When Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell delivered his long-awaited testimony to an Australian government inquiry into child sex abuse, the BBC's Rome correspondent James Reynolds was in the room.

Cardinal George Pell entered the hotel ballroom one minute before the scheduled starting time of 22:00 (21:00 GTM). He walked with a slight stoop to a table set up next to a video screen.
One-hundred-and-fifty people gathered to watch him give evidence. Two Vatican security guards sat discreetly on the aisles near the front.
More than a dozen victims of abuse from Australia were also in the audience. They'd raised the money to fly here to Rome. Some wore red T-shirts printed with the words "No More Silence".
Technicians dimmed one of the room's chandeliers and opened the video link with the Royal Commission in Australia. The opening questions were easy.
"Are you the number three in the Vatican?" the counsel asked.
"I wouldn't say I was," answered the Cardinal dryly. "I'm a senior official."
Twenty minutes into his testimony, George Pell got to his main point. The audience listened closely.
"I am not here to defend the indefensible," he said.
"The church has made enormous mistakes and is working to remedy those. The church has in many places, certainly in Australia, mucked things up, has let people down."
The counsel asked Cardinal Pell in detail about his time as a young priest in eastern Australia in the 1970s.
Some of his fellow clerics from that period have since been found guilty of abusing children. The cardinal denied having any direct knowledge of their crimes.
There were occasional lighter moments.
"You excelled at sport and academically [at school]," the counsel observed.
"I had some capacity in both areas." Cardinal Pell replied.
"I think you're being quite modest," the counsel shot back, to a murmur of laughter from the cardinal's supporters in the ballroom.
He occasionally paused in search of an answer.
"I'm having a senior moment," the 74-year-old confessed as he tried to remember the location of a seminary.
The hearing ended shortly before 0200 local time. In the rain outside the hotel, survivors said they'd been pleased by the cardinal's more conciliatory tone. But they stressed that there was still a long way to go before reaching the truth.
At 0300, the cardinal left the hotel. Australian journalists surrounded his limousine.
"Any message to the victims who've travelled from Australia to be here to see you?" one of them asked.
"I hope we can help them a bit," the cardinal replied.
His car drove away towards the Vatican. The road was empty.


Former Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt has written for the first time about her six-year ordeal of being held hostage by Farc rebels.

In a book, Ms Betancourt recounts how she was repeatedly beaten, humiliated and threatened with death while being kept prisoner in Colombia's jungle.
The book, Meme Le Silence A Une Fin (Even Silence Has An End), is released on Tuesday in several countries.
It has caused a row in Colombia over what she wrote about fellow captives.
In the book, Ms Betancourt recalls how Farc (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) gunmen seized her in southern Colombia as she campaigned for the presidency in February 2002.
She reveals that it was at times very difficult to keep hopes alive in the hostile jungle.
"We were handed the heaviest sentence a human being can be given, that of not knowing when it would end," she writes in the book, the AFP news agency reports.
She also writes of tensions with her former campaign manager, Clara Rojas, who was captured at the same time as her and with whom she shared a cage.
"You had to be very strong not to find relief from the guards' constant humiliations by in turn humiliating the person who shares your fate."
Ms Rojas described some of Ms Betancourt's comments about Ms Rojas's decision to remain pregnant while in captivity in the book as "vile".
Ms Rojas gave birth to a boy, fathered by one of the rebels, while being held hostage and was reunited with her child after she was freed in January 2008.
Some of Ms Betancourt's fellow hostages have already written unflattering accounts of being held captive with her.
Ms Betancourt, who also has French nationality, admits that she had a "fear of being alone. Fear of fear. Fear of dying".
She says she was often tied up and beaten.
"I was taken by storm, I had convulsions... my body and my heart stayed frozen during the brief moment of eternity.
"But I survived," she writes.
Ms Betancourt was released in July 2008, when the rebels were tricked into handing her and 14 other hostages over to soldiers masquerading as members of a humanitarian group who had volunteered to fly them by helicopter to a new location.


Promising Warwickshire all-rounder Mark Adair has signed a new two-year deal with the Bears.

The 20-year-old Northern Irishman took the wicket of Marcus Trescothick and made an unbeaten 34 on his Championship debut against Somerset last September.
County Antrim-born Adair has since made his way into the Bears' T20 Blast team this summer, having played four games.
He steps up to his senior contract from the Academy development deal he signed earlier this year, in February.
"Since making his first-class debut, Mark has worked very hard at his game and been very impressive in training," said Bears director of cricket Dougie Brown.
"We are delighted with his performances this season and believe that he has a big future here at Edgbaston."
Warwickshire have also given first contracts to Academy graduates Matt Lamb, George Panayi and Liam Banks.
Batsman Lamb, 19, who plays club cricket in the Birmingham League for Barnt Green, went to Bromsgrove School.
Fast-bowling all-rounder Panayi, 18, who went to Shrewsbury School, currently plays Birmingham League cricket for reigning champions Shrewsbury.
Batsman/off spinner Banks, 17, who joined the Academy from Staffordshire in 2012, plays in the North Staffs & Cheshire League for Hem Heath.
"It's fantastic to see young players step up to a senior level," added Brown. "Matt, George and Liam now have an opportunity to train with the squad.
"We're committed to giving our young players the best possible opportunity to progress to the professional ranks.


About 400 incorrect postal voting ballot papers have been sent out in Peterborough, the city council said.

Peterborough City Council said its contracted printers posted a batch of "wrong" forms to voters in North, Park and Stanground East wards.
The council blamed "human error" and new forms will be issued on Wednesday along with an apology.
It said the election night would not be compromised. Print UK was unavailable for comment.
The council said the papers had been put in the wrong envelopes and added the error would not cost it any money.
The spokesman said: "If they [voters] try to use them to vote they will be discounted as invalid.
"If they have already voted they will have to vote again with new ballot papers that are being sent by first class post."
Asked how the mistake had happened, he said: "Human error at the printers.
"We understand a batch of ballot papers were put in the wrong envelope by somebody working there," he said.
He said the council's working relationship with the printers was good and it had used the firm in some large elections in the past three years.
The council has written to each of the candidates, spoken to their agents and apologised.
The error does not affect people with proxy votes.


Gunmen have kidnapped the 72-year-old mother of ex-international Nigerian footballer Samson Siasia.

Three kidnappers took Ogere Siasia from the family home in Bayelsa state in the oil-rich Niger Delta.
Her son appealed for her release, and said the gunmen's motive was unclear.
The BBC's Chris Ewokor in the capital, Abuja, says kidnapping, often for ransom, is common in parts of Nigeria and footballers' families are increasingly becoming targets.
Nigeria international Christian Obodo was abducted in Warri, southern Nigeria in June 2012.
A year earlier, the father of Nigerian footballer and Chelsea player John Obi Mikel was kidnapped in Jos, central Nigeria.
"I only beg them to please release her unhurt. I was told they shot sporadically into the air before taking her away on a motorcycle," Samson Siasia told BBC Sport.
"We've not heard from them to know their motive, but right now I'm only concerned about her safety," he added.
Mr Siasia was in The Gambia at the time of the attack as the coach of the Nigerian Under-23 team, preparing for the Confederation of African Football Under-23 Championship in Senegal later this month month.
The Nigerian Football Federation's president Amaju Pinnick also appealed for the kidnappers to release Mrs Siasia.
"Samson is on a critical national assignment presently and the last he needs is this kind of distraction," he said.


Thomas Muller scored the first hat-trick of the 2014 World Cup as Germany produced a ruthless attacking display to destroy 10-man Portugal and open their World Cup campaign in style.

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The 24-year-old, who scored five goals to win the Golden Boot in South Africa four years ago, took his World Cup total to eight with a sensational performance.
The Bayern Munich forward dispatched an early penalty, drilled home Germany's third and tapped in a fourth, with centre-back Mats Hummels heading the second before going off with a knee injury.
"Germany have played so patient. Sometimes in our country we rush it because of the crowd and the excitement but the Germans have played to their tempo. They look really solid at the back as well.
"Portugal's situation is similar to Spain. But if they win their two games, they will get through.
"They've got two winnable games and they've just got to make sure they win them."
Portugal lost defender Pepe to a needless red card at 2-0 after he appeared to headbutt Muller, and Paulo Bento's men could not recover as Cristiano Ronaldo had little chance to impress.
The result was wrapped up with plenty of time to spare, putting Germany in pole position to dominate Group G and fuelling hopes of a first World Cup triumph since 1990.
Although Joachim Low's men had won each of the past three meetings between these sides, including at the  same stage of Euro 2012, Portugal made the better start, with Ronaldo to the fore.
The Real Madrid forward was troubled by knee and thigh problems in the build-up, but showed no sign of discomfort. His early break set up Hugo Almeida for a weak shot, before the two-time Ballon d'Or winner beat Per Mertesacker and drew an alert save from Manuel Neuer.
That scare seemed to spark Germany into life. Sami Khedira missed an open goal after a poor clearance by goalkeeper Rui Patricio, but the opener would soon arrive.
Muller, Mesut Ozil and Mario Gotze were causing Portugal all manner of problems and, when the latter was hauled down after forcing his way past Joao Pereira, referee Milorad Mazic pointed to the spot. The penalty was tucked into the bottom corner by Muller.
That settled Germany into a rhythm, executing their 4-2-1-2-1 formation far better than Portugal to look solid at the back and capable of threatening every time they came forward.
Nani drilled a rare Portugal effort narrowly over the bar, but Gotze almost doubled the lead with a shot that deflected wide. Then, following Toni Kroos's resultant corner, Hummels did burnish the advantage, exploiting Portugal's sloppy zonal marking to head powerfully past Patricio.
Portugal briefly rallied. Fabio Coentrao inexplicably tried to cross for Ronaldo when he should have shot and Eder - on the the injured Almeida - headed over.
But any hopes they harboured of a comeback were dashed when Muller fell after what looked like a flailing arm from Pepe, who reacted by bending down and nudging his head against that of the grounded German.
Portugal coach Bento seemed appalled at the Real Madrid defender's actions, and Portugal's afternoon deteriorated further when Bruno Alves struck a clearance straight into the body of Muller, who reacted sharply to lash a shot under Patricio.
The contrast on the two benches as the half-time whistle blew was stark - all smiles and high-fives among the Germans, bowed heads and dejection among the Portuguese - and the interval did little to change things.
The Muller-Ozil-Gotze axis continued to wreak havoc and they combined again as Gotze slipped Ozil though, but the Arsenal playmaker was denied by Patricio and Muller headed the rebound over.
Ozil's disappointment at being replaced by Chelsea's Andre Schurrle epitomised how much Germany were enjoying the game, and Gotze went close again after a stunning counter-attack involving Muller and Schurrle.
The only downside for Low's side was a knee injury to Hummels but Portugal had plenty to ponder, not least the irate Ronaldo, who was furious not to earn a penalty for Benedikt Hoewedes's challenge on Eder.
Their day would get worse still, though, when Muller completed the rout after Schurrle's drive was repelled. It was the first time Portugal had conceded four goals in a World Cup match.
Ronaldo almost had the final word with a blistering free-kick, but Neuer proved his equal.
Germany forward Thomas Muller:
"I've been involved in the last three major tournaments so I'm used to the pressure.
"But to score three goals in one game - that's pretty amazing, and the goals just got better and better. It's fantastic, but the merit also goes to the rest of the team.
"I just felt a blow from Pepe's fist, but I can't really remember much of what happened after."
Match ends, Germany 4, Portugal 0.
Second Half ends, Germany 4, Portugal 0.
Attempt saved. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Per Mertesacker (Germany).
Eder (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Offside, Germany. Sami Khedira tries a through ball, but André Schürrle is caught offside.
Jerome Boateng (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Raul Meireles (Portugal).
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Per Mertesacker (Germany).
Eder (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Portugal. Conceded by Benedikt Höwedes.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Germany. Lukas Podolski replaces Thomas Müller.
Foul by Jerome Boateng (Germany).
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Germany 4, Portugal 0. Thomas Müller (Germany) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Philipp Lahm (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Thomas Müller.
Benedikt Höwedes (Germany) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Bruno Alves (Portugal).
Attempt saved. Nani (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ricardo Costa.
Substitution, Germany. Shkodran Mustafi replaces Mats Hummels.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Mats Hummels (Germany) because of an injury.
Corner,  Germany. Conceded by João Pereira.
Attempt blocked. Mario Götze (Germany) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by André Schürrle with a through ball.
Corner,  Portugal. Conceded by Per Mertesacker.
Attempt blocked. Nani (Portugal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by João Moutinho.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by André Schürrle (Germany).
Ricardo Costa (Portugal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Portugal. André Almeida replaces Fábio Coentrão because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Fábio Coentrão (Portugal) because of an injury.
Substitution, Germany. André Schürrle replaces Mesut Özil.
Corner,  Portugal. Conceded by Benedikt Höwedes.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jerome Boateng (Germany).
Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Mario Götze (Germany) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Stoke have signed Egyptian winger Ramadan Sobhi from Al Ahly for a fee that could rise to £5m.

Sobhi, 19, made his debut aged 16 and has gone on to make 71 appearances for the club, winning two league titles.
"He is a special young talent who is excited about the prospect of making an impact in the Premier League," said Stoke chief executive Tony Scholes.
Meanwhile, Liverpool midfielder Joe Allen could become the second summer signing as he undergoes a medical.
A fee of £13m was agreed for the Welshman, who has one year remaining on his contract at Anfield.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


The publication of budget deficits run up by NHS trusts in England is likely to be delayed until after the general election because of so-called purdah rules.

But what is the purdah convention and why is it controversial?
Purdah refers to the pre-election period where restrictions are imposed on the civil service.
The rules seek to ensure that announcements and activities by public bodies do not influence the election - by putting out a stream of "good" news for example.
Purdah also restricts policy and big announcements from Whitehall, which a future government may take a different view on.
For this general election the rules kicked in from midnight on 21 April 2017.
Two years ago at the last election the head of the civil service, Sir Jeremy Heywood, explained that though the business of government continued in a normal way during a campaign, there were challenges.
He said: "We should do everything possible to avoid any activity that could call our political impartiality into question and to ensure that public resources are not used for party-political purposes."
A guidance document for the 400,000 civil servants was published by the Cabinet Office on 20 April. It sets out what is allowed and not allowed during the campaign.
It is up to the individual government departments to implement the purdah rules.
The word itself is Persian in origin and means veil or hidden away.
Dr Catherine Haddon, from the Institute for Government think tank, says parliamentary references to purdah rules date back to the late 19th Century - where ministers used the cover of purdah for not answering certain questions about the forthcoming Budget.
While the rules are designed to stop the government from putting out a stream of "good news" stories, critics argue purdah can also be used to suppress "bad news".
Last month the government lost a case at the high court. It had argued that publishing its air pollution strategy would fall foul of purdah rules, but the court disagreed.
Purdah was also under scrutiny during the Scottish and EU referendums regarding the role of the civil service in supporting the government.
But ultimately, as Dr Haddon observes: "The guidance still relies heavily on convention and interpretation."
As such, purdah is likely to remain a source of controversy.
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Great Britain and Ireland beat the USA to regain amateur golf's Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes.

The hosts won 16½-9½, securing victory with six matches to go and finishing with their best-ever points tally.
Leading 10-6 after the morning foursomes, they needed only 3½ points from 10 singles matches.
Victories for English pair Ashley Chesters and Jimmy Mullen, Cormac Sharvin and a half from Paul Dunne secured GB&I's ninth Walker Cup win.
They have won five of the past six contests at home.
Shropshire's Open Championship hero Chesters, at 26 the oldest member of the team, beat Jordan Niebrugge 3&1 for the first points of the afternoon to earn him three and a half points from a possible four.
Niebrugge lost all three of his matches, two months after finishing sixth at St Andrews in the Open, two shots ahead of Chesters.
Sharvin then beat 52-year-old Mike McCoy 4&3 before Mullen, from Devon, beat Denny McCarthy to become the first GB&I player to have a perfect 4-0 record since Paul Casey and Luke Donald at Nairn in 1999.
"It didn't matter if I won all of my games, as long as the team won. That was the main thing," said Mullen, from Royal North Devon, at Westward Ho. "To win all of my games was just the icing on the cake."
Dunne secured the half-point needed for victory after world number two Maverick McNealy missed a five-foot birdie putt on the 18th.
GB&I captain Nigel Edwards, who led his side to victory for the second time in three attempts, said: "At Royal Aberdeen [in 2011] we were up against it until the death but the boys at the top of the order went out fast as we needed them to do."
Young Irishman Dunne, who led The Open after 54 holes before fading on the final day, added: "I will take winning over 30th place every day. It's so much better to do it as a team. Nigel has been a fantastic captain. He inspired us from start to finish."


Cardiff City top scorer Kenneth Zohore has signed a contract extension to stay at the Championship club until 2020.

Zohore has scored 11 goals this season having joined from Belgian club KV Kortrijk for an undisclosed fee in the summer of 2016.
The 23-year-old signed a three-year contract having spent the second half of the 2015-16 season on loan at Cardiff.
Zohore has scored six goals in 15 games for Denmark at under-21 level.


Australia's Nick Kyrgios won the battle of the big servers against Canadian seventh seed Milos Raonic at Wimbledon.

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Kyrgios, 20, won 5-7 7-5 7-6 (7-3) 6-3 to secure a place in round four - the stage at which he beat Rafael Nadal in 2014.
The 26th seed hit 34 aces and 61 winners as he gained revenge for last year's quarter-final defeat by Raonic.
"I don't fear anyone," said Kyrgios, who will play 21st seed Richard Gasquet in the last 16.
"Whoever I play I will just play aggressively and just keep that mind set."
The Australian hit a blizzard of winners and just 13 unforced errors as he thrilled the court two crowd over two hours and 43 minutes.
Kyrgios had clashed with officials in his previous two matches and there was a code violation this time for bouncing his racquet in anger, but for the most part his on-court antics were limited to conversations with the crowd and himself.
At one point, he put on an official Wimbledon headband only to be told it was too colourful for the tournament's all-white clothing policy, so he duly turned it inside out.
Raonic, 24, had won both their previous matches and had the upper hand once again when Kyrgios double-faulted three times to drop the first set in a woeful game.
With serve dominating, Kyrgios was in deep trouble facing a break point midway through the second set but he saved it and began to dominate.
A looping forehand winner finally earned him a break at 5-5 and he served out the set with three aces as court two came alive to the Australian's surge of energy.
The third set was a serving deadlock and once again it was Kyrgios who found the inspiration when required, reeling off six points in a row in the tie-break before hitting a second serve ace on set point.
Raonic looked to be suffering physically in the fourth as his serve speed dipped and one break was all Kyrgios required to earn another landmark win at the All England Club.
Kyrgios explained that the continual chatter and interaction with spectators and officials during matches actually helps him concentrate.
"I think when I'm in that state of mind, when I feel relaxed and I'm playing around, I think that's when I play my best tennis," said the world number 29 from Canberra.
"I'm focusing, but at the same time I'm having fun. When I find that balance, I play some really good tennis. I thought I was doing that today in the second, third and fourth.
"I was chanting to the crowd every now and then, playing with the ball boys. That's a good place to be out there."
John Newcombe, three-time Wimbledon champion: "Nick is an exceptional talent and he doesn't beat to the same drum as everyone else - he's a real  individual. Some media people will take the little negative things and build them into big issues, rather than looking at more positive things, which far outweigh the negative things."
Todd Woodbridge, nine-time Wimbledon doubles champion: "How you are going to be remembered at 19 or 20 is irrelevant. He is going to mature and he is going to grow and realise some of the things he's done and said were not the right thing. There is so much focus on him at 20 and he has to learn to cope with that. He has people round him who can help him deal with it."
Tim Henman, four-time Wimbledon semi-finalist: "Kyrgios is a performer, an entertainer and will go out and play the tennis he is capable of. He can beat anyone because he is seriously talented. He is a bit different and speaks his mind but the most important thing is that he doesn't get distracted from what's happening on the court."


Some major UK lenders have returned to selling mortgages to homebuyers only able to offer a small deposit.

Building society Nationwide, and bank Santander have just launched mortgage products at 95% loan-to-value.
That would require a borrower to come up with a deposit of 5% - about Â£13,850 for a typical home.
Most mortgages of this kind had needed the support of government through the Help the Buy scheme, but now some lenders are going it alone.
This is the first time the Nationwide has offered a 5% deposit mortgage of this kind to all customers since 2008. Borrowers will have to pay 3.99% interest and a fee of Â£999 for a two-year fixed-rate deal.
"Nationwide's move significantly increases the society's lending in the first time buyer market and widens consumer choice," said Henry Jordan, Nationwide's head of mortgages.
Santander pointed to the fact that part of the government's Help to Buy scheme was due to end in 2016, but the lender was "ready to extend our commitment to lending up to 95% loan-to-value without the need for government support".
"There is now a healthy market for customers with smaller deposits," said Miguel Sard, Santander's managing director of mortgages.
Mortgage broker Aaron Strutt, of Trinity Financial, said: "It is great to see more lenders offering straightforward 5% deposit mortgages and specifically targeting first-time buyers.
"We have been waiting a long time for the biggest banks to return to this market."
In a blow to some existing mortgage holders, he said some lenders had raised the interest rates on some of their mortgages.


England's Jos Buttler sustained a "small, stable fracture" of his thumb playing for Lancashire in their T20 Blast win over Worcestershire.

The 25-year-old wicketkeeper, who was overlooked for England's squad to face Pakistan in the first Test at Lord's, was struck by the ball while trying to stop a Luis Reece delivery.
He still scored Lancashire's fastest-ever T20 fifty, off just 20 balls.
Lancashire said the injury "will be managed conservatively".
The county have not put a timetable on his likely return to action.
Lancashire play Derbyshire on Wednesday in the T20 Blast and Buttler could play just as a batsman, with Alex Davies stepping in as wicketkeeper.
Buttler hit four sixes and seven fours in his 57 as the holders chased down their 199-run victory target in 18.1 overs at New Road.
His match-winning innings came three days after an unbeaten 73 in England's T20 win over Sri Lanka at the Ageas Bowl.


Favourite Jack Hobbs won the 150th Irish Derby at the Curragh under jockey William Buick for trainer John Gosden.

The 10-11 shot, second in the Derby at Epsom behind stablemate Golden Horn, scored by five lengths from Storm The Stars, with Giovanni Canaletto third.
Jack Hobbs is the first British-trained winner of the race since Commander In Chief, for Henry Cecil, in 1993.
Storm The Stars (10-1), who was third at Epsom, made the running but Jack Hobbs powered past for victory.
"It was genuine good to firm ground and it's nice to see the form from Epsom working out so solidly," said Newmarket trainer Gosden.
"He travelled really well and William just waited after he came at the head of the straight and I loved the way he finished off his race.
"The second horse has run a blinder and he was third at Epsom."
He said the horse would be rested before contesting the Prix Niel in September and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe the following month.
Bookmakers reacted by cutting Jack Hobbs' odds for the Arc to around 7-1 (from 14s) behind 3-1 favourite Treve and 4-1 chance Golden Horn.
Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin racing  team bought a majority share in the colt after he was runner-up to Golden Horn in the Dante Stakes at York in May.
"I had a lot of belief in him before Epsom and he was even better today. He's a horse that's improving all the time," said Buick.


Le Haggis is a Burns supper like no other I've been to.

Raucous and raunchy, it had none of the traditional elements yet felt strangely appropriate given Burns' penchant for rousing company and, of course, his roving eye when it came to women.
The action takes place on a catwalk extension to the stage which brings performers right into the midst of the tables of haggis-eating spectators, or should that be voyeurs?  Great care has to be taken not to choke at the more explicit antics.
It's essentially a fast-moving cabaret show, with constant musical accompaniment by Dumfries-based bands - Novantae and Caileag - both of which perform sets of their own in between the burlesque and the bizarre.
Into the latter category falls Diane McLean, a leading member of Dumfries Community Choir and the Electric Theatre Company and a larger-than-life lady who is clearly game for anything.
Her raunchy performance of Kirsty MacColl's "In These Shoes" will linger long in the memory - or perhaps more accurately the leather corset and red frilly knickers she was wearing while singing it.
Also hard to forget was the phenomenal physical strength, artistic agility and seductive sensuality of the male-female gymnastic/dance duo Hand to Hand, or the cheekily sexual pole dancing performance of the spectacularly muscular Edd Muir...one particularly appreciated by the women in the audience.
However, the lady who added the biggest dose of spice to Le Haggis was the show-stealing exotic dancer Empress Shah.
Her near-nude performance on a hoop suspended from the ceiling of the Spiegeltent was beautiful and spellbinding - highly sexual but never tawdry - and the fact that it was performed to a haunting rendition by Caileag's Holly Little of My Love is Like a Red Red Rose put it completely into context.
Towards the end of her aerial contortions, Burns himself strode on to present the dancer with a bunch of roses which she accepted before seductively tearing off the petals with her hands and her teeth.
I do believe the Bard might, for once, have been lost for words.
As a Burns celebration, Le Haggis was daring and unique.
But what a great appetiser for the rest of the packed weekend programme the Big Burns Supper organisers have lined up.


West Indies limited-overs captain Darren Sammy will join Hampshire for a large proportion of the T20 Blast.

Sammy, 32, who is currently playing in the World T20 in India, has previously played for Nottinghamshire and Glamorgan in the competition.
The St Lucian will be available for the south coast county from 2 June until his Caribbean Premier League commitments at the start of July.
"I'm really excited to have signed with Hampshire," Sammy said.
"Hampshire have had strong T20 results in the past which I'm hoping will continue this coming summer.
"They also have a rich West Indian history which I'm looking forward to adding to the best I can."


If you spent $9bn a year on research and development and employed 900 of the world's top computer scientists to come up with new ideas, what would you expect in return?

More than a new way of playing video games, a cynic might say.
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But Microsoft - a company that may well spend more on R&D than any other business - believes its strategy is paying off, and the proof is the XBox Kinect system.
On a visit to the company's headquarters, I had a chance to see some of the projects that Microsoft scientists at its laboratories in Redmond, in Beijing and in Cambridge, England, believe will change the way we see computers.
And the striking thing about what Microsoft's research chief Craig Mundie picked to show off to a group of technology journalists was that almost all of them involved Kinect.
The system which turns a player's body into a games controller was developed with the help of seven different research groups at the company's three main labs, some working on voice recognition, others on motion sensors and a range of other technologies.
Now they are looking at what Kinect could do next.
We saw a system which would allow two people to see different images on the same screen, their eyes tracked by the Kinect camera.
Other scientists showed off ways that the camera could capture objects and people in 3D, which might have applications in future telepresence systems.
And there was plenty of work on avatars, for use in either games or in video-conferencing. Two Chinese researchers demonstrated a photo-realistic talking head - type in some text and he'll say anything you want, blinking and moving almost like a real person.
Craig Mundie says the success of Kinect, which racked up 8m sales in its first 60 days, is proof that the sheer scale of Microsoft's R&D strategy is paying off.
"Microsoft is at a point where many of the things that we've been researching for twenty years are starting to add up and produce solutions," he says. "You can't rely on two guys in a garage to make all the changes, some of these things require a huge amount of technology and a lot of scale."
But Microsoft desperately needed a hit from its research labs.
Ever since Bill Gates decided 20 years ago that the company would spend big bucks on trying to see into the future, there have been ideas aplenty but few stand out products. A decade ago, for instance, Gates was showing off tablet computers - but it took Apple and its iPad to make them mainstream.
Peter Lee, who runs the Redmond lab, says the research operation has a wide remit, from dealing with instant fixes to current products to blue-sky thinking.
Professor Lee, who joined Microsoft last year after a distinguished academic career and a spell at the US defence agency DARPA, insists the labs are having an impact  on a daily basis.
He cites the contribution to what he describes as the "holy war in search", the battle between Google and Microsoft's Bing.
"Hour by hour we have a large group of researchers actively involved in Bing, constantly adding new research advances into the product."
But he thinks the long-term research is equally important.
"Some call it navel-gazing, we call it pushing back the frontiers of human knowledge," he says with a smile, predicting that his lab will one day win a Nobel prize.
His boss Craig Mundie is Microsoft's big thinker, charting the path of its future research. His current obsession is what he calls natural user interfaces, new ways of interacting with computers, of which Kinect is one example.
There is, he says, a shift about to happen from the old graphical user interface to a trend where "the computer is more like us - it sees, it listens, it speaks, it understands, it even seeks to do things on our behalf."
It is an intriguing vision, but here's a sobering fact. All these clever ideas, smart people, and major investment have not stopped Microsoft from being overtaken in the last year in terms of market value by Apple, which seems to focus on the customer experience now, rather than five years down the line.
Big, sleepy, and dull, I suggested to Mr Mundie, is how many people now perceive Microsoft.
"We don't feel big and sleepy or dull," he responded, "but if people perceive us that way I think looking at the stuff that Kinect brings should change that view."
And he insists that firms that do not have the patience to spend on long-term research will lose out in the end.
"I don't think any company is going to prevail over a long period of time in giving good business returns, if they aren't making these kind of investments. They'll come and go in a generation if they don't have the staying power that's produced by having real mastery of the underlying technologies."
Microsoft, which still generates huge revenues from its core products, Windows and Office, can well afford to keep spending on its blue-sky thinking. But having made such a big bet on science, it will be hoping that the coming years will produce more Kinects, and fewer tablet PCs.


Twenty-two people have been charged with conspiracy to supply heroin after police raids in Liverpool, Bootle, Huyton and other parts of the UK.

Other forces carried out simultaneous raids in Newport, South Wales, Tavistock, Devon and Par in Cornwall.
All those charged were due at the respective magistrates' court earlier.
A 46-year-old man from the Old Swan area of Liverpool, arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, has been bailed pending further enquiries.


Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson says striker Daniel Sturridge gives the Reds a "fear factor".

Sturridge, 26, scored on his first Premier League start since October in Sunday's 6-0 win over Aston Villa.
It was only his sixth league appearance of a season interrupted by knee, foot and hamstring injuries.
"Any centre-half in the world would be worried coming up against him," said Henderson. "They know how quick he is, how sharp he is with the ball."
It has been reported that Sturridge, who has scored five goals in eight games in all competitions this term, wants to leave Anfield at the end of the season over criticism of his injury record.
"A lot gets said about him outside of our group," said midfielder Henderson.
"I know it hurts him and I know it is hard for him to take. He is doing things to try and get back.
"I have been with him a lot while he has been out. He doesn't want to be injured. He is more annoyed than anyone that he isn't playing.
"But now he is back, he has got a smile on his face and he has been world class."


More than half of Welsh Labour MPs were planning to vote against air strikes on Islamic State militants in Syria, which were approved by a large majority.

Seventeen of Wales' 25 Labour MPs told BBC Wales they would join the three Plaid Cymru MPs in rejecting the plan.
Shadow cabinet member Chris Bryant and junior spokesmen Wayne David and Stephen Doughty were the most prominent Welsh Labour MPs for military action.
All 11 Welsh Tory MPs were expected to support David Cameron's proposals.
Although the Liberal Democrats said they were in favour of air strikes, the party's only Welsh MP, Mark Williams, voted against.
The prime minister said carrying out UK air strikes in Syria would "keep the British people safe", as MPs debated the issue on Wednesday.
MPs previously approved strikes on Islamic State militants in Iraq.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is opposed to air strikes but allowed his MPs a free vote on the issue.
He said David Cameron's case "doesn't stack up".
However, the measure was passed by a large majority of 174 as many Labour MPs voted with the government in favour of air strikes.
Meanwhile First Minister Carwyn Jones has condemned the Prime Minister for branding MPs opposed to air strikes as terrorist sympathisers.


A convicted murderer covered himself in baby oil in a bid to stop officers transferring him from Perth Prison, a court heard.

Adam Gallagher stripped to his boxer shorts and doused himself with oil so he was too slippery for security staff to get hold of.
Gallagher told a court he had not wanted to be moved to HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow.
One of the G4S security team moving him was so frightened he fainted.
Gallagher also later damaged the G4S security van as he lashed out during the journey from Perth to Glasgow.
Gallagher, 28, is currently serving a life sentence for stabbing a 21-year-old Marek Smrz to death in Arbroath in 2006.
Representing himself, Gallagher said he had been held in a segregation unit for assaulting a prison officer before the incident on 18 December.
He said: "I had been there for seven weeks, and this day covered myself in baby oil before rolling about with the riot squad.
"I asked the G4S man's name in the van but he wouldn't tell me, so I kicked off. My adrenaline was high.
"I apologise for the man fainting, but these people are meant to be able to deal with this."
Gallagher was jailed for a further eight months for the incident.
He appeared in the same court earlier this month and admitted smashing up his cell in the segregation unit at Perth Prison after being told he was being moved.


(Close): Pharmaceutical shares pushed London's main shares index higher on Wednesday.

The FTSE 100 closed up 0.40%, or 25.3 points, at 6,420.9.
The drugs companies GlaxoSmithKline, Shire and AstraZeneca were among the best performers after Morgan Stanley upgraded the sector.
Merlin Entertainments was the top gainer after an upgrade from JP Morgan. Yesterday it said trading at its Alton Towers park was "significantly lower".
Five people were seriously injured in a rollercoaster accident there during the summer.
On the FTSE 250, shares in the IPA and Speckled Hen brewer, Greene King, closed up 13%, after it said pre-tax profits rose almost 18% to Â£84.9m.
Greene King said the integration of the Spirit Pub company, which it bought earlier this year, was ahead of plan.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 1.6 cents against the dollar to $1.4927, and 0.7 cents against the euro to â‚¬1.4121.


Welshman Chaz Davies moved into second place in the World Superbike championship after completing a double in Aragon.

Davies, 29, finished ahead of Englishman Tom Sykes and Northern Ireland's Jonathan Rea.
The Kawasaki pair had a compelling duel for second place with Ducati's Davies dominating the race.
The Welshman is 26 points behind series leader Rea who won the opening three races of three races of the season.
Sykes is three points behind Davies, who claimed his 11th victory in Superbikes.
Davies' win in the opening race of the weekend ended Kawasaki's winning start to the season.
Defending champion Rea now has 131 points, with Davies on 105 and Sykes on 102.


An Afghan lawmaker and at least three other people have been killed in a bomb explosion in the capital, Kabul.

MP Sher Wali Wardak was injured in the blast outside his house and died on the way to hospital, officials said.
No group has so far admitted carrying out the attack.
Separately, at least seven people were killed and more than 20 injured when Taliban gunmen - reportedly in police uniform - stormed a court in in Puli Alam, capital of Logar province.
The militant group said the attack was in response to the government's execution of six Taliban prisoners last month.
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has pledged a tougher response to the Taliban after an attack in Kabul in April left 64 people dead.
Peace efforts stalled this year after the Taliban refused to participate in new talks with the Afghan government until foreign forces had left the country.
The militants have been waging an insurgency against the Afghan government since being ousted in 2001.
Nato ended its combat mission in Afghanistan in December 2014, leaving a 13,000-strong residual force used for training and counter-terrorism operations, including 9,800 US troops.


A French official accused of sexually abusing his daughter has been arrested in the Indian city of Bangalore.

The accused, a French consular agent, was arrested on Tuesday morning and faces charges of rape, senior police officer Sunil Kumar told the BBC.
The envoy would be produced in court later in the day, Mr Kumar said.
The official was questioned on Friday after his Indian wife alleged he sexually abused their three-year-old. The envoy has made no comment as yet.
"The arrest was made after we got clearance from the [Indian] ministry of external affairs and home ministry," Mr Kumar said.
He said the envoy did not have diplomatic immunity and would be tried in India.
The wife of the envoy has written to the French ambassador in India and the Indian government, calling for her husband to be prevented from leaving the country until all legal proceedings are complete.
She has also asked the French Embassy for financial support for herself and her three children, who are French citizens.
On Monday, demonstrations were held outside the consulate demanding the arrest of the official. Police briefly detained the protesters.
As the protests grew louder, the French Consulate-General in Bangalore issued a press release saying it would cooperate with the investigating authorities.
"A complaint had been lodged regarding the rape of a minor girl who is a French national," the release said.
"The complaint names the father of the child, who is a consular agent of this Consulate-General. An investigation is under way for which this Consulate-General is extending its full cooperation with the police and the authorities in charge.
"It remains also in touch with the family of the child," it added.
The complaint was lodged on Thursday night, after the envoy's wife approached the Bangalore-based non-governmental organisation, Enfold India, for help.


Oxford United midfielder Liam Sercombe has joined fellow League One side Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee.

The 27-year-old made 101 appearances for the U's over two seasons after joining from Exeter City.
However, he was left out for Oxford's final five matches of the season for unspecified "disciplinary reasons", according to manager Michael Appleton.
He had been out of contract, but Appleton said the club would trigger a clause in his deal to ensure a fee.
"I wanted the transfer to take place before I took my holiday so that I can relax before coming back to a lot of hard work in pre-season," Sercombe told Rovers' club website.
"As soon as I knew of Rovers' interest, there was only one place I wanted to go. People who know me will also know how much I wanted to come here. I'm very happy and can't wait to get started."
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ScotRail has cancelled a third of its usual services this Sunday, after pay talks with train drivers' union Aslef stalled.

The rail operator had warned ongoing negotiations meant that drivers were not volunteering for Sunday shifts.
ScotRail said it aimed to run two-thirds of its services and buses would replace trains on some routes.
The operator has published an amended timetable listing cancelled services and those with reduced frequency.
On Wednesday, ScotRail said it had offered drivers a 2.5% pay rise and a one-off bonus, and would increase driver numbers.
But Aslef accused the Abellio-owned operator of trying to push new terms and conditions through.
Scottish Trades Union Congress general secretary Grahame Smith said: "It is simply astonishing that significant service reductions are being announced only three months after Abellio assumed control of the ScotRail franchise.
"Their approach to workforce planning and industrial relations appears nothing short of shambolic and contrary to the impression they were anxious to portray during the bid process.
"The Scottish government must now answer serious questions over how service cuts and amateur industrial relations are permissible under the terms of a very detailed franchise agreement."
A Transport Scotland spokeswoman said: "Industrial relations are a matter for the employer and the union.
"It is in the best interests of passengers that ScotRail and Aslef come together to resolve this issue as quickly as possible to avoid unnecessary disruption.
"Keeping passengers informed and ensuring they can plan ahead with confidence in advance is a key priority and people should check the updated timetables on the ScotRail website before they start their journey."
ScotRail have said that although they will be running fewer trains on Sundays, most of the trains that do run will have more carriages.
It claimed this would provide almost the same capacity as was offered by the normal services on every route.
The rail operator has advised customers to plan ahead for the weekend.


A Scottish health board has been criticised for the "inadequate level of care and treatment" of a patient suffering from Alzheimer's disease.

The Scottish Public Service Ombudsman (SPSO) upheld a series of complaints against NHS Dumfries and Galloway in relation to the woman's treatment.
A spokeswoman for the health board said the woman had an "unsatisfactory and disappointing" experience.
Chief executive Jeff Ace has "sincerely apologised", she added.
In its critical report, the ombudsman said the woman was in a confused state when she arrived at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.
There was no evidence of any broken bones following a fall but it was decided to keep her in hospital until her mobility improved.
A few days later, she began vomiting. Suspecting a stomach bleed, medical staff proposed an internal examination to find the source.
She was fasted for the procedure, but it was delayed several times because of a lack of patient consent.
Her daughter complained about the delays. She said staff had been informed she had power of attorney for her mother and yet was never asked to provide consent.
She also raised concerns about hygiene, the monitoring of her mother's fluid intake and poor communication from staff.
The ombudsman said clear guidelines for obtaining consent had not been followed, record keeping in the case was very poor, and there was no proactive plan to discuss the patient's care with her daughter.
It was recommended that the board carry out a review of the procedures involved and identify any requirements for additional staff training.
The NHS Dumfries and Galloway spokeswoman said: "As requested by the SPSO, Jeff Ace, chief executive, wrote to the complainant in June 2015 and sincerely apologised for the unsatisfactory and disappointing experience of her mother whilst in our care during 2013.
"We are clear that this fell far short of the standard we aim to provide.
"We are currently working through the recommendations from the SPSO and have also committed to share our completed action plan with the complainant when we submit this to the SPSO next month."


Chelsea captain John Terry is an injury doubt for Sunday's FA Cup fifth-round tie against Manchester City, says manager Guus Hiddink.

Terry, 35, was ruled out of Tuesday's Champions League game at Paris St-Germain with a hamstring injury.
Hiddink said it was "difficult" to know whether he would return against City.
"That's why we prefer to leave him at the training centre, to have daily treatment and see how his development will be for the weekend," he added.
Defending champions Chelsea are 12th in the table, but victory at Stamford Bridge on Sunday will secure their place in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.
Terry was substituted after 38 minutes of Saturday's 5-1 Premier League win over Newcastle United, with right-back Branislav Ivanovic moving alongside Gary Cahill at centre-back.
Spain international Cesar Azpilicueta switched to right-back, with Baba Rahman coming on at left-back, and Hiddink is expected to name the same back four in the Champions League last 16 first-leg tie against the French champions.
United States defender Matt Miazga, 20, and 18-year-old academy defender Jake Clarke-Salter have also travelled to Paris and could feature on the substitutes' bench.
Kurt Zouma, Terry's first-choice partner at centre-back, was this month ruled out for the season with a knee injury.
"Of course not having John is a bit of a setback. He's a leader," said Hiddink, who has not lost in 12 matches since replacing Jose Mourinho in December.
"But I'm not the type of coach or manager who starts moaning and moaning.
"We go on and the players who will replace him, I have huge confidence in them."


Floyd Mayweather will fight six bouts over a 30-month period that could make the eight-time world champion the richest individual athlete in the world.

The 35-year-old will fight welterweight Robert Guerrero in the first of these bouts on 4 May.
"Mayweather's new deal is by far the biggest in the sport of boxing," said Mayweather's promotions company.
The specific financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
The Guerrero fight will be Mayweather's first since beating Miguel Cotto for the WBA light-middleweight title by unanimous decision in May last year, extending his record to 43-0 (26 KOs).
The American then served a two-month prison sentence for domestic violence before he was released on 3 August.
The new television deal sees Mayweather, who holds the WBC welterweight and WBA light middleweight belts, leave HBO for Showtime.
He averages more than one million pay-per-view buys per event - more than any other boxer.
"At this record-setting PPV performance level, if all six fights contemplated by this deal occur, it will be the richest individual athlete deal in all of sports," added the statement from Mayweather's promotions company.


Two boys have died after they were beaten by a member of staff at a primary school in southern China, state media report.

The boys, who attended a private school in Yulin City, in the Guangxi Zhuang region, died later in hospital, Xinhua news agency says.
A male employee reportedly hit the boys, causing critical injuries.
This comes a day after a man killed two before slashing six children at a school in Shanghai on Thursday.
Police in Yulin have detained the male employee and are investigating the case. The boys were in the fifth grade, which generally has children aged between 10-12.
China has seen a number of attacks at primary schools in recent years.
On 14 December 2012, 22 young children were wounded by a man wielding a knife at a primary school in Henan province.
In 2010, a series of knife attacks in schools were also reported.


A boulder with three different fossilised dinosaur footprints has been found on an Isle of Wight beach.

It provides evidence about life around Brook Bay 130 million years ago.
Palaeontologist Dr Steve Sweetman found the 50kg (110lb) rock containing prints of an adult iguanodon, a theropod and a baby iguanodon-like dinosaur.
He said: "It is a remarkable fossil providing tantalising evidence of the existence of animals for which we have the merest scraps of bones."
The Isle of Wight is internationally renowned for fossils because its habitat provided ideal conditions for dinosaurs to roam.
Dr Sweetman, a vertebrate palaeontologist at the University of Portsmouth, explained the rock showed that a large iguanodon plant-eating dinosaur was wandering about in a muddy riverbank leaving deep footprints 45cm wide and 50cm long (17in by 20in).
Dr Sweetman said: "There are hundreds of footprints on the beach at Brook Bay but it's extraordinary to find three in one, and the little theropod print is unique.
"It was a truly busy place teeming with life and, in the shadow of the large dinosaurs, tiny ones of all shapes and sizes were also thriving," he added.
Dr Sweetman sought permission from the beach owners, the National Trust, to remove the specimen before it was washed away.
The find will be donated to the island's Dinosaur Isle Museum.


Derby County's players must show pride in the last eight games of a season of underachievement even if they fail to reach the play-offs, says midfielder Craig Bryson.

The Rams are 10th in the Championship, nine points adrift of the top six.
Scotland international Bryson said: "This season's not been good enough. The players must take responsibility.
"If we don't make the play-offs this season we have to build for next season and put things right."
Derby face QPR at Pride Park on Friday in their second game under new manager Gary Rowett.
Another match against London opposition follows on Tuesday, when the Rams are away to play-off rivals Fulham.
"I don't think we can have any more slips," Bryson added.
"The gap is too big. In this league, if you go on a run and win three or four in a row then you never know.
"The games coming up are basically must-win for us if we are going to have any chance. You have to believe.
"We still have eight games to get a wee bit of pride in the season because it's not been the best."


A British tourist killed in a terror attack at a museum in Tunisia died from gunshot wounds to her abdomen and pelvis, a coroner has heard.

Sally Adey, 57, of Caynton, Shropshire, was one of more than 20 people killed at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis on 18 March.
The mother-of-two was on an excursion from a cruise ship with her husband Robert, 52, who survived the attack.
The inquest was opened in Shrewsbury and adjourned until 2 July.
John Ellery, senior coroner for Shropshire, was told at the short hearing at The Shirehall, Mrs Adey's husband identified her body at the Charles Nicolle Hospital in Tunis, the day after the attack.
The couple were on a holiday cruise aboard the MSC Splendida, which had docked at the port in Tunis on the day of the shootings. Mrs Adey was one of 17 cruise ship tourists who were killed.
Coroner's officer Julie Hartridge said: "It is reported the museum came under fire from gunmen and she received fatal gunshot wounds."
Ms Hartridge said a post-mortem examination carried out in the UK by a Home Office pathologist, on 25 March, had established provisional cause of death as "consistent with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and pelvis".
Islamic State militants have said they were behind the attack, which also left the two gunmen dead.
On Sunday, the Tunisian government said another leading suspect implicated in the shootings had been killed near the Algerian border.


Swansea City defender Franck Tabanou has joined Spanish La Liga club Granada on loan for the rest of the 2016-17 season.

The 27-year-old joined Swansea in 2015, but made only three appearances before going on loan to former club St Etienne.
The ex-France Under-21 cap can play on the wing, but is primarily a left-back.
Neil Taylor's presence in Swansea's defence helped ensure Tabanou's chances to impress were rare.
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Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola praised his predecessor Jupp Heynckes after the club won the Bundesliga for a record fourth year in a row.

Heynckes retired in 2013 after winning the title, and Guardiola secured a third championship in three attempts on Saturday with a 2-1 win at Ingolstadt.
"I'd like to share this title with Jupp," said Guardiola. "We've done something quite remarkable."
Guardiola, 45, is leaving Bayern this summer to take over at Manchester City.
The former Barcelona boss had been in a spiky mood on the eve of his penultimate league game following Bayern's midweek defeat by Atletico Madrid on away goals in the Champions League.
He had accused a dressing-room mole of "damaging" Bayern, after details of an alleged row in the wake of Tuesday's European exit were made public.
On Saturday, Guardiola said he would look back with pride on what he had achieved in Munich.
"Many thanks to everybody, to all the people in Germany," he said.
"I have been delighted with the experience I have had here. I want to pay a huge compliment to everybody who works here, to the fans and to the exceptional players.
"Every single one of them have helped us. And big compliments too to Borussia Dortmund, who have been huge rivals for us."
Bayern will pick up their latest Bundesliga trophy after the last league game of the season against relegated Hannover at the Allianz Arena next Saturday.


A manhunt is under way across Europe's Schengen states after prosecutors identified a suspect in the lorry attack on a Berlin Christmas market.

A warrant was issued at midnight. Details were not given but media reports say the suspect is a Tunisian man named only as Anis A, born in 1992.
His residence permit was found in the cab of the lorry.
It has emerged that he was reported to counter-terrorism police last month and had been facing deportation since June.
Reports suggest he have been injured in a struggle with the lorry driver, found murdered in the cab. The attack claimed 12 lives in all.
Police are searching a migrant shelter in the Emmerich area of North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, where the suspect's permit was issued.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has met her security cabinet to discuss the investigation into the attack.
The Schengen area covers most EU states plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
Anis A is reported to have travelled to Italy in 2012 and then on to Germany in 2015 where he applied for asylum and was granted temporary leave to stay in April of this year.
Ralf Jaeger, the minister of interior of North Rhine-Westphalia, said on Wednesday that the claim for asylum had been rejected in June but the papers necessary for deportation had not been ready.
"Security agencies exchanged their findings and information about this person with the Joint Counter-Terrorism Centre in November 2016," the minister said.
Germany's Spiegel news magazine reports that the suspect was "classified as a so-called danger, a police category of people who are suspected of being capable of an attack, and who were therefore regularly checked".
Tunisia, Mr Jaeger said, had denied Anis A was its citizen, so the authorities had had to wait for temporary passport documentation from Tunisia.
"The papers arrived today from Tunisia," Mr Jaeger added.
At various times he is said to have tried to pass himself off as an Egyptian or a Lebanese, using the names Ahmad Z or Mohammed H (under a German convention, suspects are identified by their first name and initial).
He is said to have been briefly detained in August with fake Italian identity documents.
Sueddeutsche Zeitung reports that the suspect moved within the circle of an Islamist preacher, Ahmad Abdelazziz A, known as Abu Walaa, who was arrested in November.
Some 49 people were also injured when the lorry was driven into crowds at the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market. So-called Islamic State said one of its militants carried out the attack but offered no evidence.
Polish citizen Lukasz Urban was found dead on the passenger seat with gunshot and stab wounds.
Details of the casualties have begun to emerge:
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Investigators quoted by German media say there is evidence that, despite being stabbed, Mr Urban wrestled him for the steering wheel.
One official quoted by Bild newspaper said it appeared from the post-mortem examination that the driver had survived up to the attack and was shot dead when the truck came to a halt. No gun has been recovered.
Ariel Zurawski, the owner of the Polish transport company, said he had been asked to identify Mr Urban from photographs.
"His face was swollen and bloodied," he told broadcaster TVN. "It was really clear that he was fighting for his life."
Company manager Lukasz Wasik described Mr Urban as a "good, quiet and honest person" and said he believed he would have defended the lorry "to the end".
Police say they are acting on hundreds of tips from the public and are examining DNA traces from the cab of the truck.
German President Joachim Gauck visited some of the injured on Wednesday.
Speaking outside the Charite Hospital in Berlin, he said: "They should feel that they are not alone and that apart from the doctors here, people across the country are hoping and waiting for them to recover."
Officials released the only detained suspect on Tuesday, saying there was no evidence to link him to the attack.
The IS group claimed the attack through its self-styled news agency, saying it was "in response to calls to target nationals of the coalition countries".
Prosecutor Peter Frank told reporters that the style of attack and the choice of target suggested Islamic extremism.


The devolution settlement for Wales is less fair than those offered to Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Archbishop of Wales has said.

Dr Barry Morgan said the Wales Bill, passed last week after a vote of approval by AMs, was unjust.
He added that Scotland and Northern Ireland were offered "better deals".
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns has previously said it meant people in Wales would get more say over "everyday decisions in their lives".
Dr Morgan is due to retire after 14 years leading the Church in Wales.
The Wales Bill offers to extend the transfer of powers over tax, energy, transport and the assembly's own affairs but there have been claims it would reduce AMs law-making powers
Dr Morgan told the BBC's Newyddion9 programme: "Devolution in Wales is a matter of equality and fairness and we have not reached that point yet, as far as Wales is in the question in my opinion."
Asked if devolution needed to go further and faster, he said: "Of course. And I don't believe the latest bill which was passed is a just settlement.
"But, on the other hand, this is the only thing we'll be given at the moment.
"In 20 years we have reached a very good point. We now have a government which is responsible for a number of things in Wales and it's much better than having a Welsh secretary and two ministers controlling Wales.
"That is much better but it has not gone as far as it should, because Scotland and Northern Ireland have been given better deals than Wales."
Dr Morgan, who is retiring on Tuesday, has supported numerous causes while at the helm of the church, including more powers for the Welsh Assembly.


Haulage magnate Edward Stobart died bankrupt, it has emerged.

Documents show Mr Stobart, who built Cumbria's Eddie Stobart haulage firm into a household name, petitioned for bankruptcy in July 2010.
Mr Stobart, who sold the company in 2004, had personal debts of £220,000 when he died on 31 March, aged 56, as a a result of heart problems.
The businessman, who lived in Warwickshire, took over a lorry trailer firm which failed in 2009.
Edward Stobart had petitioned for bankruptcy at Warwick County Court and his name is listed on the national Insolvency Register.
His occupation is listed as a company director and promoter and his status as bankrupt. This status was due for automatic discharge on 5 July, 2011.
RSM Tenon, the insolvency firm which original dealt with the case, said: "Known creditors have claims amounting to around £220,000. No material assets have yet been recovered."
Mr Stobart took over his father's Cumbrian firm in 1976 and built it into one of the most well-known haulage companies in the world.
The firm had eight trucks and 12 employees when he took over. By 2001, that had risen to 1,000 lorries and 2,000 staff, operating from 27 sites.
The company even had a "fan club", which attracted 25,000 members at at its height.
Mr Stobart was managing director for more than 30 years but sold the business to his brother William and business partner Andrew Tinkler, in 2004.
The Stobart Group said Mr Stobart's financial affairs were "a private matter".
The firm previously described him as a "a true legend of the haulage industry".
Richard Butcher, chief executive of Stobart Group, said: "I worked with him for a number of years and he was an absolute gentleman. A very generous, a very kind man. A very shy man in some respects.
"He demanded the best from everyone who worked with him, but he was loyal to those who worked with him throughout his time at the business."
The funeral of Mr Stobart took place at Carlisle Cathedral last month.  The proceedings were relayed to about 200 people watching large television screens outside.


Oldham Athletic moved to within a point of League One safety after edging a fiercely competitive draw with leaders Burton Albion.

Both sides hit the woodwork before the break, the Latics from a corner that bounced to safety off the far post and Albion through Tom Flanagan's header.
But chances were at a premium with just one shot on target throughout.
The Brewers, who are four points clear, would have restored a six-point lead over second-placed Wigan with a win.
But they remain seven points ahead of third-placed Walsall.
Mark Duffy did force Oldham keeper Joel Coleman to palm away a 20-yard free-kick in the second half.
But the visitors, who still have two games in hand on fifth from bottom Blackpool, were good value for a point.
Burton boss Nigel Clough told BBC Radio Derby:
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"We probably had the best training session yesterday morning that we've had since we arrived, and that worried us because if you're that good on the Friday you're usually not that good on the Saturday.
"It just happens sometimes. You've seen the honesty of the players all season and they're as disappointed as anything.
"But, as I say, it just happens as a footballer sometimes."
Oldham manager John Sheridan told BBC Radio Manchester:
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"I think we definitely deserved something out of the game. We looked good.
"We knew the importance of trying to get something from the game so I'm pleased we've come out with something.
"I think a lot of people probably expected us to get beaten but I think we've shown we're a half-decent side."


North Ferriby were left frustrated as Macclesfield returned from Grange Lane with a comfortable 2-0 National League win.

The home side rode their luck early on as, during a manic goalmouth scramble, Mitch Hancox hit the Ferriby bar.
After 17 minutes, however, defender George Pilkington came up from the back to head the Silkmen in front from a set-piece.
Within a few minutes Chris Holroyd flicked on for Danny Whitehead to fire past Rory Watson and put the visitors firmly in control.
In the second half, Holroyd also struck the post as John Askey's men continued to threaten, but contented themselves with the two-goal cushion.
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Match ends, North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 2.
Second Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 2.
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Darryn Stamp replaces Sam Cosgrove.
Substitution, Macclesfield Town. Ollie Norburn replaces Danny Whitehead.
Second Half begins North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 2.
First Half ends, North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 2.
Goal!  North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 2. Danny Whitehead (Macclesfield Town).
Sam Topliss (North Ferriby United) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  North Ferriby United 0, Macclesfield Town 1. George Pilkington (Macclesfield Town).
Substitution, North Ferriby United. Ryan Kendall replaces Connor Oliver.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Not for more than 20 years has the future direction and character of the Church of England turned so profoundly on a single vote.

But on Monday the Church of England broke a tradition inherited from the first Christians 2,000 years ago when the three houses of the General Synod voted to allow women to be bishops.
Since the days of Jesus and his 12 male apostles the Church has had exclusively male leaders - bishops whose authority has been handed down the generations by the laying on of hands.
Hilary Cotton chairs Women and the Church, which campaigns for women bishops.
"Saying yes to women bishops is a cosmic shift," she says.
"It changes our whole understanding of what God intended people to be, and even changes the Church's theology by recognising that men and women are equally chosen to lead it."
A senior figure on the "high church" wing of the Anglicanism, Prebendary David Houlding, says creating women bishops represents "a massive shift" in the way the Church presented itself to the world.
"It's an unprecedented acceptance by the Church of the secular values of society", he says.
"There was a lot of damage to the Church's reputation when the measure was defeated before.  It's terrified of sending the wrong signal again."
Samuel Margrave, who also opposes the legislation, told the Synod: "This is a show for the media.  It's the end of the Church as we know it."
The Reverend Lindsay Southern, the Vicar of Catterick in North Yorkshire, who supports the proposals, said a single vote for woman bishops would have huge long-term effects.
"It might look like a small change in direction from the outside, but it's like a ship at sea - a change in course over time will lead us to a completely different place."
Women now constitute a third of the 11,000 Anglican priests, several of whom have reached senior positions.
The Church's 42 dioceses have given unanimous backing to the latest proposals.
But to take such a profound step, each of the Synod's three houses - representing bishops, clergy and lay people - needed to support legislation to create women bishops by a majority of two-thirds.
The legislation failed in November 2012 because lay synod members who supported women bishops nevertheless believed that traditionalists were not getting sufficient exemptions from serving under them.
The latest proposals would allow traditionalist parishes to ask a woman bishop for a male alternative, and take any dispute over the process to an independent ombudsman.
"There will be an 'expectation' that bishops will do their best to accommodate (traditionalist) parishes," says Prebendary Rod Thomas, the leader of the conservative evangelical group, Reform.
"But in the end it depends on trust, and that is the big question.  Will there be trust?"
Evangelical traditionalists oppose women bishops because of their belief that the Bible calls for men to head churches.
Traditionalists on the Catholic, or High Church, wing of Anglicanism believe that because Jesus chose only men to make up his 12 apostles, only men should lead the Church.
In fact some do not believe that women can be priests, so that were a woman bishop to ordain a man as a priest, he would not truly be a priest.
High Church traditionalists will look for alternative male bishops who have been ordained by a man, and who have not themselves ordained women as priests.
With the tide of opinion in the Church, and in wider society, running against them, traditionalists are being offered much less than they wanted.
After the legislation is passed, and if Parliament approves it, the new law will be "promulgated" by the Synod in November.
Committees looking for bishops for the vacancies in Newcastle, Oxford and Peterborough could then interview women candidates.
Senior bishops elsewhere might more quickly appoint a woman in the more junior role of assistant or "suffragan" bishop.
Other Anglican churches already have women bishops - there are 20 in Canada, Australia, the United States, Cuba, India, New Zealand, Swaziland and South Africa.
The Church of Ireland, which covers Northern Ireland, appointed Rev Pat Storey, as the first woman bishop in the UK in September, 2013.


Police tactics during rioting in north Belfast were "proportionate" and "absolutely appropriate", Northern Ireland's chief constable has said.

Matt Baggott was responding to comments by DUP MLA Lord Morrow, who said "containment is simply appeasement" and urged him to rethink his policies.
Mr Baggott is to meet first and deputy first ministers Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness later to discuss three nights of rioting which left more than 80 police officers injured.
Rioters attacked police in several nationalist areas after Monday's parades by the loyalist Orange Order.
On the eve of the annual Twelfth parades, three police officers were injured by a masked man firing a shotgun.
Mr Robinson and Mr McGuinness condemned the "outright thuggery and vandalism".
The DUP leader also said he would be raising with Mr Baggott "unacceptable" comments by a senior police officer alleging poor political leadership.
Before their joint statement on Tuesday, Assistant Chief Constable Alastair Finlay had questioned whether there was a joined-up approach to preventing violence over the 12th of July period.
Reaction to Belfast rioting
NI leaders slam riot 'thuggery'
He said: "Are we seeing the first minister or the deputy first minister stepping out to condemn this and showing that they will have a plan to meet this type of issue next time it comes round, rather than waiting until it inevitably comes next year?"
Mr Robinson said he and Mr McGuinness of Sinn Fein would continue to work to resolve the difficulties around Orange Order parading.
Mr McGuinness said both men were "resolute" in their commitment to tackle sectarianism.
Mr Baggott said: "I welcome the condemnation of the violent disorder over the past few days from all of those who have a say in the future of Northern Ireland."
"When policing disorder such as that witnessed in Ardoyne on Monday night, the Police Service of Northern Ireland operates within the law and in a proportionate manner, as required by the Human Rights Act," he said.
"The tactics used on Monday were absolutely appropriate in the circumstances, and would stand scrutiny anywhere in the United Kingdom and beyond."


Simon Petulla has resigned as Jersey women's manager after falling out with the island's Football Association.

Appointed in 2014, he led the side to two Muratti titles, as well as their first Island Games gold medal in 2015.
However, in a statement Petulla said disagreements with the JFA on how women's football should progress in the island made his position "untenable".
He added: "It's become clear that the priorities of the JFA differ from those of the current management team."
Assistant boss Charlie Petulla, goalkeeping coach Jason Carpenter and performance coach Jimmy Kelly have also stepped down.
Former Wales international Jodie Botterill, who has been named in the squad for this summer's Island Games in Gotland, will take charge of the side for their friendly against the Royal Navy on Saturday, alongside JFA community coach Daniel Seviour.
Speaking to BBC Radio Jersey, Simon Petulla added that the controversial cancellation of this year's Muratti match between Jersey and Guernsey had contributed to his decision.
"That's one of the main reasons - as a management team we felt the JFA should've fought tooth and nail to get that Muratti, instead of backing the GFA (Guernsey Football Association).
"Before we won the gold medal, people just left us alone to get on with our own thing, but as soon as we won the medal we had to run everything through the JFA, and things didn't get done."
Petulla's resignation comes exactly 100 days before the start of the Gotland Games, where Jersey will look to defend their women's football crown.
"There are some good people at the JFA as well, but there were certain people that we'd fallen out with over a period of time," he added.
"It shows me that they're not really out to keep the improvement that we've made over the years with the women's game and they're concentrating more on the men's game, and I think that's not fair in this day and age.
"I think with equality and the FA in England trying to really promote women's football, I think we need to be doing the same over here as well."
JFA chief executive Neville Davidson said in a statement: "Our immediate focus is on Saturday's fixture against the Navy. Thereafter we will look to appoint a new management team."
Analysis
Tim Pryor, BBC Radio Jersey sports editor
What a huge blow this is for women's football in Jersey, on the back of the cancellation of the Muratti.
Petulla and his coaching staff have raised the profile of the women's game in the island to the extent that there's as much of a buzz around their fixtures as the men's matches.
The team's first ever Island Games gold medal, achieved on home turf at Jersey 2015, was for many the standout, defining moment of the Games.
They leave behind a big hole that the Jersey FA will now need to fill at short notice, with the defence of the gold in Gotland this summer.


Everton have signed Senegal forward Oumar Niasse from Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow in a £13.5m deal.

The 25-year-old has 13 goals in 23 appearances for Lokomotiv this season and has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal with the Goodison Park club.
"We're delighted as Oumar is a player we've been following for a long time," Toffees boss Roberto Martinez said.
"He brings a real hunger and desire to be successful into what is already a strong squad."
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Everton's top target was Dynamo Kiev's Andriy Yarmolenko but their move for the Ukraine forward was unsuccessful.
Niasse joins after forward Steven Naismith left Everton for Norwich and winger Aiden McGeady departed the club in a loan deal to Sheffield Wednesday.
"I started to watch Everton more since the beginning of October because I had heard about their interest," said Niasse.
"I was interested to see how they play. If you see players who are aged 20 or 21 and see them perform like that, you know you have a good coach."
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Police are treating a "vicious attack" on a woman at a shop in Fife as attempted murder.

The 30-year-old was working in the shop on Station Road, Windygates, when a man entered and attacked her with a weapon before fleeing.
He reportedly waited for customers to leave before attacking the woman and left her with serious head injuries.
Officers said nothing was taken during the attack, which happened at about 18:00 on Friday.
The victim was treated at the scene by paramedics before being taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy.
Her attacker is said to be Asian and in his early 30s with thinning hair.
He was wearing a black bomber jacket and black trousers.
Det Insp Paul Dick appealed for witnesses. He said: "We are currently investigating this vicious attack and are eager to trace the man responsible as soon as possible.
"I would appeal to those who may have been either within the village shop or in the immediate area near to the time of the attack to come forward as they may have seen the man enter the premises or loitering about in the area around the time of the incident.
"I would urge anyone who has information, including those using public transport in the wider Fife area on Friday, February 3, to get in touch with police immediately."


Hundreds of people living near Heathrow held a rally to call for the government to back the building of a new runway at the airport.

Back Heathrow said expansion would boost jobs at a time of "economic difficulties".
The Airports Commission recommended to the government last July there should be a third runway at Heathrow rather than a second at Gatwick.
Opponents claim it would be cheaper and less disruptive to enlarge Gatwick.
The rally at Kempton Park racecourse took place exactly a year after the Airports Commission's report.
Back Heathrow director Rob Gray said: "Local people want to see the tens of thousands of jobs and apprenticeships that will come with expansion."
He said "more residents living near Heathrow support rather than oppose expansion" and it would be "madness" not to enlarge the airport "given the current political uncertainty and economic difficulties".
Earl Herbert, who attended the rally and lives close to the airport, said a new runway would give "young people... the opportunity to get work".
But not all local residents support Back Heathrow's view.
Pat Miles, who lives nearby, told the BBC that London Gatwick has "so much more land around it", while Heathrow is "a blight for the people who live there."
Gatwick Airport CEO Stewart Wingate has also claimed the environmental impact of Gatwick was "a tiny fraction" of that caused by Heathrow.
Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced this week a final decision on airport expansion would be delayed until "at least October".


Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has spoken about the double heartache of breaking up with her fiancee and losing her best friend.

In the first few weeks of 2017, Ms Dugdale split up with her partner of nine years, Louise Riddell.
She was then left mourning the death of Labour activist and motor neurone disease campaigner Gordon Aikman.
Ms Dugdale was speaking at a Daily Record organised fringe event at the Scottish Labour conference in Perth.
She told the gathering: "My attitude in recent weeks has just been to keep putting one foot in front of the other.
"I broke up with my partner, who I had been together with for nine years, and that was undoubtedly very difficult and very challenging.
"To do it in the public eye - it's bad enough for anybody, let alone to do it on the front of the newspapers.
"Then I lost my best friend [Gordon] to a disease I knew was killing him, I just didn't expect it to take him quite so soon. So, 2017 hasn't been the greatest year so far."
She quipped: "I thought 2016 was bad - I'm almost tempted to revisit it."
At the event Ms Dugdale said it was an "immense privilege" for her to lead her party in Scotland.
She added: "I've got a very strong sense of who I am and what my strengths are, what I can contribute and what I want to do with job.
"You do have personal sacrifice - it is public service - but I do it for a reason, I love this party, I love its potential. I love what it achieved in the past and I believe it can achieve great things again."


A yellow 'be aware' rain weather warning has been dropped after being issued for parts of Wales.

Spells of heavy rain had been expected to continue across mid, south and west Wales after the Met Office issued a warning from 18:00 GMT on Friday.
But on Saturday, the chief forecaster said the worst of the rain had passed for now.
A heavy band of rain is still expected on Sunday.
Natural Resources Wales has one flood warning in place for the Lower Dee Valley, from Llangollen to Trevalyn Meadows, as well as four flood alerts.


A man has been charged with murdering a woman whose body was found at a house in Derby.

Sobhia Tabasim Khan, 37, was found dead inside her home in Pear Tree Crescent, Normanton, at 21:50 BST on Saturday.
Ataul Mustafa, 35, of the same address, was arrested and is accused of her murder.
Mr Mustafa appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court on Monday and is due at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday.


Some Scottish hospitals are spending just 94p per patient meal, the BBC has learned.

Figures obtained by BBC Scotland show Borders hospitals spent £3.18 per day per patient on meals and snacks.
Other health boards such as NHS Ayrshire and Arran and Dumfries and Galloway spent a similar amount.
NHS Grampian spent £3.50 per day which it said broke down as 94p for each of the two main meals and £1.62 for snacks and drinks.
Nutritional expert Prof Mike Lean said: "There must be a lower limit below which quality will be sacrificed in a variety of ways.
"Meal quality has a number of elements: it has to look good, taste good, texture must be good and it has a biological importance - so it must be nutritionally good."
A spokeswoman at NHS Ayrshire & Arran said the board provided patients with "high quality and nutritionally-balanced meals, based on a wide menu choice, at an average cost of £3.20 a day".
She said food and drink was bought through national procurement contracts to get the best deals possible.
NHS Lothian said its spent an average of £3.82 per patient across its hospitals, but costs ranged from £2.70 to just over £5.
A spokeswoman said: "We are constantly working to harmonise products, recipes and methods to reduce this cost range.
"It is important to note that, in this case, cost is not a reflection of quality since St John's hospital kitchen provides our cheapest meals but is widely recognised for the high quality meals served."
Public Health Minister Aileen Campbell said: "We have a set of very rigorous nutritional guidelines that we expect all boards to adhere to.
"There will be differences in terms of price but we do expect that the nutritional guidelines will be adhered to."
The figures also found that some hospitals were sourcing 50% of their food from abroad.
Twelve out of 14 health boards said they were importing chicken from Thailand and carrots from Belgium.
Conservative MSP Brian Whittle started asking questions in parliament last year about where patients' food comes from.
He said public sector procurement needed to be looked at by the Scottish government.
"The massive disparities in local sourcing, spending and food waste across health boards in Scotland is deeply concerning," Mr Whittle said.
"If health boards are choosing to ignore high quality, local food in favour of cheaper alternatives from overseas, they're making a false economy."
He added: "Eating healthy, high-quality meals when you're in hospital can make a big difference to your recovery.
"If patients aren't eating well, they can't get well."
A spokeswoman at NHS Ayrshire & Arran said: "To help reduce waste, we ask patients to choose their next meal as close as possible to the meal time - for example, at breakfast, patients choose their lunch.
"This means that our rate of unserved meals is, on average, 3%, well below the recommended 10% target for waste.
Shetland health board said catering staff were always working to reduce food waste but that it was sometimes unavoidable due to factors such as high fluctuations in bed occupation and delayed discharge.
Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS board said it was a challenge to control food waste but action was being taken to ensure it was not too high.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow said in recent years it had invested £10m to create two new kitchens which "cook fresh, nutritious, healthy food supplied to all our hospitals".
She said: "The move to two new kitchens ensured all meals are now produced locally and brought to an end the contract with Tillery Valley in Wales which previously supplied freeze-cook meals to Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
"The reorganisation also saw the closure of a number of older hospital kitchens, which were no longer fit for purpose and were being under-used."


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Zayn Malik has left One Direction, the band has said in a statement.

1D will continue as a four-piece for their world tour and will still record their fifth album later this year.
Zayn said "My life with One Direction has been more than I could ever have imagined. But, after five years, I feel like it is now the right time for me to leave the band."
"I'd like to apologise to the fans if I've let anyone down, but I have to do what feels right."
The remaining members of One Direction said: "We're really sad to see Zayn go, but we totally respect his decision and send him all our love for the future."
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I'm quite upset but happy because maybe Zayn will do good on his own but I'm upset because now there are only 4 boys in 1D.
Emily, Edinburgh, Scotland
I never liked 1D in the first place so I think that Zayn is better off out of the band!
Rebecca, Coventry, England
I am quite upset about the news but I am glad he made the right decision for him.
Sophie, Cork, Ireland
Zayn is not my favourite but 1D won't be the same without him. You will be missed!
Abi, Gillingham, England
I'm so upset to hear that he is leaving. Zayn was my favourite member of the band but I will support him no matter what. I hope the rest of the band have a good future.
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I actually loved One Direction when I was younger, but now I'm in love with 5SOS. It's really sad to see Zayn go. It just won't be the same.
Nafseen, Buckinghamshire, England
Zayn Malik is the glue of the band. He is the one who holds 1D together. It will not be the same without poor Zayn.
Maisie, Kent, England
I think that we will hear more from Zayn as a solo artist but I am upset.
Martha, Sale, England
One Direction have a lovely voice but now Zayn's left the four might sound horrible.
George, West Yorkshire, England
I think One Direction should get Olly Murs to join them because they are amazing already and Olly would bring it up to a whole new level!
Harriet, West Yorkshire, England
Although Zayn is not my favourite, it will not be the same without him. I will miss him.
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I'm so happy he's left!
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Zayn was my favourite member of the band. It will never be the same without him!
Lilly, Weston-super-Mare, England
I feel sad that Zayn is leaving because he was my favourite.
Melina, Glasgow, Scotland
I didn't really like Zayn but I love Niall. The band might be better in the future.
Jessica, Darlington, England
I'm sad that Zayn has gone but I don't think he's the best member.
Beth, England
I feel let down because Zayn said on The X Factor that the band were definitely going to stay together and it wasn't the last of One Direction.
Laurel, Tamworth, England
Zayn Malik was great in the band and he does a lot of singing in the songs. I don't know what One Direction will do without him. Liam is my favourite but it won't be the same without Zayn. Bye Zayn!
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I think that Zayn was an amazing member of the band and he had a future in singing. It's a shame to see Zayn go because they were my favourite band.
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One Direction will never be the same again because without Zayn they no longer make One Direction. I cried all last night but I will still support them as I have for the past 5 years.
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I feel sad that Zayn is leaving because it won't be as good.
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I hate One Direction so I was really happy when I heard Zayn had left.
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I was really sad to hear about Zayn leaving but we all make our own decisions and that was Zayn's. Although he wasn't my favourite in 1D, I'll still miss him and it won't be the same.
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I'm going to see One Direction in Cardiff in June and the concert won't be the same without him.
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I don't understand why people are upset.
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I think that One Direction are great as a full band. Even though Zayn is not my favourite in the band, it still won't be the same without him. It was always the 5, but now its the 4. Before you know it, it will be the 3, then the 2, then a solo artist.
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I think One Direction should stay together because they are a great band . Have a great future Zayn!
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The Queen wore pink for a girl as she carried out official duties 250 miles away from her new great-grandchild.

She was at a military parade in Richmond, North Yorkshire, to mark the amalgamation of the Queen's Royal Lancers and the 9th and the 12th Royal (Prince of Wales's).
The new regiment will be called The Royal Lancers.
Soldiers marched through the town before entering Richmond Castle for the takeover by the new commanding officer.
The lancers have historical links to the East Midlands, with the 9th and 12th Regiment mainly recruited from Derbyshire and Leicestershire and the Queen's Royal Lancers from Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire.
On her visit to North Yorkshire, the Queen was wrapped against the spring chill in a soft wool coat and silk-wool dress by designer Karl Ludwig.
Her hat was designed by Angela Kelly and she wore a brooch of the Queen's Royal Lancers.
The royal engagement came just hours after Kensington Palace announced that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a girl, weighing 8lbs 3oz (3.7kg).
Both Catherine and her daughter were "doing well", the statement added.


A suicide bomber has struck a market in Iraq in a town near the Shia holy city of Karbala, killing at least 20 people.

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out the attack in Musayyib.
IS has long mounted a violent campaign against Iraqi Shia, denouncing them as heretics.
The group has increased its attacks on civilians in big cities in Iraq as increasingly loses territory.
Its main stronghold of Mosul is expected to be recaptured soon.


A mum has written an open letter - to thank the burglars who raided her home.

Thousands of pounds worth of items were stolen from Alexandra Mahjouri's house in Castle Donington, in Derbyshire.
The dance teacher, 27, wrote a Facebook status in response, thanking the burglars for making her "feel the real importance" of Christmas.
Ms Mahjouri also thanked those responsible for "taking our televisions - it means we've talked more as a family", she wrote.
To whoever burgled our house, thank you for making me see the real importance of Christmas - spending time with loved ones - and the imagination Christmas brings to children.
A moneybox belonging to her four-year-old son, River, was stolen as well as gifts from her late father, and the letter highlighted the hurt caused by the burglars.
"We have managed to fool my little boy that Buddy the Elf and Disney, his cat, made the messâ€¦ and have hidden them so we've got to try and find them."
"Some of the jewelry you took belonged to my dad who passed away six years ago and some were final presents he brought for me," she said.
"We feel broken, scared to be in our beautiful new home we've worked so hard for."
She continued: "We were looking forward to a first Christmas as a married couple and a first Christmas in our new house and a last Christmas as a family of three as I'm actually pregnant too.
"But you wouldn't know that as you trod on the photos of my scans whilst stealing our passports and other documents."
Ms Mahjouri, who lives with husband Andre and runs the Hannah Alexandra Academy of Dance and Performance in Derby, told the Derby Telegraph: "My son was absolutely buzzing for Christmas.
"Now he keeps crying and waking up thinking somebody is coming in the house."
Police said they were investigating the burglary.