Fleetwood Town have signed midfielder George Glendon on loan from Premier League side Manchester City.

He has joined the League One club until January 2017 and is the 12th new signing for the Cod Army this summer.
The 21-year-old joined City's academy at the age of five and has represented England at under-17 level, but is yet to play a professional game.
Glendon joins a day after Burnley striker Chris Long agreed a season-long loan deal.
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Zamalek have gone back on their decision to withdraw from the Egyptian Premier League because of "disastrous refereeing errors" and will now complete their fixtures.

The club had said on Wednesday it was protesting against biased officiating it believed was intended to "gift the title" to their bitter rivals Al Ahly.
Zamalek, who won the title last year, are eight points behind leaders Ahly with five matches left.
They will now play ENPPI on Thursday.
That match had been in doubt when Zamalek reacted to the dismissal of two Arab Contractors players in their 3-0 defeat by Al Ahly by issuing a statement mid-match declaring they would quit the competition.
"The club's board of directors, under the leadership of chairman Mortada Mansour, decided not to continue this league competition as long as the refereeing committee and its head Gamal El-Ghandour remain in their position," Zamalek said in their statement.
"The decision comes due to disastrous refereeing errors. At a time when an illegitimate goal by Maqassa against Zamalek was allowed to stand [in Sunday's league match], Contractors had two playeTHat match had been in doiuyvbrs wrongfully dismissed against Ahly.
"This clearly shows an intention to gift the title to Ahly amid a dishonorable competition."
Two Contractors players received straight red cards for protesting against a goal by Ahly striker Malick Evouna in the first half of Wednesday's match.
It is not the first time Zamalek chairman Mansour has said the club would quit the league, only to change his mind.
And on Thursday Mansour said: "I held a meeting with the club board members and they persuaded me to cancel the decision.
"I will hold a meeting with Mr. Khaled Abdel Azeez, the Egyptian Minister, and the Egyptian Football Association to stop what is happening in the League.
"I want the Egyptian Football Association to axe Referees' chairman committee Gamal El Ghandour, the domestic league will stop after today's match and that is a good chance to axe El Ghandour.
"I have don't have a problem if Al Ahly win the league, I will congratulate them, but I want them to win it in a fair way not with referees' help.
"I don't want to damage Egyptian football , I just want justice. Referees are trying to make us lose the matches and they help Al Ahly to win the games."


A survivor of the Herald of Free Enterprise capsizing still mourns the loss of friends on board, 25 years on.

Simon Osborne and seven of his friends were returning from a day trip to Belgium when the ferry capsized.
He was trapped inside the ship and managed to survive the disaster, which claimed the lives of two friends.
The ferry had left the Belgian port of Zeebrugge 30 minutes before, with 545 people on board for the crossing to Dover.
Mr Osborne, then 19, was queuing at the perfume counter when the ship jolted quite violently. Within a few seconds there was another more severe jolt.
"The ship literally tipped over as if you were knocking over a glass of water - it seemed that quick," Mr Osborne recalls.
It was just before 19:00 on 6 March, 1987.
The bow doors had been left open when the ship left port, and water started to flood her car decks, making the vessel unstable.
In spite of capsizing in shallow water only 100 yards (91m) from the shore, 193 people lost their lives aboard the Townsend Thoresen ferry that night.
Survivors said it took between 45 seconds and one minute for the ship to turn over and come to rest on a sandbank on its side.
Mr Osborne described the scene onboard as the ship went over.
"It was a scene of unbelievable terror," he said. "There were people, chairs, tables and litter bins the contents of the perfume counter just raining down."
"I found myself rooted to the spot in sheer terror and disbelief at what was happening."
Mr Osborne had become trapped in the lounge area of the ship. Quickly realising those around him were dying of hypothermia in the icy-cold water, he knew that if he was going to survive, he needed to get to a part of the ship where he could be rescued.
"I floated up with the water, in the dark, and thought for a few minutes that I was going to drown, that I was going to perish there in the ship," he said.
He made his way to below one of the broken windows, through the debris and bodies floating in the water.
By that time, there were rescue teams with divers onboard, and he was quickly put in a harness and winched onto the side of the ferry.
The coroner's inquest into the capsizing returned verdicts of unlawful killing.
After a public inquiry into the disaster, Lord Justice Sheen published a report, which identified a "disease of sloppiness" and negligence at every level of the Townsend Thoresen hierarchy.
"At the time I was consumed with rage, and I wanted someone to be brought to book for this," Mr Osborne said.
"At the end of the day there was a problem there and the disaster could have been avoided if the procedures had been there."
The Crown Prosecution Service charged the company, which had since become P&O European Ferries, with corporate manslaughter in 1989, but the case collapsed because of insufficient evidence.
More than 30 people were later recognised in the New Year Honours list for their roles in saving the estimated 350 people who were rescued.
The George Medal was awarded to head waiter, Michael Skippen, who died trying to get passengers to safety and to Andrew Parker, who formed a human bridge to allow others to cross to safety.


Brett Ferres has been ruled out of England's Four Nations campaign after injuring a calf in training.

The forward, 30, has been replaced by Leeds Rhinos team-mate Stevie Ward.
Ward, 22, has played four matches since returning in September from a knee injury that kept him out for 12 months, and has also had depression.
England play a warm-up game in France on Saturday before their opening Four Nations match against New Zealand in Huddersfield seven days later.
Australia and Scotland are the other two teams taking part in the tournament.
Ward was set to start a three-week end-of-season road trip round the USA with Leeds team-mate Adam Cuthbertson when he found out he had been called up.
Earlier this year, the loose forward set up an online magazine, Mantality, encouraging professional sportspeople to be honest about difficulties with depression.
"I had depression in 2014 and you don't value anything you do," he told BBC Radio Leeds in May.
"You're in a low mood all the time and you don't value what you say or do. You struggle to get out of the house as much as you do when you have a broken leg.
"It's not spoken about so let's speak about it - let's be honest."


A robber who carried out a "horrendous" attack on a cancer patient has been jailed for life for her murder.

Paul Storm Blueitt, 36, assaulted Judith Ducker during the raid at a newsagents in Rotherham on 1 September.
Police said the injuries stopped Mrs Ducker receiving treatment for breast cancer and she died prematurely from the disease in hospital a month later.
Blueitt, of Cambridge Crescent, Rotherham, was convicted after a trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
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Det Sgt Andy Shields said 64-year-old Mrs Ducker was left with a fractured skull, a fractured eye socket, multiple head lacerations and bruising to the brain following a "horrendous assault".
Det Sgt Shields added: "The consequence of this assault, was that Judith would never be well enough to receive further cancer treatment and after being taken to hospital, a CT head scan revealed that Judith's breast cancer had spread to her brain.
"Such were her head injuries that further cancer treatment could not be given to her and she sadly died in hospital on 20 October last year. She died from the breast cancer that had spread to her brain."
South Yorkshire Police said Blueitt was initially charged with attempted murder but after Mrs Ducker's death, the charge was upgraded to murder, following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service.
The prosecution case was that the serious head injuries caused by Blueitt prevented Mrs Ducker from receiving vital cancer treatment and resulted in her premature death.
Blueitt was also found guilty of robbery and will have to serve a minimum of 27 years in prison.


It has been a fantastic year for space exploration this year, from landing the Rosetta space probe on a comet, to testing out rockets that could take astronauts to Mars.

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A new system of national testing is to be introduced in primary schools and early secondary as part of an effort to achieve greater educational equality, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced.

The new assessments will focus on literacy and numeracy. Children will sit them in the first year of primary, then in P4 and P7 and in S3 at secondary school.
They will replace the range of assessments which have been used by different councils across Scotland since the old system of national testing was abolished in 2003.
Over time they will also replace the testing of a cross-section of students used to generate the national surveys of literacy and numeracy.
The new assessments will be introduced in 2016 at the schools taking part in the Scottish government's Attainment Challenge - a Â£100m scheme targeted at local authorities and schools which may face higher than average levels of relative deprivation.
They will be introduced at other schools in 2017. More details on their exact format are expected later.
Much of the devil will be in the detail. If they simply replace the existing assessments - and are not radically different in format - their introduction may be smooth.
However unions and others have warned of a number of risks - adding to the workload on teachers and children, creating unofficial league tables of school performance and undermining or reversing the changes brought in to schools in recent years through Curriculum for Excellence.
The government has been trying to reassure critics and the largest teachers' union the EIS believes the government has been listening, although it still has reservations.
In a literal sense, of course it is.
The testing will be consistent across Scotland - therefore it is national testing.
However, the Scottish government is not using the phrase national testing for a reason.
It argues the new testing will be very different in practice to the national testing which was scrapped in 2003.
They say it will not be "high-stakes testing" - the driving force is to obtain coherent data from across Scotland to try to work out the best ways of improving attainment in schools and closing the gap between how well children from relatively well-off and deprived communities perform.
The government is not pretending that the testing itself will improve attainment.
Their argument is that the data from the tests will give a better indication of how well particular schemes to raise attainment are working.
Obviously those which are succeeding may be copied by other schools or councils if they are considered appropriate.
One of the mantras in recent years has been about "more teaching and less testing".
Curriculum for Excellence has seen a general shift in emphasis away from formal testing and assessment.
The government says the new tests will fit into the current system and do not represent a retreat from the changes.
However some teachers fear the new tests could, inevitably, lead to teachers "teaching to tests" simply to try to ensure a school's performance seems as impressive as possible statistically.
Another change in recent years has seen more emphasis placed on trying to help youngsters develop a so-called "deeper understanding" of subjects - applying their knowledge to unfamiliar challenges - rather than simply an ability to answer test questions which may be predictable.
One risk could be that more formalised assessment undermines this.
The government won't be producing them and has been clear that it won't be judging the performance of a school on test results in isolation.
It is widely accepted within Scottish education that there is far more to judging a school's performance than exam or test results alone.
The argument is that a school in a prosperous area with relatively good results may be coasting while one lower down the table in a disadvantaged area may actually be performing well.
This all leads to the need for what some would describe as an "intelligent reading" of data, which takes a range of explanatory factors into account rather than just numbers alone.
The government is now consulting over exactly what information to publish. Inevitably, one possibility is that data for individual schools would be publicly available.
This may result in journalists, or others, producing unofficial league tables - this already happens for secondary schools.
A challenge for opponents of league tables is to persuade parents not to take the tables seriously or use them as a measure of success.
But it seems almost inevitable that some parents might try to get their children into schools with more impressive performance figures.


More stands at Preston bus station have been closed following gale-force winds.

Eight large panes of glass were dislodged in a storm last weekend, with some falling on to the inner concourse of the Grade II-listed station.
The Tithebarn Street and the city centre-facing sides have been cordoned off by Lancashire County Council and will remain closed into the New Year.
Stands on the opposite side have now been closed after surveyors found problems with the window frames.
It is hoped the stands will reopen on Tuesday.


A deadly form of skin cancer is able to fend off the body's immune system, UK researchers have found.

Analysis of tumour and blood samples shows that melanoma knocks out the body's best immune defence.
A potential test could work out which patients are likely to respond to treatment, the Journal of Clinical Investigation reports.
Cancer Research UK said the body's response was a "complex puzzle".
Previous work from the team at King's College London showed that while patients with melanoma produced antibodies that could attack tumour cells, the immune system often seemed powerless to stop the cancer progressing.
But in the latest research they discovered that the subtype of antibody attracted by the melanoma cells was the most ineffective at mounting the right sort of response.
In samples from 80 melanoma patients they say that the conditions created by the tumour attract IgG4 antibodies, which mount the weakest response and in turn interfere with any "strong" IgG1 antibodies that might be present.
By mimicking the conditions created by melanomas, they showed that in the presence of tumour cells, the immune system sent out IgG4 antibodies, but when faced with healthy cells it functioned as expected with IgG1 circulating.
They also confirmed that IgG4 was ineffective in launching an immune attack against cancer cells.
In additional tests in 33 patients, they found that those with higher levels of the weak antibody IgG4 had a less favourable prognosis compared with those with levels nearer to normal.
Study author Dr Sophie Karagiannis said: "This work bears important implications for future therapies since not only are IgG4 antibodies ineffective in activating immune cells to kill tumours but they also work by blocking antibodies from killing tumour cells."
She said not only was IgG4 stopping the patient's more powerful antibodies from eradicating cancer, but it could also explain why some treatments based on boosting the immune response may be less effective in some patients.
Co-author Prof Frank Nestle said more work was needed on developing IgG4 as a potential test to improve patient care by helping to identify patients most likely to respond to treatments.
"This study can also inform the rational design of novel strategies to counteract IgG4 actions," he added.
Dr Kat Arney, science communications manager at Cancer Research UK, said: "There's a lot we don't yet understand about how our immune system recognises and responds to cancer, so we're pleased to have supported this new research that's helping to solve such a complex puzzle.
"This work is still at an early stage, but it's a step towards developing more effective treatments for skin cancer and potentially other types of cancer in the future."


The words "political earthquake" have been translated into numerous European languages today, making front page news across the continent.

The mood is possibly best summed up in the Le Monde headline: Triumph for Cameron. Concern for Europe.
While Britons now examine the domestic minutiae of the election result, here in mainland Europe the vote means one thing - a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.
And that has the potential to create an earthquake of its own.
The guardian of the EU treaties Mr Cameron wants to change -  Commission President Jean Claude Juncker - said again today he'd listen to what Britain's new government proposed, but that real change must be approved by EU countries rather than institutions.
Governments had already been discussing a possible framework for renegotiating Britain's relationship with the EU behind closed doors. Now that talk will go public, certainly at next month's summit of EU leaders here in Brussels - they'll want to hear David Cameron's wish list.
A source close to the German government told me that, although Chancellor Merkel and David Cameron have a good relationship and she has often repeated that she wants Britain to stay in the EU, there is no appetite in Berlin to be the chief negotiator.
"The German government doesn't want to be the one to wag its finger at the UK, threatening what might happen if it leaves," he said. "This is not about bilateral negotiations. This is about the UK and Brussels."
Still, much of the pre-negotiation period will consist of British diplomats and political leaders chatting with their European counterparts - about the possible, the impossible and wiggle room in between.
Soon after the British election results were known, French President Francois Hollande invited David Cameron to Paris to talk, he said, about the EU, among other things.
France will hope to persuade David Cameron that he does not need treaty change to re-shape Britain's relationship with the EU.
This is less out of French love for the EU project as it stands and more about the fear of populists at home.
Any change to EU treaties has to be put to the people of France in a referendum.
The full force of the popular euro-sceptic, anti-immigrant National Front would be unleashed - terribly close to France's presidential election in which the National Front's leader is a strong contender (though not the favourite).
David Cameron's timetable of 2017 for a UK referendum on the EU also clashes with parliamentary elections in Germany.
The traditional Franco-German motor of Europe is all too aware that popular opinion is quite impatient by now with what is seen as the UK's pick-and-mix attitude to the EU, derisively described in Germany as "Extrawurst" (an expression coming from the traditional German sausage but meaning to get special treatment) and leaders won't want to be seen to be pandering too much to the UK ahead of a national vote.
So the countdown starts now. 2017 is not far off and Brussels is hardly known for speedy decision-making.
Expect quite some flexibility. Few countries want to see the UK's buoyant economy leave the fold. But there will be limits.
Freedom of movement - European citizens' right to live and work wherever they want in the EU - has often been flagged up as a red line.
This could cause complications for David Cameron with immigration such a hot issue within his own party.
European federalists are also concerned. They worry that Britain's desire for "less Brussels" will now be echoed elsewhere, leading possibly to an unravelling of the EU as they know it or dream it could and should be.


Castleford Tigers expect to leave Wheldon Road and move into their new Five Towns Park stadium "by 2020", says chief executive Steve Gill.

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Final approval for the £135m development, which also includes retail and leisure facilities, was granted in September 2015.
The Super League leaders have been based at their current 'Jungle' home for the past 90 years.
"There has been a lot of work gone in," Gill told the Super League Show.
"The plans were drawn up four years ago, millions of pounds have already been invested, and I think by 2020 we'll be in our new stadium."
Wheldon Road has been both an advantage and a disadvantage for Castleford, providing an intimate and sometimes intimidating atmosphere on match days, but lacking in modern facilities that other clubs benefit from in terms of revenue.
Moving will allow Castleford to expand their commercial opportunities away from rugby league, although some supporters may find it a wrench.
"We see ourselves as a top-four side in the making now," Gill added. "We can get to the new ground and get the revenue in from hospitality by opening 365 days a year. That's what been holding us back.
"I don't want to go from this place, we've probably got another 30-40 games before we move. I want everybody to enjoy it and soak it in because when we do leave here there won't be a dry eye in the house."
Castleford have never finished higher than fourth in Super League, and their last major honour was winning the Challenge Cup in 1986, although they did also win the 1994 Regal Trophy.


A one-off pension contribution of up £10,000 could be made to Tata steel workers in their 50s who plan to retire early, BBC Wales understands.

The actual amount will vary for each person depending on years of service and the length of time they have paid into the pension scheme.
Three unions will begin balloting members on the proposal from Monday.
The deal includes investment in Port Talbot and moving from a final salary pension to a less generous scheme.
Clarification on the new pension arrangements for older workers is thought to be one of the reasons the three unions decided to urge members to support the change.
Previously, the Community, Unite and GMB unions said they would not make a recommendation to members on which way to vote.
This arrangement does not involve extra funding from Tata for the pension deal set-out last month but will instead involve money being moved around within that pot.
Steel pension assurances urged
It has become clear that there has been significant unhappiness amongst Tata's staff about the pension proposals and there was no guarantee that the proposals would accepted by union members.
It us too early to say what, if any, impact these arrangements for older workers along with the unions decision to support the pension changes will have.
This ballot is consultative and Tata is not bound by the result.


China's chief economic planner said the world's second biggest economy will "absolutely not experience a hard landing" despite growth forecast cuts.

Predictions of an abrupt economic slowdown are "destined to come to nothing", said Xu Shaoshi, head of China's state planning agency.
China's National People's Congress on Saturday lowered the economic growth target for 2016 to a range of 6.5%-7%.
Last year, China's goal was "about 7%", but the economy actually grew by 6.9%.
That was the lowest expansion in 25 years.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced the lower growth range in his opening speech at the annual meeting in Beijing, warning of a "difficult battle" ahead.
Why China's National People's Congress matters
Mr Xu, who heads up the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), said that slowing growth in the broader world economy posed difficulties for China this year.
"First, we estimate the slow recovery and low growth rates in the world's economy will continue for a period of time," he told reporters on the sidelines of the People's Congress.
"Also we could not overlook the risks from unstable [global] financial markets, falling prices of commodities and risks of geopolitics."
The People's Congress, which meets once a year, sets out to determine both the economic and political agenda for the country.
It comes at a time when China is struggling with slowing economic growth and a shift away from overreliance on manufacturing and heavy industry.
Under China's 1982 constitution, the most powerful organ of state is meant to be the National People's Congress, China's parliament. Critics argue though that it is little more than a rubber stamp for party decisions.
The congress is made up of nearly 3,000 delegates elected by China's provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities and the armed forces. Delegates hold office for five years, and the full congress is convened for one session each year.
This sporadic and unwieldy nature means that real influence lies within a standing committee of about 150 members elected from congress delegates. It meets every couple of months.
In theory, the congress has the powers to change the constitution and make laws. But it is not seen as an independent body in the Western sense of a parliament.


A man who raped a five-year-old girl and said her mum would die if she told anyone has been jailed for 13 years.

Police believe Jerry Ablorh, 41, from Thornton Heath, may have more victims who have not come forward.
He was sentenced at Croydon Crown Court on Friday, after being found guilty of rape and two counts of sexual assault by penetration.
His young victim "sobbed throughout" as she relived her ordeal in court, police said.
Detectives believe Ablorh knew an investigation against him had been launched and "went to ground".
Several raids at addresses linked to him were unsuccessful, however he was eventually detained after being spotted outside a church in Croydon on New Year's Eve.
Laura Davis, of the Met Police's Sexual Offences, Exploitation and Child Abuse Command, described Ablorh's crimes as "despicable".
"He singled out the victim before launching his attack," she said.
"It was clearly the most horrible and terrifying experience for her, a girl of just five years old," she added.


Scotland's three representatives in the Europa League next season will, for the first time, begin qualifying in the first round.

Scotland's Uefa coefficient has slipped from 23rd to 25th.
It means that the Scottish Cup winners as well as the league's second and third-placed clubs will kick off their European campaigns at the end of June.
The Scottish Premiership winners will still start in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.
Teams finishing second and third in the top tier have become accustomed to entering the Europa League at the earliest stage, but the national cup winners have in recent years played in the second qualifying round.
However, the Uefa rankings, which are based on results over a rolling five-year period, are such that whichever team lifts the Scottish Cup at Hampden on 27 May will have only one month to prepare for a European qualifier on 29 June.
Hibernian, who won last season's Scottish Cup, played the first leg of their Europa League second qualifying round match against Brondby on 14 July.
Should Celtic retain their league title, and then also win the Scottish Cup, the team that finishes fourth in the Premiership will take the final Europa League spot.


A cancer patient has complained to an ambulance firm after being "dropped" on his household steps while being taken to hospital.

Robert Wiley, 62, who weighs 23-stone, told the BBC he fell on his back after the specially adapted wheelchair he was in toppled over.
"I was stuck like a beached whale, it was embarrassing," said bed-ridden Mr Wiley from Saltash in Cornwall.
The ambulance firm said the crew used a "controlled lower to the ground".
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Former van driver Mr Wiley suffers from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and bladder cancer, and needs an oxygen supply to breathe properly.
He was being taken to Derriford Hospital in Plymouth for a scan last Thursday when he said the accident happened.
"They started taking me through the door and the next thing I knew I was on my back. I thought 'what the hell'," he said.
"If it was not for my son they would have never got me up."
Wayne Spedding, operations director at E-zec Medical Transport, which sub-contracted Lifestar Medical Ltd for the job, said Mr Wiley was not dropped.
"If staff feel continuing a manoeuvre may become unstable they gradually lower to the ground and reposition," he said.
"I understand it may feel like he has been dropped, and that it may have been a bit of a shock, but it was a controlled manoeuvre."


The UK's Border Force will ensure all immigration desks are fully staffed during summer peak times, Immigration Minister Damian Green has told MPs.

Mr Green made an emergency Commons statement on the lengthy immigration queues seen at Heathrow recently.
He said delays were caused mainly by severe weather disrupting flights.
But shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant said the problem was down to a lack of resources and the government was "running out of alibis".
Speaker John Bercow granted an urgent question to Commons Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz.
Mr Green acknowledged that the queues at passport control at Heathrow over the weekend were unacceptable.
Non-EU nationals were waiting up to 90 minutes at Heathrow's Terminal 5 on Friday night.
But Mr Green insisted that in general waiting times for passengers were meeting the agreed targets.
He outlined the measures he was taking to solve the problem, particularly during the run-up to the Olympics.
He said: "Border Force will ensure that all immigration desks at Heathrow and other key ports and airports in the South East are fully staffed during peak periods over the summer.
"A contingency force of appropriately trained staff will be sent to the border to provide extra help to ensure passengers are processed as quickly as possible.
"Border security is Britain's first line of defence. It cannot and will not be compromised."
Mr Green said the vast majority of people passed through immigration control "quickly".
Between January and March the average waiting time was six minutes for UK and EU citizens and 25 minutes for non-EU passengers, he added.
And he said that, in the first two weeks of April, 99% of UK and other EU nationals got through within the force's 25-minute target.
But Willie Walsh, chief executive of British Airways' parent company IAG, said that claim "was based on a sample size of less than 0.2%".
In any case, that target was "pathetic and undemanding", he said, adding: "The equivalent target for critical security checks is five minutes."
He added: "We need a full and permanent solution urgently, and a greater sense that the scale of the issue is understood in Whitehall."
Mr Green also said there would be a new Border Force central control room at Heathrow and rapid response teams to deal with pressures across the airport, and new shift patterns would be implemented within weeks.
But the Immigration Services Union's Lucy Moreton told BBC News: "It takes some time to move from terminal to terminal at Heathrow - it takes about 45 minutes to get to each side of the airport.
"So even then deployment isn't going to be an instantaneous thing as Mr Green thinks it is."
She criticised him for talking of "an unexpected surge in passenger flows" and said: "These aircraft have been flying for some hours and we do know exactly how many people are on them.
"And we know exactly when they're going to come in to land because, if we didn't, they'd bump into each other."
Labour said there were 107 breaches of maximum waiting time targets in the first half of April.
Mr Bryant said: "The government is running out of alibis. These figures show the government hasn't given the Border Force enough resources to do the job properly and is displaying utter incompetence."
Mr Vaz said the long queues were a "serious embarrassment" to the country.
He said there were reports of unmanned desks at immigration during peak times and iris scanners that were broken.
Mr Vaz said doing nothing about the problem was "simply not acceptable" during this summer's Olympics and beyond.
Passenger Kevin Quinn, from Sutton, south London, said there was "absolute carnage" in Heathrow's Terminal 5 when he returned from Hamburg on Monday.
He told the BBC: "I had read about the queues in the paper before I came back but I didn't think they were this bad."
Meanwhile, a "furious row" has broken out between Heathrow owner BAA and the Home Office, sources have told the BBC's home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds
The Home Office is angry that emails to BAA about leaflets given out by the airport - telling passengers to complain to the Home Office - were leaked to the Daily Telegraph, the sources said.
They said the issue had led to shouting match on the phone between a BAA executive and a Home Office official.
The BBC has also seen confidential leaked UK Border figures which show a fall in the number of forged documents detected in the past three months.
They show 6.5% fewer detections recorded in January than in the same month in 2011, 26% fewer year-on-year in February, and 16% fewer in March.
A Heathrow passport control officer, who spoke to the BBC anonymously, said he was "absolutely certain" detection rates had fallen partly as a result of staff shortages.
The fall showed staff were under so much pressure they were unable to closely question the holders of potentially forged passports, the passport control officer said.
But the BBC's Tom Symonds said the number of detections had also fallen because of the introduction of British passport checks abroad and because the new biometric passport is harder to forge.
The Home Office is aware the detection figures have been leaked but has made no comment so far.
The UK Border Force does not publish its queue monitoring data publicly while the BBC understands BAA Heathrow is planning to start publishing its own figures on Friday or next Monday.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has voiced his "serious concern" at the delays.
The prime minister's official spokesman said the Border Force was working on the problems after non-EU passengers spoke of three-hour queues last week.


Glasgow City have signed Republic of Ireland international Katie McCabe on loan from FA Super League club Arsenal.

The 21-year-old forward will be with the Scottish champions for the second half of their season.
City manager Scott Both said: "Katie has been on our radar for some time now and we are delighted that we can finally bring her to Glasgow City."
McCabe said: "It's a great opportunity to work with such a successful women's club and one with a great history."
Glasgow City are second in the Scottish Women's Premier League table, two points behind Hibernian but with a game in hand.
"We have some really competitive games to play in the second half of the season and a player of Katie's quality can be a match winner when things get tight," Booth added.


Canterbury and England midfielder Susannah Townsend has revealed how her dissertation is helping her overcome missing selection for London 2012.

Townsend was overlooked by Great Britain coach Danny Kerry when he named his final women's squad of 16 for this summer's Games.
I've never liked talking about how I feel. I originally found it hard to do. I didn't know what to say
And she is now seeing a psychologist provided by GB Hockey and using the sessions to provide material for her research project on "the emotional impact of not being selected for an Olympic Games", with the approval of the University of Kent.
Talking about her feelings did not come naturally to 23-year-old Townsend, who is also analysing the effects of non-selection on other athletes.
One of the positive strides she has made so far is an awareness of the need to control her temper.
"Traditionally, I get angry," she told BBC Radio Kent. "In Canterbury games, I'd get sent off [sin binned] then come on and score two goals.
"It's working out how much anger I need. Sometimes people look at me and think I look very relaxed and take that the wrong way.
"It's for me to work out the way I have to perform on the pitch in training and the game."
It seems to be working for the midfielder, who has helped her club side reach the top of the English Premier Division this season.
The Polo Farm outfit have been without internationals Dilly Newton and Natalie Seymour, who opted to take time away from the sport after also failing to make the Olympics.
For Townsend, the intrinsic motivation, with the help of the psychologist, is to turn negative experiences into a positive one, even though initially, she did not find it easy.
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"You get over stuff like that and as clichéd as it sounds, it does make you stronger," she said.
"I've never liked talking about how I feel. I originally found it hard to do. I didn't know what to say.
"If you mis-trap a ball on the pitch, how do you get over that and not hide? How do you turn that into making the next touch a good touch?
"It's simple stuff but a lot of players make that mistake and hide. It's working out what you have to do to not let mistakes or selection get to you.
"That side is very important and we're lucky that we have those resources to use as much as we like."
Townsend has made five appearances for England but is still awaiting her first cap for Great Britain.
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The former Sutton Valance schoolgirl watched from the sidelines as Team GB recovered from a semi-final defeat at London 2012 to win a bronze medal.
She believes overcoming adversity was a trait every GB player possessed - and explains how they were able to put the initial disappointment of failing to reach the final behind them so quickly.
"You see some of your best friends on the pitch, distraught and crying their eyes out," she added.
"Their aim was gold but they managed to come back.
"The psychology and strength and conditioning work all contributed to winning that bronze medal."
Townsend's next goal is cementing a place in the England and Great Britain sides ahead of Rio 2016 and drew inspiration from Olympians and Paralympians she met at a Kent Sporting Legends event last week.
"I hadn't really thought about the Olympics much, up until watching the montages. I was thinking I really did miss out," she added.
"Will Bayley, who won a table tennis silver medal, said he came away from it [London 2012] disappointed, so he's looking forward to Rio.
"He's looking to the next Olympics, just like me."


The promise of faster, cheaper and more efficient wireless devices has moved a step closer.

Researchers at IBM have demonstrated the most advanced integrated circuit made of wafer-scale graphene - often touted as a "wonder material" that could revolutionise electronics.
Graphene circuits could allow mobile devices to transmit data loads in a much speedier manner.
Details have been published in the journal Nature Communications.
Produced for the first time in 2004 by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov at the University of Manchester, graphene consists of a single layer of carbon atoms packed in a honeycomb structure.
The material is the subject of global research efforts aimed at harnessing the extraordinary electrical, optical, mechanical and thermal properties that potentially make it a cheaper and more energy efficient choice than silicon in electronics.
"This is the first time that someone has shown graphene devices and circuits to perform modern wireless communication functions comparable to silicon technology," said Supratik Guha, director of physical sciences at IBM Research.
The growth of big data applications has placed increased importance on the development of improved mobile devices that can transmit and receive increasingly large amounts of information more efficiently. IBM says graphene is particularly suited for wireless communications.
True integrated circuits based on graphene have been difficult to build because the material's nano-scale dimensions have meant that it could be easily damaged during fabrication.
In 2011, IBM built a proof-of-concept - an analogue graphene circuit with a broadband frequency mixer.
But the performance of the graphene transistor was relatively poor owing to a lack of refinement in the manufacturing process. Since then, the researchers have been working to improve the prototypes.
Scientists have now developed a manufacturing method that fully preserves the transistor quality. Using this approach, they were able to demonstrate the most sophisticated graphene-based integrated circuit to date.
To showcase its true functionality, the researchers were able to use it to transmit a text message displaying the letters "I-B-M".
The circuit's performance was 10,000 times better than previously reported efforts for graphene integrated circuits.
The researchers describe it as a step towards true graphene technology.
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The consortium behind a new nuclear power station on Anglesey have completed the purchase of more land.

Horizon Nuclear Power (HNP) secured the purchase of the land near the proposed Wylfa B site at auction in 2009.
The transaction was subject to a number of conditions which its says have now been resolved.
"Taking title to the land is one of the key steps required for us to be able to develop a new power station on the Wylfa site," said HNP.
As a result of the completion of the purchase, land within the government boundary for permanent nuclear buildings transfers into Horizon's ownership from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and energy firm EdF.
Alan Raymant, HNP chief operating officer, said the purchase marked a milestone in Horizon's development of new nuclear power station at Wylfa.
"The UK government designated the National Policy Statement on nuclear energy earlier in the year and this has cleared the way to completing the agreement," he explained.
The completion also means work can start on the appearance of some of the properties on the site, said HNP.
Alan Smith, HNP head of site development, said: "We'll now put a programme in place to deal with empty boarded-up properties, which we know some local people have had concerns about."
Mr Smith said the firm needed to make sure it properly managed any wildlife issues, such as relocating roosting bats, but he expected some of the buildings to be taken down in the near future.
"We'll make sure local people are kept informed in advance of any works," he added.
Horizon is bringing forward plans to develop up to 3.3 GW (gigawatt) of new nuclear capacity at Wylfa, with the first unit scheduled to come online around 2020.
The UK government confirmed in June a list of eight sites it deemed suitable for new power stations by 2025, including the site for Wylfa B.


The convicted child killer and rapist Robert Howard has died in prison custody at a hospital in England.

The 71-year-old Irishman was serving a life sentence for raping and killing 14-year-old Hanna Williams from London, whose body was found in 2002.
He was also a suspect in the murder of the County Tyrone teenager Arlene Arkinson who went missing after going to a disco in County Donegal in 1994.
He was charged with murdering the 15-year-old but was acquitted in 2005.
The jury was not told that Howard, who was originally from County Laois, had a history of sexual violence and by then he was already serving a life term for killing and raping Hanna Williams.
Arlene, a schoolgirl from Castlederg, was last seen alive in a car driven by Howard.
She has been missing, presumed dead, for 21 years. A number of searches have been carried out at various locations, but her body has never been found.
Howard was an inmate at HMP Frankland in County Durham but died in hospital two days ago.
It is believed he died from natural causes.
A spokesman for the UK Prison Service said: "HMP Frankland prisoner Robert Howard (dob 20/4/1944) was pronounced dead in hospital at 1.55pm on Friday.
"As with all deaths in custody there will be an investigation by the independent Prisons and Probation Ombudsman."


If the UK voted to leave the EU, the government would probably review all EU-derived laws to decide which ones to keep or get rid of.

The question: Thandi asks BBC Radio 4's PM programme "How many laws that protect us are we likely to lose?"
Reality Check verdict: We really can't answer this. If the UK left the EU, there would be a very complicated process of "divorcing" the UK and the EU laws. We may want to keep some laws the same as they are now or we may decide to scrap some of them.
There would be a very complicated process of disentangling the UK and the EU laws, in which we would want to keep some rights the same as they are now, regardless of the fact we are no longer part of the EU law-making processes.
When it comes to human rights, it's important to point out that the European Court of Human Rights is not an EU body. Its job is to uphold the European Convention on Human Rights which was drawn up after the Second World War. The Human Rights Act incorporates the convention into UK law.
So leaving the EU would not affect the UK's human rights laws. In order to change those laws, the UK would have to withdraw from the ECHR and abolish the Human Rights Act.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate


Alan Cochrane is the Scottish editor of the Telegraph  - but he's a lot more than that.

During the referendum campaign he was one of the most fervent defenders of the Union. Why did he feel so passionately about the subject?
Does he believe Unionists won the referendum only to lose the aftermath? And does he think he overstepped the mark as a journalist in his zeal to keep the UK together?
These are some of the issues addressed in the last of our four radio interviews to mark the anniversary of the referendum.
I wanted to talk to Alan Cochrane because in a way he is similar to the first of our interviewees, Lesley Riddoch. Each of them reported on the events of the campaign. But they also developed a burning desire to be part of it.
Cochrane said he was considered as a special adviser to David Cameron before the referendum began. But he protested - if with somewhat weary resignation - that it is not fair when he is simply labelled a Tory.
"My kids, I've got four, don't know how I vote and I don't tell them how I vote," he said. "And sometimes I've voted Tory and sometimes I haven't. (I've voted for) all of them. Well, not Tommy's lot - but I like Tommy (Sheridan).
"I suppose it's other people's perception. For instance, I've supported just about all of the SNP's big ticket issues in this parliament - or in recent years - other than independence and education.
"I've supported them on Megrahi, there's the business of raising the price of alcohol, I've supported them on that, there's abolishing six month sentences, all of those I've supported."
But did he overstep the mark during the referendum campaign? In his book Alex Salmond - My Part in His Downfall, Cochrane discusses how he did not publish a column attacking Downing Street after Alistair Darling, the leader of Better Together, said it would not be helpful to the No campaign.
When I asked him about this, Cochrane was indignant: "I find it appallingly hypocritical to talk about this trade as if it's some kind of vocation, like the priesthood.
"I didn't not publish it because I was asked to. I didn't do it because I thought it would harm the cause which I thought was much more important than being a journalist. And that cause was keeping the United Kingdom together."
As for more recent developments, he is not much more impressed than he was by the performance of the Unionist parties during the referendum campaign.
On Kezia Dugdale's suggestion that Labour MPs and MSPs should have a free vote if there is another referendum, he had this to say: "I do think that Labour is a unionist party or its nothing.
"And the idea that you can pick and mix on an issue as important as the United Kingdom is, well it's a sign of total desperation. And if members of her party - well, I suspect she hasn't got many members of her party that think that, because they've all joined the SNP."
It is a marked contrast to his views on Nicola Sturgeon, whom he describes as a "cracking politician".
The full interview with Alan Cochrane will be broadcast on this week's Sunday Good Morning Scotland. That's on Sunday, on BBC Radio Scotland from 0800.


US President Donald Trump has repeatedly vowed to intervene in Chicago, where local law enforcement have struggled with the city's intractable problem with violence.

"Crime and killings in Chicago have reached such epidemic proportions that I am sending in Federal help," he tweeted on Friday.
More than 760 people were killed in Chicago in 2016, a 58% increase from the previous year and more than the number of New York and Los Angeles murders combined. The city also saw more than 4,300 people shot.
This year Chicago police have pointed to some progress in the first half of 2017 - a 14% drop in shootings. But the murder rate remains largely unchanged.
So what can the president do to help?
City officials on Friday announced the creation of the Chicago Gun Strike Force, comprised of city police officers, Illinois state troopers, federal agents and intelligence research specialists.
The Trump administration sent an additional 20 permanent agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), "reallocating federal prosecutors and prioritising prosecutions to reduce gun violence", according to a Department of Justice statement.
An estimated 40 ATF agents have already been working with local and state police on reducing gun violence in Chicago.
Police also announced the bureau would lend the city a mobile ballistics lab during the summer months, when shootings and murders tend to spike.
The specialised team will work to curb the flow of illegal guns as well as with state and federal prosecutors to target repeat gun offenders, who authorities say are responsible for the city's violence problem.
The Chicago Police Department estimates 60% of guns recovered at crime scenes in the city between 2009 and 2013 were first purchased outside of Illinois, according to a 2014 report. Nearly 20% came from Indiana, where gun laws have made it relatively easy to obtain illegal weapons.
According to Indiana law, federally licensed gun dealers are required to perform standard background checks, but vendors are not when it comes to private sales or selling at gun shows.
The city has recovered an illegal handgun for every hour of 2016 - more than 6,000 - Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson has previously said.
A lot of the violence is driven by the social disadvantages that have scarred many of the low-income minority neighbourhoods in the past, said Robert J Sampson, a Harvard professor and the author of Great American City: Chicago and the Enduring Neighborhood Effect.
It is these distressed communities, he added, where the spike in homicides mostly occurs.
One of the biggest contributing factors to crime is Chicago's housing crisis in these concentrated areas, said Lance Williams, the associate director of the Jacob H Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies at Northeastern Illinois University.
The Trump administration could require developers who receive government subsidies to incorporate low-income housing in some of the new building cropping up in the South and West Loop neighbourhoods, or provide vouchers to displaced families, Mr Williams suggested.
To reduce the stress, federal officials could also work with the city to create rent caps for low-income families as more young, white affluent resident move to those parts of the city, he added.
"Whenever there is unstable housing, you're going to find kids unable to perform in school," Mr Williams said.
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is entangled in a state budget battle that resulted in it borrowing more than $300m (Â£231m) to pay the teacher's pension fund and to keep the doors open through the end of the school year.
While CPS faces cuts and more financial turmoil, the federal government could assist by providing more resources for afterschool programmes that focus on violence intervention, improving social responses and job training to help make young people more competitive in the job market.
In fact, the University of Chicago Crime Lab found a 43% reduction in violent crime arrests for youths who obtained eight-week, part-time employment through its One Summer Chicago Plus jobs programme, compared with young people who did not participate.
"Even prior to creating jobs, you're going to need some social skills training and basic support for these kids to make them employable," Mr Williams added.
Joblessness is dire among the city's youth, especially for African Americans males in Chicago's racially segregated neighbourhoods that also have high rates of poverty and crime.
According to recent report published by the Great Cities Institute at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 47% of 20- to 24-year-old black men in Chicago were out of school and unemployed in 2014 compared with 20% of Hispanic men and 10% of white men in the same age group.
The report looked at the lost tax revenue that resulted in urban youth unemployment and found that the federal and state governments lose nearly $9.5bn in potential taxes.
John Hagedorn, a criminology professor at University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), told the BBC the Trump administration could help by addressing the desperation the city's youth are facing.
Part of the president's trillion-dollar infrastructure plan could include targeting Chicago's areas of concentrated crime.
The government could hire local residents as part of a large-scale public works project to rebuild the housing and infrastructure in these areas, similar to what the US did after the Great Depression, he added.
Illinois Senator Dick Durbin and congresswoman Robin Kelly have introduced a measure that would offer tax breaks to businesses who hire at-risk youth and provide grants to local communities to promote job opportunities for the youth.
Putting more police on the ground will not stop the bloodshed, said Mr Williams.
Instead, the city should be focusing on improving community relations and restoring public trust after fallout over a video released showing the police shooting of Laquan McDonald in 2014.
The Trump administration could assist by funding better police training and supporting programmes that bolster police-community relations.
Along with targeting more gun traffickers, the justice department could focus on police accountability and prosecuting officers in cases of unlawful use of deadly force, Mr Hagedorn added.
"If you want cooperation you have to demonstrate some good faith, and there hasn't been much from Chicago police," he added.
"More than bringing in a task force and saying it's guns or drugs, we need a little bit more of an understanding of what's actually going on."
Laquan McDonald: How a Chicago teenager was shot dead by police


Shoppers across the UK are being encouraged to buy from independent stores on Saturday as part of a campaign to boost high streets.

Small Business Saturday is in its third year, and aims to encourage people to spend locally rather than with international chains.
There are around five million small firms in the UK which employ half of the country's workforce.
The government said it wanted to help "cut red tape" for small businesses.
Business Secretary Sajid Javid said: "Small Business Saturday is an opportunity to come together and generate a real boost for small firms in the run-up to Christmas.
"Having grown up above the family shop myself, I'm proud of the UK's small businesses, providing jobs and security for millions of people and making a huge contribution to our economy."
Any firm with fewer than 50 employees is considered a small business.  In Britain 99% of all companies are in that category - employing 12.4 million people.
Last year UK traders took Â£504m on the day from an estimated 16.5 million people - a 20% increase in footfall on 2013.
But day-to-day small firms face a battle competing with big companies who can offer lower prices and have more resources to deal with issues such as administration, tax and staffing.
The Federation of Small businesses said that for every pound spent at an independent company,  around 70p stays in the local economy.


A rare lunar rainbow - or moonbow - has been photographed in the skies over northern England.

Ben Gwynne captured the sight on the moors above Skipton, North Yorkshire at about 19:40 GMT.
Lunar rainbows are formed when moonlight, rather than direct sunlight, is refracted by moisture in the atmosphere.
On Sunday, a Hunter's Moon - also known as a blood moon - lit up skies over the UK.
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Mr Gwynne had stopped to take some photos of the supermoon when he caught sight of the rare moonbow.
"We'd gone into the Dales to take pictures and stopped on the way back to photograph the moon over some trees," he said.
"I'd never seen one before and getting to photograph it was amazing."
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According to National Geographic, the hunter's supermoon is the first of three giant moons that we will see over the next few months.
The next full moon on 14 November will also be the largest full moon in the 21st century so far.


The costs of tackling climate change can be slashed if a network of pipes is built to store waste carbon dioxide under the North Sea, a report says.

The technology - carbon capture and storage (CCS) – involves pumping CO2 emissions from power stations into rock formations.
It is expensive, but parliamentary advisors say the costs can be halved.
Savings can be achieved if the system to deliver the London Olympics is copied, they tell ministers.
The climate change minister Nick Hurd told BBC News he would welcome new ideas for promoting CCS.
Will carbon capture ever happen in the UK?
The technology is regarded by many experts as an essential weapon in the battle against climate change as it allows the use of fossil fuels to continue until electricity storage for renewables improves.
But last November the government scrapped an industry competition to promote it, citing the £1bn cost.
Now the Parliamentary Advisory Group on CCS says a CO2 pipeline network created by the equivalent of a stand-alone Olympic delivery agency would solve the problem.
It says the publicly-owned network could reduce the UK’s bill for cutting CO2 emissions by billions of pounds a year – but only if the government takes a lead by creating the vast network of pipes that will be needed.
The report’s chairman, the geologist and former Shell chairman Lord Oxburgh, told BBC News: “There are some things that are best left to the private sector - but CCS on industry isn't one of them.
“The network of pipes taking CO2 from industrial plant into the North Sea would be far beyond the commercial reach of individual companies. This needs government action.”
CCS uses a chemical process to strip CO2 emissions from the exhaust gases of industrial plant and power stations. The gas is then pushed through pipes before being pumped under pressure into rocks - to be stored (hopefully) for ever. The North Sea is ideal with its many depleted gas fields.
In a report to Business Secretary Greg Clark, the group claims CCS is now ready to be deployed at £85/MWh over a 15-year period – that’s significantly below the cost for nuclear power, and comparable to many renewable options.
The report says by 2050, CCS could be responsible for curbing as much as 40% of emissions, saving up to £5bn annually compared with alternative strategies.
The group included experts from industry and finance as well as representatives from the Conservative, Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrat parties.
Lord Oxburgh warned that the UK would fail to meet its climate targets unless new gas power stations are fitted with CCS.
Critics will say that the huge cost of a CCS network will lock the UK into gas dependency for baseload power for decades while the bill is paid back.
Some academics point out that the key use of gas into the 2030s will be to back up intermittent renewables: CCS will not fit that purpose as the network will need to be used continuously.
The report also proposes the creation of a Heat Transformation Group to assess the options for decarbonising the UK’s heating systems - including the possible conversion of the country’s gas supply system from methane to hydrogen.
The government was criticised by MPs last week for slipping on renewable heat targets.
The new climate change minister Nick Hurd told BBC News: “We are looking forward to seeing the CCS report. We are keen to get new ideas on how to promote CCS.”
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The trophy to be presented to the winner of the Tour de Yorkshire has been unveiled.

Crafted in the shape of the letter Y for Yorkshire, the trophy will be handed to the winner of the inaugural event, which runs from 1 to 3 May.
It has been designed and made by Thomas Fattorini Ltd - a company originally founded in Yorkshire in 1827.
Earlier this month, Sir Bradley Wiggins confirmed his intention to ride in the race.
The trophy was unveiled at Brudenell Primary School in Leeds earlier.
Tom Fattorini, director of sales and marketing, said: "We do business internationally, supplying trophies to the likes of FIFA, and when we were invited to support the production of the Tour de Yorkshire trophy and medals we felt it was a perfect fit given our Yorkshire history."
The Tour will begin on 1 May with a stage from Bridlington to Scarborough, followed by Selby to York on 2 May, and Wakefield to Leeds on 3 May.
There will be more than 500km (310 miles) of racing through Yorkshire over the three days.


Mike Flynn admits Newport County's Saturday visit by Accrington is the biggest they have played since they returned to the Football League.

A record defeat in the 21st century for the Exiles at Plymouth means they remain a point behind Hartlepool with three matches to play.
"It's a huge game for us," said the County boss. "A couple of weeks ago we had six cup finals, now it is three.
"We need to get back to winning ways, but are playing a really good team."
Accrington travel to Newport on the back of a 15-game unbeaten run that has seen them get to within two points of a play-off berth.
Flynn says that John Coleman's side, who like Newport operate with one of the smallest budgets in the Football League, have impressed him.
"They could easily have thrown the towel in when they were down there, but they've put together a great run. I've got a lot of time for their manager, John Coleman," he said.
"They are fighters, they've got themselves in a fantastic position, but I'm confident if we play our best, we can come out winners."
Flynn says his players have recovered from their heavy defeat at Plymouth and wants them to instead focus on the Good Friday victory over Yeovil.
"It was a kick in the teeth, but there is no point dwelling on it," he told BBC Wales Sport. "We've put it behind us and the players are showing fighting spirit.
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"It was massive to beat Yeovil, I knew how big it was because I knew how difficult it was going to be on Monday (against Plymouth).
"You had the promotion atmosphere, 14,000 fans near enough and Hartlepool were at Leyton Orient, where I fancied them to win.
"But we sweep the Plymouth result under the carpet now. The boys are smiling again.
"We've climbed our way to a good position and a win Saturday will make it really interesting, because it could drag some other teams in, who still have tough fixtures."


Trains have been disrupted after a fire broke out in a shop at a Kent railway station.

Kent Fire and Rescue Service was called to the blaze in a newsagents at Maidstone East railway station at about 20:00 BST.
Operator Southeastern said the line had since reopened but there may be delays.
Passenger James Richardson, from Charing, Kent, said he saw smoke coming from the roof of the station when his train arrived there at 20:00 BST.
"They made everyone get off the platform," he said.
"The fire brigade came and were trying to put it out."
During the fire, train services did not run between Ashford and Otford.
Helen Grant, MP for Maidstone and The Weald, tweeted: "Shocking to hear news of fire at Maidstone East Train Station which is next door to my constituency office. I await further updates."


A bird of prey had to be rescued by firefighters after being stuck in a tree in Hertfordshire overnight.

The Harris hawk's predicament began when its tether became tangled in the branches of a tree in Uxbridge Road, Rickmansworth.
Firefighters from the town were called by the RSPCA. They used a ladder to bring the bird down safely at about 11:20 BST. The rescue took an hour.
The hawk, called Leon, had been trapped about 15m (50ft) up the tree.
RSPCA officer Grace Mead said Leon had initially escaped from its aviary while it was being cleaned out, and had flown into the tree where he became tangled and trapped.
"The fire service were fantastic. It was a very difficult rescue but it went very smoothly," she said.
"They climbed up the tree with a ladder and had to cut some branches to reach Leon.
"Fortunately, he was not hurt.  His owner was so pleased and relieved to have him back, he absolutely adores him."


The Isle of Muck could lose its community firefighting unit if difficulties recruiting enough people to deal with a blaze continue.

Flotta in Orkney and Foula in Shetland, have also had problems with recruitment, according to Highlands and Islands Fire and Rescue Service.
The isles' low populations and few incidents make maintaining crews hard.
Fire chiefs have recommended that recruitment campaigns continue on Muck to add to its five personnel.
However, closure is a possibility if problems persist.
The details are contained in a report to Highlands and Islands Fire Board setting out how cover should be provided in Highlands, Western Isles and Northern Isles.
Eigg, which like Muck is one of the Small Isles, has managed to recruit sufficient numbers.
It has nine personnel but there have been so few incidents that HIFRS has not been able to assess the unit's effectiveness, according to the report.
Recruitment problems have also been noted on Flotta and Foula, but there has been no suggestion of closing the stations.
They could instead be re-designated as community response units (CRUs).
Fire board members will be asked to consider the reports' recommendations when they meet on Friday.


At least eight people have been killed in "execution-style killings" in four places near each other in rural Ohio.

It is believed the victims - seven adults and one teenager - are from the same family, the state's attorney general said in a statement.
They were all shot to death in the head and any suspects are still at large, police said.
More than a dozen officials from multiple agencies were sent to crime scenes in Piketon, south of Columbus.
A pastor at the scene said the violence may have been the result of a "domestic situation".
All of the victims are members of a family called Rhoden, said Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader.
Three young children survived the shootings. The boy who was killed was 16 years old.
"There is a strong possibility that any individual involved in this is armed and incredibly dangerous," Mr Reader said.
Police have not determined a motive or identified the dead, and have not determined whether the killer is among the deceased.
All of the victims were found in homes along Union Hill Road in Pike County. The Pike County Sheriff said there are four active crime scenes spanning about 30 miles (48km).
Sheriff Charles Reader said he would "suspect the family was being targeted".
Ohio Attorney General Mike Mike DeWine said it is possible some of the victims were shot overnight because they were found in their beds.
"One mom was apparently killed in her bed with [the four-day-old child] right there," said Mr DeWine. "It's hard to believe."
Authorities do not believe any of the deaths were suicides and are urging residents of the county to come forward with any information they might have.
Local schools Peebles Elementary and Peebles High School were earlier on "lockout" - no-one went in or out - due to the ongoing situation in Piketon, a spokesperson for Adams County Ohio Valley Schools said.
The FBI in Cincinnati tweeted that they are "closely monitoring the situation".
Ohio Governor John Kasich and Republican presidential candidate tweeted that the situation is "tragic beyond comprehension".


Several countries in South East Asia have been anticipating attacks by the so-called Islamic State (IS) group in the region.

Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore warned their citizens in 2015 that it was a question of when, rather than if, they would take place and this foresight was sadly proven right with the attack on Jakarta in January this year.
Authorities in the region have learned from Indonesia's experience of the Bali bombings in 2002 and several attacks afterward. These were carried out by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants inspired by Al Qaeda, several of whom went to Afghanistan to fight with the Taliban in the 1980s, and then returned to the region with the skills and knowledge to carry out large-scale attacks.
IS is proving a new draw to would-be jihadists across the region. Several militant groups in South East Asia have pledged allegiance to it and up to 1,000 people are believed to have left Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines to fight with the group in Syria and Iraq.
Indonesian and Malay speakers there have formed an official wing of the group, known as Katibah Nusantara Daulah Islamiyah, and security experts believe its leaders are trying to fund and encourage attacks across the region. Over the past year, IS has increased its propaganda efforts in Indonesian, which is similar to Malay, inciting people to join it but also to carry out attacks where they are.
The Jakarta attack in January, originally thought to have been directed by an Indonesian militant in Syria called Bahrun Naim, is now believed to have been organised by a local group called Jamaah Anshar Khilifah, who are followers of an influential jailed cleric, Aman Abdurrahman.
The authorities have also been watching for foreign militants who may travel to the region to pass on or pick up battlefield knowledge. Militant groups in the region are known to work together and fighters sometimes travel to another country to evade arrest in their own. South East Asia's long coastlines and porous borders make it difficult for the authorities to monitor or stop such movement.
In the last few months, the Philippine army has killed two Malaysians fighting with Abu Sayyaf in the south. Indonesian authorities have arrested four Uighurs from China over links to the Mujahidin Indonesia Timur (MIT) group in Sulawesi, and recently killed two who were fighting with MIT. Militants from Syria, Iraq and Turkey have also been sighted in the region, and arrested in some cases over planned attacks.
Security experts believe competition to lead a potential official IS regional province may spur further attacks. IS has acknowledged pledges by some groups in the region but not yet formally declared it a "province" as it has with other areas, such as Boko Haram in Africa, though there are signs it is moving toward doing so.
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Jump racing's showpiece Cheltenham Festival starts on Tuesday with more than 230,000 punters expected at the Gloucestershire track over four days.

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Faugheen is favourite for the Champion Hurdle, the first day's feature race.
The unbeaten hurdler was chosen by all-time Festival top jockey Ruby Walsh ahead of Hurricane Fly.
AP McCoy is on 2014 victor Jezki, with Cheltenham marking his last ride at the meeting by naming Friday's finale, the Grand Annual Chase, after him.
About 400 horses are expected to race at the meeting, with an estimated total of £250m wagered on them.
In the Champion Hurdle, last year's third-placed runner The New One, ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies for his local trainer father Nigel, is among an eight-strong field completed  by Arctic Fire, Kitten Rock, Vaniteux and Bertimont.
Willie Mullins has a mighty squad for the opening day, saddling favourites in four races - with Un De Sceaux (Arkle Chase) and Annie Power (Mares Hurdle) as well as Douvan (Supreme Novices' Hurdle).
What are the other day one highlights?
After months of anticipation and weeks of preview evenings across the UK and Ireland the opening Supreme Novices' Hurdle at 13:30 GMT is greeted by the 'Cheltenham Roar' from expectant racegoers.
Mullins is considered a near certainty to be leading trainer this week. He is rated a 25-1 shot not to have a winner on Tuesday and reckons Douvan in the opener is the best horse he has ever brought to the meeting.
Un De Sceaux leads the field in the Arkle Chase, which features horses that often go on to compete in the Queen Mother Champion Chase or the Gold Cup at future meetings.
The Mares' Hurdle is missing the retired six-time victor Quevega, with Annie Power looking to go one better than her second in the 2014 World Hurdle.
The rest of the week
Wednesday - Ladies' Day. Feature race: Queen Mother Champion Chase - a two-mile speed test with the 2013 winner Sprinter Sacre and 2014 victor Sire De Grugy facing each other.
Both have endured setbacks, with Sprinter Sacre having only his second race since the start of 2014 after a heart scare.
Thursday - St Patrick's Thursday. Feature race: World Hurdle. Three-mile stamina test where trainer Paul Nicholls saddles leading contenders Zarkandar and Saphir Du Rheu.
Don Cossack, for Gordon Elliott, is ante-post favourite for the Ryanair Chase.
Friday - Gold Cup Day. Two-time King George VI Chase winner Silviniaco Conti heads the field as he tries to secure his first Cheltenham win. Many Clouds, Holywell, Road To Riches and 2014 winner Lord Windermere are among  rivals.
The final race will be the last time McCoy rides at the Festival. The AP McCoy Grand Annual Handicap Chase for the Johnny Henderson Challenge Cup is due off at 17:15 GMT.
What's the going and the weather?
The going is good to soft, good in places on the Old (used Tuesday & Wednesday), New (used Thursday & Friday) Courses & Good, Good to Soft in places on the Cross Country course.
A selective watering programme, started on Friday morning, was completed on Sunday in an effort to ensure safe jumping ground, with between three and four millimetres put on the track.
BBC weather forecasters predict a dry and largely sunny opening day with a top temperature of about 11C (52F). There may be some rain on Wednesday and Thursday before more pleasant conditions on Friday.
Simon King said: "It'll be a perfect start to the Cheltenham Festival with lots of sunshine and light winds."
Who's AP McCoy riding?
Day one: (Time, race, horse, trainer, approximate odds)
13:30 Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle - Jollyallan (Harry Fry) 7-1
14:05 Racing Post Arkle Chase - Three Kingdoms (John Ferguson) 20-1
14:40 Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase - Pendra (Charlie Longsdon) 6-1
15:20 Stan James Champion Hurdle - Jezki (Jessica Harrington) 4-1
17:15 Chaps Restaurants Barbados Novices' Handicap Chase - Bold Henry (Philip Hobbs) 10-1
He rates Jezki in the Champion Hurdle his best chance of a winner and is set to ride Carlingford Lough in Friday's Gold Cup.
What's new at Cheltenham?
BBC racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght reports on Cheltenham Racecourse's £45m redevelopment.
"The project to redevelop parts of jump racing's HQ is on target to be completed in time for the 2016 Festival, but already parts of the new grandstand will be open to  punters who will be attending this year.
"The ground floor bar and viewing 'steppings' of the five-storey grandstand will be open, along with more loos than ever - 156 - a favourite stat for course officials, indicative perhaps that it's the subject on which they annually receive most grumbles.
"Away from the new stand, bars have been opened honouring hurdling legends See You Then and Quevega, and a re-furb of the weighing room, including the jockeys' changing room, is complete."


Three stars of US hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory have signed lucrative new contracts, putting to an end a brief delay in filming of new episodes.

Jim Parsons, who plays lead character Sheldon, Johnny Galecki (Leonard) and Kaley Cuoco (Penny) all agreed to new three-year deals with Warner Bros TV.
Actors Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar are still involved in negotiations but are expected to settle shortly.
It was reported the stars were each seeking $1m (Â£600,000) per episode.
Such a settlement would make The Big Bang Theory's cast members the highest paid actors on US television.
Parsons, Galecki and Cuoco had been negotiating with the studio together, according to the Hollywood Reporter, which added that it was "likely" that a $1m per half-hour show deal had been sealed.
CBS, the show's broadcaster, has yet to comment on the terms of the new settlements.
The principal cast is expected to resume work on Wednesday, a week later than scheduled. It is unclear whether the delay will result in fewer episodes being recorded.
Its main stars did not return to the studios for the first days of filming for the eighth series last Wednesday while their contracts were still under negotiation.
$1.8m  for Charlie Sheen - Two and a Half Men (2010)
$1.7m for Ray Romano - Everybody Loves Raymond (2003)
$1.6m for Kelsey Grammer - Frasier (2002)
$1.25m for Tim Allen - Home Improvement (1998)
$1m for the main cast of Friends (2002) and Big Bang Theory (2014)
The comedy - which centres on a group of high-functioning science "geeks"- is the most-watched TV show in the US, with an average audience of 23.1 million in 2013-14.
Earlier this year, the show was extended for a further three series, meaning it will now air until at least 2017.
As well as its ratings success, the show has been a favourite at the Emmy Awards, with Parsons winning three times for his portrayal of socially challenged particle physics genius Dr Sheldon Cooper.
The show has also been nominated for best comedy series but has yet to collect that accolade.


A SDLP councillor in Cookstown has resigned from the party.

Tony Quinn, who has been a member of the SDLP for 12 years, said he had taken the decision after a "long and measured consideration".
He said the political stalemate meant it had become more and more difficult to serve as a credible councillor.
Mr Quinn was a member on Mid Ulster District Council and has said he will now stand as an independent.
He added that the current political system was viewed by the "majority of the community as self-seeking and untrustworthy".
"My priority as an elected representative has always been the needs of my local community, and the greatest need for the community at the moment, I believe, is credible and trustworthy politics that unites and not divides," he said in a letter to the party.
"Whether we accept it or not, election after election the northern political parties are being viewed as contributing causes in the division of our communities and so I feel strongly that as an independent I can offer genuine representation across the sectarian divide."


Multiple Olympic champion Usain Bolt has made "significant strides" as he bids to defend his world titles this season, and is unconcerned about the challenge of sprinter Justin Gatlin.

American Gatlin dominated last year's Diamond League, running 9.77 seconds and 19.68 secs in the 100m and 200m.
Coach Glen Mills said Bolt had stepped up his preparations since running 46.37 seconds over 400m in Kingston in March.
"Usain's made significant strides since the last time you saw him," he said.
Gatlin, 33, won 100m Olympic gold in 2004 and World Championship gold in 2005.
"We take all competitors with a level of seriousness," added Mills. "But the truth of the matter is Usain at his best doesn't have much to worry about."
Bolt, 28, ran only three races last year. He is next due to run in a 100m race at an athletics meet in Rio on 19 April, and will follow that by representing Jamaica in the World Relay Championships in Bahamas on 2 and 3 May.
"I want to run really fast this season so I'm working on it," he said.
"I'm happy with where I'm at. I'm doing a lot of work leading up to this first run in Brazil [in April] - that's the focus and that's what we're working towards."
Bolt will bid for a third 100m gold and a fourth 200m gold in succession at August's World Championships in Beijing.


A man has been charged with the murder of a nurse at a private hospital in south London.

Patrick Clarke, 68, was stabbed several times at Southleigh Community Hospital in Brighton Road, South Croydon, on Tuesday.
A post-mortem examination gave the cause of death as a stab wound to the chest.
Jimmy Jedson, 40, of Brighton Road, Croydon, is in custody and due before Bromley Magistrates' Court on Monday.
A spokesman for Southleigh Community Hospital said: "We are greatly saddened to confirm that a member of staff lost his life following an incident in the hospital.
"Our deepest sympathies are with his family, friends and colleagues. He was a valued and respected member of staff who will be deeply missed."


A man who was killed by a gunman in a Melbourne siege being investigated as a terrorism incident has been identified.

PM Malcolm Turnbull named the victim as Kai Hao. He was a 36-year-old newly married father, local media said.
The gunman, Yacqub Khayre, also injured three police officers and took a woman hostage during the siege at an apartment building on Monday night.
Khayre, 29, was shot dead by police after confronting them with a sawn-off shotgun.
The hostage, a 36-year-old woman, was not physically harmed, authorities said.
Police were investigating whether Khayre, a Somali-born Australian citizen, may have lured officers to the wealthy suburb of Brighton with the aim of ambushing them.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton said Mr Hao was a building employee and "in the wrong place at the wrong time".
Mr Ashton confirmed police had begun a terrorism investigation after Khayre made comments referencing so-called Islamic State and al-Qaeda.
The siege has ignited debate about local parole laws after it emerged Khayre had a history of violence and was released from jail last year following an aggravated burglary.
In 2009, he was acquitted over a foiled plot to attack a Sydney army barracks.
The Australian government has said it will debate toughening parole laws later this week.
"I think the public are entitled to expect that people who present that level of danger to the public, and who have a terrorism background, there should be a presumption against bail or parole except in a very clear case," Attorney-General George Brandis told the ABC.
However, the chairman of the Adult Parole Board said it was not informed Khayre was on a terror watch list.
"We had been told nothing about him that would indicate any suggestion of risk," Peter Couzens told Macquarie Radio.
"Had we been told, we would have acted."
Last month, an Australian coroner criticised a decision which allowed bail to a gunman behind Sydney's deadly cafe siege in 2014.


The future of a "virtual" college where degree students study a wide variety of subjects through Welsh language teaching will be reviewed, the Welsh Government has announced.

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol launched five years ago and, while universities in Wales signed up to it, it cannot award its own degrees.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams wants to look at its future role.
One option could see the addition of further education for post-16 students.
After operating for five years, Ms Williams said now is the "right time" to consider what direction it takes and she will appoint a chairperson to oversee the review.
When it launched in 2011, the college received £1m a year and 109 students were awarded scholarships worth between £1,500 and £3,000 over three years.
The funding comes from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, which needs to find £11m of savings.
On Tuesday, Ms Williams' Liberal Democrat party launched a campaign to implement its manifesto commitment of expanding the Coleg's remit to include further education in addition to higher education.
Spokesman Cadan ap Tomos said: "Aspiring plumbers and carers should have just as much opportunity to learn their skills in Welsh as historians or lawyers.
"Expanding the Coleg's remit would equip more young people with work-based Welsh language skills, helping the Welsh language become the language of choice in even more workplaces."
He described the college as having a "transformational impact" on the "breadth and quality of Welsh language higher education".
The Welsh Language Society Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg said: "Broadening the Coleg Cymraeg's responsibility to include post-16 education would be a very exciting and important development."


Celebrity book clubs are becoming increasingly popular, but is this a great thing for reading or just another vanity exercise?

Old hands at the book club game are husband and wife team Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan and Oprah. Their clubs began on TV but the new breed has, from the off, been virtual - online and on apps.
And the main players are almost exclusively female, including Emma Watson, Reese Witherspoon, Florence Welch, Zoella and Sarah Jessica Parker, as are the clubs' members.
It would be easy to be cynical about this new trend but it has its merits, says Claire Armitstead, associate editor for culture at the Guardian.
"These celebrities want to show they are intelligent people and not just celebrities, that's perhaps their motive for it.
"But what they bring is their brand. There are so many books in the world that any kind of 'sorting hat', to use a Harry Potter term, is a good thing for reading."
Debut writer Caz Frear knows the benefit of star endorsement. This week she sees her first novel, crime thriller Sweet Little Lies, hit the shelves after winning Richard and Judy's second Search for a Bestseller competition.  She says it was the couple's name that encouraged her to enter.
"It was the possibility of their validation, they are huge names in the literary world. You think, if they like it then I must have something. There were other competitions that weren't small fry but I wanted to put myself in the strongest position."
The Richard and Judy club has grown into a polished brand  in collaboration with high-street chain WH Smith since starting on the couple's Channel 4 chat show in the early 2000s.
Now only online (and in stores), it is more successful, says Madeley. "I knew it would be fine, we are a brand and, in fact, we're selling more books than before... the internet is king.
Books are submitted for consideration by publishers, which inevitably leads to recurring well-known names. But the final selections - issued three times a year - are made on quality alone, says Madelely.
"We choose a lot of established names, yes, but it's entirely on merit. We love finding new talent like Caz... you need fresh blood all the time... books are the stuff of life."
If he and Finnigan keep an eye on the new celebrity clubs, it's from an interested, not competitive, stance. "We're all out there to get people reading," says Madeley.
A recent survey by The Reading Agency showed two thirds of people would like to read more but are too busy.
Yet, the agency's chief executive supports Armitstead's "sorting hat" theory: "Most people also said they struggled to find a book they liked. Recommendations are the most likely thing to convince people to read more literature... however they are signposted to books, it can only be a good thing," says Sue Wilkinson.
Harry Potter star Emma Watson points her followers towards powerful feminist literature through her club Our Shared Shelf (OSS) on the Good Reads website. She is also active on Instagram.
Watson launched OSS in 2016 following her appointment as UN Women Goodwill Ambassador and her HeForShe speech.
Every two months she selects a book for her 193,000-plus members to absorb and discuss.
Selections have included Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale - now enjoying renewed interest possibly due to a heady combination of a Channel 4 dramatisation, Watson's endorsement and the topicality of its issues.
Watson's enterprise is clearly serious and she's left books for others to find on the London and New York undergrounds.
"Emma Watson with her feminist classics is placing herself as a young thinking woman but doing it through her position as a UN ambassador is quite structured," says Armitstead. "Similarly, if someone wants to project themselves as a fun person they are going to choose fun books.
"Emma Watson will have people advising her, probably in order to push the kind of books the organisation thinks people should be reading.
"It is a good thing for a woman to read Gloria Steinem but has Emma Watson?"
Relaxed and seemingly without agenda is Florence Welch's Between Two Books on Twitter.  Her fan website also promotes the club.
It was established by Welch enthusiasts in dedication of her love of reading, demonstrated in her regular online posts about books. She got involved at their invitation.
Welch suggests a wide range of literature, from Eimear McBride's The Lesser Bohemian to the poetry of Ted Hughes. She also involves her music mates, so that Nick Cave and Bat for Lashes have flagged up choices.
Welch dips in and out of the 11,000-plus members' discussions and even offers the chance to meet her, authors and each other at book events such as the Borris Festival.
Unlike some other clubs which are more inclined towards just showcasing the star's reading, Watson and Welch's are clubs in the traditional sense. They allow like-minded people "to get together" (literally in Welch's case) and talk.
And the fans love it.
"The club (Between Two Books) is for fans and managed by fans, ordinary, lovely and like-minded people," says one ardent fan, Kawanna Pena Cepeda, from the Dominican Republic.
"It makes it more approachable and grounded. It doesn't have any 'agenda'... other than share amazing literature that our queen, Florence, loves.
"It's an amazing way to connect with other Flo fans other than by her music. It's exciting to think the book you are currently reading, Florence is reading as well... it feels like we are connected."
Similarly, Maritza Jimenez in Chicago, Illinois says she joined OSS "because I really admire Emma Watson".
"To have that instant connection (however small) feels really good. Then, I put some serious thought into what she's trying to do... open up a discussion on women's issues... it's a complex topic to tackle because it is a very human issue."
Authors and the book industry are also reaping benefits from this endorsement.
"Steinem's My Life on the Road, Emma Watson's first title, had a 200% boost week on week in the UK for the second week of January 2016, from 138 copies to 415," says Lisa Campbell of the Bookseller.
And a true powerhouse in driving author interest, and sales is Reese Witherspoon.  The actress has become "a champion of female fiction writers", says Isabelle Broom, book reviews editor at Heat magazine.
Her book club is on Instagram, with 71,000-plus followers. She also talks books on Twitter. And, she has an eye for a story which is prime for movie adaptation and is quick to buy the rights through her production company, such as Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl.
Broom describes the actress as a "positive force of good" and authors are effusive too, among them Jessica Knoll, writer of Luckiest Girl Alive.
"[Witherspoon's] support has immensely boosted Luckiest Girl Alive's visibility and sales," says Knoll. "It was featured in a lot of traditional media and that definitely had a cumulative impact, but when Reese featured my book... I noticed an immediate and enormous uptick in my Amazon ranking.
The Zoella Book Club, also supported by WH Smith and just relaunched for 2017, has also had industry impact - and on teenage girls.
With a recent National Literacy Trust study suggesting reading for pleasure falls after primary school years, the club helmed by 27-year-old Zoe Sugg - the fashion and beauty YouTube vlogger known as Zoella - is arguably a good thing.
Author Alex Bell's Frozen Charlotte was chosen for Zoella's 2016 crop of reads and she says "it meant the book was able to reach a much wider audience than it would otherwise".
"Zoella's book club is particularly worthwhile because it helps get teenagers excited about books and reading for pleasure, which is a wonderful thing," she adds.
Zoella and the other female star book-clubbers demonstrate the trend for reading groups in the real world to be mostly (90%) made up of women, according to Sue Wilkinson at the Reading Agency.
Heat's Isabelle Broom suggests this is because "women like to feel part of something, and lots of us like to feel validated, too... Plus, us girls LOVE to chat".
But, while the reason needs further investigation, says Wilkinson, what is clear is that "real" book clubs - in libraries, homes and pubs - are still a big deal, and the agency has more than 4,000 in its reading groups network.
And what of the future of the virtual celebrity club?
"They have a shelf-life and people like Emma Watson will get bored and start looking for the next new thing," says Claire Armitstead.
"But someone else will come along. There's no end of people who want to hitch their wagon to the star of reading."
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A young baby suffered broken bones in the care of relatives after failings by agencies - including the council at the centre of the "Baby P" scandal.

Doctors found the 11-week old, known as "Baby D", had a fractured arm and possibly several old rib fractures.
The family had "a history of violence" and were known to Haringey children's services, which admitted more could have been done to protect the child.
A serious case review said risk factors were not taken seriously enough.
Sir Paul Ennals, chair of the Haringey Local Safeguarding Children Board, said: "Collectively, we sincerely regret that there were several areas where we could, and should, have done better.
"With hindsight, there were many episodes during D's first three months, and earlier during the child's mother's pregnancy, when front-line staff could have acted differently.
"We cannot say that if they had done so, the abuse would not have happened. But we can say that many of our agencies could and should have responded differently."
The report found the child's mother was herself vulnerable, having been taken into care after suffering neglect and violence. She was 17 when she became pregnant and the father was 34.
The baby also lived with its grandfather and a 14-year-old uncle, both of whom had a history of violence and criminal behaviour.
Although the baby's family was suspected of being involved with gangs and drug-related activity, social workers failed to take these risk factors "seriously enough," a serious case review (SCR) found.
It found that "a culture of meeting targets and timescales had resulted in a lack of critical analysis when conducting assessments".
Baby D was seen by hospital doctors on 29 April, 2013 and the possible rib fractures are believed to date to when the baby was one month old.
The baby was taken into care and the parents were arrested over the suspected abuse or neglect, but the criminal case was dropped because of problems with the key witness.
A council spokeswoman said Haringey social services had accepted the findings of the SCR and was "pleased" to have found the child a successful care placement.
NHS England said: "There's no question more should have been done by the NHS in London to protect this child's health and safety and prevent these awful injuries."
"New six to eight week birth checks are now a mandatory part of safeguarding training for all GPs and nurses in Haringey. We are committed to protecting the welfare of our patients."
Haringey social services was severely criticised in 2010 for its failures to protect Peter Connolly, known as Baby P, who died in 2007 aged 17 months, after he suffered more than 50 injuries.
The council has since been criticised for failings in 2010 and 2011 relating to Child T, who suffered horrific abuse by his parents and was once found to have had more than 50 bruises on his body.


Six guinea pigs, including four babies, have been rescued after being dumped "like rubbish" in Wrexham.

They were found inside a plastic bag at a children's park on Rhosddu Road by a police community support officer.
They are now in the care of the RSPCA and are said to be "doing well".
RSPCA inspector Rachael Davies said: "It's so shocking to think someone would dump these poor animals like rubbish."
With no CCTV in the area, the animal charity is appealing for anyone with information to come forward.