Zambia's Under-20 stars, called up to the senior national team, have expressed delight at being drafted into the squad for the southern African Cosafa Cup tournament.

Chipolopolo coach Wedson Nyirenda has named three players, Nyondo, Solomon Sakala, and Boston Muchindu.
Their inclusion comes after stellar performances for Zambia when, as hosts, they won the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations and followed up the triumph with a quarter-final elimination in the Fifa Youth World Cup.
We have to work hard so that we open doors for other players at Under-20 that did well, we know that it is not just for ourselves but the whole group and the country
Moses Nyondo, a defender with local side Nkana, says that the U-20 players called to the senior team would build on their success at junior level.
"I am happy that the coach has given me a chance to be part of the senior team. It is a dream come true to play for Zambia at senior level," Nyondo told BBC Sport.
"We are here to learn from those that have been there but also when we are here it means that we have a chance to be picked just like everyone else."
He expressed happiness at being welcomed by the players that had been part of the set up for a longer period.
"Some of the players here are from my club (Nkana) so I am not in a new environment. The plan now is to work hard and be part of the team permanently," he said.
Having played at the highest level at junior level, Nyondo gained the confidence to fit in at senior level.
"I played at the Africa Cup which we won and went to the World Cup where we did well. Now we have to look forward to doing better at senior level," he said.
Nyondo's colleague Boston Muchindu said that the call up would help other players work hard as the door to the senior team was open.
"We have a duty to work hard and carry the form at Under-20 into the senior team. We are the future of the team," he said.
The Nkana midfielder said he was glad that Nyirenda recognized youth talent by blending it in the senior team.
"We have to work hard so that we open doors for other players at Under-20 that did well, we know that it is not just for ourselves but the whole group and the country," he said.
"In fact now we have to set a higher target not under-20 because that is behind us" Muchindu added.
The team selected will compete at the ongoing regional Cosafa Cup in South Africa.
Zambia play Botswana on Saturday in a quarter final at the Moruleng Stadium in Rustenburg.


The British and Irish Lions must adopt an "all-out attack" approach in New Zealand, says Wasps' Kiwi playmaker Jimmy Gopperth.

The fly-half played for Wellington against the Lions in 2005, and has been instrumental in Wasps' charge to the top of the Aviva Premiership.
"I'd be going out there looking to run them off their feet," he told the Rugby Union Weekly podcast.
"I think you go there with an attacking mindset," added the 33-year-old.
The Lions visit New Zealand from 3 June to 8 July, with a three-Test series taking place on the last three Saturdays of the tour.
"Even if it's wet, the pitches are like cricket grounds, and the way you see the guys playing in the Premiership and Pro 12 - the skill level [they have] - I would be picking a team for all-out attack," concluded Gopperth.
Gopperth faces his old side Leinster in the European Champions Cup quarter-final this weekend, as Wasps look to reach the semi-finals for the second year in a row.
Usually an outside-half, Gopperth has played at inside centre this season with Danny Cipriani at number 10, and he feels this two playmaker approach is a necessity in the modern game.
"Back at home in New Zealand it started a long time ago," he said.
"Even when Dan Carter was coming in, Dan would play 12 with Andrew Mehrtens at 10.
"It just adds a lot more to your game, it adds a lot more width, and it asks a lot more questions of your defence.
"It varies your attack and puts teams under a lot more pressure."
Wasps' trip to Dublin comes just a fortnight after England were denied a Grand Slam by Ireland.
The likes of James Haskell, Joe Launchbury and Elliot Daly return to the Aviva Stadium to face a Leinster side packed with Irish internationals.
"You can't afford to make errors in these big games," Gopperth added.
"If you play the best you can [individually], then collectively we have the goods to do the job.
"It's knockout rugby, it's where you want to be. The Aviva Stadium is outstanding - a brilliant surface, a brilliant atmosphere - so all the cards are lining up for it to be a really good afternoon."
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The row over the new coalition in Aberdeen comes amid continuing uncertainty following the council elections.

There are no councils where one single party has an overall majority.
Only a handful of deals have been confirmed so far.
Labour did not completely rule out the possibility of local deals with the Conservatives to run councils before the election.
They strongly played down the notion - stressing their councillors would fight austerity, the difficulties of working with the Conservatives and the fact the party's National Executive Committee would need to approve any deals.
But the notion that local deals between Labour and the Conservatives were possible should not come as a complete shock.
In 2012, Labour and the Conservatives struck a deal to run Stirling - even though this kept the SNP, the largest local group, out of power.
However, across Scotland the process of forming administrations is taking time.
In Glasgow, an SNP minority administration is expected to take office on Thursday, while in Dundee the SNP have reached a deal with an independent councillor to govern together.
But in Edinburgh there's uncertainty. Locally Labour gave an unambiguous commitment that it would not do deals with the Conservatives - matching a promise made by the SNP.
Mathematically possible deals in the capital are politically impossible. When the City of Edinburgh Council convenes on Thursday for its first meeting since the election it is unlikely a new administration will take office.
Administrations have still to be formed in many smaller councils too.
The elephant in the room is, of course, the general election.
It can be hard to reach deals in council chambers and fight for Westminster seats at the same time.
The expectation is that most new administrations will be in place by the end of next week.
It should then be possible to assess where power actually lies in local government - there are no guarantees that the largest party will always be in the administration.
For instance, a deal in South Ayrshire puts the Conservatives into opposition while in Angus the SNP (who had a local majority at the last council elections in 2012) have been kept out in the cold.
Nationally the SNP has more councillors than anyone else and is the largest group in more councils than anyone else.
There is no doubt that the SNP will be in its most powerful position ever in local government, emboldened by the symbolism of taking control of Glasgow.
But the deals so far suggest the party will enjoy less power than some may have anticipated.
The SNP is the largest group in all four main cities but the expected coalition deal in Aberdeen means the party will not be able to say that it leads all four.


Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has suspended one of her sons from the post of central bank deputy governor for failing to declare his assets, her office has said.

Charles Sirleaf was among 46 officials suspended for not making the disclosure to anti-corruption officials, it said.
He was one of three sons appointed to top posts by his mother following her re-election last year.
Critics accuse Mrs Sirleaf, a Nobel Peace laureate, of nepotism.
She has appointed her son, Fumba, as head of the National Security Agency and another son, Robert, as a senior adviser and chairman of the state-owned National Oil Company of Liberia (NOCAL).
Robert Sirleaf is suing two local newspapers - the Independent and The Analyst - and opposition politician Jefferson Kogie for libel for suggesting that he has benefited financially from the posts.
In a statement, Mrs Sirleaf's office said Charles Sirleaf and the other 45 officials would remain suspended until they declared their assets to the Anti-Corruption Commission.
Other suspended officials include the presidency's Chief of Protocol David Anderson, Solicitor-General and Deputy Minister of Justice Micah Wilkins Wright and Deputy Director General for Broadcasting Ledgerhood Rennie.
Mrs Sirleaf, who took power in 2005 at the end of 14 years of conflict, has repeatedly pledged to tackle corruption and to promote good governance in Liberia.
She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize last year, shortly before she was elected for a second term in polls marred by allegations of widespread rigging.
Corruption remains a major obstacle to development in Liberia, where most people live in poverty despite the country being rich in mineral resources, analysts say.


Fenerbahce have called for the Turkish Super Lig to be suspended after their team bus was shot at by a gunman.

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The league leaders were travelling to Trabzon airport, following their 5-1 victory over Rizespor, when the shooting happened.
The driver was taken to hospital but no players were injured in the attack.
"As Fenerbahce, we think it's unavoidable to suspend the league until this dark attack is enlightened," a club statement read.
"It is the end of the football and blood has been spilled. Fenerbahce's irrevocable priority is for the culprits to be found and punished immediately."
The club said they would release a further statement after an emergency board meeting on Monday.
The 70km road on which the team bus was travelling in north-east Turkey connects Rize to Trabzon, where Fenerbahce's bitter rivals Trabzonspor are based.
Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike said he and his team-mates had been left stunned by what happened.
"I was on the phone with my brother when I heard the loud sound and I thought one of our tyres had busted because the bus was swerving on the road," the Nigeria international told BBC Sport.
"But when I found our security officer in front of the bus I knew something must have gone awfully wrong.
"We quickly realised the security guy was the one who hit the brake, and he said the driver [who was already soaked in blood] had been shot.
"The word 'shot' came as a big shock but when we saw blood and the shattered driver's side window, it quickly turned into a scary moment for everyone on the bus."
Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor are banned from taking away fans when they play each other and a game between the sides last season at the Avni Aker Stadium in Trabzon was abandoned after objects were thrown on to the pitch.
"There had been other violent attacks over the years," the official said. "Every time we go to Rize, the police take tight security measures, place police officers and cars every 100 metres on the road.
"The security measures would end at the entrance of Rize. But there would always be Trabzonspor fans attacking our bus with stones. In 2004 one of our players was injured after a stone hit his head.
"Two years ago, against Trabzonspor, their fans pulled out a gun towards the administrator's bus but did not shoot. It was recorded on a live TV programme. We could see it coming.
"We have no problem at Rize. But playing in Trabzon is like playing in a rebel zone."
Fenerbahce, who have former Premier League players Dirk Kuyt, Raul Meireles and Emre Belozoglu in their side, are the defending champions of the Super Lig and have won the major domestic competition 19 times.
Saturday's win took the Istanbul team to the top of the table, one point ahead of rivals Galatasaray.


An Israeli general's assertion that he has intelligence linking the militant Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which dominates Gaza, with Islamic State's affiliate in Egypt's Sinai peninsula is a major talking point in the Israeli media.

In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, Maj-Gen Yoav Mordechai accused members of Hamas's military wing of training IS fighters and treating those wounded in clashes with the Egyptian military.
The interview came shortly after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of IS "terrorism knocking at our borders".
Yisrael Hayom provides its usual strong support for Mr Netanyahu, and reports the immediate tightening of security in southern Israel as part of "raising preparedness" for any eventuality.
It is joined by Alex Fishman in Yediot Aharonot, where he writes that Israel cannot allow Sinai to become a "logistics rear for Hamas in Gaza, the fruit of this co-operation with Islamic State".
He adds that it would be "naive" to imagine that IS fighters are not already present in Israel's southern Negev desert, and recruiting among Israel's Arab population.
Other papers like the Jerusalem Post leave to one side the question of Hamas involvement, but have no doubt that Israel, Egypt and Gulf Arab states face a common threat in Islamic State. "It is time to confront this ideology throughout the region, beginning in Sinai," it says in an editorial.
The liberal broadsheet Haaretz questions both Mr Netanyahu's political agenda and the government's intentions in going on the record over its accusations against Hamas.
Commentator Amos Harel says Gen Mordechai's interview could only have come on "explicit orders from the highest levels of the government".
He thinks Israel's aim is to get Egypt to "take direct action" against Hamas - a "highly unusual move" that risks sending out mixed signals, given Israel's own restrained response to recent rocket attacks by possible Islamic State sympathisers in Gaza.
Haaretz's editorial concedes that there may be co-operation with IS, but cautions against using this as a pretext to "settle scores" with Hamas given the "regional chaos".
Whatever the truth of tactical co-operation in Sinai, IS has a history of denouncing Hamas and other Muslim Brotherhood groups as "apostates" over their willingness to contest elections and tolerate non-Sunni Muslims.
IS recently released a video threatening to overthrow Hamas, with Palestinian fighters in Syria condemning the movement's crackdown on Salafist groups in Gaza and its approach to enforcing Islamic law.
Some prominent commentators on jihadist sites even speculate that Islamic State is in fact planning to attack Hamas via Sinai as part of the current campaign, or by activating fighters in Gaza itself.
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A leading Russian opposition politician, former Deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov, has been shot dead in Moscow, Russian officials say.

An unidentified attacker in a car shot Mr Nemtsov four times in the back as he crossed a bridge in view of the Kremlin, police say.
He died hours after appealing for support for a march on Sunday in Moscow against the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has condemned the murder, the Kremlin says.
President Putin has assumed "personal control" of the investigation into the killing, said his spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Investigators said the murder could have been "a provocation aimed at destabilising the country".
The investigative committee said in a statement that several motives for the killing were being considered including "Islamic extremism".
US President Barack Obama condemned the "brutal murder" and called on the Russian government to conduct a "prompt, impartial and transparent investigation".
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko described Mr Nemtsov as a "bridge between Ukraine and Russia".
"The murderers' shot has destroyed it. I think it is not by accident," he said in a statement published on his administration's Facebook page.
In a recent interview, Mr Nemtsov had said he feared Mr Putin would have him killed because of his opposition to the war in Ukraine.
Mr Nemtsov, 55, served as first deputy prime minister under President Boris Yeltsin in the 1990s.
He had earned a reputation as an economic reformer while governor of one of Russia's biggest cities, Nizhny Novgorod.
Falling out of favour with Yeltsin's successor, Mr Putin, he became an outspoken opposition politician.
A lawyer for Mr Nemtsov reported that he had received death threats over social media in recent months; but for now there's only speculation as to why he was targeted.  He openly opposed Moscow's role in the crisis in Ukraine - and the annexation by Russia of Crimea.
He had been planning a rare public protest on Sunday  against both things - and a growing economic crisis in this country.
Since his death, social media has been flooded with tributes to a man remembered by friends as decent, honest and a democrat. He had been pushed to the political margins in Vladimir Putin's Russia, but he was still prominent enough for someone to want to kill him.
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Mr Nemtsov was shot at around 23:40 (20:40 GMT) on Friday while crossing Bolshoy Moskvoretsky Bridge accompanied by a woman, Russia's interior ministry said.
He was shot with a pistol from a white car which fled the scene, a police source told Russia's Interfax news agency.
According to Russian-language news website Meduza, "several people" got out of a car and shot him.
One of the politician's colleagues in his RPR-Parnassus party, Ilya Yashin, confirmed Mr Nemtsov's death.
"Unfortunately I can see the corpse of Boris Nemtsov in front of me now," he was quoted as saying by Russia's lenta.ru news website.
Flowers were left at the site of the shooting through the night.
April 2003 -  Liberal politician Sergey Yushenkov assassinated near his Moscow home
July 2003 - Investigative journalist Yuri Shchekochikhin died after 16-day mysterious illness
July 2004 - Forbes magazine Russian editor Paul Klebnikov shot from moving car on Moscow street, died later in hospital
October 2006 - Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya shot dead outside her Moscow apartment
November 2006 - Former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko died nearly three weeks after drinking tea laced with polonium in London hotel
March 2013 - Boris Berezovsky, former Kremlin power broker turned Putin critic, found dead in his UK home
In his last tweet, Mr Nemtsov sent out an appeal for Russia's divided opposition to unite at an anti-war march he was planning for Sunday.
"If you support stopping Russia's war with Ukraine, if you support stopping Putin's aggression, come to the Spring March in Maryino on 1 March," he wrote.
Speaking earlier this month to Russia's Sobesednik news website, he had spoken of his fears for his own life.
"I'm afraid Putin will kill me," he said in the article (in Russian) on 10 February.
"I believe that he was the one who unleashed the war in the Ukraine," he added. "I couldn't dislike him more."
Mr Putin has been widely accused of fomenting the bloody rebellion in east Ukraine - an accusation he denies. Fighting there followed Russia's annexation of Crimea in March last year.
Almost 5,800 people have died and at least 1.25 million have fled their homes, according to the UN.
The Ukrainian government, Western leaders and Nato say there is clear evidence that Russia is helping the rebels with heavy weapons and soldiers.
Independent experts echo that accusation while Moscow denies it, insisting that any Russians serving with the rebels are "volunteers".


A two-day auction of art, jewellery, furniture and clothing owned by the late actress Lauren Bacall has fetched $3.64m (£2.45m) in New York.

A hand-coloured etching of an American white pelican by John James Audubon sold for $173,000 (£116,000) - three times more than was expected, according to auction house Bonhams.
A granite games table from the home she shared in Los Angeles with Humphrey Bogart sold for $26,250 (£17,665).
Bacall died in August at the age of 89.
The New York home in which she died, in the Dakota building where John Lennon was shot, is on the market for $26m (£17.5m).
Bacall's Tiffany necklace, a brass Japanese tea set and sculptures by Henry Moore were among other lots to be sold on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Bonhams' vice president Jon King said the "extremely personal" collection "truly reflected Bacall's formidable collecting sense and uniquely intuitive style".
Proceeds from the auction will go to the star's three children: Stephen and Leslie, the son and daughter she had with Bogart, and Sam, the son she had with second husband Jason Robards.


Hampshire sailor Alex Thomson has been rescued from his sinking yacht.

Thomson, from Gosport, had to be rescued by helicopter off his vessel Hugo Boss, after it began taking on water earlier off the Spanish coast.
He had been competing in the double-handed Transat Jacques Vabre race from Le Havre to South America with co-skipper Guillermo Altadill.
The IMOCA 60 yacht had suffered damage two days ago forcing the team out of the race.
They were heading for La Coruna when high seas and strong winds forced them to set off their emergency beacon.
In a statement Hugo Boss said both sailors had been taken back to land safe and uninjured.
Thomson was hoping to race the new yacht in the coveted Vendee Globe round-the-world race in November 2016.


An Afghan appeals court has quashed death sentences imposed on four men for their part in the mob killing of a young woman in Kabul in March.

Farkhunda Malikzada was attacked at an Islamic shrine after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran.
She was stoned to death, her body was run over by a car and set on fire.
The court also acquitted the keeper of the shrine. Family members and rights activists have expressed outrage at the decision, which was taken in secret.
Wednesday's appeal court hearing in Kabul was held behind closed doors.
Judge Ali Masir Murid told the BBC that three of the condemned men had been sentenced to 20 years in jail; a fourth received 10 years because he is a minor.
One of these four men was the amulet seller Zainuddin, who had the original argument with Ms Malikzada, 27, the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul reports. The caretaker of the shrine, Omran, was acquitted, he adds.
The way the appeal was heard, in a closed court, with no journalists or other observers present, is only one of the troubling aspects of this decision. Exact details of the ruling have not yet been formally announced, but this does appear to be the final appeal hearing.
Prominent women's rights activist Wazhma Frogh said that if the keeper of the shrine does now walk free, then she is "completely outraged".
"Farkhunda was killed because she was a woman," she said. And the judges have treated her case lightly. In Afghanistan, "not only the Taliban, but the whole system is oppressing women", she added.
The widespread anger both here and around the world about the murder led to unusual transparency, with cameras allowed into the first court appearances. But that openness has not been continued through the appeals procedure.
Ms Malikzada's brother Najibullah told BBC Persian: "It's not a court, it's just a show... The media should have been there, we should been there, the lawyers should have been there.
"It's a real theatre. The whole world laughs at the judicial system of Afghanistan. Do the judges have families, sisters, mothers - or not? Do they have a heart? We will not accept this decision."
He accused the authorities of "a tyranny" against the family, who have been living in fear since the attack.
At the original trial in May, eight men were given jail terms of 16 years, as well as the four who received death sentences.
Later in the month, 11 policemen were sentenced to one year in prison for failing to protect Ms Malikzada, a devout Islamic student. Eight other police officers were acquitted.
The treatment of the police was condemned as too lenient, in a country where women are frequently denied justice.
Kimberley Motley, an American lawyer in Afghanistan who represented the family during the previous trial, also criticised the ruling.
"I'm extremely surprised and disappointed. I'm very concerned because this happened in a very closed hearing, it wasn't transparent as the first court was and so there's questions as to why this even occurred.
"There's very strong evidence through video and through eyewitness testimony that justified the original sentences that were imposed on these men."


The 50th anniversary of the closing of the Somerset and Dorset Railway is being marked over the weekend.

On 5 March 1966 a coffin with the words "S&D died today" was loaded on to the very last train in a mock funeral to mark the service's demise.
At its height, the line linked places like Bridgwater, Burnham-on-Sea, Wells, Bath and Glastonbury.
But Michael Eavis, Glastonbury founder, said it would be "impossible" to have a "train coming through the site now".
The S&D, as it was known, was created in 1862 when two railways - Somerset Central Railway and Dorset Central Railway - merged to create a coast-to-coast line from Burnham-on-Sea to Poole.
Twelve years later, a spectacular extension across the Mendip Hills to Bath was opened carrying coal from the Radstock mines and stone from the Mendip Hills.
It also exploited the Midland Railway link, which by the 1950s saw the service stretched to its limits ferrying holiday-makers from northern England and the Midlands to the south coast.
But it was a difficult and expensive line to run. Two engines were needed to haul trains over the steep Mendips, stretches of single-track caused bottlenecks and the curving line limited train speeds.
And as more people began to own cars and there was less demand for coal, the S&D was reduced to a rural branch line and finally closed down on 7 March 1966.
But evidence of the line still exists. According to Mr Eavis, it originally crossed what is now Glastonbury's Main Avenue, and West Holts stage was named for a nearby railway crossing.
"There was a gate for cattle to cross and I used to bring them up and across the railway line for milking - so that's where the West Holts name comes from," he said.
"But Main Avenue is the main artery through the site so we'd be stuffed if trains were still here and we couldn't use it."


Edinburgh Airport has launched the second phase of consultation on proposed new flight paths.

The airport's operators said its preferred options would see 25,000 fewer people being directly under approach and take-off routes.
More than 5,000 people responded to the first round of consultation which ended in September 2016.
Any change to flight paths around the airport would have to be approved by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Local campaign group Edinburgh Airport Watch said the flight path changes would have "a negative affect on the health and well being of hundreds of thousands of people across West Lothian, Falkirk and Fife".
Edinburgh, which is Scotland's busiest airport, said modernising its use of airspace was needed to handle "strong levels of growth" in traffic.
Chief executive Gordon Dewar said: "Edinburgh Airport and the aviation sector in general are strongly growing parts of a still sluggish Scottish economy - and we have to get this right for the sake of jobs in Scotland and environmental considerations.
"At the very heart of our proposals are the findings of the initial consultation - we have listened to the public in finding a solution.
"The bottom line is that our proposed changes would mean a reduction in noise for nearly 25,000 people."
He added: "In this second stage of public consultation we will be reaching out again to our neighbouring communities.
"Our community engagement campaign will be backed up by media advertising and a locally-targeted social media campaign to provide information relating to drop-in sessions and links to the feedback pages of the website."
Mr Dewar said he had written to more than 640,000 households across Edinburgh, the Lothians, Falkirk and Fife outlining the design of the flight paths and seeking the public's views on the proposals.
Plans to allow for further expansion of traffic at Edinburgh Airport have attracted criticism from environment campaigners.
Transform Scotland, the campaign for sustainable transport, voiced its opposition during the first phase of consultation.
Director Colin Howden said: "Aviation is the most polluting form of transport and one that threatens Scotland's ability to meet its climate change commitments."
A spokeswoman for Edinburgh Airport Watch said: "We encourage people to read the airport's document carefully and to respond before the 30th April. Even if you already responded to the first consultation, we urge people to respond again.
"The cost of unfettered aviation expansion is poorer air quality, traffic chaos on the roads around the airport, more noise misery for neighbours - some of them now 20 miles or more from the runway - and a worsening of Scotland's already enormous tourism deficit as people take their money out of our economy and spend it elsewhere.
"It is difficult to see what sustainable benefit there can be to Scotland or the local area from allowing this airport to expand any further."
Subject to CAA approval, the proposed flight path changes could come into effect from spring 2018.


UK shares and the pound have jumped after the Conservatives won a parliamentary majority in the election.

The FTSE 100 rose 2.32% to 7,046.82, with shares in banks and energy companies seeing big gains.
On the currency markets, the pound was up more than two cents against the US dollar at $1.5455.
The Conservatives have unexpectedly managed to secure a slender majority, to the relief of investors who had expected a long period of uncertainty.
In the run-up to the election, opinion polls had suggested that no one party would win a majority, raising the prospect of a hung parliament.
But the markets welcomed the news that the election outcome was clearer than expected.
"It appears that we will avoid weeks of uncertainty and horse-trading," said UBS in a research note.
Bank shares saw some of the biggest gains, on hopes that the sector will not see any further rises in levies. Shares in Lloyds Banking Group rose 5.75% while Barclays was 3.7% higher.
Energy firms also saw their share prices rise, as Labour had wanted a price freeze and more powers for the energy regulator. British Gas owner Centrica rose 8.1% and SSE shares were up 5.3%.
To state the obvious, investors love the Tories' general election victory.
There are a few reasons.
One (no surprise here) is that Labour's threat of breaking up banks and imposing energy price caps has been lifted.
Second is that investors have been discounting days and weeks of wrangling after polling day over who would form the government - and so they are semi-euphoric that we already know who's in charge.
Third, many investors tend to be economically conservative and instinctively Conservative.
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As well as jumping against the dollar, the pound also rose against the euro, climbing more than two euro cents to â‚¬1.3774.
"The market often likes a bit of consistency and stability and if the Conservatives are returned to power... they will be able to push through a lot of the policies and approaches that they have done over the last five years in parliament," said Jason Hughes from trading firm CMC Markets.
However, analysts said the rise could be short-lived as uncertainty over a possible "Brexit" or Britain leaving the European Union affects trading, with a referendum on the UK's EU membership now likely.
Bill O'Neill at UBS Wealth Management said: "Sterling will, in our view, be moved by a number of different factors in the coming days and weeks.
"The Brexit and Scottish devolution debates might influence the path of the pound quicker than we think.
"The good news is that the current fiscal trajectory remains firmly in place. Importantly, the Bank of England will not be confronted by a change in the fiscal framework. This could prompt lower for longer interest rates."


Fifa chief Sepp Blatter says he is not being investigated by United States authorities - but admitted former colleagues are.

A television documentary has alleged Blatter has stayed away from the country since 2011 over a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe.
But the 79-year-old Swiss said: "I know that in the US there is an investigation against former people who have been in my government.
"There is nothing against me."
The investigation into alleged football corruption reportedly involves ex-Fifa executive committee members, American Chuck Blazer and Trinidadian Jack Warner.
Blatter added he plans to visit the US in June 2016, to coincide with next year's Copa America tournament.
He last visited the US in May 2011 for a meeting of North American confederation Concacaf, and it had been suggested - including in an ESPN documentary this week - that he had deliberately stayed away since then due to the probe.
However, Blatter, who is currently running for a fifth term as president of football's world governing body, said: "I will be there if elected. Even if not elected, they will invite me I am sure."
Earlier on Friday, Blatter sent a letter to all 209 Fifa member associations identifying several areas where "there is still work to be done", including promoting women's football, combating discrimination and racism, and cracking down on match fixing.
A Fifa spokesman said it was unconnected to Blatter's bid for re-election.
Election rules state that candidates must not mix campaign activities with duties connected to their official positions.
Fifa's member associations will appoint their next president when they meet in Zurich on 29 May.


A teenager who was not legally old enough to drive has admitted causing the death of his three friends in a crash in East Lothian.

Robbie Gemmell was at the wheel of the Peugeot 206 when it left the road and hit a wall in Tyninghame last November.
Jenna Barbour, 18, Josh Stewart, 16 and David Armstrong, 15, were all killed.
Gemmell pled guilty to causing death while driving without due care and attention. Sentencing was deferred until next month.
Members of the victims' families were at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for the hearing.
The crash happened on an unclassified road at 20:25 on 25 November.
Gemmell, who was 16 at the time, was the driver of the car and was treated in hospital after surviving the collision.
The court heard that he originally told police officers that he was a front seat passenger in the car.
Accident investigators estimated the Peugeot was travelling at a minimum of 50-54mph in the moments before the crash.
Prosecution lawyer Graeme Jessop said that Gemmell confessed to his father that he had in fact been driving the car, while he was in hospital recovering from his injuries.
Mr Jessop added: "The accused became upset and started to cry. His father, Mark Gemmell, asked him if he had something to say and he said 'Dad I was driving the car'."
Mr Jessop told the court that the car involved in the collision belonged to Jenna Barbour. At some point in the evening, Gemmell took over driving from Miss Barbour.
After hearing the circumstances of the case, Sheriff Liddle extended his sympathy to everybody who has been involved in the incident.
Deferring sentence in order for the court to obtain reports, the sheriff added: "I do not want to deal with this case but it is my duty."
Jenna Barbour had just left Dunbar Grammar School after completing sixth year.
Josh Stewart, David Armstrong and Gemmell were all 5th year pupils at the school.
Insp Richard Latto, of Police Scotland, said: "This single-vehicle road collision resulted in the deaths of three young people.
"All were from the Dunbar community and our thoughts are with the families affected by this tragic incident.
"An extensive police enquiry was carried out to determine the cause of this collision, and a detailed police report submitted to the procurator fiscal."
He added: "This tragic incident reinforces the extensive risks of an inexperienced person not legally old enough to possess a driving licence, getting behind the wheel of a motor vehicle."


Bangor swimmer Jordan Sloan broke Ryan Harrison's national 200m freestyle record from 2009 as he secured a World Championship qualifying time at the Irish Open event in Dublin.

Sloan clocked 1:47.41 to take 0.53 off Harrison's mark as he moved into the top 10 in this year's world rankings.
The Bangor man, 23, set the time in the morning heats before winning the evening final in 1:47.77.
That left him ahead of Bangor team-mate Jack Millan [1:51.03].
Sloan's time puts him in line to compete at both the World Championships in Budapest and the World University Games in Taiwan.
Sloan and Millan were also part of the Bangor relay team which took almost five seconds off the Irish 400m freestyle club record.
The Bangor quartet downed UCD's 2016 record of 3:28.07 to set a new time of 3:23.38.
Conor Ferguson retained his Irish 100m backstroke title in 54.61 seconds.
His time was well under the European and World Junior Championships consideration times.
Larne star Danielle Hill won the women's event in 1:02.32 touching ahead of Stirling's Natasha Hofton [1:02.68].
Lisburn's Daniel Wiffen swam under the European Youth Olympics consideration time to take gold in the 1500m freestyle in 16:12.99 while his team-mate Rachel Bethel won 800m freestyle gold in 9:00.19.
Bethel then returned to win the Irish national title in the women's 200m Freestyle, in 2:03.37, finishing behind Paralympic Great Britain gold medallist Bethany Firth from Newtownards.
Sligo woman Mona McSharry broke Sycerika McMahon's Irish junior 50m breaststroke record set in 2011 by 0.15 as she took the title in 31.34.


Some 5% of seven-year-olds receive extra tuition, with some ethnic groups more likely to hire tutors than others, a conference will hear later.

At seven, some 20% of Indian children are tutored but only 3% of white children, according to research on 19,000 pupils born in 2000 and 2001.
Ethnic minority children also spend longer on homework, the study suggests.
Academics will present the findings to the British Educational Research Association conference in Belfast.
Researchers from Newcastle University and the NatCen social research institute analysed data on children included in the Millennium Cohort Study.
Children of self-employed parents were the most likely to receive private tuition aged seven, with 7% having extra help in at least one subject.
By the age of 11, some 22% of children were receiving help from private tutors - but again there were differences along ethnic lines:
Extra tuition also broke down according to background:
Most 11-year-olds spent one to two hours a week on homework.
Some spent five hours or more, but again this varied on ethnic lines:
Prof Liz Todd, of Newcastle University, said: "Does this mean some parents are lacking confidence in what goes on during school hours or are they just more likely to see tuition as a worthwhile route to help their children succeed?"
The next step should be to look at gains in pupil attainment across groups "and ask to what extent these are due to changes in teaching, school reforms or the provision of tuition at home", she said.


Pete McGrath has resigned as Fermanagh football manager - eight days after announcing he was staying on.

McGrath refused to go into the reason for his decision, but said he had informed county chairman Greg Kelly on Friday afternoon.
The Down man has indicated that he will explain the reasons for his surprise U-turn next week.
Former Down boss McGrath had been the Erne County's manager since succeeding Peter Canavan in November 2013.
Fermanagh failed to win a Championship match this year and were relegated to Division Three of the league.
McGrath accepted 2017 had been the worst of his four-year spell as Fermanagh manager.
After losing to Armagh in the first round of the All-Ireland qualifiers, he said his management team would take time to consider their future.
On 6 July, however, Erne county officials announced that McGrath would be staying on for a fifth year.
But now McGrath has has ended his tenure, the highlight of which was reaching the quarter-finals of the All-Ireland Football Championship in 2015.


The move to increase university tuition fees in England to £9,250 has been launched - without any announcement from the Department for Education.

The changes to the fees, affecting more than 500,000 students beginning in the autumn, was put onto a government website last week.
Opposition parties have called it "shabby" and "avoiding scrutiny".
The Department for Education has rejected suggestions it wanted to deflect attention from the increase.
Tuition fees in England have been fixed at £9,000 since 2012 - but the government wants to allow fees to increase each year with inflation, with an initial increase to £9,250 from the autumn.
MPs wanting to scrutinise the plans had been waiting for the government to publish its bid to increase fees.
But it has emerged that the regulations to enable the higher fees were published last Thursday without being announced on the Department for Education's website.
Instead the regulations were placed on a government website managed by the National Archives, http://www.legislation.gov.uk, on Thursday, on the day school league tables were published.
Labour's Gordon Marsden accused the government of trying to "sneak out" the changes - saying that this is the "increase that doesn't like to speak its name".
"They are hell-bent on keeping this increase as low-profile as possible as it's piling up debts on students," said Mr Marsden.
Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron said: "This is a shabby little way to announce something, hiding it away in a far-flung corner of a government website.
"This shows the government at their worst, avoiding scrutiny and debate."
The Department for Education says the intention to increase the fees had been set out in the summer and higher fees will be linked to the quality of teaching.
"Importantly, universities will not be able to increase their fees unless they have passed rigorous quality standards," says the department's statement.
"We are determined to make sure that everyone with the potential to benefit from higher education has the opportunity to do so."
For the first round of increases, almost all universities will be able to charge the higher fee.
It can also apply to existing students, if universities want to apply it to them as well as new students beginning courses in the autumn.
Students will be concerned about the increase in fees - which as well as the headline increase will be subject to up to 30 years of interest on repayments.
But universities had also been worried about the lack of movement on the fee increase - which had been signalled earlier this year.
They have argued that the value of tuition fees has been eroded by inflation and that universities need an increase to be financially sustainable.


Thirteen new "studio schools" are to be set up in England from September next year, it has been announced.

It will bring to more than 40 the total number of this new breed of schools, which mix academic studies with work-based training.
The schools are for pupils aged 14 and over and the idea is for local employers to be involved.
The latest involve Barclays, The National Trust, RSPCA and The National Space Centre among others.
About 100 national and local employers are involved.
Supporters say the schools will help young people learn useful work skills and find jobs, but critics say they could limit their options by forcing them down a particular path too soon.
The 13 new studio schools join 15 that are already preparing to open and 16 currently open.
About 14,000 students will go to them in total. All will offer GCSEs in English, maths and science, the government says, as well as A-levels and vocational qualifications, but will offer a "more practical way of learning".
Schools Minister Lord Nash said: "More employers are getting involved in studio schools, demonstrating their commitment to preparing young people - who will be their future employees - for the world of work.
"It is crucial for young people to have the skills and experience vital to employers, both for their own prosperity and to help us compete in the global race."
Chairman of the Studio Schools Trust Geoff Mulgan said the announcement was "very good news" for young people and employers.
"Young people learn better when they're tackling real life problems, and they learn better when there's a clear line of sight linking what they do in school to future jobs and careers," he said.
The schools will offer GCSEs in English, maths and science, the government says, as well as A-levels and vocational qualifications, but will offer a "more practical way of learning".
They are similar to University Technical Colleges (UTCs), which are also for young people aged from 14, and part of the government's strategy to improve vocational training. UTCs will offer more advanced technical training, the government says.
But teaching unions have attacked them, saying they are adding unnecessary diversity to the education system and forcing children to make important life-decisions at too young an age.
One of the new schools, Dorset Studio School in Dorchester, will focus on environmental and land-based studies and is backed by groups including the National Trust,  RSPCA and the Royal Veterinary College.
Another, Sir Frank Whittle Studio College in Leicestershire, will specialise in engineering, retail and logistics and hospitality and leisure.
A third, Space Studio Banbury in Oxfordshire, will focus on space, science and maths, with the involvement of The National Space Centre, UK Space Agency and European Space Agency.
The other studio schools planned are:
•Apollo Studio Academy in Durham, specialising in Stem (science and maths) subjects, health, care and early years and with the involvement of the NHS Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust.
•De Salis Studio College in Hillingdon, which will specialise in business and finance and be supported by Accenture, PWC, and HMRC, among others.
•Future Tech Studio in Warrington, specialising in ICT, with involvement of National Nuclear Laboratories, Barclays Global Technology Centre, and Talk Talk.
•Island Studio School on the Isle of Wight, jointly proposed by Southampton City College and the Isle of Wight Council, specialising in marine manufacturing.
•Knutsford Academy: The Studio in Cheshire East, specialising in digital technologies and "employability skills"; links with Barclays, Deloitte and Manchester Airport.
•Manchester Creative Studio, led by the founder of the Collective Spirit Free School in Oldham which is due to open in September this year.  It will specialise in the creative industries, particularly in design, interactive media and digital technology.
•Studio West in Newcastle, proposed by Kenton Academy and with links to various local employers.
•The Bath Studio School, proposed by a group of five schools; specialising in business, IT and administration.
•The Digital Studio College in Derbyshire, proposed by Derby College and backed by local employers including Age UK.
•Vision Studio School in Nottinghamshire, proposed by West Nottinghamshire College; specialising in health, care, engineering and transport and backed by employers including Sherwood Forest NHS Trust and Ilkeston football club.


Conflicts around the world cost $14.3tn (Â£9.1tn) last year, 13% of world GDP, says a survey on global peace.

That amount is equivalent to the combined economies of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, the report by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) said.
The divide between the most peaceful and the least peaceful nations was deepening, the annual report added.
Iceland is the world's most peaceful nation, whilst Syria is the least.
Libya saw the most severe deterioration over the course of 2014, according to the Australia-based IEP says.
The Middle East and North Africa now ranks as the world's most violent region, overtaking South Asia which received that ranking for 2013.
Conflict killed 180,000 people in 2014, compared with 49,000 in 2010, the report said.
Deaths caused by terrorism increased by 61% in 2013, the report said, with the loss of almost 18,000 lives - mostly in just five countries, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nigeria and Syria.
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If the world decreased in violence by 10%, it would generate Â£1.43tn, says the IEP. This amount is equivalent to:
Source: IEP
The most surprising finding, said IEP Chief Executive Steve Killelea, was the "inequality with peace" around the world.
He said some countries in Western Europe had now reached "quite historic levels of peace", enjoying the lowest levels of murder rates and money spent on security "probably in the countries' history".
But Iraq, Syria, Nigeria, South Sudan and the Central African Republic had all become more violent in the past year, the report said.
The IEP said the total costs of conflict amounted to 13.4% of world GDP.
"Large increases in costs have occurred due to deaths from internal conflict, IDPs [internally displaced people] and refugee support, UN peacekeeping and GDP losses from conflict," the report said.
It also noted that the cost of supporting some 50 million refugees and IDPs - the largest number since WWII - had risen 267% since 2008 to $128bn.
The report also found that if global violence were to decrease by 10%, it would effectively give the world economy an additional $1.43 trillion - more than six times the amount needed to wipe out Greece's debts, and three times more than the total earnings of some 1.1bn of the world's poorest people.


A French naval ship specialising in underwater searches is on its way to help find the flight recorders of an EgyptAir plane that crashed last week.

On Thursday, Egypt's chief investigator said the search had narrowed to about 5km (3.1 miles) in the Mediterranean.
This was based on a signal from the plane's emergency beacon, but officials now say the signal was received on the day of the crash and is not new.
There were 66 people on board when the Airbus A320 crashed on 19 May.
The plane was flying overnight from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from Greek and Egyptian radar screens, apparently without having sent a distress call.
France's air accident investigation agency, the BEA, confirmed a naval oceanographic research ship, Laplace, is heading for the crash site.
In a statement, it said the ship was due to reach the crash area on Sunday or Monday, carrying a long-range acoustic system able to detect signals from the black box.
Egypt's chief investigator, Ayman al-Moqadem, had said on Thursday that a signal detected was from a beacon situated in the rear of the cabin on the plane which transmits its location.
However, other officials on Friday told journalists that the signal was received on the day of the crash, and that there had been no other signals since.
"There has been nothing since day one," one official close to the investigation told Reuters.
On Thursday, hundreds of people gathered in Cairo for a candlelit vigil for the victims of the crash.
Among those on board MS804 were 30 Egyptians, 15 French citizens, two Iraqis, two Canadians and citizens from Algeria, Belgium, Britain, Chad, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.
They included a boy and two babies as well as seven crew and three security staff.
Debris from the plane has been recovered from the sea, some 290km (180 miles) north of the Egyptian port city of Alexandria.
Egypt's president has said that "all scenarios are possible", but Civil Aviation Minister Sherif Fathy said last Friday that a terrorist attack was more likely than a technical failure.
Greece's defence minister said last week that, after leaving Greek airspace and before it disappeared from Greek radar, the plane abruptly turned 90 degrees left and then 360 degrees to the right, dropping from 11,300m (37,000 ft) to 4,600m (15,000ft) and then 3,000m (10,000ft).
The Aviation Herald also reported that the plane sent a series of warnings indicating that smoke had been detected on board three minutes before it disappeared.
However, an Egyptian aviation official denied the plane had deviated from its route, and that there had been reports of smoke.
Sources from Egypt's investigation team told Reuters and Associated Press on Friday that no emergency signals had been detected from the plane since the day it disappeared. Such signals are too weak to transmit from underwater, although signals from the flight recorders may yet be detected.


Revellers at Notting Hill Carnival donned ponchos and clutched umbrellas as west London was hit by downpours.

Up to 60 bands in colourful costumes took part in the Grand Finale street parade. There were also 38 sound systems to entertain crowds.
More than a million people are believed to have attended the event across its two days.
Earlier, three men were arrested after a man suffered stab wounds.
A man in his 20s was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries at about 13:00 BST.
Police made more than 300 arrests for a range of offences during the festival, including assault, criminal damage, public order offences and theft.
More than 3,500 canisters containing nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, were seized over the weekend, police said.
One officer suffered a dislocated nose when he was punched in the face while confiscating 400 canisters in Lonsdale Road.
A person was arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
BBC London 94.9 broadcast live from the carnival with Eddie Nestor from 17:00 BST.
Road and Tube closures were in place for the duration of the two-day event.
Carnival-goer Rebecca Perkins said: "There's something about moving your body to the rhythm of the beat and being surrounded by others doing the same and laughing and smiling and speaking with complete strangers. I love it."
In pictures: Notting Hill Carnival
Carnival: A potted musical history
The event this year came in for criticism after organisers demanded journalists and photographers pay Â£100 for accreditation and share their work on the festival's website.
But organisers said it was necessary to meet the requirements of a modern sustainable carnival.
There was also some discrepancy over the year the carnival officially started.
The Notting Hill Carnival Enterprises Trust said some people thought the first carnival dated back to 1964 while others argue it started two years later in 1966.


Former England captain Michael Vaughan says he fears for Simon Kerrigan if the Lancashire spinner plays in the second Test against India at Lord's.

Kerrigan suffered a nightmare debut in last year's Ashes but returns to the England squad for this week's match.
Vaughan believes the 25-year-old is not ready to win his second cap.
"I fear for Simon Kerrigan," Vaughan told Radio 5 live Sport. "England have thrown him back into international cricket far too soon."
Kerrigan was surprisingly selected for the fifth Test against Australia at The Oval last year but failed to justify his inclusion as he conceded 53 runs from just eight overs.
He never recovered from a brutal early assault from Australian batsman Shane Watson as his first two overs went for 28 runs.
Vaughan says a repeat of that experience could be fatal to Kerrigan's international career.
"If the second one goes badly, he can never come back from that again," the former England opener said.
"If he goes out on Thursday and it's like that situation against Watson, he won't come back from that for a long time."
Kerrigan has taken 28 wickets for Lancashire this season at an average of 34.25, but Vaughan believes the left-armer should be left to learn his trade at county level.
"He's not pulled up any trees for Lancashire this season," said Vaughan. "Why rush the lad back in?
"Throwing him out to bowl at Lord's against an Indian batting line-up who can play spin with their eyes shut... I just think is unfair."
Former England spin bowler Phil Tufnell argued England were right to pick the player if they felt he was good enough.
However, he felt Kerrigan was now in "a horrible position", adding: "I don't know how that's affecting him."
England are searching for a spinner following the retirement of Graeme Swann last year and have turned to batsman Moeen Ali as a part-time option in this summer's Tests against Sri Lanka and India.
Swann believes that the additional workload on the England seamers may force coach Peter Moores to turn to Kerrigan, whom he coached during his stint at Lancashire.
"I think he'll play," Swann said. "By all accounts, he's bowled very well in the nets and Peter Moores rates him very highly. Moeen's just not up to it as a spinner at the moment."
Seamers Chris Jordan and Chris Woakes are the other options if Moores wishes to change the team that drew the first Test at Trent Bridge.


A man has been jailed for filming jurors and plotting to intimidate them with the use of rubber masks.

William Liversage, 50, of Birkenhead, filmed jurors on a phone during the trial of a member of his family at Carlisle Crown Court in October 2014.
It is believed he was plotting to scare jurors and had a collection of masks including of a werewolf.
Liversage denied perverting the course of justice but was found guilty during a trial. He was jailed for three years.
The hearing at Carlisle Crown Court was told that the father of four was arrested while driving away from the court and his van was searched.
In addition to the rubber masks, recording equipment and a GPS tracker were found.
The trial of the family member was later halted.
Sentencing Liversage, Judge Barbara Forrester said she presumed he had hoped to be able to identify a juror and intimate them to interfere with the trial of the family member.
Prosecutor Brendan Burke said: "The Crown would say this crime was considered, organised and sophisticated and - were it not stopped - extremely frightening to whoever was going to be confronted at the end.
"We did say that confrontation would have happened, wearing one of these masks; which from one standpoint may be considered trivial or amusing, but in a confrontation of that nature very far from it."


Malaysian police have named a senior North Korean embassy official they want to question in connection with the killing of Kim Jong-nam.

Hyon Kwang Song is one of three more North Koreans being sought. One of the others is a state airline employee.
Police also confirmed Mr Kim, half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, died after two women wiped a toxin on him at Kuala Lumpur airport.
North Korea's embassy in Malaysia angrily denied the claims.
In a statement, it said the fact that the substance was on the hands of the women proved it could not have been a poison and called for the immediate release of the "innocent females" and a North Korean man.
Speaking at a press conference in Kuala Lumpur earlier on Wednesday, Malaysian Police Chief Khalid Abu Bakar said they were looking for three North Koreans in addition to the previously announced suspects.
One of them is Hyon Kwang Song, 44, the second secretary of the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
The others are Kim Uk II, 37, who works for Air Koryo, and another North Korean Ri Ju U.
Mr Abu Bakar said they had written to the North Korean ambassador to Malaysia asking him to allow police to interview Mr Hyon and the other two men, who are believed still to be in the country.
If the ambassador does not co-operate, "we will compel them to come to us", he said, without giving details.
Four other North Koreans named earlier in the case are thought to have left Malaysia already.
The police chief also said security had been stepped up at the morgue where Mr Kim's body is being kept after an attempted break-in earlier in the week.
"We knew there were attempts by someone to break into the hospital mortuary. We had to take precautions," he was quoted by the Malay Mail as saying.
Mr Abu Bakar also confirmed widely reported details of the 13 February killing.
A leaked video of the incident shows a man resembling Mr Kim being approached by one woman at Kuala Lumpur airport, before another woman lunges from behind and grabs his face.
Mr Abu Bakar said the two female suspects had wiped a toxin on Mr Kim's face with their bare hands "and after that they went away".
Indonesian authorities have said that one of the women, Siti Aisyah, had thought she was taking part in a TV prank, but Mr Abu Bakar said the women had clearly been "instructed to clean their hands" and knew the substance was toxic.
He added that the women practised the move several times beforehand in shopping centres in Kuala Lumpur.
Authorities are still waiting for the results of the post-mortem examination of Mr Kim's body, and are seeking his family members to provide a DNA sample.
North Korea has demanded that Mr Kim's body be returned to them, and has angrily objected to Malaysia conducting an autopsy of the body.
Malaysia has cited the need to carry out an investigation as Mr Kim died on their soil.
Relations between the two countries have become strained over the incident, with North Korea's ambassador to Malaysia saying he did not trust the police investigation and Kuala Lumpur recalling its envoy in Pyongyang.
Ten people have either been named as suspects or are wanted by Malaysian police for questioning in connection to Kim Jong-nam's killing.
Detained
Sought for questioning


Jamie Foxx has revealed an intervention from US talk show queen Oprah Winfrey helped him get his life back on track.

The actor told DJ Howard Stern that Winfrey had rebuked his "gallivanting" and had told him he was "blowing it".
Winfrey, Foxx went on, also arranged a meeting with Sidney Poitier "to make me understand the significance" of being nominated for an Academy Award.
The meeting took place one week before the 2005 Oscars, where Foxx won best actor for playing Ray Charles in Ray.
Foxx, who was also nominated that year for the best supporting actor Oscar, went on to star in Quentin Tarantino's western Django Unchained.
"You know me, I was going hard," the 49-year-old told Stern this week during an appearance on the latter's radio show.
"I'm having such a good time, and I'm not knowing I'm [expletive] up. I'm drinking, I'm doing every [expletive] thing you can possibly imagine."
"That's not what you want to do," Foxx recalled Winfrey telling him in an unexpected phone call. "I want to take you somewhere."
This led to a visit to Quincy Jones's house, where he was told by the legendary producer: "You're doing good, man, we just don't want you to blow it, baby."
"We go in the house and there's all these old actors, black actors from the '60s and '70s, who look like they just want to say 'Good luck, don't blow it," he recalled.
One of those present was Sidney Poitier, who told Foxx his portrayal of Charles in Taylor Hackford's film "had made him grow two inches."
Foxx said the meeting had taken place on Poitier's birthday - 20 February - and had made him realise his nomination was "way bigger" than he had originally thought.
"To this day, it's the most significant time in my life where it was, like, a chance to grow up," he added.
The actor and musician recently appeared in crime thriller Sleepless and will shortly be seen as a volatile bank robber in action comedy Baby Driver.
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Dan Norton's record-equalling 244th try helped England narrow the gap on World Rugby Sevens leaders South Africa by beating them 19-7 in Canada.

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The winger's match-winning try in the final of the sixth leg drew him level with Kenya's Collins Injera as the all-time leading try-scorer in the sevens.
South Africa still top the standings with 126 points but England are second on 103 points with four rounds to go.
The next leg of the series takes place in Hong Kong from 7-9 April.
In Canada, South Africa took the lead against England but the teams went in 7-7 at half-time before Norton sealed victory.
"It's been a surreal two days," said Norton.
"It's something I never felt I'd be in a position to do but I owe it to the team-mates who helped me get into try-scoring positions over the years."


Installing more wind turbines will make the UK's energy market more resilient to global fossil fuel price shocks, an independent report has concluded.

Dwindling domestic gas and coal supplies mean the nation would become dependent on volatile imports, it adds.
The report, by Cambridge Econometrics for RenewableUK, said wind power saved the UK Â£579 million in fossil fuel costs in 2013.
The UK is recognised for having the best wind resource in Europe.
"One of the main messages from this report is that in a scenario with a higher content of wind energy, you are less reliant on fossil fuels," explained co-author Sophie Billington, a researcher from Cambridge Econometrics.
"This is a key message, particularly when you consider that the UK - for the past five years or so - has imported more gas than it has produced domestically."
She told BBC News that under a high gas scenario (gas power plants replacing end-of-life coal and nuclear plants) and a 40% increase in gas prices by 30%, electricity prices would increase by 8%.
However, under a high wind scenario (wind farms replacing end-of-life coal and nuclear plants), electricity prices would still rise but by only 4%.
"For the wind scenario, you have higher upfront capital costs but fewer uncertain variable costs, leading to more price resilience," Ms Billington added.
The report said that the UK electricity sector had undergone a substantial change in recent decades, shifting from a coal-based system to a more balanced mix "encompassing nuclear and gas-fired power stations, as well as emerging renewable energy technologies".
It observed: "Over the next 10 to 20 years, the energy sector will need to be re-shaped again if the UK's targets to reduce CO2 emissions are to be met."
In 2008, the UK established the world's first legally binding climate change target, requiring governments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% from 1990 levels by 2050.
Rob Norris, RenewableUK's head of communications, said that currently there were "not enough renewables in the system to meet those targets".
He told BBC News: "The crucial thing is that energy policy is a long-term game and at the moment we only really know what the government support will be out to 2020.
"What you really need is a long-term vision out to 2030 so then you can plan, especially when it comes to things like large offshore developments."
Mr Norris said he advocated a "rich energy mix so then you do not put all your eggs in one basket".
He added: "If you have different technologies, including renewables, competing against each other then the cost is driven down for the consumer."


A man who had a large chunk of his skull removed after a balcony fall says he cannot believe how good he feels after having the damage repaired.

Doctors in Thailand cut out a portion from Lee Charie's head to relieve his brain after the fall on holiday.
But just over a year on, the 32-year-old from Hertfordshire has had a metal plate fitted, and hopes that his new look can help him to find a wife.
"It is what it is - it has fixed me," he said.
Mr Charie, from Stanstead Abbots, said he could not remember falling off the hotel balcony in Koh Tao in December 2012.
But after waking up to see part of his skull missing, he said he cried for two weeks.
He recovered in hospital for a month, and then took his skull-part home in a polystyrene box in the hope that UK surgeons might piece his head back together.
Specialists were able to create a 3D mould from the bone that was then used to make a titanium plate to fit his head.
Describing the difference the metal plate has made to his life, Mr Charie said: "I couldn't believe how good I felt.
"Even the way I'm thinking and see things and understand things - I don't know how or why but it (the plate) really helps, it really does."


Leicester City have completed the signing of Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy for an undisclosed fee, thought to be at least £1m.

The 25-year-old, who scored 34 goals this season to help Fleetwood win promotion to the Football League, has signed a three-year contract.
Foxes manager Nigel Pearson had a bid rejected for Vardy in January.
"I got to sit down for a chat with Nigel and this is where I wanted to come," Vardy told BBC Radio Leicester.
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"You see the facilities and I thought, 'yes, I can see myself playing here'. And obviously because the manager wanted me as well it made the decision easier.
"He said he'd been watching me for quite a while, obviously if I've caught his eye I must have been doing something right."
Vardy scored three goals in four FA Cup appearances this season, including one against Premier League hopefuls Blackpool, and the striker thinks he is ready to play at a higher level.
"The standard of the players is going to be a lot better," he said. "But I've played in the FA Cup a few times this year and managed to do well against the league clubs and hopefully I can carry that on."
Leicester have already added Manchester United duo Ritchie de Laet and Matthew James to their squad as they aim for promotion to the Premier League next season, but Vardy is not scared of the competition.
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"Competition for places can only benefit you," said the former Halifax player.
"If you know you've got that much competition then you're just going to have to work that extra bit harder so you can catch the gaffer's eye.
"If you're not playing with any confidence then you're not going to play well at all. You've always got to have that inner confidence and that comes with the goals."
Fleetwood chairman Andy Pilley admitted Vardy would be a big loss and difficult to replace, but also said that he could not stand in his way of playing at a higher level.
Pilley told BBC Radio Lancashire: "We always knew that Jamie was going to move on this pre-season.
"We wish him well because he's been fantastic for the club. We've fought for good terms and we're pleased with the compensation that we've got.
"He's been absolutely amazing and a lot of supporters will say he's the best player ever that has ever played for Fleetwood."


Northampton Town have signed centre-back Leon Barnett from fellow League One side Bury on a two-year deal.

The 31-year-old has moved to Sixfields on a free transfer after making 26 appearances for the Shakers last term.
Ex-Luton, West Brom and Wigan defender Barnett has played more than 300 senior matches and has signed following the departures of Zander Diamond, Gabriel Zakuani and Rod McDonald.
"Northampton are a team going forward," Barnett told BBC Radio Northampton.
"I think (manager Justin Edinburgh) is trying to bring more experience at the back, that physical presence and hopefully I can bring that to the team and help them push up the table."
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The northern section of the Metrobus route in South Gloucestershire has been approved by councillors.

The authority approved two sections of the route which run to Cribbs Causeway and Emersons Green.
The southern sections - Ashton Vale to Temple Meads, and the South Bristol Link - have already been approved.
Bristol City Council planners gave consent in August saying the route would reduce travel time and traffic along key routes.
The proposed scheme will see buses use exclusive "segregated lanes" and "guided busways".
Both routes will run along the M32 before splitting - with one going to Cribbs Causeway via Bristol Parkway Railway Station and then on a new bypass which was granted permission last year.
The other section will run to Emersons Green to the east of Bristol.
The Â£200m project has been devised by the West of England Partnership - an alliance between the four councils in Bristol, Bath, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.


Millions of Syrian children could be living in a state of "toxic stress" due to prolonged exposure to the horrors of war, aid group Save the Children says.

The damage to an entire generation of children could soon become irreversible without immediate help, it adds.
The stress of war has led to increased bedwetting, self-harm, suicide attempts and aggressive behaviour among many children, according to a new report.
The findings are based on hundreds of interviews in Syria.
Save the Children says its study is the largest of its kind into the mental health and well-being of Syria's children amid the war, which began in 2011 and has left more than 300,000 people dead.
The report, Invisible Wounds, reveals a "terrifying mental health crisis among children trapped in Syria".
Save the Children spoke to more than 450 people in seven of Syria 14 governorates as part of its study, including children of varying ages, parents, caregivers, social workers, aid workers and teachers.
It found:
Some 2.3m children have fled Syria, and at least three million children under the age of six have known nothing but war, the report says.
Toxic stress can disrupt the development of the brain and other organs and increasing the risk of addiction and mental health disorders in adulthood, said Alexandra Chen, a child protection and mental health specialist at Harvard University.
"After six years of war we are at a tipping point, after which the impact on children's formative years and childhood development may be so great that the damage could be permanent and irreversible," said Dr Marcia Brophy, a senior mental health adviser with Save the Children.
"The risk of a broken generation, lost to trauma and extreme stress, has never been greater."
Hisham (not his real name) is a school teacher from the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, which is partially held by IS and partially by the government.
He, his wife and five children have now fled to the al-Hol refugee camp.
When the war first started, he said, children in Deir al-Zour found the sounds of shelling entertaining, like a game, until their relatives and people they know started dying.
Soon, they were spending all their time on the streets "because there was nothing to keep them occupied", including schools.
His oldest child is nine, but "doesn't even know how to add one plus one".
"The children have seen all kinds of violence," he says. "They saw some of the violence through the television or the mobile, and some in real life. They saw things happening live, real things in front of them. You wouldn't even see most of the things they have seen in films."
Source: Save the Children
Research for the report was carried out in areas where Save the Children and its local partner organisations are able to work, which the group says are mainly opposition-held areas.
The report adds however that children in areas under control of the government or so-called Islamic State (IS) - where Save the Children is unable to operate - "are also likely to be experiencing traumatic events".
The aid group says that despite its pessimistic findings, the evidence suggested that it was not too late for the right support to be provided.
It said mental health and psychosocial support programmes were showing success and needed to be "scaled up" across Syria, with support from the international community.


Rob Andrew will leave his role as the RFU's director of professional rugby at the end of this season, the Rugby Football Union has announced.

The former England fly-half, 53, has resigned but will complete work on the union's latest agreement with Premiership Rugby before leaving.
"It feels like the right time to step down at the end of the season," said Andrew, who joined the RFU in 2006.
He will be replaced by former England scrum-half and captain Nigel Melville.
The RFU says Melville - chief executive of USA Rugby since 2006 - will be responsible for professional rugby in England with particular focus around Premiership Rugby, the English Qualified Player scheme, the elite player squad (EPS) scheme and the academy system.
Melville will also take over the responsibilities of former head of international player development Joe Lydon, who resigned in March.
RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie said it is an "exciting time" for English rugby.
"He will bring a great deal of expertise from not only his experiences working in England but internationally at USA Rugby," added Ritchie,
The former Wasps director of rugby - who won 13 caps for England and represented the British and Irish Lions - guided the Londoners to their first Premiership title of the professional era in 1996 before moving to Gloucester in 2002, winning the National Championship final and Powergen Cup.
Andrew added: "I hope and believe I will leave a secure foundation to build a successful future and I will continue to give my support in any way I can to achieve this.
"Having played with and known Nigel for a long time I believe he is the best candidate to be appointed to take over the reins from me and I wish him well and I will support him in any way I can going forward."


The votes are in, they have been counted and BBC Sport can now reveal the greatest one-day international XI of all time.

For the last week, readers of Sportsday Live on the BBC Sport website have been voting for the different components of the team from a list of players nominated by the Test Match Special team.
The only criterion we set was that the players must have appeared in a one-day international. Performances in World Cups did not carry any extra weight.
That squad is broken down into opening batsmen, middle-order batsmen, all-rounders, wicketkeepers, pace bowlers and spin bowlers.
Tens of thousands of votes were received and the results were revealed on Monday night's Tuffers and Vaughan Show and then discussed by former England players Michael Vaughan and Ashley Giles, and ex-Australia bowler Jason Gillespie.
Download the Tuffers and Vaughan podcast and listen to the debate in full.
Chris Gayle (West Indies)
ODIs: 263; Runs: 8,881; Average: 36.85; Strike rate: 84.22
The greatest entertainer of them all? Gayle has dominated the Twenty20 game but has also scored more ODI runs than any other West Indies batsman except Brian Lara. One of only three batsmen - along with Sri Lanka's Sanath Jayasuriya and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi - to hit more than 200 sixes and also has 158 wickets to his name.
Jason Gillespie: "He's a decent player but not in the same class as Sachin Tendulkar and Adam Gilchrist. We are in the entertainment business, so I do understand his selection from that point of view."
Sachin Tendulkar (India)
ODIs: 463; Runs: 18,426; Average: 44.83; Strike-rate: 86.23
Most ODIs, most ODI runs, most ODI hundreds - all records held by Tendulkar, who was also the first man to score a one-day international double hundred. A Test number four, more than 15,000 of his ODI runs came at the top of the order in a career that was crowned with the 2011 World Cup win in his home city of Mumbai.
Michael Vaughan: "When he was on form, you couldn't bowl to him. You can have all the plans in the world, but if it's his day you have no chance. There aren't many players you could say that about."
Ashley Giles: "I used to think he was taking the mickey out of me and you knew he could take you apart at any time."
Voting breakdown: Tendulkar 29%, Gayle 25%, Adam Gilchrist 20%, Hashim Amla 12%, Sanath Jayasuriya 8%, Virender Sehwag 6%.
Adam Gilchrist dropped into the wicketkeepers' vote because he wasn't selected as an opener.
AB de Villiers (South Africa)
ODIs: 179; Runs: 7,459; Average: 52.16; Strike rate: 97.16; Catches: 92 (as keeper); Stumpings: 5.
The epitome of the modern, three-format batsman, De Villiers can destroy an attack with classical strokeplay, ingenuity and raw power. The fastest man to 7,000 ODI runs, but that record is nothing compared with the devastation wreaked on the West Indies on 18 January. A 16-ball fifty, a 31-ball century, both the fastest in ODIs, in an innings of 149 in 44 balls that contained a record-equalling 16 sixes. De Villiers has also claimed 97 dismissals on occasions when he has played as wicketkeeper-batsman.
Michael Vaughan: "He's the best player of this era, he makes the game look so easy. If you bowl yorkers to him, he can still get the ball 360 degrees. Not many players can do that - he has every trick in the book. In the next five years, he will become a very, very special player. In 40 years, he will be regarded as being right up there with Sir Don Bradman and Brian Lara."
Brian Lara (West Indies)
ODIs: 299; Runs: 10,405; Average: 40.48; Strike rate: 79.51
A slayer of attacks, with huge backlift usually followed by a flowing cover drive or a one-legged pull shot. Most famous for his individual records in Test cricket, Lara is one of only three non-Asian batsmen (along with Australia's Ricky Ponting and South Africa's Jacques Kallis) to have registered more than 10,000 ODI runs.
Ashley Giles: "He has to be in the team, because he played some of the best innings of all time."
Sir Viv Richards (West Indies)
ODIs: 187; Runs: 6,721; Average: 47.00; Strike rate: 90.20
The 'Master Blaster', perhaps the most devastating batsman of all, laying waste attacks with a maroon cap on his head and chewing gum in his mouth. A two-time World Cup winner, including a man-of-the-match performance in the 1979 final. However, it is for an unbeaten 189 against England that he is best remembered, an ODI record that stood for 13 years.
Michael Vaughan: "He's the king. He had utter confidence, you could just sense something would happen when he batted, and he strolled out to bat in the World Cup final chewing gum. He led that great West Indies side and he drove their mentality. He scored 180 in a one-day international 30 years ago, that's ridiculous."
Voting breakdown: De Villiers 24%, Richards 23%, Lara 21%, Ricky Ponting 9%, Kumar Sangakkara 9%, Michael Bevan 6%, Inzamam-Ul-Haq 4%, Clive Lloyd 3%, Steve Waugh 1%.
Kumar Sangakkara dropped into the wicketkeepers' vote because he wasn't selected as a batsman.
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
ODIs: 287; Runs: 9,619; Average: 35.89; Strike-rate: 96.94; Catches: 417; Stumpings: 55
Omnipresent at the top of the Australia order during their World Cup successes of 1999, 2003 and 2007 and is the only man to have scored half-centuries in three successive finals. No batsman who has scored more than 8,000 runs as an ODI opener has a better strike-rate than Gilchrist, while his 472 wicketkeeping dismissals is bettered only by Kumar Sangakkara.
Jason Gillespie: "He was such a positive character. He's a very good listener, a good person to have in the dressing room and a good team-mate. His work ethic was unbelievable, and he always felt he had a point to prove because he was so destructive with the bat. He could tell you every stat about his wicketkeeping, but not his batting. He was so passionate about wicketkeeping. Watch him keeping, he was very good - he kept to Shane Warne, which is no mean feat."
Ashley Giles: "He was a game changer in terms of how one-day cricket should be played. He was a once in a lifetime cricketer."
Voting breakdown: Gilchrist 54%, Kumar Sangakkara 18%, MS Dhoni 17%, Brendon McCullum 5%, Andy Flower 3%, Mark Boucher 3%.
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
ODIs: 328; Runs: 11,579; Average: 44.36; Strike rate: 72.89
Wickets: 273; Average: 31.79; Economy rate: 4.84
Those who regard Kallis as a Test specialist overlook the fact he sits seventh in the all-time list of ODI run-scorers. He reached 50 in almost one in three innings, was far more than a fill-in bowler, and took 131 catches with his flypaper-like mitts. But perhaps the truest mark of his greatness is his longevity: 18 years at the top until his retirement in 2014.
Ashley Giles: "Look at his figures. How can you leave him out of the team? The guy is incredible. Perhaps barring Sir Garry Sobers, he is the best all-rounder to play the game."
Voting breakdown: Kallis 44%, Sir Ian Botham 33%, Imran Khan 10%, Kapil Dev 6%, Shahid Afridi 5%, Lance Klusener 2%.
Brett Lee (Australia)
ODIs: 221; Wickets: 380; Average: 23.36; Economy rate: 4.76
Every inch an athlete, the sight of Lee sprinting to the crease, launching into his action and hurling the ball down at lightning pace was a terrifying sight for batsmen. The fastest man to 300 ODI wickets, some 15 matches quicker than second-placed Waqar Younis, Lee's tally of nine five-wicket hauls is bettered only by Waqar and Muttiah Muralitharan.
Jason Gillespie: "I think this is a good selection, he has performed strongly over a number of years for Australia, and in all conditions. You have to respect that."
Ashley Giles: "He took a wicket every 29 balls. Hats off to him, that's superb."
Glenn McGrath (Australia)
ODIs: 250; Wickets: 381; Average: 22.02; Economy rate: 3.88
Another Australian with three World Cup winners' medals to his name, McGrath also has the most wickets (71), best average (18.19) and the best figures (7-15) at cricket's biggest show. On top of all that, McGrath's unerring accuracy left him him with the best career average of any bowler to take more than 300 ODI wickets.
Michael Vaughan: "Glenn McGrath with the white ball was more difficult to face than with the red ball. He generally got some movement out of any pitch and in his pomp he bowled a sharp, accurate bouncer."
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
ODIs: 356; Wickets: 502; Average: 23.52; Economy rate: 3.89
The greatest left-arm seamer of all time? Wasim could do it all - move the ball in the air or off the pitch at extreme pace, all with the threat of a lethal bouncer and a tricky slower ball. The first man to 500 ODI wickets, and still the only pacer, Wasim was the leading wicket-taker in the 1992 World Cup, to date Pakistan's only success.
Ashley Giles: "In their pomp, Wasim and Waqar Younis were incredible. When the ball started reversing and going round corners, they were a handful."
Voting breakdown: Wasim 22%,McGrath 22%, Lee 12%, Lasith Malinga 11%, Malcolm Marshall 9%, Joel Garner 8%, Waqar Younis 6%, Allan Donald 5%, Dennis Lillee 5%.
Shane Warne (Australia)
ODIs: 194; Wickets: 293; Average: 25.73; Economy rate: 4.25
Other bowlers may have played more matches, taken more wickets and appeared in more than two World Cups, but Warne's impact on the one-day game was profound. His attacking mindset ensured spin was no longer seen as simply a means of drying up the runs, and his respective figures of 4-29 and 4-33 in the semi-final and final of Australia's triumphant 1999 World Cup are those of a man who always rose to the occasion.
Michael Vaughan: "He produced high-class winning performances and, bearing in mind we are in the entertainment business, he brought plenty to the arena."
Ashley Giles: "He is a stand out pick. He is simply the best bowler to have played the game."
Voting breakdown: Warne 54%, Muttiah Muralitharan 32%, Saqlain Mushtaq 6%, Daniel Vettori 4%, Anil Kumble 4%.
All statistics correct on 9 February 2015
Votes took place in Sportsday Live each weekday between Tuesday, 3 February and Monday, 9 February.


Turkey's government has sacked another 1,389 soldiers accused of being linked to the coup attempt earlier this month.

This brings the number of military dismissals to more than 3,000 following the failed coup, in which rebel units used tanks and aircraft to try to oust President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
On Saturday Mr Erdogan announced steps to put all armed forces under direct government control, amid a crackdown.
He accuses US-based cleric Fetullah Gulen of being behind the coup attempt.
At least 246 people died as rebel soldiers tried to seize power on 15 July. Mr Gulen denies any involvement.
The latest soldiers to be dismissed include Mr Erdogan's chief military adviser, a top aide to the chief of the general staff and the defence minister's chief secretary.
On Saturday the government announced plans to close all military academies and bring land, naval and air forces under the control of the defence ministry.
The proposals need to be approved by parliament.
The coup has triggered a massive purge, with 66,000 public sector workers dismissed and 50,000 passports cancelled.
The state has also shut 142 media outlets and detained journalists. A three-month state of emergency has also been declared.
President Erdogan has ignored international unease about the crackdown, telling his foreign critics: "Mind your own business."


A London council has withdrawn an order forcing a mother to send her home educated child to school.

Kensington and Chelsea Council won an earlier case against Sophie Sotello in the magistrates' court after she refused to comply with the order.
When she appealed against the decision, the council dropped its case.
It said that it was now satisfied with evidence showing that her son, 11-year-old Gabriel Sotello, was receiving a suitable education.
Gabriel Sotello is one of more than 21,000 children on local council records as being home schooled.
According to the home education group Ed Yourself numbers have grown rapidly - by 17% between July 2013 and July 2014.
Many of these pupils, like Gabriel, have never been to school. Others have been taken out because their parents felt they were being bullied, neglected or were not reaching their potential.
Home schooled children do not have to follow the national curriculum or take part in public exams such as GCSEs or A-levels.
Mrs Sotello says her role is not to teach Gabriel, but to point him in the right direction.
"I wouldn't dream of saying I teach him," she says. "I facilitate, I find the books, I research with them, I give them the power if you like.  It is child centred, finding out what makes them tick."
Gabriel initiates much of his own learning and says he is inspired by the freedom to focus on what most interests him.
"Freedom is what makes learning still fun," he says. "In home education you can learn at your own pace and you do learn much quicker."
Parents give various reasons for shunning school, and taking direct responsibility for educating their children.
Jackie Fahy, who organises a weekly meeting in a London park for like-minded parents, says some doubt the worth of the regimented school curriculum.
"A lot of children come out of school not prepared. The workplace is changing so rapidly that actually the school system is huge and vast and slow to change.  I'm not sure that children will be prepared for having several careers in a lifetime."
Elizabeth Lil - who opted to educate her son and daughter herself - says that as a former teacher she felt that barely a tenth of her time in school was actually benefiting children.
"I was a science teacher, I did maths. I've so far used trigonometry once in my adult life. What you learn at school is not necessarily the skills you need for your adult life."
These parents complain that councils are exceeding their powers by carrying out routine inspections of the quality of their children's education.
They insist that councils should intervene only if they have evidence that something is wrong.
But grey areas persist over exactly what councils can or should do.
Government guidance is clear that local authorities have no statutory duty to investigate the education children are receiving at home on a routine basis.
It says that parents are not legally obliged to cooperate with requests from councils for information.
The guidance tells councils not to confuse home education with truancy.
But it acknowledges that if councils are concerned then they might impose the sort of school attendance order sent to the Sotellos.
In a statement, Kensington and Chelsea Council acknowledged the right of parents to educate their children at home.
But it said "when this happens we believe that we have a duty of care to establish that the child is receiving a suitable education".


Kent piled on the runs on day two against fellow Division Two promotion challengers Sussex on a day contrasting to the first, when 15 wickets fell.

Darren Stevens (79) and Will Gidman resumed for Kent in the morning, 31 runs ahead on 211-5, and put on 100.
On-loan Gidman was then part of another hundred partnership, 115 with Matt Coles, before the former was stranded on 99 as Kent were bowled out for 496.
Sussex then lost two late wickets as they finished 274 runs behind on 42-2.
All-rounder Gidman, who is on a one-month loan from Nottinghamshire, has now hit three fifties in three innings and scored 232 runs without being dismissed.


Brexit may have triggered a political earthquake in Europe, but 70 years ago the UK sent real shockwaves across the seas with the largest non-nuclear explosion of that era.

As one of the four victorious allied powers after World War Two, Britain was governing a large area of occupied Germany.
The British sector included the tiny island of Heligoland, which had long been a source of diplomatic tension between the two countries.
So, when in 1947 the British needed a safe place to dispose of thousands of tonnes of unexploded ammunition, Heligoland must have seemed an obvious choice.
The code-name for the plan combined the British flair for understatement with the military taste for the literal-minded; it was to be called Operation Big Bang.
Heligoland had been a German naval fortress, and historian Jan Rueger, author of Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea, says Operation Big Bang was designed by the British to make a big point.
"They're very clear that there's a symbolic side to this [operation] and that is the German tradition of militarism," he explains.
"There's a sense that Prussian militarism and its threat to Britain has to end and that's very much how Operation Big Bang is received in Britain."
The operation was carefully stage-managed - the old black and white pictures even include a close-up of a Royal Navy officer's finger triggering the blast. Aerial footage shows the entire horizon erupting in a huge grey curtain of mud, sand and rock.
For the Royal Navy and the British Army of Occupation it was mission accomplished.
For the people of Heligoland it felt very different.
Europe in 1946 and 1947 was in chaos, with millions of displaced and dispossessed families drifting between camps or sheltering in ruined buildings.
The island had been evacuated during the war and many Heligolanders were living in exile in the coastal city of Cuxhaven about 60km (37 miles) to the south.
Olaf Ohlsen, who was 11 years old in 1947, gathered with the rest of the exiled population on the cliffs to listen for the sound of the explosion.
Few people in history can have lived through such a moment, standing at the edge of sea knowing that they would hear but not see an explosion that they knew would destroy their homes.
Olaf says everyone knew that the explosion would be shattering.
"Even in Hamburg, which is more than 150 km (93 miles) from the island," he told me, "a schoolteacher kept a document which said the British had warned everyone to leave doors and windows open to help the buildings withstand the blast."
Olaf's father was among the pessimists who believed that Britain's real intention was to blow up the island behind a literal smokescreen created by the destruction of the captured ammunition.
He still recalls the first time his father brought news of what had happened after the blast, shouting with excitement: "Heligoland is still here, it's still here."
In the middle of the 20th Century Heligoland still mattered to its people, fiercely independent speakers of a Friesian dialect who are neither British nor German.
But it had lost the strategic importance that made it a crucial bone of contention between the great powers of Europe a hundred years earlier.
Britain occupied Heligoland in the Napoleonic period as part of its complex manoeuvrings to deny the French leader the support of the navies of Scandinavia as he took over huge parts of Europe.
Thus the British found themselves with a handy naval base that guarded the entrance to the port of Hamburg and allowed it to slip secret agents freely into Napoleonic Europe. By the time they gifted it to the Kaiser in 1890, though, its usefulness appeared to be at an end.
Detlev Rickmers, a local hotel owner whose family have been Heligolanders for 500 years, says that even though it's more than a century since the link was broken, a sense of Britishness ran through the population for a long time after 1890.
"Of course there was a British governor, there was a sense of being British," he says. "There were connections to Britain. My grandfather told me that he always remembered the excitement of the days when the salesman would call from Huntley and Palmer."
In the wake of the Big Bang, of course, things are very different.
The British bombing operation acted as a kind of catalyst for a new form of post-war German nationalism. There were campaigns for the island to be returned to German sovereignty and for a rebuilding programme to allow the Heligolanders to go home.
Historian Jan Rueger says that perhaps for the last time Operation Big Bang had made Heligoland part of a larger historical argument.
"As always in history there's a paradoxical side to these events," he says. "In this case it lies in the way that all over Germany this is seen as a moment that victimises the Germans and allows them to see themselves as victims after a war in which the rest of Europe has been the victim of German aggression."
The British bombing left Heligoland's landscape pock-marked and cratered. But the island endured: a stubborn lump of rock in the North Sea.
And while most visitors are drawn these days by the lure of duty-free shopping, Heligoland has a fascinating story to tell to anyone who'll listen.


Five police officers and one police community support officer in north Wales as well as one Dyfed-Powys Police officer have been convicted of offences in the past three years, figures show.

The convictions include a sex offence, assault, drink-driving and speeding.
Figures for South Wales Police and Gwent Police were not released.
Just 25 of the 45 UK forces responded to Freedom of Information requests by the Press Association, showing 309 officers had convictions.
North Wales Police said, in 2012, a male sergeant was convicted of driving without a licence and while using a mobile phone and a male police officer was convicted of careless driving.
Another police officer was cautioned for a data protection offence.
In 2013, a male police officer was convicted of drink-driving and a female police officer was convicted of assault.
In 2014, a male constable was convicted of a sexual offence and a male police community support officer (PCSO) was convicted of speeding.
The force said 26 serving police officers and four PCSOs had a criminal conviction.
Dyfed-Powys Police said a male police officer was convicted of criminal damage to leisure items in 2012.
South Wales Police and Gwent Police refused the request for information on cost grounds.