A coroner has recorded a verdict of accidental death on five members of a family who died in a house fire in Sheffield last year.

Shabina Begum and her grandchildren Adyan Parwaiz Kayani, nine, Amaan, seven and nine-week-old Minahil, died, along with their aunt Anum Parwaiz.
The inquest heard Mrs Begum had the chance to escape the fire on Wake Road on 28 April but tried to rescue the children.
The cause of the fire is unknown.
Coroner Christopher Dorries commended the efforts of the grandmother in trying to rescue her family and praised firefighters who risked their own lives to get to the victims.
Giving evidence at the inquest in Sheffield, another of Mrs Begum's daughters Sadaf Parwaiz described how she and her mother unsuccessfully tried to fight the fire in the lounge of the terraced house.
She said her mother opened the front door and had a chance to escape, but wanted to save the children.
Ms Parwaiz told the inquest she noticed a "sparkle" in the lounge when she came down to collect her mobile phone shortly after midnight.
Firefighter Barry Ainsworth said it was the hottest domestic fire he had been to in his 25 years of service.
The inquest heard evidence that investigators had failed to establish an exact cause of the fire and there was no direct evidence a phone charger was to blame.


(Closed): Wall Street followed global markets sharply lower on Friday after the UK's decision to leave the European Union.

The Dow Jones had its biggest loss in five years, falling 611 points, or 3.4%, to 17,400.75.
The S&P 500 fell 76 points, or 3.6%, to 2,037.41, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq lost 202 points, or 4.1%, to 4,707.98.
The Federal Reserve said it was "monitoring developments" after the UK vote.
Earlier in the week Fed chair Janet Yellen warned the referendum "could have significant economic repercussions" for the global markets.
US banks saw significant falls, with shares in Bank of America down 7.4% and Citigroup falling 9.4%.
Morgan Stanley fell by more than 10%, while Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan both dropped by 7%.
"This was really an event that caught most global investors flat-footed," said Jack Ablin, chief investment officer of BMO Private Bank.
"We're going to see more days like today as the collective wisdom may prove wrong in others cases, too."
Airplane maker Boeing fell 5.3%.
Tech stocks took a hit as well. Apple shares were down 2.8% and Microsoft fell 4%.
Commodity prices also tumbled. US Crude fell 5% to $47.62 a barrel and Brent crude dropped 4.9% to $48.43.
Mining companies saw their stocks rise as investors flocked to the safety of gold.
Gold Fields climbed 9.4% and Harmony Gold was up 8.4%, while Newmont Mining rose 5%.


The breakdown of marriage is one of the "most destructive scourges" in modern UK society, says a High Court Judge.

Sir Paul Coleridge is so concerned about family breakdown, he has launched a campaign to champion marriage as the "gold standard for relationships".
Sir Paul, who sits in the Family Division, said he felt compelled to speak out because of the "unprecedented scale of the problem".
The Marriage Foundation charity was launched in London on Tuesday evening.
It has the support of many leading figures, including Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks and the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu.
The foundation will campaign to improve public understanding of the "nature, benefits and importance of marriage and how healthy married relationships provide the most stable environment in which to raise children".
Figures published by the Office for National Statistics show divorce rates in England and Wales increased by 4.9% between 2009 and 2010, from 113,949 to 119,589.
However, this follows several years of a declining rate.
The Marriage Foundation says cohabitation rose from 2.1 million couples in 2001 to 2.9 million in 2010 and is projected to rise to 3.7 million by 2031.
It says a baby born to cohabiting parents is more than 10 times more likely to see its parents separate than one born to married parents.
At the launch of the foundation, Sir Paul drew on his 40 years of experience in the family law system, saying around half a million children and adults are drawn into the family law and justice system every year.
Sir Paul said: "Marriage- and family breakdown is one of the most destructive scourges of our time.
"For that reason, I have, for some years now, been trying to raise the subject whenever I have had the chance to speak publicly on the matter.
"I am now convinced that it is time not only to talk but to act. Waiting for government or others to take action is merely an excuse for moaning and inactivity."
But divorce lawyer Ayesha Vardag said that while marriage remained the gold standard of commitment, not all marriages could or should be saved.
"Sometimes the well-being of the individuals and their children is better served by parting than by remaining together in what becomes a damaging and destructive trap," she said.
"When that is so, lawyers and the couple should put their efforts into achieving fair, amicable and speedy settlement and a good relationship between each other and the children going forward."
Sir Paul told the BBC he was not mounting a moral campaign but simply wanted to set out the facts in a "non-preachy, non-didactic way".
He said celebrity magazines like Hello promoted "unrealistic expectations" about marriage, and people needed to understand the importance of working at relationships to make them work.
"What I criticise - what I call the Hello magazine, Hollywood approach to this whole business - is that there is still, or maybe more than there was, a completely unrealistic expectation about long-term relationships and marriage in particular, that if you find the right ideal partner that's all that matters and things will just carry on from there on and you will be divinely happy.
"We all know, all of us who have been in relationships - whether married or unmarried - for a long time... that the only way that they are made to work and the only way that they become really qualitatively good is by absolutely grinding away at it.
"That's when people find that, actually, if they get through the difficulties and do get the help, they will in fact end up with a product that is really worth having."


The Northern Ireland economy experienced a "positive" first quarter of 2017, a bank survey has suggested.

Ulster Bank surveys private sector activity monthly, in what is considered a reliable indicator of the economy.
The March survey shows the trends of strong exports orders and rising employment are continuing.
However, it also suggests that inflationary pressures are still feeding into firms' input costs, and the prices they charge to customers.
Inflation is being driven by the weaker pound, which makes exports cheaper, but pushes up the cost of imported goods and materials.
The bank's chief economist in Northern Ireland, Richard Ramsey, said Northern Ireland's private sector has maintained its "growth momentum" as it enters the second quarter of 2017.
"For now, all segments of the private sector - manufacturing, retail, services, and construction - maintain growth in output and employment to varying degrees," he said.
However, he cautioned that consumption-driven growth was likely to slow as the impact of inflation feeds through to household budgets.
"The key concern is the dependence on retail sector growth in an environment of rising prices and pressure on consumers' pockets," he said.
"Retail prices are rising at almost a record rate, with further rises in food and energy prices set to filter through in the coming months.
"Alongside a freeze in a range of benefits to 2020, this will firmly consign the consumer sweet spot to the past"


The People's Palace museum and Winter Gardens in Glasgow have been closed to the public until further notice after a glass roof panel fell.

Glasgow City Council took the decision following health and safety fears over the stability of the roof and the glazing in the gardens.
The Winter Gardens are expected to be closed for a number of weeks following an initial assessment.
No-one was injured in the incident and a full investigation will take place.
Plans have been put in place to re-open the People's Palace museum independently of the Winter Gardens as soon as possible.
A spokesman for Glasgow City Council said: "It is unfortunate that we have had to close the Winter Gardens so unexpectedly but the safety of our staff and the public must be our priority.
"Until we have a more accurate picture of the condition of the structure I'm afraid the Winter Gardens will remain closed. We understand that this is a disappointing situation especially for those who have bookings with the venue and we will make every effort to help find these clients an alternative venue."


More and more high-profile celebrities have been speaking out in support of who they think should become the next president of the United States.

Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton appears to be ahead of the game in the popularity contest, with dozens of pop stars, rappers and actors hopping aboard the #teamhillary bandwagon.
And she's not the only presidential hopeful to court, or be courted, by famous people...
Her rival Bernie Sanders is also notching up the stars, as is Republican frontrunner Donald Trump - a man better known for his celebrity status than his political acumen.
But their approach to endorsements, and how they are announced, seems to be continually evolving...
Hillary Clinton has won serious backing from the mainstream musical establishment, with a large number of pop stars and singers pinning their hopes on her becoming the first woman president of the United States of America.
Pop singers Katy Perry and Demi Lovato have both turned out to serenade the former first lady and performed at her many fundraisers. "She's my firework!" Perry told a crowd of supporters in Des Moines, Iowa, in October, dressed in a white strapless gown with Clinton campaign logo attached. Beyonce has also been spotted at a Clinton fundraiser in recent months.
Britney Spears appears to be undecided, after editing a post of her and Clinton meeting in Las Vegas this week to remove the #ImWithHer hashtag widely used by Clinton supporters.
Sir Elton John has confirmed he'll be headlining a New York fundraiser with Perry after Super Tuesday next month - but it won't be his first appearance, after he gave a musical performance to try to boost her dwindling campaign against Barack Obama in 2008, raising a mammoth $2.5m.
Bernie Sanders seems to be doing marginally better among the indie and punk crowd.
Last month, the Vermont senator joined indie rock group Vampire Weekend on stage at a rally ahead of the Iowa caucuses ,where he was seen bopping his head and singing along to Woody Guthrie's This Land Is Your Land. The song was reportedly covered by Sanders in a 1987 folk album.
Though Canadian, rock and roll musician Neil Young has also admitted to "Feeling the Bern" for Sanders. Red Hot Chili Peppers also hosted a fundraising concert in his honour this month.
It was widely reported in August that Clinton was seeking selfie advice from the "queen of selfies", Kim Kardashian. (It wouldn't be a celebrity story without mentioning the K-word.)
And her dream seemed to come true because a short while later Kardashian posted a selfie with Clinton on her Instagram account, in which they were photobombed by the one and only Kanye West.
"I really loved hearing her speak & hearing her goals for our country!" Kardashian wrote in her Instagram post.
West has announced his own plans to run for president in 2020, so perhaps he's hoping Hillary will put in a good word?
And it seems the whole Kardashian/Jenner family is getting behind Hillary. Kim's sister, Kendall, this week posted a selfie of herself posing in a Hillary Clinton t-shirt designed by Marc Jacobs.
Phil Robertson, the star of American reality TV series Duck Dynasty, is one of the few celebrities to endorse Texas Senator Ted Cruz.
And he did so by appearing in a paid-for video dressed in hunting gear duck hunting alongside the Republican presidential hopeful.
"Ted Cruz is my man, he fits the bill, he's Godly, he loves us, he's the man for the job and he will go duck hunting 'cos today we're going" - cut to image of Robertson and Cruz sat together in camouflage gear and faces covered in mud.
Cruz has even suggested Robertson would "make a great" UN ambassador - though it's not entirely clear if this was a joke or not.
And if you're from outside the US, you probably won't have even heard of Phil Robertson, or Duck Dynasty...
US actor Morgan Freeman, also known as Hollywood's "voice of God", has narrated a campaign ad for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
"Her life's work has been about breaking barriers and so would her presidency," one of America's most recognisable voices booms out at the start of the 30-second campaign advert.
The Shawshank Redemption star, who has acted the role of president twice, joins a long list of celebrities to show support for the former secretary of state in her bid to get the Democratic nomination to run for the White House later this year.
The ad touts Clinton's early work fighting injustice in the southern states clearly trying to appeal to African-American voters.
Freeman also narrated an ad for President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, which the New York Times reported was among the most effective to run from that cycle.
Rapper Killer Mike has given Bernie Sanders a tour of his hometown of Atlanta, accompanied the senator on the campaign trail and delivered impassioned speeches on his behalf in recent months. He also tweets prolifically about him.
The Run of the Jewels rapper first endorsed Sanders in June, saying he was backing the senator over his positions on healthcare, education and drugs policy.
More recently, Sanders has spoken in defence of Killer Mike after he came under fire for comments he made in which he quoted an activist who said: "A uterus doesn't qualify you to be president."
Sanders isn't the only candidate to rack up the rappers' vote. The legendary Snoop Dogg announced in May last year he would be voting for Hillary Clinton.
In January, a familiar face returned to the political scene in support of New York billionaire Donald Trump, the current Republican frontrunner.
Sarah Palin, the populist ex-Alaskan governor-turned-TV host, announced she was backing Mr Trump in the next presidential election.
"Are you ready to stump for Trump?" she asked a crowd of cheering supporters in Iowa.
She was John McCain's running mate in 2008 before they lost to Barack Obama, in a stint widely remembered for her gaffe-filled interviews.
It's not yet clear whether her support for Trump has had an impact on his campaign - since she was unveiled in January, her campaign appearances have been few.
And Donald Trump appears to have no shortage of celebrity endorsements.
One of the world's best known wrestlers, Hulk Hogan, said in August he wanted to be Mr Trump's running mate. Although he, too, appears to have gone quiet on that front.


Original Star Wars actors Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will feature in Star Wars: Episode VII, the latest film in the franchise.

Other actors confirmed are Andy Serkis and Max von Sydow, alongside relative newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley, both of whom are British.
Episode VII will start shooting at Pinewood Studios, near London, in May.
Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew and Kenny Baker will also return as C-3PO, Chewbacca and R2-D2 respectively.
Director JJ Abrams said: "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again.
"We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."
A picture of the new cast, with R2-D2 in a wooden crate, was posted on the official Star Wars site on Tuesday.
The new recruits include:
Open auditions for two roles in the new films were held in the UK and Ireland last November.
They were for a "street smart and strong" orphaned girl in her late teens and a "smart capable" man in his late teens or early 20s.
It has not been confirmed whether the new cast came from the auditions, but none of them are complete unknowns and all have previous experience on screen.
No announcement has been made about the specific parts each of the cast members will play.
Episode VII will be the fifth Star Wars movie to be shot in the UK.
The original trilogy was filmed at Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, while prequel The Phantom Menace began shooting on 26 June 1997 at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire.
Ford, Fisher and Hamill became household names thanks to their roles in the originals - with Ford as smuggler and rogue Han Solo, Fisher as Princess Leia and Hamill as farmhand-turned-Jedi Luke Skywalker.
The new film is due in cinemas on 18 December 2015.


The Great British Bake Off attracted an average of 10.4 million viewers as it returned for a seventh series - a record opener for the BBC One show.

The episode was watched by 47.5% of all television viewers with a peak audience of 11.2 million at 20:50 BST.
That means it beat the most-watched moments of the Rio Olympics, which peaked at 11.1 million viewers.
Judge Paul Hollywood said the show was going "back to basics" this year, with critics praising its winning recipe.
Twelve new bakers were seen entering the Bake Off tent on Wednesday, tackling drizzle cakes, Jaffa cakes and a genoise sponge.
Jane Beedle was named the first star baker of the series while church minister Lee Banfield - the oldest contestant at 67 - was the first to leave after Hollywood said one of his cakes was too dry.
Banfield said: "I've always enjoyed baking and at church I do regular baking demonstrations. I won't show the congregation how to make a Jaffa cake, I am not going to repeat that experience - I'll buy them a pack instead."
Beedle, 61, seemed shocked to be first to receive the star baker accolade, after impressing with a lemon and poppy seed drizzle cake and a chocolate and orange cake in the final round.
Michael Hogan, in the Telegraph, noted the series had arrived "in the nick of time to haul the nation out of its post-Olympic slump".
He said: "The judges slipped straight back into their good cop/bad cop routine, while presenters Mel and Sue pepped up proceedings with double entendres and downright silliness.
"Bake Off's format is a well-oiled (well-buttered?) machine and it would be foolish to change a winning recipe."
Jan Moir, in the Daily Mail, said it had been a "triumphant return" for the show.
"Beautifully edited, winningly constructed, it remains a cinnamon-scented, familiar old friend which has lost none of its charm or flair," she said.
She also noted the innuendo for which the programme has become famous - both from the contestants themselves and hosts Sue Perkins and Mel Giedroyc - was "present and correct".
The Guardian's Tim Dowling said the "gas had been turned up a notch" for the series opener.
"While it remains every inch the cosy affair you remember from past seasons, it sometimes has the feel of a wildly popular spectator sport desperately clinging to amateur status," he said.
"Over the years GBBO has evolved into a ratings champion, a celebrity mill and a major driver of weird-ingredient panic buying. No amount of bunting can disguise the pressure-cooker atmosphere."
In The Independent, Sally Newell said: "What I love about this show, apart from its warm predictability, is that for an hour, the only problems in the world are Bake Off."
She mused: "If only every day could be a Bake Off day."
Some 13.4 million people tuned in to see Nadiya Hussain win the last series, making it the most-watched programme of 2015.
Last year's opening episode was watched by 9.3 million viewers, according to overnight figures, peaking at 10 million.
The Chronicles of Nadiya, a two-part series about Bangladesh hosted by Hussain, debuted straight after Bake Off and was seen by 4.5 million, a 20.5% share of the audience.
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Officials in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh were greeted with a slimy surprise when a live baby snake was discovered in a bottle of drinking water served at a government event.

A doctor found the snake in her bottle during the event at the headquarters of the governing Bharatiya Janata Party.
The security forces present at the event took away the bottle. The fate of the snake is not known.
The mineral water company has called the incident a "conspiracy".
"It's a conspiracy against me. When I was shown the bottle, its seal was broken," the company owner was quoted as saying in the Times of India.
Wednesday's event was held in the state capital, Raipur, and was attended by Chief Minister Raman Singh and the federal Health Minister JP Nadda.
After the reptilian discovery, all the water bottles distributed at the function were recalled.
The baby snake survived the initial ordeal of being submerged in a bottle of water, BBC Hindi's Alok Putul in Raipur reports.
However, it is not known if the snake is still alive.
The government has now ordered all mineral water bottles across the state to be checked.


Up to "20 ambulance staff" were left waiting to hand over patients at a Liverpool A&E department because of a "significant increase" in 999 calls.

World War Two veteran Albert Hooley, 92, was one of a number of patients who queued to be seen at Aintree Hospital on 14 November.
One paramedic spent more than half of her shift "standing in corridors".
The North West Ambulance Service said it was working with the NHS to address the issue.
Mr Hooley's granddaughter Emma Satchell posted photographs on Facebook to highlight the issue after seeing "20 paramedics/ technicians" standing in a corridor.
"The delays, due to lack of beds had a massive impact on emergency calls as the paramedics are unable to hand over the patient until a bed becomes available," she said.
Her grandfather, who has Alzheimer's, was taken to hospital at 22:00 GMT with suspected heart problems. He was seen by a doctor at 01:00 "still in the corridor with no dignity whatsoever", she said.
Ms Satchell said she has "nothing but praise" for the NHS and paramedics "who face these battles on a daily basis".
One comment on the post said: "I was a paramedic standing in that queue, in fact I spent 7 hours out of a 13 1/2 hour shift standing on corridors of hospitals!
"It is utterly soul-destroying and frustrating, this is not what we are paid to do.
"The only answer to this is more hospital staff and more beds. Will this ever happen? NO!"
North West Ambulance Service said it was continuing to see a "high demand" for services.
"As these are patients in a serious condition that need to go to hospital, this in turn impacts on an increase in activity at hospital emergency departments that can unfortunately result in ambulance crews having to wait longer to hand over patients into the care of hospital staff.
"We monitor ambulance handover times daily and are working closely with our NHS colleagues to address the issue."


Rue des Garennes in Calais, on the morning of the 24 October, is a street packed with more than 1,000 migrants, destined for various unknown French towns.

All uncertain to the life ahead, half seem desperate to leave, the others, desperate to stay.
Men from Ethiopia have been howling and physically shaking with fear at the thought of leaving the Jungle, and at the prospect of deportation.
"I will be killed in Ethiopia," Ali tells me, tears falling down his cheeks. "We are from the Amhara region, we are an oppressed people. We won't get asylum in France, we'll be sent back in a month when the French government rejects our asylum request."
Further down the line, I meet those desperate to leave. Ahmed from Afghanistan is taking selfies with friends who are dancing and singing "I want to break free-ee" by Queen.
"What a relief," says Ahmed, "This place was as bad as Afghanistan." This group had long given up risking their lives to get to the UK, and were taking the French classes offered by volunteers at the camp.
Day One has seen a gentle approach from the police. Clearance and demolition are set to start on Tuesday but have already been initiated by some of the migrants themselves.
The central strip of the camp known as "Main Street" is alight with fires by the time evening draws in, with migrants dismantling their own wooden shacks, and stoking the flames with the remains.
A single makeshift store selling Red Bull and cigarettes has stayed open, despite the demolition order.
Deeper inside the jungle, British volunteers from the charity Care for Calais walk tent to tent, urging people to leave quickly or face arrest.
The volunteers express guilt, say they feel they're betraying the refugees and migrants they came here to help.
By afternoon, unzipped entrances of tents blow in the wind. There's the odd pair of shoes lying around, and abandoned blankets amongst the debris left behind, that make clear how empty large parts of the camp have become.
On another road out of the camp, Rue de Gravelines, clandestine groups of migrants from Pakistan and Afghanistan are making alternative journeys, away from the watchful gaze of the riot police.
Several say they will head for Paris by train, potentially making for Germany or Belgium, determined to find a life away from France and, ultimately, away from their homelands.


Two men are being hunted after trying to rob a Blaenau Gwent shop with a chair leg.

The attempted raid took place at the Rite Stop shop in Powell Street, Abertillery, at 20:25 GMT on Tuesday, Gwent Police said.
They allegedly entered the shop and tried to get behind the counter before they were challenged by staff, escaping empty-handed.


BB King was hailed as one of the greatest blues musicians of all time.

His vibrato style of playing influenced a generation of rock and blues guitarists, including Eric Clapton, Mike Bloomfield and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
Rolling Stone magazine once ranked BB King in third place in its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time, just below Jimi Hendrix and Duane Allman.
His output crossed musical barriers, from jazz and blues to mainstream pop.
He was born Riley B King in Indianola, Mississippi, on 16 September 1925. His parents were sharecroppers and, as a young boy, he helped them work in the fields.
The family struggled. "When you live in a house that you can always peek out of and see what kind of day it is," King later said, "you're not doing so well."
The sound of his co-workers hollering the blues was his first introduction to the style of music that he was to help take from a purely black American audience into the mainstream.
He bought his first guitar when he was barely a teenager so he could play at church services. In 1947 he moved to Memphis where he busked on the streets until he found work as a radio disc jockey at station WDIA.
He was introduced as "The Beale Street Blues Boy", later shortened to BB. He also built a reputation as a guitarist in the Beale Street blues clubs.
He later said: "I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice."
It was while playing in one of the clubs that a fight broke out over a woman, causing a fire. After rushing out of the wooden building, he realised that he had left his guitar behind.
He risked his life by going back in to rescue his instrument. He named it after the woman whose charms had been behind the trouble: Lucille.
After making his first record in 1949, he went on to top the rhythm and blues charts two years later with Three O'Clock Blues. The song remained at number one for 17 weeks.
Many of his early recordings were produced by the legendary Sam Phillips who went on to found Sun Records.
On the strength of this success, he was able to work across the US and he performed at such venues as the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, New York. Further hits included Sweet Black Angel, Rock Me Baby and Every Day I Have the Blues.
He played more than 300 gigs on the so-called Chitlin' Circuit, the collection of performance venues in what were then racially segregated southern states where it was safe for black musicians to perform.
King said: "I have put up with more humiliation than I care to remember.
"Touring a segregated America, forever being stopped and harassed by white cops hurt you most 'cos you didn't realise the damage. You hold it in."
It was thanks to the influence of British bands such as the Yardbirds, the Animals and the Rolling Stones that white audiences, first in the UK and later in America, began to embrace the blues.
BB King began to be accepted in venues that had long been closed to black musicians. One of his more moving moments was when he was given a standing ovation by a mainly white audience at the Fillmore West theatre in San Francisco in 1968.
He later recalled that he had berated his bus driver for bringing him to the wrong venue after seeing the overwhelmingly white faces in the queues of people waiting to get in.
The same year, he made his first tour of Europe. He returned many times, becoming as popular there as at home.
He had a UK top 20 hit with The Thrill is Gone in 1969, but his most successful single came with the band U2 in 1989 with When Love Comes To Town.
In 2000 he collaborated with long-time fan, and blues purist, Eric Clapton on the album Riding with the King.
King returned to Mississippi each year to visit his numerous children from a number of relationships.
He once said: "Ladies, friends and music - without those three, I wouldn't wanna be here."
King was still touring in his 80s, having played more than 15,000 live gigs during his career.
He also made a point of playing regular concerts in prisons across the US.
King was once asked what motivated him to keep up his punishing schedule of live performances.
"I would like very much to make them happy," he replied. "I want them, when they leave the venue, to say 'I enjoyed myself'."


A new cinema and restaurants could soon open at a £30m shopping centre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

A four-screen Everyman cinema and burger-chain Byron are the first two tenants announced for Bell Court.
Demolition of existing units and building work for the new site is set to start in the new year, with the site opening in 2017.
More tenants for the site are set to be announced later, developers UK & European Investments said.
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Previously known as Stratford Town Square, when finished the site will cover more than 70,000 sq ft (6,503.21 sq m), with a 14th century bell previously hanging from Bell Court reinstalled at the High Street entrance.
A former supermarket and existing retail unit will be demolished to make way for three ground-floor restaurants, a two-storey restaurant, the cinema and retail space.
Entrances onto High Street, Rother Street, Terrett Court and Wood Street will also be redesigned.
John Stacey, asset management director for the company, said the "important" project hopes to make the area "a desirable and high quality destination".
Lynda Organ, Stratford District Council's portfolio holder for finance and physical resources, said the Bell Court redevelopment will make the area a "thriving hub" for residents and visitors.
The council's planning committee approved the plans.


More than a dozen Conservative councils have written to Prime Minister Theresa May to warn of their "alarm" at inadequate school funding in England.

They are part of a cross-party group of councils with low levels of funding.
They had hoped to benefit from changes to the funding formula but now say the funding gap will remain unresolved.
The Department for Education (DfE), which is carrying out a consultation on the changes, says schools are already receiving record levels of funding.
But the joint letter - from representatives of councils including Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Leicestershire, West Sussex and Wiltshire - says: "We are struggling to understand where more cuts can be made in the lowest funded authorities."
The councils are part of the F40 group, which has campaigned for years against what it saw as unfairly low levels of funding compared with other parts of England.
But Monday's letter says: "We are extremely concerned that the government is in danger of replacing one injustice with another."
The councils question whether the funding formula should allocate so much towards additional needs, such as for schools with high levels of deprivation or pupils with English as a second language.
And they say all schools need a guaranteed basic level of funding to cover essential costs such as staffing.
Last week, the ASCL head teachers' conference warned that schools could have to cut hours because of deepening funding problems.
The National Audit Office says schools face cuts of Â£3bn, and heads have warned of having to cut subjects, increase class sizes and reduce staff.
The Department for Education says a consultation is still taking place on how the funding formula is calculated - which will end next week.
"We have protected the core schools budget in real terms since 2010, with school funding at its highest level on record at more than Â£40bn in 2016-17 - and that is set to rise, as pupil numbers rise over the next two years, to Â£42 billion by 2019-20."


Global sea-level rise since the 1970s has been predominantly driven by greenhouse gas emissions and not natural climate variability, a study suggests.

Over the last 100 years, sea levels have been rising much faster than over previous millennia.
Now, scientists have modelled the cumulative forces driving observed sea-level rise in the modern era.
Details of the work are published in Nature Climate Change.
"The influence of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and aerosols - the human component, due to the burning of fossil fuels principally - is small in the beginning of the 20th century, only about 15%," says Dr John Church, a sea-level rise expert at CSIRO, the Australian federal research agency.
"But after 1970 it's the dominant factor, contributing to about 70% of the rise from 1970 up to present day."
"Natural internal climate variability, while it affects sea-level on short periods, has very little impact on the trend during the 20th century."
The findings illustrate the extent to which humans have influenced sea-level rise over the last 115 years, and raise concerns about future sea-level and climate change scenarios.
As the Earth's climate continues to warm, the rate of sea-level rise is expected to accelerate, increasing the risk of coastal flooding.
"There are thresholds we could well cross during the 21st century, which would lead to multi-metre sea-level rise unless there is urgent and significant mitigation," said Dr Church.
If we can stay below a global temperature increase of 2C, Dr Church says the rate of sea-level rise could stabilise, and potentially decrease by the end of the 21st century.
Either way, he says it's imperative that governments begin planning for coastal adaptation, either protecting infrastructure and communities or withdrawing, as some sea-level rise is unavoidable.
Using climate model simulations from the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the CSIRO-led team calculated the main drivers of sea-level rise: glacial and ice sheet melting, and ocean thermal expansion. This is when warmer ocean temperatures cause the volume of water to expand.
The team then applied these calculations to the following individual forces, which contribute to sea-level rise: GHGs, aerosol pollutants in the atmosphere, natural climate variability (such as El NiÃ±o and Pacific Decadal Oscillation systems), historical climate responses, variable solar radiation levels, and volcanic eruptions.
After putting them together, and comparing the contributions to observed sea-level rise during the 20th century, the team was able to paint a comprehensive picture of which forces had the biggest impact over that period.
From 1900 to 1950, the biggest factor contributing to sea-level rise was a natural climate response following the Little Ice Age - a period between 1300 and 1870 when the northern hemisphere endured significantly colder winters.
Human influence began increasing around 1950, and became the dominant force after 1970, due to the cumulative effect of greenhouse gases, said Dr Church.
Prof Matthew England, deputy director of the Climate Change Research Centre at UNSW Australia, says the latest findings are "very consistent with what we've long suspected" about the influence of human activities on sea-level rise.
It's consistent with that we know about "how temperatures have warmed globally, and how ice over the land masses of Antarctica and Greenland, have melted over time," he says. "But it's really important to go and do the detailed analysis."
"We can't adapt blind," he says. "We need to understand sea-level rise, how quickly it will change in the future, how it will vary around the coast."


A group of US soldiers murdered a number of Afghan civilians and took body parts as trophies, documents released by military officials allege.

The charging sheets relate to allegations that five US soldiers were involved in the murders of civilians in January, February and May of this year.
A further seven servicemen are accused of a conspiracy to cover up the crimes.
Lawyers for some of the accused have denied the accusations, while the army has yet to begin a review of the cases.
'Appropriate engagements'
In charge sheets obtained from the US Army, Staff Sgt Calvin Gibbs, Cpl Jeremy Morlock, Pte First Class Andrew Holmes, Specialist Michael Wagnon and Specialist Adam Winfield are accused of murdering male Afghan civilians with grenades and firearms.
Other soldiers were accused of stabbing an Afghan corpse, taking or possessing photographs of casualties and beating other men in an effort to keep them from talking to investigators.
The soldiers were attached to the Army's Fifth Stryker brigade, which deployed to Afghanistan last year and has seen heavy fighting around Kandahar. They were based in Washington state.
Army spokeswoman Major Kathleen Turner told the BBC the cases were in a preliminary phase of investigation and military prosecutors had yet to decide whether to move ahead with proceedings.
The BBC's Kevin Connolly in Washington says the legal process is likely to be long and complex.
Among other charges, military prosecutors say Staff Sgt Gibbs possessed finger bones, leg bones and a tooth taken from Afghan corpses, and showed fingers to another soldier and threatened to kill him if he reported drug use to commanding officers.
Staff Sgt Gibbs' lawyer Phillip Stackhouse told the Associated Press news agency his client said the shootings were "appropriate engagements", and he denied any conspiracy to murder Afghans.
The case against the men is built largely around statements by Cpl Morlock, US media report.
But Cpl Morlock's lawyer told the Seattle Times his client's statements were made while he was suffering from concussion, was under the influence of prescription drugs, and was being evacuated.


Thousands of staff at insurance firm Admiral will get a £1,000 bonus as a thank you from boss Henry Engelhardt before he retires.

Employees with at least one year's service will receive the top payment, while others will get £500.
Mr Engelhardt retires in May after clocking up 25 years at the group he co-founded in 1991.
Admiral employs 8,375 staff, including more than 6,000 in the UK, and the move will personally cost him £7m.
He said: "We are making this gift in recognition of the hard work and team spirit that has underpinned Admiral's success as we've grown from a start-up with value of £0 to a FTSE 100 company with a value of £5 billion today."
All Admiral staff, from those working in Swansea, Cardiff and Newport, to Delhi, Richmond and Rome "and all places in-between", will get the gift.
Mr Engelhardt will be replaced by co-founder and current Admiral chief operating officer David Stevens.


Drivers in a Flintshire town now have to pay to park in council-owned car parks.

Holywell has joined Mold and Buckley in having pay and display meters and Connah's Quay, Queensferry and Shotton are set to get them in October.
The council approved introducing the charges in April in a bid to raise funds and prevent congestion.
Flintshire council has faced a budget cut of Â£18m.


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Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has ruled out signing Cristiano Ronaldo back from Real Madrid.

BBC Sport reported in June that Ronaldo was left upset after being accused of tax fraud and wants to leave Spain.
A move back to United, whom he left for a then world record £80m in 2009, has been mentioned as a possibility.
However, when asked about the likelihood of the move, Mourinho said it cannot happen due to the "economic difficulty" of doing the deal.
Mourinho was asked about signing Portugal captain Ronaldo after his side had beaten LA Galaxy 5-2 in the first match of their pre-season tour of the United States on Sunday.
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"Ronaldo is such an important player for his club. A player of great economic power. We have not been able to find any reason that could have made us think that Ronaldo could leave."
Mourinho added that he did not believe another Real Madrid player, striker Alvaro Morata, will end up at Old Trafford either.
"It is a shame," he said.
"He is a player who made it to the first team with me and I have a special liking for. I enjoyed watching his evolution in Juventus and Madrid.
"But we have not reached an agreement with his club and I don't think he can end with us."


Late on Wednesday afternoon US President-elect Donald Trump had a phone call with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.

According to a Pakistani account of what should probably have been a procedural discussion, Mr Trump lavished extravagant praise upon Pakistan's prime minister and its people.
"You have a very good reputation. You are a terrific guy," it goes. In addition, Pakistan is "a fantastic country, fantastic place" with the most "intelligent" people and "your country is amazing with tremendous opportunities".
Not satisfied with that, the account, commonly known as read-outs, culminates with this flourish: "Please convey to the Pakistani people that they are amazing and all Pakistanis I have known are exceptional people, said Mr Donald Trump."
It is unclear to what extent these are direct quotes, but there was much bemusement  both in mainstream and social media.
Hours later, the Trump team released a statement which, if brief, emphasised the pleasantries  generally found in these exchanges.
Describing it as a "productive conversation", the two discussed how they would achieve "a strong working relationship in the future", the US-statement said.
"President-elect Trump also noted that he is looking forward to a lasting and strong personal relationship with Prime Minister Sharif."
But the effusive praise detailed by the Pakistanis did not go unnoticed.
Many pointed out that India may have something to say about the president-elect's apparent delight at the invitation to visit Pakistan - "a fantastic country, fantastic place, of fantastic people" - when no US president has been since 2006 and there is a delicate diplomatic tightrope to be negotiated.
It it not yet clear if Delhi has any view at all. Following a number of cross-border attacks, relations between the neighbours are at their lowest point in years. And the tone of the exchange certainly contradicts a Trump view in 2011.
But while Mr Trump was criticised by some as naive for being fulsome in his praise of the leader of a country that has been accused of backing militants, many more just saw the funny side.
The two did not apparently discuss Mr Trump's campaign promise to enact a "total and complete" shutdown of Muslims coming to America, later downgraded to "extreme vetting".  The overwhelming majority of Pakistanis, including the prime minister, are Muslim.
For now, the two former businessmen stuck to warm words.
And just in case there was any doubt: "All Pakistanis I have known are exceptional people," was Mr Trump's view in the words of Pakistan.


Steve Cummings has replaced Peter Kennaugh in the Great Britain's men's road race team for the Rio Olympics.

British Cycling said Kennaugh, 27, has "struggled for form" since breaking a collarbone in a crash at the Tour of California in May.
Cummings, 35, won stage seven of this year's Tour de France.
"London 2012 was one of the highlights of my career so I am gutted to be missing out on Rio," said Kennaugh, who volunteered to pull out of the team.
"Knowing I'm not able to give my best, I felt it was my duty to withdraw."
Kennaugh finished 51st in last week's Tour of Poland, while Cummings, who won a team pursuit silver medal on the track at the 2004 Games in Athens, said he was in "great shape".
The road team also includes Tour de France defending champion and leader Chris Froome and his Team Sky team-mates Geraint Thomas and Ian Stannard.
Adam Yates, who is third in the Tour de France general classification and wearing the white jersey as the race's best young rider, completes the team.
A strong GB team missed out on a medal in the London 2012 road race when the rest of the field worked against them and Alexandre Vinokourov took gold.
Men's track squad: Steven Burke, Mark Cavendish, Ed Clancy, Owain Doull, Philip Hindes, Jason Kenny, Ryan Owens, Callum Skinner, Bradley Wiggins
Women's track squad: Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Ciara Horne, Becky James, Katy Marchant, Joanna Rowsell-Shand, Laura Trott.
Men's road: Steve Cummings, Chris Froome, Ian Stannard, Geraint Thomas, Adam Yates.
Women's road: Lizzie Armitstead, Nikki Harris, Emma Pooley.
Men's BMX: Kyle Evans, Liam Phillips.
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The £600m to be spent developing a metro transport for south east Wales must deliver "on budget and on time," ministers have been warned.

A mix of light rail, trams, improved trains and faster buses is expected by 2020 in Cardiff and the valleys.
Opposition politicians welcomed the announcement by the Welsh government.
But they said it needed to be well planned and affordable, and said more details were needed about the route.
The metro is in addition to planned rail electrification and will run as a "not-for-dividend" part of the next all-Wales rail franchise from 2018.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart has tasked rail and business experts to finalise plans before work starts in 2017.
She said she wanted it to be a blueprint for transport in other parts of Wales.
Conservative Shadow Minister for Business, Enterprise and Transport William Graham AM welcomed the announcement, but stressed the importance of its delivery.
"It is vital the project is delivered on budget and on time where schemes like the one in Edinburgh have notably failed," he said.
"I do have some concerns that we are seemingly no closer to learning what type of rolling stock the scheme will employ, or any significant detail surrounding the route.
"It is also important that the network is attractive to a range of public transport users."
He said the metro's route must be well planned and affordable if it was to become a "viable alternative" to cars for Cardiff's commuters.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies AM tweeted: "Ability of the metro to drive the economy of South Wales forward with a dynamic and integrated transport system should not be underestimated".
Plaid Cymru's economy and transport spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth AM said it was an exciting project that had to be "usable and affordable".
But he also called for transport spending to be spread around Wales as a whole, with a cheaper alternative to the £1bn M4 relief road freeing up more money.
"Whilst the metro is the right project for that region, the government must remember that other parts of Wales also need solutions," he said.
Welsh Liberal Democrats economy spokeswoman Eluned Parrott AM said people still wanted a "clear idea" of what the metro map would look like and she was frustrated by a lack of definitive detail despite three years of reports.
"I want to see it transform our communities and bring prosperity, that we're desperate to see especially at the top end of the Valleys where people feel they're so badly disconnected, and the east of Cardiff where a bus can take an hour to get from the suburbs to the city centre."
Mrs Hart said the wider map would be looked at by the autumn and the Welsh government was going out to the market to see what it could offer for the money available.


A council has launched a legal action in an attempt to bury the mummified bodies of a husband and wife who died decades ago in Edinburgh.

Hilda Marcel died in 1987 from lung failure and her husband Eugenios died from prostate cancer seven years later.
Their mummified bodies were kept in a basement flat in the city's Gilmore Place, which was regularly visited by a son of the couple, until 2002.
Since their discovery, the bodies have been stored in the city's mortuary.
Edinburgh city council has been trying to get the family's consent to bury Mr and Mrs Marcel, but this has been repeatedly refused.
Now, almost 30 years after Mrs Marcel died, the council has lodged a petition at the Court of Session to seek permission to dispose of their bodies.
Prof Roderick Paisley from Aberdeen University's Law School said: "The wheels of justice do grind slowly, and they appear to be grinding incredibly slowly on this particular hearse.
"I think this should have been dealt with three or four years ago.
"I do appreciate there are sensitivities here, but the law is reasonably clear."
A police investigation was carried out when the bodies were found in 2002, but no charges were brought.
Death certificates had been correctly issued and the pair had died of natural causes.
Cameron Rose, leader of the Conservative group on Edinburgh City Council, said it was an "extraordinary story".
He added that there needed to be "sensitivity for the families".
The Court of Session has now agreed to hear the case, although so far no date has been set.


Fighting has flared outside the rebel-held east Ukrainian city of Luhansk, with rebels saying government forces tried to storm the city with tanks.

Rebel military leader Igor Strelkov was quoted as saying his forces had beaten off columns of government armour attacking from the south and west.
Pro-Ukrainian sources in the city of 425,000 people reported skirmishes.
At least 15 civilians were killed in Luhansk and the neighbouring Donetsk region on Sunday, reports say.
Germany and Russia have urged direct talks between Kiev and the rebels.
Meeting briefly in Rio de Janeiro before the World Cup final, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin called for the talks to be held by video link, Mrs Merkel's office said in a statement (in German).
The two leaders agreed that the situation in Ukraine was "tending towards a deterioration", a Kremlin spokesman said.
Pro-Russian separatist rebels have been fighting the government in Kiev since declaring independence in Luhansk and the neighbouring region of Donetsk in April.
Talks in Rio between Mr Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko were cancelled after the Ukrainian leader announced he would not be attending the final after all.
A Ukrainian presidential source told Ukrayinska Pravda newspaper that an armoured unit was trying to relieve troops who had been blockaded for weeks at Luhansk airport.
Strelkov (the nom-de-guerre of Igor Girkin) said the rebels had beaten off two government armoured columns numbering between 40 and 70 tanks.
The rebels had fought artillery skirmishes with the Ukrainian army "along the front", he said.
According to a report (in Russian) on the local anti-rebel news website Informator, Ukrainian forces entered the village of Sabivka, just west of Luhansk, on Sunday. Shooting broke out and local residents took shelter in cellars, it said.
Another local pro-Ukrainian news website, 0642.ua, also reported fighting in Sabivka, quoting an unnamed local woman.
Fighting was also reported around 17:00 (14:00 GMT) just south of Luhansk, in the villages of Heorhiivka and Rozkishne, by the Luhansk news website sxid.info.
An Luhansk anonymous blogger, who tweets as @journal1st_88, wrote of hearing explosions, sirens, shooting and planes flying overhead in Luhansk.
Nine civilians were killed on Sunday in a suburb of Donetsk and six in various incidents in Luhansk, reports say.
The government began an "anti-terrorist operation" in April to crush the rebellion in the eastern regions.
On Friday, it suffered one of its heaviest losses when an armoured column was hit by rebel rockets near the Russian border in Luhansk region and at least 19 soldiers were killed and about 100 injured.
A rocket attack on the Donetsk city suburb of Marinka on Friday night killed at least four people, with the rebels and government blaming each other.
And earlier on Sunday, Russia warned of "irreversible consequences" after a man was allegedly killed on its side of the border by a shell fired from Ukraine.
The incident reportedly happened when a shell hit the courtyard of a residential building in a small Russian border town, also called Donetsk. The Ukrainian government denied firing on Russian territory.
More than 1,000 civilians and combatants are believed to have died in the fighting since April.


Substitute Antoine Griezmann scored the winner as Atletico Madrid beat Rayo Vallecano 1-0 to stay in the La Liga title race with two games left.

Griezmann's 31st goal of the season took Atletico back above Real Madrid, 1-0 winners at Real Sociedad, before Barcelona later reclaimed top spot.
Atletico boss Diego Simeone had made seven changes to the side that beat Bayern Munich 1-0 in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.
Griezmann scored with his second touch.
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The France international's 20-yard strike, 40 seconds after coming on, gave Atletico a sixth successive league win but they remain second to Barcelona - who beat Real Betis 2-0 on Saturday evening - because of their inferior head-to-head record.
It was Atletico's fourth 1-0 victory in a row as the 2014 Spanish champions, who will be looking to reach their second Champions League final in three seasons in Tuesday's second leg in Munich, kept a 23rd clean sheet in La Liga this season.
Fernando Torres, who came off the bench at the same time as Griezmann following directions from Simeone, who is serving a three-match touchline ban, could have doubled their lead but saw his shot saved by Juan Carlos.
Rayo Vallecano remain two points above the relegation zone.
Atletico Madrid goalscorer Antoine Griezmann: "Rayo made things difficult for us.
"The players who started lacked rhythm, which was normal, as they hadn't played in a long time. But we were able to improve and got the win."


An elderly man accused of his wife's murder has told a court he also considered shooting his sister, describing her as "a living corpse".

Rita King, 81, who had dementia, was shot dead at De La Mer House in Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, in December.
Her 87-year-old husband Ronald King, who is disabled, admits killing her but denies murder.
From the witness box at Chelmsford Crown Court, Mr King said his wife had told him she had "had enough".
The trial jury heard he had also considered shooting his older sister Eileen, who is also a resident at the care home, as well as himself.
He put three rounds in the revolver, the court heard. One bullet for Mrs King, one for his sister and one for himself, he said.
When asked why he wanted to involve his 92-year-old sister, Mr King said: "She lived on a big bed, she stayed on it all day - she was a living corpse."
He also told the court he modified the bullets by cutting the fronts of them off. He said he remembered reading about a "dum-dum bullet" which "leaves a hole as big as your fist, there's no chance of getting better".
Asked whether he ever told Mrs King he was going to shoot her, her husband said: "Not really, not straight out. I decided to kill us both.
"It's easy pointing a gun straight, you try turning it round, bloody hard."
Asked whether he still loved his wife, Mr King said: "Course I did. I still miss her. I've kept her ashes. When I go we'll be mixed together."
The case continues.


The decision behind changes to a central Swansea road where a man died after being hit by a bus must be explained, a coroner has said.

Daniel Foss, 37, from Reynoldston, Gower, was struck by a National Express bus on The Kingsway in September 2013.
Acting senior Swansea coroner Colin Phillips ordered Swansea council to provide safety reports on The Kingsway at a pre-inquest hearing on Thursday.
A full inquest is due to be heard at the end of July.
Sgt Louise Lucas, 41, a mother-of-three and an off-duty police officer, died after she was hit by a bus on The Kingsway on 31 March.
Her death triggered a series of changes on the city centre road, with added safety barriers installed and east-bound traffic suspended.
The coroner asked bus company, First Cymru, to provide a statement relating to about 100 traffic "incidents" on the Kingsway since 2008.
Mr Phillips said the metro system seemed "counterintuitive" but added the outcome of safety audits would be required before he made any formal finding.


A man who admitted attempting to rape a woman as she lay unconscious after collapsing has been jailed.

Khadimou Diagne befriended the 38-year-old as she walked through Wigan town centre, in Greater Manchester, at about 05:25 GMT on 1 October 2016.
She then collapsed and he dragged her by the arms into an alleyway leading to Standishgate before removing her clothes and attempting to rape her.
Diagne, 33, from Wigan, was jailed for seven years at Bolton Crown Court.
The victim was left on the floor in the pouring rain for an hour before she was found by a passer-by who called for an ambulance, police said.
Diagne, of Swinley Road, was later recognised by an off-duty detective after the attack was captured on CCTV.
Det Con Brendan Greally said it was a "despicable attack on a lone woman" who was put through a "chilling ordeal".
Diagne will remain on licence for four years after completing his sentence.
He was also placed on the sexual offenders' register for life.


A proposal to close Huddersfield's A&E department has moved a step closer after health groups voted unanimously in favour of the plan.

The plan would see all emergency acute and high-risk planned care moved to Halifax's Calderdale Royal Hospital.
The Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) met in the town to vote on the Right Care Right Time Right Place proposal.
Huddersfield Royal Infirmary would be demolished and a new hospital built.
It would be developed at Acre Mill, Huddersfield, but with no A&E department.
The decision was met with an angry response from campaigners at the meeting at the Cedar Court Hotel in Ainley Top.
Both CCG groups voted unanimously to approve the recommendations, with shouts of "You're a disgrace" and "Shame on you" from the public seating area.
Several demonstrations against the proposal have been staged since it was first announced, with a public consultation revealing 60% of 7,500 respondents feeling they would be negatively hit.
The CCGs will submit detailed plans to NHS England and the Department of Health for comment before a final decision is made.
The Right Care Right Time Right Place website states the proposals "have been developed and are supported by doctors, consultants and health professionals who are dedicated to improving safety and standards in our hospitals".
It states the trust would be in danger of becoming "financially unsustainable" without changes and some existing services "do not comply with national guidance".
Analysis - Jamie Coulson, BBC Look North health correspondent
There are very few things as controversial and emotive as plans to radically change local hospital services.
Thousands of people have already marched through the streets of Huddersfield and more than 130,000 people signed a petition that was delivered to Downing Street.
The leaders of the local NHS in Greater Huddersfield and Calderdale have always maintained that what they're proposing is the best option in terms of patient care and affordability.
However, their plans have been fiercely criticised by campaigners, local MPs and many front line GPs, who've raised questions about safety and cost.
Speaking after the meeting, Paula Sherriff, Labour MP for Dewsbury & Mirfield, said: "There's one man who can stop these proposals going ahead and can save lives.
"We ask Jeremy Hunt to come along to this area and have a constructive meeting."
She added: "We will prove to why we need to keep two hospitals."
Jason McCartney, Conservative MP for Colne Valley, tweeted: "After an hour highlighting huge flaws in their plans, appalled that the CCG unanimously voted for plans to downgrade A&E at HRI".


An operation to repair a leak in a gas well in the North Sea has now been completed.

Total was tackling the incident below the seabed in a well being drilled from the Elgin B platform.
The company said there had been an "unexpected flow" about 4km below the seabed last month.
A spokesman for Total said: "Operations have now been completed and the bottom part of the well has been successfully cemented."
The company added: "At all times the well was under control at the surface and there was no loss of containment.
"Precautionary measures that were put in place during the operations, such as restricting access to essential personnel only and also the reduction of production, have now been lifted."


A Portuguese mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter has died after an event in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.

Joao Carvalho was taken to hospital after being beaten in a fight at the National Stadium in Dublin by Charlie Ward, a team-mate of UFC champion Conor McGregor.
The 28-year-old underwent emergency brain surgery and was in a critical condition for 48 hours.
However, a statement from his Vitor Nobrega team confirmed he had died.
Irishman McGregor, who was at ringside for the fight, said Carvalho "was a hell of a fighter and will be sorely missed by all".
"The fight was so back and forth that I just can't understand it," McGregor added.
"Nobody involved in combat sports of any kind wants to see this.
"It is such a rare occurrence that I don't know how to take this.
"To see a young man doing what he loves, competing for a chance at a better life, and then to have it taken away is truly heartbreaking."
Total Extreme Fighting, which organised the event, said it was "deeply saddened" by Carvalho's death.
"We extend our most sincere condolences to the family of Joao Carvalho and his team-mates in Team Nobrega," said Cesar Silva, the chief executive of Total Extreme Fighting.
"We'd also like to thank all sports fans for their concern and support.
"We will give whatever support we can to Joao's family."
John Kavanagh, who coaches McGregor, was in Ward's corner during the fight and asked people to respect the privacy of the Portuguese fighter's family.
Kavanagh also works with the Irish Amateur Pankration Association (IAPA), which represents MMA in the country, and said the group will be working with Total Extreme Fighting to establish "all relevant facts and event processes" in the incident.


The economic benefit of an M4 relief road at Newport will outweigh its £1.1bn cost by two to one, a public inquiry into the proposed road heard.

Economist Stephen Bussell, a Welsh Government witness, said the wider impact of the scheme to Wales and the UK will be £1.17bn above its price tag.
"This indicates the scheme represents value for money," said Mr Bussell.
The Welsh Government wants to build a six-lane motorway south of Newport as the M4 is "not fit for purpose".
Mr Bussell told the inquiry "costs of investment will be more than offset by the improvements in transport economic efficiency, safety and carbon emissions".
The inquiry also heard how peak time traffic can crawl as slow as 20mph along the current M4 to the north of Newport and a data shows an incident, an accident or breakdown, occurs on Wales' busiest stretch of road every four to five days.
The Welsh Government says a new motorway will boost the economy and Mr Bussell said: "Even before the effects of traffic incidents and atypical delays are considered, cost savings for businesses in the study area (of south Wales and the Bristol area ) are estimated to in the region of £30m per annum by 2037.
"Businesses in South Wales will be the main beneficiaries, receiving £24m of cost savings per annum.
"Traffic incidents can exacerbate delays and cause disruption to businesses and other users, resulting in poor journey time reliability.
"Given the reliance on the M4, any disruption to the smooth operation of the motorway in South Wales imposes costs on individuals and businesses and has a negative impact on the economy as a whole."
Wales is also at the bottom of a UK table measuring the strength of the economy.
But Mr Bussell forecasts the new highway is expected to deliver a higher Gross Value Added of £81m per annum by 2037 or £1.6bn over 60 years - or £66m a year by 2037 or £1.3bn over 60 years in south Wales specifically.
"In large part, Wales' poor relative economic performance is explained by a longstanding 'productivity gap' between Wales and the UK average," he said.
"Research commissioned by the Welsh Government indicates that improved transport infrastructure has a role to play in reducing the productivity gap, both in respect of intra-regional transport and by improving connectivity between Wales and other UK regions, particularly London."
Traffic consultant Bryan Whittaker, the Welsh Government's first expert witness, studied traffic data which found that  average speeds were "significantly below" 50mph (80km/h) for the vast majority of Fridays in 2015 and on "a number of occasions" were below 30mph (48 km/h).
He told the inquiry this suggested "it is at or is reaching capacity".
He also said the current M4 around the Brynglas Tunnels bottleneck has a "higher prevalence of incidents" - such as accidents to breakdowns - than any other part of the motorway network he has "witnessed in my 38 years of professional experience".
Opponents claim car use is declining but he told the inquiry latest Department for Transport figures show "record numbers" of vehicle travel.
Mr Whittaker added traffic growth on the M4 around Newport has risen between 9% to 11% over the last four years, compared to the 6% Welsh average - peaking at 117,848 vehicles a day in 2016.
His evidence also stated: "The inability to accurately predict journey times due to congestion can result in wasted time as individuals either arrive late for appointments or arrive early by allowing too much time for their journey. "
Critics say that an improved M4 could lead the skilled workforce leaving Wales to work in England but Mr Bussell rejected those suggestions.
"If they took that approach, the Welsh Government would look for protectionist measures like lobbying for higher tolls on the Severn Crossings or attempting to make the current M4 more clogged.
He added: "In practice the scheme will also improve journey time reliability which will result in further cost savings and efficiency benefits for businesses.
"It would enable improved interaction between businesses across the study area and would widen the effective pool of labour and skills available to firms.
"Although more difficult to measure, the benefits that the scheme will deliver in improving perceptions of the ease of access to Wales could be felt more widely across the whole of south and south west Wales."


A heterosexual couple is challenging the ban on members of the opposite sex entering into civil partnerships.

Charles Keidan and Rebecca Steinfeld, of Notting Hill, London, say their case is a "basic issue of discrimination and equality".
They are filing a judicial review at the High Court in London to have the ban lifted.
The 2004 Civil Partnership Act stipulates that only same-sex couples are eligible for civil partnerships.
The review is expected to be heard later next year.
The couple say they are challenging the registrars at Chelsea Register Office, who on 1 October refused to register their notice of intention to form a civil partnership "on the basis of our genders and sexual orientation".
They are also challenging the government, which they say "continues to discriminate against long-term cohabiting opposite-sex couples".
Their test case is believed to be the first attempt in the British courts to make partnerships available to heterosexual people.
The government has said it consulted on the issue and found a lack of consensus, so does not plan to make any changes to the law.
But Ms Steinfeld, 33, who is an academic, as is her 38-year-old partner, said she "feels hopeful" their legal challenge will bring about a change in the legislation.
"We've had an enormous amount of public support," she told BBC News.
"It just seems so logical and reasonable that any social institution in a democratic society should be open to anybody.
"A civil partnership is a much more accurate reflection of how we see each other and our relationship, in a way that being a husband and a wife just would not mesh."
Mr Keidan said: "As a long-term cohabiting couple we want the protections under law that are currently denied to us because we're not choosing marriage."
He and Ms Steinfeld say they have received Â£3,678 in public donations towards their legal costs of Â£7,800 so far and have paid the remainder with their own money.
The couple are being supported by human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, who is head of the Equal Love legal campaign which aims to redress what it says is an imbalance between heterosexual and homosexual partnership rights.
The BBC's legal affairs correspondent, Clive Coleman, says there is a legal collision course looming between the Civil Partnership Act, which is restricted to same sex couples, and the Equality Act, which prevents public institutions discriminating on grounds of sex.
This was a legal collision bound to happen at some point, our correspondent added.
The couple's legal challenge coincides with a private member's bill sponsored by the Conservative MP for Worthing East and Shoreham, Tim Loughton, which seeks to remove the words "same sex" from the Civil Partnerships Act.
This would extend civil partnerships to members of the opposite sex.
Mr Loughton said: "The law needs to recognise that those people are in a legitimate relationship, they need to recognise that within the tax system and they need to give stability to the children who are growing up in those relationships.
"This is not about undermining anything. This is about bringing stability to loving couples."
Civil partnerships, which came into force in 2005, mostly give same-sex couples the same legal rights as married couples, although some campaigners believe the arrangement lacks the status enjoyed by marriage.


Ecuador has voiced concern over the "serious lack of progress" by the Swedish government in dealing with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.

It said there had been a "serious failure" by Sweden's prosecutor to complete an inquiry into sexual assault allegations dating back to 2010.
Mr Assange has been confined to the Ecuadorean embassy, where he has asylum, for nearly five years.
He fears he will be extradited to the US if he leaves the building.
The Australian national is concerned the US may seek his arrest over Wikileaks' release of 500,000 secret military files on the Afghanistan and Iraq wars.
Q&A: Julian Assange and the law
The sex assault accusations - which Mr Assange denies - relate to a visit he made to Stockholm to give a lecture in 2010.
He is accused of raping a woman, named in legal papers as SW, at her home in August that year. But Mr Assange says the sex was consensual and believes the allegations are politically motivated.
In December last year, Sweden's chief prosecutor travelled to London to question the Wikileaks founder for the first time over the case, although no details of the meeting were released.
In a letter sent to the Swedish government this week, the Ecuadorean authorities accused the chief prosecutor there of a "lack of initiative".
It also raised recent comments from members of US President Donald Trump's administration on the case, including CIA boss Mike Pompeo who described Wikileaks as a "hostile intelligence service", suggesting this constituted an "obvious risk" for Mr Assange.
Last month, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said arresting Mr Assange was a "priority". However, there was no official confirmation from the US justice department at the time about impending charges.
British police say he will be arrested if he leaves the Ecuadorean embassy in London, where he is beyond the reach of the UK authorities.
Part of the Swedish investigations were dropped in 2015 because of a statute of limitations.


A 31-year-old Aboriginal man has died in custody at a prison in Darwin.

Guards discovered the man's body in his cell just before 6:30 AEST (21:30 GMT) and attempts to resuscitate him were not successful.
Police are investigating the circumstances of the death and will prepare a report for the coroner.
The corrections department said foul play was not suspected and counselling would be available to the man's family, inmates and prison staff.
Indigenous people represent about 3% of Australia's population but have imprisonment rates around 12 times higher than the rest of the country.


As the US begins targeted strikes against jihadi fighters in Syria, this is your Newsbeat guide to why it's all happening now.

American military forces carried out a series of strikes in Syria against Islamic State (IS), a group of violent militants who are responsible for brutal attacks on minority groups and the murders of three western hostages.
The US raids were mainly focused around Raqqa, the area where IS militants are strongest.
Cruise missiles were also fired into the area from two US ships in the Red Sea.
These attacks in Syria follow 190 air strikes targeting IS in Iraq since August.
No, this military action has the support of Bahrain, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates, but we don't think these nations have contributed any military firepower at this stage.
The Ministry of Defence said discussions over Britain's involvement in air strikes in Syria are "ongoing" but there has been no decision "yet".
David Cameron is expected to get MPs together on Friday and ask them to approve British involvement in air strikes against IS forces.
Yes, but in 2013 the debate was about using military force against President Assad.
That followed chemical attacks on civilians, blamed on Syrian government forces.
The UK government lost a vote on whether to join any US-led air strikes and a few days later America also decided not to intervene.
So on that occasion Britain was considering air strikes to help rebel forces, like the Free Syria Army, in their fight against Assad. Now it's considering strikes on anti-Assad forces.
The difference is Islamic State fighters want a lot more than the end of President Assad's regime.
IS fighters want to keep control of a huge area of land across Syria and Iraq and they are using brutal methods to get their way.
IS has released videos showing dozens of Iraqi troops being killed and ancient religious buildings being destroyed.
Children and women have been kidnapped.
Civilians have been threatened with crucifixion.
The group has murdered three western hostages since August: American journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff and British aid worker David Haines.
Because IS fighters knew these strikes were coming, the key question is how much have they adapted and prepared for the onslaught.
US military officials have already said the raids, which targeted training camps, supply depots and vehicles, were "very, very successful".
Shashank Joshi, an expert on military strategy at the Royal United Services Institute, said: "Given IS's headquarters and most of its wealth-producing assets are in Syria, it's extremely important that they are targeted across both countries [Syria and Iraq].
"In order to weaken and eventually defeat IS you have to take them on on both sides of what is a very porous border."
Opinion on Facebook is divided as to whether Britain should help the US and its allies.
Anthony Skelton posted: "We should stand up and fight this evil. Like a fire, we should stub out this horrible evil before it spreads like a wildfire and threatens us all."
Michael Doherty disagrees. He commented: "We can't afford to go war... Acts of war should be public vote."
Phil Rothera also opposes British intervention. He wrote: "Fed up of policing the world. This is not a conflict we want to get involved in."
Ryan, 22, from Cheltenham texted Newsbeat to urge the government to approve action by UK forces.
He wrote: "I think intervention in the Middle East is a must, our country is under a direct security threat from IS and terrorism.
"I don't agree with war but the threats are too great to ignore, I think there's enough grounds to start bombings.
"We wouldn't ignore it if it was our doorstep would we?"
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An official Palestinian newspaper has apologised to its readers for publishing a drawing that is alleged to have depicted the Prophet Muhammad.

The Palestinian Authority's Al-Hayat-al-Jadida also denied that the drawing - of a robed figure standing over the Earth - represented the Prophet.
Most Muslims view any depictions of the Prophet as forbidden - and offensive.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered an inquiry into the publication of the cartoon.
The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said Mr Abbas had called for "deterrent action against those responsible for this terrible mistake".
Mr Abbas was among the world leaders who attended a rally in Paris last month to condemn a deadly gun attack on the offices of a satirical magazine that had caricatured Muhammad.
The gunmen - both of whom had links to jihadist militants - killed prominent journalists at the Charlie Hebdo magazine, in apparent retaliation for the caricatures.
The attack sparked a global debate over freedom of expression and its limits.
Al-Hayat-al-Jadida published a drawing in its 1 February edition that featured a robed figure standing over the Earth, scattering seeds from a heart-shaped bag. The caption to the drawing said, "Our Prophet Muhammad".
The cartoonist, Mohammed Sabanneh, later wrote on his Facebook page that he had not meant any harm by the drawing, Reuters news agency reported.
Mr Sabanneh said the robed figure did not represent the Prophet but was "a symbol of humanity enlightened by what the Prophet Muhammad brought".
Along with its apology, the West Bank-based newspaper announced that it had launched an inquiry into "the published drawing that led to the misunderstanding".
The paper emphasised that the "the intention behind the publication of the image was to defend religions and to spread love and peace".


It's not long until Donald Trump officially takes over as president of the USA but there are reports that preparations for his inauguration haven't been going smoothly.

3 January 2017 Last updated at 17:38 GMT
On 20th January a huge handover ceremony will take place in Washington DC, an event which hundreds of thousands of people go to watch and big stars perform at.
But for Donald Trump's inauguration it's not been easy to get the big names to attend, as Jenny's been finding out.


The family of a missing hotelier has increased a reward for information leading to his safe return from £10,000 to £25,000.

Ranjit Power, owner of Ramada Park Hall Hotel and Spa in Wolverhampton, was reported missing on 14 May after he failed to return from a trip to India.
His daughter Emma said she feared her father had been kidnapped or killed.
"We've got to the point where we believe he is in a situation where he cannot get to a phone," she said.
Ms Power appealed for anyone who may have been on the same flight as her father on 7 May to try to remember whether they saw Mr Power.
"Ask friends, relatives, relatives of relatives, ask anyone," she said.
"We just want our dad home."


Coach Robin McBryde expects his Wales side to come up against a wounded Samoa side in Apia on Friday, June 23.

Samoa were beaten 78-0 by New Zealand at Eden Park following Wales' 24-6 over Tonga there last Friday.
"They're a wounded animal really after their scoreline against the All Blacks," McBryde told BBC Wales Sport.
"They were very competitive for the first 20 to 30 minutes of that match before falling away. I'm sure they'll want to set the record straight."
"We know they'll be a different opposition on Friday night buoyed on by a home crowd."
Wales arrived in Apia with just 27 players after Alex Cuthbert withdrew injured, while Kristian Dacey, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill and Gareth Davies joined up with the British and Irish Lions.
Despite seeing his squad depleted McBryde is confident his young Welsh side will cope.
"Yes we've lost four to the Lions and unfortunately Alex Cuthbert to injury, but what that does is make everybody realise there's an opportunity to get into that starting team," he said.
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"It's brought us a bit tighter together and everybody realises there's more of an opportunity for them maybe.
"There was a bit of edge in training and boys don't want to miss out on an opportunity and that makes for a very competitive environment and as a result the training was excellent."
Samoa have a history of inflicting defeat on Wales having won their four of the nine matches between the countries.
Wales are visiting for the first time since 1994, when they lost 34-9, and McBryde has warned his young Welsh side to expect a hostile reception.
"They're very welcoming off the pitch but as previous experience has shown once they cross that white line they're a different animal so it's going to be a big challenge for us," he said.
"We have to make sure too that we know we're here to play rugby on Friday and get the win. That's the aim, not just enjoy the sun.
"They are difficult conditions in a hostile environment and not many people are giving us a chance so what better way to come out and show what you can do and make the most of the opportunity."


Ferrari's Felipe Massa edged Lotus's Kimi Raikkonen to set the pace in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Brazilian was just 0.006 seconds quicker than Raikkonen as less than four-tenths covered the top six.
This is a very special grand prix and if we are going to win a race in the next few weeks let's hope it's this one. But Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes are so strong here
Red Bull's Mark Webber was third, split from team-mate Sebastian Vettel by Lotus's Romain Grosjean.
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso was sixth having set his time earlier in the session on a slower track - as did Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton in 9th.
Alonso was just 0.353secs behind team-mate Massa and the 15 minutes between their laps could easily have accounted for that margin.
Force India's Paul di Resta was seventh, 0.673secs off the pace, and just ahead of team-mate Adrian Sutil.
Toro Rosso suggested they have made a step forward with their car as Jean-Eric Vergne took 10th ahead of Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg.
McLaren continued to struggle, despite a significant upgrade to their car, with Jenson Button down in 12th, 1.25secs off the pace and team-mate Sergio Perez 14th.
The team decided overnight not to use the new front wing they have brought to this race.
Williams, another big name that has had a poor start to the season, have also brought updates and also appear not to have moved forward relative to the competition.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner said: "It was an interesting session. The wind is quite critical and it's getting the sectors together. We're very strong in the final sector but have a bit of work to do in the first sector.
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"You want to be as high up as you can, but as long as you are in the first three rows you should be OK."
Ferrari development driver Pedro de la Rosa said: "We have been working flat out since Bahrain, but F1 races are never easy and we obviously face very tough competitors.
"This is a very special grand prix and if we are going to win a race in the next few weeks let's hope it's this one. But Red Bull, Lotus and Mercedes are so strong here.
"We have done good development in the past few weeks, good testing on Friday, we have a good understanding of the car.
"We are looking towards the race. I am not too worried about qualifying - it is more important to save enough tyres for the race.
"Pole here is not as important as it used to be. But this is one of the strongest circuits for Fernando and he will obviously fight hard."
1. Felipe Massa - Ferrari - 1:21.901
2. Kimi Raikkonen - Lotus - 1:21.907
3. Mark Webber - Red Bull - 1:22.044
4. Romain Grosjean - Lotus - 1:22.069
5. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull - 1:22.229
6. Fernando Alonso - Ferrari - 1:22.254
7. Paul Di Resta - Force India - 1:22.574
8. Adrian Sutil - Force India - 1:22.729
9. Lewis Hamilton - Mercedes - 1:22.740
10. Jean-Eric Vergne - Toro Rosso - 1:22.759
11. Nico Rosberg - Mercedes - 1:22.839
12. Jenson Button - McLaren - 1:23.151
13. Esteban Gutierrez - Sauber - 1:23.371
14. Sergio Perez - McLaren - 1:23.373
15. Pastor Maldonado - Williams - 1:23.385
16. Nico Hulkenberg - Sauber - 1:23.388
17. Valtteri Bottas - Williams - 1:23.660
18. Daniel Ricciardo - Toro Rosso - 1:23.767
19. Charles Pic - Caterham - 1:24.775
20. Jules Bianchi - Marussia - 1:24.793
21. Max Chilton - Marussia - 1:25.135
22. Giedo van der Garde - Caterham - 1:25.250


Mayo came from seven points down with nine minutes left to draw their All-Ireland SFC semi-final against Dublin.

Diarmuid Connolly notched as early penalty but the Dubs led only 1-7 to 0-7 at the break despite their domination as Cillian O'Connor hit six Mayo frees.
After Mayo cut the margin to a point, Kevin McManamon's goal on 57 appeared to have sealed a Dublin victory.
But Mayo refused to quit and O'Connor's penalty and Andy Moran's equaliser ensured next Saturday's replay.
After Moran's equaliser, Mickey Sweeney had a chance to snatch victory for Mayo while Dubs goalkeeper Stephen Cluxton, who had a nervous outing, then pushed a late 40-metre free wide.
Dublin look likely to be without Connolly for next weekend's game after he was sent off late in the contest following a tangle with Lee Keegan.
Mayo's fight-back keeps alive their chances of a first All-Ireland senior title since 1951.
Dublin will wonder how they failed to put the Connacht champions away after dominating the first half and then stretching their lead to seven with less than 10 minutes of normal time left.
Connolly's fifth-minute penalty put the Dubs 1-0 to 0-1 ahead after a charging Paul Flynn had been bundled over by Jason Doherty.
Mayo's main attacking tactic in the opening period was lumping high balls into Aidan O'Shea but it met with little success although the full-forward did have a strong penalty turned down when he appeared to be upended.
Only Dublin's defensive indiscipline kept Mayo in the game with Dubs backchat making a couple of O'Connor's frees easier as referee Joe McQuillan moved the ball forward.
Still at 1-7 to 0-7 ahead, Dublin looked in control at half-time but Jim Gavin's side lost their way in the third quarter as Mayo quickly reduced the gap to a single point.
However with O'Connor and sub Moran missing chances to level in the 50th and 51st minute, the match appeared to have slipped from Mayo's grasp six minutes later when McManamon stabbed the ball to the net after Robert Hennelly had blocked Brian Fenton's point-blank goal chance.
The goal left Dublin 2-9 to 0-10 ahead and the outcome appeared settled four minutes later as a Jack McCaffrey score extended the advantage to 2-12 to 0-11.
But Mayo refused to give up and points from Moran and Keith Higgins reduced the margin to five.
Dublin sub John Small made a brilliant goal-line block to deny Moran after Cluxton's attempted clearance had been charged down but the goal life-line did come for Mayo in the 69th minute with O'Connor slotting his penalty after Colm Boyle had been upended by Philly McMahon.
It looked a debatable call but O'Connor held his nerve and within seconds Mayo were on terms after a poor Cluxton kick-out was punished by Moran's equalising point.
After Sweeney's Mayo chance was blocked, Cluxton was handed his last-gasp free opportunity but he pushed his effort wide of the posts.


Former hostages held by Boko Haram militants in northern Nigeria say some fellow captives were stoned to death as the army approached to rescue them.

The women said Boko Haram fighters started pelting them when they refused to run away as the army came nearer.
A group of nearly 300 women and children was brought out of the vast Sambisa forest to a government camp.
The military says it has rescued more than 700 people in the past week in an offensive against the Islamist group.
The women said several were killed in the stoning, but they did not know how many.
The survivors said that when they were initially captured, the militants had killed men and older boys in front of their families before taking women and children into the forest.
Some were forced into marriage.
They said the Islamists never let them out of their sight - not even when they went to the toilet.
"They didn't allow us to move an inch," one of the freed women, Asabe Umaru, told Reuters news agency. "We were kept in one place. We were under bondage."
One woman described how they were fed just one meal a day.
"We were fed only ground dry maize in the afternoons. It was not good for human consumption," Cecilia Abel told Reuters. This led to malnutrition, disease and death.
"Every day, we witnessed the death of one of us and waited for our turn," Umaru, a 24-year-old mother of two, told Reuters.
The women and children travelled for three days on pick-up trucks from the vast Sambisa forest where they were rescued, to the camp in the city of Yola.
Through interviews, officials have determined that almost all those rescued are from Gumsuri, a village near the town of Chibok, the Associated Press news agency reports.
It does not appear that any of those released are from the group of nearly 300 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram a year ago in a mass abduction that led to worldwide protests calling for the girls' release.
Thousands have been killed in northern Nigeria since Boko Haram began its insurgency in 2009 to create an Islamic state.
In February, Nigeria's military, backed by troops from neighbouring countries, launched a major offensive against the Islamist fighters, recapturing Boko Haram territory taken in the previous year.


The Iran-backed Houthi rebels who seized power in Yemen two years ago are refusing to vacate the cities as part of a proposed peace deal, according to senior Saudi officials.

The Houthis have fired more than 30 ballistic missiles across the border into residential areas of Saudi Arabia and have imprisoned and tortured their own citizens.
These, and other allegations of Houthi misdeeds, are part of a determined public relations effort by the Saudis this week to confront the growing condemnation of their role in Yemen's civil war.
Air strikes conducted by the Saudi-led coalition, in support of the UN-recognised Yemeni government, have been blamed for the majority of the estimated 10,000 deaths so far.
One particularly devastating air strike on 8 October hit a packed funeral hall in the capital Sanaa, killing 140 people and injuring hundreds more.
An investigation by the Saudi-led coalition concluded the attack had been carried out in error, that normal safety procedures had broken down and that individuals involved had since been removed from their posts.
But it follows a number of reported strikes on hospitals, industrial plants, a prison and other non-military sites that have led to calls by human rights organisations for an immediate arms boycott on Saudi Arabia.
The Saudis insist that they never deliberately target civilians, that rigorous checks and balances are imposed by their Coalition Air Operations Centre (Caoc) at King Salman Airbase in Riyadh, and that they abide by the international rules laid down in the Law of Armed Conflict (Loac).
To put their side of the story forward, the Saudis have sent their top coalition Spokesman, Maj Gen Ahmed Al-Assiri to London, accompanied by a senior Yemeni foreign ministry official and a representative from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief effort.
In an interview with BBC News Gen Al-Assiri was at pains to point out that:
The general's words very much reflect the way the Saudi leadership views the Yemen conflict.
Gen Al-Assiri is also military adviser to the driving force behind the Saudi-led coalition, the Saudi Defence Minister and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman Al-Saud - who could quite possibly be the the next King.
The Saudis see themselves as being surrounded on almost all sides by Iran and its proxies - in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Iran, the Gulf and now Yemen.
When they put together their coalition in March 2015 and began the air campaign, there was an expectation that their air superiority and 21st-century US and UK-supplied weapons would soon force the Houthis to sue for peace at the negotiating table.
But the Houthis have remained stubbornly in control of the capital and most of the more populous, western half of Yemen. Peace talks have dragged on for months, in Oman and then Kuwait, with no result.
Meanwhile the airstrikes continue, against a growing clamour in both northern Yemen and in the UK.
The UN estimates that 80% of Yemen's population is now in need of humanitarian aid. There are warnings the country could be on the verge of famine.
The war is a stalemate and unless both sides can accept the latest peace proposals there is little sign of it ending soon.


The much-hyped head-to-head race between US swimmer Michael Phelps and a Great White shark turned out to be a computer simulation, drawing complaints from many disappointed viewers.

The world's most decorated Olympic swimmer completed 100m in open ocean off South Africa in 38.1 seconds to the shark's 36.1.
Discovery Channel aired the "race".
But what viewers actually saw was a montage of Phelps swimming alongside a computer-generated Great White.
Before Sunday's broadcast, Discovery had the 28-time Olympic medallist, who is now retired, and the shark swim the course separately.
Computer-generated footage of a shark was then superimposed over the swimmer to look like they were racing alongside each other.
Some social media users loved the "race" idea, but many said that they felt "robbed" by the simulation.
Phelps himself tweeted that he was ready for a "rematch"... but in warmer waters.
Although the US athlete represents the peak of human athletic prowess, he can only swim at a top speed of 5-6mph (8-10km/h) without a monofin, while a Great White is capable of doing at least 25mph in short bursts.
But humans have long pitted themselves against dangerous animals, often ones they know are much faster.
They have done this for money; to draw attention to a cause; to create a spectacle, and perhaps also out of an inflated sense of what humans are capable of.
Here are four other instances when man has raced beast.
Bryan Habana, one of the fastest players in international rugby, decided to take on the world's fastest land animal in 2007 as part of an event sponsored by a conservation group.
Habana is quick, but not Usain Bolt quick - running the 100m in 10.4 seconds at his best (compared with Bolt's 9.58 world record).
Still, the then 23-year-old, keen to raise awareness about the decline of the cheetah, fancied his chances.
The cheetah was tempted with a dangling leg of lamb which it chased during the race, while Habana, who was given a significant head start, gave it all he had.
The end was close but the cheetah just got over the line first. Habana asked for a re-run and was soundly beaten.
Filippo Magnini, a former world champion in the 100m freestyle, took on two dolphins in a pool near Rome in 2011.
Given the animals' clear advantage, the Italian only had to swim one length of the pool, while they had to swim two.
But that didn't make a difference and the man nicknamed "Superpippo" was pipped at the post.
He said later that he fell "a bit in love" with Leah, one of the dolphins.
The black US track and field athlete won a string of victories at the 1936 Berlin Olympics in front of Adolf Hitler, who had been hoping for a games that would demonstrate the Aryan superiority he believed existed.
Owens later struggled financially back home in a country where racism remained rife and his sport was not professional.
To make money, he competed against racehorses in front of dazzled crowds.
He is said to have had the starting gun go off close to the horse, stunning it and allowing him to take a strong lead (he also had a head start). Though this strategy worked most of the time, he didn't always win.
Later, more opportunities became available to Jesse Owens and, among other roles, he served as Ambassador of Sports under President Eisenhower.
NFL wide receiver Dennis Northcutt easily beat an ostrich named Thelma in 2009 for a TV show called Sport Science.
But in that initial race, a fence separated the pair and it was obvious the animal wasn't giving it her best.
In a second race, this time inside the ostrich's enclosure, Dennis was soundly beaten, as the ostrich leapt away and he was left chasing it through the dust.
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