It is one of Northern Ireland's oldest and best known schools for children with special educational needs.

But, in May 2014, Fleming Fulton school in Belfast received a highly critical inspection from the Education and Training Inspectorate (ETI).
The school has 119 pupils with physical and learning difficulties.
The report concluded that the school had "significant areas for improvement" and it was placed in formal intervention.
Two years on, the school is still in that process, but a follow-up inspection said it had improved in many areas.
Now, staff and governors have spoken frankly to the BBC about the challenges they had to face to turn a corner.
The original ETI inspection singled out leadership and management as "inadequate."
Obvious concern
At the time, the principal, Karen Hancock, had been in post for less than a year.
"The outcome of the report was not what we expected, or wanted," she said.
"What we had to do was look at how the school was being led, and look at people's roles within the school."
"Teaching and learning was satisfactory but, again, we wanted to make sure that it improved."
"Parents were obviously concerned about what was going to happen because when a school goes into formal intervention you get the tag of inadequate."
"We had to reassure them that we were going to take the inspection very seriously and address the issues that had been highlighted."
A school in formal intervention receives specially-tailored support and help from the Education Authority (EA) to improve.
It also has to prove it is taking action to address its shortcomings, and receives follow-up inspections from the ETI.
There are currently only 23 schools in formal intervention in Northern Ireland.
Marian Bradley has been a governor at Fleming Fulton for a ten years.
Her daughter Maebh, who has cerebral palsy, has been a pupil for the same length of time.
Urgent appraisal
She now thinks that formal intervention has been a positive experience, but admits that was not how she felt two years ago.
"We welcomed it in a funny kind of way because it meant we were going to get support to get better, and when we get better our pupils get a better quality of education," she said.
"I'm saying that now a couple of years on, but when that report came out it was devastating for all of us."
The governors were also told to "urgently appraise" their roles in the 2014 inspection, and Ms Bradley said they had taken action.
"For example, I'm a governor but I'm dedicated to curriculum development in the school," she said.
"So I train with the teachers as a governor and I can stand over that teachers are making improvements and I see how the training is impacting on what happens in the classroom."
In November 2015, a follow-up inspection from the ETI found that "key actions and changes" had taken place.
It noted significant improvements in school leadership, governance, and teaching and learning in the school.
Some things, like planning and the evaluation of learning, still have to improve, and the school is still in formal intervention.
But Karen Hancock said that the school had made huge progress.
"I think it's now up to us to prove over a longer period of time that we can sustain the improvements we have already made."
Fleming Fulton held a "meet and greet" day on 28 April for parents and the local community, and Mairead Bradley said that, despite recent problems, the school staff did incredible work.
Her daughter Meabh became a pupil at the school aged three, and is now in year 9.
"We came into Fleming Fulton and we were surrounded by experts, but they were caring, kind, amazing people."
"So when they first saw Meabh they could see her potential, and until then nobody had ever mentioned that Meabh had potential."
"So to me this school is a place where miracles happen."


Protesters have stormed council offices to demand work on a planned Â£500m waste incinerator is stopped.

Some of the 20 protesters daubed graffiti on Shire Hall in Gloucester in what they called an act of "civil disobedience".
Councillors later rejected calls to halt construction until the contract between developers and the county council had been investigated.
Protesters pledged more "direct action" until the contract was cancelled.
Work on the Javelin Park incinerator near Gloucester was set to begin after Gloucestershire County Council voted to allow Urbaser Balfour Beatty to build the plant in 2015.
A motion laid down by Labour councillor Lesley Williams for the full council meeting on Wednesday accused the contract as having been "plagued by mismanagement".
She called on the Conservative-led administration to halt all work on the incinerator site until the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had finished its investigation and commit to an "immediate independent review of the contract".
Protesters gathered outside Shire Hall before the meeting, with members of the Rising Up group saying they "recognised people have to resort to civil disobedience".
Martin Large, from Stroud, said: "I asked a question last March about the benefits of the incinerator and the councillor said he did not need to reply.
"If he is unable to explain what the benefits are in a full council meeting, then I have to take non-violent direct action."
Police said no arrests were made.
Councillors from across party lines have criticised the incinerator plans, describing the technology as out of date and likely to reduce to recycling rates.
Nigel Riglar, from the county council, insisted the new facility "saves taxpayers over Â£100m, makes enough clean electricity to power 25,000 homes and reduces carbon emissions by 40,000 tonnes".
A spokesperson for the CMA confirmed it is considering a complaint about the incinerator contract.
The incinerator is due to be operational in 2019.


The European Court of Justice has upheld a ruling that fees charged by Mastercard were anti-competitive.

The court said regulators were right to condemn the cost of its interchange fees - the fees retailers pay banks to process card payments - and has rejected an appeal.
Mastercard was investigated last year for the amount it charged for card transactions in Europe.
The company's president said the ruling was "disappointing".
Javier Perez, president of MasterCard Europe said despite that, the ruling would have "little or no impact on how MasterCard operates".
He said: "We will continue to comply with the decision as we have been doing for a number of years.  This means we would maintain our European... cross-border consumer interchange fees at a weighted average of 0.2% for debit and 0.3% for credit."
Mastercard is the second-largest credit and debit card company after Visa.
UK retailers welcomed the court's decision. Helen Dickinson, director general of the British Retail Consortium, said: "We are delighted with this historic ruling.
"Capping these excessive and anti-competitive fees will support the UK retail industry and others, boosting our ability to invest and innovate while continuing to deliver lower prices and value for customers."
The decision ends MasterCard's seven-year battle against a decision made by the EU's competition watchdog.


Badgers could be shot across England within weeks, barring a last minute legal challenge.

Natural England is preparing to issue licenses that will allow farmers to shoot badgers at night in parts of Gloucestershire and Somerset.
The government says action is needed to help combat cattle TB, which costs the UK more than Â£100m per year.
The Badger Trust, which claims the government is acting illegally, is taking its case to the Court of Appeal.
In July, it lost a legal bid at the High Court to block badger culling in England.
Gwendolen Morgan of the law firm Bindmans LLP, which represents the Badger Trust, told BBC News: "Culling as proposed is likely to do more harm than good and we hope that the Court of Appeal will find in our favour and prevent this recipe for disaster and prompt more productive means such as vaccination and cattle control measures."
The Badger Trust argues that the cull is illegal, as it will at best make a small impact on the disease and could make it worse.
However, the government argues that bovine TB is taking a terrible toll on farmers and rural communities, and action is needed now.
A Defra spokesperson said: "Nobody wants to cull badgers. But no country in the world where wildlife carries TB has eradicated the disease in cattle without tackling it in wildlife too."
If what Defra calls "controlled shooting" of badgers is to take place this year, the six-week cull must begin soon, before the badger breeding season begins.
Culling is not permitted when there is a risk that badgers feeding their young might be killed, leaving their cubs underground without food.
In England, two companies have been set up by farmers to manage the cull, using trained marksmen to shoot badgers at night on farm land in two pilot areas each the size of the Isle of Wight.
Natural England, the government agency in charge of issuing the licenses, says holders must liaise closely with the local police, including on dates, times and areas where badger control will take place.
A spokesperson from Natural England said there was no definitive time scale for issuing the licenses but "we would hope to issue them shortly".
The exact scope of the pilot areas is not being revealed to the public for fear of reprisals against individuals or their property.
This has led to concerns from the public in rural areas that they might stumble across the culls while walking their dog or returning from a night shift.
"People's safety is vital," said a Defra spokesperson. "Only highly trained individuals will be licensed to cull badgers, and every licence application will have to meet strong safety requirements."
Dr Gordon McGlone of the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust argues that the vaccination of badgers is a better alternative in the control of cattle TB.
He said: "People are unhappy that this sort of iconic native mammal is being culled, seeing that it is being done by private groups and that it involves firearms in the open countryside."
The proposed killing of wild badgers is a sensitive issue. A small proportion of wild badgers can become infected with the bacteria that cause bovine TB, and pass the infection on to cattle.
However, scientific studies have shown that culling would be of little help in reducing the disease and even suggest that it could make things worse in some areas.
Plans to begin culling in Wales were recently abandoned in favour of a vaccination policy. There are no proposals to cull badgers in Scotland.


UKIP's national organiser in Wales has stepped down two days into the general election campaign.

John Atkinson, who holds other positions in the party, told BBC Wales he needed to reduce his workload.
Earlier this month, UKIP Wales' attempt to suspend one of its candidates was overruled by the party centrally.
In February, UKIP Wales also suspended its Brecon and Radnorshire branch committee after a row over election candidate selection.
Mr Atkinson is staying on as the party's general election candidate for Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire.
"As the party's success and profile has increased in Wales so has the workload," he said.
"I don't feel I have the time to continue in the role as well as working for Nathan Gill (UKIP MEP for Wales) and standing for the party at the general election".
The other candidates declared as standing in Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire are Delyth Evans (Labour), Simon Hart (Conservative), Selwyn Runnett (Liberal Democrat), Gary Tapley (Green Party) and Elwyn Williams (Plaid Cymru).


The Associated Press has said its Twitter account has been hacked, after the posting of a bogus post about explosions at the White House.

The news agency's account was suspended and it advised all tweets should be ignored until further notice.
The false message said: "Breaking: Two Explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured."
US markets were spooked by the tweet; the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 150 points as it was retweeted.
On Tuesday evening, the FBI said it was investigating the incident.
White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters soon after the tweet was published that President Obama was fine, and financial markets quickly recovered the lost ground.
AP said later: "The @AP twitter account has been hacked. The tweet about an attack at the White House is false."
The account was back online on Wednesday.
The agency said the attack came after repeated attempts by hackers to steal the passwords of AP journalists, adding that it was working to correct the issue.
Spokesman Paul Colford said the wire service had disabled other Twitter accounts following the attack and was working with the microblogging site to investigate the breach.
AP reporter Mike Baker tweeted: "The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email."
The phishing email in question appeared to come from the email account of another AP staffer, with a request to click a link to a "very important" article on the Washington Post website.
The link opened a bogus login page requesting users enter their staff ID and password, reports suggest.
A group claiming to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took responsibility for the attacks, tweeting: "Ops! @AP get owned by Syrian Electronic Army! #SEA #Syria #ByeByeObama."
The Syrian Electronic Army claims to have been behind similar attacks on the twitter feeds of Agence France Presse news agency, Sky News Arabia, al-Jazeera mobile and CBS News.
Two of the US broadcaster's accounts were suspended after fake messages appearing on the @60Minutes account criticised US support for "terrorist" rebels in Syria.
On Tuesday evening, Twitter said it was investigating the incident and reminded users to be "extra vigilant" about phishing emails.


Plans to ban "aggressive begging" and busking in central Oxford have been approved by the city council.

Councillors voted in favour of the introduction of a Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) at a meeting on Thursday.
The plans mean £100 fines could be handed out.
Green Party councillor David Thomas said he was "disappointed" and described the powers to fine beggars as "unnecessary".
"When they say 'aggressive begging', they define that as sitting still near a cash point which I don't think's aggressive," he said.
"Maybe annoying, but certainly not aggressive."
Labour-controlled Oxford City Council said it did not intend to fine beggars as a first resort, and would look to put them in contact with support services before taking further action.
Council leader Bob Price previously said the order covered a wide range of anti-social behaviour and was designed to make the area "safe and welcoming" for the public.
Campaign group Liberty had previously threatened to challenge the scope of such an order in court.
It said the council would be unfairly targeting those in poverty if it fined persistent beggars.
The council's own eight-week public consultation revealed the majority of responders had not been adversely affected by persistent begging, sleeping in toilets or busking.


Police are trying to identify a man who tried to steal an elderly woman's handbag and knocked her husband to the ground when he tried to intervene.

The man snatched the bag from the woman in the Coal Wynd car park in Kirkcaldy at about 15:35 on Saturday.
After her husband was knocked to the ground, and bumped his head, another woman stepped in and retrieved the bag.
The suspect was described as being white, in his 30s, about 5ft 7in tall, of scruffy appearance with frizzy hair.
He was wearing a black bomber-style jacket and grey tracksuit bottoms and was carrying a rucksack.
Det Sgt Craig Fraser, of Police Scotland, said: "This was nothing short of a cowardly attack on an elderly lady by this suspect who saw fit to struggle violently with all three people in his attempt to steal this bag.
"The last sighting of the suspect we have is of him is on the High Street near to the indoor market. Anyone who can help us identify this man is asked to call us."


A team of professional cyclists competing in the Tour of Britain this week is united by more than just their team colours - they all have diabetes.

No athlete admits to weaknesses, especially when they are involved in one of the world's toughest sports, but one professional cycling team has turned chronic illness into a strength.
Phil Southerland, co-founder and CEO of Team Novo Nordisk, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when he was just seven months old.
Doctors told his parents he would probably be blind or even dead by the age of 25.
He was also warned off sport - but Phil developed a love of riding his bike from a young age and cycling became a big part of his life.
"I realised that exercise was helping me manage my diabetes," he says, now 32.
When he started winning races, he inspired a diabetic friend to take up the sport by showing him how he could manage his blood glucose levels.
He then decided to do the same for others with the condition, but struggled to find anyone else with diabetes to compete alongside him.
"When people are diagnosed, doctors tend to say 'your career is over' or 'you can't do this with diabetes'.
"There's no malice in it, they want their patients to live safely, but for years people believed them and gave up their dreams."
Phil says he wants every doctor to know that people with type 1 diabetes can do anything if it is managed properly.
Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body is unable to produce any insulin, a hormone which helps the body use glucose in the blood to produce energy, which we all need.
Without insulin, glucose builds up in the blood and the body cannot get any fuel. Instead, it tries to get energy from elsewhere, such as stores of fat and protein, which can cause weight loss and other problems.
About 10% of all adults with diabetes have type 1. The condition is treated with daily insulin injections, a healthy diet and regular physical activity.
But for professional cyclists who spend several hours in the saddle during a race such as the Tour of Britain, managing that regime is far from easy.
Mr Southerland explains that the team monitors the riders' blood sugar or glucose levels every 15 minutes in the hours before a race.
They also closely monitor their food intake. After the start, it's up to the riders.
Using a small glucose monitoring system on their body, the riders keep an eye on their glucose levels by checking a receiver in their pocket.
Each rider has a different way of dealing with their diabetes, Phil says, but they all have insulin pens in their pockets which can be used to provide a quick injection of the hormone to reduce glucose in the blood and release energy.
"Some are eating food constantly and don't take any injections, while others give themselves three or four injections during the race."
Leading a life as a professional athlete with type 1 diabetes is not impossible, but it is much more difficult.
Novo Nordisk, the Danish pharmaceutical company behind the team, have been producing insulin in a variety of forms for many years.
Their backing of the team is part of a push to educate and inspire people with diabetes.
With Phil Southerland leading the search for talented cyclists with type 1 diabetes, the team has big plans - to qualify for the Tour de France before the 100th anniversary of the discovery of insulin, in 2021.
In the meantime, the Tour of Britain provides an opportunity to show they can compete with the best.
But there won't be any excuses if they don't.
"What most perceive as our greatest weakness has become a unifying force," Phil says with feeling.
"If you're prepared to learn from your mistakes, you can do anything."


Promotion-chasing Scunthorpe United's winless run was extended to three games as they played out a scrappy goalless draw at home to Walsall.

While neither side lacked endeavour, there was a notable absence of clear-cut chances at both ends of the field, although Scunthorpe's Luke Daniels was undoubtedly the busier of the two goalkeepers.
Twice he denied Simeon Jackson from inside the box before pushing a 68th-minute shot from Joe Edwards onto the bar after the Saddlers wing-back had caught Levi Sutton in possession.
Daniels also came to the Iron's rescue late on after the lively Erhun Oztumer opted to have a go at goal from 30 yards.
At the other end of the field, Scunthorpe struggled for ideas and a spark in the final third as they failed to score for only the fifth time this term.
Full-back Harry Toffolo had their best effort of the game six minutes before the break, but shot straight at Walsall stopper Neil Etheridge.
Following Saturday's 4-1 defeat at Bolton, Walsall's third draw in four away matches was at a cost, as they lost midfielder Flo Cuvelier on 37 minutes with a calf strain.
Cuvelier was on his longest run of injury-free appearances (11) since the second of his two loan spells with the Saddlers in 2012-13.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Second Half ends, Scunthorpe United 0, Walsall 0.
Attempt missed. Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Attempt missed. Stephen Dawson (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Walsall. George Dobson replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Corner,  Walsall. Conceded by Josh Morris.
Corner,  Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Paddy Madden (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Corner,  Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Craig Davies (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Attempt saved. Neal Bishop (Scunthorpe United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Neal Bishop replaces Jamie Ness.
Substitution, Walsall. Amadou Bakayoko replaces Simeon Jackson because of an injury.
Attempt blocked. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Craig Davies replaces Ivan Toney.
Substitution, Scunthorpe United. Kevin van Veen replaces Duane Holmes.
Joe Edwards (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Jason McCarthy (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Duane Holmes (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Corner,  Walsall. Conceded by Luke Daniels.
Attempt saved. Joe Edwards (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
David Mirfin (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall).
Corner,  Walsall. Conceded by Harry Toffolo.
Foul by Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Josh Morris (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jason McCarthy (Walsall).
Foul by Levi Sutton (Scunthorpe United).
Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Erhun Oztumer (Walsall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Corner,  Scunthorpe United. Conceded by Kieron Morris.
Ivan Toney (Scunthorpe United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Hungary's constitutional court has struck down a controversial electoral law that critics said would have favoured the ruling party, Fidesz.

The court objected to a requirement that voters register no later than 15 days before polling day.
Some other provisions were also deemed to be unconstitutional.
The conservative party of PM Viktor Orban dominates parliament. Last year Fidesz changed some other laws amid EU pressure over democratic standards.
After Friday's court ruling the head of the party's parliamentary group, Antal Rogan, said the new voter registration system would not be introduced for the 2014 general election.
The new electoral law was adopted by parliament last November, but then President Janos Ader referred it to the constitutional court.
He also highlighted public concern about the law's provisions on election campaigning and advertising.
The court ruled that the law restricted voter rights to an unjustifiable degree, the Politics.hu news website reports.
The court objected to a proposal that political ads be restricted to the publicly run media, calling it a grave violation of freedom of speech.
The court also opposed proposed bans on cinemas screening political ads during the campaign and on the publication of any election-related opinion polls in the six days prior to election day.
Last year the European Commission - the EU's executive arm - took legal action against Mr Orban's government over reforms to Hungary's central bank, data protection and the judiciary.
There have been many protests in Hungary against Fidesz's laws which, in the eyes of critics, infringe on civil liberties.
Mr Orban has accused the EU of interfering in Hungary's domestic affairs. He has argued that major reforms are necessary to "renew" Hungary's institutions, saying the legacy of communism has not yet been eradicated.


Inverness manager John Hughes says the spirit in the visitors' dressing room helped pull them level in the Scottish Cup quarter-final with Hibernian.

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Hughes says a draw was just about fair after they came back from a goal down at Easter Road.
"I felt we were the better team for the opening 25 minutes but Hibs' goal came when they were on top," said Hughes.
"I felt we were lacking a little bit up top but we have great team spirit and effort and I can't ask for anymore."
The holders will welcome Hibs to Inverness for a replay on 16 March and the winner will face Dundee United at the semi-final stage, which will take place over the weekend of 16 and 17 April.
Hibernian head coach Alan Stubbs, meanwhile, believes his side's display was encouraging after a three-match losing run, particularly with Sunday's League Cup final against Ross County beckoning.
"We're disappointed we haven't gone through," said Stubbs. "If anything, we maybe just shaded it but I thought it was a close game.
"Inverness are not just a big, strong team, they play football, and it was a tough game. There weren't a lot of chances but I thought we had the better chances. But the most pleasing thing for me was the performance was much better, much more like us."
Hibernian striker James Keatings said he was disappointed his team were unable to hold on for a win.
Keatings scored the home side's only early in the second half only for Caley Thistle substitute Andrea Mbuyi-Mutombo to fire home an equaliser with 13 minutes left.
"We are disappointed not to hold on," said Keatings. "We should have seen it out. It was a real battle, very stop-start but plenty of chances for both sides.
"We take confidence from this game though and will hope to do it in the replay."
Mbuyi-Mutombo said he was delighted to come on as a substitute and repay the faith shown in him by Hughes.
"The gaffer asked me to go and get into the box," he said. "It was a superb pass by Jordan Roberts and I pushed the ball out left before shooting and finding the net."


A former Ireland international rugby player will not automatically face a retrial on child sexual abuse allegations, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Judges said it was up to the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) whether charges should be pursued against David Tweed.
Mr Tweed, 57, was jailed for eight years in 2012.
The convictions were quashed in October.
The former councillor, from Clonavon Terrace, Ballymena, had been found guilty of 13 counts of indecent assault, gross indecency with a child and inciting gross indecency with a child.
Lawyers for Mr Tweed challenged the conviction based on flaws in how bad character evidence was put before the jury.
Judges in Wednesday's hearing outlined why Mr Tweed's convictions were overturned.
"The real danger is that his background...took on a disproportionate role in the case and created a real risk that the jury would pay more prejudicial attention to it than should have been the case," one of the judge said.
"We do entertain a significant sense of unease about the correctness of the verdict given the real risk that the jury have been unfairly prejudiced.
"Since this appellant has virtually completed the time specified on foot of his conviction, we do not order a retrial but leave this to the discretion of the PPS."
Mr Tweed made no comment outside court but his solicitor described the case as a "landmark judgement" on how courts should treat bad character evidence.
"Mr Tweed is obviously relieved," she said.
"From the outset, he has maintained his innocence in respect of these charges."
She added that the former rugby international "now wants to get on with his life".
Mr Tweed was capped four times for Ireland after making his debut in 1995.
He was also part of Ireland's squad at the Rugby World Cup in South Africa that year and made more than 30 appearances for Ulster.
A former member of the Orange Order, he served as a councillor in Ballymena for the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and, later, the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV).


Exeter and Stevenage cancelled each other out and had to settle for a point apiece in a draw at St James Park.

Exeter started brightly and Troy Brown saw a header cleared off the line early on, and Ryan Harley dragged a shot wide with a shot from 20 yards.
However, Stevenage broke the deadlock with their first attempt at goal on 31 minutes. Jobi McAnuff picked the ball up in midfield and ran at the heart of the defence, who backed off, and the winger fired a low shot past the recalled Bobby Olejnik and into the bottom corner.
However, Exeter equalised on 52 minutes when an excellent cross by Lloyd James picked out Reuben Reid and he bundled the ball in from six yards.
Exeter always looked more likely to score in a second half of few clear-cut chances. Substitute Liam McAlinden saw a shot deflect over the bar and Jack Stacey fired wildly over the bar as the game drifted into stoppage time.
Stevenage failed to register a shot on target in a one-sided second half, but defended well to limit Exeter to so few opportunities.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Exeter City 1, Stevenage 1.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 1, Stevenage 1.
Attempt missed. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage).
Lloyd James (Exeter City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kaylen Hinds (Stevenage).
Attempt missed. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Jack Stacey (Exeter City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right.
Substitution, Stevenage. Kaylen Hinds replaces Matt Godden.
Hand ball by Ben Kennedy (Stevenage).
Attempt blocked. David Wheeler (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Michael Tonge.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Substitution, Exeter City. Joel Grant replaces Jordan Tillson.
Attempt blocked. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Delay in match Matt Godden (Stevenage) because of an injury.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Jamie Jones.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Fraser Franks.
Attempt blocked. Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Lloyd James (Exeter City).
Tom Pett (Stevenage) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Foul by David Wheeler (Exeter City).
(Stevenage) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Connor Ogilvie.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Luke Wilkinson.
Attempt blocked. Jobi McAnuff (Stevenage) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
(Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Godden (Stevenage).
Corner,  Stevenage. Conceded by Robert Olejnik.
Attempt saved. Henry Cowans (Stevenage) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Matt Godden (Stevenage) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner,  Stevenage. Conceded by Craig Woodman.
Attempt blocked. Ben Kennedy (Stevenage) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Stevenage. Henry Cowans replaces Steven Schumacher.
Corner,  Stevenage. Conceded by Jordan Moore-Taylor.
Substitution, Stevenage. Ben Kennedy replaces Josh McQuoid.
Attempt missed. Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.


Beijing has rejected President Obama's criticism of its plan to make tech companies put backdoors in their software and share their encryption keys if they want to operate in China.

On Monday, Mr Obama told the Reuters news agency he had "made it very clear" China had to change its policy if it wanted to do business with the US.
But Beijing said it needed the powers to combat terrorism and tackle leaks.
It also suggested the West was guilty of having double standards.
"The legislation is China's domestic affair, and we hope the US side can take a right, sober and objective view towards it," said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.
"On the information-security issue, there was a [recent] media revelation that a certain country embedded spying software in the computer system of another country's Sim card maker, for surveillance activities. This is only one out of the recently disclosed cases.
"All countries are paying close attention to this and taking measures to safeguard their own information security, an act that is beyond any reproach."
The case she was referring to involved allegations that US cyber-spies had hacked a Dutch Sim card manufacturer in order to help decrypt their targets' communications.
At another press conference, parliamentary spokeswoman Fu Ying drew attention to the fact that the US government had imposed restrictions on Chinese companies including Huawei and ZTE.
And she suggested that Beijing's proposals were in line with the same kind of access to internet correspondence sought by the US and British governments.
"We will definitely continue to listen to extensive concerns and all the parties' views, so we can make the law's formulation more rigorous," she added.
The rules are part of a proposed counter-terrorism law set to be discussed by China's annual parliament session, the National People's Congress (NPC), which opens on Thursday.
President Obama's comments had followed the publication of a fresh draft of the proposed law, which was made public last week.
It "would essentially force all foreign companies, including US companies, to turn over to the Chinese government mechanisms where they can snoop and keep track of all the users of those services", the US leader said.
"As you might imagine tech companies are not going to be willing to do that," he added.
Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle and IBM are among firms that would potentially be affected.
While the comments by Chinese officials were measured, the government's press service, Xinhua, was more critical.
It accused the US leader of arrogance and hypocrisy, noting that the FBI had criticised Apple and Google last year for building encryption into their smartphone operating systems, and again drew attention to allegations about the US National Security Agency's activities made public by the whistleblower Edward Snowden.
"With transparent procedures, China's anti-terrorism campaign will be different from what the United States has done: letting the surveillance authorities run amok and turn counter-terrorism into paranoid espionage and peeping on its civilians and allies," Xinhua wrote.
"Contrary to the accusations of the United States, China's anti-terror law will put no unfair regulatory pressures on foreign companies, because the provisions will apply to both domestic and foreign firms."
The  Conservative party has indicated it wants to expand the UK's cyber-spies' surveillance powers it if wins the May election.
"Our manifesto will make clear that we will... use all the legal powers available to us to make sure that, where appropriate, the intelligence and security agencies have the maximum capability to intercept the communications of suspects while making sure that such intrusive techniques are properly overseen," Home Secretary Theresa May told Parliament in January.
One expert said it should be no surprise that the West was finding it difficult to prevent China seeking greater cyber-surveillance powers of its own, but added there were good reasons to fear its proposals.
"Either behind the scenes or increasingly openly, the US and UK are justifying similar behaviour for their own purposes, but are extremely concerned when China asks for its own capabilities," said Dr Joss Wright, from the Oxford Internet Institute.
"But what we don't want to see is a world in which internet-based products and services are riddled with backdoors by every state that says it needs to act against terrorism.
"Backdoors are always a concern because they result in a system that is insecure by default, and which can be exploited. That makes everyone less safe."


Anthony Crolla will face Ricky Burns in a lightweight contest at the Manchester Arena on 7 October.

Crolla lost his WBA lightweight title to Jorge Linares in September 2016 and the Englishman was also beaten by the Venezuelan in a March rematch.
Burns' last outing saw the Scot lose his WBA super-lightweight title to Julius Indongo in April.
"I'm not going to say the loser has nowhere to go, but it's going to be a tough road back," said Crolla.
"We're both coming off losing our world titles and the incentive is to win the fight and get back in the frame."
The venue in Crolla's home city remains closed following the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert on 22 May, which killed 22 people.
Burns said: "When I held world titles at super-featherweight and lightweight, Crolla's name was always mentioned but it never happened.
"He's a great guy and a great fighter, I don't think you'll get much trash talk in the build-up. The best man will win on the night."


Nigeria edged closer towards qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics with a 2-1 victory over Congo Brazzaville in Port Harcourt.

It was sweet revenge for Nigeria whose senior side lost 3-2 to Claude Le Roy's Congo last year in a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier - a result which ultimately denied the Super Eagles a place at the finals and a chance to defend their title.
Nigeria boast a proud Olympics football record, having won gold medals at the Atlanta Games in 1996.
They also finished runners-up at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where current Nigeria under-23 coach Samson Siasia (pictured) also coached the 'Dream Team' in China.
On Sunday, it was Junior Ajayi who proved to be Siasia's match winner, scoring both goals just after half-time, in front of 35,000 home fans.
Le Roy's Congo pulled one back in the 68th minute - but Nigeria held on to seize the first leg advantage in the under-23 level third-round qualifier.
The return match is scheduled for early August and the overall winners qualify for an end-of-year tournament in Senegal from which the top three teams out of eight go to Rio.
Elsewhere, a late goal blitz helped Egypt overwhelm Uganda 4-0.
The Baby Pharaohs led after eight minutes in Alexandria and added three more goals in the last 15 minutes to build a huge first-leg lead.
Mahmoud 'Kahraba' Abdel Moneim - bagged a brace and Mohamed Salim and Ramadan Sobhy were also on target.
Egyptian TV commentators angered Uganda coach Milutin 'Micho' Sredojevic (pictured) before the match by labelling his team a "punching bag".
It looked as though Micho might have the last laugh as the east Africans recovered from falling behind to a Salim goal and even came close to levelling soon after half-time.
Uganda captain and leading scorer Farouk Miya found himself one-on-one with goalkeeper Mosaad Awad, but failed to score.
Egypt coach Hossam El-Badry turned the tide back in favour of a country that has played at Olympics football tournaments 11 times by introducing midfielder Ahmed Rafaat midway through the second half.
Rafaat set up goals for 'Kahraba' and Sobhy as the Ugandans wilted under relentless pressure.
'Kahraba' completed the rout in stoppage time by rounding goalkeeper Omar Salim and stroking the ball over the line.
Adama Niane became the leading scorer in the African qualifying competition, taking his total to four goals by snatching the winner as Mali defeated Gabon 1-0 in Libreville.
Niane, who is with French club Nantes, scored 13 minutes from time.
Gabon were shock winners of a pre-London Olympics tournament in Morocco four years ago having eliminated Mali en route.
Zambia forced a 0-0 draw with Ivory Coast in Abidjan despite having to play much of the second half with 10 men.
Defender Boyd Mkandawire was sent off on 62 minutes after being shown a second yellow card, but the Ivorians failed to take advantage of their extra man.
South Africa, whose previous Olympics appearance was in Sydney 15 years ago, drew 1-1 with neighbours Zimbabwe at the Rufaro Stadium in Harare on Sunday.
Keagan Dolly put South Africa ahead in the 67th minute before hosts Zimbabwe were awarded a penalty seven minutes from time, with Walter Musona successfully converting.
Sierra Leone conceded two first half goals as they lost 2-0 to Algeria in Blida.
The second leg will also be played in Blida as Sierra Leone are unable to host matches due to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the country.
Sierra Leone will nominally be the hosts for that match which has been brought forward to 25 July at the request of the SLFA.
The overall winners will qualify for the African Under-23 Championship in Senegal from 28 November- 12 December 2015, with the top three at the tournament progressing to the Olympics.
Olympic qualifiers are restricted to footballers born on or after January 1 1993, with three over-age stars permitted at the August 3-20 2016 finals in Brazil.


Thirteen students have drowned while swimming off a beach on India's west coast, police say.

The group were among more than 100 from a college in Pune who had gone for a picnic to Murud beach near Alibag, Maharashtra state.
The victims were aged between 19 and 23 and police said they were working to identify the bodies.
Murud beach is popular with locals who prefer the area to the more tourist-focused state of Goa.
Pictures showed the bodies of those who died being dragged from the water.
Police said they were continuing to search for other victims. It is believed those who drowned were surprised by a sudden low tide.


Leeds Rhinos edged an absorbing West Yorkshire derby against Wakefield to climb up to third place in Super League and leave Trinity fifth.

Trinity led at half-time, Mason Caton-Brown and Kyle Wood tries putting them 10 points up before Stevie Ward and Tom Briscoe replied to go two behind.
Briscoe's second and Joel Moon's score put Leeds in front but Liam Sutcliffe's missed goals kept Trinity in it.
Ben Jones-Bishop's late score set up a nail-biting finale, but Rhinos held on.
Wakefield saw their seven-game winning run brought to an end by the Rhinos, but there was ample evidence from both teams that they could be involved in the end-of-season mix-up.
There was anticipation and expectation about this derby in front a packed crowd at Belle Vue, with both sides locked on 22 points coming into the game.
Buoyed by their home crowd, Trinity started brightly with the rapier-like Caton-Brown streaking away for a long-range intercept score, and Wood's jinking scoot got him over for a second.
Leeds' forwards paved the way for Ward's score, while Briscoe's first was a backs-inspired move that put the winger in out wide.
There was no let up to the intensity, or the pace, as handling errors punctuated some breathless attack after the break.
Rhinos showed the more ruthless execution, as another flowing move put in Briscoe, and Moon capitalised on a defensive mix-up to poach the fourth score.
Chris Chester's side never buckled and their reward was a slick Jones-Bishop score at the corner, and despite a late flurry there were no further points to show for the effort.
Wakefield Trinity: Grix; Jones-Bishop, Arundel, B. Tupou, Caton-Brown; Williams, Finn, England, Wood, Allgood, Ashurst, Hadley, Sio.
Replacements: Batchelor, Annakin, Hirst, Fifita.
Leeds: Golding; Briscoe, Watkins, L. Sutcliffe, Hall; Moon, McGuire; Singleton, Parcell, Cuthbertson, Ward, Ablett, Jones-Buchanan.
Replacements: Ferres, Galloway, Garbutt, Mullally.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL)


Adele has stopped a concert mid-way through to tell a fan to stop filming her.

She was performing in Verona in Italy when she spotted a woman in the audience with a tripod and camera filming her.
Talking to the woman in the crowd, Adele said: "Can you stop filming me with the video camera because I'm really here in real life and you can enjoy it in real life, rather than through your camera.
"Can you take your tripod down, this isn't a DVD, it's a real show and I'd really like you to enjoy my show because there's lots of people outside who couldn't come in."
The encounter was filmed by another fan in the audience, who posted it on Twitter.
Video courtesy of Madreeeh.


Mewn cyfarfod yn Sir Benfro nos Fercher, fe bleidleisiodd dros 100 o bobl dros brynu tafarn er mwyn ei rhedeg fel menter gymunedol.

Cafodd y cyfarfod ei alw gan bapur bro lleol Clebran wedi'r newyddion fod Tafarn Sinc ym mhentref Rhosybwlch (Rosebush) ger Maenclochog ar werth.
Mae'r dafarn ar werth am £295,000 ers peth amser, ac os na fydd yn gwerthu cyn Mia Hydref, mi fydd yn cau.
Y cynnig yn y cyfarfod oedd i bobl brynu cyfran am £200 yr un.
Un a oedd yn bresennol yn y cyfarfod oedd y Parchedig Emyr Arwyn Thomas: "Mae nifer o gapeli a thafarndai wedi cau dros yr wythnosau diwethaf, ac mae'n bleser calon gweld un yn dechrau o'r newydd eto, a finne fel cadeirydd papur bro Clebran yn cynnig bod y lle yn dal ar agor.
"Mae yna gyfle bellach i Gymry, cenedlaetholwyr, a chymdeithasegwyr a phob un i fynd i Dafarn Sinc, a dwi'n hyderu'n ddirfawr y can nhw gefnogaeth gyda'r Cymreigrwydd sydd yn Nhafarn Sinc a'r croeso yn ogystal.
"Mae'n dda calon gweld nifer helaeth o ddysgwyr a'r di-Gymraeg yn cymryd rhan yn y prosiect yma, ac y byddan nhw hefyd yn cefnogi ac yn Cymreigio'u hunain gyda'u cynrychiolaeth nhw a'u presenoldeb nhw yn Nhafarn Sinc yn y dyfodol."
Hefyd yn bresennol roedd y cynghorydd Chris Thomas, sy'n ymgynghori ar redeg mentrau cydweithredol: "Roedd 'na drafodaeth ar un adeg, ble roedd perygl fod y costau'n ormod, ond roedd pobl yn fodlon rhoi eu dwylo yn eu pocedi a talu am y gwaith hynny hefyd. Roedd yn galonogol tu hwnt.
"Roedden ni'n galw am aelodau i'r bwrdd ac mae nifer fawr wedi dod ymlaen sy'n barod i fod yn rhan o'r gweithgareddau i sicrhau fod y dafarn yn saff a bod gobaith ei ddatblygu am y dyfodol."
Hwn oedd y cyfarfod cyntaf i drafod y fenter, ac mae'r trefnwyr yn dweud y bydd y cyfarfod nesaf yn cael ei gynnal ganol mis Awst.


About a third of breast cancer patients stop taking medication because side-effects are more severe than they expect, US researchers suggest.

The Northwestern University team questioned 686 women who were taking aromatase inhibitors as treatment for oestrogen-sensitive breast cancer.
It found 36% stopped their medication because of symptoms such as joint pain, hot flushes, weight gain and nausea.
A UK charity said it was aware some women stopped their treatment early.
Aromatase inhibitors are given to postmenopausal breast cancer patients to reduce the level of oestrogen in those whose tumours were fuelled by the hormone.
About two-thirds of breast cancers are oestrogen-sensitive, and aromatase inhibitors have been shown to reduce the risk of cancer recurring.
Patients in the Northwestern University study filled out a 46-question survey rating their quality of life and symptoms associated with breast cancer and treatment.
They were asked about their symptoms before treatment and at three, six, 12 and 24 months after starting treatment.
After three months, a third of women had severe joint pain, 28% had hot flushes and 24% had decreased libido among a range of symptoms.
The longer women were being treated, the more reported side-effects.
Those at highest risk of stopping before the recommended five years were those still experiencing side-effects from chemo or radiotherapy.
As a result of the side effects, 10% of the women had stopped taking the drug within two years. A further 26% had stopped by four years.
The researchers say there is a big gap between what women tell their doctors about side-effects and what they actually experience.
Dr Lynne Wagner led the study, which is being presented to the Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
She said: "Clinicians consistently underestimate the side-effects associated with treatment.
"They give patients a drug they hope will help them, so they have a motivation to underrate the negative effects.
"Patients don't want to be complainers and don't want their doctor to discontinue treatment. So no-one knew how bad it really was for patients."
Dr Wagner added: "This is a wake-up call to physicians that says if your patient is feeling really beaten up by treatment, the risk of her quitting early is high.
"We need to be better at managing the symptoms of our patients to improve their quality of life."
Dr Susie Jennings, senior policy officer at Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "It is worrying if breast cancer patients are stopping lifesaving treatment early without consulting their doctor.
"We are aware some patients in the UK do stop treatments early and the reasons behind this need further investigation.
"The patient information leaflets do warn women of all the side effects, but it is important there is a continued discussion throughout treatment between patient and doctor.
"If any women are considering stopping treatment we would urge them to speak with their doctor."


An underwater tunnel linking Wales to Ireland should be seriously considered, a transport think tank has said.

Similar to the Channel Tunnel, it has called for a new route to run between Holyhead and Dublin.
With an expected cost of around Â£15bn, the investment would be similar to that of the HS2 from London to Birmingham.
The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) Cymru Wales thinks the tunnel could be ready by the end of the century.
In the think tank's report, Vision 2035: Cymru Wales, electrified railways, metro style systems and innovative transport technology could all become commonplace in Wales in the next 20 years.
Once these better modes of transport are established, the discussion can then move to the prospect of an underwater tunnel, says the report.
According to the CILT, this would be a major engineering and investment project of European significance.
Prof Stuart Cole, of the Transport Research Centre at the University of South Wales, supports the idea and thinks it is a cost that can be met.
"We're talking about something like Â£15bn," he said. "Something like the cost of HS2 between London and Birmingham.
"So we're not talking about a massive amount of money in the world of governments.
"Also much of this money would come from the European Commission."
The Irish government has called for similar improvements in transport links between the two countries.
As part of the European Union, and an island on the edge of Europe, it has been calling for major improvements in the way it is connected to the mainland.
The Taoiseach's office in Dublin, however, dismissed the idea of an underwater tunnel, believing the costs would be too prohibitive.
Dr Andrew Potter, Chair of CILT Cymru Wales was more hopeful.
He said: "As an essential part of the economy, it is hoped Vision 2035 provides a long-term view of transport in Wales.
"By thinking now about the opportunities and challenges ahead, better solutions can be found that make a real difference to passengers and businesses alike."


President Obama has signed an executive order calling for the US to build the world's fastest computer by 2025.

The supercomputer would be 20 times quicker than the current leading machine, which is in China.
It would be capable of making one quintillion (a billion billion) calculations per second - a figure which is known as one exaflop.
A body called the National Strategic Computing Initiative (NSCI) will be set up to research and build the computer.
The US is seeking the new supercomputer, significantly faster than today's models, to perform complex simulations, aid scientific research and national security projects.
It is hoped the machine would help to analyse weather data for more accurate forecasts or assist in cancer diagnoses by analysing X-ray images.
A blog post on the White House website also suggests it could allow NASA scientists to model turbulence, which might enable the design of more streamlined aircraft without the need for extensive wind tunnel testing.
Such a computer would be called an exascale machine.
Richard Kenway at the University of Edinburgh says he thinks the plan is "spot on" in terms of strategy, bringing together both the ambition to develop new hardware and also improved analysis of big data.
He explained the computer could aid the development of personalised medicines, tailored to specific individuals.
"Today, drugs are designed for the average human and they work OK for some people but not others," he told the BBC.
"The real challenge in precision medicine is to move from designing average drugs to designing drugs for the individual because you can know their genome and their lifestyle."
There could also be benefits in long-term climate modelling, according to Mark Parsons at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre (EPCC).
Currently, climate scientists attempt to model how the Earth's climate will evolve in coming years, but the accuracy of these predictions is severely limited.
Today's fastest supercomputer, the Tianhe-2 in China's National Computer Centre, Guangzhou, performs at 33.86 petaflops (quadrillions of calculations per second), almost twice as fast as the second-quickest machine, which is American.
For Parsons, the latest US initiative is a clear attempt to challenge the dominance of the Chinese in this field.
"The US has woken up to the fact that if it wants to remain in the race it will have to invest," he told the BBC.
Both Kenway and Parsons point out that the challenges of building an exascale computer are not trivial and would require years of research and development.
Chief among the obstacles, according to Parsons, is the need to make computer components much more power efficient. Even then, the electricity demands would be gargantuan.
"I'd say they're targeting around 60 megawatts, I can't imagine they'll get below that," he commented. "That's at least Â£60m a year just on your electricity bill."
Efforts to construct an exascale computer are not entirely new.
Recently, IBM, the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) and the University of Groningen announced plans to build one to analyse data from the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope project.
SKA will be built in Australia and South Africa by the early 2020s.


Glasgow Warriors leapfrogged rivals Edinburgh and climbed into the Pro12's top six with a hard-fought victory over profligate Leinster.

In a bruising affair played out on a badly damaged pitch, there was scant attacking precision on display.
Rory Clegg's quartet of penalties trumped two from Isa Nacewa.
Glasgow's dogged scrapping at the breakdown was pivotal, while Leinster maddeningly squandered much of their field position.
Visiting captain Nacewa knocked over a fourth-minute penalty to nudge the visitors ahead when Glasgow went off their feet at the breakdown.
Leinster rampaged downfield from the restart, hooker James Tracy shimmying his way into space through the Warriors' midfield. His backhand offload found Nacewa, but a fine cover tackle from James Eddie halted the move in the phases that followed.
Rory Hughes, the Glasgow winger, was withdrawn after a thunderous upright collision, Glenn Bryce his replacement.
Clegg, returning from an eventful spell in the Top 14, struck two penalties of his own as Glasgow edged in front with 20 minutes gone, amid roars of "Come on, George!" rasping down from the home coaches bench bound for referee Clancy.
Leinster's bruisers were puncturing the hosts' midfield with concerning ease but the visitors butchered what can only be described as rugby's equivalent of an open goal.
Fly-half Cathal Marsh, inside the Glasgow 22, had no fewer than four men to hit with Bryce scrambling desperately to cover, but floated a huge miss-pass behind Nacewa and into touch.
Relief for the Warriors, exasperation for Leinster, who made do with three more points from the captain's boot rather than the five, or seven, they ought to have had.
Sila Puafisi, for a neck roll, then Simone Favaro, at the breakdown, were penalised for the hosts as the clock ticked red. Nacewa teed up for another shot at the posts from straight in front, but his strike flew wide, and the sides remained level at the break.
Captain Peter Murchie was the third Warriors back withdrawn during the first half - after Rory Hughes and Sam Johnson had departed earlier - prompting quite the reshuffle in the home ranks as the sides changed ends.
Scrum-half Ali Price replaced the skipper, with Nick Grigg moving to centre, Grayson Hart to the wing and Bryce shifting back to full-back.
Glasgow nonetheless began the second period with more accuracy and dynamism. Clegg slotted his third penalty from inside Leinster's 22, then arrowed a fourth between the uprights when a Glasgow jumper was pulled down at the line-out.
With six minutes remaining, Grigg scythed down replacement scrum-half Isaac Boss around the neck, allowing for a late march towards the home line.
Again, though, the defending champions' breakdown nuisance saw them force a penalty - with a squad by that stage so stretched, and every point crucial in the race for a play-off berth, on such victories are seasons defined.
Glasgow Warriors: Murchie, Jones, Bennett, Johnson, Hughes, Clegg, Hart, Reid, Brown, Puafisi, Peterson, Nakarawa, Eddie, Favaro, Ashe.
Replacements: Price for Murchie (41), Yanuyanutawa for Reid (62), Fagerson for Puafisi (55), Holmes for Eddie (46), Malcolm for Favaro (62), Cummings for Ashe (58). Not Used: Grant, G. Bryce.
Leinster: Kirchner, Nacewa, Ringrose, Te'o, D. Kearney, Marsh, L. McGrath, Dooley, Tracy, Furlong, M. Kearney, Triggs, D. Ryan, Leavy, Murphy.
Replacements: Reid for Ringrose (76), Carbery for Marsh (76), Boss for L. McGrath (73), Loughman for Dooley (73), Bent for Furlong (73), Timmins for M. Kearney (64), Molony for Triggs (54). Not Used: B. Byrne.
Ref: George Clancy (IRFU).


A 32-year-old man has been charged over a serious sexual assault on a young boy in Leicester.

The boy was attacked in Wash Brook Nature Park on Tuesday, prompting an appeal to parents not to let their children walk alone in the area.
He was left "deeply distressed" and needed medical treatment.
Leicestershire Police said Ajay Jetha, from Keyham, had been charged with "numerous sexual offences" and was due before magistrates on Monday morning.
Ch Supt David Sandall, who has been leading the investigation, urged people not to speculate about the boy's identity.
"Throughout this investigation, my priority has been to safeguard the interests of the boy in this case.
"He and his family are going through a deeply distressing time and any attempt to identify him will only add to their distress."
The boy, whose age has not been released, was attacked between 15:30 and 16:00 BST on Tuesday.


A California shoe company has recalled a boot after a customer discovered the sole left tiny swastika prints behind.

The boot went viral after a Reddit user posted a picture showing the shoe's tread and its swastika imprints.
Conal International Trading Co, the City of Industry company that manufactures the boot, has since issued a public apology and pulled the shoe.
The company said it was "no way intentional" and an "obvious mistake" made by manufacturers in China.
"We will not be selling any of our boots with the misprint to anyone," the company said in a statement.
"We would never create a design to promote hate. We don't promote hate at our company."
The Reddit user's post has been viewed more than two million times, sending social media into a flurry.
"There was an angle I didn't get to see when ordering my new work boots," the Reddit user wrote.
"The soles don't look that much like swastikas, but the prints are unmistakable," a Reddit user wrote. "And whoever made the soles would have understood that."
Amazon, where the Polar Fox military combat boots were sold before the company pulled the listing, was inundated with reviews cracking Nazi jokes, calling the boot "heily recommended" and rating the pair a "nein out of 10".
Another Amazon user quipped: "Good for marching into Poland, but not so good for much else".
The listing was removed from Amazon on Thursday.
The boots also gained the attention of the popular neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer, where they were called a "must have", the Washington Post reported.
German weekly magazine Stern also pointed out the boot's name, Polar Fox, shares a name with a World War Two military operation.
Polarfuchs, or Polar Fox, was an operation in which German and Finnish soldiers captured Salla, Finland from the Soviet Union.


Further evidence has emerged of the link between alcohol consumption in women and an increased risk of breast cancer.

According to a report from the World Cancer Research Fund, half a glass of wine or a small beer a day increases the risk of breast cancer.
It also backs up research showing that regular intensive exercise can reduce the risk of the disease.
Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer in women in the UK with one in eight women developing the disease during their lifetime.
But scientists say they can't explain why the cancer occurs in some people and not in others.
There are numerous causes and lots of factors to take into account, including lifestyle, hormone levels and other medical conditions.
Basically, it's a complex picture and there's no point focusing on one factor only.
For a start, there are some factors you cannot control such as your sex, age, height, genes and when you started your periods.
Being a woman, over 50 and past the menopause, and having a history of breast cancer in your family, all increase your risk of getting the disease.
Being tall and starting periods before the age of 12 are thought to increase the risk too.
Cancer Research UK lists 18 different factors which could cause breast cancer to some degree. Alcohol is only one of them.
It says there are ways women can lower their risk of breast cancer by focusing on factors they can control, like diet, weight and exercise.
After analysing more than 100 studies that examined the medical history of 12 million women, the report backs up current advice to be aware of alcohol consumption.
The report found evidence that drinking an extra small glass of wine every day (10g of alcohol) increases a woman's risk of breast cancer after the menopause by 9%.
It means that in a group of 100 women, around 13 would be likely to develop breast cancer anyway.
And if they all drank an additional small glass of wine every day, one extra case might develop among the original group.
When it comes to exercise, the report found that doing more vigorous exercise, like cycling or running, cut the risk of post-menopausal breast cancer by 10% compared to the least active women.
Breastfeeding was also found to lower the risk of the disease before and after the menopause.
And there was limited evidence that eating more leafy vegetables, such as cabbage, spinach and kale, decreased the risk of a less common kind of breast cancer.
We already know that regular physical exercise, eating a balanced diet and maintaining a healthy weight are important for reducing the risk of lots of diseases, including cancers.
But scientists say all these factors interact with each other and that makes it difficult to tease out which ones are driving the cancer and to what extent.
New guidelines were introduced in 2016 which said that men and women should drink no more than 14 units a week - equivalent to six pints of beer or seven glasses of wine - and some days should be free of alcohol altogether.
The UK's chief medical officers' advice was based on research which showed that any amount of alcohol can increase the risk of cancer.
Pregnant women are advised not to drink at all.
Cancer experts say the findings don't tell us anything new about the link between alcohol and breast cancer, which is already well known.
But if you can, to stack the odds in your favour, they say it is a good idea to have some alcohol-free days during every week and not to increase your drinking.
However, Cancer Research UK says there is no need be alarmed and "go teetotal".
It is also important to look at the bigger picture.
Drinking alcohol has a greater effect on the risks of several other cancers - including mouth, liver and bowel - than it does on breast cancer, so there is no reason to become fixated on alcohol.
Kevin McConway, emeritus professor of applied statistics at the Open University, says the risks have "to be set against whatever pleasure women might obtain from their drinking".
The report does not provide absolute risks and as such, Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter, from the University of Cambridge, said it did not seem a good basis for recommending that women give up alcohol completely.
However, Dr Anne McTiernan, lead report author and cancer expert at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said the evidence regarding breast cancer was clear.
"Having a physically active lifestyle, maintaining a healthy weight throughout life and limiting alcohol are all steps women can take to lower their risk."


Three protesters have been killed in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, the Red Cross says, as demonstrations against President Pierre Nkuruziza's re-election bid enter a second week.

The BBC's Maud Jullien reports from the scene that police fired shots, and she saw two of the bodies being taken away.
Police denied killing the protesters, and said 15 of their officers had been wounded in a grenade attack.
The US's John Kerry urged Mr Nkurunziza to abandon his re-election bid.
"We are deeply concerned about President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision, which flies directly in the face of the constitution of this country," the US secretary of state told reporters during a visit to Kenya.
The Red Cross says 12 people have been killed since protests broke out on 26 April after Mr Nkurunziza was nominated by the ruling CNDD-FDD party as its candidate for the June election.
Under Burundi's constitution, presidents can only be elected to two terms in office, but Mr Nkurunziza's allies say his first term does not count as he was appointed by parliament.
Live updates from Burundi
The government accuses the protesters of being "insurrectional", and says Mr Nkurunziza will press ahead with contesting the election.
The protests are the most serious since Mr Nkurunziza took power at the end of a 12-year civil war in 2005.
Our reporter says more than 1,000 people are on the streets of Bujumbura's Musaga neighbourhood in defiance of a government ban on protests.
The latest clashes started when some demonstrators threw stones and the police responded by firing live rounds, she says.
The army then arrived on the scene, containing the protests, she says.
"I am killed by Nkurunziza," one demonstrator screamed, as he was taken to hospital with a bullet wound in his shoulder, AFP news agency reports.
On Sunday, army chief of staff General Prime Niyongabo pledged neutrality in the conflict, following a similar declaration a day earlier by Defence Minister General Pontien Gaciyubwenge, our correspondent says.
Many soldiers are thought to be sympathetic towards the protesters, she adds.


AFC Bournemouth have signed Australia international goalkeeper Adam Federici from Reading on a three-year deal.

The 30-year-old made 245 appearances for the Royals and was part of Australia's 2010 World Cup squad.
"It was difficult to leave Reading - I had been there an extremely long time," he told Bournemouth's website.
Federici was a free agent after the expiry of his contract, and now joins Bournemouth ahead of their first Premier League season.
"I feel like I'm joining something special and I'm looking forward to working with the manager and the boys. I can't wait to get started," he added.
"I had a lot of success at Reading and the fans were great for me, but I thought it was time I moved on."
Federici is the second goalkeeper signed by the Cherries this week after Artur Boruc, joined from Southampton on a one-year deal.
He played 49 games for Reading this season, including the FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, but let Alexis Sanchez's shot slip through his hands as they were defeated at Wembley.
But a career highlight was his injury-time goal for Reading in a 1-1 draw with Cardiff at the Madejski Stadium in 2008.


None of Nottinghamshire's 11 parliamentary seats has changed hands in the 2015 General Election.

Labour's Gloria De Piero improved her 192 majority in Ashfield to 8,820.
Anna Soubry and Mark Spencer both increased their Conservative majorities to more than 4,000, in Broxtowe and Sherwood respectively.
The Tories kept hold of Newark and Rushcliffe, with Labour retaining Mansfield, Gedling, Bassetlaw and Nottingham South, East and North.
In the council elections, Labour held Bassetlaw, Nottingham, Gedling and Ashfield.
Mansfield followed its own tradition in electing another independent, Kate Allsop, as mayor.
However, there will be a recount on Monday in Broxtowe after two ballot boxes with uncounted votes were discovered at a polling station after the Eastwood Hilltop result was declared.
The result for Kimberley will also not be announced until Monday after a series of recounts were requested after a very tight finish for the third of three seats.


Reigning world champion Marc Marquez won the German Grand Prix to move to the top of this year's title race.

The Spaniard started from pole position and went on to earn his second victory of the season.
He held off Germany's Jonas Folger, who was second as he earned a first podium finish, with Dani Pedrosa third.
Marquez has 129 points and becomes the fourth leader of the championship this season, with 10 points separating the top four.
Spain's Maverick Vinales, who finished fourth in Germany, is second on 124, while Italy's Andrea Dovizioso dropped from first to third on 123 points after he was eighth at the Sachsenring.
Valentino Rossi, of Italy, was fifth and is fourth in the standings on 119 points.
1. Marc Marquez (Spa/Honda) 40 mins 59.525 secs
2. Jonas Folger (Ger/Yamaha) 41:02.835
3. Dani Pedrosa (Spa/Honda) 41:11.071
4. Maverick Vinales (Spa/Yamaha) 41:13.778
5. Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) 41:14.505
6. Alvaro Bautista (Spa/Ducati) 41:16.059
7. Aleix Espargaro (Spa/Aprilia) 41:19.261
8. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/Ducati) 41:19.713
9. Johann Zarco (Fra/Yamaha) 41:20.663
10. Cal Crutchlow (GB/Honda) 41:23.735
1. Marc Marquez (Spa/Honda) 129 points
2. Maverick Vinales (Spa/Yamaha) 124
3. Andrea Dovizioso (Ita/Ducati) 123
4. Valentino Rossi (Ita/Yamaha) 119
5. Dani Pedrosa (Spa/Honda) 103
6. Johann Zarco (Fra/Yamaha) 84
7. Jonas Folger (Ger/Yamaha) 71
8. Danilo Petrucci (Ita/Ducati) 66
9. Jorge Lorenzo (Spa/Ducati) 65
10. Cal Crutchlow (GB/Honda) 64


US cable giant Comcast has abandoned its planned $45bn (Â£30bn) purchase of Time Warner Cable after failing to convince regulators the deal would not harm competition.

"Today, we move on," said Comcast chairman Brian L Roberts.
"We structured this deal so that if the government didn't agree, we could walk away."
In March last year, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) launched an antitrust probe into the deal.
"The companies' decision to abandon this deal is the best outcome for American consumers," said Attorney General Eric Holder in a statement.
"This is a victory not only for the Department of Justice, but also for providers of content and streaming services who work to bring innovative products to consumers across America and around the world."
The deal was also being scrutinised by the Federal Communications Commission, and had been criticised by some politicians and various consumer and industry groups.
Shares in Comcast declined slightly on the news, whereas Time Warner Cable's were up slightly.
Comcast and Time Warner Cable are the two biggest cable companies, as well as two of the largest broadband providers, in the US.
Comcast had argued that they served different markets and a merger would not reduce competition for consumers.
The company operates mainly around Washington DC, Chicago, Boston and its home town of Philadelphia, whereas Time Warner Cable's subscribers are mainly grouped around its New York headquarters, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Dallas.
While the move is a blow for Comcast, with the industry experiencing a decrease in subscribers and video customers, cable companies are likely to keep merging as costs rise for shows, sports programmes and film rights.
However, the collapse of this deal has knock-on effects for other players in the US industry.
Charter Communications, the fourth largest cable operator in the US, will no longer acquire some of the Time Warner Cable markets that Comcast was planning to divest.
Charter had previously tried to buy Time Warner Cable in a hostile takeover in January 2014.
When Comcast first announced its intention to merge with Time Warner last year, the move was met with a largely negative outcry from a crucial contingent: subscribers of both cable companies.
The Federal Communications Commission - one of the regulators tasked with approving the deal - received more than 100,000 public comments on the merger, many of which were from individuals concerned about the impact it could have on prices and quality of service.
The two firms are notorious for a perceived poor handling of customer service complaints.
Last summer, a customer service call with Comcast, in which customer Ryan Block tried to cancel his internet service, went viral - which many took as a symptom of widespread customer frustration with US telecommunications providers.
Even in Comcast's home city of Philadelphia, sentiment against the firm has soured.
In December, the city published a report on Comcast's offerings in which the most common words among subscribers who were surveyed about their customer experience were "terrible", "better", "poor", "horrible", "awful", "lacking", "bad" and "horrendous".
Although Comcast has disputed the Philadelphia report - and chalked up Mr Block's viral call to the power of the internet - the widespread customer complaints couldn't have helped the firm in its negotiations with the government.
Certainly, that public sentiment influenced US politicians. This week, six US Senators wrote a letter to regulators arguing against the merger.
But with increasing number of consumers "cutting the cord" and foregoing cable subscriptions entirely in favour of internet streaming options, the question is whether or not the US cable industry, as it is currently structured, can survive.
That would leave very little to complain about.


Six former winners will be vying for glory once again when the Uefa Women's U19 Championship starts in Northern Ireland on Tuesday.

Only the hosts, who are making their first appearance in the finals, and Scotland have not lifted the trophy.
Scotland take on six-times winners Germany before Northern Ireland face Spain in a Windsor Park double-header.
England, champions in 2009, meet Italy in their group opener at Mourneview Park in Lurgan.
Northern Ireland, Scotland, Spain and Germany are in Group A with England and Italy joined by holders France and the Netherlands in Group B.
Spain, who have finished runners-up in each of the past three seasons, will provide a massive test for Northern Ireland, who are managed by Northern Ireland national women's coach Alfie Wylie.
Northern Ireland will go up against Scotland, who qualified for the tournament in style with three wins in the elite round, at Mourneview Park on Friday night.
The Scots scored 28 goals in qualifying, conceding five, and striker Erin Cuthbert was second highest scorer with 10 goals.
England, who have reached the final four times, were given a bye in qualifying but were impressive in the elite round where they scored 12 times without reply in their three games.


The governor of Afghanistan's Kunduz province says Taliban forces which staged an assault on the provincial capital have been defeated.

Asadullah Amarkhil said fighting in Kunduz city had stopped, and there were large numbers of Taliban casualties.
On Monday, Taliban fighters appeared to have breached the strategic northern city.
The fighting came a day before a major conference in Brussels to raise funds to ensure Afghan stability.
Kunduz was briefly captured by the Taliban in September 2015 in what was a major victory.
After days of back-and-forth fighting, government forces, backed by Nato, recaptured the city.
Residents said people were fleeing the city if they could, after the latest fighting.
"There have been many casualties, both civilian and military. There has been fighting in the streets. People are very worried. They have lost hope in the government. It is the second time," one man, Massoud, told the BBC Afghan service.
Another man, Mubarak Shah, said: "There is no electricity. People are struggling to find water and food. Shops which sell food are only open in the suburbs of the city where the government is in control."
Taliban militants entered Kunduz early on Monday and seized some central areas.
Its spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said on Twitter that it was a "massive operation". The Taliban later said they had seized the roundabout and several checkpoints, but did not claim to have captured the city.
But by late on Monday, Nato forces and local police said they were back in control, with additional troops, including special forces, being flown in.
The governor said in the early hours of Tuesday that the clear-up operation was continuing but people should "start their daily life and go to their work".
"If there is any Taliban hiding inside the houses, we will clear that after dawn."
At least one member of the security forces was killed, while there were various conflicting reports on the number of militant casualties.
Kunduz police chief Mohammad Qasim Jangalbagh told AFP that "hundreds of Taliban fighters" were killed.
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The capture of Kunduz by the Taliban last September was a huge blow to the country's Western-backed government. The militants abandoned the city after four days but they had proved their growing capability by taking their first major city.
The group raided Tarin Kot, the provincial capital of Uruzgan, last month.
Afghan government forces are estimated to have control over no more than two-thirds of Afghanistan.
The two-day conference in Brussels, attended by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and led by the EU, aims to raise billions of dollars to fund Afghanistan until 2020.
Officials have said financial support from the international community is essential to secure the country's stability.
The EU's Special Representative for Afghanistan, Franz-Michael Mellbin, said the conference was "buying four more years for Afghanistan" as well as seeking a "realistic" peace process.
"If we don't achieve peace, it's simply going to be extremely costly for the foreseeable future," he told Reuters.


The emergency unit at Wales' biggest hospital has a "culture of bullying, harassment and inappropriate behaviour", an inquiry has found.

A damning independent report said the issues at University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, affect staff at all levels.
It also found "authoritarian" managers and a "significant risk of harm to patients" in how the unit was run.
Cardiff and Vale health board said it fully accepted the findings and recommendations.
It has set up an action group of staff, unions and managers to respond to the 46 points in the report.
The three-month inquiry - which also included the assessment unit at Llandough Hospital and minor injuries unit at Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan - was launched by the health board.
It followed claims of bullying, staff shortages and targets taking priority over patient care in the unit, which employs nearly 400 staff.
Unions started a collective grievance procedure last autumn on behalf of 12 staff.
The situation also led to one senior nurse likening the pressures staff were under to being in a war zone in Iraq.
The review found no direct evidence of a patient coming to harm but said there was "ongoing significant risk of harm to patients based on the current arrangement of care".
Main findings involving staff:
Staff were interviewed, seen in groups and surveyed.
The names of individuals commonly mentioned involving inappropriate behaviour have been removed from the report but the authors said "behaviours are endemic and involve many individuals and this makes it difficult to identify individual perpetrators".
The way the department was run meant patients were "regularly receiving less than optimum levels of care and experience".
Problems involving patient care:
However, the inquiry found a "huge commitment" by staff, trying to do their best for patients.
Health board chief executive Prof Adam Cairns said: "The report is hard-hitting and as such should encourage everyone to understand that we have an unrelenting focus on facing our challenges head on.
"We will now focus on our response, working together in partnership with our staff and their representatives, mindful that this band of dedicated and passionate staff must be supported, always remembering that it is they who are there for us when we are most in need."
The director of the Royal College of Nursing in Wales, Tina Donnelly, said there was a "sense of relief" for her members.
Meanwhile, Unison branch secretary Mike Jones said he had not heard of any example of a member of staff who had been suspended for raising their concerns.
Patient watchdog Cardiff Community Health Council (CHC) said it has sought reassurances from the health board that staffing of the emergency unit will be addressed "as soon as practicable".
The CHC's chief officer Stephen Allen said the issues of staff shortages and external pressures could lead to patient care "not being delivered in the most appropriate way or location."
Analysis by Owain Clarke, BBC Wales health correspondent
Nobody would deny they have incredibly stressful jobs.
But this report paints a picture of almost intolerable pressure faced by those working on the hospital's front-line
The demands on staff were often unreasonable, with almost all areas understaffed. Many said they felt hopeless - some claimed bosses did not care.
The report also found clear evidence of  bullying and harassment -  a dysfunctional culture so endemic the authors found it difficult to pinpoint blame.
Management failings meant senior nurses, even consultants, felt they did not have a say and there was little opportunity to learn from mistakes. The relationship between the unions and management had, it seems, hit rock bottom.
Although the authors found no evidence that patients were harmed - they say the failings were so serious there was a real risk it could have happened.
There are even accounts of patients with similar illnesses being treated differently depending on how they arrived at the hospital.
The quality and safety of the care given by some specialist nurses, it says, was not checked.
One key recommendation is that more doctors and nurses need to be recruited at once.


A residential road where a huge sinkhole opened up 14 months ago has reopened.

The 33ft (10m) deep hole appeared in Fontmell Close, St Albans, Hertfordshire, on 1 October last year.
Surveys established the hole was caused by the mine workings of a former clay pit. Expert assessments have since confirmed the road is safe and repairs were carried out.
St Albans mayor Frances Leonard said it was a "joyful day" for residents.
"Looking back, I have been particularly impressed by the way people have worked together to make the best of things and look after each other," she said.
Following the collapse in the early hours, families in more than 50 homes were left without power, water or sanitation before temporary solutions were provided for the majority.
Residents of Fontmell Close and Bridle Close had to use a temporary road built across a nearby heath as the road was inaccessible.
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The hole was filled with 48 lorry-loads of foamed concrete but before permanent repairs could be carried out, investigators had to ensure there was no further cause for concern.
A full microgravity survey and exploratory drilling established the hole was caused by ancient chalk excavations in the bedrock beneath a clay pit and a ground subsidence investigation found that no evidence "indicated further significant mined voids".
In August work began to reconnect the utilities to affected homes and then reinstate the road.
Four families had not been able to return to their homes since the hole opened up.
County councillor Terry Douris said it had been an "extremely stressful time" for residents.
"We appreciate it has taken some time to get to this stage, but we owed it to residents to make sure the area is safe, which it is, and that the reinstatement job is done properly," he said.


Cross-Channel transport is starting to return to normal after a strike by ferry workers which gave hundreds of migrants the chance to try to board queuing lorries.

French workers blocked roads and damaged a train line by starting fires. Migrants, trying to reach the UK, took advantage of the chaos and boarded lorries stuck in the traffic.
Drivers waiting to board ferries and those using Eurotunnel describe the wait with many witnessing hundreds of migrants along the side of the road.
Charlie a lorry driver in Calais described the situation as "utter chaos"
"I myself have been threatened with machetes and crow bars from migrants trying to gain access to mine and surrounding vehicles, when we stop them.
While waiting to board the train I saw one migrant removed from the trailers axles.
It took just shy of 11 hours 30 minutes from joining the queue to boarding the train. Whilst this has been one of the longest waits yet it is regularly like this.
I can't see a clear end in sight unfortunately."
Truck driver Mark was in Calais on Tuesday
"I have just spent practically the whole day trying to get over to Calais in my truck.  I opted for Eurotunnel as I imagined the delays would be less. How wrong was I!
Once boarded we breathed a sigh of relief as I was finally on the way. After about 20 minutes the train ground to a halt within the tunnel.
We were not given much info but after about 15 minutes we were told that we were returning to the UK.
Once back in Ashford we waited for a couple of hours before being told we would be going back to Calais. The Eurotunnel staff came down with sandwiches and crisps as by now we were all starving.
On getting off in France I witnessed large queues of trucks waiting for the port to open plus large numbers of migrants.
As a truck driver doing this crossing on average once a week something must be done to curb this migrant problem.
We should not have to put our lives, cargo and vehicles in danger and the UK government should do more to protect us.
We should not be expected to be unofficial immigration officials, we are doing an important job and should be given guarantees of our safety and a smooth passage through to the UK from Calais.
The situation will only get worse and the UK with its soft policies are entirely to blame.
We truck drivers are at the sharp end of it and one day one of us is going to get killed."
Richard Jameson runs a small transport company with drivers making the Channel crossing each week
"The situation out there is getting increasingly bad. I am seriously concerned for the safety of my drivers!
I currently have a truck stuck in Belgium trying to return to the port of Calais, I am not sending him into the Eurotunnel terminal just yet as I know he will be caught in traffic and will have migrants trying to break into our trailer.
I have another truck heading towards Dover right now and I know he will be caught in the traffic queuing in operation Stack!
The level of intimidation and violence my drivers (and all the rest) are receiving by the immigrants rises by the day as they travel through Calais.
They are openly throwing rocks at any truck drivers who try and warn other drivers about illegal migrants climbing on trailers.
Last month two migrants climbed under our trailer and hung onto the axles while it was being made to queue out on the motorway.
Luckily another driver warned my driver and we were able to get the French Police to remove them.
My drivers and myself are worried for their safety and no one seems to care."
David Robinson-Smith was travelling back to the UK on Tuesday
"I'm travelling back on a motorbike from a trip to the French Alps.
Coming into the port area it was absolutely flooded with migrants.
Lots of immigrants outside were jumping on board articulated lorries. Police are pepper spraying underneath the trailers and they drop out like flies.
We were filtering through and they seemed quite jovial. None of them was particularly aggressive to us.
But we've heard people saying they had to wind up their windows and lock their doors, so I can see how it could be intimidating.
Now we're just waiting for news at the terminal. We can't leave and most people, like us, are just hanging on for news."


Niger has begun a mass vaccination campaign as it struggles to control a meningitis outbreak that has now killed 129 people.

Health Minister Mano Aghali announced on public radio that the death toll had risen from 85 in less than a week.
The effort to immunise children between two and 15 has started despite a shortage of vaccines.
Schools in and around Niger's capital, Niamey, were shut this week to contain the virus.
It was a shortage of vaccines to treat the current strain that caused the outbreak to spread, the authorities say.
Only half of the 1.2 million doses needed are currently available and the government has said it is still waiting for more to arrive, reports the BBC's Baro Arzika in Niamey.
Prime Minister Brigi Rafini had earlier this week appealed for help in getting the remaining doses.
The authorities have warned people against using unauthorised vaccines, saying the doses might be for the wrong strain of the disease.
The health minister says 1,150 cases have now been recorded, mostly in the Niamey and Dosso regions where it is now endemic.
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Meningitis is an infection of the meninges - the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms can include severe headaches, fever, drowsiness, stiff neck, vomiting, confusion and a fear of light. A rash may also appear.
According to the World Health Organization, it can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated.
There is a "meningitis belt" in sub-Saharan Africa, stretching from Senegal to Ethiopia, with high rates of the disease, the WHO says.


The Scottish Labour leader has insisted there is no problem in Jeremy Corbyn not attending the party's Scottish conference.

Kezia Dugdale said that she, rather than the party's UK leader, was "in charge" of Scottish Labour.
She said Mr Corbyn "doesn't need an invite and did not decline to come".
The UK leaders of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have both addressed their Scottish conference is recent weeks.
Scottish Labour will be holding a one-day conference at the Glasgow Science Centre on Saturday in what will be the party's last major gathering before the Holyrood election on 5 May.
There will be full live coverage of the conference on the BBC Scotland news website, and Ms Dugdale will be answering readers' questions in a webcast ahead of the event.
Neither Mr Corbyn nor Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell will be attending - despite Mr McDonnell having other engagements in Glasgow over the weekend.
Mr Corbyn did address the Scottish Labour conference in October, and the party has said he will be campaigning in Scotland ahead of the election.
Speaking to the BBC's Good Morning Scotland programme, Ms Dugdale told presenter Gary Robertson he was "looking for problems that don't exist" when he asked her about Mr Corbyn's non-attendance.
She said: "I lead an autonomous Scottish Labour party - I am in charge. I work very closely with Jeremy Corbyn, we are good friends, but he doesn't need to be there to offer support to me or indeed to the Scottish Labour campaign."
Ms Dugdale said there was a "new age" for the Scottish Labour party which meant "the Scottish Labour leader is in charge of what happens in Scotland", with the party "putting Scotland first".
She added: "I am incredibly supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, very loyal to him. We are a good team and part of being a good team is knowing when to take your place.
"And this weekend I am going to lead the Scottish Labour party towards the Scottish Parliament election. It is really that simple."
Opinion polls have suggested the SNP is on course to secure another majority in the Scottish Parliament, with Labour and the Conservatives battling for second place.
Labour was left with just one MP in Scotland after last year's general election - but Ms Dugdale declined to make any predictions about how many seats it would win at Holyrood, saying only that she was "committed to renewing the Scottish Labour party".
The party has said it will have a "clear 50:50" split between men and women in the 108 candidates it fields in the election.
Ms Dugdale has sought to put clear political ground between her party and the SNP and Conservatives by proposing a 1p increase in income tax rates in Scotland - a position also backed by the Liberal Democrats.
The party - like the SNP - has also said it would not follow George Osborne in raising the threshold for paying the 40p top rate of income tax to £45,000, a measure which the Chancellor announced in his Budget on Wednesday.
The Treasury has said a typical higher rate taxpayer would be about £400 better off under the plans, which will come into force in April next year - when new powers over income tax are due to be handed to Holyrood under the Scotland Bill.
Scottish Labour has also proposed a 50p top rate of income tax for those earning more than £150,000 in Scotland, which Ms Dugdale said would raise "between £70m and £110m a year" towards closing the attainment gap in the country's schools.
But she said a pledge made by previous leader Jim Murphy last year to use money from a proposed UK-wide Mansion Tax to pay for 1,000 extra nurses in Scotland would not be included in its manifesto for the Holyrood election.


Plans to build a new water sports centre in Porthcawl have been approved, despite concerns it could spoil the coastline.

Bridgend county council wants to knock down Malc's Cafe in Rest Bay, to make way for the new modern facility.
Porthcawl Civic Trust Society has objected to the two-storey building saying it was "out of accord" with the area's character.
Councillors have backed it but said traffic plans must still be agreed.
The proposals were being considered by the council's development control committee on Thursday.
The council hopes the building - with public toilets, changing rooms, a new cafe/bistro, function room and covered dog walkers' area - will be used by water sports clubs.
Residents said the plans would increase parking problems, late-night noise and anti-social behaviour, and the height of the building would impact on the "unspoilt" appearance of the coastline.
The council said: "If successful, the water sports centre and cafe at Rest Bay will provide new high-quality facilities near the award-winning blue flag beach while establishing an iconic, contemporary attraction capable of supporting and developing sports and leisure activities in the area."
Approving the proposals, the committee has imposed a number of conditions in a bid to ease the public concerns.
The centre will not be allowed to operate after 21:00 in the evening and staff parking, turning area and delivery yard plans must be agreed.
The council said a traffic management plan for the development must also be submitted and approved before construction can get under way.