Roma have been fined 50,000 euros (£42,400) after racist chants from their fans halted a match at AC Milan.

Play in the 0-0 Serie A draw on Sunday was stopped for about two minutes after chants were aimed at Milan's black players by visiting fans.
AC Milan head coach Massimiliano Allegri called Italian football "a place for the uncivilised" afterwards.
In response to the ruling, Roma released a statement condemning the actions of their supporters.
It read: "This type of behaviour from any football supporters, including ours, is completely unacceptable. We are committed to facing this issue head-on to rid our sport of this problem and promote respect for all."
The capital club were also warned they could play future league matches behind closed doors should the same events be repeated.
The game was brought to a temporary halt at the start of the second half and an announcement made to supporters ordering them to cease their behaviour before play was resumed.
Former Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli, ex-Portsmouth midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng and defender Kevin Constant were part of the Milan team, with the governing body of the Italian league's judgement stating three unnamed players had been abused.
In January, a friendly between Milan and Pro Patria in January was suspended because of racist chants aimed at Boateng. In April, Juventus were fined 30,000 euros (£25,700) for their fans' racist abuse of AC Milan players.
The Milan v Roma match marked the first time in Italian football where play had been temporarily halted and then re-started, but Allegri questioned the strength of the sanction.
"Stopping the game doesn't work, it's a happy medium and like all happy mediums, it doesn't do anybody any good," he said.
"Balotelli was defeated, he gave everything, but he is 22 and subjected more and more to racist chants. That doesn't do him any good."
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Fifa president Sepp Blatter also voiced his disgust at the Roma fans' behaviour, tweeting: "Appalled to read about racist abuse in Serie A. Tackling this issue is complex, but we're committed to action, not just words."
In the aftermath of the Milan and Pro Patria game, Fifa created a special taskforce to tackle the issue. Members included Boateng, Premier League referee Howard Webb, the Football Association's governance and regulation director Darren Bailey and pressure group Football Against Racism in Europe's chief executive Piara Powar.
The group met on Monday, with the world governing body since publishing an outline of proposed sanctions for clubs and individuals found guilty of "racist or discriminative acts".
These will include having an official at the stadium tasked to spot "acts of discrimination", creating a sliding scale of punishments from fines to playing games behind closed doors and the creation of "a concrete action plan" by all bodies describing how they will try to fight racism.


At first sight the great slabs of grey-blue ice covering the Arctic Ocean appear to be rock-solid and immobile but the extraordinary fact is that they are restless and shifting.

Beneath what appears to be an unbending and endless landscape, the winds and currents are constantly at work reshaping it.
During the long dark months of the past winter, Norway's research vessel, the Lance, has been stationed amid the floes and drifting with them at the amazing speed of half a mile an hour.
In the few days I spent on board, when the vessel seemed to be locked in a vice-like grip, we actually travelled about a dozen miles.
The view was essentially unchanging but the satellite navigation system revealed the extent of the drift and the Lance's journey can be seen here.
Although deploying the latest technology, the expedition's use of ice drift is not an original idea but instead draws on the proud legacy of one of the greatest ventures in polar discovery more than a century ago - the voyage of a vessel known as the Fram under its leader, Fridtjof Nansen.
Nansen wanted to test what was then an unthinkable notion - jamming a ship into the ice and letting the flow of the ice do the rest.
He and others had noticed that old timbers from northern Russia were washing up several thousand miles away on the shores of Greenland - and the only possible explanation was that winds and currents had carried them there.  Scientists now call this feature as the Transpolar Drift.
And when an American vessel, the Jeannette, was crushed in the ice off Siberia in 1881, there was huge surprise when identifiable parts of the wreckage also turned up in Greenland.
That led Nansen to dream up the idea of using the natural mobility of the ice to achieve something that was impossible at the time - to penetrate what he called the "ramparts of ice" and reach the North Pole.
The movement of the ice, he judged, was sometimes "so strong and rapid as to equal that of a ship running before the wind".
Nansen concluded that a vessel of the right shape - with a tough rounded hull - would be squeezed upwards as the ice closed around it, and be lifted above the surface to avoid destruction.
"I believe that if we pay attention to the actually existent forces of nature, and seek to work with and not against them, we shall thus find the safest and easiest method of reaching the Pole," he wrote.
"The ship will simply be hoisted up and will ride safely and firmlyâ€¦the current will be our motive power, while our ship, no longer a means of transport, will become a barrack."
Initially, his concept was met with derision. In 1892, when he outlined his plan to the Royal Geographical Society in London, the big names of polar exploration lined up to dismiss it.
The legendary figure of Admiral Sir Leopold M'Clintock, who had led the first expedition through the fabled North West Passage in the Canadian Arctic, warned Nansen that "the danger of being crushed in the ice was too great."
Sir Allen Young, another giant of Arctic discovery, highlighted the fact that no one knew whether land or islands lay in the unknown reaches of the Far North and that the idea of drifting would be "extremely dangerous".
The American explorer General Greely went even further, warning that the expedition would fail with the risk of "suffering and death among its members".
In 1893, when Nansen and his team set off, the growth of winter ice quickly surrounded the Fram and the moment of truth arrived. The ice floes jostled around the ship and a loud creaking began.
"Now both pressure and noise gets worse and worse; the ship shakes, and I feel as if I myself were being gently lifted with the stern-rail, where I stand gazing out at the welter of ice-masses that resemble giant snakes writhing and twisting their great bodies out there under the quiet starry sky."
The theory worked. The Fram rose, and its well-built frame and multi-layered hull withstood what no one other vessel had managed before.
The result was that for three years the ship inched generally northwards and westwards, sometimes driven back, sometimes stationary, but proving that the Arctic is an active, restless region.
The ship did not make it to the Pole so Nansen and a crewmate ventured towards it on foot and attained the previously-unheard of latitude of 86 degrees North, where massive ridges of ice blocked their path.
The two of them, and the Fram, returned safely, and Nansen became an instant hero. Norway witnessed the largest gathering of people ever seen at that moment in its history, a significant moment for a country then yearning for its independence from Sweden.
And in the years that followed, Nansen emerged as the essential expert for others to consult before any major expedition. His fellow Norwegian, Roald Amundsen, the first man to reach the South Pole, and the British explorers Scott and Shackleton, all went to see him.
So how have things changed since Nansen's day?
The Lance is built of steel rather than the wood used for the Fram but it has the same rounded shape which serves the same purpose.
On one occasion last February, the Lance's bow rose nearly a metre into the air as the ship was lifted by an underwater ice-floe.  And during our stay I felt a slight tilt as that process was at work again.
The scientists on the Lance are measuring everything from the weather to the ice to the creatures beneath it. Nansen, with cruder instruments, did the same, establishing some guiding principles for methodical observation.  One of his major revelations was that the Arctic Ocean is extremely deep.
For any researchers working on the Lance, there's a rotation off the ship every six weeks by helicopter. By contrast, for the men on the Fram, there was no escape for three long years from 1893-6.
The clothing has improved immeasurably. Everyone venturing onto the ice now has to wear a floatation suit and during our worst weather, when the wind chill was minus 47C, it was just about possible to work outside. Nansen and his men, in a mix of wolf-skin and wool, must have felt the cold terribly and, if they slipped into the icy water, they just got soaked.
And there's also been a huge cultural shift in how the polar wildlife is regarded.
These days, the scientists go to great lengths to avoid harming any creature that comes their way. So polar bears, which can be a dangerous threat, are scared away with snowmobiles or flare guns; rifles are a last resort.
Instead, in Nansen's time, the animals of the Arctic were seen as a source of food, as a means of survival. Seals, walruses and even polar bears were not just fair game but essential stock for the larder.
It may be shocking to read this now but Nansen was quite open in his account of the voyage: "We have eaten bear-meat morning, noon, and night, and so far from being tired of it, have made the discovery that the breast of the cubs is quite a delicacy."
At the end of his journey, Nansen wrote that he had "gone far to lift the veil of mystery" over the Arctic.
He also suggested that future expeditions should repeat his technique of using ships because the explorers would be more comfortable and could also bring their laboratories with them.
That is exactly what the Norwegian Polar Institute has done with the Lance, as if following his script.
But one can only guess at what Nansen would make of the helicopters and computers and other new technology, and of how the Arctic itself is being transformed.


Payday loan complaints have risen sharply but the list of gripes about financial products is still dominated by payment protection insurance (PPI).

The number of complaints about payday lenders more than tripled to 4,186 in the first half of the year compared with the previous six months.
The Financial Ombudsman, which compiled the figures, said borrowers had become more aware of their rights.
The payday industry said that a falling proportion of complaints were upheld.
The numbers are still dwarfed by PPI complaints, which totalled 91,381 in the six months to June, accounting for 54% of new cases considered by the ombudsman.
There were 169,132 new cases on the books of the ombudsman in the first half of the year. They relate to a range of consumer complaints about banks, insurers and other financial businesses.
This was a 3% rise on the previous six months.
The ombudsman only deals with disputes that cannot be resolved between a consumer and a financial institution, so only reflects a fraction of the total number of unhappy customers.
It found in consumers' favour in just under half (48%) of cases completed in the first half of the year.
The figures show that payday lending was one area in which complaints had risen in the first half of the year, up from 1,213 in the previous six months. Some 53% of payday complaints were upheld.
The ombudsman said the rise was partly due to greater consumer awareness of their rights.
The Consumer Finance Association, which represents some of the major payday providers, claimed most customers felt they were treated better by payday operators than by other types of lenders.
Russell Hamblin-Boone, the association's chief executive, said: "We are obviously disappointed with the number of complaints, but this must be viewed in perspective. Of around a million loans funded there were about 2,000 upheld complaints.
"The true picture is represented by a recent customer satisfaction survey by Smart Money People, which showed that 95% of short-term credit customers felt they were treated fairly against an average of 88% of all credit customers."
PPI complaints - made by those who felt they had been mis-sold the loan insurance - fell slightly compared to the second half of 2015, continuing a trend.
Chief financial ombudsman Caroline Wayman said that PPI still weighed heavily on the organisation's workload.
"Although it is a few years now since PPI complaints peaked, we have been receiving over 3,000 a week for six years running - despite wider expectations that numbers will fall," she said. "We are continuing to deal with the issues and uncertainties around PPI which remain a significant challenge for everyone involved."
PPI was designed to cover loan repayments if the policyholder fell ill or lost their job.
About 45 million policies were sold over the course of 20 years from 1990.
However, it became clear that it was mis-sold on an industrial scale to people who didn't want or need it - or would not be eligible to claim.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) wants to set a June 2019 deadline for people to make claims over mis-sold PPI. Banks have so far paid out Â£24bn in compensation.
The UK's five biggest banks have set aside Â£32.6bn to deal with the total compensation bill.
This is the major reason why the largest number of complaints made to the ombudsman in the first six months of the year was about Lloyds Banking Group.
The Bank of Scotland and Barclays were next on the list.


A man who snatched a nine-year-old girl in a park's play area has been given a three-year jail sentence.

Paul Barton, 33, of no fixed address, admitted kidnapping the girl as she played at Pointers Field, off George Pope Road, Norwich, in September.
The girl, who was dragged into a wooded area, managed to break away and escaped uninjured.
The crown court judge gave Barton a sexual harm prevention order, ruling he must serve at least half his sentence.
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Sitting at Norwich Crown Court, Judge Mark Dennis told him he had been impressed by a letter written by Barton which he believed he had recognised what he had done and included a "genuine apology".
However, he said, he had some concerns which remained, and issued an order banning him from having contact with females under 16 or from working with children.


Ian Woosnam says golf's governing body was 'absolutely right' to stop Muirfield hosting the Open Championship in the row over female members.

The R&A barred Muirfield as an Open venue after the club's members failed to overturn a male-only member policy.
This year's Open course, Royal Troon, has called a meeting in July to look at changing its own membership rules.
"I think the R&A was absolutely right," Woosnam told BBC Radio Wales ahead of the Wales Senior Open.
"If they (Muirfield) weren't hosting a major tournament there, then they can do exactly as they like.
"But if they want to have a major tournament like the Open, then everybody needs to be welcome.
"Troon might be changing and that is pleasing, they know what the situation is.
"Maybe they don't want to host the Open. It certainly doesn't seem like it."
Woosnam would like to see the Open Championship come to Wales, but admits a new course would be required.
The Celtic Manor resort, which hosts the Wales Senior Open, is not a links course, while Royal Porthcawl, which will host the 2017 Senior Open, lacks the infrastructure to deal with the scale of the oldest of golf's Majors.
The Celtic Manor hosted the Wales Open from 2000 to 2014, but Wales is currently not represented on the European Tour schedule
"No doubt about it, we need to have a national tournament in Wales and if it is not at the Celtic Manor, it needs to be somewhere else," Woosnam said.
"We should build our own golf course here in Wales to host the Open.
"Porthcawl is pretty good, but we should build to host the Open as it [Porthcawl] doesn't have the infrastructure around it.
"We need businessmen behind it, the Welsh Government behind it and build a proper course, it would generate revenue of millions and millions.
"There is plenty of land out there, let's do it."
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An Australian teenager has joined a terror group in Syria, police have said.

The 18-year-old man from the Darling Downs region in Queensland left the country in April.
According to local media reports, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) believe he joined al-Qaeda affiliate the al-Nusra Front.
The radicalisation and recruitment of adults and children is a mounting challenge for authorities in Australia.
Tareq Kamleh, an Australian doctor, recently appeared in an Islamic State propaganda video urging other medical professionals to join him in Syria.
This month, a 17-year-old Melbourne teenager was arrested in a raid on his family home after allegedly planning a bomb attack.
According to the AFP, the Darling Downs man tricked his family into allowing him to leave. They were said to be distraught and trying to convince him to return home, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Around 90 Australians are believed to be fighting in the Middle East.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the latest report was "very disturbing", the Brisbane Times reports.
"We need to make sure that disengaged youth are not being subjected to encouragement from terrorist organisations," she saying, adding the government would work with the Islamic Council.
A spokesman for the Islamic Council of Queensland, Ali Kadri, told the ABC that young Australian Muslim men felt disenfranchised.
"The prime minster or the top ministers attacking Muslims make them feel more marginalised and alienated," Mr Kadri said.
"I would request politicians to watch what they say and be measured in their statements and not just make dog whistle political statements and address the issue at its core," said Mr Kadri.
In March it was reported that counter-terror units at Australian airports conducted 76,000 "real-time" stops of potentially suspicious travellers between August 2014 and February this year.


A painting by one of South Africa's leading artists, auctioned to help fund Nelson Mandela's legal defence in the 1960s, has been rediscovered at a flat in London and valued at $1.5m (£1m).

An art expert spotted Arab in Black, by Irma Stern, being used as a kitchen notice board in the UK capital.
The work was sold for charity to raise funds for Mr Mandela and other anti-apartheid activists in their treason trial, which ran from 1956 until 1961.
It is due to be auctioned in September.
"I spotted this masterpiece hanging in the kitchen covered in letters, postcards and bills," said Hannah O'Leary, a specialist in South African art at Bonhams auction house in London.
"It was a hugely exciting find even before I learned of its political significance."
It is thought that the current owner was given the painting by their parents, and brought it to the UK in the 1970s.
Mr Mandela and the other defendants were found not guilty in 1961 - but three years later he was sentenced to life in prison for committing acts of sabotage.
He spent 27 years in jail before becoming South Africa's first black, democratically elected president in 1994 - ending years of white-minority rule.
Ms Stern died in 1966, and her home in Cape Town has been converted into a museum.


Scotland's deputy Labour leader is still considering whether to run for election to replace Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy.

Kezia Dugdale said she would announce her decision regarding the contest in the next few days.
At the weekend Mr Murphy told the media that he would step down from his role as leader next month.
Labour MSP Ken Macintosh confirmed he would stand for leadership of the party which lost 40 MPs in the election.
The results left the party in Scotland with just one MP, Ian Murray who represents the Edinburgh South constituency.
When Mr Murphy steps down in June, Ms Dugdale will become acting leader.
However, she has yet to say whether or not she wants to keep the job.
On Tuesday, Labour MSPs met at Holyrood for the first time since Mr Murphy's announcement.
On leaving the meeting, Ms Dugdale said she would share her intentions in the "next couple of days".
As his deputy, Kezia Dugdale will become acting leader when he goes.
Although Mr Macintosh has confirmed his intention to stand, he will not formally announce that until Labour's election rules are agrees.


Leaving the club he had been with since the age of five might have seemed a tough decision for Ryan Ledson as he said his goodbyes to Everton and joined Oxford United.

But midfielder Ledson, 19, trusted recommendations from his Merseyside mates before agreeing a summer switch to the Kassam Stadium.
Some 28 appearances later for the Yellows, he has no regrets at taking their advice. Being named EFL Young Player of the Month for February comes just ahead of a Wembley final and a potential chance to represent England at the Under-20 World Cup.
"I'd heard a lot of good things about Oxford when I was on loan at Cambridge United last season," Ledson told BBC Sport.
"I'd seen how they'd gone up last year, they got to a Wembley final (in the EFL Trophy) and one of my good mates Jonjoe Kenny had also been on loan from Everton.
"He'd always tell me what a great club they were and when the call came they were in for me in the summer, I asked Jonjoe's opinion and also (club captain) John Lundstram, who I also know very well.
"The feedback I got was very good, so that turned my head."
So impressive has Ledson's first season at Oxford been, he is simultaneously in demand with club and country.
He missed Oxford's stoppage-time victory over Scunthorpe on Saturday as he met up with the England Under-20 squad for a four-nation tournament in Brittany this week.
An opener against Portugal on Thursday, followed by games against France and Senegal, all serve as preparation for May's Under-20 World Cup in South Korea.
"That will be a massive thing for us," Ledson admitted. "We've got a new gaffer (Paul Simpson) so we can see how he works and for 10 days, it's going to be crucial for our preparations later in the year.
"To go away and play a few games before taking part in the third biggest tournament in the world in South Korea, it's just all experience for me.
"Being a young lad, to go and play there will be a fantastic opportunity."
Ledson goes on England duty this week with the blessing of Oxford manager Michael Appleton, someone Ledson identifies as key to his on and off-field development this season.
"It's a blow to lose him for a period of time and games," Appleton said. "But sometimes things happen for a reason.
"It will be a positive thing for Ryan. It will allow him to step out of the environment, play in a different type of game, spend time with some other people and hopefully come back refreshed."
Ledson cited the progression of former Oxford players Kemar Roofe and Callum O'Dowda - now at Leeds and Bristol City respectively - as testament to Appleton's pedigree for bringing young players on in the game.
"I spoke to him in the summer before I signed and everything he said then, he's stuck to," Ledson said.
Ledson's first game after England duty will be Oxford's EFL Trophy final against Coventry City on 2 April.
But which would mean more - winning a Wembley final or a chance to represent his country at a global tournament?
"Let's hope we can do both," he replied.
Should Oxford's first season back in League One finish with a flourish and a late surge into the play-offs, Ledson could find himself at the centre of a club v country dilemma.
England's Under-20 World Cup group matches start against Argentina on 20 May, the very same day as the League One play-off final.
"We'll have to just wait and see what happens," he said. "If we do get to the play-offs and the World Cup overlaps, then me, the club and the FA will have a decision to make and it will be in their hands."
In the short-term, being named one of the best young players in the EFL this season is just another thing Ledson has taken in his stride.
"I've just been focusing on playing as many games as I can and developing as a player," he said.
"I'm still a young player, but the more games I get under my belt, the better player I'll become."


A multi-million pound project to extend the Nottingham tram system to Derby is being treated as a "priority", the BBC has learned.

The tram, which currently serves the Nottingham area, would also run to East Midlands Airport and the proposed HS2 station at Toton.
The 19 councils in the region described the scheme as one of several "priority projects" in devolution negotiations.
The timetable and costs of the project are not discussed in the document.
The information was revealed in a document detailing requests to be made from the government as part of a deal to devolve power.
Andrew Braddock, chairman of the Light Rail Transit Association, which supports the project, said the trams would be an efficient and effective way of moving passengers from the HS2 station to the cities of Derby and Nottingham.
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He said: "I am not surprised by the move… as they start to look at it… they will realise that creating an East Midlands light metro network… is a good idea.
"There have been a rash of modern new tramways across France as city mayors say... it's time we took the streets back for the people.
"In Germany, they've had trams since the 1880s and were sensible and kept them."
A transport review in 2013 estimated the cost of a new tram line at £20m for each mile of track, putting the cost of a link from Toton to Derby at about £200m.
Another cost estimate for a tram line from Nottingham to Ripley in Derbyshire via Eastwood, Kimberley and Langley Mill was put at £180m.
The document said the East Midlands councils are determined to "reach a unified position on the strategic transport interventions required to maximise the growth potential of the region".
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The Police and Crime Commissioner for Gwent will not be seeking re-election in May, he has announced.

Ian Johnston will officially announce his decision to members of the Gwent Police and Crime Panel at their meeting in Usk, Monmouthshire, on Friday.
He described his tenure as "a challenging time but very fulfilling" and said he felt he had "achieved everything I set out to do".
Mr Johnston was elected Gwent's first PCC in November 2012.
Prior to that, he was a Gwent Police officer for 33 years and then served as vice-president and president of the Police Superintendents' Association.
"It has been a huge privilege and an honour to serve the people of Gwent as commissioner and the decision not to stand for a second term has been a difficult one for me to make," he said.
It is now time for me to move on and hand over to the next commissioner.
"Some people still don't accept the concept of the role but I believe that for members of the public, PCCs have brought much more visibility and accountability to policing and have been able to make things happen effectively at a local level."
Mr Johnston said he considered his key achievements to be the launch of a Victims' Charter and the establishment of the Connect Gwent victim's hub - the first multi-agency service of its kind in Wales which supports victims of crime.
He is also known for ordering former chief constable Carmel Napier to "retire or be removed" and for criticising the Welsh Government's attitude to PCCs which he said had "made life difficult".
Last Monday, North Wales PCC Winston Roddick announced he would also be standing down.
Dyfed-Powys PCC Christopher Salmon and South Wales PCC Alun Michael are both seeking re-election on 5 May.


Mike Rigg has left his position as chief football officer at Fulham after agreeing to "cordially part ways" with the Championship club.

Rigg joined the Craven Cottage side at the start of 2015 following a two-year spell with the Football Association.
He previously worked at Manchester City and QPR as a technical director.
Rigg worked closely with Fulham's scouting team, but the Whites said his departure would not affect their plans for the January transfer window.
"Mike made many solid contributions to our club and I know he will be up to the next challenge in his career," chairman Shahid Khan said.


A two-year deal which would see Scottish teachers being given a 1.5% pay rise this year and a 1% rise next year has been struck after months of talks.

This year's pay rise would be back-dated to April under the deal.
Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, will ballot its members but has recommended approval of the offer while the SSTA has "reluctantly" accepted it.
The proposed deal may also see changes to how supply teachers are paid.
And there will be a written commitment on attempting to manage teachers' workload.
The EIS had warned of the risk of industrial action over pay of the issue was not resolved.
As part of the proposed deal, a letter will go out to councils confirming that they can choose to pay supply teachers at the full daily rate from the first day of their work.
Some councils have experienced shortages of supply teachers - with critics claiming one reason for this is that they are paid less for short engagements.
EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan said: "Clearly, the pay element of this offer is disappointing and falls short of EIS aspirations. The continued austerity measures of the UK government have created a situation where an offer of 2.5% over two years is the most that Cosla, as the employers' side, was prepared to offer.
"However, the non-pay elements of the offer, including a commitment to address supply teaching issues, an agreed set of principles and action on managing teacher workload and, crucially, a separate commitment from the Scottish government on maintaining teacher numbers in year two of the deal, offer more positive developments which establish the basis for a potentially workable agreement.
"However, should members vote to reject the offer then the question of industrial action will be considered."
Teachers are employed by councils but pay and conditions are agreed nationally.
The offer also covers teachers employed by councils, including Glasgow, which are no longer members of the council umbrella body Cosla.
SSTA General Secretary Seamus Searson said: "Teachers have been getting Curriculum for Excellence into classrooms over the last eight years. Throughout this time they have seen the real value of their salaries reduced. Teachers have toiled to introduce a new range of experiences and outcomes in S1 to S3.
"For the last three years they have been putting a huge amount of their own time into new S4 to S6 qualifications. There is more assessment than ever. Attainment levels are rising. Record numbers of youngsters passed their Higher exams this year. It is disappointing that the value of teachers is not properly recognised."
Cosla spokesman Billy Hendry said: "It has been a long and protracted negotiation on the different elements of the teachers' pay and conditions claim but we got there in the end.
"I am delighted that we have reached an agreement and that the teaching unions will make a recommendation to accept the Cosla pay offer.
"We value each and every member of the local government workforce, no less so our teachers who are doing a great job delivering high quality education to children and young people across the length and breadth of Scotland."


Two "staggeringly incompetent" hitmen have been found guilty of stabbing to death an innocent student after the killers called at the wrong house.

Aamir Siddiqi, 17, was attacked at his Cardiff home by Jason Richards, 38, and Ben Hope, 39, in April 2010.
The killers, who will be sentenced next Friday, had been told to murder a different man on a neighbouring street.
The Swansea Crown Court jury returned its verdicts on the second day of deliberations.
Hope and Richards both denied murdering Aamir, and two separate counts of the attempted murder of his parents, but were convicted unanimously of all charges.
The killers showed no emotion as the verdict was delivered at the end of a four-and-a-half month trial. Aamir's family sat quietly in court.
After the verdict, Aamir's family spoke outside the court. One of his three sisters, Umbareen, said: "If he was still with us, he would be looking forward to turning 21 this year and completing his law degree.
"He was the heartbeat of our family."
She thanked police, Victim Support, all those who had tried to save Aamir, and the wider community in Cardiff for their help.
She added: "We are pleased today that justice has finally been done and we can finally start to deal with the reality of losing Aamir."
Aamir had run down the stairs to answer the door expecting to see his imam, who was due to give him a Koran lesson. Instead, he opened the front door in Ninian Road, Roath, to two masked killers high on heroin.
Hope and Richards wielded daggers over their heads and howled as they set upon the helpless A-level student.
Aamir's father likened the attackers' howling to the sort of noise made in martial arts when an attacker wants to terrify the victim.
The teenager desperately tried to run back into the house, but they chased him and repeatedly lashed out.
The execution of the bungled contract killing was described by the prosecution as an act of "staggering incompetence".
Aamir's parents frantically tried to help their only son. His mother, Parveen, leapt on the back of one of the attackers as he pursued Aamir in the dining room of their home.
His father, 68-year-old Sheikh Iqbal Ahmad, tried to pin the other against a wall using his head. Both were stabbed in the process.
Mr Ahmad later recalled the terror which unfolded that Sunday and said he could not say how many times they had stabbed Aamir.
He told the police it all happened in seconds and Aamir "didn't say a single word". Police arrived at the scene, tried to save Aamir and administered CPR.
Sergeant Kee Wong told the trial the scene he found was the worst he had come across during his career. Aamir's T-shirt was saturated in blood and he counted several wounds on the teenager's body.
Det Sgt Stuart Wales also told the court it was "the most distressing incident" he had ever had to attend in 17 years of service.
"I saw the face of Aamir's mum, she looked absolutely traumatised," he said. "It is still an image quite clear in my mind."
Fellow officer Teresa Sullivan recalled her as inconsolable. "She just kept shouting 'My son, my son'. She wanted to see him," she said.
It was an appalling end to what had begun as a "normal lazy Sunday morning", in the words of one of Aamir's sisters, Miriam, who had gone out to get him a takeaway.
The awful truth was that Aamir's killers carried out a contract killing on the wrong victim, in the wrong house.
Richards and Hope had been paid by a businessman, angry over a collapsed property deal, to kill a father-of-four who lived in a neighbouring street.
But they went instead to a similar looking red brick, end-of-row house just around the corner in Ninian Road in the leafy suburb of Roath. The prosecution called it a colossal, fatal mistake for Aamir.
After the murder, a huge manhunt began, and the killers' stolen Volvo car used in the crime was later found abandoned. Traces of Aamir's blood were found in the car's footwell, as were Hope's fingerprints and Richards' DNA.
After the killing the men were each paid Â£1,000 cash. Hope bought a pair of trainers and a laptop computer with the money.
Detectives pieced together the movements of both men before and after the killing by using the city's CCTV network and mobile phone evidence was also gathered.
Both men were arrested within days and immediately blamed each other for the killing. Hope told police he would not "take the rap" for something he did not do and drug addict Richards denied the killing.
Aamir's hopes of reading law at Cardiff University and then possibly pursuing a career in either the police or civil service ended in the most brutal fashion.
Aamir was a boy his parents called a gift and a blessing born after 17 years of marriage.
"This scene I will live with all of my life," Mrs Ahmad later told police.
Mr Ahmad said life had "lost its purpose" after the murder. His wife said: "Nothing is valuable now."


Entente Setif, of Algeria, won the African Champions League title for the first time in 26 years after beating AS Vita Club, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, on away goals following a 3-3 aggregate draw on Saturday.

The second leg of the final at the Mustapha Tchaker Stadium in Blida ended in a 1-1 draw, six days after the teams drew 2-2 in the opening game in Kinshasa.
Setif took the aggregate lead on Saturday four minutes into the second half through Sofiane Younes, who stretched his leg out at the back post to convert a crossfield pass from El Hadi Belameiri which had eluded the Vita defence.
But the Congolese visitors equalised just five minutes later through Lema Mabidi, who hit a thunderous shot from outside the penalty area to revive his club's chances.
Mabidi had also scored his club's two goals in the first leg of the final last weekend.
The equaliser ensured a nervy finish in which Vita were the more enterprising of the two teams as Setif employed time-wasting tactics and the tentative Algerian supporters began baying for the final whistle from the 75th minute onwards.
It was a second successive success over Congolese opposition this year for Setif, who had eliminated highly fancied TP Mazembe in the semi-finals.
The triumph continues a bumper year for Algeria, whose national team reached the second round of the World Cup in Brazil in June.
Vita's only previous success in the competition was in 1973 and they were runners-up in 1981, when it was still known as the African Champions Cup.
Entente Setif will now participate in next month's Club World Cup in neighbouring Morocco.


Barrow kept their National League promotion hopes alive with their second away win inside four days.

The Bluebirds climbed three places to sixth as goals from Richie Bennett and Jordan Williams sentenced poor Chester to a fifth straight home defeat.
Bennett latched onto a defence-splitting through ball to put the visitors ahead after just three minutes. And, but for two good saves by home keeper Alex Lynch, it could have been more.
Chester responded towards the end of the first half, as top scorer James Alabi and captain Tom Shaw both had shots blocked.
But, fresh from Saturday's 4-2 win at Solihull, Barrow continued to look the greater threat after the break. And they clinched all three points 14 minutes from time when Williams cut in from the left to fire a low shot which Lynch allowed to slip under his body.
Shaw pulled a goal back in the 88th minute but it was too little, too late.
Chester remain only eight points clear of danger ahead of Saturday's trip to 20th-placed Torquay, while Barrow next face a third successive away game at another struggling side Maidstone.
Match ends, Chester FC 1, Barrow 2.
Second Half ends, Chester FC 1, Barrow 2.
Substitution, Chester FC. Wade Joyce replaces Theo Vassell.
Jordan Williams (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Chester FC 1, Barrow 2. Tom Shaw (Chester FC).
Substitution, Barrow. Shaun Tuton replaces Richard Bennett.
Goal!  Chester FC 0, Barrow 2. Jordan Williams (Barrow).
Substitution, Chester FC. Lucas Dawson replaces Evan Horwood.
Substitution, Barrow. Ross Hannah replaces Lindon Meikle.
Lindon Meikle (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Barrow. Akil Wright replaces Alex-Ray Harvey.
Second Half begins Chester FC 0, Barrow 1.
First Half ends, Chester FC 0, Barrow 1.
Matthew Platt (Barrow) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Goal!  Chester FC 0, Barrow 1. Richard Bennett (Barrow).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


The funeral of a seven-year-old boy who died on a building site near Barnsley has been held.

Conley Thompson died after entering a vertical pipe on the construction site near his home in Worsbrough on 26 July.
His body was found the following day after a search involving 50 police officers. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
Hundreds of mourners lined the streets around St Thomas and St James' Church, Worsbrough to pay their respects.
They were asked to wear bright colours and superhero t-shirts in Conley's memory.
The youngster's coffin arrived at the church in a white horse drawn carriage and a dove was released at the end of the service.
An appeal launched to help pay for the funeral raised Â£2,890.
A little boy arrived at church in a white coffin, emblazoned with superheroes. A large green fist of the Hulk on the coffin stood out, its impact never more strong as it was today.
Carrying the coffin was a white carriage drawn by two white horses - on any other day it would have seemed bizarre to see Spider Man sitting next to the driver, but today it was perfect.
The superhero theme of the funeral was adopted by many of the hundreds of people who turned out to line the streets.
His family said they have to somehow come to terms with his loss. Unthinkable for anyone, and given his age, all the more laden will their hearts be.
Conley was reported missing about four hours after leaving his home in Underwood Avenue.
South Yorkshire Police is continuing to piece together his last known movements.
His family said: "To describe Conley you would have to say he was cheeky, mischievous and loud, but also loving and caring, with a heart of gold.
"As with most boys his age, Conley lived life large and loud, with a zest for adventure and curiosity."


England put in an excellent display to thrash West Indies by 112 runs in the third women's one-day international and take a 2-1 lead in the series.

Opener Lauren Winfield made 79 and Nat Sciver 58 as England posted 220 at Sabina Park, Jamaica.
The recalled Jenny Gunn, Laura Marsh and Alex Hartley each took two wickets as West Indies were bowled out for 108.
England will secure qualification for the 2017 World Cup if they win the final two ODIs at the same venue.
Not only did this victory give England two points in the first of three International Cricket Council Women's Championship matches, it also provided the perfect antidote to the batting collapse that ended in a 38-run defeat in the second ODI.
Whereas that match was on the slow surface of Montego Bay, where runs were hard to come by, the Sabina Park pitch made it slightly easier for strokeplay, albeit with a sluggish outfield.
Player of the match Winfield and Sciver expertly mastered the conditions, before England stuttered in the final overs to lose their last seven wickets for 53 runs.
West Indies, though, had no answer to the relentless accuracy of the touring attack, gifting wickets in a chase that never threatened.
Coming together at 72-3 in the 20th over, Winfield and Sciver milked the West Indies spinners, taking singles with pats down the ground and sweeps square of the wicket.
They showed brief displays of power - Sciver hit Shamilia Connell over long-on for six - but, in general, boundaries were hard to come by. England managed only eight fours overall.
The England fourth-wicket pair were also helped by the hosts, Winfield dropped at slip by Stafanie Taylor on three, Sciver twice offering simple chances to Afy Fletcher at short fine leg.
Deandra Dottin had blown England away with four wickets in 10 balls in the second ODI, but here she was blunted for figures of 2-45.
She did bowl Winfield, who was attempting to sweep, to begin the England slide, as the tourists slipped from 185-4 after 42 overs to 220 all out with one delivery of the 50 still remaining.
Batting collapses have been a theme of the series - England were reduced to 62-5 in the first ODI, West Indies gave away three wickets for no runs in the same game before the visitors lost 6-3 in losing the second match.
Here, West Indies looked to be content with a patient approach to what would have been their second highest successful run-chase in an ODI.
But after Gunn, the medium-pacer in the England side as Anya Shrubsole was ruled out for the rest of the series, bowled Taylor with a lovely away-swinger, the hosts imploded.
Shaquana Quintyne patted Gunn to cover, Merissa Aguilleira was run out attempting a non-existent second run, Britney Cooper was trapped lbw by Marsh and the dangerous Dottin holed out on the leg-side boundary off Heather Knight.
West Indies had lost five wickets for 34 runs and the game was over as a contest.
Winfield told BBC Sport: "We've spoken about throwing the first punch and getting on the front foot in these three Championship matches. It's really pleasing that we've got a win on the board at the business end of the series.
"The team is getting better and better, but we know we can keep improving. We set a decent platform here, but if we can really kick on then scores of 250 or 260 are possible."


Egyptian judoka Islam El Shehaby has been sent home from Rio after he refused to shake the hand of an Israeli opponent, the International Olympic Committee has said.

The 34-year-old was "strongly reprimanded" by the IOC after losing to Or Sasson in Friday's first-round bout.
The IOC said the Egyptian Olympic Committee also condemned El Shehaby and had sent him home.
However, Egypt's judo federation said he arrived home as scheduled.
Spokesman Sameh Moubasher, quoted by the AFP news agency, said: "He returned with his colleagues. The whole team judo team returned yesterday."
El Shehaby was roundly booed by the crowd and was called back to the stage for his failure to bow to his opponent as it contravenes judo rules.
Sasson later revealed his coaches had warned him El Shehaby might refuse to shake his hand as the Egyptian had come under pressure from some conservative voices in his homeland to withdraw from the bout.
The IOC said the Egyptian judoka's conduct was "against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic values".
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Antrim made it 16 Ulster SHC titles in a row by hammering Armagh 5-22 to 1-12 in Sunday's decider at Owenbeg.

It was one-sided from the start with Paul Shiels, Neil McManus and Conor Johnston netting for the holders.
Fiarcha Bradley's goal saw Armagh trail 3-16 to 1-2 at the break before Johnston added two more Antrim goals in a 22-point victory.
Antrim's Paddy Burke and Orchard defender John Corvan were sent-off in the second half for two yellow cards.
This proved to be little more than a training session for Antrim ahead of next weekend's Christy Ring Cup encounter against Carlow.
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Antrim capitalised on a strong breeze on their backs in the first half and the outcome was settled by the interval.
Shiels hit the top corner and within a minute Ciaran Clarke set up McManus for an easy goal.
Armagh needed a bit of fortune and they got it when Connor Corvan's free struck the upright and Bradley reacted quickest to net.
The impressive Johnston burst clear and fired home Antrim's third goal to give them a 20-point advantage at the break.
Armagh did improve on the restart with the wind advantage and David Carvill rattled over six points in the second half.
Antrim's eased up with the game won but Johnston was hungry for more goals and the forward completed a hat-trick.
It was far from being a physical game but Burke and John Corvan were dismissed as the Saffrons were crowned provincial champions once again.
Derry claimed the Ulster Hurling Shield title by beating Tyrone 1-17 to 1-12, but they survived a major scare in the final at Pairc Eire Og in Carrickmore.
The Oak Leafers went into the decider as hot favourites to triumph and reclaim their place in the senior championship next season.
Ruairi Convery's dead ball striking was the difference in the end, a 12 points tally helping his side to a five-point win.
Convery and Tyrone's Damien Casey were the main marksmen in the first half, which ended with wind-assisted Derry ahead by 0-9 to 0-6.
Casey brought Tyrone level three minutes into the second half, but a Gerald Bradley goal settled Oak Leaf nerves.
Convery continued to hit the target as Derry went seven clear, but Tyrone hit back with a Justin Kelly goal to make it a three-point game going into the final five minutes.
But Derry's experience told in the end, with Convery landing another couple of frees. He also had a penalty saved by Conor McElhatton in stoppage time.


The World Squash Federation will seek answers from the International Olympic Committee over the sport's continued exclusion from the Olympic Games.

Squash, bowling and wushu failed to make the list of new sports recommended for the 2020 games in Tokyo.
WSF President Narayana Ramachandran said: "We presented a strong case, and find this difficult to understand."
Skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing, baseball/softball and karate discover next August if they will be included.
He added: "We confirmed the low cost and highlighted domestic medal potential via two top world juniors from Japan.
"We even offered to provide the two all-glass show courts at no cost to the hosts and for them to remain in Japan as a legacy of the Games."


A man is being sought by police after a teenage girl was raped in a field in Sussex, in the middle of the day.

The 14-year-old told detectives she was approached by the man, at the northern end of Sheep Walk in Ovingdean, Brighton, on Wednesday afternoon.
She described the man as white and in his 40s. The attack happened at about 14:00 GMT, police said.
Det Insp Lee Horner, of Sussex Police, said officers would be conducting house-to-house inquiries in the area.
He appealed for anyone who saw a man acting suspiciously or with any information to contact the force.


A man arrested over the death of a pedestrian hit by a car on the A27 in West Sussex on Thursday has been released without charge.

Trevor Campbell, 59, from Sompting, was treated by paramedics but died at the scene.
He was struck at about 06:00 GMT on the eastbound carriageway in Lancing.
A 58-year-old man from Climping had been arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving.
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Mr Campbell, his wife Rosemary said the family was devastated.
She said he left a daughter, Ella, 28, and a granddaughter, Aerith, aged two.
"Trevor absolutely doted on Aerith, just as he did our own daughter, and his death is going to leave a huge gap in our family," she said.
Mr Campbell, a porter at Lancing College, was taking his usual walk to work when he was killed, police said.
Lancing College headmaster Dominic Oliver said he was a long-serving and loyal member of the team, and the Lancing community was saddened and shocked by his death.


Changes to benefit rules coming into force this week could push 200,000 more children into poverty, say campaigners.

From Thursday, payments for some benefits will be limited to the first two children in a family.
The Child Poverty Action Group and Institute for Public Policy Research say some families will be almost Â£3,000 a year worse off under the new rules.
Ministers say they are determined to tackle the root causes of disadvantage and make work pay.
The changes affect families who claim tax credits and Universal Credit - which is in the process of being rolled out and is due to replace tax credits completely by 2022.
The new rules mean that children born after Thursday 6 April into families where there are already two or more children will no longer be counted in benefit payments to their parents, under either tax credits or Universal Credit.
And from autumn 2018, families making new claims under Universal Credit will only receive payments for their first two children even if they were born before Thursday.
However, children already receiving Universal Credit or tax credit payments will not lose them for as long as their family's existing claim continues.
And Child Benefit, which is separate, will be unaffected.
The latest official figures show that 872,000 families with more than two children were claiming tax credits in 2014-15.
And a similar number of families are likely to lose out under the changes, the researchers suggest.
In 2014-15, two thirds (65%) were working families and 68% had no more than three children, say the researchers.
Based on those figures, the researchers calculate that once the new policy is fully implemented an additional 100,000 adults and 200,000 children could face poverty.
Among those affected will be families with more than two children who are not currently on benefits but who might need to claim in future because of unforeseen redundancy, illness, separation or death, the researchers warn.
They also suggest that the policy could:
"It may also leave women who become pregnant with a third child, for example through contraception failure, with a difficult choice between moving into poverty and having an abortion," they add.
The researchers also criticise a lack of advance publicity about the change on the main Universal Credit website, particularly if the policy was intended "to inform parents' choices about having children".
Child Poverty Action Group's chief executive Alison Garnham called it a "particularly pernicious cut because it suggests some children matter more than others".
"It's also illogical because no parent has a crystal ball," she added.
"Families that can comfortably support a third child today could struggle tomorrow and have to claim Universal Credit because, sadly, health, jobs and relationships can fail.
"Surely children should not have their life chances damaged because of the number of siblings they have."
A Department for Work and Pensions spokeswoman called the current benefits structure "unsustainable and not fair to the taxpayer and families who support themselves solely through work".
"Work is the best route out of poverty, which is why our welfare reforms are designed to support people into employment," said the spokeswoman.


Celtic will take a three-goal lead into the second leg of the Champions League second qualifying round tie with Irish Premiership champions Cliftonville.

The Scottish giants dominated the first half and were rewarded with goals from Mikael Lustig and Georgios Samaras.
The home side came into the match more after the break but James Forrest put the outcome beyond doubt with a right-foot strike late in the game.
The return leg will be played at Celtic Park next Tuesday.
Celtic went into the game hoping to emulate their progress to the last 16 of Europe's most prestigious club competition last season.
But a pre-season tour to Germany which saw them lose four games, conceding 12 goals, was not the preparation they would have wanted.
Bhoys boss Neil Lennon indicated that he was taking the threat of the Irish league part-timers seriously by naming a strong starting line-up, while his counterpart Tommy Breslin also signalled attacking intent with his formation.
Any fears the visitors may struggle to come to terms with the artificial surface were quickly dispelled as the Scottish champions bossed the opening period.
Kris Commons saw his back-post header bounce off the woodwork after just two minutes and the attacking midfielder squandered a chance 15 minutes later when his first touch let him down following some poor Cliftonville defending.
Beram Kayal fired a right-foot shot wide and home skipper George McMullan almost mis-kicked into his own net, managing to put the ball behind for a corner.
Commons sent over the resulting corner and Swede Lustig timed his run perfectly, rising highest to head home after 25 minutes.
Liam Boyce had a sight of goal for the home side soon after, but his right-foot effort was easily gathered by Fraser Forster.
Samaras doubled Celtic's lead on 31 minutes when he turned and fired a left-foot shot past Conor Devlin.
Six minutes before the break, former Derby player Commons made room at the edge of the area, but his right-foot curling shot rebounded off the bar.
The Reds began the second half brightly and Stephen Garrett had a half-chance but was unable to make a good connection as he attempted to lob Forster.
Boyce then produced some good work on the right and found strike partner Joe Gormley, but his drive was blocked by Nigeria international Efe Ambrose.
Ciaran Caldwell went close and Barry Johnston fired over for the hosts, but as they began to tire Anthony Stokes almost added a third, hitting the bar with a left-foot shot and then whistling a long-range drive past Devlin's left-hand post.
With 10 minutes remaining, Forrest was off-target with a well-struck drive but he found his range soon after, taking on Jaimie McGovern before beating Devlin at his near post to seal the victory.
Full Time   The referee ends the match.
Tony Watt takes a shot. Save made by Conor Devlin.
Chris Curran takes the direct free kick. A cross is delivered by Ronan Scannell, Kelvin Wilson makes a clearance.
Booking      Beram Kayal is cautioned by the ref for unsporting behaviour.
Unfair challenge on Chris Curran by Beram Kayal results in a free kick.
Tom Rogic takes a shot. Save made by Conor Devlin.
Substitution      James Forrest leaves the field to be replaced by Dylan  McGeouch.
Goal!  - James Forrest -    Cliftonvle 0 - 3 Celtic        James Forrest finds the net with a goal from inside the penalty area low into the middle of the goal. Cliftonville 0-3 Celtic.
Barry Johnston produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that misses to the right of the target.
Substitution      Tom Rogic on for Kris Commons.
Effort from the edge of the area by James Forrest goes wide of the right-hand upright.
Direct free kick taken by Kelvin Wilson.
Substitution      Chris Curran on for Stephen Garrett.
Unfair challenge on Beram Kayal by Ryan Catney results in a free kick.
Substitution      Georgios Samaras goes off and Tony Watt comes on.
Shot from outside the box by Anthony Stokes goes wide right of the target.
James Forrest takes a shot from 18 yards. Save by Conor Devlin.
Substitution      Martin Donnelly on for Ciaran Caldwell.
Diarmuid O'Carroll has an effort at goal from outside the area which misses left.
Substitution      Diarmuid O'Carroll comes on in place of Joe Gormley.
Shot by Anthony Stokes.
Kelvin Wilson concedes a free kick for a foul on Joe Gormley. Free kick taken by Barry Johnston.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Scott Brown by Stephen Garrett. Free kick taken by Mikael Lustig.
Kris Commons takes a shot. Save by Conor Devlin.
Foul by Efe Ambrose on Joe Gormley, free kick awarded. George McMullan crosses the ball in from the free kick, clearance by Georgios Samaras. Barry Johnston takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Foul by Beram Kayal on Barry Johnston, free kick awarded. Ronan Scannell takes the free kick. Unfair challenge on Liam Boyce by Scott Brown results in a free kick. Stephen Garrett takes the direct free kick. Marc Smyth takes a shot. Blocked by Kelvin Wilson.
Anthony Stokes has an effort at goal from outside the area missing to the wide right of the target.
Mikael Lustig produces a cross, Anthony Stokes takes a shot. Conor Devlin makes a comfortable save.
Anthony Stokes takes the chance to get an effort at goal. Save by Conor Devlin.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Mikael Lustig by Liam Boyce. Kris Commons takes the free kick. The ball is sent over by Emilio Izaguirre, clearance made by Ronan Scannell.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Beram Kayal on Ryan Catney. Ronan Scannell restarts play with the free kick.
Ciaran Caldwell crosses the ball, comfortable save by Fraser Forster.
Stephen Garrett takes a shot. Comfortable save by Fraser Forster.
Ciaran Caldwell fouled by Beram Kayal, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed right-footed by George McMullan from right channel, clearance made by Kris Commons.
The second half kicks off.
Half Time    The first half comes to an end.
Centre by Ryan Catney, Efe Ambrose manages to make a clearance.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Liam Boyce on Kelvin Wilson. Fraser Forster takes the free kick.
Anthony Stokes is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Conor Devlin restarts play with the free kick.
Kris Commons has an effort at goal from just outside the area that bounces off the post. Effort on goal by Beram Kayal from outside the penalty box goes harmlessly over the bar.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Georgios Samaras by Joe Gormley. Free kick taken by Georgios Samaras.
Anthony Stokes has an effort direct from the free kick. Unfair challenge on Jamie McGovern by Georgios Samaras results in a free kick. Conor Devlin takes the free kick.
Booking      Ronan Scannell is shown a yellow card.
Ronan Scannell gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on James Forrest.
Ciaran Caldwell produces a left-footed shot from the edge of the area and misses to the left of the goal.
The referee gives a free kick against Liam Boyce for handball. Emilio Izaguirre takes the free kick.
The assist for the goal came from Kris Commons.
Goal!  - Georgios Samaras -    Cliftonvle 0 - 2 Celtic        Georgios Samaras fires in a brilliant goal from the edge of the area high into the middle of the goal. Cliftonville 0-2 Celtic.
The ball is swung over by Georgios Samaras, Anthony Stokes takes a shot. Save made by Conor Devlin.
Liam Boyce takes a shot. Comfortable save by Fraser Forster.
Kris Commons produces a right-footed shot from just outside the box that goes wide right of the target.
The ball is swung over by Anthony Stokes, save by Conor Devlin.
Foul by Kelvin Wilson on Joe Gormley, free kick awarded. George McMullan takes the direct free kick.
The assist for the goal came from Kris Commons.
Goal!  - Mikael Lustig -    Cliftonvle 0 - 1 Celtic        Mikael Lustig finds the net with a headed goal from close range. Cliftonville 0-1 Celtic.
Inswinging corner taken by Kris Commons from the right by-line played to the near post,
Direct free kick taken by Kris Commons. Beram Kayal produces a right-footed shot from outside the penalty box and misses wide left of the target.
Booking      Jamie McGovern is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Georgios Samaras by Jamie McGovern.
Corner taken left-footed by Kris Commons.
The ball is sent over by Emilio Izaguirre.
Emilio Izaguirre challenges Stephen Garrett unfairly and gives away a free kick. Ronan Scannell restarts play with the free kick.
Kris Commons fouled by Ryan Catney, the ref awards a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Kris Commons from the free kick, blocked by Ronan Scannell.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Joe Gormley by Emilio Izaguirre. Stephen Garrett takes the direct free kick. George McMullan sends in a cross, save by Fraser Forster.
Emilio Izaguirre delivers the ball, Georgios Samaras has a header from close in and clears the crossbar.
Ryan Catney challenges Georgios Samaras unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Georgios Samaras.
Inswinging corner taken by Stephen Garrett from the left by-line, save made by Fraser Forster.
Anthony Stokes takes a shot. Comfortable save by Conor Devlin.
The referee blows for offside. Fraser Forster takes the indirect free kick.
Shot on goal by James Forrest from just inside the area clears the crossbar.
Georgios Samaras gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Marc Smyth. Conor Devlin takes the free kick.
A cross is delivered by James Forrest, Kris Commons takes a shot.
Ciaran Caldwell takes a shot. Blocked by Scott Brown.
Liam Boyce fouled by Kelvin Wilson, the ref awards a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Liam Boyce from the free kick.
The match has kicked off.
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Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City secured Championship safety after an entertaining draw at Ewood Park.

On-loan Sunderland striker Danny Graham gave Rovers the lead with a first-time shot before City substitute Jonathan Kodjia levelled.
Aaron Wilbraham then fired the visitors ahead from eight yards only for Graham to equalise with a header.
City finished with 10 men after Korey Smith was dismissed for an off-the-ball incident.
Blackburn are 18th in the table with 49 points from 44 games - the same number of points as City, who have an inferior goal difference and are 20th.
Both clubs will compete in the Championship next season as 22nd-placed MK Dons joined Charlton and Bolton in being relegated to League One.
Graham has now scored six goals in 16 games since joining Blackburn.
Bristol City manager Lee Johnson:
"We started quite well, first 15 minutes, camped them in and had a couple of chances, and then I thought they really got a foothold in the game and we got a bit stretched.
"At half-time there had to be a hair-dryer or two because it was important we livened them up. They had to dig deep and they did.
"I think as a club it's a big achievement given the situation we were in. On a personal level, probably my biggest achievement I think, with the help of the group obviously. I'm not saying it's all me. That's a shared achievement because the Championship is a tough league. We've picked up seven or eight wins and important points. It's a big day and we've got to enjoy it."
Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Lambert:
"Danny's two goals were great for us and he's been excellent for us since he's been at the football club. It's very difficult for loan players when they come in and you're getting towards the tail end of the season. It's easy for them to switch off, but he has been excellent.
"His work rate, around the place, off the field, all the things you want from an experienced player, he's been there, seen it, done it, and he's been a massive player for us.
"I thought in the first half we were excellent. Some of the football was very good and we should have been a couple of goals up. There was the spell in the second half where Bristol got two goals against us and I thought the defending was really poor at that point.
"I think it would have been an injustice had we lost that game."


England's Laura Massaro beat world champion Nour El Sherbini to reach the final of the Dubai World Series Finals.

The top seed, who lost to Egyptian El Sherbini, 20, in April's World Championship final, won 12-10 11-6 in the season-ending event.
"I'm happy with the way I played. It's always nice to turn the result over," said 32-year-old Massaro.
She will face Egyptian Raneem El Welily, who beat Malaysia's Nicol David 11-5 8-11 11-8, in Saturday's final.
Meanwhile, England's Nick Matthew, the three-time world champion, said he is looking forward to a summer of intense training before the 2016-17 campaign.
"I've not had that for a couple of years," said the 35-year-old. "If I do, I believe I have another good season left in me."
Matthew, who was playing in his first event since recovering from an ankle injury, lost his opening two group matches in Dubai before beating world number one Mohamed Elshorbagy in a dead rubber on Thursday.


Next time you have a passenger in the back seat of your car offering infuriatingly "helpful" advice about your driving skills, count yourself lucky that they aren't doing anything more sinister in their attempts to guide your vehicle.

Two security experts in the US have demonstrated taking control of two popular models of car, while someone else was driving them, using a laptop.
Speaking to the BBC ahead of revealing their research at security conference Defcon in Las Vegas in August, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek said they hoped to raise awareness about the security issues around increasingly computer-dominated car control.
"At the moment there are people who are in the know, there are nay-sayers who don't believe it's important, and there are others saying it's common knowledge but right now there's not much data out there," said Mr Miller, a security engineer at Twitter.
"We would love for everyone to start having a discussion about this, and for manufacturers to listen and improve the security of cars."
Their work, funded by the Pentagon's research facility Darpa, has so far received a mixed reaction from the manufacturers themselves.
The researchers used cables to connect the devices to the vehicles' electronic control units (ECUs) via the on-board diagnostics port (also used by mechanics to identify faults) inside a 2010 model Ford Escape and Toyota Prius.
Contained within most modern vehicles, ECUs are part of the computer network that controls most aspects of car functionality including acceleration, braking, steering, monitor displays and the horn.
The pair were able to write software which sent instructions to the car network computer and over-rode the commands from the actual drivers of the cars.
They filmed themselves in the back of one of the vehicles steering it left and right, activating the brakes and showing the fuel gauge drop to zero, all while the vehicle was under driver control and in motion.
A spokesman for Toyota told the BBC that because the hardware had to be physically connected inside the car, he did not consider it to be "hacking".
"Altered control can only be made when the device is connected. After it is disconnected the car functions normally," he said.
"We don't consider that to be 'hacking' in the sense of creating unexpected behaviour, because the device must be connected - ie the control system of the car physically altered.
"The presence of a laptop or other device connected to the OBD [on board diagnostics] II port would be apparent."
Mr Miller and Mr Valasek say this is not the point.
Their work builds on earlier research carried out by researchers at the University of Washington and the University of San Diego in 2010, who demonstrated that it was possible to control a car remotely and developed a tool, which they called CarShark, for the purpose.
"We're big fans of their work but we figured they already proved you can remotely get into a car's network," Chris Valasek, director of security intelligence at consultancy IOActive told the BBC.
"We wanted to see how much control would you have once that's happened."
They admitted that they had destroyed a few cars while refining their technique.
"It's very expensive and difficult to do the research to show you can hack into a car. It's not like you can just download something and look at it," said Mr Miller.
"I wouldn't dare do this to my own car," added Mr Valasek.
They said the cars did not appear to acknowledge the address from where a command was being sent, only the instruction itself.
"There's no authentication," said Mr Miller.
"But there are restrictions - the car has to operate very fast. If you run into a wall you need to kill the engine immediately, engage the airbag.
"Car manufacturers don't have the luxury PC software makers have - if something doesn't work in a car that can't happen, it needs to function."
Mr Miller and Mr Valasek intend to make their research openly available following the conference.
"The information will be released to everyone. If you're just relying on the fact people aren't talking about the problem to stay safe, you're not really dealing with the problem," said Mr Miller.
Toyota said it invested heavily in security research.
"Our focus, and that of the entire automotive industry, is to prevent hacking into a vehicle's by-wire control system from a remote/wireless device outside of the vehicle.
"Toyota has developed very strict and effective firewall technology against such remote and wireless services. We continue to try to hack our systems and have a considerable investment in state of the art electro-magnetic R&D facilities.
"We believe our systems are robust and secure."
Ford also told the BBC the company takes electronic security seriously.
"This particular attack was not performed remotely over-the-air, but as a highly aggressive direct physical manipulation of one vehicle over an elongated period of time, which would not be a risk to customers on any mass level," it said in a statement.
"The safety, privacy, and security of our customers is and always will be paramount."
Security expert Prof Alan Woodward, Chief Technology Officer at consultancy Charteris, said that car hacking hasn't been widely discussed because as yet there has been no criminal incident of it.
"I think [car hacking] is one of the most scary things out there - [the hacking of] cars and medical devices are the two things nobody talks about," he told the BBC.
"You've heard of ransomware - imagine that happening inside a car. It won't take criminals that long."
Ransomware is a computer virus that freezes a victim's computer or threatens to release personal files unless a payment is made.
A car crash caused by a hacked car featured as a storyline on the US TV series Homeland but was widely dismissed as fantasy, he added.
"There was loads of talk afterwards saying it was rubbish. I remember saying on Twitter, 'I'm sorry, it's not.'"
However both the researchers and Prof Woodward agree that hacking into a car is not easy.
"This is a very technical attack, it requires a great deal of technical knowledge," Prof Woodward said.
"A lot of manufacturers are doing work on security software but they don't talk about it. It's not about anti-malware software, it's more about penetration testing - finding any holes left in the system.
"When people build things based on software, it is built with Intention A. They never think about intention B - which could be all sorts of nefarious purposes."


The labelling of ritually-slaughtered meat is a matter for retailers, customers and faith groups, the prime minister's spokesman has said.

His comments came after it emerged some meat was being sold which could qualify as halal but was not labelled as such.
Retailers say the animals are stunned before slaughter and the only difference from standard meat is that they are blessed as they are killed.
Faith leaders have called for clearer information about slaughter methods.
Islamic law states that the animal must be uninjured before slaughter but some authorities allow a form of stunning.
Five leading UK supermarkets have defended selling meat that could qualify as halal, due to the method of slaughter or the use of a blessing as the animal was killed, without informing consumers. They all said the animals were stunned before slaughter.
David Cameron's spokesman said the prime minister believed this was "an issue of consumer choice and consumer information".
He said: "So it is a matter for retailers and restaurants to work with customers and consumer groups and representatives of faith organisations.
"He is a strong supporter of religious freedoms, including religious slaughter practices."
The spokesman added: "I don't think the PM has concerns about the meat that he buys. He very much understands why some people have concerns about the information they are getting."
What is halal meat?
Many consumers would "rightly be very demanding of their retailers, the places they shop and the places they go out to eat", the spokesman added, saying Mr Cameron believed the current approach was "absolutely the right one".
Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose and the Co-op said their New Zealand lamb was halal, while Pizza Express has already revealed its chicken is killed according to Islamic tradition.
In each case, the retailers said the animals were stunned before they died.
Tesco said most exported New Zealand lamb was processed according to Islamic tradition because much of the meat ended up in the Middle East.
The company, along with the Co-op, said all the animals were stunned before slaughter with the only difference being that halal meat was blessed as it was killed.
Tesco said that because it does not specify this is done "it would be misleading for all customers to label the meat as halal".
Waitrose said some of their lamb was slaughtered after a halal blessing, which allows them to sell unused parts of the carcass to other markets.
Sainsbury's has not commented about the slaughter of its meat products.
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Henry Grunwald, chairman of Shechita UK, which represents the Jewish method of religious slaughter, and Dr Shuja Shafi, deputy secretary general for the Muslim Council of Britain, called for clear labelling of products.
They wrote: "Comprehensive labelling should be supported by faith communities and animal welfare groups alike."
Andrew Opie, director of food and sustainability for the British Retail Consortium said: "All our members have confirmed all their own-brand fresh meat is from animals that have been pre-stunned before slaughter.
"Some of our members do sell branded halal and kosher certified meat produced by specialist companies and clearly labelled.
"As the overwhelming majority of meat sold in UK supermarkets is own-brand and from animals that have been stunned prior to slaughter we do not see the requirement to separately label meat based on the method of slaughter."
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said it had contributed to an EU study into the compulsory labelling of halal and kosher meat and planned to review options for the UK once this is finalised in the summer.
Simply labelling food as halal is not the answer, said Robin Hargreaves, president of the British Veterinary Association, which campaigns for an end to non-stunned slaughter.
Mr Hargreaves told the BBC most halal meat had been stunned before slaughter, but added: "The problem is, if you just talk about labelling halal, it doesn't help you at all because you don't know which are stunned and which aren't."
Dr Rami Ranger, chairman of the British Sikh Association, said consumers "should not be kept in the dark".
He said: "If Muslims and Jews wish to have halal meat, then it must be clearly marked so as not to cause offence to anyone else."


A decision on controversial plans to cut funding to the arts in Gwynedd and close a museum has been deferred.

Gwynedd council's cabinet heard on Tuesday that almost £5m worth of savings need to be found.
Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy could be closed as part of the cuts.
Council leader Dyfed Edwards said he had received letters from "John O'Groats to Land's End" opposing cutbacks, which have been deferred until April 2017.
Mr Edwards emphasised that the council could not continue to run the museum in the long term.
A decision to halve strategic grants to arts organisation was also deferred until next April.


Wrexham became the first Welsh club to lift the FA Trophy after a 4-1 penalty shootout win over Grimsby at Wembley.

Johnny Hunt scored Wrexham's winning penalty after Sam Hatton and Richard Brodie missed kicks for Grimsby.
Andy Cook had given Grimsby the lead, firing home after his first shot had been blocked by Chris Maxwell.
But Kevin Thornton levelled from the spot after Dean Keates had been fouled to set up extra-time, which produced no further goals as the game ended 1-1.
Wrexham fully deserved their victory after dominating against their Blue Square Bet Premier promotion rivals in front of a crowd of more than 35,000 fans.
Defenders Aswad Thomas and Shaun Pearson both shrugged off injuries to take their places in the Grimsby line-up, while for Wrexham, captain Dean Keates returned from suspension to replace Joe Clarke and player-manager Andy Morrell started in place of Dele Adebola.
The Mariners had the first meaningful attack with Johnny Hunt having to head away Marcus Marshall's teasing cross for a corner from which Frankie Artus' long-range effort cleared the crossbar.
The game sprang into life when a two-footed challenge by Grimsby's Craig Disley on Keates provoked a reaction from the Wrexham players, but referee Jon Moss took no action against Disley, deeming a Wrexham free-kick to be sufficient.
The Welsh side then enjoyed a good spell, with Jay Harris capitalising on a poor ball by Ian Miller and avoiding three challenges before firing over the bar from the edge of the penalty area.
Marshall, who was proving to be a real threat for Grimsby, had a chance with a header and Harris scuffed a shot wide after receiving the ball from Thornton.
Grimsby did venture forward in response, but more often than not their forays into the penalty area were quickly halted by Wrexham's defenders and a disappointing first half ended goalless.
Goalkeeper James McKeown was almost punished for a slip soon after the restart but recovered well to deny Morrell, but Wrexham should have gone in front two minutes later when Danny Wright missed a gilt-edged opportunity from six yards following Stephen Wright's corner.
Cook curled a shot wide for Grimsby, although the assistant referee had already flagged for offside, and Wrexham's Brett Ormerod, a Wembley winner with Blackpool in 2010, then headed over the crossbar from Hunt's cross.
Wrexham looked the more likely to break the deadlock, but it was Grimsby who did so on 70 minutes when Joe Colbeck's pull-back set up Cook, who although denied initially by Maxwell, smashed home the rebound from close range.
Man of the match Westwood and substitute Adrian Cieslewicz, who replaced Morrell, went close before Wrexham were awarded a penalty after Keates was tripped by Shaun Pearson in the area.
Thornton stepped up to take the kick and sent McKeown the wrong way to level the scores with nine minutes of normal time remaining.
The equaliser gave Wrexham renewed confidence and McKeown palmed away a Harris free-kick, which proved to be the final chance of note during the 90 minutes.
Cieslewicz was twice denied by McKeown during the first period of extra-time as Wrexham went in search of a winner.
They had the momentum going into the final 15 minute although Colbeck flashed a low effort wide from long range before the dangerous Cieslewicz was again denied by a fine save from the excellent McKeown, who followed that by touching a Danny Wright volley onto the post.
The teams could not be separated at the end of 120 minutes and penalties were needed for only the second time in history of FA Trophy finals.
Cieslewicz, Danny Wright, Westwood all found the net for Wrexham, but Hatton hit the post with Grimsby's first effort and Brodie blazed over.
Joe Colbeck kept his head to open Grimsby's account but it was too little, too late as the responsibility for Wrexham's fourth penalty fell to 22-year-old Hunt and he converted confidently to secure the trophy  for the north Wales club.
Grimsby Town joint boss Rob Scott told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"That was a big disappointment for everybody. I think once you get into the territory of penalties, then it is a lottery.
"I'm sure people will be sat there saying 'why did you let him take that penalty', but you can't replicate what we had today.
"It's not the case that we haven't practised penalties; we knew who our penalty takers would be before it got to that stage.
"I can't lay the blame at anyone's door for missing a penalty, it's just one of those things."
Grimsby: McKeown, Hatton, Thomas, Pearson, Miller, Colbeck, Disley, Artus, Cook, Hannah (Thanoj 55), Marshall (Brodie 87).
Subs Not Used: Devitt, Wood, John-Lewis.
Wrexham: Maxwell, Stephen Wright, Riley, Harris, Danny Wright, Ormerod (Ogleby 77), Morrell (Cieslewicz 60), Keates, Hunt, Westwood, Thornton.
Subs Not Used: Coughlin, Clarke, Little.
Att: 35,266
Ref: Jon Moss (W Yorkshire).


Police in Dundee are appealing for information after a woman was sexually assaulted in the city's Baxter Park.

Officers said the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday and have issued descriptions of two men wanted in connection with the assault.
One was described as being aged between 24 and 28, of slim build, with short brown hair.
The second suspect was described as being about the same age, with ginger hair.
Police said the men were understood to have been in the area in a small black vehicle.


Councillors are being advised to back plans for a major affordable housing project on a former high school site in the Borders.

A feasibility study has found the land at the old Earlston High School could host 55 new homes.
Scottish Borders Council is being advised to allow the Eildon Housing Association to redevelop the site.
Council leader David Parker said the project could make a contribution towards affordable housing targets.
The market value of the site has been estimated at £700,000.
However, the council is being recommended to dispose of it for the affordable housing valuation of £450,000.
If it agrees to do so, the local authority has been advised to transfer £250,000 from its affordable housing budget to its capital budget to make up the shortfall.


Australian voters have rejected Prime Minister Tony Abbott's "year of achievements".

The latest polling shows many people believe Mr Abbott is the least competent Australian leader in 20 years. He fares even worse when it comes to being trustworthy, according to a December Fairfax Ipsos poll.
And it is trust and competence that matter most to the public, say political pundits.
It is not unusual for prime ministers to struggle in their first term, says lecturer at the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University, Dr Zareh Ghazarian.
Over the past 20 or 30 years in Australian politics it has taken most new prime ministers time to "find their feet", says Dr Ghazarian.
"One of Australia's most successful prime ministers in terms of winning elections was [conservative] John Howard but he had a horrid first term in government," he says. Mr Howard went on to be the second-longest serving Australian prime minister after Sir Robert Menzies.
"The problem for Abbott seems to be a bit deeper than that and it goes to issues of trust, credibility and competence," he says.
"What matters is that the government presents itself as competent and is seen to be getting on with the job."
But after a series of economic and policy stumbles by the coalition government, opposition leader Bill Shorten is now leading Mr Abbott on six of 11 key attributes including competence, trust and having a firm grasp of social policy, according to the Ipsos telephone poll of 1,401 voters. The poll, taken between 4 and 6 December, has a margin of error of 2.6%.
Policy wins and losses for Tony Abbott in 2014
Wins
The government started well. In July, it delivered on an election promise to repeal the former Labor government's levy on the country's biggest greenhouse gas emitters. It also dumped a 30% tax on coal and iron ore mining profits.
In cabinet, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has delivered on the government's promise to stop the flow of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat. Boats are now turned back and those who make it to Australia are detained in offshore camps with little chance of permanent settlement in Australia.
The government has also kept its promise of reversing most of Labor's climate change policies. Along with the carbon tax, it scrapped the Climate Commission and plans to halve the country's legislated renewable energy target.
This week, Australia was rated the worst performing industrial country in the world in terms of climate change in an annual analysis done by two European non-government organisations.
International criticism has had a small impact, with the government finally agreeing to contribute A$200m (Â£106m; $166m) to a UN-backed Green Climate Fund to help poor nations mitigate the impact of global warming.
But polls indicate the public is more worried about the economy than the environment.
The government's inability to explain why it delivered such a tough budget earlier this year and its failure to get all of the budget savings through a hostile senate explain the public's dissatisfaction, says Dr Ghazarian. The government does not have a majority in the senate.
"I don't think the government has effectively explained why they have made the decisions they have made, especially regarding economic issues," he says.
There are rumblings of discontent within the coalition, too. After the Victorian coalition lost the state election in November, former conservative premier Jeff Kennett said the Abbott government was a "shambles'' and its performance a major factor in the defeat of the state government.
Coalition members say also that criticism of the government's own shipbuilding company, which is based in South Australia, by Defence Minister David Johnston, contributed to a 9% swing against the Liberal Party in a recent South Australian by-election.
Treasurer Joe Hockey has also performed poorly. Most notoriously, he said an increased petrol tax would not hurt low-income earners because they "either don't have cars or actually don't drive very far", a claim that was widely disputed.
But Michelle Grattan, professorial fellow at University of Canberra and one of the Canberra Press Gallery's most experienced political journalists, says a cabinet reshuffle could be dangerous.
"A reshuffle that was received badly publicly and internally in Coalition ranks would be a disastrous way to start the year," she wrote in an article for the independent news and analysis site The Conversation.
She said Mr Abbott's attempts to "reset" his government's rhetoric - in several instances he has conceded he has broken election promises - could also bring him undone.
"We're asked to swallow a distinction between his broken promises and Labor's," she wrote.
But is all of this enough to make his cabinet colleagues ponder a change of leader?
It proved disastrous for Labor, which ditched Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for Julia Gillard before switching back to Mr Rudd, only to lose the 2013 election. The Victorian government's leadership switch last year is cited as one of a number of reasons it lost the November election.
They have to tough it out with Mr Abbott, says Dr Ghazarian.
"Parties that change leaders are doomed."


Real Madrid boss Zinedine Zidane has agreed a new three-year deal with the European and Spanish champions.

In 18 months in charge, the former Real midfielder has won the Champions League twice and La Liga once.
Speaking on the eve of their Spanish Super Cup first leg at Barcelona, he said: "My story with Real Madrid is deeper than contracts and signatures.
"I'm happy to be linked with the club. But the contract doesn't mean anything."
The 45-year-old former France international, who managed Real's B team before replacing Rafael Benitez in January 2016, added: "You can sign for 10, 20 years. I know where I am and what to do.
"In one year, maybe I won't be here. Real Madrid and I are not going to argue, never."
Real visit Barca on Sunday with the game kicking off at 21:00 BST, with the second leg on Wednesday at the Bernabeu (22:00 BST).


A man accused of posting blasphemous content to Facebook has been sentenced to death by a court in Pakistan.

Taimoor Raza was convicted after allegedly posting remarks about the Prophet Muhammad, his wives and companions within the site's comments.
The public prosecutor involved said he believed it was the first time the death penalty had been awarded in a case related to social media.
Human rights campaigners have expressed concern.
Facebook itself has yet to comment on the case.
The US firm previously announced in March that it was deploying a team to Pakistan to address the government's concerns about blasphemous content on its service, but added that it still wished to protect "the privacy and rights" of its members.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described blasphemy as being an "unpardonable offence".
Raza's case was heard by an anti-terrorism court in Bahawalpur - about 309 miles (498km) from the capital Islamabad.
His defence lawyer said the 30-year-old had become involved in an argument about Islam on the social network with someone who had turned out to be a counter-terrorism official.
The public prosecutor said the accused had been arrested after playing hate speech and blasphemous material from his phone at a bus stop, following which his handset had been confiscated and analysed.
Raza will be able to appeal against the death penalty at Lahore High Court and then, if required, in Pakistan's Supreme Court.
The Express Tribune, a local newspaper, reported that the verdict came days after a college professor was refused bail in another case involving accusations of blasphemy on social media in Pakistan.
Amnesty International recently published a report critical of the country's blasphemy laws.
Its Pakistan campaigner, Nadia Rahman, has called for Raza's immediate release.
"Convicting and sentencing someone to death for allegedly posting blasphemous material online is a violation of international human rights law and sets a dangerous precedent," she told the BBC.
"No one should be hauled before an anti-terrorism court or any other court solely for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of thought, conscience, religion or belief online."
The developments come seven years after a Pakistan court temporarily blocked local access to Facebook after the social network was used to promote a contest to draw images of Prophet Muhammad - an act considered to be offensive by many Muslims.
This is a dramatic time for Pakistani social media. Once considered a platform where people could express themselves freely, it is now a place where people worry about the consequences of commenting.
Instead of acting to restore confidence and safeguarding the masses' right to freedom of expression, the government has been busy making threats through TV and newspaper adverts.
This is happening with a clear understanding about the gravity that accusations of blasphemy can have. There have been several incidents of vigilantes taking the law into their own hands after such claims.
Human rights activists accuse the government of pushing through a controversial cyber-crimes law without addressing their concerns.
In a country where fewer people have been convicted of blasphemy than have been killed after being accused of the offence, this ruling will not calm nerves. And increasingly people prefer to use chat apps and closed groups to post content so that their thoughts cannot be seen by the wider public.


A video has emerged showing the public killing of a woman after her alleged conviction by an informal Taliban court of killing her husband.

The video was shot in Jowzjan Province a month or two ago, officials say, and has just surfaced on social media.
A crowd listens as the verdict is given before the woman, sitting on the ground in a burqa, is shot in the back of the head.  The Taliban have not commented.
Similar killings in the past were widely condemned.
The Taliban used to publicly execute women - usually over adultery - in the main stadium in the capital Kabul when they were in power in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
Last year, a young woman was stoned to death in Ghor province in central Afghanistan after being accused of adultery.
In August 2011, a woman and a man she had eloped with were stoned to death in the district of Dashte Archi in Kunduz province.
A Taliban spokesman defended the 2011 incident at the time saying: "Anyone who knows about Islam knows that stoning is in the Koran, and that it is Islamic law.
"There are people who call it inhuman - but in doing so they insult the Prophet. They want to bring foreign thinking to this country."
Mob killings are not uncommon in Afghanistan.
In March, a woman called Farkhunda Malikzada was savagely beaten and set ablaze in central Kabul after being falsely accused of burning a copy of the Koran.
The murder triggered protests across the country and led to global condemnation of the treatment of Afghan women.


An elderly woman had £5,000 stolen after going to the aid of a woman faking illness in south London.

The 78-year-old ex-nurse was followed by two women after withdrawing cash at a bank in Brixton to give to her family following the death of a relative.
While one of the women pretended she was unwell, her accomplice cut into the fabric of the pensioner's shopping trolley and took the money.
The suspect is described as an Asian woman in her 20s.
Pc Susan Nash said: "This is a horrible crime that has left the victim stripped of her independence. She's now afraid to leave the house, scared she could be followed again.
"This is a victim who gave her life to caring for others as a nurse, who wanted to use some of her life savings to help her family."
Detectives have released an image of a woman they believe was involved in the theft, which happened near Dombey Meats in Brixton's indoor market in Market Row, at about 13:00 BST on July 21.
The victim carried on shopping before later discovering the incision in the trolley and the money missing.


Broadcaster and campaigner Ruby Wax will be awarded an OBE for her services to mental health.

Wax has written a best-selling book called Sane New World and starred in a theatre show of the same name.
She is also patron for the British Neuroscience Association and supports mental health charities.
Wax is best-known for fronting TV documentaries and interviews as well as script editing the hugely successful Absolutely Fabulous.
Her OBE will be an honorary British award for foreign nationals.
She started her career as an actress, including time with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Having experienced clinical depression herself, Wax studied for a Masters degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from the University of Oxford in 2013.
Her mental health work has included speaking at Downing Street to raise money for neuroscience research.
Mark Williams, professor of clinical psychology at the University of Oxford, said: "Ruby's campaigning reveals her rare skill of being able to speak of the deepest and most painful things with openness, wisdom and humour, bringing acute observations and fresh perspectives to a field that badly needs them."