Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon admitted his side were off the pace as they suffered a surprise 3-1 home defeat by Hamilton in the Premiership.

"We have had a brilliant start to the season, and a lot of nice things said about us, and it's a dose of reality," he told BBC Radio Scotland.
"We looked very tired at the end, but that is mental, rather than physical.
"I'm bitterly disappointed with my team's performance. The better team won today. They defended better than us."
Hibs went into the match on a high after a 3-2 victory over Rangers at Ibrox  last weekend had maintained a perfect start to their league campaign, while they have also reached the quarter-finals of the League Cup.
However, the display against Hamilton lacked the energy of their earlier displays.
Simon Murray headed wide of the target and Danny Swanson had a fierce drive turned around the post by Hamilton goalkeeper Gary Woods before Greg Docherty and Ali Crawford drew saves from Ofir Marciano in the home goal.
But after the break, Darren McGregor fouled Docherty in the box to allow Rakish Bingham to score from the penalty spot and Accies scored their second when Hibs defender Paul Hanlon, instead of passing to team-mate Lewis Stevenson, knocked the ball into the path of Louis Longridge, who stroked the ball into the net.
Already in jubilant mood, the small band of Hamilton fans were thrilled at their team's third goal, a slick move involving Longridge and Docherty rounded off by Bingham, before Anthony Stokes scored a late consolation for Hibs.
"I thought in the first half we were OK without being anywhere near the level which we can play at," Lennon said afterwards.
"We asked the players to increase the tempo, increase the energy but in the second half we were very, very flat.
"We didn't look secure at times today at all, people getting in the wrong body positions, the wrong positions, not giving the midfield a hand.
"Their second goal was farcical from our point of view; good players making mistakes which sometimes you can't legislate for.
"But they scored a great third goal and sometimes you have to doff your cap."
Lennon admitted to having "a wee feeling" on Thursday and Friday that complacency might affect his players after receiving praise for their performance at Ibrox.
"I don't want us to go back to playing really well against the big teams and then (losing) games you're expected to win," he added.
"We have no right to win any game here. We are the promoted team. These are Premier League teams, they are streetwise and have some quality players, and Hamilton certainly deserved to win today.
"There were one or two signs that didn't make me happy about the attitude of some of the players and the body language, but I'll learn from that."


Rotherham United have signed Ipswich Town midfielder Luke Hyam on loan until 23 January.

The 24-year-old has not featured for Mick McCarthy's team this season.
He could make his debut for the Millers, who are second from bottom in the Championship, in Saturday's game against Bristol City.
"It has been a while since I have had the opportunity to play first-team football, so this is a great chance for me," he told the club website.


A "very English and very eccentric" tradition that dates back centuries has attracted thousands of people on Easter Monday.

The Hallaton Bottle Kicking contest pits teams from two Leicestershire villages who try to take control of a keg of beer.
The "ferocious rugby scrum" takes five hours to complete and is believed to have started before the Christian era.
A hare pie was also distributed to villagers during the event.
Hallaton's Bottle-Kicking chairman Phil Allan said: "It is something that has gone on from time immemorial - it is a very ancient custom."
He said a large traditional hare pie was paraded to the church gates and later taken to a hillside where it was "scrambled" or thrown into the crowd.
He said the bottle kicking - which involves teams from Hallaton and nearby Medbourne trying to move a keg of beer over the hills back to their respective village in a rugby-like scrum - is rough and tumble.
"The rules are very simple - there aren't any rules.
"We do addâ€¦ that there is no murder, no gouging or no riding on horseback with the bottle allowedâ€¦ it is actually like a very ferocious rugby scrum."
There is no limit to the number of people who can join in the event, but he estimated about 7,000 people were involved this year.
The first team to move two of the three kegs over the stream in their village is declared the winner.
The bottles or kegs are often moved over fences, hedges and ditches but the competitors simply "go straight through and there are some repairs to do the next day", he added.
Mr Allan, who has been Hallaton chairman for 30 years, said the event has only been cancelled once - in 2001 because of the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
Some members of the victorious side are allowed to climb to the top of the Buttercross monument in Hallaton and drink the beer from the kegs after the event is finished.
This year's event was won by Hallaton.


As Liverpool fans headed for a venue they dubbed 'Anfield South', a raw and unapologetically ambitious enemy waited to inflict a Wembley nightmare.

Wimbledon - dubbed the 'Crazy Gang' because of their rugged style and infamous dressing-room antics - lay in wait for the champions of England, seeking a second double in three years as they entered the 1988 FA Cup final.
The Reds had enjoyed a decade of domestic and European dominance. Wimbledon by contrast, had been playing non-league football just 11 years earlier.
Media playback is not supported on this device
Tales of Wimbledon mischief often draw smiles, but also frustrate those closest to the club who refer to a "well-drilled" operation. Their story is synonymous with the FA Cup, but just how exactly did they undo Kenny Dalglish's side?
As League Two's AFC Wimbledon and Liverpool prepare to face off in the competition on Monday, BBC Sport speaks to former Liverpool players Gary Gillespie and Ray Houghton, ex-Wimbledon players Vinnie Jones, Lawrie Sanchez and Dave Beasant, as well as Ivor Heller, the fan who would go on to co-found AFC Wimbledon 14 years later.
How do you prepare for a meeting with a Liverpool side braced for their 21st Wembley appearance in 15 years? Wimbledon manager Bobby Gould sent his players to the pub on the eve of the final, but not everyone involved could stay so relaxed.
Gary Gillespie: "We played the Tuesday night before the final against Luton and me and team-mate Nigel Spackman clashed heads and ended up spending the night in hospital.
"We did our fitness test in a hotel corridor. Roy Evans and Ronnie Moran threw balls and we headed them as best we could. It hurt but we were so desperate to play."
Ray Houghton: "I was more nervous than usual. The favourites tag was on my mind and I didn't sleep much. The papers were talking of a rout and that type of opinion seemed everywhere."
Dave Beasant: "There was a mass self-belief in our side but we played Manchester United on the Monday night, went 1-0 up and suddenly tackles started flying in. One or two of them were saying we shouldn't go into tackles if we wanted to play in the final. I'd say it was one of the first times we'd lost a physical battle.
"The FA Cup was different then to now. It was the be-all and end-all. I can recall us doing a promo for the Clothes Show on TV. We'd all had our suits made and had to model them, each doing silly walks. I look back now and it's cringe-worthy."
Ivor Heller: "The night before, we went to Plough Lane [Wimbledon's former ground] and there was a disco in the club bar and sitting on his own was the manager of the 1974-75 side Allen Batsford. He started Wimbledon's giant-killing mentality. Not only was I talking to someone I regarded as a legend, but it was like an electric shock through to my boots to hear him talk of just how big this occasion was."
Gould set the clocks in the Wembley dressing room two minutes slow so his team kept the English champions waiting in the tunnel. When they emerged, Jones and John Fashanu bellowed "yidaho" in an attempt to wind up their cavalry of team-mates further.
Lawrie Sanchez: "In the tunnel, you stood there for longer than normal in a final and there we were, four feet apart. The shout went up from Vinnie, he had this cry a cowboy would give. One or two joined in. I expected a response but Liverpool just kept their heads down. I'm not saying it was crucial, but from that moment, I think they knew we were not intimidated by them."
Houghton: "Honestly, I remember nothing about it. It may be disrespectful to Liverpool players who had been in a European Cup final in Rome a few years before to say they were stood there intimidated. I just remember getting ready to go out to meet Princess Diana."
Beasant: "A lot has been made of the tunnel. We made them wait but they'd seen it all and done it before. We were vocal coming out and they just looked at us. People say we won the battle there but that is nonsense."
Prior to kick-off Vinnie Jones was interviewed on the touchline and out of shot came John Fashanu's fist to glance the midfielder's jaw. "There'll be plenty of that", Jones told the camera. Inside ten minutes he cleaned out opposing midfielder Steve McMahon with a late and vicious tackle.
Heller: "We never got the credit we deserved for that final. People remember the rugged Wimbledon which annoys but there was one barbaric act - the tackle from Vinnie Jones on Steve McMahon was savage."
Vinnie Jones: "I'd watched Steve McMahon hundreds of times get the ball from the full-back, let it run across his body, turn out and play it, so I was going to nail him. I just remember seeing his legs way above his head. He didn't know where he was. They were towelling him down."
Beasant: "We always used to say win the first tackle or header and he did that day. From there we started chipping away."
Houghton: "By the challenges of today it was a red card and I think there could have been about eight reds in what was a tough, physical game."
A Dennis Wise in-swinger, a Sanchez glancing header and on 37 minutes, a shock was on the cards in the cup final. Wimbledon led Liverpool.
Gillespie: "They had to work on free-kicks because they couldn't play. That's a bit harsh actually but we didn't do much work on set-pieces and Sanchez just got across Gary Ablett. They were a dead-ball threat, of that there is no doubt."
Sanchez: "Better players than me never played in a final, let alone score. I remember running straight over to Dennis and he jumped on me. Every photo has his back covering my face. We'd worked that free-kick a lot but I should have been around the back post if we'd done it properly.
"I didn't want it to go 2-0. Looking back now, what I will say is when you're there, in the eye of the storm, you just don't realise what this means to people and the impact it will have."
Jones: "We looked around and thought 'hey, what's going on here?' Fashanu and Sanchez hated each other so Fash wasn't too happy about jumping all over Sanch."
Houghton: "I've never watched it back but I spoke with Terry Gibson, who played for Wimbledon that day, and he said after the goal he did not receive a single pass from a team-mate. He just chased punted balls, they didn't have a kick."
With an hour on the clock Liverpool were given a lifeline as Clive Goodyear was adjudged to have fouled John Aldridge - penalty. It looked harsh, Liverpool didn't care, but a Wimbledon side often praised for rigour over intricacies, did their homework and Beasant saved.
Beasant: "The day before I got John Fashanu to take one penalty for himself and then one like John Aldridge who would stutter in his run-up. If the keeper stood still, he often went to the goalie's left. Back then you didn't have the widespread coverage of matches to be able to study a penalty taker so I had seen Aldridge take three or four."
Jones: "We'd watched so many videos, if Dave Beasant hadn't have gone the right way I'd have killed him."
Sanchez: "When Dave saved that penalty it was at that point everybody knew it was our day."
Houghton: "You do get that feeling it won't be your day. I remember going to the European Championship with the Republic of Ireland weeks later and playing a game of golf with Aldo and you could still see then he was heartbroken. He's a local lad remember and he knew Liverpool were on for the double."
Gillespie: "Aldo was down afterwards. Alan Hansen more so because it was his testimonial the week after and I think the loss took about 5,000 off the gate, so he gives Aldo stick for that one."
John Motson famously uttered: "The Crazy Gang have beaten the culture club." Wimbledon owner Sam Hammam quickly told Gould all the players were up for sale in order to capitalise on their lofty status. But this wild bunch did not party to the extent you might expect.
Beasant: "I lift the trophy, Wisey is next to me and swearing towards our fans. I'm thinking, Princess Anne is stood right behind you. The irony is we were known as a crazy team, up to all sorts, but we were offered two tickets each to celebrate at a top London hotel or 10 tickets each for a marquee - or as we called it a tent - on the pitch at Plough Lane. So all our families were there and it was a quiet night."
Sanchez: "Match of the Day came live from the corner of the tent. To be able to walk over and do it live was a dream come true."
Heller: "The Saturday night in Wimbledon was insane, absolutely insane. In the town centre, there was no beer left, they had to get emergency supplies in for the Sunday. The parade the next day was crazy. There was an outpouring like I've never experienced and probably never will again."
Gillespie: "That second double was in our grasp and that is the biggest disappointment for me. The year later we won the cup and should have won the league. Three doubles would not have been unjust, that's how good that side was."
Jones: "I got up on the Monday morning and it was all over. The biggest thing in your life, all over. Everything back to normal."
Sanchez: "I remember Vinnie saying to me later that he always thought you win the FA Cup and become a millionaire overnight, but it just wasn't the case. But I always say to players that when you're old and grey, your grandkids won't want to look at your wage slips. I've got an FA Cup winners' medal and for that I am very humbled."


Ballet star Carlos Acosta has admitted there will be challenges staging Romeo and Juliet at the O2.

Acosta bellieves the huge London arena is "not ideal", saying: "You lose the intimacy that Romeo and Juliet needs, you have to rely on cameras."
But the Cuban dancer, who plays Romeo, said it was something The Royal Ballet "needs to do".
"There is a new audience that we need to educate as to what ballet is, how wonderful it is," said the dancer.
"The company is looking good, casting is strong and the excitement is going to be there,"  Acosta told BBC Arts editor Will Gompertz.
The 38-year-old will perform in front of a nightly audience of up to 12,000 people at the arena.
In spite of "all the things that work against us in that particular venue, they will be able to appreciate what ballet is - colourful, special... and want to follow it more. That is what it is all about," he added.
It is hoped staging the production at the O2 will attract people who may not have thought about a night at the ballet before.
For its 2009/10 ballet season, just 22% of audiences at the Royal Opera House were under 36 years of age, while just over half lived within 10 miles of the central London venue.
"This is an attempt to attract new audiences, to educate the audience of the future," said Acosta, who grew up breakdancing on the streets of Havana.
"Hopefully there is a much younger crowd that [will] come to the O2, a diversified crowd.
"It is not about segregation... dance is for everybody."
In Cuba, he added, "they treat it [ballet] like you imagine the final of the World Cup... it's massive, it's on TV, it's everywhere and it's not a bit elitist."
Romeo and Juliet will be the first time the ballet company has performed in a UK arena.
Announcing the production last year, company director Dame Monica Mason said she was "thrilled" about the production being shown in such a huge venue as it would "introduce our work to so many new people".
Also featuring Tamara Rojo, Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg dancing the principal roles, the ballet will run from 17-19 June.


President Barack Obama appears close to victory in Florida, the only state yet to declare a result from Tuesday's US presidential election.

Vote counting continues, but the head of Florida's Democratic Party issued a statement congratulating Mr Obama.
Aides to Mitt Romney were also quoted appearing to concede defeat.
Florida's vote cannot change the overall result, but the slow count has brought back memories of the bitterly contested recount in 2000.
The Sunshine State's famous "hanging chads" sparked a crisis in that year's Bush-Gore election, eventually leading to a Supreme Court ruling that installed George W Bush in the White House.
As of Thursday evening Mr Obama had a 0.7% lead in Florida - totalling more than 50,000 votes - but some ballots have yet to be counted.
The final result is expected by midday on Saturday, after three counties - Broward, Palm Beach and Duval - finish their tallies.
If the final difference in the number of votes for President Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney is below 0.5%, a recount would be automatically triggered.
But whatever the outcome, it matters little since the Democratic incumbent decisively won the national vote in the electoral college.
As the counting edged towards its end, party operatives in Florida began to concede the race would go to Mr Obama.
"On behalf of Florida Democrats, I wish President Barack Obama congratulations on his re-election and on winning Florida's 29 electoral votes," Florida Democratic Chair Rod Smith said.
"Florida Democrats ran the strongest, largest ground game this state has ever seen," he said, describing it as "appalling" that the state had been unable to report results two days after the election.
Republican officials also said they expected Mr Obama to eventually be declared the winner.
"We thought based on our polling and range of organisation that we had done what we needed to win," Brett Doster, a Florida adviser for Mr Romney, told the Miami Herald.
"Obviously, we didn't, and for that I and every other operative in Florida has a sick feeling that we left something on the table. I can assure you this won't happen again."
Florida Republican spokesman Brian Burgess told the Associated Press that "given the wave that we saw all over the country, we're glad that we gave them enough of a fight in Florida to prolong the battle here as long as we did".
Obama campaign manager Jim Messina told reporters: "We feel we will be the official winner in Florida later today."
Counties must send preliminary results to the state by midday on Saturday.
Long queues were reported across the fourth most populous US state on Tuesday.
Some voters waited to cast ballots until 01:30 local time the next morning, after Mr Romney had already delivered his concession speech.
Tens of thousands of absentee ballots also arrived on election day.
In Broward County, Democratic Mayor John Rodstrom told the Miami Herald: "The big picture is that we have done this to ourselves," blaming a combination of all sorts of municipal, state and federal elections on one ballot.
"We have these tremendously long ballots now," he said.
The Sunshine State's problems began even before election day, with lengthy queues reported during the early-voting period.
Democrats launched a legal challenge against a Republican-backed measure to limit the period that voters could cast ballots before the election, from 14 days to eight.
They said it was a blatant attempt to suppress Democratic turnout - Florida's African-American voters have tended to cast ballots early in previous elections.
But Governor Rick Scott said the measure, passed by the state's Republican-controlled legislature in 2011, aimed to limit voter fraud.
The early-voting period officially ended last Saturday. Election supervisors in Miami-Dade and other counties did open up voting for several hours on Sunday.
But after being swamped by voters, one polling office in Miami-Dade County temporarily shut its doors. Some in line began to shout: "Let us vote!"
There was also a technical error with an automated phone system that told more than 12,500 voters in another county that the election was on Wednesday.
Florida was not alone in reports of lengthy election day lines. Voters waited for hours in states such as Virginia, New York and Washington DC.


Anglers and conservationists claim EU rules to protect bass are failing to conserve stocks and are damaging the Welsh angling industry.

Overfishing in seas has seen the number of bass in Welsh waters decline dramatically.
A six-month ban introduced by the EU in January means anglers have to throw back any bass they catch.
But commercial boats are still allowed to catch 1,300kg of bass for four months of the ban.
In 2014, the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) recommended an 80% reduction in the amount of bass caught.
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said they were "extremely concerned" about the future of UK bass, and stocks could collapse.
John O'Connor, chairman of the Welsh Federation of Sea Anglers, said: "They have made an exception for those who cause the most damage.
"But we take very few fish and have been ignored. I'm totally disgusted."
Mr O'Connor, whose organisation represents more than 60 clubs nationally, is also a member of the Welsh marine fisheries advisory group.
"It's very depressing," he added.
"The knock-on effect to the Welsh tourism industry is worth millions."
The exemption applies to commercial boats that use fixed gillnet and hook and line fisheries, which were responsible for almost half of all UK catches in 2014.
An MCS spokesman said: "The new measures are unlikely to prevent further declines, and will in fact reduce the numbers of adult breeding sea bass by a further 8%.
"The fish stocks would have benefited more from a complete ban from January to June, as was proposed originally.
"The impact of the moratorium for sea anglers and tourism in Wales, whilst imposing unfair restrictions compared to those for other sectors, will not prevent anglers from fishing."
The Welsh government said it recognised the economic and social importance of the recreational sea angling sector in Wales, particularly for bass.
"Nevertheless, there is scientific evidence that calls into question the longer-term viability of the sea bass stock in Northern Europe," a spokesman said.
"The decision in the European Union December Fisheries Council was part of a complex package of decisions, but took account of that evidence.
"We have been working with the recreational and commercial sectors in Wales to develop Welsh level measures to protect the stock and to allow viable and sustainable fisheries for both and will announce progress on that in the coming months."
The main spawning period for sea bass in British coastal and offshore waters is March to mid-June, but mostly in April.


Two men who ran their victim down and attacked him as he lay trapped under a car have been jailed.

Danny McCallum and James Docherty kicked and beat John Hutchinson during the assault on Christmas Eve 2014.
The pair, from Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, denied attempted murder but were jailed for seven years each.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Judge John Morris told them: "You have been convicted of an extremely serious offence."
McCallum, 22, and Docherty, 21, had been found guilty at a trial at the High Court in Paisley earlier this month.
The trial heard the pair chased Mr Hutchinson in two cars before trapping him under one in Strathaven, South Lanarkshire.
Together with others, they then kicked and beat him with a wheel brace, leaving him with a head injury.
At the High Court in Glasgow, Geoffrey Forbes, defending McCallum, said he was a qualified mechanic who worked for his family business.
He said there was "genuine regret and remorse" on the part of his client.
Owen Mullan, representing Docherty, told the court: "He appreciates he is where he is and has to deal with matters".


Labour should stop trashing its record in government and start focusing on winning elections, deputy leader Tom Watson has warned.

In a speech to conference, Mr Watson said that attacking Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments "is not the way to enhance our brand".
"We won't win elections like that. And we need to win elections," he said, as he appealed for party unity.
Leader Jeremy Corbyn has been critical of parts of New Labour's record.
In other Labour conference developments:
Acknowledging the bitter infighting and splits in the Labour Party of late, Mr Watson said it "hasn't been the best few months of my 30 years in the Labour Party".
"We can't afford to keep doing this," he appealed, and said the British public could not afford for Labour to carry on as it has been either.
Referring to the recent disunity, he added: "I don't know why we've been focussing on what was wrong with the Blair and Brown governments for the past six years but trashing our record is not the way to enhance our brand.
"We won't win elections like that. And we need to win elections," he said, to prolonged applause and cheers.
He said the prime minister could call an early election at any time, and urged Labour: "Now is the time to be proud of our party. We have to believe we can win and remember how much we achieve when we do."
He said the 11 years of Labour government between 1997 and 2008 saw an "unbroken period of economic growth", and quoted at length the party's achievements.
In response to a heckler in the audience who shouted "What about Chilcot?", Mr Watson turned around to Mr Corbyn who was seated on the stage behind him and said: "Jeremy, I don't think she got the unity memo."
Appealing for change, Mr Watson said: "Capitalism is not the enemy, money is not the problem, business is not bad. The real world is more complicated than that."
He added: "I don't say this because it's what wins elections. I say it because it's true and people know that it's true. And that is why it wins elections.
"The British people need that from us," he adding, saying the Tories had been in power for seven years and would be for even longer unless Labour got its act together.
Mr Watson also aimed fire at the prime minister in his speech, claiming that Theresa May "isn't up to the job".
He accused her of "shambolic prevarication" over major policy issues, such as Hinkley Point, grammar schools and airport expansion and said she was "ducking responsibility" over Brexit.
"Ducking and diving, humming and hahing is not what you want from a prime minister," he said, adding: "Theresa May, or Theresa may not, who knows. But everyone knows you can't run a country like that."
He also said Mrs May - who took over from David Cameron as Tory leader and prime minister - had "no mandate".
"Nobody has voted for Mrs May to be prime minister and that's a pretty flimsy basis on which to try and hold the Tories together, never mind the country." he added.


Calls have been made for a £2m centre to tackle substance misuse in Wrexham.

Health officials want the Welsh Government to fund the work for the centre in Rhosddu Road as current facilities are "sub-standard".
Geoff Lang, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's executive director of strategy, said new facilities would help "improve the physical health of our entire service user group".
Officials hope the centre would open within two years.


The Borders Book Festival has unveiled its "biggest ever" programme with more than 90 public events over four days.

The celebration of literature takes place from 11 to 14 June in Melrose.
Among those appearing for the first time are Patricia Hodge, Celia Imrie, Andrew Marr, Jonathan Miller, Dom Joly, Michelle Mone and Terry Waite.
Politicians Alex Salmond and Gordon Brown are also included in the line-up, as well as regulars like James Naughtie, Peter Snow and Rory Bremner.
In addition, there is a culinary theme with the Year of Food and Drink in 2015 being celebrated with the launch of a new venue "Eat Your Words".
To mark the 150th anniversary of the publication of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, the festival will be "embracing all things Alice".
Events for adults include an exclusive one-off performance featuring Rory Bremner, John Sessions, John Bird and Patricia Hodge.
Children can take part in treasure hunts, storytelling, and the White Rabbit will be appearing in costume to meet them throughout the weekend.
Alistair Moffat, festival director, said: "We're proud to present our biggest, most diverse and most tasty book festival programme ever.
"We can, hand on heart, say there is something to entertain everyone over the weekend, whether its opera, politics, adventure, history, cookery or simply superb fiction."


A mother and her two young children who went missing nine days ago have been found safe and well, police have said.

Angela Lambert, 45, her son Cyrus, six, and two-year-old daughter Maryam had not been seen since 11:30 GMT on 15 December when they left their home in Winton Close, Luton.
Bedfordshire Police reported they had been located on Saturday evening.
Officers, who had appealed for help from the public to find the trio, thanked those who had assisted.


Landon Donovan says that Swansea City have transfer funds available and are close to strengthening their squad.

The 35-year-old former USA captain is a consultant and minor shareholder at the Premier League club.
Swansea have had a bid accepted for Hull City's Sam Clucas, who would bolster a midfield left short by Gylfi Sigurdsson's £45m sale to Everton.
"There is always money to spend, to some extent, but it's about whether you are getting a good deal," Donovan said.
"You can't just spend money to spend money. We are not Manchester United or Chelsea or Tottenham that have an endless supply of money.
"It takes the right deal at the right time, but we are not afraid to spend money.
"In the end I think for Gylfi it was a good thing to do but now the team has to move forward. It's exciting for Huw [Swansea chairman Jenkins] now to have some money to work with and money to spend. We need to keep making the squad better.
"From minute one they [Swansea's majority shareholders, Americans Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien] said, 'we are going to make the team better'.
"We're not going to spend money just to spend money, but if there are a few signings that make a lot of sense then we have the ability to do so."
While Swansea continue their pursuit of the 26-year-old Clucas, the Welsh side have seen their advances for former player Joe Allen rebuffed by Stoke City.
But Spanish midfielder Roque Mesa has arrived from Las Palmas for £11m, plus Dutch goalkeeper Erwin Mulder and striker Tammy Abraham on loan from Chelsea.
However, Swansea have failed to score in their opening two Premier League games, a 0-0 draw at Southampton and then a 4-0 home defeat to Manchester United.
"You may potentially see one or two signings... in the next couple of weeks, but it has to be the right player," Donovan added.
"We can't afford to make big mistakes. If Manchester United miss on a £40m transfer, it's not a big deal. If we do, it could be the end of the club, or the end of the club in the Premier League. You have to think about it smartly."


Former chief secretary to the Treasury and Highland Lib Dem MP Danny Alexander has received his knighthood.

The 43-year-old was one of four Liberal Democrats who drew up the UK coalition government agreement with the Conservatives in 2010.
He lost his Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey seat to the SNP's Drew Hendry in May's general election.
Sir Danny now works with the Britain Stronger in Europe campaign and schools cricket charity Chance To Shine.
He said: "It was a great honour and a wonderful ceremony and it's all rather humbling.
"It was something I didn't expect but it is a real honour to have the recognition for the work I did in the coalition government - turning the economy around and getting the country on the right track."


After more than a week of fighting, a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has begun.

The announcement was made in Egypt, which has been leading mediation efforts.
People in Israel and Gaza give their reaction to the news:
I'm now really satisfied that after eight days of bombing we have a ceasefire.  We were really scared about a possible ground invasion, especially after leaflets were dropped.
We've lost a lot of people this week. I know of a family about half a mile from my house that has been wiped out. I haven't been outside since the operation started but I will go out tomorrow and I expect I will see lots of damage.
People are celebrating in the streets, we've been in a war but we are now hopeful that the siege might be lifted.
I studied a Masters degree at Oxford and only returned to Gaza just two weeks before the bombing started. I'm unemployed at the moment but I hope to start looking for a job.
I hope the ceasefire will last, I believe both sides want peace.
I'm quite upset that we have a ceasefire. I believe Israel hasn't achieved anything. About an hour after it was declared I heard one of the Iron Dome rockets bringing down a missile.
Public opinion here is that we don't want a ceasefire. I believe we've lost in the eyes of the world - I think in a few months time we'll pay for this.
There is great sympathy for the Gaza citizens; they're as much victims of Hamas as we are.
I've amazed myself with how stoic I've been recently. Were it not for my partner I wouldn't have gone to the stairwell of my home as I feel that living on the north-east side of the building we occupy is a safe spot.
People are amazed when they see me out in the town shopping, but I've been very pragmatic about this whole situation. I'm not going to leave Ashkelon. I've been here for six months and my partner is Ashkelonian.
We realise that the average man in the street in Gaza is not the enemy, we should be working with them. What we need is peace.
I've just seen on the TV that the ceasefire has been announced. I am delighted. It is what we want.
I am the breadwinner looking after 11 family members including my wife, two children, parents and five sisters.
We have spent a whole week now in the house since the escalation of air strikes. It is very hard to go outside, it's just not safe. The bombs are targeting civilians and they fall from the air and also come from warships. We are watching the news all the time when we can and we haven't slept.
Every day, the electricity is turned off for eight hours. It's winter here so it is cold but inside the house we are OK. We have enough food and water but medicines are running out. My elderly father has a heart condition and I haven't been able to get any medicine for him. Everything is closed. I can't go to work and I can't go to the shops.
Lately I've seen lots of trucks evacuating people from north of Gaza. The refugees are staying in UN schools.
People don't want this situation to continue, we all want this ceasefire. There has to be an end to this cycle of violence.
I worry so much for my children. My son, who is five years old, has started to think that this way of life is normal. He was watching the TV looking at the children dying, my wife quickly jumped up and turned off the TV but he shouted: "I want to see this." Later he said that he didn't want to do his homework "until the war ends". I am so worried that he knows what war is like.
The ceasefire is good. I'm glad, I believe that many people had hoped for more to be achieved at the peace talks in Egypt but it's good to have some time out from the conflict.
I've lived through previous ceasefires and obviously they haven't worked to bring about long-term peace. Sadly, I don't think this ceasefire is any different. Hamas wants to eliminate Israel, so they won't give up.
I wish they would give up.
My friend in the south hasn't left his home in a week now. He says that riding the bus is too dangerous so everyone is staying indoors. Also, some universities have closed and a lot of the students have moved to the north where it is a bit safer.
I heard on the news about the bomb blast which hit a bus. But it was quite far from where I am. In Tel Aviv it has actually got a bit better because all the attacks are in the south. Generally, Tel Aviv has had fewer rockets so no alarms.
Life is a bit better but it is very depressing.


In a key development for the future of robotic flight, a pilotless US jet has landed aboard an aircraft carrier.

The US Navy X-47B drone touched down on the deck of the USS George H W Bush as it sailed off the coast of Virginia.
The bat-wing aircraft can deliver guided bombs from a range of 3,200km (1990 miles). It is the first drone to land on a ship at sea.
In May an unmanned aircraft launched from the same carrier but landed on a runway on the US mainland.
The plane was one of two test aircraft purpose-built by the aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, under a 2007 contract at a cost of about $1.4 bn.
In clear weather and light winds, the aircraft took off from the Patuxent River Naval Air Station in the US state of Maryland.
It headed for the ship which was operating in the Atlantic Ocean 112km off the coast of Virginia.
At 1740 GMT on Wednesday, the plane dropped its tail hook which then caught a cable across the carrier deck.
This arrested landing had been carried out before - but never at sea.
"It's not often that you get a chance to see the future, but that's what we got to do today," said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who witnessed the landing.
The X-47B is not intended for operational use. Both test planes will be sent to flight museums in Florida and Maryland, as the US military develops new models.
Officials plan to deploy unmanned reconnaissance and strike aircraft aboard carriers within the next three to six years.
The US Navy has asked for designs from Northrop, along with its rival manufacturers, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and General Atomics.
A future plane would be able to evade radar and fly over a target area for long periods of time,
For some the development has sparked calls for the military to clarify the chief purpose of drones.
Critics say the main strength of such aircraft is the ability to remain over a target area for a long period, searching for potential targets. They say that drones launched from land bases can perform that function as effectively as those based at sea.
"When it comes to operating an unmanned aircraft from carrier decks, the Navy seems to be ambivalent about the whole idea," Loren Thompson, a defence expert at the Lexington Institute think tank told the Associated Press.
He said the US navy needed to carry out a tough assessment to see what these new drones would bring to the fleet that could not be accomplished with manned aircraft or land-based drones.
The Obama administration has come under increasing criticism for using drones to carry out deadly missile attacks against suspected militants in Pakistan, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Iraq.


A rise in income tax and VAT receipts helped to cut UK government borrowing in May, official figures have shown.

UK government borrowing fell to £10.13bn in May, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, down from £12.35bn a year earlier.
It was the lowest borrowing figure in May for eight years.
Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks now stands at £1.5 trillion, the ONS said, which is 80.8% of gross domestic product (GDP).
"While the deficit in the financial year ending 2015 has fallen by more than a third since its peak in the financial year ending 2010, public sector net debt has maintained a gradual upward trend," the ONS said in a statement.
Income tax receipts recorded their highest level for May in four years, rising £0.5bn, or 5.3%, from a year earlier to £10.8bn. VAT receipts rose by £0.6bn, or 5.6%, to £10.7bn.
The ONS also said that it now estimated total public sector borrowing in the financial year to March 2015 was £89.2bn, or 4.9% of GDP.
While this figure was slightly higher than the previous estimate, it was still £9.3bn lower than the previous year's total.
Analysts said the drop in government borrowing during May was good news for Chancellor George Osborne at the start of the new fiscal year.
"The chancellor is currently on track to significantly undershoot his fiscal targets for 2015-16", said Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHG Global Insight.
But, he added: "Major questions remain ahead of the extra Budget on 8 July over the new Conservative government's ability to meet its ambitious fiscal targets over the longer term.
"In particular, the government is yet to clarify exactly where the planned cuts to departmental spending (£30bn) and welfare spending (£12bn) will be made."
Last week, the chancellor said he would attempt to bind future governments to maintaining a budget surplus when the economy is growing.
Experts say that the rise in public sector debt above £1.5 trillion will be troubling for Mr Osborne.
"The last public finance data before the Budget emphasised the scale of the challenges the chancellor still faces," said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC.
He estimated that the government would need to cut £40bn in unprotected departments over the next three years in order to achieve the chancellor's objective of eliminating the budget deficit by 2019.


Resuscitation training has been credited with improving the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival rate in the Scottish Borders.

Before March 2015, the figure for the region stood at 4% - below the Scottish average of 7% to 10%.
It has now risen to 29% with the national figure also up to 16%.
The training of 10,000 people in Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and increased defibrillator numbers are said to have helped tackle the issue.
The Scottish Ambulance Service, NHS Borders, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Borders Council and local charities Avril's Trust, Scottish HART and Kelso Heartbeat have been working together to address the problem.
Their work has been supported by the Scottish government's Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Strategy for Scotland, which was launched in March 2015.
CPR training has taken place across the region, including pupils at various primary and secondary schools, community groups, sports clubs members and the general public.
The British Heart Foundation has also provided CPR training kits to all Scottish Fire and Rescue Service stations in the country for local communities who want to learn the life-saving skills.
In 2014 NHS Borders gifted 50 defibrillators to Scottish HART for use across the region as well as two defibrillators to Borders College who committed to provide their staff and students with CPR training.
The health board's resuscitation officer, Rod McIntosh, said:  "Since then NHS Borders has continued to work closely with partner organisations to deliver training and raise awareness of defibrillators in the community.
"We are delighted to see that this collaborative working is delivering positive results and saving lives."
Murray McEwan, Scottish Ambulance Service's national community resilience manager, said that increasing the amount of public access defibrillators had enhanced the chances of survival for a patient suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
Communities or groups considering buying an automated external defibrillator (AED) are being advised to check new guidance available online.
Anyone responsible for an AED has been encouraged to register it with pad.scottishambulance.com and www.crowdsav.com.
"By registering a public access defibrillator, the Scottish Ambulance Service will look to provide life-saving instructions as well as advise members of the community on how to use the nearest available defibrillator," said Mr McEwan.
David Farries, local senior officer of Scottish Borders for the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, said it was delighted to be involved.
"The SFRS is a key stakeholder in this strategy," he said.
"We are extremely active across the country, providing CPR instruction from all of our community fire stations and also providing an enhanced operational response to out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in support of the Scottish Ambulance Service in selected areas including the Borders."
Jim Fraser, SBC's emergency planning officer, said it had provided nearly Â£20,000  for defibrillators, cabinets and training to local communities and resilient communities groups.
"We are pleased to see this guidance published and would encourage those who already have public access defibrillators to register them with the Scottish Ambulance Service and CrowdSav," he said.
"Doing so could save a life."


Firefighters have been called to a blaze at a historic property above Loch Ness.

Crews from Foyers, Inverness, Beauly and Dingwall have been sent to Boleskine House near Foyers.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said a large part of the property has been destroyed.
Boleskine House was owned by infamous occultist Aleister Crowley and later for a time by Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page.
The alarm was raised at 13:40.
Flames from the fire were visible from the other side of the loch.
A fire appliance from Foyers and another from Inverness were first sent to the scene.
Pumps from Inverness and Beauly along with a water carrier from Inverness, a pump from Dingwall and an incident support unit from Inverness have also been sent.
SFRS said: "A large part of the property has already been destroyed by fire and crews are concentrating their efforts on the west wing of the building.
"Crews in breathing apparatus are using four main jets to tackle the blaze and the incident is ongoing."
Crowley, who died in 1947, lived at Boleskine House above Loch Ness from 1899 to 1913.
He was infamous in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century for his promotion of the occult.
During World War I, he wrote anti-British propaganda.
He was also an experienced climber and was part of an ill-fated attempt to scale K2, in modern day Pakistan, in 1902.
Musician Page bought Boleskine House in the 1970s because of the Crowley connection, before later selling it.


Britain's Jack Burnell won gold at the Abu Dhabi leg of the 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup.

In Burnell's first action of the season, he beat a field of more than 80 swimmers at Emirates Palace Bay.
The 23-year-old, who represented Team GB at Rio 2016, beat Dutchman Ferry Weertman in a sprint to the finish.
"At the end of the day, it's about ticking that box and getting the first one under my belt since Rio," said Burnell.
"I am out there to win every single race I go into, I am not out there to come second, third or fourth.
"So for me it's about turning up to races in the best possible shape I can and showing people what I can do."


As a young child, swimmer Adam Peaty was so scared of water that he would scream with terror if his mother put him in the bath.

Now, 20 years on, Uttoxeter's Peaty is a double world breaststroke champion and world-record holder.
"He was completely petrified," Peaty's mother Caroline told BBC Radio 5 live.
"I wanted my children to learn to swim, but my friend had to take him at first because it was breaking my heart, he was screaming that much."
Peaty, 20, became the first man to complete the double of 50m and 100m breaststroke world titles with victory over the shorter distance on Wednesday in Kazan, Russia.
He also helped the 4x100m mixed medley relay team win gold in a world record time.
His 200m campaign begins with Thursday's heats before a possible appearance in the final on Friday night and Peaty says his championships could not be going better after a win that recalled fellow Briton David Wilkie's 100m and 200m double at the 1975 championships.
"I got the world record yesterday and secured the title today - I couldn't really ask for more," Peaty said.
"It was just a race to touch the wall first and thankfully it was my day. I missed a couple of strokes, but I just stayed on top of the water."
Peaty's twin individual successes, along with James Guy's 200m freestyle gold and the team's relay victory, mean Great Britain is top of the swimming medal table with one more gold than both the United States and Australia.


A toddler has died after being crushed by a falling chest of drawers at a house in the village of Cloughmills, County Antrim.

He was two-year-old Archie Tafts.  It is understood the accident happened on Tuesday.
Heather Loughridge works at the Reformed Presbyterian Church mothers and toddlers group, which Archie attended.
She described him as "a very pleasant boy".
"Archie was a lovely, smiley wee fellow," she said. "He always took part in the singing and dancing at the end and really enjoyed it.
"When you hear these things, it puts everything else into perspective. It's hard for people to take in."
She said the toddlers group held a Christmas party the last day they met and he was "singing and dancing".
"He made a wee reindeer picture that day and one of our other leaders said to his mum to put the date on it so she could remember when he did it. That'll be a wee memory of his last Christmas," she said.
"It'll be hard for us all going back next week after the break."
A PSNI spokesperson said: "Archie's parents and extended family would like to thank all who have expressed their condolences at this distressing and difficult time, however, as this is a personal tragedy for them, they will be making no public comment."


There will be extra police patrols at railway stations across Yorkshire as part of a crackdown on "alcohol-fuelled anti-social behaviour".

British Transport Police (BTP) said additional officers would be at Hull, Leeds and York stations.
The patrols will take place in the evening as people arrive for a night out.
BTP said similar patrols in other areas had resulted in a "significant drop in instances of anti-social behaviour".
The officer in charge of Operation Stronghold, Insp Gary Jones, said it was "about reassuring the public".
"Put simply, Op Stronghold Is about having officers at key locations at key times to reduce crime and keep the travelling public safe," he said.
"We want everyone using the rail network at the weekend to enjoy a safe and secure journey."
The operation will run over the next two weekends.


Exeter Chiefs prop Brett Sturgess is to retire from professional rugby at the end of the season.

The 34-year-old has not played this season and not started a league game since November 2013.
"It was tough making the decision, but if you look at the time I've had playing this year it was obvious that there wasn't anything for me next year.
"The decision was made with myself and the coaches that it was probably best that we look elsewhere," he said.
Sturgess ends a 17-year career which has seen him spend nine seasons at Exeter, helping them gain promotion to the Premiership in 2010 after spells at Connacht and Northampton.
Sturgess says he will go on to become a player-coach at an unnamed lower league club in the Midlands next season, as well as working for his family business.
"It's been a fantastic nine years here but 17 as a professional, so I couldn't have asked for much more really," he told BBC Sport.
Sturgess' penultimate league appearance was his 100th Premiership game, against Harlequins in December 2013, where he suffered a serious knee injury having broken an arm in each of the previous two seasons.
The knee injury kept him out for almost 10 months.
"Last year I couldn't really get to where I was, but luckily enough Rob Baxter gave me another year and unfortunately this year I haven't had the game time," Sturgess said.
"I've done as much as I can preparing the lads to get out there on Saturdays and that's a key thing for a squad like ours, there's 23 guys going out there, but it's the guys during the week trying to do the best they can.
"I've got a few months left and it'd be great to go out on a high, maybe not playing as much, but we started that journey nine years ago with the lads and if we can create something special at the end of this it'll be amazing."
Sturgess is one of a dwindling number of Exeter players still at the club who helped the Chiefs to an unlikely promotion to the top flight, and six years on the club have not looked back.
"In the early years of getting promotion from the Championship and staying in the Premiership we had a group of guys who you could call the 'unbreakables'," said head coach Rob Baxter.
"There were an awful lot of guys that seemed to be playing every single week, a lot of those guys seemed to play every single minute and Brett was one of those guys."
Sturgess wrote himself into club folklore when his breakaway try at Saracens in October 2010 helped the Chiefs to their first ever away win in the top flight.
"I can still still close my eyes now and see it like I was there," recalls Baxter.
"He gathered that loose ball near the halfway line up at Saracens and galloped it in, I was riding him like a jockey all the way, I don't mind saying it!
"Personally I've got a big debt of gratitude to him because he's one of the players that helped us to get into the Premiership and allowed us to stay here. Those guys' efforts should never be forgotten because, in that first year or two, no-one gave us a chance."


Singapore has confirmed 41 cases of the Zika virus which were locally transmitted.

Most of those infected were foreign construction workers, and all lived or worked within the same region of the country, said the health ministry.
None were known to have travelled to Zika-affected areas recently. Thirty-four people have fully recovered but seven are still in hospital.
Zika generally has mild effects but has been linked to severe birth defects.
It is suspected of causing a condition called microcephaly, a deformation in which babies are born with small heads.
Zika, which is spread by mosquitoes but can also be sexually transmitted, was declared a global public health emergency by the World Health Organization in February.
What you need to know
The mosquito menace
Epidemic 'will end in three years'
Singapore declared its first imported Zika case in May, a 48-year-old local who had travelled to Brazil, where the outbreak started.
On Saturday, it announced that a 37-year-old Malaysian woman had contracted the virus locally. She is the only confirmed female case so far.
Thirty-six of the 41 cases announced on Sunday were foreign workers who worked in the same construction site.
Work at the site has been halted after housekeeping was found to be "unsatisfactory with potential breeding habitats favourable to mosquito breeding".
The ministry said in a statement that it could not "rule out further community transmission, since more of those tested positive also live or work in other parts of Singapore".
"We expect to identify more positive cases," it added.


A pedestrian has been injured in a serious collision with a police car that was responding to reports of a burglary.

The 46-year-old woman was struck by the car on Wilkinson Street in the Radford area of Nottingham on Wednesday evening.
She was taken to the Queen's Medical Centre where she remains in a serious condition, a police spokesman said.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is investigating.
IPCC commissioner Derrick Campbell said:"Our investigators have met with members of the woman's family to explain our role and our thoughts are very much with them."
He urged anyone who saw what happened to contact them.
"This happened during the busy rush hour and we know a tram and a bus had both stopped close to where the collision occurred, so there are many potential witnesses," he said.
Roads in the area were closed after the crash, which happened at about 18:45 GMT.
Supt Simon Firth, of Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Our thoughts are very much with the lady involved and her family at this difficult time."


Ex-Republic of Ireland international Curtis Fleming has joined Craig Hignett's backroom staff at Hartlepool.

The 47-year-old, who was most recently first-team coach at Bolton Wanderers, is reunited with his former Middlesbrough team-mate Hignett as first-team coach at Victoria Park.
"Curtis is a fantastic fella and it's great news for me that he's coming in," the Pools boss told the club website.
Hignett started his managerial career with a 2-1 win over Yeovil on Saturday.
The 46-year-old, who succeeded Ronnie Moore on Wednesday, also said Fleming could be joined in the new-look coaching set-up by an assistant manager.


Kenyan counter-terrorism officers have been accused of carrying out extra-judicial killings and other abuses in a report by US and Kenyan rights groups.

The Open Society Justice Initiative and Kenya's Muslims for Human Rights said the police often tortured detainees.
Their report said arbitrary arrests and disappearances were also widespread, especially in Mombasa, a city with a large Muslim population.
Officials have not responded, but they have denied similar claims in the past.
The US and UK governments support Kenya's anti-terror police with training and equipment.
In prison with al-Shabab
The report said such assistance should be suspended to any unit where there was credible evidence that the police had committed human rights violations.
The BBC's Africa security correspondent Moses Rono says that would be a difficult decision to take as Kenya's counter-terrorism efforts are key to stemming spreading Islamist militancy in East Africa.
The September attack on the Westgate shopping centre in Kenya's, capital, Nairobi, in which 67 were killed has added pressure on the authorities to act or be seen to be trying to stop terror attacks, he says.
The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab said it was behind the four-day siege.
In the report titled We're Tired of Taking You to the Court researchers spoke to more than 40 people over the last year.
They found that the Anti-Terror Police Unit (APTU) tortured detainees to get them to admit links to terrorism, and arbitrary detentions and disappearances were widespread.
The report called for official investigations to be carried out into the disappearances and killings of at least 20 individuals suspected of terrorism-related activities.
These included the recent assassinations in Mombasa of two Muslim clerics alleged to have links to al-Shabab.
Kenya's security forces have previously denied allegations that they were behind the killings.
According to the report one officer told a detainee at a police station: "We're tired of taking you to the court. Next time we'll finish you off in the field."
The report quoted a lawyer telling a court hearing: "My clients have complained to me that investigators used a pair of pliers to squeeze their private parts."
Such tactics violate human rights and are counterproductive to counter-terrorism efforts, the report said.
The investigation focused primarily on abuses committed in Mombasa in 2012 and 2013, but the report says "the ATPU's broader pattern of rights violations extends back years earlier".
It pointed to illegal renditions to Somalia and Ethiopia in 2007 and at least nine suspects who were rendered to Uganda in 2010 following the World Cup bombings  in Kampala.
An anti-terror police officer told the BBC that counter-terrorism was a difficult business and it was not easy to find evidence to link suspects to terrorism.
He said witnesses were often unwilling to testify, some suspects were killed in shootouts, and others fled the country to avoid prosecution.


Pastor Maldonado is in danger of losing his drive at Renault this year as a result of late payment of funds.

The Venezuelan's sponsor - national oil company PDVSA - pays the team a reputed $50m (£35m), but the money is several weeks overdue, sources say.
Maldonado, 30, will be replaced by former McLaren driver Kevin Magnussen if the payment is not made soon.
Renault have taken over the Lotus team and need confirmed drivers in time for a major media launch in early February.
British novice Jolyon Palmer is Renault's other driver for the 2016 season, which starts in Australia on 20 March.
A Renault spokesman said: "It's speculation at the moment. We have a contract with Pastor. That is the current situation.
"Who knows what could happen by Australia but, at the moment, we are going forward with Pastor and Jolyon."
Maldonado's manager, Nicolas Todt, was not available for comment.
Magnussen was given a tour of the Renault factory in Oxfordshire last week in full view of the whole team.
Insiders believe the situation has been leaked as a tactic to try to put pressure on PDVSA to pay the money it owes, but the Venezuelan economy is struggling as a result of a huge drop in oil prices.
Maldonado owes his position in F1 to former Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, who arranged for the sponsorship as a means of boosting the country's prestige.
Chavez died in 2013 but Maldonado's funding has continued under current president Nicolas Maduro.
Maldonado has won one race - the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix for Williams - in an F1 career that has been notable for its volatility.
His propensity for incident has led to the nickname 'Crash-tor' and has even spawned a satirical website devoted to his accident record.
Renault was reluctant to keep Maldonado for 2016, but he was signed by Lotus before the takeover was complete.
Magnussen, 23, is a free agent having been released by McLaren following a year as their reserve driver in 2015.
The Dane raced for the team in 2014 as team-mate to Briton Jenson Button and was second on his debut in Australia that year.
He is regarded as one of the most talented drivers without a current place on the F1 grid for 2016.


Lying amongst the shards of wood on an abandoned estate in north London are a rusty electric iron, the mouthpiece of a recorder, and a child's water pistol: the domestic paraphernalia of once settled lives.

Just two families cling on here. The tenants of the other 140 houses have been evicted over the last five months, to make way for a private development.
"It breaks my heart to come back here, to see it like this," says Juliet Azie, a single mother, between tears.
We are standing outside a house in Barnet, where, until last month, she looked after her four children.
"We miss our home; we miss our neighbours - and my kids long for a home again," she says.
Councils have an obligation to re-house their tenants and since Easter the family has been in temporary accommodation in Potters Bar in Hertfordshire, six miles away.
According to figures obtained by The Independent newspaper, Juliet is one of more than 50,000 people made homeless who have been forced to move out of their London boroughs in the last three years.
The BBC understands that more than 2,000 have had to leave London altogether.
Many families - often mothers and children - say they cannot afford council rents, citing factors like the benefits cap and stagnating real wages.
And equally, rising rents mean that local authorities cannot afford to pay for temporary accommodation nearby, so they are left with no choice but to send tenants elsewhere.
Annington Homes, which is developing the Sweets Way estate in Barnet, where Juliet Azie used to live, says that all the tenants were warned when they moved there that it was only a temporary solution.
However, the families say being moved out of the area can be difficult.
Juliet's four children are still at school in her old neighbourhood in London. She also works at a DIY store a five minute walk from her previous home.
The twice-daily round trip now costs her £240 a month in petrol. She also pays £268 a month to keep her furniture in storage. Those two expenses alone use up half of her £13,000 salary.
But having refused a previous offer of a house on the grounds of distance, she is classified as "intentionally homeless".
When her emergency accommodation runs out, she fears her children could even be put into care.
"I'm so scared they're going to take my kids. They have already sent the details to social services," she says.
Barnet Council said they could not comment on individual cases, but confirmed that those who refuse one offer of alternative accommodation are excluded from the register for two years.
Like every London council, Barnet offers incentives for tenants to leave. Earlier this month Wandsworth, for example, admitted that it was offering grants of up to £7,000 to anyone prepared to move to Birmingham, where rents are cheaper.
Others are being offered homes even further away from their roots.
Suzanna (not her real name) is a 35 year-old single mother who has lived all her life in west London.
Having been evicted, she is currently sleeping on a friend's sofa, along with her two year-old son.
Despite the fact that she cares for her disabled mother, the only home she has been offered is in Leeds, 195 miles away.
"I was devastated by that. I don't believe they can't find somewhere more local than Leeds. My mum is paralysed on one side, and I have to look after her," she says.
The councils believe that the underlying problem is the lack of houses being built. They say the right to buy programme has also limited the supply of homes for rent, over the years.
Barnet, for example, told the BBC that in the last three years there has been a 47% reduction in the number of social lettings available.
As far as people like Suzanna are concerned, councils say they try to house people as near as possible to where they live, but that isn't always affordable.
"Councils are facing huge challenges in finding affordable temporary accommodation in the capital in the context of a very pressured property market and shortage of housing in London," said a spokesperson for London Councils, the cross-party body that represents the boroughs.
78,500
The number of affordable homes needed in England each year
25,100 The number built last year
Housing charities also argue that more public sector housing is key.
"It's the housing shortage that has created this crisis, and the only way to escape it for good is for the government to build the affordable homes we so desperately need," concludes Campbell Robb, the chief executive of the housing charity Shelter.
But after years of councils not building, there are signs that may be starting to change.
The government has granted 36 councils limited borrowing powers, as part of a programme which should allow local authorities to build an extra 3,000 affordable homes.
"Affordable" means it can be rented out at 80% of market value, or 65% in London.
Councils in London are keen to start building again, but they want limits on borrowing - the so-called housing borrowing cap - removed first. So far the government has refused to do that.
Last year in England there were just 25,100 homes built by councils or housing associations.
That is against an estimate of 78,500 affordable homes that are needed in England each year, according to a report written by the late Dr Alan Holmans for the Town and Country Planning Association.
Back in Barnet, Annington Homes has promised there will eventually be twice as many homes as there used to be on the old estate, and that 20% of them will be affordable.
But with house prices in London continuing to rise at an average rate of 11% per year, according to Land Registry figures, the former occupants are unlikely to be able to afford to buy, or part-buy, one of the new homes.
Certainly Juliet does not expect to be moving back to the area soon - which she says is a problem for the local economy as well as her.
"If they push us out, who is going to do our jobs?" asks Juliet.
"Who is going to serve you on the High Street? Who is going to look after your old people?"


Two men, who were arrested following the murder of a man in north Belfast, have been released.

Conor McKee, 31, was found dead in a house in Glenpark Street on Thursday.
Police said the men, aged 37 and 44, were arrested in Antrim and Belfast on Friday evening.
They were released on police bail on Saturday.
The investigation is ongoing.
Mr McKee was on bail for drugs offences at the time of his murder.
His body was discovered in an upstairs bedroom of the Glenpark Street house by his mother, at 22:30 GMT.
Police have said they cannot confirm how the father-of-two died. A post-mortem examination is yet to take place.
Detectives are appealing for anyone who saw a man near the house after 18:00 GMT on Thursday to get in contact.
They are also hoping to hear from a person who contacted police early on Thursday.
No-one else was in the house at the time Mr McKee was killed.
Earlier, Det Ch Insp Justyn Galloway said police were following a number of lines of enquiry and were keeping an open mind over the motive.
"This is a devastating tragedy for the McKee family and a terrible shock for the local community," he said.
" I am appealing for anyone who was in the area of Glenpark Street around 6.15pm last night who saw or heard anything unusual or suspicious to contact police," he said.
"I am particularly keen to talk to anyone who saw a man outside the McKee house, which is number five, at around 6.15pm.
"Secondly, I am making a specific appeal to the person who rang police in the early hours of this morning with information about the murder to call back. We really need to talk to that person.
"Thirdly, I would appeal to those people who knew Conor, who were his friends, to engage with police to help us build a picture of his life, his activities and his movements. The more information we have, the greater the likelihood is that we will bring his killer or killers to justice."


Struggling Millwall halted their run of four straight defeats with a timely victory at 10-man Northampton.

Both sides had early chances as Jak McCourt fired just wide for the hosts while Steve Morison went close against his former club with an audacious 40-yard chip which went just over.
The best chances came from set-pieces in a first half littered with free-kicks. Shaun Williams tested Adam Smith with a long range free-kick and Northampton's Alex Revell fired over from 30 yards.
But Millwall broke the deadlock in the 32nd minute when Shaun Williams released Lee Gregory, who held off Zander Diamond before racing into the box and lifting the ball over Smith.
After the restart, home substitute Sam Hoskins was denied by Jordan Archer, who then tipped McCourt's 25-yard drive onto the bar.
In between, Morison volleyed wide before Cobblers were reduced to 10 men when McCourt got a second caution for bringing down Fred Onyedinma.
JJ Hooper's glancing header was saved by Archer before Calum Butcher doubled Millwall's lead on the hour mark, taking advantage of a slip by Brendan Moloney to beat the stranded Smith.
Morison was denied by Smith and Gregory's shot was deflected over. In between, David Buchanan twice fired over for Cobblers and Revell failed to direct his header on target.
Substitute Marc Richards reduced the arrears in the 80th minute, heading home a cross from Hoskins, but Morison put the game beyond doubt in the 89th minute when he latched on to a long clearance to lob the advancing Smith.
Reports supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Northampton Town 1, Millwall 3.
Second Half ends, Northampton Town 1, Millwall 3.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Lewin Nyatanga.
Attempt blocked. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Lewin Nyatanga (Northampton Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Hand ball by Nadjim Abdou (Millwall).
Attempt missed. Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Goal!  Northampton Town 1, Millwall 3. Steve Morison (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jordan Archer.
Joe Martin (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sam Hoskins (Northampton Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Joe Martin (Millwall).
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Callum Butcher (Millwall).
Substitution, Northampton Town. Kenji Gorré replaces Paul Anderson.
Substitution, Millwall. Nadjim Abdou replaces Lee Gregory.
Attempt missed. Byron Webster (Millwall) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Brendon Moloney.
Attempt blocked. Callum Butcher (Millwall) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Goal!  Northampton Town 1, Millwall 2. Marc Richards (Northampton Town) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sam Hoskins.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Lewin Nyatanga.
Substitution, Millwall. David Worrall replaces Ben Thompson.
Attempt missed. Alex Revell (Northampton Town) header from very close range is just a bit too high.
Foul by Marc Richards (Northampton Town).
Mahlon Romeo (Millwall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Millwall. Conceded by Zander Diamond.
Attempt blocked. Lee Gregory (Millwall) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
John-Joe O'Toole (Northampton Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Steve Morison (Millwall).
Corner,  Northampton Town. Conceded by Jordan Archer.
Corner,  Northampton Town. Conceded by Tony Craig.
Attempt blocked. Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Paul Anderson (Northampton Town) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Callum Butcher (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Substitution, Northampton Town. Marc Richards replaces JJ Hooper.
Substitution, Millwall. Shane Ferguson replaces Fred Onyedinma.
Alex Revell (Northampton Town) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Alex Revell (Northampton Town).
(Millwall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Northampton Town 0, Millwall 2. Callum Butcher (Millwall) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. JJ Hooper (Northampton Town) header from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.


Myanmar's politicians have seen out the final session of their parliament - and with it the end of decades of military-only rule - with karaoke and dancing.

A de-mob happy atmosphere filled the austere building as normally strait-laced politicians enjoyed the last hours with singing and laughter.
Most are not returning; from Monday they will be replaced by MPs elected in November's historic polls.
Aug San Suu Kyi thanked her opponents for "opening the road" for her party.
"I believe we can all co-operate for our country and people, whether it is outside or inside the parliament," the pro-democracy leader said in her address to parliament.
Fun is not a word normally associated with the parliament in Nay Pyi Taw, which until now has been dominated by stern men from military backgrounds, reports the BBC's Jonah Fisher.
But the last few hours of the parliament's five-year term felt like the last day of school, he says.
MPs took to the stage to belt out farewell songs; outgoing parliament speaker Shwe Mann urged the audience to join him as he sang "dreams may come true", the AFP news agency reports.
From Monday, Ms Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy will control parliament, although a quarter of the seats as well as key government ministries remain in the hands of the military.
One of the new parliament's first jobs will be to choose a president to replace Thein Sein who steps down at the end of March.
Ms Suu Kyi, who spent 15 years under house arrest by the army, is constitutionally barred from standing because her sons are British not Burmese.
But there is speculation that a deal may have been done with the military to allow her to take the job, our correspondent notes.


Mesut Ozil could start for Arsenal following six weeks out but Petr Cech is unavailable due to a calf injury.

Media playback is not supported on this device
Alexis Sanchez is fit, but a thigh injury has sidelined Lucas Perez, while Santi Cazorla's Achilles injury has ruled him out until next season.
Kevin de Bruyne and Raheem Sterling are both in contention for Manchester City despite picking up injuries while on international duty.
Gabriel Jesus and Ilkay Gundogan remain long-term absentees.
Media playback is not supported on this device
Steve Wilson: "Two meetings in three weeks between Arsenal and Manchester City look pivotal to both clubs' seasons.
"If Arsene Wenger finds himself at a crossroads, so do some members of City's staff. It's hard to see anything other than a major Etihad clearout in the summer, with Pep Guardiola having judged a squad with an ageing core and found it wanting.
"Guardiola will firmly believe that a golden time lies ahead - conjuring images of Leroy Sane, Raheem Sterling and Gabriel Jesus thrilling fans and haunting opponents.
"Think of Wenger's wonder years at Arsenal and the images are of Tony Adams, Marc Overmars, Thierry Henry, Dennis Bergkamp and Patrick Vieira framed by that familiar Highbury backdrop.
"These are certainly great memories of some of the finest football played on English fields - but they are memories of a different time and a different place."
Twitter: @Wilsonfooty
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "Our season will be decided by the next two months and the ability we show to fight.
"Our future will be decided by our mental qualities. We have had enough press conferences about (my future) and at this moment it is not the most important thing at the club.
"It's a strange season because we played 20 games unbeaten but I cannot sit here and say we have no flaws in our team because we have."
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola: "Arsene and the Arsenal players are so professional. They want to win every game.
"When you lose a lot it is the most dangerous moment to face them. I would prefer to face Arsenal after a lot of wins."
Manchester City have dropped a few points recently, with two successive draws. I think they will make it three in a row at Emirates Stadium.
Prediction: 1-1
Lawro's full predictions v comedian and actor Omid Djalili
Head-to-head
Arsenal
Manchester City
SAM (Sports Analytics Machine) is a super-computer created by @ProfIanMcHale at the University of Salford that is used to predict the outcome of football matches.


Details of the exact location of Henry VII's birthplace at Pembroke Castle could be uncovered by researchers using geophysical techniques.

Much of the interior of the castle, which dates from the 11th Century, was destroyed after the Middle Ages.
Archaeologists hope methods such as aerial photography and radar will reveal its secrets, including a chamber block where Henry may have been born.
A Castle Studies Trust grant will help pay for the research.
Aerial photographs taken in 2013 have given glimpses of what lies beneath the surface, with parch marks showing the outline of a number of possible buildings.
Dyfed Archaeology Trust will carry out the work.


The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has shelved the requirement for media to refer to him as "Lord Prime Minister and Supreme Military Commander."

Previously the country's information ministry had informed media outlets they were always to use the full title on first reference.
The move comes days after local media were sent a final warning to that effect.
Journalists in Cambodia say it is not yet clear what prompted the change.
This week, local media reported that they had been given a final warning by the Ministry of Information on the order to refer to Hun Sen by his honorary title in Khmer, "Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo", which translates roughly to "Lord Prime Minister and Supreme Military Commander."
However, on Friday, Hun Sen himself wrote on his Facebook page (in Khmer) that "it is not necessary to write that title if journalists don't want to use it.
"But [they] should respect the code of ethics and [find] concrete sources to avoid sharing the wrong information," he added.
The Khmer Times reported that the Ministry for Information had told it "that if Mr Hun Sen did not think it was necessary for journalists to use the title, the ministry would follow his lead."
The news comes as the research and advocacy group Global Witness publishes a report on Hun Sen's family, alleging it uses a business empire worth at least $200 million (Â£154 million) along with influential positions in the military and government to maintain its hold on power.
Members of his family have derided the report and accused Global Witness and the media of colluding against Hun Sen ahead of upcoming elections.


Pictures of the shopping and amenities at North Korea's new airport terminal have been published in state media.

Several pages of the daily newspaper Rodong Sinmun showed images of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his wife inspecting the restaurants and shops.
North Korea has unveiled several large building projects in recent years but human rights groups say much of the country still lives in poor conditions.
The airport, which will serve only a few flights, is set to open on 1 July.
Earlier this month, the country said it was facing its worst drought in a century, sparking fears of worsening food shortages.
Three pages of Thursday's Rodong Sinmun - the ruling Workers' Party official daily newspaper - were devoted to images of Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju being shown around the terminal.
In one photograph, Mars bars and bottled beers were on display in one of the airport's new duty-free shops. Another showed a cafe serving espresso-based drinks.
The glass-fronted building is reported to be six times larger than the old terminal but passenger numbers are likely to be low.
Most of the tiny handful of flights to and from the North Korean capital carry Chinese tourists and North Koreans on official business between Pyongyang and Beijing.
Mr Kim described the building as a "landmark of the Songun [military-first] era", according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
He told workers and officials he was "very satisfied to see the terminal well built in harmony with modern aesthetic taste and national character", KCNA said.
He was also reported to have called for the construction of a high-speed railway and a motorway between Pyongyang and the airport, some 24km (15 miles) northwest of the capital.
Kim Jong-un: Trying to make sense of North Korea's leader
Since taking power in 2011, Mr Kim has promised to raise living standards in the isolated country, but most of his signature projects have been beyond the reach of average North Koreans, like ski resorts and water parks.
Many North Koreans suffer from a lack of food, drinking water and stable electricity.


A "breakdown in confidence" and "fractured" relationships put the governance of a university "in peril", according to a report.

Plymouth University faced turmoil in 2014 when a boardroom feud left it without a vice-chancellor or chairman.
The Good Governance Institute has made 15 recommendations for change at the university in a scathing review.
The university said it had been a "challenging time" and the review marked the "turning of a corner".
Vice-chancellor Prof Wendy Purcell was suspended from her ??288,000-a-year post last July but later brought back into the university in a new role.
The independent experts who carried out the review from November to February found the process by which Prof Purcell was investigated was "not fit for purpose".
William Taylor, a retired judge, resigned from the post of chairman in September following claims of sexual harassment, which he has "categorically" denied.
The review said a "golden triangle" of the chairman, vice-chancellor and university secretary/clerk to the board was "at the heart" of effective governance.
It said: "If one side is fractured, good governance is endangered; if two sides are fractured, governance is in peril."
The report said "trust and confidence issues" between the board of governors, the vice-chancellor and the executive were "mirrored by a breakdown in confidence" on the part of staff.
In response to the report, Prof David Coslett, interim vice-chancellor, said: "The actions we are taking forward following our review of governance mark the turning of a corner for the university.
"It has been a challenging time for staff and we are emerging even stronger, propelled by the university's academic excellence, the talent of our students and rigorous management processes."
The report said its recommendations had "resonance" with the wider higher education sector.


Macedonia's Eurovision entrant squealed with delight as her fiance proposed to her in front of an audience of millions during the second semi-final in Kiev.

Jana Burceska, who revealed she was pregnant in the live TV interview during voting, then introduced the father of her child, Alexander.
Taking the microphone, he dropped to one knee, saying: "I was waiting for the right moment. I love you very much. Would you marry me?"
A surprised Jana squeaked: "Yes!"
The audience erupted into huge cheers as the couple embraced and Alexander presented Jana with a ring.
As she took the ring out of the box, Eurovision host Timor Miroshnychenko said: "I don't know even what to say. It's our first Eurovision proposal."
The moment was missed on the BBC Four's coverage as the camera had cut away to presenters Mel Giedroyc and Scott Mills.
The BBC explained why this happened, saying it could not have "foreseen this" as "the proposal was obviously a surprise".
"The marriage proposal took place in an advert break - as the BBC does not show adverts, it prepares extra content to run in its place," it said.
"We have made the proposal available on the BBC Eurovision website for fans to enjoy. Congratulations to the happy couple!"
Unfortunately for Macedonia, which is also referred to as FYR Macedonia, Jana was voted out of Saturday's final - along with Ireland for the fourth year running. The final will be screened on BBC One at 20:00 BST.
But with a baby and now a wedding to plan for, she is likely to be extremely busy, regardless of her singing schedule.
Follow us on Facebook, on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, or on Instagram at bbcnewsents. If you have a story suggestion email entertainment.news@bbc.co.uk.


Ousmane Dembele scored a late winner as 10-man France came from behind to beat England 3-2 in a friendly in Paris.

Media playback is not supported on this device
England took the lead through Harry Kane's early close-range strike, but Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe gave France a 2-1 lead.
Kane equalised from the penalty spot after Raphael Varane was sent off, but Dembele's low finish in the 78th minute earned victory.
Who stood out in the thriller at Stade de France?
Burnley's keeper had no luck. Made two fine saves from Olivier Giroud and Ousmane Dembele that ended in goals for Samuel Umtiti and Djibril Sidibe.
Jones at times looked the most assured of England's back three, which shouldn't be taken as a huge compliment. However, he didn't disgrace himself.
Poor night but it should be remembered he has been short of match action. Struggled with France's vibrant attack.
Not the assured and calm performer we have seen for Chelsea. Lost Olivier Giroud in the lead-up to France's first goal.
Very decent night for the Tottenham player. Looked solid and assured and showed a good temperament on his England debut.
Once again proved more than an able deputy for Danny Rose. Put Harry Kane's first goal on a plate and also brought a fine save from France keeper Hugo Lloris.
More effective than against Scotland and won the penalty with a typical surge into the area.
Tough night but lacked support and found it hard to shackle the rampaging Paul Pogba.
Great invention to play a key part in Kane's opening goal but so frustrating at other times with a lack of end product.
Very poor. Wandered ineffectively around midfield in the first half and lost the ball far too often.
Quite simply a natural goalscorer and proved again he is England's main marksman on the pitch. Should keep the captaincy permanently now.
Jack Butland (for Heaton, 45 minutes) 7: Excellent. Made fine saves and had no chance with the goal he conceded. Enhanced his reputation.
Kyle Walker (for Bertrand, 45 minutes) 6: Surprisingly sent on ahead of Aaron Cresswell to operate on the left flank. A right-back - no more no less.
Adam Lallana (for Trippier, 76 minutes) No rating.
Aaron Cresswell (for Jones, 80 minutes) No rating.
Made a good, low save from Ryan Bertrand's strike, but was beaten twice by Tottenham team-mate Harry Kane.
Supported the forward players time and time again with intelligent overlapping runs and got on the scoresheet by slotting home shortly before half-time.
Real Madrid's three-time Champions League winner brought down Dele Alli for a penalty early in the second half and was shown a straight red card.
Stabbed home France's goal from a set-piece, but lucky not to concede a penalty when challenging Raheem Sterling inside the box.
The Monaco player, heavily linked with Chelsea, broke forward in the early stages, but lasted only 21 minutes as he came off injured after colliding with the advertising boards.
Wonderful. The 20-year-old showcased his marvellous talent with nimble footwork, sending John Stones to the deck with a stunning turn in the lead-up to the second goal and netting a clinical winner late on.
Imposing. Kept the ball moving in the middle of the park and rarely wasted possession. No England player managed to get close, especially after some majestic work to get past Gary Cahill.
Hardworking as always, nicked possession back for his side and neat on the ball. Can now look forward to a few weeks off after a Premier League title-winning season with Chelsea.
Gave the ball away for England's opener on his first international start but recovered well with some impressive work down the left.
Pace, trickery, industry. You can see why the exciting Monaco youngster has been linked with a big-money move. Caused the England backline all sorts of problems, but struck the crossbar when he should have scored into a gaping net.
The Arsenal frontman had a stunning volley disallowed for offside but barely had a kick. Sacrificed after Raphael Varane's dismissal.
Lucas Digne (for Mendy, 21 minutes) 5: Looked uncomfortable when asked questions defensively.
Laurent Koscielny (for Giroud, 52 minutes) 6: Posed few problems by England.
Christophe Jallet (for Sidibe, 90 minutes) No rating.


Marion Marechal-Le Pen has already turned heads by becoming France's youngest-ever MP.

Now the polls suggest the 25-year-old National Front (FN) candidate looks set to win the first round of Sunday's vote in the south-eastern Provence-Alpes-Cotes-d'Azur region.
She was chosen to replace her 86-year-old grandfather, FN founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, as head of the far-right party's campaign in the crucial region.
He was expelled after a feud with his daughter, Marine Le Pen, who now leads the party and has tried to distance it from accusations of racism and anti-Semitism.
While the youngest Le Pen may be young and photogenic, experts say her looks should not distract from the hardline views she embodies.
Born in 1989, Marion Marechal-Le Pen grew up in the manor house west of Paris that became home to several generations of Le Pens.
Her mother, Yann Le Pen - once an FN events organiser - is the second of Jean-Marie Le Pen's three daughters.
Samuel Marechal, a former FN politician, married Yann and raised Marion as his daughter - although the couple later divorced.
In 2013, Marion Marechal-Le Pen sued L'Express newspaper for invasion of privacy after it revealed that her natural father was the late journalist and diplomat Roger Auque, who was held hostage for months in Lebanon. The newspaper was ordered to pay â‚¬10,000 (Â£7,200) in damages (link in French)..
She studied law at university and married fellow FN politician Matthieu Decosse last year. They have a baby girl, Olympe.
At the age of two, Marion Marechal-Le Pen appeared on a FN campaign poster being cuddled by her grandfather.
Despite her far-right DNA, she insists she was not brought up to be a ready-made FN firebrand.
Speaking to the UK's Telegraph newspaper in 2012, she said: "Contrary to what everyone thinks, in my family we didn't talk about politics at home and we're free to make our own choices."
However, she was a member of the FN by the age of 18 and two years later stood in 2010 regional elections in Yvelines near Paris.
Observers say she appeared shy at times, stumbling over her words.
But any hint of nerves soon began to disappear.
In 2012 she was elected the youngest ever MP to sit in the French parliament.
And she arrived in her constituency of Carpentras, in the south-eastern region of the Vaucluse, determined to clear her grandfather's name.
In 1990, FN supporters had been accused of desecrating a Jewish cemetery in Carpentras, something Jean-Marie Le Pen always denied.
Her charm offensive was a success and the young Parisian was quickly accepted in the south, where FN support has long been strong amid tensions over immigration.
A conservative Catholic, she has played a leading role in anti-gay marriage rallies, favouring what she calls the "traditional family".
She has repeatedly spoken of the "true French" identity, demanding Muslims in France adopt values rooted in Christianity.
And one phrase she has repeatedly use of herself is that she is a "Francaise de souche" - of native French stock.
"She has in effect replaced her grandfather, who used to run in the same region, from whom she borrows her worldview and her rhetoric," says Professor Cecile Alduy, an FN expert at Stanford University.
"She says exactly the same things as he used to, except for the anti-Semitic comments he indulged in, but she presents [herself] much better, as a young, fresh, joyful 25-year-old."
Even if they do not agree, many voters in the run-up to the December regional elections seem able to forgive her more hardline views, says political journalist Francois Tonneau, who has followed her campaign for local newspaper La Provence.
It is not just her bright smile that helps get people on side, he adds.
She regularly draws large crowds at her "happenings", talking at length to voters in the street.
Unlike her colleagues, she is rarely challenged, Mr Tonneau says - perhaps because she is yet to shoulder much political responsibility.
Mr Tonneau notes she often stands with her hands in her pockets - an attempt, he believes, to break the image of the "hypocritical male politician".
The affect of media training is clear, and she has a large, mostly young and male team of advisers behind her.
"For a party with a traditionally masculine image, it has proven extremely useful to put forward another prominent female politician alongside Marine Le Pen," says Aurelien Mondon, a lecturer in French politics at the University of Bath.
As well as the support in the street, she has a strong presence on social media and in the press.
In April 2015 she appeared to leave France's Socialist Prime Minister Manuel Valls flustered after calling him a "cretin" in a parliamentary speech. The video went viral.
It was a perfect opportunity to raise the profile of the youngest scion of a party ambitious for power.
As well as her public image, observers say Marion Marechal-Le Pen's appeal lies in her ability to maintain a certain independence.
Mr Mondon says she has "managed to strike a balance between her modern image and her extreme views, at times at odds with the party leadership".
"Her more traditional approach, often described as closer to Jean-Marie Le Pen's, has also helped assuage the more radical part of the party," he adds.
"While this is proving particularly useful in the south-east, it may end up creating a schism similar to that which took place in the past between different visions of the FN."