Dundee have sacked boss Paul Hartley after a run of seven straight defeats.

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Saturday's 2-0 home loss to Hamilton left the Dens Park club in the relegation play-off position.
"I'm disappointed not to have got the chance to see out the season because I firmly believe we would have retained our Premiership status," Hartley said.
But Dundee managing director John Nelms said: "Unfortunately, the business we are in, sometimes change is necessary to achieve the goals we have set."
With five games remaining to climb out of the bottom two, Nelms informed the players of Hartley's departure today.
"I want to thank Paul for his time with the club," he added in a club statement.
"I think somebody in the near future is going to get a good, hard working manager."
Hartley succeeded John Brown as Dundee manager in February 2014 and guided the club to the Championship title that season.
In the Dens Park club's first season back in the Premiership, Hartley achieved a top-six finish. Last season Dundee narrowly missed out on the top six again and ended the campaign in eighth place.
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He took training this morning but was informed on his return to Dens Park that his services were no longer required.
And in a statement, Hartley added: "I was confident we would have moved up the league table as there are some excellent players in the dressing-room, led by captain Darren O'Dea.
"However, I respect the decision made by the Dundee FC board and would like to wish everyone success in the final five games of the campaign.
"I'm very proud of what I achieved at Dundee since I was appointed manager in February, 2014.
"We won promotion to the SPFL top flight and we finished in the top six. There is no doubt I'm leaving the club in a far stronger position now from when I first joined."
Dundee won their opening match of this season away to Ross County but then failed to win in their next 10 Premiership games, with seven of those ending in defeat.
They were bottom of the table in October but then recovered and were sixth in February following a 5-1 victory at Motherwell.
That result, however, preceded the start of their current woeful run, which has included a 7-0 home defeat to Aberdeen.
Hartley is the fifth manager to leave or be sacked by a Premiership club this season. Robbie Neilson left Hearts to join MK Dons, Lee Clark departed Kilmarnock for Bury, Mark Warburton and Rangers parted company, and Motherwell sacked Mark McGhee.
Due to the Scottish Cup semi-final weekend, Dundee's next match is away to Motherwell on 29 April.


The focus ahead of Scotland's meeting with the Republic of Ireland has been on nostalgia.

It seems like an old reunion when so many connected with both squads have worked together, or spent parts of their careers at Celtic. The context provides an easy narrative, but it is also a diversion: Scotland have not faced a more critical fixture under Gordon Strachan.
The Group D table has already become cluttered. Only four points separates five sides, with Gibraltar cast adrift.
The expectation was that Germany would climb free of the scramble between Scotland, the Republic, Poland and Georgia, but the World Cup winners have stumbled into a careless streak.
That will not unduly trouble Strachan, since he will assume that the Germans will eventually recover their poise, leaving the others to fight it out.
Even so, the opening games in Euro 2016 qualifying have exposed how fragile the sense of progress under Strachan can be.
There is no doubt that the team has improved, and with that a mood of optimism has grown, but in such a tight contest there is little room for error.
Scotland will feel that the performance for spells against Germany, at a time when Joachim's Loew's team was not a clinically accomplished as they were in Brazil last summer, might have merited more than a gritty 2-1 defeat.
That was emphasised when the Germans subsequently lost to Poland. Then on the same night that Scotland earned a 2-2 draw in Warsaw - and again may have felt that the performance ought to have brought more - the Republic were earning a 1-1 draw in Gelsenkirchen.
Assumptions about the group have been undone.
Scotland will always have considered it essential to defeat the Republic at home, along with Poland and Georgia, so the scope of the task on Friday night at Celtic Park hasn't changed. Defeat, though, would leave Martin O'Neill's side six points clear of Scotland, albeit with six games remaining.
How it might affect the mood around the national team would be even more considerable.
Strachan has overseen a rise in the standard of the team's play, but also the belief amongst the players and the supporters that qualification is achievable. A victory over the Republic would underline that the faith is not misplaced. More importantly, it would continue the momentum that Strachan has built.
The impression of improvement is not wistful, though. Strachan has built on the foundations of the squad, working intensely on the training ground on shape and tactics, but also inside the minds of his players.
Individuals have thrived, among them players fresh to the squad like Andrew Robertson, the Hull City full-back, and Ikechi Anya, the Watford midfielder.
Scotland now have a recognisable pattern of play and a better balance between resistance at the back and creativity in attack.
There is still room for hard-headed decisions - Robertson was replaced in the starting line-up for the game against Poland by Steven Whittaker, a more experienced defender - but the evidence remains that Strachan has been delivering more coherent and more effective performances from his squad.
The team is capable of moments of attacking intent, with individuals like Steven Naismith, Anya, Shaun Maloney and James Morrison granted the freedom to play imaginatively in the final third, as long as that is accompanied by work-rate and intensity when the opposition are in possession.
The squad is imbalanced, since strong options in midfield are not replicated in central defence, yet Strachan has made partnerships work between Grant Hanley and Russell Martin, or with Gordon Greer stepping in as a replacement.
There is a shrewdness to the Scotland manager, but also a pragmatism. Public opinion once clamoured for Jordan Rhodes to be a regular in the starting line-up, but he has quietly and firmly been moved to the periphery. There has been little outcry, because the team has performed impressively in his absence.
A victory over the Republic at Celtic Park is crucial, but it is also valid to believe that it is well within the team's capabilities.
Assistant manager Mark McGhee remarked that the two squads are very similar, since many players are drawn from the same leagues. There are plenty of dependable figures in O'Neill's squad, as well as top-level experience in the likes of John O'Shea, Darron Gibson and Robbie Keane.
Yet Scotland have players operating at the top of the game in England, too, among them Naismith, Steven Fletcher, Morrison, Graham Dorrans and, slowly regaining his match sharpness, Darren Fletcher. Scotland have no cause to be anxious ahead of the game, although it is not uncommon for the national team to struggle in games that they are required, and expected, to win.
Strachan has little time for mental weaknesses. Robertson has thrived because of his attitude, his willingness to learn and to be self-assured, as much as his burgeoning ability.
The Scotland manager has predicted that the game will be full of heart, spirit, athleticism and aggression, but it is nerve and guile that will prove decisive.
Scotland have proved themselves to be resilient - in their last 12 games they have only lost three times, to Belgium, England and Germany - and as the stature and confidence of the players has grown, so too has the onus on them to produce effective displays in key games.
This is the most important fixture of Strachan's time as Scotland manager, since it will influence and shape the rest of the campaign. For all the progress seen so far, the mood of confidence and conviction will soar or collapse on the basis of 90 minutes.


"Stay together, mind the pedestrians because there's a lot of them and remember you are a vehicle entitled to the road just like the big cars and lorries," our cycle guides shouted as we pedalled off to experience the best, and worst, of cycling in Cardiff.

As someone whose only experience of bikes over the past decade has been spin class, and not very many of those, I was apprehensive about being sent on the group city ride with Cardiff council, Sustrans and other journalists, following a report into cycling in the city.
Everyone else brought their own bike and helmet, dressed like professionals.
"How many hire bikes do we need?"
"Just the one. For Carys."
Within a couple of minutes of the group setting off, carefully indicating and safely crossing into the right lane of a busy junction, a large BMW shot past - cutting us off to push to the front of the queue for the red light and coming within a whisker of hitting my (very shaky) left arm.
The driver offered a hand gesture which may have been an apology, a thank you or something else, it was difficult to see through the drizzle pelting into my face.
I am in the 28% of Cardiff residents who do not ride a bike but would like to and for those first few minutes, I felt quite vindicated in my hesitation.
All my worst fears were true - motorists were impatient and inconsiderate, the roads were busy, everyone seemed to be staring angrily into our backs and it is difficult to name many situations where you are more exposed and vulnerable to a traffic accident than as an inexperienced cyclist in a city centre.
But I kept telling myself the statistic we heard at the beginning of the ride - there is only one serious injury for every 4.3 million miles pedalled around the capital.
As we continued on our 4.5 mile (7.2km) ride around Cathays, the guides rode ahead, checking junctions to wave us through, signalling when to dismount because of the lack of lowered pavement curbs and occasionally stopping traffic so the group could remain together.
Cycling in Cardiff started to feel a lot safer and I even gained enough confidence to let loose my death grip on the handlebars for at least two seconds to indicate with the group.
But I could not help wondering how different the experience would have been alone - not surrounded by people specifically looking out for my wellbeing, not to mention that of the council cabinet member who joined us.
We quickly reached quieter 20mph roads and cycle paths. Cars seemed to respect the white line separating them from us, slowing down or even stopping rather than cutting into bike lanes.
This must be one of the "good infrastructure areas" - Cardiff council and Sustrans' aim for the whole city. I could even imagine doing this, even without my biking babysitters.
Margaret Jones, the guide who took me under her wing, pointed out hazards as we went along.
Recognising that my lack of confidence on a bike generally was not helping she recommended the roads in Cardiff Bay for practice.
"Get confident enough on those roads to be able to take out your water bottle and have a sip. Then letting go to indicate will seem like nothing," she said.
A busy junction near the school of music was too difficult to navigate, so we dismounted and crossed with the pedestrians, staying on foot until we had cleared the majority of the traffic and large crowds of students.
A few more minutes of pleasant, easy cycling followed as we navigated 20mph streets until we encountered roadworks which had reduced the road to one lane.
"Construction companies don't always, in fact hardly ever, think about cyclists when they're planning roadworks," Ms Jones tells me.
"The timing of the traffic lights will usually accommodate cars' speeds so it doesn't allow enough time for a cyclist. And someone's turned a 20mph sign over there the wrong way round, I mean, for goodness' sake people, behave."
Again, the guides block the other end of the traffic lights so we can all make it through safely - but I can imagine that being a nervous guessing game for a lone cyclist.
Despite the attitudes of some motorists towards cyclists - even those who adhere to every rule of the road - it was clear that a great deal has been done to keep riders safe in the capital.
There are cycle lanes where I had no clue they existed and signs showing motorists just how many bikes were passing through. Every time a road started to feel dangerous we seemed able to branch off either to a cycle path, through a park or to a quieter route.
At some point during the second half of the ride, I realise I am enjoying myself.
The council says the population of Cardiff will increase by a quarter over 25 years, meaning the number of cars on the roads will increase too.
One of the ways to get cars off the roads is to make cycling a more attractive and safer option - there are already 71 miles (114km) of bike routes in Cardiff and plans for more.
"It is my mission now to get you cycling regularly in Cardiff," Ms Jones tells me as we arrive, dishevelled but happy, back at our starting point.
She rushes off to get me a cycle map from the leisure centre.
Who am I to argue with that?


World number one Laura Massaro is through to the semi-finals at the squash Women's World Championship after a hard-fought win over Egyptian sixth seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in Malaysia.

England's Massaro, the top seed and 2013 champion, won the quarter-final 11-3 10-12 11-8 11-7 in 46 minutes.
Massaro, 32, will face Egyptian third seed Raneem El Welily in the last four.
Malaysia's eight-time champion Nicol David suffered a 14-12 4-11 11-3 11-7 defeat by Egypt's Nour El Sherbini.
"The semi-final of a World Championship is a big match for both of us," Massaro told the PSA World Tour.
"I just want to make sure that I get the best possible performance out and, if that's good enough to win, then fantastic.
"If not then I'll be unhappy, but if you can give yourself a break and know that you played well, then you can be happy."
Fifth seed El Sherbini, who finished runner-up behind Massaro in 2013, will play compatriot Nouran Gohar in the semis.
"It's disappointing to lose that one," said 32-year-old David. "I'm definitely going to be fighting for that next one.
"The main thing is that my body is good, I'm feeling really good and now I've just got to fine-tune a few things that I'm adjusting and adding to my game. For me, it's very exciting times."


An FBI employee with top secret security clearance has pleaded guilty to acting as an "agent of the Chinese government", the US says.

Kun Shan Chun, a naturalised US citizen born in China and known as Joey, admitted in court to sending sensitive information to a Chinese official.
US Attorney Preet Bharara said he had threatened the country's security through a "duplicitous" betrayal.
Chun "deeply regrets" what he did and loves the US, his lawyer said.
While he could face a sentence of up 10 years in prison, the government and defence agreed a sentence of between 21 and 27 months "would be appropriate", the New York Times reports, citing the plea agreement.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington is yet to comment, the Associated Press reports.
Chun, 46, worked for the FBI as an electronics technician from 1997 until his arrest in March.
He was introduced to a Chinese government official during a trip to Italy and France in 2011, the Department of Justice says, and they continued to meet privately abroad.
He is accused of having covered up his connections with at least one Chinese government official and a Chinese technology company, Zhuhai Kolion, in which he had an "indirect financial interest", according to the justice department.
Court papers in New York said in 2013 he sent an unnamed Chinese official a chart showing the FBI's organisational structure and two years later sent photos of restricted documents about surveillance technologies.
Chun also provided the identity and travel schedule of an FBI agent, Assistant US Attorney Emil Bove said.
He was rewarded financially and through perks such as holidays and hotel stays, according to authorities.
According to the complaint, he was caught after offering to help an undercover agent transmit sensitive government information to his Chinese associates.


On a sunny afternoon a sales executive from the US multinational food company Mondelez International is out and about in the village of Wing in Maharashtra in western India.

He is here to boost sales of Cadbury's chocolates - the brand is owned by Mondelez - and expand the reach of the US firm's products in rural India.
But doing this is probably not as sweet as the chocolate.
To entice people into buying chocolates there are banners showcasing bars of 5Star, Perk and small packets of Gems and Oreo biscuits - all selling for about 10 rupees (9p; 15 US cents).
This is different from selling in Indian cities and towns  where big packs of chocolates costing more than a dollar or a pound also sell.
As he meets the shopkeepers, he checks with them on sales of Cadbury's chocolates and business in general. The responses he gets from shopkeepers are probably a bit low-spirited.
Anand Talekar runs a shop at the village's bus stop. It's a prime spot as state-run buses on this road connect the village's  5,000 inhabitants to nearby towns and the national highway.
Yet he hasn't sold much even of his other goods such as washing powder, shampoos, baby diapers, biscuits and hair dye.
To make a living, Mr Talekar relies on the locals - who almost all make a living from farming - to have money to spend. But harvests have not been good this year.
"Farming is in crisis, the farmers that were trying to cultivate crops have had a huge set back due to low rainfall, as they couldn't grow anything.
"This has led to a 35% drop in my income from the shop" says Mr Talekar.
"I myself have started cutting down on my fuel expenses on bike and car by opting to travel by government-run bus. I am also limiting using my mobile phone for calls to avoid spending on its credit."
Mr Talekar himself is from a farming family but due to poor yields on his farm in the last few years he set up a shop to give his family another source of income.
His parents and siblings still work on the farm in a nearby village.
Executives at Mondelez, sitting in their central office in Mumbai, see Mr Talekar's worries from a wider perspective.
While individuals' spending power may be lower, there is such a vast number of people living in rural communities across India it is a market they would be foolish to ignore.
"The opportunity for most companies is to really access the potential of rural India. It is an extraordinary source of long term growth for big businesses," says Mondelez India's managing director, Chandramouli Venkatesan.
Rural India accounts for 70% of India's population and for 50% of its GDP.
"One of the greatest challenges is to identify and prioritise which villages and markets are accessible and have the potential to sell our products," says Mr Venkatesan.
Mondelez says it used sales analytics technology to help identify potential villages to do business.
"We chose about 20,000 high priority villages - this allows us to maximise our revenue at an economical cost," he says
Once it had identified its key villages, Mondelez distributed its chocolates to local stores and found out the earnings from them matched that of similar stores in towns.
But there's nothing anyone, not even a powerful multi-national can do about a lack of rain.
India's Meteorology Department recently said that 309 districts out of 641 across India had received little rainfall this year. This is almost half the country, and many millions of people have been affected.
People are dubbing the resulting loss of business the "monsoon deficit".
As well as spending less on non-essentials like chocolate, farmers are thinking twice before investing in the tools of their trade.
Sales of motorcycles, which many farmers use to get around, fell 4.6% in the five months to September, compared to the same period last year, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam), an industry lobby group.
Tractor sales are down too.
India's Mahindra Tractors one of the world's largest-selling tractor brand says that instead of sales growing 6% this year, they will actually fall 5%.
Along with monsoon deficit there are other challenges companies face.
Companies often conduct campaigns in small towns and villages through which they educate the consumers on the product and work on building the brand awareness.
The packaging of these products is also different - smaller packets for a lower cost often sell fast in villages where people do not want to commit a substantial amount to one product.
Devendra Chawla, a marketer and consumer brands specialist at Future Group, says companies need to have a different strategy for rural and urban markets.
"You cannot expect to expand every year in rural India. If there is a drought and purchasing power is down it does not take away the long-term potential of rural which is large."
But concerns remain over India's agricultural sector which grew by only 2.2% in the three months to September.
Meanwhile, back in Wing village, farmer Nirmala Talekar says she has stopped giving milk and buying new clothes for her children as she clears out the weed from the ruined crops in her field.
Her husband has taken up a job as a factory worker so that his earnings can help them cope with the drought.
"We have to continue to live on the most essential items for now - we are struggling to pay our children's school fees," says another farmer, Baban Mahangale.
Businesses may be waiting to see the rise in consumerism from India's countryside. But for now, many farmers' woes are far from over.


If you want an example of how much energy security officials are putting into the question of possible threats from Syria, have a look at the case of a man known by the cypher "AZ".

I can't tell you his real name because he is accused of links to extremism that have not been put before a criminal court. That means his identity must be protected unless a court says otherwise.
I can tell you that he is Syrian, living legally in the UK. I can tell you that he cannot go back to the Middle East to bury his father, who died of cancer last month.
And that's because the home secretary and her officials are concerned he is a potential jihadist.
The story of AZ came to light because of a highly unusual hearing on Wednesday at the High Court in London. That hearing provided a rare glimpse into how ministers are quietly using executive powers to restrict the movements of people they suspect are extremists.
I say "quietly" because when I asked the Home Office what they could tell me about the case, nothing came back.
The High Court, however, hears challenges against how ministers use their powers in open court. If there is detail that relates to national security, then there can be a closed hearing to prevent the disclosure of information that would compromise the work of our secret intelligence and security agencies. Part of AZ's hearing was in closed session.
So to the man himself. AZ is settled in the UK as a Syrian refugee.
He says members of his family were killed by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. He describes himself as an opponent of Assad, but also Islamic State and other jihadists groups now fighting it out over Syria and Iraq.
Since settling in the UK, he has been subject to no legal restrictions in his new home. An immigration tribunal recently gave permission for his mother, brother and wife to join him.
Last month, AZ's father died in Sweden, where he had separately sought refugee status, after a split in the family.
AZ now wants to collect the body and take it for burial in Jordan, which borders Syria, where his mother and brother are living. But he can't.
The one legal restriction AZ faces is on his movement outside of the UK. The home secretary has previously denied him travel papers and her officials have told him that's because he is suspected of being an Islamist extremist who would fight in Syria, if he could reach the country.
Allowing him to leave the UK would increase the risk to British national security, he was told.
The detailed intelligence assessment behind that decision has not been made public or disclosed to AZ.
Now, the Syrian has been locked for months in a legal battle over the general principle of whether he should be allowed at all to travel.
But in March this year he sought urgent and exceptional permission to visit Sweden, telling the Home Office that his father was dying of cancer.
On 8 May, the Home Secretary granted him a restricted permit to fly to Sweden. AZ's father died the same day, before he could reach his bedside.
In Wednesday's unusual public hearing, lawyers for AZ argued that the Home Secretary should now be ordered to allow AZ to organise and attend a funeral in Jordan because continuing the travel restrictions amounted to a breach of his right to family life.
The High Court heard that AZ, as the eldest son, had religious and cultural duties to fulfil towards his late father, obligations that had increased because he had not been at his father's side in his final moments.
Mr Justice Cranston ruled that he must turn down that urgent application. The judge said he could not force the home secretary's hand because her security case outweighed the factors in AZ's favour.
The court had also heard that ministers hadn't yet reached a final decision over allowing AZ to reach Jordan and they were treating it as a priority.
So for now, AZ's late father lies in a Swedish morgue.
Islamic rites typically require burial as soon as possible after death.
It is not clear whether the funeral will now happen without the son being present.
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This week will see many full-throated renditions of "O Canada!"

The "Happy Canada Day" signs are already planted in front yards and the country is preparing to celebrate a birthday on Saturday, 150 years after British and former French colonies bonded together at confederation to form the Dominion of Canada.
Hanging over the ceremonies is the question of identity - the great driver of so much of today's politics.
Canada, like other countries, poses the question of who we are and how we define ourselves in a churning global world.
Some say it is insecurity, the changing face of communities, which has been a recruiter for so much of the recent anti-establishment politics and that the call to take back control of countries and borders reflects a broader unease.
The Canadian anniversary is gathering attention because Canada is increasingly saluted by some as a champion of liberal democracy.
The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has become a standard bearer for internationalism in stark contrast to the economic nationalism of Donald Trump.
Canada finds itself astride one of the great fault lines of modern politics.
Canadians are immensely proud of what has been carved out of wilderness and a harsh climate, but they wear their identity lightly.
When asked "What defines a Canadian?", they often answer with symbols: ice hockey, Tim Hortons coffee, wilderness, a canoe and portage, an array of singers - but the list usually comes with an ironic smile.
Canadians often define themselves by what they are not: their neighbour to the south.
There is an appetite for a more positively defined Canadian identity, but for most of the time, many Canadians seem happy for it to remain largely undefined.
Mr Trudeau has offered his own take on what Canada is and how it is defined.
"This is something," he said, "we are able to do in this country, because we define a Canadian not by a skin colour or a language or a religion or a background, but by a set of values, aspirations, hopes and dreams that not just Canadians but people and the world share."
Canada is perhaps one of the few countries in the world where welcoming refugees is regarded as patriotic.
But as the anniversary approaches, the past intrudes.
The lead singer of The Tragically Hip, often referred to as "Canada's band", has spoken of a country incomplete.
Gord Downie asked: "What is it about this country that is not a country?"
Canada, in his view, could not be a country until it had reconciled itself to the First Nations, the indigenous people.
As we celebrate doughnuts and ice hockey, he said, we are not actually a nation, we're a country that hasn't embraced its history.
The scars of the recent past still wound: the 150,000 Inuit and Metis children who were removed from their communities between 1840 and 1996, and sent to residential schools in order to assimilate them.
Some of the First Nations want to be part of modern Canada, but many grieve for land and culture that they believe was stolen from them.
In recent years Canada has undergone immense change. Toronto is now one of the most multicultural cities in the world, although economic power still largely rests with older Canadian families.
For much of the time, the world ignores this country and the immensity of its wilderness.
I emigrated to Canada in the 1980s. What I saw then - and it remains true - is that for many people in the world the flag is a symbol of tolerance, of refuge, and of a civilised country.
As the country looks to the future, there is the issue of the British connection and the role of head of state. On the prairies of Saskatchewan or in the increasingly diverse city of Vancouver, Britain seems far away, a distant relative.
There is speculation as to what will happen when Prince Charles inherits the throne. Will Canada welcome him as its head of state?
The younger Royals have been attentive to Canada, but polls suggest Canadians will eventually vote for change.
However, changing the head of state does not seem to be an immediate priority. Indeed, many Canadians are wary of opening up the issue of identity.
Defining how a Canadian head of state was chosen or elected would be hugely sensitive, not least to the French-speaking Quebecois, who held two referendums on independence in 1980 and 1995. The majority for staying in Canada in the latter vote was wafer-thin.
Canada has fostered its alliances - most often as a junior partner - but its closest allies have become less predictable friends.
Britain is seen by some Canadians as preoccupied with its own identity crisis, bruised by the fallout from the Brexit vote and inward looking. Similarly some consider America to be undermining the very institutions it helped create to shape international order, such as Nato.
Canada, like Europe, is dropping broad hints that - as the German Chancellor Angela Merkel put it - "the times in which we could rely on others - they are somewhat over".
Recently, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland gave what for a Canadian is an unusual assessment of where the country finds itself with regards to the United States.
"The fact that our friend and ally," she said, "has come to question the very worth of its mantle of global leadership, puts into sharp focus the need for the rest of us to set our own clear and sovereign course."
The Canada of the future may prove to have a more distinctive and assertive voice.
As Canada celebrates its 150th anniversary, BBC World News will explore this vast country throughout July - from discovering some of the most remote places in Canada on The Travel Show  to documentary-style programming in Canada Stories.
To mark this occasion, we are offering Canadian audiences the chance to watch BBC World News as a free channel preview. More details here.


Bath and Wales number eight Taulupe Faletau is a doubt for the start of the Six Nations after suffering a medial knee ligament injury.

The 26-year-old, who was sidelined for over two months with damage to the same ligaments earlier this season, will be out for four to six weeks.
Wales start their Six Nations campaign against Italy on 5 February.
Faletau has played in only four games for Bath, having joined from Newport Gwent Dragons before this season.
The 2013 British and Irish Lions Test player missed three of Wales' four autumn internationals in November 2016.
He played in the 27-13 win over South Africa on 26 November, creating a try for Justin Tipuric as Wales beat the Springboks for only the third time in their history.
His latest injury happened in Bath's 40-26 defeat by Wasps on Christmas Eve.


The owners of hotel where a three-year-old girl drowned in a swimming pool are to face trial over alleged health and safety failures.

Jane Bell got into difficulty at the Dalmeny Hotel in St Annes, Lancashire, in August 2014.
The hotel's owners have been charged with failing in their duty to ensure the safety of guests and failing to make a risk assessment.
They will face trial at Preston Crown Court in August.
No plea was entered during a brief hearing before magistrates in Preston on Saturday.
The child, from Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, had been on holiday with her parents and six-year-old sister.
She was swimming in the hotel's main pool when she got into difficulty in the 7ft (2m) deep end.


You might think a school with its own ponies would be firmly in the private sector - but, thanks to a host of volunteers, one state school is bucking the trend.

Rory, 12, has been riding for just over six months and just came uncomfortably close to being kicked.
Gypsy, surely one of the world's hairiest ponies, aimed a dinner-plate-sized hoof in Rory's general direction as a warning when he put the saddle in the wrong part of his back.
"Do you understand why that happened?" asks Jo, an adult helper.
"You got him hard on the tender part of his back and he said, 'Ouch, ouch, ouch.'
"Always put it slightly too far forward and move it backwards into the right position."
Rory is one of Chesham Grammar School Equestrian Club's newest members.
Along with some 40 other year-seven pupils, about a quarter of the year group, he  joined last September, attracted by the idea of riding and being outside in the countryside.
Other schools might offer riding as an extra-curricular activity, however, this usually means heading off to a local riding school once a week.
But Chesham Grammar School Equestrian Club has 11 of its own ponies, kept on a field near the school.
It is run by chemistry teacher Antonia Thoday, herself an accomplished rider who competes at regional level.
"It's the only state school with its own ponies with a set-up like this. It is unique," she says.
"It is an extra-curricular activity, totally run by volunteers and self-funded."
In 1972, the then caretaker of the Buckinghamshire school set the club up with two ponies bought with the proceeds of the summer fete.
Members wear a sweatshirt emblazoned with the name of every pony the club has ever owned. And there have been dozens.
"Most people see it as a physical activity they can do at school but it also develops their life skills," says Miss Thoday.
"They develop confidence through handling the horses, working with other members of different ages and taking responsibility.
"It is the only school activity that carries on every day of the year, including Christmas day."
The club has survived this long on a mixture of good will and hard work.
Pupils pay £5 for a riding lesson once a week or once a fortnight - a fraction of the cost of most riding schools.  In return, they help look after the ponies and clean the tack.
Parents are also expected to volunteer - helping with transport, maintaining fencing, pulling up weeds and helping to fund-raise.
Miss Thoday gives up a couple of evenings a week and half a day every weekend to deliver the lessons. She also organises the entire schedule.
This evening is gymkhana night, a sort of whacky races on horseback.
There are three teams, with eight pupils sharing two ponies in each team.
After catching the ponies, cleaning off the mud and tacking them up, the fun begins.
"OK folks! Time for the tyre race. Tyre race with a difference," announces Miss Thoday.
"At the end of your lane there are two bicycle tyres and this time you get off your pony and you have to climb through the tyres and then run back with your pony."
Other games include picking a mug off a post while on horseback, dropping balls into buckets and trotting round posts, all activities designed to improve riding skills and precision.
Team members shout advice: "Nice and gently", "Don't kick him", "Ride to the line", "Keep going".
The games are adjusted to the abilities of the riders, from beginners like Rory, to Emily, 18, who will start a degree course in equine performance coaching at Warwickshire College next year.
But this is not just about riding in the sunshine.
Caring for the ponies gets tough in the depths of winter when members must brave knee-deep mud, failing light and icy temperatures.
The enthusiasm of many new members does not survive the cold.
"Loads of people join in year seven and slowly the people who aren't so keen drop out.
"The winter weeds out the disorganised. I quite enjoy it - you don't get too muddy when everything is frozen," says James, 16.
"In the winter they come straight after school. If they get their act together they can be finished by the time it's dark," adds Miss Thoday.
Committed members say that despite the cold, the winter checks are a key part of what they gain from the equestrian club.
"It gives you a lot of different skills and you really learn to work better in teams," says Chloe, 13.
"It makes you more organised," concludes Isabel, 16.
For parent Pru Biddle the riding club teaches crucial life lessons.
"They have to manage their time, work in teams and take responsibility for the animals.
"It is hard work but certainly teaches them that you don't get something for nothing."
Emily believes the experiences and opportunities she has gained at the club were crucial to her degree choice.
"You get to learn so much and it opens up so many possibilities.
"I wouldn't have had the opportunity to learn everything I have learned and move on to degree level without it."


Susie Wolff dreamed of becoming a Formula 1 race driver from the age of 13.

Yet for the determined Briton, who began in karting at the age of eight, there were few role models to look to for inspiration.
In the entire history of the sport, only five women have entered a grand prix weekend. Just two - Maria Teresa de Filippis in the 1950s and Lella Lombardi in the 1970s - actually started a race.
Unperturbed, Wolff set off on the path that she hoped would end with her one day sat behind the steering wheel of an F1 car, taking her place alongside the elite of motorsport.
After competing in a number of different categories of racing, including the highly rated German touring car series, she entered Formula 1 in 2012 with a trial at Williams, which developed into a full-time test role.
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Wolff edged closer to her ultimate goal, taking part in four practice sessions at race weekends in the years that followed.
When Valtteri Bottas injured his back at the Australian Grand Prix back in March, it finally opened up the possibility of the Briton getting the chance to compete in her first grand prix.
But when Williams ruled out promoting Wolff from her role and signed Adrian Sutil as cover for their drivers instead, it sent a blunt message to Wolff that, even if the opportunity to race arose, she would be overlooked.
"It was the harsh reality that the dream wasn't going to come true," she said when announcing her retirement from motorsport earlier this month.
"I always said that as soon as I couldn't get any further I would stop and that time has come."
Wolff might not have realised her childhood dream, but what she has done is inspire others.
After her retirement, messages of appreciation flooded Twitter, some speaking of daughters wanting to go racing, others saying she inspired them to pursue their own personal life ambitions.
"I dared to be different," said Wolff. "I want to inspire others to do the same."
She can be proud that she has done exactly that.
Who else made BBC Sport's Stars of the Season list? Find out here.


Roman Catholic authorities in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro have promised an inquiry after riot police fired rubber bullets from a church.

Police clashed with anti-austerity demonstrators in the city amid a budget crisis in the state.
Many protesters were public workers who have not been paid in months.
Police used tear gas and stun grenades during the unrest near the state assembly building, where spending cuts were being debated.
Legislators are discussing steps to cover a huge deficit in the city's state budget.
Hundreds of public sector workers had gathered outside the assembly building to protest against the measures.
During the clashes, police officers entered a nearby church and fired rubber bullets from a window.
The Rio diocese protested against this "invasion" and said it would investigate.
Several people - both demonstrators and police - were injured.
Speaking during the protests, a spokesman for the Oil Workers' Union in Rio, Ronaldo Moreno, said people were angry at those in power.
"As you can see here in Brazil, we have thieves coming and going in government, in the state government, in the federal government, in congress," he told the Associated Press.
"So the people can't stand it anymore. What is happening today is a fight by public workers but it is a fight by everyone. A fight against this corruption, these criminals, these politicians who are in the legislative assembly and don't want to let go. They only vote against the people. They don't want to get rid of their luxuries."
A number of protests have been held outside the assembly in recent weeks against the planned budget cuts, but Tuesday's events has been the most violent so far, the BBC's Julia Carneiro reports from Rio.
Last month the federal government froze Rio's accounts, ordering the state to pay unpaid debt amounting to millions of dollars.
The state declared a financial emergency ahead of the Rio Olympics earlier this year, saying it did not have the funds to provide security for the Games and to finish a metro line.


An increasing number of pupils in Scotland are going to school hungry and in some cases are stealing food from classmates, according to teachers.

Teaching union the EIS carried out a survey as part of its work on tackling the impact of poverty in schools.
About half (51%) of those questioned reported a rise in pupils coming to school without any food.
The survey also found an increase in those taking free school meals and attending breakfast clubs.
More than 300 primary and secondary teachers responded to the autumn survey by the country's largest teaching union.
One in five (19%) identified an increase in the number of incidents of children asking for food and even stealing food from other pupils.
The union reported a 22% increase in the number of post-P3 children taking free school meals and a 27% rise in attendance at breakfast clubs.
It also identified a 7% increase in the number of parents or guardians requesting referrals to local food banks.
EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: "The findings offer a stark warning of the deep and damaging impact of poverty and the politics of austerity on children and young people across the country."
On the issue of pupils' health and well-being, 71% of respondents reported an increase in the number of children displaying signs of mental-health problems including anxiety, stress and low mood.
About half (52%) noted an increase in headaches, lethargy and weight issues among pupils.
Mr Flanagan said: "The fact that teachers are reporting such very high increases in both mental and physical health issues in pupils is a huge concern and highlights the true cost of political choices that have driven more families into poverty and widened the gap between the rich and the poor."
The Scottish government said tackling inequalities was at the heart of its programme and as well as encouraging employers to pay the living wage, it is investing Â£296m over three years to protect people from the UK government's "welfare cuts and austerity agenda which are increasing the numbers of children living in poverty".
A spokesman added: "These findings are truly shocking. Quite simply, no child should be going to school hungry. This government is taking many positive actions to tackle the impacts of poverty on our children.
"It is now one year since we introduced our policy to provide free school meals for all P1-3 pupils and in that year, families of eligible children who have taken a free meal will have saved around Â£380.
"As official figures show, around 80% of P1-3 pupils took a free meal in 2015 and we will continue to work with education authorities, schools and teachers to ensure continued promotion of their uptake."


Singapore Airlines (SIA) has confirmed it is to start flying to Canberra, giving the Australian capital its first regular international flights.

From September, SIA will fly four times a week to Canberra and then on to Wellington, New Zealand's capital.
The Capital Express route marks the first time New Zealand and Australia's capitals have been linked by non-stop flights.
Tickets for the new route will go on sale from 25 January.
Canberra International Airport has been so called for many years.
But its international customs teams have mostly only processed dignitaries or stars on chartered flights by special arrangement.
Among them are Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, US President Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.
Mr DiCaprio used Canberra's airport as a means to celebrate New Year's Eve twice in one year - once in Sydney and then again in Las Vegas, a Canberra Airport spokesperson told the BBC.
Canberra's curfew-free status meant it was the only airport that would allow a chartered flight to leave for an international destination at the appropriate time.
Canberra airport was privatised in 1998 when it was purchased by the Capital Airport Group, headed by prominent local businessman Terry Snow.
Mr Snow has long wanted to see the airport become an international one. His group has invested some $2bn Australian dollars ($1.37bn; Â£968m) in the airport since purchasing it from the Commonwealth.
He said the decision by Singapore Airlines to begin its scheduled flights was "justification for the long-term vision" of the airport.
"As long-term locals committed to the prosperity of the capital region, our campaign to see Canberra become linked directly to the rest of the world has been constant," said Mr Snow.
SIA's new route will add to its existing network in Australia and Virgin Australia will codeshare some of the flights.
"This new service linking Singapore, Canberra and Wellington reflects the close ties between the three countries," said Singapore Airlines boss Goh Choon Phong.
The route, which is subject to statutory approval, will significantly cut travel time between Australia and New Zealand and Asia, and is expected to boost tourism.
However aviation experts have said there is likely only space for one carrier to operate.


An 85-year-old man has been threatened with a screwdriver during a burglary in Coshquin in County Londonderry.

It happened in Maple Road on Friday between 22:00 and 22:30 BST.
A man and a woman, who were both masked, threatened the pensioner with a screwdriver and demanded money. The woman kept the victim in the bathroom as the man searched the house.
The pair made off with cash and the victim's mobile phone, after pulling out the landline telephone cable.
The victim, who was unable to raise the alarm until Saturday morning, was left very shaken but was physically uninjured.
Police are appealing for information.


Two explosions that hit an election rally in the Turkish city of Diyarbakir on Friday were caused by homemade bombs, officials have said.

Four people died and over 400 were injured in the attack, which targeted the pro-Kurdish HDP party's final rally ahead of Sunday's election.
HDP officials told the BBC police believed two gas canisters packed with marbles caused the blasts.
There has been no official statement from Turkey's government.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is seeking to gain a large majority for his Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Sunday's parliamentary vote. This would enable the party to change the constitution and extend the president's powers.
The BBC's correspondent in Istanbul, Mark Lowen, says that if the HDP reaches the 10% threshold needed to enter parliament for the first time, this would cut the AKP's majority and potentially mark a significant political change for Turkey.
There is a widespread feeling the incident will only embolden the party's supporters in this crucial election, our correspondent says.


New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said Australia's deportation laws are undermining their relationship.

He said he had had a "blunt" chat about the issue with Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at the UN.
The laws, introduced last year, mean any non-Australian criminal imprisoned for a year or more can have their permit to live in Australia revoked.
Mr Key said some New Zealanders now facing deportation had spent their entire lives in Australia.
About 300 New Zealanders are being held in Australia or have been deported since the new laws came into force, Radio New Zealand reported.
Mr Key said many of those detained went to Australia "when they were very, very, young".
"It's a little bit like the Australians saying, 'well, we're going to pick and choose; we're going to keep the ones we like but we're going to send back the ones we don't like'."
Mr Key said that his country's special relationship with Australia was being "challenged" by the new rules and that he expected New Zealanders to be treated differently from other countries.
"What they might do with other countries is up to them," he said. "But I think when it comes to New Zealanders, the threshold's currently set in the wrong place."
Ms Bishop said there was "no closer relationship than Australia and New Zealand" and agreed the issue needed further discussion.
Concerns have also been raised over the death of New Zealander Junior Togatuki, 23, in the Goulburn Correctional Centre, a super-maximum prison in New South Wales.
Togatuki had reportedly written to Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton pleading against his impending deportation.
"I'll lose hope in life if I go to New Zealand," Togatuki, who had lived in Australia since the age of four, reportedly wrote.


Harlequins have appointed club legend Nick Evans as attack coach.

The New Zealander, 36, retired from playing at the end of the season after becoming Quins' record points scorer in his nine years at The Stoop.
"I am delighted Nick has agreed to the offer to join the Harlequins coaching team," the Premiership side's director of rugby John Kingston said.
"His role will allow him to bring new and innovative ideas which will benefit the team massively."
Evans won 16 caps for New Zealand and was one of the most successful overseas imports to the Premiership, winning the title with Quins in 2012.
The fly-half scored 2,249 points in his 208 senior appearances.
During the past two years he has coached Wimbledon RFC, guiding them to promotion to National Two last season.
"He was an unbelievably intelligent player and has already met considerable success coaching Wimbledon over the last few seasons," Kingston added.


It's a rare piece of green space with the backdrop of Parliament and a commanding view of the Thames.

Victoria Tower Gardens, London's smallest royal park, is a popular haunt for dog walkers, joggers, families - and also picnicking office workers, who use it to soak up the sun and get a breather from the hustle and bustle of city life.
But that could be about to change because this narrow strip of parkland is set to become home to a national Holocaust memorial with an underground learning centre.
By Holocaust Memorial Day 2021, organisers anticipate the £50m scheme will transform the park, which dates back to the 1870s and is fringed by trees and benches, into a tourist destination and education resource attracting more than a million visitors a year.
A shortlist of 10 architects are currently competing in an international design competition launched by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation to create the new structure, with the winning team to be announced by the end of May.
Former Prime Minister David Cameron said the new monument would "show the importance Britain places on preserving the memory of the Holocaust", claiming it would represent "a permanent statement of our values as a nation" and something that would be visited "for generations to come".
But not everyone is happy about the plan. Some local residents, MPs and peers say that while they are fully behind the creation of a Holocaust memorial - and in particular a learning centre - they believe the project will destroy the park.
Barbara Weiss, the architect who refurbished the Russell Square headquarters of the Wiener Library - the oldest institution for the study of the Holocaust and genocide - questioned why it could not be placed with it. "I'm not against the memorial, I just don't want any building in our park, not even a hospital or an art gallery."
Ms Weiss is a leading light in the Save Victoria Tower Gardens campaign. She says the park is "absolutely unique, historic and gorgeous - to put something else there will totally change its character completely".
"It doesn't make a lot of sense to build a learning centre underground in an area beside a river in a flood area.
"The organisers are talking about one million extra visitors there - that's a lot of extra security. We would have people with machine guns and bag checks, and I know people who work in Parliament don't want that. They go to the park to get away from that pressure of feeling constantly monitored."
Lucy Peck, a retired architectural historian who lives nearby, said: "I'm not against a memorial at all, but there are bigger places in London that could take a project of this size much more easily. There's a superb Holocaust gallery less than a mile away at the Imperial War Museum, so why build another fairly similar thing here?"
The Imperial War Museum, a 15 minute walk from Parliament, was one of three locations out of 50 in the running as a Holocaust memorial site - until January 2016 when Mr Cameron named Victoria Tower Gardens as the preferred option.
Lucy Donoughue, the IWM's assistant communications director, said the museum - which is spending £15m on renewing and expanding its renowned Holocaust Exhibition and already attracts a million visitors a year - was not deemed central enough.
"While we were disappointed by this decision, we still remain hugely supportive of the initiatives laid out by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation," she said.
Veteran Conservative MP Sir Peter Bottomley, who has lived near Victoria Tower Gardens for more than 25 years, says he is unhappy two other sites - Potters Field on the south bank of the Thames between Tower Bridge and City Hall, and Millbank, next to Tate Britain - were ruled out.
"Somewhere, somehow some unnamed person in Number 10 decided to substitute these three with Victoria Tower Gardens," he said. "You can't have a prominent memorial here - you've got to keep the garden. I would urge the government to pause, reopen the debate and rethink."
The park, which is listed Grade II and is partly inside a Unesco world heritage site, is no stranger to significant structures including August Rodin's bronze The Burghers of Calais, a statue of the Suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst, and a fountain commemorating the abolition of slavery.
A spokeswoman for the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation, which is chaired by Sir Peter Bazalgette, said its mission had been to find "the most iconic location" for a national memorial and learning centre - and Victoria Tower Gardens, next to Parliament "fulfils that aim better than any of the almost 50 sites we examined".
She declined to say specifically why other sites had not been chosen except that "a lot of those were for commercial reasons".
"With cross-party support, we have made a promise to survivors that in Victoria Tower Gardens we will create a fitting national memorial as a permanent site of remembrance and an education centre to act more broadly as a voice against hatred and prejudice in the modern world, while respecting and enhancing the existing green space," she said.
"There can be nowhere more meaningful for such a powerful statement of our national values than next to Parliament, at the heart of our democracy. We want Britain's Holocaust survivors to know that we will not break our promise."
But Jewish Conservative peer Lord Wasserman, one of David Cameron's closest political allies who lives quite near the gardens, says it is not the right location for such a symbolic and important project.
"In particular,  I am concerned that this will lead to massive resentment on the part of those ordinary Londoners who will be seriously inconvenienced by the additional traffic (vehicular and pedestrian) which the museum will generate," he said.  "I'm also concerned about the the additional security risk associated with such a site."
Maja Turcan, whose parents were Holocaust survivors, says while a learning centre is needed "particularly at a time where anti-Semitism and hate crimes are increasing" - she questions why it could not be placed somewhere like Manchester "where there's a big Jewish community, but is also multi-ethnic and multi-cultural".
Aviva Trup, who manages Jewish Care's Holocaust Survivors Services - a centre which offers a programme of social, cultural and therapeutic events for Holocaust survivors in the UK - said "legacy and education is of upmost importance to our members".
She would not be drawn on whether Victoria Tower Gardens was the right place for the project, saying that "the most important thing is that the memorial is built in a central London location and is easy to access".
The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation is currently running a public consultation exercise, with exhibitions across the UK featuring the proposed schemes until the end of April.
The winning design will be announced before the end of May by Sir Peter's jury, whose members include: London Mayor Sadiq Khan, Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, TV presenters Loyd Grossman - also chair of the Royal Parks - and newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky.
The project should be open to the public by Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January 2021.


Security forces have raided the Karachi headquarters of Pakistan's fourth biggest political party, detaining "hardcore criminals" and seizing arms.

Col Tahir Mahmood said troops acted on information that the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) was hiding criminals.
Schools and businesses across the city closed down amid fears of a backlash.
The MQM, which has urged a national protest, has long been accused of using violence and intimidation to control Karachi - claims it denies.
At various times in its 30-year history, the MQM has been part of the national governing coalition.
But leader Altaf Hussain lives in self-imposed exile in London, where he is being investigated over money-laundering allegations.
And its control of Karachi is increasingly being challenged by ethnic gangs, says the BBC's M Ilyas Khan in Islamabad.
The MQM operates from the modest residence of party chief Altaf Hussain, and its adjoining buildings. The complex, known as Nine-Zero, has narrow, heavily guarded lanes that served as Mr Hussain's base until he went into exile.
For die-hard loyalists, many of whom were seen weeping after the raid, the sanctity of the neighbourhood has been violated. For critics of the party, however, Nine-Zero remains a no-go area from where the MQM has used the fear of guns and bullets to control this city of 20 million.
In the past, security forces have regarded the MQM as a force capable of turning Karachi into a war zone. But over the years things have changed.
Having spent more than a decade in government, the MQM is seen as weaker and somewhat directionless today. Its leader is under pressure from the British authorities as he faces a series of allegations, including money-laundering. He is also said to be suffering from health problems.
On the ground in Karachi, the MQM's muscle may be intact but it is believed that the army is managing to persuade the party to move away from its violent past.
After Wednesday's early morning raid, supporters and activists gathered outside the MQM headquarters and party leaders called for a nationwide strike.
Speaking to Pakistan's Geo News, senior MQM figure Farooq Sattar said the operation was "inappropriate and beyond understanding".
"MQM has itself always maintained its policy of zero tolerance against crime and terrorism, and it has always offered to co-operate," he said.
The MQM said paramilitary rangers had detained a number of its leaders including Amir Khan, a member of its central co-ordination committee.
Col Tahir told local media Mr Khan had not been arrested, but was being held for questioning to explain "the presence of criminal elements".
The colonel said the cache of weapons recovered included illegal arms that "cannot even be imported into Pakistan".
"We suspect that these weapons may be those from missing Nato containers," he said.
Party officials said the weapons were held legally and accused the security officers of shooting dead a party worker.
Other accounts suggested the worker may have been killed by a stray bullet fired in the air by unknown gunmen.
The MQM has appealed for a national peaceful protest.
What is MQM?
1984: Founded as the party of Urdu-speakers who migrated from India at the time of the 1947 partition, known as Muhajir
1988: Wins all seats in Karachi, becoming Pakistan's third largest party
1992: Party chief Altaf Hussain leaves country after an arrest warrant is issued in a murder case; army claims to have busted "torture cells" used by MQM activists to punish opponents
2004: Emerges as major ally of military ruler General Pervez Musharraf
2014: London police raid the home of Altaf Hussain, who still controls the party, and investigate claims of money laundering and murder


The development of a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Kent has been given planning permission.

Peel Ports Medway's application for a factory at the Port of Sheerness on Sheppey has been approved by Swale Borough Council.
The group said it hoped to attract manufacturers to the area after Vestas' plans fell through.
The Danish wind turbine firm cancelled plans for wind turbine manufacturing on Sheppey in June.
The Vestas plan would have created about 1,600 jobs on the island.
Peel Ports Medway controls the Port of Sheerness and Chatham Docks.
Gary Parkinson, managing director, said: "The Vestas decision was disappointing but had nothing to do with the suitability of the site at the Port of Sheerness."
The company said it had been in confidential discussions with several manufacturers over the use of the site and the Port of Sheerness was ready to invest in the infrastructure of the area.
Mr Parkinson added: "Our discussions with leaders in offshore energy and renewables as well as with the government and local authorities have reinforced our conviction that this is a perfect site for manufacture of wind turbines and related activities."
In September, the Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP, Gordon Henderson, said a renewable energy company had shown interest in the Isle of Sheppey.


Six French supermarket chains have withdrawn frozen beef meals made by Findus and Comigel after it emerged some beef-labelled foods sold in Europe and the UK contained horsemeat.

France is investigating if the frozen food companies knew of the horsemeat in their products. Findus says it has been misled by its Romanian meat supplier.
Romania has launched a probe into its abattoirs in response to the claims.
Officials said they would take action if laws had been broken.
Swedish food giant Findus withdrew ready meals in France and Sweden on Friday after it emerged that its frozen beef lasagne sold in Britain contained up to 100% horsemeat.
The Findus products were prepared by French food manufacturer Comigel using meat provided by Spanghero, a meat-processing company also based in  France. Spanghero, in turn, obtained its meat from a Romanian supplier.
The French supermarket chains decided to recall Findus and Comigel products due to concerns over a "labelling non-compliance in regards to the nature of the meat", the national retail association FCD said on Sunday.
Products withdrawn include pasta dishes with meat sauce, shepherd's pie and moussaka. The chains taking action include Carrefour, Monoprix, Auchan, Casino, Cora and Picard.
The decision was made due to to concerns over a "labelling non-compliance in regards to the nature of the meat", FCD said in a statement.
It added that French authorities had indicated there was no health risk from the products.
"The retailers are following the investigations carried out by suppliers with the greatest attention and waiting for the results of public inquiries," it said.
The French probe aims to determine who supplied the horsemeat and whether the ready meal companies knew about the contamination.
If there is evidence that the firms knowingly mislead consumers, "we will not hesitate to take legal action", French Consumer Affairs Minister Benoit Hamon told Le Parisien daily.
Early findings from the probe indicated that the horsemeat had been supplied since August, he added.
"We have estimated that the profits drawn from what seems to be a fraud lie around 300,000 euros (Â£253,000)," Mr Hamon said.
Preliminary results of the investigation are expected to be released on Wednesday.
Responding to the food scandal, the director of Findus France, Matthieu Lambeaux, said in a statement the company would file a legal complaint on Monday.
"We thought we had certified French beef in our products. But in reality, we were supplied with Romanian horsemeat. We have been deceived," Mr Lambeaux said.
French company Spanghero has also threatened to take legal action against its Romanian supplier.
Romania's food industry union has rejected the allegations.
"I find it hard to believe that a Romanian abattoir could have delivered horsemeat that was labelled beef," union head Dragos  Frumoso told AFP news agency.
"If [the importer] did not make any protest when it received the meat to say that it was horse and not beef, then either it was an accomplice to the Romanian  producer or it changed the labels afterwards."
The scandal has highlighted the bewildering complexity of the food business in the EU today, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports from Paris.
A Swedish brand Findus supplying British supermarkets employed a French company Comigel to make its ready meals, our correspondent says.
To get meat for its factory in Luxembourg, Comigel called on the services of another French firm Spanghero. This company in turn used an agent in Cyprus, who in turn used an agent in the Netherlands, who placed the order at an abattoir in Romania, our correspondent says.
That extraordinary Europe-wide chain of instructions has now been identified by the French anti-fraud office, which is piecing together how so much horsemeat masquerading as beef entered the food chain, our correspondent adds.


Goalkeeper Neil Etheridge's heroics helped 10-man Walsall stun Bolton as they ended Wanderers' unbeaten start to the season with a gutsy victory.

Walsall had to play most of the game a man down after Joe Edwards' 16th-minute sending-off, but Jason McCarthy gave them the lead nine minutes later and Etheridge kept Bolton at bay.
Wanderers almost took the lead after 13 minutes but Jamie Proctor's looping header from a Chris Taylor cross clipped the bar.
Edwards was shown a straight red card three minutes later for elbowing Taylor as the pair jumped.
However, the 10 men of Walsall went in front after 25 minutes as Bolton keeper Mark Howard flapped at Kieron Morris's free-kick, allowing McCarthy to bundle home into an empty net.
The away side almost levelled two minutes later but Lewis Buxton's header was cleared off the line by Andreas Makris.
And as Bolton turned the screw in the second half, Etheridge made superb saves from two close-range David Wheater headers, a 20-yard Taylor drive and Proctor's 12-yard half-volley.
To compound the visitors' misery, substitute Keshi Anderson - booked for entering the field of play prematurely on his introduction - was shown a second yellow for a stoppage-time foul on Scott Laird.
Reports supplied by Press Association.
Match ends, Walsall 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Walsall 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by James O'Connor.
Attempt missed. Kieron Morris (Walsall) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Second yellow card to Keshi Anderson (Bolton Wanderers) for a bad foul.
Foul by Keshi Anderson (Bolton Wanderers).
Scott Laird (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) because of an injury.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Simeon Jackson.
Substitution, Walsall. Liam Kinsella replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Dean Moxey (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt blocked. Sammy Ameobi (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers).
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Dean Moxey replaces Andrew Taylor.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Neil Etheridge (Walsall) because of an injury.
Foul by Keshi Anderson (Bolton Wanderers).
Neil Etheridge (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jamie Proctor (Bolton Wanderers).
Scott Laird (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Kieron Morris.
Neil Etheridge (Walsall) is shown the yellow card.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Attempt saved. David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Kevin Toner.
Attempt saved. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Attempt missed. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Walsall. Conceded by Mark Beevers.
Attempt missed. Simeon Jackson (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Andrew Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Keshi Anderson (Bolton Wanderers) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Keshi Anderson replaces Chris Taylor.


Britain's Tom Daley secured silver in the 10m platform final but was unable to defend his title at the European Aquatic Championships in Berlin.

The 20-year-old Commonwealth champion finished with a score of 535.45 but Russia's Victor Minibaev managed 586.10 to take the gold.
"I'd have loved to retain my title, but I'm really pleased with the way I dived," said Daley, who won gold at the last championships in 2012.
"It was a good fight until the end."
Daley just missed out on a medal earlier in the week when he came fourth with new partner James Denny in the 10m synchronised event.
"A very long season has come to an end and I'm happy to have been able to maintain my level all the way through," said Daley.
"Out of all three majors, that was the highest score I got out of all of them".


Exeter City are still searching for their first point of the season as Crawley Town completed the ultimate smash-and-grab at St James' Park.

The home side dominated the first half and went in at the break wondering how they had not gone in front.
Ollie Watkins hit the crossbar with a spectacular overhead kick, while Liam McAlinden spurned the chance to head Exeter in front when he missed a header from Robbie Simpson's header back across goal.
Jason Banton was Crawley's most dangerous player and he curled a shot wide from 20 yards at the beginning of the second half.
Exeter's best chance fell to Watkins after 68 minutes when a partially-cleared cross fell at his feet, but he rushed his finish and screwed his shot high over the bar.
Exeter were beginning to run out of ideas and Crawley hit them on the break with the only goal of the game with six minutes remaining.
Poor defending allowed Josh Yorwerth to walk through the Exeter defence and plant a low shot into the bottom corner from 15 yards.
Lloyd James curled a free-kick over the bar in stoppage time, but that was Exeter's only real effort at goal after Yorwerth's strike.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Exeter City 0, Crawley Town 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 0, Crawley Town 1.
Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. James Collins (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Lloyd James (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Substitution, Exeter City. Tom McCready replaces Jake Taylor because of an injury.
Ryan Harley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town).
Matt Oakley (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Harrold (Crawley Town).
Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Jason Banton.
Goal!  Exeter City 0, Crawley Town 1. Josh Yorwerth (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Matt Harrold.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Josh Yorwerth replaces Josh Payne.
Lloyd James (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Josh Payne (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Lloyd James (Exeter City).
Attempt blocked. Ryan Harley (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Matt Harrold replaces Billy Clifford.
Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Jake Taylor (Exeter City).
Andre Blackman (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Exeter City. Connor Riley-Lowe replaces Liam McAlinden.
Attempt missed. Robbie Simpson (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Jake Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andre Blackman (Crawley Town).
Pierce Sweeney (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason Banton (Crawley Town).
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lewis Young (Crawley Town).
James Collins (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ethan Ampadu (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Second Half begins Exeter City 0, Crawley Town 0.
First Half ends, Exeter City 0, Crawley Town 0.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right following a corner.
Corner,  Crawley Town. Conceded by Ethan Ampadu.


Oscar hopeful Amour (Love) is up for 10 prizes at this year's Cesars, France's prestigious annual film awards.

But the shortlist is dominated by surprise hit Camille Rewinds (Camille Redouble), which has 13 nominations.
The crowd-pleasing comedy follows a young woman who goes back in time to her teenage years.
Emmanuelle Riva - recipient of one of Amour's five Oscar nods - will be up for best actress at next month's Cesar ceremony.
So is Rust and Bone star Marion Cotillard, who has also been nominated for a Bafta for her performance.
Rust and Bone, about a whale trainer whose life is irrevocably changed by a tragic accident, has nine nominations in all.
They include citations for best film, best music and best director (Jacques Audiard).
Dark fantasy Holy Motors, which divided critics at Cannes last year, also received nine nominations, including best film and best actor (Denis Lavant).
The latter faces competition from Amour's Jean-Louis Trintignant, while Holy Motors' Edith Scob competes with Amour's Isabelle Huppert in the supporting actress category.
Ken Loach's The Angel's Share, Ben Affleck's Argo and Denmark's A Royal Affair are among the titles shortlisted in the foreign film category.
Some 3,400 people from across the French film industry took part in the voting process to determine this year's nominations.
The awards, hosted by actor and former Eurotrash presenter Antoine du Caunes, will be presented on 22 February in Paris.
The Academy Awards take place two days later in Los Angeles, two weeks after the Bafta Film Awards in London.


A woman who appeared on TV show Benefits Street is facing jail after being found guilty of illegally having ammunition.

Samora Roberts, 34, known as "Black Dee", was also convicted of two counts of possession of crack cocaine with intent to supply and possession of heroin.
Roberts, of James Turner Street, was cleared of a separate offence of having a small amount of ammunition.
She will be sentenced on 11 January.
Roberts was granted bail at Birmingham Crown Court ahead of sentencing,
Her co-accused and neighbour, Tina Thomas, 47, who had denied a single offence of possessing .38 calibre bullets, was found not guilty of that offence.
A third man, Marvin Scott, 38, who formerly lived in the street but has since moved, was convicted of having crack cocaine with intent to supply and of possession of cannabis.
The jury of five men and seven women took four and a half hours to reach verdicts on the offences, which all took place around June 2013.
Judge Philip Parker said: "I make it plain you'll face custodial sentences. You've kept your bail and I will bail you for sentence on that particular day.
"Bail is no indication as to the ultimate sentence."
Roberts told Judge Parker as she left the dock: "Thank you, your honour," amid outbursts from her supporters in the public gallery.
Jurors had been selected from those who had never watched the Channel 4 reality TV show Benefits Street in January 2014, which focused on the day-to-day lives of the residents of Birmingham's James Turner Street.


The skipper of a fishing vessel who admitted maritime safety offences after operating in a closed area of Southampton Water, has been jailed.

Michael Stimson's vessel Alicia was detained as "dangerously unsafe" after it was boarded by Fisheries Officers in October 2013.
Stimson was jailed for four months at a hearing at Southampton Crown Court.
David Fuller, of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), said full compliance with safety was essential.
The MCA said Stimson turned off his navigation lights when approached by a fisheries patrol vessel when he had been seen in an area closed to fishing because of E-coli concerns.
Investigations showed the boat was unstable and the two crewmen on board had received no safety training.
Stimson, 32, of Ladycross Road, Southampton, had pleaded guilty to three offences brought under Maritime safety legislation and two under food safety and hygiene regulations.


About 60 people have been turned away from the new Harry Potter play after buying tickets from unauthorised retailers, producers have said.

Staff at London's Palace Theatre have been told to refuse entry to anyone with tickets that have been resold.
One ticket for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which normally has a face value of up to £70, is currently for sale on a secondary website for £6,200.
Producers called the secondary ticket market "an industry-wide plague".
Sonia Friedman and Colin Callender said it was a matter "which we as producers take very seriously".
In a statement, they added: "Our priority is to protect all our customers and [we] are doing all we can to combat this issue. From the outset, accessible pricing has been of paramount importance to us.
"We have already been able to identify, and refuse entry to a significant number of people who purchased tickets through resale sites and will continue to track down touts and refuse entry to anyone who has knowingly bought a ticket from a tout through the secondary market."
On average, around one person per day has been turned away since previews of the play began in early June.
Tickets for the two-part show have been in huge demand, and fans have cursed touts who sell them on for inflated prices.
Re-selling tickets is not illegal, but the producers warn that any tickets that are advertised for sale on the internet, in newspapers or elsewhere will be "automatically void".
Only those bought from the two official ticketing platforms - Nimax and ATG - are allowed.
The show is sold out, although there is an online lottery every Friday in which 40 tickets are released for every performance the following week.
At the time of writing, one ticket to watch one part of the show from the stalls is on the Viagogo website for £6,213.76, while Stubhub is offering two tickets for both parts for £4,999 each.
Viagogo has not returned a request for comment. StubHub has previously said its sales were "driven by supply and demand" and that sellers "set the price for what they think the market will bear".
Meanwhile, the script of the play, written by Jack Thorne and approved by Potter author JK Rowling, has become the UK's fastest-selling book this decade.
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League One side Bury have signed former England goalkeeper Chris Kirkland on a one-year deal after he left Preston.

The 35-year-old had a trial with the Shakers last summer, but instead joined Preston and played five games for them.
Kirkland started his career at Coventry City and has also played for Liverpool, West Brom, Wigan, Leicester, Doncaster and Sheffield Wednesday.
He has joined former Bradford keeper Ben Williams in moving to Gigg Lane this summer.
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Twenty-one Olympic gold medals, more than twice as many as anyone else in history, maybe more to come.

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With Michael Phelps it can all seem so simple, so pre-ordained. A swimmer defined by victory, a man who has always come through.
Except there has been nothing straightforward about the 'Fifth Act of Michael Phelps'. His 200m butterfly triumph in Rio's Aquatic Centre deep into Tuesday night may even have been miraculous. For this is a hero who had lost all sense of himself, an obsessive who had long ago begun to hate the gift that defined him.
The first three acts offered little to indicate the fall that would follow.
The 2000 Olympics, as The Kid - 15 years old yet finishing fifth in the 200m butterfly final, the boy with ADHD who had found his perfect focus, a world record holder before his 16th birthday.
Act Two, as The Freak - a 10,000-calories-a-day diet, a wingspan of 2.08 metres, hypermobile ankles, lungs twice the size of the average adult male. At those Athens Olympics he would lose the 'Race of the Century' to Australian rival Ian Thorpe but win six other golds, a body designed for water, a boy in love with the pool.
The 2008 Olympics, and Act Three as The Superstar: eight gold medals, no records left standing, the world at his size 14 feet.
And then, around the supposed happy ending of London 2012, Act Four: The Cynic.
It had begun in 2009, when a photograph emerged of America's clean-cut hero apparently smoking cannabis. It continued through a three-month suspension, through missed training sessions, through a loss of the focus that had once seen him so fanatical he would count each stroke in every final, just in case his goggles ever filled with water and left him unable to judge the distance to the wall.
"I didn't care," he said later. "I wanted nothing to do with the water. Nothing."
Phelps still won six medals in London, four of them gold. But he was beaten in the 200m butterfly by Chad le Clos, the childhood fan turned adult assassin, and trailed home fourth in the 400m individual medley.
Retirement should have brought relief. It brought late nights and new friends, and another fresh start with long-term partner Nicole, but it brought no peace, and nothing to replace the one thing that had dominated every day of his life since the age of seven.
And so, like Thorpe before him, he began a comeback. And like Thorpe before him, he found the old magic hard to reignite.
At the US Championships in the summer of 2014 he failed to win a single final. Then, driving home from a night out that September, he was stopped by police for doing 84mph in a 45mph area. A drink-driving conviction followed, accompanied by a six-month suspension from US swimming.
Rio? Rio couldn't have seemed further away.
"He had no idea what to do with the rest of his life," his long-time coach Bill Bowman told the New York Times.
"One day I said: 'Michael, you have all the money that anybody your age could ever want or need; you have a profound influence in the world; you have free time - and you're the most miserable person I know.'"
And so began the Fifth Act.
It started with six weeks in rehab at a treatment centre in Arizona called the Meadows. Phelps, one of the most famous sportsmen in the country, accustomed to the privileges and protection that come to that elite, was just another patient - going through the same group therapy, staying in the same spartan rooms, forced to confront a past that had become a burden rather than blessing.
Like Thorpe, Australia's most decorated Olympian, who had won three golds at his home Sydney Games and two more in Athens, Phelps had discovered that medals did not bring happiness. Neither did swimming, the one thing he could do, the thing he did better than any other man in Olympic history.
It was something that appeared to afflict so many of those who, in the words of Australia's 1996 Olympic 1500m freestyle champion, Kieren Perkins, "spend six hours a day with heads in a bucket of water, looking at a black line."
Thorpe eventually admitted his own life-long struggles with depression, to his problems with alcohol and his adult thoughts of self-harm. Then there was his compatriot Grant Hackett, fifth in that Race of the Century, the third of them to end up in rehab, the third to lose himself in a stalled comeback.
At the Meadows there was a small pool. Because water had always been Phelps' sanctuary, he was instinctively drawn to it. But wasn't swimming the problem? Didn't that gaping hole in his life need filling with something else?
"The problem for me was I just didn't have enough balance in my life," said Leisel Jones, who won nine Olympic medals for Australia before herself succumbing to depression in young retirement. "I didn't have anything else, and that was terrifying for me."
Phelps began to look. He made fresh contact with his estranged father Fred, with whom he had not spoken since 2004.
He committed to Nicole, and to a long-term future together. He read self-help books, and then, with the help of Bowman, took the biggest decision of all: to commit to swimming again, at an age when Thorpe was long gone, to chase another Olympic gold even when there was no chance his tally could ever be threatened.
In doing so he fell back in love. Swimming, first a gift, then a burden, began to inspire him again.
With that inspiration came some of the old speed. With fresh focus came the old speed. A body that had held 13% fat in London dropped that to just 5% for the shot at Rio. Training harder than he had since Beijing eight years ago, he made the Olympic team. People began to talk, and then believe: could the man who had gone where no other Olympic athlete ever gone, go further still?
Bowman remained a constant. With fiancee Nicole came a son, Boomer.
But this is not the old Phelps, who would push anything and anyone away who could possibly distract him from gold.
Here in Rio he is happy to be distracted. Nicole and Boomer have been in the stands here for every race he has swum. Swimming is still there, but in Act Five, there are more precious things at the centre of his world.
"I never thought that he would ever change." says Bowman. "He hid everything that makes him human for 12 years."
Phelps is still as competitive as ever. You could see it in his reaction when he took revenge on Le Clos for that shock defeat four years ago: sitting astride his lane marker, arms outstretched, hands beckoning as if daring anyone else to come and have a go.
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Yet as he walked round the pool decking after that first gold on Tuesday night, 4x200m freestyle relay gold still another hour away, there was something else, too.
It wasn't just the clenched fist he waved at the stands, or the way he made his way through the photographers to where Nicole and his mother Debbie were standing to take three-month-old Boomer in his arms.
It was the huge smile, the unguarded emotion of a man who is genuinely happy, the sight of a man finally at peace.
In the Fifth Act of Michael Phelps, he is The Reborn.


Moped gangs armed with machetes have been terrorising people in the streets close to Prince George's future primary school, locals have said.

Residents claim they have seen gangs wielding weapons speed through pedestrianised areas near Thomas's Battersea School in south-west London.
CCTV footage shows them weaving among restaurant tables, threatening diners and passers-by.
Prince George is due to start the Â£6,110 a year school in September.
"There are break-ins every night, residents are being terrorised every other day either by riding on pavements or at people," said one local, who was too scared to be identified.
"When police are called their response is 'there's nothing we can do'."
"The police don't chase them so it's almost a licence to commit crime," said another resident, who also wanted to remain anonymous.
Staff at Thomas's declined to comment on the moped incidents or on any security measures being put in place.
CCTV footage gathered by the Press Association from business website LondonLovesBusiness.com shows one incident where thieves on a motorbike tried to kick someone off their bicycle before breaking in to a car directly outside the school on Battersea High Street.
Residents said the gangs, who are believed to live locally, hide their faces with balaclavas and are dressed in black. The vehicles are believed to be stolen and the number plates are either blacked out or removed.
Insp Guy Osborne, of the Battersea Safer Neighbourhoods Team, said Wandsworth Police were "very aware" of moped-enabled crime, and called the issue "a borough priority".
He said officers were giving crime prevention advice and were working with moped manufacturers to make them harder to steal.
He added that incidents involving weapons had not been reported.
Moped-crime is a London-wide issue which is increasing.
A BBC investigation found that crime involving mopeds in the city had increased by more than 600% between 2014-16.
On Friday, moped gangs armed with hammers were photographed outside the BBC's Broadcasting House in central London and on Sunday, the Met released footage of a gang knocking down and breaking the leg of a tourist as they tried to steal his watch.


Edinburgh secured a first bonus-point of the season inside 32 minutes as they ended a run of three straight defeats with a comfortable win over Treviso.

Wing Damien Hoyland sprinted from his own 22 to score the opener and Hamish Watson stormed over for the second.
Hoyland exchanged passes with Michael Allen for his second before Magnus Bradbury exposed more slack defence.
Marco Fuser crossed for Treviso but Tom Brown grabbed his own brace, with Blair Kinghorn adding a seventh late on.
Impressive fly-half Jason Tovey kicked 10 points, with the only downside for Edinburgh the sight of back-rowers Nasi Manu and Bradbury being forced off with injuries in the final 10 minutes.
Edinburgh played at a tempo and with an ambition that was rarely the norm under former coach Alan Solomons. They looked hungry for ball and relished open space, of which there was acres.
Hoyland scored his first when running in from 80 metres. Then, Watson added a second inside eight minutes when he spun out of some non-tackles from Treviso. Tovey banged over both conversions and even that early in the match, it was done as a contest.
Tommaso Allan landed a penalty but Hoyland went over in the corner for his second try before the half-hour and, just after, Bradbury went through more disgraceful Treviso defence.
That was the bonus point wrapped up in 32 minutes. Tovey added the extras to make it 26-3 at the break.
The Italians have not won an away match in the Pro 12 since the end of 2014 and even that one was in Italy, against Zebre.
Routinely they concede big numbers on the road. Ospreys put 64 points on them a few weeks back. They are fodder. You have to ask - what is the point of Treviso?
They missed 56% of their tackles in that opening half - 20 in total. They were an utter shambles. In the opening minutes of the second half they mustered a try of their own, a close-range drive from Fuser, but Edinburgh just went down the other end and the excellent Tovey threw a skip-pass to Brown, who darted over for Edinburgh's fifth try.
With Tovey's conversion, Edinburgh led 33-10. That went to 40-10 when Tovey's gorgeous cross-field kick was fielded by Brown, who crashed over.
Just before the end, Kinghorn was put away up the left wing after more than a dozen phases for an excellent seventh try.
Coach Duncan Hodge's Murrayfield debut was a pleasing one, even allowing for the wretchedness of the opposition. Edinburgh made a lot of errors but at least the mistakes came when trying to play, when attempting to make things happen. Progress for sure.
If Hodge wants his team to play with more ambition, then good. If he wants to give his backline a bit of freedom to play, then that's what every Edinburgh fan has been crying out for.
This will probably be their easiest game of the season against the softest of soft touches, but if there is to be any kind of renaissance after the dog days of the Solomons era, then it had to start somewhere. This was an encouraging beginning.
Edinburgh: Blair Kinghorn, Damien Hoyland, Michael Allen, Chris Dean, Tom Brown, Jason Tovey, Sean Kennedy; Rory Sutherland, Ross Ford, Ewan McQuillin, Ben Toolis, Grant Gilchrist (capt), Magnus Bradbury, Hamish Watson, Nasi Manu.
Replacements: Stuart McInally (for Ford, 62), Allan Dell (for Sutherland, 51), Murray McCallum (for McQuillin, 62) Lewis Carmichael (for Gilchrist, 52-62, for Manu, 72), John Hardie (for Watson, 52), Nathan Fowles (for Kennedy, 63), Glenn Bryce (for Bradbury, 77), Solomoni Rasolea (for Dean, 57).
Benetton Treviso: Luke McLean, Angelo Esposito, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi (capt), Andrea Buondonno, Tommaso Allan, Edoardo Gori; Alberto de Marchi, Ornel Gega, Simone Ferrari, Filo Paulo, Marco Fuser, Francesco Minto, Marco Lazzaroni, Braam Steyn.
Replacements: Luca Bigi (for Gega, 52) Matteo Zanusso (for De Marchi, 51), Andrea Pratichetti (for Paulo, 47), Tito Tebaldi (for Buondonno, 46), Ian McKinley (for Allan, 6-13, for Gori, 55), David Odiete (for Esposito, 51).
Not Used: Cherif Traore, Filippo Gerosa.
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales).
Attendance: 3,154


Serena Williams has ended her boycott of Indian Wells, 14 years after suffering racist abuse at the tournament.

The American will contest the BNP Paribas Open at the Californian resort.
"It's been difficult to forget spending hours crying in the Indian Wells locker room," the world number one, 33, said.
Williams beat Maria Sharapova in the Australian Open final last month to earn her 19th Grand Slam title.
She won her second Indian Wells title as a teenager in 2001.
The American beat Belgian Kim Clijsters in a final marred by the behaviour of some fans who heckled her and her family, apparently in response to sister Venus withdrawing injured from their semi-final.
In an interview with Time magazine, Williams confirmed her entry in next month's tournament.
"I'm fortunate to be at a point in my career where I have nothing to prove. I'm still as driven as ever, but I play for the love of the game," she said.
"It is with that love in mind, and a new understanding of the true meaning of forgiveness, that I will proudly return to Indian Wells in 2015."


Sydney's giant Warragamba Dam is spilling for the first time since 2013, in the wake of days of heavy rain in the region.

Authorities have warned of flooding in low-lying areas near the dam but don't expect any homes to be at risk.
Residents south of Sydney are still waiting to return to their flood-affected homes after the wild weather.
Emergency crews have warned locals in the city's south and west they may find roads and bridges cut off.
The dam, about 70km west of Sydney, is the largest urban water storage in Australia, supplying about 80% of the Sydney region's drinking water.
The Bureau of Meteorology said most of the dam's spill would happen on Thursday afternoon and early evening.
"We don't anticipant any properties to be flooded," the bureau's Gordon McKay told the BBC, but adding that low-lying farmland was at risk.
The Sydney Catchment Authority said Warragamba Dam will spill for several days through its central drum gate.
The Authority will then lower the water level of the dam to just below full as part of normal post-flood procedures.
Evacuation orders for 320 properties in St Georges Basin and Sussex Inlet, about a 190km south of Sydney, are still in place.
There have been nearly 90 flood rescues of people and animals since severe weather first lashed the greater Sydney region on Monday.
The State Emergency Service (SES) is assessing damage in the area amid unconfirmed reports of loss of livestock.