Everton have appointed Leicester City joint assistant manager and head of recruitment Steve Walsh as their new director of football.

The 51-year-old had only signed a new contract with the Premier League champions in May.
Former PE teacher and Chelsea scout Walsh will work with new Toffees manager Ronald Koeman, who replaced Roberto Martinez last month.
"It feels very much like a new era at Everton," said Walsh.
He becomes Leicester's second key departure of the summer after midfielder N'Golo Kante joined Chelsea for £30m.
Walsh has been credited with helping discover bargain signings such as winger Riyad Mahrez and Kante for the Foxes, who last season became top-flight champions for the first time in their 132-year history.
Professional Footballers' Association player of the year Mahrez joined from Le Havre in 2014 for £400,000, while Kante was signed from French club Caen for about £6m.
"I am genuinely excited to be here at Everton and very much looking forward to getting down to work," said Walsh.
"I know the club well, my roots are in the north west and my brother, Mickey, was an Everton player in the Bob Latchford era and always proud of that fact."
Dutchman Koeman added: "It is really good for the club to have someone in Steve who has shown his quality in his job at a number of clubs over many years.
"That is the experience and quality he will bring to us at a good time in the season."
Pat Murphy, BBC Radio 5 live:
"Arguably, Walsh became the most important figure in Leicester's football department because he kept delivering unpolished gems from his countless scouting missions without breaking the bank.
"Although he signed a new and improved contract only in May, he has been tempted away by what he sees as a career promotion and the vision of Everton's majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri.
"The London-based Iranian businessman has ambitious plans for Everton, with money seemingly not an issue. Landing first Koeman as manager and now Walsh within a month is a double coup.
"Leicester will be seeking full compensation for the loss of Walsh but just as in the pursuit of Koeman, money is no longer a thorny problem at Everton."


A clock that was used by Winston Churchill in the Cabinet War Rooms has been sold to a collector after failing to sell at auction.

The desk clock was given to George Rance, clerk and custodian of the rooms, at the end of the war in 1945.
It failed to reach its by guide price of £400 at auction in Chichester, West Sussex on 20 November.
Peter Parker, of Stride and Son, said a collector then contacted them after reading it on the BBC website.
"We have had a flurry of inquiries from interested parties who only seem to have become aware of its existence after the auction," said Mr Parker.
The buyer was "thrilled with their purchase," he added.
Prior to the auction, Sir Nicolas Soames, the Conservative MP and grandson of Sir Winston Churchill, said he could imagine seeing the clock on his grandfather's desk.


A move which could limit new affordable homes being built in Wales will be opposed by the Welsh Government.

In September, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced housing associations should be considered part of the public, not private, sector.
But the Welsh Government promised to take "whatever steps are necessary" to reverse the change, following concerns.
Community Housing Cymru (CHC), which represents housing associations in Wales, welcomed its pledge to act.
The ONS decision led to concerns that housing associations would no longer be able to borrow the money needed to provide new houses.
At the moment not-for-profit housing associations are considered to be in the private sector and can borrow as much money as they can afford, within certain regulations.
But CHC fears if finances were overseen by the UK treasury, the associations' levels of borrowing could be restricted, meaning they would not be able to build as many houses.
The Welsh Government has promised to provide 20,000 affordable homes over the course of the current assembly term.
Housing associations have warned the target may be unachievable unless action is taken to reverse the changes.
Stuart Ropke, chief executive of CHC, said: "We're obviously delighted that Welsh Government have confirmed they'll do whatever it takes to get us back into the independent sector.
"We've got a pact with the Welsh Government that'll see us delivering 13,500 homes towards the 20,000 target.
"We're absolutely confident that can be delivered but we were very clear when we signed the pact that this is one of the pieces in the jigsaw."
A Welsh Government spokeswoman said: "All Registered Social Landlords (housing associations) in Wales can be confident any issues resulting from reclassification, including any regulatory reform required, will be resolved in conjunction with the sector.
"We will take whatever steps are necessary, including legislating, to protect Registered Social Landlords' ability to finance building and improvements."
The ONS decision was based primarily on the level of government control over housing associations.
Steffan Evans, from the Wales Governance Centre, said: "I think it's a concern but people shouldn't be too worried because, whilst Welsh Government may lose some controls in legislation, it's still likely to have some control over the sector through the work of a regulatory team."
Last year, the UK government brought forward legislation to deregulate housing associations in England following an identical decision by the ONS.
The Scottish and Northern Irish governments are considering similar moves in response to the more recent announcement.


A man who attempted to travel to Syria to join so-called Islamic State (IS) has been jailed for six years.

Patrick Kabele, 33, was found guilty of preparation of terrorist acts, at Woolwich Crown Court.
Kabele, of Willesden, north-west London, was stopped at Gatwick Airport on 20 August, as he attempted to board a flight to Sabiha Gokcen Airport in Istanbul.
Media devices which revealed his plans to fight alongside IS were seized.
Commander Dean Haydon, of the Met's Counter Terrorism Command, said: "Kabele's intention to join ISIS is made very clear in his own notes.
"Due to the good work of officers at the airport, who spotted Kabele and questioned him, as well as the investigation team who pieced the case together, we have prevented someone from travelling to fight for a terrorist group."
Kabele was also ordered to serve a further four years on licence when he is released.


Unchecked climate change could put Antarctica's huge Totten Glacier into an unstable configuration over the coming centuries, a study has warned.

If that happens, the ice loss could push up global oceans by 2m, or more.
The claim is based on an assessment of the rocks underlying the ice stream.
Scientists tell the journal Nature that should the front of the glacier retreat about 150km from its current position, it will then enter a runaway reversal that takes it 200-250km further inland.
Most of the big glaciers in the east of the White Continent appear relatively quiescent; Totten is something of an exception.
It is experiencing a thinning rate of about half a metre per year, according to the latest satellite measurements.
Previous research indicates this is probably being driven by warm ocean water getting under and melting the floating front of the glacier.
What Alan Aitken and colleagues have now done is examine a possible future for Totten if the shrinkage continues.
They have used gravity and magnetic data recorded over the entire catchment feeding the glacier to understand its past behaviour.
They find that the underlying sedimentary rocks at the modern front of Totten are heavily eroded, as are the rocks in fjords deep in the interior of the catchment. The inference is that these sections are where persistent, moving ice has had time to grind down the geology.
It is the mid-region, however, that piques the team's interest. Here, the sediments are relatively thick, suggesting that ice fronts have historically been resident in this section for only short periods.
This mid-region is also where the rock bed dips inland - a geometry that glaciologists say is naturally unstable and accelerates any glacier retreat.
"What this all tells us is that once the ice margin starts to go back, it goes back quite rapidly to a newer, stable position way inland. And if you do that our modelling indicates you will lose ice equivalent to 1.5-2m of sea level rise," co-author Prof Martin Siegert from Imperial College London, UK, told BBC News.
The last time Totten retreated to the deep interior of the France-sized catchment was probably in the Pliocene Epoch, he added.
"Three-point-five million years ago, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels were in the region of 400 parts per million - so about where they are now. The atmosphere was a couple of degrees warmer than it is now, which is in line with what we expect for the end of this century if we do nothing about it. The Pliocene is where we're headed."
Even so, the timescale for the far retreat inland would be on the order of centuries, on current trends.
The international community has of course committed itself to doing something about climate change, promising at the Paris talks in December to try to keep the global atmospheric temperature rise above pre-industrial levels to "well below 2C".
Various analyses, however, suggest a 2.7C increase is a more likely outcome, based on the voluntary national curbs to greenhouse gas emissions promised at the meeting.
And that variance could be significant, according to research presented at the recent European Geosciences Union meeting in Vienna last month.
Prof Rob DeConto from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, US, has modelled possible ice losses from the Antarctic continent based on the two temperature figures.
For a 2C rise, he found minimal change by the end of this century. On the other hand, for 2.7C he identified ice losses equivalent to many tens of centimetres of sea-level rise.
"There's threshold behaviour in the Antarctic ice sheet system," Prof DeConto told reporters at EGU.
"We don't know exactly where that line is, but according to these results somewhere between 2C and 2.7C makes a very big difference."
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Roelof van der Merwe hit an astonishing unbeaten 165 as Somerset recovered from 22-5 to beat Surrey in the One-Day Cup.

The Netherlands all-rounder's partnership of 213 with Dean Elgar (68) at Taunton was a sixth-wicket record for the county in a List A game.
And he hit a six and 24 fours in his 122-ball innings - the first limited-overs hundred of his career.
Ben Foakes had earlier top-scored for Surrey with 92 as they posted 290-8 from their 50 overs.
It looked like the match was theirs for the taking as Jade Dernbach (3-46) and Sam Curran (2-52) cut through Somerset's top order with the new ball.
Opener Steven Davies was among their victims, departing lbw second ball to Dernbach for a duck against his former club.
But 32-year-old Van der Merwe, who made 209 off 166 balls in a four-day game against Oxford MCCU earlier this month, met the crisis head-on with a series of audacious strokes.
His first 50 took 44 balls and his second just 33 as he reached his century with back-to-back boundaries off Tom Curran.
Elgar was eventually bowled by Scott Borthwick in the 37th over, but by then the pair had already beaten the county's previous sixth-wicket record of 209 between Lewis Gregory and James Hildreth against Durham in 2014.
He was replaced in the middle by Gregory, who lifted a ball from Dernbach over the wicketkeeper's head for four as the home side - beaten in their opening two Championship matches - won with 6.1 overs to spare.
Somerset all-rounder Roelof van der Merwe told BBC Sport:
"Being 22-5 and getting over the line, it's an unbelievable feeling, and it's going to help the team going forward.
"We knew 290 was an alright score, but it was a good wicket and if two batters could get in (we had a chance), and that's what Deano and myself did, and we got over the line.
"It was one of those (innings) where you nick a few past the keeper, and a few inside edges went my way today, you take it as it comes."
Surrey wicketkeeper/batsman Ben Foakes told BBC Radio London:
"It was a freakish game. With 290, we thought we were above par and in with a good chance, and when they were 22-5, you think you've pretty much got it wrapped up.
"It was one of the best knocks I've seen and in those circumstances, you've got to take your hat off to him and say well played.
"Him and Dean Elgar put that big partnership on, and kept them up with the run rate, which was the most important thing.
"They were never behind with that, so they didn't have that pressure, and he just kept going and never gave a chance."


A fire at former US President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Arkansas is believed to have been caused by arson, officials say.

They say the blaze in the city of Hope slightly damaged one interior room before it was extinguished.
Arson is suspected because accelerant was detected at the scene. Graffiti is also being examined.
Mr Clinton spent his first years in the house, which was designated a National Historic Site in 2011.
Hope Police Department chief JR Wilson said a motorist spotted flames early on Friday, according to the Associated Press news agency.
Mr Wilson said firefighters saw flames 8ft (2.4m) high on one side of the property when they arrived.
Bill Clinton was America's 42nd president, serving from 1993 to 2001.


BMW workers in the UK have accepted a revised offer over the closure of their final salary pension scheme, ending the threat of further strikes.

The agreement follows a series of stoppages at plants making the Mini and Rolls Royce cars.
More than 80% of members of the Unite union approved the deal which affects workers at four sites.
The union said it had won a much bigger transitional payment for staff, plus other guarantees.
The dispute centred on plans to move workers to a new contribution-based pension scheme, which Unite warned could cost workers up to Â£160,000 in lost income.
There were four walkouts involving workers at plants in Cowley; Goodwood, near Chichester; Hams Hall in the West Midlands; and Swindon.
Last month, Unite threatened more strikes after a previous offer was rejected.
BMW had initially offered workers transitional payments worth Â£7,000 in an effort to solve the dispute, but under the revised offer, this will be increased to up to Â£25,000.
Unite national officer Fred Hanna said: "It's testament to the resolve of Unite members and their solidarity that the carmaker was forced to more than triple these payments and give additional guarantees."
BMW said its employees would join a defined contribution scheme from October 2017 which has a company contribution of up to 16%.
A spokesman said: "We believe that our pension proposals are fair and will help to ensure our competitiveness as a business, which is ultimately in the long-term interest of all our employees."


Manchester City have been cleared to play 19-year-old Brazilian winger Gabriel Jesus against Tottenham on Saturday after formally completing his £27m move from Palmeiras.

Brazil international Jesus agreed a five-year deal with City in August.
He stayed with Palmeiras until the end of the Brazilian season in December.
"He has the potential to become one of the best attacking players in the game," said City's director of football Txiki Begiristain.
Jesus arrived at City at the start of the month but registration to play for his new club was reportedly delayed while the Football Association examined documents relating to his move.
City regard the player as the best young talent in South America and fought off interest from Barcelona.
Jesus was voted the best newcomer in the Brazilian top flight last season and was part of his country's squad at the Rio Olympics.
The teenager said City boss Pep Guardiola was a huge influence in his decision to join.
Jesus added: "City is a club that always competes for the title in the competitions it enters, so that was an important factor, and because of the manager, Guardiola, and the squad."
City are fifth in the Premier League table, 10 points behind leaders Chelsea, after two defeats in the last three games.
Jesus was known as Gabriel Fernando when he made his senior debut for Palmeiras at the age of 17.
A City statement said: "Known then as Gabriel Fernando, he was given the No 33 shirt - the age of Christ - and a shrewd Palmeiras press officer encouraged him to take the name Gabriel Jesus.
"He was handed his senior debut by Oswaldo de Oliveira on 7 March 2015, coming on in the 73rd minute of a 1-0 win over CA Bragantino at Allianz Parque."


A paramedic has been struck off for failing to treat a man who collapsed in a hospital car park and later died.

Andrew Davies was found guilty of misconduct by a health profession panel for not helping Carl Cope in the car park of Walsall Manor Hospital.
Mr Cope, 47, later died in hospital of a heart attack in June 2012.
The panel heard four members of clinical staff were present at the time and all were charged with failure to care for a patient in need.
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The Health and Care Professions Council panel heard Mr Davies had been dismissed by his employer, West Midlands Ambulance Service, for gross misconduct.
It followed an investigation into a failure to provide care to Mr Cope on 23 June 2012.
Panel chair Naseem Malik said: "Mr Davies's failure to act was conduct falling far below that expected by the public, his profession, and fellow practitioners.
"There is, in the panel's view, insufficient evidence that Mr Davies has gained meaningful insight into his failings. In the absence of such insight there remains a likelihood of repetition of the misconduct."
Mr Davies, who was not present or represented at the hearing, was struck off the HCPC Register.
In February last year, paramedic Matthew Geary, 36, from Manor Avenue in Great Wyrley, Staffordshire, admitted failing to discharge a duty in relation to Mr Cope's treatment,
He was given an eight-month suspended jail term.


Department store McEwens of Perth has gone into administration with the loss of 110 jobs.

The company has traded at its St John Street site since March 1868 and also has branches in Ballater and Oban.
Company chairman John Bullough said the decision was made "with great sadness and regret".
The closure of the store was described by the leader of Perth and Kinross Council Ian Miller as "a significant loss for Perth and the wider region".
It has been confirmed that 64 employees were made redundant immediately, with 46 staff members remaining to assist the joint administrators.
The Ballater and Oban branches were closed with immediate effect, but the Perth store will reopen on Friday for a closing down sale.
In a statement, Mr Bullough and his wife Georgina said: "Despite our exhaustive search for investor and partner solutions, all negotiations with the bank have failed and unfortunately we have run out of options.
"Our thoughts are with all 130 wonderful McEwens staff who face redundancy.
"We are grateful to them for their hard work and all our friends and colleagues for their advice and support.
"Although this is extremely disappointing and sad for us both as this comes at great personal cost, we can stand tall in the knowledge that we have done everything in our power to support the business and the city centre of Perth."
Blair Nimmo and Gerard Friar of KPMG have been appointed as joint administrators of the company.
Mr Nimmo, who is KPMG's UK head of restructuring, said: "Despite the directors' best efforts, McEwens of Perth continued to incur trading losses as a result of the many challenges being felt by the retail sector.
"Inevitably this has led to the unfortunate demise of a well-known and highly-regarded brand.
"We have started a closing down sale in a bid to realise assets, and are grateful to the remaining staff for their efforts and assistance.
"We are working with those staff made redundant to ensure they receive the necessary support from relevant agencies."
Shoppers arriving at the store found the doors locked and delivery drivers were turned away.
It is understood staff were called last night and told to be in the store for a 09:00 meeting.


Hastings Pier is to reopen on Wednesday, nearly six years after it was gutted in a devastating fire, its owners have announced.

The 144-year-old structure has been closed to the public for 10 years and was almost destroyed by the blaze in 2010, leaving its future in doubt.
But after being taken over by a community charity, it is finally back after a £14.2m renovation and is set to play a key role in the town's future.
First to open is the restored pavilion.
The rest of the newly built complex will follow over the coming weeks before a gala celebration marking its formal opening next month.
Hastings Borough Council estimates the attraction will generate more than £1m a year for the local economy.
The pier, one of three along the south coast built by 19th century architect Eugenius Birch, opened in 1872.
But after its heyday as a holiday resort in the mid-20th century, it fell victim to the emergence of the package holiday and cheaper foreign travel.
As the Victorian structure continued to deteriorate, the pier was forced to close amid safety fears.
And just as bids were invited to redevelop the decaying wreck, the fire broke out, destroying about 95% of the structure.
An action group has overseen its recovery, raising more than £14m - largely through lottery funding - to restore what little was left of the pier and redevelop the rest of the site.
The so-called "people's pier" is being run by a management company, owned by more than 3,000 community shareholders, who bought into the project at £100 a share.
Lawrence Bell, who runs the White Rock Hotel near the seafront, said the fire galvanised the campaign to save the building.
He said: "The burning-down saved the pier. Everybody in Hastings didn't want to lose it and now they are looking forward to using it."


Kristoffer Ajer says he has joined Celtic to show he can perform at a higher level.

Ajer, 17, will join the club on a four-year deal in the summer, after agreeing personal terms following a trial.
The midfielder has captained and been a regular for IK Start in Norway, but recognises he has to develop further to succeed at Celtic.
"I come here as a 17-year-old that surely no-one has heard about, so I need to prove myself," he said.
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"I expect much from myself."
Highly-rated in his homeland, the Norway Under-17 cap revealed his decision to join the Scottish champions was influenced by the presence of his compatriot Ronny Deila as Celtic manager.
The midfielder did not seek assurances about Deila's long-term future at the club before committing to a contract, though.
"He's the manager now and that's what's important," Ajer said. "You don't know what will happen. Ronny's a great manager and I am really sure that he will be manager for a long time.
"Back in Norway, he won the Premiership and I will prove that I am good enough to play.
"I'm a full member of the A squad. I need to prove myself, develop and be good in training. Hopefully I will play a lot, that's my goal.
"I'm a holding midfielder that likes to be on the ball and win it back again. I've had many role models who I've seen on YouTube, such as Patrick Vieira - a great player in that position.
"At Celtic, there are holding midfielders who are so good that I need to learn from. I can't wait to start training with them and learn everything.
"I've played almost 50 matches in the Premiership in Norway and I felt I was ready to come to such a big club as this and develop as much as I can."
Ajer admitted other teams had been keen to sign him but that Celtic was his "number one club", explaining: "I wanted to come here.
"My parents have my whole life told me to keep my feet on the ground and never think you are better than someone else, you have to prove yourself," he added.
"I will [now return home to] take the driving licence and finish second grade at my high school, so I have many things to do back in Norway."


Two boys aged 15 and a 17-year-old girl have been charged after Raith Rovers Football Club's stadium was broken into and vandalised.

A four-figure sum of damage was caused at the Kirkcaldy club's Stark's Park between 17:30 on Tuesday and 09:00 on Wednesday
The press box was vandalised and items including a scoreboard, electronic equipment and a bicyle were stolen.
Club chief executive Eric Drysdale said: "This was an appalling act."
Mr Drysdale, who has been a director at the club for 17 years, said they faced a race against time to repair the damage before the next home game against Falkirk on 23 April.
He said: "There is paint and sick all over the press room. There is a four-figure sum of damage.
"This is an appalling act of vandalism and theft, and I am glad that arrests have been made.
"Police inquiries are continuing, but if anyone can help us recover any of this equipment, I'd be very grateful.
"Obviously, the priority for the club meantime will be to try and get a press area operational in time for next Saturday's game."


Belfast Giants go into the play-offs quarter-final second leg against Fife on Sunday with a two-goal advantage after this victory at the SSE Arena.

Sebastien Thinel gave the Scottish visitors a first-period lead on Saturday night but Belfast hit back with three goals in the second period.
Steve Saviano, Chris Higgins and Derrick Walser netted for the Giants.
Chase Schaber pulled one back early in the final period before Walser fired in the fourth goal for the hosts.
Fife took the initiative in a closely fought first period which saw both netminders kept busy.
The decisive moment came in the 16th minute when Giants defenceman Ryan Martinelli was caught in possession by Thinel, who was able to race clear through on goal and slotted past Stephen Murphy.
The Giants turned the tie around midway through the second period, scoring twice in the space of 48 seconds.
Saviano equalised on a power play and Higgins gave the home side the lead with his 29th goal of the season.
Player-coach Walser then fired through a crowd of players five minutes later to extend Belfast's lead to 3-1.
Fife reduced the deficit to one goal courtesy of Schaber five minutes into the final period.
But Walser was the Giants' hero on the night as he scored for the second time with another fine shot with just two minutes to go.


Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger says Aaron Ramsey will miss his side's remaining festive period fixtures after suffering a thigh strain in the win at West Ham.

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The Wales midfielder limped off after 65 minutes of the  with Arsenal visiting Newcastle on Sunday and hosting Cardiff on 1 January.
"It looks [bad], it looks a thigh strain," said Wenger. "The Christmas period is certainly over for him.
"I don't know how long it will be, we have to see tomorrow morning."
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has scored 13 goals this season - six more than he managed in his five previous for Arsenal combined
Ramsey has been one of Arsenal's stand-out performers this season, with 13 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions.
The Gunners had fallen behind to a Carlton Cole strike when Ramsey - on the day he turned 23 - pulled up clutching his left leg.
His removal saw Lukas Podolski introduced for his first appearance since suffering a hamstring injury on 27 August.
Arsenal equalised through Theo Walcott before Podolski crossed for Walcott to head his second and the German then lashed in a third himself.
"We had two real wingers from that moment on and he [Podolski] made a huge difference," said Wenger.
"We had good width in the game and that created many problems for West Ham. He has been out for four months, not played one game.
"He will get slowly back to competitiveness and has shown he can have a huge impact. He can score and make goals, provide assists."


Frenchman Pierre Rolland ended a two-year wait for victory by winning the 17th stage of the Giro d'Italia.

It was the 30-year-old's first triumph since a stage win on the 2015 Vuelta a Castilla y Leon and his team's first grand tour stage for two years.
Race leader Tom Dumoulin, who lost time following an unexpected toilet stop on Tuesday, had no such problems again and retained a 31-second overall lead.
Britain's Adam Yates was 30th and is 11th overall with four stages left.
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Rolland prevailed from an 18-man group who broke away 7.8km from the finish of the 219km stage from Tirano to Canazei.
Dumoulin crossed the finish line nearly eight minutes behind Rolland with the main peloton but retains possession of the pink jersey ahead of Colombian rival Nairo Quintana.
1. Pierre Rolland (Fr/Cannondale) 5hr 42min 56sec
2. Rui Costa (Por/UAE Team Emirates) +24secs
3. Gorka Izagirre (Sp/Movistar) Same time
4. Rory Sutherland (Aus/Movistar) Same time
5. Matteo Busato (It/Wilier Triestina) Same time
6. Dries Devenyns (Bel/Quick-Step) Same time
7. Felix Grossschartner (Aut/CCC) Same time
8. Omar Fraile (Sp/Dimension Data) Same time
9. Michael Woods (Can/Cannondale) Same time
10. Julien Berard (Fr/AG2R) Same time
1.  Tom Dumoulin (Ned/Sunweb) 76hrs 05mins 38secs
2.  Nairo Quintana (Col/Movistar) +31secs
3.  Vincenzo Nibali (It/Bahrain)  +1min 12secs
4.  Thibaut Pinot (Fr/FDJ) +2mins 38secs
5.  Ilnur Zakarin (Rus/Katusha) +2mins 40secs
6.  Domenico Pozzovivo (It/AG2R) +3mins 05secs
7.  Bauke Mollema (Ned/Trek) +3mins 49secs
8.  Bob Jungels (Lux/Quick-Step) +4mins 35secs
9.  Steven Kruijswijk (Ned/LottoNL) +6mins 20secs
10. Jan Polanc (Slo/UAE Team Emirates) +6mins 33secs


A court in Niger has ordered the release on bail of opposition leader Hama Amadou, who went to France earlier this month for medical treatment.

Mr Amadou was imprisoned in November to face baby-trafficking charges, which he denies - arguing they are politically motivated.
He had campaigned for elections in February from behind bars.
His party boycotted the run-off vote on 20 March, won by President Mahamadou Issoufou with 92% of the vote.
"The decision [of the court of appeal] is clear, he is free as of today," Mr Amadou's lawyer, Mossi Boubacar, told reporters in the capital, Niamey.
Mr Amadou, who was airlifted to a US hospital in Paris four days before the run-off, is determined to return home, Mr Boubacar added.
"He should be out today or tomorrow," Mr Amadou's doctor, Luc Karsenty, told the AFP news agency in Paris.
The ruling means Mr Amadou will not have to return to his prison if he goes back to the country, reports the BBC's Baro Arzika from Niamey.
It is not yet clear whether the baby-trafficking case will continue, he says.
More than 20 people were accused of involvement, including Mr Amadou's wife, but they have all now been released on bail.
The court ruling comes a day after the opposition coalition met the prime minister with a view to finding a solution to the stand-off that has followed the second-round vote.
The coalition backing Mr Amadou said the presidential run-off was a farce.
The government has not yet reacted to the court's ruling.
President Issoufou will be sworn in for his second five-year term in office on Saturday.


Thirty-five children have come forward fearing they have been groomed online following a film about the life of murdered schoolgirl Kayleigh Haywood.

The 15-year-old, from Measham, Leicestershire, had chatted with a man on Facebook for two weeks before she was killed in 2015.
The five-minute video, made by police, was shown to 35,000 school pupils in September.
The film, called Kayleigh's Love Story, was made available online this week.
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Stephen Beadman was jailed for 35 years for raping and murdering Kayleigh. Luke Harlow, who admitted grooming and engaging in sexual activity with her, was jailed for 12 years.
It was Harlow who first contacted Kayleigh, from Measham, Leicestershire, via Facebook and the pair later swapped mobile phone numbers, exchanging 2,600 messages.
It led to Kayleigh staying at his flat in George Avenue on Friday 13 November 2015.
The teenager's body was found in a hedgerow on the outskirts of Ibstock, Leicestershire, about two weeks after that first message.
Beadman admitted raping Kayleigh, after she fled from Harlow's flat, and battering her to death.
Kayleigh's Love Story was made as a warning about grooming and sexual exploitation of children.
Leicestershire Police said following the screenings in the county's secondary schools there have been 35 "disclosures" made by children to the force that are currently being investigated.
Deputy Chief Constable Roger Bannister said the reaction from children, parents and teachers had been "overwhelming".
"What happened to Kayleigh was horrific," he said.
"But we are pleased that some good is coming from the awful tragedy and that this film is raising far greater awareness of the dangers of online grooming."
The force said the film was shown first to schoolchildren in "structured" screenings where staff could discuss the issues raised, before it was made more widely available.


US Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton has vowed to help "everyday Americans" in the first major rally in her presidential campaign.

Mrs Clinton outlined her key policies in a speech to thousands of supporters on New York City's Roosevelt Island.
She pledged to support working families, saying: "America can't succeed unless you succeed."
Her campaign team hopes to boost approval ratings, which have flagged since her soft-launch in April.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea appeared alongside her.
She promised to "make the economy work for everyday Americans, not just those at the top" if elected president next year.
"Prosperity can't be just for CEOs and hedge fund managers; democracy can't be just for billionaires and corporations," Mrs Clinton, 67, said during the rally.
"It's America's basic bargain... if you do your part, you ought to be able to get ahead, and when everybody does their part, America gets ahead too," she said.
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Until now, the former US secretary of state has held small events with selected audiences in early voting states such as Iowa. Saturday's outdoor rally marked a change in gear for her campaign.
Mrs Clinton hopes to make history as the first female US president. If successful she would also keep the White House within the same party for a third term.
She did not detail specific policy proposals on Saturday. Her aides say that will happen over the next few weeks on issues including the economy, jobs and college affordability.
Jennifer Palmieri, the Clinton campaign's communications director, said Mrs Clinton plans to give a policy address almost every week in the coming months.
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Species of bugs not previously recorded in the UK have been found on Dundreggan Estate near Loch Ness.

A sawfly, aphids and a mite were among the eight species new to the UK that have been identified on the 10,000-acre (4.046.8-hectare) estate.
A biting midge feeding on a larger cranefly was also observed during the survey that was made in 2012.
This behaviour had not previously been recorded in Europe, according to the estate's owner, Trees for Life.
The new species recorded were the sawfly Nematus pravus and Cinara smolandiae, an aphid.
Also recorded were two species of aphid parasitoids - Ephedrus helleni and Praon cavariellae - and three species of fungus gnats called Brevicornu parafennicum, Mycomya disa and Sceptonia longisetosa.
Ceratozetella thienemanni, a mite, was also recorded.
Trees for Life's executive director, Alan Watson Featherstone, observed the midge feeding on the cranefly.
He said: "The surprisingly rich variety of life at Dundreggan highlights the vital importance of conservation work and of protecting and enhancing habitats across the Highlands.
"The discoveries are not only demonstrating that the estate is a special site for biological diversity - they are also revealing that there is still much to learn about Scotland's biodiversity."


Australia's High Court has ruled that the government's policy of detaining asylum seekers offshore is legal.

The court rejected a challenge brought by lawyers for one detainee who argued the policy was unconstitutional.
The ruling means more than 250 people, including 37 babies, are likely to be deported to a detention camp on the Pacific island nation of Nauru.
Anyone who tries to reach Australia by boat to claim asylum is taken to Nauru or Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
The policy has been fiercely criticised by rights groups and the UN, while Australian senators have said Nauru is not safe for children.
Analysis: Jon Donnison, BBC News, Sydney
This is a significant victory for Australia's conservative government and its tough stance towards asylum seekers.
Despite considerable pressure from human rights groups as well as the United Nations the government has not shifted course.
For several years now Australia has effectively outsourced its asylum seeker problem, paying hundreds of millions of dollars to both Nauru and Papua New Guinea to house offshore detention centres. The court ruling judged that to be legal.
Human rights groups say the ruling will mean more than 200 asylum seekers who came to Australia to seek medical treatment including 37 babies born here as well as around 50 children will be forced to leave and return to Nauru.
There has been particular controversy around the case of a 5-year-old boy who was allegedly raped while being detained in Nauru but who could now be forced to go back.
The government says it will seek medical advice before making a decision regarding the boy. Despite widespread criticism internationally towards Australia's treatment of asylum seekers, polls show the policies which have stopped asylum seekers trying to reach Australia's shores are broadly popular here with the public.
The High Court case was brought by an unnamed Bangladeshi woman who was held on Nauru but taken to Australia for medical treatment.
In what was seen as a test case for other detainees, her lawyers had argued her detention was unconstitutional. But the court rejected this.
Human rights lawyer Claire Hammerton told the BBC said the deportations now expected to take place would double the child population on Nauru.
Ms Hammerton said the evidence of extreme mental health problems suffered by children in Nauru was compelling, but that the ruling was the last chance to challenge it.
"Unfortunately this is it, given that this is the highest court of the land there are no options for appeal," she said.
"Children in detention in Australia who are slated to be transferred to Nauru consistently tell us they are living with daily fear and anxiety about being sent there. These children they don't understand why they are being treated like criminals."
Rights groups said the government did not have the right to send the detainees back to the camps. They argued that the government was violating the constitution by funding offshore detention.
They have reported harsh conditions, violence and abuses at the camps.
Demonstrators have gathered outside the High Court in the capital Canberra, and nationwide protests are being organised.


Reading FC Women's boss Kelly Chambers admits there were some "sleepless nights" over team selection in her first Women's Super League One season.

Chambers steered the Royals to survival in the top tier despite winning just once all season.
"I don't think our performances from start to finish this season warranted what we got in terms of results," Chambers told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"The step up from WSL 2 to WSL 1 we've noticed has been massive."
Chambers' busy season including giving birth to her daughter in July as well as combining the roles of first team manager and general manager at one stage of the campaign.
"It's all new to me and it's been a learning curve during the season," Chambers said. "There have been sleepless nights at times picking teams.
"But, securing WSL 1 status until 2018 is huge for the club.
"For probably 95% of the squad, who haven't been involved in full-time professional football before, overnight they've had to transition and come out of full-time jobs.
"One of my regrets this season is probably not doing more off-field stuff with the girls to teach them about life in professional football."
Reading have already begun building for next season with the arrival of Netherlands captain Mandy van den Berg from Liverpool to strengthen their defence.
"Mandy will add to our young squad in many different ways," Chambers added. "She will fit right in with our style of play, I'm looking forward to working with her".


Yorkshire paceman Liam Plunkett has signed a one-year contract extension with the Headingley side until 2018.

The 32-year-old England bowler, who joined Yorkshire in 2012, has taken 41 wickets in 13 Tests for his country.
The former Durham man has also taken 73 wickets in 49 one-day internationals and 13 in 11 T20 internationals.
"I love Yorkshire, the surrounding area and the passion the people here have for cricket," he told the club's official website.
"I've got a bit of a niggle at the moment, but hopefully I'll be back fighting fit in the next couple of weeks and I'm very much looking forward to putting the whites back on and getting back out there for Yorkshire."
Yorkshire, who won the County Championship title in 2014 and 2015, finished third in Division One last season and lost their opening game of the 2017 campaign at home to Hampshire on Sunday.


Chances of a general election pact being formed between Northern Ireland parties opposed to Brexit are "very slim", the SDLP leader has said.

Colum Eastwood was speaking after Green Party leader Steven Agnew said he would not unite with the SDLP, Sinn Féin or Ulster Unionists ahead of June's poll.
The SDLP and Sinn Féin held discussions on Tuesday about the prospect of striking a deal on standing candidates.
Sinn Féin said it is committed to "maximising the anti-Brexit vote".
Michelle O'Neill, the party's Stormont leader, said that the failure of Brexit-opposing parties to agree a "progressive alliance" in some constituencies ahead of the election would "almost certainly gift" seats to "pro-Brexit hardliners".
"I would urge those parties to reconsider," she added.
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) has identified South Belfast as one constituency where unionists could gain a seat from nationalists by agreeing to stand a single unionist unity candidate.
The DUP and the Ulster Unionists met on Monday to discuss a possible pact for the election.
Mr Eastwood said that his party would only make an agreement with Sinn Féin if independent candidates could not be found.
He said he would not back a candidate who would abstain from taking a seat in the House of Commons, and added that his party does "not do sectarian pacts".
Mr Agnew said he met parties that had "taken a pro-Remain stance" in last year's EU referendum to discuss a possible deal ahead of June's poll.
But his Green Party members have concluded that they could not strike a deal with parties that do not share their "vision for a progressive society".
There is "too much distance" between those parties and his, Mr Agnew added.
He said the SDLP's decision to select sitting MP Alasdair McDonnell as its South Belfast candidate for the snap election "put to an end any chance of an agreed candidate".
He cited Sinn Féin's policy of not taking its seats in the House of Commons as another reason why his party would not enter a pact.
"It is impossible to oppose hard Brexit at every turn without taking seats in parliament," he said.
And he criticised Alliance Party leader Naomi Long, saying she "refused to engage" on the issue of a potential pact.
In a statement, the Alliance Party said Mr Agnew and his party had "belatedly recognised their own naivety in even considering pacts".


A stroke care pilot scheme that has been running in Mendip for two years is to be rolled out across Somerset.

Early Supported Discharge allows stroke patients to recover at home with specialist therapists and nursing support on hand to help.
Head of the Mendip project, nurse Tracey Evans, said: "We have seen patients recovering more quickly and gaining independence much faster."
The project is open to willing patients who meet medical criteria.
The Stroke Association has welcomed the project which begins in September.
Sarah Miller, of the charity, said: "Nobody really wants to be in hospital so if people can get back to their own surroundings and start getting back to using the things they're familiar with they're going to make a better recovery.
"If somebody isn't safe to be left at home because their mobility isn't very good or they're not able to communicate very clearly, then it isn't for everybody, and some people do need to remain in hospital until they are ready to go home."
Stroke patient Patsy Angell has been recovering at home.
She said: "I've got loads of friends and family, and my family have been amazing for me.
"The nurses loved it so much because it was good for me because I wanted to be at home."
As a result of this pilot, Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group [CCG] saw the service reduce demand on inpatient stroke beds.
Once the project is rolled out, South Petherton's specialist stroke unit will focus on supporting those with complex stroke needs.
Overall, the number of community beds is being cut, earlier in the year 40 beds were permanently closed as the overall focus is on providing medical and social care in the home grows.
Seventeen beds are being kept in reserve to meet any spike in demand.


A daily guide to the key stories, newspaper headlines and quotes from the campaign for the 7 May general election.

Here's BBC News Channel chief political correspondent Vicki Young's afternoon round-up:
Follow all the reaction, key points and analysis of the debate on our rolling live coverage.
Labour's non-dom pledge unravels?
Footage emerges of shadow chancellor Ed Balls telling BBC Radio Leeds in January: "If you abolish the whole status it will end up costing Britain money because some people will leave the country."
For sale: a general election "battle bus", at the bargain price of Â£25,000. It weighs 18-tonnes, is bombproof, has fewer than 14,000 miles on the clock and counts among its previous owners, the former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She used it during the 1983 general election campaign.
It's not the only bus to have caused excitement in this election campaign. Labour's "Woman to Woman" campaign bus was derided when it was first unveiled, with much of the criticism reserved for the colour.
Labour's Harriet Harman defended the pink hue, saying it was important to make sure the bus was conspicuous.
Labour leader Ed Miliband: "Stop defending the indefensible and abolish the non-dom rule - it's the right thing for the country."
Chancellor George Osborne, on Labour's non-dom proposal: "If you look at what Ed Miliband has announced today, it is a total shambles. Within hours the policy has unravelled."
Beth Rigby, deputy political editor, Financial Times tweets: "Like a chocolate truffle wrapped in gold leaf, non-dom status is nice to have, hard to justify."
Tory MEP Daniel Hannan writes in the Daily Mail: "What the blithering flip was he thinking? How did Tony Blair imagine that it would help Ed Miliband if he were to pop up mid-election and remind us that Labour is too disdainful of ordinary voters to ask their opinion on EU membership?"
In pictures
This shot of David Cameron helping with a reading lesson at the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Primary School near Bolton features in our collection of the best photos from the day's campaigning.
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Chester FC have signed winger James Akintunde and midfielder Wade Joyce ahead of the National League season.

Joyce, 22, has previously played for Oldham Athletic, St Johnstone and Barnsley and is the son of Manchester United Under-21 manager Warren Joyce.
Akintunde, 20, joined Cambridge United in 2013 but was released at the end of last season, after two loan spells.
Both players spent a period on trial with Chester and earned a deal after impressing manager Jon McCarthy.


Goals from James Chester and Scott Hogan left managerless Wigan seven points adrift of safety as Aston Villa claimed their fifth win in six games.

In interim boss Graham Barrow's first game in charge, Omar Bogle should have put the Latics in front when he fired wide after rounding Sam Johnstone.
James Chester headed past Matt Gilks to give Villa the lead after the break.
Scott Hogan then nodded in from Albert Adomah's cross, his first goal for Villa since joining from Brentford.
Wigan, who dismissed manager Warren Joyce five days ago, should have taken the lead early on when Bogle hit the side netting from a tight angle.
Both the former Grimsby striker and Gabriel Obertan then fired wide as the hosts had the better of the first half.
Villa had gone close through Chester, who headed inches over just before the break, and it was the Welshman who broke the deadlock when he nodded home from close range with 17 minutes to go.
Johnstone then denied Bogle with his fingertips before Adomah's cross found Hogan, who headed in from close range.
Villa's form has dramatically improved in recent weeks but despite closing the gap on sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday from 17 to 11 points in their last two games, with just eight games to go a play-off spot for Steve Bruce's 12th-placed side remains unlikely.
Wigan interim manager Graham Barrow:
"There was a satisfaction about the game for so long. Then it was the old sucker punch and we only have ourselves to blame, for the first goal especially.
"Why we switched off so much, I don't know. But I was encouraged by the fact we did work their goalkeeper, probably more than we've worked any goalkeeper.
"There was a lot to be encouraged by across the board. I've asked a lot from the players this week and they've almost produced, but not quite enough."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce:
"They gave us a really tough game, that's how difficult the Championship is.
"It's good to see us show a little bit of resilience. But, if we're being honest, we've got to be better than what we've been today.
"At least we stuck at it and we got a win, and that's what this league is all about."
Match ends, Wigan Athletic 0, Aston Villa 2.
Second Half ends, Wigan Athletic 0, Aston Villa 2.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
Attempt missed. Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Scott Hogan with a headed pass.
Foul by Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Tommy Elphick replaces Albert Adomah.
Goal!  Wigan Athletic 0, Aston Villa 2. Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
Substitution, Wigan Athletic. Alex Gilbey replaces Sam Morsy.
Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Albert Adomah (Aston Villa).
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Jonathan Kodjia.
Attempt saved. Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Sam Morsy.
Attempt blocked. Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Dan Burn (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Scott Hogan (Aston Villa).
Offside, Wigan Athletic. Omar Bogle tries a through ball, but Ryan Colclough is caught offside.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Omar Bogle (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Michael Jacobs.
Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Michael Jacobs (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa).
Goal!  Wigan Athletic 0, Aston Villa 1. James Chester (Aston Villa) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a corner.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Dan Burn.
Foul by Jake Buxton (Wigan Athletic).
Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Conor Hourihane.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Colclough (Wigan Athletic) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Michael Jacobs with a cross.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Mile Jedinak.
Attempt blocked. Shaun MacDonald (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jordan Amavi (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Jordan Amavi.
Attempt saved. Ryan Colclough (Wigan Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Callum Connolly.
Offside, Aston Villa. Jonathan Kodjia tries a through ball, but Scott Hogan is caught offside.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Jake Buxton.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Jamie Hanson.
Foul by Craig Morgan (Wigan Athletic).
Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Wigan Athletic. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.


The UK government has announced that driverless cars will be allowed on public roads from January next year.

It also invited cities to compete to host one of three trials of the tech, which would start at the same time.
In addition, ministers ordered a review of the UK's road regulations to provide appropriate guidelines.
The Department for Transport had originally pledged to let self-driving cars be trialled on public roads by the end of 2013.
Business Secretary Vince Cable revealed the details of the new plan at a research facility belonging to Mira, an automotive engineering firm based in the Midlands.
"Today's announcement will see driverless cars take to our streets in less than six months, putting us at the forefront of this transformational technology and opening up new opportunities for our economy and society," he said.
UK engineers, including a group at the University of Oxford, have been experimenting with driverless cars. But, concerns about legal and insurance issues have so far restricted the machines to private roads.
Other countries have, however, been swifter to provide access to public routes.
The US States of California, Nevada and Florida have all approved tests of the vehicles. In California alone, Google's driverless car has done more than 300,000 miles on the open road.
In 2013, Nissan carried out Japan's first public road test of an autonomous vehicle on a highway.
And in Europe, the Swedish city of Gothenburg has given Volvo permission to test 100 driverless cars - although that trial is not scheduled to occur until 2017.
UK cities wanting to host one of the trials have until the start of October to declare their interest.
The tests are then intended to run for between 18 to 36 months.
A Â£10m fund has been created to cover their costs, with the sum to be divided between the three winners.
Meanwhile, civil servants have been given until the end of this year to publish a review of road regulations.
This will cover the need for self-drive vehicles to comply with safety and traffic laws, and involve changes to the Highway Code, which applies to England, Scotland and Wales.
Two area will be examined by the review: how the rules should apply to vehicles in which the driver can take back control at short notice, and how they should apply to vehicles in which there is no driver.
The label "driverless vehicle" actually covers a lot of different premises.
Indeed, the cruise control, automatic braking, anti-lane drift and self-parking functions already built into many vehicles offer a certain degree of autonomy.
But the term is generally used to refer to vehicles that take charge of steering, accelerating, indicating and braking during most if not all of a journey between two points, much in the same way aeroplanes can be set to autopilot.
Unlike the skies, however, the roads are much more crowded, and a range of technologies are being developed to tackle the problem.
One of the leading innovations is Lidar (light detection and ranging), a system that measures how lasers bounce off reflective surfaces to capture capture information about millions of small points surrounding the vehicle every second. The technology is already used to create the online maps used by Google and Nokia.
Another complimentary technique is "computer vision" - the use of software to make sense of 360-degree images captured by cameras attached to the vehicle, which can warn of pedestrians, cyclists, roadworks and other objects that might be in the vehicle's path.
Autonomous vehicles can also make use of global-positioning system (GPS) location data from satellites; radar; ultrasonic sensors to detect objects close to the car; and further sensors to accurately measure the vehicle's orientation and the rotation of its wheels, to help it understand its exact location.
The debate now is whether to allow cars, like the prototype unveiled by Google in May, to abandon controls including a steering wheel and pedals and rely on the vehicle's computer.
Or whether, instead, to allow the machine to drive, but insist a passenger be ready to wrest back control at a moment's notice.
In May, Google unveiled plans to manufacture 100 self-driving vehicles.
The search-giant exhibited a prototype which has no steering wheel or pedals - just a stop-go button.
Google has also put its autonomous driving technology in cars built by other companies, including Toyota, Audi and Lexus.
Other major manufacturers, including BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan and General Motors, are developing their own models.
Most recently, the Chinese search engine Baidu also declared an interest, saying its research labs were at an "early stage of development" on a driverless car project.
But concerns about the safety of driverless cars have been raised by politicians in the US and elsewhere.
Earlier this month, the FBI warned that driverless cars could be used as lethal weapons, predicting that the vehicles "will have a high impact on transforming what both law enforcement and its adversaries can operationally do with a car".


The cost of opening up Inverness Castle's North Tower and its look-out as a new tourist attraction has been estimated at £360,000.

Built in stages in the 1800s on the site of previous historic castles, the sprawling site was first used as a county hall and later as a jail.
In more recent times it has served as Inverness Sheriff Court.
Highland Council owns the North Tower and is leading a project to make it available to tourists.
High Life Highland, an organisation running leisure sites in the region, has estimated that the tower could attract almost 30,000 visitors every year.
The look-out gives views across the city, the Beauly Firth, Moray Firth and surrounding hills and mountains.
Highland Council has earmarked £200,000 for the project and hopes £100,000 will be made available from the Inverness Common Good Fund and £60,000 from Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
The rest of the castle would continue to be run as a sheriff court.
The sandstone Inverness Castle was built in 1836 to plans drawn by architect William Burn.
It was constructed on a mound overlooking the city and the River Ness. In 1848, a building known as the North Block was added and served as a prison.
But it is thought that a castle may have occupied the site from as far back as the 11th Century.
Over the centuries, the fortification fell under the control of the forces of Edward I, Robert the Bruce and James I, II and IV.
In 1562, it was attacked and damaged by soldiers loyal to Mary, Queen of Scots, before it was almost destroyed by Royalist troops in the 1600s.
Bonnie Prince Charlie's forces blew the castle up in 1746 to prevent it from falling into the hands of government troops.
It was said that a French sergeant, who had brought his poodle with him to Scotland, set off the explosives.
The soldier was caught in the blast, and his body was blown across to the opposite side of the River Ness. His dog survived.


Campaigners trying to reopen Aberdeen's Bon Accord baths have expressed delight and relief at its condition after getting inside the building to see it.

The swimming pool on Justice Mill Lane closed in 2008 because of council budget cuts.
It is estimated more than Â£5m will be needed to refurbish the historic art deco design building.
The campaigners are nearing a Â£5,000 total to start a Save Bon Accord Baths fund.
Fundraising manager John Law told BBC Scotland: "It was great to get into the baths, I have to say first impressions were incredible.
"It's an amazing place, and it's in much better condition than we first thought it would likely be.
"The main structure seems to be in really good condition."


China and Japan have agreed to try to reduce tensions over a disputed chain of islands in the East China Sea.

Beijing officials said a crisis management mechanism had been set up to prevent the situation from worsening.
The strategically important islands, known as Diaoyu by China and Senkaku by Japan, are controlled by Japan.
Meanwhile Japanese PM Shinzo Abe said the ground was being laid for a bilateral meeting between him and Chinese President Xi Jinping next week.
"Both Japan and China are coming to the view that it would benefit not just the two countries but regional stability if a summit is held," he said, quoted by Reuters news agency.
The meeting is expected to take place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday.
If it happens it will be the first proper exchange between the two leaders since they came to power, in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
The Chinese foreign ministry said in a statement that senior Chinese and Japanese officials had reached a four-point agreement, which included a recognition of their "different positions" over the islands.
They had agreed "to prevent the situation from aggravating through dialogue and consultation and establish crisis management mechanisms to avoid contingencies," the statement added.
However, Reuters later quoted Mr Abe as saying that Japan's position on the islands was unchanged.
The dispute over the islands has become particularly acrimonious over the last two years.
The BBC's Martin Patience in Beijing says it has inflamed nationalistic sentiment in both countries and damaged economic ties.
The islands are close to important shipping lanes, offer rich fishing grounds and lie near potential oil and gas reserves.
In 2012 Japan moved to purchase the islands from their private owners, sparking violent anti-Japanese protests in China.
In November 2013, China announced the creation of a new air defence identification zone, which would require any aircraft in the zone - which covers the islands - to comply with rules laid down by Beijing.
Japan labelled the move a "unilateral escalation" and said it would ignore it.
The two countries also differ over Japan's actions in China during World War II.
Q&A: China-Japan islands row


Questions on science and technology from children stump most parents, research suggests.

Some 83% of 1,000 parents polled said they had been unable to answer science, maths and engineering questions.
But, in an online session run by Mumsnet and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), experts will give parents answers to queries like: "How do planes stay up?"
The event is part of a week-long campaign to boost engineering careers.
IET president Naomi Climer said Tomorrow's Engineers Week aimed to "inspire and nurture" future talent.
Almost two-thirds (63%) said they had given a child an incorrect answer instead of admitting they were clueless, while 61% were so afraid of being wrong they avoided answering altogether.
Some 59% of parents admitted thinking their children knew more about engineering and technology than they did, while more than one in 10 (12%) referred the question to the other parent.
"The findings have given us some interesting insight into how poorly equipped UK parents are when it comes to tackling their child's often tricky questions," said Ms Climer.
The IET has put together a top team of engineers to answer those questions, live on Twitter for an hour, starting at 13:00 GMT on Wednesday, including experts from fields as varied as computing, design, architecture, science, space travel, sound, lighting and engineering.
Muddled mums and dazed dads are asked to post their questions using the hashtag #AsktheEngineers - and wait for expert responses.
Tomorrow's Engineers Week and the IET's own Engineer a Better World campaign hope to inspire teenagers to consider some of the "amazing careers" possible in engineering.
Events in the first week of November include a special Big Bang Fair at the Houses of Parliament on 5 November, where teenagers will demonstrate their science and engineering skills to MPs.
Elsewhere, workshops and demonstrations take place all week, with scientists, engineers and designers across the UK describing careers ranging from medical engineering, coastal defence and bridge-building to manufacturing processes, power production, energy saving and the arts.


A revised devolution plan for East Anglia showed the region would be split between Cambridgeshire/Peterborough and Norfolk/Suffolk.

Norfolk and Suffolk were originally pushing for a three county deal, but Cambridgeshire/Peterborough objected.
The proposal would create two Combined Authority with budgets for economic growth.
The government's aim is to create the new authorities with mayoral elections in May.
Andy Wood, who has been chairman of the regional devolution group, said: "The main focus of all our discussions has been to ensure we got the best possible settlement for the people of East Anglia.
"Government has recognised the importance of East Anglia to the economy, and the different needs and opportunities of its town and cities.
"Through productive negotiations we have been able to secure more funding for East Anglia than was in the original deal."
The government's original proposed annual budget was £175m for housing and £30m for infrastructure for the three counties.
Local councils and the Local Enterprise Partnerships need to endorse the proposal ahead of public consultation in July and August.
The government would consider the results of the consultation ahead of creating the two combined authorities with mayoral elections to follow.


Scotland captain Darren Fletcher described Friday's 3-0 defeat by England at Wembley as "hard to take".

The Scots had plenty of chances against their World Cup Qualifying Group F hosts, but Gordon Strachan's side succumbed to three headed goals.
Daniel Sturridge, Adam Lallana and Gary Cahill were all on target for England.
"People will look at that game and appreciate football and understand and realise it wasn't a 3-0 game but we lost it," midfielder Fletcher told ITV.
"They will realise that was a hard-fought battle.
"For 75 minutes, we had a right good go and had just as many chances but the difference was England took theirs.
"It's disappointing, the effort we put into the game and to come away with a 3-0 defeat is hard to take.
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"It doesn't matter if you lose by one, two or three - you lose the game, you get no points but we will pick ourselves up and go again."
Fletcher echoed team-mates Leigh Griffiths and Christophe Berra's backing of coach Strachan, who would not be drawn on his future after a second straight 3-0 loss that leaves Scotland second bottom of the group.
"Football is a results-based business," said 32-year-old Fletcher. "That is the be-all and end-all. You can play terrible, score a scruffy goal and win and no-one remembers it - you can play well, lose 3-0 and people will always remember the defeat.
"But the players believe in the manager, enjoy working for him and know how passionate he is."
Ikechi Anya, who featured at right-back for the Scots, says Strachan is "an unbelievable manager to work with".
And the 28-year-old insists Scotland are not out of the qualification hunt.
The nine group winners will progress to the 2018 finals in Russia while the eight best runners-up will enter play-offs for the other four spots on offer to Uefa nations.
"We're four points away from second place and we've got four home games," said Anya, who made his international debut under Strachan.
"We've got a good record at Hampden and we're looking forward to these four games in the New Year."


Aston Villa have agreed to sell left-back Jordan Amavi to Spanish La Liga side Sevilla for an undisclosed fee.

Former France Under-21 international Amavi, 23, will join on a five-year deal if he passes a medical.
Amavi joined Villa from Nice in July 2015 and made 48 appearances in all competitions for the Birmingham club.
Having recovered from a serious knee injury, Amavi returned to Steve Bruce's side last season, helping Villa finish 13th in the Championship.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A series of attacks involving a suspected pellet gun on businesses in Birmingham are being linked by police.

Seven shops and restaurants in Alum Rock and Small Heath had their windows damaged on Saturday night. Another shop was targeted on Monday.
West Midlands Police said the attacks were "not random" and not connected to ethnicity or religion.
It said initial inquires had shown a silver Ford Mondeo may have been involved. Patrols have been increased.


The final of the inaugural Pro14 will be staged at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin next year.

Last season's Pro12 decider was held in the same venue, which has a 51,700 capacity, with Welsh side Scarlets defeating Munster.
The league has been expanded to include South African sides Southern Kings and Cheetahs.
Cardiff's Principality Stadium was also considered before Dublin was selected to host the match on 26 May.
BBC Sport understands the Principality Stadium pitch will have been taken up before the final, in preparation for hosting music events in the summer.
"Stadium availability always comes into focus as well and once we factored in event clashes in other countries then Dublin became the front-runner for 2018," said Pro 14 chief executive Martin Anayi.
"Aviva Stadium is a world-class arena and that is one of the top-ranking criteria when it comes to deciding upon the venue for our showpiece game.
"Dublin is a fantastic venue for rugby supporters who are used to coming here in the Six Nations."
The league starts on the weekend of 1-2 September, with champions Scarlets taking on Southern Kings in Wales.


Dozens of gay men who fled persecution in Chechnya are hoping to find safety in a handful of countries that have volunteered to help.

Activists are in talks with five countries, two of them non-EU, the Russian LGBT Network told the BBC.
Nine men have already been granted visas. Two of them went to Lithuania, which has announced its involvement.
"It's very important to act, because they are suffering," Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius told the BBC.
He would not name the other countries involved but described them as "allies".
His country's decision was an "implicit message" to Russia, he said, because "we are taking care of Russian citizens... [whose] rights were abused".
Reports of a brutal crackdown on gay men in the republic in southern Russia first emerged in early April through the respected Novaya Gazeta newspaper, sparking international condemnation.
Its report, later backed up by activists, alleged that more than 100 victims - either gay or just perceived as being gay - were being held and tortured at a detention centre near Argun, 20km (13 miles) from the city of Grozny. At least three deaths were reported.
The government of the mainly Muslim region has denied the crackdown and said homosexual people "simply don't exist" there.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he will ask authorities to look into the allegations.
The Russian LGBT Network has helped to evacuate 43 people from Chechnya, with dozens remaining in hiding in Russia as negotiations continue with the countries that might take them in.
The organisation would not reveal the other countries involved apart from Lithuania. There have been calls in countries as far away as Australia for the men to be offered refuge.
A Russian LGBT Network spokesperson said the UK, despite condemning the persecution, had not come forward to help with visas, while US embassy officials had privately said that visa applications would probably be denied.
"We can't really lose time knowing that they are going to be denied," the spokesperson, who remained anonymous out of safety concerns, told the BBC. "They can't stay in Russia for too long, we know it's not safe for them to stay here."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel raised the issue on a recent visit to Russia but it is unclear if Germany is one of the countries involved.
The UK Foreign Office told the BBC that officials in Moscow were lobbying the Russian government to protect the LGBT community in Chechnya. Claims for asylum need to be made in Britain, the Home Office said.
"No one who is found to be at risk of persecution or serious harm in their country of origin because of their sexuality or gender identity will be returned there," it said.
The US State Department has said that Chechens can apply for visas but told Buzzfeed News that there was no visa category specifically for "humanitarian relief".
The men would have to leave Russia to apply for refugee status in the US.
Chechnya is run by Ramzan Kadyrov, an authoritarian leader with a notorious private militia, fiercely loyal to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Earlier this month, three French gay rights groups filed a complaint at the International Criminal Court accusing Chechnya of a policy of genocide towards gay people.
They cited the case of a teenaged male thrown out of a ninth-storey window, allegedly because of his sexuality.


A solicitor has told the BBC that being tricked into transferring £750,000 of client money to criminals has left her life in ruins.

Sole practitioner Karen Mackie has been suspended from working, declared bankrupt, and faces the prospect of losing her home.
She is the latest victim of "vishing" in which criminals pose as bank security teams.
Criminals are targeting legal practices overseeing large sums of money.
The crime sees con-artists call innocent people and, posing as bank employees, persuade them first that the victims' money is at risk. They tell them that to secure their funds they should transfer them to a "safe" account.
Legal firms are targeted by the gangs as they have large amounts of money from clients in order to complete transactions such as property purchases.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has told BBC's Money Box programme that every week, three to four solicitor practices receive these calls. Some of those conned have transferred six and seven figure sums to crooks.
Mrs Mackie's case started at the end of April. Already facing personal financial pressures, she said she received a call, purporting to be from her bank, which suggested funds in her clients' accounts were at risk.
"This lady introduced herself as Joanne Howard from NatWest saying that one of my accounts had been compromised and that I should phone the number on the back of my debit card, which is the helpline. We ended the call and I then phoned that number," she said.
Ringing immediately was Mrs Mackie's downfall. Instead of contacting NatWest security, she connected straight back to the criminals - there is a delay in landline phones clearing the previous call.
The criminals then convinced her that her funds were at risk and that the "bank" would call back the following day to transfer her money to "safe" accounts.
When a frightened Mrs Mackie, of Surrey, took the call the following day, she moved £734,000 into new accounts - in tranches of up to £99,000. Shortly afterwards she became suspicious, alerted the police and her bank and nearly £222,000 was retrieved by NatWest. The rest had been withdrawn by the crooks.
Protecting client money is one of the golden rules of being allowed to practise as a solicitor. Her failure to do so, has led to Karen Mackie being suspended from the profession, though ironically she did what she did, thinking she was protecting client funds.
Her professional indemnity insurers have refused to pay out on the grounds that if she had not been dishonest herself, she had effectively "condoned dishonesty activities" by others.
The insurers told Money Box in a statement: "Ms Mackie is a solicitor who represents a risk to the public and cannot be trusted with holding client money."
Mrs Mackie's suspension by the SRA means she cannot work as a solicitor again without taking more exams and being given clearance by the SRA. Although her personal financial troubles did not start with this episode, she has now been declared bankrupt and is having trouble meeting her mortgage commitments.
"I miss my work incredibly. I feel dreadful for my clients because it is such personal, family work," she said.
"The whole situation has just been devastating. I'm also receiving counselling. I'm on various medication for anxiety and depression."
Her suspension has enabled her clients to have access to the Solicitors Compensation Scheme which has now refunded their losses.
The story comes in the week that Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA), the body which co-ordinates the financial industry's response to cyber crime, reported that UK financial fraud losses rose 6% to £325m in the first six months of 2015.
Telephone banking fraud losses rose by 95% to £14.4m in the same period. The FFA said that a further £300m of "remote" banking fraud, which includes online and telephone banking crimes, was stopped.
There have been repeated criticisms that neither the police nor the banks are doing enough to protect the public from these crimes. BT recently announced that it was cutting the delay in cutting off landline calls to two seconds.
Listen to the full story on Money Box on BBC Radio 4 at 1200 BST on Saturday 3 October.


The Syrian government has retaken control of the town of Darayya, after the last rebels left under a deal ending a four-year siege.

Buses containing the final remaining fighters left on Saturday, and are heading towards rebel-held Idlib city.
BBC Arabic reported that the town, near the capital Damascus, is completely empty of rebels, who handed over their heavy weapons before leaving.
Elsewhere at least 15 people died in barrel bombings in Aleppo, reports say.
The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two barrel bombs struck minutes apart in a rebel-held part of the city.
The first struck crowds mourning child victims of a similar attack earlier this week, while a second hit crowds that gathered after the first bombing, the monitor said.
The UN's Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has urged the warring sides in the city of Aleppo to approve safe delivery of vital supplies by Sunday.
Thousands of civilians have also left Darayya under the agreement, having endured years of constant shelling and shortages of essentials.
The deal is widely seen as a victory for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, removing a cluster of rebel fighters from close to Damascus.
"The Darayya file is now closed after the evacuation of all the civilians, armed men and their families under the agreement," state media reported.
UK Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood said: "We utterly condemn the appalling violence inflicted by the regime on this town" and urged the Syrian government to the UN "immediate humanitarian access to Darayya and to all others in need in Syria".
Meanwhile Kurdish forces are reported to have clashed with Turkish tanks in northern Syria.
Turkey sent tanks across the border earlier this week to help Syrian rebels capture the town of Jarablus from so-called Islamic State (IS), in a move that was also an attempt to halt Kurdish advances.
The Jarablus Military Council, which is backed by the Kurdish-led Syria Democratic Forces, said Turkish air strikes hit several of its positions near Jarablus on Saturday.
It called the raids "a dangerous escalation", and said there had been injuries.
A few hours later, a Turkish soldier was killed and three wounded in a rocket attack on a Turkish army tank near Jarablus. It was not immediately clear who had fired the rocket.
Turkey fears Kurdish forces gaining an unbroken strip of territory along its border, which would be a huge boost to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a banned Kurdish rebel group fighting for autonomy in Turkey since the 1980s.
The developments on the ground come amid a fresh diplomatic push on Syria.
On Friday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov "have achieved clarity on the path forward" on ceasefire discussions, but there were "narrow issues" still to resolve.
The two held talks in Geneva to try to find a way of reviving a cessation of hostilities that faltered months ago.
Mr Lavrov said the pair had "lowered the level of mutual mistrust". Russia and the US have largely backed opposing sides in Syria's civil war.
Discussions between officials from both parties are continuing.


A court in Norway has sentenced a 66-year-old man to eight years in jail for child sex abuse via Skype.

The man coerced children in Norway and the Philippines to engage in filmed sex acts.
He was convicted of sending cash to a family in the Philippines so they could arrange for the abuse to take place.
Some of the sex involved children under the age of 14 and was streamed live on the internet. NRK said he abused 62 children, 20 from the Philippines.
It said that he was found guilty of six counts of child sex abuse.
The man, who has not been named but is from Bergen, transferred his disability benefits to a family in the Philippines who then arranged for the children to be abused, TheLocal.no reported.
The other 42 children in the case were tricked by the man on various internet chat services when he pretended to be a young teenager in order to win the trust of his victims and then manipulate them into carrying out sex acts, Local.no said.
In November, Norwegian police carried out "Operation Darkroom", arresting more than 50 men who were suspected of taking part in a separate online paedophile network.
Those held by police came from all sections of society, NewsinEnglish.No reported.


A school has reversed plans to allow pupils to go home early to watch a Euro 2016 match following criticism.

Oasis Academy Lord's Hill in Southampton planned to let pupils finish in time for the England v Wales football match on 16 June.
Term-time holiday campaigners had accused the school of "hypocrisy".
A statement from the principal later said it was "more appropriate" for them to stay in class, with the game screened in school time.
As reported in the Southern Daily Echo, principal Ian Golding initially wrote to parents stating: "Unless we are flexible with our times we will have people absent."
The letter said it would be "sensible" for the secondary school, in Romsey Road, to finish at lunchtime in time for the Euro 2016 game.
A statement from Mr Golding to reverse the decision said the school took attendance "extremely seriously".
He said such sporting events are "a cause for celebration and enjoyment" and suitable for pupils to watch in school time.
"As a community in which many of my students have a real passion for football, I will be facilitating the showing of the game during the last hour of school time for those who wish to watch it so that they too can experience it together," he said.
Among those who voiced criticism of the initial decision was campaigner Jon Platt from the Isle of Wight, who won a High Court ruling last month after refusing to pay a Â£120 fine for taking his daughter on an unauthorised term-time holiday.
He said: "I want to watch the game and I would enjoy the game even more if my little girl could be off school."
However, he still questioned the decision to allow the pupils leave when schools are fining parents for unauthorised absences.
"I understand that there is a little bit of hypocrisy here because this school has fined parents in the past for taking their kids out of school for holidays - so they are going to come in for a bit of stick," Mr Platt added.


Today, Libya is a deeply divided, war-torn country which is apparently in a state of near-collapse.

It has two rival governments, based in different cities 1,000 miles apart, each insisting it deserves international recognition.
So how do you set about investigating the murder of a US ambassador here - or the destruction of a passenger aircraft with massive loss of life?
The short answer is that you don't. Unless, that is, you are prepared to compromise your principles and deal with the realities on the ground.
The self-styled National Salvation Government (NSG) is based in the capital, Tripoli, and controls large amounts of territory in Libya.
It pays - or at least is responsible for paying - the salaries of policemen, soldiers, teachers and civil servants right across the country.
But the international community refuses to recognise the NSG because it lost the most recent election, in June 2014.
The group which won a parliamentary majority is based in the eastern town of Tobruk and is known as the House of Representatives (HoR).
Its area of control is small, and its reach extremely limited.
But it has received the recognition of the United Nations.
So when the Scottish government made the first moves to interrogate the two men it (like the US government) believes were behind the Lockerbie bombing in 1988, it applied to the internationally accepted HoR.
But Mohammed Abouajela Masud, an explosives expert, and Abdullah al-Senussi, Colonel Gaddafi's brother-in-law and intelligence chief, aren't under the control of the government in Tobruk.
They are being held far away to the west, in al-Hadba gaol in Tripoli.
Like everything else here, al-Hadba is controlled by the NSG.
So while applying to the Tobruk government for access to the two men may be the right thing to do in terms of international law, it is totally useless in practice.
When I met the justice minister in the Tripoli government, Mustapha al-Glaib, he spoke with the precision he had learned during his years as a judge.
"We consider ourselves to be the legal government of Libya," he says.
"We try to co-operate with the international community, but it doesn't want to deal with us."
He is right about that. The complex, violent, faction-ridden situation in Libya means that the outside world, and particularly Europe and the US, is reluctant to get too deeply involved here.
Almost all the foreign embassies in Tripoli are closed.
So are all the big international hotels. The smaller one where my team and I are staying is almost entirely empty.
You never see a Western face in the streets here.
The international airport has been comprehensively destroyed in the fighting.
Several dozen passenger aircraft, all previously in regular use, are now lying around wrecked or burned out.
Timeline: Lockerbie bombing
Getting to Tripoli is a difficult and complex logistical exercise.
For the outside world, it is almost as though the city has ceased to exist.
And yet events have combined to give it considerable importance at the moment.
Ignoring Tripoli and the government here simply makes everything to do with Libya much harder.
Operating here certainly isn't easy.
The economy seems to be close to collapse and crime is rising.
In particular, there has recently been a spate of violent kidnappings - particularly of businessmen and shopkeepers.
Yet the NSG continues.
Everything still works after a fashion, though there are frequent power cuts.
Plenty of shops and cafÃ©s are closed in the city, yet people still turn up for work.
The streets are always blocked with cars at rush hour.
The policy of appealing to the two rival governments to come together and sort out the situation has so far failed.
Last Tuesday was the time the UN had set for the HoR and the NSG to form a united government.
The deadline came and went, with no change.
As the former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton found in the aftermath of the murder of the US ambassador in Benghazi, the lack of US officials on the ground made any kind of investigation much harder and less reliable.
Now the US and Scottish authorities want to investigate the Lockerbie bombing further.
Officials of the NSG have made it clear that they will co-operate with any new enquiries.
But they are adamant that it has to be done according to Libyan law.
Perhaps the Tripoli government sees all this as a way to persuade the international community to give the NSG some degree of recognition.
It wouldn't solve the wider problem of who governs the country, but it might make life a little easier.


A new portable CT scanner has made Southampton General Hospital the first in Europe where brain specialists can scan patients by their bedsides.

The technology has been described as a "major milestone" by clinicians on the Neurointensive Care Unit (NICU).
It means patients will no longer have to be transferred to another part of the site, and that neurological conditions can be diagnosed quicker.
Director Dr Roger Lightfoot said it was needed because "timing is everything".
He added: "Any deterioration needs to be diagnosed as quickly as possible so pressure can be taken off of the brain rapidly to give a patient the best possible chance of a good recovery.
"The portable CT scanner not only enables instant imaging, it means we no longer have to move critically ill patients away from the safety of the intensive care unit and we can perform emergency procedures at the bedside - it really is a major milestone."
The NICU regularly treats conditions such as bleeding on the brain caused by strokes, and traumatic brain injuries.
The Â£150,000 portable scanner will mean neurosurgeons can perform emergency image-guided procedures to release fluid from the brain and reduce pressure on the skull.
It was donated by Percy's Pals, a Southampton Hospital Charity fund.
It was set up in memory of Dr Richard "Percy" Percival, a Southampton GP who died from a stroke in 2013.
His friend Tim Smith said he would have wanted his name and death to be a "catalyst for good in the community" and that it was "amazing" to be part of "such a revolutionary development".


Manager Derek McInnes hopes a further week's preparation can help Aberdeen progress against Siroki Brijeg in next Thursday's Europa League return leg.

The Dons were held 1-1 by the team from Bosnia and Herzegovina in their second round tie, as Stipo Markovic cancelled out Ryan Christie's fine opener.
"It's difficult to come in at this round against this level of team," McInnes told BBC Scotland at Pittodrie.
"I still believe that we can get through the tie."
McInnes gave debuts to two of his new signings, Greg Tansey and Gary Mackay-Steven, the latter signing the day before the match.
And forwards Greg Stewart and Nicky Maynard, two other new faces at Pittodrie, came on as second-half substitutes.
Ryan Christie, back at Aberdeen on a season-long loan from Celtic, curled in an 18th-minute opener for the hosts but they could not convert the further chances that followed and were pegged back by Markovic's strike in 69 minutes.
"A lot of the players that we've brought in are at different levels of fitness," said McInnes.
"Nicky and Greg (Stewart) are behind, their season finished three weeks before our lads'. Gary is behind in terms of minutes [in pre-season friendlies], although he has been training [with Celtic].
"There's no panic with that. We know it was a bit of a risk. We gave the guys three and a half weeks of a break hoping they would be ready for it. We will be better for having had that game.
"We've got minutes in the bag now, we've always got stronger as we have gone through the rounds. There is no doubt that we can score over there. Understandably a lot of the players weren't quite there tonight but we'll get better.
"It's only half-time in the tie."
The Dons know they will have to score in the heat at the Pecara Stadium to have any chance of reaching the third qualifying round of the competition for a fourth year in a row.
While McInnes has faith in his own players to improve and deliver an away win like they did against Groningen in 2014 and Rijeka the year after, he acknowledged that the Bosnia and Herzegovina cup winners were the stronger team in the first leg.
"They were better than us tonight. I thought they were well worthy of the draw," said the manager.
"But we are comfortable going anywhere. We have beaten better teams on the road before.
"The game is still in the balance."


Sri Lankan authorities have arrested a man for allegedly trying to smuggle gold bars hidden in his rectum.

A Customs spokesman said officials found 400g of gold, worth about 2m Sri Lankan rupees (Â£9,351; $13,932), inside the suspect's rectal cavity.
Officers at Bandaranaike International Airport had noticed he was "walking suspiciously", the spokesman said.
The man, 42, said he worked for a Sri Lankan government ministry, though this has not been confirmed.
Spokesman Leslie Gamini told the BBC's Azzam Ameen in Colombo the man had been "finding it hard to walk".
More than 70 people have been arrested this year for smuggling gold in Sri Lanka, officials said.
Typically smugglers in the region buy gold in places like Dubai and Singapore, where the precious metal is relatively cheap, aiming to sell it on in India.


Lucy Shuker defended her mixed doubles title on the final day of the British Open in Nottingham.

British number one Shuker, 37, and France's Stephane Houdet, 46, defeated Alfie Hewett, another Briton, and USA's Dana Mathewson 6-3 7-5.
"It was really good fun," Shuker said. "Dana and Alfie played really well and Stephane is just a gentleman.
"He's always encouraging and if you make a mistake, there's no negativity. For me it was just total enjoyment."
Shuker, who won the mixed doubles with compatriot Andy Lapthorne in 2015, when the mixed doubles was last held at the British Open, added that she intended to complete a hat-trick of victories with Houdet next year.
In a match that featured high-quality rallies, it was top seeds Shuker and Houdet who got an early break of serve, winning the first two games.
A skilful volley from Shuker at the net secured the first set.
The second set was tighter but Houdet's powerful forehand and pinpoint accuracy, combined with Shuker's skill at the net, proved too much for Hewett and Mathewson.
At 5-5, it was the eventual champions who took control, taking the next two games to win the match.
The mixed doubles was popular with both the crowds and the players at this year's British Open.
However, not all tour events have a wheelchair mixed doubles tournament - there are none at any of the Grand Slams - and those involved do not currently receive ranking points.
"You get to play a match with someone you would never get to play with - I'd never get to play on the same court as Houdet in any other circumstance," Mathewson said.
"The style of play is different and I thought it was a really good way to mix things up."
All four of the British Open finalists said they wanted to see more mixed doubles events on tour.
"I would definitely encourage other tournaments to get the event going," Hewett said.
"I think if there was some sort of incentive or reward for playing as well, it would get more playing. It doesn't have to be money. It can be vouchers, like we got here, or something else."
Shuker added: "As a woman playing with a guy on the court, it's unbelievable to see what they're able to do. It's exciting. I think the more that it's in the tournaments, the more that people will start to play - and hopefully it will grow more and more."
Houdet said he thinks the event could well be successful on one of the world's biggest stages.
He said: "I really want to see the event at the Paralympics, definitely."
Earlier on Sunday it was also runners-up honours for Hewett in the men's singles, as he lost 6-4 6-3 to world number one Gustavo Fernandez.
It was always going to be tough for Hewett with Fernandez enjoying an incredible run of form catapulting him to the top of the rankings just before Wimbledon.
In the quads division, Andy Lapthorne lost his singles final to world number one David Wagner of the USA.
Lapthorne started well with two love service games - but fresh from his quads doubles victory yesterday, Wagner won eight games in a row to seal a 6-3 6-1 victory.
In the juniors section, there was double success for 15-year-old Ruiari Logan, who retained his singles title and took the British Open juniors mixed doubles title with Ellie Robinson as well.
Logan also competed in the senior draw this week, scoring his first senior men's singles victory before losing in round two to Hewett.