A man charged with murdering his brother in a house fire on New Year's Day has made a second court appearance.

Blair Logan, 26, also faces two other charges - one of attempted murder, and one of assault to injury, danger to life and attempted murder.
Cameron Logan, 23, died in the fire at his family home. His partner Rebecca Williams was rescued and his parents were treated for smoke inhalation.
Mr Logan made no plea or declaration at Dumbarton Sheriff Court.
He was fully committed for trial and remanded in custody.
He had also been remanded in custody after his first court appearance on 16 January, where he made no plea or declaration.
Ms Williams, a journalist with Global Radio, was initially taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in a critical condition.
She was later transferred to Glasgow Royal Infirmary and has since been discharged.


Future donations to political parties in Northern Ireland are to be published, Secretary of State James Brokenshire has announced.

However, the changes will only affect funds received from 1 July onwards.
The decision not to backdate the publication has been criticised by some political parties.
The Electoral Commission welcomed the move, but said it hoped to see legislation brought in to allow it to publish donations from 2014 onwards.
Stormont power-sharing deal 'remains achievable'
Unlike the rest of the UK, Stormont parties are not required to reveal who funds them.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Mr Brokenshire said there was a consensus on a need for "greater transparency on political donations" in Northern Ireland.
"In line with the commitment set out in the Conservative Party's Northern Ireland manifesto for the General Election, I can confirm that I intend to bring forward legislation that will provide for the publication of all donations and loans received by Northern Ireland parties on or after the 1st of July 2017," he said.
The head of the Electoral Commission in Northern Ireland, Ann Watt, said: "While all reportable donations and loans received from 1 July 2017 will now be published by the commission, we would also like to see the necessary legislation put in place, as soon as possible, to allow us to publish details of donations and loans received since January 2014.
"Such a move will only help to further enhance today's positive announcement on future transparency."
Sinn FÃ©in's northern leader Michelle O'Neill described Mr Brokenshire's announcement as "a very crass decision, which probably points to a side deal between the Tories and the DUP on political donations".
She said she was "100% behind transparency" but questioned the placing of the announcement in a statement about the Stormont talks.
"I really don't see the context in which that fitted in his statement today," Mrs O'Neill said.
The Alliance Party's, David Ford, accused Mr Brokenshire of offering "feeble excuses" for not making the publication retrospective.
"There are many questions as to why donations during the Brexit campaign, during the election campaigns of this year and the election campaign of last year are not fully transparent and open," he said.
"At a time when there is such deep cynicism in this society about the political process, his failure to address that issue properly can only enhance that suspicion and that cynicism.
"We need to see openness, we need to see full transparency and we need to see Parliament backdating that to January 1 2014."


At least 13 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police say.

Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers.
Local journalists said one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide attacker near a checkpoint. Another blast hit the airport's perimeter wall.
Those killed were believed to include security guards at the checkpoint.
The militant Islamist group, al-Shabab, has said it was behind the blasts and its target was the AU force's headquarters.
The AU mission in Somalia condemned "these senseless attacks that aim to disrupt and cripple the lives of ordinary Somalis".
Al-Shabab has carried out frequent attacks in Somalia, including in Mogadishu, in an attempt to oust the UN-backed government.
The group, which is allied to al-Qaeda, has been pushed out of most of the main towns it once controlled, but analysts say it remains a potent threat.
It has been increasing its attacks ahead of planned elections in Somalia.
Hotels have been attacked by car bombs and then armed assault teams over the past few weeks.
The large airport area in Mogadishu is a secure "green zone" for UN operations, the AU peacekeeping force and foreign embassies.
The Somali government, with the help of AU forces, is fighting al-Shabab militants in several parts of the country.


Wales ended their autumn international series with a comfortable win over disorganised South Africa at the Principality Stadium.

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Hooker Ken Owens' try from a lineout rumble in the 44th-minute opened a 14-point gap before Springbok flanker Uzair Cassiem hit back.
Justin Tipuric's try clinched only a third-ever win over the Springboks.
The defeat means South Africa have lost eight times in a calendar year for the first time in their history.
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Leigh Halfpenny kicked 17 points as Wales clinched three November wins for the first time since 2002.
The 14-point winning margin was a record for Wales against South Africa, beating the 10-point gap in the 29-19 victory in 1999 when interim coach Rob Howley was captain.
Wales looked comfortable at 20-6 five minutes into the second half, but the mistake-prone Springboks rallied through their forwards to put pressure on Howley's team.
But when Tipuric ran onto a short pass from Taulupe Faletau and swerved past the last defender with four minutes remaining the game was safe.
South Africa were a pale shadow of the team that knocked Wales out of the World Cup in October 2015, and coach Allister Coetzee will face a major inquest on his return home.
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Wales dominated for long periods without making South Africa pay for their many mistakes.
Visitors fly-half Elton Jantjies, in particular, had an accident-prone game, yet Wales looked to be lacking in confidence in attack.
Coach Howley, in charge while Warren Gatland prepares for the British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand next summer, will be relieved by the final score.
South Africa started brightly with Francois Venter and Rohan Janse van Rensberg making early inroads.
But after Jantjies gave them a seventh-minute lead, Wales took control, aided by some chaotic handling and poor decision-making by the Springboks.
Apart from a burst down the left by Jonathan Davies, the home side did not really ask serious questions of their visitors. Their territorial advantage, though, yielded four penalties for the immaculate boot of Halfpenny.
When Owens rounded off a forward drive early in the second half with South Africa scrum-half Faf de Klerk in the sin-bin, things finally looked rosy for Wales.
The Springboks were then let off the hook and when Cassiem scored from another lineout drive things looked uncomfortable for Wales.
Tipuric eased the nerves, and ensured Wales recorded their most successful autumn in more than a decade in a contest only soured by a first-half knee injury to Dan Lydiate.
Justin Tipuric. Even his trademark blue scrum cap was immaculate. The Ospreys man is a class act.
It is Italy in Rome in the Six Nations for Wales in February. South Africa face the inquest to end them all when they arrive home.
Wales: 15-Leigh Halfpenny, 14-George North, 13-Jonathan Davies, 12-Scott Williams, 11-Liam Williams, 10-Dan Biggar, 9-Gareth Davies; 1-Gethin Jenkins (captain), 2-Ken Owens, 3-Tomas Francis, 4-Luke Charteris, 5-Alun Wyn Jones, 6-Dan Lydiate, 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: 16-Scott Baldwin, 17-Nicky Smith, 18-Samson Lee, 19-Cory Hill, 20-Taulupe Faletau, 21-Lloyd Williams, 22-Sam Davies, 23-Jamie Roberts.
South Africa: 15-Johan Goosen, 14-Ruan Combrinck, 13-Francois Venter, 12-Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11-Jamba Ulengo, 10-Elton Jantjies, 9-Faf de Klerk; 1-Tendai Mtawarira, 2-Adriaan Strauss (capt), 3-Lourens Adriaanse, 4-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 5-Lood de Jager, 6-Nizaam Carr, 7-Uzair Cassiem, 8-Warren Whiteley.
Replacements: 16-Malcolm Marx, 17-Steven Kitshoff, 18-Trevor Nyakane, 19-Franco Mostert, 20-Jean-Luc du Preez, 21-Piet van Zyl, 22-Pat Lambie, 23-Lionel Mapoe.
Referee: Romain Poite (France)
Touch judges: Greg Garner (England) & Tom Foley (England)
TMO: Simon McDowell (Ireland)


Aston Villa boss Steve Bruce is willing to let striker Rudy Gestede go to Middlesbrough to help fund new signings in the January transfer window.

Gestede, 28, has made just eight Championship starts for Villa this season and only three since Bruce took over in October.
"The two clubs are talking," he told BBC WM. "We'll see how that develops.
"He's not been playing as much he wants and we've got a bit of an imbalance in the squad, which isn't healthy."
Bruce added: "I've got six centre forwards and I've got to maybe sell one to buy in a midfield player or another defender."
Benin international Gestede joined Villa, then in the Premier League, from Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee in July 2015.
Meanwhile, Villa are still hoping to have top scorer Jonathan Kodjia available for Monday's trip to Cardiff.
He has been called up for Africa Cup of Nations duty for the Ivory Coast and could be away for up to five weeks, depending on how the Ivorians progress.
The Africa Cup of Nations final is scheduled for 5 February, in Libreville, in Gabon.


Zinedine Zidane's son Enzo missed a penalty and was sent off as Real Madrid reserves lost 2-1 to Athletic Bilbao B in Spain's third tier.

The midfielder, whose father manages Real, fired wide a 14th-minute spot-kick, before his dismissal in stoppage time for two yellow-card offences.
Enzo, 21, is the oldest of Zidane's four sons and scored on his first-team debut in the Copa del Rey in November.
He has not played for the senior side since, but is a reserve-team regular.


South Korea thrashed United States 6-0 to win the Olympic archery men's team gold at Sambodromo in Rio.

The Korean trio featured Kim Woo-jin, who set the first world record of the Games in the 72-arrow ranking round on Friday.
It was the nation's fourth team title in the last five Olympics - they lost to the USA in the 2012 semi-finals.
Australia won their first archery medal in 12 years by defeating China in the bronze medal play-off.
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The government has admitted the electrification of the Great Western main line faces "challenges" amid peers' questions over delays.

This week, ministers indicated the timetable for electrifying the line to Bristol Parkway by 2016 and Swansea by 2018 may be pushed back.
Lib Dem Baroness Randerson asked if the government had committed enough money.
Transport minister Lord Ahmad said there had been unexpected planning delays, but it remained a "priority".
"The government is committed to delivering electrification from Paddington to Swansea," the Conservative peer said.
"There are challenges which have arisen from electrification and construction and planning consents have taken longer than expected."
He said Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin had asked Network Rail chairman Sir Peter Hendy to report back on "issues of deliverability and affordability" by the autumn.
In June the government said it would delay or cut back a number of modernisation projects planned for Network Rail but said the Great Western line was a top priority.
Network Rail's Â£50m programme aims to cut journey times on the route between London Paddington to Swansea.
But on Monday, Mr McLoughlin told the Commons Transport Committee electrification was "providing some very big engineering problems".
Asked whether the line to Oxford, Chippenham and Bristol Parkway would be electrified by December 2016, as planned, he said: "I can't give you a yes or no answer."
Earlier this week, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb could not confirm the electrification of the line to Swansea would be done by 2018, as planned.


England coach Eddie Jones said an unexpected Italy tactic "wasn't rugby" as they frustrated the Six Nations champions before finally losing 36-15.

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Italy led 10-5 at half-time as they chose not to compete at the breakdown, allowing them to step into the England line without going offside.
But the hosts found a way through with five tries in the second period.
"Well done Italy, very smart. We knew they'd come with something," Jones told BBC Radio 5 live.
"But it wasn't rugby. We haven't played a game of rugby yet.
"I'm not critical of Italy, they did what they needed to do to stay in the game."
Italy coach Conor O'Shea defended the tactic, saying: "Everything we did was completely legal; I was incredibly proud of what the players put out there."
At one stage, England captain Dylan Hartley and team-mate James Haskell asked referee Romain Poite to clarify the law, but the Frenchman replied: "I am a referee, not a coach."
Jones added: "Did we react quick enough? It's hard when you don't play rugby, it's like playing a different game out there.
"If your half-back can't pass the ball, the game becomes difficult. It's not the way you want to play the game. We wanted to move the ball and play some good rugby.
"We scored six tries and at the end of three rounds, if we were undefeated and with a bonus points, we'd be doing handstands. So we're doing handstands."
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Italy played a novel tactic of not committing any men to the breakdown beyond the initial tackler, meaning no ruck was formed and any offside became irrelevant.
Italian defenders could therefore stand between England's half-backs, creating confusion for the men in white.
"How can you have players standing in your attack line? Even when there were rucks, there were people standing in our attack line.
"You look to pass the ball and there's a blue jumper there. You look in front and there's a blue jumper there. There's blue jumpers everywhere.
"He [Poite] had a terrible day. He wasn't refereeing rugby."
Asked if rugby's laws need to change following the game, Jones said: "I don't think anyone wants to see a game like that. No-one likes to see rugby not played in its proper form so World Rugby will have to have a very close look at it.
"I don't think there was anything good in that today. It didn't improve the game."
The innovative tactics caused confusion among the spectators as well as those on the field, and former England scrum-half Matt Dawson laid the blame for a disjointed contest firmly with Italy.
The 2003 World Cup winner said on Twitter: "Well done Italy on ruining this international. Now World Rugby have to change the laws because of your inability to compete at this level."
O'Shea was not about to back down when Dawson's comment was put to him, saying: "I'd like him to sit down with World Rugby to look at some of the other games we've played this year, and if he's that good in the rules, actually make a comment after we were impacted as we were in the first game of this championship - but that's not for me to talk about now.
"We came here to have a go. If they want us to lose by 100 points, why should we? Why should we be normal? We should be ourselves. Rather than having a go, have a bit of humility and respect for guys who have very little in comparison to their counterparts.
"I was expecting this, if I'm honest."
Jones went on to compare the Italian tactic to a famous one-day international cricket match between Australia and New Zealand in 1981.
With one ball remaining, New Zealand needed a six to tie the match.
To ensure this couldn't happen, Australia's captain Greg Chappell ordered his brother Trevor to bowl the last ball underarm, a legal action at the time.
"Well, obviously they've been watching Trevor Chappell with the underarm bowl along the ground to make sure they couldn't hit a six," said Australian Jones.
"I'm sure Trevor Chappell would've been happy today."
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England have a two-week rest before they take on Scotland at Twickenham on Saturday, 11 March, and another victory would see them equal New Zealand's world record of 18 Test matches unbeaten.
"We've got Scotland in two weeks and they've got belief and confidence," said Jones. "We are looking forward to them coming down and I'm sure they're going to play proper rugby.
"This is our next test, and I'm sure [Scotland coach] Vern Cotter won't have those tactics. He's a New Zealander. They like the breakdown and the contest.
"I feel like I haven't coached today. Let's be serious. It wasn't rugby today."


At least 390 people, mostly children, have died in an outbreak of viral encephalitis in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, officials say.

More than 2,500 patients were admitted to government hospitals in Gorakhpur city this year, Press Trust of India quoted a health official as saying.
At least 270 patients were still being treated at the hospitals, he said.
Nearly 6,500 children have died of encephalitis in the region since the first case was detected in 1978.
The disease occurs regularly during the monsoon in Gorakhpur and adjoining districts which border Nepal in the foothills of the Himalayas.
The low-lying areas are prone to floods, providing a breeding ground for mosquitoes which commonly transmit the virus.
Doctors say affected patients come from 10-12 districts in the region, and are mostly rural poor.
Until 2005, the majority of deaths were caused by Japanese encephalitis, caused by a mosquito-borne virus, doctors say.
But in the past six years, children have been dying of other forms of viral encephalitis, the exact cause of which is unclear.
The diseases cause head aches and vomiting and can lead to comas, brain dysfunctions, seizures and inflammations of the heart and kidney.
Doctors say children between the age of six months to 15 years are the worst affected.
A fifth of the children who survive have to live with neurological weaknesses, doctors say.
The government says it has tried to check the regular outbreak of the encephalitis in the region.
The encephalitis outbreak in Gorakhpur has attracted national and international attention - scientists from US-based Centers for Disease Control visited the area in 2009, and took away medical samples to examine the virus.
In 2005, a virulent outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in Gorakhpur killed 1,000 people, mostly children. This was the worst outbreak since 1978.


Additional checks are being carried on a North Sea helicopter fleet in the wake of safety fears.

It follows an incident which saw a S92 spin more than 180 degrees on landing.
One-off inspections of the tail rotor on all S92 helicopters around the world took place last week, following the incident on the West Franklin platform in December.
Operators are now being told to increase inspections on the aircraft's tail rotor.
No-one was injured in the incident, but there was significant damage to the deck of the platform.
As a result of the initial safety checks, 11 tail rotor bearings were returned to manufacturer Sikorsky for further tests.
The Federal Aviation Administration has now said further inspections using specialist cameras must be carried out every 10 hours of flying time.
North Sea operators said they were fully complying with the latest directive.


League One side Colchester United have signed goalkeeper Jake Kean on an initial 28-day loan from Norwich City.

The 24-year-old has yet to make an appearance for the Premier League side since joining on a free transfer after his release by Blackburn in the summer.
Kean made his professional debut for Rovers, and has previously had loan spells at Hartlepool, Rochdale, Oldham and Yeovil.
He comes in after Jamie Jones' loan from Preston ended in December.
"It was either come here and play some games or stay and play a couple of reserve-team games," Kean told BBC Essex. "Every player that works Monday to Friday wants to play.
"My time at Norwich so far has been absolutely brilliant, there's a great bunch of lads and staff there. I've really enjoyed working with (goalkeeping coach) Dean Kiely and he's been good enough to let me come here."
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The German carmaker Volkswagen reported a rise in its quarterly profit, but noted slowing demand in key markets.

Second quarter operating profit rose nearly 5% to 3.49bn euros (Â£2.47bn).
But it listed a raft of potential problems, including "fierce competition, interest rate and exchange rate volatility, and fluctuations in raw materials prices".
The results come one day after news VW had overtaken Toyota to become the world's biggest vehicle maker.
But VW noted that robust growth in the global economy lost momentum in the first half 2015 and it said it expected the same level of growth for this year as in 2014.
VW cited risks to global financial markets resulting from "the strained debt situation of many countries".
It expects the strongest growth to come from Asian emerging economies, with moderate rates of expansion from major industrialised nations.
The company's shares are down more than 2% in Frankfurt.


An investigative journalist has told BBC Scotland he believes Police Scotland may have been monitoring his communications illegally.

Eamon O Connor said a police source informed him he was being targeted as he investigated the unsolved murder of Emma Caldwell.
Mr O Connor presented a BBC programme earlier this year examining what went wrong with the police investigation into the 10-year-old case.
Police Scotland did not deny his claim.
But the force said it did not comment on individual cases.
It emerged last month that two un-named UK police forces had been involved in spying on journalists and their sources.
The Sunday Herald newspaper claimed at the weekend that Police Scotland was one of them, and that the force's Counter Corruption Unit used spying powers to uncover a journalist's sources without getting judicial approval.
Mr O Connor told the BBC's Scotland 2015 programme that he did not know for sure that he had been monitored
But he added: "Recently I was contacted by a very dependable source who knows Police Scotland very well and he warned me that he had been told explicitly that the Counter Corruption Unit, which is designed to catch police doing things they shouldn't do, has been monitoring journalists' communications with police sources for some time.
"He believed that I had been one of those people targeted and more significantly he thought I had been targeted without judicial approval.
"I can only assume that (my BBC investigation) has caused some concern inside Police Scotland. I know that it has because I've had contact from senior sources inside Police Scotland, but I don't know if anyone inside Police Scotland has been so concerned that they've decided to monitor my communications to see who I've been speaking to."
Mr O Connor said he was concerned that the possibility of being spied upon by the police would "intimidate and impede" whistleblowers and people who want to come forward to tell the truth about something which they believe should not have happened.
Emma Caldwell's body was found dumped in a ditch in Lanarkshire in May 2005. Police launched a massive murder investigation which has cost Â£4m, but no one has ever been convicted of her murder.
Four Turkish men were charged over Ms Caldwell's death, but were later released and did not stand trial.
The Interception of Communications Commissioner's Office (IOCCO) has said it was investigating possible breaches of the code of practice at two police forces but would not name them while its inquiry was ongoing.
Labour lodged an emergency motion at the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday calling for "full transparency" from Scottish government ministers over what they knew about the allegations that Police Scotland had spied on journalists.
The Scottish government said it would not be appropriate to comment further while the IOCCO investigations into the alleged breaches were ongoing.
A spokeswoman added: "However, if there are any issues arising out of these investigations, they should be fully addressed by the appropriate bodies when they have concluded."


Saracens winger Chris Ashton could be cited after being accused of biting the hand of Northampton prop Alex Waller.

Ashton's mouth appeared to make contact with Waller's hand during a tangle on the floor in the first half of Sarries' 27-12 win on Saturday.
Referee Greg Garner took no action, and Ashton's fate now rests with match citing commissioner Mike Rafter.
"There is a good chance Chris will be cited, so we will see what happens," Sarries boss Mark McCall said.
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder confirmed after the game that Waller said he had been bitten on the hand.
Speaking at his post-match news conference, McCall added: "I have heard the accusation. I haven't seen the incident. These things will run [their] course."
Ashton received a 10-week ban last season for making contact with the eye area of Ulster back Luke Marshall during a European Champions Cup game, although he protested his innocence throughout.
That suspension ruled him out of England's Six Nations campaign, and the 29-year-old has not featured for the national side since Eddie Jones became head coach.
Meanwhile, Waller could also face further action after receiving a yellow card for a second-half clash with Jamie George after performing a dump-tackle on the Saracens and England hooker off the ball.
Waller, 26, could be in trouble not only for the tackle, but also for the resulting skirmish when his head made contact with George's face.


The deaths of a mother and son whose bodies were found in a house in west London were a murder-suicide, detectives have said.

Sinead Higgins, 37, and her seven-year-old son Oisin were found inside the property in The Fairway, Ruislip, on Wednesday.
Formal identification is yet to take place.
Officers have said nobody else is being sought in connection with the deaths at this stage.
A Metropolitan Police statement said the causes of deaths remained inconclusive after post-mortem tests, but stated: "Detectives are satisfied that the deaths are consistent with a murder and a suicide."
The force is awaiting further toxicology tests.
Officers responded to concerns for the pair's welfare at about 10:50 GMT and forced their way into the house.
Police said next-of-kin had been informed.


Across the sun-scorched landscape of the Nineveh Plain in Iraq, north of Mosul, a small contingent of fighters in sand-coloured uniforms is on patrol, 7.5 miles (12km) from the frontline with the self-styled Islamic State.

Nothing unusual in meeting men with guns in this part of the world, of course. But this unit is something new - these are all Christian soldiers.
Assyrian Christians say they are descended from the 1st Century peoples evangelised by the disciples of Jesus Christ. They still speak Aramaic, the language spoken by Jesus.
They have suffered persecution before - in 2006, for example, when Sunni Muslims attacked some Christian areas. Then last year, Islamic State (IS) militants drove them from Mosul, Qaraqosh and other major Christian cities.
Now, a group of Assyrian Christians with military experience has said it is time to take up arms and make a stand.
In charge of the project is former Iraqi army general Behnam Aboosh. In 2003 along with the rest of the army built by Saddam Hussein, Gen Aboosh - once responsible for anti-aircraft defence of northern Iraq - was sent home by the Americans.
"Some called it liberation; depends on your point of view!" the general told me with a grin.
Who are the minorities of Nineveh?
Sitting at home in Mosul, he watched as his country descended into sectarian chaos. Then, in 2014, he was forced to flee Islamic State bombing, with his wife, daughter, and three sons. Eventually, they found a house in Dohuk near the Nineveh Plain.
With a picture of Pope Francis on the wall behind him, Gen Aboosh told me he decided his people had done enough running.
With some other Christian ex-officers he petitioned the Kurdistan government of northern Iraq for permission to form a defence force, to stand alongside the Kurdish Peshmerga forces.
After months of negotiations, he was given six weeks' access to a military training area near Kirkuk. Around 500 Christians, out of 2,000 who had volunteered, received basic training. The Nineveh Plain Protection Unit (NPPU) was formed.
"We will protect our land", says Gen Aboosh, "not just from Islamic State. I tell you, on all the land they freed from ISIS [Islamic State], there is a big problem. Many people want to take our land. We will stay in our land!"
Caldo Ogana, from the Assyrian Democratic Movement, the political party backing the NPPU, told me why he believes the Christian militia is necessary.
"The Nineveh Plain lies between Kurdistan and Sunni people. Sunnis and Kurds are struggling against each other. This area is full of oil and very rich. After ISIS is beaten, there will be another battle."
Assyrian Christians fear they and other minorities will be the losers as those two big groups fight for dominance.
Last year, when Islamic State attacked, no-one came to save them, says Caldo Ogana. "If we don't plan now how to protect minorities, we will lose the minorities from the Middle East."
Athra Kado, a teacher of Aramaic-turned-Christian fighter, told me he has no choice but to take up arms.
"It's about my family. My family is behind me and if I left, they would be dead, killed by ISIS or another group."
In the ancient villages of the Nineveh Plain, monasteries and ornate graveyards with sandstone mausoleums testify to the long history of Christians in this part of Iraq.
Athra Kado says that if their story is not to come to an end, fighters like him are the only hope.
"If there are no military units from our people, to protect our own people, I don't think there will be any Christians here in less than 10 years," he says.


Rangers' return to European football will be against Luxembourg's Progres Niederkorn in the first qualifying round of the Europa League.

St Johnstone, like Rangers, will be at home for the first leg when they welcome Lithuania's Trakai.
Northern Ireland's Crusaders were paired with Latvia's Liepaja, while Ballymena United and Coleraine are away first to Norway's Odds and Haugesund respectively.
Bangor City will play Denmark's Lyngby.
Fellow Welsh side Bala Town were paired with Liechtenstein's FC Vaduz and Connah's Quay Nomads take on the Finnish club HJK Helsinki.
Ties will be played on 29 June and 6 July.
Aberdeen, who were runners-up to Celtic in the Premiership, the Scottish Cup and the League Cup, enter the competition in the second qualifying round, which takes place early on Monday afternoon.
More to follow.


A photography project which shows women wearing a cow mask and asks the politically explosive question - whether women are less important than cattle in India - has gone viral in the country and earned its 23-year-old photographer the ire of Hindu nationalist trolls.

"I am perturbed by the fact that in my country, cows are considered more important than a woman, that it takes much longer for a woman who is raped or assaulted to get justice than for a cow which many Hindus consider a sacred animal," Delhi-based photographer Sujatro Ghosh told the BBC.
India is often in the news for crimes against women and, according to government statistics, a rape is reported every 15 minutes.
"These cases go on for years in the courts before the guilty are punished, whereas when a cow is slaughtered, Hindu extremist groups immediately go and kill or beat up whoever they suspect of slaughter."
The project, he says, is "his way of protesting" against the growing influence of the vigilante cow protection groups that have become emboldened since the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, came to power in the summer of 2014.
"I've been concerned over the Dadri lynching [when a Muslim man was killed by a Hindu mob over rumours that he consumed and stored beef] and other similar religious attacks on Muslims by cow vigilantes," Ghosh said.
In recent months, the humble cow has become India's most polarising animal.
The BJP insists that the animal is holy and should be protected. Cow slaughter is banned in several states, stringent punishment has been introduced for offenders and parliament is considering a bill to bring in the death penalty for the crime.
But beef is a staple for Muslims, Christians and millions of low-caste Dalits (formerly untouchables) who have been at the receiving end of the violence perpetrated by the cow vigilante groups.
Nearly a dozen people have been killed in the past two years in the name of the cow. Targets are often picked based on unsubstantiated rumours and Muslims have been attacked for even transporting cows for milk.
Ghosh, who is from the eastern city of Kolkata (formerly Calcutta), says he became aware of "this dangerous mix of religion and politics" only after he moved to Delhi a few years ago and that "this project is a silent form of protest that I think can make an impact".
So earlier this month, during a visit to New York, he bought the cow mask from a party shop and, on his return, began shooting for the series, taking pictures of women in front of tourist hotspots and government buildings, on the streets and in the privacy of their homes, on a boat and in a train, because "women are vulnerable everywhere".
"I photographed women from every part of society. I started the project from Delhi since the capital city is the hub of everything - politics, religion, even most debates start here.
"I took the first photo in front of the iconic India Gate, one of the most visited tourist places in India. Then I photographed a model in front of the presidential palace, another on a boat in the Hooghly river in Kolkata with the Howrah bridge as the backdrop."
His models have so far been friends and acquaintances because, he says, "it's such a sensitive topic, it would have been difficult to approach strangers".
Two weeks ago when he launched the project on Instagram, the response was "all positive. It went viral within the first week, my well wishers and even people I didn't know appreciated it."
But after the Indian press covered it and put out their stories on Facebook and Twitter, the backlash began.
"Some wrote comments threatening me. On Twitter people started trolling me, some said I, along with my models, should be taken to Delhi's Jama Masjid [mosque] and slaughtered, and that our meat should be fed to a woman journalist and a woman writer the nationalists despise. They said they wanted to see my mother weep over my body."
Some people also contacted the Delhi police, "accusing me of trying to instigate riots and asking them to arrest me".
Ghosh is not surprised by the vitriol and admits that his work is an "indirect comment" on the BJP.
"I'm making a political statement because it's a political topic, but if we go deeper into the things, then we see that Hindu supremacy was always there, it has just come out in the open with this government in the past two years."
The threats, however, have failed to scare him. "I'm not afraid because I'm working for the greater good," he says.
A positive fallout of the project going viral has been that he's got loads of messages from women from across the globe saying they too want to be a part of this campaign.
So the cow, he says, will keep travelling.


Maidstone United have signed striker George Oakley on a month-long loan deal from AFC Wimbledon.

Oakley, 21, was given his first-team debut by the Dons in 2014 as a late substitute at Northampton Town.
A hamstring tear and a broken leg, which he sustained in training in January 2016, kept him out for much of last season.
He went on loan to National League South club Welling United in November and scored four times in seven games.


England's last inland funicular railway has been sold for more than £700,000.

Bridgnorth Cliff Railway in Shropshire has been bought by Suffolk-based property developers Devitt and Sons.
The family firm said it was not intending to make big changes and that it would be "business as usual".
The cliff railway, which was built in 1892, has been owned and operated by Allan and Jean Reynolds for the last 15 years.
One of the new owners Malvern Tipping said: "My family are immensely excited about our involvement in this historical railway.
"We are very much looking forward to continuing this great service and tradition both for Bridgnorth and the many visitors."
Mr and Mrs Reynolds put the railway, incorporating Grade II listed buildings at the top and bottom of the cliff, on the market in March.
Jonathan Bengough, of agents Knight Frank, said: "The railway was sold after an unprecedented amount of interested was shown from right across the UK."
The railway transports people up and down the town's 111ft (33.8m) sandstone cliffs.
Two cars on parallel tracks, connected by steel ropes, counterbalance each other - as one rises to the top station, the other runs to the bottom station between High Town and Low Town.
The cars are now powered by an electric winding engine, but were originally driven by a system of water balance.
Mrs Reynolds, who is retiring with her husband, said at the height of the tourist season the railway made 200 journeys a day and carried 2,000 people, who pay £1 for a return ticket.
There are thought to be about 15 working seaside funicular railways left in England.


Wales' Bradley Dredge is pleased with his current form and hopes to build on his joint second placed finish at the Irish Open.

Dredge shared second place with Russell Knox, after finishing three shots behind winner Rory McIlroy.
The 42-year-old, who has won twice during his career on the European Tour, fired a superb final round of 66 at the K Club.
"I played well and hopefully I can kick on from here," Dredge said.
"We've got another good event next week and we'll see what happens there."
Dredge will next be in action at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, which begins on Thursday, 26 May.
He contemplated retirement after losing his European Tour card for the 2013 season and then health problems forced him to take an extended break.
Having regained his place on the European Tour, Dredge's performance at the Irish Open earned him the biggest payday of his career to date.
Dredge secured a cheque just short short of £270,000, eclipsing his prize for winning the European Masters in 2006.
"You try not to think too much about the money. You try and go out there and try and win the tournament," Dredge added.
"And if I play well I give myself a chance of doing that, like I did and you need things to happen then to actually win."


A 90-year-old who killed a motorcyclist in a crash days before Christmas has been given a suspended sentence.

Royston Pratt, of Wickham, was driving a Land Rover Defender on 22 December when he hit Robert McQueen, 37, at Staples Cross near Fareham, Hampshire.
Pratt, who earlier admitted causing death by driving without due care and attention, was given a 16-weeks sentence, suspended for 12 months.
He was also handed a five-year driving ban at Portsmouth Magistrates' Court.
Pratt was told he must take an extended driving test at the end of the disqualification period before his licence can be returned.
He was also ordered to pay costs and charges totalling Â£165.
Mr McQueen, 37, from Port Solent, was pronounced dead after his Triumph motorbike hit the Land Rover on the B2177.
Speaking after the case, Hampshire Police road safety Sgt Rob Heard recommended people "regularly assess their abilities to drive safely on the road".


A disabled woman who collected her university degree on a stretcher is to undergo a life-changing operation after well-wishers raised £100,000.

Melanie Hartshorn, 27, has Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) which causes her skull to sink into her spine.
Her condition is so severe that last year she had to complete her Newcastle University degree exams lying down.
But now the money has been raised for her to have an operation in Barcelona to fuse her skull to her spine.
The syndrome means Miss Hartshorn's joints dislocate and cannot hold her body together.
The operation, which will be carried out by a specialist neurosurgeon, involves fixing the cranium to her vertebrae to allow her to sit up and prevent brain damage.
The cost of the surgery is £80,000 and a further £20,000 has raised in the last few days for an air ambulance flight to take her to Spain.
Miss Hartshorn's condition is degenerative and she has needed multiple operations.
While doing her degree, Miss Hartshorn, of Cramlington, Northumberland, had to do her exams on a stretcher and to work on assignments from home.
She said: "This is really life-saving surgery for me because it will basically attach my skull to my neck with screws.
"So far the plan is for the operation to be done on Monday. I know of five other people with the same condition as me who have had the same surgery and they are doing quite well.
"I hope it will be successful. If it is it will mean no more seizures, my skull would be stable and I would be in a lot less pain and be able to sit up. Not to mention being able to get out an access the world again."


The parents of a French student who went missing in Edinburgh are to be joined by police and volunteers in a search for their son.

Antoine Maury, 21, was last seen on Monday at 22:30 after leaving friends at Edinburgh College's Milton Road East Campus.
Pascal and Laura Maury will be part of Saturday's search which will centre on the area of Holyrood Park.
Volunteers will meet at 11:00 in the car park at Holy Rood High School.
Insp Alan Carson, of Police Scotland's Edinburgh Division, said: "The response from the public since Antoine's disappearance has been fantastic.
"So many people have expressed a willingness to help find him as quickly as possible and I know that his family are extremely grateful for the support of the people of Edinburgh.
"Those who are intending to help with our search activity on Saturday are asked to wrap up warm and wear suitable clothing. We want to make sure that any activity is conducted in a co-ordinated and safe manner.
"Please also make sure that you have a fully-charged mobile phone with you and some snacks to help you throughout the day."
Mrs Maury issued an appeal to Antoine on Friday, urging him to come home and saying he was not in any trouble.
She called on people living in the area to check their outbuildings and garages.
Mrs Maury also appealed for information from anyone who may be sheltering her son.
Police said there was a possible sighting of a man matching Mr Maury's description near the Duddingston Village area of Holyrood Park, heading into the park, on Monday between 22:45 and 23:00.
The man was topless.
Laura and Pascal Maury said their son's disappearance was completely out of character.
Mrs Maury said her son was well liked and had been enjoying his studies in Scotland.
He has been a student at Edinburgh College for three months.
Ms Maury said: "We are desperate to find Antoine and are appealing to anyone who might have information as to where he is or know if someone is sheltering him.
"We want him to know that we love him, he is not in trouble and for him to come home.
"We ask that anyone living in the area to please check their outbuildings and garages again to confirm that Antoine is not hiding there.
"He is a very happy young man and there is no reason to believe my son would run away."
Mr Maury was described as white, of medium build, 6ft with short brown hair, a beard and has a bleeding hand tattoo on his forearm.
He has a good level of English, but was unfamiliar with Edinburgh.
He has lost his glasses and his eyesight is not very good.


Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say.

It was unclear whether the missiles caused any damage, they said.
On Wednesday, Russia said it had launched 26 cruise missiles at targets in north and north-west Syria. It has reiterated comments made at the time that all reached their targets.
The news came as Nato renewed assurances to defend its allies in view of Russia's "escalation" in Syria.
Nato is boosting its response forces to be able to deploy troops speedily.
The US officials provided no details of where the missiles might have landed.
However, Iran's Irna news agency reported on Wednesday that an unknown flying object had crashed in the village of Ghozghapan in the Iranian province of West Azerbaijan, said to be under the missiles' flight path.
Moscow denies Western accusations that it has mainly targeted opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, insisting its strikes have hit the infrastructure of the so-called Islamic State (IS) and other militant groups.
IS militants have seized swathes of territory in Syria and Iraq.
The Russian air strikes had "weakened" IS, Syrian Army Chief of Staff Gen Ali Abdullah Ayoub said on Thursday, enabling the army to start a "big attack" to retake towns and villages.
Heavy fighting was reported in areas of Idlib, Hama and Latakia provinces, where a coalition of rebels - including the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front - operates.
Government-backed troops had moved into the key Ghab plain area, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said.


Italy head coach Conor O'Shea has made four changes to his side to face Scotland in the final round of this year's Six Nations.

Scotland-born lock George Biagi comes into the starting XV, along with flanker Maxime Mbanda, hooker Ornel Gega and centre Tommaso Benvenuti.
Dries van Schalkwyk and Leonardo Ghiraldini drop to the bench.
And the injured Michele Campagnaro and Glasgow Warriors flanker Simone Favaro do not feature in the squad.
Replacement Federico Ruzza could win his first senior cap.
Italy have lost all of their matches so far in this year's championship, while Scotland have two wins from four.
However, the Azzurri won on their last visit to Murrayfield, beating the Scots 22-19 in 2015.
E Padovani (Zebre), A Esposito (Treviso), T Benvenuti (Treviso), L McLean (Treviso), G Venditti (Zebre), C Canna (Zebre), E Gori (Treviso); A Lovotti (Zebre), O Gega (Treviso), L Cittadini (Bayonne), M Fuser (Treviso), G Biagi (Zebre), M Mbanda (Zebre), A Steyn (Treviso), S Parisse (Stade Francais, capt).
Replacements: L Ghiraldini (Toulouse), S Panico (Calvisano), D Chistolini (Zebre), D van Schalkwyk (Zebre), F Ruzza (Zebre), F Minto (Treviso), M Violi (Zebre), L Sperandio (Treviso).


A man has died following an alleged assault at a nightclub in Gloucestershire.

Officers were called to Warehouse in London Road, Stroud at 02:07 GMT to find the 24-year-old being treated by paramedics.
The man died at the scene and an investigation into his death has been launched, Gloucestershire Police said.
A 28-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is in currently in police custody.
Witnesses to the incident which took place in the upstairs bar area of the venue are asked to contact the force.


A man is missing presumed dead after falling overboard a cruise ship in the English Channel off the French coast.

French emergency crews have called off a search and rescue operation following an unsuccessful search for the crew member overnight.
The 31-year-old Filipino man fell from the Celebrity Eclipse, which was travelling between Cherbourg and Southampton, at 2215 BST on Friday.
Support is being provided for his friends and family, a spokeswoman said.
The vessel was returning to Southampton following a 14-night cruise around the Mediterranean.
The incident occurred eight miles (12 km) north of the French port.
Passenger Ben Davis told the BBC an announcement was made over the PA system that a man had gone overboard.
"An emergency announcement came over the PA system for all crew from the cruise director who hurriedly announced, 'Oscar, Oscar Oscar, port side' four times," he said.
"The ship circled for a few hours scanning the sea with its spotlights, along with other ships in the area and a lifeboat.
"We could see the street lights of Cherbourg, France, in the distance. The sea outside our window was illuminated by the ship."
A spokeswoman for parent company Celebrity Cruises said the ship turned around immediately.
"Celebrity Cruises' care team is providing support to the crew member's family, as well as his friends and colleagues onboard, and our thoughts and prayers are with them," she added.
A French coastguard official said an extensive search was carried out but teams could not find him.
"We deployed our resources to find him but it was to no avail and we can now presume that he is dead," he said.
"The water was very cold and there is no hope for him."
Solent Coastguard Maritime Rescue confirmed it had received information.
The Eclipse, a Solstice class vessel, joined the fleet last year.


The £189m Library of Birmingham, which has been open for less than two years, is to be shut on Sundays.

It means the building, housing one million books, will be available for just six hours at weekends, from 11:00 to 17:00 on Saturdays.
The city council cut the hours - from 19 April - as part of needs to save nearly £113m from its 2015/16 budget.
In February, it announced opening hours would be reduced. Up to 90 staff are expected to lose their jobs.
The council stressed that staff redundancies were still being discussed, but cuts could affect a total of 100 people.
The library has more than 200 public access computers, theatres, an exhibition gallery and music rooms.
Loans were mostly used to fund its construction, with a small amount raised through donations and council land sales.
It replaced the 1970s Central Library, which Prince Charles famously described as looking like a place where books would be "incinerated rather than read".
But a mixture of budget cuts and a £1.1bn equal pay claim from female workers has left the council with significant financial problems.
Council leader Sir Albert Bore said the legal bill in particular had left the Labour-run council in a "horrendous position financially".
Library user Steve Godwin, 52, of Handsworth Wood, said he thought the move was "absolutely appalling".
"It's one of the highlights of the city. As a library it's wonderful, modern architecture at its better end. It's a crying shame."
Elaine Lawrence, 47, from Penkridge, Staffordshire, said she thought it was "a bit of a shame" but added: "I don't know how many read books these days.
"I assume if the council have done research, they'll know it doesn't need to open on Sundays."
Now:
From 19 April:
The Wolfson Centre for Archival Research will be open Tuesday to Saturday 11:00 - 16:00. This will be reviewed at the end of May.
Ciara Gallagher, 23, from Solihull, said it seemed "ridiculous to spend a huge amount of money" to then only have it open for 40 hours a week.
However, she thought there would only be a limited impact on tourism "because people would take photos outside anyway and may not go inside".
David Rostron, 34, of Dudley, said: "When they make such a bold statement with the library to rejuvenate the idea of the library and then cut staffing levels and hours, it's almost taking it away.
"The idea of having a library for people to drop into, that's flexible for people working or students - and then to take that away - it's huge, especially for families with children who may only be able to go on Sundays."
The Library of Birmingham was recently named the only attraction outside London on a list of the UK's 10 most-visited tourist sites last year.
It drew more than 2.4 million visitors, beating London's British Library, which saw about 1.6 million.


Manager Brendan Rodgers wants Celtic to revise travel arrangements, with striker Leigh Griffiths having been heckled at Glasgow Airport.

Griffiths was confronted - and responded verbally - as the team flew out for Wednesday's Champions League qualifier against Rosenborg.
Rodgers said he had not heard of the incident with the Scotland forward.
"Incident or no incident, it's something we can look at that allows us to travel safely," he said.
"The club knows my feeling on our travel and the organisation with that.
"That's something that's internal for us and, with the help of Glasgow Airport, we can maybe get something more suitable.
"Any team in any airport in the world, if you're going from the first entrance of the airport right the way through to the room where you have to pass every element in the airport, every restaurant, every bar in a busy period, of course there's always a risk.
"If there was an incident, it's certainly not something that we would want and not something that a team or anybody else should have to go through."
Griffiths missed the 0-0 first leg of the third qualifying tie through suspension and was an injury doubt for the return in Trondheim.
However, the Scotland international is expected to play some part in Norway and Rodgers remains confident his side can reach the play-off stage.
"The players who played last week were fantastic," he said. "The way in which we played, we lacked that wee bit of cutting edge at the top end of the field, but the mentality okay.
"If you can't score, you don't concede, knowing that we can come here and score goals.
"We kept a clean sheet and that going into the second leg is very important.
"I said before the game to the players, it won't be won last week. There's still another half to play in Rosenborg."
Rodgers played without a recognised striker at Celtic Park in the absence of Griffiths and the injured Moussa Dembele, but a 5-0 thumping of Sunderland in Saturday's friendly at the Stadium of Light showed they can find the net without them.
"We anticipated that the two games would be tough in their own right," he said. "We know, when we play our game, we can score the goals that we need to qualify, but we respect Rosenborg.
"They have good quality, they play with a good idea of football and they'll present a real tough opponent for us.
"The confidence my players would have gained from the group stage last season has really developed them as a team.
"Okay, physically we're a little bit behind maybe some of the opponents you play in qualification, but it's what you have to deal with and we have to find a way through."
Rosenborg coach Kare Ingebrigtsen thinks being midway through their domestic season gives his side an advantage and expects Celtic to tire on what could be a "long night".
He also believes that the expectation of repeating last season's progress to the group stage will put "big pressure" on the visitors.


A BBC reporter jailed for three months with hard labour in Myanmar will appeal against his sentence.

Nay Lin of the BBC Burmese service was convicted by a court in Mandalay of assaulting a policeman during student protests in 2015.
A lawyer for the reporter said his client unintentionally hurt the officer while trying to help a protester who had been knocked off a motorbike.
The BBC said it was working with his lawyer to support his appeal.
Nay Lin was arrested on 27 March in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, as protesters demonstrated in support of students who had been detained the week before in the southern town of Letpadan.
Nay Lin was covering the demonstration and was arrested during a commotion after a policeman tries to stop protesters on motorbikes.
The demonstrators were marching from Mandalay to Yangon, the main city in Myanmar (also known as Burma), in protest at a bill they said curbed academic freedom.
Riot police stopped the protests and dozens of activists were arrested and charged.
"Nay Lin will appeal against this decision and the BBC will continue to work with his lawyer to support his appeal," a BBC statement said.


The government announced last year that the "right to buy" would be extended to housing association tenants.

But as the first housing association properties are about to be sold, questions are still being raised over how the policy will be funded.
The government was once the biggest landlord in Europe, but now it houses comparatively few - 1.6 million council-owned dwellings, in England, less than half the 3.5 million of 20 years ago.
But the decline started well before that.
In 1980, the biggest physical privatisation in British history began - the sale of council houses. The first one was sold in Romford, Essex, for £8,000 and has just been sold again by its current private owners for £260,000.
Last year, Prime Minister David Cameron announced the government would extend right to buy, which allows council tenants to buy their own homes at a discount.
This means an extra 1.2 million housing association tenants will have this same opportunity, and the first sales are expected imminently.
The problem, however, is that unlike with council houses, the government does not own these homes - so it has to compensate the housing associations for their loss.
This might cost £11.2bn, if all those tenants who could afford to buy did so, the National Housing Federation (NHF) - which represents all the UK's housing associations - has said.
In Wales, the government is planning to abolish right to buy entirely, and in Scotland it will be phased out by August 2016. A separate scheme exists in Northern Ireland.
So how does the government suggest we pay for the English scheme?
Announcing the policy in April 2015, David Cameron said that as the most expensive properties fell vacant, councils would be required to sell them off, and the government would replace them with new affordable housing in the same area.
But this April, the Housing and Planning Act fleshed out the details and revealed two problems - starting with so-called expensive housing sell-offs.
The new law says that every council across England has to sell off their more expensive homes, but this could include both a £3m townhouse in Southwark, London, and a far more ordinary and cheaper two-bedroom bungalow in Nuneaton.
That money is then divided up and used to compensate housing associations across the country.
Campbell Robb, chief executive of the housing charity Shelter said:"The original intention was that some expensive council houses would be sold off in London and this would make the difference, but that's just not the case. During the passage of this act the government changed the definition to call it 'higher value properties'.
"We've estimated that's £26m of homes per council across the country. We've done research and that's two bedroom homes in the West Midlands, in Dudley - it's not big fancy homes in London, it's homes all across the country."
The other problem is that council housing is just not being built, despite the government saying every home - both council house and housing association - lost under this scheme will be replaced.
If we take Shelter's figure that around 113,000 council houses need to be sold to compensate housing associations and only one in eight are replaced, then around 100,000 social homes could be lost permanently.
And that could be a big problem for the nearly two million people on the council house waiting list.
Lorna lost her job and then her home and is now facing eviction from her privately-rented tenancy.
She has been told there is a 25-year waiting list for a council home from her local authority, Nuneaton and Bedworth.
She says she was in full time employment for 30 years and now she needs help there's just nothing there.
"When I knew I was going to lose the house I went into a terrible depression and I just couldn't pull myself up out of it and at one point I did come close to suicide. There's going to be people like me who are in the situation that you've lost your home, you're on a low income, you need somewhere to love so there needs to be something in place to help anyone who needs help," she said.
Haringey Council has recently built a block of flats as mix of social rent and shared ownership, but fears they might have to be sold off under the new legislation and would not be replaced.
Alan Strickland, the councillor responsible for housing in the borough said: "As the funding system works it's simply impossible for us to replace them to that extent. Nationally, only one in eight council homes are rebuilt- we think the government should cut the red tape and let councils build.
"It's hard to replace right to buy properties due to government rules which mean councils have to put up most of the money, you can't use right to buy money with any other grant which is commonly used, which really restricts the number of homes you can build."
Housing Minister Brandon Lewis said the government "makes no apology for helping people into homeownership".
"Our voluntary agreement with housing associations will mean 1.3 million tenants will have the chance to own their own home, while every home sold will be replaced with a new affordable property.
"The truth is there are billions of pounds locked up in local authority housing assets so it's only right that when higher value homes become vacant they are sold to support home ownership through right to buy and reinvested in building new homes that better meet local needs."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:00-11:00 on BBC Two and BBC News channel.


A cardiac unit in a Cardiff hospital has been rated among the best in the UK for surgery survival rates.

Figures from the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery showed the unit at University Hospital of Wales (UHW) had a survival rate of 98.67%.
It was placed with Southampton and Papworth as the three best-performing.
The figures, from April 2011 to March 2014, suggest Morriston Hospital, Swansea, was ranked sixth out of 39 units.
Its cardiac centre started work on a Â£6.6m upgrade earlier this month.
UHW's lead cardiac surgeon Indu Deglurkar said the NHS in Wales still had a "long way to go" to address waiting times for cardiac surgery.
Two years ago the Royal College of Surgeons highlighted "grave concerns" at the number of patients dying while on waiting lists for scheduled heart surgery at the hospital.
Miss Deglurkar said cardiac surgery services have since come a long way, but there is still room for improvement.
She added: "Cardiff has come out as one of the top three centres in terms of outcomes for patients. This demonstrates Cardiff results are top class and and the quality of care patients expect is very, very good.
"The issue has never been about the quality of care that was rendered. Its always been about the numbers. We have come a long way but still have a long way to go."
Health Minister Mark Drakeford praised cardiac surgery staff at UHW for their achievements.
"I'm pleased to see that the cardiac surgery team has been recognised as one of the best performing teams in the UK - this reflects the commitment of the staff who work there," he said.
The UK average surgery survival rate is 97.7%.


Under Kim Jong-un, nuclear weapons development has been formally adopted as one of North Korea's top policy priorities, along with economic advancement.

Given the importance placed by the leader on demonstrating new achievements in the country's nuclear pursuits, it should come as no surprise that any external commentary questioning the technical sophistication of the country's nuclear and ballistic missile programmes is swiftly and harshly condemned by North Korean media.
On 8 September, satellite imagery analysis published by Johns Hopkins University examined recent activities at North Korea's Yongbyon nuclear complex and questioned the operational status of some of the facilities at the site.
Pyongyang lashed out. On 15 September it released a statement by the director of its Atomic Energy Institute insisting that all of its Yongbyon facilities had "started normal operations".
The statement appears to be carefully timed - and directed - rhetoric.
In early April 2013, in the midst of a crisis on the Korean Peninsula over US-South Korean joint military exercises, North Korea announced it was "recalibrating" and "restarting" certain nuclear facilities at its Yongbyon complex "without delay".
All available analysis points to North Korea's sincerity in its stated aim, but it remains uncertain as to whether it has managed to restart the facility.
Imagery analysis produced by experts since 2013 notes that characteristic signs of an operational reactor, including steam and hot water discharge, have not always been visible.
They have postulated that maintenance work could explain the intermittent inactivity.
However, these assessments rely upon very limited information - an unavoidable weakness when using open sources to analyse North Korea's nuclear development.
While satellite images may inject doubt about the operational status of the reactor at Yongbyon, they cannot be taken as conclusive proof of the North's dishonesty.
Comparable uncertainties exist as to whether facilities relating to uranium enrichment at Yongbyon are operating normally.
Both a uranium enrichment facility and an experimental light-water reactor were still under construction as of July 2015, though were rapidly nearing completion.
The former has been under development since 2009, and was initially said by North Korea to be designed to produce low-enriched uranium to fuel the planned experimental light water reactor, which would in turn allow for increased electricity generation in the country.
However, if the enrichment facility is recalibrated as implied by the April 2013 announcement, it would also be able to produce weapons-grade uranium.
One or both of these facilities may have been completed since the last satellite photos were made available in July, and it is therefore possible that they are operational as North Korea alleges.
True or not, North Korea's latest statement was not likely intended to reveal new insights into developments at Yongbyon, or settle the ongoing debate about the status of facilities there.
Pyongyang consistently boasts of the advanced stage of its nuclear and missile programmes regardless of the details, and it rarely acknowledges shortcomings in its most prized military programmes, even if such difficulties are actually encountered.
Instead, North Korea is currently eager to remind observers of its intention to forge ahead with its nuclear and missile programmes regardless of the objections of the international community and especially its neighbours, including China.
It may also wish to heighten existing nervousness about the prospect of a forthcoming military provocation in order to convey a position of strength.
Tuesday's statement from the Atomic Energy Institute came within hours of another remarkably similar statement from the director of North Korea's National Aerospace and Defence Administration, outlining the achievements of the country's scientists and its intention to exercise its 'right' to launch satellites at a time of its choosing.
For months, South Korean, Japanese, and Western media have cited unnamed officials as saying that North Korea is readying itself to conduct a satellite launch in October, in time for the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Worker's Party of Korea.
Read together, these two statements will only cement fears that another provocation is on the cards.
Andrea Berger is a senior research fellow in nuclear analysis at the Royal United Services Institute. Follow her on Twitter @AndreaRBerger.


Parliament in Belgium has passed a bill allowing euthanasia for terminally ill children without any age limit, by 86 votes to 44, with 12 abstentions.

When, as expected, the bill is signed by the king, Belgium will become the first country in the world to remove any age limit on the practice.
It may be requested by terminally ill children who are in great pain and also have parental consent.
Opponents argue children cannot make such a difficult decision.
It is 12 years since Belgium legalised euthanasia for adults.
In the Netherlands, Belgium's northern neighbour, euthanasia is legal for children over the age of 12, if there is parental consent.
Under the Dutch conditions, a patient's request for euthanasia can be fulfilled by a doctor if the request is "voluntary and well-considered" and the patient is suffering unbearably, with no prospect of improvement.
One man in the public gallery of Belgium's parliament shouted "murderers" in French when the vote was passed, Reuters news agency reports.
Supporters of the legislation argue that in practice the law will affect an extremely small number of children, who would probably be in their teens, the BBC's Duncan Crawford reports from Brussels.
The law states a child would have to be terminally ill, face "unbearable physical suffering" and make repeated requests to die - before euthanasia is considered.
Parents, doctors and psychiatrists would have to agree before a decision is made.
Protesters have lobbied politicians against the changes.
Church leaders argued the law is immoral.
"The law says adolescents cannot make important decisions on economic or emotional issues, but suddenly they've become able to decide that someone should make them die," Brussels Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, head of the Catholic Church in Belgium, said at a prayer vigil last week.
Some paediatricians have warned vulnerable children could be put at risk and have questioned whether a child can really be expected to make such a difficult choice.
Last week 160 Belgian paediatricians signed an open letter against the law, claiming that there was no urgent need for it and that modern medicine is capable of alleviating pain.
But opinion polls have suggested broad support for the changes in Belgium, which is mostly Catholic.


A Mali-based al-Qaeda affiliate has released a video of six foreign hostages ahead of a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the country.

They include a French NGO worker, an elderly Australian surgeon and a Colombian nun.
No "genuine" negotiations to release them have taken place, the video says.
Mr Macron is in Mali to consolidate western backing for a regional force against the militants.
Among the hostages seen in the footage is Sophie Petronin, who was abducted last December in the town of Gao, where she ran an NGO helping malnourished children.
The video's narrator said Ms Petronin was hoping that Mr Macron would help return her to her family.
Speaking in Mali's capital Bamako, Mr Macron said France and the "Sahel G5" countries - Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania and Niger - had to work together to eradicate "terrorists, thugs and murderers".
He said France would "put all our energy towards eradicating" those who had kidnapped Ms Petronin.
The video also shows South African hostage Stephen McGown asking when his ordeal will come to an end.
"Now we're making a new video, but I don't know what to say. It's all been said in the past. It's all been said in previous videos I've made," he says.
The release of this video will lead many to believe that it was timed to coincide with a meeting of West African leaders and France's president in Mali on Sunday.
It is a reminder that al-Qaeda affiliates remain the main jihadist threat across the region. Some of the hostages were abducted a few years ago while others more recently - keeping hostages that long and seizing new ones show how much al-Qaeda relies on ransom money to operate.
The deployment of yet another force, discussed on Sunday, is part of a huge security build-up in the Sahel, where foreign military presence has increased in the last few years.
But observers say political solutions are also needed across the impoverished region, where a lack of infrastructure and opportunities allows jihadist groups to thrive.
Mr McGown was kidnapped from a hotel in Timbuktu in 2011 along with two others, Swede Johan Gustafsson - who was released last month - and Dutchman Sjaak Rijke - who was freed by French special forces in 2015.
Also shown is Australian Ken Elliott, who is in his 80s. He was abducted in January 2015 in Djibo with his wife Jocelyn, where the couple had been running the town's only medical facilities. Jocelyn was released in February 2016.
"To my family I just want to say again I love you all," he says.
The others are Romanian mineworker Iulian Ghergut, who says he was abducted in Burkina Faso in April 2015, Swiss missionary Beatrice Stockly, kidnapped in Mali in January 2016, and Colombian nun Gloria Argoti, seized in Mali in February.
The 17-minute video was released by a group calling itself the Group to Support Islam and Muslims, formed in early March as a result of a merger between Mali-based jihadist group Ansar Dine, al-Mourabitoun, and the Sahara branch of al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).
In November the NGO Gift of the Givers said AQIM elders had agreed to release Mr McGown but younger members did not want to.
Mali's security has gradually worsened since 2013, when French forces repelled allied Islamist and Tuareg rebel fighters who had seized control of much of the north.
Mr Macron wants greater support for the Sahel G5, who are setting up a 5,000-strong force based in Sévaré in central Mali to fight rising militant attacks.
He hopes to help raise funds for the force - so far, the EU has pledged only €50m (£44m; $57m), while Mali's foreign minister has estimated that the force would cost closer to €400m.
Mr Macron said attempts to combat terrorism needed to be accompanied by parallel efforts to improve development in the region, including fighting climate change and improving governance.
There are 4,000 French troops and 12,000 UN peacekeepers in the region.
Last month, five people - soldiers from Portugal and Mali, a Malian woman working for the EU mission and civilians from China and Gabon - were killed when gunmen from an al-Qaeda-linked group stormed a tourist resort near the capital Bamako.


Republic of Ireland boss Martin O'Neill described Ronald Koeman as a "master tactician of the blame game" as their row over James McCarthy escalated.

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McCarthy, 26, missed Everton's past two matches but linked up with the Republic squad during the international break.
After he injured a hamstring, Toffees boss Koeman accused O'Neill of "not protecting" the midfielder.
Koeman later reiterated his point in an ironic tweet, signing it: "From the master tactician."
In his news conference on Friday, Koeman was clearly angered as he read out a prepared statement saying: "Clearly James was not fit to play. We advised extreme caution. He was not fit to play.
"In my opinion, the Ireland manager in this instance was not protecting the player. I am not surprised but I am disappointed."
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In response, O'Neill issued his own statement.
It read: "Once again the Everton manager, master tactician of the blame game, has struck out in his comments, criticising both myself and James McCarthy.
"Perhaps a review of Everton's pre-season programme might provide some enlightenment.
"James had a magnificent tournament for the Republic of Ireland last summer during at Euro 2016, playing his last game in very late June.
"He then returned to Everton after a very short break, but only 11 days later, he played his first of three games, all within an eight-day period, against Real Betis, Manchester United and Espanyol. Overloading?
"It should be added that James last played for his country on 9 October - almost half a year ago. Since that time he has been totally under Everton's supervision.
"James is diligent and conscientious in his professional preparation. Perhaps, in this instance, quiet introspection may serve the Everton manager and his medical staff better."
McCarthy was named in O'Neill's starting line-up for the 0-0 draw against Wales but pulled out of the team after suffering an injury in the warm-up.
In October, Koeman said McCarthy, who has been struggling with a hamstring injury for several months, had been "massively overloaded" by the Republic.
That came in response to O'Neill's claim the Dutchman was "bleating" about the matter.
Former Republic midfielder Roy Keane, O'Neill's assistant, then said Everton players must "toughen up".
"James had an injury when he reported for Ireland duty last week and our medical team made the Ireland medical team aware of this.
"Everton's medical team advised extreme caution, not only due to the current injury but also due to previous injuries.
"The assessment by the Ireland medical was that it would be a high risk for James to play against Wales.
"But of course James has a strong desire to play for his country so when asked if he was fit to play he said he felt he was fit. And he was selected to start the game but withdrawn.
"In my opinion, in this instance it was not protecting the player. James was clearly not fit to play. He only trained for two days with Ireland and broke down in the warm-up.
"He has only played only one game from the start in 2017 and he did not play for three weeks before the Wales game. In my opinion he would need at least one full week of training sessions to be declared fit.
"I spoke to James, he needs to take responsibility for this. But this is not the first time."
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There will be an official victory parade to celebrate Team GB's success at the Olympics and Paralympics in London on 10 September, but in the meantime some of the Olympic medal winners are being greeted like heroes on their return to their home cities, towns and villages.

Here are some of the events taking place around the country.
Celebrations took place in Henley-on-Thames to mark the achievements of Team GB's rowers, including members of the Leander Club.
Some 12 athletes from the club won medals, including golds for two crews and silvers and bronzes for two more. They took part in a rowing event on the Thames, with the event culminating with an open-top bus ride through the town.
Alex Gregory, who won gold in the men's four, said: "We're really starting to appreciate what it means to people and we can, we're paying back Henley now for all the support they've given us and Leander Club here so it's a special day for us."
Olympic gold medallist Steven Burke returned to Lancashire, where he was taken around Colne in an open-top car, followed by a cavalcade of cyclists.
The 24-year-old, nicknamed The Colne Cyclone, won gold in the men's team pursuit track cycling at London 2012.
Later Jade Jones celebrated her taekwondo gold medal in Flint, North Wales.
The teenager appeared on the balcony at Flint Town Hall before hundreds who had turned up despite heavy rain.
Nicola Adams showed off her Olympic gold medal on her return to Leeds and said she would be happy to be a role model for a generation of young girls.
Hundreds turned out at the city's Merrion Centre to see the 29-year-old flyweight champion.
She said: "To think I am a role model because of doing my sport is an honour and a great achievement. My love of boxing has brought this to life."
Homecoming celebrations took place in Lowestoft, Suffolk for Olympic bronze medal-winning middleweight boxer Anthony Ogogo. The medallist was presented to his home town on a stage in London Road North.
Meanwhile, a civic reception in honour of 23-year-old gymnast Kristian Thomas took place in Halesowen, West Midlands.
More than 200 people welcomed him at a reception at Earls Gymnastics Club, attended by the Mayor of Dudley.
Hundreds of supporters turned out to greet Olympic silver medallist Saskia Clark when she returned home to Mersea Island in Essex.
The sailor paid tribute to the support she has received over the past 20 years, describing it as "amazing".
Wiltshire's Olympic gold medal winning sprint canoeist Ed McKeever returned to his home town of Bradford-on-Avon on Monday.
Some 2,000 well wishers attended the event in honour of the kayaker, who took victory in the K1 200m.
During his trip, he paid a visit to the postbox painted gold in recognition of his sporting achievement.
In a short speech, he said he was "just overwhelmed by the amount of support that you guys have shown me".
An Olympic gold medal celebration was held in Cornwall to honour rower Helen Glover.
Glover, 26, and rowing partner Heather Stanning, 27, won Britain's first gold of the 2012 Games in the rowing pairs final, and Britain's first by women rowers.
After a ride in an RNLI lifeboat, Glover was driven on an open-top bus from Newlyn to Penzance where hundreds of fans lined the streets to greet her.
Glover, who grew up in Penzance but now lives in Caversham, near Reading, said it was an emotional homecoming.
"I've seen quite a few people. I cried last night when my family and friends were with me. I said I wasn't going to cry at all, but I did, once," she said.
A reception was also held at her former school, Humphry Davy.
Meanwhile, four-time gold medallist Bradley Wiggins was joined by hundreds of cyclists for a 99-mile (160km) bike ride on the routes he trains on in Lancashire.
Speaking after the Ride with Brad event, Wiggins said he had been overwhelmed by the response from people who turned out in the rain to cheer him.
Crowds of people in Peterborough lined the city's streets on Saturday to welcome home Louis Smith.
The gymnast, who visited his club in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire before his appearance in Peterborough, won an individual silver in the pommel horse event and a bronze medal in the men's team competition.
Smith signed autographs and waved to his fans waiting in the sunshine along the route of the open top bus tour.
Fellow Team GB gymnast Max Whitlock was also welcomed back home to Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, with a reception at the town's civic centre.
The 19-year-old scored 15.600 on the pommel horse which landed him a bronze in the event, with team-mate Smith winning a silver medal.
The achievements of the double Olympic bronze medallist - in the individual pommel horse and men's team competitions - have already been celebrated at a homecoming party at his gymnastics club in Basildon.
People waving Union flags cheered Olympian Mary King as she rode through the streets of her home town of Sidmouth in Devon.
The victory parade was organised to welcome the equestrian eventing team silver medallist and her horse Imperial Cavalier home.
King, among the oldest members of Team GB at 51, was presented with the honour "Freeman of the Town" - the first person not involved in local government to be given the honour.
Meanwhile, a number of Olympic medallists were invited to football grounds on the first day of the English season to be officially greeted by the fans there.
They included rower and West Ham fan Mark Hunter who allowed  children at Upton Park to wear his lightweight double scull silver medal before he watched his team take on Aston Villa.
Yorkshire boxer Nicola Adams, who won a gold medal at the nearby  ExCeL Centre, was also a guest at the same match. She later tweeted: "Don't worry #leeds I'm still coming bk on monday."
Meanwhile, Team GB's youngest gold medallist, Jade Jones, has learned she is to get a surprising honour in her home town. The Flint Pavilion Leisure Centre will be renamed in honour of 19-year-old, who beat the rest of the world in taekwondo.
She will also tour Flint in an open top bus on Saturday 25 August.
Up to 20,000 people gathered in Sheffield city centre to welcome home Olympic championJessica Ennis.
The gold medal-winning heptathlete took to a stage to greet the packed crowd of fans as she was told she was to be handed the freedom of the city.
Ennis, 26, said it was nice to be home but "more than anything it is overwhelming".
Gold medallist equestrians Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardinvisited Sark after their success at the Olympics.
Hester lives and trains in Gloucestershire but was born in the Channel Island.
The GB team of Hester, Dujardin and Laura Bechtolsheimer won gold in the dressage.
The island's only postbox has been painted gold in honour of Hester.
Gymnast Beth Tweddle, who won a bronze medal in what was her final Olympics at London 2012, had a celebration at Salford's MediaCity.
It will not be the last event for the 27-year-old as she will also be one of the guests of honour at an event for Cheshire Olympians, to be held at a later date.
The gymnast, who won bronze on the uneven bars, will be given an open-top bus tour by the mayor.
A Victorian act of Parliament was used to give a quick go-ahead to the family of double Olympic gold medal cyclist Laura Trottto hold a street party in her honour in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire.
They had been told it could take weeks for the council to give permission for such an event.
But officials learned they could use the 1847 Town Police Clauses Act which allows "thronging on the highway".
At least 200 people attended the private street party to welcome Trott home.
"It's amazing, I'm so glad so many people came out. It's mad, I can't believe it," she said.
Royal Mail said a postbox in Lymington, Hampshire, would be repainted gold in honour of four-time Olympic gold medallistBen Ainslie.
It originally said it would paint a postbox only in Cornwall, where Ainslie was raised - but Royal Mail did a U-turn and agreed to paint the one in Lymington where the sailor lives.
A trio of Team GB rowers showed off their medals during a day of celebrations in Coleraine.
Brothers Richard and Peter Chambers took silver in the lightweight fours, while Alan Campbell won bronze in the single sculls.
The team-mates visited the Bann Rowing Club, where they trained, then appeared in the town centre.
Team GB Olympic sailors - winners of a gold and four silver medals - were cheered through the streets of Weymouth and Portland in an open-top bus.
Ben Ainslie praised the hundreds of supporters who turned out to greet the team as their bus navigated the winding streets, led by a police convoy.
He said: "It's absolutely amazing being in front of a crowd like that. All the people out there supporting us made a huge difference."
Cyclist Lizzie Armitstead - whose women's road-race silver medal kicked off Team GB's medal-winning run - took an open-top bus tour of her home town of Otley, West Yorkshire.
Cycling residents - including her grandmother, Marjorie Dunn - followed the bus on their bikes as part of the celebration, and it was Armitstead's second welcome home following Monday's event in Leeds.
Rower Katherine Copeland's return was celebrated with a reception at Stockton's Tees Rowing Club. She revealed she felt "no pressure" to win.
The 21-year-old triumphed in the women's double sculls with partner Sophie Hosking.
Pete Reed, who became a double Olympic champion when he clinched gold in the men's coxless four, was honoured with a civic reception and open-top bus tour of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire.
Meanwhile, a victory parade for Scotland's Olympians will be held on Friday 14 September, it has been announced.
SportScotland said the event would be a "fitting and appropriate celebration" for Olympic and Paralympic athletes, including Sir Chris Hoy, who became Britain's most successful Olympian at London 2012.
Britain's most decorated Olympic sailor, Ben Ainslie, was welcomed back to his home yacht club with a champagne reception.
The 35-year old four-time gold medal winner was greeted with cheers by members of the Royal Lymington Yacht Club on the Hampshire coast.
Olympic gold medal-winning boxer Luke Campbell also had a homecoming party thrown in his honour in Hull.
The event, which saw about 13,000 people gather outside Hull City Hall on Tuesday evening, also celebrated Hull Olympian Alex Smith, who reached the men's hammer final.
Campbell, 24, who trains at the city's St Paul's Boxing Academy, said he was "overwhelmed" by the welcome and as he appeared on a balcony before the cheering crowd he said: "This is why I've always been proud to be from Hull."
As well as being honoured with a commemorative gold postbox, he has had a telephone kiosk painted gold.
In Wales, the family of 19-year-old taekwondo Olympic gold medal winner Jade Jones welcomed her back home to Flint.
Bronze boxing medal winners Paddy Barnes and Michael Conlan were welcomed back to their home city of Belfast with an open-top bus ride through its centre.
The pair, who fought for Team Ireland - not Team GB - arrived back at Dublin airport on Monday and were honoured at a reception at Titanic Belfast in the evening.
Given that if Yorkshire was a country it would have been 12th in the medal-winners' table, it is hardly surprising it hosted some of the first homecoming celebrations.
About 5,000 people attended an event to mark the achievements of Leeds' Olympic athletes - including triathlon stars Alistair and Jonny Brownlee, silver-medal cyclist Lizzie Armitstead and Nicola Adams, who made history as the first ever Olympic women's boxing champion - at Millennium Square.
Gold medallist Alistair Brownlee said seeing such a large crowd turn out in his home city was "absolutely amazing", and he felt like he is "on the crest of a wave and about to fall off it any day now".
Adams, who was unable to attend, sent a recorded message to say she could not wait to show her gold medal to "everybody in Yorkshire".
Olympic cycling gold medallist Dani King was another of the athletes to receive a warm welcome in her home village of Hamble, near Southampton.
The 21-year-old, who won the team pursuit alongside Laura Trott and Joanna Rowsell, said the reception was "absolutely incredible".
Villagers also turned out for a special party to congratulate Olympic shooting gold medallist Peter Wilson in his home village of Glanvilles Wootton, Dorset.
Plans are also under way for "a huge welcome home party" in Plymouth to celebrate Tom Daley's bronze medal in the men's 10m individual platform diving and Plymouth-trained Lithuanian Ruta Meilutyte's gold in the women's 100m breaststroke.


The Archbishop of Canterbury has said he believes Northern Ireland should be treated as a special case when it comes to the issue of welfare reform.

Stormont has so far not put in place changes to benefits that have been implemented in other parts of the UK.
This has led to fines from the government.
Justin Welby told BBC Radio Ulster that there should be extra help to assist people here out of poverty.
"Should Northern Ireland itself be a special case?" he said.
"Yes it probably should, although not as a basket case or a charity case, but as a recognition of what has gone wrong in the past."
Secretary of State Theresa Villiers said the government continued to recognise Northern Ireland's special circumstances.
"That is why public spending per head is 23% higher here than the UK average," she said.
"When it comes to welfare reform Northern Ireland has much to gain from replacing a failed system that traps far too many people into dependency with a modern system that ensures work always pays."
The Northern Ireland parties had agreed on a welfare reform deal in December but Sinn FÃ©in withdrew its support in March.
Inter-party talks in Northern Ireland began in September in a bid to resolve the current political crisis at Stormont.
The two key issues being discussed are the impasse over welfare reform and paramilitary activity.


Some 1,500 migrants have been rescued from boats trying to cross to Italy in the space of 24 hours, the Italian coastguard has said.

The navy and coastguard despatched vessels to rescue the migrants from five different boats.
The UNHCR says almost 3,500 people died and more than 200,000 were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe last year.
The chaotic political situation in Libya has added to the crisis.
The coastguard despatched four vessels and the navy another after receiving satellite telephone distress calls from three migrant boats.
Two more boats were found to be in trouble when the rescuers arrived.
The migrants were transferred to Lampedusa island and the ports of Augusta and Porto Empedocle in Sicily.
Last year, Italy dealt with 170,000 migrants who entered the EU by sea.
Officials say the numbers for the first two months of this year are up 43% on January and February in 2014.


Tomorrow Wales and the rest of the UK goes to the polls in 2017's general election.

Wales elects 40 MPs to the House of Commons in 40 constituencies.
All 40 Welsh MPs from the last parliament are standing again - with a total of 213 candidates taking part.
Here's what you need to know ahead of Thursday's poll.
WELSH LABOUR
Welsh Labour is standing in 40 seats in Wales. It is defending 25 of them.
Its focus has been on defending what it holds - with the party playing down the chance of gains.
But it has said it has run serious campaigns in Gower, the Vale of Clwyd and Cardiff North, where the Conservatives have small majorities.
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WELSH CONSERVATIVES
The Welsh Conservatives are standing in 40 seats and are defending 11.
All of its big targets are Labour-held seats, with Bridgend and Wrexham the most prominent.
Party sources have also talked about the Newport seats, Alyn and Deeside, Clwyd South, Cardiff South and Penarth and Cardiff West as possible targets.
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PLAID CYMRU
Plaid is standing in all 40 seats and is defending three.
Earlier in the campaign Plaid said it was targeting six seats for gains - Ceredigion, Caerphilly, Blaenau Gwent, Rhondda, Ynys Mon and Llanelli.
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WELSH LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
The Lib Dems are standing in 40 seats and are defending one seat.
The party is targeting Cardiff Central, Montgomeryshire and Brecon and Radnorshire, all seats it has previously held.
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UKIP
UKIP is standing in 32 seats. It has yet to win a seat in Wales at a general election.
It would be a major shock if UKIP was to win a Westminster seat in Wales at this election.
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Read more on the major parties' target seats.
Early on in the campaign BBC Wales produced a list of seats to keep an eye on on the night - seats which could spell out the story of this election.
They include Bridgend, the backyard of First Minister Carwyn Jones, that is being eyed-up by the Conservatives. The challenge for the seat was explored by BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.
Other key seats to watch, include:
It may also be worth keeping an eye on Blaenau Gwent, which is held by Labour and is also being targeted by Plaid Cymru.
Voters elect MPs through a system known as first-past-the-post - the winner of the poll is the candidate with the most votes.
Polling stations open at 07:00 BST on Thursday and close at 22:00.
The ballot paper will list all the candidates standing in your constituency. Put a cross in the box next to the candidate you want to vote for.
The deadline to register to vote was 22 May. It is now too late to do so.
If you need an emergency proxy vote - if you are called away unexpected for work or you suffer a medical emergency - you can apply by 17:00 on polling day.
For more information visit the Electoral Commission website.
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Just 250 fathers officially took shared parental leave in Wales last year.

This was compared to 27,650 mothers taking maternity leave according to figures obtained by BBC Wales from HMRC for 2016/17.
It means less than 1% of new fathers in Wales received payment for shared parental leave to look after their newborn children.
The figures are for the first full financial year since shared parental leave was introduced in 2015.
The Freedom of Information request also found in England 6,100 fathers and 542,850 mothers received a statutory payment to take time off work with their children.
The figures, obtained by BBC Radio Wales' Eye On Wales, account only for men who received shared parental pay and women who received statutory maternity pay.
A spokesman said: "Parents may also take unpaid leave. HMRC are not able to identify these individuals and therefore cannot identify everyone taking shared parental leave or maternity leave."
The numbers were rounded to the nearest 50.
Source: UK Government; ACAS
Cardiff University IT worker Tom Green, 37, took six months of shared parental leave to look after his son Sam.
He said: "Even though women take maternity leave this is accepted as the norm - I was the first person to take shared parental leave in my part of the university, so it wasn't usual.
"If I'm a pioneer, I'm a pioneer. I don't feel like it. I'm just trying to do the best for my family."
Jennifer Liston-Smith from My Family Care, which advises employers be more family friendly, said: "To come out, if you like, as wanting to share parenting, and certainly for guys in corporate cultures that is a little different and there are things for them to think about - is it going to affect their careers? Anything like this takes time to become more popular."
She said some fathers were using shared parental leave - which can be taken in blocks and at the same time as the mother is on maternity leave - as an add-on to paternity leave.
Ms Liston-Smith added: "What tends to happen is that a partner will take the statutory paternity leave and then take two maybe four weeks of shared parental leave when the baby first arrives. Then towards the end of the parental leave the partner might take another chunk of leave, but not a huge absence from his job."