Peyton Manning shone, Cam Newton crumbled and Lady Gaga stole the show at Super Bowl 50.

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But what happened after the Denver Broncos beat the Carolina Panthers to the title on Sunday?
You've just won the biggest prize in the NFL. What do you do to celebrate?
First of all, you get a selfie with the trophy, like Broncos' Tyler Polumbus...
Then you have a roll around in the tons of gold confetti that was sprayed on the pitch at full-time - and maybe even take some home as memorabilia.
If you're Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, you make sure you thank all your corporate sponsors immediately, and share a kiss with pizza mogul Papa John.
Then the off-field parties begin. Players and celebrities flocked to lavish after-shows in San Francisco - hosted by Rolling Stone, ESPN and Playboy, among others. Some punters even paid $20,000 to attend a party with four-time Grammy winner Lil Wayne.
That, though, may be less than the hefty price rapper Jay-Z paid for 10,000 red roses, which he sent to his wife Beyonce in celebration of her half-time performance alongside Coldplay and Bruno Mars.
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No-one likes a sore loser, Cam Newton.
The usually upbeat Carolina Panthers quarterback was not in the mood for post-match chats after his side were swept aside 24-10.
After being harassed by the Panthers' defence, the recently crowned 2015 Most Valued Player gave short, sharp answers to questions from journalists before walking out of his news conference.
While Newton endured the emotional wounds of defeat, his team-mate Thomas Davis' were physical.
The linebacker broke his arm two weeks ago but was stitched back up and sent out to play in a cast for the final, during which he made seven tackles for the Panthers. Now his battered arm looks a little like a deflated ball....
Meanwhile, not everyone in the Broncos camp appeared overjoyed to see Manning lift his second Super Bowl trophy. His brother Eli, also a two-time champion quarterback, was caught on camera looking far from excited about his older brother's achievements.
The party's over, you've celebrated/commiserated, it's home time.
Needless to say, the rich and famous travelled in style. More than 450 private jets flew into San Francisco International airport during Super Bowl weekend.
But the general public had a more arduous trip home.
With 75,000 fans exiting the arena at the same time, the roads in San Francisco were blocked for miles, while some people had to wait on crowded platforms for trains for more than an hour.
Monday mornings are bad enough without a Super Bowl-sized hangover to match.
If you're one of the Americans who contributed to the 325 million gallons of beer consumed on game day, you may be one of the estimated 16.5 million US citizens who phoned in sick on Monday - or perhaps you just turned up late for work, like 7.5 million others.
UK fans may be feeling the effects of fatigue after staying up until the small hours to watch it live, and according to figures from the Social Issues Research Centre, 7% of people aged between 18 and 29 would call in sick to watch a major sporting event.
Speculation was rife in the build-up to the final as to whether it would be a swansong for Broncos veteran Manning.
The 39-year-old became the first starting quarterback to win the title with two different teams, although the five-time MVP was not in his best form on Sunday.
Manning threw for a mere 141 yards as Denver complied only 194 offensive yards - the fewest by a winning team in Super Bowl history.
Is it time to bow out with trophy in hand?
"I'll take some time to reflect," said Manning. "It's been an emotional week, emotional night. I think I'll make a good decision and I think I'll be at peace with it whichever way it goes."
But it looks like Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch may have beaten him to the punch.
The 29-year-old, a losing finalist in last year's Super Bowl, tweeted a picture during Sunday's showpiece of a pair of boots hanging up.


France's hopes of qualifying for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil suffered a major blow as Ukraine won the first leg of their play-off tie.

Both teams ended with 10 men after Laurent Koscielny and Olexandr Kucher were sent off in stoppage time.
But the damage had already been done as Roman Zozulya side-footed home after being put through by Edmar.
Koscielny then conceded a penalty for bringing down Zozulya, allowing Andriy Yarmolenko to convert from the spot.
The victory on home soil will give Ukraine, who have lost their previous three World Cup play-offs, confidence ahead of Tuesday's second leg in Paris.
Ukraine's advantage also leaves Didier Deschamps's men facing the prospect of failing to qualify for a major tournament for the first time since the 1994 World Cup.
Deschamps admitted before the match that his team faced a stern test in Kiev, with the hosts unbeaten in 10 games since Mikhail Fomenko became manager at the beginning of the year.
Ukraine have also become adept at keeping clean sheets, with this their eighth clean sheet during Fomenko's tenure.
With Franck Ribery closely marked, France barely troubled the Ukrainians, a volley from Samir Nasri after falling a goal behind the closest Les Bleus came to scoring.
Edmar was the architect of the first goal, bisecting the French defence, and Zozulya held firm under desperate French defending to squeeze the ball home from six yards.
Ukraine threatened to score a second and were rewarded with the penalty, while Yarmolenko converted. The evening got worse for Koscielny as he was shown a second yellow for raising his arms at Kucher.
A perfect evening for the hosts was ruined when Kucher was then shown a second yellow two minutes later for a foul on Mathieu Valbuena.
Deschamps said: "Opening the scoring gave them more strength and we made a mistake on the penalty.
"It's obviously a very bad result. We have to believe [we can go through] but Ukraine are the team in the best position to qualify. We still have 90 minutes at home."


Ladies Day, on the third day of Royal Ascot, is a major fixture of the social season, and traditionally the busiest day of the five-day meet.

The dress code is strict. In the Royal enclosure a hat must be worn, strapless dresses are banned, midriffs must be covered, and trouser suits, of full length, must match.
But despite the rules, there is plenty of room for creative sartorial expression.


Companies should be able to bid to develop tidal lagoons off the south Wales coast, the boss of a green energy firm has said.

Dale Vince said his company, Ecotricity, could generate tidal energy at a lower price than Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) - the company behind plans for a tidal lagoon in Swansea Bay.
He wants the project to be open to tender to ensure cost effectiveness.
The UK government is currently reviewing the sector.
On Thursday, Ecotricity - one of the first green firms in the UK -  said it had written to ministers to try to challenge TLP's £1bn plans to be the first to develop tidal energy in the UK.
The Swansea Bay lagoon would pioneer technology needed to build five other lagoons around Britain, including in Cardiff and Newport.
But Ecotricity said it would not want to build a lagoon in Swansea, claiming the bay would be too small for the technology needed.
Developing it elsewhere along the south Wales coast would allow the size of the turbine to be bigger, said Mr Vince, meaning electricity could be generated at a lower price and financed over a shorter time than TLP.
"We're proposing something better, something much more cost-effective," Mr Vince, Ecotricity's founder and chief executive, told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales.
"We're asking for a level playing field. Let's have a competitive tender for tidal and see what the price comes out as."
Ecotricity currently operates nearly 70 wind turbines, has 175,000 customers and powers the equivalent of more than 40,000 homes.
It believes tidal power can work at a lower price than the £168 per megawatt hour (MWh) across 35 years that is being discussed for Swansea Bay.
Mr Vince added: "We believe it can be done for about the cost of nuclear - about £90 per megawatt hour... conservatively across 30 years."
TLP - which last week said it welcomed the idea of competition - envisages work to start in Swansea next year.
Cardiff and Newport would be among future locations for larger lagoons, which would be able to produce power even more cheaply.
A spokesman for the firm said: "The emergence of a competitive marketplace for the future is another clear sign that Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon is fulfilling its role as a pathfinder."


Hull City midfielder Jake Livermore will face no suspension after testing positive for cocaine, the Football Association has confirmed.

The 25-year-old was suspended by the FA and his club in May after failing a drug test, pending the outcome of a disciplinary hearing.
Livermore tested positive after the death of his newborn son, Jake Junior.
An FA statement said he was not given a ban because of "the specific and unique nature of the circumstances".
The FA's full written reasons, compiled following a hearing at Wembley on 2 September, stated:
Six pages of testimony relating to the impact the death of Jake Junior had had on Livermore were redacted in the published findings as they were "simply so sensitive and private".
The commission added that the mitigating circumstances placed the case into a category "regarded as exceptional and indeed unique".
The commission noted its decision was "not intended to set a precedent".
"It will be a very rare case that does not fall within the express sanctions provided under the regulations and the World Anti-Doping Code," it added in its conclusion. "This however is a very rare case."
Hull said they would keep confidential any internal disciplinary matters while continuing to support the player in his recovery.
Livermore's club suspension has also been lifted, meaning he is available for selection. He was involved in light training on Thursday morning after being given the summer off.
Tigers chairman Assem Allam said he was happy Livermore had been able to start training again.
"I am very pleased," he told BBC Look North. "He is a good man and he has been through things that you wish no man would ever have to go through."
City boss Bruce told the BBC last month that the death of Livermore's son had been a "mitigating factor" in his failed drug test.
Livermore, who faced a possible two-year ban, joined Hull from Spurs for £8m in August 2014 after a season-long loan, making 35 league appearances last season as the Tigers were relegated to the Championship.


BBC Sport tracks all the manager ins and outs as well as listing all the current bosses in the Premier League, Scottish Premiership, English Football League and National League.

All of the managerial movements for November will appear below, followed by the full list of each club, league-by-league.
To read the list for October, visit the ins and outs page.


A "Walter Mitty character" who poisoned his wife with laxatives has been jailed for three and a half years.

David Smith, 62, a fantasist who claimed he was an ex-SAS hero, made Elizabeth Smith so ill she thought she was dying.
The sheriff in Ayr said Smith, from Telford, was guilty of a "prolonged and evil course of criminal conduct".
Smith had told his wife a string of lies, including that he carried out the SAS raid on the Iranian Embassy.
He was previously convicted of culpably and recklessly administering laxative substances over a three-year period from 2012-2015.
Sheriff John Montgomery said Smith's conduct had caused "physical and mental anguish" to his victim.
He made her so ill she said doctors believed she may have motor neurone disease.
Smith also falsely told his 62-year-old wife he owned a factory that made secret-component parts for the MoD and that his first wife was a professional ballerina who had died while carrying their unborn child.
His stories unravelled after he staged a break-in at their home.
When she first met him, Mrs Smith thought he was an "absolute gentleman".
"He was just a normal, lovely guy," she told BBC Scotland.
"He was a family man - a wonderful man who came across as so genuine and real."
She added: "He's a 100% 'Walter Mitty character'. He has got caught up completely in his web of lies.
"I want people to be aware that there are people like this out there and they are very, very dangerous men.
"He has taken away five years of my life. It's heartbreaking."


Preston have re-signed Callum Robinson on loan from Aston Villa and extended the loan of Middlesbrough's Adam Reach, both until the end of the season.

Forward Robinson, 20, scored seven goals in 28 games during two spells on loan with Preston last season.
Winger Reach, 22, joined the Lilywhites on a three-month loan in September and has scored twice in 17 appearances.
Meanwhile, manager Simon Grayson said he will look to make further additions to his squad in the transfer window.
Grayson has already signed Manchester United goalkeeper Sam Johnstone after Jordan Pickford's loan deal expired.
"We'll try and improve the squad," the 46-year-old told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We had good news that Adam Reach will sign for the rest of the season now, which is fantastic for Middlesbrough to allow him to come and the lad has done fantastic for us.
"I'm sure he won't be the first of the signings we make over the next few weeks."


This year's Notting Hill Carnival should be moved following the Grenfell Tower fire, a minister says.

Minister for London Greg Hands has questioned whether it was "appropriate" to stage a carnival near the site of a "national disaster".
But London's mayor, Sadiq Khan, has rejected the call.
And Pepe Francis, one of the carnival's organisers, said this year's event will "offer respect and solidarity" to the Grenfell Tower victims.
In a letter Mr Hands, the MP for nearby Chelsea and Fulham, urged the mayor to consider moving it "given the recent tragic events in the area".
The event "clearly" must go ahead but "we have to ask ourselves if it is appropriate to stage a carnival in the near proximity of a major national disaster", he explained.
More than a million people are expected to descend on the streets of west London to take part in the 51st annual street festival.
The carnival route passes within 500m (546yds) of Grenfell Tower, where toilets and amenities have been provided in previous years.
Mr Francis, the chair of London Notting Hill Carnival Enterprises Trust, said: "The blackened marker of Grenfell Tower casts a dark shadow over the joy and celebration of Carnival.
"We do not pretend to provide solace. But we can, and will, offer respect and solidarity."
Mr Hands also stressed the Greater London Authority (GLA) should take a greater role in running the event.
"I would like you to consider moving the location and the GLA, with its experience of running major events, taking over the carnival, in conjunction with the current organisers," he said.
However, a spokesman for Mr Khan said the festival "was born out of the African-Caribbean immigrant community in North Kensington and Notting Hill in the 1950s, and it's only right that this remains its home".
"Any attempt to impose a move to another location on the carnival, particularly at a time when the community has little trust in those in positions of authority, would be a mistake" he said.


Talks between world powers and Iran on a comprehensive nuclear agreement will continue past Tuesday's deadline, the EU's foreign policy chief says.

Federica Mogherini told reporters in Vienna that the negotiations would carry on "for the next couple of days".
Meetings took place late into Monday night, with foreign ministers grappling to resolve outstanding issues and warning a deal was not yet assured.
The talks have intensified since the previous deadline was missed last week.
The so-called P5+1 - the US, UK, France, China and Russia plus Germany - want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants crippling international sanctions lifted, has always insisted that its nuclear work is peaceful.
Representatives of both sides said a deal was closer than ever before as foreign ministers arrived at Vienna's Palais Coburg hotel on Monday. But when the talks broke up in the early hours of Tuesday, it seemed likely that the midnight (22:00 GMT) deadline would be missed.
Ms Mogherini said the negotiations, which she has been chairing, would continue but insisted: "This does not mean we are extending our deadline."
"We are interpreting in a flexible way our deadline, which means that we are taking the time, the days we still need, to finalise the agreement," she added.
The Italian diplomat said that a deal was "something which is still possible even if we are now getting into the difficult time", with several issues to resolve.
A spokesman for the Iranian delegation told the AFP news agency it had "no deadline".
US Secretary of State John Kerry had wanted an agreement finalised by Wednesday at the latest so that it could be submitted to the US Congress for approval by Thursday. If a deal is presented later, the review period will double from 30 days to 60.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said "very significant progress" had been made at the talks.
"We singled out eight or nine issues, fewer than 10, where we need to add the finishing touches," Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
Mr Lavrov believed a long-term accord could be ready "in a few days".
"Everyone's focused on securing good-quality agreements. And there is every reason to believe that we'll achieve that," he said, according to the Interfax news agency.
The sticking points are said to include the duration of limits on Iranian nuclear research and development, guidelines for international inspections and how sanctions will be lifted.
Tehran is also demanding that the UN ban on the import and export of conventional arms and ballistic missiles be lifted as part of any deal.
The text of a new UN Security Council resolution is being drafted, but the US and its European allies oppose lifting the arms embargo because Iran has been accused of fomenting unrest in the Middle East.
Russia and China have expressed support for lifting the embargo, which was imposed in 2007.
Officials from the global nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), meanwhile held "intense discussions" with officials in Tehran on Monday in an effort to resolve questions about the possible military dimensions of Iran's nuclear programme.


Google DeepMind's AI system, AlphaGo, has won the first of three matches it is playing against the world's number one Go player, Ke Jie.

It follows its historic win against Lee Se-dol last year, described by experts as a breakthrough moment for AI.
The AI won by just half a point in its latest match.
Ke Jie described the AI as "like a god of Go players", while DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis thanked him for a hard-fought match.
"It was a such close game, an exciting game and showed how much work Ke Jie put into preparing for the match," said Mr Hassabis in a post-match press conference.
"It was interesting for us  to see him using moves from AlphaGo's previous games, and we were intrigued to see how AlphaGo deals with its own strategies used - huge respect to Ke Jie for pushing AlphaGo to its limits."
He added that the ultimate plan for AlphaGo was a wider deployment "in areas of medicine and science".
Of the match, Ke Jie said: "There were some unexpected moves and I was deeply impressed.
"I was quite shocked as there was a move that would never happen in a human-to-human Go match."
He added that AlphaGo was a "wonderful player" and "completely different" from last year.
AlphaGo now has huge influence on the Go circuit, and was star turn at the Future of Go Summit, organised by Google, in China this week.
The second game will take place on Thursday, with the final match on Saturday.
In Go, players take turns placing stones on a 19-by-19 grid, competing to take control of the most territory.
It is considered to be one of the world's most complex games, and is much more challenging for computers than chess.
AlphaGo has built up its expertise by studying older matches and playing thousands of games against itself.


Amateur video shot in Bulgaria shows vigilantes arresting three migrants and tying their hands behind their backs as they lie on the ground in a wood.

One of the vigilantes tells them: "No Bulgaria - go back [to] Turkey."
The video was shot in Strandja, a mountainous area near the Turkish border, the Bulgarian BTV news website reported.
Bulgarian border police chief Antonio Angelov, quoted by BTV, said such an arrest of migrants was illegal.
Bulgaria has erected a razor-wire fence along 95km (59 miles) of its 269-km border with Turkey.
According to Mr Angelov, the three migrants shown in the video said they were Afghans. The video was the main story across Bulgarian TV on Monday.
The vigilantes - at least one of them armed with a machete - stood over the three and one was heard telling them in broken English to return to Turkey. The migrants appeared frightened and were not resisting.
Bulgaria's neighbour Greece was embroiled in a row with Macedonia on Monday over rough treatment of migrants at the Idomeni border crossing on Sunday.
Medical charity MSF said 260 people were hurt when Macedonian security forces fired tear gas as hundreds of migrants tried to cross the border. Thirty were hit by rubber bullets, including three children under 10, MSF said. Tensions were still high at the border on Monday.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras condemned the use of tear gas and rubber bullets, describing the violence as "a big disgrace for European civilisation".
But Macedonia insisted its security forces had not used rubber bullets, adding that 23 of its security forces had been wounded. Police had repeatedly asked Greek officials to secure the border, the foreign affairs ministry said.
More than 11,000 migrants have been camping at Idomeni for weeks in wretched conditions.
Greece remains the chief Balkan transit country for migrants - many of them fleeing the Syrian war - who hope to reach northern Europe.
There is concern that Greek deportations of migrants to Turkey, approved by the EU, may be violating the rights of some refugees.
Vigilantes became involved in the migrant crisis in Bulgaria earlier this year. Dinko Valev, a Bulgarian trader in spare parts for buses,  became a national celebrity in February after starting to patrol the Turkish border "hunting" for migrants.
He won national praise for subduing a group of 12 Syrian men, three women and a child. Mobile phone footage showed the migrants lying on the ground, waiting for the police, while he insulted them.
Last week Bulgaria's border police gave an award to a volunteer "border patrol" which detained 23 refugees near the Turkish border, the Balkan Insight news website reported.
Mr Angelov said the vigilantes had acted "very appropriately", but he cautioned that such patrols were "very risky" and urged them to inform the police about any future patrols.
More than a million undocumented refugees and other migrants have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece since January 2015, generating an unprecedented crisis for the EU's 28 member states.


There are only 19 black and ethnic minority (BME) coaches in the 552 'top' coaching positions at professional English clubs, a report has found.

BME coaches take up 3.4% of those positions despite at least 25% of players coming from BME backgrounds.
Findings of the study, carried out by the Sports Person's Think Tank, will be revealed at Westminster on Monday but have already been seen by BBC Sport.
Sports Minister Helen Grant said the findings are "appalling and worrying".
She added: "It's going to take a concerted effort by everyone in football to get the sea change that we need."
The think tank will announce its recommendations at Monday's meeting with MPs and the sports minister in London.
The report was carried out by Dr Stephen Bradbury at Loughborough University, and examined what it took to be the top six coaching and management positions at all 92 professional football clubs in the English leagues.
The study, funded by Football Against Racism in Europe (Fare), says that "institutional discrimination" is present within the English leagues.
Former Reading, Blackburn and Wigan striker Jason Roberts, 36, is a founding member of the think tank.
"It appears that football has lost successive generations of potential coaches and managers simply because they are black or from other ethnic minority backgrounds," he wrote in the report.
"An urgent, honest and thorough debate is required before English football can heal itself and redress the balance."
The study acknowledges that a very small number of BME coaches are also working in supporting roles, often on a part-time basis, while the research also suggests there is an over-reliance within professional clubs of "network-based" methods of recruitment.
The Football League, under the guidance of chairman Greg Clarke, is conducting a review into how it can increase the numbers of BME coaches and managers among its member clubs.
Clarke has been criticised by the Professional Footballers' Association for his failure to keep a promise to hold a vote at the Football League's 2013 annual general meeting on a proposal to conduct a trial of a version of the NFL's Rooney Rule.
The Football Association has also set itself a new target to boost diversity within all levels of the game, while the Premier League recently said it wanted to see "more and better" coaches "who can progress to the highest levels of the game on merit and regardless of race, ethnicity, gender or background".
The study claims that some BME coaches have experienced intentional and unintentional racism "within the high-level coach education environment".
"This has included explicit racist name-calling and more subtle and nuanced forms of racial 'banter', and a lack of recognition or willingness to address racisms of this kind by FA coach educators," says the study.
BBC Sport understands the FA is not aware of any complaints of discrimination and has previously stated it would encourage anyone with a complaint to come forward and report them.
FA Learning and full-time coach educators are already required to undergo equality and diversity training, as part of the FA's inclusion plan.
FA board member Heather Rabbatts said the governing body welcomed the report, which "adds further evidence that bodies across the game need to work together to challenge discrimination".
She added the FA was "committed to the long-term programme of change" and would be working with Fare, the Sports People's Think Tank, the sports minister and other paries to "maintain the momentum of change and build on the work already underway across the game".
The report also contends that a lack of BME role models, together with "conscious and unconscious racial bias" and stereotyping, play a part in the low figures.
The report also examines why low numbers of BME coaches are completing their core qualifications.
Michael Johnson, a 41-year-old former Birmingham City player, thinks many BME professionals are put off trying to gain coaching qualifications by the belief they will not get job opportunities once they gain them.
Johnson, who retired in 2009, has a full set of coaching badges, including the highest award of the Uefa Pro Licence, a prerequisite for anyone wanting to manage in the Premier League.
He has received just three invites to attend an interview in the past three years for coaching and manager jobs.
"I don't want anyone to do me a favour," he says.
"I've gone out and done it the hard way. I've paid my way through the qualifications. All I want is that opportunity, just like any other man from any other walk of life.
"All we want is to get in the room. Nobody is saying you're going to get the job. All we're saying is have a look at these guys and see if they might change your perception of what you might think they are."


Conservative MP Mark Pritchard has resigned from a party position due to concerns over an "increasing number" of government policies, including those on immigration and Europe.

Mr Pritchard has quit as the deputy chairman of the Conservative Party International Office, which promote democracy in developing countries.
A party spokesman said Mr Pritchard was "well known for his forthright views".
The MP has clashed with the party leadership on several occasions.
In a letter sent to the prime minister, Mr Pritchard said he had concerns over "an increasing number of government policies, not least on immigration, Europe, and a lack of clarity for national and individual aspiration".
Mr Pritchard, the MP for The Wrekin, in Shropshire, was first elected to parliament in 2005.
David Cameron appointed him to the chairmanship of the Conservative Party International Office in 2010.
It promotes democracy in emerging countries and aims to train and advise sister organisations in countries attempting to establish democratic institutions.
Mr Pritchard has criticised the coalition government on several occasions.
Last June he defied ministers to propose a Commons motion calling for a ban on wild animals in circuses. This was backed by MPs and last week the government announced it would move to outlaw the practice as soon as possible.
Mr Pritchard claimed ministers had "threatened" him not to campaign for a change in the law.
Last September, he urged the government to hold a referendum on the UK's continuing membership of the European Union, arguing that backbench Conservative MPs no longer wanted to be "taken for granted".
The next month he voted against the government on the issue.


Two boys, aged about 14 and 16, have been rescued by firefighters from the cab of 50ft crane in Coleraine, County Londonderry.

Group Commander Max Joyce said a total of 24 firefighters were involved in the operation to bring the youths to safety at Pates Lane on Monday evening.
A specialist rescue team and an aerial ladder platform was deployed.
The rescue began at 20:35 BST and the boys were handed over to police officers two hours later.
Mr Joyce told BBC Radio Ulster: "Our main concern was the youths at the top so we had to ensure that they were safe all the way through."
He said firefighters managed to rescue the boys by placing them into the cage of the aerial platform, but he said he did not know why they were at the top of the crane.
"I would use this opportunity to appeal to young people not to be climbing up onto cranes," Mr Joyce added.
"It would be very easy for someone to slip and fall. It's not a playground, so don't be doing that."


Water fleas from a Birmingham pond are to be sent to space as part of an experiment.

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The fleas have been taken from a pond in Edgbaston and are being prepared for a launch in June next year.
Scientists at the University of Birmingham said the one-way trip to the International Space Station would provide information about how species reproduce in space.
The idea came from children at Aberdare High School in Wales as part of a competition to design experiments for the space station.
Chris Barber, founder of the International Space School Educational Trust, said: "We will find out whether this species, with its complex genetics, will adapt in space, how it reproduces.
"Can it be a future food source?"


Ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has avoided a conviction for knocking a cyclist off his bike.

The 43-year-old was instead given a 12-month good behaviour bond, a form of probation, for hitting and injuring a cyclist with his car in Sydney.
Australian Bosnich, who also played for Aston Villa and Chelsea, returned to a Sydney court for sentencing on Tuesday.
Magistrate Michael Price said Bosnich had good character and the offence was at the "lower end of culpability".
Bosnich described the incident as "an error of judgment" on his way out of court, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
His lawyer asked magistrates not to impose a conviction and police prosecutors did not oppose the request.
According to court documents from the initial trial, Bosnich wound down his window and told the cyclist: "Champion, you gotta pull a little to the left, you can't keep to the middle of the road."
The cyclist, 38, then struck the side of Bosnich's vehicle with an object, causing a rear view mirror to fall out of its housing, according to court documents.
Police reports said Bosnich turned towards the cyclist, striking the rear wheel which caused the victim to fall off.
The cyclist was taken to hospital with minor injuries to his ribs and elbow.


Former Football Association chairman Lord Triesman believes the FA had little choice but to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.

Chelsea skipper Terry is awaiting trial after denying a charge of racially abusing QPR's Anton Ferdinand.
"I think the decision was inevitable and I'm very pleased and a bit relieved [FA chairman] David Bernstein has taken that decision," Triesman said.
"The only anxiety I have is it's taken rather too long to get to this point."
It's a tough job and not easy to think who would be ideal. I admired Rio Ferdinand in the role
The criminal charge against Chelsea skipper Terry was announced on 21 December.
He was stripped of the captaincy on 3 February, 48 hours after it was revealed his trial would be held on 9 July, eight days after the Euro 2012 final.
"The truth is a serious allegation [that is] not proved yet. In most organisations it would mean you simply could not go on as you were for this length of time," Triesman told Sportsweek on BBC Radio 5 live.
"I sometimes think football is in a bit of a bubble and the things that happen in the rest of the world don't apply to football. Well, I'm afraid they do.
"If someone is charged with what is a significant criminal offence, I think that is probably the moment that almost every organisation would act.
"I suspect most people when faced with this kind of difficulty do conclude they should stand down and clear their name. That is a significant preoccupation."
Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas had suggested Terry, 31, should have kept the captaincy, but Triesman argued there were wider issues.
Triesman added: "One thing that is clear about John Terry is he's a fine footballer and he's obviously, in most senses, able to get on with his job.
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"But in a more general sense, most people would say clearing my name is the most important obligation.
"Although there has not been a hearing and not been a verdict, the FA itself has to look after the interests of football more widely.
"We've got to the point where there is not just potential disruption in the dressing room, but a significant charge that is going to be heard in court.
"Fabio [Capello, England manager] knows the dressing room and knows if it will be creating tension. The distinguishing thing about John Terry's position is that he's England captain.
"With that honour comes a very large responsibility and so, in these circumstances, the one thing the FA couldn't have continued with was John Terry as captain."
Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand, Anton's elder brother, has spoken for the first time about the effect on the family.
In an interview on BBC's Football Focus, Rio said: "Anton is my little brother. We have grown up together and I looked after him when we were kids.
"If something is going to affect him and hurt him, I am always there as a shoulder to lean on. In moments like this, when things are so public and you can't really say anything, it can be frustrating.
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"For my family, yes, it has been tough. My brother is not the accused."
Triesman suggested Rio's type of leadership was needed by England but the Manchester United player has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant position for a second stint in the job.
"It's a tough job and not easy to think who would be ideal," Triesman said.
"There are certainly players I have admired in the role. I admired Rio Ferdinand in the role.
"Rio is a very, very tough competitor and gets very worked up during games. What I noticed, with the mantle of responsibility of captaincy, he would calm other players down, he would get them away from the referee, he himself would be very careful about how the referee was handled. I thought he showed outstanding leadership.
"There are very likely other players who can do that as well. I'm trying to single out the qualities I observed.
"They have got to be a very fine player, a leader on the field, a leader in the dressing room, and probably make sure the rest of their life doesn't get in the way of those leadership functions."
Meanwhile the Attorney General's office is aware of a series of tweets that Queens Park Rangers football Joey Barton posted regarding the on-going Terry court case.
A spokesman for the Attorney General's office said: "I can confirm the tweets have been brought to our attention and have been viewed."


A Liverpool arts centre is appealing for teenage musicians to feature on a charity CD in memory of schoolboy Erick Maina.

The 15-year-old from Liverpool was found dead at his home in Fazakerley in November 2014.
A fundraising campaign set up in his memory has already raised more than Â£3,000 for a cancer care charity.
Liverpool Lighthouse will record a CD with young musicians in support of that campaign.
The urban gospel arts centre, based in Anfield, works with disaffected young people in the area.
Erick Maina was described as a committed Christian who loved charity work and "just wanted to help others".
Floral tributes were left for him by residents and neighbours following his death.
Matt Moreton, from Liverpool Lighthouse, said: "Erick loved music and supporting people and had a particular passion for supporting Marie Curie and we wanted to reflect this whilst giving young people a chance to develop their own skills and experiences in the music industry.
"Musicians and bands of all styles and abilities are welcome to take part. We will make rehearsal space available so they can prepare themselves for their time in the recording studio."
An open day is being held on Wednesday for musicians to sign up to the project.
The CD will be recorded in the Lighthouse recording studio next week.


Uber has been told to return thousands of "pilfered" files to Alphabet's Waymo self-driving car division.

The San Francisco judge also banned a top Uber engineer from involvement in certain work for the ride-hailing firm's autonomous driving project.
Waymo has sued Uber over claims that a former employee stole trade secrets that were later used by its rival.
Although a blow to Uber, the ruling stopped short of ordering a shutdown of the firm's self-driving unit.
District Judge William Alsup's ruling, which was unsealed on Monday, said Waymo "has shown compelling evidence that its former star engineer" Anthony Levandowski "pilfered" thousands of documents from the company.
"The bottom line is the evidence indicates that Uber hired Levandowski even though it knew or should have known that he possessed over 14,000 confidential Waymo files likely containing Waymo's intellectual property," Alsup wrote.
Uber must return the documents either to Waymo or the court by the end of this month.
The judge also ordered Uber to keep Mr Levandowski away from work involving Lidar, a key sensor technology in self-driving cars that is the crux of the current litigation.
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Waymo spokesman Johnny Luu welcomed the ruling, saying: "Competition should be fuelled by innovation in the labs and on the roads, not through unlawful actions."
However, the judge added that "few" of Waymo's alleged trade secrets have been traced to Uber's self-driving car technology. Not all of Waymo's 121 asserted trade secrets qualify as trade secrets, he added.
Crucially for Uber, the ruling did not shut down its self-driving car project. Uber is betting that its ride services network will eventually rely on self-driving cars.
"We are pleased with the court's ruling that Uber can continue building and utilizing all of its self-driving technology, including our innovation around Lidar," Uber spokeswoman Chelsea Kohler said.
On Monday Waymo signed a deal with Lyft, Uber's main US competitor, to test its self-driving technology.


The agreement on the Tran-Pacific Partnership (TPP) between 12 Pacific Rim countries is being touted as the biggest trade deal the world has seen in two decades.

It accounts for more than 40% of the world's economy and includes superpowers such as the US and Japan.
While the monumental deal is aimed at liberalising commerce across the countries, not all of the industries and sectors involved will benefit as much as others.
Here's a look at some of the major winners and losers of the free trade agreement that would cut thousands of taxes or tariffs.


The new leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), Colum Eastwood, has said he is "up for the challenge".

He defeated Dr Alasdair McDonnell in a vote at the party's annual conference in Armagh on Saturday by 172 votes to 133.
Foyle MLA Mr Eastwood, 32, is the SDLP's youngest member of the Northern Ireland Assembly
Mr Eastwood said he hoped to "unite the party".
"I feel great. It was a long few weeks of campaigning and people responded positively to it," he told BBC Radio Foyle.
"We have a lot of work to do. We can't turn around the fortunes of the SDLP in a few months but we can make a start.
"I have no doubt about the enormity of the task.
"People want to hear us talking about people's issues and people's concerns and that's where I intend to take the party."
He said it was the "biggest margin of victory that anybody has ever had in a leadership election for the SDLP".
"We are going to do this as a united party. I have no interest in carrying on any old battles. I wasn't involved in them and I don't intend in keeping them going," he said.
South Belfast MLA Fearghal McKinney has been voted the party's new deputy leader.
Mr McKinney received 158 votes, with Upper Bann MLA Dolores Kelly getting 138.
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"Fearghal was supporting Alasdair. He felt he was being loyal to the leadership. That's fair," he said.
"Some people didn't vote for me but that's fine. That's politics. That's democracy.
"We have to make Northern Ireland work. We haven't seen the benefits of the peace process or the economic benefits we were all promised in Derry.
"The DUP/Sinn Fein government hasn't worked. Their visions are not credible."


Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is to axe 448 jobs within its investment banking arm as part of a drive to cut costs and make the bank smaller.

On Tuesday, it announced 220 job losses among its UK financial advisers.
It comes a month after RBS announced pre-tax losses of Â£1.98bn in 2015 - the eighth year in a row that the bank has made a loss.
Three hundred roles will be relocated to the bank's operations in India, the BBC understands.
In a statement, the bank said: "As part of RBS's drive to be a stronger, simpler and fairer bank, we have been restructuring our Corporate & Institutional Bank, as well as reducing its size, to focus on our core customers and products.
"As this process continues, our frontline staff need a simpler, clearer, more efficient relationship with our middle and back office functions to better serve customers, so we're reshaping our services business accordingly.
"Unfortunately the changes will result in some job losses. We realise how difficult this news is for our staff and we are working to support those affected. We will redeploy staff into new roles wherever possible."
On Tuesday, RBS said it was cutting the jobs of 220 face-to-face financial advisers in the UK, as it switches customers to an automated online service.
It said personalised advice would now only be offered to customers with more than Â£250,000 to invest.


You've tried on a pair of jeans, quite liked them, but won't commit until you've visited three or four other shops. You then return to the first place and buy those jeans, having wasted the best part of an hour.
Palermo owner Maurizio Zamparini is that shopper and Beppe Iachini is that pair of jeans, having been re-hired on Monday, just three months after getting the boot.
Between 10 November and 15 February, the struggling Sicilian Serie A side brought in four other bosses before realising Iachini was their man all along.
"I return to Palermo with great enthusiasm for the good of the club, the team and the fans," said the returning coach.
Zamparini asked Palermo fans for forgiveness for "this month of chaos", adding that this had been because of his "wrong evaluation and misunderstanding" of Iachini.
Nowhere did the owner promise to give that trigger finger a rest though.
Palermo have failed to win any of their last four league matches and are 15th in Serie A, with 26 points from 25 games, four points clear of the drop zone.
Sacking and re-hiring managers in a single season is not unusual in Italy.
During the 2013-14 Serie A campaign, Catania ditched Rolando Maran who then returned, only to be sacked again.
Meanwhile, in the same season, Livorno dismissed Davide Nicola - the coach who led them to promotion the previous season.
Replacements Domenico Di Carlo and Attilio Perotti failed to make an impression, so Nicola was asked back again.


Jay Bothroyd has become the first Englishman to score in the Japanese league for more than 20 years.

The ex-England international grabbed a late winner as Jubilo Iwata claimed a 2-1 victory over Urawa Reds - their first win since gaining promotion.
He tweeted: "I didn't realise I'm the first Englishman to score in the J League since Gary Lineker in 1994."
Lineker scored nine goals in 23 appearances for Nagoya Grampus Eight before announcing his retirement.
He retweeted Bothroyd's post, then replied: "Hope you score more than me. Shouldn't take you long."
Bothroyd, 33, earned his only England cap in September 2010 when he appeared as a second-half substitute in a 2-1 friendly defeat by France. In the process he became Cardiff City's first England international in the club's 111-year history.
He started his career at Coventry City, and has also had spells at Blackburn, Charlton, Wolves, Stoke, Queens Park Rangers and Sheffield Wednesday.
Bothroyd also played for Muanghong United in the Thailand Premier League before moving to Japan in 2015.


Britain will be offered a free trade deal before the rest of the European Union if the Republicans win the US presidential election, Donald Trump's trade adviser has said.

Dan DiMicco said Britain was "a friend" of America and was leaving the EU for the right reasons.
Both presidential candidates say they are against present plans for a free trade deal between the US and Europe.
Mr DiMicco called for an overhaul of the global free trade system.
"These are not idle threats," he told the BBC.
"Things have gotten so bad that we will leave Nafta [the North American Free Trade Agreement], WTO [the World Trade Organization] and the Korean Free Trade Agreement if we can't get a fair deal."
He added: "The system was gamed for whatever reasons to begin with, the gaming's got to be removed, and it's got to be balanced for the American worker, American business, the American economy and trade deals are going to be walked away from if they can't be renegotiated to the point where they are net-positive for our GDP and they are positive for our good-paying job growth.
"And it is something Donald Trump is not going to walk away from. He is committed to it."
Mr DiMicco said with the present Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) proposals "on hold", Britain would be at the front of the queue for any future trade deal once the UK has left the EU.
His comments contrast with those of outgoing President Barack Obama, who - speaking before the UK's EU referendum in June - said Britain would go to the "back of the queue" for trade deals with the US if it left the EU.
When asked if the US would do a deal with Britain ahead of the EU, Mr DiMicco told me: "Absolutely.
"First off they are our friends, they have always supported us, and we've worked together, and they are leaving the EU in our estimation for the right reasons.
"They have lost control of their economy, the job creation engine, so why shouldn't we be working with like-minded people before we do a deal with anybody else?"


The four Arab nations leading a boycott of Qatar are no longer insisting it comply with a list of 13 specific demands they tabled last month.

Diplomats from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt told reporters at the UN they now wanted it to accept six broad principles.
These include commitments to combat terrorism and extremism and to end acts of provocation and incitement.
There was no immediate comment from Qatar, which denies aiding terrorists.
It has refused to agree to any measures that threaten its sovereignty or violate international law, and denounced the "siege" imposed by its neighbours.
The restrictions put in place six weeks ago have forced the gas-rich emirate to import food by sea and air to meet the basic needs of its population of 2.7 million.
At a briefing for a group of UN correspondents in New York on Tuesday, diplomats from the four countries said they wanted to resolve the crisis amicably.
Saudi permanent representative Abdullah al-Mouallimi said their foreign ministers had agreed the six principles at a meeting in Cairo on 5 July and that they "should be easy for the Qataris to accept".
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This latest development does, on the surface, hint at a possible way out of the current standoff between Qatar and its neighbours. But it is unlikely to provide a permanent solution.
The problem comes down to how countries choose to interpret "extremism and terrorism". Qatar has long prided itself on giving voice to alternative views to the edited, government-approved ones aired by its conservative neighbours. Hence one of the reasons why Qatar's Al Jazeera network has been such a thorn in their sides.
However, the charge levelled against Qatar is that those alternative voices include people committed to the overthrow of governments in the region.
Qatar supports the Muslim Brotherhood, which it considers a peaceful, political force. But Qatar's opponents in the region consider the Brotherhood to be a terrorist organisation that is an existential threat to their rule. These differences have yet to be resolved.
They were combating terrorism and extremism, denying financing and safe havens to terrorist groups, stopping incitement to hatred and violence, and refraining from interfering in the internal affairs of other countries, according to the New York Times.
Mr Mouallimi stressed that there would be "no compromise" on the principles, but added that both sides would be able to discuss how to implement them.
The list of 13 demands handed to Qatar on 22 June included shutting down the Al Jazeera news network, closing a Turkish military base, cutting ties with the Muslim Brotherhood and downgrading relations with Iran.
Mr Mouallimi said closing Al Jazeera might not be necessary but stopping incitement to violence and hate speech was essential.
"If the only way to achieve that is by closing down Al Jazeera, fine," he was quoted by the Associated Press as saying. "If we can achieve that without closing down Al Jazeera, that's also fine. The important thing is the objective and the principle involved."
UAE permanent representative Lana Nusseibeh warned that if Qatar was "unwilling to accept core principles around what defines terrorism or extremism in our region, it will be very difficult" for it to remain in the Gulf Co-operation Council.
Qatar has acknowledged providing assistance to Islamist groups designated as terrorist organisations by some of its neighbours, notably the Muslim Brotherhood. But it has denied aiding jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda or Islamic State (IS).
UAE Minister of State for International Co-operation Reem al-Hashimi said: "At this stage, the ball is in Qatar's court."
She added that the US had "a very constructive and very important role to play in hopefully creating a peaceful resolution to this current crisis".
US President Donald Trump was quick to claim credit for the pressure being placed on Qatar, saying it might mark the "beginning of the end to the horror of terrorism".
But his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, questioned the list of demands, acknowledging that some elements would "be very difficult for Qatar to meet".
Also on Tuesday, NBC News cited US intelligence officials as disputing a report that alleged Qatar had paid a ransom of $1bn (Â£770m) to Iraqi Shia Muslim militias, Iranian security officials and Sunni Muslim jihadists in Syria as part of a deal to secure the release of royal family members kidnapped in Iraq.
The officials said Qatar had handed â‚¬300m ($345m) in cash to Iraq's government but that Baghdad had confiscated the money after securing the hostages' release.


Promoted Grimsby Town have made their second signing since returning to the Football League by bringing in defender Zak Mills from National League North neighbours Boston United.

The 24-year-old full-back has signed a two-year deal, having turned down the offer of a new deal with the Pilgrims.
"The last couple of years at Boston I've always wanted to make the step up," said Mills.
"I'll be jumping two steps, but I'm sure I will pick it up quite quickly."
Mills' arrival follows the signing of fellow full-back Danny Andrew from League One side Fleetwood Town.


A parent has been banned from sending an 11-year-old child to their end-of-year primary school prom in a helicopter.

East Renfrewshire Council confirmed it had received an inquiry about landing a helicopter in the grounds of Mearns Primary in Newton Mearns.
But it rejected the request on health and safety grounds.
The local authority said the idea was dismissed because it had no educational benefits.
It is understood the parent wanted their child to make a big entrance at the end-of-term party.
It comes as part of a growing trend for more outlandish gestures at school-leavers' dances.
Children often arrive at their proms in stretched-limos and other flashy cars.
George Barbour, a spokesman for East Renfrewshire Council, said: "A parent approached us looking to land a helicopter in the school grounds.
"But we refused that request because the school would have had to spend time cordoning off areas to keep the children safe.
"Their time is better spent teaching the children."
He added: "We have had parents wanting to drop their children off in limos and even a Ferrari, all sorts of vehicles.
"Generally we would try to accommodate as much as we can, recognising that this is a big important event in the children's and the parents' lives.
"The helicopter request was maybe just a wee bit over the top."
A spokeswoman for the charity One Parent Families Scotland said the cost of end-of-term parties could put pressure on parents.
She added: "Schools need to be sensitive to the financial circumstances of all parents.
"It's about having inclusive policies and the mechanisms for helping those who are in limited incomes so their children don't miss out.
"Children, being children, want to be part of the group."


A solar energy firm has gone into administration with the loss of more than 900 jobs.

Staff at Leicester-based Mark Group Ltd, which was founded in 1974, were told the news on Wednesday afternoon.
Administrator Deloitte has made 939 redundancies, but a further 200 jobs are at risk unless a buyer can be found.
A statement said Mark Group had sustained heavy losses due to "structural changes in core markets".
The firm employs 1,165 people across the UK, with more than 700 based at its headquarters in Beaumont Leys.
More than 570 jobs have gone at the company's headquarters, with 154 retained while a buyer is sought.
In September last year, the firm announced it was cutting 670 jobs across the UK as a result of falling demand.
It said a change in government policy on energy efficiency had resulted in a "significant reduction" in installation work.
The Sustainable Energy Association said: "This is disastrous news for the thousand or so employees that have left Mark Group buildings to tell their families they no longer have a job."
Chief executive Dave Sowden is calling on the government to rethink its entire approach to energy policy.
He said: "This could easily have been avoided if the government had paid attention to clear signals about the need to instil confidence in the market.
"Ministers were warned long before the election of a confidence problem in the sector due to lack of clarity on policy and frankly could have easily prevented this."
A spokesperson for the Department of Energy and Climate Change said: "All job losses are regrettable and we sympathise with those affected, but commercial decisions are a matter for the company concerned.
"Our priority is to keep bills as low as possible for hardworking families and businesses.
"Government support has driven down the cost of renewable energy significantly and these costs are continuing to fall. We are protecting existing investment and bill payers, while reducing our emissions in the most cost-effective way."


Saido Berahino served an eight-week suspension before leaving West Brom, Stoke City boss Mark Hughes has said.

His comments follow newspaper reports the striker was banned after failing an out-of-competition drugs test.
Hughes said the 23-year-old, who joined the Potters for £12m in January, was banned for a "Football Association disciplinary matter".
The Welshman said he saw no reason for Berahino not to face his former club at the Hawthorns on Saturday.
Hughes, 53, said the forward had "issues at his previous club for 18 months", adding: "We were aware of that before we signed him.
"As with all players, we did our research on him before we signed him, but that didn't change our thinking at all.
"In terms of more detail, you would probably need to refer back to his former club, West Brom. We are pleased with what he is producing and he is looking forward to the game tomorrow.
"Why wouldn't I play him?" added Hughes. "He is in line to be involved."
West Brom boss Tony Pulis confirmed Berahino served a ban, but would not comment on why.
"He didn't play for me because he wasn't fit enough," added Pulis. "This football club looked after Saido very well while he was here. The club looks after all the players.
"Saido was one of the main reasons this club stayed in the Premier League two seasons ago. In his own mind he wanted to move."
The FA does not comment on its social drugs policy regulations.


Black Lace singer Dene Michael Betteridge has been jailed for six months for falsely claiming almost £25,000 in benefits.

The 59-year-old, from Leeds, claimed he could not leave his home without assistance despite still performing.
His wife, Karen, 54, was given a 12-month community service order for falsely claiming £2,500 in carers allowance.
Both admitted benefit fraud offences at an earlier hearing.
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Angus MacDonald, prosecuting, told Leeds Crown Court Betteridge made a range of benefit claims between 2012 and 2014.
He said he had claimed he was not working, could not walk without crutches and needed a mobility scooter.
Mr MacDonald said: "Dene Betteridge was part of the pop or rock group Black Lace. He was lead singer and front man.
"This role involved vigorous physical activity. Despite that, over 18 months to two years, the defendant made fraudulent claims."
Judge Jacqueline Davies said the fraud had not been sophisticated but saw no need to suspend Betteridge's sentence.
She added: "You were claiming a sum that was not insignificant at a time when we all know this country was, and indeed still is, undergoing times of stress as far as publicly funded benefits are concerned."
Betteridge joined the band, best known for the hit Agadoo, in 1986.
He also appeared on the BBC's The Voice in 2015.


A period of "exceptional weather" bringing rain, wind and high tides is set to hit the UK, Environment Secretary Owen Paterson has said.

The Environment Agency issued several severe flood warnings - indicating a danger to life - for south-west England, Gloucestershire and Wales.
Tidal flooding is expected in "numerous locations" on Friday due to large waves, high tides and strong winds.
Mr Paterson said ministers were working to ensure all agencies were prepared.
He was speaking after chairing a meeting of the Cobra emergency committee, in which the UK's flood response was discussed.
Dozens of flood warnings are in place in England, Wales and Scotland.
The Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings - the lowest of its three levels - for rain and high winds on Friday in Northern Ireland and western parts of Scotland, Wales and England.
Further warnings have also been issued for Sunday.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has said there is potential for flooding in a number of areas across the country, including Belfast, as a result of a tidal surge expected at midday on Friday.
And Devon and Cornwall Police and the Isles of Scilly Council have declared a major incident as waves of more than 30ft (10m) are predicted to hit the coasts in those areas.
Cornwall's emergency management centre will be opened in Truro to co-ordinate the response in the county.
Many of the severe flood warnings relate to the north and south coasts of Cornwall and Devon, with the highest risk of flooding expected for two to four hours either side of Friday morning's high tides.
High water is expected at 05:42 GMT at Penzance, 06:54 at Plymouth, 07:05 at Barnstaple and 07:57 further along the south coast at Weymouth in Dorset.
In Wales, the Environment Agency issued a severe flood warning for area of Barmouth on the west coast, saying widespread flooding of properties was likely and that stones and other debris in the waves could seriously injure people.
The agency also issued severe warnings for Greenfield to Bagillt and the Point of Ayr in north Wales and the Usk Estuary at Crindau in the south.
Three severe warnings are also in place around the River Severn downstream from Gloucester.
The agency's head of strategy, Pete Fox, said the expected flooding was due to "a combination of strong winds, large waves and high tides, from the early hours of Friday and into the weekend".
"Coastal paths and promenades could be highly dangerous as there is an increased risk of being swept out to sea. People are warned to stay away from the shoreline," he said.
Geoff Matthews, from HM Coastguard, said people should avoid visiting coastal areas.
"Even a relatively small wave has the power to knock a large man off his feet and take them out to sea in the undertow," he said.
The AA said some motorists were failing to heed flood warnings.
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The motoring organisation said it had been to 1,500 call-outs from stranded drivers since 23 December.
Darron Burness, head of the AA's flood rescue team, said: "Our patrols have seen it all in that time - including people ignoring road closure signs, blindly following their sat nav or other drivers into deep water, and 4x4 drivers naively thinking their car has amphibious qualities."
Flooding disrupted a number of train services on Thursday.
Thousands of homes have suffered power cuts due to the recent storms, with some cut off for several days, while numerous properties have been flooded.
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Walkers are being warned not to venture up mountains without proper equipment following two rescues on the same peak at the weekend.

Mountain rescue teams faced dangerous conditions in rescues on Corn Du in the Brecon Beacons on Saturday and Sunday.
A walker slipped and broke her ankle on Saturday while another broke two bones in a leg on Sunday.
Rescuers said walkers should think twice about venturing up high mountains in poor weather.
Mark Jones, deputy team leader of Brecon Mountain Rescue Team, said: "We would call on anyone heading out into the mountains during this cold snap to be properly equipped with crampons, ice axe or walking poles, warm weather gear, map, compass and torch.
"If you are unused to high level walking it may be better to stick to the lower slopes."
On Saturday, a 34-year-old woman from Birmingham slipped and broke her ankle while descending Corn Du.
Other walkers, including an off-duty police officer, raised the alarm and kept her warm in the freezing conditions on the 873m (2,864ft) mountain.
Some 30 members of Brecon, Central and Longtown mountain rescue teams were called and difficult conditions meant she could not be reached by rescue helicopter.
She was carried down the mountain by stretcher to Storey Arms where an ambulance was waiting.
"Eight people at a time work in relays to carry the stretcher down the mountain with pathfinders checking the route," said Mr Jones.
"They all wear crampons to avoid slipping and the stretcher is back roped for added security. They had to deal with deep snow, ice, steep drops and other obstacles."
The second rescue was on Sunday afternoon when a 28-year-old man from Pontyclun, Rhondda Cynon Taf, slipped, and broke two bones in his lower leg while descending the same mountain.
His friend raised the alarm and 50 members from four mountain rescue teams were called to his aid.
Difficult weather conditions meant he could not be reached by RAF helicopter at first but he was eventually airlifted to hospital.
Mr Jones said rescuers strongly advised walkers to carry several layers of spare clothing.
"While they may not be needed during a walk, in the event of an accident, a casualty could be sitting in the snow and ice for over an hour before search teams reach them," he said.
"These extra clothes will delay the effects of hypothermia and could save a life."


A Chester supporter has died after collapsing during a National League game against Tranmere Rovers on Friday.

The match at Deva Stadium continued after the club "took the advice of the officials and emergency personnel".
The man's identity has yet to be revealed.
"Thoughts are with the family of the @ChesterFC fan who passed away at the game tonight. The game was insignificant. Awful news. RIP," Chester defender Ross Killock said.
Tranmere won the game 3-2 to move up to second place in the National League table.
Among the Chester goalscorers was striker James Alabi, who said: "Tough game to take. I want to dedicate my goal to the fan that sadly passed away today at the game, my deepest thoughts are with the family."
The club have offered condolences to the family, adding: "We will seek to offer all the support we possibly can to the family at this terrible time."


A man who attacked a policewoman with an axe has been jailed for 15 years.

PC Lisa Bates lost a finger, suffered a deep wound to her head, a fractured skull and a smashed ankle during the attack in Sheffield in April.
Nathan Sumner, 35, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent but was cleared of attempted murder in October.
Sentencing Sumner at Sheffield Crown Court, Judge Julian Goose QC said he had mounted a "sustained attack".
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PC Bates and a fellow officer, PC Mark Garrett, were responding to a reported disturbance at Sumner's flat on Plowright Close when they were attacked.
She told the court during Sumner's trial he had shouted aggressively as he answered the door and then attacked PC Garrett.
PC Bates was then attacked with the axe but was eventually pulled to safety by a neighbour of Sumner.
Sumner fled the scene and was arrested later in a supermarket where, wearing only a pair of shorts, he had smashed bottles and thrown things at shoppers and staff members.
The court heard he had suffered from a psychotic episode.
David Brooke, for Sumner, said he was "profoundly ill at the time" and was full of "remorse" for his actions.
Prosecutor Samuel Green read a statement on behalf of PC Bates to the court.
"The events of that day changed my life forever," she said.
"Scarring to my leg and hand acts as a constant reminder of what happened.
"I continue to suffer from dizziness, headaches, nausea, nightmares and flashbacks.
"I am suffering from a loss of earnings and I have had to cancel both my wedding and honeymoon.
"It's only through luck and good fortune that I survived."
Sumner was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with an extended sentence of five years, and was also given a hospital order.


Tottenham have have signed England midfielder Scott Parker from West Ham for a fee of about £5m.

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The move comes after the 30-year-old handed in a transfer request on Tuesday, stating that he wished to play in the Premier League.
Parker's switch across London is likely to trigger Wilson Palacios joining Stoke City.
Spurs have also announced that winger David Bentley will join the Hammers on a season-long loan.
Parker, who joined West Ham from Newcastle for £7m in 2007, was named Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year last season despite the club finishing bottom of the Premier League.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp said of Parker: "He's a good player. I think he's what we need. He's a good lad, great attitude.
"Footballer of the Year last year and he'll be a good addition for this team - no doubt about that.
"He's a good character, a fantastic person, a proper family man, a real good pro. He'll be great around the place for us."
West Ham said they "reluctantly" agreed to the deal, despite their best attempts to keep him at Upton Park.
On the Hammers website, the club said: "West Ham United would like to place on record their thanks for Scott's efforts and wish him well for the future."
Bentley, who joined Spurs in July 2008 from Blackburn joins West Ham having made 62 appearances at White Hart Lane and scoring six times.
The out-of-favour midfielder spent the second half of last season on loan at Birmingham, clocking up 15 appearances.
Meanwhile, the Hammers boss Sam Allardyce took his summer tally to 11 signings with the arrivals of Arsenal midfielder Henri Lansbury, 20, on an initial season-long loan.
The England Under-21 international wants regular first-team football having failed to make the breakthrough with Arsenal.
He played 23 games on loan with Norwich last season as the Canaries earned promotion to the Premier League.


Britain's secret eavesdropping centre, GCHQ, has been criticised for failing to recruit enough ethnic minority staff to help fight terrorism.

An official report, leaked to the Sunday Times, also said black and Asian intelligence officers had complained of discrimination at the complex in Cheltenham, in Gloucestershire.
A GCHQ spokesman told the BBC policies and practices were now being improved.
Much of GCHQ's work involves monitoring calls and e-mails from terror suspects.
But the report, authorised by the head of the civil service, Sir Gus O'Donnell, says a lack of officers with specialist knowledge of languages like Urdu and Arabic is hampering efforts to spot codes and cultural nuances in intercepted conversations.
"It is critical to have a diverse staff group who are able to profile and recognise certain behaviour patterns and communications," the document says.
The report recommends better engagement with ethnic minority communities in order to boost recruitment and improve the image of the organisation.
"This is critical to good national security intelligence," it adds.
The report says GCHQ has tried to improve its equality and diversity, but "the culture of the organisation has not been receptive to this" and it "is seen as a people issue which only applies to some people". It points out that there are no black or Asian senior managers.
Several dozen ethnic minority intelligence officers were interviewed during its preparation, and among the complaints recorded was: "I wasn't born here and although I have been security cleared, I am constantly challenged about my loyalty to Britain by my colleagues."
Another employee said: "The security officers ask questions which are culturally inappropriate, insensitive and offensive."
A third said they felt that ethnic minority employees had to work harder than white colleagues "and for less reward".
The director of communications at GCHQ, Chris Marshall, said the organisation had "long recognised that strict nationality and residency requirements for staff, and the specialist nature of our work, have made it challenging to develop a workforce which represents the diversity of the UK population".
He said the organisation had tried to improve things with a targeted recruitment campaign, but a review in 2009 "reflected that GCHQ continued to fall short in meeting our targets".
Mr Marshall said that in response to it, GCHQ was "making a number of improvements to our policies and practices", including employing a dedicated diversity officer and focusing recruitment on specific universities with large ethnic minority populations.
"GCHQ is regularly recognised as a good employer but we aspire to be the best," he said. "We recognise that recruiting a diverse range of people, treating them in a non-discriminatory way and supporting them to achieve their full potential is key to that aspiration."


Northern Irish duo Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan qualified for next year's Rio Olympics by winning their final World Series of Boxing bouts.

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Barnes won a split decision over Finol Rivas in Venezuela to top the light-flyweight standings with a 7-0 record.
The 28-year-old will now compete at his third Olympics having won bronze in Beijing and London.
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Conlan, 23, qualified for Rio 2016 with a unanimous decision in his bantamweight bout against Jose Diaz.
Both Belfast fighters won bronze for Ireland at London in 2012 and gold for Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
They were competing for Italian Thunder in the World Series.


The UK's budget watchdog has slashed its long-term forecast for North Sea oil and gas tax receipts by 94%.

The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that a total of £2.1bn would be raised in the 20 years to 2040-41.
That is about £34.5bn lower than it estimated last year, and less than the tax revenue from last year alone.
The OBR said its new forecast reflected in part lower oil and gas prices and a revision down of expected production.
Its Fiscal Sustainability Report stated: "Our latest projection shows that the effect of lower oil and gas prices and production has been partly offset by lower expenditure to leave the implied pre-tax profits from the North Sea positive, but relatively low.
"The effects of accumulated losses reducing the effective tax rate paid by companies in the North Sea, plus the repayments associated with decommissioning costs, mean that in our central projection just £2bn of receipts will be raised in total between 2020-21 and 2040-41."
It added: "As we always stress, North Sea revenues have been the most volatile receipts stream and are subject to large forecast errors, even over the short term.
"These projections are therefore subject to considerable uncertainty.
"It is quite possible that the industry's response to conditions that currently prevail could lead to very different outcomes."
Responding to the forecast, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said it was "a very significant reduction" which highlighted the challenges facing the industry as a result of last year's steep fall in oil prices.
He added: "The UK government has already introduced a significant package of reforms to support the sector, worth £1.3bn, including reducing the headline tax rates and introducing a new Investment Allowance to reward companies investing in the UK Continental Shelf.
"That package is expected to lead to £4bn of additional investment and an increase in production by 15% by 2019-20."
A Scottish government spokeswoman said: "The OBR themselves state that these projections are 'subject to considerable uncertainty' - and the figures reflect recent low oil prices, which some forecasters have predicted will bounce back to higher levels over the longer term.
"Oil and Gas UK estimate that there are up to 23 billion barrels of oil and gas still to be recovered from the North Sea.
"The key to supporting the industry in the long term and maximising the recovery rates of remaining reserves is ensuring a stable and supportive fiscal and regulatory regime is put in place and maintained.
"That is why it is important that the Emergency Budget in July retains and builds upon the measures announced in the March Budget."


A primary school band will play to a slightly bigger audience than they are used to on Saturday night when they open a show for Robert Plant.

The former Led Zeppelin frontman agreed to let Y Storm perform after hearing of their success at one of Europe's biggest youth festivals, the Urdd Eisteddfod, in May.
The band members are pupils at Ysgol OM Edwards in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd.
Plant's band will headline Forest Live in front of 10,000 people.
The father of two of Y Storm's band members is Liam Tyson, guitarist with the The Sensational Space Shifters which tour with Plant.
One of Tyson's sons, Osian, is a guitarist, while the other, Guto, plays the drums.
Tyson said the gig at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, was a natural progression for Y Storm after all their hard work and Urdd Eisteddfod success.
He said he asked Plant for a "favour" to see if the children could play at one of their gigs and he replied "of course" straight away.
"He knows they've been in a band, he's seen the progression over the years. He knows they've won the eisteddfod, and he champions all things Welsh, so it was the next step to do," Tyson said.
Despite his links with Plant, Tyson said the band had earned the Forest Live gig on merit.
"For their age they'd give anybody a run," he said.
"They're on the gig because they've done well over the years and they've progressed and progressed and they've kept progressing."
Y Storm write their own material and will be performing in English and Welsh at the concert.


Iran's top leader has said anyone who thinks negotiations are more important than building a missile system are traitors, his official website reports.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's comments appear to be a response to a statement from a former president who said discussions were the way forward.
The statements come amid concern among world powers over a series of ballistic missile tests by Iran.
Iran denies the tests breach a UN resolution on its missile programme.
The resolution, passed last year, calls on Iran not to develop or test ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
Iran test-fired a nuclear weapon-capable ballistic missile in October 2015 and carried out more ballistic missile tests earlier this month.
Iran's missile programme was not banned under a deal last year with world powers which curbed its nuclear activity, but the call to desist forms part of a resolution endorsing the agreement.
On Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the recent missile test had caused "alarm and concern" but that it would be up to the United Nations Security Council to decide what to do, Reuters news agency reported.
In comments carried on his website, Ayatollah Khamenei said any negotiations should be backed by military strength.
"If the Islamic system pursues technology and negotiations without defence power, then this will be a retreat in the face of threats from other insignificant countries," the website quoted him as saying.
"People say that tomorrow's world is a world of negotiations and not a world of missiles. If they say this thoughtlessly, it shows that they are thoughtless. However, if this is intentional, then this is treachery."
The statement comes days after former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani tweeted "the future is in dialogue, not missiles".
Mr Rafsanjani is close to the politically moderate President Hassan Rouhani, whose domestic position was enhanced by the success of the nuclear negotiations in getting sanctions lifted.


Actor Gerard Depardieu has hailed Russia's decision to grant him citizenship, following a tax row with the government in his native France.

In an open letter, he said he loved Russia, calling it "a great democracy".
Mr Depardieu had recently announced he would give up his French passport after the government criticised his decision to move abroad to avoid higher taxes.
Moscow earlier said President Vladimir Putin had personally signed the decree granting the actor Russian citizenship.
In December, Mr Putin had said he would be happy to welcome the actor in his new country. "If he'd like to have a Russian passport, consider it settled," Mr Putin said.
Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault had called Mr Depardieu's decision to leave the country "shabby".
In the letter, broadcast on Thursday on Russian TV station Pervyi Kanal, Mr Depardieu said: "I filed a passport application and I am pleased that it was accepted.
"I love your country, Russia - its people, its history, its writers. I love your culture, your intelligence."
He said that he had spoken to French President Francois Hollande and told him Russia was "a great democracy, and not a country where the prime minister calls one of its citizens shabby".
Under France's civil code, dual citizenship is permitted but it is unlawful to be stateless.
A person must obtain another nationality before giving up French citizenship.
Mr Depardieu's highly publicised tax row began last year after Mr Hollande said he would raise taxes to 75% for those earning more than 1m euros (Â£817,400).
The actor accused the new socialist government of punishing "success, creation and talent", and announced in early December that he would move to Belgium.
Although the Constitutional Council struck down the tax rise proposal on Sunday, Mr Depardieu said this did not change the situation "one bit".
The BBC's Hugh Schofield in Paris says the series of events would be amusingly eccentric, were it not also serious in its implications for France's international image.
Mr Depardieu, described by Mr Putin as a successful businessman and friend, has developed close ties with Russia, which has a flat 13% personal income tax rate.
He currently appears in an advertisement for Sovietsky Bank's credit card and is prominently featured on the bank's home page.
In 2011, he played the lead role in the film Rasputin, a Franco-Russian production about the life of eccentric monk Grigory Rasputin.
In addition, Mr Depardieu has also helped raise funds for a children's hospital in St Petersburg.


South Korea has launched its first commercial, low-cost Internet of Things (IoT) network aimed at making the country even more connected.

The network would allow smart devices to talk to each other via the network.
Phone carrier SK Telecom is behind the initiative, which uses technology that will allow it to reach 99% of the country's population.
Aside from South Korea, the Netherlands also has a nationwide IoT network.
There will be charges involved as users will have to subscribe to monthly price plans that range from 350 Korean won ($0.30, ??0.20) to 2,000 won.
SK Telecom is investing up to 100 billion won by the end of next year to further develop the infrastructure, which it hopes will be a new source of revenue.
In a statement it said the price plans are "highly affordable" and cost one-tenth of its current LTE-based IoT services which will ease the cost burden of startups and small and medium enterprises.
The IoT can help appliances like fridges or printers tell its owners when it needs to be refilled, help customers locate lost smartphones and even monitor pets.


Chris Froome extended his lead in the Criterium du Dauphine to 21 seconds on Saturday with one stage remaining.

The British Team Sky rider finished fourth in the penultimate stage from La Rochette to Meribel, which was won by Frenchman Thibaut Pinot.
France's Romain Bardet was a narrow second to move into third in the overall classification behind Froome and Australian Richie Porte.
Froome, 31, had held a seven-second lead heading into stage six.
Bardet led Pinot up the final climb and, despite being beaten to the line by the FDJ rider, took 67 seconds out of Froome to vault up the overall standings.
Froome, twice a Dauphine winner, did not attempt to overhaul the French pair, but team-mates Mikel Landa and Sergio Henao led him up the final climb to ensure he would keep the yellow jersey.
The two-time Tour de France champion was able to steal a few seconds on other rivals as he broke clear to follow Etixx-Quick-Step's Dan Martin over the line.
Martin is now fourth, 30 seconds behind Froome, who also picked up eight seconds on Tinkoff's Alberto Contador and 10 seconds on Adam Yates of Orica GreenEdge.
In Sunday's final stage, the riders travel from Le-Pont-de-Claix to Superdevoluy.
Elsewhere, Froome's Team Sky and Great Britain team-mate Geraint Thomas finished 12 seconds behind home leader Fabian Cancellara in the first stage of the Tour de Suisse.
Stage six result:
1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) 4hrs 24mins 16secs
2. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) same time
3. Daniel Martin (Ire/Etixx-Quick-Step) +1:04"
4. Chris Froome (GB/Team Sky) +1:07"
5. Louis Meintjes (SA/Lampre) +1:15"
6. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) same time
7. Diego Rosa (Ita/Astana) +1:17"
8. Adam Yates (GB/ Orica) same time
9. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Etixx-Quick-Step) +1:21"
10. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) same time
General classification:
1. Chris Froome (GB /Team Sky) 25hrs 50mins 22secs
2. Richie Porte (Aus/BMC Racing) +21"
3. Romain Bardet (Fra/AG2R) same time
4. Daniel Martin (Ire/Etixx - Quick-Step) +30"
5. Alberto Contador (Spa/Tinkoff) +35"
6. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra/Etixx-Quick-Step) +56"
7. Adam Yates (GB/Orica) +1:02"
8. Diego Rosa (Ita/Astana) +1:18"
9. Louis Meintjes (SA/Lampre) +1:35"
10. Thibaut Pinot (Fra/FDJ) +2:12"


Services have been halted at a Londonderry charity for young adults with learning difficulties, with its future in doubt, parents say.

Parents received a letter saying the Something Special centre was being wound up and replaced by a new group, and its gates were locked on Monday.
The charity has not responded to several requests for information.
Based outside Eglinton, it was founded in 2007 and currently teaches 30 students with learning disabilities.
The centre uses music to aid learning and social interaction.
Two letters received by parents recently and purporting to come from management appear to contradict each other.
The first letter, dated 11 April, states that Something Special was not closing but going through a process of transferring its activities from an "association" to an "academy".
On 20 April, families received a second letter saying the charity was closing down and the new academy would be taking it over.
Mary Lynch - whose son John attended the charity four times a week - says parents "need answers".
"There are 30 students with learning disabilities with no place to go," Mary Lynch told BBC Radio Foyle.
"We just want somebody to talk to us. John is very distressed.
"Confusion creates anger and distress."
John Lynch, said he had learnt about music and art as a student at Something Special since 2007.
"Something Special means I always get to learn something new and make new friends," he said.
The charity grew rapidly in recent years and at one stage had a craft shop in Eglinton selling products that had been made by the students.
Robert Cooke's daughter Louise, who is 23 and severely autistic, has been attending the group for the last five years and loves the social interaction it offered.
"We have been left in the lurch," said Mr Cooke.
"For the past four weeks nearly now Louise has been in the house with us with no schemes or anything to go to.
"She's missing her friends now and she loves everybody that works in it. She's been asking when she can go back."
There is no suggestion of any wrong doing on anyone's part.


An SNP councillor is being investigated after allegedly sending anti-Islamic texts to a Muslim colleague.

Dundee City councillor Craig Melville is reported in the Daily Record to have sent a number of messages to an unnamed woman within the party a day after the Paris terror attacks.
He has now been suspended from his role as an aide to SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie.
A spokeswoman for the SNP said the party "will not tolerate" Islamophobia.
In one message, Mr Melville is reported to have referred to the SNP's international development minister, Humza Yousaf, who visited the Greek island of Lesbos in October to see the plight of Syrian refugees.
An SNP spokeswoman said: "The SNP condemns Islamophobia in the strongest possible terms and we will not tolerate it in our party.
"Craig Melville has been immediately suspended from the SNP and from his employment."
Mr Melville is said to have confirmed that he will co-operate with any investigation.


Voters in parts of Yorkshire could be forgiven for leaving behind piles of nervously chewed pencil stubs at their polling stations on 5 May.

Research shows that stress levels peak at the point where the pencil is poised to put a cross in the box against the name of the chosen candidate.
This year's local council and police commissioner elections could see even more confusion with some Yorkshire voters being asked to make up to five choices.
Even the most seasoned voter can often have a crisis of confidence in those final seconds in the privacy of the voting booth.
I have to admit that even after more than four decades of taking part in elections a question still flashes through my mind every time the pencil touches the ballot paper:
* "Am I ticking the box or putting a cross in it?"
Surveys say I am not alone.
Other regular concerns that come up are:
** "Is the candidate representing the party I want?"
*** "Should the ballot paper be signed?"
These election worry wobbles are only to be expected. Secret ballots mean that voting has to be a solitary experience and phoning a friend is not really an option.
At most elections voters merely have to put a single cross against the name of just one candidate.
That is exactly the system being used by eight local councils across Yorkshire to elect a fresh batch of councillors this year.
However, two others will be asking a lot more of their electorate.
Voters in Sheffield and Rotherham will be handed multiple choice ballot papers where they are being asked to pencil in up to three crosses.
That is because for the first time these two South Yorkshire neighbouring local authorities are holding "all-out" polls where every seat is being elected.
Traditionally councils use the "thirds" system in which on three successive years a third of the council seats come up for election.
As each council ward is represented by three councillors it means that just one seat is being contested in each election year.
Sheffield and Rotherham's full elections means all seats are up for election in every ward so voters will be able to pick three from a long list of candidates on the ballot paper.
In Sheffield recent radical changes to the boundaries of all its wards forced a switch to full elections.
Rotherham was ordered to contest every seat by the government in the hope of a fresh start for a council tainted by its failure to effectively tackle the scandal of the mass grooming and sexual assault of young girls by criminal gangs in the town.
This is in addition to entirely separate elections being held on the same day across England where every voter will be given the choice of putting two crosses on the ballot paper.
This is for the local Police and Crime Commissioner elections where the relatively unfamiliar "supplementary vote" system is being used.
A cross can be put against both a first and second choice candidate.
If no candidate takes more than 50% of the first choice votes then the second preferences come into play.
The top two go into a run-off where the "supplementary" votes are added to their totals for a winner to emerge.
No wonder the council officials who will be running polling stations on 5 May are preparing to spend a lot of time explaining how to vote.
Those anxious questions answered:
* A cross in the centre of the box against the name of the chosen candidate (or candidates) is the best option to ensure the ballot paper is not "spoilt". However, as long as the voter's intention is clear a tick or a single stroke of the pencil will probably be sufficient at the discretion of the returning officer.
** Official party name and an emblem are now printed alongside a candidate's name. Independents allowed a six-word description.
*** Writing on a ballot paper to identify the voter, send a message to the candidate or make a statement will "spoil" the vote.


A bus carrying 34 British children and seven adults has crashed in Belgium, leaving at least one person dead, according to local reports.

It is understood the coach company involved is based in Lisburn, County Antrim.
The bus reportedly overturned on the A18 (E40) in the Middelkerke area of West Flanders at 09:45 local time (08:45 BST).
A second person was said to have been seriously injured in the crash.
Eyewitnesses have reported the bus crashed into the pillar of a motorway bridge.


With 42 international appearances, a World Twenty20 triumph, three County Championships, a T20 Cup and a Pro40 title to his name, Sussex and ex-England all-rounder Michael Yardy can approach his retirement with pride in his achievements.

But away from Hove, Yardy may - however unfairly - find himself partly remembered for the matches he missed at the 2011 World Cup, when he returned home from the tournament because he was suffering from depression.
The man himself though has learned to view his mental health issues as an integral part of who he is, and even as something which helped push his career on to greater heights, albeit at a cost.
"I think I've always been one of those people who just teetered on the edge over the last five years," the 34-year-old told BBC Sussex.
"Cricket was a massive part of my life, but I think depression is something that's inside people, whatever profession you do. If you're put in a certain situation it will come out.
"It's been difficult, but living on the edge has allowed me to do things that maybe people with more talent haven't done. I've always pushed myself in everything in my life, but you can push yourself too far, and I did.
"But I wouldn't change anything for the world, it's inside me and I have had to live with it."
Former England boss Peter Moores, who was Yardy's coach at Sussex, said the way the player "fronted up" to his problems was typical of the man.
"He worked it through, came back and carried on and played some great cricket," he said.
"Sometimes walking away from something is a brave decision.
"He has got a lot of character and that came through in games. When it's tough, Mike Yardy stands up. He will look back on what has been a fantastic career."
Yardy, who played every match when England won the World Twenty20 for the first and so far only time in 2010, said his decision to announce his retirement had ultimately come as a relief.
"I just decided my time was up," he explained.
"I'd thought about it since the start of the season and fought it a little bit but it felt like the right time. It was a relief but it's still difficult.
"I've done it [cricket] for 16 years and enjoyed it and I realise now that I was privileged to do something I grew up loving. I'm sure it'll take a bit of time to get used to not playing, but I want to do something else with my life."
That "something else" may well be rooted in matters of the mind, with Yardy set to spend the next two years completing a degree in sport psychology at Chichester University.
"I would love to work in other sports, but would also love to come back to Sussex at some point," he added.
"It's good to get away, but it would be a dream to come back at some point on the coaching side of things."
Interview by BBC Sussex's Adrian Harms