Nearly one in 100 full-time teaching posts in England were either vacant or filled temporarily in 2014, Department for Education figures show.

There were 1,030 vacancies last November, up a third on 2013, the highest number since 2010, when the DfE started compiling figures in November.
Meanwhile, teachers on contracts of between one and three terms filled 3,210 posts, up nearly 38% on 2013.
Teacher numbers, at 454,900, up more than 5,000, were at an all-time high.
The proportion of English, maths and science teachers with a relevant post-A-Level qualification dropped slightly over the same period:
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said: "Recruitment is a challenge as the economy improves and competition for new graduates intensifies, which is why we are focused on attracting more top graduates into the profession, particularly in the core academic subjects that help children reach their potential.
"Our recruitment campaign, Your Future Their Future, is working, with registrations to our Get Into Teaching website up by almost 30% compared with last year.
"We continue to offer bursaries of up to Â£25,000 as well as scholarships in priority subjects such as physics and maths.
"We are driving forward our Â£67m package to transform science, technology, engineering and maths teaching and recruit up to 2,500 additional maths and physics teachers."
But education workforce expert John Howson warned the situation was likely to get worse in the near future.
Based on official predictions of how many teachers would be needed, only 93% of primary and 91% of secondary teacher-training courses had been filled last year, he said.
He said: "The acceptances for entry into training in 2015 will not be sufficient... so we now know that recruitment for some schools, especially in and around London, but not exclusively in this area, will again be a challenge in 2016."
Shadow Education Secretary Tristram Hunt said ministers were set to miss recruitment targets for a fourth consecutive year, including in crucial subject areas such as maths and physics.
"This is a very worrying trend that means more children are likely to be taught science by those trained to be PE teachers, and more and more teaching assistants stepping in as teachers," he said.
"Parents expect better and pupils deserve better."


A sun-powered cooker, a printer that 3D prints "skin", a wheelchair that lets disabled people stand upright and a bee prober are among the latest winners of the James Dyson Awards.

The inventions are among those picked to represent various nations in the engineering prize.
Their makers were challenged to "design something that solves a problem".
More than 600 entries from 18 countries were entered into this year's competition.
It was open to university level students and recent graduates.
The contest is run by the James Dyson Foundation, a charity created by the vacuum cleaner creator to help young people develop engineering skills.
In an age when crowdfunding sites, such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, exist to champion inventions that have yet to go on the market, such competitions still serve a valuable purpose, said one expert.
"The James Dyson Award provides a platform to showcase some of the very best new innovations in science, engineering and technology," Dr William Webb, deputy president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, told the BBC.
"Whilst some of the entries might not make it beyond the prototype stage, the award provides a crucial role in encouraging new engineering talent, which the UK and other countries around the world so desperately need."
Below are a selection of the winners, which along with some of the runners-up will compete for a cash prize to be announced on 6 November.
Food labels filled with gelatine become bumpy to signal if the food inside has spoiled.
Current expiration dates are not always accurate - for example they do not take account of the fact that the meat, juice or vegetables inside might not have been refrigerated properly.
Bump Mark tackles the problem by allowing the producer to set the gelatine to decay at the same rate as the package's contents - the higher the concentration, the longer it takes to turn from a solid into a liquid.
Once the gelatine has changed state, bumps built into the plastic underneath can be felt, providing a tactile safety check.
Kit to inspect a beehive without having to open it up.
The measuring instrument is inserted into the hive, and then a pneumatic system allows the apiarist to select a single bee, which can be examined in isolation at length.
The idea is that this minimises disruption to the hive's climate, reducing the risk that the other insects will stop work.
The creators suggest Mima could be used to understand the increase in bee colony collapses.
A device to 3D print complex structures that mimic the epidermal and dermal layers of human skin.
These can be used to close the wounds of severe burn victims in order to help them recover.
The machine works by placing two types of human cell - keratinocytes and fibroblasts - layer-by-layer into a hydrogel to create the desired patterns.
The designers say early tests suggest that the resulting 3D-printed "skin" can be used to reduce the amount of time doctors need to wait before attempting to graft on real skin taken from a different part of the victim's body.
A device that heats liquid in a glass or other container, helping reduce wastage and cleaning.
The product consists of an induction base that plugs into the mains, which heats a rod placed inside the vessel.
Miito does not have an on/off button - instead it powers down when the base detects that the rod is not present or that the liquid has boiled.
A new fastening mechanism for backpacks that is designed to be safer than existing alternatives for mountaineers.
The system places the straps of the bag into a cross, with a buckle at the centre that can be split to allow the bag to be taken off with just one hand.
The idea is to minimise the risk involved in unpacking food, drink and emergency equipment when the climber is at a precarious spot.
Offering an alternative to barbeque and camping stoves, Solari promises to be an eco-friendly way to cook food outdoors.
The portable device is designed to use solar power to heat meals for between four to six people within a few hours.
It works by letting in light through its transparent lid, which then passes through a lens that directs it around an aluminium shell.
The design also incorporates a temperature gauge that transmits information about the food's progress to a smartphone app.
A vehicle for people with disabled lower limbs that allows them to move while both sitting down and standing up, and to move between the two positions.
Rather than rely on expensive and heavy motors, the machine uses the person's upper body motion to transfer them from one position to the other.
Qolo also uses a similar mechanism to help them move location: by tilting their upper-body forward they start travelling forward, and if they twist to one side the chair turns that way.
A tap gadget designed to encourage children to wash their hands, which also saves water in the process.
TipTapTop contains an infrared sensor that starts the water flow when it detects a hand underneath and also triggers a "jolly" music jingle.
When the child removes their hands to add soap, the water stops but the music continues playing to remind them they need to follow up the initial rinse.
Only after they have returned their hands, wiped off the soap and removed them again to dry their skin will the music and water switch off, ending the cycle.
A device that combines a doctor's tongue stick with a light source.
The light is automatically switched on by attaching a disposable, sterile stick to the handle, and is deactivated when the stick is subsequently discarded.
The idea is that Oralux frees up one of the doctor's hands and allows them to avoid touching the stick while it is in use.
A personal shopping trolley that can be collapsed and loaded into a car's boot without having to remove the goods carried inside.
Uplift's aluminium frame helps it remain lightweight, while its bright silicone handles both protect the kit and make the owner more visible.
The designer says it would be targeted at aging adults.
A device intended to make it easier to administer vaccinations to a specific layer of skin.
The designers say medical staff often struggle to find the right depth and angle when using existing syringes to carry out intradermal vaccinations, which are less painful and can obtain an improved immune response when compared to intramuscular or subcutaneous injections.
After Vax ID's plunger is used to deliver a dose of antigens, the needle returns to the body of the device and cannot be reused.
This reduces the risk of needlestick injuries to staff, and prevents medics transmitting diseases from one patient to another.
A biodegradable fishing net system.
An additive added to the net causes it to start breaking apart after four years, to address the problem of abandoned "ghost nets" that pose a threat to the marine environment.
Remora also incorporates RFID (radio-frequency identification) tags. These are scanned when the net is retrieved so that the fishermen can get an instant report from an associated app about whether parts have ripped off.
This tells them if they need to search the surrounding sea to find the lost parts.
Five levels of LED-lit, water-and-nutrient-fed containers that provide a way to grow vegetables and fruits in the home or at schools.
The wires and hoses are hidden inside the apparatus, which is intended to be visually pleasing so that it can be left out in view.
The owner can opt to combine different parts of the Home Hydroponic System to suit how much space they have and the amount of produce they want to grow.
The designers suggest that tomatoes, peppers, strawberries and herbs are some of the fresh produce that could be grown up to three times faster than in soil outdoors.
A system to connect a feeding tube to a patient's face without using tape, which can become an irritant.
Nutria also makes use of a terahertz radiation microchip to display the exact position of the tube inside the person's body on a smartphone app.
If the nurse or doctor who fits the patient with the apparatus takes a scan each time, software can then be used to highlight if any of the medics commonly fit the tube incorrectly.


By-elections to replace councillors in Aberdeenshire and Orkney are being held.

The Troup seat has been vacant since the death in September of Conservative councillor John Duncan, who had represented the ward since 2002.
Independent Jack Moodie resigned from the Kirkwall West and Orphir seat on Orkney in the same month.
Votes can be cast between 07:00 and 22:00, with the counts being held on Friday.


Walsall boss Jon Whitney has warned his players that too many more displays like their 4-1 home defeat by Scunthorpe will cost him his job.

Following last season's near-miss in the play-offs, the Saddlers have won just twice in 10 matches this term, and are now into the League One drop zone.
Whitney was "hurt" by their worst loss since April's 4-0 defeat at Bradford.
"If we have too many of them I'm going to be queuing up at the dole office," the 45-year-old told BBC WM.
"Some players have got to realise what they do has a consequence. It affects my family. It affects my mortgage.
"It was woeful. Men against boys. We were outpowered in every position. We have to start learning quickly."
He continued: "I have to apologise to the supporters who came. I never thought one of my teams would lay down like that.
"We have to forget about who wants to play pretty football and who wants to entertain. We need players who can fight.
"The naivety of some of our defending was beyond belief. I can't keep covering them for the mistakes they're making."
Walsall, who have dropped to 21st as a result of Wimbledon's point at Coventry on Wednesday, next host 17th-placed Millwall on Saturday.
They then visit Bramall Lane to face Sheffield United in the EFL Trophy, but the following Saturday's scheduled return in the league has been postponed due to too many Walsall international call-ups.
Andreas Makris (Cyprus), Liam Kinsella (Republic of Ireland Under-21s), Simeon Jackson (Canada) and midfielder Maz Kouhyar, who has been called up for the first time by Afghanistan.


The entire board of a Malaysian state fund has offered to resign, after a parliamentary inquiry found it failed to carry out its responsibilities.

The inquiry identified issues in 1MDB's financing and performance, saying it was "unsatisfactory".
1MDB, which racked up billions of dollars in debt, was set up by PM Najib Razak to promote development.
1MDB has faced repeated allegations of corruption, but has previously denied all wrongdoing.
Mr Najib, who has also been accused of misappropriating funds, has been cleared by Malaysian authorities.
The political scandal has gripped Malaysia, which has seen protests calling for Mr Najib's resignation.
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In a statement, 1MDB's board acknowledged there had been lapses, but that it was strengthening its corporate governance.
It said it had been paying off its debts, which it had to incur because it had insufficient equity to make its investments.
The board members said their offer to resign "has been a difficult decision to take but we believe is the right thing to do, given the circumstances, in order to facilitate any follow-up investigations as recommended" by the parliamentary committee which conducted the inquiry.
The committee recommended that former chief executive officer Shahrol Azral Ibrahim Halmi be investigated.
It concluded that there were certain restrictions and weaknesses in 1MDB's management and board of directors, and that Mr Shahrol must take responsibility for those, according to the Malay Mail online.
Mr Shahrol has yet to comment.
Its report stated that 1MDB's management did not follow the board's instructions and made decisions without board approval, while the board "was not proactive in scrutinising" the management or the fund's cashflow.
It cited at least two examples:
The report also called for the fund's advisory board, which is chaired by Mr Najib, to be removed.
Opposition Member of Parliament Tony Pua, who was on the committee, said the report "confirms gross mismanagement and wanton neglect of all principles of good governance and accountability", and said Mr Najib should be held responsible.
Mr Najib said on his blog that his government will study and act on the report's recommendations.


Tottenham Hotspur will win the Premier League within the next four years, says former manager Harry Redknapp.

Spurs made the Champions League for the first time during Redknapp's four-year tenure at the club, reaching the quarter-finals in 2011.
The 69-year-old says he would not swap manager Mauricio Pochettino's starting XI for any other side in the division.
"They have been fantastic under Pochettino," Redknapp told BBC Radio 5 live's Friday Football Social.
"I have absolutely loved the way they have played - their football, the pace of the full-backs.
"Tottenham will go on and win the Premier League in the next three or four years."
Spurs sit third in the Premier League, 10 points behind leaders Chelsea, but lost to Liverpool on Saturday and at Gent in the first leg of their Europa League last-32 tie on Thursday.
They have not won the title since 1961 and finished third last year after looking like champions Leicester's main challengers for long periods.
But Tottenham expect to have a new 61,000-seater stadium completed in time for the 2018-19 season, which Redknapp, who left the club in 2012, believes will play a big part in any future success.
"They've not been up there with the big spenders," he added. "Now with the new stadium the crowds are going to nearly double.
"The man who owns the club, Joe Lewis, is up there with the richest men in the world. So there's certainly no shortage of money.
"Maybe they do run out of steam, maybe he [Pochettino] hasn't been able to rotate and could do with another three or four top players to give him the strength in depth.
"If you said to me 'go and manage any team you want', I would take Tottenham's best XI."


Rebekah Tiler has won the battle for Britain's sole female weightlifting place at the Rio Olympics after Zoe Smith failed to recover from injury.

London Olympian Smith was the favourite before dislocating her shoulder at the GB Championships earlier this month.
A statement from British Weightlifting said Smith would undergo shoulder surgery to return to full fitness.
Tiler, who won the GB 69kg title at the trials - is joined by Sonny Webster who competes in the men's 94kg class.
"I've been struggling with injury since the beginning of the year which has seriously hindered, and eventually ended, my road to Rio," Smith said.
"Although I'd obviously rather be competing, I'm glad I can give myself the break from competing that my body clearly needs."
It will be a first Olympic Games for Tiler and Webster, who were both crowned British Champion in their respective weight categories earlier this month.
Two years ago, Tiler finished fourth at the 2014 Commonwealth Games - aged just 15 - and earlier this year she won three bronze medals at the European Championships in Norway.
Webster also competed at the Commonwealth Games, finishing fifth, and is a former European junior bronze medallist. The 22-year-old broke the British U23 record at the 2016 British Championships, with Tiler breaking two British records on their way to the titles.
Team GB have won seven Olympic weightlifting medals - one gold, three silver and three bronze - with the last medal won at Los Angeles 1984 when David Mercer took home bronze.


Wales second-row Luke Charteris is set to join Bath from Racing 92 on a three-year contract.

Charteris left Newport Gwent Dragons for Perpignan in 2012 and then signed for Racing 92 in 2014.
The 62-cap, 6ft 9in player is out of contract at the end of the 2015-16 season and would then join the Premiership club.
Gloucester had also held discussions with the 32-year-old, while the Dragons had hoped to re-sign him.
Racing and Wales scrum-half Mike Phillips believes Charteris' departure would be a blow for the French club.
"If we do lose his talents then obviously it is a massive loss. He is one of Wales' best players at the moment," he said.
"There are not many 6ft 9in guys who can make as many tackles as he makes - 18 or 20 tackles [a game].
"He carries balls, he scrummages well, he can do everything on the rugby field and is such an athlete."
Newport Gwent Dragons coach Kingsley Jones said they would like to re-sign Charteris, but feared they would be outbid by English and French clubs.
Bath already have a Wales lock in their squad. Dominic Day joined the club in 2012 and signed a contract extension with them in January 2015.
In October, last season's Premiership runners-up missed out on the signing of Dragons back-row forward Taulupe Faletau after Wales coach Warren Gatland blocked the move.
Wales fly-half Rhys Priestland is also at Bath and concentrating on his club career during a sabbatical from Test rugby.


Google-owned Motorola Mobility abused its position in Germany's mobile market when it filed a patent injunction against Apple, EU officials have said.

Motorola won an injunction over Apple products that used patents relating to data transmission technology in February 2012.
Apple offered to pay Motorola a licence fee for using the patents - but the two companies could not agree on a price.
Apple products, including the iPhone, were taken off sale during the dispute.
Several models of the smartphone, and the iPad, were removed from sale on Apple's German website - but were still available in other stores in the country.
The dispute revolves around the use of what are known as standard-essential patents (SEPs) - patents that are deemed essential to the operation of standards such as mobile phone signal.
In this case Motorola's innovation is deemed crucial to the GPRS data transmission standard used by GSM cellular networks across the world.
Holders of SEPs are obliged to licence the patent's use to competitors in return for a fee on so-called fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (Frand) terms. In simpler terms - a fair price.
The EU Competition Commission argued that Motorola sought an injunction despite Apple's apparent willingness to enter an agreement.
In a statement, the commission said: "while recourse to injunctions is a possible remedy for patent infringements, such conduct may be abusive where standard-essential patents are concerned and the potential licensee is willing to enter into a licence on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms."
EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia added: "The protection of intellectual property is a cornerstone of innovation and growth. But so is competition.
"I think that companies should spend their time innovating and competing on the merits of the products they offer - not misusing their intellectual property rights to hold up competitors to the detriment of innovation and consumer choice."
The commission's stance forms part of its "preliminary view" on the case. Motorola is able to defend its position ahead of the final decision.
Motorola spokeswoman Katie Dove told AFP: "We agree with the European Commission that injunctions should only be sought against unwilling licensees and, in this case, Motorola Mobility followed the procedure established.
"Apple had to make six offers before the court recognised them as a willing licensee."


Police have said there is "no evidence" to suggest shots were fired at a house in Londonderry.

It happened on Monday just after 23:00 GMT in Cornshell Fields.
A PSNI spokeswoman said: "Police have carried out a number of enquiries and there is no evidence to suggest that shots were fired."
It is understood that it may have been prompted by fireworks being set off in the area.


A dolphin has been spotted off the north Norfolk coast, one of only 10 sightings in the area since the 1800s.

Peter Foster, who works in a Sheringham tea room, says he spotted the dolphin about 20 yards (18m) off shore on Sunday.
Regional Sea Watch Foundation co-ordinator Carl Chapman believes it was a common dolphin.
"Although it's not a rare breed in itself, it is very scarce in this area of Norfolk," he said.
"It looks pretty healthy and from what I've been told about its actions, it isn't too stressed.
"It sounds like it's a bit of a wayward individual - maybe it's on holiday!"
Mr Foster said he had worked in Whelk Coppers tea room, from where he spotted the dolphin, for about 25 years and had never seen one before.
"We get quite a few seals round here, they're fairly common, but I've never seen a dolphin," he said.


Composers from minority groups are "effectively silenced" because they do not fit into classical music's "inner club", a composer has said.

Eleanor Alberga said the classical music world is "not very inclusive and I suspect there are wider issues here, like unconscious racism and class".
Jamaica-born Alberga said most of her commissions came for projects with a "racial agenda" such as slavery.
She was speaking at a conference on diversity organised by BBC Radio 3.
"I think most composers tend to feel left out, and even white composers do get left out," she told the conference in Manchester.
"However the classical music world is not very inclusive and I suspect there are wider issues here, like unconscious racism and class.
"The perception of black music as jazz or reggae or coming from a roots background is still with us and probably leads to a hesitancy or even condescension in welcoming black people as part of the classical music family."
Alberga has written for the Royal Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and the Mozart Players, and her work Arise, Athena! opened last year's Last Night of the Proms.
But she said when she is commissioned, "quite often an extra agenda is attached where I'm asked to write about slavery or to emphasise Afro-Caribbean influences in my music".
She continued: "One would like simply to be commissioned regularly without racial agendas - and not just for Black History Month.
"The powers that be must start to include all races on an ongoing basis. These powers could also entertain a broader concept of what a mainstream contemporary composer sounds and looks like so there isn't just an inner club of composers who get heard while others are effectively silenced."
The conference also heard from Vick Bain, chief executive of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors.
She said just 6% of commissioned works that were submitted for the 2015 British Composer Awards came from black or minority ethnic (BAME) composers.
Research from 2013 showed that in 90% of cases, composers were commissioned by artistic directors or through other personal networks, rather than through open processes.
"We know from research that the reliance on such networks disadvantages women as well as working class and black and minority ethnic workers," Bain said.
Susanna Eastburn, chief executive of charity Sound & Music, added that "the system is somehow weighted against diversity and against the encouragement of diversity, so we think that interventions are necessary".
Another composer, Daniel Kidane, recounted how a recent book on composers had included none from minority ethnic groups.
"There is still a sense of them and us," he said. "I spoke to the publisher and the author of this book that had no BAME composers in it and unfortunately these mindsets need to be eradicated."
Composer Priti Paintal advocated introducing quotas for organisations like the BBC and Arts Council England to ensure minorities were fairly represented.
"It's a way of looking at whether you're actually tackling it from within the organisation," she said. "Because if you haven't done it, the question is, why haven't you done it? What do you do about bringing that in?
"Unless you have definites like that, it's going to be hard for a movement of this sort to take place."
Radio 3 controller and former Arts Council England chief executive Alan Davey did not comment on Paintal's suggestion of quotas, but did announce several measures designed to improve representation on the station.
They include expanding Radio 3's musical canon to be "more representative and to feature unjustly neglected composers" and reappraising its commissioning process.
"If we as an industry can all pledge to make at least one change in how we do things, then we stand to make a real difference," Mr Davey said.
"I am proud to commit to changes at our end as a leading commissioner and promoter of classical music and look forward to seeing others take the first steps towards what I hope will be lasting change."
Radio 3's Music Matters was recorded at the conference for broadcast at 12:15 BST on Saturday.


The brother of murder victim Brian McKandie has made an emotional plea for anyone with information about his death to come forward.

The 67-year-old was found at Fairview Cottages in Badenscoth, Rothienorman, Aberdeenshire on Saturday 12 March.
Police have described the murder as "brutal" and said a "heavy weapon" was used.
Speaking at a press conference, William McKandie said "somebody somewhere must know what happened to Brian".
Earlier police divers searched a small stream near the victim's home.
Detectives have also released an image showing Mr McKandie at a bank in Turriff on 11 March.
His brother said the death had come as a "terrible shock" to the family.
Mr McKandie added: "My sister and I are now left with questions about why someone would hurt him. What did they want?
"He was a 67-year-old man who lived alone and worked hard as a self-employed mechanic and was friendly to anyone who spoke to him. How could someone do this to him?
"I would ask that if anyone thinks they have information about what happened to my brother - they might have seen something or heard something - to contact police.
"We are finding this whole situation really hard to come to terms with. We have lost our brother and we just want to know what happened and why."
Officers have been carrying out further forensic searches in the area around the murder scene.
Two men were reportedly seen speaking to Mr McKandie between 13:00 and 14:00 on the Friday before his body was found.
One of the men was said to be in his 50s and heavy set. The other was a younger man.
They were beside a burgundy or maroon estate car, possibly a Saab or Volvo.
Officers have also appealed for two men seen talking to Mr McKandie between 17:00 and 18:00 on the Friday. One was described as in his 20s, and the other in his 30s or 40s.
Detective Ch Insp Iain Smith said: "This type of crime is highly unusual in the North East, but especially all the more rare in a rural community in Aberdeenshire, such as this.
"We have a dedicated team investigating this incident plus the assistance of a number of specialist officers and departments, however information from the public will be key to us solving this case."
He also appealed for motorists with dashboard camera footage to come forward.
Mr Smith said it had been a "shocking" crime for the local community and "deeply upsetting" for Mr McKandie's family.
"Brian's brother and sister are obviously desperate for us to catch whoever has done this to their brother so they can get the answers they want and start to try to come to terms with what has happened," he added.


Police searching for a missing 16-year-old boy have been speaking to passers-by in places he is known to visit.

Scott Diver, from Clydebank, was last seen on 17 September by his father at home.
One week on, officers have carried out a "stop and speak" in the West Dunbartonshire town.
They talked to locals near the teenager's home, around Clydebank Shopping Centre and at the bus station on Chalmers Street.
Since Scott's disappearance, police said they had been using an air support unit and search teams to try and find him.
The teenager is described as being 5ft 7in tall, with a slim build, dark hair and blue eyes.
When last seen, he was wearing a navy blue Adidas tracksuit with light blue stripes down the arms and legs, a white t-shirt and navy Adidas training shoes with grey stripes.
Insp John Mullen said, "We are becoming increasingly worried about Scott as he has not made contact with anyone in almost a week.
"We've been carrying out a significant number of enquiries to trace Scott's movements and we are utilising a range of specialist services available to us including the air support unit and search teams.
"I hope that by visiting the areas where Scott was last seen or known to frequent, someone will remember seeing him."
Police have urged anyone with information about the teenager's whereabouts to come forward.


Six months after a stray with "stinking rotting flesh" from a wound was rescued, the cat has made his presence felt at his new home in Suffolk.

"Sardine" was trapped by volunteers in Newmarket who had seen his injuries.
After treatment, also partly paid for by volunteers, he was taken to a rescue centre for care and eventual rehoming.
However, centre owner Joanne Evans said Sardine "won her heart" and made himself so at home that she could not bear to be parted from him.
About 15 people helped to rescue Sardine after Mick Smith, who runs a Newmarket lost and found pet page on Facebook, became aware of the cat's plight.
It took them four days to lure the injured animal into a cage using tinned sardines as bait.
He was treated by a vet for an abscess on a bite. His flesh had rotted down to his jawbone.
At the time a veterinary nurse treating him said the cat "stank the surgery out, bless him".
Instead of naming him Stinky they called him Sardine.
Miss Evans took the cat to her rescue centre, Animal Craziness, in Ashley to care for him until he was well enough to be rehomed.
However, she said she "fell in love" with Sardine.
"He just fitted in so well here and gets on with almost all the other animals we have," Miss Evans said.
She described the once very poorly cat as "like a big furry panther, now".
Sardine sleeps on her bed but his presence is not welcomed by two of her other pets.
"My Jack Russell terrier and big Labrador are a little scared by Sardine. When he's sitting in a doorway they won't cross his path," Miss Evans said.
"But when I look at him now, and think this time last year he out there in the cold all alone, I just think how lucky I am to have him here with me now."


A 19-year-old man has been critically injured in a crash in Lanarkshire.

His white BMW collided head-on with a Volkswagen Polo on Ayr Road in Larkhall at about 17:00 on Saturday.
He sustained serious head injuries and has been transferred to a specialist unit at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow.
A mother and daughter in the Volkswagen, aged 58 and 24, are being treated in Wishaw General Hospital and are both described as "stable".
The casualties received prompt treatment because an ambulance was close to the scene of the crash.
PC Gregg Dick said: "Thankfully at the time of the crash an ambulance happened to be passing and the paramedics were able to stop and assist the injured at the scene.
"From our investigations there were other cars on the road when the crash happened and I would appeal to anyone who saw the crash or who may have information that will assist officers with their inquiries to contact Motherwell Trunk Roads Policing Unit via 101."
The A71 - between Ayr Road and Ashgillhhead Road - was closed for around six hours.


Chelsea celebrated their Premier League title triumph with a hard-earned victory over Watford in an ill-tempered but thrilling encounter at Stamford Bridge.

Manager Antonio Conte and his Chelsea players were able to take the acclaim on a lap of honour after the final whistle - but they were made to work for the win by a fired-up and physical Watford.
John Terry, who will leave at the end of the season after more than two decades at the club, celebrated his first league start since September by scoring Chelsea's 100th goal in all competitions this term. It came after 22 minutes before he then gifted Watford's Etienne Capoue an instant equaliser with a poor header.
Cesar Azpilicueta restored Chelsea's lead with a crisp finish before half-time and the contest looked over when Michy Batshuayi, who scored the title-winning goal at West Bromwich Albion on Friday, added a third just after the break.
Watford, however, showed commendable fight. Daryl Janmaat's fine solo effort put the visitors within reach before substitute Stefano Okaka, who was given his Italy debut by Chelsea boss Conte, took advantage of defensive uncertainty to slam in an equaliser.
Chelsea, as so often this season, found a way to win as substitute Cesc Fabregas struck from the edge of the area with three minutes left - while Watford's misery was compounded when Sebastian Prodl was sent off for a second yellow card in stoppage time.
Conte can do no wrong and he was being cheered at Stamford Bridge within seconds of appearing in his technical area after winning the Premier League at the first time of asking.
This was a night for Chelsea to bask in the glory of their success and hard work this season, and after a slow start, the crowd warmed to the occasion.
For Conte, it was also the opportunity to give some of his shadow squad game time, with the likes of Thibaut Courtois and Nemanja Matic given the night off and Diego Costa, Fabregas, Pedro, Gary Cahill and Marcos Alonso on the bench.
It was not simply a matter of giving Terry a game and showcasing younger talent such as Nathan Ake and Nathaniel Chalobah - this was a selection with a glance towards the forthcoming FA Cup final against Arsenal at Wembley.
Chelsea's lack of familiarity showed in an uncharacteristically shoddy defensive performance while the lack of spark in some of the display was perhaps the result of mental and physical energy expended in getting the title win over the line.
The perfectionist Conte will be unhappy with parts of this performance, but he will also see the bigger picture.
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Terry is on the victory lap of his Chelsea career, with only Sunday's final home game against Sunderland remaining before the curtain comes down.
Chelsea's title win enabled Conte to give Terry his first league start since the 2-2 draw at Swansea City on 11 September last year, and first start in any competition since the FA Cup fifth-round win at Wolverhampton Wanderers on 18 February.
It was a night of mixed fortunes for the 36-year-old, whose goal meant he had scored in his 17th successive Premier League season.
Terry scrambled home that landmark goal but then made that uncharacteristic error to allow Capoue in for the equaliser.
Chelsea's defence was not at its best but Terry was leading from the front as usual, even diving into an injury-time melee when players from both sides squared up to each other.
Terry is not going quietly from Chelsea - but that will come as no surprise.
It was fitting that Azpilicueta got himself on the scoresheet with a drilled low finish to put Chelsea 2-1 up - a rightful reward for a player whose outstanding consistency makes him a key component of this title-winning team.
Azpilicueta has been almost faultless as a vital part of the three-man defence that transformed Chelsea's season, and while he may be underrated and unsung outside Stamford Bridge, there is no underestimating the importance Conte, his team-mates and fans put on the 27-year-old Spain defender.
Chelsea boss Antonio Conte told BBC Sport: "It's a big night because we won the title. I made a decision to make nine changes and give the chance to start a lot of young players. I must be pleased because the answer was very good.
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"We conceded three goals but we scored four and created many chances. The most important thing was we won. Now we have target to win 30 games [which would be a Premier League record in a season].
"The most important thing is to win the league. Then if we have the possibility to improve these records, we must try. We can reach this target. The players and I want to reach this target."
Watford manager Walter Mazzarri told BBC Sport: "I am very proud of my team. We had several players out injured.
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"We played very well. Of course we were safe with six games left. I'm looking at the players I've got and who needs to be here next season.
"Congratulations to Antonio Conte because he's a great manager. They have great players. They deserve the title."
Chelsea get to celebrate all over again when they host relegated Sunderland on Sunday (15:00 BST), while Watford welcome Manchester City at the same time on the final day of the league season. The Blues still have the FA Cup final against Arsenal to come on 27 May.
Match ends, Chelsea 4, Watford 3.
Second Half ends, Chelsea 4, Watford 3.
Stefano Okaka (Watford) is shown the yellow card.
Troy Deeney (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Troy Deeney (Watford).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by José Holebas (Watford).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Second yellow card to Sebastian Prödl (Watford) for a bad foul.
Foul by Sebastian Prödl (Watford).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Watford. Troy Deeney replaces Etienne Capoue.
Attempt missed. Pedro (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Goal!  Chelsea 4, Watford 3. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.
Attempt saved. Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Willian with a through ball.
Attempt saved. Ola Aina (Chelsea) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
Attempt missed. John Terry (Chelsea) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Cesc Fàbregas with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Chelsea. Conceded by Heurelho Gomes.
Substitution, Chelsea. Pedro replaces Michy Batshuayi.
Sebastian Prödl (Watford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sebastian Prödl (Watford).
Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Daryl Janmaat (Watford) right footed shot from long range on the left is too high. Assisted by José Holebas.
Attempt missed. Valon Behrami (Watford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Stefano Okaka.
Substitution, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas replaces Nathaniel Chalobah.
Attempt missed. Nordin Amrabat (Watford) right footed shot from more than 35 yards misses to the left.
Corner,  Watford. Conceded by Kurt Zouma.
Offside, Watford. José Holebas tries a through ball, but Daryl Janmaat is caught offside.
Offside, Chelsea. Eden Hazard tries a through ball, but Michy Batshuayi is caught offside.
Foul by Nordin Amrabat (Watford).
Ola Aina (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Chelsea. Ola Aina replaces Kenedy.
Goal!  Chelsea 3, Watford 3. Stefano Okaka (Watford) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Offside, Chelsea. Kenedy tries a through ball, but Eden Hazard is caught offside.
Substitution, Watford. Stefano Okaka replaces M'Baye Niang.
Attempt missed. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Willian with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Chelsea. Conceded by Heurelho Gomes.
Attempt saved. César Azpilicueta (Chelsea) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Willian.
Attempt blocked. Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Nathaniel Chalobah.
Attempt missed. Nathan Aké (Chelsea) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by N'Golo Kanté.


(Close): Leading London shares closed lower, dragged down by mining stocks.

The FTSE 100 index fell by 49.52 points, or 0.78%, at 6260.9, with Anglo American and BHP Billiton among the biggest losers.
It comes after Asian markets sank again, following pre-weekend losses on Wall Street.
It is a busy week ahead globally, with policy meetings at the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan as well as earnings reports from major firms.
Winners included Imperial Brands, Berkeley Group, British Land Company, and ITV.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.56% against the dollar to $1.4489, and was 0.06% higher against the euro at â‚¬1.2856.


Paul O'Connell is expected to complete a two-year deal to join European champions Toulon after the World Cup, following Saturday's Pro12 final.

The 35-year-old second row has a dual Munster and Ireland contract which runs until summer 2016.
It is thought that he will be able to free himself from the final stages of that commitment however.
O'Connell will play for Munster for the final time in Saturday's Pro12 final against Glasgow in Belfast.
Ireland's oldest captain of all time will lead Joe Schmidt's men in the autumn World Cup in England, but is set to head to Toulon at the completion of the tournament.
O'Connell has led Ireland to back-to-back Six Nations titles in the last two years under former Leinster coach Schmidt, and had been expected to retire entirely after the World Cup.
Despite previous denials, Toulon have been keen to recruit the Irish lineout master to boost their lock options following the retirements of Bakkies Botha and Ali Williams.
Former Ireland skipper Keith Wood backed O'Connell for a lucrative move to the three-time European champions that would end his 14-year stint with home province Munster.
"He's a guy who loves the south of France, he got married in the south of France," explained Wood.
"He enjoys the place, he enjoys the culture.
"I know he was envious of what Jonny (Wilkinson) got out of it, not in terms of the finances.
"Of course the finances are always part of it but it was almost like the fresh breath of energy he got back into it."
O'Connell has won 101 Ireland caps in addition to making 173 appearances for the Irish province since his debut in 2001.
The Limerick native has also played on three British & Irish Lions tours.
O'Connell would fit in with Toulon's established reputation under their multi-millionaire president Mourad Boudjellal of signing world stars.
Former players include England 2003 World Cup hero Jonny Wilkinson, New Zealand's dual code international Sonny Bill Williams, South Africa Test lock Victor Matfield and ex-Australia flanker George Smith.
And their current squad features the likes of Leigh Halfpenny, Bryan Habana and Matt Giteau, with Boudjellal's spending capacity showing no sign of abating.


A robotic arm that can help fly an aircraft has been designed by engineers in Virginia, US.

19 October 2016 Last updated at 17:59 BST
The device is called Alias (aircrew labour in-cockpit automation system) and was funded by the Pentagon's research unit, Darpa.
Josh Torgerson, chief engineer at Aurora Flight Sciences, said the device could reduce crew costs.
Producer: Griesham Taan


A new underpass at the Raith Interchange will open to traffic on the early hours of Thursday morning.

The A725 underpass which runs below the M74 motorway, has been under construction since July 2015.
It is hoped that the route between Bellshill and East Kilbride will help ease congestion at junction 5 near Hamilton in South Lanarkshire.
Economy Secretary Keith Brown said it should improve journey times through the junction by up to 15 minutes.
Scottish Roads Partnership (SRP) completed the construction as part of the Â£500m motorway improvement plan which began in February 2014.
The work will upgrade the A8 between Glasgow and Edinburgh in addition to major improvements to the M73, M74 and A725.
The 560m long (1,837ft), 35m wide (115ft) underpass will provide a free-flow link for traffic between the Bellshill Bypass and the East Kilbride Expressway.
Mr Brown said: "This investment will make a tangible difference to road users, alleviating the traffic congestion that has been a historic problem at the Raith."
Formally known as the Bothwellhaugh Interchange, the Raith is used by 75,000 vehicles on a daily basis.
Now, 50 years since the junction first opened to traffic, SRP have also constructed three new bridges to carry the motorway and local traffic over the new underpass.
In addition, two new footbridges are being installed over the roundabout which will create a safe access route over the busy junction between Bothwell and Strathclyde Country Park.


Tributes have been paid to two teenage boys who died in a car crash two days after Christmas.

Reigan Knight and Liam Phillips, both 17, were killed when the Ford Escort they were passengers in crashed in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, as it was being followed by police on 27 December.
Reigan's family said he was an "amazing son who had so much potential".
"There is now a space in our family that can never be filled," Liam's family said.
On Friday, about 300 people attended a candlelit beach vigil for the two boys, with many launching sky lanterns in their memory.
Reigan's family said they could not "describe the agonising pain and heartbreak we are experiencing now".
"The thought of going through life without you is unbearable. You were such a kind, charming, loving, confident, handsome, well-mannered young man who was such a character," they added.
Liam's family said he would be "dearly missed by all that knew and loved him".
A 16-year-old from Great Wakering has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving and will next appear in court later this month.
A 17-year-old boy from Shoebury, who was arrested on suspicion of possession of drugs, has been released on bail.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has started an investigation into the crash.


Bournemouth have signed Wolves striker Benik Afobe for an undisclosed club record fee, thought to be about £10m.

The 22-year-old has joined the Premier League club on a four-and-a-half-year deal after passing a medical on Sunday.
Afobe, who arrived at Wolves from Arsenal a year ago, scored 23 goals in 48 games for the Championship side.
He becomes the Cherries' second signing of the January transfer window following fellow forward Juan Iturbe, who has signed on loan from Roma.
"It's been a long time coming," said Afobe. "I'm not saying I'm the finished article or the best that I'll ever be, because I know that I've got a lot to work on."
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe said Afobe would "bring strength, power and hopefully goals", while the Cherries' chief executive Neill Blake said that his "outstanding progress" has been "difficult to miss".
Howe lost striker Callum Wilson and winger Max Gradel to long-term injuries earlier this season.
Bournemouth's previous record signing was £8m last summer for Ipswich defender Tyrone Mings - another long-term injury victim.
Wolves turned down offers from Norwich for Afobe in the summer, but the club "reluctantly" accepted a bid from the Cherries on Saturday.
"Benik has regularly re-stated his desire to leave Wolves and to test himself in the top flight at the earliest opportunity," read a Wolves statement. "Faced with this difficult situation, and with circumstances now changed, Wolves were left with little other option than to reluctantly accept the substantial bid."
The fee Wolves received is the club's biggest since they sold Steven Fletcher to Sunderland for £14m following relegation from the Premier League in 2012.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A public body should be moved to Gwynedd to stem the flow of young people leaving the county, a Welsh-language campaigner has said.

Simon Brooks told BBC Wales "an unintended consequence" of devolution was more public sector jobs were being centralised in the capital.
Rural areas have been "losing young people by the bucket load", he added.
The Welsh Government said it was "fully committed" to ensuring Gwynedd benefits from public sector jobs and investment.
"I think we need to start thinking about moving public sector jobs out of Cardiff to places like Gwynedd so that people can have meaningful employment with proper careers in places like this," said Mr Brooks, a Plaid Cymru councillor in Porthmadog.
"We've just lost a tax office here in Porthmadog down to Cardiff. This can't carry on.
"This is an unintended consequence of devolution and I think we have to do something about it, we can't deny there is a problem, there obviously is."
He added: "This is the Welsh-speaking heartland of Wales and yet we don't have a national headquarters of any Welsh-language organisations up here, they're all in Cardiff - it's a ridiculous situation."
Gwynedd council leader Dyfed Edwards said the number of young people leaving the county was a "huge problem".
"If we lose our young people, who are the potential leaders for our communities and society for the future, then we'll get that imbalance in the population where we know we have got an elderly population and one that's going to grow in terms of percentage over the years," he said.
In total, there are almost 50 public bodies in Wales that exist at arms length from the government, such as the Children's Commissioner and Older People's Commissioner.
There are nine organisations which the Welsh Government said are under its direct control.
Dafydd Gruffydd works for Arloesi Gwynedd, which aims to help keep young people in rural areas. He said it can be difficult to convince young people there are local jobs.
"Obviously there are challenges, there are less opportunities here than in a big city. But where we are in Parc Menai, there's a cluster of high-value digital businesses here looking for staff," he said.
"And maybe one of the main challenges is to tell the world, and to tell young people in Gwynedd and Anglesey, that those opportunities do exist."
Dafydd Williams completed his master's degree in London last year and returned home to Pwllheli to find a job. He now works for an online gaming developer on Parc Menai, near Bangor, which means he has an hour-long journey to and from the office every day.
He thinks some young people are too willing to look for work in big towns and cities without seeing what is available locally.
"I think it's an assumption I've seen some of my colleagues and friends make over the years. But the opportunities are here, they might be more difficult to look up and find, but they are definitely are here," he said.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "We are fully committed to ensuring people in Gwynedd benefit from public sector jobs and investment.
"Only last month, the Economy Secretary (Ken Skates) confirmed his wish for the headquarters of the new Development Bank to be located in north Wales.
"Since devolution, we have moved a significant number of Welsh Government civil service posts to north Wales. We have nearly 100 staff based in Gwynedd alone, with several hundred based in our Llandudno Junction office.
"The NHS, the local authority, national park authority and other bodies in receipt of Welsh Government funding also employ a significant number of staff in Gwynedd."


Scores of well-known websites have been unavailable for large parts of Thursday because of problems with Amazon's web hosting service.

Foursquare, Reddit and Quora were among the sites taken offline by the glitch.
Amazon EC2 is the retailer's cloud computing business. It provides processing power and storage to companies that do not have their own data centres.
No reason has so far been given for the outage.
Visitors to the website of location-based social network Foursquare were greeted by an apology.
"Our usually amazing datacentre hosts, Amazon EC2, are having a few hiccups this morning, which affected us and a bunch of other services that use them.
"Everything looks to be getting back to normal now," read the statement.
Amazon's cloud service last hit the headlines when it decided to stop hosting a mirrored version of the Wikileaks website.
Like a number of American-owned web hosts, it had come under pressure from the US government over the leaking of confidential State Department files.
Several of the web services that took action against Wikileaks suffered reprisal attacks by hackers.
However, at this stage, there is nothing to suggest that the most recent outage was related to the Wikileaks controversy.


Riley was born with cerebral palsy, which can make it harder for him to do a lot of things other kids can.

20 June 2016 Last updated at 08:59 BST
However, the 13-year-old hasn't let that hold him back from his ambition to get behind the wheel.
Scientist Dr Jordan Nguyen has developed special technology to allow Riley to do it - using just his eyes!
Check out the incredible video to find out how he does it.
Pictures courtesy of ABC's Behind the News.


Two Americans who were released from detention in North Korea, Matthew Todd Miller and Kenneth Bae, have arrived to a joyful welcome in the US.

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper accompanied the men back, the US has confirmed.
Mr Bae thanked his supporters and said that he had experienced an "amazing" two years in prison during which he had "learned a lot" and lost weight.
US President Barack Obama said he was "grateful" for their safe return.
He said it was "a wonderful day" for the men and their families.
A third US citizen, Jeffrey Fowle, was freed last month and no Americans are now being held in North Korea.
The plane carrying the two men landed at a military base near Tacoma in Washington state late on Saturday.
Speaking to reporters at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Mr Bae - who is reported to suffer from diabetes, an enlarged heart, liver problems and back pain - also thanked the North Korean government for allowing him to come home.
"It's been an amazing two year[s]," he said. "I learned a lot, I grew a lot, I lost a lot of weight,'' he said. Asked about the state of his health, the Korean-American missionary said: "I'm recovering at this time.''
Mr Miller and his family did not make any public statement.
The US had accused North Korea of using its citizens as pawns in a diplomatic game. Pyongyang denies the accusations.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said he appreciated North Korea's decision to release the men and was relieved they were returning home.
Mr Clapper travelled to North Korea for direct talks with the authorities.
Mr Obama said: "I appreciate the director doing a great job on what was obviously a challenging mission."
Analysis: BBC's Charles Scanlon
The release of the two remaining prisoners will raise hope of some diplomatic progress after a long period of deadlock between Pyongyang and Washington. Their release had been expected - only the timing was in doubt.
The leadership in North Korea would certainly see value in offering an olive branch to the US just before President Barack Obama prepares to sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Washington needs Chinese help in referring a damning human rights report on North Korea to the International Criminal Court. Mr Xi has already gone further than any of his predecessors to show irritation with an old Communist ally.
The direct participation of Mr Clapper will raise eyebrows in the region. The state department is denying a deal was done, and the confrontation over North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes looks as intractable as ever.
The US department of state said in a statement that it "welcomes the release of US citizens Kenneth Bae and Matthew Todd Miller from the DPRK [North Korea], where they have been held for two years and seven months, respectively".
It added: "The United States has long called on DPRK authorities to release these individuals on humanitarian grounds. We join their families and friends in welcoming them home."
The son of Kenneth Bae told Reuters: "It's awesome. Couldn't be happier."
Mr Miller, 24, had been sentenced to six years' hard labour in September for what North Korean state media described as "hostile acts".
He had been in custody since 10 April when, according to North Korean sources, he destroyed his tourist visa and demanded asylum.
Mr Bae, 42, was arrested in November 2012 as he entered the north-eastern port city of Rason.
He has been described as both a tour operator and Christian missionary. North Korea said he used his tourism business to form groups to overthrow the government.
He was sentenced to 15 years' hard labour in May 2013.
Another American, Jeffrey Fowle, flew home to the US last month following negotiations. He was detained in early June as he was leaving the country and charged with "anti-state" crimes.
He was reported to have left a Bible in the toilet of a restaurant in the northern port city of Chongjin.


The Government is "really concerned" about the rising cost of tickets, and has asked for football clubs to review their pricing.

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Minister for Sport Helen Grant told the BBC: "I feel clubs really must not take their fans for granted."
The average price of the cheapest tickets across English football has risen at almost twice the rate of the cost of living since 2011.
BBC Sport's Price of Football study analysed prices at 207 clubs.
The average price of the cheapest match-day ticket from the Premier League to League Two in England is now £21.49.
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That has increased 13% since 2011, compared to a 6.8% rise in the cost of living. Year-on-year it is up 4.4%, more than treble the 1.2% rate of inflation.
"I can see why fans are cross. I'm cross," said Grant. "Fans are the lifeblood of the game, without the fans we won't have football the way we know it.
"To take a family of four to a Premier League match now you're talking about £130, and that's before petrol, parking, a programme, hot dogs, burgers and a drink.
"That is just not affordable for most families so clubs really do need to look at this."
Arsenal's Supporters' Trust is expected to demand a price freeze when it addresses the club at its annual general meeting on Thursday, after the study found the Gunners have the most expensive match-day ticket in the Premier League.
A statement read: "The ticket price increase this season has created bad feeling amongst the fanbase, made worse when we see the club sitting on such a large unused cash pile.
"Will the board consider the difficulty fans have with keeping up with ever increasing costs of attending football and confirm there will be no increase next year?"
This year's Price of Football study found the cheapest Premier League season ticket is £299 at Manchester City.
Danny Wilson, the club's director of sales, said: "When you scratch down deeper into the work we're doing, it's about creating a better experience for our supporters.
"We want to make sure coming down to the stadium is a far broader and more engaging experience than just the 90 minutes of football.
"Our long-term goal is to keep growing our fanbase and keep filling the stadium week-in, week-out."
The Premier League has pointed to packed-out grounds as a sign it is getting the pricing right.
"The attendances so far this season are very encouraging, with more than 95% of seats sold and average crowds tracking with last season's, which were the highest in English top-flight football since 1949-50," said Cathy Long, the Premier League's head of supporter services.
Football League chief executive Shaun Harvey said the Price of Football study showed clubs are rewarding fans for their loyalty and financial commitment with better-value season tickets, which has led to prices falling in the period since 2005.
Crowds also increased by 136,000 across the Football League last season.
Critics of the price hikes said clubs had lost touch with fans and argued the £5.5bn windfall from the current television rights deal should have resulted in a drop in ticket prices for supporters.
Justin King, former chief executive of British supermarket Sainsbury's, feels clubs could fail if they do not meet the needs of supporters.
"Any business that thinks it can simply rely upon the loyalty of its customers, regardless of how they treat them, in the end will fail," King, a Manchester United supporter, told the BBC.
"I would be asking clubs: 'Are your fans happier today than they were five years ago with the experience that they get, the value for money that they feel they're getting?'"
The BBC's economics editor Robert Peston pointed to factors such as rising players' wages in the Premier League and the fact a majority of clubs operate at a loss.
"Yes, clubs do need to take a commercial decision, they set the ticket price, but there's got to be reasonableness," Grant said.
"I have two lads. They both love football and now and again we went to see a match but it was very, very expensive and it's the affordability.
"Football can be good family entertainment, it's our national game, but you need to be able to get through the gates."
Some clubs are adopting discount initiatives to help cash-strapped supporters.
Manchester City midfielder Frank Lampard illustrated some of those schemes and backed the Price of Football study for unearthing its findings.
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"I have been at Chelsea and Manchester City and they are making big strides, they are trying to freeze prices and encourage people to come to games," he said.
"They reduce prices for certain away games as well as other incentives and they need to do more of that."
Grant backed up those schemes, but called on clubs to do more.
"Although I'm concerned about this survey, there's some good practise happening," she added.
"I know, for example, West Ham run their 'kids for a quid' promotion. This is the sort of thing I want to see more of."
Grant revealed the government has set up a panel of senior football administrators to give supporters the opportunity for their concerns to be raised.
"We've set up an Expert Group. You're going to hear more about that soon - we're about to launch it - and this group will look at very important issues such as... pricing, club ownership and debt, seating.
"It will give fans the profile and platform to air their views."
Visit the Price of Football calculator to see how much you spend supporting your team.


"Crumbling" graffiti drawn by conscientious objectors held in Richmond Castle during World War One is to be preserved by English Heritage.

In May 1916, 16 men - mainly from the north of England - were incarcerated in cells at the North Yorkshire castle.
The graffiti features pencil drawings and inscriptions, including slogans, poetry, and portraits of loved ones.
A grant of £365,400 from the Heritage Lottery Fund will be used to protect the work and allow public access.
The prisoners, known as the Richmond Sixteen, included a Sunderland footballer, a clerk at the Rowntree's chocolate factory in York, a bookseller from Ely and men of faith.
Kate Mavor, English Heritage's chief executive, said the graffiti was an "important record of the voices of dissent" during the war.
She said it was vital to preserve "these delicate drawings" to ensure the stories were not lost.
High levels of moisture and damp meant the layers of lime wash and plaster on the walls were crumbling and flaking off, she added.
Sunderland centre-forward Norman Gaudie, a Quaker, was one of the men held at Richmond Castle before being shipped to France to face court-martial and the threat of firing squad.
His daughter-in-law, Marjorie Gaudie, said: "It is important to remember men like Norman. They were courageous men.
"He acted from the deepest conviction that all life is sacred. He knew it was wrong to take a life and so he refused to fight."
"He was prepared to die for his belief and that took immense courage," she added.
The men were sent to France on 29 May 1916 and a few weeks later were sentenced to death by firing squad, which was immediately commuted to 10 years hard labour under orders from Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
Most ended up at Dyce Camp, near Aberdeen, Scotland, where their punishment was to break rocks in a granite quarry and suffer the indignity of being branded as "degenerates" by the local press.


A woman who crowdfunded for treatment of a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer has celebrated her wedding day.

Emma Houlston, 31, from south-west London, is undergoing an experimental form of potentially lifesaving treatment not available on the NHS.
In lieu of presents, she and husband Matt Lees asked wedding guests to help contribute towards the Â£114,000 annual cost of her treatment.
They married in London on Saturday.
Other well wishers have helped swell the funds of her GoFundMe page to more than Â£234,000 so far.
In a blog post she said: "The costs we face for this treatment are terrifying but when the only other option is giving up and dying, I'm determined to find a way to keep myself alive."
Ms Houlston is an art director and following her previous treatment for hypercalcemic small cell ovarian cancer in 2014, she directed an advertising campaign for the charity MacMillan Cancer Support.
She said her condition essentially meant she had "too much calcium in her blood" meaning it had to be "washed out" at regular intervals. However, this comes with its own problems as the washing process strips her blood not only of calcium but almost everything else.
Ms Houlston, from Balham, said about 40 people attended the wedding at Chelsea's Old Town Hall registry office, while another 50 joined the wedding party for the reception in nearby pub The Orange.
"It was a lovely day but I'm very tired and was very tired yesterday," she said.
"It was quite a big day to slot into everything although we were very lucky with the rain."
The couple had originally planned a wedding in the countryside but Ms Houlston's illness meant they needed to get married as near to the Royal Marsden hospital as possible in case her condition deteriorated.
Her preparation the night before her wedding was also unusual.
She said:"The wedding yesterday was a struggle but the hospital did their very best and I had a few blood transfusions beforehand. I was doing that at 7 or 8 o'clock the night before: watching the bloods go in rather than finishing off the wedding decorations."
She added: "My honeymoon will be starting radiotherapy and immunotherapy.
"I spend pretty much every day in here, but I get to go home at night.
"The staff have been wonderful. They decorated my bay with bunting and all sorts, everyone has been so kind."


Injuries are Wales' biggest fear in their final World Cup warm-up against Italy in Cardiff.

Wales start their World Cup campaign against Uruguay on 20 September, before playing England, Fiji and Australia.
Defence coach Shaun Edwards says the warm-up games were a necessary evil as teams prepare for a "massive occasion".
"We do want momentum, but we're keeping fingers crossed about injuries because it would be a travesty to get someone injured so late," he said.
"But in the end you need match practise otherwise you're going to be undercooked going into what will be a massive occasion.
"It's a necessary evil in a way that you have to have pre-season games. But it's more important at World Cup time when you have to peak in September and October... because you can't recover from a slow start."
Wales had a scare in their last warm-up game against Ireland when lock Alun Wyn Jones suffered a knee injury.
However, head coach Warren Gatland said Jones should be fit in time for the tournament along with long-term injury victims prop Samson Lee and back Liam Williams.
Edwards added Wales were aiming to test their own and Italy's fitness by keeping the ball in play for a s long as possible in Cardiff.
"We are looking for a good, fast and hopefully high ball-in-play-time rugby," he said.
"That's something we're trying to concentrate on - keeping that ball in play.
"Against Ireland it was up to 44 minutes which was one of our best efforts and we're aiming to get that up to 45, 46 or 47 minutes [and] that would be the best we've ever had."
Centre Jamie Roberts, who is not playing against Italy, has said he is still "haunted" by Wales' 9-8 defeat by France in the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup.
Wales played two thirds of the game with 14 players following the dismissal of captain Sam Warburton by referee Alain Rolland for a tip-tackle on wing Vincent Clerc.
Edwards agreed that experience was still raw.
"I've said a number of times there's still a little bitterness from the last World Cup," he said.
"Mr Roland gave a decision against us... he thought it was the right thing to do.
"It's something [an offence] I've noticed recently it's regularly given as a yellow card, they go to the video referee.
"But it's not a criticism of Alain Rolland. He's one of the world's best referees, we've won many a game when he's been in charge, it's just we had a big decision go against us.
"You don't get many chances to get in World Cup finals and it is still a bitter feeling, a bitter taste."


Labour has launched an probe into complaints about members connected to a row over the move to change a primary school to Welsh-medium education.

A blogger posted screenshots suggesting a Carmarthenshire councillor shared a Facebook post by a far-right group.
The post said: "When a dog attacks a child it is put down. Shouldn't we do the same with sex predators?"
Tegwen Devichand said she did not remember sharing the post and opposed the death penalty.
Ms Devichand, who is Labour deputy group leader at Carmarthenshire council, said: "I couldn't put a horse down, let alone a human being."
The post which Ms Devichand appears to have shared was initially posted by far-right group Britain First.
Ms Devichand opposes plans to remove English-stream education at Ysgol Llangennech which were approved by Carmarthenshire council in January.
"People should have choice, it shouldn't be forced on them," she said.
The decision has been controversial with one Labour councillor Kim Thomas describing it as "segregation... at worst, apartheid".
The decision has been controversial with one Labour councillor Kim Thomas describing it as "segregation... at worst, apartheid".
Plaid Cymru has accused Labour members of working with UKIP to undermine the council's decision.
She also said Labour had not contacted her about the matter and she had not been told the party was investigating.
Ms Devichand said she was complaining to the police about a "hate campaign" against her.
On Sunday Labour said a different member connected to the row had been suspended.
Plaid Cymru Carmarthen East and Dinefwr MP Jonathan Edwards said over the course of the weekend "we have seen Labour members and an elected councillor exposed for sharing the propaganda of ultra-right groups.
"This is in addition to another elected councillor branding Labour's own education policy as 'apartheid'."
"Launching an investigation into the Llanelli Labour party is a welcome first step, but the party's head office must take swift and immediate action to stamp this out this type of divisive campaigning."
A Welsh Labour spokeswoman said: "The Labour Party takes all complaints of this nature very seriously. The local party in Llanelli have made us aware of complaints and an investigation is under way."


The German government has warned its citizens and firms they face the risk of "arbitrary" arrest in Turkey.

"People who are travelling to Turkey for private or business reasons are urged to exercise increased caution," the German foreign ministry said.
Firms face investment risks in Turkey because of Turkish legal deficiencies, the ministry said.
Turkey reacted angrily, saying Germany had a "one-sided, distorted approach" that was "unacceptable".
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel's criticism related to the Turkish authorities' crackdown on political opponents since the abortive coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a year ago.
Germany protested to Turkey's Berlin ambassador on Wednesday over the arrest of six human rights activists.
The six include a German citizen, Peter Steudtner, and Amnesty International's Turkey director, Idil Eser.
The Turkish foreign ministry hit back, accusing Germany of "blackmail and threats" and "direct interference in the Turkish judiciary".
It demanded that Germany respect Turkey's need to combat "terror" organisations and that both countries "focus on long-term mutual goals".
The escalation could threaten Turkish holiday bookings - tourists from Germany were the most numerous last year, at nearly four million.
President Erdogan launched a huge purge of state institutions after rogue military officers tried to topple him a year ago.
More than 50,000 people have been arrested since the failed coup, including more than 170 journalists and many opposition politicians, academics and activists.
Mr Erdogan accused US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of masterminding the abortive coup. The purge of the armed forces, judiciary, police and education sector has seen more than 140,000 people dismissed from their jobs.
Turkey's detention of Deniz YÃ¼cel, a German-Turkish journalist with the Berlin daily Die Welt, is another sore point in the two Nato allies' relations. He was arrested in February on terror charges, which he has denied.
Foreign Minister Gabriel said his new warning on Turkey had been agreed with Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU).
There is intense rivalry between Mr Gabriel's Social Democrats (SPD) and the CDU as Germany gears up for a September general election.
Mr Gabriel condemned restrictions on consular access for the Germans detained in Turkey. "Germans are not secure from arbitrary arrests," he warned.
"We want Turkey to become part of the West, but it takes two to tango," he said.
"We cannot go on as before. We have to spell it out clearer than before, so that Ankara politicians understand that such a policy has consequences."
He said Germany would ask its EU partners to review the bloc's negotiations with Turkey on customs union arrangements and on Turkey's EU accession bid.
Germany will also review its Hermes export credits from which Turkey benefits. The Hermes scheme provides extra insurance for German firms investing in Turkey.
Turkey has handed Mrs Merkel's government a list of 68 German companies and individuals accused of supporting the "terrorist" Gulen movement, Germany's Die Zeit website reports. Industrial giants BASF and Daimler are reportedly on the list, as well as various small firms.
Die Zeit says German officials have dismissed the list as "absurd".
Mr Erdogan's Islamist-rooted AK Party has a parliamentary majority, and in April he narrowly won a referendum paving the way for a much more powerful presidency.


Online fashion retailer Asos is predicting full-year sales growth at the top end of forecasts after posting stronger-than-expected trading.

The company said sales had increased by 30% in the four months to June.
The trading statement pushed up Asos shares 3.7%, reaching a two-year high.
Chief executive Nick Beighton said the company now expected full-year sales growth "at the upper end of the 20-25% (guided) range," and was "confident" of hitting pre-tax profit targets.
In a conference call, he said that there would be a medium-term benefit to the company from the weaker pound.
Sterling has slumped to around $1.30 from almost $1.50 on 23 June before the vote to leave the European Union. A weaker pound enables UK based retailers to be more competitive in overseas markets.
Sales were £500.5m for the four months to June compared with £386m last year, with the number of active customers increasing by 24% to 12 million.
Sales were strong both in the UK, which posted a rise of 28% to £203m, and internationally, which rose 31% to £297m.
Asos confirmed the closure of its Chinese business, originally announced April, saying that this would enable it to invest £2m elsewhere and remove a drag on earnings.
Asos was set up in 2000 and was an early entrant into online fashion retailing, but in recent years it has faced stiff online competition from High Street retailers as well as UK and European competitors.


Young people are being put off collective worship in schools because it is often "not done particularly well", the Church in Wales has said.

The Church was responding to a Welsh Assembly committee decision to ask Education Secretary Kirsty Williams for a review of the practice in schools.
It is a legal requirement for schools to hold collective acts of worship.
But the Petitions Committee wrote to Ms Williams asking her to consider if it was compatible with human rights law.
The committee took the decision on Tuesday after receiving a petition from Cardiff schoolgirls Rhiannon Shipton and Lily McAllister-Sutton, who had collected 1,333 signatures.
The petition called on the assembly to urge the Welsh Government to pass a law that removes the obligation on schools to hold acts of religious worship.
The girls, who say they do not believe in God, said it was time their school - Glantaf - and others in Wales, adopted modern attitudes.
The committee also received another petition, launched in response, to keep the current guidelines for religious assemblies.
This petition, submitted by Iraj Irfan, was signed by 2,231 people.
A Church in Wales spokeswoman said: "The law that requires a daily act of worship in schools is not a mandate to compel pupils to recite the Lord's Prayer, and be so inspired that they turn up at church the following Sunday.
"Rather, it is an invitation to experience what faith and commitment means, in a broadly Christian way, whilst understanding and appreciating other faith perspectives."
She added: "Often young people are put off collective worship in schools because it is not done particularly well.
"Collective worship should be a richly rewarding spiritual experience that is creative, interactive and informative."
Ysgol Glantaf's headmaster Alun Davies has said he respects the fact two of his pupils have expressed their opinion and that the school encourages this.
He said while the emphasis was on Christianity, there are times when the school holds assemblies when pupils come together to discuss other themes and moral issues.
But Wales Humanists have described the practice as "archaic".
Coordinator Kathy Riddick said: "Forcing children to worship a god they may or may not believe in is obviously unacceptable and represents an affront to young people's freedom of religion or belief.
"It shouldn't take two school pupils to convince the Welsh Government of this, but nevertheless we hope Kirsty Williams will now give this the attention it deserves and remove this archaic and discriminatory requirement as soon as possible."
The Welsh Government said: "Collective worship should be sensitive to the range of beliefs and non-beliefs held by pupils in the school and should give pupils the opportunity to worship, without encouraging them to do something that is against the teachings of their own religion or beliefs.
"Parents can request for their child to be withdrawn from collective worship and schools must agree to such requests in all circumstances."


The Isle of Man has been praised for "building a powerful niche" within the global space industry.

An Institute of Directors report hailed the business model as a blueprint for success and indicated that the UK could learn from the Manx example.
According to government figures, the estimated value of the Isle of Man space industry for the three years to 2013 will reach Â£1.1bn.
Many investors have been attracted by the 0% rate of corporation tax.
The report, published in London on 18 May, said: "The Isle of Man shows how quickly a powerful niche can be built by a very small player."
It adds: "In the new space economy, you can be small and succeed. You don't need astronauts to be in the space business."
There are currently 30 space companies located in the Isle of Man out of a international total of 54.


Pop group Duran Duran have said they are "outraged and saddened" at losing a High Court fight to reclaim US rights to some of their most famous songs.

"We are shocked that English contract law is being used to overturn artists' rights in another territory," said founder member Nick Rhodes.
The group had argued that US copyright laws gave them the right to call for a reversion of copyright after 35 years.
Girls on Film, Rio and A View to a Kill were among the disputed tracks.
The group had sought to terminate the grant to Gloucester Place Music Ltd, part of EMI Music Publishing, of US copyrights in their first three albums.
The albums - Duran Duran, Rio and Seven and the Ragged Tiger - contained some of the band's biggest hits, among them Hungry Like the Wolf and The Reflex.
A View to a Kill, the theme song to the 1985 James Bond film of that name, was among other songs the band had sought to reclaim.
But lawyers for Gloucester Place Music Ltd successfully argued that English laws of contract stopped them from doing so.
Gloucester Place Music, as part of EMI Music Publishing, are ultimately owned by US business Sony/ATV.
In a statement, the Sony-owned company said it was "gratified by the court's decision".
"EMI has nothing but the highest respect and admiration for Duran Duran and their great songs," the statement continued.
"This has not been about seeking to challenge the US laws on copyright terminations, but simply a contractual issue in the jurisdiction of the UK courts to clarify the parties' rights on various songs."
Rhodes said on Friday: "We signed a publishing agreement as unsuspecting teenagers, over three decades ago, when just starting out and when we knew no better.
"Today, we are told that language in that agreement allows our long-time publishers, Sony/ATV, to override our statutory rights under US law.
"This gives wealthy publishing companies carte blanche to take advantage of the songwriters who built their fortune over many years, and strips songwriters of their right to rebalance this reward.
"If left untested, this judgment sets a very bad precedent for all songwriters of our era."
Singer Simon Le Bon echoed his bandmate's sentiments, saying the case had left the group "with a bitter taste".
"I know that other artists in similar positions will be as outraged and saddened as we are," he added.
Le Bon and Rhodes were both involved in the legal action, as were Roger Taylor, John Taylor and former member Andrew Taylor.
By David Sillito, BBC media correspondent
The history of pop music is littered with bands who signed deals they later regretted.
The 35-year rule in America gave artists from the late 1970s onwards a chance to escape those contracts and claim back ownership of their copyright.
The record industry feared it would be a calamity given how lucrative back catalogues have been to them over the years. American acts such as Billy Joel [pictured], Devo and Blondie all sought the copyright reversion - but it seems it's more complicated for British acts.
Duran Duran are very disappointed, but with plunging sales of music the prize of copyright ownership isn't what it once was.
At a hearing in London last month, Gloucester Place's lawyers asked Mr Justice Arnold to rule that Duran Duran's members had breached English law by seeking to exercise their reversion rights in 2014.
On Friday, Mr Justice Arnold ruled in Gloucester Place's favour.
"Not without hesitation, I have come to the conclusion that the [Gloucester Place] interpretation of the agreements is the correct one," he said on Friday.
"I conclude that [the group members] have acted in breach of the agreements by serving the notices, or, where they have not yet taken effect, will do so if they are not withdrawn."
The judge said the language of the copyright agreements "would have conveyed to a reasonable person... that the parties' intention was that the 'entire copyrights' in the compositions should vest, and remain vested, in the claimant (Gloucester Place) for the 'full term' of the copyrights."
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Rantmedia took the top prize at the Bafta Cymru Games Awards.

It won best game for TV Sports Soccer at a ceremony at the Tramshed in Cardiff on Saturday.
Thud Media won three commendations for artistic achievement, gameplay design and sound and music for children's educational game Boj Smoothies.
Director of Bafta Cymru, Hannah Raybould, said: "We are very proud to support the growing games industry in Wales."
Cube Kids scooped the technical achievement commendation for Teletubbies.
Best Game Award
Artistic Achievement Commendation
Technical Achievement Commendation
Game Play Design Commendation
Sound and Music Commendation


TalkTalk has confirmed that three of its India-based call centre workers have been arrested.

The London-based telecoms provider said that it alerted police after carrying out a data security review.
However, a spokeswoman stressed that it had seen no evidence that the suspects had been involved with a high-profile cyber-breach last October.
Nearly 157,000 of TalkTalk customers' details, including bank account numbers, were stolen in the breach.
The unnamed suspects do not work for TalkTalk directly but are instead employed by Wipro, a local call centre provider, in Kolkata (Calcutta).
"Following the October 2015 cyber-attack, we have been conducting a forensic review to ensure that all aspects of our security are as robust as possible - including that of our suppliers," the company said.
"Acting on information supplied by TalkTalk, the local police have arrested three individuals who have breached our policies and the terms of our contract with Wipro. We are also reviewing our relationship with Wipro.
"We are determined to identify and deal effectively with these issues and we will continue to devote significant resource to keeping our customers' data safe."
News of the arrests was first reported by Channel 4 News.
The Indian company has said it has a "zero tolerance" policy on data theft.
"Wipro is working closely with the customer in the investigation and will continue to extend its full co-operation to the investigating authorities," it said.
"We are unable to comment on the matter that is currently under investigation."


Ulster winger Andrew Trimble will be out of action for four to five weeks after undergoing hand surgery.

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Trimble had already been ruled out of Ireland's final two Six Nations matches against Wales and England because of the injury sustained against Treviso.
Darren Cave, Louis Ludik and Stuart McCloskey are also unavailable for Ulster's rearranged Pro12 game against Zebre at Kingspan Stadium on Saturday.
Alan O'Connor should play at lock, with Rodney Ah You a likely replacement.
Both second row O'Connor and prop Ah You are set to return after injuries, while back Jacob Stockdale may reclaim a starting berth after being named on the bench for last week's win over Treviso in Belfast.
Jared Payne has been struggling with an ankle injury suffered against the Italians but has not yet been entirely ruled out of playing a part in Ireland's Six Nations encounter with Wales in Cardiff on Friday, or alternatively playing for Ulster a day later.
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Ulster go into the game in need of a bonus-point victory to boost their chances of securing a top-four spot which would ensure their participation in the end-of-season play-offs.
The Irish province currently lie fifth in the table after four consecutive wins in the competition but a win on Saturday in their match in hand would see Les Kiss's side leapfrog the Scarlets into fourth position.
The match was originally due to be played on 25 November but was postponed because of a frozen pitch at Kingspan Stadium.
After tackling Zebre, Ulster have a week off, before facing a difficult run-in with fixtures against Dragons, Cardiff Blues, Munster, Ospreys and Leinster.
For their part, bottom-placed Zebre hope to overhaul Treviso in the battle to secure a Champions Cup place for next season, with two points currently separating the sides.
Ulster defeated Zebre 40-17 when the sides met in Italy on 26 February.


A Champagne producer has become the first to invest in the UK sparkling wine industry after buying a former apple orchard in Kent.

Taittinger has teamed up with British wine agent Hatch Mansfield and private investors to buy 69 hectares of farmland near Chilham.
Stone Stile Farm has chalk soil and south-facing slopes up to 80 metres above sea level.
It is said to be ideal for Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier vines.
The wine, which will be ready to bottle in five years, will be named Domaine Evremond after Charles de Saint-Evremond, a 17th century ambassador for Champagne who is said to have helped popularise it in England.
English sparkling wine cannot be called Champagne because the name is protected under EU law for wines harvested and produced in the Champagne region of France.
But British vineyards such as Nyetimber in West Sussex, Chapel Down in Kent and Denbies in Surrey produce award-winning wines on chalky soil similar to that found in the Champagne region.
"We believe we can produce a high quality English sparkling wine, drawing on our 80 years of wine-making expertise," said Taittinger president Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger.
"Our aim is to make something of real excellence in the UK's increasingly temperate climate, and not to compare it with Champagne or any other sparkling wine.
"Our family has already had considerable success planting sparkling wine vineyards in the USA in 1987.
"We hope to replicate this success in the UK."
M Taittinger's father, Jean, twinned Canterbury with Reims when he was mayor of the French city more than 45 years ago.


Bath and Wells Diocese is to use its churches to help deliver superfast broadband to rural areas across the Somerset and Bath area.

In a deal with Wild West Net, church towers will be used as a fixed wireless point to deliver the broadband signal.
Richard Tulloch from the diocese said: "They will provide the technology and equipment and the individual parishes will provide the churches."
The church has said two pilot schemes are in the planning stages.
Mr Tulloch said: "The Church of England is blessed with this unique benefit of this amazing range of tall buildings in rural areas.
"You've got the height and that's exactly what you need to get good transmission signals to local users."
The church has said the financial aspect of the deal with Wild West Net to use its buildings was confidential but the money raised would be spent on maintaining its buildings and its work in the parish.
"Hopefully this will overcome the serious issues - there is a degree of concern of the quality and speed of the roll out across the country of broadband particularly to rural areas," explained Mr Tulloch.
Once the system is set up, users will sign up on a subscription basis.
The Church of England has its own planning authority known as Diocesan Advisory Committee for the Care of Churches [DAC] so does not obtain planning consent from local authorities.
"What you're talking about is a small bit of tackle," added Mr Tulloch.
"It will be something on short pole about the size of a small dinner plate then a wire comes down inside the building and there's a small box at the bottom of the tower, no bigger than a small filing cabinet."
The two pilot schemes are in Ashbrittle, near Wellington, and on the Somerset Levels.


Thousands of Colombians have taken part in marches to demand that a peace deal signed by the government and Farc rebels be upheld.

In the capital, Bogota, families of victims were given white flowers by well-wishers to symbolise peace.
The agreement, reached after years of negotiation, was rejected by a slim majority in a national referendum earlier this month.
Campaigners for the "No" vote have demanded a series of changes.
Farc leader Timoleon Rodriguez, better known as Timochenko, said on Wednesday he was confident the deal could be revived although he said he would be reluctant to re-negotiate some elements of the accord.
In a show of support for the agreement, thousands of students, farmers and indigenous leaders congregated in front of congress in Bogota.
"All Colombians must work on building peace," said Carmenza Pinto, 64, who was displaced by the war.
"We must strive for a better future and forgiveness is the best example we can give."
Speaking earlier, Timochenko said he had held several meetings with government negotiators in the Cuban capital, Havana, to try to find a way around the impasse.
He said he was confident the deal could be resuscitated.
"This is a conflict that has gone on for many years and opened deep wounds," he told Caracol Radio.
"We must join forces and together apply healing balm to the wounds. We will have good news soon."
However, he said he would be reluctant to re-negotiate one of the most contentious clauses which includes a provision for reduced jail terms for rebels who confess to human rights abuses.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Nobel Peace prize for reaching the peace agreement.
He has said he will donate the prize money to help the victims of the conflict.
1964: Set up as armed wing of Communist Party
2002: At its height, it had an army of 20,000 fighters controlling up to a third of the country. Senator Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped and held for six years along with 14 other hostages
2008: The Farc suffers a series of defeats in its worst year
2012: Start of peace talks in Havana
2016: Bilateral ceasefire


Visitors to a New York theme park have dramatically rescued a terrified teenaged girl who spent more than a minute dangling 7.5m (25ft) in the air from a chair lift.

Witness Loren Lent told the BBC that a group of bystanders had formed a circle and caught the girl as she fell.
Mr Lent said the teenager would have been killed or seriously injured but for their quick thinking.
He said it was not clear why the girl was so eager to escape the chair lift.
"I have no idea," he said. "She may have panicked, she may have had a seizure or she may have been terrified by bees that were known to have been in the area.
"All I can say though is that the actions of these people prevented what could have been a very nasty accident."
One of the catchers is reported by local media to have hurt his back during the operation on Saturday, in which rescuers had to persuade the 14-year-old to let go of the chair lift and drop into their arms.


The first minister and deputy first ministers want "legal assurances" that Belfast to Heathrow flights would be protected if IAG buys Aer Lingus.

IAG owns British Airways, which, like Aer Lingus, operates daily flights between Heathrow Airport and George Best Belfast City Airport.
Talks are ongoing and involve the Irish government which controls a 25% stake in Aer Lingus.
IAG has put forward a 1.36bn euros (£1bn) takeover offer for Aer Lingus.
By acquiring Aer Lingus, IAG would gain more take-off and landing slots at Heathrow - valued at around £30m per pair - allowing it to operate more flights.
The Northern Ireland Executive is anxious that Belfast's connectivity with Heathrow is protected.
Peter Robinson and Martin McGuinness said: "The Belfast to Heathrow landing slots are essential for our economic development.
"We would urge any potential buyer and everyone involved in the sale to provide legal assurances existing air links to and from Belfast will not be impacted as part of the proposed takeover.
"The capacity to attract and retain jobs would be jeopardised by any plans to use the existing slots from Heathrow to Belfast for other destinations."
The Irish government is currently looking at a revised offer for the airline from British Airways owner IAG.
The Aer Lingus board has said it is prepared to accept an offer worth 2.55 euros (£1.90) a share from IAG, in its latest takeover bid.
An acquisition would rest on the backing of the government as well as Ryanair, the other major shareholder.
The Irish government has a 25.1% share in Aer Lingus, while Ryanair has a 29.8% stake in the airline.
The Irish Airline Pilots Association has a seven per cent share in the airline.
Aer Lingus directly employs 3,900 people, mostly in Dublin, with 2,100 of these described as ground staff in areas such as clerical, operative and back office roles.
The airline is the fourth-largest operator at Heathrow after BA, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic.
Aer Lingus had rejected two previous IAG offers - pitched at 2.30 euros and 2.40 euros a share.
Ryanair built its stake in Aer Lingus as part of three failed attempts to buy the carrier.
Competition regulators blocked the takeover bids and told Ryanair it must sell all but 5% of its shareholding. However, an immediate sale was delayed by a lengthy appeals process.