Millions of owners of potentially lethal tumble dryers have been warned not to use them until the machines have been repaired.

Tumble dryers sold under the Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit brands have been behind a series of fires.
Whirlpool, which owns the brands, had said they were all right to use, providing someone was in attendance.
But following advice from Trading Standards, the new guidance is not to use them until they are repaired.
A statement on the Whirlpool safety website says: "If your tumble dryer is affected by this issue, then you should unplug it and do not use it until the modification has taken place."
At the same time the consumer group Which? has called for a full recall of all the machines involved.
Some owners have been waiting up to a year for a free repair programme to be carried out.
Fires have been caused by excess fluff, which can come into contact with the heating element and so catch light.
One machine awaiting repair caught fire in London last August, causing a blaze in a tower block that took 120 firefighters to bring it under control.
The dryers subject to the repair programme were manufactured between April 2004 and September 2015 under the Hotpoint, Indesit, Creda, Swan and Proline brands.
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Whirlpool has written to 3.8 million owners of the affected dryers, but as many as 2.4 million have not responded. The company has written to them again, offering to repair their machines.
A further 100,000 customers have registered, but not yet organised a repair.
"Since the launch of this campaign, safety has been our number one priority," Whirlpool said.
"We have consistently responded to the advice of Trading Standards and continue to do so. Trading Standards have now notified us that updated usage advice should be communicated to consumers and we are implementing this."
Which? called for a full recall programme of the faulty machines.
The consumer group has already launched a legal bid to force Trading Standards to take stronger action over the tumble dryers.
"Fundamentally, we now believe a full recall is necessary, and the Government must urgently address the issues with the product safety system as it shouldn't require the threat of judicial review to ensure that consumers are protected from dangerous products," said Alex Neill, managing director of home and legal services at Which?
"Despite updating the safety notice on its websites, Whirlpool still needs to do a lot more. Our advice is to go straight to Whirlpool to demand your machine is fixed, but also try speaking to the retailer you bought it from."
The Trading Standards office in question - in Peterborough - has said that the threat of legal action was premature.
The London Fire Brigade, which tackled the blaze in Shepherd's Bush last August, said it agreed that owners should not use the dryers until they were repaired.
It said it had already asked Whirlpool to give out that advice.
The Brigade's assistant commissioner for fire safety, Dan Daly, said: "This change of advice could save lives and we are extremely relieved that, after six months of  campaigning by the Brigade, Whirlpool has finally brought its advice in line with our own.
"We attend nearly one fire a day involving white goods, and strongly believe that if your appliance is subject to a safety or recall notice, or you think there is something wrong with it, you should unplug it immediately and contact the manufacturer or a qualified repair technician."
Jill Paterson, a partner at Leigh Day, the law firm acting for some of those affected by the Shepherd's Bush fire, said the advice from Whirlpool was long overdue.
"There should have been more urgent action taken to protect consumers - it should not have taken enforcement action by Trading Standards for this to happen," she said.


An international conference to find a political solution to the conflict in Syria has begun in Switzerland.

For months, UN, US and Russian diplomats struggled to persuade both sides to attend what has become known as "Geneva II".
The UN's Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has said it would be "unforgivable not to seize this opportunity" to end a conflict that has left more than 100,000 people dead and driven 9.5 million from their homes.
In May 2013, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov agreed to try to "bring both sides to the table" to end the bloodshed. Mr Kerry said the alternative was that Syria "heads closer to an abyss, if not over the abyss and into chaos". However, initial attempts to convene a conference failed.
Their initiative gained greater impetus after a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus killed hundreds of people on 21 August 2013. On 27 September, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2118, which demanded the destruction or removal of Syria's chemical stockpile by mid-2014.
It also called for the "convening, as soon as possible, of an international conference on Syria to implement the Geneva Communique", and for "all Syrian parties to engage seriously and constructively" and be committed to the "achievement of stability and reconciliation".
The communique was issued on 30 June 2012 after a meeting in the Swiss city of Geneva of the UN-backed Action Group for Syria.
It states that any political settlement must deliver a transition that:
The key steps in the transition should include:
The Syrian government announced on 27 November that it would participate in the talks, but added that its official delegation would not be going "to hand over power to anyone".
An uncompromising statement by the foreign ministry said representatives were being sent by President Bashar al-Assad to pursue "the Syrian people's demands, first and foremost eliminating terrorism". Officials routinely refer to those who oppose Mr Assad as "terrorists".
The ministry also criticised the UK and France for stating that the president had no role to play in Syria's future - also the stance of the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition.
In an interview three days before the conference, President Assad said there was a "significant" chance he would seek a third term in office in elections due this June.
He also ruled out sharing power with the opposition and called for the Geneva talks to focus on his "war against terrorism".
The National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces long resisted calls to commit to participate without a guarantee that President Assad would step down, but intense pressure from its Western and Arab eventually saw it relent on 18 January.
A third of the coalition's 119 active members boycotted the vote in Istanbul on whether to attend, and less than half voted in favour. Many boycotters said they did so because they believed the activists and rebels inside Syria opposed Geneva II and rejected the coalition's authority.
Its president, Ahmed Jarba, said it had not compromised on its goals.
"The table for us is a one-way passage to fulfil all the demands of the revolutionaries, foremost among them stripping the murderer of his powers," he said after the vote. "I assure you that we are not few or weak and we have the free people of the world with us."
The biggest opposition bloc, the Syrian National Council, is reported to have subsequently announced that it was pulling out of the coalition because taking part in Geneva II would mean it reneged on its "commitments" not to negotiate until Mr Assad left power.
Other prominent groups have also said they will not take part in the conference. The National Co-ordination Committee (NCC) - an officially tolerated internal opposition alliance - announced on 16 January that it would not attend.  Its leader, Hassan Abdul Azim, said he had refused to participate as part of a single opposition delegation led by the National Coalition without lengthy preparations.
The leadership of Syria's Kurds, who comprise just over 10% of the population, also want to send their own representatives and not be part of the National Coalition delegation.
On the ground, the head of the Supreme Military Council of the Western-backed rebel Free Syrian Army said on 26 November that forces aligned to him would not go to Geneva because it had not been made clear that the talks would result in President Assad stepping down.
Also, the Islamic Front, a powerful alliance of Islamist rebel groups, has warned it will consider participation in Geneva II as "treason".
Iran, a crucial ally of President Assad, was unexpectedly invited to join the start of the Geneva II conference by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on 19 January. Mr Ban said he strongly believed Iran had to be part of the solution to the crisis in Syria.
But as soon as it was announced that Tehran had accepted the offer and pledged to play a "positive and constructive role", the opposition National Coalition declared that it would refuse to attend the talks unless Iran was excluded. The US said it viewed Mr Ban's invitation "as conditioned on Iran's explicit and public support for the full implementation of the Geneva Communique". It also noted that Iran had deployed military personnel in Syria and supported the Lebanese Shia Islamist movement, Hezbollah, which has sent fighters to bolster Mr Assad's forces.
A day later, Mr Ban rescinded his offer after Iran refused to endorse the Geneva Communique, particularly its call for a transitional government.
"We will not accept a precondition that would narrow the solution within set parameters," Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi told state television. "Everyone knows that without Iran the chances of a real solution to Syria are not that great," he added.
The US called the conference "the best opportunity for the opposition to achieve the goals of the Syrian people and the revolution". However, it is very difficult to see how tangible progress can be made.
The two main protagonists have irreconcilable objectives: Syria has repeatedly said President Assad's departure is out of the question, while the National Coalition has made it clear that President Assad must have no role in the transitional governing body called for in the Geneva Communique.
Days before the talks were due, Syria's National Reconciliation Minister Ali Haidar said: "Don't expect anything from Geneva II. Neither Geneva II, not Geneva III nor Geneva X will solve the Syrian crisis. The solution has begun and will continue through the military triumph of the state."
Even if some kind of political agreement is reached, it will be virtually impossible to implement it on the ground, given that the talks are an irrelevance to most of the major fighting forces.


Morrisons' annual profits have seen a further drop as the price war within the supermarket sector continues.

The supermarket chain reported underlying pre-tax profits of £242m in the year to 31 January, down from £345m.
Chief executive David Potts said: "By improving the shopping trip for customers, we have started the journey to turn around the business and make our supermarkets strong."
Total turnover fell 4.1% to £16.1bn.
Like-for-like sales, excluding fuel and VAT, fell 2% - far better than the 5.9% slide in 2014.
Last week, Morrisons announced it would supply groceries to Amazon customers in the UK, under a new deal with the online giant.
Mr Potts, formerly at Tesco, joined as chief executive last March, with the task of reviving the supermarket's fortunes.
In 2015, he closed unprofitable supermarkets and sold off convenience store outlets.
The industry as a whole is trying to adapt to the growing popularity of the German discounters, Aldi and Lidl.
Morrisons has signalled that more price cuts are on the way.
But Mr Potts warned the "turnaround will take time and will continue to require sustained investment in the proposition".
The firm said that in the medium term, it expected an incremental uplift in underlying profit from the opportunities that it had identified within online, manufacturing, wholesale and popular services, as well as from lower interest costs.
The group surprised the market over Christmas when it reported better-than-expected sales.
Shares in Morrisons, which recently returned to the FTSE 100, fell 3.5% to 195.6p, making the company worth £4.6bn.
However, the shares have risen almost a third since the start of this year.
Steve Clayton, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown said Morrisons appeared to be heading in the right direction.
"David Potts' strategic plans for the group make eminent sense - focus on the consumer, regain price competitiveness and improve the stores' appeal," he said.
"There is, however, no sign of an end to deflation in food pricing. Morrison is firmly in the sights of Aldi and Lidl and if it is to repel their threat, its value focus must be relentless."
Analysts at Jefferies said that the supermarket was "on the mend" under its new management.


Actress Renee Zellweger has revealed that she enjoyed not being recognised during the six-year career break that preceded her new Bridget Jones film.

"When you go away and you're out of people's consciousness, they stop noticing you," she told Jonathan Ross at a recording of his ITV chat show.
"It's fantastic: you order your coffee and you get a coffee and leave."
Before her starring role in Bridget Jones's Baby, the 47-year-old had not appeared on screen since 2010.
The Oscar-winning actress said she had decided to take a break "mainly [because] I just wanted to shift my focus a little bit and keep some promises that I had made to myself a long time ago".
"There are some things that I wanted to learn and see if I had aptitude for," she told Ross in an interview to be shown on Saturday. "I wanted to go back to school.
"I wanted to do things you can't really make time for when you're in the cycle of making films, because if you're not preparing for one, then you're preparing for another."
The aim was to "commit to breaking that cycle for a little bit so that I could grow as a person", she went on, adding that she was "boring herself" by working so much.
One of the "really nice" things about taking a hiatus, she said, was being able to "meet people authentically".
"You'd have authentic conversations on the street and I enjoyed that," said the Chicago and Cold Mountain star. "That's something that I had missed."
Bridget Jones's Baby sees the actress returning to the role of Helen Fielding's perennial singleton, a character she previously played in 2001's Bridget Jones's Diary and 2004's Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
The new film, out in the UK on 16 September, sees her becoming pregnant after spending consecutive nights between the sheets with a new beau and an old flame.
Patrick Dempsey and Colin Firth play Bridget's romantic partners, either of whom could potentially be the father of her unborn child.
The first edition of the new series of The Jonathan Ross Show will be shown on ITV on Saturday at 21:30 BST.
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England could play their first day-night Test in the Ashes series against Australia during the winter of 2017-18.

Cricket Australia (CA) say it would be a "natural progression" after hosting the inaugural day-night Test against New Zealand at Adelaide in November.
"It's on the radar, but we haven't had any formal conversations with the England and Wales Cricket Board," CA chief James Sutherland told ABC Radio.
"We're going to see more Test cricket played in the evening."
Cricket Australia were pleased by the attendances and the television viewing figures for the Test against the Black Caps, a low-scoring encounter won by the home side.
More than 123,000 supporters attended the three days of the match at the Adelaide Oval, while 1.67 million people watched the final session on the Nine Network.
Sutherland is keen for another day-night Test when Australia host Pakistan at the end of this year.
He added: "It seems like it would be a natural progression for there to be an Ashes day-night Test match in 2017-18."
Some players have expressed reservations about day-night Tests, with former England batsman Kevin Pietersen accusing administrators of "messing with the greatness" of the game, while Australia bowler Mitchell Starc claims the pink ball does not swing as much as the red ball and is difficult to see under lights.


Three men have been jailed in connection with the "cowardly" killing of a father-of-six.

Jeff Henry, 39, was chased and fatally assaulted in Cambridge in June 2015.
Martin Saunders, 35, and Anthony Kenny, 37, admitted manslaughter at the Old Bailey and were jailed for 22 years and 16-and-a-half years respectively.
Ben Maguire, 29, was jailed for four-and-a-half years after admitting conspiracy to commit GBH and assisting an offender.
The attack, the court heard, was the result of a feud between Mr Henry and Saunders, of Beaton Crescent, Huntingdon, over Mr Henry's attempts to get back with his ex- wife.
When Mr Kelly arranged to meet Maguire, of Cambridge, he contacted Saunders and Kenny, of Burgess Walk in St Ives, knowing they wanted to assault him.
After Friday's sentencing Det Insp Al Page said: "This was a cowardly attack."
Mr Henry's sister Suzanne Henry said: "There is no excuse for what they did to Jeff that night and the devastation they have caused, which we have no choice but to live with, and then will have to re-live, when Jeff's youngest children are old enough to understand what happened to their dad, and then we will have to watch them hurting and grieving."


Kate and Gerry McCann have criticised the former Portuguese police chief who led the search for their daughter for delaying a libel action against him.

The McCanns are suing Goncalo Amaral following claims he made about them in a book and had been due to tell a court how his comments damaged the search.
The couple said the 10-day adjournment of his trial was exasperating and caused them "more pain and distress".
They said there was still a "good chance" that Madeleine was alive.
She went missing in the Portuguese holiday resort of Praia da Luz in 2007, aged three.
The McCanns say claims made by the former police officer in his book - called The Truth Of The Lie - discouraged people from coming forward with information after Madeleine disappeared.
In the book - published in 2008 - Mr Amaral wrote that the couple had hidden her body and faked an abduction after she died in an accident - claims the McCanns say also exacerbated their anguish.
The McCanns had been expected to deliver statements at Lisbon's Palace of Justice.
However, an adjournment to the libel trial was granted at the court after Mr Amaral sacked his legal team at the last minute. It is the fourth delay in the case.
Speaking afterwards, Mr McCann said he would return to Portugal for the next hearing, which has been set for 8 July.
He said the latest delay was a "blatant and cynical attempt to wear us down".
"We're exasperated that the hearing has been cancelled once again at Mr Amaral's request," he said, adding: "We're not going to give up. We're going to keep going."
If the McCanns' case is successful they could be awarded substantial damages.
But Mrs McCann said she wanted to "make it clear" the family had taken on the case because of the "pain and distress that Mr Amaral has bought to us and our children".
"We just want justice; this is not fair," she said.
Mr McCann also said the family had not given up hope of finding Madeleine.
He said: "As far as we're concerned there's a good chance she's still alive and we have to keep searching for her."
British and Portuguese police recently spent 10 days searching parts of the Algarve resort of Praia da Luz where Madeleine was last seen alive.
Mr and Mrs McCann were originally told they could not make statements at the long-running libel trial but the decision was overturned after an appeal by their lawyer.
In October last year, Mr McCann's sister, Trish Cameron, told the trial that the couple's pain over their daughter's disappearance had been "multiplied 100 times" by the book.
She added they had been left in "purgatory" by the disappearance of Madeleine and claims that they were somehow involved.
Mr Amaral, who initially headed the inquiry into the disappearance, was taken off the case in October 2007.


A Northern Ireland flag is not the most common sight on west Belfast's Springfield Road.

But it is one of many flying proudly on one street ahead of the Euro 2016 football tournament.
Each of the qualifying nations in the championship is represented on Iris Drive in what has been described as a "sweepstake with a difference".
A group of window cleaners first had the idea ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Back then, the English flag which was cheerfully raised outside a house to the bemusement of residents.
Sandy Turley, one of the organisers, said it was a great success.
"Every resident in the street was involved, the kids loved it," he said.
"We also had a street party and everyone came out and enjoyed themselves."
More than 60 flags adorn houses on Iris Drive, including those representing the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales.
Only 24 nations qualified for the tournament, but demand for flags was high that three separate sweepstakes were carried out to cover everyone who wanted to take part.
"It's not a political thing - it doesn't matter if it's the Republic, Northern Ireland, or England," Sandy said.
"We like to see everyone represented.
"It's a bit of banter - I've my money on France but I got Germany in the sweepstake, so I'm not worried."


Questions have been raised over the handling of US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's death, as political sniping over his successor continues.

A judge ruled that Mr Scalia died from natural causes despite initial confusion over the cause of death.
The judge said she had been assured "there were no signs of foul play".
US President Barack Obama is expected to nominate a new justice in coming weeks but Republicans want the decision to be left to his successor next year.
The question of who will replace Mr Scalia, a powerful conservative voice in America's highest court, is turning into a big battle between Republicans and Democrats in a crucial presidential election year, and could spark a constitutional crisis.
Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump described the circumstances surrounding Mr Scalia's death as "unusual" in a discussion with prominent conservative radio show host Michael Savage on Tuesday.
Mr Savage, whose radio show draws in millions of listeners, called for "an immediate autopsy before the body is disposed of".
The timing of Mr Scalia's death has caused conspiracy theories to abound, with some questioning why no autopsy was performed and the exact cause of death still to be determined.
A former head of criminal investigations for Washington police, William O Ritchie, has spoken out on Facebook, saying he was "stunned that no autopsy was ordered for Justice Scalia".
But, according to the Washington Post, the manager of the funeral home in El Paso that handled Mr Scalia's body said the justice's family insisted on not having an autopsy performed.
It had to be Texas, didn't it? From the state that brought you half a century of John F Kennedy assassination conspiracies, complete with their own autopsy questions, comes a new controversy.
Of course, Kennedy was murdered in broad daylight on a Dallas street. Scalia, on the other hand, was a 79-year-old man with known heart ailments who died in his sleep. But that's obviously not going to stop speculation from running rampant.
It's a testament to the impact a vacancy on the Supreme Court will have on US politics that it took only a few days for tales of intrigue and deception to spring up.
If President Barack Obama is able to appoint Scalia's successor, or if a Democratic president does so next year, it could tilt the ideological balance on the court to the left for years. The stakes are extremely high, and the benefits to the liberal cause are obvious - key ingredients for a good conspiracy theory.
In 1992 John Grisham published his first best-selling novel, The Pelican Brief, which centred around the assassination of Supreme Court justices for political gain. Some things are better left as works of fiction.
Why is this a big deal?
Scalia - in his own words
Some questioned the account of an acquaintance of Mr Scalia, who described the moment he found the judge dead at a ranch in Texas on Saturday.
"We discovered the judge in bed, a pillow over his head. His bed clothes were unwrinkled," John Poindexter was quoted as saying.
Presidio County Judge Cinderela Guevara said she had pronounced his death without seeing the body, which is permissible under Texas law. It had also reportedly taken some time to find a judge to rule on the death.
She was reported to originally put the cause of death as a heart attack, but later changed it to natural causes explaining she had only meant that Mr Scalia's heart had stopped.
The 79-year-old had a history of heart trouble and high blood pressure, Judge Guevara said after speaking with Mr Scalia's doctor and police after his death on Saturday. She said there had been "no foul play".
A White House spokesman told reporters on Monday that President Obama had begun preliminary discussions with his team on who to nominate as his successor.
Mr Scalia's death leaves the Supreme Court evenly divided between liberal and conservative justices ahead of crucial cases on abortion, voting rights and immigration.
Until now, the conservatives had been in the majority but a new judge could tip the balance, and Republicans running for president are strongly opposed to Mr Obama making his choice.
According to the constitution, the president nominates justices to the court and the Senate - currently controlled by the Republicans - uses its "advice and consent" powers to confirm or reject that person.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz criticised a growing number of Republican senators on Tuesday for saying they would not support President Obama's nomination.
He described it as "a lot of bluster, only to have reality ultimately sink in," in reference to past battles over the US debt limit and the nuclear deal with Iran.
There will be no announcement before the Senate returns on 22 February, Mr Schultz said.
Americans are due to vote on a new president in November later this year.


Norths Devils player Francis Molo has been cited over his tackle on James Ackerman, who died as a result of an on-field injury on Monday.

Sunshine Coast player Ackerman was knocked unconscious in a tackle by Molo during Saturday's Queensland Cup game.
The 25-year-old never regained consciousness and died in hospital.
Queensland Rugby League said Molo's tackle was referred following a standard weekly review of the weekend's matches by its match review committee.
"An incident involving Norths Devils player Francis Molo has been referred to the judiciary at a date to be confirmed," said a statement on the QRL website.
In its weekly review of games, the QRL has charged nine other players for offences, but 20-year-old Molo's inclusion does not outline the details of any possible charge he might face at the judiciary.
Meanwhile, reports in Australia say that the organs of Ackerman, who has two children, may be donated following his death.
Falcons chairman Ashley Robinson told ABC: "That was one of the family's major concerns - about the organs - and that is definitely happening and obviously someone is going to benefit from that."
Fans also paid tribute to Ackerman on social media, posting pictures of rugby footballs with the hashtags #putoutyourfooty and #putyourfootyout.
The tribute is similar to the one for Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died after being struck on the neck by a bouncer during a Sheffield Shield match last November.


West Bromwich Albion boss Tony Pulis says striker Saido Berahino is on the right road back to being a first-team force again, but must be given time and space in his fitness battle.

Berahino, 23, has not featured since 10 September and was put on a training regime for being unfit and overweight.
But he now sees the benefit of going to a conditioning camp, with Pulis saying: "It's what we've always wanted for him.
"Inwardly, he's now looking at himself and not everything and everybody else."
The Burundi-born England Under-21 international was on the verge of a first senior cap when he scored 20 times for Albion during the 2014-15 season.
That included four in Pulis's first game in charge - an FA Cup third-round tie against Gateshead in January 2015.
His form has suffered since he reacted angrily to Albion rejecting Tottenham Hotspur's bid for him in August 2015.
Berahino submitted a transfer request and was fined for posting on social media that he would never play for the club again, after which Albion rejected bids in the summer of 2016 from both Stoke City and Crystal Palace.
Pulis continued: "It would be absolutely wonderful if he hits the sort of form that he showed when I first came into the job.
"His statement says it all. The most important thing now is that he just gets himself sorted out, and that's the way he will get better and improve.
"We need to leave the kid alone and give him a couple of weeks' grace. No more questions and let's just let him get on with it."
Berahino moved to England at the age of 10 in 2003 to join his mother and family in Birmingham, his father having been killed in a civil war in 1997.
He has scored 36 goals in his 121 appearances for Albion, 46 of which have been as a substitute.
But he has not scored since February, and he has been limited to just 245 minutes of action in four Premier League appearances this season, three of which he started.
His only full 90 minutes came in Albion's EFL Cup first-round tie at Northampton, when he also played 30 minutes of extra-time but then put his spot-kick wide as the Baggies lost in a penalty shoot-out.


An insurance company is recruiting 280 people across south Wales.

Admiral began a recruitment drive earlier this year and on Monday it announced that an extra 130 jobs in Newport, 100 in Swansea and 50 in Cardiff would be available.
The roles are based in sales, claims, renewals and law.
Admiral is the only Wales-based company listed in the FTSE 100.


A wonderful Dimitri Payet equaliser ensured West Ham ended a run of four successive league defeats by drawing with Middlesbrough.

Payet took possession on the left, turned past Antonio Barragan and weaved his way across goal, past four defenders, before angling in a shot.
His effort cancelled out Cristhian Stuani's opener for Boro, the Uruguayan heading home from a Viktor Fischer corner.
Hammers captain Mark Noble had earlier gone closest to breaking the deadlock when his curling shot hit the crossbar.
Neither side threatened a winner in the latter stages as Boro secured a point after three defeats in a row.
After Sunday's defeat by Southampton, Hammers boss Slaven Bilic told Noble to take the players out for dinner on Monday as a team-bonding exercise.
There were claims a couple were still out drinking the following day, but the Londoners looked more of a team here, though they were still well short of their impressive form of last season.
Having seen his side concede 16 goals in six league games, Bilic went for a 4-5-1 formation. Despite right-back Sam Byram going off injured early on, they looked more secure, apart from a lapse of concentration for the goal.
They let Boro have 60% of possession, which affected their attacking play, but in Payet they have a constant threat, and the Frenchman's first league goal of the season rescued them.
"It's been terrible the last four, five weeks," said centre-back James Collins. "We knew we needed to stop conceding goals. It's a step in the right direction.
"We can't depend on Dimi. We need to be better defensively and going forward as it is a lot to ask Dimi to keep coming up with goals like this."
Bilic added: "I don't see many players scoring these type of goals. You see free-kicks, you see volleys, scissor kicks, all different types of goals, but this was like Lionel Messi's goals."
The draw gave Boro their first point from their past six Premier League games in London and, while they had a high work ethic and more of the ball, they lacked a creative spark.
Jordan Rhodes, making his first top-flight start, was a willing runner and caused some moments of concern for the West Ham defence, but Boro rarely looked like scoring from open play.
They did have three shots on target to West Ham's two, but their ambition seemed affected by recent results.
Their goal came from a set-piece - referee Neil Swarbrick alerted by the goal decision system after Stuani's effort was cleared by Noble.
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "I feel pressure because I am not happy with our position in the table and because we lost four matches on the trot. It is below my standards.
"But I believe in my team and I'm a hard worker. Although we didn't win, we showed that the team is alive. We are together. We have to show it more often."
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Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka: "It is a good point, especially after three defeats. It is important that our attitude has been good.
"West Ham have not been in the best moment but they have amazing players. So I'm pleased to add one more point and play with that intensity."
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Both teams return to Premier League action following the international break, with West Ham facing a trip to London rivals Crystal Palace on Saturday, 15 October at 17:30 BST, and Middlesbrough hosting Watford at 13:30 BST the following day.
Match ends, West Ham United 1, Middlesbrough 1.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Middlesbrough 1.
Álvaro Arbeloa (West Ham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Álvaro Arbeloa (West Ham United).
Foul by Álvaro Negredo (Middlesbrough).
Winston Reid (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Offside, Middlesbrough. Gastón Ramírez tries a through ball, but Álvaro Negredo is caught offside.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Ben Gibson.
Antonio Barragán (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Antonio Barragán (Middlesbrough).
Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Cheikhou Kouyaté.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Adrián.
Attempt missed. Gastón Ramírez (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Corner,  Middlesbrough. Conceded by Winston Reid.
George Friend (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Michail Antonio (West Ham United).
Offside, West Ham United. Angelo Ogbonna tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough).
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Simone Zaza.
Attempt missed. Simone Zaza (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Manuel Lanzini.
Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Simone Zaza (West Ham United).
Substitution, West Ham United. Manuel Lanzini replaces Mark Noble.
Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Pedro Obiang (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Marten de Roon (Middlesbrough) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Middlesbrough. Conceded by Álvaro Arbeloa.
Offside, West Ham United. Mark Noble tries a through ball, but Simone Zaza is caught offside.
Foul by Cristhian Stuani (Middlesbrough).
Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Middlesbrough. Álvaro Negredo replaces Jordan Rhodes.
Víctor Valdés (Middlesbrough) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Attempt blocked. Winston Reid (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.


An unexploded World War Two bomb was taken to Bangor police station by a member of the public, police have said.

The mortar was found in Coed y Wenallt at Nant Gwynant on Tuesday and handed in to officers.
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion at Brewery Fields in the city on Wednesday morning.
A North Wales Police spokesman said officers cordoned off the area to ensure there was no danger to the public.


Appalled by the carnage of last Saturday's double bombing of a Yemeni funeral, Britain is sending its Minister for the Middle East on a sensitive mission to Riyadh.

The explosions killed at least 140 people, mostly civilians, and injured over 500.
More than four days on since the attack - which was widely reported to have been an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition - the Saudi authorities have yet to publicly accept responsibility.
The UK, which has a long-standing and lucrative defence and trade relationship with Saudi Arabia, has taken the unusual step of requesting "oversight" of the ongoing investigation into the attack.
Will this be enough to dampen the growing condemnation of US and British military support for the Saudi campaign? Unlikely.
Tobias Ellwood MP, the Foreign Office minister for the Middle East and the man who has to periodically stand up in Parliament to defend Britain's arms sales to the Saudis, is due to hold sensitive talks with Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel Jubair as well as the Yemeni president and the UN Special Envoy for Yemen.
At stake is more than just an explanation of how such a horrific death toll was incurred in a single attack at the weekend.
For the UK, this is also about the whole nature and rationale of its controversial strategic alliance with Saudi Arabia, which campaigners want immediately curtailed.
In March 2015 Saudi Arabia went to war in Yemen at the head of a coalition of 11 countries.
Its aim was to reverse the takeover of the country by Houthi rebels, who are supported by Saudi Arabia's regional rival Iran, and to restore the UN-recognised President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi and his government to power.
Armed with state-of-the-art US and British warplanes and their munitions, Saudi Arabia's air force and its allies have complete air superiority in the skies over Yemen, meaning they alone can carry out air strikes.
These have failed to dislodge the Houthis from the capital Sanaa and from much of the heavily-populated west of Yemen.
The damage inflicted on civilians has been catastrophic. The UN blames the air strikes for causing 60% of the estimated 4,000 civilian deaths.
The Houthis are far from blameless. They and their allies among the forces loyal to the ousted Yemeni leader Ali Abdullah Saleh are accused of shelling densely populated areas, laying mines indiscriminately and contributing to the humanitarian crisis that now afflicts the country.
They have also embedded themselves in the civilian population, exposing non-combatants to the risk of attack.
Round after round of peace talks have failed to reach a compromise deal between the Houthis and the legitimate - but now deeply unpopular - Yemeni government which clings to a corner of land around the southern port of Aden.
Ceasefires have been announced, and then quickly fallen apart.
The Foreign Office is at pains to point out that Britain is not a part of the Saudi-led coalition.
But the fact is that British and US military hardware is sustaining the Saudi campaign and Yemenis know it. The US also provides intelligence and refuelling for the coalition.
Even before Saturday's bombing of the funeral hall there were accusations that Saudi Arabia's air strikes in Yemen constituted a breach of the Geneva Convention and were possibly war crimes.
The Saudis insist they abide by a strict code, the Law of Armed Conflict, and have never deliberately targeted civilians, a claim disputed by many Yemenis.
The Saudis also undertake to investigate allegations that its warplanes have killed civilians through an 11-nation body called the Joint Incidents Assessment Team (JIAT).
And hereby lies the problem.  The Saudis say the JIAT operates to exactly the same high standards as similar investigations carried out by US and other Western militaries. Although the JIAT has admitted to some targeting errors, several of its members are the very same countries that are part of the Saudi-led coalition.
Hence the jibe on social media that their findings carry as much weight as "a criminal judging his own crime". Hence Britain's request to have what it calls "oversight" (the Saudis prefer to call it "assistance") into this latest incident.
Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has said if it transpires that civilians were knowingly targeted last Saturday then the UK "could review" its defence relationship with Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis have promised total transparency. That, in theory, should reveal who, if anyone, gave the order to bomb the funeral, knowing that senior Houthi rebel leaders would be present, and crucially whether or not they knew that large numbers of civilians would be hit.
The Foreign Office minister's talks on Thursday could be uncomfortable for all sides.


A social worker has been struck off after disclosing confidential information about vulnerable children.

A fitness to practice hearing in Flintshire was told Kirsty Ann Morton's actions had "serious and far-reaching implications", making removal from the register the only option.
These included the threat of legal action.
Ms Morton worked for Denbighshire council when it happened in October 2014, the Care Council for Wales said.
She had allowed information about four families, including some involved in child protection cases, to be seen by another person, the hearing was told.
Chairman of the committee Islwyn Jones said Ms Morton had "deliberately" disclosed the information to someone "close to her" whom she felt she could trust.
"Once the information was released the registrant had no control of it," he added.
Mr Jones said the "level of shock, distress and anxiety" caused to the families involved could not be underestimated.
Ms Morton did not attend the hearing and Denbighshire council has been asked to comment.


Martin Kaymer birdied the first sudden death hole to pip Bubba Watson to the Grand Slam of Golf title in Bermuda.

The US Open champion sunk a seven-foot putt in the play-off while Watson missed from close range on the 18th.
Both men finished their rounds on six under, though Watson had held a two-shot lead standing on the 17th tee.
Rory McIlroy hit five bogeys and double-bogeyed the par-three 13th to finish on a disappointing two over par, while Jim Furyk finished on three over.
The annual 36-hole event features each year's four major champions, with Furyk invited because of Northern Ireland star McIlroy's double triumph in 2014.
Kaymer held a two-shot lead over Watson following the first round on Tuesday after carding a six-under-par round of 65.
The German hit four birdies and four bogeys in a level-par second round before holding his nerve in the play-off.
Masters champion Watson hit a run of birdies on the 14th, 15th and 16th holes to take a two-shot lead, but a wayward tee shot at the next hole scuppered his chances as he dropped a shot on the par-five 17th.
Kaymer birded the same hole and both players parred the last to force the play-off.
Two nice approach shots to the 18th green set up a putting contest on the first play-off hole, and Watson was unable to follow in Kaymer's birdie, missing his attempt from five feet.


Tower Hamlets Council could be prosecuted for corporate manslaughter after a five-year-old girl died while playing in a park.

Alexia Walenkaki was playing on a rope swing in Mile End Park when a tree trunk holding the swing fell on her.
The Met Police is compiling a report for the Crown Prosecution Service a pre-inquest review at St Pancras Coroner's Court heard.
A spokesman for the council said such a charge was "not appropriate".
About an hour after Alexia's accident, on 17 July, she went into cardiac arrest and died in the Royal London hospital.
At the time, her mother Vida Kwotuah said she watched in horror as the tree trunk - which she described as rotten - knocking her daughter to the ground.
Det Insp Craig Bradley said more expert evidence was being gathered.
He said: "We are in the process of investigating the possibility of corporate manslaughter or gross negligence. We have liaised very closely with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)."
The inquest heard the tree trunk was decayed and an expert has compiled a report on its state.
Mr Bradley said he has contacted another expert about the level of decay in the trunk at the time of the accident, and whether it would have been visible in an inspection.
Mark Scoggins at Fisher Scoggin Waters, solicitors representing Tower Hamlets Council, said such a charge would require "gross failings" in senior management at a "very serious level".
He added: "The issue is literally down on the ground, it is difficult to see how senior managers up the chain could have knowledge of that."
An inquest with a jury will run for four days starting on 11 April. If a criminal prosecution is brought, the inquest will be adjourned.


Guiseley responded to the departure of manager Mark Bower with another drab showing as they lost heavily at home to Bromley.

After a goalless first half, the floodgates opened as Blair Turgott foraged forward for the Ravens and smashed an unstoppable shot past Daniel Atkinson in the 51st minute.
Three minutes later, Louis Dennis doubled the lead from the penalty spot after a foul by the goalkeeper.
Max Porter struck in left footed to put affairs beyond a forlorn Guiseley in the 71st minute, although Adam Smith did restore some cheer for the Lions with a late, deflected volley.
Substitute Bradley Goldberg, however, completed the rout for the away side, curling in after a fine solo run.
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Match ends, Guiseley 1, Bromley 4.
Second Half ends, Guiseley 1, Bromley 4.
Goal!  Guiseley 1, Bromley 4. Bradley Goldberg (Bromley).
Goal!  Guiseley 1, Bromley 3. Adam Smith (Guiseley).
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces George Porter.
Substitution, Bromley. Lee Minshull replaces Alfie Pavey.
Goal!  Guiseley 0, Bromley 3. Max Porter (Bromley).
Substitution, Guiseley. Nicky Clee replaces Will Hatfield.
Substitution, Guiseley. Luke Porritt replaces Oli Johnson.
Substitution, Guiseley. Adam Smith replaces Michael Rankine.
Goal!  Guiseley 0, Bromley 2. Louis Dennis (Bromley) converts the penalty with a.
Daniel Atkinson (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Guiseley 0, Bromley 1. Blair Turgott (Bromley).
Second Half begins Guiseley 0, Bromley 0.
First Half ends, Guiseley 0, Bromley 0.
Javan Vidal (Guiseley) is shown the yellow card.
Connor Dymond (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


At least 31 people have been arrested during opposition protests in Moscow, the second Sunday in succession to see such demonstrations.

Last week, at least 1,000 people were held during protests in Moscow, reportedly the largest in five years.
The opposition has called for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over corruption allegations.
A smaller group of about 100 people began marching through Moscow on Sunday, but were blocked by police.
While police said 31 people had been detained for "breaches of public order", OVD-Info, a website monitoring detentions, said 56 people including four minors were arrested.
Those who organised the protest via social media are now facing an investigation.
Last Sunday's demonstrations in Moscow and across the country were prompted by main opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who was later arrested.
Police said 500 people were held, but OVD-Info said at least 1,000 people were arrested in Moscow alone.
Mr Navalny had published reports claiming that Mr Medvedev controlled mansions, yachts and vineyards - a fortune that far outstripped his official salary.
The prime minister's spokeswoman called the allegations "propagandistic attacks", but the prime minister himself has not commented on the claims.
Alexei Navalny has announced his intention to run for president in 2018 against Vladimir Putin. But he is barred from doing so after being found guilty in a case he said was politicised.
Mr Navalny was sentenced to 15 days in prison for his role in last Sunday's demonstrations. His spokesman said on Twitter that he had nothing to do with the new protest.
Organisers told news agencies that they had planned to march towards the Kremlin on Sunday when they were stopped by police.
Witnesses said police had detained people photographed at the previous rally. "You could see they were acting in a targeted way," protester Natalya Ponomarenko told AFP news agency.
Russia's Interfax news agency reported that about 400 people had taken part in an authorised anti-corruption rally in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk.


Mae'r gorsafoedd pleidleisio wedi cau a'r cyfri wedi dechrau yn etholiadau lleol 2017.

Mae ymgeiswyr yn brwydro dros 1,161 o seddi, gan fod 92 ymgeisydd eisoes wedi eu hethol yn ddiwrthwynebiad, tra bod un ward ym Mhowys heb yr un ymgeisydd ynddi.
Yn ogystal â'r etholiadau cyngor sir, mae etholiadau cynghorau tref a chymuned hefyd yn cael eu cynnal.
Bydd 13 o gynghorau yn cyfrif dros nos, nos Iau, gyda naw arall yn dechrau cyfrif fore dydd Gwener.
Gallwch gael y newyddion diweddaraf a'r canlyniadau ar lif byw arbennig Cymru Fyw.
Mae disgwyl y canlyniadau cyntaf yn oriau mân ddydd Gwener ond ni fydd rhai cynghorau yn cyhoeddi eu canlyniadau tan brynhawn Gwener.
Mae Llafur yn amddiffyn 580 o seddau, Plaid Cymru yn amddiffyn 170, y Ceidwadwyr yn amddiffyn 104 a'r Democratiaid Rhyddfrydol yn amddiffyn 75. Mae gan ymgeiswyr annibynol 365 o seddi i'w hamddiffyn, a does gan UKIP ddim sedd i'w hamddiffyn.


Arsene Wenger says he did not give any indication on his future as Arsenal manager to Ian Wright, after the Gunners legend claimed the Frenchman was "coming to the end".

Wenger, 67, was appointed as Arsenal manager in September 1996.
Wright told BBC Radio 5 live on Friday: "He looks tired. I feel he will go at the end of the season."
But Wenger said: "We had a little dinner, not the two of us. I appreciate you want me to rest but I'm not ready."
He added he could look tired because "I get up early in the morning".
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Wright, who played under Wenger for two seasons between 1996 and 1998, reiterated during his analysis on Saturday's Match of the Day that he believes Wenger will go.
"We were at a question and answer session and the way he was speaking and his demeanour... it's my opinion. I could be wrong," said the 53-year-old.
"I still think he has some massive decisions to make and think it could be his last season."
Wenger is the Premier League's longest-serving manager and his contract expires at the end of the season.
The Frenchman last won the Premier League title in 2004 and has been under pressure at the Emirates following league defeats by Watford and Chelsea.
However, after his side's 2-0 win against Hull, he added: "I focus on what is important: winning football games and getting the team to perform. The rest, I cannot influence.
"I have big respect for this country and this club, and I am grateful because I have worked here for 20 years. My job is to make these people happy and when I don't do that I feel guilty - that's why it's important for us to win."


Combustible cladding has been found on high-rise flats on Teesside.

Landlords Thirteen Group confirmed the three blocks at Kennedy Gardens in Billingham were partially clad with "grade-three" cladding.
The social housing company said it was safe enough for residents to remain in their homes, and action to remove the cladding would begin on Monday morning.
Resident David Clixby, 58, who lives by himself on the eighth floor, said he was "not really scared".
He said: "I wasn't totally shocked when I found out.
"I'm on the eighth floor, but we have smoke alarms in the corridors and in each flat is linked directly to the concierge service, so I feel safe enough."
Mr Clixby said the hundreds of residents were told at about 22:15 BST on Friday that the site had failed safety tests.
He said he "wouldn't want to move out anyway", and Stockton Borough Council providing 24-hour security had made him "feel safe".
The cladding is thought to have been added to the buildings during a revamp in 2014.
Thirteen Group chief executive Ian Wardle said: "We acted immediately to ensure the safety of our residents by checking and double checking the nature of the cladding on our buildings, where it exists.
"We had specified that the cladding should be fire-retardant, and following tests that have shown that this is not the case, work to remove the cladding will begin as soon as physically possible, and contractors will be on site from first thing Monday morning."
Cladding on 27 tower blocks in 15 council areas in England has failed fire safety tests, the government says.


More than 3,300 people have been killed in the violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kasai region since last October, the Catholic Church says.

The figure, reported by Reuters, is from Church sources in the country.
The deaths are the result of clashes between the army and a rebel group, but civilians have also been caught up in the violence.
The UN has reported on the discovery of more than 20 mass graves but has put the death toll so far at about 400.
According to the church, 20 villages have been completely destroyed, half of them by government troops.
The UN human rights chief, Prince Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein, said investigators in Kasai province had identified dozens of mass graves along with harrowing evidence of people being shot, burned or hacked to death.
Atrocities were being carried out by the security forces and a government-backed militia, known as the Bana Mura, which was set up to help fight a rival group known as the Kamuina Nsapu, Prince Zeid said.
He added that local authorities had denied the UN access to information about what was happening in the region. The UN has said it has evidence that hundreds of villagers from the Luba and Lulua ethnic groups have been killed.
The UN Human Rights Council is likely to vote this week on whether to mandate an independent investigation into the violence following what the group's commissioner described as horrific atrocities committed in Kasai province.
The Congolese authorities have said they would reject it.
More than a million people have been displaced in the region in the last year and aid workers say the humanitarian response on the ground has so far been inadequate.
Violence erupted in the once peaceful Kasai region last August, after the death of a local leader during fighting with security forces.


Comedian Russell Brand has been invited to face shipyard workers after saying the Trident replacement programme they are working on should be scrapped.

He posted a video online saying too much money was spent on defence and it should go to the NHS instead.
New submarines carrying nuclear weapons are being designed at BAE Systems in Barrow, Cumbria.
Barrow Labour MP John Woodcock said he would rather be protected by a nuclear deterrent than an "eccentric comedian".
In his own online video he said: "This is a substantial investment, but the overall majority of this goes on employing the many thousands of the most highly-skilled engineers and manufacturers.
"I want us to have more to be able to defend this country than a sharp-witted, eccentric comedian.
"Come to Barrow and meet some of this workforce. Let's do this thing properly."
Brand had asked how the country could have a "properly-funded NHS".
"Is it at the expense of the arms industry? The answer is obviously yes," he said.
"As the NHS struggles against a £2bn funding gap this year the money diverted into Trident - £3.3bn being spent in the assessment phase, not to mention the £2-3bn we spend every year just running our current Trident system - reflects the choice our government has made."
He appeared to be quoting a New Statesman article by Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in part of what he said.
Brand was unavailable for comment on Mr Woodcock's remarks and BAE declined to comment.
The firm's Barrow shipyard employs about 6,900 people. Around 1,400 of those are currently working on the Successor submarine replacement programme.
The government has put the cost of replacing Trident at £15-20bn, but campaigners have argued it will cost at least £34bn.
The replacement submarines are expected to come into operation in 2028.


The parents of a baby with spina bifida have said they hope that pioneering surgery he received while still in the womb will help him to walk.

Adam Daly received fetoscoptic surgery in Germany that was funded by the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.
It is only the second time the surgery has been performed on an unborn child from Northern Ireland.
Adam's parents Paula and Aidan, from County Antrim, said they are amazed by how he has reacted to the surgery.
Speaking to the BBC at their Lisburn home, they said Adam has been able to move his legs.
While the procedure is considered extremely risky, they are confident they gave their son the best start in life.
"I keep saying to him in our private moments that he is going to change the world," Mr Daly said.
"I just want him to grow up fit and healthy and have as many opportunities as any child would have.
"Whatever direction he wants to take, we'll be there to support him, and I am looking forward to be able to say to him later that at this age we did everything we could for him."
Adam's condition emerged during the 20-week scan.
Mrs Daly said the couple had no idea they would receive the news of their son's condition.
"When we went for the scan we were both thinking that the biggest decision was finding out about the gender and if we tell family and friends," she said.
"But the sonographer took her time looking and measuring things, and then I knew something wasn't quite right.
"The words spina bifida were familiar but I knew nothing about it."
Spina bifida literally means split spine, and it manifests itself as a hole at the bottom of the baby's spine.
That means the spinal cord does not form properly and may also be damaged.
The central nervous system and spine develops between the 14th and 23rd day after conception.
Spina bifida occurs when the neural tube fails to close correctly.
The vertebrae also fail to close in complete rings around the affected portion of the spinal cord.
The length of the lesion will determine the child's health complications, including mobility, fluid on the brain and bladder problems.
Extreme cases can result in paralysis.
The family said they are keen to tell their story as they want other couples to be aware they have a choice to have surgery before the baby is born.
The procedure is only available in the United States and parts of Europe.
Mrs Daly said the decision to go ahead with the three-hour operation was "the biggest decision we have ever had to make".
"The thought of having to do such a huge operation and in a different country with the risk of further complications travelling home was scary, especially as we have another child and we had to think of her," she added.
The hole in the spine is sealed by keyhole surgery and the impact of the surgery is still visible after birth.
Normally in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK, the lesion at the base of the spine is closed by neurosurgeons after the baby is born.
That means the baby is liable to have further health complications.
On Tuesday, an international conference in Belfast will discuss the merits of fetoscopic surgery in babies diagnosed with spina bifida and the Daly family will tell their story to an audience at Queen's University.
It is hoped that England will be added to the list of countries that are able to perform the surgery.


The number of soldiers in the British Army has continued to fall, new figures from the Ministry of Defence show.

In April 2017, there were 78,407 full-time and fully-trained troops - nearly 4,000 short of the government's target of 82,000.
The last time the force hit its troop target was April 2015. The RAF and Navy are also below strength.
The Army says it has enough personnel to meet its commitments, and that recruitment is increasing.
Where are British troops deployed overseas?
Between April 2016 and March this year, 8,194 soldiers joined the British Army.
However, 9,775 left during the same period, with family life and "opportunities outside the forces" among the reasons given.
This leaves the MoD 5.1% below its Army target, compared with 4.8% in the RAF and 2% in the Navy and Royal Marines.
A document released by the department on Thursday said: "There is no single reason why personnel leave on voluntary outflow.
"But the personnel who completed the armed forces continuous attitude survey indicated reasons for leaving the armed forces included the impact of service life on family and personal life, and opportunities outside the armed forces."
A spokesman from the Army said the force had enough people to "meet all our current commitments at home and abroad", and said recruitment numbers were on the rise.
In 2015, the Army completed its plan to reduce the number of personnel by more than 20,000 - three years ahead of target - leading to a number of redundancies.
They then embarked on a project to recruit more reservists to the force, as part of austerity measures.
Of the 9,775 to leave in the last year, only three were because of redundancies.


A motorcyclist has died in a crash with two cars on the Isle of Wight.

The man was killed when his Suzuki motorcycle was in collision with a Nissan Almera and subsequently a Kia Picanto.
The crash happened on Coach Lane in Brading at about 20:20 BST on Wednesday Hampshire Constabulary said.
The biker was taken to hospital but later died from his injuries. Police have appealed for witnesses to the collision to come forward.


Leading artist Claudia Williams has said she will never tire of painting as she prepares to unveil her latest work to the public.

A collection of artworks by the 83-year-old, from Pembrokeshire, is due to go on show at the Martin Tinney Gallery in Cardiff on Wednesday.
They capture intimate observations of family and friends at home and at one of her most beloved spots, Tenby beach.
It comes a year after her husband, painter Gwilym Prichard, died.
All have been crafted in her Tenby home studio during what has marked a difficult time for the artist since the renowned landscape painter died in June 2015.
Ms Williams said: "We had a long partnership and a wonderful life together and I'm very grateful for that, but it is quite a thing to lose a partner.
"I find if I busy myself with painting, it's the best thing for me as I am not sitting there thinking.
"These artworks have all been produced in the past year.
"I work quite quickly and I have always taken my inspiration from watching people."
Several of the paintings in the new collection feature women brushing their hair or having their hair styled in intimate observational scenes.
"I do find people fascinating and I never get tired of painting people in different attitudes and working with different colour schemes," said Ms Williams.
"I don't really see myself as prolific and I consider myself a retired person but I can't see a day in the future when I don't paint."
Her works usually reflect what she sees and captures her children and grandchildren on family gatherings and seaside trips.
Many of the new paintings also feature bold patterns and textured backdrops, a fascination Ms Williams has had since her schooldays.
Her love of drawing emerged as a young child and she attended the Chelsea School of Art at 16 where her skills won her a scholarship.
In 1954, she moved to north Wales and met Mr Prichard, who once claimed he had no interest in painting and only took it up as a means to impress her.
In the early 1980s they travelled through Europe together, settling in France in 1985, where they lived for 15 years and where her work is also highly regarded.
Ms Williams was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 1979 and she is an Honorary Fellow of Bangor University.
In 1995, she was awarded the Silver Medal by the Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters in Paris, in recognition of her contribution to the arts in France. She returned to live in Wales in 2000.
A hugely popular retrospective was held at the National Library of Wales in 2000, and an exhibition of her powerful Tryweryn paintings was shown there in 2010.
The current show features approximately 20 new paintings and drawings and runs until 2 July.


Home-owners in west London whose properties lie in the path of a proposed third runway for Heathrow have taken their fight to the people in charge.

Some residents of Harmondsworth, Hillingdon could have their properties compulsorily purchased for demolition.
In retaliation they targeted the director of corporate responsibility's house by laying a giant plastic runway across his drive.
Matt Gorman said he was "not happy" about the incident and said his family's privacy had been invaded.
The protestor's stunt came after the Airports Commission backed a third runway at Heathrow which is being considered by the government.
The group also targeted the property of the airport's chief executive John Holland-Kaye.
Veronica Rumsey, who has lived in her house for 43 years said the action was to show "we were here first".
Her neighbour, Neil Keveren, said they  were living without "peace of mind" and he would fight for his property.
He said: "I'm not leaving it and that is all there is to it. If it takes more direct action there will be more direct action."
In July Mr Keveren was fined £600 for blocking the tunnel which leads to Heathrow Airport terminals 1, 2  and 3, but he said "people need to know that we are going to go the whole hog".
Heathrow Airport said it had created a plan which had the local community "at its core" and included a compensation package of more than £1bn for noise insulation and compulsory purchases.
In a statement it said: "The protestors are a small minority...Heathrow expansion will create 40,000 new jobs in London and up to 180,000 jobs and £211bn of economic growth across the country."
John Stewart the chair of the main anti-Heathrow expansion group Hacan said: "This just shows how angry people are.
"The fact that ordinary residents are willing to go to these lengths is a signal of just how difficult it will be for the airport and any government to build a third runway at Heathrow."
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AC Milan's Cristian Zapata scored seven minutes into injury time to rescue a derby draw against Inter Milan.

Inter looked in control when Antonio Candreva latched onto Roberto Gagliardini's long ball to fire home and Mauro Icardi converted Ivan Perisic's cross to make it 2-0.
But Alessio Romagnoli gave Milan hope in the 83rd minute when he poked home Suso's cross.
And Zapata hooked the ball off the underside of the bar and in to level.
Inter defender Gary Medel cleared the ball out of the goal, but goalline technology showed that it had just crossed the line first.
This was was Milan's first game since their protracted takeover by Chinese investors was finally completed.
Milan remain sixth in Serie A, with Inter - who were set to overtake their rivals - still in seventh.
It is the second time the San Siro rivals have drawn 2-2 this season, with Perisic rescuing an injury-time draw for Inter back in November.
Match ends, Inter Milan 2, Milan 2.
Second Half ends, Inter Milan 2, Milan 2.
Goal!  Inter Milan 2, Milan 2. Cristian Zapata (Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Carlos Bacca following a corner.
Attempt missed. Carlos Bacca (Milan) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Suso with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Milan. Conceded by Yuto Nagatomo.
Attempt missed. Jonathan Biabiany (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Éder.
Manuel Locatelli (Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Milan).
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Inter Milan. Roberto Gagliardini tries a through ball, but Mauro Icardi is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Cristian Zapata (Milan) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Suso with a cross.
Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Manuel Locatelli (Milan) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
Substitution, Inter Milan. Jonathan Biabiany replaces Antonio Candreva.
Hand ball by Éder (Inter Milan).
Hand ball by Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan).
Samir Handanovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Suso (Milan).
Miranda (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Inter Milan 2, Milan 1. Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Suso with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Milan. Conceded by Miranda.
Foul by Alessio Romagnoli (Milan).
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Milan. Lucas Ocampos replaces Davide Calabria.
Substitution, Inter Milan. Jeison Murillo replaces João Mário.
Foul by Suso (Milan).
Miranda (Inter Milan) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan).
Foul by Matías Fernández (Milan).
Antonio Candreva (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Milan. Gianluca Lapadula replaces José Sosa because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match José Sosa (Milan) because of an injury.
Hand ball by Éder (Inter Milan).
Suso (Milan).
Geoffrey Kondogbia (Inter Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
José Sosa (Milan) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Yuto Nagatomo (Inter Milan).


For four decades, the armed organisation Eta has waged a bloody campaign for independence for the seven regions in northern Spain and south-west France that Basque separatists claim as their own.

In April 2017 the militant group revealed the locations of it weapons caches, and said it had completely disarmed.
But the Spanish government said the group would "get nothing" in exchange. It demanded that Eta "disarm and dissolve itself".
Its announcement followed a decision on 5 September 2010 not to carry out further attacks. In January 2011, it declared a permanent and "internationally verifiable" ceasefire but refused to disarm.
The group - which killed more than 800 people and wounded thousands in more than 40 years of violence - aimed at Basque independence. It had declared at least two ceasefires before, but abandoned them both.
Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna, Eta, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, first emerged in the 1960s as a student resistance movement bitterly opposed to General Franco's repressive military dictatorship.
Under Franco the Basque language was banned, their distinctive culture suppressed, and intellectuals imprisoned and tortured for their political and cultural beliefs.
The Basque country saw some of the fiercest resistance to Franco. His death in 1975 changed all that, and the transition to democracy brought the region of two million people home rule.
But despite the fact that Spain's Basque country today enjoys more autonomy than any other - it has its own parliament, police force, controls education and collects its own taxes - Eta and its hardline supporters have remained determined to push for full independence.
Its violent campaign has led to more than 820 deaths over the last 40 years, many of them members of the Guardia Civil, Spain's national police force, and both local and national politicians who are opposed to Eta's separatist demands.
However, in recent years the group has been under pressure. Although it has mounted occasional attacks, experts believe that concerted political and police action has squeezed its capabilities.
Waning support
Certainly the days in the late 1970s, when the group was able to kill 100 people per year on average - just as Spain was awakening from a long dictatorship and moving towards democracy - appear to be long past.
After three people were killed in 2003, Eta refrained from any other deadly attacks until the last days of 2006.
The Eta of today has some logistical networks in France and a pool of a few hundred youths scattered across the borders of the Basque Country, in France and Spain, willing to engage in deadly missions.
French and Spanish police have sought to reduce Eta's capability and the Spanish government and judiciary have banned the political wing of the movement, which seeks an independent state for the Basques.
The logic for banning the political wing, which has operated for the last decade under different names - Herri Batasuna, Euskal Herritarrok, Batasuna - is that both wings are inextricably linked.
Banning the political branch, it was hoped, would reduce the flow of funds and support to Eta units, and prevent it gaining political representation.
Spanish and French police, working together, have dealt a number of recent blows to the group.
The arrest of Eta's suspected military head, Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, in November 2008, followed the detention of its political commander, Javier Lopez Pena, six months earlier. Both arrests took place in France, long used as a base by Eta.
Since then, French and Spanish authorities have announced the arrest of a string of allegedly senior figures in Eta, giving the impression that they have the group on the run.
At the same, popular support for Eta was slipping away, correspondents say.
This was not only because of the gains made by moderate Basque nationalists, but also because there was a growing feeling that Eta was desperately out of touch with public opinion.
In May 2009, radical separatist parties were excluded from Basque elections.
Basque Nationalists failed to win an outright majority and the Basque parliament voted in its first non-nationalist government in 30 years, led by Socialist Patxi Lopez.
Changing times
Eta's July 1997 kidnapping of a 29-year-old local councillor for the ruling Popular Party in the Basque region, Miguel Angel Blanco, was a turning point in public opinion.
The group demanded that, as a prerequisite for his release, its 460 prisoners who were held in jails all over Spain be returned to the Basque region. The demand was not met.
Blanco was found shot twice in the head. He died in hospital 12 hours later.
Horrified by the young councillor's death, more than six million people across Spain took to the streets over four days to demand an end to Eta violence.
The massive public mobilisation was likened to the marches for democracy that took place towards the end of Franco's regime, and in an unprecedented move some of Eta's own supporters publicly condemned the killing.
The following year, Eta decided to call an indefinite ceasefire.
But that was officially ended in December 1999 after the then government refused to discuss Eta's demands for Basque independence.
The Spanish government had always maintained it would never consider entering talks with the armed group unless it renounced violence.
The Popular Party campaigned for re-election in part on its tough line against Eta and its defence of Spain's constitution in the face of demands for greater autonomy from the Basque country and Catalonia.
But the 11 March 2004 bomb attacks in Madrid introduced a new factor in the equation.
The Popular Party initially said the attacks were the work of Eta, although the finger of blame soon moved to point at Islamist groups.
The electorate rejected the government and voted in the Socialist Party, partly because the Popular Party was perceived to have misled them.
Eta attacks declined in the wake of Madrid bombings, as the group was thought to believe it could no longer achieve its aims by violence.
However, its 2006 ceasefire, described as "permanent", was illusory.
The bombing of a car park at Madrid airport in December of that year left two people dead. Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba declared the peace process "broken, liquidated, finished".
At least eight people have been killed by the group since then.


Germany has returned an 18th Century painting that was looted from Poland's National Museum by the Nazis in 1939.

The piece by Venetian artist Francesco Guardi, entitled "Palace Stairs", was taken shortly after Germany invaded.
The small painting depicts noblemen talking at the grand stairs of Venice's Doge Palace.
Berlin hopes the move will revive talks over some 300,000 documents, including manuscripts by Mozart and Beethoven, that it wants to recover from Poland.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier handed the work over to his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski at a ceremony on Monday.
After World War Two, the painting went to the University of Heidelberg and then to the State Gallery of Baden-Wuerttemberg.
It was recognised as belonging to Poland in the late 1990s.
But political differences between Warsaw and Berlin over the broader issue of art lost during the war prevented a deal from being reached sooner.
"This painting has been on a long odyssey," Mr Steinmeier said.
"[It represents] the difficult history that connects our two countries."
Poland is still searching for thousands of artefacts looted from its museums and private collections during the war, although many items are believed to have been destroyed during the war.
Mr Steinmeier said he hoped the move would "be a signal to restart the stalled German-Polish dialogue on cultural artefacts".
Germany has long sought the return of some 300,000 books, drawings and manuscripts - known as the Berlinka collection - from Poland.
The collection includes handwritten musical scores by Mozart, Beethoven and Bach that the Nazis moved to Poland to keep them safe from bombing during the war.
Abandoned by retreating German troops in what is now Poland, many of the items are now held by the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.


Accrington Stanley have signed goalkeeper Marek Rodak on loan from Fulham until the end of the season.

The 20-year-old Slovak has yet to play for Fulham's first team, but made 17 appearances in the National League on loan at Welling last term.
Rodak, who has represented his country at youth level, will go straight into Accrington's squad for their League Two fixture against Cheltenham on Saturday.
Stanley are 20th in the table, four points above the relegation zone.
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Scotland's first woman first minister has urged the female boss of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to help increase the number of women at all levels of business.

Nicola Sturgeon met Christine Lagarde in Washington as part of a four-day visit to America.
The SNP leader has made gender equality a key priority since becoming FM.
Ms Sturgeon also discussed the state of Scotland's economy during her talks with Ms Lagarde, a spokesman said.
Forbes magazine currently ranks Ms Lagarde as the sixth most powerful woman in the world.
She was first female chairman of elite law firm Baker & McKenzie and the first female finance minister in France and the wider G7, before her appointment to the top of the IMF in 2011.
A spokesman for Ms Sturgeon said: "The first minister had a productive discussion with Christine Lagarde on the current position of the Scottish economy and the Scottish government's approach to increasing competitiveness and tackling inequality.
"The first minister and Ms Lagarde also discussed the shared interest between Scotland and the IMF in increasing female participation in the economy and improving the representation of women at all levels in business."
During Ms Sturgeon's visit she has met US Deputy Secretary of State Tony Blinken, addressed an audience at the World Bank with a speech about economic equality and appeared on one of American television's top chat shows, The Daily Show, hosted by Jon Stewart.
On the first day, the first minister went to the Daniel Hale Williams elementary school in Brooklyn in the hope of learning lessons from the New York education system on improving attainment in Scottish schools.
Ms Sturgeon also hosted a reception in the United States to thank supporters of the fire-damaged Glasgow School of Art (GSA).


Newport rescued a point against Crewe Alexandra thanks to summer signing Sean Rigg.

Rigg headed home Jazzi Barnum-Bobb's cross to earn parity for Warren Feeney's side.
The visitors made a strong start at a sodden Rodney Parade, which hosted a Wales women international on Friday evening.
Chelsea loanee Alex Kiwomya put Crewe ahead in the first period after cutting inside and smashing home.
Marlon Jackson missed a late chance to earn all three points for the hosts.
Newport County manager Warren Feeney told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "I am pleased with a point but also disappointed, but we gave ourselves a mountain to climb in the first half.
"We conceded a silly goal, we should deal with it better, but in the second half we camped in their half and dug deep and we are disappointed not to win it.
"Last season, we would have lost that game. There is good character here now."
Match ends, Newport County 1, Crewe Alexandra 1.
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Crewe Alexandra 1.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Harry Davis.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Jon Guthrie.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Callum Ainley replaces Chris Dagnall.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Jon Guthrie (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sean Rigg (Newport County).
Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Scot Bennett.
Goal!  Newport County 1, Crewe Alexandra 1. Sean Rigg (Newport County) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb with a cross.
Scot Bennett (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scot Bennett (Newport County).
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Mark Randall (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ryan Lowe (Crewe Alexandra).
Sean Rigg (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Scot Bennett.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Joe Day.
Attempt saved. Ryan Lowe (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County).
Ryan Lowe (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dan Butler (Newport County) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra).
Substitution, Newport County. Ben Tozer replaces Joss Labadie.
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Jones (Crewe Alexandra).
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Oliver Turton.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Danny Hollands.
Jennison Myrie-Williams (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Oliver Turton (Crewe Alexandra).
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
George Ray (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Jazzi Barnum-Bobb (Newport County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Lowe (Crewe Alexandra).
Foul by Jon Parkin (Newport County).
Zoumana Bakayogo (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. George Ray replaces George Cooper.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Danny Hollands replaces Billy Bingham.


The upcoming remake of The Magnificent Seven has been chosen to launch this year's Toronto Film Festival.

Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke star in Antoine Fuqua's retelling of the 1960 western classic.
Oliver Stone's film about whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Ewan McGregor's first feature as a director and a film version of children's book A Monster Calls will also screen at the event.
The 41st Toronto International Film Festival runs from 8 to 18 September.
Antoine Fuqua, director of The Magnificent Seven, said he couldn't "think of a better place, or a better crowd for the film's world premiere."
Vincent D'Onofrio, South Korean star Byung-Hun Lee, Mexico's Manuel Garcia-Rulfo and Native American actor Martin Sensmeier round out the film's titular septet.
Snowden, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the US National Security Agency contractor who leaked top secret intelligence files, is among a number of other high-profile titles to have gala premieres at the Canadian festival.
Others include McGregor's American Pastoral, an adaptation of the Philip Roth novel, and A Monster Calls, in which Liam Neeson will be heard as the voice of a tree monster who befriends a young boy.
Deepwater Horizon, a film about the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill starring Mark Wahlberg, and LBJ, a biopic of US President Lyndon B Johnson starring Woody Harrelson, will also have their first screenings.
The event will close with the world premiere of The Edge of Seventeen, a film about a young girl's coming of age in which Harrelson also appears alongside True Grit's Hailee Steinfeld.
British films in the mix include Their Finest, in which Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy play filmmakers trying to make a morale-boosting film during The Blitz.
A United Kingdom, in which David Oyelowo plays a real-life African king who married an Englishwoman, will also screen in Toronto before launching the London Film Festival in October.
The Rolling Stones will feature in a documentary - Ole Ole Ole!: A Trip Across Latin America - about their historic rock concert in Havana, Cuba earlier this year.
Animated offerings, meanwhile, include Sing, a musical comedy about a singing competition that features the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson.
Cameron Bailey, the festival's artistic director, said the films announced on Tuesday "captured the cinematic climate of today" with their "global voices, transformative stories and diverse perspectives".
First held in 1976, the festival often serves as a launch-pad for movies hoping to receive accolades and recognition in the annual awards season that culminates in the Academy Awards in February.
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Spotify saw revenues reach €1.95bn ($2.2bn; £1.5bn) over the past year, but the Swedish music streaming platform has still not made a profit.

Losses deepened at the industry leader, which offers music over the internet for free with advertisements or ad-free for a fixed monthly rate.
Revenue increased by 80% over the past year, beating the 45% growth rate of 2014 by a wide margin.
Net losses increased by 7% from the previous year to €173m.
Spotify's main expenses are royalties paid to artists.
It said its revenue from advertisements had nearly doubled while it user base had also grown significantly.
It had 89 million active monthly users by the end of 2015, 28 million of which were paying for subscriptions.
Spotify, long at the forefront of online music streaming, said it was prioritising investment, as it faces increasing competition.
Apple launched its own music streaming service in 2015, while Rhapsody and Deezer are two other companies offering a similar service.
As the industry leader, the firm has received a lot of criticism from artists who argue that the royalties they receive from streaming are not fair, and that streaming platforms fail to support new artists.
It has led to some big names like Taylor Swift, Adele and Radiohead keeping some or all of their music off the service.


It is in The Narth - it is a run - what other title do you give it apart from the Great Narth Run?

That was the choice of charity organisers of the event in - where else? - The Narth, Monmouthshire, which they happily used for two years.
But a solicitor's letter from the organisers of the rather larger Great North Run half marathon in Newcastle informed them they were infringing its trademark.
The race is now the humble Narth Run.
The race was set up in 2013 to raise money for the Narth village hall, and Steve Coppell, one of the committee members, said they had made around Â£100 profit in total in the first two years.
It is mostly run along trails through Maryland Woods by a few dozen runners, with distances of 2k, 5k, and 10k to choose from.
But last September, a letter arrived from Nova (now the Great Run company) telling them they were infringing the Great North Run's trademark.
Mr Coppell said they had to sign an undertaking they would not use the word "great" or anything similar in connection with the Narth Run.
He said, after they got over the "puzzlement that you could trademark a word like great", the news had meant "a fair amount of inconvenience".
As well as taking down and altering a website used for their event, they also discovered they would not be allowed to recycle unused medals from previous years which bore the name "Great Narth Run" to save costs, and would have to destroy them.
But things took a turn for the better when the director of the company got in touch to apologise for the heavy-handed way the situation had been managed.
Mr Coppell said the Great Run Company had made a donation which had more than covered their costs as well as giving them two free entries into the Great North Run next year, which the committee may decide to raffle to raise money.
He added they were also in discussions about the company holding a competition amongst its approximately 40,000 Facebook followers to give two entries to the Narth Run plus a weekend's accommodation in the Wye Valley.
"This was always a bit of fun for us and as the story has run and run, it's become more amusing," Mr Coppell added.
However despite the publicity generated by the story, and a doubled running field this year to around 90 runners, he said the terrain and the logistics would prevent the race expanding much beyond a few hundred runners for safety reasons.
David Hart, from the Great Run Company, said: "Whilst we have a duty to protect our brand identity, for the organisers to receive a letter from our solicitors did seem rather heavy handed in view of the nature and scale of the event. We have subsequently made a donation to the event and provided places for next year's Great North Run as a gesture of goodwill.
"We are also exploring the idea of making the 'Narth Run' an official training event for the Great North Run.
"It could be the beginning of a great partnership."