The death of a man whose body was recovered from the River Mersey is being treated as "unexplained" by police.

Officers were called to Egremont Promenade, Wallasey, shortly before 14:00 GMT on Friday after the body was spotted close to the shore.
Police are appealing for help in identifying the man, thought to be in his mid to late 50s.
He was described by police as white, of slim build with grey to ginger hair.


Hearts have added to their defensive options with the signing of Igor Rossi Branco on a one-year deal after the Brazilian's exit from Maritimo.

The 26-year-old centre-back makes the move from Portuguese top-flight club subject to international clearance.
Igor Rossi told Hearts' website: "I am a leader, I play aggressively, with passion, and I like the ball at my feet to play from the back.
"From what I have seen, this is the Hearts way."
Igor Rossi spent four years in Portugal after moving from Brazilian club Internacional, where he was part of the side that won the 2010 Copa Libertadores.
But he only made two starts and two substitute appearances for their first team last season, while he made 10 appearances for Maritimo's second string in the Portuguese second tier.
Igor Rossi revealed that Hearts' director of football, Craig Levein, was pivotal in bringing him to Robbie Neilson's side.
"I had seen Scottish sides in Europe, particularly Celtic and the Scottish national side, and, when I was aware of Hearts' interest, I read up quite a bit about them and saw that they won the league by a huge margin over Rangers, so I was very impressed," he said.
"Robbie was very impressive and he explained to me his ambition for the club, where he expects us to be in the future and how he wants the team to play.
"Craig also spoke very well to me and I was immediately convinced that I should come to Edinburgh and play for the Hearts.
"I believe I will bring good experience from my five years playing in the Portuguese Division 1 and in the Europa League.
"I want to help the club challenge in every tournament we play in and I want to help my new team-mates.
"I'm also hoping to score some goals as I'm good in the air."


Police have arrested five men following a disturbance involving far-right protesters in York on Saturday.

North Yorkshire Police said officers were monitoring a demonstration of between 40 to 50 people near York Minster "when altercations broke out".
Four of the protesters and one local man were arrested on a variety of public order offences.
The remaining demonstrators were escorted by police to York station.


A teenager who yelled "heil Hitler" while throwing gas canisters at Jewish shoppers has been jailed.

Patrick Delaney, of Twin Oaks Caravan Park, near Braintree in Essex, admitted religiously aggravated harassment of four Orthodox Jews - including a 13-year-old boy - on 6 January 2016.
Wood Green Crown Court heard Delaney, 19, was intoxicated on nitrous oxide following a relationship break-up.
He was jailed for six months for the attack in Tottenham Hale retail park.
One victim told the court she was forced to take shelter in a nearby supermarket with her teenage son as Delaney, who was with two other men in a van, repeatedly yelled "Hitler" at her.
Nobody was injured by the thrown gas canisters.
Passing sentence, Judge John Dodd QC told the defendant his actions were unacceptable in "any civilised society".
His sentencing comes as new figures showed anti-Semitic hate incidents reached record levels in the UK.


Shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai has described how a fund has been set up in her name to help all children get an education.

Malala, 15, was speaking in an interview recorded before surgery at a Birmingham hospital on Saturday.
She was shot on a school bus in October in Pakistan by the Taliban after campaigning for girls' rights.
Surgeons at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital said Malala was recovering "very well" from the latest operation.
A bullet was removed from her head by surgeons in Pakistan, before she was flown to the UK for further treatment.
Malala was discharged as an inpatient from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in January and underwent a five-hour operation at the weekend to fit a titanium plate over her damaged skull.
She also had a cochlear implant fitted to deal with some deafness caused by her injuries.
Speaking in the video in English, Malala said she wanted to "serve the people".
She said: "Today you can see that I'm alive. I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone and today I can speak and I'm getting better day by day.
"It's just because of the prayers of people, because all the people - men, women, children - all of them have prayed for me.
"Because of these prayers, God has given me this new life and this is a second life.
"I want to serve the people and I want every girl, every child, to be educated and for that reason we have organised the Malala Fund."
She also made her comments in Urdu and Pashtu.
The Taliban said it attacked the campaigner for girls' education for "promoting secularism".
The first grant from the Malala Fund will go to an organisation in the teenager's home region of the Swat Valley in Pakistan and it aims to encourage girls to go to school instead of going straight into work.
Those behind the project said it would help enrol selected girls into schools and give them the support to continue with their studies.
It is also expected to work with families to understand the importance of education for their daughters.
The Malala Fund has been set up by international organisation Vital Voices, which says it helps give women a voice to promote prosperity and peace in their communities.
A message on the organisation's website said: "We established the Malala Fund on behalf of Malala and her family, working together with supporters of the cause, including the United Nations Foundation and Girl Up, and within a community of supportive organisations and individuals, to realise Malala's vision of education for all girls."
In a news conference on Monday, the Birmingham hospital's medical director Dr Dave Rosser said everything had gone "very well" in Saturday's operation and said the teenager's condition was continuing to improve.
He said: "She went back to the intensive care unit that evening, primarily as a precautionary measure rather than because of any major concerns and she's now back on one of the wards in the hospital and doing very well."
Consultant neurosurgeon Anwen White said she now did not expect Malala to have to undergo any further surgery.
Mrs White added that Malala remained "a very happy, very enthusiastic young woman".


Sainsbury's has warned it expects the market to "remain challenging for the foreseeable future" after reporting a drop in like-for-like sales for a fifth consecutive quarter.

It said sales at stores open at least a year fell 1.9% excluding fuel in the 10 weeks to 14 March.
Total sales fell 0.3% as price cuts and food deflation both affected trading.
Sainsbury's said the drop in sales reflected decisions the group had taken to "improve our competitiveness".
Shares rose 1.5% after the announcement, with analysts saying the supermarket chain's performance was better than expected.
At the start of the year, Sainsbury's said it would cut the prices of 1,000 of its most popular products as part of a Â£150m programme announced in November.
It said it had now reduced prices on more than 1,100 items, resulting in an average sales increase of 3% on these products.
But it said a combination of food deflation, which it expected to continue for the rest of the year, and competitive pressures on price meant the outlook remained challenging.
The "big four" supermarkets, which also includes Tesco, Asda and Morrisons are engaged in a bitter price war as they battle for customers.
A combination of increased competition from discounters Aldi and Lidl, customers shopping around for bargains and a switch to convenience stores and online shopping has hit all of the main supermarkets.
However, Sainsbury's said that its general merchandise and clothing business had performed strongly, with sales up more than 6% on last year.
It also said its convenience store sales, an area supermarkets are increasingly focusing on, were strong with sales up 14%.
Retail Vision director John Ibbotson said Sainsbury's performance was "marginally better than expected".
"What's very clear is that Mike Coupe's Strategic Review needs to be implemented faster. There has to be greater urgency at Sainsbury's or it will see bigger sales falls in the future. This is not one that will play itself out over time," he added.
Sainsbury's like-for-like sales - the key marker of a retailers' health - are falling but the "volumes" of sales are rising. Which all sounds a bit topsy-turvy until you consider that the two figures are measuring different things.
Like-for-like sales are not actually a measure of the number of baked beans a supermarket sells. They are a measure of the total value of sales that are made at the tills and online.
And in an era of food deflation, hyper-competition on price and the growth of own-brand ranges which tend to be cheaper, the value of sales is falling across the sector.
In fuel, it is particularly acute. As the price of a litre of petrol tumbles towards Â£1 and supermarkets attempt to grab market share through price promotions, they have to sell a lot more fuel to gain the same "like-for-like" figure.
Sainsbury's like-for-like sales including fuel are down 3.9%. Excluding fuel, they are down 1.9%.
So, Mike Coupe, the relatively new chief executive of Sainsbury's, might not be too gloomy about today's trading update. He is selling more stuff - volume - at lower prices.
That might not be great for the bottom line. But it's certainly pretty good for the consumer.


Intelesens, a Belfast-based medical technology firm, has been bought by a US company for an undisclosed sum.

The company was founded in 2001 and develops wearable wireless vital signs-monitoring devices for use by hospital patients and outpatients.
It has been bought by New York-based UltraLinq Healthcare.
UltraLinq said the purchase would help its strategy of developing a cost-effective digital health platform focused on cardiovascular conditions.
Intelesens currently employs a team of 39 who will remain at its site at Belfast Harbour, where the company manufactures a range of electrodes and devices.
Aidan Langan, CEO of Intelesens said the deal represented a "tremendous opportunity" for the company, as well as for the MedTech sector in Northern Ireland more generally.
Intelesens' single largest shareholder was Enterprise Equity.
The company began life as a spin-out from Ulster University.


The ever-expanding emissions crisis at VW is having a direct effect on sales.

I am told that the first evidence that customers are turning away from VW will be revealed in the new car registration figures to be published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT)on Thursday morning.
VW sales in the UK are down by more than 8% over the same period last year, I understand.
Two other VW brands - Seat and Skoda - are also suffering sales declines.
But I understand that Audi sales are holding up.
Of course, these are only one month's figures and come after years of rising - and record - numbers.
And other manufacturers have apparently also seen steep declines, even if they are not implicated in the emissions scandal.
But my industry sources are saying that VW is linking the sales decline to the events of the past six weeks.
With its share price now a third lower than at the beginning of the crisis, it is clear that VW is paying a heavy commercial price for the widening emissions scandal.
The BBC has been told that Patrick McLoughlin, the transport secretary, has spoken to Herbert Diess, a senior VW official in Germany, today and demanded compensation for any lower resale value of cars caught up in the crisis.
Whitehall sources tell me that VW has agreed that payments might have to be made.
Louise Ellman, chair of the Transport Select Committee, has also told the BBC that the committee is likely to widen its inquiry into VW and the testing of all motor cars.
She has written to the German carmaker demanding more details on how "defeat devices" came to be used.
"The committee will look at the responses we get, but I anticipate the committee will want to do more work on this very important issue," she told the BBC.
"It's about the scandal of Volkswagen, but it's also about the broader policy of testing, where there are major questions about the testing of all vehicles."
The credit rating agency, Moody's, has also downgraded the German carmaker, which could mean that VW has to pay more to borrow money.
"Today's downgrade reflects mounting risks to Volkswagen's reputation and future earnings following its announcement on 3 November regarding irregularities in CO2 and fuel consumption levels for certain Volkswagen group vehicles," said Yasmina Serghini-Douvin, a Moody's senior credit officer and lead analyst on Volkswagen.
She said Moody's was also taking into account "fresh allegations [which VW denies] from the US on 2 November that defeat devices were also installed in certain Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen models in the US".
With sales down and the value of the company share price cut by a third, VW's "relentless" pursuit of the truth is proving to be a costly and damaging process.


A large marble container used as a flowerpot at Blenheim Palace for 200 years has turned out to be a 1,700-year-old Roman sarcophagus.

The coffin was brought to the grounds by the fifth Duke of Marlborough in the 19th Century where it was first used as a water feature.
Until recently it featured in the palace's rock garden displaying flowers but has since been put on display indoors to protect it.
It has been valued at Â£300,000.
It was noticed by an antiques expert who was visiting the palace on unrelated business. He identified it as the front of a white marble sarcophagus.
The 2m (6.6ft) long 400 kg coffin features carvings of a drunken Dionysus leaning on a satyr at a party, flanked by the likes of Hercules and Ariadne, and two large lion heads.
Following the revelation of its origin, it was removed from the garden and sent for restoration.
The project was overseen by Nicholas Banfield at Cliveden Conservation, who said it was in "remarkable condition considering it has withstood seemingly aggressive environments; particularly that of a fountain receptacle".
He added: "Following an initial in-situ inspection we were able to unbolt it from the lead cistern to which it was attached and take it back to our workshops for full cleaning, repair and stabilisation."
House manager Kate Ballenger said: "We are delighted to have it back and the restoration work undertaken by Nicholas is very impressive.
"Now it is in a consistent indoor climate away from the natural elements we are hoping it will remain in good condition and survive for many more centuries to come."
The palace said it had no records to indicate whether the coffin was purchased by the duke, or gifted to him, nor where it came from.
The fifth duke was former Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill's great-great-grandfather.
A member of parliament, first as a Whig and later a Tory, the duke lived out his final years at Blenheim amid mounting debt.


Pakistan has suspended moves to close the national branch of the charity Save the Children.

The move by the interior ministry comes days after the charity's main office in the capital Islamabad was shut down by police.
No formal reason was given for the action and there has been no official comment on the reversal.
Officials have previously accused the charity of involvement in "anti-state activities".
Pakistan had linked the charity to a fake vaccination programme used by the CIA to track down Osama Bin Laden.
Save the Children has always denied being involved with the CIA or Pakistani doctor Shakil Afridi, who carried out the programme.
A Save the Children spokesperson told the BBC on Sunday that the charity welcomed the government's decision.
About 1,200 Pakistanis work for Save the Children, but no foreign staff have been in the country for the past 18 months.
Speaking after the charity's offices were shut last Thursday, Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali Khan said NGOs were operating beyond their remit with backing from US, Israel and India.
He said local NGOs that used foreign funding to implement a foreign agenda in Pakistan "should be scared".
Save the Children said at the time it "strongly objected" to the closure and it was "raising serious concerns at the highest levels".
The US State Department also expressed concern over the closure.


Three men have been charged with attempted murder in connection with a woodland shooting at the weekend.

A 25-year-old suffered shotgun injuries to his back and legs in Sneinton, Nottingham on Saturday and remains in a serious condition in hospital.
Two men in their 20s from Nottingham and another from London appeared before city magistrates earlier and were remanded in custody.
A 30-year-old woman has also been remanded over firearms offences.
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The accused are Dean Carl Joseph Haynes, 28, of Sullivan Close, Nottingham; Shaun Tinyick Lau, 28, of Flower and Dean Walk, Tower Hamlets, London; and Christopher Gerald, 21, of Westgate Street, Nottingham, who also faces firearms offences.
Maritia Kirk, of Jedburgh Walk, St Ann's, Nottingham, was charged with firearms offences.
Eight people are currently on bail in connection with the shooting while Nottinghamshire Police carry out further investigations.
The four are due to appear at Nottingham Crown Court on 21 October.


Yvonne Craig, the actress best known for playing Batgirl in the 1960s Batman TV series, has died at the age of 78.

A statement on her official website said the star had suffered from breast cancer, which had spread to her liver.
"In the end, her mind still wanted to fight but her body had given up," her family said in a statement.
A trained dancer, she began her career at The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and used those skills to perform her own stunts alongside Adam West's Batman.
Craig also played Martha, the green Orion Slave Girl who wanted to kill Captain Kirk, in the third season of Star Trek.
And she starred in two movies opposite Elvis Presley - It Happened at the World's Fair and Kissin' Cousins.
But it was her performance as librarian Barbara Gordon, who secretly moonlights as Batgirl, that defined her career.
She joined the TV show in its third and final series in 1967, thwacking and kapow-ing Gotham's bad guys alongside Batman and Robin.
The show is still seen around the world today, something which came as a surprise to the actress in her later years.
"I really didn't think we were makÂing Gone With the Wind," she said. "Just an episodic TV series that would be over when it was over and then it would never rerun again.
"I meet women today who tell me that they grew up viewing Batgirl as an important role model. If they choose to know me in that context, well, I'll take it."
Later in life, Craig worked as a estate agent before going into the prepaid phone card business. In 2000, she wrote a book called From Ballet to the Batcave and Beyond, which took stock of her career.
More recently, Craig provided voices for the Nickelodeon cartoon series Olivia, and was the executive producer on the documentary film Birth.
In the statement on Craig's website, her family said: "Yvonne excelled in ballet, a film career, a business life, as well as in philanthropic and charity work over the years.
"She had been able to do this with joy and much laughter and she wouldn't have changed a thing. Well, maybe one thing and that would have been not to get cancer.
"She had been in chemo almost continuously for the past two plus years since being diagnosed and that had weakened her immune system as well as her body.
"This didn't dampen her sense of humour or her spirit, she intended to fight and win this battle. In the end, her mind still wanted to fight but her body had given up."
Craig died on Monday at her home in the Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family.
She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Aldrich, sister Meridel Carson and nephews Christopher and Todd Carson.


A woman who died after the glider she was in crashed in a field in Hampshire has been named by police.

Kay Draper, of Marlborough, Wiltshire, died when the aircraft she was piloting came down in a field in Southwood Farm Lane, near Basingstoke, just before 12:00 BST on Thursday.
Hampshire Constabulary said the 60-year-old set off at Lasham Airfield in Alton and was the only person on board.
She was pronounced dead at the scene. Her next of kin have been informed.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service said the aircraft was an "engine-powered glider".
An Air Accidents Investigation Branch spokesman said an investigation had begun.


The BBC has promised to "look at" sound levels for its new drama SS-GB after viewers complained about mumbling.

Set in a fictional London under Nazi occupation, the first episode aired on Sunday and got 6.1m viewers.
Around 100 complaints had come into the BBC 24 hours after it went out, with numbers rising on Tuesday.
The BBC said: "We take audibility seriously and we will look at the sound levels on the programme in time for the next episode."
The drama stars Sam Riley as an officer working simultaneously with the Nazis and the British Resistance.
Some viewers took to Twitter to air their views on the sound levels.
One user Luanne wrote: "I am 12 minutes into SS-GB & I'm turning on the subtitles. All this tough guy, breathy, growling, mumbling, I can't understand you!"
TV critic Emma Bullimore told the BBC: "We are living in astonishingly ambitious times for TV drama, attracting world class talent to the small screen, and sometimes this means the basics of storytelling get slightly overlooked - either in terms of audibility or making a story too complicated or difficult to follow (as Sherlock was criticised for).
"However, it does feel that mumbling is the latest bandwagon for BBC bashers to jump on and the odd muffled word gets spun into a story. Actually, my enjoyment of SS-GB wasn't marred by sound issues."
It's not the first time the issue of mumbling on TV dramas has been raised, with past programmes such as Jamaica Inn and Happy Valley having hit the headlines over the audio.
Back in 2013, the BBC's director general, Tony Hall, told the Radio Times: "I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man but I think muttering is something we could look at."
Analysis - do flat TVs mean flat sound? Leo Kelion, technology desk editor
As televisions get thinner, their makers have less space to build in speakers unless they opt to add sound equipment to the sides and/or below the screens, threatening to make them look less "sleek".
In many cases families might be best advised to buy a separate soundbar or speaker system. This isn't just the case for budget TVs. In many cases manufacturers assume those that can afford the higher-end models will invest in the extra technology.
Sony recently took a new approach to the problem with a TV that has no dedicated speakers but rather produces sound by vibrating the OLED screen itself. The jury is still out on how well that works.
But in general, if the vast majority of programmes on yours set sound fine and only a few don't, then the problem is likely to be with how they have been mixed rather than the TVs themselves.
Speaking on the Today programme, ITV's Victoria creator, Daisy Goodwin, pointed out that Riley may have made a conscious choice to not speak with perfectly clear diction in keeping with his character.
SS-GB, a five-part drama, also stars Kate Bosworth as a US journalist for the New York Times.
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British number two Heather Watson beat France's Caroline Garcia 6-1 6-2 to reach the final of the Monterrey Open.

The 23-year-old broke the world number 38's serve five times in a dominant display in Mexico as she sealed victory in one hour and seven minutes.
Watson, whose ranking has dropped to 84, did not face a break point and lost only three points on her first serve.
She will meet Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens in Sunday's final as she aims to win her third WTA title.
Watson previously won the Japan Open in 2012 and Hobart International in January 2015.
"I'm very happy to be in the final. I've played Kirsten a few times and she's very experienced," she said.
"It definitely won't be easy so I'm going to have to bring my A-game tomorrow."
World number 73 Flipkens knocked out British number one Johanna Konta 6-3 6-7 (2-7) 6-1 in the quarter-finals.


A quad bike rider who was killed on a road in Northumberland has been named by police.

Jamie Briggs, who was 18 and lived on Delaval Crescent in Blyth, was fatally injured when his vehicle rolled over on the A189 Spine Road on Tuesday.
Police have appealed for witnesses to the incident near to Bedlington.
In particular, officers want to speak to a person driving a grey car, possibly a Seat, who is believed to have stopped briefly at the scene.


England Women fought back from 13 points down at the break to defeat defending Six Nations champions France at Twickenham.

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The visitors had a comfortable lead at the break through tries from Shannon Izar and Gaelle Mignot.
Full-back Danielle Waterman began the fightback, bursting over from Katy Mclean's pass after 50 minutes.
Emily Scarratt's kicking edged England 19-13 clear before Amy Wilson-Hardy crossed to wrap up victory late on.
The winger's second international try means England head into next weekend's meeting with Wales at Cardiff Arms Park second in the table behind Ireland.
It is also a measure of revenge for Simon Middleton's side, who lost a dramatic winner-takes-all meeting with France in the final round of last year's competition.
England: Waterman; Thompson, Scarratt, Reed, Wilson-Hardy; Mclean, Hunt; Clark, Cokayne, Keates; Taylor, Millar-Mills; Noel-Smith, Packer, Hunter.
Replacements: Fleetwood, Lucas, Bern, Aldcroft, Cleall, Mason, Scott, Burford.
France: Tremouliere; Guiglion, Ladagnous, Poublan, Izar; Le Duff, Le Pesq; Arricastre, Mignot, Duval; Corson, Forlani; Mayans, Menager, N'Diaye.
Replacements: Thomas, Lahbib, Ferer, Annery, Cabalou, Boujard, Rivoalen, Carricaburu.


Northampton Saints earned a much-needed Premiership win at Franklin's Gardens to inflict a seventh straight defeat in all competitions on struggling Sale.

Victory ended the hosts' own poor run of four consecutive losses and moves them up to sixth in the table.
Ben Foden and Tom Wood's tries gave Saints a deserved 14-0 half-time lead.
Sale's rugby league convert Denny Solomona marked his Premiership debut with a superb, acrobatic finish before Luther Burrell's late Northampton try.
Victory came at the end of a tough week on and off the field for Saints, who avoided any sanctions when a lengthy review into wing George North's latest head injury was published on Wednesday.
They were thrashed 60-13 by Leinster in the Champions Cup last Saturday but Foden's early try quickly lifted the mood for Jim Mallinder's side.
Stephen Myler was clinical with his boot, converting all three Saints tries and adding a precise, second-half penalty.
Sale, who have not won in the league since October, improved in the second half after Mike Phillips was sent to the sin-bin and Solomona's brilliant try got them on the scoreboard, diving over the Saints defence when just inches from the touchline.
For the hosts, Louis Picamoles was outstanding, while the impressive Nic Groom had two tries correctly ruled out; one was for a narrowly forward pass and another for letting the ball slip fractionally out of his grasp on the try line.
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder:
"We started well for a change and attacked with accuracy.
"It's disappointing we didn't get a bonus point as we needed Nic Groom to score one of the two tries that were disallowed by the TMO.
"We've got Gloucester next week and then Bristol at home. These are games we are capable of winning and if we do we can move up the table."
Sale Sharks boss Steve Diamond:
"We are not clicking at the moment as we are panicking under pressure and can't beat anyone at present.
"We've got to keep plugging away but our recruitment is in place for next season when we will have four or five new players.
"We need leaders and direction and hopefully the new recruits will provide this. With 20 minutes to go, I thought we had a real chance of getting a bonus point but we couldn't convert our chances."
Northampton Saints: Foden, Pisi, Burrell, Hanrahan, Estelles, Myler, Groom, Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Lawes, Day, Wood (capt), Harrison, Picamoles.
Replacements: Clare, Waller, Hill, Ratuniyarawa, Gibson, Kessell, Wilson, Tuitavake.
Sale Sharks: Haley, Solomona, James, Leota, Charnley, MacGinty, Phillips, Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Evans, Ostrikov, Neild, Lund (capt), Ioane.
Replacements: Briggs, Flynn, Longbottom, Mills, Beaumont, Seymour, Mitchell, Arscott.


A tiny moth with a very recognisable "hairstyle" has become the first creature named after the soon-to-be 45th president of the United States.

The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi was discovered in California by researcher Vazrick Nazari, of Ottawa, Canada.
The name was inspired by the striking golden flakes covering its head, which he likened to Donald Trump's famous mop.
Nine species were named after President Barack Obama during his term in office.
What Mr Trump will make of the honour remains to be seen - especially as the tiny moth, with its wingspan of just more than a centimetre, is native to southern California and the Mexican region of Baja California.
However, Mr Nazari said he hoped it would inspire Mr Trump to prioritise ecological issues during his term in office.
He told Live Science: "I hope that the president will make conservation of such fragile ecosystems in the US his top priority. These ecosystems still contain many undiscovered and undescribed species, and deserve to be protected for future generations."


Swimming takes centre stage this week at the European Aquatics Championships in London.

In the pool for Great Britain, the 26-strong Olympic squad - including world champions Adam Peaty and James Guy, plus Commonwealth gold medallists Fran Halsall and Jazz Carlin - will continue their preparations for Rio 2016 at the London Aquatics Centre.
You can follow the action across BBC Two, BBC Red Button, Connected TV, Sport app, online and BBC Radio 5 live sports extra.


An investigation into a supposedly groundbreaking stem cell study in Japan has discovered "inappropriate handling" of the data.

It was reported in January that dipping cells in acid could cheaply and quickly convert them into stem cells.
Questions were raised about the images used in the scientific report and other research groups have failed to reproduce the results.
The interim report has not found any evidence of research misconduct.
Stem cells can become any other type of tissue and are already being investigated to heal the damage caused by a heart attack and to restore sight to the blind.
The original study, published in the journal Nature, became a huge story globally and was described as "remarkable" and a "major scientific discovery".
It offered a cheap and ethical source of stem cells that could have helped make them a practical treatment rather than a researcher's dream.
But significant doubts have emerged.
One centres on the use of images in the scientific report by the team at the Riken Centre for Developmental Biology.
They were similar to images from previous research by one of the scientists involved, Dr Haruko Obokata, which did not use the acid-bath technique.
Meanwhile, teams around the world have failed to produce stem cells using the reported technique.
A review by Prof Kenneth Ka-Ho Lee, at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, published on ResearchGate, concluded: "The ease and simplicity of their method for generating STAP cells [the name given to stem cells produced by this method] from various stressors and cell types have left the readers in doubt.
"We have tried our very best to generate STAP cells using their protocol and it appears that it is not as simple and reproducible as we expected.
"So whether the techniques really works still remains an open question."
Riken launched an investigation and the first findings are now being reported.
It has found that some images had been "inadvertently" left in the report and there was "no malice" intended.
However, a conclusion has not yet been reached on allegations that part of the methodology had been copied from another scientific paper or that images in the paper resemble those from Dr Obokata's previous research.
In a statement, the president of Riken, Prof Ryoji Noyori, said: "I would like, first and foremost, to express my deepest regrets that articles published in Nature by Riken scientists are bringing into question the credibility of the scientific community.
"It is extremely regrettable that significant discrepancies have been found to have been generated in the process of preparing the Nature articles for publication.
"We are investigating these discrepancies, with the understanding that it may become necessary to demand the withdrawal of the articles."
This week, a member of the research group called for the findings to be withdrawn as it was no longer clear what was right.
Prof Teruhiko Wakayama, of the University of Yamanashi, told Japanese TV: "When conducting the experiment, I believed it was absolutely right.
"But now that many mistakes have emerged, I think it is best to withdraw the research paper once and, using correct data and correct pictures, to prove once again the paper is right.
"If it turns out to be wrong, we would need to make it clear why a thing like this happened."


Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill said France's longer recovery before their Euro 2016 second-round tie was crucial as the Irish went out in Lyon.

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After France came from behind to win 2-1, O'Neill said the fact the hosts had three more days' rest after their final group game was "incredible".
The Republic were back in action four days after their 1-0 win over Italy.
"A three-day differential is genuinely too much and it took its toll on us in the second half," said O'Neill.
"It will sound like an excuse and it's not meant to be. But it is incredible. It really is incredible.
"We knew at the start of the tournament when we were looking at it that after a really tough group, if we took our place in the last 16, the chances were there was going to be a big differential between us and some of the sides that we might play in the competition.
"France, it looked as if it was geared from them to win their group, which they did. Well done to them but three days is far too much. "
Robbie Brady's early penalty gave the Republic the lead but two second-half Antoine Griezmann goals earned France victory as the hosts took control. The tiring Irish ended with 10 men following Shane Duffy's sending-off for a trip on the goalscorer.
"We got the goal and we were pretty comfortable in the first half," added O'Neill.
"We put them under pressure. We rattled them. We got the goal and it actually settled us down. I thought that we were continuing to do very well in the game.
"It's all ifs, buts and maybes, but if we had gone another six, seven, eight minutes without conceding, there would have been a lot of pressure on France and I think we could have used that to our advantage.
"The two goals that they scored came within two or three minutes of each other. If I look back, I think the goals we have conceded have been quite poor. That's my only annoyance."
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Republic captain Seamus Coleman's huge disappointment was there for all to see after the defeat.
"We felt like it was there for us today," said the Everton defender, 27.
"We took a lot of belief from the Italy game. In the first half we played well. The second half was always going to be tough. We just couldn't keep the door closed for long enough."
The Donegal man paid tribute to the team's fans who were restricted to fewer than 5,000 tickets at the Stade de Lyon.
"We only had a little corner of the ground but they were so loud and so positive. It's a special bond between the fans and players.
"We would have loved to have gone a bit further for them."


One policeman has been shot dead and dozens of people injured during anti-government protests in Venezuela.

At least 20 people have been injured and 80 detained nationwide, a local rights group has said.
Images circulated on social media of injured people on the ground. There are reports at least three were shot.
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to protest against President Nicolas Maduro's government.
In Miranda state, a police officer died and two others were injured, the government said, blaming opposition activists.
Opposition leader Henrique Capriles is the governor of the state. Police there confirmed the death but did not blame protesters.
The mass demonstrations came after a recall referendum process - an attempt to remove Mr Maduro from power- was suspended.
Opposition activists had gathered about 1.8 million signatures petitioning for a recall referendum, 400,000 of which were validated by electoral authorities.
But the process was halted last week after officials said the signature collection process has been marred by fraud.
The country's opposition-led parliament voted on Tuesday to open a trial against Mr Maduro, whom MPs accuse of violating the constitution.
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Protesters clashed with security forces across the country, particularly in the western cities of San Cristobal and Maracaibo.
"The referendum was our constitutional right, and they have denied it. What are they scared of?" said Grimaldi Lopez at the rally in the capital, Caracas.
Using the hashtag #TomadeVenezuela or "Venezuela takeover", people shared images of injured and bloodied protesters.
Alfredo Romero, leader of a human rights NGO, tweeted a picture of an injured 79-year-old woman, and said more than 20 people had been injured in the city of Merida alone.
Mr Maduro addressed a rival rally of supporters in Caracas, saying: "Let the people decide."
Opposition leaders have called for a mass walk-out on Friday. After the general strike, if the government continues to block the recall referendum process, the opposition threatened to march on the presidential palace - something it has not been allowed to do since a march there in 2002 started a short-lived coup against the former President, Hugo Chavez.
Mr Maduro, a former bus driver and union leader, is blamed by the opposition for Venezuela's dire economic situation. The oil-rich country is facing widespread food shortages and spiralling inflation.
In turn, he has accused the opposition of having links to foreign states, the US in particular, and of seeking to overthrow him to "lay their hands on Venezuela's oil riches".
Under Venezuela's constitution, a recall referendum can be held once a president has served half of his term in office and the requisite steps are met.
So far, the opposition has completed the first step of the process.


A three-year investigation into cockle deaths off Gower in south-west Wales concluded pollution was not to blame.

The study, led by Hull University, blames parasites, overcrowding and conditioning of cockles after spawning.
The Welsh government launched the inquiry after a series of mortalities in the Burry Inlet which have damaged the shellfish industry since 2002.
Environment Agency Wales says a management plan will be drawn up to limit the problem in future.
Chris Mills, director of the agency, said: "This report is another step in the effort to re-establish the Burry Inlet cockle fishery as a sustainable and viable industry for the people who fish here - but at the same time protect cockles for the important bird life in this special area of conservation."
Environment minister John Griffiths said it was an emotive issue and it was "positive" that there was no evidence to link water quality to the cockle deaths.
"The Welsh government will now consider the findings of the report in full and will work closely with Environment Agency Wales and local communities to ensure the ongoing and sustainable management of the cockle beds," he said.
An interim study had previously found no evidence to link the cockle deaths with pollution.
But Haydn Hughes, chairman of the Burry Inlet Hand Gatherers' Association, is not convinced by the report.
He said: "We've known for a few months now that with this report it's inconclusive."
He added that water quality was a "big issue" and he called for an investigation into what went into the water.
"From what I can gather at the moment, the water authority are hoping to spend Â£600m to rectify the problems which are being put into the estuary at the moment."


Arsenal ended Manchester United's 25-match unbeaten run in the Premier League and kept up their hopes of securing a place in the top four.

After a largely uneventful first half, Granit Xhaka opened the scoring with a deflected shot from distance, which looped over goalkeeper David de Gea.
And they doubled their lead three minutes later when Danny Welbeck headed home against his former club after a pinpoint cross from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Jose Mourinho introduced Marcus Rashford and Jesse Lingard to try to rescue the game, but they failed to bring the visitors to life.
The result means Arsenal remain in sixth place but are two points off United in fifth and six points off Manchester City in fourth, with a game in hand over both teams.
This victory not only reignites Arsenal's chase for a Champions League place, but also ends an unwanted record for Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger against Jose Mourinho.
The pair have endured a fractious relationship over the years, and in their previous 15 competitive meetings Wenger had never beaten a Mourinho team, with his only victory coming in the Community Shield in 2015.
Mourinho has won eight times, while the remaining seven were drawn.
Sunday's win ended the hoodoo and earned Arsenal only their 13th league win in 50 outings against the Red Devils.
There is still uncertainty about Wenger's future at the club, despite them still being in with a chance of Champions League football for the 21st consecutive season, and an FA Cup final against Chelsea coming up this month.
When asked by BBC commentator Jonathan Pearce about whether he would be interviewing Wenger next season, the Frenchman joked: "You want me to work for the BBC?"
Both teams had four shots on target during the match but it was Arsenal who made them count.
After a dull start to the second half, the Emirates came alive when Xhaka ran into space and took a shot from 30 yards out which was helped on its way by Herrera and out-smarted De Gea.
The Gunners kept up the pace and exactly three minutes and 11 seconds later, Welbeck had notched his second Premier League goal of the season.
Oxlade-Chamberlain's right-wing cross whistled over the box and Welbeck rose up between the United defence to land a bullet header.
Arsenal offered little in attack after the goals, but they did not need to.
Mourinho revealed before the match he intended to rest key players, with one eye on the Europa League semi-final second leg against Celta Vigo, in which his team have a 1-0 advantage. The European competition could represent United's best chance of reaching next season's Champions League.
The United manager made eight changes in total and his side never looked like causing a major threat.
Goalkeeper De Gea kept them in the match at half-time, producing a low stop to deny Aaron Ramsey's effort, before making a brilliant save from a rasping Oxlade-Chamberlain shot from distance.
United were undone by two quick goals early in the second half, and their only notable efforts after that came from Rooney and substitute Scott McTominay, who tried to poke home late on.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on a possible top-four finish: "We want to win our games. Some teams that are safe continue to fight. Let's focus to win our games. Every win is important. We had a bad patch and seem to have recovered from it."
On Welbeck's goal: "That's the kind of goal you want from Danny. He has all the abilities a striker needs. Hopefully, that will give him a boost."
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Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho: "We made eight changes. Of course, we knew we were not coming in our maximum power. That's a decision. We want to try to win the Europa League - it's more important than finishing fourth.
"The last trophy I won was three months ago. I didn't care about that. Thursday is the match of the season. I hope Old Trafford feels the same, because we need Old Trafford."
After the Europa League semi-final second leg on Thursday, Manchester United return to league action at second-placed Tottenham on Sunday, 14 May (16:30 BST).
Arsenal, meanwhile, have a midweek Premier League trip to Southampton on Wednesday (19:45 BST).
Match ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester United 0.
Second Half ends, Arsenal 2, Manchester United 0.
Attempt saved. Scott McTominay (Manchester United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Chris Smalling with a headed pass.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Rob Holding.
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matteo Darmian (Manchester United).
Foul by Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).
Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Francis Coquelin.
Mesut Özil (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matteo Darmian (Manchester United).
Substitution, Manchester United. Scott McTominay replaces Juan Mata.
Substitution, Arsenal. Héctor Bellerín replaces Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Substitution, Arsenal. Olivier Giroud replaces Danny Welbeck.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Kieran Gibbs.
Foul by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Foul by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal).
Matteo Darmian (Manchester United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Carrick.
Francis Coquelin (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wayne Rooney (Manchester United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Arsenal. Francis Coquelin replaces Granit Xhaka because of an injury.
Delay in match Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Jesse Lingard.
Offside, Manchester United. Michael Carrick tries a through ball, but Marcus Rashford is caught offside.
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Axel Tuanzebe (Manchester United).
Attempt missed. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Attempt blocked. Juan Mata (Manchester United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Petr Cech.
Attempt saved. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal).
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the left wing.


Two people were found with serious injuries at a home in East Lothian.

The 34-year-old man and 51-year-old woman were found after officers were called to a property in Main Street, Longniddry.
The incident took place at about 21:15 on Friday. No details were available about the condition of the injured people.
Police Scotland said officers were not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.


League Two side Doncaster have extended the loan of Chelsea midfielder Jordan Houghton until the end of the season and signed forward Alfie May from non-league Hythe Town.

Houghton, 21, who has agreed a new deal at Stamford Bridge until 2018, has scored one goal in 27 games for Rovers.
May, 23, has signed a two-and-a-half year contract at the Keepmoat.
"It is a big step, but I feel confident I can play in League Two," May told the club website.
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Entertainment Tonight host Nancy O'Dell has said women should not be objectified, even in the locker room.

She was responding to obscene comments made by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2005, which came to light last week.
O'Dell said: "There is no room for objectification of women."
Mr Trump has apologised for the comments, adding: "This was locker room banter, a private conversation that took place many years ago."
The original remarks were recorded while Mr Trump was in conversation with Access Hollywood presenter Billy Bush, who was suspended from his current job as a host of NBC's Today show after the tape was released.
During the conversation, during which Trump was not aware his microphone was on, the presidential hopeful referred to an occasion he had tried and failed to sleep with a married woman he named Nancy.
Access Hollywood has identified O'Dell as the woman to whom he had been referring.
Responding to his remarks, O'Dell said she has been a journalist for 26 years and that it is her job "to bring you news about others" rather than turning the focus on herself.
But, she went on, the release of the tape had thrown her "in the middle of the political arena" of which she "didn't ask to be a part".
"The conversation has got to change because everybody deserves respect no matter the gender or setting," O'Dell added.
"As a mom, especially our young girls need to know that their hard work, their achievements, their intelligence, their heart are most important and those things will not go unnoticed."
In the recording, Mr Trump can be heard saying "you can do anything" to women "when you're a star" and talks about trying to grope and kiss women.
After the tape was released at the weekend, O'Dell released a statement saying: "It was disappointing to hear such objectification of women.
"The conversation needs to change because no female, no person, should be the subject of such crass comments, whether or not cameras are rolling."
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John O'Shea is at home in Ireland after the death of his father, having also missed the defeat to Leicester.

Victor Anichebe is pushing for a recall but on-loan winger Adnan Januzaj is ineligible to face his parent club.
Antonio Valencia will return at right-back after being rested, with Paul Pogba also likely to start.
Ashley Young is out after picking up a knock against Everton and Wayne Rooney is also sidelined with an ankle injury.
Guy Mowbray: "In response to criticism of his Stoke side, then-manager Alan Durban was misquoted as once saying: 'If you want entertainment, go to a circus' (He may actually have said 'watch a bunch of clowns').
"The relevance? Mr Durban moved on to Sunderland, where he was responsible for the last time they went more games without scoring than currently.
"With Sunderland, the circus reference sometimes feels far too apt as well. But entertainment is way down the list of priorities for both teams.
"If United fail to win at the Stadium of Light then it really might be all about the Europa League.
"For Sunderland, it's long felt about a return to the English Football League they left a decade ago. A drawn out, sorry saga."
Twitter: @Guymowbray
Sunderland manager David Moyes: "The players have been here before and we will keep going; it's still within our hands to stay up and we'll make sure that we do that.
"I think the boys have given a good go at it, so there's no faulting them and I think they've done everything they can.
"What I hadn't put down was a win against a Manchester United - or an Arsenal or Chelsea - in our remaining fixtures, so we now have to win at least one of those games."
Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho: "It's good to know that we have a fantastic run of 20 unbeaten matches in the Premier League.
"In terms of looking to the future, I prefer to look at 10 matches with 10 draws, you have something that is not easy to have. You are quite solid mentally, difficult to beat, fighting
against difficult circumstances."
And Mourinho on Moyes: "I have sympathy with every manager that is fighting hard to reach their objectives.
"Some of us, we are sacked in the middle of the season. It's difficult for everyone, so of course I have sympathy."
Sunderland have not scored in any of their past six matches and I think they know the game is up. Another great escape is not going to happen now.
I am not expecting Manchester United to just brush the Black Cats aside, though.
Sunderland may well start with a defensive outlook, but they need to win and ultimately they will give United more room.
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A high-profile member of Sinn Féin in County Londonderry said she has left the party because of its stance on abortion.

Anne Brolly served on Limavady council for nearly 15 years. Her husband, Francie, is a former Sinn Féin MLA.
Last year, Sinn Féin changed its abortion policy to allow terminations in cases of fatal foetal abnormality.
Mrs Brolly told the BBC that: "With regard to abortion... I can't compromise on principle".
She added: "I also believe that the party has to be reflective of all the views of all the people who vote for them and I don't think that that is maybe happening.
"It's an abuse of power to make people vote against their conscience, so it was from that perspective that I left Sinn Féin."
A spokesperson for Sinn Féin said: "Our position on abortion has been debated and agreed over a long period of time at Ard Fheiseanna."
The law surrounding abortion in Northern Ireland is much stricter than in the rest of the UK.
Anne Brolly is now a prominent member of Cherish All The Children Equally - an anti-abortion lobby group.
If Sinn Féin members were allowed a free vote on the abortion, Mrs Brolly said she would have remained with the party.
"It was difficult enough for me to walk away because, I think, Sinn Féin have done a lot of very good things," Mrs Brolly said.
"They have brought us through a peace process and I became involved in Sinn Féin after the peace because I felt I had a contribution to make.
"It was on the basis of community that I got involved with the party although ultimately I will always support them in their drive towards a united Ireland."
Mrs Brolly said that a number of other party members have left the party over the issue.
Her husband Francie Brolly, who retired as an Sinn Féin MLA in 2010, told the Irish News that he has "decided to stay in the party" and "try to change it".
Their son, Joe Brolly, was a member of the All-Ireland winning Derry Gaelic Football team of 1993.


Sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks won Scotland's first gold medals of the Commonwealth Games with thrilling judo victories before a raucous home crowd.

Kimberley, 26, secured her country's first gold, beating India's Sushila Likmabam courtesy of an ippon in the -48kg weight category.
The Lanarkshire native's crowning move sparked jubilant scenes at the Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre (SECC).
Louise, 31, then overcame England's Kelly Edwards in a nervy -52kg final.
With only three seconds remaining, the British number one's opponent was disqualified for collecting four penalties.
Both judokas were cautioned during the bout for various infringements with Edwards's decisive fourth penalty coming for a shido, a light penalty awarded for a minor violation.
Kimberley, unable to watch her sister's final live because she had go through anti-doping procedures, admitted it was tough watching Louise's tense victory on television.
"I was screaming at the TV," she told BBC Sport. "I ran down to see her and the first time I saw her, someone's trying to take a photo of us.
"I saw the medal ceremony. I saw her getting the crowd involved. She's taken the showboating from me - and people say I'm the poser."
Earlier, Kimberley, a Pan American Open bronze medallist, showed little emotion as she walked into a wall of sound on entering the arena, her composure belying her inexperience at this level.
But after quickly seeing off her rival she couldn't hide her feelings, smiling broadly as she left the mat to a standing ovation and the crowd's din ringing in her ears.
"I am so happy - I wanted to see the team off to a great start," she told the BBC afterwards.
"The crowd just make you believe that you can do it."
The younger Renicks' smile was still a fixture when she reappeared for the medal ceremony.
She was led back into the arena by a bagpiper to receive her gold medal, her first on the international stage, before sparking a passionate rendition of the national anthem.
Despite appearances, Kimberley admitted she had to fight back the tears after her win.
"Everyone said to me, there was a waver there of the lip but I held it in," she added, laughing.
"I was half crying when I came off the mat as well. I was so emotional I didn't know what to do. It's the best medal I've got."
Louise added: "I couldn't stop smiling. I thought I was going to cry a bit more but I was just smiling."


League One side Barnsley have sacked manager Danny Wilson and assistant boss Chris Hutchings.

The Tykes are 17th in the table, seven points clear of the relegation zone and seven off the play-off places.
Wilson, 55, who led Barnsley to the Premiership in 1997, returned to Oakwell for a second spell as boss in December 2013, but was unable to stop them being relegated last season.
In a statement, the club called the current league position "unacceptable".
Wilson first took over at Barnsley in 1994 but left for Sheffield Wednesday in 1998 after the Tykes were relegated back to the second tier following one season in the top flight.
The former Northern Ireland international midfielder went on to have spells in charge at Bristol City, MK Dons, Hartlepool, Swindon and Sheffield United before returning to the club after the sacking of David Flitcroft.
"Danny Wilson took over at Barnsley in difficult circumstances, and couldn't halt the slide.
"The plan for a young and hungry team has merits but it was never settled and the loss of key players to injury haven't helped him.
"On their day the Reds looked extremely capable, but that clearly hasn't happened enough.
"The immediate reaction to Wilson's departure has been mixed, with some fans thinking he should have been given longer."
Wilson reached 1,000 games in management in December and said at the time that he felt the achievement would become rarer as clubs sought immediate results.
Following Tuesday's 2-1 home defeat by Fleetwood, he acknowledged that his position was in doubt.
He told BBC Radio Sheffield: "Everyone wants to see their team win at home and the inconsistency is there to be seen.
"We have to persevere and be patient, but whether that is a watchword that is at a premium at this moment in time we will have to wait and see."
Academy coach Mark Burton and development coach Paul Heckingbottom have been placed in caretaker charge for the game against struggling Crawley on Saturday.


Two killers filmed shaking hands moments after they beat a 20-year-old soldier to death in the street have been jailed for life.

CCTV footage of Connor Hammond, 21, celebrating the attack with accomplice Liam Laing was released following their sentencing at Truro Crown Court.
Hammond was convicted of murdering Rifleman David Curnow while on a night out in Redruth, Cornwall in September.
Laing, also 21, had previously admitted murder.
Judge Mr Justice Dingemans jailed the pair for life and set a tariff of 16 years for Hammond and 13-and-a-half years for Laing.
Mr Curnow - believed to be the youngest British soldier to serve in Afghanistan - died after he was set upon by Laing and Hammond after leaving The Zone nightclub in Redruth.
Hammond and Laing left the building at around the same time and appeared behind the soldier and his friend Lee Griffiths.
The trial heard Mr Curnow "went to the ground three times during the attack".
He was found unconscious with head injuries in the Chapel Street area and later died in hospital.
Mr Curnow, who served in 4 Rifles Battalion, also played for West Cornwall Football Club, which described him as a "promising young talent" and "an amazing human being".
The prosecution said that what happened to Mr Curnow was "simple bad luck" and that it was "a case of two young men using unnecessary violence".
Speaking outside court, Det Insp Ben Beckerleg said Mr Curnow had been "minding his own business" on the night he was attacked.
"It was a particularly vicious and unprovoked attack by the two defendants upon David Curnow, who was not looking for a fight".


Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg is an injury concern for the November internationals after wrist surgery.

His club Glasgow Warriors said Hogg, 21, will take "several weeks" to recover. He picked up the injury during last month's Pro 12 win over Leinster.
Scotland play Japan on 9 November before facing South Africa on 17 November and Australia six days later.
Hogg has earned 15 caps for Scotland and toured with the British and Irish Lions this summer.
Fellow Glasgow full-back Peter Murchie, meanwhile, could be out of action for up to six months.
The 27-year-old has had an operation on a shoulder he dislocated playing for Stirling County in Scotland's Premiership last month.


One of the first ethnic minority police officers in the UK said he would still join the police 50 years on.

Mohammed Daar became a PC in Coventry with West Midlands Police in 1966.
He said he did not encounter racism and was accepted by colleagues and the public before leaving two years later.
Mr Daar, who inspired his brother to join the police, said they "feel lucky" to have opened the doors for others to join.
A serving officer with Tanzanian police, Mr Daar said he came to the UK with a lot of experience and said he did not think about the impact or "making history".
"Everyone was very welcoming and members of the public would come over and shake my hand. I did not encounter any racism," he said.
West Midlands Police is marking 50 years since the first black and minority ethnic (BME) officers joined, as part of Black History month.
PC Ralph Ramadhar was the force's first black officer in Birmingham after also joining West Midlands Police in 1966.
The force said he overcame initial racism from "a pocket of the community" before becoming a sergeant and leaving in 1977 when he returned to his native Trinidad.
Police figures show almost 9% of West Midlands Police officers are from BME communities.
Ch Supt Matt Ward, the highest ranking black officer in the force, said more needs to be done but he has seen a "renewed focus" within the past 12 months.
Mr Daar, 74, who met new recruit PC Kiran Patel and went out on patrol once again said: "If somebody would've asked me [if I would join the force again today] about 10, 15, 20 years ago, I would have said no.
"But today, after looking at the training and talking to PC Patel, I think they're onto a good thing.
"I would definitely join the police force again."


A woman who discovered a decomposed frog in her Nando's salad said she was "horrified" by her experience.

Louise Rudd said she had "eaten most of" her meal at the chain's Manchester restaurant before she encountered the amphibian at the bottom of her bowl.
The salad had been supplied by Lancashire firm Salads to Go, which has yet to respond to the BBC.
Nando's said it had conducted an investigation and the supplier had since introduced extra inspections.
"We make every effort to ensure that our food is served to the highest standard," a Nando's spokeswoman said.
"We continue to work with all of our suppliers to ensure that they deliver to the quality and standards we expect."
Ms Rudd, from Stockport, said she was physically sick after discovering the dead frog during her visit to the Parrs Wood restaurant in April, and believed the "fault lay at Salads to Go", which also provides pre-packed meals to major supermarkets.
She said the Nando's area manager had compensated her with vouchers for a restaurant of her choice.
Ms Rudd also accepted his invitation to accompany him on a tour of Salad to Go's warehouse.
A Manchester City Council spokesman said the the council's Environmental Health department is investigating.


The Harlem Globetrotters have a new star: none other than Pope Francis himself.

The basketball team arrived in the Vatican on Wednesday as part of a tour of Italy.
The Pope was presented with a framed Globetrotters shirt adorned with the name Pope Francis, and the number 90 on the back.
He also took time out from his weekly general audience to be taught a few basketball skills.
The Globetrotters, a basketball exhibition team, were founded in 1926, and were one of the first to feature African-American players at a time of segregation in the United States.
While visiting Pope Francis, they did not, however, go as far as they did when they were last at the Vatican - when they made Pope John Paul II an honorary member of the team.
The significance of the number 90 on Pope Francis' honorary shirt was not immediately clear - although his most recent approval rating among US Catholics was at 90%.


The man leading Dublin's inquiry into the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland loan book has proposed a cross-border collaboration with the Belfast probe.

In 2014, the National Assets Management Agency (Nama) made the biggest property deal in Northern Ireland's history.
But it has been mired in controversy and both Stormont and the Dáil (Irish Parliament) began separate inquiries.
The Dublin inquiry's chairman wants a deal in which the two inquiry teams ask questions on each other's behalf.
The Nama investigations are being conducted by Stormont's finance committee and the Dáil's public accounts committee (PAC).
However, neither committee has the power to compel witnesses from outside their jurisdiction to testify.
PAC chair Seán Fleming told broadcaster RTÉ the proposal would mean witnesses called before the PAC could be asked questions drawn up by the Stormont committee.
In turn, PAC members could submit questions for Stormont MLAs to put to its witnesses.
Mr Fleming will ask PAC members to endorse the plan at its meeting next week.
The Nama deal is also the subject of investigations by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) and the FBI.
Last week, Deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, said a cross-border inquiry should begin when criminal investigations conclude.
But First Minister Arlene Foster rejected the call, saying a cross-border inquiry was "not appropriate" and the NCA was the appropriate organisation to investigate.
Both Nama and the US investment fund that bought the loan portfolio have strenuously denied any wrongdoing.


A tourist died after apparently losing his footing while on a solo trek in the Peruvian Andes, an inquest heard.

Harry Greaves, 29, from Bronygarth, Shropshire, went missing after leaving his friends to spend some time alone near the ancient site of Machu Picchu.
Search teams found his body in a 40-metre crevice in the Andes mountains nine days after he was reported missing in April.
The Shrewsbury coroner John Ellery recorded a verdict of accidental death.
Mr Greaves, who had moved to Wrexham, had been expected to return home on 10 April.
Mr Greaves had been trekking with friends in dense jungle near Machu Picchu, the inquest at Shirehall, Shrewsbury, heard.
He left the group to spend his 29th birthday, on 9 April, alone.
The inquest heard that judging by the amount of rations he had left, the furniture maker had died close to or on his actual birthday.
His father Simon previously said his son had sought quiet reflection before embarking on the next stage of his life.
He told the inquest his son would be "mourned by many".
"Harry was always just Harry - philosophical, spirited nature with a booming laugh who touched the lives of people wherever he met them," he said.


Darlington fighter Stu Hall says he will consider his boxing future once he has taken a break with family, after Saturday's IBF world bantamweight title defeat by Lee Haskins.

Hall, 36, was disappointed by the unanimous points decision loss, which saw Haskins retain his belt.
The one-time champion was bidding to regain his crown after June 2014's defeat by Paul Butler.
"Retirement has crossed my mind," Hall told BBC Tees.
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"I'm just going to see what happens and I don't think I can leave on this note."
His fight of choice would be a return fight with Bristolian Haskins, who won the title against Ivan Morales in May.
"I should be world champion now, but we'll see what happens and if we can get a rematch that will be great," Hall added. "If there are no big fights, then I don't think I will be continuing."


US markets were little changed on Thursday as investors assessed the latest wave of results.

After closing at a record high on Wednesday, the Dow Jones fell 0.1% to 21,611.78.
The wider S&P 500 index slipped 0.02% to 2,473.45 while the Nasdaq index rose 0.08% to 6,390.
Shares in chipmaker Qualcomm dropped nearly 5% after its forecast for fourth quarter profits fell below market estimates.
Cigarette giant Philip Morris fell 1.2% after its quarterly profit missed expectations.


A former president and vice-president of Guatemala have been formally charged with corruption and money-laundering.

Otto Perez Molina and Roxana Baldetti are among 70 people accused of involvement in a scheme that embezzled millions of dollars of government money.
Both strongly deny the accusations.
Mr Perez Molina, who was elected in 2012, and Ms Baldetti are already facing trial in another case that led to their resignations last year.
Announcing the latest charges, Prosecutor Julio Barrios Prado said the pair had been involved in illegal financing, embezzlement and money laundering.
Addressing Mr Perez Molina in court he said: "That money was used to buy goods and services for you and Baldetti including real estate and luxury vehicles, as well as $4.3m (Â£3m) in gifts."
He said shell companies had been used to try to conceal the money.
Ms Baldetti is also accused of receiving $38m (Â£26.6m) in bribes for government contracts. Prosecutors allege that, on one shopping trip to Miami, she spent more than $27,000 of the cash on shoes and clothing.
Mr Perez Molina and Ms Baldetti are already facing trial over a corruption scheme dubbed La Linea (The Line) that involved businesses paying bribes to government officials and custom officers in return for being allowed to evade import duties. They have denied any wrongdoing.


Spend half an hour shopping for a broadband deal and you may want to go and lie down in a darkened room for a while.

The adverts bamboozle you with special offers that will expire after six months, put the line rental cost in the small print, and promise you "up to" speeds which you suspect will never be delivered.
But is the fog about to clear as regulators get tough on misleading adverts?
The move by Vodafone to "drop" the monthly rental charge - or at least merge it into the overall price - is one hopeful sign. It was a smart PR move by the mobile operator but one that all the other broadband providers will have to follow by the end of October.
That is when new rules from the Advertising Standards Authority come in, obliging the companies to show the total monthly cost of a deal in their ads.
That should mean an end to offers which tell you your broadband will be "FREE!" - with the little detail of a Â£17.99 monthly line-rental charge, plus a setup fee, made far less clear.
But another aspect of broadband advertising rules may need looking at by the regulator.
This morning, the Local Government Association is complaining that people in rural areas are badly served by companies with adverts promising download speeds of "up to...".
The LGA says the rules allow companies to promise those speeds if 10% of customers can actually get them - and in rural areas they will almost certainly never get close.
It is calling for a switch to advertising average speeds, which might better reflect what people in the countryside can actually get.
That 10% figure does seem a very low bar for companies to clear, although the ASA tells me that "from" and "up to" pricing has "long been established in advertising policy".
Matters should improve as more people get fibre connections that don't degrade with distance from the exchange in the way experienced by those with an ADSL broadband package.
While the regulator says complaints about broadband speed advertising have declined, it is planning new research into consumers' understanding of the speed claims to try to work out whether the rules need to be toughened.
But when it comes to the way many people research new broadband deals, it seems clear to me that there is a serious danger that consumers are being misled. Google "broadband deals" and there is a good chance that at the top you will see a paid link to the price comparison site uSwitch.
The site was quick to provide comment on Vodafone's move to abandon separate line rental charges. "It won't be long before this way of pricing becomes the norm across the whole broadband market, although Vodafone should get a pat on the back for being the first to take the plunge," said its expert.
But when you look at that Top Ten Deals link on the price comparison site you notice a couple of things. First, there is no mention of Vodafone's broadband deals here or anywhere on the site, and second, the offers still feature the basic cost in big bold letters, with the line rental cost broken out separately in much smaller type.
The telecoms regulator Ofcom told me it has an accreditation scheme for price comparison websites, but uSwitch is not accredited because it does not comply with the rules on advertising the all-inclusive prices.
I put these two matters to uSwitch.
A spokeswoman told me the site did not feature Vodafone deals because "unfortunately they don't yet make their deals available online".
Vodafone tells me it is puzzled by this as its broadband offers are indeed available online. As for the issue with Ofcom, uSwitch says it is "constantly reviewing" its position about the regulator's accreditation scheme.
The way we choose an energy deal or evaluate a new car or a bank account is getting somewhat simpler under pressure from regulators. But for now at least, it looks as though working out which broadband supplier offers the best deal is still a matter of peering through the fog.


Think of transport in London, and you might call to mind the Tube, red buses or even black cabs.

But we also rely heavily on the rail network and, at the risk of stating the obvious, if there is a rail strike then it is London, the south east and many commuter towns that will bear the brunt.
According to the latest figures from the Department for Transport (DfT), there are more than 10 times the number of peak rail commuters coming into London than the next biggest city in the UK.
This is not to demean the impact on the line in the North, say between Leeds and Manchester, but more people will be impacted in the south east.
The report from the DfT says: "London had a much higher number of passengers travelling in and out of the city centre compared to any other city, with 545,000 arrivals in the morning peak on a typical weekday in 2013 compared to 39,000 in Birmingham, the second busiest city."
Over the course of the day 981,000 people arrived in London by rail, according to Dft figures from 2012.
In 2013 there were 1.6bn passenger journeys in the UK, of which 70% were on London & South East operators, 22% were on regional operators and 8% on long distance operators. the Office of Rail Regulation says.
There are also parts of south London where reliance on the network is further increased because there are very few public transport alternatives.
So just shy of one million people could be affected by the 24-hour strike that starts on bank holiday Monday on 25 May.
(In practice this figure may be lower because some parents may be off work for childcare reasons during half term.)
Pay talks have been going on for some time and the conciliation service ACAS is involved. There had been some positive signals but that initial optimism seems to have evaporated.
The unions are particularly aggrieved about a non-consolidated £500 payment for the 2015 part of the four-year pay deal.
They also have concerns about the 'no compulsory redundancy' part of the deal which they want extended beyond 2016.
Earlier Network Rail threatened legal proceedings against TSSA, one of the unions involved the "white collar" bank holiday strike, because of alleged strike ballot irregularities.
Sources at Network Rail say they have to try every avenue to keep the railways running, but the move will be seen as provocative by the unions.
In negotiations there is always an element of brinkmanship. The language hasn't shown much compromise so far.
Lots of people ask me if next week's rail strike will go ahead. The answer is a fudge: I'm afraid you have to assume it is on - until it is called off…


Illegal immigrants will find it harder to set up home in the UK under planned laws, says Home Secretary Theresa May.

The Immigration Bill would force private landlords to quiz tenants about their immigration status and restrict access to bank accounts for people in the country without permission.
It also aims to streamline the appeals process in immigration cases.
Labour said the bill did nothing about bigger problems like the "shambolic" state of UK border controls.
The bill, which is expected to become law in spring 2014, subject to approval by MPs, will include measures to allow the UK to "deport foreign criminals first and hear their appeal later" when there is "no risk of serious irreversible harm".
BBC home affairs correspondent Dominic Casciani says this could lead to an increase in air fare costs for the Home Office, if it has to fly back migrants who are successful in their appeal.
A requirement is also included for temporary migrants, such as overseas students, to make a contribution to the National Health Service to prevent so-called "health tourism".
Other new measures in the bill include:
Immigration minister Mark Harper said: "The Immigration Bill will stop migrants using public services to which they are not entitled, reduce the pull factors which encourage people to come to the UK and make it easier to remove people who should not be here.
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When you average them out, there's been one immigration bill roughly every two years since 1997 and the system apparently still needs fixing.
Each bill has seen a minister take legislation to Parliament and tell MPs that this is the one that will make the system firmer, faster and fairer - or words to that effect.
So what makes this latest attempt any different?
This bill is almost entirely about enforcement: it focuses on people the government wants to control or keep out.
Critics say much of it may prove challenging to implement: landlords will need to become experts in forged passports, there will be new court battles over the appeals process and, undoubtedly, complaints of poor and unfair decisions will remain.
The ultimate goal is increased public confidence in the system. Whatever measures are in this bill, that remains the most challenging aim of them all.
"We will continue to welcome the brightest and best migrants who want to contribute to our economy and society and play by the rules. But the law must be on the side of people who respect it, not those who break it."
Mrs May said the measures were about "making it harder for people who are here illegally to stay here".
She said it was a "point of principle" that people who used public services should be expected to contribute to them, but she would not comment on the cost to the country of "health tourism".
She denied claims that forcing private landlords to check the immigration status of prospective tenants would be unworkable, saying they would just be "required to ask some simple questions" in the same way that employers have to do when interviewing workers.
But an organisation representing private and public sector landlords said the measures would "make it much harder for non-British people to access housing even when they have a legal right to live in the UK".
Gavin Smart, director of policy and practice at the Chartered Institute of Housing, said: "Checking immigration status is complicated so landlords may shy away from letting to anyone who appears not to be British."
Don Flynn, director of Migrants' Rights Network, criticised moves to restrict access to the NHS, saying:  "There are very small numbers of migrants who come here with pre-existing health conditions and find themselves registering with the health service.
"I simply do not believe there is any significant evidence that something like the NHS is a pull factor."
The British Medical Association (BMA) is also critical of the plans.
Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chairman of the BMA's GPs committee, told BBC Radio 5live there is already a system in place for hospitals to recover the cost of treating patients who are ineligible for NHS care.
"Clearly that could be improved, but introducing a system for general practice could be a bureaucratic nightmare," he said.
"The reality is people don't come to the UK to use the NHS, they're more likely to come to work in the NHS."
Labour said there was nothing in the bill to tackle problems at the UK's "increasingly shambolic" border controls or to deal with "long delays in getting electronic checks in place, or the UKBA (UK Border Agency) bureaucratic failings that have prevented foreign criminals being deported".
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "It doesn't seem to address some of the serious issues around border control and some of the problems about exploitation of immigration in the labour market, particularly low-skill immigration, which has caused concerns about jobs and wages."
Campaign group the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants welcomed what it claimed was a "climb down" by the Home Office, which had not included in the bill proposals to introduce immigration checks by GPs.
It said the new proposals would deter students from wanting to study in the UK but would have "no impact whatsoever on 'illegal' immigration - the declared intention of this bill".
UKIP said "pressganging landlords, doctors and private citizens under the threat of sanctions to carry out the work of border agencies is simply wrong" and the government needed to treat the cause of immigration problems rather than the symptoms.
And Simon Walker, of the Institute of Directors, warned that some of the government's rhetoric was starting to make the UK "look unwelcoming and hostile to the people on whom our export markets depend".
The Conservatives say they want to reduce net migration from non-EU countries - the difference between the number of people emigrating and arriving in the UK - to less than 100,000 a year.
But the latest Office for National Statistics figures show net migration rose to 176,000 in the year ending December 2012 - up from 153,000 people in the year to September 2012 - appearing to buck the recent downward trend.
There are no official estimates of the number of illegal immigrants in the UK. A 2009 study by the London School of Economics produced an estimate of 618,000 but the Migration Watch pressure group said this under-estimated the number of people who had overstayed their visas and the true figure was more like 1.1 million.


A man who fractured a toddler's skull because she was crying while he was watching X-Factor on television has been jailed for 13 and a half years.

Darren Fagan attacked the two-year-old girl in her cot while he was visiting her mother at her home in Bessbrook, County Armagh, in October 2014.
The child sustained horrific injuries, including a brain haemorrhage.
Fagan, formerly of Clonavon Avenue in Portadown, had admitted causing her grievous bodily harm with intent.
He had originally been charged with attempted murder but this was "left on the books" after he admitted the lesser charge.
Fagan had previously tried to blame the child's mother for the injuries, and on Friday, the judge at Belfast Crown Court branded those claims as "cowardly, vindictive and shameful''.
He imposed an extended custodial sentence of three years "for the protection of the public'' after assessing that Fagan posed a danger to society.
The judge told Fagan that he would have to serve half his sentence before the Parole Commissioners would decide whether it was safe to release him back into the community.
If Fagan is released at that point, he will spend a further nine years and three months on supervised licence by the Probation Service.


Having a graduate teacher in a nursery has only a limited impact on children's attainment, new research suggests.

In England the government wants more graduate staff in nurseries in a bid to boost children's literacy and numeracy.
But a study published by the London School of Economics (LSE) claims highly qualified staff had only a "tiny" effect on attainment.
One early years group said the the report challenged "many of the assumptions" around current policy.
The researchers, from the Centre for Economic Performance at LSE, Surrey University and University College London, looked at figures, drawn from the National Pupil Database, on about 1.8 million five-year-olds who started school in England between 2008 and 2011.
These were the most recent figures available when the project began in 2012.
The researchers cross-referenced the children's attainment at the end of their first year at school with information on the nurseries they had attended the previous year.
The information revealed, that the children from nurseries with teachers qualified to degree level on the staff performed only slightly better than children who had not had access to qualified teachers at nursery.
This amounted to having an overall teacher assessment score at the end of the reception year of just a third of a point higher, where the maximum points available is 117.
The researchers also found only a minimal benefit for children who had attended nurseries rated outstanding by Ofsted, compared with those who had attended other nurseries.
Lead author Dr Jo Blanden, senior lecturer in Economics at Surrey University, said: "Successive governments have focused on improving staff qualifications, based on the belief that these are important for children's learning.
"Our research finding that having a member of staff qualified to graduate level working in the nursery has only a tiny effect on children's outcomes surprised us, given existing research that finds well-qualified staff have higher quality interactions with children.
"It is extremely important to discover the factors that lead to a high quality nursery experience so we can maximise children's chances to benefit developmentally from attending nursery, particularly as the government extends the entitlement from 15 to 30 hours."
Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-School Learning Alliance, the largest voluntary sector provider of early years education in England, hoped the report would help "end the widespread misconception that private and voluntary providers are of lower quality than maintained settings simply because they are less likely to employ graduate staff".
"We have long argued that quality early years provision is about more than just staff qualifications," said Mr Leitch.
"Experience, a caring demeanour and, crucially, an in-depth understanding of child development are all equally vital to ensuring that children get the best possible start in life."
The LSE study contradicts research last year from Save the Children which said it was crucial for every nursery in England to have a qualified early years teacher.
The charity's UK poverty director, Gareth Jenkins, said it was still very much of the view that qualified nursery teachers made a huge difference.
"A wide body of evidence shows that children who don't have access to these teachers are more likely to start school behind their peers, and that children who start behind are four times more likely to still be behind by the time they start secondary school - something that can have a huge impact on the rest of their lives," said Mr Jenkins.
A Department for Education spokesman said the government's early education strategy was working, with a record number of nurseries, pre-schools and childminders rated "good" or "outstanding" and the proportion of children reaching the expected learning and development continuing to rise.
"Latest results show the attainment gap between disadvantaged pupils and their counterparts is narrowing," said the spokesman.


Watford forward Diego Fabbrini is to be released from his season-long loan deal with Middlesbrough in order to join Birmingham, reports BBC Tees Sport.

It is believed the 25-year-old will leave Boro to sign for Birmingham on a more permanent basis.
Since arriving at the Riverside at the beginning of the season, the Italian has scored six goals in 24 appearances.
Fabbrini spent two months on loan with Blues last season, making five league appearances.
Boro are currently second in the Championship, while Birmingham are just outside the play-off places on goal difference.
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Rail travellers are facing a second day of disruption amid fears the tracks could buckle under the searing heat.

Speed restrictions have been put on lines in the Thames Valley area by Network Rail to protect track points.
From midday to 20:00 BST there will be no direct trains between London Paddington and Henley-on-Thames or Bourne End.
Passengers travelling to Henley Royal Regatta will have to take slower services to the event via Twyford.
Network rail said additional services were being put on for the regatta, which attracts over 300,000 spectators each year.
The speed restrictions are brought in when the air temperature reaches 30C (86F) as the rails can reach 50C (122F) resulting in a risk of buckling.
Temperatures are set to hit 32C (90F) in parts of the Thames Valley, the Met Office said.


Afghanistan's nominee for agriculture minister has denied charges of fraud and tax evasion outstanding in Estonia.

Mohammad Yaqub Haidari was nominated for the post by President Ashraf Ghani. However, it has emerged that he is on Interpol's most-wanted list for large scale tax evasion and fraud.
The presidential office has told the BBC it is investigating whether the accusations against him are true.
Interpol's website says Mr Haidari is wanted in Estonia for tax evasion.
He is also accused of fraud linked to currency conversions.
Mr Haidari told the BBC that he was the victim of a political conspiracy, and that he was being pursued by a criminal mafia.
He said: "They [Interpol] have mentioned in this document that they are pursuing me. I am not in hiding."
He said that he would like to go to Estonia to "defend his rights".
Estonian law enforcement officials could not immediately be reached for comment on Sunday.
According to Estonian media, Mr Haidari was investigated for embezzlement and tax evasion from the time when he was director of dairy firm Rapla Dairy. The company went bankrupt in 2003.
Court proceedings began against Mr Haidari, and he eventually fled Estonia, local media said.
He was sentenced in absentia to four years in prison in 2011, reports said.
The news of the charges is an embarrassment for the new President Ghani, who wants to change the political culture in Afghanistan by appointing people who are both qualified and clean, the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul reports.
No ministers are yet in place almost four months after the new Afghan government was sworn in, and there is a growing sense that the government is drifting, our correspondent adds.
President Ghani announced his cabinet nominations on Monday some three months after he was sworn in, following tortuous negotiations with former rival and current government chief executive Abdullah Abdullah.


The rate of unemployment in Wales has risen and is now higher than the UK average for the first time in a year.

Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show the rate of unemployment in Wales at 4.9% of 16-64 year olds, compared to 4.7% across the UK.
Between December and February, there were 74,000 people in Wales available for work but not employed, up 8,000 on the September-November figure.
But the employment rate also rose, to 73%, with 6,000 more people in work.
Both rates rose due to a fall in the third category, that of economically inactive people - those not in work or available to work.
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns said he was "delighted" with the increase in employment, adding that the jobless rate was lower than it was 12 months ago.
"Companies are continuing to demonstrate their confidence in the Welsh workforce, as I saw for myself at Aston Martin in St Athan last week," he said.
"The UK government is committed to ensuring that Wales remains open for business."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the figures showed "growth and stability" in the Welsh labour market.
"At 73 per cent, the employment rate in Wales is just below its historic high record, while unemployment has fallen faster in Wales than across the UK as a whole over the past 12 months," he said.
"We are continuing to work well with business to create the right economic conditions to help create and safeguard jobs right across Wales."


Snowdon Mountain Railway is to mark its 120th anniversary with three days of celebrations.

Trains have run from Llanberis to the summit of Wales' highest peak since 1896, except for during World Wars One and Two.
Celebrations will be held with entertainment and local traders will be selling food and drink.
They start on Friday at Llanberis station and will run each day from 10:00 BST.


Email scammers have launched a deluge of spam emails at Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum.

A new phishing attack targets users with subject lines such as "Brexit causes historic market drop".
There had been a sharp rise in such attacks since polling day, James Chappell, co-founder of London cybersecurity company Digital Shadows, told the Telegraph.
Users have been advised not to click on links or attachments in such emails.
"Since the referendum results, Symantec's threat intelligence researchers have identified a 392% increase in spam emails that use Brexit in the subject line to target people and organisations," a Symantec spokeswoman told the BBC.
The number of emails blocked by Symantec on behalf of their customers rose from 81,323 between 9 June and 23 June to 399,892 from the 24 June to 5 July.
Phishing attacks involve sending a user a spoof message encouraging them to click on a link or download a file that then installs malware on to their computer or redirects them to a malicious website.
"These people are quite smartly riding on an assumption that Brexit has made a huge chunk of the population anxious and insecure," said psychologist Dr Aaron Balick.
"They're more vulnerable in that situation to grabbing on to something that offers them reassurances," he told the BBC.