Great Britain's Liam Heath and Lani Belcher won gold medals on the final day of the Sprint World Cup in Racice in the Czech Republic.

London 2012 bronze medallist Heath won the individual kayak K1 200 final while Belcher took the K1W 5000 title.
"Today just came from a little bit of experience in being more confident in myself," said Heath.
Meanwhile, Britain's Olympic champion Ed McKeever finished fifth in the K1 200 A final.
Belcher medal was the British team's fourth of the weekend, and she said: "I felt comfortable and strong and I'm really pleased with how I executed the race."
Heath has only raced the K1 200 internationally three times, but has won medals on each occasion. He took bronze last week in Duisburg, Germany, and a silver at the 2014 World Cup in Racice.
Heath was a bronze medallist with Jonathan Schofield in Saturday's K2 200 final.
Both will now prepare for the European Championships in Moscow on 24-26 June before this summer's Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.


Web browsing will get much riskier for millions of people when a key security algorithm stops being used, warns Facebook.

The algorithm, known as SHA-1, will stop being supported by web browsing programs during 2016.
Its replacement - SHA-2 - will not be compatible with older web browsers.
Facebook said many of those exposed when SHA-1 is retired live in regions where web use is closely watched.
"We don't think it's right to cut tens of millions of people off from the benefits of the encrypted internet," wrote Alex Stamos, Facebook's chief security officer in a blogpost.
Statistics gathered by Facebook suggest that 3-7% of all web browsers are so old that they cannot use SHA-2.
SHA-1 is used in a lot of security measures as a guarantee of identity and to conceal what people do online. But the cost of mounting an attack has fallen sharply recently so it has become much more straightforward for attackers to impersonate websites and spy on data.
Security firm Cloudflare has also issued warnings about the retirement of SHA-1 and drawn up a list of the nations where older browsers that cannot work with the new version are most prominent.
"Unfortunately, this list largely overlaps with lists of the poorest, most repressive, and most war-torn countries in the world," said Matthew Prince, co-founder of Cloudflare in a blogpost.
"In other words, after 31 December most of the encrypted web will be cut off from the most vulnerable populations of internet users who need encryption the most," he said.
Both Facebook and Cloudflare have called for changes to the way that web browsers handle SHA-1 once it is retired. The proposal would mean SHA-1 would still be used for those using a browser that cannot use the updated algorithm.
Modern browsers that are updated to their most recent version will support SHA-2.
Both firms have called on the body that draws up browser security standards, known as the CA/Browser Forum, to support its proposal to operate a two-tier system. The CA/Browser Forum has yet to respond.


League One high-flyers Gillingham were lucky to escape with a point in a one-sided draw at Scunthorpe.

The home side dominated from start to finish, but could not find their finishing touch as Paddy Madden wasted a number of opportunities.
He was twice denied in the first half by a full stretch Stuart Nelson, and he also crashed a header against the bar.
Nelson thwarted Madden again in the second half, and also kept out Conor Townsend and Kyle Wootton.
Scunthorpe sit 15th in the League One table after the result, eight points behind sixth-placed Barnsley in the play-off spots.
Although they had little attacking edge, Gillingham climb to third, five points behind second-placed Wigan and an automatic promotion place.
Scunthorpe boss Nick Daws told BBC Radio Humberside:
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"We were dominant from start to finish, perhaps apart from the last six minutes when they managed the game well. We gave away a few sloppy free-kicks but we're really pleased with the performance.
"We restricted them to one shot on target and we had 13 attempts on target if you account the two blocks and the two that hit the woodwork. Another frustrating afternoon but I can't ask any more from the lads in terms of everything until we put the ball in the net.
"The keeper has pulled off three really good saves, we've hit the woodwork, we've not got the bounce of the ball and our finishing has been wasteful. If our finishing is wasteful then the most I can ask is we don't lose the game."


The Foreign Office is warning Britons travelling to Brussels to be "alert and vigilant" after the deadly attacks on the city's airport and metro.

Two British nationals were among the injured, a spokesman confirmed.
There are also concerns for David Dixon, an IT programmer from Nottingham, whose family said had not been seen since the attacks.
Friends said Mr Dixon has lived in Brussels for 10 years with his partner and their young son.
He travelled to work every day on the city's Metro, but has not answered his phone or made contact since the explosions.  His partner Charlotte Sutcliffe spent the day driving from hospital to hospital in Brussels trying to find him.
Twin blasts hit Zaventem airport at about 07:00 GMT on Tuesday, with 11 people reported killed. Another explosion at Maelbeek metro station near EU headquarters an hour later left about 20 people dead.
Brussels police have issued a wanted notice for a man seen pushing a luggage trolley through the airport.
Security at ports, airports, Tube and major railway stations in the UK has been stepped up.
David Cameron condemned the attacks, which have been claimed by so-called Islamic State, and warned of "a very real terror threat" across Europe.
Specialist police from the UK have been sent to Brussels to help with the investigation. The prime minister will chair a second Cobra security meeting to determine the UK's response to the attacks on Wednesday morning.
The Foreign Office said embassy staff were "providing consular assistance to two injured Britons and are ready to support any further British nationals that have been affected".
Britons in Brussels were told "to remain alert and vigilant, and stay away from crowded places".
An emergency number for those worried a relative may have been affected has been issued - 020 7008 0000.
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The UK's most senior counter-terrorism officer, Metropolitan Police Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, said increased police activity in the UK was a precaution and not in response to any specific threat.
In London, he said, the Met Police were putting more officers on duty to carry out patrols at key locations.
Home Secretary Theresa May said security checks at UK borders were being increased "to ensure public safety and provide public reassurance".
She told MPs there would be more searching of vehicles and greater use of search dogs.
The Belgian flag is being flown at half mast above Downing Street.
Mr Cameron chaired an emergency Cobra meeting to determine the UK's response to the attacks, and said Britain would do all it could to help the Belgian authorities.
"These are appalling and savage terrorist attacks and I've just spoken to the prime minister of Belgium to give our sympathies and our condolences to the Belgian people," Mr Cameron said.
"They could just as well be attacks in Britain or in France or Germany, or elsewhere in Europe and we need to stand together against these appalling terrorists and make sure they can never win."
Mr Cameron said UK authorities were continuing to review information coming in - and would raise the terror threat level if there was information of a direct threat.
The terror threat level has been at "severe" since August 2014, meaning an attack is highly likely.
By BBC home affairs correspondent Tom Symonds
Airports are generally designed around a clear security "line" after which people pass into the "airside" area - in effect a security bubble. This protects the aircraft as much as the airport. The Brussels bombs were detonated outside the bubble, in the terminal before the security check.
Passengers will wonder why there are no security scanners at the door of the airport, or the entrance to the car park. Should we move the line of security?
The problem is that this simply moves the place where the queue forms. And queues are the ideal soft target for a terrorist.
Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, often cited as the world's most secure, relies on profiling. Passengers are closely watched and intensively questioned about who they are and where they are going. Some experts swear by it, but it has been criticised as "politically incorrect".
Meanwhile, the UK government stresses the importance of good intelligence. But even if it was possible to fully protect air travellers, there are plenty of other places where crowds gather, which could be targeted instead.
Read more: Airport security under the spotlight
The attacks come four days after Salah Abdeslam, a key suspect in the Paris attacks, was captured in Brussels.
The Belgian federal prosecutor said it was "probably a suicide bomber" who struck the airport.
Police in the UK have appealed for any British nationals who were in Brussels and may have images or footage of the incidents to come forward and assist the investigation.
They have set up a website where images and videos can be uploaded.
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Northampton hooker Dylan Hartley says he feared that his latest ban would cost him his international career.

The 30-year-old has been confirmed as England's captain for the Six Nations by coach Eddie Jones - two days after his six-week suspension for hitting Leinster's Sean O'Brien ended.
Hartley will not have played for nine weeks before England's opening game against France on 4 February.
"I did think that maybe that was it," Hartley told BBC Sport.
"But again, a conversation with Eddie - a very clear and direct conversation - and I know where I stand," he added.
Hartley, who led England to the Grand Slam last year, was banned in December after he caught the Irish flanker with a swinging arm during Northampton's 37-10 Champions Cup loss. It was the third red card of his career.
The subsequent suspension took the total number of weeks he has been unavailable during his career to 60.
"I obviously came back to Northampton and wanted to make a positive impact in a big game for the club," said Hartley. "It obviously went horribly wrong.
"Positive, dominant, hard tackle. That's what I was thinking. Obviously the outcome was different to what I intended.
"That walk off the field is never a quick moment. It seems to drag on for quite a while, but obviously gives you time to reflect and I understand I could have jeopardised a lot.
"I put myself and the team in a difficult position and since then I've had clear directives from the management of what they expect and here I am."
Hartley said that part of the directive from Jones was to improve his tackle technique.
"I've worked very hard with [England defence coach] Paul Gustard on that," added Hartley. "It's not something that just finishes now that I'm back playing. It's an ongoing thing."
Hartley was dropped from England's 2015 Rugby World Cup squad after he headbutted Saracens' Jamie George, but was recalled by the Australian  after he replaced Stuart Lancaster.
The hooker went on to lead the side to a Six Nations Grand Slam as they embarked on a run of 14 consecutive Test match victories.


Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has said he intends to press charges against a man who hit him in the face with a pie.

Mr Joyce was giving a speech in Perth on Tuesday when the man walked on stage and shoved the pie in his face.
A man identified by local media as the attacker later criticised the airline chief's support for same-sex marriage, which is not legal in Australia.
"I will have every intention of pressing charges," Mr Joyce said.
Police charged the 67-year-old man with giving false details after the incident, which happened in front of 500 people. He may yet face an assault charge, police told the BBC.
"On the west coast, there is very limited opportunity to have connection with national figures," the pie-wielder, identified as Tony Overheu, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
"From my reading, it would appear that Alan Joyce is very much part of a network trying to subvert the federal parliamentary process around the issue of marriage equality."
Mr Joyce was one of 20 company chief executives who signed a petition in March calling on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to legalise same-sex marriage.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton, the government's most prominent conservative, described the attack as "a disgrace".
"The person should be ashamed. The threats any of us receive is unacceptable," Mr Dutton tweeted.
Mr Joyce had been discussing the airline's recent decision to operate non-stop flights from London to Perth when the incident happened.
"I don't know what that was about," he said, before continuing his speech.


Significantly more junior doctors are choosing to come or stay in Wales to train to be GPs, the health secretary has said.

Currently 91% of the 136 available family doctor training places in NHS Wales have been filled, compared to 75% at the same stage last year.
Health Secretary Vaughan Gething said he was "particularly pleased".
The doctors' union - the BMA - said it was a "positive step in the right direction".
The rise follows a decision last autumn by the Welsh Government to offer Â£20,000 cash incentives to junior doctors who choose to train to become GPs in parts of Wales with significant shortages.
This formed part of a major national and international recruitment drive by the Welsh NHS.
Groups representing GPs have long warned of a crisis facing health services in parts of Wales due to significant shortages of family doctors.
In its latest analysis, the BMA estimates dozens of GP surgeries in Wales are either at risk of closure or might have to to be taken over by local health boards.
It claims the number of surgeries under threat is increasing, involving more than 350,000 patients.
Dr Charlotte Jones, chairwoman of BMA Cymru's GP committee, claims the situation is "of grave concern" and reflects the pressure facing practices which "vary considerably across Wales.".
But the BMA said it welcomed the news on training places, saying the financial incentives "have no doubt played a crucial role".
Mr Gething insists improving access to GP services is one of his "top priorities" and that significant progress is being made, including a continuing reform of primary care services with GPs working with pharmacists, nurses and therapists as part of wider teams in communities.
"People's access to these services will increasingly improve as we recruit more GPs and other healthcare professionals to fill roles across Wales," he said.
Mr Gething said the "train, work, live" campaign, as well as financial incentives and more of a culture of cooperation in Wales between government and the profession had helped recruitment.
"We don't try to claim there is one single, silver bullet to resolve the challenge," he said.
"What we'll need to do at the end of the complete round is understand why those people made their choices to try to make sure for the next year - when we'll still need to recruit a significant number - that we're in the best position to do well."
HOW DOES GP TRAINING WORK?
Specialist training in general practice takes three years to complete and junior doctors can apply to train anywhere in the UK.
Any unfilled places get re-advertised.
Last year, 29 out of 136 places remained vacant after the recruitment process had ended.
But in April this year the Welsh Government announced that after the first round of adverts 84% of training places had been filled - 16% higher than the same stage last year.
Now after the vacant posts have been re-advertised -  the fill-rate has risen to 91%; again 16% higher than last year.
The number of training posts on offer range from five in Neath Port Talbot to 18 each in Cardiff and Swansea.
The junior doctors recruited will start work in August.
The Welsh Government hopes any outstanding vacancies might be filled during the second recruitment round, which opens in August and aims to recruit GP trainees to take up post in February 2018.
It also said 100% of available GP training places have already been filled in four areas, which have had difficulties recruiting in the past.
They are Ceredigion, North Wales West, Pembrokeshire and North Wales East.
The Welsh Government's financial incentive means applicants to these areas can benefit from a Â£20,000 payment provided they stay for at least a year once they have completed their training.
Dr Rebecca Payne, chair of the Royal College of GPs in Wales, said pressures and an ageing workforce were taking a toll.
"I had a lady with chest pain in the surgery the other day and everything has to stop while you sort that out. But the backlog is building up in the waiting room," she said.
"People are either cutting down their hours or taking early retirement and that's having a huge impact on the number of GPs available to work - and the number of GP hours."
Last month, the health secretary announced the NHS Wales recruitment campaign would be extended to try to encourage more nurses to come to work here.


Norway will start switching off its FM radio network next week, in a controversial move that will be closely watched by other nations.

Critics have said that the government is rushing the move, with one poll from newspaper Dagbladet suggesting 66% of Norwegians oppose it.
Experts argue that the change needs to happen because digital radio can carry more channels and has clearer sound.
Switzerland, Denmark and the UK are also considering a switch-off.
The shutdown of the FM (frequency modulation) network will start in the northern city of Bodo on 11 January. By the end of the year, all national FM broadcasts will end.
Cars will be the biggest challenge in Norway, where there are an estimated 2 million vehicles that are not equipped with digital audio broadcasting (DAB) receivers. Users are being told to buy adapters which cost 1,500 Norwegian kroner (Â£140).
"Norwegian politicians have decided to make 15 million FM radios in Norway completely useless," digital media expert Jan Thoresen wrote in Dagbladet earlier this year, adding: "That's a bad idea".
Norway's transition to DAB radio will be closely watched by others considering a similar move, including the UK.
What is the digital radio switchover?
Like the television switchover in 2012, the radio switch will see a change in the source from an analogue platform (AM and FM) to a digital one.
It means listeners will need a device that can pick up a digital signal.
In the UK, there are currently three national digital multiplexes (the platforms that hold stations) - one for the BBC and two commercial.
FM will probably still be used for local and community radio stations, although Ofcom has trialled some small-scale digital radio multiplexes to bring DAB to these places too.
DAB isn't the only way of listening to digital radio. Internet radio offers more stations, including ones that are in other areas and international stations. Some DAB radios can also stream internet radio so listeners can access podcasts and overseas radio stations.
The UK switchover won't happen until digital listening reaches 50% of all radio listening and national DAB coverage is comparable to FM, the government has said.
On the current trajectory, that critical mass may be reached in the UK in 2018, meaning switchover is unlikely to happen before 2020.
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Police are treating a hit and run in Barrhead as attempted murder.

Four people were injured after a man deliberately drove a Vauxhall car at them on Crossmill Avenue at 18.05 on Saturday.
The incident followed an altercation with the group.
Three men aged 29, 39 and 48 were taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, as was a 41-year-old woman. The 39-year-old is still in hospital with serious injuries.
The other three people were released after treatment.
It is understood police are following a positive line of inquiry.


Charlton Athletic manager Karl Robinson says the January transfer window will be "defining" for his side's League One prospects this season.

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The Addicks are 13th, seven points off the play-offs, heading into Wednesday's London derby at Millwall (19:45 GMT).
"Once I get more players in, and more players fit, I back this team to compete massively," he told BBC London.
"We are not even halfway through the season and some people are almost disregarding us."
The 36-year-old, who is still awaiting his first win following his appointment on 24 November, added: "We are certainly not finished. The year will end but the season is just beginning.
"I am looking forward to 2017. I have this little feeling we are going to be alright."
Charlton are aiming to secure an immediate return to the Championship following their relegation from the second tier last season.
Robinson expects to be backed in the transfer window by Charlton owner Roland Duchatelet, who has been the subject of protests from a section of supporters who are unhappy with how the Belgian businessman runs the club.
"It is important we get the players in that we want," the former MK Dons manager said. "We want to make this a powerful club again.
"I want this club to move forward and, once we get to the Championship, we compete in the Championship.
"Our objective is to be in the promised land [the Premier League] like everyone else but we can do that. It will take two, three or four years but they are the visions you have to have."


President Donald Trump says the US military is "locked and loaded" to deal with North Korea, ramping up the rhetorical brinkmanship.

"Military solutions are now fully in place, locked and loaded, should North Korea act unwisely. Hopefully Kim Jong-un will find another path!" he tweeted.
He spoke as Pyongyang accused him of "driving" the Korean peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war".
North Korea has announced plans to fire missiles near the US territory of Guam.
The Pacific island's homeland security agency issued a fact sheet on Friday with tips for residents to prepare for any missile threat.
It states: "Do not look at the flash or fireball - it can blind you."
"Lie flat on the ground and cover your head. If the explosion is some distance away, it could take 30 seconds or more for the blast wave to hit."
Moscow said the exchange of threats between Washington and Pyongyang "worry us very much".
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov rated the risk of military conflict as "very high" as he put forward a joint Russian-Chinese plan to defuse the crisis.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no military solution, and "an escalation of the rhetoric is the wrong answer."
But later on Friday, at his private golf club in New Jersey, Mr Trump issued further threats to Pyongyang.
Asked about his "locked and loaded" tweet, he told reporters: "I hope that they [North Korea] are going to fully understand the gravity of what I said, and what I said is what I meanâ€¦ those words are very, very easy to understand."
He added: "If he [Kim Jong-un] utters one threat in the form of an overt threat - which, by the way, he has been uttering for years, and his family has been uttering for years - or if he does anything with respect to Guam or anyplace else that's an American territory or an American ally he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast."
Mr Trump's latest remarks follow his threat earlier this week to rain "fire and fury" on Pyongyang.
His latest post came hours after his Defence Secretary Jim Mattis attempted to cool tensions by emphasising a peaceful resolution to the crisis.
Speaking in California late on Thursday, the Pentagon chief said it was his job to be ready for conflict.
But he said the effort by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and UN Ambassador Nikki Haley "has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results".
Mr Mattis added: "The tragedy of war is well enough known. It doesn't need another characterisation beyond the fact that it would be catastrophic."
When asked about US military plans for a potential conflict, he said the country was ready, but he would not "tell the enemy in advance what I'm going to do".
Also on Friday, North Korea's official KCNA news agency accused Washington of a "criminal attempt to impose nuclear disaster upon the Korean nation".
Pyongyang's media outlet said America was making "desperate efforts" to test weapons in the Korean peninsula.
The US is "the mastermind of nuclear threat, the heinous nuclear war fanatic", the report said.
Despite the rhetoric from both sides, the Trump administration has been conducting behind-the-scenes diplomacy with North Korea for several months, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Washington has been addressing the issue of Americans detained in the country and escalating tensions on the peninsula, according to AP.
Joseph Yun, the US envoy for North Korea, and Pak Song-Il, a senior North Korean diplomat at the UN, are said to be leading the talks.
Tensions have risen since North Korea tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles in July.
The regime was further angered by last week's UN decision to increase economic sanctions against it.
North Korea said it was finalising a plan to fire medium-to-long-range rockets towards Guam, where US strategic bombers are based, along with more than 160,000 US citizens.
There has been no indication that any actual attack on the Pacific island is imminent.
On Thursday Mr Trump suggested that his own statements on North Korea had not been tough enough, warning the regime to be "very, very nervous".
However, he added that the US would always consider negotiations.
He also chided the North's closest ally, China, saying it could do "a lot more".
China's state-run Global Times newspaper wrote that Beijing should stay neutral if North Korea launches an attack that threatens the US.
But it also said that if the US and South Korea attacked North Korea to force regime change, then China must intervene to prevent it.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his nation would be prepared to join a conflict against North Korea if the US came under attack.
Australia would honour its commitment under a 1951 treaty, he said, "as America would come to our aid if we were attacked".
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Police in Canada have charged a man for sending explosive devices to several businesses in the city of Winnipeg and warned that more could be discovered.

Guido Amsel, 49, targeted law firms that represented him or his ex-wife in a lengthy legal battle, police said.
One bomb exploded at an office last Friday, severely injuring a woman.
Two more explosive devices were found at law firms over the weekend in the city, but they were detonated by police, and no one was injured.
Mr Amsel has been charged with two counts of attempted murder, one count of aggravated assault and a number of offences related to possessing explosives.
Maria Mitousis, the 38-year-old injured by the first bomb, represented Mr Amsel's ex-wife during their divorce and a later case.
She is reported to be in a stable condition at a local hospital but suffered several serious injuries to her upper body.
Friends and family of the lawyer set up a fundraising page to help pay for her medical expenses and have so far raised more than $25,000 (Â£16,000).
They said Ms Mitousis faced "a long road to recovery".
Police said more packages may be delivered to other lawyers or justice officials linked to Mr Amsel and urged "extreme caution" over unusual packages.
Winnipeg city hall was evacuated on Monday after reports of a suspicious package but it was given the all clear after police investigated. There was also a similar false alarm at a Canada Post building.


Alexander 'Greek' Thomson did more to transform Glasgow into a city fit to be described as the "Second City of the Empire" than any other architect.

The booming powerhouse city, which quadrupled in size between 1800 and 1850, needed a new vision as it expanded out from the old slums and Thomson was the man who supplied it.
However, the city on which he made his mark during the Victorian era later allowed his legacy to fall into neglect.
When Glasgow council was planning to demolish one of Thomson's landmark churches in 1966, influential American architectural historian Henry-Russell Hitchcock made a plea for them to stop.
He said: "Glasgow in the last 150 years has had two of the greatest architects in the world."
He named Charles Rennie Mackintosh as one and Alexander Thomson as the other.
Scottish actor David Hayman, who presents the BBC documentary Greek Thomson: Glasgow's Master Builder, says: "The name Charles Rennie Mackintosh is known around the world but I believe that Alexander Thomson was perhaps an even greater visionary."
Thomson, who was born 200 years ago next week in the Stirlingshire village of Balfron, acquired the nickname 'Greek' despite rarely leaving Glasgow and never setting foot abroad.
He was brought up as a strict Presbyterian and held to his faith throughout his life.
Thomson presented himself as a hard-working businessman rather than an artist.
Maybe these factors could explain why the reputation of the man, who was happily married with seven surviving children, has not caught the public imagination in the same way as the glamorously brilliant Mackintosh and his waxed moustache.
Thomson was more productive than Mackintosh, many of whose projects were never realised, and he was acutely aware of the problems of urban living in one of the most densely-populated cities in Europe.
Thomson was one of 20 children and by the age of eight he had moved to Glasgow with his widowed mother.
He was orphaned six years later.
Four of Thomson's own children died of cholera.
Thomson only became 'Greek' in the mid-1850s, in his late-30s, when he decided to adopt the Classical Greek style as his only mode of working.
Before that he had designed many gothic, baronial, and Italianate villas down the Firth of Clyde in places such as Cove and Kilcreggan.
He adopted the Greek at a time when it had gone out of fashion, especially in England where Gothic Revival was all the rage.
The building that marks the moment when Thomson became Greek is the Caledonia Road Church in the Gorbals, just south of the River Clyde near the city centre.
The dramatic structure still dominates the city skyline but it has been a derelict ruin for half a century.
Sally White, from the Alexander Thomson Society, says: "It was described by Henry-Russell Hitchcock as one of the finest, if not the finest, Classical Romantic churches in Europe.
"Many architects have used Classical architecture and its principles and produced beautiful buildings, but Thomson didn't recreate them, he understood the language, he understood the complex geometries, he understood the mystical qualities of it and he then interpreted that in a very individual, unique way.
"I think that's the difference."
The Caledonia Road Church, where Thomson himself worshipped, fell into disuse as the Gorbals, which had become an area notorious for poor housing and health, was cleared in the mid-20th Century.
In 1965 the empty church was torched by vandals and the council, which had responsibility for it, wanted to knock it down.
Architectural historian Gavin Stamp says it might not be standing now if Hitchcock had not published a letter in the Glasgow Herald, claiming that "it is without question the most remarkable and most distinguished ecclesiastical edifice of the high Victorian decades".
Another of Thomson's Presbyterian kirks, perhaps the most dramatic of all, Queen's Park church, was destroyed by an incendiary bomb dropped by the Germans in 1943.
One notable survivor is St Vincent Street Church in the heart of Glasgow city centre.
Built in 1859, it is a jaw-dropping monolith.
Evan Macdonald, an elder of the Free Church, says: "Thomson was a man of faith and his faith influenced his architecture. He took some references from the Temple of Solomon but more than that there is Egyptian, Assyrian and Classical influences."
Indeed, many architects think the Greek nickname to be something of a misnomer.
Thomson took Classical Greek principles based on a strong post-and-lintel system and adapted it using his own vision.
He was inspired by the Old Testament paintings of John Martin and his visions of a heavenly architecture.
But Thomson brought in other influences and he was equally Egyptian Thomson, Assyrian Thomson and Modern Thomson.
Other Thomson buildings to disappear are his tenement on Queens Park Terrace, which was bulldozed as recently as 1981, and Cowcaddens Cross which went a decade earlier.
Thomson's finest villa, Holmwood House in Cathcart, a Victorian suburb about four miles from the city centre, was saved by a small band of enthusiasts 25 years ago and is now cared for by the National Trust for Scotland.
It was completed in 1858 and designed for the wealthy paper maker James Couper, as both a family home and somewhere for him to entertain business clients.
Architectural historian Gavin Stamp, who launched the campaign to save Holmwood, says: "It was occupied by an order of nuns who were selling up and a developer had an option on it and the plan was to cover the grounds with blocks of flats.
"Its future was uncertain so we thought it ought to be rescued and put in the hands of an organisation that could look after it."
Mr Stamp adds: "It's wonderful to come here now and see the restoration that is slowly going ahead.
"It was the first picturesque Grecian villa, by that I mean it is asymmetrical, a building to be seen from different angles.
"Before this, Grecian villas tended to be entirely symmetrical.
"Thomson's asymmetrical villas down the Clyde at Cove and Kilcreggan tend to be Italianate, Gothic or Baronial, but having found his language, the Greek, he used it in a new way. This asymmetrical Grecian villa is the first of its kind."
Holmwood House is a breakthrough building, a brilliant fusion of different styles.
Thomson broke down the old rigid restraints of Greek Revival architecture and introduced a romantic freedom and honesty.
It was not just rich men's houses that Thomson built.
He also designed tenements such as Walmer Crescent, which is now next to Cessnock underground station, south of the river, and Great Western Terrace in the west end.
In 1861, Thomson moved his family to Moray Place, a beautiful terrace in the Southside suburb of Strathbungo, that he designed himself.
Thomson's Grecian chambers on Sauchiehall Street are today home to the Centre for Contemporary Arts.
It was originally designed for shops and found an ingenious solution to changing the streetscape from the villas that were already there.
Architect Karen Pickering says: "He built the Grecian Chambers then he excavated underneath the existing villa. So the villa is actually sitting on stilts. surrounded by other buildings."
Another Thomson masterpiece, built in 1873, is the Egyptian Halls, which contained everything from shops, to lecture rooms to exhibition spaces.
Today the exotic building on Union Street is surrounded by scaffolding with only a painted plastic shroud hinting at what lies beneath.
John Addison, a conservationist and engineer who has been involved in the attempt to bring the Egyptian Halls back to life, says: "It would be tragedy to lose the thing because this glorious piece of Thomson architecture reflects a great architect in a great city."
In the winter of 1874/1875 the asthma that had plagued Thomson all his life grew steadily worse. He died on 22 March 1875, at the age of 57.
Architect Fiona Sinclair says she thinks Thomson's reputation suffered at the time and since because he came from the provinces.
She says: "In addition to which he railed against the Gothic style which was the most popular style of the period, particularly in England, and I think that made him deeply unfashionable."
The new Glasgow University building, which was being built in Thomson's final years high on Gilmorehill in the west end, represented the triumph of the Gothic over the Greek.
It was built by fashionable London architect George Gilbert Scott.
Thomson hated it and said its mock medievalism made it a laughing stock.
However, Gothic dominated the subsequent decades and it was not until a new generation such as Frank Lloyd Wright in America, Mies Van Der Rohe in Germany and Le Corbusier in France began to think about new ways of designing and building that Thomson's elemental philosophy began to be reconsidered.
Architectural historian Gavin Stamp says: "There is an argument that Thomson anticipated certain aspects of modern architecture. He created his own extraordinary style of architecture rooted in the past but yet something new.
"He's a towering figure. A great mind as well as being a brilliant architect. I'd put him top."
A few years after his death, his friends decided on a tribute to him.
They honoured a man who had never been abroad with a travelling studentship to promote the study of Classical Architecture.
One of the early winners of the award was a young man from the east end of Glasgow called Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
'Greek' Thomson - Glasgow's Master Builder will be shown on BBC Two Scotland on Sunday 2 April at 22:00.


The British "stiff upper lip" should not be allowed to endanger people's health, the Duke of Cambridge has said.

The duke said he wanted his children to be able to express their feelings.
Prince William's comments come after Prince Harry revealed he had sought counselling after spending nearly 20 years "not thinking" about the death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales.
Prince Harry has been praised for speaking out by the prime minister and mental health charities.
Theresa May said his decision would help "smash the stigma".
Prince William's comments came in an interview - alongside Prince Harry - with a magazine produced by the charity Campaign Against Living Miserably (Calm), which is dedicated to preventing male suicide.
The future king and his brother are using the intense interest they generate to focus attention on a cause they are increasingly passionate about, BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt says.
Prince William talked about his "tipping point", which was his exposure to suicide - the biggest killer of men aged under 45 in the UK - through his work as an air ambulance pilot.
He told Calm that while there might be a time and a place for the "stiff upper lip", it should not be at the expense of people's health.
The duke highlighted the importance of role models opening up about their mental health, including grime artist Stormzy.
"The recent interview by Stormzy about his depression was incredibly powerful and will help young men feel that it's a sign of strength to talk about and look after your mind as well as your body," he said.
He added that he and the Duchess of Cambridge wanted their children - George and Charlotte - to grow up able to talk about their emotions and feelings.
Prince Harry has acknowledged his own failure to do that.
In an interview with the Daily Telegraph on Monday, he said it had not been until his late 20s that he had processed the grief of losing his mother when he was 12  1997.
Before reaching that point, he had endured two years of "total chaos" and come close to a "complete breakdown", he said.
Mrs May said: "Mental health problems affect people of all ages and all backgrounds.
"The bravery of those in public positions who speak out about their experiences helps smash the stigma around mental health and will help thousands of people to realise they are not alone."
Mental health charity Mind described the interview as a "true turning point".
Fiona Pienaar, director of clinical services at children's mental health charity Place2Be said: "Prince Harry's willingness to talk so intimately about the impact of the loss of his mother 20 years ago, as well as how he has processed his grief, is a gift from the young royal."
The two princes, along with the Duchess of Cambridge, are promoting the Heads Together mental health campaign, the London Marathon's charity of the year.
A two-part series, Mind Over Marathon, starts on BBC One at 21:00 BST on Thursday 20 April, as part of a Minds Matter series of programming about mental health issues.


A first day of peace talks between the Pakistani government and the Pakistani Taliban has concluded in the tribal region of North Waziristan.

Local media reported that a ceasefire has been extended, but there was no official confirmation from either side.
It was the first direct contact between the two sides since peace moves began last month.
Militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have been waging an insurgency in Pakistan since 2007.
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A team of four Pakistani government representatives travelled to the area near the Afghan border by helicopter.
The talks are the result of an effort by the Pakistani prime minister, Nawaz Sharif, to find a way to end the insurgency that has claimed thousands of lives.
The BBC's Shumaila Jaffery in Lahore says Mr Sharif is under political pressure to resolve the crisis and that many in Pakistan will push for military action if the talks fail.
The militants, who are fighting for their austere version of Sharia law across Pakistan, have repeatedly rejected the country's constitution. Many observers say that makes any lasting deal unlikely.
The TTP also comprises many factions, which makes a deal complicated to reach.
Since taking office last May, Mr Sharif has come under mounting pressure to bring the violence under control, with many accusing his government of lacking a strategy to deal with the militants, correspondents say.
Earlier this year he said he wanted to end the insurgency by peaceful means, but has indicated that stronger military action will be used if talks fail.
Correspondents say some in Pakistan are worried the talks will only allow the militants time to gain strength and regroup. Previous deals and attempts to engage the Pakistani Taliban in dialogue have all failed.


Nearly half of Africa's wild lions are facing extinction in 20 to 40 years unless urgent conservation measures are put in place, a report suggests.

Writing in the journal Ecology Letters, conservationists have said that the big cats should be better protected from their main threat - humans.
They have proposed that fencing off the carnivores into nature reserves could protect them in the future.
The scheme would be expensive, costing about $500 (Â£300) per square kilometre.
But the authors of the paper said it would be more cost effective than some of the current projects that encourage humans to live alongside these animals.
Physical barriers
Africa's lions have suffered dramatic declines over the last 50 years.
Their numbers are estimated to have fallen by about 80% - and recent surveys suggest there could be as few as 20,000 to 30,000 of the big cats left in the wild.
Much of this loss has been blamed on humans.
Some of the big cats have been killed because they are perceived to be a threat to livestock, and competition for land and over-hunting of their prey have reduced their numbers even further.
Now conservationists have argued that separating wild lions from humans could be their only hope of survival.
They said that fencing off reserves in areas such as the Serengeti and South Africa's National Parks has helped the populations to grow, and now propose extending these schemes across Africa.
They say conserving wild lions in unfenced areas costs $2,000 (Â£1,300) per square kilometre, compared with an estimated $500 for the same efforts in enclosed regions.
The lead author of the paper Craig Packer, an ecologist from the University of Minnesota, said: "It is clear that fences work and unfenced populations are extremely expensive to maintain."
Managing wild animals in this way is an extreme measure, but conservationists are arguing that radical schemes are needed to save species from extinction.
Dr Luke Hunter, from the big cat conservation organisation Panthera, said: "No one wants to resort to putting any more fences around Africa's marvellous wild areas, but without massive and immediate increases in the commitment to lion conservation, we may have little choice."


A US TV giant is finalising a deal to take over a south Wales film studios which has been largely mothballed for the last eight years.

Dragon International, which promised 2,000 jobs, was plagued by delays, racked up debts worth Â£15m and eventually went into administration.
Only one film was ever made there, but now Fox 21 Television Studios is leasing the studios, dubbed Valleywood.
Medieval action series The Bastard Executioner is already filming there.
The first episodes will air on the FX network in the United States later this month.
Fox 21 is understood to have signed a long-term lease and invested in soundproofing the studios, which are working at full capacity for the first time.
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It could mean a happy ending for the studios in Llanilid, Rhondda Cynon Taff, which have a turbulent history.
Plans were first unveiled in 2001, with the late filmmaker Lord Richard Attenborough fronting the project.
The movie complex was eventually built on a reclaimed opencast site next to the M4 between Cardiff and Bridgend.
In August 2006 it received Â£1.4m of European money but was hit by delays.
Fast forward two years and Â£15m worth of debt, it went into administration.
Rob Lewis, partner with PriceWaterhouse Coopers, has spent years trying to sell the complex.
"We worked out reasonably early on in the administration that this wouldn't be a straightforward asset to sell," he said.
"I didn't think I'd necessarily be here eight years later still holding the asset."
But with Fox in situ, he is more hopeful of finding a buyer.
The details of the deal are not being made public but it is described as a long term lease and it is far more significant than the short-term rental deal which saw the studio's only film - Ironclad - produced in 2009.
Economy Minister Edwina Hart said the creative industries were a "good spend" through hard work.
"Sometimes things change, series don't get re-commissioned but we have to recognise there's a good product here, the facilities are here and there are people who want to work here," she added.
But with the studios still in administration, Mr Lewis said lessons should be learnt about public spending.
"It's making sure with the public money being invested to seed these private sector projects that everyone understands the risks and what happens when they go wrong," he added.


Scottish Borders Council has said funding for facilities in a Hawick park is safe despite a local sports initiative being wound up.

The local authority previously gave Â£40,000 to the Hawick Sports Initiative (HSI) to maintain a sports pitch at the town's Volunteer Park.
HSI is now being wound up as it has decided it no longer needs to exist.
Agreement has been reached to give the funding to charitable trust Live Borders to improve park facilities.
Ewan Jackson, chief executive of Live Borders, said: "One of our priorities at Live Borders is to ensure that sports facilities in the region are of a high standard and widely available to all.
"We are delighted to be involved with the Volunteer Park project, it is a great example of how working together with local clubs and organisations can benefit the community as a whole."
David Davidson, who chairs HSI, added: "I am delighted that Hawick Sports Initiative has been able to deliver sports facilities at the Volunteer Park and through this agreement has ensured that any unused capital can be passed on for the next phase of maintaining the 2G pitch and to upgrade the changing facilities at our new 3G pitch. "
He said all of HSI's funding would stay in the town to support future development.


Apple has acknowledged for the first time that it is investing in self-driving car tech.

In a letter to US transport regulators, Apple said it was "excited about the potential of automated systems in many areas, including transportation".
It added that there were "significant societal benefits of automated vehicles" to be realised.
There have long been rumours about the firm's plans but it had not publicly addressed them.
However, Ford, which itself plans to have self-driving cars on the road by 2021, has said it was working on the basis that Apple was building one.
The tech firm has already registered several car-related internet domains, including apple.car and apple.auto.
A company spokesman for Apple said that the letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) was prompted by its "heavy investment in machine learning and autonomous systems" and that it wanted to help define best practices in the industry.
The five-page letter, written by Apple's director of product integrity Steve Kenner, urges the regulator to not introduce too many rules on the testing of self-driving cars, saying that "established manufacturers and new entrants should be treated equally."
It also proposes that companies in the industry share data from crashes and near-misses in order to build a more comprehensive picture than one company could manage alone, and therefore enable the design of better systems.
However, it adds that an individual's privacy should not be compromised by the sharing of such data. It suggests that the industry and regulators "address privacy challenges associated with the collection, use, and sharing of automated vehicle data", with collaboration from privacy experts outside the automotive industry.
Apple's letter does not state whether it actually intends to build a self-driving car of its own. There has been speculation that the firm had switched focus from work on a physical product to creating an autonomous driving system that could be used by others.
Google is already testing self-driving cars on the roads. In October, electric carmaker Tesla announced that all the cars it now builds will have the hardware installed to drive on their own.
In the UK, an autonomous vehicle was test-driven in Milton Keynes in the summer, with further trials in London planned.


Unacceptable sexual relationships by undercover police show an urgent review of laws regulating their activities in England and Wales is needed, MPs say.

Using dead children's identities is "ghoulish" and forces must apologise, the Home Affairs Committee said.
It said the law failed to protect the rights of those affected, including those in relationships with officers.
The Association of Chief Police Officers said it backed more controls and would welcome a review of the law.
Home affairs committee chairman Keith Vaz said the effect of undercover officers' conduct on women with whom they had relationships had been "devastating".
A raft of allegations have been made since it became known in 2011 that former PC Mark Kennedy had spied on environmental protesters posing as long-haired dropout Mark "Flash" Stone and had at least one sexual relationship with an activist.
Five women and one man are suing the Metropolitan Police over alleged intimate relationships with undercover officers, says the cross-party committee. It also says an undercover officer is alleged to have fathered a child before disappearing.
'Lisa' had a six-year relationship with former PC Mark Kennedy, who posed as Mark "Flash" Stone to infiltrate a group of environmental protesters.
"I was absolutely shocked and devastated.
"You imagine that somebody may be in public meetings that environmental groups have. You imagine there might be somebody listening in there.
"You could even imagine that your phone might be tapped or that somebody might look at your emails, but to know that there was somebody in your bed for six years, that somebody was involved in your family life to such a degree, that was an absolute shock.
"Well, "shock" is an understatement. It felt like the ground had shifted beneath me and my sense of what was reality and what wasn't was completely turned on its head."
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"It is unacceptable that a child should be brought into the world as a result of such a relationship and this must never be allowed to happen again," the committee stresses.
Harriet Wistrich, the solicitor acting for eight women who had relationships with officers, said they had been devastated by discovering the real identities of men who had been part of their lives for up to six years.
"All of the women I am working with have suffered very serious, significant serious psychological damage, sometimes of a devastating nature," she said.
"It's outrageous this kind of infiltration should take place, whatever the circumstances."
James Bannon, a former undercover officer told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that having relationships with women to infiltrate a group could only be justified in extreme circumstances.
"If you have exhausted every other avenue of infiltration in order to gather evidence on a particular person or particular group and your only course of action after you've exhausted everything else is to have a relationship in order to effect your cover with somebody, then I think there's a justification around it," he said.
It has also been claimed - says the report - that an officer planted a bomb on behalf of an animal rights group and that another was prosecuted under his assumed identity, had given evidence on oath, and participated in confidential lawyer-client discussions with his co-defendants.
Mr Vaz also condemned the "ghoulish and disrespectful practice of undercover officers looking to develop cover stories plundering the identities of dead infants".
One witness told the committee that after her partner (whom she did not know to be a police officer) had gone missing she found the birth record of the child whose identity he had been using and went to the parents' address in an attempt to find out more about him.
The parents were not there, says the committee. "But it is easy to see how officers infiltrating serious, organised criminal and terrorist gangs using the identities of real people could pose a significant risk to the living relatives of those people.
"The families who have been affected by this deserve an explanation and a full and unambiguous apology from the forces concerned. We would also welcome a clear statement from the home secretary that this practice will never be followed in future."
Mr Vaz added: "We are not satisfied that the current legislative framework provides adequate protection against police infiltration into ordinary peoples' lives - a far more intrusive form of surveillance than any listening device or hidden camera."
The report says there was a "compelling case" for a fundamental review of the legislation governing undercover policing, including the Regulation of Investigative Powers Act 2000 (Ripa).
It also says Operation Herne, the Met's investigation into the practices of one undercover unit, has cost Â£1.25m "with little to show in terms of results" and calls for "decisive action" to speed it up.
Acpo's head of crime, Merseyside Chief Constable Jon Murphy, said undercover officers played a critical role gathering evidence and intelligence to protect communities from harm.
"Used correctly, the tactic is lawful, ethical, necessary and proportionate. But it is also one of the most challenging areas of operational policing and can have considerable impact on public confidence.
"For this reason Acpo has long supported increased oversight of undercover policing and would welcome a review of Ripa."
A Home Office spokesman said: "Undercover police operations are a vital element of the fight against organised crime and terrorism, but it is crucial covert powers are used proportionately.
"The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act already provides strong safeguards but we recognise the system can be improved."


Indians are continuing to celebrate badminton star and Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu's victory over Olympic champion Carolina Marin.

The Indian Twittersphere exploded after Sindhu beat Marin 21-19, 21-16 to take the India Open Super Series tournament in Delhi on Sunday night.
The hashtags #SindhuVsMarin and #Sindhu were trending on Sunday and Monday.
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan were among those who congratulated her.
Spain's Marin beat Sindhu to the gold medal in the Olympic badminton singles final in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.
The celebration over Sindhu's victory is also significant as it shows the growing popularity of badminton in a country that famously worships cricket alone.
But Sindhu, and Saina Nehwal before her, have been instrumental in bringing badminton to the forefront of public consciousness.
Nehwal won a bronze medal at the London Olympics.
Most tweets on Sunday and Monday talked about Sindhu getting "revenge" for her Olympic defeat to Marin, while others praised her fierce game.
The player later took to Instagram to thank her fans and sponsors for her support. She also told the Times of India newspaper that she was happy with her performance as there were no "easy" points.


Troops and emergency aircraft from the United States have arrived in Nepal to help deliver aid to remote areas hit by last week's devastating earthquake.

Relief efforts near the epicentre have been hampered by a lack of aircraft.
About 100 US marines, two helicopters and four Ospreys capable of vertical take-off are now in Kathmandu.
Their arrival comes as Nepal's only international airport has banned larger aircraft carrying aid from landing because of concerns over its runway.
More than 7,000 people died in the magnitude 7.8 earthquake. More than 14,021 people were injured.
The epicentre was in the Gorkha region, and many roads to the hilly district are impassable due to landslides.
The six aircraft are due to begin aid flights on Monday.
Brig Gen Paul Kennedy said: "We've got search and rescue teams waiting to go out to the remote areas, we've got relief supplies, especially shelters."
New restrictions on planes landing at Kathmandu airport will not affect aid flights, a Nepali government spokesman said.
Planes heavier than 196 tonnes had been allowed to land since the earthquake but restrictions have been imposed because of potholes on the runway, officials say.
Also on Sunday, the United Nations said the problem of customs controls holding up aid deliveries from the airport was "diminishing".
"The government has taken note of some of the concerns that we've expressed to them and they've addressed those," said Jamie McGoldrick, who is co-ordinating the UN relief effort in Kathmandu.
Landslides and poor weather have hampered efforts to deliver aid to isolated areas.
The death toll could go up, as search and rescue efforts continuing in several hill districts including Dhading, Rasuwa and Sindhupalchok, the government has said.
While the vast majority of casualties were in Nepal, about 100 people are reported to have died in neighbouring India, China and Bangladesh.
On Sunday, Nepali police released a list of foreigners who had been killed or injured. The largest group of nationals affected is Indians, with 39 known to have died and 10 injured.
The EU envoy to Nepal, Rensje Teerink, said on Friday that the whereabouts of 1,000 EU citizens was still unknown.
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Growth in the Scottish economy is failing to pick up pace, according to one of Scotland's main forecasters.

The Fraser of Allander Institute reckons that growth this year will be 1.9%, the same as its forecast for last year, for which official data has not been finalised.
That is a reduction on the 2.2% forecast for 2016 that it published in November.
For 2017, the forecast has fallen from 2.5% to 2.2% in those past four months.
The economists at the Strathclyde University institute warned that growth was too dependent on household spending based on credit, which they said was unsustainable.
They explained that the benefits of cheaper oil had not fed through to the economy as strongly as the harm it had done to the energy sector itself. The sustained low price was further pulling back on investment plans.
The economists argued that this month's Westminster budget should avoid a further squeeze on spending, as tax revenues appeared to fall short of previous expectations.
Prof Brian Ashcroft, author of the regular Fraser of Allander reports, said that would slow growth further and worsen the flow of tax revenues to the exchequer.
The report said that job creation should continue but forecasted a slower rate of growth. The central forecast for net employment increase was 36,800, whereas in November, it was 45,000.
The report also warned of the effect of the UK being taken out of the European Union, following the referendum in June.
It claimed the uncertainty about the outcome of the vote would have a negative effect on investment.
Its analysis of the European choice was that "it is difficult to imagine that it would help improve Scotland's competitive position to our trade with the EU".
It noted that the fall in electronics and other manufacturing exports had meant Scotland already found it hard to penetrate open EU markets.
The Strathclyde report said Scottish exporters would find it more difficult if the trade arrangements were changed. Also, productivity could be slowed, when it was already relatively weak.
The latest report from Fraser of Allander noted that the Scottish economy still benefited from low inflation and low interest rates and earning power had been increasing slowly.
However, it reflected on the strength of Sterling, making imports cheaper and exports more difficult. That factor had weakened in recent weeks, though trade had been slowing globally.
It said growth had been depending too much on rising and unsustainable household debt.
Paul Brewer, a senior partner at PwC which sponsors the Fraser of Allander reports, said: "The potential for the forthcoming budget to exert further fiscal tightening, oil price uncertainty and the uncertainty surrounding the potential outcome of the EU referendum, together create a difficult environment for business and investor confidence."
He suggested the UK Chancellor could help the economy with a further cut in tax on oil producers.
At sector level, the analysis said the service sector was the driver of growth, although financial services showed little sign of recovery to pre-recession levels.
The production sector had contracted in the most recent official data, and construction had ceased to be the driver that it was of Scottish growth.


Great Britain's men's eight won gold in Rio to reclaim the Olympic title for the first time since 2000.

Britain, the world champions, led throughout and finished well clear of Germany, who took silver, and the Netherlands, who claimed bronze.
It is Britain's third gold medal of the rowing competition, and follows the women's eight earlier winning silver.
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Team GB have now won eight golds in Rio and lie third in the overall medal table, one ahead of Japan.
Great Britain finish top of the rowing medals table with five medals: two silvers and three gold - one gold medal fewer than at London 2012.
Andrew Triggs Hodge and Pete Reed are now three-time Olympic gold medallists having won titles in Beijing and London in the men's four.
"I can't put it into words. We've never been so ready. They're an amazing bunch of guys, that was a big, big, race," said Reed.
Scott Durant, Tom Ransley, Matt Gotrel, Paul Bennett, Matt Langridge, Will Satch and cox Phelan Hill completed the victorious British line-up.
Coach Jurgen Grobler said: "There are no secrets. Hard, hard, work, having vision of what is coming up and running a good training programme - and they're still having fun."
Sir Steve Redgrave, five-time Olympic rowing champion
"I think they did the plan perfectly. The surprise I did have was that the Germans didn't go with them.
"GB went out in front and led the field. They struggled in the last 250 metres but the job was done. There wasn't one doubt through the full race.
"We have topped the Olympic rowing table and that is very, very impressive."
James Cracknell, double Olympic champion
"That was brilliant. GB delivered exactly what they have trained for. They were not fazed, they dug deep and stuck to the plan. I am so chuffed for them. What a race!"
Greg Searle, former Olympic champion on Twitter
"Massive congratulations to both GB Rowing eights. Cool, calm and brave from everyone. Well done everyone involved".
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An MP has been reported to Scottish prosecutors after a police investigation into allegations of mortgage fraud.

Edinburgh West MP Michelle Thomson is one of five people named in the report.
Mrs Thomson, 51, resigned the SNP whip when an investigation into the allegations was launched last year. She denies any wrongdoing.
Last week, she reduced MPs to tears when she described how she had been raped as a 14-year-old.
A Crown Office spokesman said: "The procurator fiscal has received a report concerning four men aged 48, 56, 59 and 59 and one woman aged 51" in relation to alleged incidents between June 2010 and July 2011.
The spokesman said the report remains under the consideration of the procurator fiscal.
Police Scotland confirmed it had submitted a report to the fiscal in "in relation to an investigation into alleged mortgage fraud".
It is understood one of the men named in the report is solicitor Christopher Hales, who was struck off by the Law Society after being found guilty of professional misconduct over 13 property deals in 2010 and 2011.
All 13 of the transactions Mr Hales was struck off for were reported to have involved Mrs Thomson or M&F Property Solutions, a firm in which she was said to be a partner.
Mrs Thomson has been sitting as an independent MP, with her former SNP colleagues giving their unanimous backing in September to calls for the party to consider reinstating her.
A spokeswoman for the MP said Mrs Thomson had "voluntarily attended an interview with Police Scotland on 13 October to assist in the ongoing investigation into solicitor Christopher Hales".
She added: "No charges were brought and, as is standard under Scottish legal procedure, a report has now been submitted to the Crown Office.
"She looks forward to a conclusion on this matter at the earliest opportunity."


Durham's Keaton Jennings ended day three 82 not out as rain halted Nottinghamshire's momentum.

Durham began the day on 162-5 and lost Ryan Pringle to the fifth ball of the day, England bowler Jake Ball (3-70) clattering his stumps with a yorker.
Stuart Poynter was bowled by Harry Gurney before rain forced an early lunch for Jennings and Mark Wood.
Rain never relented and play was called off at 17:15 BST, leaving Durham 58 runs ahead with three wickets in hand.
The weather allowed just 11.3 overs to be bowled on day three at the Riverside, preventing Nottinghamshire's seamers from giving their batsmen a chance of wrapping up a second win in the County Championship this season.
Overall, 113 overs have been lost so far and with rain forecast for Monday afternoon, the away side may need to move swiftly on the final day if they are to complete a victory.
Alongside the weather, Jennings, who will be looking to complete his 14th first-class century, will be their biggest challenge in doing so.


Almost £110m has been paid out on medical negligence cases and legal fees in Northern Ireland over a three-year period, figures obtained by the BBC have revealed.

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Between 2011 and 2014, the five health trusts settled a total of 570 cases.
In many cases, the total amount paid to lawyers and other experts such as architects and accountants dwarfed the settlements to patients.
The fees have been defended by the directorate of legal services who are solicitors for the Health Service.
BBC News NI Health Correspondent Marie-Louise Connolly reports.


The gender pay gap has changed "relatively little" over the past four years, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.

The gap between men and women's pay for full-time workers was 9.4% in April 2015, compared with 9.6% in 2014.
While that was the narrowest difference since the figures were first published in 1997, there has been little change overall.
Since then the pay gap has remained at around £100 a week, the ONS said.
According to its Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE), men working full-time earn an average of £567 a week, while women earn £471.
The TUC said that, at the current rate, it could be 50 years before men and women have pay parity.
"Progress on closing the full-time gender pay gap has slowed dramatically over the last few years," said TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady.
"If it continues to fall at this pace, we're looking at nearly half a century before we have pay parity between women and men."
However, among part-time workers, women earn more than men.
In fact this "negative" pay gap widened in April 2015 to 6.5%, from 5.5% in 2014.
The pay gap also varies by occupation.
Men working in skilled trades have the largest pay premium, at 24.6%. However the gap in sales jobs is the lowest, at 4.3%. See chart below.
New legislation going before parliament will soon require companies to publish details of male and female pay.
Firms that employ more than 250 people in England, Scotland and Wales will be obliged to show average wage rates for both sexes.
The government hopes the measure will reduce the pay gap.
The ONS figures also show that average weekly pay for full-time employees was £528 in April 2015, up by 1.8% from the previous year.
After inflation is taken into account, earnings were up by 1.9%, the first real terms increase since 2008.
That was helped by the fact that the Consumer Prices Index fell by 0.1% in the year to April, while wages rose.
On an annual basis, the median amount that full-time workers earned before tax was £27,600.
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The Resolution Foundation, a think tank that aims to improve living standards, said pay growth had been stronger for lower paid workers, and weaker for those paid higher wages.
It welcomed the return of real terms earning growth, but it said that wages were still 8.9% below their peak in 2008, after taking inflation into account.
It said it will take another six years for pay to return to that level.
And it pointed out that while pay has rebounded strongly in Northern Ireland and the West Midlands, real pay has fallen in London, the East Midlands and Wales.


Tom Varndell became the Premiership's joint top try scorer of all time to help bottom side Bristol overcome Sale for a second straight league win.

Varndell equalled Mark Cueto's record of 90 tries to edge Bristol back into the contest at half-time, after a penalty try and a Denny Solomona score helped put Sale 15-10 up at the break.
A James Mitchell penalty and Johnny Leota's try extended Sale's lead.
However, tries from Rhodri Williams and Max Crumpton won it for Bristol.
Crumpton's effort to seal Bristol's first away win since earning promotion back to the Premiership in May came moments after Rob Webber's sin-binning as Sale finished the match with 14 men.
A penalty-riddled start from Bristol allowed Sale to take early control with a penalty try quickly following Ryan Bevington's sin-binning.
Solomona, a try-scoring record breaker in Super League before controversially switching rugby codes last month, grabbed his second try in as many Premiership matches to compound Bristol's woes while down a man, getting on the end of a neat chip kick from Mike Haley.
James Woodward converted Varndell's milestone try after kicking a penalty to boost Bristol's hopes after being 15-0 down.
Leota's score again saw Sale go 13 points up after 55 minutes, but Mitchell's missed conversion proved costly as Varndell set Williams up before Crumpton went over.
Woodward converted both scores to ensure back-to-back Premiership wins for Bristol for the first time since March 2008, while Sale lost for the eighth time in succession in all competitions.
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond told BBC Radio Manchester: "I think we have to give credit to Bristol for responding every time we got in front of the game with their never-say-die attitude.
"We didn't control the game well at all, we managed to score and play some good rugby but we didn't have the confidence to back it up.
"There are a lot of good sides in the competition and anyone can beat anyone on the day, as was shown today.
"We should have controlled the game better in the second half and we didn't, and Bristol took their opportunities."
Bristol wing Tom Varndell told BBC Radio Bristol: "It's great to get the win and keep the winning mentality up, that changing room is buzzing.
"I'm definitely confident and enjoying my rugby again, the last six to eight weeks have been good for me.
"Obviously I love scoring tries and it is what I'm in the team to do. To do it at Cueto's home is a bit bad, but oh well."
Sale Sharks: Haley; Solomona, Leota, Tuitupou, Charnley; James, Mitchell; Harrison, Webber, Aulika, Mills, Ostrikov, Neild, Lund, Beaumont (capt).
Replacements: Briggs, Flynn, Longbottom, B Curry, Ioane, Phillips, MacGinty, McGuigan.
Bristol: Woodward; Wallace, Palamo, Hurrell, Varndell; Searle, Cliff; Bevington, Hawkins, Cortes, Tuohy, Glynn, Fenton-Wells, Robinson (capt), Eadie.
Replacements: Crumpton, Traynor, Ford-Robinson, Phillips, Sorenson, Williams, Jarvis, Arscott.
Referee: Ian Tempest
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A former fashion executive and his gardener admitted having a "violent struggle" with a man they believed to be an intruder who later died.

Ricci Gallagher was found injured at a house owned by Richard Glanville in Little Burstead, Essex, in July 2015.
An inquest heard Mr Glanville told police he feared for his life after Mr Gallagher had smashed his way into the house with a baseball bat.
The coroner recorded an open verdict into Mr Gallagher's death.
Last year, prosecutors said they would be taking no further action against Mr Glanville and gardener Paul Pumfrett -  who had both previously been arrested as part of a murder investigation - due to insufficient evidence.
Mr Glanville worked for Aurora Fashions, owner of high street brands Oasis, Coast, Warehouse and Karen Millen until 2013.
During the hearing at Chelmsford Coroner's Court, former Essex Police detective Marina Erikson said there was "uncertainty" over the reasons behind the events.
On 30 July 2015, Mr Gallagher, 46, called 999 to report a fire at his wooden house in Viva Place, Blind Lane, claiming someone had poured petrol on his roof.
Several phone calls followed, the detective said, before a final call was made in which Mr Gallagher asked for an ambulance.
Two other voices were heard in the background, one of which said: "You're going to need more than that, mate."
Paramedics found him bleeding on the patio outside Mr Glanville's farmhouse in nearby Sudburys Farm Road.
Mr Glanville and Mr Pumfrett said Mr Gallagher had run towards the house, claiming he was being followed, carrying a baseball bat before breaking a patio window and going inside.
They admitted having a "tussle" with Mr Gallagher while they tried to disarm him as they "feared for their own lives" and wanted to protect the property.
Former Det Ch Insp Erikson said questions remained over the level of force used and whether Mr Gallagher had fallen down the solid oak stairs.
He died in hospital from head injuries a week later. Experts were unable to say exactly how the injury had occurred.
Toxicology tests suggested he had used cocaine in the hours before his death.
Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray described the police investigation as "very challenging".
She expressed her sympathies to Mr Gallagher's widow, Linda, and said he was "clearly much loved".


A teacher who swapped naked photos with a 15-year-old girl has been jailed.

Lloyd Garratt, 32, encouraged the teenager to send him naked selfies and also sent the girl images of his naked body.
He also kissed the girl in his car and begged her to run away with him to New York so the pair could have sex, prosecutors said.
Garratt, of Buckshaw Village, Chorley, was jailed for 14 months at Preston Crown Court.
He admitted causing a child to engage in sexual activity, causing or inciting a child to send indecent images and sexual activity with a child.
The former head of creative arts at Garstang Community Academy told police he fell in love with the girl during a time of stress at work.
Joanna Rodrikis, defending, told the court the sex talk was "pure fantasy" and no trip to New York was ever booked or paid for.
A victim impact statement from the girl's mother said her daughter had always been a happy, carefree, child but after the offences came to light she became withdrawn and had been prescribed medication for anxiety.
Lancashire Police said Garratt had "betrayed" his profession.
Senior crown prosecutor for the North West Claire Hilton said:  "He took advantage of a young and impressionable girl by trying to make her feel special.
"He showed utter disregard for any long term impact his actions could have on her."


A formal statement from the White House was issued with a very public error - mixing up China and Taiwan.

A press release following Donald Trump's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit called him president "of the Republic of China".
That is the official name of Taiwan. Mr Xi is, in fact, President of the People's Republic of China.
Earlier, the White House had also labelled Shinzo Abe president of Japan. He is the prime minister.
The online version of the statement on China now simply refers to "President Xi of China", and the Japan statement has also been corrected.
Social media users were quick to point out the error, which many feel should be obvious to government officials.
Chris Lu, a White House Cabinet Secretary under former President Obama, tweeted: "Ouch. White House just referred to Xi Jinping as leader of Republic of China, which is Taiwan," appending the hashtag: "#AmateurHour".
The distinction between two similar-sounding official names is important for two neighbours that have tense relations.
China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province which will eventually rejoin the mainland.
In a separate development, a picture posted on Mr Trump's Intagram account showing the president with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong initially misidentified him as Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
The error was quickly pointed out on social media and rectified.


The two sides of the debate over the UK's future in the EU are "dead level" in Wales, a political expert has said.

Remain and Leave are both on 41%, with 18% don't know or won't vote, according to the latest YouGov survey for ITV Wales and Cardiff University.
YouGov polls on the issue since 2013 have shown very close results.
Professor Roger Scully said the race was tight as many Labour and Plaid Cymru voters did not agree with the pro-EU views of their party leaders.
An in-out referendum on the UK's relationship with the 28-member bloc will be held on 23 June.
"With little more than two weeks to go, this new poll suggests that things could not be closer in Wales," said Mr Scully, of the university's Wales Governance Centre.
"Despite the vast majority of the political establishment in Wales supporting a Remain vote, it is now looking very possible that Leave could carry the day here, with many Labour and Plaid Cymru supporters apparently intending to defy the leaders of their parties and vote for Leave."
The survey was carried out from 30 May to 2 June and included a representative sample of 1,017 Welsh adults.
Laura Ann Jones of Vote Leave Cymru said: "This poll suggests that the campaigns are now neck and neck, with voters increasingly rejecting the negativity of 'Project Fear' and embracing a positive future for Wales and the UK outside of the EU."
A Wales Stronger In Europe spokesperson said:  "This poll just confirms what we've always known - that the referendum is close, and every vote will count.
"With so many people still undecided, we will continue making the case for a Wales that is stronger, safer and better off in Europe."


Communities Minister Paul Givan has revived a scheme to pay for musical instruments for bands.

£200,000 will be made available, mostly to marching bands, in 2016-17.
DUP colleagues of Mr Givan objected when the scheme was suspended by the Sinn Féin Culture Minister Carál Ní Chuilín in 2015.
The programme provides grants of between £500 and £5,000 distributed through the Arts Council.
Mr Givan said the marching bands sector was "the largest community arts sector in Northern Ireland with well in excess of 20,000 participants".
"These bands contribute to our society not just musically, but providing structure, discipline and a social outlet for a huge number of young people across Northern Ireland," he said.


The Indian army has attacked rebel camps inside Myanmar, days after at least 20 of its soldiers were killed in an ambush on a troop convoy in north-east India, a minister has said.

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore said the troops had destroyed two rebel camps in Myanmar and "returned safely".
Senior army officer Ranbir Singh said the operation "inflicted significant casualties" on the Indian rebels.
Last week's ambush occurred near the border with Myanmar in Manipur state.
The Indian army had launched a massive search involving hundreds soldiers and helicopters to track down the rebels, who were reported to have crossed the porous border into Myanmar (also known as Burma) from Manipur's Chandel district after the ambush.
Authorities in Manipur have struggled for years with an insurgency involving several militant groups.
While the Indian army said its soldiers had operated along the border with Myanmar, Mr Rathore said the troops had "crossed over to Myanmar territory" during Tuesday morning's operation.
"It was a much-need decision that was taken by the prime minister. This decision was extremely bold in nature. And it involved our Special Forces crossing the border and going deep into another country," Mr Rathore, who is the junior information minister, told The Indian Express newspaper.
The Press Trust of India news agency quoted unnamed sources as saying that Indian troops had killed some 15 rebels in the "cross-border" attack.
Major General Ranbir Singh of the Indian army said in a statement that they were "in communication with the Myanmar authorities on this matter".
"There is a history of close co-operation between our two militaries. We look forward to working with them to combat such terrorism," he said.
The rebels had used used rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles to target the soldiers in Manipur last Thursday.
Manipur has been relatively peaceful in recent years and the attack took authorities by surprise.
Along with other north-east Indian states, Manipur is poorly developed and has long complained of neglect by the federal government, fuelling unrest, correspondents say.


I have been in Dortmund and Berlin this week, investigating how Germany is leading the fightback against fake news.

There have been some high-profile cases here. Breitbart reported that a mob attacked Germany's oldest church, St Reinold's Church in Dortmund. The website has subsequently published a lengthy defence of its original article, together with an admission that it is not in fact the oldest church in Germany.
I visited the church and spoke at length to locals, including a pastor who works in the city (and was named in the Breitbart report), and a local refugee support worker. They were unanimous in the view that the Breitbart report misrepresented true events in service of an anti-Islamist agenda that was divisive and unjust.
In Berlin, I spoke to Anas Modamani, a 19-year-old Syrian who enjoys taking selfies. So much so that three weeks after turning up in the German capital, having come from the outskirts of Damascus via a boat trip, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia, he took a selfie with Angela Merkel, who was visiting his hostel. It promptly went viral, together with the false claim that he was a terrorist. He is now suing Facebook.
Germany's political class wants to take action. Lars Klingbeil, a fast-rising star of the Social Democratic Party who is a close associate of Martin Schulz, told me his plan to tackle fake news. Perhaps Damian Collins, the Tory chairman of Parliament's culture select committee here, who has launched an inquiry into fake news, could pick up some ideas.
Facebook now employs independent fact-checkers here. Correctiv is a smart outfit whose employees are mostly young. Correctiv monitors suspicious stories, looking at how much they are being liked and shared.
If the headline looks suspicious, or it appears on a website known to be dubious, the Correctiv team will contact the original sources for the story, to verify if it's true or not. They then mark it true or false, and send a message to all German users of the social media platform, indicating its rectitude or otherwise.
They don't accept money from Facebook, because they want to retain total editorial independence. But they too are a sign of how, outside of America, Germany is leading the fight against fake news.
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Based on my conversations here, there are several reasons why Germany has got ahead of the curve on this important issue.
First, Mrs Merkel's refugee policy is hugely controversial, and has galvanised that part of the political spectrum that, thus far, has shown the greatest propensity for creating fake news internationally: the nationalist far-right. It turns out letting in a huge number of refugees is a good way to mobilise purveyors of fake news.
Second, because of Germany's 20th Century history, there is a hyper-sensitivity about the rise of that far-right. The success of Alternative for Germany, a nationalist party, and the ever-present but low-level threat from neo-Nazi groups make many Germans determined to act fast.
Third, the traditional media sector here is very different to those of Britain and America. The most influential newspapers are staid rather than raucous; the cable news channels are more BBC or CNN than Fox News, and talk radio has nothing like the oomph that is generated by the likes of Rush Limbaugh or, now on LBC, Nigel Farage.
Germany's conventional media market has created an opening for fake news, which of its very nature is salacious and exciting.
Fourth, there have been several high-profile cases. The Modamani case is perhaps the most notorious. Groups like the Resistance of German Patriots have been happy to spread nationalist propaganda, with a limited regard for facts.
Fifth, my sense is that Germany retains a strong belief in the competence and capability of government. If there is a social problem, goes this thinking, perhaps it is capable of a political solution, by virtue of smart regulation.
That was the impression Mr Klingbeil gave, but the belief that fake news should be combated by regulation is not restricted to social democrats: Mrs Merkel's Christian Democrats are also putting pressure on Facebook to make it easier for users to flag suspicious content and delete posts, while those targeted by fake news would be given a right of reply.
Sixth, there are local and national elections coming. Fearing a repeat of America's recent experience, where fake stories went viral and may have influenced some voters, Germany believes prevention is better than cure. And Facebook, damaged by the fallout from fake news about Donald Trump, appears to agree.
Fake news is not a problem that is going to disappear soon; nor is it one that any journalist can ignore, or be neutral toward. It behoves all of us in this trade - at least those of us who retain a belief that truth is possible and necessary - to wish Germany success in this fight.
You can watch my report on the News at Ten on BBC One tonight.


A South Sudanese immigrant and prominent high school basketball player in Canada has been arrested after the revelation that his age may be closer to 29 and not 17, officials say.

Jonathan Nicola was issued a student visa to attend an Ontario school, where he was given an athletic scholarship.
The truth about his age came out after immigration details were passed on by the US to Canada, reports said.
Mr Nicola has admitted he was not 17, but said he was not a "liar person".
He arrived in Canada last November, with a permit to attend Catholic Central Secondary School in Windsor, the Canadian Press news agency said, quoting board documents.
The school has not commented on the case.
His passport and study-permit application say his date of birth is 25 November 1998, which means he would be 17 years old.
But new details emerged after Mr Nicola applied for a US visa in December to play with his team there, a Canadian government lawyer said, according to the report.
Details passed on from US officials showed that he had unsuccessfully applied for refugee status in 2007, giving his date of birth as 1 November 1986. That would make him 29 years old.
In April 2015, he applied for a US student visa, and stated he was born in 1998. But his request was rejected by US officials, who said he had lied about his age and that he was trying to immigrate to the United States.
After his arrest, Mr Nicola reportedly told officials he did not know his exact age but admitted being closer to 30.
"I did not come here to harm any people or do something bad," he told Canadian immigration officials via video conference.
In an earlier interview with the Windsor Star, he said it took him six months to get the Canadian visa.
He will remain detained and is likely to face a hearing on whether he should be expelled from Canada, the Canadian Press says.
A local priest has started a campaign to raise money to secure his release, broadcaster CBC has reported.
Apparently the issue with his age is not the only doubt surrounding Mr Nicola, as there is also confusion about the spelling of his name - some reports have said it is Jonathon.


At least 35 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a train collision in northern Iran.

Four carriages derailed and two caught fire when a train that had broken down was hit by another train.
The accident happened in freezing temperatures early on Friday, 250km (150 miles) east of the capital Tehran.
The rescue effort is being hampered by the remote location, officials say. President Hassan Rouhani has ordered an inquiry into the cause of the crash.
The crash occurred in Iran's northern province of Semnan, on the main line between Tehran and Mashhad in the north-east.
State Governor Mohammad Reza Khabbaz  said a mechanical failure caused by the extreme cold had forced the intercity express train to stop between stations.
The head of the province's Red Crescent Hassan Shokrollahi said: "Because of the difficulty of access, only our helicopter has managed to reach the scene."
More than 70 people have been taken to hospitals and the death toll is expected to rise, officials say.


The number of adults taking out Individual Savings Accounts (Isa) has fallen to its lowest level for ten years, according to official figures.

HM Revenue and Customs said there were 13m new accounts opened in 2014-15, down from 13.5m the year before.
The figure, the lowest since 2004-05, will be disappointing for the Treasury, which is trying to encourage more people to save.
It comes in spite of an increase in the amount savers can put in to an Isa.
In July last year the maximum subscription amount was increased to £15,000 for both cash and stocks-and-shares Isas.
The current limit is £15,240.
The accounts are free of both Income and Capital Gains Tax.
One reason for the fall may be that savings rates have been so low that being tax-free offers little extra advantage.
Indeed, a typical one year fixed-rate cash Isa offers a 1.75% return, while some one year savings bonds offer as much as 2%.
However Junior Isas, for those under 18, did prove more popular.
In 2014-15 there were 510,000 new accounts opened, up from 432,000 the year before.
Of savings already in Isas, 80% is held in cash, and 20% is in stocks and shares, according to the HM Revenue and Customs.
The average investment is £6,064.


The body of a man found in a Rhode Island river is a student mistakenly identified as one of the Boston bombers, medical officials confirm.

Sunil ÂTripathi, 22, was identified by a forensic dental exam, but his cause of death has not been determined.
Members of a university rowing team found the body on Tuesday evening, a month after Tripathi went missing.
He has been described as the other victim of the bombings after he was wrongly identified a suspect.
On Thursday, the Tripathi family said in a statement they felt "indescribable grief", but were grateful for the outpouring of support.
Mr Tripathi, a Brown University student on leave, was last seen in his apartment in Providence on 16 March. His family had been searching for him with help from the FBI and Brown students.
Brown University's rowing coach called police after spotting the body floating in the Providence River.
On Monday social media website Reddit issued a public apology for its coverage of the Boston bombings after it wrongly named Tripathi and other people as suspects.
His sister, Sangeeta, told the BBC of her family's anxiety at how fast "completely unsubstantiated claims were spreading".
She described how media surrounded their family home after her brother was wrongly named.


Great Britain's Tom Daley collected silver and bronze medals at the Diving World Series event in Windsor, Canada.

The London 2012 Olympic bronze medallist finished third in Sunday's 10m individual platform, with China's Aisen Chen and Qiu Bo first and second.
Daley, 21, and Dan Goodfellow, 19, took silver in Saturday's 10m synchronised behind China's Lin Yue and Chen Aisen.
Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson won their third medal of 2016 with bronze in the women's 10m synchronised.


A couple awaiting trial in the US have told the BBC their trial has been postponed until next year.

Paul and Sandra Dunham, from Collingtree, Northants, were extradited accused of business expenses fraud and money laundering at the US company they used to work for.
The couple expected their trial to begin in Maryland this week but told BBC Radio Northampton they have been told the presiding judge is unwell.
The pair deny the charges.
Mr and Mrs Dunham have been on bail and are currently staying with friends in North Carolina who offered their house as collateral.
The bail conditions end on Monday and the Dunhams could be returned to the Chesapeake Detention Facility, where they will be jailed and kept apart until their trial.
Mr Dunham, 59, said the trial may not take place until the spring.
"Hopefully it will be heard sooner rather than later but the court does have a full schedule and also both our lawyers and the prosecutor have other commitments," he said.
"It's a combination of everybody trying to see where something could be scheduled to work.
"We are struggling with the pressure of it all still.... it's a very difficult time."


US actor George Clooney has accused the Daily Mail of "irresponsibility" after it claimed his fiancee's mother opposes their marriage on religious grounds.

The British tabloid, he said, had been "negligent" in "exploit[ing] religious differences where none exist".
Earlier this week, the Mail claimed Amal Alamuddin's mother, Baria, wished her daughter to be married within the relatively small Druze sect.
The Mail Online has since apologised "for any distress caused".
In a piece published by USA Today, Clooney said he was "used to the Daily Mail making up stories" and accepted "freedom of speech can be an inconvenience to [his] private life".
Yet the piece in question, he went on, put his family and friends "in harm's way" and took the newspaper "into the arena of inciting violence".
"We have family members all over the world, and the idea that someone would inflame any part of that world for the sole reason of selling papers should be criminal," he wrote.
Clooney's engagement to Amal Alamuddin, a London-based barrister who specialises in human rights cases, was confirmed by her chambers in April.
The Mail's report, published online on Monday and then in print on Tuesday, in an amended form, said "close family friends" had told them that Baria Alamuddin had been "telling half of Beirut" that her daughter "could do better".
"There are 500,000 Druze," one of their unnamed sources was quoted as saying. "Are none of them good enough for her?"
"Amal's mother is not Druze," responded Clooney. "She has not been to Beirut since Amal and I have been dating, and she is in no way against the marriage.
"But this lie involves larger issues. The irresponsibility, in this day and age, to exploit religious differences where none exist, is at the very least negligent and more appropriately dangerous."
The Druze are a religious sect whose beliefs are based on Islam but also incorporate elements of other religions.
There are an estimated 700,000 members, mostly in Lebanon, Syria, Israel and Jordan.


Wakefield Wildcats have been fined £20,000 after being found to be in breach of Rugby Football League rules on racist chanting by fans.

The incident took place in last August's Super 8s play-off match against Bradford at Belle Vue Stadium.
Half the fine has been suspended until the end of the season, but Wakefield also have to pay £1,000 for a previous misdemeanour in a game with Castleford.
They got the suspended fine last April after smoke canisters were thrown.
In the match with the Bulls, the Wildcats were found to be in violation of a number of RFL rules with regard to the racist chanting, including responsibility for the behaviour of spectators.
"This was on the basis that the club's immediate response to the incidents did not reach the standards required by the Operational Rules," said a statement by the RFL.
"The tribunal gave credit to Wakefield for the steps taken after the match to address the issue, but felt the sanction should reflect the serious nature of the incidents."