Warmer weather helped retail sales to rise by more than expected last month, according to official data.

Sales volumes jumped 2.3% in April from the month before, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, and were 4% higher than a year earlier.
April's rebound contrasted with March, when sales saw the biggest fall in seven years.
"Anecdotal evidence from retailers suggests that good weather contributed to growth," the ONS said.
The stronger-than-expected rise in sales pushed the value of the pound above $1.30 to its highest level since September last year.
David Cheetham, chief markets analyst at XTB, said the figures would "go some way to allay the fears of a slowdown in consumer spending following last month's sharp drop".
Due to recent rises in inflation, the amount spent in shops and online was 6.2% higher in the three months to April compared with a year ago - the biggest rise in 15 years.
The ONS did not say whether inflation pressures would continues to affect sales during the rest of the year. "We need a longer series to properly determine a pattern," it said.
The retail sales figures come a day after separate ONS figures indicated that wages were rising slower than inflation for first time since mid-2014.
Keith Richardson, managing director retail sector at Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, said the retail figures were "welcome news, but it's too early to think that the tide is turning after a dismal first quarter".
Alex Marsh, managing director of Close Brothers Retail Finance, said its data indicated "a particular increase in sales in the furniture sector, which was driven by [Easter] Bank Holiday Monday shopping".
However, he added that inflationary pressures meant shoppers could struggle to buy big ticket items, such as white goods, without stores offering more credit.
Chris Williamson, chief business economist at IHS Markit, also urged caution, noting that the underlying three-month trend showed sales were up by just 0.3%.
"With the exception of the first three months of this year, that's the weakest trend rate since the third quarter of 2014," he said.
April delivered a boost for retail. We've already had the British Retail Consortium's survey, which saw the strongest sales numbers for years. But the industry body put much of that rise down to the timing of Easter, which was later this year than last.
Shops tend to sell more stuff during the Easter break. The ONS's figures are seasonally adjusted, which means that the timing of Easter shouldn't have been a factor in its own survey this morning. It said warm weather helped deliver growth. The big question is whether this pace of spending can continue.
The squeeze on consumers is now on, with average real wages falling. And it's not getting any easier for retailers either as they deal with the consequences of the fall in the pound and how much of the associated extra costs they'll have to pass on to consumers.


Did Fox News collude with the Trump administration to spread a malicious lie?

That is the explosive allegation behind a lawsuit filed by Rod Wheeler, a former Fox contributor and police investigator.
The story is complicated.
Seth Rich was an ambitious 27-year-old who worked for the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Last summer he was murdered in Washington in what police think was a botched robbery attempt.
Surfing the tide of social media in the most febrile atmosphere Washington has known for decades, Sean Hannity of Fox News promoted a conspiracy theory about the death.
He claimed Rich was assassinated because he had shared classified information from Hillary Clinton's campaign with the website WikiLeaks.
This theory was taken up by Alex Jones of InfoWars, and former House speaker for the Republicans, Newt Gingrich.
Gingrich went on Fox News to say: "It wasn't the Russians [who hacked the DNC's emails]. It was this young guy who was disgusted by the corruption of the DNC".
Why would Hannity and Gingrich advance this view? To hurt the reputation of Hillary Clinton and distract attention from claims that the Trump White House was in cahoots with Vladimir Putin's Kremlin.
Fox News later retracted the story with the admission that the story was not "subjected to the high degree of editorial scrutiny we require for all our reporting".
Hannity only abandoned his pursuit of the conspiracy when Rich's parents asked that their son's name not be continuously dishonoured.
All this would be shocking enough, frankly, but things are so far gone in Trump's Washington that this story has inevitably developed further still.
Wheeler's lawsuit alleges that Sean Spicer, former spokesman to the president, not only knew about Fox's story, but shared it with the president - who encouraged Fox to run with it.
This despite the fact that on the day of publication - 16 May - Spicer told journalists he was "not aware" of it.
Ed Butowsky, a Republican donor and Fox contributor, sent Rod Wheeler a text message saying: "Not to add any more pressure but the President just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It's now all up to you."
Butowsky says this text message was a joke.
All the defendants in this case vehemently deny Wheeler's allegations. They are: 21st Century Fox; Fox News Channel, Fox News reporter Malia Zimmerman; and Ed Butowsky.
Whether funny or not, and whatever the veracity of the allegations, we can already conclude the following.
First, Spicer appears to have been confused or economical with the truth. The first rule of working in communications is - don't lie.  Spicer may have had the toughest job of any press officer in history; but he has now admitted to meeting Butowsky and Wheeler on 20 April, when he was informed of the story, so his plea of ignorance on 16 May is demonstrably false.
Second, by any professional or moral standards, the exploitation by Fox News of a 27-year-old's death to seed a now widely-shared conspiracy theory, on the basis of zero evidence, is a disgrace.
Third, we have re-confirmed how modern media works. Fox News is an enabler of alternative news media.
The way broadcasting works is, you need pictures and sound to tell stories. With Fox devoting resources and so much airtime to the theories surrounding the murder of Seth Rich, the likes of Jones's InfoWars had plenty of material to work with.
But there is one respect in which I don't share the shock of other journalists at this story - the fact that Spicer was informed of it.
Obviously if he was economical with the truth that is a different matter.
However, it is in the nature of political journalism that government apparatchiks develop close links, and spend time with, friendly journalists and media outlets.
This happens all the time in Britain too, of course. Political journalists will patronise the pubs of Westminster with special advisers and ministers. They develop a certain intimate reciprocity. It's a form of clientism - gossip, tidbits and genuine revelations are shared on the understanding that favourable coverage may be received in return.
And yes, prime ministers have been known to encourage advisers to encourage journalists to take a particular line.
Put like that, it sounds seedy, doesn't it? Of course, many of the greatest political journalists are those who have nothing whatsoever to do with this kind of clientism.
Yet in the normal course of events, it is unsurprising that Trump's press spokesman would have been told of various stories that Fox was cooking up.
After all, as Republican David Frum once put it: "Republicans originally thought that Fox worked for us, and now we're discovering we work for Fox."
Perhaps, if he were a man of immense moral standing, Spicer would have said at that 20 April meeting with Butowsky that it's not the business of journalists to spread pernicious falsehoods. Who knows, maybe he did.
Is this collusion, as pundits everywhere are suggesting? As so often, the etymology is instructive.
"Collusion" comes from the Latin for "col", meaning "together" and "ludere", meaning "to play".
Republicans and Fox News play and work together all the time.
If you want an example of collusion as in playing together, rather than alight on Spicer being kept informed about various Fox conspiracies, look at the comically sycophantic chat Hannity conducted with Donald Trump Junior about his meeting with a Russian lawyer.
Granted the chance to interrogate the president's son about contacts with foreign individuals seeking to influence the election of the most powerful person in the world, Hannity forfeited the chance to do a proper interrogation, playing the role of the supportive activist instead.
Fox News may boast of the "high degree of editorial scrutiny" they apply, but this conversation - let's not call it an interview - was wholly devoid of journalistic rigour, and designed to get the president's son out of a hole.
That's closer to my understanding of "collusion".
Hannity starts the interview with: "I will ask him every single question I can think of."
On the basis of what followed, and his insult to the memory of Seth Rich, Hannity isn't much of a thinker.


Shrewsbury Town have signed forward Arthur Gnahoua from non-league neighbours Kidderminster Harriers on a one-year deal.

The 24-year-old was Harriers' top scorer last season, scoring 15 goals for the National League North side.
Joining League One side Town will be Gnahoua's first move to an EFL club.
"Hopefully I can get the chance to prove I can play at this level," he said. "It's going to be hard work and a faster tempo than before."
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Vince Cable, despite his recently found fame, remains an enigmatic character.

He is not a man given to emotional outbursts or shows of passion.
But the Liberal Democrat business secretary is at the centre of a political whirlwind right now.
In comments recorded by undercover reporters from the Daily Telegraph, Mr Cable says he has "declared war on Rupert Murdoch" and plans to block the media baron's efforts to take full control of BSkyB.
The remarks have led to him being stripped of his powers to make a decision on the bid - and were criticised by Downing Street as "totally unacceptable and inappropriate", although he will remain as business secretary.
In the recordings Mr Cable also spoke of an ongoing "battle" to curb the Tories' ideas and promote his own party's. He even hinted that he might take the "nuclear option" and resign if the Lib Dems do not get enough of their own way.
Such an act of self-sacrifice would follow one of the longest ascents to political power imaginable.
Now 67, he was a contemporary of the likes of Ken Clarke, Michael Howard and Norman Lamont - some of the Tory "big beasts" of the 1990s - while at Cambridge University.
But, while they enjoyed a reasonably rapid journey to influence at Westminster, the struggle for Mr Cable was long and complex.
A grammar school boy from York, he initially joined the Liberal Party but, after university, defected to Labour. He fought for the Glasgow Hillhead seat at the 1970 election, losing. As a Labour councillor in Glasgow he contributed to The Red Paper on Scotland, edited by Gordon Brown in 1975.
In 1982, Mr Cable changed party once more, this time opting for the newly formed Social Democratic Party. He made failed attempts to run for Parliament in 1983 and 1987.
After the SDP and the old Liberal Party merged to form the Liberal Democrats in 1988, Mr Cable was unsuccessful in another bid to become an MP in 1992.
It was not until the anti-Tory landslide of 1997 that he finally won the seat of Twickenham, south-west London, which he holds to this day.
Along the way, he worked as an economics lecturer, at the Foreign Office, as a special adviser to future Labour leader John Smith, an official in the Kenyan government and as chief economist for the oil company Shell.
It is fair to say Mr Cable has travelled a bit.
Once in Parliament, his political career went comparatively smoothly, with promotion to the Lib Dem front bench in 1999 and to Treasury spokesman in 2003.
In this influential role he made pronouncements on the unsustainability of Labour's long economic boom - comments which saw his reputation rise following the arrival of the credit crunch. He was also one of the first senior politicians to call for Northern Rock to be nationalised.
Mr Cable helped to oust Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy in 2005, but it was after Mr Kennedy's successor, Sir Menzies Campbell, resigned after two years in the job, that Mr Cable became a household name, at least among those with a modicum of interest in politics.
Having been elected deputy leader, he stood in at prime minister's questions and in a memorable exchange mocked Gordon Brown, remarking on the "prime minister's remarkable transformation in the last few weeks from Stalin to Mr Bean, creating chaos out of order rather than order out of chaos".
The laughter rang around the Commons chamber, emboldening this previously rather dry figure. Mr Cable, a naturally shy man, was enjoying himself in public.
He has hardly been out of the media since.
He was one of the few big-hitters among the Lib Dem leadership and when no party won overall control of the Commons after the 2010 election there were suggestions he might become chancellor under the Tory-Lib Dem government.
However, the job went to George Osborne and Mr Cable was given the business brief - in charge of a department he had previously suggested should be abolished.
Since then, government has proved far less easy than opposition.
Mr Cable's highest-profile task has been oversee the controversial rise in university tuition fees to a maximum of Â£9,000 a year.
This came despite the Lib Dems signing a pre-election pledge to oppose any such move, which has made him and party leader Nick Clegg the focus of much anger.
Mr Cable voiced doubt about whether he should back the plans in Parliament. Eventually he and all his Lib Dem ministerial colleagues did so, in the face of a large rebellion by the party's backbench MPs.
Mr Cable has been more certain in backing the coalition's deficit-reduction programme, but made some occasionally confusing comments.
At his party's annual conference in September, he criticised capitalism itself, accusing it of killing competition, baffling many of the Lib Dems' Conservative partners in government.
Indeed, the conflict between big ideas - rather than the day-to-day grind of politics - seems to animate him most.
His comments to the undercover Telegraph reporters are less surprising in this context.
He was recorded calling the coalition's attempts to push through changes in the health service, local government and other areas a "kind of Maoist revolution", which was "in danger of getting out of control".
Opponents might accuse Mr Cable of inconsistency, some going on to question his reliability and willingness to take collective responsibility for government decisions.
Supporters might call it a refreshing independence, born of decades of intense intellectual activity.
There is, though, little doubt Mr Cable appears to enjoy being a big figure in politics, whatever his travails.
Occasional glimpses of the private man come through too.
Mr Cable is an accomplished ballroom dancer, who will be appearing on a Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. His detractors say such exuberant activity is insensitive at a time of austerity, but others argue that attempts to humanise politics can only be a good thing.
He is also a father of three grown-up children by his first wife, Olympia, who was from Kenya.
Even here, Mr Cable bucked 1960s convention by a mixed-race marriage, despite opposition from his father, who told him such unions "didn't work".
After Olympia was diagnosed with cancer for a second time in the 1990s, he combined the roles of being an MP and her carer until her death in 2001. Mr Cable remarried in 2004.
Mr Cable said he "fully accepts" the decision to strip him of his powers - he had said earlier he had no intention of resigning from the government. Whether, given his remarks about Rupert Murdoch, Mr Cable's future is in his own hands remains to be seen.


A judicial review has been granted into the case of Olaseni Lewis who died after being restrained by Metropolitan Police in 2010.

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Mr Lewis died at Mayday Hospital, now known as Croydon University Hospital, in Thornton Heath.
His family called the judicial review announcement a "victory" after a flawed investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. Kurt Barling reports.


Bath opened their delayed European Champions Cup campaign with a hard-fought win against Leinster.

A George Ford penalty and drop-goal gave the hosts a 6-3 lead at the break.
The England fly-half added a second penalty after the break but Ireland 10 Johnny Sexton's brace, to add to his first-half kick, levelled matters.
Bath scored a penalty try from a scrum, only for Leinster to level through Josh van der Flier's converted try, but a third Ford penalty saw Bath edge home.
Bath, who saw last weekend's game against Toulon postponed after the terror attacks in Paris, looked to play with pace and width from the first whistle, unafraid to attack from deep and keen to get their dangerous back three involved whenever possible.
But Leinster's defence was superb, with Ben Teo'o making his mark in midfield, and in the end it was the power of the Bath scrum that proved key.
They won half a dozen penalties at the scrum to deny Leinster momentum and give Ford the chance to keep the scoreboard ticking over.
And it was a mighty shove midway though the second half that prompted referee Jerome Gacres to award the penalty try that looked like being crucial.
Three-time champions Leinster rarely looked threatening but Sexton's boot kept them in touch, and when they brought on their replacements the new faces played a major role in levelling the score.
They injected pace into the visitors' game and Leinster academy product Van Der Flier ran a beautiful line to slice through the Bath defence, before showing good strength to go over in a double tackle.
The visitors then had a chance to take a late lead, but Sexton's 55m penalty attempt fell short and Bath countered from underneath their posts.
When they were awarded a scrum midway inside the Leinster half, their fired-up eight again took the Irish side apart.
From the resulting penalty, Ford made light of the difficult angle to drill the kick between the posts to secure victory for Bath and condemn Leinster to a second straight defeat.
Bath head coach Mike Ford: "We showed our inexperience at 16-9 up. We were in control of the game, but we stupidly did things that let them back in.
"I am pleased we won against a Leinster side full of internationals. Our scrum was awesome - Henry Thomas and Nick Auterac were outstanding - but we can't afford to give teams easy outs and chances to score points like we did today."
Bath: Watson; Rokoduguni, Devoto, K Eastmond, Banahan; Ford, Cook; Auterac, Webber, Thomas, Hooper, Attwood, Garvey, Louw, Houston.
Replacements: Homer for Watson (77), Priestland for Devoto (71), Matawalu for Cook (56), Catt for Auterac (65), Batty for Webber (53), Lahiff for Thomas (64), Faosiliva for Houston (53).
Not Used: Ewels.
Sin Bin: Faosiliva (78).
Leinster: Nacewa; McFadden, Te'o, Fitzgerald, D Kearney; Sexton, Boss; Healy, Cronin, Ross, Toner, Triggs, Ruddock, Murphy, Heaslip.
Replacements: Kirchner for D Kearney (78), L McGrath for Boss (67), J McGrath for Healy (51), Tracy for Cronin (67), Moore for Ross (51), D Ryan for Triggs (52), Van der Flier for Murphy (64).
Not Used: Madigan.
Att: 13,480
Ref: Jerome Garces (France).


A charity has donated £450,000 to help the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) repair the fire-damaged Mackintosh building and expand its Garnethill campus.

The Wolfson Foundation's award means £18.5m has now been raised towards the £32m Mackintosh Campus Appeal.
The Mackintosh building was badly damaged by fire on 23 May 2014.
The appeal is part of an £80m plan to restore and upgrade the The Mackintosh building along with the purchase and conversion of the former Stow College.
Work on the Stow building is now underway and contractors are currently removing the stone piers in the library of the Mackintosh Building.
GSA said the latest donation was the largest grant to a non-science project in Scotland in the past five years.
Prof Tom Inns, GSA director, said: "We are hugely grateful to the Wolfson Foundation for this generous donation."
Wolfson Foundation CEO Paul Ramsbottom said the charity was delighted to help "revitalise an outstanding building".
He said: "We were impressed not only by the bravery, ambition and energy with which the School has responded to the traumatic events of May 2014, but also by the sensitivity with which this restoration has been conceived - not in isolation, but as part of a wider strategic vision for the School's future."
After the Mackintosh building blaze, an investigation by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service concluded it was caused by flammable gases from a canister of expanding foam.
The report said the gases ignited as they came into contact with the hot surface of a projector.


Eight people were taken to hospital for "precautionary checks" after cleaning chemicals were incorrectly mixed at a health club.

Staff members and a family of four were taken to hospital from the David Lloyd club at Pride Park in Derby.
A spokesman for the club said it had reopened after the incident on Saturday morning, but the pool remained closed.
A Derbyshire fire service spokesman said workers at the pool area "had incorrectly mixed chemicals".
"Seven people who were in the pool or the area, plus one maintenance worker were conveyed to hospital for precautionary checks," the fire spokesman said.
A David Lloyd Clubs spokesman said: "We have very strict health and safety policies in place to ensure the safety of our members and team, and will be launching a full investigation to understand how this incident happened."


Two people have appeared in court charged in connection with a shotgun being fired at a playground in Belfast.

Simon Larmour, 26, of Rathvarna Drive in Lisburn, was charged with firing a gun and assaulting a police officer.
He was also charged with possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and having a loaded gun while drunk or under the influence of drugs, as was Tatjana Glusecenko, 34, of no fixed abode but originally from Russia.
They were both remanded in custody.
More than a dozen children were in the park at Dover Street, off the Shankill Road, on Thursday when it was reported that a shot was fired into the air.
The children raised the alarm, and a number of local residents detained the people that they believed were responsible until the police arrived.
A police constable told Belfast Magistrates Court he believed he could connect the pair to the charges.
Mr Larmour appeared in the dock with a severely bruised right eye and was using his jumper as a makeshift sling for his right arm.
No bail applications were lodged, and they were remanded in custody to appear in court again on Monday.


Teenagers committing crimes online are being targeted by the National Crime Agency.

The campaign aims to warn young people about the dangers of hacking and using online tools for cyber-attacks.
The CyberChoices campaign comes after NCA research revealed the average age of people involved in its investigations was 17.
The research indicated few teenagers knew what constituted a cybercrime or what would happen if they were caught.
"Over the past few years, the NCA has seen the people engaging in cybercrime becoming younger and younger," said Richard Jones, head of the Prevent team at the NCA's Cyber Crime Unit, in a statement.
For example, he said, an NCA operation against users of an online attack tool known as Lizard Stresser resulted in seven people being arrested - all of whom were under 18 years old.
The CyberChoices campaign builds on work the NCA did after Operation Dermic in 2014 against users of the Blackshades remote-access Trojan (Rat). A total of 17 arrests were made as part of that operation.
Follow-up activity involved 80 "cease and desist" visits to known purchasers of Blackshades - 500 emails and letters were also sent to people known to have bought the cybercrime kit. Many of the people contacted were teenagers, still living at home. The youngest Blackshades buyer was 12 years old.
"We know that simply criminalising young people cannot be the solution to this, and so the campaign seeks to help motivate children to use their skills more positively," Mr Jones said.
The NCA has produced a range of materials that spell out UK laws governing computer misuse. They also deal with the most common types of cybercrime teenagers tend to be involved with.
Many young people had been using attack tools that knocked computers offline, said Mr Jones, while others had turned to remote-access programs that let them spy on people and steal data.
Mr Jones said teenagers often  indulged in these types of attack to impress or "prank" their friends. However, he added, the abuse of these tools could often escalate and involve those using them committing "higher level" crimes without them being fully aware of what they were doing.
"We want these young people, and their parents, to understand that choosing that path can result in a criminal record, can limit their choices for their future, and can put restrictions on their daily lives including the loss of access to the internet," said Mr Jones.
The materials include guides for parents and lesson plans for teachers as well as video testimonies by young former hackers about what they did and the consequences they have suffered.
"We have aimed the campaign initially at parents, because we know from research that they often are unaware of what their children are doing online," he said.
European policing organisation Europol said it too had seen a rise in criminality among teenagers and younger computer users.
Europol regularly runs campaigns to educate these groups about how low-level cybercrimes can escalate.
"A lot of people can grow accustomed to using crime kits very easily," said Jaap van Oss, a team leader in Europol's Cyber Crime Centre.
"We make them aware that using a Rat is not just for fun. It's a crime."
"We have larger programmes throughout the EU where we specifically target those younger users of those tools," said Mr Van Oss.
"It's not that we will convict them to serious sentences immediately, but we will take them up, knock and talk, and show them that they are breaking the law."
Targeting these younger people was the "right thing to do", said Gabriella Coleman, an anthropologist at McGill University in Canada who studies online life and has written extensively about the Anonymous hacking collective.
"There are probably hordes of young hackers who are attracted to forums simply to learn to explore a secret world and who never act upon the knowledge or tools they get from these forums," she said.
"It is good that law enforcement has an awareness and an ability to differentiate between those who are dabbling and testing and those who are truly using these tools for criminal operations," she added.
The CyberChoices materials will be made available via the NCA's website as well as its Twitter, Facebook and YouTube pages. It is being supported by several partner organisations including GetSafeOnline, the Cyber Security Challenge and the Crest organisation, which represents ethical hackers.


Criminals who kill police officers in England and Wales will face compulsory whole life sentences, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced.

She stressed that to kill a police officer was "to attack the fundamental basis of our society".
But Mrs May also said police officers must end "frivolous" accident claims and focus on raising public trust.
Earlier the Police Federation urged her not to base legislation changes on the behaviour of a "handful of officers".
During her address, Mrs May said suing someone after slipping on their property was "not the sort of attitude" officers should exhibit.
Her comments come after it emerged recently that one police officer, PC Kelly Jones, had taken legal action after tripping on a kerb at a Norfolk petrol station in August.
Mrs May also revealed plans to allow police to take over shoplifting prosecutions where goods taken were worth less than Â£200.
Unveiling plans for a change in legislation at the Police Federation conference in Bournemouth, Mrs May announced the government proposal that the minimum term for killing an officer should be increased to life without parole.
The current minimum sentence for a police murder is 30 years.
By Danny ShawBBC home affairs correspondent
Theresa May's whole life tariff for police murderers is being welcomed by rank-and-file officers - but it's unlikely to quell the anger felt by Police Federation members about the government's programme of cuts and reforms to the service.
High on their list of concerns is an idea, currently the subject of negotiation, which would allow chief constables to make police compulsorily redundant.
Officers say chiefs could get rid of officers they don't like or those approaching pension age - and with no industrial rights there'd be nothing police could do about it.
A final decision on whether the home secretary will go ahead is expected in the summer. The federation would no doubt toast Mrs May if she abandoned the whole idea.
The home secretary told rank-and-file officers the murder of a police officer was "a particularly appalling crime".
"We ask police officers to keep us safe by confronting and stopping violent criminals for us," she said.
"And sometimes you are targeted by criminals because of what you represent."
She added: "We are clear - life should mean life for anyone convicted of killing a police officer."
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 permits Justice Secretary Chris Grayling - following consultation with the Sentencing Council - to make an order to change starting points for sentences.
In this instance, it enables him to change the starting point from 30 years to a whole life order, meaning offenders could not be released other than at the discretion of the secretary of state on compassionate grounds - for example, if they are terminally ill or seriously incapacitated.
The Sentencing Council, the official body that oversees sentencing in England and Wales, issues guidelines for judges and magistrates to work to for all offences other than murder.
A spokesman said: "Introducing whole life tariffs for those who murder police officers would involve changes to the law, which is a matter for Parliament, rather than the Sentencing Council."
But he confirmed that the government had a duty to consult with the council before new legislation could be brought in.
The Sentencing Council says that, as things stand, whole life orders can be imposed in murder cases "if the court decides that the offence is so serious that the offender should spend the rest of their life in prison".
There are currently 47 prisoners in England and Wales who have been given whole life tariffs, including Rosemary West and "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe.
The home secretary, who faced a question and answer session after her speech, was heckled at last year's conference after she told officers to "stop pretending" they were being singled out and would "have to make their share" of public spending cuts.
Police Federation chairman Steve Williams, who had earlier welcomed Mrs May's sentencing plan, told her morale was low as a result of the government's programme of cuts and reforms.
Speaking at the conference, he urged the home secretary not to "hang your reforms on the reprehensible behaviour of a handful of officers".
The biggest applause came when he called for the government to abandon plans for compulsory severance, which are currently subject to negotiation.
Chief Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor, who is behind hotly debated changes such as fast-track recruitment and lower annual pay for new constables, was also due to address officers.
On Tuesday, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper told the three-day conference that government plans to withdraw from the European Arrest Warrant agreement would make it harder to catch criminals who went on the run abroad.


A 14-year-old boy from Blackburn has been charged by UK prosecutors with two counts of inciting terrorism in Australia.

The boy is accused of inciting another person to carry out an attack at an Anzac Day event with the aim of killing or seriously injuring people.
He is also accused of inciting another person to behead someone in Australia.
Anzac Day is commemorated on 25 April in memory of Australian and New Zealand soldiers who have died in war.
The boy, who has not been named for legal reasons, is believed to be the youngest person to be charged with terrorism offences in the UK to date, according to BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford.
He was charged after officers from the North West Counter Terrorism Unit and Lancashire Constabulary executed a search of an address in Blackburn on 2 April.
Officers had examined a number of electronic devices, and had uncovered communication between a teenager in Blackburn and a man in Australia, said a statement from Greater Manchester Police.
Information was subsequently passed to Australian authorities.
The boy will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Anzac Day was established to mark the anniversary of the start of the Gallipoli campaign in World War One and this year marks 100 years since that day.


A former workmate of a man shot dead by the Army in Belfast has told an inquest about the moment a soldier opened fire on his friend.

Arthur Murphy was a passenger in a van driven by Harry Thornton as they passed a police station in August 1971.
A member of the Parachute Regiment, known in court as "Soldier A", fired two shots that hit Mr Thornton in the head and killed him instantly.
Mr Murphy said he agreed with his original statements about the shooting.
Earlier this week, another soldier, referred to as "Soldier C" told the inquest he thought Mr Murphy had opened fire on him and Springfield Road police station.
It has always been understood that the vehicle had merely backfired.
Mr Murphy told the inquest that Harry Thornton, a father of six, decided to drive their 1955 work van from their accommodation less than a mile away.
He drove a short distance along the Springfield Road, the court heard, and it backfired twice as it passed the police station, close to the Falls Road junction.
A police officer later tested the vehicle and found that it was liable to backfire before the engine had warmed up.
Mr Murphy described how they had stopped at traffic lights.
"I heard a bang, I looked over, and Harry was shot," he said.
"I was taken into the barracks and I was beaten up."
He described the injuries he sustained to his head, and bruising all over his body as two men in the barracks assaulted him and shouted: "Where's the stuff?"
No weapon was ever found in or around the van, and neither Mr Thornton nor Mr Murphy had ever been involved with any paramilitary organisation.
During cross examination it emerged that two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers were later charged with assaulting Mr Murphy, but were acquitted at a trial in 1972.
Mr Murphy added that nine years after the shooting, he was awarded compensation for the injuries he received in the barracks.
Counsel for the Thornton family asked Mr Murphy about Soldier C's testimony.
The soldier had said that the van was driven erratically, and that Mr Murphy had bobbed down and leant over behind Mr Thornton, poking a "tubular instrument" out of the van, before two shots were fired at the police station.
"That's lies," Mr Murphy told the court repeatedly. "That's pure lies".
"We had no weapons, we'd nothing. We were just working men."
There was sustained rioting in west Belfast after Mr Thornton's death.
About two days later, 10 people were shot dead by the army.
That incident later became known by the victims' families as the Ballymurphy massacre.
In 2012, the government wrote a letter of apology to Mr Thornton's widow Mary confirming that her husband had been an "innocent man".


Disrespectful, informative, like being in a zoo - all ways young voters used to describe Prime Minister's Questions, or PMQs as it is known.

It happens every Wednesday when the House of Commons is sitting.
MPs get the chance to question the prime minister about stuff that's going on in their constituencies as well as national issues.
And it's famous for getting very noisy, with politicians literally shouting at each other across the room.
Six young voters from BBC Generation 2015 sat with Newsbeat to watch the final PMQs before the General Election. This is what they thought.
"I watch it occasionally - I kind of got into it during my gap year before university.
"I've always found it a bit populist. A lot of the politicians come in there with their pre-prepared gags and one-liners.
"I think when you look beyond the antics and all the jeering - sometimes the frankly amateurish behaviour from the professional MPs - when you look beyond that then it can actually be quite informative.
"Overall it's something we should definitely keep. It's a quirky thing, it's very British. In terms of being able to hold your prime minister accountable even if only for half an hour a week - I think it's something that a lot of countries actually envy."
"Today was my first time watching PMQs. It didn't appeal to me [before]. And even today when I tried to watch it, I can't really understand it.
"It made me feel like they were disrespecting the UK population... it's like a 'don't care' sort of attitude - let me just answer these questions, make them sound amazing, and have a snigger and a dig at people on my way.
"And I feel like that's really not passionate, especially because they're dealing with the future of the UK.
"It's a whole country full of millions of people and they think it's funny, that's so heartbreaking for me. I feel really disappointed in it."
Mel has watched PMQs "a few times" before.
"It infuriates me that it seems they're taking it so lightly when they're talking about really important issues.
"It makes me so angry. It's like they don't take it seriously and I know they do and that's what the most annoying thing is.
"But when people start taking little clips of David Cameron saying, 'You don't need it to be Christmas to know when you're sitting next to a turkey!' and people make that into videos online... that's what's getting spread on social media and that's a horrible impression for young people to have of people who are leading the country."
"I wouldn't go out of my way to watch it.
"I just think it's a bit of a pantomime. It sort of trivialises the real issues that are going on.
"I understand that on some levels they need to be seen as human and having a sense of humour. But there's having a sense of humour and there's being in a zoo. What sort of example is that setting for people to think that they can actually get away with that kind of behaviour?
"I feel like David Cameron and Ed Miliband went out of their way to prepare slanders and insults to each other so they could just have a bit of one-upmanship and get a bit of a giggle from everybody else. That isn't what it should be about."
"I watch PMQs once every two or three months, but I regularly watch highlights on YouTube and on the BBC website.
"I do think it's still informative despite all the Punch and Judy politics.
"Originally I kind of thought it was important, it was a massive part of politics, and it was an opportunity for MPs to hold the prime minister and cabinet to account.
"Now I'm kind of thinking accountability isn't maybe one of the core goals of PMQs.
"Although people were asking the prime minister questions, those questions were obviously staged.
"The attitude was very disrespectful... These are the ambassadors for our country, for our constituencies - certainly they should be behaving a bit more formal than that."
Matt watches PMQs about once every two or three weeks.
"I think on paper they're a very good idea because they let the less prominent MPs hold the prime minister to account and bring local issues to the fore.
"But I think in practice they don't really work like that. It's a bit contrived and formulaic. You always know David Cameron and Ed Miliband are going to shout at each other.
"I don't think it's very representative of what people want to hear about some of the time."
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The government's plan for a total ban on animals in travelling circuses in England "goes too far", MPs have said.

The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee suggested creatures such as camels, zebras and snakes could still take part in entertainments.
But it decided that lions, tigers and elephants no longer "have a place".
The government wants wild animals banned from circuses from December 2015, with fines of up to Â£5,000 imposed on owners who flout the law.
The decision followed a long campaign led by Conservative MP Mark Pritchard.
But the committee raised doubts over whether the ban, as laid out in the government's draft parliamentary bill, might be challenged under European law.
It also looked at the relationship between circuses and other forms of entertainment involving animals, saying: "It is not clear that there is a material difference between those who keep wild birds for falconry displays and those who keep such birds for displays in a circus.
"Nor is the difference clear between having a display involving a raccoon in a circus or a raccoon in an act on Britain's Got Talent."
The report added that separating some domesticated animals deemed "wild", such as raccoons, from their lifelong keeper or trainer might not be in their "best interests".
There are currently 21 licensed wild animals working in two circuses in England, including camels, zebras and snakes, but not elephants, monkeys, gorillas, chimpanzees or big cats.
The committee's chairwoman, Conservative MP Anne McIntosh, said: "The committee agrees with the government that the days when it was appropriate to have animals like lions or elephants travelling with circuses are long past, but the ban proposed in draft legislation goes too far in restricting the type of animals which travelling circuses might use.
"We believe that there should be a ban on big cat species and elephants, but it is possible to argue that, for example, camels, zebra or snakes can continue to have a place in the travelling circus."
The issue was highlighted last November, when circus owner Bobby Roberts was found guilty of mistreating a 58-year-old elephant called Anne.
But Miss McIntosh said: "The government itself accepts that there is no overwhelming welfare case for a ban on wild animals in travelling circumstances, and there is already legislation to deal with any welfare abuse, such as the case involving Anne the Asian elephant last year.
"There is also a regulation system in place since the beginning of this year, and we believe that the government should narrow the provisions of the draft bill and include a proscribed list of animals that can no longer be used in travelling circuses."
Prior to the ban coming into force, the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has introduced a "tough licensing scheme" it claims will "ensure the welfare of wild animals."
The government invited the committee to scrutinise its draft parliamentary bill.
Negotiations are under way with the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland devolved administrations to see whether a UK-wide ban is achievable.


Manchester United assistant manager Ryan Giggs believes Wales are a team every nation will hope to avoid at this summer's European Championship.

Wales will be playing in a major tournament for the first time in 58 years, with England among their Group B opponents.
Giggs, who won 64 caps for Wales, gives England the edge, but feels Chris Coleman's men can shine in France.
"I don't think any team will enjoy playing Wales," he told BBC Sport.
"I think England are the favourites, with the players that they've got, but Wales have got a chance."
Though Giggs feels England have more strength in depth than Wales, he believes both nations can and should qualify from their group.
"Wales are a proper team - they play as a team, with the added bonus of having Gareth Bale," he said.
"Wales have to get through the group stages but, when they do that, I don't think anyone would like to play a side that has Gareth Bale in it.
"Not just because of Bale. Wales are like a club side, a lot of the players have grown up together.
"The hard part is getting out of the group, but if they can gather momentum, who knows?"
Giggs, who won 13 Premier League titles with Manchester United, thinks the most pivotal contests for both nations will be their opening fixtures in the 24-team tournament.
Wales face Slovakia on Saturday, 11 June in Bordeaux with England playing Russia in Marseille later that evening.
"I think how the tournament has changed, with so many teams qualifying, a lot will depend on the first game," he said.
"If England and Wales win their first group game, I think they can both be pretty relaxed when they face each other.
"If they win the first game, they will be more or less through. But if they lose or don't get a good result, the pressure will be on."
Giggs, who was speaking at the start of the search for McDonald's player escorts for Euro 2016, believes Wales are a closer knit-group than their English counterparts.
"Wales are probably more settled than England, with a lot of players who have come through the system, whereas England seem to never know their starting XI," he added.
"But England have more in-depth quality, undoubtedly.
"Have they played as much as a team, as Wales? No. But if they click, they will be a very good side."


Mae breuddwyd y Llewod o ennill y gyfres yn Seland Newydd yn dal yn fyw wedi iddyn nhw guro'r Crysau Duon yn yr ail brawf.

Bu'n rhaid i'r Crysau Duon chwarae rhan helaeth o'r gêm gydag 14 dyn, wedi i Sonny Bill Williams weld cerdyn coch am dacl fudr ar Maro Itoje yn gynnar yn yr hanner cyntaf.
Roedd y 40 munud cynta'n hesb o geisiau, ac er gwaetha'r fantais i'r Llewod, cyfartal oedd hi ar yr hanner - 9-9.
Roedd hi'n ymddangos fod y gêm yn llithro o afael y Llewod yn yr ail hanner wrth i'r Crysau Duon lwyddo â thair cic gosb drwy droed Beauden Barrett, ac fe ddaeth ergyd arall wrth i Mako Vunipola gael ei anfon i'r gell gosb am dacl hwyr.
Ond yna daeth clamp o gais i'r Llewod wrth i Taulupe Faletau dirio'r bêl, gan ddod â'r tîm yn ôl o fewn pum pwynt i fuddugoliaeth.
Wedi i seithfed cic cosb Barrett roi'r tîm cartref ymhellach ar y blaen, llwyddodd Connor Murray i groesi'r llinell am yr eilwaith, a throsiad Farrell yn dod â'r ddau dîm yn gyfartal unwaith eto - 21-21.
Bedair munud o'r diwedd, llwyddodd Farrell â chic cosb arall gan sicrhau buddugoliaeth dyngedfennol a chadw gobeithion y Llewod o ennill y gyfres yn fyw.
Wedi i Seland Newydd ennill y prawf cyntaf o 30-15, mae hi felly'n gyfartal rhwng y ddau dîm 1-1.
Mewn cyfweliad ar Sky Sports, dywedodd prif hyfforddwr Seland Newydd, Steve Hansen fod y Llewod yn haeddu ennill: "Wnaethon ni ddim helpu'n hunain drwy golli chwaraewr.
"Tra fy mod i'n falch o'n chwaraewyr am chwarae fel yna gydag 14 dyn, roedd y Llewod yn haeddu ennill."
Ac er gwaetha'r dathlu, mae 'na her fawr yn parhau i wynebu'r Llewod.
Bydd y trydydd prawf yn ôl yn Eden Park, Auckland, ddydd Sadwrn nesaf - lle nad yw'r Crysau Duon wedi colli ers 1994.


Manchester City have signed Liverpool and England forward Raheem Sterling for a fee that could reach £49m.

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City will pay an initial £44m for the 20-year-old, making him the most expensive English player ever.
Sterling had asked to leave Anfield and was the subject of two bids from City in June, both of which were rejected.
City boss Manuel Pellegrini described Sterling, who has signed a five-year deal, as "one of the best attacking players in world football".
Sterling, who is only behind Gareth Bale on the list of most expensive British players, will wear the number seven shirt.
Pellegrini added: "He is a young player with outstanding ability, and I am sure the Manchester City fans will be very excited about seeing him in action for the team."
The England international had been under contract at Liverpool until 2017 but turned down a £100,000-a-week deal to extend his five-year stay at Anfield.
Sterling joined Liverpool from QPR in February 2010 for an initial fee of £600,000, and the Loftus Road club will receive 20% of his fee.
Several former Liverpool players have criticised the player since he told manager Brendan Rodgers and chief executive Ian Ayre he wanted to leave the club this summer.
Former captain Steven Gerrard said he was "disappointed" in the England international.
A recent study ranked Sterling as the most valuable young player in Europe, ahead of Paris St-Germain defender Marquinhos and Manchester United's recently acquired Dutch forward Memphis Depay.
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Ten California deputies have been placed on administrative leave after they were filmed beating a suspect during his arrest.

Francis Pusok, 30, led police on a chase through San Bernardino Valley from atop a stolen horse.
The incident was was filmed by a news helicopter and shows Mr Pusok being kicked in the head and groin.
Sheriff John McMahon told reporters: "I am disturbed and troubled by what I see."
The suspensions come amid other high-profile charges of police misconduct in the US. A South Carolina police officer was charged with murder this week after video emerged of him firing into suspect Walter Scott's back as he flees.
The footage, shot by TV station KNBC-TV, shows Mr Pusok falling from the horse after being hit by a deputy's stun gun. Deputies jump onto suspect and several begin violently punching and kicking him, even after he appears to be complying.
The attack lasts about two minutes. Mr Pusok, who is white, was taken to hospital with unknown injuries after being shown on camera laying completely still.
Mr Pusok's lawyer, Jim Terrell, described what he sees in the video as "thugs beating up my client."
Deputies had been attempting to serve a search warrant in a identity-theft investigation when Mr Pusok fled by car and then later on horseback.


Vandals stole gravestones from a cemetery and hid them under leaves and branches on a major road in West Sussex, causing damage to a car.

The granite stones were taken from Findon village cemetery and put on the nearby southbound carriageway of the A24 underneath the camouflage.
The gravestones punctured the tyre and damaged the paintwork of a Range Rover. Police said the driver was unhurt.
PC Paul Waltho described the incident as a "senseless act of vandalism".
"There maybe other drivers whose vehicles may have been damaged who have not come forward," he added.
He appealed for anyone with information about the incident on Monday to contact Sussex Police.


Croatia will have a point deducted from their Euro 2016 qualifying tally after failing in an appeal against the punishment given for fans marking a swastika onto their pitch.

The symbol was visible during June's 1-1 draw against Group H rivals Italy, which was behind closed doors.
The Croatian Football Federation said the incident was an act of "sabotage", but their appeal was rejected by Uefa.
Croatia are third in the group, four behind Italy and two below Norway.
The top two teams from each group automatically qualify for next summer's finals in France, with third place likely to mean a play-off.
Croatia host Bulgaria and then travel to Malta in their final two qualifiers in October.
They have to play two home games, including the Bulgaria match, in an empty stadium as part of their punishment.
See all of the qualifying tables here.


Have you ever thought about using a smartphone to control your central heating?

A number of systems are now on sale in the UK, and they promise big savings.
One being launched this month claims it can save you as much as £400 a year on your energy bill.
Certainly the internet giant Google seems to have recognised the potential for the technology, having just snapped up the US manufacturer Nest for about £2bn.
But how real are the savings, and who could benefit?
All these systems work by maximising the time your heating is switched off.  And switching it on only when you need it.
So think of the last time you went out for the evening and left your heating on. Or got home late from work.
Or maybe you did not need the hot water, having showered at the swimming pool.
But many of these devices are far more sophisticated than simply switching your heating off and on remotely.
Using GPS technology, phones now know exactly where you are, and using that knowledge, systems can anticipate when you are likely to get home.
So when Will Moore begins his journey home from London to Kent, his boiler in effect tracks his progress, and makes sure the house is up to temperature only at the moment he walks through the door.
It will even take account of the local weather forecast, and adjust itself according to expected temperatures.
He paid £250 to have the system installed two months ago, but he has already noticed the savings.
"It's saving us, I think, about 20% to 30%," he told the BBC.
"Based on that it should pay for itself within about three years."
Tado, the German manufacturer, claims savings of up to 27% on annual bills.
If you are prepared to pay a little more, the potential savings can be even bigger.
First, think of the times of day that rooms are heated unnecessarily in your home.
Is the heat blasting out in your sitting room at six in the morning, when no-one will actually sit in there until six in the evening?
Is your bedroom cosy and warm at 19:00, just when you are in the kitchen having dinner?
For around £850 for a three-bedroom house, you can install a system that will allow you to heat each room individually.
Using your smartphone, or a central control panel, you can work out temperature profiles for every room in the house, and of course adjust them from anywhere in the world, providing there is an internet signal.
Honeywell, which makes the hardware in Scotland, claims you can save up to £400 a year on your energy bill by "zoning" your home in this way.
And it says the system should pay for itself in two or three years.
So how realistic are the savings claims being made?
The answer will depend on the size of your house, your lifestyle, and the energy-saving measures you have already taken.
Those with large houses can certainly save more.
Stephen Passmore, from the independent charity the Energy Saving Trust, is enthusiastic about the whole concept, but warns that those in small flats will probably see little benefit.
"Comparing someone who lives in a large detached property to someone in a one-bedroom flat, the person in the larger property could obviously have a much larger potential saving," he says.
And he points out that basic energy-saving measures can save you just as much, if you have not already had them installed.
Eight million people in the UK do not yet have a thermostat, for example, which can save £65 a year alone.  Among other money-saving measures, he recommends:
Your lifestyle too will make a difference. Those without children, or who come home at unpredictable times, may have a greater potential to make savings than others.
"It remains to be seen whether they offer a net benefit financially," says Thomas Lyon of the comparison site uswitch.
"But they will appeal to some customers, particularly as energy efficiency becomes even more important in keeping bills low," he adds.
British Gas has already launched its service, known as Hive, which claims to save customers up to £150 a year.
Scottish Power and Honeywell are due to launch their systems later this month.


India, one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters, will ratify the Paris global climate agreement pact next month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said.

CO2 emissions are believed to be the driving force behind climate change.
The Paris deal is the world's first comprehensive climate agreement.
It will only come into force legally after it is ratified by at least 55 countries, which between them produce 55% of global carbon emissions.
"Ratification is yet to be done and India too is yet to do it. I announce that India will ratify the decision on October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi," Mr Modi said in a speech at a national meeting of his ruling party in the southern state of Kerala.
Last December, countries agreed to cut emissions in a bid to keep the global average rise in temperatures below 2C.
The US and China - together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions - both formally joined the Paris global climate agreement earlier this month.


The Federal Reserve signalled it could be ready to start unwinding its stimulus programme sooner than previously expected.

But it left interest rates unchanged.
The main US share indexes fell from earlier peaks with the Dow Jones still closing at record high up 96.49 points or 0.45% at 21,709.92.
The wider S&P 500 closed up 0.69 points or 0.03% at 2,477.82 while the tech-focused Nasdaq index ended 10.57 points or 0.16% ahead at 6,422.75.
The Federal Reserve said in its statement on Wednesday that it would start cutting back its $4.5tn balance sheet "relatively soon".
In June it had suggested it would start "this year".
Chris Low, chief economist at FTN Financial in New York said: "The Fed did the bare minimum today, acknowledging recent economic data and little else.
"Balance sheet reduction will likely be announced at the September meeting and begin soon after.
"The next rate hike, therefore, is not likely to be considered until December."
Earlier shares were boosted as investors welcomed some strong trading updates.
Boeing shares jumped more than 9% after the firm's quarterly profits beat expectations.
The US aerospace giant also said it expects higher profits for the year than previously forecast.
Second quarter earnings have continued to beat analyst expectations.
Shares at AT&T climbed more than 5% on Wednesday, a day after that the telecommunications giant told investors that it had lowered operating costs and was holding onto customers better.
Not all the corporate news was welcomed though.
Ford shares fell 1.8%, after the US carmaker reported nearly flat revenues for the quarter and warned investors that key markets, including North America and Europe, would be less profitable this year than last.


The Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, 49, has died in a plane crash, party members and local officials say.

The plane carrying Mr Campos came down in bad weather in a residential area of the port city of Santos, in Sao Paulo state.
Four other passengers and the two pilots were also killed.
President Dilma Rousseff has declared three days of national mourning and cancelled campaign events.
"The whole of Brazil is in mourning," Ms Rousseff said in a statement.
"We lost a great Brazilian today, Eduardo Campos. We lost a great comrade," she added, calling her rival a "great political leader".
Ms Rousseff's Vice-President, Michel Temer, also expressed regret over the death of Mr Campos, who had been running third in opinion polls for October's election.
He said there were "no words to describe the tragedy that has befallen Brazilian politics today".
"Eduardo Campos was a politician with principles and values passed down through his family and carried with dignity and honour throughout his career in parliament and the executive," he added in a statement.
The BBC's Wyre Davies in Rio de Janeiro says Brazil has been rocked by the news.
Brazilian television broadcast a continuous loop of images of the wreckage, a smouldering pit between buildings of several storeys.
Mr Campos' family had actively opposed Brazil's military rule (1964-1985).
A married father of five children, he served two terms as governor of the north-eastern Pernambuco state.
For the moment Brazil is still absorbing the shock of the sudden death of a charismatic presidential candidate, who while third in the polls, had the potential to have a bigger impact in October's election than this might have suggested.
The night before his death, Eduardo Campos appeared live on the country's main TV news programme, Jornal Nacional. He gave a poised and confident performance as he was quizzed by two presenters.
Analysts say Brazilian political life will be the poorer for the loss of a politician who, along with his running mate Marina Silva, aimed to offer a third way between the governing Workers' Party (PT) and their traditional opponents, the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).
And if he might not have reached the final round of voting in the 2014 election, he was certainly seen as a promising candidate for the future.
Eduardo Campos leaves a big gap in Brazilian politics and many questions about what the impact of his tragic death will be, but for the moment the consensus among both friends and opponents is to show solidarity with his young family and respect for his record.
His vice-presidential candidate, Marina Silva, a popular politician and a former government minister, was reportedly meant to have been on the plane with him but decided not to travel.
"I learned to respect him, admire him and trust his attitudes and his ideals in life," Ms Silva told reporters in Santos.
"Eduardo was dedicated to these ideals until the last seconds of his life. (...) He was full of joy, dreams, commitments," the prominent politician said.
The United States said it was "deeply saddened" by the news, calling it a "tragic occasion".
Mr Campos was flying from Rio de Janeiro to Guaruja airport, outside Sao Paulo, when it hit bad weather, aviation authority spokesman Pedro Luis Farcic said.
According to air force officials, air traffic control lost contact with the plane after it was unable to land at Guaruja.
It plunged into several houses in a densely-populated neighbourhood, sending plumes of smoke into the air.
Local residents said the sky was cloudy and it was raining at the time of the crash.
All seven people aboard the plane, including a campaign photographer and cameraman, a press adviser, as well as two pilots, died in the crash, City Hall press officer Patricia Fagueiro told the Associated Press news agency.
The Brazilian Air Force reported the plane was a Cessna 560XL.


Erik Sviatchenko will miss Celtic's Champions League play-off matches as boss Brendan Rodgers confirmed the Dane will miss "up to about six weeks".

Defender Sviatchenko damaged knee ligaments during Wednesday's 1-0 win away to Rosenborg and will not feature against play-off opponents Astana.
The Denmark player was on crutches after getting injured in Norway.
"It could have been worse but we will take it at six weeks, not probably back until September," said Rodgers.
"We've just had his results so he will probably be up to about six weeks, which is disappointing."
Midfielder Nir Bitton came on for former Midtjylland player Sviatchenko in Trondheim as Celtic beat Rosenborg by a single goal on the night and on aggregate to progress to the play-off round.
Rodgers is also without Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata until September.


England batsman Kevin Pietersen has announced his retirement from international limited-overs cricket.

The 31-year-old, who made his debut in 2004, played 127 one-day internationals and 36 Twenty20 internationals.
"I think it is the right time to step aside and let the next generation of players come through to gain experience for the World Cup in 2015," he said.
"I still wish to be considered for selection for England in Test cricket."
"His decision is not out of the blue - there have been rumours he has been thinking for a while - but the timing is surprising. ODI and T20 format cricket are linked and that is why ECB is disappointed with timing. It would have hoped he kept going until the Twenty20 World Cup in September because he would have been very much a part of their plans, but this decision rules him out of that."
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Pietersen, who was player of the tournament in England's World Twenty20 triumph in the Caribbean in 2010 with 248 runs in six matches at an average of 62, had been expected to be at the forefront of the side again during this year's competition, which takes place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October.
But it has emerged that the ECB does not allow players to pick and choose between ODI and Twenty20 formats.
Pietersen said: "For the record, were the selection criteria not in place, I would have readily played for England in the upcoming ICC World Twenty20."
Hugh Morris, managing director of England Cricket, said the ECB was disappointed with the timing of Pietersen's decision, coming four months before the World T20.
"As the programming and planning for ODI and T20 format cricket are very closely linked, we have a selection policy that means that any player making himself unavailable for either of the one-day formats, rules himself out of consideration for both formats," he said.
"The selectors will now replace Kevin in both the ODI and the T20 squads.
"Kevin is a world-class player and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his efforts and we look forward to his continued contributions to the Test match side."
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Andrew Strauss was the last senior player to retire from ODI cricket, although he was not part of the Twenty20 set-up.
In an interview with BBC Sport late last year, England spinner Graeme Swann said the 50-over international format should be scrapped.
Pietersen said he had considered the "intensity of the international schedule and the increasing demands on my body, approaching 32".
South Africa-born Pietersen, who has an English mother, has been one of the most successful England batsmen of recent times since he qualified to play international cricket by serving four years in the county game.
His 4,184 one-day international runs at an average of 48.14, puts him sixth in the all-time list of England batsmen, and he heads their T20 list with 1,176 runs at 37.93, the only England player to pass four figures in the shortest form of the game.
Pietersen's relationship with the ECB, which came under scrutiny when he resigned as England captain in January 2009 following a rift with then coach Peter Moores, was tested again this month after he was fined for criticising commentator Nick Knight on Twitter.
He scored 111 not out and 130 in his final two one-day innings, against Pakistan in Dubai in February.


A group of unnamed business people and academics represented by the law firm Mishcon de Reya has launched a legal challenge to require a future prime minister to get the approval of Parliament before triggering Article 50.

The claim: The next prime minister will not be allowed to invoke Article 50 - the mechanism for leaving the European Union - unless an act of Parliament authorises them to do so.
Reality Check verdict: It may turn out that an act of Parliament is needed before Article 50 may be triggered, but it is difficult to see how Parliament could in practice ignore the result of the referendum.
It followed an article along the same lines from the Constitutional Law Association.
Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty is the mechanism by which countries may leave the European Union.
Once the article has been triggered, it sets a two-year time limit for negotiations, which may only be extended if all the member states agree to it.
The lawyers at Mishcon argue that triggering Article 50 would automatically, although not immediately, override the European Communities Act 1972, and that only Parliament can change its own legislation.
But some legal experts argue that the 1972 act would remain part of UK law until it is repealed by Parliament at the end of the process, rather than the beginning.
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin told the Commons foreign affairs committee on Tuesday that the government had been advised that the prime minister could trigger Article 50 without an Act of Parliament, but that Parliament would have to be involved with the changes to the European Communities Act.
It is important to get it right, because Article 50 says a member state may decide to leave only "in accordance with its own constitutional requirements".
During the campaign, Prime Minister David Cameron said he would go to Brussels immediately after the referendum to trigger Article 50, although he has since decided to resign.
If he had gone straight away, it would have had to have been with the use of prerogative power, a collection of executive powers held by the Crown since medieval times and now placed in the hands of ministers.
They are often used in foreign affairs that Parliament has largely left to the government. So, for example, the prime minister would not ask Parliament who to nominate to be head of the European Commission or whether to ask for a lower EU budget.
Dr Thomas Horsley, an expert on EU law from Liverpool Law School, says the challenge to the prime minister's ability to trigger Article 50 without the prior approval of Parliament is "based on a particularly wide reading of a set of cases on limits to the exercise of prerogative powers".
But he adds: "It would be politically necessary with respect to Article 50 that when prerogative powers are used, Parliament is consulted - at the very least."
Kasra Nouroozi, from Mishcon de Reya, says: "Everyone in Britain needs the government to apply the correct constitutional process and allow Parliament to fulfil its democratic duty, which is to take into account the results of the referendum along with other factors and make the ultimate decision."
It is the suggestion that there are "other factors" to take into account that is tricky, because the majority of MPs were in favour of staying in the EU.
A Cabinet Office spokesman said: "As the prime minister said in the Commons, we have now got to look at all the detailed arrangements, and Parliament will clearly have a role in making sure that we find the best way forward."
So it sounds like there will be some involvement from Parliament.
But, as BBC legal affairs correspondent Clive Coleman says, "it seems constitutionally inconceivable that Parliament would fly in the face of the Leave vote secured through a national referendum and refuse to pass an act that gave the prime minister authority to begin the 'divorce' process".
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Jennifer Lopez has made a surprise appearance at the Latin Grammy Awards to present an award to her ex-husband Marc Anthony.

The two singers performed on stage together before Lopez presented Anthony with the award for person of the year.
The former couple, who divorced in 2012, were married for seven years and have two children together.
Lopez said in Spanish: "Marc, you are a living legend who has laid bare your heart and soul on your musical journey.
"We've learned so much and we've grown so much, and you've always been so many things in my life: My mentor, a twin soul, a father who's not only the person of the year, he's the person of all time."
Anthony dedicated his award to his five children, who he said have "sacrificed more than anyone" for his career.
The entertainer has been married to Venezuelan model Shannon De Lima since 2014 but has remained on good terms with Lopez since their divorce.
They recently appeared together at a campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and last month it was announced Anthony will serve as an executive producer on Lopez's next album.
Lopez and Anthony performed Olvidame y Pega la Vuelta together at the Las Vegas ceremony on Thursday. Anthony also sang his hit I Need to Know.
Winners on the night included Juan Gabriel, who posthumously won album of the year for Los Duo 2. The singer died in August aged 66.
Enrique Iglesias featuring Wisin's Duele El Corazon won record of the year while Shakira's duet with Carlos Vives, La Bicicleta, was named song of the year.
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Work has begun to transform the former Gedling Colliery site into a £1.1m country park.

The 300-acre site, which was abandoned by UK Coal 20 years ago, will undergo remedial work before paths are built in May.
Conservationists had argued the site should be left undisturbed as it was a breeding ground for rare birds.
Gedling Borough Council leader John Clarke said it was too dangerous to be left alone.
He said: "It's actually a dangerous site; there are bits of metal sticking out [of the ground] and holes that are not covered.
"A lot of people have said just leave it, but you can't leave a site like this. Sooner or later there will be an accident."
The authority has also given the go-ahead for a solar farm to be located at the former spoil tip in the middle of the park.
Mark Glover, chairman of the Gedling Conservation Trust, had said building a solar farm in the middle of a country park would be an eyesore.
However, Mr Clarke said the facility was small compared with the rest of the site and the energy generated would contribute to the running of the new park from the autumn.


Water voles are being reintroduced at a Carmarthenshire nature reserve.

The project at Ffrwd Farm Nature Reserve, Pembrey, is part of a wider ongoing water vole strategy for south Wales.
Natural Resources Wales said the creatures had suffered a huge decline in recent decades as a result of habitat loss, habitat fragmentation and predation by American mink.
It is the second release of water voles in the area.


An historic locomotive considered to be "very important" in the development of the railways is returning to the town in which it was built.

The GWR Class 2-8-0 No. 2818 was built at Swindon Works in 1905 and is to go on display at the town's Museum of the Great Western Railway (GWR) - STEAM.
The heavy goods steam train was withdrawn from service in October 1963.
It has been housed at the National Railway Museum in Shildon, County Durham, since it was decommissioned.
The locomotive was introduced by GWR chief mechanical engineer George Jackson Churchward in 1903 and 167 were built in total.
The National Railway Museum's Andrew McLean said: "2818 is a very important locomotive in documenting the story of the development of the railways in the South West and south Wales and it is fitting that we can return this long-serving engine to its Swindon birthplace almost 112 years after it first rolled off the production line."
Garry Perkins of Swindon Borough Council added: "We can't wait to have No. 2818 on public display and look forward to welcoming many new visitors who will love to see this splendid heavy freight locomotive."
Details of the locomotive's transfer are yet to be announced, but No. 2818 is expected to be housed inside STEAM before the end of the year.


An ex-teacher accused of sex assaults on children as young as nine at his home and during swimming trips said the attacks "simply didn't happen".

Christopher Metcalfe, 70, from Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, is accused of five sex offences against three girls in the 1970s and 1980s.
At Derby Crown Court he said he remembered swimming trips but insisted no inappropriate touching took place.
Mr Metcalfe said one girl went to his home but only on a simple errand.
The trial had earlier heard accusations that, as a newly qualified teacher in the late 1970s, he sexually touched a nine-year-old girl during "story-time" and again after a swimming lesson.
Mr Metcalfe is also charged with indecently assaulting another girl at around the same time, when she was aged nine or 10.
A teenage girl, who was in care at Skegby Hall, Mansfield, where Mr Metcalfe was a rural studies teacher in the 1980s, said he raped her in his front room.
But he told the jury the offences "simply didn't happen" and the trip to his house was just to drop off his dogs.
He confirmed pupils came to his farm to see animals but said they were always accompanied by parents.
Under cross-examination, he insisted he had initially told police he "wasn't aware" of whether he had kissed a girl in a shower as he was "in shock" at being arrested.
The trial continues.


The level of the cryptosporidium bug that has affected water supplies to 300,000 homes in Lancashire has fallen significantly, it has been claimed.

United Utilities said it is installing ultraviolet light rigs at five sites on the Fylde coast to eradicate the bug.
The microbial parasite is killed when irradiated with short wave UVC light.
The water company said levels are now "very low" but urged people to continue boiling water.
The warning was originally issued on 6 August after traces of the bug were found at the Franklaw treatment works near Preston.
The affected areas include Blackpool, Chorley, Fylde, Preston, South Ribble, Wyre and the Mellor area of Blackburn.
Gary Dixon, customer services director for United Utilities said: "We have identified a number of locations where we will position the rigs as we observed water flowing through the system."
He said when traces of the bug come out of the service area and come into contact with the light, it is eradicated immediately.
"The levels of cryptosporidium were extremely low in the first place and are now very low," he said.
"Until we get clear samples our advice to customers is to continue to boil water."


US President Barack Obama has expressed "deep concern" about the situation in rebel-held parts of Aleppo, amid an assault by Syrian government forces.

Medics in the city are struggling to cope with the huge number of casualties caused by the most sustained and intense aerial bombardment in years.
Supplies of medicine and blood are running low, as a three-week siege by the army begins to have an impact.
An air strike on a pumping station has also left many areas without water.
"The planes are not leaving the skies at all," Brita Hagi Hassan, president of the rebel city council, told Reuters news agency. "Life in the city is paralysed."
"Everyone is cooped up in their homes, sitting in the basements. These missiles are even targeting the basements and shelters that we'd set up to protect people."
Aleppo, once Syria's largest city and the country's commercial and industrial hub, has been divided roughly in two since 2012, with President Bashar al-Assad's forces controlling the west and rebel factions the east.
In the past year, troops have gradually broken the deadlock with the help of Iranian-backed militias and Russian air strikes. Earlier this month, they severed the rebels' last route into the east and placed its 250,000 residents under siege.
A short-lived truce brokered by the US and Russia provided them with a brief respite, but its collapse last Monday led to the Syrian military launching an offensive to take full control of the city.
Since then, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the deaths of 248 people in rebel-held parts of Aleppo and its surrounding countryside.
Dozens of air strikes overnight killed 12 people, including three children, the UK-based monitoring group reported on Monday.
Bebars Mishal, a rescue worker from the Syria Civil Defence, alleged that aircraft were "using all kinds of weapons - phosphorus and napalm and cluster bombs".
The US, UK and France, which back the rebels, have also accused Syrian government and Russian forces of using bunker-busting bombs to destroy underground shelters, dropping incendiary weapons indiscriminately on civilian areas, and targeting war pumping stations.
Aref al-Aref, an intensive care medial worker, said hospitals in rebel-held Aleppo were "overwhelmed with wounded people" and that "things are starting to run out".
"We are unable to bring anything in... not equipment and not even medical staff. Some medical staff are in the countryside, unable to come in because of the siege," he told Reuters.
Abd Arrahman Alomar, a paediatrician who works for the Syrian American Medical Society, warned there were only 30 doctors still inside eastern Aleppo and that there was only enough fuel to run hospital generators for 20 days.
The charity Save the Children meanwhile reported that one of the main hospitals still operating in the area was directly hit with a barrel bomb on Monday.
Rescue efforts have also been hampered by the reported destruction of three Syria Civil Defence fire engines and two ambulances in air strikes in the past week.
Several charity kitchens were also closed on Monday because of the violence, while an AFP news agency correspondent said food prices had risen significantly.
White House spokesman Josh Earnest told reporters that President Obama was "deeply concerned" by the "sickening" bloodshed in Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria.
"What we have seen from the Assad regime and the Russians is a concerted campaign to strike civilian targets, to bomb civilians into submission," he said.
But a Syrian military source insisted it had no intention of letting up, telling AFP: "The air force will bomb any terrorist movements, this is an irreversible decision."


England boss Roy Hodgson is confident the side have a bright future with their new crop of young players.

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With his team eliminated from the World Cup, Hodgson made nine changes to the starting XI for the final game against Costa Rica, which England drew 0-0.
That gave them their only point of the campaign in Brazil, as they finished bottom of Group D.
"I take positives - this was a banana skin. To get that display was great since for many it was new," he said.
"I am pleased at least to have given the fans something to cheer about in terms of our performance."
Six players aged 24 and under started against Costa Rica, whose surprise wins over Uruguay and Italy saw them top the group.
"This is a very different team to the one at Euro 2012. We play different football. We pass the ball much more. We ask a lot more in terms of receiving the ball, turning with the ball," Hodgson told BBC Radio 5 live.
"And in the final third we try things and take risks. The type of players we are choosing - Ross Barkley, Raheem Sterling, Adam Lallana and Daniel Sturridge - it's clear that's our aim and hope."
Hodgson reiterated he hoped captain Steven Gerrard, 34, and fellow midfielder Frank Lampard, 36, would continue to make themselves available for England. Both have said they will consider their international futures after the tournament.
"I hope they don't make a bold statement that [former captain and defender] John Terry did after Euro 2012 when he said 'I am retiring from international football'," said Hodgson.
"I'd like them to keep a dialogue between us. They know I'm never going to push them or put under pressure if it's not right, but it's nice to know they're available."
The England coach added: "We had nine players without any World Cup experience. There was only James Milner and Lampard [with experience], until Wayne Rooney and Gerrard came on.
"The back four were completely new to this and our keeper [Ben Foster] hadn't played for a long time. We limited Costa Rica to almost no chances."
England's best opportunities of the match fell to Liverpool striker Sturridge, who headed over from close range and then curled fractionally wide of the far post.
"We created good goal chances, but we didn't take them," said Hodgson. "Another day we could have won the game by one or two goals because we did have a clear dominance in the play after the first 15 to 20 minutes."
Lampard, who won his 106th cap, also thought England should have taken all three points.
"It was the end of a disappointing tournament, obviously," he said.
"We should have won the game as we had the chances. We played some nice stuff, in bits.
"It was a difficult game for us to approach and I thought we did as well as we could but it was a shame not to get the win to take home."
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A "wonky" marking of a bike sign painted on a cycle path has left residents amused in Lincolnshire.

The crooked sign on London Road, Sleaford, appeared on Sunday and was spotted by Paula Brown as she walked to town from her house.
She snapped the jagged marking because it "looked like a penny farthing".
The county council blamed a utility company for the mistake. Western Power Distribution said it was arranging for the sign to be repainted on Wednesday.
Mrs Brown said: "We thought it looked like a penny farthing. Obviously the man had done his best but it seems as though he only had a machine that did straight lines.
"It looks like some taps or something.
"It just tickled us really."
Lincolnshire County Council said Western Power Distribution had been "working in the area" and it had asked the company to replace the sign "using the correct template".
In a statement, Western Power Distribution said: "The work to reinstate the cycle path was carried out by a contractor on Western Power Distribution's behalf.
"It seems they did not have the correct piece of equipment to hand and so attempted to paint it freehand."
A spokesperson for the utility firm reassured residents the marking would be replaced "at no cost to them".


League Two side Mansfield Town have signed winger Ashley Hemmings following his release by Dagenham and Redbridge.

Hemmings scored five goals in 47 games in 2015-16 for Dagenham, who suffered relegation from League Two.
The 25-year-old started his career with Wolves, and had spells with five other clubs before joining the Daggers on a two-year deal in July 2014.
Details of the length of Hemmings' contract with the Stags have not been disclosed.
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Ministers and doctors have both vowed to fight on as the first all-out doctor strikes in the history of the NHS ended in England without any major problems.

The last two days have seen junior doctors walk out of routine and emergency care in protest against the imposition of new working conditions.
NHS bosses said hospitals had coped "admirably" during the stoppages.
But there looks to be no end in sight to the dispute with doctors' leaders not ruling out more strikes.
Sources at the British Medical Association said they would now spend the coming days and weeks considering their next options.
But they were adamant this would not be the end of the protest against the imposition of a new contract.
Options on the table include everything from a series of rolling strikes to refusing to do vital paperwork. Meanwhile, two legal challenges are still working their way through the courts.
Some doctors have even talked about encouraging mass resignations from the health service.
A source said: "The government is adamant it won't give in, but so are we. Doctors are not ready to back down."
But government sources responded by saying both the Department of Health and Number 10 had made it clear any escalation in strike action would not stop imposition of the contract from this summer.
"The government is confident in its position and we've made that clear to the BMA."
Wednesday's stoppage ended at 17:00 BST, bringing to an end two days of industrial action which saw 78% of doctors who were expected to work not turning up.
But hospitals told the BBC services had run smoothly during the stoppages - some even said it had been quieter than expected - with consultants and nurses covering emergency care.
It meant no NHS trust had to trigger the emergency protocols which allowed them to call for junior doctors to return to work if patients were at risk.
NHS England's Anne Rainsberry said this was down to careful planning in the lead up to the strike - more than 100,000 routine appointments and nearly 13,000 operations were postponed to allow staff to be redeployed.
"We're not going to pretend the last two days have been easy, but the NHS has remained open to business for patients. The health service has coped admirably."
Patients who ended up in hospital reported they had received good quality care.
Liam Walker, 35, from London, said his partner had been well cared for while in labour.
"There are three consultants instead of three juniors," he said. "We've had fantastic treatment."
Retired health visitor Maureen Gaunt, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, went to accident and emergency for a dog bite.
"The staff were very welcoming," she said. "I waited no longer than 20 minutes. Even the staff said it was quiet."
But patients who have seen their treatment delayed have spoken about the problems it has caused.
Senior nurse Wendy Ginsing's daughter Hannah, 21, has been waiting for treatment for a brain tumour since before Christmas. She was due to be admitted on Tuesday, but that was postponed.
"Understandably Hannah is devastated and very annoyed about this," her mother said.
But Ms Ginsing said she still supported the junior doctors' action, adding: "I have seen how dangerous sleep disruption in doctors can be."
There are a variety of factors. The NHS has had five weeks to prepare for these strikes and by cancelling routine appointments and operations in advanced it was able to free up consultants and nurses to work in emergency care.
Consultants have been largely supportive of their junior colleagues - in some cases even encouraging them to go out - and so have been only too willing to make sure services run smoothly.
The increased presence of senior doctors may have actually speed up processes. For example, Milton Keynes Hospital said having more consultants in A&E enabled quicker decisions to be made about what treatments patients needed.
The public also seem to have heeded warnings to stay away unless absolutely necessary. But that doesn't mean hospitals have got away with it. The number of delayed routine treatments - including cancer care - is piling up, while some hospitals fear there could be a spike in demand in the coming days.
Barry Edwards, who has had open heart surgery and had a follow-up appointment and scan postponed, was more critical.
"I am left in a situation of not knowing if my medication is appropriate, if I am on the mend and recovering as I should," he said.
Mr Edwards said he did not support the strike, adding junior doctors were no longer held in great esteem.
Meanwhile, patient groups have warned the accumulation of postponed treatments - nearly 40,000 operations have now been delayed during the whole dispute - is taking its toll and causing harm. Alongside routine treatments, there have been reports of cancer patients facing delays.
The dispute is over a new contract that the government announced in February would be imposed from the summer. This followed the breakdown of talks between the two sides in January.
The contract makes it cheaper to rota doctors on at weekends - something ministers say is needed to improve care on a Saturday and Sunday.
The BMA has argued it is unfair and the NHS needs extra investment to pay for seven-day services.
Before this week's strikes, there had been four walkouts but all involved emergency care being maintained by junior doctors.
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Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli has defeated a legal challenge from rival confectioner Haribo, which sought to stop it making its gold chocolate bears.

Haribo claimed the Lindt version was a violation of its "Gold Bear" logo.
Germany's Federal Court of Justice ruled Lindt's bear was neither a violation of Haribo's trademark or an imitation of its fruit gum sweets.
Haribo has been making gummy bear sweets since the 1960s.
Lindt introduced its chocolate teddy in 2011.
Haribo took its rival to court in 2012, arguing the products were too similar and it would cause confusion among consumers.
A German court initially ruled in favour of the German manufacturer but an appeal court later threw out the verdict.
Lindt argued that its gold bear was styled on its Easter bunnies, which are wrapped in gold foil with a ribbon and small bell around their necks.
The bunnies were first produced in 1952.
The federal court said in a statement (in German) on Wednesday that Lindt's product could be described using a number of terms such as "teddy" or "chocolate bear" and not just using the term "gold bear".
It said it wanted to avoid the danger of "product design monopolisation" in the area of three-dimensional goods.
In a statement, Lindt welcomed the ruling and said it would "continue to delight all Lindt chocolate lovers with the Lindt Teddy".
Last week, the European Court of Justice rejected Nestle's request to trademark the shape of it four-fingered KitKat bar in the UK.


Police searching for a missing man who it was feared may have taken a harmful substance have found a body.

Joshua Smith, 27, was last seen on 25 October crossing railway lines near his Staffordshire home.
Police said at the time it was possible he had taken a harmful substance and due to "the potential risk of substance transfer" asked that "no direct physical contact was made" with him.
A member of the public found the body by the Trent and Mersey canal in Stone.
Friends and family have been searching for Mr Smith since he disappeared.
His family revealed on social media on Saturday afternoon that a body had been recovered.
They thanked people for their "help and support over the past few weeks".
In a statement, Staffordshire Police said: "The family of Joshua have been informed of the situation and are being offered the services of specialist officers during this difficult time."
The force is now working with the coroner.


Police searching for missing toddler Ben Needham on the Greek island of Kos have found pieces of fabric on land close to where he was last seen.

The 21-month-old from Sheffield, South Yorkshire, went missing during a family holiday in July 1991.
A fresh excavation of farmland began on Monday, following new evidence that he may have been killed and buried there.
Police said they found "a vast number" of animal bones and small pieces of fabric which were "of slight interest".
A 19-strong team of South Yorkshire Police officers, forensic specialists and an archaeologist have been scouring the arid stretch of olive grove, which has been used for farming for generations.
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Ben was last seen playing on the land and it is close to where he vanished while his grandfather was renovating a property 25 years ago.
His family believe he was abducted, but police are now investigating whether he was accidentally run over and killed by a bulldozer.
Det Insp Jon Cousins, from South Yorkshire Police, said the team - joined by local search and rescue volunteers - had made good progress in recovering potential evidence.
He said: "We found, as expected, a vast number of bones yesterday. Each one was examined immediately, and each one was discounted there and then as being an animal bone.
"There are some other items that are of slight interest - the odd piece of fabric. That is being analysed and looked at, but there is slight interest.
"Everything is being carefully looked at."
He added: "We want to make sure: do they or do they not relate to any of the items Ben was wearing on that day?"
On the day Ben went missing he was wearing a white and green shirt and a pair of leather sandals.
The recovered items have been forensically collected and photographs sent to colleagues back in the UK before a decision is made on whether they require further examination and testing.
The search is expected to last about a week.


German actor Otto Sander, who appeared in World War II movie Das Boot and Wings of Desire, has died at the age of 72.

His agent confirmed he died on Thursday, but no cause of death was given. He had been suffering from cancer for a number of years.
He played a shell-shocked U-boat captain in Wolfgang Petersen's six-hour film Das Boot.
It was Germany's most expensive film when it was released in 1981.
Sander played an angel in Wim Wenders' surrealist drama Wings of Desire, a film that was later remade in the US as City of Angels.
He also appeared in the 1993 sequel Faraway So Close.
Born in Hanover, Sander was also a veteran of the stage, becoming one of the top theatre actors in West Berlin and later in the reunified capital.
"We have lost one of our greatest artistic personalities and an unforgettable speaking voice," Berlin mayor Klaus Wowereit said.


Victims of the Smiler rollercoaster crash say they wish the ride would remain closed.

Joe Pugh and Vicky Balch spoke on the eve of the ride reopening for the new season at Alton Towers.
They suffered life-changing injuries when the carriage smashed into another car at the Staffordshire theme park last June. Miss Balch, along with another passenger, Leah Washington, had to have a leg amputated.
In total 16 people were hurt.
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Speaking to ITV's Good Morning Britain, Mr Pugh, of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, said: "I think it would have been a bit unrealistic if we had both said 'I don't think it's ever going to reopen again' because it always was going to, but if people choose to go on it, that's up to them.
"Seeing it go round, it's not something that I want to see. I would have preferred for it to be closed."
Miss Balch, from Lancashire, told ITV News she felt Alton Towers was putting money before people.
"I've never wanted it to reopen, that's just the obvious reaction," she said.
"I understand it's a business and it's what they have to do. I just didn't think it'd be so soon. It's only nine months, it's not a very long time.
"But at the end of the day it feels like the money comes before the people on the ride."
Daniel Thorpe, from Buxton, Derbyshire, and Chandaben Chauhan, from Wednesbury, West Midlands, were also seriously injured in the incident, which park owner Merlin Entertainments said was due to human error.
The Health and Safety Executive is prosecuting Merlin over the crash and the company is due in court in April.