According to 28-year-old Linnea Rinas, the reason she's so keen to holiday in the UK is the long-running television crime drama, Midsomer Murders.

She has watched it with her family in Sweden for as long as she can remember.
The appeal of Britain's small screen dramas abroad is being dubbed "The Crown effect" after the biopic series about the British Queen.
Added to the impact of a weaker pound it is helping set the scene for a bumper year for UK tourism.
Linnea spent Easter visiting the Peak District, the Lake District and the Cotswolds.
"You have the lovely green hills. You've got the seaside, the cute houses, the pub culture, you've got everything," she says.
She's a fan of the property show, Escape To The Country, too, which is also shown on daytime television in Sweden.
A Barclays survey suggests that Linnea is not alone in choosing to explore Britain thanks to a passion for UK's small screen drama exports.
The popularity of the Netflix series, The Crown, dramatising the life of Queen Elizabeth II and a string of other recent successes such as Poldark, Sherlock and Downton Abbey are whetting travellers' appetites.
Amongst Chinese tourists interested in visiting the UK, 44% said TV programmes had driven their interest. More than a quarter of Americans planning a UK visit said the same.
On top of that, the weaker pound this year is convincing tourists from both home and abroad, that they'll get more for their money if they holiday here.
A third of those interested in holidaying in the UK cited the exchange rate as a reason in Barclays' survey.
Recent figures show that visitor numbers to the UK in January and February were 6% higher than last year.
VisitBritain, the UK's tourist body, reports that flight bookings to the UK for April to September this year are 21% higher than last year. And 2016 was already a record breaking year for in-bound tourism.
Barclays surveyed 10,000 respondents. Amongst those outside the UK, 63% said they were more likely to consider pitching up on UK shores this year. And responses from the UK suggest "staycations" could rise by around 30%.
Firms in the tourism sector are reporting an uptick in business.
"Operators are reporting good forward bookings. We're seeing the first few months exceed expectations," says Mike Saul, head of Hospitality and Leisure at Barclays.
Scott McCready rents holiday cabins on the Devonshire coast. He says sterling's fall last year following the referendum vote had a marked and immediate effect on his bookings.
"It went bananas. It was like someone flicked a switch. Within a couple of days all the available units to let were booked for whole of last summer."
He expects to be fully booked again this year, largely thanks to the trend for Brits to holiday at home.
Hannah Mercer, 35, will count herself among them this year.
In the past she and her husband, an American, holidayed in the States. This year, in part thanks to the poor exchange rate, they're looking closer to home.
"We'd want nice British experience like a country walk, a pub lunch, that kind of stuff" she says.
They're looking at Cornwall and Devon.
"It won't be dry all week," she concedes. "But if you get at least one or two days of sunshine, you've done pretty well. "


Cardiff chairman Mehmet Dalman wants to protect manager Neil Warnock from any uncertainly over the club's ownership.

Dalman rejected a newspaper report suggesting there was fresh impetus in attempts to sell the club.
Owner Vincent Tan would consider offers at the "right price" but Dalman said there had been no serious bids.
"We do not want anything to disrupt our mission for this year, which is to have a real go at it in the Championship," Dalman told BBC Wales Sport.
"We are really looking forward to this season. We are very excited about it."
The speculation centred on a brochure for prospective buyers put together by Dalman's company WMG.
It is understood this brochure has been in existence for years and is routinely available should the club receive any approach about a possible sale or sponsorship.
But the Tan and Dalman are keen to quell fresh speculation as Warnock embarks on his first full campaign as manager, after galvanising the Bluebirds following a poor start in the Championship last season.
In addition to Cardiff, Tan has interests in MLS side Los Angeles FC, Bosnia's FC Sarajevo and Belgium's Kortrikt Voetbalt CBVA.


The Tokyo 2020 Olympics will cost £9.98bn (1.8 trillion yen), six times more than the original estimate, it has been claimed.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported the overspend on its website.
It said the huge rise had been caused by unexpected payments for building lanes on highways, as well as rising material costs and personnel expenses.
Next year's Olympics in Rio has a budget of £2.38bn while London 2012 cost £8.77bn in total.
However, if the cost of the Tokyo Olympics was to reach £9.98bn, it would still be considerably less than the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, which was estimated to have cost £31bn ($51bn).
The initial cost of the 2020 Games was estimated at £1.6bn (300bn yen).
NHK said the figure was optimistic and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee was expected to show a shortfall of £5.54bn (1 trillion yen).
Total costs for staging the Games will be shared by the committee, the Tokyo government and national government.


The world's finest uncut opal has mostly been kept in a safe deposit box since it was unearthed from the South Australian outback with a pick and shovel 70 years ago.

Walter Bartram was prospecting in dusty terrain in Coober Pedy, about 750km (466 miles) north of Adelaide, in 1946 when he staked a claim to what became called the Fire of Australia.
Although his family achieved success in opal trading, their greatest discovery has been seen rarely by the public.
That has just changed.
The 998g (35.2oz) opal, valued at nearly A$900,000 (Â£550,000; $680,000), is now on display in Adelaide's South Australian Museum.
Still largely in its original condition, the opal's two polished faces reveal a kaleidoscope of colours from green to yellow to red.
"When my father was alive, it was originally kept separately from all trading because it was such a significant piece," Alan Bartram told the BBC.
"We decided we would retain that intention, and keep it as a significant and obviously excellent example of light opal from South Australia."
The family has decided to pass it on for future generations to enjoy.
The museum's director, Brian Oldman, said the opal's rarity should not be underestimated.
"Opal of this quality can only be created under certain climate conditions," Mr Oldman said.
"When our state's inland sea evaporated millions of years ago, it provided a unique silica-rich environment for the creation of precious opal. It is these exceptional conditions that created the Fire of Australia."
A mining town for more than 100 years, Coober Pedy still draws people lured by the hope of striking it rich.
"They're becoming more scarce because the overheads of mining now are getting to be so expensive - in fuel, explosives, machinery and living costs on the field," Mr Bartram said.
"But South Australia supplies about 90% of the world's quality opals. There may be more major finds."
Reporting by the BBC's Greg Dunlop


The public has been warned about restricted access to a south of Scotland forest as efforts to tackle a killer tree disease continue.

Felling operations are taking place at Mabie Forest near Dumfries from December until February.
The action will remove trees infected with Phytophthora ramorum as well as some unaffected by the disease.
The main entrance to the forest will be shut on weekdays in December but should be reopened by Christmas.
Visitors have been asked to follow diversion signs.
Public information notices, details of works and trail closures will also be regularly updated and posted on site and online.
Sallie Bailey, Forest Enterprise Scotland's district manager for Dumfries and the Borders, said: "Mabie is one of our most popular recreation sites in the region - with 7stanes mountain bike trails as well as walking trails.
"Regrettably, felling is unavoidable because it is one of the crucial steps we can take to try and minimise the progress of this disease, which has badly affected larch, particularly in parts of south-west Scotland.
"These works will change the look of the forest for a short time, but also present opportunities for future replanting."
Similar operations planned for Heathhall Forest are likely to begin in the New Year and be completed by the beginning of March.


Russian security forces in the city of Volgograd have detained more than 700 people in a crackdown following two bomb blasts which killed 34.

Officials have not yet linked any of those detained directly to the bombings in Volgograd on 29 and 30 December.
A policeman, Dmitry Makovkin, has been buried with full military honours. He allegedly stopped a suicide bomber just before the railway station blast.
Five of the 62 injured being treated in hospital are critically ill.
Thousands of police officers are conducting checks on public transport, stopping cars and questioning drivers as well as other individuals at markets and shops.
Cossacks - traditional paramilitary enforcers in southern Russia - are patrolling the streets and buses to help police, as are local volunteers known as druzhinniki.
Russian investigators believe that both suicide bombers were men who had arrived in Volgograd from the North Caucasus, a security source told Interfax news agency.
The bombings were similar to previous indiscriminate attacks by Islamist militants operating from the North Caucasus, where violent anti-Moscow separatism is rife.
No group has said it carried out the attacks, but analysts say the bombings could have been an effort to derail the Winter Olympics in Sochi, which begin next month.
The first bomb attack took place at the city's main railway station, and the second - the following day - ripped through a trolleybus.
Volgograd was in mourning during the traditional New Year holiday - and the mourning period only ends on Friday. The city, called Stalingrad in Soviet times, is a powerful symbol for Russian patriots, because of its key role in the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two.


A large asteroid the size of the Rock of Gibraltar has passed safely by Earth.

The object, measured to be almost a kilometre wide, came within five times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
Known as 2014 JO25, the asteroid is the biggest such space rock to skim our world since 2004.
Astronomers say the best opportunity to view the rock will come in the dark hours of Wednesday night.
Radar imagery using Nasa's 70m (230 ft) antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex in California reveal a peanut-shaped asteroid that rotates about once every five hours.
The asteroid passed Earth at a distance of 1.8 million km (1.1 million miles) at 13:24 BST on Wednesday, 19 April.
The next known encounter of an asteroid of about this size will occur in 2027 when the 800m-wide (half-mile-wide) asteroid 1999 AN10 will fly by at one lunar distance, about 380,000 km (236,000 miles).


Andy Murray qualified for the semi-finals and stayed on track to retain the world number one ranking with victory over Stan Wawrinka at the ATP World Tour Finals.

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The Briton only needed one set to reach the last four, but beat the Swiss 6-4 6-2 to top the John McEnroe Group.
Murray extended his winning streak to 22 matches and goes on to face Milos Raonic at 14:00 GMT on Saturday.
Serb Novak Djokovic faces Japan's Kei Nishikori in the other semi at 20:00.
Djokovic also won all three of his group matches, and Murray must at least match his results at the O2 Arena to end the year at the top of the rankings.
In the last group match of the tournament, Croat Marin Cilic defeated Japan's world number five Nishikori 3-6 6-2 6-3.
Cilic's win means he will replace Frenchman Gael Monfils to become the new world number six.
Murray withstood an early barrage of winners from Wawrinka before taking a grip on the match midway through the first set.
"The first set was tight. There weren't many chances," said Murray, 29.
"I managed to get the break late in the set. In the second set I'd already qualified for the semis, so maybe it was easier for me to play more free than him."
The Scot knew he only required one set, while Wawrinka was really in need of a straight-set victory, lending the contest an added air of tension from even the early stages.
A healthy contingent of Swiss fans among the 16,000 spectators added to an atmosphere more akin to the latter stages of a Grand Slam.
Wawrinka, 31, blasted four winners in the opening game but could not make the breakthrough and Murray capitalised in game seven.
A loose backhand gave Murray a break point and when the Swiss failed to put away a forehand pass, the Wimbledon champion pounced at the net - prompting Wawrinka to smash his racquet in anger.
Murray could have been forgiven for a few nerves when three set points then slipped by on the Wawrinka serve, but he served out calmly in the following game and qualification was secure.
Wawrinka framed a forehand to drop serve at the start of the second and his challenge was all but over, as Murray raced 4-0 clear and closed it out after one hour and 26 minutes.
Murray's 22-match winning run equals the career-best effort he set earlier this year from Queen's Club in June to Cincinnati in August.
During that run he beat Raonic in the Queen's and Wimbledon finals, and he has since had another win over the Canadian in Cincinnati.
Raonic, seeded fourth, won two of his three group matches in London, only losing a tight two-set match against Djokovic.
"He's played very well in this event," said Murray, who has won his last eight in a row against Raonic. "These are quick conditions here and it'll be tough.
"He's got a huge serve. It's an amazing stadium and atmosphere."


Tony Blair's warning to the Labour Party not to repeat the mistakes of the 1980s, which consigned it to 18 years in opposition, brought back memories of Michael Foot, its leader at the beginning of that lost decade.

Michael Foot died in 2010, aged 96. At his death, he was hailed by some as one of the great figures of the 20th Century Labour movement, even if others remembered him rather less generously as a disorganised and weak leader out of step with the times.
Mr Foot did, though, resemble some modern-day politicians in one respect: he graduated in politics, philosophy and economics from Oxford.
He first stood (unsuccessfully) for election in 1935, before going on to become a hugely successful and influential journalist and author.
He was also a founding member of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and built a reputation as a formidable orator and parliamentarian.
He served as Harold Wilson's Employment Secretary in 1974, a tough role at a time of fraught industrial relations, before becoming leader of the House of Commons in 1976.
Mr Foot was elected leader of the Labour Party in 1980, presenting himself as the candidate to unite the warring right and left wings of the party.
But Labour continued to tear itself apart after he became leader.
There were problems with the Militant Tendency - a group of a few thousand activists bent on turning Labour into a Trotskyist movement.
The rifts and divisions worsened with the formation of the breakaway Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981.
Mr Foot soldiered on, presiding over Labour's disastrous defeat at the hands of Margaret Thatcher in the 1983 general election.
Mrs Thatcher won a massive majority of 144.
Labour won just below 28% of the vote.
The defeat was its worst showing since 1918, even though in later years some credited Mr Foot with holding the party together in one of the most turbulent periods in its history.
The 1983 election remains a sore point in Labour political folklore.
Mr Foot campaigned on a platform that included:
The Labour manifesto, 700 pages long, and in retrospect rather optimistically entitled The New Hope for Britain, did not bother to summarise the policies but instead simply included everything to avoid a bitter public clash between rival factions.
One story has it that a policy for socialist puppy farms was only just kept out of the final document.
It was later dubbed "the longest suicide note in history" by the Labour MP Gerald Kaufman.
The Labour campaign itself was a lesson in how not to run for office: it started badly and then fell away.
At one point, with Mr Foot under pressure, Labour's campaign committee passed a resolution confirming its confidence in his leadership qualities, only serving to undermine him further, and give new meaning, said critics, to the phrase "shooting yourself in the Foot".
The 1983 campaign, however, saw two future Labour prime ministers enter the Commons: Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.
Paddy Ashdown and Charles Kennedy, future leaders of the Liberal Democrats, were also elected in 1983, as was the future Tory leader, Michael Howard.
Mr Blair now says the politics of the 1980s belongs firmly in the past, even if it was the time that saw him begin his own journey to the summit of power.
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Jerry Lewis' goofy comedies made him the world's best-paid movie star.

A master of the visual gag, his films - with their cartoon-like antics - became immensely popular.
His partnership with Dean Martin lasted for 10 years, spawning a string of successful films and live performances.
He also became well-known for hosting marathon telethons raising millions of dollars for charity.
He was born Joseph Levitch in 1926 in Newark, New Jersey, into a family of Russian Jewish emigres. His father was a vaudeville entertainer while his mother played piano in a radio station.
Following his stage debut at the age of five, he went on to play to great acclaim to audiences on the so-called Borscht Circuit, the collection of summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains that were popular with New York's Jewish families.
By 15, he had refined an act that involved exaggerated miming to records under the name Joey Lewis, which he later changed to Jerry.
He first found national success when he teamed up with an up-and-coming crooner called Dean Martin. The pair quickly became favourites on the nightclub circuit before branching out with their own radio show.
Their combination of sophistication and slapstick brought a decade of success, during which they starred together in 16 films and became the number one box office success in America.
But their partnership, which Lewis likened to a love affair, ended in acrimony. The two men did not speak to one another for years after the split, though they were reconciled before Martin's death.
Lewis went on to sign an exclusive contract with Paramount Pictures, which made him the best-paid star in Hollywood.
He wrote, starred in, produced and even directed a series of comedy films including The Bell Boy, Cinderfella and The Nutty Professor, which broke box office records everywhere they played.
Many of his roles were based on the idea of a split personality. Lewis' innate ability to play a wide range of admittedly grotesque characters, was always at the core of his films.
To some, Lewis' performances were childish and simplistic. Others, including the French, who awarded him their highest decoration the Legion d'Honneur in 1984, considered him a genius.
Lewis took his comedy extremely seriously. Indeed, he taught for a time at the University of Southern California, where his students included George Lucas and Steven Spielberg.
His analysis was refreshingly simple, that "there is a thin line between comedy and tragedy and real comedy comes through exploring that line".
Lewis endured a number of setbacks including open heart surgery, prostate cancer and a bitter separation from one of his five sons.
In 1983, he thrilled as the talk show host stalked by Robert de Niro in The King of Comedy and, in 1995, played opposite the British actor and comedian, Lee Evans (whom many liken to Lewis) in the film Funny Bones.
He returned in triumph to the stage in 1995 as the satanic Mr Applegate in the musical Damn Yankees. It was a role that, at the time, made him the highest-paid star in Broadway history.
When the Weinstein Company made a CGI animated version of the Nutty Professor in 2008, Lewis lent his voice to the character of Professor Kelp, the part he had played in the original 1963 film.
For more than 50 years, he worked for the American Muscular Dystrophy Association and fronted their annual coast to coast Telethon. It was a partnership that ended somewhat abruptly in 2010.
Behind the clowning, Lewis was a complex character, some would say eccentric. He would, for instance, give suits away rather than have them cleaned and, like many perfectionists, could be egotistical and difficult to work with.
It is a measure of Jerry Lewis' many abilities, not just that he made it to the top during one of the most competitive eras in Hollywood history, but that he stayed there for half a century, still packing them close to the end.


The front doors of houses used by asylum seekers are to be repainted, after claims they were targeted because nearly all of the doors were red.

Asylum seekers in Middlesbrough told The Times eggs and stones had been thrown at their houses because the doors made them easy to identify.
The immigration minister said he was "deeply concerned" about the issue.
G4S said there was no policy to house asylum seekers behind red doors but its subcontractor would be repainting them.
The Times visited 168 houses in Middlesbrough owned by Jomast, a sub contractor for the global security firm G4S, and found 155 had red doors.
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BBC correspondent Andy Moore said it was thought the door colour may have been a convenient way for the company to identify its properties.
Former local councillor Suzanne Fletcher told the BBC's Today programme she had raised the issue with G4S as far back as 2012 but was told the company would not ask Jomast to repaint the doors.
She went on to submit evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee, Public Accounts Committee and National Audit Office.
She said: "Over four years ago when I was working with groups of asylum seekers, they were worried it marked them out and were worried about attacks."
The charity Refugee Council said it "has long held concerns about the quality and security of asylum accommodation".
It added: "The government must not tolerate its contractors taking a lax attitude towards housing these vulnerable people. Such an approach is clearly jeopardising their safety."
G4S said Jomast had no policy to house asylum seekers behind red doors but accepted the majority of doors, both for private and asylum accommodation, were painted red.
Immigration minister James Brokenshire said he had commissioned an urgent Home Office audit of asylum seeker housing in the North East.
He said: "I expect the highest standards from our contractors. If we find any evidence of discrimination against asylum seekers it will be dealt with immediately as any such behaviour will not be tolerated."
G4S said in a statement: "Although we have received no complaints or requests on this issue from asylum seekers we house, in light of the concerns raised Jomast has agreed to address the issue by repainting front doors in the area so that there is no predominant colour.
"Our asylum accommodation is inspected frequently by the Home Office and has been found to meet the required standards."


Power has been restored in many parts of the southern Indian city of Chennai days after severe floods hit the city.

A massive relief operation is continuing to get food and medicines to tens of thousands people. Many residents are living in shelters after their homes were submerged.
Railways and Chennai's main airport, which has been flooded, are due to resume some operations on Saturday.
More than 260 people have died after the heaviest rainfall in a century.
The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from Chennai (Madras) that many people, particularly in working class neighbourhoods, say they have suffered huge losses and want the government to offer them financial assistance to help rebuild their lives.
The rains, the heaviest in 100 years, are being blamed on climate change and many in Chennai say the city needs to prepare better to face extreme weather patterns, our correspondent says.
Floodwaters started receding on Friday from parts of Chennai, hours after it experienced a respite from rain.
More than 7,000 people have been rescued so far, but many are still stranded, reports say.
Thousands of houses are reportedly still under water with many people trapped inside them.
Troops have set up 25 shelters and community kitchens for the flood victims.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has promised $150m (??99m) to the flood-hit Tamil Nadu state.
A depression in the Bay of Bengal has triggered rains in coastal areas.
Last month, non-stop rain for nearly a week brought the city to a standstill.
Three days of fresh rains have again led to massive flooding, inundating homes, hospitals, roads, railway tracks and the city's airport. Forecasts of more showers remain in place.
A total of 269 people are now known to have died in floods in Tamil Nadu state since last month.


Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet US President Donald Trump for the first time this week on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany.

The Kremlin says they will have "a fully-fledged, sit-down meeting" which will touch upon a number of pressing foreign policy issues, including Syria and Ukraine.
The meeting has been preceded by months of speculation about a "bromance" between Mr Putin and Mr Trump, fuelled by alleged Russian interference in last year's US election and rumours that Russia strongly favoured Mr Trump over Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
BBC Monitoring looks at what the two leaders have had to say about each other in recent years.
Vladimir Putin has been fairly guarded about his views on Donald Trump. His most recent comment on his US counterpart was June, where he described Trump as "direct and open" person, who has a "fresh view".
17 December 2015: "He is a very colourful person, talented, without any doubt. It is not our business to determine his merits, that is up to US voters, but he is the absolute leader in the presidential race."
27 October 2016: "He has chosen a method to get through to voters' hearts…  He behaves extravagantly of course, we see this, but I think there's a reason for this. He represents the part of US society that's tired of having the elite in power for decades."
9 November 2016: "I'd like to congratulate the American people on the completion of the electoral cycle and Mr Donald Trump on his victory in this election... Russia is ready and wants to restore fully-fledged relations with the USA."
4 December 2016: "He could achieve success in business, which suggests that he's a smart man. And if he's a smart man, that means that he'll fully and quickly enough realise this different level of responsibility. We expect that he will act with this perspective in mind."
1 June 2017: "He can't be put in the same category as traditional politicians. I see great advantages because he's a person with a fresh view… Some people like him, some don't."
During his presidential election campaign, Mr Trump spoke favourably of Mr Putin, saying that he "would possibly have a good relationship" with the Russian leader. However, in recent months his rhetoric towards Mr Putin has become noticeably more reserved.
28 April 2016: "I think he said some really nice things. He called me a genius. He said: 'Trump's a genius.' Okay. So, you know, that's nice… He has been very nice to me."
28 July 2016:  "I don't think he has any respect for Clinton. I think he respects me. I think it would be great to get along with him."
7 September 2016: "The man has very strong control over a country... It's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system but certainly, in that system, he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader."
27 January 2017: "I don't know the gentleman [Mr Putin]. I hope we have a fantastic relationship. That's possible, and it's also possible that we won't… We'll see what happens."
19 March 2017: "Don't know him but certainly he is a tough cookie. I don't know how he is doing for Russia; we are going to find out one day."
BBC Monitoring reports and analyses news from TV, radio, web and print media around the world. You can follow BBC Monitoring onTwitter.


More bus services could be run on a Sunday during the winter, under proposals made by Jersey operator Liberty Bus.

The summer timetable is due to finish on 30 September to be replaced by a smaller autumn and winter service.
Deputy Kevin Lewis, Transport and Technical Services Minister, said he supported the move to help those "cut off" in the winter months.
He said it was important the services evolved to meet passengers' needs.
Deputy Lewis encouraged islanders to offer the company feedback on the proposals.
Liberty Bus is accepting comments until 30 August.


A primary school teacher who posed as a teenager to blackmail girls into sending him explicit images has been jailed for six years.

Nicholas Taylor, 27, of Barnet, north London, threatened to kill himself if they did not comply, a jury heard.
St Albans Crown Court was told that Taylor also forwarded pictures on to other children and girl guides - where he was a leader.
Judge Jonathan Carroll described him as every parent's "worst nightmare".
The court heard how Taylor, who taught at a south Hertfordshire school, pretended to be a 13 year-old boy on Instagram to befriend the girls, aged between 10 and 15.
He then coerced them into sending naked pictures of themselves, which he forwarded to other children, the court heard.
Taylor also threatened to post the material online.
Prosecutor Peter Shaw said: "There was a threat to expose them to the public or those who would chance upon them on the Instagram site.
"Essentially a threat to humiliate and cause distress to those girls unless they complied with these requests for further images."
Sentencing, Judge Jonathan Carroll said: "If ever there is a section of society that has placed into its hands the absolute trust of society, and of parents, to take and to mould and to develop our priceless assets of our young children, it is primary school teachers.
"The levels of abuse that you have sunk to simply beggars belief."
In impact statements provided to the court, the victims described how they had been left mistrusting of strangers on the internet.
At an earlier hearing, Taylor pleaded guilty to six counts of inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, two counts of making indecent photographs of a child and one count distributing indecent photographs of a child.
He was also made subject to a lifetime sexual harm prevention order.


England were knocked out of the Women's World Twenty20 by Australia for the third tournament running with a five-run semi-final defeat in Delhi.

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Meg Lanning hit a composed 55 and Alyssa Healy a rapid 25 as Australia compiled 132-6 amid a mixed England fielding performance.
In reply, Charlotte Edwards (31) and Tammy Beaumont (32) added 67 for the first wicket inside 10 overs.
But, from there, England lost regular wickets to slump to 127-7.
Australia - seeking a fourth straight title - will play New Zealand or West Indies in the final in Kolkata on Sunday.
England, meanwhile, miss out on the final for the first time since 2010.
Although they arrived at this semi-final having won all four of their group matches, England had already shown plenty of fragility with the bat, collapsing from 59-0 to 109-9 against West Indies and from 42-1 to 92-8 against India.
This time, their middle-order woes finally cost them as they squandered the perfect platform laid by Edwards and Beaumont.
With seven overs remaining, England needed 45 more with nine wickets in hand, but they succumbed to panic.
First Beaumont played an unnecessary slog and was caught at cover, then Natalie Sciver was bowled third ball attempting an overambitious scoop, before Heather Knight smacked Erin Osborne to long-on.
From there, England's hopes rested with the out-of-form Sarah Taylor, but her dismissal - caught behind tamely trying a reverse sweep - summed up England's muddled thinking and sealed their demise.
After Healy and Elyse Villani got Australia off to a superb start with a partnership of 41 from 27 balls, the Southern Stars were in danger of faltering when both openers were dismissed in quick succession.
Lanning came to the crease having passed 30 only once in four innings in the tournament, but the world's top-ranked T20 batter quickly set about demonstrating her class.
Scoring heavily behind square on the off side, Lanning hit six fours, adding 36 with Ellyse Perry.
As England came back into the game with late wickets, the Australia captain remained a serene presence at the other end - but she could not find any boundaries in the final four overs of the innings as Australia lost momentum.
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It was a mixed performance in the field by England, containing both moments of magic and costly instances of ineptitude.
In the closing overs, Sciver brilliantly ran out Alex Blackwell with a direct hit from deep midwicket, and Anya Shrubsole then accounted for Lanning with another superb piece of fielding, shattering the stumps from long-on.
However, earlier Edwards' side had fluffed two straightforward run-out chances, with Lanning reprieved by a poor Danielle Wyatt throw and Blackwell surviving after a Shrubsole fumble.
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Crucial runs were also conceded by poor ground fielding, with the whole haphazard display summed up by the comical moment when an inattentive Sciver was hit on the head by Katharine Brunt's throw as she walked back to her bowling mark.
England captain Charlotte Edwards: "I think we know a lot about each other and there are no secrets but Australia held their nerve and we didn't, and that is probably the difference.
"We didn't start particularly well with the ball but dragged it back and then started brilliantly with the bat and then lost our way. We showed glimpses towards the end of getting it back, but it wasn't quite meant to be."
Australia captain Meg Lanning: "We knew the powerplay would be crucial and with the start we got, we got ahead of the game. We knew it would be more difficult when the ball was softer so it was crucial we built on that momentum.
"We didn't start as well as we would like with the ball but we began to hit our lengths and the stumps."
England coach Mark Robinson: "It is a cruel game, another five runs then we were in a super over. Well done to Australia on the day
"There is a little stage fright and we were a little guilty of that in field, but we are not fit enough. Athleticism is a gift, so there is not much we can do about that, but anaerobic fitness we can do something about and we will."


Back in August, few would have predicted the relative ease with which Chelsea have regained the Premier League title.

With a new manager in Antonio Conte, and many of the same players who lifted the trophy in 2015, the Blues have been crowned English champions with two games to spare.
But how well do you remember the pivotal moments on their way to success? Time to put yourself to the test.
And, once you're done, have a crack at BBC Three's 'How well do you know Chelsea's champions?' quiz
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The Turin Shroud has gone back on public display in the Italian city's cathedral, after a break of five years.

The 4.4-metre-long (14-ft) cloth is on show until 24 June.
Viewings are free but must be booked. One million people have already signed up.
Some devotees believe the shroud is the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Sceptics point to carbon dating that suggests it is a medieval forgery from the 1300s.
Scientists have not agreed on how the image of a man was imprinted on the cloth.
Turin Shroud: See it in detail
Pope Francis will be among those to view the shroud, during a visit to the northern Italian city on 21 June.
The last public viewings were in 2010, when 2.5 million people came to see it.
The Church has not officially claimed that Christ's body was wrapped in the shroud, preferring instead to focus on what it means to those who see it.
"Whether you believe or don't believe, there is no doubt it is something special," an Italian man who was among the first visitors on Sunday told the AFP news agency.
Earlier this week, Archbishop of Turin Cesare Nosiglia said: "What counts the most is that this shroud... reflects in a clear and precise manner how the gospels describe the passion and death of Jesus.
"It is not a profession of faith because it is not an object of faith, nor of devotion, but it can help faith."
Archbishop Nosiglia said that many of those coming to see the shroud would be returnees.
"That means there is a fundamental need in people's hearts to renew this incredible experience that they had the first time they saw it," he said.
"Even non-believers will come. It's an occasion that brings everybody together."
The shroud is displayed in a climate-controlled case for 12 hours a day in Turin's Cathedral of St John the Baptist.


China has successfully sent "hack-proof" messages from a satellite to Earth for the first time.

The Micius satellite beamed messages to two mountain-top receiving stations 645 km (400 miles) and 1,200 km away.
The message was protected by exploiting quantum physics, which says any attempt to eavesdrop on it would make detectable changes.
Using satellites avoids some limitations that ground-based systems introduce into quantum communication.
Complicated optics on the Chinese satellite protect messages with entangled photons - sub-atomic particles of light manipulated so that some of their key properties are dependent on each other.
The curious laws of the quantum realm dictate that any attempt to measure these key properties irrevocably changes them. By encoding a key to encrypt data using entangled photons, it becomes possible to send messages confident that they have reached a recipient free of interference.
Ground-based encryption systems that use entangled photons have been available for years. However, the maximum distance over which messages can be sent securely is about 200km. This is because the fibre-optic cables through which they travel gradually weaken the signals.
Repeater stations can boost distances but that introduces weak points that attackers may target to scoop up messages.
By contrast, laser signals sent through the atmosphere or via satellites in space can travel much further before being weakened.
Data transmission rates possible with satellites are about 20 orders of magnitude more efficient that fibre-optic cables, Jianwei Pan, lead scientist on the Chinese project, told Reuters.
"That, for instance, can meet the demand of making an absolute safe phone call or transmitting a large amount of bank data," he said.
The Micius test was one of several experiments "bringing the concept of a global quantum internet closer to fruition", wrote Robert Bedington, Juan Miguel Arrazola and Alexander Ling in a review article in the journal Nature.
The reviewers said many "challenges" remained to be ironed out before the technology could be widely adopted.
The Micius satellite was launched in August 2015 and the first tests of its laser-based communications system were carried out in June this year.
The satellite is named after the ancient Chinese scientist and philosopher.
China is also working to establish a large ground-based network that also uses quantum communication to protect messages.


Jean Alexander, who played Coronation Street's Hilda Ogden and Auntie Wainwright in Last of the Summer Wine, has died aged 90.

Alexander portrayed Hilda Ogden, a sharp-tongued, put-upon housewife who was one of Coronation Street's best known characters, from 1964 to 1987.
She appeared as shopkeeper Auntie Wainwright, the "absolute favourite part" of her career, for 22 years.
She died peacefully in hospital on Friday, her niece said.
Alexander had been admitted to Southport hospital, Merseyside, for tests but was discharged after a couple of days and allowed to return to her nursing home, her niece Sonia Hearld said.
But on Tuesday she was readmitted to hospital, three days before her death.
"My aunt died sadly earlier today," Mrs Hearld, of Selby, North Yorkshire, said on Friday.
By Ian Youngs, BBC News arts reporter
With her curlers, headscarf and piercing voice that could not be ignored (no matter how much fellow Coronation Street character Annie Walker tried), Hilda Ogden was, to many, the most iconic character in Coronation Street's 56-year history.
Jean Alexander ensured we always rooted for the downtrodden cleaning lady, who embodied classic-era Coronation Street's perfect balance of drama and comedy.
In the hall of Alexander's home in Southport, pride of place was given to a signed photo of Laurence Olivier - a big fan.
Soap stars do not often get much credit, but Olivier's recognition showed how highly Alexander was regarded by the very best - and that, perhaps, if Hilda had not kept her so busy, Alexander could have held her own in roles alongside some of them.
So she should not be thought of as "just" a soap star - she was one of the finest British actresses of her time.
Obituary: Jean Alexander
Cast members of the show have been paying tribute to Alexander on Twitter.
Sally Dynevor, whose character Sally Webster first appeared in the soap in January 1986 almost two years before Alexander left, wrote: "Jean Alexander, RIP. What a wonderful woman, and such an amazing and talented actress."
Jennie McAlpine, who has played Fiz Brown since 2001, tweeted: "So sorry to hear about Jean Alexander. I would have loved to work with her. Thankful to have met her though. Rest in Peace Jean x."
And Antony Cotton, who has played Sean Tully since 2003, said Alexander was "magnificent", adding: "My favourite episode of Coronation Street ever, was Hilda singing 'Wish Me Luck...'"
Daran Little, Coronation Street script writer from 2000 to 2010, said Alexander "reached into the hearts of viewers - she was everyone's nan, everyone's nosy neighbour".
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, he said: "I think the great thing about Jean playing Hilda is that Jean was absolutely nothing like Hilda - she was sophisticated and quiet, she was an ex-librarian, she used to love doing crosswords and she used to pad up coat hangers for charity.
"And when she put the curlers on, she became something else."
Prior to her role as Hilda, Alexander had a brief appearance in Coronation Street in 1962 as a landlady who rented a room to a disturbed young woman.
Eighteen months later Alexander, who was born in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, started her role as Hilda, forming a comedy double act with her on-screen husband, Stan, who was played by Bernard Youens.
Speaking about Hilda, Alexander said: "The character was originally written as a rather stereotyped character, as Stan was, you know, big fat man and lazy husband and little nagging wife.
"After a few weeks we thought this was going to get a bit boring so we started playing against the script - same words but trying to give them a bit more character, rounding them out a bit."
Mr Little said that Alexander began to draw out Hilda's hen-pecking of Stan, moving away from being a battered wife.
"She used to talk regularly about how Stan used to wallop her and she was very much in his shadow and then she just, they decided together to turn it around - not that Hilda ever hit Stan but she certainly did with her vocal chords."
After Youens died in 1984 Stan's character was written out.
Following Stan's death, a scene in the soap showed Hilda silently unwrapping a parcel of his belongings and breaking down when she opened his glasses case.
Alexander left the soap three years later.
HILDA OGDEN'S GREATEST SCENES
The muriel In 1976, a proud Hilda acquired her "muriel" - the wallpaper with a mural of a mountain range to which she pinned her famous flying ducks.
Woman, Stanley Hilda won a night in a luxury hotel for a second honeymoon in 1977. After kissing Hilda, Stan asked what her lipstick tasted of. The reply came: "Woman, Stanley. Woman."
Stan's death After actor Bernard Youens died in 1984, his character Stan was written out. Hilda was seen silently unwrapping a parcel of his belongings and breaking down when she opened his glasses case.
Hilda's departure Hilda decided it was time to move in 1987, and half the nation tuned in to watch as her neighbours finally showed some affection for her by throwing a surprise party in the Rovers Return.
She later joined Last of the Summer Wine in 1988 as the junk shop owner Auntie Wainwright, a role she would play for 22 years.
But Hilda Ogden was the character she remained best known for.
In 2005 a TV Times poll voted her the nation's favourite soap character.


The friend of a man who was stabbed to death said he wishes he could have taken his place.

Darren Kelly, 42, died on Tuesday evening after he was attacked on Caister Drive in Basildon, Essex.
His friend Stuart Cullum said: "I just wish I could have been there that night he was in trouble, because I would have made sure that I had been in front of it.
"I wouldn't let someone die who doesn't deserve it."
Five people, including a 13 year old girl, are being questioned by police on suspicion of murder. The other four are aged 15, 16, 17 and 20-years-old.
A post-mortem examination found Mr Kelly, a lorry driver, was likely to have died from "multiple stab wounds and blood loss", Essex Police said.
Mr Cullum, a taxi driver, saw him just three hours before he died.
He described his friend, who he had known for more than a decade, as "the life and soul of every party" and said that he "wouldn't harm a fly".
"He was very outgoing, he loved life to the max, he was very, very, very, friendly to everyone he met, and he always had a good story to tell."
Mr Cullum said that he will miss having chats with his friend, who would "always find time for all of his mates" and "always be the first one to put his arm around you."


Singer Katherine Jenkins and her husband Andrew Levitas are to produce a new children's animated TV show.

Symphony Street will be aimed at four to eight-year-olds and it is hoped it could be screened on Welsh channel S4C.
One of the characters will be voiced by the Neath-born mezzo soprano, who said the recent birth of her daughter Aaliyah had inspired the project.
The series will follow a group of musical friends, and will feature music from a variety of genres.
Jenkins, 36, said: "Music is the international language: it doesn't see colour, race, class or creed, and the lessons learned through it are easily translated into everyday life.
"It was with this in mind, that my husband and I set out to create a fun and exciting musical platform to teach our own young daughter."
Symphony Street will be produced in Wales by children's entertainment studio Splash Entertainment, which is run by SuperTed creator Mike Young.
He said the chance of working with "iconic talents such as Katherine and Andrew" on a  music-driven children's show produced in Wales was "too good to miss out on".
"Symphony Street is a fresh, funny and innovative series that will be designed for the media platforms they now frequent, it's a win-win," he said.
Jenkins' husband Andrew Levitas is a film producer and director, as well as a university professor.


A man who groomed and arranged to meet what he believed to be a young school girl was trapped by internet vigilantes, a court has heard.

Daniel Swift sent explicit pictures to the 14-year-old and arranged for her to travel to Lincoln to meet him for sex.
He was caught when those behind the sting detained him and called police.
Swift, 47, of Princess Street, admitted charges of attempting to sexually communicate with a child and attempting to meet a child following grooming.
He was ordered to be detained in a secure psychiatric unit after Lincoln Crown Court heard he had been treated for over 25 years for mental health problems and had been diagnosed as suffering from paranoid schizophrenia.
Richard Thatcher, prosecuting, told the court: "This case arises through the defendant's contact through social media with, as he believed her to be, a 14-year-old girl called Emma.
"She was actually an adult woman who had set up that alter ego on social media," he said.
The court heard he first made contact with 'Emma' in April when she told him her age.
"He began by asking if she wanted a daddy to look after her," Mr Thatcher told the court.
"There was a conversation as to whether this involved him becoming involved with her mother. He told her 'Daddy loves his little girls not their mummies'."
The court heard Swift went on to send an image of his penis as well as explicit videos.
He made it clear he wanted to have sex and at one point he suggested a foursome with Emma, her 10-year-old sister and 14-year-old cousin.
Judge Simon Hirst also imposed a sexual harm prevention order and placed Swift on the sexual offences register for five years.


US basketball player Kobe Bryant has been fined $100,000 (£61,000) for using a homophobic slur during an NBA game on Tuesday.

The Los Angeles Lakers star's outburst was caught on camera as he reacted to being judged to have committed a foul.
Bryant is shown apparently mouthing the word "...faggot" after failing to get the referee's attention.
The player has apologised and said his action was out of "frustration in the heat of the game".
"What I said last night should not be taken literally," said Bryant, who also punched his chair and tossed a towel following referee Bennie Adams's call.
NBA commissioner David Stern said in a statement that Bryant's comment was "offensive and inexcusable".
"While I'm fully aware that basketball is an emotional game, such a distasteful term should never be tolerated. Accordingly, I have fined Kobe $100,000."
The Human Rights Campaign, a gay civil rights group, said Bryant's "horribly offensive and distasteful" language "perpetuates a culture of discrimination" and called for a fuller apology.
Bryant is one of the highest paid US sportsmen and one of US basketball's most celebrated stars.


The Conservatives have maintained their dominance across Berkshire, winning all but one seat in the county.

Richard Benyon, Theresa May, Adam Afriyie, John Redwood and Phillip Lee were all re-elected with increased majorities.
Fellow Tories Alok Sharma and Rob Wilson held off opposition challenges in Reading West and Reading East.
The only seat not to go blue was in Slough, where Fiona Mactaggart increased her majority for Labour.
Despite a bruising night for her party nationally, Mrs Mactaggart admitted the campaign locally had felt "extremely positive".
"The people of Britain have grown up realising that after the recession, any party in government had to take on tough decisions," she said.
"I don't think that makes it easy for the opposition."
Labour would have fancied their chances of taking at least one of the two seats in Reading from the Conservatives, but their anticipated challenge failed to materialise.
Alok Sharma slightly increased his majority in Reading West to 6,650 while Rob Wilson weathered a slight fall in his Reading East advantage as the Liberal Democrat vote fell by 20%.
Rob Wilson said "Britain had chosen" to continue with the long-term economic plan of the Conservatives.
He said: "Tomorrow we start the hard work of finishing that job, but today I'm off for a bacon sandwich and a scotch whiskey."
He added that a third Thames bridge for Reading would be one of his priorities in the next parliament.
Re-elected Maidenhead MP Theresa May said in her victory speech she was "honoured" to be voted back in.
But speaking on BBC Radio Berkshire she avoided answering the question of whether she wanted to remain Home Secretary: "I've always taken a very simple view in politics that actually you wait to be asked and whatever job you're asked to do you just get on and do it to the best of your ability."
In nearby Windsor, Adam Afriyie was equally buoyant.
"I feel incredibly energised and I'm really just overwhelmed by the level of support," he said.
"I feel like I'm ready to get on and protect our constituency in the wider national picture."
The smiles were equally as broad for Richard Benyon in Newbury as he more than doubled his 12,248 majority from 2010 to more than 26,000.
He said he knew what style of campaigning his constituents liked: "My judgement locally is that people in West Berkshire like a positive message, and every piece of literature that I've written is about my record and about what I want to achieve/
"That cuts more ice with West Berkshire people than me slagging off my opponents."
"This is one of the most exciting, most invigorating and most demanding constituencies to represent and I feel very privileged to continue to represent it in parliament," he said.
"It's a challenge I absolutely relish."
Phillip Lee benefitted from a drop in the Liberal Democrat vote in Bracknell of 15% to return to parliament with a majority of more than 20,000.
Former Conservative leadership challenger John Redwood increased his majority by almost 11,000 in Wokingham as the Liberal Democrats experienced a similar decline in their share of the vote.


Assembly members have voted against UK government proposals to restrict strike ballots in the public sector.

Labour, Plaid Cymru and the Liberal Democrats opposed new thresholds on when strikes can take place.
The vote against Conservative ministers' Trade Union Bill is not legally binding.
The UK and Welsh governments disagree over whether the assembly's permission is needed before the new rules apply to public sector workers in Wales.
The bill would require at least half of union members to take part in a ballot before a strike can happen.
In public services such as health, education and the fire service, industrial action would need at least 40% of eligible union members to vote in favour.
The Conservatives say the bill should apply to the whole of Britain, but Welsh government ministers say the assembly's consent is needed.
On Tuesday, AMs withheld their approval of the bill by voting down a motion in the Senedd chamber.
Labour has said it will try to overturn the bill if the UK government ignores the assembly' vote and pushes ahead.
If returned to power at May's assembly election, Labour would introduce its own legislation to repeal the bill.
Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews said: "In Wales we have a good record of resolving disputes.
"There was no junior doctors' strike in Wales, there was in England.
"Fire fighters took industrial action in England over pensions, they were not doing so in Wales.
"In contrast, we believe this bill, the Trade Union Bill, will lead to a confrontational relationship between employers and the workforce."
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said he supported the role of trade unions in standing up for members.
But, referring to the general secretary of the Unite union, he said: "Where I will not stand up and support is for Len McCluskey, or his mob, to use you lot [Labour AMs] to live their ambitions."
He added: "Where there is a discrepancy I would suggest is where general secretaries of unions choose to live their political dreams on the back of their members' subs, and that clearly is not acceptable."


Jake Gyllenhaal's new film, Demolition, has opened the 40th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF).

The 34-year-old stars as a successful investment banker who has to rebuild his life after his wife is killed in a car crash.
Directed by French-Canadian Jean-Marc Vallee, the tragicomedy also stars Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and newcomer Judah Lewis.
Almost 400 films will be screened at the festival over the next 11 days.
Introducing the world premiere of Demolition on stage, Vallee said his latest project was "probably the most rock 'n' roll film I've ever made".
"I think we can set the tone of this festival with the noise that we make tonight," he said.
The director praised Gyllenhaal's performance in the film, saying: "There's nothing he hasn't done or tried.
"You'll see him dance, you'll see him sing - he went everywhere, surprising me all the time."
Demolition brings Vallee back to TIFF for a third consecutive year, following Dallas Buyers Club - which earned Matthew McConaughey an Oscar - and last year's Wild, which saw Reese Witherspoon nominated for the best actress Academy award.
"You seem to love the films that I make - I want to come back again," Vallee joked.
Also receiving its world premiere on Thursday was Michael Moore's first film in six years, Where to Invade Next.
A satire of US military power, the controversial director made the film in secret and it was not known he had made it until it was announced on TIFF's programme.
Traditionally seen as the start of awards season - with film companies keen to kick-off their Oscar campaigns at the festival - TIFF will culminate with its own awards ceremony.
In past years, 12 Years a Slave, The King's Speech, Slumdog Millionaire and American Beauty have won the top People's Choice Award before going on to win the best picture Oscar.
Last year's prize - which is voted for by the ticket-buying public - went to Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game.


Leeds United chairman Massimo Cellino's 18-month ban from football has been suspended pending his appeal, the Championship club have confirmed.

The Italian was given the suspension in December for breaching the Football Association's agent rules over the sale of Ross McCormack to Fulham in 2014.
Cellino and the club were also both fined £250,000, and his ban had been scheduled to start on 1 February.
The club have also confirmed they are appealing against their fine.
"As stated in his message to supporters following the initial decision, Mr Cellino has lodged an appeal to overturn the guilty verdict and any sanctions imposed upon Mr Cellino by the FA will be held/suspended until the appeal has been heard and a verdict has been found," the club said in a statement.
"We are confident that the appeals will be successful.
The ban is the third imposed on the 60-year-old former Cagliari owner by the FA since taking over the Elland Road club in April 2014.
Earlier this month, he sold 50% of the club to fellow Italian businessman Andrea Radrizzani.
Leeds are currently third in the Championship, eight points behind second-placed Brighton.


Belfast boxer Michael Conlan may not have won an Olympic medal after his controversial defeat in Rio but to one young boxing fan, he is still a winner.

A five-year-old County Dublin boy has sent a touching letter to his hero, offering him a consolation prize.
Finn McManus told a devastated Conlan: "I want you to have my school medal because you are a winner."
Conlon responded on Twitter, describing it as a "very warming message".  He also promised a gift for his young fan.
Finn's message to the Olympian has been impressing disappointed Irish boxing fans after it was widely shared on Facebook.
The boy's mother, Meadhbh McManus, told BBC News NI that she has been "overwhelmed" by both the response of the public and the boxer himself.
She said it was "wonderful that he acknowledged" her son's letter while having to deal with his own disappointment in Rio.
She added that the boxer's offer of a gift for the boy was "really, really kind".
Finn won his own medal during a sports day at his play school near their family home in Swords.
After watching Conlon's defeat on Tuesday, Finn asked his mother if he could donate his medal to him, and got his big sister, nine-year-old Lily, to write the letter on his behalf.
Their mother then sent a photo of Finn's medal and Lily's handwritten letter by private message to Michael Conlan on Facebook.
However, she said a "social media storm" began after her brother shared her message on Twitter.
She had not expected so much reaction but added that Finn would be delighted when she tells him that his "idol" has responded to his letter.
Conlan was the Irish boxing team's last hope for an Olympic medal after a dismal Games in Rio.
The team has been reeling from shock defeats for 2012 lightweight boxing champion Katie Taylor and 2012 bronze medallist Paddy Barnes.
Bantamweight boxer Conlan lost the quarter-final bout by unanimous decision, but five-year-old Finn disagreed with the judges.
"I saw your fight in Rio and you should have won because you are the best boxer in the world", he wrote to Conlan.
Finn's aunt, Marie Kirk, told BBC News NI that Finn was "really upset" after watching the fight on television on Tuesday afternoon.
"He's mad into the Olympics and especially the boxing," Marie said.
She added her nephew, who turned five last week, asked for boxing gear for his birthday present.


Ten retired senior military officers have written to the prime minister to voice their concerns over the loss of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal.

A former field marshal, three generals and six admirals say the loss of Ark Royal and its fleet of Harrier jets has damaged Britain's defence capabilities.
They say Britain can no longer mount amphibious operations without putting troops' lives at "considerable risk".
Defence Secretary Liam Fox has defended the "difficult decisions".
The BBC's defence correspondent, Jonathan Beale, said the letter, which was leaked to the Daily Telegraph, raises questions about what military rescue operation forces could mount in the future.
In December, Dr Fox announced that the frigate sent to evacuate British nationals from Libya - HMS Cumberland - is to be decommissioned in April, following the strategic defence and security review (SDSR).
Our correspondent says this is not the first time former military top brass have warned that recent cuts in the armed forces have left Britain dangerously exposed.
Labour has already called for the defence review to be reopened in light of events in Egypt, Bahrain and Libya.
The letter - written before the current evacuation operation in Libya - is signed by, among others, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, a former chief of the defence staff; Maj Gen Julian Thompson and Adm Sir Jeremy Black, who commanded the carrier Invincible during the Falklands conflict.
Dr Fox insists Britain still has the "right military assets" in place to respond to crises.
But this group of former military commanders is calling on the prime minister to reassess the decisions made in the defence review.
They have called for a re-evaluation of the SDSR, which they say is "unduly trusting in an uncertain, fast-moving and dangerous world".
However Dr Fox defended the steps taken to tackle the Â£38bn deficit left by Labour and said the review would not be reopened.
"For our future carrier strike capability, it makes strategic sense to move towards greater inter-operability with the US and France and installing catapult and arrestor gear will deliver this.
"Sustaining both Tornado and Harrier would be prohibitively expensive in this current economic climate and Tornado continues to provide vital support to the front line in Afghanistan," he said.
Referring to Libya, he said Hercules C-130 aircraft had lifted 51 UK citizens to safety on Thursday - and more than 100 were on their way to Malta on HMS Cumberland.
"None of our allies have seen fit to position an aircraft carrier off the coast of Libya as this is not the tool required for this task; there is no requirement for ground attack aircraft, but even if there were we would use our extensive regional basing and overflight rights," he said.
But shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said: "The government's plans were based on strategic and international geo-political assumptions, many of which have been shaken over the past month.
"Recent dramatic events mean that the defence review must be reopened and perhaps even rethought. It would be sensible to stop and reflect again on our nation's strategic defence needs."


Paddy Jackson landed a dramatic late drop goal to give Ulster a one-point win over Exeter in a tense Champions Cup Pool 5 encounter in Belfast.

Man-of-the-match Charles Piutau set up Sean Reidy for the only try of the game with a moment of genius which helped Ulster to a 10-6 lead at half-time.
The Chiefs trailed 16-15 when Gareth Steenson kicked a drop goal in the 77th minute to nudge his side into the lead.
Jackson replied a minute later and then Steenson missed with another attempt.
Ulster overcame the disappointment of last week's 28-13 defeat away to Bordeaux-Begles by dominating possession and territory for much of the game and were ultimately rewarded with a crucial home win.
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The brilliance of Piutau, who scored a late try for Wasps to end Exeter's hopes at the quarter-final stage of the competition last year, proved the difference between the sides.
Two penalties from Steenson to one from fellow fly-half Jackson gave the English visitors a 6-3 lead, but an outstanding piece of play by New Zealander Piutau proved the catalyst to moving his side ahead.
The Ulster winger dummied three defenders and showed a lightning burst of speed to break into the visitors' 22 on the half hour and after he released the ball, flanker Reidy picked up and drove over the line, Jackson converting.
The Irish province suffered a setback when Ireland international Iain Henderson was forced to come off with a shoulder injury.
Jackson and Steenson continued to trade penalties as the outcome hung in the balance until the two fly-halves knocked over those perfectly executed drop goals, taking their overall tallies to 14 and 18 points respectively.
Steenson, a former Ulster player, had the chance to secure victory for his side but his last-gasp attempt flew agonisingly just wide of the upright.
Exeter, who enjoyed superiority in the scrum, now face a major uphill battle to make the last eight knockout stages for a second successive year and have now won just two of their eight competitive matches this season.
However, the performance of last year's Premiership runners-up will have given some encouragement to head coach Rob Baxter following their 35-8 trouncing by Clermont Auvergne in their pool opener at Sandy Park last week.
Pool leaders Clermont had beaten Bordeaux 49-33 earlier on Saturday, with both sides claiming a bonus point.
Ulster, who head the Pro12 standings, now lie third in the group, behind Clermont on 10 points and Bordeaux on five, with a double-header against the French Top 14 leaders to come in December.
Ulster: J Payne, A Trimble (capt), L Marshall, S Olding, C Piutau; P Jackson, R Pienaar; K McCall, R Best, R Ah You; P Browne, F van der Merwe; I Henderson, S Reidy, R Wilson.
Replacements: R Herring, A Warwick, R Kane, A O'Connor, C Ross, P Marshall, C Gilroy, T Bowe.
Exeter: L Turner; O Woodburn, I Whitten, H Slade, J Short; G Steenson; D Lewis; M Low, J Yeandle, H Williams; M Lees, G Parling; K Horstmann, J Salvi, T Waldrom
Replacements: E Taione, C Rimmer, T Francis, J Hill, D Dennis, J Maunder, S Hill, O Devoto.


A leather jacket belonging to George Harrison from The Beatles has sold for £110,450 at an auction of more than 100 pieces of Beatles memorabilia.

The jacket dates back to the Fab Four's stay in Hamburg in 1960.
Other top-selling items from the Harrison family collection included a guitar and his boots, a spokesman for auction house Bonhams said.
Harrison, who lived in Henley, Oxfordshire, died of cancer in 2001.
The boots, dating back to circa 1964, were sold for £61,250 and an orange Western-style shirt identical to the one worn by Harrison during the 1971 Concert For Bangladesh sold for £23,750.
A guitar used by Sir Paul McCartney in the 1950s, before the Beatles formed, sold for £43,250.
Other lots included rock memorabilia relating to Eric Clapton and Ginger Baker, The Who, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Queen, T. Rex and U2.


A bridge across the Jubilee River in Berkshire should be named after a man who drowned there, a council has agreed.

Michael Scaife, 20, died near the footbridge in Datchet in August.
A petition launched by his father, Mark Scaife, to name the bridge at The Myrke as "Michael's Bridge" attracted more than 2,500 signatures.
Eton Town Council initially opposed the plan, but voted in favour after an emotional plea by Mr Scaife.
He spoke at a council meeting on Thursday night at which councillors voted 8-2 in favour of naming the bridge.
Previously, objections had been raised by the authority because it said it could set a precedent for naming assets.
Mr Scaife said: "It was emotional, difficult, and there were lots of questions. But I felt sheer jubilation afterwards."
Mr Scaife had said the bridge, which is owned by the borough council and partially on land owned by Eton College, was already known by friends and family members as Michael's Bridge.
Last summer, his son jumped into the river with two friends.
He swam to assist when one got into trouble, but got into difficulty himself. His friends were able to swim to safety.
The Environment Agency and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead Council have since installed buoys and safety signs in the area.


Linfield will begin their bid to retain the Irish Premiership title with a Windsor Park game against Carrick Rangers on Saturday, 12 August.

Warrenpoint Town made a immediate return to the top flight and they will take on Glenavon at Milltown.
Premiership runners-up Crusaders visit Ballymena United while third-placed Coleraine are away against Dungannon.
Glentoran make the long trip to face Ballinamallard United and Cliftonville will take on Ards at Solitude.
Linfield pipped Crusaders to the the title last season and the Belfast teams are expected to challenge again for Premiership glory.
The first league showdown between the Blues and Crues will take place at Seaview on 2 September.
Glentoran will have home advantage for the traditional Boxing Day clash clash against old rivals Linfield.
Click here for a full list of 2017/18 Premiership fixtures


"Never read below the line" - that has become sensible advice for anyone tempted to look at online comments.

The depressingly toxic nature of internet conversations is of increasing concern to many publishers.  But now Google thinks it may have an answer - using computers to moderate comments.
The search giant has developed something called Perspective, which it describes as a technology that uses machine learning to identify problematic comments. The software has been developed by Jigsaw, a division of Google with a mission to tackle online security dangers such as extremism and cyberbullying.
The system learns by seeing how thousands of online conversations have been moderated and then scores new comments by assessing how "toxic" they are and whether similar language had led other people to leave conversations. What it's doing is trying to improve the quality of debate and make sure people aren't put off from joining in.
Jared Cohen of Jigsaw explains three ways Perspective could be used: by websites to help moderate comments, by users wanting to choose the level of rudeness they see in the online conversations they take part in, and by people wanting to restrain their own behaviour.
I was intrigued by this last example. He explained that the research had uncovered the fact that many aggressive comments came from people who were usually reasonable but were having a bad day.  "If you start yelling in real life you get feedback - online it's just putting something into a white box," he said.
"You could get feedback as you type. 'Hey this is 70% toxic'," he suggested.
A demo on the Jigsaw website shows how the tool might allow users to determine the level of "toxicity" in comments about global warming. Set the slider up high and you get people describing each other as "stupid" or "uneducated bumpkins". Bring it lower and you get "they are ill-informed".
Perspective has already been tried out by the New York Times, which used it to help moderate comments. The newspaper currently finds this process so labour-intensive that only 2% of articles are opened up for comment.  The new tool helped the moderators work at twice the speed, so the paper may now be able to host conversations on more stories.
Wikipedia, where the tool has been used to look at disagreements over editing, the Guardian and the Economist have also experimented with the software. Perspective, which is still in development, will now be made available for free to any publisher who wants it.
It sounds as though rival platforms like Facebook and Twitter could find this very useful, and the Perspective team did not rule out working with them.
Strangely, it doesn't appear that it is going to be used by Google itself, despite the fact that YouTube is home to some of the nastiest comments you will find anywhere on the internet. Google says similar automatic moderation tools are already available to owners of YouTube channels.
And what Google is also keen to stress is that it sees no role for itself in determining what is acceptable in online conversation - that is for its customers to decide.
Like other social media platforms, it is determined to be seen as a technology business not a media giant. As its influence on the way we see the world grows, that position is getting harder to maintain.


Defending champion Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the Olympic men's singles with a 6-0 4-6 7-6 (7-2) win over American Steve Johnson.

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Murray, 29, cruised through the first set, before world number 22 Johnson levelled after breaking the Briton in the first game of the second set.
Johnson broke again in the third, but the Scot rallied to progress.
Murray and Heather Watson lost 6-4 6-4 in the mixed doubles quarter-finals to India's Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna.
Mirza and Bopanna will face Venus Williams and Rajeev Ram in the semi-finals after the American pair beat Italy's Roberta Vinci and Fabio Fognini 6-3 7-5.
Of his singles win over Johnson, Murray said: "It was tough. I got off to a great start, then Steve started to play much better.
"We didn't get to practise before the match as much because of the rain so he may have started a bit slow because of that, but when he started to find his rhythm, it was a very tough match."
Murray will face fourth seed Kei Nishikori in the semi-finals at 16:00 BST on Saturday, after the Japanese player saved two match points to defeat France's Gael Monfils 7-6 (7-4) 4-6 7-6 (8-6).
Monfils, who made 51 unforced errors, led 4-0 in the final-set tie-breaker but double-faulted on his second match point.
Spain's Rafael Nadal, the 2008 Olympic singles champion, meets Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in the other semi-final.
Murray, along with Laura Robson, won a silver in the mixed doubles at the London 2012 Olympics, but his hopes of reaching the Rio final ended on Friday.
Murray and Watson only found out they were in the competition 45 minutes before their opening match, when Romanians Florin Mergea and Monica Niculescu pulled out.
The British duo defeated Spain's David Ferrer and Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3 6-3 in the first round on Thursday but lost in straight sets in the quarter-final to fourth seeds Bopanna and Mirza.
The other British pair in the mixed doubles, Johanna Konta and Jamie Murray, lost in the opening round.
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Puerto Rico's Monica Puig moved into the women's singles final with a 6-4 1-6 6-3 win over two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic.
Puig, 34th in the world, will play Germany's Angelique Kerber, who beat USA's Madison Keys 6-3 7-5 in Saturday's final.
Puerto Rico, which has been facing a financial crisis, has won eight Olympic medals, but no gold medals and no medals in tennis.
"It would be unbelievable and it would be the biggest honour in the world," said Puig.
"The island is full of such bad news all the time, so every time there's a Games and somebody from the island wins a medal everything stops and I know how happy people get."
Martina Hingis, 35, has reached the women's doubles final, 20 years after she reached the second round of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
The Swiss five-time Grand Slam beat winner Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 5-7 7-6 (7-3) 6-2 in Friday's semi-final, alongside partner Timea Bacsinszky.
Hlavackova was hit in the eye by the ball after a Hingis shot and required lengthy treatment, but was able to play on.


Bolton fought back from 1-0 down to win at League Two Crewe and reach the second round of the EFL Cup.

Wanderers had deservedly trailed at half-time after Chris Porter's downward header from George Cooper's cross and Porter struck the bar after the break.
But a triple change turned the game in the visitors' favour as Adam Armstrong tapped in his first goal for Bolton.
Derik Osede headed in his first in English football from substitute Filipe Morais' dinked cross to win it late on.
Crewe were on top early on and could have ended the contest before the hour mark, but Championship Bolton finished the stronger after boss Phil Parkinson's 66th-minute substitutions.
Parkinson had made 10 changes to his starting line-up, while Crewe named the same side that drew with Mansfield in the fourth tier on Saturday.
Match ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Crewe Alexandra 1, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Attempt missed. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Ben Alnwick.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Stephen Darby.
Attempt blocked. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Foul by George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra).
Stephen Darby (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Eddie Nolan (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Jordan Bowery replaces Brad Walker.
Attempt missed. Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Chris Porter (Crewe Alexandra).
Jack Earing (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Crewe Alexandra. Harry Pickering replaces Callum Ainley.
Goal!  Crewe Alexandra 1, Bolton Wanderers 2. Derik (Bolton Wanderers) header from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Filipe Morais following a set piece situation.
Foul by Tommy Lowery (Crewe Alexandra).
William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ryan Wintle (Crewe Alexandra).
Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra).
William Buckley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) because of an injury.
Goal!  Crewe Alexandra 1, Bolton Wanderers 1. Adam Armstrong (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by William Buckley.
Foul by Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra).
Jem Karacan (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Perry Ng (Crewe Alexandra) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jack Earing (Bolton Wanderers).
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Reece Burke.
Attempt blocked. Chris Porter (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Jem Karacan replaces Darren Pratley.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Filipe Morais replaces Mark Little.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Gary Madine replaces Aaron Wilbraham.
Attempt saved. George Cooper (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Brad Walker (Crewe Alexandra) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Crewe Alexandra. Conceded by Ben Alnwick.
Attempt saved. Chris Porter (Crewe Alexandra) with an attempt from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Foul by Chris Dagnall (Crewe Alexandra).
Darren Pratley (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Scotland's first degree course for aspiring golf professionals will be made available later this year.

The BA honours qualification is a joint initiative by the Royal Dornoch Golf Club in Sutherland and the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
The four-year degree will teach students about performance, coaching and equipment.
Jack Nicklaus, the winner of a record 18 major championships, has praised the creation of the new qualification.
The American golfer said: "Royal Dornoch has such a rich history in the landscape of golf, but it also has a legacy in the development of the game, shaping both the next generation of golfers and the next generation of designers.
"I fully support the University of the Highlands and Islands, in association with Royal Dornoch, in their efforts to provide education within the golf industry and beyond."
Available from September, the course will be based at the Dornoch campus of North Highland College UHI.
The campus is next to Royal Dornoch Golf Club - its championship course was ranked sixth in the world by Golf Digest last year.
To be eligible for the studies, students must have a current golf handicap of 4.4 or lower for men and 6.4 or lower for ladies.
Former European Tour golfer and 2006 PGA trainee Rookie of the Year, Lesley Mackay, has taken up a lecturing role with UHI.
She will be directly involved in the development and delivery of the new degree programme.
Ms Mackay said: "This is an exciting, enterprising and innovative degree programme, not only for the University of the Highlands and Islands but also for Scotland.
"There is no other degree programme like it in Scotland and it gives an opportunity to aspiring golfers to reach their potential, both as a golfer and academically."
Neil Hampton , general manager of Royal Dornoch Golf Club, added: "I am excited to see the university expand the courses on offer which will give many more young people interested in golf the opportunity to make the game their career, whether playing, coaching, retailing or administering."


US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov "have achieved clarity on the  path forward" in Syria, but have "narrow issues" to resolve.

The two held talks in Geneva to try to find a way of reviving a cessation of hostilities that faltered months ago.
Mr Kerry said they were close, but would not rush into an agreement.
The talks come as the Damascus suburb of Darayya was evacuated after a four-year siege by the government.
After meeting for nearly 10 hours, Mr Kerry said the "vast majority'' of technical discussions had been completed, adding that experts would remain in Geneva to work on the unresolved steps in the coming days.
He stressed that the only way to solve the conflict was through political agreement.
"We want to have something done that is effective and that works for the people of Syria, that makes the region more stable and secure, and that brings us to the table here in Geneva to find a political solution," he said.
Nearly 10 hours of talks were not enough to close the gaps.
It is clear some progress was made, but the question is whether Russia and the United States will ever be able to reach a lasting deal on crucial and complex issues.
One goal is to strengthen their military co-operation in the fight against so-called Islamic State and forces linked to al-Qaeda.
But they, and their Syrian allies, still disagree on which groups are legitimate targets.
They also want the Syrian government and the opposition to accept a truce.
But, on the ground, fighting intensifies with all sides still trying to gain advantage.  In the town of Darayya just outside Damascus, rebels were forced to surrender after four years of bombardment and siege.
The government regards these local deals, on its own terms, as a way forward, not talks by outside powers in foreign capitals.
Mr Kerry reminded journalists of the image, widely shared on social media, of a five-year-old boy sitting dazed in an ambulance after an air strike in Aleppo, saying "that image needs to motivate all of us, to get the job done".
Mr Kerry said the Syrian government, with the help of its allies including Russia, continued to breach the terms of an existing cessation of hostilities agreement.
"Aleppo continues to be besieged and bombarded by the regime and its allies, including Iran, Russia and Hezbollah, and the regime just today forced the surrender of Darayya after a brutal four years of siege," he said.
He was speaking hours after the first buses left Darayya, accompanied by ambulances and Red Crescent vehicles.
The UN has expressed concern over the plan, saying it is essential that those leaving do so voluntarily.
The Syrian army encircled Darayya in 2012 and just one aid delivery has reached the town since then.
Opposition fighters are due to be given safe passage to the rebel-held city of Idlib, while civilians are going to government shelters in Damascus.
The withdrawal of rebels just a few miles from Damascus is a boost for President Bashar al-Assad, analysts say.
For years those living in Darayya have endured constant shelling, as well as suffering shortages of food, water and electricity.
Some of those leaving said the town had become uninhabitable.
Darayya saw some of the first protests against the Syrian government, an uprising that transformed into a full-blown civil conflict.


Pregnant women should be careful when taking paracetamol as long-term use could affect the reproductive health of their sons, a study in mice suggests.

University of Edinburgh scientists found the painkiller interrupted the production of testosterone when given for seven days.
The hormone is key to the development of male reproductive organs.
NHS guidelines say paracetamol should be taken only if necessary in pregnancy and for the shortest possible time.
And anyone needing long-term treatment must seek medical advice.
The UK watchdog, the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, says paracetamol is one of the few painkillers generally considered safe if expectant mothers absolutely need to take it.
It can also be important in treating fevers that could otherwise lead to harm
But previous studies have hinted that paracetamol could kick-start reproductive problems in the womb.
For example, Danish research found women who took painkillers were more likely to have boys born with undescended testes - this can sometimes lead to future reproductive troubles.
To find out what might be behind this link, scientists engineered a system to mimic the conditions of human pregnancy as closely as possible.
Mice were implanted with human foetal tissue and given paracetamol for seven days.
They had much lower levels of testosterone in their blood than those given a dummy drug.
But when given doses for just one day, it appeared to have no effect.
Dr Rod Mitchell, the lead researcher, said: "This study adds to existing evidence that prolonged use of paracetamol in pregnancy may increase the risk of reproductive disorders in male babies.
"We would advise that pregnant women should follow current guidance that the painkiller be taken at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible time."
Researchers caution it is still too early to tell to what extent their findings apply to humans, but point out that a study on pregnant women would not be possible for ethical reasons.
However, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health says paracetamol is an important treatment that should not be avoided altogether.
Dr Martin Ward-Platt, spokesman for the organisation, added: "The study specifically relates to paracetamol use over at least several days.
"There are times where one or two doses is needed to treat one-off episodes of fever, for example.
"Fever during pregnancy can be harmful to the developing embryo, with links to a significant increase in the rates of spina bifida and heart malformations, so small doses of paracetamol are sometimes necessary."
The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency, which monitors the safety of drugs used in the UK, said it would be "carefully evaluating" the findings.
Meanwhile, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists warns the study has to be treated with caution.
Dr Sadaf Ghaem-Maghami, of the college's scientific advisory committee, said: "This is a robust piece of research.
"However, it is important to note that the study was carried out in animal models and it is not possible to translate the findings into a recommendation regarding what would be safe or unsafe in pregnant women.
"Additionally, the mice were not pregnant but in a 'pregnancy state' which was induced by a hormone and human foetal testicular tissue which was grafted on to them.
"Further research needs to be conducted into how paracetamol may affect testosterone levels as well as examining the long-term developmental effects on testosterone production."
The study is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine.


"Intransigence," "Tory austerity," "second class citizens," "hard border" and "bread and butter issues".

If you read these and you drop to the floor, cover your ears and rock back and forth, congratulations! You are a member of the Northern Ireland electorate.
To the untrained ear they might mean nothing, but to the NI public, if they had a bingo card with them on it, they'd have full house.
They are of course, just a few of the many phrases which have been wheeled out at the weekend's Stormont talks, and indeed in talks over the past 20 odd years.
Like hamburgers and rock 'n' roll, jargon's increasing popularity often gets blamed on America.
However, our political class has really embraced the habit, using the same buzz words with alarming regularity.
Here are our top 10 favourite phrases. As with all good jargon, they say a lot without really saying anything, and leave the listener none the wiser.
Any politician, who uses all of these in one sentence gets a prize.
We have no desire to be found wanting, and we know our politicians aren't the only ones guilty of this crime.
In that spirit, here are a few phrases the media can't get enough of.


After 300 unsuccessful job applications 22-year-old Alfred Ajani's search for work had become "depressing".

So much so that he decided he needed "do something different", heading down to the UK's busiest train station with a sign asking passers-by for a job.
It worked. Alfred was inundated with offers and started work as a PR manager within weeks.
Now he's back at London Waterloo, but with a different sign. This time it has "Now I'm hiring" printed on it.
"I went back to the exact same spot," he told Newsbeat.
"I've already had more than 90 CVs to go through."
The 22-year-old was offered a job at a recruitment consultants shortly after his stunt last August.
Now he says he wants to give something back.
"More people are going to university and a degree is less relevant," he said.
"I wanted a degree to mean something again.
"Tuition fees went up the year or two after I went to uni, so kids are paying a lot of money and still struggle to find a role.
"Their friends who didn't go to university are probably on a bigger salary than them."
Alfred graduated from Coventry University with a degree in marketing, but found permanent work tough to come by.
"It's depressing getting those rejections. I wasn't crying or nothing, but depression was creeping in.
"I live 30 seconds from Waterloo, so I thought it's only got to work once and it did.
"I got offers for interviews pretty much straight away. I got home and I had over a thousand retweets and messages.
"Barcelona picked it up, Manchester United tweeted me. I was offered an internship there, but I just couldn't relocate with the salary being offered, which was gutting, even though I'm an Arsenal fan!"
Alfred hopes returning to the station five months on will inspire other graduates to try something different when looking for work.
"Really know how to sell yourself on your CV, " he said.
"Make sure it's clear what you can bring to the role. Call the company and show them what you're all about.
"It has changed my life.
"People say I don't wear a suit anymore so I must be successful."
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Winston Spencer Churchill, most renowned of course as the MP for Dundee, had a word or two to say about democracy.

One of his comments concerned the issue of a five minute conversation with the average voter - but it is far too blunt and forthright for me to use here.
However, he also noted that democracy was the worst form of government - except for all the others.  In essence, deal with it.
Our elected tribunes, including the prime minister and first minister, are now dealing, variously, with the consequences of the expression of democracy which was the plebiscite on British membership of the European Union.
Theresa May is at the G20 summit in China being not so gently chided by her counterparts, such as the US and Japan, for what they see as the global trading downside of Brexit.  They seem somewhat unimpressed, at this stage, by the PM's talk of opportunities.
At the same time, Mrs May has been talking about immigration - the issue which played a significant, perhaps deciding, role in the referendum.
During that campaign, there was much talk from the Leave side of an Australian-style points system for determining migration criteria.
Won't do, says the PM.  Not enough evident control for the UK.  Britain needs a system which allows the UK authorities to decide who comes here and who does not.  Not a system which guarantees entry if the points tally up.
It is yet further evidence that the entire Brexit process is fraught with uncertainty.  Although it seems that some folk have been cheerfully reassured by developments thus far.
I was chatting to one senior politician who had met constituents who were encouraged - or, at least, not distressed.  Their view was that Brexit had not proved to be a problem.  Patiently, my interlocutor explained that it had not happened yet - and would not do so for two years plus.
Right now, there is no clear route ahead.  Some have voiced indignation, bogus or otherwise, at this.  I cannot join that chorus.  Brexit will be fiendishly complex - who ever thought otherwise?
To be clear, that does not mean that it is intrinsically wrong or right.  The outcome may be economically damaging, it may be a stimulus to growth.  That depends on developments.  But easy it is not.
Nicola Sturgeon has told me in an interview that she is willing to help form a coalition with UK political leaders - if it proves productive in advancing Scottish interests, most notably but by no means exclusively through retained membership of the EU single market.
For the avoidance of any doubt, Ms Sturgeon's first preference is for independent Scottish membership of the European Union.  Absent that for now and she would prefer that the referendum had not happened or had produced the alternative result.
Absent that - and she is willing, in these difficult circumstances, to seek avenues for defending Scottish interests, as she sees them, through the conduit of UK negotiations.
In essence, she sees three elements to the post-referendum discussions.  She is willing to work with the UK government to secure as much as possible of the EU links, primarily but not solely the single market.
Separately, she intends to seek to protect distinctive Scottish interests - such as the status of our universities.
And the third plank?  It is, of course, independence:  the raison d'Ãªtre of the SNP.  That third option, she says, remains on the table while the other two are pursued.
To be clear again, that does not mean that independence is ranked more lowly in her pantheon of powers.  Just that, in realistic terms, she intends to run with the existing UK negotiations for now.
The calculation, presumably, is that voters might not warm to a straight jump to the independence option at a period when politics is already distinctly uncertain.  That, bluntly, there might be more prospect of winning an independence referendum, from the SNP perspective, if it is deferred and the Nationalists have palpably sought to work within the UK framework.
Again, given the atmosphere of uncertainty, politicians are mostly being cautious with their language.  So Ms Sturgeon says she wants a role in UK talks.  She does not demand a veto.  For now, she does not insist, as some others do, that Brexit would require ratification by devolved legislatures as well as the UK government or Parliament.
In response, the Scottish Secretary David Mundell is at pains to stress the role which Ms Sturgeon could play in the post-referendum talks.
He must be tempted to say:  back off, this is a reserved issue.  But he does not.  Rather, he talks up the prospect of suggestions, of ideas, coming from the devolved Scottish government.
But, again, there are limits.  Scotland, he argues, has two governments:  the UK and Scottish.  For this issue, it is the UK version which is in the lead.  It is, ultimately, he argues, following consultation and wider involvement, the UK government which will negotiate the UK terms for the UK to exit the European Union.
However, all remains uncertain.  Perhaps we should not be remotely surprised.  The French Enlightment writer Voltaire reminded us that the ideal is scarcely to be expected in this troubled world.  Doubt, he said, may not be a pleasant state, but certainty is ridiculous.