Lenovo has confirmed that several of its Yoga laptops are refusing to install Linux-based operating systems.

The Chinese firm said the issue had been caused by its switch to a new storage system, which reads and records data faster than normal.
There had been confusion after one of its employees posted that Linux was blocked because of an "agreement with Microsoft".
However, Lenovo has denied enforcing a deliberate ban.
The restriction affects PCs sold with the "signature edition" of Windows 10.
The term refers to a promise that "junk" software is not pre-installed alongside the OS to avoid slowing down its operation.
The affected Lenovo laptops have been on sale for months.
But their inability to support current versions of Linux attracted attention after a post on the Reddit news site.
It referred to frustrated users who had been unable to replace Windows 10 with Ubuntu.
Ubuntu is a free Linux-based OS used by schools, governments and consumers, who are attracted to it being both less demanding on a PC's processor than Windows and also less prone to malware.
Several tech blogs picked up on the report, some of which blamed Microsoft, before Lenovo issued a statement.
"To improve system performance, Lenovo is leading an industry trend of adopting Raid [redundant array of independent disks] on the SSDs [solid state drives] in certain product configurations," it said.
"Lenovo does not intentionally block customers using other operating systems on its devices and is fully committed to providing Linux certifications and installation guidance on a wide range of products."
It added that once Linux-based operating system developers had updated the necessary code, their products should work on its machines.
One expert said the firm's stance was reasonable.
"I understand why the buyers feel aggrieved and surprised," said Chris Green, an analyst at the business consultancy Lewis.
"But at the same time they bought a machine with a pre-installed version of an operating system.
"Any such vendor ultimately only offers assurances that their PC works with the version of Windows it comes with.
"If the user then wants to wipe it and install an OS of their choice, it's a case of buyer beware."


Scientists have produced what they say is the most accurate space view yet of global ocean currents and the speed at which they move.

The information has been drawn from a range of satellites, but in particular from the European Space Agency's Goce mission.
This platform, which operated from 2009 to 2013, made ultra-precise measurements of Earth's gravity.
It has detailed the role this force plays in driving ocean circulation.
The new model - presented at a Goce conference at the Unesco HQ in Paris, France - will be of fundamental importance to climate modellers, because it is the mass movement of water that helps to transport heat around the globe.
Goce carried instrumentation capable of sensing very subtle changes in Earth's gravitational tug.
This pull varies ever so slightly from place to place because of the uneven distribution of mass inside the planet.
Scientists used these observations to construct what is called a "geoid", which essentially describes the "level surface" on an idealised world.
It is the shape the oceans would adopt if there were no winds, no currents and no tides to disturb them.
By comparing this geoid with measurements of sea-surface height made by other spacecraft, researchers can see where water has become piled up.
And it is water's desire always to "run downhill" that is a major influence on the direction and speed of currents - although atmospheric winds and the Earth's rotation are of course critical partners in the overall picture.
Clearly visible in the map at the top of this page are the Agulhas Current flowing down the African coast; the Gulf Stream running across the Atlantic; the Kuroshio Current that sweeps south of Japan and out into the North Pacific; as well as the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, and the system of currents that hug the Equator. In places, these great trains of water move in excess of 1m per second.
The new Goce model of ocean circulation has been checked and integrated with the point measurements from drifting buoys. This has helped capture some of the smaller-scale features in the currents that lie beyond the capabilities of satellites, even one that made as highly resolved observations as the Esa mission.
"Goce has really made a breakthrough for the estimation of ocean currents," said Marie-Helene Rio from the Italian National Research Council's Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.
"The mission objective in terms of geoid [measurement] has been achieved at 1-2cm accuracy at 100km resolution, and in terms of ocean currents this translates into an error that is less than 4cm/s."
Scientists can now add in data collected about sea temperature to calculate the amount of energy the oceans move around the Earth.
Computer models that try to forecast future climate behaviour have to incorporate such details if they are to run more realistic simulations.
The 5th International Goce User Workshop this week will be looking at the many other applications that came out of the satellite's mission.
Mapping gravity variations can yield information about ice mass loss in the Antarctic, and the deep-Earth movements that give rise to great quakes.
Goce was dubbed the "Ferrari of space" because of its sleek looks and the fact that it was assembled in Italy.
When operational, it was the lowest flying scientific satellite in the sky, making observations at an altitude of just 224km during its late phases.
This allowed the spacecraft to better sense the tiny gravity variations, but meant it had to constantly thrust an electric engine to stay aloft.
When the xenon fuel for this engine was exhausted in November 2013, Goce succumbed to the force it had been sent up to study and fell back to Earth.
Eyewitnesses saw surviving debris fall into the South Atlantic, just off the tip of South America, south of the Falkland Islands.
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A main road between Newport and Chepstow was shut after a crash which left a woman with serious injuries.

The two-vehicle crash involving a Range Rover and Toyota happened at about 07:30 GMT on Thursday on the A48.
A woman, 21, is being treated for serious injuries with officers supporting her family and a man who was driving the other car also being treated.
Gwent Police has appealed for witnesses.


The cost of creating more school places in Reading has soared by £9m, the council has said.

Higher construction fees mean the cost of creating 2,500 extra primary school places has gone up from £61m to £70m.
Council education head John Ennis has written to the education secretary to appeal for more government funding.
Mr Ennis said: "Unless extra government funding is made available, it presents some very real problems for Reading's school expansion programme."
Reading Borough Council said "an acute shortage" of labour in the South East was affecting trades such as bricklaying and carpentry, with the cost of building materials also "spiralling".
Mr Ennis said the extra £9m cost was a rise of 20% in "just three months".
He has written to Education Secretary Nicky Morgan to outline the "very serious pressures" Reading is facing and to request extra funding.
He said: "Things have moved on significantly since early last year when funding decisions on school expansions programmes were made by central government.
"Construction costs have spiralled since that time and continue to rise by the day.
"This is something we as a local council have absolutely no local control over, and it is only right that central government acknowledge this as fact and provide local councils like Reading with adequate funding to meet the demand for school places."
Latest census figures show a 34% population rise in Reading of children aged four and below in 10 years - the second highest rise in the South East since 2001.
A Department for Education spokesperson said it was giving the council "£35m from 2011-2015 to spend on new places - compared to just £8.4m by the previous government over an equivalent period".
He added there would be  three schools open in the county by September and that the council would receive £586,000 to spend on new school places in 2015-17.


A human skull found on the coast near Bristol earlier this year is probably "hundreds of years old", police have said.

It was found by a member of the public at Redcliff Bay in Portishead in March.
Avon and Somerset Police said forensic examinations of the remains had "revealed that they are most likely to be several hundred years old".
"Therefore there will be no further police investigation regarding this matter."
At the time the skull was found there was speculation locally that it could have belonged to a pilot who crashed a plane in Redcliff Bay in 1938.
However, local historian Sandy Tebbutt said it was "more likely" it had belonged to a sailor, as the bodies of mariners had washed up in the area over the years.


Torquay United have signed former Wrexham and Accrington striker James Gray following a successful trial.

The 25-year-old played for Southport and Glenavon last season, and has agreed an undisclosed-length contract.
He scored 13 League Two goals in 68 appearances during a three-year spell at Accrington between 2012 and 2015.
"If he keeps up his work ethic he's the type of player our fans will take to, and will do well in our environment," said Gulls player-boss Kevin Nicholson.
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The families of three 7 July suicide bombers are still looking for answers 10 years on, an imam from their home city of Leeds has said.

Mohammed Sidique Khan, Shehzad Tanweer and Hasib Hussain, along with a fourth man Germaine Lindsay, detonated bombs in London killing 52 people in 2005.
Qari Asim, of the Leeds Makkah Mosque, said their families were still in "this sense of shock and disbelief".
He said an event retracing their steps would take place over the weekend.
Mr Asim, whose mosque is in the Hyde Park area of Leeds, said: "Ten years on and the Muslim community, and the wider community, we are all still looking for answers, we are all still trying to find out what are the factors and what is the evidence that leads to radicalisation.
"The families of those three men who came from Leeds and blew themselves up in London, they are still looking for answers because to them they would never have imagined that their young men would do something like that and they're still going through this sense of shock and disbelief."
He said the three were described as "ordinary young men, they were gentlemen, they were good to talk to, they were very friendly people effectively", he said.
"How can three young men, living their ordinary lives, become so radicalised? Can be so motivated that they can take their own lives but also take the lives of others?"
This weekend a group of young people from different faiths are to travel from Leeds to London retracing the steps of the three bombers.
The Leeds Peace Ambassadors will undertake a "peace journey" to mark the 10th anniversary of the bombings, hoping to inspire unity among different faiths.
Fifty-two people died and hundreds were injured when bombs exploded on three Tubes and a bus.
Thirteen victims were killed on the bus at Tavistock Square, 26 died in a bombing at Russell Square on the Piccadilly line; six died in an explosion at Edgware Road on the Circle Line; and seven died at Aldgate on the Circle Line.


Plans to build a tunnel under Stonehenge have been welcomed in an influential report.

The report by UNESCO and the International Council on Monuments and Sites recognised the benefits the 1.8m (2.9km) project.
In 2014 the government announced it would commit to building a tunnel, removing the A303 from the landscape.
Historic England, the National Trust and English Heritage also support the plans.
The report highlighted the scheme's potential to become a "best practice case" for a World Heritage Site.
It said the scheme must "both protect the outstanding universal value" of the site and also "benefit road users".
At the moment the congested A303 cuts through the middle of the area.
Helen Ghosh, director general of the National Trust, said the report "recognises the unmissable opportunity" the government's road improvement scheme offers to address "the blight of the existing A303".
Duncan Wilson, chief executive of Historic England, welcomed the report but said "sensitive design" would be needed.
Kate Mavor, chief executive of English Heritage, added: "Provided that it is designed and built in the right way, a tunnel would reunite the wider landscape around the ancient stones, helping people to better understand and enjoy them."


Paralympic silver medallist Will Bayley believes he has a 'point to prove' as he bids to reclaim the European table tennis title in Vejle, Denmark.

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Bayley - born with arthrogryposis - won gold 2011 and silver in 2013, but has since become the World champion and 'class seven' world number one player.
Victory in the event which runs from 12-17 October would also secure him a place at the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games.
"Rio is in my mind every single day," Bayley told BBC Sport.
He is part of a 15-strong British squad for the Europeans in Denmark, which also features defending champion Rob Davies.
"Losing in the final of London 2012 in front of my friends and family was one of the toughest things in my life, but I bounced back and am focused on putting that right in Brazil," said Bayley.
"I feel like I have a point to prove now and I really want to stamp my authority on the sport."
Davies has been plagued by an on-going back injury since winning two gold medals at the last European Championships in 2013, but hopes he is now in a physically stronger position.
"It's about managing my body and how much I train at the moment," said the 31 year old former rugby player,
"The last few weeks have been really positive and I'm playing some good table tennis."
The GB team also includes World championship silver medalist Sue Gilroy, London 2012 Paralympic bronze medallists Jane Campbell, Sara Head, Ross Wilson and Aaron McKibbin and talented teenagers Megan Shackleton and Billy Shilton.
16-year-old Shilton, who will be making his major championship debut, will play with Bayley in the men's class 7 team event in Denmark.
The partnership has already proved successful - beating World champions Spain to win gold in Slovenia earlier this year.
"Playing team with Will in a major will be an amazing experience for me," said Shilton, "he always performs his best at major competitions."


There was a 17% fall in the number of first year undergraduates at UK universities in the first year of higher tuition fees, new figures show.

In 2012-13 UK universities were allowed to treble their yearly fees to £9,000.
The government acknowledged the fall but stressed that demand for full time higher education has already "returned to record levels".
The Office For Fair Access says it is "concerned" about a 19% in part-time undergraduate students.
Professor Les Ebdon, its director of fair access to higher education, said part-time students are more likely to come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
"They're also more likely to be mature students already in work, 'up-skilling' to improve their current and future employability," he said.
"Any downturn in their numbers is therefore likely to have serious repercussions on the competitiveness of our economy."
The National Union of Students says the decline in part-time students should be "acknowledged as a crisis".
A spokesperson for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (Bis) said "new part-time students became eligible for non-means tested tuition fee loans for the first time in 2012".
"This has significantly increased the number of students eligible to receive government support. We have also been working hard to communicate the benefits of part-time study through our student finance tour and with the National Careers Service."
England saw a 12% fall in new full-time undergraduate students overall.
Bis said that figure was influenced by a higher number of students taking up places the previous year, rather than having a gap year.
"A reduction in entrants in 2012 was well documented and the numbers were affected by the significant number of students who opted not to defer their place from the year before," its spokesperson said.
The decline had not continued into the current year, she added.
"Application rates for some of the most disadvantaged young people have risen to an all time high in England and more students than ever before are being successful in securing a place at their first choice institution."
The figures, collated by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (Hesa), are official confirmation of other indications that there was a fall in the number of people going to university  last year.
Previously released figures had shown declines in applications and offers of places, and the admissions body Ucas also reported a fall.
In Scotland, where the government still pays for the tuition of Scottish students studying within the country, there was a 2% rise in the number of students taking up places on full-time undergraduate courses.
The academics' union, UCU, however, said the overall decline was a direct consequence of the rise in tuition fees.
The union's general secretary, Sally Hunt, said it was "no great surprise that the number of students going to university fell off considerably".
She also believes there may be long-term effects.
"Only the government seemed to think the policy was progressive and, while we have seen a recovery in the number of people applying to university, the fear remains that some may never fulfil their potential because of the new funding regime," she added.
The Hesa figures also show a 1% decline in non-EU students coming to the UK to study, something that concerns the National Union of Students.
A rise in the numbers of students from China and Hong Kong was off-set by a 25% fall in Indian students.
It has previously been suggested they are being put off from the expense of study in the UK by a fall in the value of the rupee, and by improvements in Indian universities.
The NUS vice-president with responsibility for Higher Education, Rachel Wenstone, said: "For the first time ever the total number of international students, who are fundamental for the long term financial and academic health of UK universities, has dropped."


More than 8,000 people who were treated by a surgeon diagnosed with hepatitis C in 2008 are being offered blood screening for the infection.

Health officials ordered the move after finding it was probable that two former patients had been infected during a procedure carried out by the medic.
Of the 8,383 patients being contacted, 8,031 are in Scotland, with 7,311 of those from Lanarkshire.
There are 336 in England, 11 patients in Wales and five in Northern Ireland.
NHS Lanarkshire said the former surgeon, who has not been identified, did not return to clinical practice after testing positive in 2008.
The health board said that following diagnosis a "detailed investigation" had been carried out and the findings submitted to the UK Advisory Panel for Healthcare Workers Infected with Blood Borne Viruses (UKAP).
NHS Lanarkshire said that "based on the evidence available at that time, the UK Advisory Panel advised that a patient notification exercise was not indicated".
That position changed when NHS Lanarkshire was made aware in 2015 of a patient referred for treatment for hepatitis C who had a surgical procedure carried out by the healthcare worker.
Subsequent investigations revealed that the patient, and one other, were probably infected during a surgical procedure carried out by the medic.
After NHS Lanarkshire submitted its findings to UKAP, the national body endorsed the health board's proposal to carry out a patient notification exercise.
UKAP chairman Professor David Goldberg defended the decision not to notify patients in 2008, saying there was no evidence then that any patient had been infected by the doctor.
He said: "I think it's a very reasonable decision. It wasn't the wrong decision based on the evidence we had at the time."
The surgeon concerned was based at hospitals across Lanarkshire but was primarily at Wishaw General Hospital and the former Law Hospital.
The medic also spent time at the William Harvey Hospital in East Kent between January and April 2006 and was working predominantly in England before 1982.
NHS Lanarkshire said it was now working with health boards across the UK to notify former patients who had undergone surgical procedures in which the medic was involved.
It said they would be offered screening for hepatitis but the risk was very low.
Dr Iain Wallace, medical director at NHS Lanarkshire, said: "We know that some people receiving the letter may be anxious about what this means for them. We have apologised to patients for any concern that may be caused by this situation.
"We are committed to supporting patients and are ensuring they have every opportunity to get information about hepatitis C, the testing process and the situation in general.
"We are also putting on additional clinics locally to make it as straightforward and convenient as possible for people to get tested."
Leon Wylie, lead officer of Hepatitis Scotland, said it was "very unfortunate" that the current situation had arisen.
"It is understandable many patients who are contacted to come forward for testing will be very worried by this as, although the risk is low, some transmissions from worker to patients have probably occurred," he said.
"The key point we want to highlight for those affected is that hepatitis C is now easily treatable and that there is an over 90% cure rate in most cases.
"To get treated first you need to know if you have the virus so accepting the offer of a test is vitally important."
It is a virus which can lead to inflammation of the liver.
In most cases, it does not have any symptoms and so most people do not realise they have it.
If untreated, the infection can cause chronic liver disease and, very rarely, cancer of the liver.
Hepatitis C virus is transmitted through blood-to-blood contact, and very rarely through sexual intercourse.
The most common route of transmission in the UK is intravenous drug use. It cannot be transmitted through social contact, kissing or sharing food and drink.


Texas police say 192 people are to face organised crime charges after the Waco bike-gang shooting, which left nine people dead and 16 others injured.

The feud broke out between several gangs at a shopping district in Waco.
What started as a fist fight, soon descended into a battle with knives, clubs, chains and eventually guns.
One witness described the scene as "a war zone", while a Waco policeman called it the most gruesome scene he had encountered in his career.
The incident happened shortly after midday on Sunday at the Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in a shopping area called the Central Texas Market Place.
Up to five rival gangs got into a fight, apparently over parking space near the restaurant.
In addition to announcing the large number of arrests, Waco police department said on Monday they had temporarily closed the Twin Peaks restaurant for at least a week "due to the ongoing danger it presents to our community".
The authorities have increased security in the area to prevent further outbreaks of violence amid fears some of the gang members might return.


The FBI has published documents relating to its investigation into Hillary Clinton's use of private email while serving as Secretary of State.

The 58 pages of notes included the Democratic presidential nominee's interview and details about her private server at her New York residence.
The FBI in July ended a year-long inquiry into whether she broke the law by using a private server.
FBI Director James Comey did not recommend criminal charges.
Mr Comey concluded that though Mrs Clinton and her staff had been "extremely careless" with classified information, there was no evidence that she knowingly shared sensitive material.
Mrs Clinton has claimed that her use of private email was allowed.
FBI Director James Comey said that Hillary Clinton did not display "sophisticated" knowledge of how to handle classified information and that she and her staff were "extremely careless" with sensitive material.
Newly released FBI documents provide numerous details to bolster both assertions.
Mrs Clinton said she didn't recall receiving any specific instruction on handling classified material. She said she thought the "(c)" in several emails could have been a paragraph listing format. She said she didn't "pay attention" to classification levels, instead treating all classified material "seriously".
During her tenure as secretary, she used 13 mobile devices. Some were destroyed, but others couldn't be located.
There was indication that unknown parties tried to gain access to her email server and one case where an email account belonging to a Bill Clinton staffer may have been successfully "compromised". Mrs Clinton also regularly brought her Blackberry phone into secure State Department locations - a violation of department policy.
Mrs Clinton has made her experience and competency key components of her campaign pitch to voters. This FBI report won't help her make that case.
According to the documents, Mrs Clinton told the FBI she "did not explicitly request permission to use a private server or email address", but that members of the State Department were aware of her use of a private address "because it was displayed to anyone with whom she exchanged emails".
The files also include information on how the private server was set up in the basement of Mrs Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York.
Though the documents, which included summaries of interviews with some Clinton staffers, offered more insight into the FBI's investigation, large portions of the files were heavily redacted.
Questions over Mrs Clinton's use of a private server have dogged her presidential campaign on the trail over the last year.
A spokesman for Mrs Clinton's Republican rival, Donald Trump, said the notes "reinforce her tremendously bad judgment and dishonesty".


It may be famous for having been one of the world's most important steel and iron towns.

Yet a new discovery has potentially unearthed a whole new chapter of history in Merthyr Tydfil.
Bouncer and local historian Anthony Thomas, 45, has found a series of crop marks believed to date back to Roman times.
The find has been hailed as a discovery which could "rewrite" the history of the town.
Mr Thomas first noticed the "unusual, rectangular crop marks" after studying aerial photographs of the land.
He contacted the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust (GGAT) who confirmed that it could be Roman, most likely linked to metal working in the area.
The location has not yet been revealed so more exploration can be carried out.
Mr Thomas, who first found a silver coin dating back to 78AD two years ago, has since found more coins, pottery, broaches, tiles, beads, cut wood and lead weights. But it is his latest potential find that has attracted the most interest.
"In the end, we worked out I've found more than 100 pieces of Roman artefacts from the field," he said.
"I always thought, there's got to be a Roman building, so I kept on going.
"I started digging holes up there to see what more I could find, and about 3ft (0.9m) down I found the tops of walls which I believe are part of a Roman town.
"I'm really excited by it all."
Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Trust, working in partnership with Merthyr Tydfil council, GGAT and Cadw, are planning to investigate the site as part of a new community archaeology project.
Richard Lewis, GGAT head of projects, said: "What we know about Roman Merthyr Tydfil largely comes from investigations in the late 18th Century, and then in the early and mid-20th Century - little else is known.
"In 1786 workers building Penydarren House for the ironmaster Samuel Homfrey found Roman bricks and tessellated pavement (mosaic).
"It wasn't until much later, between 1902 and 1904, during the construction of the Athletics Club track that the remains of a Roman granary building finally pointed to there being a Roman fort."
Outside the fort, he said little was known about the Roman presence until the recent discoveries made by father-of-three Mr Thomas.
"If these crop marks turn out to be Roman then this would be a significant national and internationally important discovery and would rewrite the Roman and industrial history of Merthyr Tydfil," he added.
GGAT are now looking to fund the community project and, with the help of volunteers, will carry out two phases of exploration; a geophysical survey followed by a trial trenching during the summer.
It is hoped this will confirm whether the site is of Roman origin once and for all.
Mr Thomas added: "I always used to joke saying I'm not going to stop until I've found a Roman villa. Now I might have only gone and done it."


Ed Joyce has been ruled out of Ireland's one-day games against South Africa and Australia later this month.

The Sussex batsman, 37, requires minor knee surgery and has been replaced in the squad by Sean Terry, who made his debut against Afghanistan in July.
Tim Murtagh will join the squad in South Africa after Middlesex's final County Championship game next week.
Ireland face South Africa in Benoni on 25 September before meeting Australia at the same venue two days later.
"It's obviously a blow to lose someone of Ed's calibre but Sean Terry is a batsman of undoubted promise," said Ireland coach John Bracewell.
"Given the likely pitch in Benoni, and the likelihood we will facing two majority pace attacks, the selectors felt that Sean was the logical replacement."
Joyce produced impressive form for Ireland over the summer as he hit two centuries against Afghanistan at Stormont, including a series-saving unbeaten 160.
Murtagh, 35, will delay his departure to South Africa in order to be available for Middlesex's County Championship game against Yorkshire, starting on Tuesday, as they aim for a first title in 23 years.
"This match means a huge amount to both Tim and Middlesex. Having played with the club for 10 years, it would be the culmination of one of his most fiercely held ambitions," said Cricket Ireland's performance director Richard Holdsworth.
Middlesex have agreed to fly Murtagh out to South Africa as soon as the game finishes, in time for him to join the squad ahead of the first game against South Africa.


Sir David Attenborough's new documentary traces his lifelong passion for birds of paradise.

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27 January 2015 Last updated at 15:16 GMT
For five centuries "birds from paradise" have captivated explorers, naturalists, artists, film-makers and even royalty. They are also one of David Attenborough's lifelong passions.
He was the first to film many of their beautiful and often bizarre displays and has spent a lifetime tracking them all over the jungles of New Guinea.
Here, David reflects on his first attempt to film the birds of paradise, their bizarre and exotic courtship rituals, his experience at a state-of-the-art breeding facility in Qatar, and how there are always wonderful things to discover.
Photographs by Tim Laman/naturepl.com and David Attenborough.
Music by Ben Salisbury. Photofilm produced by Dualtagh Herr.
Attenborough's Paradise Birds will be broadcast on Thursday 29 January 2015 at 20:00 GMT on BBC Two.


Three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a man who was found injured near a boating lake.

Brendon Mason died in hospital as a result of head injuries after being found in Abbey Park, Leicester, on Tuesday morning.
The three men - two aged 21 and one aged 20 - and 18-year-old woman arrested are in police custody.
A 27-year-old man arrested on Tuesday has been released on police bail.
Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have information about Mr Mason's movements on Monday evening, and the early hours of Tuesday.
The 23-year-old was seen in Tournament Road, Glenfield, between 16:25 BST and 17:00 BST on Monday, before walking in the direction of a bus stop in Dominion Road.
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He was found seriously inured in Abbey Park at 08:10 BST.
Det Ch Insp Mick Graham, who is leading the investigation, said: "While we have made these arrests, the investigation into the death of Brendon is still very much ongoing."
Mr Mason was last seen wearing grey canvas tracksuit bottoms and a navy blue Adidas tracksuit top, and was carrying a black Puma backpack.


The westbound side of the M4's Brynglas Tunnels at Newport is closed on Sunday as its 18-month upgrade continues.

Westbound traffic has been diverted via the A48 Southern Distributor Road between M4 junctions 24 and 28.
The westbound carriageway, between Junction 25a and Junction 26 of the M4, will reopen at 06:00 BST on Monday.
Motorists have been warned there is "stop-start traffic" on M4 Westbound between the Coldra (junction 24) and Caerleon (junction 25).
Inrix traffic sensors are also showing slow traffic on the A48 Southern Distributor Road to the south of Newport.
Both tunnels will be closed during the night occasionally as engineers upgrade the mechanical and electrical systems.
Scheduled weekend closures for the Brynglas Tunnels on the M4:
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Migrants found by the BBC last week drifting off the coast of Thailand have been rescued by Indonesian fishermen.

A BBC reporter who reached their boat says it is filthy and insect-infested.
In a significant change, Malaysia and Indonesia agreed to offer temporary shelter to 7,000 stranded migrants. Thailand also said it would no longer push back the stranded boats.
Nearly 3,000 Bangladeshi and Rohingya migrants have come to shore in recent weeks, but many have been turned away.
Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah Aman announced the policy change after emergency talks in Kuala Lumpur with his Indonesian and Thai counterparts on the growing humanitarian crisis.
Thailand earlier failed to join its neighbours in their commitment to shelter the migrants but later said it too would no longer push back boats stranded in its territorial waters. It also said it would continue to provide humanitarian assistance.
It is unusual to see open disagreement between South East Asian countries, but the empty Thai podium in Kuala Lumpur at what was meant to be a joint statement by foreign ministers of the three countries suggested Thailand was not on board with the deal.
But several hours later, Thailand has come round - in a long statement on the problem of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh, the Thai foreign ministry slipped in a sentence stating that it would no longer push back boat people entering its territorial waters.
The earlier statement from its neighbours Malaysia and Indonesia said they would offer shelter to the migrants, several thousand of whom are still believed to be out in the Andaman Sea - but they asked for international assistance to resettle them within a year. How that will be achieved remains unclear.
The perilous journey of a migrant boat that made it
The Indonesian villagers saving migrants
The migrant boat which arrived off Indonesia's northern Aceh province on Wednesday, was first spotted drifting last Thursday.
Those on board told the BBC's Jonathan Head at the time that they had been abandoned by people-smugglers and were running out of food and water. They said 10 people on board had already died.
The Thai navy gave them food and water and later fixed the boat's engine and towed them out to sea. Contact was then lost with the boat.
The migrants say they were towed out to sea three times by the Thai and Malaysian navies and described how the Malaysian authorities escorted them virtually the whole way to Indonesia warning them never to return.
The BBC's Xinyan Yu, who is on board the abandoned trawler, says it is dirty and covered in bottles of pepper sauce, dirty plates and plastic bags of instant noodles. The smell is overwhelming she adds.
More than 400 people were rescued off Aceh on Wednesday.
Speaking after the emergency meeting in Malaysia, Foreign Minister Aman said his country and Indonesia would stop towing the boats into others' territorial waters.
But he warned they would only provide shelter if the migrants came ashore, and under the condition that the international community would help to repatriate or resettle them within a year.
Rights groups, who have repeatedly called on the governments of the three nations to prioritise saving the lives of those on board, have welcomed Wednesday's announcement.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said it was "an important step" in resolving the crisis, but warned it was "urgent for people to be brought to shore without delay".
International Organisation for Migration spokesman Jeff Labovitz said the immediate offer of help would save lives by getting thousands of people off the high seas to safety.
News organisations in Malaysia and Indonesia were quick to pick up on the temporary nature of the deal.
Indonesia's Metro TV points out that the migrants would be taken in for "a maximum of one year" while the moderate Muslim daily Republika highlights the religion minister's comment that "Rohingya refugees must behave themselves".
News website Viva explains Indonesia's apparent change of heart on the issue by suggesting that the country's founding philosophy of 'Pancasila' requires it to help the migrants.
Meanwhile, Malaysian newspaper The Malay Mail quotes the foreign minister as saying the country intended to help all along. "Putrajaya [the government] denies shunning Rohingya 'boat people'", its headline reads.
But Marina Mahathir, a popular columnist who is also the daughter of a former Malaysian prime minister, suggests on Facebook that the deal was the result of pressure from activists, writing, "Yay! Your advocacy worked, folks!!"
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Twenty lambs have been killed in shootings at neighbouring farms.

Police were called to Cherry Tree Lodge Farm, Crow Tree Bank, Doncaster, after several were shot overnight.
Six lambs were found dead, with a further six having to be put down due to the extent of their injuries.
At Stoupers Gate farm, near Hatfield, six lambs were shot dead overnight between 21 and 22 March, while a further two had to be put down. Police described the attacks as "sickening".
Insp Mark Payling, from South Yorkshire Police, said the "thoughtless act of violence... had caused outrage amongst the farming community across the region and beyond".
He added: "Both incidents have caused distress and outrage not only in our local communities, but across South Yorkshire."


The leader of the UKIP group in the Welsh Assembly hopes the election of a new party leader will bring an end to factionalism within the party.

Neil Hamilton told BBC Wales that he would support Diane James despite having voted for runner-up Lisa Duffy.
He said he hoped UKIP could "finally put to bed these personal animosities and personal differences" for the sake of the party's political objectives.
Mrs James has backed UKIP MEP Nathan Gill, who has left the assembly group.
Mr Hamilton said he was "disappointed" the new leader did not mention UKIP's achievements in Wales during her victory speech at the party's conference in Bournemouth on Friday.
"We had a great success in the assembly elections - we elected seven AMs, we are a big group and play an important role," he said.
UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill - who lost a bid to lead the assembly group to Mr Hamilton - told BBC Wales he was "relieved" that Mrs James had been elected leader.
Mr Gill was one of the first people to greet the new leader as she arrived at the conference before being declared winner of the leadership election.
Mrs James praised him later at her first press conference as leader.
"Nathan Gill has my 100% support," she said.
"He's been a very, very valued member in the European Parliament and I trust him 100% in terms of his views and his commitment to UKIP."
Mrs James said she was happy for him continue to serve as a UKIP MEP while sitting as an independent AM in the Welsh Assembly.
It has also emerged that Mr Gill has replaced Mr Hamilton on the UKIP conference agenda for Saturday - sources close to Mr Gill told BBC Wales the decision had been taken by Mrs James.
Asked about his replacement on the agenda, Mr Hamilton said: "I am perplexed by it, and I think our party members in Wales will be even more perplexed by it."
He said a strategy of "alienating" the UKIP Assembly group would be "suicidal" for new leader Diane James.
Earlier, Alex Phillips, a former aide to the outgoing UKIP leader Nigel Farage, revealed she had joined the Conservatives.
Ms Phillips, who was UKIP's head of media for two years, said her former party was in a "catastrophic mess", but she would continue to work as an advisor to Mr Gill.
"I have a job to do and I am committed to doing that job professionally by offering objective media advice to Nathan as a professional individual," she told BBC Wales.
"We discussed my personal decision weeks ago and he was reassured that I, better than most, know UKIP's ideology inside out as well as being a veteran in dealing with political media and that this should not affect my ability to work for him.
"I am employed directly by him and not UKIP so this is not a matter for his colleagues in my former party."
Ms Phillips had been selected as UKIP's number two candidate on the South Wales Central regional list for the Welsh Assembly election but stepped down, saying at the time she would continue in her media role for the campaign.
In an interview with The Guardian Ms Phillips described Mr Hamilton as a "Machiavellian Rasputin character" always "lurking in the shadows" when crises erupted.
Mr Hamilton defeated UK Wales leader Mr Gill to become assembly group leader in May.
UKIP AM Michelle Brown told the BBC's Good Morning Wales programme Ms Phillips had given a "very creative description" of Mr Hamilton that was "not accurate".
"Neil's a hard working AM, he works as hard as the rest of us, if not harder," she said.
"He's very experienced, he was the best qualified person to lead the group."
The North Wales AM claimed Ms Phillips "obviously has some personal issue with Neil".


Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir say a policeman has been lynched outside the main mosque in Srinagar, the summer capital .

Muhammad Ayub had been deployed in plain clothes outside the  Jamia Masjid mosque during the Friday prayers, police told BBC Urdu's Riyaz Masroor.
Locals allege that the officer had fired his gun into a crowd after getting into a brawl with some youths.
Police say they have arrested two people in connection with the incident.
Kashmir police chief Sheshpal Ved said another suspect would be arrested soon. "The people involved in this dastardly act will face the law," he told reporters.
Prominent separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was speaking at the centuries-old mosque in old Srinagar's Nowhatta area when the incident took place.
"The police officer had a brawl with a group of boys and he fired his silencer-fitted pistol, injuring two boys. The crowd pounced on him and lynched him," Muneer, a local resident, told BBC Urdu.
The lynching, perhaps the first of its kind in Kashmir, has caused outrage, says our correspondent.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said, "Our police force is bravest across the country. They exercise maximum restraint as they know they are dealing with their own people."
Kashmir's 130,000-strong police force has already been under strain after militants stepped up attacks on its men and officers.
There has been an armed revolt in the Muslim-majority region against rule by India since 1989.
The disputed region is claimed by both India and Pakistan in its entirety. India blames Pakistan for fuelling the unrest, a claim denied by Islamabad.


The family of Fusilier Lee Rigby, who was murdered by extremists in 2013, has criticised Apple for opposing a court order.

On Wednesday, Apple said modifying its software to help the FBI access data on San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook's device would be "dangerous".
Mr Rigby's uncle Ray McClure said the company was "protecting a murderer's privacy at the cost of public safety".
But a number of tech leaders and privacy advocates have backed Apple.
They include Google's chief executive Sundar Pichai who tweeted that requiring companies to enable the hacking of their customer devices "could be a troubling precedent".
Whatsapp's founder Jan Koum added that he admired Apple's chief executive Tim Cook, and added: "Today our freedom and our liberty is at stake."
Mr McClure, who contacted the BBC after reading Apple's statement, said he thought Apple's approach was "short-sighted".
In December, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik were shot after killing 14 people in California.
US officials said Malik pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State in a social media post on the day of the shooting.
Apple had been ordered to help the FBI circumvent security software on Farook's iPhone, which the FBI said contained crucial information.
But the company said it would oppose the court order because it "set a dangerous precedent".
"Valuable evidence is on that smartphone and Apple is denying the FBI access to that information," Mr McClure told the BBC.
"If a court issued a warrant in the UK or United States to search somebody's house, you wouldn't stop them, you would allow them in - why should a smartphone be any different?
"If Mr Cook has no sympathy for terrorists, why is he stopping the FBI accessing those phone records?"
Apple has not indicated whether fulfilling the court order would be physically possible.
In an open letter on Wednesday, Tim Cook said Apple did cooperate with law enforcement.
"When the FBI has requested data that's in our possession, we have provided it," he wrote.
"We have also made Apple engineers available to advise the FBI... we have worked hard to support the government's efforts to solve this horrible crime. We have no sympathy for terrorists."
The company said it would oppose the court order because it would create a "backdoor" in the security of its operating system.
"In the wrong hands, this software â€” which does not exist today â€” would have the potential to unlock any iPhone in someone's physical possession," the company said.
But Mr McClure said companies were forgetting about the victims of crime, and the families of those killed.
"I would hate to see on the streets of London another murder like happened to Lee Rigby, I'd hate to see another attack like happened in Paris," he said.
"How many victims of crime are not getting justice because of Apple's stance?"
However, privacy advocates have backed Apple's position.
"The FBI's request, which would in practice require Apple to rewrite its operating system to weaken security protections, would set a very dangerous precedent," said Sherif Elsayed-Ali from Amnesty International.
"Such backdoors undermine everyone's security and threaten our right to privacy.
"This isn't an issue about reading a known terrorist's texts - it's about how the functionality could be abused in other ways."
Greg Nojeim from the Centre for Democracy and Technology agreed: "If the order stands, Apple and other technology companies could be ordered to build backdoors - essentially defects - into other devices, rendering them insecure and vulnerable to attack by law enforcement and by others as well."
In its statement, Apple said: "The government is asking Apple to hack our own users and undermine decades of security advancements that protect our customers.
"We can find no precedent for an American company being forced to expose its customers to a greater risk of attack."
Mr McClure said he appreciated the value of encryption but that some companies had taken things too far.
"I'm not saying take encryption off the iPhone, but there has to be a balance," he told the BBC.
"Where there is a legally obtained warrant for information we should be helping the authorities get that information.
"That can also clear an innocent person too, it works both ways."


Software giant Oracle is seeking to expand a legal complaint against Google's Android operating system.

Oracle alleges that Android uses thousands of lines of code from the Java programming language Oracle owns.
Oracle has filed court papers seeking to include the six most recent versions of Android in its complaint against Google.
Those six versions have been released while the long-running US court case has been fought.
In its legal papers, Oracle said the ongoing success of Android was in danger of "destroying" interest in Java.
The "widespread dominance" that Android had achieved in the mobile phone market had done "irreversible" damage to Java's potential market, said Oracle.
This success was based on Google using 37 Java packages without permission, it argued.
In its court case Oracle is looking for a judgement that Google has infringed its copyright, along with an injunction to stop Google using the disputed code.
It also seeks damages and costs.
The legal scrap between Google and Oracle began in 2010 and the two firms first faced each other in court in May 2012.
The jury in that case decided in Oracle's favour but the judge overturned the decision saying Java's disputed code was not covered by copyright laws.
Oracle appealed and a higher US court reversed the judge's decision saying the code was indeed covered by copyright.
Google then took this decision to the US Supreme court which rejected its arguments in June this year.
The rejection means the case must return to a lower court which will now decide the case.
Neither Google nor Oracle have responded to a request for comment.


It's usually a difficult thing reading the body language of captains and coaches after rugby matches.

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The players, winners or losers, always look shattered while the coaches try their best to be inscrutable, say nice things about their opponents and try not to do anything to belittle the team they're playing next.
England's Eddie Jones doesn't fit the stereotype, but for most it's true.
However, after Wales' second-half capitulation to a resurgent Scotland at Murrayfield the contrast between the winner Vern Cotter and vanquished Rob Howley could not have been more stark.
Cotter - up first - sat bolt upright and tried to remain expressionless, just occasionally letting his guard slip to crack a joke in the understated manner beloved of New Zealand rugby coaches.
Howley was a different animal.
The man tasked with guiding Wales while Warren Gatland prepares for this summer's British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand has a lot on his plate.
Leaning forward and speaking directly into one of the two microphones to the point where his voice distorted into what broadcasters call "popping", the former scrum-half did not look or sound like a happy man.
Not angry, but clearly frustrated.
His side's first loss to Scotland in a decade leaves Wales with two defeats from three matches in the 2017 Six Nations with games to come against Ireland at home on 10 March and France in Paris on 18 March.
That's Ireland, who beat the All Blacks in the autumn of 2016 and saw off France in Dublin in their latest Six Nations outing - and France, who beat a resurgent Scotland in Paris earlier in February.
It's a tough run-in for a side who have managed a total of 29 points in their past two Six Nations games with just three points coming in the second halves of those defeats by England and Scotland.
The irony is that things were going swimmingly in the first half against Scotland until a six-point turnaround just before the interval.
Leigh Halfpenny missed a penalty which would have put Wales 16-6 ahead in the 37th minute and before the interval Finn Russell kicked one for Scotland which meant the lead at half-time was four points instead of 10.
It was a momentum swing from which Wales did not recover as Scotland delivered on their promise to turn heroic defeats into glorious victories.
Howley's assessment was blunt and to the point.
"We just weren't accurate enough, were we?" he said.
"I thought we made it a little bit easier in second half for Scotland, we've turned the ball over too many times.
"We were quite dominant first half, probably not clinical enough with a couple of opportunities, but in terms of the accuracy of the breakdown the intensity we needed, we didn't have it.
"The accuracy in the execution of skills is something that we need to continue to work on because the number of times we turned the ball over and the opportunities - the three-on-twos or the four-on-threes - you have to take, and we didn't do that."
Those were perhaps the reasons - for the second game running - Wales struggled to turn dominance into points. And without a sufficient buffer they were quickly overhauled when Scotland hit their straps.
For all the talk of the pivotal weekend of the tournament and the rebirth of Scottish rugby, there is a fear in Wales that this season could be a watershed.
With the 2012 Grand Slam and 2013 championship wins now consigned to history, this team is at a crossroads.
There will be calls in Wales for changes and the blooding of new players, but that presents Howley and his backroom staff with a dilemma to which he alluded during his media conference.
He concedes that Wales' title challenge is over, but another defeat would make this Wales' least successful campaign since 2010 when they won two of their five matches.
He did not sound like a man ready to experiment.
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"Look, it's about playing for Wales, you're playing in a championship and we've got huge respect for the Six Nations and players want to perform to the best they can and they've got another opportunity," he added.
Same squad, another chance and he'll be hoping for a different outcome.
Things can change as we saw in the second half at Murrayfield.
Howley's task is to get them to change in his team's favour before Ireland and their emerald army of supporters arrive for a frisky Friday night out in Cardiff on 10 March.


A woman has appeared in court charged with the murder of another woman found stabbed at her home in Portsmouth.

Nadine Burden died at the scene in Toronto Road, Portsmouth, on Saturday.
Victoria Arthur, 43, of Milton Road, Portsmouth was remanded in custody to appear at Winchester Crown Court on Thursday.
Julie Palmer, 52, also of Portsmouth, was charged with assisting an offender. She is due to appear at Winchester Crown Court on 1 March.
Both women appeared before Portsmouth Magistrates Court earlier.
Investigations into the attack continue with police still appealing for information.


The respected classical conductor Sir Jeffrey Tate has died at the age of 74, his agency has confirmed.

Sir Jeffrey, who was born with spina bifida, was the principal conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Opera House in the 1980s.
He recently worked in Germany and was knighted in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to British music overseas.
Sir Jeffrey, who had curvature of the spine and a paralysed left leg, would conduct while sitting on a tall stool.
He has featured as a guest conductor with almost every major orchestra and opera house in the world.
Since 2007, Sir Jeffrey has been the chief conductor of the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra and is recognised as one of the foremost interpreters of German music.
He received his knighthood from Prince William at an investiture ceremony in London on 19 April.
Sir Jeffrey, who went to school in Farnham in Surrey, turned to conducting at 27 - after studying medicine at Cambridge and beginning training as a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital in London.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 1989, he said his conducting career came "purely by accident".
He began musical training at the Royal Opera House in the 1970s.
He made his conducting debut in 1978 with the opera Carmen at the Gothenburg Opera in Sweden. By 1986, he was principal conductor at the Royal Opera House, where he recorded extensively.
Sir Jeffrey told Radio 4 the course of his career was surprising - since he sometimes "loathed" opera.
"I used to go to Covent Garden and wonder why the singers were never with the beat, always sang out of tune, and why the productions looked so horrible and I'd much rather go to the Royal Shakespeare Company," he said.
"But when it works it's the most wonderful thing in the world."
He added: "Maybe I've got the wanderlust inside me, that I perhaps will never actually feel I am at home in any one thing."
Sir Jeffrey, who has been president of the UK spina bifida charity Shine since 1989, also spoke of feeling self-conscious performing with a disability.
"I always feel a bit sort of odd walking in front of all those people," he said.
"I used to rush on, I suppose out of fear, and once in fact fell down."
On his first appearance at Cologne opera house, he recalls rushing to the podium: "I in fact slipped on the first step and fell into the arms of the viola player, and of course it took me about half an hour to recover from that.
"I learnt a savage lesson from that - despite feeling nervous and self-conscious that I have to walk very, very slowly."
But he told Radio 4 that he had got "jolly used" to sitting on a stool.
"Occasionally I stand up, and that is an advantage, because if you do stand up occasionally, you can produce an effect."
"There is in the last resort no limit to my physical energy if I know what I'm doing and want to do it," he said.


International arms sales are a good barometer of the rising tensions in the world.

According to the latest figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), over the past five years the volume of transfers of major weapons systems was up some 14% over 2006-11.
And no wonder. Just look at the headlines.
There are growing tensions in Asia, prompted in large part by China's rise as a regional power.
The Middle East is in a state of total melt-down with Iraq and Syria in chaos; Saudi Arabia at war in Yemen; and with those countries not engaged directly in conflict all eager to bolster their defences.
Even in Europe, which perhaps enjoyed something of a "peace dividend" in the wake of the ending of the Cold War, Russia's behaviour has prompted a slow rise in military spending, although this latter phenomenon has perhaps been too recent to figure in Sipri's tables.
The United States remains the major global arms supplier by a significant margin, accounting for some 33% of sales; its major customers being Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Russia is the second major supplier, with 25% of sales, its principal clients being India and China.
14%
Increase in 2011-15 vs 2006-10
74% of exports come from just five countries - the  US, Russia, China, France and Germany
58% comes from the US and Russia alone
China itself is also developing as an arms seller.
Indeed Sipri shows that it has leapfrogged over France and Germany into third place, accounting for just under 6% of sales with Pakistan as far and away its largest client.
China's role as an arms exporter reflects the growing sophistication of its own military industries; a product of its rising military ambitions.
Lost in the broad aggregate figures is the fact that China's rise provides an additional source of supply for weaponry that has long been the preserve of a small group of western nations.
The export of unmanned drones is a good example with Chinese-supplied armed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle's having been spotted in Nigeria; proof-positive that the days of Beijing simply exporting cheap and cheerful rip-offs of Russian weaponry are over.
Nonetheless, the fact that China remains a major importer of sophisticated arms shows that it still has a way to go in developing the most advanced weapons systems but the pace of its development is remarkable.
Both French and German arms sales fell during the past five years, though those for the UK (in sixth position) rose by nearly a quarter.
On the demand side the five biggest importers of arms in 2011-15 were India, Saudi Arabia, China, the UAE and Australia, who together accounted for some 34% of all arms imports illustrating once again that in Asia and the Middle East re-armament is very much the order of the day.


Spain defender Gerard Pique will retire from international football after the 2018 World Cup following a controversy surrounding his shirt sleeves.

The Barcelona player, 29, is unpopular with some Spain fans for his support of independence for Catalonia.
In Sunday's 2-0 win in Albania, his shirt - unlike his colleagues - did not have a Spanish flag trim on the sleeve.
After social media criticism, the Spanish FA released a statement to explain why, and defend Pique.
Pique was wearing the long-sleeved shirt - as was Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos - which does not feature the flag trim.
The statement said that Pique had cut the sleeves off his shirt, "the same way other players have done on many occasions," for comfort.
Pique, who won the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2012, said: "I have tried everything, but I can't bear this anymore.
"Today's issue of the sleeves is the the straw that breaks the camel. They've managed to make me lose the excitement of coming here and although after Russia I'll only be 31, I'll leave."


Ross County are hopeful of taking as many as 10,000 fans to next month's League Cup final against Hibernian.

The population of Dingwall is little more than 5,000 but Staggies chairman Roy MacGregor recalls the backing they had at the 2010 Scottish Cup final.
"It was a Highland gathering," he told BBC Scotland. "There was an exodus to Glasgow that day.
"It felt like a family wedding. We're hoping for something the same this time."
County, who lost to Dundee United at Hampden in that 2010 final, have been given 7,000 tickets to sell, while Hibs have around 25,000.
"We'd like to get more tickets and, provided we sell our allocation, we can," explained 62-year-old MacGregor.
"We're encouraging people to buy them early, to make sure you are there."
The Staggies sit fifth in the top flight and are also in the last eight of the Scottish Cup, where they host Dundee United next weekend.
Manager Jim McIntyre delivered the club's second major final by beating Ayr United, Falkirk, local rivals Inverness CT and Celtic.
"We set ourselves the goal of finishing in the top six and to get to, certainly, a cup semi-final," said MacGregor.
"We've surpassed that and now it's about keeping focused. On three fronts, it's a job-and-a-half for Jim.
"If we are lucky enough to pick up silverware that would be a bonus. It would be part of the history of the club, part of the progression.
"Winning silverware means you are taken more seriously.
"The rest of Scotland has sat up and taken notice, particularly over the last couple of years, with probably more than half of the clubs in the Premiership from north and east of Perth. I think that's a statement in itself.
"We're proud to be there but we don't take anything for granted."
Prior to Saturday's 3-0 home defeat by Dundee United in the league, the Dingwall club paid tribute to the team of 1966-67, who won the Highland League for first time and met Rangers in the Scottish Cup.
"As a 12-year-old boy on the terrace at Victoria Park, that's what gave me the bug," remembers MacGregor.
"It's quite difficult to take in how far we have come in those 50 years.
"For people my age they have seen progression from the Highland League to the Premiership and now two cup finals.
"For a young fan, it's the beginning of a journey. Where will the next 25 years leave Ross County? Can we get into Europe? Can we win something regularly?
"I'm not sure where the journey is going to end but it's great to be part of it."


A children's paddling pool was closed for four days after dozens of alcohol bottles were smashed into the water.

It is thought about 300 post-exam teenagers gathered at the Newnham pool in Cambridge on Saturday night after a party was advertised on Facebook.
A Cambridge City Council spokesman said their "vandalism" at the open-air pool "had put young children in danger".
He said the council was considering fencing off the pool next year "as it's cheaper than closing and clearing it".
Damage at the large council-owned pool in a park known as Lammas Land was noticed on Sunday morning and the facility was immediately closed.
One resident, who photographed the aftermath and clean-up operation, said she was "shocked and appalled by this very deliberate and very nasty act".
She said one of the pool engineers told her he had collected five "very large" buckets of bottles and shattered glass.
"It's bonkers, the amount of alcohol they must have got through," she added.
Ian Ross, city council manager for sport and recreation, said he was aware a party had been advertised on social media and had been told about 300 children attended.
"It was a mix of GCSE and A-level students celebrating the end of exams, as far as I am aware.
"Shall we just say it was a very well-attended reverie," he said.
Although it is not the first time the park and pool have been used for parties, it is the first time the pool has had to be drained.
It took one-and-a-half days to drain, and several days to clear and refill, Mr Ross said.
The pool has now reopened.


An 11-year-old girl has been assaulted three days after an attempted child abduction in Newbury.

Police said a "scruffy" white man in his 40s approached the girl on Love Lane at 15:30 BST on Friday, close to Trinity School.
Officers said they were "keeping an open mind" about a possible link with the attempted abduction of an eight-year-old girl on Tuesday.
The girl was cycling on Owen Road when a woman in a car grabbed her arm.
Thames Valley Police have said there were "extra patrols" in the area.
Det Con Snezhanna Lennon said: "This was a frightening experience for the victim."


US President Barack Obama has said he is "heartbroken" after a senior White House employee was killed on a charity bike ride.

Jake Brewer, 34, died while taking part in the 150-mile Ride to Conquer Cancer event on Saturday.
The senior policy advisor in the chief technology office lost control of his bike and was hit by a vehicle.
Mr Obama said: "Jake devoted his life to empowering people and making government work better for them."
He said Mr Brewer had "a brilliant mind, a big heart, and an insatiable desire to give back".
"He worked to give citizens a louder voice in our society. He engaged our striving immigrants. He pushed for more transparency in our democracy. And he sought to expand opportunity for all.
"I've often said that today's younger generation is smarter, more determined, and more capable of making a difference than I was as a young man. Jake was proof of that."
Mr Brewer, from Alexandria, Virginia, reportedly lost control of his bike on a sharp curve in Howard County, Maryland.
His wife, journalist Mary Katharine Ham, posted the news of the death on Instagram.
"I will miss him forever, even more than I can know right now," she wrote.
The president said he and is wife would be praying for the Brewer family, adding: "They'll always have a family here at the White House."


Seven council-run care homes earmarked for closure to save £1.9m have been taken over by a private company.

Doncaster Council said in February that Essex-based Runwood Homes was the preferred bidder to take over management of all of its homes.
The council previously planned to shut the sites and move residents into privately-run homes.
Runwood Homes said it planned to improve the living environment and increase the number of beds on offer.
The council has said it needs to save £70.5m by 2017. It has already saved £93m since 2011.
Campaign group Caregate, which had opposed the planned closures had handed in a petition with more than 20,000 signatures in 2014.
In a statement the company said: "We will be making new investment in the homes and there are plans to improve the living environment and increase the number of beds on offer in a modernisation programme over the next five years.
"The vast majority of residents will continue to be referred by the council, at their agreed fee rates. Respite services will also be offered.
"Runwood is a company that is new to the Doncaster area and we are keen to work collaboratively with relevant third sector organisations in understanding and responding to community needs."


Labour has lost Derby North to the Conservatives in what has been the only change to the East Midlands' political make-up.

After three recounts it was announced Chris Williamson lost the seat to Amanda Solloway by just 41 votes.
The Conservatives held Erewash, Amber Valley, Mid Derbyshire, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak and South Derbyshire
Chesterfield, Bolsover, Derby South and North East Derbyshire were retained by Labour.
Ms Solloway said she was "surprised".
"I certainly feel the country's doing well, the economy's going the way that it should be going," she said.
"When I knocked on people's doors they said they didn't want that to change so we could finish the job."
In the local elections, Labour has retained control of Derby City Council.
The party gained Blagreaves from the Liberal Democrats and took back Mackworth from Independent Lisa Higginbottom.
It also held Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire.
But the Conservatives gained control of High Peak and Amber Valley councils, while retaining South Derbyshire and Derbyshire Dales.
Votes were counted in Erewash on Saturday and saw the Conservatives retain control of the borough council.


As parliamentary polls get under way in the Czech Republic this week, artist David Cerny has floated a huge purple statue of an extended middle finger down the River Vltava in Prague.

The outsized purple hand has been mounted on a barge floating on the river.
It is pointed at Prague Castle, the seat of President Milos Zeman.
Mr Cerny has shocked and mocked politicians and public figures in the past, says the BBC's Rob Cameron.
This latest piece is clearly his message to the leftist President Zeman and the political party recently set up by his supporters, our correspondent says.
It is unclear how long the finger will stay there; Cerny himself declined to say too much about the piece, telling reporters the gesture spoke for itself - what mattered, he said, was which way it was pointing.
President Zeman, meanwhile, is on an official visit to Ukraine and said he could not comment until he had seen it.
The Czech parliament was dissolved in August following weeks of turmoil in Czech politics.
Prime Minister Petr Necas's government collapsed in June amid a bribery scandal, and a government of technocrats, formed by President Zeman in July and opposed by the main political parties, resigned in August.


The vice-chairwoman of the Labour left-wing grassroots group Momentum has been sacked from the role amid a row over comments she made about anti-Semitism.

The organisation said it viewed Jackie Walker's behaviour as "irresponsible".
It said remarks on Holocaust Memorial Day and Jewish school security at a party training event were "ill-judged and offensive" but overall she did not appear to be anti-Semitic.
Ms Walker, who is Jewish herself, has said she is not an anti-Semite.
She was suspended by the Labour Party in May over comments made on social media in which she claimed that "many Jews (my ancestors too) were the chief financiers of the sugar and slave trade" but was re-admitted following an investigation.
She was suspended again from the party last week after a leaked video emerged.
It showed her saying at an anti-Semitism training event: "I came here... with an open mind and I was seeking information and I still haven't heard a definition of anti-Semitism that I can work with". She also questioned why Holocaust Memorial Day was not more wide ranging.
Speaking to Channel 4 News later, Ms Walker said she was not challenging the definition of anti-Semitism but rather "wanted to be clear what we were talking about".
Asked if she would describe herself as an anti-Zionist and not an anti-Semite, she said: "Yes. I certainly wouldn't call myself an anti-Semite as I am Jewish and my partner is Jewish."
In a statement, Momentum, which was set up following Jeremy Corbyn's 2015 election as Labour leader, said its steering committee had voted seven to three to remove Ms Walker as its vice-chairwoman.
"Jackie's actions at Labour Conference, in her subsequent Channel 4 interview, and by not understanding concern caused by her statements, have led the steering committee to view her behaviour as irresponsible and lose confidence in her...
"Having read reports of what Jackie Walker is alleged to have said, listened to the leaked video, and heard Jackie's version of events, the committee does not regard any of the comments she appears to have made, taken individually, to be anti-Semitic."
It said Ms Walker "should have done more to explain herself to mitigate the upset caused and should have been careful about statements on this and related subjects, whatever her record as an anti-racist, which the committee applauds".
Momentum added that on the basis of the evidence it has seen, she should not be expelled from the Labour Party.


More than 1,000 jobs are to go at Tata Steel plants, mostly in south Wales.

Tata said 750 jobs would go in Port Talbot, while 200 support staff elsewhere would be axed.
Other job losses would include 15 at Trostre, Llanelli along with jobs going at Hartlepool in north east England and at Corby, Northamptonshire.
It said "tough actions are critical in the face of extremely difficult market conditions".
Karl Koehler, chief executive of Tata Steel's European operations, said: "We need the European Commission to accelerate its response to unfairly traded imports and increase the robustness of its actions. Not doing so threatens the future of the entire European steel industry.
"And while we welcome progress on UK energy costs, the (UK) government must take urgent action to increase the competitiveness of the UK for its vital steel sector.
"This includes lowering business rates and supporting energy efficiency and anti-dumping cases so we can compete fairly."
Stuart Wilkie, hub director of Tata UK's strip mills division, said they were taking the necessary steps to keep the 3,500 jobs remaining jobs in Port Tabot but still needed help.
"State aid or part nationalisation isn't the way forward," he said.
"We want a level playing field that we can compete on our own two feet in the European and global market place."
He believed they could turn it around but could not say Monday's job losses were enough to secure the plant or satisfy Tata bosses in India.
"I couldn't write off anything. The challenge is we need the workforce and ourselves as managers to respond to the challenges if we're to sustain a long term future for the plant in Port Talbot."
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "We'll work very closely with the company, with the local communities to do everything we can, to get people the training and the assistance they need.
"And we'll continue to help the steel industry."
Labour said the UK Government had delivered "little concrete action" but Business Minister Anna Soubry insisted it had responded to many of the demands from the steel industry and was creating a "level playing field" such as cutting energy costs.
First Minister Carwyn Jones described the job cuts as a "devastating blow" to the community and the wider economy.
Earlier, Community general secretary Roy Rickhuss called for "meaningful action" from the UK government.
Cheap Chinese imports, a strong pound and high energy costs have been called "a perfect storm" for the UK steel industry.
Mr Rickhuss added: "The dumping of cheap Chinese steel is one of the biggest causes of this crisis, yet the UK government remains a cheerleader for China and their bid for 'market economy status', which would decimate what's left of our steel industry. This cannot be allowed to happen."
But he called for long-term commitment to steel making in the UK from Tata after "significant sacrifices" from its workforce.
Analysis by Brian Meechan, BBC Wales business correspondent
The steelworks have been part of the scene in Port Talbot for decades. It is the biggest plant in the UK, providing well paid jobs that are difficult to replace. For every job in the steelworks, it is estimated another four jobs in the local economy are supported.
This is another bitter blow for the Tata plant and an industry that has been struggling and a workforce that has put a lot in, in recent years, to try to make Tata competitive.
But it is fighting against global forces including cheap imports from China. The UK government has put in measures recently to deal with high energy costs but the industry has been calling for these for four or five years.
The steel industry has not really recovered from the financial crash in 2008 when at its height people stopped buying white goods, cars, and construction stopped. We talk a lot about dumping but it is cheaper to produce steel in China and that is not going to change.
Tata have invested quite heavily in Port Talbot with the new blast furnace in particular and also in the workforce and it has been quite patient.
But ultimately the concern is that patience will eventually run out. We are looking at a meeting at Tata headquarters in India in a few weeks time and the company will look at the proposals made by Tata UK and may think that is a best case scenario and does not go far enough.
Tata Steel Europe, which employs 17,000 in the UK, is in the throes of a wide-scale reorganisation of its business.
It employs now around 5,500 in Wales and has made 5,000 cuts in the UK over the last year. It is estimated to be losing £1m a day at Port Talbot alone.
It currently puts £200m a year into the Welsh economy in wages.
Andy Richards, Unite Wales secretary, said steel "runs through the heart of the Welsh economy".
He added: "Job losses on this scale will reverberate through the supply chain, communities and associated industries across Wales."
The Federation of Small Business described the losses as a "a hammer blow".
Tata Steel employs more than 80,000 people worldwide and is part of the wider Tata Group, an Indian conglomerate.
Founded more than 100 years ago, it has grown into a global producer with operations in 26 countries and revenue of around £15bn last year.
It became Europe's second largest steel producer, and the biggest in the UK, after it bought Corus, formerly British Steel, for £8bn in 2007.
Tata also has plants in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and south east Asia.
The steel it produces is used to make a huge range of products, from cars to office furniture and battery cases.


Prime Minister Theresa May will challenge US President Donald Trump over climate change when they meet at the G20 summit in Germany.

She will say an international agreement on tackling climate change should not be renegotiated.
The talks on Friday will also focus on missile testing by North Korea.
Mrs May invited the president on a state visit to the UK but there was no mention of it in last month's Queen's Speech.
The prime minister expressed her "disappointment" when, in early June, Mr Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris Agreement, which calls on all nations to help stop the warming of the planet.
Trump to give major speech in Poland
An official within the UK government said Mrs May was expected to raise climate change with the president at the meeting in Hamburg, and would stress that Britain "remains fully committed" to the agreement.
"She will say that we don't see any need for renegotiation - we support the Paris Agreement because it delivers."
Following North Korea's latest missile test, the US said it will use its "considerable military forces" on that country "if we must".
Britain has supported US calls for action against the threat, and Mrs May will tell the G20 meeting that it is "essential" the international community unites in condemnation of North Korea.
"Our focus is on working with the US and international community on how we can increase pressure and find a peaceful solution to the ongoing threat North Korea poses to international security," the official added.
"We will continue to play a central role at the UN - supporting resolutions on sanctions that will limit North Korea's ability to pursue its nuclear weapons programme."


In an exclusive interview, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has praised a new movie about the tech firm's former chief executive Steve Jobs.

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Mr Wozniak did consultancy work for the film, but had expressed reservations about it after seeing its trailer.
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A refinery lab technician who set fire to a hotel after her boyfriend dumped her has been jailed for 32 months.

Georgina Tranter, 26, from Narberth, was staying with William Harman at the Premier Inn in Haverfordwest after the Pembrokeshire Hunt Ball in January.
Swansea Crown Court heard police took her home after she became abusive but she took her mother's car, returned to the hotel and started the fire.
Tranter admitted arson being reckless as to whether life was endangered.
The judge told her: "It is clear you were not thinking rationally."
The court heard Mr Harman ended the relationship because she was getting too "clingy".
He told her to go home and said they would speak in the morning.
When he returned to the hotel, she was already there and was getting abusive with reception staff and the police were called.
They took her home but she returned in the early hours of the morning to start the fire and 133 hotel guests had to be evacuated.
The court heard she sent a text to a friend which said: "I've poured petrol on the Premier Inn. I'm in deep trouble. I'm on the run."
She was seen by the police at a nearby petrol station where she was arrested.
James Jenkins, defending, said: "An arsonist cannot return to testing petroleum spirit."
Tranter also admitted taking a car without consent.
Judge Peter Heywood told her: "You were clearly unhinged at being jilted."


The Welsh government has rejected calls to relax the ban on electric shock collars for cats and dogs so pet owners can use so-called invisible fences.

Ministers say they see no reason to change the law after a petition to the Welsh assembly.
Petition organiser Monima O'Connor from Cardigan says invisible fences can protect pets from busy roads.
The devices automatically shock animals through their collars if they wander too far from home.
Electric shock collars have been illegal in Wales since 2010 and anyone using them can be fined Â£20,000 or jailed for up six months.
The ban also applies to what are known as invisible or containment fences.
They deliver a shock through the pet's collar if it crosses a boundary, such as a wire buried at the edge of a garden.
A petition was handed in at the Senedd in January saying the law should be changed so pet owners can install the fences at home.
However, in a letter to the assembly's petitions committee, a minister says the regulations were made because of the "physical and mental harm that could occur with the use of devices such as 'invisible' electric fences".
Former Environment Minister John Griffiths, who has since been moved in a Cabinet reshuffle, wrote: "An electric shock is an electric shock whether caused by a remote or an underground circuit."
He said regulations were reviewed periodically to make sure they are fit for purpose.
"We will also review if there has been a change in the science of the use of these collars.
"So far, no significant proposals or change has been seen to warrant an amendment or reversal of this legislation."
Mrs O'Connor, 52, said she supports the ban on electric shock collars which are sold as training devices.
But she said invisible fences were "harmless" and animals quickly learned to obey alarms which warn them they are about to be shocked.
She started the petition when her two cats were killed on the road outside her home in Cardigan.
Mrs O'Connor said there was a "huge difference" between invisible fences and the more powerful fences used on farms.
"These things are absolutely harmless and they prevent pets from being run over," she said.
She added she hoped that new Natural Resources Minister Alun Davies, who is responsible for animal welfare, would re-think the policy.
AMs on the assembly's petitions committee are still looking at the petition which attracted more than 500 signatures.
Last month the committee decided to seek the views of the Companion Animal Welfare Council which conducts studies and provides advice on animal welfare.


Leaked cabinet letters suggest that the Home Office - when it was being run by Theresa May - wanted the children of illegal immigrants to go to the bottom of the list for school places.

Her department suggested schools could withdraw places offered to children if their families were found to be living in the country illegally.
The Home Office also wanted schools to carry out immigration checks.
Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner said the plan was "disgusting".
'Not government policy'
Chief Inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw said he was "amazed and shocked" by the claim - while Liberal Democrat education spokesman John Pugh dismissed it as "a grubby little idea".
But immigration minister Robert Goodwill insisted that deprioritising school places for children of people in the UK illegally is "not the policy of the government".
The government said it would not comment on leaked documents, but added that it was right that a range of options would be considered before ministers made a final decision.
By law, children under 16 have a right to an education whatever their parents' circumstances.
But the documents suggested the Home Office wanted schools to ask to see passports before accepting new pupils.
In summer 2015, Theresa May wanted Whitehall departments to contribute to the government's ambition to reduce immigration to the tens of thousands.
One source says every department was to have its hands "dipped in blood". But the letters reveal there was a "disquiet among our own ministers about the potential for inflammatory comparisons" by using schools as part of the immigration system, punishing the children of illegal immigrants by putting them to the bottom of the list for school places.
After discussions at a cabinet committee, Nicky Morgan, then education secretary, wrote twice to the then Prime Minister David Cameron with "profound concerns" about the Home Office's plan for schools.
It is not clear how wide-ranging the plans were, but the Department of Education is only responsible for schools in England.
In her letter, Ms Morgan wrote: "I have concerns about the practical and presentational issues of applying our strong position on illegal migrants to the emotive issue of children's education.
"These cover deprioritising illegal migrants in the schools admissions process, and carrying out immigration checks through schools."
The Department of Education was also concerned about how immigration checks would disrupt the school admissions process.
Ms Morgan wrote that "the checks would need to be processed and verified in time to make any changes (ie withdrawing a place from an illegal migrant and giving that place to another child) before the start of the school term.
"This would destabilise the admissions process - already the subject of considerable media scrutiny and political pressure - for example delaying schools from being able to confirm British and legal migrants' children's place in good time before the start of the school year."
The education department was also worried about the measure worsening segregation, suggesting: "The overall effect of a deprioritisation measure would be to concentrate children of illegal migrants in the least popular schools in any area, jeopardising our increasingly important focus on tackling both segregation and extremism, and with consequent impacts on the children of British nationals who attend the schools.
"Aside from the impact on ordinary parents, there is also a risk to children's safety.
"Introducing these checks could lead to some children not being registered for school because of real or perceived fear of deportation.
"Leaving aside the fact that these young people will not receive a decent education, this is a safeguarding risk - we have real concerns that children out of school may be at greater risk of radicalisation or other harms."
Ms Morgan also warned David Cameron that the Home Office policy "would reinforce negative stereotypes of our party... squandering the unprecedented opportunity to capture the centre ground, that the election of Jeremy Corbyn has given us".
The measures were dropped from the Immigration Bill, with Mrs May understood to be furious.
But one Conservative source familiar with the discussions said: "It was one of those moments when the desire to control immigration comes up against real people's lives and our values."
A government statement said: "It is only right that any government looks at a range of options when considering policy options, but ultimately it is for ministers to decide which policies are taken forward.
"We are building a system that works in the best interests of the British people and ensures that only those with a right to be in the UK can live and work here.
"We do not comment on leaked documents."
'Terrible idea'
But Labour frontbencher Ms Rayner claimed the documents provided evidence that Mrs May had tried to "offload" the failure of the Home Office to cut immigration by trying to make teachers perform border control functions.
She told BBC Radio 4's Today: "I think it's a terrible idea. Denying innocent children because of the circumstances of their parents the right to a good education is disgusting - it's not a British value that we have.
"And of course, one in eight UK nationals don't have a passport either, so it's completely impractical."
Sir Michael Wilshaw, who is about to end his term as chief inspector of schools, added: "I'm amazed by it and shocked by it. Schools shouldn't be used for border control - that's the job of the border agencies.
"Schools have got enough to do raise standards than to worry about who they are taking in and whether they've got a passport."
Lib Dem John Pugh said: "There is just so much wrong with this grubby little idea, not least that schools are not a second line border force, they are for education.
"This shows how the Home Office under Theresa May tried everything it could to forage around in the gutter for a few votes and couple of cheap headlines. Leaving children uneducated would do a lot of harm and is short-sighted."


Dundee United claimed their first Championship win since 4 February and moved back to within a point of second place by beating Ayr United.

Simon Murray struck from a difficult angle to put the Tangerines ahead midway through the first half.
However, Ayr won a penalty when Tony Andreu fouled Brian Gilmour and Gary Harkins converted.
Mark Durnan edged the hosts back into the lead, sending a left-foot shot past Greg Fleming.
The Tannadice side had won the Challenge Cup on Saturday with victory over St Mirren and the defeat of Ayr gets their push for promotion back on track.
However, Ray McKinnon's side trail leaders Hibernian by 11 points and are one behind Morton, who have a game in hand.
Falkirk, who are ahead of Morton on goal difference, have played a game more than Hibs and the Tangerines.
McKinnon's men also have a game in hand and an 11-point advantage over Queen of the South.
The sides finishing second, third and fourth will enter the Premiership play-offs, which culminate in a two-legged final between one of the Championship sides and the team finishing second bottom of the top flight.
Match ends, Dundee United 2, Ayr United 1.
Second Half ends, Dundee United 2, Ayr United 1.
Attempt blocked. Craig McGuffie (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Alan Forrest (Ayr United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Dundee United. Wato Kuate replaces Simon Murray.
Attempt missed. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Daryll Meggatt.
Nicky Devlin (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Nicky Devlin (Ayr United).
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Michael Rose (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Ross Docherty (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Ayr United. Craig McGuffie replaces Robbie Crawford.
Attempt missed. Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Robbie Crawford.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Alistair Coote (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Simon Murray (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United).
Goal!  Dundee United 2, Ayr United 1. Mark Durnan (Dundee United) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Willo Flood following a corner.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Robbie Crawford.
Foul by Farid El Alagui (Ayr United).
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Ross Docherty.
Corner,  Ayr United. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Attempt saved. Simon Murray (Dundee United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United).
Simon Murray (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Ayr United. Alan Forrest replaces Craig Moore.
Substitution, Dundee United. Alistair Coote replaces Alex Nicholls.
Foul by Ross Docherty (Ayr United).
Mark Durnan (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United).
Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Robbie Crawford (Ayr United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Daryll Meggatt (Ayr United).
Attempt missed. Alex Nicholls (Dundee United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Tony Andreu (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.


Plans to demolish a New Forest hotel to build retirement homes could add to housing pressures facing younger families, campaigners have said.

Developer PegasusLife wants to replace the Lyndhurst Park Hotel with 74 pensioner flats.
More than 240 objections have been received during the planning consultation, many calling for affordable housing to help families.
PegasusLife said the development would have "many benefits".
It plans to replace the hotel - originally built as a private mansion house in the early 19th Century - with 74 "age restricted high quality assisted living" apartments and 12 holiday lets.
Campaigner Lisa Knight said there was "overwhelming" opposition to the plans in Lyndhurst.
She said: "Our young people are being priced out. We need affordable housing for young families to bring some vibrancy into the village and help the businesses that are struggling.
"Our facilities like Scouts, the Brownies and the football team will all go if we don't encourage young people to be able to live here."
Among the objections published on the New Forest National Park (NPA) planning website, one said the village would become "one large old peoples home", another stated "the village does not need yet more age restricted residential units".
In a statement, the developer said: "PegasusLife firmly believes its proposals for the hotel will enhance the site and provide many benefits for the village and people of Lyndhurst.
"The proposals have evolved as a result of our engagement with the local community as well as an assessment in line with planning policy."
The company's application stated that as an "assisted living" development, it was not required to provide affordable housing.
Among the public comments in favour of the development, one said the building was a "blot on the landscape".
The development is due to be discussed by the NPA in the coming months.