This Saturday saw the first champions of the 2015-16 season crowned, a 26-year Football League record broken and 16-year-old scoring on his debut for the same club as his father.

Here are five things you may have missed from Saturday's action.
James Vaughan, then of Everton, might hold the record for the youngest Premier League goalscorer, but it is Jason Dozzell who remains the youngest scorer in the history of English top-flight football, at 16 years and 57 days.
The midfielder scored on his debut for Ipswich in 1984 and spent seven successful years at Portman Road before moving to Spurs, Northampton and Colchester.
Thirty-two years later and Dozzell's son Andre netted for the same club on his debut, aged 16 years, 11 months and 15 days in the 1-1 draw with Sheffield Wednesday.
Dozzell Jr had already reportedly been interesting the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham before his goal.
Elsewhere, ex-Newcastle midfielder Rob Lee's son Olly scored for Luton at Oxford while Josh Windass, son of former Hull City striker Dean, netted his 13th and 14th of the season for Accrington against Morecambe.
All must be from excellent stock...
We've all got a cherished memory of watching an outfield player in goal, haven't we?
Either there is no replacement on the bench or all the substitutions have already taken place and then some unfortunate soul has to give it a go between the sticks.
That's what happened to MK Dons at Preston when they had their keeper Cody Cropper sent off nine minutes from time for a challenge inside the area on Eoin Doyle and striker Alex Revell donned the gloves.
Revell, who has four goals this season, saved the resultant penalty from Joe Garner, and secured a point that ended a four-game losing run for his relegation-threatened side.
Not only did he help his team to a draw, he can also now lay claim to a clean sheet in the Football League.
When you drop out of the top four tiers of English football into non-league, it is more often than not a long, hard slog to get back among the top 92 clubs.
Not since 1990 had a team dropped out of the Football League and then won the title the next season to return - until now.
Cheltenham Town's 2-0 win over Halifax confirmed them as the National League title winners and with it an immediate return to League Two.
The Robins were relegated last season after 16 years in the Football League, but former Yeovil and Bristol City boss Gary Johnson has guided them back at the first attempt in his first full season his charge.
Going the other way, Dagenham & Redbridge's nine-year stay in the Football League ended as they were beaten 3-2 at Leyton Orient, while Northampton were crowned champions of League Two after their 0-0 draw at Exeter.
Peterborough United's Darragh MacAnthony is one of the most outspoken chairmen around.
With his side in mid-table in League One, earlier this week he stated that each off the 300 people he employs, including the tea lady, were under threat of losing their job this summer.
Having put huge sums of his own money into the Posh, MacAnthony spoke of his anger at their recent form, which included six defeats in seven games between February and March.
The 4-1 win at Colchester seemed to make the Irish businessman feel a bit better...
When striker Scott Hogan moved to then newly promoted Championship side Brentford in the summer of 2014, he was at the peak of his powers having scored 19 goals the season before for Rochdale.
Hogan's feel-good story had seen him released by Rochdale and rebuild his career in non-league football before rejoining the Dale and prospering at Spotland to earn his move to the Bees.
However, after just two substitute appearances for his new side he suffered a season-ending knee injury and then a year later suffered the same fate on the same knee.
After three comeback substitute appearances over the past month, Hogan scored his first Brentford goal in injury time to secure a 1-1 draw against Bristol City - 635 days after his move to Griffin Park - to earn a round of applause from his team-mates in the dressing room. All that after Hogan had an earlier penalty saved.
A former team-mate of Hogan's, Will Grigg, meanwhile, scored his 16th goal in 17 games as Wigan lost 3-1 at Doncaster, a goalscoring spree that has sparked a new favourite terrace song for Latics fans.
To the tune of Gala's 1995 hit 'Freed from desire', all together now...
"Will Grigg's on fire, your defence is terrified. Will Grigg's on fire, your defence is terrified. Will Grigg's on fire, your defence is terrified. Will Grigg's on fire...
"Nah-nah-nah-nah-nah, nar-nah, nar-nah, nar-nah etc."


Leeds United have signed midfielder Vurnon Anita on a three-year deal following his release by Newcastle.

Anita made 155 appearances for Newcastle after signing from Ajax in July 2012, but was released in June.
The 28-year-old, capped four times by the Netherlands, featured in 27 league games last season to help the Magpies win the Championship title.
Anita is Leeds' fourth signing of this transfer window, after deals for Felix Wiedwald, Mateusz Klich and Hadi Sacko.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Astronomers have traced the origin of a meteor that injured about 1,000 people after breaking up over central Russia earlier this month.

Using amateur video footage, they were able to plot the meteor's trajectory through Earth's atmosphere and then reconstruct its orbit around the Sun.
As the space rock burned up over the city of Chelyabinsk, the shockwave blew out windows and rocked buildings.
The team, from Colombia, has published details on the Arxiv website.
Numerous videos of the fireball were taken with camera phones, CCTV and car-dashboard cameras and subsequently shared widely on the web. Furthermore, traffic camera footage of the fireball had precise time and date stamps.
Early estimates of the meteor's mass put it at ten tonnes; US space agency Nasa later estimated it to be between 7,000 and 10,000 tonnes. Nasa estimates the size of the object was about 17m (55ft).
Using the footage and the location of an impact into Lake Chebarkul, Jorge Zuluaga and Ignacio Ferrin, from the University of Antioquia in Medellin were able to use simple trigonometry to calculate the height, speed and position of the rock as it fell to Earth.
To reconstruct the meteor's original orbit around the Sun, they used six different properties of its trajectory through Earth's atmosphere. Most of these are related to the point at which the meteor becomes bright enough to cast a noticeable shadow in the videos.
The researchers then plugged their figures into astronomy software developed by the US Naval Observatory.
The results suggest the meteor belongs to a well known family of space rocks - known as the Apollo asteroids - that cross Earth's orbit.
Of about 9,700 near-Earth asteroids discovered so far, about 5,200 are thought to be Apollos. Asteroids are divided into different groups such as Apollo, Aten, or Amor, based on the type of orbit they have.
Dr Stephen Lowry, from the University of Kent, said the team had done well to publish so quickly.
"It certainly looks like it was a member of the Apollo class of asteroids," he told BBC News.
"Its elliptical, low inclination orbit, indicates a solar system origin, most likely from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Dr Lowry added: "Perhaps with more data, we can determine roughly where in the asteroid belt it come from."
Paul.Rincon-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk


Scotland midfielder Don Cowie has signed for Hearts following his release from Wigan.

The 32-year-old, formerly with Watford and Cardiff, has agreed a deal until May 2018.
Cowie played with Ross County and Inverness Caledonian Thistle and has 10 international caps.
"He'll bring experience to the table, which is invaluable when you're trying to blood younger players into the first team," said Hearts boss Robbie Neilson.
Speaking to the club website, Neilson added: "He's played in the Scottish top flight before so knows our game, and he's played at the highest level down south and won a Championship, so I know he's a winner.
"Having played in England, he'll show the players here the level they'll have to get to if they have aspirations to play there themselves."
Cowie has made more than 450 senior club appearances, scoring 52 times.


Pakistan has announced the release of seven Taliban prisoners in a bid to help the Afghan peace process.

At least one former senior militant was among the men freed "in order to further facilitate the Afghan reconciliation process", said a foreign ministry statement.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai visited Islamabad recently to promote peace.
Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif said at the time he wanted to help regional efforts to stabilise Afghanistan.
The foreign ministry statement named those freed on Saturday as Mansoor Dadullah, Said Wali, Abdul Manan, Karim Agha, Sher Afzal, Gul Muhammad and Muhammad Zai.
Mansoor Dadullah served as the Taliban's military commander in four of the most violent provinces of southern Afghanistan until he was captured in February 2008 after a shootout with security forces in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
He had succeeded his brother, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed in a joint Afghan-Nato operation in May, 2007, but was sacked by the Taliban leadership later that year for for disobeying orders.
Some 26 Taliban detainees have been freed during the past year, it added.
Pakistan's foreign ministry spokesman told the BBC these latest prisoners had been released in Pakistan, not delivered into the custody of the Afghans as Kabul would prefer, says the BBC's Charles Havilland in Islamabad.
Mr Karzai has sought Mr Sharif's help in bringing the Afghan Taliban to the negotiating table, citing lack of security as the main concern for both neighbouring countries during his visit late last month.
Afghanistan believes that Taliban safe havens in Pakistan are the main cause of increased violence in the country.
Elements of Pakistan's intelligence service have long been accused of backing the Afghan Taliban and giving them refuge on Pakistani soil - something Islamabad strongly denies.
Mr Karzai said that he wanted the Pakistani government to play a mediating role with the Taliban, with whom Pakistan has a high degree of influence.
The Taliban refuse to talk with Mr Karzai, dismissing him as a US puppet.
One of Mr Karzai's main demands has been the release of high-profile Taliban prisoners held in Pakistan in the hope that this will help jump-start direct talks with insurgents.
He is particularly eager for Taliban's second-in-command, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar who was arrested in Karachi in 2010, to be freed.
Sources have told the BBC that in his case the Afghans would like him to be transferred to Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Karzai's visit to Islamabad came after an attempt to kick start peace talks in the Qatari capital of Doha foundered in June.


More than a hundred people have been asked to leave their homes in London after a unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered buried under an old shop.

11 August 2015 Last updated at 19:02 BST
Families from Bethnal Green in East London spent the night in a school hall, after being evacuated while experts remove the device and detonate it safely.
The bomb was discovered by builders working on an old workshop.
It is thought to have been dropped by the Nazi German air force, during bombing attacks on London in 1940, known as the Blitz.
Watch our report to find out more.
They will remove it from the site, and take it away to be blown up safely.


A map of the pylons which will transport power from Wylfa Newydd nuclear power station on Anglesey has been published for the first time.

The route has been produced as part of a consultation into the plant, launched on Wednesday.
The National Grid has also published images of the five metre-wide tunnel to be built under the Menai Strait.
The pylons have been controversial, with campaigners demanding power is  transported by underground cables.
The consultation will run until December 16.
A National Grid spokesman said the new line of pylons are "broadly parallel" to existing pylons across Anglesey and north Gwynedd.
The consultation will also ask people's views on extensions to the existing substations at Wylfa and Pentir, as well as work to the tunnel.


Preston's Lisa Whiteside extended her record-breaking run with a seventh Elite National Championships win as 19 national champions were crowned.

Whiteside, 31, secured a unanimous victory over Carly Skelly in the flyweight contest in Rotherham.
"Winning a seventh title is great but my main aim for next year is to represent England at the Commonwealth Games," said Whiteside.
"This win means I should be well in line for selection."
Light-welterweight Cherrelle Brown and middleweight Natasha Gale both won their third national titles while light-flyweight Demi-Jade Resztan took her second national championship.
In the men's competition, light-flyweight Kiaran MacDonald, light-welterweight, Luke McCormack, middleweight Ben Whittaker and heavyweight, Cheavon Clarke all won second elite national titles.


One of Britain's most wanted fugitives, thought to have been at large in Spain, has apparently been photographed in Geneva.

Mark Acklom, 43, who allegedly posed as an MI6 agent to con a divorcee from Gloucestershire out of her Â£850,000 life savings, disappeared in 2012.
A photograph, taken on 10 May and said to show him outside a cafe in the Swiss city, was obtained by Sky News.
The National Crime Agency said it was aware of the report.
Carolyn Woods alleged Mr Acklom posed as an MI6 agent and conned her into "lending" him her savings during a year-long romance in Bath.
They met when the former public schoolboy walked into her boutique to buy a jacket and began chatting her up.
Last year a European Arrest Warrant was issued for Mr Acklom, and he was believed to be at large in Spain having been released from a Spanish prison over a Â£200,000 property fraud.
Avon and Somerset Police said its "absolute priority is to locate and arrest Acklom in connection with a high-value fraud".


Chinese tech giant Huawei has unveiled two prototype removable lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in minutes, using a bespoke charger.

The lower capacity battery charged by 68% in two minutes - but is not big enough to run a smartphone for long.
The higher capacity one charged by 48% in five minutes and could provide up to 10 hours of talk time, the firm said.
Current battery life is a significant limiting factor in the performance of portable devices.
Many tech firms and entrepreneurs are researching the issue.
In March, Samsung announced that the batteries in its new Galaxy S6 handsets could power up to four hours of usage after a 10-minute charge.
Israeli start-up Storedot unveiled a fast-charging device at the beginning of the year which it hopes will eventually be able to charge any smartphone battery in under one minute.
Scientists are also researching alternative battery materials to the traditional lithium-ion such as aluminium and graphene.
Huawei says it used heteroatoms - atoms which are not carbon or hydrogen - which the firm claims can increase charging speeds without affecting the battery's overall lifespan.
"Everyone in the world - consumers and all the manufacturers - would benefit from some unforeseen breakthrough in battery chemistry technology," Motorola president Rick Osterloh told the BBC in July.
"At the moment everyone is getting interesting incremental benefits from changes in lithium-ion batteries but fundamentally there hasn't been a Moore's Law type curve for battery improvements and I think that would be something everyone would benefit [from]."
Moore's Law, which became the bedrock for the computer processor industry, relates to the rate at which processor speeds increase - roughly doubling every two years.


Livingston will once again face non-Scottish opposition in the Scottish Challenge Cup after being drawn against The New Saints in the quarter-finals.

Livi won away at Northern Irish side Crusaders on Friday, with TNS proving too strong for Forfar on Saturday.
The Welsh Premier League leaders are the only guest team remaining in the competition.
Dunfermline Athletic meet Championship rivals Dundee United, with St Mirren at home to Ayr United.
Queen of the South, who beat Linfield, will welcome Alloa Athletic, the conquerors of Bala Town, to Palmerston Park.
Teams from Northern Ireland and Wales were included in the tournament for the first time at the last 16 stage.
The ties will be played over the weekend of 12/13 November.
Challenge Cup quarter-final draw:
Livingston v The New Saints
Queen of the South v Alloa Athletic
St Mirren v Ayr United
Dunfermline Athletic v Dundee United


Jeremy Corbyn has said Theresa May's call for rival parties to contribute their policy ideas showed the government "has run out of steam".

He said he was happy to give the PM a copy of his party's manifesto, adding, "or better still an early election so the people of this country can decide".
Mrs May will use a speech on Tuesday to call on parties to "contribute and not just criticise".
She says there are a range of issues on which MPs from different parties agree.
First Secretary of State Damian Green described the post-election change in Mrs May's style of government as a "grown-up way of doing politics".
But Mr Corbyn used the PM's Commons statement on the weekend G20 summit in Hamburg to claim it showed "weakness from this government".
"The government is apparently asking other parties for their policy ideas," he said.
Turning to the prime minister, he said: "If you would like it, I'm very happy to furnish you with a copy of our manifesto or better still, an early election so the people in this county can decide.
"Let's face it, the government has run out of steam at a pivotal time in our county and the world around uncertainty over Brexit, conflict in the Gulf states, nuclear sabre-rattling in North Korea, refugees continuing to flee war and destruction, ongoing pandemics, cross-border terrorism, poverty and inequality and the impact of climate change are the core global challenges of our time.
"Just when we need strong government, we have weakness from this government."
Theresa May's speech is a pitch for cross-party consensus.
"Come forward with your own views and ideas about how we can tackle" the challenges the country faces, Mrs May will say, adding: "We may not agree on everything, but ideas can be clarified and improved and a better way forward found."
Bluntly, it is an explicit acknowledgement of her fragility; her authority and majority shrivelled.
Government sources say it is a mature approach that maintains a commitment to taking on big, difficult and complex challenges; not just Brexit but reform of social care, too, for instance.
Labour says Mrs May's speech proves the Conservatives have "completely run out of ideas" and were reduced to "begging" for policy proposals from them.
But Mrs May insisted the government had "an ambitious agenda to change this country", adding that there were many issues on which she  "would hope we would be able to achieve consensus across this House", such as police and security agencies having the powers they need to deal with the terrorist threats they face.
The exchanges came ahead of Mrs May's speech which will return to the message from her first day in Downing street last July, when she succeeded David Cameron, and vowed to lead what she called a "one nation" government that works for all and not just the "privileged few".
The speech is being seen by some as a "re-launch" or "fightback" after Mrs May lost her majority - and much of her authority - in the snap election last month.
In her speech, the PM will say that although the result of June's election was not what she wanted, "those defining beliefs remain, my commitment to change in Britain is undimmed".
She will unveil a review - of casual and low-paid work - by Matthew Taylor, a former top adviser to Tony Blair, which she commissioned when she became prime minister.
It is thought Mr Taylor, who has been examining the use of zero-hours contracts and the rise in app-based firms such as Uber and Deliveroo, will stop short of calling for a compulsory minimum wage for those employed in the so-called gig economy, who do not have guaranteed hours or pay rates.
But he is expected to propose a series of extra rights for those in insecure jobs and could also recommend shaking up the tax system to reduce the gap between employees and the self-employed.
He is also likely to call for measures to improve job satisfaction for people working in minimum wage jobs, according to The Guardian.
Speaking at a press conference with Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull on Monday, Mrs May said she had sought input from other parties in the past on issues like counter-terrorism and modern slavery.
She also said she was happy to work with Labour's Yvette Cooper and others in a cross-party approach to tackling intimidation and online abuse of MPs and others involved in the political process.
Asked if her desire for co-operation extended to Brexit, including on the government's Repeal Bill when it is published later this week, the prime minister said she was seeking the "broadest possible consensus" surrounding the terms of the UK's exit.
Lib Dem Brexit spokesman Tom Brake said: "A call for Labour to contribute is superfluous. On the single biggest issue of our generation, Brexit, Corbyn isn't contributing, he is cheerleading."
Scottish Government Brexit minister Michael Russell said: "If the prime minister is genuinely interested in creating a consensus then Scotland should have a seat at the negotiations to leave the EU."
But Mr Green, who has known Mrs May since university and is effectively her deputy prime minister, said the public would welcome a move away from politics in which parties "just sit in the trenches and shell each other".
The BBC's assistant political editor, Norman Smith, said that the Conservatives and Labour were "poles apart" on many significant policy areas.
He told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "More brutally, Jeremy Corbyn is not minded to help Theresa May. He smells blood in the water.
"He wants to do everything he can to stampede Mrs May into another election, so the idea he might somehow seek to cooperate with her, I think, is bordering on the fanciful."
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A Church of England bishop who made "deeply offensive" comments on Facebook about the royal engagement has been suspended from his public duties.

The Bishop of Willesden, the Right Reverend Pete Broadbent, said the union between Prince William and Kate Middleton would last about seven years.
He apologised for the remarks on Monday but has been asked by the Bishop of London to withdraw from public ministry "until further notice".
The royal couple are to marry in April.
Clarence House announced on Tuesday that Westminster Abbey would be the venue for the 29 April wedding, which Prime Minister David Cameron said would be a public holiday to mark a "national day of celebration".
However, when the news of the engagement broke, the bishop wrote on the social networking site: "We need a party in Calais for all good republicans who can't stand the nauseating tosh that surrounds this event."
The Bishop of London, the Right Reverend Richard Chartres, who announced the suspension, said he had been "appalled" by the comments.
In a statement, he said: "In common with most of the country, I share the joy which the news of the engagement has brought.
"I have now had an opportunity to discuss with Bishop Peter how his comments came to be made and I have noted his unreserved apology.
"Nevertheless, I have asked him to withdraw from public ministry until further notice.
"I have been in touch with St James's Palace to express my own dismay on behalf of the Church."
The bishop made a number of comments on the site on Wednesday.
He said: "Marriages should be about family, not "some piece of national flim-flam paid for out of our taxes, for a couple whose lives are going to be persecuted and spoilt by an ignorant media".
He criticised the monarchy for a history of broken marriages and a "corrupt and sexist" hereditary principle, before going on to attack the "gutter press" for "persecuting" the Royal Family.
In a statement published on Monday, Bishop Broadbent said he had conveyed his own "sincere regrets" to the couple and to Prince Charles and admitted he had been "unwise".
"I recognise that the tone of my language and the content of what I said were deeply offensive, and I apologise unreservedly for the hurt caused," he said.
"I accept that this was a major error of judgement on my part. I wish Prince William and Kate Middleton a happy and lifelong marriage and will hold them in my prayers."
Graham Smith, of anti-monarchy campaign group Republic, said while he would not have used Bishop Broadbent's language, he shared his concerns about the "celebrity culture" surrounding the Royal Family.
"He has every right to raise those concerns and speak his mind on the matter, even using strong language to get his point across."
Bishop Broadbent was not believed to be among those present at the general synod or during a service of Holy Communion at Westminster Abbey attended by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on Tuesday morning, the Press Association news agency reported.
At the synod, Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams said he spoke for those present in expressing "delight" at the forthcoming marriage.
The Bishop of Willesden is responsible for churches in the London boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon.


The United States has called for the re-establishment of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland.

Talks aimed at restoring the Stormont executive ended in failure on Monday.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the US urged the DUP and Sinn Féin to form an "effective government" as soon as possible.
It said the US would continue to work with the parties and the British and Irish governments to facilitate the restoration of power sharing.
Northern Ireland has been without a functioning devolved government since January, when the coalition led by the two biggest parties, the DUP and Sinn Féin, collapsed over a green energy scandal.
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said: "The United States regrets that the political parties in Northern Ireland have not yet reached an agreement to establish a power-sharing regional government following elections in March.
"We urge the region's two largest parties, the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, to continue their discussions with the aim of forming an effective, responsive, and representative government as soon as possible.
"All of Northern Ireland's political leaders share a collective responsibility to build on the political and economic progress made since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement and to construct a better, shared future for all of Northern Ireland's citizens," she added.


Cardiff City have unveiled a new badge that will be worn on their kits from the 2015-16 season.

Owner Vincent Tan gave the go-ahead for the Championship club's home shirts to change back from red to blue and to make the Bluebird more prominent on the badge after consulting supporters.
Sian Branson, founder of the Bluebirds Unite group, which campaigned for the colour change, welcomed the move.
"At least I know I'm supporting CCFC when I look at this badge," she said.
"The future's blue and we don't have to feel as detached from our club any more."
Branson added there was "still plenty that needs to be done" and hoped the fans and club could continue to work together.
The club's new crest features an oriental dragon based on the one featured at Cardiff City Hall.
Cardiff City said the design of the dragon is the result of "three distinct influences".
A club statement said: "Projecting our Welsh heritage, the stance was taken from the national flag, as has been seen on our crest or shirt for a number of years.
"Celebrating Asian-linked culture, design and tradition influences, we also looked to create a dragon that could be primarily owned and appreciated locally.
"To achieve this the main influence was drawn from the dragon placed on top of Cardiff City Hall, as has been the case since 1904."
Tan's controversial rebrand to red was introduced in June 2012 after he bought the club, to generate "appeal in international markets".
The club gained promotion to the Premier League in April 2013, but were relegated back to the Championship after one season. They are 15th in the table.
The blue-to-red rebrand led to infighting among Bluebirds supporters.
Fans campaigning for a return to blue would chant "we'll always be blue" after 19 minutes and 27 seconds of home games, the time chosen marking Cardiff's FA Cup success in 1927.
Cardiff City Supporters' Club spokesman Vince Alm says the new badge will not please all fans, but is "a step in the right direction".
"The new badge looks like a Cardiff City badge, the Bluebird is more prominent and it embraces a lot of our heritage with the 1927 shield," said Alm.
"I just hope the fans embrace it now."


The Obama administration has announced a $1.83bn (£1.22bn) arms sale to Taiwan in a deal that has antagonised China.

The US said the deal was consistent with its "long-standing policy on arms sales to Taiwan".
But China has said it is strongly opposed to the sale, and has pledged to sanction the US firms involved in it.
The deal, the first in four years, comes as US-China relations fray over China's construction of artificial islands in the South China sea.
Two decommissioned US Navy frigates, anti-tank missiles, amphibious assault vehicles, as well as surface-to-air missiles and other equipment are all included in the deal.
The deal will be approved in 30 days, unless Congress objects. But this is thought unlikely as there has been growing concern by Democrats and Republicans about Taiwan's ability to defend itself from China's growing military might.
State Department spokesman John Kirby said sale was consistent with the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which requires the US to provide Taiwan with sufficient weaponry to defend itself, even though the US does not recognise Taiwan as a state independent of China.
"There's no need for it to have any derogatory effect on our relationship with China," he told reporters. "We still want to work to establish a better, more transparent, more effective relationship with China in the region and we're going to continue to work at that."
But China summoned the US charge d'affaires in Beijing to protest against the sale.
"Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory. China strongly opposes the US arms sale to Taiwan," Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying.
China views Taiwan as a breakaway province which will one day be reunited with the mainland, but relations have warmed in recent weeks. Leaders from both countries met last month for the first time since the end of the civil war in 1949.
Previous US sales to Taiwan have totalled over $12bn, according to the White House.
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain called for "a more regularised process" for selling weapons to Taiwan, saying it was needed "in order to avoid extended periods in which a fear of upsetting the US-China relationship may harm Taiwan's defend capabilities".
Tensions have risen between China and the US in recent months amid concerns from Washington that Beijing is building man-made islands in the South China Sea; the US believes that China is using the islands to expand its maritime territorial claims.
In October, the USS Lassen sailed in the Spratly archipelago as a challenge to China's claim over the islands.


Republican presidential contender Donald Trump has denied mocking a disabled New York Times reporter during a campaign address earlier this week.

Mr Trump flailed his arms while referring to an article about the 9/11 attacks by Serge Kovaleski, who has a congenital joint condition.
But the politician insisted he did not know what the reporter looked like.
He tweeted that he simply was "showing a person grovelling to take back a statement made long ago".
"I have no idea who Serge Kovaleski is, what he looks like or his level of intelligence," he said in a statement.
"I merely mimicked what I thought would be a flustered reporter trying to get out of a statement he made long ago.
"I have tremendous respect for people who are physically challenged and have spent tens of thousands of dollars throughout buildings all over the world on making them handicapped accessible and ADA (American Disability Act) compliant."
He also accused the New York Times of being "dishonest" and "trying to make a story out of nothing".
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The row erupted after Mr Trump's speech at a rally in South Carolina on Tuesday.
The billionaire property tycoon used a 2001 article by Mr Kovaleski, who at the time worked for the Washington Post, to back up his own widely disputed claims that "thousands" of Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 11 September attacks in the US.
In his article, Mr Kovaleski's wrote that "law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river" in Jersey City.
However, Mr Kovaleski recently told CNN he did "not recall anyone saying there were thousands, or even hundreds of people celebrating".
At the rally, Mr Trump accused Mr Kovaleski of backing down from his own story.
"Now the poor guy, you gotta see this guy," the politician said, before launching into an apparent impression of Mr Kovaleski, waving his arms around with his hands at an odd angle.
"Uhh I don't know what I said. Uhh I don't remember. He's going like 'I don't remember. Maybe that's what I said.'"
Mr Kovaleski has arthrogryposis, a condition that affects the movement of joints and is noticeable in his right arm and hand.
Mr Kovaleski reported on Mr Trump between 1987 and 1993. He has said he is sure the businessman remembers him and his physical condition, the Washington Post reported.
The New York Times has called Mr Trump's actions "outrageous".


Scientists say they have made a significant leap towards creating a vaccine that would protect against every form of flu.

The influenza virus is a constantly shifting target so seasonal flu vaccines rapidly become useless and new ones are needed each year.
A team at Imperial College London say they have made a "blueprint" for a universal flu vaccine.
Their discovery is published in the journal Nature Medicine.
Influenza is able to change the proteins that protrude from the surface of the virus as readily as people change outfits.
However, the material on the inside is common to many strains of flu. Vaccine researchers believe targeting the core of the virus may be the way to develop a universal vaccine.
A specific part of the immune system, called T-cells, is thought to be able to recognise proteins in the core. A team at Imperial used the 2009 swine flu pandemic to test the theory.
Swine flu was a new virus from a mix of bird and pig flu.
The outer shell should have been a completely new experience to the immune system, but the core may have been encountered before in other flu viruses.
The team compared levels of one kind of T-cells at the start of the pandemic with symptoms of flu in 342 staff and students at the university.
They showed that the higher the levels of the T-cells a patient had, the milder their symptoms were.
Researchers then teased out the specific part of the immune system that offered some pandemic flu protection and which part of the virus it was attacking.
Prof Ajit Lalvani, who led the study, told the BBC: "It's a blueprint for a vaccine. We know the exact subgroup of the immune system and we've identified the key fragments in the internal core of the virus. These should be included in a vaccine.
"In truth, in this case it is about five years [away from a vaccine]. We have the know-how, we know what needs to be in the vaccine and we can just get on and do it."
This would be a distinct approach compared with other forms of vaccination, such as the MMR jab. These trigger the immune system to produce antibodies that can attack an invader.
The prize could be huge. Seasonal flu kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people each year and new pandemics have the potential to take doctors by surprise and kill large numbers of people.
Yet the researchers admit it is "generally harder" to develop a T-cell vaccine than provoke an antibody response. The challenge will be to get a big enough T-cell response to offer protection and a response that will last.
Prof John Oxford, of Queen Mary University of London, said: "This sort of effect can't be that powerful or we'd never have pandemics. It's not going to solve all the problems of influenza, but could add to the range of vaccines.
"It's going to be a long journey from this sort of paper to translating it into a vaccine that works."
Prof Sarah Gilbert, who is developing a universal flu vaccine at the
Jenner Institute in Oxford, said: "Live attenuated influenza vaccines which are given by nasal spray and will be used in children in the UK from this autumn are much better at increasing the number of influenza-specific T cells, but these vaccines only work in young children who haven't yet had much exposure to influenza virus, so we need an alternative approach for adults.
"The new publication contains information on the precise characteristics of the influenza-specific T cells which were protective, and this information will be useful in monitoring the immune response to vaccination when testing novel influenza vaccines which are designed to provide protection against pandemic as well as seasonal influenza viruses."


New regulations for child car seats are in the pipeline, but no decisions have been made, the government has said.

It comes as consumer rights group Which said backless booster seats will only be approved for use for children taller than 125cm and weighing more than 22kg under new rules set to be introduced.
But the government said talks are ongoing and there was no date as yet.
Existing rules say that children must use a child car seat until they are 12 years old or 135cm (4ft 5ins) tall.
If approved, any changes will apply to newly sold products, not child restraint systems which are already in use and adhere to existing safety standards.
Parents who use old booster seats that comply with the existing regulations will not be breaking the law if they continue to use them after any rule change, the Department for Transport spokesman said.
They will not be required to buy new booster seats to meet any rule change, he said.
The technical specifications for child car seats are set internationally by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe.
Height-based car seats, known as 'i-Size' seats, must be rear-facing until the child is over 15 months old.
A child can use a forward-facing car seat when they are over 15 months old.
Weight-based car seats must be rear-facing until the child weighs more than 9kg and after that the seat the child can use depends on their weight.
The Department for Transport works with representatives from other governments, the child restraint and vehicle manufacturing industries, and groups representing consumers on the specifications.
What is the law?
There are exceptions. For example, children can travel without a child car seat in a taxi or minicab if there is a fixed partition between the front and rear seats.


The SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson will not be challenged for the stewardship of his party in the Commons, the BBC understands.

There had been speculation that Alex Salmond might seek the position.
However, the BBC's Norman Smith said Mr Robertson would be re-elected unopposed and had received the private support of former SNP leader Mr Salmond.
Elections for the position of SNP leader at Westminster will take place on Tuesday.
The new intake of Nationalist MPs arrived in London for a photo opportunity with Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
On the prospects of retaining his role, Mr Robertson said: "It has been an honour to lead the Westminster SNP group for the last eight years and it would be an honour to continue as group leader of the record-sized SNP parliamentary party.
"I am grateful to have the support of deputy SNP leader Stewart Hosie MP, former first minister Alex Salmond MP and the encouragement from colleagues across the newly-elected SNP group.
"The SNP is now the third party at Westminster and we have a huge responsibility to stand up for Scotland.
"As third party we will be called at every Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs), every debate and also serve on a wide range of committees.
"We will use these opportunities to oppose the Tory austerity agenda, press for the delivery of more powers for Scotland and seek to block the renewal of Trident."
All 56 MPs will take up the seats normally reserved for the Liberal Democrats in the Commons.
They will also take over the third party whips office which had been run by the Lib Dems for almost a century.
Norman Smith said it was understood that the SNP would be removing all the old photos of Gladstone and other Liberal leaders.
The Conservative Party was in coalition with the Lib Dems between 2010 and 2015.
However, the election on Thursday saw the Tories win a majority.
In Scotland there is now just one Labour, one Liberal Democrat and one Conservative MP.
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Mining giant BHP Billiton has reported a record loss for the past year following a mining disaster in Brazil and a slump in commodity prices.

The Anglo-Australian commodities firm reported an annual net loss of $6.4bn (Â£5bn) for the year to 30 June.
The global mining sector has seen years of weak demand attributed largely to slowing growth in China.
BHP results were also hit by costs after the Samarco mining disaster in Brazil, which killed 19 people.
The record losses come after the company had reported a $1.9bn net profit.
"While commodity prices are expected to remain low and volatile in the short to medium term, we are confident in the long-term outlook for our commodities, particularly oil and copper," chief executive Andrew Mackenzie said in a statement.
Underlying earnings for the past year, which strip out one-off costs, came in at $1.22bn.
The financial fallout from the Samarco mining tragedy is still not clear though warns James Butterfill, head of research & investment strategy at ETF Securities.
"There's a huge uncertainty overhang," he told the BBC. "The report hasn't been published with regard to the Samarco dam collapse and there's currently a $48bn lawsuit. It's unrealistic to be that amount, but this is really BHP's Macondo well incident theoretically that BP endured."
The company also slashed its payout, setting a final dividend of 30 cents, compared with 62 cents last year. That follows BHP's decision in February to abandon its previous dividend policy, where  shareholders were given gradually higher payouts.
The difficult market situation led global ratings agency Standard & Poor's to downgrade BHP's rating from A+ to A earlier this year.
However, with regard to the slump in the commodities market, the outlook is expected to improve.
Michael McCarthy, an analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney, told the BBC: "There are signs in the commodity prices - and in particular for iron ore and oil - that they have stabilised.
"The demand might be edging back to equilibrium again and that's good news for the longer term for BHP shareholders."
BHP Billiton is one of the world's largest producers of major commodities including iron ore, metallurgical coal, copper and uranium, and has substantial interests in both conventional and shale oil and gas and energy coal.
BHP was founded in the mid-1800s in Australia, while Billiton's roots can be traced back to a tin mine in Indonesia in 1851. The Anglo-Dutch company merged with BHP in 2001 to form a global mining giant.


A woman whose family drowned off the Irish coast spoke to her youngest son shortly before the tragedy on Sunday, a priest at their funeral has said.

Ruth Daniels, 57, her daughter Jodie Lee, 14, Sean McGrotty, 49, and his sons Mark, 12, and Evan, eight, died when their car left Buncrana pier.
They were the mother, sister, partner and two sons of Louise James. The only survivor was her baby girl.
Ms James said the loss of her family had "broken hearts beyond repair".
Four-month old Rionaghac-Ann was rescued from the water by passer-by Davitt Walsh after the car slipped into the water on Sunday.
Hundreds of mourners lined streets in Londonderry as hearses carrying the five victims made their way to Holy Family Church, Ballymagroarty, in the city for the funeral service.
Fr Paddy O'Kane, the family's priest, told those attending the service that Ms James, who was returning from a trip to England, had called Evan on Sunday evening as the family sat in the car on the County Donegal pier to watch the sunset.
"[Evan] said: 'Mammy, I miss you so much. I am going to give you the biggest, tightest, hug you ever got when I see you again,'" Fr O'Kane said.
He added that people were "bewildered by the intensity of this grief" the family were feeling after the deaths.
"We are plunged in grief - even the heavens are crying," he said.
"Five beautiful people have been taken tragically from our midst, five people whom we loved.
"Not just this family, this community, this country, but also people from all over the world are united with us in grief."
But Fr O'Kane said there was "one ray of hope bravely breaking through the dark clouds".
He praised the "altruism in the bravery" of Mr Walsh, who dived into the lough and swam to the family in their car before returning to the pier with Rionaghac-Ann.
"Davitt, today we salute you as our hero," Fr O'Kane said.
Ms James spoke at the funeral to publicly thank him for saving her baby.
"We will be eternally grateful to Davitt Walsh and his girlfriend Stephanie Knox," she said.
"For, without fear for [your] own life and safety, you entered Lough Swilly to save my Rionaghac-Ann, and I will be forever grateful to you.
"Thank you so, so much."
Ms James had an emotional first meeting with Mr Walsh on Tuesday.
Fr O'Kane told mourners how she had embraced Mr Walsh and thanked him "from the bottom of her heart" for also trying to save her sons.
"'It could easily have been seven deaths, not five,' Louise added, before passing the baby to Davitt to hold," Fr O'Kane said.
"She opened her beautiful blue eyes, smiled up at him and had a big yawn."
Earlier this week, Jim McGrotty, a brother of Sean, praised Mr Walsh, saying he was "a hero in this family's eyes".
And at the funeral service he said his brother's efforts to save his family had been the ultimate display of his love for them.
"Sean's love for his family was proven, if proof was ever needed, with his selfless actions on last Sunday evening," he said.
"Goodbye, bro, I will see you later."
Principals of the schools the young victims attended paid tribute to them at the service.
Evan was described by as a "beautiful, bright and bubbly wee boy", while Mark was "a teacher's dream, polite and ambitious", the head of St Eithne's Primary School said.
Jodie Lee's principal Marie Lindsay, of St Mary's College in Derry, said she was a "beautiful girl on the outside".
"But it was her inner beauty that packed a lifetime of love into 14 short years," she added.
Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers attended the funeral and were joined by representatives of the Irish president and prime minister.
First Minister Arlene Foster visited the family home on Thursday morning with Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness and said it was "incredible" to meet Ms James.
"This is an unspeakable tragedy, yet somehow, from somewhere, she is finding the strength to be so composed, to speak with us, to tell us how she'd spoken to the children just before they died," Mrs Foster said.
"I hope she continues to find that strength in the days to come because we all know, once the funeral is over, that the difficult days will begin."
Hundreds of people in Derry have signed books of condolence for the family.


Gateshead have signed full-back Scott Barrow from Southern Premier League club Merthyr Town on a one-year deal.

The 28-year-old former Wales non-league international previously made 38 appearances for Newport County in the 2015-16 season.
Gateshead boss Neil Aspin tried to sign him when he was in charge at Halifax.
"He's now got the chance to come back into professional football. He has the hunger to do well and is a proven player at this level," said Aspin.
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Australian cyclist Richie Porte will leave Team Sky to join the American BMC Racing team on a one-year deal in 2016.

Porte, who was punched by a spectator during the Tour de France, played a key role in helping British team-mate Chris Froome win this year and in 2013.
The 30-year-old joined Team Sky in 2012 and has won the week-long Paris-Nice stage race twice.
BMC Racing manager Jim Ochowicz said Porte will add "extra muscle and a wealth of experience".
He added: "It also gives us the chance to separate and/or unite our strategies and goals as we see fit throughout the season."
Porte's best result on the Grand Tour stage is seventh overall in the 2010 Giro d'Italia competing for Team Saxo Bank, when he also won the white jersey for the best under-25 rider.


The boss of the UK operations of Boots is to step down from his role next month, the company has announced.

Simon Roberts, executive vice-president of Walgreens Boots Alliance and president of Boots, will  "pursue new opportunities", a statement said.
It comes after the Guardian reported that Boots claimed money from the NHS by giving face-to-face consultations for customers who did not need them.
The announcement was made as part of other senior management changes.
Stefano Pessina, executive vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Walgreens Boots Alliance, said: "I would like to warmly thank Simon for his outstanding contribution and for the key role he played at Boots during the past 13 years of his career.
"We wish him the very best for the future."
Mr Roberts said: "Over the past three years we have achieved good progress in modernising our business to be better prepared for the opportunities and challenges of today's world and the strategy and plans to build an even better Boots are well on track.
"I've therefore come to realise that now is the right time for me to step away and consider new opportunities for the future, and for a new leader to take the business forward in the next phase."
Alex Gourlay, executive vice-president of Walgreens Boots Alliance and president of Walgreens, will take over responsibility for UK operations.
Elizabeth Fagan, currently senior vice-president of Walgreens Boots Alliance and managing director of its international retail division, will become Boots' new managing director and senior vice-president and will report to Mr Gourlay.
The announcements were made as part of a restructuring of Walgreens Boots Alliance and Boots' UK operations.


Sinn FÃ©in leader Gerry Adams has said there is "a need to be open and imaginative" on new constitutional arrangements.

He welcomed Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Enda Kenny's comments on a possible referendum on Irish unity.
DUP MP Ian Paisley said Mr Kenny was "being mischievous".
The taoiseach said Brexit talks should consider that a clause in the Good Friday Agreement could result in the calling of a referendum.
In his remarks to reporters on Monday at the annual MacGill Summer School in Glenties, County Donegal, Mr Kenny said the triggering of a border poll required "clear evidence of a majority of people wishing to leave the UK and join the Republic".
He added: "It may be, in the eyes of some, a fanciful theory but who knows what happens in 10, 20 years time?"
Adams responded by calling for all parties supporting a united Ireland "to discuss how best this can be achieved."
"In the context of the north being dragged out of the EU by England, there is now a greater opportunity to achieve this," he said.
North Antrim MP Mr Paisley said Secretary of State James Brokenshire and his predecessor, Theresa Villiers, had both ruled out holding a referendum.
"It's not going to happen," he said.
"We all know in the next nine months Enda Kenny is not going to be taoiseach. So, he's really just being mischievous.," Mr Paisley added.
Ulster Unionist MLA Jenny Palmer described Mr Kenny's comments as "much ado about nothing".
She said that, in the wake of the EU referendum, the Stormont executive's priority should be "to convince the people of Northern Ireland that they have a plan for the way forward for our economy, our farmers, our voluntary and community groups, our universities and everyone else who depends heavily on EU funding and support."


Albania is to auction off some 40 military aircraft and helicopters that date back to the communist era.

The defence ministry said the aircraft, all of it made by the Soviet Union or China, would go under auction in the capital Tirana on 22 February.
The ministry said all the aircraft would be of "historic" value only, and "for a civilian purpose".
Various museums and private collectors had expressed an interest, a ministry spokeswoman told the AFP news agency.
Edlira Prendi said that although the overall auction value had been put at about 440,000 euros ($483,000), each aircraft could be sold individually.
The items for sale include 10 Mig-19s, six Mig-21s, six Yak-18s and four Mi-4 helicopters.
Ms Prendi said they had received expressions of interest from Greece, Germany, France and the United States, AFP reports.
Albania was a Stalinist state for nearly 50 years until its transition to democracy after 1990.


A member of the Irish Coast Guard has died after a vessel overturned off the County Clare coast in the Republic of Ireland.

She has been named as Caitriona Lucas, a mother of two in her early 40s.
She was one of three crew members on board a rigid inflatable boat which flipped over during a search for a man near cliffs at Kilkee.
Another woman was rescued and airlifted to hospital. A man stranded in a cave has now been airlifted to safety.
Their injuries are not life threatening, the Irish Coast Guard said.
The three crew members were part of the Doolin Coast Guard, a voluntary unit of which Mrs Lucas' husband Bernard is also a member.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny said: "To learn of the death of Caitriona, and of injury to her colleagues brings home the real dangers our rescue personnel face and this awful news casts a dark shadow over people all over the island."
Irish Transport Minister Shane Ross offered his "deepest sympathies" to Mrs Lucas' family and friends.
"This is an appalling tragedy; the loss of a brave and valiant woman engaged in the most heroic of and unselfish of duties."
Tributes have been posted on social media from RNLI crews across the UK.
Kilkeel RNLI posted this tribute on its Facebook page: "Difficult to put words to this but our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends and colleagues of volunteer Coastguard Caitriona Lucas who gave her all in a rescue attempt."


The number of African penguins in South Africa and Namibia has dramatically fallen in the past ten years.

10 December 2015 Last updated at 06:36 GMT
The penguins pair for life and have their chicks - but the number of pairs has dropped from over 30,000 in 2004 to just over 3,000 in 2014.
Nicky Stander, a Penguin Conservationist says: ''There used to be over a million penguins in the 1930's but now the population is down by around 98 per cent.''
Experts say it's because the sardines and anchovies they eat are disappearing.
They believe it's because of over-fishing and the sea getting warmer.
Jenny's been finding why the penguins are struggling to survive.


Members of the US Congress have warned that post-earthquake Haiti is heading for unfair presidential and legislative elections next month because more than a dozen political parties have been barred from taking part.

In an open letter to US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, 45 US lawmakers said Haiti needed a strong, representative government in the wake of January's disaster which made a million and a half homeless and, according to the Haitian government, left more than 200,000 dead.
The letter said the decision of the electoral authorities, the Provisional Electoral Council, to exclude some of the most popular candidates from the 28 November poll, so potentially conferring decisions to a government perceived as illegitimate, was a "recipe for disaster".
The US lawmakers say the exclusion of candidates, including those from Fanmi Lavalas, which they describe as "Haiti's largest political party", risks causing popular unrest.
And they go as far as quoting former US President John Kennedy: "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable."
Fanmi Lavalas leaders, some of whom are loyal to the exiled former Haitian leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, have been barred on technical grounds following a dispute between candidates.
The popular Haitian hip hop singer Wyclef Jean was excluded from running in the presidential poll because he was said not to meet eligibility requirements.
The lawmakers' letter to Mrs Clinton, issued last Thursday, says excluding candidates will undermine both the right of Haitians to vote and the resulting government's ability to govern.
The current Haitian government led by President Rene Preval has rejected allegations that it is excluding popular candidates for political reasons.
It said Fanmi Lavalas was split and some of its leaders unrepresentative of the party. And it said Wyclef Jean had spent too much of his time resident in the United States to be eligible for election.
In Haiti's fluid political landscape some prominent members of the current government claim allegiance to Fanmi Lavalas.
But many ordinary Haitian voters spontaneously say they support populists like Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Wyclef Jean, and they express deep scepticism about the current administration because it is not seen to have responded well to their needs after the earthquake.
The letter to Mrs Clinton said allowing the elections to proceed with the exclusions in place would "come back to haunt the international community" because the government that is elected will have to make difficult decisions about post-earthquake reconstruction and spend large amounts of aid money.
"Running transparently unfair, exclusive elections with the support of the international community, will leave many Haitians to conclude that they have no choice but to protest the elections and the consequent government through social disruption," the letter says.
Finally, the letter concludes that the US government should not provide any funding to elections that do not meet "basic democratic requirements".


Keaton Jennings scored his second One-Day Cup century of the summer to help Durham to a 19-run win over Northants.

Jennings (101) has failed to reach 50 only once in five One-Day Cup games in 2017 and added 155 for the second wicket with Michael Richardson (68).
Paul Collingwood backed up the Durham pair with an unbeaten 53 as the hosts reached 291-7 off their 50 overs.
A 99-run stand between Adam Rossington (69) and Steven Crook (49) gave Northants a chance but they fell short.
Rossington and Crook took Northants from 124-5 to 223-6, trailing by just 78 runs, but when the former was clean bowled by Paul Coughlin (3-53) the opportunity for victory was gone as the visitors reached 272-8 in their allocated overs.
Durham's second successive victory moved up to fourth in the North Group, despite starting the season with a points deduction, while Northants are seventh with one win.


Work on a 2.5 mile (4km) stretch of road being widened to improve links to the coast is set to overrun by at least six months.

Delays to the A21 widening have been caused by the discovery of asbestos and heavy metals in the excavated earth.
The route which links south-east London, Tunbridge Wells and Hastings has been a bottleneck close to Pembury.
The road is now due to reopen in summer 2017 but may be later, Highways England said.
Campaigners worked for years to get the Â£69m scheme near Tunbridge Wells approved but groups including The Woodland Trust objected to the destruction of 22 acres of ancient woodland.
Andrew Broughton from Highways England said: "The site is progressing well."
He said the delay was caused when 30,000 tonnes of earth being moved was found to be contaminated and could not be reused elsewhere on the site.
Highways England said the work had been due to be finished by March 2017.
The work should now be finished by summer 2017, Mr Broughton said.
But he warned it could be longer "if we get a really wet winter".


Russia beat Montenegro to clinch automatic qualification for Euro 2016 and consign Sweden to the play-offs.

A goal from Oleg Kuzmin and Aleksandr Kokorin's penalty saw Russia take second spot in Group G behind Austria.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Erkan Zengin scored for Sweden in a 2-0 victory over Moldova, but that was only enough for third place in the group.
Erik Hamren's side will find out on Sunday who they will play in a two-legged play-off next month.
Match ends, Russia 2, Montenegro 0.
Second Half ends, Russia 2, Montenegro 0.
Attempt missed. Denis Cheryshev (Russia) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Igor Denisov.
Dmitri Kombarov (Russia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Marusic (Montenegro).
Foul by Igor Denisov (Russia).
Adam Marusic (Montenegro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Russia. Denis Cheryshev replaces Alan Dzagoev.
Substitution, Montenegro. Vladimir Boljevic replaces Nikola Vukcevic.
Substitution, Russia. Fedor Smolov replaces Artem Dzyuba.
Igor Denisov (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Fatos Beqiraj (Montenegro).
Attempt blocked. Roman Shirokov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Alexander Kokorin (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Roman Shirokov.
Attempt missed. Pavel Mamaev (Russia) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Alexander Kokorin.
Pavel Mamaev (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mladen Kascelan (Montenegro).
Attempt missed. Igor Denisov (Russia) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
Pavel Mamaev (Russia) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Esteban Saveljich (Montenegro).
Substitution, Russia. Pavel Mamaev replaces Oleg Shatov.
Substitution, Montenegro. Adam Marusic replaces Vladimir Rodic.
Offside, Montenegro. Milan Mijatovic tries a through ball, but Stefan Mugosa is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Roman Shirokov (Russia) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Artem Dzyuba.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Marko Simic (Montenegro) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Esteban Saveljich (Montenegro) header from the left side of the six yard box misses to the right. Assisted by Fatos Beqiraj with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner,  Montenegro. Conceded by Sergei Ignashevitch.
Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Russia).
Esteban Saveljich (Montenegro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Roman Shirokov (Russia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Alexander Kokorin with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Fatos Beqiraj (Montenegro) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vladimir Rodic.
Corner,  Russia. Conceded by Sasa Balic.
Alexander Kokorin (Russia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sasa Balic (Montenegro).
Offside, Montenegro. Nikola Vukcevic tries a through ball, but Fatos Beqiraj is caught offside.
Foul by Igor Denisov (Russia).
Fatos Beqiraj (Montenegro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Artem Dzyuba (Russia).
Stefan Savic (Montenegro) wins a free kick in the defensive half.


Police investigating the death of a man on the A90 have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses.

Barry McRae, 34, from Stonehaven, died after being struck by a vehicle south of Stracathro at about 02:45 on Friday.
Officers want to speak to anyone who saw a black Audi A3 travelling south from Stonehaven between 01:30 and 02:30.
It stopped in a layby north of the Brechin junction before the accident involving another vehicle happened.
The main Aberdeen to Dundee road was closed in both directions for several hours as a result.


It is a mild weekday in late October, and mother and daughter Julie Pasifull and Abby Forster are already Christmas shopping on Oxford Street.

Abby says they are doing it now because "leaving it to the last minute is a lot more stressful and all the good stuff tends to go".
She adds that they have actually been browsing for gifts and decorations since August.
Another shopper, Alexis Beldam from Stevenage, says she "would rather do it in one big hit so I don't have to worry about it anymore".
"If you've got the money it makes sense to do it early," she says.
In truth, most of us still prefer to do our shopping nearer to Christmas, and research from PwC suggests the busiest shopping day of the season will be 23 December this year.
However, there is also evidence to suggest the festive shopping period has been starting earlier in recent years.
In 2015 supermarkets Morrisons and Asda both premiered their Christmas TV ads earlier in November than in 2014, to reflect consumer and sector trends.
And John Lewis and Lidl told the BBC that their shoppers start browsing for Christmas goods in September.
Moreover, in 2014 the Royal Statistical Society found that Brits were starting to think about Christmas in late August, around three months earlier than in 2007.
"We often complain about the Christmas creep but the fact is many shoppers are looking to spread the cost while others simply want to get their shopping done early," says Natalie Berg, an analyst at Planet Retail.
"Now it's common to see Christmas merchandise on shelves by 1 October," she adds.
Other factors are driving us to buy earlier too, she says, though perhaps not as early as August - the biggest being the huge discount sale Black Friday and its online cousin Cyber Monday in late November.
The sales, which originated in America and have grown in popularity in the UK over the last few years, are now some retailers' biggest day of trade of the year - not to mention a perfect opportunity to pick up Christmas bargains.
"Christmas goods may be on the shelves but shoppers have been trained to wait for discounts," says Mrs Berg.
"In fact, many shoppers today know that the first half of November is actually the worst time to buy for Christmas because everything will go on sale on Black Friday."
The trend is borne out by retailers' sales figures, says Andy Mulcahy, head of e-logistics at retail analysts IMRG.
"In the years following the economic crash in 2008, we tracked a trend for Christmas shopping starting earlier... so that people could spread the costs over a longer period.
"But Black Friday has gradually changed that. For the past two years, retailers have seen a slow start to Christmas trading, before condensing high volumes of orders into a short time frame around late November."
Black Friday may not be your last opportunity to snag a bargain before Christmas, though.
In fact, weaker-than-expected sales last year prompted some retailers to bring forward their January sales to 19 December, so called "panic Saturday".
However, there may be another incentive to get our shopping done earlier in 2016 - the threat of looming inflation linked to the recent fall in the value of the pound.
Since Britain voted to leave the EU, sterling is down by around a fifth against the dollar, raising the cost of imported goods. Notably, Tesco temporarily halted online sales of brands such as Marmite in October after manufacturer Unilever tried to raise its prices by about 10%, blaming currency trends.
But while Mrs Berg believes this will be in some consumers' minds in the run-up to Christmas, in reality price rises for most goods are not likely to be passed on to consumers until 2017.
Kien Tan, a retail expert at PwC, agrees. "Many of the gifts that we will buy over the Christmas period - things like toys and clothes - will have been ordered by retailers much earlier in the year, so will not have been affected by the falling pound," he says.
"And, even though inflation rose by 1% in September, the price of groceries actually fell because of the intense competition between supermarkets to win our custom.
"So we don't think inflation will affect our Christmas shopping plans this year."
Perhaps not surprisingly, retailers the BBC spoke to declined to say whether they would put up prices before Christmas.
However, it looks like at least some goods and services will be more expensive by then.
In October, the Wine and Spirit Trade Association warned that wine importers, merchants and retailers were already starting to see profits squeezed by the weak pound.
And online wine retailer Naked Wines said it would raise the cost of its wine by 5% from November because of increasing import costs linked to sterling.
Mrs Berg does not expect retailers to put up prices for most goods in January because customers have come to expect the January sales. However, with inflation widely expected to breach the Bank of England's 2% target in early 2017, we will almost certainly be feeling the pinch by next February or March, she says.
According to Mr Tan, it is "inevitable" that many things we buy from abroad will be affected - from food to clothing to electronic goods.
And for shoppers on Oxford Street that is concerning.
Bev from Manchester says she is worried about prices rising next year because her wages "aren't keeping up".
Another, Josie, says she "will probably be affected because I plan to retire next year, so it is worrying".
With Christmas likely to be considerably more expensive in 2017, the incentive to shop early is only going to get stronger, it seems.


TV presenter Roger Cook told a court he had "never heard" of an ex-child actor who claims he was molested by former chancellor Kenneth Clarke while working on his show The Cook Report.

Ben Fellows, 40, told reporters the Conservative MP for Rushcliffe, Nottinghamshire, assaulted him in 1994.
At the Old Bailey he denies perverting the course of justice by making false claims about the MP.
But Mr Cook said he did not believe Mr Fellows had worked on the show.
Mr Fellows, from Redstone Farm Road, Olton, Solihull, claimed the politician plied him with alcohol and carried out a sexual assault while he was working as an undercover actor for The Cook Report, on ITV.
He said a number of people who had also worked on the show at the time were aware of the assault.
In 2012, he told national news reporters about the alleged assault and stories were published in print and online.
Mr Cook, who presented the investigative programme and had some editorial control, was asked what, if any, dealings he had with the defendant.
He replied: "None whatsoever. I had never heard of him."
He said he would have known if Mr Fellows worked on the show.
Jurors were told Mr Cook only became aware of the allegations against Mr Clarke after the show was cancelled.
Mr Cook said: "It would have been an enormous story if that allegation was made."
The court has heard how police interviewed members of The Cook Report team who all said they were unaware of the allegation.
When officers checked out Mr Fellows' version of events, they concluded they were false and began treating him as a suspect rather than a victim, the court heard.
After Mr Fellows was arrested, he said The Cook Report staff were too afraid of losing their jobs or "falling foul of the establishment" to corroborate them.
The case continues.


Two men involved in an international drugs operation that included buying illegal substances on the 'dark web' using Bitcoin currency have been jailed.

Ryan Thomas McManus, 31, from Ava Street in Belfast and Ryan Milligan, 29, from Manse Road in Dundrum were given seven-year terms for over 40 drugs offences.
They will serve half their terms in prison and half on licence.
A third man on charges died on Tuesday.
Connor Devenney, 36, from Dunwellan Park in Newcastle, County Down, appeared in court last week, when the Crown set out its case against the three men.
However, a judge was told that Devenney, who faced two charges linked to the operation, died on Tuesday night.
Passing sentence on McManus and Milligan, the judge said the pair were involved in a "widespread supply of a quantity of illicit drugs" that they distributed "both in the UK and elsewhere".
He said that on one level there was a degree of sophistication, due to the use of the internet and Bitcoin currency, but on another there was a lack of sophistication as they left a "forensic trail".
He said this trail allowed both the police and other authorities to "become aware of the criminal activity" that ultimately led to their arrest.
Last week, the court heard that Milligan and McManus were arrested on 5 August, 2013, when several properties they were linked to were searched and drugs were seized.
A crown prosecutor said that during the period of offending - which spanned from January 2012 to August 2013 - the pair received consignments of drugs that were delivered to addresses either occupied or controlled by them.
They also used a virtual mailbox facility in the centre of Belfast.
The court heard some of the drugs were purchased online using Bitcoin currency. Drugs seized included more than 4,000 Class A tablets, and over 2,700 doses of DPP, as well as cocaine and over 100 grams of herbals.


After a season of controversy, new faces, new signings, sackings, glory and despair, how well do you remember who said what?

BBC Sport looks back at some of the key quotes from an eventful Premier League campaign.
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Adam Lyth (161) broke the domestic record in T20 cricket as Yorkshire made 260-4 in beating Northants, as they secured the highest domestic T20 score.

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He was 14 short of Chris Gayle's world record 175 and Yorkshire's total was three short of the world record 263-3.
Daniel Bell-Drummond (80) and Joe Denly (127) set a T20 world record opening stand of 207 as Kent beat Essex.
Sam Curran took a triple-wicket maiden as Surrey beat Gloucestershire, while Leicestershire defeated Derbyshire.
On a night of records, much of the drama came at Headingley as Yorkshire kept alive their hopes of reaching the quarter-finals from the North Group with a 124-run victory over Northants.
Lyth's first T20 century came off only 50 balls and he went on to hit seven sixes and 20 fours in his 73-ball knock, putting on 127 with Tom Kohler-Cadmore (41), as the hosts passed the previous domestic best of 254-3 set by Gloucestershire against Middlesex in 2011.
In reply, led by Richard Levi's 32-ball 65, Northants at one stage were 110-2 in the ninth over, but were unable to sustain the momentum as Azeem Rafiq (5-19) took three wickets in four balls.
Northants fell short and were dismissed for 136 and slip out of the North Group qualifying places.
Yorkshire have now played all 14 group games and will need other results to go their way to secure a place in the knockout stages, while Northants must beat Durham to stand any chance of qualifying.
Kent went one better than Yorkshire as their openers secured a word record first-wicket stand, beating the previous T20 best of 201 set by Peter Ingram and Jamie How in New Zealand 2012.
The visitors made 221-2 from their 20 overs thanks to Denly's 66-ball 127, which included seven sixes and 11 fours, and Bell-Drummond's unbeaten 80 from 49 balls.
Varun Chopra led Essex's reply with his second T20 century of the season and he hit nine sixes in making 116 from 59 balls, while Dan Lawrence scored a 22-ball 41.
Tight bowling in the last three overs restricted Essex to 210-5 as Kent won by 11 runs.
Surrey edged past Gloucestershire by two wickets in a low-scoring thriller at The Oval, as the home side's Sam Curran (4-13) took a triple-wicket maiden.
Curran claimed the wicket of Michael Klinger with the first ball of his second over before Phil Mustard and Cameron Bancroft followed him to the pavilion from deliveries three and four, while the dismissal of Ian Cockbain (16) from his next over made it four wickets in nine balls.
The visitors slipped to 37-4 and 80-6 before Jack Taylor (28) and Kieran Noema-Barnett (24) pushed them past three figures to post a below-par 130-9.
Craig Miles took 3-25 as Surrey, despite 45 from Moises Henriques, stumbled to 123-8 in the 19th over, but Gareth Barry hit the winning runs to give the hosts victory with four balls to spare.
Derbyshire missed the chance to confirm a last-eight spot for only the second time in the 14-year history of Twenty20 cricket as Leicestershire won by four wickets at Grace Road.
But the visitors will secure their place with victory at home over Worcestershire on Friday and are still well in the hunt for a home quarter-final.
Matt Critchley top-scored for Derbyshire with an unbeaten 72 from 60 balls, but Clint McKay (2-27) and Aadil Ali (2-22) helped restrict the visitors to 139-7.
Leicestershire slipped to 94-5 in reply but Mark Cosgrove's 57 not out saw them home on 143-6 to boost their hopes of qualifying.
The defeats for Derbyshire and Northants mean North Group leaders Notts Outlaws have secured a home tie in the last eight as group winners.


Mamelodi Sundowns have arrived back home in South Africa to a heroes' welcome after winning the African Champions League on Sunday.

Thousands of football fans gathered at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg to congratulate them.
"I'm humbled to hear everyone chanting my name," said Pitso Mosimane, the first South African coach to win the continent's premier club competition.
Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula gave the players $1,450 each as a reward.
"Sundowns didn't only represent themselves but our nation," Mbalula tweeted.
"20,000 rand ($1,450) to a player to show our appreciation is little but a sign of gratitude."
Although Sundowns lost 1-0 against Egyptian opponents Zamalek in Alexandria on Sunday, they won the final 3-1 on aggregate following a strong showing at home the previous weekend.
They are only the second South African side to be crowned Africa's club champions, after Orlando Pirates became the first in 1995.
Pirates' success predated the Club World Cup by five years, meaning that Sundowns will become the first South Africans to contest the Fifa tournament.
December's Club World Cup in Japan features the reigning club champions from every continent, with Real Madrid of Spain representing Europe.
"Minister Mbalula, or was it (South African FA president) Danny Jordaan, said 'do not be surprised to see Sundowns in the final'," Mosimane announced.
"You know me, you know my attitude, I believe we will be there (in the final)."
A stage had been erected just outside the arrivals hall at OR Tambo where Mosimane, Mbalula and club chairman Patrice Motsepe, among others, addressed the crowd and captain Hlompho Kekana showed off the trophy.
Billionaire owner Motsepe praised Mosimane and his players, many of them wearing their winners' medals around the neck as they looked on, as he spoke.
"We have very talented people," mining magnate Motsepe said. "And we have always said if you give our people a chance, they will do well."
Sundowns have little time to celebrate however as they return to action on Thursday, hosting Polokwane City in a League Cup tie exactly 36 hours after landing in Johannesburg.
The team nicknamed 'the Brazilians' were unable to get a flight home on Monday from Egypt so travelled to Cairo from Alexandria for an overnight stay.
Mosimane had the players on the training pitch on Monday to prepare for Thursday's match although he is expected to rest many key players for the tie.
Sundowns now have a tough catch-up programme as they have played just one Premier Soccer League game this season while most clubs have already played six.
Their next league game is at home to Cape Town City in Pretoria on Sunday.


Queen's University's Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), which researches cyber security, has been given a major academic honour.

It has been awarded a Queen's Anniversary Prize for further and higher education.
The prizes, organised by the Royal Anniversary Trust, are presented every two years by the Queen to honour outstanding academic work.
They are part of the UK's national honours system.
The award for CSIT was announced at St James' Palace in London on Thursday, and the prize will be formally presented at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in February.
CSIT is based at the Northern Ireland Science Park in Belfast's Titanic Quarter.
With about 90 staff, it is one of the UK's largest cyber security research centres, and develops cyber security technology to prevent online fraud, improve financial transaction safety and anti-virus programmes.
CSIT also runs a number of courses for postgraduates in online security.
Queen's University's vice-chancellor Professor Patrick Johnston welcomed the award and said cyber security was now a major global challenge.
"The need for strong and resilient cyber security technologies has never been greater," he said.
"CSIT is home to some of the world's foremost cyber security experts."
"It is, and will continue to be, at the forefront of efforts to protect the UK from cyber attacks and to maintain the public's trust that their online privacy and data is kept safe."
News of the award comes two days after the Chancellor George Osborne warned that Islamic State militants are trying to develop the ability to launch deadly cyber-attacks on UK targets such as air traffic control or hospitals.


The mother of the Boston marathon bombings suspect says she regrets that the family emigrated to the US, more than 10 years ago.

At a news conference in the Russian republic of Dagestan, where she now lives, Zubeidat Tsarnaeva said America had taken her children away from her.
She also reiterated she was sure her sons were not involved in the attack.
It is being reported that her elder son was added to a terrorism database 18 months ago at the CIA's request.
Three people were killed and more than 260 wounded when two devices exploded at the Boston marathon on 15 April.
"I would prefer not to have lived in America. Why did I go there?" Mrs Tsarnaeva said at Thursday's news conference in Makhachkala, Dagestan.
By Steve RosenbergBBC News, Makhachkala
The parents of the two suspected Boston bombers remain convinced that their children are innocent and that they have - for some unknown reason - been framed. The news conference was a chaotic and emotional affair. Zubeidat Tsarnaeva descended into tears as she said she was "sure" her children were not involved.
She dismissed the evidence presented so far and denied that her youngest son Dzhokar had told investigators anything. Mrs Tsarnaeva also spoke about an Armenian man called Misha, a convert to Islam who became a family friend back in 2007.
She said her elder son Tamerlan had "respected him very much" for his adherence to Islam. But she denied their son had become radicalised after his six month visit in Dagestan last year, saying she saw no change in him on his return.
"I thought America would protect us. America took my kids away from me... I'm sure my kids were not involved in anything."
Her elder son, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was killed a few days after the bombing during a shootout with police.
His younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, was captured and charged in connection with the attack.
The suspects' father, Anzor Tsarnaev, has said he will travel to the US on Thursday or Friday. The family wants to take the dead son's body back to Russia.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva has said she is still undecided whether to go, AP news agency reports, because she was charged with shoplifting in the US last year and fears arrest if she returns.
In questioning from his hospital bedside, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is being treated for gunshot wounds, he has reportedly said he and his brother were angry about the US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2012, his older brother spent six months with relatives in Dagestan, which has an Islamist militant insurgency.
But congressmen said on Wednesday after closed-door briefings that the brothers are not believed to have had direct contact with a militant organisation.
In other developments:
Meanwhile, there are questions as to whether the authorities did enough to prevent the bombings.
US media report that Tamerlan Tsarnaev was added in 2011 to the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (Tide), at the request of the CIA.
The database contains as many as 745,000 entries; individuals on that list are not necessarily on the so-called terrorist watch list.
The FBI investigated after Russian authorities alerted US counterparts to the activities of Tamerlan Tsarnaev, saying he had become a follower of radical Islam.
About six months before the CIA requested his name be added to Tide, the FBI asked the Russians for more information about  the elder brother but received none, and closed its investigation.
US officials said earlier that their intelligence community had no information about threats to the marathon ahead of last week's attacks.
After a classified briefing at the House intelligence committee on Wednesday, Democratic Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger said he believed the FBI was not at fault.


A truck and two high value mountain bikes have been stolen during a series of break-ins in the Scottish Borders.

A black Mitsubishi L200 truck was taken from Standalane View in Peebles.
The Canyon Spectril and On-One bikes were taken from a house in Whitehaugh Park. A third break-in took place in the street, but nothing was taken.
Police said the properties seemed to have been targeted when the occupiers were away. The thefts occurred between 22:00 on Sunday and 05:45 on Monday.
PC Steven Irvine, of Police Scotland, said: "These were high value thefts, and we believe all three addresses have been targeted.
"We are eager to trace those responsible as soon as possible.  I would ask anyone who was in the Whitehaugh Park and Standalane View areas on the night of Sunday and saw anything suspicious, to get in touch with us as soon as possible.
"I would also remind the public to take a few simple precautions whilst away from their property, such as cancelling deliveries to the door."
The stolen truck had the registration number F12 CJW.
The Canyon Spectril mountain bike has a silver frame, gold chain, black suspension forks and black and gold pedals, while the black On-One mountain bike had green stickers and a child's seat.


The father of a victim of the 1989 Hillsborough disaster said a PC seemed to take "no notice" of screams for aid.

Adam Spearritt, 14, was one of 96 Liverpool fans who died after a crush at the FA Cup match against Nottingham Forest at Sheffield Wednesday's ground.
The new inquests heard his father Edward, who has since died, wrote in a statement that he started "to bang on the fencing" to get a PC's attention.
But Mr Spearritt said he "just looked at me and seemed to take no notice".
He tried to lift his son out of the pen but was "unable to get a grip of him" due to the pressure of the crush, he recalled.
Adam was eventually taken to hospital where he later died.
But jurors heard his family was initially told he had survived after his name was included on a list of those reported missing but found safe.
The inquest was shown CCTV footage of Mr Spearritt and Adam entering Hillsborough at 14:48 BST shortly before the semi-final started on 15 April 1989.
In his statement, Mr Spearritt said he became aware of an "immense amount of pressure building up" behind him in the crowd and "instinctively... knew that something was wrong".
"I was unable to turn around to see what was happening. Adam was in front of me and was getting crushed."
After trying to lift his son out, Mr Spearritt lost consciousness on the terrace and was in hospital until 18 April.
Matthew Fenwick, a police constable on duty at the match, climbed into the pen and helped carry Adam out just after 15:15.
Mr Fenwick said the boy "seemed to go more limp" as he was passed over the fence.
The jury heard that, in his 1989 statement, Mr Fenwick said that "the life seemed to ebb away from his body".
Former PC Fiona Nicol added she could find no signs of Adam's pulse or breathing.
She said she gave Adam cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for about 10 minutes, helped by two other people. She eventually stopped when someone told her he was dead but she "didn't want to leave him".
Officers then carried Adam to the Nottingham Forest end of the pitch, jurors heard.
Volunteer police officer David Pearson, who had no formal first aid training, said Adam showed no signs of life when he first saw him laid on the pitch.
However, after giving him chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, he said he "intermittently detected a faint pulse in his neck".
He said the pulse would fade after compressions were stopped, but an unidentified doctor who was working with him could also detect it.
Mr Pearson then helped take Adam into a courtyard where ambulance officers took over the resuscitation.
Trevor Dale, a divisional superintendent at South Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service, said Adam showed "no signs of life" when he was with him, but he thought there might have been a "chance of saving him".
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Adam was taken to Sheffield's Northern General Hospital at about 15:50.
On arrival, the jury heard, he was not breathing and did not have a pulse but doctors re-started his heart using cardiac massage and adrenaline injected into his heart.
However, his heart rate slowed and a doctor certified he had died at 16:50, the court was told.
The inquests, sitting in Warrington, Cheshire, resume on Wednesday.


Eurozone inflation rates are likely recover in 2016, European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi has said.

Mr Draghi was speaking after the ECB kept its main interest rate unchanged in a widely expected decision.
Inflation, at minus 0.1%, remains well below the ECB's target and policymakers had been concerned about the region falling into a deflationary spiral.
But Mr Draghi said he expected the bank's recent stimulus measures to boost prices.
The bank raised its inflation outlook for 2016 to 0.2%, from 0.1% previously, while forecasting economic growth of 1.6%, from 1.4%.
Mr Draghi said he expected rates to remain very low or negative in the next few months before edging higher in the second half of 2016.
"Supported by our monetary policy measures and the expected economic recovery, inflation rates should recover further in 2017 and 2018," he said.
The comments followed a decision by the ECB's governing council, meeting in Vienna, to hold its benchmark interest rate at 0% and its deposit rate at minus 0.4%.
Mr Draghi said the stimulus measures were bearing fruit, though subdued economic growth in emerging markets and the UK referendum on the EU could threaten the euro area's recovery.
"The risks to the euro area growth outlook remain tilted to the downside but the balance of risk has improved on the back of the monetary measures taken and the stimulus still in the pipeline," he told a news conference.
"Downside risks continue to relate to developments in the global economy, to the upcoming British referendum and to other geopolitical risks."
Describing the UK, Europe and the eurozone as "mutually beneficial," Mr Draghi said the ECB was prepared for any outcome when the UK holds the 23 June referendum.
"The ECB has a view whereby the UK should remain in the European Union because the European Union will benefit from its permanence and we believe the UK too will benefit from staying in the European Union," he said.
He added that reforms to raise productivity and improve the business environment were necessary in all euro area countries. These were essential to increase investment and boost job creation, he said.
The eurozone economy expanded by 0.5% in the first quarter, but unemployment remains persistently high at 10.2%.
Patrick O'Donnell, investment manager at Aberdeen Asset Management, said Mr Draghi "just about managed" to show his plan was working.
"He's said growth will be OK and the ECB's initiatives are making progress but that more needs to be done," Mr O'Donnell said.
"Once again he's lumped responsibility back at politicians' doors by saying structural reforms should be faster. It's no great surprise, but reassuring, that the ECB is thinking about Brexit amongst other risks."


Two buzzards in a "filthy condition" have been left in a dog crate outside a Forth Valley animal rescue centre.

The Scottish SPCA said the birds may never be able to fly again after they were found outside its centre in Fishcross, Clackmannanshire on 12 July.
Staff are currently caring for the buzzards, which are believed to have been kept in the cage for "a considerable amount of time."
Taking the birds from the wild to be kept as pets is a criminal offence,
Centre manager, Colin Seddon, said: "The birds were in a filthy condition and, judging by the amount of faeces inside the crate, had been kept in there for a considerable amount of time.
"Sadly, the buzzards are unable to fly due to being kept in cramped conditions and at this stage it's too early for us to say if they will ever be able to fly again.
"It will take a significant amount of work on the part of our wildlife team to get the birds flying if this is possible.
"Then we will have to ensure they are in a suitable condition to fend for themselves in the wild."


Maintenance workers belonging to the RMT union are voting on whether to strike over their Night Tube pay and conditions deal.

The union said the dispute, affecting workers employed by Tube Lines, was over pay, pensions and staffing.
The RMT agreed a deal for its drivers two months ago, but said the one offered to the 1,500 Tube Lines staff was "inferior".
The Night Tube was due to start in September.
Trains would run throughout Friday and Saturday nights on five Underground lines.
But Transport for London (TfL) struggled to secure a deal with the unions and the service is now expected to launch sometime later this year.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "RMT members are furious at the cynical way that Tube Lines have attempted to tie in attacks on pensions with the offer on pay and night Tube, and our reps for this group of over 1,000 safety-critical staff have unanimously thrown the whole package out.
"As a result, the ballot for both strike action and action short of a strike opens today."
The BBC has approached TfL for comment.


Watford won the clash of the Championship's two Italian-owned clubs as they overcame nine-man Leeds United.

Fernando Forestieri gave the Hornets an early lead before Gabriel Tamas's own goal put Leeds level.
The Hornets striker won a second-half penalty after being fouled by debutant Giuseppe Bellusci, who was sent off, with Troy Deeney converting.
Forestieri fired in a second and Daniel Tozser made it four with a late free-kick before Sam Byram saw red.
The defeat was the third in four Championship games for Leeds boss Dave Hockaday since
Along with central defender Giuseppe Bellusci, who joined from Catania last week, Hockaday gave a debut to  in attack.
It was the Hornets that had the best of the opening exchanges as Forestieri had a couple of half-chances early on.
And it was the Argentina-born Italy Under-21 international that opened the scoring as he reacted first to head over Marco Silvestri after Leeds' Italian keeper had saved his first effort after good interplay with Gianni Munari.
Leeds continued to struggle until they got a fortuitous equaliser just after half an hour.
Billy Sharp delivered a low driven cross in from the right and Tamas made a mess of his attempted interception, putting the ball past his goalkeeper at the near post.
Tommie Hoban should have put the home side back in front 10 minutes before half-time with a free header from four yards out after an Almen Abdi corner, but he conspired to put it high over the bar.
The impressive Forestieri was involved in the moment that turned the game, as he latched on to a mistake by Bellusci, who was then sent off as he brought down the striker in the box, with Troy Deeney sending Silvestri the wrong way with the resulting penalty.
And the Hornets striker completed his day's work with the classiest moment of the match as he went on a fantastic run across the box, skipping past three Leeds defenders, before angling the ball back off the far post.
The scoring was completed in stoppage time as Tozser blasted home a free-kick from 30 yards, and a minute later Byram was sent off after seeming to aim an elbow at Daniel Pudil.
Watford boss Beppe Sannino said: "I think the result was fair even if maybe it was too large because I need to pay respect to Leeds, because they are a good team.
"They played a good first half. It was an own goal [that we conceded] and was not a clear situation so I'm happy with the performance."
Leeds head coach Dave Hockaday said: "I thought we were passing the ball well, frustrating them, they were getting very frustrated and animated on their bench, they were changing things.
"I thought we came here and did a very, very good job and played some decent stuff which I'm very, very happy with."