Rory Gallagher has said criticism of him on social media had "no impact" on his decision to resign as Donegal boss.

Gallagher stepped down with two years still left on his contract on Monday - nine days after his side's 4-17 to 0-14 qualifier hammering by Galway.
There has been speculation social media criticism contributed to his departure.
"I have no interest in social media whatsoever. It has no impact on my life or my decision to step away from the senior team," said Gallagher.
The former Donegal manager added that he does not have Facebook or Twitter accounts.
Speaking in a statement, Gallagher thanked his own family, the county's players over his seven years of involvement with the squad and the county's GAA officials for their support during his time with Donegal.
Fermanagh native Gallagher served as assistant to previous Jim McGuinness manager from 2011 to 2013 before being appointed boss in 2014.
Gallagher guided Donegal to the Ulster final in both 2015 and 2016 but they lost to Monaghan and Tyrone on both occasions, and went out to bow at the All-Ireland quarter-finals stage later those summers.
With several experienced players retiring over the last two seasons, Gallagher faced the task of building a largely new team in 2017.
Promising performances in the Football League had many pundits tipping Donegal for an extended championship run but the highly-rated side were hammered by Tyrone in the Ulster semi-final in June and the belief and energy seemed to drain from the players following that defeat.
"Only the players and their families, the management and county board officers can appreciate the effort that the 2017 squad made this season," continued Gallagher in his statement.
"We understand fully the road we are on. It is the beginning of a new team. It will continue to need huge levels of commitment over the next number of years.
"To the players who I have coached and managed thanks for your hunger and desire to be better for Donegal. You should be very proud of yourselves.
"It made the training pitch a special place to be. We have had tough days and great days. Along the way we have had lots of fun. Your total support and loyalty throughout the seven years means a lot," concluded Gallagher as he wished Donegal GAA the "very best in the future".
When Donegal won the All-Ireland title in 2012, Gallagher's role was regarded as crucial to the success and while he split with McGuinness' management team a year later, his good relationship with the Donegal players meant he was himself at the helm by late 2014.
Former Donegal player Eamon McGee tweeted on Monday evening that Gallagher had been "so important to our All-Ireland win in 2012".


A senior Sussex police officer cleared of allegations he made racist remarks to a taxi driver in Eastbourne has attended a misconduct hearing.

The allegations concerned an argument with two taxi drivers in the East Sussex town on 5 September.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) found the officer's behaviour fell short of that expected from a police officer.
The force says he has now been given management advice.
It followed a misconduct meeting on 30 March chaired by a chief officer from another force.
The officer was suspended from duty last year but the suspension was lifted on 17 February.
A spokeswoman said his role would be "considered" when a number of senior officer changes took place in the next few weeks.
The IPCC also investigated allegations that an East Sussex-based inspector unlawfully accessed a force IT system in relation to the incident.
A file was passed to the Crown Prosecution Service, which decided to take no further action.
The two officers were off-duty at the time of the argument.


Ministers have chosen not to make sweeping changes to the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, including ruling out fees for requests for information.

The decision follows publication of a report by an independent commission asked to examine the Act.
There had been concerns within government "sensitive information" was being inadequately protected, while campaigners feared an attempt to curb powers to hold public bodies transparently to account.
When it was appointed, the government's Freedom of Information Commission was derided by some as an "establishment stitch-up" that would inevitably lead to tough curbs on the public's right to know what its rulers are doing.
In fact the Commission's report has surprised many, being more sympathetic to greater openness than expected, while also backing some changes that would help public authorities to keep some material secret.
And at least one proposal it did make to restrict FOI - bolstering the legal basis for ministers' rights to veto disclosure - has already been rejected by the government.
This has left openness campaigners with some powerful feelings of relief. So, despite the fact that David Cameron thinks FOI "furs up" the process of government, and the Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood objects to its "chilling effects",  why have those who want to restrain FOI been disappointed?
There is the zeitgeist of our time, which lauds openness - exemplified in ministerial rhetoric about "being the most transparent government in the world".
There is also the strong pressure applied by FOI supporters - notably the dedicated and tightly argued lobbying by the Campaign for Freedom of Information, the numbers mobilised through the website 38 Degrees, and the powerful publicity of the media, such as the Daily Mail.
And there is the fact that the government would probably find it difficult to get restrictive change through Parliament. Its small majority in the Commons could easily be overturned as some Tory MPs like David Davis have already made it clear they would oppose constraints on FOI. In the Lords the government has no majority at all.
Yes, that in its lengthy and detailed report the Commission shows it was swayed by the evidence about how FOI actually works in practice.
It is not yet clear how the government will respond to all the Commission's recommendations. The Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock says: "We will not make any legal changes to FOI", so that would appear to rule out any legislation.
This would mean that many of the Commission's ideas - both some promoting secrecy and others promoting openness - would not be implemented. Any change would then be limited to government guidance.
In which case the Freedom of Information Act would be left, as the Commission puts it, pretty much in its current state of "working well".
The Freedom of Information Act has not been popular at the heart of government.
The act gives the public the right to obtain much of the information held by public authorities and is regarded by many in positions of power as somewhere on a scale from pointless nuisance to deeply infuriating and much worse.
This is true both of politicians and officials.
Last year Prime Minister David Cameron described FOI as being one of the "clutteration" and "buggeration" factors that impeded the process of governing.
In 2012, he told a committee of MPs it was an "endless discovery process that furs up the whole of government" - although he quickly added: "Don't worry, we are not making any proposals to change it."
The Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood, in a rare public appearance, told a seminar last year FOI, while "positive" overall, had led to extra costs and "chilling effects" - the term used to argue officials were now less likely to provide frank opinions and record honest discussion.
Against this background, the trigger was a judgement from the Supreme Court last March in the dispute involving the Prince of Wales' correspondence with ministers, where he had advocated particular causes.
The court backed the Guardian's case these letters should be released.
In doing so, the court made it much harder for the government to use the "ministerial veto", the "backstop provision" that allows it to overrule instructions from the Information Commissioner or the Information Rights Tribunal that material should be disclosed.
The commission's core aim was to review whether "sensitive information" and policy material needed greater protection from disclosure.
It was also authorised to examine whether FOI places an excessive "burden" on public authorities.
Some local councils have complained about the cost of dealing with FOI requests, particularly trivial ones and those that come from the media or businesses.
The public protests from local government about FOI have tended to focus on this issue of the "administrative burden", in contrast to concerns expressed at central government level, which are not about cost but mainly about protecting policy discussion.
The commission's role relates to the UK-wide act, which covers England, Wales, Northern Ireland and UK-wide public bodies.
There is a separate, although similar, Freedom of Information Act for Scotland.
Freedom of information campaigners argued at first that the review was too narrowly focused, only on restrictions to FOI, when it should also have been asked to consider ways the act could be extended.
The membership of the commission was also strongly criticised for being limited to people with a one-sided experience of FOI - that of being on the receiving end of requests rather than making them.
Former Treasury permanent secretary Lord Burns chairs the commission.
Other members included Ofcom head Dame Patricia Hodgson and two former Home Secretaries, Lord Howard and Jack Straw.
The original announcement said the commission, created in July 2015, would report by November.
In the wake of the fuss over its composition, it then decided to issue a consultation document and take evidence, and it fell badly behind its initial timetable.
In October last year, the commission was widely ridiculed after it gave a briefing to a select invited group of journalists, which it insisted was off-the-record, while the unidentifiable anonymous source there stated: "Our aim is to be as open as possible."
Since then, the commission has changed its approach, posting on its website minutes of its meetings, research papers it has commissioned and some of the evidence it has received.


Four men have been detained in connection with an incident in which a woman died after being hit by a car that was being pursued by police.

Jill Pirrie is understood to have been knocked down on her way home from work at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on Old Dalkeith Road on Thursday.
The car involved was a silver Ford Ka that was being followed by a police car with blue lights and siren activated.
It is understood Ms Pirrie, a 33-year-old nurse, has a young son.
Officers appealed for witnesses to the incident that took place at about 20:00 BST.
Her family said: "Jill was a loving mother, daughter, partner and friend who will be hugely missed by the many who knew and loved her.
"She was well known for her great sense of humour and no words can express the void that is left as a result of this tragedy.
Jim Crombie, NHS Lothian chief officer of acute services, said: "We are deeply saddened and shocked by this truly tragic incident and our thoughts and sympathies are with Jill's family at this sad time.
"Jill was a talented, well liked and respected member of our theatres team and her colleagues and friends are devastated.
"The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh is a close-knit community and this has sent shockwaves through the site."
Ch Supt Kenny Macdonald, of Police Scotland, said: "We reported this collision to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, who have instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to carry out an independent investigation.
"PIRC are instructed to investigate deaths following police contact or involvement, and we will cooperate fully with their inquiry.
"Our sincere condolences are with Jill's family and friends at this tragic time, and we will utilise all resources at our disposal to investigate this collision."
A spokesman said: "The police vehicle had activated its blue lights and siren after the Ford Ka, travelling northbound, failed to stop when signalled to do so by officers on Old Dalkeith Road.
"A 33-year-old woman was taken to the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary where she was sadly pronounced dead a short time later."
Ch Supt Kenny Macdonald, added: "We reported this collision to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, who have instructed the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner to carry out an independent investigation.
"PIRC are instructed to investigate deaths following police contact or involvement, and we will cooperate fully with their inquiry.
"Our sincere condolences are with the family and friends of the woman at this tragic time, and we will utilise all resources at our disposal to investigate this collision."
The road remained closed as officers carried out investigations at the scene.
Derek Clapperton told BBC Scotland he heard the crash.
He said: "I was in the back green last night painting my hut and doing my garden when I heard this big thud.
"I went round the corner and down to the bottom of the road. There was a grey car. There were two boys lying outside the car and the lassie was next to a wee wall.
"The medics were trying to revive her, three of them. The two boys were lying on the ground both bleeding and the car was right against the wall, smashed up."
A spokeswoman for the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) said: "A police vehicle was following a silver Ford Ka when the Ka was involved in a collision which resulted in the death of a 33-year-old woman in Edinburgh.
"The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has instructed the PIRC to carry out an independent investigation into the circumstances leading up to the incident.
"PIRC investigators attended the scene in the early hours of the morning and a report will be submitted to the COPFS in due course."


Neenu Kewlani is a communications professional and works for disability rights in India.

To secure more rights for people with disabilities, she makes frequent visits to courtrooms where the world of beauty contests is but a dream.
But the first Miss Wheelchair India contest in Mumbai in late November changed much of that.
She found herself amid the humdrum of the green room, glitter of the stage and the usual chatter one associates with a beauty pageant.
But there were some marked differences - the stage was much smaller than the ones set up for Miss India pageant and the contestants were treated as winners even before the event started.
Ms Kewlani's reply is an emphatic "no" when asked if the smaller stage and venue dimmed the importance of India's first Miss Wheelchair contest.
"Nobody really cared about how many people attended the event or how big the stage was. It was a night to celebrate the courage and fighting spirit of the contestants. We all won that night."
She says that her "rich and challenging" life has taken another positive turn after winning the contest.
"Polio made me wheelchair-bound early on in life but I never saw it as a disability and worked hard to be trained as a media professional like other normal people in the country.
"And winning the pageant is just another way of showing that disability cannot stop you from feeling and looking beautiful," the 41-year-old says.
Divya Arora feels her first runner-up crown has strengthened her belief that "beauty is boundless".
Ms Arora, who earlier worked for a leading newspaper, says her faith that "disability can never overshadow her beauty and abilities" helped her do well in the pageant.
The contest is the idea of tax consultant Sounak Banerjee whose life changed in 2006 when muscular dystrophy forced him to use a wheelchair to get around in the bustling city of Mumbai.
Mr Banerjee liked watching Bollywood films and TV shows but often found the absence of people with disabilities in the entertainment industry "disturbing".
"Disabled people are also consumers of the entertainment industry but they are seldom represented," he says.
He then came up with the idea of the Miss Wheelchair India contest to fill the gap and provide a platform they could call their own.
Planning the event was tough due to a lack of funding and human resources, he says but adds that the struggles were forgotten when the final day approached.
"I felt satisfied and happy when I saw these women wearing their best costumes and a winning smile. It all came together nicely in the end - I had done something for these courageous contestants," he says.
"I found the contest very unique because it honoured beauty irrespective of contestants' physical disabilities," says scientist Gopika Anand, 31, who won the second runner-up crown.
Ms Anand met with a road accident while studying engineering and was soon confined to a wheelchair. But she persevered, completed her course and found work as a scientist at a leading consumer manufacturing firm.
Shelly Bhutani, another contestant, hopes that the corporate world will take notice of the event in the future.
"I feel we too deserve to be in front of the camera and get brand endorsements like Miss India winners," she says.
Ms Arora, however, felt the organisers were not well prepared for the event and did not provide the kind of support she had hoped for.
Mr Banerjee accepts that a lack of sponsorship made the job of organising the event tough.
"I agree that there were problems at the event. We will work harder and hope that more people will support the event next year," he says.
But other contestants want to see change at a more basic level.
India is not known to be a disabled-friendly country as most public places, monuments and buildings do not have facilities catering to their specific needs.
Bhavna Sharma, who won the contest in a category that honoured people who are disabled but not necessarily confined to a wheelchair, says citizens with disabilities do not feel inferior and have achieved success in almost every field.
"But it's the country's poor infrastructure for disabled people that lets us down," the 27-year-old says.
Some years ago Neenu Kewlani travelled all over India in a chauffer-driven car to highlight the problems faced by those with physical challenges while commuting.
She says the problem is even more severe in rural areas and smaller towns where people with disabilities are virtually confined to their homes. Nearly every contestant expressed concern over a lack of sensitivity about disability rights.
But not one of them is willing to give up hope.
Ms Kewlani says there is a long way to go in making India a disabled-friendly country but "we are not ready to give up as we are fighters".
"Facilities are improving in cities but we will continue to put pressure on governments to ensure they provide better opportunities and infrastructure for the disabled," she adds.
Calcutta-based Sarmistha Sinha says disability rights activists will have to continue fighting like other marginalised sections of the society.
An accident in 2006 confined the 41-year-old doctor to a wheelchair, but she says her "thoughts and ability to stay positive remained free".
Ms Sinha won in a category which honoured married women in a wheelchair. But winning was not everything for her as she wanted to use the platform to showcase her talent.
The wheelchair dancer saw the contest as an opportunity to present her skills and meet people like herself from all over the country. "I only wanted to dance as such opportunities are rare but the feeling that I have won a beauty pageant is slowly sinking in," she adds.
For Gopika Anand the real winning moment came when she saw her father's moist eyes as the results were announced.
"I was overwhelmed to see her with the crown. I am very proud today to be recognised as Gopika Anand's father," says Anand Mohan.
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A paedophile has been jailed for 16 years after raping and sexually abusing two girls over an 11-year period.

Andrew Picton, 66, of Eastcroft Close, Blagdon, Bristol, abused the girls in Slough between the ages of six and 16.
He was found guilty of 13 counts of sexual abuse, including two counts of rape, at Reading Crown Court in February.
The offences took place between March 1984 and February 1995 and were reported to police in 2012.
Det Con Francesca Worley, from Thames Valley Police, said: "These victims have waited a long time to see justice done for the abuse they suffered.
"I would like to thank them for their bravery and patience during what was a lengthy, detailed and complex investigation.
"I hope that this brings this chapter of their life to a close."


Leicester Tigers second row Dom Barrow has been banned for one week after being charged with striking.

The 22-year-old was cited for striking an opponent in Saturday's defeat at unbeaten Premiership leaders Saracens.
The former Newcastle Falcons man has made eight appearances for the Tigers in all competitions this season after joining in the summer.
His suspension means he will miss this Saturday's home match against fifth-placed Northampton Saints.


Wales should "seize the opportunity" of the general election to ensure Wales is no longer "over-looked and marginalised", Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has said.

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She asked voters to give Plaid the chance to "rebalance power and wealth throughout the UK", as she launched her party's election campaign at Ffos Las racecourse, near Llanelli.
Ms Wood argued that sending more Plaid MPs to Westminster would ensure Wales was no longer "over-looked and marginalised".


Japan is exploring the feasibility of forging the Olympic 2020 medals using precious metals salvaged from electronic waste.

Members of Japan's Olympic organising committee tabled the idea to government officials and companies earlier this year, local media reports said.
Olympic host cities have traditionally obtained the metal from mining firms.
But Japan, which lacks its own mineral resources, is keen to take the theme of a sustainable future a step further.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has developed strict criteria for the world's greatest sporting event, and this extends to how the medals should be produced.
The Rio Olympics, for example, used gold that was extracted without the use of mercury and a third of the silver and bronze used came from recycled sources.
Discarded consumer electronics such as smartphones and tablets contain small amounts of precious and rare earth metals, including platinum, palladium, gold, silver, lithium, cobalt and nickel.
Scrap cars and home appliances such as fridges and air conditioners also contain these rarer metals, along with base metals, including iron, copper, lead and zinc.
Recycling or refining companies either collect or purchase tons of this e-waste and industrial scraps. They then use chemical processes to separate the various metals.
Much of this work takes place in developing countries such as China, India and Indonesia.
Does Japan have enough for 2020?
Japan has one of the highest recycling rates in Asia, according to OECD data. However, this mainly applies to plastic, paper and glass.
About 650,000 tonnes of small electronics and home appliances are discarded in Japan every year, the Nikkei newspaper said. However, it is estimated that less than 100,000 tonnes is collected for recycling.
So for the 2020 Games, Japan will probably have to ask individual countries or companies to contribute towards the recycled metal collection effort.
The amount of metal needed will depend on the size and number of medals, since each year, they seem to get bigger and heavier.
Five new sports have also been added to the Tokyo 2020 competition, including baseball, karate, skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing.
The 2016 Rio Olympics had the largest medals of any games, weighing in at 500g each and 1cm thick in the middle.
The Brazilian Mint produced 5,130 medals in total, up from the 4,700 made by London's Royal Mint for the 2012 Games.
How much will it cost?
It may end up being cheaper using recycled metals than buying it on the spot market.
A little-known fact is that the gold medals are mostly made out of sterling silver and the bronze metals are mostly made out of copper.
Isn't that rather sneaky?
The IOC minimum requirement for a gold medal is 6g of the pure yellow metal.
If the medals were made of pure gold, the overall cost would run into tens of millions of dollars.
Gold is currently about 70 times more expensive than silver. But some market experts think that may change by 2020.
Global silver reserves continue to shrink as demand is exceeding supply and we mine only 11oz of silver for each ounce of gold, said Gregor Gregersen, the founder of Silver Bullion in Singapore.


Advertising giant WPP says geopolitical issues are making clients less willing to take risks, with firms targeting costs rather than revenue growth.

The cautious outlook from world's largest advertising and marketing group came despite another record year with pre-tax profits of just under Â£1.5bn.
Sir Martin Sorrell, chief executive, said: "Despite this strong performance, the always on, Don Draperish general industry optimism seems misplaced."
Revenue rose 6.1% to Â£12.2bn.
WPP - which is marking the 30th anniversary of its founding - said it had now posted five consecutive record years.
Analysts at Liberium said the results were better than expected, helped by a strong performance in the fourth quarter. They regarded WPP as the best-positioned group in its sector, but were cautious on the sector in general.
Shares in WPP, which were flat over the past 12 months, were down 0.25% at Â£15.35 in afternoon trading in London.
Sir Martin identified three "grey swans" that could pose threats in 2016: the impact on share and bond markets following any action by the Federal Reserve on US interest rates; the outcome of the UK referendum on EU membership; and the effect of sharply lower oil prices.
Although clients were more confident than they were in September 2008 after the collapse of Lehman Bros, he said lower than average global economic growth, combined with heightened levels of geopolitical uncertainty, low inflation and "short-term focused activist investors and strengthened corporate governance scrutiny" were making them unwilling to take further risks.
"We see little reason, if any, for this pattern of behaviour to change in 2016, with continued caution being the watchword," Sir Martin added.
China was now WPP's third-largest market after the US and UK.
Sir Martin told the BBC that the true growth rate in China was probably more like 3% to 4%, rather than the official rate of close to 7%.
"The continued strength of China is vital not just to the world, but to WPP too," he said.
"It's the shift to consumption from a savings economy, it's the shift to a healthcare safety net  - because that's the reason that people save - and it's a shift to services too. We're seeing that in the 12th and 13th five-year plan that the People's Congress will put forward and that's the growth pattern we will see - but it will be more muted in terms of overall growth."
The company expected modest boosts from this year's "visually stunning" Rio Olympics, the Euro 2016 football and US presidential election.
Looking over 2015, WPP said it continued to benefit from industry consolidation, winning assignments from both new and existing clients - including several very large groups. Rises in revenue from those wins would be fully reflected in 2016, it added.
Like-for-like revenue at its advertising and media investment management division, which included Ogilvy & Mather, Grey and  J. Walter Thompson Company, jumped 8.4% for the year.
The public relations and public affairs division, which included Cohn & Wolfe and Burson-Marsteller, recorded a 5.8% rise in like-for-like net sales.
North America posted the highest net sales growth, up 4.1% on a like-for-like basis across the year. In the UK net sales rose 2.9%.
WPP made 52 transactions in the year, with 18 acquisitions and investments in new markets.


What if the Premier League was played over a calendar year?

Who would be champions of 2016, which uncapped Englishman would finish above Jamie Vardy in the scoring charts, and which players would be in the running for individual awards?
We take a look at who performed best - and worst - in 2016.
Chelsea.
It would have been almost impossible to believe 12 months ago when Jose Mourinho had been sacked after the then champions lost nine times in their opening 16 Premier League games - but the Stamford Bridge club's transformation in 2016 has been dramatic.
Stabilised by Guus Hiddink and streaking clear at the top of the 2016-17 table under Antonio Conte, Chelsea edge out Liverpool and Manchester United to top spot in 2016. Tottenham may feel aggrieved their New Year fixture falls on New Year's Day, as had it been 24 hours earlier and they won, they would be second.
Manchester City miss out on the top four, while 2015-16 title winners Leicester are eighth after a difficult run between August and December.
At the other end - excluding the promoted and relegated teams - Crystal Palace, Watford and Swansea make up the bottom three, with Palace 11 points behind their closest rivals.
Jurgen Klopp has made a big impact since arriving at Liverpool in October 2015 - and that impact is becoming clearer with every passing month.
In 2016, his team have scored the most goals...
...made the most successful passes...
...had the second-highest number of shots (659), more than 60 ahead of Man City (596), West Ham (574) and well clear of Chelsea (552).
...and they are up there in terms of highest average possession...
So what more do Liverpool have to do to end what may soon be a 27-year wait for a title?
The answer? Defend better.
Quiz question for you: which three English players outscored Leicester striker Jamie Vardy in the Premier League in 2016?
Tottenham's Harry Kane, obviously. Jermain Defoe of Sunderland - correct.
The other one? West Ham's Michail Antonio! Top marks if you got that one.
And here's a tip for Fantasy Football players. Get Cesar Azpilicueta in your team.
For starters, the Chelsea defender has played the most minutes in the Premier League in 2016 (tied with Leicester's Wes Morgan, Bournemouth's Steve Cook and Manchester United's David de Gea). Southampton's Virgil van Dijk was also level with that bunch until he was sent off late in their final fixture of the year on Saturday.
Spaniard Azpilicueta has also had more touches than any other player...
...and is second on the list for completed passes, behind only Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson. He also features in the top 10 for tackles made and successful passes in the opposition half.
Away from the teams occupying the top six in the Premier League, there have also been plenty of stellar performances. West Ham's Dimitri Payet - one of the stars of 2015-16 - created the most scoring opportunities, 28 more than his closest rival - Tottenham's Christian Eriksen.
Along with Arsenal's Mesut Ozil (111), they were the only three players to create more than 100 chances in 2016.
At the other end, the two keepers with the best shots-to-saves record do not belong to top-six clubs.
And finally, a few names for Fantasy Football devotees to avoid. These players repeatedly found themselves in trouble with referees in 2016, with Everton midfielder Idrissa Gueye the most-booked Premier League player of 2016.
Despite that poor disciplinary record, he was not one of the 47 players sent off during the calendar year. Forty-six of those were dismissed once, while Vardy and Tottenham midfielder Victor Wanyama hold the dubious honour of being the most-dismissed players of the year - both were sent off twice.


Police have been attacked with blast bombs, a pipe bomb, petrol bombs and masonry during trouble in Northern Ireland on Monday night.

Twenty-seven officers were injured as they dealt with public disorder in east, north, and south Belfast, Newtownabbey and Portadown.
In east Belfast, at least six blast bombs - homemade devices packed with explosives - were thrown at police.
Since Friday, 71 officers have been injured and there have been 60 arrests.
Police said some of the officers injured had suffered heat exhaustion as a result of the warm weather, heavy protective equipment and long shifts.
Speaking in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said: "We will not tolerate lawlessness on the streets of Belfast any more than we would tolerate it in any other UK city.
"No stone will be left unturned in building the case for more arrests and more criminal convictions.
"I am confident that for some that will mean that the next 12th of July holiday will be spent not out in the sunshine following the parades, but locked up in prison living with the consequences of their crimes."
She said while the Orange Order's announcement of the suspension of its protest was welcome, it must now call it off completely.
Of those arrested over four consecutive nights of violence, 32 have been charged.
At about 19:00 BST on Monday, serious trouble began in east Belfast at a sectarian interface on the Newtownards Road.
Officers fired two plastic baton rounds and deployed water cannon after they were attacked with petrol bombs, masonry and other missiles during five hours of sporadic violence in the area.
Some of the blast bombs were thrown from the nearby loyalist Pitt Park area, according to police.
A BBC journalist witnessed golf balls being thrown from the nationalist Short Strand area.
The fourth night of trouble followed a controversial ruling by the Parades Commission, banning an Orange Order parade from marching past a sectarian flashpoint at Ardoyne, north Belfast on 12 July.
In north Belfast on Monday evening, five officers sustained minor injuries after a pipe bomb was thrown at them on the Crumlin Road.
Police said the device had been thrown from Brompton Park, in the nationalist Ardoyne area, at about 17:00 BST.
The pipe bomb attack took place close to where up to 1,000 people were taking part in a loyalist protest against the parade ruling.
A loyalist march walked to police lines along the Woodvale Road and then joined protesters at Twaddell Avenue. Police instructed that the march was an illegal parade and stopped it from going further.
Elsewhere in north Belfast, there was trouble on the New Lodge Road, Woodvale Road and Mount Vernon areas.
Eleven officers were injured when they were hit with masonry during rioting on the New Lodge Road. Two of them required hospital treatment.
One officer was injured by masonry in Mount Vernon after trouble broke out after an earlier loyalist protest on the Shore Road.  A car was hijacked and set on fire, as police cam under attack from petrol bombs and other missiles.
In the south of the city, rival groups gathered close to Broadway and Glenmachan Street and a crowd of about 50 people threw stones at each other and the police.
Petrol bombs were also thrown at North Queen Street, where a car was set on fire.
Police said they had liaised with community representatives in north Belfast "in an effort to restore calm".
In Portadown, nine officers were injured when they were hit with masonry, and two of them were taken to hospital.
They were hurt during sectarian rioting in Corcrain Road, Charles Street and Park Road in the County Armagh town.
A PSNI spokesman said officers were attacked by both sides, as fireworks, bottles and golf balls were thrown from opposing crowds.
In County Tyrone, the A4 dual carriageway was closed during the early hours of Tuesday morning because a number of tyres had been set on fire.
Traffic was diverted through Moygashel for several hours but the road has since reopened.
Police in Londonderry dealt with a number of white line protests on the Glendermott and Limavady roads in the Waterside area on Monday night.
Up to 90 people were involved in the protests, which took place from about 19:00 to 20:30 BST.  They passed off without incident.
During this period, police seized about 20 paint bombs in the city, believed to have been stashed by local youths.
Police Service of Northern Ireland Superintendent Emma Bond, speaking about the pipe bomb in north Belfast, said: "We consider ourselves extremely fortunate that we are not dealing with a much more serious incident and that all of the officers were able to walk away from that situation unharmed.
"We have appealed for calm in the area and I continue to do so.
"I would appeal to anyone with influence in the community to exert it to ensure that the next few days pass off without incident."
DUP assembly member William Humphrey said loyalist protesters had been demonstrating peacefully in the Twaddell Avenue area when the incident happened.
He described the attack as an "attempt to injure and kill".
Sinn FÃ©in assembly member Gerry Kelly said the attack was "completely unacceptable" and "not supported by the vast majority of the community in Ardoyne".
It emerged on Monday night that US Vice-President Joe Biden had expressed "deep concern at parade-related violence and attacks on police" in conversation with the Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson and the Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness.


A video of a white man threatening a black woman inside a popular restaurant has caused outrage in South Africa.

The film of the incident at a Johannesburg branch of the Spur chain of restaurants has been widely shared.
In it, the two can be heard arguing and hurling insults at each other, while a group of children are sitting at the table watching the row unfold.
The video appears to have touched a nerve in a country where racism is still a sore point.
It is not clear what started the altercation but both adults say that their child was bullied by the other's child.
The confrontation escalated when the man threatened to hit the woman, who accused him of bullying her because she was black.
"You can't come here and bully meâ€¦ this is a democratic South Africa in case you had not noticed," the incensed woman says.
Although the man does not say anything specifically racist, many have interpreted his treatment of the woman as being based on her skin colour.
At one point he lifts up and shakes the table at which the woman's family was seated.
A number of people including customers are seen trying to intervene until he eventually leaves.
People have taken to social media to express their dismay at how the restaurant "failed to protect" the woman.
The restaurant chain, whose managers have been criticised for not stepping in, has apologised for the drama at one of its busiest stores.
"The man in the video is not welcome at any Spur restaurant nationally.
We do not condone any forms of violence against women or children, irrespective of the circumstances," the company said in statement shared on social media.
The incident is believed to have happened at the weekend but the video has only just surfaced.


A man arrested in India for being part of a mob that attacked a group of four Muslim teenagers on a train has said on TV that he was goaded into it by others because Muslims ate beef.

The man, identified only as Ramesh, said he was drunk at the time of the attack in Haryana state on Friday.
One of the boys, 16-year-old Junaid Khan, was killed in the assault carried out by a mob of about 20 men.
Hindus consider cows sacred and killing them is illegal in several states.
Police say that the reason for the murder - in which three other youths were injured by the knife-wielding mob - was mainly because of a row over seat space on the train.
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"There are also allegations that some words which hurt religious sentiments were also said," a police spokesman told NDTV, "after which things got out of hand."
Speaking on camera Ramesh said that he was "told by his friends to attack the Muslim boys because they ate beef".
The murdered youth's father said after the attack that the four boys were targeted after being taunted about their Muslim clothing.
Another relative - Junaid's brother Hassem - was quoted as saying that the mob had paid no attention to their repeated protestations that they were not carrying any beef.
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"They were pointing at a packet which had food and saying we should not be allowed to sit [in the train] since we were carrying beef," he said.
While eating beef is not unlawful in India, it is taboo in some states where Muslims have apparently been killed amid heightened public rhetoric about the need to protect cows.
One other man along with Ramesh has been arrested in connection with the killing.
Hindus comprise about 80% and Muslims about 14% of India's 1.2 billion people.


A 16-year-old boy and a man have been charged with the murder of a man who was stabbed to death in Liverpool.

Stephen Essery, 51, of Walton, was found with a stab wound under his arm in Milman Road on Saturday.
Joshua Alexander Johnson, 20, of Shaw Street, Everton, and the teenager, from Walton, are due to appear at Liverpool Magistrates' Court later.
A 46-year-old man and a 37-year-old woman from Walton have been released pending further enquires.
A 41-year-old man from Kirkdale has been released without charge.


Manchester City midfielder Kevin de Bruyne will miss up to three weeks with a hamstring injury, manager Pep Guardiola has said.

The Belgium midfielder, 25, pulled up in the 81st minute of Saturday's 3-1 win over Swansea at Liberty Stadium.
Guardiola said De Bruyne's injury is "not big" and he should return in "two and a half to three weeks".
He also confirmed captain Vincent Kompany will return in two to three weeks from muscle fatigue.
The prognosis means De Bruyne could return for City's Champions League tie against Barcelona on 19 October.
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A judge in the US state of Michigan has sent three children to a juvenile detention centre for refusing to see their father in a custody agreement.

Judge Lisa Gorcycae held the children in contempt of court, saying they would be detained throughout the summer.
She said the children, aged between nine and 14, had been "brainwashed" by their mother, according to NBC News.
Their parents have been involved in a bitter divorce and custody battle since 2009.
The Oakland County judge said the two boys and one girl can see their father, Omer Tsimhoni, while detained but not their mother, Maya Eibschitz-Tsimhoni.
Mr Tsimhoni is a traffic expert who works for General Motors, while Ms Eibschitz-Tsimhoni is a pediatric doctor.
Judge Gorcycae was reported to have told the family that it was one of the worst "parental alienation" cases that she has seen.
It is unclear how long they will be detained for.
The 24 June ruling, which only came to light this week when court documents were released, was made after the children refused the judge's order to go for lunch with Mr Tsimhoni.
Ms Gorcycae said the children had disobeyed her orders to "have a healthy relationship" with their father.
One of the boys told the judge that his father had been violent towards his mother, but the judge told the children: "Your dad is a good man who loves you. You have been brainwashed."
Mr Tsimhoni's lawyer also blamed the children's mother for "alienating" the children from their father.
The lawyer for Ms Eibschitz-Tsimhoni has not commented on the children's detention.
The children are being kept at a centre in Pontiac, northwest of Detroit, called Children's Village, where as many as 200 juvenile offenders are held.


A motorcyclist who died after his bike collided with a bus on a Highland road has been named by police.

Ewan Smith, 48, from Renfrew, suffered fatal injuries in the crash on the A82 at Laggan, between Invergarry and Spean Bridge, on Wednesday lunchtime.
Neither the bus driver or bus passengers suffered any significant injuries.
The road was closed in both directions for several hours for investigation work before it reopened.


Woking manager Garry Hill has left the National League club after not being offered a new contract.

In a statement, chairman Rosemary Johnson said the board was unable to offer Hill a new deal as the club is in negotiations with a potential investor.
Hill, 57, was appointed Cards boss in January 2011, leading them to promotion as Conference South champions in the 2011-12 season.
Woking finished 18th in the National League table this season.


Stalking charges have been dropped against two teenage girls in connection with the alleged bullying of another Florida girl who took her own life.

The two girls, aged 12 and 14, are said to have hounded Rebecca Sedwick online for a year.
A lawyer for the 12-year-old has demanded an apology from Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd for the arrest.
But Sheriff Judd said he did not have any regrets and that the girls will now receive "the services they need".
"Our goal is that these kids never bully anyone again, never torment anyone again," he said.
The girls were arrested a month after Rebecca, 12, jumped to her death from a tower at an abandoned concrete plant on 9 September.
Officials said the bullying had begun last year after the 14-year-old girl objected to Rebecca dating a boy whom she had been seeing.
The girls bullied Rebecca through online message boards and mobile text messages, authorities told the news media.
On Wednesday Jose Baez, a lawyer for the 12-year-old, said he had found "zero evidence having to do with my client that would rise to the level of a criminal act".
He said his client was a "troubled young girl" who had been bullied herself.
Mr Baez said he has not ruled out a lawsuit on the girl's behalf against the Polk County sheriff's office, for what he called a "reckless" move to arrest her and the 14-year-old, name her and show her police-booking photo at a press conference.
A lawyer for the 14-year-old confirmed to the Associated Press news agency that charges against her had been dropped as well.
That girl's stepmother, Vivian Vosburg, was arrested last month on child abuse charges in connection with a video posted to Facebook allegedly showed her punching two boys.


The number of new homes being built in England has risen significantly over the last year, government figures show.

In the year to June, 131,060 homes were completed, a rise of 15% on the same period a year ago.
On a quarterly basis, between April and June, the number of completions rose by 22%, compared to 2014.
However, the number of homes being started fell by 1% over the year, to 136,320, and by 6% on a quarterly basis.
The increase in completions was welcomed by the National Housing Federation (NHF).
"Today's figures are encouraging as they show house building is at its highest level since 2008," said Henry Gregg, the NHF's assistant director of campaigns.
"However, we need to continue to increase our efforts as a nation to build the homes that are desperately needed. Last year alone we built less than half of the homes needed," he said.
The housing charity Shelter described the drop in housing starts as "shocking".
"Once again, these figures show that we're not building anywhere near the number of homes needed each year, leaving millions of ordinary hard-working people priced out," said Campbell Robb, Shelter's chief executive.
"And worryingly, despite claims by the government that progress is being made to solve our chronic housing shortage, the number of new homes started has actually decreased."
The housing minister, Brandon Lewis, welcomed the figures, but admitted there was more to do.
"That is why we have outlined plans to deliver 275,000 affordable homes by the end of this Parliament," he said.
Last week the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) accused the government of failing to build enough homes.
It said that the number of homes for sale per surveyor in England and Wales was at a record low, and that the lack of supply would force prices up still further.
During the election campaign, David Cameron promised that 200,000 homes a year would be built by 2017, in addition to 200,000 starter homes by the end of the parliament.


Tottenham have submitted a bid in the region of £15m for Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha, the player's representative has told the BBC.

Zaha rejoined boyhood club Palace from Manchester United last year on a five-and-a-half-year deal.
Palace do not want to sell the 23-year-old but, according to his agent Will Salthouse, the clubs are in talks.
Zaha is understood to be keen on a move to White Hart Lane, where he would play Champions League football this season.
Neither club has commented.
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Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid has announced a clampdown on security after an attack on a holiday resort in which 38 people were killed.

He said army reservists would be deployed to archaeological sites and resorts.
About 80 mosques accused of "spreading venom" will close within a week, he said.
Authorities say most of the victims in Friday's attack near Sousse were Britons. The gunman was shot dead.
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He was identified as Seifeddine Rezgui, a student who was not previously known to authorities, officials said.
Five Britons were confirmed dead and the Foreign Office warned the death toll could rise.
Tunisians, Germans, Belgians, French and at least one Irish citizen were also among those killed in the attack, which was claimed by Islamic State (IS). Thirty-six people are injured, officials say.
It was the second major attack on tourists in Tunisia since March, when militants killed 22 people, mainly foreigners, at Bardo museum in Tunis.
Speaking at a news conference in Tunis, Mr Essid said some mosques outside government control were spreading "their propaganda and their venom to promote terrorism" and would be shut down.
Mr Essid also vowed to act against parties and groups "acting outside the constitution" - such action could range from a warning to closure.
He said army reservists would be deployed at sensitive sites to ensure such attacks could not happen again.
One survivor told how her fiance, a Welsh tourist, was shot three times as he used his body as a shield to protect her.
"He took a bullet for me," said Saera Wilson. "I owe him my life because he threw himself in front of me when the shooting started.
"It was the bravest thing I've ever known. But I just had to leave him under the sunbed because the shooting just kept on coming.
"I ran back, past bodies on the beach to reach our hotel. It was chaos - there was a body in the hotel pool and it was just full of blood.
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"The country is under threat; the government is under threat," Mr Essid said.
"Without the co-operation of everyone and a show of unity, we cannot win this war. We have won some battles and lost others, but our objective is to win the war".
However, many Tunisians are asking why stricter security measures had not already been put in place following the attack on the Bardo museum, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Tunis.
Security officials said the attacker, who had posed as a swimmer but was carrying a rifle under a parasol, started shooting on the beach before entering the Hotel Imperial Marhaba, continuing to shoot.
A British holidaymaker, Steve Johnson, told the BBC: "We were just lying on the beach as usual and... we heard what we thought at first was fireworks.
"But it was soon pretty obvious... that it was firearms that were being discharged and people were screaming and starting to run."
Another holidaymaker, named only as Danny, said he and his wife had sought refuge in an office when the shooting started.
"We hid in there for about forty-five minutes to an hour, I think," he told the BBC.
"We could hear guns and grenades and explosions and all sorts of things...
"I hid under a table and kissed my wife goodbye thinking that that was going to be the end."
IS said it was behind Friday's attack on what it called a "den of vice".
It identified the gunman by the nom de guerre of Abu Yahya al-Qayrawani. Social media accounts close to the group showed pictures of him.
At the scene: Rana Jawad, BBC News, Port El Kantaoui
Tourists gathered in the lobby of the Imperial Marhaba consoling each other. Most were thankful they had survived and described a day where they faced their worst fears: not seeing their children again back home or losing a loved one before their eyes.
A woman sat in alone in a corner silently crying with her packed luggage sitting beside her. So many here were frustrated at having to stay at the scene of the attack tonight.
These are sobering times, but the people of Sousse remain defiant: they are socialising with friends and family, and large parts of the city are still lit up on what is arguably its darkest day yet.
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Local media reported a second suspected attacker had been arrested, but this has not been confirmed.
IS had urged followers to step up assaults during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan.
Many of the tourists in hotels affected by the attack left the country overnight, with tour operators arranging special flights to take them home.
Friday's attack was the deadliest in Tunisia's recent history. The country has seen militant Islamists gain strength since the overthrow of long-serving ruler Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in in 2011.
Democratic elections after Ben Ali's removal saw the moderate Islamist Ennahda party take power before the secularist Nidaa Tounes government won a parliamentary poll in October.
However, neither party has been able effectively to combat Islamist violence - which has been made worse by conflict in neighbouring Libya and by Tunisian fighters returning home after joining Islamist campaigns in Iraq and Syria.
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the number of tourist arrivals to Tunisia in 2014
15.2% the total contribution of travel and tourism to Tunisia's GDP
473,000 the number of jobs supported by travel and tourism (13.8% of total employment)
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Dagenham & Redbridge slumped to bottom of the Football League after losing to London rivals Barnet, who inflicted their fifth successive home defeat.

Joss Labadie went close for the Daggers early on, while home goalkeeper Mark Cousins denied Shaun Batt.
Luke Gambin weaved his way into the box to put Barnet ahead from close range.
Michael Nelson then met a Chris Hackett cross to steer the ball home from two yards out, leaving Dagenham winless at home in League Two this season.
Dagenham & Redbridge manager John Still told BBC Radio London:
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"Since I've been back here, I think that's the worst performance that we've put in.
"I thought that we had no tempo about our game today. I thought the first goal that we gave away was really, really poor defending.
"Sometimes you can be behind but you can actually be the dominant team. We were behind and we never really showed any dominance; I thought our attacking play was patchy."
Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio London:
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"Some of those players haven't played in a while so it was good to get them back out there."
"All credit to the staff as well for keeping the players fit in this little period and keeping the sharpness."
"We didn't have that many chances today, I don't think it was fantastic probably for our supporters to watch, but it's better to have two players up front for a change which was good for us, and again good to get another one of our youth players from last season on the pitch towards the end."


Four transformers for an electricity substation in Caithness have arrived in the area by sea from Sweden.

Each of the four large pieces of equipment weighs about 170 tonnes.
They have been unloaded from a ship at Port of Scrabster, near Thurso, to be taken by road to SSE's Spittal substation at Achanarras.
The substation is part of the £1.1bn Caithness-Moray Project, which when completed will transmit electricity from renewable energy schemes.
A large part of the project involves laying a subsea cable from Noss in Caithness to Portgordon in Moray.
The transformers are to be moved by road on Tuesday 16 May and also 21 May, 31 May and 5 June.


Serge Godin remembers the event that gave him the drive and determination to succeed in life - watching his father's sawmill burn down.

He was 17 in Canada at the time, the year was 1966, and as his dad's business was uninsured, the family lost everything.
One of nine children brought up in rural Quebec, Mr Godin, along with his siblings, suddenly had to earn money to help his parents pay the bills and keep a roof over the family's heads.
So Mr Godin worked at a supermarket in the evenings after school, and then at a dry cleaner's on Saturdays.
Ambitious to run his own company, in his 20s he used savings of C$5,000 ($3,800; £3,100) to start a computer business that he called Conseillers en Gestion et Informatique (CGI). In English, this translates as Information Systems and Management Consultants.
Today CGI Group is a global IT systems giant that enjoys annual revenues of C$10bn, while Mr Godin's personal fortune is estimated at $1.5bn.
Now 67 years old and the firm's chairman, he says: "I didn't want to go back to the situation when we lost everything. That's probably what prompted me to build CGI."
After gaining a computer science degree from Laval University in Quebec City, and a few years working for two companies, Mr Godin launched CGI in 1976, when he was 26.
In typical computer industry start-up fashion, he began the business from his garage. After a few months on his own, a friend joined the business, and in its first year, CGI generated revenues of C$138,000.
From that modest start, CGI has grown steadily ever since, fuelled by no fewer than 81 acquisitions, as Mr Godin has continued to follow a policy of ambitious growth.
In the company's most recent large takeover, it bought its European rival Logica for C$2.7bn in 2012. This more than doubled CGI's workforce, which rose overnight from 31,000 to 68,000.
Today its business clients include companies such as miner Rio Tinto, tyre-maker Michelin, airline group Air France-KLM and London's Heathrow Airport. CGI also does work for 22 of the world's largest banks, and has no fewer than 2,000 government contracts around the world.
Mr Godin, who reduced his daily workload in 2006 when he switched from chief executive to chairman, says the business has not given up on fast growth.
"We think we can double the size of the company [again] within five to 10 years," he says.
It hasn't all been plain sailing for Montreal-based CGI in recent years, however.
Back in 2013, it made headlines for all the wrong reasons, when it was blamed for technical problems that plagued the launch of the US government website where people on low or no income could apply for the new "Obamacare" health insurance.
CGI had a central role in building the website, but Mr Godin said at the time that the company "ended up in the eye of a storm" between the two main US political parties.
Looking back, he says: "We stayed and finished the work.
"We were portrayed by the press as being the system integrator, but we were not. We were one of 52 companies involved in the project.
"We didn't fight this in the press, because we have a code of ethics and we never criticise our clients."
While the issue could not have been pleasant at the time, Mr Godin and CGI have always insisted that there was no long-term reputational damage.
In terms of how CGI is run on a day-to-day basis, Mr Godin says he views it as a big family and that he has to keep everyone happy.
"At CGI we have a dream, and this dream is centred on the core of our business - our people," he says.
"They are the ones who take the elevator to come to work every day, and we have to make sure they will come back and will like working here.
"As employers, we have rights, but we also have duties towards our employees."
One way in which CGI tries to look after its staff is encouraging them to become shareholders. And for every share that an employee buys, the company will buy him or her the same amount.
Mr Godin says: "This idea of sharing is important to me, because I come from a big family."
Robert Young, technology analyst at research group Canaccord Genuity, says: "Serge Godin is well regarded as the builder of a company with a strong culture and customer relationships.
"There is a discipline he has baked into the business that is evident in the strong financial controls, and rigorous approach to [what is known as] the 'CGI management foundation' - a set of proven processes and methods that define CGI engagements."
When not continuing to help lead CGI, Mr Godin focuses on his charity work.
In 2000, he set up a charitable foundation called Jeunesse-Vie or Youth Life, which aims to help disadvantaged children across Canada through alleviating poverty and improving their education and health. So far, he has given it more than C$60m.
Having already been inducted into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame, last year he was also recognised for his business and charity work when he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours.
Mr Godin says: "When you have the chance to have a successful business, it is your duty to give back."
He adds: "My origins remind me that it is important to help."


Port Vale manager Rob Page says there is no truth in reports linking him to the head coach's job with Championship side Cardiff City, his boyhood heroes.

Cardiff are looking for a new boss following the decision to move Russell Slade upstairs as head of football.
But Page admitted to knowing nothing about any speculation following Sunday's 5-0 home defeat by Walsall.
"I want to be successful in football," he said. "I'll go wherever it takes me, but I don't need to get back to Wales."
Rhondda Valley-born former Wales international Page played nine games for the Bluebirds after joining them from Sheffield United in July 2004 before leaving just seven months later to sign for Coventry City.
"I have a lot of family and friends back there," he told BBC Radio Stoke. "And of course it is nice to go back and see them.
"It's my club Cardiff City, so people will put two and two together. But there is nothing in it," added Page, who is halfway through his current two-year contract at Vale Park.
Page says that the immediate task is further contract talks with his players as he tries to pick them up following the up-for-sale club's worst defeat in over two years.
"I am fully focused now on trying to pick the players up and rebuilding," Page said. "They are all hurting and rightly so. It is about picking them up and sending them off on their holidays.
"They need a break now. They need to get away from it and come back raring to go, with a few additions on 1 July.
"We have a lot of work to do. Within the next seven days, it is about nailing things down and knowing what we have to work with."


Producer and songwriter Naughty Boy is working with George Michael on the star's new album.

Naughty Boy, who has scored hits with Beyonce and Emile Sande, revealed the news at the BBC Music Awards on Monday.
"I can't wait. I don't know what to expect. And, to be honest, he's more mysterious than anyone else so I'm actually excited."
The songwriter, whose real name is Shahid Khan, said Michael got in touch after he mentioned him in an interview.
"I reached out and then he got back," he said.
"He's got an album coming out next year, and he's going to be doing something for my album as well."
Although the duo have yet to make it into the studio, Khan said the project was "the most interesting collaboration" he'd done.
"It's easier to do what's relevant," he said, referring to his work with current chart stars,  "but someone like George is timeless.
"'Naughty Boy featuring George Michael' - it just sounds right".
The producer also revealed he had been working with Mike Posner, DNCE, Emleli Sande and Dua Lipa for his latest album.
His current single features Kyla, a British singer who had given up on the music industry, before Drake sampled her underground hit Do You Mind on his hit single One Dance - which spent 15 weeks at number one this summer.
The singer told the BBC she had been given "just four days notice" before Drake's single hit the airwaves. She has since signed a new deal with Virgin Records.
Naughty Boy and Beyonce were nominated for best song for Runnin' at the BBC Music Awards but were beaten by Adele's Hello.
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Race discrimination laws in Northern Ireland offer less protection than in other parts of the UK, a report says.

According to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), employers and public bodies are only able to take a limited range of actions to combat disadvantage.
In a report the ECRI has called for a single comprehensive equality law.
Northern Ireland operates a "two-tier" system to protect against discrimination.
The ECRI have said they are concerned about the levels of protection in Northern Ireland.
"In a number of key areas individuals in Northern Ireland have a lower level of protection against racial discrimination than people in other parts of the United Kingdom," the ECRI said.
The latest report pointed out that the UK government committed a decade ago to working towards a single equality law.
There are individual acts to protect against discrimination, including the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 and the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
However, the report said there is "less protection against discrimination on grounds of colour and nationality than on grounds of race, ethnic or national origins".
The Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has called on the Stormont Executive to do more to improve life for people from minority ethnic backgrounds in Northern Ireland.
The Community Relations Council (CRC) has said an 87% rise in crime with hate motivation in the past four years was deeply troubling and warned the Brexit vote had further sharpened concerns and fears.
In 2009, 100 Romanians fled their Belfast homes following attacks.
There have been sporadic crimes against minorities since then.


The wealthy family at the heart of South African corruption allegations has denied meeting a top politician, who said he was offered a bribe.

An investigation by South Africa's anti-corruption body suggested the Gupta family exercised political influence over President Jacob Zuma.
One witness, Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas, said Ajay Gupta offered him money to accept a promotion.
The Guptas welcome a proposed public inquiry in order to "clear our name".
"Our cursory reading of [the report] shows the evidence gathered is riddled with errors and is subject to rebuttal," a statement from the family says.
For example, it says Mr Gupta "never met with Deputy Minister Jonas".
The report's author, former Public Protector Thuli Madonsela, recommended the establishment of a judicial commission to look into her evidence within 30 days.
She was looking into allegations that Mr Zuma had an improper relationship with the wealthy businessmen.
The Guptas' lawyer, Gerd van der Merwe, told the BBC that Ms Madonsela did not give his clients the chance to present their evidence during her investigation.
He said the family now wants to be part of the process.
The deputy finance minister is quoted in the report as saying that Mr Gupta offered him 600m rand ($44.6m; Â£36.2m) last year, "to be deposited in an account of his choice", if he accepted the post of finance minister.
Mr Gupta also asked him if he had "a bag which he could use to receive and carry 600,000 rand in cash ($44,400) immediately", Mr Jonas alleged, adding that Mr Zuma's son, Duduzane, was present at the meeting.
Mr Jonas said he did not accept the money.
He was expected to remove key Treasury officials from their posts and advance the Gupta family's "business ambitions", Mr Jonas is quoted as saying.
Another allegation that Ms Madonsela explored was that Brian Molefe, head of the state power company Eskom, deliberately weakened the financial position of one of its suppliers, Optimum Coal, thereby allowing the Guptas to buy it up.
Her report says that there were 58 phone calls between Mr Molefe and Mr Gupta.
Also, using mobile phone records, it places the Eskom boss near the Gupta family home on 19 occasions during the period that the Optimum Coal deal was being discussed.
In a tearful press conference on Thursday, Mr Molefe denied the allegations and complained that he never had the opportunity to give his side of the story, the News24 website is reporting.
The Guptas say that the evidence about the Optimum deal is "flawed".
The 355-page report by Ms Madonsela is entitled "State of Capture" and is illustrated on its front page with a hand strung with puppet wires.
The president has been dogged by corruption allegations for more than a decade, but has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.


In the past they have been dull and predictable affairs but Scottish football finally delivered a January transfer deadline day worth shouting about.

No, the cash wasn't splashed in the multi-millions (even the most optimistic or deluded fan would now concede that those days have long gone) but deals were done and money changed hands. For Scottish football, that is progress.
After testing the water with initial offers a few weeks back, Rangers took the plunge and spent in the region of £500,000 to take forward Michael O'Halloran from St Johnstone.
Having already missed out on Brentford midfielder Toumani Diagouraga earlier in the month, eyebrows would have been raised if the Ibrox club had failed to get this one over the line.
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The bruising left and lessons learned by past financial mismanagement, as well as their position at the top of the Scottish Championship, meant that the club were always unlikely to spend big. A signal of intent it was not - fans will be hoping that comes in the summer.
The tea and biscuits in the Celtic Park media room were laid out twice in the space of a few hours as the Premiership champions paraded their January purchases.
Reporters were left counting the crumbs on the floor as the Manchester City youngster Patrick Roberts told the tale of being bought a Celtic strip as a young boy.
The 18-year-old winger, who has signed an 18-month loan deal, said all the right things and exuded all the confidence and composure of a man well aware of his recent £12m price tag.
If he is to be the new fans' favourite, the new media favourite may well be his new team-mate and second signing of the day, Colin Kazim-Richards. The heavily tattooed Turkey international striker bounded into the press room like a man who couldn't quite believe his luck.
Ten clubs in 10 years suggests something of a footballing nomad but he says he's determined to settle down.
The prize for best business of the day may well go to Hearts. Striker Osman Sow was out of contract in the summer but he's heading to China in a deal worth about £1.5m.
And so with money burning the pockets, head coach Robbie Nielson secured the services of long-term target John Souttar from Dundee United.
The hole left by Sow was filled by Nigerian forward Abiola Dauda, who arrived on loan from Vittesse Arnhem, while former Scotland midfielder Don Cowie moved to Tynecastle as a free agent.
Aberdeen tussled with Inverness Caledonian Thistle over Greg Tansey but despite a bid and a move looking likely at one stage, it came to nothing.
Dons manager Derek McInness had said previously he was unlikely to add to his squad but, as David Goodwillie headed out on loan to Ross County, Welsh striker Simon Church arrived on loan from MK Dons.
As the day wore on, the phone kept flashing and the deals kept coming - even managerless Kilmarnock were at it.
In years gone by the Rugby Park club were usually among the first to let you know that no business was expected. This year, Gary Dicker and Lee Hodson were the men keeping chairman Jim Mann up past his bed time.
Motherwell and Partick Thistle weren't to be left out - they concluded deals of their own. Mark McGhee took Morgaro Gomis from Hearts until the end of the season and over in Maryhill, Thistle were signing an Englishman called German - Antonio German that is.
In a frantic 24 hours a total of 15 players were brought in by Scottish Premiership clubs - in the English Premier League the tally was eight.
The sums involved tear strips off the statistic but it's a small sign that in Scotland there may be some life in deadline day after all.


Tennis star Andy Murray's wife Kim Sears has given birth to an 8lb 10oz  girl, who arrived on Sunday morning.

The couple were married in Murray's home town of Dunblane last April and announced the pregnancy in the summer.
Confirming the news, the tennis star's agent said: "Andy and Kim had a daughter in the early hours of Sunday morning and the family are doing well."
Shirley Erskine, Andy Murray's grandmother said she was delighted at her great granddaughter's arrival.
Andy's mother Judy tweeted a photograph of Andy Murray's gold post box in Dunblane which has been adorned with pink ribbons, with the words "Dunblane baby love.......xxx".
The post box was painted gold when Andy won the gold medal at the London Olympics.
She later tweeted another picture of tennis balls and a dummy, with the caption "Tennis family #cute".
In the run-up to last month's Australian Open, Murray, said his family would be a "priority".
The world number two made it clear that he would have cut short his first grand slam of the year and flown home if the baby had arrived earlier than expected.
He said: "My child is more important to me, and my wife is more important to me, than a tennis match.
"It's a big change for me and my wife, but that's the current priority and I'll see after that.
"I have no idea how that will change things. I still love tennis."
Speaking from her home in Dunblane, Mrs Erskine said: "I am absolutely delighted, as you can imagine. It seems a long time that we've been waiting for this but all's well now as far as I know.
"I don't have any details I just know that I've got a great granddaugher so that is just lovely.
"All I could think of after Andy had finished playing his final [in the Australian Open] was 'Oh good, at least he'll get home now'.
"It's not easy getting home from Australia. He couldn't have been further away. Fortunately, he was home in plenty of time and all's well."
Mrs Erskine said the first she heard was a text saying "she's doing well" as she had missed the first multiple recipient text Andy had sent.
"I thought 'Oh something's happened'," she said. "So, I frantically texted him back, saying 'What's happened?, what's happened?'.
She said Andy then apologised as he realised she had not received the first message as she had an old phone.
"We didn't know what the baby's sex was going to be. Andy and Kim said from the outset that they didn't want to know."
Andy's other grandmother Ellen Murray, 82, said the tennis star phoned her on Monday to give her and husband Gordon the news.
Speaking from her home in Kilsyth, she said: "Andy phoned yesterday and said 'congratulations, you're a great granny'.
"He told me the baby was 8lb 10oz when she was born."
"It's wonderful news," she added. "We watched him in the Australian Open final and I think he just wanted to come home.
"I don't really know about her name yet but I hope we'll see them all soon. I'll be looking forward to a cuddle.
"Gordon is very happy too. They did a good job."
After being beaten in the final of the Australian Open, Murray tearfully told his wife he would be on "the next flight home".
Speaking to the crowd after the defeat, he gave a message to Kim, who was "watching back home".
He said: "You have been a legend the last two weeks, thank you so much for all of your support. I'll be on the next flight home."
Following news of the birth, sports personalities and politicians tweeted their congratulations, along with hundreds of members of the public.
Sports broadcaster Gabby Logan said: "Kim and Andy Murray have had a baby girl -huge congrats."
And in a note to Murray's mother Judy, the presenter added: "@judmoo - great news for Fed Cup team 2036..."
Presenter Annabel Croft, a former British number one tennis star, wrote: "Congratulations Kim & @andy-murray on the birth of their baby daughter. Fantastic news."
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon tweeted: "Lovely news. Congratulations to @andy_murray and Kim on the birth of their daughter. Wishing every happiness."
Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale tweeted: "It's a girl! Huge congratulations to Kim Sears and @andy_murray on their wonderful news."
The couple, both 28, met as teenagers in 2005 through tennis circles. They live in Surrey and married in Dunblane last April, cheered on by a large crowd of well-wishers.
Kim's pregnancy was confirmed publicly in August after they had told family and friends the news, following the 12-week scan.
Murray, the British number one and a double grand slam winner, has been crowned BBC Sports Personality Of The Year twice.


Former Leyton Orient owner Barry Hearn says he now regrets selling the club to businessman Francesco Becchetti.

Lifelong fan Hearn sold the club to the Italian for £4m in July 2014.
This week the club was served with a winding-up petition from Revenue & Customs for non-payment of tax, with a High Court hearing set for 20 March.
"Looking where we are now, I would never have sold if I had thought this was going to happen," Hearn said. "Hindsight is a wonderful advisor."
He told BBC Radio 5 live: "At the time I thought it was perfect for everybody - fans, myself, the club."
Hearn, who was Orient chairman for 19 years, said when the takeover was completed, he and fans were "pretty certain" that Becchetti, who made a fortune in waste management and recycling, would prove to be a good owner.
"He had a very engaging personality," the 68-year-old said. "He seemed passionate about what he wanted to do, and he has done what he told me he was going to do - he has injected many, many millions of pounds into Leyton Orient.
"It is just that putting the money in, and spending it wisely are not always the same things."
A meeting of the Leyton Orient Fans' Trust (Loft) on Thursday night agreed on what the group calls "a last-resort measure" to try to save the relegation-threatened club.
Should Becchetti not pay the tax bill before the court date, then at the winding-up hearing the fans would seek the appointment of an administrator, despite the fact it would mean the club being deducted 12 points under English Football League rules.
An administrator would then look to sell the club as a going concern to a potential new owner.
"That application would be made as late as possible to give the club's current owner time to settle the bill," said Loft spokesman Tom Davies.
However, he added that should an adjournment of the court hearing provide a more stable course and future for the club, then they would favour an adjournment.
In addition, Loft has launched a crowd funding page to try to raise £250,000 - reportedly the tax sum owed by the club.
Loft also want to meet Hearn, still the chairman of World Snooker, to discuss its plans for saving the club.
"I have been a bit critical of fans' trusts in the past up and down the country. Some of them have worked, but some of them have been abysmal failures," he said.
"But I think they should be encouraged and applauded for looking at the situation. It comes down to what plan they have in their mind, what is the sustainability of the club within that plan and what management, because it is all about management."
Hearn still owns Orient's Matchroom Stadium. But for that, he believes it could have been sold for redevelopment.
"Fortunately Leyton Orient have got a 20-year lease on the ground, with another 20-year option. I did it on purpose because I could never be 100% sure where I was selling," he added.
"I kept the ground to make sure it wasn't used for the wrong reasons - that it wasn't the wrong reasons for buying a football club. Thank goodness I kept it because I would imagine now, with the situation it is, developers would be knocking on the door tomorrow."
When asked by BBC Sport, Leyton Orient declined to respond to Hearn's remarks or comment on Loft's proposals.


Many students boasted on social media of having voted twice in last month's general election, an MP has claimed.

Conservative Sir Henry Bellingham said there was "clear evidence" of students saying they voted at their home and university addresses.
"Surely this is straightforward electoral fraud," he said.
Cabinet Office Minister Chris Skidmore promised to raise the "completely unacceptable" allegation with the Electoral Commission.
Similar allegations about the 8 June election have been made by another Conservative MP, Sir Peter Bone, last week, as well as by ex-UKIP leader Nigel Farage.
Speaking during Cabinet Office Questions in the Commons, Sir Henry, the MP for North West Norfolk, said: "Is the minister aware that there is now clear evidence that many students boasted on social media of voting twice - once at university, and once by post at home? Surely this is straightforward electoral fraud."
Mr Skidmore said this would be "nothing less than an abuse of our democracy" and promised to raise it with the Electoral Commission "as a priority".
"Let all of us in this House be clear: this is a crime. If anyone has any evidence of people voting twice, they should report it to their local returning officer and the police, who must take this issue seriously," he added.
According to the Electoral Commission, it is possible to be legally registered to vote in more than one place, if someone is properly resident in each.
Where this is the case, they are allowed to vote twice in local government elections - provided they live in two different council areas - but it is illegal to do this in a general election or referendum.
Investigating such an offence would be a matter for the police, it said.


An investigating judge in Haiti has spent four hours questioning the president-elect, Jovenel Moise, about fraud allegations.

Mr Moise - who is due to be sworn into office next month - says he went to the court voluntarily without a lawyer.
The former banana exporter denies accusations of money laundering and receiving favourable loans before he entered politics.
He says the allegations are a political smear by his opponents.
It is unclear if the judge will rule whether there is a case to answer before Mr Moise takes office on 7 February.
The investigation was launched in 2013 as a routine bank-regulation procedure.
The investigating judge took no action until four opposition senators demanded information about the findings.
Mr Moise said: "Certain people should not be allowed to exploit the law, to decide the only way to engage in politics is to accuse others of lying."
The case reflects Haiti's political divisions.
Mr Moise's three main rivals in the election contested the results in court and have refused to concede.
The election was held on 20 November, more than a year after the previous poll was annulled following allegations of widespread fraud.
That vote, in October 2015, was won by Mr Moise but opposition challenger Mr Celestin called foul and, after violent unrest, the ballot was annulled.
Haiti has been blighted by political instability and poverty for decades and is still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake in 2010.


"We have started a new phase in European integration," Angela Merkel told the Bundestag last week.

"There are no quick and easy answers. Resolving the sovereign debt crisis is a process and this process will take years."
Few people outside Germany cared much when the quiet and unassuming chancellor stood to address members in the cold and clinical surroundings of the German parliament on 2 December.
But her words were keenly awaited by the German political elite.
Indeed, the speech may eventually be seen as one of the defining speeches in the recent history of the European Union.
In it, Mrs Merkel outlined the German vision of the future of Europe.
As Europe's largest economy - and biggest contributor so far to the bailouts of Greece, the Irish Republic and Portugal - Germany's view going into this week's EU summit is crucial.
"This is all about avoiding the next crisis," says Martin van Vliet, the senior economist at ING Bank in Amsterdam. "It has little effect on this one."
In the current climate, Mrs Merkel's blueprint for the future of the 27-member EU - and the 17-member eurozone - may well be the only one that matters.
Fiscal union
Mrs Merkel has called for a new EU treaty - with more power in controlling the finances of wayward nations.
"We aren't just talking about a fiscal union," she told German lawmakers. "Rather, we have begun creating one.
"We need budget discipline and an effective crisis management mechanism," she said. "So we need to change the treaties or create new treaties."
The German government wants the new treaty to allow the EU to veto national budgets in the eurozone that breach the so-called "golden rule" regarding deficits.
Mrs Merkel wants to introduce sanctions if budgets end up having larger deficits, and she wants the European Court of Justice to have jurisdiction over disputes.
Pushing to transfer more national authority to Brussels at a time when the entire European project often appears to be on the verge of collapse may seem like a brazen strategy, particularly as there were already rules in place to prevent the current debt crisis from getting to this stage.
The Growth and Stability Pact was introduced when the euro was agreed in 1992. It limits budget deficits to no more than 3% of a country's total economy.
And following the recession in the early 2000s, who was it that quickly violated the pact? Germany and France.
Even Germany's closest ally is wary of some of Mrs Merkel's proposed changes, and the European Parliament President, Jerzy Buzek, warned last Friday that treaty change could be divisive and "dangerous".
That is because a treaty change would have to be approved by all 27 states - and with some requiring referendums to give up sovereignty, it could get messy.
So in a press conference with the French president on Monday, Mrs Merkel said that the treaty change would be for all 27 members - or for the 17 members of the eurozone to sign it, and other nations to do so voluntarily.
And subsequent decisions on issues such as bailouts will be passed by qualified majority, not unanimity as it now.
Whichever is easier for all of you, seemed to be the German message.
Inflation fears
Germany's position is defined as much as by what it does not want to do as what it does.
It does not want to let the European Central Bank use its unlimited resources to fund the eurozone rescue fund, and it does not favour pooling the debts of all the eurozone member states together into so-called eurobonds.
On the first point, Mrs Merkel has said she does not want the central bank to rescue governments by printing money.
This is because pumping money into the economy can lead to inflation - and Germany is still scarred by hyperinflation in the early 1920s under the Weimar Republic.
In April 1919, 12 marks were needed to buy one US dollar. By 1923, 4.2 trillion marks were needed.
And this was quickly followed by the Great Depression.
Since 1957, the Bundesbank has targeted inflation to prevent a repeat from ever happening - and was the first central bank to have full independence.
This created one of the most stable currencies in the world - and Germany insisted that the Bundesbank's successor, the ECB, should adopt a similar mandate and also be based in Frankfurt.
In her speech, Mrs Merkel said that "the European Central Bank has a different task from that of the Fed or the Bank of England".
By this, she means that the ECB (and the Bundesbank) differ from the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England in that they are not mandated to be the lenders of last resort - so they don't have to lend when the markets fail.
Nevertheless, the head of the ECB, Mario Draghi, hinted last week the bank might consider some kind of action if policymakers agreed on a "fiscal compact" for the euro area.
There is also talk of the ECB contributing directly to the IMF, which in turn would lend to stricken member states or to the bailout fund.
On the issue of eurobonds, Mrs Merkel called the idea "extraordinarily distressing".
"A joint liability for others' debts is not acceptable," she told the Bundestag. "Eurobonds are not a rescue measure in this crisis."
The German political establishment is loath to get into the idea of the German taxpayer backing the debts of their much less productive neighbours in the south.
"For Germany, it is a morality play," says Mr van Vliet. "They say we did our homework and some countries in southern Europe did not. That is the dangerous game they are playing.
"They want to avoid the moral hazard problem."
Anyway, the German constitutional court said in September that guaranteeing foreign debts would be unconstitutional.
'Right path'
Mrs Merkel has vetoed most of the options suggested by France and other countries like Spain and Italy, which have passed unprecedented austerity reforms.
That leaves everyone else in the eurozone financially desperate, politically weak and looking to Berlin to be told what to do.
And so Mrs Merkel concluded her speech with: "The future of the euro is inseparable from European unity."
"The path ahead is long and it is difficult but it is the right path for the joint good of a strong Germany in a strong European Union, for the benefit of people in Germany and in Europe."
And then she was done, to polite applause.
"If you look at the future, one thing is now we all know what the flaws of the eurozone are," Mr van Vliet says. "The question is whatever they do, will it be enough.
"One thing is that it will never be like what you have in the US - a political union."
In that case, someone has to take charge. For the rest of Europe, this might mean years of being told what to do by the Germans.


The UK government had a smaller budget surplus than expected in July, the first calendar month since the Brexit vote.

Public sector net borrowing was in surplus by £1bn for the month, less than the £1.2bn seen a year earlier.
July is typically a month of surplus for the public finances, because of revenues from corporation tax.
For the financial year to date, public borrowing was 11.3% lower than a year earlier.
For the April-to-July period, the total was £23.7bn, £3bn less than the same period in 2015.
Total public sector net debt at the end of July was £1,604.2bn, equivalent to 82.9% of GDP. That was £35.3bn more than in July 2015.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said July was the second month in a row in which the debt had fallen as a percentage of GDP. In June, it was 84% of GDP.
That indicated that GDP was currently increasing year-on-year faster than net debt, although the ONS stressed that care should be taken when inferring trends from only two months' data.
The ONS said its bulletin presented the latest fiscal position of the public sector as at 31 July 2016 and so included the first post-EU referendum data.
However, it added that estimates for the latest period always contained a substantial forecast element and so any post-referendum impact might not become clear for some time.
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury, David Gauke, said: "With the public finances in surplus in July, our economy starts from a position of strength to face any economic turbulence following the vote to leave the EU.
"As we keep working to cut the deficit, we are well-placed to handle any challenges and seize the opportunities as our economy adjusts. We are determined to build on our economic strengths to ensure Britain is a country that works for everyone."
The UK's new Chancellor, Philip Hammond, has indicated that he will take a more gradual approach to deficit reduction and will not be bound by the targets of his predecessor, George Osborne.
His own policies should become clearer when he presents his Autumn Statement, due before the end of the year.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European Economist at IHS Global Insight, said: "The UK's vote to leave the European Union clearly put the fiscal targets for 2016-17 and beyond out of reach.
"Even before the Brexit vote, the plan to get [public sector net borrowing] down to £55.5bn in 2016-17 from £74.9bn in 2015-16 had looked challenging, while ex-Chancellor George Osborne's target of a budget surplus in 2019-20 was widely seen as hugely optimistic."
Mr Archer added: "The public finances look poised to take a serious hit from probable significantly weakened economic activity after the Brexit vote, taking a toll on tax receipts in particular. It also seems probable that unemployment will rise, while any slowdown in the housing market will hit Stamp Duty receipts."
Suren Thiru, head of economics at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said: "Fixing the public finances remains a major challenge, and is likely to be an increasingly uphill task if economic growth slows in the coming months.
"If the economy does weaken, the UK will struggle to generate sufficient tax receipts needed to make meaningful progress in reducing the deficit.
"More needs to be done to strengthen the UK's tax base. The government should use the extra fiscal headroom from abandoning the 2020 target to support firms looking to invest, and deliver on major infrastructure projects that will boost jobs and growth."


Luis Suarez says he has been working on controlling his "anxiety and nerves" as he prepares for his first competitive Uruguay game since biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.

Suarez was given a nine-game ban from competitive internationals, as well as a four-month ban from all football-related activity for the 2014 incident.
"No-one is going to change the way I play," said Barcelona's Suarez, 29.
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez said Suarez must be "more than mature".
Suarez missed 641 days of competitive action for his country, including their 2014 World Cup defeat by Colombia, the entire 2015 Copa America and four games of 2018 World Cup qualifying. He was still allowed to play in friendlies.
Uruguay are second in South American qualifying behind Ecuador and face Brazil on Friday.
Suarez has been in sensational form since leaving Liverpool for Barcelona in the aftermath of the ban, winning the La Liga, Champions League and Copa del Rey treble.
This season he has scored 46 goals in 47 games for the Spanish side and says he will not change his aggressive style of play.
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"I am going to have the same attitude. I will still run, still pressure, still argue but with moderation, like I am doing now at Barcelona," he said.
"I am being more intelligent about a lot of things, trying to take advantage of the situations life is putting in front of me.
"I have been working over the last few weeks on trying to control my anxiety, my nerves, which people's euphoria can cause me but I am very relaxed.
"I know it is special because a lot of time has passed but more than anything I feel like a player who is coming to give the best I can.
"The only thing I want to do is play with the national side again and enjoy the warmth of the fans."
Coach Tabarez feels his striker must concentrate on his football and nothing else.
"As a person, he must have emotions, he must have a lot going on in his head after almost two years away from the national team," said Tabarez. "One of the objectives that we set out is for him to think about playing football and nothing else.
"I recognise his importance as a footballer, how symbolic everything he does is, how important he is for the people of this country but he is coming to take part in a team.
"He is going to play against teams who recognise the potential he has and who are going to do everything they can to stop him, so he has to be very fresh, more than mature."


Sussex have signed Ireland spinner George Dockrell on a month-long loan from fellow Division One side Somerset.

Dockrell, 22, has been limited to seconds cricket at Taunton for much of this season in addition to his international commitments.
He joins a Sussex side fourth in the County Championship top tier.
"It's going to be an interesting few weeks in a new environment but it will be good to get some first-class cricket under my belt," Dockrell said.
"I've played a lot of second XI cricket in the last few years but to develop my game I need to be playing first XI cricket and this will give me the opportunity."
Somerset director of cricket Matt Maynard added: "George is a quality performer and has played a lot of international cricket but following the signing of Abdur Rehman he has had limited opportunities this year.
"This will be good for him and good for Somerset too."
Meanwhile, batsman Tom Abell has signed a four-year contract with Somerset, having progressed through the junior ranks to make his debut last season.


One person who was being treated in hospital in Northern Ireland for influenza or flu has died, the Public Health Agency (PHA) has said.

The PHA would not confirm whether it was the H1N1 strain formerly known as swine flu.
The PHA's website also states that seven people are being treated in intensive care units for the flu virus.
As in previous years, H1N1 is one of the strains circulating, but is covered by a free vaccination programme.