Mark Ronson has clinched his first UK number one with Uptown Funk.

The track's release date was brought forward by five weeks after a cover version by X Factor's Fleur East topped the iTunes chart last week.
Ronson thanked "boy wonder" Bruno Mars, who features on the track, "without whom there would be no jam".
Ed Sheeran, who scores a 10th week at the top of the album charts, fell to number two in the singles chart, while Band Aid 30 climbed to number three.
The physical release of Do They Know It's Christmas? saw the charity track climb nine places, but it was kept off the top spot by Ronson and the ubiquitous Sheeran.
East, who is the favourite to win this year's X Factor, performed the Ronson track during the show's semi-final on Saturday 6 December.
Her mentor Cowell, who chose the track after Ronson and Mars pulled out of performing the song themselves on the talent show, called it "one of the top three performances" in X Factor history.
East later apologised to Ronson, calling it "an amazing song". "I don't think anyone expected my performance to be as popular as it was," she added.
Speaking to the Official Charts company, Ronson refrained from mentioning East, but thanked "everyone who bought, downloaded or DJ'd Uptown Funk this past week."
"It's pretty much the coolest thing ever," he added.
Featuring  Mars on lead vocals, Uptown Funk is the first single from British producer Ronson's fourth album, Uptown Special.
Inspired by the feel-good funk of the 70s and 80s, it was already available in several countries around the world.
Two Ronson tracks - Stop Me and Valerie, a collaboration with Amy Winehouse - reached number two in previous years.


Following the birth of the first tiger at London Zoo in 17 years, a former circus owner talks about his life breeding tigers in rural Lincolnshire.

At the height of his career in the 1970s, Martin Lacey was known as the "man that fear forgot" - being the only one to put his head inside a lion's mouth.
That was just part of his work to run the now-closed Great British Circus, which has also included breeding more than 120 tigers at his home in Keal Cotes.
Now aged in his 70s, Mr Lacey plans to retire, with most of the tigers will now go to his sons' circus in Germany.
His work has included starring in the children's TV show Magpie and training some of the tigers used in the Esso adverts.
He said he had enjoyed a fantastic career and "had certainly done his bit" to help with tiger conservation.
"This year we've had 12 cubs in Lincolnshire and 12 in Germany," he said.
"Most will go to my sons' circus, but we are able to let any surplus go to zoological gardens, which reduces the need to bring in any animals from the wild.
"We are definitely doing well in the conservation stakes - we also bred reindeer here this year, and that's not easy."
However, changes in public attitudes to performing animals mean he has faced criticism in recent years.
The UK government has announced that a ban prohibiting the use of wild animals in circuses in Britain would come into effect in 2015.
Under the terms of the draft Wild Animals in Circuses Bill, the ban will cover any creature not normally domesticated in Britain.
The RSPCA said public opinion has been against the practice for some time because "lions and tigers performing do not have a place in today's society."
However, Mr Lacey says his tigers enjoy the highest standards of care and described the animal's time in the circus ring as "organised play".
"They run and jump - just as they would in the wild," he said.
"I believe there is a mass of support for animals in entertainment and people should have the freedom of choice - you can only watch so many jugglers before it gets a bit boring.
"We are breeding them specifically for work and are looking for intelligent animals.
"Just as some strains of Alsatian look fantastic but are a little bit thick - our animals have to be intelligent and look good as well."
However, the closure of the Great British Circus in 2012 was welcomed by the Captive Animals Protection Society.
Director Liz Tyson said: "The door is firmly closing on the inherently cruel and unethical practice of using animals in circuses in this country."
But, Mr Lacey said: "We've wiped out 90% of the wild population of tigers, so the only place you are going to find these wonderful creatures is in a zoo or circus.
"The only other alternative is stuffed in a museum and I know which I'd like my great, great grandchildren to see."
The Lacey family currently has about 80 big cats in its care, including Indian tigers and white lions.
He said: "As well as providing shade for them during the summer months, I've got a very good slaughterhouse which lets me take things like pig's heads, hearts, liver and trotters."
He also described security at his home as much better than "Parkhurst".
"We've never had an escape and we can't ever have an escape," he stressed.
Mr Lacey, who was training up until the age of 70, said he was retiring because "[the tigers] are moving a little bit faster than I am these days".


British Cycling is launching a review chaired by British Rowing chief Annamarie Phelps to uncover whether there are "fundamental behavioural issues" in its World Class Programme.

The review, co-commissioned by UK Sport, comes after British Cycling's technical director Shane Sutton quit amid sexism and discrimination claims.
British Cycling chief Bob Howden said the claims were "extremely disturbing".
He added: "We will not shy away from taking whatever action is necessary."
The review will begin imminently and will conclude following the Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games "to minimise the disruption to British Cycling's final preparations for Rio", a statement read.
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Sutton resigned on Wednesday amid claims he used derogatory words to describe Para-cyclists. An investigation has already been launched to look into that case, as well as rider Jess Varnish's accusations that Sutton made sexist comments and told her to "go and have a baby".
Sutton "rejects the specific claims" but said the allegations against him had "become a distraction" to British athletes before this summer's Rio Olympics.
The investigations into Sutton's behaviour will remain separate from the joint review, although "lessons learnt by British Cycling from this separate investigation should be incorporated", the statement added.
A third inquiry was ordered on Thursday amid separate claims that official British Cycling kit was available to buy online. British Cycling denied any equipment provided by UK Sport had been given away or sold on for profit but said other unwanted kit from commercial partners is sold or given away.
In a statement, it was confirmed the joint review "must include, but is not limited to, all forms of discrimination and bullying".
"We treat these allegations very seriously," Howden added. "Over the last 20 years, British Cycling has established itself as one of the UK's leading sports and we are proud of what we have achieved as a governing body.
"Whatever the outcome of this review, I'm sure that there will be valuable lessons to learn."
UK Sport chief Liz Nicholl added: "The allegations made by current and former athletes about British Cycling's World Class Programme over the past week have been deeply troubling to UK Sport, and any long-term cultural issues within the programme must therefore be fully investigated."
Nicholl also praised British Cycling for "quickly recognising the severity of these allegations and establishing this joint review".


This is a critical moment for journalism, particularly in the United States.

More than 40 years ago, the unmasking of the Watergate break-in inspired journalists around the world.
Reporters appeared as tireless investigators holding the most powerful to account.
Now, a new president declares the fourth estate "dishonest human beings".
A global survey published last week found only 43% of people trusted the traditional media.
Journalists find themselves on the defensive having to demonstrate their integrity to a sceptical public.
Donald Trump believes he is in a "running war" with parts of the media.
This struggle over who defines the facts will be a central feature of his administration.
Social media enables leaders to bypass traditional media and to talk to the public directly.
Donald Trump, with his 34,000 tweets, understands the reach and the power this gives him.
He can sit in the White House and, with a single tweet, define the news agenda of the day or distract attention away from uncomfortable news.
Some of the traditional media now accept they were instrumental in the rise of Donald Trump.
He was good for ratings.
He was the "candidate that kept on giving", as you would regularly hear in Washington.
But President Trump's rise to power was partly built on attacking the media.
At rally after rally, I watched Donald Trump point at the press pen and denounce journalists as "terrible" people, the "worst".
It was a deliberate tactic.
He wanted to define much of the media as part of the establishment elite who had ignored the plight of ordinary Americans.
He sowed the seed that journalists and their stories about him could not be trusted.
Painting journalists as untrustworthy gave him cover when he was accused of lying and exaggeration.
And so we inhabit the "post-truth world".
Democracy can't function without facts that are widely accepted.
It doesn't mean that facts shouldn't be disputed or their meaning argued over, but societies need a bedrock of information to inform their decisions.
If conspiracies and exaggerations are accepted as alternative realities, then it is much more difficult for a leader to be judged in the court of public opinion.
When, a few days ago, the senior White House aide Kellyanne Conway was asked why the president's press secretary had lied about the crowd size at the inauguration, she defended him by saying he was offering "alternative facts".
Her interviewer, Chuck Todd, of NBC, retorted that "alternative facts aren't facts, they're falsehoods".
It was an early round in the battle for the truth.
I recall an exchange I had at a Trump event where it was explained to me that the fact that a lot of people believed something gave it an element of truth.
Most Americans still get their news from TV, but more than 30% get it from the internet and particularly from Facebook.
There is now a lot of research on the role of social media in spreading false information.
In Europe, too, the reputation of the media is under fire.
Journalists have been damaged by hacking, by intrusion and the suspicion that they don't tell the whole story.
In Germany, parts of the mainstream media were accused of covering up reports of assaults on women in Cologne on New Year's Day 2016 because many of the allegations related to men believed to be migrants.
In the Edelman Trust barometer - published last week - trust in the media had fallen to an all-time low in 17 of the 28 countries polled.
So what is to be done?
In the United States, news organisations are grappling with difficult questions.
One TV executive said the biggest challenge was to avoid being seen as part of the "running war" that President Trump describes.
Some organisations in the US, the UK and Germany - including the BBC - are embracing "reality checks" as part of their coverage, but they are time consuming and difficult.
Governments, too, are looking into how to boost trust in statistics and official information.
It might mean the creation of more agencies that are truly independent of government and politicians.
The new White House press secretary has said: "We are going to hold the press accountable."
It signals a battle over who defines the truth and who defines the facts.
American journalism will face one of its severest tests.


Ireland fly-half Jonathan Sexton is a fitness doubt for his country's Six Nations opener against Italy on 7 February according to French reports.

Newspaper L'Equipe said on Thursday that the Racing Metro fly-half had been banned from playing until 14 February by French Rugby's medical commission.
Sexton has yet to recover from a bang to the head he suffered in Ireland's win over Australia last month.
"He will not play a match until he's 100%," said Racing coach Laurent Labit.
Sexton has not played since Ireland's Australia game on 22 November and has again been left out of the Racing squad for Saturday's Top 14 game against La Rochelle.
The Irish Rugby Football Union's medical staff are expected to assess Sexton's fitness either later this month or early in the New Year.
Ireland's second Six Nations match will see them taking on France at Dublin's Aviva Stadium on 14 February.
If the reports are accurate, Sexton would be available for Ireland's France game but would be in danger of being ruled out of the Rome contest a week earlier.
Sexton's exceptional performances during Ireland's impressive autumn series emphasised his importance to coach Joe Schmidt's plans ahead of next year's World Cup.
The fly-half is in his second year with the French club but will rejoin Leinster at the end of this season.
Sexton will be replaced at Racing Metro by New Zealand star Dan Carter who will join the club on a three-year contract and become the sport's highest-paid player.


Veteran African National Congress (ANC) activist Denis Goldberg has called for leaders of the party to be replaced.

In a BBC interview, he alleged that the ANC leadership, locally and nationally, was riddled with corruption.
Mr Goldberg said that leaders' focus on personal enrichment was threatening freedom in South Africa.
As a member of the ANC's military wing, he was convicted of armed resistance to apartheid and sentenced to four life terms in 1964.
Mr Goldberg was the only white man to be convicted among 10 people on trial for their lives alongside Nelson Mandela.
Huge steps had been made in education, health care and the development of the civil service since the end of apartheid, Mr Goldberg said.
"We have undoubtedly made huge progress, [but] we have more progress to make," he told John Pienaar. in an exclusive interview on BBC Radio 5 live.
The economy is three times larger than it was when apartheid came to an end in 1994, he said.
"Corruption is a problem. I personally believe, and I will say it publicly as I do in South Africa, the members of the ANC need to renew the leadership from top to bottom.
"I'm not going to name names, because it's a problem throughout, from national, provincial and local government level."
The ANC veteran told the Pienaar's Politics programme that "a definite attempt" was now required by ANC members to say "enough is enough" and instigate a leadership clearout.
"Let us focus on the needs of our people, not on your needs as new political leaders with access to power, and therefore wealth and personal enrichment, which robs us, in a way, of our freedom," he said.


Sir Ian McKellen tells the BBC why working with Sir Anthony Hopkins on The Dresser was "bliss", why plays make good TV and what it was like filming Disney remake Beauty and the Beast.

There's only one reason Sir Ian McKellen signed up to star in a new adaptation of The Dresser, and that's "because Anthony Hopkins was in it."
He says he'd seen Sir Ronald Harwood's 1980 play on stage, watched the 1983 film starring Sir Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney and thought: "They'd covered it. Who needs me?
"Then they said, 'well, Anthony Hopkins is playing Sir'," he tells the BBC. "So I said, 'well, that would be a joy!' And it was."
The latest adaptation of Sir Ronald's play, filmed at Ealing Studios for BBC Two, is the first time the pair have shared a screen together.
"We should be old friends," says Sir Ian. "We were in a company together under Laurence Olivier at the Old Vic when he ran the National Theatre, but we didn't actually act together.
"And since Tony went to live in the States, there haven't been many possibilities when our paths could have crossed, we've never done a film together. So this was just bliss."
The drama in The Dresser takes place backstage at a theatre during the Blitz, where tyrannical and aging actor-manager Sir (Hopkins) - who is deteriorating in body and mind - prepares for his starring role in King Lear, with the help of his devoted dresser Norman (McKellen).
The camera ensures the audience are right up close to all the action. Did having such an esteemed sparring partner mean both actors upped their game?
"It may surprise you, [but] acting isn't a competition," smiles Sir Ian. "It's not a race, it's a communal activity we do together. It's more like a family, so no.
"[Sir Anthony] said after the first week he'd not enjoyed doing a job so much for years. At the end of six weeks he said, 'I can't bear it, it's coming to an end! Can we work together again?'"
According to Sir Ian, after years in Hollywood, Sir Anthony is now considering taking to the stage again.
"That was the effect this play had on him! It reminded him of how much he enjoyed theatre," says Sir Ian.
"He was working with people of his own age, who persisted in the business. Ronald Harwood, [director] Richard Eyre, [co-star] Edward Fox and me - so he felt very much determined, he was very relaxed."
Co-star Emily Watson - who plays Sir's wife 'Her Ladyship' (and King Lear's daughter, Cordelia, in the play they're staging) - says working with the two actors was an almost religious experience.
"We weren't quite kneeling in the wings, but nearly, it was like being in church. It was so brilliant," says Watson.
"To be going into work every day and having long, complex, big acting scenes with, one day it was Ian McKellen, the next day it was Anthony Hopkins. Both of them just playing to the top of their game, [it] was just thrilling."
Sir Ian says people shouldn't be put off by The Dresser being a "backstage story", full of so-called 'luvvies'.
"It's surprising how often actors are asked to play caricatures of themselves. But these are not caricatures - they're exaggerated characters, but they are absolutely believable and true to life," he says.
"You see people struggling against the odds, you see people riding high, you see people with ambition, people who know it all and people who don't know anything - all mixed together, trying to get on and I think that's the charm of it all and the power of it all."
The Dresser's producers say it is "harking back to the great days of Play for Today", when single dramas were a staple on British television.
Sir Ian reckons plays "should be more available" on TV now too, as "plays work very well on television. You can get in very close, you can see it, but you hear all the words.
"I'm not quite sure why British broadcasters relinquished the one-off play. I think it's because they found it difficult to sell in the Radio Times, [which] loves series.
"You know where you are [with series]. 'Oh, it's this again', 'come and watch the same thing all over again'.
"The joy can be in the surprise of discovering something - 'give it a chance, let's see if you enjoy it! Give it five minutes, oh give it ten minutes, oh this is good! Let's watch it through to the end,'
"It's lost that, and it's a pity. You cut yourself off, you'll cut the audience off from meeting great, great drama.
"We don't want to have pretend Agatha Christie all the time. I don't anyway - 'oh, not another detective series.'
"Unless I'm starring in it and playing Sherlock Holmes, of course," he adds quickly laughing, in reference to his recent film Mr Holmes, in which he plays a retired Sherlock.
Mr Holmes saw him working again with Gods and Monsters director Bill Condon, who has since sorted Sir Ian out with a role in Disney's live-action version of Beauty and the Beast.
"I did frankly just say to him, 'what's my part in Beauty and the Beast?' A few days later he said, 'I think there is a part, but not a large one," says Sir Ian.
"I didn't do much work on it, because for most of the film my character's actually a clock. But when the clock turns back into a human being, that's when I come into my own."
Sir Ian says he has no idea how popular the film - starring the "wonderful" Emma Watson as Belle - will be.
"It is astonishing to me how many people tell me that the animated version of Beauty and the Beast is their favourite film of all time and they can't wait for this," he reveals.
"The anticipation is more than it was even for the filming of The Hobbit book after Lord of the Rings, so I'm very lucky to be involved."
Before we get to see it - likely to be in 2017 - there will be more of his ITV sitcom Vicious, in which he and Sir Derek Jacobi play a gay couple who've been together more than 50 years.
"I think we're hopefully going to do a few more episodes of Vicious to put those characters literally to bed - a little group [of episodes]."
He's also taking to the stage next summer with another friend and former co-star, Sir Patrick Stewart, for a production of No Man's Land by Harold Pinter.
"Two old actors will be on the road, two Sirs will be on the road," he laughs, "but hopefully [we'll be] nothing like the character Anthony Hopkins plays in The Dresser!"
The Dresser is on BBC Two on 31 October at 21:00 GMT.


Scunthorpe extended their unbeaten run to seven games by holding play-off-chasing Barnsley to a draw at Oakwell.

The Iron, under new manager Graham Alexander, dominated a scrappy first half as goalkeeper Adam Davies saved George Williams' low effort and Jim O'Brien twice shot wide.
Conor Hourihane came close for Barnsley after the break but goalkeeper Luke Daniels tipped his effort over the bar.
Josh Brownhill's strike in the final minutes then went wide for the Tykes.
The draw keeps Barnsley in the final League One play-off position, just one point ahead of Bradford City.
Scunthorpe United manager Graham Alexander told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"We were the better team in the first half. We caused some problems and mixed the play up really well when we had possession.
"I don't think some of the decisions helped. There were too many nothing 50/50 goings against us. But I want to have a good relationship with referees and he was good enough to have a proper chat with me.
"For the team and the players the effort was fantastic. You could see the determination to get a result."


An ex-resident of a Catholic orphanage in Bedfordshire has spoken for the first time about being sexually abused by a priest 60 years ago.

A group of former residents of the St Francis Boys Home in Shefford are taking legal action against the Church.
Most allegations are against Father John Ryan who died in 2008, but the latest claim relates to another, also deceased priest and dates back to 1952.
The ex-resident only felt able to tell his family about the abuse this year.
He told the BBC: "I was 10 years old when I went to the home. One day the priest said he wanted to see me in his room to make the bed.
"So I went up to the bed and he sexually abused me, and did this again and again over a period of months. It was pretty traumatic."
The former resident, who cannot be named for legal reasons,  said he was "disgusted" the Church had not apologised to the children abused at the home and that he would be contacting the police and offering to take part in the group action.
"The Church needs to be made accountable to all the lives it has ruined," he said.
A new investigation was started this year after allegations of sexual abuse in the 1950s and 1960s at the home run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Northampton.
The man's brother, who also went to the home, said: "My brother was abused maybe 12 times. All he can remember is the priest's hairy chest, he then blanked out.
"I think the most important thing is that it comes out into the open, so people can see what really happened."
A spokesman for the Northampton Diocese of the Catholic Church, which ran the home, said it "deeply regrets" any hurt caused, but stressed the "claims are not proven".


A significant minority of schools in England are still not spending extra funding for poor pupils effectively, warns an education inspectors' report.

Some schools struggle to show how they use pupil premium payments, aimed at raising the achievements of poor children, an Ofsted study says.
However Ofsted said many schools were using the money better than last year.
"It is vital that schools get this right", said the chief inspector, Sir Michael Wilshaw.
Under the scheme, schools in England are allotted an extra Â£623 for every child from a low income family, with the aim of bringing their achievements up to the level of their better-off peers.
It is paid to schools for each pupil who is eligible for free school meals or who has been eligible at any point during the previous six years, or for pupils who have been in care for more than six months continuously.
Schools are free to spend the money as they see fit but must be able to show how it is helping children from low income families.
A report by Ofsted last year suggested that the scheme was having little impact on disadvantaged pupils in high numbers of schools.
As a follow-up, inspectors visited a range of nearly 70 schools to see how they were spending the money and found that a growing number were now using it effectively.
"Following my criticism of schools last year, it is clear more schools are now taking their responsibilities seriously when it comes to using the Pupil Premium money and our inspectors have found evidence of some very good practice in their recent visits," said Sir Michael.
"Crucially, many of these good schools are concentrating on the core areas of literacy and numeracy to break down the main barriers to accessing the full curriculum. They are also focusing on the key stages of a child's development in their school career.
"However, some schools still lack good enough systems for tracking the spending of the additional funding or for evaluating the effectiveness of measures they have put in place in terms of improving outcomes."
Sir Michael pledged that Ofsted would continue to take an active interest in the issue in coming months and would criticise when funding was not being spent effectively on improving outcomes for disadvantaged pupils.
The report highlights best practice in the ways that schools manage the money.
It says that schools that manage the cash well are likely to have ring-fenced it, will aim to support disadvantaged pupils to achieve the highest levels and understand that all teaching must meet the needs of each pupil.
They should also analyse the effectiveness of each technique and intervention and adjust the way they spend the money accordingly.
According to the report schools which did less well often showed "a lack of clarity about the intended impact of the spending", did not monitor the effect properly and often spent the cash "indiscriminately on teaching assistants".
Ofsted also said that the money the government makes available for summer schools to help disadvantaged children bridge the gap between primary and secondary education could be better spent on extra maths and English classes once they start secondary school.
The Schools Minister David Laws responded: "If we are to build a fairer society, we have to make sure children can succeed at school whatever their background. The Pupil Premium is a significant amount of money going into schools up and down the country. It is vital that schools use it effectively.
"I am delighted with the good practice shown by many schools, as recognised by Ofsted in their report. But there is still a lot more that can be achieved."
The report drew a mixed response from teaching unions.
Christine Blower of the National Union of Teachers said: "At a time of huge budget cuts, schools... have had to use pupil premium money to plug gaps caused by funding problems."
Ms Blower called on the government "to restore funding and access to resources to schools to ensure that they can provide and meet the needs of all their pupils.
Malcolm Trobe of the Association of School and College Leaders argued that headteachers should continue to have discretion over how the money was spent: "It is essential for schools to have the flexibility to create solutions to suit their own particular circumstances."


Ed Miliband has accused Alex Salmond of "a combination of bluster and bluff" after the former SNP leader claimed his party could hold the balance of power after the election.

Speaking in Clydebank, Mr Miliband said the only people writing a future Labour Budget would be himself and shadow chancellor Ed Balls.
He added: "It's not going to be Alex Salmond - not in a million years."
Mr Miliband also said he was working hard for a Labour majority.
Mr Salmond, who is standing for Westminster in the Gordon constituency, told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that it would be "very good for Scotland" if there are a much larger number of SNP MPs after the election.
"If you hold the balance, then you hold the power," he said.
Asked if that meant a Labour chancellor would have to negotiate their Budget with the SNP, he replied: "Yes, any minority government has to negotiate in order to win a majority for its proposal. That is patently obvious. To deny that is to deny reality."
But speaking to Labour activists on Monday, Mr Miliband said: "Frankly, Alex Salmond is at it again. And it is a combination of bluster and bluff."
Mr Salmond also said on Sunday that he believed a "vote-by-vote arrangement" between a minority Labour government and the SNP is the most likely outcome of the election.
But Mr Miliband said he wanted a majority Labour government.
He said: "The only way that I am going to be the prime minister changing this country is if you vote Labour. That is the simple choice at this election."
He added: "How other parties decide to vote on the basis of a Labour Queen's Speech is up to them."
Mr Miliband also repeated a pledge his party will deliver more power for the Scottish Parliament.
He said: "We will deliver a home rule bill for Scotland in our first Queen's speech. More powers over social security, over jobs, over income tax. The vow delivered, on time and in full by a Labour government."
He attacked the SNP's plans for full fiscal autonomy for Scotland, saying they would extend austerity north of the border.
The Labour leader said: "That means the SNP fight this election still proposing to end the sharing of resources across the UK, the principle of redistribution.
"They are campaigning for the end of the Barnett Formula, replacing it with a reliance on risky and unpredictable oil revenues - revenues which even Nicola Sturgeon admits are astonishingly hard to predict."
And he said Labour will put an end to "Tory austerity".
"Tory austerity makes it so much harder for us to educate the young," he said. "Tory austerity makes life insecure for the old, Tory austerity undermines our NHS and our vital public services in every single part of the UK.
"So we will put paid once and for all to Tory austerity with a Labour government."
His comments came as a new ICM/Guardian poll suggested Labour faces losing most of its 41 seats in Scotland on 7 May.
SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie said Mr Miliband had "lost the plot" and would be foolish to reject an SNP deal as it would make him "the handmaiden of another Tory government".
"If we are in a position to help we are prepared to help a Labour administration, but that will come at a price," he told the BBC's Daily Politics.
"If it is a confidence and supply arrangement, we need to agree on a number of things at the outset.
"It it is a vote-by-vote basis then there needs to be negotiations throughout the course of the parliament."


Middlesex maintained their bid for a first County Championship title since 1993 and relegated Nottinghamshire with a five-wicket win at Trent Bridge.

The Division One leaders started day four on 48-3, chasing 235 for victory.
Steve Eskinazi (30) nicked Jake Ball (4-54) behind and Nick Compton was run out for 63 to leave the visitors 146-5.
But 58 not out from John Simpson and captain James Franklin's unbeaten 54 saw them to a victory which left them one point clear of Yorkshire.
Defeat for bottom side Notts, who have won only once in the championship this season, means they will be playing Division Two cricket in 2017 for the first time in a decade.
Victory for Middlesex maintained their unbeaten record in four-day cricket in 2016, although second-placed Yorkshire's 23-point win over Durham reduced Middlesex's lead at the top by three points.
Somerset, winners inside three days over Warwickshire this week, are 22 points behind Middlesex in third.
Middlesex play Lancashire at Old Trafford next week, while Yorkshire entertain Somerset at Headingley.
Middlesex meet Yorkshire at Lord's in a potential title decider starting on Tuesday, 20 September.
Despite Middlesex's modest target in Nottingham, Ball's breakthrough and Compton's run-out after a mix-up on the stroke of lunch left the game in the balance.
But the composed Simpson, who brought up his sixth half-century of the summer, and 35-year-old Franklin sealed victory with an unbroken stand of 89.
Compton, who took a two-month break from cricket this summer, told BBC Radio London: "I was proud of the way I managed to hold things together.
"As someone who prides myself on tough situations, I wanted to make sure I was on it.
"The intent was to make sure we found a way to do it, because this is the time.
"You don't get too many opportunities to be a county player playing for the title as this stage of the season. It is a fantastic place to be."
Notts director of cricket Mick Newell, who will hand first-team coaching duties to former England coach Peter Moores at the end of the season, said: "It's about the embarrassment of getting relegated.
"Financially it doesn't make a huge difference. It is more about the impact it has on the ego of the players and the impact on the supporters who are used to seeing Division One cricket.
"We are proud club; we have been in Division One for a long time and it's 10 years since I stood here and had to explain away a relegation."


More than 100 child rapes with online links took place in England and Wales in the last year, police figures obtained by the NSPCC show.

Data from 38 out of 43 police forces suggested the internet was used in 3,186 sexual offences against children in the year to 31 March, said the NSPCC - more than eight a day.
This is the first year police have had to identify internet-related abuse.
More than 270 offences involved children under the age of 10.
The data showed that a one-year-old baby was among the thousands of child victims of sex abuse that involved the internet.
The offences included inciting children to take part in a sexual act, grooming victims before meeting them and live-streaming abuse.
It became mandatory on 1 April 2015 for police to "cyber flag" sex abuse cases with an online element. But the NSPCC reported that a "small number" of police forces did not know about the Home Office scheme or were not using it.
The NSPCC obtained the information through a Freedom of Information (FoI) request, which asked for the number of recorded crimes against under-18s under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 that had a "cyber flag" attached to them.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said the true number of sexual offences was likely to be "far higher" because six UK police forces, including the Metropolitan Police and Police Service of Northern Ireland, did not reply to the FoI, and because the figures did not include crimes that were not reported.
In Scotland - where the legislation is different to England and Wales - the number of adults targeting children with indecent communications online or via text increased by 60% from 2013/14 to 2014/15.
Data supplied by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to the NSPCC showed there were 139 recorded sex offences against children that involved the internet in the 12-month period.
Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield said: "Sadly, these concerning figures may be just the tip of the iceberg, because children rarely tell someone that they are being abused - often through fear of the consequences or because they cannot put their experiences into words.
"Successful police operations show that online sexual offenders use sophisticated methods to target, trick and groom children, and may target hundreds of children at a time.
"The internet is increasingly integral to children's lives and they need to be educated about the risks, as well as how to report suspicious behaviour."
Source: NSPCC
The National Police Chiefs' Council says internet-related abuse was one of the factors behind an estimated 80% increase in the reporting of child sex offences in the last four years.
Chief Constable Simon Bailey from the council said: "More research is needed to understand these trends and whether they reflect greater confidence among victims to come forward, better identification by professionals, or an actual increase in offending."
Peter Wanless, NSPCC chief executive, said: "It's clear that a large volume of sexual assaults and rapes of children have involved the use of the internet - for example by grooming victims before abusing them offline, or live-streaming the abuse.
"We know grooming is on the rise because children are increasingly telling our ChildLine service how they are being targeted online.
"Predatory adults posing as children try to meet them or blackmail them into meeting up or performing sexual acts on webcams, which obviously terrifies them and can leave some feeling suicidal."
Mr Wanless said he hoped the statistics highlighted how police were under "increasing pressure" to combat online offences.
"We have to ensure they have the resources and training to make them fit for tackling crime in the 21st Century," he said. "And the government must make mental health support available to every child who has endured abuse."
The Home Office says an offence should be flagged as having been committed online when the reporting officer believes that, on the balance of probability, the offence was committed, in full or in part, through a computer, computer network or other computer-enabled device, such as smartphones or tablets.
This includes sending or receiving emails, the use of social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter or chat rooms and messaging services.


Ddeuddydd wedi'r etholiad cyffredinol mae Ceidwadwyr llywodraeth Theresa May yn disgwyl i weld a fyddant yn cael parhau yn y cabinet.

Er i Mrs May golli ei mwyafrif yn yr etholiad cyffredinol, mae hi yn parhau yn brif weinidog gyda chefnogaeth y DUP o Ogledd Iwerddon.
Llwyddodd Ysgrifennydd Cymru, Alun Cairns a'r gweinidog, Guto Bebb i gadw eu seddi ym Mro Morgannwg ac Aberconwy.
Hefyd llwyddodd Gwenidog Brexit, David Jones i gadw Gorllewin Clwyd.
Mae'r canlyniadau ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig yn golygu mai senedd grog fydd y senedd nesaf, a'r Ceidwadwyr yw'r blaid fwyaf.
Ddydd Gwener dywedodd Theresa May y byddai'n ceisio ffurfio llywodraeth leiafrifol gyda chefnogaeth y DUP o Ogledd Iwerddon.
Eisoes mae Mrs May wedi wynebu galwadau i ymddiswyddo.
Yn ôl Anna Soubry, aelod seneddol Broxtowe, fe dylai Mrs May ystyried ei sefyllfa wedi iddi arwain ymgyrch "drychinebus".
Mae ASau eraill, yn eu plith Iain Duncan Smith, wedi annog Mrs May i aros gan ddweud y byddai brwydr am yr arweinyddiaeth yn "drychineb".
Ddydd Gwener, cadarnhaodd Mrs May ei bod am gadw y gweinidogion amlycaf yn y cabinet - yn eu plith mae'r Canghellor, Philip Hammond, a'r Ysgrifennydd Tramor, Boris Johnson.
Yng Nghymru fe gollodd y Ceidwadwyr dair sedd i Lafur er iddynt obeithio gipio seddi.
Wrth iddi ddewis ei chabinet, y disgwyl yw y bydd Mrs May o dan bwysau i ddewis aelodau a fydd yn uno'r blaid ac yn adfer ei hawdurdod hi fel Prif Weinidog wedi canlyniad siomedig.
Wrth gael ei holi gan y BBC ddydd Gwener dywedodd David Jones, ymgyrchydd Brexit a chyn ysgrifennydd Cymru mai Mrs May yw'r "arweinydd gorau sydd gan y Torïaid ar hyn o bryd.


A mother-of-four who was killed when a gunman opened fire on a beach in Tunisia, died from a single shot, an inquest has heard.

Trudy Jones, 51, of Blackwood, Caerphilly County, was among 30 Britons who died in the attack at Sousse along with eight others.
West London Coroner's Court was told she was identified by Tunisian authorities using dental records.
Senior coroner Chinyere Inyama released her body to her family for burial.
In a statement, her family said: "Our mother of all people didn't deserve this, such a caring person who put everyone else before herself.
"Always willing to help others, she loved everyone around her including all of the people she cared for at work."


That's the challenge Sia issued to Kanye West, hours before he unveiled his latest fashion collection.
The pop star tweeted her question to Kanye, linking to a YouTube video that contained harrowing scenes of rabbits being slaughtered for their coats.
"This is the reality of fur ," said Sia. "It's so sad."
West's Yeezy Season 5 appeared to include both fur coats and accessories.
The most striking item was a floor-sweeping fur coat, showcased by hijab-wearing model Halima Aden, who was the first Miss Minnesota contestant to compete wearing a hijab and burkini.
Vogue magazine said the garments were faux fur, although the BBC has been unable to verify that report.
It is not the first time that Sia - who worked with Kanye on songs including Wolves and Reaper - has challenged celebrities over animal rights.
Last June, she tweeted the same video at Kanye's wife, Kim Kardashian, writing, "Hey @KimKardashian I think you're lovely. Would you consider going fur free? This is what animals go through for it."
In December, after rapper Azealia Banks posted an Instagram video apparently showing the remains of several chickens killed in a witchcraft ritual, Sia tweeted, "Sacrificing animals for your gain is the wackest [thing] I've ever heard."
The Australian singer is a vegan and supporter of animal rights' group Peta.
Kanye's show won praise from critics, who called it his most "demure" show yet and welcomed the fashion range's expanding colour palette - he added blues and reds to the line's traditional black and brown colour scheme.
Unlike last year's show - a massive production that required models to stand still for hours in the middle of a New York heatwave, causing some to faint - the Season 5 launch was decidedly low-key, with images projected one by one onto the surface of a giant black rectangle, from a live feed of models standing on a turntable backstage.
Photographers were not allowed - and Kanye didn't even appear to take a bow at the end of the 13-minute spectacle.
The audience, apparently conditioned to expect more drama at the rapper's fashion shows, remained seated for almost five minutes after the lights went up before finally shuffling out to their next appointment at New York Fashion Week.
Among those watching the launch were Kim Kardashian, Kylie Jenner, Hailey Baldwin, Zoe Kravitz, ASAP Ferg, Anna Wintour, Pusha T and Teyana Taylor.
The collection itself featured a lot of denim, paired with knee-high boots and a new shoe dubbed the Yeezy Runner.
Hoodies and bomber jackets also featured heavily, many sporting the Adidas stripes, while sweatshirts were stamped with the phrase Lost Hills - the name of Kanye's forthcoming album with Drake.
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About 25 homes have been evacuated as firefighters tackle a fire at an MoT garage in Blaenau Gwent.

Crews were called to the single-storey building at Bournville Road, Blaina, Abertillery, at about 03.30 GMT.
A 650ft (200m) cordon has been put in place and the road is shut. Residents have been told to leave their homes because there are gas cylinders inside.
The fire service said most people had gone to relatives' homes but some have gone to a nearby leisure centre.
Gwent Police and Western Power Distribution staff are at the scene.
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Large-scale government capital spending of up to £50bn is needed to close the economic gap between the North and the South, a think tank believes.

IPPR North said the government's Northern Powerhouse strategy could only be "converted to reality" with "substantial investment" and a "step-change" in its commitment to the north.
The analysis focused on the North West, North East, Yorkshire and Humberside.
Outlining the region's potential, it noted the economy was worth £289bn.
"If it were a national economy, the north of England would rank as the tenth largest in the EU," it asserted.
The Treasury claimed the strategy was "not about how much money is spent but about giving local leaders more power."
The IPPR report was published more than a year after Chancellor George Osborne visited Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry and announced the country's need for a "Northern Powerhouse".
Called Rhetoric to Reality: A business agenda for the Northern Powerhouse, the study suggested the northern economy could see economic growth on a scale "not seen since the Victorian era of grand municipal development".
But it said three changes were required in order for its potential to be realised:
Commitments to transport spending and devolution were the "key ingredients" for turning "northern powerhouse rhetoric" into reality, the report claimed.
It said a "rebalanced economy" could only be achieved through tackling "lagging" productivity, under-investment in transport, poor connectivity between cities and low qualifications and skills levels.
The study identified several "key drivers" of growth, including infrastructure and connectivity, innovation, business support, leadership and policy development.
It argued: "There is an urgent need (for) more detail and more action to support the pan-northern vision, to ensure business, public and civil sectors are galvanised to act now to sustain the momentum behind devolution and take advantage of this unprecedented window of opportunity."
Ed Cox, director of IPPR North and co-author of the report, said: "The historical economic under-performance of the north of England is not natural, nor is it inevitable.
"The opportunity is there to be seized for northern prosperity to create national prosperity."
A government spokesperson said: "The chancellor has been determined to challenge the lazy, decades-old acceptance that decline in the north was inevitable.
Mr Osborne had already invested £13bn in transport and agreed "a ground-breaking devolution deal with Greater Manchester," he added.
The spokesperson continued: "We are already making significant progress. This is only the beginning.
"The IPPR rightly identifies the massive opportunities in the North but this is not just about how much money is spent - it is also about giving local leaders more power and for communities to be bold enough to come forward and take them."


A company which ran a council-owned venue in Chester is closing down amid claims it owes deposits paid by customers for party bookings.

Friendly Island Ltd has run the 150-year-old Guildhall as an events venue since early 2015 after the building's previous operator ceased trading.
Maria Parlane, from Chester, said she had paid the company £850 to host her partner's 60th birthday party next year but had heard "nothing" from them.
Friendly Island Ltd has not commented.
Chester and Cheshire West councillor David Armstrong said: "We have been contacted by members of the public in regards to bookings for future events at Chester Guildhall that were arranged with the former tenant.
"We have advised that any such bookings and associated payments are a contract between the tenant and the individual, and the matter should therefore be pursued with the former tenant."
Director of Friendly Island Ltd Tylon Mafi has applied to have the company dissolved.
Documents lodged with Companies House show the application has been suspended because of an objection.
Maria Parlane booked the Guildhall with Friendly Island Ltd in February 2015 for her partner's 60th birthday in December 2016.
She said: "A 60th birthday is very special, and we have saved very hard, and are still saving hard for it.
"We are very, very upset, we are hurt.
"Everything is in place, but we've got nowhere to go and have it.
"We are £850 short, we don't know whether we are going to get [it] back."
Previous operator Umbrellah Ltd ceased trading in 2015.
Director Tahera Khalid insisted she was not aware of any customers owed their deposit money, but apologised if there were any.
Ms Khalid, also known as Tara Jade, said "The overheads were just getting higher and higher and footfall declined.
"We put a great deal of investment in. We've lost everything we had."
The council is now attempting to re-let the Watergate Street venue to a new operator.
The local authority says it will look at ways of ensuring anyone affected by a similar situation in the future can be compensated.


A woman whose flowers have adorned Westminster Abbey, including the Queen Mother's funeral, has been appointed an MBE in the New Year Honours List.

Gillian Platt, 72, from Bolton, said it was "just unbelievable" she had been honoured for her services to floral art and the community.
Mrs Platt is a former chair of the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS).
Her work has been displayed at Westminster Abbey on several occasions.
These have included the Queen's Golden Jubilee as well as providing a floral arrangement which was on the Paschal Candle in the Queen Mother's funeral at the abbey.
She admitted she was a reluctant convert to flower arranging in 1968.
"My mother and auntie were going to local authority classes and invited me along because my two children had started attending playschool - I said, 'no, I'm enjoying two hours on a Wednesday morning doing my own thing'," she said.
Mrs Platt added: "But then I succumbed and I got hooked on it."
There is an MBE too for Greater Manchester firefighter David Leneghan, 53, who helped start the UK's first children's burns camp to help them to come to terms with their injuries.
He began the first camp in 1998 and currently 150 children a year are a given a chance to spend time with peers who have experienced similar injuries.


An Indian aircraft hit a stray buffalo during take-off from the western city of Surat, but no passengers or crew were injured.

The Delhi-bound SpiceJet plane, carrying 146 passengers and crew, was grounded on Thursday because of the damage sustained in the accident.
SpiceJet said the buffalo, which was killed in the crash, was "essentially invisible against a black background".
SpiceJet is India's fourth-biggest airline by market share.
The airline said in a statement that the Boeing 737-800 aircraft hit the buffalo on "take-off roll" at Surat airport.
Passengers on the plane were transferred to another aircraft.
"Stray animals are a growing menace in some airports. This incident has affected our regular operations and hence SpiceJet flights from Surat will now be suspended indefinitely," an airline statement said.
Its Chief Operating Officer Sanjiv Kapoor blamed lax airport security for the incident saying on Twitter that "a buffalo on the runway" was "simply inexcusable".
One passenger, Prabhakar Joshi, said he heard a loud noise as if "something had hit the wheel" just as the plane began picking up speed.
"If it had been seconds later, after the plane lifted off, it would have been a disaster for us," he told the NDTV news channel.
India has had a good air safety record over the past decade, which has also witnessed a sharp increase in the number of private airlines and an expansion of air travel across the country.
Airports in India are generally well protected with perimeter fences, but maintenance at some smaller airports may be inadequate.
Nonetheless correspondents say animals straying into airports over the years have led to serious safety concerns. In June 2008, close to 100 flights were disrupted on a single day after a family of monitor lizards crawled out onto the Delhi airport runway, forcing its closure for an hour.
On other occasions, reports said jackals, antelopes, peacocks, porcupines, snakes, monkeys, foxes and dogs have strayed onto runways.


Newtonmore secured their 31st Camanachd Cup victory with Glen Mackintosh's early strike proving decisive against Oban Camanachd.

Mackintosh picked up possession after good work by Norman Campbell before thrashing a wonderful effort low into the corner from distance.
Newtonmore captain Steven MacDonald said: "Everybody who stepped out on to that pitch was unbelievable.
"We defended right from the front. It was just a team performance."
Oban, having not lifted shinty's premier trophy since 1996, came into the final as underdogs despite good form this season against a side chasing their seventh straight Premiership title.
"Oban gave us absolutely nothing," MacDonald told BBC Scotland. "They were winning every ball and fighting for everything and never gave up.
"All credit to them, they are going to be in plenty of finals."
Midfielder Paul MacArthur paid credit to his team's defence.
"Oban haven't been giving away many goals all season and our defense is by far the best in the league this year - so we knew it was going to be a defensive sort of game," he said.
"When they really need to, with our backs are against the wall, we just keep teams out and we didn't help them because we didn't convert enough chances to give ourselves a bit of a cushion.
"Defensively, Mike Russell, Steven MacDonald, Andy Mack and Rory Kennedy and Owen in the goals were just incredible. They are expert at keeping teams out.
"This is only the third time for me and this group of players and, as far as we are concerned, that's probably not enough."
Mackintosh's goal was a significant blow, coming after just two and a half minutes, and you wondered if it might spark an early onslaught. It didn't, but it ultimately settled the contest.
His opener was well worked. Norman Campbell fed him coming off the left and Mackintosh instinctively drilled an accurate low drive that gave goalkeeper Gavin Stobart little hope.
Oban did well to steady the ship, remain competitive and contain a strike-force that looked more inventive and composed in threatening areas.
Daniel Cameron came closest to a leveller with a close-range attempt, but the shot was saved by Owen Fraser.
Newtonmore looked more threatening going forward and Mackintosh was unfortunate not to add to his opener with a number of efforts threatening Stobart's goal.
Campbell was upended on the edge of the box as he raced in on Stobart late on as he looked likely to end the contest.
A comeback never materialised despite late pressure and Newtonmore successfully negotiated their route to another Camanachd Cup success to add to their Premiership dominance of recent years.


Striker Fabio Borini has been included in Liverpool's Premier League squad despite his long-term future at the club being seemingly in doubt.

The 23-year-old striker, who spent most of last season on loan at Sunderland, rejected moves to the Black Cats and QPR over the summer.
Clubs submitted a maximum 25-man squad on 3 September, and Tottenham's Benoit Assou-Ekotto has been left out.
Players under the age of 21 are eligible above the limit of 25 players.
Both Liverpool and Manchester City registered 59 under-21 players.
Liverpool accepted an offer from QPR for Borini during Monday's transfer deadline day.
But the Italian rejected the move, later tweeting: "Finally the madness is finished! I protected the MAN and the player that I am today, taking all the responsibility of the situation and for people who didn't want it.
"I'm VERY happy with myself to have taken such an important decision!"
Borini has made 13 Premier League appearances for Liverpool since joining from Roma in July 2012.
Meanwhile, Cameroon international Assou-Ekotto, who spent much of last season on loan at QPR, looks to have an uncertain future at Spurs after he was omitted.
Manchester United pair Marouane Fellaini and Anderson, who were both linked with moves away from Old Trafford, have been included in Louis van Gaal's squad.
Peter Odemwingie was not named in in Stoke's squad, with the striker facing the possibility of being ruled out for the season with a cruciate knee ligament injury.
Full squad lists on the Premier League website


A Welsh Treasury team has been set up to prepare for the new tax-raising powers of the Welsh government.

From April 2018 Wales will take control of a land transaction tax to replace stamp duty and a landfill disposals tax.
A team of 35 people has been gathered to work on innovative finance, economic advice, tax policy and legislation.
Finance Minister Jane Hutt said the Scottish government was giving advice based on its own tax power experience.
A bill to set up a tax collection authority for Wales is due to be presented in July.
Powers to vary the rates of income tax in Wales have also been offered to the Welsh government subject to a referendum on the issue.


Would-be students at Cambridge University will have to sit written tests as part of the application process, the university's admissions director has announced.

The move will affect students applying for courses starting in autumn 2017.
The tests will be tailored to each subject and will be taken before or at interviews, said Dr Sam Lucy in a letter to UK schools and colleges.
The aim is to maintain fairness during qualification reform, said Dr Lucy.
The first tests will be sat by applicants in November this year, says the letter.
This is when a major overhaul of England's exams system will mean sixth-formers have sat the first batch of new GCSEs and will be taking new A-level courses in some subjects.
Cambridge University has been outspoken about government plans to separate AS-levels from A-levels to form a stand-alone qualification.
It says AS-levels are the best predictor of how well a student will perform in every subject except maths.
In November 2014, it wrote to schools and colleges urging them to continue to offer AS-levels - but while some schools and colleges have opted to keep AS-levels and teach them alongside A-levels, others have decided to drop them and to focus instead on A-levels.
In the letter Dr Lucy said the new tests would provide "valuable additional evidence of our applicants' academic abilities, knowledge base and potential to succeed in the Cambridge course for which they have applied".
"This move is a result of responding to teacher and student feedback, a desire to harmonise and simplify our existing use of written assessments and a need to develop new ways to maintain the effectiveness and fairness of our admissions system during ongoing qualification reform," Dr Lucy said.
The letter says no advance preparation will be needed, "other than revision of relevant recent subject knowledge where appropriate".
Most at-interview assessments will be an hour long and most pre-interview assessments will be no longer than two hours.
Cambridge says it will schedule its pre-interview tests to coincide with Oxford's to make them easier for schools and colleges to administer.
The at-interview assessments will take place during the December interview period, usually on the same day as the interviews.
A university spokesman said the new tests would complement existing assessment measures which include a supplementary application questionnaire, examples of written work, teacher references and academic interviews.
The changes to AS-levels would mean the loss of "a key piece of evidence in the mix", which the tests are designed to replace, said the spokesman.
"We are looking at how people think [...] We will see how people are at interview but also how they are in a written assessment."
The spokesman said the new tests would be university-wide and would replace tests run in some subjects by individual colleges.
They are not a return to entrance exams, abolished in the 1980s, which students had to pass before being invited for interview, said the spokesman.


Japanese stocks led gains in Asia on Thursday despite disappointing trade figures that showed exports had fallen for a fourth straight month.

The Nikkei 225 closed up 2.28% to 16,196.80 points.
Rising oil prices supported investor sentiment through the trading day together with better-than-forecast US economic data released earlier.
Toyota's shares closed up 1.71% in Tokyo trade despite a global recall of several million vehicles.
The firm said in the event of a crash, some seatbelts on a range of vehicles could be damaged by a metal seat frame part.
Toyota Australia said it was recalling approximately 98,000 RAV4 vehicles built between August 2005 and November 2012 due to the issue, but that no accidents had occurred as a result of the problem.
"The repairs will take approximately 60 minutes and will be conducted free of charge," said Toyota.
Australia's ASX 200 index closed higher, up 2.25% to 4,992.00 points.
Big energy companies supported the index with giants like BHP up more than 6% on higher oil prices.
In China, markets were in positive territory for much of the day. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index closed up 2.32% to 19,363.08.
However, the Shanghai Composite ended flat, down 0.16% to 2,862.89.
Fresh official numbers showed that inflation in China rose to 1.8% in January, slightly weaker than analysts expected.
Elsewhere, South Korea's Kospi index finished up 1.32% to 1,908.84 in line with the rest of the region.


A chip shop has been ordered to remove a banner which hails it as the birthplace of the deep fried Mars bar.

The Carron Fish Bar in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, attracts tourists from around the world who want to try the recipe.
It proudly displays a banner on the side of the building claiming staff there invented the snack.
But Aberdeenshire Council has now said it must come down "for the good of the wider community".
The deep fried Mars bar has become synonymous with negative aspects of the Scottish diet since 1995 when the Daily Record reported on "Scotland's craziest takeaway" being served at the Stonehaven chippy, previously named The Haven.
"Sweet-toothed youngsters are ordering their favourite choc bars deep-fried in batter," the Record said.
By 2004, the reputation of the snack had travelled the Atlantic and it was mentioned on the Jay Leno Show in the US.
Carron Fish Bar owner Lorraine Watson said the proposed ban was "ridiculous" and she would "definitely not" be taking the banner down.
Mrs Watson said: "Thousands and thousands of tourists come from all over the world to purchase the deep fried Mars bar from the birthplace.
"They stand outside under the banner with their Mars bar, smiling from ear to ear, then go home and let all their friends and family see it.
"We have no idea why the council would want this banner taken down, bearing in mind it takes thousands of visitors to the town.
"Isn't that what we are trying to do? Aren't we trying to boost tourism in Scotland?"
Aberdeenshire Council issued Mrs Watson with the ban as part of a plan to smarten up business premises in the town.
A council letter sent to her said: "Following a thorough walkabout and inspection, an action plan has been drawn up.
"Many of the actions would fall to individual property owners and one of them relates to your property. What needs to be done: Remove banner."
A spokesman for Aberdeenshire Council said: "Together with a range of community organisations we have been looking at ways to improve the look of Stonehaven for the benefit of residents, businesses and visitors.
"An action plan has been created in conjunction with the Stonehaven Town Partnership, Community Council, Stonehaven Business Association and the Horizon Group.
"As part of the action plan we have asked some owners in the area to consider making alterations to their properties. This included asking the owners of The Carron Fish Bar to consider removing their banner.
"We do not wish to prevent the owners from promoting their business and we would be happy to have discussions with them regarding the banner."
It is not the first time Mrs Watson has faced a fight over the treat.
Chocolate giant Mars wrote to her in 2012 distancing itself from the recipe.
The company said it could not authorise or endorse the product which went against its policy of promoting a "healthy lifestyle".


Paris St-Germain's 36-match unbeaten run in Ligue 1 was ended as Lyon beat them to move into the third and final Champions League qualification spot.

Maxwell Cornet controlled Alexandre Lacazette's pass to drive in an opener.
Sergi Darder added an exquisite second on half-time, controlling Rafael's cross and flicking it past Kevin Trapp.
Despite Lucas Moura's steered finish, PSG lost their first league game since last March, but still have a 23-point lead at the top.
Laurent Blanc's side had not lost a league match since a 3-2 defeat at Bordeaux 11 months earlier, but looked off the pace and struggled without the creative influence of injured winger Angel di Maria.
After Cornet's opener, PSG could have been reduced to 10 men, as midfielder Thiago Motta escaped with a booking for raising his fist to the side of Jordan Ferri's head.
The leaders' best spell of pressure came shortly before Darder made it 2-0, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic having a shot beaten out by Lyon keeper Anthony Lopes.
PSG rarely looked like equalising after Lucas scored, and the excellent Rachid Ghezzal should have added a third for the home side when clean through, but Trapp advanced from his line to block.
Monaco, in second place, end the weekend having narrowed the gap at the top, despite dropping points themselves in a 0-0 draw at Nantes.
Caen had moved above Lyon and into third earlier on Sunday by winning 2-1 at St-Etienne, with former Wigan striker Andy Delort among the scorers.


A man who supplied drugs that led to a student being killed in a "drug-crazed frenzy" in York has been sentenced.

Samuel Donley, 20, was jailed last November for stabbing Liam Miller 32 times after experimenting with a hallucinogenic drug in July last year.
Keiron Turley, 20, of Malden Road, Liverpool, was ordered to serve 200 hours of unpaid community work at York Crown Court earlier.
He pleaded guilty to being concerned in the supply of class A drugs.
North Yorkshire Police said Turley had supplied the drug, 25i-NBOMe, which is also known as N-bomb, to Mr Miller in June 2015.
Donley is serving a jail term of six years and eight months after pleading guilty to his manslaughter at Leeds Crown Court.
He is also serving a concurrent sentence of 32 months for wounding innocent passer-by Theophilos Theophilou.
Detectives said Donley, who was 19 at the time, killed his close friend "in a horrific and violent attack" at his home on Hamilton Drive, in York, during a psychotic episode brought on by the drug.
During his trial, the court heard Donley felt he was in a dream and had to stab Liam - who he thought was a skull - in order to return to the real world.
The jury heard Mr Miller, from Terrington, near Malton, was attacked on the night of 27 July while Donley's parents were away.


Twenty-times champion jump jockey Sir Anthony McCoy has described having a statue put up in his honour at Cheltenham as 'flattering.'

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The bronze figure of the Northern Irishman, crafted by Dublin sculptor Paul Ferrier, was unveiled in front of racegoers at the course on Tuesday.
McCoy, 42, rode 31 winners at the Festival, including two Gold Cups and three Champion Hurdle successes.
His final victory came at his last appearance at the meeting in 2015.
"I can only say a huge thank you to Cheltenham," said the jockey commonly known as AP.
"It was 20 years this week when I won the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup and I had my first ride here in 1994. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have a statue put up in my honour.
"A lot of my friends say the statue has more personality than I have.
"I am very honoured. I can say a huge thanks to Paul Ferrier who did this as he has made it just like me.
"I feel very honoured and flattered by it."
McCoy was BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2010 after his only-ever Grand National victory on Don't Push It.


Brighton midfielder Beram Kayal is expected to be out for at least eight weeks after breaking his leg in a pre-season friendly.

The Israel international, 29, sustained a small fracture in his fibula against Atletico Madrid on Sunday and had surgery on Wednesday.
Kayal played on before he was replaced at half-time during the 3-2 defeat.
"We don't expect any complications, but it's bad news for us and for him," said Brighton boss Chris Hughton.
The Seagulls start their maiden Premier League season against Manchester City at home at 17:30 BST on Saturday.
Kayal, who joined Brighton from Celtic in January 2015, was sidelined for two months last season with an ankle injury and his latest surgery is the eighth major operation of his career.
"The good news is it was a clean injury as such," added Hughton.
"The operation went very well - we expect him to be out for a period of something like eight to 10 weeks."
Former Newcastle and Norwich manager Hughton said he had not set any targets for his side after promotion to the Premier League at the end of last season.
"The outcome we'd like this season is to have a go and to make sure that in our first season in the Premier League we give it the best we can," he said.
"[We want to] have a real good go, and that we can have no complaints at the end of the season that we didn't do enough."


The astonishing find in a Munich flat of 1,500 paintings missing since 1939 points to two art crimes.

The first is Adolf Hitler's crusade to fill his Fuehrermuseum at Linz, Austria, with the supreme paintings of the world - looted, confiscated and purchased by the Nazis in the occupied countries of France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and Russia.
The second is the crime of covering up the truth ever since.
Cornelius Gurlitt, 80, whose hoard of paintings in Munich was allegedly hidden behind a wall of ancient cans of food, has kept his secrets for 68 years.
What they tell us about Hitler is more important than what they reveal about Gurlitt.
His pictures descend from his father, Hildebrand, one of four senior Modern Art dealers in Germany who were appointed in March 1938 to the Nazis' Confiscation Committee - with orders from Hitler and Herrmann Goering to sell "degenerate art" (entartete Kunst) for foreign currency.
Hildebrand Gurlitt, Karl Buchholz, Ferdinand Moeller and Bernhard Boehmer set up shop in Schloss Niederschonhausen, just outside Berlin, to sell the near-16,000 cache of paintings and sculptures which Hitler and Goering removed from the walls of German museums in 1937-38.
They were first put on display in the Haus der Kunst in Munich on 19 July 1937, with the Nazi leaders inviting public mockery by two million visitors.
Propagandist Joseph Goebbels in a radio broadcast called Germany's degenerate artists "garbage".
Hitler opened the Haus der Kunst exhibition with a speech, at the end of which saliva fell out of his mouth in rage.  In it he described German art as suffering "a great and fatal illness".
Hildebrand Gurlitt and his colleagues did not have much success with their sales, mainly because art labelled "rubbish" had small appeal.
So on 20 March 1939 they set fire to 1,004 paintings and sculptures and 3,825 watercolours, drawings and prints in the courtyard of the Berlin Fire Department.
The propaganda act raised the attention they hoped. The Basel Museum in Switzerland arrived with 50,000 Swiss francs to spend.  Shocked art lovers came to buy.
What is unknown after these sales is how many paintings were kept by Gurlitt, Buchholz, Moeller and Boehmer and sold by them to Switzerland and America - ships crossed the Atlantic from Lisbon - for personal gain.
Gurlitt was arrested by the Allies near Bamberg in 1945, hiding in the castle of Baron von Pollnitz. He turned down an offer from the baron to hide his art collection in a new secret place.  Or so he let a writer know.
What we now know is that he did successfully hide more than 1,000 paintings - or his teenage son did.
It is possible they were cached in France.  Gurlitt's chief job on the Confiscation Committee was to work in Paris during the war, where he lived from 1941 to 1945 in the Hotel de Jersey.
He had two ways of collecting for Hitler's Fuehrermuseum.  One was to visit abandoned Jewish homes and remove their artworks; his licence was a Nazi law declaring that French nationals who had fled had lost French citizenship.
The other was to spend Reichsmarks at the Drouot auction house in Paris, where distress sales were big business.
Gurlitt was no small buyer.  He paid more than one million French francs for the four most expensive paintings in the highest-value Paris sale of the war - the Georges Viau Impressionists auctioned by Etienne Ader between 11 and 14 December 1942, which fetched £922,000 in wartime values.
The sale's top price of 5m francs was paid by Gurlitt for Cezanne's Vallee de l'Arc et Mont Sainte Victoire.  It demonstrated Nazi purchasing power.  Unfortunately the tiny painting, for which Gurlitt gave 94 times the then record for a Cezanne, proved to be a fake.
So what was stored in his son's Munich flat? It is highly likely that pictures acquired in France are foremost and it is French families who will emerge to make claims for them.
But there must also be German museum confiscations of Picasso and Matisse and paintings taken from Jewish owners in both Germany and Austria.
Gurlitt would have intimately known their value.  The top price for Matisse reached £2,600 at auction in 1941, that for Picasso was £880 (paid for a Blue Period Blind Man by the Toledo Museum in Ohio).  Gurlitt did not set fire to these nor hand them over.  He kept them for himself.
Art is the last unfinished business of World War Two.  Though the Allies uncovered large numbers of stolen paintings in 1945 in the Alt Aussee salt mines near Salzburg, and in a castle south of Munich, an unknown number have been lost forever.  Russia holds more than 120,000 wartime art objects in three museums round Moscow.
In many cases, the quality of vanished art was the highest.  An important Raphael - Portrait of A Young Man - taken from Catholic owners in Poland heads a list of missing art which amounts to a small National Gallery: paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck and Rembrandt to the fore.
Five years ago Austria revealed the existence of more than 10,000 paintings and sculptures, hidden since 1945 in monasteries along the Danube and in state institutions.
In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it went on to be one of the best attended modern art exhibitions of all time.
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Their Jewish owners had not been traced; how hard the Austrian government had tried to trace them was not made clear.
An Austrian list exists on the internet for descendants of the original owners to come forward - if, that is, they can prove the ownership of Jews in concentration camps, or who fled in panic without documents or photographs as Nazi forces approached.
London dealers close to the "restitution" business predict that 100 to 150 paintings will come off the walls of German museums in the next 25 years and be restored to the families of their original owners.
As paintings washed around Europe in the 1950s without clear ownership, German museums whose collections of the 20th Century had been wiped out by Hitler bought what they could, at cheap prices, without asking too many questions.
The past now catches up with the present.  Lawyers in Vienna and Berlin now offer "no win no fee" deals to the descendants of concentration camp victims.
The Nazis and their art collecting will continue to make headlines.


A Henry Moore sculpture which was the focus of a dispute when Tower Hamlets' former mayor wanted to sell it is to return to the capital after 20 years.

Draped Seated Woman was moved from a council estate in Stepney, east London, on loan to Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 1997.
In 2012 Tower Hamlets Council decided against selling the piece after strong criticism.
The council said it would be positioned in Canary Wharf from October.
The Henry Moore Foundation's director Godfrey Worsdale said the foundation was "very pleased" the piece was "returning to Tower Hamlets after a careful and rigorous process".
Yorkshire Sculpture Park said it was "working closely with Tower Hamlets, following [current] Mayor John Biggs' manifesto pledge to return the sculpture to London".
Mr Biggs' predecessor, Lutfur Rahman, was removed from office after he was found guilty of electoral fraud in his 2014 election.
In 2012 Mr Rahman said it was necessary to sell the Moore sculpture - known as Old Flo - which was believed to be worth about Â£20m, because of "unprecedented" budget cuts.
Moore, a well-known socialist, sold the cast at cost price, Â£7,400, to the former London County Council on the understanding it would be displayed in a public space and might enrich the lives of those living in a socially deprived area.
The Tate Gallery described it as "part of a post-war revival of civil aspirations and social reform".
An open letter, written in 2012 by the sculptor's daughter Mary Moore and others, including film director Danny Boyle and the Tate's Sir Nicholas Serota, said selling the piece was "against the spirit of Henry Moore's original sale to London County Council at a favourable price on the understanding that it would be placed in east London".
1961 Stifford Estate, accommodating about 1,700 people, is completed
1962 Draped Seated Woman is purchased by London County Council and later placed on the estate
1997 The sculpture is loaned to Yorkshire Sculpture Park
1999 Stifford Estate is demolished
2012 Lutfur Rahman announces he wants to sell the sculpture, worth about Â£20m
2015 The High Court confirms Tower Hamlets Council is the legal owner of the sculpture after a dispute with Bromley Council which began in 2012
2017 Sculpture's return to London announced.


Londoners are offering shelter and comfort to those affected by the terror attack on the capital by sharing the hashtag #SofaForLondon on social media.

Taxi drivers provided free rides from the cordons around London Bridge and Borough Market that left many cut off.
Places of worship across many faiths joined pubs, hotels and businesses in providing food and shelter.
Strangers reached out on social media offering a cuppa, chat or spare bed for the night.
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George Moss, 22, was taken in by friends Holly Robinson and Mary Lynch, who had tweeted that strangers with nowhere else to stay could go to their home in Vauxhall.
Mr Moss, who had lost his mobile phone, was unable to get home after police put a cordon between Borough Market and Elephant and Castle.
He borrowed a phone from a journalist to let his parents know he was safe and spotted #SofaForLondon on Twitter.
"After that I went towards Vauxhall and found Holly and Mary who very kindly gave me a place to stay," he said.
"I would have been in a pickle, I wouldn't have anywhere else to go."
Ms Lynch, 23, originally from Nottingham, said: "If I had been in that situation I would want to know that people were going to open up their homes."
Ms Robinson, from Birmingham, added: "You have to give whatever you can, whenever you can."
Staff at the Royal Oak pub in Tabard Street, Southwark said they gave shelter to around 150 people following the attacks.
"There were people standing in the street who were evacuated from hotels nearby or who couldn't get back so we invited them in," said barman Radek Malis.
"There were families with children, people were pretty shocked a lot of them didn't speak English, they were foreigners visiting.
"Everyone was just sitting and trying to make sense of things. We had about 150 people in here and they stayed until about 3am."
Neil Coyle, Labour candidate for Bermondsey and Old Southwark, was just minutes away from the scene of the attack and said the response from Londoners was "amazing".
He praised "the cabbies who offered free rides, the hotels offering accommodation and people just offering a spare room, a sofa for the evening or somewhere just to charge a mobile phone".
Anthony Myers tweeted a heart-warming offer to "anyone caught up in" the terror attacks: "Tea, salt and vinegar crisps and comfy cushions. All the essentials. #sofaforLondon #LondonBridge".
The Makersville bike workshop in Hackney tweeted: "#sofaforlondon heads up guys - if you're stuck, let us know."
Singer and broadcaster Mo Ansar tweeted: "Mosques, churches, temples and gurdwaras are open for the public in London. Seek shelter, food and safety if you need it."
Rachael Crawford, 19, from Bedford tweeted for help to find the bags she left in panic at the Slug and Lettuce pub when it was evacuated following the London Bridge attack.
She said: "I was having a drink with my boyfriend at 10pm when this guy was saying that there had been gunshots and then there were police in there telling everyone to get out and just run so that's what we did.
"I left my bags in panic and I couldn't get back as it was too dangerous. I just hope they're still there."
Amir Eden, chairman of the Bankside Residents' Forum, said he was walking home when armed police told pedestrians to "run away as far as we can".
He was not able to get home due to the police cordon but managed to contact a friend and stay there.
He said: "I found a kebab shop to charge my phone in case I needed some battery and then I was able to come across the Millennium Bridge and ask my friend Andrew if I could stay at his."


Record-breaking Challenger II is up for sale - three years after it was rescued from a Majorcan shipyard.

Dan Stevens restored the 72ft (22m) boat at his Plymouth boatyard after he spotted it languishing on the Mediterranean island.
The revamped vessel, used by Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson to set his 1986 Atlantic crossing record, carries an asking price of £725,000.
Mr Stevens said his main concern was finding a "good home".
"I have done my bit and saved it," he said, adding he would make only a "small amount of money" from the sale.
Sir Richard,  who revisited the restored boat in 2013, tweeted: "My old record-breaking boat, Virgin Atlantic Challenger II is up for sale. Fancy an adventure?"
In a statement on his website, he said: "I love Challenger II not only because it is a beautiful boat, but as it gave us a platform to challenge ourselves, push boundaries and embrace the spirit of adventure.
"I hope whoever buys it is keen for more explorations on the high seas."
Challenger II was sold in the late 1980s, reportedly to a sultan and later to an English owner, and spent about seven years moored in Majorca until Mr Stevens bought her.
Mr Stevens said he had spent about £400,000 restoring the boat after buying it for a "couple of hundred thousand pounds".
He said: "I have put a lot of blood and sweat into doing the refit.
"But it is now time for me to move it on.
"It is not about the money, it's about finding someone who is sensitive about the boat.
"I would like to see it remain in the UK."


Cheltenham stayed top of the National League as they extended their unbeaten league run to 19 games with a comfortable 2-0 win over lowly Welling.

Danny Wright headed the Robins into a 17th-minute lead with his 16th league goal of the season.
Dan Holman then got his 17th of the campaign six minutes into the second half as he calmly slotted home.
Welling, without a league win since October, rarely threatened as they remained in relegation trouble.
Speaking about an injury to Harry Pell, Cheltenham Town boss Gary Johnson told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:
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"His ankle's come up a little bit and when your ankle comes up it looks like ligament damage, otherwise it doesn't blow up.
"But we've got a good medical team and we've just bought a new machine that helps you recover from ankle injuries - the minute we get an ankle machine that helps, we get an ankle problem!
"We don't know how long it'll be yet, let's hope it's not long-term, but he's going to be out for a couple of weeks at least."


Some Police Scotland officers still believe they are under pressure to search members of the public to meet volume targets, the force has revealed.

It insists that officers have never been given a target to conduct a certain volume of searches.
But a survey found some "are confusing directed and targeted patrols with general pressure to conduct searches".
Last month, the Scottish Police Authority (SPA) sought further evidence on the "perceived pressure".
In response, Police Scotland asked all 17,234 officers if they agreed with the statement: "It is clearer now that officers are not under pressure to conduct volume stop-and-searches."
Just 851 officers responded to the survey and only 557 responded to the specific question.
Of that number, 159 (28.5%) stated they disagreed (83) or strongly disagreed (76) with this statement, according to a report presented to the SPA's audit and risk committee.
The report, presented by Supt Andy McKay, does not say how many officers agreed with the statement.
It stated: "It is acknowledged that the results of the survey provide a very limited degree of information and context on which to base any conclusions.
"They can be interpreted in a number of ways and do not definitively provide a clear outcome of perceptions."
Mr McKay said the survey was a "first step" in measuring changes in stop-and-search practice and policing culture.
"It is our intention to revisit this survey later this year and reassess the issue of perception," he said.
"Worthy of note is the need to better refine the survey to take account of the differences between 'pressure' and 'tasking'.
"This process may cause officers some confusion as all divisions continue to encourage officers to conduct targeted (right place, time, people) stop-and-search activity to support national and local priorities such as knife crime, and there is still a benefit in recording proactivity through the de-brief process."
He added that in recent months, members of the NSSIDT (national stop and search improvement delivery team) had carried out workshop days, visited every division and spoken with operational officers.
He said they confirmed that some officers were confusing directed and targeted patrols with general pressure to conduct searches.
"It is acknowledged that supervisors must communicate the concept of tasking in such a way as to minimise this perception and that is something that the NSSIDT will proactively address in the near future," he said.
The report said there had been a 50% reduction in relation to the overall volume of stop-and-search, including seizure, and consensual searches fell by 82% between June and November 2015.
It added: "Whilst acknowledging that progress has been made over recent months to remove any perceived pressure, we acknowledge that there is still further action required.
"In order to address any remaining perception of pressure, the NSSIDT are in the process of analysing the survey results and are preparing a handling report ... to consider and to make further recommendations to ensure all officers are clear that there is no pressure on officers to carry out volume searches."


Liverpool continued their good recent form by brushing Championship side Derby aside to reach the fourth round of the EFL Cup.

Ragnar Klavan gave the visitors the lead, slotting in his first Reds goal from a Philippe Coutinho corner.
Coutinho got the second after a one-two with Roberto Firmino, before setting up Divock Origi to lash in a third.
Derby offered little throughout, producing only two shots to test keeper Loris Karius on his Liverpool debut.
This was the fourth match the Reds have scored three goals or more this season - and they have netted 19 times in seven games overall.
Even seven changes from Friday's 2-1 Premier League win at Chelsea did not halt their momentum.
One of those players to come in - Estonia defender Klavan - became the club's 10th different goalscorer this season.
In contrast, Derby - struggling in 20th position in the English second tier - have now failed to score in seven of their 11 matches in all competitions this campaign.
Derby manager Nigel Pearson: "I would be first to accept there is a gulf in class tonight, and where we are and where we aspire to be is a considerable difference.
"For us to progress as a club we need to build a squad which can compete anywhere.
"All of the goals had an element of we could have done better, so that is frustrating. Mistakes cost you dearly against sides like this. After that it is damage limitation to make sure it is not an embarrassment."
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "We were better tonight and we deserved to win, we created plenty of chances. Could we have done better? Yes, but is that important? No.
"You need to be 100% professional in games like this, which could be difficult, but we were ready for every opportunity.
"We could've been better in the first half with the last pass and in the second with our counter attack but we will take 3-0 all day.
"This is a very important tournament for us, for the players, and we have to show it from the first second. Let's go for it."
Match ends, Derby County 0, Liverpool 3.
Second Half ends, Derby County 0, Liverpool 3.
Foul by Alberto Moreno (Liverpool).
Will Hughes (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ovie Ejaria (Liverpool).
Timi Max Elsnik (Derby County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Marko Grujic (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Corner,  Derby County. Conceded by Marko Grujic.
Attempt blocked. Timi Max Elsnik (Derby County) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Bradley Johnson.
Attempt missed. Divock Origi (Liverpool) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Alberto Moreno.
Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Max Lowe (Derby County).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Divock Origi (Liverpool) because of an injury.
Will Hughes (Derby County) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Emre Can (Liverpool) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marko Grujic.
Substitution, Liverpool. Ovie Ejaria replaces Roberto Firmino.
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ragnar Klavan (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Marko Grujic (Liverpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Marko Grujic (Liverpool).
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Timi Max Elsnik (Derby County).
Attempt missed. Richard Keogh (Derby County) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Will Hughes with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Derby County. Conceded by Ragnar Klavan.
Lucas Leiva (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Ince (Derby County).
Attempt missed. Alberto Moreno (Liverpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ragnar Klavan.
Emre Can (Liverpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will Hughes (Derby County).
Foul by Emre Can (Liverpool).
Bradley Johnson (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Marko Grujic (Liverpool).
Tom Ince (Derby County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Danny Ings (Liverpool) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Bradley Johnson (Derby County).
Offside, Derby County. Will Hughes tries a through ball, but Alex Pearce is caught offside.


DUP leader Peter Robinson has called critics within his party "people with the strategic vision of a lemming".

Mr Robinson would not be drawn on naming individuals whom he said were "puffed up by their own importance".
"I have made the comment and unlike some others, I haven't tried to personalise it to any individual - let people put the cap on and see if it fits them," he said.
He said the party would deal with those who did not back his leadership.
It came a day after Mr Robinson rejected a claim by senior DUP figure and outgoing health minister Edwin Poots that he would stand down before the assembly election in 2016.
Mr Robinson announced a reshuffle of his party's Stormont team on Tuesday. At the time, he said the various moves had not generated any bitterness.
Several senior DUP figures tweeted messages of support for Mr Robinson on Thursday, including deputy leader Nigel Dodds, who said: "It should go without saying, Peter has my full support in leading us into the upcoming elections."
Also among those posting messages of support were some assembly members who lost out in this week's reshuffle, such as Mr Poots and Paul Givan.
A series of DUP elected representatives used Twitter on Thursday to signal support for their leader; a sequence that looked like a coordinated response from DUP HQ to a couple of damaging interventions on that rather more old fashioned medium - the wireless.
Broadcasts first by Edwin Poots and then Lord Morrow left the impression that some in the DUP were less than enthusiastic about the Robinson era continuing through to 2016.
But the Twitterati are too canny to believe that a spate of politicians saying the same thing is a spontaneous expression of brotherly love.
Mr Robinson's arch critic, TUV leader Jim Allister, responded: "Finding great amusement from the orchestrated tweets of undying loyalty to 'Our Dear Leader'. Is failing to tweet a disciplinary offence?"
After the first couple of tweets, I asked whether a Twitter reshuffle had now become a Twitter power struggle? Given the one-sided nature of the tweets, I should have maybe substituted the words "Twitter power play".
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On Thursday, Mr Robinson said the DUP had "always prided itself on being a family party".
"Even in the Democratic Unionist Party, it's clear there are some people who are so puffed up by their own importance, people who have the strategic vision of a lemming, and we have to deal with those people," he said.
"They won't take us off course. It is very clear where the party's direction is, and the party has choices to make - it can follow people down a road to destruction, division within the party and the consequences that would be paid for that, or they can move ahead and do what we said in our election commitments of taking Northern Ireland forward.
"That's a clear choice, but I can't stop people from making comments.
"All I can do is continue to raise issues with the party officers, they have indicated their support for the strategy I have outlined, and let's see what the people have to say."


Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko may have accidentally killed himself after handling radioactive material, a key suspect in his death has said.

Businessman Dimitri Kovtun told a news conference in Moscow he thought the death was "suicide by negligence".
Mr Litvinenko, 43, died three weeks after drinking tea laced with the radioactive substance polonium-210.
English prosecutors suspect Mr Kovtun and Andrei Lugovoi of poisoning him at a London hotel in November 2006.
Before he died, Mr Litvinenko - a former officer with the Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the KGB - accused Russian president Vladimir Putin of ordering his assassination. The claims were denied by the Kremlin.
However, speaking at a news conference in Moscow, Mr Kovtun said he believed Mr Litvinenko may have poisoned himself.
"I am more than sure that he dealt with polonium without knowing it," the Russian news agency Interfax reported him saying.
"Maybe it was leaking and polonium accumulated in his body gradually. It is possible that something he carried with him led to a gradual accumulation of polonium in the body," he added.
Mr Kovtun and former KGB bodyguard Mr Lugovoi have denied any involvement and have remained in Russia, despite an ongoing public inquiry into Mr Litvinenko's death.
Sir Ken Macdonald, who was then director of public prosecutions, had recommended in May 2007 that Mr Lugovoi should be charged with the murder of Mr Litvinenko.
Last month, Mr Kovtun offered to give evidence to the inquiry, at the Royal Courts of Justice in London, via video link.
Inquiry chairman Sir Robert Owen said he would grant Mr Kovtun "core participant" status to give evidence, if he met a number of conditions - including the provision of a witness statement and any relevant evidence.


Police are asking the Home Office to prevent a "high profile" woman who allegedly carries out Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) from entering the UK.

The Met Police applied to the High Court for two protection orders to try to block the woman's visit.
Police barrister Zimran Samuel told the court the visitor had "high profile status" in her field.
But Mr Justice Holman rejected the applications on the grounds it was a matter for the home secretary instead.
The police applied to the court after being contacted by a victim of FGM in her 40s, who made them aware of the woman's intentions to visit the UK.
The country the woman is from still allows FGM operations to take place.
A spokesman for the Met Police said it accepted the court's decision.
He added: "[The force] is now liaising with the Home Office regarding what other options are available to prevent the entry into the UK of a person who may wish to carry out FGM."
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Det Supt Wendy Morgan, from the police's sexual offences command, said FGM "constitutes child abuse".
"Police have a responsibility to act to protect vulnerable people and prevent people, especially the vulnerable, from becoming victims of crime. The Met will always to seek to follow the law to carry out this responsibility," she added.
The scale of FGM in the UK remains unknown because of a lack of reliable data, but the government estimates 170,000 women and girls have undergone the procedure.
FGM has been illegal in the UK since 1985 and the law was strengthened in 2003 to prevent girls travelling from the UK and undergoing FGM abroad.
The World Health Organization (WHO) described FGM as "procedures that intentionally alter or cause injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons".
The procedure has no health benefits and the operations can cause severe bleeding, problems urinating, and later cysts, infections, as well as complications in childbirth and increased risk of newborn deaths.
Africa, the Middle East and Asia are where the majority of FGM is concentrated.
Last week, a group of MPs published a report that said the failure to successfully prosecute a single case of female genital mutilation (FGM) in the UK was a "national scandal".
Only one FGM prosecution has been brought to trial since 1985 and both defendants in that case were cleared last year