Investment in the UK's automotive industry fell in 2016 after several years of strong growth, according to the head of the industry's trade body.

Some investment decisions are also on hold until there is clarity about the UK's post-Brexit trading arrangements.
Mike Hawes, chief executive of the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, was giving evidence to the Treasury Committee on Tuesday.
He told MPs that investment appears to be falling back.
"We are putting together the data as best we can," he said. "But I sense certainly that the amount invested over the last 12 months will not be as high as the preceding one, two, three years."
He said that despite the decision taken by Nissan in the autumn to build two new models at its Sunderland plant, other companies appeared to be holding off key decisions.
"Certainly, I believe that companies are at least sitting on their hands... until there is a bit more clarity," he said.
UK car production has grown sharply in recent years on the back of record investment.
Investment in research and development hit Â£2.5bn in 2015. That was up 8.7% on the Â£2.3bn invested the year before, according to the SMMT's 2016 Automotive Sustainability Report.
Last year several firms set out investment intentions that will secure and create jobs in the years to come.
In October, Nissan confirmed it will build both its new Qashqai and the X-Trail models at its Sunderland plant following "support and assurances" given by the government.
Aston Martin also confirmed plans to build its new luxury car at St Athan, south Wales, with the creation of 750 jobs.
In light of Nissan's decision, Mr Hawes was pressed on why we had not seen investment decisions go against the UK despite the current uncertainty around Brexit.
"It was great news that Nissan did commit there," he said. "Each individual manufacturer will be in a different position. You can't draw too many conclusions from one manufacturer."
Mr Hawes told MPs that carmakers weighing up investment decisions today would be looking at starting production in about four years. So, they would be considering the likely trading and costs conditions in 2021.
"If the government can give some sort of assurance that it will be looking over those sort of timescales to give as much certainty as it can give in uncertain times, that will be much better received" he said.
Tony Burke, assistant general secretary of the Unite union, said: "Dozens of decisions, including new models to UK plants, must be made in the coming months. These crucial investment decisions will determine the future of the UK's car industry and wider manufacturing supply chain.
"While many workers voted to leave the EU, they didn't do so to be out of work or see their living standards suffer and rights at work torn up through a hard Brexit.
"The government needs to give the UK automotive industry certainty to unlock investment and ensure it continues to be a world leader."
News of a fall in investment reflects anecdotal evidence emerging in the sector, according to David Bailey, professor of industrial strategy at Aston Business School.
"The Brexit vote leaves considerable uncertainty over the nature of the UK's trading relationship with the EU," he said.
"That uncertainty has the potential to impact on foreign investment in the UK auto sector, especially when auto firms are looking to replace models.
"Plants and jobs could be at risk if that uncertainty isn't 'nailed down' as quickly in the form of clear parameters for a trade deal - and preferably one that is as close as possible to existing single market arrangements."
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The number of new housing 'starts' in Northern Ireland hit its highest level in five years in 2015/16, according to the latest official figures.

A housing start refers to the beginning of work on a residential property, such as the laying of foundations.
Last year, there were 6,713 starts, up 12% compared to the 5,990 in 2014/15.
That compares to more than 15,000 starts in 2005, which was the peak year.
The number of houses completed also increased slightly year-on-year from 5,501 to 5,622.
The Department for Communities, which produces the figures, said the increase in new starts was primarily due to social housing development.
Social housing starts increased by 58% from the previous year, while private owner/speculative development starts increased by just 6%.
However, private sector completions increased by 8% from the previous year, while social housing completions decreased by 27%.
There was a slight fall in residential planning applications from 7,339 to 7,192.
Of the 6,541 planning decisions made in 2015-16, 94% were granted.
The majority of residential planning decisions granted related to rural new single dwellings (26%) and urban extensions and alterations (25%).


Dundee striker Greg Stewart reckons being on the same wavelength as Kane Hemmings will have a fruitful outcome for the Dark Blues this season.

Stewart and Hemmings have scored four goals each since being reunited at Dens Park in the summer.
The pair had previously netted 40 times between them for Cowdenbeath during the 2013-14 campaign.
"If I can manage to give him the right service I know that he's going to score goals," Stewart told BBC Scotland.
"I know the kind of runs he makes; he likes the through-balls. Personally we're best mates off the pitch as well."
Hemmings arrived on Tayside following a spell with English side Barnsley.
Stewart, 25, hit his fourth goal of the season in a 1-0 win against Partick Thistle which lifted Dundee to fifth in the Premiership.
Last season he was a player of the year nominee after scoring 15 times for Paul Hartley's men in his debut campaign in the top flight.
"I've started off not too bad so hopefully I can just keep that going," said Stewart.
"It's just about improving as a player and as a team player. I played out wide [against Thistle] and tracking full-backs is not my game, but you just have to do it for the team.
"This season we've felt that we've been inconsistent but we've actually started most games well."
Stewart's 16 goals for Cowdenbeath in 2013-14 came as a part-ime footballer while he juggled a job in Grangemouth.
The Stirling-born forward still feels like he has to pinch himself when he reflects on how far he has gone in the game in a short space of time.
"Yes just because of the way I've come into football," he explained. "Because I've had a job and that, I've met a lot of people and they always support me every time I see them and tell me I'm doing great.
"But you get your doubters as well, that always think I can't do what I did last season again, but I just want to keep improving as a player and keep proving people wrong."
While refusing to get too far ahead of himself, Stewart harbours hope of eventually being able to follow team-mate Scott Bain's example and receive a call-up to the Scotland squad.
"It's something you always want to do as a footballer," added Stewart.
"As a kid you always want to grow up and play for your nationality. It would be a dream but you never know one day if I just keep doing what I'm doing and improving I'll maybe get that call.
"Scott Bain had the call and he picked up an injury and was unlucky. He's the same, if he keeps on working hard, and there are a few others there who might get that chance as well."


Motherwell have decided not to go ahead with an appeal against Carl McHugh's sending-off.

Manager Mark McGhee said the midfielder's red card for a challenge on Don Cowie during Saturday's 3-0 defeat to Hearts was "ridiculous".
"We'll be appealing it all right," McGhee told BBC Scotland.
However, there was no submission to the Scottish FA before Monday's 15:00 GMT deadline, which means McHugh will miss games against Aberdeen and Celtic.
Last week, Motherwell failed with an appeal against Scott McDonald's dismissal for a similar tackle on Rangers striker Kenny Miller, although the Australian did score in a 2-1 win at Ross County while his case was waiting to be examined.
On McHugh's 53rd-minute sending off, with the game at 0-0, McGhee said: "It's just a ridiculous decision. I think it's less of a sending-off than Scott McDonald's."
Meanwhile, McDonald has questioned the logic of holding matches on transfer deadline days.
The 33-year-old missed out on a return to his homeland when a possible move to Sydney Wanderers resurfaced on the evening of 'Well's win in Dingwall.
"In the end, time ran out for all parties," he told BBC Scotland
"I'm glad it's done with now since it was quite an unsettling time for me and my family.
"You might as well get rid of the month's window and make it a week because everything gets done at the last minute.
"To have games on when the window was shutting is just mental. How are you meant to get business done?
"It was more or less done for me then it came through that something might happen from the club's end, which would open the door for me to leave.
"Either way, I was going to be easy about it. I'll just get on with it now and I'm looking forward to the rest of the season."


The NHS in England has missed its four-hour A&E waiting time for the first time this winter, figures show.

In the last week, 94.8% of patients were seen within four hours compared to 95.6% the week before. The target is 95%.
The figures cover all centres - major A&Es, smaller minor injury units and urgent care centres.
Waiting times are worst in the major units where only 92.2% were seen within four hours.
The figures show two thirds of the 144 trusts with major units are missing the target.
It is the first time since April the target has been missed overall - although the major units have been below the 95% mark since July.
It is not unusual for performance to drop in December.
For the last three years individual weekly figures have fallen below 95% before Christmas.
Last winter the NHS was consistently below the 95% figure overall from January to April.
Hospitals are given a 5% leeway to allow doctors to prioritise the sickest patients.
By Nick TriggleHealth correspondent
This was always going to happen. Every winter the NHS will miss the A&E waiting time target from time to time.  What is important is where the NHS goes from here.
The government has thrown extra money at the system - about Â£400m in total - to try to stop a repeat of last year when the waiting time target was consistently missed after Christmas.
There are a number of factors that are out of everyone's hands, including the weather. But there is a worrying picture developing.
The number of patients that come to A&E and then are admitted into hospital - ie the most serious cases - are high. What is more, hospitals are finding it difficult to discharge its frailest patients. These people often need support once they leave and the numbers show there are increasing delays in arranging that.
The extra money was meant to ease these two problems in particular, but there is little to suggest that has happened.
The worry now is that hospitals get clogged up and pressures continue to build.
NHS England chief operating officer Dame Barbara Hakin said it was "disappointing" performance had dropped, but said last week was the busiest so far this winter with more than 415,000 people attending A&E, while the numbers that needing admitting to hospital for further treatment - emergency admissions - hit its highest level since 2010.
She added: "We know the A&E standard is ambitious and that is only right.  This is the first week since April the 95% standard has not been met, however we do know that sometimes this will happen.
"Every year we see a dip in the figures for December, with week on week variations which is why we fully assess how local systems are coping with winter pressures over a longer period.
"We knew this winter would be difficult but it is important to stress the NHS continues to deliver a good service. This is thanks to the hard work and dedication of our frontline staff."
The drop in performance comes despite the government giving the NHS extra money to cope with winter - Â£250m was announced in the summer and another Â£150m was pledged last month.
A Department of Health spokeswoman added: "We have always been clear that this could be a difficult winter - and there could be more difficult weeks ahead. But the majority of patients continue to get the excellent care they deserve."


There was a sense of grim determination about the crowd of cold and tired refugees and other migrants we met crossing the border one damp and windy night this week from Hungary into Austria.

No euphoria. No desperation, such as we've seen at so many European borders over the last months, but more a sense of quiet purpose.
The young men and families we spoke to were passing through what has become a relatively efficient people's pipeline established on the ground from southern, into central and onto northern Europe.
EU leaders may be in disarray over what to do next but in the meantime - for now - chaos on the ground has given way to an orderly means of transporting migrants from country to country.
One 19-year-old told us it had taken him five days to get from Turkey to Austria, passing through Greece, Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia and Hungary along the way.
He still hoped to reach Germany, to join the Syrian community there, which is growing larger by the day.
But this is no long-term solution to Europe's migration conundrum.
Europe's prime ministers and heads of state will discuss that at their emergency meeting in Brussels on Wednesday.
A quick or easy fix will be impossible to find and the meeting is likely to be fiery but leaders know they have to stumble towards some sort of plan or risk the unravelling of the EU itself.
Look at the anger of Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and the Czech Republic forced on Tuesday at a meeting of European interior ministers to accept their share of 120,000 asylum seekers who will be re-located across the continent.
The UK has exercised its right to opt-out of the scheme altogether, which has also irritated European colleagues.
Incandescent over the whole migrant crisis, Hungary's outspoken Prime Minister, Victor Orban has taken matters into his own hands, putting up razor wire fences and introducing a new law allowing the army to use rubber bullets and tear gas to deter migrants.
He wants the EU to close its borders completely to irregular migration including those applying for asylum.
EU leaders will discuss how to tighten the control of European borders.
They'll also debate a workable EU asylum policy, the more efficient deportation of economic migrants, defining who is a refugee, an asylum seeker or economic migrant, the better integration of refugees and their families already here and sending significant aid abroad to improve living conditions closer to people's home countries so they shouldn't be tempted to come to Europe in the first place.
Decisions and debates tomorrow and in the months to come will affect all of our lives.
Endre Sik is the director of the Centre for Refugee and Migration Studies in Budapest.
He told me in 10 years' time, we will look back and see this as a moment that changed Europe - its general landscape, its politics and its economics.
There's no turning back now from mass migration Europe, he says. This is an unprecedented social phenomenon.
Austria's government agrees. Its country has plenty of experience of housing refugees or those seeking a better life - whether after the end of communism in 1989 or during the Balkan Wars in the 1990s.
But a high-ranking government official told me the difference then was that those people expected to return home as soon as possible.
It's thought that will not be the case for Syrian and other refugees escaping to Europe from conflict in the Middle East or Africa.
And Austria will find it hard to cope, he said because by law, once granted asylum, people can bring over the rest of their family to live with them.
In 2010 we had 11,000 applications for asylum. This year it looks likely to be 80,000 or more and Austria is a small country, he said emphatically.
Where is the sense of solidarity, the all for one and one for all sentiment the EU is meant to espouse? he asked.
Austria, along with Germany, Sweden and Italy are pushing for the introduction of a fixed EU quota system, to automatically divide up the number of asylum seekers more equally across Europe.
That will be a hard, if not impossible sell, judging by the consternation caused by Tuesday's attempt to divide up a mere 120,000 asylum applicants.
It's thought the number of asylum applications made in Europe by the end of the year could reach around 1.3 million.
Those desperate to come here wont wait for the finessing of Europe's migration and refugee policies.
They and their plea for help have arrived on our doorstep - marching down our motorways, pushing their way onto our trains and buses hoping for a new life in our towns and cities.
For the first time since it began its surveys (more than four decades ago) Eurobarometer says immigration is now the number one concern for people across the continent.
Europe is floundering in a new reality, that is dividing its leaders but demands a clear answer.


Lots of people live in tower blocks all over the UK, but since the tragic fire at Grenfell Tower in London, questions have been asked about how to make sure they're safe.

26 July 2017 Last updated at 07:04 BST
Lots of checks have been carried out on similar towers, to make sure that their safety features like smoke alarms and sprinklers would keep residents safe if a fire started.
Shania is fourteen, and lives in a tower block in London where tests have been carried out on the cladding which covers the building.
She showed Ricky around her home, told us why she loves living there, and what it's been like since the disaster.


Claims of bullying at an ambulance trust are to be investigated.

Concerns about harassment at South East Coast Ambulance Service (Secamb) will be studied by Prof Duncan Lewis from the University of Plymouth.
On Monday, The Daily Telegraph reported claims of a "culture of bullying" at the trust, with staff subjected to abuse and harassment.
Secamb said the article covered "historical allegations", most of which had been dealt with.
The trust commissioned the investigation, which is being funded externally by Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
It said the probe has been planned for weeks and was not a result of the newspaper report. The initial investigation findings are expected in the summer.
The newspaper article, based on a dossier of documents, claimed two 999 call handlers attempted suicide and a third considered crashing her car to escape abuse.
Several workers claimed they were under such pressure they could not concentrate on emergency calls at the operations centre in Coxheath, Kent.
In response to the story, the GMB union described the trust managers as "unaccountable" and called on the government to intervene.
The trust said a project to tackle workplace bullying was being rolled out, alongside the review, as part of its broader recovery with NHS Improvement.
A spokesman said it had been "extremely well received by staff so far".
He added: "Regarding the allegations of bullying in Coxheath, this was fully investigated at the time.
"A number of disciplinary hearings were held and action taken where necessary. Those staff who raised the concerns, were and continue to be fully supported by the trust."
A Department of Health spokeswoman said: "Any instance of bullying within the NHS is unacceptable and we are working with our partners to support all NHS organisations to tackle this and create a culture where all staff are treated fairly.
"NHS Improvement is working with South East Coast Ambulance Service to ensure all allegations of bullying are properly and appropriately dealt with."


Microsoft has unveiled its first wearable device that can track a user's sleep and exercise as well as connect to a health service on smartphones.

The Microsoft Band will retail for $199 (Â£125) on the company's online store.
The device can operate for two days on a single charge and has 10 sensors that can track heart rate, calories, stress and even a person's sun exposure.
It marks Microsoft's latest push into digital health after its medical record initiative HealthVault in 2007.
"This is just the beginning of a multi-year vision for Microsoft in the health & fitness and wearables category," the company said in an emailed statement.
"We want to enter this space in a deliberate and measured fashion and as such are launching first in the United States."
Technology giants Apple, Samsung and Google have all released health initiatives and are looking to further develop the growing demand for wearable devices.
However, Microsoft's device is distinctive because it will work with all major mobile operating systems as well as connect to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter.
"Consumers now have an overwhelming choice of health-related cloud platforms to choose from," Ben Wood from CCS Insight told the BBC.
"They can be forgiven for being confused by the multitude of options. It's going to be a tough decision to choose whether to place their loyalty with Apple, Google or Microsoft given the immaturity of all three platforms.
Furthermore, once they choose a platform they risk locking themselves into a long term commitment if they want to keep a lifetime of health-related data in one place."
Analysis: Richard Taylor, BBC North American technology correspondent
Microsoft had long been rumoured to be working on a health-centric wearable - and its timing, ahead of the busy holiday season, is no surprise either.
More than anything, Microsoft cannot be seen to be left behind, especially when other tech giants like Google and Apple are entering the burgeoning health-tech arena.
The Band will compete in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
Smaller startups like FitBit and Jawbone initially kick-started the sector, and today other consumer electronics hardware giants (notably Samsung) already have some traction and offer an array of devices.
However, Microsoft appears to be offering something a little different.
Unlike many of the more recent smartwatches which have recently come to market, the Band's dazzling array of sensors suggests a primary focus on fitness-tracking rather than attempting to be a multi-purpose smartphone accessory.
And whereas others work largely with one mobile operating system, the Band and its companion Health app are cross-platform.
Microsoft's cloud-based health service is also a key differentiator; harnessing Redmond's strength in cloud computing, it will offer users deep insights of data gathered from other fitness devices and rival smartphones too.
Critics will say this openness was somewhat inevitable, as its own Windows Phone has negligible market share.
But it could well prove a canny move, broadening its appeal not just to consumers but also to other hardware partners, who will be able to licence Microsoft's core sensor technology to make new gadgets of their own.
Details about the Microsoft Band were leaked on Wednesday after companion applications for Windows, Android and Mac phones appeared on its website ahead of an official announcement.
A Microsoft Band Sync app appeared in the Mac App Store and revealed what the product looks like.
Some analysts believe Microsoft will face stiff competition in the wearables market because "the company has little or no brand".
"Microsoft is targeting the higher tiers of the fitness band market - it's going to have to make a big marketing investment to raise awareness with US consumers," Mr Wood said.
"The number of fitness bands that have been launched this year is overwhelming - personally I'm already testing two on each wrist and I'm rapidly running out of places to wear them. It must be a daunting prospect for consumers trying to decide which one to buy."


National League North side Brackley held on to secure an FA Cup first round replay with League One club Gillingham.

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The non-league side, who knocked the Gills out of the Cup in 2013, took control early on thanks to goals from Alex Gudger and Jimmy Armson.
Frank Nouble pulled a goal back, then fired in his second of the game just before half-time.
Both sides struggled to create chances after half-time as Brackley kept their hopes of a second round place alive.
Gillingham are now without a win in eight games, and face the prospect of an away tie if they are to advance beyond the first round for the first time since 2012.
They were stunned when Gudger headed home an inswinging corner and Armson curled a 25-yard effort in off the crossbar.
Nouble, however, converted Jay Emmanuel-Thomas' square pass to ease any jitters and the pair combined again for his second.
Match ends, Gillingham 2, Brackley Town 2.
Second Half ends, Gillingham 2, Brackley Town 2.
Corner,  Brackley Town. Conceded by Elliott List.
Corner,  Brackley Town. Conceded by Elliott List.
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shane Byrne (Brackley Town).
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Pitt (Brackley Town).
Substitution, Brackley Town. David Pitt replaces Lee Ndlovu because of an injury.
Attempt missed. David Moyo (Brackley Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Rory Donnelly (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Luke Graham (Brackley Town).
Attempt saved. Shane Byrne (Brackley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Adedeji Oshilaja (Gillingham).
Lee Ndlovu (Brackley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Paul Konchesky (Gillingham) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Shane Byrne (Brackley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Emmanuel Osadebe (Gillingham).
Lee Ndlovu (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Gillingham. Rory Donnelly replaces Cody McDonald.
Attempt blocked. Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. James Armson (Brackley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Paul Konchesky (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Lee Ndlovu (Brackley Town).
Substitution, Brackley Town. David Moyo replaces Steve Diggin.
Hand ball by Adam Walker (Brackley Town).
James Armson (Brackley Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jay Emmanuel-Thomas (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Armson (Brackley Town).
Foul by Josh Wright (Gillingham).
Shane Byrne (Brackley Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Glenn Walker (Brackley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Elliott List (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ellis Myles (Brackley Town).
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Armson (Brackley Town).
Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Jake Hessenthaler (Gillingham).


Ronnie O'Sullivan continued his quest for a sixth UK Championship title by romping into the semi-finals with a 6-2 victory over Mark Williams.

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O'Sullivan dropped just three frames in his first four matches, but Williams held his own, scoring a fine 70 to level at 2-2 at the break.
The Englishman then capitalised on some sloppy play by the Welsh world number 16 to reach the last four.
O'Sullivan, 40, will face Hong Kong's Marco Fu on Saturday.
Fu came from 5-2 down to beat Jamie Jones of Wales 6-5 in the last of the quarter-finals in York.
"It's a bitter pill to swallow," said Jones. "I don't think I missed a lot of balls, I think he just played a bit better than me in the end."
The other semi-final will see world number one Mark Selby take on former world champion Shaun Murphy.
O'Sullivan said he was happy with his "professionalism and attitude", despite not quite hitting the heights.
The five-time world champion still scored three successive 50s, and closed out the win with little trouble after being pegged back at 2-2.
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"I made some good breaks and played some good safety to put him under pressure," said O'Sullivan. "I had to keep powering away and I felt like I had too much for him.
"It wasn't the greatest of performances but you have to do what you have to do. I am sure my game will get stronger. I am a fighter and will keep fighting until it happens."
Another tournament victory at the York Barbican, 23 years after he won his first title as a 17-year-old, would see O'Sullivan match Steve Davis' haul of six UK titles.
It would also see him surpass his fellow Essex potter - and John Higgins - in the ranking titles roll of honour, moving him clear into joint second with 29. Stephen Hendry leads the way with 36.
The win also ensures O'Sullivan remains in the top 16 of the world rankings, guaranteeing him at least £35,000 for reaching the semi-finals.
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Free sanitary products for those who cannot afford them have been promised by the Green Party of England and Wales.

The Greens pledged to end "period poverty" by providing towels and tampons to secondary school pupils and women in financial need.
A 5% tax on sanitary products has caused controversy and 320,000 people have signed a petition to abolish it.
The pledge may be funded by a tax on airship sales and aircraft repairs.
Sanitary products are not exempt from VAT, as some medical products are. Campaigns to end the tax on them have taken place in countries across the globe.
In the UK, a further row broke out in April when it was revealed some of the money raised from the tax and promised by the government to women's charities had been given to an anti-abortion group.
Of the Â£12m given to 70 UK charities, Â£250,000 had gone to Life.
Green MEP Molly Scott Cato, who has pressed in the European Parliament for a VAT exemption on tampons, towels and mooncups, said it was an "outrage those on low incomes are forced to use socks or newspapers during their period because they can't afford a sanitary product".
Children in secondary school from low-income backgrounds were routinely missing days at school, she said.
The Green Party said it wanted to work with health companies to provide the free products.
It will look at funding them by taxing other products and services such as air craft repairs and maintenance and airship sales.


Andy Murray has said being Great Britain's flag bearer for Friday's Olympic opening ceremony will be the "number one" moment of his career.

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The 29-year-old, who won his second Wimbledon singles title last month, is the first tennis player to be chosen for the role.
Murray, also the defending Olympic men's singles champion, told BBC Sport: "It's bigger than winning a tournament.
"It doesn't get much bigger than a chance to lead out your country."
Describing the moment he was told he was going to carry the Union flag on behalf of the 366-strong squad, Murray added: "I've never felt that proud before.
"I know how I've felt after big tournaments. This was very, very different and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm sure it's going to be a night I'll never forget."
The three-time Grand Slam winner said he would try to carry the flag with one hand in an attempt to copy Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Matthew Pinsent and Sir Chris Hoy at previous opening ceremonies.
"I looked at some of the photos and it does look a lot better so I'll give it a go, but they were all bigger and stronger than me.
"I expect it to be incredibly emotional, I'm going to try and take it all in and enjoy it as much as I can. I can't wait, it's going to be an amazing night."
The Olympic Games have played a significant role in Murray's career, with the world number two saying he had learned a lot from his first-round loss in Beijing in 2008, while winning singles gold in London 2012 helped push him to further success.
"It's the biggest sporting competition in the world by far," he said.
"Getting to represent Great Britain in a home Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. London worked out unbelievably well for me, but Beijing was also important.
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"I had an amazing experience and learnt so much from losing in the first round. I had to wait four years to get another chance."
The Briton said being part of Team GB and staying at the Olympic Village differed from a tennis player's usual "selfish" routine.
"I'm sharing with my brother, which I haven't done for about 15 years. That's nice as well because it's totally different to what we're used to as tennis players.
"We're always pretty selfish and doing stuff on our own but here you're part of something much bigger, part of a team."
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MPs are to consider allowing some terminally ill people in England and Wales to end their lives in a fresh effort to pass "right to die" laws.

Labour peer Lord Falconer's bid to introduce legislation ran out of time before the general election.
Now Labour MP Rob Marris will attempt to steer a bill through the Commons.
The Wolverhampton South West MP won a private member's bill ballot last week guaranteeing time in the chamber for backbench legislation.
But the bill's chances of becoming law received an instant setback when Downing Street said it would not be given government time in the Commons.
David Cameron's view on assisted dying had not changed, said the PM's official spokesman and he was "not convinced that further steps need to be taken".
Mr Cameron was "concerned that legislation may push people into things they do not actually want for themselves", added the spokesman, but it was an "issue of individual conscience, for Parliament to decide".
Patients with no more than six months to live and who had demonstrated a "clear and settled intention" to end their lives would be prescribed a lethal dose of drugs on the authority of two doctors, under the proposed new law.
The bill is expected to be debated on 11 September. Mr Marris said it could give MPs the first vote on the issue since 1997.
He said: "The public are clearly in favour of a change in the law and it is right that Parliament now debates this issue.
"Alongside the vast majority of the public, I am in favour of terminally-ill people who are of sound mind having choice at the end of life.
"It is a choice that I would want for myself and I do not think we should be denying this to people who are facing an imminent death.
"The House of Commons has not voted on this issue for almost 20 years.
"While the prospects of getting the law changed are difficult without official government support, this is an opportunity to show we in Parliament are not ducking our responsibility to the public and I look forward to continuing the case for a compassionate assisted dying law."
Campaigners in favour of a change in the law claim MPs can not ignore the fact that UK citizens are travelling to Swiss euthanasia clinic Dignitas or taking their own lives.
Sarah Wootton, chief executive of campaign group Dignity in Dying, said: "It is great news that the House of Commons will now begin a debate on assisted dying which the public demand but have been denied because of parliamentary procedure.
"I welcome Rob Marris's commitment to show compassion to dying people and give choice at the end of life."
Lord Falconer, now the shadow justice secretary, said he was grateful to Mr Marris for "continuing the campaign" to change the law.
But Agnes Fletcher director of campaign group Living and Dying Well, said the proposed law was open to abuse, with elderly or gravely ill people feeling pressured into ending their lives because they felt there were being a "burden" to their families.
Doctors also found it difficult to predict with accuracy how long someone had to live, she told BBC Two's The Daily Politics.
A private member's bill is one of the few chances ordinary backbench MPs get to create legislation.
The vast majority of new laws originate from the government of the day.
Few private member's bills become law due to the lack of time in the Parliamentary calendar and the annual ballot is always fiercely contested.


A horrified couple watched a burglar break into their home on a CCTV app while they were on holiday 120 miles away.

Donna Marusamy, 37, was with her husband and children in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, when she had a notification that sensors had detected movement in their back garden in the West Midlands.
The couple looked on in horror as the burglar walked into their living room.
She alerted her brother-in-law and the thief fled when he arrived.
The head teacher, of Streetly, said: "I wish to God I hadn't seen it unfold."
Wedding rings belonging to her husband, Nathan, 45, and his father were taken along with an Air-King Rolex, Indian gold jewellery and passports at about 22:15 BST on Friday.
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The footage on her mobile phone showed the burglar creep around the back garden, enter the house with a torch and roam around looking for things to steal.
Mrs Marusamy, who had just put her children to bed, said it "really ruined" their weekend break and they had to cut it short.
She said: "We thought it's either a ghost or someone is in our garden.
"We zoomed in and I said 'I think it is someone checking out our house'.
"He got in through our conservatory and removed the glass and put it to the side neatly.
"He then stepped inside, I was horrified, scared and helpless. My heart just went 'no'. I just wanted to scream and shout but we were just totally speechless."
She said her brother-in-law got there before police.
"He went on the driveway and shone a light through the house and the burglar then legged it.
"I thought I am splattering your face everywhere so I uploaded it to Facebook."
Mrs Marusamy said her children now sleep in the same bed as her.
Kevin Pitt, police, engagement and consultation officer with West Midlands Police, said: "The offender has gained entry to the rear garden and then removed the beading from a window to enter the house.
"The house alarm sounded and the offender was disturbed."


The Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car is not going to get into the desert this year to break the world land speed record.

The 1,000mph vehicle's basic build will be complete in a few months, ready for "slow-speed" testing on a UK runway.
But a delay with its rocket system means there will be insufficient time to run Bloodhound on its specially prepared race track in South Africa before seasonal rains start to fall.
The plan now is to wait until April or May 2016 to try to drive at 800mph.
Assuming that goes well, the team would then stage a second campaign on the dried-out lakebed of Hakskeen Pan in Northern Cape, with the aim of getting all the way up to 1,000mph. The hope is that this could also be done in 2016.
The current land speed record is 763mph (1,610km/h).
Bloodhound's chief engineer, Mark Chapman, is disappointed to have to announce the slip in schedule, but believes it is the right decision.
"The amount of investment to get us out to South Africa to run the car - to then see our efforts rained off and have to come home having done very little running makes no sense at all," he told BBC News.
"The most pragmatic thing is to deploy out to the desert in April or May next year, at the start of the dry season, and that gives us the best opportunity to build up those speeds.  But, importantly, it also gives us time to complete our rocket development programme."
The car's build is rapidly moving to completion.
The last major structural elements will soon be delivered to the technical HQ in Bristol and bolted together.
Some exterior surfaces on Bloodhound are even now being painted in their distinctive blue and orange livery.
But the team has been hit by a frustrating technical problem related to the vehicle's rocket, which, in combination with a Eurofighter jet engine, will be absolutely essential to sending the car supersonic.
This hybrid motor burns a solid fuel grain in the presence of a liquid oxidiser, which is pumped through at extremely high pressure.
And tests on this pump system have experienced component failure.
Specifically, the impeller that drives the fluid into the motor has turned out to be so efficient that it has put intolerable loads on the shaft and bearings that support it.
These have been chewed up in testing along with the project's supply of impellers.
The fix is very simple - a more robust shaft and bearings, but the exquisite impellers take weeks to manufacture. Some of the angles the cutting tool has to achieve are really quite extreme.
Conor La Grue is the components chief on the Bloodhound project: "The thing we keep saying to the kids when we go into schools is that in engineering you learn more from a failure than you do from a success.
"If a component passes a test and works, how close to the limit were you? You don't know.
"On the other hand, if you find the edge, if you find the limit - that's a definitive point from which to measure.
"I'd be much more worried if we hadn't achieved the performance we needed and we'd had mechanical problems.
"As it is, what actually happened is that we got the performance, and then some, and the mechanical fix has been quite straightforward."
Nonetheless, this one issue has put a 10-week slip in the programme.
It is just unfortunate then that when the new equipment becomes available, there will not immediately be an opportunity to test it, because the Norwegian rocket motor manufacturer, Nammo, will be going into its summer holiday recess. Its firing range will be closed.
All this pushes back the public debut of the completed car from August - the originally planned date - to November.  Seventeen November, to be precise.
After some 200-plus mph shakedowns on the runway at the Newquay Aerohub in Cornwall, the team could just ship the car directly to South Africa. But this is just when local weather conditions usually take a turn for the worse.
Bloodhound driver and current land speed record holder, Andy Green, said: "The people who live out in the Northern Cape, next to the Hakskeen Pan, have said 'do not try and run here in December and January - it's 45-degrees centigrade during the day, and it's the rainy season'.
"It makes much more sense to take slightly longer to prepare the desert car and get it running at high speed in spring 2016 at the start of the weather window. And then if we get a bit delayed, it doesn't matter - the weather just keeps getting better and better."
Those who followed Andy Green's record-breaking Thrust SSC vehicle back in 1997 will remember that it also battled poor weather en route, ultimately, to becoming the first car to break the sound barrier.
The Bloodhound team is determined to try to avoid the same interference.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk and follow me on Twitter: @BBCAmos


Stephen Curry set yet another mark this season as the Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 130-114 for the best 57-game start to an NBA campaign.

The 27-year-old scored a three-point shot in a record 128th consecutive game, surpassing Kyle Korver's mark.
Curry was successful with 10 three-point shots as he scored more than 50 points for the third time this season.
The Warriors have won 52 games and lost five - Chicago Bulls hold the season record of 72-10 in 1995-96.
Curry scored 40 points in the first match of the season - the most points by a reigning MVP in an opener since 1972 when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar scored 41 for the Milwaukee Bucks.
He also became the first player since Michael Jordan in 1989-90 to score 118 points in the first three games of the campaign.


A nine-year-old boy and his father have been killed in a suspicious house fire in South Yorkshire.

Darren Sykes, 44, and his son Paul were found in the property in Penistone, near Barnsley, on Wednesday evening.
A second boy rescued from the house has been named as Jack Sykes, 12. He remains critically ill in hospital.
South Yorkshire Police said the fire was started deliberately and they were not looking for anyone else over the incident.
Ch Insp Debbie Mahmood, said: "This is a tragic incident in which a young child has lost his life and a full investigation will be carried out.
"My thoughts and condolences are with the family of the young boys at this distressing time."
Emergency services were called to the property in Tennyson Close at about 18:30 BST.
The three victims were taken to hospital, where Mr Sykes and his son were pronounced dead. A post-mortem examination is due to take place on Friday.
Andy Platt, head teacher at Springvale Primary School in Penistone, paid tribute to the youngster.
"Paul was an outgoing, popular boy who was blossoming into a fine runner and cornet player. He will be greatly missed," he said.
Jack's mother is keeping a bedside vigil, police said.
The house remains cordoned off and the cul-de-sac is closed to traffic.
Police declined to comment on whether a substance had been used to accelerate the spread of the blaze.


Newport County boss Graham Westley says he is not bothered by fan abuse after he was greeted by angry supporters after their last League Two defeat.

The Exiles' 2-1 loss at Mansfield and midweek results going against them means the Exiles are now nine points adrift of safety in League Two.
"No I wasn't bothered, I've had fans berate me at games, I have had fans coin me at games, I have had square ups with fans at different clubs," he said.
"As manager, it's my job to take flak."
"Passion is a part of football. I let people say what they want to say and if they think I am to blame... they can say so."
The Exiles face Leyton Orient, the side directly above them, at Rodney Parade on Saturday and Westley says a positive result would be just the start.
"We know that to stay up, we probably need 24, 25, 26 points out of a possible 39," he told BBC Radio Wales Sport.
"That work needs doing. We know the job and we have been getting ourselves ready since January.
"A club like Newport always has limited choice, but I think we've got some key players in... and a lot of them are returning.
"We have a squad that I think can wins games and we should only get better.
"I honestly believe these lads can help us secure our League Two status."


Assembly members' expenses are to be cut by up to £3,000 each.

The independent financial review panel has said it made the decision in light of the reduction to the assembly budget.
The panel has also decided that MLAs should make some disclosures before accessing office cost expenses.
Assembly members will have to declare the names of people receiving the money if they are relatives.
MLAs will also have to disclose whether the recipient is a political party, or an "association" that aims to advance political opinions, culture or religion.
The independent financial review panel is working on a review of MLAs expenses, which will be completed in June.
The panel chair Pat McCartan said: "We are currently working on a comprehensive review of all aspects of members' expenses for the next mandate, but given the ongoing debate, we felt it was now time to increase transparency on contractual arrangements and on where and how public money is being spent by MLAs."


Call me pedantic, but London City Island in the capital's Docklands is not really an island at all.

A bird's eye view reveals that it is actually a peninsula, caused by an oxbow bend in the River Lea, shortly before it flows into the Thames.
But before I go too far in pricking the balloon of the marketing team that invented the island concept, it is worth pointing out that whoever named the nearby Isle of Dogs had the same problem; that too is very definitely joined to the mainland.
That said, London City Island - as I shall agree to call it - is a remarkable, if expensive, development.
There is certainly lots of water here, although at low tide there is also quite a lot of mud.
Given that it is corralled by a loop in the river, it also has the appeal of a very individual and separate place.
Hayleigh O'Farrell, head of communications at Ballymore Developments, accepts it may not be a physical island, but says, "It's got that different, kind of island feel."
It also has truly excellent transport links.
After residents walk over the footbridge to the tube station, it is just a 20-minute ride into the very centre of London, according to Transport for London's journey planner.
Within a couple of years the 12-acre island will also be home to the English National Ballet (ENB), and the London Film School. The ENB will base its production facilities there, and stage rehearsals.
Lorries will be able to drive in and out to transport sets all over the world.
For that reason Sean Mulryan, the Irish billionaire behind the development, has described it as his "island of dance".
This is no dormitory suburb. When it is fully finished, it will be a place that some say will be a spectacle in its own right.
Once the site of a margarine factory, the 1,700 flats are being built in double-quick time.
Most of the units were prefabricated in a factory in Holland, and shipped to the UK, enabling the first phase to be finished in less than a year.
"They go up like Lego," says Ms O'Farrell. "It's one of the fastest-paced constructions to go up in London."
The design is modelled after the colourful apartment blocks typical of Manhattan or Chicago.
"They are super-bold colours - so each of the bricks really pops."
So what sort of person will be living here? Given the big gym on-site, one imagines the residents being highly athletic, ballet aficionados who are pretty wealthy. The kind that spend their weekends at Glyndebourne perhaps.
"They've clearly set out to provide a very sophisticated product for what they hope will be a sophisticated - and wealthy - clientele," says property commentator Henry Pryor.
He believes most buyers will be asking the Bank of Mum and Dad for support.
"If asked to help their kids afford these kind of properties, they're going to say, 'Look, it's something that we can justify because not only does it work for you, but darling, we can come and stay there too.'"
However, the developers point out that there are 119 affordable properties in the development, around 7% of the total.
They also say that among the 650 people who've already moved in are artists, writers and animators. Presumably many of the others are wealthy bankers who work at nearby Canary Wharf, just four minutes away by tube.
"It is a young profile, a lot of people working in the area," says Ms O'Farrell.
"What really surprised us is that people have moved from all over London: 10% I think were from Battersea, and there are people who moved from Chelsea and from Tower Hamlets."
By any definition, you have to be wealthy to buy here.
Prices start at £495,000 for a one bedroom flat, rising to just over £1m.
On that basis, anyone putting down a 25% deposit of £124,000 would need to earn £80,000 to £90,000 a year to afford the mortgage.
In a market where central London house prices have fallen by 20% in a year, some experts believe such prices are now too high.
"The question is: will it suffer the same issues and challenges that so many of the shiny developments strung out along the river from Putney Bridge to Greenwich are suffering from now? Are there people who can afford to pay the prices that are being sought here?" says Mr Pryor.
He points out that many of the foreign buyers that used to inflate demand for London properties have now disappeared.
"The prices are clearly going to be incredibly challenging in this market, because they appear to be priced for buyers from 18 months ago."
Ballymore insists the flats are not over-priced.
Since launching in 2014, it says 85% of the properties have already been sold.
Ballymore is about to launch its next development nearby, close to Trinity Buoy Wharf. With its Victorian lighthouse, and surviving brickwork from old shipyards, this too is likely to become an interesting place to live - as long as it does not spoil the area's wonderful industrial heritage.
From both places the views along the river are spectacular.
"As developments go, this has been incredibly well-thought-through, and deserves every expectation that it will succeed," says Mr Pryor.
But if you want to live on a real island, London City Island may not be the place for you.


A mother has admitted killing three of her children by driving them into a lake in southern Australia.

Akon Guode, 37, killed one-year-old Bol and four-year-old twins Hanger and Madit in Melbourne's south-west in 2015.
Another child, six-year-old Alual, was also in the car but survived.
In the Supreme Court of Victoria, Guode pleaded guilty to one count of infanticide, two counts of murder and one of attempted murder.
She entered her pleas with help from an interpreter. Guode arrived in Australia from South Sudan in 2008.
Joseph Manyang, the father of the three children, told a hearing last year that Guode said she felt dizzy before the crash.
He described Guode as a "loving mother" who would not have harmed the children intentionally.
However, a key witness told police in a statement that Guode spoke about killing her children on the day of the tragedy.
Passersby and emergency crews tried desperately to rescue the children in the moments after the car entered Lake Gladman in Wyndham Vale.
A harrowing emergency call from one witness was played during a court hearing last year.
"I saw them deliberately drive in there, well it looked like that anyway," Alexandra Colson-Ing said, according to The Age.
After moving closer to the scene, she said: "They are floating, they are floating in the water. (They) can't swim."
Guode and her daughter Alual were rescued.
Guode has been remanded in custody until her next court appearance on 31 January.


Parts of Scotland have seen almost double their normal July rainfall.

In a month that has seen summer flooding, preliminary stats show some areas nearing 200% of their average.
Perth has hit 225% so far, while Aberdeen, Dundee and Inverness are way above where their rainfall figures should be.
BBC weather presenter Christopher Blanchett said this week's rain should slowly clear for a slightly improved Wednesday and Thursday.


Scotland's energy minister will oppose moves to remove the right of householders to object to fracking companies drilling beneath their homes.

The UK government is consulting on plans which would make it easier for firms to drill under residential areas.
Companies would be given automatic access rights, but only for drilling at a depth of more than 1,000ft (300m).
Fergus Ewing told BBC Scotland any decision should be taken at Holyrood, rather than Westminster.
Fracking is the controversial process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is used to recover gas and oil from shale rock.
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, would only occur at far greater depths of 5,000 ft (1.5km) or more.
Industry sources say the UK government proposals would bring oil and gas companies into line with the water, gas and electricity sectors.
In return, communities would receive a one-off payment of Â£20,000 for each horizontal well of more than 200m in length.
But Mr Ewing told BBC Scotland News: "We have to have a proper debate about this.
"Simply proceeding by threatening to remove people's rights without any consultation with the people of Scotland is quite simply wrong.
"We are taking a cautious approach yes, we are taking an evidence based approach. We are looking at matters further and if we decide that it may provide opportunities for Scotland, then perhaps it should be done in a controlled considered way, in appropriate parts of Scotland."
A 12-week consultation on the proposals was announced in May by the then Business and Energy Minister, Michael Fallon.
He said: "Britain needs more home-grown energy. Shale development will bring jobs and business opportunities.
"We are keen for shale and geothermal exploration to go ahead, while protecting residents through the robust regulation that is in place.
"These proposals allow shale and geothermal development while offering a fair deal for communities in return for underground access at depths so deep they will have no negative impact on landowners."
In a statement, the trade body United Kingdom Onshore Oil and Gas said: "The industry supports UK government proposals to give automatic access rights to underground land below 300 metres, bringing it in line with other industries such as water, gas, electricity and sewerage.
"This underground activity will not be noticeable at the surface and will not impact on the enjoyment landowners have of their property."
The Scottish Greens said they had been calling for the proposals to be blocked since earlier this year.
The party's co-convener Patrick Harvie MSP said: "These comments from Fergus Ewing are a good step. Holyrood should reject the UK Infrastructure Bill when it gets the chance to do so by way of legislative consent motions.
"Meantime Scottish ministers should continue to consider the use of existing regulations to ban unconventional gas completely. We are risking our economy, not just our environment, if we encourage yet more fossil fuel extraction."
The Scottish government's opposition to the proposals has been welcomed by anti-fracking campaigners.
Dr Richard Dixon of Friends of the Earth Scotland said: "The United Kingdom government has been completely gung-ho for fracking the whole country and this puts a spoke in the works because it won't be able to make this change in Scotland.
"It's also a very clear message for the industry that Scotland is a place where it will be much harder to do business."


An "X-ray eye" designed to study distant galaxies and black holes has turned its attention to our own star and snapped a remarkable portrait.

Nasa's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (Nustar), launched into orbit in 2012, views the universe in very high-energy X-rays.
Now on an extension to its original two-year mission, Nustar has already measured how fast black holes spin.
This image proves that it can gather data about the Sun.
Because of its very high sensitivity, Nustar could solve some long-standing puzzles, such as whether "nanoflares" exist.
These proposed smaller versions of the Sun's giant flares could help explain why its outer atmosphere is many times hotter than its surface - a decades-old question.
Physicists first thought of using Nustar to study the Sun when it was already under construction.
"At first I thought the whole idea was crazy," said the mission's principal investigator Prof Fiona Harrison, from the California Institute of Technology.
"Why would we have the most sensitive high energy X-ray telescope ever built, designed to peer deep into the universe, look at something in our own back yard?"
But she was eventually convinced by Prof David Smith, a solar physicist at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Nustar will give us a unique look at the Sun, from the deepest to the highest parts of its atmosphere," said Prof Smith, a solar physicist at University of California, Santa Cruz.
This is only possible because in the very high-energy X-rays that Nustar "sees", our sun does not shine as brightly as it does in other wavelengths. That brightness would probably damage the detectors of other telescopes like Nasa's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
As well as probing the Sun, the Nustar team will also use the mission extension, which runs to 2016, to continue studying more far-flung objects including black holes and supernova remnants.


The vice-president of Venezuela has accused the US of "imperialist aggression" after it slapped sanctions on him for allegedly trafficking drugs.

Tareck el-Aissami was described by the US treasury as a drug "kingpin" who worked with traffickers in Mexico and Colombia to ship drugs to America.
Hitting back, he accused the US of "defamatory aggression".
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro demanded a public apology from the US for sanctioning his new deputy.
The sanctions freeze Mr Aissami's assets in the US and bar him from entering the country.
He is seen as a powerful figure within the governing party and has been entrusted by Mr Maduro with key powers normally held by the president, such as determining ministerial budgets and expropriating private companies.
The US treasury accuses him of being in the pay of convicted Venezuelan drug lord Walid Makled for protecting drug shipments.
"They'll never be able to defeat our unbreakable resolution to be free forever," Mr Aissami said.
Sanctions were also imposed on wealthy Venezuelan businessman Samark Lopez, described as Mr Aissami's "primary frontman".
Mr Lopez released a statement saying he had not trafficked drugs.
Vice-President Aissami is the highest-ranking Venezuelan official ever to be sanctioned by the US, which has not exchanged ambassadors with the country since 2010.
US counter-narcotics experts have long said that large amounts of cocaine transit from Colombia through Venezuela on to Europe and the US.


Mae'r darlledwr a chyn-sylwebydd rygbi BBC Cymru, David Parry-Jones wedi marw yn 83 oed.

Bu'n gyflwynydd rhaglen newyddion BBC Wales Today am nifer o flynyddoedd, a bu'n gweithio fel dadansoddwr rygbi ar gyfer BBC Radio 5.
Roedd hefyd yn awdur nifer o lyfrau ar y gamp, gan gynnwys llyfrau am hanes rygbi yng Nghymru.
Fe gafodd David Parry-Jones ei eni ar 25 Medi 1933 ac fe aeth i'r ysgol yng Nghaerdydd, cyn mynd i Goleg Merton ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen yn 1952 i astudio'r Clasuron.
Yn ystod ei gyfnod yn Rhydychen, roedd yn gapten ar dîm rygbi'r undeb, y Greyhounds, a thimau criced y coleg.
Ar ôl cwblhau ei wasanaeth cenedlaethol yn 1959, fe ddechreuodd ar yrfa fel newyddiadurwr, cyn mynd ymlaen i fod yn un o sylwebwyr rygbi mwyaf adnabyddus y BBC.
David Parry-Jones oedd yn gyfrifol am sylwebu ar fuddugoliaeth enwog Llanelli dros y Crysau Duon yn 1972.
Roedd hefyd yn gymar i'r ddarlledwraig Beti George, ac ers 2009 roedd wedi bod yn dioddef o glefyd Alzeheimer.
Bu'r ddau yn gweithio'n galed i godi ymwybyddiaeth o'r cyflwr gan ymddangos ar nifer o raglenni ar y BBC ac S4C.
Roedd David Parry-Jones hefyd yn dad i ddau o blant.
Wrth gofio am ei gyfaill dywedodd y darlledwr Huw Llywelyn Davies fod David Parry-Jones yn un o "hoelion wyth y byd darlledu chwaraeon yng Nghymru".
"Roedd yn un o'r cewri, ynghyd â phobl fel Cliff Morgan, ac fe fydd pawb yn ei gofio am ei ddelwedd nodweddiadol, yn ei gôt sheepskin, a'i allu i fynegi", meddai.
"Roedd gan David y gallu i gyfleu achlysur digwyddiad o bwys, fel yn y gêm rhwng Llanelli a'r Crysau Duon.
"Roedd ei baratoi wastad yn drylwyr iawn, ac fe roedd yn gwybod pryd i siarad a beth i'w ddweud, roedd yn un o hoelion wyth y byd darlledu chwaraeon, ac yn wir feistr ar ei grefft."
Dywedodd Cadeirydd Undeb Rygbi Cymru, Gareth Davies, ei fod yn "ddarlledwr gwybodus, poblogaidd tu hwnt" a'i fod yn "uchel iawn ei barch".
Dywedodd Mr Davies: "Roedd David Parry-Jones yn was gwych i'r gêm, roedd yn hynod boblogaidd ledled Cymru, ac yn ddarlledwr gwybodus gyda phersonoliaeth gynnes.
"Ar nodyn personol roedd yn ffynhonnell wych o gyngor, wrth ystyried mynd i'r Brifysgol yn Rhydychen fel myfyriwr ôl-raddedig, roedd ganddo hefyd eiriau caredig i'w dweud pan oeddwn yn cyfarfod ag ef fel sylwebydd yn ystod fy nyddiau yn chwarae."
Mae Cyfarwyddwr BBC Cymru, Rhodri Talfan Davies hefyd wedi cyflwyno teyrnged, drwy ddweud fod "David yn ddarlledwr cyflawn".
"Roedd yn uchel ei barch yma yng Nghymru a thu hwnt.  Roedd ei awdurdod a'i gyfaredd yn ei wneud yn gyflwynydd naturiol ar BBC Wales Today.  Ac yn y blwch sylwebu fe oedd llais rygbi Cymru - yn un o'r goreuon yn sicr.
"Yn fwy diweddar, mae ei frwydr gyhoeddus gyda dementia - a'r gofal arbennig gan ei bartner, Beti George - wedi helpu miliynau o bobl i ddeall mwy am yr her o fyw gydag Alzheimer's, gan ysgogi dadl gyhoeddus ynglŷn â gofal dementia.
"Mae ein cydymdeimlad heddiw, wrth gwrs, gyda theulu Beti a David."


It is not good grades but a "grounding in soft skills" that gives people who went to independent schools their edge, a former public school head has argued.

State schools have "much to learn" from the private sector, Dr Anthony Seldon, master of Wellington College until this year, told a conference on Friday.
Their "remorseless drive... for exam success is no longer fit for purpose", he said at Tatler's Schools Live.
People need the skills to do things that computers cannot, he added.
Dr Seldon, the first speaker at the event, explained why he believes pupils need to learn teamwork, empathy and resilience to be ready for life beyond the classroom.
In his speech at the conference, which is aimed at parents looking for information on independent schools, he said: "Independent schools are taking the lead nationally in preparing students for the jobs required for the 21st Century."
Dr Seldon, now vice-chancellor of Buckingham University, quoted a recent Harvard University study which found employers need far more than the skills developed in exams.
"They also need what is patronisingly called the 'soft' skills, i.e. those that cannot be replicated by computers, which are fast taking over not just manual but professional jobs also.
"These are the skills of creativity, teamwork, empathy, grit, resilience and honesty."
Dr Seldon said England's education secretary, Nicky Morgan, is the first "fully to appreciate" schools can excel both in academic rigour and at teaching character.
"The reason why alumni from independent schools are so dominant across society is not just because of the excellent exam results they receive, but precisely because of the grounding in the soft skills.
"I am expressly not critical of state schools themselves. They are the victim of forces that compel them to focus on a narrow range of exam teaching and subjects at the cost of broader education in the arts, character, sports and the social and work skills that employers increasingly want in the 21st century.
"Some state schools manage to do exams well and offer this breadth of education, but it is much, much harder for them than independent schools," Dr Seldon concluded.


Thirty years ago today, on 6 October, 1985, East German athlete Marita Koch ran the 400m in a world record time of 47.6 seconds.

To put it into perspective, it was more than one and a half seconds quicker than American Allyson Felix clocked to take gold at this year's World Athletics Championships in Beijing.
Koch's record, set at the World Cup in Canberra, Australia, has been the subject of much debate in the intervening 30 years.
That's because:
However, Koch, now 58, never failed a drugs test and has always maintained she did nothing wrong.
She does not give many interviews, but, at the end of 2014, she told BBC athletics reporter Ed Harry: "I don't have to prove anything to myself.
"I have a clear conscience. I can only repeat myself... I never tested positive, I never did anything which I should not have done at that time.
"I didn't achieve the world record out of nowhere. I had previously improved my time on five occasions, in slow steps, around the 48-second mark, and at some point it became a world record.
"Also, all world records are certainly in some way an exception, so now the next person has to come, or has to be born, who is ready to break the record. At some point, that time will come."
They urge us to read the evidence.
The state-sponsored, systematic doping of East German sportsmen and women was administered by the country's secret police, the Stasi.
On Germany's reunification in 1990, the Stasi's records were handed to a member of the German Science Council, Professor Werner Franke.
He subsequently made those records, detailing who was receiving banned substances and in what quantities, available to the public.
His wife, Brigitte Berendonk, also published a book in 1992 containing doping data for many East German athletes of the era, including Koch.
Following its publication, Koch threatened to sue but never did.
The data detailing dosages of banned substances that Professor Franke published has been used on numerous occasions over the last 25 years.
Specifically, it has helped former East German athletes claim compensation for medical conditions arising from their use of performance-enhancing drugs.
But the sport's world governing body has never used these figures to launch its own investigation.
It says it can't act because there is a 10-year statute of limitations in the World Anti-Doping Agency code, to which it adheres.
However, the IAAF told the BBC that "should an athlete subsequently admit to having used or taken advantage of a substance or a technique prohibited at the time", then it could act.
That could mean removing a record from the history books.
Nothing, it appears. Some of Koch's former team-mates have asked for their performances to be removed from the record books.
As for Koch herself, she said she doesn't feel the need to continually defend her reputation.
"Everyone who knows me knows that I don't seek the publicity," she said. "If I am asked, then I answer. Aside from that, I just have to live with it."


Cycling's governing body says it has "extremely efficient" methods of detecting motors hidden in bikes, after fresh claims of mechanical doping.

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TV station France 2 and Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera claimed thermal imaging showed five motors had been hidden at two races this year.
The first top-level example of such practice was discovered at January's under-23 cyclocross world championship.
The UCI uses magnetic resonance testing, which is "easy to deploy".
"We have been trialling new methods of detection over the last year," the governing body told Reuters.
"We have looked at thermal imaging, X-ray and ultrasonic testing but by far the most cost-effective, reliable and accurate method has proved to be magnetic resonance testing.
"The scanning is done with a tablet and enables an operator to test the frame and wheels of a bike in less than a minute."
The UCI did not comment specifically on the latest claims but said it had tested 216 bikes at the Tour of Flanders and 224 at Paris-Roubaix, both of which took place this month.
France 2 and Corriere della Sera claimed three motors had been hidden in the seat tube and two in the rear hub at the Strade Bianche one-day race and the Coppi e Bartali earlier this season.
Read more: Can you really 'dope' a bicycle?


A 22-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was raped in woodland on Wearside.

Northumbria Police said the 18-year-old was attacked in Keelman's Lane just off St Luke's Road, Sunderland, just before midnight on Saturday.
Officers said a 22-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of rape on Monday.
He is currently in custody helping police with their inquiries, a force spokeswoman confirmed.


US President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to cut government costs by cancelling the order for new planes to carry the American president.

Mr Trump tweeted: "Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than $4 billion. Cancel order!"
The government has a contract with Boeing to build two or more new planes.
The White House appeared to cast doubt on the figures quoted by Mr Trump.
"Some of the statistics that have been cited, shall we say, don't appear to reflect the nature of the financial arrangement between Boeing and the Department of Defence," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
The new planes would enter service around 2024.
Boeing shares fell more than 1% after the president-elect's tweet, but recovered most of their losses in afternoon trading.
Mr Trump would not fly on the new planes unless he won a second term in the 2020 election.
The president-elect also announced on Tuesday that Japan's SoftBank has agreed to invest $50bn (Â£39.4bn) in the US aimed at creating 50,000 new jobs.
Mr Trump revealed the plan after meeting SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son at Trump Tower.
"Masa said he would never do this had we (Trump) not won the election!" he tweeted.
In other developments:
As president and commander-in-chief, Donald Trump will have the power to cancel the contract with Boeing for the new planes.
But if he does, it could cost the US taxpayer even more as the new president tries to save money. The US government has already signed a contract with Boeing for $170m (Â£134m; â‚¬158m). Additional funding has also been earmarked for the two new planes.
The Government Accountability Office - an independent government auditor - estimates the final cost will be $3.2bn. The planes are still in early design phases, though - much of the money has yet to be spent and has not had a chance to overrun the cost estimates.
Negotiation between Boeing and the US government could cut some of the costs, but if Mr Trump pulls out of the Boeing contract entirely the country may lose the money it is already contracted to pay.
Mr Trump now uses his own plane, but as president he would travel aboard Air Force One, which is equipped with special safety, defensive and communications equipment.
He is known for his admiration of his Trump-branded Boeing 757 jet, boasting to Rolling Stone last year that his aircraft was "bigger than Air Force One, which is a step down from this in every way".
"Did you know it was featured on the Discovery Channel as the world's most luxurious jetliner?" he said at the time.
The president-elect told reporters on Tuesday at Trump Tower in New York that Boeing was "doing a little bit of a number" and the cost was "ridiculous".
"We want Boeing to make a lot of money, but not that much money," he added.
Mr Trump's remarks came after the Chicago Tribune published a column early on Tuesday in which Boeing chief executive Dennis Muilenburg suggested the president-elect roll back his anti-trade rhetoric.
"If we do not lead when it comes to writing these [trade] rules, our competitors will write them for us," Mr Muilenburg told the newspaper.
The Government Accountability Office estimates that the project's overall cost will be $3.2bn, a figure that is expected to rise.
The US Air Force said it had budgeted $2.7bn for the project, "but expects this number to change".
Boeing spokesman Todd Blecher, in a statement, said: "We are currently under contract for $170m to help determine the capabilities of these complex military aircraft that serve the unique requirements of the president of the United States.
"We look forward to working with the US Air Force on subsequent phases of the programme, allowing us to deliver the best planes for the president at the best value for the American taxpayer."


France will begin dismantling the "Jungle" migrant camp in the port of Calais on Monday morning, officials say.

Authorities say some 7,000 people live in the camp in squalid conditions. They will be offered placements in refugee centres across the country.
Several of the children there are expected to be relocated to the UK.
The Jungle has become a powerful symbol of Europe's failure to cope with the migrant crisis.
Many of the migrants attempt to reach the UK by boarding lorries as they approach ports or the Channel Tunnel.
Minors will be taken to the camp's converted shipping containers during the dismantling of the rest of the Jungle, the interior ministry said in a statement.
The migrants who currently live in the containers - which were being used as temporary accommodation instead of makeshift tents - will be evacuated to make room for the minors.
There are 7,500 beds available in centres across France for the Calais migrants. Some 60 buses will be used to remove them from the camp.
Officials say they are worried about crowds rushing to leave the camp during the first stage of the operation. From Tuesday, heavy machinery will be sent to clear the tents and shelters that have been left behind.
The Interior Ministry said that police forces "might be forced to intervene" if faced with resistance.
Several children from the camp are expected to be relocated to the UK.
French Interior Ministry Bernard Cazeneuve had held talks on this issue with the UK's Home Secretary Amber Rudd, the statement added. Discussions, it said, "were sometimes difficult as they can be between close partners".
The Jungle has played host to scenes of both squalor and of violence, as migrants, mainly from Africa and the Middle East, attempt to board lorries bound for the UK, clashing with drivers and police in the process.
A UK-funded wall 1km (0.6 miles) long is being built along the main road to the port in an attempt to deter would-be stowaways. The UK government has not confirmed the cost, but it is reported to have contributed about Â£1.9m (â‚¬2.2m).
Work on the wall, which began last week, is due to be finished by the end of the year.


Substitute Andy Cook netted a late winner as Tranmere struck back to edge a five-goal thriller at Chester and move second in the National League.

The home side took charge early on thanks to James Alabi's penalty after Michael Ihiekwe brought down Evan Horwood - although TV replays suggested the offence occurred outside the box.
The 22-year-old former Stoke youth player smashed the spot-kick past goalkeeper Scott Davies into the top corner for his 14th goal of the season after just five minutes to hand the Blues the lead.
Rovers started the second half the stronger side and Adam Mekki - who replaced the injured Jake Kirby in the starting line-up - was unfortunate to see his effort saved.
But Mekki's team-mate Jay Harris made no mistake 10 minutes in as he slotted his long-range shot under diving goalkeeper Alex Lynch to level matters.
Ryan Astles headed Ryan Lloyd's corner home with just over 20 minutes remaining to put the hosts back in front, while James Norwood nodded Liam Ridehalgh's cross in in reply after 81 minutes and a late strike from second-half substitute Cook 20 yards out - his 18th goal of the season - clinched maximum points for Tranmere.
Match report supplied by the Press Association
Match ends, Chester FC 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 2, Tranmere Rovers 3.
Goal!  Chester FC 2, Tranmere Rovers 3. Andy Cook (Tranmere Rovers).
Substitution, Chester FC. Craig Mahon replaces Elliott Durrell.
Goal!  Chester FC 2, Tranmere Rovers 2. James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers).
Jay Harris (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Chester FC. Lucas Dawson replaces Kane Richards.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. James Norwood replaces Andy Mangan.
James Norwood (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Chester FC 2, Tranmere Rovers 1. Ryan Astles (Chester FC).
Substitution, Chester FC. Danny O'Brien replaces Evan Horwood.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Andy Cook replaces Cole Stockton.
Goal!  Chester FC 1, Tranmere Rovers 1. Jay Harris (Tranmere Rovers).
Second Half begins Chester FC 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
First Half ends, Chester FC 1, Tranmere Rovers 0.
Michael Ihiekwe (Tranmere Rovers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Tranmere Rovers. Jay Harris replaces Lois Maynard.
Goal!  Chester FC 1, Tranmere Rovers 0. James Alabi (Chester FC) converts the penalty with a.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Coleraine's Peter Chambers and Will Fletcher from England took gold for Great Britain & NI at the first World Cup regatta of the season in Belgrade.

The new pairing won Sunday's final of the lightweight men's double sculls, leading from start to finish.
Ireland's Rio Olympic silver medallists Paul and Gary O'Donovan were fourth.
There were also bronze medals for Enniskillen's Holly Nixon in the women's quadruple sculls and Joel Cassells in the lightweight men's pair.
Chambers and Fletcher held off a late surge from Czech Republic and Poland, with the O'Donovan brothers struggling home out of the medal positions in Serbia.
With the double sculls the only lightweight category remaining on the Olympic programme for Tokyo 2020 this was the first opportunity for Chambers and Fletcher to lay down a marker for the rest of the season and beyond.
Having come through their heat and semi-final comfortably, they set an impressive pace in the final from the start and by the halfway mark they had built up a lead of a length.
Fletcher had sculled with Peter's older brother Richard during the last Olympic cycle and eventually finished seventh in Rio while the younger Chambers sibling was a member of the lightweight four that also finished seventh.
There were only three entrants in the women's quadruple sculls and Poland, with two under-23 world champions in the their quartet and Netherlands with two Olympic silver medallists among their crew, were too strong for a Great Britain boat that included Nixon.
In the lightweight men's pair Cassells and partner Sam Scrimgeour, the current European champions, led after the first 500m but were overhauled by Ireland's Shane O'Driscoll and Mark O'Donovan by the halfway mark and by the Russian pair in the final stages of the race.
The GB pair ultimately had to settle for third place with the Irish duo going on to take gold.
All three Northern Ireland rowers are expected to be named next week in the Great Britain squad for the European Championships in Racice, Czech Republic that take place from 26-28 May.


The BBC's flagship children's show Blue Peter is to be cut to just one episode a week and will be shown on CBBC a day before BBC One, it has been announced.

The change marks a big upheaval for the long-running magazine programme, which launched in October 1958.
From 12 January, new episodes will be screened on CBBC on Thursday.
At the moment the programme is shown on Mondays and Tuesdays. However, the BBC said the total number of episodes produced would not decrease.
The shortfall will be made up by additional specials, and the cancellation of the programme's traditional summer break.
A BBC spokeswoman said: "The amount of air time we devote to Blue Peter remains exactly the same, we are just scheduling it differently."
She added the changes meant there is greater "flexibility to introduce additional specials that will go into more depth on events and activities".
These will include a Stargazing Live special in the new year, and a nine-part series following presenter Helen Skelton's bicycle trip to the South Pole for Sport Relief.
At one stage the programme, which began in 1958, was broadcast three times a week, with additional spin-off shows.
But audience fragmentation and schedule changes have seen viewing figures slip over the last few years.
In 2002, the show regularly attracted more than 1.4m viewers. By 2008, when the BBC changed the programme's time slot from 17:00 to 16:30 GMT, figures fell from 940,000 to 580,000.
Revamped show
The production team recently moved to Salford, from where the revamped show is now being broadcast.
Over the years, Blue Peter has helped launch the careers of many TV presenters, including Matt Baker, Janet Ellis, John Noakes, Konnie Huq and Anthea Turner.
It has become best known for the craft section, where presenters show viewers how to make things using supplies found at home.
The term, "here's one I made earlier" was coined early on after presenters kept producing items that had been made before broadcast.
The most famous example was a model of Tracy Island from the TV show Thunderbirds, created by the programme's staff at Christmas 1992 after the real article had sold out in toy shops across the country.
Thousands of viewers (and their parents) wrote in for the instruction sheet, overwhelming the production team. The how-to guide is now available on the BBC's website.
Blue Peter is also famous for its pets - current cuddly creatures include Barney the dog and Socks the cat - not to mention the visiting animals who have caused havoc on the set.


More than 65,000 motorists were caught speeding in four years in mid Wales.

Figures from Dyfed-Powys Police show that 65,543 drivers were caught speeding by mobile cameras between April 2010 and March 2014.
The A483 at Llanwrtyd Wells was the worst road for the offence, with 890 motorists caught driving too fast.
A GoSafe spokeswoman said: "There is a simple message - cameras are in place to save lives."
Over the four-year period, the highest number of drivers - 18,958 - were caught between April 2010 and March 2011.
In 2013/14, 17,246 drivers were caught.


Manager John Hughes has left Raith Rovers after the Kirkcaldy club's relegation to League One.

Championship Rovers lost a penalty shoot-out against League One Brechin in the Championship play-off semi-final.
A brief statement on the club website read: "Raith Rovers FC announces that we have this evening parted company with manager John Hughes and assistant manager Kevin McBride."
Hughes, 52, took over from Gary Locke in February on a short-term deal.
Speaking to BBC Scotland after the play-off defeat, which ended 3-3 after extra-time, Hughes regretted that the team kept "shooting ourselves in the foot".
And he added: "I really feel for the supporters. This club, with the supporters, needs to come back strong.
"I feel for everyone involved with Raith Rovers. There will be repercussions, that's for sure, but I'm hoping that the club can stay full-time. This club will get back to where it should be.
"I've really enjoyed working with them. There are a lot of guys hurting in there."
Hughes played for Berwick Rangers, Swansea City, Falkirk, Celtic, Hibernian and Ayr United.
He led Falkirk to the top flight as manager before spells at Hibernian, Livingston, Hartlepool United and Inverness Caledonian Thistle, leading the latter to their first Scottish Cup win two years ago.


A man has been given a life sentence for murdering his estranged wife at her West Lothian home while their two children slept upstairs.

Erhan Havaleoglu, 36, killed Leighanne Cameron, 29, by strangling and stabbing her in Mid Calder on 28 October 2015.
He must serve a minimum of 20 years before he can apply for parole.
Sentencing him at the High Court in Glasgow, Judge Johanna Johnston said he was guilty of a "cruel, merciless and extremely violent murder".
In August, a jury at the High Court in Paisley found him guilty of murdering Ms Cameron.
The court heard the attack happened after Havaleoglu discovered she was in a relationship with another man.
The judge told Havaleoglu: "Leighanne Cameron was much loved and had everything to live for."
She said Ms Cameron's injuries had been "catastrophic".
Havaleoglu attacked the mother-of-two shortly after she returned from work.
The killer had been spending the day looking after their children before he struck.
He then fled to Edinburgh and it is thought that on his way there he got rid of the murder weapon and the clothes he had been wearing.
Ms Cameron's body was discovered by her new boyfriend Philip Kilkenny.
Mr Kilkenny called police and revealed Havaleoglu had told Leighanne "she'd never get to love another man".
The court heard the "reality" of Ms Cameron's new relationship had come to "the full attention" of Havaleoglu shortly before the murder.
Ian Duguid, defending, said it came from a conversation the killer had with one of his young children.
The QC said this discovery was suggested to be "the catalyst" for the fatal attack.
Mr Duguid: "This is an event that pushed him beyond what his previous behaviour had been."
Havaleoglu had also been accused of assaulting three other women, but he was cleared of those charges at the trial.
Det Ch Insp Raymond Brown, of Police Scotland, said: "Leighanne's death has been absolutely devastating for her family and those close to her.
"Her five-year-old daughter and two-year-old son have been robbed of their loving mum in the most horrific of circumstances.
"Havaleoglu has callously refused to admit responsibility for Leighanne's murder ever since, despite extensive evidence against him."
He added: "Unfortunately, nothing can undo his actions that day but hopefully the outcome at court provides some form of comfort and closure to Leighanne's family and friends."


A man has been found dead in a road in Derbyshire.

Police said they were called to Wingfield Road, Alfreton, at about 03:55 BST on Monday, where the body was discovered.
Detectives said the man had suffered head injuries and has not yet been formally identified.
The road was closed in both directions and police have appealed for people who were in the area between 03:00 and 04:00 to contact them.
Officers also want to hear from anyone who have noticed any damage to a car that could have happened overnight.


Derry City boss Kenny Shiels has promised Shamrock Rovers a tough game in the battle for third spot on Tuesday night at the Brandywell.

Rovers won on Friday night to move a point ahead of the Candystripes, who were beaten 3-1 by leaders Dundalk.
"The boys were a bit down after the defeat but we're up for this game, it's a pivotal one," said Shiels.
"We have to play with passion, drive and energy - we're going to out to win and to do it in style."
Both teams have five games remaining with the Dubliners occupying third place in the League of Ireland table, which will ensure European football next season.
Derry take on Rovers before completing their league programme with games against Longford, Bohemians, Sligo Rovers and St Pat's Athletic.
City will aim to capitalise on home advantage, having played just one of their last seven matches at the Brandywell.
"It's great to be back in the city and hopefully give our fans something to cheer about," added Shiels.
"We've had nine away games in nine weeks and it's been hard on the players, while our next two after this one are also on the road.
"We're going to give them a tough match and we need to have our game heads on from the first whistle."


Opera singers, an artisan DIY showroom and a pop-up research library are all part of this year's Turner Prize exhibition, which showcases the latest nominees for the prestigious art award.

The exhibition opens at the Tramway gallery in Glasgow on Thursday.
In the past, the contemporary art prize has frequently been provocative and disliked by traditionalists.
Likewise, this year's visitors may struggle to find much that fits the conventional definition of visual art.
The nominees include architectural collective Assemble, who are using the exhibition to launch their own range of home improvement objects - from tiles to doorknobs and fireplaces - based on designs they have created for the Liverpool regeneration project that brought them to the attention of Turner judges.
Janice Kerbel has written an avant-garde, a capella 24-minute opera, which will be performed in the gallery at regular intervals by six singers.
Bonnie Camplin has installed a supernatural study centre, including five TV sets showing interviews with people who claim to have had paranormal experiences, as well as books, leaflets and a photocopier for visitors to use.
The work of the final nominee, Nicole Wermers, comes the closest to recognisable contemporary art, presenting 10 dining chairs with fur coats on the backs.
Co-curator Paul Pieroni said the exhibition showed how diverse contemporary art had become.
"It can be made out of anything with anything by anyone, anywhere, anyhow," he said. "That means you get very interesting projects and this year is exemplary.
"One would say there's only one project that's traditionally composed of the material of art, and that's Nicole Wermers' presentation. Everything else is working in a radically different way.
"This year is also a interesting year because of the number of female artists nominated, and because Assemble are nominated, which is a collective whose background isn't explicitly in contemporary art production. It feels like the prize is experimenting a little... both in terms of the medium and in terms of the nominees."
If last year's edition at Tate Britain was a low point, the 2015 version at Tramway in Glasgow is a high the prize hasn't reached for a long time.
To be clear, we're a million miles away from the shock-n-gawp of the YBA years, or the inward looking, art-history obsessed efforts of more recent incarnations.
This is the least egotistical, knowing, in-jokey Turner Prize I've seen. All four exhibits - three by women, the other by a design collective - are intelligent investigations and observations about the shortcomings and overlooked elements of our everyday lives.
Read Will's full blog on this year's Turner Prize exhibition.
This 14-strong collective are the most leftfield nominees - they were shortlisted for their innovative work renovating 10 derelict houses in Toxteth, Liverpool.
Now they have made the items they designed for those houses available to the wider world.
"We're really keen to use the platform of the Turner Prize to set up a new social enterprise, which makes products for homes," Assemble's Lewis Jones said. "So for the show we've built a showroom for these products."
He adds: "They're not art-world prices. They're priced based on how much they cost to make. They're made by hand in Liverpool. It's not going to be £10,000 for a doorknob." The ceramic cabinet handles are £15 each, while the tiles will set you back £8.
At the centre of Camplin's research suite are screens showing interviews with people who claim to have been to Mars or encountered aliens or experienced hypnotism or mind control.
Most people would dismiss these people out of hand. But not Camplin.
"I find that I'm perfectly open to the possibility that they are telling the truth - that they are not mad, rather the situation itself may be quite mad," she says.
She wants to challenge how society comes to a collective decision about what is rational and normal. Around the edge of her room are dozens of scientific-looking books and leaflets that, taken together, could build up a case for accepting some alternative views of reality.
Canada-born Kerbel masters a new craft for every new artwork - in the past she has told stories using theatrical lighting, sports commentary and a radio play.
"Once she's adept in any discipline, it frees her up to do what she wants and use it to make new forms," says co-curator Claire Jackson. "So you get resulting works that are very familiar but very unexpected."
This time, she has used music. She has created nine songs to tell the story of a hapless fictional character called Doug - each song relating to a different accident or catastrophe in his life.
They will be performed at regular intervals in the Tramway. Until the Turner exhibition, the work had only been performed in public once, in Glasgow in 2014. Organisers would not say how many of the Turner judges were present.
Wermers, originally from Germany, is interested in certain behaviours that barely get noticed in the modern world.
Here, she has arranged 10 dining chairs and sewn fur coats over their backs. It's supposed to refer to that moment when you go to a meeting or a restaurant and hang your coat over the back of the chair.
"To Nicole that's incredibly interesting," according to Paul Pieroni. "Obviously there's a practical dimension to it - it's the most obvious thing to do with your coat. But generally what it does is demark public space as temporarily private.
"She's always looking just beneath the surface of appearances and asking, why did you do that? Why is that that way?"