Comedy Central was forced to repeat an old episode of South Park after a power cut prevented this week's scheduled episode from being finished.

Computers at South Park Studios in Los Angeles were down for three hours on Tuesday, halting work on the episode Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers.
Co-creator Trey Parker told fans "it sucks" but admitted it was inevitable.
"After all these years of tempting fate by delivering the show last minute, I guess it was bound to happen," he said.
It is the first time he and Matt Stone have missed one of their tight deadlines in 16 years, after famously starting each show from scratch just six days before it is due to air.
Most animated TV shows are written several months in advance, but South Park's creators hope to keep the show current and fresh by working to a tight deadline.
The US office of Comedy Central said in a statement on Wednesday: "From animation to rendering to editing and sound, all of their computers were down for hours and they were unable to finish episode 1704, Goth Kids 3: Dawn of the Posers, in time for air tonight."
The planned episode was replaced with a repeat of Scott Tenorman Must Die, an episode featuring British band Radiohead, which fans had voted their second favourite of all time in a poll in 2011.
The team posted pictures of the blackout on the show's Twitter feed and revealed that Goth Kids 3 was now scheduled for next week.
Earlier this year Parker and Stone's musical The Book of Mormon opened to rave reviews in London's West End, after a sell-out debut on Broadway.
They confirmed two years ago that they would continue animating the adventures of South Park's Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman until 2016.
The show recently kicked off its 17th series in the US to its highest ratings since 2011, with 4.3 million viewers tuning in across three broadcasts.
The taboo-breaking animation is broadcast on Comedy Central in the UK at a week's delay and Goth Kids 3 is now expected to air on 30 October at 22:00 BST. Scott Tenorman Must Die will be broadcast in its original slot on 23 October.


A study into the safety of surgical robots has linked the machines' use to at least 144 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries over a 14-year period in the US.

The events included broken instruments falling into patients' bodies, electrical sparks causing tissue burns and system errors making surgery take longer than planned.
The report notes that the figures represent a small proportion of the total number of robotic procedures.
But it calls for fresh safety measures.
"Despite widespread adoption of robotic systems for minimally invasive surgery, a non-negligible number of technical difficulties and complications are still being experienced during procedures," the study states.
"Adoption of advanced techniques in design and operation of robotic surgical systems may reduce these preventable incidents in the future."
Robotic surgery can reduce the risk of infections and help patients heal more quickly.
The UK's Royal College of Surgeons said it believed the report should be "treated with caution".
"The authors note 'little or no information was provided in the adverse incident reports' about the cause of the majority of deaths, meaning they could be related to risks or complications inherent during surgery," said a spokeswoman.
"The authors do not compare the level of complications in surgery where robots are not used, nor do they examine the benefits of robotic surgery which are starting to be reported."
The work was carried out by researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Chicago's Rush University Medical Center.
Their paper says 144 deaths, 1,391 injuries and 8,061 device malfunctions were recorded out of a total of more than 1.7 million robotic procedures carried out between January 2000 and December 2013.
This was based on reports submitted by hospitals, patients, device manufacturers and others to the US Food and Drug Administration, and the study notes that the true number could be higher.
Its authors say the number of injuries and deaths per procedure has remained relatively constant since 2007. But due to the fact that the use of robotic systems is increasing "exponentially", they add, this means that the number of accidents is increasing every year.
They highlight that when problems do occur, people are several times more likely to die if the surgery involves their heart, lungs, head and/or neck rather than gynaecological and urological procedures.
They acknowledge that the data does not pinpoint why, but suggest it is because the former are more complex types of operations for which robots are less commonly used, so there is less experience and expertise available.
The researchers did not, however, compare accident rates with similar operations in which robots were not used. Their study has not been peer reviewed.
Surgical robotic devices are typically expensive - costing millions of pounds - but offer advantages.
They can allow surgeons to use smaller instruments, letting them make smaller and more nimble cuts. That can mean patients recover faster, with less risk of infection and the promise of smaller scars.
In addition, the development of remote surgery means that doctors do not always need to be in the same room as their patients, allowing specialists who are in demand to treat more people.
Despite these benefits, sales of surgical robots declined by 2% in 2013 - the most recent year for which figures have been published by the International Federation of Robotics.
That has been linked to some medical experts questioning claims that the cost of using such machines is justified by improved outcomes.
"There is no good data proving that robotic hysterectomy is even as good as - let alone better - than existing, and far less costly, minimally invasive alternatives," the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists said in 2013.
"Aggressive direct-to-consumer marketing of the latest medical technologies may mislead the public into believing that they are the best choice."
Others specialists have, however, vouched for such systems' benefits in other procedures.
"The Royal Marsden has performed more robotic surgical procedures for prostate cancer than any other hospital in the UK," states the London hospital's website.
"We have dramatically improved functional and oncological outcomes for patients undergoing radical prostatectomy [the removal of the prostate gland to treat cancer]."
Although the study links hundreds of injuries and deaths to robotic surgery, in most cases the FDA's logs do not make clear whether the use of the machines was directly responsible.
In fact, of the headline figures, only a minority - five of the deaths and 436 of the injuries - are specifically tied to technical errors that occurred during an operation.
But the authors say there is still reason to be concerned.
They list 1,166 cases of broken/burned parts falling into patients' bodies, which contributed to 119 injuries and one death.
Uncontrolled movements and spontaneous powering on/off of the machines are said to have caused 52 injuries and two deaths.
Electrical sparks, unintended charring and damaged accessory covers are linked to 193 injuries, including the burning of body tissues.
And the loss of quality video feeds and/or reports of system error codes are said to have contributed to a further 41 injuries and one death.
The report's authors suggest that one way to tackle such problems would be to give surgical teams more troubleshooting training - including the use of computer simulations that feature technical problems -  to help them learn how to restart surgery more quickly after interruptions.


A prison, chapel, university and ice arena have all made the shortlist of Wales' annual property awards.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Awards recognise building projects with innovation, conservation and community benefits.
The shortlist of 24 entries includes Wrexham's new super-prison HMP Berwyn.
The project of the year title will be presented to the overall winner. It was was awarded to the £12m restoration of Cardigan Castle, Ceredigion, in 2016.
Among the building projects shortlisted are:


The US House of Representatives has taken the first step toward demolishing President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law.

The Republicans passed a budget measure that eases passage of a new law and would overcome any Democratic block.
But lawmakers in both parties remained concerned about a lack of replacement for the law, known as Obamacare.
The political showdown raises a big question mark over medical coverage for more than 20 million Americans.
The measure passed in the House nearly on a party-line vote, 227-198, delivering a blow to President Obama's legacy a week before he leaves office.
It instructs four committees on Capitol Hill to draft repeal legislation by 27 January.
The Senate passed the resolution by 51-48 on Thursday.
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"By taking the first step toward repealing Obamacare, we are closer to giving Americans relief from the problems this law has caused," House Speaker Paul Ryan said in a statement following the vote.
"This resolution gives us the tools we need for a step-by-step approach to fix these problems and put Americans back in control of their health care."
Obamacare has provided healthcare subsidies and medical coverage for millions who are not covered through work.
It has banned insurers from refusing coverage to people who are already ill, and curbed medical charges to the sick and elderly.
But the law has been rocked by rising premiums, large fees and national insurers exiting the marketplaces.
Egged on by Donald Trump, Republicans have vowed to repeal the Affordable Care Act but conservatives have not yet agreed on a new plan.
Republicans have provided few details on their plans to replace Obamacare.
It is expected the replacement would seek to end the statute's unpopular requirement that many individuals buy coverage and that larger companies provide it to workers.
However, experts say these mandates are needed to keep the insurance marketplace solvent.
Mr Trump's choice for health and human services secretary, Tom Price, will play a key role in shaping the planned overhaul.
The Georgia congressman has previously touted his own Obamacare replacement plan.
The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said this month that repealing Obamacare would cost about $350bn (Â£286bn) over the next decade.
Republicans hope a budget reconciliation bill - which would strip Obamacare of funding - will now be drafted in committee and could pass a month after that.
It would be able to pass with a simple majority in the Republican-controlled Congress, making it filibuster-proof.


A man has been charged after cannabis with a street value of £20,000 was seized in two raids on the Isle of Man.

The 49-year-old from Douglas has been charged with possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply and is due to appear in court later.
A 35-year-old woman was arrested following a raid at a property in Hillside Avenue on Wednesday.
A 16-year-old boy was also held after cannabis was found when police stopped a car on the outskirts of Douglas.
Police seized a "significant amount" of the drug when the vehicle was stopped.
Sgt Karl Breadner said a "quantity of cash" was also recovered during the raids.
The woman and the boy have been released on police bail pending further inquiries.


An eight-year-old boy is in hospital after suffering serious injuries in a road crash in Edinburgh.

The child was hurt in a collision with a car in Queen's Drive at 17:40.
He has treated at the scene by paramedics for head and leg injuries before being taken to the city's Sick Kids hospital.
The road through Holyrood Park was closed while the crash was investigated. Anyone who witnessed what happened should contact the police.


Malaysian police have said a blast at a bar last week, which injured eight, was the first attack by the so-called Islamic State group in the country.

Police initially said that business rivalry was a more likely motive for the attack on the Movida bar restaurant outside Kuala Lumpur on 28 June.
They added that two men suspected of involvement had been arrested.
Authorities are increasingly concerned about IS-related attacks as a number of Malaysians have gone to fight in Syria.
"There were elements of IS involvement in the attack," national police chief Khalid Abu Bakar told reporters.
"We found out that the two of them received instructions from one of our own citizens in Syria... to conduct attacks in Malaysia."
There have been dozens of extremism-related arrests in recent years, including 13 Malaysians detained following the latest attack but who police said were not directly connected to it.
Governments across the region have warned of an increased threat from the group.


Scotland were eventually rewarded for a patient performance with a late winning goal against Northern Ireland.

Christophe Berra headed Matt Ritchie's corner past Michael McGovern in the 85th-minute for the dominant Scots.
The win served as a worthwhile warm-up for Gordon Strachan's side ahead of their European Championship qualifier against Gibraltar on Sunday.
Northern Ireland, too, can take heart from some fine individual displays ahead of their meeting with Finland.
Jonny Evans, Aaron Hughes and Chris Baird impressed as the visitors played deep and challenged Scotland to try to break through a well-organised defensive shape.
Gibraltar will seek to do the same at Hampden at the weekend, so the friendly turned into an occasion for the Scots to hone their attacking play.
They were at their sharpest down the left, where Ikechi Anya's fearsome pace was a constant threat, and tended to leave Paddy McNair looking vulnerable.
The young Manchester United defender was one of several fringe players that O'Neill brought to the fore.
MK Dons' Will Grigg led the line, where he was often isolated, while Josh Magennis of Kilmarnock was a powerful and direct runner down the right.
Brentford's Stuart Dallas and MK Dons' Ben Reeves, both earning their second caps, were intermittently busy.
So, too, was Northern Ireland goalkeeper Michael McGovern.
His interventions often came after Anya had burst to prominence. On one occasion, the left winger raced into the penalty area, then cut the ball back for Steven Fletcher whose snap shot was turned over by Hamilton's McGovern.
The Northern Ireland goalkeeper had to dive smartly to push an Anya shot wide, then when the winger was played into the penalty area by James McArthur, he shot wide from a good position.
A clever reverse pass from Shaun Maloney provided a shooting opportunity for Steven Fletcher, but McGovern dashed out quickly to block.
Evans was marshalling the visiting defence, in the midst of a domestic ban for spitting at the Newcastle United striker Papiss Cisse.
The Manchester United centre-back was composed throughout, helped by the solid reliability of his partner, Brighton centre-back Hughes, and by the industry and conscientious running of West Brom's Baird and Reading's Oliver Norwood in midfield.
The approach was to try to deny Scotland, rather than control the game, but Northern Ireland pressed more assertively, and higher up the field, after the break.
Scotland were less able to control the game, as substitutions disrupted their rhythm as much as the visitors' approach.
Steven Naismith carried a threat in the air, though, flashing one header over from Craig Forsyth's cross, then seeing an effort from Ritchie's corner saved by McGovern.
Ritchie drifted in and out of the game on his debut, but there was promise in the delivery from his left foot.
Familiar faces came on to bolster Northern Ireland, including former Rangers midfielder Steven Davis and his one-time Celtic rival Paddy McCourt, while another - Magennis - came close with a shot across the face of goal.
The game seemed destined to finish as a stalemate, but Ritchie's delivery from set-pieces tended to be threatening and Scotland finally made the breakthrough when Berra headed his corner kick past McGovern.
There were only four minutes left, and Northern Ireland had no riposte.
Match ends, Scotland 1, Northern Ireland 0.
Second Half ends, Scotland 1, Northern Ireland 0.
Attempt saved. Jordan Rhodes (Scotland) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Steven Naismith.
Foul by Jordan Rhodes (Scotland).
Aaron Hughes (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Scotland 1, Northern Ireland 0. Christophe Berra (Scotland) header from very close range to the top right corner. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Scotland. Conceded by Paddy McCourt.
Attempt missed. Billy McKay (Northern Ireland) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Paddy McCourt following a corner.
Corner,  Northern Ireland. Conceded by Jordan Rhodes.
Corner,  Northern Ireland. Conceded by Allan McGregor.
Corner,  Northern Ireland. Conceded by Ikechi Anya.
Attempt blocked. Luke McCullough (Northern Ireland) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Foul by Craig Forsyth (Scotland).
Billy McKay (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Luke McCullough replaces Jonny Evans.
Substitution, Scotland. Johnny Russell replaces Steven Whittaker.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Billy McKay replaces Josh Magennis.
Christophe Berra (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland).
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Steven Whittaker.
Attempt saved. Steven Naismith (Scotland) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Corner,  Scotland. Conceded by Jonny Evans.
Attempt missed. Ikechi Anya (Scotland) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Scotland. Conceded by Lee Hodson.
Attempt blocked. Ikechi Anya (Scotland) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked. Assisted by Jordan Rhodes.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Ryan McLaughlin replaces Ben Reeves.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Steven Davis replaces Oliver Norwood.
Attempt missed. Matt Ritchie (Scotland) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Steven Naismith.
Attempt missed. Josh Magennis (Northern Ireland) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Ben Reeves.
Substitution, Scotland. Jordan Rhodes replaces Steven Fletcher.
Substitution, Scotland. James Morrison replaces James McArthur.
Foul by Steven Fletcher (Scotland).
Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Paddy McCourt replaces William Grigg.
Substitution, Northern Ireland. Lee Hodson replaces Chris Baird.
Ikechi Anya (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Patrick McNair (Northern Ireland).
Attempt missed. Steven Naismith (Scotland) header from the left side of the six yard box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Craig Forsyth with a cross.
Steven Naismith (Scotland) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jonny Evans (Northern Ireland).


Burton Albion skipper John Mousinho says he is relishing a second season in the Championship after signing a new one-year contract.

Mousinho, 31, has captained the Brewers in all three Football League divisions, but had not played in the second tier before last season.
"The Championship was a bit of an unknown for me," he told Burton's official website.
"Now I feel in a better place with that season under my belt."
Mousinho made 32 appearances in the Championship in 2016-17, starting in Burton's victories over Sheffield Wednesday, Norwich, Huddersfield and Leeds, all sides who finished in the top eight.
And while he admits the Brewers will no longer carry the element of surprise, Mousinho says the team, who were playing non-league football less than a decade ago, will be stronger following their maiden campaign at Championship level.
"Maybe a few underestimated us last season and I don't think that will happen again," he added.
"It will be a completely different challenge but we have more experience, we know what it takes, what the level is all about and as last season went on we got better and better.
"Next season I think we will be set up well but there will be new challenges and we will relish that."


A mental health nurse who gave a lethal overdose of a prescription drug to a patient was "kind and empathetic", a court was told.

Amanda Young is accused of giving 14 times the amount of an anti-psychotic drug prescribed to Joshua Gafney at his home in Yeovil in February 2012.
Bristol Crown Court heard a second character witness say Ms Young was "dedicated to her profession".
The 40-year-old, of Yeovil, denies manslaughter by gross negligence.
Her defence also told jurors at least two other nurses had given Mr Gafney similar doses in the days leading up his death.
But the prosecution said Ms Young was responsible for the fatal dose.
In his closing statement, Mr John Price, prosecuting, said: "Is this rough justice? Is this fair because all these nurses got confused by the labelling on the bottles?"
He then answered his own question, saying: "No, this wasn't rough justice because the overdoses given by the other nurses hadn't caused Joshua Gafney's death."
He added Ms Young was "grossly negligent" and this was manslaughter.
Elizabeth Marsh QC, defending, said Ms Young's actions were "a mistake by a compassionate and focussed nurse" but that mistake had caused his death.
She went on to say "there was not a day that had gone by since, that Amanda Young had not dwelled on the mistake she had made".
She added: "Maybe it's not as simple as the prosecution are suggesting. Maybe administering this medication wasn't simple."
The jury also heard it was "unusual" for that particular drug to be administered in a liquid form and none of the nurses was familiar with it.
The judge is expected to sum up on Tuesday and send the jury out to consider their verdict.


Bus services are to be improved with £4.2m in funding, Transport Minister Keith Brown has announced.

Transport Scotland's bus investment fund is to be split among 13 projects over three years.
Successful bids include a better park and ride at Kingswells in Aberdeen, bus stop timetables in Fife, and extensions to a southern Highland rural service.
Improvements are planned for the A81 in East Dunbartonshire, as well as rural services in Dumfries and Galloway.
Mr Brown said: "This fund provides local authorities, regional transport partnerships and bus operators with the opportunity to apply for grants which will help to increase the standard of bus services and patronage."


Scientists who drilled into the impact crater associated with the demise of the dinosaurs summarise their findings so far in a BBC Two documentary on Monday.

The researchers recovered rocks from under the Gulf of Mexico that were hit by an asteroid 66 million years ago.
The nature of this material records the details of the event.
It is becoming clear that the 15km-wide asteroid could not have hit a worse place on Earth.
The shallow sea covering the target site meant colossal volumes of sulphur (from the mineral gypsum) were injected into the atmosphere, extending the "global winter" period that followed the immediate firestorm.
Had the asteroid struck a different location, the outcome might have been very different.
"This is where we get to the great irony of the story – because in the end it wasn’t the size of the asteroid, the scale of blast, or even its global reach that made dinosaurs extinct – it was where the impact happened," said Ben Garrod, who presents The Day The Dinosaurs Died with Alice Roberts.
"Had the asteroid struck a few moments earlier or later, rather than hitting shallow coastal waters it might have hit deep ocean.
"An impact in the nearby Atlantic or Pacific oceans would have meant much less vaporised rock – including the deadly gypsum. The cloud would have been less dense and sunlight could still have reached the planet’s surface, meaning what happened next might have been avoided.
"In this cold, dark world food ran out of the oceans within a week and shortly after on land. With nothing to eat anywhere on the planet, the mighty dinosaurs stood little chance of survival."
Ben Garrod spent time on the drill rig that was stationed 30km off Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula in April/May last year, to better understand the aims of the project; Alice Roberts visited widely separated fossil beds in the Americas, to get a sense of how life was upended by the impact.
Rock cores from up to 1,300m beneath the Gulf were recovered.
The lowest sections of this material come from a feature within the crater called the peak ring.
This is made from rock that has been heavily fractured and altered by immense pressures.
By analysing its properties, the drill project team - led by Profs Jo Morgan and Sean Gulick - hope to reconstruct how the impact proceeded and the environmental changes it brought about.
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They know now the energy that went into making the crater when the asteroid struck - equivalent to 10 billion Hiroshima A-bombs. And they also understand how the depression assumed the structure we observe today.
The team is also gaining insights into the return of life to the impact site in the years after the event.
One of the many fascinating sequences in the BBC Two programme sees Alice Roberts visit a quarry in New Jersey, US, where 25,000 fossil fragments have been recovered - evidence of a mass die-off of creatures that may have been among the casualties on the day of the impact itself.
"All these fossils occur in a layer no more than 10cm thick," palaeontologist Ken Lacovara tells Alice.
"They died suddenly and were buried quickly. It tells us this is a moment in geological time. That's days, weeks, maybe months. But this is not thousands of years; it's not hundreds of thousands of years. This is essentially an instantaneous event."
The Day The Dinosaurs Died is on BBC Two at 21:00, after which it will be available on the BBC iPlayer.


The more the world is changing, the more it stays the same.

In 1958 Ebbw Vale was hosting the National Eisteddfod, on the site of a disused colliery, amid uncertainty around the town's economic future as pits were closing.
In 2010 Ebbw Vale is hosting the National Eisteddfod on the site of a disused steel works, amid similar concerns about life after the industry.
Then, as now, the events were typified by a defiant optimism, a belief that better times were just around the corner, if the will of the community was strong enough.
In 1958 nobody typified that strength of conviction more than the first man to be granted permission to speak English on the llwyfan (eisteddfod stage), black American actor, singer, lawyer, civil rights campaigner, athlete and all-round Renaissance man, Paul Robeson.
Fifty-two years later, their resolve has again been bolstered by the appearance of a Robeson at their Eisteddfod: this time Paul's granddaughter, Susan.
"I've been so moved by the warmth and generosity I've received from everyone I've met since coming to Wales," she said.
"Everyone wants to shake my hand, or tell me about the time they met my grandfather.
"I knew how important Wales was to him, but I've been so touched to see how important he was to Wales".
Paul Robeson was born in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1898.
In the late 1920s he moved to Britain. While starring in the West End production of Show Boat, he met a group of south Wales miners who had embarked on a gruelling hunger march to London to highlight the plight of the valleys.
As Sian Williams, curator of the Welsh Miners' Library, explained, it was to prove a meeting which would change his outlook on the world.
"After meeting the south Wales miners he begun to realise that the struggle in Wales was just the same as his, back in America. It wasn't really about race: the battle facing oppressed people was the same, the world over," she said.
"Wales represents just a small fraction of Paul Robeson's international work in confronting injustice, but you could make an argument that it was that revelation with the south Wales miners which started it all."
In the pre-war period he worked tirelessly to publicise the conditions in which Welsh miners worked and lived.
He gave performances as far apart as Neath to Caernarfon, in support of causes as varied as the victims of the 1934 disaster at Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham, to the Welsh casualties of the Spanish civil war.
His love affair with Wales culminated in 1940, when he starred in, and heavily influenced the script of, Proud Valley, a film telling the story of a black labourer who moves to Rhondda and wins over the hearts of the locals.
The post-war period brought hard times for Paul Robeson.
As the Cold War gathered strength, his outspoken support for socialism, race equality and anti-colonialism, combined with his refusal to denounce Stalin's Russia, sparked a 25-year investigation into him by J Edgar Hoover's FBI, as well as Britain's MI6.
In 1950, at the height of McCarthyism, he had his passport withdrawn for eight years, owing to his alleged un-American activities.
But if anything, this only enhanced his global support, particularly in Wales, where a Let Paul Robeson Sing campaign quickly gathered strength.
Still barred from international travel, Robeson sang Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? for the 1957 Miners' Eisteddfod in Porthcawl, via a trans-atlantic telephone link from a studio in New York.
"One of my earliest memories is going with my grandfather to a recording studio in New York, and hearing him sing for the miners in Wales, " said Susan Robeson.
"I must only have been four or five, so I didn't really understand anything about the travel ban, but even at the time I remember thinking there was something amazing about the fact that they could stop his body leaving America, but they couldn't contain his voice and spirit."
The publicity gained by this coup may have played a part in the US Supreme Court's decision, a year later, to overturn the State Department's travel ban.
And so, free again, he appeared in person at Ebbw Vale's eisteddfod in 1958, where he shared the stage with long-term friend Aneurin Bevan, then the MP for the area and the founder of the National Health Service.
Over half a century later, visiting Wales for the first time, his granddaughter is back in Ebbw Vale, as an honorary fellow of Swansea University.
At the eisteddfod she is launching a project by the university, in conjunction with the Paul Robeson Wales Trust and the Welsh assembly, to create an online learning resource in her grandfather's memory.
Opera singer and broadcaster Beverley Humphreys, a trustee of the Paul Robeson Wales Trust, said: "Very much in the spirit of Paul Robeson, we want it to be a two-way resource, and so if anyone has any memories or tributes they'd like to contribute to the site, we'd be delighted to take them."


Andy Murray is prepared to appoint another former top player as his coach after splitting with Amelie Mauresmo.

Murray decided to part company with the ex-world number one before his run to the Madrid Masters final, citing a lack of time together as a chief concern.
Prior to Mauresmo, Murray, 28, worked with Ivan Lendl, who guided him to US Open, Wimbledon and Olympic success.
"It doesn't have to be, but it's definitely possible it could be an ex-player," the Briton told BBC Sport.
He said coaches who had played at the very top can "help around the Slams, in the big moments, the big matches".
The world number three added: "They've been there and done it and they understand that."
Murray said he was unlikely to appoint a new coach before the French Open, which starts on 22 May.
Lendl, who won eight Grand Slam singles titles, worked with Murray for just over two years before the partnership ended in 2014.
In that time, Murray became Olympic champion in 2012 before claiming his first Grand Slam - the US Open - later that year.
The Scot added the Wimbledon crown the following year.
Murray is playing at the Italian Open this week but will begin the process of finding a replacement immediately, through talks with his team and via agents.
He recently brought in former player and long-time friend Jamie Delgado to work with him for 35 to 40 weeks of the year, but he still wants a head coach for 25 weeks of the season.
"There's a week after the French Open finishes and before Queen's, so possibly at Queen's I could try something out," Murray said.
"I'm not going into a full-time relationship with a coach without having tested it and trialled it.
"I've done that with all of my coaches over the years and you do need a bit of time on the court together to see how the practice and the communication is going."
Having spent just one week together since the Australian Open in January, Murray said his partnership with Mauresmo "just wasn't working".
After teaming up with the former Australian Open and Wimbledon champion, 36, at Queen's Club in June 2014, Murray's ranking dropped to a low of 12 before rising to a career-high of two.
He also won his first clay-court titles in an impressive run last spring but failed to add to his two Grand Slam titles.
"Although I didn't win a major while working with her, I got back up to number two in the world and had a positive time," he said.
"It wasn't perfect, obviously we would have loved to have won a Grand Slam, but some good things happened as well."
Asked if they had a proved a point about the ability of female coaches on the men's tour, Murray added: "Not so much me, I think that was more her."


The Greek debt crisis has saved the German government some €100bn (£70bn; $109bn) in lower borrowing costs because investors have sought safety in German bonds, a study has found.

Even if Greece defaults on all its debt, Germany would still benefit, says the German IWH institute.
Greece is hoping to reach a third bailout agreement, worth up to €86bn, with its creditors this week.
Germany has funded €90bn so far and wants tough conditions for a new deal.
Greece missed two key payments to the International Monetary Fund in June and July, before a deal on a bridging loan was thrashed out by EU leaders.
The terms of the third bailout need to be reached by 20 August, when Greece's next debt repayment to the European Central Bank becomes due.
Greek officials said negotiations were in the "final stretch", prompting shares in Athens to jump more than 2%. But leading figures in Berlin were cautious that a final deal was close.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert said "thoroughness comes before speed" and Christian Democrat MP Ralph Brinkhaus suggested that interim bridging finance would be better than "rushing into a bad agreement".
German officials are keen for Greece to sign up to credible pension reforms and privatisation plans, while the Athens government is looking for urgent funding to recapitalise the country's ailing banks.
Any deal will have to be ratified by German MPs, many of whom object to handing more funding to the left-wing Syriza government of Alexis Tsipras.
However, the study by Halle Institute for Economic Research said Germany had made interest savings of more than 3% of GDP between 2010 and 2015, and much of that was down to the Greek debt crisis.
Greece sought its first EU-IMF bailout in 2010 and Germany provided funding over the past five years either directly or through the IMF or the European Stability Mechanism.
The IWH study says every time this year there was a spike in the Greek debt crisis, which made Greece's exit from the euro appear more likely, German government bond yields fell. Whenever the news looked better, Germany's bond yields increased.
Even if the situation were to calm down suddenly, Germany would still be expected to profit from the situation, the IWH argues, because medium- and long-term bonds issued in recent years are still far away from maturing.


An East Yorkshire seaside town had its moment in the spotlight as a backdrop to scenes in the new Dad's Army film.

Hundreds of residents appeared as extras in scenes shot in Bridlington's high street earlier.
The movie's production team transformed the Old Town into the fictional Walmington-on-Sea in the 1940s.
Cast members Bill Nighy, Toby Jones, Sir Tom Courteney and Sir Michael Gambon joined more than 300 extras to create a St George's Day parade.
Filming started last month and the cast has been spotted at various locations on the Yorkshire coast over the last few weeks.
The original TV show ran from 1968 to 1977, attracting 18 million viewers at its height.


The South African detective leading the Oscar Pistorius inquiry is facing seven charges of attempted murder, police have confirmed.

Detective Hilton Botha, who has faced fierce questioning at Mr Pistorius's bail hearing, was allegedly involved in a shooting two years ago.
Mr Pistorius, a Paralympic champion, denies the premeditated murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, 29.
His bail hearing has now adjourned after a third day in Pretoria.
The defence argued again that the premeditated murder charge should be altered, while the prosecution repeated that Mr Pistorius should not be granted bail simply because of his fame.
Lead prosecutor Gerrie Nel said evidence from the crime scene would fatally undermine the athlete's claim that he thought he was shooting an intruder.
Separately, sports giant Nike has confirmed it has suspended its contract with Oscar Pistorius.
Police spokesman Neville Malila said that Det Botha and two other officers were due to appear in court in May.
Mr Malila said it was alleged that while driving a state-owned vehicle the three had opened fire on a minibus taxi loaded with passengers.
By Andrew HardingAfrica correspondent
The news Hilton Botha is facing reinstated charges of attempted murder has stunned everyone. The immediate question is what impact, if any, the news may have on the prosecution argument that Mr Pistorius should not be allowed bail pending trial.
The timing of the reinstatement of the charges is still unclear and the National Prosecuting Authority says they are in no way connected to the athlete's murder case. It is curious, though, that the information about Det Botha was not provided to the Pistorius defence team or, apparently, to the prosecution.
Some might argue that Det Botha, who wilted under strenuous cross-examination by the defence, eventually conceding that he had not yet seen any evidence to contradict the athlete's version of events, has already done enough damage to the prosecution's call for Mr Pistorius to be denied bail and that the new revelations may not affect the magistrate's decision significantly.
The three were arrested in 2011, Eyewitness News says, citing police.
Mr Malila said the charges against Det Botha had originally been dropped but were reinstated.
It is unclear when this took place or whether Det Botha will continue working on the case in the long run.
Medupe Simasiku, a spokesman for the Pistorius prosecutors, told Associated Press they were unaware of the charges and would now investigate whether the detective should remain.
The BBC's Peter Biles in Pretoria says the police statement concerning Det Botha is an extraordinary turn of events.
Mr Pistorius says he shot Ms Steenkamp in the bathroom of his home after mistaking her for an intruder.
If denied bail, Mr Pistorius could face months in prison before a full trial begins.
Thursday's proceedings began with prosecutor Gerrie Nel confirming to the court that Det Botha was facing seven attempted murder charges.
Det Botha was not initially in court and Magistrate Desmond Nair had to ask for him to be found.
After a short break, Det Botha was brought in and was questioned about telephone records from the night of the shooting, evidence of violence in Mr Pistorius's past and the extent of the flight risk.
Lead defence counsel Barry Roux then addressed the court and called for the charge to be listed as "schedule 5", not the current "schedule 6", which is one of premeditated murder.
The defence team would have to prove extenuating circumstances to justify granting bail if schedule 6 remains.
Mr Roux said: "The poor quality of the evidence offered by investigative officer Botha exposed the disastrous shortcomings of the state's case."
He said the fact that Mr Pistorius had carried Ms Steenkamp downstairs showed he was desperate to save her life.
Mr Roux also referred to witnesses the prosecution said had heard rows between Mr Pistorius and Ms Steenkamp that evening, saying they were too far away and that the state argument was misleading and desperate.
Mr Roux said this was a strong, loving relationship and that there was no motive to kill.
The defence has now concluded its arguments and the prosecution will present its case.
Mr Roux told the BBC's Andrew Harding, who is in the courtroom, that a bail decision might not come until Friday.
Correspondents say Det Botha's evidence on Wednesday appeared first to boost the prosecution's case and then offer the defence a hope of winning the argument.
Det Botha told the court that the trajectory of gunshots through the bathroom door indicated that Mr Pistorius, a double amputee, was wearing his prosthetic legs and shot downwards through the door.
What happened on the night?
This contradicted an earlier account given by Mr Pistorius, who said he was walking on his stumps and grabbed his gun because he felt vulnerable when he thought an intruder had entered.
But Det Botha also amended his testimony on the proximity of the witness who he said had heard arguments.
Det Botha said police had lost track of ammunition found inside the house and was also accused of not wearing protective clothing at the crime scene.
The defence also countered police suggestions that testosterone and needles had been found in Mr Pistorius's bedroom, arguing instead that the substance was a herbal remedy, called Testocompasutium co-enzyme.
The Pistorius family issued a statement saying they were "satisfied with the outcome" of Wednesday's proceedings.
Oscar Pistorius won gold medals at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens, in Beijing in 2008 and London in 2012.
In London he made history by becoming the first double-amputee to run in the Olympics, making the semi-final of the 400m.


Southern rail and the RMT union are to continue negotiations next week in a bid to resolve a year-long dispute over driver-only operated trains.

The two sides adjourned talks after two days of discussions on 24 and 25 April.
The row is over Southern's plans to give drivers responsibility for door operation and changing the role of guards to on-board supervisors.
The RMT has taken 31 days of strike action over the proposed changes.
A spokesman for Southern said: "I can confirm we will be meeting with the RMT next week but, at this stage, can't confirm the date."
In a separate dispute, members of drivers' union Aslef rejected initial proposals to resolve the row in February and this month voted against another proposed deal.


A six-year-old girl is in a critical condition in hospital after being hit by a car in Preston.

The girl was in collision with a Ford Fiesta in Christ Church Street in the city at about 17:50 BST on Friday.
She suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Royal Preston Hospital before being transferred to Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool.
Lancashire Police has asked for anyone with information or any witnesses to get in touch.


A Finnish court has cut the jail terms of four members of Cuba's national volleyball team found guilty of rape, and released a fifth.

The five were jailed in September for raping a Finnish woman during a World League tournament in Tampere.
The appeals court in the south-western city of Turku reduced the five-year sentences handed down to four of them.
The longest of the revised prison terms is that of Osmany Uriarte Mestre - four years. Luis Sosa Sierra was acquitted.
Ricardo Calvo Manzano will now serve three-and-a-half years, team captain Rolando Cepeda Abreu two-and-a-half years and Alfonso Gavilan one year and three months.
They were detained in the southern Finnish city on 2 July after a woman said she had been raped at a hotel. The men denied the accusation.
The team had been taking part in a tournament ahead of the Rio Olympics when the rape took place at their hotel.
Eight men were originally held. Two were released soon afterwards.
In September the Tampere court heard that two of the players had met the woman in a nightclub in the hotel basement. She later went to the room of Uriarte Mestre and consented to sex.
However, Uriarte Mestre was then said to have texted the other men without the woman's knowledge. They entered the room and subjected her to a lengthy ordeal and held her by the hair to prevent her leaving.
When she was eventually allowed to leave, she complained to the hotel receptionist who called police.
The Cuban players were found guilty of aggravated rape and ordered to pay â‚¬24,000 (Â£21,076; $27,383) in compensation to the victim.
As the allegations emerged, two of the team coaches were sacked.
Despite its depleted squad, Cuba fielded a team in Rio and lost all five of its matches.


Kenyan men from several ethnic groups in the western town of Moi's Bridge have gone into hiding fearing they will be forcibly circumcised.

This follows the forced circumcision of at least eight men in the small agricultural town by groups of youths from the Bukusu ethnic community.
The Bukusu hold their traditional circumcision ceremonies in August.
But not all of Kenya's communities practise circumcision, which marks the transition from boy to man.
The BBC's Odeo Sirari in Moi's Bridge says the town is dominated by the Bukusu and Kalenjin groups, which practise circumcision, but it is also home to several other groups who do not.
In the last 10 days, Bukusu youths have been rounding up uncircumcised men from other communities such as the Turkana, Teso and Luo groups, he says.
They have been undressing them, smearing mud and dirty water on their bodies and circumcising them by the roadside, sometimes without anaesthetic.
The Bukusu consider an uncircumcised man to be unhygienic and cowardly, but the men from the affected communities are complaining that the Bukusus are imposing their culture on them, our reporter says.
One man told the BBC about his ordeal.
"I was on my way to town when I was ambushed by the rowdy mob", a peanut seller said.
"They took away my bicycle and circumcised me. The following day the police came and took me to hospital. I didn't get adequate medication - they just bandaged me."
Peter Loituktuk, from the Turkana group, told the BBC he and other men were sleeping in the bush to hide from his Bukusu neighbours.
A local Kalenjin chief, Wilson Sirma, said the authorities were concerned such incidents could trigger disharmony in a region that was relatively spared the ethnic violence that engulfed Kenya after the disputed 2007 elections.
But he said he felt the situation was now contained.
Our reporter says some Bukusu have denounced the spate of forced circumcisions.
"We don't force any one from other communities to be circumcised here. If they are doing it, then it is wrong,'' Martin Makongwe told our correspondent at a moonlit circumcision ceremony in nearby Kamukuywa town amid chants from dancing youths.
Another man at the ceremony said: "This a very special occasion for the Bukusu people. It is the time when our boysâ€¦ become real men."


Exeter City boss Paul Tisdale says his limited budget meant he could not offer contracts to right-back Arron Davies and midfielder David Noble.

The pair made 286 appearances for the Devon club between them, but are now free agents after their deals expired.
"They've both done very well for the club and I would've liked to have kept them," Tisdale told BBC Radio Devon.
"On the other hand, they weren't first through the door in terms of priority and I was honest with them on that."
Tisdale added: "It wasn't a case of me wanting to thin the squad out or move them on, I simply couldn't sign everybody."
Former Wales international Davies, 32, joined Exeter from Northampton in 2012, while ex-Bristol City player Noble, 34, has had two spells with the League Two club.
Tisdale has made four summer signings, taking his squad up to 24 for next season, but there were five players he could not offer deals to.
"They're not necessarily players I wanted to leave, but you just have to make decisions based on using your budget of course, leaving space for one or two young signings and of course the emergence of younger players," he said.
"There was every chance that things would change over the summer - a player leaving or asking if he could be released from his contract, or a player being bought, and then of course the finances change."


Crewe Alexandra striker Marcus Haber says that the threat of relegation from League One is helping the club's young players grow up fast.

Saturday's 2-0 win at home to Rochdale, their first in two months, followed three draws and they are now four points off safety in League One.
"Experiences like this will only make it a better experience for the young lads," Haber told BBC Radio Stoke.
"A lot of them are growing in maturity as the season goes on."
Having spent most of the season at the bottom of the table, Crewe now have the psychological tonic of seeing two others teams beneath them.
They need to climb two more places by season's end on 8 May to complete a third successive escape.
Haber admitted that a lesson learned from the last time they had found themselves two goals up, when they led 3-1 at half-time at Swindon last month, but lost 4-3, helped them against Rochdale.
"We thought back to Swindon," he said. "We've played some good stuff this season but at end of games we've switched off and given away a lot of points.
"We've given things away too often. We've not been good at closing games out. It's not so much about having ability, it's about having grit and playing smart. In sport, you have to grow up fast."
Crewe's ultimately comfortable victory was the first time they have scored more than once in a home league game since a 3-3 draw with Bury way back in August.
Brad Inman's fifth goal in as many games made him the club's joint top scorer alongside Ryan Colclough, who departed for Wigan Athletic on deadline day.
Next best is Haber, whose opener against Rochdale was his first league goal of the season at Gresty Road.
Apart from a goal he scored in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, all his other strikes this season had been in away games.
On top of an upturn in results, Crewe have received a major off-field boost with club captain Harry Davis, the Alex manager's son, returning to training for the first time since injuring his knee at Walsall in September.
The 24-year-old now has a chance of being back in the side by the end of February.
"We'll have to take things steady with Harry and build up his fitness," said his father, Steve. "He has been out a few months and will need time. But we are confident he's on course to be available towards the end of the month."


Suspected risk of abuse or neglect of children or adults must reported by police, health staff and other workers from 2016, it has been confirmed.

Professionals will face action if they do not alert the relevant local authority under the law passed in May.
They will be given the right to enter premises to check if a vulnerable adult is making their own decisions.
Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford said the measures would protect those who are most at risk.
Among those affected by the new law are probation service providers, local health boards, NHS trusts, youth offending teams and the police.
People who fail to report incidents of abuse under the new legislation could face disciplinary proceedings or action for breaching their professional code of conduct.
Currently, there is no statutory duty on agencies to report suspected child abuse to social services.
"We're not proposing to create a new criminal offence but people would be liable to sanctions through their own professional and disciplinary procedures," Mr Drakeford.
"We will certainly be providing guidance on the way that new duties should be operated."


The Scottish Parliament has voted by 90 to 34 to oppose the UK government starting the Brexit process.

The Supreme Court ruled last month that there was no legal need for Holyrood to give its consent to the triggering of Article 50.
But First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she would let MSPs have a say, despite it being largely symbolic.
Ms Sturgeon predicted the vote would be one of the most significant in the Scottish Parliament since devolution.
The SNP tried to block the UK government's Brexit bill last week.
Only one of Scotland's 59 MPs - Scottish Secretary David Mundell - supported the bill, but it ultimately passed its first parliamentary hurdle by 498 votes to 114.
The European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill returned to the Commons on Monday, when MPs began detailed scrutiny of the legislation.
MSPs voted to back a Scottish government motion in the Scottish Parliament stating that the bill should not proceed.
The SNP, Greens, Liberal Democrats and most Labour MSPs supported the motion, with three Labour MSPs - Neil Findlay, Elaine Smith and Richard Leonard - defying the party whip and opposing it alongside the Conservatives.
The motion, lodged by Brexit minister Michael Russell, said the UK government had failed to properly consult the devolved administrations on an agreed UK position on Brexit.
It also said the government had refused to give a guarantee on the position of EU nationals in the UK, and had failed to answer a range of questions regarding the full implications of withdrawal from the single market.
A Green amendment, stating that the decision to proceed with the Brexit bill does not respect the majority vote to remain part of the EU that was returned in every council area in Scotland, was backed by 72 votes to 33 with 18 abstentions.
Mr Russell opened what was to become a heated debate by saying Scotland had voted "clearly and decisively" to remain in the EU in last year's referendum.
He said the Holyrood vote would allow MSPs to "say to the UK, to Europe and to the world that we oppose the catastrophic hard Brexit now being pursued by the Tories at Westminster."
Mr Russell added: "This vote is more than symbolic. It is a key test of whether Scotland's voice is being listened to, and whether our wishes can be accommodated within the UK process."
He insisted that the Scottish government had worked "long and hard" to deliver compromise proposals, which he said would have allowed Scotland to stay in the single market even in the rest of the UK leaves.
But he said: "So far, the UK government has not offered a single compromise of its own. In fact, it has offered nothing. Neither formal reaction to our proposals, nor formal rejection of them."
Mr Russell went on to describe the Holyrood debate as being "about democracy itself", adding: "It's a debate about the sort of country the UK is becoming and the sort of country we in Scotland wish to be. And the contrast between those countries is stark."
John Lamont of the Scottish Conservatives claimed the Scottish government's default position was to "try to manufacture a grievance out of nothing".
He said: "The Scottish government try to portray the Supreme Court ruling and the UK government's bill to trigger Article 50 as an example of Scotland being ignored.
"The truth is actually more simple. It is a matter for Scotland's other parliament to deal with and it is, as a reserved matter, one for Scotland's MPs to scrutinise."
He added: "This is how the devolution settlement works, and it is time that the SNP accepted this principle and moved on from grievance politics.
"Despite the rhetoric from the Scottish government, the reality is that they are being given plenty of opportunity to engage in the process of the UK leaving the EU."
Scottish Labour said it would vote against triggering Article 50 - although three of its MSPs defied that instruction - but tabled an amendment calling on the SNP not to use Brexit as an excuse for a second independence referendum.
The move put Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale at odds with UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is facing a revolt by pro-Remain MPs - including the party's only Scottish MP Ian Murray - who are defying his leadership to vote against the Brexit bill at Westminster.
Ms Dugdale told the Holyrood debate that Brexit and independence were "two sides of the same coin", adding: "The only thing worse than Brexit for Scottish jobs and the economy would be independence.
"Our nation is divided enough. Another referendum would do irreparable damage to the very fabric of communities across Scotland.
"But the reality is that the SNP has only been given the excuse to seek another referendum because of the mess the Conservatives have made of this whole process".
The Scottish Greens staged a "Scotland says stay" rally outside Holyrood to mark the debate.
The party's MSP Ross Greer said the Article 50 bill was "wildly inadequate" and claimed the Scottish government's attempts at compromise had been met by little but "empty rhetoric" from the UK government,
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie went on the attack by saying the SNP was obsessed with independence, while the Tories were dividing the country with Brexit and Labour was in "total and utter confusion".
A UK government spokesman said Holyrood was free to debate any issue it chooses, and that it would "continue our engagement with the Scottish government and with people and groups across Scotland as we prepare to leave the EU to secure the best deal for Scotland and the UK."
Speaking in the Commons on Monday, Prime Minister Theresa May warned MPs not to "obstruct" the will of UK voters by changing the Brexit bill.
She said: "The message is clear to all - this House has spoken and now is not the time to obstruct the democratically expressed wishes of the British people.
"It is time to get on with leaving the European Union and building an independent, self-governing, global Britain."


Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes says it is fitting Graeme Shinnie will captain his side in Saturday's Scottish Cup final against treble-chasing Celtic.

McInnes confirmed versatile Shinnie, 25, will skipper the Dons next season.
Ryan Jack, who has been captain since 2015, is leaving Pittodrie this summer but is available for Saturday's showpiece at Hampden.
"It's to try and take the sting out of the whole situation," McInnes told Aberdeen's RedTV channel.
"There's been far too much focus on Ryan and his situation. Ryan's made the decision to move on. We've absolutely accepted that and we've no problem with that.
"But just to try and be fair on everybody, on Ryan, but especially on the team, it's so important that the focus and the support is on the team.
"Ryan, I spoke to over the last couple of days as well and he accepts the decision that we've made.
"I think we have got players there who would fill that void anyway next season but Graeme was the one for me who will captain the team next season and will therefore take the team out on Saturday."
Midfielder Jack, 25, who has been linked with Rangers, and winger Peter Pawlett, 26, could make their final Dons appearances at Hampden, with Pawlett having agreed to join MK Dons.
"Whatever team's picked, I'd like to think that the Aberdeen supporters will get right behind us and help us try and create our own bit of history - it's too important," explained McInnes, who is bidding to be the first Aberdeen manager to win the Scottish Cup since Alex Smith in 1990.
"Any personal opinions, any side issues aren't the most important thing at the minute, it's all about the team and we have got a fully committed squad and we'll have that again on Saturday, regardless of who is playing.
"Ryan has been a fantastic servant of the club and like a few others, it'll be his last time involved with the team at the weekend and we want everybody involved with the team - whether they're staying here next year or they're moving on - to have that winner's medal in their hand at the end of it.
"Nobody gives us any real chance. We put that demand on ourselves. The fact that we're re-visiting Hampden for the fourth time this season will help. We've experienced European games. It's our third cup final in four years for a lot of the players. We've just won at Ibrox [for the first time since 1991] last week.
"All these little experiences that we've had can help play a part but ultimately we're looking for good performances. We need that from the players and we'll try and find a way to make sure we help them become Scottish Cup winners."
Meanwhile, McInnes said it was "a boost" for two of his players - midfielder Kenny McLean and defender Mark Reynolds - to have been called up to Gordon Strachan's Scotland squad for next month's meeting with England.
"Being involved with the national team is very important and so it should be," added McInnes.


A family from Surrey are homeless after a fire, started by their Indesit tumble dryer, destroyed their property just weeks after they had contacted the manufacturer.

Susan Garnham from Guildford spotted flames coming the back of the machine on Saturday afternoon, and fled the property along with her husband and son.
Surrey Fire and Rescue Service investigators found that the fire started in the tumble dryer before spreading across the kitchen area and the rest of the property.
The family had been in touch with the parent company Whirlpool about their Indesit machine since last December, after it announced that that a "significant" number of Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit machines would need to be recalled because of concerns they could cause a fire.
The company said that "excess fluff", on machines bought between April 2004 and October 2015, could catch on the heating element and start a blaze. Some five million affected dryers were sold in the UK, and the company admitted in January that owners faced a lengthy wait for a repair.
In a statement it said "We investigate all reported incidents thoroughly. In this particular case, our engineer will visit the property on Thursday 4th February, to collect the machine and we will subsequently examine it in detail. However, until we have completed these investigations,  you will understand we are unable to comment further."
Susan's daughter Chelsea Garnham told BBC News that her mother was advised that their machine did not need to be recalled.  "They told her it just needed a part" she said, and that she should "rest assured that she can still use the dryer whilst she was in the house."
"Mum has electrical insurance through British Gas and they notified her that her machine was on the refurbish list.
"She first tried to call Whirlpool at the end of December, but was told it would be a 4-8 week wait before an engineer could even make an appointment to see the machine.
"She rang again several times in January but was told the same thing. The appointment wasn't even to fix the part, it was just to confirm it was on the list. But now it is too late.
"On Saturday she saw smoke coming out of the machine, so she opened it and pulled the tumble dryer forward. That was when she saw the flames come out of the back and raised the alarm.
"My mum, dad and brother walked out of their house in the clothes they were wearing and had to watch the only home I have ever known them to live in burn down.
"My other brother was at work but he also lost everything. The first thing the fire service pulled out of the building was the tumble dryer, and it was completely destroyed."
Whirlpool is urging customers to visit its a dedicated website to discover whether their machines are affected. "For the repair programme, we are working on a first registered, first served basis" it said.
"This means that the earlier you register, the shorter you have to wait for a modification. Currently, if a consumer registers today, we will be in contact, on average, within 10 weeks to provide an estimated date for an engineer visit.
"Given the large number of dryers affected, we have experienced some delays in replying and we apologise for this inconvenience. We are currently working to address the situation and improve response times.
"Consumers can continue to use their tumble dryers, while waiting for a free modification. Until the modification has been made for those that require it, as an extra precaution we are asking that consumers do not leave their dryers unattended during operation (i.e. do not leave the house or leave the dryer on whilst asleep)."
Reporting by Hannah Henderson


Human remains found in a reservoir near Newport have been confirmed as those of a woman murdered 20 years ago, police have said.

The body was discovered at Wentwood Reservoir, near Newport, on 2 February and DNA analysis has now confirmed it is that of Sandie Bowen.
Mrs Bowen, 53, was murdered by her husband Michael Bowen in 1997 but he never revealed where he hid her body.
Bowen was jailed for life in 1998 but was recently released on licence.
Police are now are meeting the Crown Prosecution Service to see if there are any further lines of inquiry to follow as a result of finding Mrs Bowen's body.
Forestry worker Bowen murdered his third wife Sandie just hours after discovering she was having an affair.
She went missing from her home in Llandogo, Monmouthshire, in August 1997, and Bowen was convicted of murder after her blood and false teeth were found at the couple's home.
Throughout his trial, he denied any involvement in her disappearance, claiming he had asked her for a divorce and left her at Newport where she was due to catch a train to Kent to visit her daughter.
He finally admitted the killing in July 2002, but refused to reveal what he did with her body.
Anita Giles, the daughter of Mrs Bowen, who was originally from Folkestone in Kent, said the family was relieved at the news.
"I'm pleased to have confirmation that it is my mum, 20 years is a long time to grieve," she said.
"We finally have got closure and I can lay her to rest. This proves that we need Helen's Law to stop murderers being released unless they say where the body is.
"Bowen would still be in prison now if there was Helen's Law."
MPs voted in favour of a new "Helen's Law" - denying killers parole if they will not reveal where victims' remains are - in October, ahead of a second reading before it is made law.
The campaign for a change in legislation was started by the family of Helen McCourt of Merseyside, who was killed in 1988 by Ian Simms who never said where her body was.


The UK will provide "vital military assets" to help a Nato mission tackling people smugglers in the Aegean Sea, David Cameron has said.

The PM said the amphibious landing ship RFA Mounts Bay would be sent, ahead of an emergency EU summit in Brussels.
The ship, which carries a Wildcat helicopter, will be working alongside three UK Border Force boats.
More than a million migrants entered the EU illegally by boat travelling mainly from Turkey to Greece last year.
RFA Mounts Bay and two Border Force patrol boats, known as cutters, will join naval vessels from Germany, Canada, Turkey and Greece as part of Nato's first intervention in the migrant crisis.
The vessels will identify smugglers taking migrants to Greece and pass the information to the Turkish coastguard so it can intercept the boats and take the migrants back to Turkey.
The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing migrants and stemming the flow.
Some 13,000 are stranded on Greece's border with Macedonia as European states seek to restrict entry.
RFA Mounts Bay would begin the operation in the "coming days", the cutter Protector was on its way to the region and a further cutter was expected to join them later this month, the government said.
Another Border Force boat, VOS Grace, is already in the Aegean Sea, between Greece and Turkey.
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Mr Cameron said the Nato mission was important as it aimed to "break the business model of the criminal smugglers" and "stop the desperate flow of people crammed into makeshift vessels".
"It's an opportunity to stop the smugglers and send out a clear message to migrants contemplating journeys to Europe that they will be turned back," he said.
On his arrival at the summit, Mr Cameron said the UK's opt-out from the Schengen agreement meant there was "no prospect" of Britain joining any new EU asylum system.
"Even outside the EU, we'd be affected by a migration crisis like this," he said.
"But at the end of the day, we maintain our borders in our own way of doing things, because we have the best of both worlds."
The Royal Navy already has HMS Enterprise deployed in the Mediterranean with two UK Border Force cutters as part of the EU Naval Force Operation countering migrant smugglers.
Defence Secretary Michael Fallon told the Commons that HMS Enterprise had rescued about 100 migrants trying to reach Italy from North Africa on Sunday.
Liberal Democrat former minister Alistair Carmichael warned that more people had died on the sea route from Libya to Italy than in the Aegean Sea, as he questioned how the new operation in the Aegean would affect resources in the region.
Mr Fallon accused Russia of deliberately fuelling the refugee crisis by bombing Syrian civilians in order to force them to flee towards Europe.
He said he agreed with the comments made by Nato's top commander in Europe, Gen Philip Breedlove, who accused Russia last week of "weaponising" the migrant crisis in order to destabilise Europe and "to overwhelm European structures and break European resolve".
"The bombing that they [Russia] have carried out in Syria seems designed to push the Syrian civilian population toward the Turkish border and then on from Turkey into Greece," he said.
The UK and US governments have repeatedly criticised Russian air strikes, which they say have often targeted moderate opponents of the Syrian government rather than the Islamic State militant group.
A temporary ceasefire in Syria was agreed last week, which Western leaders hope may ease the flow of refugees to Europe.
In the run-up to the ceasefire Russia was accused of deliberately hitting hospitals and civilian infrastructure.
Russia has insisted that it attacks only "terrorist" targets.


The boss of Japanese car giant Nissan says he is "confident" the government will keep the UK a competitive place to do business after it leaves the EU.

Chief executive Carlos Ghosn met prime minister Theresa May earlier amid fears over the future of its production plant in Sunderland.
He has hinted investment at Sunderland could cease unless compensation is paid for any adverse impact after Brexit.
The Sunderland plant, which opened in 1986, employs almost 7,000 people.
Mr Ghosn arrived at Downing Street in a black Qashqai, a model made in Sunderland.
After the meeting, which lasted about an hour, Mr Ghosn said: "We want to ensure that this high-performing, high-employment factory remains competitive globally and continues to deliver for our business and for Britain.
"Following our productive meeting, I am confident the government will continue to ensure the UK remains a competitive place to do business. I look forward to continued positive collaboration between Nissan and the UK Government."
Mrs May added: "This government is committed to creating and supporting the right conditions for the automotive industry to go from strength to strength in the UK, now and into the future."
The Sunderland factory, opened by then prime minister Margaret Thatcher, produces about 500,000 Juke, Qashqai and Leaf vehicles a year - a third of the UK's total car manufacturing.
Speaking at the Paris Motor Show in August, Mr Ghosn said that "important investment decisions will not be made in the dark".
He said: "If I need to make an investment in the next few months and I can't wait until the end of Brexit, then I have to make a deal with the UK Government.
"You can have commitments of compensation in case you have something negative. If there are tax barriers being established on cars, you have to have a commitment for car-makers who export to Europe that there is some kind of compensation."
Earlier, Nissan said Friday's meeting sought to provide "an aligned way forward" for the company and the UK Government.
Nissan, which is due to decide early next year on where to build its next Qashqai sport utility vehicle, is part-owned by French manufacturer Renault, raising concerns that production could be moved to France to avoid any tariffs which could be introduced on exports to the EU if the UK leaves the single market in a so-called "hard Brexit".
In the 23 June referendum, the people of Sunderland voted to leave the European Union, with 61% backing the Leave campaign. Across the whole of the UK, 52% voted to leave the EU.


A new body which aims to give a voice to GAA club players has suggested that the senior inter-county season could be concluded by early August.

The Club Players Association was officially launched on Monday and a news conference was told that its main aim is a more meaningful programme with a shorter season.
"Players want to play games," said CPA chairman Micheal Briody.
"They don't want endless training sessions and 13-month seasons."
Mr Briody added that players feel "last in line after administrators, CCC members, coaches, paid managers have all had their say".
"This is fundamentally a player welfare issue and together the time has come to address it before we do irreparable damage.
"Since the idea of the CPA was first floated in the autumn we have been inundated with emails and calls from club players expressing their frustration at the way in which our fixtures are managed," added Briody, who is chairman of the St Brigids club in Meath.
The new club players' body is not yet officially recognised but a Wexford motion calling for this to happen is due to be debated at next month's annual GAA Congress.
CPA secretary and former Monaghan selector Declan Brennan added that the GAA's current fixtures programme "is a mess".
"Other less important issues have been given prominence," added the CPA secretary.
"Players want regular meaningful games, they want to enjoy our games and they want some downtime during a recognised closed season."


Seven women stranded in a Saudi hostel have been flown home, Uganda's ambassador to Saudi Arabia says.

It comes amid a Ugandan ban on the recruitment of maids to work in Saudi Arabia after accusations that workers have been mistreated.
The women were staying in a government-run shelter in Riyadh because they did not have money to pay for a flight.
The shelter is for people who have run away from their employers and illegal workers caught by immigration services.
A statement from the Ugandan Embassy in Saudi Arabia said that they found 24 women from Uganda at the shelter in the Saudi capital.
After visiting the shelter, Ugandan ambassador Rachid Yahya Ssemuddu said that "most of the cases involved human trafficking".
"Many of the young girls were brought to Saudi Arabia on promises that could not be met by those recruiting them," he said.
The Philippines, Indonesia and Ethiopia have also banned domestic workers from travelling to Saudi Arabia after reports of abuse.
In efforts to improve working conditions, the Ugandan embassy said it had employed a private company to monitor Ugandan migrant workers.
It was using an internet-based system that would ensure that only licensed Saudi employment agencies recruited Ugandan workers in future.
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A survivor of clerical sex abuse has resigned from a panel established by Pope Francis to address the issue, saying Vatican officials mounted "shameful" resistance to its work.

Marie Collins was the only remaining panel member abused by a cleric.
She said the commission had suffered constant setbacks, "despite the Holy Father approving all its recommendations".
Pope Francis set up the panel in March 2014.
It was seen as an attempt to address the bitter and long-standing scourge of child abuse which has dogged the Catholic Church.
In her resignation letter, Ms Collins said she believed the pontiff had acted sincerely when he appointed the commission to advise on keeping children safe.
However, she condemned the lack of co-operation by those dealing with cases of abuse.
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The Pope himself has been criticised for reducing the punishments given to priests guilty of child abuse.
The Vatican said Pope Francis had accepted her resignation "with deep appreciation for her work on behalf of the victims/survivors of clergy abuse".
Cardinal Sean O'Malley of Boston, the head of the commission, said Ms Collins' concerns would be examined at a meeting next month.
Ms Collins, who is Irish, is the second abuse survivor to leave the panel, known as the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.
Briton Peter Saunders departed in 2016 after quarrelling with other members about how to handle serial abuse allegations against an Italian priest.
Mr Saunders said he felt betrayed by the Pope and felt he had been tricked into backing up a "smoke and mirrors" exercise.


Fifteen people have been charged after campaigners against airport expansion staged a protest near Heathrow Airport.

A small group of people ran on to the M4 spur road and laid down in front of oncoming traffic on Saturday, causing temporary disruption.
People aged between 21 and 67 have been charged with wilful obstruction of the highway, according to the Met Police.
They have all been bailed to appear at Ealing Magistrates' Court on 22 December.
Among the accused are seven Londoners. They are: Isabelle Anderson, 30, of Stratford; Madeleine Allis-Petersen, 24, of Ealing; Joanne Louise Bodimeade, 28, of Lambeth; Alexis Delage, 25, of Lewisham; Sophia Lysaczanko, 28, of Haringey; Tom Venner-Woodcock, 29, of Southwark; and Tess Lotter, 30, of Camden.
The others charged are: Antoine Thalmann, 25, and Henry Owen, 23, both of Oxford; Simon Bramwell, 44, of Stroud, Gloucestershire; Ian Bray, 49, of Kirklees, West Yorkshire; Graham Lewis, 53, of Wells, Somerset; Thomas Harford, 26, and Margaret Charnley, 67, both of Bristol; and Sibi Moore, 21, of Sidmouth, Devon.


There is concern that patients in County Durham have not been notified that GPs must now ask a private company to decide on referrals to specialists.

North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded a contract to About Health, which will advise on the best way to manage a range of conditions.
A local MP said it was "disgraceful" the system had been put in place without a public consultation.
Health bosses said the move would save money, and GPs had been consulted.
Under the contract, doctors across north Durham will write to About Health for advice on whether a patient should be sent to a specialist or whether they should try other treatments.
The conditions include cardiology, gynaecology, dermatology, or gastroenterology, but will not relate to suspected cancer or other urgent cases.
Durham Labour MP Roberta Blackman-Woods has said that taking the GPs' right to refer away is wrong and wants the contract immediately scrapped.
She said: "It is absolutely disgraceful that they have gone ahead with this with no public consultation.
"I am going to demand that the put a halt on this ... because I honestly believe it could compromise patient safety."
Richard Vautrey, from the BMA, said: "I'm a bit concerned if the clinical commissioning group does not believe that patients should be fully involved and fully informed about what is happening for their care.
"When a referral is being made or advice is being sought patients should understand who that advice is being taken from, and whether they are having the right expertise to be able to provide that advice, and whether the GP believes it is in the right interest for a patients at that time."
The North Durham Clinical Commissioning Group said that GPs had been involved in the process, and the aim was to diagnose conditions earlier, get patients to specialists earlier, and reduce hospital admissions.


Jose Mourinho is the "perfect man" to help Manchester United compete with Pep Guardiola's Manchester City next season, according to former Porto striker Benni McCarthy.

The BBC has learned ex-Chelsea boss Mourinho, 53, could replace Louis van Gaal as United manager this summer.
McCarthy, 38, played under Mourinho during the Portuguese's time at Porto.
"Mourinho is one of those people who knows how to beat Guardiola's tactics," he told BBC Sport.
"When he was at Real Madrid, he beat him a couple of times. At Inter Milan, he also had success against him.
"At the moment, I can't see anyone taking on Pep and his tactics at Manchester City but with Mourinho at United, he would have the resources, the players and the financial backing to beat Guardiola."
Former Barcelona coach Guardiola, now in charge of Bayern Munich, will succeed Manuel Pellegrini as City manager in the summer.
Mourinho's second spell as Chelsea boss ended in December, when he was sacked after losing nine of the season's first 16 league games.
His departure came just seven months after he had won his third Premier League title with the Blues, the first two of which came during his first spell at the club - from 2004-2007.
Mourinho fell out with the Blues' medical team, in particular club doctor Eva Carneiro, after describing them as "naive" for running on to the pitch to treat midfielder Eden Hazard during a draw against Swansea in August.
McCarthy, who won consecutive Portuguese titles and the Champions League at Porto, said suggestions his former boss is "damaged goods" are "majorly unfair".
The South African added: "Everywhere he has gone, he has been successful.
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"The fans, the media, the people don't know what went on behind closed doors at Chelsea and what caused the problems they had when he was in charge. I certainly don't think that experience makes him a bad manager.
"The problems he has had of late seem to be due to personality clashes. When you want more from your players and they think they can't give you more, it results in a clash and players don't play to the best of their ability."
McCarthy said Mourinho's man-management skills were "unbelievable".
He added: "Manchester United have a lot of young players, who want to achieve things and make names for themselves. He would come in and be the perfect man for the job.
"If the players give him 100% effort, and show a willingness to succeed, he could definitely get Manchester United back to being one of those powerhouses in Europe, where teams fear to go."
Mourinho has never spent more than three years in a single spell as manager of a club.
But McCarthy feels he is ready for a long-term challenge, and thinks United would be the perfect job for him.
"During my time at Porto he had time to settle in and instil his philosophy," said McCarthy. "Nobody interfered much in what he was doing. He had full support and I think that is why he was so successful.
"Manchester United is that kind of club. It is a very well-run club and a family club. Because of that I think he will be able to make those players play to their ability and put the club back where they belong.
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"I definitely think he wants that opportunity to have a long-term spell at a club, where he can build a foundation and fix things properly. When he gets that, people will see the real Mourinho we all know."
Van Gaal has responded angrily to speculation about his job, and said there was no need for the club to deny they were in talks with Mourinho.
But both he and predecessor David Moyes, who was sacked just 10 months after succeeding the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson, have struggled to match expectations at Old Trafford.
McCarthy said Mourinho wants the challenge of "following in Ferguson's footsteps" so he is not just known as "someone for a short-term fix".
He added: "He is not quite up there yet with Ferguson but, in terms of what he has won, he is only one of a handful of people who can take the Manchester United job and rebuild it.
"It is the people's club and he would have the right resources to once again make them one of the most fierce teams in Europe. He would come in, change things around and get one up on Chelsea."


Flyweight Andrew Selby became the fastest Welsh boxer to win a British title with a points victory over flyweight Louis Norman at Ice Arena Wales in Cardiff.

It was the 27-year-old from Barry's fifth outing as a professional fighter, having made his debut in October 2015.
No Welsh fighter had claimed a Lonsdale belt in fewer bouts and in less time since turning professional.
Norman, 32, had lost only one of his previous 13 contests.
Norman weighed in 0.9lbs over the eight-stone limit, but made the weight with seconds to spare after stripping completely naked.
The fight was on the undercard of Lee Haskins' successful IBF world bantamweight title defence against Ivan Morales.


The US military will begin treatment for US document leaker Chelsea Manning for her gender-identity condition.

Defence secretary Chuck Hagel has approved gender treatment for Pte First Class Manning, who was formerly known as Bradley.
The move came after the bureau of prisons rejected the Army's request to transfer her from a military facility.
She is serving a 35-year sentence for leaking classified files to Wikileaks.
Pte Manning has been diagnosed by military doctors with gender dysphoria, the sense of one's gender being at odds with the sex assigned at birth.
Following her conviction in July 2013 on 20 charges in connection with the leaks of military and diplomatic documents, Pte Manning requested treatment including hormone therapy, and to be allowed to live as a woman.
A lawyer for Pte Manning threatened in May to sue the Army if she was not given sex change therapy in military prison.
Nancy Hollander argued the military had an obligation to treat the soldier's "transgender issues", and she would not be safe if transferred to a civilian prison for treatment there.
Ms Hollander told the BBC that Pte Manning had not suffered harassment at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, even though her fellow inmates knew she was transgender.
In April, a judge granted her petition to change her name legally from Bradley to Chelsea, and according to a court filing by Pte Manning's legal team, a military doctor at Fort Leavenworth had approved a treatment plan by November 2013.
The US military is required to offer medical treatment to its soldiers, but Pentagon policy prohibits transgender people from serving openly in the military.
Pte Manning will not be discharged from the military until she has finished her prison term.
Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said earlier the policy on transgender service members should be "continuously reviewed" but has not said whether he believes the policy should be overturned.
A previous study by the Palm Center estimated there were 15,000 transgender US military members and 130,000 veterans.


Wales Under-20 lock Adam Beard has been banned for nine weeks after being found guilty of reckless contact with an opponent's eye

Beard, 20, was cited after Wales' defeat against Ireland in the Junior World Championships in Manchester.
The Ospreys player was found guilty of reckless rather than deliberate contact, after denying the offence.
Beard will miss the rest of the Championship and the start of the Pro12 season.
He will be free to play again from 11 September.


Nathan Thomas has described his move to League One champions Sheffield United as a "better opportunity", despite interest from Middlesbrough.

The 22-year-old winger completed the switch from National League-bound Hartlepool United on Monday.
"I was never going to choose anyone else," he told BBC Radio Sheffield.
"I had a conversation with Middlesbrough but it wasn't going anywhere. I had my heart set on Sheffield United."
The former Sunderland youth player continued: "It just felt like a really good place to be. Nobody else was going to turn my head."
Thomas scored 14 goals in 56 appearances for his previous club Hartlepool, who were relegated from League Two on the final day of the season.
"I can go away now without having to worry about playing in the National League," said Thomas.
"It allows me the time to prepare for the level I need to be at now. I can work in the off-season to make myself a better player."
But the former Darlington loanee is excited about the chance to play against some of the best sides in England's second tier, including his hometown team Middlesbrough, who made a reported £300,000 offer to sign him.
"I'm looking forward to the the derby against Sheffield Wednesday," he said. "Up in the north it's one of the biggest games in football so to be a part of that will be amazing.
"I want to play against Sunderland. I came through their youth set-up and I feel I need to get one over on them.
"Middlesbrough are the team I supported growing up. When I heard about Middlesbrough, it was like a dream because they're my hometown club. But hopefully I can get one over on them too."


Donald Trump's praise for Vladimir Putin - calling him "far more of a leader" than President Barack Obama - is just the latest in a long series of warm comments about the Russian president.

Neither have the compliments been entirely one-way traffic - Mr Putin has described Mr Trump as "colourful and talented".
There are policy implications too. Mr Trump has repeatedly said he wants to work more closely with Russia to defeat so-called Islamic State and has also said he would consider lifting sanctions and recognising its annexation of Crimea.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow says that with all this in mind, it would be astonishing if the Kremlin did not welcome the prospect of a Trump White House.
So a budding geopolitical bromance then, albeit a somewhat one-sided one. Whether it would survive if Mr Trump wins in November is another matter.
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"If he says great things about me, I'm going to say great things about him. I've already said he is really, very much of a leader... the man has very strong control over a country. Now it's a very different system and I don't happen to like the system, but certainly, in that system he's been a leader far more than our president has been a leader."
"Lot of people say as an example, Russia, you know Hillary likes to play tough with Russia. Putin looks at her and he laughs. He laughs. Putin. Putin looks at Hillary Clinton and he smiles. Boy would he like to see her. That would be easy."
"You know, he feels good about me. I feel, frankly, good about him. I think that we can do things with Russia that are to our advantage... It's a mutual advantage. Now, they're jealous as hell because he's not mentioning these people. He's not going to mention them, so they're jealous as hell."
"When people call you 'brilliant' it's always good, especially when the person heads up Russia. He's running his country and at least he's a leader. You know, unlike we have in this country."
"[Putin] does not like Obama at all. He doesn't respect Obama at all. And I'm sure that Obama doesn't like him very much. But I think that I would probably get along with him very well. And I don't think you'd be having the kind of problems that you're having right now."
"You see, it's like I said. Trump's a colourful person. And well, isn't he colourful? Colourful. I didn't make any other kind of characterisation about him.
"But here's where I will pay close attention, and where I exactly welcome and where on the contrary I don't see anything bad: Mr Trump has declared that he's ready for the full restoration of Russian-American relations. Is there anything bad there? We all welcome this, don't you?"
"He is a very colourful and talented man, no doubt about that. He is the absolute leader of the presidential race, as we see it today. He says that he wants to move to another level of relations, to a deeper level of relations with Russia. How can we not welcome that? Of course we welcome it."


A woman who faces losing almost all her teeth after dentists failed to spot she had widespread gum disease has won a share of a £30,000 compensation payout.

She attended regular check-ups at the Burrell & Stokes dental practice in Grimsby over a six-year period, but the condition was not detected.
Insurers for the dentists involved agreed to pay damages after a case of poor care and neglect was brought.
The BBC has approached the practice for a comment.
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Hudgell Solicitors, who brought the action, said the woman was seen at the practice by dentists Timothy Stokes, Ian Burrell and Ivan Delgado between February 2009 and June 2015.
Solicitor Michelle Tebbutt said the woman had been "devastated" when the condition was finally identified.
She said: "Independent experts indicated that this lady was in such a bad situation that she was likely to lose almost all her teeth over the next five years as the gums and bones were so weak and badly diseased."
A second patient was awarded a share of the damages after a case of negligent treatment was brought against dentist Carlos Noguera Mutillo.
The dentist had allegedly drilled through two healthy teeth to fit a replacement bridge.
The woman, who has not been identified, said the work had left her "in constant pain" and unable to eat on one side of her mouth.
Ms Tebbutt said there had been "numerous areas of concern" in the treatment received by both patients.
She said: "We are glad that both cases have resulted in damages settlements being offered."
A member of staff at the practice said Mr Delgado and Mr Mutillo no longer work at the surgery but would not comment further.


A second referendum is needed before Britain leaves the EU in case the exit deal "wrecks the future for our children", Welsh Liberal Democrat leader Mark Williams has said.

The party launches its Welsh manifesto on Friday and said the referendum was "at the heart" of its proposals.
Mr Williams said voters should have the option to reject the deal and remain in the EU if they do not like the offer.
He will be joined in Hay-on-Wye by ex-deputy prime minister Nick Clegg.
The Lib Dems said the manifesto plans for a stronger Wales in a fairer UK.
"A bad Brexit deal, with Britain outside the single market, will wreck the future for our children, our economy and our schools and hospitals," Mr Williams said.
He added: "Our plan comes from a strong, open and tolerant Wales, where our children have the best start in life, where people are decent to each other and where our economy works for everyone."
The party says its manifesto, entitled "Change Wales' Future", will "make clear our aspirations for Wales in devolved matters and is a plan for a stronger Wales in a fairer United Kingdom".
At the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats won one seat in Wales.


Social media sites have been rammed with confusion after police released blurred images of victims of crime - who happened to be sheep.

The lambs' identity was "protected due to their age and vulnerability", West Midlands Police said.
The woolly passengers were spotted after they were herded into the back of a car and driven around by suspected rustlers.
But the subsequent image circulated by the force turned out to be a joke.
Nic Barlow commented on Facebook: "I wondered why the picture looked a bit woolly."
Abbas Zen said: "It would be an animal rights issue if they didn't [blur the images]."
Other people were less amused by the force's sense of fun.
"Police show criminal sense of humour as they release pictures of stolen sheep with pixelated faces," tweeted Solene Deplanche.
Officers said three suspected sheep rustlers found in the car near Hob Moor Road, Yardley in Birmingham were rounded up in nearby gardens - with one up a tree and another penned in a conservatory.
The men aged 22, 27, and 28, were arrested on suspicion of theft, while police traced owners of the sheep.
Jokes aside, officers said the lambs were unhurt and have been temporarily re-homed on a farm in Sheldon.
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British police have guidelines over what information they reveal about victims of crime - but was there a bit of woolly thinking in the West Midlands force after journalists were given an image obscuring the faces of allegedly-rustled lambs?
The Data Protection Act and Article 8 of the Human Rights Act, which covers family and private life, require the police to protect personal information unless there is a good reason to release it.
My mint sources tell me that an officer in the case blurred the image as a joke.
He presumably concluded he had an obligation under the Ewe-ropean Convention on Eweman Rights to hide the poor little lambs' faces.


Director Wes Anderson has announced his next project will be an animated film called Isle of Dogs.

Edward Norton will voice a dog called Rex in the film, which will also feature the voices of Bryan Cranston, Bill Murray and Yoko Ono.
Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Greta Gerwig and Harvey Keitel are among others to have roles in the film.
Anderson previously directed a 2009 stop-motion animation based on Roald Dahl's Fantastic Mr Fox.
In a video announcing his new project, Anderson offered fans a chance to enter a raffle for a chance to voice one of the film's canine characters.
According to the director's page on fundraising website Crowdrise, "barking, howling and whimpering may be required".
Proceeds will go towards Martin Scorsese's Film Foundation, which works to preserve and restore old movies.
Anderson's video also features a silent "sneak preview" of the character Norton plays in the film, which will be made in England.
"There's no line, so that really could have been anybody," the actor remarks from behind the director's shoulder.
Norton and Anderson previously collaborated on 2012's Moonrise Kingdom and 2014's The Grand Budapest Hotel.
The Oscar-nominated Royal Tenenbaums director recently made a Christmas advert for clothing chain H&M.
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