England need to "right the wrongs" of their defeat by New Zealand when they face Australia in their final Quad Series game, says captain Ama Agbeze.

The Roses were comprehensively beaten 61-37 by the Silver Ferns on Thursday.
Agbeze, 34, says England need to "focus on themselves" and cut out the "silly errors" when they meet the world champions at Wembley Arena on Sunday.
"New Zealand played well, but we beat ourselves," said Agbeze. "We are eager to see if we can finish on a high."
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England beat South Africa 60-55 in their opening match, but struggled against the physicality of New Zealand, who converted 61 of their 66 shots compared to the hosts' 37 from 49.
"There was a heavy mood after the New Zealand game," Agbeze told BBC Sport.
"We need to execute our gameplan. There were silly errors and we did not capitalise on the possession we had."
Sunday's game, which is live on BBC Two from 13:00 GMT, is England's last until the summer.
"We need to play well, irrespective of how they do," said Agbeze. "We have the ability to beat them, but it depends on if we can consistently do the necessary things.
"We need to focus on ourselves, be patient and calm and build consistency."


A British man killed in the Paris attacks has been described as "clever" and "having a lot of charm".

Nick Alexander, 36, of Colchester in Essex, was killed on Friday at the Bataclan concert hall, where he was selling band merchandise.
The director of Colchester Arts Centre, where he used to run a club night, said his death was "desperately sad".
France's Tricolore flag has now been raised to fly at half-mast over the town hall in Mr Alexander's memory.
More than 80 people are believed to have died at the Bataclan concert hall, one of the locations targeted as gunmen and suicide bombers carried out attacks.
The US band Eagles of Death Metal were playing a gig when attackers burst into the venue and opened fire, but the band themselves survived unscathed.
IS militants have claimed responsibility for the attacks.
The centre's Anthony Roberts said the former Colchester Royal Grammar School pupil ran the monthly Club Svelte night at the venue about 15 years ago and was "well-known" in the town.
"Nick came to us as a very young guy with the idea of running a club night - like a lot of young people did - but there was something about his personality and energy," he said.
"He was the creator, instigator, DJ and the personality of the club night.
"He was a particularly lively and driven character and had a lot of charm, but could back it up by being clever."
Mr Roberts said the night, which ran for about two years, regularly attracted a sell-out crowd of 400 people.
A tribute night called Peace, Love and Understanding is to be held at the centre at a later date so the "community where he was loved and grew up" can celebrate his life, Mr Roberts added.
Mr Alexander, who went to university in Liverpool, had been selling merchandise for the Eagles of Death Metal when he was killed and had previously toured with a number of acts.
They included the Africa Express music project, founded by Blur's Damon Albarn and writer and campaigner Ian Birrell.
The project's director Stephen Budd, who is co-chairman of the Music Managers' Forum, said Mr Alexander joined them on the UK tour in 2012  and was a "complete music enthusiast", who had also worked for the Black Keys.
"He was one of life's good guys," he said.
"It was a not-for-profit project and he gave us a massively reduced rate.
"He was just a charming, sweet, enthusiastic guy.
"I've been to the Bataclan many times - they treated artists so well - it brings it home to you when you know a place and you know the people killed there."
Musician Yusuf Islam, commonly known by his former stage name Cat Stevens, tweeted that Mr Alexander worked as his tour merchandiser last year.
"Sending love and condolences to his family," he wrote.
Joe Trohman, lead guitarist of the rock band Fall Out Boy also paid tribute to Mr Alexander on social media, describing him as a "great guy".
In a statement released on Saturday evening, Mr Alexander's family said: "Nick died doing the job he loved. Peace and light."
Colchester Borough Council leader Paul Smith said the flag had been raised over the town hall as a "mark of solidarity" with the French people and would fly for the next three days.
"Our thoughts naturally go out to all of those whose lives have been tragically affected and altered by these terrible events, and in particular to the family and friends of Colchester citizen Nick Alexander," he said.
The Bishop of Chelmsford Stephen Cottrell said he had sent a message to the family of Mr Alexander, who was an altar boy at St Andrew's parish church in Weeley.
"We are standing alongside you in your grief and praying for you in your loss," he told them.
The tributes to Mr Alexander come as a British survivor of the Bataclan attack described how he lay on his girlfriend as people were shot dead around them.
Michael O'Connor, from South Tyneside, said the scene inside the concert venue was "like a slaughterhouse" and feared he was going to die.
On Saturday night, several buildings across England were lit up in blue, white and red as a mark of respect, including Tower Bridge, the London Eye and Blackpool Tower, while the words "je suis Paris" were projected on to the River Wear.
Hundreds of people attended candlelit vigils in Manchester and Birmingham on Sunday evening to remember those killed in the attacks.
In London, people holding candles created a ring around City Hall as part of an inter-faith event organised by Citizens UK.
Flags have also been flown at half-mast at all public buildings on the island of Jersey, 12 miles (19km) from France, with many of its buildings illuminated.


The Co-operative Group has made headlines over the resignation of its chairman, a film of its former banking head allegedly buying drugs and a rescue deal handing 70% ownership to private investors.

But what exactly is the co-operative movement and will it be possible to maintain the spirit of the group through all the changes?
What is the co-operative movement?
The history of the co-operative movement in Britain can be traced to the north of England in the mid-19th Century, when co-operative consumer societies flourished in the region.
These groups were owned by their members - usually small retailers who sold a variety of goods in their local communities - who came together because they wanted to combine their buying power.
The Co-operative Wholesale Society formed in 1863. It has come to be called the Co-operative Group, and is the flagship organisation in the co-operative movement.
Gillian Lonergan, head of heritage resources at the Co-operative Heritage Trust, says that in the 19th Century there were as many as 1,000 co-operative societies in Britain.
The Co-operative Group started out selling wholesale foods and other goods to its members.
"It expanded to manufacturing and its first products were biscuits and boots," Ms Lonergan says.
Soon, a division for loans and deposits developed. Founded in 1872, this part of the group turned into what is now called the Co-operative Bank.
Then, in 1917 the Co-operative Party was formed. It represents the political arm of the co-operative movement and has been a sister party of Labour since 1927.
Although the banking business has been in the news lately, for most of the Co-operative Group's history, banking was only one of many businesses it operated.
What businesses does the Co-operative Group run?
Today, the Co-operative Group has important food, pharmacy, funeral provider, insurance, electrical, travel and legal businesses, in addition to the bank.
It is the largest "mutual" business in the UK, owned by its more than seven million customers and members.
The grocer, called the Co-operative Food, is the fifth-largest food retail business in the UK.
The Co-operative Group is also the biggest funeral provider and owns the country's third-largest chain of pharmacies.
According to its website, the Co-operative Group runs 4,800 retail points, employs more than 100,000 people and has an annual turnover of more than £13bn.
The Co-operative Bank is part of the group.
In the beginning, the banking division gave loans to and held deposits for members only, but soon expanded its services to operate much like a bank.
The Co-operative Bank was not registered as a company until 1971.
It joined the Committee of London Clearing Banks in 1975 and was then able to perform services such as issuing and cashing cheques to individual customers.
The last decade has seen a period of rapid expansion for the Co-operative Bank.
In 2002, it brought together its banking and insurance branches and in 2009, it merged with the Britannia building society - a move that many analysts say has been nothing short of disastrous for the group.
It also tried to buy hundreds of bank branches from Lloyds in 2012, but that deal never went through.
In November, a group of private investors had to rescue the bank with a capital injection of nearly £1bn. The investors now have a 70% stake, leaving just 30% ownership for its customers.
What is the Co-operative Party?
The political arm of the co-operative movement is called the Co-operative Party.
The Co-operative Party receives much of its funding from the Co-operative Group - £1m in 2012, according to the Electoral Commission - but the group donates money directly to Labour as well.
In the current parliament, there are 32 MPs who stand on a joint Labour-Co-operative Party platform.
Among them is shadow chancellor Ed Balls, who received a donation of £50,000 from the Co-operative Party in March 2012.
According to the Electoral Commission's website, the Co-operative Group donated £62,000 to Labour in 2012.
The commission also says Labour has a number of outstanding loans from the Co-operative Bank.
The loans come to a total of £1,363,500, although the commission does not say how much has been repaid.
The Co-operative Party says it is also represented in the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh national assembly, as well as on more than 350 local councils.
What troubles is the Co-operative Bank facing?
The Co-operative Bank has been mired in deep financial trouble, stemming from the merger with the Britannia building society in 2009.
The bank sustained huge losses - it had to write off about £500m of bad loans, and lost even more money on an expensive IT project.
It was eventually left with a £1.5bn capital shortfall.
In November, it announced that a group of private investors, made up mostly of hedge funds, would inject nearly £1bn into the bank for a 70% ownership stake.
Peter Hunt, chief executive of Mutuo, says it is regrettable that the bank had to accept such a deal, but rules in the UK prevent the bank from raising capital from its own customers.
"The whole point is that [mutuals] raise capital slowly," Mr Hunt says. "But it means they can't really respond to losses."
The Co-operative Bank's poor financial health was discovered in 2012, when it was trying to acquire more than 600 branches from Lloyds - a deal that never went through.
What are the allegations against its former banking boss?
Just as the Co-operative Bank started moving ahead after the announcement of the rescue deal, it was revealed that its former boss, Rev Paul Flowers, was filmed allegedly buying drugs.
The chairman of the Co-operative Group, Len Wardle, resigned on Tuesday, days after the video of Mr Flowers emerged in the Mail on Sunday.
Questions have been raised over whether Mr Flowers, who took over after the 2009 merger with Britannia, was an appropriate leader for the large bank, especially since he did not have prior experience in banking.
Rev Flowers served as a minister in the Methodist church for more than 40 years and was a Labour councillor on Bradford's city council, and rose through the ranks of the Co-operative Group before joining its board in 2008.
What next for the Co-operative Bank?
In light of the allegations against Mr Flowers, the Co-operative Group has launched a fact-finding investigation into what happened and is reviewing its group structure, "because we need to modernise to make sure the interests of all members are properly represented".
Meanwhile, the Treasury Committee is holding an inquiry into the so-called Project Verde - the attempt to sell 632 Lloyds branches and how the Co-operative Bank's bid for them collapsed.
Former Co-operative Bank executives, including Mr Flowers, are expected to testify before the committee.
It is also expected that former financial regulators will be questioned about how Mr Flowers was vetted for the post to head the Co-operative Bank and why it was decided he had the appropriate experience for the role.
Mutuo's Mr Hunt says: "It's important to learn whatever lessons can be learned from all of this. It's possible we're talking about one unusual individual.
"But if we're talking about less qualified people becoming heads of banking boards - which is what some people are suggesting - then it's quite right for people to take a second look.
"[Co-operative Bank] still has many difficult months ahead. I think it's already taken a lot of the steps it needs to take to strengthen the business.
"I'd like to think they're on the right track."


More than 100 households were evicted every day from rented homes in England last year, the latest figures show.

Some 39,723 homes were repossessed by bailiffs in the 12 months to September 2016 - equivalent to 108 per day, Ministry of Justice data says.
It adds that 137,773 renting households are at risk of losing their homes.
Homelessness charity Shelter blamed benefit cuts and affordable housing shortages, but the government said reasons for evictions were complex.
Although the number of households evicted has dipped slightly since the peak of 42,054 in 2015, Shelter says the statistics are still very worrying.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of Shelter, said: "The news that tens of thousands of renters have been evicted from their homes in the last year is a sobering reminder of the impact of welfare cuts and the severe lack of affordable homes.
"Our deepening housing crisis means that over 120,000 children will wake up homeless this Christmas, and sadly this shows that not far behind them are many more families still desperately fighting to stay in their home.
"Our helpline advisers can make the difference between a family losing their home and keeping it, but we are finding it increasingly tough to keep up with soaring demand."
The majority of claims for home repossession in the year to September 2016 were from social landlords, at 60%, while 15% were by private landlords.
The remaining 25% of claims were made under the accelerated procedure, which can be used by both private and social landlords in certain circumstances.
A government official said: "The latest figures show that all stages of landlord repossessions have gone down compared to the last quarter.
"We are committed to building the homes this country needs and have doubled the housing budget to Â£8bn to build 400,000 more affordable homes.
"The reasons for repossessions can be complex, so to link it to welfare reform is misleading.
"Our reforms are incentivising work and restoring fairness to the system, and we continue to spend over Â£90bn a year supporting working age people who are out of work, disabled or a carer, bringing up a family or on a low income."
But Shelter said social sector evictions had risen in conjunction with the introduction of the bedroom tax and that homelessness acceptances, caused by the loss of private tenancy, have soared since cuts were made to the amount of housing benefit people receive.
Chris Town, vice chairman of the Residential Landlords Association, said landlords did not spend their time looking for ways of evicting tenants.
"Seeking to regain possession of a property can be a long and stressful process for both tenants and landlords. Landlords will usually only ever seek possession for a few reasons - either tenants who are not paying their rent or committing anti-social behaviour, the landlord wants to renovate a property, or wants to sell."
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The aid agency Oxfam has accused UK ministers of "denial and disarray" over an agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, which could be used in Yemen.

The Saudi-backed Yemeni government is fighting against Shia rebels.
The UK government has faced repeated calls to ban weapons sales to Saudi Arabia amid concerns over international humanitarian law breaches in that war.
A government spokeswoman said it was satisfied the Saudi deals complied with the UK's "export licensing criteria".
Oxfam says the UK has switched from being an "enthusiastic backer" of the Arms Trade Treaty to "one of the most significant violators".
The treaty sets international standards for the trade in conventional arms and seeks to prevent illegal arms trading.
Governments who sign up to it - such as the UK - are expected to review arms export contracts to ensure the weapons do not violate existing arms embargoes, will not be used for war crimes, human rights abuses or organised crime and will not be diverted for illegal use.
Oxfam will use the second conference of states party to the treaty in Geneva on Tuesday to criticise the government's position on sales to Saudi Arabia.
Last year the British government approved more than £3bn worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The United States approved £4bn worth and France almost £14bn.
Worldwide, the weapons trade is believed to be worth worth £1.3tn annually.
Competing forces are fighting for control of Yemen, in a power struggle with serious implications not just for the region, but the security of the West.
The battles are between several different groups, with the main fighting between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis, who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February 2015.
But Yemen's security forces themselves have split loyalties, with some backing Mr Hadi, and others the Houthis and Mr Hadi's predecessor - the still-influential Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Meanwhile, both President Hadi and the Houthis are opposed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
And the emergence in late 2014 of a Yemen affiliate of the jihadist group Islamic State, which seeks to eclipse AQAP, has further complicated the deadly ongoing scenario.
Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom?
Penny Lawrence, deputy chief executive of Oxfam GB, will say that UK arms and military support are fuelling a "brutal war in Yemen, harming the very people the Arms Trade Treaty is designed to protect".
She will add: "Schools, hospitals and homes have been bombed in contravention of the rules of war.
"The UK government is in denial and disarray over its arms sales to the Saudi-led coalition bombing campaign in Yemen.
"It has misled its own parliament about its oversight of arms sales and its international credibility is in jeopardy as it commits to action on paper but does the opposite in reality."
She will also ask how the government can insist that other nations abide by a treaty it helped set up "if it flagrantly ignores it?".
A British government spokeswoman said it took its arms export responsibilities "very seriously" and operates one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world.
"The government is satisfied that extant licences for Saudi Arabia are compliant with the UK's export licensing criteria.
"The key test for our continued arms exports to Saudi Arabia in relation to international humanitarian law (IHL) is whether there is a clear risk that those weapons might be used in a serious violation of IHL.
"The situation is kept under careful and continual review."


Britain's Heather Watson fought back from a set down to advance to the second round of qualifying for the French Open.

The 25-year-old beat Russian Anastasiya Komardina 3-6 7-5 6-1 and must now win two more matches to reach the first round proper.
Komardina, 19, received treatment for blisters in the third set but the world number 172 was not able to recover.
The British number two won in two hours 10 minutes in Paris.
Earlier on Tuesday, British number three Naomi Broady lost in straight sets to Switzerland's Jil Teichmann.
The world number 121 was beaten 6-4 6-2 by Teichmann, who is ranked 32 places below the 27-year-old.
Tara Moore, the British number four, plays Chang Kai-chen on Wednesday.
The first round proper at Roland Garros gets under way next week.
Elsewhere, British number two Kyle Edmund battled through the first round of the Lyon Open with a 2-6 6-4 6-1 victory over Brazilian Thiago Monteiro.
He faces home favourite and world number 32 Gilles Simon in the second round.


Malta has seen its fair share of battles over the centuries, most famously in the ferocious fighting against the Nazis during World War Two.

Now its skies are a battleground once more - but this time between conservationists and hunters, over whether wild birds should be shot in spring.
"My shotgun is part of my life."
Reggie Calleja has been hunting birds in Malta for 58 years. For the last 43 of them, he has owned the same shotgun.
"I keep it in showroom condition," he says, cradling the gleaming wood and metal.
But the 65-year-old retiree may soon have to pack his beloved gun away more often, if Malta's referendum on Saturday bans the hunting of birds in the spring.
Some 45,000 Maltese signed a petition last year, triggering a vote on whether to close the spring hunting season, which runs from the middle to the end of April.
A second season in autumn is not included in the referendum.
Malta is the only EU country that allows recreational spring hunting.
The European Union's Birds Directive, which regulates the hunting of birds across the EU, makes two exceptions for Malta, allowing people to hunt turtle doves and quail in the spring, under strict regulations.
But conservationists say the hunting season is abused by some hunters through the illegal shooting of other, protected species.
They also want the season permanently banned because it takes place during a crucial migration period for both species of hunted birds, as they pass over Malta into Europe.
Birdlife Malta conservation group says turtle dove numbers have declined 77% since 1980.
So this is a tense issue on the island, an uncomfortable clash between conservationists and those who say a Maltese tradition is at stake.
"This is something that really gets me in my heart, because for me I'm losing... what my father taught me about hunting," Reggie says.
"Spring hunting should be allowed in Malta because it's a traditional way of living."
Reggie says that he has not shot any birds for two years, because the numbers of turtle doves in particular have severely dropped owing to a loss of habitat on the Libyan coast.
The birds are finding alternate routes into Europe, rarely crossing over Malta, he says.
Reggie has a straightforward message for those who think killing wild birds is cruel. "I'm sure they eat chicken, they eat rabbits.
"You have to kill to eat. What we hunt, we eat. We don't throw it away."
A ruling by the European Court of Justice in 2009 found that Malta had been in breach of EU law by allowing spring hunting, because it had failed to fulfil its obligations under the Birds Directive.
But since then, successive Maltese governments have developed legislation to make sure it can continue.
This matter has been taken up abroad, with Britons such as conservationists Chris Packham, Bill Oddie and even Queen guitarist Brian May calling for this hunting season to be stopped.
Conservationists from Germany have also visited Malta to protest against it.
The Maltese campaign against this hunting season is called Spring Hunting Out (SHout).
Spokeswoman Moira Delia, a TV presenter, says Malta is the first island that birds cross when travelling from Africa to northern parts of Europe, before they continue their journey to breed.
"We are saying no to the killing of breeding birds, which is common sense, really."
She raises a common argument against the hunters - that they dominate the restricted amount of open space on the island.
"We never manage to walk freely and use what's left of our countryside. We come across these vulgar and very intimidating men, armed, who shout at us and send us home.
"The hunters have taken over."
Mark Mifsud Bonnici is president of St Hubert Hunters, a union with 1,000 members.
He says hunters take out their guns for about 19 half-days in spring because while there are 32 species which can be hunted in autumn, turtle doves and quail are only seen in spring, during their migration pattern.
"The bad publicity we get is definitely not related to reality. If there's 10,000 people shooting here and they're all doing illegal things, we wouldn't see one bird flying over Malta."
He says illegal hunters should not be allowed a licence, but that incidents of protected birds being shot are now "practically nothing".
He denies that hunters intimidate people in the countryside.
"We've been living in this country - which is practically the most overcrowded place on Earth - in peace and harmony for all these years.
"What's changed suddenly? Has something gone wrong where hunters are now the scourge of the Maltese population?"
Wounded birds that are not collected by hunters often end up in the hands of Birdlife Malta.
Conservation manager Nik Barbara says the number of illegally-shot birds it deals with has "slightly improved" in recent years, but that the damage done is often catastrophic.
"A shotgun does quite a lot of damage, especially at close range - it practically blasts everything off.
"The most common injuries we get are to the wings. Unfortunately most of the cases end up having to be euthanised."


Police have said they have been made aware a large group of youths intend to gather at Finaghy halt train station in south Belfast on Saturday night.

"Whilst we want everyone to enjoy their weekend we are asking these youths to stay away from the area," police said on their west Belfast Facebook page.
They said they were concerned by a large gathering close to train lines.
"Police will be on patrol and we will deal robustly with anyone caught breaking the law," they added.
"We would also ask parents to ensure they know where their children are."


A four-year-old boy has died in a farming accident in County Mayo in the Republic of Ireland.

He was fatally injured after he was hit by a trailer on a farm at Ballinaboy, near Belmullet.
It happened shortly before 21:00 BST on Wednesday.
Police said the incident was being treated as a tragic accident.


Welshman Chaz Davies completed an impressive double at Imola to underline his position as the main challenger to World Superbikes champion Jonathan Rea.

Davies won Sunday's second race ahead of runner-up Rea of Northern Ireland, with England's Tom Sykes in third.
It was the same 1-2-3 in Saturday's first race at the Italian circuit.
Rea, who has been on the podium in all 10 races so far, heads the WSB standings on 221, but Davies has narrowed the gap to 35 points.
Huddersfield's Sykes is third on 154 points in the championship which now heads to Sepang in Malaysia for round six.
It was a second double of the year for Ducati rider Davies as he won both races of the third round at Aragon.
The 29-year-old led from start to finish to come home 4.262 seconds ahead of Rea.


A Spanish judge has summoned the youngest daughter of King Juan Carlos to appear in court over accusations of fraud and money-laundering.

The Infanta Cristina, 48, has been linked to the business affairs of her husband, Inaki Urdangarin, who is being investigated for alleged embezzlement.
The princess is now a formal suspect and should appear in court on 8 March.
By Tom BurridgeBBC News, Madrid
Throughout this long-running, and very public scandal, Spain's royal household has always tried to draw a line between direct members of the royal family and the scandal surrounding the king's son-in-law, Cristina's husband. That will now be a lot more difficult.
The princess did not have to appear last year in court because state lawyers appealed against the summons, and the regional court of Mallorca, which is managing the case, judged that the evidence linking Cristina to her husband's business dealings was insufficient. However preventing her appearance for a second time could prove much harder.
The year has not started well for King Juan Carlos. An opinion poll on Sunday suggested that 62% of Spaniards would like to see him abdicate, and the following day his advanced age and ill-health showed as he struggled to make a speech at an annual military event.
It is believed to be the first time a direct relative of the king will appear in court accused of wrongdoing.
Palma de Mallorca court judge Jose Castro ordered the princess to appear for questioning about her partnership with Mr Urdangarin in a firm called Aizoon.
Last year, properties belonging to her husband were impounded after allegations that Mr Urdangarin, the Duke of Palma, misused millions of euros in public funds given to a charitable foundation he ran.
The duke denied wrongdoing and was not charged with any crime.
One of the properties impounded is a large luxury house on the outskirts of Barcelona belonging to the duke and the princess, who currently lives in the Swiss city of Geneva.
The Infanta Cristina is the king's middle child. She has an elder sister, Infanta Elena, and a younger brother, Crown Prince Felipe, the heir apparent.
Judge Castro issued the summons despite objections from the anti-corruption prosecutor in the Balearic Islands, Pedro Horrach, who said he saw no evidence linking the princess to her husband's alleged wrongdoing, the Spanish newspaper El Pais reports.
When Judge Castro first tried to summon the princess last April, the bid was blocked by the provincial court in Palma de Mallorca.
On that occasion, she would have been questioned over the non-profit Noos Institute, which her husband had headed. The charitable foundation had received millions of euros in public funds, which were then allegedly embezzled.
The new court summons relates to Aizoon, a company which investigators suspect served as a front for laundering the embezzled funds.
The events are alleged to have happened between 2004 and 2006, when the duke stepped down as head of Noos.
Spanish journalist Miguel Anxo Murado told BBC World Service there was a sense of satisfaction among Spaniards at the way the case was being handled.
"Most people will tell you that they felt more relieved than shocked and this includes even people who are sympathetic to the royal family," he said.
"And this is because we had come to the point at which the issue was no longer whether the princess was guilty of anything but actually whether justice is the same for everybody in Spain.  And this will probably calm things down a little bit. Whether it will be sufficient for many people in this environment of economic crisis, well that remains to be seen."
Responding to Tuesday's announcement, the royal household said it had "maximum respect for judicial decisions".
News that the princess is now a formal suspect comes amid a decline in popularity for the Spanish king, 76, whose image was dented by a luxury elephant-hunting trip he made to Africa in 2012.
On Monday, he presided over a military parade on crutches at Madrid's royal palace, having recently undergone hip replacement surgery.
An opinion poll published on Sunday suggested that 62% of Spaniards wanted him to abdicate and fewer than half supported the monarchy in general.
However, the same Sigma Dos poll for El Mundo newspaper also indicated that a majority supported Crown Prince Felipe and believed he could restore the family's prestige.
Juan Carlos became king in 1975, when he oversaw the country's transition from dictatorship under the late Gen Francisco Franco to democracy.


Mexican Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez will meet Gennady Golovkin in a Las Vegas super-fight after easing to a points win over compatriot Julio Chavez Jr.

Kazakh Golovkin was ringside as Alvarez won 120-108 on all three scorecards.
Alvarez, 26, announced his next fight immediately, with promoter Oscar De La Hoya confirming the bout is "signed, sealed and delivered" for 16 September.
Golovkin will put his WBA, WBC and IBF middleweight titles on the line against the WBO light-middleweight champion.
The Kazakh has won all 37 of his fights with 33 by knockout, while Alvarez has just one defeat against Floyd Mayweather on his record in a 51-fight career.
"I feel excited to be part of this big drama show," said Golovkin, 35.
Six-time world champion Sugar Ray Leonard said he expects "one hell of a fight" when the pair meet.
There was no title on the line at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas as Alvarez stepped up in weight to fight the much bigger Chavez at a catchweight of 164lbs.
He dominated to win every round, landing 228 punches to just 71 for Chavez, who was booed at times.
Alvarez, who had his first professional fight aged 15, stayed standing between every round and showed accuracy with his jab throughout, adding eye-catching combinations.
"I showed I can move, box and do all those things against a fighter who was bigger," Alvarez said. "He wouldn't throw punches."
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A spokeswoman for Forth Ports has called the planned Grangemouth strike "unjustified".

The comments were made in a statement the day after the BBC reported workers at Scotland's largest container port are set to go on strike on Tuesday in a row over rotas and pay.
The spokeswoman insisted changes to shift patterns were needed to reflect the needs of customers.
But the Unite union has said the new rotas amount to a "de facto pay cut".
A spokesman for the Port of Grangemouth said: "The strike action proposed by Unite the union is unjustified.
"We are proposing alterations to shift patterns in response to the changing needs of our customers, whose vessels call at the port seven days a week.
"Our staff and their union accepted the need for such flexibility, and that shift patterns may require to change in the future, when this element of their employment contracts was agreed in 2011.
She added: "We have decided to close the port's quayside container operations from midnight on Monday 14th March. All other operations at the port will remain open.
"We sincerely hope that our staff, and their union, will cancel this strike and work with us to implement the changes necessary to enable us to meet the changing demands of our customers."
The union Unite has said all but two of 75 "operatives" based at the Port of Grangemouth voted for the action in a ballot.
The workers include crane drivers and loaders.
It is understood that about 20 engineers who are also based at the site are not involved in the action, which is due to start at 00:01 on Tuesday.
Unite said the action had been called after port owner Forth Ports announced changes to shifts.
Grangemouth handles more than 150,000 containers annually, with daily sailings to Rotterdam, Antwerp, Felixstowe and Hamburg.


A former Royal Marine who got engaged last month has been killed in a climbing accident in the French Alps.

Duncan Potts, 28, from Coldridge near Crediton in Devon, died climbing in the Mont Blanc range near Chamonix, the Marines confirmed.
He was with a friend on Wednesday when a large rock came loose and fell about 3m (9ft) onto him according to reports.
Mr Potts had been in the Royal Marines, where he was a mountain leader, for 11 years and left in April.
The Foreign Office said it was providing assistance to Mr Potts' family.
Col Kevin Oliver, from the Commando Training Centre Royal Marines in Lympstone, Devon, paid tribute to Mr Potts.
He said: "We are saddened to hear of the death of Duncan Potts, an ex member of the Royal Marines family and a mountain leader.
"We knew him as a fine young man who was a credit to the service, who left having achieved much in his career. The thoughts and sympathies of those that knew him go out to his family and friends."
His fiancee, vet April Lawson, said on Facebook that Mr Potts, who she got engaged to in Rome on 11 June, was her "soulmate".
"I love you so much," she wrote.
"I always will love you and you will remain in my heart forever. You mean the world to me and are my life.
"I'm truly grateful for the time we had together. My kind-hearted, handsome gentleman."
She said her partner was a skilled climber, surfer, skier and musician who was going to pursue a career in physiotherapy.
"You are such a strong and brave man," she said.
"I miss you and want cuddles please. I hope you were happy Duncan because I was so happy with you.
"I will always love you Duncan Potts to the moon and back."
Mr Potts' brother Andy said: "It's really starting to hit home how much and widely he is going to be missed. I'm still struggling to come to terms with the fact that my big brother is no longer with us.
"Duncan had such an incredible group of friends and you all made his life so fun filled and special and I want to thank every one of you for being such an important part of his life."
Wendy Lawson, mother of April, said her daughter's "world has been ripped apart".
"My heart grieves for this lovely man and for the future now denied both," she said.
"My love and thoughts go out to all his family and friends; Duncan is a beautiful man, inside and out."


David Cameron has told some Eurosceptics campaigning for an EU exit they are wrong, in the Commons.

The prime minister insists all options are on the table as he battles to recast Britain's relationship with Brussels - including leaving the EU.
But he would "guard very strongly against" wanting to emulate Norway, as some Eurosceptics have suggested.
UKIP leader Nigel Farage has said Norway thrives outside the EU as it saves on membership fees and red tape.
But Mr Cameron took this argument on as he travelled to Iceland for a summit of Northern European leaders - he has previously avoided arguing directly with Eurosceptics, many of whom are on his own Conservative benches.
Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, he said:  "If we don't get what we need in our negotiations I rule nothing out, but I do think it's important that as we have this debate as a nation that we are very clear about the facts and figures of the alternatives.
"Some people arguing for Britain to leave the European Union - not all people, but some people - have particularly pointed to the position of Norway saying that is a good outcome. I would guard very strongly against that.
"Norway actually pays as much per head to the EU as we do. They actually take twice as many per head migrants as we do in this country but of course they have no seat at the table, no ability to negotiate.
"I'm not arguing that all those who want to leave the EU say they want to follow the Norwegian path but some do and I think it's very important in this debate that we are absolutely clear about the consequences of these actions."
Speaking later in Iceland, where he is attending a meeting of the Northern Future Forum, the PM said he wanted the British people to understand what the so-called "Norway option" involved, arguing that "while they pay, they don't have a say - they don't have a seat around the table".
Iceland's Prime Minister, Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, has told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that a looser relationship with the EU "might be better for the UK".
Iceland, like Norway, is a trading partner with the EU and is not a full member, a status that Mr Gunnlaugsson says "British politicians could look into", saying being outside the EU has been "essential" to his country's prosperity, and for the "things that really matter", they are in full control.
Not being in the EU helped his country get out of its financial crisis, added Mr Gunnlaugsson:  "Having our own currency, which was absolutely essential, having control over our own laws to the extent that we could address the specific difficulties presented by the economic crisis, for example with the emergency acts and thirdly having control over our own natural resources."
Asked if the looser relationship his country has with the EU was a model for the UK, he said: "I wouldn't like to tell British politicians what to do - concerning the EU, it maybe one of the things they want to look into when they have this debate about Britain's relationship with the EU.
"Maybe some third alternative is better for the UK, I couldn't say or at at least I wouldn't like to speculate."
UKIP's MP Douglas Carswell told BBC Radio 4's World at One: "The reason why Norway gets such a duff deal is because the political elite in Oslo wanted Norway to join the EU so they negotiated as a prelude to membership."
But when the "ministers and mandarins" asked the Norwegian people if they wanted EU membership "the people said no," he added.
"Once we've had our referendum to say no to EU membership, we can get a much better deal than Norway has," said Mr Carswell.
The Vote Leave campaign's Robert Oxley said Mr Cameron was making a "spurious argument" because surveys showed the majority of Norwegians were happy with their country's relationship with the EU.
He said his group did not support the "Norway option" but was confident Britain could reach its own post-EU trade deal that suited its needs.
He accused Downing Street of engaging in a "PR exercise" by attacking the Norwegian option, "a model that they have created" to distract attention from what he said was Mr Cameron's failure to secure a "fundamentally different" relationship with the EU.
"What's pretty clear here is that Number 10 haven't got the renegotiation right and now they are panicking," he added.
A member of the Norwegian government told the BBC that despite its looser relationship with the EU, it still had to pay financial contributions to the European Union, adhere to the principle of free movement of people across the EU and adopt directives relating to the single market.
Vidar Helgesen, minister for EU affairs, said Britain must make up its mind where its future lay but he believed it was a positive influence on the EU.
"For Norway, it is a good thing if Britain remains within the EU because the laws we take in pertaining to the single market are made in the EU and we think decisions are better with the UK at the table. When we receive legislation we want it to be as free market and as unbureaucratic as possible."
The prime minister arrives at this summit in Iceland with a new tone and a new tempo to his arguments.
One minister told me that, at the very least, you have to look as if you're trying.
The difficulty, of course, is that David Cameron's message is nuanced - let's stay in if certain conditions are met; if not, he is ready to tell you to do the opposite.
Hardly a clear slogan a spin doctor would desire but now a message that Mr Cameron will try to sell.
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It comes as EU vice president Frans Timmermans said he was open to Mr Cameron's demand to be allowed to opt out of the EU commitment to "ever closer union" between member states.
Mr Timmermans told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Nobody would tell you you're forced into integration with other European countries -  fair enough if you don't want that."
He said the meaning of "ever closer union" as it is written into EU treaties needed to be clarified.
Mr Cameron is expected to have talks with the leaders of both Iceland and Norway at the Northern Future Forum, a grouping which also includes EU members Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden.
Labour's shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn said: "David Cameron is now waking up to the huge risks of stumbling out of the EU rather than posturing to try and keep his backbench MPs happy.
"Labour has consistently said that in an increasingly interconnected world Britain should be leading from inside Europe, not watching from the outside as others take decisions that affect jobs, growth, investment and our security without having a voice at the table."


Flooding which devastated parts of Hull five years ago could occur again despite improvements to better prepare the city, an expert has warned.

More than 10,000 properties were affected when rain overwhelmed the city's drainage system in 2007.
Hull University expert Prof Lynne Frostick said flooding remained a threat despite investment in drainage and pumping stations.
Yorkshire Water said it had spent £30m to improve the sewerage system.
Prof Frostick, co-author of a 2010 report into the flooding, said: "Yorkshire Water has invested quite a lot money into improving some of the pumping facilities and people have been told a bit more about flooding and given more information that would allow them to prepare for flooding.
"But I think if we did get that amount of water again, then I think we'd have flooding. It may not be as bad as last time but we'd still have flooding."
Richard Sears, from Yorkshire Water, said the company had spent £30m on improving pumping systems and building water storage lagoons around Hull.
"We've increased the resilience of our sewerage system," he said
"So, if we did see a repeat of the rainfall event of 2007 Hull would probably still flood, but it wouldn't be on the scale or severity of what we've seen in the past."
An independent review into the 2007 floods said Yorkshire Water had ignored repeated warnings about the state of its drainage and pumping systems.
In 2010, Hull City Council commissioned the report from an independent body chaired by Tom Coulthard, professor of physical geography at Hull University.
It concluded that more than 8,600 homes, 1,300 business and 90 schools suffered flood damage as a result of the heavy rain.


Australian Islamic State (IS) militant Khaled Sharrouf may still be alive, according to local media.

The Australian government had been trying to confirm reports Sharrouf and fellow Australian Mohamed Elomar were killed in the Middle East.
It is now believed Elomar died in an air strike, but convicted terrorist Sharrouf may have survived.
The two men came to public attention last year after they posted pictures of severed heads in Syria on social media.
Some of those photos showed Sharrouf's seven-year-old son holding up the severed head of a Syrian soldier.
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said last week the government was close to verifying Elomar's death.
However, on Sunday she said security and intelligence agencies were working to verify reports that Sharrouf had survived the coalition air strike "which is believed to have killed Mohamed Elomar", reported Nine News.
The two Australian men had travelled to Syria and then Iraq in 2013 to fight with IS.
Local media on Monday reported Elomar was recently killed by a drone strike but his friend was not killed.
Members of Sharrouf's family in Sydney also said Elomar had been killed.
Security officials are now checking the possibility Sharrouf faked his death in a bid to get his family back to Australia, the Daily Telegraph has reported.
His wife, Tara Nettleton, and their five young children, joined him in Syria, where his then 13-year-old daughter married Elomar.
Sharrouf was sentenced to four years in prison in 2009 for his role in a terror plot involving targets in Sydney and Melbourne.
He was arrested with several others in 2005 in what was then the largest anti-terror raid in Australian history.
Ms Nettleton's mother, Karen Nettleton, says her daughter and grandchildren want to return to Australia.
The Australian government has not offered them any assistance to return.
Officials have suggested Tara Nettleton might be prosecuted for supporting terrorist activity.


A second prisoner who escaped from London's Pentonville prison on Monday has been recaptured by police.

James Whitlock, 31, was arrested at an address in Homerton, east London, at about 16:30 GMT on Sunday.
Two men, aged 48 and 19, were also arrested at the address on suspicion of assisting an offender.
His fellow absconder, Matthew Baker, 28, was arrested at an address in Ilford, north-east London, on Wednesday.
Baker was taken to a north London police station, and then to hospital, where he remains, for treatment to a leg injury.
A 21-year-old woman and a 33-year-old man were also arrested. And a 24-year-old woman was arrested on Thursday.
Baker was awaiting sentencing for attempted murder. Whitlock was on remand charged with conspiracy to steal from 19 cash machines across south-east England between last December and August.
It is understood the pair used diamond-edged cutting equipment to break cell bars before scaling the perimeter wall of Pentonville.
Their escape was discovered when officers carrying out checks found two pillows made to look like bodies in the prisoners' beds on Monday morning.


Uncertainty about the BBC World Service budget as the corporation prepares to take on full funding of the service is "unacceptable", MPs have warned.

Foreign Office funding for the service will stop in April 2014 when it will be paid for out of the licence fee.
The Foreign Affairs Committee said the World Service could not "plan properly" because the BBC had yet to issue an operating licence to define its budget.
The BBC Trust said it had shared a draft licence with the service.
A World Service spokesman said the change in funding next April, when it will be integrated with the BBC's domestic news services, "provides certainty and stability".
But the committee of MPs said it did not see how the World Service could prepare when it would not know "either the priorities, targets or characteristics which have been set for it, or its budget" until a few months before the change came into force.
"We do not see how the BBC World Service can plan properly how to reflect its new priorities, pursue its new objectives or shape its output... given the short lead-in time," the report said.
The BBC Trust said in a statement: "We are in regular, ongoing discussions with the World Service about the transition to licence fee funding from 2014 to ensure that this transition is as smooth as possible, and we are already delivering on a number of the committee's recommendations."
It said it had "already consulted the World Service on the draft operating licence" and would publish the draft for wider public consultation in the summer "as has always been our intention".
There had been regular discussions with the World Service about the draft since February, it added.
The committee has also called for "some form of direct representation" from the World Service on the BBC's executive board, instead of by the director of news.
The report said World Service interests would be "in direct conflict" with those of other departments.
In October, the World Service announced it was to lose a further 73 jobs as part of the latest round of cutbacks to save Â£42m, with 25 jobs going in the English-language service.
Savings of Â£30m have already been made following its reduction in funding by the government in 2010.
The committee also warned that, while it was logical to withdraw shortwave radio in dwindling markets where audiences had access to the internet and TV, such services still had a place.
"The World Service must continue to take into account significant audiences in certain parts of the world, such as rural India and Africa, who currently rely on shortwave radio," it added.
The committee's report, which also covers the work of the Foreign Office and the British Council, also warns that the UK risks losing credibility if more senior diplomats are not fluent in a range of languages.


The controversial Brazilian politician who led the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff, Eduardo Cunha, has resigned from his post as speaker of the lower house of Congress.

In a tearful news conference, Mr Cunha said he was paying a high price for starting the process.
He was suspended from his post shortly after Congress voted to open an impeachment trial against Ms Rousseff.
He has been accused of taking bribes from the state oil company Petrobras.
Prosecutors say he diverted millions of dollars to his personal accounts in Switzerland.
He denied holding any bank account abroad and is now facing the prospect of being expelled from the Chamber of Deputies for lying to Congress.
In a recent interview with weekly magazine Carta Capital, Ms Rousseff described Mr Cunha as Brazil's most powerful man.
He was suspended in May from the post of speaker of the lower house of Congress by the Supreme Court.
The ruling has led to weeks of deadlock in Congress, as his supporters boycotted the interim speaker, Waldir Maranhao.
They have blocked crucial votes, virtually paralysing the new government of interim President Michel Temer.
"Only my resignation can put an end to this endless instability. The lower house cannot bear to wait forever," he told journalists.
"I am paying a high price for having started the impeachment proceedings."
A congressional committee recommended last month that Mr Cunha is expelled from the lower house and banned from politics for eight years.
A vote is expected to be held next month. If he is expelled from the legislature, he will lose his current immunity from prosecution.
His opponents say the resignation as speaker may be part of a wider agreement to save his political future.


Barbie has ditched her riding gear, her ball gown and her ballerina costume and travelled to Africa to help the people there, while still managing to stay fashionable.

That is at least according to a much talked about Instagram account, Barbie Savior, which is charting her imaginary volunteer journey.
It starts with her saying farewell to her home in the US and wondering if the "sweet sweet orphans in the country of Africa" are going to love her the way she already loves them.
The satirical account encapsulates what some see as the white saviour complex, a modern version of Rudyard Kipling's White Man's Burden.
The 19th Century Kipling poem instructed colonialists to "Fill full the mouth of Famine And bid the sickness cease". Today, Barbie Savior says she is going to love the orphans "who lack such an amazing Instagram community".
Because of the history of slavery and colonialism, many people in Africa find such attitudes deeply patronising and offensive. Some argue that aid can be counter-productive, as it means African countries will continue to rely on outside help.
US-based Nigerian author Teju Cole described the complex in a 2012 essay as a belief that "a nobody from America or Europe can go to Africa and become a godlike saviour, or at the very least, have his or her emotional needs satisfied".
The two American women behind Barbie Savior said that through their 10 years combined experience of volunteering, studying and working abroad they began to question what they once thought was right and good.
"From orphanage tourism, to blatant racism in [the] treatment of local residents, to trafficking children in the name of adoption - the list of errors never ends," the two - who have chosen to remain anonymous - wrote in an email to the BBC.
They are not against all aid work and when asked about medical staff going to help the fight against Ebola, replied:
"We have seen short-term medical teams do amazing things, as well as act in inexcusable ways."
They say that aid workers should act in the same way they would back home.
"For example, nurses in America are not allowed to take Instagram photos of their patients and post emotionally captivating blurbs about how tragic their life is."
They note that in the US, and other Western countries "it was decided that a person's privacy is more valuable than the need of the caretaker to have an emotional outlet" and the same standards should apply in Africa.
"As a Westerner coming into a developing country, whether to live or visit, you must be aware of the privilege your skin colour affords you," they argued.
And they want people to "stop treating 'third world countries' as a playground for us to learn and gain real life experience from".
There are plenty of opportunities for Westerners to work abroad, from long-term placements with established NGOs to the growing market for the short-term "voluntourism" experience.
According to a 2008 estimate, 1.6 million volunteer tourists spent around $2bn globally.
On the GoAbroad.com site, which pulls together volunteering opportunities, there are more than 1,600 programmes in Africa alone.
One of the organisations featured is African Impact which says in its publicity that volunteering is not only about the "skills that volunteers bring, but also about what this magnificent continent, its warm people and amazing wildlife can give volunteers in return".
It sends volunteers to work in health, education and conservation projects across southern and east Africa, and in 2016 it is recruiting around 2,500 people.
African Impact managing director Greg Bows says that out of naivety some volunteers they get do come believing they can solve a country's problems - though one of its slogans encouraging people to sign up is "let's save Africa's wildlife".
But Mr Bows adds that he is now using some of the Barbie Savior pictures during the induction process to disabuse new volunteers of those ideas.
Barbie Savior's creators take particular issue with unqualified people doing jobs that they would never be allowed to do at home.
African Impact's publicity for a position helping at a school in Zambia, says "you do not have to be a qualified teacher to be a volunteer", but Mr Bows points out that none of his volunteers teach whole classes, rather they can provide vital one-to-one support.
He says that local guidelines are observed and argues that in general, as long as the limitations are accepted, volunteering can make a difference.
He does acknowledge though that there are organisations that do not have the same standards as African Impact and that for him Barbie Savior highlights the need for regulation in the industry.
But for critics this goes beyond the sphere of volunteering, and Barbie Savior's creators say they are trying to tackle not just the attitudes but the damage that they can cause.
Kenyan writer and development consultant Ciku Kimeria says that "the development sector today is still chock-full of examples of benevolent and sometimes not-so-benevolent paternalistic attitudes from the West", and she draws a link with the colonial mindset.
She says that this can sometimes lead to people with an "average undergraduate education and a lack of development experience... getting to chair meetings of local experts with decades of experience".
She has come across some development workers who "are very uneasy with me and other Africans who don't fit into the mould of what they were told about African people.
"They do not know what to make of Africans who are better educated than them, more articulate than them, well-read, knowledgeable about the world and so on."
Ms Kimeria says aid work and volunteering can work as long as some basic points are observed.
Firstly, that people are aware that they are coming not to "save Africa" but to help out locals who are already doing the work.
Secondly, they need to acknowledge the privilege that they come with.
And thirdly, they need to know the real place they are visiting, not the place they imagined back home.
Barbie Savior's creators are not intending to offer solutions themselves, but what they are happy about is that the Instagram account has sparked discussions and raised awareness about the white saviour complex.
But is Barbie Savior herself listening?
As she puts it: "I have noticed people informing me that Africa is a continent and not a country. I hope you can forgive my mistake. I have so much to learn.
"But I do know one thing for certain, and that is that my love for this place is bigger than any country! Even bigger than the country of Africa!"


England head coach Wayne Bennett says he was responsible for a breakdown in communication with Super League clubs after having to cancel a pre-season training camp in Dubai in January.

Bennett and the Rugby Football League were forced to cancel the trip after several Super League coaches objected.
The Australian said he "repaired some of the damage" during a meeting with those coaches on Wednesday night.
"The guys were great and we are all moving on," he told BBC Sport.
"We had a good meeting last night, I'm pleased how that went.
"I blame no one else but myself if there had been a breakdown in communication."
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Bennett is in England for only the third time in nine months because his Brisbane Broncos side face Warrington Wolves in the World Club Series on Saturday.
He will reconvene with the England squad for a mid-season Test against Samoa on 7 May in Sydney - one of the host nations alongside New Zealand and Papa New Guinea for the World Cup, which begins in October.
England assistant coaches Paul Anderson and Paul Sculthorpe will also host a series of camps throughout the season for Bennett's 31-man elite training squad.
However, the 67-year-old says some players will be required to take part in "more intense-type training" on Mondays.
"I'm not saying they don't train intensely, because they do," added Bennett.
"But there is just a little gap that we found through GPS and monitoring all the games and all the systems that we picked up on.
"They are pretty excited about the Test in May - a small training camp where we can just reinforce some things and get another practice behind us before the World Cup starts."
Bennett once again refuted suggestions the RFL has encouraged him to select English-born players competing in Super League rather than Australian-born players from the NRL.
It had been suggested Bennett was willing to exploit eligibility rules to call up several star names from Australia.
"I'm not closing the door on anybody," said the former Australia coach.
"I want the best players to play for England, regardless of where they are it will be the best players that are going to be there."
But Bennett, halfway through a two-year deal with England, will leave any decision on his own future until after the World Cup.
"If I am adding value and think I can make a difference here then that will be part of my decision-making process," he said.
"But if I'm not getting to the players and we're not getting any better, then I'm not going to waste anybody's time.
"I came here to make a difference and that's what I'm trying to do, attempting to do. If that's not going to succeed then I'll give someone else the opportunity."


Political parties are issuing their final messages to Welsh voters before the local elections on Thursday.

First Minister Carwyn Jones emailed Labour Party members asking for their help with a final push for votes.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said her party was best placed to defend local services and "clean up" communities.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said Tory councillors would provide "better local services and more accountability".
The Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams promised to lead "real change" in communities, while UKIP AM Gareth Bennett highlighted plans to clamp down on "fat cat" salaries for council bosses.
Wales Green Party leader Grenville Ham said his party brought "new ideas and new energy to the table".
In his email, Mr Jones urged Labour members to help efforts to get as many councillors elected as possible.
Labour has a majority on 10 of the 22 county and borough councils and runs two others as the largest party.
He wrote: "Only Labour can deliver a fair deal for communities across Wales where prosperity is shared, public services are protected and the next generation are given the best start in life.
"But we need your help to spread the message that only a vote for Welsh Labour will stop the Tories from walking all over Wales."
Plaid Cymru enjoys a majority on Gwynedd council and hopes to take full control of Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, both of which it runs as a minority administration, and to make gains in the south Wales valleys.
Ms Wood said accused the Conservatives of being "hell-bent on making further cuts" while "internal fighting has left the Labour party in complete chaos".
"My message ahead of the local elections tomorrow is clear - consider the parties' record carefully and cast a vote for your community with a vote for Plaid Cymru," she said.
The Conservatives run Monmouthshire with Liberal Democrat support and hope to win a majority there. They will also seek to gains seats in areas including Swansea and Vale of Glamorgan.
Mr Davies called on voters to reject Labour's "record of failure" in favour of "greater localism and social responsibility".
"We believe that people should be trusted to do the right thing for their area," he said.
"My message to voters is this: if you want to better local services and more accountability then take back control of your community by voting Welsh Conservatives on 4 May."
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have 75 seats to defend and 280 candidates. The party hopes to regain lost ground in places including Cardiff and Swansea.
Welsh Lib Dem leader Mr Williams said his party could "lead real change to the benefit of our local communities and that's exactly what we can do and will do every day for our local communities.
"A vote for the Welsh Liberal Democrats is a vote for a party you can trust to stand up for you and your community.
"We will fight for stronger, more prosperous communities, more accountable councils and a liberal vision of Wales."
UKIP candidates are promising referenda on contentious planning issues, to clamp down on "fat cat" salaries for bosses and return to the committee system of local government.
The party is fielding 80 candidates.
"Our aim would be to establish a presence at council level for the first time," UKIP local government spokesman Mr Bennett said.
"We want to give an opportunity to people to vote for a local UKIP candidate and establish that we are a force to be reckoned with in future local government elections."
The Wales Green Party is fielding 78 candidates in the local elections and is defending one seat, pledging to fight for a cleaner environment, better air quality and investment in renewable and community energy schemes.
Mr Ham said his party was offering "an alternative to the old way of doing things" and bringing "new ideas and new energy to the table".
Independent councillors are defending 325 seats and have a significant presence at Flintshire, Ceredigion, Wrexham, Powys, Denbighshire, Conwy, Carmarthenshire, Anglesey, Pembrokeshire, Monmouthshire and Gwynedd.
More than 870 people are standing as independents or others in the elections.
All 22 Welsh local authorities are being elected on Thursday and voting takes place from 07:00 - 22:00 BST.
Most councils will count the results overnight, but nine will not start full counts until the next day.


A woman using aerosols to make a wreath has died after a cigarette she was smoking sparked an explosion in her East Lothian flat.

Roseanne Rowan Armstrong, 43, told firefighters she was making a wreath when the accident happened at her home in Old Craighall on Sunday.
She later died in hospital.
The fire service said she probably saved her parents' lives by going back into the house twice to rescue both of them from the blaze.
Ms Armstrong, who was a carer to her mother and father, collapsed after getting her father out of the burning house at about 02:00. She was treated at the scene and then taken to the ERI.
Her parents, Bobby, 77, and Margaret Rose, 76, are being treated at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary for smoke inhalation.
There were 10 aerosols in her bedroom where she had been making the wreath.
An investigation is being conducted at the ground floor flat in Old Craighall Road.
A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service (SFRS) spokesman said: "Our thoughts are with her family at this sad time.
"A joint investigation between Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland is taking place to establish the cause of the fire."
A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in East Lothian are investigating following a house fire in Old Craighall in the early hours of Sunday.
"Three people were injured and taken to hospital for treatment.
"A 43-year-old woman was taken to the St Johns Hospital, Livingston with serious injuries where she sadly died.
"A man aged 77 and a woman aged 76 are being treated for minor injuries at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
"Inquiries are ongoing into the full circumstances."


A coastal marathon has been cancelled three weeks before the race as the council would not close some of the roads.

Havens Hospices said it pulled the plug on the Southend Marathon as it was told on Monday the roads would not be shut.
The safety of the runners had to come first, the organisers said.
Southend Borough Council said it had to balance the event's benefits with stakeholders feedback and the roads would not close.
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A number of runners plan to take part in a Southend Marathon Protest Run.
The race was due to take place on March 12 and 573 runners had entered.
The 26.2-mile (42km) event, two laps along the seafront from East Beach Shoeburyness to Chalkwell, had been planned since October 2015.
Work on a risk assessment started in November 2015 and an application for an event licence was first submitted in January 2016.
Judy Grocott, events manager at Havens Hospices, said: "We are truly sorry that we have had to postpone this event so close to the day.
"We feel awful that our runners will not get to complete the race they've been training for."
Runners, who paid up to Â£40 to enter, have been offered a full refund or a transfer to another event.
Lian Simmonds, 43, from Hockley, who was due to take part, said: "It's a shame for Southend and for Havens happening at such short notice."
Havens Hospices runs a half marathon in Southend in July which has road closures and 2,000 people take part.
The charity said it hopes to be able to hold the full marathon in 2018.


A conservation charity is trying to raise £800,000 to purchase 550 acres of land in Snowdonia National Park.

The Woodland Trust wants to buy the land at Llennyrch woodland.
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) has given £50,000 but a further £750,000 is needed and a campaign will be launched on Tuesday at the National Eisteddfod in Meifod, Powys.
The charity said the area has been called a "Celtic rainforest" and it wants to improve wildlife on the site.
NRW chief executive Dr Emyr Roberts said: "This is a fantastic opportunity to bring the whole woodland area under conservation management."
The total cost of the project is £1.5m and the rest of the cost will be met by money left to the Woodland Trust.


Some people who live near the sea on the east coast of the UK have been told to leave their homes after warnings of flooding.

13 January 2017 Last updated at 08:25 GMT
The warning has been given because strong wind and high tides could combine today causing the sea level to rise.
This could mean houses and roads on the east coast could be flooded.
A "severe" warning means there could be a "danger to life". Many people have already been evacuated or told to be aware and the army has been called in in some places to keep people safe.
The areas that are particularly at risk are Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex.


A man has admitted possessing more than 100 indecent images of children.

Harvey Mulcahy, of Brampton Road, Alston, Cumbria, pleaded guilty to 11 charges of making indecent images, at Carlisle Crown Court.
The court heard Mulcahy had more than 100 photographs of children, including one of a seven-year-old, which were downloaded between August 2007 and October 2013.
The 29-year-old was remanded in custody to be sentenced on 30 April.


For the past 16 years, the electoral map for US presidential elections has been variations on a familiar theme.

Ohio and Florida are the key battlegrounds. A handful of other states - including New Hampshire, Virginia, Colorado and Iowa - count as smaller prizes in the quest to the reach the magic number of 270 electoral votes.
The battle lines form, the campaign foot soldiers take their usual positions, and voters in the rest of the nation sit back and watch.
Now, however, a smattering of polls have shown Democrat Hillary Clinton within striking distance in a number of states that were out of reach of her recent predecessors.
This means Mrs Clinton has a chance to expand the presidential playing field - and reports have surfaced that campaign strategists are contacting local party organisations to prepare them for an influx of unanticipated money and field personnel.
The key question is whether this expanded playing field represents a new normal reflecting population growth in the states that is friendly to Democrats or simply a Clinton post-convention polling high water mark that will eventually recede.
If this is the electoral lay of the land for the next three months, Mr Trump will have a particularly difficult time cobbling together the pieces necessary for a winning campaign. His path to the White House will be exceedingly narrow, requiring that he play defence on multiple fronts while carrying almost every Democratic-leaning state he targets.
The avenues to a Clinton presidency, on the other hand, would be many. It could go through the industrial Mid-west. Or the coastal South. Or the West. Mrs Clinton would have back-up plans. And back-ups for her back-ups.
Here's a closer look at four states that illustrate Mr Trump's challenges and Mrs Clinton's unexpected opportunities.
Electoral votes: 16
Last time carried by a Democrat: 1992
2012 results: Mitt Romney 53%, Barack Obama 45%
Recent poll: Hillary Clinton 44%, Trump 37%
Georgia is on Mrs Clinton's mind thanks to presidential matchup surveys showing her ahead by margins even greater than neighbouring Florida. Her campaign is reportedly poised to expand its operations there and spend money on advertising.
Since Mr Romney won there four years ago, the state has become more diverse, as the Atlanta metropolitan area continues to grow. For instance, in 2000 25.6% of the Georgia population was black. The number increased to 30.5% by the 2010 census.
According to a JMC Analytics survey, Mrs Clinton is being buoyed by overwhelming support from non-white voters and a 48% to 35% margin among women voters. In another Georgia poll, which shows Mrs Clinton with a smaller lead, she has a 11% advantage among college-educated voters - a segment Mr Obama lost in the state by 21%, according to a New York Times estimate.
Georgia will still be a challenge for Mrs Clinton, but Harry Enten of the election-analysis website FiveThirtyEight says there are some scenarios where it could prove decisive.
If Mr Trump carries the northern industrial states of Pennsylvania, Ohio and Wisconsin - which went to Mr Obama - Mrs Clinton could still prevail if she takes Georgia, Virginia and North Carolina as part of a "New South" strategy.
There's a certain logic to this theory, given that the forces that would push those industrial states toward Mr Trump on the back of white working-class support would likely move the more diverse Southern states toward Mrs Clinton.
Prognosis: Democratic electoral power has been following population movement down the US East Coast over the past decade.
Mr Obama carried Virginia twice and almost won North Carolina for a second-straight time in 2012. It's a rising tide that may lift Georgia, as well. Even the formerly arch-conservative South Carolina could be coming into play.
Electoral votes: 11
Last time carried by a Democrat: 1996
2012 results: Mitt Romney 54%, Barack Obama 44%
Recent poll: Donald Trump 44%, Hillary Clinton 42%
Like Georgia, Arizona's population is rapidly growing and diversifying - and the state appears poised to receive an influx of resources from the Clinton campaign.
Unlike Georgia, polls continue to show Mr Trump with a lead - albeit in the margin of error.
Arizona is unique in that it has an exceedingly Trump-friendly Republican party.
The New Yorker easily carried the state in its Republican primary, and anti-immigration Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Governor Jan Brewer have been early and outspoken supporters.
Mr Trump has feuded with 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, but the state's senior senator has largely held his tongue - a reflection of Mr Trump's popularity among the desert state's grass-roots Tea Party faithful.
On the other hand, the state's Hispanic population is growing - up to 22% of the state's electorate - and more liberal, educated residents from northern states and neighbouring California are settling in suburbs of capital city Phoenix.
Arizona is also home to 400,000 Mormons - a reliably conservative voting block that has been particularly reluctant to embrace the Trump movement. If they stay home, vote for independent candidate Evan McMullin or flip to Mrs Clinton, it could represent an electoral wild card.
Prognosis: Arizona is sandwiched between two Democratic states - New Mexico and California, and just south of swing state Colorado, which is trending left.
Demographically, it's starting to look more like its neighbours, but Mr Trump is the kind of candidate who resonates with the state's populist, anti-immigration conservatives.
There are a number of states where a high turnout from Hispanic voters, who have an overwhelmingly unfavourable view of Mr Trump, could push Mrs Clinton over the top.
Arizona wouldn't be the first to fall the Democrat's way in such a surge, but it wouldn't be too far behind.
Electoral votes: 38
Last time carried by a Democrat: 1976
2012 results: Mitt Romney 57%, Barack Obama 41%
Recent poll: Donald Trump 41%, Hillary Clinton 33%
Democrats have had their eyes on Texas - the "big enchilada", as Richard Nixon once called it - for more than a decade now, thanks to its increasing urbanisation and sizeable Hispanic population.
Although the state's major cities have turned decidedly Democratic, on a statewide basis it's been an electoral shoe that has stubbornly refused to drop.
That hasn't stopped Democratic candidates from making regular appearances in the Lone Star State, of course.
Mr Obama is a frequent visitor, and vice-presidential nominee Tim Kaine was there recently. Their usual goal, however, is to round up campaign cash from deep-pocketed Democratic donors - not to try to put the state in play in the November general election.
A Democrat hasn't won statewide office in Texas since 1994, and the electoral trendlines aren't exactly favourable. The party's infrastructure is still woefully outmatched by the Republicans, and in its 2014 gubernatorial nominee, Wendy Davis, won fewer votes than the Democratic candidate in 2008.
Texas is home to Senator Ted Cruz, one of the more prominent anti-Trump Republicans, however.
The former presidential candidate made headlines - and was booed off stage - when he pointedly declined to endorse the nominee at the Republican National Convention last month.
If Texas Hispanics head to the polls in larger numbers and some Republicans heed Mr Cruz's call to vote their conscience and break from Mr Trump - particularly in the state's voter-rich suburbs that traditionally trend Republican - Texas could be in reach for Mrs Clinton.
Prognosis: The Lone Star State has been a political oasis for Democrats that perpetually shimmers on the horizon. California was once a reliably conservative state that eventually turned Democratic thanks to demographic changes.
While Texas liberals hope their home will enjoy the same fate, on election day the oasis usually turns out to be a mirage.
If this year is different, it likely means Mrs Clinton is winning in a walk - and Republicans in future presidential campaigns should be very, very worried.
Electoral votes: 20
Last time carried by a Republican: 1988
2012 results: Barack Obama 52%, Mitt Romney 47%
Recent poll: Hillary Clinton 48%, Donald Trump 37%
It wasn't too long ago that the all the map-shifting talk centred around how Mr Trump's play for Pennsylvania and the industrial Mid-west states would put Mrs Clinton on her heels.
Mr Trump's anti-trade, anti-immigration rhetoric has certainly made inroads into traditionally Democratic voters in the so-called Rust Belt - states like Pennsylvania, Ohio and Michigan - that relied heavily on manufacturing and steel jobs that have since moved overseas.
The problem for the Republican nominee in the Keystone State, however, is that while he's picking up support in the rural western areas of Pennsylvania, he's currently being routed in the state's two largest cities, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and their white-collar suburbs.
A recent Franklin & Marshall poll of Pennsylvania illustrates this. While Mr Trump has seen a 23% increase in south-western Pennsylvania, he's being trounced in Philadelphia and it's surrounding areas. Barack Obama won there by 9% in 2012. Mrs Clinton, according to the poll, currently has a 40% lead - which helps explain why she's up by double-digits statewide.
Prognosis: Democratic strategist James Carville likes to quip that Pennsylvania is Pittsburgh and Philadelphia "with Alabama in between".
The conservative portions of the state could go big for the Republican, but if he can't stay competitive in the populous cities, he'll lose.


The Conservatives have lost overall control of Gloucestershire County Council.

Of the 53 seats up for election, the Tories have won 23 and the Liberal Democrats have won 14.
UKIP, which has not previously had any elected councillors in the county, has won three seats.
Nine seats have been won by Labour, one by the Green Party, one by People Against Bureaucracy and two by independent candidates.
It is the first time in eight years the Conservatives have not had overall control of the council. They were four seats short of a working majority of 27.
Conservative councillor Mark Hawthorne, who still leads the largest group on the council, said a "coalition of the willing" would be required to run the authority.
He said: "I think all of the parties are going to have to sit down and digest the results and work out the way forward.
"At some point there is going to be a coalition of the willing, those willing to make the decisions Gloucestershire needs.
"I'm not going to rule any option off the table. What is very clear is UKIP plus Conservative does not equal an administration."
All of the UKIP wins were in Forest of Dean.
Mark Harper, the Conservative MP for Forest of Dean, said: "It's always disappointing when we lose very good councillors.
By Chris BrierleyPolitical reporter, Gloucestershire
After eight years in power on their own, the Conservatives will now have to consider trying to form partnerships to run this authority.
The blue electoral map has turned to grey, but the Tories are by far the largest party.
The chances of a similar coalition to that of Cameron and Clegg is unlikely in the county due to the personalities of the leaders. But the Tories are still in the driving seat.
Will they offer the olive branch to the newly elected UKIP councillors? Then again, there are the three Independents who might also help the Tories get to that magic figure of 27.
Or could it be that the Tories try to run the council as a minority administration and appeal to different councillors on a vote by vote basis?
What is clear is that from a true blue council where votes were passed without much discussion, we now have an authority where every single vote will count.
"Obviously we're in government at the moment, we are having to take very difficult decisions to clear up the mess we inherited and I think voters have taken the opportunity to protest."
Peter Bungard, the council's chief executive, said: "Effectively you could say eight groups are negotiating... somehow there needs to be some sort of coalition to run the council."
He added: "I think it will take a few days. My job is to possibly help make sense between manifestos suggesting very different things.
"I think this will need a lot of time. We've got until the council meeting in two weeks' time to sort this."
The new UKIP councillor for Drybrook and Lydbrook, Colin Guyton, said: "We've exceeded all our expectations.
"Yes, there's a protest vote involved, but also people really want our support.
"They are cross with government and that's fed all the way down to local level.
"They're worried about loss of jobs, they're worried about the influence of the European Union and they just feel they want to take control of their own country again."
Turnout for the election was 31.8%, down from 40%.
Boundaries have changed since the last election in 2009 and the total number of seats on the council has decreased from 63 to 53.
A total of 248 candidates were fighting for the 53 seats across Gloucestershire.
Polls opened at 07:00 BST on Thursday and closed at 22:00 BST with votes being counted overnight.


Mel B will miss the X Factor final on Saturday night because she is too unwell.

X Factor bosses confirmed that they're following doctor's advice.
The judge, who's been mentoring Italian singer Andrea Faustini, has been ill for several days.
Tulisa Contostavlos has been chosen to join the panel as a stand-in. It's thought she is a natural choice as she has been a judge on the show previously in 2011-12.
She also featured in the show this year as a guest mentor at Louis Walsh's judges house and during Jukebox week she chose Stereo Kicks' song.
The former Spice Girl didn't appear at an X Factor press conference on Thursday and missed rehearsals.
The 39-year-old joined fellow judges Simon Cowell, Louis Walsh and Cheryl Fernandez-Versini this series.
She was left with only one contestant in the series after Paul Akister was eliminated in the fifth week of the live shows.
Mel B appeared at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Tuesday where 20-year-old Faustini performed in a charity concert.
Last month, there were worries that Cheryl would miss an X Factor show because of a throat infection. However she eventually appeared as normal.
In 2011, then-judge Kelly Rowland missed a live show because of illness. Her last-minute replacement was a former winner of the show Alexandra Burke.
The bookies' favourite to win this year's competition is Fleur East.
The X Factor final is on ITV on both Saturday and Sunday nights.
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Plans to improve key sites around Port Talbot have been boosted by nearly £10m in funding.

Redeveloping the derelict Plaza Cinema, where Richard Burton and Sir Anthony Hopkins used to visit, is on the list of proposed work.
Improvements to public transport links and new developments on Aberavon seafront, along with affordable housing, are also planned.
Funding for the proposals has come from the Welsh government.
Its Vibrant and Viable Places scheme is used for regeneration projects which include tackling poverty, building homes and improving community facilities.
"This is again fantastic news for the residents and businesses of Port Talbot and surrounding areas," said Neath Port Talbot council leader Ali Thomas.
"This funding will enable a programme of development which will build on other recent successes such as the completion of Harbour Way, the first phase of the town's Harbourside quarter and the redevelopment of the Parkway station.
"There is now real momentum behind our regeneration programme for the county borough.
"Whilst this remains a very tough time for local councils financially, we are committed to securing the necessary funding to deliver our vision for a prosperous and attractive Neath Port Talbot."
Earlier this month, Network Rail unveiled final plans for an £11.4m redevelopment of Port Talbot Parkway train station which will be completed next year.
It follows on the footsteps of last year's opening of the £107m Harbour Way project - linking the M4 to Port Talbot docks where land is being opened up for development.


Coach Avram Grant has hailed the manner of Ghana's 1-0 win over Mali that put them in the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals, even though they had to hold on in the second half.

"We dominated the game completely in the first half," he said. "Then Mali played direct and we needed to fight.
"On this pitch it was very difficult to counter-attack and passes went astray.
"In the first half we played good football and in the second half we played mature football."
After captain Asamoah Gyan put the Black Stars ahead on 21 minutes it appeared Ghana would go on to comfortably win the match.
But Mali came on strong after the interval and were very unlucky not to get at least a draw from the Group D match.
Grant said: "In tournaments you play for the points, we were winning 1-0 and we want to qualify.
"Yes, we were pushed back in the second half and it was not planned but I am happy for the six points."
Ghana face Egypt in their final match on Wednesday and a draw will ensure they finish top of the table.
Mali still have a chance to qualify if they beat Uganda, also on Wednesday, but they would also need Egypt to lose to Ghana and it would then come down to goal difference.


Supermarket sales rose at their fastest rate since September 2013, driven by food shopping at Easter and higher inflation, according to industry data.

Market researcher Kantar Worldpanel found Britain's grocery market grew by 3.7% in the 12 weeks to 23 April.
The results were boosted by a late start to the Easter holiday this year.
Shoppers spent £325m on Easter eggs alone, increasing the average price they paid for an egg by 8.6% to £1.65, Kantar said.
They also bought 20 million packets of hot cross buns in one week.
Tesco returned to growth, with sales up 1.9% to £7.26bn over the quarter, although its market share fell to 27.5% from 28%.
Sainsbury's sales rose 1.7% to £4.25bn, the biggest increase since June 2014, although its market share fell to 16.1% from 16.5%. On Wednesday, the retailer posted an 8.2% fall in profits and warned about rising costs.
Despite these positive quarterly sales figures, the supermarket has warned of "challenging" trading and ongoing price pressures, posting an 8.2% fall in annual profits.
Asda saw its market share fall to 15.6% from 16%, even though sales rose 0.8% to £4.1bn, its first year-on-year sales increase since October 2014.
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Out of the big four, Morrisons was the fastest growing supermarket, helped by its The Best line attracting more affluent shoppers.
Sales went up 2.2% to £2.76bn although its market share fell 0.2% to 10.4%.
Waitrose's market share was unchanged at 5.2% while sales climbed 3.1% to £1.36bn.
Iceland, Aldi and Lidl all saw sales rise by 9.3%, 18.3% and 17.8%, with Aldi and Lidl achieving new record high market shares of 6.9% and 5% respectively.
Fraser McKevitt, head of retail and consumer insight at Kantar Worldpanel, said: "All 10 major retailers are in growth for the first time in three-and-a-half years, when we last saw like-for-like grocery inflation as high as it is now.
"While prices do look set to rise further, the current inflation rate of 2.6% is still below the average level experienced by shoppers between 2010 and 2014."
Separate figures from Nielsen also show supermarkets enjoyed their best sales this year, even without the effect of a late Easter.
Mike Watkins, Nielsen's UK head of retailer and business insight, said: "As long as real incomes don't come under too much pressure and employment remains high, shoppers will begin to adapt to moderately rising grocery prices, albeit this could be by modifying how much they spend in other retail channels."


A council is contemplating moves which could make it harder for parents to get their children into one of Scotland's most prestigious state schools.

St Ninian's Roman Catholic Secondary School in East Renfrewshire enjoys an enviable reputation.
Many parents who live outside the catchment area and are not Catholics want their children to go there.
The council said it wanted to help ensure Catholic children get a place in its Catholic schools.
It said it might not have enough places in its RC schools to meet demand if current trends continued.
A plan for a consultation on the admission arrangements for schools will be discussed by councillors on Thursday.
One idea is to ask parents who want to send their children to one of its Roman Catholic schools to  produce baptismal certificates - this would not be a condition of entry, simply a factor in prioritising places if there were not enough.
An East Renfrewshire council spokeswoman said: "Parents of any faith or none could still apply for a place. This is about how we prioritise the places if supply does not keep up with demand."
The council has a number of Roman Catholic primary schools as well as St Ninian's secondary in Giffnock.
The council said an increasing number of parents are choosing a Roman Catholic school for their children - in recent years the number has increased by about one-fifth in the east of its area.
Many of its RC schools are now at, or approaching, full capacity.
The effect of the new proposals would be to help ensure priority was given to Roman Catholic children.
The council's director of education, Mhairi Shaw, said: "The education department reviews its school estate annually to ensure enough places for East Renfrewshire's children.
"We have already taken action to address increased demand at our schools by creating additional accommodation, increasing teacher numbers and classes where necessary, and are also in the process of investing Â£77.6m over the next three years to provide even more new and extended education facilities.
"However, despite these significant measures, the rate at which demand is now increasing means these actions will still not provide the capacity needed to meet the appetite for Roman Catholic school places in future years.
"We also know that we have space in our very high-performing non-denominational schools in the east of the council area and as such we must seek to use all available capacity across our full school estate to achieve a fair and equitable solution.
"As more families want a place at a Roman Catholic school for their children it is essential that we either create more capacity for Roman Catholic education or change admissions arrangements for our existing schools."
Although the proposed arrangements affect all Roman Catholic schools in the council's area, there will be a particular interest in the impact on St Ninian's as so many parents ask to get a place for their children there.
It currently takes in children who attended three RC primaries and considers placing requests from across East Renfrewshire and beyond.
Until five years ago, children who went to two primary schools in Glasgow were also automatically entitled to a place there. A local row brewed up when this changed.
The council said: "Longer-term, the council said that if the current P1 intake for Roman Catholic schools continues at its current trajectory in the east of the council area - and all the signs are that it will - it  will not have sufficient capacity in St Ninian's going forward to meet demand from the  resident 'catchment' population under current arrangements.
"St Ninian's has historically been the ERC secondary school with the highest levels of demand both inside and outside of its catchment area."
If the new policy is introduced, it would have no impact on current primary or secondary pupils. But it would affect new pupils where demand exceeds the places available.