Sightseers have been urged to keep away from a dead whale and be aware of the tides.

The 46ft-long (14m) sperm whale died on Thursday after it was washed up alive on the shore near Hunstanton, Norfolk, hours earlier.
A cordon has been put around the animal and King's Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council said people should not touch it or let dogs near it.
It is "unlikely" the carcass will be removed over the weekend.
The council has also warned people not to collect and eat shellfish from the area and that water sports enthusiasts should be aware the sea quality could be affected.
It had consulted with Public Health England over the advice after another sperm whale was stranded last month.
Visitors urged to stay away from whale
In 2011 at the resort, a beached sperm whale - which is a protected species - had its teeth and jaw removed and put up for sale on Facebook.
"Anyone removing, or attempting to remove, parts of the whale could be committing a criminal offence," the council said in a statement.
The huge mammal is lying on land owned by the Le Strange family estate.
Estate representative Jonathan Fryer reiterated the council's advice and said he would ask people to "consider what they are coming to look at - it's a very sad event".
He said it was "unlikely" the bull's body would be removed over the weekend.
It is not yet known how the whale will be removed and where it will go as various organisations need to be consulted, he added.
A post-mortem examination was carried out on Friday, but Rob Deaville, from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, said it could takes months to "work out why these whales have come into the North Sea".
It is the 30th sperm whale to have died this year after becoming stranded on beaches in northern Europe and England.


Uber is embarking on a global mapping project that it hopes will offer its drivers more useful data on pick-up locations and traffic patterns.

Currently the taxi-booking app relies on Google's mapping technology to display local maps and mark pick-up locations.
But a senior Uber executive says that more relevant information can be drawn if it produces its own road maps.
The firm is said to be investing $500m (Â£380m) in the mapping project.
"Existing maps are a good starting point, but some information isn't that relevant to Uber, like ocean topography," said Brian McClendon, who up until 2014 was vice-president of Google Maps.
Writing on Uber's website, Mr McClendon said: "There are other things we need to know a lot more about, like traffic patterns and precise pick-up and drop-off locations."
"Moreover, we need to be able to provide a seamless experience in parts of the world where there aren't detailed maps, or street signs," he added.
Last year, Uber began scanning roads across the US using mapping cars, which can track the geographical position of each street and motorway.
The firm said that these vehicles will be operational in Mexico "this summer", as part of a wider plan to use these vehicles in big cities around the world.
According to The Financial Times, Uber has set aside some $500m for its global mapping strategy.
Uber declined to comment on the purported investment figure, as well as the structure of its global plan, when contacted by the BBC.


Confidence in the UK property sector took a further pounding on Thursday after Legal & General made a deeper cut in the value of its property fund.

Meanwhile, Aberdeen Asset Management extended a suspension of its fund.
The latest moves add to a flurry of suspensions this week as fund managers seek to prevent a stampede to the exit following the vote to leave the EU.
Investors are worried that a move to leave the European Union will send commercial property prices tumbling.
L&G has cut its Â£2.3bn ($2.99bn) UK property fund by a further 10%, following a previous 5% valuation cut.
Including Aberdeen, at least seven property funds have suspended trading following the UK's vote to leave the European Union.
Aberdeen Asset Management extended a suspension of its fund to 11 July on Thursday after announcing a 17% cut to its value.
It initially said on Wednesday it would pause the fund for 24 hours.
Henderson, Canada Life and Threadneedle became the latest on Wednesday to close their doors to traders looking to sell.
That followed similar moves by M&G, Aviva and Standard Life, which have all restricted access to their funds this week.
The large number of investors trying to sell their holdings in the funds is putting pressure on the fund managers to sell properties they own at sharp discounts, said the manager of one suspended fund.
"Sellers requiring liquidity are having to market properties at sometimes significant discounts to their recent valuations," said Martin Gilbert, chief executive at Aberdeen Asset Management.
The vote to leave the EU has led investors to worry that there may be significant falls in commercial property, while the impact on house prices is also being closely watched.
"At this time, it is still difficult to predict the exact impact of the vote to leave and subsequent market events on commercial property values," Legal & General Investment Management said in a statement.


Teachers say they are seeing "Victorian conditions" with pupils arriving at school hungry and not wearing the right clothes needed for the weather.

The NASUWT teachers' union says schools and teachers are increasingly having to deal with the consequences of poor housing and poverty.
Teachers reported bringing in their own food to school to give to children.
The Conservatives said the number of children in poverty had fallen by 300,000 under the coalition government.
The Liberal Democrats said they had helped families by introducing free school meals for all infant children.
Tristram Hunt, Labour's shadow education secretary, warned of the "quiet indignity of poverty that can wreak havoc with a child's confidence".
He said poverty was one of the "biggest barriers" to pupils achieving in school.
Claims about poverty in the school-age population will be heard at the NASUWT teachers' union annual conference in Cardiff.
The union asked members for their experiences and received almost 2,500 responses.
It was not a representative sample of teachers, but among those replying more than two in three reported seeing pupils come to school hungry.
"Children in 2015 should not be hungry and coming to school with no socks on and no coats - some children are living in Victorian conditions - in the inner cities," said one unnamed teacher.
Almost one in four of the teachers who responded said they had brought in food for pupils who were hungry, and an even higher proportion had seen the school feeding pupils.
More than three in four had seen pupils arriving at school with "inappropriate clothing" such as no socks or coats in bad weather.
Similar numbers claimed that a bad diet meant that pupils were unable to concentrate on their work.
More children were being sent home with letters about unpaid school meals and pupils who were sick were still being sent to school because parents could not afford to take time off work, claimed teachers.
The comments from the survey suggest teachers felt that they were having to cope with the wider problems linked to family hardship, such as children living in temporary accommodation or relying on food banks.
"Poverty and homelessness take a physical and emotional toll on children. They often cannot concentrate when they are in school because they are tired and hungry, have no space to do homework," said NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates.
"Schools cannot be expected to pick up the pieces."
Speaking at her own union's conference in Harrogate, National Union of Teachers president Philipa Harvey said: "Many of us will have provided breakfast for children so that they can cope with the demands of a school day as well as the teachers and other staff who are providing school uniform, books, coats."
A Liberal Democrat spokesman said that as part of the coalition government they had introduced "free early years education for the poorest two year olds, and free school meals for all infant children".
"We agree that there is more to do to ease the squeeze on family budgets and build a fairer society. We will cut income tax by a further Â£400 for low and middle earners, and ensure more families can access free childcare.
"Free school meals help children learn, make sure children eat more healthy food, and save parents money. So we will also aim to extend free school meals to all children in primary school."
A Conservative spokesman said under the coalition government "the number of children living in poverty has fallen by 300,000".
He added that because of the pupil premium, the poorest pupils are getting an extra Â£2.5bn targeted at their education each year, which is already closing the attainment gap with their peers.
"Because of our policies, there are more jobs than ever before, wages are rising faster than prices and with the lowest inflation on record, family budgets are starting to go further.
"The NASUWT should recognise how the Conservatives have rescued the economy, and through that, delivering the jobs that secure a better future for families."
Labour's Tristram Hunt, speaking to the NASUWT conference, had pledged that Labour would renew the aim to eradicate child poverty by 2020.
He told delegates: "If a child has no food to eat, no safe and warm space to call their own, no books to read, no uniform to wear, no money for transport to school, then that child cannot possibly be learning at their full potential."


Andy Murray won his first title of 2015 after Novak Djokovic withdrew from the Mubadala World Tennis Championship final in Abu Dhabi because of illness.

Djokovic, the world number one, said he was unfit to play ahead of the final of the exhibition event on Saturday.
"I've been sick today with a fever and I'm not fit to play," said the Serb, who beat Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 6-1 6-2 in the semi-final.
The Australian Open gets under way in Melbourne on 19 January.
Djokovic's withdrawal handed the Abu Dhabi title to Murray, who had looked in good form as he beat Feliciano Lopez in round one and then swept aside Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-0 in the semi-final on Friday.
Murray, 27, had revealed after that match that he felt pain in his left shoulder, but he was reassured by the results of a scan on Saturday.
"It's fine," he said. "There aren't any tears, just soreness."
After collecting the trophy, Murray confirmed that he would fly to Perth on Saturday and continue his build-up to the Australian Open at  next week's Hopman Cup.
The Scot will team up with Heather Watson to represent Great Britain at the mixed team event, with their opening match against France on Monday.


Some stories have one or two major threads but home education is a tapestry of the decisions of tens of thousands of families made in different places or circumstances across the UK.

While councils are recording greater numbers there is no way of knowing whether some of that reflects a better understanding of home educating families.
Social media and access to a wide range of education material online may be making it easier for families to take on what is clearly a major commitment of time and energy.
There is a strong tradition in some rural areas of families organising themselves to help their children learn at home.
Others may arrive at the choice after an unhappy or difficult experience of their child not getting on well at school or not getting a place at their preferred school.
We don't have definitive data on what happens to home educated children, but there is no reason to think they can't do as well academically or otherwise as children who go to school full time.
That's partly because they are very likely to be the children of middle class, quite educated parents who are able to afford for one person to be at home.
Although it is a minority choice, home education does reflect reservations many parents will experience at some point about whether their child fits completely into a very structured school system.
Those reservations are not enough for the vast majority to ever step out of a system which is familiar, regulated and provides an immediate social network.
Home education also provokes uneasiness because by its nature it is outside the system, an alternative choice.
Local authorities have the power to intervene if there are concerns about a child's welfare, or ask for evidence if they are worried a suitable education isn't being provided.
But from time to time there are calls for greater monitoring or regulation.
The last major bout of this was in 2009 when the Badman review raised concerns that a lack of monitoring created opportunities for child abuse.
Plans for registration were dropped in the last stages of the Labour government amid strong opposition from home educating families.
Now another concern has emerged, that a small number of children may be at risk of being radicalised, or places in unregulated or illegal schools.
A government consultation is underway now on further regulation of anywhere teaching children for more than six to eight hours a week.
Perhaps in the light of the bruising arguments over implementing the Badman review the government has made clear it has no intention to intervene in the right to choose to home educate.


Calls have been made for a dossier of abuse allegations at the Deepcut Barracks to be re-examined as an inquest into a teenage recruit's death approaches its conclusion.

Pte Cheryl James, 18, from Llangollen, Denbighshire, was found with a bullet wound to her head in November 1995.
She was one of four soldiers who died at the Surrey barracks between 1995 and 2002 amid claims of bullying and abuse.
An MP wants to know what happened to abuse claims made by other soldiers.
A second inquest into Pte James's death is due to end at Woking Coroner's Court on Friday.
The army has maintained Pte James took her own life but her parents Des and Doreen James argued there was not a thorough investigation.
They questioned whether the culture at the base may have contributed to her death.
Bridgend MP Madeleine Moon, a member of the Commons Defence Select committee, told Tuesday's Week In Week Out programme she wants the defence secretary to ask the army and Surrey Police what happened to soldiers who were accused by other recruits of rape, sexual and physical assaults and bullying at the base between 1995 and 2002.
The allegations were contained in a dossier prepared by Surrey Police when officers re-investigated the four deaths at the camp in 2002, and highlighted in 2006 in an independent review.
The army and Surrey Police declined to comment on the dossier, but the army said Pte James' death had a profound effect on the way it viewed its duty of care.
Ms Moon said: "If they carried out a service enquiry I don't understand why they wouldn't explain that, because that, in a sense, would be the right thing to do.
"If, instead, while other evidence was put in a box and put on a shelf and walked away from, then justice hasn't been done to anyone."
Mrs James said: "If it is your child you fight to the end. That's what any parent does. I am hoping now this will have made a pathway for those parents. They need to know there's some help out there, they will get justice eventually."
Mr James said: "I have every respect for the judge and it is possible for us to acknowledge we have gone as far as we can, given what we have."
At the beginning of the inquest, Brig John Donnelly apologised to the James family for past failings at Deepcut.


The National Trust has lost a legal attempt to block construction of a £100m golf resort and hotel near the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim.

The trust opposed the development because of its proximity to the Unesco world heritage site.
It brought a judicial review after Environment Minister Alex Attwood granted planning permission.
Developers have said that work will now start as soon as possible on the resort at Runkerry.
Dr Alistair Hanna, who has been driving the proposals, said it would be one of the "most  spectacular golf developments ever seen in Ireland".
"Not only will the resort provide a world-class golf links course and facilities attracting thousands of visitors each year, it will also protect the vulnerable topography of the coastal area which has been left vulnerable following decades of neglect," he said.
Mr Attwood approved the plan to build the complex in February 2012.
The development, on a 365-acre site, is to be known as Bushmills Dunes Golf Resort and Spa.
The plan includes an 18-hole golf course, a five-star 120-bedroom hotel and 70 golf lodges.
Last year, it was reported that the project could create up to 360 new jobs.
However, the trust had argued that the minister should have consulted Unesco before making his decision as it could affect the Causeway's status as a world heritage site.
During the judicial review hearing last month, a lawyer for the trust claimed the minister had been improperly advised.
On Wednesday, Mr Justice Weatherup rejected all grounds of challenge to Mr Attwood's decision.
He backed a counter submission by the Department of the Environment that world heritage convention guidelines have no standing in UK law.
"The court must step away from seeking to implement, directly or indirectly, what obligations there may or may not be under the convention.
"I must not grant to citizens of the state a right that only exists in international law, if it exists at all."
However, he added that there were "a multitude of reasons why the National Trust was warranted in bringing this application and I'm minded not to make any order for costs".
Mr Attwood welcomed the judgement and said "the economic benefits of tourism in the north potentially knows no bounds".
"My decision to grant permission was finely balanced but I was strong in my opinion that it was the right decision on the planning merits. This has now been endorsed by the courts," he said.
In a statement the National Trust said it was "bitterly disappointed" at the decision and that it was convinced the development was wrong.
"We still believe that if a development of this scale does go ahead in this location, the message is that nowhere in Northern Ireland, no matter how important or protected, is safe from development," it said.
"The ruling today has served to highlight aspects of very serious concern for those partners involved in the care and protection of the world heritage site."
The North Antrim MP, Ian Paisley, said it was right that the development goes ahead and that the trust knew they had "no case".
"Their actions I still believe have been disgraceful and damaging for the Northern Ireland economy, but we must take heart in today's decision and look to move forward as the course progresses," he said.
Among those who said the hotel should be built was golfer Darren Clarke.
He said that he "didn't get how" the plans would damage the area when they were further away than a hotel and car park adjacent to the site which is owned by the Trust itself.
The 2011 Open champion called those opposing the plan "treehuggers".


A £260m proposal to regenerate an area of Liverpool has been revealed.

The plans for Anfield, which are subject to a public consultation, would see Liverpool FC's stadium expanded and new housing and a business hub built.
The plan would also see the creation of a wide avenue through Stanley Park, which would end in a new public square.
A spokesman for Liverpool City Council said the completed buildings could create up to 700 jobs in the area.
Mayor Joe Anderson said the regeneration would help an area of the city which had "been in the doldrums for a long time".
The north Liverpool area has been the subject of proposed regeneration in the past and Mr Anderson said the time residents had had to wait for plans to come to fruition represented a "shameful period for the city".
"Too many false dawns have happened and I hope people take comfort from the fact we are seeing tangible results of a determination to make things happen," he said.
"We've got to continue that work to make sure the area is regenerated in terms not just of infrastructure but of people as well, making sure it's vibrant again and that people want to live here."
The Anfield area has already seen the restoration of Stanley Park, the building of new housing and refurbishment of existing homes, and the construction of a new primary school and health centre.
The new plans will see the building of 250 new homes, the creation of the park avenue and square, and the construction of a 100-bed hotel.
He added that 296 properties in the area would be removed to make way for the new developments.
The plan comes after Liverpool FC's announcement in October that it would be adding around 15,000 seats to its existing stadium rather than building a new arena in Stanley Park.
The club's managing director Ian Ayre said the "unveiling of this vision for the wider regeneration of Anfield is another important step towards transforming the area for the better".


The death of a man who sustained a head injury during a night out in Belfast is now being treated as murder, police have said.

22-year-old Conan Anderson, from the Short Strand area of Belfast, was hurt on Arthur Lane in the early hours of Monday 6 February.
He was admitted to hospital later that day.
A 27-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of grievous bodily harm, but has been released on police bail.
Mr Anderson's brother, Brendan, said it was an extremely hard time for the family and described the past two weeks as "pure and utter hell".
"He was an innocent thing, big and tall, but like a teddy bear," he said.
"He was a coach in the under-sixes football team.
"He just loved it, that's what he lived for."
Det Ch Insp Peter Montgomery said: "I am now treating Conan's death as murder and I am appealing for anyone with any information about the incident at Arthur Lane in the early hours of Monday 6th February or any information which could be of assistance to my investigation to contact detectives at Musgrave Street quoting reference number 1034 08/02/17."
Mr Anderson explained the events leading up to his brother's death to the BBC News NI's Sunday News programme.
"On the Monday morning I went upstairs and saw Conan lying on the ground in his room, I thought he was drunk and he was snoring away so I left him there.
"But that night at about half past seven my mum called me and said he was acting very, very strangely.
"I went over and straight away realised we had to ring an ambulance.
"He had a mark on his jaw like he had been punched and was very confused.
"He kept lying down and standing up and trying to clap his hands, but he couldn't say a word
"It was very frightening.
"When we got him to the hospital we were told he had horrific brain injuries, he had a fractured skull and was internally bleeding.
"He was in a coma after that and we kept talking into his ears just hoping he would hear us."
Mr Anderson asked anyone who saw anything, or might know what happened to his brother, to come forward.


A man who caused his friend's death in a drink fuelled fight in Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire has been jailed for 10 and a half years.

Marc O'Haire was cleared of John McFarlane's murder but found guilty of culpable homicide by reason of provocation.
The pair fought after spending three hours in a "drinking den". Mr McFarlane died after receiving a knife wound.
Sentencing O'Haire, the judge said he had "a considerable criminal record".
O'Haire was convicted following a trial at the High Court in Stirling in June.
The court heard how O'Haire and Mr McFarlane had been friends for 15 years before the September 2014 incident.
They had spent more than three hours in what the advocate depute, Bruce Erroch, described as "a drinking den" in a converted garage in the area, which had disco balls, lights, seating and fridges.
They went back to O'Haire's flat but he lost his temper with Mr McFarlane after he threatened to drink a bottle of Buckfast O'Haire had been keeping for another occasion.
O'Haire head-butted Mr McFarlane and, after a scuffle, ordered him out of his flat. But Mr McFarlane, described as "very drunk", grabbed a kitchen knife from O'Haire's draining board.
He left the flat but the fight continued outside.
O'Haire admitted hitting Mr McFarlane with a dumbbell, causing minor "hairline" skull fractures, but during the struggle, Mr McFarlane, sustained a "massive" and fatal chest wound from the knife.
O'Haire said he saw his friend fall on the grass and realised he was grievously injured, but never saw the knife enter his body and had no idea how the wound was caused.
He said he assumed Mr McFarlane had fallen on the blade.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, judge Lord Uist told O'Haire - who had five previous convictions for knife possession - that he had no other option but to send him to prison.
He added: "You are now 30 years old and you have a considerable criminal record.
"It is clear that you have had serious problems with alcohol and controlled drugs in the past and you also have a diagnosis of anti-social personality disorder."
Defence advocate Owen Mullan said his client was sorry about what he had done to Mr McFarlane.


A fire at one of Scotland's most prestigious hotels  is being treated as suspicious.

Emergency services were called out to the Peebles Hydro Hotel in the Borders just before 13:00. The fire was in the laundry room in the basement.
No-one was injured in the incident at the 130-bedroom four-star hotel.
Peebles Hotel Hydro first opened in 1881 but was destroyed by a fire in 1905. It re-opened two years later with its iconic red roof.


Pakistan has freed its highest-ranking Taliban captive, Mullah Baradar - but where does he go from here?

The answer lies in the folds of a multi-dimensional conflict in which the aims of various parties are often at odds with each other.
At one level, an increasingly aggressive insurgency rages across Afghanistan, preventing the government in Kabul and its international allies from stabilising the country.
At another, much of the insurgency appears to stem from another conflict further east - the rivalry between India and Pakistan.
All this is happening at a time when Afghan President Hamid Karzai is nearing the end of his term, and Nato's deadline for a drawdown is approaching.
'Reconcilable' elements
Meanwhile, Pakistan is known to have invested heavily to ensure that Afghanistan does not revert to its traditional anti-Pakistan, pro-India role of the pre-1980s, when Pakistan had to live under the threat of a two-front war.
This policy led to the creation of the Taliban movement in the early 1990s, and enabled them to regroup as a guerrilla force in the post-9/11 era after they found sanctuary in Pakistan.
Pakistanis are likely to continue with this policy unless India and Pakistan resolve their mutual conflict over Kashmir - a highly unlikely scenario.
Against this backdrop, the relentless focus on Mullah Baradar's release points to an underlying hope that he could become a catalyst in bringing all the warring parties to a grand resolution.
But is this hope realistic?
When Pakistanis arrested Mullah Baradar in February 2010, some Afghan officials claimed the move was meant to sabotage a peace process he had initiated with the Karzai government behind the Pakistanis' backs.
The Pakistanis, for their part, never made clear why they had arrested him, or some 50-odd other prominent Taliban leaders, while many others are free and actively engaging in the insurgency.
Months after his arrest, President Karzai appointed a 74-member High Peace Council to negotiate peace with the "reconcilable" elements within the Taliban.
Since then, Pakistan has been under constant pressure from Kabul to release Mullah Baradar and other former Taliban officials in its custody to help in the peace process.
Now that he is free, how quickly can he take to the stage? Not so soon, says Mohammad Hussain Haqyar, a Kabul-based analyst and former Taliban insider.
"He will discover that the political and military landscape has changed from when he left off three-and-a-half years ago.
"He will need to rest up, to update his knowledge of the latest military formations and patterns of deployment, and to assess the new thinking among the relevant players, including Taliban leadership," he said.
If left to himself, Mullah Baradar will stay in Pakistan and re-join the insurgency, but if his release is conditional, then it is anybody's guess, Mr Haqyar says.
If the terms of his release require that he deliver on the peace process, then the question is whether he will work for peace from within the Taliban or will he take an independent course?
"If he leaves Taliban, he will lose the clout and the respect he has within the movement. If he goes back to Taliban, he will be just an individual without any high political or military office," says Tahir Khan, an Islamabad-based journalist who covers Taliban affairs.
"In either case, he will not have the clout to influence the decisions of Taliban leadership."
If that is the case, then why has the Afghan government been so insistent on his release?
One possible explanation is that Kabul would favour conditions that minimise Pakistani control over Taliban insurgents.
Many believe their release and possible move abroad would mean that Taliban prisoners are no longer held hostage by Pakistan, and therefore free to devise a peace formula that would conform more closely to the interests of Afghanistan.
It is not clear which country Mullah Baradar will ultimately end up in, but his family has already moved from Karachi to Dubai. Pakistani officials say he will set up base either in Turkey or Saudi Arabia.
If true, this would be a welcome move from the point of view of the Afghan government, which ran into trouble with the Qatari government earlier this year because it thought it had been bypassed in a Taliban decision to open an office there.
When the Americans attacked Afghanistan in 2011, many senior Taliban leaders - including Mullah Baradar - simply went home and stayed there.
Mullah Baradar and others crossed into Pakistan a year later, when the insurgency gathered momentum. Others either moved closer to the Karzai government, or stayed on the sidelines.
Analysts believe Kabul hopes that Mullah Baradar would be able to draw these leaders into talks that can lead to wider consensus among the Taliban movement, the Afghan government and the Western powers represented by Nato.
The deputy head of the High Peace Council, Abdul Hakim Mujahid, also stresses sincerity from Pakistan.
"If Taliban, Pakistan and Afghanistan show sincerity in talks, people like [Mullah Baradar] can hugely benefit not only the process of reconciliation in Afghanistan, but also Pakistan-Afghanistan relations," he says.
But if any of the two countries lack sincerity, or if the Taliban leadership declines to support Mullah Baradar, "then it is unwise to expect one or two individuals to perform a miracle", he says.


Anything less than victory against the Mallards will see Portadown relegated from the Irish Premiership.

The Ports occupy bottom spot and they are 11 points adrift of Carrick Rangers with four games left.
"We look forward to it and we'll have a good chance against Ballinamallard," said Ports boss Niall Currie.
Ballinamallard are 11 points clear of Rangers, who sit in the relegation play-off place, so they will retain their Premiership status with a win.
Carrick are not in action until Saturday, when they take on Ards, but their destiny may already have been decided by events at Shamrock Park.
Portadown came from behind to beat Carrick 2-1 last weekend and Currie is hoping for a repeat display.
"We've a lot of kids playing at the minute and if they play like they did against Carrick then we have every confidence for this game," he added.
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"All our remaining matches are ones we can really challenge for."
Ballinamallard will be without the suspended Ryan McConnell but Stuart Hutchinson is set to return.
"It will be a massive challenge as they are fighting for their lives - it's going be a tough game," said Mallards manager Gavin Dykes.


Australian veteran Mathew Hayman beat four-time winner Tom Boonen in a dramatic finish to win the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic.

The 37-year-old edged out the Belgian by a bike length as Britain's Ian Stannard finished third.
"I broke my arm five weeks ago and missed all the racing," said Hayman. "I raced a race in Spain last week.
"This is my favourite race. It's a race I dream of every year. This year I didn't even dare to dream."
Orica Greenedge rider Hayman was riding in his 15th Paris-Roubaix and is the second Australian to win the race after Stuart O'Grady in 2007.
Pre-race favourites Peter Sagan and Fabian Cancellara were both caught out by crashes and finished well back.
The 257.5km route across northern France, nicknamed the 'Hell of the North', is famous for its cobbled sections.
Team Sky rider Elia Viviani, 27, was taken to Valenciennes hospital after being involved in a crash with a motorbike during the race.
Video footage shows the motorbike crashing into barriers and Viviani before the Italian walks away from his bike clutching his chest.
"He thought he'd anticipated the crash and saw it happen in front of him. He managed to come to a stop on the right by the barrier when the motorbike went into him," said Sky's team doctor Derick Macleod.
"He's got a few bruises and abrasions and he's a bit sore obviously, but we're really thankful he's got no significant injuries."
Result:
1.  Mathew Hayman (Aus/Orica) 5:51:53
2.  Tom Boonen (Bel/Etixx - Quick-Step) Same time
3.  Ian Stannard (GB/Team Sky) Same time
4.  Sep Vanmarcke (Bel/LottoNL) Same time
5.  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor/Dimension Data) +3 secs
6.  Heinrich Haussler (Aus/IAM Cycling) +1 minute
7.  Marcel Sieberg (Ger/Lotto) Same time
8.  Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat/IAM Cycling) Same time
9.  Imanol Erviti (Spa/Movistar) + 1:07 mins
10. Adrien Petit (Fra/Direct Energie) +2:20 mins


Jamal Campbell-Ryce's fortuitous late goal rescued a point for Barnet in their draw with Crawley.

Campbell-Ryce's 88th-minute cross was misjudged by Crawley goalkeeper Glen Morris and drifted into the top corner as the Bees hit back twice to avoid a second successive defeat.
Rhys Murphy's deflected shot was cancelled out by Simeon Akinola's spectacular first Barnet goal before Enzio Boldewijn put the visitors back ahead.
Crawley enjoyed a bit of luck for their 31st-minute opener when Murphy's shot from 12 yards took two deflections on its way past Benjamin Buchel.
But Barnet were level eight minutes later as Akinola produced a brilliant overhead kick from Campbell-Ryce's cross.
The Bees were behind again nine minutes after the break when Elliott Johnson was caught trying to shepherd the ball back to Buchel, only for Boldewijn to outmuscle him and slot home.
The home side pressed on for an equaliser with both Akinola and right-back Charlie Clough going close.
And they were eventually rewarded for their pressure when Campbell-Ryce's cross found its way past Morris.
Emergency loanee goalkeeper Buchel was required to make a brilliant low save in stoppage time to earn a point for Barnet, who have still not won at home since 2 January.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Barnet 2, Crawley Town 2.
Second Half ends, Barnet 2, Crawley Town 2.
Attempt saved. Shane Cojocarel (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Shane Cojocarel (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town).
Attempt saved. Joe McNerney (Crawley Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Crawley Town. Conceded by Charlie Clough.
Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!  Barnet 2, Crawley Town 2. Jamal Campbell-Ryce (Barnet) right footed shot from long range on the left to the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Charlie Clough (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Elliot Johnson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Lelan (Crawley Town).
Attempt missed. Charlie Clough (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Substitution, Barnet. Luke Coulson replaces Simeon Akinola because of an injury.
Substitution, Barnet. Shane Cojocarel replaces Mauro Vilhete.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Josh Payne replaces Rhys Murphy.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Tom Champion (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Tom Champion (Barnet).
Foul by Lewis Young (Crawley Town).
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Charlie Clough (Barnet) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Josh Lelan (Crawley Town).
Mauro Vilhete (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Elliot Johnson (Barnet) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Mark Connolly (Crawley Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Akinde (Barnet).
Attempt missed. Charlie Clough (Barnet) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Bobson Bawling replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
Attempt saved. Simeon Akinola (Barnet) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Michael Nelson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Ryan Watson (Barnet) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Barnet. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).


A day after trading verbal punches in a televised debate, many of the leading Republican 2016 contenders have gathered in Atlanta at an event for the party's conservative activists.

Depending on how they performed on Thursday night, they were either looking to maintain momentum or bounce back.
Carly Fiorina, former head of the computing giant Hewlett-Packard, is the woman of the hour in conservative circles, basking in the glow of an acclaimed performance on Thursday in the early Republican presidential debate in Cleveland.
"I think we kind of rumbled last night," she told the RedState Gathering audience as she took the microphone. "What do you think?" The crowd cheered its approval.
If her reception here in Atlanta is any indication, Fiorina-mentum is real. The standing-room only audience hung on her every word, and cheered line after line.
Her boost in attention hasn't come completely out of the blue, however. She's been a surprise crowd favourite at a string of recent conservative events and conferences. She finished a strong second to a highly organised Ben Carson effort, for instance, in a straw poll vote at the Western Republican Leadership Conference in June.
Over the course of her campaign, Ms Fiorina has had a laser-like focus on the Democratic presidential favourite, Hillary Clinton, and Friday was no different. What did Mrs Clinton do as secretary of state, she asked the crowd.
"Flying is an activity, not an accomplishment," she continued, to laughter. "Please name an accomplishment." She said the Democrat had no noteworthy record to run on and added that the she was untrustworthy.
"In order to win, we're going to have to have a nominee that throws every punch, that does not pull her punches," she added.
As the Republican field's only female candidate, Ms Fiorina is viewed by some conservatives as uniquely positioned to level such sharp critiques.
Audience approval among small groups of conservative activists hasn't translated into national backing so far, however. She placed 14th, at 1.3%, in Fox News's pre-debate aggregate poll standings, perhaps because - as some critics of the process assert - current national polls reflect name recognition as much as real support.
"I had the lowest name ID of anyone running," Ms Fiorina told a room packed with reporters after the speech, adding hopefully that after Thursday's debate - which more than six million people watched - that might be changing.
Afterwards, former Ronald Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan heaped praise on the performance in the Wall Street Journal.
"This is a strong, gutsy woman," she wrote. "The evening was a reminder that the debates are important. Those not preoccupied with politics were seeing her for the first time. Next time she will belong in the top tier."
Will Thursday's performance get her into that top tier at the next Republican debate in mid-September? And if so, how will she handle the increased scrutiny - and a possible confrontation with the bombastic Donald Trump?
"I'm going to keep doing what I've been doing," she said. "I will speak, I hope, with substance on the issues that matter to voters. I'll take the questions that I'm asked. I learned long ago that the most effective way to compete is to play your own game. I've been competing with men my whole life."
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal didn't qualify for Thursday night's primetime Republican debate, which garnered 24 million American viewers - a record for a primary event.
He also didn't make headlines while participating in the early debate for the left-out candidates. The consensus is former Texas Governor Rick Perry and former corporate head Carly Fiorina dominated those proceedings.
Mr Jindal has been mired at the bottom of polls, with a 1.4% average according to the Fox News debate rankings, tying him for 12th place with former Senator Rick Santorum.
In past election cycles, now is often the time that conversation for candidates in similar circumstances turns to when and where they will make a graceful exit from the race. Such was the fate of Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2011 and Wisconsin's Tommy Thompson in 2007, for instance.
And yet here's Mr Jindal, rolling through his stump speech before a receptive audience at the RedState Gathering in Atlanta.
He's decrying hyphenated Americans and warning - again - that creeping socialism is making the American dream more like the "European nightmare".
He also repeated a more recent applause line. "Immigration without assimilation is invasion," he warned. "We must not let that happen in America."
After his speech, he noted that it's still early in the game. There are lots of debates and forums yet to come, and voting is more than five months away.
Five months can be a lifetime in politics - but it also can be more than a lifetime for campaigns that never catch fire.
"I was up late last night… but not as late as I wanted to be," former Texas Governor Rick Perry joked shortly after taking the stage at the RedState Gathering on Friday morning.
Mr Perry was the highest-polling candidate to miss the top-10 cut-off imposed by Fox for Thursday night's Republican presidential debate in Cleveland, instead appearing in the early event in an empty arena, one derisively termed the "kids' table".
The former governor generally got high marks for his performance there, although there were some questions about whether he accidentally referred to President Ronald Reagan as "Ronald Raven", prompting glee from broadcasters and on social media.
Perhaps the biggest headlines Mr Perry has made recently were his sharp attacks on frontrunner Donald Trump, calling him a "cancer on the Republican Party". The New York mogul was mentioned only in passing this morning, however, and not by name.
Instead Mr Perry reserved all his fire for President Barack Obama, who he says has not been willing to work with Republicans after their midterm congressional victories last year.
"After the trouncing his party took in 2014, he offered a closed fist instead of an open hand," Mr Perry said. "The fact is this presidency has become the imperial petulancy. He's become this nation's chief cynic."
Mr Perry also boasted about his record as Texas governor, and how he dealt with crises like the Space Shuttle Columbia crash, Hurricane Katrina refugees, the wave of young immigrants entering the US from Central America and the outbreak of Ebola in Dallas.
The largely Southern audience gave Mr Perry a standing ovation when he wrapped up his speech - but will enough Republicans nationwide give him enough of a look to get him on the next debate stage, in California on 16 September?
Could South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley be on the short list for Republican candidates looking for an appealing vice-presidential running mate?
The governor, who comes from an Indian background, rocketed to prominence after the church shootings in Charleston earlier this summer, as she shepherded legislation to remove the Confederate battle flag - considered by some a provocative symbol of white supremacy - from the state capitol grounds.
It was a victory few thought possible, given the strong loyalty many conservatives in the South have felt toward Civil War iconography.
During her Friday appearance at the RedState Gathering, she was asked whether she would be interested if the presidential candidate who emerges from next year's primary battles asked her to be on the Republican ticket.
"It's too painful to think about," she answered. "Nine people died, and so I understand that everybody appreciates the flag coming down, but nine people died… So I'm not ready to think about that. I want to concentrate on building South Carolina back up to where she needs to be."
She may shrug off such questions now, but the topic is sure to come up again.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie showed up at the RedState Gathering after a late-night flight from the Cleveland debate, operating - according conference host Erick Erickson - on just three hours of sleep.
Although his fiery face-off with Kentucky Senator Rand Paul over government surveillance was one of the highlights of the evening's proceedings, Mr Christie made no mention of that, or anything else from Thursday night, on the morning after.
The governor stuck largely to his stump speech, although very early on he spoke about the dire financial straits his state was in when he took office in 2009 - perhaps an acknowledgment of the sharp question he received from the Fox debate moderators about his state's flagging economy.
"We had zero net private sector job growth from 2001 to 2009," he said. "And the state had an $11bn (£7.11bn) deficit that I inherited."
The light moment of Mr Christie's appearance came in the question-and-answer session, when one audience member asked the sometimes bellicose New Jersey governor whether his personality would appeal to genteel Southerners.
"Come on, you're charmed, aren't you?" he replied. "How about listening to this accent for eight years? It'll be wonderful."
He went on to say that, over the course of the campaign, he's found that the US is more alike than it is different.
It's the morning after the debate(s), but there's no rest for weary candidates.
Many are heading down to Atlanta on Friday and Saturday to speak at the RedState Gathering, the conservative confab run by grass-roots activist, radio host and provocateur Erick Erickson.
The high profile of this seventh-annual convention reflects, in part, the changing centre of gravity in the Republican Party. It used to be all Iowa, all the time in the August before a presidential year, as the state fair and the closely watched straw poll dominated conversation.
The straw poll  originally scheduled opposite this conference  has been cancelled, however, and many Republican candidates seem to be giving Iowa, and it's mostly white, more conservative electorate, a pass this year. Visits from candidates like Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio are few and far between.
Instead, the candidates are focusing on New Hampshire and the many Southern states that will hold their primary votes on 1 March earlier than past years.
The crowd here at RedState is composed of activists and engaged voters mostly from the South, which helps explain why so many presidential hopefuls are here to make their pitch.
Among the candidates trying to capitalise on their debate performance last night or pick up the pieces of a less than stellar showing - are New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Texas governor Rick Perry, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, former business executive Carly Fiorina and Florida Senator Marco Rubio.


A fire has broken out at a disused primary school in North Lanarkshire.

Firefighters were called to the former site of the Drumpark Primary School in Coatbridge Road, Coatbridge, at about 07:00.
The school - which caters for children with special needs - has since been relocated to Albert Road where it merged with Greenhill Primary School.
A thick plume of black smoke could be seen from the M8.


Two more men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a student was stabbed to death outside Wembley Stadium.

Djodjo Nsaka, 19 from Streatham, died in Fulton Road, north-west London, after he was attacked shortly after 01:00 GMT on Friday.
The two men, both aged 21, were arrested on Wednesday evening and are in custody.
A 20-year-old man has already been charged with Mr Nsaka's murder.
A post-mortem test found the business studies student, who was attending the University of Middlesex, died from a single stab wound to the chest.


As company bosses go, Divine Chocolate's Sophi Tranchell is considerably more left-wing than most.

Happy to describe herself as "still a radical", in her youth she was a committed anti-apartheid activist who picketed outside the headquarters of UK companies that did business in then white-ruled South Africa.
Today the 49-year-old is a leading light in the fair trade movement, which aims to ensure that farmers and workers in the developing world get better prices and working conditions.
The business Ms Tranchell has led for the past 15 years, London-based Divine Chocolate, is not just fair trade, but actually 45% owned by a collective of cocoa farmers in Ghana in West Africa.
The farmers get the same percentage of profits, and have two seats on the board of the company.
Ms Tranchell, who criticises what she sees as a global shift of power in recent decades "from elected governments to corporations", hopes that Divine more than shows that fair trade companies can be successful.
"I have always been interested in who is controlling what... and I'm very keen that people don't feel hopeless," she says. "If we all do something we can make a difference.
"I think the anti-apartheid movement made a difference, as does fair trade. We are proving that you can do business differently, and do it well."
Divine Chocolate was set up in 1998 by the Kuapa Kokoo collective of Ghana cocoa farmers, and Twin Trading, the UK fair trade company that established coffee business Cafedirect.
Investors who came on board included Christian Aid, retailer Body Shop and Comic Relief.
Meanwhile, the UK government's Department for International Development recognised the good work that Divine could do in Ghana, and so gave a loan guarantee to help the company secure bank finance.
Divine placed a small advert in a newspaper for a boss to lead the new company, and Ms Tranchell applied and got the job - despite having no chocolate industry, or even retail sector, background.
Instead, London-born and bred Ms Tranchell had been running a film distribution and cinema business, bringing foreign-language films to the UK.
She says that Twin Trading was instead likely to have been impressed by both her campaigning background and her experience of doing business overseas.
Also her lack of experience meant she questioned everything.
It was Ms Tranchell's work running campaigns that helped Divine get its chocolate bars - which are made for it under contract by a company in Germany - into UK supermarkets.
After Sainsbury's agreed to stock Divine's products at 50 of its stores, she came up with a plan to get this extended nationwide.
Ms Tranchell did this by teaming up with Christian Aid to do a mailout to its UK members. Each got sent two postcards, one a money-off coupon for Divine's bars and the other a request for Divine's products to be stocked in someone's local store if they currently were not.
"And so we had Christian Aid members across the UK handing in these postcards," she says. "And it really worked. It absolutely proved the power of purchasing."
With Sainsbury's going on to stock Divine's products UK-wide, the other big supermarkets then followed suit.
In 2006, seven years after it was launched, Divine made its first profit.
However, the growth of the company has not always been smooth, and it was badly affected in 2008 and 2009 by the global financial crisis, which, Ms Tranchell says,  "gave us an absolute kicking".
"We have always had a risk register, of things that could go wrong. And suddenly everything on the list happened."
While Divine was hit by the falling value of the pound and higher cocoa and milk prices, the UK's supermarkets cut back on how much space they gave to luxury chocolate brands like Divine, recognising that fewer people would be able to afford them.
With Divine's profit margins badly hit, Ms Tranchell says she had no choice but to to cut back on its promotional work, which meant it lost ground against its competitors. However, it did not have to cut any jobs among its 15 UK staff.
"It really strangled our growth," she says. "But you can't spend what you haven't got."
The business has since recovered, and is now growing again, by 8% per year. However, with annual UK sales of Â£7.5m in a market worth Â£3.9bn, it remains a tiny company compared with market leaders Mars, Kraft and Nestle.
With a degree in philosophy and politics from Warwick University, Ms Tranchell has no formal business training.
Yet proving that social activism and financial prudence are not mutually exclusive, she says she has always had a good head for figures.
"Running a business is not rocket science," she says. "You just have to keep on top of it, and don't hide from the figures. Don't spend money you haven't got."
Focused on the continuing growth of the company, Ms Tranchell says she is pleased that the success of the business has proved a lot of people wrong.
"People said it [the company] wouldn't work," she says.
"I do hope that Divine will inspire people to think that their dream is possible, because it was so unfeasible that we would make a success of it."
Ms Tranchell also finds time to be an ambassador for the Business is Great campaign, which aims to highlight the numerous publicly-funded schemes and organisations that offer help, funding and guidance to small businesses.


A rare phenomenon known as "firefall" has drawn visitors and photographers to Yosemite National Park in California.

The stunning visual display happens every February when the light hits a waterfall tumbling down El Capitan.
But the intensity of this phenomenon depends on the volume of water and the cloud cover.
The park authorities said: "The Horsetail Fall phenomenon appears when the angle of the setting sun sets the waterfall ablaze with reds and oranges, like a fire was falling down the cliffs on the shoulder of El Capitan."
Here is how some photographers captured it.


Forward Lindon Meikle has joined National League side Barrow, who have also given new contracts to midfielders Andy Parry and Alex-Ray Harvey.

Ex-Mansfield and York man Meikle, 28, finished last term at National League North Alfreton and exercised his option to join a higher-league club.
He has signed a one-year deal with an option for a further 12 months based on appearances, as have Parry and Harvey.
Parry joined in February, while Harvey has been at Barrow since 2012.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


The Foreign Office paid compensation to families of British airmen shot dead after the "great escape" in World War Two, National Archives files show.

The papers also reveal some of the £1m of West German funds - intended for concentration camp survivors - was paid to families of other dead servicemen.
But survivors of the Nazi PoW camp escape were not initially compensated.
Seventy-three of the 76 men who fled the Stalag Luft III camp in 1944 were recaptured. Fifty were later shot.
Their exploits were subsequently dramatised in the 1963 film the Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen.
Although the Federal Republic - then West Germany - had agreed to compensate victims of the concentration camps, the initial scheme only applied to people who had been living permanently in Germany, or had emigrated from there.
So Britain, along with 10 other countries, pushed for agreements to ensure their own nationals would be compensated too.
The terms of the 1964 agreement between Britain and Germany were clear.
Persecution by the Nazis meant detention for reason of nationality, race, religion, or political view "in Germany or in any territory occupied by Germany in a concentration camp or in an institution where the conditions were comparable with those in a concentration camp".
It specifically excluded service personnel held in other camps - even if they'd been tortured or murdered.
"Hardships suffered in a normal civil prison civilian internment camp or prisoner of war camp do not constitute Nazi persecution nor does treatment contrary to the Geneva Convention and the rules of war, even though resulting in permanent injury or death," it said.
The files show the Foreign Office initially held to this line, fearing it could open the door to many more claims, from prisoners of war and others - and that was not what the Germans had agreed.
However, according to research by Professor Susanna Schrafstetter of the University of Vermont, the Ministry of Defence lobbied hard for the families of the 50 murdered "great escapers" to be included.
And so eventually payouts were offered by the Foreign Office to the families. These included sums of £2,293 to relatives of Flight Lieutenants Edgar Spottiswoode Humphreys, Gilbert William Walenn, John Francis Williams, and Cyril Douglas Swain.
But this family aid was not publicised, and survivors of the Stalag Luft III escape were told they were not eligible for compensation, even though several had spent time in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
It led to a huge outcry at the time, a parliamentary inquiry, and an eventual settlement.
Foreign Office officials quietly added other cases it deemed exceptional including payments to relatives of Special Air Service (SAS) and Special Operations Executive personnel killed by the Nazis.
Captain Anthony "Andy" Whately-Smith of the SAS parachuted into occupied France in September 1944.
The 29-year-old was part of Operation Loyton, tasked with harrying the retreating Germans. At the end of October, Captain Whately-Smith was captured by German soldiers, along with fellow SAS officer Major Denis Reynolds.
They were taken to a camp in Alsace, brutally interrogated, then moved to Gaggenau in Germany where, on 25 November, with 12 other prisoners, they were shot.
According to the newly-released records, the Foreign Office wrote to his family in 1966 - 22 years later - inviting them to apply for compensation for his death as a victim of Nazi persecution.
Captain Whately-Smith had no children and had separated from his wife. His father had founded a successful prep school, Hordle House in the New Forest and the family were not in need.
The records show they eventually received just over £1,000 in compensation for their relative's death.
Captain Whately-Smith's nephew Christopher said: "The family, especially my grandfather, was greatly moved by his loss.
"The compensation meant a degree of closure - which is why they accepted it when offered."
His uncle gave the money to his own children, in premium bonds, while his father bought a small boat.
About 4,000 people applied to the Foreign Office between 1964 and 1965 for help from the £1m fund, paid for by West Germany, with a quarter of claims successful.
The latest release of National Archives files on the fund also show compensation was paid to a group of Irish-born merchant seamen, who were sent to concentration camps because they refused to work for the Germans.
They were held at the Marlag-Milag Nord camp in Germany and asked to work on railways at Bremen and at the shipyards in Hamburg.
But, being from a politically neutral country at the time, they refused to support the Nazis and were sent to the Bremen-Farge camp until their release at the end of the war.
Unusually, the compensation applications were initiated by the British government itself.
The men were initially awarded £1,000 in compensation, but were subsequently given a further £1,385.
But the papers show a British serviceman who spent two years in solitary confinement at a prisoner-of-war camp was denied compensation because of a technicality about where he had been detained.
Jack Thorez Finken-McKay, who transferred from the Royal Fusiliers to the War Office to perform special duties, said he became "a living skeleton" at the hands of the Gestapo in his letter to the Foreign Office.


Police investigating the murder of a high-profile loyalist in Carrickfergus have said an anonymous letter they received contains vital information.

George Gilmore, who was 44, was shot in the neck while he was in his car in Carrickfergus in March. He died in hospital the following day.
Two men have previously appeared in court charged with the murder, which has been linked to a loyalist feud.
Detectives have appealed for the person who wrote the letter to contact them.
Det Insp Darren McCartney said: "Police have received an anonymous letter which contains information vital to this murder investigation and other serious crime in the area.
"I'd like to thank whoever wrote it and ask them to contact police as soon as possible as there are a few questions we need to ask in order to follow up these vital leads.
"I understand the author may feel fearful of contacting police, but I would like to reassure them that anything they tell us will be treated in the utmost confidence."
Colin Horner, 35, a friend of Mr Gilmore, was murdered in a supermarket car park in Bangor last month.
Police are investigating a link between the murders.


A father used his shoelaces to tie his daughter's umbilical cord after her surprise arrival in the back of the family car.

Paul Doherty and his wife Georgina were on their way to Altnagelvin Hospital in Londonderry when they had to pull in to the side of the road.
He called emergency services who talked the couple through the delivery.
"The next minute the baby was out, so I had to throw the phone down and catch her," he said.
"I gave her to Georgina and she started crying. Then they just said keep them both warm, we're going to get you to tie something round the umbilical cord.
"I had to take off my shoelace, it was the only thing I had in the car," added Mr Doherty.
Saphia was 13 days overdue when she started to announce herself to the world.
"It all started on Saturday morning when I started to get strong labour pains at about 11:30 and she arrived at 14:40, so it was a quick labour," said Georgina Doherty.
"We had just passed Bridgend, just over the Derry border, when I asked my husband to pull in to the side of the road. I just knew I wasn't going to make it.
"I said: 'I think the baby's coming, I can feel the head coming'.
"I just took her word for it, so I stopped," added Mr Doherty. "And by the time I got out of the driver's seat and got round to the passenger seat the head was actually out to view."
The Donegal couple, who already have three children, said they had no time to think and were just glad to find a quiet spot.
"The road was private and was that quiet that the ambulance passed us and couldn't find us," laughed Mrs Doherty.
The happy couple told BBC Radio Foyle that their latest addition was already fitting in well.
"She's a wee local celebrity," said Mrs Doherty. "It's a great story to tell the weans (kids)."


A woman has been charged in connection with the death of an 84-year-old grandmother who died in a collision five months ago, police said.

Pedestrian Olwyn Fulton died after being hit by a car in Parkway Shopping Centre car park in Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, on 7 December.
A 66-year-old woman was arrested shortly afterwards and has been charged with causing death by careless driving.
She has been bailed and will appear at Teesside Magistrates' Court on 7 June.


Kelly Sotherton says athletics chiefs should consider tweaking events rather than rewriting existing world records.

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The 40-year-old won Olympic heptathlon bronze for Britain in 2004 and has been upgraded to two more bronze medals from 2008 after retrospective drug tests.
All world records set before 2005 could be rewritten under a new proposal from European Athletics, after the sport's latest doping scandal.
Sotherton said tweaking events would create "a new slate" and new records.
She said: "Could we go back to yards or run 101m instead of 100m?
"We all know that some of the records are completely out there. But not all of those records were achieved by people who cheated.
"Scrapping those records is unfair on those athletes. And what about my pre-2005 performances? Did they happen? Does this apply to national records too?"
Sotherton referred to the IAAF's decision to remodel the men's javelin in 1986.
Changes were made to the javelin's design because of increasingly frequent flat landings. All existing records were reset after the change, but not erased.
"I am open to the discussion - for the greater good of the sport it's a good thing," she added.


A farmer has been slapped with two fines for driving his combine harvester in a bus lane - after officials mistook it for a family car.

Puzzled Roger Oates received two letters from Hull City Council alleging he had driven the 25ft-wide machine on the city's roads.
They also included "photographic evidence" of the offences - showing a saloon with a similar registration.
The council has apologised and said the notice was issued in error.
Mr Oates, from Thorney, near Lincoln, said he has not visited Hull for at least 50 years, and on the date of the second offence was abroad on holiday.
He said: "The registration number of the vehicle concerned belongs to my Massey Ferguson combine harvester.
"The photo of the vehicle is a family-sized silver car and clearly not a bright red agricultural machine."
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He said on the first occasion he had to write and appeal, providing photographic evidence of his combine's number plate, and was "let off after due consideration".
The latest incident took place on Anlaby Road in Hull on 24 December 2016.
The two vehicles have very similar registration numbers, and Mr Oates said the council had probably mistaken a Y for a V, and have now made the same mistake again.
"While it is quite amusing, it is also irritating having to waste time proving my innocence while someone driving a silver Citroen in Hull thinks it is OK to drive in a bus lane," he added.
In a statement, Hull City Council said it has written to Mr Oates to tell him the notice has been cancelled.
"We would like to apologise for the inconvenience," it said.


Arsenal defender Hector Bellerin has been included in Spain's squad for the defence of their title at Euro 2016.

The right-back has been promoted from the stand-by list after Dani Carvajal suffered a thigh injury in Real Madrid's Champions League final win over Atletico Madrid.
Bellerin, 21, won his first full cap in a warm-up win over Bosnia and Herzegovina on Sunday night.
Midfielders Isco of Real Madrid and Atletico's Saul Niguez were left out.
Juanfran, who missed the crucial penalty in Saturday's Champions League final shootout, made the cut along with the his Atletico team-mate Koke and Real Madrid winger Lucas Vazquez.
Manchester United goalkeeper David de Gea and Manchester City's David Silva are both in Vicente del Bosque's squad.
Carvajal, 24, will miss the tournament in France after being substituted early in the second half of Real's win over Atletico in Milan.
"I had to leave and I knew there and then that I would probably miss Euro 2016," Carvajal told Spanish radio station Cadena Cope.
Spain, who won the tournament in 2008 and 2012, are in Group D alongside the Czech Republic, Turkey and Croatia.


Kenny Jackett has left his job as manager of the Championship's bottom club Rotherham United after just five games and 39 days in charge.

The 54-year-old offered his resignation following Saturday's 2-1 defeat by Leeds and the Millers have now terminated his three-year contract.
The former Watford, Swansea, Millwall and Wolves boss only took over at the New York Stadium on 21 October.
Coach Paul Warne has been put in charge of the first team as caretaker boss.
"Kenny's resignation came as a shock to the club and is disappointing," said a statement on the club website.
"Paul Warne has agreed to take care of first team matters on an interim basis whilst the board of directors begin the process of appointing a new first team manager."
Former Wales international Jackett was appointed two days after the sacking of Alan Stubbs, who himself was only manager for 14 league and cup games.
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Rotherham have won once in 18 league matches this season and are eight points adrift at the foot of the Championship table.
They are now looking for their sixth new manager since the start of the 2015-16 season.
Steve Evans left in September 2015, and his replacement Neil Redfearn was sacked in February.
Neil Warnock was brought in until the end of last season and successfully kept Rotherham in the Championship before deciding not to stay on.
Stubbs, who had led Hibernian to a first Scottish Cup success in 114 years in May, signed a three-year deal with the Millers the following month but was sacked on 19 October.


Travel search provider Skyscanner has expanded its business in China by acquiring Chinese metasearch company Youbibi for an undisclosed sum.

The move comes two years after the Edinburgh-based firm announced a partnership with one of China's top search engines, Baidu.
Founded in 2010, Youbibi specialises in comparing flights, hotels and package holidays in China.
Youbibi will continue to operate as a subsidiary of Skyscanner.
Youbibi's team of specialist engineers will continue to be based in Shenzhen, while Skyscanner's commercial and marketing hub for China will remain in Beijing.
Skyscanner, which operates under the Tianxun brand in China, generates one million hits a month in the country, about 10 times more than Youbibi's current rate.
Chief executive Gareth Williams said: "Since we established our China team in 2012, the number of visitors to our site and apps across the country has grown tenfold, yet we're still only at the start of the growth opportunity we see here.
"This acquisition brings the best of both worlds with Skyscanner's international coverage and Youbibi's domestic travel search and intimate knowledge of the Chinese traveller.
"The acquisition takes us from being a strong international travel specialist in China to a truly global travel service provider for Chinese nationals, domestically and internationally."


Mickey Harte has indicated that he plans to remain on as Tyrone football manager in 2016.

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Harte's current three-year deal has now expired following the county's 0-18 to 1-11 All-Ireland semi-final defeat by Kerry on Sunday.
However, Harte made clear following the game that he intends to continue on for a 14th year in charge.
"My intentions are to be helping build this team into something even better than they are now," said Harte.
"That would be a very good place to be."
Harte was appointed to the Tyrone job in the autumn of 2002 and has guided the Red Hands to All-Ireland triumphs in 2003, 2005 and 2008.
Earlier this summer, there was some speculation over Harte's future in the role but his team's run to this year's All-Ireland semi-finals appears to have ended any doubts about his position.
The Tyrone boss made no attempt to hide his disappointment after a contest on Sunday that he believed his side could and possibly should have won.
Along with many, Harte felt his team should have been awarded a second penalty shortly after Peter Harte's spot-kick had levelled the game when Padraig McNulty appeared to be bundled over by Aidan O'Mahony.
But Harte accepted that the controversial penalty decision could have been academic if his team had taken a couple of the four glorious goals chances that they created in the contest.
"We didn't take the chances that were presented to us in the way that we ought to have done.
"I thought we were harshly done by for not getting a second penalty and I think a few of those frees, when we got back into the game, after being under the cosh a bit, we needed those scores.
"That would have made a big difference.
"I thought we were as good as them on the day but they have result and that's what will be remembered in history."


Ebola could infect more US health workers, a senior official leading the effort to contain the virus has said.

Investigators are now interviewing hospital staff who cared for Liberian Thomas Duncan, who died in Dallas, said Tom Frieden, of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
A woman who treated Duncan has been diagnosed with Ebola, and has been identified by US media as Nina Pham.
The outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people in Africa since March.
Duncan died last week in hospital in Dallas, Texas, after being diagnosed with the disease on 30 September.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned the epidemic threatens the "very survival" of societies and could lead to failed states.
The Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola contracted the virus from Duncan despite taking considerable precautions to shield herself.
Ms Pham received an antibody-filled plasma infusion received from a doctor previously treated for the virus.
On Sunday, Dr Frieden said a "breach of protocol" had clearly occurred, though on Monday he clarified that he had not intended to fault the nurse nor Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.
"We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control because even a single infection is unacceptable," Dr Frieden said on Monday.
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The infection made the nurse the first person to contract Ebola inside the US. She is now said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Her home has been cleaned and sanitised.
From an interview with the 26-year-old nurse, public health investigators have identified only a single person with whom she had contact during the period when she could have been infectious.
That person, along with 48 contacts of Duncan and the healthcare workers who treated him, are being monitored for signs of the disease.
"All of us have to work together to do whatever's possible to reduce the risk that any healthcare worker becomes infected," Dr Frieden said.
Dr Frieden also said the CDC was encouraging all hospitals in the US to "think Ebola" when presented with patients who had Ebola-like symptoms and who had travelled within the past 21 days to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries being ravaged by the disease.
Surgical cap
Goggles
Medical mask
Scrubs
Overalls
Apron
Double gloves
Boots
Respirator
The cap forms part of a protective hood covering the head and neck. It offers medical workers an added layer of protection, ensuring that they cannot touch any part of their face whilst in the treatment centre.
Goggles, or eye visors, are used to provide cover to the eyes, protecting them from splashes. The goggles are sprayed with an anti-fogging solution before being worn. On October 21, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)  announced stringent new guidelines for healthcare personnel who may be dealing with Ebola patients. In the new guidelines, health workers are advised to use a single use disposable full face shield as goggles may not provide complete skin coverage.
Covers the mouth to protect from sprays of blood or body fluids from patients. When wearing a respirator, the medical worker must  tear this outer mask to allow the respirator through.
A respirator is worn to protect the wearer from a patient's coughs. According to guidelines from the medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the respirator should be put on second, right after donning the overalls.
A surgical scrub suit, durable hospital clothing that absorbs liquid and is  easily cleaned, is worn as a baselayer underneath the overalls. It is normally tucked into rubber boots to ensure no skin is exposed.
The overalls are placed on top of the scrubs. These suits are similar to hazardous material (hazmat) suits worn in toxic environments. The team member supervising the process should check that the equipment is not damaged.
A minimum two sets of gloves are required, covering the suit cuff. When putting on the gloves, care must be taken to ensure that no skin is exposed and that they are worn in such a way that any fluid on the sleeve will run off the suit and glove. Medical workers must change gloves between patients, performing thorough hand hygiene before donning a new pair. Heavy duty gloves are used whenever workers need to handle infectious waste.
A waterproof apron is placed on top of the overalls as a final layer of protective clothing.
Ebola health workers typically wear rubber boots, with the scrubs tucked into the footwear. If boots are unavailable, workers must wear closed, puncture and fluid-resistant shoes.


A man who was arrested by detectives investigating a bomb found under a police officer's car in Eglinton, near Londonderry, has been released.

The bomb was found outside a house at Glenrandel in Eglinton in the early hours of last Thursday.
The 57-year-old man was detained in Lurgan, County Armagh, on Tuesday morning.
A police spokesman said he was released unconditionally on Wednesday afternoon.
He was the fifth person to be arrested over the attack by police on both sides of the Irish border over the last few days.
All five were questioned and released without charge.
Police said the bomb attack was a "clear attempt to murder". The officer's wife is also a member of the PSNI.


Six anti-fracking protesters have been arrested near to the UK's first horizontal fracking site.

Energy firm Cuadrilla started construction work at the site at Preston New Road, Little Plumpton, Lancashire, in January.
Five men and a woman were arrested on suspicion of offences under the Public Order Act, Lancashire Police said.
The men, aged between 23 and 55 from Blackpool, and a 51-year-old woman are being questioned in police custody.
Another man, 53, has been reported for summons.
What is fracking and why is it controversial?
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.
The government approved energy firm Cuadrilla's plans to frack at the site in October.
Protests have been held at the site since work started on 5 January.
Cuadrilla has previously said drilling would start in the spring.
A second Lancashire site, Roseacre Wood, has not yet been given permission to operate amid concerns over the impact on the area.
The council had initially refused permission to extract shale gas at both sites on the grounds of noise and traffic impact but the government overruled the decision for the Preston New Road site.


A group representing small firms in south east Scotland has said it has "little doubt" of the economic benefits of extending the Borders Railway.

It comes after a recent independent study found the line was attracting new workers, homeowners and tourists.
The Federation of Small Businesses said those conclusions came as no surprise to regular users of the route.
It said the line was a "gift for local events" and had provided a massive boost for visitor numbers.
FSB senior development manager for the east of Scotland Gordon Henderson said the reopening of the line had come about due to grassroots campaigning.
"This is great encouragement for those in Fife campaigning for the Levenmouth rail link," he said.
He added that the impact on local events in the Borders was clear to see.
"Scotrail put on extra services and extra carriages for the Melrose Sevens this year and they were packed, I was there," he said.
He said the line was also encouraging new events like an international music and arts festival in Stow which has a population of just about 700.
"It isn't just for commuters," he added.
"People use the line for local journeys.
"Borders folk are travelling between Stow, Gala and Tweedbank for shopping and eating out, great for local businesses."
He said Edinburgh and East Lothian residents were also making "good use" of the new link into the city centre from the likes of Brunstane and Newcraighall.
However, he stressed that business had to realise that people could travel in "both directions" on the railway.
"Traders in Melrose initially reported seeing many new faces thanks to the line but latterly reported many locals had discovered shopping in Edinburgh at the weekends," he said.
Mr Henderson said there were a number of ways to build on the success of the route, one of which was to provide increased capacity.
"Trains on the Borders Railway desperately need more than two carriages," he said.
He also urged businesses to learn how the line could benefit them and came down in favour of taking the track on into Cumbria.
"The Scottish government is producing a feasibility study looking at extending the line through Hawick to Carlisle," he said.
"But we're in little doubt the economic benefits would be huge."
However, Mr Henderson said he would "steer well clear" of suggesting whether that route should pass through Newcastleton or Langholm due to the "simmering rivalry" between the two towns.


Coronation Street fans can get married in the Rovers Return after the soap's old set was granted a wedding licence.

The show vacated its old set in central Manchester earlier this year and moved to a new site on Salford Quays.
The old set has since been opened up for guided tours and its indoor Studio One has now been given permission to host wedding ceremonies.
The studio houses the interior sets for the Rovers Return, the knicker factory and the Platt and Duckworth houses.
Andy Begg, general manager of Coronation Street The Tour, said it was "a real must for any die hard Corrie fan wanting to tie the knot in style".
He added: "We are currently in the process of working out what packages can be made available, but rest assured, you can guarantee the Rovers will play a big part."
Weddings will be available on weekday evenings during school term time, when guided tours do not happen, he added.
ITV sold Granada's Quay Street site for Â£26m to Allied London and Manchester City Council last year.
The set is currently scheduled to be open to the public until October but the long-term plans for the site have yet to been confirmed.


Policymakers have a "once in a generation" chance to reform insurance to help those most at risk from climate change impacts, say researchers.

A Cambridge University team is calling for insurance reforms to be explicitly mentioned in the UN's forthcoming Sustainable Development Goals.
They outlined their proposals at an insurance summit at the UN, New York.
G7 leaders recently pledged to help 400 million people have access to insurance cover against extreme weather events.
The researchers produced a policy brief that was presented to the global gathering at the UN headquarters.
"My role was to highlight the policy implications of having insurance at the centre of requirements to protect exposed populations," explained policy-brief author Ana Gonzalez Peleaz, a fellow from the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.
"The lack of effective insurance regulation is a problem for accessing insurance across all parts of society."
For example, she told BBC News, there were a number of nations that did not allow mutual insurance companies - these are companies that are wholly owned by policyholders, with the sole purpose of providing cover for its members and policyholders.
"The lack of regulation can have devastating consequences for customer protection and also insurers cannot really grow if the regulatory environment is not supportive."
The policy brief, quoting UN data, said that, over the past two decades natural disasters had affected 4.4 billion people and had claimed 1.3 million lives.
"Both developed and developing countries are affected by natural hazards and associated disasters, of which 70-80% are driven by climate-related risks," it observed.
Critical year
The summit was attended by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who told delegates that the insurance industry could and must play a strong role in shaping a more sustainable future and urged it to show strong leadership.
"This is a critical year for action," Mr Ban said, referring to a series of high-level gatherings, including a UN sustainable development summit in September and the UN climate summit in December.
"With these events, the world has an historic opportunity to adopt a new set of sustainable development goals and to put the world on track for long-term, low-carbon, climate-resilient growth."
Mr Ban's comments came weeks after the G7 Summit in Germany at which leaders of the world's leading economies pledged to increase access to insurance for 400 million people in the most vulnerable nations by 2020.
However, Dr Gonzalez Peleaz said that despite the recognition of the important role the insurance sector could play, there was no explicit reference to access to insurance in the text for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which are set to be published in September and will succeed the UN Millennium Development Goals.
"Something like the SDGs is not going to be repeated for another 15 or 20 years so just to have an awareness of the issue among governments would be a massive step to build on," she said.
"It is an opportunity of a generation.
"There is still a lot of work to be done but if we could just join forces at the moment, to build on this momentum to reach agreements will help us build a safer and more resilient world."


The funeral of Mark Trussler, one of the victims of the Shoreham air disaster, has been held in Sussex.

Mr Trussler, 54, from Worthing, was killed alongside 10 other people when a vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashed on to traffic on the A27 on 22 August.
The father of six, who was a motorcycle enthusiast, went to watch the last flight of the Vulcan bomber which was due to take place that day.
His funeral was held at Worthing Crematorium.
The cortege included an escort of Mr Trussler's fellow motorcyclists.
His fiancÃ©e, Giovanna Chirico, said: "He was an amazing dad who had a passion for motorbikes and rugby.
"He would do anything for his kids and they couldn't have asked for a better dad."
Celebrant Terri Shanks said the service was a celebration of Mr Trussler's life.
"Mark lived life to the full with enthusiasm, with a smile and with so much love especially for his family, for Giovanna and his six beautiful children," she said.
"It's all of that we truly wanted to celebrate and to encapsulate his character."
The last of the thousands of floral tributes laid on the "Bridge of Flowers" following the disaster have now been removed by volunteers.
The toll bridge became a focal point for people wishing to commemorate those who died.
A few remaining fresh flowers have been placed at the entrance to the bridge along with photographs and messages in tribute to the victims.
Messages and cards left on the bridge are being preserved by West Sussex County Council archivists.
Discussions are continuing in the town about a permanent memorial.


Conservationists have suggested a "baby boom" as a possible reason behind increased sightings of juvenile minke whales off western Scotland this year.

The Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust (HWDT) recorded its highest ever number of young whales in its latest survey of marine life. The surveys began in 2003.
Twenty-eight juveniles were counted this year, three times the average compared with previous years.
Whales coming in from other areas has also been suggested as a reason.
Survey team members documented 28 juvenile minke whales and 30 adults. HWDT said it was an "unusually high proportion" of young compared to adults.
The survey had an encounter rate of one juvenile minke per 177 miles (286 km).
It also recorded the highest annual number of common dolphin sightings since the charity's expeditions began, with 723 individuals observed over 63 encounters.
The species was once uncommon in the Hebrides, but the trust's encounter rate with the species has more than doubled over the past 12 years.
Kerry Froud, HWDT biodiversity officer, said: "These intriguing changes in Scotland's marine life highlight the importance of long-term monitoring of cetaceans - so that we can better understand what is happening in our waters, and then make management recommendations to better protect this world-class area of marine biodiversity."
The surveys are carried out between May to October by scientists and volunteers on board Silurian, the trust's dedicated research yacht.


At a popular hotel in the Iranian capital they are kept busy changing the flags.

When we arrive in the early hours of Saturday, along with the largest EU delegation in more than a decade, the lobby is dominated by a table of pink lilies in glorious bloom fronted by Europe's 12-starred blue flag entwined with Iran's tricolour.
By lunchtime, India's flag is jostling for space in the display to welcome its foreign minister. And a Russian flag is at the ready for the imminent arrival of a trade mission from Moscow.
Later in the lobby there is a sudden tinkling on the ivories of an unexpected tune: the American anthem, The Star Spangled Banner.
Welcome to Tehran, three months after sanctions were lifted, and nearly a year after an historic nuclear deal that opened Iran's doors to the world.
Iran nuclear deal: Key points
What lifting sanctions means
But, aside from a small but growing number of American tourists flocking to enjoy Iran's spectacular heritage and hospitality, US businesses and officials are still staying away.
Their engagement in Iran is still blocked by US financial sanctions only the US Congress can lift. There is no sign of that happening.
And that is complicating matters for everybody.
When EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini sweeps into Iran's elegant foreign ministry with a delegation of seven commissioners, she speaks of "turning the page" in Europe's relationship with Iran.
A beaming Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif hails a "new beginning".
But, at that crowded news conference, Iranian journalists keep asking about US banking obstacles frustrating everyone - from individuals trying to make international bank transfers to potential investors seeking finance for deals.
"Europeans have as much of an interest as the Iranians that this issue is solved," Ms Mogherini assures them.
One of the EU's leading sanctions experts tells me European companies should not fear penalties linked to sanctions.
But major European banks and businesses, especially those with any US connections, are wary, still worried they will be unwittingly snared in the remaining web of regulations.
The sanctions linked to charges that Iran is "supporting terrorism", violating human rights, as well as concerns over its ballistic missile programme are still in place.
"Iran and the EU will put pressure on the United States to facilitate the co-operation of non-American banks with Iran," Mr Zarif emphasises.
Ms Mogherini is known to have even raised the issue with President Barack Obama. And a senior EU official says they are in touch with their US counterparts on these issues "on a daily basis".
US officials who played a key role in clinching the historic nuclear accord understand Iran's need to see an economic dividend from the deal.
But they are also adamant that they've kept their commitments under the agreement. They are also under pressure from Republican lawmakers implacably opposed to any opening at all.
Another problem for investors eager to take advantage of an 80m-strong market is knowing who is who in Iran's opaque system.
When Mr Zarif sits down with me and three other journalists travelling with Ms Mogherini's delegation, he emphatically denies reports that more than half of Iran's economy is run by entities linked to "parastatal organisations" including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) which is under both EU and US sanctions.
They are known to be involved in industries everywhere from oil to telecoms.
"I do not have exact figures but I can assure you that Iran's economy is huge and these proportions are totally disproportionate to reality," he replies.
"Much smaller than half of the economy?" we press him. "Certainly," he insists.
He says Iran will fulfil its obligations to engage with regulatory institutions on issues such as money laundering and financing of terrorism.
But despite his palpable concern, Mr Zarif does not echo the warning sounded by Iran's Central Bank Chief Valiollah Seif that the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), was now in danger.
"The JCPOA is not in jeopardy," he says. But he cautions there is a risk.
"I believe Iranians are very hopeful about the future and see the benefits of engagement," he says. "But, if they do not see change, they will change their mind."
Change of tune?
In most conversations I hear in Tehran, there is this sense that hope still has not run out. "I was very happy when the nuclear deal was reached," says Shaghayegh, a young woman shopping in Tehran's bustling bazaar.
"It's had no effect yet, but I am sure it will gradually bring good things for everyone."
Another woman, Negin, expresses a similar sentiment: "The lifting of sanctions hasn't brought prices down as we hoped but, God willing, we will see results."
And in that hotel lobby I also keep meeting people with two tales to tell.
"I've been here five or six times," Pakistani industrialist Khurrram Sayeed tells me as he proudly holds up a newspaper with a front-page photograph of a large group of potential investors attending a petrochemicals conference.
"But it's all a hoax," he sighs. "Nothing is happening because we can't find the financing. Everything comes down to the US."
An Iranian man sitting nearby turns out to be a tour guide. "I have several groups of American tourists now," he says enthusiastically.
But his positive pitch also turns sour. "Half my European visitors recently cancelled," he adds.
His disappointment is linked to new US visa restrictions which require people who have travelled to certain Middle East countries, including Iran, to obtain visas to enter the US.
Even the pianist in the lobby changes his tune.  His rendition of The Star Spangled Banner is soon replaced by something less politically risque - a popular Beatles ballad.