Israel has suspended new rules that would have had the effect of separating Palestinian and Jewish passengers on buses travelling to the West Bank.

The defence ministry launched a three-month trial on Wednesday morning, but within hours Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was "unacceptable".
Groups representing Jewish settlers have been campaigning for segregated travel on security grounds.
But human rights groups described the measures as shameful and racist.
About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
The travel rules put in place by the Israeli defence ministry for a trial period on Wednesday would have applied to the tens of thousands of Palestinian workers who legally travel through checkpoints to work in Israel every day.
Instead of being free to travel home from Israel on any bus heading to the West Bank, the workers would have been required to return only on buses which went back to the checkpoint where they entered Israel - thus denying them access to shared buses which do not go to the checkpoints.
The effect would have been to segregate Jewish and Palestinian passengers onto different buses, says the BBC's Kevin Connolly in Jerusalem.
The leader of Israel's opposition, Yitzhak Herzog of the Zionist Union, wrote on his Facebook page that the move was "a needless humiliation, a stain on the country's face and citizens", and had nothing to do with security.
Yariv Oppenheimer, from the campaign group Peace Now, said: "When something looks like apartheid and smells like apartheid, then it's apartheid."
Within hours on the trial beginning, Mr Netanyahu had informed Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon that it was "unacceptable" and should be suspended, a senior official in the prime minister's office told the BBC.
Our correspondent says it appears Mr Netanyahu over-ruled Mr Yaalon after detecting the danger of damage to Israel's international reputation.
It is hard to see how it could be reinstated in its current form, he adds.
Many Jewish settlers who use the same buses to travel back to their own communities argue that allowing Palestinian passengers onto the buses creates a security risk.
Mr Yaalon has previously said: "Twenty Arabs on a bus with a Jewish driver, two or three passengers and one soldier with a gun is a set-up for an attack."
However, the former head of the Israeli military's Central Command, Maj Gen Nitzan Alon, said that he did not consider Palestinian workers to be a threat.
In a separate development on Wednesday, Israeli police said they had shot dead a Palestinian man in East Jerusalem after he swerved his vehicle towards a group of police officers. Two officers were slightly injured, and taken to hospital.
Following the shooting in the al-Tur district, Palestinians threw rocks at police. One eyewitness said the driver had tried to swerve to avoid hitting pedestrians.


Rotherham picked up their first Championship win of the season with a narrow victory over Brentford.

Brentford had the majority of the first-half possession, but Lasse Vibe and Scott Hogan missed easy chances.
Danny Ward then made the Bees pay when he put Rotherham ahead after 32 minutes despite appearing to be offside.
Brentford rarely threatened in the second half and could not find a way through a Millers defence which had shipped 13 goals in four games.
The Millers had not won in the Championship since a 4-0 victory over MK Dons on 9 April, but Ward took his chance well against the run of play to give Alan Stubbs his first win as Rotherham manager.
It was a frustrating afternoon for Brentford, who have been inconsistent so far this season, falling to a second defeat to go with their two league wins.
Rotherham manager Alan Stubbs: "The mood was good anyway but it has lifted the mood for the fans and the club.
"We have had as difficult a start as anybody in terms of who we have played. I thought we got a really good result against a good football team.
"It's important to win every week but this league is one of the most difficult to do it in."
Brentford head coach Dean Smith: "I can't be displeased with our performance. I thought we played well and the better team lost on the day but that's football sometimes.
"We opened them up a number of times in the first half with really good play. They just had the more clear cut of the chances."
Match ends, Rotherham United 1, Brentford 0.
Second Half ends, Rotherham United 1, Brentford 0.
Attempt missed. Sam Saunders (Brentford) header from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Lee Camp.
Attempt saved. Emmanuel Ledesma (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Maxime Colin.
Emmanuel Ledesma (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Stephen Kelly (Rotherham United).
Corner,  Rotherham United. Conceded by John Egan.
Attempt blocked. Jon Taylor (Rotherham United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Anthony Forde.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Joe Mattock replaces Isaiah Brown.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Hand ball by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Substitution, Brentford. Josh McEachran replaces Lasse Vibe.
Substitution, Rotherham United. Anthony Forde replaces Scott Allan.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Dominic Ball.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Lee Camp.
Attempt saved. Ryan Woods (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma.
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ryan Woods.
Attempt missed. Scott Hogan (Brentford) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Emmanuel Ledesma with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Stephen Kelly.
Substitution, Brentford. Emmanuel Ledesma replaces Romaine Sawyers.
Corner,  Rotherham United. Conceded by Lasse Vibe.
Maxime Colin (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Maxime Colin (Brentford).
Danny Ward (Rotherham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jon Taylor (Rotherham United).
Offside, Brentford. Ryan Woods tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Woods (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Smallwood (Rotherham United).
Attempt missed. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Sam Saunders with a cross.
John Egan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Allan (Rotherham United).
Scott Hogan (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will Vaulks (Rotherham United).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Lee Camp (Rotherham United) because of an injury.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Stephen Kelly.


Arlene Foster has said she never thought about resigning as Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader in the wake of the Northern Ireland Assembly election.

Mrs Foster told Sky News the election had not been "disastrous" but admitted it was a "wake up call for unionism".
The election saw an end to the unionist majority at Stormont.
Sinn Féin now holds one seat fewer in the assembly than the DUP.
Fewer than 1,200 first preference votes separated the two parties.
The parties are holding talks to restore Stormont's power-sharing executive and have just over two weeks to come to an agreement or there could be another snap election.
Mrs Foster, who has declined a number of requests from the BBC for a one-to-one interview since the election, told Sky that she would not be stepping down as there is a "job of work to be done".
"I said back in December the mark of a politician is not what they do during good times but how they tackle the challenges," she said.
She also said that it was not up to Sinn Féin to decide who the DUP's nomination for first minister should be.
Sinn Féin has said that Mrs Foster cannot serve as first minister while an inquiry is ongoing into a green energy scheme scandal.
"We're getting into the territory where we're telling each other who to select. We will want, of course, to say to Sinn Féin we think you should select X, Y and Z instead of A, B and C.
"So they can't tell us who to select as our nominees and likewise we can't tell them."
Mrs Foster also said she did not think that there was justification for a border poll that could lead to a united Ireland.
Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has said he believes Irish unity is achievable through a poll.
On Sunday morning, he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that his party has a "job of work" to persuade a majority of people in Northern Ireland that a united Ireland was in their interest.
"No one should be threatened by this," he said. "Even without Brexit, we've been badly served by the division on our small island."
He added that Northern Ireland should be given special designated status within the EU to avoid a "hard economic border" in the wake of Brexit.
"This doesn't infringe on the constitutional position but it does guarantee that we won't have the type of misery that's going to be inflicted on our farming, on our dairy farmers, on our agri-food industry or on our enterprises."
However, Mrs Foster told Sky that while Brexit "is a game changer" and a "challenge" it was also a "marvellous opportunity" for the UK and Northern Ireland.
The DUP campaigned for Brexit in the 2016 referendum, while Sinn Féin opposed it.
It is believed that Prime Minister Theresa May could trigger Article 50, the process by which the UK leaves the European Union, as early as Tuesday.
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, David Davis, has promised that ensuring a frictionless Irish border is one of his top priorities in reaching a deal with the European Union.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Davies said the government was working to maintain an invisible border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
"We have talked to the Irish government about this, the first foreign trip I made was to Dublin. They're on side," he said.
"We are determined to do it, the commissioner is on side. The commissioner remember had a part to play in the peace process, indeed Michel Barnier had a part to play in the peace process.
"They are absolutely determined in their minds that this is not going to go wrong so that's the combination of determination that exists here."


Antrim came away from Cullen Park with a hard-earned point as they drew 2-15 to 0-21 against Carlow in Division 2A of the Hurling League.

Despite scoring the only goal of the first half through Neal McAuley, the Saffrons trailed 0-13 to 1-7 at the break.
Ciaran Clarke stole the show by scoring Antrim's entire second-half tally of a goal and eight to secure the draw.
Armagh also drew in 2A, ending 1-13 apiece at home to London.
It took a late goal by Caily Gorman and equalising point by Eoin McGuinness to deny London victory at the Athletic Grounds.
Antrim will be satisfied with taking something from their trip to Carlow who had started the division with victory over Westmeath.
They wanted to build on the opening win over London as they aim to enjoy a better year after a disappointing 2016 campaign.
Carlow finished with 13 men after Richard Coady was shown a straight red and Dion Wall picked up a second yellow.
In Saturday's Division 3B fixture, former Antrim player Liam Watson scored 2-10 as Warwickshire beat Fermanagh 2-12 to 0-9 at Brewster Park.


National League side Dagenham & Redbridge have signed Braintree striker Michael Cheek on a two-year deal after his contract at Cressing Road expired.

Cheek scored 19 goals in 44 National League games for the Iron last season, but could not help them avoid relegation.
The 25-year-old spent two seasons at Braintree, having previously played for National League South club Chelmsford.
Cheek is the Daggers' fifth signing since the end of the 2016-17 campaign.


A massive eel caught by fishermen off the coast of Devon narrowly missed the British record.

The conger eel, which is about 7ft (2.1m) long, was accidentally caught in the nets of the trawler Hope.
As it was dead when it was hauled in, the fishermen brought the creature back to Plymouth where it sold for Â£40.
Plymouth Fisheries said it was 131lb (59kg), just under the UK line-caught record of 133lb 4oz (60kg).
Manager Pete Bromley, manager of Plymouth fisheries, said: "It just happens to be a very unlucky big fish."
The eel was brought in to the fish market on Wednesday where it was caught on camera appearing to be about 20ft (6m) long and dwarfing the fishermen behind it.
But Mr Bromley said the photos were deceptive and the fish was actually about 7ft (2.1m) long.
"It was certainly very large and very unusual for our market," he said.
"Conger normally live in deep water wrecks, so it is unusual to catch them on open ground.
"There's not a great deal of commercial value in them.  Due to the economic downturn prices of conger have dropped.
"But it is a very impressive fish and would have made any anglers' day."
Fisherman Scott Govier was unable for comment.
Source: Plymouth Fisheries/BBC Autumnwatch


Seven candidates are standing for election to become a Liberal Democrat hereditary peer in the House of Lords.

The ballot was triggered by the death of Lord Avebury, the former MP Eric Lubbock, earlier this year.
Those standing include Viscount John Thurso, a former MP and Earl Lloyd-George of Dwfor, the great grandson of the former Liberal prime minister.
Only the three current Lib Dem hereditary peers in the Lords are entitled to vote in the contest.
The small but select band of electors consists of the Earl of Oxford and Asquith - the great grandson of former Prime Minister Herbert Asquith - the Earl of Glasgow and Lord Addington.
Ballots must be cast by 17.00 BST on 18 April, with the result due to be announced the following day.
John Thurso was MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross for 14 years before losing his seat last year, while Earl Lloyd-George of Dwfor has worked in industries ranging from fishing to risk insurance.
The five other candidates are:
Each has been asked to submit a 75-word statement about their background and relevant experience.
Reforms to the Lords by the last Labour government left just 92 hereditary peers in place. Since then vacancies arising from the death of members have been filled through a series of by-elections.


UN human rights staff have received reports of atrocities being committed by Islamic State militants as Iraqi government forces close in on Mosul.

In one case, three women and three children were allegedly shot dead after trailing behind while being forced to march from one village to another.
Elsewhere, 15 civilians were reportedly killed and their bodies thrown into a river in an attempt to spread terror.
The UN says this reinforces fears that IS will use civilians as human shields.
About 30,000 Iraqi security force personnel, Kurdish fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, assisted by US-led coalition air strikes, launched the long-awaited offensive to retake Mosul eight days ago.
The operation is expected to take weeks, if not months, depending on how much resistance they face from the 3,000 to 5,000 militants believed to be inside Mosul.
Speaking after a meeting with coalition counterparts in Paris, the US Defense Secretary Ash Carter said the offensive was proceeding as planned.
He said the groundwork was being laid for the isolation of Islamic State in the Syrian city of Raqqa, the capital of the group's self-proclaimed caliphate.
"As we meet here, we are hoping to generate the local forces that will do so," he said, adding that the two campaigns might overlap.
A spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, told a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday that it was continuing to receive reports of depredations against children and women, as well as male civilians.
"It is however hard to immediately verify all the reports we are getting, so the following examples should be treated as preliminary and not definitive," he noted.
According to Mr Colville, human rights staff were informed that IS fighters had killed 15 civilians in the village of Safina, about 45km (28 miles) south of Mosul, and threw their bodies in the river.
Last Wednesday, militants reportedly tied six men from the same village to a vehicle by their hands and dragged them around, apparently because they were related to a tribal leader fighting IS alongside Iraqi government forces. They were also allegedly beaten with sticks and gun butts.
The following day, Iraqi security forces reportedly discovered the bodies of 70 civilians inside houses in the village of Tuloul Naser, about 35km south of Mosul.
On Saturday, militants shot dead three women and three children from Rufaila, also south of Mosul, because they were trailing behind a group of other people from the same village who were being forced by IS to relocate to another area.
The victims were lagging behind because one child had a disability. She was apparently among those killed.
And on Sunday, members of IS are reported to have killed 50 former Iraqi police officers they had been holding in a building outside Mosul.
"We very much fear that these will not be the last such reports we receive of such barbaric acts by [IS], and repeat our call on government forces and their allies to ensure their fighters do not take revenge on any of the civilians who escape from areas under IS control, and treat all suspected IS fighters they capture in accordance with international humanitarian law," said Mr Colville.
Iraqi security forces and allied Shia Muslim paramilitary groups have been accused of committing serious violations during previous operations against IS.
Last week, Amnesty International alleged they had subjected Sunni Arabs who had fled IS to arbitrary detention, enforced disappearance and unlawful killing after capturing them or placing them in custody.
Also on Tuesday, a Russian military spokesman accused the US-led coalition of killing more than 60 civilians and injuring 200 others in air strikes in and around Mosul over the past three days.
One jet bombed a school for girls in a southern district of the city on Friday, Lt Gen Sergei Rudskoi said.


In theory, six-year-old Kenyan pupil Kizito Wafula could soon be using a government-funded laptop, but his school in the west of the country has no desks or chairs - and, crucially, no electricity to power it.

As Kenya's government tries to fulfil its 2013 election pledge to give first year primary school students access to laptops, Kizito will not be able to benefit from the ambitious $600m (Â£425m) Digischool scheme.
Instead he will continue to use scraps of paper to write down his notes, keeping them bundled in a small black plastic bag.
"He doesn't have proper books so he borrows paper plucked from other pupils books," says Florence Misiko, the head teacher at St Jude Nabuyeywe in Bungoma, a poor farming area.
Kizito and his six siblings live with their grandmother, who cannot afford to buy exercise books.
At school, he sits on the dusty floor with his 90 classmates, using torn cardboard boxes and worn out sacks as mats.
"It is really hard for these pupils to learn like this," says Mrs Misiko.
"But we are doing everything we can even with little resources. We have actually just received several bags of cement from the county government to finish off the floors of the classes.
"But we need much much more, as you can see," she says, pointing at the gaping holes where windows and doors should be.
"Even if we get laptops, how would we have used them under these conditions? Our priority now is getting students desks and enough books."
But those government primary schools that do have electricity - and an internet connection - will be getting laptops for first year students - along with computer labs.
It has taken the government three years to start to make good its election pledge because of a long-running tendering dispute.
The whole concept has also changed from one laptop per child to setting up shared computer labs.
St Jude Nabuyeywe is typical of many schools in poor and rural areas of Kenya - connection to the electricity grid and internet remains a pipe dream, but Digischool backers say it will benefit 1.2 million pupils at more than 23,000 schools countrywide.
A digital curriculum has also been developed locally and some of the laptops will be manufactured by the Jomo Kenyatta University of Technology.
Sarah Ruto, an education researcher, says the digitisation project is a good investment.
"But I think it is important to acknowledge that technology is not a miracle pill that will solve our problems, rather it is an opportunity for improving things," she says.
She adds that 20% of Kenya's primary schools do not have the basic necessities.
Kenyan Information Minister Joe Mucheru agrees there are issues that need resolving and says several government ministries are working in tandem to ensure that infrastructure in schools is improved alongside the laptop rollout.
"We want to prepare our children and our schools for 21st Century jobs. You have to start from somewhere," the minister says.
"You can't say they have nothing - they have books, they have teachers, they have curriculum, but it's time we inject the digital content into our curriculum."
In stark contrast to Bungoma, children at a school in a sprawling low-income area of the capital, Nairobi, are excitedly chatting in the playground about the imminent arrival of their computers.
Roysambu Primary School is among 150 schools chosen to pilot the project.
"I can't wait to learn new things and play educative games on the laptops," says 10-year-old Lincoln Maina - even though his class is not directly in line to get the computers funded out of the education ministry's $3bn annual budget.
"I have used a computer before and I will teach my friends a few of the games I enjoy at home," he says.
Sarah Nyota, head teacher at Roysambu Primary School:
"The world out there is moving fast and we cannot as a country afford to remain behind in terms of technology"
It is not only the pupils who are enthusiastic at Roysambu, parents are giving it their full backing and are donating laptops to help expand the pool of computers so all 1,700 students get a chance to use them.
Head teacher Sarah Nyota says some parents even helped build the storage facility and charging units for the laptops.
"The world out there is moving fast and we cannot as a country afford to remain behind in terms of technology," she says.
She has plans to rotate classes over weekends and school holidays to make sure all pupils get a chance to use the computers.
And the intention is to expand the project so all pupils can have better access to computers, says Mr Mucheru.
''If we don't have our young children trained on digital, they will be even worse off than we think they will be."


Nationalist-minded Spaniards adore Plaza Colon in central Madrid, though others might be tempted to describe it as indecently huge or even wildly unsubtle.

A massive Spanish flag dominates the otherwise bare, concrete square and the countless lanes of gridlocked traffic around it. A booming red-and-yellow message of national might, emanating from the capital city.
When I first moved to Madrid, a Basque friend of mine took me to Plaza Colon as a key point of interest.
"Look at that insult," he said. "A huge two fingers up by the Madrid government to us in the rest of Spain. What about regional sensitivities?"
The Madrid-centrism of Franco's military dictatorship, when regional languages and culture were banned and their prominent human defenders imprisoned or murdered, still divides Spain, 40 years after his death.
Just how polarised society can be was clear from the headlines in the bestselling Spanish papers following Catalonia's regional elections.
Front-page news in the centre-left El Pais and centre-right El Mundo described a "disaster" for the pro-independence camp, which "failed to get a majority of votes".
The national broadsheet, La Vanguardia - published in Catalonia - screamed: "Absolute majority for the independence parties with record voter turnout."
Confused? Of course. And every Spaniard will interpret the complex results of the Catalan elections according to his or her personal convictions.
Independence debate gets personal
Catalonia's quarrel with Madrid
Independence campaigner Thais Botinas told me today the vote was a clear victory for independence, though she wished it had been even more decisive.
Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, a member of the executive committee of the Spanish People's Party in national government, could not have been more dismissive.
"We see the situation no differently today than yesterday or the day before," he told me. "This was just a regional election, not a fake referendum or anything else. Nothing whatsoever has changed."
Except it has, of course. On the back of yesterday's election, the pro-independence grouping can claim an absolute majority, with the backing of the radical left CUP - an awkward bedfellow, if ever there was one.
Catalan regional President Arturo Mas says he will start taking steps towards declaring independence within 18 months.
Radio shows and social media in Catalonia are alive with excited rumours that Madrid might send tanks rolling into Barcelona.
It is far more likely that Madrid will send in the lawyers. Breaking away from the Spanish Mothership goes against the country's constitution.
Certainly nothing will happen overnight.
Spain's governing Popular Party is far more concerned about the upcoming general election. Whoever wins is likely to negotiate more fiscal autonomy - at the very least - for Catalonia.
The region's grievances with the rest of Spain have as much to do with economics as politics. It contributes roughly one-fifth of Spanish national GDP in taxes but feels it gets far less back.
Certainly state investment in Catalonia has gone down in recent years.
Like the rest of Spain, Catalonia suffered hugely as a result of the euro crisis. Unemployment is still high in the region, and education and state healthcare are worsening.
But Catalans feel their hard-earned tax money is now being directed by Madrid to prop up worse-off Spanish regions.
Rather than sending a decisive message about regional independence, Catalonia's regional election is a clear signal of something else we are witnessing across Europe.
That is, the re-engagement of people in politics - through movements that are fighting the powers that be: a popular revolt against the status quo for, in theory, more transparency and people-oriented politics - both left- and right-wing.
These are the sentiments driving the rise in popularity for Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn and UKIP in the UK, for Marine Le Pen's National Front in France, the Five Star Movement in Italy, and Syriza in Greece.
Catalan independence is a popular movement. There were screens up even in tiny village squares across Catalonia on Sunday night as people breathlessly waited for votes to be counted. And the 77% voter turnout broke records for a regional election.
Those arguing for Catalan independence resent Madrid governing their lives, making decisions for them in what they see as a corrupt, high-handed and mistaken manner.
It is also interesting to note that the second-largest political group to emerge out of the Catalan elections was the anti-independence Citizens (Ciudadanos) party.
It is currently taking all of Spain by storm as a fresh centre-right movement promising greater transparency and an end to corruption, as well as citizen-consultations to keep its politics people-focused.
On a European level, the Catalan elections have made ripples rather than waves. There were no big screens up in the EU institutions' buildings for the Catalan vote.
The European Commission insists this is a domestic issue for Spain.
Unlike 15 years ago, following the break-up of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia, when Basque separatism, Corsican independence, and Northern Italy breaking away from the rest of the country were the talk of Brussels, there is now less of a focus on regional independence movements, although Scotland often features during dinner-table debate.
Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, who is also Secretary General of the European People's Party, said that with crises in migration, the eurozone and Greece, Catalonia did not even figure.
But it will almost certainly re-emerge when Spaniards go to the polls before the end of the year.


A former star of US hit TV show Glee has been arrested in Los Angeles over allegations of possessing child pornography, said police.

Mark Salling was taken into custody after a warrant was served at his home, said a Los Angeles police spokesman.
The 33-year-old, who played football player Noah "Puck" Puckerman, had been investigated by a special police task force, the spokesman said.
His representatives did not respond to requests for comment.
The musical comedy-drama aired on Fox from 2009 until March 2015.


Blackberry said it is "extremely disappointed" with Facebook's decision to discontinue support for its app.

It means Blackberry users will have to use the mobile version of the website to log on to the social network.
It is not clear when this will come into effect.
Earlier this month WhatsApp, which is owned by Facebook, also announced that it would only continue to support Blackberry's Android-powered Priv handset.
Whatsapp support for Blackberry's own operating system will end at the end of 2016, the firm said.
"We fought back to work with WhatsApp and Facebook to change their minds, but at this time, their decision stands," wrote Lou Gazzola, who works in developer relations at Blackberry, in a blog post.
"We have worked hard to ensure our end users have the best experience in light of this decision, and are continuing to search for alternate solutions."
Mr Gazzola urged supporters to take to social media using the hashtag #ILoveBB10Apps.
"Hey @facebook and @WhatsApp #ILoveBB10Apps Please don't kill'em *attempts puppy eyes*" tweeted Jo.
"I use BB10 because I wanted an alternative to Android and iOS devices, don't stop offering people an alternative choice! #ILoveBB10Apps" tweeted Ed Hale.
Facebook has been contacted for comment.


Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has urged Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to hold talks to calm the recent surge of violence.

Mr Netanyahu said he was "perfectly open" to a meeting that might be "potentially useful".
He also defended a massive security deployment in Jerusalem following a wave of knife attacks by Palestinians.
Near-daily attacks have left seven Israelis dead and dozens wounded over the past fortnight.
Several of the attackers were among at least 30 Palestinians who have been killed in recent violence.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have been fuelled by clashes in Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and across the Gaza border, as well as the wave of stabbings.
"Right now as we can speak, we can meet - I have no problem with that - and we shall stop immediately this wave of incitement and attacks against Israel," Mr Netanyahu told a news conference on Thursday.
However, he continued, "I am willing to meet him [President Abbas] but he isn't willing to meet me".
The Israeli leader said he was also willing to meet US Secretary of State John Kerry and Jordan's King Abdullah for talks to defuse the tension.
The Palestinians have previously said they would not return to talks unless Israel halted settlement building in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israel has built more than 100 settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since it occupied the territories in the 1967 Middle East war. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
Mr Netanyahu also berated Mr Abbas for what he called inciting violence and telling lies about Israel seeking to change the status quo at a holy compound in East Jerusalem, known to Jews as Temple Mount and Muslims as Haram al-Sharif.
Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday accused Israel of using excessive force against Palestinians.
He said Israel was carrying out "executions of our children in cold blood", highlighting the case of a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, Ahmed Manasra, who was hit by a car after he and a 15-year-old stabbed two Israelis, one of them a 13-year-old boy, on Monday.
Mr Netanyahu rejected this as a "new big lie" in his news conference on Thursday, hours after his government released video and photos showing the boy alive in an Israeli hospital.
Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat later said that Mr Abbas had received inaccurate information on the boy's condition, AFP news agency reports.
Israeli police on Wednesday began setting up checkpoints in Arab-majority parts of East Jerusalem, including one neighbourhood that was home to three of the Palestinians who carried out attacks on Israelis this week.
Israel's security cabinet had earlier authorised police to seal off or impose a curfew on parts of the city in a bid to stop "those who try murder and...all those who assist them".
It also announced that the homes of Palestinian attackers would be demolished within days and that their families' right to live in Jerusalem would be taken away.
The Palestinian leader said on Wednesday that Israel's security actions threatened "to spark a religious conflict that would burn everything".
Human Rights Watch has also condemned the new measures, saying they infringed on freedom of movement of all Palestinians.
But Mr Netanyahu defended Israel's actions, saying it was using legitimate force. Any country would do the same to deal with "people wielding knives, meat cleavers, axes, trying to kill people on their streets," he said.
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Despite the heightened security measures, there were two more stabbing incidents on Wednesday, and clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the West Bank city of Bethlehem and along the Israeli border with Gaza continued into Thursday.
Some 300 soldiers are due to be in place by Sunday to reinforce police forces in the city.
US Secretary of State is due to travel to the region soon, but details of his trip are yet to be revealed.
There has been a spate of stabbings of Israelis - several of them fatal - by Palestinians since early October, and one apparent revenge stabbing by an Israeli. The attackers have struck in Jerusalem and central and northern Israel, and in the occupied West Bank. Israel has tightened security and its security forces have clashed with rioting Palestinians, leading to deaths on the Palestinian side. The violence has also spread to the border with Gaza.
After a period of relative quiet, violence between the two communities has spiralled since clashes erupted at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site in mid-September. It was fuelled by rumours among Palestinians that Israel was attempting to alter a long-standing religious arrangement governing the site. Israel repeatedly dismissed the rumours as incitement. Soon afterwards, two Israelis were shot dead by Palestinians in the West Bank and the stabbing attacks began. Both Israel and the Palestinian authorities have accused one another of doing nothing to protect each other's communities.
There have been two organised uprisings by Palestinians against Israeli occupation, in the 1980s and early 2000s. With peace talks moribund, some observers have questioned whether we are now seeing a third. The stabbing attacks seem to be opportunistic and although they have been praised by militant groups, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has said Palestinians are not interested in a further escalation.
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Real Madrid were crowned champions of Europe for the 11th time after beating Atletico Madrid in a dramatic penalty shootout in Milan.

Sergio Ramos' controversial finish put Zinedine Zidane's side ahead before Atletico striker Antoine Griezmann missed a penalty.
However, substitute Yannick Carrasco sent the Champions League final into extra-time with a close-range finish.
Cristiano Ronaldo struck the winning penalty after Juanfran had missed.
In the shootout, Lucas Vazquez, Marcelo and Gareth Bale scored for Real, with Griezmann, Gabi and Saul Niguez replying to make it 3-3.
After Ramos stepped up to make it 4-3, Juanfran hit the post, leaving Ronaldo with the chance to win the cup.
The competition's all-time leading scorer kept his composure to win it - his third individual Champions League triumph following on his from his successes with Manchester United in 2008 and Real in 2014.
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Zidane, a Champions League winner with Real as a player in 2002, replaced Rafael Benitez as manager at the Bernabeu in January, with Real still reeling from a bruising 4-0 hammering by Barcelona earlier in the season and facing the prospect of a second successive campaign without major silverware.
The 43-year-old finishes it as the seventh different manager to deliver a European Cup to Real.
As stylish as his side were going forward, they were just as impressive at the back as Atletico's attacking duo of Griezmann and Fernando Torres were starved of service before the interval.
Bale and Ronaldo repeatedly dropped back into midfield to help cut out the supply routes to Griezmann and Torres, while Karim Benzema also typified Real's work rate by doing his defensive duties.
Atletico were the better side after the break yet fortune was on Real's side as Pepe's rash challenge on Torres went unpunished and Stefan Savic stabbed another golden chance wide.
Bale was excellent as Real dominated the first half - powerful going forward and quick to help out at the back when required.
The Wales international was a danger at set pieces while he was heavily involved as his side took the lead.
Despite having an effort cleared off the line, Bale faded after the break and he spent most of extra-time limping around the pitch with cramp, unsurprising considering his work rate.
Yet he still put himself forward for the decisive shootout - and scored with a cool, low finish to help his team to a famous win.
Three weeks ago, Atletico were on course for a La Liga and Champions League double, yet Diego Simeone's side end the season without a trophy after the most heartbreaking of defeats.
Having finished three points behind champions Barcelona in Spain, they are left to reflect on what might have been despite an impressive second-half performance at the San Siro.
Griezmann became more dangerous but his missed penalty proved crucial, even though Carrasco later levelled after Juanfran's brilliant volleyed cross.
It is the third time Atletico have reached the final and failed to win yet the future remains bright, with Simeone likely to remain in charge next season despite earlier reported interest from Premier League clubs.
His task this summer will be keeping his assets, with Griezmann and midfielder Saul having been linked with moves to Chelsea and Manchester United respectively.
England's Mark Clattenburg had his work cut out as he refereed a tempestuous derby, which saw eight bookings.
Real defender Pepe was at his theatrical best from the start as he tried to influence the Premier League official, who also had to calm down Simeone after Dani Carvajal's early foul on Griezmann.
Ramos put Real ahead from what looked like an offside position but Clattenburg's assistant kept his flag down.
However the 41-year-old from County Durham, who will be officiating at Euro 2016, was right to award the penalty which saw Griezmann hit the underside of the bar in the 47th minute.
Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane: "I've got a phenomenal squad who have fought and worked incredibly hard.
"We went into the game in good shape. Towards the end we suffered physically. The players had cramps but that's normal. Mentally, there's a lot of pressure. You have to fight and we've got there by working hard.
"Yes, I've dreamed about this. I'm positive. The president has given me the opportunity to coach this great club.
"I've got a phenomenal squad who have fought and worked incredibly hard. Having players with this kind of talent, you can achieve something great."
Atletico Madrid boss Diego Simeone: "You do your best, you try to do what you can, you get to two finals and you lose them both.
"One you lose 4-1, even though it was 2-1 for a long time, the other you lose on penalties.
"This cycle for me at Atletico, two finals in three years is, actually a marvellous achievement, but I am not happy with what I have achieved."
Match ends, Real Madrid 1(5), Atlético de Madrid 1(3).
Penalty Shootout ends, Real Madrid 1(5), Atlético de Madrid 1(3).
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(5), Atlético de Madrid 1(3). Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty missed! Still  Real Madrid 1(4), Atlético de Madrid 1(3). Juanfran (Atlético de Madrid) hits the left post with a right footed shot.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(4), Atlético de Madrid 1(3). Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(3), Atlético de Madrid 1(3). Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(3), Atlético de Madrid 1(2). Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(2), Atlético de Madrid 1(2). Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(2), Atlético de Madrid 1(1). Marcelo (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(1), Atlético de Madrid 1(1). Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
Goal!  Real Madrid 1(1), Atlético de Madrid 1. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Penalty Shootout begins Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Corner,  Real Madrid. Conceded by Lucas Hernández.
Attempt blocked. Danilo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lucas Vázquez.
Foul by Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid).
Pepe (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marcelo.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Danilo.
Hand ball by Isco (Real Madrid).
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Thomas Partey replaces Koke because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Koke (Atlético de Madrid) because of an injury.
Hand ball by Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid).
Pepe (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Pepe (Real Madrid).
Corner,  Real Madrid. Conceded by Diego Godín.
Foul by Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid).
Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Casemiro (Real Madrid).
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Lucas Hernández replaces Filipe Luis because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Filipe Luis (Atlético de Madrid) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Casemiro (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Luka Modric.
Second Half Extra Time begins Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
First Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.


Plans to cut hundreds of jobs and close museums and libraries have been confirmed by Lancashire County Council's cabinet as it looks to save £65m over the next two years.

Councillors agreed to cut 367 full-time jobs and reduce the number of libraries from 74 to 34.
The moves are part of the council's bid to save £262m by April 2020 following government cuts.
Since January 2014, 1100 people have taken voluntary redundancy.
Among the measures approved are removing funding for subsidised bus services, ending free transport for faith schools and ending the funding of five museums - Queen Street Mill, Helmshore, Museum of Lancashire, Judges' Lodgings and Fleetwood Museum.
Jennifer Mein, the Labour leader of Lancashire County Council, said: "The decisions we have taken today are heartbreaking but reflect the unprecedented financial situation we face."


A Leicester City fan stands to earn £25,000 if his team win the Premier League title after placing a £5 pre-season bet on the Foxes at 5,000-1.

Leicester's 3-1 win at Manchester City leaves them five points clear at the top with two thirds of the season gone.
Carpenter Leigh Herbert, 38, placed his speculative wager while on a camping holiday and has declined an offer to cash in for a guaranteed £3,200.
"Even if they tail off, it's been worth that £5," Herbert told BBC Sport.
If Leicester - who were bottom of the table a year ago - do win the title, it is thought this would be the biggest-priced single winner in sporting history.
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Herbert has been a Leicester fan since the age of 10, when he went to a game with his uncle Adrian, who once played junior football with Foxes legend Gary Lineker.
After a few drinks one night on holiday in Newquay last summer, he placed the bet on a whim following the appointment of Italian Claudio Ranieri as manager.
"I watched them last season and they didn't play that badly. When he was appointed I thought he might bring something," said Herbert, who sold raffle tickets for the club when he was a teenager.
"The first thing I thought the next day was that I'd lost that fiver. I'm not a betting man, apart from a pound or two on the Grand National."
How Leicester's odds have plunged: (Price at start of month) August: 5,000-1; September: 1,500-1; October: 1,500-1; November: 500-1; December: 66-1;  January: 16-1; February: 7-1.
Herbert was one of just 12 people who backed Leicester at 5,000-1 online with bookmakers William Hill, who say their biggest payout would be to a customer from Guildford who placed £75 each way at 1,500-1 and could collect £140,775.
"For commercial reasons we are not Leicester fans," said spokesman Rupert Adams.
"Should they win the Premier League, we will be paying out £2m-plus. That said, we will not begrudge Leigh as this would be a fantastic feat."
The Leicester success story has seen them cheered on by some supporters of other teams as the underdogs battle with Manchester City, Arsenal and Tottenham for the title.
"If I'd have spent £5 trying to find as much excitement, I couldn't have got it," added Herbert.
"The majority of messages I've had have been supportive and said it's a great story. I even had a Nottingham Forest fan wishing me all the best."
He is determined to let the bet stand, even though he could walk away with thousands now by 'cashing out' for a smaller amount than his potential winnings.
"I'm trying not to think about missing out on the money. To have them finish in the top four would be out of this world," he said.
"I guess you'd usually bet on the other team as Leicester have disappointed a bit in the past."
Clearing debts and funding a good wedding are top of the list if his bet comes in.
"I'm engaged to my fiancee Kerry and it would be lovely to have a deposit on a house. I've only ever rented," he said.


An average of 12 drivers a day were caught using their mobile phones illegally in Scotland, in the wake of a major crackdown on the practice.

A total of 339 motorists were penalised for the offence by Police Scotland in the four weeks after tougher punishments took effect on 1 March.
They were among almost 6,000 drivers caught using a phone at the wheel by police forces across Britain.
Penalties for the offence doubled to six points and a Â£200 fine.
The changes mean new drivers risk losing their licence for sending a single text.
The figures emerged in response to a series of freedom of information (FOI) requests by the Press Association.
Campaigners claimed the "worrying" findings suggest many drivers are ignoring repeated warnings about the dangers of using phones at the wheel despite a string of publicity campaigns and the risk of harsher sanctions.
It found that police recorded 5,977 instances of the practice between 1 and 28 March in England, Scotland and Wales.
The actual figure is likely to be higher as seven forces did not provide figures and some cases may not have been logged at the time FOI responses were issued.
The Metropolitan Police registered the highest number at 2,037, while Police Scotland recorded the third highest total.
The RAC Foundation described the increased penalties as "a start", but warned the figures for March suggest "the key message still isn't sinking in".
Steve Gooding, director of the motoring research charity, said: "Driving is a safety-critical activity that requires our full attention. Hands need to be on the wheel and eyes looking out of the windscreen, not down at the phone screen."
Brake spokesman Jack Kushner described the number of drivers "selfishly using their mobile phones behind the wheel" as concerning.
"Driver distraction is a growing menace and it's worrying that drivers don't seem to be getting the message," he said.
The charity wants the Â£200 fine to be "significantly increased" to deter offenders.
Police say they want to make using a mobile while driving as "socially unacceptable" as drink-driving.
Anthony Bangham, of the National Police Chiefs' Council, said: "Drivers need to understand that this is not a minor offence and you will be prosecuted under new, tougher penalties."
He said forces were committed to tackling the behaviour, adding: "Encouraging results from recent campaigns show how effective new tactics and innovative approaches can be."


Police are hunting a teenager armed with a gun who tried to rob a man outside his home in Edinburgh.

The 67-year-old victim was in his car in Niddrie and was about to drive off when the youth approached the window and demanded money on Friday evening.
He tried to get into the car and showed a handgun but the man drove away.
The suspect is described as aged about 16, approximately 5ft 6in tall, wearing a grey woolly hat and scarf with a grey and black tracksuit.
Detectives believe the gun was not a functioning weapon but said it was a "terrifying" episode for the victim.
The suspect was last seen running towards Niddrie Mains Road after the incident, which happened at about 18:20 in Niddrie Mill Terrace.
Det Insp Graham Grant, who is leading the investigation, said: "Fortunately, no-one was injured during this attempted robbery but there is no doubt that this was a terrifying experience.
"Uniformed officers will have a high-visibility presence in the area while we conduct our investigation and I appeal to anyone who has any relevant information to come forward immediately.
"The male suspect was in possession of a handgun however, at this stage of our inquiry, we believe that this was not a functioning firearm.
"Those who were in the Niddrie area on Friday evening and recognise the description of the suspect or have any information that might assist with our ongoing investigation are asked to contact police."
Alternatively information can be passed anonymously through the charity Crimestoppers.


Friends and colleagues have paid tribute to a showjumper who died after a horse riding accident.

Caroline MacAskill, 52, from Fortrose near Inverness, died from injuries she suffered whilst riding on Saturday.
Her husband, Ian, 54, is believed to have attempted to resuscitate his wife before she was taken to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness. She died on Sunday.
Mrs MacAskill was described as "a popular and well-known figure".
A statement issued by the Caledonian Riding club in Inverness said: "Her good-humoured enthusiasm for her sport shone through everything she did.
"She will be so much missed and was a wonderful example to everyone else of doing what you love most with commitment and courage."
Mrs MacAskill worked as the head of customer services at Cairn Housing Association.
The association's chief executive Jason MacGilp said: "Caroline was always an enthusiastic and skilled member of the team, and her passion for life and for delivering quality services for tenants always shone through in her work.
"She cared about people and the communities she worked for.
"Caroline helped so many people through her working life and further afield over the years, and she will be very sorely missed by us all."


Ex-Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn says a breakdown in his relationship with current bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda was behind his departure in 2013.

The Brawn team won both world titles in 2009 - having been salvaged from the failed Honda operation - before being sold to Mercedes in 2010.
"People were imposed on me who I couldn't trust," Brawn says, in a new book due to be published next month.
"I never knew really what they were trying to do."
The 61-year-old Briton, who masterminded Michael Schumacher's seven world titles at Benetton and Ferrari, added: "Niki would tell me one thing, then I would hear he was saying something else."
Brawn's version of events is set out in 'Total competition, lessons in strategy from Formula 1', an advance copy of which has been seen by Reuters.
Brawn said he discovered early in 2013 that Paddy Lowe, now technical head at Mercedes, had been signed from McLaren - a move that at the time prompted speculation over Brawn's future.
He eventually left the team at the end of the 2013 season after failing to agree the scope of his future role. That left Mercedes to be run in tandem by their two executive directors, Wolff and Lowe, along with non-executive chairman Lauda.
"When I challenged Toto and Niki, they both blamed each other," said Brawn. "I met them together to have it out with them and they both pointed to each other.
"Even with Paddy Lowe, I was never quite sure - he was quite happy to jump in and take my job.
"I couldn't trust those people so I saw no future unless I was willing to go to war and remove them."
Brawn also claimed Wolff made critical comments about him in a taped conversation with former F1 team boss Colin Kolles.
"He said that I was resting on my money now. I had got all this money and I wasn't interested in the team any more and I wasn't motivated and I wasn't doing this, I wasn't doing that. That the team needed a fresh impetus," said Brawn.
"So I was beginning to deal with people who I didn't feel I could ultimately trust - people within the team who had let me down already in terms of their approach."
Wolff, Lauda and Lowe were not immediately available for comment.
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg leads team-mate Lewis Hamilton by 33 points in the drivers' standings heading into this weekend's US GP in Austin, Texas.
Mercedes wrapped up a third straight constructors' title at the previous round in Japan.


Asian markets have risen after the US House of Representatives passed a deal to stave off the so-called fiscal cliff.

A failure to agree a deal would have triggered spending cuts and tax increases worth $600bn (Â£370bn).
There had been fears that the measures would have derailed economic recovery in the world's biggest economy and perhaps even push it into a recession.
Hong Kong shares gained 2.9% and South Korea's Kospi added 1.7%.
Singapore's Straits Times index gained by 1.3%. Financial markets in Japan and mainland China were closed for a public holiday.
Along with being the world's largest economy, the US also is a key market for most of Asia's export-dependent economies.
There were concerns that if the full effects of the fiscal cliff were allowed to take hold, it may have led to a reduction in consumer spending.
That in turn could have hurt demand for Asian exports to the US and impacted growth amongst the region's leading manufacturers and economies.
Analysts said the approval of the deal had helped allay those fears among investors.
"With the final hurdle being passed now, we've got a minimum deal that avoids any immediate threat of the US falling off the cliff," said Jason Hughes, head of premium client management for IG Markets Singapore.
"That's  definitely boosted Asian equities markets," he said.
Market sentiment was also boosted by some encouraging regional economic data.
Manufacturing activity in China, the region's biggest economy and one of the key drivers of global growth in recent years, expanded for the third straight month in December.
China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), a key indicator of activity in the sector, stood at 50.6 in December. A reading above 50 shows expansion.
Meanwhile, a survey of manufacturing activity in South Korea indicated an expansion in the sector for the first time in seven months in December.
Over in Japan, the yen continued to weaken against the US dollar.
The Japanese currency was trading as low as 87.30 yen against the US dollar, the lowest level since July 2010.
Japan's new Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has promised to take measures to weaken the yen to help revive the country's struggling economy.
The yen has fallen almost 9% against the US dollar since 15 November amid hopes of additional stimulus from the newly elected government.
A weaker yen bodes well for Japanese exporters as it makes their goods more affordable to foreign buyers and also helps boost profits when they repatriate their foreign earnings back home.


Recommendations on whether fracking should be allowed in Lancashire have been submitted to the government to make a final decision on.

Energy firm Cuadrilla is appealing against Lancashire County Council's refusal to let it extract shale gas at Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood.
Planning inspector Wendy McKay has sent her report to Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Greg Clark to scrutinise.
The decision is expected by 6 October.
Lancashire County Council rejected both planning applications for the Fylde sites last year on the grounds of noise and traffic impact.
Cuadrilla disputed those reasons at an inquiry chaired by Ms McKay in Blackpool earlier this year and said night-time noise would be short and affect only a handful of homes.
The secretary of state said he will make the final decision, as opposed to the planning inspector, because the proposals were "of more than local significance".
Anti-fracking campaigners claim the process is harmful to the environment.


An investor prepared to invest £35m in Leeds' Headingley stadium has been found, the city council says.

Council leader Judith Blake said a previous scheme to fund the work had "gone" and now the authority was ready to broker the new deal.
The council had withdrawn a £4m grant from the work, leaving Yorkshire County Cricket Club facing being unable to host international matches after 2019.
However, Ms Blake said she was now "confident we have a way forward".
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The stadium hosts cricket, rugby league and rugby union fixtures.
Mark Arthur, the club's chief executive, said a financial services company was prepared to build the new facilities and rent them back to the clubs.
The plan includes a new south stand on the rugby ground and a new joint stand overlooking both the rugby pitch and cricket ground.
Mr Arthur said the new deal "would safeguard international cricket at Headingley for the foreseeable future".
The club plans to start "stripping out" the stand at the end of May and work should be finished before the 2019 cricket season, allowing the ground to host games in that year's world cup, said Mr Arthur.
The plans were originally unveiled in January 2016.
Gary Hetherington, chief executive of rugby league side Leeds Rhinos that is also to invest about £5m, said it was the sort of decision "made once every 100 years" and there was "still some work to be done".
The council withdrew a £4m grant on 23 March that was part of the previous financial plans.
The details of the latest investment are still to be discussed at a meeting of senior councillors in April.


The man behind a mystery gnome invasion in two villages in Derbyshire says he did it "to put smiles on faces".

About 40 small plastic gnomes were left on doorsteps overnight in Borrowash and Draycott over the past few weeks, leaving residents puzzled.
The prankster told BBC Derby his campaign was at an end but may resume in the run-up to Christmas.
He said he wanted to be anonymous but was delighted by kind messages posted on his spoof account on Facebook.
"I've had so many lovely messages from people saying what a good job I've been doing.
"People are saying Borrowash hasn't been so happy in years. I'm absolutely delighted."
The joker, who gave himself the spoof name Freddie Fisher, said he came up with the idea after he left a gnome outside a friend's house and enjoyed seeing their surprised response.
He then started donning a long black wig as a disguise before heading out late at night to drop off the gnomes at homes, shops and cafes.
A gnome was even left outside BBC Radio Derby's studios after the mystery was discussed on air.
The campaign ended on a poignant note with the final gnome being placed outside the home of a Borrowash woman who had been fighting a serious illness.
Freddie said: "Glenda hasn't been very well. She's bed ridden in her house and I wanted to put a smile on her face."
He said he would now be taking a long break before returning for an "even bigger campaign" close to Christmas.


Essex wicketkeeper James Foster says he is struggling to get used to the idea of being left out of the team.

The 37-year-old former skipper has yet to play this season, with Adam Wheater taking the gloves.
"I think in 2003 I didn't play two or three one-day games, but not playing in any format at the moment is an unusual feeling," Foster told BBC Essex.
"But the decision has been made and I've just got to chip away and be ready if the time comes."
Foster, who played in seven Test matches between 2001 and 2002, has used the spare time to experience life off the field, including his role as cricket professional with Forest School in east London, where he was once a pupil.
"I've been keeping myself busy," he said.
"I've suggested to the Essex management, coaching staff and captain about being around and helping out with the preparation on the coaching side of things, as an extra pair of hands, which I've started to do.
"I've had a little bit of time with MCC Young Cricketers and also doing a little bit more stuff with Forest School."


A coroner has said he will raise concerns about the safety of a Gwynedd junction on the main north-south Wales road following two fatal crashes.

A motorcyclist and an 83-year-old driver both died in 2014 after collisions at the A470 junction with the Bala turn off in Dolgellau.
A further four serious accidents have occurred at the same spot and roundabouts are now planned.
The north west Wales coroner said he will contact highways officials.
It followed representations from the families of the two fatal crash victims at their inquests on Tuesday.
John David  Roach, 83, of Manchester, was killed instantly on 23 May 2014 when he drove out of the Bala Road junction into the path of an oncoming bin lorry.
Motorcyclist Kevin John Haddock, 56, of Birmingham, was riding along the A470 on 5 July when a vehicle pulled out of the same junction into his path.
He died later at Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, of multiple injuries.
Coroner Dewi Pritchard Jones recorded accidental death conclusions in both cases.
Sarah Sutherland, for Mr Haddock's family, told the inquest: "The family I represent would like you to draw the attention of the dangers at the junction with the Welsh assembly. I am sure that the Welsh government will not ignore your views."
Following the accidents, traffic lights have been placed at the junction and in March it was announced it would be replaced with a roundabout by spring 2017.


Ireland all-rounder John Mooney has retired from international cricket to pursue business interests.

Mooney, 33, scored 963 runs in 64 one-day internationals, and 231 across 27 Twenty20 matches for Ireland.
"A business opportunity has arisen which I must pursue," said the Dubliner.
He added: "I've always given 100% to the team, and it wouldn't be fair on them to keep going if I'm not fully committed."
Mooney, who also took 48 wickets in ODI competition, and 10 in the T20 format for Ireland, added: "I've been playing internationally for 14 years and over the past few seasons have found that the intensity and demands of the modern game have placed a considerable strain on my body.
"It's also become increasingly difficult to spend such long periods of time away from my wife and young family."
Mooney is one of only four Irish players to play in three World Cups, along with the O'Brien brothers and Irish skipper William Porterfield.
The highlight came in 2011 when Mooney secured a stunning victory for Ireland against England in Bangalore.
"I've some fantastic memories having played in three World Cups, the first of which in 2007 included my elder brother Paul," said the North County player, who designed his own helmet which he wore at this year's tournament.
"In 2011 I also had what I described as my 'Ray Houghton moment', hitting the winning runs against England."


Russia says it has had no involvement in the travel plans of fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.

His whereabouts are unclear after he flew from Hong Kong to Moscow on Sunday. His passport has been revoked.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov insisted Mr Snowden had not crossed the border and rejected what he termed US attempts to blame Russia for his disappearance.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said the US did not seek "confrontation" but Russia should hand over Mr Snowden.
Correspondents say Mr Lavrov's comments suggest that Mr Snowden remained air-side after landing at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, and so has technically never entered Russian territory.
"We are in no way involved with either Mr Snowden, his relations with US justice, nor to his movements around the world," Mr Lavrov said.
"He chose his itinerary on his own. We learnt about it... from the media. He has not crossed the Russian border.
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"We consider the attempts to accuse the Russian side of violating US laws, and practically of involvement in a plot, to be absolutely groundless and unacceptable."
The 30-year-old IT expert is wanted by the US for revealing to the media details of a secret government surveillance programme, which he obtained while working as a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).
Speaking during a visit to Saudi Arabia, Mr Kerry said the transfer of Mr Snowden was a matter of rule of law, and that Russia should remain "calm".
He is charged with theft of government property, unauthorised communication of national defence information and wilful communication of classified communications intelligence.
Mr Snowden has applied for asylum in Ecuador. The US has revoked his passport.
Reuters news agency quotes a Moscow airport source as saying that Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on Sunday afternoon and was due to depart for the Cuban capital, Havana, the following day, but did not use the ticket.
The source said he was travelling with Sarah Harrison, a British legal researcher working for the anti-secrecy group Wikileaks.
By Jonathan MarcusBBC diplomatic correspondent
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's assertion that the fugitive American "hasn't crossed the Russian border" may well be technically correct - Edward Snowden may. for all we know, remain "in transit" at the hotel, air-side, at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
But it is hard to believe that the Russians are not exploring what information they can get from Mr Snowden, if any.
He is at the very least a potential intelligence gift horse that has almost literally dropped into their laps.
Mr Lavrov was clearly irked by US pressure, saying that attempts to accuse the Russian side of flouting US laws were "unjustified and unacceptable". Moscow's annoyance is mirrored by Beijing.
As yet it is still too early to say what long-term damage this affair may do to China and Russia's relations with Washington. But the US-Russia relationship in particular could get seriously strained the longer this saga goes on.
Meanwhile, China has also described US accusations that it facilitated the departure of fugitive Edward Snowden from Hong Kong as "groundless and unacceptable".
A foreign ministry spokeswoman said the Hong Kong government had handled the former US intelligence officer's case in accordance with the law.
The White House had criticised what it termed "a deliberate choice to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant".
The Chinese government has expressed deep concern about Mr Snowden's allegations that the US had hacked into networks in China.
Tuesday saw the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party praise Mr Snowden for "tearing off Washington's sanctimonious mask".
In a strongly worded front-page commentary, the overseas edition of the People's Daily said: "Not only did the US authorities not give us an explanation and apology, it instead expressed dissatisfaction at the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for handling things in accordance with law.
"In a sense, the United States has gone from a 'model of human rights' to 'an eavesdropper on personal privacy', the 'manipulator' of the centralised power over the international internet, and the mad 'invader' of other countries' networks."
Speaking during a visit to India, US Secretary of State John Kerry said it would be "deeply troubling" if it became clear that China had "wilfully" allowed him to fly out of Hong Kong.
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"There would be without any question some effect and impact on the relationship and consequences," he said.
He also called on Russia to "live by the standards of the law because that's in the interests of everybody".
Mr Snowden was in hiding in Hong Kong when his leaks were first published.
He is being supported by the whistleblowing website Wikileaks, which said on Sunday that he was heading to Ecuador accompanied by some of its diplomats and legal advisers.
Ecuador is already giving political asylum at its London embassy to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted for questioning in Sweden over allegations of sexual assault - which he denies.
Mr Snowden's leaks have led to revelations that the US is systematically seizing vast amounts of phone and web data under an NSA programme known as Prism.
US officials have defended the practice of gathering telephone and internet data from private users around the world.
They say Prism cannot be used to target intentionally any Americans or anyone in the US, and stress that it is supervised by judges.


Two-time champion Flat jockey Paul Hanagan says he is disappointed his four-year partnership with owner Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum has come to an end.

Hanagan, 36, was announced as Sheikh Hamdan's first-choice rider in 2012 after the retirement of Richard Hills.
The alliance came to an end with two rides at Wolverhampton on Friday.
"Sheikh Hamdan is a true gentleman," said the Warrington-born jockey. "It's been a privilege to ride for him."
Hanagan was crowned champion jockey in 2010 and 2011 before he was appointed by Sheikh Hamdan, a member of Dubai's ruling family.
"It is too early to say what my plans are for the future, but I will continue to work as hard as ever," said the jockey.
Hanagan is close friends with Freddy Tylicki, 30, who was paralysed from the waist down following a four-horse pile-up at Kempton on 31 October.
"I am sure that I speak for everyone when I say that we are all praying for him," said Hanagan.


The Red Arrows have revealed a new design inspired by the union jack on the tailfins of their jets.

This design has now replaced the three-stripe livery the jets had flown since the 1960s.
A special one-off design was also created last year to mark the team's 50th display season.
Squadron Leader David Montenegro said the new tail fin "perfectly illustrates the spirit of the Red Arrows" and reflected British excellence.
He said it represented "the UK, our engineering excellence and the capability of the Royal Air Force to protect our skies".
Last year, the Lincolnshire-based Red Arrows celebrated their 50th season, performing more than 80 displays across the UK and in nine other countries.
The milestone was marked with a special, one-off tailfin design on its aircraft.
Now, instead of returning to this original paint scheme following the season-long 50th pattern, the new Union flag design has been adopted for the future.
The team of fast-jet pilots, engineers and support staff are currently preparing for their new display season, which begins in May.
Sqn Ldr Montenegro said: "The Red Arrows have a major ambassadorial role. When we go abroad, it's not just defence we are representing, or the armed forces in isolation, it's all of the UK's industry.
"To have this ability, to keep spreading the message and promoting the UK in this unique, powerful way around the world, is invaluable."
The Red Arrows team was founded in 1965 at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire.


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Even Ed Sheeran thinks there's something wrong with the singles chart.

Until last week, no artist had ever had more than four top 10 hits at the same time - but Sheeran smashed that record to pieces, putting nine songs from his new album, Divide, into the top.
The main reason for his success is streaming. Tracks from his album were played 110 million times last week on Spotify, Apple Music and their competitors, sending all 16 tracks from Divide into the chart.
"I don't know if there's some weird thing that Spotify and Apple Music are going to have to change now," the star told BBC Radio 1. "I never expected to have nine songs in the top 10 in my life. I don't know if something's gone wrong but I'm definitely very, very happy about it."
A look at the midweek chart update suggests Ed will continue to overshadow the competition, with six tracks clinging on to their position in the top 10.
The record industry is delighted - HMV says the album "exceeded expectations", while Sainsbury's recorded their biggest week of CD sales since Adele's 25.
"The sheer voracity with which it's been devoured is just incredible," boasted Sheeran's record label boss, Ben Cook, in an interview with Music Week.
But the star's unprecedented one-man takeover of the chart has left people wondering whether the venerable countdown has become redundant.
The problem is that, with Ed Sheeran taking up 40% of the available space, other acts are being pushed out.
Last year saw a shockingly low number of new artists making their Top 40 debut. Even this week, the much-anticipated new single from Lorde only managed to score a new entry at 28, even though it was at number 12 in the download chart.
"The charts have changed dramatically in the last five or 10 years," Official Chart Company boss Martin Talbot told the BBC. "We're constantly reviewing the way that we count those different ways of consuming, and we will continue to do so."
Here are some of the ways the charts could be redrawn to fix the Sheeran situation.
This week, we have the ludicrous situation where 14 of the top 20 singles aren't actually singles. They're album tracks.
It would be pretty easy to exclude all the other songs and bring back a sense of normality to the countdown. But there's a problem: if Ed decides to release Galway Girl as a single later down the line, it's already been bought and streamed 90,000 times. It's very likely the single would be classified as a "flop".
At the minute, every time a song is streamed 150 times, it counts as one real-world "sale". The Official Charts Company recently upped that ratio from 100:1, but even that couldn't stop Ed's chart takeover.
Yet, if you look at the paid-for download chart, Divide doesn't dominate nearly as much. It only accounts for six songs in the top 20, with hits by Rag 'N' Bone Man and Katy Perry holding on to their positions.
The dilemma is that streaming is enjoying exponential rates of growth. Spotify added 10 million customers in the last six months; while Apple Music has attracted 20 million subscribers in less than two years.
One quick fix, suggested by reader Andy Mac, would be to impose a cap on individual users. "Once you hit 150 streams that count as a sale, no more streams from your account count toward the chart," he says. Others have suggested the limit should be just 20 streams.
Whether or not that's viable, the Charts Company needs to be much more nimble, tweaking its formula on a monthly basis to stop streams becoming a flood.
By including streaming data, the modern charts reflect what people are listening to, as well as what they buy.
In theory, this is great. It eliminates the phenomenon of "fan club hits" - where a dedicated group of, say, One Direction fans could send a song to number one on the week of release, only for it to disappear seven days later.
On the flipside, you can argue that lots of Ed Sheeran's streams came from people who didn't even choose to listen to him. A "passive" listener, who simply fires up one of Spotify's curated playlists is likely to hear Ed's music at least once. Its UK Top 50 playlist is dominated by Divide; while Hot Hits UK has three of Sheeran's songs in its line-up.
If it's technically possible (and no-one can quite tell me whether it is or not) passive streams could carry less weight than those generated by a fan typing "Ed Sheeran Divide" into the search bar.
This is a controversial one. UK radio stations, including BBC Radio 1, have long wanted the charts to reflect what's being played on air.  It already happens in the US, where radio exposure can send a song into the Billboard Hot 100 long before it becomes popular on streaming services. The figures are carefully weighted to reflect that a song played at 4am won't be heard by as many people as one played at 4pm - and that a station with a large audience has more impact than a smaller rival.
In the UK, including airplay could give a helping hand to new artists - especially given the role that Radio 2 and Radio 1 play in championing new music.
The downside is that commercial radio - with honourable exceptions like Radio X, Kiss and Rinse - is horrifically conservative. A grime artist like Stormzy, who dominated the Top 40 a week before Ed Sheeran, can only struggle to 36th place in this week's airplay chart.
Only kidding.
In fact, Ed's not even the first person to score multiple new entries off the back of a new album. Beyonce, The Weeknd and Stormzy have all done similar things in the past year - albeit on a smaller scale.
And none of the above solutions would satisfactorily address the way big releases overshadow the competition - which gives an idea of the difficulties faced by the Official Charts Company.
The question is, can any of the fixes be worse than the current situation?
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If the butchers at Castell Howell Foods cut the carcasses badly, it also means a cut in profits.

The company has been going for more than 30 years and is one of the biggest employers in the area.
Its new butchery facility at Cross Hands, Carmarthenshire, has been operating for just over a year and skills are a prime focus.
Staff are trained on the premises but also study at training centres as part of their NVQ qualifications.
Castell Howell now employs 600 people across the business and last year it had sales of Â£94m.
When the company started its boning line in 2008, the shortage of skilled butchers meant it recruited from eastern Europe.
Migrant workers make up about 5% of the workforce and they are now used in a buddy system to pass skills down to a new generation.
They include 19-year-old apprentice Dewi Davies, from Whitland, who has been working at Castell Howell for three years.
He has already finished third in a Welsh young butchers' competition.
"I just want to develop my skills as a butcher - because it's a trade you can go anywhere with. I just want to keep developing and getting better," he said.
In recruitment, Castell Howell start with an assessment of literacy and numeracy levels and then their school leavers go towards NVQs.
Edward Morgan, butchery director, said skills were vital but fitting in with the rest of the workforce was also essential.
"It's vitally important for all our staff to have the right attitude and if that's right they can build on that with training," he said.
"In Carmarthenshire, there are some large players in the meat industry and there are some skills gaps there but it's incumbent on all companies to take the initiative to train their workers to their requirements."
Middle managers also attend leadership courses at Trinity St David's University.
Castell Howell is now setting up a butchery academy with a local training provider.
MEASURING THE SKILLS GAP
37,200 vacancies
11,600 hard-to-fill vacancies
31% of applicants lack basic numerical skills
23% of applicants lack manual dexterity
47% of applicants lack customer handling skills
A 10-year skills strategy was launched by the Welsh Government in 2014, part of which includes measuring skills performance.
This will include monitoring any changes in the level of investment made by employers in the skills of their workforce.
The latest UK Employer Skills Survey, published in January, showed skill shortages have increased in Wales to 23% of all vacancies.
There were particular problems recruiting machine operators.
But employers reported a reduction in the skills gap of their workforce as a whole. More (50%) were also offering off-the-job training than before.
Two thirds of Welsh workers (66%) were given some training in the last year, but 49% of companies wanted to give more than they did.
However, the survey - which involved more than 200 Welsh companies - showed the challenges ahead.
While computer skills were less of an issue, more applicants for jobs in Wales lacked skills such as basic numeracy, manual dexterity, customer handling skills and the reading and writing of basic instructions than the UK as a whole.
Many small businesses argued it was easier for the bigger companies to absorb the costs of training, but Mr Morgan said the time invested in it was important whatever the size of the company.
"If we train a percentage of our workforce, we lose the same amount of time with them as a small business would.
"But we see it as an investment and every hour spent in the classroom goes towards improving productivity."
In the end, both large and small firms will be looking to see how the parties are offering to help them improve their skill levels and training in the next assembly.


JK Rowling has praised fans for keeping the secrets of stage show Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Speaking at the gala opening at the Palace Theatre in London, the best-selling author said fans had been "amazing" at avoiding spoilers.
"It's the most extraordinary fandom so I'm kind of not surprised, because they didn't want to spoil it for each other."
She added: "I'm so happy we got here without ruining everything."
Rowling said that she'd like the new Harry Potter play to be seen widely around the world.
Asked if the show would head to Broadway, she told the BBC: "I'd love it to go wider than that. I'd like as many Potter fans to see it as possible."
The story, by Rowling, writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series, the Deathly Hallows.
It portrays the stars of the Rowling's wizarding saga as adults with their own children heading off to school.
Audiences had been urged to "keep the secrets" since the play - presented in two parts over five hours - began previews in early June.
It won a number of five-star reviews earlier this week, with one critic describing it as "a game-changing production".
Tiffany said the play had "not massively changed" during the preview period.
"We've crystallized and evolved some of the illusions and costumes - all of the actors are still in it, I'm glad to say. It's been great to see it develop in front of an audience."
The script book of the play, billed as the eighth Harry Potter story, is published at midnight after play's gala opening.
Book shops around the world are planning late-night openings to allow fans to pick up their copies.
Waterstones said 140 of its shops would host Potter parties on Saturday night, with the largest events in Edinburgh, Manchester Deansgate and London Piccadilly.
A spokeswoman said: "Our pre-orders have exceeded six figures - numbers we haven't seen since the last Harry Potter book and we fully expect Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be our best-selling book of the year."
It's a similar story in the US where booksellers Barnes and Noble say it's broken the pre-order record Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Speaking on the red carpet on Saturday, Friedman said Cursed Child was set to be the biggest-selling play of all time.
"What we think is beautiful about that is that we are imagining children and families creating the play themselves in their living rooms and bedrooms."
The Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted into eight films.
Potter are also preparing themselves for spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Rowling, which opens in November.


A safety gate was not in place when a man died in an industrial shredder at a recycling plant, an inquest has heard.

Karlis Pavasars, 55, had to be identified by DNA from his toothbrush after he died at Mid UK Recycling in Lincolnshire in 2013.
His widow told the hearing in Lincoln he was experienced enough to know not to climb on the conveyor belt leading to the shredder.
A witness said he saw the gate was off its hinges after the incident.
Father-of-two Mr Pavasars, of Peterborough, was working at the company in Barkston Heath, near Grantham, which shreds household waste into pellet-sized fuel for power stations.
Jurors at the inquest at the Cathedral Centre were told a boot was jammed in the conveyor belt and a hard hat was found on the floor.
Body fragments, found alongside parts of a hi-vis jacket inside the shredder, were matched with DNA from Mr Pavasars's toothbrush.
Workshop engineer Daniel Shirley said a safety gate was out of commission.
"I did see that the gate was not in place and that it was not on its hinges but leant up against the side of the metal bay," he said.
Mr Pavasars' wife Marite said she did not know how he ended up on the conveyor belt leading to the shredder
"He was experienced enough in the recycling industry to know it was a very dangerous thing to do," she said in a statement.
The Health and Safety Executive launched an investigation after the death, which police said they were not treating as suspicious.
The inquest continues.


Suicides of people being cared for in the community are higher than among hospital inpatients, a report says.

There are around 200 suicides a year of people cared for by crisis teams - three times the number in hospitals.
A third had been discharged from hospital in the previous fortnight, while a further third had been using the service for less than a week.
The University of Manchester report suggests crisis teams in the UK are under too much pressure.
Crisis resolution/home treatment (CRHT) teams are made up of psychiatrists, mental health nurses, social workers and support workers.
They visit patients in their homes, administering medication and offering psychological and practical support.
By Michael Buchanan, BBC social affairs correspondent
Twenty years ago, there was a broad consensus within the NHS that suicides among psychiatric patients were inevitable.
The landscape has now changed.  Medics in Detroit proved that you could cut out all suicides and now the more innovative parts of the NHS are trying to embark on a similar exercise.
But reaching that goal requires a culture change.  Not just to appreciate that it is possible, but to invest in the training and other resources that will make it possible.
Too often, inpatient beds have been cut with the NHS promising the savings will be invested in community services.
Twenty years of research, with ever increasing suicides under the care of crisis teams, shows that simply hasn't happened. Too many psychiatric patients are still simply being failed.
One other important point this research highlights - those NHS trusts that involve families in investigating deaths improve performance.  Why some trusts fail to do so, or engage in some tokenistic efforts, is utterly baffling.
The National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness (NCISH) report suggests the teams are bearing the pressure of caring for patients who actually need a more acute level of care, such as inpatient beds.
It said crisis teams had become the "default option" in acute care "used for too many patients at high risk".
Prof Louis Appleby, director of NCISH, said: "Our findings suggest that we are accepting too much risk in the home treatment these teams offer and that the crisis team is now the priority for suicide prevention in mental health."
The report suggests people who live alone - as 43% of those who committed suicide did - were at particular risk and that the crisis team may not have been a "suitable" level of care.
Poor access to specialist help for drug and alcohol misuse was also noted by the authors.
Joy Hibbins suffered a "horrifying, shocking, terrifying and profoundly distressing" incident in 2012.  Within days, she was feeling suicidal for the first time in her life, and was directed towards her local crisis team.
"I found it almost impossible to engage with them as there were so many of them," she says. "A different person was coming out to see me every day.
"When you've been through something extremely traumatic it is hard enough to build trust with one person, never mind a whole team and it meant that I was having to repeat information about the experience to different people.  There was no sense of continuity of care from my perspective.
"There are some very good individuals within the crisis teams but there are many issues. They are working very much under pressure. "
In an effort to prevent others from suffering a similar experience, Joy has set up a charity in Gloucestershire which provides round-the-clock support to people contemplating suicide.
Suicide rates across the UK vary. In general, rates have risen since the 2008 recession - except in Scotland where there has been a sustained fall. The rate is highest in Northern Ireland.
Samantha Nicklin, head of campaigns at Rethink Mental Illness, said: "Every suicide is preventable. We are still losing too many brothers, sisters, parents, children and friends this way.
"While progress is being made in our understanding of how to support people with mental illness and prevent suicide, we are still seeing people struggling to get the help they need before they reach crisis point, with overstretched services and patchy care across the country."
Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "It is a flawed and unacceptable system whereby patients at risk of death by suicide are denied the hospital care that would be given to anyone with life-threatening physical illness and placed in the hands of overworked, understaffed community teams.
"We cannot stand by and watch unnecessary deaths because of a principal that everyone, however ill, should be treated in the community."


Oldham Athletic have continued their extensive recruitment drive by agreeing a deal for versatile Northern Ireland international Ryan McLaughlin.

McLaughlin, who left Liverpool in June, has signed a one-year deal with the League One club with an option for a further 12 months.
The 21-year-old, who failed to make the first-team at Anfield, has had loan spells with Barnsley and Aberdeen.
McLaughlin is Steve Robinson's 16th new signing since he took charge in July.
"Ryan gives us something we haven't got at the moment which is a bit of pace and energy out wide," boss Robinson told the club's official website.
"He is a lad I've known since the age of 12 so he brings a lot of pace, energy and quality. He's had a good grounding at Liverpool so we are looking for Ryan to make a big impact."
McLaughlin is the second player to sign for the Latics in the last five days following former Kidderminster Harriers midfielder Ousmane Fane.
Oldham lost their opening game of the League One season 3-0 at Millwall on Saturday.
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Four people, including two children, were rescued off the Gower coast after their dinghy got swept out to sea.

Two adults got into difficulty in the water after they went to help the boys when their inflatable boat got caught in a rip tide at Mewslade Bay on Sunday.
The Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat was launched and a boat from Gower Coast Adventures went to help.
The boys were pulled from the sea, while the adults swam to rocks onshore.
They sustained minor cuts but the children were uninjured.
Jeff Payne, of Horton and Port Eynon lifeboat station said: "I do not want to think of the possible consequences had a boat not been on hand to rescue the boys."
He warned people using inflatable boats to check local conditions, in particular rip tides and offshore winds, and advised adults to keep boats on a line when children are using them.


Young families were particularly hard hit by an "abrupt" slowdown in living standards in the year before the general election, a think tank says.

The Resolution Foundation found that average income growth halved to 0.7% during that period compared with the previous year.
Those aged 25-34 were worst hit, it said, with their average incomes no higher than they were in 2002-03.
The Treasury said it was taking "concrete steps" to help families.
The Resolution Foundation analyses living standards, and says its goal is to improve outcomes for people on low and modest incomes.
It said young families were the only group whose incomes have failed to return to pre-financial crisis levels.
Pensioner incomes grew by 30% over that 15-year period, the think tank said.
"The typical 25 to 34-year-old appears no better off today than in 2002-03," the report said.
"In comparison, typical incomes for all other age groups are now above, or very near, their pre-recession peaks."
The fall in average income growth followed a "mini-boom" between 2013 and 2015, the foundation said, when living standards improved.
Families in rented accommodation have experienced little or no income growth, while home-owners had a 1.7% growth, the report found.
A Treasury spokesperson said the government was taking action to increase people's incomes and help families "keep more of what they earn".
The Treasury said: "We have cut taxes so a basic rate taxpayer pays £1,000 less income tax compared to 2010 and introduced the National Living Wage which means £1,400 a year extra for a worker."
The spokesperson said the government was investing in affordable homes and government-backed loans to help first-time buyers.
The think tank's senior economic analyst, Adam Corlett, said: "For millions of young and lower-income families the slowdown over the last year has come off the back of a tough decade for living standards, providing a bleak economic backdrop to the shock election result.
"Over the last 15 years and four prime ministers, Britain has failed to deliver decent living standards growth for young families and those on low incomes.
"Rising housing costs have added further financial pressures."
Over the year, incomes among low to middle-income families grew by 0.4%, compared with 1% for those in the top half of the income distribution.
Two out of five of this group said they were not able to save £10 per month, while 42% cannot afford a holiday at least one week per year.
"Despite the welcome political focus on such 'just managing families', we estimate that income growth for this group in 2016-17, ahead of the election, was lower than for higher income groups," the report said.
The top 1% of households had a "rapid recovery" in incomes, the report said, and now have an 8.7% share of the nation's income.
The think tank said the fortunes of the top 1% had been the driving force of rising inequality since the mid-1990s.
Inequality among the remaining 99% of the population fell over the same period.