A French barman has been convicted of manslaughter and given a suspended sentence after allowing a customer to drink 56 shots that led to his death.

Renaud Prudhomme, 56, was at the bar with his daughter and friends when he attempted to break its shots record.
Mr Prudhomme was helped home but later taken to hospital, where he died the following day.
Barman Gilles Crepin, 47, admitted he encouraged Mr Prudhomme by displaying the shots record on a noticeboard.
Mr Crepin was given a four-month suspended sentence and banned from working in a bar for a year.
His lawyer, Renaud Portejoie, said he would appeal against the decision.
"It's a decision guided by emotion and the unconscious desire to set an example," said Mr Portejoie,
He told the court that Mr Prudhomme had existing respiratory and alcohol abuse problems.
"We can't ask every customer who buys alcohol to present their medical certificates," he said.
Antoine Portal, who represented Mr Prudhomme's daughter, said the family was "relieved" by the decision to ban Mr Crepin from working as a bartender.
"We want to remind some professionals that it is illegal to serve alcohol to clients who are in an advanced state of inebriation," she said.


Education chiefs in Newport say a new Welsh language secondary school will open in the city in September, after original plans were thrown out.

A new school on the site of Duffryn High School was refused amid concerns over possible flooding.
But a meeting on Friday was told a temporary school would be sited at Ysgol Bro Teyrnon in Shaftesbury.
Council officials said it could be there for two years while the search for a permanent location continued.
Addressing the meeting of about 100 parents at Newport's Civic Centre, the council's head of education James Harris said the authority intended to press ahead with opening the new facility in the autumn.
Parents were also told by the new school's chair of governors, Elin Maher, that the governing body had recommended that the new school will be called Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Iscoed.


Tributes have been paid to a prominent farmer and businessman who was killed in an accident on his farm.

Sixth-generation dairy farmer Derek Mead, 72, employed about 300 staff across the Mead Group.
A family statement said Mr Mead was killed in a "tragic accident" on Sunday afternoon "doing what he loved".
He was reportedly involved in a freak accident involving a dog and a tractor at his farm in Hewish, near Weston-super-Mare in Somerset.
The Health and Safety Executive said it had been alerted to the death of a farmer and an investigation was under way.
"It's with a heavy heart that we have to let you know our father and grandfather, Derek Mead, was killed on his farm," the family said in a statement.
Mr Mead campaigned hard for the dairy industry and had been a critic of the National Farmers Union (NFU) for many years, claiming it did not properly represent the interests of farmers.
Speaking in 2015 he described all areas of British farming as being "on the floor" but said dairy farming had "been in crisis for the last 20 years and it's about time it was sorted out".
Mr Mead was chairman of Puxton Park, near Weston-super-Mare, and of Junction 24, which is a business centre and one of the largest livestock markets in the South West.
Chris Rundle, who worked as an adviser for Mr Mead, said his investment of Â£10m to help develop Sedgemoor Livestock Centre had "put new heart back in to the livestock trade".
"But he never got recognition for it - people have got knighthoods for doing far less than Derek's done."


Scrap metal dealers are being asked to help police catch two men who stole the ceremonial chains of the mayor and mayoress of Bury, Greater Manchester.

A robber hit the mayor's driver with a hammer as he loaded a briefcase containing the chains into the mayoral car in Radcliffe on 30 October.
He then jumped into a waiting green Volkswagen Polo in the town's Stand Lane area, which then drove off.
Police fear the chains, worth about Â£200,000, may be sold or melted down.
The mayor's driver suffered a fractured shoulder blade during the theft. No arrests have been made since the incident.
The mayor, Councillor Michelle Wiseman, and her daughter Danielle, who is serving as mayoress, had been attending a service of remembrance on the day of the theft.
The mayor's chain was given by Queen Victoria in 1877 with the mayoress's chain a gift to mark the monarch's Diamond Jubilee 20 years later.
Det Con Martin Brown said: "It has been four months since these chains, which are of enormous historical and monetary value, were stolen during a violent robbery.
"Although the scrap metal is dwarfed by the historical significance and heritage of these chains, the culprits will only profit from this theft by selling the chains on the black market or by melting them down.
"I would appeal to metal dealers, not just in Bury but throughout Manchester, to be vigilant and if you come into contact with anyone offering you these chains then please do the right thing and call us."


Non-urgent patients have been told they face longer waits at a Cardiff hospital this weekend.

University Hospital of Wales said a high number of seriously-ill patients were admitted through the week, putting services under pressure.
Doctors will prioritise these cases, resulting in longer waits for others.
Alice Casey, from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, asked people to "think carefully" if they needed to go to the emergency unit.
The health board said there were 5,310 visits to the emergency unit in January, up 13% on the previous year.
On Friday, patients were told to stay away from Bronglais Hospital in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, after several patients fell ill with symptoms associated with the norovirus.


BP shareholders have rejected a pay package of almost £14m for chief executive Bob Dudley at the oil company's annual general meeting.

Just over 59% of investors rejected Mr Dudley's 20% increase, one of the largest rejections to date of a corporate pay deal in the UK.
The vote is non-binding on BP, but earlier, chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg promised to review future pay terms.
Mr Dudley received the rise despite BP's falling profits and job cuts.
Corporate governance adviser Manifest says the vote is at or above the fifth-largest in the UK against a boardroom remuneration deal.
In his opening address to the shareholders' meeting, before the vote had been formally announced, Mr Svanberg acknowledged the strength of feeling, saying: "Let me be clear. We hear you."
He continued: "We will sit down with our largest shareholders to make sure we understand their concerns and return to seek your support for a renewed policy."
"We know already from the proxies received and conversations with our institutional investors that there is real concern over the directors' pay in this challenging year for our shareholders.
"On remuneration, the shareholders' reactions are very strong. They are seeking change in the way we should approach this in the future," he said.
The Institute of Directors said the shareholder rebellion would "determine the future of corporate governance in the UK".
"British boards are now in the last chance saloon, if the will of shareholders in cases like this is ignored, it will only be a matter of time before the government introduces tougher regulations on executive pay," said director general Simon Walker.
Shareholders that criticised the pay deals included Aberdeen Asset Management and Royal London Asset Management.
Investor group Sharesoc branded the pay deal "simply too high", while Glass Lewis, ShareSoc, Pirc and Institutional Shareholder Services have also expressed their opposition.
Earlier on Thursday, Ashley Hamilton Claxton, corporate governance manager at Royal London, told the BBC: "The executives received the maximum bonuses possible in a year when [BP] made a record loss, and to us that just does not translate into very good decision-making by the board.
"We think it sends the wrong message. It shows that the board is out of touch."
She told the BBC's Today programme that if 20%-25% of shareholders vote down the pay deal, it would force BP to "think long and hard about their decision".
The early voting figures suggest that the opposition is even bigger that she expected.
Giving someone a 20% pay rise for a year's work that saw BP record its biggest ever operating loss seems perverse even by chief executive pay standards.
If it's any consolation, (I doubt it will be), bosses at Exxon and Chevron got paid even more than Bob Dudley even though the value of their companies fell by more than BP. That's the bit that sticks in the craw for many. Under what circumstances don't these guys get paid a fortune? It would be fine if some years you win, some years you lose - but they never seem to lose.
We may get a rebellion of 20-30% of shareholders today but even if it was more than 50%, the board doesn't have to listen. Shareholders do have a binding vote every three years on the pay policy and formula. No use crying now, the formula that spat out £14m for Bob Dudley was approved in 2014 by 96% of shareholders.
Read Simon's full blog here.
BP's pay policy is subject to a binding shareholder vote every three years. It was last set in 2014, meaning new proposals are due to be put forward for shareholder approval again in 2017.
Many experts argue that Mr Dudley is merely earning the market rate for international executives.
Mark Freebairn, partner at recruitment firm Odgers Berndtson, told Today: "If Bob Dudley was to leave [BP] it would be for a competitive company and remuneration would be part of the discussion. If you operate in a global market, you have to operate on a global scale."
BP was now in a far better position than when Mr Dudley took the helm, he said.
After the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, BP's share price collapsed and it was forced to sell off assets worth billions of pounds to pay costs, fines and compensation.
However, the collapse in the oil price over the past 18 months saw BP's profit tumble, and the company is axing another 3,000 jobs worldwide on top of the 4,000 cuts already announced.
A spokesman for BP said before the meeting at London's ExCel centre had begun that shareholders had previously backed the pay formula.
"Despite the very challenging environment, BP's safety and operating performance was excellent throughout 2015... BP's performance surpassed the board's expectations on almost all of the measures that determine remuneration - and the outcome therefore reflects this.
"And these clear measures derive directly from BP's remuneration policy which was approved by shareholders at the 2014 AGM with over 96% of the vote," the spokesman said.
Mr Dudley's pay package was less than that earned by some rivals in the oil and gas industry, including at Exxon and Chevron. But it was more than the award for Ben van Beurden, chief executive at Royal Dutch Shell, whose salary package fell from €24.2m (£19m) in 2014 to €5.58m last year.
Experts point out, though, that it can be difficult to compare like-with-like. For instance, Mr van Beurden's 2014 pay involved one-off pension payments and "tax equalisation" measures when he moved from the UK to the Netherlands.
And in 2015 Mr Dudley and Mr van Beurden received very different rewards under their long-term incentive plans, LTIPs.  Shell gave its chief executive 8% of the LTIP, down from 49% in 2014. Mr Dudley's long-term bonus increased from 63.8% of maximum to 77.6%.


David Cameron wants to get a deal quickly on his EU reforms so he can hold a referendum by late June.

The prime minister wants to keep up the political momentum, give his opponents less time to organise and get the issue out of the way as soon as possible.
But if the negotiations come unstuck in Brussels this week, can Mr Cameron still get his referendum by June?
The short answer is yes.
Here is the long answer why.
Once a deal is done, the European Union Referendum Act 2015 makes clear that three processes need to take place before the referendum can be held.
First, a swathe of secondary legislation needs to be passed through Parliament, minor bits of law that fill in the gaps left blank by the Act.
These would set things like the date of the referendum, the length of the statutory "referendum period", and various rules about the administration of the poll.
Now, getting these so-called statutory instruments through Parliament can be complicated and involve various committees sitting before a decision is made.
As a rule of thumb, they normally take six weeks to become law. But, as ever, there is flexibility and if MPs, peers and officials pull their fingers out, that timescale can be crunched down to a couple of weeks, according to the House of Commons library.
Second, there needs to be a period of time allowed for the Electoral Commission to choose which two organisations will officially campaign for Remain and Leave and receive public funding to do so.
According to existing electoral law, this so-called "designation period" must last six weeks.
But the Referendum Act actually allows the government to set the start date and the duration of the period. So that six weeks could be shortened, although the Electoral Commission might resist that.
And third, there must be a so-called referendum period - when the formal campaign takes place and various spending rules are in force - that must last a minimum of 10 weeks. That is one of the few timescales in the whole process that is fixed.
The government has pencilled in Thursday, 23 June for the referendum.
So if you wind back ten weeks, the formal referendum period must begin by Thursday, 14 April.
If you shorten the designation period down to, say, three weeks, that would have to begin by Thursday, 24 March.
And then if you assume MPs and peers take only three weeks to pass all the necessary secondary legislation, that process would have to begin by Thursday 3, March.
Now these are all assumptions but they are not implausible ones.
And I have been quite generous in the timescales: Parliamentary processes can always be fast tracked in extremis; and it is not impossible for the designation period to overlap with the referendum period.
The bottom line is that the prime minister has until the end of February or at least early March to get a deal on his EU reforms without losing his potential referendum date in late June.
There is still time, say, for a second emergency summit to be held at the end of next week, or even a few days beyond.
One thing is clear: Mr Cameron is in a hurry.
As he told MPs last month: "I am keen to get on and hold a referendum....Believe me, by the time we get to the end of the referendum campaign, everyone will have had enough of the subject."


The last Tornado squadron based at RAF Lossiemouth in Moray has staged a final flypast before being disbanded.

The Tornado has been the key fast attack jet for the RAF for almost 40 years, but it is now being replaced by Eurofighter Typhoons.
A flypast and simulated ground attack formed the culmination of the final formal sortie of 15 Squadron.
It is the training unit for the Tornado, and the last of four Tornado squadrons to be disbanded.
The ear-splitting noise of the Tornado has been a feature in the skies above Moray since the supersonic planes were first based there in the early 1990s.
The multi-role aircraft was capable of attacking targets on the ground and at sea, as well as aerial reconnaissance and defence.
The planes from Lossiemouth have seen service in combat over Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya.
They are being replaced with Eurofighter Typhoons which now form the Quick Reaction Force, tasked with intercepting unidentified aircraft in British airspace.


Five terror suspects, including the radical cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri, are on their way to face charges in the US after extradition from the UK.

One of two aircraft carrying the suspects arrived in the state of Connecticut in the early hours of Saturday. The other is bound for New York state.
Abu Hamza is thought to be on the second plane.
The men were deported after UK High Court judges dismissed a final appeal.
They said the five men, Abu Hamza, Babar Ahmad, Syed Talha Ahsan, Adel Abdul Bary and Khaled al-Fawwaz, did not show "new and compelling" reasons to stay in the UK.
Abu Hamza faces 11 charges in the US relating to hostage taking, conspiracy to establish a militant training camp and calling for holy war in Afghanistan.
Once he lands he is set to appear in front of a judge within 24 hours in an open hearing.
Mr al-Fawwaz and Mr Bary are accused of being aides to Osama Bin Laden in London. Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan face charges in connection with the alleged running of a pro-jihad website.
Officers from the UK police's extradition unit handed the men to US marshals at the Mildenhall Royal Air Force base in Suffolk.
A police convoy brought the suspects from Long Lartin prison in Worcestershire to Suffolk at 19:15 BST.
In a statement, Home Secretary Theresa May said she was pleased that the court decision meant "these men, who used every available opportunity to frustrate and delay the extradition process over many years, could finally be removed".
She said: "This government has co-operated fully with the courts and pressed at every stage to ensure this happened.
"It is right that these men, who are all accused of very serious offences, will finally face justice."
Abu Hamza is expected to be held at the Metropolitan Correction Centre in New York in an area reserved for high-profile prisoners.
A pre-trial hearing is likely to take place within about three weeks. The actual trial, which should take place in a public courtroom, could take between one and three years.
A US District Court hearing has been scheduled for Mr Ahmad and Mr Ahsan in Connecticut later, according to officials.
The two men are thought to be aboard the plane bound for the state, where an internet service provider was allegedly used to host one of the websites.
The High Court ruling on Friday afternoon brought to an end a long-running legal battle. The men's extradition requests were submitted between 1998 and 2006, between eight and 14 years ago.
The suspects final appeal came after the European Court of Human Rights agreed with successive UK courts, that they should face extradition.
Judges Sir John Thomas and Mr Justice Ousley said in their ruling that there was an "overwhelming public interest in the functioning of the extradition system" and that there was "no appeal from our decision".
Sir John added that there was little doubt each man had, over the years, "either taken or had the opportunity to take every conceivable point to prevent his extradition to the United States".
Their written ruling, read out in court, concluded that "each of the claimants' applications for permission to apply for judicial review or for a reopening of the statutory appeals be dismissed".


Fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to buy a private equity firm with bases in the US and Hong Kong.

Aberdeen said acquiring Flag Capital Management would bring additional Asian expertise to the company and deepen its client base in the US.
Flag's focus includes real assets in the US, as well as private equity in the Asia-Pacific region.
Real assets are physical or tangible assets such as commodities, precious metals, real estate and oil.
As of 31 December, US-based Flag managed assets of about $6.3bn on behalf of clients.
Aberdeen chief executive Martin Gilbert said: "Institutional investors are increasingly looking towards alternative asset classes, including private market allocations, to diversify their portfolios and enhance returns.
"This transaction is in line with Aberdeen's strategy of undertaking clear value-added acquisitions that will assist with accelerating business growth in this area."


Eilish McColgan says the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio are "now more than ever" her goal after revealing she is unlikely to race again this year.

McColgan, 24, broke her ankle in January and has suffered a setback in her return from injury.
"Initially, we believed this injury would be a small blip in the road meaning six weeks off from running," McColgan wrote in a training blog.
"Sadly, the fracture has fully extended."
The Scot competed at London 2012 in the 3000m steeplechase, failing to make the final, and came sixth in the same event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
She said: "There is nothing I can do except rest and attempt to let the bone heal as impacting the joint will continue to open the fracture.
"The healing becomes less likely as time goes on, so shortly I will find out whether I need to undergo surgery in order to force the bone to heal.
"Hopefully from September I can slowly build up my training again. A completely injury-free, illness-free, winter is going to be central to my preparation for 2016 and many athletes struggle to achieve that.
"Rio 2016 will come round before any of us realise and at the end of the day the Olympic Games is the pinnacle. All the hard work, dedication, and sacrifices are purely for the Olympics. Every athlete wants to be a part of it.
"My event choice is still under question - perhaps a move to the 5000m or 10,000m will be more feasible after foot surgery, rather than risking injury over the steeplechase in such an important year."


Joe Root is hoping he has done enough to earn his England debut on the current tour in India, having scored 166 in a warm-up match.

The 21-year-old Yorkshire opener compiled the runs against DY Patil Academy for the England Performance Programme (EPP) side this week.
15-19 Nov: 1st Test, Ahmedabad India won by 9 wickets
23-27 Nov: 2nd Test, Mumbai England won by 10 wickets
5-9 Dec: 3rd Test, Kolkata
13-17 Dec: 4th Test, Nagpur
"It was crucial I took the opportunity and have the weight of runs behind me," he told BBC Sport.
"If I said I wasn't disappointed not to play in the first Test, I'd be lying."
Root lost out on a Test debut to Nick Compton in the first Test and also missed England's series-levelling victory in the second Test after Jonny Bairstow was called in to replace Ian Bell, who had gone home for the birth of his first child.
Bell is back with the team for the third Test, which starts on Wednesday in Kolkata.
"Everyone needs time in the middle, especially when you've not been playing," added Root.
"I'll just be doing everything I can in the nets, working with all the coaches to try to improve my game and take as much from the tour as possible - but also to make sure if required I'm ready to go."
England are level in the four-Test series after Alastair Cook's side defeated India by 10 wickets in the previous Test - it was only their second Test win in India in 14 matches since 1985.
"Obviously, we're on a massive high at the minute," said Root.
"Everyone's in a really good place, and really looking forward to what's to come here in Kolkata."


Health warnings have been issued for parts of England as high air pollution levels are forecast.

But why does pollution cause problems, and what should people do?
Winds have brought in pollutants from the Continent and dust from the Sahara, as well as "home-grown" pollution.
Levels hit the maximum of 10 on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) air-pollution quality scale in Norfolk on Tuesday - meaning a "very high" risk of air pollution - and are expected to be high in parts of England on Wednesday.
At level 10, adults and children with lung or heart problems, and older people, should avoid "strenuous" physical activity altogether - such as exercising outside in the afternoon when levels are particularly high.
When the reading is between seven and nine, those with health and lung problems should reduce physical activity, and those with asthma may find they need to use their inhaler more frequently.
Yes, if they experience symptoms. These are likely to be minor :
But the advice is that anyone experiencing them should consider reducing outdoor activity.
Quite simply because you are breathing in particles that are carried deep into the lungs which then irritate or inflame.
Those who are young and healthy are unlikely to suffer serious short-term effects. But long-term exposure can affect the respiratory system and contribute to heart disease, it is thought, by thickening the blood.
Last year the World Health Organization (WHO) said air pollution was a potential cause of lung cancer.
A recent WHO report calculated seven million people had died as a result of pollution - both indoor and outdoor - in 2012.
Outdoor pollution was linked to:
Pollution is a major problem in cities such as Beijing and Mexico City.


Ospreys climbed to the top of the Pro12 with a convincing bonus-point win over reigning champions Connacht.

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The hosts made a flying start, with Dan Baker and Olly Cracknell scoring excellent team tries to give them a commanding 14-0 half-time lead.
Prop Nicky Smith powered over for a third try, before Sean O'Brien earned Connacht a late consolation score.
Even with fly-half Sam Davies in the sin-bin, Ospreys sealed the bonus point with Ashley Beck's last-minute try.
That gave Steve Tandy's men a Pro12 double over Connacht for the season, and added a final gloss to their eighth successive victory in all competitions.
Starting the game in third place and two points behind leaders Munster, Ospreys blew Connacht away with a high-octane first quarter.
The home side attacked with purpose and pace, fly-half Davies setting the tempo and the forwards carrying powerfully.
It was that combination which paved the way for the opening score, as Davies' perfectly-timed flat pass allowed flanker Cracknell to gallop deep into Connacht's half.
Ospreys maintained that momentum with a slick sequence of phases, and number eight Baker was on hand to plunge over from close range.
They had a second try with just 15 minutes gone, with Cracknell picking another fine angle and accelerating clear to touch down.
After encountering a little more Connacht resistance in the second half, Ospreys scored their third try as Smith wrestled his way over.
They were already 24-0 up when Davies was shown a yellow card for a high tackle on John Cooney, rendering O'Brien's score from a turnover a mere consolation for the visitors.
Ospreys' confounded their numerical disadvantage to score their bonus point-securing fourth try with the final play of the game, as Beck squeezed over in the corner.
Ospreys: Dan Evans; Dafydd Howells, Ashley Beck, Josh Matavesi, Hanno Dirksen; Sam Davies, Tom Habberfield; Nicky Smith, Sam Parry, Ma'afu Fia, Lloyd Ashley, Alun Wyn Jones (capt), Olly Cracknell, Justin Tipuric, Dan Baker.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Paul James, Rhodri Jones, Adam Beard, Sam Underhill, Brendon Leonard, Dan Biggar, Kieron Fonotia.
Connacht: Tiernan O'Halloran; Niyi Adeolokun, Rory Parata, Peter Robb, Matt Healy; Jack Carty, John Cooney; Denis Buckley, Tom McCartney, Finlay Bealham, Quinn Roux, James Cannon, Sean O'Brien, Jake Heenan, Naulia Dawai
Replacements: Dave Heffernan, JP Cooney, John Andress, Lewis Stevenson, Eoin McKeon, Caolin Blade, Danie Poolman, Ciaran Gaffney
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Gary Conway (Ireland), Ben Whitehouse (Wales)
TMO: Neil Paterson (Scotland)


Wales' most critically ill will be helped by a new quicker helicopter to ensure patients are transferred to hospital within the "golden hour".

The Wales Air Ambulance (WAA) has launched its new H145 aircraft, which can fly in the night as the "charity moves closer" to  24-hour service.
It is the first of three new custom-built helicopters to be introduced by the air ambulance service in 2017.
The helicopter, based in Llanelli, will provide cover for south Wales.
"With continued fundraising, this new aircraft will support our aim to progress to a 24-hour operation, so we can help anyone in their most difficult hour - whether that's day or night, " said WAA chief executive Angela Hughes.
Operations manager Mark Winter added: "The cockpit is set up for night vision technology. We have a weather radar, additional lights underneath and a 'tracker light' on the front, which is like a giant torch and incredibly powerful. These new features will make a difference to the work we can do after dark."
The new aircraft, which replaces the old eight-year-old EC135 model, can fly up to 150mph (241km/h), has extra room for treatments and can fly longer without refuelling.
It has a high-speed internet connection to "enable crews to communicate vital information to hospitals directly from our medical equipment while en route".
"The H145 is a significantly more advanced machine, meaning we can do so much more for the people we help," added Mr Winter.
"We fly to missions where time really matters, so a more powerful aircraft helps to keep us within the golden hour."


A survey of nearly 400 firms has suggested the Scottish economy has been growing since the Brexit vote - but only at a slow pace.

Firms reported generally weaker trends in both performance and optimism than last year.
But the Scottish Chambers of Commerce survey found a pick-up in construction activity in the third quarter.
Optimism in financial and business services also "returned to positivity" for the first time in more than a year.
Manufacturers reported a higher trend in export growth than in the previous quarter.
Tourism businesses also reported positive growth over the summer period, but at a lower rate than they enjoyed the previous year.
Meanwhile, the retail sector recorded its lowest optimism levels for three years.
Overall, the Quarterly Economic Indicator suggested Scottish businesses were continuing to create new jobs, but recruitment difficulties remained widespread.
The survey was carried out between 22 August and 12 September.
In construction, the survey suggested both housebuilding and public sector contracts returned to growth, with almost 45% of all businesses in the sector stating that total sales had increased.
Oil and gas service sector businesses continued to report declining results, but the rate of decline was "much more shallow" than at any other time over the past year.
While there were signs of export growth for manufacturers, the survey suggested capital investment was slowing and cash flow declining.
Responses from the retail sector suggested that online was the only growing sales channel. Some said they were expecting future sales revenues to improve but question marks remained over profitability and margins.
The tourism industry saw strong trends in international visitors, suggesting they could be taking advantage of the favourable exchange rates following the decline in the value of the pound since June.
Neil Amner, chairman of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce Economic Advisory Group, said: "The overall picture painted by these results is one of a Scottish economy that is growing, but growing slowly.
"Within that we are seeing some sectors such as construction and tourism gaining ground over the summer period, whilst the retail sector in particular appears to be pessimistic, with retailers telling us that the weakening of sterling has led to rising costs which, in turn, is impacting on profit margins.
"We know that the Scottish economy has grown at a generally far slower pace than that of the UK as a whole since the early part of 2015 and there are a range of factors which have influenced that, including the impact of the collapse of global oil prices, which began in 2014.
"Despite the fact that we are now beginning to see far less negative results from businesses in the oil and gas sector than at any time in the last year, we expect continued consequences of low oil prices to be manifested in the short to medium term."
Earlier this week, official figures showed output from the Scottish economy grew by 0.4% in the second quarter of this year but lagged behind the UK as a whole.
Scotland's chief statistician estimated services grew by 0.5% and production by 0.3% between April and June, while construction contracted by 1.9%.
UK output as a whole grew by 0.7% over the same period.


Scientists have determined that the sub-surface body of water on the Saturnian moon Enceladus must be far more extensive than first thought.

Using pictures from the Cassini probe, the researchers have detected and tracked a slight wobble in the moon.
After seven years of study, they have concluded this flutter would be much less if the icy crust was connected directly to Enceladus's rock core.
It is strong support for the idea of an intervening, global mass of liquid.
"If the surface and core were rigidly connected, the core would provide so much dead weight that the wobble would be far smaller than we observe it to be," said Matthew Tiscareno, a Cassini scientist based at the Seti Institute but previously affiliated to Cornell University, US.
"This proves that there must be a global layer of liquid separating the surface from the core."
Activity on Enceladus has been one of the great discoveries on the Cassini mission, which arrived at Saturn in 2004.
The first clue that something interesting was going on was some low-resolution images showing a plume coming off the south pole that had the space-interested internet all abuzz.
Shortly after, Cassini detected a disturbance in magnetic fields produced by the presence of what appeared to be an atmosphere.
Scientists then established that the moon was actually venting huge jets of water vapour through south polar surface cracks dubbed tiger stripes because of their resemblance to the big cat's fur coat.
Models were subsequently produced to explain how liquid water could be maintained on a 500km-wide body in the outer Solar System, and how that water might be feeding the jets.
But there has always been a debate about how large the hidden reservoir might be. Early thinking suggested it might only be a relatively small lens of water.
This new result, published in the journal Icarus, is the best evidence yet that the sub-surface sea is not regional in nature, but encircles the entire globe.
It is significant because it makes it more possible that Enceladus is a habitable world.  In those jets, Cassini has also detected salts and organic molecules.  The chemistry has scientists intrigued, and fired up to send a dedicated mission to the moon.
When that might happen is unclear.  Both the US and European space agencies are only planning currently to send probes to Jupiter, and even they are not likely to get to their destination until the 2030s.
Cassini itself is winding up its observations in the Saturn system.  It has another couple of close passes of Enceladus this year before it then starts to manoeuvre towards disposal in the ringed planet's atmosphere in 2017.
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Louise McDaniel struck five minutes from time to earn hosts Northern Ireland a draw with Scotland in the Women's U19 European Championship.

The substitute's glancing header came after Kirsty Hanson slotted in the opener early in the second half.
It leaves both sides with one point - and both need to win their final Group A games on Monday to have any chance of making the semi-finals.
Germany beat Spain 2-0 while England lost out 2-0 to the Netherlands.
It leaves England with one win from two Group B matches going into Monday's encounter against France, who hammered Italy 6-1.
It was an entertaining match at a sunny Mourneview Park with the Scots carving out the best chances in the first half.
Hanson beat two defenders before blazing just over before NI keeper Lauren Perry superbly tipped a powerful shot from Claire Adams onto the bar.
Amy Gallacher screwed her shot wide of the NI goal while at the other end Brenna McPartlan fired straight at keeper Rebecca Flaherty.
Scotland took the lead seconds after the restart with Hanson latching on to Gallacher's through ball before sliding it past the advancing Perry.
Northern Ireland wasted a good chance to equalise when Leyla McFarland was clear eight yards out only to scoop her shot straight at Flaherty.
McDaniel made no mistake with her late leveller, meeting Megan Reilly's corner at the near-post and directing the ball past Flaherty.
It meant a deserved first point of the competition for the teams but they face a tough task to progress to the semi-finals with Germany on six points and Spain three.
Northern Ireland take on the Germans, who have already qualified for the semis, in Ballymena on Monday evening while the Scots face Spain in Lurgan.


Even if Nostradamus came back from the dead and applied all his psychic powers in the football world, the chances are that he would hold up his hands and admit defeat if asked to forecast what lays ahead of Celtic in Europe under Brendan Rodgers.

We know that the Celtic of September in Barcelona is not the Celtic of December in Manchester. We know that as a team they have gained confidence, if not a lot of points, in a very short space of time in Europe's pre-eminent club competition.
It's obvious that they have grown up these past few months, from the spooked innocents of the Nou Camp to the mature competitors we saw at Etihad Stadium.
We can't know where Celtic are going - Rodgers' budget in the transfer market and his luck in the draw should they make it back to this stage next season will have a lot to do with that - but we know something about where they have come from.
Sixteen months ago, they lost 2-0 to a modest Malmo side and crashed out of the Champions League in the qualifying stage. Their world seemed to be at an end. Now they have just completed the group stage - earning in the region of £23m - and their world is infinitely brighter.
Fifteen months ago they led Aberdeen 1-0 in a league match at Pittodrie before losing 2-1. Now they swat Aberdeen aside 3-0 in a cup final. Thirteen months ago they completed their double-header against Molde in the Europa League, losing 5-2 over two matches, and tried to dress it up as an unfair reflection of where they were at. It wasn't.
On Tuesday, they got a fully deserved draw in a Champions League match against a Manchester City team that might have been missing many stellar names but was still put together for a total of £92m with another £129m sitting on the bench.
Twelve months ago they went ahead against Motherwell at Celtic Park and lost 2-1. Now they go 2-0 down against Motherwell at Fir Park and win 4-3.
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We can see the journey to this point very clearly. We can see the difference a good manager can make. Rodgers' calm authority, motivational excellence and tactical nous has galvanised things in a major way.
He's done it quickly and with not a lot of money. His starting line-up in Manchester only contained one player that wasn't around last season - Moussa Dembele. Much has been made of Dembele's capture and there is no doubt that it's been a coup. Much has also been made of the arrival of Scott Sinclair and he, too, has been a big success.
The major difference that the manager has made, though, has come not in the players he has signed but the players he has reinvented.
Maybe Scott Brown, now free of injury, would be playing with the authority of old no matter who his manager was this season, but Rodgers made him a special case from day one and has love-bombed him at every turn.
James Forrest was on his way out of the door at Celtic Park and has been yanked back in and restored to something approaching his best form, even if inconsistency still dogs him.
Stuart Armstrong looks a different player. Tom Rogic has upped his level. Celtic now have a partnership at centre-back that is bedding in nicely.
The irony of ironies here is that one of the few players who has gone backwards under Rodgers is the one who stood out under Ronny Deila. Leigh Griffiths remains in Dembele's shadow. It's easy to see why, but Griffiths has started just two games since returning from injury in September and has nine goals compared to 18 this time last season.
With 12 minutes left in Manchester on Tuesday, Griffiths, a second-half substitute, had a chance to put Celtic back in front but he snatched at it and the moment passed. You wondered then would the Griffiths of last season have done more with it.
This is a continuing challenge for Rodgers. Dembele is his young star, but he can't afford to let Griffiths' confidence drain away on the bench.
It would be easy - and a little unfair - to deride Tuesday's game. Of course it was a dead rubber. Of course City were missing some of their biggest guns. Nine of the players who lost to Chelsea last weekend didn't play against Celtic - among them Sergio Aguero, Kevin de Bruyne and David Silva.
That still left Ilkay Gundogan, Nolito, Leroy Sane and Kelechi Iheanacho as the chief attackers and Gael Clichy, Bacary Sagna, Pablo Zabaleta and Fernando as vastly experienced defensive players. Guardiola went with some youngsters but there was heaps of experience around them.
What was obvious on the night was how comfortable Celtic looked, how they played without any fear, any regard for the reputations of some of those they were playing against. Weakened or not, that City team would have done damage against Celtic last season.
Celtic's football has got better over the course of six games, but that couldn't have happened had their mentality not got better. They've come on a ton in that regard. They're a more robust side now. They believe in themselves more than they did before.
They could have beaten City. After Patrick Roberts burst through to score the opening goal, there was a Forrest-inspired chance for Dembele, then a penalty that should have been given for a foul on Roberts, then Griffiths had a chance, then Gary Mackay-Steven had the best chance of all, just seven minutes from the end.
City had opportunities as well, but it was hard to find a single soul at the game who thought they were better and deserved to win. What they were saying was that Celtic may not have won the match but they won respect. Across two contests with Guardiola's team they scored four times and went unbeaten.
A new attitude has taken hold under Rodgers. The great frustration comes in the eight months they must now wait for another shot at getting back to this level. In the meantime, Rodgers and his chief executive, Peter Lawwell, have much to talk about.
The manager has taken Celtic forward without having spent the earth. It only amounted to three draws from six games in the Champions League this season but consider those three points as a firm foundation for next season. Rodgers has prepared the ground. The challenge for the club is building on top of it.


Would you be prepared to manage all your finances through your smartphone?

This is the hope of many financial technology - fintech - start-ups aiming to transform our money management habits.
They think we now trust our mobile technology enough to carry out banking, money transfers, investments and loan applications without ever stepping into a bank branch or writing a cheque.
But are they right?
One start-up is going a step further, bringing many financial services together onto one app so that you have complete visibility of all your cash transactions in one place.
The app, called Bud, has been developed by 26-year-old Ed Maslaveckas. He says: "Many people simply don't have the time or expertise to track down the apps that can help them manage their money.
"So we've created an independent, universal banking app for my generation and anyone else who wants to make their money work harder for them."
As well as several mainstream banks, many other fintech firms have joined Bud, including global "send and spend" money app Revolut, peer-to-peer money transfer firm CurrencyFair, and crowd-investment platform Crowdcube.
The idea is that customers will be able to aggregate all their bank and credit card accounts into one place and switch money between them quickly and easily, as well as make payments to other people at the click of a button.
"The Bud app fits into a wider trend in the market as banks battle it out to make their online services as effortless as possible," says John Rakowski, director of technology strategy at AppDynamics.
"As consumers become increasingly used to intuitive tools such as Siri and Google Now... the idea of using multiple apps to do their banking is becoming outdated."
But Bud has its work cut out to raise awareness, given that its own research suggests nine out of 10 young people have never even heard of fintech.
Anna Laycock, lead strategist at the London-based Finance Innovation Lab, warns that while the market is exploding with innovative ideas, those that succeed will be the ones that people can easily understand and engage with.
"Companies need to be able to articulate how their products help people," she says. "Anything that empowers people with information they can understand and that can help their money management is a positive development."
The advent of smartphones and apps has given the global financial services industry - and tech-based start-ups in particular - the opportunity to change the tone and style traditionally associated with finance, believes Mr Maslaveckas.
"For years financial services were loud and in your face. Companies were always trying to sell something to you that often wasn't to your benefit," he says.
"We're looking at things the other way round and offering people services that will benefit them."
In June, Bank of England governor Mark Carney, said: "Fintech will change the nature of money, shake the foundations of central banking and deliver nothing less than a democratic revolution for all who use financial services."
Smartphone-only banks, like Atom Bank and Mondo, are aimed at younger people comfortable running most of their lives on their phones.
At the moment Mondo only offers prepaid debit cards that can be topped up at cash machines and online, but it hopes to get a full banking licence later this year. This will enable it to offer standing order, direct debit and faster payments features.
Money management apps such as Loot and Moven aim to help consumers set a budget and keep track of their spending.
"You don't need to be a professional finance manager to be really good with money," reckons Mr Maslaveckas.
"You can get control of your finances simply by making the most of the fintech innovations that are already available to you on your phone."
High claims, but is it a reality?
There has certainly been an upturn in the number of new app-based fintech firms attracting serious investment across the world in the last few months.
Payments providers, peer-to-peer lenders, "robo advisers", trading platforms, and foreign exchange companies have all been catching investors' attention.
For instance, global Bitcoin-based payment app Circle raised $60m (£45m) at the end of June in a cash-raising exercise led by Beijing-based venture capital company IDG Capital.
The company has launched a Chinese venture and plans major European expansion.
And the aforementioned banking app Mondo raised £8m, some £1m of which was crowdfunded in just 96 seconds earlier this year.
Globally, consultancy Accenture says fintech investment has risen from about $3.2bn in 2012 to $22.2bn in 2015, with the volume of deals nearly doubling over that period.
Behind all this investment activity is the belief that technology is simplifying and democratising finance, putting control back into the hands of consumers.
Investment incubators, accelerators and innovation hubs are cropping up everywhere to encourage this flourishing sector.
For instance, Spanish banking giant Santander has set up a venture capital fund to back fintech start-ups working in areas that may improve its banking service.
"Any investments we make need to have potential commercial applications for Santander as a bank, and ultimately benefit our customers as the end users," explains Mariano Belinky, managing partner at Santander InnoVentures.
Two fintech projects already up and running as a result of the investment are Ripple and Kabbage.
The former allows banks to transfer international payments securely without the need for a middleman, while Kabbage provides quick online loans of up to £40,000 to small businesses.
But such convenience and flexibility doesn't necessarily come cheap.
A £40,000 Kabbage loan repayable over 10 months - the maximum period allowable - will cost you an additional £11,000. Hi-tech doesn't always mean low-cost.
Banks are having to respond to the fintech challenge with innovations of their own, whether that is voice biometrics or mobile codes for authentication purposes.
Some are experimenting with personalised video to improve customer service, while others are expanding the way they communicate, using social media platforms such as WeChat, Facebook Messenger and Whatsapp.
Others are even moving beyond banking. For example, Poland's award-winning Idea Bank focuses on providing services to entrepreneurs, including a cloud-based space where people can work, meet and collaborate.
All this innovation should mean that, as Mr Carney said: "With time, fintech could mean a more open, more transparent, and more democratic global financial system."
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US President Barack Obama has urged Congress to take action to avoid deep spending cuts due to begin on Friday.

Speaking at a shipyard in the state of Virginia, he warned the defence industry would be hit especially hard.
The US Navy has already told suppliers it would be forced to cancel future contracts if the cuts go through.
The US immigration and customs agency has meanwhile begun to release illegal immigrants from jails, as a result of the looming budget cuts.
Noting current "fiscal uncertainty", the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency said hundreds of illegal immigrants had been "placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form of supervised release".
On Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano warned the cuts would hit her department's core programmes - including border and airport security.
Firing a shot across lawmakers' bows, Mr Obama said the $85bn (Â£56bn) cuts, known as the sequester, were "arbitrary" and "dumb".
"They are a self-inflicted wound that doesn't have to happen," he said, speaking to shipbuilders gathered for his speech.
By Mark MardellNorth America editor
He delivered his remarks standing in front of a submarine propeller at the shipyard where scheduled maintenance on the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been delayed due to the cuts.
Mr Obama blamed Republican lawmakers for failing to compromise, and for rejecting some revenue increases to soften the blow of the cuts.
He added: "There are too many Republicans in Congress right now who refuse to compromise even an inch when it comes to closing tax loopholes and special interest tax breaks."
Tuesday's event was the president's latest effort in a campaign to sell to the American public his plan to avoid the sequester.
"I need you, Virginia, to keep up the pressure," the president said. "If you stand up and speak out, Congress will listen.
Unusually, Mr Obama, a Democrat, was accompanied on Tuesday by a Republican congressman, Scott Rigell, who fears job losses in his Virginia constituency if the cuts take effect.
Both Democrats and Republicans agreed to the sequester in 2011 as part of a bill to raise the US debt ceiling - the legal limit the government can borrow.
The cuts were designed to be so unappealing that lawmakers would be forced to agree to a separate deal, but amid gridlock in Washington, such an agreement was never reached.
Some Republicans have been saying the president is exaggerating the negative consequences of sequestration.
House Speaker John Boehner accused Mr Obama of using "our military men and women as a prop in yet another campaign rally to support his tax hikes".
The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said: "The president's been running around acting like the world's going to end because Congress might actually follow through on an idea he proposed and signed into law."
As well as the homeland security secretary, other Obama cabinet members have warned of dire consequences if the sequester is not stopped.
Last week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan said teachers' layoffs have already begun - although no details have been released.
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said US national parks would face a "perfect storm" if the sequester takes effect.
And Transport Secretary Ray LaHood suggested air traffic controllers would be furloughed while air travel could face delays.


It's your classic storyline, a group of different birds hurling themselves towards different structures to take out some green piggies.

Well it's worked as a game at least, the Angry Birds app was the first to get 500 million downloads.
So inevitably its makers Rovio are now dipping their toes into the world of film.
An animated feature is set for release in 2016, and they've just announced the cast.
The main character "Red" is set to be played by Jason Sudeikis, and in his first role since Frozen, Josh Gad will play Speedy Chuck.
Arguably the most useful bird, the Bomb, will be played by Danny McBride, who appeared in This is the End with Seth Rogan last year. Bill Hader however, will be on the receiving end of the birds' anger after joining the Pork Side.
Maya Rudolph will act the role of Matilda, and the smooth-talking Tyrion Lannister, or Peter Dinklage, will swap the Game of Thrones set for providing the voice of the Mighty Eagle.
There are a number of supporting roles being added to the flock too, including the YouTube stars Smosh (Ian Andrew Hecox and Anthony Padilla), who have more than 30 million subscribers.
While it might be Rovio's first go at films, they've already enjoyed screen success with their recent animated TV series notching up more than 3 billion views in its first 18 months.
The film's producer Josh Cohen says: "I'm extremely proud of this cast.
"These are some of the funniest people out there today, and we're thrilled to have them all on board."
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Poor critical care and staff shortages need to be tackled in hospitals run by Airedale NHS Foundation Trust, the health watchdog has said.

The trust, which runs Keighley's Airedale hospital, and Skipton and Castleberg hospitals, was rated 'requires improvement'.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) said there were not enough doctors in the new emergency department at Airedale.
The trust said it was addressing staffing issues.
Inspectors found that although the trust provided services that were caring, effective and responsive, it needed improvements to be safe and well led.
The report said nurse staffing levels in many clinical areas were regularly below the planned number, particularly in medical care, surgery and children's services.
It added that a new emergency department, which had been opened to meet an increase in patient numbers, did not have enough doctors to meet national guidance and there were too few specialists in critical care.
The inspection was carried out by the CQC between 15 and 18 March but inspectors also made unannounced visits.
Inspectors did however praise the work of community-based care teams in providing a "valued service" to help people remain in their homes as well as the trust's end of life care.
Bridget Fletcher, the trust's chief executive, said she was delighted the report highlighted examples of good practice but accepted there were areas that needed improving.
She said issues around staffing were being addressed and it had looked at the way it recruits nurses.


The star of the BBC's new psychological thriller The Replacement is the city of Glasgow, according to top architect Prof Alan Dunlop.

The three-part drama tells the story of young architect Ellen, who feels increasingly undermined by the woman who is to cover her maternity leave.
The programme is set in Glasgow and uses the city's most stylish buildings as locations.
The fictional firm at the heart of the drama, Gillies Warnock Architects, operates from a glass-fronted studio in the Merchant City.
And the home of the firm's bosses is a spectacular wood and glass-fronted house which features in several scenes.
It is an ex-furniture restorers' workshop in Glasgow city centre that was converted into a spacious, light-filled home.
Prof Dunlop, whose practice was responsible for a number of buildings in Edinburgh, and Glasgow including the Radisson Hotel on Argyle Street, told BBC Scotland that writer and director Joe Ahearne had put his finger on many of the real issues facing architects in practice such as staff relationships, egos, authorship, credit and accountability.
He thinks the main character, Ellen, is a believable young architect but has some reservations about the studio set-up and its relationship with its client.
However, Prof Dunlop said: "Without doubt the real star of The Replacement is Glasgow, the city looks splendid, with action in many of its Georgian and Victorian masterpieces, including the Hutcheson's Hall by Scottish architect David Hamilton and the City Chambers.
"The Merchant City, West End tenements and residences feature prominently. I'm looking forward to seeing more."


A man has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after two cars crashed in Llandudno on Saturday.

North Wales Police was called to the Clarence Road and Mostyn Avenue junction at about 00:25 BST, with ambulance and fire services also attending.
The driver of a Citroen ZX was taken to  Bodelwyddan's Ysbyty Glan Clwyd. He is in his 20s and not local to the area.
Anyone with information is asked to call 101.


Arsenal go into Saturday's FA Cup quarter-final against National League leaders Lincoln City as overwhelming favourites - but will the tie really be as easy as it seems?

You can watch FA Cup highlights of Arsenal v Lincoln City and Middlesbrough v Man City at 23:05 GMT on Saturday on BBC One and the BBC Sport website. Highlights of three Premier League matches are on MOTD at 22:20 GMT.
Defeat at Emirates Stadium is simply unthinkable for Arsene Wenger's side, even given their current problems, but this sort of supposed mismatch brings its own pressure for their players.
The Gunners won away at another National League side, Sutton United, in the fifth round but now they face a challenge that will be completely new to them at the Emirates, where they have never played a non-league team before.
Hibernian boss and BBC pundit Neil Lennon draws on his experience as a player and manager in the FA Cup and Scottish Cup to explain what Arsenal must overcome, and why their psychology will be as important as their tactics when it comes to reaching the last four.
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Lennon: "In the space of four days, Arsenal will go from playing Bayern Munich, one of the biggest clubs in the world and with some of the best players, to taking on a team they will have hardly heard of until recently.
"In this sort of situation as a player I always prepared myself as best I could but, mentally, it is hard to approach a game like this the same way as you would normally do.
"When I was playing for Leicester under Martin O'Neill, I remember going to Hereford in the third round of the FA Cup in the 1999-00 season.
"We had played Arsenal the week before the first tie and I was up against Thierry Henry, Marc Overmars and Emanuel Petit. I went from that to playing, among others, an electrician, a teacher and a farmer.
"I had been in the lower leagues with Crewe, and played and scored at Edgar Street when Hereford were a Football League team, so I had an idea of what to expect, which helped. I knew it would be tough.
"Even so, sub-consciously, there was not the same level of intensity to my game as there had been against Arsenal. How could there be?
"Whether you are home or away against a non-league side, the occasion, atmosphere and opposition are completely different to when you are playing one of the big clubs.
"It is very difficult to have the same approach, even if the remit is the same."
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Lennon: "We drew 0-0 at Hereford and only just about ended up winning the replay 2-1 after extra time. Martin had done everything he could to prepare us the right way, but we still nearly went out.
"I have been there myself as a manager too. You know the situation is fraught with danger, you can see what might happen - but it doesn't mean you can stop it.
"With Bolton last season, we also needed a replay to get past Eastleigh. Before the first game at their place, I tried to make sure my players knew what to expect.
"I had done everything I could to get rid of any complacency, but I was still looking around the dressing room before kick-off wondering if they all really knew how tough it would be.
"I had it with Hibs this season too, on our way to the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
"In the fourth round we played a junior team Bonnyrigg Rose at Tynecastle. We ended up winning comfortably, but for the first five or 10 minutes we did not settle at all.
"It felt we had stepped into the unknown and the only way of dealing with that was by being out on the pitch."
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Lennon: "Believe it or not, with Arsenal there might also be a few nerves in there too, because they will not want to be on the end of an embarrassment.
"Unlike most other matches, they will be thinking about that. You cannot ignore it - you have to address it and try to turn it into a positive.
"Part of my pre-match team talk for Bolton was basically saying to the players that this is Eastleigh's cup final, and that they would be in their dressing room now thinking they can beat us.
"I said that the BBC TV cameras were here to see us lose, for the magic of the cup and all that. So, let's not be the story, let's not be on the receiving end of that.
"I tried to tell them if we play like we can then we will be all right, but we still had to show them the respect that we would do any other team."
Lennon: "Having some experience in the team will be vital for Arsenal.
"There is no way I could have played a lot of young players against Eastleigh because it would have been like throwing a kitten into the jungle.
"I am sure their scouting report for Lincoln will be similar to the one we got for Eastleigh because at that level, you expect sides to be hard-working and physical.
"Defensively, it is about the basics of the game - you have to stop the crosses and defend set-plays with your life because that is an avenue for them. You can prepare for that in training - we did.
"At Eastleigh, the pitch was so bad that we could not play football on it so we ended up playing their type of game - it became a dog fight.
"That will not happen to Arsenal on a nice surface at Emirates Stadium on Saturday but they still need to be careful."
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Lennon: "Off the pitch, there is plenty that can affect you too.
"Arsenal have to deal with all the attention on Wenger's future at the moment and speculation over Alexis Sanchez too.
"At least Sanchez won't be sold before Saturday, though. The day before Bolton played Eastleigh I was told bids had been accepted for two of my players who were going to start and they could not play.
"The expectancy levels of the supporters, press and people on social media play a part as well.
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"I am sure Arsenal are happier to be playing at home than having another away tie against a non-league team, like they did against Sutton United in the last round.
"But it means their fans will rock up thinking they will see them win by three or four goals, when it doesn't always work out that way.
"If their players think the same, then the longer the game stays at 0-0, the danger is that they will start thinking 'we should be beating these' and stop playing their normal game.
"The first goal will make a difference too - Eastleigh scored first in both ties against us and you could see the lift that gave them.
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"Lincoln's run to get this far will give them huge momentum and belief, but I still think Arsenal will get through this tie - in fact I think they will win comfortably.
"We can assume Lincoln will work hard and give everything, but they will probably end up being outclassed.
"Arsenal had the experience and quality to get past Sutton in their last match, so you would have to expect them to negotiate this tie as well."
Neil Lennon was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.


Remains found at Waterfoot beach, County Antrim, last month were those of Peter Wilson, one of the "Disappeared", it has been confirmed.

Mr Wilson was 21 when he went missing from his home in the Falls Road area of west Belfast in 1973.
He is believed to have been abducted and murdered by the IRA.
On Tuesday, the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims Remains (ICLVR) said results of DNA tests confirmed the remains were Mr Wilson's.
His body will now be released to his family.
Members of the Wilson family had just attended a walk at Stormont in memory of the Disappeared on 2 November when a call came through to say his remains had been found.
His sister, Anne Connolly, said it was a shock to learn recently that he might be buried in Waterfoot as her mother, Lily, who died three years ago, often sat on village beach.
She spoke of a "mixture of relief, and great sadness" to learn that his body had been found so soon after the dig began.
Archaeologists and other experts had been examining the beach at Waterfoot in the Glens of Antrim after a tip-off to the ICLVR.
The commission has now overseen the discovery of seven bodies and numerous searches since it was set up in 1999 to locate those murdered and buried in secret graves by republican paramilitaries during the troubles.
Remains found in County Monaghan in July were confirmed as being those of Crossmaglen man Charlie Armstrong, a 57-year-old father-of-five who went missing on his way to Mass in 1981.
In October, the remains of Mr Armstrong's neighbour, Gerry Evans, were found at a site in County Louth.


(Close): Wall Street enjoyed its third straight day of gains, with the major indexes closing up more than 1%.

Share markets have now erased much of their losses suffered in the wake of last week's UK vote to leave the EU.
The Dow Jones ended up 235.3 points, or 1.3%, at 17,929.99, and the S&P 500 gained 28.09 points, or 1.36%, to 2,098.86. The Nasdaq added 63.43 points, or 1.33%, to 4,842.67.
Hershey shares surged 16.8% on news that Mondelez had made a takeover bid.
"We're reversing the Brexit as it becomes evident that it was more of a political vote and decision than an economic decision," said Bucky Hellwig, senior vice president at BB&T Wealth Management.
Major gainers on the Dow included Boeing, Caterpillar, General Electric and IBM, all of which rose more than 2%.
Financial stocks were broadly higher after the Federal Reserve gave the green light to 31 of 33 banks to return capital to shareholders following stress tests. JPMorgan Chase rose 1.5%, Goldman Sachs 2.1%, and Wells Fargo 0.8%.


A digital camera that functions like an insect's compound eye is reported in the journal Nature this week.

It comprises an array of 180 small lenses, which, along with their associated electronics, are stretched across a curved mounting.
The prototype currently has few pixels, so its images are low-resolution.
But the device displays an immense depth of field, and a very wide-angle view that avoids the distortion seen in standard camera lenses.
The development team, led from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US, believes its new imaging system could eventually find uses in surveillance and for endoscopic investigations of the human body.
In their report, the researchers also suggest such cameras could be fitted to tiny aerial vehicles one day that behaved like robotic insects.
At the moment, the "bug-eye" system's vision is comparable to that enjoyed by some ants and beetles.
The expectation, however, is that the array can be greatly enlarged.
"The compound design of the fly's eye incorporates perhaps 28,000 small eyes, or ommatidia," explained team-member Dr Jianliang Xiao from the University of Colorado at Boulder, US.  "That's the direction we want to move in," he told BBC News.
In an insect, each ommatidium in the compound eye has a corneal lens, a crystalline cone and a light-sensitive organ at its base. The ommatidia work in unison to build a picture of the world.
In the artificial version, microlenses sit above photodetectors and other electronics, and software stitches together the individual signals.
This whole arrangement is fabricated flat and then moulded to a hemispherical shape to give a 160-degree view. The latest generation of stretchable electronics was key to achieving the desired  geometry.
Scientists are keen to exploit the advantages of compound eyes.
For one, they show remarkable depth of field - they can focus on objects at different distances at the same time.  They also do not suffer from the aberrations seen in single lens systems when viewing off-axis objects. A good example is the huge distortion observed in wide-angle camera lenses such as the fish-eye.
For an insect, their compound system capabilities make them very sensitive to movement.
"Our system could eventually be used in surveillance cameras. One device of this kind could see 180 degrees.  If you had two, you could then conceivably see the whole field of view," said Dr Xiao.
Alexander Borst and Johannes Plett are from the Max-Planck-Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany.  They are not connected with the research but speculated for Nature on other possible future applications.
"Picture the following: a palm-sized micro aerial vehicle uses an artificial faceted eye to navigate autonomously through a collapsed building while other sensors onboard scan the environment for smoke, radioactivity or even people trapped beneath rubble and debris," they wrote in the journal.


Traffic delays continue on the A55 in Flintshire and one lane remains blocked hours after a coach caught fire.

Passengers had to be evacuated from the vehicle on the eastbound carriageway between junction 29 at Pant-y-dulath and junction 31 at Caerwys, near Holywell.
The coach was destroyed by the blaze and a replacement was sent to pick up passengers. No injuries were reported.
It is believed the fire was caused by an electrical fault.
Three crews from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service tackled the blaze after being called at 10:13 BST on Monday.
The lane will stay closed while the coach is recovered and the carriageway is repaired.
This footage was captured by motorist James Nicholls.


A Sri Lankan court has given suspended jail terms to three French tourists for wounding the religious feelings of Buddhists by taking pictures deemed insulting.

Two women and one man were detained in the southern town of Galle after a photographic laboratory alerted police.
The pictures show the travellers posing with Buddha statues and pretending to kiss one of them.
Most of Sri Lanka's majority ethnic Sinhalese are Theravada Buddhist.
Mistreatment of Buddhist images and artefacts is strictly taboo in the country. The incident is alleged to have taken place at a temple in central Sri Lanka.
Police spokesman, Ajith Rohana, told the BBC the French party had visited the laboratory to get pictures printed.
The images were impounded after the owner of the photographic laboratory alerted police, but they were later posted on a Sri Lankan website.
On Tuesday a magistrate sentenced the trio to six months in prison with hard labour, suspended for five years - which means they will not actually serve any time in jail. The court also levied a small fine on them.
They were convicted under a section of the Penal Code which outlaws deeds intended to wound or insult "the religious feelings of any class of persons" through acts committed in, upon or near sacred objects or places of worship.
Last month there were reports that five Arabs visiting the island were arrested for distributing "literature insulting to Buddhism".
In 2010 two Sri Lankan Muslim traders were given suspended jail sentences for selling keyrings containing an image of Buddha.
That same year Sri Lanka denied a visa to the R&B star Akon, who had been due to perform a concert.  It happened after public protests over one of his music videos which briefly showed scantily-clad women dancing in front of a Buddha statue.
There is currently widespread excitement in Sri Lanka as the Kapilvastu Relics - believed to be bones of Lord Buddha - have been brought to the island from India for a two-week tour of temples.


Billionaire landowner and philanthropist the Duke of Westminster has died aged 64, his family said.

Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor died at the Royal Preston Hospital in Lancashire on Tuesday after suddenly becoming ill on his Abbeystead Estate.
The duke's fortune was estimated at $10.8bn (£8.3bn) by Forbes magazine, making him the world's 68th richest person and the UK's third.
A friend of the Royal Family, he became the sixth Duke of Westminster in 1979.
He had four children including his only son, Hugh Grosvenor, 25, who is heir to the dukedom and also Prince George's youngest godfather.
Giving news of the duke's death, a spokeswoman said: "His family are all aware and they ask for privacy and understanding at this very difficult time.
"No further comment will be made for the time being but further information will follow in due course."
A Lancashire Police spokeswoman said officers were called at about 17:00 BST on Tuesday and made aware of the death of a 64-year-old man at Royal Preston Hospital.
"He was airlifted to hospital after he had been taken ill whilst walking in the Trough of Bowland. There are no suspicious circumstances and a file will be passed to the coroner," she added.
Among properties across the UK, he owned 190 acres in Belgravia, an area near to Buckingham Palace, and one of London's most expensive districts.
The sudden death of billionaire landowner and philanthropist the Duke of Westminster means his 25-year-old son Hugh has now inherited an estate worth £9bn.
Hugh Richard Louis Grosvenor, previously known by the honorary title Earl Grosvenor, works as an account manager for Bio-bean, a green technology company.
In January 2012 the duke threw a lavish 21st birthday party for 800 guests - dress code "black tie and neon" - which has been estimated at costing £5m.
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A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: "I can confirm that Her Majesty the Queen is aware of the news about the Duke of Westminster.
"A private message of condolence is being sent by the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh."
The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall were "deeply shocked and greatly saddened" by the sudden death of their friend the Duke of Westminster, a Clarence House spokeswoman said.
The Grosvenor family accrued much of their London wealth through the marriage of Sir Thomas Grosvenor to the heiress Mary Davies in 1677.
According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography she brought Grosvenor "the estates which would become the cornerstone of the family's later wealth".
The estates were described as Ebury farm, east of Chelsea, and a large holding between Tyburn Brook and Park Lane in central London. Today these are part of the wealthy Belgravia and Mayfair districts.
The country seat Eaton Hall in Cheshire has been home to the Grosvenor family since the 15th century.
The duke was born in Omagh and spent his early years in Northern Ireland.
He was educated at Harrow School, where he gained two O-levels, but once said that "academic studies came very low down on the list of priorities... games were very much my first priority".
The duke even had trials at Fulham FC, but his father is said to have disapproved of football as a career choice for an aristocrat.
Source: Forbes
He later worked on ranches in Australia and Canada before serving an informal apprenticeship in property management.
The duke abandoned his dream of a career as a soldier in 1973 on becoming trustee of the Grosvenor Estate aged 27, but signed up to the Territorial Army and in 1994 was made an OBE for his work in the volunteer force.
The duke was known for his strong views, and was an advocate of change in the Lords.
He quit the Conservative Party in 1993 after it proposed the Bill on Leasehold Reform, which would have had a huge effect on his massive London landholdings.
He also paid thousands to some of his workers to help them meet the poll tax, introduced by Margaret Thatcher, which he described as "insufferable".
The duke also insisted that he would "rather not have been born wealthy", and once said his life would have been easier if he had sold his estate to live in the Bahamas.
However, he went on to say that he could not do that because it "would not be responsible".
In 2000, he revealed he had suffered a nervous breakdown and that he had been overcome with depression in 1998, following the pressures of running his businesses and making 500 public appearances a year.
The Grosvenor Estate is an international property portfolio, which manages assets of £11.8bn in more than 70 cities.
These include:
Source: Grosvenor.com
The duke credited himself with using his wealth responsibly and gave financial support to both rural and inner-city areas with links to his estate.
The Westminster Foundation, which manages the estate's charitable giving, has donated to more than 1,500 charitable organisations since 1974. The Duke was also president of the Royal National Institute of Blind People for 25 years and president of the St John Ambulance for 10 years.
In an appearance on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs in 1995, the duke's favourite track was Albatross by Fleetwood Mac and his luxury item was a telescope.


A collection of 215 letters by one of the UK's most notorious gangsters are to go under the hammer in Glasgow.

The exchanges were written by crimelord Reggie Kray while he served a life sentence in prison, to Carol Clerk, the ghost writer of his autobiography.
Kray ran a huge crime empire across the east end of London in the 1950s and 60s, alongside his brother, Ronnie.
The letters, which will be sold at McTear's Auctioneers, are valued at between Â£10,000 and Â£15,000.
McTear's managing director Brian Clements said: "Ronnie and Reggie Kray's names are synonymous with gangland life. Anything associated with the pair always attracts interest.
"We do see Kray items coming to auction but we have never seen anything on this scale going under the hammer.
"When Reggie met his ghost writer in prison they were not allowed to take notes so all Reggie's thoughts and ideas had to be put in the form of letters after the meetings."
Victoria Irvine, a valuer at McTear's, said: "They're fascinating. The details that Reggie Kray revealed to his ghost writer throughout the 1980s and the early 90s, which all culminated in his autobiography, 'Born Fighter', make for a very interesting read.
"It's a snippet of the life of someone who was very important historically. We have sold letters before by Charles Manson and they did very well at auction, which is why I believe these letters have come to Scotland."
The Kray brothers, were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1969 for their involvement in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, assaults, and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell.
Ronnie died in Broadmoor Hospital in 1995 while Reggie died from cancer in October 2000, eight weeks after he was released from his term on compassionate grounds.


A string of extremely close battles in marginal seats along the M62 corridor in West Yorkshire could provide the key to the front door of Number 10 at May's general election.

One sitting MP has a majority of less than 400, with six others defending leads of well under 3,000.
That means the tiniest of swings away from their parties could see the MPs packing up their desks and their party leaders spending several years on the back benches in opposition.
A look at how a dozen of these key marginals have performed since the 1990s shows the way they have changed hands is mirrored by changes in government.
There have been boundary changes but, based on the constituencies we have now, eight of them would have been Conservative after the 1992 general election and four Labour. That year John Major's government continued in power with a small majority.
After the 1997 Labour landslide, not a single Conservative MP survived in these seats.
Fast forward to 2010 and to form a government the Conservatives knew they needed a national swing in their favour of a magnitude that would see their candidates take at least nine of the 12 West Yorkshire marginals. They finished up with just seven.
Labour successfully defended three and on the back of "Cleggmania" the Liberal Democrats finished up with two - and the coalition government was born.
Going into 2015, all these seats are going to be as fiercely fought as ever and once again are seen as vital reflections of the national fortunes of the parties.
Can Labour hang on in Morley and Outwood? Shadow chancellor Ed Balls is defending a lead of just 1,101.
Down the road in Halifax, a brand new Labour candidate, party worker Holly Lynch, inherits a majority of just 1,472 from retiring MP Linda Riordan.
Sitting Conservative MPs also have some slender leads to defend. Simon Revell took Dewsbury from Labour in 2010 by just 1,526 votes.
It is a similar story in Pudsey where Stuart Andrew came out ahead by 1,659. Former Bradford City Council leader Kris Hopkins finished up a mere 2,940 ahead of Labour in Keighley.
Will the two Liberal Democrats survive? Greg Mulholland took Leeds North West from Labour with a majority of 1,877 in 2005 and built it up to a relatively healthy cushion of 9,103 in 2010. Will that be enough?
Down the road in Bradford East, the 2010 General Election saw David Ward squeak in for the Liberal Democrats' second seat with West Yorkshire's smallest majority of 365.
UKIP, the Greens and the new Yorkshire First Party are also expected to field candidates in most of these important seats and have ambitions to take votes from the traditional frontrunners.
There are also a couple of other West Yorkshire contests that are worth watching even though they have never been seen as "swing" seats until recent years.
What had been the rock-solid Labour seat of Wakefield saw the then cabinet minister Mary Creagh pushed to the wire by the Conservatives with her majority squeezed to 1,613.
Then there is George Galloway. The Respect party leader humiliated Labour in the 2012 Bradford West by-election caused by the death of veteran Labour MP Marsha Singh. He wiped out Labour's fairly substantial lead and romped home with a 10,140 majority.
Since then his ambitions for the party have been curbed by internal strife and splits amongst its activists. Will that be enough to see Labour take back a seat it once saw as an unshakeable part of its heartland?


Torquay moved out of the National League relegation zone with a last-minute victory over rock-bottom Southport.

Ruairi Keating came off the bench with 10 minutes to go and later struck his first goal for the Gulls by converting a Daniel Sparkes pass.
The Devon side had taken a 36th-minute lead when Sparkes supplied a left-wing cross which Luke Young converted for his second goal in three games.
The National League's bottom club levelled just two minutes into the second half when Jim Stevenson's fierce strike went in off the left-hand post for his third goal of the campaign.
Torquay goalkeeper Brendan Moore made a couple of great saves in the second half and Louis Almond also went close with a header for Southport towards the end, but Keating struck at the death to push the visitors above Woking in the table on goal difference.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Southport 1, Torquay United 2.
Second Half ends, Southport 1, Torquay United 2.
Substitution, Torquay United. Giancarlo Gallifuoco replaces Dan Sparkes.
Substitution, Southport. Jack Higgins replaces Ben McKenna.
Goal!  Southport 1, Torquay United 2. Ruairi Keating (Torquay United).
Substitution, Southport. Jean-Charles Coly replaces Lindon Meikle.
Damon Lathrope (Torquay United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Substitution, Torquay United. Ruairi Keating replaces Brett Williams.
Substitution, Southport. Ashley Grimes replaces Andrai Jones.
Substitution, Torquay United. Jamie Reid replaces Shaun Harrad.
Goal!  Southport 1, Torquay United 1. Jim Stevenson (Southport).
Second Half begins Southport 0, Torquay United 1.
First Half ends, Southport 0, Torquay United 1.
Goal!  Southport 0, Torquay United 1. Luke Young (Torquay United).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Redruth boss Marek Churcher says his side should have scored more points in their 60-17 rout of lowly Exmouth in National Two South.

The Reds ran in 10 tries as they recorded their biggest win of the season and their first away victory.
"The boys were awesome, and we're probably a bit disappointed that it wasn't more," he told BBC Cornwall.
"We've set quite high standards this year and we've probably expected a bit more from ourselves."
The bonus-point win sees Redruth move up to fourth in the division, seven points behind leaders Taunton.
"It was important that we got that first win on the road," added Churcher. "We wanted to play a fast, open, physical game of rugby and we did that straight from the off."


Supermarket chains Tesco and Asda have withdrawn two Halloween outfits after they were criticised for stigmatising people with mental health issues.

Asda dropped its "mental patient fancy dress costume", and Tesco later withdrew its "psycho ward" outfit.
Both stores apologised for any offence caused and agreed to make donations to the mental health charity, Mind.
The charity, which complained that such costumes "fuel" stigma, will receive £25,000 from Asda.
Tesco has not said how much it will donate.
The £20 Asda outfit included ragged clothing, fake blood, a mask and a fake meat cleaver while Tesco's orange boiler suit came with a plastic jaw restraint and offered to "complete the look" with a machete.
Online retailer Amazon had also advertised the "psycho ward" outfit, but later said the costume was "not available".
A Tesco spokesperson said: "We're really sorry for any offence this has caused and we are removing this product from sale."
In a statement on Wednesday evening, Asda, which is owned by US retail giant Walmart, said the sale had been a "completely unacceptable error".
"[The costume] should never have been sold and it was withdrawn as soon as it was brought to our attention."
Asda added: "We're deeply sorry one of our fancy dress costumes has upset people."
It is understood the costume had been on sale through Asda's clothing outlet George for two days, before being withdrawn from sale on Wednesday morning following a complaint from a customer.
Asda said the product had been removed from the website in the afternoon but the relevant page remained visible for a few hours.
It disappeared after the criticism on Twitter started to emerge.
An Asda spokeswoman confirmed £25,000 would be donated to Mind.
Meanwhile, online auction site eBay confirmed it had taken "immediate action" to remove items advertising similar costumes and apologised for any offence caused.
A spokesman said: "The listings are being assessed and removed and no future listings of this nature will be allowed."
Former Downing Street director of communications Alastair Campbell, who has written about his experiences with mental health issues, branded their sale by established companies as "unacceptable"
Speaking to BBC London, he said: "We are trying to change attitudes towards mental illness so people do not stigmatise it and something like this comes along and it just reminds you we are basically still in the Dark Ages.
"We are still in the Dark Ages if some of the biggest companies in this country, Tesco, Asda and Amazon think that it's acceptable to sell something like this."
Elsewhere, Katie Dalton, of Welsh mental health charity Gofal, wrote on Twitter: "Dear @asda, how on earth did you come to the conclusion that this is an appropriate fancy dress costume? Disgraceful."
Former footballer Stan Collymore, who has had a well-documented battle with depression, also criticised Asda for using a "stereotype".
"Do you actually realise how many people are hanging themselves because of being frightened of the stigma?" he tweeted.
The charity Rethink Mental Illness also took to Twitter to say it was "stunned" by the costume's description, but later thanked Asda "for responding" to the "concerns".
Sue Baker from Mind told BBC Radio 5 live that the worst thing about the costume was it reinforced outdated stigma about people with mental health illness.
"Some of the worst myths that fuel this stigma is the assumption that we're going to be dangerous, knife-wielding maniacs and that is simply not the case."
She added: "The stigma can be life-limiting and life-threatening because people don't think they can talk to anybody and sadly for some people they take the option of not being with us anymore."
The internet link to the website page where Asda's costume was being sold used the words "zombie fancy dress costume".
But the product was titled "mental patient fancy dress costume" on the page itself.
The product details read: "Everyone will be running away from you in fear in this mental patient fancy dress costume... it's a terrifying Halloween option."
Ms Baker had also called for Tesco and Amazon to withdraw the "Psycho Ward" outfit from their websites.
Neil Saunders, of retail research agency Conlumino, said such a "mistake in naming a product" was "inevitable" due to the huge number of items sold by major retailers.
Responding to news about the costumes, some Twitter users posted pictures of themselves in normal clothes, which one described as "my #mentalhealth outfit for the day".
Another tweeted: "@asda I'm a mental health patient. No I am not scary. You should not be selling a 'mental patient' outfit."
Dr Simon Williams, from Northwest University, Chicago, said: "This scandal might be a blessing in disguise because it is bringing issues of stigma in mental health to public scrutiny.
"This is a great and positive response by individuals and by mental health charities, which will help increase awareness of stigmatisation."


North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile which landed in Japanese waters, South Korea and Japan say.

The missile was launched off the North's east coast early on Wednesday and travelled about 1,000km (620 miles), one of the North's longest launches to date.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said it was a "grave threat" to his country.
The North is barred from developing nuclear and ballistic missile technology by UN resolution.
But it had vowed a "physical response" after the US and South Korea agreed plans to deploy an advanced US missile defence system in South Korea.
The North has carried out repeated missile tests in recent months.
The US Strategic Command said two missiles had been fired simultaneously on Wednesday from Hwanghae province at about 07:50 Seoul time (22:50 GMT Tuesday), but one exploded immediately after launch.
The Japanese defence ministry said the other missile landed inside its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) - the 200 nautical miles of ocean around a country over which it has jurisdiction.
An official at South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it appeared to have been a medium-range Rodong.
The launch showed the North's "ambition to attack neighbouring countries", he said. There were no reports of any damage.
Mr Abe said it posed a grave threat to Japan's security, calling it an "unforgiveable act of violence". He said Tokyo had protested strongly against it.
The US similarly condemned the launch.
"We remain prepared to work to respond to further DPRK [Democratic People's Republic of Korea] provocations, as well as to defend ourselves and our allies from any attack or provocation," said State Department spokeswoman Anna Richey-Allen.
In June, after what appeared to be several failed launches, North Korea sent a mid-range missile more than 1,400km into the atmosphere, indicating it had made progress in its abilities to strike US targets in the region, according to analysts.
In July, North Korea fired three ballistic missiles into the sea, saying it was a simulated strike on the South.
Local media reports say South Korean officials believe the North is preparing to conduct a fifth test of a nuclear weapon.
But North Korea is not yet believed to have the ability to mount a nuclear warhead on a missile to make a deliverable weapon.


Ann Clwyd says medical staff at the University Hospital of Wales (UHW) in Cardiff treated her husband Owen Roberts with arrogance and indifference in his final days.

The Labour MP for Cynon Valley talked to me about her complaint over her late husband's care.
Mr Roberts, a former head of news and current affairs for BBC Cymru Wales and an ITV executive, had been treated for multiple sclerosis before his death in October.
UHW says it would like to discuss Ms Clwyd's complaints with her, while the Welsh government said it recognised that more work needed to be done to ensure that all patients receive high quality care.
MP breaks down over 'cold' nurses


Birmingham City Ladies have signed midfielder Andrine Hegerberg from Swedish side Kopparbergs/Gothenburg.

The Norway international, 23, is their fourth foreign signing in three months.
"Signing Andrine is another wonderful addition to the club and the FAWSL," said Blues Ladies manager David Parker.
"Her stature in the game is already up there with the most promising players in Europe. We want to help her achieve the status she is capable of reaching, as one of the best players in Europe."
The signing of Hegerberg follows the arrival of three Germans, striker Isabelle Linden from Champions League holders FFC Frankfurt, full-back Corina Schroder from Liverpool and defender Marisa Ewers from Bayer Leverkusen.
They have all been signed for the second half of the Womens Super League season, which will resume for Blues on 29 June at home to Arsenal.
"I've had three good years in Gothenburg," said twice-capped Hegerberg, who has signed subject to international clearance.
"But I felt the time was ready to take on a new challenge and I can't wait to get stuck in with Birmingham."
Blues went into the mid-season break after two wins in three matches to climb to third in WSL 1, seven points behind leaders Manchester City.


A driver playing Pokemon Go behind the wheel has hit and killed a woman in Japan, say police.

The 39-year-old man hit two pedestrians in Tokushima city late on Tuesday. The other woman was seriously injured.
The driver, who has been taken into custody, told police he was not watching the road carefully.
Police, speaking late on Wednesday, said it was the first fatal accident in Japan involving the hugely popular augmented reality game.
Pokemon Go creator Niantic expressed "deep condolences to the family", in a statement, according to media reports. The smartphone app gives players a warning if it detects they might be in a moving vehicle.
Since the game was released in July, public spaces in many parts of the world have been filled with players chasing virtual monsters on their phones.
Many heritage sites and sensitive locations have banned people from playing on their premises.
However, recent data suggests that since its peak in late July when almost 45 million people worldwide were playing the game its popularity may have started to dwindle.


Marc Sneyd's late drop-goal gave Hull FC a fourth straight Super League win at the expense of frustrated St Helens.

The hosts had led at half-time through Joe Greenwood, Matty Dawson and Jordan Turner tries, but failed to score after the break and the visitors capitalised.
Danny Houghton and Curtis Naughton crossed for Hull before the break and they levelled through Kirk Yeaman after 58 minutes.
And Sneyd's 40-metre kick inflicted a second straight home defeat on Saints.
St Helens's Theo Fages had missed a drop-goal attempt moments before Sneyd's dramatic winner at the other end.
The hosts, who were without injured winger Tommy Makinson following a potentially season-ending anterior cruciate ligament injury, now lie sixth in the table.
Defeat leaves them two points behind Hull, who are themselves now four points off top spot, in fourth.
St Helens: McDonnell; Owens, Peyroux, Turner, Dawson; Fages, Walsh; Walmsley, Roby, Savelio, Greenwood, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Wilkin.
Replacements: Burns, Amor, Richards, Thompson.
Hull FC: Shaul; Michaels, Fonua, Yeaman, Naughton; Tuimavave, Sneyd; Taylor, Houghton, Watts, Minichiello, Manu, Ellis.
Replacements: Thompson, Hadley, Bowden, Pritchard.
Referee: James Child (RFL)


One of the main sellers of tickets for a Tom Jones concert that ended early after three power failures has told customers they will not be getting a refund.

Ticketmaster said the "majority" of the gig on 8 August went ahead.
Mr Jones performed for 50 minutes at Alnwick Castle before a third power cut ended the show.
Organisers Loose Cannon Events, which is based in Middlesbrough, has not responded to a request for comment.
But on 20 August on their Facebook page, the firm's director Neil Winterbottom said an investigation into the failure of two generators provided by another company was ongoing.
He said: "The facts need to be established and the legal involvement needs agreement between a number of parties before we can advise on any compensation."
In an email sent to a customer, Ticketmaster said ticket sales were no longer under their control and rest with Loose Cannon.
The email said: "We do understand that the main act started a little later than planned, and the end of the show was abrupt because of the power failure, so we've been liaising with Loose Cannon about this.
"However, on this occasion we wouldn't be in a position to offer a refund for tickets as the majority of the event did go ahead."
Ticketmaster ended by advising customers unhappy with other aspects of the event's organisation to contact Loose Cannon directly.
BBC employee Phil Mawson, who paid more than Â£200 for VIP tickets, said Ticketmaster had "failed to acknowledge the fiasco that was the Tom Jones concert".
He said: "They've passed the buck to organisers Loose Cannon, who have yet to come with a viable reason as to what actually happened.
"It was shambolic from start to abrupt finish, no-one seems to be taking responsibility for what turned out so bad for me and 8,000 others."