A lorry driver has admitted causing the death of an elderly cyclist who was hit by his vehicle.

Barbara Phipps, 73, of Lynsted, Kent, died in the collision on the A2 London Road in Teynham on 13 February 2016.
William Magee, 59, had denied causing her death by dangerous driving and was due to stand trial later this month.
He admitted the lesser charge of causing death by careless driving at Maidstone Crown Court on Thursday and will be sentenced on 3 March.
Magee, of Readers Court, in Chelmsford, Essex, had also been charged with failing to stop, but was told by prosecutors the charge would be dropped.


India and Pakistan have held a daily military ceremony at their only land border crossing, a day after a suicide attack there killed dozens of people.

Despite earlier plans to suspend the ritual at Wagah, Pakistan's military said it wanted the nation to unite against terrorism.
The bomb exploded near the checkpoint on the Pakistani side, killing at least 55 people and injuring many more.
Funerals of those killed have been taking place across Punjab province.
Punjab army corps commander Lt-Gen Naveed Zaman told those present at Monday's ceremony that they "proved that terrorists can't break the morale and zeal of the nation".
Indian soldiers also took part on their side of the frontier. There were cheers on the Pakistani side but no spectators on the Indian side.
It would have been the first time the Wagah ritual had been called off since the two countries fought a war in 1971.
"Flag lowering ceremony at #Wagah Border held with same fervour - shows resolve of the nation", Pakistani military spokesman Asim Bajwal tweeted.
The colourful ceremony at Wagah takes place at sunset every day, with large, enthusiastic and patriotic crowds ensconced in galleries on both sides of the border.
Goose-stepping border guards in full ceremonial uniform march and confront each other in dramatic style as the two flags are brought down.
A salute and handshake is followed by the gates on either side being slammed shut.
So the suicide attack on the Pakistani side at Wagah has raised concerns not just because it happened in a highly secure area, but also because it took place in Punjab, Pakistan's most populous and prosperous province.
Why attack Wagah crossing?
The Pakistani Taliban (TTP) said they were behind the bombing. Two other militant groups - Jundullah and the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar faction of the TTP - also said they carried it out.
Sunday's attack is the deadliest to hit Pakistan in many months.
The Wagah crossing is a high-profile target, with large crowds gathering every day to watch an elaborate and colourful flag-lowering ceremony as the border closes.
Witnesses described scenes of horror in the wake of the blast which struck just after Sunday's ceremony took place.
One intelligence official, who was in his office at the time, told Reuters he saw "scattered bodies, injured men, women and children and smashed cars".
Social media users in Pakistan have expressed anger at the country's government for not doing enough to prevent Sunday's bombing.
On Twitter many recalled a piece run by a local newspaper, the Naya Akhbar, which published an apparent warning of an attack just days before the explosion, quoting information from security sources.
"Agencies inform them before & its published on 28 Oct in a local news paper of Lahore," exclaimed â€


A man who crawled with a broken leg for more than two hours after falling from rocks on the Dorset coast has said he is lucky he to be alive.

Tim Robinson, 54,  from Hilton, Derbyshire, slipped while walking under Golden Cap, east of Lyme Regis, on the Jurassic Coast, on 8 January.
He said he had to get off the beach due to the rising tide and the possibility of being crushed by "car-sized" rocks.
He was saved after using a pocket torch to send a Morse code signal.
Mr Robinson, who was looking for fossils, said he was "foolhardy" to have not taken his mobile phone with him while he explored the beach.
He said: "I stepped from one large rock to another and the second one had slimy seaweed on it and my foot slipped... I heard this crack and my leg had snapped."
The 54 year old, who has been a member of the Territorial Army for 26 years, said his "training kicked in" when he realised he had broken his leg.
He said he considered waiting for his wife to raise the alarm, but realised this was too dangerous as water levels were rising and he feared large rocks could fall from the cliffs.
In fading light he crawled for three-quarters of a mile (1.2km) using his small torch to send Morse code messages.
He saw lights being flashed back and as he got nearer he realised it was his wife, who had come out to find him.
"She said 'what have you been up to?' and I said 'I think I'm going to need an X-ray,'" said Mr Robinson.
He was later rescued by the RNLI and the coastguard.
Mr Robinson is facing another operation on his leg, but hopes to get back to full fitness in the near future.


About £1,500 has been scattered across a road in Swindon after a lorry carrying the cash shed its load.

Wiltshire Police was called to Mead Way in the Peatmoor area at about 13:30 BST.
No-one was injured and officers have closed the road northbound from Mead roundabout.
Motorists have been told to expect delays while the money is cleared from the carriageway and the truck is made safe.


When International Animal Rescue (IAR) found the baby orangutan in a cardboard box in Borneo he was very poorly.

1 November 2015 Last updated at 12:12 GMT
The little primate, named Gito, was suffering from a skin disease and he had lost most of his hair.
He was dehydrated and malnourished because he didn't have enough food or water.
But now after being cared for by a team of vets, just seven days on, the charity say it hopes to return him to the wild.


Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon was arrested for disorderly conduct after police stopped her husband on suspicion of drink driving, US media report.

The 37-year-old is reported to have quarrelled with police after their car was pulled over in the early hours of Friday in Atlanta, Georgia.
She is alleged to have told officers: "Do you know my name?"
According to the Associated Press, she released a statement on Sunday apologising for her behaviour.
"I clearly had one drink too many and I am deeply embarrassed about the things I said," she is quoted as saying, adding that: "It was definitely a scary situation and I was frightened for my husband, but that is no excuse."
Police officers stopped Ms Witherspoon and her talent agent husband James Toth after their car was spotted swerving across its lane, the online Hollywood magazine Variety reports.
Citing the police report, Variety said officers breathalysed Mr Toth - the driver - whom they described as dishevelled and smelling of alcohol.
During the test, Ms Witherspoon refused to heed the officer's request to stay in the car, saying she was a "US citizen" and had a right to "stand on American ground", the report is quoted as saying.
"Do you know my name?" Ms Witherspoon is then reported to have asked the officer. "You're about to find out who I am" and "You're about to be on national news", she is then alleged to have said.
The couple were taken into custody and later released on bail. A court date has been set for Monday.
Ms Witherspoon is reported to be in Atlanta filming her new movie.
She appeared on the red carpet in New York on Sunday for the premiere of her film Mud but did not speak to reporters.


Yeovil and Grimsby missed the chance to move into the League Two play-offs with a goalless draw at Huish Park.

Managerless Grimsby, who lost Paul Hurst to Shrewsbury earlier in the week, enjoyed the better of an uninspiring encounter but were unable to find a winner against a Yeovil side whose unbeaten run stretches to four matches.
The Mariners had an appeal for a penalty in the fourth minute when Omar Bogle went down under the challenge of Darren Ward, but referee Brendan Malone ignored the striker's protests.
Bogle was looking threatening and twice went close, first when he forced Artur Krysiak to palm a long-range drive over the bar and again when he curled an effort wide from just inside the area.
Yeovil's best offering of the first half then came as Ryan Hedges' shot from the edge of the box was blocked.
Grimsby wasted two good chances in the opening exchanges of the second half as James Berrett fired over from 10 yards before Danny Collins headed Luke Summerfield's corner over the bar.
Berrett had the chance to give the Mariners victory with just over 10 minutes remaining, but his long-range effort drew a good stop from Krysiak.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Yeovil Town 0, Grimsby Town 0.
Second Half ends, Yeovil Town 0, Grimsby Town 0.
Attempt missed. Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Zak Mills (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Attempt missed. Matthew Dolan (Yeovil Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Kayden Jackson replaces Scott Vernon.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Rhys Browne replaces Tom Bolarinwa.
Foul by Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town).
Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Zak Mills (Grimsby Town).
Attempt saved. James Berrett (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Grimsby Town. Brandon Comley replaces Craig Disley.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Attempt saved. Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. James Berrett (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. James Berrett (Grimsby Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Alex Lacey (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town).
Attempt missed. Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Tom Bolarinwa.
Foul by James Berrett (Grimsby Town).
Bevis Mugabi (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Omar Bogle (Grimsby Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Francois Zoko (Yeovil Town).
Luke Summerfield (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Yeovil Town. Francois Zoko replaces Otis Khan.
Corner,  Grimsby Town. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Danny Collins (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town).
Josh Gowling (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town).
Foul by Craig Disley (Grimsby Town).
Tom Eaves (Yeovil Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Yeovil Town. Conceded by Danny Andrew.
Corner,  Grimsby Town. Conceded by Bevis Mugabi.
Attempt missed. Scott Vernon (Grimsby Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Nathan Smith (Yeovil Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tom Bolarinwa (Grimsby Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.


A giant marriage proposal has been spotted in a Gloucestershire field by the crew of an air ambulance.

Paramedic John Wood tweeted about the "surprising message" which the crew saw from 1,000ft (305m) above ground level over Hewelsfield near Lydney.
"Anyone know the outcome?" tweeted his colleague James Yates, describing it as a "unique proposal".
The crew was flying back to the charity's base in Filton, near Bristol, from an operation in Gloucester.
"They're big letters - very easily seen and made out of some kind of sheets," said Mr Wood.
"We were quite amused and haven't seen anything like that before.
"It made me wonder about the story behind it. Who put it there, for whom and has it been seen?"


About 100,000 Manchester City fans lined the streets for a victory parade for the Premier League champions.

City clinched the title - their first since 1968 - with a dramatic 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on Sunday.
The players' arrival at Manchester Town Hall, where the parade started, was met by rapturous applause from City fans.
However, the club issued an apology to rivals Manchester United after striker Carlos Tevez was seen carrying a banner with the message "RIP Fergie".
Tevez also apologised for the message, directed at United manager Sir Alex Ferguson, saying he "didn't mean any disrespect".
The squad followed the Albert Square gathering with a 1.8-mile open-top bus parade through the city centre.
Before boarding the bus, the players thanked the supporters before the team held the Premier League trophy aloft to the crowd, accompanied by Queen's We are the Champions.
Captain Vincent Kompany told the fans in Albert Square: "We want to say thank you to you guys. Thank you, thank you, thank you."
England winger Adam Johnson said: "Everything we did was for the fans. It's good we can repay them with trophies."
City manager Mancini, wearing his trademark blue and white City scarf, described the final minutes of the decisive match with Queens Park Rangers as "the best and worst five minutes" of his and his players' lives.
He then told the supporters: "I think we should be proud of these players because they did everything for you [the fans] - they wanted to win this championship for you."
The bus meandered slowly from Albert Square through Princess Street, Portland Street, Deansgate, then St Mary's Gate before finishing in Corporation Street at 20:04 BST - almost 20 minutes behind schedule - to constant cheers and the chorus of Championes.
Fans, many with their faces painted in the club's colours, awaited the arrival of the players in Albert Square by watching highlights of the nail-biting win over QPR - and celebrating the goals with as much jubilation as when they were scored.
Craig Smith, 21, of Colwyn Bay in north Wales, said it was an "amazing feeling" to be part of the celebrations.
He said: "I've come to Manchester to see the champions of England.
"It would have been a massive day anyway but after the drama it's even better."
Andrew Hyland was with his daughter Isabelle, eight, to cheer on the newly crowned champions. Mr Hyland admitted shedding tears during Sunday's match.
"It was unbelievable, typical City.
"My emotions were all over the place there were tears of desperation then so much relief when the final goal went in."
Greater Manchester Police estimated 100,000 fans had attended the parade, with 12,000 in Albert Square alone. There was just one arrest.
Assistant Chief Constable Terry Sweeney praised the supporters.
He said: "There was a friendly, carnival atmosphere throughout the parade which passed off without incident and was a great showcase for Manchester."
Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council, said: "City fans have waited a long time for this - as can be seen from the thousands of people on the streets celebrating their victory, and suddenly the last 40 years of chasing the championship doesn't seem to matter.
"The fans have done us proud tonight as Manchester takes centre stage across the world once again."
City had led the league for much of the season but were overtaken by United, who were eight points clear with six games to go. But the Old Trafford side dropped points in their last few games and City went into the final day knowing a win would make them champions.
But QPR led 2-1 after 90 minutes and Manchester City needed two injury-time goals to win the game and clinch the title.
Over the years City have been mocked by United fans, who, until City's FA Cup win last year, had documented their wait for a trophy with a banner at Old Trafford's Stretford End.
When Manchester United were eight points clear in early April, leading High Street bookmaker Betfred, founded by United fan Fred Done, paid out more than Â£500,000 to punters who had backed the Red Devils.
Mr Done said on Twitter the lead "was just too much for City" and "I've not got it wrong this time".
Meanwhile, United players drowned their sorrows two miles away at the club's annual player of the year awards night at Old Trafford.


Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will meet new Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday morning in Edinburgh.

The pair are expected to discuss June's referendum in which the UK voted to leave the EU but Scotland did not.
The first minister told the BBC the onus was on unionists to prove Scotland's interests can be protected as part of the UK after Brexit.
Ms Sturgeon said she hopes for a constructive relationship with Mrs May.
Theresa May took over from David Cameron on Wednesday evening.
Speaking to Reporting Scotland, Ms Sturgeon said she would first congratulate the new prime minister on her appointment.
However, she said: "Everyone knows we have deep political differences but we both have a duty to the people we serve.
"That's the approach I will take into the meeting and I hope it is reciprocated."
She added: "I am determined to protect Scotland's interests - many of our interests are now at risk because of the Brexit vote.
"The question is can I do that through the UK processes.
"It may reach a conclusion that independence is the only way to protect those interests.
"For those who advance the UK there is an onus of responsibility in light of the referendum to demonstrate that the UK is capable of protecting Scotland's interests.
"I'm determined to find options within the UK context and process to do that.
"I've been open that it may be the best or only option to consider if we want to be an independent country and that's a decision Scotland would have to take if we get there."
Earlier on Thursday, new UK Chancellor Philip Hammond dismissed the idea that Scotland could arrange a separate EU deal.
Speaking to BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme, the Conservative MP said the best place for Scotland was within the UK economy outside the European Union.
He added: "Let's make this United Kingdom economy work for all of us and let's negotiate with the European Union from outside the European Union a relationship which works for Britain and works for Europe so that we can have as close a relationship in trade and commerce as we possibly can, while being outside the European Union as the British people determined we should be."
At her first address outside 10 Downing Street on Wednesday, Mrs May said that the "union of the nations of the United Kingdom" was very important to her.
She added: "Not everybody knows this, but the full title of my party is the Conservative and Unionist Party and that word unionist is very important to me.
"It means we believe in the union, the precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
"But it means something else just as important - it means we believe in a union not just between the nations of the United Kingdom, but between all our citizens, every one of us, whoever we are and wherever we're from."


Health officials have vowed to maintain care for 18,000 patients at a GP practice in Denbighshire after doctors said they could not continue.

Pendyffryn Medical Group in Prestatyn announced it was terminating its contract as it was unable to recruit enough doctors to continue to run it.
The local board has had to take over three other practices in north Wales in the last 18 months due to GP shortages.
A doctors' leader said it was an "emerging trend".
Practices can be run by GPs who run them as their own business or by GPs employed by health boards directly, such as three practices in north Wales which are being run by Betsi Cadwaladr health board - in Wrexham, Conwy county and Gwynedd.
Earlier this year, the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) in Wales highlighted a "desperate workplace crisis" with too many GPs leaving and a slump in the young medical graduates looking to train as GPs.
"It is a crisis but there are solutions," said Dr Rebecca Payne, chair-elect at RCGP in Wales, referring to health boards managing practices directly.
She said the Welsh government, which announced a range of proposals including an extra Â£4.5m towards recruitment and training, was moving in the right direction although action was needed sooner rather than later.
Analysis by Owain Clarke, BBC Wales health correspondent
Several GPs I've talked to describe it as a "perfect storm".
They say they're working harder than ever - partly because they're seeing more elderly patients who often have several health problems at the same time. As demand goes up also we see increasing concern about staff shortages especially in north and west Wales and some valleys communities.
It's not uncommon to hear of surgeries closing, or having to be taken over by health boards who have to employ temporary staff to keep them open. Several things are going on here.
A generation of GPs are retiring - with almost a quarter of GPs in Wales aged over 55.
Younger doctors often choose to stay near to where they trained at medical school or are drawn to the big cities, or even to work abroad.
Meanwhile, the traditional model, where a GP or a group of GPs own and run their own surgeries, is becoming less attractive to those who don't want the burden of paper work, don't want to commit to working in one place or want to work flexibly.
And, it's claimed, there's a perception that general practice isn't popular perhaps as specialist medicine or hospital care.
None of these issues are confined to Wales. Yet the effect here can be more pronounced, especially when you consider Wales has a higher proportion of elderly people than many other parts of the UK with many choosing to move to rural areas to retire - the very parts of Wales where the shortages are most acute.
In a joint statement with the Pendyffryn Medical Group, Betsi Cadwaladr health board said: "The health board is responsible for making sure that people in north Wales have access to these services.
"It is therefore working closely with Pendyffryn Medical Practice to plan how their patients will continue to get the local services that they need from April 2016 onwards."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "We are pleased the practice is working with the health board to ensure services are maintained while new management arrangements are put in place.
"We recognise the importance of primary health care, which is why this year we have allocated Â£40m new funding to work together with our new Primary Care Workforce Plan."
Geoff Ryall-Harvey, chief officer for patient watchdog the North Wales Community Health Council, said increasing numbers of salaried GPs to run practices for health boards was only one way forward and other solutions should also be indentified.
He said the situation going forward at Pendyffryn Medical Group would be watched by other GPs given it was regarded as the biggest practice in north Wales.


A retired police chief from China's Inner Mongolia region has been formally charged with murder, state media has reported.

Zhao Liping, a career policeman, was also charged with bribery and illegal possession of guns and explosives.
He headed the police service in the autonomous northern region between 2005 and 2010.
Xinhua has previously said the alleged victim was a woman with whom Mr Zhao had an intimate relationship.
Communist Party members are banned from having extra-marital affairs.
After his retirement, Mr Zhao had served as the elected regional deputy chairman of the advisory body to China's ruling party, the CPPCC.
He was first detained on suspicion of murder last year, in Chifeng City.
Few details of the case have been released officially, but the alleged victim is widely reported to have been shot twice before calling police. Her body was later found burned.


The domestic cricket scene is set to burst into life as the glitz and glamour of the T20 Blast gets under way on Friday.

Following England's run to the World Twenty20 final in India, ticket sales for this year's tournament are up by a third on 2015.
And, with an array of big-hitting international stars including Chris Gayle, Darren Sammy, Brendon McCullum and Shahid Afridi returning, it is easy to see why interest has been so high.
Couple that with all the homegrown talent on show - Ben Stokes, James Vince, Jason Roy and Alex Hales to name just a few - and the 2016 competition has the potential to be the best in its 13-year history.
Excitement over Gayle's second stint with Somerset has seen their home games against Essex, Surrey, Hampshire and Gloucestershire sell out.
'Boom Boom' Afridi will join Sammy at last year's semi-finalists Hampshire, while Australia's Aaron Finch will feature in July and August for Surrey.
And Glamorgan have confirmed the signing of Dale Steyn for the first half of their T20 Blast campaign after the South Africa fast bowler fuelled speculation that he could be joining the Welsh county by asking his Twitter followers if there were any good fishing spots nearby.
"You learn a lot from the international players, whether you play with them or against them," said England and Yorkshire batsman Joe Root, who helped launch the 2016 competition.
"You look at the young lads who are getting to share a dressing room and speak to international stars and learn how they approach T20 cricket.
"I am sure in a couple of years' time England will reap the rewards with young lads coming into the team having learned from the valuable information passed on to them."
International players to look out for:
Lancashire are the defending T20 Blast champions, winning the title for the first time after beating Northants in last year's final at Edgbaston.
And BBC Radio Lancashire's Scott Read believes Ashley Giles' side could be the team to beat again in 2016.
"Even though Lancashire have only won the competition once, they've consistently progressed to the knockout stages and are looking to reach a third successive finals day," he said.
"Steven Croft seems to have grown and developed as a captain and he leads the side superbly in this format. And, when margins are tight, a captain with good instincts for bowling, fielding and batting changes can sometimes hold the key.
"Lancashire have actually won more T20 games than any other county since the first tournament in 2003. That alone would suggest they have a formula that works.
"I think it also shows just how hard it is to win the competition and how slim the margins are for success in T20 cricket. Games are frequently won or lost in just a handful of deliveries. Lancashire's previous success of winning the competition and success in consistently getting out the of group stages will help in their attempts to retain the title, but it's going to be tough.
"However, they do boast arguably the best spin attack in the competition with Stephen Parry, Arron Lilley and Steven Croft. Throw into the mix Jos Buttler and Martin Guptill and they look a formidable side once again."
In 2008, the Indian Premier League became the first franchise-based domestic Twenty20 competition to be played by international stars and since then countries across the world have followed suit.
With the brand value of the IPL estimated to be $3.2 billion (£2.2 billion) in 2014 and the 2015 Australia competition, the Big Bash, drawing a record crowd of 80,833 for the Melbourne derby at the MCG, can the T20 Blast really match that success?
Somerset and Essex have sold 94% and 79% of their tickets respectively, while the first Roses game at Old Trafford on 3 June is on the brink of selling out.
However, England remains the only country to resist the temptation of a franchise format and instead stay with the 18 county sides split into two North and South groups.
With no free-to-air coverage available, the competition running over three months and having to compete against the Euros and Olympics, it seems unlikely that the Blast will be able to replicate the same success that is enjoyed abroad.
England's successful World Twenty20 campaign, which saw them come up just short in the final against West Indies, showed the first signs of the national side benefitting from picking specialist T20 players.
"It's one of the reasons why we did so well [in the World T20], because those players forced their way into the team through good performances in the competition," said Root.
Six of the top-10 batsmen with the most runs in the 2015 Blast were English, with James Vince topping the list.
Reece Topley's 16 wickets led the Essex Eagles to the quarter-finals and earned him an England call-up.
"There are a lot of players who, throughout the summer, spend a lot of time playing in the T20 Blast," continued 25-year-old Root.
"If you're consistently banging out runs and taking wickets in the domestic tournaments you should be given recognition and potentially a go if there are spots available."


A man who described himself as a "monster" strangled a teacher on their first date before sexually assaulting and taking pictures of her corpse, a court heard.

Katie Locke, 23, was strangled at Theobalds Park Hotel, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, on Christmas Eve 2015.
Carl Langdell, 26, had pleaded guilty to murder at a hearing in March.
Her body was found dumped in a bush near a skip in the hotel grounds, St Albans Crown Court was told.
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At a two day sentencing hearing, Ann Evans, prosecuting, said after Langdell had killed Ms Locke "he decided to have sexual intercourse with her dead body after which he took photographs of her body on his iPhone".
"He accepts he looked at the photographs at some stage and then deleted them," she added.
Langdell and Ms Locke, from Buckhurst Hill, Essex, met on the online dating site Plenty of Fish and were on their first date on the night she died.
"The tragedy of this case is that Katie Locke, like thousands of other young people, having agreed to a date with Carl Langdell, accepted what he told her about himself," said Ms Evans.
He had claimed to have his own law firm, but in reality had spent two years increasingly suffering from mental illness, "which had been marked by periods in psychiatric hospitals".
In a statement released at the time of her death, her family said there was "not a bad bone in Katie's body" and that she "worked hard and loved her job as a teacher".
Langdell had previously told a psychiatric nurse about his violent fantasies, the court heard.
He had been detained under the Mental Health Act and given a suspended sentence for making threats to kill in March last year.
His sentencing will continue on Friday.


Meg Rosoff has won the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award for literature aimed at children and young adults.

The prize is awarded annually to an author for their entire body of work as opposed to one single book.
Rosoff is best known for her young adult novels including How I Live Now and Just In Case.
The Lingdren Prize jury said that Rosoff's novels "speak to the emotions as well as the intellect".
"In sparkling prose, she writes about the search for meaning and identity in a peculiar and bizarre world."
The Boston-born author will receive five million kroner (Â£434,000) in prize money.
Rosoff told The Guardian on Tuesday: "When I saw I had a phone call from Sweden, I wish I could say that I immediately thought it was the prize, but I actually immediately thought it was telemarketers.
"There have been so many times that I may have fantasised about winning whatever award, but I never imagined I would win this one."
She added: "I do genuinely believe, and I tell my students, that your job as a writer is not to read reviews or to be on Twitter drumming up business, but to write books.
"The goal of writing is to write, not to pay attention to accolades. But on the other hand, it does make a difference."
Rosoff has written seven novels in total and her work has been translated into more than 20 languages.
The prize is awarded to work "of the highest artistic quality featuring the same "humanistic values" of the late Astrid Lindgren, who wrote the Pippi Longstocking series.
The memorial award was created by the Swedish government after Lindgren's death in 2002. It is the world's largest prize for children's and young people's literature.
The award will be presented to Rosoff at a ceremony on 30 May.


The "guerrilla artist" Banksy is believed to be behind a piece of street art depicting three shadowy figures eavesdropping - three miles from the Government listening post GCHQ.

The artwork, which appeared in Cheltenham on Sunday, depicts three men wearing sunglasses and using listening devices to "snoop" on a telephone box.
The piece has already attracted hundreds of visitors.
Banksy has not yet claimed the work but it bears his hallmarks, say experts.
Vince John from the 1loveart gallery in Bristol, which sells urban and street art, said he was "70% to 80%" sure it was by the famous artist: "From what I can see it certainly looks like a Banksy.
"It's certainly in his style and has the supporting cast of characters that you'd expect from one of his pieces.
"It's taking a swipe at GCHQ and commenting on the establishment which is something that he does very well."
Cheltenham street artist Dice67 claimed he had been told the artwork, which appeared on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road on Sunday morning, is indeed by Bristol artist Banksy.
"It's been all over the art forums. He's tipped off a couple of people to come and see it - one guy flew in from France yesterday to take some photos of it.
"I've heard rumours he's been living just down the road from it for the last week checking everything out and preparing the ground.
"I'm pretty sure it is [a Banksy]."
A GCHQ spokesperson said: "This is the first time we have ever been asked to comment on art.
"Although we are not qualified critics, we are as intrigued as the rest of the residents of Cheltenham about the appearance of the mysterious artwork.
"For those who are interested, our website gives a glimpse of what modern-day intelligence operatives are really like, although some may be disappointed by the lack of trench coats and dark glasses."
Banksy's last known works of art were created in New York last October during a month-long residency.


Phil Rudd, a drummer with rock group AC/DC, has been sentenced in New Zealand to eight months in house detention for drug possession and making threats to kill.

Australian-born Rudd, 61, had originally denied the charges but changed his plea in April.
He threatened to "take out" a former employee, the Tauranga court heard.
When police went to question him over the threats they found a stash of marijuana and methamphetamine.
His sentence will be served at his beachfront home in Tauranga, with Judge Thomas Ingram warning he would be face jail if he breached the conditions, New Zealand media reported.
He had faced a jail term of up to seven years for the threat charges.
Arriving at court, Rudd made no comment to reporters but thanked fans for their support.
The court had heard how Rudd had fired several employees after the failure of his solo album, Head Job, in August last year.
Then in September, he telephoned an associate in Australia saying he wanted one of those former employees "taken care of", said court documents.
In another call he offered the associate "NZ$200,000, ($135,000; Â£88,000) a motorbike, one of his cars or a house", which the man believed would be in exchange for carrying out the request.
Rudd also called the victim of the threat, saying: "I'm going to come over and kill you."
The drugs were found when police raided his home on 6 November.
Rudd was originally charged with attempting to procure a murder, but that charge was dropped, as was a charge that he also threatened the victim's daughter.
Rudd's lawyer had said the threats were "just an angry phone call" and that a drug conviction would have serious final consequences for the drummer, meaning he could not travel to some countries to perform.
Judge Thomas Ingram dismissed this, though accepted that Rudd had reconciled with the victim and paid compensation.
Rudd is not currently a member of AC/DC, one of the world's biggest rock bands, and has not been invited to join them on their tour of New Zealand and Australia later this year.


A third British footballer has been convicted by an Australian court of helping fix matches for a global betting syndicate.

David Obaze, 25, was fined A$3,000 (£1,643) after pleading guilty to fixing three semi-professional games in the Victoria Premier League.
Obaze is one of four Britons, all of whom played for VPL side Southern Stars, charged with corruption.
The four were handed life bans by world governing body Fifa last year.
Defender Reiss Noel and goalkeeper Joe Woolley were convicted and fined in December for throwing games.
A fourth Briton, Nicholas McKoy, 24, has also entered a guilty plea and is scheduled for a hearing in September.


The annual Twelfth of July parade in Rossnowlagh in County Donegal has taken place.

Fifty lodges from counties Donegal, Cavan, Leitrim and Monaghan were joined by lodges from Northern Ireland.
The traditional parade takes the marchers from St John's Parish Church along a one mile route into the village.
The parade was accompanied by several bands.
County Grand Master of the Orange Order in Donegal, David Mahon, described the parade in Rossnowlagh as a traditional family day out in a county where he said there were good community relations and a respect for diversity.
Edward Stevenson, the Grand Master of the Orange Order of Ireland, said this year's event was particularly poignant.
"It's 100 years since we're commemorating the Battle of the Somme where many men from both Donegal, Tyrone and right across Ireland went to fight for king and country at that time," he said.
"Indeed I was in France in the past week on the 1st of July at the special commemorations for that."
The march comes before the annual 12 July celebrations in Northern Ireland, marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne.


A large fire broke out at a motorway service station, causing part of the carriageway to close

The blaze erupted in a restaurant at Fleet services on the M3 at 22:30 GMT on Wednesday, leading police to temporarily close the southbound lanes.
Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) said 100 firefighters were sent to the scene.
Firefighters from Surrey were also called and crews stopped the blaze spreading to other buildings.
The fire was brought under control in the early hours. No-one was injured.
Crews have remained at the scene to dampen down and prevent any re-ignition.
The service station on the southbound carriageway and the slip road leading to it on the M3 remain closed.
The footbridge which runs over Fleet services on the M3, named after BBC Radio 1's Scott Mills, is also closed due to smoke logging.
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Former Commons Speaker Baroness Boothroyd says the hours being worked by MPs in the Commons are "an insult to the Parliamentary system".

Amid claims of a dwindling amount of legislative business before the general election, Baroness Boothroyd said Parliament was being "diminished in the eyes of the electorate".
Monday's Commons proceedings were completed in just over three hours.
No 10 said important legislation was still being considered by MPs.
The prime minister's spokesman pointed to counter-terror, infrastructure and criminal justice legislation going through Parliament, saying: "If you look at the Parliamentary schedule I would describe it as one that enables it to get this legislation through."
Baroness Boothroyd, who was Commons Speaker between 1992 and 2000, said the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act was "an act of irresponsibility" that had led to MPs sitting around waiting for the election.
Under the act, passed in 2011, there has to be five years between general elections, unless there is a vote of two thirds of MPs or a motion of no confidence is passed in the government.
Former ministers including Labour's Jack Straw and Conservative Ken Clarke have supported a bid by Conservative MP Sir Alan Duncan to get it repealed.
Research shows that MPs sat for just 44% of weekdays over the past year, and only 11 new bills have been introduced in this Parliamentary session - the second lowest in recent history, BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith said.
This has led to criticism of a "zombie" Parliament.
Speaking after Monday's business finished almost five hours early, Monday, Labour MP John Spellar said the government was "trying to fill time".
He added: "You can see this by how empty Parliament is and by the government whips letting people off on some Mondays and Wednesdays."


A North Sea helicopter operator has seen earnings from the oil and gas industry fall by more by more than a quarter.

Bristow Helicopters saw its overall revenue for the three months to the end of June fall from $440m (Â£335m) to $356m (Â£271m), a 19% drop compared to the same period last year.
Earnings specifically via the offshore industry fell 27%.
Bristow said it was partially offset by its UK search and rescue contract.
The company said: "Our June 2016 quarter results reflect the challenging oil and gas industry conditions that continue to negatively affect offshore activity."


League One side Bradford City have signed French midfielder Timothee Dieng on a two-year deal following the expiry of his contract with Oldham Athletic.

Dieng made 68 appearances in two seasons with the Latics, who he joined from Stade Brestois in June 2014.
The 24-year-old has also previously played for Zurich-based Swiss top division side Grasshoppers.
"Bradford is a big club, an ambitious club, with a lot of fans and a great stadium," he told the Bantams website.
"I am looking forward to playing in front of the fans and in this great atmosphere."
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Wakefield winger Tom Johnstone has signed a new contract to stay with the Super League club until 2020.

Wildcats academy-graduate Johnstone has scored 16 tries in 21 games in all competitions this season.
The 20-year-old's existing contract had been set to expire at the end of the 2018 season.
"Tom has had a fantastic year, is still learning and hopefully will become a much better player over the next four years," head coach Chris Chester said.


A man has been assaulted and knocked out by a masked gang during an aggravated burglary at his house in Antrim.

Four masked men forced their way into the man's home in the Craighill area of the town at about 01:00 GMT on Sunday.
Police said the householder lost consciousness during the attack and sustained a suspected broken nose.
He was taken to hospital for cuts to his head and the injury to his nose.
Det Sgt Phillip McCullagh appealed for anyone with any information to contact detectives in Newtownabbey on the non-emergency police contact number 101.


A boat caused train delays after it hit a railway bridge over the River Yare on the Norfolk Broads.

Examiners were called in to assess the bridge near the Rushcutters pub at Thorpe St Andrew at about 12:00 BST.
Train services between Norwich and Lowestoft, Great Yarmouth and Sheringham were delayed, altered or cancelled.
The Broads Authority has issued a safety warning to boat owners in light of the incident.
No injuries were reported. Those on board the 44ft (13m) Flybridge boat "Mustang" declined to comment.
The Broads Authority helped the crew on board Mustang to safety, and Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service helped secure the release of the boat.
Head of Ranger Services Adrian Vernon said it was not common for boats to hit bridges but boat owners should always check they have enough clearance to pass underneath a bridge.
Gauge boards are placed at bridges denoting their height, he added.
Abellio Greater Anglia said all train lines were open again by mid-afternoon but some services were still subject to 15-minute delays.
Alphacraft, the cruiser-hire company which owns the boat, declined to comment.


Huddersfield Town head coach David Wagner praised the club's "unbelievable achievement" in reaching the Championship play-offs.

The Terriers beat Wolves 1-0 on Tuesday to confirm their place in the top six with two games to go.
Town have not played in the top flight of English football since 1972.
"The fans were desperate for something special and something extraordinary. I'm absolutely proud and delighted," he told BBC Radio Leeds.
"The whole football club worked hard to achieve something and now we have it two matches before the end of the season. It's an unbelievable achievement.
"I read today that (Chelsea boss) Antonio Conte said that in the Premier League that money doesn't buy title and that's true in the Championship for sure.
"Everyone knows our starting point and I think this makes what the players did even bigger and greater."
Wagner is in his first full season managing in England after taking over at the John Smith's Stadium in November 2015.
The former Borussia Dortmund coach felt his side could have won more comfortably on Tuesday.
Town have now won 25 matches in the league this season, with 22 of the victories coming by a single-goal margin.
"I think we should have killed the game with a second goal to have made life easier," he added.
"It's a part of our season that we usually win matches by one goal and I heard that we have a record in the Championship for doing that, so we we wanted to extend that."


A member of staff at Surrey Police has been handed suspended jail terms after being found guilty of fraud.

Helen Tye, 46, was given two sentences - of six months and a year - suspended for two years, at Winchester Crown Court.
She was convicted of two counts of fraud by abuse of position after a trial, but was cleared of a third count by the jury.
Ms Tye was suspended from the force's secretarial team when she was charged.
At the time, police said the offences related to a voluntary role she held with an organisation in the Godalming area.
The force has not yet commented on her sentence.


You might think the most important thing happening in the UK farming industry is the summer harvest.

But as the fields of wheat and barley are brought in for the winter, farmers will have their eye on something other than the weather.
"The exchange rate between the pound and the euro is absolutely vital. It is the single biggest determinant of the profitability of British farming," says Anand Dossa, economist at the National Farmers Union.
The average exchange rate between the euro and the pound in September will determine how much money UK farmers get from the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) - the source of more than half of UK farming's income last year.
CAP payments are set in euros, so what British farmers get depends on the exchange rate; last year they got the worst rate in eight years.
Since the EU referendum the pound has fallen to 30-year lows against the dollar and has weakened significantly against the euro.
This means there could be a 15% increase in farmers' EU subsidies once they're converted into sterling - about an extra £500m.
However, the weaker pound can make fuel, fertiliser and food for animals more expensive, but there is some evidence that in some areas it has already given a boost to UK produce, both at home and abroad.
Foreign-sourced food has now risen in price compared to home-grown produce, and UK farmers have gained a competitive edge when selling overseas.
Richard King, head of business research at The Andersons Centre, a farming business consultancy, explains: "The UK beef sector, say, sees a lot of imports from Ireland - suddenly they're more expensive.
"So that just allows our prices internally to rise. But if you're exporting wheat to Spain, for example, our grain looks cheaper. It is noticeable out there already.
"That leaves some thinking we've voted and we have a better situation - but of course it is only a short-term boost."
The UK government has said it will make sure farmers don't lose out on subsidies until at least 2020 as the UK negotiates a deal to leave the European Union.
As well as subsidies, the UK's trading relationship with the bloc is vital.
"Farming is probably more international than people realise," says Mr King.
"There's a mental image of a farmer leaning on his gate with a bit of straw hanging out of his mouth but these are businesses and once the goods get through the farm gate they are commodities that are traded internationally like anything else.
"Grain is traded in the same way as iron ore, steel, coal."
The UK exported £18bn of food and drink last year and imported £38.5bn worth. Its biggest trading partners were Ireland, France, the Netherlands and the USA.
"You can trade with the French as easily as you can between the north and south of England and that's almost as good as it can be," says Mr King.
The boost from the fall in the pound, both through prices and EU subsidies, was much-needed, say many farmers.
Prices have been falling for almost three years in the UK. The latest data from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) shows they are almost back to 2010 levels.
The NFU says many family farms in the UK "would not be viable" without state support.
Defra, a department that is now headed by Andrea Leadsom, a prominent pro-Brexit campaigner, says support for farmers will form "an important part" of the UK's exit from the EU.
In a statement it said: "We will work to ensure the best possible outcome for the British people; not least our farming community who play a vital role in our country."
Daniel Rosario, spokesman for agriculture at the European Commission, says: "The UK remains a member of the EU with all rights and obligations of a member state.
"For the time being, nothing changes."
As far as the harvest goes, this year's winter barley crop was hit by bad weather in June in the run up to the EU referendum.  But the crops sown in the spring had the best of a heat wave in July, so the later harvest is looking much better.
"I think farmers are a pretty resilient bunch," says Mr King.
"Farming has been through a lot before - foot and mouth, floods, you name it - and they will get through this too."


A selection of photographs from around the African continent this week:

A fighter from Burkina Faso flexes his muscles on Sunday to celebrate his victory in a match during the second stage of the West African wrestling tournamentâ€¦
Spectators pack into the sports palace in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan to enjoy the day of action.
The games are organised by Ecowas, the regional grouping that includes 15 countries in West Africa. Here a fighter from Senegal (L) faces an opponent from Niger.
At the Youth Olympic Games in the Chinese city of Nanjing on Thursday, Swaziland's female taekwondo fighter (in blue) takes on a rival from Senegal.
Cape Verdean singer Ceuzany performs on Saturday in the Portuguese city Almada, where more than 50,000 people attended events at the four-day Sol da Caparica Festivalâ€¦
Festival-goers were also entertained by Anselmo Ralph, an R&B singer from Angola.
The French air force aerobatics display team - Patrouille de France - fly over an aircraft carrier off Toulon to mark the 70th anniversary of the southern invasion during World War II of occupied France, which included thousands of African soldiers and opened up a second western front against the Nazis.
Moroccan war veterans, many in their 90s, were on board the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle. The invasion, called Operation Dragoon with a total force of 450,000 men, is less well known than the D-Day landings in Normandy launched 10 weeks earlier. Historian Jean-Marie Guillon told the AFP news agency: "We underestimate the importance of these landings." French President Francois Hollande said the actions of troops from France's former colonies were "decisive"...
Fifteen African leaders, including Cameroon's President Paul Biya (L) and his wife Chantal (R), attended the commemorations. Addressing those on board, Mr Hollande said: "By their sacrifice, these men bound our country to Africa with a bond of blood that no-one can undo. To the youth of Africa, I want to say that we have not forgotten, even if France took too long to learn the lessons in terms of emancipation and recognition," AFP reports.
On the same in a medical centre for Ebola patients in eastern Sierra Leone - an epicentre of the Ebola outbreak that has killed more than 1,300 people in the region this year - a health worker checks their protective clothing in a mirror.
In Liberia's capital, Monrovia, Alfred Sirleaf edits a chalkboard newspaper called Daily Talk, writing up different headlines on the board each day for discussion. In the last few weeks he has been scoring the government's response to the Ebola outbreak. But on Tuesday, he weighs up the contributions he estimates US and China have made to help deal with the crisis.
The next day in Ivory Coast, a sign warns motorists in Abidjan about Ebola, saying that the threat is real. Ivory Coast has not had any cases of the virus, but borders both Liberia and Guinea - two of the worst-affected countries.
Also on Wednesday, Spanish motorbike stunt rider Maikel Melero surprises a giraffe as he practises in South Africa ahead of the Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour event in Pretoria. He will be competing with 11 other top motocross freestylers on Saturday in front of the city's grand Union Buildings, headquarters of the South African government.
Footballers in France fly through the air on Saturday during a match between Toulouse and Lyon in Montpellier. Burkinabe defender Bakary Kone (R) and Cameroonian forward Clinton N'Jie, both of Lyon, vie for the ball with Colombian midfielder Abel Aguilar.
And in Nigeria, there is a scramble on Wednesday at an electoral commission centre near the capital, Abuja, as people arrive to collect their voting cards, which are being gradually handed out around the country ahead of elections due next year.


Physicists have created a fluid with "negative mass", which accelerates towards you when pushed.

In the everyday world, when an object is pushed, it accelerates in the same direction as the force applied to it; this relationship is described by Isaac Newton's Second Law of Motion.
But in theory, matter can have negative mass in the same sense that an electric charge can be positive or negative.
The phenomenon is described in Physical Review Letters journal.
Prof Peter Engels, from Washington State University (WSU), and colleagues cooled rubidium atoms to just above the temperature of absolute zero (close to -273C), creating what's known as a Bose-Einstein condensate.
In this state, particles move extremely slowly, and following behaviour predicted by quantum mechanics, acting like waves.
They also synchronise and move together in what's known as a superfluid, which flows without losing energy.
To create the conditions for negative mass, the researchers used lasers to trap the rubidium atoms and to kick them back and forth, changing the way they spin.
When the atoms were released from the laser trap, they expanded, with some displaying negative mass.
"With negative mass, if you push something, it accelerates toward you," said co-author Michael Forbes, assistant professor of physics at WSU.
He added: "It looks like the rubidium hits an invisible wall."
The technique could be used to better understand the phenomenon, say the researchers.
"What's a first here is the exquisite control we have over the nature of this negative mass, without any other complications," said Dr Forbes.
This heightened control also gives researchers a tool for exploring the possible relationships between negative mass and phenomena observed in the cosmos, such as neutron stars, black holes and dark energy.
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Briton Greg Rutherford says he answered the critics who believed his Olympic success was a fluke by convincingly winning the world long jump title.

The 28-year-old won gold at London 2012 with the shortest winning distance in 40 years, but has since added the Commonwealth and European titles and leapt to 8.41 to take the world title.
He beat his nearest rival by 17cm.
"I hope it's enough for people to accept I'm a half-decent GB athlete," he said. "I hope 8.41m is acceptable."
Silver went to Australia's Fabrice Lapierre with 8.24m and bronze to China's Jianan Wang with 8.18m.
United States jumper Jeff Henderson, his big rival and favourite for gold, went out of the competition after only three jumps.
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Several rivals fouled having failed to master the run-up, but Rutherford, after an opening-round foul, leapt to 8.29m then produced 8.41m with his fourth attempt.
"That is a stadium record - it wasn't as long as it was at the last World Championships, which a few people will probably let me know about, but I couldn't care less," he told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I think I could've jumped further. If there was more pressure on me I could have responded.
"I've finally done it when it matters - fourth time. If anyone has anything to say I might have a couple of fingers for them."
The Milton Keynes athlete becomes only the fifth British athlete to hold all four major titles at the same time, following Daley Thompson, Linford Christie, Sally Gunnell and Jonathan Edwards.
Rutherford recently criticised UK Athletics on subjects such as the removal of the union jack from the kit Great Britain and funding issues.
The BBC's athletics analyst and former 200m and 400m world champion Michael Johnson said the Briton "makes a lot of inflammatory comments but there isn't a lot of explanation" and added that he should "do more jumping - less talking".
"Well Michael, how do you like me now?" responded Rutherford.
Britain's 1964 Olympic long jump champion Lynn Davies says he hopes Rutherford gets the "recognition he deserves".
"If you go back to London 2012, for some reason the best jumpers in the world were way down on the best distances and he won with 8.31m, which wasn't huge," said the 73-year-old Welshman.
"In Beijing it was the same thing again. Greg capitalised with 8.29m and held the lead and reinforced that with 8.41m.
"To be sitting here and watch Greg Rutherford become one of the all-time greats of British athletics... I really hope he gets the recognition that this deserves."


A Londonderry bus driver who stopped to help save a man's life has said the incident should make people more aware of others in distress.

Ronan Ward was en route to Dublin on Saturday morning when he saw a "distressed" man climbing on to a bridge in Strabane, County Tyrone.
Mr Ward, along with at least two others, managed to talk the man down.
"He was in the process of trying to climb railings. I immediately stopped the bus and ran over," Mr Ward said.
"I was trying to encourage him to come back over the railings, get on the other side and maybe come up and chat to me on the bus.
"I was saying: 'Look, I'm driving to Dublin. Come to Dublin with me'."
"He was quite distressed and I was trying everything to get him to work with me. He was in a very bad state mentally, he told me he was badly depressed.
"The whole thing probably took about 15 or 20 minutes, so when I got back on the bus I was quite shaken, not from the incident but from the adrenaline."
Joseph Carlin was a passenger on board the 07:00 GMT bus service from Derry to Dublin and witnessed the incident.
The 32-year-old musician, from Derry, told BBC News NI that there were between 14-18 passengers on board.
He said that no-one was quite sure what was going on but "no-one was kicking up a fuss".
"I thought there was a problem with the bus, and another bus pulled up in front of ours, so I thought that was for us."
After about 15 minutes, the driver got back on the bus and apologised for "holding everyone back".
"Someone began applauding and the whole bus then joined in," Mr Carlin said.
"I heard the driver say he was still shaking. He was completely taken aback by the whole experience."
Mr Carlin, who was on his way to Tipperary, said he tweeted Translink because he wanted to let the company know the "calibre of staff they have".
"I wanted to make sure he was acknowledged for the amazing thing he did," he said. "It was impulsive, incredible and inspiring".
Mr Ward said he was slightly overwhelmed by the attention he has received.
"It's quite nice to feel appreciated but most of all it's about making people more aware," he said.
"Some person might be driving across the bridge sometime and instead of driving on past, maybe they'll actually stop and try to help somebody out."
A Translink spokeswoman confirmed that Mr Ward went to the assistance of a "vulnerable person" whom he "perceived to be in difficulty".
A spokesman for the Ambulance Service said a call was received from the police about an incident on a bridge in Strabane but they were stood down on the way to the scene.


Wales fly-half Dan Biggar has rejected calls for the Six Nations to be played on five successive weekends.

The tournament was cut from nine weeks to seven in 2003, after previously featuring fortnightly rounds, but English clubs have reportedly put forward plans for a further reduction.
"Those are probably people who aren't involved on a Saturday," said Biggar of the plans to re-shape the tournament.
"It would be very difficult to back up the intensity the following weekend."
Most of Wales' home-based players in the starting fifteen from the England defeat in round two were given the weekend off before facing Scotland, with the exception of Cardiff Blues wing Alex Cuthbert who scored in their 57-20 win over Treviso.
Back-rower Ross Moriarty played 70 minutes of Gloucester's win over Saracens, while prop Tomas Francis was a replacement in Exeter's victory at Worcester.
"I always find the autumn a lot more difficult because you've got four games on the bounce," explained Biggar.
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"Sometimes you get a rest against the tier-two nation, but these rest weeks are key for us physically and in terms of preparation."
Biggar, who has 53 caps, has come under pressure from 22-year-old Ospreys colleague Sam Davies for his starting place this season.
"I know what goes on here, the coaches have been brilliant in just allowing me to play my game and do what I do," he said.
"I said before the Italy game that if you want a fly-half who is going to make 25 breaks a game and bring the absolute X-factor, I am probably not your man.
"But if you want someone who can steady the ship and do the basics well, then hopefully I am the direction you want to go down. It's trying to bring the best out of people around me who are a lot more talented and have a lot more X-factor than myself."
Davies' release to the Ospreys for their 25-23 Pro12 defeat against Munster, after Biggar played the full 80 minutes for Wales against England, suggests that Biggar is likely to keep the number 10 shirt against Scotland in round three.


Truro City chairman Peter Masters says he is looking for investment of at least £500,000 to help the club reach the National League.

The Cornish side finished fourth in National League South this season, losing to Maidstone in the play-offs.
"I want to take the club forward into the National League if possible and that's going to take a substantial amount of investment," Masters said.
"If someone wants to come in and take the club in its entirety, that's fine."
Masters, who co-owns Truro with Philip Perryman, says they were putting in £25,000 every month this season to support the club, which is now debt-free.
They took over the club in 2012 when it was on the verge of liquidation and plan to move to a new stadium on the outskirts of the city next year.
"To run a football club and get promotion takes a lot of capital money to get it going, so I would be looking in the region of £500,000-plus," added Masters to BBC Radio Cornwall.
"I've already had a number of people who have been in contact with me in regards to putting investment into the club and one in particular appears to be a good suitor, but the door's open for anyone."
In a statement on Truro's website, Masters has asked potential investors to show their interest by the end of the month and admits the club could suffer without extra funding.
"The club will always survive but we'd seriously have to have a look at ourselves, and that may well mean dropping down a few leagues.
"It's a crossroads but it's not a crisis. At the end of the day there's funding in place for next season and indeed the season after."


Victims of abuse in care homes and other institutions in Northern Ireland are being invited to register to take part in a Stormont inquiry.

The first phase of the inquiry,  a so-called acknowledgment forum, begins on Monday.
It will start hearing accounts of victims and survivors of abuse as soon as they have registered.
The inquiry will not get its full powers until the assembly passes the necessary legislation.
It will be chaired by former High Court judge Sir Anthony Hart.
The forum will examine allegations of abuse at children's homes, care institutions and borstals in Northern Ireland between 1945 and 1995.
The inquiry team said it had no problem with the starting date being altered to take in earlier cases.
However, Sir Anthony has opposed extending the scope of his inquiry to deal with abuse which took place outside institutions, pointing out that such a move would have significant implications in terms of time and money.
He gave evidence to a Stormont committee last week.
Sir Anthony told the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister (OFMDFM) committee that changing its terms of reference to include foster care, schools or families would require a complete restructuring of the inquiry.
He also said he was opposed to the inquiry producing an interim report.
The inquiry was announced in December 2010.
It followed the damning Ryan Report in the Irish Republic which uncovered decades of endemic abuse in some religious institutions.
Wave Trauma Centres will be open every Friday morning in Belfast and Londonderry as a meeting facility, and a trained counsellor will be on hand if needed.


The Welsh artist Wilf Roberts has died, aged 75, following an illness.

He found prominence for his landscape paintings, many of his native Anglesey.
After teaching and studying art at Croydon Art College in London during the 1960s, he returned home to the island in the 1970s before retiring to focus on painting in 1996.
He has had international success, with works held in public and private collections in The Hague, Paris, New York, Australia and the UK.
"The loss of a fine artist is always sad, and none more so than the news of Wilf Roberts' death after his illness of the past 18 months," friend and gallery owner Martin Tinney said.
"His integrity shone through when preparing for a new exhibition - not for him the churning out of numerous works to please an audience - he released pictures from his studio only when he was happy that they were 'ready'.
"Over the years, I was delighted to become a friend of Wilf and his devoted wife Sue. She has been his rock over the past difficult months and my heartfelt sympathy goes out to her and the family."


A farmer whose cows trampled a walker to death has been given a 12-month suspended jail sentence after pleading guilty to health and safety failings.

Mike Porter, 66, from Edinburgh, was killed in the cattle attack on a public footpath through Elbow Field in Turleigh, Wiltshire, in May 2013.
Brian Godwin, 83, admitted not keeping people not employed by him safe.
The judge at Swindon Crown Court suspended the farmer's sentence for two years because of his age.
Godwin was also ordered to pay Â£30,000 costs.
The court heard there had been at least four previous incidents, in which six people suffered injuries needing hospital treatment, and involved Mr Godwin's beef cattle, going back to 2004.
These incidents did not include the fatal attack on Mike Porter on 13 May 2013.
Mr Porter had been visiting his older brother John Porter, from Monkton Combe near Bath, when they walked dogs on leads across the footpath through Elbow Field.
The men were knocked to the ground by two cows and stamped on. Mike Porter died at the scene of internal bleeding.
John Porter said he "didn't have any fear" before entering the field but added "now of course, it's a little different".
He said: "It's a national problem. It happens all over the country. We're privileged in having these footpaths but they do need to be managed.
"I think it requires an understanding by the walker. I think the signage is one factor which can be improved."
Nick Porter, Mr Porter's son, said the sentencing showed his death was "avoidable".
"While nothing will bring Dad back to us, we can at least take some comfort that lessons have been learned which will prevent others in the future being needlessly killed or injured," he said.
Dawn Lawrence, HM Inspector of Health and Safety, said: "The agency hopes that Mr Godwin's conviction and sentence will send a clear message to farmers they must take adequate steps to protect members of the public using footpaths on their land."


Cigarette maker JTI Gallaher is to shut its factory in County Antrim with the loss of more than 800 jobs.

Workers at the Ballymena plant were informed by management on Tuesday.
North Antrim MP Ian Paisley Jr said it was a "body blow" to the Northern Ireland economy.  He said the redundancies would begin in May 2016.
He added it "effectively starts a 90-day consultation with workers, not only in Ballymena but across JTI's European footprint, to cease production".
"Each year almost Â£60m is pumped into the local wage economy by JTI - from 2017 that will be over," he said.
Gallaher, which made Silk Cut and Benson & Hedges cigarettes, was taken over by Japanese firm JTI in 2007.
The factory is a major employer in Ballymena.
JTI said it was restructuring its manufacturing facilities "as a result of significant and sustained changes impacting its global business".
"The challenging economic environment, excise tax pressure coupled with illegal trade has triggered industry volume contraction in a number of key European countries," it said.
The company said these problems had been compounded by European Union cigarette packaging legislation.
Anti-smoking legislation is being introduced across the EU in an attempt to cut the number of smokers by 2.4 million.
Among the measures in the EU Tobacco Products Directive, picture health warnings will have to dominate the front and back of all packaging, flavoured cigarettes such as menthol will be banned and all packs must have at least 20 cigarettes to leave room for health warnings.
Member states have until 2016 to introduce the legislation.
In a joint statement, Northern Ireland's First Minister Peter Robinson and Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said JTI Gallaher was  major employer and the announcement was "terrible news for many loyal workers, many of whom have given years of service to this firm over generations".
"We will make every effort to mitigate the impact of the job losses and we welcome any opportunity to meet with locally elected representatives to identify what options are available to those affected, the ministers said.
"The executive will work closely with both the enterprise and employment and learning ministers to ensure all possible avenues are explored."
Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said the move was "bad news for the Northern Ireland economy as a whole".
She said she had written last week to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt to raise her concerns about the implications of the legislation for the firm.
"I urged him to commission further research to ensure that any health benefits were not offset by an increase in the trade of illegal tobacco, and I am deeply concerned that the magnitude of the implications for the NI economy were not fully considered," she said.
Mrs Foster added that the Northern Ireland Executive would "do all that is possible to limit the impact of the redundancies".
Davy Thompson of the Unite union said they would enter into a consultation but he believed the closure was "a done deal".
"We understand the smuggling issues, we understand the kickback from the EU Directive will have an impact, but does it have to close? We don't believe so.
"In terms of the EU Directive, production would drop by maybe 40% but for the other 60% they could have kept the plant open - it's just a cost-saving measure."
JTI said it had begun consultations on proposals to close its facilities in Northern Ireland and Belgium, with production possibly moving to Poland and Romania.
The firm said its restructuring would be phased in, with factory closures completed between 2016 and 2018.
The Gallaher Tobacco Company was founded in 1857 by County Londonderry teenager Thomas Gallaher, who began by setting hand-rolled tobacco from a cart.


The leaders of Sudan and South Sudan have reaffirmed their commitment to setting up a buffer zone on their shared border and resuming oil exports.

African Union mediator Thabo Mbeki said both sides had agreed "unconditionally" to implement a deal first struck in September.
Presidents Omar al-Bashir of Sudan and Salva Kiir of South Sudan smiled and shook hands, but made no comment.
The neighbours came close to war after the South's independence in 2011.
The talks in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, followed reports of renewed clashes on the disputed border.
African Union mediators will now lay out a timetable for the implementation of all outstanding agreements, according to an official document seen by the BBC.
This is expected to be in place by the end of next week, and if the timetable is respected, a demilitarised buffer zone between the two countries will be set up.
That would allow the resumption of oil exports from the south and of cross-border trade.
Why Abyei matters to both sides
Legal limbo for South Sudanese
"They've... agreed that actions should be taken  immediately - or maybe as soon as possible - to implement all the existing agreements unconditionally," Mr Mbeki said.
"The presidents have also agreed that... the necessary decisions are taken to create the safe demilitarised border zone."
BBC Sudan reporter James Copnall says there appears to have been some limited progress on the disputed Abyei region, including a commitment to set up a joint administration for the area, as well as on several other outstanding issues.
But he adds that in essence both leaders have simply agreed to implement deals they had already signed - and the fact that this is necessary gives an indication of just how bad the relationship is between the two Sudans.
The South shut down its own production a year ago as part of a row with Khartoum about how much it should pay to export its oil through Sudan.
The flashpoint region of Abyei is claimed by both sides. It lies on their border and is inhabited both by nomadic herdsmen who are loyal to Sudan and other groups who are closely linked to the South.
Tensions over oil and security brought the two sides to the brink of war last April.
At a meeting in September the buffer zone was agreed and South Sudan said it would resume the production of oil, but the deal was not implemented.
Both sides blamed the other for the lack of progress.
South Sudan, where people chiefly follow the Christian faith or traditional indigenous religions, gained independence in 2011 after more than two decades of civil war with the mainly Muslim north.
Both sides also accuse the other of supporting rebel groups on its territory.


A second man has been charged with the murder of a Pentonville prison inmate.

Robert Butler, 30, was charged on Tuesday following last month's fatal stabbing of new father Jamal Mahmoud, 21, on the north London prison's G wing.
The Met Police said Mr Butler was remanded in custody until a court date can be set.
Basana Kimbembi, 34, has also been charged with Mr Mamoud's murder and will appear at court at a later date.
The G wing is the same wing from which two prisoners, James Whitlock and Matthew Baker, escaped on Monday.


From the terrace of his winery near the baroque town of Caltagirone in south-eastern Sicily, Cesare Nicodemo surveys his fields of ripening vines - a glass of his finest spumante in hand.

How a winemaker is taking on Sicily's rural Mafia
It's a warm July evening and the surrounding hills glow golden in the setting sun amid the chirruping of swallows and the song of cicadas.
It should be an image of rural peace and contentment, but on closer inspection, all is not quite as it seems.
Security cameras on high stilts dot the perimeter of his land. The metal gates leading into his winery remain securely shut throughout our interview, and inside the winery's main building, images from across his vineyard flicker on a bank of screens.
This, he says, is what it takes to run a modern business in Sicily in 2017.
Cesare has been threatened, his land has been repeatedly trespassed on, his buildings have been damaged and trees cut down or set alight. He's even been physically attacked.
"The rural Mafia was trying to drive us off our land and destroy our business," he says between careful sips of wine.
So who are the rural Mafia? Well, they're shepherds in the main - but some officials believe they're acting in cahoots with local lawyers, accountants and possibly even local politicians.
Cesare believes the battle against them pits modern Italy against forces that want Sicily to remain rooted in the ways of the past.
Driving out of his winery, he points out wooden stakes in the ground. "See that?" he says. "They're the signs of the rural Mafia"
The stakes are dotted across the land around his vineyard. They're about a metre-long, distinctive for the strip of white cardboard wrapped round them.
And they're a common sight in rural Sicily.
There are more about 100km (60 miles) away from Cesare's winery, in the foothills of Mount Etna, where Sebastiano Blanco is rebuilding a house on his plot of land.
"What those stakes say is 'this land belongs to us'," Sebastiano says. "They, the rural Mafia, see all this land as their own, regardless of who has legal title to it."
Like Cesare, he says there are local clans who believe that they, and not the Italian state, set the laws.
Last year, Sebastiano's house was burnt down. The police and fire brigade said the fire was probably started by a homeless person who'd come inside to warm up.
But Sebastiano thinks it's no coincidence that the fire happened soon after stakes appeared on his land. He believes the rural Mafia took revenge when he wouldn't hand over his land.
He cuts a forlorn figure, kicking at the blackened rubble strewn across the charred ground of what were once his bedroom, with the early evening's purple sky visible through the exposed beams of his shattered roof.
So, what exactly is it that the Mafia wants?
Giuseppe Antoci, president of Sicily's largest national park, Nebrodi, and co-ordinator of Federparchi Sicilia, the Federation of Sicilian National Parks, has been investigating the matter for the past few years.
What he's uncovered is widespread fraud involving European Union farm and rural development funds.
In an investigation conducted together with the deputy police commissioner Daniele Manganaro of the district of Messina, Mr Antoci found that local crime networks were falsely claiming land as their own - or presenting forged documents saying they had leased it - in order to make applications for EU subsidies.
"We've seen an evolution of Mafia here," he says.
"This is not the Mafia of the illegal drugs trade or the trafficking of arms. It takes a lot of work and research to commit this sort of fraud. We're not talking about the Mafia that existed 30 years ago, where the shepherd demanded a ransom or protection payment from a tradesman.
"What we have here is a Mafia whose business is to commit fraud with EU funds. And to carry out this sort of fraud, you need more than just a shepherd.
"What it requires is a network of people, people with schooling and education, people who know how the system works, because the first step in perpetrating this sort of fraud is to set up a company," says the police commissioner.
Mr Antoci has tried to put a stop to it.
He's set in motion a new law that states that anyone claiming EU subsidies on land must now show anti-Mafia certification. In Italy, this means complying with regulations that require that a company's shareholders and directors have no restrictions, limitations and bans according to anti-mafia regulations.
Sceptics say this is hardly enough to stop the fraud from being repeated, pointing out that many will simply make use of proxies to make claims on their behalf.
The European Union's anti-fraud office, Olaf, says it is reviewing 35,000 applications for agricultural subsidies in Italy covering some 500m euros in disbursements going back all the way to 2006.
It has also started nine criminal proceedings, all of which involve a network of organised crime. But this 500m euros (Â£447m) that the EU is looking into is far less than the 3.5bn euros that Mr Antoci and the local police force say may have been fraudulently claimed.
"I can tell you that there is a very strong commitment at the level of the EU as well as the level of national authorities to fight this kind of phenomenon," says Francesco Albore, the head of the Olaf unit investigating the matter.
Another 2.2bn euros have been earmarked in EU and Italian government funds for rural and agricultural development in the six years to 2020. So what guarantees are there that all those funds will be properly distributed?
Mr Albore says it's difficult to guarantee but points out the EU also demands guarantees that payments go to the correct recipients. Where this is not the case, he says, "payments can be stopped."
Meanwhile, back in Sicily, Mr Antoci's efforts to fight this fraud have come at a high personal price.
He's suffered death threats and now lives under permanent armed guard.
Last year, as he was being driven home through the Nebrodi national park following a late night dinner, his car came under a volley of gunfire.
If he's alive today, he says, it's only thanks to his armed guard and the fact that his car was being followed by that of the deputy police commissioner Daniele Manganaro who managed to scupper the attack by firing back.
In the aftermath, there were attempts to discredit his investigation. Some Italian media reports questioned the authenticity of the attack, suggesting Mr Antoci and the local police force had made it up. But it's only made him more determined.
"You know, afterwards, they found petrol bombs hidden in nearby bushes," Mr Antoci says. "They wanted me dead. But my first thought as I was being saved that night was for my family and for all the police officers who guard me - the sacrifices they have to make for this battle I've chosen to wage."
Still, one businessman I speak to, who's been subjected to similar threats for not handing over land, complains that he's had little support from local Sicilian political authorities in his fight to protect his land.
Which is why, back in the foothills of Mount Etna, Sebastiano Blanco wears a T-shirt emblazoned with the words: "Rural mafia - a protected species".
"It's 2017," he says. "How can this be happening in our day and age?"
He gestures at the smoking volcano, looming large in the distance over his land.
"This is a Unesco world heritage site," he says. "But as long as we're intimidated this way, how can we possibly build on the economic value of our land and property?"
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An Edinburgh restaurant which will help the homeless and give its profits to charity is opening this weekend.

Home is backed by Josh Littlejohn, of the Social Bite sandwich shops, and Dean Gassabi, who owns the Maison Bleue restaurants.
It will provide training and employment programmes for members of the Social Bite Academy, a four-year paid course for homeless people.
The restaurant is on Queensferry Street in the capital's west end.
The not-for-profit venture opens to the public on Saturday, with a menu of French and Scottish cuisine.
Diners will be encouraged to "pay forward" meals for the homeless, who can attend a special service for those sleeping rough every Monday between 15:00 and 17:00.
Mr Gassabi said: "I had already secured these premises for a new Maison Bleue restaurant when Josh came to me with the proposal for Home and it was such a fantastic idea we agreed to go ahead immediately.
"This venture with Social Bite is a fantastic way for us to put something back, including helping the homeless community."
Half of the profits will go directly to Social Bite and the other 50% will support other charities and good causes.
Mr Littlejohn said: "Home is a unique place and we're incredibly excited to be opening up the doors this weekend.
"It's a place where you can get a first-rate meal at the same time as helping some of the most vulnerable people in society.
"It's a natural evolution of what we've been doing at Social Bite and I hope people support it in the same way."
Social Bite - which has cafes in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen - was in the spotlight last November when Hollywood star George Clooney visited the Edinburgh Rose Street branch to launch an appeal to help the homeless and fund an aid convoy to refugee camps across Europe.
In June, the Duchess of Cornwall visited the shop and staff are also expected to welcome Oscar-winner Leonardo DiCaprio later this year.


First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is visiting two Tata steel plants in Scotland which have been earmarked for closure, with the loss of 270 jobs.

Ms Sturgeon is meeting workers, unions and management at the Dalzell plate rolling works in Motherwell and the Clydebridge plant in Cambuslang.
Tata this week confirmed plans to mothball both facilities.
The Scottish government has said it will "leave no stone unturned" in its efforts to keep the plants open.
Ms Sturgeon has set up a Scottish steel task force, which will "seek a viable alternative to the potential mothballing of Tata Steel operations in Scotland".
It will also look to support the 270 staff affected by the move.
The task force, which is due to hold its first meeting next week, will be chaired by Scottish business minister Fergus Ewing and include representatives from Tata Steel, trade unions, local councils, Scottish government agencies and local politicians.
Tata has blamed the planned closures on a flood of cheap imports from China, a strong pound and high electricity costs.
It said it had looked at "all other options" before taking the decision.
Tata Steel human resources director Tor Farquhar later said he was "pessimistic" about the Scottish plants re-opening.
The trade union Community, which represents many of the steel workers affected, welcomed the setting up of a task force.
However, it added that it needed to come up with "real, practical solutions that protect the workforce, the skills and the assets until we can find an alternative and sustainable future".
Meanwhile, Scottish Labour called on the government to make a statement to the Scottish parliament next week on the steel industry.
Labour MSP James Kelly said Scottish ministers must report on the outcome of the task force's first meeting and set out the specific actions that will be taken to protect jobs and secure a future for the steel industry.
Mr Kelly, who is a member of the task force, added: "The steel industry is an iconic part of the culture, community and economy of Lanarkshire. Generations of families have worked at the plants in Clydebridge and Dalzell.
"We must move heaven and earth to save jobs and secure a future for the steel industry in Scotland."
The decision to close the two Tata plants in Scotland in effect ends production at the country's last two major steelworks.
The Dalzell Steel and Iron Works opened in 1872, and Clydebridge in 1887.
The plants became two of the giants of Scottish industry, with Clydebridge providing steel plates for many of the most famous ships built on the River Clyde.


The National Living Wage could result in a "catastrophic failure" in the home care market, the industry is warning.

About 500,000 vulnerable over-65s rely on the support, which includes help with washing and dressing.
But in a letter to the government, the UK Homecare Association said unless extra money was put into the sector, it would leave services "unviable".
The majority of care is bought by councils, but the group said they do not pay enough for care firms to cope.
Under plans announced in the Budget, workers aged over 25 in the UK will be paid a minimum of £7.20 an hour from April next year, rising to £9 by 2020.
The UKHCA believes the introduction of the National Living Wage will require councils to pay a minimum price of £16.70 an hour for services.
This is based on using the cost of paying the National Living Wage and then adding to that the costs of running the service, including travel costs for staff and pension contributions. Just under 50p has been set aside for profits.
But, according to research published by the UKHCA earlier this year, the current average is £13.66, which the organisation argues is not even enough for care providers to meet their current obligations in terms of the minimum wage.
The letter, sent to Chancellor George Osborne and seen by the BBC, says unless extra funding is provided by councils "there is a serious risk of catastrophic failure" as some providers may be driven out of the market.
The UKHCA believes an extra £750m may need to be put into the system next year to cope with the National Living Wage demands.
"Without urgent action from government and local councils to address the deficit in funding, continued supply of state-funded home care will become unviable," it says.
The letter goes on to say councils should receive more money for social care in this autumn's spending review and care services should be "zero-rated" for VAT.
The BBC has launched an online guide to the care system for the over-65s. The "care calculator" covers both residential care and the support provided in people's own homes, for tasks such as washing and dressing.
Users can submit their postcode and find out how much each service costs where they live in the UK.
There is also a dedicated BBC Cost of Care website with news stories, analysis and video.
UKHCA policy director Colin Angel said: "Providers are particularly concerned that they're not going to be able to deliver services to people who are funded by local authorities.
"There is certainly anxiety that providers will be going out of business and that those providers won't be there to carry on delivering services to some of the most frail and vulnerable members of society."
The warning follows similar concerns raised by the Local Government Association last week. It said one in 20 people working directly for councils earned less than the National Living Wage.
LGA chairman Gary Porter said: "Local authorities have made £20bn in savings since 2010 and are likely to face further funding reductions and spending pressures over the next few years.
"It is vital these costs are considered by the government in the wider debate of council funding."
A government spokesman said: "The National Living Wage will benefit hundreds of thousands of care workers who will see their pay increase.
"The overall costs of providing social care will be considered as part of the spending review later this year, and we are working with the care sector to understand how the changes will affect them."


Graduates who commit to the NHS in Greater Manchester would get their university tuition fees paid under plans by the new metro mayor.

Andy Burnham is due to outline the scheme at the Royal College of Nursing Conference in Liverpool.
The former Labour health secretary will say his "Grow Your Own" scheme is a radical way to retain staff.
His plan is being outlined after, as mayor, he took control of the region's Â£6bn NHS budget.
"These are tough times for nursing and new thinking is required if we are to break out of this downward spiral. In Greater Manchester we want to do things differently," he is set to tell the nurses.
"I want to give our NHS stability.  If Greater Manchester is to succeed in the future we need to do much more to retain our graduates, and fill the highly skilled jobs we need to improve services and grow our economy."
Last year Greater Manchester became the first part of England to control its own integrated health and social care budget.
In his speech, Mr Burnham is expected to stress: "I have asked the NHS to explore the establishment of a scheme whereby graduates will receive help paying off their tuition fees in return for a commitment to work in Greater Manchester's NHS for a set period of time after graduation."


Convicted killers getting temporary release from prison, Brexit, snakes in the grass and "Satanic" films all feature in Thursday's papers.

The Belfast Telegraph says that about 85 killers a year get days out from Northern Ireland jails.
The paper obtained the figures from the Department of Justice after murderer Stephen Scott was seen at his mother's home in Warrenpoint at the weekend.
It says that less than one in 10 requests for leave are turned down.
TUV leader Jim Allister tells the Telegraph: "In Northern Ireland, of course, such prioritising of prisoners is only too common."
The department's website says: "The range of temporary release schemes has been developed to provide both determinate and life sentence prisoners with structured and planned releases towards the end of their sentences."
The News Letter says that Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson was cheered by fellow MEPs when he told them there is no legal entity called the north of Ireland.
He was speaking during a European Parliament debate on a Sinn FÃ©in-backed call for Northern Ireland to be given special status post Brexit.
The amendment was rejected by 374 votes to 66, in what the paper calls a blow to Sinn FÃ©in's "diplomatic offensive for designated special status".
The Irish News has the story of a health expert from Melbourne, who now lives in County Armagh and says he had to return to Australia to get a GP appointment.
Jason Calvert, 29, has a rare lung condition and has been trying to get on the books of a practice in Portadown for the last year.
However, he has been put on a waiting list and has not been given a letter of refusal which he needs to register with someone else.
"The irony is that I have private health insurance through work - but I can't get anything done because I need a GP referral," he tells the paper.
As the Irish Open gets under way in Portstewart, all three papers, as well as the Daily Mirror, have pictures of Wednesday's Pro-am event.
Among those pictured taking part are Pep Guardiola, Jimmy Nesbitt, Vernon Kay, Pat Jennings, AP McCoy and, to the delight of female spectators, Jamie Dornan.
The Mirror says that, for once, the weather obliged and there were no shades of grey for actor Dornan.
The News Letter reports that Tory MP and former Army officer Bob Stewart's life was saved by his son when INLA killers came to his house in the 1980s.
He said they asked the 13-year-old if "his daddy was home", but his son lied and told them he was away at work.
Plans to show horror movies such as The Exorcist and The Omen at a derelict Catholic Church on Belfast's Ormeau Road have been condemned by a priest, the Belfast Telegraph reports.
The plan is part of the Belfast Film Festival.
However, west Belfast priest Fr Patrick McCafferty asks: "What is their motivation for showing these types of films in what was once a sacred building that will have such special memories of spiritual occasions for lots of people?"
The Irish News reports that a prominent barrister is due to be discharged from hospital after suffering a suspected cardiac arrest during a "gruelling 24-hour race" in Belfast at the weekend.
It says Iryna Kennedy was about 32 miles into the event at Victoria Park in east Belfast when she became ill on Saturday.
Finally, the Belfast Telegraph has the story of the rescue of a snake in the grass in County Down.
Donaghadee woman Margaret McClean found the orange grass snake in her garden and wrapped it in a pillow case, saving it from a cat who had "got it by the tail".
The paper says that the most common exotic pets in Northern Ireland are ring-tailed lemurs of which there are nine, while there are also six emus, five racoons, two tigers and one wolf.