A port authority seeking permission for ship-to-ship transfers of oil has said withdrawing and resubmitting its application is "standard protocol".

Port of Cromarty Firth has applied for a licence to transfer oil at sea in the Moray Firth.
A campaign opposes the plan because of concerns that the operations would harm the environment.
It emerged this week that the port authority has been asked to withdraw the application it made in 2015.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), which considers applications for ship-to-ship transfers in consultation with other organisations, requested the withdrawal and resubmission.
Resubmitting the application would mean fresh public consultation on the port authority's plans.
Bob Buskie, chief executive of the Port of Cromarty Firth, said: "Asking us to withdraw and resubmit our application is standard protocol in this scenario.
"It is nothing we weren't expecting when we committed to undertaking further public consultation. We will be following the standing application protocol, as directed by the MCA."
He said "refinements" have been made to the initial application.
Mr Buskie said: "This detailed package of work is now complete and we will submit our refined application on schedule.
"We are confident the refined application answers the questions raised and will reassure our stakeholders that we can continue to undertake these operations safely.
"Further details of public consultation dates and events will be published soon."


The 10 richest individuals or families in Scotland have a combined wealth of £14.71bn, according to a new study.

The 2017 Sunday Times Rich List reveals that their collective fortunes have increased by 9% in the past year.
Its compilers say the list "shatters the myth" that Scotland's economy runs on oil alone.
And it reveals that the Grant-Gordon whisky family is the richest in Scotland, with a fortune of £2.37bn, up £210m since last year.
The Banffshire whisky distiller posted record profits in 2015 amid booming overseas demand for premium spirits and surging sales of the flagship Glenfiddich single malt and Hendrick's gin, the rich list said.
The rich list highlights the wealth of billionaires living in Scotland, or with substantial business interests north of the border.
Second on the Scottish list is former Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed and family, who own an estate in Scotland and whose fortune has held steady at £1.7bn.
Mahdi al-Tajir, who owns Highland Spring, saw his wealth fall by £65m in the past year, but he sits in third place on the list with an overall fortune of £1.67bn.
Fourth on the Scottish list is Trond Mohn, the founder of a Norwegian pump firm, and his sister Marit Mohn Westlake, who are worth £1.62bn.
Others in the Scottish top 10 include oil industry leader Sir Ian Wood and family with wealth of £1.6bn, and the Thomson family, owners of publisher DC Thomson, who are worth £1.285bn.
With the largest increase in wealth this year, John Shaw and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw have now entered the realm of the billionaires as a result of their Bangalore-based biopharmaceutical firm Biocon.
They boast £1.15bn to their names, earning a wealth increase of £530m in the last 12 months alone, largely off the back of the surging value of Biocon, and rank joint seventh position in Scotland alongside retail chief Philip Day, who owns Langholm-based Edinburgh Woollen Mill.
The Clark family, of the Arnold Clark car dealership, and Jim McColl, of Clyde Blowers, take ninth and 10th spot, with fortunes of £1.1bn and £1.07bn respectively.
Robert Watts, the compiler of The Sunday Times Rich List 2017, said: "This year's larger-than-ever rich list lays bare how the fortunes of Britain's 1,000 wealthiest individuals and families have fared amid the astonishing events of the past 12 months.
"Our Scottish list of 10 billionaires shatters the myth this country's economy runs on oil alone. Scotland is a place where 10-figure fortunes can be built from whisky, car dealing or even bottled water.
"This reflects the changing nature of wealth in 21st-century Britain.
"Gone are the days when the rich list would be dominated by finance, property or manufacturing. Greater diversity of entrepreneurial success is good news for the wider economy, and ultimately us all."
The 160-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine reveals the wealth of the 1,000 richest people in Britain and will be published this Sunday, May 7.


Two amputee survivors of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings have returned to cross the finish line this year.

Patrick Downes and Adrianne Haslet ran the race using prosthetic limbs, three years after explosions killed three and wounded hundreds.
The two are part of a group of bombing survivors and their families, One Fund Community, participating in the race.
Rebekah Gregory, who also lost her leg in the bombings, ran the race in 2015.
Mr Downes, a Boston College graduate, had been a runner for many years before the bombings.
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Ms Haslet was a professional ballroom dancer who was watching the race when the bombs went off in 2013.
They both participated in the mobility-impaired division of the well-known US marathon.
She decided to come back as a runner for the 2016 race, having received a prosthetic leg to dance.
"A lot of people think about the finish line," she told the Associated Press news agency. "I think about the start line."
Ms Haslet trained with the prosthetic blade, enduring a hip flexor injury.
"It was about finding another challenge, and finding a new day," she said. Her race is raising funds for Limbs for Life, which provides prostheses to low-income amputees.
Mr Downes participated in the race on hand cycles the past two years, according to the New York Daily News. He was watching the marathon in 2013 near the finish line when the bombs went off. Both he and his wife lost limbs.
This year, his race is raising money for the Boston College Strong Scholarship, founded by the couple's classmates.
"I have very little recollection from when the bombs went off, but as Jess has told me, it was just unspeakable sights and fear," he told the New York Daily News. "All these everyday people became heroes. I'll never know how to say thank you to them."
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Around 40 jobs at Homebase in Llandudno are at risk after the company announced it was considering closing the store.

The site at the Mostyn Champneys retail park in the Conwy town is entering a period of consultation.
A spokeswoman said staff had been informed, adding: "We will be working with them over the next few weeks to support them as much as possible."
"Due to commercial sensitivities, we are unable to comment further at this time."
The DIY chain employs 19,000 people across its operations in the UK and the Republic of Ireland.


A girl who was at the centre of an international police hunt after she was taken to Bangkok without permission has been found, police have said.

Twelve-year-old Arisara Miles, known as Zara, flew with her father from Exeter to Thailand in November.
Devon and Cornwall Police said she was "found safe and well" in Thailand two weeks ago and "discussions are ongoing with authorities about her welfare".
A High Court judge ordered the release of the girl's details earlier in March.
A spokesman for the force said he could not confirm any further information about the case.
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Police launched an appeal to find Zara after her father Trevor Miles failed to attend a meeting arranged by Devon County Council to address concerns about his daughter's welfare.


After a building collapsed in Kenya last week, killing at least 33 people, experts look at some reasons why such incidents occur in Africa.

The six-storey residence in Kenya's capital Nairobi came down in heavy rain, with more than 80 people still missing.
While investigations are still underway into the cause of this collapse, we look at some common problems.
Adequate foundations can be costly.
They can cost up to half the price of a building, observes professor of civil engineering Anthony Ede at Covenant University in Ota, Nigeria.
He says two things should be considered when you are building the foundations - the solidity of the soil and the heaviness of the building and its contents.
In the commercial capital of his country, Lagos, the swampy ground requires strong foundations. Far stronger than solid ground.
But he says developers save money that should be spent on foundations when building on the city's swampy ground and many buildings have collapsed in Lagos as a result.
Even on solid ground, foundations need to be strong enough for the load.
Inadequate foundations for a four-storey building was one of three reasons given by investigators for a building collapsing in northern Rwanda in 2013 and killing six people.
Materials that just aren't strong enough to withhold the load are used, says Hermogene Nsengimana from the African Organization for Standardisation, whose organisation met last month in Nairobi to discuss why so many African buildings collapse.
He suggests there is a market for counterfeit materials - going as far as to say that sometimes scrap metal is used instead of steel.
When a six-storey building in Uganda's capital Kampala collapsed in April, the director of the city authority suggested it had been constructed with counterfeit materials, reports Ugo news site.
Mr Nsengimana says there are even cases of counterfeiters faking authentification certificates.
But he suggests contractors also knowingly use the incorrect materials to cut costs.
So they may use concrete intended to bear the load of a one-storey building in a four-storey building.
Mr Ede adds that this is something regulators are not policing.
Even when workers are given the right materials to make the concrete, they mix them incorrectly, says Mr Ede.
This results in concrete which is not of the sufficient strength to hold the load.
He accuses developers of cutting costs by employing unskilled workers who are cheaper than trained builders.
This is one of the reasons put forward by civil engineers Henry Mwanaki Alinaitwe and Stephen Ekolu why a building in Uganda collapsed in 2004.
Their research shows that the workers misunderstood the mixing ratios of the concrete.
It suggested that people used wheelbarrows instead of measuring gauges to measure cement.
The five-storey BBJ new hotel collapsed in construction and 11 people died.
"You find bricklayers and even technicians calling themselves engineers," cautions the president of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers Oreoluwa Fadayomi in Nigeria's The Punch news site.
To those who want to save money on professionals, he advises: "One should not be penny wise and pound foolish".
Mr Ede says a building collapses when the load is beyond the strength of the building.
He gives the example of asking a baby to carry a heavy box: "The baby will not be able to withhold the strain."
Even if the foundations and the materials are strong enough for what they were originally built for, that purpose may change.
So, Mr Ede says, if a building was designed to be a home and is then turned into a library where boxes and boxes of books are piled up, the building may strain under the weight.
He says another reason why the load is often heavier than the original design is because extra storeys are added.
In March an upmarket apartment block which had more storeys than planned collapsed in Lagos, killing 34 people the Guardian reported.
This came two years after a church accommodation for the famous preacher TB Joshua collapsed, also, authorities said, because it had more floors than it could hold. In that case more than 100 people lost their lives.
At all points of construction the strength of the building should be tested, says Mr Ede.
"You have to be strict," he says, about policing building.
"The law says you must test. It's the enforcement of the law  which is the problem," he says.
That's a big problem, he says, when at every stage of construction there is someone with a strong motivation to save money or take money.
There are many physical reasons a building can collapse but only one driving motivation for that to happen, says Mr Ede. That's money.
And for him this is the real reason buildings collapse - corruption.


A 17-year-old driver and a 12-year-old girl have been killed in a collision with a van.

The passenger and driver were both pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on the A36 at Steeple Langford near Salisbury on Monday afternoon.
Their Ford Fiesta was in collision with a Mercedes Sprinter van driven by a 45-year-old man from Southampton who sustained minor injuries.
Wiltshire Police have asked any witnesses to get in touch.
The crash happened at 15:25 BST as the Ford Fiesta travelled south and the van travelled north on the A36.
The young people who died are both from the Salisbury area.
The van driver was taken to Salisbury District Hospital for treatment but has since been released.
The road was closed for about six hours for investigations to be carried out.
The families of the deceased have been notified but formal identification has not yet taken place.


Fears are growing for two Australian surfers travelling through Mexico who have been missing since 20 November.

Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman, both 33, were living in Edmonton, Canada and had driven down to Mexico for a surfing trip.
Their families say they will be going to Mexico amid media reports that two unidentified bodies were found inside a burnt-out van resembling theirs.
A family statement said they hold "deep fears" but police did not comment.
"Dean and Adam were travelling in a van, departing from Topolobampo on Friday 20 November to Guadalajara but did not arrive on their scheduled date," a joint statement said.
"The families hold deep fears for the safety of their sons but stress that they are still waiting for details to be confirmed."
Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it is providing consular assistance to the families.
Dean Lucas' girlfriend, Josie Cox, posted a message to Facebook saying she was devastated after learning how he was going to propose.
"I definitely don't doubt that there's something that's happened, something that we should be worried about," she told the media.


James McQuilkin's brace saw bottom club Kidderminster Harriers come from behind for their first National League win in seven games at Lincoln City.

Jack Muldoon slotted the home side ahead when Matt Rhead knocked down Terry Hawkridge's cross.
Half-time substitute McQuilkin fired a free-kick past Lincoln goalkeeper Paul Farman to draw the Harriers level.
The midfielder then headed in Harriers' 83rd-minute winner after Farman had parried Ben Whitfield's initial effort.
Colin Gordon's Harriers, who had lost their previous four games, stay bottom, 11 points adrift of safety with eight games to go.
Harriers boss Colin Gordon told BBC Hereford & Worcester:
"We are standing on the precipice, we know that. It's either going to happen or it's not but there is nothing to fear.
"You've got to be professional, do the job and be as tough as them and you've got to be brave. We controlled the game and showed we are a good team.
"I said to them at half time that I don't know what they fear. I believe in them absolutely, so why have they got this fear about them?"


Raith Rovers have sacked manager Gary Locke and assistant Darren Jackson after a run of 14 games without a win.

Tuesday's 1-0 home defeat to Morton leaves the Kirkcaldy side eighth in the Championship, four points above the relegation play-off place.
Locke, 41, took over at Stark's Park last May following Ray MacKinnon's departure to Dundee United.
The former Hearts manager resigned as Kilmarnock boss in January 2016 after less than a year in the post.
Rovers started their league campaign with three consecutive victories but have only won three more games in the Championship since, their last success coming in late October.
Jackson, 50, had been on the coaching staff at Dundee United, leaving in September 2015, along with manager Jackie McNamara.
Capped 28 times for Scotland, he joined Rovers immediately after Locke's appointment.
Locke's dismissal drew sympathy from Morton manager Jim Duffy, whose side moved back up to third in the Championship with victory at Stark's Park.
"You always feel for every manager; we all know how difficult a job it is, how hard every manager works - it is a 24/7 job," Duffy told BBC Scotland.
"It totally takes over you and consumes you.  Gary is a terrific boy and I absolutely feel for him.  It is very difficult if it is ultimately your team [Morton] that tips the balance against him.
"For any manager time is the key element, and if you get a bit of time, there is a chance you can turn things around.
"But patience is generally not a virtue in football.  Normally if it is not going your way, the inevitability is you are going to lose your job."


Much is written about the Herculean effort to move one family out of the White House and a new family in within the space of just a few hours.

But in our modern age, the digital moving trucks must also roar into action, as prime presidential online real estate gets a makeover, and eight years of President Obama's social media chat is confined to the national archives.
Let’s start with WhiteHouse.gov, the official website for the President, which as of noon Friday, has a brand new look - and has already provoked mild panic.
Many noted that pages about climate change were swiftly deleted. So too were pages about LGBT rights and various science policies.
But, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. Pages about everything were deleted as what was essentially Obama’s homepage was replaced with Trump’s.
That means posts about any former policy positions no longer exist on the White House website if you follow the original links.
So while the web address pointing to the White House’s position on climate change no longer works, the same can be said about Obama’s pages relating to the economy. Unpredictable as he is, no-one is suggesting Donald Trump is about to describe “money” as a hoax.
That said, on the new whitehouse.gov, a search for “military” will yield 154 results. “Climate change”? None.
Nervous internet sleuths have found one reference to climate change, a promise to lift the "harmful and unnecessary policies such as the Climate Action Plan and the Waters of the US rules".
Make of that what you will. People on Twitter certainly are.
Also wiped clean was the White House's petition website. On Friday, by 4pm in DC, only two petitions were posted on the site. The first demanded the release of the President's tax returns. The other demanded he put his businesses in a blind trust. If either petition gets 100,000 signatures, the White House has to provide a response - at least, that was the rule the previous administration set itself.
From @POTUS to @POTUS44
Speaking of which, it’s all change on Twitter too.
From today @POTUS - President of the United States - has been taken over by the Trump team. All previous tweets from Obama’s team - and Obama himself - have been deleted from that account, but archived under @POTUS44. The 44 relating of course to the fact Obama was the 44th US President.
The tweets were not, as a smattering of people blurted out, “deleted by Trump” once he had control of the account.
Twitter removed them - and that's because scrubbing the account of Obama’s tweets is a smart move for everyone involved. Had Twitter left the old tweets in place you’ll find yourself seeing people retweeting Obama’s words but with Trump’s identity attached, a recipe for misinformation disaster.
Trump’s first tweet on @POTUS posted a picture and a link to his inaugural address  - the full text of which was posted on Facebook. Is Trump having a change of heart over his social network of choice?
Maybe. Facebook certainly offers the chance to speak more clearly at length, and, as the leader of the free world, it would be more useful to post to an audience of almost two billion rather than Twitter’s rather limited 300m.
We won’t know for sure until about 3am, DC time, tomorrow morning. Everyone will be surely waiting for those twilight hours to see if the President springs back into life posting his thoughts on his own personal account, @realDonaldTrump.
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Sources close to RBS have confirmed it is considering an offer from Santander UK for its Williams and Glyn brand.

RBS is obliged to sell the 300 or so branches, with nearly two million customers, in order to meet state-aid rules as a result of its 2008 bailout.
RBS is also considering a public sale of shares in a new independent business and retail bank.
Hiving off this part of the business has been beset by the difficulty of developing a new IT system.
RBS has already spent over a billion pounds on trying to develop a separate IT platform for the new division.
Lloyds Banking Group experienced similar difficulties and costs in separating out the business now owned by Spanish bank Sabadell and trading under the TSB brand.
The vote to leave the European Union is not expected to affect the decision to offload the business as the deadline for its completion arrives before the UK will have exited the EU even if the mechanism to leave (Article 50) is triggered imminently. The government has said that is unlikely before the end of the year.
The re-emergence of an independent Williams and Glyn on the High Street was supposed to be an important milestone in creating more competition in a banking sector still dominated by five big players (HSBC, RBS, Lloyds, Barclays, Santander).
A sale to Santander would frustrate that objective.
A number of other new small entrants - so called challenger banks such as Aldermore, Shawbrook, Metro and Virgin Money have struggled to gain sufficient scale to mount that challenge. Some have been more severely affected by Brexit as they have sought to cater for underserved, and in some cases riskier, markets such as buy to let and commercial property.
Talks with Santander are still ongoing and could yet fall apart.
RBS is not expected to announce any definitive agreement when it releases its latest results on Friday, which are expected to reveal further losses as restructuring charges continue to offset profits at its core business.


Harry Kane is one of the top strikers in the world, Tottenham boss Mauricio Pochettino said after the England man scored his third hat-trick of 2017.

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Kane struck three times in 23 minutes as Spurs beat Stoke City 4-0 to climb to second in the Premier League table.
The 23-year-old also scored three against Fulham in the FA Cup on 19 February and against West Brom in the league on 14 January.
"He's playing at a very good level, a fantastic player," said Pochettino.
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Kane scored in the 14th, 32nd and 37th minutes as Spurs made it eight straight league wins at White Hart Lane.
Dele Alli scored in first-half stoppage time to complete the rout against mid-table Stoke.
Pochettino added: "He's one of the top strikers in the world and I think he deserves it because he's a great professional and top man. I'm happy for him.
"It doesn't surprise me, because I've told you many times that for me he's one of the best strikers in the world.
"This season we are not only winning games [at White Hart Lane], we are playing very well here - maybe because we all know it's the last season here and it's a very special atmosphere on the pitch and in the stadium."
Analysis by former Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas on Radio 5 live
That was a special performance by Harry Kane. There are only a select number of players who can score like he can on their weaker side.
More often than not, if he is in the box, he will hit it. It goes through bodies, goes through legs and ends up in the back of the net.
I just don't know how much more of a warning you need when he is on the edge of the box with the ball. He is lethal with both feet. You need to close him down. When you're hot, you're hot. It's as simple as that.
Former England striker Alan Shearer, who scored a record 260 Premier League goals: "Calm down Harry Kane! What is he after...a Premier League record or something?"
Former Tottenham striker Gary Lineker tweeted: "A third hat-trick for Kane in nine games. The last person to do that was....someone else."


Dywed rheolwr tîm pêl-droed Cymru fod ei "holl deimladau" gydag amddiffynnwr Iwerddon Seamus Coleman wedi iddo dorri ei goes yn y gêm nos Wener.

Di-sgôr oedd y gêm ond mae'n debyg y bydd yn cael ei chofio am drosedd Neil Taylor yn erbyn amddiffynnwr Everton Seamus Coleman. Fe gafodd Taylor gerdyn coch yn syth wedi'r digwyddiad.
"Mae'n rhaid i ni feddwl yn bennaf am Seamus Coleman. Fe sy'n fwyaf pwysig," dywedodd Chris Coleman.
Ychwanegodd: "Dyw amddifynnwr Aston Villa, Neil Taylor, ddim y math yna o chwaraewr ond mae'r hyn sydd wedi digwydd yn anodd i Seamus."
Ar ddiwedd y gêm roedd Coleman yn credu bod ei dîm ar i fyny cyn gorfod chwarae gyda deg dyn.
Mae canlyniad y gêm yn golygu bod Cymru bedwar pwynt y tu ôl i Weriniaeth Iwerddon a Serbia a hynny wrth i hanner gemau grŵp D gael eu chwarae.
"Mi wnaeth y cerdyn coch newid popeth," ychwanegodd Coleman, "roeddwn yna'n gorfod brwydro'n galed am 25 munud."
Dywedodd Coleman ei bod hi dal yn  bosib i Gymru chwarae yn nhwrnament Rwsia yn 2018 er na fydd Gareth Bale yn cael chwarae yn y gêm nesaf.
Ychwanegodd: "Mae pump gêm ar ôl i'w chwarae a hyd yma does neb wedi ein trechu.
"Mae'r chwaraewyr wedi rhoi'r cyfan - ry'n angen gwell lwc a safon tro nesaf.
"Bydd colli Gareth yn Serbia yn ergyd ond dyna beth yw pêl-droed rhyngwladol.
"Ond ry'n ni dal yn credu y gallwn ddod â rhywbeth nôl o Serbia. Mi fydd yn brawf da ar ein gallu ac y mae'n gêm yr ydym yn edrych ymlaen ati."
Wedi'r gêm dywedodd Gareth Bale ei fod yn credu bod Cymru yn rheoli cyn cerdyn coch Taylor.
"Yn yr hanner cyntaf," roedd hi'n gêm gorfforol galed a doedd ein perfformiad ddim yn hynod o dda.
"Yn yr ail hanner, er hynny, roedd pethau'n well ac fe gawsom sawl cyfle - rwy'n credu i ni reoli'r gêm yn hynod o dda.
"Yn amlwg roedd chwarae gyda 10 dyn ar y diwedd yn anodd.
"Ry'n, wrth gwrs, yn siomedig na chawsom yr un gôl na buddugoliaeth."


Leicester City's £16m club-record signing Ahmed Musa scored both goals in a 4-2 defeat by Barcelona in the International Champions Cup.

Munir opened the scoring after Lionel Messi's pass before the latter set up Luis Suarez to stab home from inside the area in Stockholm's Friends Arena.
Munir added a third before substitute Musa's solo goal reduced the deficit.
Musa rifled home a second for Leicester but 17-year-old substitute Rafa Mujica scored a late fourth for Barcelona.
"Last season Leicester was one of the great surprises in European football, and is what makes everyone love the game," said Barcelona boss Luis Enrique afterwards.
Striker Jamie Vardy, who signed an extended four-year contract in June, and Riyad Mahrez, who has been linked with Arsenal, both started for Leicester, who face  Manchester United in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday.
As well as Messi and former Liverpool striker Suarez, Barcelona started with Javier Mascherano and Sergio Busquets.
Despite the result, Foxes boss Claudio Ranieri will have been impressed with the way Nigeria international Musa, who joined from CSKA Moscow in July, took his goals after coming on as a substitute at the start of the second half.
Leicester start their Premier League title defence at Hull City on 13 August.
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Wales has seen an increase in the number of beaches and marinas awarded blue flag status for high water quality and safety.

Tywyn beach in Gwynedd, Poppit Sands in Pembrokeshire, Porthcawl Marina in Bridgend county and Whitmore Bay and Penarth Marina in Vale of Glamorgan were given the accolade on Thursday.
It takes the total across Wales to 47, up from 41 last year.
Lesley Jones from Keep Wales Tidy said she was "delighted" by the increase.
The blue flag award is run in 49 countries across the world and is managed in Wales by Keep Wales Tidy.
Ms Jones, the charity's chief executive, said: "The coastline is very important for Wales as it boosts local economies and the tourism industry and allows us to showcase our beautiful country."


WBO world lightweight champion Terry Flanagan will target "big names" if he successfully defends his title against Petr Petrov on Saturday.

Flanagan, 27, is unbeaten in 32 fights and believes taking on elite fighters will upgrade his reputation. One contest he has campaigned for is two-weight world champion Vasyl Lomachenko.
"I want to start testing myself against the best," the Briton told BBC Sport.
"There's no point saying 'I'm the best' if the people I'm fighting aren't."
Manchester-born Flanagan has been touted as a future opponent for Jorge Linares, the WBC and WBA champion who beat Britain's Anthony Crolla last month, and his promoter Frank Warren wants to reward his fighter's ambition.
"He's been on the phone to me a lot. He says he wants to fight Linares. He wants to fight Vasyl Lomachenko, which surprised me," said Warren.
"But if he gives a good account of himself and comes through on Saturday, we'll try and get him a fight with either of them two next."
Standing in his way of those contests is former world title challenger Petrov, 34, who has only been knocked out once by Marcos Maidana, the Argentine who lost to Britain's Amir Khan and Floyd Mayweather twice.
"I've got the power to take him out but Petrov's durable, fit and his hands are always busy," said Flanagan.
"It's hard to knock someone out when they are determined to win a world title away from home. It's hard to beat a man who has set his sights on that.
"I know there may be some close rounds that I will lose, but I will definitely make sure I get the win at the end."
Flanagan has the best unbeaten record compared to any other current world champion in Britain but he is still a relative unknown to the wider public.
Warren nicknames him 'the quiet man', but believes Flanagan's attitude will change the public's perception of the sport.
"In the recent months, we've had a lot of foul language and stunts in boxing that really aren't needed. It's been very unsavoury," said Warren.
"That's not Terry at all. He does his talking in the ring. If he was to be a bit of a Jack the lad and rude to people, maybe he would've been better known in the public?
"But I think that's all going to change. The 'quiet man' as we call him will go out there and make a lot of noise."
One potential big fight that has been suggested is Flanagan against his former school mate Crolla in an all-Manchester bout. But, despite a reported £1m offer, Flanagan thinks the fight is dead after Crolla's two defeats by Linares.
"I don't think it will happen," he added. "We asked for the fight when he was world champion and we got turned down.
"He needs to build himself back up now before a fight with me, or it might not happen because I'm looking at bigger fights or I may move up to light-welterweight.
"We always want big fights now and I know the public still want it, but it isn't a fight we're looking at. I want unification fights."


A lorry, driven into a crowd during Bastille Day celebrations in the French city of Nice, has killed at least 84 people and critically injured at least 18 more.

Witnesses have been describing the scenes of terror and panic as the tragedy unfolded, and the moment the police managed to stop and kill the driver of the truck.
Nader El Shafei told the BBC he looked the attacker in the face for about a minute before witnessing the final gun battle.
"We thought at the beginning it was just an accident," he said, "but then I saw him pulling out his gun and trying to shoot a group of policemen who were coming running towards him.
"I saw him for about one minute - face to-face - but he was not looking at me. He was looking out of the window, appearing very nervous.
"I kept yelling at him, waving with my hand, trying to tell him that there were a lot of dead people underneath his truck. But he did not give any attention to anyone outside the truck.
"Police killed him straight away - they didn't wait to negotiate - they just opened fire on him."
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German journalist Richard Gutjahr witnessed the start of the attack and described seeing a motorcyclist pursue the truck and try to gain entrance to its cabin. But the biker fell off and was run over by its wheels.
"I stood on the balcony on the Promenade des Anglais, and saw people celebrating there [when] suddenly a truck drove through the crowd," Mr Gutjahr, 42, told the AFP news agency.
"Surprisingly, [the truck driver] drove very slowly and was chased by a motorcyclist.
"The motorcyclist attempted to overtake the truck and even tried to open the driver's door, but he fell and ended up under the wheels of the truck."
Simon Coates, a British lawyer on holiday in Nice, was cycling along the promenade with his wife back to their apartment after the fireworks when the lorry sped past them into the crowds. In the chaos he was separated from his wife.
"I turned round and followed the path the lorry took checking the people killed to see if she was one of them," he told the BBC.
"I had to check every body and they were so disfigured the only reliable way I could check was to look for her bike and her shoes as most people were not recognisable."
"People were disembowelled, stripped naked of their clothes, mothers sprawled on the floor next to their dead children; one person was wrapped up like a Swiss roll with his arms and legs sticking out from his body which was folded back on itself," he said.
"When I caught up with the lorry it was stationary and an armed policeman was pointing a gun at the passenger side; others were taking cover and getting people away as they suspected a bomb.
"I retraced my steps and thank God I found my wife unharmed at home."
US Citizen Julie Holland, on holiday in Nice with her two daughters, told The Guardian that she saw the truck driving at full speed through the crowds on the promenade.
"We heard screams, and people started running into the restaurant," she said. "We hid in the kitchen, behind a stove.
"As soon as the gunfire stopped we went through the back door to a hotel down the street. A policeman eventually escorted us back to our hotel at around 3am. There were bodies everywhere. My daughters saw bodies. Lots of them."
Pouya from Toronto in Canada told the BBC that people were enjoying the carnival atmosphere on the promenade created by a firework display and a jazz band when he heard "lots of screams" and people running in different directions.
"I didn't know what was going on, it felt surreal and I didn't move but thought it must be some kind of practical joke.
"Then I saw the truck coming straight at me swerving all over the place. It was perhaps 50 yards away. After that there was no conscious thought, my body took over, time slowed down and I ran and thank God I got out of the way.
"I jumped into a doorway and a very nice Frenchman let me and about 15 other people into his apartment. We stayed in there for a while and then when it was safe we left. There were lots of panicked people, dead bodies were in the street and there were police everywhere."
Nice resident Ak told the BBC that he and his wife were walking near the Palais de la Mediterranee hotel about 10 minutes after the firework display when he spotted the speeding truck coming towards them.
"We literally had one or two seconds to get away and I just managed to push me and my wife on the pavement," he said.
"We looked back and there was carnage, absolute carnage, and went back to try and help the people on the floor and then we heard the gunshots so we of course decided to run for cover."
Imad Dafaaoui, a Moroccan university student, told ABC News of his close brush with death.
"I saw a huge truck, crushing over people," he said. "Some people were trying to get out the way. Some people were in shock. I started to run away. I was in shock.
"I couldn't even think.  I was running. There was a bench in front of me, so I had to jump over it, so I jumped over it and fell over on a woman.
"That's when the truck was coming toward me. I just closed my eyes.  It was so close. I was just waiting to die. The truck was really close to me. [It] crashed [into] the bench. It was 20cms away from me.
"I'm really glad that I'm alive."
Paddy Mullan, from Northern Ireland, told the BBC that he had "never seen" such fear.
He said the truck "came out nowhere" and started "ploughing" into the crowd.
"This lorry just mounted the kerb, across the street from us and the next thing, all you could hear was banging and shouting and screaming," he said.
"There was a lot of confusion, misdirection, because we didn't know what exactly was happening, why it was happening."
Mr Mullan said he and his girlfriend "bailed out" of the restaurant through a side exit in order to get to a safer position, going through barriers into an apartment complex behind the building.
"We were pushing all the buzzers to try and get into the apartment blocks," he said. "Eventually we got in."
Kayla Repan, a visitor from the US, was among the hundreds who had gathered to watch the celebrations and fireworks. "The whole city was running," she told Associated Press. "I got extremely frightened and ran away from the promenade. It was chaos."
Damien Allemand, a journalist with the local newspaper Nice Matin, was at the waterfront after the fireworks had finished.
"A fraction of a second later, an enormous white truck came along at a crazy speed, turning the wheel to mow down the maximum number of people," he said.
"I saw bodies flying like bowling pins along its route. Heard noises, cries that I will never forget."
British tourist Kevin Harris was in a hotel overlooking the scene of the tragedy.
"I heard a lot of screaming and shouting," he said. "I came out onto my terrace and in front of me I could see lots of what appeared to be bodies lying on the road just outside of where I'm sitting now actually."
London-based Lawyer Harjit Sarang and her children were among those caught up in the terror. She tweeted:
Another witness, Tarubi Wahid Mosta, posted a video on Facebook which showed photos of an abandoned doll and pushchair. He said that he had come home with a victim's Yorkshire terrier.
"I almost stepped on a corpse, it was horrible. It looked like a battlefield," he said, while describing the sense of helplessness surrounding the carnage.
"I live 200 metres from the promenade and it took nearly one and a half hours to get back to my flat because all the roads have been closed down," BBC producer Roy Calley said as news of the attack unfolded.
"The police have completely taken over the city, the promenade has now been closed down. Everybody was physically pushed away from the site and told to get back in no uncertain terms by the police.
"It had been a normal evening and we were just walking around," Joel Fenster told the BBC. "Suddenly people started running, there were screams and police sirens and policemen shouting at us to evacuate.
"It was terrifying, especially because we didn't know what was going on. At the time we only had heard some kind of gunshots and we assumed that there were people running around with guns.


A 250-year-old public footpath and a children's play park have been closed over fears a cliff could collapse.

A section of Lovers' Walks in Matlock Bath was fenced off following a report prompted by a rock fall.
It could force the cancellation of the Derbyshire town's illuminations which attract thousands of people.
Lovers' Walks are a series of paths on the River Derwent and over the cliffs and are believed to be the oldest surviving public pleasure grounds.
The closure includes the stretch from New Bridge in Derwent Gardens to Jubilee Bridge.
Experts found blocks of limestone ranging in size from 1cm to 2m wide were loose in the cliff.
A spokesman for Derbyshire Dales District Council said: "The report, which we commissioned after what we hoped was an isolated incident of a number of  loose rocks rolling down onto the footpath, is clear in its recommendation that public access to areas below the cliff face should be closed off immediately."
The riverside footpath is an emergency escape route during the illuminations and the closure could force the event's cancellation.
The spokesman added that repairs could be "extremely expensive" although more surveys were needed to see what work is required.
The original Lovers' Walks was created before 1742 and has been used as a public space ever since.


Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson has criticised Wolves for "unsporting behaviour" before their winning goal in Tuesday's 2-1 victory at Molineux.

Wolves kicked a drop-ball from close to their own box out for a throw-in deep inside the visitors' half after an injury to City midfielder Luke Freeman.
The throw-in led to a free-kick for the hosts, which Matt Doherty headed in.
"I'm an angry man at the moment if I'm honest, for a number of reasons," Johnson told BBC Radio Bristol.
"A big club like this, you don't expect a historic club to have to resort to unsporting behaviour.
"The lad said he was going to kick it back to the goalkeeper and he smashes it out right in our corner and puts us under pressure."
Wolves head coach Kenny Jackett responded: "He (Johnson) was unhappy on the sidelines definitely. I wasn't quite sure what the expectation was.
"The ball went out for a throw-in quite deep. It is splitting hairs really."
The defeat left Bristol City 20th in the Championship table, two points above the relegation zone, while Wolves moved up to 12th.
"I thought we were the side that was looking like we was going to go on and win it," Johnson added.
"We were in the ascendancy, and that incident changed the ascendancy from us having it to them having it through, in my opinion, unsporting behaviour."


Marc Bartra says he experienced the "hardest 15 minutes" of his life when Borussia Dortmund's team bus was damaged by explosions in Germany.

The defender had an operation after fracturing his wrist in the incident.
It led to Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final first leg against Monaco being postponed and played a day later.
"These days when I look at my wrist, swollen and badly wounded, you know what I feel? Pride," the 26-year-old Spaniard said on Instagram on Friday.
Three explosive devices containing metal pieces went off when Dortmund were on their way to the game at their Signal Iduna Park home ground.
German police have detained a suspect with "Islamist links" following the attack.
Former Barcelona player Bartra, the only player to be injured, added: "I look at it proudly, thinking that all the damage they wanted to do to us on Tuesday stayed in this [injury]."
Bartra, who is expected to return to training in a month, has had regular visits from his family since being admitted to hospital.
"They are my everything, the reason I struggle to overcome obstacles and this has been the worst of my life, an experience I would not want anyone in this world [to have]," he said.
"The pain, the panic and the uncertainty of not knowing what was going on, or how long it would last... were the longest and hardest 15 minutes of my life.
"I think that the shock is decreasing more and more and, at the same time, it adds to the desire to live, to fight, to work, to laugh, to cry, to feel, to love, to believe, to play, to train, to continue to enjoy my people, loved ones, companions, my passion, to defend, to smell the grass as I do before the game starts and motivate me.
"The only thing I ask is for everyone to live in peace and to leave behind the wars."
Monaco won the rescheduled match 3-2 on Wednesday.


A council has installed a special needs swing just days after an eight-year-old girl wrote to them about her disabled twin brother.

Naomi Gwynne accused South Lanarkshire Council of "forgetting" about her brother Isaac, after he was unable to use new equipment in their local park.
The council has now found and installed a suitable new seat.
The twins' mother, Miriam Gwynne, posted a picture of the swing on Twitter, thanking the council.
Naomi had written to the authority after visiting the new park on Bothwell Road in Hamilton.
She wrote: "I like the new park but please could you make a disabled swing for it?
"Isaac my twin brother is too big for a baby swing but can't hold on to the bars of the grown up swings.
"His favourite thing is a swing and we are both sad. Why did you forget about him? I have drawn a swing he would like. Thank you."
Ms Gwynne tweeted: "@SouthLanCouncil than you so much! You guys are amazing!!"
She said she had been surprised and emotional after her daughter had handed her the letter.
"I was so sad that a brand new park would not be automatically inclusive and so proud of my eight-year-old for standing up for her brother," she said.
"Isaac has complex autism, is non-verbal, has global delay and learning difficulties and NF1 [disorder].
"He is also visually impaired and requires a lot of care. But to Naomi he is simply her brother who deserves to play and swing as much as anyone else."
The authority's head of facilities, waste and grounds services, Alistair McKinnon, said:  "We can confirm a new seat which is suitable for Isaac has now been installed.
"We are delighted that we were able to help on this occasion and hope that Naomi and Isaac can both continue to enjoy the play area and its facilities.
"All new play areas are designed to incorporate an element of inclusive play. The overall aim is to allow children of all abilities to play together and present a range of experiences and challenges."


New York's Empire State Building will be lit up in yellow to mark a day that organisers hope will put a smile on millions of faces.

It is one of several stunts planned for World Emoji Day, which celebrates the colourful symbols used in instant messages, on 17 July.
London's Royal Opera House will present 20 well-known operas and ballets in emoji form online.
There are 2,666 emojis currently on the official Unicode Standard list.
The Unicode consortium lays out the framework for emojis and decides what should be depicted, but companies such as Apple and Google are free to create their own designs.
This year, Twitter is expected to crowdsource ideas for new emojis.
The founder of World Emoji Day, Jeremy Burge, who is also on one of Unicode's committees, said the consortium considered hundreds of applications for new emojis every year.
"You can't buy your way in - and it makes companies mad," he said.
"You need to fulfil criteria. There has to be demand for it. Brands or logos are not permitted."
Recent additions to the emojis, which appear on smartphone device keyboards, have included a range of skin tones and Scotland's saltire.
Some celebrities, including Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber, have launched their own range of icons for fans to purchase - but Mr Burge said that consumers should be aware that they have limitations.
"Kimojis and Justmojis are stickers.  They don't work in every app, you need to download them, they won't come with your phone," he said.
Emojis have been around since the 1990s and Apple first included them in its iPhone keyboard in 2011.
The first World Emoji Day took place in 2014.  The date - 17 July - was chosen because it is the date which appears on the emoji for "calendar".
Mr Burge, who also works at the emoji search engine Emojipedia, said he did not accept any sponsorship for the event.
"I think emojis are OK. Some people don't like them because they're not formal," said Dr Laura Dominguez, associate professor in linguistics at the University of Southampton.
"I think they are useful for certain things and sometimes an emoji has more meaning and expression than words.
"If an emoji can express the same message as you could say with a whole sentence, why not use an emoji?"
However, despite their popularity, emojis are unlikely to replace written language and be recognised as a language in their own right, she said.
"The purposes of language are communication and thought," said Dr Dominguez.
"You need language to think. Can you think in emojis? I would imagine that even people who use them a lot to communicate probably don't use them when they are thinking."
According to the digital keyboard firm Swiftkey, the most used emoji of 2016 in the UK was the one of a face crying with laughter, second was a face blowing a kiss, with a red heart third most popular.
The firm said it analysed 400 million bits of "emoji data".
Mr Burge said his current favourite is the rocket - for "let's go".
"I do get bored with [a favourite emoji] after too long," he said. "You don't want to eat too much of your favourite food."


Leeds United and Newcastle United fans plan to pay tribute to late midfielder Gary Speed at Sunday's Championship match at Elland Road.

Former Wales manager Speed died, aged 42, in November 2011, having previously played 678 games for Leeds, Newcastle, Everton, Bolton and Sheffield United.
Fans will honour his memory with a minute's applause on 11 minutes, the shirt number he wore for both clubs.
Members of Speed's family will be attending the game.
"We ask supporters of both Leeds United and Newcastle United to join together in a minute's applause as we near the fifth anniversary of Gary's passing," a Leeds statement read.
Speed was in the Newcastle side that last visited Elland Road in 2003, with the teams playing out a 2-2 draw.
He had made his name at Leeds and played a key role as United won the First Division title in 1992.


Manchester City failed to reach the Women's Champions League final, despite Carli Lloyd scoring the only goal of their semi-final second leg in Lyon.

City, trailing 3-1 on aggregate, needed at least three goals at Stade de Lyon to progress, but failed to get a shot on target before the break.
Jill Scott and Lloyd both tested Lyon's Sarah Bouhaddi before a stray pass from the keeper allowed Lloyd to rifle home.
In a tense, physical second half Lyon did enough to prevail 3-2 on aggregate.
The win at the home of the French and European champions brought an end to the Sky Blues' maiden Champions League campaign, but they are already assured of a spot in next season's competition after winning the Women's Super League title in 2016.
With a defence made up of three England internationals bound for Euro 2017 in July, they did well to quell the French attack, spearheaded by Eugenie Le Sommer, which caused them so many problems in the first leg.
Le Sommer had an effort ruled out for offside in the second half, and the biggest scare City had before Lloyd's goal saw Karen Bardsley scramble to ensure Steph Houghton did not concede an own goal.
Even with two-time Women's World Player of the Year Lloyd headlining their Champions League bid, and with eight of the Lionesses who are headed to Euro 2017, the Citizens failed to become the first British team in 10 years to reach a European final.
No British women's side has reached a final since Arsenal lifted the old Uefa Women's Cup in 2007, and City are the third different British club to exit the Women's Champions League at the last-four stage since the competition was rebranded in 2009-10.
Lyon Feminines: Boudhaddi, Renard (c), Kumagai, Majri, Houara-D'Hommeaux (Thomis), Le Sommer, Marozsan, Ada Hegerberg (Morgan 46), Buchanan, Abily (Seger 63), M'Bock Bathy.
Substitutes not used: Gerard, Hamraoui, Lavogez, Henning.
Manchester City Women: Bardsley, Bronze, Stokes, Houghton (c), Asllani (Middag 69), J Scott, Duggan (Stanaway 60), Christiansen (Parris 84), McManus, Walsh, Lloyd.
Substitutes not used: Hourihan, Roebuck, Beattie, J Ross.
Referee: Esther Staubli (SUI)


Mozambique has removed its last known landmine after two decades of work to get rid of the explosives.

Close to 171,000 landmines were removed, according to the Halo Trust, a British charity that led the clearance.
The landmines were left after a long fight for independence followed by a civil war. Many were planted up until the 1990s.
The charity says it is the first large mine-contaminated country to be completely cleared of mines.
The last mine was removed from the base of a railway bridge in the centre of the country.
Many were planted close to key structures, such as dams, bridges and electricity pylons. In all, 17m sq metres (183m sq ft) of land were cleared, areas that authorities now hope can be put to agricultural use.
Work continues on clearing mines in a number of other countries, including Sri Lanka, Laos, Angola and Colombia.
You don't forget the sight of someone freshly injured from an anti-personnel land mine blast. These cruel weapons are designed to deny territory to "the enemy" but invariably it is ordinary civilians, including children, who pay the heaviest price.
The US, Russia and China are just some of the countries whose crude calling card has been left in Mozambique over the decades. The human toll is hard to quantify but the Halo Trust told me that hundreds of people have been wounded or killed by mines.
Whilst anti-personnel mines rendered huge swathes of land in Mozambique no-go areas following the struggle for independence and a long civil war, what often gets lost in the headlines is the inhibiting effect landmines have on economic development.
On the spot where the last known landmine was destroyed by the side of a railway line, I found fresh sprigs of grass poking up through the fertile soil, in what is rich sugar cane growing country.
"Don't be surprised if families quickly lay claim to the land and begin to farm informally," my guide told me.


Accrington Stanley forward Gary Taylor-Fletcher has signed a deal with the League Two side until January.

The 35-year-old former Blackpool and Huddersfield player initially joined on non-contract terms on 3 October.
He scored on his debut and has since made one substitute appearance.
"That gives us both a chance to have a longer look at each other. It puts me in the shop window so if I do well, I get an extension here or I get a move to another club," Taylor-Fletcher said.
Accrington also confirmed striker Max Hazeldine, 19, has left the club by mutual consent.


Rhys Cleverly was on the pitch for Wales' 2012 Grand Slam and the 2014 Heineken Cup final - but he's never played a minute of rugby at Cardiff's Principality Stadium.

Why? Because he's a groundsman at the home of Welsh rugby.
However, that is set to change with Cleverly set to pack down at hooker for Caerphilly against Amman United in the National Bowl final on 16 April.
The Bowl is one of three games on the WRU finals day, 24 hours after the four regions take each other on for Judgement Day.
So Cleverly, a groundsman at the national stadium for the past eight years, has to worry about keeping the pitch in tip-top condition as well as playing in one of the matches.
"We've got five games here over two days," he said.
"On Judgement Day I'll be there at eight o'clock preparing the pitches.
"As soon as those game finish I'll be straight back on the pitch preparing it for ours. Luckily I've got the Sunday off to play."
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Cleverly says it will be strange mixing business with pleasure.
"I've got mixed emotions; I'll be asking myself am I coming to work or playing rugby? It will be a weird one," he said.
Another headache for Cleverly and his team-mates will be one of the players lining up against them for Amman United - Wales' top try scorer Shane Williams.
Williams, 40, has not played at the stadium since June 2012 - when Cleverly was among the team looking after the pitch for Wales' 30-21 win over the Barbarians.
The ex-British Lion may have scored 60 international tries, but has yet to score a try for his local side this season.
"He's won world player of the year and class is permanent, form is temporary," said Caerphilly captain Gareth England. "We'll have to see what happens on Sunday".
Neither team has reached the final of the bowl since its introduction in 2009. All of the Division Three teams and Division Two north sides in the Welsh national league compete for the trophy.


Firefighters are continuing to fight a major blaze at the A-listed Glasgow School of Art - one of Scotland's most iconic buildings.

Eyewitnesses said the fire appeared to have started when a projector exploded in the basement of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building just before 12:30.
Fire Officer Alasdair Hay said the main blaze was out but there were still pockets of fire within the building.
Everyone in the building was said to have escaped safely.
The Mackintosh building, completed in 1909, is "unique" in that it is a working art school as well as a work of art.
From the facade to the fixtures and fittings every detail shows the craft of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scotland's most-lauded designer.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) said fire crews had managed to salvage some of the objects contained in the building and structural engineers were assessing the safety and stability of the building.
Fire crews were on the scene within four minutes of the alarm being raised.
Search and rescue teams entered the building wearing breathing apparatus and led a number of people to safety. There were no reports of any casualties.
Final year students were said to have been preparing for their end-of-year degree show in the building when the blaze broke out. The deadline for submissions to the degree was 17:00.
SFRS Chief Officer Alasdair Hay said there had been "significant spread" of flames within the building but would not comment on speculation it did not have a sprinkler system installed.
He added that it was still too early to say how extensively the art school had been damaged, or what the cause of the blaze had been.
But he said officers were "well aware of the iconic status of the building".
Police have cordoned off Renfrew Street, and smoke was also drifting across the M8. Large crowds of students and onlookers gathered near the scene, with several people in tears as they watched the events unfold.
Fire appliances from across Glasgow were joined by specialist crews from other areas of Scotland, with firefighters seen pouring water on the building from a high ladder as flames blew windows out.
The crews are expected to be on site until well into the night as efforts to put out the last of the flames continued.
Hugh Thornhill, a second year student, said: "I was helping one of the fourth years set up their exhibit and suddenly the alarm went off.
"We didn't think it was anything but we had to go out and then we saw smoke coming out and realised that it was really bad. It got to the point where flames were coming out of the top floor.
"All that effort is gone, everyone's work on that side of the building is ruined. Even if it didn't catch fire it will be damaged extensively.
"The degree show next month is pretty much a bust now, it's sad."
Broadcaster Muriel Gray, a former student and current chairwoman of the school, arrived and burst into tears when she saw the building in flames.
Ms Gray told BBC Scotland she was "heartbroken" to see the "most amazing building in Glasgow" go up in flames.
Speaking later, she added: "It has been a devastating day for everybody involved in Glasgow School of Art. We want to make it clear we are so grateful to the fire service. It's a very black day."
Asked how the building could be restored, Ms Gray said: "We don't know what's been destroyed. It's a waiting game."
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond said on Twitter: "Thoughts with staff & students at @GSofA - awful to see destruction of this iconic building and students work."
Austin Yuill, who works as a chef at the art school, told the BBC: "I've been moved two streets away from the Mackintosh building but before we left the place was completely ablaze all down the west side of the building.
"I'm told it started in the basement and it's worked its way all the way up through the five floors.
"As far as I know it started from a spark which has gone on to foam, expanding foam."
Asked how busy the art school was, he said: "It would be very busy because we're working up to the end-of-year assessments, so all the students were installing their work today all over the Mackintosh building. There are a lot of very upset students here."
He added: "Quite apart from it being voted the best building of the last 175 years, it is a major tourist draw and has an incredible reputation as an art school. This is really terrible."
Charles Rennie Mackintosh is lauded as Scotland's most influential architect and designer, with the art school building which bears his name considered by many to be his greatest masterpiece.
Mackintosh was a 28-year-old junior draughtsman at a Glasgow architecture firm when he drew up the designs for the building, which features distinctive heavy sandstone walls and large windows.
The dramatic art nouveau design took about 12 years to be completed, opening in 1909, but it signalled the birth of a new style in 20th Century European architecture.
The president of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, Iain Connelly, said the value of the building "goes well beyond Glasgow or even Scotland".
He added: "It is a work of architectural heritage of world renown and its influence on 20th century architecture is immeasurable. Scotland has seen the loss of an international treasure which reflects the genius of one of our greatest ever architects."
In recent years, Glasgow School of Art has produced many of the UK's leading contemporary artists such as Douglas Gordon and David Shrigley and three recent Turner Prize winners: Simon Starling in 2005, Richard Wright in 2009 and Martin Boyce in 2011.
Other former students include actors Robbie Coltrane and Peter Capaldi and artist Peter Howson.


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A vote of no confidence has been passed against the chief executive of Pembrokeshire council in a row over unlawful payments to senior officers.

Councillors agreed he should face disciplinary committee on the matter.
The vote followed a dispute over cash he received in lieu of pension contributions which the Wales Audit Office ruled as unlawful.
Council leader Jamie Adams survived an earlier vote of no confidence at the same extraordinary general meeting.
The vote on Mr Bryn Parry-Jones saw 46 councillors support the no-confidence motion with three supporting him and three abstentions.
After surviving his no-confidence vote, Mr Adams then led the charge against the chief executive at the meeting on Friday.
Twenty nine councillors had supported Mr Adams, with 20 voting against and one abstention.
Mr Adams surprised councillors at the meeting when he said he had no confidence in Mr Parry-Jones.
"There are elements of confidence I have in the chief executive and some concerns," he said.
"No individual can operate within this particular environment."
The public were then asked to leave while councillors discussed a motion about possible disciplinary action against Mr Parry-Jones.
They rejected a call to immediately suspend him by 26 votes to 22, before considering whether to set up a committee to consider the allegations against him.
The meeting voted to establish a 15-person committee to investigate issues relating to Mr Parry-Jones's conduct.
The disciplinary and investigations committee is likely to meet next week and will have the power to suspend the chief executive if it believes there are sufficient grounds.
The chair will also have the power to suspend the chief executive in an "emergency".
Mr Parry-Jones currently remains in post.
Earlier on Friday, Pembrokeshire council said there was nothing in its standing orders requiring a chief executive to resign if a no confidence motion being passed.
Local government expert Jeff Jones described the vote of no confidence as "symbolic".
He said that while the chief executive would be expected to consider his position, the role would have been designed so that he could not be forced to resign by councillors.
In a statement, the union Unison said: "It is a shame the councillors have taken so long. But at last, our members having taken the lead, they have acted appropriately. Long may this continue."
The matter revolves around an investigation by the Wales Audit Office which ruled Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire councils acted unlawfully by letting Mr Parry-Jones, another senior Pembrokeshire officer, and Carmarthenshire chief executive Mark James opt out of a pension scheme and receive cash payments instead to avoid potential tax payments.
An investigation by Gloucestershire Constabulary found no evidence to suggest any criminal offences, but another police inquiry has since been launched following the discovery of new information.
In July, Pembrokeshire council said it would take no further action to reclaim the money against Mr Parry-Jones and another unnamed senior officer involved.
Some staff have previously walked out in protest at Mr Parry-Jones remaining in post.
On 15 August, Mr Adams said the chief executive would take a "period of absence" in the "best interests of the authority".
It was revealed on Tuesday that Mr Parry-Jones was back on duty, but working from home.
Labour group leader Paul Miller has said he was unhappy with the way the matter was being handled, and has called for a formal suspension and disciplinary process for the chief executive.
Pembrokeshire council webcast Friday's meeting.


Just over a decade ago, Igor Stepanovs was the odd man out when the Latvian centre-back started the 2004 Belgian Cup final for Beveren alongside 10 African team-mates in a match billed as 'Brugge against Ivory Coast'.

Beveren, from the outskirts of Antwerp and since dissolved, was the partner of the Abidjan-based academy of Jean Marc Guillou and a staging ground into Europe for the likes of the Toure brothers, Emmanuel Eboue, Boubacar Barry, Arthur Boka and Gervinho.
The academy moved a myriad of players to Belgium and that final against Brugge marked the high point in the African invasion.
Belgium has always been a popular destination for African footballers but never as prolific as the days of Beveren - until now.
KV Oostende, based on the coast in West Flanders, are this season competing with nine Africans from nine different countries.
Led by their Cameroonian captain Sebastien Siani, who is a 28-year-old defensive midfielder, the club have on their books for the current campaign:
"We are a big family. The whole squad get along well with each other and the Africans are an integral part of it all," Loemba told De Standaard newspaper.
Two wins and a draw from their opening three games have placed Oostende joint-top of the table in the early stages of the new Pro League campaign.
This is the first time Oostende have earned a third successive season in the top flight in Belgium and the outlook of the cub has changed from survival to now proving to be competitive.
"Last season we also started well but then had a spectacular fall. Now we need to get rid of those periods where we lack productivity and bring more consistency to our game," said coach Yves Vanderhaeghe in a separate interview.
Jali, who runs the Bafana Bafana engine room, is the club's star player after his move 18 months ago from Orlando Pirates.
And Musona, who arrived after failing to make the grade in the Bundesliga, has been among the early season goals and is also proving a fans' favourite.
But Jali does not like the limelight. He said: "I'm no star and I don't pay much attention to all that. The only thing that counts for me is my football. It doesn't matter I'm playing barefoot in the veld or in a stadium in front of 40,000."
Akpala is another with Bundesliga experience as Oostende have grown their club budget almost double in the last two years and have been able to offer more enticing deals. He left Brugge for Werder Bremen three years ago but did not make it in Germany and also lost his place in the Nigeria team.
Akpala arrived along with another new striker in Gohi Bi, who has taken a 40% pay cut from his time at Anderlecht to get regular game time.
Antwerp-born Lukaku is eligible to play for the Democratic Republic of Congo because that is where his parents hail from, even though he is a Belgian youth international.
He is attempting to kick-start his career after emerging through the youth ranks at Anderlecht but failing make the grade.
"He worked very hard in the pre-season and I think we've been able to add self belief to his game," says Vanderhaeghe of Lukaku's potential.
Lukaku, who "feels African" and hints a DR Congo call-up would be of interest, said: "I have to work more on my statistics, assists and goals. I've got to get the ball more and carry it forward."
Gabon goalkeeper Ovono has become exceedingly popular with fans for his efforts at attempting to speak the local Flemish dialect. A local pub recently created a cocktail in his honour, made up of chocolate gin, rum, banana and brown sugar.


Pro12 champions Scarlets have confirmed the signing of Wales' youngest international Tom Prydie.

Full-back Prydie, 25, who was aged 18 and 25 days when he won his first cap against Italy in 2010, left Dragons in May.
Versatile back Geraint Rhys Jones rejoins after leaving the Dragons with wing Tom Grabham joining from Ospreys.
Wales Sevens player Morgan Williams, a utility back, will also link up with the region.
"They have experience of playing in the Pro12 and will add strength in depth to the backline," Scarlets general manager Jon Daniels said.
Scarlets had previously announced the signing of versatile back Paul Asquith from Australian club Western Sydney Rams.


Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove says the county's hopes of staging an Ashes Test match can only be boosted by Durham losing their Test ground status.

"With one less ground, you could say that the competition won't be quite as tough," Bransgrove told BBC Sport.
Durham's Test status was withdrawn on Monday as part of a series of sanctions over the county's financial problems.
They also included Durham's relegation from County Championship Division One, with Hampshire reinstated.
Hampshire's Ageas Bowl near Southampton is yet to stage an Ashes Test, whereas Durham's Riverside hosted one in 2013.
Its next chance to host an Ashes Test will come in 2023 after it was overlooked for the next series in 2019.
"There's a lot of very good grounds in the country and they all deserve plenty of opportunities," Bransgrove told BBC South Today.
"I've always felt that we've been more than unlucky in the allocation of international cricket in the past. This (the Ageas Bowl) is an amazing venue and everyone who visits here says so."
Hampshire last staged a Test match in 2014 when England beat India. This season, it hosted a T20 match against Sri Lanka and a one-day international against Pakistan.
"I don't have any bad feelings towards any of the other grounds at all," Bransgrove added. "Everyone is trying to do the same as what we're trying to do here, which is the best we can with our ground."


A gay Church of Ireland minister has said the church should stop focusing on the issue of human sexuality.

Reverend Tom Gordon, the Dean of Leighlin in County Carlow, was the first Anglican clergyman in Ireland to enter into a civil partnership.
The Republic of Ireland voting for same-sex marriage should show church leaders that their focus is wrong, he told Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence.
"We need to be getting on to talk about other things," he said.
"We need to be getting on to be talking about inequalities in society, of sort of more global issues.
"But we have in the Church of Ireland, and indeed in the Anglican communion, been almost exclusively focused in the public eye on this issue of human sexuality."
Last month, the Republic of Ireland voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum.
More than 62% voted in favour of amending the country's constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
Ireland is the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote.


Full-back Mathew Tait has signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers, after backing out of a deal to join Bayonne.

The 29-year-old agreed a summer move to the French side in January, but opted to pull out of the transfer following Bayonne's relegation from the Top 14.
Tait, capped 38 times by England, has been with Tigers since joining from Sale Sharks in 2011.
"Mat has enjoyed one of the most consistent seasons of his career this year," said boss Richard Cockerill
"He has played at the very highest levels of the game and has a lot of experience for a player still in his 20s. We look forward to his continued input as part of the senior core of the Leicester squad."
Tait began his career at Newcastle Falcons in 2004 and won his first international cap as an 18-year-old during the following year's Six Nations.
He played for England against Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday, but was not included in Stuart Lancaster's 50-man World Cup training squad.


Israel's former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who resigned from office in 2008 amid a corruption inquiry, has been found guilty in a bribery trial.

Olmert was convicted in what is known as the "Holyland affair" in which bribes were paid to speed up a luxury property development in Jerusalem.
He has already been cleared in several other corruption trials.
The 68-year-old former Kadima party leader had denied wrongdoing and had hinted at a political comeback.
The offences happened when Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem and subsequently a government minister.
Delivering the verdict in Tel Aviv on Monday, Judge David Rozen said the case "exposed governance that grew more corrupt and rotten over the years, with bribes paid to public officials," the Associated Press news agency reported.
Olmert succeeded Ariel Sharon as Prime Minister after the latter had a stroke in January 2006. He was mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.
In 2012 Olmert was cleared of two major corruption charges but convicted of illegally granting favours to a business friend during his time as trade and industry minister under Mr Sharon.
He was fined $19,000 and given a one-year suspended jail sentence.
The Holyland affair saw millions of dollars in bribes change hands in one of the biggest corruption scandals in Israel's history.
As prime minister, Olmert pursued peace talks with the Palestinians and made an extensive offer of land-for-peace in 2008. He also oversaw the 2006 war with Hezbollah in Lebanon but subsequently struggled with low approval ratings.


Walsall climbed out of the League One relegation zone with a win that condemned Millwall to a fourth-straight defeat.

Visiting midfielder Shaun Williams almost scored from inside his own half after 13 minutes as his audacious 60-yard free-kick caught out Walsall keeper Neil Etheridge but hit the bar.
The Saddlers capitalised on the let-off to go ahead after 17 minutes as top scorer Simeon Jackson lashed home Franck Moussa's knockdown for his fifth goal of the season.
Millwall, however, levelled midway through the first half as Fred Onyedinma headed home Mahlon Romeo's pinpoint cross from six yards out.
The Lions should have been in front eight minutes before the break but Byron Webster bulleted a header wide from eight yards.
But it was the hosts that regained the lead four minutes after the break as Moussa slammed home from a couple of yards out after Lions keeper Jordan Archer saved Jackson's near-post flick.
Millwall almost produced another immediate response but Etheridge denied the clean-through Lee Gregory and tipped over Williams' 20-yard follow-up.
The Lions pressed for a leveller but Steve Morison's near-post header flashed wide and Gregory was inches over with a 25-yard curler.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Walsall 2, Millwall 1.
Second Half ends, Walsall 2, Millwall 1.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
Adam Chambers (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Walsall. Andreas Makris replaces Simeon Jackson.
Substitution, Millwall. Jamie Philpot replaces Fred Onyedinma.
Attempt missed. Scott Laird (Walsall) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall).
James O'Connor (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Lee Gregory (Millwall) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right.
Foul by Mahlon Romeo (Millwall).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Walsall. Liam Kinsella replaces George Dobson.
Foul by Mahlon Romeo (Millwall).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Millwall. Gregg Wylde replaces Joe Martin.
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Byron Webster (Millwall) header from the centre of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Jason McCarthy.
Foul by Byron Webster (Millwall).
Neil Etheridge (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by James O'Connor.
Substitution, Millwall. Ben Thompson replaces Nadjim Abdou.
Shaun Williams (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kieron Morris (Walsall).
Substitution, Walsall. Maz Kouhyar replaces Franck Moussa.
Attempt missed. Lee Gregory (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Kevin Toner.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Adam Chambers.
Steve Morison (Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kevin Toner (Walsall).
Attempt blocked. Shaun Williams (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Lee Gregory (Millwall).
James O'Connor (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaun Williams (Millwall).
George Dobson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by George Dobson (Walsall).
Shaun Williams (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.


Lower oil prices have hit quarterly profits at both Royal Dutch Shell and Exxon Mobil, but the results were not as bad as expected.

Underlying first-quarter profits at Shell fell 56% from a year earlier to $3.2bn (£2.1bn), but analysts had expected profits of about $2.5bn.
Exxon Mobil reported a first-quarter profit of $4.9bn, down from $9.1bn last year, but this also beat forecasts.
Both firms saw improved profits at their refining businesses.
All oil companies have been affected by the sharp fall in the price of oil over the past year.
After peaking at about $115 a barrel in the summer of 2014, the price more than halved, although it has recovered slightly since the beginning of the year.
Earlier in the week, UK oil giant BP also reported a fall in underlying profits. However, as with Shell and Exxon, the fall was less than had been feared, with BP's refining business also helping to bolster its results.
Shell's downstream business, which includes refining, saw profits rise 68% from a year earlier to $2.65bn.
However, profits at the upstream business, which includes exploration and production, dived 88% to $657m.
Announcing Shell's first-quarter results, chief executive Ben van Beurden said: "Our results reflect the strength of our integrated business activities, against a backdrop of lower oil prices.
"In what is clearly a difficult industry environment, we continue to take steps to further improve competitive performance by redoubling our efforts to drive a sharper focus on the bottom line in Shell."
Shell said it had sold $2bn of assets so far this year. Including the proceeds of asset sales, Shell's first-quarter profits rose 7% to $4.76bn.
Earlier this month, Shell announced it had agreed to buy oil and gas exploration firm BG Group in a £47bn deal.
If approved, the deal would be one of the biggest of 2015 and create a company valued at more than £200bn.
The better-than-expected results pushed shares in Shell up by about 0.4% to 2059.5p.
Keith Bowman, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers, said: "Like rivals including BP, the fall in the oil price has proved to be something of a double-edged sword, with the earnings-impacted upstream operations being partly compensated for by the tailwind given to its downstream refining business.
"The group's integrated business model is again aiding performance, whilst management is taking clear action, including the launch of a takeover for BG Group, in order to boost prospects."
Revenues at Exxon Mobil dropped 36% from a year earlier to $67.6bn, even though production volumes were up by 2.3%.
Profits at Exxon's upstream division dropped 63.3% to $2.9bn. However, profits at the refining arm more than doubled to $1.7bn.
"Exxon Mobil's balanced portfolio delivered solid financial results in the quarter," said chief executive Rex W Tillerson.
"Regardless of current market conditions, we remain focused on business fundamentals and competitive advantages."
Last month, Exxon announced that it expected capital spending to reach $34bn in 2015, a 12% fall from last year.


More than 30 families have taken legal action against a hospital in north-west England for a catalogue of baby and maternal deaths and injuries.

They blame poor care and medical negligence at Furness General Hospital at Morecambe Bay in Cumbria.
Parents also allege that important reports were suppressed in the run-up to the local NHS trust achieving foundation trust status in March 2010.
The trust said there was "no denying" families were let down in the past.
The hospital is at the centre of the scandal which is now the subject of a number of investigations including a police inquiry.
Since June 2011, a team of 15 detectives have been investigating a number of deaths at the hospital.
Parents and NHS staff have been interviewed and the BBC understands that police are looking into the possibility of bringing corporate manslaughter charges against the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay Foundation NHS Trust.
James Titcombe, a nuclear engineer living near Barrow-in-Furness, told the BBC how he watched his son Joshua die at just nine days old in November 2008.
Mr Titcombe and his wife, Hoa, are one of five sets of parents to have settled their claim with the trust.
The coroner heard that midwives and medical staff made 10 serious errors that contributed to Joshua's death including a failure to detect and monitor the baby's infection and a failure to provide care before and after birth.
"We asked repeatedly if Joshua should have antibiotics and we were told 'No, he didn't'," said Mr Titcombe.
"He was wheezing and he wasn't feeding properly and my wife called the emergency bell because he was grunting.
"And every time we were told Joshua was fine and that there was nothing to worry about. At no stage was a doctor ever called."
Mr Titcombe described how and his wife watched helplessly as Joshua died from sepsis.
To make matters worse, Joshua's progress chart went missing, never to re-emerge and the coroner later said there was a suspicion that it may have been deliberately destroyed.
The government has announced an inquiry to be held in public and there are other investigations into two other NHS bodies in relation to Morecambe Bay.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) stands accused of hindering an investigation into parents' concerns, as well as allowing the trust to get foundation status despite allegations about the standards of the maternity services.
The Health Ombudsman is investigating allegations of poor supervision by the North West Strategic Health Authority.
One of the most serious allegations against the trust is that it suppressed the damning findings of an internal inquiry into maternity services led by nursing expert Dame Pauline Fielding. The report made wide-ranging criticisms.
The report described the team working as "dysfunctional in some parts of the maternity services" and that consultants were preoccupied with their own agendas possessing "little confidence in the clinical leadership" while the management had failed to "establish a common cultureâ€¦ within which good practice could flourish".
In February 2012, a separate report commissioned by the foundation trust's supervisory body, Monitor, also criticised managers.
In the report, the accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers said the trust lacked a "risk management culture", adding that some doctors who had voiced concerns over patient safety had felt ignored.
Dr John Ashton, currently director of public health for Cumbria, told the BBC that he had concerns about the management of the trust for some years.
"I was with a senior manager at Morecambe Bay when he was told about the death of neonatal baby some months after it had taken place," said Dr Ashton, who has recently been appointed as the next president of the Faculty of Public Health.
"It beggars belief that the trust kept the Fielding Report secret. If you've got weak clinical governance, that's a disaster waiting to happen.
"And I think it's quite clear that there's been weak clinical governance at Morecambe Bay for a long time and it wasn't being taken seriously at a board level."
Of the 37 cases of litigation, 23 were started in the past two years. These 23 cases involve nine baby deaths and eight cases of cerebral palsy. Since 2002, the legal cases have involved the deaths of 14 babies and two mothers.
The CQC said it would publish the findings of an inquiry into its alleged failings by accountants Grant Thornton. A spokesman for the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust said he could not comment on individual cases due to the police inquiry.
John Cowdall, trust chairman, said: "There is no denying that the trust has let women and their families down in the past and there are things that should have been done differently.
"Although we can't change the past, the new trust board is determined that we can learn from it and we will ensure we continue to do so.
"Due to the ongoing police investigation into the deaths of babies and mothers following care received at Furness General Hospital, it would be inappropriate to comment on individual cases. We will continue to co-operate fully and openly with the police."
"The new trust board is resolute in its determination that this trust will never let anyone down again in the way it did in the past, and we will not accept second best for our patients."


Leeds United have appointed Pep Clotet as head coach Garry Monk's assistant, while Darryl Flahavan has been appointed goalkeeping coach.

Clotet, 39, was also Monk's number two during his time in charge of Swansea.
The Spaniard, who has also coached in his homeland and Sweden, was linked with the head coach's job at Brentford last November.
Flahavan, 37, is taking up his first coaching position after spells with Southend and Bournemouth.


Archaeologists have uncovered a "very significant" Pictish fort after scaling a remote sea stack off the coast of Aberdeenshire.

The team from the University of Aberdeen believe the ancient remains could be one of many along the coast south of Stonehaven.
It is the first time an official excavation has been carried out there.
Pictish symbol stones were said to be found on the Dunnicaer sea stack by locals in the 19th Century.
Until this latest discovery, it was unclear whether the site held other historical remains.
The Aberdeen team believe they have found the remains of a house, a fireplace and ramparts.
Lead archaeologist Dr Gordon Noble said it could be the precursor to Dunnotter Castle, the remains of which lie a quarter of a mile south of the site.
He explained: "We've opened a few trenches so far. This is the site where, in the 19th Century, they found six Pictish stones when a group of youths from Stonehaven came up the sea stack.
"Here we've got clear evidence of people living on the sea stack at least for part of the year. Certainly people are living here for long enough to create this really nice well-constructed hearth and these lovely floor layers."
The remote location meant the archaeologists needed the assistance of a specialist just to reach the site.
Their climbing guide was Duncan Paterson.
He said: "Considering the team themselves had never been on a rope, never been on a harness let alone put a helmet on or climbed up slopes like this - it was a big challenge."
"We had tide times to consider. We've got a bit of grassy slope, this conglomerate and mud and turf to deal with.
"So a big challenge."
The team will continue to dig until the weekend.


Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez has been banned from bowling in international cricket for a second time after his action was again judged to be illegal.

The 34-year-old, who was previously suspended in November 2014, will not be allowed to bowl for 12 months.
Hafeez was reported by match officials following his country's first Test win over Sri Lanka in Galle last month.
The spinner can appeal against any procedural aspect of the assessment leading to his suspension.
Hafeez was previously banned following the first Test win against New Zealand but, following work on his action, he was reassessed and permitted to resume bowling in April.
Because this is the second time Hafeez's action has been deemed illegal within a two-year period he incurs an automatic suspension in international cricket for 12 months.
Last Saturday, Hafeez was the star performer for Pakistan, taking four for 41 and scoring 103 to help Pakistan take a 1-0 lead in their five-match one-day international series against Sri Lanka.
Hafeez has taken 52 wickets in 44 Tests at an average of 33.90 and has 129 one-day wickets at 34.87.


The former president of the European Commission says he "used blackmail" to persuade members to put forward female candidates as commissioners.

Jose-Manuel Barroso was speaking, in a jovial mood, to a mainly female audience at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
He said he told prime ministers their country would get fewer important commissioner roles unless they proposed a woman for the job.
"I needed women," he said.
A third of Commissioners must be female.
Mr Barroso said his intervention worked: "That's the power of the president of Commission - to choose the portfolio".
He outlined the punishment awaiting those who did not take the hint.
If a country proposed a man, instead of offering them oversight of financial markets, competition, energy, or economic affairs, he would offer them a less important position, such as sport.
Gordon Brown was one prime minister he had to persuade to propose a woman instead of a man, pressure that resulted in Baroness Ashton becoming trade commissioner.
"I told Gordon Brown 'I need a woman because I will not make my quota'," he said, before stressing that Ms Ashton was a very talented candidate and did not get the job just because of her gender.
Mr Barroso was part of a panel of speakers discussing a report examining why there were so few women in parliaments around the world. On average, the report said, just one in five elected politicians are women.
Rwanda was a notable exception as its parliament has a majority of female MPs.
Cherie Blair, lawyer and wife of the former British prime minister Tony Blair, was also part of the panel.
She said that it was important to change the culture and that quotas were a good start.
"Yes, they're a short term, quick fix, but we should stop apologising for them," she said, before adding that it wasn't just about women, but about men and how they are viewed, said Mrs Blair, who stood for parliament in 1983.
To much amusement she also relayed a story about Tony Blair being the "politician's spouse".
"The ultimate humiliation... we had to talk to my agent about the forthcoming election campaign. At the end of the lunch the agent's wife said to Tony: 'I think we should leave them to talk business. Would you mind coming and helping with the washing up?''


Members of the Guarani-Kaiowa indigenous community in western Brazil say they have come under attack from local farmers.

A group of armed men in about 30 vehicles drove onto their land in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul and began to shoot randomly, they reported.
They said they had to run for their lives and hide in a nearby forest.
Tension has been high since an indigenous leader was killed during a land occupation protest a week ago.
Federal troops have been sent to the area to try to restore order.
Prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations that local farmers have set up a militia to fight the indigenous groups in Mato Grosso do Sul.
The latest reported incident took place in the municipality of Douradina.
The attack happened on Thursday afternoon but has only now been reported.
"They came in and began to shoot everywhere," said indigenous leader Ezequiel Guyra Kambi'y.
"Our warriors began to pull back, but they kept pushing, driving towards us and shooting. We had to run away and hide in the forest."
The farmers returned in the evening and fired more than 50 shots, he added.
The violence started when about 1,000 Guarani-Kaiowa occupied five ranches on 22 August, taking hostages who were later released.
A week ago, indigenous leader Semiao Vilhalva was killed when farmers tried to retake the ranches.
The tribe says those are their ancestral lands, which had been stolen.
The Brazilian Indigenous Agency (Funai) has already designated the area as an indigenous territory, but farmers got an injunction earlier this year suspending the process.
The state of Mato Grosso do Sul is a major cattle raising and soya producing area and has a long history of clashes between indigenous communities and farmers.
Many Guarani are forced to live in overcrowded reserves or in makeshift camps on the roadside where malnutrition, disease and suicide are high.


He's not a player or an umpire, but without Luca the Wimbledon Men's Final won't happen...

16 July 2017 Last updated at 12:01 BST
Why not? Because he's the person in charge of the coin toss.
That's how the finalists decide who serves first.
Heads or tails? Watch this...


Floyd Mayweather will face Andre Berto on 12 September as he attempts to match Rocky Marciano's record of 49 successive victories.

Former welterweight champion Berto has 30 wins and three losses before his bout with his fellow American.
"Promise you this - I'm gonna be as ready as I've ever been. Don't act surprised on 9/12," tweeted Berto, 31.
Britain's Amir Khan had hoped for a September bout with Mayweather, 38, after beating Chris Algieri in June.
Khan thought he was "closer than ever" to securing a meeting with the sport's pound-for-pound king after his success over American fighter Algieri and Mayweather's own points defeat of Manny Pacquiao in their lucrative meeting in May.
However Mayweather has instead opted for an opponent who has lost three of his last six fights, with Berto suffering reverses to Victor Ortiz and Robert Guerro - both of whom have also been beaten by Mayweather - as well as Jesus Soto.
"I always bring my A-game and this fight against Andre Berto is no exception," said Mayweather.
"He's a young, strong fighter who is hungry to take down the best - 48 have tried before and on 12 September, I'm going to make it 49."
If he wins, Mayweather's record will equal that of legendary 1950s American heavyweight Marciano, who retired from the sport without suffering a professional defeat.
Mayweather's meeting with Berto will be the final bout in a six-fight deal he agreed with American broadcaster Showtime in February 2013.
Mayweather previously claimed his 49th fight would be the last before he retires while his father and trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr claimed in July that his son wanted a "couple of easy fights" with which to finish his career.