the city".
Ms Wilson and Ms Guerrero were visiting from Los Angeles when the incident occurred last year.
After they initially complied with the order to stop kissing, the officer, Bobby Harrison, saw them being affectionate again and threatened to eject them from the store, their lawsuit said.
He later grabbed Ms Wilson by the wrist while she was at the checkout, the women said.
A scuffle broke out and the two were charged with assault, spending three days in jail.
The charges were later dismissed and Mr Harrison has since retired.
The women were a couple at the time but have now split up. Ms Guerrero still lives in Hawaii, saying she likes living in the US state.
On the settlement, she told the Associated Press news agency: "I'm just glad it's over with.''


Former Emmerdale actress Jenna-Louise Coleman has landed the role of the Time Lord's new companion in Doctor Who, the BBC has confirmed.

Producer Steven Moffat announced the actress will replace Karen Gillan's character Amy Pond when she leaves the show in the next series.
Coleman, 25, has also appeared in Waterloo Road and Julian Fellowes' four part mini-series Titanic.
The star said: "I am beyond excited. I can't wait to get cracking."
Coleman, who will make her first appearance as the Doctor's sidekick in the Christmas special, added that she is a "huge fan" of the show.
The actress, who is from Blackpool, revealed she auditioned alongside Matt Smith, who plays the 11th Doctor.
"It was fun and I felt like we were in it together."
Smith is set to return as the Time Lord in the new series of Doctor Who, which starts later this year.
"It always seems impossible when you start casting these parts, but when we saw Matt and Jenna together, we knew we had our girl. She's funny and clever and exactly mad enough to step on board the Tardis," Moffat said.
"It's not often the Doctor meets someone who can talk even faster than he does, but it's about to happen. Jenna is going to lead him his merriest dance yet. And that's all you're getting for now.
"Who she's playing, how the Doctor meets her, and even where he finds her, are all part of one of the biggest mysteries the Time Lord ever encounters. Even by the Doctor's standards, this isn't your usual boy meets girl."
The BBC said the Doctor will meet Coleman's character in a "dramatic turn of events as the show builds towards its enormous, climactic 50th anniversary year".
Filming for the seventh series of the sci-fi drama started last month in Wales.
The new series will contain 14 episodes, featuring "new monsters and some familiar foes", split across two years.
In December, Gillian announced she would be leaving the popular programme, saying it had been a mutual decision between herself and producers.
"We both opened up about where we were at with it and then came to the conclusion that this was the best time to go," she said.


Bank of Ireland is to close eight branches in Northern Ireland and make up to 54 staff redundant.

The branches to close are in Antrim, Castlereagh, Draperstown, Belleek, Castlederg, Newtownards, Maghera and Donegall Square South, Belfast.
Bank of Ireland closed nine other Northern Ireland branches in January 2013.
The bank said there would be no compulsory redundancies and staff would have the opportunity for redeployment.
It said the branches did not do sufficient business to sustain them in the long-term.
The bank will have 28 branches in Northern Ireland after the closures.
It is understood the closure of the Bank of Ireland branch in Belleek, County Fermanagh, will mean there is no longer any bank in the village.
Bridie Gormley, chairperson of Belleek Chamber of Commerce, said the news had come as a "huge shock" and would mean a "round trip" of up to two and a half hours for those people who wanted to bank at a branch.
"That's not feasible and the people of Belleek will not sit back and take this easily," she said. We will fight it to the bitter end
"We need a bank in this town. It's a service we cannot do without."
John Campbell, BBC News NI business editor
All of Northern Ireland's 'big four' banks have been closing branches in response to customers moving online and to cut costs.
Branches are an increasingly unloved part of retail banking - at least among the people who run banks.
They have chunky fixed costs, such as rent and rates, and the number of customers using them has tumbled as more banking moves online.
One senior banker told me he sees the future of branches as being a bit like car show rooms.
In other words there won't be many of them and the typical customer will venture into them only once every few years.
The Donegall Square branch premises will become the bank's first 'enterprise lounge' in Northern Ireland.
It will offer entrepreneurs and business start-ups free facilities and services.
The Financial Services Union said the move was "regrettable and irresponsible."
"The decision to close branches is not taken lightly, and we understand that it will be disappointing for those customers who use them," the bank's Sean Sheehan said.
"A key priority will be to ensure customers understand the alternative arrangements available, and to maintain continuity of customer service."


The current England side will eclipse the 1992 team if they match their achievement of back-to-back Grand Slams, says ex-captain Will Carling.

Eddie Jones' team face Ireland on Saturday seeking a second Grand Slam in a row - a feat last achieved by England during the Five Nations 25 years ago.
Carling, who captained England in both 1991 and 1992, said it would be an "exceptional" achievement.
"We are just left in the wake," he told BBC 5 live's Six Nations preview show.
"They went to Australia and won 3-0, never achieved before by England.
"They've then put together back-to-back Grand Slams and a world-record run. It would be a massive achievement."
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England thrashed Scotland 61-21 on Sunday to retain their Six Nations title and equal New Zealand's world record of 18 consecutive Test wins.
Victory in Dublin would mean they become the first team to secure back-to-back Grand Slams in the Six Nations era.
Only three England sides have won consecutive Grand Slams, and all occurred before the introduction of Italy in 2000. France were the last side to accomplish the feat in 1998.
Carling, who won 72 caps - 59 as captain - is surprised it has taken England so long to stand on the cusp of making history.
"I think I'm disappointed in how few Grand Slams England have won in the past 10-15 years," he said.
"Look at the resources England have, the number of players and the financial clout. England should do better.
"Don't expect us to do it on an annual basis but we should be doing it a few times a decade."
The 51-year-old does believe, however, that Jones' team are capable of surpassing the 2003 World Cup winners as England's best.
"It's all out there in front of them and there are not many teams that have the chance to better Martin Johnson's," he said.
"They could. It's about delivering."


Nick Brett won his first World Indoor Bowls title with a 9-9 12-9 victory over fellow Englishman Robert Paxton.

The first set was closely contested, with Brett earning a crucial half with the last bowl of the final end.
But world number one Brett pulled away in the second set, winning the first end 4-0 and never relinquishing his advantage.
Brett adds the singles title to the pairs world title he won in 2014 partnering Greg Harlow.
For Paxton, the 2015 pairs world champion, the wait for a first singles crown goes on.


Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe has returned home from South Africa after failing to turn herself in to police in Johannesburg to face accusations of assault, officials say.

Police in South Africa had said they had expected her to present herself for questioning.
A 20-year-old South African woman has accused Mrs Mugabe of hitting her over the head with an extension cord during a row at a hotel on Sunday evening.
Mrs Mugabe has so far not commented.
Zimbabwean government sources confirmed that Mrs Mugabe, wife of President Robert Mugabe, had returned home.
"Yes, she is back in the country. We don't know where this issue of assault charges is coming from," said one senior official quoted by Reuters.
Earlier, South African police said they had been negotiating with Mrs Mugabe's lawyers to get her to hand herself in.
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), said Mrs Mugabe was a "total disgrace and a complete national embarrassment".
"She has to be brought to order and indeed she has to appreciate that she is not a law unto herself," it added in a statement.
Confusion surrounded the case with South Africa's Police Minister Fikile Mbalula saying at one point that Mrs Mugabe had handed herself over to police and would appear in court.
She did not appear and police sources later said she had agreed to turn herself in but failed to do so.
Gabriella Engels, a model, accused Mrs Mugabe, 52, of hitting her after finding her with the first lady's two sons, Robert and Chatunga, in a hotel room in Sandton, a wealthy suburb north of Johannesburg.
Ms Engels released an image of a head injury online.
"When Grace entered I had no idea who she was," she told South African broadcaster News24.
"She walked in with an extension cord and just started beating me with it. She flipped and just kept beating me with the plug. Over and over. I had no idea what was going on. I was surprised. I needed to crawl out of the room before I could run away.
"There was blood everywhere," she added. "Over my arms, in my hair, everywhere."
She registered a "case of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm", police said.


Two children born in England to parents who were trafficked from Slovakia should be placed for adoption in England, a High Court judge has ruled.

The couple had escaped from traffickers after arriving in Dover, Kent, and eventually settled in Bournemouth.
The children were placed in foster care over social services' concerns about the family home, domestic violence and the woman's mental health.
The parents were later evicted and returned to Slovakia.
Their current whereabouts are unknown and Mr Justice Baker said it was unrealistic to return the two-year-old girl and one-year-old boy to Slovakia.
The judge, who sits in the Family Division of the High Court, described the family's background as "sad and disturbing".
He said the couple, who are both in their 30s, married in Slovakia four years ago.
The woman, who is Hungarian and of "Roma origin", is illiterate, has learning difficulties and was raised on the street in Slovakia as part of a homeless family.
The man is also Hungarian and has a "low IQ", the judge said.
The woman gave birth in May 2013 and May 2014 after arriving in England.
The children were placed in foster care in July 2014 after social services raised a number of worries, including the conditions of their home.
The couple were evicted from the home in early 2015 and returned to Slovakia.
The judge heard evidence from social workers in the country who said the children would probably go into a children's home while efforts were made to place them with relatives.
If that was unsuccessful, they would be fostered or placed for adoption.
Mr Justice Baker said a move to Slovakia would be a "sudden interruption" for the children and deemed that their "cultural needs" were outweighed by their need for security and stability, which were being met by their current foster carers.


UKIP has lost all of its local council seats in Kent, with the Conservatives picking up most of its former wards to retain control of the county.

In the 2013 Kent County Council election the Tories held 45 seats, UKIP 17 and Labour 13, of 72 divisions.
This year, the Conservative gained 22 seats, totalling 67, while UKIP's representation disappeared entirely.
The number of county councillors reduced from 84 to 81 following a boundary review in 2016.
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Sheppey, Folkestone East and West, Herne Bay and Tunbridge Wells East were among those which saw the vote swing from UKIP to Conservative.
Labour also suffered losses, with only five councillors over four wards this time around, with the Conservatives making gains at their expense in Dartford North East, Dover Town and Deal.
Labour did gain a seat in Margate West, previously held by UKIP, and it kept hold of Ashford South.
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Ramsgate, which had two UKIP councillors, now has one Labour and one Tory.
The Lib Dems had seven seats in 2013 and has lost one of them, but continue to represent Faversham, Malling Central and parts of Maidstone.
The Green Party kept its single seat, Hythe, as did The Swanscombe & Greenhithe Residents' Association in the Swanscombe and Greenhithe ward.
In 2013 Swale Central was under UKIP control, but the boundary change saw this ward removed, and now Swale East and West are both Tory led.
Margate used to be split Margate and Cliftonville with a UKIP and a Labour councillor, and Margate West held by UKIP.
Now it is split as Cliftonville, which has been taken by the Conservatives, and Margate, which Labour now has control over.


The number of child brides in Africa will more than double to 310 million by 2050 unless urgent action is taken, the UN's children's fund Unicef has warned in a new report.

More than one in three girls are married before the age of 18, mostly in poor rural families, it said.
The projection was based on slow rates of reduction and rapid population growth across the continent.
The African Union (AU) wants to set 18 years as the minimum age for marriage.
The AU launched a campaign earlier this year to end the practice of child marriage and its head, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, told the BBC that the practice can "oppress women".
"It's something we are dead against in every country as we don't think children should be wives," she added.
The AU is holding a two-day conference in Zambia's capital, Lusaka, to review the progress being made and to persuade governments to make the practice illegal as it says it robs young girls of their future.
"The sheer number of girls affected - and what this means in terms of lost childhoods and shattered futures - underline the urgency of banning the practice of child marriage once and for all," Unicef executive director Anthony Lake said.
Unicef says the poorest families on the continent often see marriage rather than education as the best way to secure a girl's future and protect her chastity.
The BBC's Nomsa Maseko in Lusaka says achieving this requires an uphill task of convincing local traditional leaders and parents that keeping girls in school and out of marriage is the way forward to break the cycle of poverty.
The report says the percentage of young girls in Africa who are married before the age of 18 has fallen from 44% in 1990 to 34% today.
But massive population growth means there will still be an increase in the number under-age marriages unless far more ambitious action is taken, it added.
Africa's population of girls under 18 is predicted to rise from 275 million today - 25% of the global total - to 465 million by 2050, 38% of the total.


With the exam season approaching and revision under way, university researchers have suggested that the smell of rosemary could enhance memory.

A study found that pupils working in a room with the aroma of rosemary, in the form of an essential oil, achieved 5% to 7% better results in memory tests.
Mark Moss from Northumbria University said the findings were consistent with tests on adults.
Dr Moss said the study supported traditional beliefs about rosemary.
He said that rosemary had been associated with memory for hundreds of years.
Ancient Greek students wore garlands of rosemary in exams - and Ophelia, in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, says: "There's rosemary, that's for remembrance."
The study, to be presented this week at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society, will back the "received wisdom" that rosemary can assist memory.
In the tests carried out by Dr Moss and Victoria Earle, 40 pupils aged 10 and 11 carried out a series of memory tests in rooms with and without the aroma of rosemary.
The pupils did not know they were taking part in memory tests related to scent - but Dr Moss said that those exposed to rosemary had on average an improvement of 5% to 7% in results.
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This small-scale test followed up earlier research on adults which had suggested a link between rosemary and memory.
Dr Moss said it confirmed that children as well as adults seemed to be influenced.
But he said there was variability in the level of impact and some people did not seem to respond at all.
He said the human sense of smell is highly sensitive and sends messages to the brain, setting off reactions and responses.
There are neurotransmitters in the brain associated with memory and Dr Moss suggests that these can be affected by scents.
He described it as "almost like a drug interaction" where the brain is influenced by what is being inhaled.
"It could be that aromas affect electrical activity in the brain or that pharmacologically active compounds can be absorbed when adults are exposed," he said.
Dr Moss said the next step should be to extend the study, with "large-scale trials of aroma application in education settings".


Thousands of criminal case lawyers are not attending courts in a number of cities in England and Wales, in protest at planned cuts of £220m to legal aid.

The Criminal Bar Association said the unprecedented action came with anger at "boiling point".
Lawyers argue the cuts could see their fees fall by up to 30% and reduce the representation available to defendants.
The Ministry of Justice said efficiencies were necessary to ensure legal aid remained "sustainable".
Justice minister Shailesh Vara said: "We are living in difficult economic times and lawyers are not immune from the economic climate."
Legal aid costs taxpayers about £2bn every year - half goes on criminal defence and the rest on civil cases. Government proposals, being phased in from April, to cut that by £220m include cutting fees in complex, high-cost cases by 30%, and in other crown court work by up to 18%.
By Clive ColemanLegal affairs correspondent, BBC News
So strongly ingrained is the idea of "fat cat" lawyers in people's minds, that it's never going to be easy for lawyers complaining about pay rates to gain the sympathy of the public.
But this dispute is about more than just pay. When the state brings all of its powers to bear in prosecuting someone for a crime, it is critical that the defendant whose liberty, reputation and future is at stake, has access to good quality legal advice and representation.
Lawyers claim the latest proposed cuts represent the state reducing defence funding for those whom it prosecutes. Barristers and solicitors believe that the proposed rates are so low that talented lawyers will leave criminal defence work. They fear aspiring lawyers, saddled with student loans, will choose to practice in other areas.
The government remains confident that the proposed new rates will attract good quality lawyers.
The Treasury Counsel, an elite group of barristers appointed by the attorney general to prosecute the most serious crimes, the Bar Council, which represents barristers in England and Wales, and the Law Society, which represents solicitors in England and Wales, have all criticised the plans.
The Criminal Bar Association said there was a mass "non-attendance" at courts on Monday in cities including London, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Birmingham, Newcastle, Winchester, Bristol and Cardiff. The main focus of the protest is at Southwark Crown Court, in London.
Lawyers said they were "not prepared to work at hourly rates lower than the national minimum wage".
The association said legal aid cuts had caused a recent complex fraud trial to be put in jeopardy because 17 sets of chambers had declined to accept the case for four of the eight defendants.
Association chairman Nigel Lithman QC said: "A line has to be drawn in the sand before it's too late. The cuts pose the most serious threat to the British legal system in more than 400 years.
"The government says it is tough on crime, but is stripping the criminal justice system of anyone able to adequately prosecute serious criminals or defend those falsely accused.
"We merely seek a pay freeze. What could be more reasonable than that? I have offered to engage with the lord chancellor as to how to make savings across the system."
The Criminal Bar Association said the action would not jeopardise trials, but warned that if the pay dispute was not resolved, trials due to start after April, including those for murder and rape, could be put at risk.
At the Old Bailey, a jury was sent out to consider its verdict in a terrorism trial in front of an empty court, because of the protest. Among those missing from their usual places in the empty well of the court were the two prosecution barristers as well as the defence barristers and solicitors for the two defendants.
Judge Gerald Gordon told the jury in court 16 of the Old Bailey: "You can see the rather lonely position I am in."
A Ministry of Justice spokeswoman said: "At around £2bn a year we have one of the most expensive legal aid systems in the world, and it would remain very generous even after reform.
"Latest figures show more than 1,200 barristers judged to be working full time on taxpayer-funded criminal work received £100,000 each in fee income last year, with six barristers receiving more than £500,000 each.
"We entirely agree lawyers should be paid fairly for their work, and believe our proposals do just that.
"We also agree legal aid is a vital part of our justice system; that's why we have to find efficiencies to ensure it remains sustainable and available to those most in need of a lawyer."
Lawyers dispute the figures on fee income.
The shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan said the "unprecedented action" showed relations between the legal profession and David Cameron's government "have collapsed as a result of policies which could restrict access to our courts to only those who can afford it".


The family of a World War One soldier decorated for bravery say they may take legal action against a school that is planning to sell his Victoria Cross to fund a sports pavilion.

Ashby School was given ex-pupil Lt Col Philip Bent's medal by his mother in 1923 to "serve as a lasting stimulant".
The school said a pavilion would be a "fitting way to honour this sentiment".
But relative Keith Willis said it did not have the right to sell the VC, Britain's highest military honour.
Lt Col Bent, who served in the 9th Battalion of the Royal Leicestershire Regiment, was killed in action in Belgium in October 1917, aged 26.
The VC and four other medals awarded to Lt Col Bent were donated to the school, formerly Ashby Boys' Grammar.
In a letter to the school in 1923, Mrs Bent wrote: "I'm hoping that they will serve as a lasting stimulant to high ideals to following generations."
Lt Col Bent's great-nephew, Mr Willis, 54, from Lymington, Hampshire, said he was "outraged and disappointed" by the school's plans to sell the five medals, which could fetch up to Â£250,000.
"My great-grandmother put the medals in the school's care as a lasting monument to him," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, it doesn't own them.
"The school needs to prove ownership of the medals and I will seek legal action to gain ownership, if I need to, and stop them."
The school's head teacher Eddie Green said: "The bottom line is the medal has been for 44 years hidden in a vault and hasn't actually contributed a great deal.
"We want to make sure the proceeds from the medal contribute an enormous amount to the future generations of this area and... by selling it we can find a wonderful tribute to Philip Bent."


Pupils who were beaten and raped at a school run by a religious order have for the first time revealed a 30-year campaign of sadistic and degrading abuse.

The former schoolboys, who were as young as 11 when they were convicted of petty misdemeanours and sent to St Gilbert's in Worcestershire, are demanding answers from the De La Salle order, which ran the school under the governance of the Home Office.
They want to know why a teacher convicted of sex offences against boys continued to be employed? Why were parents who complained about severe beatings ignored? And why did police ignore the boys who asked for help?
Joe Riley, now 68, was the first to come forward. He currently lives in Northern Ireland where the order, also known as the Christian Brothers, is being investigated for alleged offences there.
Mr Riley, who kept his abuse a secret for 55 years, said that inquiry was the trigger for bringing his own case to public attention.
He was 12 in 1959 when he was sent to St Gilbert's in Hartlebury after being convicted of housebreaking and vandalism.
Mr Riley said he was raped by the headmaster, sexually abused by another brother and by a visiting priest.
"I remember lying in my dormitory, hearing the screams of other boys echoing through the house at night.
"I remember being beaten. I remember blood running down my legs. And then Brother Joseph tried to interfere with me.
"One minute you'd be singing hymns in church and everything and you'd come out and that's what they'd do to you after church.
"One minute you're on your knees praying to the Lord and then you'd be doing things the good Lord said you shouldn't do".
Another former pupil, 74-year-old Tom Graham from Boscombe in Dorset, described his treatment as "degradation and humiliation".
He was at the school from 1950 to 1956 and said he still struggles to swallow after a time when two of the Christian Brothers force-fed him his own vomit.
Mr Riley and Mr Graham have waived their right to anonymity to talk about the abuse - and a further 10 former pupils have spoken without being named.
One man said he was raped by older boys. Another said he was molested in the middle of the night in his dormitory.
Documents prove another boy was so badly beaten his father made a complaint to the police, and Home Office inspection reports show the Brothers were told to reduce the amount of corporal punishment they inflicted.
"Delinquent" boys were sent to St Gilbert's from all over the country, for crimes such as vandalism and petty theft.
Aged between 11 and 15, their sentences ranged from six months to three years - although many boys remained there significantly longer.
The aim of approved schools was to get troubled boys back on the straight-and-narrow, while providing them with an education and training for future employment.
One boy's father had his concerns dismissed by the police and the Home Office. He wrote a letter and made a formal statement which said: "I was horrified at what I saw and felt like crying - that's the truth.
"I have no objection to normal chastisement as I understand they have to keep disciplineâ€¦ but these bruises were worse than any I've seen.
"If I had done it I would expect to be prosecuted in court."
An investigation concluded the boy had formerly been "indulged" by his family and that the beating was not inappropriately severe.
Mr Riley said he and others posted a note through the policeman's postbox in the village of Hartlebury while they were at the school - but nothing was done.
Because the school was a home for young offenders he says he thought they would not be believed.
Reports of the Home Office inspections are at the National Archives in London, where some were embargoed and had been intended to be unavailable until 2044.
But they were recently released under the Freedom of Information Act - and indicate serious concerns about the school.
It was revealed the deputy headmaster, Brother Maurice, had been convicted of six counts of sexually abusing boys at St Gilbert's but was reinstated as a teacher after being given a sentence of three years probation on condition he spend a year in a hospital.
The file also showed there had been previous complaints about him to the De La Salle order - which sent him to Scotland.
West Mercia Police has opened an investigation into abuse at the school in the 40s, 50s and 60s.
None of the St Gilbert's employees are still with the De La Salle order.
The two Christian Brothers who abused Joe Riley were Brother Robert Joseph McHale and Brother Joseph Roderick Nicholson.
They are both now dead.
A statement from the De La Salle order said: "The order reaffirms its unreserved condemnation of abusive behaviour and its unreserved apology to victims and their families, along with its commitment to support them."
A statement from the Home Office said: "If anyone has been a victim of abuse, or knows of any abuse that has taken place at St Gilbert's approved school, they should report it to the police so it can be properly investigated."


Andy Murray says beating Roger Federer in the Olympic singles final was the "biggest win of my life" and could help him win his first Grand Slam title.

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The Scot  at Wimbledon and will now focus on the US Open, which starts on 27 August.
After losing the Wimbledon final it would have been easy for him to have a let-down, but he came here and won gold. This is how champions react
"I hope this will give me the confidence to go there and believe in myself a bit more than I have in the past," said Murray.
"Hopefully I can have a good run and give myself a shot at winning."
Sunday's victory on Centre Court was his first over 17-time Grand Slam champion Federer in a best-of-five sets match.
The British number one has played four major finals - losing to Federer at the 2008 US Open, 2010 Australian Open and Wimbledon this year, and Novak Djokovic at the 2011 Australian Open.
But having beaten Federer and Djokovic at London 2012, and with Nadal currently injured, Murray will be confident of ending his wait for one of the sport's top honours.
"I have lost some tough matches," said the 25-year-old, who also picked up a
"I've had a lot of questions asked about me many times. I'm just glad I managed to put on a performance I've been waiting for.
"It was a huge match for me. It was a big match for Roger as well. I'm sure he would have wanted to win the gold - it's one of the few things he hasn't done in his singles career.
"To win today, in the way I did, makes those losses a little bit easier to take. It will help with the way I go into the [Grand Slam] matches and I hope it will make me a better player."
Murray will travel to Canada on Monday but said he would assess his physical condition before deciding whether to compete in the Toronto Masters.
"I have to be careful over the next two weeks not to do too much and make sure I pace myself going into the US Open because it's been a long couple of months."
"What a response from 28 days ago. To win 6-2 6-1 6-4 on Centre Court... he's not only beaten Federer, he's taken him apart. To go from 2-2 in the first set to 6-2 5-0 - that doesn't happen to Roger Federer. There were tears of disappointment after the Wimbledon final but he should enjoy every minute of this."
Murray's triumph was Great Britain's 16th gold medal and helped take their overall tally to 37 in what has turned into a hugely successful Games for the host nation.
He suffered a shock first-round defeat by Yen Hsun Lu in Beijing four years ago, but made up for that disappointment in the best possible manner.
The right-hander from Dunblane is the first British man to win an Olympics singles gold medal since Josiah Ritchie in 1908, and hopes his feat can help inspire future generations.
"If we can get more kids playing sport the more chance there is of getting great champions and Olympic medallists," said Murray, exactly four weeks on from his loss in the Wimbledon final.
"For a country of our size we've done amazingly well so far this Olympics. If we could just get 5%, 10% more people playing any sports, we might be able to compete one day with the big, big countries, like the USA and China especially. We're not that far off.
"If we can make tennis a bit more accessible to kids, the more kids we will have playing and the more chance we've got of having great depth and of this becoming an even better sport."
Federer was gracious in defeat and said he felt Murray would always grow stronger for the high-profile defeats he has experienced in recent years.
"It was obvious that Andy was going to become a better player," explained the 30-year-old, who admitted he would "love to be a part of" the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
"He learned how to play more aggressively. He's more consistent. I was very happy for him that he was able to bring home the gold for Great Britain. It was a long time coming for him.
"He didn't need this [to prove a point], he's an amazing player already. After losing the Wimbledon final it would have been easy for him to have a let-down, but he came here and won gold. This is how champions react."


Frenchman Michel Dussuyer has been appointed as the new coach of African champions Ivory Coast, according to the country's football federation (FIF).

56 year old Dussuyer has signed a two-year deal with the option to extend the contract.
He  was on a final shortlist of two names along with compatriot Frederic Antonetti, after a third shortlisted candidate - Poland's Henry Kasperczak - withdrew to take over the vacant Tunisia coaching position.
Dussuyer replaces Herve Renard who won the  2015 Africa Cup of Nations with Ivory Coast in Equatorial Guinea in February.
Renard resigned as coach of The Elephants to become a club coach with French side Lille.
Dussuyer has considerable experience of coaching in Africa.
He had three stints as coach of Guinea, and most recently took the Syli Nationale to the quarter-finals of the 2015 Nations Cup, where they eventually lost to runners-up Ghana.
He also coached Benin between 2008 and 2010 and before that, he worked as an assistant to Henri Michel with Ivory Coast.
His first competitive match in charge of Ivory Coast will be their 2017 Nations Cup qualifier against Sierra Leone in September.


Plans for a new city centre headquarters for BBC Wales have been submitted to Cardiff council.

It follows a deal being signed between the BBC and developers Rightacres to take the design of the Central Square building to the next stage.
Subject to planning permission, work is expected to start next year with staff moving in during 2018.
BBC Wales' director Rhodri Talfan Davies said it was "another important milestone".
Rightacres chief executive Paul McCarthy said: "Their decision to choose Central Square as their preferred site has generated real momentum for the project."
He said he was hopeful the BBC Wales headquarters would be the centre-piece of the development and the planning application "will signal another major milestone in delivering the vision for Central Square".
The project involves 1,200 staff moving from Llandaff. The city's current bus station will also be relocated.
Cardiff council leader Phil Bale said the development would attract further investment into the wider area and act as a catalyst for the local economy and the community.
Work on nearby offices has already started and the regeneration of Central Square is expected to create 500 construction jobs and eventually see 10,000 people working in the new developments.


The head of Invest NI has hit back at "pundits pedalling an image of a Northern Ireland on the brink of economic calamity."

Alastair Hamilton made his comments in an article for the Huffington Post which was published in the US last week.
He wrote: "Clearly Brexit will pose challenges for all of UK and Europe, but it is high time people's opinion of Northern Ireland was based on facts and not fiction."
Mr Hamilton stated Northern Ireland is "thriving" and June's referendum has not "stopped the flow" of foreign direct investment.
However he conceded: "We acknowledge what happens in the coming months and years remains to be seen."


Alice Arlen, the US screenwriter who collaborated with Nora Ephron on the Oscar-nominated screenplay for Meryl Streep film Silkwood, has died aged 75.

Arlen worked with Ephron again on the 1989 film Cookie and also co-wrote the script for 2007's Then She Found Me.
Released in 1983, Silkwood told of a plutonium plant employee who died in suspicious circumstances while trying to uncover wrongdoing at her workplace.
Arlen, who was born into a family of journalists, also wrote biographies.
One of these - about her aunt Alicia Patterson, founder of the New York newspaper Newsday - will be published in August.
Arlen started out as a journalist herself and worked as a film editor in New York before collaborating with Ephron on the Karen Silkwood drama.
Mike Nichols's film was nominated for five Oscars in all, though it ultimately left the 1984 Academy Awards empty-handed.
Arlen's other writing credits included Louis Malle's 1985 film Alamo Bay and 2000's The Weight of Water, which Kathryn Bigelow directed.
According to her second husband, the writer Michael J Arlen, she died in Manhattan on Monday after a long illness.


What happens when your work is acceptable but your hair is not?

Leila - not her real name - says her London employer has told her on a number of occasions not to turn up for work with her natural hair.
She says she has been encouraged to wear a weave to disguise her afro hair.
It is not the first time that work dress codes have come under scrutiny.
Nicola Thorp from Hackney, east London described how she was sent home from work for refusing to wear high heel shoes..
But unlike Nicola whose petition calling for a change in dress code laws for women has reached 130,000, Leila says the pressure to conform to western ideals of beauty has become a struggle that she has learnt to accept.
"I am West African, and I work at a consultancy firm in London. I am always being made to feel that my natural hair gives the impression that I am unprofessional", says Leila.
"A few years ago I had my hair styled in cornrows and I was asked quite blatantly by my boss how long it would be before my hair was back to 'normal'.
"I was taken aback. I could not believe what I was hearing.
"Although shocked, I did change my hairstyle - I did not want my hair to be the cause of problems for me at work."
Watch Tracey getting her weave
"I had a weave so that my hair looked more like my colleagues. But surely I should be able to show my natural hair?
"I don't mind having a weave but it's just that I do not have a choice and that is unfair. It's as though with the weave I am seen as an equal and I fit into a visible mould.
"Without it I am simply not taken seriously.  I have now learnt to adapt and accept this but sometimes I wonder why."
"I have thought about raising it as a grievance but it's just not worth the trouble.
"On one occasion on the train, my colleague pointed out a woman in the carriage with afro hair.
"She began talking to me about how horrible and unprofessional the woman's hair was. Did she not realise my natural hair was the same?
"But this is not a unique situation - my friends and I will often discuss how colleagues react to our hair."
Anna Birtwistle is a partner at specialist employment and partnership law firm, CM Murray LLP.
"The most common pitfalls for employers in this area are religious and gender discrimination but it is entirely possible that a case might be brought on grounds of race or nationality", says Anna.
"While employers have the right to apply dress codes, an employer who prohibits afros in the workplace risks the allegation that they are discriminating against black employees, and would need to objectively justify that policy by reference to the job in question.
"Justification for 'grooming' policies are often made by reference to health and safety issues or corporate image.
"It is certainly difficult to see any legitimate argument why afros should run counter to the image of a professional workplace.
"In addition, an employer is going to struggle to justify that position if, for example, it can be shown that white employees with curls are permitted to wear their hair natural."
See pictures of Fify's journey from relaxed to natural hair
"My friend has recently moved to London from the north of England - she also went to work with her natural afro hair and was told it was not professional", says Leila.
"She has now also resorted to changing her hair.  I have got over it now because having my weave makes life at work easier, but it's such a shame in this day and age.
"I really do think this is an important issue that needs to be addressed.
"I hope my story will help young professionals to take a stand and be brave enough to go to work with their natural hair despite what people may say."


A solar farm could be built on farm land near Kelso.

Developers have submitted initial plans for the 5MW project to Scottish Borders Council.
Green Energy UK is exploring the possibility of constructing the panels about a mile south-east of the centre of Kelso.
The firm, which is based in Cheshire, has told planners it would cover an area of 30.6 acres (12 hectares) of land at Wooden Farm.
In a pre-application "screening request" to the council, they claim most of the site will remain vegetated as only 30% of the site will be covered by solar panels.
The developers said the farm could be built in 12 weeks and it is likely to be in place for 25 years.
The panels will be no more than 2.3m (7.5ft) in height.


A man in his 40s is in a serious condition after being hit by a car in Dunmurry, County Antrim.

It happened at about 01:40 BST on Saturday at the junction of Glebe Road and Upper Dunmurry Lane.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash.
Srgt Tom Donnelly said: "The driver of the car involved in the collision, a man in his sixties, was arrested and questioned but has since been released on police bail."


Sony is creating 26 new jobs at its manufacturing base in Bridgend to meet increasing demand.

The jobs will be on the production line and in customer services at its UK Technology Centre (UKTEC) in Pencoed.
The electronics giant makes a range of its own and non Sony products at the factory including cameras, medical devices and a credit-card sized computer, the Raspberry Pi.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart welcomed the jobs boost.
"Sony is one of our anchor companies making an important contribution to the Welsh economy in terms of jobs, skills development and investment and their latest expansion is great news," she said.
UKTEC managing director Steve Dalton said the company had had a "successful few years", which has seen it expand its product portfolio as well as winning "significant manufacturing deals of non-Sony products".
"This diversification has been our key to survival," he said.
"It has lead to our success and enabled us to create additional job opportunities in Wales."


Scott Fraser's second-half goal earned 10-man Dundee United victory over Queen of the South and put them top of the Championship.

Scott McDonald gave United the lead at Tannadice when he tapped home Paul McMullan's cross from close range.
Queen of the South were level when Callum Fordyce slotted past Harry Lewis.
McMullan was sent off before half-time for raising his hands at Shaun Rooney, but Fraser won it for United.
The visitors began the game smartly and when Callum Tapping slipped in Stephen Dobbie after just three minutes they looked sure to take the lead, but the striker delayed his effort and the chance was gone.
United slowly eased their way into the game and took the lead when McMullan utilised his pace to great effect and evaded the challenge from the Queens defenders.
The winger's cross in from the left was inch perfect for McDonald to open his account for his new side.
The lead though lasted only seven minutes. The home defence failed to clear a free-kick played into the box and Fordyce pounced to fire home the equaliser from 12 yards out.
United winger McMullan was proving to be a real handful but a clash with Queens defender Rooney led to him being shown a red card by referee Nick Walsh.
McMullan lashed out with his arm after having his shirt tugged by Rooney. The Queens defender was shown a yellow card for his part in the incident.
Despite being down to 10 men it was the home side who managed to breakthrough for what proved to be the winner.
Billy King controlled the ball well on the edge of the box and played in substitute Fraser who fired the ball low beyond Alan Martin in the Queens goal.
Gary Naismiths side pushed hard for an equaliser and if Chris Kane, making his debut after his loan move from St Johnstone, had showed more composure when played through on goal by the impressive SDobbie the Doonhamers may have left Tannadice with a point in the bag.
Dundee United manager Ray McKinnon: It was difficult because we're down to 10 men for 60 minutes of the game, and on the back of three really big games - Dundee, Inverness, Dundee. The players, some still need a wee bit of fitness, I think the guys were magnificent today.
"I've not seen it (the red card). I've spoken to the player who says he's not punched him. The guy has rugby tackled him, and he says he's swung his arms around to get him off him. But the referee should have stopped it before anything happened, he should have dealt with that a lot better."
Match ends, Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1.
Samuel Stanton (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Dundee United. Willo Flood replaces Scott McDonald.
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Shaun Rooney (Queen of the South).
Corner,  Queen of the South. Conceded by Harry Lewis.
Attempt saved. Jordan Marshall (Queen of the South) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
Corner,  Queen of the South. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Andy Stirling replaces Lyndon Dykes.
Substitution, Dundee United. Jordie Briels replaces Fraser Fyvie.
Foul by Callum Fordyce (Queen of the South).
Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United).
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Christopher Kane (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt saved. Christopher Kane (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Daniel Carmichael (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamie Robson (Dundee United).
Goal!  Dundee United 2, Queen of the South 1. Scott Fraser (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Scott McDonald.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Queen of the South. Conceded by Samuel Stanton.
Attempt blocked. Stephen Dobbie (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Queen of the South. Christopher Kane replaces Derek Lyle.
Substitution, Dundee United. Scott Fraser replaces James Keatings.
Attempt blocked. Samuel Stanton (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Hand ball by Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South).
Substitution, Queen of the South. Daniel Carmichael replaces Callum Tapping because of an injury.
Foul by Stewart Murdoch (Dundee United).
Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Lyndon Dykes (Queen of the South) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top right corner.
John Rankin (Queen of the South) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Fraser Fyvie (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Rankin (Queen of the South).
Attempt saved. John Rankin (Queen of the South) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Billy King (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Jacobs (Queen of the South).


NHS staff in England must adapt their roles to ensure they promote good health under plans being published.

An independent panel of government advisers says health professionals should take every opportunity to discuss diet, exercise, smoking and drinking habits.
Ministers have backed the proposal from the NHS Future Forum to "make every contact count".
But the Royal College of GPs says the move could drive some patients away.
The recommendation is part of a series of papers from the panel of independent experts. Their first report last year outlined changes to the Health and Social Care Bill.
They are now setting out their conclusions on four other areas - public health, information, improving links between services and education and training.
The paper on public health states that everyone has a responsibility for their own health, but it also contends that the NHS is responsible for helping people to improve their health and well-being.
It goes on to argue that healthcare professionals should use every contact to do this, whatever their area of expertise or the initial purpose of the discussion.
The report points out that each day in England GPs and practice nurses see over 800,000 people, dentists see over 250,000 NHS patients, and 1.6 million people visit a pharmacy.
"There are millions of opportunities every day for the NHS to help to improve people's health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities, but to take this opportunity it needs a different view of how to use its contacts with the public."
In particular, the report emphasises the importance of the four main lifestyle risk factors - diet, physical activity, alcohol and tobacco.
For example, it suggests that collecting medication from a pharmacy is a chance to offer help on cutting down on alcohol, or that a routine dental check-up could be used to discuss smoking.
The paper says to emphasise the importance of this responsibility, the government should seek to include it in the NHS Constitution.
The coalition government has accepted the forum's recommendations.
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said: "The NHS Future Forum has again provided invaluable feedback and advice on what the NHS needs to do to improve results and put the NHS truly on the side of patients."
However Dr Clare Gerada, of the Royal College of GPs, says raising lifestyle risks routinely with patients, even if they are unrelated to their illness, could be counter-productive.
"We already look for opportunities to offer advice, but the idea that every consultation will have to address these four concerns may deter patients from coming in the first place. The discussion must be based on the patient's agenda, and we should prise open these other issues only if it feels appropriate."
Dr John Ashton, the director of public health in Cumbria, also criticised the initiative.
"The general point of making every contact count is a good idea, and has been the basis of what GPs have been trained to do for thirty years.  But the problem is they're making it the centrepiece of public health, whereas it is the wider conditions that actually shape health and behaviour, including taxation, education and improving self-esteem."
But Professor Lindsey Davies, the president of the Faculty of Public Health, backed the plan.
"We don't want healthcare professionals to be telling off ill people. Professionals do need to think holistically about the needs of the person in front of them and taking appropriate opportunities to help them get healthier - and stay that way."


Scotland lock Grant Gilchrist has suffered another broken arm during his first game back for Edinburgh for 16 months following long-term injury.

Gilchirst, 25, is to have surgery after he was hurt during Friday's 27-13 Pro12 defeat by Ospreys.
It was his first club appearance since October 2014 when he fractured a different arm bone.
He recovered in time for last year's World Cup but picked up a groin injury during Scotland's win over USA.
Gilchrist, who had been named Scotland captain for the autumn Tests just days before his first broken arm, started the opening two games of the tournament in September.
But his involvement in the World Cup was ended 19 minutes into his 12th match for his country.
He came off the bench for Edinburgh after 55 minutes on Friday after two weeks of full contact training but is facing another lengthy period on the sidelines.


Columnist Kelvin MacKenzie's contract with the Sun newspaper has been "terminated by mutual consent", the paper's publisher has said.

It follows criticism over an opinion piece in which he compared Everton footballer Ross Barkley to a gorilla.
News UK said Mr MacKenzie, whose column on 14 April led to a printed apology, "will not return" to the Sun.
Mr Mackenzie said he would "refuse to allow" the controversy to tarnish his decades working with the newspaper.
The former Sun editor added that there were "plenty of opportunities out there".
A News UK spokeswoman said: "Further to our statement on 15 April that Kelvin MacKenzie's services as a columnist for the Sun were suspended, we can confirm that Mr MacKenzie's column will not return to the Sun and his contract with News Group Newspapers has been terminated by mutual consent."
The article featured a photograph of a gorilla's eyes below a close-up of Barkley, whose grandfather was born in Nigeria.
In the controversy that followed, Everton banned Sun journalists from its football facilities and Liverpool Mayor Joe Anderson reported Mr MacKenzie to police for "racial slurs".
Mr Barkley's lawyers also made a formal complaint about the piece.
Mr MacKenzie had written: "Perhaps unfairly, I have always judged Ross Barkley as one of our dimmest footballers.
"There is something about the lack of reflection in his eyes which makes me certain not only are the lights not on, there is definitely nobody at home.
"I get a similar feeling when seeing a gorilla at the zoo. The physique is magnificent but it's the eyes that tell the story."
Mr MacKenzie was editor of the Sun when it wrongly claimed that Liverpool fans were to blame for the Hillsborough disaster in 1989.
He apologised in 2012, but the newspaper is still boycotted by some in the city.
The column appeared the day before the 28th anniversary of the tragedy, in which 96 Liverpool fans died at an FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.
Last year, the Hillsborough inquests recorded that they were unlawfully killed, and Liverpool supporters had played no role in causing the disaster.
On his departure, Mr MacKenzie said: "I refuse to allow this latest controversy to cast a shadow over the decades of great times I have had with The Sun.
"There are plenty of opportunities out there and I agree with Winston Churchill who said: 'Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm'."
The Sun's publisher, News UK, is part of News Corp, run by Rupert Murdoch.


Portsmouth's Carl Baker believes they will take some stopping in the race for automatic promotion from League Two.

Third-placed Pompey made light work of Grimsby in Tuesday's 4-0 win at Fratton Park with midfielder Baker scoring.
"We just feel like we're right at it at the moment," he told BBC Radio Solent. "In the dressing room, the lads are so confident over the last few weeks."
Victory opened up a six-point gap for Paul Cook's side to fourth-placed Carlisle with nine games remaining.
Three successive victories for Portsmouth have seen them keep three clean sheets and net 14 goals.
"We needed a reaction after losing at home to Crewe earlier this month and the past three games we've been tremendous," Baker, 34, added.
"It's obviously about the wins at this stage of the season, but deep down we know we've been bang at it.
"But, there's still a lot of points to play for so we need to keep taking each game at a time and we won't look at the table too much and get carried away."


A huge South Korean cargo ship which had 24 people on board has gone missing in the South Atlantic.

Officials in Seoul said efforts were under way to rescue two sailors found on a life raft, Yonhap news agency reports.
On Friday, a crew member sent a text saying the Stellar Daisy freighter was taking on water.
The Uruguayan navy alerted merchant ships in the area, which began a search.
A navy spokesman said they had reported a strong smell of fuel.
The ship, a Very Large Ore Carrier (VLOC) with a capacity of 260,000 tonnes, was being operated by a South Korean company but was flagged to the Marshall Islands, and had eight Filipinos and 16 Koreans on board.
It had departed from Brazil, reports said.


The turbulent romance between Richard Burton and Dame Elizabeth Taylor continues to captivate almost 35 years after their marriage ended for a second time.

Reports from Hollywood suggest plans are afoot for a film about their relationship which is already interesting A-list stars such as Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie and Russell Crowe.
A book by Sam Kashner and Nancy Schoenberger - entitled Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century - is said to be the basis for the film.
It is far from the first time such a film has been suggested, but the stardust from Burton and Taylor's relationship continues to glitter even now.
It was a love story played out in the public eye, right from when the miner's son from Pontrhydyfen, near Port Talbot, met the art dealer's daughter on the set of the 1962 film Cleopatra.
They were denounced by the Vatican at the time as both were still married to other partners.
Burton biographer Paul Ferris said the love affair immediately captured the public imagination.
"It's got the ingredients of two people who found one another, who met in romantic circumstances on the film set of Cleopatra, and then had an affair that causes a lot of suffering to other people," he said.
"It was high profile, they were both high-profile people, so the media gave them a lot of attention.
"I can think of love stories more interesting than that but they were people with reputations and it happened in a public sort of way."
Burton twice married Taylor, but Mr Ferris believes there may have been other motives in Burton's mind when they initially got together.
"He was an actor and actors are always greedy for publicity. He clearly fancied her, but fancied her as part of his whole public persona," he said.
"He had a perfectly decent little Welsh wife. He meets Elizabeth Taylor and it seems to fit in with his image of himself."
Burton's niece Sian Owen, who lives in Pontrhydyfen, remembers the happiness and excitement of the relationship taking off.
"I was there from the age of about 13 when they were first together and I thought it was the most wonderful romance ever," she said.
"I saw it through all those good times at the start."
Ms Owen is convinced the pair continued to love each other through all their ups and downs, and said they kept in touch regularly even after they had split up.
"It's Uncle Richard's picture that she's got next to her bed. It was love," she said.
"Even though she [Taylor] will say 'I've been married a couple of times', she says no-one will come close to Richard."
Earlier this summer, Taylor made love letters written by Burton public for the first time.
She said she was keeping only one letter private, which the actor wrote days before he died in 1984, asking her for another chance.
In one letter, he wrote to her: "You are probably the best actress in the world, which, combined with your extraordinary beauty, makes you unique."
They had eventually split up and married different people.
Ms Owen also has firm ideas about who might be able to play such a challenging role as Burton.
"I saw Russell Crowe in a film and he reminded me so much of Uncle Richard," she said.
"The other one I think could play him is Daniel Craig - he has the ruggedness in his acting and face."


Researchers in the US have mapped out, for the first time, a striking sequence of shifting shapes found in the fluid we eject when we sneeze.

They used high-speed video footage to discover precisely how the stream of mucus and saliva breaks up into drops.
It moves in sheets, bursts, bags and beaded strings during this progression.
The process is important to understand because it determines the various sizes of the final droplets - a critical factor in how a sneeze spreads germs.
Modelling and helping to control that spread is the ultimate aim of the research, which was presented at a meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics in Boston.
The work was led by Lydia Bourouiba from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). She told the BBC that several other studies had measured the size of droplets produced by sneezes, but their results were variable because the first stage of the process was poorly understood.
"The part that is still a big unknown is: how are these drops actually formed and what is their size distribution? What I wanted to do was go upstream and look at the mouth, at what is coming out."
When she and her team studied the videos, they found themselves looking at much more than droplets at various sizes and stages.
"You see droplets, but you also see that the break-up process continues to happen outside the respiratory tract.
"Even more surprisingly, you see a process that cascades from sheets, to bag bursts, to ligaments, and then the ligaments destabilise into droplets."
This procession of shapes has been observed in the flow of liquids in some industrial situations, Prof Bourouiba said, but was a surprise in this context.
"It was not clear at all that we would see that in a physiological fluid, and a physiological process like a sneeze," she said.
With this knowledge under their belt, however, the scientists are much better equipped to model the formation of droplets of various sizes and to quantify what Prof Bourouiba calls the "footprint of contamination".
To improve that calculation further, she and her team are now using an array of nine high-speed cameras to capture sneeze dynamics in spectacular 3D detail.
"For the 2D analysis we just have two cameras - a side view and a top view. And when we did that assessment, we realised that there were very rich three-dimensional dynamics that we really needed to capture."
So at the conference, Prof Bourouiba offered a glimpse of the next stage.
"The work that we discussed todayâ€¦ shows the tools that we are developing in capturing the three-dimensionality of the sneezes in their full glory."
The plain old 2D analysis, including the already rather graphic video above, is due to be published soon in the journal Experiments in Fluids.
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When it comes to riding or running to work, London is a world-leader, according to new data from Strava, a leading social network for athletes.

Strava has looked at the habits of its users in 12 cities around the world.
London topped the list for rides and runs with over 10 million activities logged in the last year.
"We've analysed billions of GPS data points and millions of activities to give a never-seen-before insight," said Strava co-founder Davis Kitchel.
The "Strava Insights" project revealed that nearly 10,000 bike or run commutes - journeys within the morning and evening rush-hour windows - are logged in London every day, four times as many as San Francisco and Amsterdam, the cities second and third respectively on the commutes list.
However, London's population is about 10 times the size of those two bike-friendly cities, although London's numbers do compare well to cities of similar sizes, such as New York, Sydney, Berlin and Paris.
Analysis of all logged activities show Tuesday is the most popular day for a bike ride in every city apart from Sao Paulo (Wednesday).
According to the results, Amsterdam residents ride the fastest (15.9 miles per hour on average), those in Milan cycle the furthest (33.7 miles) and Parisians run the fastest (eight minutes 56 seconds per mile).
The figures also show that users in Sydney ride or run the earliest, Sao Paolo residents exercise latest, and those in Barcelona have the toughest terrain to contend with.
Strava, which was launched in 2009, uses global-positioning-satellite technology to record rides and runs, allowing users to compare their performances against other users.
The San Francisco-based company does not reveal its total membership but claims it is growing by 100,000 new users every week.


Inverness Caledonian Thistle have agreed a three-year contract extension with midfielder Liam Polworth, tying him to the club until 2019.

Polworth, 21, came through the youth ranks at Inverness and made his Scotland Under-21 debut this year.
This season, Polworth has scored five times for John Hughes' side, including a double against Hamilton Academical in December.
He has made over 70 appearances for the Scottish Premiership club.


A man has admitted murdering a woman who had obtained a restraining order against him.

Matthew Keough, 44, pleaded guilty to murdering Sally Campion, 45, via video link to St Albans Crown Court from Woodhill Prison in Milton Keynes.
Keough, of no fixed address, defied the order banning him from her home in Bishop's Stortford on 2 July 2014.
Police and ambulance crews found her with serious injuries. She died the next day at hospital in Cambridge.
A post-mortem examination revealed the cause of death to be head injuries, the court heard.
He had originally denied murder but changed his plea.
Judge Andrew Bright QC adjourned sentence until 5 June and remanded Keough in custody.
The case had been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) because of prior police contact with the victim.


Southern rail is to restore a "full train service" from next Tuesday after a union suspended industrial action, the rail firm has said.

The train drivers' union Aslef had been due to strike for three days next week but has called off the walkouts.
Southern said rosters had already been issued and it could not run a full timetable until 24 January.
Talks between Aslef and Southern earlier were described as constructive and will continue on Thursday.
Aslef's strike days had been planned for 24, 25 and 27 January but the union suspended the action if the company agreed to "engage in intensive talks".
Union officials are meeting Southern bosses under the joint chairmanship of TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady and Andy Meadows, HR director of rail firm Abellio.
A spokeswoman for Aslef said next week's strikes could not now be reinstated if talks failed.
She said: "Once strikes have been called off, we can't put them back. We would have to look at other dates if the talks fail."
She also said the union was now awaiting the outcome of the latest discussions before commenting further.
Lewes MP Maria Caulfield said it had emerged that substantial progress had already been made in the talks and normal service will resume for the indefinite future.
But she said she would still lead an adjournment debate on Friday because this only solved Southern's immediate problems.
She added: "The normal Southern rail service is still inadequate."
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The RMT also requested to join the talks, but for now its separate action for Monday is still on - the RMT has not yet commented on Southern's latest announcement.
Analysis: Richard Westcott, BBC transport correspondent
Everyone's making positive noises but don't kid yourself that this dispute is over.
It all comes down to the talks, and whether Southern is able to freshen up its offer and Aslef is prepared to cede some ground.
Relations between Southern and the unions had hit a new low....more EastEnders than Neighbours in recent months.
Hopefully, bringing in new blood to chair proceedings will take some of the heat out.
Neither side wants to lose such a high profile fight.
Meanwhile the RMT will carry on striking as normal. Their action doesn't have the same impact on services as Aslef's because it involves the conductors rather than the drivers, but it still causes problems.
Southern's parent company Govia Thameslink also needs to improve the way it works through engineering problems with Network Rail, and to increase the number of drivers it employs, to truly bring the service back to "normal".
Passenger services director Angie Doll said there would still be disruption next Monday.
But she said: "Due to the changes we've now fully rolled out, we're now able to run more services on more routes serving more passengers and ultimately we'll have fewer cancellations and delays."
She said an extra 200 trains would run next Monday - the same day as a conductors' strike by the RMT union.
"The RMT should now recognise that their industrial action is wholly futile.
"They should stop the strikes, get back round the table with us and move forward together with us, delivering a better railway for our passengers."
Southern said it would run more than 70% of its trains next Monday - 10% more of its normal timetable than it operated on previous conductor strike days.
The company said this followed the completion of its programme to put drivers in sole control of the operation of the train, including closing the doors on nearly 80% of routes, and the transfer of many conductors to a new on-board supervisor role focused exclusively on customer service.
The dispute with the two unions has centred on the changes to guards' roles on trains. Both unions had raised concerns over safety and potential job cuts.