Wakefield got their first win of the Super League season by a narrow margin against a Hull KR side that failed to take goal-kicking opportunities.

Rovers outscored Trinity by three tries from Kieran Dixon, Adam Walker and Ken Sio to two, but Dixon and Ryan Shaw failed with the goal attempts.
Liam Finn's penalty goal proved crucial on the back of converted scores by Mickael Simon and Stuart Howarth.
The win was Wakefield's first regular-season success since 1 July 2015.
Chris Chester's Hull KR have just a point from their opening three games, following a draw with Castleford in their opening match.
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Rovers started brightly and a smart pass by Iain Thornley put Dixon in, but Wakefield fought back soon after when Simon bashed over.
The visitors moved ahead when Howarth crossed on the left side, on the back of a scything run from winger Tom Johnstone.
Rovers again targeted the left and Walker was too powerful to stop from close range, but Dixon pulled another kick wide.
Wakefield looked as though they had let the chance to score pass when Rovers mopped up another repeat set, but Maurice Blair was sent to the sin-bin and Finn stroked the penalty goal through to extend the lead.
Sio went over but Rovers were unable to draw level through Shaw and both he and Dixon had tries ruled out by referee Robert Hicks as time ran out on the hosts.
Wakefield coach Brian Smith: "There is something about our group, as a group together, and I see that most days.
"There is a good togetherness and toughness about them and they might shock everybody as the season goes on.
"We can make ourselves into a really decent team and it will be because of those qualities, not a miracle."
Hull KR coach Chris Chester: "I'm the leader of this team and we're in it together. We've got a short turnaround which is good as we try and put things right for the next game.
"I can't put finger on why we were so poor for the first 40 to 50 minutes. It's disappointing, the way we played."
Hull KR: Cockayne; Sio, Salter, Thornley, Dixon; Blair, Kelly; Walker, Lawler, Tilse, Clarkson, Horne, Allgood.
Interchanges: Mulhern, Shaw, Greenwood, Green.
Wakefield: Jones-Bishop; Johnstone, Tupou, Arundel, Lyne; Miller, Finn; Simon, Howarth, England, Molloy, Tupou, Arona.
Interchanges: Anderson, Sio, Annakin, Walton.
Referee: Robert Hicks


Scotland international Lee Jones has signed a new two-year contract with Glasgow Warriors.

The 28-year-old winger, who has been at the club since 2014, has extended his stay at Scotstoun until 2019.
Jones, who has made 49 appearances for Glasgow, made his international debut against England in 2012.
"It's been a great club for me and it's a club which is ambitious, so I'm pleased to be involved for another two seasons," Jones told Warriors' website.
Jones, who has four caps for Scotland, becomes the 13th player to sign a new contract at Scotstoun, with Stuart Hogg, Henry Pyrgos, Greg Peterson, Adam Ashe, Tommy Seymour, Tim Swinson, Alex Dunbar, Nick Grigg, Sam Johnson, Rory Hughes, Peter Horne and D'arcy Rae already committed to the club.
"It's great to get my new contract signed and to know I'll be at Glasgow Warriors for another couple of years," Jones added.
"To be in the quarter-finals of the European Rugby Champions Cup is massive. As a player you want to be playing at the highest level, so for me it has been really pleasing to get a good run of games in our Champions Cup matches this season and play a part in helping the club qualify for the knockout stages.
"[Incoming head coach] Dave Rennie has been a successful coach in Super Rugby and he will bring a fresh look. It's exciting to see what he can bring to the club next season."
Warriors head coach Gregor Townsend, who will become Scotland boss in June, believes Jones is in the best physical shape of his career.
"He had some cracking performances in Europe this season and is one of our hardest-working players on and off the field," Townsend added.
Warriors host Newport Gwent Dragons in the Pro12 on Saturday.


A decision on controversial plans to close four primary schools in Ceredigion has been put on hold while funding is explored.

Proposals could see Cilcennin, Ciliau Parc, Dihewyd and Felinfach schools shut and a new area school opened on the Felinfach theatre campus.
But some parents fear the proposed site has pollution from nearby factories and is "not safe" for children.
Councillors deferred a decision on the plans during a meeting on Tuesday.
Ceredigion council want more details on funding available from the Welsh Government before they decide on whether to close the schools.
An informal consultation with parents, governors and carers highlighted concerns about the safety of the potential new school site at Felinfach Professional Education Centre.
Fears included:
Fears were also raised that closing village schools could damage communities, according to the council report.
Cabinet member for education Hag Harris said he appreciated parents' concerns, but that the new area building would not be a "second rate school".
He said: "This will be a really first class school as we have built previously in Ceredigion."
Options before the council had been to continue with the current situation of 10 schools; to close Cilcennin School; or to build a new area school for pupils of Ciliau Parc, Cilcennin, Dihewyd and Felinfach.
The preferred option would be to develop an area school in existing buildings on the Felinfach theatre campus.
The council is restructuring education, saying there are 1,000 fewer children in Ceredigion than a decade ago.
The four schools under threat have a total of 171 pupils.


Many sports lend themselves to comparison with the ups and down of life in general, but golf is a particularly fertile ground for this kind of parallel.

Long and short goals, hazards to be overcome, frustration and exhilaration, sociability and individuality, the value of practice - the list goes on and on.
And the problems that face all golfers out on the course offer a valuable educational resource to youngsters as they look towards the adult world.
Find out what makes the perfect golf swing with this iWonder guide.
One such is 17-year-old Hannah from Cupar in Fife - a short drive away from the Old Course at St Andrews. She comes from a golfing family and dabbled at an early age but it's only in the last two years that she has taken the sport seriously, cutting her handicap from 26 to 12 at Ladybank Golf Club and learning some valuable lessons along the way.
Here, Hannah - who is a member of Sport Scotland's Young People's Sport Panel - explains how focusing on golf has altered her outlook on life...
Hannah: Golf didn't come naturally to me. I could pick up the basics of many other sports relatively quickly but golf had me stumped.
However, I managed to transform this frustration into determination. I realised I had to focus on the happiness I felt when I had hit a good shot, to outweigh my sheer fury at the bad ones.
From there I was hooked but now I needed to knuckle down and work hard, which is why I see golf as such a valuable learning opportunity. I realised the only way to get what you want out of life is through hard work and persistence.
However, as crucial as practising my swing and my putting was to my improvement, I was overlooking a major aspect of golfing success - the need for mental strength.
I began reading sports psychology books and researching authors who had worked with some of the best golfers but what I didn't realise was the core values it would enable me to transfer to my everyday life.
Here are three of the key learnings I believe can help in all areas of life, sport, school or any other challenge:
1. Stay in the present
In golf this means not allowing your mind to wander during your round. But I think this is crucial in life - it helps you to understand the importance of focusing on what is in front of you and not worrying too much about the future.
If you are thinking about the future, it means there is a lack of detail and attention on what you are currently doing.
2. Commit to a pre-shot routine
In golf this means having a regimented routine you can carry out in order to apply the same level of commitment to each shot. I believe if you behave in a consistent manner, apply your beliefs and morals to all you do, you are more likely to reap reliable results.
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3. Don't label yourself
If you label yourself, say as someone who always shoots 80, then that is what you will do - because you become what you say you are. In life, too, as soon as you categorise yourself in a negative way it affects who you believe you can become, limiting your growth and chances of success.
Even if you have no desire to take up golf, never overlook the lessons sport can teach you. They can help you realise things about yourself that you would never discover in a classroom.
Hopefully the above tips will help you as much as they've helped me, and remember - education is everywhere!
For more information on how to get into golf, check out our Get Inspired guide.


A diabetic man is warning of the dangers of missing insulin injections and regular check-ups after losing his sight.

4 January 2016 Last updated at 15:57 GMT
Simon Bowen, from Swindon, suffered kidney failure after failing to manage his condition properly. He went on to have a kidney and pancreas transplant but lost his sight in 2006.
"What more proof do you need than me to see what happens if you don't control your diabetes?" he said.
In Somerset, Wiltshire, Bristol and Gloucestershire, the number of diabetics having to have limbs amputated because of diabetes complications is higher than the national average.
Matthew Hill reports.


A regional summit is to be held next week to discuss the future of the emergency department at Daisy Hill hospital in Newry.

Management made the announcement at a Southern Health Trust board meeting.
It will bring together health professionals, the Public Health Agency and the Ambulance Service.
The trust's medical director, Dr Richard Wright, told the BBC the issue now requires regional support.
There were angry scenes outside the headquarters of the trust, as members of the public tried to gain access to the board meeting.
The meeting followed warnings from the trust that a temporary overnight closure of the department may be unavoidable due to staff shortages.
An announcement had been expected on Thursday, triggering a consultation on various options for its future.
The consultation process usually lasts 12 weeks and involves the trust liaising with the public and community groups.
Officials would then approach Northern Ireland's Health and Social Care Board with options, which would have to be approved by the Department of Health.
Earlier this month, the trust announced the emergency service at the Newry hospital was unsustainable as it relied too heavily on locums.
Health officials have claimed that creates an unreliable environment that is putting patient safety at risk.
Last month, the trust said a temporary suspension of the service overnight would be a last resort.
Sources have told the BBC that the Southern Health Trust considered putting forward proposals to deal with the issues at Daisy Hill Hospital at the start of 2016.
However, the BBC understands senior officials at the Department of Health advised against such a move in the run-up to the assembly election.
Attempting it now, just days after a public meeting that saw hundreds of people voicing their objections to closure, would not have gone down well.
Monday night's rally in Newry sent a strong message from the public that they would not take this decision lying down.
While their voices have not fallen on deaf ears - for just how much longer they can stall the decision remains to be seen.


The leaders of Russia and Turkey have patched up a damaging quarrel, pledging to restore close economic relations.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russian trade sanctions on Turkey would be phased out "step by step".
"The priority is to get back to the pre-crisis level of co-operation," he told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in St Petersburg.
Their relations soured last November when Turkey shot down a Russian bomber on the Syrian border.
It is Mr Erdogan's first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. He has since launched a far-reaching purge of the armed forces and other state institutions.
Speaking in St Petersburg Mr Erdogan thanked Mr Putin, saying a call from the Russian leader after the coup "meant a lot psychologically".
He said "the Moscow-Ankara friendship axis will be restored".
After Turkey shot down the Su-24 jet Russia imposed trade sanctions and suspended Russian package tours to Turkey.
Now Russia has decided to resume those package tours - an important source of income for Turkish resorts.
On the Syria conflict Mr Putin acknowledged big differences with Mr Erdogan, but said "we will look for solutions".
Erdogan unnerves West with Putin visit
The war of words over the downed Russian jet delivered a big blow to trade. Turkey's exports to Russia in the first half of this year fell to $737m (Â£567m) - a 60.5% slump compared to the same period last year, Turkey's Daily Sabah reported.
The dispute put two major joint energy projects on hold - the TurkStream gas pipeline across the Black Sea and the Akkuyu nuclear plant being built by Russia's Rosatom in Turkey.
Russia halts Turkey gas project talks
In St Petersburg both leaders pledged to restart those projects. Akkuyu will benefit from being designated a "strategic investment", Mr Erdogan said.
Before the dispute, Russia was a major export market for Turkish fruit and vegetables - so now Turkey is anxious to get the Russian import ban lifted.
In June, the Kremlin said Mr Erdogan had apologised for the downing of the jet and had sent a message expressing "sympathy and deep condolences" to the family of the dead pilot.
Then, after the 15 July coup attempt in Turkey, Mr Putin expressed support for Mr Erdogan. He did not criticise Mr Erdogan's crackdown on political opponents and purge of alleged "plotters" in state institutions.
The BBC's Sarah Rainsford says Russia is keen to capitalise on Turkey's cooling relations with the West following the failed coup.
Mr Erdogan was angered by criticism from the EU and the US of the mass detentions of suspected plotters.
He demanded that the US extradite Fethullah Gulen, the US-based Muslim cleric whom he accuses of organising the coup. But the US says Turkey must provide solid evidence before such a move can be considered.
They back opposing sides in Syria. Turkey is furious at the scale of Russian air support for Syrian government forces, as Mr Erdogan reviles Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia has accused Turkey of backing Islamist anti-Assad groups, including some accused of "terrorism" in Russia.
Turkey is at war with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the PKK's Syrian allies. Mr Erdogan has accused Russia of arming the PKK.
For centuries Russia and Turkey have been rivals for influence in the Caucasus and Black Sea region.
Turkey was also angered by Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, accusing Moscow of violating the rights of Crimean Tatars. The Muslim Tatars have long had close ties to Turkey.


The Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín has told a DUP MLA he is a disgrace after claiming he accused her of being sectarian.

During a fractious Stormont committee hearing, Gordon Dunne said she had not funded events in many unionist areas.
The exchange happened as the minister was facing questions about cuts to her budget and allegations surrounding funding for the Féile an Phobail festival in west Belfast.
Mr Dunne denied her allegation.
During questioning by members of the culture, arts and leisure committee, the Sinn Féin minister defended her department's distribution of a cultural fund which was set up two years ago.
Unionists have demanded answers after it emerged the bulk of the money was spent on projects in north and west Belfast.
The exchange happened after the minister was accused of prioritising the Belfast area for funding.
She replied by listing a series of projects which had been given money in south Armagh, Newry and Newcastle.
But Mr Dunne said: "You didn't touch on many unionists areas there I noticed, or is that obviously a minister's priority as to where funding goes."
Ms Ní Chuilín replied: "I think that's a complete disgrace. I think that's an absolute disgrace that you've accused me of being sectarian."
In response, Mr Dunne said: "No I didn't."
The minister also clashed with the committee's DUP chairman Nelson McCausland telling him if she could put words in his mouth he might have more manners.
He accused her of demeaning herself.
At the end of the hearing, Ms Ní Chuilín, an MLA for North Belfast, added that claims she was siphoning off funds was "disgraceful".


Algeria's military intervention against kidnappers at a Saharan gas plant apparently came as a surprise to those foreign governments whose citizens were being held hostage.

Japan called for an end to the raid, summoning the Algerian ambassador to express concern for the lives of the captives and to plead for up-to-date information.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said he was "disappointed" not to have been told about the raid in advance.
But while many details of how events at the In Amenas plant have unfolded remain unclear, Algeria's decision to deal with the kidnappers forcefully and unilaterally fits with a deeply-entrenched and uncompromising approach to counter-terrorism.
"I'd be surprised if they'd reacted any other way," said Jon Marks, an Algeria analyst and head of the Cross-border Information consultancy.
"From the Algerian point of view the attackâ€¦ was an affront to the prestige of the Algerian military which is a very central part of the Algerian value system."
The military is still seen as the ultimate arbiter of power in Algeria, and has never been placed fully under civilian control.
The army, and the governments it supports, derive much of their legitimacy from largely winning the military battle against Islamist insurgents in the 1990s, during a vicious conflict that left as many as 150,000 people dead.
Algerian authorities have expressed some bitterness that they were left to fight this conflict on their own, before most of the rest of the world was confronted with the threat from Islamist militancy.
But they also take pride in their counter-terrorism experience, their military suppression of armed groups and their publicly-stated reluctance to negotiate or pay ransoms.
"We say that confronted with terrorism, yesterday as today and tomorrow, there will be no negotiation, no blackmail, no let-up in the fight against terrorism," said Algerian Communications Minister Mohamed Said Belaid.
"Those who think we will negotiate with terrorists are delusional."
The conflict in the 1990s was fought in the north of Algeria. Armed groups have only become more active in Algeria's vast southern desert and neighbouring Sahel states in recent years.
They have carried out kidnappings, mainly outside Algeria, and have never launched a major attack on the oil and gas industry that has long been the backbone of Algeria's economy.
However, both the alleged organiser of Wednesday's attack, Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, and the prospect of a drawn-out kidnapping saga, are darkly familiar to the Algerian authorities.
"They know Mokhtar Belmokhtar and his gang very well and they know very well that these are people who are extremely adept at operating in the Sahara regions," said Jon Marks, referring to reports that the Algerians intervened when some of the kidnappers and hostages tried to leave the plant.
The risk, he said, was that they would take the hostages to a remote part of the desert and then negotiate for ransoms or prisoner exchanges, "and they used the bluntest of instruments, which was air power, to stop those cars".
"With the western governments you've got the view which is predominant that they've got a duty of care towards the hostages," he added. "Whereas in the perception of those people running the operation, it was very much, 'you must deal with the terrorists and not allow this to happen'."
Mr Cameron said the Algerian prime minister had told him that the military had "judged there to be an immediate threat to the lives of the hostages and had felt obliged to respond".
But beyond this explanation, the Algerians appear to have made little initial attempt to consult, let alone reach out for foreign help or advice. British offers to assist the Algerians were reportedly declined.
"Algeria's not a country that would feel comfortable relying on foreign security forces to help liberate the hostages, and that's because of this deep-seated feeling that there should be no foreign military presence in the country," said Robert Parks, director of the Centre for North African Studies in Algeria.
"This goes back to old principles from right after independence of non-intervention. Algerians are very touchy when it comes to questions of national sovereignty. So it was pretty clear from the start that this was going to be resolved by the Algerians only."
Algeria initially opposed international intervention against Islamist militants in northern Mali, though when France - the former colonial power in both Mali and Algeria - intervened last week, Algeria agreed to open its airspace.
But an attack on Algerian soil was a different matter. The fact that the target of the attack was a gas plant operated in part by foreign companies may have made Algeria particularly keen to tackle the problem on its own terms.
The idea that the Algerian elite and their foreign allies might be the main beneficiaries of large oil and gas profits is a common complaint among Algerians.
"It's important for [the authorities] to show to a domestic audience that they're not beholden to the international community, that they actually control their own hydrocarbon resources - that they're not just a puppet government," said Mr Parks.


The huge US investment firm Vanguard is launching a new service to attract personal investors in the UK.

The company specialises in offering tracker funds with very low charges.
Until now most of its business in the UK came through stockbrokers and financial advisers, only dealing directly with individuals with at least £100,000 to invest.
Now customers will be able to open an account with just a £500 lump sum or a monthly investment of £100.
The move threatens to undercut existing stockbroking and investment firms that would have directed some clients to Vanguard funds while charging a higher fee than the firm is now proposing to levy.
Shares in the UK's leading online personal investment firm, Hargreaves Lansdown, fell almost 8% after the Vanguard announcement, as its own fees will now be undercut. It was the biggest faller on the FTSE 100.
Nick Train, who runs the investments of the Finsbury Growth & Income investment trust, told his investors on Monday: "It seems certain that the growth of tracker products has accelerated and this brings challenges, possibly existential challenges, for some traditional 'active' managers."
Vanguard's new online service will charge an account fee of 0.15% a year, capped at £375, plus an additional fee per fund, which would currently average 0.14%.
It will be offering only its own funds to general investors, unlike online stockbrokers and independent financial advisers (IFAs) who may offer a much wider range of investments such as individual shares, unit trusts and investment trusts.
Sean Hagerty of Vanguard said the firm was following the lead of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has complained that fees charged by the investment industry are too high.
"Our new online investment service is designed to help simplify and lower the cost of investing in the UK," he said.
"Only recently, the FCA's interim asset management market study report stressed asset managers' obligation to act in the best interests of investors, including requiring the industry to show how it delivers value for money.
"It also highlighted that fees have not decreased enough based on the economies of scale achieved by the industry. Vanguard agrees with these conclusions," Mr Hagerty added.
Vanguard was set up 43 years ago in the US, where it has seven million clients, and is now one of the world's biggest investment managers with £3.3 trillion under management.
Its pitch is that do-it-yourself investors should put their money into tracker funds.
Because these simply follow the rise and fall of indices such as the FTSE 100 index, these funds can be run very cheaply and thus charge very low fees.
The alternative is to pay much higher fees for so-called active management, whose returns may not be any greater.
In the UK, where it has be operating for just eight years, Vanguard has grown rapidly and it now invests £56bn for its clients.


Eurozone ministers have agreed to cut Greece's debts by a further 40bn euros ($51bn; £32bn), as well as releasing 44bn in bailout money and aid.

A few weeks earlier, they had also agreed to give the government in Athens two more years to cut its overspending.
That decision came as Greece's parliament approved a budget for 2013 that involves 9.4bn euros of spending cuts, a budget that triggered mass public protests in Athens.
The delay in releasing the latest bailout money was largely due to wrangling between eurozone lenders and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) over whether and by how much to cut Greece's debt, which will inevitably grow even more if Athens continues overspending for longer than previously planned.
Why is Greece in trouble?
Greece was living beyond its means even before it joined the euro. After it adopted the single currency, public spending soared.
Public sector wages, for example, rose 50% between 1999 and 2007 - far faster than in most other eurozone countries. The government also ran up big debts paying for the 2004 Athens Olympics.
And while money flowed out of the government's coffers, its income was hit by widespread tax evasion. So, after years of overspending, its budget deficit - the difference between spending and income - spiralled out of control.
Moreover, much of the borrowing was concealed, as successive Greek governments sought to meet the 3%-of-GDP cap on borrowing that is required of members of the euro.
When the global financial downturn hit - and Greece's hidden borrowings came to light -  the country was ill-prepared to cope.
Debt levels reached the point where the country was no longer able to repay its loans, and was forced to ask for help from its European partners and the IMF in the form of massive loans.
In the short term, however, the conditions attached to these loans have compounded Greece's woes.
What has been done to help Greece?
In short, a lot.
In May 2010, the European Union and IMF provided 110bn euros ($140bn: £88bn) of bailout loans to Greece to help the government pay its creditors.
However, it soon became apparent that this would not be enough, so a second, 130bn-euro bailout was agreed earlier this year.
As well as these two loans, which are made in stages, the vast majority of Greece's private-sector creditors agreed to write off about three-quarters of the debts owed to them by Athens. They also agreed to replace existing loans with new loans at a lower rate of interest.
In the latest agreement, Greece's lenders have found ways to shave an extra 40bn euros off Greece's debtload.
However, in return for all this help, the EU and IMF insisted that Greece embark on a major austerity drive involving drastic spending cuts, tax rises, and labour market and pension reforms.
These have had a devastating effect on Greece's already weak economic recovery. The latest Greek budget predicts that the economy will shrink by 6.5% this year and by a further 4.5% in 2013. Greece has already been in recession for four years, and its economy is projected to have shrunk by a fifth between 2008 and the end of this year.
Without economic growth, the Greek government cannot boost its own tax revenues and so has to rely on aid to pay its loans.
Many commentators believe that even the combined 240bn euros of loans and the debt write-off will not be enough.
Why did it take so long to agree the latest tranche of aid?
Despite Greece approving its tough budget for 2013, the next tranche was not released immediately as there was no agreement among Greece's lenders on how to make the country's debt sustainable.
Eurozone finance ministers agreed earlier this month to give Greece two more years - until 2016 - to meet the deficit reduction targets that are a condition of the bailout loans.
The key to releasing the next tranche of bailout loans was to reach agreement on how to make Greek debt sustainable again. Greece's debt is currently forecast to hit almost 190% of GDP next year.
The IMF made clear that it would only consider the debts sustainable if they could be brought down to 120% of GDP by 2020. The IMF will not lend money to a country whose debts it does not deem sustainable.
Under the compromise, Greece's debts are now expected to fall to 124% of GDP by 2020.
This will be done by cutting the interest rate on existing rescue loans, returning profits earned by the European Central Bank on Greek debts it owns, and helping Greece buy back its private-sector debts at their currently depressed market prices.
It will not involve any write-off of the bailout loans owed by Greece - something that Germany and other lenders said would be unacceptable.
The money will not be released until 14 December, in order to allow national parliaments in eurozone countries time to approve the deal.
What happens next?
When Antonis Samaras's New Democracy won the general election in June, he insisted Greece did not need a further bailout but wanted a two-year "breathing space" to meet the tough budget targets attached to the bailout from the EU and IMF.
Greece has now been granted the extra time, but major problems remain and the financial markets are still nervous.
If Greece's economy continues to contract sharply, the country may not be able to cut its overspending as much as planned, and may ultimately be unable to repay its debts, meaning it will need further help. If the rest of Europe is no longer willing to provide it, then Greece may be forced to leave the euro.
There is, of course, the possibility that the Greek people, fed up with rising unemployment and falling living standards, will make it impossible for the government to continue even with the slower rate of austerity that is now planned.
Why does this matter for the rest of Europe?
If Greece does not repay its creditors, a dangerous precedent will have been set. This may make investors increasingly nervous about the likelihood of other highly-indebted nations, such as Italy, or those with weak economies, such as Spain, repaying their debts or even staying inside the euro.
If investors stop buying bonds issued by other governments, then those governments in turn will not be able to repay their creditors - a potentially disastrous vicious circle.
To combat this risk, European leaders have agreed a 700bn-euro firewall to protect the rest of the eurozone from a full-blown Greek default.
Moreover, if banks in the weaker eurozone countries that are already struggling to find enough capital are forced to write off even more loans they have made - something that becomes more likely if the eurozone economy falls deeper into recession - they will become weaker still, undermining confidence in the entire banking system.
Eurozone banks may then find it even hard to borrow, and therefore to lend, potentially sparking a second credit crunch, where bank lending effectively dries up, hurting the economy further.
This problem would be exacerbated by savers and investors taking money out of banks in vulnerable economies, such as Greece, Portugal and Spain, and moving it to banks in safer economies such as Germany or the Netherlands.
These potential scenarios would be made immeasurably worse if Greece were to leave the euro. The country would almost certainly reintroduce the drachma, which would devalue dramatically and quickly, making it even harder for Greece to repay its debts, and setting an even worse precedent.


A thief who stole £9,000 worth of perfume by loading it into a wheelie bin is wanted by police.

Lee Hollender, 39, smashed a Boots store window in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, before filling the bin.
He was caught after leaving blood at the scene on 28 August.
Hollender, from Birmingham, previously admitted burglary but an arrest warrant was issued on Thursday when he failed to turn up at Caernarfon Crown Court for sentencing.


More than 120 endurance athletes and volunteer staff are heading for the Western Isles for new race event, The Heb.

Taking place over Saturday and Sunday, it will challenge entrants cross 118 miles (190km) in sections involving to running, cycling and kayaking.
It includes stages on Benbecula, North Uist and South Uist.
The Heb is a revamped version of The Hebridean Challenge, a multi-sports, multi-day race last held in 2009.


Capt Francesco Schettino has been found guilty of multiple manslaughter in Italy and sentenced to 16 years in jail for his role in one of the country's worst maritime disasters.

Thirty-two people died when the cruise ship hit rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio in January 2012 and tipped on to its side.
Capt Schettino was also convicted of causing the shipwreck and abandoning ship before his passengers, earning him the title "Captain Coward" in the Italian media.
He has accepted some responsibility but denies the criminal charges, arguing that he has been made a scapegoat for the tragedy.
While a prosecutor condemned him as a "careless idiot", Capt Schettino has long maintained his actions after the ship ran aground prevented a much greater loss of life.
Born in 1960 in the southern coastal town of Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples, Capt Schettino has lived a life dominated by the sea.
He attended a nautical institute in the nearby town of Piano di Sorrento and then joined Costa Cruises in 2002, initially as an official in charge of security.
In 2006, he was promoted from second-in-command to captain.
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Capt Schettino was singled out for blame by the official report into the sinking of the Costa Concordia, almost a floating city with its 4,300 passengers and crew members. It alleged he deliberately changed course to perform a risky night-time sail-past salute to people on the tiny island of Giglio.
He told his trial he "wanted to kill three birds with one stone": to please the passengers, salute a retired captain on Giglio and do a favour to the vessel's head waiter, who was from the island. He has rejected rumours that he had wanted to impress his lover, Domnica Cemortan, with him at the helm.
As details of the unplanned change of course emerged, ship owner Costa Cruises distanced itself from the captain who, it said, had made "serious errors of judgement" and carried out a manoeuvre "unauthorised, unapproved and unknown to Costa".
The captain told the court that he had been been sacrificed to safeguard "economic interests", arguing that the court should be considering an entire organisation rather than one man.
In a TV interview given hours after the ship ran aground, Mr Schettino's shock and disbelief was clear as he told reporters the rocks had not been shown on his charts.
"We were about 300 metres from the rocks, more or less, we shouldn't have hit anything."
Widely vilified in Italy for leaving his ship while passengers were still on board, Capt Schettino's reputation was further damaged when transcripts suggested he had not told the coastguard initially of the gravity of the damage to the ship.
"Listen Schettino, perhaps you have saved yourself from the sea, but I will make you look very bad. I will make you pay for this. Dammit, go back on board!" says Coastguard Capt Gregorio De Falco, repeatedly ordering him to return to the ship.
Speaking by radio from a lifeboat, Capt Schettino said he was co-ordinating the rescue from there, pleading at one point: "Do you realise that it is dark and we can't see anything?"
The coastguard shouts back: "So, what do you want to do, to go home, Schettino?! It's dark and you want to go home? Go to the bow of the ship where the ladder is and tell me what needs to be done, how many people there are, and what they need! Now!"
A taxi driver who says he took the captain to a hotel the morning after the sinking said the captain had asked only where he could buy some socks.
"He looked like a beaten dog, cold and scared," the taxi driver said.
Capt Schettino has accepted some degree of responsibility, asking for forgiveness in a television interview in 2012 as he talked of those who died.
He said he blamed himself for being "distracted" but said that he had not been on the bridge when the ship ran aground.
In the interview, he broke down when asked about the youngest of the 32 victims, a five-year-old girl.
As the accusations against Capt Schettino grew, there were those who came to his defence, including sailors, who agreed with his assertion that his decision to steer the ship towards shallower waters had probably saved dozens of lives.
His defence lawyers accused the prosecution of focusing on him while offering plea bargains to five co-defendants, jailed in July 2013 for up to two years and 10 months.
According to an interview in Naples-based Il Mattino newspaper quoting his sister, the first person Capt Schettino called after the incident was his 80-year-old mother, Rosa.
"He called her at five in the morning on Saturday to tell her there had been a disaster, that he had tried to save as many passengers as possible and not to worry, because it was all over," she said.
As he asked for a 26-year sentence, prosecutor Stefano Pizza listed all the mistakes Capt Schettino had made and said: "May God have pity on Schettino, because we cannot."


Bangor City manager Kevin Nicholson says it would be a "huge achievement" if they overturn a 1-0 first-leg deficit against Lyngby BK.

The Citizens face the Danish side at home in the Europa League qualifying first round, second leg on Thursday.
"All we're focusing on at the moment is that we deliver the best possible performance we can," said Nicholson.
"If we do that then hopefully the result takes care of itself."
Bangor have only won two European ties, the last in 2010 when they beat FC Honka of Finland 3-2 on aggregate.
"Everyone around the club is very excited and we're just going to do the best we possibly can," added Nicholson.
The winners will face either Slovan Bratislava of Slovakia or Armenian side Pyunik in the second qualifying round.


Three of the UK's top tea brands have stopped buying from a group of Indian plantations after a BBC investigation exposed dangerous working conditions.

The BBC found a disregard for health and safety on an estate in north-east India owned by Assam Company.
The Rainforest Alliance, an ethical certification organisation, has now stripped a group of Assam Company's plantations of its green frog seal.
The Assam Company said it was appealing against the decision. A group of Assam Company's estates lost its certification because "it was found to be in breach of critical criteria relating to the use of personal protective equipment", the Rainforest Alliance said in a statement.
The Assam Company said the loss of its certification was because of a "minor error" on one estate - Hajua - while spraying a plant extract, which it understood did not require personal protective equipment. It said that because the Assam company estates operate in a "single cluster", the other estates were automatically decertified.
Twinings, Taylors of Harrogate and Fortnum & Mason have suspended business with the company while Harrods took the tea off its shelves shortly after the investigation, which was broadcast in September.
Workers at the company's Hajua estate were seen spraying agrochemicals without the protective equipment employers are required to provide, when the BBC visited.
Men spraying reported breathing difficulties, numbness of the hands and face, a burning sensation on the skin and profound loss of appetite.
The Rainforest Alliance said its auditor confirmed the BBC's evidence of unsafe spraying and the organisation had tightened its rules on the subject.
Taylors of Harrogate said it will maintain a relationship with the estates and support efforts to improve standards.
Twinings plans to continue working with the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP) - an organisation set up by UK tea companies to improve workers' lives - to monitor the working and living conditions on all the tea estates from which it buys. It also plans to conduct a review of the Assam estates it sources from in the next few months.
Because of the way ETP and the Rainforest Alliance work together, a Rainforest suspension automatically results in a suspension of ETP certification.
Fortnum & Mason says it will not buy from Assam Company until its "problems have been successfully resolved and they are once again Ethical Tea Partnership certified".
The original investigation also found workers on a number of Assam estates and plantations belonging to other producers living in broken houses with terrible sanitation.
The Assam Company said it was "committed to the practices of sustainability and work to this end is in progress, with most of the work on housing, latrines and creche being planned after the closure of the plucking season, in December to March." It said this had been company practice for "many years".
The Rainforest Alliance has ordered improvements to living conditions on two other plantations, owned by the world's biggest tea producer, McLeod Russel.
The Moran and Behora tea estates supply the companies that own PG Tips and Tetley, as well as Twinings.
Many workers were found to be living in leaking homes, without electricity. Many of the latrines had been blocked or broken for many years and families said they had no choice but to defecate among the tea bushes.
A manager on the Moran estate admitted there was "a huge backlog of repairs" but the Rainforest Alliance did not decertify McLeod Russel's Assam estates because decent housing and sanitation were "not critical criteria".
However, the Rainforest Alliance has admitted flaws in its audit process and last month made its criteria more demanding. Now any estates failing to provide adequate housing, water supply and sanitation will lose their green frog seal of approval.
The Rainforest Alliance has given Mcleod Russel two months to improve conditions for tea workers on the Moran and Behora plantations.
Unilever, which makes PG Tips, told the BBC it welcomes the fact that improvements on areas like housing and health and safety are being accelerated and will be subject to additional monitoring.
Tata, which makes Tetley, said it has met with the producers to understand their plans to address the issues the BBC uncovered. It has been in discussion with the Rainforest Alliance and says it is committed to the fair and ethical treatment of people across its supply chain.
McLeod Russel says work on homes and sanitation on its Moran tea estate has now been accelerated and will be completed by March. It has also improved drainage and laid concrete paths to workers' homes.
The BBC has been told that conditions on the estate have already improved.
"There has been a change on the Moran estate," says Mohesh Ghatawar, a campaigner with the All Adivasi Students Association of Assam. "Work has started to repair people's homes. And after a meeting with the tea workers' unions we've been told workers will get new toilets and sanitation soon."
The investigation has had an impact beyond India. The Rainforest Alliance has ordered improvements on all the estates it certifies worldwide, including housing conditions, sanitation and access to drinking water.


Jeremy Corbyn was unable to put a cost on Labour's plan for free childcare for 1.3m youngsters during an interview with BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour.

"It will cost... it will obviously cost a lot to do so, we accept that," he said, before agreeing with host Emma Barnett that the figure was £5.3bn.
The stumble came as the Labour leader and Theresa May resumed election campaigning following a live TV debate.
Mrs May has argued she is the only one who can offer "strong leadership".
In other election news:
It was during his interview with Woman's Hour that Mr Corbyn had to be told by interviewer Emma Barnett the cost of his party's manifesto proposal to extend 30 hours a week of free childcare to all two-year-olds - a policy which is part of Labour's plans for a National Education Service.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said that Mr Corbyn's performances had been getting better during the election campaign, so it was "astonishing he was not across the figures for the childcare policy" his party was campaigning on today.
The childcare part of the interview began with Mr Corbyn being asked whether he had the figure for its cost and replying: "Yes, I do."
Pressed to give the number, he said: "I'll give you the figure in a moment."
"You don't know it? You're logging into your iPad here - you've announced a major policy and you don't know how much it will cost?" presenter Emma Barnett said.
"Can I give you the exact figure in a moment, please?" the Labour leader said.
Asked whether this indicated that voters should not trust Labour with their money, he answered: "Not at all."
He argued that investing in children in early years meant they did better in school and added: "I want to give you an accurate figure."
Eventually, Ms Barnett quoted shadow education secretary Angela Rayner, who was on BBC Radio 4's Today programme earlier: "£2.7bn, then £4.8bn... with half a billion to reverse cuts to the Sure Start scheme. Does that sound about right?"
"It does sound correct," Mr Corbyn said.
Analysis - BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith
This was on a par, or possibly even worse, than Diane Abbott getting into a pickle on the cost of Labour's policing pledges.
That's not just because Jeremy Corbyn is the party leader, but also because childcare is an absolutely key pledge, he's campaigning on it today - and he was clearly struggling badly for the numbers.
When you get the leader struggling to say how much a core Labour policy is going to cost it sparks questions about how clear, how thorough, how credible its spending plans are.
During a later event in Watford, Mr Corbyn apologised for failing to recall the cost of his party's childcare policy.
"I didn't have the exact figure in front of me, so I was unable to answer that question, for which obviously I apologise," he said, adding that it was "unacceptable" that Ms Barnett had reportedly been subject to abuse on social media for her grilling of the Labour leader.
The Labour leader has put the creation of a "national education service" at the heart of his party's election campaign.
The extension of childcare would benefit more than 1.3 million children - at the moment only 40% of two-year-olds qualify, according to Labour.
Labour's shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner defended Mr Corbyn's stumble over the cost of his party's childcare policy, telling BBC2's Daily Politics: "It wasn't that the figure wasn't there. It wasn't the figure hadn't been costed. Look this is a rapid fire general election campaign in which people, politicians are under spotlight."
During the Woman's Hour interview, Emma Barnett also asked Mr Corbyn about Labour's manifesto pledge to renew Trident, despite CND's website saying that he was still vice president.
The Labour leader, who voted against the renewal of Trident, said he was a member of CND, but added: "I don't think I'm vice president".
For the Conservatives, International Development Secretary Priti Patel said Mr Corbyn's "chaotic radio interview with Emma Barnett" showed the British people "why he is simply not up to the job of being the prime minister".
Mr Corbyn was interviewed on the One Show on Tuesday evening, where he said the prospect of becoming prime minister did not fill him with fear but "hope of what we can do and what we can change in this country".
He also made a joking reference to strife within the party, saying 10-year-olds were easier to control than Labour MPs.
The interviews followed a high-profile grilling in a Channel 4/Sky News TV special on Monday when Mr Corbyn, and Conservative leader Theresa May, faced questions on range of subjects, including Brexit and foreign policy, from a live studio audience in the special general election programme on Monday night.
Mr Corbyn was quizzed about his views on drone strikes, tax-raising plans and past campaigning in Northern Ireland.
Mrs May was questioned about social care reforms and was repeatedly asked if she had changed her mind on Brexit.
But the leaders did not appear together, as Mrs May declined to take part in a head-to-head encounter.
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A festival of fairytales, inspired by the books of Andrew Lang, is to be held in his Borders birthplace.

The event will take place in Selkirk from 21 to 23 July.
Lang was born in the town in 1844 and produced 12 books of fairytales and stories from around the world.
The festival is being staged at The Haining, the mansion house and estate which was one of his boyhood haunts. A theatre performance of a piece inspired by Lang's work is also planned.
There Be Fairies will be performed by the Borders Youth Theatre and directed by John Haswell.
Children attending are invited to come dressed as a fairytale character with story-telling, puppet shows and other activities on offer.
Older visitors can attend a talk by keynote speaker Dr Lizanne Henderson about the historical context surrounding Lang's writing.


Leeds United dropped out of the Championship play-off places as Wolves clinched a narrow win at Elland Road.

Wolves started brightly and Nouha Dicko gave them the lead, beating Rob Green with a low first-time shot on the run.
Leeds turned up the pressure after the break, but Andy Lonergan saved from Souleymane Doukara and Kortney Hause cleared off the line to keep it 1-0.
Fulham's 3-1 win over Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday's 2-1 victory at QPR sees Leeds drop into seventh place.
Despite losing their past two Championship matches, Wolves dominated the opening exchanges, with Green having to come out quickly and make a low save one-on-one from Andreas Weimann.
Dave Edwards forced another Green stop and Dicko went close, cutting inside and firing narrowly wide before the goal their pressure deserved finally came.
The 24-year-old striker latched onto Ben Marshall's clever through-ball behind the defence and found the bottom corner before Green could set himself.
Leeds rallied, but Pontus Jansson could not hit the target with a free header and Lonergan produced a reflex save to keep out Doukara's header from Kemar Roofe's cutback.
Wolves sat back and invited pressure, with Hause clearing Roofe's looping header off the line from a corner and Chris Wood heading over late on, but the away side hung on to claim the points.
The win secures Wolves' Championship status for another season on 54 points, while Leeds' third loss in five games puts them out of the play-offs on goal difference with three matches remaining.
Leeds manager Garry Monk:
"We're disappointed with that result.
"We didn't want that to happen at this stage of the season but we've had the mentality for so long where we've been in the play-offs quite comfortably and have kind of been in that protective mode of trying to stay in there.
"Now we have to change that mentality to be a team that goes on the hunt and lets it all go.
"It's still a really good situation for us. We've got no time to feel sorry for ourselves, that doesn't get you anywhere."
Wolves manager Paul Lambert:
"We were excellent and should have been two or three up in the first half.
"We were strong defensively in the second half and a threat on the break."
Match ends, Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Second Half ends, Leeds United 0, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1.
Charlie Taylor (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Chris Wood (Leeds United) header from the left side of the six yard box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross.
Foul by Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by David Edwards.
Attempt missed. Hadi Sacko (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a corner.
Attempt blocked. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) header from the right side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Lee Evans.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Kortney Hause replaces Ben Marshall.
Foul by Chris Wood (Leeds United).
Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pontus Jansson (Leeds United).
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Offside, Leeds United. Luke Ayling tries a through ball, but Hadi Sacko is caught offside.
Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Luke Ayling (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Richard Stearman (Wolverhampton Wanderers) because of an injury.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Andy Lonergan.
Attempt saved. Souleymane Doukara (Leeds United) header from very close range is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by David Edwards.
Substitution, Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara replaces Alfonso.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Richard Stearman.
Attempt saved. Lee Evans (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Charlie Taylor.
Robert Green (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jón Dadi Bödvarsson (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Corner,  Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Kyle Bartley.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson replaces Nouha Dicko.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Lee Evans replaces George Saville.
Attempt blocked. Ben Marshall (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Ben Marshall (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Pablo Hernández with a cross following a corner.


A man who died on the Gatwick Express was found by another passenger with a "massive trauma" to his head, an inquest has heard.

Simon Brown, 24, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, hit his head on a signal gantry on 7 August.
The hearing in London was told that passenger Kirstin Duffield heard a "loud thud".
In a statement read by the coroner, she said she found Mr Brown with an injury that was "not survivable".
The train from Gatwick to London Victoria was travelling at about 60mph when the incident happened near Balham, south London.
Mark Young, from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), told the hearing Mr Brown's head was out of the window with no evidence to indicate why.
He said Mr Brown suffered a fatal head injury as a result of striking a signal gantry.
Ms Duffield said she saw Mr Brown had collapsed in the corridor after she stood up from her seat, but saw he was still breathing.
"There was a lot of blood on the floor and around his head. There was a massive trauma to the top of his head," she said.
She said it became apparent there was nothing she could do for him.
The inquest heard Ms Duffield got off the train at Wandsworth Common after the alarm was raised and the driver had been alerted.
She said she saw "blood splatter" on the outside of the carriage, but had not seen Mr Brown with his head out of the window.
Mr Brown's mother, Jane Street, said her son had a passion for railways and "was neither reckless nor ignorant of the dangers of that environment".
In a statement, she said her son first volunteered on the Bluebell Railway as a nine-year-old and had recently become an engineering technician with Hitachi Rail Europe in Bristol.
Mr Brown's father, Mike Brown, said his son had been due to move in with his girlfriend and he had "never seen him so relaxed, happy and enthusiastic about his future".
Questioned about findings by the RAIB, Mr Young said the distance between the window and gantry was found to be 26cm while the train was static.
He said it complied with standards for existing structures but was less than an industry-recommended minimum for new structures.
He also said it had been found the distance between the gantry and a moving carriage could have been as little as 68mm.
He said the window opposite the guard's compartment was not intended for passenger use, although it was accessible to anyone on the train and open when the train left Gatwick.
A yellow sticker on the door warning people not to lean out of the window was "in a rather cluttered environment" among many other signs, he noted.
The inquest continues.


Ian Madigan and Stuart McCloskey are notable omissions from Ireland's 32-man squad for next month's Test series against South Africa.

Fly-half Madigan, 27, is moving from Leinster to Bordeaux, a decision which Ireland coach Joe Schmidt in March described as "unfortunate".
Ulster centre McCloskey, 23, misses out with his club-mates Luke Marshall and Stuart Olding both chosen.
Uncapped Connacht lock Quinn Roux and Ulster flanker Sean Reidy are included.
With Madigan not selected, Johnny Sexton and Paddy Jackson are the only fly-halves in the squad with Olding providing possible back-up for the role.
Auckland-born Reidy, 27, joined Ulster in 2014 and qualifies for Ireland because of his county Kerry-born grandfather.
South African-born Roux, 25, is now eligible to play for Ireland under the three-year residency rule having signed for Leinster in 2012 before switching to Connacht.
While Reidy earns his first Ireland call-up, his Ulster team-mate Chris Henry is again left out after not featuring during this year's Six Nations while Munster's Tommy O'Donnell is a surprise back-row omission.
Instead, Joe Schmidt has picked Leinster back rows Jordi Murphy and Rhys Ruddock.
Henry's last Ireland outing was in the World Cup quarter-final defeat by Argentina last October.
Following recent knee surgery, Munster wing Simon Zebo joins a list of absent injured players which also includes Tommy Bowe, Sean O'Brien, Cian Healy, Peter O'Mahony, Josh van der Flier, Andrew Conway plus Connacht props Denis Buckley and Nathan White.
Connacht wing Matt Healy has not been included despite his impressive season for the Pro12 finalists while there are also no places for Ulster wing Craig Gilroy and emerging Leinster centre Garry Ringrose.
Schmidt opts for Keith Earls, Luke Fitzgerald, Dave Kearney and Andrew Trimble as his wing options.
Ulster's fit-again Iain Henderson, who missed the Six Nations because of injury, returns to the squad.
Ireland face the Springboks in the first Test in Cape Town on 11 June, with the sides meeting again over the following two weekends in Johannesburg and Port Elizabeth.
Forwards: Finlay Bealham (Connacht), Rory Best (Ulster), Sean Cronin (Leinster), Ultan Dillane (Connacht), Tadgh Furlong (Leinster), Jamie Heaslip (Leinster), Iain Henderson (Ulster), David Kilcoyne (Munster), Jack McGrath (Leinster), Jordi Murphy (Leinster), Sean Reidy (Ulster), Mike Ross (Leinster), Quinn Roux (Connacht), Rhys Ruddock (Leinster), Donnacha Ryan (Munster), CJ Stander (Munster), Richardt Strauss (Leinster), Devin Toner (Leinster)
Backs: Keith Earls (Munster), Luke Fitzgerald (Leinster), Robbie Henshaw (Connacht), Paddy Jackson (Ulster), David Kearney (Leinster), Rob Kearney (Leinster), Kieran Marmion (Connacht), Luke Marshall (Ulster), Conor Murray (Munster), Stuart Olding (Ulster), Jared Payne (Ulster), Eoin Reddan (Leinster), Johnny Sexton (Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ulster).


Oil giant Shell has been accused of making false claims about the extent of its clean-up operations in Nigeria.

In a joint report, Amnesty International and the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development said Shell had failed to implement UN recommendations.
The report said several sites Shell claimed to have had cleaned up were still polluted.
Shell has said that it disagrees with the report's findings.
A 2011 report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) found that oil spills in the Ogoniland region of southern Nigeria had contaminated drinking water, wrecked the fishing industry and threatened the health of local people.
Shell stopped drilling oil in Ogoniland in 1993 after growing unrest in the area.
Earlier this year, it agreed a $84m (Â£55m) settlement with residents of the Bodo community in Ogoniland for two massive oil spills in 2008 and 2009.
Although Shell accepts that spills in the region have occurred through the failure of pipelines it says pollution is also caused by oil theft and illegal refining.
The Amnesty/CEHRD report says four spill sites identified as highly polluted in 2011 all remained "visibly contaminated in 2015, even though Shell says it has cleaned them".
"The investigation demonstrates this is due to inadequate clean-up, and not new oil spills," it says.
"By inadequately cleaning up the pollution from its pipelines and wells, Shell is leaving thousands of women, men and children exposed to contaminated land, water and air, in some cases for years or even decades," said Mark Dummett, Business and Human Rights researcher at Amnesty.
The report also accuses the Nigerian government of failing to properly regulate the oil industry.
Shell says it rejects the findings and says it is "committed to cleaning up all spills".
It says a thorough clean-up of Ogoniland will take many years to achieve.


The Trafford Centre in Greater Manchester has been sold to Capital Shopping Centres (CSC), which already owns 13 shopping centres across the UK.

Peel Holdings confirmed it had sold the centre, valued at £1.65bn, for £75m and a 19.9% stake in CSC. The cost of the sale takes into account a £800m debt.
John Whittaker, chairman of the Peel Group, will now become deputy chairman of the CSC board.
The Peel Group said existing management team and staff would remain in place.
The group is the largest privately-owned landowner in north-west England, with a portfolio of businesses including Liverpool John Lennon Airport, MediaCityUK and the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company.
CSC owns centres including Manchester's Arndale Centre, Lakeside in Thurrock, Metrocentre in Gateshead and Eldon Square in Newcastle.
Mr Whittaker said: "The Trafford Centre remains one of Peel Group's prized assets under the new ownership structure."


Officials in Venezuela say the search for a missing military helicopter is continuing in the country's Amazon region.

Reports on Friday had indicated that search teams found survivors six days after the aircraft crashed.
But the country's minister for communication later said the message had been put out before it was confirmed.
Thirteen people, including civilians, were on board the Mi-17V-5 helicopter.
One of them was a four-year-old child.
Venezuela's defence minister tweeted a picture of soldiers around a map on Saturday, adding that the search continued with "optimism and faith" despite adverse conditions.
The weather in southern Venezuela, where the helicopter crashed, is currently cloudy and stormy with heavy rain.


Mexico's Attorney General has said that the meeting between Hollywood actor Sean Penn and fugitive cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had been an "essential" element in his arrest.

The actor interviewed Mexico's most wanted drug lord in October in northern Durango state, at a meeting organised by Mexican actress Kate del Castillo.
The security forces came close to catching Guzman shortly afterwards.
They finally arrested him on Friday in a raid in which five people died.
Attorney General Arely Gomez said the security forces had been following Guzman's lawyer, who led them to Sean Penn and Mexican actress Kate del Castillo.
Who is 'El Chapo' Guzman? - The crime lord had humble beginnings.
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Did Sean Penn break the law? - Unusual interview raises questions in the US and Mexico
Penn's 'El Chapo' interview scorned - It has been called "grotesque" and "maddening"
El Chapo extradition 'could take year' - American officials want Joaquin Guzman back in the US.
Kate del Castillo had been contacted by Guzman's lawyers years earlier after she had addressed Guzman in an open letter asking him to stop trafficking in drugs and start "trafficking in love" instead.
Ms Gomez said that following his escape from a maximum-security jail in July, Guzman again contacted del Castillo through his lawyers to ask her to produce a film about his life.
Del Castillo has not commented but in an article for Rolling Stone magazine, Penn said the actress had put him in contact with the fugitive drug lord.
They both then travelled to a remote mountain hideout where Penn proceeded to interview Guzman.
Ms Gomez said that meeting had provided them with important intelligence and helped them track down the fugitive.
"It was an essential element, because we were following [Guzman's] lawyer, and the lawyer took us to these people and to this meeting," she told local radio.
Mexican newspaper El Universal published photographs on Monday which suggest Penn and del Castillo were under surveillance by the authorities at the time.
The Associated Press news agency asked Penn if he was worried about the images. He wrote back in an email, saying: "I've got nothin' to hide".
Guzman's escape in July 2015 - his second from a maximum-security jail - was a major embarrassment for the government of President Enrique Pena Nieto.
But on Monday, the authorities proudly showed journalists around the house Guzman had been hiding in in Los Mochis.
It feels like a voyeuristic journalism package holiday. The marines flew us here and showed us around the house that the feared criminal escaped from.
"Over there you can see how the cans burst from the force of the grenades," an official from the attorney general's office pointed out in the kitchen.
"And over here, this was the spot where the second person died," he said pointing to a patch of blood measuring about two metres by two metres.
In one room was a walk-in wardrobe with a floor-length mirror. You would never have guessed it was actually a door, but behind it was a narrow set of stairs leading to a tunnel.
It was through this tunnel that Guzman managed to escape. But this time it was not for long, as the marines got wise to his signature escape route and hunted him down a few hours later on a nearby highway.
President Enrique Pena Nieto praised the security forces for the arrest of "the world's most wanted criminal" in a brief televised speech on Monday.
"With this action, 98 of the 122 most dangerous criminals no longer pose a risk to society," he said. "We're going after all of them!"


Tanzania's President John Magufuli has been condemned for comments that girls who give birth should not be allowed to return to school.

An online petition has been set up and a pan-African women's organisation is mobilising to get the president to apologise and reverse his comments.
Mr Magufuli warned schoolgirls at a rally on Monday that: "After getting pregnant, you are done."
A law passed in 2002 allows for the expulsion of pregnant schoolgirls.
The law says the girls can be expelled and excluded from school for "offences against morality" and "wedlock".
Women's rights groups have recently been urging the government to change the law.
Mr Magufuli, who was speaking at a public rally in Chalinze town, about 100km west of the main city Dar es Salaam, said that young mothers would be distracted if they were allowed back in school:
"After calculating some few mathematics, she'd be asking the teacher in the classroom: 'Let me go out and breastfeed my crying baby.'"
He said that men who impregnate the schoolgirls should be imprisoned for 30 years and "put the energy they used to impregnate the girl into farming while in jail".
I had just finished my primary education; I was supposed to go to secondary education but could not afford the fees.
I met this smart boy, who promised that he would ask his parents to help me go to secondary school if I agreed to be with him.
I didn't date him, like girlfriend and boyfriend.
The first time I met him was the first time I got pregnant and that was the last time I saw him.
Because I was kicked out of school, my grandfather chased me out of home.
I eventually found work as a maid. When the family left, they asked me what I would like as a goodbye gift.
I said I wanted to go to school. It was a shock but they eventually agreed.
It is a big disappointment to hear such a statement from our president. It is only education which can help any country in this world overcome poverty.
'I was a teenage mother'
President Magufuli also criticised rights organisations who have been pushing the government to reverse the law:
"These NGOs should go out and open schools for parents. But they should not force the government [to take back the pupils].
"I'm giving out free education for students who have really decided to go and study, and now you want me to educate the parents?"
The BBC's Sammy Awami in Tanzania reports that the crowd at the rally applauded the president's comments.
At least 8,000 Tanzanian girls drop out of school every year due to pregnancy, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
The online petition says that the president's support for the expulsion law would end the education of many girls and "propagate more discrimination".
It instead calls for the girls to be protected from early pregnancies while in school.
The African Women's Development and Communication Network, Femnet has also expressed its outrage.
"With all the work we have done to emancipate Africa's girl-child from the shackles of discrimination and violation, a sitting president turns around to "re-victimze" and treat their situation like a terrible infectious disease which other girls must be protected from," said its head Dinah Musindarwezo.
Lawyer Kavinya Makau called Mr Magafuli's sentiments a" betrayal of the highest order."
Two weeks ago, Tanzania's Vice-President Samia Suluhu called for young mothers to be readmitted to school, saying they should not be denied a right to education.


The Labour Party has selected a new candidate to contest the Bradford West parliamentary seat following the withdrawal of Amina Ali.

Naz Shah, a women's rights campaigner, will stand for the party in May's General Election.
The seat is held by the Respect Party's George Galloway, who took it from Labour in a by-election in 2012.
Ms Ali, from London, stood down less than a week after being selected citing "massive disruption" to family life.
Speaking after her resignation, Ms Ali said: "I am the mother of two children and, despite my best efforts to make arrangements to bring them to Bradford for the next 70 days, particularly as one of them is doing her GCSEs, this would have caused massive disruption at a critical time."
Mr Galloway claimed the "real reason" for her withdrawal was the the "war inside Bradford West Labour Party".
In a statement following the announcement of her selection, Ms Shah said: "I'm proud to have been chosen as the Labour Party's candidate for the seat in which I was born and am proud to call home.
"I am someone with a track record of campaigning and working for grass roots change and promise that if elected I will be a visible presence for Bradford West constituents and a stark alternative to divisive figure George Galloway."
According to the Labour Party, Ms Shah is the chair of mental health charity Sharing Voices Bradford.
She previously worked as a carer for children and adults with disabilities and spent time as a NHS Commissioner and director of a regional leadership programme for local government.


Injured England captain Wayne Rooney says the competition for places in the build-up to Euro 2016 is "exciting".

England's 3-2 friendly win in Germany on Saturday led to further debate about Rooney's place in the team for this summer's tournament in France.
The 30-year-old Manchester United forward is the Three Lions' record goalscorer, with 51 goals in 109 games.
Rooney, who expects to be back in training within 10 days, told ITV: "I have never taken my place for granted."
Goals from Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Eric Dier secured victory over World Cup holders Germany in Berlin, with Tottenham's Dele Alli named man of the match.
Tottenham forward Kane, 22, and 29-year-old Leicester striker Vardy have both outscored Rooney in the Premier League this season.
Arsenal's Danny Welbeck, 25, and Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge, 26, are also contenders to start up front for England.
But boss Roy Hodgson has backed his captain to play a major part when he returns from a knee injury.
Rooney, speaking before Tuesday's friendly against the Netherlands, said competition for places had "not always been there" in previous tournaments, when the team was "set".
He added: "Now if everyone is fit, no-one knows. The manager can play three or four teams, different combinations. For the country it's going to be an exciting tournament.
"It's an opportunity for us to do really well. I want to be there and be involved and hopefully lead this team as far as possible."
The average age of the England side against Germany was 24, and Rooney said it was important for there to be a balance of youth and experience in the squad.
"There are so many of them that have not been to a major tournament," he said. "There's a lot of young players.
"The likes of myself, Joe Hart and Gary Cahill can give them advice and make them feel more comfortable."
England will face Russia, Slovakia and Wales in Group B of Euro 2016, which starts on 10 June.


The Inverness Half Marathon and 5k runs were held on Sunday.
Thousands of people, from athletes to running enthusiasts, took part in the events.
The men's and women's winners of the half marathon were Shettleston Harriers' Weynay Ghebresilasie and Fionnuala Ross.
Photographer Paul Campbell captured some of Sunday's action.


The search is on for the UK's best craft work as BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour launches a prize to coincide with the programme's 70th anniversary.

Twelve finalists for the Woman's Hour Craft Prize will have their work exhibited at London's V&A Museum, with a planned touring exhibition to follow.
The winner, to be announced in November 2017, will be awarded Â£10,000.
Woman's Hour editor Alice Feinstein said the show wanted to highlight "exceptional craft makers".
She added: "We plan to support innovation, explore the history and variety of crafting practices and, of course, to celebrate the everyday creativity of our listeners.
"We are delighted to be working with The Crafts Council and the V&A to run a prize in 2017."
Presenters Jenni Murray and Jane Garvey announced the new prize during the 70th anniversary edition of the show on Monday.
Work in ceramics, metal, textiles, jewellery, glass and wood will be among those considered by the judges.
Bill Sherman, director of collections and research at the V&A, said craft had "always been at the core of the V&A's purpose".
He added: "There is currently an immense fascination with materiality and process in art, which chimes with the values of craft, and the idea of making holds huge popular appeal."
Crafts Council executive director Rosy Greenlees said British craftsmanship was "revered around the world".
She added: "It is incredibly timely to be launching this prestigious new Woman's Hour Craft Prize to recognise the creativity and calibre of British craft."
More details on how to enter can be found on the Woman's Hour website.
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has restated her country's demand for sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.

Speaking at a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York, Ms Fernandez called on Britain to negotiate the archipelago's future.
"We don't take a fanciful approach to the Malvinas," she said, using the Argentine name for the islands.
"We simply want the UN resolution to be enforced."
She was referring to UN Resolution 2065, which urged both parties in 1965 to negotiate.
She said Argentina and Britain should "sit down and discuss" the matter.
Argentina became a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council in January, for a two-year period.
Five of its 15 members (United States, Russia, China, France and Britain) are permanent and have the power of veto.
Argentina has taken over the body's presidency this month, and Ms Fernandez was invited to chair the meeting at the UN headquarters in New York.
She insisted that the islands belong rightfully to Argentina, but called on restraint from both sides.
"This is a litigious and controversial issue. We need to find consensus and safeguard peace."
Britain and Argentina went to war over the islands in 1982.
Margaret Thatcher's government responded to an invasion of the islands on 2 April 1982 by sending a British task force to the South Atlantic.
Some 255 British and 650 Argentine troops died in the conflict, which ended just over two months later, on 14 June, with Argentine surrender.
The islanders voted overwhelmingly on a referendum held in March to remain British.


A man has pleaded guilty to the murder of a Staffordshire University student.

David Marshall, 68, of Birks Street in the city, admitted murdering Eni Mevish, 20, who was found injured in Cauldon Road, Shelton, in Stoke-on-Trent, in November.
Mr Marshall also admitted the wounding of a 22-year-old man at Wolverhampton Crown Court. Police have said both victims had been stabbed.
Sentencing is due to take place at Stafford Crown Court on 10 April.
The murder victim was a crime science student at the university.


Bury striker Callum Styles has signed his first professional contract with the Shakers.

Styles, 16, made history in May 2016 when he became the first player born in the 21st century to feature in a Football League fixture.
"He is an unbelievable talent and a very special player," new Bury manager Lee Clark told the club website.
"I saw him when he came on to the pitch at Chesterfield [on Saturday], and wow - he was awesome."
Styles arrived at Gigg Lane in March 2016 after being released by Burnley and made his debut from the bench in a 3-2 victory over Southend in the final game of last season.
His new deal will run until the summer of 2019.
Youth team boss Ryan Kidd said: "We beat off several Championship clubs for his signature, and it wasn't long before we knew we had someone special in the building.
"Callum has progressed his all round game this season to new heights and his work rate is now matching his undoubted talent."


When you think of the brand name Philips, you probably think of consumer electronics and lighting.

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But today, nearly half of the Dutch firm's business is focused on healthcare.
In fact, it's selling its home entertainment division and betting on new opportunities in Asia, where there's a growing aging population.
Ashleigh Nghiem asked the company's chief executive, Frans van Houten, about this push into Asia.


Holders Barcelona were held to a draw at third-tier side Hercules in the first leg of their Copa del Rey last-32 tie on Wednesday.

David Mainz slotted in from close range in the second half to give the Segunda Division B side a shock lead.
But teenager Carles Alena drilled in from outside the box to level for Barca, who were without star forwards Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar.
Barcelona next face arch rivals Real Madrid in La Liga on Saturday.
The champions will go into El Clasico (kick-off 15:15 GMT) in second place in the table, six points behind Zinedine Zidane's leaders.
Luis Enrique's Barca side have now drawn their last three domestic matches, following league draws with Malaga and Real Sociedad.
The second leg against Hercules takes place at the Nou Camp in three weeks' time on Wednesday, 21 December.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid thrashed third-tier side Guijuelo 6-0 in their first leg tie, with Yannick Ferreira-Carrasco scoring twice for Diego Simeone's side.
Imagine you could pick from the combined squads of Barcelona and Real Madrid - tasty but testing. Who would you choose?


Fast forward just over a week from now and one of the headlines will read "How The West Was Won".

I'm not talking about the Wild West here - this is about Wirral West, one of the key marginal seats in the North West and the location for our third and final Roger Phillips general election debate on BBC Radio Merseyside.
The battle by Labour to take it back from the Conservatives has been fiercely fought and with just a week to go the pollsters and bookies are predicting the seat could turn red.
The Conservatives won it in 2010 with a majority of 2,436 votes - making it the only Tory constituency on Merseyside.
Former TV personality and local businesswoman Esther McVey had tried and failed to win the seat in 2005 when she stood against Labour's Stephen Hesford.
Following her success in 2010 she was quickly promoted to employment minister within David Cameron's government.
The irony of her potentially having to find alternative employment of her own on 8 May cannot be lost on anybody.
Ms McVey remains positive, though, telling me she's taking little notice of the polls.
"I'll leave predictions to others but what I'm doing is working as hard as I can in Wirral West to win as many votes as possible".
Should she be re-elected, she wants to "continue working hard to turn the economy around and help people into work, providing careers and opportunities for all. It's only with a continuing strong economy that we can afford the great public services that we all want, including our great schools and hospitals".
She said she also wants to "protect the beautiful environment, beach front and green spaces in the local area" as well as opposing planning applications for Underground Coal Gasification in the Dee.
The Tory candidate also promises help for motorists who depend on the Mersey tunnels, saying: "After 10 years of campaigning the Conservative party has agreed to review the Tunnel Tolls and reverse the perverse impacts of the Labour 2004 Tunnel Act to ensure either free or reduced rates for Wirral residents."
Finally, Ms McVey says she will "challenge the Labour-run council when I think Wirral West is being neglected" and vows to be "always… available and accessible to constituents as a local MP who lives in Wirral West".
Labour's candidate Margaret Greenwood is a founder member of the Defend Our NHS campaign group and a significant part of her campaign has been on this issue.
She said: "The NHS is in crisis and that's reflected locally here at Arrowe Park Hospital. The staff work so hard, but they are under real strain because the Tory-led government have not given them the time to care."
Ms Greenwood had support on her doorstep too, often seen campaigning with Labour's Alison McGovern who herself is defending the neighbouring marginal seat of Wirral South.
Labour has also sent its big guns - leader Ed Miliband chose Pensby High School as the venue to make his speech on immigration a couple of weeks ago, while Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham has visited with a pledge to "save Arrowe Park hospital". Former deputy prime minister John Prescott has thrown his support into the ring with a visit to West Kirkby beach earlier this month.
Ms Greenwood - a former teacher - said: "Speaking to voters across west Wirral, they are telling me that the recovery has not reached their kitchen table. Under the Tories, families are on average £1,600 per year worse off."
The Liberal Democrat candidate is Peter Reisdorf. His main priority is also the NHS, "especially ensuring it has sufficient funding and mental health having parity with physical health".
Mr Reisdorf is also passionate about "protecting the environment, especially the green belt and the two threats from extreme gas extraction processes, underground coal gasification and coal bed methane, which damage the local environment and also increase climate change".
Former Conservative party member Hilary Jones is standing for UKIP. She made the switch in 2005 and represented the part in Liverpool West Derby in 2010.
She has a number of key priorities for Wirral West, saying: "We've always opposed tunnel tolls and see them as a tax on jobs".
She questioned why Chancellor George Osbourne "has promised tolls on the Severn Bridge will be abolished by 2017 but he hasn't done anything about the Mersey tolls".
Ms Jones believes "austerity has gone too far when we see things like West Kirkby fire station being closed. The alternative options aren't good enough".
She's also concerned about plans to knock down the former Pensby Hotel to build a 60-bed nursing home, saying "local residents are opposed to the plans and they want to take it into community use which will take time".
The UKIP candidate claims their national policy to stop large-scale development if 3% of the borough call for a referendum within three months of planning permission being granted, would help in this case and overturn any permission to develop the site.
David James is the independent candidate for this constituency, deciding to stand because he wants to "bring common sense to the environment".
The graduate engineer argues "locally we have a huge concern about underground coal gasification and the consensus is that nobody in their right mind would consider doing that".
He's in favour of finding clean energy sources and says the UK government needs to invest somewhere in the region of £5bn on research into this field.
He said: "Unless we put that kind of investment in, the fear is the lights will go out… credit cards won't work, there'll be no fuel, no food, no work, riots - this is an Armageddon situation and civilisation could decay within a fortnight without power… our biggest challenge is to find clean energy."
Mr James would also scrap Trident and use this money to help fund the NHS which he wants to remain free at the point of delivery and says "no company should be allowed to make a profit from caring for people".
He also wants out of the EU to "reclaim our national waters and fishing stock" and he wants to introduce a "sugar tax" believing "the processed food industry is culpable for fattening the population - I would argue sugar at source should be made prohibitively expensive to tackle our obesity epidemic."


Immigrants from eastern Europe have added almost £5bn to Britain's economy since 2004, according to a report.

The National Institute for Economic and Social Research says 700,000 people moved to the UK after their former communist homelands joined the EU.
It believes they drove up British GDP by 0.38% in the years to 2009, the equivalent of £4.91bn.
MigrationWatch UK, which campaigns for tougher controls on immigration, said it was a "poor deal" for the UK.
The report says countries which imposed restrictions on eastern workers saw growth reduced because of this.
Only the UK, Ireland and Sweden allowed free access from the start to workers from the eight 2004 accession countries, which included Poland, Latvia and Hungary.
The last EU members to keep restrictions - Germany and Austria - are lifting them on Sunday.
Between 2004 and 2009, an estimated 1.5 million people from eastern Europe came to the UK. It is thought 700,000 of them stayed, with half a million from Poland alone.
During the same period Britain's GDP grew by £98bn, or 7.7%, and the NIESR study says that a 5% share of the £98bn can be put down to the migrants.
The NIESR says the UK probably benefited from the restrictions imposed by other member states. It says Germany will suffer a "permanent scar" on its level of output, with its GDP reduced by between 0.1 and 0.5%.
One of the report's authors, Dawn Holland, says that the final lifting of restrictions by all EU countries will make little difference to the situation.
"Lifting barriers in Germany may divert some Polish and other workers away from the UK", she says, "especially given the relative strength of the German economy".
"But as the existence of support networks for new migrants is one of the most important factors, much of the shift in migrants since 2004 is likely to prove permanent."
Sir Andrew Green, chairman of MigrationWatch UK, told the BBC: "What matters most is not just GDP but GDP per head.
"This report is clear evidence that the contribution of these migrants was trivial. They added about 1% to population but only about one-third of 1% to production.
"Given the extra strain of public services this has to be a poor deal for the public, especially in the areas most affected."


A son cleared of killing his mother has spoken of his relief, saying: "Who wants the stigma of being known as 'the bloke who kills their mum?'"

Mark Jennens, 40, was accused of manslaughter when his mother died after a row at their West Midlands home over Christmas dinner in 2015.
The prosecution argued he threw her to the floor causing a fractured hip.
But after a jury cleared him, he said: "For the first time in 18 months I can look myself in the eye in the mirror."
Mr Jennens, of Brierley Hill, was the carer for his 78-year-old mother, who suffered from lung cancer. He admitted the pair had a difficult relationship.
"She was a Jekyll and Hyde. She could be lovely or she could be evil, you never quite knew what you were getting," he told the BBC.
Describing what happened on Christmas Eve, he said she fell after he picked her up by her arms in a "tragic accident" following their dispute.
"My mother has been a difficult character and I'd been her sole carer for 10 years," he said.
"She was being aggressive as per usual. Thousands of times she has been aggressive before.
"And this one time I wanted to cry to be quite honest. So I went to pick her up to put her outside the door for two minutes so I could sit there and have a sob.
"Well she went [fell] over and I phoned the police and ambulance."
His mother was taken to Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, but later contracted pneumonia and died on 18 January 2016.
Mr Jennens said he was "absolutely gobsmacked" after he was arrested shortly after.
"Next thing you know I'm being done for manslaughter," he said.
During his trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, it was reported the prosecution described what happened as "a cascade of events all led from a fractured hip which she suffered at her son's hands."
But Mr Jennens' defence barrister argued there had been a "break in the chain of causation" when Hazel was incorrectly administered Salbutamol in hospital two days before she died.
The jury cleared Mr Jennens in less than 90 minutes.
"It was never prison that bothered me," he said.
"No matter how difficult a relationship you've got with your mum you are always going to love them.
"My mum had terminal lung cancer," he said, adding the family didn't know that his mother had been told a year before she died she had six months to live.
He believes the case should never have been brought and that there were many gaps, including unanswered questions about her medical care.
"Now the jury has come back unanimously after an hour-and-a-half it confirms there was no case to answer," he said.
Mr Jennens said his family had "never doubted me for a second" and shared his relief.
"I'm more relieved for my sisters because in hindsight I think they have suffered more than me," he said.
He said he had been under enormous stress looking after his mother and has called for changes to aspects of social care.
His mother had refused help from social service which meant he was not able to get a "vital bit of respite if only for a few hours a week".
"People shouldn't be able to refuse care if there is a desperate need," he said.
A West Midlands Crown Prosecution Service spokesman said it had been decided there was sufficient evidence to prosecute Mr Jennens and it "was in the public interest to proceed with a prosecution".
He added: "Following a trial at Wolverhampton Crown Court, where prosecution and defence evidence was put to the jury, Mr Jennens was found not guilty to the charge put to him. We respect this decision."
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West Midlands Police said its investigation was "thorough".
"Our priority is and will always be to pursue the right and proper course of action in the interests of public safety and justice, especially when dealing with vulnerable members of society," added a spokeswoman.
Diane Wake, chief executive of the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust, said: "This is a very tragic case and our thoughts are with the family. We investigate every death in hospital and these form part of our mortality review process.
"No clinical issues were raised during our investigation and we would be happy to discuss any concerns the family have with them."


Two people have been taken to hospital after a car crashed into a restaurant in Cardiff Bay.

The incident happened just before 19:00 BST at Bill's restaurant on Stuart Street and a lamppost was also knocked down.
It is understood one of the casualties was a pedestrian.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said no-one was trapped in the incident.


Two trains have collided on a ride at a theme park in the Spanish capital, Madrid.

Some 33 people were hurt, with a number taken to hospital for evaluation, although emergency services said the injuries were only light.
Two carriages of the Tren de la Mina (Mine Train) ride at the Parque de Atracciones collided as one completed its route but failed to stop properly.
Police have been called in to determine the cause of the accident.
The incident happened at about 14:30 (12:30 GMT) on Sunday and the park sent out a call to emergency services.
The injuries were mainly bruising and shock.
The park's website says the train is the first family rollercoaster in Spain to incorporate the use of virtual reality glasses.
El Pais (in Spanish) reported that the trains can run up to 55km/h (34 mph).
The Parque de Atracciones, in the capital's largest park, Casa de Campo, opened in 1969.