Kuwait has arrested members of an alleged cell accused of supplying funds and weapons to the so-called Islamic State (IS), reports say.

A Lebanese national named Osama Khayat allegedly confessed to buying ammunition and rockets for IS, said the Kuna state news agency, citing the interior ministry.
Five others had been arrested, the report said.
In June, 27 people died after an attack on one of Kuwait's oldest Shia mosques.
It was the deadliest bombing in decades in the predominantly Sunni Muslim country. An affiliate group of IS calling itself Najd Province said it carried out the attack.
IS has also said it was behind last week's attacks in Paris and Beirut.
Kuwait's interior ministry said the cell had been helping to recruit fighters and raised money that was being funnelled to an IS-related bank account in Turkey.
It said four members of the cell were outside Kuwait, including two Syrians and two Australian-Lebanese. It was unclear whether those four had been arrested.


The Christian population of England and Wales has fallen by four million to 33.2 million in the past decade, the 2011 census reveals.

It comes as the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, says English cathedral congregations have grown in recent years.
The number of people describing themselves as having no religion rose from 15% to 25% of the population.
The British Humanist Association said it was a "significant cultural shift."
The Church of England said Christianity remained the most populous faith in England, but the fall in people choosing to identify themselves as Christians was a challenge.
Spokesman the Reverend Arun Arora  said: "One of the reasons may well be fewer people identifying as 'cultural Christians' - that is, those who have no active involvement with churches and who may previously have identified as Christian for cultural or historical reasons.
"They indicate a changing pattern of religious life in which traditional or inherited identities are less taken for granted than they used to be."
A spokesman for the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales said: "The overall decrease in the number of self-identifying Christians is consistent with recent social attitude and social value surveys.
"While this is a challenge, the fact that six out of 10 people in England and Wales self-identify as Christians is not discouraging. Christianity is no longer a religion of culture but a religion of decision and commitment. People are making a positive choice in self-identifying as Christians."
By Robert PigottReligious affairs correspondent, BBC News
The sharp decrease in the number of people in England and Wales identifying themselves as Christian and the dramatic increase in those reporting no religion are a sign of the loosening influence of Christianity, but also of changes in the way people think about religion.
When almost 72% of the population in the 2001 census described themselves as Christian, it was clear only a minority were regular church-goers.
Religion is a question of identity as well as belief and Christian groups have been quick to claim that even many of the quarter of people who say they have no religion do believe in such things as the soul, an after-life and reincarnation.
Being "Christian" has for many people become an increasingly ill-defined practice, incorporating a wider array of spiritual aspirations and beliefs.
Perhaps with the blurring of the margin between belief and unbelief, a "soft" Christian allegiance has proved vulnerable to secular trends, a suspicion of institutions such as churches, and visible signs that Christian morality is becoming increasingly distanced from secular ideas such as equality.
Norwich 'the most Godless city'
The census shows a 7% rise in the number of people living in England and Wales since 2001 - up to 56.1 million. More than half the increase is due to migration.
The census allowed people to declare themselves Christian (all denominations), Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, of no religion or to list themselves as belonging to any other faith.
There are 14.1 million people of no religion compared to 7.7 million a decade ago. But Christianity still remains the largest religion at 33.2 million, or nearly six out of 10 people, in spite of registering a fall of just over four million.
It showed a rise in the number of Muslims, with the proportion of the population in 2011 standing at 4.8%, or 2.7 million, up 2% from 1.5 million in 2001.
The Buddhist, Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faiths all registered increases. There are now 817,000 Hindus, a rise of 264,000 since 2001.  The Jewish faith also rose by 3,000 over the last decade from 260,000 to 263,000.
Nick Spencer, research director at think-tank Theos, said: "The census measures religious identification, not beliefs or practice. It's about what people call themselves and which group they wish to identify with.
"These figures show that we have a plural religious landscape but that doesn't mean we're atheists. Digging deeper, we see that even those who say they have no religion often have a variety of spiritual beliefs but they don't want to associate these to religious institutions."
In Northern Ireland the number of people describing themselves as Protestant fell from 53% to 48% while the Catholic population went up 1% to 45%.
In the 2001 census 390,000 people nationwide claimed they were Jedi - followers of the faith popularised in the Star Wars films - but that figure fell to 177,000 in 2011.
Only 29,267 people specifically described themselves as atheist while 6,242 put "heavy metal" down as their faith.
The BBC's Religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott said: "The increasing numbers identifying themselves with non-Christian religions seem partly the result of migration and higher relative birth-rates.
"But they are also explained by a number of campaigns encouraging members of minority faiths to acknowledge their religions, assuming that the bigger their numbers prove to be, the more influence they will have."
Dr Williams, interviewed told Radio Times, said English cathedral congregations had grown dramatically in recent years and he described the idea the Church of England was fading away as a "cliche".
Last year the British Humanist Association ran a campaign to persuade people to tick the "no religion" box.
Chief executive Andrew Copson said: "Religious practice, identity, belonging and belief are all in decline in this country and non-religious identities are on the rise.
"It is time that public policy caught up with this mass turning away from religious identities and stopped privileging religious bodies with ever increasing numbers of state-funded religious schools and other faith-based initiatives. "
The Catholic Church said: "While precise figures are difficult to determine, polling shows that the Catholic population has remained consistent at 9% of the total population for many years.
"Ipsos Mori research for Cafod in 2008 pointed to there being five million Catholics in England and Wales and around one million attend Mass on a weekly basis."


Scottish comedian Billy Connolly has said there will be "hell to pay" if David Cameron does not honour his pledge of extra powers for Scotland.

In the run-up to the independence referendum, the prime minister pledged more powers for Holyrood over areas such as tax and welfare.
SNP leader Alex Salmond claimed Westminster party leaders tricked people into voting No to independence.
Connolly said: "If Mr Cameron keeps up his promises we should be okay."
"If he doesn't there'll be all hell to pay," the comedian warned.
Scotland voted last week to stay in the United Kingdom.
Speaking at the London premiere of What We Did On Our Holiday, the Big Yin said: "It's 50:50 - 50% of the country are delighted, 50% are disappointed. But Scotland will get used to the idea."
On the eve of the referendum vote, Connolly said he no longer lived in the country so he didn't have the opportunity - or enthusiasm - to vote.
Speaking at the film premiere, he added: "Scotland is kind of fed up - no matter what they vote for they get what England votes for.
"I think that was driving the whole thing. So if you vote to stay together, you get (Ukip leader) Nigel Farage and all that baloney and baggage."


In the shadow of Slievenamon, a mountain celebrated in folk songs, lies an unremarkable little place.

Grangemockler on the road between Kilkenny and Clonmel has a shop, a pub and little else that would encourage a passing motorist to pull in.
But in the graveyard of St Mary's Church is the body of a man revered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA).
A man whose death at the hands of British soldiers and Irish policemen in Croke Park more than 90 years ago is part of the folklore of the organisation, and much of the reason why the Queen's visit to GAA headquarters has aroused such interest.
Mick Hogan was a Tipperary footballer. He was one of 14 people to die in the stadium when regular soldiers, Black and Tans, members of the Royal Irish Constabulary and the Dublin Metropolitan police surrounded Croke Park and fired on people attending a match there on Sunday 21 November 1920.
It was the original Bloody Sunday. A key moment in the Irish War of Independence.
It was a brutal episode in what had already been a violent day.
Earlier, IRA assassination squads under the control of the organisation's leader Michael Collins had knocked on doors around Dublin and shot dead 14 people, including 12 men considered by Collins to be the backbone of the British intelligence system in the city.
The stated intention when the troops and police turned up at Croke Park later that afternoon had been to detain and search the thousands of fans leaving the game between Tipperary and Dublin which was being staged as a fundraiser for republican prisoners.
The soldiers claimed they had been fired on first, but historians suggest there is little evidence to support the allegation.
After 90 seconds of sustained fire, 13 people were dead, shot or crushed and 80 were injured. Another person was to die later.
Mick Hogan, 24, was the only player to die. It was Monday before news of the killing reached his mother in her County Tipperary home.
I travelled to the county to meet his nephew, Michael Hogan, in the graveyard of St Mary's.
"My own father was only 14 when his brother was shot dead. He didn't talk about it much, I suppose he didn't have a great recollection of it, he was only a child at the time," he said.
"It was a tragedy for the family at the time, he was missed in the house.
"Bloody Sunday was a big tragedy for the family, but sure if it hadn't been him, it would have been somebody else."
The Hogan Stand, named for the dead footballer, is a key part of the 80,000-seat Croke Park, redeveloped in the 1990s at a cost of 260 million euros.
It is the stand where the dignitaries sit; it is the place where the cups are presented; it is considered by many fans to be the best seat in the house.
The GAA is a sporting and cultural organisation, but its roots lie in the nationalist revival and political upheaval at the end of the 19th century.
Dr Paul Rouse is a history lecturer with a particular interest in the association.
"It was the decade of land and freedom when Irish nationalists were pushing for home rule, where the country was torn apart by land war in that decade.
"You see it (the GAA) in the context of the 1880s and the development of an organisation which was more than just a sporting organisation, instead it was also an assertion of Irish nationalism and Irish national identity."
The GAA has changed a lot in recent years.
It dropped a ban on members of the security forces and changed its rules to open up Croke Park for soccer and rugby.
In 2007, there was an emotive moment when God Save the Queen echoed round the ground before a rugby international between England and Ireland.
Back in Grangemockler the children of the parish are at their GAA training night. Overseeing it are officials of the club, men like chairman Johnston Lyons and Mick Pender.
I asked them for their view on the Royal visit to Croke Park. They conceded that some of the older people from Mick Hogan's home town are not keen, but the consensus, particularly amongst younger people, is that it is to be welcomed.
"It could have been very easily avoided. She could have gone to a dog show, or something very non-controversial, but they've tackled it head on," said Mick Pender.
"I think it's a good thing, it shows where we're moving on to. We've enough troubles in other areas, we don't need to complicate things by making a big deal out of other issues."
"Mick Hogan is held in very high esteem around here," said Johnston Lyons.
"My late father used to talk about what happened a lot. He used to describe the funeral and how they met him off the train. The memories are instilled round here, I think he'll always be remembered.
"This is a step forward. I think they want to put it in the past too and move on."
But perhaps Mick Hogan's nephew Michael puts it best.
He says he wasn't keen on the playing of God Save the Queen in 2007, but he has now relaxed about the visit of Queen Elizabeth to the spot where his uncle was killed.
"I find that in the present situation I welcome Queen Elizabeth to Ireland and I've no objection to her going to Croke Park.
"We have to move on. Bloody Sunday happened 90 years ago."


China is due to launch its first space laboratory, Tiangong-1.

The 10.5m-long, cylindrical module will be unmanned for the time being, but the country's astronauts, or yuhangyuans, are expected to visit it next year.
Tiangong-1 will demonstrate the critical technologies needed by China to build a fully fledged space station - something it has promised to do at the end of the decade.
The space lab is set to ride to orbit atop a Long March 2F rocket.
State media say the lift-off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi Desert is likely to occur between 21:16 and 21:31 local time (13:16-13:31 GMT). Meteorologists report that weather conditions should be good.
The Long March will put Tiangong in a near-circular path around the Earth, just a few hundred km above the surface.
It will operate in an autonomous mode, monitored from the ground. Then, in a few weeks' time, China will launch another unmanned spacecraft, Shenzhou 8, and try to link the pair together.
This rendezvous and docking capability is a prerequisite if larger structures are ever to be assembled in orbit.
Commentators say Russian technology, or a close copy of it, will be used to bring the two craft into line.
Assuming the venture goes well, two manned missions (Shenzhou 9 and 10) should follow in 2012. The yuhangyuans - two or three at a time - are expected to live aboard the conjoined vehicles for up to two weeks.
Tiangong means "heavenly palace" in Chinese. The programme is the second step in what Beijing authorities describe as a three-step strategy.
The first step was the development of the Shenzhou capsule system which has so far permitted six nationals to go into orbit since 2003; then the technologies needed for spacewalking and docking, now in progress; and finally construction of the space station.
At about 60 tonnes in mass, this future station would be considerably smaller than the 400-tonne international platform operated by the US, Russia, Europe, Canada and Japan, but its mere presence in the sky would nonetheless represent a remarkable achievement.
Concept drawings describe a core module weighing some 20-22 tonnes, flanked by two slightly smaller laboratory vessels.
Officials say it would be supplied by freighters in exactly the same way that robotic cargo ships keep the International Space Station (ISS) today stocked with fuel, food, water, air, and spare parts.
There has been much talk about China becoming involved in the ISS project itself, and the fact that it has adopted many Russian engineering standards would certainly make it technically possible for Shenzhou vehicles to visit the orbiting complex.
Europe, too, has argued that additional partners could help spread the cost of running what is an extremely expensive endeavour.  But political differences between China and the US would appear to make such involvement unlikely in the near-term.
"These are decisions that have to be taken by the whole ISS partnership; everyone has to agree," says Karl Bergquist from the European Space Agency's (Esa) international relations department.
"You also have to see whether it is something which would interest a country like China, given their ambitions in space.  They have advanced so far in their plans that they will probably go ahead and develop their own station," he told BBC News.
Thomas Reiter, the director of human spaceflight at Esa, was asked to comment on the status of China's space programme during a seminar this month at the London School of Economics.
"I think the Chinese want to prove to themselves and others that they are on a level," he said.  "At that point, it becomes a moment for discussion on greater co-operation. We are certainly drifting towards each other."
The director said he could envisage the day when yuhangyuans made visits to European astronaut training facilities.
Currently, most of Europe's engagement with China falls in the area of space science.
Esa participated in the Double Star mission, a pair of satellites sent into orbit to study the Sun's interaction with the Earth's magnetic field.
There is also co-operative work in Earth observation, assisting the Chinese with the development of applications to interpret satellite data.
In the UK, manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology Limited announced recently that it would be making three high-resolution imaging spacecraft for the purpose of mapping China.
Jonathan.Amos-INTERNET@bbc.co.uk


Young lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) are more likely to suffer from suicidal thoughts than their straight friends, according to a new survey titled Youth Chances.

The LGBT support charity Metro, asked 7,000 16 to 24-year-olds across the UK about their experiences.
The results suggested rates of self-harm were also higher in young LGBT people and that they were more likely to need help with depression and anxiety than heterosexual people of the same age.
The survey found:
â€¢    42% of young LGBT people have sought medical help for anxiety or depression
â€¢    52% of young LGBT people report self-harm either now or in the past
â€¢    44% of young LGBT people have considered suicide
Of those who responded, 6,514 were LGBT or questioning, 956 were transgender and 612 heterosexual and non-trans.
The latest available figures from the NHS date back to 2007. They suggested 12% of LGBT (or questioning) young people reported self harming, which is significantly less than Metro's figure.
The charity also says 44% of LGBT young people have thought about suicide, compared to the NHS's figure of 21%.
Aaron is 18 from Liverpool. He told Newsbeat how he threw himself in front of a car when he was 14.
"I was trying to come to terms with my sexuality. I broke both my legs and was in a wheelchair for six months," he said.
He says he'd had a row with his dad about being gay.
"It didn't solve anything and if I'd died I wouldn't be doing everything I enjoy now."
Metro's figures suggest LGBT young people experience significantly higher levels of verbal, physical and sexual abuse.
Taz, 19, studies in Bradford. She came out to her family and school friends when she was 14.
"There was a mix of direct bullying and rumours," she said.
"I'd made friends with someone who wasn't in my year group. There were rumours that we were in a relationship.
"We weren't together but it spread around the school in a matter of days and it hurt a lot.
"I thought it was unfair I should have to suffer, because [straight] people were getting in relationships all the time which no one cares about."
Taz says young LGBT people find can find it hard to access support services.
"The effort you have to go to to seek out help, in some cases, can be off putting."
Dr Greg Ussher is Acting CEO of Metro. He said: "We should all be deeply concerned about the crisis in LGBTQ young people's mental health and wellbeing."
He says the survey responses should be "a wake up call".
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Former Ivory Coast captain Didier Drogba has called on Africa's clubs to improve the treatment of footballers.

The honorary president of the African division of FIFPro was reacting to an employment survey published by the global players' union last month.
The survey showed Africa's footballers are often paid late and are prone to physical and mental abuse.
"Professional footballers in many African countries do not have the clearly defined status they deserve - or any status at all," the 38-year-old said in a statement.
"In Africa, football is not like other jobs. For many players, it's their only source of income and it takes up all of their time.
"Half of the players (in Africa) questioned said they'd had problems getting paid on time in the last two years. That's unacceptable."
In Gabon, which will host next month's Africa Cup of Nations, 96% of players responding to the FIFPro survey reported late payments.
Meanwhile, 40% of players from the 13 African countries surveyed said they lack a written contract, which leads to complications in claiming salaries.
Other issues revealed job insecurity, insufficient medical care and the threat of match-fixing.
Almost a third of Africa-based players also said they did not have a full day off each week.
The survey was the largest ever undertaken on working conditions of footballers across the globe, with nearly 14,000 players from 54 different countries providing answers.
"Many African footballers have no holiday entitlement and are left without the medical care they need to do their jobs - this has to change," added Drogba, a two-time Confederation of African Football Player of the Year.
"Africa's professional footballers must be treated as proper employees. Only then will they be able to perform to their best. The continent as a whole stands to gain."
Though born in Abidjan, Drogba's spent the majority of his club career in Europe, where he won the 2012 Champions League and four Premier League titles with London side Chelsea.
Most recently, the former Ivory Coast captain was playing for MLS side Montreal Impact prior to announcing his departure last month.
Drogba has been joined by former Chelsea team-mate Geremi Njitap in entering the world of players' welfare, with the latter now heading up Cameroon's footballers' union.
On Thursday, FIFPro unveiled an interactive world map where users can access information about footballers' working conditions across the globe.


Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp praised Wales goalkeeper Danny Ward after the 22-year-old made his Premier League debut in the 2-1 win at Bournemouth.

Wales international Ward joined Liverpool from Wrexham for around £100,000 in 2012.
A clause in that transfer means Wrexham will be due a cash bonus now Ward has featured for Liverpool in the Premier League.
"Danny Ward was brilliant," Klopp said following Sunday's victory.
Ward first featured as an unused substitute for Liverpool in October 2012 and has impressed in loan spells at Morecambe and Aberdeen.
He kept 13 clean sheets for the Dons, prompting Liverpool to recall him.
Ward has represented Wales at Under-17, Under-19 and Under-21 level and made his senior debut against Northern Ireland on 24 March.
"It's a special day for myself and my family, but it was all about the three points," said Ward.
"It gives you a real boost. The manager knows what we're about. He trusts us.
"I'm disappointed not to get a clean sheet but that's football - it can change in an instant."
Klopp fielded an experimental side following Liverpool's stunning Europa League win against Borussia Dortmund and was full of praise for his young team.
"They've never played together. They could have defended better, played a bit more football in the first half, but it was really, really good," he said.
However, the German felt Ward needed more protection from the officials for Bournemouth's late goal which denied him a clean sheet.
"It was a clear foul, open for all to see," Klopp added.
"Let the self-confidence grow of goalkeepers, they're normal human beings."


Hundreds of people have attended a candelit vigil in Glasgow for murdered student Karen Buckley.

The 24-year-old's parents and two of her three brothers were among those who brought candles and flowers.
Miss Buckley's body was found on a farm to the north of Glasgow, four days after she went missing following a night out in the city's west end.
Alexander Pacteau, 21, has appeared in court charged with the Cork woman's murder and was remanded in custody.
Mr Pacteau, from Glasgow, made no plea or declaration during the private hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court.
He is also accused of attempting to defeat the ends of justice. He will appear in court again next week for a full committal hearing.
Miss Buckley's family, friends and fellow students were among about 300 mourners at the vigil.
A piper played as mourners laid flowers and others sang Scottish and Irish songs before a minute's silence was held. Cards and messages were also left.
Miss Buckley's parents Marian and John, and her brothers arrived towards the end of the vigil and looked at the tributes.
Mr and Mrs Buckley earlier visited Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) where their daughter was studying occupational therapy.
There, they met some of her friends and teaching staff and looked at floral tributes.
Students from the university also attended the vigil, with many wearing GCU tracksuits and jumpers.
Barry Ahearn, who is originally from Cork but now lives in Ayr, sang a local Cork song at the vigil.
He said: "I've been living in Scotland for the last four years and wanted to come today to show solidarity and support for Karen's family.
"I sang On The Banks On My Own Lovely Lee - it's the river that runs through Cork and is the local anthem.
"The whole situation is so sad, particularly when you're living in Scotland and something like this happens to someone from your own country. It just doesn't fit, it's so sad."
Flowers and messages have also been left at the GCU campus and at the entrance to High Craigton Farm where Miss Buckley's body was found.
A separate event, entitled Silent Vigil For Our Neighbour Karen Buckley, has been organised to take place in the Garnethill area of the city, where Miss Buckley lived, on Saturday.
A special prayer service was held near her home in Mallow on Wednesday, and a fundraising page set up by Miss Buckley's former classmates to support her family has raised more than Â£50,000.


Police have started an investigation after the discovery of a burnt-out van on a country road near Milngavie.

The wreck of the white Ford Connect was found north of Glasgow six months after it was stolen in Lancashire.
Forensic tests have been carried out on the van and officers have appealed to the public for information about its movements.
The vehicle was found on a farm road close to the junction of Craigmaddie Road and Strathblane Road.
The van was stolen in the north of England in May. Its true registration number was MT61 LPF.
It was found early on Thursday 17 November.
Officers want to hear from anyone who may have seen it in the north of Glasgow or Milngavie areas on 17 November or the day before.


UK oil firm BP said it would cut 4,000 jobs globally, 600 of which will be from its North Sea operations.

It comes as profits continue to suffer as a result of a 70% collapse in oil prices leading to a big cutback in investment across the oil industry.
The North Sea job cuts are expected to take place over a two-year period.
Meanwhile, Brazil's oil giant, Petrobras, announced a massive scale back of its investment plans thanks to the lower commodity price.
Petrobras will reduce investment by $32bn, 25%, over the next four years, its third cut in six months.
The Brazilian giant said it was adapting to a new economic outlook. Its problems have been exacerbated by a fall of a third in the value of Brazil's real, which makes servicing Petrobras's mammoth dollar debts that much more expensive.
BP said all the job losses would occur in its oil exploration and drilling business.
"We want to simplify structure and reduce costs without compromising safety. Globally, we expect the headcount in upstream to be below 20,000 by the end of the year," a company spokesman said.
The job losses amount to around 5% of BP's total global workforce of 80,000. BP currently employs around 3,000 people in the UK.
BP said it remained committed to the North Sea and would invest about $4bn (Â£2.7bn) there this year.
But in a statement, the oil firm said given the "challenges" of operating in the North Sea and in "toughening market conditions" it needed to "take specific steps to ensure our business remains competitive and robust".
It added: "An inevitable outcome of this will be an impact on headcount and we expect a reduction of around 600 staff and agency contractor roles by the end of 2017, with the majority of these taking place this year.
BP staff and contractors working in Aberdeen, Sullom Voe in Shetland, and Grangemouth, are expected to be affected.
The company gave no breakdown of how many jobs are expected to go in each area of its North Seas operations.


This year's BBC Proms saw record-breaking sales within hours of the box office opening, it has been announced.

More than 118,000 tickets were snapped up in the first 12 hours of them going on sale at 09:00 BST on 16 May.
This year's eclectic line-up includes Sir Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic, Sir David Attenborough, Bryn Terfel and Pete Tong.
Edward Blakeman, director, BBC Proms 2015, said the demand for tickets had been "extraordinary".
"The level of demand for tickets for the broad range of concerts across the whole season has been extraordinary.
"We're delighted that so many people have booked tickets, and look forward to welcoming them to the Royal Albert Hall this summer to enjoy all the world-class music featured across the two months of the festival."
Within the first hour of booking, more than 31,000 tickets were purchased online, more than 10% cent more than in 2014, with 500 tickets-a-minute sold during peak periods on Saturday.
In addition, more than 1,600 Promming (standing) Season Tickets and Weekend Promming Passes were sold through the Royal Albert Hall on 15 May.
Among the most popular Proms, according to early bookings, are a concert of works by US composer and pianist Leonard Bernstein, whose musical scores included West Side Story, Yo-Yo Ma's Late Night performance of Bach's complete cello suites and Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius with Sir Simon Rattle conducting.
James Ainscough, who looks after event venue the Royal Albert Hall, said the popularity of the season came as "no surprise", citing the broad programme which encompasses large-scale choral works, a Prom featuring Sir David Attenborough's Life Story, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane, pop star Jarvis Cocker and Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
However, he stressed that tickets remained available for most events, while Â£5 Promming tickets would still be available on the day.
"The Proms has always been about bringing the very best music to the widest number of people," said Mr Ainscough.
"We look forward to hosting a wonderful summer of inspirational performances on the world's most famous stage."
There will be 92 concerts across the two-month music festival this summer, including a series of Sunday matinees aimed at families.
The BBC Proms runs from 17 July to 12 September. The full list of events can be found at the BBC Proms website.


More than half a million young people across the UK will be planning for their fast-approaching new life as a university student.

As well as the emotional angst about leaving home and making new friends, there's the practical stuff.
What are you going to take with you? What's going to be your new campus-idol image? And what are the nightmare-inducing social disasters you need to avoid?
1. You're not just packing a suitcase, you're packing for a new identity: This is your big chance to re-invent yourself. You can arrive with a whole new personality - or at least a whole new dodgy haircut and a set of pretentious novels. What music will you carefully leave in view to be accidentally found by your new buddies? What poster will show your cutting-edge tastes? What will you pretend has always been your favourite cocktail? And whatever you do, ditch anything you were given with inspiring "You-don't-have-to-be-mad-to-work-here-style" messages. You might end up working in a dire pub, you don't have to live in one.
2. "Do you really want me never to be able to get in touch again?" It's a really good time to tap up your parents for some "staying-in-touch" technology. You can guilt trip your parents that your laptop looks like eastern-European army surplus and in serious need of an upgrade. The technology shops see the pre-university season as second only to Christmas, with laptop sales jumping by 50%. But don't end up as the gadget king, surrounded by screens and with more plugs than a Graham Norton interview.
3. Tell your parents to get a second job: Everyone talks about the expense of tuition fees (in England at least). But what's much less recognised is that parents have to cover any gap between the maintenance loan and what it actually costs to live. This is means tested - so the more parents earn, the less their children can borrow. Those only entitled to the minimum loan might have to find several thousand to cover basic costs such as accommodation. A report from Nationwide this week rather bleakly talks of the "University of Austerity" for parents, saying some are pushed into debt, with estimates of costs of Â£2,500 per year. Many parents will be paying more.
4. Your new special best friend: The oldest and most unshakeable truth of starting university is that the people you meet on your first day, you'll try to avoid for the next three years. Everyone says this, but without ever explaining how you can stop it. If your new neighbour appears at your door with a weird, maniacal grin and a matted beard like an Arctic explorer, what are you meant to say? If life deals you a corridor filled with the creatures from the wild woods, welcome to the neighbourhood.
5. Don't be remembered as the sobbing drunk on your first night. Because you've got the rest of your time at university for that. Everyone remembers that awkward ice-breaker, when there's so much temptation to hit the nerve-settling drinks. You want to leave your first night on a wave of new friendships, not feet first on a stretcher. The Drinkaware charity has freshers' week safety advice with reminders that eating before drinking is not some kind of moral weakness.
6. Fridge wars. It will seem so petty now, so unreasonable, so unlike your easygoing image of yourself. But wait until you're sharing a kitchen. It will be like Monsters Inc with cheese slices. You only had a quarter of an inch of milk left and it's been nicked... If the Hague had an emergency helpline for bringing charges of crimes against humanity, you'd be ringing it right now. It's not just the milk, it's the betrayal, the loss of trust, everything this kitchen stands for...
7. I hate to say goodbye... No you don't. It's brilliant. When else in life do you get to ditch a not-quite-sure-about-it girlfriend or boyfriend and avoid any blame? Likewise that slightly clingy friend you've had since the first day of nursery. It's a one-off chance for a clean slate. None of them will even know that really irritating nickname or the story about the embarrassing rash. And one of them might even really like you.
8. Prepare to have a lot of time on your hands. After the intense timetable of A-levels, university courses can be hugely different. Universities use the rather euphemistic term "contact hours" to measure time in seminars and lectures. It's not unknown for some courses to only have five or six hours a week, with the rest of the time supposedly in "independent study". It means students are now more likely complain about not getting enough hours for their fees, than complaining about having too much work.
9. The Pin number to paradise. You are now a fully-fledged adult - and you know that because you have the chance to owe money and worry about paying it back, just like your parents. You'll need your own support systems, like opening a bank account, student travel cards, registering with a GP, setting up bill payments. It's time for that great checklist before leaving home. Ok, it's not that amusing, but neither is haggling with the driver of the last bus if you can't get any cash.
10. You don't have to know everything. Arriving at university is a daunting prospect. No one needs reminding about problems of homesickness, money and the tangled knots of relationships. Students can feel isolated and lonely, or under constant pressure from social media. There has been growing concern about rising levels of anxiety and depression. Universities are very aware of this and have counselling services and specialist staff. University websites will have links to confidential support services and medical centres. You can also get advice from the NHS and from charities such as Student Minds. If you do need help, don't be afraid to ask.


Fife Flyers coach Todd Dutiaume says he's been delighted at his team's league form against the teams in the Erhardt Conference.

The Kirkcaldy side head into 14 straight games of Gardiner Conference games after Saturday's 3-2 overtime win over Belfast Giants.
And Dutiaume believes his team can stay in the top half of the table.
"It comes down to consistency and that competitive spirit night in, night out," he said.
"If you look at the fixtures we've had from the start of the season until now, it's been a lot of games against teams in the southern Conference," he said.
"I have to say I'm pretty delighted with what we've got from them and Saturday was a good morale booster going into a heavy run of Conference games for us.
"Now we're heading into that time of the season where you get into the nitty gritty, but there's no reason we shouldn't be in this top half of the league and be comfortable there.
Flyers' victory on Saturday in their only game of the weekend ended a three-game losing streak as Russ Moyer's overtime winner in a 3-2 result.
Alex Foster and Josh Scoon traded goals for both teams in the first period, with Brendan Brooks and Giants coach Derrick Walser doing the same in the second.
But Moyer clinched it 31 seconds into the extra period to take the result that kept the Flyers sitting in fourth place in the table.
Dundee Stars and Braehead Clan went head-to-head in a double header weekend, starting in Glasgow as Ryan Finnerty's side returned to home ice after five weeks on the road.
But it didn't go to plan as the Stars took the points in a 6-4 win, with Kevin Hart, Vinny Scarsella and Justin Faryna putting them 3-0 up after the first period.
Matt Haywood pulled one back, but further goals from Faryna and Cale Tanaka gave Dundee a 5-1 lead before Matt Beca added two for Clan in the third period.
Scarsella's second wrapped the victory although Alex Leavitt added a fourth for the home side in the last second of the game.
Both sides headed to Dundee on Sunday with the Stars hoping to making it a four point weekend, but Clan recovered to take the points on this occasion, winning 6-3.
Matt White and Mike Hammond scored one apiece for each side, with Scarsella and Scott Pitt doing the same as the first period ended at 2-2.
Beca put Braehead in front, but that one was cancelled out by Felix-Antoine Poulin.  But two from Levitt and Pitt's second secured the points for Braehead in the third period.
Edinburgh Capitals ended the weekend without a point as they came up against runaway leaders Cardiff Devils on Saturday then Belfast Giants on Sunday.
They travelled to Wales and were three down through two from Layne Ulmer and one from Matthew Myers before Jacob Johnston found the board near the end of the second period.
Andrew Lord and Andrew Hotham put Devils 5-1 and although Yevgeni Fyodorov clawed one back, Jake Morrissette sealed the 6-2 win for Cardiff in the third period.
Capitals returned to Murrayfield on Sunday and despite a third period fightback, Belfast did enough to end their weekend in Scotland with a three-point weekend.
Chris Higgins, Mike Forney and Steve Saviano put the Giants three ahead, with Mike D'Orazio finding the net for Edinburgh shortly.
Blair Riley added Giants' fourth early in the third, but goals from Michal Dobron and Ian Schultz got Edinburgh to within one.
However two more from Riley in the final two minutes ensured a comfortable end to the game as the Caps couldn't force anything from the contest.
Saturday
Braehead Clan 4 Dundee Stars 6
Cardiff Devils 6 Edinburgh Capitals 2
Fife Flyers 3 Belfast Giants 2 (OT)
Sunday
Dundee Stars 3 Braehead Clan 6
Edinburgh Capitals 3 Belfast Giants 6


Lewis Hamilton said he was surprised how good his Mercedes felt during Friday's practice at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was 0.547 seconds clear of the field after a dominant performance and looks a strong favourite this weekend.
"I am on it and I plan to keep it that way, Hamilton said. "It is a wonderful feeling to have the car so strong coming into a new era."
However, Hamilton cautioned against writing off Ferrari so early.
The Italian team impressed in pre-season testing and the former world champion labelled them as favourites going into the weekend.
Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel was second quickest and he did beat Hamilton's team-mate Valtteri Bottas by 0.009secs.
Hamilton said: "It feels amazing and that is surprising. I didn't know how it was going to be.
"The test was not spectacular so coming into today it was quite refreshing to have the car right where I needed it.
"I felt good in the car and I didn't even notice the cars being more physical, which is also a positive because I have trained so hard to be ready for this season.
"The Ferrari is obviously very strong and fast, they might not have the power turned up or whatever and we will see tomorrow, but it seems we are as strong, if not a bit stronger than them."
F1 has introduced new rules this season aimed at making the cars faster, more demanding and more dramatic.
The cars have met those targets but the competitive order appears not to have changed a great deal at this early stage.
Asked whether the gap between himself and Hamilton was representative, Vettel said: "I hope not. Overall it has been OK. The car doesn't yet feel as good as it should and it can so I am confident we will find something overnight.
"We were very happy in testing and the times look good but it doesn't mean anything.
"I am not that happy overall. The balance is not yet where I want it to be. It is not bad but I think we can do better.
"We see where it takes us on Saturday when everyone shows what they can do. Today it is still difficult to say. We had a mixed day but the team is doing well and there are lot of things we can improve."


Nobel laureates and Chinese activists have called for the release of jailed Chinese Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo in two separate letters to Xi Jinping.

The 134 Nobel laureates asked the new Communist Party head to release Liu, who has been jailed since 2009.
A group of Chinese activists and writers also signed a letter urging Liu's release from inciting subversion.
Meanwhile, Liu's wife has given her first interview since she was placed under house arrest two years ago.
Activist Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 despite the Chinese government's fierce opposition.
He was sentenced in 2009 for helping to draft a manifesto - Charter '08 - calling for political change. He is serving 11 years in jail for inciting the subversion of state power.
His wife, Liu Xia, told the Associated Press news agency her house arrest had been a painful experience.
"I felt I was a person emotionally prepared to respond to the consequences of Liu Xiaobo winning the [Nobel] prize. But after he won the prize, I really never imagined that after he won, I would not be able to leave my home," she said.
Her Beijing apartment has no internet or phone access. She is allowed out twice a week to buy groceries and visit her parents, and can see her husband once a month, she says.
"I think Kafka could not have written anything more absurd and unbelievable than this," she said.
The letters come four years after the Charter '08 manifesto and Liu's subsequent jailing.
The Nobel laureates, who include the Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, South African Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu and US writer Toni Morrison, made public the letter to Mr Xi on Tuesday.
"As you have taken the first step towards assuming the presidency of the People's Republic of China, we write to welcome the prospect of fresh leadership and new ideas," they wrote.
"To that end, we respectfully urge you to release Dr Liu Xiaobo, the world's only imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, and his wife, Liu Xia."
Mr Xi, China's leader in waiting, was made Communist Party leader during its once-in-a-decade power transition last month.
The Chinese writers, rights activists and lawyers also sent a letter echoing the laureates' sentiment, calling Liu's prison term "a brazen violation of citizens' basic rights".
"We believe that the existence of political prisoners does not help China to build its image of a responsible world power," they said.
"Ending political imprisonment is an important benchmark for China to move toward a civilised political system."
At least 40 signed the letter when it was released on Tuesday, with the number reaching close to 300 on Thursday.
Among those who signed the letter were legal scholar He Weifang, human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang and AIDS activist Hu Jia.
China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Hong Lei, responded to the letter sent by the Nobel laureates on Wednesday.
"China is a law-abiding country. Liu Xiaobo was lawfully sentenced to a fixed-term imprisonment by the judicial organ because he committed an offence against Chinese law," he said.
"The Chinese government opposes outsiders handling matters in any way that would interfere in its judicial sovereignty and internal matters."
On the other hand, he congratulated Mo Yan, who he said "loves his country and people".
The letters come as Chinese writer Mo Yan prepares to receive his Nobel Prize for Literature in Sweden on Monday.
While he has been criticised for not speaking out much on rights issues in China, he has previously called out for Liu Xiaobo to be freed "as soon as possible".


Olympic gold medallist Dani King could cycle for Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, having previously represented England.

King, who won team pursuit gold with GB at London 2012 and is a three-time world champion in the discipline, has focused on the road since 2014.
Southampton-born King, 26, represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games but is now based in Wales and meets the qualification criteria.
"It is a possibility," King said.
"It's still being decided at the moment."
King trains in Cardiff and is engaged to Welshman and former rider Matt Rowe, brother of Team Sky cyclist Luke Rowe.
"I think my major target would be the road, but I'd like to think I could go well in the bunch races on the back of road training and specific track training as well," King said.
"At the moment I'm focusing on the road, but I do miss racing on the track."
King was left out of British Cycling's plans for Rio 2016 having won gold four years earlier with Laura Kenny and Joanna Rowsell-Shand.
The four-rider, four-kilometres team pursuit - one rider and one kilometre was added to the women's event in late 2014 - is part of the Commonwealth Games programme.
Wales could potentially have a a strong team with 2016 Olympic champion Elinor Barker, world medallist Ciara Horne, Manon Lloyd and Amy Roberts also in contention.
"It's whether it would fit with my specific target and also whether I'd be good enough to slip into a team pursuit line-up," King added.


With all the waiting and build-up finally over, it was time to don the dark blues and kick off our Ashes campaign at Taunton with the first one-day international.

England vice-captain Heather Knight reflects on the one-day international phase of the multi-format Women's Ashes. The series continues with a one-off Test at Canterbury which begins on Tuesday, 11 August. You can listen to commentary on every ball of the series on the BBC.
It was a massive honour to pick up my 50th cap, made all the more special being in the West Country at a ground where I'd spent hours training as a kid with the Somerset academy.
We love cap presentations as a squad, not only because we massively enjoy each other's success, but also because we use it as a competition to see who can look the most elated or dorky in the background of the shot. I think Nat Sciver and Lydia Greenway have nailed it perfectly in the background of this photo…
There's always a few nerves kicking around at the start of such a massive series, but we started brilliantly with the ball with Anya Shrubsole and Katherine Brunt setting the tone. They've both bowled excellently in all three ODIs and have been unlucky not to get more reward in the wickets column.
Nat and Lydia then combined excellently with the bat to see us over the line, a brilliant start.
The convoy then made its way to Bristol for the next match. Lydia and Laura Marsh and I decided to break away from the convoy system on the morning of the match.
This proved to be an error, with chief navigator Marshy taking us in the completely wrong direction. Luckily we didn't lose too much time!
The Australians came back hard at us in Bristol, as we expected, and made us pay for not taking a few tough chances in the field and not staying in the game long enough with the bat.
Being a cricketer in England, one skill that's non-negotiable in your cricketing armoury is an ability to amuse yourself during a long rain delay. We found this out on a damp squib in Worcester three days later.
It's always tricky when you've got the game in the back of your mind, but it's quite important to be able to relax so you're ready to switch on quickly if the rain subsides. It's fair to say there are a variety of characters in our dressing room and everyone has their own ways of coping with the rain.
Captain Charlotte Edwards can be seen sighing after reaching in her pocket for her phone several times an hour, only to realise it's not actually there because of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption measures which mean that all phones have to be removed from the dressing room.
Katherine Brunt is usually making a large amount of noise somewhere, whether it is in celebration of a game she's found - such as trying to putt a golf ball into an empty coffee cup - or if she's arguing that she's losing at cards because everyone else is cheating. (Brunty's a terrible loser!).
The Hoof (Anya Shrubsole) will often be frowning at Katherine making so much noise as it distracts her from her Sudoku. I'm usually found filtering between reading the paper, trying and failing to make people laugh, playing cards or doing some running bat repairs.
Despite the weather, it was good to see so many supporters stick around at Worcester and we were grateful to spend a bit of time signing a few autographs and chatting to the crowd.
The support we've had at all three of the grounds has been absolutely amazing, so thanks to everyone who has come along to support us, it really has made a difference.
It's also great to see so many young girls coming along to watch. As a kid I knew very little about women's cricket so to see the next generation being able to access it so easily, thanks to some great coverage we've had, is awesome!
Luckily we had a reserve day at Worcester, but unfortunately we were well below par and Australia outplayed us in all three disciplines. Meg Lanning and Ellyse Perry have really stepped up for them in the ODIs so it's key that we find a way to counter them in the rest of the series.
We were massively disappointed in losing the last two games and it's important that we're honest as a squad with what went wrong, but it's even more important that we move on quickly and come back stronger for the Test.
Sometimes you have bad days in sport, it happens, but it's what you do next that counts and we will be better come 11 August in Canterbury.


A film starring George Clooney will have its UK premiere in Glasgow.

The actor is one of the stars of Hail, Caesar!, from the Coen Brothers. Scarlett Johansson and Tilda Swinton also star.
The premiere will take place on 17 February at the Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) - fresh from its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival - as part of the Glasgow Film Festival.
Tickets will go on sale to the public on Monday 18 January.
The film also features other well-known faces such as Ralph Fiennes, Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.
The comedy is set during the latter years of Hollywood's Golden Age, and follows a single day in the life of a studio fixer who is presented with plenty of problems to fix.
A spokeswoman for Glasgow Film Festival said guests attending are still to be confirmed.
If Clooney attended the UK premiere, it would be his second visit to Scotland recently.
In November, he visited Edinburgh, where he visited a sandwich shop which helps homeless people and addressed the Scottish Business Awards.


A father who "snapped" and shook his three-week-old baby son so hard he broke his ribs and arms has been jailed for eight years.

The 22-year-old, from Wrexham, denied wounding with intent, but was convicted by a jury at Mold Crown Court on Wednesday.
Judge David Hale said he accepted it was "a one-off" by a man of good character.
"On this night you snapped," the judge said.
The baby suffered two fractures to the ribs, one each side. One arm had two fractures and the other had one fracture.
Judge Hale acknowledged the defendant had looked after his son, and a daughter, previously without problem.
But on the night of the incident in July 2014, the baby would not settle and would not finish his bottle.
The judge said: "He was crying and you were very tired. You had hardly slept the day before. You snapped.
"You cannot snap with a baby. You can't do it - and you did."
"You caused fractures to this little child. Fortunately, there were no injuries to his brain and he has made a full recovery."
Judge Hale said the medical opinion was that he must have held the baby and shaken it - causing twisting injuries - but he did not shake the baby hard enough to cause brain injuries.
The defendant, who was separated from the child's mother, told his ex-partner he had fallen while holding the boy but had not injured him.
But it was only later when the mother was changing her son she noticed his arms were floppy and he began screaming in pain.
Duncan Bould, defending, said after the verdict: "There has to be an element of incompetence and inexperience here."
The defendant admitted a charge of child neglect for not reporting the injuries immediately.


Dirk Coetzee, one of the most notorious figures of South Africa's apartheid era, has died at the age of 57.

The former police captain ran a covert counter-insurgency unit that detained and killed anti-apartheid activists.
ÂIt operated in secrecy from Vlakplaas, a farm near Pretoria, recruiting black liberation movement members whom it turned into killers.
He revealed the existence of Vlakplaas in 1989 when he was smuggled out of South Africa to write his story.
Coetzee claimed responsibility for the killings of several African National Congress (ANC) members.
He took refuge in London after exposing the group in an interview with a liberal Afrikaans newspaper.
Once he was in exile, he joined the ANC, where he was known as Comrade Dirk with allegiance to Nelson Mandela, and himself became an assassination target for the white-minority government.
He later returned to South Africa and joined the post-apartheid spy service after Mr Mandela became president in 1994.
He was later convicted of murder, but granted amnesty by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 1997 when he publicly confessed to murdering a Durban human rights lawyer, Griffiths Mxenge.
However, Coetzee failed to reveal the place where another activist, Sizwe Kondile, had been buried after being killed and burnt.
Coetzee was central to many secrets of the apartheid era, but in giving him amnesty for his crimes, the Truth Commission found that he had simply been following orders from higher-ranking security police commanders.
He died at Life Wilgers Hospital in Pretoria from kidney failure, a hospital spokeswoman said on Thursday.


Ireland's Martyn Irvine won a silver medal in the men's 15km scratch race at the World Track Cycling Championships in Cali, Colombia.

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The Newtownards cyclist, defending the title he won last year, gained a lap with only seven remaining.
He held on to finish behind Russian Ivan Kovalev.
It was a third World Championship medal for Irivine, who was 12th in the individual pursuit qualifying earlier on Thursday.
He won silver in the pursuit last year but was well back after clocking 4:26.525, while Ireland team-mate Ryan Mullen was fourth in 4:22.419.
Irvine will take part in the points race on Friday.
After his double medal success at last year's World Championships in Belarus, Irvine won gold in the points race at the World Cup in Manchester in November.


England's training camp in Brighton was "spot on" preparation for next month's autumn series despite several injuries, says vice-captain Mike Brown.

Wasps flanker Sam Jones broke his leg, Bath's Anthony Watson suffered a broken jaw, Exeter's fellow winger Jack Nowell tore a quad, while a handful of other players returned with minor knocks.
"We need that intensity when we meet up because international rugby is a step up," said the Harlequins full-back.
"It's training and things happen."
England's autumn internationals begin against South Africa on 12 November, with further matches against Fiji on 19 November, Argentina on 26 November and Australia on 3 December.
Jones, Watson and Nowell are set to miss all of those games, with Premiership Rugby releasing a statement saying: "England should not be doing full training sessions straight after a Premiership weekend."
But when asked whether the players were surprised by the nature of the training, Brown told BBC Radio 5 live: "No, not at all. That's what we expect when we go to international camp.
"It was spot on, there were guys there for the first time who really put their hands up, and there were those who have been there the whole time [under head coach Eddie Jones] that continued where we left off.
"It puts is in a good place in terms of our preparation for South Africa. We need to make sure the intensity there, and that's the whole point of these camps.
"It's unlucky people got injured and hopefully they get back on the pitch as soon as possible."
Meanwhile, Wasps boss Dai Young urged unity in the club against country row, with England head coach Eddie Jones set to meet directors of rugby this week.
"It's hugely important we work together," Young told BBC Radio 5 live. "It can't be an us-and-them scenario.
"I'm sure Eddie doesn't want players injured. No-one has any desire for this not to work as a partnership. We just need to learn from things."


A car driver has died after a crash with a lorry that overturned.

The lorry, carrying logs, shed its load on the A39 between Bideford and Barnstaple in Devon at about 06:50 GMT on Wednesday.
The 57-year-old car driver from Bideford was freed from his vehicle by fire crews but was pronounced dead in hospital, said police.
The lorry driver suffered minor injuries. Traffic is being diverted though Yelland.
Poor weather overnight hampered driving around Devon and Cornwall.
A 56-year-old woman was seriously injured in another collision, between a truck and a 4x4 at Princetown on Dartmoor, on Wednesday morning.
The woman was cut free from her vehicle after the collision on the B3357 between Two Bridges and North Hessory.


A giant baby sculpture by artist Marc Quinn left local people baffled when it turned up next to a skip on an industrial estate.

It is a copy by Quinn of his painted bronze and steel sculpture Planet, which is 30ft (9.2m) long.
On social media residents have likened it to the "marshmallow man" and talked of a "baby invasion" in Royston, Hertfordshire.
The artist's studio said the "editioned work" is at a depot for "maintenance".
Quinn's original six tonne "Planet" was commissioned by Chatsworth House in Derbyshire in 2008, where it was displayed in the grounds.
It was exhibited in 2012 at the Musée Océanographique de Monaco before moving to its permanent home in the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore in 2013.
The massive Royston baby might seem hard to miss, but it is usually covered with a marquee-like structure or tarpaulin.
However, it has been spotted in its full nakedness several times by people walking through the industrial estate.
"Anyone know why there is a giant baby wrapped in plastic on the industrial estate?" wrote a member on a local Facebook page, having spotted the structure earlier this week.
Others who spotted it were "intrigued" while one "screeched with laughter" at the sight.
It is being housed at an art storage and transportation company which was responsible for installing the original Planet at the Monaco exhibition.
A spokesman said he could not comment on what the sculpture was doing there, citing "client confidentiality".
A representative of Quinn said the Royston baby is an "editioned work by Marc Quinn", adding: "The work was undergoing maintenance... as is common to all painted bronze sculpture."


Former British and Irish Lions scrum-half and England captain Dickie Jeeps has died at the age of 84.

Jeeps' first Lions tour was in 1955 to South Africa, and he appeared 13 times across three separate tours.
He also played for England 24 times, captaining the side on 13 occasions, and at club level played for Cambridge and Northampton Saints.
He served as Rugby Football Union president between 1976-77 and was awarded the CBE in 1977.
Former Saints stalwart David Powell told BBC Radio Northampton: "People ask me who were the greatest scrum-halves I've seen and you look at Gareth Edwards and Jeeps are very close.
"They're different sort of players but Dick was an amazing player. He had this great power and strength for a small man."


Planning officials have advised refusal for a wind farm the Mountaineering Council of Scotland said would form a "ring of steel" around a Galloway hill.

Developer Burcote Wind has voiced disappointment at the recommendation for its 10-turbine Longburn project.
It said it had worked closely with communities over five years to make it suitable for the site near Carsphairn.
However, Dumfries and Galloway Council is being advised to reject the scheme due to cumulative landscape impact.
Last year the MCS raised its concerns about the project's impact on Cairnsmore of Carsphairn.
The organisation said the project would "close the circle" around the peak.
Now the scheme is to be discussed by the planning committee of the local authority in Dumfries and Galloway.
It is being advised to turn it down.
Planning officers said it would have "significant adverse cumulative impacts" on the landscape and visual amenity of the site surroundings and wider area.
They also found it would have an effect on "cultural heritage assets" in the site.
Burcote Energy said it was disappointed by the recommendation for the scheme which could put about Â£2.5m into a community benefit fund over its operational lifetime.
Operations director Fraser Campbell said: "While the recommendation is based on landscape and visual and cultural heritage impacts, we have had no objections from either SNH or Historic Environment Scotland.
"We have been working on the site for over five years now and worked closely with the communities over the years to ensure that our application is well designed and suited to the site."
He said they respected the planners' position but did not agree with it.
The company also cited support from Dumfries and Galloway Chamber of Commerce and local logistics firm Currie European.


Chinese shares saw some choppy trade on Tuesday following steep losses a day earlier.

The Shanghai Composite index closed up 0.2% at 3,022.86, however Hong Kong's Hang Seng index reversed earlier gains to close down 0.9% at 19,711.76.
The Shanghai benchmark plunged another 5.3% on Monday after last week's sell-off rattled global markets.
China's central bank set the yuan guidance rate steady for the third day to stem currency devaluation fears.
Trading of the offshore yuan also strengthened on suspected intervention by the central bank.
The Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (Hibor) - the rate at which banks charge each other to borrow yuan - surged to a record high for the second day on Tuesday.
The record high means the onshore and offshore yuan rates were on par for the first time since late last year.
The People's Bank of China (PBoC) is thought to be spending enormous amounts of money to buy up its currency  - a move analysts say is an attempt to steady its own stock market.
The PBoC weakened the yuan last week to boost exports, which raised questions about how concerned authorities were about the health of the Chinese economy.
Financial markets in Hong Kong are legally separate from those in mainland China.
Here in Hong Kong the Chinese currency, the yuan, trades freely. And for the past few months, its value has been noticeably weaker than the yuan that trades in China itself, reflecting views among investors about the weakness of the Chinese economy.
But this week, the yuan has been in short supply, driving the cost of borrowing it to a record high in Hong Kong. Many believe China's central bank is behind the shortage.
The goal, analysts say, is to send a strong message of stability to investors at home and abroad.
Trading in the rest of the region remained cautious.
"A lot of the long-term concerns around China have still not dissipated," said Angus Nicholson, market analyst at trading firm IG in a note.
Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index finished down 2.7% to 17,218.96. The market was playing catch-up with the losses on global markets after being closed on Monday for a public holiday.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 0.1% to 4,925.10, while South Korea's Kospi index ended lower by 0.2% to 1,890.86, reversing earlier gains.
Meanwhile, shares in Sharp fell 1.8% after local media reported that a government-backed fund had offered to invest 200bn yen ($1.7bn; Â£1.2bn) to help bail out the struggling electronics maker.
Reports also said that a $3bn restructuring plan for the firm was likely to be finalised as early as this week.
Oil prices hovering near 12-year lows, sent shares in resources-linked shares lower.
Mining giants BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto shares were down another 3.5% and 3.3% respectively in Sydney.


England are facing a first home series defeat by Sri Lanka after a dismal fourth day of the second Test.

Chasing 350 to win, the hosts' top order was destroyed by Dhammika Prasad's 4-15 as they slipped to 57-5, including captain Alastair Cook for 16.
Sri Lanka earlier amassed 457 at Headingley, led by a masterful 160 from captain Angelo Mathews, who was supported by Rangana Herath's 48.
They added 149 for the eighth wicket, Mahela Jayawardene having made 79.
"Put simply, England's pacers have been outperformed by a nation of spin bowlers. There was some talk about this Sri Lanka attack being no better than a county side. Maybe a county attack would have bowled better than England on that pitch today.
"There was seam, swing and the odd hint of uneven bounce to be had on the fourth day. But, Liam Plunkett aside, a pace quartet that also contains James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Chris Jordan has been way below par."
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Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott has said that Cook's form was a "recipe for resignation". He has managed 601 runs in his last 24 innings at an average of 25.
"England were quite chirpy this morning, but they quietened up after the first hour," said Jayawardene.
"They got quite a bit from us this afternoon when they came to bat and they will get some more in the morning.
"We've seen that, under pressure, they are not quite up to it."
Mathews and Herath spent all but one ball of the afternoon session together and were parted only when Herath was run out in a mix-up off the final delivery before tea.
By that time, Sri Lanka - winners of a one-off Test in England in 1998 - were already well on top thanks to the efforts of Mathews, who skilfully combined marshalling the strike with finding the boundary on a regular basis.
He drove down the ground, cut and, on one occasion, clipped Liam Plunkett for six over mid-wicket.
Mathews gave one chance on 87, a relatively straightforward caught and bowled off Plunkett, who had earlier taken two wickets in two balls to give him nine in the match.
Plunkett's twin strikes - Dinesh Chandimal hooking to deep square leg and Prasad guiding to third man - brought Herath to the crease for his stoic support of Mathews.
His main job was to stand at the non-striker's end and run when instructed, often left to face one or two balls at the end of the over.
However, he grew in stature during his near-three-hour stay at the crease and by mid-afternoon was pulling and driving England's erratic seamers.
As the day wore on, so ineffective were the pacemen that ironic cheers came from the crowd when the spin of Moeen Ali was finally given a second over of the day.
The poor afternoon followed a morning when England defended to such an extent that Mathews and Jayawardene added 40 in seven overs before the second new ball, with which James Anderson and Stuart Broad were guilty of bowling too short.
When Anderson finally pitched the ball up, Jayawardene was caught behind by Matt Prior.
After Herath was run out by Joe Root's direct hit it from mid-on - sent back by Mathews looking for the single that would have taken him to 150, Anderson returned to mop up the tail, starting with Mathews chipping a full toss to mid-wicket.
12-16 June: 1st Test, Lord's, match drawn
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Although openers Cook and Sam Robson survived for an hour in putting on 39, Prasad profited bowling the sort of full length that had earlier eluded the England seamers.
Cook continued his year-long run of poor form by dragging a pull on to his stumps, then Gary Ballance was plumb lbw to the next ball, which shaped back in.
Robson chased a wide one to edge the same bowler to second slip and Ian Bell was bowled by a beauty that nipped back to take off stump.
A miserable day was completed by nightwatchman Plunkett chipping Herath to cover from what proved to be the final ball, a fitting end to a day that will surely result in an England defeat.
"It's absolutely gutting," said Bell. "We're 57-5, so you can't only say the bowlers got it wrong. The plan was to get the ball full and we didn't do that."
Listen to Jonathan Agnew and Geoffrey Boycott analyse the day's play in the Test Match Special podcast.


African elephants already hold the title for largest land animal, but now they might be about to break another record... for least sleep.

2 March 2017 Last updated at 06:38 GMT
Researchers have found that African elephants in the wild sleep an average of two hours a day and regularly go nearly two days without sleep.
They monitored two African female elephants in Chobe National Park, Botswana, for 35 days.
Watch Jenny's trunk-tastic report to find out more.


Police have apologised to the family of Ellis Downes after the teenager died while playing in the River Thames.

The 16-year-old disappeared after entering the water at Culham, Oxfordshire, on Saturday evening.
His family said they were forced to hire a boat and find private divers to recover his body when they were left without police help.
Ellis's sister Alex said she was glad for the apology but added "words mean nothing without actions".
Updates on this story and more from Oxfordshire
In a Facebook video message, Thames Valley Police Assistant Chief Constable Nikki Ross said: "I am profoundly sorry for the treatment of the Downes family over the weekend, in particular the level of support, the level of compassion, the lack of information and communication that we afforded them, and in particular Mr and Mrs Downes and Ellis's two sisters.
"This fell far below the standards that we would expect from our staff and I apologise for that."
Replying on her own Facebook page Alex Downes said she was "glad that the police made the first step by admitting they had done us wrong by referring themselves to the IPCC".
She added: "All we want now is for things to change about the way [Thames Valley Police] handle operations so that we can prevent this happening again in the future."
Ellis' father Darren Downes said he believed "a lost dog" would have got better treatment than his missing son.
Mr Downes said on the evening his son went missing his family sat for "hours and hours" without any contact from the police.
He eventually discovered no divers had been used to search the river and his daughter Alex had to contact private companies.
Thames Valley Police axed its specialist search and recovery team, which carried out underwater operations, as a result of budget cuts in 2014.
Mr Downes said the private dive team was initially barred from entering the water, which delayed the search by several hours. Police relented when he threatened to "go down and jump in myself".
Dive team chief executive Peter Faulding has branded the police's obstruction of his team "disgusting" and said the operation was the worst he had seen in his career.
The police watchdog is looking at how Thames Valley Police handled the case.


Gordon Strachan prepares to tackle his second full qualification campaign as Scotland manager with a sense of purpose and exhilaration.

Scotland are in Malta for Sunday's Group F opener as Strachan and his staff attempt to bury the disappointment of failing to reach Euro 2016 with a place at the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia.
"I have been excited for a wee while, the last couple of weeks, and it's built up even more since we met up as a squad on Tuesday," he told BBC Scotland.
"The excitement and reality is there in dealing with the players, the joy you get working with good players and good professionals has added to the excitement of another campaign.
"You never know when the big game is, you just have to make sure you are prepared for that game."
In sharp contrast to the opening match of their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, when they faced the newly-crowned world champions Germany in Dortmund, the Scots face a side at a lowly 176 in the Fifa rankings.
But Strachan argues that those ratings are flawed and that his side will have to stand up to stubborn opponents.
"I don't know where the rankings come from because that's a nonsense, it's a complete and utter nonsense," he said.
"If you only get beat by Croatia 1-0, you only get beat by Italy 1-0 and you score against Austria and it's 2-1, I don't know how the computer works that out but I would take it back and get it fixed!
"You can never really plan a match. What I do know is that Malta make it very difficult for any visiting team.
"Croatia - who we will all agree are a tremendous side and one of the best at the European Championship - found it very difficult here."
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The Scottish Football Association have chosen to catchphrase the campaign with the slogan "This Time."
It is a bold statement as the Scots look to end a near two decade-long wait for a place at a major finals.
Strachan agrees with the sentiment.
"That is my belief yes, it is my belief," he said. "Everybody who comes up to me and wishes us good luck and says the last time we were unlucky. All that (gives me belief).
"The players, the staff, the excitement of what you can achieve. The fans have been absolutely terrific and there are 4,500 out here. There were 12,500 stood in the pouring rain after Gibraltar, congratulating the players on their efforts.
"You add all that together and it's quite positive."


British trio Johanna Konta, Kyle Edmund and Heather Watson will attempt to reach the Australian Open third round on Thursday.

Konta, who won the Sydney International last week, takes on Japan's Naomi Osaka at 00:00 GMT.
The 25-year-old ninth seed beat Osaka 6-4 6-4 in 2015 US Open qualifying - their only previous meeting.
Edmund plays Pablo Carreno Busta, while Watson will reach the last 32 if she beats Jennifer Brady.
Like Konta, world number 46 Edmund is first on court, with Watson to follow at approximately 01:30 GMT.
Konta began her campaign with a commanding 7-5 6-2 win over Belgian former top-20 player Kirsten Flipkens and, given her impressive early season form, will hope to improve on her run to the semi-final last year.
However, Osaka's power is a threat to those ambitions.
The world number 48 has hit the fastest female serve of the tournament so far at 123mph and delivered nine aces in her first-round victory over Luksika Kumkhum.
The 19-year-old reached the third round at the Australian, French and US Opens last year.
"I remember playing her and since then she's improved a lot," Konta said.
"I know she plays a big game. She has big shots. I'm definitely prepared to go in for a battle."
After losing in the opening round of the Australian Open in the past two years, Yorkshire's Edmund is into uncharted territory.
The 22-year-old's only previous encounter with 30th seed Carreno Busta was a defeat on clay at a lower-tier Futures event in 2013.
Should Edmund win, it will be the first time three British players have made it to the third round of the Australian Open.
Watson's third-round defeat by Agnieszka Radwanska in 2013 is her best run in Melbourne and she will be favourite to match that with victory against Brady, who is ranked 35 places lower at 116.


A global plan to help recover stolen assets has been announced.

The Global Forum for Asset Recovery will bring together governments and law enforcement agencies to discuss returning assets to Nigeria, Ukraine, Sri Lanka and Tunisia.
The meeting will be held in the US next year, co-hosted with the UK, and supported by the UN and the World Bank.
David Cameron made the announcement at a global anti-corruption summit in London on Thursday.
It was being hailed as the first of its kind, bringing together governments, business and other organisations.
However, it was overshadowed by controversy after it emerged that Mr Cameron had described Nigeria and Afghanistan as "fantastically corrupt", while meeting the Queen and the Archbishop of Canterbury while telling them of the summit.
Nigeria's President Buhari made no reference to the comments while sitting next to Mr Cameron at the opening of the conference.
The Nigerian leader said the international community must come up with ways of getting rid of safe havens and ensuring a better return of assets.
"When it comes to tackling corruption the international community has looked the other way for far too long," he said.
There has been concern recently that the UK, particularly London, had become a place where rich foreigners could buy properties but hide their true ownership.
Mr Cameron said that to stop that happening, foreign firms which own property in the UK must declare their assets in a public register.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron's plans would include those who already owned UK property as well as those seeking to buy it.
It said the register would mean "corrupt individuals and countries will no longer be able to move, launder and hide illicit funds through London's property market, and will not benefit from our public funds".
It said foreign companies owned about 100,000 properties in England and Wales and that more than 44,000 of these were in London.
Five other countries including France, Kenya, the Netherlands, Nigeria and Afghanistan have also pledged to launch public registers of true company ownership. Australia, New Zealand, Jordan, Indonesia, Ireland and Georgia announced initial steps towards similar arrangements.
Organisations such as the World Bank, OECD and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) also attended the summit.
But critics say the UK's overseas territories and Crown dependencies also need to be more transparent.
Tax havens with UK links, including Bermuda and the Cayman Islands were represented, but the British Virgin Islands was not at the summit. Neither was FIFA, football's governing body, which is at the centre of a large bribery scandal.
The British Virgin Islands has not yet signed up to the automatic sharing of it register, but the Prime Minister defended Britain's overseas territories saying they had come a long way.
Jersey, the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Anguilla and the Isle of Man have agreed to join a group of several dozen nations that share their registers with one another.
Alan Bell, the chief minister of the Isle of Man, which is a Crown dependency, said progress could not be made unless the US did more and tackled its own tax havens such as the state of Delaware.
Mr Kerry said this month President Obama's administration had announced a set of financial regulations designed to force companies to disclose more information about their owners.
Analysis: Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar, BBC Africa, Abuja
Rampant and widespread corruption has denied the majority of Nigerians the basic things of life, even though the country is Africa's biggest oil producer.
Many cannot afford three square meals a day, let alone send their children to school. This has put them in such a desperate situation that they are easily lured into violence for the promise of a few dollars.
Many Nigerians suffering from extreme poverty find solace in religion and are at the mercy of religious leaders or teachers who manipulate them for selfish reasons.
In the case of Islamist militant group Boko Haram, their leaders are quite knowledgeable and relatively wealthy but the followers are very poor and at the mercy of such leaders.
Furthermore, the fight against Boko Haram was hampered in recent years when $15bn meant for the purchase of arms to fight the insurgents was allegedly stolen by corrupt officials.
There are also plans for a new anti-corruption co-ordination centre in London and a wider corporate offence for executives who fail to prevent fraud or money laundering inside their companies.
Mr Cameron said they were looking for greater transparency and were introducing a code of conduct for professionals such as accountants, solicitors and estate agents who enabled corruption, either knowingly or unknowingly.
He wanted to see how assets could be recovered, with legislation being introduced in 21 additional countries.


A tree expert has said the biggest threat facing UK trees is likely to come from a disease currently unknown to science.

The warning came as a leading UK citizen science programme launched a tree health monitoring project.
Tree officers suggest urban trees, already under stress from city living, are among the most susceptible.
Last year's arrival of ash dieback threatens to change the nation's treescape forever, ecologists say.
"Firstly, it is important to say that is very difficult to prioritise what are the main threats," explained David Slawson, head of plant health public engagement at the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera).
"But I would always say the main threat is 'unknown'."
Dr Slawson added: "It may sound slightly alarming, but the likes of Phytophthora ramorum was not defined by science when it started causing problems.
How to spot the signs
"It could be an unknown disease that could be the next big thing and that is why putting generic measures in place that aim to protect against everything are so vital."
One of those measures is a formal scientific process called Pest Risk Analysis (PRA), he told BBC News.
"So there is a very well established international procedure on how you do assess the risk of an individual pest," he said.
As well as safeguards put in place by plant scientists within Fera and the Forestry Commission, Dr Slawson explained that the European Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) was continually monitoring the movement of potential threats to Europe's flora.
EPPO also publishes Pest Alerts, which acts as an early warning system and often forms the basis for scientists to exchange data and research at the monthly meeting of the EU Plant Health Standing Committee.
Now, another dimension has been added to the array of monitoring methods - citizen scientists.
Fera is one of the partners in the Open Air Laboratories' (Opal) latest survey, which focuses on tree health.
Opal is was designed to get people outdoors and provide a chance to get involved in scientific research.
Its director, Dr Linda Davies, said: "Tree health is one of the most important surveys Opal has developed so far.
"Whilst learning about local trees and gathering lots of interesting information, local people can also contribute their findings to a national research programme investigating the condition of the nation's trees and the factors affecting them."
Bleak expectations
Scientists are expecting this summer to reveal that ash dieback will have extended it reach across the landscape.
The omens are not promising. This week saw the first confirmation of an outbreak of Chalara fraxinea disease in the wider environment in Wales.
"Once again, it brings into sharp focus the ongoing threat our trees and woods are facing and highlights the need for a stringent plan of action to protect them," said Austin Brady, head of conservation at the Woodland Trust.
"Ash dieback is just one of the many diseases and pests already in the country with many more just across the border in Europe."
Keen for early detection of new cases of ash dieback, the Forestry Commission has posted a video on its website to help people identify infected trees during the spring.
The Commission said the video was designed to help people spot tell-tale signs on ash trees, which are late coming into leaf compared with other species.
"We are particularly interested in suspected cases in counties where it has not been found so far," Dr John Morgan, head of the Commission's Plant Health Service.
He added that August and September were the best months to look for symptoms of dieback because by the autumn infected leaves could be confused with leaves that were naturally changing colour.
Although the temporary ban on ash imports remains in force, the government issued a statutory plant order in January that required people to notify officials if they planned to bringing ash, sweet chestnut and plane trees into England.
How ash dieback could threaten Britain's wildlife
The Horticultural Trades Association (HTA) wants the government to go further and ban imports of the three tree species, all of which have been the victims of potentially devastating infections overseas.
The arrival of ash dieback in the UK was in February 2012 when a consignment from a nursery in the Netherlands was confirmed to be infected with the disease.
The HTA called for ash imports to be banned in 2009 after seeing the impact of the disease in Denmark.
Recently, the HTA said that sweet chestnut tree imports should also be banned as concern grew about the spread of a usually fatal blight (caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica) through much of mainland Europe.
The UK had a close escape in late 2011 when the disease was identified at nine locations but the infected trees were destroyed before the fungus became established in the surrounding environment.
It had previously never been recorded in the UK on the species that the Romans are understood to have originally introduced to Britain.
In late 2011, the HTA also called for the introduction of a ban on plane tree imports.
A fungal disease, known as canker stain of plane trees and found in mainland Europe, has a history of leaving a trail of devastation in its wake.
It was first recorded in the US during the 1930s and, in the space of a few decades, had wiped out most, if not all, London plane trees (Platanus Ã— acerifolia) - a popular street tree - in cities along the east coast, from New York state to Louisiana.
It is believed to have been brought to Europe via crating material, made from infected wood, used by the US military during World War II.
Watching and waiting
French researchers fear the highly infectious disease will wipe out all of the estimated 42,000 plane trees that line the banks of the nation's 240km (150-mile) Canal du Midi - a UN world heritage site - by the middle of the next decade.
Jake Tibbetts, chairman of the London Tree Officers Association, says the arrival of canker stain of plane trees in the UK would be deeply worrying.
He said: "When you talk about the heritage of trees and what we have gained from the planting done by the Victorians, my biggest concern is that as those big, landmark trees had to removed en mass, very quickly, we would suddenly be left with a very different urban landscape - one that  would be very problematic to replant.
"When those trees were planted [in Victorian times], the soil was in better condition, pavements were not as impermeable as they are now.
"And there was not the same level of competition above and below ground that those trees now have," he told BBC News.
"London plane trees, a decade ago, were thought to be as tough as old boots, with no real pests or diseases to threaten them.
"They were considered fantastic trees to plant and would grow anywhere; now we are having to question whether London plane trees are suitable trees to plant for the future."


It is nearly five years since Japan was hit by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever.

2 February 2016 Last updated at 07:26 GMT
The quake triggered a huge wave out at sea, called a tsunami, which hit the north-east coast of the country, causing huge devastation.
Leah travelled to Japan to meet some of the children affected by the tsunami.


Peterborough midfielder Chris Forrester says poor form and injury since a Republic of Ireland squad call-up has seen him drop away from the fold.

The uncapped 23-year-old was injured before his March call-up to a 40-man provisional squad, and he was not chosen for this international break.
His Posh side have also fallen from the League One play-off places.
"My form since the call-up hasn't been great so it probably pushed me away from the squad," Forrester said.
"It's just about getting back to where I was at and enjoying it again - keeping myself in the eye of [Ireland manager] Martin O'Neill.
Forrester picked up an injury at Millwall on 20 February before returning on 12 March versus Port Vale and helping Posh win at struggling Doncaster on Saturday to end a seven-game winless league run.
"The injury probably knocked me back a couple of weeks performance-wise and the last two games I've been trying to get back to where I was at and am probably struggling a little bit," Forrester told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire.
"If I'd had a run of games before the main call up it could have been better for me."
He will be hoping to play for a Republic side wanting to improve upon their record from Euro 2012, when they went out at the group stage having lost every game.
"Seeing them play in the European Championships four years ago, didn't do so well and you're looking saying maybe I could be there someday," he said.
"I've got close but not close enough for my liking, but it's a step in the right direction and maybe one day I'll be involved and put the jersey on with pride."


Jon Venables was just 10 years old when he and friend Robert Thompson murdered toddler James Bulger.

Venables served seven years of a life sentence for the 1993 murder before he was freed in June 2001, aged 18.
He was given a new name, a job and a flat on his release to try to ensure his security and give him an "ordinary" life.
Had he gone on to lead such a life, that might have been the last the British public ever heard about Jon Venables.
But at the age of 27, Venables finds himself back in the headlines and back behind bars having been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to charges of downloading and distributing indecent images of children.
A lifetime ban was placed on reporting anything about either his or Thompson's whereabouts or their new identities after their release.
The ban relating to Venables was partially lifted on Friday at the Old Bailey after he was jailed for the offences under the 1978 Protection of Children Act.
The judge revealed that Venables had been living in Cheshire at the time of the offences, and that the case was dealt with by Cheshire police and Cheshire probation service.
It was also revealed that Cheshire police had produced a "threat assessment" to try to establish what could happen to Venables were his new identity revealed.
That assessment concluded that Venables would face the highest possible risk of being attacked if his name was either published in the media or known elsewhere in society.
Police had even trained him in counter-surveillance after he was told he would have to "live and hold a lie" for the rest of his life.
Venables worked full-time in a job with anti-social hours, earning close to the minimum wage, the court heard.
Then in 2007, he started drinking heavily and taking drugs, including cocaine and the recently-banned substance mephedrone.
On 20 September 2008, he was held on suspicion of affray over a street fight with a man who claimed Venables had attacked his girlfriend. Both men were charged with a public order offence, but this was later dropped.
Venables was formally warned by the Probation Service for breaking a "good behaviour" clause in his licence.
Three months later, police cautioned him for possessing cocaine, and a requirement was added to his licence ordering him to address his alcohol and drug problems, the court was told.
It was not until February that it emerged Venables had been recalled to prison for breaching the conditions of his release.
The Ministry of Justice refused to reveal any details, but the then Justice Secretary Jack Straw did say the recall was prompted by "extremely serious allegations".
Venables was later charged with three offences.
The first involved downloading 57 indecent pictures of children on to his computer between February 2009 and February 2010.
The second involved distributing three indecent photographs of children in February 2010, while a third involved distributing 42 images in February 2008. He pleaded guilty to these charges.
Some of the images involved children as young as two years old and some showed the rape of young girls.
The Old Bailey also heard that in 2008 Venables had posed as a mother offering to sell her daughter for sex during three online chats.
It was on 12 February 1993 that two-year-old James Bulger was snatched from the New Strand Centre in Bootle, on Merseyside, while his mother Denise was shopping.
The moment was caught on CCTV and became the defining image of a horrific case. In the picture, it is Venables who is holding James's hand.
'Unparalleled evil'
Two days later, after a huge police search, James's battered body was found on a railway line more than two miles away.
A few days later, Venables and Thompson were arrested and charged - the youngest people to be accused of murder in the 20th Century.
They were tried as adults and made to stand in the dock away from their parents, while the judges and barristers wore full gowns and wigs. Some seven years later, the Court of Human Rights would rule that they should never have been tried in an adult court.
During the trial, the full horror of James' death emerged.  He had been tortured - beaten with bricks and an iron bar. He had so many injuries it was hard to determine which had been fatal.
In court, Venables was the more emotional of the two defendants, crying openly and leaning against the shoulder of his social worker.
Both boys were said to have had difficult home lives and both had been playing truant from school on the day of the killing.
They were convicted after a 17-day trial and only then were their names and faces revealed.
Summing up, the judge, Mr Justice Morland, told them they had committed a crime of "unparalleled evil and barbarity".
But he also laid blame with their parents, calling for a public debate about "the home background, upbringing, family circumstances, parental behaviour and relationships" of children who commit "grave crimes".


Ex-Olympic sprinter Frankie Fredericks is part of a five-man team that will monitor Russia's athletics federation as it bids to regain IAAF membership.

Russia was provisionally suspended by the sport's governing body after a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report alleged "state-sponsored doping".
Anti-doping expert Rune Andersen will lead the team that includes four-times Olympic silver medallist Fredericks.
IAAF president Lord Coe said: "The inspection team has great experience."
Namibian Fredericks, 48, came second in the 100m and 200m at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games and is also a former world champion.
Andersen, who served as chief of anti-doping at the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee, will also be joined by IAAF council members Abby Hoffman, Anna Riccardi and Geoff Gardner.
Wada is also meeting in Colorado Springs on Tuesday and Wednesday where the future of Russia's anti-doping agency, Rusada, will be discussed.
Dick Pound, chairman of Wada's investigation into doping among Russian athletes, believes Coe is the right man to lead the IAAF's attempts to clean up the sport.
He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "His ascension to the presidency gives the IAAF a unique opportunity it has not had for many years to tackle these issues.
"One of the issues that has to be addressed is how do you keep this from ever happening again.
"I don't think any sport is free of country and no country can stand up and say we are clear of doping."
"After consultation with Wada, we will set the verification criteria," Coe added.
"The five-person inspection team, led by renowned anti-doping expert Rune Andersen, has an extraordinary amount of experience to ensure Araf [Russia's athletics federation] meets the criteria and is eligible to once again enter athletes into international competition."
Meanwhile, Russian sprinter Alexander Zverev, who won silver at 2012 Paralympics in London, has been suspended for nine months for an anti-doping rule violation.
He returned an adverse analytical finding for Cannabinoids in a urine sample provided on 20 June 2015 after he had competed at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany.