Algeria moved up to second in World Cup Group H as they overcame South Korea in a six-goal thriller in Porto Alegre.

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Islam Slimani ran onto a long ball to flick in the first and a Rafick Halliche header put Algeria 2-0 up.
Abdelmoumene Djabou sidefooted in a third, before Song Heung-min's low shot pulled one back as South Korea rallied.
Yacine Brahimi added Algeria's fourth and, despite Koo Ja-cheol scoring a second for Korea, Algeria held on for their first World Cup win since 1982.
"South Korea were absolutely woeful in the first half. That kind of performance is not acceptable at this level of football and they paid the price. In the second half they freshened it up and looked better but Algeria definitely deserved to win.
"In the first half Algeria came out with a really high tempo, they played some nice football and the fourth goal was a really good team goal."
Algeria, narrowly beaten by group leaders Belgium in their opening game, knew a second defeat would end their hopes of getting out of the group stage for the first time. They responded in emphatic fashion, becoming the first African team to score four goals in a World Cup game.
A win for the Desert Foxes against Russia will now secure a last-16 spot, and a draw could be enough if South Korea fail to beat Belgium.
Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic made five changes from the opening defeat by Belgium and his reshuffle had the desired impact.
Sofiane Feghouli had a strong shout for a penalty turned down when he appeared to have been tripped by Kim Young-gwon before the ball fell for Brahimi to hook over.
Slimani then found space at the far post only to head wide and also badly mistimed a first-time shot from six yards as he met an inviting cross from Aissa Mandi.
But the Portugal-based striker, who was his side's top scorer in qualifying, did not take long to atone as he outpaced two defenders to get to a long Carl Medjani pass and flick the ball past on-rushing keeper Jung Sung-ryong.
Defender Halliche extended the lead two minutes later with his second goal for his country, a thumping header from an Djabou corner.
And Djabou turned from provider to goalscorer when Slimani slipped a ball across for him to sidefoot home.
South Korea had not managed a shot on target in the first half but pulled a goal back shortly after the break - a mistake from Madjid Bougherra allowing Song to send a shot through the legs of keeper Rais Mbohli.
It was now Algeria's turn to be penned back and they survived a further scare when Ki Sung-yueng had a long range shot palmed over by Mbohli.
However, Brahimi restored his side's three-goal advantage when he played a one-two with Feghouli before slotting past Jung.
But a much-improved South Korea were not finished, and after the Desert Foxes failed to clear their lines, Lee Keun-ho played the ball across the box for Koo to slot in, before a tiring Algeria managed to regroup and close out the win.
Algeria coach Vahid Halilhodzic:
"We played an almost perfect first period.
"We played very well, very effectively and then it went down a little bit - maybe it was psychological, maybe it was physical - we will have to talk about this.
"But I think that this was a real feat this afternoon and I would like to congratulate my players."
South Korea coach Hong Myung-bo:
"In the stadium, there were a lot of Korean fans and I would like to apologise to them.
"We have one game left and I would just like to promise that we will do our best for the next match."
Match ends, South Korea 2, Algeria 4.
Second Half ends, South Korea 2, Algeria 4.
Foul by Ji Dong-Won (South Korea).
Aissa Mandi (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  South Korea. Conceded by Essaïd Belkalem.
Foul by Ji Dong-Won (South Korea).
Carl Medjani (Algeria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Algeria. Essaïd Belkalem replaces Madjid Bougherra.
Attempt missed. Ji Dong-Won (South Korea) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Kim Shin-Wook with a headed pass.
Attempt blocked. Son Heung-Min (South Korea) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Kim Shin-Wook (South Korea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Carl Medjani (Algeria).
Attempt missed. Lee Keun-Ho (South Korea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Islam Slimani (Algeria) because of an injury.
Foul by Nabil Bentaleb (Algeria).
Koo Ja-Cheol (South Korea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  South Korea. Conceded by Nabil Ghilas.
Lee Keun-Ho (South Korea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Mehdi Lacen (Algeria).
Foul by Son Heung-Min (South Korea).
Djamel Mesbah (Algeria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Nabil Ghilas (Algeria) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djamel Mesbah with a cross.
Substitution, South Korea. Ji Dong-Won replaces Han Kook-Young.
Substitution, Algeria. Mehdi Lacen replaces Yacine Brahimi.
Attempt missed. Kim Shin-Wook (South Korea) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Son Heung-Min with a cross.
Corner,  South Korea. Conceded by Rais M'Bolhi.
Substitution, Algeria. Nabil Ghilas replaces Abdelmoumene Djabou.
Goal!  South Korea 2, Algeria 4. Koo Ja-Cheol (South Korea) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Keun-Ho.
Foul by Aissa Mandi (Algeria).
Son Heung-Min (South Korea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Islam Slimani (Algeria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Kim Young-Gwon (South Korea).
Foul by Yacine Brahimi (Algeria).
Lee Yong (South Korea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Han Kook-Young (South Korea) is shown the yellow card.
Madjid Bougherra (Algeria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Madjid Bougherra (Algeria).
Son Heung-Min (South Korea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, South Korea. Lee Keun-Ho replaces Lee Chung-Yong.


Gorilla statues which graced the streets of Norwich this summer are being displayed together for the first time ahead of a charity auction.

The 54 life-size sculptures formed the eight-mile Go Go Gorilla trail around the city between July and September.
Individually-painted models could be found on pavements, in parks, shopping centres, on top of the castle mound and inside St John's Cathedral.
The trail, organised by the charity Break, ended on 7 September but on Sunday morning the gorillas came out of hibernation to go on public view outside The Forum.
Thousands of people queued to take one last look at each gorilla, which include homages to Freddie Mercury, Alan Partridge, Iron Man and a Transformer.
Go Go Gorillas will be kept on public display inside the Forum from Sunday evening until they are finally sold to the highest bidder on Thursday night.
Martin Green of Norfolk-based Break said he was amazed at the turn-out.
"This is the gorilla's final farewell and the weather has certainly helped today but I like to think the gorillas brought the sunshine to Norwich all summer.
"It's been amazing to see everyone's faces when they see them all together. Some of the artwork is really, really good and they deserve a closer look."
He added that Alanrilla, a gorilla with the human face of Alan Partridge, was proving the most popular with the Forum crowds.
It was created in just four days by artist Phil Daniels and his daughter Sam ahead of the fictional Norwich DJ's film premiere in the city in July.
Thursday's auction is a sell-out, with Break and the Born Free Foundation hoping to raise at least £2,000 for each fibre-glass sculpture.
It hopes to build on the success of Norwich's Go Elephant trail in 2008 which raised more than £200,000 for charities CLIC Sargent and the Born Free Foundation.
Break runs children's homes in Norfolk and Cambridgeshire and short-term breaks for children with disabilities.


A former journalist who claims he was framed for the unsolved murder of a French film-maker in Ireland has said he should not have been made a suspect.

Ian Bailey is suing the Irish state after being arrested twice over the killing of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.
The 39-year-old producer was found by two neighbours beaten to death on a hillside outside her holiday home in a remote part of west Cork in 1996.
Mr Bailey denies any involvement in her death and was never charged.
The High Court in Dublin - where the 57-year-old is suing the Irish state for wrongful arrest - heard he thought he had been identified as a suspect when he saw two officers watching him in a newsagents in the days after the killing.
Under cross-examination, Mr Bailey claimed he had been made a murder suspect on "false grounds" and he disagreed with reasons why a person may be detained by police.
Mr Bailey, who is originally from Manchester, said a suspect should only be arrested if evidence "has not been concocted or manufactured".
At one point the former reporter was forced to defend his assertion that he was a correspondent rather than a freelance reporter or "stringer" while he was based in Cheltenham in the 1980s.
When asked why he only provided a small selection of cuttings of his work, Mr Bailey said: "I'm not making it up."
Later Mr Bailey added: "I've come to this court to prosecute Garda [Irish police] corruption and I've brought these as a sample."
Some of the articles discussed related to British intelligence organisation GCHQ in Cheltenham, another involved the print workers' protests at Wapping in 1987, local stories with a royal link and one about a giant pike being caught.
The jury was told Mr Bailey left England in 1991 to get away from the "rat race".
He first went to Arklow, then a farm in Waterford and then a fish factory in Schull, west Cork, and after several long periods on the dole and work on local community projects he attempted to resurrect his journalism career in rural west Cork.
Mr Bailey denied he was in tens of thousands of pounds of debt after his divorce from his first wife was finalised in 1988.
He is to continue being cross-examined in a civil action that is expected to last another five weeks.
The jury of eight men and four women has been told the state denies all claims.
Mr Bailey was arrested on suspicion of the murder of Ms Toscan du Plantier on 10 February, 1997 and again on 20 January 20 1998.


Revised plans to build 340 homes on farmland that separates Weymouth from a nearby village have been agreed by councillors.

Outline planning permission for the development in Nottington, Dorset, was initially refused last July but developer CG Fry appealed against it.
The new decision means a public inquiry, due to take place next month, will no longer go ahead.
More than 70 objections had been lodged against the resubmitted plans.
The land, between Nottington village and the north western fringe of Weymouth, had been earmarked by the local authority in its local plan.
The initial application for the 16.25ha of agricultural land was refused on the grounds there was insufficient evidence about the effects of traffic and the potential for flooding.
In the resubmitted plans, the developer responded to "key issues" including the impact on wildlife, flooding traffic and landscape and the impact on existing residents.
Jean Marshall, head of planning at Weymouth & Portland Borough Council, said: "Once completed this development will deliver a large proportion of much needed open market housing in the area and will provide a large proportion of affordable housing to meet local need."
Ahead of the decision, resident Philip Wakefield said: "We are not against the idea of development per se, what we object to is the running over the people of Nottington and their opinions."


A man has been charged following a hit and run in Midlothian.

The driver hit another car, which was stationary, in Eskbank Road, Dalkeith on Wednesday. Police stopped a Vauxhall Vectra on the A6094 near Tesco's Hardengreen store a short time later.
The 45-year-old driver was charged with driving under the influence of drugs and failing to stop.
Cannabis was found in the car and he was charged with drugs possession. He will appear in court at a later date.
No one was injured in the collision.
Insp Neil Mitchell, of Police Scotland, said: "Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs puts not only the driver, but other road users at risk and such offences will not be tolerated.
"Road policing officers regularly monitor all main arterial routes and any motorists found to be driving in a manner that puts the public in danger will be appropriately dealt with."


Nottinghamshire will need 206 more runs, with seven wickets remaining, to beat Warwickshire on the final day.

Notts took a 10-run first-innings lead as they were all out for 383, with Brett Hutton making 59.
Warwickshire were 149-2, led by Varun Chopra (82) and Jonathan Trott (59), but Jackson Bird's direct hit to get rid of Laurie Evans sparked a collapse.
Luke Fletcher took 4-25 as the visitors were dismissed for 236 before Notts, chasing 227 to win, slumped to 21-3.
Warwickshire got an immediate breakthrough in Nottinghamshire's run-chase as Steven Mullaney edged to Rikki Clarke low at second slip off Keith Barker (2-11) for a five-ball duck, while first-innings centurion Michael Lumb and nightwatchman Fletcher soon followed.
An intriguing final day could be in store at Trent Bridge, although rain is forecast for the Nottingham area.
After Notts resumed on 316-7 in their first innings, Hutton reached his first half-century of the summer, but was then caught in the gully.
A boundary from Bird gave Notts a first-innings lead before he mistimed a pull and was caught by Jeetan Patel at midwicket, while Fletcher (29) played around a slower delivery from Clarke (4-72) to be last man out.
Warwickshire reached 26-1 at lunch with Ian Westwood falling to a rising Fletcher delivery to be caught at gully by Samit Patel.
Chopra and Trott put on 77 for the second wicket and were scoring at more than four an over but Trott, who at one stage hit seven boundaries in 12 balls, was trapped leg before by a low delivery from Patel (4-71)
Bird ran out Evans superbly to lead to a Warwickshire collapse either side of tea. Fletcher then had Chopra caught behind by Chris Read in the first ball after the interval to spark a loss of five wickets for the addition of only 23 runs. But last-wicket pair Chris Woakes (20 not out) and Chris Wright (20) added 34 to frustrate Notts.
Nottinghamshire all-rounder Samit Patel:
"It's ebbed and flowed and shows how well both teams have played. These are two good teams that hopefully will be fighting it out at the top later in the year.
"To get somewhere where we wanted to be with the bat this morning was brilliant and to get a lead was even better, so fair play to the lads.
"Then the way we've bowled later has been outstanding. Hopefully we can go on and finish it off with a win."
Warwickshire stand-in skipper Chris Woakes:
"It's a great game of cricket. It's a pitch that's obviously going to produce a result, which is what you want.
"It looks like it's going to be a good final day. We obviously think we are in a good position.
"But then Notts will probably also feel that they can knock it off, so I'll sit on the fence and say the game is still in the balance."
Warwickshire have been cleared over the state of the pitch - rated poor by umpires - that was prepared for their draw with Somerset at Edgbaston last week.
The Cricket Discipline Commission (CDC) considered reports against the regulatory requirement that "each county shall actively seek to prepare the best quality cricket pitch that it can for the match that it is staging".
The CDC concluded that there was no evidence to suggest that Warwickshire CCC had breached this requirement - and no further action will be taken.


Manchester United have withdrawn from this year's Milk Cup youth football event and the club's defender Paddy McNair has also pulled out of Tuesday's scheduled competition draw.

The competition's organisers says that they have been left "shocked and disappointed" by the club's move.
A United statement said that they had taken the decision after assessing the club's "pre-season training needs".
McNair's absence has led to the postponement of Tuesday's draw.
"We know Paddy was keenly anticipating his role with us on Tuesday but permission for his participation was cancelled," said Milk Cup tournament chairman Victor Leonard.
"We had invested considerable time and money on the technical aspect of our visual presentation for the draw itself so that needs to be revamped.
"We are also in the process of finalising another team to replace United.
"Thankfully, we are always over-subscribed in all sections of the event but it is a matter of ensuring a replacement and putting the necessary wheels in motion to compete at short notice with the event just two months away."
The Old Trafford outfit have been supporters of the international youth tournament for 25 years with former boss Sir Alex Ferguson an active advocate of the Northern Ireland event.
In a brief statement United said: "After a thorough assessment of the pre-season training needs of the first team and a detailed assessment of the medical impact of that plan on the reserves, Manchester United has decided not to enter a team in the Dale Farm Milk Cup."
The competition's six-time Premier champions have a massive following in Northern Ireland and tournament chairman Leonard said the club's decision had come as a "shock".
"This will come as a huge blow to the legions of United supporters in the province who back the club over the week of our event," added Leonard.
"We had written confirmation from them that they would be competing and the fact they have gone back on their word is extremely disappointing."
The competition will take place in North West venues from 26-31 July.


School children aged 11 to 16 have been making news stories about subjects important to them for BBC School Report.

10 March 2016 Last updated at 06:34 GMT
Young students at the Ghandi Memorial Public School in Delhi in India have been investigating the effects of bad air pollution in the city and the health of children there.
The air in the city is very polluted from all the traffic.
These children took air quality measurements to find out how bad the situation is.
Watch their report.


McLaren have signed British teenager Lando Norris to their young driver programme, with a view to developing him towards a Formula 1 career.

McLaren executive director Zak Brown said he regarded the 17-year-old Englishman as "a fabulous prospect".
Norris won two Formula Renault 2.0 titles last season and will move to the European Formula Three series in 2017.
Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull's Max Verstappen have previously raced in that category.
Norris said he was "immensely excited" about joining McLaren, whose F1 race drivers this year are double world champion Fernando Alonso and novice Stoffel Vandoorne.
"It's hopefully taking me another step closer to reaching my goal of competing in Formula 1," he said.
"I'm honoured to become part of such a prestigious F1 team and to be brought in alongside some very good drivers and experienced people."
Norris will be mentored by McLaren development driver Oliver Turvey, who McLaren describe as the "linchpin" of their F1 simulator programme.
McLaren have also retained Japanese Nobuharu Matsushita, a protege of engine partner Honda, will race again in GP2 and be McLaren's F1 test and development driver.
Dutchman Nyck de Vries, 22, who raced in GP3 last season, is also still on McLaren's books but his programme this season has not yet been finalised.


The weakness of the euro is having a major impact on exporters in Northern Ireland, according to a director of a leading engineering firm.

Colin Clements from Powerscreen was speaking to the BBC's Inside Business programme.
He said that firms operating in the Eurozone currently have a significant advantage.
"The euro is a real struggle for us at the moment," he said.
"We're much more expensive landed in a eurozone where our machines are sold by our dealers in euros compared to our European base competitors.
"They also have a big advantage bringing product into the UK so they can undermine our very strong market share in the UK whilst we're struggling to maintain our share in the eurozone."
Colin Clements' interview will be broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster's Inside Business at 13:30 BST on Sunday 26 April.


Teenagers are getting more anxious and depressed because of the 24-hour demands of their social media accounts, researchers say.

Those with higher levels of emotional investment in social media, and who use it at night, were more likely to feel depressed and anxious, they say.
Glasgow University researchers questioned 467 teenagers about their use of social media and state of mind.
They found many felt a pressure to respond immediately to texts or posts.
Lead researcher Dr Heather Cleland Woods and Holly Scott asked the teenagers about how and when they used social media.
Sleep quality, self-esteem, anxiety, depression and the subjects' emotional investment in social media were also measured.
This related to the pressure to be available 24/7 and any anxiety around, for example, not responding immediately to texts or posts.
Dr Cleland Woods said: "Adolescence can be a period of increased vulnerability for the onset of depression and anxiety, and poor sleep quality may contribute to this.
"It is important that we understand how social media use relates to these. Evidence is increasingly supporting a link between social-media use and wellbeing, particularly during adolescence, but the causes of this are unclear."
General and night-time specific social-media use along with emotional investment in social media were related to poorer sleep quality, lower self-esteem as well as higher anxiety and depression levels.
Dr Cleland Woods said: "While overall social-media use impacts on sleep quality, those who log on at night appear to be particularly affected.
"This may be mostly true of individuals who are highly emotionally invested. This means we have to think about how our kids use social media, in relation to time for switching off."
The study was presented at the British Psychological Society annual conference in Manchester.


Former England all-rounder Paul Collingwood has agreed a one-year contract extension with Durham.

The deal commits the 40-year-old to a 22nd summer of county cricket in 2017.
Championship skipper Collingwood will also lead the team in all formats for the rest of this season following news that Mark Stoneman is to join Surrey.
"I feel I can continue to contribute to the team and I really want to help develop the next generation of Durham cricketers," he told the club website.
Collingwood has scored 677 runs in all competitions so far this season.
Durham chief executive David Harker said: "To keep a player of Paul's experience and ability at the club is a massive bonus as we start to look towards our plans for 2017.
"He continues to epitomise the values of Durham, both on and off the field, as well as still being a fine player who leads from the front in the role of club captain."


Work will start next week on a new £28m education campus project in north west Dumfries.

The contract for the scheme - which will house secondary, primary and nursery pupils - was signed last week.
Contractors Graham Construction are set to start work on site on 19 September with the campus expected to open to staff and students in June 2018.
Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was "good to see progress" with its plans for education in the town.
The new campus includes:
Councillor Jeff Leaver said: "We want our young people to get the most from their education which means creating environments that stimulate and encourage learning.
"We are committed to creating schools that will deliver the highest standard of learning facilities that can benefit young people for years to come."
The campus work costs have been estimated at about £28m with more than £6m also required to prepare the land involved.


The computer systems used to control modern cars are very vulnerable to attack, say experts.

An investigation by security researchers found the systems to be "fragile" and easily subverted.
The researchers showed how to kill a car engine remotely, turn off the brakes so the car would not stop and make instruments give false readings.
Despite their success, the team said it would be hard for malicious attackers to reproduce their work.
The team of researchers, led by Professor Stefan Savage from the University of California-San Diego, and Tadayoshi Kohno from the University of Washington set out to see what resilience cars had to an attack on their control systems.
"Our findings suggest that, unfortunately, the answer is 'little,'" wrote the researchers from the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security.
The researchers concentrated their attacks on the electronic control units (ECUs)scattered throughout modern vehicles which oversee the workings of many car components. It is thought that modern vehicles have about 100 megabytes of binary code spread across up to 70 ECUs.
Individual control units typically oversee one sub-system but ECUs communicate so that many different systems can be controlled as the situation demands. For instance, in a crash seat belts may be pre-tensioned, doors unlocked and air bags deployed.
The attackers created software called CarShark to monitor communications between the ECUs and insert fake packets of data to carry out attacks.
The team got at the ECUs via the communications ports fitted as standard on most cars that enable mechanics to gather data about a vehicle before they begin servicing or repair work.
The researchers mounted a series of attacks against a stationary and moving vehicle to see how much of the car could fall under their control.
"We are able to forcibly and completely disengage the brakes while driving, making it difficult for the driver to stop," wrote the researchers. "Conversely, we are able to forcibly activate the brakes, lurching the driver forward and causing the car to stop suddenly."
In one attack, the team transformed the instrument panel into a clock that counted down to zero from 60 seconds. In the final seconds the horn honks and as zero is reached the car engine shuts off and the doors are locked.
They found that almost every system in the car, including engine, brakes, heating and cooling, lights, instrument panel, radio and locks was vulnerable.
The team concluded that the car control software was "fragile" and easy to subvert. In some cases simply sending malformed packets of data, rather than specific control code, was enough to trigger a response.
The team are presenting a paper on their results at the IEEE symposium on Security and Privacy in California on 19 May.
"Cars benefit from the fact that they are (hopefully) not connected to the internet (yet) and currently are not able to be remotely accessed," said Rik Fergson, a security analyst at Trend Micro. "So in order to carry out a successful attack you would already need to have physical access to the vehicle, as a break-in or as a mechanic, seem the two most likely scenarios."
"As cars, and everything else in life up to and including even pacemakers or fridges, become steadily more connected and externally accessible, research such as this should be taken increasingly seriously by manufacturers," he added.
"This represents an opportunity to head off a problem before it starts, in the not-too-distant future it may represent a real risk to life."


A £690m cancer care contract in Staffordshire is expected to be awarded to a consortium including private firms.

A leaked document said a group of organisations, also featuring two local NHS trusts, had come together and was the last remaining bidder in the process.
The BBC understands it could be led by private firm Interserve.
Pending further discussions, the deal is due to be awarded in December.
In the leaked document, clinical commissioning groups said the public-private sector consortium would "bring together a wide range of skills and expertise".
Discussions are expected to take place over the coming weeks, before an official proposal is submitted.
If successful, the consortium will co-ordinate cancer care - from diagnosis through to treatment - in the county.
Outsourcing contracts to cover both cancer and end of life care in Staffordshire were announced last year. Together, they are expected to be worth £1.2bn and cover a 10-year period.
The contracts will cover the areas controlled by Stafford and Surrounds, Cannock Chase, Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire CCGs.
Trade unions have previously described the involvement of private companies as a "huge gamble".
Campaigners are expected to hand over a petition on Thursday against awarding the contracts to the private sector.


Scarlets chairman Nigel Short admits it will be hard to stop regions competing against each other for Welsh players.

But he hopes they will not create pressure to increase salaries in Wales.
There is an agreement which limits the regions bidding for each other's players, however Scarlets faced competition when re-signing centre Scott Williams who was out of contract at the end of the season.
"You've got to be realistic because it is a free market," Short said.
"No agreement can constrain someone's ability to look for work, and regions will be ambitious and will have their own player requirements.
"How the financial fallout from that works is part of the regions' agreement, and one would hope that you wouldn't see pressure within Wales to increase salaries because we've got enough to deal with outside of Wales."
Wales international Williams had been expected to renew his national dual contract (NDC), funded 60% by the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU).
However, the WRU withdrew their offer with union chairman Gareth Davies saying it was because the regions had "upped the ante".
Williams ended up signing a conventional deal with the Scarlets.
The NDCs were introduced as a mechanism to stop high-profile players leaving Wales for England and France.
Short was chairman of the regions' representative body - now called Pro Rugby Wales - when they negotiated the deal which funds and governs domestic rugby in Wales.
He said he would not have expected the union to get involved in a bidding war, and backed the dual contracts.
"The union have been excellent in supporting regions in the past year," he added.
"The NDCs are working well and everybody should recognise that it's a new concept and will take some time to settle down, but it is settling down well.
"And congratulations to the union - it's been a sea-change in the relationship over the past year or so."


Southport remain without a home win since mid-October after being held to a goalless draw by Chester as both sides finished with 10 men.

Chester's Kingsley James was sent off in the closing stages after clashing with home substitute Richard Brodie, who was booked before a late caution.
Danny Hattersley's first-half strike for Southport was ruled offside.
Dominic Collins then missed a good opening for the hosts when he headed a late chance over from close range.


A proposal to abolish six councils and create one county-wide local authority for Oxfordshire has been published.

Oxfordshire County Council said two independent studies found having one organisation to run all services could save £100m over five years.
But the plan is opposed by the county's five district councils, who have argued in favour of three councils instead.
All the authorities have been criticised for engaging in a "turf war" over their rival devolution plans.
County council leader Ian Hudspeth said public money should be spent on providing services, rather than running "six separate organisations".
The district councils have argued the county needs an elected mayor, rather than fewer councillors, to get more money from Whitehall.
Oxford City Council leader Bob Price said the county's plan was "the wrong proposal at the wrong time".
He added: "For the people of Oxford, a unitary council would be a disaster.
"The needs of a multi-ethnic and socially mixed urban community are very different to the more rural parts of the county."
Leader of West Oxfordshire District Council James Mills said the aim of the district councils' devolution bid was to get more money from central government.
He said: "A mayor gives a strong voice to Oxford, single point of contact to government and is accountable to the people of Oxfordshire."
But Mr Hudspeth said the proposal was needed because the county council "cannot continue to make savings without further cuts to local services".
He said: "One council for Oxfordshire would be more efficient and simpler for residents, with one phone number, one website and one point of contact."
Residents are being asked for their views before the final proposal is considered by the county council's cabinet on 14 March.


US politicians have approved a measure to lift the 40-year ban on crude oil exports.

The move is part of a $1.1 trillion (Â£738bn) spending bill approved by the Senate on Friday that will fund the US government until 2016.
Oil prices rose on Friday following several weeks of falls, as the markets cope with a glut of crude.
US West Texas Crude gained 1.1% to $36.38 a barrel, while Brent rose 0.7% to $37.32 a barrel.
US oil producers will now be able to sell crude to the already saturated international market.
The bulk of US oil comes from shale producers. Production and exploration companies argued the ban - imposed during the Arab oil embargo in the mid-1970s - was outdated and unnecessary.
Opponents claimed that lifting the ban would lead to the loss of oil refining jobs and would be bad for the environment.
As a trade-off for lifting the ban, the spending bill includes tax breaks for solar and wind power and a pledge by Republicans not to block a $500m payment to the UN Green Climate Fund.
President Obama signed the bill into law on Friday.
The global glut meant that lifting the ban was not expected to lead to significant US exports for months or even years, but could give producers extra flexibility.
George Baker, head of Producers for American Crude Oil Exports, said: "Now that we have levelled the playing field, the United States finally has an opportunity to compete and realise our nation's full potential as a global energy superpower."
Tom O'Malley, executive chairman of refiner PBF Energy, claimed that lifting the ban would lead at least one oil refinery on the US east coast to close.
"This is a crazy thing to do. Once you lift it, it's hard to reverse it," he said.


Two inmates have been convicted of prison mutiny following a disturbance at Littlehey jail in Cambridgeshire.

Four officers were injured at the young offenders unit on 10 January.
At Peterborough Crown Court, Scott Taylor, 22, was given six-and-a-half years to run consecutively with his previous indefinite term for attempted murder and actual bodily harm.
Ali Njie, 22, was given five-and-a-half years on top of his four-year sentence for rape and robbery.
In addition to prison mutiny, both men were convicted of two counts of causing actual bodily harm, and one count each of causing grievous bodily harm with intent, inflicting grievous bodily harm, wounding with intent and unlawful wounding.
A spokesman from Cambridgeshire Police said Taylor had thrown boiling water from a kettle over one prison officer.
Both men assaulted officers, threw chairs at them and caused damage to the prison wing.
At the time of the incident, the Prison Officers Association (POA) said it believed up to 60 inmates had been involved.
Specialist officers were brought in to control the disturbance.
A Cambridgeshire Police spokeswoman said it was the first time the force had charged or convicted for prison mutiny.
She added: "It means that two dangerous individuals will remain behind bars for a long time."
Governor at HMP Littlehey David Taylor described it as "a good outcome after the shocking and violent outburst".


Nice went three points clear at the top of Ligue 1 through Valentin Eysseric's winner against Saint-Etienne.

The French midfielder, who spent last season on loan at Saint-Etienne, produced a fine finish from the edge of the penalty area.
His goal took Nice three points clear of Monaco, who won 3-0 at Lorient on Friday, and Paris St-Germain, who beat Nantes 2-0 at home on Saturday.
And it condemned Saint-Etienne to a first home defeat in 10 games.
Match ends, St Etienne 0, Nice 1.
Second Half ends, St Etienne 0, Nice 1.
Younès Belhanda (Nice) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Younès Belhanda (Nice).
Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Nice. Anastasios Donis replaces Alassane Pléa.
Arnaud Nordin (St Etienne) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner,  Nice. Conceded by Stéphane Ruffier.
Attempt saved. Younès Belhanda (Nice) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Alassane Pléa.
Offside, Nice. Yoan Cardinale tries a through ball, but Younès Belhanda is caught offside.
Remi Walter (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Veretout (St Etienne).
Hand ball by Kévin Monnet-Paquet (St Etienne).
Substitution, Nice. Mathieu Bodmer replaces Valentin Eysseric.
Foul by Valentin Eysseric (Nice).
Arnaud Nordin (St Etienne) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt missed. Loic Perrin (St Etienne) left footed shot from very close range is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  St Etienne. Conceded by Dalbert.
Corner,  Nice. Conceded by Kevin Malcuit.
Attempt saved. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Wylan Cyprien with a through ball.
Vincent Koziello (Nice) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Bryan Dabo (St Etienne).
Substitution, St Etienne. Bryan Dabo replaces Ole Selnaes.
Substitution, St Etienne. Arnaud Nordin replaces Nolan Roux.
Substitution, Nice. Vincent Koziello replaces Jean Michael Seri.
Valentin Eysseric (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Loic Perrin (St Etienne).
Hand ball by Alassane Pléa (Nice).
Substitution, St Etienne. Kévin Monnet-Paquet replaces Cheikh M'Bengue.
Attempt missed. Wylan Cyprien (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
Attempt saved. Alassane Pléa (Nice) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Valentin Eysseric with a cross.
Remi Walter (Nice) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Veretout (St Etienne).
Attempt missed. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Alassane Pléa (Nice) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Younès Belhanda.
Attempt missed. Kevin Malcuit (St Etienne) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Nolan Roux.
Foul by Ricardo Pereira (Nice).
Loic Perrin (St Etienne) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  St Etienne 0, Nice 1. Valentin Eysseric (Nice) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Dalbert.
Offside, St Etienne. Stéphane Ruffier tries a through ball, but Alexander Søderlund is caught offside.


Walsall strikers Tom Bradshaw and Milan Lalkovic were both on target at Bescot to hand Bradford City their first defeat in 11 games.

The Saddlers led on 11 minutes when Lalkovic's shot deflected to Bradshaw, who drove low past Ben Williams.
City equalised when Billy Clarke headed down to Lee Evans, whose shot beat Etheridge's dive on 64 minutes.
But Walsall won it nine minutes later as Romaine Sawyers' pass set Lalkovic free to drill low past Williams.
Despite the top two Coventry City and Gillingham both dropping points, third-placed Burton Albion hammered Colchester, so Walsall remain fourth. But they and Burton both have a game in hand, this Tuesday night when Walsall face a derby trip to Shrewsbury.
Walsall manager Dean Smith told BBC WM 95.6:
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"They're a good team and they've gone seven games without conceding a goal, and were 10 games unbeaten.
"But we make a habit of stopping teams in their tracks when they're on good runs.
"It was just an excellent display. In the first half we were outstanding.
"In the second half, they showed what a good team they are and came back at us and we had to withstand an awful lot."


Tim Cook's compensation this year is just 1% of the $378m (£235m) he received to be Apple's boss last year.

In a regulatory filing, the iPhone-maker's head said he would get a salary of $1.4m and a bonus of $2.8m for 2012.
Most of his money from 2011 came from a grant of shares awarded for becoming the chief executive, and Apple said he would not get any new shares.
"Mr Cook's target cash compensation remains significantly below the median for CEOs of peer companies," it said.
Last year, following the death of co-founder Steve Jobs, Mr Cook received a bonus in the form of stock of more than $370m,  making him reportedly the best-paid boss in the US.
His base salary was $900,000 in 2011, which has now been increased. His predecessor, Steve Jobs, famously had an annual salary of $1.
Mr Cook's salary was raised to $1.4m and he received a bonus of 200% of his salary for exceeding Apple's own targets in a year when its profit grew 61% to $41.7bn and Apple became for a time the most valuable company in the world.
"Mr Cook did not receive an RSU [restricted stock unit] award in 2012 in light of the RSU award he received in connection with his promotion to CEO in August 2011," Apple said.
It added: "Following a recommendation by Mr Cook to the Compensation Committee, the company adopted stock ownership guidelines for the CEO and the non-employee directors. Under the guidelines, Mr Cook is expected to own shares of company common stock that have a value equal to ten times his base salary."
His colleagues received hefty pay packages after a successful year.  Bob Mansfield, senior vice president of technologies, will get almost $86m and chief financial officer Peter Oppenheimer will receive $68.6m.
Earlier this year, Apple's shares reached a high of more than $700, making the company the world's most valuable firm.
Apple's share price has dropped 24% in the last three months and is now around $515 a share.


An ocean-going drone will be helping to spot illegal fishing in the world's largest, continuous marine reserve.

The UK said it would establish the 834,000-sq-km (322,000-sq-mile) zone around the Pitcairn Islands in the Pacific in 2015.
Data gathered by the drone will be beamed back to a satellite watch room to help prosecute unauthorised trawling.
The drone will patrol areas in the reserve designated as no-fishing zones.
The drone, made by US firm Liquid Robotics, will be directed by staff at the satellite watch room which is monitoring fishing vessels. The craft is equipped with a camera that can take snaps of fishing vessels that are in restricted areas, and satellite technology that can pinpoint their location. The unmanned craft starting patrolling late last month.
The Liquid Robotics drone, called a Wave Glider, is a two-part craft made up of an instrument-bearing boat that floats on the ocean surface that is tethered to a submersible. The craft uses the differential motion between the sea surface and the region the submersible traverses to propel itself.
The self-propelling propulsion system means the Wave Glider can stay at sea for months at a time.
The UK said it established the marine-protected area in the Pitcairns in 2015 and, at the same time, created a watchdog organisation that would try to protect its abundant sea life from fishing.
The seas around the Pitcairns are believed to be home to more than 1,200 species of fish, marine mammals and birds - some of which are unique to the region. It also supports the world's deepest and most well-developed coral reef.
The watch room to oversee the region has been created in the Harwell science park in Oxfordshire with funding from the UK government and the Swiss Bertarelli Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.


A 50-year-old German man has been killed and six people injured in a knife attack in a Hamburg supermarket.

Police said the suspect was 26 years old and born in the United Arab Emirates. They said he acted alone and he was overpowered by passersby.
Mayor Olaf Scholz said the attack was motivated by "hate" but did not say it was a terror attack.
There are unconfirmed reports that the man shouted "Allahu akhbar", Arabic for "God is great" while attacking people.
Police said they were still seeking to confirm his current nationality. Mr Sholz said he was a failed asylum seeker.
The man attacked customers in the supermarket at random, ran outside and was chased by customers and by people outside the shop. They brought him to the ground before he was detained by plain-clothes police officers.
Mobile phone footage on German media that is purportedly of the attack's aftermath shows several people chasing a man and throwing chairs at him.
A 50-year-old woman and four men aged between 19 and 64 were stabbed, while a 35-year-old man was injured while helping overcome the suspect.
The attack happened in the Barmbek region in the north of the city in a branch of Edeka, Germany's largest supermarket chain.
Police say the man's weapon may have looked like a machete but they are, for now, assuming it was a kitchen knife.
One eyewitness made a gesture about 50cm (20 in) long when asked on German TV how big the knife was.
Asked whether this was a terror attack, a police official told the BBC: "We are at an early stage of the investigation... At the moment we can't rule anything out. We are investigating all avenues."
Speculation in German media said the attack may have been part of a robbery attempt but police said that that motive could not be confirmed.
One eyewitness, who ran from the scene into a nearby shop as the situation unfolded, told German broadcaster NTV that it seemed "hectic and confused, not like a properly planned attack".


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Liverpool City Council has been accused of putting the city's Unesco World Heritage status "in real danger" by approving a student tower block plan.

Unesco warned in July that the 22-storey building for 1,085 students could damage Liverpool's reputation.
But the planning committee, which voted by five to two in favour, denied the plans would be detrimental to the city.
Save Britain's Heritage (SBH) claims Unesco might now strip Liverpool of its status but Historic England disagreed.
SBH director Henrietta Billings said: "This planning approval deliberately flies in the face of serious international heritage concerns.
"Liverpool's World Heritage status is a badge of honour which is slipping through its fingers because of short-sighted planning decisions."
But Liverpool City Council pointed to the support of Historic England - the government's statutory advisor on the historic environment - which found the development would not have a "harmful impact".
The Skelhorne Street site is next to the Grade II-listed Lime Street station and is surrounded by other listed buildings and the Unesco site which includes the iconic waterfront and Albert Dock.
A council spokesman said: "Historic England have concluded that this scheme would not have a harmful impact on the outstanding universal value of the World Heritage Site.
"We do not consider it appropriate to delay decisions on applications for major developments in the site once they have been fully assessed and are ready to be determined as this would unreasonably stifle the regeneration of the city centre."
Liverpool was awarded World Heritage status in 2004, ranking the city alongside the Taj Mahal and Stonehenge.
There are currently 29 Unesco World Heritage Status sites in the United Kingdom - the Lake District hopes to join the list next year.


A man charged after a 20-year-old woman was allegedly raped in Aberdeen has been freed.

The incident was reported to have happened in the Bon Accord Crescent area on Friday.
A report on the man, 20, was sent to the procurator fiscal.
The Crown Office said: "After full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of the case, he was liberated from custody pending further inquiries and did not appear in court."


Five people have been killed in south-eastern Nigeria after police opened fire on supporters of an activist who backs the creation of a breakaway state of Biafra, campaigners say.

An Abuja high court on Thursday ordered the release of Nnamdi Kanu, which prompted celebrations on the streets.
The police in Onitsha city said shots were fired after officers were attacked and three people were "feared dead".
Mr Kanu was arrested by the authorities in October, accused of treason.
He is the director of the banned Radio Biafra and heads the separatist Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) group.
Biafran secessionists fought a three-year civil war in which more than one million people lost their lives. The uprising was eventually quelled by the military in 1970.
The court order to free Mr Kanu came after Nigeria's secret police withdrew criminal charges against him. It is not clear what these were, but may have been related to running a radio station without a licence.
But he has not been released from detention as the police say they are still investigating his alleged involvement in terrorist activities.
The clashes in Onitsha were prompted by "overzealous police officers firing at unarmed civilians who were celebrating a court victory", IPOB co-ordinator Uchemna Madu told the BBC Hausa service.
Fifteen other people were seriously wounded, he said.
A police spokesman said the shots were fired after the protesters attacked the security forces.
"One military officer was severely injured and had his rifle damaged," Okwechuku Allie said.
Since Mr Kanu's arrest, young people, mainly from his ethnic Igbos, have been protesting in south-east Nigeria and the oil-rich Delta region.
They belong to secessionist groups like IPOB and the Movement for the Actualisation of a Sovereign State of Biafra (Massob) and feel they have been discriminated against by those in power.
The Nigerian authorities have always maintained that most of the issues the Biafra activists are complaining about are not unique to southern part of the country.


Alistair Carmichael has appeared to have ruled out a future bid for leadership of the Liberal Democrats.

It follows media speculation that the Scottish Secretary could be a potential successor to Nick Clegg.
Opinion polls have suggested the Lib Dems are set to lose many seats across the UK and Scotland in May's general election.
Mr Carmichael's Orkney and Shetland seat is considered to be one of the party's safest.
This has led to him being named in some quarters as a possible future leadership contender.
But when asked whether he would like to lead the party, Mr Carmichael said: "No. There's no vacancy and I have the constituency that is furthest away from London.
"I have got a family that still includes school age children. And the commitment that it takes to be party leader in modern politics is enormous.
"My family already miss out on a lot just by virtue of the fact that I'm an MP and I'm a minister and I'm away from home every week .
"At least I feel that they miss out on a lot, they might feel differently."
Mr Carmichael did not rule out continuing to have a role at the Scotland Office if the Lib Dems were in coalition after May.
He said: "Who has a job anywhere is for the prime minister and deputy prime minister, and that is well above my pay grade. I have loved every second of being a minister but I've loved every second of being an MP."


A utility company has admitted a health and safety breach after a boy died when he slipped from an exposed gas pipe and fell into a canal.

Robbie Williamson, 11, from Burnley in Lancashire, died playing a game of dare with friends on 22 April 2014.
He was using the pipe to cross the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the town.
At Preston Crown Court National Grid admitted failing to guard the pipeline but said Robbie would have tried to access it if it had been protected.
The Health and Safety Executive carried out an investigation against the utility company which has responsibility for the cast iron pipe attached to Dugdale Bridge, near Lowerhouse Lane.
A post-mortem examination found Robbie died from drowning and a head injury. A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest.
Following his death, National Grid installed protection on the pipe and have carried out a review of all the other pipe crossings it owns.
The firm as pleaded guilty to failing to discharge their duty in ensuring "as was reasonably practicable" the health and safety of others by exposing them to risk of injury.
A Newton hearing has been scheduled to take place on 8 December.
The hearing is held in front of a judge when the defence and prosecution dispute the facts on which the court would impose a sentence.


The Brexit Secretary David Davis has written to the Stormont parties to give details of the government's Brexit priorities for Northern Ireland.

The letter expands on the prime minister's suggestion that more powers could be passed to the devolved administrations.
It says the process of further devolution must be a "considered one" involving "intensive discussions".
It cautions there will be areas "where common frameworks may be required".
Northern Ireland voted to remain in the EU Referendum by a majority of 56% to 44%.
The letter says common frameworks will be necessary to protect the freedom of businesses to operate across the UK single market and to enable the UK to strike free trade deals.
It adds that the need for common frameworks will also depend on the nature of any agreement with the EU.
That suggests that, for some areas, further devolution will not necessarily mean much regulatory divergence from a UK norm.
The letter also says that in considering the replacement of EU funding the government is "aware of the importance attached to those programmes which have had unique resonance in Northern Ireland".
It cites the Peace and Interreg funds saying they have had a role in "enhancing community cohesion across Northern Ireland and in border regions".
The letter also restates the UK government's commitment to the maintaining the Common Travel Area and having an Irish border which is as "seamless and frictionless as possible".
Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday, starting a two-year countdown to the UK's exit from the EU.
She said there would be "no return to the borders of the past" and said the Conservative Party has a "preference that Northern Ireland should remain part of the UK".
Mrs May's Article 50 letter says the government wants to avoid a return to a hard border between the UK and the Republic of Ireland, to be able to maintain the Common Travel Area and to make sure that the UK's withdrawal from the EU does not harm the Republic of Ireland.


Sam Tomkins says he is still open to a return to Wigan Warriors in the future.

The 25-year-old full-back moved to New Zealand Warriors for a world-record fee last year after helping Wigan to a league and Challenge Cup double.
"It's somewhere where I'd never say I'd never want to go back to, so at some point in the future it's very possible," Tomkins said.
"I'll never say never. I'll always be a Wigan fan even if I'm not playing there. I love the people, the town."
After announcing his move to the NRL, Tomkins said he could not picture himself playing for another Super League club should he return to England.
After his spell in rugby union, Tomkins' brother Joel returned to Warriors this season from Saracens.
"As soon as Joel signed they were saying 'oh that must mean you're coming back', but for the time being I'm happy playing at the (New Zealand) Warriors," Tomkins told BBC Radio Manchester's Rugby League Extra.
"Watching it as a fan, I'm waiting on results and seeing where it puts Wigan in the league - I've been much more interested in Super League than I have been watching the NRL.
"When you're playing you're concentrating so much on your own game and who you're playing you're not to bothered about other results."
Tomkins scored 13 tries in his 21 appearances in his first season at this new club but they finished outside the play-off places in 11th.


A statue dedicated to the women who worked in Sheffield's steelworks during both world wars has been unveiled in the city.

A fundraising campaign raised more than Â£160,000 to pay for the bronze sculpture by artist Martin Jennings.
Around 100 women who worked in the city's steelworks during WWII attended the unveiling at Barker's Pool.
Julie Dore, leader of Sheffield City Council, described the women as "inspirational".
"We are here today to honour and celebrate the lives of many truly remarkable women," she said.
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Sheffield City Council, which commissioned the work, said it had been important to recognise the women who were conscripted to work in factories and steel mills.
They took on roles that were often dangerous and physically demanding, the council said.
Because public fundraising for the statue exceeded the Â£150,000 needed it has also issued commemorative medallions to the surviving "Women of Steel" and the families of those who are deceased.
The medallions have been produced by the Sheffield Assay office and more than 100 women have already applied along with 400 family members of those who have died.
One side has a picture of the statue and the other is engraved "With thanks to our wartime Women of Steel from the people of Sheffield".


Officials have said they will push to get the Welsh name of a Gwynedd beach on maps.

Councillors are unhappy Ordnance Survey (OS) maps only refer to Black Rock Sands near Porthmadog by that name.
But it is also know locally as Traeth Morfa Bychan - after the village next to the shoreline.
OS told the authority the name was adopted after consultation with the council, and they had been told the English version was most commonly used.
"During the council's Language Committee, members declared their commitment to protecting indigenous Welsh names and places in Gwynedd," said a council spokesperson.
They said they would continue to collaborate with agencies such as OS to "ensure that the correct names are used wherever possible".
"In this case, the discussion with the OS will continue regarding the possibilities for changing the name that appears on their maps," added the Gwynedd official.
"In the meantime Gwynedd council will consult with community councils in the specific area, to gather evidence that will enable the council to submit robust evidence to the OS for changing the name that appears on their maps."


Pace bowler Tom Curran took 6-61 as promotion-chasing Surrey enjoyed a good opening day against Gloucestershire.

The 20-year-old pushed his season's wickets tally past 50 at Bristol as the home side were all out for 233.
Gloucestershire's top order failed, with the exception of Gareth Roderick, who hit 12 fours in his 71.
James Fuller (48) and Tom Smith (47 not out) put on 57 before Curran broke the stand by bowling the former, and Surrey reached 74-2 in reply at close of play.
Surrey went into the game needing a maximum of 43 points from four matches to be sure of a return to Division One next summer.
And they reduced the home side to 63-4 after Curran's younger brother Sam (2-47) had Will Tavare lbw in the second over.
Only Roderick was able to come to terms with the youthful pair, aged just 20 and 17, but he was one of three wickets to fall in five overs immediately after lunch when he edged a ball from Tom Curran to the wicketkeeper.
Fuller and Smith batted well, but having picked up maximum bowling points, Surrey will now be looking to do likewise with the bat despite losing both openers before the close.
Surrey bowler Tom Curran told BBC London 94.9:
"Having a bit of cloud cover, the ball swung nicely for the boys and I think we stuck at it well.
"Sam (Curran) swung it nicely up front and I'm pleased for him to get a couple more wickets, he bowled nicely.
"I'm really happy to go past 50 wickets and to get six wickets against Gloucestershire I'm very very pleased, but the job's not done."


A motorbike racer from the Isle of Man has died following a crash at the Oliver's Mount Spring Cup.

Billy Redmayne, 25, from Laxey, sustained severe head injuries in the crash and passed away at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough.
His girlfriend Hannah Wright announced Redmayne's death on Facebook and said he "died doing what he loved".
The Bob Smith Spring Cup meeting at Scarborough was abandoned following the Manx soldier's accident at the weekend.
Race organisers, the Auto 66 Club, said: "Our sincere condolences go out to Billy Redmayne's family and friends at this devastating time."
Wright said Redmayne's death came on the date of their second anniversary.
"Words cannot describe how hard this is for us all. Saying goodbye to him was the hardest thing I have ever done," she said.
Redmayne won the Junior Manx Grand Prix in 2015 and was regarded as one of the brightest prospects in the sport.
He had been set to make his debut at both the North West 200 and Isle of Man TT races this summer.
Redmayne was a serving member of the Parachute Regiment who had served in Afghanistan and had the full support from his regiment to pursue his road racing ambitions.


Hearts' Premiership match against Patrick Thistle has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

Referee Bobby Madden inspected the pitch around 13:15 GMT and judged it to be unfit for play, with several areas covered in water.
Hearts, 11 points clear in third place but 11 behind Aberdeen in second, were aiming to continue a run of just one defeat in 16 Premiership matches.
They face Hibs in a Scottish Cup fifth-round replay at Easter Road on Tuesday.
Partick, in eighth place after a run of just two defeats in 10 matches, host Aberdeen in the Premiership next Friday, 19 February.


Major League Baseball's New York Mets have signed former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow on a minor league contract.

Tebow, winner of the 2007 Heisman Trophy for best college footballer, will play in the Mets Instructional League.
In August, the 29-year-old former Denver Broncos and New York Jets player announced his plan to change sports.
He has not started an NFL game since 2012 and has not played competitive baseball since high school.
Tebow's last NFL team was the Philadelphia Eagles where he appeared in four pre-season games before being cut in September 2015.
He recently held a workout event in front of scouts and media in Los Angeles in a bid to earn a professional contract.


The BBC's Juliana Liu meets Hong Kong's next chief executive, amid rumbles from residents over where his loyalties lie.

Over the weekend thousands of marchers took to the streets of Hong Kong's commercial district to protest against what they perceived as Beijing's meddling in the city's political affairs.
The marchers' complaint was a series of reports from local lawmakers that in the run-up to March's chief executive election, Chinese officials strong-armed members of an elite election committee to switch their support from one candidate to another.
As a result the eventual winner, Chief Executive-elect Leung Chun-ying, has now been branded a communist in the eyes of many.
In 1997 Hong Kong was handed back to China, where the Communist Party maintains its grip more than 60 years after coming to power in a bloody civil war.
But to many people in Hong Kong, some of whom come from families that fled communist China, calling someone a communist is an insult.
And if Mr Leung, known here simply as CY, really is a Communist Party member then, by law, he would be barred from serving as chief executive.
The 57-year-old self-made businessman-turned-politician says he is tired of the persistent rumours.
"The fact is I have never been invited to be a member of the Communist Party. I have never been a member of the Communist Party. I am not an underground member of the Communist Party," he emphatically told a group of reporters over tea at Hong Kong's old government office.
To Mr Leung's many critics, his denials sound hollow.
At a recent dinner for news executives, when it was his turn to sing karaoke he chose a patriotic song in Mandarin Chinese praising the motherland.
Critics also want him to explain his appointment at the young age of 34 as the head of a committee involved in writing laws to govern Hong Kong's return to China.
Pressed on the issue, Mr Leung responded in fluent, British-inflected English - the result of three years spent in Bristol studying to be a surveyor.
The son of a police officer, he was born and raised in Hong Kong and returned to the city in 1977 after graduation from university in Britain.
At that time China was reeling from years of chaos suffered during the Cultural Revolution. Hong Kong, by contrast, was a wealthy colony, peering with paranoia over the border.
Despite this, Mr Leung says he joined a group of professionals - lawyers, accountants, engineers, architects, planners and surveyors - who set up a group called the Association of Experts for the Modernisation of China.
Members took the train across the border to Shenzhen - then a fishing village with just a few thousand residents  - on weekends at their own expense.
One of the group's first projects was to help Shenzhen prepare a town plan.
"We asked: 'What is your population target?' They said, '300,000 people.' We said: 'Where on earth will you get 300,000 people to come and live in Shenzhen?" Mr Leung recalls.
Shenzhen now has a population of more than 10 million people, nearly all migrants who arrived to take advantage of the growth triggered by Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms.
It vies with Shanghai as the richest city in mainland China.
Mr Leung said his first big break came in 1984, when China was negotiating with Britain on the terms of Hong Kong's eventual return.
By then, he was travelling regularly to Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Shanghai to talk about land matters.
China's foreign ministry had few experts on property rights, so the government turned to him for recommendations on how to deal with expiring leases on the New Territories, the part of Hong Kong closest to the mainland.
Mr Leung said he wrote out his recommendations, based on simple calculations, by hand and sent them to Beijing.
He says they eventually found their way into the Sino-British Joint Declaration governing Hong Kong's return.
"That is one of the things I did for Beijing," he said. "I coined the term land-use rights in Chinese. So that you could have the state owning the land, and private individuals and enterprises owning land-use rights."
In the years after 1984, Mr Leung says he helped Shanghai and Shenzhen with their land policies.
"The first three sales of land, or land-use rights, this side of 1949 were under my hand, pro bono," he adds. "If you piece all this together, you realise that my involvement later on... was neither a surprise nor a coincidence."
Perhaps what is a surprise is how a man who helped shape China's real-estate policy can be so unpopular with Hong Kong's billionaire property moguls, who are perceived to run this city.
Nearly all of them supported Henry Tang, Mr Leung's opponent in the chief executive race, the wealthy heir to a family with roots in Shanghai.
Mr Leung, by contrast, comes from more humble origins and had campaigned on a populist platform.
Li Ka-shing, Asia's richest man and head of Cheung Kong Holdings, supported Mr Tang even after a widely reported meeting with China's presumed next president, Xi Jinping, who was believed to have pressed the tycoon to back Mr Leung.
Because Mr Leung and Mr Tang split the establishment vote, the new chief executive will begin his administration on 1 July with the weakest mandate of any of Hong Kong's previous top leaders.
Willy Lam, a political analyst at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, believes Mr Leung will offer more social welfare benefits and public housing projects as a result.
"He is starting from the low-end of expectations. He could make up for all these doubts and suspicions if he could deliver these populist goodies in the first half year," Mr Lam says.
On a recent visit to the working class area of Sham Shui Po, Mr Leung did indeed promise to provide more public housing for struggling residents.
Observers said it was as if he were still campaigning.
Elected by an elite group with such a slim majority, Mr Leung will no doubt try to seek a mandate from Hong Kong's people.


Smartphones could soon be used instead of rail tickets if an experiment by Chiltern Railways is successful.

The rail network wants to pilot a ticketing system that scans people's phones to detect when they get on and off a train.
Each journey's fare is calculated and deducted from the user's bank account.
The tests are scheduled for 2017 and the technology could be available nationwide by 2018.
But one analyst claims the tech would result in only a modest improvement in convenience for passengers.
Using a smartphone's Bluetooth signal, the app allows passengers to open ticket barriers automatically, as well as get on and off trains, all without needing to hold a ticket.
Bluetooth sensors at the gates will detect when passengers enter and leave stations, and from this, calculate the journey each passenger has taken. The app will be connected to each user's bank account and charge for train fares in a manner similar to Uber does with taxis.
A design brief, written by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) and seen by the BBC, suggests that the tech could eliminate consumers' problems in choosing the most affordable ticket.
It could also eliminate long queues at ticket machines, as well as provide a "seamless customer journey", the RSSB said.
A further benefit of the tech would be to track each train's performance, potentially leading to real-time journey and delay info, as well as simplifying the compensation process for delays.
For rail firms, each customer's smartphone could provide rich data on which journeys are most popular, potentially allowing them to reallocate trains to suit demand.
However, one analyst is not convinced that the tech is much of a breakthrough in terms of convenience.
"It's not too different from tapping an Oyster card on a ticket gate and tapping out the other end," said Ian Fogg, principal analyst at IHS Technology.
"All this is really saving is the trouble of taking a smartcard out and tapping it at the gate. That's a fairly small improvement."
But he said that simpler ways of proving a train has been delayed, as well as congestion tracking, would be a distinct advantage.
If Chiltern Railways doesn't provide phone charging services on the trains that will pilot the scheme, then it is overlooking a key drawback, Mr Fogg added.
This technology "has the potential to revolutionise ticketing on the railway in Britain through the use of an app", the RSSB said.
Chiltern said it would test the technology next year on journeys between five stations - Oxford Parkway, Islip, Bicester Village, Bicester North, and London Marylebone.
The two primary goals of the pilot are to see whether the technology works on a practical level, and if it is adopted by the public.
Dave Penney, managing director at Chiltern Railways, said the tech "could be the next evolution of rail ticketing".
He said: "We know passengers want to purchase tickets easily and travel for the best price; this app-based concept eliminates the need to pre-purchase a ticket.  Bluetooth sensors and geolocation tracking are used to open ticket gates and determine journeys taken, then the customer is billed at the end of the day with a best value guarantee ensuring they are charged the appropriate fare for their journeys."
It remains to be seen whether the UK's other 27 train operators adopt the technology.
In a statement sent to the BBC, Virgin Trains said: "We always want to be on the side of passengers and make their experience with us the best it can be." It didn't specify whether it would adopt the RSSB's Bluetooth tech.


Fresh talks are being held in a bid to avoid walkouts by rail workers at First Great Western.

The train operator is locked in a long-running dispute with the RMT union over the introduction of new Hitachi Inter City trains.
Union members, including guards and platform attendants, are set to start a 24-hour strike on Saturday.
A further 72-hour walkout has been scheduled over the bank holiday weekend from 29 August.
Members who work on maintenance will take action on 29 August and 31 August.
All of the strikes will begin at 00:01 BST and end at 23:59 BST.
A 48-hour strike last month, over the same dispute, caused disruption to tens of thousands of commuters.
It affected high-speed services between London Paddington, south Wales, the Cotswolds, the Thames Valley region and the West of England.
The RMT union said the action was in response to a "lack of assurances" over job protection for engineers.
It also said it was concerned that the role of guards and platform staff would be diluted by plans for drivers to operate train doors, while it was angry at the proposed removal of buffet cars.
First Great Western has denied there would be job losses and said the new trains would have more seats and deliver faster and more frequent journeys for passengers.


A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt's top public prosecutor.

Hisham Barakat was assassinated in a car bomb attack in June 2015.
He was the most senior state official to be killed by militants in recent years.
Mr Barakat had sent thousands of Islamists to trial since the overthrow of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood-backed government in 2013.
Hundreds of Islamists were sentenced to death or life imprisonment, as part of a crackdown on supporters of the banned group.
Egypt blamed the Brotherhood and Gaza-based Hamas militants for Mr Barakat's killing, although both groups have denied they were involved.
Last year the Interior Ministry released a video showing several men confessing to the killing, and saying they went to Gaza for training from Hamas. Some of them later denied the allegations in court and said they had been tortured.
The court's recommendations will now be sent to Egypt's highest religious authority, the grand mufti.
All death sentences have to be sent to the grand mufti for his opinion on whether they should stand. But even when the grand mufti gives his approval, convictions are still open to appeal.


Prosecutors have dropped an animal cruelty case against a Canadian wildlife park, citing no reasonable chance of conviction.

Marineland was facing 11 charges for its treatment of bears, elk, red deer, guinea hens and a peacock.
The Ontario province attraction had denied all the allegations, maintaining it was the victim of a smear campaign.
Animal rights officials who investigated Marineland expressed dismay at the prosecutors' decision.
Charges were laid in November 2016 and January 2017, after an inquiry by the Ontario Society for the Prevention of the Cruelty to Animals (OSPCA).
The allegations included permitting an animal to be in distress and for failing to provide proper food and standards of care for the animals in question.
No animals were removed from the park.
Marineland welcomed the outcome, saying that it had suffered "baseless accusations by ill-informed, radical activists", as well as reputational damage.
The prosecutor told the OSPCA it could have proceeded on three charges, but it was not in the public interest, said spokesperson Melissa Kosowan.
"We are extremely disappointed in this outcome and feel that this matter is of public interest as all animals rely on humans for appropriate care for their general welfare and the public demands this," Ms Kosowan said.
Marineland told the BBC in November the accusations were made by "a former animal care worker who was fired for poor performance and inappropriate behaviour".


Tanzania has begun building what it says will be the biggest port in East Africa, in the coastal tourist resort of Bagamoyo.

It is hoped the new facility will handle double the capacity of the one in Dar es Salaam.
The project will cost about $11bn (Â£7bn), with much of the funding for construction coming from a government-owned Chinese investment firm.
It will take two years to complete, and includes building rail and road links.
The BBC's Alice Muthengi in Dar es Salaam says officials hope the new port will not only transform the economy of the sleepy tourist town, but also put the country in good stead to compete for regional business, especially with neighbouring Kenya.
It should be able to handle 20 million containers annually, she says.
Kenya's Mombasa port is currently being upgraded and it is also building a huge facility at Lamu, including an oil refinery near its border with Somalia.
Bagamoyo, which is 75km (50 miles) up the coast from Dar es Salaam, is the home town of outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete, who laid the foundation stone.
The project is being funded by China Merchants Holdings International and Oman's State Government Reserve Fund.
Bagamoyo was the original colonial capital of German East Africa and during the slave trade was a major holding centre before slaves were transported across to markets on the island of Zanzibar.


The death of a woman who fell from the window of a third-floor flat is no longer being treated as suspicious.

The 40-year-old woman died from her injuries following the fall at Clarendon Court, Southsea, Portsmouth, on 12 February.
A 46-year-old man, from Southsea, who was arrested on suspicion of murder, has been released with no further action to be taken, police said.
Hampshire Constabulary added it was preparing a file for the coroner.


Plans to transform part of Pembrokeshire's county town of Haverfordwest have been unveiled to the public.

Fairacre proposes the part demolition and reconfiguration of the existing Wilko store to provide a multi-screen cinema and four restaurants along the River Cleddau.
The company says it will address a lack of leisure provision.
The plans went on show at Riverside Shopping on Monday.
Haverfordwest is already home to the Palace Cinema and an application was made by Conygar earlier this year for a multi-screen cinema and restaurant complex at Slade Lane.
Jeannie Pritchard from Fairacre said: "There is currently a lack of leisure provision within Haverfordwest and this new development will create a vibrant evening attraction for residents and those who visit this historical centre."
The pre-application consultation runs until 4 November.


The Iraq Inquiry by Sir John Chilcot presents a devastating picture of intelligence that is damning for both spies and the politicians.

It is critical of MI6's collection and presentation of its sources; of the analysis by the wider intelligence community; of the way the Joint Intelligence Committee allowed its material to be used and of the way in which politicians talked about  intelligence to the public.
The story of one particular MI6 agent, as told in the inquiry report, reveals much of what went wrong.
On 11 September 2002, MI6 reported it was on the edge of a "significant breakthrough". It had a new source inside Iraq with "'phenomenal access" which might be the "key to unlock" Iraqi's biological and chemical weapons programme.
The new source said Iraq had accelerated production of its chemical and biological weapons and built further facilities. And the promise was of more intelligence to come. The head of MI6, Sir Richard Dearlove, was confident he had the access and that in a few weeks the source would produce a "CD with everything in it".
The dossier on weapons of mass destruction was being drawn up and word had gone out to MI6's agents to deliver. It seemed like they had.
The reporting was used to provide assurance in drawing up the dossier that its judgements were right and that Iraq did have the weapons. It was also shown directly to the prime minister whose statement in the foreword to the dossier was that the intelligence was "beyond doubt".
The new reporting was never shown though to the technical experts at the Defence Intelligence Staff who expressed some doubts about the overall language in drafts of the dossier.
"Sir Richard Dearlove's personal intervention, and its urgency, gave added weight to a report that had not been properly evaluated and would have coloured the perception of ministers and senior officials. The report should have been treated with caution," the inquiry notes.
One officer from MI6 - known officially as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - asked about confidence attached to the reports said it was thanks to "wishful thinking. We marketed that intelligenceâ€¦ before it was fully validated".
By 2 February 2003, the new source had failed to produce the goods. And by 18 February, the source was being described in MI6 notes as having been lying over a period of time.
On 17 February 2003, Dearlove sent messages to MI6's best sources in Iraq "emphasising the utmost importance of a major find in the next two weeks, and asking them to do everything possible to try and identify where materials are being hidden".
But MI6 "did not inform No 10 or others that the source who had provided the reporting issued on 11 and 23 September 2002, about production of chemical and biological agent, had been lying to SIS".
Amazingly, reports from the agent were still reissued in April - an MI6 officer failed to tell the Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, John Scarlett, that the source was apparently lying and said there was no reason to dismiss his information.
And it turns out that even from September, some had concerns that the source had been watching too many movies.
The new source from September had described "spherical containers" filled with chemical warfare agents. MI6 in April acknowledged it had not been able to "verify fully" the details, but said it had "no reason to dismiss the bulk of this material".
However, MI6 also drew attention to the fact the source's description of the device and its spherical glass contents was "remarkably similar to the fictional chemical weapon portrayed in the film The Rock".
It even acknowledged that the similarity had been pointed out by one recipient when a report from the agent had been circulated.
In June 2003, MI6 finally met the agent. He had been involved in Iraq's chemical weapons pre-1991 and had been involved in destruction activities. He denied providing any of the material attributed to him. MI6 "concluded that its source was a fabricator who had lied from the outset".
In July 2003, the reports were officially withdrawn. "The withdrawal of the reporting was done in a very low key manner compared with the way in which the original intelligence was issued," the inquiry notes.
It was not clear why it was not drawn to some ministers' attention even when giving evidence to the Hutton inquiry into the death of Dr David Kelly. Tony Blair and then Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon only became aware during the later Butler Inquiry.
So when Tony Blair gave evidence to Hutton, he was under impression that the validation was still going on - he hadn't been told it had been withdrawn.
This was described by an MI6 officer as a "skid-up".
Similar problems also came to light in withdrawing the intelligence on Iraq being able to fire weapons of mass destruction in 45 minutes - when MI6 say there might be problems after the war, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw says their description of this as a "snag" was a "very major understatement".
The story of the "new source" of September reveals just how much reliance was placed on faulty intelligence. "Here was a chap who promised the crock of gold at the end of the rainbow," one MI6 officer told the inquiry.
Yet all he had done was, it seems, watch a Hollywood movie.


A shortage of train drivers has caused disruption on rail services run by East Midlands Trains.

The company has been forced to cancel several services between London and Derby, Nottingham and Leicester.
Some replacement buses have been provided but passengers have been warned to check timetables.
The company apologised for any inconvenience but said the timetable would return to normal on Monday.
The staff shortage has also affected routes between Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire, trains to Sheffield and Leeds and the Liverpool to Norwich service.
Some passengers took to Twitter to express their anger with many others confused over the changes.
Simmer_yo tweeted: "@EMTrains how convenient that you wait for people to book their trains for Christmas and THEN announce there will be cancellations & delays"
Gary Barnes tweeted: "@EMTrains very poor planning & service today! No reservations! No catering! But hey! we're only passengers!"
In a statement, East Midlands Trains said: "Due to a short term issue with driver availability, we are unable to run our full Sunday timetable.
"We have worked hard to provide as many services as possible and we will be providing extra carriages on the trains that are running."


Designers at Cardiff University say they have constructed the sort of house George Osborne once described as impossible.

The chancellor scrapped a requirement for new homes to be zero carbon by 2016 because he said it would prove too expensive.
But Cardiff University say they have built a house that exports more power to the grid than it uses.
And crucially they say the cost fell within the normal budget for social housing.
A government spokesman said house builders needed to be given more time to develop low energy homes.
The house took just 16 weeks to construct and cost £1,000 per sq m - that's within the range for social housing of £800 to £1,000 per sq m, the designers said.
In future, they say its owners will make money from selling excess energy.
The property, near Bridgend, has insulated render on the outside and air heating systems that rely on the sun.
The designers say it will need to import energy in the winter, but the imports will be trumped by energy exports during summer months.
Another zero-carbon home is close to completion at the Building Research Establishment near Watford. It too is aimed at low-cost social housing.
John O'Brien, from BRE, told BBC News: "The chancellor’s reason for dropping the Code for Sustainable Homes and then the zero carbon homes commitment was because these could not be achieved while still coming in at £1,000/m2. These homes show that is flawed."
He said it didn't need to cost more to build zero carbon homes - and it was even possible to deliver homes at this cost that would provide an income for owners.
The Code for Sustainable Homes allowed councils to demand that builders meet high environmental standards on energy, water, materials, waste and pollution.
The government scrapped the measure in March.
The Bridgend house has glazed solar photo-voltaic (PV) panels fitted into the south-facing roof, allowing the space below to be naturally lit.
This reduced the cost of bolting on solar panels to a standard roof.
The house uses solar generation and battery storage to run both the combined heating, ventilation and hot water system, and the electrical power system, which includes appliances, LED lighting and a heat pump.
The solar air system preheats the ventilation air, which is also warmed by a warm water store.
Professor Phil Jones, who led the project, said: "Using the latest technology, innovation and design, it is indeed possible to build a zero carbon house at low costs, creating long-term benefits for both the economy and the environment.
"The cost of our carbon-positive house was similar to that of the social housing benchmark, making it an affordable option for house builders. We hope that this can be replicated in other areas..."
Both of the pioneering homes will be closely scrutinised because homes inhabited by real people do not always perform as well as researchers calculate they should.
A bigger challenge by far is retrofitting the UK's existing housing stock, which is some of the least efficient in Europe.
The government has also cut funds for home energy efficiency as part of its austerity drive.
A Department for Communities and Local Government spokesman said: "The government is not proceeding with the zero carbon buildings policy and will instead give developers the time they need to build energy efficient homes required by recent changes brought in during the last parliament to building regulations to improve efficiency."
The Home Builders Federation has been lobbying for a reduction in regulations. It says this will reduce costs and help increase supply at a time of housing shortage.
Steve Turner, from the HBF, told BBC News: "Maintaining the current energy efficiency requirements for new homes is a sensible move.
"The UK is already building some of the most energy efficient homes in the world under the current exacting standards. Homes built today are a third to 50% more energy efficient than existing homes, saving buyers hundreds of pounds a year on energy bills."
But former Energy Secretary Ed Davey said the government's energy policies were "doctrinaire".
"The Zero Energy house shows that the abolition of the new home standard was reckless vandalism which will end up costing consumers and the country much more money in energy bills," he said.
Other critics say mass market house-builders should be forced to learn new techniques and to use new materials.
Jenny Holland, from the Association for Conservation of Energy, said: "We need an end to the short-sighted Treasury approach that only cares about building costs.  Householders want to know how much the house costs to live in, not to build.
"People pay a little extra for an efficient fridge or freezer. If spending a little more provides a better house that has close to zero energy bills, the occupants are happy and we all reap the environmental rewards."


Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have revealed their festive Christmas card for 2016.

The card shows Charles and Camilla with a group of Croatian dancers, who they met during a royal tour earlier this year.
The group, called HKUD Osijek 1862, are wearing traditional national costumes in the picture.
The Christmas card will be sent to organisations and people associated with Charles and Camilla.


Rachel Williams thought news of her recall to the England squad after a near four-year absence was a wind-up.

The Notts County Ladies striker has been selected in manager Mark Sampson's squad for the matches against Norway and Sweden in Spain in late January.
Leicester-born Williams, 28, was last called up in April 2013 and was "shocked" by her international return.
"I never retired from England and never gave up on the idea of playing again," she told BBC Radio Leicester.
"But it got to a point after three years where I thought, 'I've had my time'.
"At first I thought someone was having me on."
Williams' club team-mates Carly Telford, Jo Potter, Jade Moore and Ellen White have also been chosen.
It was England Lionesses regular Bassett who alerted Williams to the good news about being part of the 28-player squad for the games against Norway at La Manga Club on Sunday, 22 January, and Sweden at the Pinatar Arena on Tuesday, 24 January.
Williams said: "She texted me to say 'you really need to check your emails'.
"She's like my fairy godmother; she watches over me. She's brilliant."
The last of 13 caps Williams won came under Hope Powell in 2013, and she is thrilled to be involved under Sampson for the first time, with the chance to prove she is worth keeping in the squad for Euro 2017 in the Netherlands.
"I will be like a kid in a sweet shop," the former Leicester, Birmingham and Chelsea forward said. "It's doing something I love doing every day. I can't wait to get out there.
"For me, it is going out there and showing him what I have got. Hopefully I can impress and get called up to the next camp."
On 10 January, Williams signed an extended contract with Notts, having been with the Women's Super League One club since 2015.


The second day of racing at the Isle of Man TT has been delayed because of poor weather on the island.

Clerk of the course Gary Thompson confirmed the opening four-lap Supersport race will start at 13:00 BST.
However, police said part of the course between Ballacraine and Ballig is currently closed after a tree fell on top of a car.
It is not believed anyone in the car was injured.
The day's schedule also includes the first Sidecar race at 14:50 BST and practice sessions for TT Zero, Superstock and Lightweight machines.
Most roads around the course will close to traffic at midday.
The Mountain Road from Barrule Park, Ramsey to Bungalow will close at 11.15 and Bungalow to Creg Ny Baa at 11:30.
The event's opening Superbike race was won by Yorkshire racer Ian Hutchinson on Sunday.


UK and and EU negotiators are not making "huge progress" in their pre-referendum talks, European Commission  president Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

Speaking in the European Parliament, Mr Juncker said he and the EC wanted "a fair deal with Britain".
But, he said: "I can't say that huge progress has been achieved, I can't say that nothing has been achieved."
With David Cameron seeking to reform the UK's relations with the EU, Mr Juncker said: "It takes two to tango."
His comments sparked a debate, with some claiming he then said Britain "does not need" the EU but his  spokeswoman said he had been "misheard".
Mr Juncker had in fact said "I personally do (not don't) think Britain needs Europe", she said. (You can watch the words on this Twitter clip.)
Mr Cameron wants to reform the UK's relationship with the EU ahead of an in-out referendum by the end of 2017.
He has not set out his demands in detail, but they are believed to include exemption from an ever-closer union and curbs on migrants' welfare entitlement.
In his statement Mr Juncker built on his reference to "taking two to tango", saying: "And so we have to dance, and so our British friends have to dance."
The former Luxembourg Prime Minister also said he was "150% in favour of having Britain as a constructive member of the EU".
The disputed line about Britain needing Europe was seized upon by Eurosceptics, with UKIP leader Nigel Farage offering to buy him champagne.
The Vote Leave campaign said it was "encouraging" that Mr Juncker agreed the UK could "thrive outside the EU".