Partick Thistle manager Alan Archibald said the chance to leapfrog Kilmarnock had been a "massive incentive" for his side, as they thrashed Kilmarnock 5-2.

Gary Fraser scored in between doubles from Kris Doolan and Robbie Muirhead, with Kilmarnock's goals from Josh Magennis and Mark Connolly not enough.
"Today it was a chance to get above them that's all we're looking to do," Archibald told BBC Scotland.
"Same as last week, the chance to get out of the bottom two and we did it."
And Archibald said the victory at Rugby Park was the best performance from the Jags this season.
"The second-half certainly," he said. "I think we were unplayable for a spell.
"We created some great chances and scored some very, very good goals. Absolutely delighted with it.
"Our ambitions today were a massive incentive for us."
Partick Thistle are now looking up the table but Archibald says hopes of a top-six finish remain some way off.
"Not at the moment, it's far too early for that," he explained.
"Seven or eight games ago we were relegation candidates - nearly favourites probably - so, no, it's been a good turnaround but there's a lot of hard work to be done."
In contrast, Kilmarnock manager Gary Locke was furious with what he called an "embarrassing" display, especially after a creditable 0-0 draw at Celtic Park last weekend.
"[I am] very angry," said Locke. "They got a bit of credit last week about how they went about the game and then you've got to take that on to this week.
"From minute one to minute 90 we were all over the place at times.
"It was virtually the same team [that played at Celtic Park], we worked on the same things. Credit to Partick, they created good opportunities but we simply never did our job.
"Too many players were out there and didn't do what was required. We need to make sure we respond because that performance was embarrassing at times."


Table tennis player Melissa Tapper has become the first Australian Paralympian to qualify for the Olympic Games.

The 26-year-old secured her place through the Oceania qualifying tournament in Australia, beating Fiji's Grace Yee 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-7.
"I can't believe I'm a part of Australian sporting history," she said.
Tapper was born with nerve damage to her right shoulder and arm and wears a brace on her arm to help stabilise her serve.
"I was ridiculously nervous before my matches today," she added. "I am so excited and stoked with this result, it has come from a lot of hard work, a lot of dedication and a lot of support.
"Rio is going to be an experience of a lifetime. I want to do the best I can in the Olympics and win gold in the Paralympics."
Tapper, who has already qualified for the Rio Paralympics, missed out on a medal on her Paralympic debut in London, where she finished fourth.
However she won a team bronze while competing against able-bodied players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.


A convicted criminal once nicknamed "Mr Big" was shot and killed in an "assassination", his brother has said.

Paul Massey, 55, was found dead outside his Salford home on Sunday evening.
The security boss, who was jailed in 1999 for 14 years over a stabbing, died from a gunshot wound to the chest after being shot four times, police said.
His brother said he does not want "any repercussions", adding: "Let the police do what they've got to do... and I hope people can help them out."
"I'm fed up of hearing about people getting shot in Manchester, Salford, everywhere - we don't need it."
"It wasn't murder, it was an assassination - it was planned. There was no robbery, nothing like that - as far as I'm concerned, it was planned," he said.
He also appealed for "no disturbances" at the funeral, which will be held at a future date.
Several eyewitnesses saw the gunman approach Massey, who unsuccessfully stood to be Salford mayor in 2012, at about 19:30 BST as he got out of his silver BMW.
After opening fire, the shooter left on foot down the side of nearby St Anne's Church, police said.
Officers appealed for a teenager who was standing at a nearby bus stop to contact them.
Massey called emergency services from his driveway in Manchester Road, Clifton, telling them he had been shot.
The gunman was white, slim and wore a hat, which was possibly fisherman style, police said.
He also wore a face covering, a green or khaki long-sleeved top and combat style trousers tucked into black, lace-up boots.
Det Ch Insp Howard Millington said: "We believe this was a targeted attack on Paul and are still working to establish a motive for the murder.
"We are keen to speak to a girl who we believe is a potential witness to the shooting. She was stood at the bus stop on Manchester Road at the time of the shooting.
"She is described as about 16-17-years-old, Asian in appearance and of slim build. I would ask that she comes forward as she may have key information that can help our investigation."
Police patrols are continuing in the area and officers are appealing for witnesses to come forward.


Tunisia's Wahbi Khazri will be fit to play at the Africa Cup of Nations despite suffering an ankle injury in a friendly on Sunday, the Tunisian Football Federation said on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old Sunderland winger was carried off on a stretcher in Cairo during his team's defeat by Egypt.
"It's not serious, it's a benign ankle sprain," the federation said in a statement on its website. "He will be able to play in Gabon."
Tunisia will play Senegal on Sunday.
They will also face Algeria and Zimbabwe in Group B at the finals, which run from 14 January to 5 February.
Khazri is one of Tunisia's key players, even though he has had a lack of game time for his Premier League club over the last few months.


A man believed to have run off without paying for his drugs was murdered outside his home shortly afterwards, a jury has heard.

Adam Watt, 38, was stabbed in Evans Wharf, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, in January.
Three people are on trial at St Albans Crown Court accused of his murder.
Nicholas Grant, 18, of Sunnyhill Road in Hemel, Joseph Zulu, 23, of no fixed address and Jacqueline Brewin, 47, of Sacombe Road, Hemel, all deny murder.
Opening the case on Tuesday, prosecutor Rosina Cottage QC said Mr Watts was a troubled man who proved "unable to rid himself of drink and drug dependency".
Ms Cottage told the jury Mr Zulu had called Mr Grant saying either Mr Watt had stolen money or run off with drugs without paying.
The pair were picked up by Ms Brewin in a Vauxhall Meriva and dropped off close to Mr Watt's home.
The two men confronted him outside his property, where he was stabbed with "severe force" in his upper chest, Ms Cottage said.
"We say they were all part of a joint enterprise," she said, "sharing an intention to kill or seriously injure Adam Watt. Each is equally responsible."
The court was told Mr Grant and Mr Zulu blamed each other for the fatal stabbing.
The case continues.


Team GB silver medallist Bryony Page says she hopes more kids will be inspired to take up trampolining after her success in Rio.

13 August 2016 Last updated at 10:12 BST
She has become Britain's first woman ever to win a trampolining medal at the Olympics.
Bryony took silver place on Friday with a score of score of 56.040, just behind Canada's Rosie MacLennan.
The 25-year-old said that she hadn't expected to win a medal at all, but her performance in the final had been the best she'd done all year.
Now she wants more kids to get involved in the sport, and says that it's about a lot more than just winning medals.
Watch Ricky's interview with her.


A judge has ruled that sisters aged 15 and 11 must have the MMR vaccine even though they and their mother do not want it, BBC Newsnight has learned.

The High Court decision, made last month, came after the girls' father brought a case seeking vaccination.
The parents, now divorced, had agreed when married not to vaccinate the girls in the wake of the MMR controversy.
But the discrediting of concerns about an MMR autism link and recent measles outbreaks changed the father's view.
This is the third time this issue has come before the court.
In 2003 a mother was ordered to have her child immunised against measles, mumps and rubella after the court ruled the benefits of vaccination outweighed the risks. In 2011, children in care were ordered to have the MMR jab against the wishes of their parents.
When outlining her decision in the latest case, Mrs Justice Theis emphasised it was a specific case "only concerned with the welfare needs of these children", but lawyers say as one of a series it confirms there is no longer any debate about the benefits of the vaccine.
Measles is a highly contagious disease characterised by a high fever and a rash.
In one in 15 cases it can lead to severe complications, such as pneumonia, and in a very small number of cases it can cause encephalitis - inflammation of the brain - which can cause brain damage or even death.
MMR is a combined vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella, three common infectious diseases of childhood. It was introduced in the UK in 1988 to replace single vaccines for each disease.
The first MMR vaccine is given as a single injection to babies as part of their routine vaccination schedule, usually within a month of their first birthday, then a second injection of the vaccine, known as the MMR booster, is given before starting school.
The first gives about 95% protection against measles, while two doses give 99-100% protection.
In 1998, a study by Dr Andrew Wakefield was published in the respected medical journal The Lancet raising the possibility that the MMR jab was linked to autism and bowel disease.
The report and the media furore that followed prompted many parents to decide against having their children vaccinated with the three-in-one injection, including the parents of the two girls at the heart of this case.
The elder daughter was given the first injection, but not the booster vaccine; the younger daughter did not receive any vaccinations at all - decisions made jointly by both parents at the time.
However, in 2010 Dr Wakefield's research was found by the General Medical Council to have been "dishonest" and has since been entirely dismissed.
The father of the two girls says that this change, combined with an outbreak of measles in Swansea late last year, changed his mind in January 2013 about whether his daughters should be given the MMR jab. He says he was worried these diseases could have serious consequences.
According to the text of the court decision, seen by BBC Newsnight, the father's solicitor wrote to the girls' mother in January seeking her agreement that they should now be vaccinated, and saying that if she did not agree he would take the matter to court.
The mother did not agree and the matter eventually came before the Family Division of the High Court.
A court-appointed welfare officer who spoke extensively to the girls said that neither of them wanted the vaccination.
The children were particularly concerned about the ingredients in the vaccine, which include animal-based materials; one of the girls is a vegan.
However, the officer said that when she asked them what would happen if they became ill with measles, mumps or rubella and needed medicine, they clearly had not thought about what the ingredients in that medicine might be.
The welfare officer said both children had been strongly influenced by their mother, who was very anxious about the jab.
Mrs Justice Theis decided that it was in the best interests of the children that they were vaccinated.
"I am aware that this is against the girls' wishes but that it is not the only factor," she wrote. "The court also has to consider their level of understanding of the issues involved and what factors have influenced their views. I do not consider there is a balanced level of understanding by them of the issues involved."
The mother's lawyer Philippa Dolan told Newsnight that the girls had not yet been vaccinated despite the deadline to do so having passed on Thursday.
She said: "There are practical difficulties in enforcing the order and that is at the moment an ongoing issue. There's not a legal deadline that's a serious issue the parents are in discussion and everyone hopes it will be resolved without any more litigation."


Lewis Hamilton was in a league of his own as the Mercedes driver set the fastest time in second practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

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The world champion was 0.408 seconds up on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, with Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg third.
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Rosberg was a substantial 0.764secs off Hamilton's pace and 0.164secs ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Red Bull's Daniil Kvyat was fifth ahead of Toro Rosso's Max Verstappen and the improved McLaren of Jenson Button.
The Englishman was 0.229secs and four places ahead of team-mate Fernando Alonso, who made an error in the final sector of his fastest lap and ended up 11th.
Their positions hinted that the improved performance McLaren promised may be delivered this weekend.
McLaren and engine partner Honda have brought upgrades to both car and engine this weekend and were expecting a step forward in performance, as they have made at every race since a very disappointing start to the season.
If they were able to repeat those positions and qualify in the top 10 on Saturday afternoon it would be a dramatic advance, although they are likely to be overtaken by other teams who can turn up their engine performance for qualifying.
Among them will be Williams, whose driver Valtteri Bottas was edged out by 0.031secs by Button as Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz took eighth ahead of Bottas's team-mate Felipe Massa.
Mercedes look to have a significant edge on single-lap pace and are again strong favourites for qualifying but Ferrari appear as usual much closer on race pace.
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The relative positions of the Mercedes drivers swapped on the race-simulation runs late in the session. Rosberg had a slight advantage but only small - about 0.07secs on average lap time.
Vettel was a second slower on average lap time than the Mercedes drivers over his race run and afterwards admitted that the gap between the two teams was "still there".
"It's been OK," said Hamilton. "A fairly decent day. It is quite windy so the car is affected by that but otherwise it's been quite good. Our pace feels good."
Raikkonen did run the medium tyre at the same time as the Mercedes, albeit briefly, and appeared to lack the world champions' pace.
Red Bull hit more reliability trouble with the Renault engine, Daniel Ricciardo needing a power-unit change and only getting out for the final five minutes of the session, setting the 13th fastest time behind the Lotus cars of Romain Grosjean and Pastor Maldonado.


Research suggests cocaine use in parts of Teesside is higher than in major European cities such as Paris, Berlin and Barcelona.

Academics at Teesside University said tests on domestic wastewater showed sustained use of the Class A drug in Middlesbrough and Stockton.
Experts said there was no risk to the public from the amounts discovered, but rather indicated a pattern of use.
Cleveland Police said it was "aware and interested" in the study.
Dr Gillian Taylor, senior lecturer in forensic and analytical science, said: "The results are very interesting because they tell us the trends of drug abuse across the Middlesbrough central and Stockton areas.
"The high levels that we are seeing are comparable with other European cities.
"Middlesbrough, for example, is up to four times smaller than many of the major European cities that have also been tested in this way and yet the results are exactly the same.
"We have focussed on cocaine, but can also see heroin and cannabis markers within the wastewater."
Forensic science student Emma Peacock, who is also working on the ongoing study, added: "We extracted the cocaine from samples we took in the two areas and the concentrations found told us that there is fairly consistent usage in Middlesbrough central and usage that spiked on a weekend in Stockton."
The results showed usage in Stockton ranging from 379mg per 1,000 people on Mondays to 1307mg on Fridays.
While in Middlesbrough, usage fluctuated between 508mg and 707mg per 1,000 people throughout the week.
Identical studies carried out in other European cities showed average daily usage of 191mg per 1,000 people in Berlin, 234mg in Paris and 461mg in Barcelona.
A spokesman for Northumbrian Water, which is responsible for treating wastewater in the north-east of England, said there was no risk to the public from the amounts detected.
He said: "This is wastewater which is discharged to consent levels set by the Environment Agency and it goes back into the natural environment such as rivers and estuaries where it is diluted.
"The traces we are talking about here are absolutely inconsequential and literally a drop in the ocean."
A spokesman for Cleveland Police said: "Officers in our community drugs enforcement team are aware of the research and will take an interest in the findings as and when it is finalised."
It is hoped the results of the study could help to provide a more reliable picture of drug use and aid police in identifying drug hot-spots.


Pope Francis has asked for "God's forgiveness" for the "sins and failings" of the Roman Catholic Church at the time of the Rwandan genocide.

Dozens of Catholic priests are believed to have been complicit in the killings of some 800,000 people by Hutu extremists in 1994.
Several massacres were carried out in churches where people sought sanctuary.
The Vatican has, until now, maintained that the Church as an institution bore no responsibility.
On Monday, Pope Francis conveyed his "profound sadness" for the "genocide against the Tutsi," the Vatican said in a statement.
He begged for God's forgiveness "for the sins and failings of the Church and its members" who, the statement said, had "succumbed to hatred and violence".
In November, the government in Kigali requested an apology from the Vatican for the role that some Catholic priests and religious figures played in the massacres of ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus.
"Today, genocide denial and trivialisation continue to flourish in certain groups within the Church and genocide suspects have been shielded from justice within Catholic institutions," a government statement said earlier on Monday.
The Pope's statement, which he said he hoped would help Rwanda heal, followed a meeting in Rome with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.
Mr Kagame described the comments on Monday as a great moment and a new chapter in relations between his country and the Vatican.
Mr Kagame, Tutsi, led a rebel force to halt the slaughter in 1994 as accusations surfaced that some priests and nuns had taken part in the killings.
On 6 April 1994, a plane carrying then-President Juvenal Habyarimana - a Hutu - was shot down, killing everyone on board.
Hutu extremists blamed the Tutsi rebel group the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), and immediately started a well-organised campaign of slaughter.
The RPF said the plane had been shot down by Hutus to provide an excuse for the genocide.
Between April and June, an estimated 800,000 people - mostly ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus - died at the hands of Hutu extremists.


Giving birth in Sub-Saharan Africa is a risky business.

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It kills more mothers and babies than anywhere else in the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Some progress is being made. In Ghana, for example, the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) declined by 49% between 1990 and 2013 to 380 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2013 - but this still leaves some way to go to reach the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of 185.
On the veranda of the small, squat bungalow that is the Ahentia Community Based Planning and Service (CHPs) clinic sits a group of women.  Some are pregnant, some nursing babies, they are waiting patiently to see the community health officer.
What makes this situation a little different is that each of them has been reminded about their appointment by messages sent to a mobile phone, through a system called Mobile Midwife.
They also receive regular messages with individually-tailored information on everything from eating properly to when to give up manual labour to important treatment and vaccination advice.
Cynthia Larbie is pregnant with her second child.
"When I was pregnant for the first time I would have enemas, which are supposed to be good for you and the baby. But listening to messages from Mobile Midwife, I learnt they can cause your baby to be aborted," she says.
"The reminders really help, too. Because I wasn't sure when my first baby would arrive, I gave birth at home, but this time being told that I'm close to delivery means that I'm prepared and ready to give birth at the clinic."
Getting women in rural areas to attend antenatal appointments regularly isn't easy, says community health officer Alice Grant-Yamoah.
"Most of the mothers are illiterate, so when we wrote the date [down], they forgot about it," she says.
"[Mobile midwife] saves mothers' lives. Because in this community we believe â€¦ superstitions. For example you go and meet a mother at home, telling [her] to come for antenatal care.
"[They say] If I come the evil eye will look at me and I will lose my baby. That's what I did with my previous babies and I lost the babies."
Mobile midwife is part of the Ghana mobile technology for community health (Motech Ghana) initiative - a collaboration between the non-profit organisation Grameen Foundation and the Ghana Health Service.
In a country where there are more active mobile phone lines than people (although using several Sim cards is common, so this doesn't mean that everyone has a mobile phone), using the technology to reach women and connect healthcare facilities makes sense.
When a woman signs up for the service, she is assigned a unique number.
After each appointment, the nurse updates her medical records electronically using a mobile phone. By reviewing a digitally-generated monthly report, she can see who has had the correct vaccinations, for example. It also means that the health service can gather centralised data on maternal health in the region.
The platform is now used in seven districts across Ghana. A desk-top nurse application has been developed to make it easier to enter large amounts of data, as well as an app for android smartphones.
"We've also seen an increase in immunisation coverage, because the messages are around from pregnancy to the start of life. We've seen an increase in the number of mothers coming to the facility to deliver. And also we've seen that many more of the mothers are very knowledgeable about health issues," says Patricia Antwi, district director of health services for Awutu-Senya district.
Challenges remain, however - in rural areas network coverage can be patchy, and communities are often off the national grid, with no way to charge a mobile. And mobile phone ownership is lowest amongst poor, rural women, according to Eddie Ademozoya, Grameen's head of implementation for the Motech Platform.
"Mobile literacy has [also] been an issue in a developing country like this," he says.
"We have piloted a system of equipping Mobile Midwife agents with a solar charging device so that they can charge the mobile phones of women in the communities for a fee. It's designed in the form of a business-in-a-box."
For the Grameen Foundation, the time has come to hand over the running of the platform in Ghana to the Ghana Health Service. But that doesn't mean that their involvement is over.
"We've re-engineered [the Motech platform] to make it more robust, to make it scale, so it can serve the whole nation instead of just districts," says Grameen's director of technology innovation David Hutchful.
The suite is now being offered as an open source download, and is being used elsewhere in Africa, Asia and South America not only for maternal health but as an HIV medication reminder service and for general health management among other things.
Several worlds away from rural Ghana lies the capital, Accra. It's a bustling, booming, often gridlocked city with budding aspirations to rival Africa's technology hubs Nairobi and neighbouring Lagos.
Like much of west Africa, many of the clinics and other healthcare facilities servicing the city still rely on time-consuming paper and print to coordinate operations - meaning there's often (if not usually) a large backlog of paperwork and insurance documents waiting to be dealt with.
"A few months ago, I walked into a hospital that we are engaging and I found a notice that says, if you are from a particular insurance company, services have been suspended," says Seth Akumani, chief executive and co-founder of start-up ClaimSync.
"So, if you are, for instance, a patient who is returning for a follow-up visit you basically have to pay cash or you will be turned away."
ClaimSync started life at the Meltwater Entrepreneurial School of Technology (MEST) in Accra.
"Our initial idea was to build a platform to make it easy for patients to access their records," says Mr Akumani. "We went out and talked to a lot of hospitals, the insurance companies, to try and understand the main points. Then we found out there is actually a gap between the hospitals and insurance companies."
The software creates an integrated electronic medical records system that aims to link every department in a healthcare facility to a central database, integrating the process so that everyone from the receptionist to the doctor to the lab to the pharmacy can track a patient's progress.
This means that not only should there be no chance of mistakes being made because different departments don't speak to each other, but the paperless system should save time and increase efficiency.
Insurance claim documents can be generated automatically and sent off. And if the insurer is also using ClaimSync software it can be received almost immediately.
"Insurance companies can log on to our online platform and receive the claims in batches," says Mr Akumani. "They can drill down and see the details of a single paper claim. They can accept or reject items on these claims and import them into the internal system for further processing."
The platform is currently being used at the Danpong Clinic in Accra.
Osei Antobre is the Medical Services Manager at the facility, and says that the software has improved confidentiality and increased efficiency.
Now clients give permissions and personal details once only, rather every time they visit.
"Since the introduction of the software....we just visit the database that we have there, their information, and then we process them right from there. The speed of the process is top for us."
ClaimSync's integrated approach has won fans - the startup has been snapped up by Dutch biometric identity management company GenKey.
According to Mr Akumani this means that they will be able to add GenKey's technology to the platform, which uses fingerprints and other biometric data to identify claimants accurately. This should help weed out fraudulent insurance claims and open up an international market, he believes.
Healthcare facilities where paperwork gets in the way of patient care, and where a lack of properly integrated technology means mistakes are more likely to happen, are not unique to Ghana.
They're not even unique to the developing world. And the appetite for technology to plug these gaps is massive.
But having answers to these problems provided by Ghanaians for Ghanaians is important, according to Grameen's David Hutchful.
"It's important that a platform like Motech was first sort of thought of in Ghana, because there are a lot of unique problems and issues that affect Ghana and other developing countries.
"Motech initially was developed with Kenyan developers and then it was opened up to the rest of the world.  We have Indians working on it, we have people in Poland working on it, people in the US working on it.
"But having it start from here was very important - to have that sort of local understanding of the problem feed into the actual code that ends up this being this whole platform."


Two further RAF Chinook helicopters are due to arrive in quake-hit Nepal later as relief efforts enter a second week.

More than 6,000 people, including one Briton, have been killed in the worst earthquake to hit the country in 80 years.
The CH47 Chinooks will follow one that arrived in Nepal from RAF Brize Norton on Friday.
The helicopters are in addition to the Â£2.5m donated by the UK to the UN's Humanitarian Air Service.
The CH47 Chinook aircraft and their crew, from 27 Squadron at RAF Odiham in Hampshire, are transported to RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire where they are then dispatched to Nepal in an Antonov freighter aircraft.
The second Chinook has left and a third is being packed up to be sent later.
RAF Odiham commanding officer, Group Captain Richard Maddison, said: "The Chinook is a very high performance helicopter with a large cabin, which means we can carry a lot of people and a lot of aid.
"We are extremely suited to high altitude and to high temperatures we find in Nepal, and we can get to positions you simply can't get to by road."
Nepal has called for more foreign help, particularly aircraft, as survivors grow desperate for humanitarian aid.
The Foreign Office confirmed that British dual national Hemchandra Rai, 42, was killed in the disaster.
The married father of three lived in Hong Kong.
Reports of another British victim killed at Mount Everest base camp are still being investigated.
At least 14,000 people have been injured.


The Isle of Skye is one of the most beautiful places in the UK but its services are being stretched by the number of tourists flocking there to enjoy the rugged mountains and sea lochs.

According to the Skye Boat Song, Bonnie Prince Charlie's boat sped over the sea to the island "like a bird on the wing".
As you cross the Skye Bridge these days the chances of flying swiftly over the crossing are small to vanishing.
Crawling is more like it, behind a queue of caravans, motor homes and cars, packed with kids and luggage.
Skye is bursting at the seams. So much so that Police Scotland has advised visitors to use "common sense" before travelling to the island for an overnight stay without booking accommodation.
They said people regularly arrived at the police station with nowhere to stay asking for advice, but unless they planned ahead they could end up spending the night in their car.
The attraction of the island, which sits off Scotland's north-west coast, is obvious.
It is dominated by the magnificent Cuillin mountain range whose rocky slopes provide some of the most dramatic scenery in Britain.
Then you throw in a stunning combination of sea lochs, rivers, pools and scenic harbour towns, just to complete the mix, and it is little wonder that Skye is so popular.
But it is widely accepted that the island's infrastructure is under increasing pressure from drive-through tourism.
Some of Skye's most stunning locations are victims of their own success, suffering increasing amounts of road and path erosion.
I went to Glen Brittle, the entrance to the Fairy Pools, one of the most picturesque picnic sites in the UK.
It was absolutely packed with people. Cars were parked all the way along the side of the single-track road.
Many vehicles were up on the grass verges, with some becoming stuck and having to be pushed out.
The road was almost blocked and campervans struggled to get through.
From the cars there was an almost constant stream of people heading into the site.
American tourists Scott and Susan Littlefield, from Washington State, told me Skye was "amazing".
Scott said: "It's something you don't see anywhere else."
However, Scottish tourist Claire Anderson warned: "It has been lovely and everything is very beautiful but there are so many tourists and there is not the infrastructure to deal with that.
"Unless they manage it in some way I fear that the prettiness is going to get damaged by all of us trudging through."
Skye has always been popular but its international profile has been raised by a number of blockbuster films which have used its unique beauty as a backdrop.
Most recently King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and Transformers: The Last Knight both used the island, as well as pop star Harry Styles in the video for his single Sign of the Times.
The Quiraing has long been a popular destination for hillwalkers.
Roger Booth, who has a snack van on the Quairang, told me he was worried the traditional walkers could be put off by the number of people now visiting.
He says: "People come to where the films were made, jump out of their car or coach, take a quick picture and are gone again.
"There is nothing coming into the island economy from some of these big companies."
Mr Booth says the number of tourists was causing problems.
"It has changed probably tenfold the number of tourists," he says.
"It has increased to the point where any journey, if we go to Portree for stock in the morning we have to leave at 8am because we know any later the road is going to be absolutely gridlocked."
It is clear that the pressure is growing and some people on the island think that there needs to be solutions.
Shirley Spear, who runs the renowned Three Chimneys restaurants, is setting up an organisation that will pitch for government grants to improve the island's infrastructure.
She says: "We have successfully driven tourism as an industry forward into the modern world.
"It is very successful in Scotland and it is huge economic driver but we need more support.
"I believe there should be a special fund to help bring the infrastructure into line with expectation of our many visitors from many countries around the world."
Another suggestion to tackle the issue is a "tourism tax" or even making the island a national park.
The Scottish government is not in favour of a tourism tax but it says it is open to discussion about these issues.
Brexit and the low value of the pound seem likely to bring more visitors to Skye.
People like Shirley Spear believe some way will have to be found to make tourism more sustainable otherwise there could be long-term damage to Skye's unique beauty.


Mobile network O2 has launched a smartphone app that allows users to transfer up to £500 via text message.

It also allows customers to "digitise" their debit and credit cards to speed up purchases from online stores.
The firm also intends to allow users of phones with near-field communication (NFC) chips to make contactless payments in high street shops.
It is the latest of several firms to charge retailers a transaction fee for making it easier to shop.
The service will be free to consumers at first, but O2 said that it would charge 15p for each money message sent by text at a later date.
The network provider said that more than 100 retailers had agreed to accept payments from the service. They include Debenhams, Comet, Sainsbury's Direct and Tesco Direct.
Users can also benefit from a search facility that compares how much goods cost, the ability to load money onto the app from their debit cards and a "transaction history" that keeps track of what they have spent.
The firm said it had held off introducing contactless payments as only a handful of retailers had installed the necessary systems.
By Rory Cellan-JonesTechnology correspondent
Every week seems to bring news of a mobile money product launch - but so far British consumers have proved lukewarm about the idea that their phones can substitute for their wallets.
What's intriguing about O2's new venture is that it's the biggest attempt so far by a mobile operator, rather than a bank or credit card issuer, to enter this market.
In developing countries like Kenya it is mobile firms which have successfully pioneered mobile money innovation - but that's because products are aimed at the many who don't have bank accounts.
In the UK, where that isn't the case, O2 will have to convince customers that their money is safe on their mobiles.
If and when UK phone users do get enthusiastic about mobile money, there's a very lucrative business opportunity - and mobile operators will find themselves in a battle with the banks to grasp it.
It added that it was also in discussions with a rail operator to add a button to buy train tickets.
James Le Brocq, managing director at O2 Money said: "We believe it will transform the way people manage their finances and spend money."
One of the biggest stumbling blocks for uptake of such technology is fears about security. He noted that all personal details, pin codes, passwords and other financial data were held on remote central servers rather than on the mobile device.
"O2 wallet has been trialled internally for months and has undergone extensive 'stress-testing' with security experts," he added.
"This is, we believe, the safest and most secure way to deliver mobile payment services."
Eden Zoller, analyst at Ovum, said the service was part of a wider plan.
O2 and its rivals Vodafone and EverythingEverywhere are working on a national mobile payments service - dubbed Project Oscar. They had hoped to have it up and running in time for the London Olympics.
But the project is held up in Brussels, subject to an anti-competitive investigation.
"For O2 if this project is in danger of being stalled or even derailed it make sense to move ahead with a solo initiative," said Ms Zoller.
It is not the first time O2 has experimented with mobile wallets. In 2009 it tested using mobiles as an Oyster card replacement to pay for travel on London's Underground network.
Last summer saw the launch of the UK's first mobile payment service with Orange and Barclaycard teaming up to offer contactless payments in a range of stores, including Pret a Manger, Little Chef and the National Trust.
Juniper Research estimates that one in six mobile devices will be NFC-enabled by 2014.
O2 currently has 200,000 customers with NFC-enabled phones in the UK.


On a summer night in January, Sofia's family took her to a restaurant in Iraja, a suburb of Rio, where she could use the play area outdoors. It had a big, colourful slide, where children could climb up some stairs and come out through a tunnel to the ground.
From inside the restaurant, Sofia's parents watched their two-year-old daughter. The play area was protected from the street by a gate so, in a city with shocking levels of crime, families felt the children were relatively safe there.
Being safe in Rio is always a top concern. Iraja, a busy middle and lower middle-class neighbourhood of around 100,000 people in northern Rio, is surrounded by some of the city's most violent areas, and criminals are quite active there.
Like on that Saturday night. Police were sent to the streets next to the restaurant to investigate a car robbery, something frequent in that area: an average of four cars a day were robbed there in 2016.
Police officers had set up a barricade after identifying a suspect, but the man did not obey calls to stop and, according to reports, tried to escape.
A chase began.
Sofia's father, Felipe Amaral Fernandes, said she was especially happy on that night. "She had told my wife: 'Mummy, I'm very happy today'. She didn't even want to eat."
Herica, the mother, was proud of her daughter, who could already count from one to 10 in English. Sofia also enjoyed dancing to music clips in front of the television, and was in love with the pink, purple and blue scooter "Papai Noel", or Santa Claus, had given her last Christmas.
"She was smart, intense. Sometimes she didn't even want to sleep because she only wanted to enjoy herself," Ms Fernandes said. One time, she said, Sofia was asked about what she loved the most in her life. Sofia replied: "Enjoy myself".
Sofia was playing on the slide when the police chase neared the restaurant. At around 22:00, a shooting started.
The sound of gunfire was loud and close, and the families who were in the restaurant went to the play area to pick up their children. Sofia's parents, now also outside, waited for her to come through the slide. "I screamed 'Sofia, Sofia!'," Ms Fernandes said. But her daughter did not answer.
Sofia's father looked inside the tunnel, but she was not there. He went to the other side of the slide, and climbed it. "That's when I saw my daughter up there, motionless, bloodied. I broke into the toy, took her from there and ran."
Sofia had been shot in the face.
"I got desperate seeing my little daughter there. I felt impotent," said Mr Fernandes, a police officer. "I'm used to violence around me but I never thought this was going to happen to my daughter. When it happened I thought: 'My goodness, not with me'."
He carried Sofia in his arms. People in the restaurant stopped a police car that was passing nearby, and it took father and daughter to the hospital. The crowd watched in disbelief.
Shootouts are part of life in Rio.
Despite Brazil's tight gun laws, rights groups say millions of weapons are in the hands of criminals. Tougher regulations were approved in 2004, banning the carrying of guns in public and controlling illegal ownership. But activists say they are incapable of curbing illegal gun trade and that bandits have been largely unaffected.
The reasons for shootouts vary. Some are the result of clashes between rival criminals; others, of armed robberies, like the one in Iraja. But rights advocates say they mainly occur during police operations against heavily armed drug gangs in impoverished neighbourhoods, where some groups are the de-facto rulers.
And civilians often find themselves in the crossfire. "These police operations are badly planned. In many times they happen at daylight, in densely populated areas, with war weaponry being used," said Antonio Carlos Costa, president of Rio de Paz, or Rio of peace, a local human rights group.
Last year, researcher Cecilia Oliveira, who works with rights group Amnesty International, was looking for reliable data about shootouts in Rio. But numbers were hard to come by as there were no official statistics.
So last July, she helped create Fogo Cruzado, Portuguese for "crossfire", an app for people to report gunfire in their neighbourhoods. Between its launch and January this year, according to Amnesty, 50,000 people downloaded it.
The numbers gave a sense of the fear that millions of people live in: there were 2,517 notifications, an average of almost 14 a day. The reports included 539 deaths and 570 injured.
I was shocked by the numbers
Most alerts came from poor neighbourhoods and shantytowns, or favelas, places notorious for their violence. "I was shocked by the numbers. This level of violence is alarming for a city that is not in a war zone. And civilians are the most affected, their freedom and human rights are systematically violated," Ms Oliveira said.
She too blamed poor police operations against criminals for most of the shootouts. Interestingly, the data showed that the hardest-hit areas shared a common profile, she said. "It's very clear that the people being affected by this violence are young and black. You don't see this type of police operation in neighbourhoods that are not favelas."
Rio's military police rejected the criticism towards its operations, saying they are all "meticulously planned" to avoid casualties among civilians.
"In order to prevent criminal actions, systematic operations are needed in places where the criminal wave is more recurrent. And shootings against policemen when they enter these areas, in many cases, result in victims on both sides," they said in a statement to the BBC.
Lives are often put on hold, as basic services such as electricity, water and transport are frequently interrupted by shootings.
Rio's train operator said last year it was planning to stop services on one line indefinitely because of gun violence next to the tracks.
Shops and hospitals are also forced to shut. In 2011, a suspected drug trafficker who was exchanging fire with police stormed a public health clinic in an attempt to hide himself, terrifying patients inside - he was later arrested and nobody was hurt. The clinic then temporarily suspended works due to insecurity.
Schools and universities in dangerous neighbourhoods have often cancelled classes, sometimes for days, affecting thousands of students. In some areas, teachers and children were being taught at school how to look for cover in the case of gun fights.
Two years ago, shootings around some schools in Mare, one of Rio's most violent areas, were so frequent that teachers decided to cut the classes short: they would start later, at 08:00, and finish one hour earlier, at 15:30. That, they said, was because shootouts often occurred at 07:00, when police officers changed shifts.
"Civilians in Rio's favelas end up in the crossfire, being victims in their own houses. They are forced to live under these circumstances, which is absurd," said Ivan Marques, executive director of human rights group Instituto Sou da Paz.
"The anti-drug policy in Brazil chose this wrong option, of militarising the issue. You have an enemy, not a criminal. And this is the collateral effect of this war between police and the organised crime."
And then there are the stray bullets.
In 2003, Luciana Novaes was in the canteen at her university in a neighbourhood in northern Rio next to a favela, when a shootout erupted between drug traffickers and police. Shops nearby had closed because of the violence, but the university had not.
It was around 09:00. Ms Novaes, who was 19 at the time, was in a break between exams when a stray bullet hit her in the jaw. She said she could not miss the exam because of the scholarship she had from the university.
The bullet went on to injure her vertebrae, leaving her quadriplegic. "It's a very difficult situation. There is no day, no time, no place. I was inside the university when it happened. People usually avoid getting out at night, but it's risky at anytime," Ms Novaes said.
She spent a year and a half in the intensive care unit of a hospital, where doctors had put her chance of recovery at 1%. If Ms Novaes managed to survive, they said, she would be in a vegetative state for the rest of her life.
That did not quite happen. She slowly recovered her speech and the ability to eat. She is still dependent on mechanical ventilation and on two nurses, day and night. She also undergoes two physiotherapy sessions every day and two speech therapies a week - the university was forced by the Brazilian justice system to pay for her treatment.
And last year, at 33, she was elected the first ever paraplegic councilwoman for Rio - it was such a novelty that the historic building had to be adapted to her needs.
"What we're living in is calamity," Ms Novaes said. "People are crying out for help."
Hers is a remarkable case of overcoming the odds, but it is an exception. Brazil was the country with the largest number of deaths by stray bullets in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2014 and 2015, according to a United Nations report.
The study, which looked into online media reports, said there were 197 incidents, 98 dead and 115 injured - someone is considered a victim when they had no involvement or influence in the shooting.
Nothing new to the people of Rio. In the 1990s, incidents with stray bullets were so frequent that then-Mayor Cezar Maia famously said in a newspaper interview that the city had become a "tropical Bosnia".
We live in an environment of fear
Rio's geography, as Ms Novaes' case shows, is an unexpected contributing factor. Numerous favelas have been built on the hills that overlook the city, meaning that the violence up there, where many of the shootings take place, is felt by those sometimes in neighbourhoods metres away.
The most recent official statistics about stray bullets publicly available are from 2011, when five people died and 41 others were injured. But Rio de Paz, the NGO, has documented incidents involving children: in the past ten years, 31 died in the city, 18 of them between 2015 and 2017 alone.
"The shootings have a devastating impact. This is a generation that lives under threat, under fear of seeing themselves in the crossfire," Mr Costa, from Rio de Paz, said.
"And this tragedy has colour and a social component: it often affects the poorest. The society ignores it because it happens, by and large, away from the richest regions."
Sofia arrived at the hospital already dead.
The senselessness of her death caused an outcry even in Rio, where residents have become so used to crime that they rarely react to violence.
"But this is not an isolated case," said Mr Costa. "We live in an environment of fear. Families live in constant mourning, looking at the picture of the victim hanging on the wall, with the face of a child that will never be seen again."
His group organised a demonstration remembering the victims of stray bullets, and signs with the names of the 31 children killed were put on Copacabana beach in January.
The car being chased by police that night in Iraja stopped only when it flipped on the street. The suspect was arrested and officials seized a gun.
Police said they were investigating how the shootout unfolded and, almost two months on, it was still unclear where the shot that killed Sofia came from.
31
between 2007 and 2017
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between 2015 and 2017 alone
But activists say many cases end up unsolved, with those responsible for the deaths rarely identified or punished.
Sofia's parents are now trying to resume their lives. "We live surrounded by violence. We see it in newspapers, on television. It's a calamity," her father said.
"We don't want this to happen with anyone else, a child or an adult."
"But we're sure that our daughter is in a place better than ours. She was too good to be in this world."


Wigan claimed a thrilling Good Friday derby Super League win over St Helens, who played for 67 minutes with 12 men.

The game was scoreless when Kyle Amor was sent off for a high tackle on Liam Marshall, before Mark Percival kicked Saints in front.
Joe Burgess' try gave Wigan a half-time lead only for Morgan Knowles to level.
But two tries from Marshall, another from Liam Farrell and Burgess' second eased Wigan clear despite replies from Regan Grace and Tommy Makinson.
In a typically full-blooded derby between the old rivals, the dismissal of Amor was a significant talking and turning point.
At first sight his tackle appeared high and referee Ben Thaler had no hesitation in pulling out the red card. But television replays suggested the tackle was chest high until Amor's arm bounced up off the ball.
Saints defended resolutely despite their numerical disadvantage and were very much in the game at 15-12 when debutant Grace, whose initial break set up Knowles' try, capped another stunning Saints move in the corner.
But Wigan replied immediately through Farrell before Marshall dived in brilliantly at the corner and Burgess seized on George Williams' delightful kick through to put the result beyond doubt.
Makinson gave Saints hope of a late comeback with his side's third try, but Warriors saw it through to the hooter to claim local bragging rights.
Wigan head coach Shaun Wane: "I'm not really bothered how we play in a game like that, we just wanted to get two points. Lots of credit needs to go to St Helens, who had a real dig at us.
"I thought we could have been a bit smarter but we scored some good tries. I thought Liam Farrell and Lockers (Sean O'Loughlin) were good.
"Michael McIlorum asked to come off 12 minutes into the second half, which is not like him, and he wanted to go back on at the end but my physio would have killed me. I had to over-rule here to play him. His return was one of the biggest positives."
St Helens interim coach Jamahl Lolesi: "It just wasn't a red card. Ben Thaler didn't lose us the game - he didn't miss the tackles or pass the balls - but what I thought was really poor was that the video ref is there to make calls on foul play.
"When you are an official, take the emotion out of it, take the crowd out of it and make the right decision, especially in a derby game. I just don't understand why you don't do that. I can't figure it out. What's most important is making the right decision, whether it's a red or whether it's a yellow, make the right one. Today it was the wrong one.
"We didn't get lots of other calls throughout the game. I didn't think the officiating was great and I thought it affected what was going to be a great game. I feel sorry for the fans that paid to come and watch a 13 v 13 derby, they got short-changed as well as us."
Wigan: Escare, Davies, Gelling, Burgess, Marshall, Williams, Leuluai, Nuuausala, Powell, Flower, J. Tomkins, Farrell, O'Loughlin.
Replacements: Tautai, Sutton, Isa, McIlorum.
St Helens: Makinson, Grace, Percival, Morgan, Swift, Fages, Smith, Amor, Lee, Douglas, Taia, Wilkin, McCarthy-Scarsbrook.
Replacements: Walmsley, Thompson, Richards, Knowles.
Sent-off: Amor (13)
Referee: Ben Thaler (RFL)


Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray has been selected in Great Britain's four-person modern pentathlon squad for this summer's Rio Olympics.

The other team members - Kate French, Joe Choong and Jamie Cooke - will be making their Olympic debuts.
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Murray said it was her goal to become the first British female pentathlete to win medals at two Olympic Games.
"The Olympic Games means everything to me. Having competed at London I now know what it's all about, I know what it's like to compete at the Games and I feel like I know what it takes to get on the podium again," she said.


Bolivian President Evo Morales has nationalised a Spanish-owned electric power company.

Mr Morales ordered the military to take over the subsidiary of Spanish power company REE, which owns and runs around three-quarters of Bolivia's power grid.
Mr Morales said he had ordered the move in honour of the Bolivian people fighting to regain control of their natural resources.
Last month Argentina took control of Spanish-owned oil company YPF.
Speaking at a May Day ceremony, President Morales said that "in honour of all Bolivian people who have struggled to recuperate our natural resources and basic services, we are nationalising Transportadora de Electricidad (TDE)".
'Failure to invest'
He said he was expropriating the company because it had failed to invest sufficiently in Bolivia.
Spanish power company REE bought 99.94% of shares in TDE in 2002. The remaining 0.06% are in the hands of the Bolivian employees of TDE.
TDE owns and runs 73% of the power lines in Bolivia, providing 85% of Bolivians with electricity, according to the company's website.
Mr Morales did not say how the Spanish company would be compensated, but in his decree he stipulated that the state would negotiate a payout with REE.
TDE's nationalisation is the latest in a series of expropriations decreed by President Morales.
On May Day 2010, he expropriated four power-generating companies.
One of them, British electricity utility company Rurelec, is currently seeking compensation for the take-over at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
Spanish government officials said they were still gathering information about the move, but said it was different from Argentina's takeover of Spanish-owned oil company YPF just over two weeks ago.
Spain reacted angrily to YPF's nationalisation, threatening retaliation and rallying international support against it.


A man is to stand trial charged with murder following a fire in Fraserburgh 19 years ago.

The blaze in the Aberdeenshire town's High Street in May in 1998 claimed the life of 43-year-old Gordon Graham.
Barry Henderson, 42, allegedly started the flats fire. He is also accused of the attempted murder of another resident.
He denied the charges at the High Court in Glasgow. Judge Lady Rae set a trial due to begin in July.
The case is expected to last about a month.
Mr Henderson had his bail continued.


Ruth Davidson has been appointed as the honorary Colonel of her former Army regiment.

The Scottish Conservative leader was invited to take up the post with 32 Signal Regiment for a five-year term.
The reserve regiment commands squadrons based in Edinburgh, East Kilbride, Glasgow, Belfast and Darlington.
The honorary position is normally filled by a retired senior officer or member of the Royal family but can be undertaken by public figures.
Ms Davidson was asked to take on the role due to her work in the Territorial Army before she became an MSP and her backing of reserve forces while in parliament.
She said: "Reservists make up over a quarter of the British Army and the UK's defences rely upon them.
"As well as the specialist skills required for the type of regiment you join, the training you receive as a reservist develops leadership, decision making, teamwork, confidence and moral courage.
"I loved my time in uniform and am so grateful for everything it taught me. I am delighted to have been asked back to my former regiment to act as its honorary Colonel for the next five years."
Saturday marks Armed Forces Day across the UK.


The British music industry had a great year in 2015.

Adele's 25 was one of the best-selling albums of all-time and she, along with other British artists, had a record share of the global music market.
More music was consumed in all sorts of ways, from streaming video and audio to good old-fashioned vinyl.
There was just one problem - money earned from sales and streaming actually fell. And the industry knows who it blames - YouTube.
The trade body the BPI has released its annual compendium of music industry statistics - and is using the opportunity to throw a few rocks at  Google, the tech company it has long blamed for many of its problems.
Years ago, the prime cause for complaint was that the search firm did nothing to dissuade users from finding illegal copies of music rather than paying for the genuine article. Now the focus has switched to YouTube, which has become a very popular way for millions to access music.
The BPI contrasts the income artists get from audio-streaming services like Spotify with the revenues from video streaming. An 82% rise in the number of audio streams saw revenue from this source soar by more than two-thirds to Â£146m. Meanwhile, video streams increased at an even faster rate - but revenue rose a mere 0.4% to just Â£24.4m.
The BPI said that was even less than the industry earned from vinyl sales last year. For its chief executive Geoff Taylor, the message is clear:  "Music is helping to grow YouTube's business but they are not sharing that value with its creators."
But most of the music on YouTube is there because it's been uploaded by Vevo, a company created by the labels for that purpose. So isn't the problem that the labels have simply negotiated a poor deal with YouTube's owner Google?
Ah, says Geoff Taylor, that is down to the industry being in a weak position because of Safe Harbours. Safe what, you may ask?  He is referring to American and European legislation that protects technology platforms from being sued when their users illegally upload copyrighted material.
That apparently means that the labels are at the mercy of the technology giant that owns the world's most important video platform - if they don't agree terms, their music will be uploaded anyway and they will earn nothing.
The industry seems to want the government to do something about this - though I am not quite clear what.
When I get through to someone at Google, there's a sigh. "We seem to be their villain of the day."
The company tells me that the safe harbour argument is nonsense - after all, Google invested heavily in its Content ID system, which allows the labels to track down copyrighted material and choose either to take it down or to monetise it.
YouTube also rejects the comparison with Spotify (which ironically is itself a low payer in many artists' eyes).
It says a subscription service based solely on music is very different from a video service that offers all kinds of content free, supported by advertising.
Google wants the music industry to see YouTube as a great promotional tool for bands new and old - a bit like radio - rather than a revenue centre.
What are we to conclude then?  That the music industry is still struggling to come to terms with an era when fans will find all kinds of ways, many of them free, to enjoy and share the output of their favourite artists?
Or that once again, an arrogant US technology company is making huge profits from creative content while pretending that it isn't a media business so doesn't have to play by the rules?
Of course, you may decide that both of those versions are true.


A UK financial trader accused of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" has appeared in court.

The US Department of Justice wants to extradite Navinder Singh Sarao, 36, on charges of wire fraud, commodities fraud and market manipulation.
Mr Sarao told a hearing at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Wednesday that he opposed extradition to the US.
He was granted bail, which has been set at £5.05m. A review hearing has been set for 26 May.
Mr Sarao must pay £5m and his parents must pay £50,000. The conditions of bail state that he must live and sleep at his parents address in Hounslow, west London, each night, he cannot travel internationally and cannot use the internet.
During the flash crash of 6 May 2010, the Dow Jones index lost 700 points in a matter of minutes - wiping about $800bn off the value off US shares - before recovering just as quickly.
Separately, US regulators filed civil claims against Mr Sarao, adding that he made $40m (£27m) over five years.
It is claimed the trader used automated computer programmes to manipulate share prices.
Scotland Yard confirmed Mr Sarao was arrested by the Met's extradition unit.
"This has come as a bolt from the blue for Mr Sarao," his lawyer Joel Smith told the magistrates' court.
"This is like something out of a thriller - it's a most remarkable story," said BBC economics editor Robert Peston.
"The allegation is that he was sending what are known as spoof orders to sell futures contracts in the US stock market. He would drive the price of the stock down... then withdraw the sell orders, but the price would already have fallen.
"He would then buy the orders back and guarantee a profit for himself. According the charge sheet, he did this thousands and thousands of times over many years.
"This is an amazing insight into the way computers have completely transformed the stock market business."
The infamous flash crash saw US markets plunge rapidly, only to then rebound just as quickly. Regulators blamed high-frequency traders placing multiple sell orders.
High-speed trading is where share dealers create computer algorithms to buy and sell stocks in milliseconds.
The Justice Department said in a statement that "Sarao's alleged manipulation earned him significant profits and contributed to a major drop in the US stock market on May 6, 2010".
The statement continued: "By allegedly placing multiple, simultaneous, large-volume sell orders at different price points - a technique known as 'layering' - Sarao created the appearance of substantial supply in the market."
Mr Sarao was then able to buy and sell futures contracts tied to the value of the share indexes, it is alleged.
In a separate announcement, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released details of civil charges against Mr Sarao and his company Nav Sarao Futures Limited.
The statement alleges market manipulation over five years, and as recently as 6 April.
CFTC director of enforcement Aitan Goelman said: "Protecting the integrity and stability of the US futures markets is critical to ensuring a properly functioning financial system.
"Today's actions make clear that the CFTC, working with its partners on the criminal side, will find and prosecute manipulators of US futures markets wherever they may be."


A delay publishing a report into how the water supplies of thousands of people were contaminated by a bug for a month is "unacceptable", an MP has said.

Fylde Conservative MP Mark Menzies said trying to get an answer out of the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) was like "speaking to a brick wall".
The DWI said it would not comment until its investigation into the incident in Lancashire in August 2015 is completed.
United Utilities found Cryptosporidium in the supply for about 300,000 homes.
Cryptosporidium is a parasite that can cause extreme diarrhoea. which meant that all those affected had to boil their tap water for almost a month.
People with weakened immune systems are particularly vulnerable. For them, symptoms of cryptosporidiosis can be severe and even life-threatening.
Mr Menzies said he was writing to Andrea Leadsom, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, urging her to "shed some light" on the delayed report.
"It's an incredibly long time," he said. "In fact, it is so long it is unacceptable."
He said the outbreak "caused a lot of disruption, especially for people who are elderly or vulnerable".
Mr Menzies said the DWI had not provided him with any answers, but it should have the tools at its disposal to at least update the public.
He said: "Its been like speaking to a brick wall - the DWI has been quite arrogant."
Householder Robert Willetts, from Warton, said: "I think it is disappointing we have not heard any more about what caused the contamination.
"As a consumer you assume that this couldn't happen again, but it might be the wrong thing to assume."
Gordon Marsden, Labour MP for Blackpool South, said: "I understand it might be difficult to find the problem, but I think United Utilities could be more open about what is preventing them coming to a definitive conclusion."
Routine tests by United Utilities found traces of Cryptosporidium at Franklaw water treatment works outside Preston.
It affected properties in Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, South Ribble and Wyre and lasted for four weeks.
A DWI spokeswoman said: "The Inspectorate remains very conscious of the level of interest in this investigation, but to avoid risks of prejudice or impediment to the course of justice, the publication of a report must follow the conclusion of this process."


Nick Compton says he has not given up hope of an England recall.

The opening batsman, who has rejoined Middlesex for 2015, played nine Tests but has not been selected since the 2013 home series against New Zealand.
On being dropped by England, the 31-year-old told the Guardian: "It is like being dumped by a girlfriend and you don't think they have given you the real reasons. There is no closure.
"But I am not going to give up hope. I don't want to accept it."
Compton was called up by England in 2012 after amassing 1,494 first-class runs for Somerset the previous season at an average of 99.6.
He made 208 runs in eight innings during his first tour in India, before compiling his two Test centuries in New Zealand in March 2013.
Having made just 16, 15, one and seven in the return series two months later, the selectors decided to discard him for that summer's Ashes contest, which England went on to win 3-0.
South Africa-born Compton, grandson of England great Denis Compton, feels he can still make a contribution.
"I feel like I'm in the prime of my career now and I want to kick on again," he added.
"I thought I was going well and then suddenly you get dropped and spend nights in bed lying awake reflecting."
Asked if he thought sacked batsman Kevin Pietersen deserves a place in the side, Compton added: "I have always had the belief you must pick the best team and manage it. Every player should be available.
"You want winners and if KP has his pads on, is in form and hungry, then I would want to be watching. The game is about bums on seats and we are in danger of losing that."


Steven Naismith has warned that Scottish football will suffer should Celtic's supremacy continue unchecked.

Brendan Rodgers' side last week completed a domestic treble without losing a game, having won their sixth straight top-flight title by 30 points.
Naismith insists a credible challenger is required to enliven the game.
"Celtic won the league at a canter and the fan base, everything, will just die away if that continues," the Scotland player told BBC Scotland.
"If it's the same old every year, it gets boring and Scottish football needs strong teams at the top.
"When you think back to when Hearts were challenging Celtic and Rangers for the title [in 2005-06], it was so exciting and it gets many more fans involved."
Naismith insists a pivotal pre-season of recruitment lies ahead for Pedro Caixinha at the Norwich City striker's former club, Rangers.
The Ibrox outfit, who were promoted to the top flight last summer, finished third, 39 points adrift of Celtic and nine shy of runners-up Aberdeen.
"For Rangers to be that far behind Aberdeen and Celtic isn't acceptable," 30-year-old Naismith told BBC Scotland.
"As a club, this is a massive summer for them to get to the stage where they are competing again.
"To be back in Europe again is massive for them and for everyone in Scottish football. They need Rangers to be challenging."
Caixinha has already recruited Portugal defender Bruno Alves and Aberdeen midfielder Ryan Jack as he looks to re-shape the Ibrox squad in his first transfer window in charge.
"Hopefully, with the new manager, he gets what he wants and can put a good challenge together," said Naismith.
"The one thing you can say for Rangers is they have probably had the best support and, for a club that hasn't done too well, they've got that to fall back on.
"Hopefully they can turn it around and get back to being the successful team they always have been."
Naismith's former Ibrox and Scotland team-mate, Lee McCulloch, is the front-runner to become Kilmarnock manager on a permanent basis after a spell in interim charge.
Former Killie striker Naismith, who is in Gordon Strachan's squad for the 2018 World Cup qualifier against England on 10 June, says McCulloch did well in lifting the Ayrshire side clear of relegation trouble to finish eighth in the Premiership.
"It's been good for Lee McCulloch to get the opportunity to show his worth and he's grabbed it with both hands," Naismith added.
"It was a comfortable finish for Kilmarnock. I think it's his to turn down and, if it doesn't work out for him, I'm sure there will be other suitors out there for him.
"He's given them stability and the players have excelled for him.
"There have been some good results and some bad, but that comes with young players. He's done a fantastic job."


An Iraqi man has been sentenced to life in prison in the US state of Kentucky after pleading guilty to charges related to terrorism.

Mohanad Shareef Hammadi, 25, received his sentence hours after Waad Ramadan Alwan was given a lesser sentence.
Co-defendant Alwan, 30, also an Iraqi, received a 40-year sentence after he agreed to co-operate with prosecutors.
The two men were arrested in May 2011 and pleaded guilty last year to conspiring to help al-Qaeda in Iraq.
They admitted using improvised explosive devices against US soldiers in Iraq were also accused of plotting to send weapons and money to the organisation.
Hammadi, who testified during the trial, said he had been raised in poverty and that life was forever changed after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
But prosecutors accused him of changing his account in order to secure a shorter sentence.
Alwan could have received a sentence of up to life in prison.


The BBC's cost-cutting programme exceeded targets by making savings of £374m in 2013-14, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

However, the public spending watchdog's report said annual long-term savings were 4% less than planned.
It said the initiative only exceeded targets through one-off savings, such as reducing Formula One coverage.
The NAO also warned of "more challenging" changes in the future, and said more services may be at risk.
The BBC began its Delivering Quality First (DQF) initiative in 2012-13, after the licence fee was frozen at £145.50 during negotiations with the government in 2010.
The NAO report, published by the BBC Trust, examined its progress.
It said the BBC had "so far delivered value for money" with overall savings in line with forecasts, "without significantly impacting on performance".
However, it said that plans to make around 85% of remaining savings from productivity improvement meant "greater challenges" lay ahead, with more changes to structures and ways of working than in the first few years of the programme.
The report found the BBC, which plans to cut annual costs by £700m by the end of 2016-17 compared to 2011-12, made "fewer productivity savings and earned less from commercial income than planned".
"The BBC has made reported annual savings of £374 million by such means as renegotiating existing contracts, limiting salary increases and reducing the number of more expensive senior staff," said Amyas Morse, head of the National Audit Office.
"The BBC has taken a systematic approach to how it can achieve future savings, but it needs to keep the implementation of its plans under review.
"This will lessen the risk of the BBC's having to make further reductions to scope by, for example, cutting the number of new programmes it commissions or acquires."
One controversial proposal by director General Tony Hall is to axe digital channel BBC Three from the TV schedules, moving it online. This would save around £50m a year, £30m of which could be ploughed into BBC Drama.
Nick Prettejohn, chair of the BBC Trust's Value for Money committee, said the report recognised that "good progress" was being made.
"The NAO has suggested that the final years will present greater challenges and we agree that there is a limit to the extent costs can be reduced before quality begins to suffer," said Prettejohn.
"We believe the remaining targets should be met and will continue to track progress to ensure that savings do not have an unintended impact on the programmes and content which audiences love."
The NAO report also said the BBC cut public service broadcasting staff costs by 17% during the first two years of the programme, despite staff numbers falling by only 1% overall.
In a statement, Anne Bulford, the BBC's managing director of finance and operations, said: "For just £2.80 a week, the BBC provides great value to licence fee payers, and, as this report makes clear, the BBC has exceeded its efficiency targets."
She added: "We're on track to save £1.5 billion a year by 2016-17 despite the licence fee being frozen and some of it being used by the government for other projects such as broadband roll-out and local television.
"We have a good track record in delivering value for money, and won't stop searching for ways to become more efficient so even more of the licence fee goes into the programmes and services that people love."


The UK's inflation rate turned positive in November for the first time in four months, official figures show.

The rate as measured by the Consumer Prices Index rose to 0.1%, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.
Transport costs, alcohol and tobacco prices were the main contributors to the rise in the rate, the ONS said.
However, this was partially offset by a drop in clothing prices, which for the first time fell between October and November.
This is usually the time prices rise as shoppers buy Christmas gifts. The ONS said that it logged prices before Black Friday sales discounts took effect.
Monthly inflation has been between -0.1% and 0.1% for the past 10 months, with low oil prices and a fiercely competitive environment for supermarkets keeping prices down for consumers.
November's inflation rate compares with a rate of -0.1% a month earlier. Analysts had expected a figure of about zero.
Last week, UK interest rates were left unchanged again at 0.5% by the Bank of England's rate-setters.
The nine policymakers on the Monetary Policy Committee voted 8-1 for no change, with the Bank predicting that inflation will stay below 1% until the second half of next year.
Inflation remains well below the Bank's 2% target, and the absence of inflationary pressures has led analysts to push back their estimates of when UK interest rates might rise.
"UK inflation remained largely absent in November, and looks set to remain weaker for longer than forecasters have recently been expecting," said Chris Williamson. chief economist at data firm Markit.
"Falling prices for oil and other commodities are helping drive down companies' costs.
"Weak wage pressures and fierce competition in the retail sector are also helping keep a lid on prices. Hence clothing prices showing a record fall between October and November."
Ben Brettell, senior economist at broker Hargreaves Lansdown, said that while core inflation - which strips out volatile components such as food and energy - had risen slightly, it "remained weak at 1.2%".
"This offers little suggestion that underlying inflationary pressures are building in the UK economy. Furthermore there are signs that wage growth is flattening out - figures due out tomorrow are expected to show pay growth has slowed from 3.0% to 2.5%."
Inflation as measured by the Retail Prices Index (RPI) was 1.1%, up from 0.7% in October.
RPI includes housing costs such as mortgage interest payments and council tax, whereas CPI does not.


Derry City have parted company with manager Peter Hutton by mutual consent after a poor league campaign.

The former Candystripes captain replaced Roddy Collins as Brandywell boss in May last year.
Derry are battling against relegation from the Premier Division while they made their FAI Cup exit on Monday night with a 3-0 defeat at Cork City.
City assistant boss Paul Hegarty will take over as caretaker manager until the end of the season.
The 42-year-old, who was City's longest serving player, took Derry to last season's FAI Cup final.
However, Derry have won just six of their 27 league games this season and are just three points clear of basement side Limerick.
Hutton's final match in charge came on Monday in the quarter-final replay loss at Turner's Cross.
"The Derry City FC Board Of Directors would like to announce that Peter Hutton has left the club by mutual consent," said the Candystripes.
"Derry City FC would like to thank Peter for his service, and we wish him well for the future."


A derelict building that has been the target of several arson attacks could make way for a new hotel under council plans.

Contracts have been exchanged between the owners of the Quality Inn hotel and Plymouth City Council which deems the building an "eyesore, after becoming a magnet for anti-social behaviour".
The authority plans to demolish the 10-storey building.
It said the site would make an "amazing location" for a new hotel.
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Council leader Tudor Evans said: "We cannot let this eyesore blot our stunning waterfront.
"We want to make it work for the city and are already talking to a number of interested parties."
The hotel, which was built in the late 1960s, closed two years ago.
The council said it could not reveal how much it would pay owner Tamar Properties (Canterbury) Ltd because "commercially sensitive discussions" were ongoing.
It added that contracts had been exchanged, with a report on buying the property to be discussed by the Cabinet later.


Fugitive US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has opened an account on the social network website Twitter.

His opening tweet was: "Can you hear me now?"
In his profile, Mr Snowden says he "used to work for the government. Now I work for the public". He quickly gathered thousands of followers.
So far, Mr Snowden, who is wanted in the US for leaking secrets, only follows one other Twitter user -  the US National Security Agency (NSA).
He is believed to be living in Moscow where he is sheltering from US prosecutors.
In his second tweet - a reply to US astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson - Mr Snowden joked: "Now we've got water on Mars! Do you think they check passports at the border? Asking for a friend."
And in another tweet he said: "Hero, traitor - I'm just a citizen with a voice."
The @Snowden account was verified by Twitter and within nine hours of joining, Mr Snowden had accumulated more than 710,000 followers.
In June, former Olympian and reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner became the fastest person on Twitter to reach one million followers - in just over four hours.
Mr Snowden left the US in 2013 after leaking to the media details of extensive internet and phone surveillance by US intelligence.
His information made global headlines when the Guardian newspaper reported that the NSA was collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans.
Mr Snowden is believed to have downloaded 1.7 million secret documents before he left the US.
Although some consider him a traitor for his revelations, many others around the world say he is a champion of civil liberties.
In the US he faces charges that could put him in prison for up to 30 years.
Earlier this year, speaking via video-link to a Geneva audience, he said he would like to be granted asylum in Switzerland.
He has previously worked in Geneva undercover for the CIA.
Regarding a possible return to the US, he told the audience that authorities there had given him no assurances of a fair trial.
"The only thing they've said at this point was that they would not execute me," he said. "That's not quite the same thing as agreeing to a fair and open trial."


UK music firm EMI has said it will sell its recorded music unit for £1.2bn ($1.9bn) to Universal Music.

Reports have suggested that the other half of EMI's business -  the lucrative music publishing unit - will go to a Sony-led consortium for more than $2bn.
EMI, with a history dating back to 1897, is home to artists including Coldplay, the Beatles and Pink Floyd.
Citigroup seized ownership of EMI in February after previous owner Terra Firma failed a solvency test.
"I particularly welcome the fact that EMI will once again be owned by people who really do have music in their blood," said Rolling Stones singer Sir Mick Jagger.
The manager of Coldplay also welcomed Universal.
"They have assembled the most talented group of executives in the industry today and their success speaks for itself," Dave Holmes said.
Universal Music is a unit of Vivendi, the French media company.
Troubled history
EMI's labels include Blue Note, Capitol, Parlophone and Virgin Records.
Labels included under the Universal umbrella are Def Jam, Motown, Decca, Island Records, Interscope Records and Polydor Records.
"For me, as an Englishman, EMI was the pre-eminent music company that I grew up with," said Universal Music chairman and chief executive Lucian Grainge. "Its artists and their music provided the soundtrack to my teenage years."
He added: "Universal Music Group is committed to both preserving EMI's cultural heritage and artistic diversity and also investing in its artists and people to grow the company's assets for the future."
In June, EMI said it would launch a strategic review into the future of the business, which it said could result in a sale, share flotation, or a restructuring of its finances.
Private equity firm Terra Firma, led by Guy Hands, bought EMI for £4.2bn in 2007 just before the credit crunch sent the global financial markets into turmoil.
It subsequently admitted that it had overpaid for EMI, and struggled to meet payments on the £2.6bn it had borrowed from Citigroup to fund the deal.
Last year, Terra Firma took Citigroup to court in the US, accusing the bank of tricking it into paying an inflated price for EMI. It lost the case, with a jury ruling in favour of Citigroup.


The world's biggest record labels are suing a website that allows users to download the audio from YouTube videos.

Universal, Sony, Warner Bros and other labels launched legal action against the German operator of YouTube-mp3.org in a federal court in Los Angeles.
They are seeking damages from the company and its owner that include $150,000 (Â£115,000) for every alleged instance of piracy.
The defendants have yet to respond to the claims.
According to the legal papers, users can turn YouTube videos into permanent audio files and store them on their computer with a few simple mouse clicks.
The record labels claim that "tens, or even hundreds, of millions of tracks are illegally copied and distributed by stream-ripping services each month" and that YouTube-mp3.org is the "chief offender", with more than 60 million users per month.
As part of their evidence, the labels submitted the names of more than 300 songs that, they allege, have been converted and downloaded by users of the service.
They include Meghan Trainor's All About That Bass, One Direction's Story Of My Life and Sia's Chandelier.
"Stream ripping has become a major threat to the music industry, functioning as an unlawful substitute for the purchase of recorded music and the purchase of subscriptions to authorised streaming services," the labels said.
As well as suing for damages, the music industry is asking for a court order that would forbid web hosts, advertisers and other third parties from facilitating access to youtube-mp3.org.
"This site is raking in millions on the backs of artists, songwriters and labels," said the Recording Industry Association of America's president, Cary Sherman, in a statement.
"It should not be so easy to engage in this activity in the first place, and no stream ripping site should appear at the top of any search result or app chart."
The BPI, which represents UK record labels, has also put YouTube-mp3.org on formal notice of intended legal action in the UK if it does not cease infringing copyright.
"It's time to stop illegal sites like this building huge fortunes by ripping off artists and labels," said the BPI's chief executive, Geoff Taylor.
"Fans have access now to a fantastic range of legal music streaming services, but they can only exist if we take action to tackle the online black market.
"We hope that responsible advertisers, search engines and hosting providers will also reflect on the ethics of supporting sites that enrich themselves by defrauding creators."
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Losses from Tube fare dodgers have increased by 207% since 2010, the London Assembly Labour Group has found.

Tube fare evasion cost Transport for London (TfL) £61.47m in 2015, up from £20m in 2010/11, the party said.
However, losses from bus fare evasion fell by 55%, from £40m to £18m in the same period.
TfL said fare dodging continues to "go down every year, against rising passenger numbers" and represents less than 1% of all Tube journeys".
A spokeswoman said the decrease in bus fare dodging came after the removal of bendy buses in 2011 because they had several entrances and "people were more likely to take their chances".
Figures quoted by the London Assembly Labour Group also did not consider revenue made back from penalty fares and automatic maximum fare charges for fare dodgers, she added.
Labour's Valerie Shawcross said there needed to be "a far more rigorous approach" to tackling fare dodgers.
Her analysis comes after the government announced cuts to TfL's budget of up to £700m in revenue grant by 2019/20.
She said the rise in fare evasion had far outstripped the 23% rise in passenger numbers across the London Underground network.
Approximately 4.5p per journey is lost to fare evasion, up from 1.8p in 2011, she found.
Ms Shawcross said TfL should not close down tickets offices, which could make it easier to dodge fares, after London Mayor Boris Johnson's decision to cut nearly 900 station staff .
Data uncovered in the autumn showed that ticket barriers at some stations were left open up to 60% of the time.
"If you cut staff and fare evasions rise it's a false economy," she said.


A 60-year-old woman has died and a man, reported to be her husband, has been injured in an assault in the Republic of Ireland.

Police were called to a house on Murmount Avenue, Montenotte, Cork city at 08:00 GMT on Monday where a woman's body was found.
A man in his 60s was taken to Mercy University Hospital Cork with non-life-threatening injuries.
A man in his mid-20s was arrested at the scene, police said.
He is being held at Mayfield Police Station.
RTE is reporting that the woman had been stabbed.
The scene is being preserved for technical examination.


Middlesbrough have signed West Ham goalkeeper Darren Randolph for £5m on a four-year deal.

The 30-year-old Republic of Ireland international has left the Hammers following their signing of England keeper Joe Hart on a season-long loan from Manchester City.
Keepers Victor Valdes and Brad Guzan both left Boro after their relegation from the Premier League last season.
"I am delighted to get it all signed and completed," Randolph said.
"I want to come here and get the club back to where it belongs and I want to be part of something special."
Randolph made 22 appearances for West Ham last season.
Boro boss Garry Monk has already signed Jonny Howson, Cyrus Christie, Martin Braithwaite, and Britt Assombalonga on permanent deals and Connor Roberts on loan so far this summer.
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Shares in mainland China bounced back significantly on Wednesday as the government's moves to calm investors restored some stability to the market.

The benchmark Shanghai Composite closed 3.4% higher at 3,789.17 - ending a three-day slide that included an 8% plunge on Monday.
Authorities tried to calm markets with a probe into illegal share "dumping".
They also pledged to buy stocks, while the central bank hinted at possible further easing.
Investors' confidence was also boosted by a higher close overnight for Wall Street, with the Dow Jones breaking a five-day losing trend.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng was also higher, ending up 0.5% to 24,619.45 points.
In Japan, retail sales came in 0.9 % higher for June compared with the previous year, almost double  forecasts.
But the Nikkei 225 failed to pick up on the positive cues and closed flat at 20,302.91 points.
Investor sentiment was pulled down by poor earnings reports, with both Fanuc and Tokyo Electron cutting their full-year forecasts. Shares in both companies fell 10% in early trade.
In Australia, the ASX/200 was boosted by both Wall Street and the encouraging signs from China. The index finished up by 0.7% to 5,624.20 points.
In South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index closed flat at 2,037.86.
Investors across the region were also looking ahead to the US Federal Reserve, which finishes its regular two-day meeting later on Wednesday.
There are hopes that the Fed might give some signals about the timing of an interest rate raise later in the year.


The family of boxer Mike Towell has made an official complaint about the medical treatment he received for headaches prior to his death.

His partner Chloe Ross claimed he begged doctors for a brain scan but was instead given painkillers for suspected migraines.
The Dundee boxer suffered a brain bleed during a televised fight on 29 September and died a day later.
NHS Tayside confirmed that it had received a complaint from the family.
Mike Towell was knocked down twice during the welterweight title eliminator against Welsh boxer Dale Evans at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow.
He was given oxygen after the fight was stopped in the fifth round but died in hospital the following evening.
In her first interview since the tragedy, Ms Ross revealed that Towell had attended Ninewells Hospital A&E unit in Dundee after suffering severe headaches during a sparring session 18 days prior to the fight.
She said Towell, who was known as Iron Mike, was rolling on the floor in pain in a waiting room but was later advised he was probably suffering a migraine.
She told the Sunday Mail newspaper: "Michael said 'you need to scan me - I know that it's not right'."
Ms Ross said he was instead given co-codamol and told to see his GP.
She claimed he visited a GP the following day and was given aspirin. He did not spar again before the fight in Glasgow.
In the interview she also revealed that Towell was dehydrated during the bout, having been in a sauna, jogging in a sweat suit, in order to lose weight ahead of the official weigh-in.
Since Towell's death, some commentators have suggested dehydration to lose weight is a dangerous practice in boxing as it can make the brain more vulnerable to injury.
In a statement, NHS Tayside said: "We have received a complaint and we are in direct contact with the family."


BT phone lines across north Wales are now working after water damage caused a widespread loss of service.

A "complex" fault at its Chester exchange had affected customers living in Conwy county, Denbighshire and Flintshire.
The Countess of Chester Hospital tweeted its lines had been restored.
In north Wales, phone exchanges at Abergele, Rhuddlan, Connahs Quay, Llanarmon-yn-Ial, Llanferres, Buckley and Mold West were affected.


Two of the seven Four Seasons residential homes earmarked for closure last week could be kept open after private care operators offered to buy them.

Four Seasons said the Hutchinson Care Group and the Spa Nursing Home Group are in talks with it to buy the homes.
Hutchinson Care Homes is interested in buying Antrim Care Home.
Spa Nursing Home Group is interested in Oakridge Care Home, Ballynahinch.
Four Seasons said it had reached agreement with Hutchinson and with Spa on the "key points of their purchase of the homes".
It said transfer of ownership was dependent "on a number of steps including signing legal agreements and the RQIA transferring registration of the home from Four Seasons to the purchasers".
It said all parties were "working to move this process along quickly to a conclusion".
It added that Hutchinson and Spa "intend to take on the homes as going concerns and if the sale completes, then permanent staff in the homes would transfer to the new owners".
"This would mean that residents who remain in the homes would continue to be cared for by the people who are looking after them now," it said.
"We had come to the decision to close the homes with great reluctance and so we welcome the possibility that they will continue to provide care," a Four Seasons spokesperson added.
"We will do everything we can to help facilitate a smooth transfer of these homes to new ownership with no disruption to the care of residents and continuity of employment."


Three men accused of feeding a cat to hungry dogs have been ordered by Dubai's emir to clean its zoo for four hours a day for the next three months.

In a video of the incident, a man can be heard encouraging two dogs to drag the cat from an open cage to punish it for eating chickens and pigeons.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum condemned the "brutal and cruel act".
Last month, the emir ordered a group of men to clean streets for four hours a day as punishment for reckless driving.
It is not clear if the men who fed the cat to the dogs will also face prosecution.
Maj Gen Khalil al-Mansouri of Dubai police force's criminal investigation department warned on Tuesday that those convicted of animal cruelty could face jail terms and heavy fines under a new law in the United Arab Emirates.
He also urged the public to refrain from posting such videos on social media.


Craig Meschede says Glamorgan have the "firepower" to succeed on their first T20 Finals Day for 13 years.

He took 3-17 in his four overs to set up Glamorgan's nine-wicket hammering of Leicestershire in the T20 Blast.
"The guys are really keen to take a step further, it's a big thing for the club and we're really determined," all-rounder Meschede said.
Glamorgan are the second team to reach Finals Day, to be played at Edgbaston on 2 September, after Hampshire.
"I think we've got the firepower, the bowlers and the batters to do it, so I'm looking forward to it," Meschede, a losing finalist with Somerset in 2011, told BBC Wales Sport.
"It can be overwhelming with a big crowd and a lot of pressure on you, but the type of players we have, it certainly suits us and I think we'll do really well.
"It's quite a weird day, playing twice in one day, so it's hard to stay focused and that'll be an important part for us."
Coach Robert Croft was delighted to have overcome the memory of a heavy quarter-final defeat by Yorkshire in 2016, and paid tribute to the memory of Glamorgan's leading wicket-taker Don Shepherd, who died five days previously.
"That was for Shep, the man epitomises what a Glamorgan cricketer should be - tough as granite on the field, smooth as silk off it," said Croft.
"He made Glamorgan Cricket Club what it is today, and his spirit will carry on.
"Twelve months ago we didn't show up and there were a lot of disappointed faces, but the most disappointed were the players.
"Hopefully we've righted that a bit, but we've still got unfinished business which hopefully we'll take care off at Edgbaston."