Warwickshire skipper Ian Bell has the rare luxury of a full-strength squad to choose from when he leads out the Bears against Hampshire this Sunday.

The Bears, looking to emulate their County Championship triumph in 2012, are notoriously slow starters.
But, in his first season as captain, after replacing Varun Chopra, Bell, 33, admits they have no excuses.
"It is the first time for a long time that we will have everybody available for the start of a season," said Bell.
Such has been Warwickshire's contribution to England's ranks for a decade, they have regularly been without Bell, Jonathan Trott, and Chris Woakes, as well as occasional international calls for Boyd Rankin, Chris Wright and Rikki Clarke.
"Usually we have been without a couple of myself, Trotty and Woakesie," added Bell. "But we will have Woakesie for the first few weeks, so we're going to have a lot of competition. For the early matches at least, we're going to have to leave out two very good seam bowlers. It will allow us to rotate our seamers the way Yorkshire have done to such good effect in the last couple of years. We won't have to flog our bowlers in the first few weeks."
Director of cricket Dougie Brown added: "We're injury free. It's the first time in a long time we've been able to say that. But we're very buoyant.
"It's important to get out of the blocks fast. We've got five Championship games in six weeks and we've got Yorkshire and Middlesex in that. There are no gimmies.
"With Surrey and Lancashire coming up, the First Division is now as tough as it's ever been. Every game we play is huge."
Brown knows that any early-season success for Warwickshire could prove a double-edged sword - if Ian Bell and Chris Woakes do well and improve their England hopes.
Bell, dropped by England prior to the South Africa series after 7,727 runs in 118 Tests, still hopes for a recall, as none of his fellow contenders have notably flourished this winter. And Brown will be as delighted as anybody if that happens.
"Speaking selfishly, we're delighted we have Belly back with us," Brown told BBC Sport. "Whether it is for all of the season, some of it or just a little part of it.
"But we know both he and Chris Woakes have their own aspirations and we hope they get their season off and running."
And, if Bell does win back his England place, then Brown has a Plan 'B' in terms of who would lead the side.
"Chris Woakes would take over the reins in four-day cricket," he revealed. "And it would be Will Porterfield in one-day cricket."
Following their pre-season trip to Dubai, in which they played two T20 friendlies with West Indies, the newly crowned world champions, and a two-day match with neighbours Worcestershire, the Bears opened the domestic season with a first-class friendly against Leeds/Bradford MCCU.
They lost the whole of the third day to bad weather but still got in some good batting practice to reach 350-8, thanks to half-centuries from former captains Chopra (86) and Ian Westwood (75) and wicketkeeper Tim Ambrose (54).
Keith Barker (3-61), Woakes (2-58) and Rankin (2-42) then contributed as the Yorkshire students replied with 291-9, including 62 from Billy Root, England star Joe Root's younger brother.
When the Bears went back in, Sam Hain was out fourth ball but Trott, who made 47 in the first innings, hit his first six scoring shots for four.
He made 29, backed by 16 from Woakes as the pair remained unparted on 45-1 on the second and what turned out to be final day.
The Bears complete their preparations on Tuesday and Wednesday this week with another two-day friendly against local rivals Worcestershire, ahead of Sunday's trip to Southampton.


Manchester City "would be stupid to forget their history" and not fight for the title, says Vincent Kompany.

City lost 2-1 at home to title rivals Tottenham and lie in fourth, six points off leaders Leicester.
A contentious Harry Kane penalty gave Spurs the lead, before Kelechi Iheanacho equalised, but Christian Eriksen scored the winner late on.
"There is not a chance we will give up on the title. We have to improve," City captain Kompany told BBC Sport.
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Manuel Pellegrini's side have now lost twice in three Premier League games - against Leicester and Spurs - since announcing the Chilean will be leaving the club in the summer to be replaced by Pep Guardiola.
City have won the title twice in the last four seasons, coming from eight points behind to pip rivals Manchester United on goal difference in 2010-11 and beating Liverpool by two points in 2013-14, having been seven points adrift.
"We probably could have played a little bit better. Until the penalty, the game plan was OK and we were defending well," added centre-back Kompany.
"But we would be stupid to forget our history and how we react in those moments."
City boss Pellegrini was unhappy with referee Mark Clattenburg's decision to award a penalty for the first goal, as the ball hit Raheem Sterling on the back as the winger jumped to block Danny Rose's cross.
"It was the key moment that decided the game," Pellegrini said. "It was the same referee in the first game where they were two clear goals in offside positions and we lost 4-1.
"We are going to continue fighting until the end. We still have 36 points to play for and are only six points behind the leaders. We will not give up and continue working and improving."
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It was a good day for both north London sides as Tottenham followed up Arsenal's last-second victory over Leicester at lunchtime. Both team are now on 51 points, just two behind the Foxes.
"I think that it was a game that was very important. You could feel it was not a normal game and a real test for us. For that we feel very pleased for the players," said Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino.
Asked if his side can win their first league title since 1961, the Argentine replied: "I don't like to speak abut the future, it is more important for us to keep working hard and to show we can win in this kind of stadium.
"The supporters are right to dream. They show big support from the beginning of the season and I say thank you to them. It is important for our supporters to believe."


Refugee camps in Lebanon have been hit with freezing temperatures, carpeting the sands with snow.

Children that had to flee Syria due to the war there are now dealing with terrible weather conditions in neighbouring country Lebanon.
The UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, is giving out emergency winter aid, but there are a lot of people needing help.
Watch the clip to hear from children living there.
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Deposed champion Mark Selby says qualifier Anthony McGill can go on to lift the World Championship title.

The 24-year-old Scot played some stunning snooker to beat Selby 13-9 and end the Leicester man's chances of retaining his Crucible crown at the second-round stage.
"I said to him that if he plays like that there's no reason why he can't win it," world number one Selby said.
"He played fantastic all match, didn't do much wrong and deserved to win."
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Selby trailed 10-6 after the morning session and lost two of the first three frames to fall 12-7 behind.
He showed his renowned spirit to get back to within three frames, but a seemingly nerveless McGill finished the match with a stylish 82.
"I probably lost it in the second session when I played really poorly," Selby, 31, said.
"But taking nothing away from Anthony, every time he got a chance he seemed to punish me.
"Over the whole match he probably only missed two long balls. He has probably played as well as anyone has played so far.
"He was either winning it in one visit or making a 50, playing a good safety and putting me under pressure."
Selby's defeat means that the 'Crucible Curse' remains, with no first-time winner having retained his title.
Shaun Murphy was the last qualifier to win the World Championship in 2005, and McGill will play either him or Joe Perry in the next round.


On a humid September Saturday, a group of 20- and 30-something professionals gather at a tea house in an industrial building in a now gentrified Hong Kong neighbourhood.

They sniff and sip a type of Oolong tea from tiny, white china cups while making notes on its aroma, body and aftertaste, and consider what food with which to pair it.
Part of a generation that had eschewed tea leaves in favour of the lattÃ©s, espressos and frappucinos sold by international chains like Starbucks, young Chinese are rediscovering the country's tea drinking tradition.
And in doing so, they have sparked a boom that is both a cultural and business phenomenon.
"My parents drink tea like this every day but I seldom do," says Sharon Ho, a 30-year-old who works in accounting, as she sips a cup of Wuyi Dark Rock Oolong tea grown in the mountains in Fujian province in southeastern China.
"Normally I drink coffee, but as Chinese we should know about this."
Prices of rare, high-end Chinese teas - such as Pu Erh, a black, fermented tea that can be aged for up to 100 years, or First Flush Longjin, a freshly picked green tea - have rocketed over the past decade.
The industry has been shaped in ways that parallel the Western captivation with wine, with tea becoming a distinctly Chinese way to flaunt your wealth and invest your savings.
Vivian Mak, the tea master who runs the tastings, brews the tea in the traditional way using small fine china tea sets and metal implements on a wooden tray that drains off excess water. But she prides herself on taking an innovative approach to an old industry.
Her signature drink is a jasmine blossom-scented green tea she likes to serve in a martini glass. She serves the fragrant and visually arresting beverage as an alternative to wine at corporate events for clients like Goldman Sachs.
"There's not too much water inside, so you can sip while you mingle," she says.
Mak believes different Chinese teas can complement any type of cuisine, be it a nutty, malty Longjing green tea with a Chinese seafood dish, or a stronger Oolong tea to accompany a hearty French casserole. She also likes to pair teas with different types of chocolate.
"It's like wine. You serve something more gentle or with more body depending on what you eat. Tea is the same way."
Ricky Szeto, the executive director of Hong Kong herbal tea maker Hung Fook Tong, has also found business success repackaging a traditional product in a manner that catches the attention of younger consumers.
Teas infused with medicinal herbs have long been a popular drink in southern China to help relieve the effects of hot and humid summers and damp winters.
Traditionally sold by the bowlful at corner shops from bronze urns, Mr Szeto says the business was a "sunset industry" by the 1980s, when vendors were hit by sky-rocketing rents.
Today, Hung Fook Tong's bottled drinks feature ingredients like ginseng, chrysanthemum, honey and goji berries, and are stocked at supermarkets and convenience stores across Hong Kong and China.
The company also has 93 stores in Hong Kong and 32 across the border in China that sell freshly made herbal drinks and snacks.
One of Hung Fook Tong's best-selling products is Tortoise Plastron Jelly, a black, slightly bitter concoction made from the underbelly of a tortoise that folk medicine claims is good for the complexion. It is sold in an aluminium bag, like an energy drink.
"People love something traditional, but with the trendy packaging," he says.
Mr Szeto says demand is strong, with sales increasing at 20% a year, and turnover is expected to be around 700m Hong Kong dollars ($90m; Â£56m) this year.
Overseas companies have taken note of the boom. In 2010 Starbucks, which opened one outlet in China every four days last year, began selling three types of traditional Chinese tea alongside its myriad coffee-related products.
And Rahul Kale, director of international business at Typhoo Tea, sees opportunity in China for its stable of teas that include specialty brands such as Heath & Heather Infusions and Ridgways as well its namesake mainstream UK brand of black tea.
"The palate is shifting from 100% Chinese teas to something much wider," he says. "And Chinese like foreign brands." But for now, China accounts for only about 1% of Typhoo's sales.
China's large market hasn't spawned a well-established domestic tea chain. According to the China Tea Marketing Association, there are more than 60,000 tea houses scattered across the country, most independently run.
Once a place where average people could relax over a game of cards or mah-jong and pay next to nothing for their fragrant beverage, many tea houses now target affluent businessmen seeking a place to negotiate deals. They pay by the hour for a room plus the tea they drink.
The move upmarket is reflected by the eye-popping prices some types of Chinese tea command. A compressed cake (around 345g) of Pu Erh dating back to the first half of the last century can be sold for up to HK$200,000 (more than $25,000).
Sellers charge a premium for leaves picked from older plants, wild trees or particular mountain ranges. Enthusiasts talk about oxidation or fermentation levels, loose-leaf versus pressed, and whether the tea was harvested in the spring or the summer.
The hype has prompted one entrepreneur in the southwestern province of Sichuan to grow a tea fertilised by panda dung that costs $3,500 for 50 grammes.
However, connoisseurs like Ms Mak in Hong Kong are sceptical of buying tea for investment purposes. There is no empirical way to establish a tea's provenance, so buyers are easily duped.
"It's too speculative," she says. "It doesn't matter whether it's expensive or not, you have to focus on the taste."


Jeremy Corbyn and Theresa May have clashed at Prime Minister's Questions over government plans to change access to disability benefits.

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The Labour leader accused ministers of being unable to find the money to support people with "debilitating" mental health conditions - but the PM insisted that no-one would lose out.


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The law around wills should be updated and brought into the "modern world", the Law Commission for England and Wales has said.

The current rules were "unclear" and could be putting people off from making a will, it added.
It is considering whether texts, emails and other electronic communications should be recognised as a valid will in exceptional circumstances.
The commission has launched a consultation on the proposals.
Currently, for a will to be legally valid it must be voluntarily written by someone who is 18 or over and of sound mind and be signed in front of two witnesses who are also both over 18 and must also both sign the will in your presence.
But the commission wants to change the existing formality rules where the will-maker has made clear their intentions in another form.
It gives the example where a car crash victim has not made a formal will but has expressed their intentions in electronic or other messages, such as a text or email.
The family could then apply to a court to have those communications recognised as a formal will.
These messages could only then be recognised as a will if a judge approved.
Source: Citizens Advice
The Law Commission acknowledged the proposals on electronic communications could cause family arguments or worse.
It said the plans could provide a "treasure trove for dissatisfied relatives" and lead to a "variety of avenues by which probate could become both expensive and contentious".
But it said on balance it believed they should be recognised by the courts, noting that 40% of people currently die without making a will.
Law Commissioner, Professor Nick Hopkins, said making a will should be "straightforward" but the law was "unclear and outdated".
"Even when it's obvious what someone wanted, if they haven't followed the strict rules, courts can't act on it.
"And conditions which affect decision-making - like dementia - aren't properly accounted for in the law.
"That's not right and we want an overhaul to bring the law into the modern world.
"Our provisional proposals will not only clarify things legally, but will also help to give greater effect to people's last wishes."
The consultation closes on 10 November.


A Donegal councillor has complained after visitors to Rossnowlagh beach last weekend left "huge amounts" of rubbish behind.

Thousands of people visited the blue flag beach over the weekend to enjoy the sunshine.
Independent Councillor Niamh Kennedy said there were only four bins on the 3km stretch of coastline and this created "mayhem".
The beach is a popular destination for visitors from Northern Ireland.
Local people collected the rubbish from the beach on Sunday and Monday after visitors had left.
The refuse left behind included deck chairs, barbecues, food waste, glass bottles and nappies.
Paul Diver, from the Sandhouse Hotel in Rossnowlagh, said the majority of people that visit the area "behave impeccably".
"A bigger issue is traffic and the lack of toilet facilities, there were three portaloos and our hotel became the public toilets for the weekend," he added.
Cllr Kennedy agreed that a lack of toilets and traffic management at the site were causing problems.
"Once the sun comes out it's bedlam," she said.
"Cars are allowed on the beach-but there is a safety issue."
"The cars were blocking the entrance, then the tide comes in and there's a big scramble, every year there are cars destroyed."
She added: "If there was something serious you would never get an ambulance down."
Last year cars got caught out by the tide at Rossnowlagh beach.
Cllr Kennedy said council resources were insufficient to properly look after the beach.
"The resources are not there," she said. "It will be a community effort to try and address the issues, but council will have to help and back them up."
She warned: "The beach could lose its blue flag status if this keeps up."
The council said the amount of litter left on the beach was "extremely disappointing".
"Donegal County Councils Litter Management team had a presence on Rossnowlagh beach over the weekend and they carried out clean ups on Tuesday and Wednesday," it said in a statement.
The council said that its traffic management plan had been reviewed and they are working with the local community."


This week brought the first real snowfall in Moscow, along with the news that yet another winter getaway is off-limits.

But Russians have responded with defiance to the ban on holidays to Turkey.
Many see the move as appropriate payback for the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet, described by a furious President Vladimir Putin as a "stab in the back".
It's the second popular destination to be banned in under a month. Flights to Egypt were halted in early November, following a terror attack on a plane full of Russian tourists.
"Some things are more important than beaches, the sea and all-inclusive holidays," anchorman Dmitry Kiselyov boomed in his influential weekly news round-up on state television.
"Russians no longer see Turkey in the same way," he declared, thereby ensuring that statement becomes fact.
Last year, Turkey was the top choice by far for Russians - attracting 3.2 million tourists; 2.6 million travelled to Egypt.
When Egypt's beaches became inaccessible, many Russians were re-directed to the Turkish coast.
Still, people here seem broadly resigned to what has happened - even supportive.
"I think it's the right response. Turkey has shown it's a traitor," said Andrei, taking a cigarette break from work, out in the snow.
"According to the news, they are working with IS [so-called Islamic State] so I don't think it's safe there," he added.
That is the message that President Vladimir Putin has stressed for the past week.
He has accused Ankara of siding with terrorists by targeting a jet conducting airstrikes in Syria, against what he says were armed extremists.
The Turkish holiday ban has been sold as an issue of national security.
"I'm ready to support our government. I think we can find alternative destinations until the situation is resolved," said Evgenia, in a Moscow underpass.
She has visited Antalya many times and had planned to return this summer, but shrugged off the thought that could be cancelled.
"The world is a big place!" she smiled.
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Scheduled flights to Turkey are still running and the embassy stresses that Russian tourists are welcome. A spokesman said there were no plans to introduce visa requirements for Russians, despite Moscow doing that for Turks.
But any travel agencies caught selling Turkish tours have been warned they face sanctions.
Russia's Federal Tourism Agency argues the ban will have a "hugely positive" impact on domestic tourism.
Its head sees Russians opting for "staycations", injecting their holiday funds into the local economy instead.
Others are much more sober.
They point to a lack of hotel capacity in Russia and poor infrastructure: "Patriotic" resort choices don't generally offer the quality those who holiday abroad have grown used to.
So travel agencies are offering them European destinations like Spain and Greece as alternatives - as well as Thailand and Vietnam.
But they are braced for further bad times.
"Business to some places was already down by up to 50% because of the weak rouble and people having less spending power," says Anna Podgornaya, general director at Pegas Touristic.
European travel was one of the worst hit.
"The need for visas for Europe will definitely mean another drop in sales, especially in the provinces," she believes. "So it's tough."
Public support for the travel restriction is perhaps partly because it is low season in Turkey now. The real test will come in spring, if there is no reconciliation before then.
So far, that looks unlikely.
"President Erdogan had his chance to apologise, and failed to take it," TV host Dmitry Kiselyov informed his huge audience on Sunday night. "Now, he will pay the price."


Venezuela's chief prosecutor, an ally of President Nicolas Maduro, has said the decision by the Supreme Court to take over legislative powers from the National Assembly violates the law.

Luisa Ortega is the first high-ranking official to criticise the measure, and she did it live on state television.
The ruling effectively dissolves the elected legislature, which has been dominated by the president's opponents.
Critics say the "coup" takes the country closer to one-man rule.
Ms Ortega expressed "great concern" in her speech, which was cut short by the station.
The Organisation of American States (OAS) described the development as the "final blow to democracy in the country".
In her annual report, Ms Ortega said: "[The measure] constitutes a rupture of the constitutional order. It's my obligation to express my great concern to the country."
The statement is a surprising break with the official line for someone close to the government and may be seen by some as evidence of fissures appearing in Mr Maduro's base, BBC Latin America correspondent Will Grant says.
On Thursday the Venezuelan Supreme Court seized power from the opposition-led legislature, a move that could essentially allow it to write laws itself.
The court justified the move by saying the National Assembly's lawmakers were "in a situation of contempt" after allegations of electoral irregularities by three opposition lawmakers during the 2015 elections.
It did not indicate if or when it might hand power back.
The court had previously backed the leftist president in his struggles with the legislature - on Tuesday removing parliamentary immunity from the assembly's members.
The move is the latest example of the socialist President Maduro tightening his grip on power, which critics say he has been doing for months, amid a deepening economic crisis in the country.
The crisis has raised international alarm about the stability of Venezuelan democracy, which has undergone three attempted military coups since 1992.
The US state department called the court's move a "serious setback for democracy".
Most regional powers including Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Peru and Chile have warned that the action is a threat to Venezuelan democracy. The regional bloc Mercosur will discuss the situation at an emergency meeting on Saturday.
Leftist-led Bolivia defended President Maduro, who has yet to comment publicly.
Venezuela's foreign ministry accused critics of the government of forming a right-wing regional pact against President Maduro.
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez described the OAS is a pawn of US "imperialism".
On Friday, police and soldiers with riot shields pushed back dozens of protesters who joined anti-government marches in Caracas.
Tensions have been high in Venezuela because the country has been engulfed by a severe economic crisis.
It has the world's highest inflation rate, which the International Monetary Fund predicts could reach 1,660% next year.
The government and opposition blame each other for the country's economic problems, made worse by the falling prices of oil, Venezuela's main export product.
President Maduro has become increasingly unpopular, and the opposition has called for his removal from office and fresh elections.


The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is joining an investigation into suspicious trades ahead of the Heinz takeover deal last week.

The US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), is already suing unnamed traders for insider dealing.
Last Thursday, Heinz was bought for $23bn by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway fund and 3G Capital.
Unusual trading activity in the shares was noticed the previous day.
"The FBI is aware of trading anomalies the day before Heinz's announcement" a spokesman said. "The FBI is consulting with the SEC to determine if a crime was committed."
The SEC believes that some traders knew about the takeover before it was announced and made $1.7m from the knowledge. It obtained an emergency court order to freeze assets in a Swiss-based account.
The traders in question made risky bets that Heinz's stock price would increase, using financial instruments called options. After the official announcement of the deal Heinz's share price rose by 20%.
"Irregular and highly suspicious options trading immediately in front of a merger or acquisition announcement is a serious red flag that traders may be improperly acting on confidential non-public information" said the SEC's head of the Market Abuse Unit, Daniel Hawke.
There is no implication that Heinz or its new owners have committed any wrongdoing.
The SEC said a bank account at Goldman Sachs was used. Goldman Sachs has said it is co-operating with the investigation.


It's World Snow Day today, and a chance to celebrate all things snowy!

Austria, Canada, France, Iceland, Latvia, Norway, Poland and Sweden are all expected to get involved, to get lots of people celebrating snow around the world at the same time.
We want to know what your favourite favourite thing to do in the snow is!
Umama, 10, Stoke on Trent
You can have lots of fun as you can build snowmen and make snow angels and go sledging on hills which is really fun.
Jess, 9, Norfolk
I find snow really cool because I love making snowmen and having snowball fights.
Zachary, 10, London
You can be creative with it and make some fun stuff.
Ren, 10, London
I love the snow because the landscapes look amazing in the park!
Martha, 8, London
I love having snowball fights because you can get snow all down your back.
Hope, Aberfeldy
I think snow is really cool as you can make snowmen. my favourite thing to do when it's snowing is to go sledging. I also like snow as sometimes the school is closed.
Ross, 9, Scotland
You can have fun in it.


Pupils in the poorest countries are suffering from a lack of basic textbooks, according to a report from a United Nations agency.

The study from Unesco gives examples such as reading books in Cameroon being shared between 12 students.
The report is calling for a more centralised buying system which would make them more affordable.
Report director Aaron Benavot says textbooks are an important way of raising standards in school.
"Next to a good teacher, well-designed textbooks in sufficient quantities are the most effective way to improve students' learning," says Mr Benavot, director of Unesco's Global Education Monitoring Report.
The report suggests the process of distributing textbooks should be approached in the same systematic way as public health programmes.
"We must learn from health and set up a new system so that textbooks can move cheaply and effectively from a printing house to school and into the hands of children," says Mr Benavot.
Unesco says that hundreds of millions of pounds could be saved by a better co-ordinated procurement process.
At present, the different distribution systems around the world, which mean that many pupils have no meaningful access to books, suffer from unreliable funding, a lack of transparency about how money is spent and a failure in predicting demand.
The lack of availability of textbooks from schools means that many families would have to pay for their own copies, which would be unaffordable to the poorest.
Unesco says that in 12 African countries, paying for schools accounts for a third of total household spending.
The report warns that rising numbers of pupils in countries such as Kenya, Malawi and Namibia are making textbooks even scarcer.
There is a warning of a lack of spending on textbooks by governments, with some using less than 1% of education budgets on books.
The Unesco study claims that providing one textbook per pupil in sub-Saharan African countries would increase literacy scores by between 5% and 20%.
The report highlights that the lack of textbooks is not limited to Africa as there are also many pupils without books or having to share them in Paraguay and Argentina.
There have been warnings from the OECD economic think tank that the amount of overseas aid to the poorest countries is falling, as international aid is increasingly being diverted to the Syrian refugee crisis.


Three tourists, two Austrians and an Italian, have been killed in an avalanche in the French Alps.

The snow slide struck the skiers at around 15:00 local time (13:00 GMT) near the town of Briancon in the Ecrins National Park.
Eight others were also swept away but survived. One person was airlifted to a hospital in Grenoble for treatment.
The national park is popular with skiers and mountaineers, with peaks of over 3,000m (9,842ft).
Officials told the Associated Press that seven members of the group were currently staying in a refuge building near the site until emergency services could rescue them.


The family of a 16-year-old boy found dead at his home in Powys have paid tribute, describing him as a "warm, loving son and caring, thoughtful brother".

Emyr David Pugh, known as David, was from Welshpool and a year 11 pupil at the town's high school.
His body was found on 18 November and police have said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
His family also said he would leave "such a big hole in all our lives".
"David was a much loved part of our family," said the family statement.
"A warm, loving son and caring, thoughtful brother he will leave such a big hole in all our lives. All we ask now is that we are left alone to try and come to terms with our loss as a family.
"If, however, people would like to make a donation in David's memory, we are collecting for Powys Young Carers and Cancer Research UK."
Welshpool High School said last week that it learned of the news with "deep sadness and shock".
It said it had provided support for his classmates and other pupils following the news.


A 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a woman in the Govanhill area of Glasgow.

Nasreem Buksh, 43, was found dead at a flat on Dixon Avenue at about 07:00 on Saturday.
Police confirmed a man was being detained in connection with the death and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal.


Interest in Swansea Museum has "soared" since a 17th Century Flemish masterpiece was discovered in its storeroom, the city council has said.

The council said "scores" of people have come to see the masterpiece, worth about £3m, and website traffic tripled.
But AM Dr Dai Lloyd said there was a "real and present danger" cuts could lead to the museum's closure.
The authority said there are no plans to close the museum building, but they are considering "short-term savings".
The painting by artist Jacob Jordaens was found last month.
Dr Lloyd said its discovery underlined the crucial importance of the museum.
He added: "This is something we should celebrate and develop, not run down.
"There is a real and present danger that cutbacks to key staff could mean closure - a disaster for Swansea and the whole of Wales."
Swansea councillor Robert Francis-Davies said a review into cultural services was "looking to secure external investment in the building, while exploring other ways to make short-term museum service savings".
He added: "Not only have the museum's website and social media accounts gone into overdrive, but we've also had scores of people from across the country visiting the museum to see the painting with their own eyes."
Identified as part of BBC Four series, Britain's Lost Masterpieces, the painting is a rare oil study for one of Jordaens' best-known works, Atalanta and Meleager, which hangs in the Prado Museum in Madrid.
It will be on display in the museum for the coming months.


The US and its supporters including several Arab countries have launched the first air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Syria, the Pentagon says.

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26 September 2014 Last updated at 10:49 BST
The strikes were expected as part of President Barack Obama's pledge to "destroy" IS, which has taken over large parts of Iraq and Syria.
IS is a radical militant group which has threatened to harm any non-muslims unless they convert to Islam.
They want to make a new country called the Islamic State.  It would join parts of Iraq and Syria together.
Obama has promised to try to stop the group and the US has already launched air strikes in Iraq since August.
But this is the first time the group has been targeted in Syria and is supported by some other Middle Eastern countries such as Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Pentagon spokesman Rear Admiral John Kirby, said fighter and bomber jets and Tomahawk missiles were used in the attack.
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The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has announced a £700m funding package for Scottish university research for the next three years.

The Indicative Research Excellence Grant was calculated from information compiled from the Research Excellence Framework.
The SFC said the money would keep research at Scottish universities "amongst the world's best".
This latest funding follows recent investment in eight innovation centres.
The £120m Innovation Centre programme was announced in 2012 and has brought together industry, healthcare and university researchers to work in collaboration to accelerate product and service development.
Chief Executive of the Scottish Funding Council, Laurence Howells, said: "Research in Scottish universities impacts on almost every aspect of daily life, from the way we treat patients in hospital to the way we communicate with smartphones.
"Today's announcement of almost £700m will mean Scotland carries on being a winner in the competitive world of university research."
Mr Howells added: "It will mean that Scotland can continue to attract and develop the best research talent and it will mean that organisations such as Cancer Research UK and the Wellcome Trust continue to invest in Scottish universities."


England opener Alex Hales hopes to forge a strong partnership with captain Alastair Cook in the one-day game.

England face India in the third one-day international at Trent Bridge on Saturday bidding to recover from a 133-run loss in the second ODI at Cardiff.
Hales hit 40 on his ODI debut and is set to bat with Cook for only the second time on his home ground.
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"I hope our games can feed off each other, and we can get that partnership going," Hales said.
As England seek to level the five-match series, Hales, 25, is bidding to consolidate on his encouraging start.
His half-century stand with Cook offset an otherwise miserable performance from the home batsmen.
Cook's ODI record has come under criticism from former England team-mate Graeme Swann but Hales has backed his skipper.
"I really enjoyed the start we had, and hope there are more of those partnerships to come," he said.
"He's a very technically sound guy and he's the right guy at the top of the order.
"I hope he'll show everyone in this series what he can do."
Hales believes India deserve credit for their skilled and clever bowling last time out but expects them to find it more difficult on a different pitch.
"They were just very cunning," he said. "Once I got past 30, they were one step ahead of me.
"So it's up to me to put that right, and have that game smartness.
"We feel a lot more prepared now, and this pitch will be a lot easier to score on and take the game back to their bowlers."
India have suffered a setback ahead of the the third ODI with the news batsman Rohit Sharma has been ruled out for the rest of the tour of England with a broken finger.
Sharma, 27, was injured during India's win on Wednesday.
Test opener Murali Vijay has been called up as a replacement, but is unlikely to arrive in time for the ODI at Trent Bridge.
Sharma was promoted to the top of the India batting order in January 2013, and made 52 against England in Cardiff.
In a statement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India said: "Rohit Sharma has sustained a fracture on the middle finger of his right hand, and has been ruled out of the ongoing ODI and T20 International Series against England as a result."
The middle-order batsman featured just once in the five-match Test series over the summer, scoring 28 and six in the third Test at Southampton in England's 266-run victory.


Rambo the dog made a few people paws for thought as he showed off his tractor driving skills in County Down.

22 February 2017 Last updated at 18:41 GMT
The labrador was filmed at the wheel by owner Albert Reid during a ploughing event in Mount Panther earlier this month.
But the rumour that Rambo has applied for his driving licence is just a shaggy dog story!


Jihadist attacks killed more than 5,000 people in just one month, an investigation by the BBC World Service and King's College London has found.

Civilians bore the brunt of the violence, with more than 2,000 killed in reported jihadist incidents during November 2014. Islamic State carried out the most attacks, adding to the spiralling death toll in Iraq and Syria. Explore the map to find out more.
The data gathered by the BBC found that 5,042 people were killed in 664 jihadist attacks across 14 countries - a daily average of 168 deaths, or seven every hour.
About 80% of the deaths came in just four countries - Iraq, Nigeria, Syria and Afghanistan, according to the study of media and civil society reports.
Iraq was the most dangerous place to be, with 1,770 deaths in 233 attacks, ranging from shootings to suicide bombings.
In Nigeria, 786 people, almost all of them civilians, were killed in 27 Boko Haram incidents. These tended to be large and indiscriminate bombings and shootings such as the attack on the central mosque in the northern city of Kano, which left 120 dead.
Deadly month of jihadist attacks
Boko Haram also struck over the border in Cameroon, killing 15 people. Meanwhile, in East Africa, al-Shabab took 266 lives in Somalia and Kenya.
Afghanistan suffered almost the same number of deaths as Nigeria (782) but they tended to be in smaller, targeted attacks, such as the shooting of the deputy governor of Kandahar.
In war-ravaged Syria, 693 people were killed;  Yemen had 410 deaths in 37 attacks.
Of the 16 jihadist groups involved in the bloodshed, Islamic State was the most deadly, killing 2,206 people across Iraq and Syria - 44% of the total death toll.
The director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation, Prof Peter Neumann, said Islamic State "has rivalled - if not replaced - al-Qaeda as the leader of global jihadism".  Read Prof Neumann's full analysis.
Civilians bore the brunt of the attacks with a total of 2,079 killed, followed by 1,723 military personnel.
But the proportions varied significantly between countries. In Nigeria, almost 700 civilians were killed, at least 57 of them children, whereas just 28 deaths were from the military.
In contrast, in Syria and Afghanistan, more than twice as many military personnel died as civilians.
Of the 146 police officers who died, 95 were in Afghanistan. Politicians and other officials were also targets in Afghanistan, and in Somalia, where 22 were killed.
Jihadists themselves were also killed in large numbers: 935 died in clashes or by blowing themselves up.
Taken together, bombs accounted for the most deaths, with 1,653 people killed in 241 explosions. These included 38 suicide blasts, which took 650 lives and 128 other bombs, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), which killed 555.
Some explosions were large and aimed at the public while others were highly targeted, such as the man who got inside a police headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan, before blowing himself up.
Read Richard Galpin's account: Anatomy of a suicide
Gun attacks took at least another 1,574 lives, while a further 666 deaths were described as ambushes, many of which are likely to have involved shootings.
It is estimated that 426 people were murdered in execution-style killings, including 50 who were reported to have been beheaded in Syria, Yemen and Libya.
Among these were captured US aid worker Peter Kassig, who was beheaded along with a group of Syrians in the middle of the month.
Mortars and shelling killed 204 people and 49 were attacked with knives.
Prof Neumann said the range of tactics and methods of attack reflected "the increased emphasis on holding territory and confronting conventional forces".
Data journalism by Christine Jeavans and Nassos Stylianou, web development by Richard Bangay and Aidan Fewster, design by Charlotte Thornton. Data gathered by Paul Brown and colleagues at BBC Monitoring and Haidar Lapcha and Sophia Khan at the ICSR.
Data was also provided by ACLED, Iraq Body Count, South Asia Terrorism Portal, Syrian Network for Human Rights and Violations Documentation Centre in Syria.


Two accidents, 10 minutes apart and involving a total of nine vehicles, shut stretches of the A9.

Seven vehicles, including a bus with 18 passengers, were involved in the first collision which happened at 09:20 at Drumossie Brae near Inverness.
No-one was injured in this incident, police said.
A man in his 50s was airlifted to hospital following the second accident which happened at about 09:30 at the A9's Carrbridge junction.
The trunk road was fully reopened at about 11:30.
Police Scotland said the low-lying sun was a factor in the first accident, which also involved the drivers of a Ford Ranger, Ford Fiesta, Citroen C3, Volkswagen Passat, Mitsubishi Shogun and a Seat Ibiza.
The second accident involved the drivers of a a Volkswagen Crafter flatbed van and a lorry.
An injured man, who was in the van, was flown by air ambulance to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.
Sgt Donnie MacKinnon, of Police Scotland's road policing unit, said: "We believe a contributory factor in the collision on the A9 at Drumossie has been the presence of a low lying sun, causing reduced visibility for drivers.
"It is fortunate no-one has sustained life-threatening injuries and that of course is the most important thing but these collisions resulted in two separate closures of the main A9 arterial route, which brought with it disruption for all road users.
"Whilst I would like to thank road users for their patience during the closures, it is also important to remind drivers of the importance of driving to the road conditions and adjusting their speed accordingly."


With the Rio Olympics in full swing, there's been a lot of talk around the Newsround office about which sport we would do if we were competing.

Ayshah says: "I'd do gymnastics. I can't stop watching it. They're so incredible. Simone Biles is something else. But I wouldn't be any good, I think I last did a cartwheel when I was 10!"
Jenny says: "The heptathlon for sure. There are seven different events, so surely I'd be passable at one of them?! Jessica Ennis-Hill is my hero."
And Martin says: "Boxing because my family all like it and my idol is Muhammad Ali, who won an Olympic medal over 50 years ago. I always thought if he competed at a games, then it must be awesome."
You told us what sport you would do and why.
I would like to run in either the 100 or 200m races. This is because I like to run and when I grow up I want to inspire children.
Medhavi, 11, Essex
I would be a diver because I feel good in the water.
Isla, 6
I would like to do gymnastics and kayak slalom. I have been doing gymnastics in a club for 2 years already and I practice lots at home. I love watching the Olympics.
Josie, 8, France
I  would do running because I'm the fastest in my family and I might be able to do the Olympics in Tokyo because I'll be thirteen when it happens.
Rees, 9, Bracknell
When I am older I would like to be a professional footballer and I would play for team GB.
Abi, 11, Suffolk
I would like to do shooting in the Olympics. I entered my first ever competition at the weekend and I came 3rd.
Alex, 10, West Yorkshire
I want to compete in rhythmic gymnastics or synchronised swimming because they are both really graceful and beautiful sports. My sporting idols are the Downie sisters.
Akshita, 10, Milton Keynes
I would do equestrian as my idol is Pippa Funnell and I take weekly riding lessons and the horses are so beautiful!
Emma, 9, Cambridge
I would like to do swimming since I am already taking lessons and also I would like to do gymnastic too.
Nawar, 12, London
I would like to do swimming or gymnastics because I'm good at them.
Ellie, 9, Wales
I would be a swimmer because I would get a medal.
Eric, 9, Manchester
I really like gymnastics because we have been doing quite well in the Olympics and my favourite gymnast in the Olympics is Max Whitlock.
Megan, 11, Stourbridge
I would do swimming at the Olympics because I train swimming at school and have won many medals. I might also do cycling because I love cycling every morning.
Ben, Oxford
I would compete in dressage on a horse because horse riding is one of my strong passions!
Maddy, 12, Teddington
I would do swimming and archery as on my first time I hit bullseye.
Hope, 15, Aberfeldy
I would be an Olympic runner because I am really fast and I can do 2km in 8:05 minutes and Usain Bolt is my hero.
Oscar, 10, Essex
I would like to be a swimmer because Adam Peaty has inspired me. As well as enjoying swimming I would also like to cycle as I enjoy that too.
Amelia, 9, Uttoxeter
I would like to do eventing because I love riding my pony and it's very thrilling.
Charlotte, 10, Suffolk
I would either do trampolining as I am national grade at it, or swimming as my [school] house came first in a school swimming gala. For swimming I also come in the top three places in races.
Harry, 12, Southampton
I would do 1,500m because I have been doing it since I was four. My hero is Jessica Ennis-Hill.
Emily, 12, Hertfordshire
I would choose the swimming because I think I would get the gold.
Maegan, 8, Kent
I would do tennis because it is my main sport and I have won so many tournaments.
Stephanie, 11, Eastbourne
Thank you for all your comments. The chat page is now closed.


Greg Norman is recovering in hospital after almost losing his left hand in a chainsaw accident.

The 59-year-old Australian, who won the Open in 1986 and 1993, posted a picture of himself recovering at a US hospital.
The former world number one, who last week posted a photo of himself cutting back a small tree, tweeted: "Working with a chainsaw ALWAYS be respectful of the unexpected.
"I was one lucky man today. Damaged but not down & out. Still have left hand."
Norman, nicknamed The (Great White) Shark because of his distinctive blond hair and aggressive style of play, led the world rankings for a total of 331 weeks in the 1980s and 1990s.
As well as his major wins at Turnberry and Royal St George's, he finished runner-up in two US Opens, a pair of US PGAs and three Masters.
In 1996 he famously blew a six-shot lead at Augusta to hand victory to England's Nick Faldo.


In a week of disciplinary controversies, rugby's scoring system has not been top of the Six Nations agenda.

But Shaun Edwards, Wales' defence coach, raised the matter five days after England's 25-21 win at Twickenham.
"To be honest I'm just still in a bit of disbelief that you can lose a game of rugby having scored three tries to one," he said.
"I tried to explain to my mother, who's from Wigan, and she just didn't understand it."
England's win - the only match in this year's tournament where the losing team scored more tries than the winners - was the fourth leg of a potential Grand Slam.
Wales face Italy in Cardiff on Saturday in their last match of the 2016 Six Nations, aiming for a win to claim second place behind England.
In the circumstances Edwards' comments could easily invite accusations of sour grapes, particularly after a game when Wales missed 26 tackles - his area of responsibility.
But the scoring in rugby union is already under official scrutiny.
Edwards' reference to his mother living in Wigan points to his roots in rugby league, where he represented Wigan and Great Britain.
Under that sport's scoring system, the match in Twickenham would have been an 18-18 draw.
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World Rugby - union's governing body - is currently trialling a scoring system in semi-professional and amateur rugby.
It is the one used in Wales' lower leagues where a try is worth six points and all kicks two.
In top level rugby a try is worth five points, a conversion two points and penalties and drop-goals three points.
Wales would have beaten England 24-20 at Twickenham if that system had been in force.
Pontypridd's Alex Webber scored the first six-point try in Wales in his team's 68-32 win over Llanelli on 5 September, 2015.
When the experiment was announced it was said to be aimed at encouraging attacking rugby and keeping the ball in play for as long as possible.
England World Cup winner Josh Lewsey, at the time the Welsh Rugby Union's head of rugby, said: "I am delighted the Welsh Rugby Union is taking a lead in the world game in regards to these law trials.
"Internally, we were already exploring innovative ways in which we could increase 'ball in play time', the focus on skill acquisition and match intensity.
"As such, these law trials are a superb fit for our intentions."
There are few who would argue Wales were the better side at Twickenham and England butchered a couple of golden opportunities in a dominant first-half.
Edwards was unhappy with Wales' first 40 minutes, but claimed the statistics could be interpreted positively.
"We conceded one try away against England and if you look at that stat it's not a bad performance," he added.
"Technically there were certain aspects of our defence which I was disappointed with in the first half, mainly our one-on-one tackling against their number 11, 14 and 15. But statistically one try [conceded] away against England is not a bad effort.
"Was I happy at half-time? No I wasn't. Did we perform a lot better second half? Yeah we did.
"I'm under no illusions. We were not on our game in the first half but I still can't get my head around how we can score three tries, they can score one, and we can still lose."
Down in the Swalec League at places like Glais and Rhigos and Brynmawr and Blaenavon they might agree.
Possibly not in Teddington.


He's whizzed around town in his batmobile, he's saved a woman's life and even stopped a robbery - he is Batkid!

16 November 2013 Last updated at 13:55 GMT
Miles Scott is five years old and his biggest dream is to be his favourite superhero for day.
In real life Miles has been fighting a form of cancer, called leukaemia, since he was just 18 months old.
His parents were so proud of him for being so brave they wanted to make one of his dreams come true.


Greg Harlow ended Darren Burnett's dream of a title clean sweep at the World Indoor bowls in Norfolk.

The Englishman, the 2010 champion, beat the 2014 winner 9-4 6-6 to move into the men's singles quarter-finals.
Commonwealth Games champion Burnett had already won the men's pairs and mixed pairs finals this week and said the heavy schedule had taken its toll.
"Greg played very well and deserved to win. I unfortunately did not turn up," the Scot told BBC Sport.
"And, if you don't play your best, you are going to struggle at this level.
"But it is fantastic to win two world titles. That's me completed the set, so I can't complain."
Harlow was delighted with his own game.
"I was very comfortable out there and got off to a very good start and that settled me down, but I knew Darren would battle all the way," he said.
Harlow now faces fellow Englishman and world number one Nick Brett in the last eight.
The run of 19-year-old Englishman Connor Cinato came to an end when he was beaten by unseeded compatriot Jamie Chestney 10-3 8-3.
Chestney faces fourth seed Robert Paxton, who beat fellow Englishman Mark Royal 6-7 12-5 2-0.
Holder Alex Marshall and former world champion Stewart Anderson both survived tie breakers on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals.
Marshall, who has won the title a record six times, edged out England's Mark Dawes, the 16th seed, 2-1 after two sets finished all square at 7-7.
Anderson, the winner in 2013 and seeded ninth, beat English eighth seed Mervyn King, the 2006 champion, 11-2 3-8 2-1.
The two Scots now face each other in Friday's quarter-finals.
David Gourlay, the 1996 champion who is the sixth seed, faces English qualifier Mathew Orrey after beating fellow Scot Jonathan Ross, the 11th seed, 7-2 9-4.
Gourlay next faces Orrey, who beat compatriot Simon Skelton 7-10 7-6 2-1.


Just over 300 people were arrested during the Notting Hill Carnival, a slight increase on last year's figure.

Police said 301 people were held over the two-day event, 23 more than the 278 arrested in 2012.
Most of those arrested were held for drug and public order offences, a Metropolitan Police spokesman said.
More than 300 people were treated for cuts, bruises and alcohol-related injuries, according to the London Ambulance Service.
About one million people attended the two-day event in west London.
A Met Police spokesman said 6,000 officers were on duty at the carnival on Sunday and just under 7,000 on Bank Holiday Monday.


A woman forced to breastfeed her baby while standing up on a packed train says she was left feeling "intimidated and uncomfortable".

Bryony Esther, 32, from Leigh-on-Sea, was on a C2C service when 15-month-old baby Saffron awoke and needed feeding.
Despite "hovering" near the priority seating area no-one offered to move and instead began sniggering, she says.
Her Facebook post about what happened went viral, the Daily Mail said. C2C urged customers to be considerate.
Live: For more on this and other stories from Essex
Speaking to the BBC, Ms Esther said the incident unfolded as soon as she boarded the train with two of her children.
"I sat my five-year-old down on what was an apparently vacant seat quite near the doors and immediately this man told me 'this seat is taken'," she said.
"So we moved and we ended up stood by the toilets for the rest of the journey with a bike shoved into my legs.
"It was quite unpleasant. My baby woke up and cried and she needed nursing back to sleep.
"I hovered by the priority seat hoping to be offered one. I tried to make eye contact with the people sat in the priority seats but they just blanked me.
"One of the people sat in the priority seats was the cyclist."
Ms Esther, who was travelling to Great Ormond Street Hospital to visit her two-year-old son as he recovered from surgery, said she did not feel able to challenge the group.
"I know a lot of people have unseen disabilities so I did not feel able to ask whether they could let me sit down," she added.
"I lifted my top to feed her and then I looked up and realised there were five men watching and sniggering.
"I felt quite intimidated and uncomfortable. I was really upset and I think this is part of wider society.
"This isn't about breastfeeding. This is about a mum having to hold her baby on a moving train."
A spokeswoman for train operator C2C said: "We welcome breastfeeding on all C2C trains and would hope our customers would be considerate to their fellow travellers and give up their seat when requested.
"Unfortunately this does not appear to have happened on this occasion, and we are sorry for any inconvenience this caused."


Team Sky chief Sir Dave Brailsford will appear on Monday in front of a Culture, Media and Sport select committee on sport's fight against doping.

MPs are expected to ask him about British cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins' therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs).
They allow the use of banned substances if athletes have genuine medical need.
Brailsford is also expected to be asked about an allegation in the Daily Mail about a medical package delivered to Team Sky in France in June 2011.
He has previously refused to comment on the contents of the alleged delivery, said to have been made on the day Wiggins won the Criterium du Dauphine in La Toussuire.
Team Sky have said they conducted an internal review and were "confident there has been no wrongdoing".
Brailsford will be one of six witnesses - along with British Cycling technical director and Team Sky coach Shane Sutton, and World Anti-Doping Agency president Sir Craig Reedie - appearing at the hearing.
Sports minister Tracey Crouch told BBC 5 live's Sportsweek programme she would be watching with "great interest".
"He will be asked some extremely important questions and he will have to justify himself and his actions, and it's not for me as sports minister to say otherwise," said Crouch.
Wiggins, a five-time Olympic champion, was granted a TUE to take anti-inflammatory drug triamcinolone before the 2011 Tour de France, his 2012 Tour win and the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
His use of the drug, which treats allergies and respiratory issues, was released by Russian computer hackers known as Fancy Bears.
Wiggins' TUEs were approved by British authorities and cycling's world governing body the UCI, and there is no suggestion either the 36-year-old or former employers Team Sky have broken any rules.
Former Team Sky cyclist Jonathan Tiernan-Locke has said painkiller Tramadol was "freely offered" when he was riding for Great Britain at the 2012 World Championships.
British Cycling, the national governing body, put the allegation to the medic in question, doctor Richard Freeman, on the BBC's behalf. He denied it.
UK Anti-Doping says it is investigating allegations of wrongdoing in cycling.


DERRY  0-17  QUEEN'S  2-08
TYRONE  2-09   ANTRIM   0-06
FERMANAGH  0-12   DONEGAL  0-08
DOWN   3-20   ST MARY'S   2-14
CAVAN  0-14  MONAGHAN  0-14
ARMAGH  1-09   2-07  ULSTER UNIVERSITY


The UK economy may slow down in the next couple of years, even while the world economy picks up, a report says.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) revised up its forecasts for UK growth to 1.7% this year and 1.9% in 2018.
However, both would still be a slowdown from the growth rate of 2% recorded for 2016, when the UK was the world's fastest growing developed economy.
NIESR predicted inflation would rise too, hitting household spending.
"Robust consumer spending growth was behind the economic momentum of 2016," said Simon Kirby, head of macroeconomic modelling and forecasting at NIESR.
He said households would see their purchasing power "eroded" this year and in 2018 due to sharply rising prices.
The NIESR, widely seen as the UK's oldest independent research body, thinks inflation will jump from an average of 1.2% recorded over the course of 2016, to 3.3% this year then back down to 2.9% in 2018.
Price rises will be stoked, the body argues, by the sharp devaluation of the pound after the UK's Brexit vote last June.
The institute thinks the Bank of England will ignore this "temporary" pick-up in inflation and keep interest rates unchanged at their current historic low point, of just 0.25%, until the middle of 2019.
The Bank of England will announce its latest decision on interest rates on Thursday.
All this will be against the background of a more robust world economy, the NIESR forecasts.
It believes the world economy will grow at a faster pace in the next couple of years, with the annual growth rate rising from 3% in 2016 to 3.1% this year, and then to 3.5% in 2018.
But it warns that its predictions could be thrown off-kilter by any sudden changes in economic policy in the US, following President Donald Trump's election.
"Our forecast assumes established policies," the NIESR says.
"Potential policy changes in the US and any response in the rest of the world therefore pose significant risks to our projections."


(Close): US markets closed lower as investors assessed some disappointing corporate results.

The Dow Jones shed 0.3% to 17,550 points, while the S&P 500 lost 0.2% to 2,093 points. The Nasdaq dropped 0.2% to 5,105.
Kate Warne, of brokerage Edward Jones, said: "Stocks haven't moved any place, but it's because there's been an equal mix of gainers and losers.
"What we're seeing is a back-and-forth market - not a doldrums market."
Among the companies reporting results on Tuesday, handbag maker Coach closed up 3.2% after its quarterly figures beat forecasts.
Same-store sales fell 19% in the three months to June, but the decline was the smallest in a year.
Apple continued its downward slide, losing another 3.2% to end at $114.64.
The decline in the past month is almost 10% as investors worry about the health of the Chinese economy and whether Apple can keep expanding at the pace it has recorded in recent quarters.
After rising as much as 9%, shares in Regeneron Pharmaceuticals ended 4.8% higher after the company said second-quarter net profit more than doubled to $195m.
Shares in biotech firm Baxalta rose 12.5% to $4.16 after Dublin-based pharmaceuticals company Shire said it was trying to buy the company for $30bn.


A gay bull saved after a campaign backed by Simpsons co-creator Sam Simon appears to have found romance within minutes of arriving at his new home.

Benjy, from County Mayo, Ireland, was destined for the abattoir after showing more interest in breeding with other bulls than cows.
He arrived at Norfolk's Hillside Animal Sanctuary on Sunday where he befriended Alex, a one-year-old bullock.
"He's a handsome little lad, so you can't blame him," said a spokeswoman.
Mr Simon said it "thrills" him to have helped Benjy.
Stefanie Leary, yard manager at Hillside, said: "Benjy's here because he's gay and is of no use to the farming industry. This has happened to have saved his life.
"Today has gone reasonably well. He's travelled a long distance and is stressed, but he's coping with it well."
Gay and animal rights campaigners launched a joint online appeal to save the two-year-old Charolais bull.
It raised Â£10,000 in weeks, helped by a Â£5,000 donation from Mr Simon. The money will be used to fund Benjy's keep and welfare.
The Simpson's producer, who was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2012, was alerted to the bull's plight by animal rights campaigners PETA.
"I believe in compassion and empathy for all living beings - regardless of age, gender, race, sexual orientation, or species," he said.
It thrills me to know that his fate is a sanctuary rather than a sandwich
"I felt compelled to help. All animals have a dire destiny in the meat and dairy industries, but for Benjy to have been killed because of his sexual orientation would have been a double tragedy.
"My health won't allow me to travel to the UK to see Benjy in his new home, but it thrills me to know that his fate is a sanctuary rather than a sandwich."
Since being diagnosed with cancer, Mr Simon has donated millions of dollars, earned through creating TV cartoon The Simpsons, to various animal welfare projects around the world.
He said helping animals is "like a therapy".
Benjy will be castrated as the sanctuary, near Norwich, has a primary role to care for rescued animals not breed their own stock.
"We put any animal arriving with us into quarantine to access their personality and requirements," said Hillside's John Watson.
"Cows have real personalities so depending on what Benjy is like we'll then place him with a herd to which he's best suited.
"Once we've found him a herd he'll be with them for life as animals form very strong bonds with each other so we would never split them up."
The sanctuary cares for more than 2,000 animals, including 300 cattle, the majority of which have been saved from the farming industry.
As for Benjy's early interest in Alex, Ms Leary said: "He's a handsome little lad, so you can't blame him - but it might be just Benjy's interest in cows in general - but you never know, watch this space as they say."
Homosexual behaviour has been observed in 1,500 animal species with bats widely thought to be the animals with the highest rate of homosexuality among their male population.


A billboard that attracts and kills mosquitoes has been designed by marketing agencies in Brazil.

The board releases a mixture of a lactic acid solution that mimics the smell of human sweat and carbon dioxide, which is in human breath.
Its inventors have released the blueprint for free and are encouraging people around the world to make them.
However, one expert warned it could attract insects to areas where there are many humans.
The two companies behind the Mosquito Killer Board, Posterscope and NBS, believe it could help in the fight against the Zika virus, which is carried by mosquitoes.
The insects are drawn to the aroma from the board from a distance of up to 2.5km away, the board's inventors say.
They are then trapped inside it and can be seen in the message it bears, which explains its purpose.
So far, they have installed two of the Mosquito Killer Billboards in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.
The firms will not be selling the advertising space inside the billboard.
"It's impressive how many mosquitoes you can trap and how many lives you can save with this idea," Otto Frossard from Posterscope told the BBC.
Mr Frossard added that the board would cost "a few thousand Reals" (1,000 Brazilian Reals is $280/Â£194) to make.
"I think anything that can be done to reduce the prevalence of the mosquito is a good thing," said Dr Chris Jackson, a pest control expert at the University of Southampton.
"Particularly devices like this that attract and kill females that feed on blood, as it is only female mosquitoes that bite," he explained.
Dr Jackson said that, while the science behind the billboard was effective, putting them in public places and attracting human attention - as well as insects - could be a problem.
"I do have a few concerns," he told the BBC.
"Maybe if it was not in a high-density place, where people are sitting perhaps with exposed legs... otherwise, you're pulling in hungry mosquitoes and providing them with exposed human flesh."


Twelve wildflower meadows have been restored in Wales following a mission to reverse their decline.

The UK-wide scheme was instigated by the Prince of Wales to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation.
Flower-rich grasslands have decreased by 97% in the UK since the 1930s.
New meadows have been created in Gwynedd and Pembrokeshire and work is due to begin in Conwy county.
Flagship "Coronation meadows" are being identified for each county in the UK so seed from them can be used to create new meadows within the area.
The project has received funding from Biffa Award, Natural Resources Wales and Grantscape.


WhatsApp has been warned by European privacy watchdogs about sharing user data with parent company Facebook.

The regulators said they had "serious concerns" about the changes made to WhatsApp's privacy policy, which made the sharing possible.
In a letter to the messaging firm, they asked it to stop sharing data until it was clear that European privacy rules were not being broken.
WhatsApp said it was working with data watchdogs to address their concerns.
In August this year, WhatsApp revealed that it would be sharing more information with Facebook, which bought the messaging app in early 2014 for $19bn (Â£16bn).
WhatsApp justified the change by saying this would mean suggestions about who people should connect with would be "more relevant".
But many criticised its decision because of earlier pledges that WhatsApp had made to remain independent of Facebook.
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The decision to share information prompted investigations by data protection bodies across Europe. Now, the Article 29 Working Party, the collective association of data watchdogs, said more work needed to be done to ensure regional rules governing privacy were not broken when information passed from one firm to another.
The Working Party said this work had to be done because the sharing involved processing data in ways that were not in the privacy policy operating when people signed up.
The group called for data sharing to be halted while the terms of the deal were scrutinised.
A WhatsApp spokeswoman said: "We've had constructive conversations, including before our update, and we remain committed to respecting applicable law."


Olympic champion Laura Trott claimed Great Britain's fourth gold of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in London with victory in the women's omnium.

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Trott rode tactically in the final race of six disciplines to finish 12 points clear of Belgium's Jolien D'Hoore, with Netherland's Kirsten Wild third.
It was the Briton's second gold medal of the meet following her success in the women's team pursuit on Friday.
Britain also took gold in the men's team pursuit and men's madison.
British Cycling technical director Shane Sutton said: "Our winning mentality is coming back. We're starting to get some results.
"We're not just relying on the women's team pursuit winning."
Trott, who won the individual points race at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, held a 14 point lead over D'Hoore going into the 100-lap race and sat on the wheel of her rival for much of the event.
With five points available for the winner of each of the 10 sprints, the 22-year-old was happy to see riders who were no threat to the overall standings take the majority of them, before leaping clear to win sprint nine and secure gold with 10 laps still to go.
"I'm so happy," Trott said. "The points race has never been my strongest event. I've been doing a lot of work.
"My tactics were actually quite simple, all I had to do was follow Jolien. When I won the second from last sprint I knew it was over."
Trott made an excellent start to the two-day omnium event, winning the scratch race and individual pursuit to give herself breathing room in the eliminator, time trial and flying lap disciplines.
In the corresponding men's event, Jon Dibben, 22, finished seventh despite a technical problem in the eliminator and a crash in the final points race.
In the final event with British interest, Jessica Varnish finished fifth in the women's keirin final after being handed a surprise start.
The 24-year-old was due to race in the minor final but was promoted to replace Russia's Ekaterina Gnidenko, who was relegated for her involvement in a crash in the semi-finals.


Scotland midfielder Darren Fletcher believes the squad is good enough to qualify for the 2018 World Cup finals.

The West Brom captain is confident Scotland have enough quality to emerge from a group that includes Euro 2016 rivals England and Slovakia.
"We know how difficult it's going to be, it's a tough group," said Fletcher ahead of Scotland's friendly in Prague, where he should win his 71st cap.
"But I think it's a group we shouldn't be scared of."
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The 32-year-old added: "If we perform to our level and improve that extra percentage then I think we could be in a really good position for qualifying.
"I really want to qualify for a major tournament and play there for my country.
"It's one of those things you dream about, it's one of those things that's on the list that's not been ticked yet.
"I'm desperate to cross it off."
Fletcher said he was delighted that Gordon Strachan has decided to remain in charge for the upcoming campaign in which Scotland will also play qualifiers against Slovenia, Lithuania and Malta.
Strachan is the sixth full-time national coach that Fletcher has served under since his debut as a precocious Manchester United teenager under Berti Vogts in 2003.
"Continuity is something I've not really had in my Scotland career with managers and I think the fans, especially, recognise the job he did with the way we (have) played," he added.
"They felt that we'd made progress and I think they enjoyed watching the team go out and attack and try to win every game.
"We've had managers who have gone to club level when we've been on the verge of qualifying and we've had the opposite where managers haven't done so well and lost their jobs.
"So having that consistency over a couple of campaigns isn't something I've really experienced.
"I think everyone knows that if you stick with a manager and you know that he's doing the right things then ultimately you're going to get success from that."
Strachan himself believes the difficult friendly schedule he has lined up is imperative in laying foundations for the upcoming qualifiers to reach the finals in Russia in 2018.
The Scots face four sides ranked above them in their next four matches in the Czechs, Denmark, Italy and France.
"You can really judge the players when they come to play teams like the Czech Republic," the manager told BBC Scotland.
"So, we need to play these teams to see if we have players who can come through and who are comfortable at this level.
"We feel we've got good players. We haven't got great players but we have a great group of players who want to do well for the country and put themselves out for the country.
"We make ourselves into a good side through application - which we've seen this week.
"I don't judge us by other teams. Other teams have had better individuals than us but we've beaten them because of our team-work."
Meanwhile, the Czech Republic's Tomas Sivok says his team will not be underestimating their visitors, despite the recent contrasting fortunes of the two sides.
The Bursaspor defender will captain the team in the absence of injured Petr Cech and Tomas Rosicky.
And the 32-year-old admits he was surprised that, unlike them, the Scots failed to qualify for this summer's European Championship finals.
"Yesterday we watched their games with Poland and Germany and they're a very strong team," the centre-half said.
"For us it will be a big test and it will be good preparation.
"I think the system of Scotland has changed. Before, it was a typical British style of long balls but what we saw yesterday was a Scottish team that tries to play lots of passes."


A German migrant rescue group says a vessel carrying far-right activists that has run into trouble in the Mediterranean has refused their help.

The Sea-Eye charity says it was asked by the Italian coastguard to assist the C-Star ship because it was in distress.
But the French-based group GÃ©nÃ©ration Identitaire (GI), which runs the C-Star, denied this, saying it had only a "minor technical problem".
GI has vowed to stop the flow of migrants from Africa to Europe.
The C-Star has faced several problems since its mission began last month. It was held up in Egypt and Cyprus and refused access to Tunisian ports.
Sea-Eye, one of the NGOs involved in search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean, said on Facebook (in German) that the C-Star was in "distress" off the Libyan coast but that it had "refused" its help.
Earlier, GI said on Twitter that the problem, which started at night, was "about to be resolved".
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The Italian coastguard has not commented.
The exact whereabouts of the C-Star are unclear, but an activist with the group quoted by AFP said the ship was currently "between Malta and the Libyan coast".
GI says migrant charities active in the Mediterranean collude with people traffickers.
But human rights groups say any attempt to turn migrant boats back to Libya could be very dangerous and illegal under international law.
The journey between Libya and Italy is one of the main routes used by migrants who want to reach Europe by sea.
About 600,000 migrants have been rescued from traffickers' boats and taken to Italy since the beginning of 2014.
More than 10,000 people have died attempting to cross the Mediterranean over the same period.


Cuts of £92m will be made to Bristol city council's budget by 2022, the city's mayor has said.

Marvin Rees said the cuts were due to government funding reductions, extra demand on services and weaknesses in the council's financial practices.
The Labour politician said: "It's been a very challenging week going through the options, they're not palatable, they're not nice."
A public consultation on the proposed cuts will be held until 5 January.
He added that the council would also need to save a further £33m before the end of March to balance the books.
The proposed departmental cuts follow plans to cut 1,000 council jobs announced in August.
He added that that council would need to achieve the savings or the council lose its autonomy.
"We have to balance our budget or we get taken over and the budget is balanced for us.
"Our priorities is around reducing inequalities, taking care of the most vulnerable people in the city as part of doing good social justice.
"But as part of the future aspirations and what kind of city we want to have would not necessarily be held as a high priority," added Mr Rees.
UNISON Bristol branch secretary Steve Crawshaw said:  "If the council keeps slicing away at services without joined up thinking across the board, the situation will get even worse.
"Employees are telling us they can't keep doing more with less."
Projects such as the Bristol Arena and the Metrobus Scheme would be unaffected as they are funded as capital project rather than from revenue.
Some of the proposals for 2017-2022 include:


An electric racing car built by Swiss student engineers has broken the world record for acceleration by battery-powered vehicles.

The grimsel car took only 1.513 seconds to reach 100kph (62mph) - slashing about a quarter of a second off the previous record time.
So far, no petrol-powered production car has managed to hit the same speed in a comparable time.
The grimsel needed only 30m (98ft) of track to reach the landmark speed.
The previous record of 0-100kph in 1.779 seconds was set by a team from the University of Stuttgart last year. By comparison, the fastest production vehicle, the Porsche 918 Spyder hybrid, takes 2.2 seconds to reach the same speed.
The car has been built and refined over the last year by 30 students studying at ETH Zurich (ETZ) and Lucerne's University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Almost all of car's parts have been custom built apart from its tyres, battery cells and the motor control units.
In a statement, ETZ said the four-wheel drive system used by the grimsel was key to its swift acceleration. A powerful motor is mounted on each wheel and the car has a sophisticated traction control system that adjusts the performance of each one to maximise torque.
The lightning-fast car weighs only 168kg (370lb) thanks to widespread use of carbon fibre in its construction.
The record was set on a race track on the Dubendorf air base near Zurich.
The grimsel, named after an Alpine pass. is not just a demonstration vehicle but has also been used extensively in the Formula Student race competition.


Rubbish thrown away on land often makes its way into the sea, and can cause major problems for fish and other sealife.

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But now a new campaign is hoping to tackle part of the problem.
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A group of experts from the National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) has been photographing examples of work from the "golden age" of disability arts.

The disability arts movement began in the 1980s and culminated in the introduction of disability rights legislation in 1995, lasting a few years beyond. During this time, disabled people expressed their frustration in pictures, sculpture and ephemera, in what some call protest art. The aim of the million pound project, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, is to capture as much of this collection as possible before it is lost.
Here is a selection of images from the collection.
For more information go to the website of The National Disability Arts Collection and Archive (NDACA) who will be doing more roadshows next year. The collection will be on display from 2017 online, in pop-up galleries, in a national cinema tour, and more.
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A champion for the oppressed, Giles Hart received one of Poland's highest honours following his death in the Tavistock Square bomb blast on 7 July 2005.

The 55-year-old British Telecom engineer from Hornchurch, Essex, was posthumously granted the Knights Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, for his services to democracy.
This was in recognition of his tireless work with Solidarity, which helped to end the communist movement in Poland.
But the Polish struggle was not Mr Hart's only focus, having also been prominent in the Havering Humanist Society and the Anti-Slavery Society.
Mr Hart was on his way to work in Islington when the number 30 bus he was travelling on was ripped apart in Tavistock Square.
He left behind his Polish wife Danuta, daughter Maryla, then 21, and son Martin, then 17.
At his inquest, Maryla Hart's statement said: "Giles was a devoted father and husband who greatly valued time spent with his family.
"Giles was an honest, principled person. He believed in justice, liberty and freedom and hated oppression, fundamentalism and totalitarianism."
Born in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1949 to English parents, Giles grew up in a loving, intellectual and musical home.
With his older sister, Erica, the family would form a violin quartet, igniting his love of classical music. He also enjoyed jazz and ragtime.
At five, Giles moved to the UK with his family, attending Woodhouse Grammar in north London before studying maths at Royal Holloway, University of London.
In 1971 he entered the civil service, then from 1989 worked for British Telecom, but it was outside work that his main interests lay.
Throughout the 1980s, Mr Hart was a prominent supporter of Solidarity, especially when Poland was under martial law.
For 37 years, he served as secretary and chairman of the Polish Solidarity Campaign (PSC), the main group in Britain supporting the Solidarity movement.
He also founded the Polish Refugee Rights Group, which helped Poles fleeing martial law in Poland settle in Britain.
And he remained highly active in the Solidarity movement until its final days before communism gave way to democratic rule in Poland in 1989.
At the inquest into his death, fellow activist Wiktor Moszczynski was quoted as saying: "At each PSC demonstration, his bearded face could be seen behind the platform flogging Solidarity memorabilia and publications.
"Giles stood out as the voice of the non-politicised rank-and-file British sympathisers who had earned the respect and trust of the often bemused Polish members.
"He was a crucial ingredient in the glue that kept the organisation together."
Films were another passion and as chairman of the HG Wells Society, Mr Hart had introduced two of his films during a special season at the National Film Theatre.
Since his death, 15 trees have been planted by Havering green groups in Giles' memory and the Giles Hart Memorial Committee, set up by fellow Solidarity activists, has laid a memorial stone in Ravenscourt Park, west London.
The granite slab is inscribed with Mahatma Gandhi's quote: "Be the change you want to see in the world."


Gamblers in Wales stake more than £1.5bn on electronic betting machines found in bookmakers and casinos last year, figures suggest.

It is the equivalent of £650 a year for every adult in Wales who gambled on fixed odds casino games machines.
Fairer Gambling, which lobbies for more regulation, described the machines as the "crack cocaine" of the industry and called for better regulation.
But the Association of British Bookmakers denied there was a problem.
Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) are found in most high street bookmakers and allow bets of up to £100 every 20 seconds.
They include games such as roulette and bingo.
In Wales, bookmakers made more than £50m from the machines last year - up 5.6% on 2011.
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However estimates show that gamblers in England stake more on the machines, with the figures showing the equivalent of £863 was gambled per adult on the machines - up 10% on the previous year.
The figures were compiled by Fairer Gambling used statistics from the Gambling Commission.
Adrian Parkinson, a campaigner with Fairer Gambling, was a manager at a bookmakers when the terminals were rolled out between 1999 and 2001.
"I'm not here to say the machines should be taken off the high street and we're not anti-gambling," he said.
"Our objective is to see restrictions put in place on the casino content on these machines. All the problems emanate from the casino content.
"When the machines were first rolled out staff at the bookmakers started telling us there was a problem.
"The words that were being used were 'addiction' and one of the managers described them as the 'crack cocaine of the gambling industry'.
"Ultimately, the numbers suggest electronic gambling machines aren't any more dangerous (than other forms of gambling).
"I think the issue is you can bet a larger stake than you can for any other machines out there.
"These are fruit machines for the 21st Century.
"Whereas a fruit machine previously you would put in a pound coin, now you can bet £100.
"The trouble is the debate takes place in a febrile atmosphere, not least because the numbers that are thrown about don't relate to what punters lose but relates to what goes into the machines.
"Those two numbers are very, very different."
"Bookmakers are extracting money, we believe, from some of the poorest areas of the UK."
But the Association of British Bookmakers said there was no evidence to back up the Fairer Gambling campaign's claims that the machines are causing a problem.
Dirk Vennix, from the association, said the vast majority of gamblers in the UK bet "safely and responsibly" and suggested that less 1% of people who had a problem.
"It is wrong to suggest that these machines are the highest contributor to problem gambling," he said.
"Gambling Commission research shows that only 8% of problem gamblers play on machines in betting shops.
"There is no empirical evidence linking problem gambling to betting machines. One has to remember the betting industry is the most heavily regulated retail sector on the high street.
"Betting shops in Wales support 2,000 jobs and contribute £100m to the Welsh economy, and I think that's often forgotten."
Ingrid Wallace from the Addiction Recovery Agency in Cardiff was concerned at the number of people they had to counsel for gambling addiction.
"People lose track of what they are betting on these machines," she said.
"It is possible to put relatively high amounts into the FOBTs and you can lose that at a touch of a button, whereas when people are placing a normal bet or when people play the national lottery there is a bit more distance."


Coastguards in Kirkwall have been been honoured with a prestigious award for a rescue operation.

The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) recognised the Orkney team for the operation which saved the lives of two females in Inganess Bay.
Team member Allan Corse swam out 70m carrying a line which was then pulled in by his colleagues on shore.
The whole team was presented with the Rescue Shield by Charles Ball, the MCA's head of coastal operations.
The two rescued females were described as being minutes from death when rescued.
Mr Corse was checked out in hospital after inhaling sea water during the rescue but suffered no ill-effects.


The Iraqi army has begun its fight to retake control of Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS), but thousands of civilians remain trapped in the city.

The city's residents have experienced brutality under IS but they may face even greater danger in the coming weeks.
The city is virtually sealed off and reports suggest IS is killing civilians who try to flee and using others as human shields.
IS reportedly hung 20 heads at Mosul's city gate as "blood propaganda" - a warning for soldiers or citizens not to enter or leave the city.
Other reports said IS fighters conducted house-to-house raids to confiscate mobile phones and record internet usage, making any communication with people outside the city extremely dangerous.
The BBC cannot independently verify the accounts but stories from Iraqis who have escaped the area corroborate reports of the risks involved in trying to flee.
Some of these accounts were provided to the BBC by the al-Ghad radio station, based in Erbil, Iraq, which encouraged listeners to call in with their experiences.
Others came via charities.
Omar, 50, said IS had threatened to shoot people who tried to leave. He managed to escape his village early one morning but his family almost died along the way, he said.
"It was extremely hot and we were dying of thirst, the sand was up to our ankles," he told Oxfam. "We finished our water just a quarter of the way into the journey and my wife and children couldn't go on anymore.
"I walked [ahead] by myself to fetch them water and carry it back to them. It took me seven hours. There were children dying on that journey.  There were snipers shooting at our heads."
Mohammed said that the number of IS militants in Mosul is falling as fighters leave the city with their families. He said he expected Mosul to be "liberated with minimal fighting".
"I went around the city and I want to tell you their numbers have been massively reduced," he said.
Mohammed said that while a number of vehicles left Mosul, some cars and caravans in the city had been "filled with explosives".
Sarah, a resident of Mosul, said that while many people were "excited" about the Iraqi army's mission to regain control of the city, locals were also fearful of being caught in the conflict.
"I want to tell them that we have been waiting for you for over two years now, and we are hopeful you can liberate us," she said. "But please take care of the innocent civilians inside Mosul."
Arash, an Iraqi whose family lives in Mosul, said that when he contacts them, they are often afraid. "We can only talk for a few minutes," he said.
Arash said that civilians in Mosul began to rebel against IS when they heard that pro-government forces were advancing toward the city.
"They started this uprising," he said, adding: "They started burning IS cars and trying to kill as many family members of IS as possible.
"They try to use the instruments they have to take down IS. No one has a gun, so they have made homemade bombs with fuel and glass."
Ibrahim said two of his daughters had died while trying to escape from their home town of Qayyarah, south of Mosul.
One girl stepped on an explosive device and was instantly killed, and the other later died as he tried to carry her to safety, he told the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Two of Ibrahim's four daughters are still alive and one is captive in Mosul. He hopes the battle to recapture the city will help reunite his family.
"At least then I can get back one of my daughters," he said.
Mohamad runs a radio station in Mosul. He said that when IS arrived, the city became isolated and the station became a mouthpiece for people in the community.
"I think we have become the platform that helps people talk to each other," he said. His station's first broadcast was in March 2015.
"It was a big victory for us and was also appreciated by the people inside Mosul," he said. "We are updating them on what is happening and not only this, we are being their voice."
Mohamad said that conditions in Mosul were "very hard".
"Now it has become harder to get anything from outside the city. The only available food is what you can grow inside Mosul. Now medicine is very expensive, it's very hard to get it for the family."
Ahmed, another Mosul resident, spoke to the al-Ghad radio station based in Erbil, Iraq. Al-Ghad provided recordings to the BBC.
Ahmed said IS fighters were fleeing Mosul.
"The number of Daesh (IS) people on the streets inside city has reduced significantly," he said. "Some have left for Syria, and some have gone into the desert, west of Mosul.
"The number of their cars driving around the city has reduced, and we're seeing more of them using motorbikes at the moment instead of their regular cars."
Hassan, 28, said he saw his friend killed by IS militants.
"IS killed two of my best friends in the most horrible way because they tried to escape to territory held by the Iraqi security forces," he told the International Organization for Migration.
"[They] hit their heads against the roof of the car until they didn't resist anymore, and then lined them up and shot them."
Hassan said fighters had used him as a shield to play sport.
"IS would force us to go play football with them, because they knew that when they were among civilians the planes would not target them. So they would force us to go different places with them."