Theresa May has said the UK must focus on the "opportunities" on offer outside the EU as she reiterated there would be no second referendum on Brexit.

The prime minister is meeting cabinet colleagues at Chequers to discuss developments since June's Leave vote.
She told them that the UK would not stay in the EU "by the back door" and she was committed to making a success of Britain's "new role" in the world.
Mrs May has said talks with the rest of the EU will not begin this year.
The meeting at the PM's country residence is being billed as the most significant since the referendum vote in June and comes amid reports of tensions and diverging priorities among key figures in the Cabinet charged with implementing the UK's exit.
BBC political correspondent Tom Bateman said Mrs May had asked every Cabinet minister before the summer break to identify what were described as the "opportunities" for their departments and they will now be expected to report back.
In comments made at the start of the meeting while cameras were allowed in, Mrs May told ministers that the government was clear that "Brexit means Brexit".
"We will be looking at the next steps that we need to take and we will also be looking at the opportunities that are now open to us as we forge a new role for the UK in the world," she said.
"We must be clear that we are going to make a success of it - that means no second referendum, no attempts to sort of stay in the EU by the back door. That we are actually going to deliver on it."
The prime minister has said the UK government will not trigger Article 50 - the official mechanism for beginning the process of leaving the EU - until the start of 2017 at the earliest.
From that moment, discussions over the terms of the UK's exit will conclude in two years unless all 28 members of the EU agree to extend them.
The UK voted to leave the EU, by a margin of 51.9% to 48.1%, in a referendum on 23 June and Mrs May, who had backed staying in the EU, became prime minister after David Cameron resigned in its aftermath.
Two months on from the vote, the relationship the UK will have with the EU after its exit, in terms of access to the EU internal market and obligations in regard to freedom of movement, remains unclear.
Wednesday's meeting at the prime minister's country residence is being seen as an opportunity for Mrs May and senior colleagues to talk through many issues involved ahead of this weekend's summit of G20 leaders in China.
The talks are being billed as the most significant since the referendum result and mark an end to the relative lull in proceedings over the summer recess - which ends on Monday.
Mrs May, who has held face-to-face talks with the leaders of Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Poland and Slovakia since taking office, has said time is needed to determine the UK's strategy as a "sensible and orderly departure" is in the national interest.
But several senior Conservatives have warned against undue delay and said nothing should stand in the way of the UK triggering Article 50 as soon as possible next year.
Ex-Chancellor Lord Lawson, a leading Leave campaigner, said the UK should not try to negotiate a special trade deal with the EU, allowing it to remain within the single market, because it simply wasn't on offer on acceptable terms and would hold the process up.
"As soon as you stop wasting time trying to negotiate the unnegotiable - some special trade deal with the EU - it is possible to have a relatively quick exit," he told BBC Radio 4's Today.
"A prolonged period of uncertainty is bad for the economy and for British business. The sooner this is sorted out the better."
Among those round the table with Mrs May are Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, International Trade Secretary Liam Fox and David Davis, Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union.
Mr Johnson, Mr Fox and Mr Davis are reported to have held private talks last week amid reports of early disagreements over the shape of a future Brexit settlement and departmental responsibility for trade issues.
Former Conservative minister Anna Soubry, who backed the UK remaining in the EU, said it was now up to the "three Brexiteers" to deliver the best deal for the British people.
"Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis - these are the people that have to show us the progress they have made, what Brexit is beginning to look like, what successes, difficulties or failures they have had," she told Today.
Although she accepted the outcome of the referendum, Ms Soubry said she did not accept the British people had voted, in and of itself, for a cut in immigration or curbs on the right of EU citizens to live and work in the UK and more debate was needed.
Labour's Jon Ashworth said what was needed was a detailed statement on the work that had been done so far rather than brainstorming meetings and "nods and winks" on issues such as immigration.
The SNP, meanwhile, has accused the government of "breathtaking complacency" over a plan for Brexit and "making it up as they go along".
Although MPs will have a say on the timing of talks there was no legal requirement to consult Parliament before Article 50 was activated, No 10 has said.
Chequers, an isolated 16th Century mansion 40 miles north-west of London, has played host to a number of historic occasions in the past 50 years and was one of Margaret Thatcher's favourite locations to conduct high-level meetings and personal diplomacy.


Residents have been evacuated after a fire broke out on the top floor of an east London block of flats.

A man has been taken to hospital to be treated for the effects of breathing in smoke at the four-storey building on Turin Street, Bethnal Green.
Smoke was "pouring out of every window of the block" as flames engulfed the flat and spread to the roof, according to an eyewitness.
Bethnal Green Road has been closed as 72 firefighters tackle the blaze.
It is unclear how the fire started.
As the fire spread the roof of the building was reduced to "smouldering wood in about five minutes" according to eyewitness George Shankar.
"There was smoke everywhere, pouring out of every single window in the block of flats, and you couldn't see more than 50m down the road" Mr Shankar said.
Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, Rushanara Ali, who is at the scene described residents as "anxious given what has happened in Grenfell tower".
But she said the scene was calm despite thick smoke being blown into the surrounding areas by high winds.


Lenny Henry has been honoured by top theatre critics for his latest stage role in August Wilson's classic American drama Fences.

The comedian, a relative newcomer to stage acting, picked up the best actor prize at the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards for his "titanic performance" as anti-hero Troy Maxson.
Henry told the BBC the play had been "a massive emotional journey".
He said: "Every day was like a therapy session, but with lots of laughter."
The play won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and is considered one of the great American dramas of the 20th Century.
The character of Troy, a former baseball star but now a garbage man in Pittsburgh, has been played by actors such as James Earl Jones, Denzel Washington and Laurence Fishburne.
"If I'd thought about that going in I wouldn't have left the house," joked Henry.
He won rave reviews when the play toured the UK after opening at the Theatre Royal, Bath, and later transferred to the Duchess Theatre in London.
Theatre Critics' Circle chairman Mark Shenton noted Henry's "amazing renaissance" as a stage actor with earlier roles in Othello and The Comedy of Errors.
"In Fences, it was a titanic performance in a great production of a really good play," he said.
Now in their 25th year, the awards took place at London's Prince of Wales Theatre on Tuesday lunchtime.
Lucy Kirkwood's Chimerica, about an American photojournalist who captures a moment in history at China's Tiananmen Square in 1989, scooped three awards.
It won five star reviews when it premiered at the Almeida Theatre, and later transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre.
It was named best new play, while Lyndsey Turner won best director and Es Devlin won best designer.
Shenton described Chimerica as "a genuinely daring and original piece of theatre making".
Playwright Kirkwood said: "I've heard from people who were in Tiananmen Square on that day who've said it's really important that this story is told."
Lesley Manville won the award for best actress for her role as Mrs Alving in Henrik Ibsen's Ghosts, at the Almeida, and now at the Trafalgar Studios.
"It is a big classic role and I couldn't be more thrilled to have it at this time of my life," she said.
The 90-minute play, directed by Richard Eyre, is said to be so intense that audiences sometimes don't know if they should clap at the end.
"You can feel the atmosphere in the audience at the curtain call, they are as shaken up and drained as we are," Manville said.
There was a double victory for Rory Kinnear, best known on the big screen for his role as M's right-hand man in the James Bond films.
He won the prize for best Shakespearean performance, as Iago in Othello at the National Theatre.
He also shared the most promising playwright prize for his debut play The Herd, at London's Bush Theatre, about tensions at a family gathering.
Phoebe Waller-Bridge was also named winner in the same category for Fleabag, a one-woman show about an angry, sex-obsessed young woman.
The prize for best musical went to The Scottsboro Boys at the Young Vic Theatre.
The award for most promising newcomer went to Kate O'Flynn in Port at the National Theatre.


A man has escaped injury after a petrol bomb was thrown at a house in Banbridge.

3 January 2016 Last updated at 18:36 GMT
Damage was caused to the bathroom window of the property in Golf Terrace on Saturday night.
The male occupant had only recently moved into the house.
Rick Faragher reports


Cristiano Ronaldo missed a penalty for the second successive game as Portugal lost at home to Bulgaria in a friendly.

Marcelinho marked his debut by giving the visitors the lead in the first half, poking home from close range.
Portugal dominated from then on but were frustrated by stout Bulgarian defending in Leiria.
Ronaldo, who missed from the spot for Real Madrid against Sevilla on Sunday, saw his second-half penalty saved after Nikolay Bodurov's handball.
Ronaldo's spot-kick failure was not damaging for Real as his club side beat Sevilla 4-0 in La Liga but it did prove costly for his country as Portugal could not find a breakthrough despite having 30 shots on goal.


For Radio 4's PM programme, the BBC's Europe correspondent Kevin Connolly and assistant political editor Norman Smith, are working with the BBC's Reality Check team to answer your questions about what Brexit means.

Kevin Connolly says:
The issue of free movement - the rights of EU citizens to live and work in the UK - was a huge issue in the Brexit referendum of course, and will be a big part of the exit negotiations.
We've heard quite a bit from the British side already with the government saying that securing the status and rights of EU nationals in the UK and UK nationals in the EU is one of the government's earliest priorities, and specifically that it is looking for a reciprocal deal.
So you might feel the mood music is encouraging but all we can say for sure is that, while there are no guarantees yet, it will be a big part of the Brexit negotiations to come.
Norman Smith says:
The short answer is there is no easy access to benefits. As it stands at the moment, Brexit aside, you will have to pass what's known as a habitual residence test which was introduced in 1994 and applies to British citizens just as EU citizens.
The rules have been tightened up which means for some benefits, if you have been out of the country you can't even think about applying for the test for several months. For example, when it comes to job seeker's allowance, you cannot even take the test to apply for those benefits for three months. And that was done to stop EU citizens coming here and just getting on benefits straight away.
After three months, you can take the test which looks at your English language skills, what sort of efforts you made to find work before coming to the UK. It also considers how strong a tie you have to the UK, whether you have property or family here and what your intentions are in terms of staying and working, or returning.
But once you have taken the test, if you pass it then you should be eligible to apply for a range of benefits, as long as you meet the usual requirements in terms of income and showing you are looking for work. That is likely to continue when we move fully onto Universal Credit.
The one sort of unknown in the whole system is what happens with Brexit negotiations, in terms of guaranteeing the rights of British nationals abroad.
And we simply don't know what that will involve and whether in any way that might impact on how soon you can apply for benefits when you come back to Britain.
Norman Smith says:
Now, before everyone starts pressing the panic button, for the next two years while we are still in the EU, EU citizens have an absolute right to stay and remain here, no questions asked. It is also true that the government has made absolutely clear they want to guarantee those rights to existing EU citizens who are here and married to Brits after we leave the EU. That is their clear intention.
The reason they have not been able to do that, they say, is that they've not yet been able to firm up the position of Brits in the same position in other parts of the EU. So it's clearly the government's ambition to ensure everything stays the same. If it doesn't, then I guess you'll be in the same position as other non-EU spouses of British citizens. And that would mean that your British spouse would have to be able to show that you had a minimum income of between Â£18, 600 and Â£27, 200 if you were to be allowed to stay.
On the plus side, I think there will be clarity on this pretty quickly because it is clear Mrs May wants this sorted out right at the start of the negotiations. I think many other EU countries think the same, that it's unacceptable to have this level of uncertainty, so it will be decided very, very quickly. And even if it's not, the government is going to have to introduce an immigration bill to announce our new immigration criteria ahead of Brexit.
So it will be in MPs' hands to decide whether EU spouses have the right to remain. But I think we will get clarity sooner rather than later.
Norman Smith says:
At the moment, we can be sure that if we feel a little bit peaky in another part of the EU then we're pretty much OK because we can get the same sort of healthcare as citizens already in that country.
That applies to prescriptions, GP visits and hospitals stays. What happens when we leave the EU is, like so much of Brexit-land, unknown. However, what we do know is that the government would rather like the current system to continue.
How do we know that? We know that because the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said as much. In a recent health select committee meeting, he was asked about this and whether the current card scheme would be scrapped and his answer was: I hope not. So the clear hope of government is that we can pretty much bumble on with the current arrangements.
If, however, that were not possible, we could still have deals with individual countries about reciprocal health rights, because we already have that with a number of countries such as Australia, Israel, and Russia. But there are no guarantees we will be able to arrive at these reciprocal deals.
So my guess is that it will be in everyone's interest just to carry on with the current coverage. But failing that, my advice would be to keep taking the vitamins, pack some Lemsip and stay away from drafty windows when you're travelling abroad.
Kevin Connolly says:
At the moment UK passports carry the words European Union and British driving licences have the blue square with yellow flags of the EU. That will presumably change after Brexit but it seems likely that the change will be phased in so that you'll simply get documents with the new design when the old ones expire. That's what happened, I seem to remember, when the UK joined the EU. Anything else would be expensive and risk flooding the system, after all.
The right to use them freely is an interesting question. When we talk about restrictions on freedom of movement we generally mean the freedom to live and work in another country. If Britain poses restrictions on the EU in that respect then it can expect some kind of response.
But in terms of tourism there are plenty of non-EU countries whose citizens can visit the UK for up to 90 days without a visa. And, as part of the Brexit negotiations, you'd expect similar arrangements to be discussed for the UK.
Both sides need each others' tourists and, after all, if you can drive a car in the United States on a UK licence then it doesn't seem fanciful to assume that you'll be able to do the same in Europe in future.
Kevin Connolly says:
Two different courts here of course, so two different bits of politics. Crucially, the European Court of Human Rights is not an EU institution and that's why discussions about leaving it have not formed a key part of the Brexit debate.
The European Court of Justice - the ECJ - is one of the primary institutions of the European Union and administers EU law. So, while it might have a role in supervising a future trade deal, part of the goal of Brexit was to remove the UK from the ECJ's jurisdiction.
The European Court of Human Rights which, as Barry points out, can be even more controversial, is a body set up not by the EU but by member states of the Council of Europe, a separate institution which contains countries that aren't EU members.
It's this court which has produced rulings which have been controversial in the UK, including blocking the extradition of Abu Qatada and establishing the right of serving prisoners to vote in elections - and leaving the EU won't change anything here.
The 2015 Conservative manifesto talked about curtailing the ECHR's role but not about leaving it altogether. Leaving the court would be another big decision and the government might well decide that it's got enough on its plate at the moment.
You can hear more Brexit questions from listeners on PM on BBC Radio 4 this week.


Moeen Ali's thrilling, unbeaten 67 cemented England's stronghold over South Africa on day three of the final Test at Old Trafford.

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The home side, leading by 136 on first innings, wobbled to 153-7 before Moeen's 59-ball knock took them 224-8 when rain forced an early close.
Under-fire opener Keaton Jennings managed only 18.
South Africa were earlier bowled out for 226 and will begin day four 360 runs behind.
The Proteas already need to break the record for the highest successful run-chase on this ground, with the pitch showing further signs of turn and uneven bounce.
England, 2-1 up, are chasing their first home series win against South Africa since 1998.
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Bar captain Joe Root, who made a typically unflustered 49, none of the England top order were able to take advantage of home side's superior position in the game.
Collectively, South Africa's attack was excellent, none more so than pace bowler Duanne Olivier, who picked up three wickets in the Manchester gloom.
When Jonny Bairstow became the seventh wicket to fall, England were 289 ahead and in danger of letting South Africa back in.
Moeen, though, counter-attacked, dishing out some particularly brutal treatment to the previously economical Keshav Maharaj.
Targeting the leg side, left-hander Moeen hit the left-arm spinner for three sixes, sharing an eighth-wicket stand of 58 with Toby Roland-Jones, who contributed 11.
When the rain arrived at 17:15 BST, Moeen had taken 38 runs from the previous 22 balls he faced.
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South Africa began the day on 220-9 and lost their last wicket when Olivier top-edged to Bairstow.
Trailing by such a large margin, they needed everything to go their way with the ball and, though the bowlers played their part, they were not always backed up in the field.
Jennings was dropped by Dean Elgar at third slip and Dawid Malan put down by a diving Temba Bavuma, with Kagiso Rabada the unfortunate bowler on both occasions.
A potential Ben Stokes edge off Morne Morkel did not result in an appeal, with the same batsman put down by Heino Kuhn at short mid-wicket off Olivier.
Bairstow and Roland-Jones also survived tough chances to Hashim Amla and Faf du Plessis respectively.
None were particularly costly in terms of runs, but the same cannot be said about an edge from Moeen off Maharaj to Elgar at slip, which just about carried. Moeen was on only 15 at the time.
This was perhaps a last chance for Jennings, who averages 15.87 in eight innings in this series.
The Durham left-hander, the 11th different partner for Alastair Cook since 2012, had not scored when he was given a life by Elgar and battled for more than an hour before lunch.
Soon after the break he slashed at Rabada to be held at first slip by Amla.
If his place is the one that is most under-threat, then the other new batsmen in the England side still have work to do in order to establish themselves in Test cricket.
Tom Westley, who made a half-century on debut in the third Test, made only nine before edging a drive off Morkel, already a familiar dismissal.
Malan, who has managed just 35 runs in four innings, tamely inside-edged to short leg off Maharaj for six.
Ex-England captain Michael Vaughan: "Maybe for Jennings it is best that he steps out of the pressure cooker, goes back to Durham and work on things.
"I think he has got better, he played a few nice defensive shots and a nice shot to cover, but he's not doing it consistently.
"Early in his innings he doesn't get his weight back on the ball.
"Who replaces him? Hameed was poor for Lancashire today, Stoneman would be next in line I think."
Former England spinner Graeme Swann: "Calls for Ian Bell to return? I don't think he will.
"His big chance was the first few games of the season and to score runs then.
"You've got to look at why players aren't picked, because someone at the top doesn't rate them. Personally, I think he is one of the best players ever, but by the end he just wasn't scoring heavily enough.
"I just can't see it."


A former police officer and his wife, who is a serving constable in Norfolk, have been charged with offences relating to a £1.1m fraud.

Ben Staff, 33, and his wife, PC Catriona Staff, 31, are due in court next month.
They were charged with another man, Kevin Nixon, 50, following a police investigation into Norfolk construction business Mr Trades Ltd.
Charges include blackmail, money laundering and fraudulent trading.
Norfolk Police said Mr Staff was a former serving officer, while his wife had been suspended from her duties pending the outcome of the prosecution.
The case follows an investigation by the police's Eastern Region Specialist Operation Unit.
PC Staff, of Lucas Court, Norwich, has been charged with three counts of money laundering totalling over £215,000.
Mr Staff, of the same address, and Mr Nixon, of Shortthorn Road, Stratton Strawless, are jointly charged with blackmail relating to the development of a recycling centre outside Norwich and the transfer of a lease agreement on a piece of land.
Mr Staff is charged with eleven further offences, including fraudulent trading, fraud by false representation and false accounting in relation to Mr Trades Ltd.
He also faces two further counts of false accounting, one in relation to a second company, SES East Anglia, three further counts of fraud by false representation and three counts of money laundering, totalling over £1,113,000.
All three have been released on bail until their appearance before Norwich Magistrates on 12 December.


A court in Buenos Aires has given jail sentences to two former Argentine transport ministers for a train crash which killed 51 people in 2012.

Ricardo Jaime and Pablo Schiavi were given six- and eight-year sentences for negligence.
The accident, which injured 789 people, happened when a morning rush hour train hit the buffers at the Once rail station in the capital.
t was one of the worst train accidents in Argentina in decades.
The train driver received a three-year prison sentence.
Two of the directors of the company Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA), which operated the rail line concession at the time, received sentences of between five and nine years.
After the accident, the government of Cristina Fernandez nationalised Argentina's rail system and implemented a huge renewal programme.
A large group of relatives of the victims and supporters  gathered outside the court to hear the sentences.
Many applauded the court's decision, although some said the sentences were too low.
"I think this was a historic judgement," said Maria Lujan Rey, the mother of Lucas Menghini Rey, whose body was found three days after the crash.
The train hit the barrier at about 12mph (20km/h), destroying the front of the engine and crushing the carriages into it from behind.
One of the carriages was driven nearly 6m (20ft) into the next.
The Buenos Aires rail system transports about four billion passengers a year, making it the biggest in South America.
In the 1990s most of it was privatised in the hope of boosting investment in infrastructure.
But little investment in the network happened since the companies were not obliged by contract to invest, and they had little incentive because they continued to receive income from state subsidies.


There has been a steep rise in the number of people arriving at A&E departments in England with mental health problems, figures show.

Experts say a lack of early support means patients are reaching crisis.
Data compiled for the BBC by NHS Digital showed that between 2011-12 and 2015-16 the number of patients attending A&E units with psychiatric problems rose by nearly 50% to 165,000.
For the under 18s alone the numbers almost doubled to nearly 22,000.
These figures represent a small minority of overall A&E attendances - just over 1% in total.
But the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said that was likely to be the "tip of the iceberg" as these figures just included cases where the primary diagnosis was a psychiatric condition.
Patients coming in with self-harm or after an attempted suicide may have been recorded as having a different reason for attending hospital.
Some trusts the BBC spoke to said as many as a tenth of patients were attending A&E because of mental health problems.
A 999 call comes in. The man says he is ill, he's hearing voices and wants to kill someone.
Usually emergency services would be despatched and he'd probably be taken to an already overstretched accident and emergency department. But in Birmingham, the street triage team is sent with a paramedic, police officer and psychiatric nurse on board.
By intervening at this stage, they aim to get the patient appropriate help and ease pressures on A&E - the man has been taken there about half a dozen times already in the last few weeks.
After talking to the team and physical health checks, it's agreed he'll remain at home and keep an appointment in the morning.
The initiative set up by the Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust has reduced the numbers in mental health crisis going to A&Es locally. As part of RAID - Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge - psychiatric teams are also based in emergency departments. They aim to see people with psychiatric problems within an hour.
Dr Peter Aitken, of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said the figures were "extremely concerning"
"Years of underfunding has meant these children have not been able to benefit from early intervention."
He said A&Es needed to invest in specialist psychiatric services to ensure people with mental health problems got the right support.
"Mental health presentations to A&E are unlikely to be minor as they represent an urgent crisis point in a person's life," he added.
Dr Marc Bush, chief policy adviser at the charity Young Minds, said: "Far too many young people end up in A&E, which can be crowded and stressful, because there's nowhere more appropriate for them to go.
"One of the main reasons that crisis services are so overstretched is that young people who are struggling don't get help soon enough, which means that problems often escalate.
"Unless we see greater investment in early intervention, the numbers will continue to rise."
The figures have been revealed just a day after the prime minister announced a package of measures to support people with mental health problems.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said: "As the prime minister has made clear this week - improvements must be made in mental health care both within and outside of the NHS, to make sure people get the support they need before they reach crisis point."
She said extra money being invested in the NHS this Parliament would help ensure improvements take place.


England won a second successive Toulon Tournament with victory on penalties over the Ivory Coast after a 1-1 draw.

David Brooks, named player of the tournament, had given the Young Lions the lead, but Ake Arnaud Loba's late penalty took the match to a shootout.
Jean Thierry Lazare had his effort saved by Huddersfield's Ryan Schofield, as Leeds United midfielder Ronaldo Vieira struck the winning kick.
Head coach Neil Dewsnip's England team was mainly aged 19 or under.
Gareth Southgate was in charge when an England Under-21 side beat France 2-1 in the 2016 Toulon Tournament final.
At this year's event, England won all three of their group games against Angola, Cuba and Japan and defeated Scotland 3-0 in the semi-finals.
England will face Venezuela in the Under-20 World Cup final on Sunday (kick-off 11:00 BST) live on BBC Two and online.


Ricky Boleto is one of Newsround's presenters.

He joined in July 2008.
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23rd May.
I was born in Enfield and raised in north London until I was about 10. After that we all moved to the green, green grass of Hertfordshire where I've lived ever since!
One older sister called Daniela who's a fashion designer and used to live in Italy!
I write and compose my own music and I've played the piano for many years! (I think I'm pretty good - but I'll let other people be the judge of that!)
I'm addicted to rollerblading and I've just discovered the thrills of skiing in the Alps. I spend a lot of time on my Mac designing graphics too.
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It's got to be jeans, they go with pretty much everything.
Well, after spending much of the morning in bed, I'd have to rally some friends and family round to enjoy mum and dad's Sunday roast. Later, we would all crash out on the sofas with the Sunday newspapers and the TV on in the background.
I've got to say cats! The Boleto household isn't complete unless there's a cat causing mayhem. At the moment we've got Bella, she's around two years old. Before Bella, we had Bepeâ€¦ he was a very cool dude!
My Big Fat Greek Wedding. I've seen it hundreds of times and it never gets old. As I'm half Greek Cypriot, this film is more like a documentary - very true to life!!!
I enjoy listening to loads of different genres of music. At the moment I'm a big fan of Alphabeat and Adele. I think the Sugababes and Lucie Silvas are pretty cool as well.
Losing my hearing. I've always had a bit of trouble with these old ears!
I can still watch episodes of Friends while laughing my head off, but mostly my close friends and family are the ones that keep me sane and smiling.
My first job was in a record shop when I was 16. At university, I worked in a clothes store - which I hated - then ventured into the world of journalism after graduating, working for Sky News and Five News for two and a half years.
Jennifer Aniston. She's a fantastic and absolutely beautiful comedienne, but she can also do some of the serious acting stuff too. I think Robert De Niro is a brilliant actor. I loved him in Meet the Parents.
Anything Italian, but mainly my dad's secret recipe lasagne.
The Troodos Mountains in Cyprus. I have lots of family there and loads of happy memories. Cyprus is so small you can go from one side to the another in the space of a couple of hours!
A good Newsround story should have a number of elements. It needs to be relevant, affecting the lives of you at home - but it also needs to be engaging, so it's really important that we think about covering stories differently.
It's also vital that our stories give you guys the chance to interact and share your views. That way we know if you like the story or not!
Being a journalist can be so much fun, but it can also be really demanding and competitive. Try to get some work experience at a local paper, or how about writing short stories for a website? If you're really ambitious you could set up your own website or mini-magazine!
Make sure you stay focused. Once you've got your results start knocking on lots of doors. There are quite a few routes into journalism so don't worry if you get the door slammed in your face once in a while, I certainly did! Eventually, I completed loads of unpaid work experience and made sure I stayed in contact with all the right people.
The best piece of advice was given to me by the legendary ex-TV newsreader, John Suchet. He told me to seize every single opportunity with both hands and to make the most out of every situation. Wise words indeed!
Working for Newsround makes me pretty happy - I've wanted to work here since I was about eight! Going out with friends on the weekend and catching up with all their stories also keeps me happy!
My Apple iMac. I think I've fallen in love with a computer!
I'd love to host my own TV or radio show one day, interviewing important people as well as chatting to celebrities. Most of all, I want to entertain people for many years to come and get more interested in the news!


A 19-year-old accused of plotting mass murder at a college said sourcing a pistol online was "just like buying a bar of chocolate", a court has heard.

Liam Lyburd has admitted possessing a gun, bomb and bullets but said he had no intention of hurting anyone.
Newcastle Crown Court heard how he had been "thrown out" of Newcastle College two years earlier for being disruptive, but said he "liked the place."
Lyburd has denied eight charges of intending to endanger life.
During cross-examination, he said Facebook messages he posted about an imminent attack were a "wind-up" to try to maintain friends' online interest in him.
Nick Dry, prosecuting, asked if he had not been taking a "big risk" in buying a gun if it was just a game.
Lyburd replied: "Buying a gun was just like buying a bar of chocolate. I didn't see it as a big deal at the time."
He also told the jury he never thought anyone would know about his Glock semi-automatic pistol.
"I never thought I would get arrested, I thought I would keep it in my bedroom. No-one would ever know," he said.
He added: "I like Newcastle College, truthfully. It was sad. I wish I said a different college, I like the place."
Lyburd has pleaded guilty to nine charges relating to making five pipe bombs, two home-made explosive devices, possessing a 9mm Luger Calibre Glock gun, 94 jacketed hollow point expanding bullets and CS gas.
Asked why he needed so many rounds of ammunition, Lyburd said: "I was watching videos on YouTube and the Amercians, they have thousands. You can shoot 100 rounds in a few seconds."
Mr Dry asked if he would fire those rounds. "If someone kicked my door in I could defend myself," the teenager replied.
The trial continues.


The UK may not be prepared for the number of Syrian refugees the government plans to accept, MPs say.

Ministers plan to take 20,000 refugees by 2020 - a "huge change in the scale" of resettlement, according to Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz.
He said the committee was "concerned about our real level of preparedness and ability to increase capacity to manage such numbers at short notice".
The government said "careful planning" was needed to "ensure we get it right".
The committee said: "At no point in the recent past has the UK come near to resettling 4,000 refugees in one year."
A total of 2,204 Syrians applied for asylum in the UK in the 12 months up to the end of June 2015, according to the Home Office.
An additional 216 Syrian refugees were resettled under the government's Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme between January 2014 and mid-2015.
Mr Vaz said the refugee crisis had reached an "unimaginable scale" this summer.
"The generosity of the British public in offers of assistance and even space in their homes has not been accepted by ministers. This should be reconsidered," he said.
"Housing is likely to be one of the most difficult issues and it may be that, properly organised and supported, offers of private accommodation will be a helpful, viable and perhaps essential part of the solution."
Mr Vaz's comments come as the committee publishes a report on immigration, in which it recommends that the government sets out exactly how it plans to increase capacity for dealing with the influx of refugees.
The report's findings include:
20,000
more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020
4,980
Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011
25,771 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to end June 2015
2,204 were from Syria
87% of Syrian requests for asylum were granted
145 Syrian asylum seekers have been removed from the UK since 2011
Commenting on the concern about the number of Syrian refugees the UK plans to accept, Richard Harrington, minister responsible for Syrian refugees, said the government planned to resettle 1,000 Syrians "by Christmas".
"We have already welcomed and successfully resettled a number of vulnerable people who were in desperate need of our help," he said.
"The scale of the expansion needs careful planning to ensure we get it right.
"That is why we are continuing to work closely with the UNHCR, local government associations, NGOs and partner organisations in order to resettle 20,000 people by the end of this Parliament."
He said there were plans to create a register of people willing to provide housing for refugees and to develop a "community sponsorship scheme" so members of the public and groups could give direct support.
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Fleetwood Town have signed Sheffield United midfielder Stefan Scougall on a 28-day loan deal.

The 23-year-old Scot has not started a league match for the Blades since 17 October.
He started his career with Livingston before moving to Bramall Lane in January 2014, helping the team make the FA Cup semi-final that season.
Scougall could make his debut for the Cod Army in Saturday's match against play-off hopefuls Barnsley.


Gerald Kaufman rose from a working-class background to become one of the longest-serving MPs of his generation.

He gained a reputation as a persistent, often waspish, interrogator whose withering putdowns became a feature of his time in Parliament.
A practising Jew, he was best known for his fierce opposition to the policies of the Israeli government and its treatment of the Palestinians.
Possessed of a sardonic wit, he was a prolific writer and columnist who also wrote satirical sketches for the BBC, an organisation that he later frequently criticised.
Gerald Bernard Kaufman was born in Leeds on 21 June 1930, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants.
A scholarship took him to the fee-paying Leeds Grammar School, and he won an Exhibition to Queens College, Oxford, from where he graduated with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
While at Oxford he immersed himself in politics and, as the secretary of the University Labour Club, he was instrumental in preventing a student named Rupert Murdoch from standing for office, after the Australian was found to be breaking the rules by canvassing for the position.
On leaving university he set out to find a parliamentary seat. After a brief spell as assistant secretary of the Fabian Society, he was selected to fight Bromley in the 1955 general election. He was roundly defeated by the Conservative candidate, the future Prime Minister Harold Macmillan.
Four years later he failed at Gillingham, another safe Conservative seat where the Labour vote actually fell.
He had secured a job on the Daily Mirror, where he often wrote leaders. In 1964 he moved to the New Statesman for a short time before working for the Labour Party as a press officer, in which post he became a member of one of Prime Minister Harold Wilson's so-called "kitchen cabinet".
It was while visiting his mother in Leeds in November 1962 that he saw the first episode of the BBC's satirical programme That Was the Week That Was. Back in his Daily Mirror office, he phoned the producer, Ned Sherrin, and told him he had an idea for a sketch.
"He had no idea who I was," Kaufman later recalled, "but he said, 'Write it and I'll send a taxi in the morning to pick it up.'"
It led to Kaufman becoming a regular contributor to the show, best known for his Silent Men of Westminster, a satire on MPs who never spoke in the House.
Labour lost the 1970 general election, but Kaufman finally got into Parliament as the member for Manchester Ardwick. When Labour returned to power in 1974 he held junior ministerial posts in the Department of the Environment and the Department of Industry.
He became shadow environment secretary in 1980 and, three years later when his Ardwick seat disappeared in boundary changes, he moved to Manchester Gorton, becoming shadow home secretary after Margaret Thatcher won the 1983 election.
Kaufman was scathing about Labour's move to the left. He accused Tony Benn of nearly destroying the party when he stood as deputy leader in 1981. He later said he would have quit Parliament had Benn been successful.
He was equally critical of Michael Foot's leadership and famously described Labour's 1983 manifesto, which advocated, among other things, unilateral nuclear disarmament and renationalisation of recently privatised industries, as "the longest suicide note in history".
After a term as shadow foreign secretary, he returned to the back benches in 1992 and became chairman of the Select Committee on Culture, Media and Sport.
There he was able to indulge in a series of attacks on what he called cultural elitism. His savaging of Mary Allen, then chief executive of the Royal Opera House, over her failure to account for spiralling costs, saw her resign her position.
The satirical TV puppet show, Spitting Image, lampooned Kaufman as the serial killer Hannibal Lecter, from The Silence of the Lambs.
He became notable for harsh criticism of BBC management and called for the BBC to be privatised, claiming that the corporation could be funded by big business.
He also castigated the BBC over its apology for the obscene calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to the actor Andrew Sachs, saying that it was "not enough".
Kaufman's most vocal attacks were reserved for Israel and its policies towards the Palestinians. A member of the Jewish Labour Movement, he called for economic sanctions against Israel and a ban on sales of arms.
In 2002 he broke a longstanding pledge never to visit Israel when he went there to make a BBC documentary called The End of An Affair, which charted his early infatuation with the Jewish state as a young student and how he later became disillusioned.
He launched a bitter attack on the Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon. "It is time to remind Sharon," he said, "that the Star of David belongs to all Jews, not to his repulsive government."
He often compared Israel's treatment of the Palestinians with South African apartheid and, described Israel's use of white phosphorus flares in the 2009 offensive in Gaza as "war crimes".
"I long ago gave up hope for the Israelis participating in a negotiated solution," he said in 2014.
Kaufman himself came under fire when the Daily Telegraph published its investigation into MPs' expenses in 2009. It emerged he had claimed more than Â£115,000 for work on his London flat and spent Â£8,000 on a large-screen TV and another Â£1,500 on a luxury rug.
Following the general election of May 2015, he became Father of the House, a title bestowed on the sitting MP who is not a minister who has the longest unbroken period of service in the House of Commons.
A prolific author, he wrote a number of books on the art and practice of politics.
Kaufman was not a clubbable man and not one to suffer fools either gladly or quietly, something that did not endear him to many of his parliamentary colleagues.
That, along with Labour's almost two decades of opposition, may well explain why a politician with undoubted intellect, and one of the pioneers of the New Labour project, never served in the cabinet of a Labour government.
Gerald Kaufman was knighted in 2004.


Plans to redevelop a former oil terminal in West Dunbartonshire could take a step forward this week.

The Â£28m project includes proposals for a major industrial and commercial development at Exxon Mobil's former site in Bowling.
A road would also be built to provide an alternative route in and out of West Dunbartonshire.
The outline business case for the project will be presented to West Dunbartonshire Council on Wednesday.
The proposals form part of the Glasgow City Region City Deal.
The plans would see West Dunbartonshire Council pay Â£3.8m towards the overall cost, with the rest funded by the UK and Scottish governments.
The project is expected to support up to 690 full-time jobs and generate about Â£19m each year for the West of Scotland economy.
If the outline business case is approved, it will then be presented to the council's City Deal Cabinet in April.
Infrastructure work could begin in early 2021 and be completed in early 2024.
Richard Cairns, West Dunbartonshire Council's strategic director for regeneration, environment and growth, said: "The presenting of the outline business case to council marks another big step forward for what is a key regeneration priority for West Dunbartonshire.
"The future for the Exxon site is an exciting one that we believe will bring about real change for the better in terms of jobs and the economy."


China has complained to Zambia after 31 of its nationals were arrested at the weekend for alleged illegal mining practices.

A senior Chinese foreign ministry official is quoted as saying that the Zambian authorities have failed to provide strong evidence.
Those arrested are accused of, among other things, running unlicensed smelting plants and employing children.
China has invested heavily in Zambian copper mining and other sectors.
The country is also home to a growing Chinese community.
The arrests happened in a joint police and immigration operation in the town of Chingola, 400km (250 miles) north of the capital, Lusaka.
"We are here to put to an end this criminality. Foreign investors who come into this country must work within the confines of the law. Those who break the law will be flushed out," Home Affairs Minister Stephen Kampyongo was quoted as saying in the Times of Zambia.
Lin Songtian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's director-general for African affairs, said that while he supports measures to deal with illegal mining, in this case proof had not been provided, Reuters news agency reports.
He also complained that among those arrested was a pregnant woman and two others with malaria.
There has been some tension between the Chinese and Zambians in the past.
In 2010, two Chinese managers were accused of attempted murder after firing on miners during a pay dispute. The charges were later dropped.
Two years later, Zambian miners killed a Chinese manager during a riot at a coal mine.


A man has died following a fire at a flat in Greater Manchester.

Emergency services were called to Honiton Avenue, Hattersley, at about 10:00 GMT, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said.
Firefighters found the man's body inside the flat during a search after they tackled the blaze.  Formal identification is yet to take place.
Hattersley Road West has been closed between Honiton Avenue and Hare Hill Road.
A joint investigation between GMP and Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) has been launched.
Det Sgt David Donlan said: "This investigation is in its very early stages and we will be working closely with GMFRS to establish exactly how this fire started and identify the man who tragically died.
"This means we will be speaking to residents in the area and anyone who may witnessed the fire or saw anything earlier this morning.
"I would urge anyone with any information to please contact police."


A lamb found close to death and unable to use his front legs has learnt to walk again after being given a pair of leg splints.

Broomie was discovered lying in a field eight weeks ago by an employee of a farm run by Derby College students.
A vet suggested Broomie would need to be put down but the college "knew he had a will to live".
He would normally have been sold for meat, but he will soon become mascot for the college and farm.
Farm manager Adrian Oliver found the injured animal at the college's Broomfield Hall campus.
"He had already been weaned off by his mother and was perfectly all right when he was born," he said.
"When we had that cold snap he got really cold and weak and was flat out on the floor, lying there waiting to die.
"The vet couldn't work out why his front legs were so floppy and said that putting him to sleep would probably be the only prognosis."
But Broomie was still keen to eat, and Mr Oliver said he had a "real fighting spirit".
"I knew he had a will to live and decided that we needed to do everything we could to help him, literally, stand on his own feet," he said.
Mr Oliver made the splints using two plastic pipes, which he wrapped in padding.
Broomie has improved so much that he no longer needs to wear the splints.
Painkilling medication caused Broomie's fleece to fall out so he was given an adapted dog fleece to protect him from the cold.
The other sheep were unsure about him at first, but he has now been accepted as one of the flock.
"He is getting stronger every day and has now been integrated with the rest of the sheep and spring lambs," said Mr Oliver.
"He has a really cheeky character, making sure that he gets to the best hay and greeting visitors in case they have any food for him."


When police in Kenya used tear gas on primary schoolchildren protesting over a land grab of their playground, there was outrage across the country.

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In this week's episode of What's Up Africa, satirist Ikenna Azuike asks, "Whose side are the Kenyan police on?"
Watch Focus on Africa on BBC World News & partner stations across Africa every Friday from 17:30 GMT.
What's Up Africa is a BBC and RNW co-production.


The strength in depth is as high as ever at this year's Isle of Man TT, according to local racer Dan Kneen.

Despite the absence of 23-time TT winner John McGuinness, Kneen believes more than 10 riders are capable of victory in the solo classes.
"There are some really fast lads and it's going to be very tough but I will have to bring my A game to the races," the 29-year-old said.
The opening race of this year's festival will take place on Sunday.
Earlier this year, Kneen achieved his first Enkalon Trophy success on his BMW Superstock machine in the Irish Championship short circuit meeting at Bishopscourt.
And despite limited practice this week he leads the Superstock timesheets and has posted the fourth quickest lap on his Superbike.
Rico Penzkofer, ex-racer and Penz13.com BMW Motorrad Racing team principal said: "He is a proper Manxman and will be prepared for the fortnight in the best possible way - he literally lives the track."
Since his TT debut in 2009, Kneen has been a regular top-10 finisher with a best of fifth in the 2010 Supersport Race.
The 29-year-old made his Mountain Course debut in 2008 when he became the first rider in history to record three race wins in a week at the Manx Grand Prix.
He said: "This week the weather hasn't played ball, but I feel good. We are working hard to get all the bikes set up right and comfortable. I just need more laps now but we're all in the same boat.
"I looking forward to all the races but especially the big bikes. I'm much more confident on them now and much more experienced."
The Braddan man will also ride for the Jackson Racing Honda team with Josh Brookes in the TT's two Supersport races.


India's Supreme Court has directed three doctors to examine the medical condition of a woman who has been in a vegetative state since 1973.

The court is hearing a plea to end the life of Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse in Mumbai who has been paralysed and considered "brain-dead" since she was attacked by a rapist in November 1973.
The plea has been made by a journalist who has written a book on Ms Shanbaug.
The court will examine if the plea is "akin to euthanasia".
It is being seen as a landmark case in India where euthanasia or mercy killing is illegal.
The court asked the doctors to submit a report on Ms Shanbaug's medical condition after examining her, and fixed 22 February as the next day of hearing.
Ms Shanbaug is force fed by nurses looking after her twice a day at the KEM hospital in Mumbai.
In her petition journalist Pinki Virani has said that Ms Shanbaug has been in a "persistent vegetative state" for 36 years and is "virtually a dead person".
Ms Virani wants the court to issue instructions to "forthwith ensure that no food is fed" to Ms Shanbaug.
But hospital authorities have told the court that Ms Shanbaug "accepts food in normal course and responds by facial expressions" and responds to "commands intermittently by making sounds".
The Supreme Court said on Monday that "euthanasia is one of the most perplexing issues which the courts and legislatures all over the world are facing today".
"The court, in this case, is facing the same issue, and we like a ship in an unchartered sea, seeking some guidance by the light thrown by the legislation and judicial precedents in foreign countries", it said.
Ms Shanbaug was raped by a hospital sweeper at the KEM hospital on 27 November 1973. The sweeper tried to strangle her.
The petition says that she suffered "brain stem contusion injuries with associated cervical cord injury and due to this she was reduced to almost a vegetable".
Her attacker was sentenced to seven years in prison for attempting to murder and rob Ms Shanbaug.
This is not the first time that a mercy killing demand has gone to the courts.
In 2004, a terminally-ill Indian chess champion became a focus of a euthanasia debate before he died in a hospital.
Venkatesh, 25, was suffering from a genetic neurological disorder and was on life-support for more than seven months.
Both the hospital authorities and the Andhra Pradesh high court refused his request to turn off his life support system, saying that would amount to an illegal mercy killing.


A new Wales-based professional cycling team, which aims to compete in the 2019 Tour de France, has been launched.

Former professional cyclist Eifion Weinzweig, 27, of Bridgend is behind the team, named We Are Wales.
Weinzweig, of Bridgend, has named one of his former coaches, Frenchman Yann Dejan, as its performance director.
The team's home will be in Cardiff and its training base in Brittany, France, while Weinzweig says the squad will include at least four Welsh riders.
Weinzweig wants the team to begin competing at third-tier professional level in 2016 and progress from there to the sport's premier continental road races.
A Tour de France-standard team can cost from 10m Euros annually up to more than double that.
Weinzweig said: "We're starting off at continental level for the first two years, [then we want to] stabilise the riders, stabilise the finances and the business model and then move up to the second division in year three.
"That's when we can start officially trying to get into the Tour de France."


Brazil's state-run oil producer, Petrobras, has said it will cut 12,000 jobs by 2020.

The voluntary layoff programme will help save $9bn at the company, which has struggled with losses following a price-fixing and bribery scandal.
It has also been hit by the global slump in the price of oil.
Petrobras, which has reported losses for the last two financial years, is expected to spend $1.23bn on implementing the job cuts plan.
Petrobras has long been one of the biggest employers in Brazil, with more than 80,000 employees.
However, it has seen its business hit by the huge falls in oil prices globally and one of the biggest corruption scandals in the country's history, which has gone to the heart of the country's government.
The announcement that 12,000 jobs are to be cut over the next five years is part of a investment plan to turn around the company's fortunes.
These are not good years for oil companies, as there is an oversupply in the market and global prices are hitting record lows.
But for Petrobras - embroiled in a massive corruption scandal - things are even worse.
The company has recorded two consecutive years of heavy losses and stopped paying dividends. Shares have dropped 50% in value since investigations began.
Chief executive Aldemir Bendine's answer to the crisis is downsizing.
Petrobras is drastically reducing its numbers - of employees, assets and investments - in order to become competitive again.
If Petrobras is to become great again, it will first have to turn itself into a smaller and more efficient company.
It reported its biggest quarterly loss to date in the final three months of last year - $10.2bn - after losses at its oil fields and refinery projects.
The corruption scandal involving price-fixing, bribery and political kickbacks over the last two years has dented confidence in the business. Some former Petrobras executives have been jailed.
The scandal has also harmed the reputation of President Dilma Rousseff, who was on the board of the company at the time of the offences.
Ms Rousseff is facing the possibility of impeachment on unrelated charges of false accounting.
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Scotland are through to face Ireland in the semi-finals of the Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier after a six-wicket win against host nation Thailand.

Kari Anderson and Kirstie Gordon each took two wickets as Thailand were restricted to 74-7 from 20 overs.
Rachel Scholes made 32 from 43 balls as the Scots surpassed that total with 10 deliveries to spare.
Captain Abbi Aitken, winning her 100th cap, hit a four to seal the victory, ending the day on six not out.
The Wildcats finished second in Group A behind Bangladesh, while Ireland topped Group B after a seven-wicket win over Zimbabwe.
The top two teams in the qualifying tournament will go on to next year's Women's World Twenty20 in India.


Wales wing George North says Warren Gatland's side will have to improve "massively" when they take on New Zealand in Cardiff on Saturday.

North scored as Wales laboured to a 17-13 win over Fiji at the Millennium Stadium at the weekend.
A second-string All Blacks side meanwhile were made to graft for a 24-16 victory over Scotland.
"I think there's no bigger challenge than the All Blacks," said the Northampton back.
Wales lost their opening Test of the autumn series to Australia, while New Zealand's victory at Murrayfield followed wins over England and the United States.
"They've shown in the past few weeks, even under heat, that they can still win Test matches, which is why they are number one in the world," said North.
"I think we've got to step up our game massively."
The All Blacks have not lost to Wales since 1953, but North says the visit of Steve Hansen's side is all the motivation the Welsh squad need to put the Fiji performance behind them.
"When the bigger teams come in, obviously you're a bit more focused and a bit more aware of what's coming," said North. "You work a little bit harder."
Wales name their team to face New Zealand at 12:00 GMT on Tuesday.
North, 22, is in line to face powerful New Zealand wing Julian Savea, 24 and is full of respect for his opposite number.
"He's an exceptional player," said North.
"I look at the way other wingers play and I think he's a brilliant example in how to best impose yourself on a team or even on the game.
"People like to see you pop up right, left and centre and all the time he's always there."
Another potential threat from the All Black back line identified by North is centre Sonny Bill Williams.
"He's a difficult player to play against," said North.
"He's exceptionally strong in contact and getting over the gain line, but he's got amazing hands as well.
"Something you also have to be very aware of is his running lines because he's very strong at carrying the ball from his rugby league days and it provides a lot of difficult situations in defence."


A teenager had to be rescued after becoming trapped in thick mud on a river bank in Southampton.

The 18-year-old became stuck off Riverside Park, along the River Itchen, at about 22:50 BST on Monday.
Firefighters and the South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) hazardous area response team used an inflatable mud mat to pull him to safety.
He was taken to hospital as he had suffered back injuries and was showing signs of hypothermia.


Mae adolygiad mewnol gan Lywodraeth Cymru i waith Chwaraeon Cymru wedi canfod tystiolaeth o fwlio, bygythiadau ac iaith amhriodol.

Cafodd cadeirydd y corff, Paul Thomas a'r is-gadeirydd Adele Baumgardt eu diswyddo gan weinidogion ym mis Mawrth.
Dywedodd Mr Thomas nad oedd yr honiadau'n wir, ond dywedodd Ms Baumgardt nad oedd hi wedi'i synnu gyda'r canfyddiadau, a'i bod hi wedi ymddwyn yn iawn.
Chafodd yr un unigolyn eu hadnabod fel ffynhonnell y bwlio honedig.
Cafodd Chwaraeon Cymru, neu Cyngor Chwaraeon Cymru gynt, ei sefydlu yn 1972 er mwyn hybu chwaraeon elît ac ar lawr gwlad, ac mae ganddynt gyllideb flynyddol o £22m.
Ers hydref y llynedd mae sawl ffrae wedi bod ynglŷn â'r ffordd mae'r bwrdd yn gweithredu.
Mae fersiwn wedi'i olygu o adolygiad Llywodraeth Cymru, gafodd ei orchymyn gan y gweinidog chwaraeon Rebecca Evans cyn i uwch-swyddogion y sefydliad gael eu diswyddo, nawr wedi'i ryddhau dan y Ddeddf Rhyddid Gwybodaeth.
Cafodd yr adolygiad ei chwblhau fis ynghynt, ond doedd heb gael ei ryddhau yn gyhoeddus.
Roedd yn dweud nad oedd tystiolaeth o wrthdaro buddiannau gydag unrhyw aelodau o fwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru, a bod honiadau fod polisïau caffael heb gael eu dilyn "ddim yn arwyddocaol".
Cafodd y pryderon hynny eu codi gan archwiliad o gyfrifon Chwaraeon Cymru gan gwmni Deloitte, gafodd ei weld gan BBC Cymru ym mis Mawrth, oedd yn dweud y gallai'r corff fod yn peryglu'i henw da yn y ffordd roedden nhw'n dyfarnu cytundebau.
Ond yn ôl adolygiad Llywodraeth Cymru roedd "pryderon am fwlio cymdeithasol".
Ychwanegodd yr adolygiad: "Er enghraifft, esiamplau o gau allan yn fwriadol gan achosi i unigolion deimlo na allen nhw wneud eu gwaith yn effeithiol; e-byst bygythiol yn ymateb i gwestiynau neu heriau honedig; trafod materion cyfrinachol ac weithiau di-sail gyda thrydydd parti; iaith; ac iaith gorfforol ac ymddygiad roedd pobl gafodd eu cyfweld yn teimlo oedd yn anaddas.
"Yn ystod sgyrsiau gyda phobl gafodd eu cyfweld, fe wnaeth y tîm adolygu ganfod tystiolaeth oedd yn cefnogi'r pryderon hyn."
Mae cofnodion bwrdd Chwaraeon Cymru, gafodd eu cyhoeddi yn dilyn cais rhyddid gwybodaeth gan BBC Cymru, hefyd yn datgelu honiadau o "ymddygiad dialgar" o fewn y corff.
Roedd munudau'r cyfarfod ar 22 Tachwedd, ble bu pleidlais diffyg hyder unfrydol yn y cadeirydd, yn dweud bod Ms Baumgardt "wedi nodi fod pob aelod o'r bwrdd wedi dod ati i drafod cynnig diffyg hyder yn y cadeirydd oherwydd methiannau difrifol yn ei arweinyddiaeth a llywodraethiant".
"Esboniodd yr is-gadeirydd, oherwydd ymddygiad dialgar yn y gorffennol, fod aelodau'r bwrdd yn bryderus am y goblygiadau i unigolion," meddai'r ddogfen.
Nid y cynnig yma "oedd y cyfathrebiad ffurfiol cyntaf o'r bwrdd i'r cadeirydd yn ymwneud a'r ffordd roedd wedi bod yn gweithredu ei ddyletswyddau", ychwanegodd y munudau.
Dywedodd Adele Baumgardt fod ei hymddygiad hi wedi bod yn broffesiynol a chywir.
Ychwanegodd nad oedd hi "wedi synnu" gyda chanfyddiadau'r adolygiad: "Dwi'n falch fod y ffeithiau yma'n gyhoeddus bellach.
Mae Ms Baumgardt wedi cyhuddo Mr Thomas yn y gorffennol o beidio bod yn gymwys i fod mewn swydd gyhoeddus uchel, honiad y mae e wedi'i wrthod.
Ers cael ei ddiswyddo mae Mr Thomas wedi dweud ei fod wedi ei gosbi am fod iddo chwythu'r chwiban.
Fodd bynnag, roedd llythyr gafodd ei ysgrifennu gan y Prif Weinidog Carwyn Jones i arweinydd y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig, Andrew RT Davies ynglŷn â honiadau gafodd eu gwneud gan Mr Thomas, yn dweud fod y cadeirydd dros dro Lawrence Conway wedi canfod fod y corff "wedi'i reoli'n dda" a'i "rhedeg yn dda".
Dywedodd Mr Thomas wrth BBC Cymru fod yr honiadau yn yr adolygiad hyder "ddim yn wir".
"Dwi wedi synnu'n llwyr gyda rhai o'r pethau maen nhw wedi dod allan efo," meddai. "mae o mor anwir, mae'n ddychmygol. Mae'n reit ddoniol a dweud y gwir."
Honnodd ei fod wedi ei "drefnu", er mwyn i adolygiad roedd e wedi'i gomisiynu i'r corff "yn cael ei gladdu".
Roedd fersiwn drafft o adroddiad Mr Thomas, gafodd ei weld gan y BBC llynedd, wedi rhybuddio fod angen trawsnewid Chwaraeon Cymru.
Cafodd y corff ei gyhuddo o fod yn "hynafol yn ei ffordd o feddwl" a "gwan yn ei gweledigaeth".
Dywedodd Chwaraeon Cymru a Llywodraeth Cymru nad oedden nhw am wneud sylw.


A model of the proposed Titanic II has undergone a series of tests.

Power and speed assessments have been carried out on a 9.3m wooden replica in Germany ahead of the vessel's construction in China.
The ship, the brainchild of Australian billionaire, Clive Palmer will have similar dimensions to the original, with 840 rooms and nine decks.
Its maiden passenger voyage in 2016 will retrace the original Titanic's journey from Southampton to New York.
Mr Palmer said: "The model testing including resistance and open water tests, is an important part of the process in the Titanic II project.
"The Titanic II model was tested at speeds of up to 23 knots and this testing is crucial for assessing the speed and power performance of this prototype vessel design."
The model was tested by the German hydrodynamic service and researchers at the Hamburg Ship Model Basin.
The luxury liner is expected to make regular sailings on the transatlantic route between Southampton and New York and will have three passenger classes, like the original.
Changes from Titanic include welding - not riveting, a bulbous bow for greater fuel efficiency, diesel generation and bigger rudder and bow thrusters for better manoeuvrability.
Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in April 1912 after hitting an iceberg four days into the voyage.
The liner, owned by White Star Line, was then the largest in the world at just under 270m long, 53m high and weighing approximately 40,000 tonnes.


Brentford sporting director Frank McParland says they will only enter the transfer market in January if "special players" are available.

The newly-promoted Bees are currently fifth in the Championship table.
"We have done a lot of dealings in the transfer window and if we bring anyone in, it will be to be a starting player," he told BBC London 94.9.
"The owner is keen if we can find someone. At the moment it will have to be a good player to get in this team."
He added: "If we think we we can improve the group, it will have to be special players."
Brentford are back in the second tier of English football for the first time since 1992-93, having finished second in League One last season.
The west London club brought in 12 new players, three of whom were on loan, over the summer, but McParland says Bees owner Matthew Benham is happy to spend more to strengthen the squad in the new year.
"We've had marvellous support from the owner," McParland added.
"He has got massive plans for the club, with the new stadium, and we have a manager [Mark Warburton] who is fearless and will play young players.
"The owner has a long-term plan for the club and he is heavily involved in the recruitment process.
"If the three of us really like a player and it is going to cost some money, Matthew will look at it and if we can do it, we'll do it."


Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell beat Webb Simpson in a play-off at the RBC Heritage to seal his first win since 2010 and return to the world's top 10.

The pair finished on nine under at a windy Hilton Head before McDowell clinched victory on the first play-off hole after Simpson missed a par putt.
"I played well all week. My putter was cold before I got it going in the final round," said McDowell.
England's Luke Donald finished tied for third on seven under after a 69.
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McDowell also carded a final-round 69 in South Carolina but the Portrush player let slip a one-shot lead when he bogeyed the final hole. Simpson then parred the tough 18th to take the tussle into a play-off.
The players returned to the 18th and McDowell secured his par before Webb bogeyed after missing a 12-foot putt.
McDowell's last victory, in the Valderrama Masters, came in the same year he won the US Open at Pebble Beach.
It is also McDowell's first success on the regular PGA Tour circuit.
"This is one of the premier events on the PGA Tour and it's great to have taken a win on this tour.
"It's a bit special as it's a long time since I won and it feels really nice.
"I played really solidly on Sunday and I holed out well, which was the key to my round.
"I didn't make a ton of putts this week but I didn't make many bogeys, and that's the key to playing well at Hilton Head."


The Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol party has launched its manifesto, calling for a review of UK drugs policy.

Cista has 32 candidates and describes itself as the first pro-drug reform political party.
The manifesto includes a commitment to an economic evaluation of a legally regulated cannabis market.
The party says it will remain a single issue party, focused on creating a legal drugs market.
Paul Birch, the leader of Cista, who is also a co-founder of social network Bebo, said that in a regulated market, controls can be implemented.
"We've had a regulated alcohol market in the UK for hundreds of years. We need a regulated cannabis market for people's health and wellbeing," he said.
The party says that neither Labour nor the Conservatives address the issue of drugs reform and that, although the Lib Dems and Green Party make promises on drugs reform, there is no chance that the either party "will win this election or make drugs reform a 'red line' issue in any coalition — or other partnership — agreements with the Conservatives or Labour".
Cista's manifesto commitments include campaigning for a Royal Commission to undertake a fundamental review of all UK drugs policy, which would establish recommendations to combat "the harm caused by drugs in an increasingly globalised world".
It also promises to convene a Global Medicinal Cannabis Summit in London in 2015, to garner research relating to cannabis from politicians, scientists, physicians, NGOs and other representatives.
The party wants to evaluate the effectiveness of the cannabis legalisation policies in Spain, Portugal, United States and Uruguay.
And it wants to conduct a review of the cost-benefit economic evaluation of potential legally regulated UK cannabis market.
The party has 1,500 members and says it intends to contest all future Scottish Parliament, London, Welsh and Northern Ireland Assembly elections and targeted local authority elections.


As the Royal College of Physicians begins a review of the diagnosis and care of people in a vegetative state, the BBC asks whether the current system is failing patients and their families.

As a young, proud, super-fit marine, it is a life he never would have wanted.
Now in his 50s, all that is left of his adventurous past are the photographs on the wall.
Iain Wilson is in a vegetative state and relies on his mother Gabrielle for everything.
A former nurse, the diminutive 83-year-old wakes at 7.30am every day to begin a care regime which would challenge someone half her age.
She has not had a holiday for more than 21 years.
"I leave him in the bath about 20 minutes, take him out all dripping wet and helpless, put him onto the bed and dry him, and then I cut his nails," she says.
"I have to do his feeds and then, last thing at night, see he's alright, move him about and put cushions all around him to stop him getting bedsores.
"Then I have a last look at him at quarter to one in the morning, and if he's sleeping, I'm fine then and I go to sleep myself.
"If he's got a chest infection or anything wrong, I've got a baby alarm and I can hear him."
Iain is thought to be the longest surviving vegetative state patient in the UK, an unenviable record.
The former Royal Marine, who also served in the Foreign Legion, suffered severe brain injuries after being knocked over by a car in 1989.
The damage left him blind, incontinent and unable to move or communicate. He is fed through a tube in his chest.
Mrs Wilson would not want anyone else to care for her son, but after suffering a heart attack and conscious of her advancing years, her biggest worry is what will happen to her son when she dies.
"I think about it all the time. I just have to turn my mind off because it affects me so much," she says.
"He will not be looked after properly. I don't like to say it, but it's true.
"He'll lie there and suffer, unable to moan or groan or call for help and they won't notice.
"Picture yourself in that situation. It's awful."
This is just one of a number of heartbreaking dilemmas faced by the families of those left in a vegetative state.
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It is difficult to find precise figures for the numbers affected, but experts believe there could be as many as 5,000 people in the UK enduring what has been described as a "living death".
And because of advances in medical science meaning that more people survive what would previously have been fatal injuries, the figures are set to continue to grow.
Expert clinicians have highlighted a number of concerns about the care of vegetative state patients and their families.
They believe some are being misdiagnosed as a result of inconsistencies in assessment across the country.
There is also evidence families are not routinely being told of all the options open to them.
Since 1992, following the landmark case of Hillsborough victim Tony Bland, it has been possible for an application to be made to the Court of Protection for permission to end a vegetative state patient's life by withdrawing food and hydration.
This is done under sedation to ensure the patient feels no pain or distress.
There have been a total of 43 applications since 1992, all of which have been granted.
Professor Derick Wade, consultant in neurological rehabilitation, believes it is crucial to inform families of this and all of the options open to them at every stage.
But he has told the BBC of cases where families have been kept in the dark for years because of the religious, cultural or moral beliefs of the clinicians involved.
"For some clinicians [the withdrawal of nutrition to allow a patient to die] is not morally acceptable. So they do not discuss the issue with the family."
This happened to 53-year-old Helen Watson from Leicestershire, whose sixteen-year-old son Christopher was severely injured in a road accident on his way back to boarding school in 2006.
The family only learned they could apply to the courts years afterwards when an expert was brought in to assess Christopher's accident compensation claim.
Professor Lynn Turner-Stokes is chair of the Royal College of Physicians working party which has been set up to review the issues around the diagnosis and care of vegetative patients.
She is concerned that even when families have made an informed decision to withdraw treatment and allow their loved-one to die, the court process involved can be beset with lengthy, yet easily avoidable, delays.
"I think it's very traumatic for the families, it's quite a long, drawn-out process.
"At the current time there is not a great deal of clarity about what the process should be, for example there isn't a clear protocol for what should have been done prior to approaching the court," she said.
"Personally I'd like to see some clarity about what the pathway is. I think it could help streamline things."
For Tudor David, 65, the delays involved in an application to the court to allow his wife Diane to die after a road accident left her in a vegetative state proved too much.
Initially told the court process would take six months, the family was still no closer to a decision from the court 18 months later.
Mr David's family believe he felt his wife had suffered enough. In December 2008 he took her out of hospital, parked their car in the garage of their home and left the engine running.
The devoted couple died together from carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of what a coroner referred to as an act "solely motivated by devotion and love".
The Royal College of Physicians' review began in May 2011, and is expected to last at least 18 months.
Professor Turner-Stokes hopes the team's work will ultimately help improve the process which the David family and others believe has let them down.
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The UK should make a unilateral decision to safeguard the rights of EU nationals living in the UK, according to a cross-party group of MPs.

They say EU citizens who contribute to the UK economy should not be forced to live "under a cloud of uncertainty".
Members of the Exiting the EU committee also want healthcare and pension rights for UK expats living overseas.
The government says it wants to guarantee the rights of EU citizens and British nationals "as early as we can".
Last week peers defied ministers by 358 votes to 256 to guarantee the rights of EU nationals living in the UK after Brexit - a move the government will seek to overturn when its Brexit Bill returns to the House of Commons.
Theresa May says she plans to trigger Article 50 - which kick-starts the formal process for the UK leaving the EU - by the end of this month.
But Hilary Benn, the Exiting the EU committee's Labour chairman, said it was wrong to use EU and British citizens as "bargaining chips".
"EU citizens who have come to live and work here have contributed enormously to the economic and cultural life of the UK," he said.
"They have worked hard, paid their taxes, integrated, raised families and put down roots.
"They did not have a vote in the referendum, but the result has left them living under a cloud of uncertainty.
"They are understandably concerned about their right to remain, and their future rights to access education and healthcare.
"Equally, Brits who live and work on the continent are worried about their right to work and access healthcare after Brexit...
"Although the government has said it wants EU citizens to be able to remain, this has not offered sufficient reassurance that the rights and status that they have enjoyed will be guaranteed - it should now do so."
In their report, 'The rights of UK and EU citizens', MPs urge all parties to the negotiations to make the resolution of the rights of all EU citizens in the UK, and UK citizens in the EU, their first priority.
The MPs argued "it would be unconscionable" for both sides "not to have clarity about their status for another two years".
"The government has made it clear it wants an early agreement to protect the rights of EU nationals in the UK, and of UK nationals living in other member states.
"The committee commend its commitment to this outcome - it is regrettable that this has not yet proved possible."
Ministers have said it would be "unwise" to fully "guarantee" EU citizens' rights without a deal for Britons abroad.
Brexit Secretary David Davis said ministers had hoped to secure agreement on the issue at the European Council in December "but we couldn't get everybody to agree at that point".
The Exiting the EU committee report said the government needs to work out how to identify the estimated three million EU citizens who reply upon free movement as a basis for their right to remain.
It also argued that ministers will need to set a cut-off date for EU citizens arriving in the UK, adding: "Those who arrive before this date should retain the right to qualify for permanent residence after they have been here for five years.
"The government should decide and announce a date as soon as possible."
The MPs also called on the government to streamline the permanent residence system for EU nationals, describing it as "not fit for purpose", with applicants having to fill in an 85 page form "that is to complex and onerous to be used to clarify the status of up to three million people".
They warned that an abrupt reduction in the number of EU workers in the UK post Brexit "would cause disruption in a number of sectors".
"The government needs to take steps to train, or further incentivise training, to ensure that skilled workers are available to fill jobs in sectors currently featuring a large number of EU nationals," they said.
The committee also agreed there was a case for the UK to state during negotiations that it might be prepared to prioritise EU citizens in its future immigration policy - although former Conservative minister Peter Lilley dissented from this view.


A man in his early 70s has died following a serious crash on a Denbighshire road, police have said.

The incident involving the driver of a black Nissan Micra happened shortly before 08:00 GMT on the A525 Ruthin Road near the Brookhouse Mill, Denbigh, on Monday.
The road was closed for several hours following the crash but has now reopened.
No other people or vehicles were involved.
North Wales Police said investigations were continuing and urged anyone with information to contact them on 101.
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Bonnyrigg Rose chairman Charlie Kirkwood hopes the club can play their Scottish Cup fourth-round tie against Hibernian at the home of Hearts.

The Junior club beat Championship side Dumbarton 1-0 in a third-round replay but it is "unlikely" their New Dundas Park home can host cup holders Hibs.
Kirkwood, who spoke to Hearts before the replay, said "three quarters of the team" support the Tynecastle club.
"They're buzzing at the thought of playing at their holy ground," he said.
"[Hearts owner] Ann Budge is going to phone me today sometime to arrange a meeting.
"She said we could get round the table and see what they could do and last night I got a text from Ann saying what a great result it was for the team.
"It's pencilled in for 21 January but there is a lot of talking to be done yet. There is no way it could be at Bonnyrigg."
The Midlothian club's New Dundas Park is roughly 10 miles from Hibs' Easter Road, and many Bonnyrigg fans also support either Hearts or Hibs.
The junior club qualified for this season's Scottish Cup by being East Super League champions last term.
Kirkwood has been associated with the Rosey Posey for over 50 years, and was kit boy when they won the Scottish Junior Cup in 1966.
He has been chairman for the past seven years and believes Tuesday's achievement was his best moment yet.
Adam Nelson scored the game's only goal after 86 minutes of the replay after the first meeting finished goalless.
"It was a great night for the club and the town so everybody's buzzing," Kirkwood told BBC Scotland.
"I had 50 text messages when I came out of the ground last night. They are the nights that make all the hard work that we put in all worthwhile.
"The players had something to eat then they realised there was a bar open selling a carry out so you can imagine what came back on the bus.
Kirkwood now plans to arrange a meeting to maximise the availability of Bonnyrigg Rose merchandise.
"There's a huge interest in the club," he said. "The merchandise the last couple of weeks has gone crazy - yesterday I had people phoning me for scarves."
"We've got a wee shop and a local guy - Ian Sprott - sells the merchandise. Every week he's handing in a couple of hundred pounds."


Two divers who died after getting into difficulty off Barra in the Western Isles have been named by police.

Iain Macdougall, who was from the island, and Ryan McGuckin, from Falkirk, failed to resurface from their dive in Castlebay.
The alarm was raised at about 11:20 on Saturday. The Barra Coastguard team, the RNLI and the Coastguard helicopter were involved in the search.
The RNLI Barra lifeboat crew recovered the men's bodies at about 13:00.
Mr McGuckin was from Falkirk but had been living in London, police said. Both men were 39.
Insp Jane Nicolson said: "Our thoughts are with the families and friends of both Mr Macdougall and Mr McGuckin at this very difficult time, as well as with the tight-knit community on Barra which has been deeply affected by this tragedy.
"I would once again like to take the opportunity to thank members of the public who assisted the emergency services on Saturday."Our inquiries are continuing but there does not appear to be any suspicious circumstances.
"A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal as is standard in these cases."


So-called Islamic State (IS) has blown up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, Iraqi forces say.

The ancient landmark with its famous leaning minaret was where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a "caliphate" in 2014.
However, IS claims that US aircraft destroyed the complex, in a statement issued by its news outlet Amaq.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said blowing up the mosque was "an official declaration of defeat" by IS.
Aerial photos show that the mosque and minaret has been largely destroyed.
The Iraqi commander in charge of the offensive to retake Mosul said troops were within 50 metres of the mosque when IS "committed another historical crime".
A senior US commander in Iraq said IS had destroyed "one of Mosul and Iraq's great treasures".
"This is a crime against the people of Mosul and all of Iraq, and is an example of why this brutal organisation must be annihilated," Maj Gen Joseph Martin said.
The jihadists have destroyed a string of important heritage sites in Iraq and Syria.
The UN has said that IS may be holding more than 100,000 people in Mosul as human shields.
Thousands of Iraqi security forces, Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, Sunni Arab tribesmen and Shia militiamen, assisted by US-led coalition warplanes and military advisers, are involved in the offensive against IS, which was launched on 17 October 2016.
The government announced the full "liberation" of eastern Mosul in January 2017. But the west of the city has presented a more difficult challenge, with its narrow, winding streets.
The Iraqi statement said both the mosque and its distinctive Hadba (hunchback) leaning minaret had been blown up.
Construction began on the mosque in 1172.
A month after IS forces overran Mosul in June 2014, Baghdadi gave a Friday sermon from the pulpit inside the mosque and proclaimed a caliphate - a state governed in accordance with Islamic law, or Sharia, by God's deputy on Earth, or caliph.
It was his first public appearance in many years.
The Old City is the last district under the control of IS within Mosul itself, which was the group's stronghold in Iraq.
On Sunday, commanders announced the start of the "final chapter" of the offensive, with Iraq's counter-terrorism service, army and federal police attacking the Old City from all directions.
The army said it believed there were no more than 300 militants left in Mosul, compared with almost 6,000 at the start of the offensive in October.
Earlier this week aircraft dropped leaflets urging civilians to avoid open spaces and to take any opportunity to escape.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned on Tuesday that the flow of injured civilians out of western Mosul had increased, with victims having wounds from gunshots, shelling and bombs.
It is Mosul's most famous Sunni mosque, named after the Muslim leader, Nur al-Din Mahmoud Zangi, famous for waging jihad against Christian crusaders.
And it is where the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, made his one and only public appearance, shortly after his group declared a caliphate in Iraq and Syria.
But IS fighters have shown scant regard for history or culture in the three years since their lightning advance across northern Iraq.
Reports that they rigged the Nuri mosque with explosives have been circulating since Iraqi government forces began their effort to take back the city nine months ago.
Destruction of the mosque, most observers assumed, would mark the group's final act of angry defiance before finally losing their grip on Mosul.
IS claims that the mosque was destroyed by a US airstrike. This seems unlikely but such is the savage nature of the struggle for control of Mosul that it's fair to say that preserving the city's cultural and religious heritage has not been a high priority for anyone involved.


Roy Hodgson's England side eased to a 4-0 victory over Lithuania at Wembley to maintain their 100% record in Euro 2016 qualifying.

Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney moved to within two goals of equalling Sir Bobby Charlton's goalscoring record for England after he netted.
Arsenal's Danny Welbeck added the second late in the first half before Liverpool's Raheem Sterling and Tottenham debutant Harry Kane sealed the win.
How did England's players fare overall?
Barely touched the ball.
Routine performance for the Southampton defender. Did nothing wrong but was never placed under any stress.
Almost a night off for Cahill. Could have taken a chair out on to the Wembley pitch with him.
Showed good concentration in one rare Lithuania foray into England's half early on, but hardly a game to make a judgement on Jones as an international player.
The Everton man looks a little low on confidence and not as assured as normal with the final ball and set-pieces. Never tested in defence.
Touched the ball 60 times as England dominated the first half. Steady without ever needing to be spectacular.
Brings a sure touch and composure in possession. Timid opposition like Lithuania perfect for him - but did an excellent job.
Another energetic performance from the Aston Villa player, who is forging a place in Roy Hodgson's plans. Almost set up an early goal for Wayne Rooney.
A constant threat to defenders who simply had no answer to his pace. Scored his first goal for England and set up Harry Kane's header with a fine cross.
Missed an early chance but scored one, hit the woodwork twice and set up Sterling's goal. A good night for England's captain.
Deserved to keep his place and made it six goals in this Euro 2016 campaign. Plenty will now call for him to be left out for Harry Kane - but has been excellent for England.
Very quiet in his brief appearance - game won and eased himself through.
The dream continues. Scored with his third touch. The man with the Midas touch in front of goal.
Had no impact in his cameo.


An Irish parliamentary committee is examining the reasons why the Republic of Ireland suffered a banking crisis and economic crash in 2008.

BBC News NI's economics and business editor John Campbell looks at the background to the inquiry, what it has discovered and the impact its findings could have.
The Republic of Ireland experienced a catastrophic financial crisis in 2008 from which it still has not fully recovered.
The country's banking sector had to be almost entirely nationalised when the bursting of a property price bubble coincided with a global downturn.
There have been a series of reports on the crisis but this parliamentary inquiry is an attempt to give a definitive analysis.
It is examining the political, economic, social, cultural, financial and behavioural factors that contributed to the crisis.
It is also looking at the preventative reforms which followed.
The inquiry started hearing from witnesses in December 2014 and has worked roughly on the basis of starting with the least involved and moving towards those who were at the centre of events.
The first witness was the Finnish banking expert Peter Nyberg and he has been followed by a procession of journalists, academics, civil servants, auditors, bankers and now politicians.
The major details have simply been restated and reinforced: the banks were arrogant and reckless, the regulators were timid and inept, the experts failed to see it coming, and the politicians were happy to binge on property tax revenues.
Most of what is new concerns the fine detail of the bank guarantee.
That was the fateful government decision in 2008 to guarantee the liabilities of the country's banks, effectively putting the Republic of Ireland's citizens on the hook for the bank's losses.
It seems as though the banks were lobbying for a guarantee much earlier than was previously known.
It hopes to report before the end of the year, probably in November, but it will be constrained in its conclusions.
Irish parliamentary inquiries cannot assign personal blame to individuals or even make findings of fact.
There will be a general election in the Republic of Ireland in the spring of 2016 at the latest.
The governing Fine Gael/Labour coalition will be quite happy that voters get a series of very public reminders that their rivals in Fianna FÃ¡il were in power throughout the crisis.


Oil prices have fallen sharply after Saudi Arabia said it would freeze production only if other major producers did the same.

The comments by deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman are seen as a challenge to Iran.
It has vowed to increase oil production following the lifting of Western sanctions.
In the Bloomberg interview, the prince also spoke about his plan for a giant public investment fund.
Worth more than $2 trillion, it would be designed to reduce Saudi Arabia's reliance on income from oil.
Part of the plan would be a sale of shares in the state-owned oil firm Aramco, which could start as soon as next year, according to the interview.
Iran will not take part in a conference in Doha on 17 April, where the freezing of oil output is due to be discussed.
"If all countries agree to freeze production, we will be among them," the prince told Bloomberg.
When asked whether Iran needed to be among those countries he said "without doubt".
Oil prices, which had edged into positive territory, fell after the Prince's comments.
Brent crude fell $1.63 cents, or 4%, to $38.70 a barrel. Prices rose 6% in the first three months of this year - the first quarterly increase since a 15% rally between April and June 2015.
PVM Oil Associates analyst Tamas Varga said there had been high hopes about the impact of a possible production freeze, but he added: "It is hard to see how sticking to the January output level would be supportive for oil prices. There will be no rebalancing this year."
Shailaja Nair, of energy information provider, said the market was still oversupplied with crude and there was no possibility of demand increasing in the short term.
"Considering the amount of crude already in the market, a freeze is not going to make much of a difference," she said.
A monthly survey by Reuters this week showed that oil output from the 13 Opec members rose in March on higher production from Iran and near-record exports from southern Iraq.
Iraq reported Opec's biggest supply growth last year, producing more than four million barrels per day - making it the cartel's second-largest producer after Saudi Arabia.
In February, Saudi Arabia and Russia said they would freeze oil output at January levels if other producers followed suit.
Oil prices have plunged from their recent peak of $116 in June 2014 because of oversupply and sluggish demand.


Ireland will play one-day series against Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Dublin in 2016.

Malahide will host Sri Lanka on 16 and 18 June, and Pakistan on 18 and 20 August.
Ireland have lost both their completed ODIs against Sri Lanka, while their only win in six attempts against Pakistan came in the 2007 World Cup.
Ireland also face South Africa on 25 September and Australia on 27 September, with both games in Benoni.


A cinema chain in Austin, Texas, has caused uproar after scheduling women-only screenings of Wonder Woman.

The big-budget superhero film, which stars Gal Gadot, is set for US release on 2 June.
And on 6 June, the Alamo Drafthouse has reserved two showings for those who identify as female.
"The most iconic superheroine in comic book history finally has her own movie, and what better way to celebrate?" organisers said.
A post on the Alamo's website read: "Apologies, gentlemen, but we're embracing our girl power and saying 'No Guys Allowed' for one special night at the Alamo Ritz.
"And when we say 'People Who Identify As Women Only', we mean it. Everyone working at this screening - venue staff, projectionist, and culinary team - will be female.
"So lasso your geeky girlfriends together and grab your tickets to this celebration of one of the most enduring and inspiring characters ever created."
Now unimpressed men are lambasting the idea on Facebook, claiming they are being discriminated against.
"Great, let us know when you have guys-only screenings of Thor, Spider-Man, Star Wars, etc. Let's see you walk the walk now that you set this precedence [sic]," one man wrote.
"Very sorry if you feel excluded," came the reply on the cinema's official account.
"We thought it might be kinda fun ... to celebrate a character who's meant a great deal to women for close to eight decades. Again, truly, truly, truly, truly sorry that we've offended you."
"Have you ever hosted a men's only showing of any film?" Facebook user Bill Fairbrother enquired.
The cinema chain cheerfully responded: "We've never done showings where you had to be a man to get in, but we *did* show the Entourage movie a few years ago."
When another critic asked if there would be a men-only screening, the cinema posted a link on how to set up a private event, advising, "Go for it!"
But if some men objected, others embraced the move as within the spirit of the film, which is the first DC superhero outing with a female director - Patty Jenkins - and title character.
"I am a man and fully support this," said one fan.
"This is a great idea and I will see it another time! Wow, that was easier than deciding to feel persecuted!" wrote Geoff Stark.
As the women-only screenings have proved hugely popular, the Alamo now plans to extend the format across the US.
According to Mashable, the Dallas, Austin, and DC branches will donate proceeds from their ticket sales to local women's charities.