New research shows that risky behaviour and impulsiveness can be reliably tested with specially designed mobile phone games.

Scientists found that four puzzles in The Great Brain Experiment app can measure several different aspects of cognitive function.
Other games test our visual perception and our ability to remember things.
Scientists hope that results from thousands of participants will help them address population differences.
The research has been published in the journal Plos One.
By playing games participants can compare themselves to the other players while sending data back to the scientists.
"Each of these games is a serious scientific experiment," said Dr Peter Zeidman, a neuroscientist from University College London who was involved with the research.
"By playing the games people can not only have some fun but can contribute to the latest research in psychology and neuroscience," he added.
The Great Brain Experiment
The "Am I Impulsive?" game, for example, asks participants to smash fruit that is falling from a tree using their fingers, but to refrain from smashing it when it is rotting, indicated by the fruit turning brown.
"That ability to hold yourself back from an action - trying to not do something  - is a really important human ability and something we want to understand better.
"People with certain psychiatric illnesses or neurological problems have an impaired ability to inhibit their actions, for example ADHD or schizophrenia... If we can better understand just in the healthy population how people inhibit their actions then we'll learn a lot more," Dr Zeidman told the BBC's Science in Action Programme.
The team from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging questioned whether results from the games could be reliably included as part of scientific experiments and found that they were as good as lab experiments, with the added benefit of a huge sample size.
They compared the scores of 16,000 participants with similar experiments in a lab setting and they found that all four games gave statistically robust results. This was despite many of the distractions people may face while playing games on their mobile phones.
The scientists hope to answer questions about how memory, impulsivity or risk taking change over time, and they can also look at how these relate to each other.
Crucially, the way the app has been designed allows scientists to contact participants with unusually good scores.
Though the app is completely anonymous, it can send a message to a phone asking if a participant would like to come in for a brain scan.
Results from one of the games have already been used in research looking at working memory - when information is held for only a very short time, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology.
In this work lead author Fiona McNab from Birmingham University found that the brain deals with distraction in different ways.
"Understanding distraction in this way can resolve previous inconsistencies and lead to new discoveries, such as in schizophrenia and healthy ageing where working memory is impaired," said Dr McNab.
While the initial analyses were based on four games, there are now four new ones available. "Can I predict the future?" is one of these and focuses on how people learn about how much reward is available in the environment and whether it might change over time.
So far 93,000 people have installed the app since it was launched and of those, 65,000 people's data is now being analysed.
The researchers said that over time, data from the games could be combined with medical, genetic or lifestyle information and could be used to learn more about how wellbeing relates to a persons' psychological characteristics.


Jay Z, his wife Beyonce and her sister Solange say they are a "united family" despite a fight seen in a leaked video.

The video, which was leaked to US celebrity website TMZ, showed Solange lashing out at Jay Z in a lift after the Met Gala on 5 May.
"Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred," said a joint statement.
"They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family."
The hotel employee who leaked the footage has been identified and dismissed, it emerged on Thursday.
New York's Standard Hotel said it was "shocked and disappointed" by the leak and said it would it would hand over "all available information to criminal authorities".
The employee was dismissed for "breaching the security policies of the hotel and recording the confidential CCTV video," it added.
The three-minute video shows Solange - herself an R&B singer - enter the lift with Jay Z, Beyonce and their entourage.
She then confronts the rapper, whose wife stands by without interfering.
A bodyguard holds Solange back, although she again tries to kick Jay Z. There is no audio on the recording.
The full statement was released by the family to the Associated Press.
It reads:  "As a result of the public release of the elevator security footage from Monday, May 5th, there has been a great deal of speculation about what triggered the unfortunate incident.
"But the most important thing is that our family has worked through it. Jay and Solange each assume their share of responsibility for what has occurred.
"They both acknowledge their role in this private matter that has played out in the public. They both have apologized to each other and we have moved forward as a united family.
"The reports of Solange being intoxicated or displaying erratic behaviour throughout that evening are simply false.
"At the end of the day, families have problems and we're no different. We love each other and above all we are family. We've put this behind us and hope everyone else will do the same."


Additional sampling has been recommended of beaches near the Dounreay nuclear power site to help in the detection of radioactive particles.

Sand-sized fragments of irradiated nuclear fuel were flushed into the sea from the site in the 1960s and 1970s.
Work to clean up the particles began in the 1980s, after fragments were found washed up on the foreshore at Dounreay.
The continuation of this work, with additional sampling, has been recommended in a new report.
The report by Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said monitoring for particles on the foreshore and also at Sandside Beach, which has been done for many years, should continue for the foreseeable future.
But Sepa said equipment used to detect the fragments should be upgraded to improve detection rates, and also to better find more deeply buried particles.
The agency has further recommended the taking of more samples than taken previously and that monitoring be done in May and again six months later at Strathy Point and Murkle Beach.
In the report, Sepa said work done since the 1990s to 2012 to recover particles from the seabed appeared to have successfully reduced "depleted" the number of particles that came to rest there.
Sepa said the monitoring of the beaches would help to confirm if that was the case.
Dounreay, near Thurso, is in the process of being decommissioned.


A woman who died following a "slapping workshop" was desperate to cure her diabetes, her son has said.

Danielle Carr-Gomm, 71, of  Lewes, East Sussex, died at Cleeve House in Seend, Wiltshire, on 20 October.
She had taken part in an alternative health session involving paida lajin therapy. She previously said a session had yielded "astonishing" results.
Two men, aged 51 and 53, and a woman, 64, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter and released on bail.
Paida lajin involves patients being slapped or vigorously slapping themselves repeatedly as part of a "self-healing" process.
Matthew Carr-Gomm said his mother had been seeking alternative treatments after being diagnosed with diabetes in 1999.
He said: "She had a lifelong fear of needles so she struggled with the diagnosis and initially took a course of tablets instead.
"She was always keen to try and find alternative methods of treating and dealing with her diabetes and was very interested in alternative and holistic medicine and therapies.
"I know she was desperate to try and cure herself of this disease. She always maintained a healthy lifestyle and was adamant that nothing would stop her from living a full life."
The week-long course at Cleeve House which Mrs Carr-Gomm attended was run by Hongchi Xiao, originally from Beijing.
Mrs Carr-Gomm, who was originally from Issenheim, in France, wrote a blog post about a previous session she had completed in Bulgaria.
She wrote: "Large areas of my body... bruised and blue which indicated that a lot of 'sha' or poisoned blood and toxins had been released".
She described painful seizures and said she vomited "the most horrible syrupy black stuff", but believed it improved her blood sugar readings and she planned to attend more workshops.


Morecambe manager Jim Bentley has confirmed the League Two side have been placed under a transfer embargo.

Since Brazilian Diego Lemos took over in September, the co-chairman has left, wages were paid late and concerns have been raised about the club's future.
The embargo is because the Professional Footballers' Association have stepped in to help pay wages.
"We've got another situation with regards a transfer embargo," Bentley, 40, told BBC Radio Lancashire.
"We've had a couple in the past anyway and we've always done everything in the regulations.
"We're working hard at the minute with the EFL, the board are working hard.
"There will be rules and regulations we have to stay within in this transfer window, but we're hoping we can do some business."
Bentley has also confirmed that on-loan Tranmere striker Cole Stockton will return to his parent club in January.


Human remains found on a riverbank in East Ayrshire have been identified as those of a 49-year-old man who disappeared more than three years ago.

Daniel Ruddy, from Galston, was last seen by his brother in September 2013 and reported missing a month later.
A dog walker found his remains near the River Irvine in Galston on 1 November. They were later identified as Mr Ruddy's following forensic tests.
Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.


Greg Halford's venomous extra-time strike against battling Portsmouth sent Cardiff City into the EFL Cup second-round draw.

The visitors from League One led after home captain Sean Morrison directed Kal Naismith's cross into his own net.
After coming on at the start of the second half, winger Nathaniel Mendez-Laing levelled with his first touch.
Mendez-Laing came close to winning the tie for City in normal time before Halford finally sent them through.
The visitors, under new ownership in former Walt Disney chief executive Michael Eisner, were hopeful of a fairytale outcome after taking the lead.
The League One side's confidence grew as the opening period wore on.
But Bluebirds' summer signing Mendez-Laing's equaliser shifted the momentum back to the hosts.
The first half of extra-time was also scoreless and the game seemed to be heading for penalties until Halford scored in the 113th minute against his former club.
It was Halford's first goal since the opening round of the same competition in 2016 as he made the most of Junior Hoilett's build-up.
Match ends, Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 1.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Attempt blocked. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Hand ball by Danny Rose (Portsmouth).
Foul by David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City).
Danny Rose (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Conor Chaplin replaces Brett Pitman.
Goal!  Cardiff City 2, Portsmouth 1. Greg Halford (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by David Junior Hoilett with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Ben Close.
Attempt missed. Ibrahim Meite (Cardiff City) right footed shot from very close range is too high.
Joe Ralls (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam May (Portsmouth).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) because of an injury.
Attempt saved. Sean Morrison (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Second Half Extra Time begins Cardiff City 1, Portsmouth 1.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Ben Close replaces Brandon Haunstrup.
First Half Extra Time ends, Cardiff City 1, Portsmouth 1.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Nicke Kabamba.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Jack Whatmough.
Attempt blocked. Danny Ward (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam May (Portsmouth).
Foul by Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City).
Brett Pitman (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Joe Ralls replaces Loïc Damour.
Attempt saved. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Cardiff City. Conceded by Christian Burgess.
Substitution, Portsmouth. Carl Baker replaces Kyle Bennett.
Substitution, Cardiff City. Ibrahim Meite replaces Lee Tomlin.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Mendez-Laing (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Lee Tomlin (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Stuart O'Keefe (Cardiff City).
Brandon Haunstrup (Portsmouth) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
First Half Extra Time begins Cardiff City 1, Portsmouth 1.
Second Half ends, Cardiff City 1, Portsmouth 1.


Yana Egorian won Russia's second gold medal at Rio 2016 with victory over compatriot Sofiya Velikaya in the women's sabre final.

The 22-year-old had to come from behind to claim a 15-14 win over Velikaya, 31, the silver medallist from London 2012.
Ukranian Olga Kharlan took bronze with a 15-10 win over France's Manon Brunet.
Fencing governing body the FIE cleared all 16 Russians to compete, after the International Olympic Committee rejected a blanket ban on the country.
The call had come from the World Anti-Doping Agency in the wake of an independent report into state-sponsored doping in the country.
The FIE said it had "re-examined the results from 197 tests taken by Russian athletes in 35 countries, including Russia, between 2014 and 2016" and all were negative.
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Rangers striker Joe Dodoo says Sunday's 3-0 victory proved his side are better than Aberdeen despite still trailing nine points behind them.

Dodoo scored Rangers' third as they hit the net three times in the closing minutes at Pittodrie.
The Ibrox side are in third place, behind champions Celtic and the Dons.
"We weren't surprised we beat them because we are better than them no matter what anyone says," he told Rangers' website.
"Sometimes we aren't winning games, but we do have more than them and, if we exploit the right spaces, do the right things and make the right decisions, play as a team and continue to work hard, we should be up there.
"I am happy because we got the three points and we hadn't won for a while and it was obviously brilliant to come on and score.
"But the most important thing was to get the points on the board."
Aberdeen had been on top in the second half before Kenny Miller struck the first of his two goals in the 79th minute.
However, Dodoo felt he had seen a way to change the game before he came on with 20 minutes left and went on to not only score but set up Kenny Miller for the second goal and strike the bar in the final seconds.
"For me watching the game, I could see what needed to change at that time of the game because I think we were really narrow and playing into their hands a little bit more," said the 21-year-old.
"All I had to do was just make the pitch bigger, just go wide and stay wide and if I made the pitch as big as possible then our midfielders could get on the ball and start moving the ball.
"That then would make it harder for them to get the ball off us because the gaps between us would become so big that they couldn't press us as much as they were.
"I knew I had to go on the pitch and exploit the spaces and, luckily, we did that and, within a five-minute spell, we beat them."
Only three of Dodoo's 19 appearances for Rangers since his summer move from Leicester City have not been from the substitutes' bench.
"You always have to be ready and if you are always ready then you will always perform, so I have to stick to my routine and continue to work hard," he said about his chances of becoming a regular starter.


A elderly woman has died following a blaze at a house in Birmingham, the fire service said.

The fire was found in the lounge of the property in Hawthorn Road in Oscott at about 21:50 BST on Thursday. There was smoke damage to 70% of the house.
The woman was given first aid by firefighters before being taken to Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield.
West Midlands Fire Service said it was investigating the cause of fire which probably "started accidentally".


People with a good eye and a skilled hand are being invited to sign up for the All England Stone Skimming Championships.

The event, which is open to amateurs and international champions, takes place on 22 August on Windermere.
Competitors must make a stone skip on the surface of the water at least three times, with the winner making the longest throw.
Entry costs £3 for adults, £1 for a child and £10 for a team of up to four people.
Competitors get three stones, from a selection provided by the organisers, and skims must stay within lanes laid out in the water.
Check out our top tips for stone skimming!


A record 50 sites in Wales have achieved blue flag status, including 45 beaches, three marinas and two boat tour operators.

In total, 98 sites have met the blue flag, green coast and seaside awards standards - 160 Coast Awards for Wales.
Blue Ocean Adventures in St Davids and Ribride at Menai Bridge are the first sustainable boat tour operators in the UK to achieve blue flag status.
The awards mark the 30th anniversary of the blue flag programme.
Lesley Jones, chief executive for Keep Wales Tidy, said: "They act as a mark of excellence, ensuring sites are managed effectively and showcasing our beautiful country to an international audience."


Championship side Brentford have signed Scunthorpe United goalkeeper Luke Daniels on a three-year deal.

The 29-year-old was out-of-contract at the Iron, having made 109 appearances and helping the club to the League One play-offs this season.
Daniels will provide competition for Dan Bentley, with whom he spent time with at Southend, and Jack Bonham.
"His signing will give us one of the strongest goalkeeper departments in the league," said head coach Dean Smith.
Daniels came through the ranks at Manchester United, and has also previously played for West Brom, Shrewsbury and Tranmere.
His departure leaves Scunthorpe short in the goalkeeping department, with Joe Anyon having left for Chesterfield.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


A 21-year-old Angus man has been charged after allegedly becoming abusive on a train at the weekend.

Officers were called to a train arriving at Dundee railway station at about 20:30 on Saturday after reports of an abusive passenger.
The man, from Friockheim, was charged under the Threatening Communications Act and with possession of a controlled drug.
He is expected to appear at Dundee Sheriff Court on Tuesday.


The head of the Unite union has said he will not "respect" any law passed by a future Conservative government tightening the rules on strike ballots.

David Cameron has said strikes should not be lawful unless a minimum number of union members vote in a ballot.
Plans for a "turnout threshold" will be in the party's election manifesto.
But Unite boss Len McCluskey said this would "oppress the people and remove their freedoms". He added: "Can we respect it? It ain't going to happen."
Under current law, a strike can take place if it is backed by a simple majority of those balloted.
But Conservative MPs have questioned the legitimacy of industrial action where fewer than half of total eligible members support it in a vote.
London Mayor Boris Johnson has called for strikes to be banned unless 50% of staff in a workplace take part in a ballot.
Although Mr Cameron has not specified a figure, he has said it is "time to legislate" to stop "damaging" strikes in "core" public services affecting health, transport, fire services or schools and the manifesto is expected to include proposals for a 40% threshold.
But in a speech to union lawyers in London, Mr McCluskey said the right to strike was "hanging by a thread" and had to be vigorously defended.
"Should there be a Conservative majority in May, there will be a new attack on trade union rights and democracy.
"The bar for a strike ballot will be raised to a level which hardly any MPs would get over in their own constituencies, by a government which has refused our requests to use modern, more effective balloting methods.
"When the law is misguided, when it oppresses the people and removes their freedoms, can we respect it?
"I am not really posing the question. I'm giving you the answer. It ain't going to happen."
Unions have pointed out that only 15 of 303 Conservative MPs elected to Parliament in 2010 received more than 40% of the vote.
Mr McCluskey, whose union is Labour's largest financial backer, said the time had come to ask whether unions could stay within the law any longer while continuing to mount a "decent defence" against abuse of workplace rights.
Such are Unite's concerns, he claimed, that the union's executive is recommending to members that the words "so far as may be lawful" are removed from its constitution.
"This proposed change in the constitution of the biggest union on these isles marks the sorry place we have reached in our national democracy. These words will go not because we are anarchists, not because we are suddenly planning a bank robbery.
"But because we have to ask ourselves the question, can we any longer make that commitment to, under any and all circumstances, stick within the law as it stands?
"Unite remains determined to operate ever more effectively within the law, even when that law is an ass and ill-serves our people.
"But restricting the right to strike, attacking the capacity for trade unions to organise and conduct our own business in line with our own rules, belong to last century's consensus."
The Lib Dems have blocked any moves to change the law to make it harder to strike.
Speaking in Parliament last July, Mr Cameron said "the time has come to look at setting thresholds in strike ballots", citing the example of a walkout by a teaching union which he said had the support of fewer than 30% of its members in a ballot.
"It is time to legislate and it will be in the Conservative manifesto."


A man discovered unconscious on a ring road with head and abdominal injuries has died.

The 22-year-old was found by police on patrol on the A451 in Kidderminster just after 05:00 GMT on Sunday.
He was lying between the bus depot island and Comberton Hill island and was taken to hospital, where he died.
Det Sgt Laura Wright from West Mercia Police said the man may have been involved in a disturbance at a nightclub.
She said: "We are keeping an open mind in relation to this investigation.
"Initial indications are that the man was in a collision with a vehicle but we are also considering that he was involved in an altercation.
"We are currently linking this incident to a disturbance outside the Tribe nightclub on Green Street, Kidderminster, which occurred at around 4.50am and we're keen to speak to anyone who witnessed this".
The man's family has been told and formal identification will take place later.


Schools in Los Angeles are preparing to reopen after being shut down over an email threat, in a move queried by police officials in New York.

More than 1,000 schools in America's second-biggest city were searched on Tuesday after classes were cancelled.
Officials in New York, the biggest city, said they had received a similar threat but had ignored it as a hoax.
Los Angeles police chief Charlie Beck said it was "very easy in hindsight to criticise the decision".
"We have suffered too many school shootings in America to ignore these kinds of threats," he added.
In New York, police commissioner William Bratton and federal officials who asked not to be identified described the decision in Los Angeles as an "overreaction", Reuters news agency reports.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio had concluded the threat contained "nothing credible".


The death of a teenager who drowned in a lake "should serve as a lesson" for those embarking on this "highly dangerous pastime", a coroner has said.

Conor McColl, 16, from Clacton in Essex, disappeared at a former Fuller's earth quarry in Clophill, Bedfordshire on 24 July while swimming with friends.
Ampthill Coroner's Court heard that traces of cannabis in his blood did not contribute to his death.
Coroner Tom Osborne ruled Connor's death misadventure.
The court heard Conor and two friends were swimming towards an island in the middle of a lake.
Despite his friends' efforts, they were unable to save the teenager, the court was told.
The fire service rescued two teenage boys from the island on 24 July and police divers recovered Conor's body the following day.


A man has been jailed for five years for raping a woman in her own home.

Thomas Sanders, 50, from Stevenston in Ayrshire, was convicted of raping the 46-year-old on 21 December 2014 after attempting to kiss her.
The High Court in Glasgow heard that Sanders went into the woman's Ayrshire home uninvited and refused to take "no" for an answer.
Sanders, who denies the offence, was cleared of two other rapes against the same woman.
Judge Lord Beckett told him: "A charge of rape is a serious crime.
"You attended the complainer's home uninvited. You would not take 'no' for an answer when she asked you to leave.
"You are bigger and stronger than she is and you used your size and strength to rape her.
"The 999 call the court heard showed the anguish and stress you caused to the complainer. You have shown no remorse and you are said to blame your victim for the situation you find yourself in."
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleged that Sanders had also raped her in February and June 2010.
The jury found these two rape charges not proven.
Sanders was placed on the sex offenders register.


Wales are expected to appoint Cardiff City head coach Paul Trollope as their new assistant manager.

Kit Symons is to leave manager Chris Coleman's coaching team to concentrate on his role as Fulham boss.
Trollope joined Cardiff in February and would combine his Bluebirds duties with his new role as Wales assistant on a part-time basis.
The Football Association of Wales has approached Trollope but has yet to agree a deal with Cardiff.
Former Wales midfielder Trollope, 43, previously managed Bristol Rovers and was also first-team coach at Birmingham City and Norwich City.
During five years as manager of Bristol Rovers, he guided the club to promotion to League One in 2007.
Swindon-born Trollope won nine caps for Wales between 1997 and 2003 and was a team-mate of Coleman and Symons with the national team and at Fulham.
Symons had been Chris Coleman's assistant since January 2012 and continued in the role despite succeeding Felix Magath as Fulham manager in October 2014.
But Symons, who won 37 caps at centre-back for Wales, left his international post after Wales' 1-0 victory against Belgium which has put them in a strong position to qualify for Euro 2016.
Unbeaten Wales are three points clear at the top of Group B following their 1-0 win over Belgium on 12 June, with four games remaining.
They would virtually clinch their place at next year's finals in France by beating Cyprus and Israel in their September double-header.
Wales conclude their group games away to Bosnia-Hercegovina and home to Andorra in October.


At a time when nuclear war with North Korea seems a possible - if distant - threat, you'd think everyone would want the US administration to be on the same page.

But in recent weeks, statements from President Trump and his top officials appear to directly contradict each other.
President Trump's outburst on Friday - that the US military was "locked and loaded" ready to deal with North Korea - came just hours after his Defence Secretary James Mattis attempted to cool tensions by saying that diplomatic efforts were succeeding.
Here are some of the other mixed messages we've heard since North Korea's second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test on 28 July.
What Trump said:
President Trump was pleased when the UN agreed new sanctions against Pyongyang. But he has also stressed the military option was open.
On Tuesday, he boasted about America's military might and warned of "fire and fury" if North Korea threatened the US.
Then, after North Korea said it was preparing missile strikes on the US island territory of Guam, he took it up a notch again - saying the regime of Kim Jong-un should be "very, very nervous". He said the regime would be in trouble "like few nations have ever been" if they did not "get their act together".
What other officials said:
Despite Mr Trump's tweets, many in his team have played down the prospect of war.
Shortly after Mr Trump's comments on Guam, Gen Mattis cautioned that armed conflict would be "catastrophic" and insisted diplomacy was bearing fruit.
"The American effort is diplomatically led, it has diplomatic traction, it is gaining diplomatic results," Gen Mattis said.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has also told reporters: "I think the president's made it clear he prefers a diplomatic solution."
He argued that Mr Trump's words were designed to encourage dialogue with Pyongyang "by ensuring North Korea understands what the stakes are".
Mr Tillerson has previously stressed the importance of sanctions - warning that any nation that provided economic or military benefits to the North was "aiding and abetting a dangerous regime".
What Trump said:
President Trump has praised China in the past, saying it is "trying hard" to rein in North Korea.
However, in recent months, he has repeatedly criticised Beijing for continuing to trade with Pyongyang.
"So much for China working with us," the US president tweeted the day after North Korea claimed to have tested its long-range missile.
At the end of July, he again said he was "very disappointed" with China for not doing enough to stop North Korea's weapons programme.
"They do NOTHING for us with North Korea, just talk," he wrote on Twitter.
What others said:
Back in June, Gen Mattis had praised Beijing's efforts to restrain North Korea's missile and nuclear activity.
And on 2 August, Mr Tillerson said: "We certainly don't blame the Chinese for the situation in North Korea."
What Trump said:
The president has ratcheted up his rhetoric, warning that if North Korea attacks Guam it should expect "big, big trouble".
"If he [Kim Jong-un] utters one threat in the form of an overt threat... with respect to Guam or anyplace else that's an American territory or an American ally he will truly regret it and he will regret it fast."
However, he has also struck an optimistic tone, saying: "Hopefully, it will all work out... nobody loves a peaceful solution better than President Trump."
What others said:
Secretary Tillerson has sought to assure Americans there is no imminent threat, despite some of the strong words from his boss.
On Wednesday, he said the situation had not changed dramatically in recent days and that Americans "should sleep well at night".
However, top Trump aide Sebastian Gorka told BBC News that Mr Tillerson was not actually speaking for the White House.
"You should listen to the president," Mr Gorka said. "The idea that Secretary Tillerson is going to discuss military matters is simply nonsensical.
"It is the job of Secretary Mattis to talk about military options."
Sometimes Mr Trump's officials appear to disagree with each other too.
Mr Tillerson struck a conciliatory tone after Pyongyang tested a second ICBM in July and claimed it could hit the US west coast.
"We do not seek a regime change, we do not seek the collapse of the regime," he said. "We're not your enemy."
However, just days later Gen Mattis warned North Korea that its actions could usher in the "end of its regime and the destruction of its people".
The Pentagon chief also said Pyongyang would be "grossly overmatched" in a war against the US and its allies.


A finance company has announced plans to create more than 700 jobs in Birmingham before the end of next year.

The Redditch-based Sigma Financial Group has opened an office in Priory Queensway, in the city.
About 200 staff will be recruited by the end of this year with a further 500 expected by 2017, the firm has said.
"Roles will be spread across middle and senior management, contact centre staff and specialist commercial and finance jobs," said CEO Tim Freeman.
Sigma Financial Group is a business outsource firm. It employs more than 300 staff at its Prospect Hill base in Redditch.


Leeann Dempster says the appointment of Neil Lennon as Hibernian's new head coach is an indication of how the club wants to progress.

Chief executive Dempster says she did not have to do too much in trying to persuade Lennon to take the job.
"The club has a great history, is a capital city club and I think it's a great club to work for," she explained.
"We met and we had long discussions and we felt the same about a number of things in football."
Dempster became chief executive at Easter Road two years ago, just as the club were being relegated to the Scottish Championship.
And she says, after Hibs failed at the play-offs in each of the past two seasons, there is only one aim for Neil Lennon and his assistant, Garry Parker, to achieve with the Scottish Cup winners.
"It's been a long journey," Dempster said. "If you think about this time two years ago we were starting a new club at that point.
"We have achieved a significant amount in two years. We haven't achieved promotion and that can be levelled at us, but we have tried very hard to do that.
"We went hard at it last year. I think at the end of the season we played 52 competitive matches.
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"But there are no excuses, we have to get promoted. So our sole objective this year is to get promotion.
"Does that mean Europe is less important or the cups are less important? Every game is important, but I think our energy around recruitment has to be around the league."
Lennon has agreed a two-year deal and Dempster fully expects the 44-year-old to see out his contract and possibly stay longer.
"We certainly would like him to be here through the course of his contract and I think it just depends on how the relationship moves on, how he bonds with the club and us, but I would be delighted if Neil stayed on longer," she said. "I think we are on the same page.
"He has a winning mentality and he has played at a high level. I always think that is important when a manager goes into the dressing-room that players respect him for what he has achieved on his own.
"We have a strong support structure and great support staff."


Manchester City have been fined £35,000 by the Football Association for their players' behaviour during the 1-1 draw with Liverpool on 19 March.

The club admitted to a misconduct charge for failing to ensure their players conducted themselves in an orderly fashion.
It followed an incident "in or around the 50th minute", when referee Michael Oliver awarded Liverpool a penalty.
James Milner scored from the spot, with Sergio Aguero equalising on 69 minutes.
Both Gael Clichy, who was penalised for a raised boot on Roberto Firmino, and David Silva were booked after Oliver pointed to the spot.


Ibrahim Hassan Tali al-Asiri is a wanted Saudi militant who US counter-terrorism officials have accused of making the bombs used in a string of high-profile operations by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) since mid-2009.

The 28-year-old is believed to have built the device his younger brother used in an assassination attempt on Saudi Arabia's deputy interior minister in August 2009, and the underwear bomb a young Nigerian man tried to detonate in an aircraft over the US on Christmas Day.
He is also thought to have made the bombs hidden in two packages which were found on planes in Dubai and the UK in October 2010.
Both were shipped from Yemen, where he is based, and used the powerful explosive pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), which was also used in the two earlier attacks. The packages were addressed to synagogues in the US.
And in May 2012, US officials said they believed Asiri had built an improved version of the underwear bomb, which was reportedly given to a Saudi-recruited double agent to blow up on a US-bound flight.
Known by the alias "Abu Saleh", Mr Asiri was born in April 1982 into a pious military family in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
Little has been reported about his early life, but he had four brothers and three sisters, and was previously imprisoned in the Gulf kingdom after trying to enter Iraq to join Islamist insurgents there.
"They put me in prison and I began to see the depths of [the Saudi] servitude to the Crusaders and their hatred for the true worshippers of God, from the way they interrogated me," Asiri was quoted as saying by a al-Qaeda-produced magazine in September 2009.
In 2007, the family was living together in the holy city of Mecca when he and his younger brother, Abdullah, went missing.
"We were planning to move back to Riyadh, but Abdullah and Ibrahim said they wanted to go to Medina before returning with us," their father Hassan, a retired soldier, told the Saudi Gazette in 2009.
"Abdullah later contacted us to say he was out of the country, but did not say where. From that day on we had no more news of him until we saw his and his brother's pictures... in the media on a list of wanted people."
Ibrahim's was the first name on the list of 83 Saudis and two Yemenis who the Saudi authorities said were wanted for "participating in extremist activities abroad" with "deviant groups". Abdullah was number 40.
Officials said the men had entered Yemen illegally and joined al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, formed in January 2009 by a merger between two regional offshoots of the international Islamist militant network in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
AQAP established strongholds in central and southern Yemen, where it was protected by tribes who were wary of government interference. It took on new recruits and experienced fighters returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, including several former detainees at Guantanamo Bay.
The group's first operation outside Yemen was carried out in Saudi Arabia in August 2009 against the kingdom's security chief, Prince Mohammed Bin Nayef Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, though he survived with only minor injuries.
The suicide bomber - who was later named as Ibrahim's 23-year-old brother, Abdullah - concealed a device containing about 100g of PETN inside his body or inside his underwear. It used a detonator with a chemical fuse, which would not be spotted by a metal detector, Saudi officials said.
Posing as a militant who wanted to give himself up in person to the prince, Abdullah was flown on his private jet to the city of Jeddah and given a private audience in the interior ministry offices there.
Pictures of the aftermath showed a sizeable crater in the concrete floor, and Abdullah's body blown in half. It is believed the force of the blast went downwards, which is why only the bomber died.
After the assassination attempt, their father said he was shocked that Abdullah could have been involved, and complained that his son had been "snatched from his family" by extremists. Some reports suggested that Ibrahim had recruited his brother.
"We denounce this despicable act, and we stand right beside our guardians in the face of the enemies of the nation and the Ummah [Muslim community]," he said.
After the death of his brother, Ibrahim is thought to have designed the underpants bomb allegedly used by a young Nigerian man, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, in an attempt to blow up a US passenger jet as it flew into Detroit on 25 December 2009. That device also contained PETN and had a chemical fuse.
AQAP later released a statement saying it had sought to avenge recent raids by Yemeni forces aided by the US military and intelligence services.
Ten months later, in the wake of the alert over the bombs sent from Sanaa to the US through cargo firms UPS and FedEx, Mr Asiri was accused by unnamed US officials of making the devices.
The devices both contained PETN, and one of the detonators was almost exactly the same as the one made for Mr Abdulmutallab, they added. Pictures released by Dubai police showed one bomb was hidden inside a printer.
The US Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, John Brennan, did not name Mr Asiri but confirmed that the same person was believed to have made the underpants bomb.
"I think the indications are right now based on the forensics analysis that it's an individual who has been responsible for putting these devices together, the same," he told ABC News.
"He's a very dangerous individual - clearly somebody who has a fair amount of training and experience. We need to find him and bring him to justice as soon as we can," Mr Brennan added.
Mr Asiri subsequently became a major focus of US intelligence efforts and in March 2011 he was officially designated a wanted terrorist.
In September, US officials believed he had died in a missile strike that killed the US-born radical Islamist cleric, Anwar al-Awlaki. However, it soon became apparent that Mr Asiri was still alive.
As the first anniversary of Osama Bin Laden's death on 1 May 2011 approached, a joint intelligence bulletin issued by the US Northern Command, the FBI and Homeland Security Department expressed concern that al-Qaeda intended to "advance plots along multiple fronts, including renewed efforts to target Western aviation".
Then on 6 May, US officials said they had and their allies had foiled a plot to bomb a US plane, involving a device that bore the "hallmarks" of the underwear bomb carried by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in 2009.
The planned suicide attack was conceived in Yemen by AQAP, but was thwarted before a target had been selected, they added. It later emerged that the would-be bomber was a Saudi intelligence agent.
The device was reported to be a sophisticated construction. Officials said the main charge was a high-grade military explosive which would have been able to bring down an aircraft, and that it could have been detonated in two ways, in case one failed.
The bomb also had no metal parts and probably would not have been detected by most airport security magnetometers. Sewn into custom-made underwear, it would have been hard to detect during a pat-down.
Officials said the latest device bore the "hallmarks" of Ibrahim al-Asiri.
Advanced bomb-making techniques, such as those taught by Mr Asiri, have continued to alarm security services.
In July 2014, the US requested enhanced security checks on all direct flights to the US, in response to a "credible threat".
Security experts say that the warning was triggered by a fear that some of al-Qaeda's sophisticated bomb-making expertise, such as that pioneered by Mr Asiri, had proliferated out of Yemen to Syria.
In addition to his expertise in bomb-making, Mr Asiri is also said to be an expert in preparing poisons and well-versed in martial arts.
He is thought to be hiding under the protection of local tribes in the mountainous governorates of Shabwa and Marib with AQAP's leader, Nasser al-Wuhayshi, a Yemeni former aide to Osama Bin Laden.


England will take part in a new tournament called the International Netball Super Series, to be held in New Zealand and Australia this August.

Featuring four of netball's strongest nations - Australia, New Zealand, England and South Africa - the first event will begin in Auckland.
The Australian Diamonds will play South Africa's Proteas before the Silver Ferns face the England Roses.
The series heads to Hamilton and Adelaide before a Melbourne finale.


Singer Charlotte Church has branded austerity "unethical, unfair and unnecessary" at a protest in London.

The mother-of-two, from Cardiff, joined tens of thousands of demonstrators in a protest against government cuts on Saturday.
Ms Church said she attended in "a show of solidarity" with other protesters.
A Treasury spokeswoman said it was continuing to cut the deficit, which was the best way to deliver economic security.
Ms Church, 29, has been a vocal critic of the Tories.
Families, students and campaigners from across the country took part in the march, which made its way from the financial district to parliament.
Among them were comedian Russell Brand and Ms Church, who carried an End Austerity Now placard.
Her mother Maria Cooper also joined the march wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words 'Prosecco socialist' in retort to her daughter's critics.
Speaking at the march, Ms Church said: "I'm here today in a show of solidarity with everyone here, it is a massive turnout - everybody who thinks that austerity isn't the only way and thinks it is essentially unethical, unfair and unnecessary."
Asked if she was inspired by the surge of the Scottish National Party she said "absolutely".
"We are in one of the richest nations in the world and social inequality is unacceptable," Ms Church added.
"I'm immensely proud to be here. I think this is a brilliant movement and it is for the common good. We are here to make a stand."
It follows Ms Church's appearance at an anti-austerity rally in Cardiff in May.
The Treasury said: "Income inequality in the UK is lower than 2010 because the government's long term plan is helping working people, with two million more in work, unemployment falling and wages rising well above inflation.  The Government has taken millions out of income tax, and ensured that the richest 10% contribute the most to paying down the deficit.
"But the best way to help people across the UK is to deliver lasting economic security, which is why we're continuing to work through the plan to cut our deficit - still one of the highest in the developed world - to ensure a recovery for working people, especially in these times of international economic uncertainty."


Alexis Sanchez salvaged a point for Arsenal from their limp Champions League opener at Paris St-Germain.

Edinson Cavani glanced PSG ahead after 42 seconds and should have had a hat-trick before half-time, firing wide after rounding David Ospina before slipping to fluff a simple finish.
Sanchez rifled in the rebound from Arsenal's first shot on target.
Alex Iwobi might have had a late Arsenal winner before Olivier Giroud and PSG's Marco Verratti were sent off.
Substitute Giroud was brought on to enliven a tame attacking display and picked up two yellow cards in his 27 minutes, the second for an altercation in which Italian midfielder Verratti also picked up a second yellow.
The Gunners were often exposed by the pace of Cavani, Angel di Maria and Serge Aurier and relied on their Colombian goalkeeper Ospina - preferred to Petr Cech - to keep them in it.
Iwobi's low shot was tipped away by Alphonse Areola after Sanchez's equaliser, while PSG would have had a 94th-minute winner had defender Marquinhos not wastefully headed wide from close range.
Anything more than a point for Arsenal would have been harsh on PSG, who outperformed their Premier League opponents but failed to take their chances.
In the other match in Group A, Swiss side Basel were held to a 1-1 draw at home to Ludogorets Razgrad of Bulgaria.
Relive PSG v Arsenal
Spanish manager Unai Emery replaced Laurent Blanc as Paris St-Germain boss this summer after winning a third straight Europa League title with Sevilla.
Blanc had just secured a second successive domestic treble - PSG won the league by 31 points - but failure at the Champions League quarter-finals for the third year in a row led the owners to show their ruthless side.
The Qatar Investment Authority bought a controlling stake in the French club in May 2011, and have since financed a net spend of almost £500m on transfers, but the return they crave - success in Europe's premier club competition - has eluded them.
Emery has already had to fend off questions about pressure and expectation after losing one and drawing another of his first four games - and this will feel like an opportunity missed.
Arsenal produced some slick interplay in front of goal but failed to produce many dangerous moments and looked shaky at the back. By the time Sanchez brought them level by firing home after Iwobi's shot was parried out, they could easily have been two or three behind.
Cech was dropped for Ospina in Arsenal's first two Champions League games last season but was reinstated after the Colombian scored an own goal from a corner in a 3-2 home defeat by Olympiakos.
In the first half Ospina made a brilliant recovery to tip over as Angel di Maria's corner momentarily threatened a repeat of that calamitous moment, but he had little chance of stopping Cavani's deft, glancing header.
After the break, as Arsenal struggled to improve, he continued to be unnecessarily exposed by sloppy play in front of him and was forced into making a series of blocks - perhaps the most crucial being to deny Cavani three minutes after the equaliser.
But it was not a totally convincing performance. When Cavani took advantage of an error by Nacho Monreal, Ospina was rash in coming off his line and lucky to see the Uruguayan shank his effort wide.
Beyond the selection choice in goal - Wenger said it was not his intention "to surprise" - Theo Walcott was left out of the squad with a minor injury described by the Arsenal boss as "very short term".
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "We wanted to start at a high pace and after a minute we are 1-0 down. For 20 minutes we were outpaced, they started much better than us but we were resilient.
"We played much better in the second half, they dropped a bit as well. We pushed very high and were vulnerable to the counter attack but it's a good point for us.
"Away from home you have to battle up front and Alexis Sanchez did well. He was isolated at times and in the second half it was easier for him.
"I couldn't work out the red cards. Giroud swears to me that he did nothing at all. We will look at it again. I believe Giroud."
The Ivorian right-back delivered a beautiful cross for Cavani's goal from the first of many dangerous forward runs and was a solid performer at the back - only Adrien Rabiot was more successful in winning the ball back for the French side.
Arsenal return to Premier League action when they play at Hull in a 15:00 BST kick-off on Saturday. PSG play again in Ligue 1 on Friday in a 19:45 kick-off at Caen.
The Gunners' next Champions League game is at home to Basel on 28 September, when PSG play away to Ludogorets.
Match ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1.
Second Half ends, Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1.
Attempt missed. Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) header from very close range misses to the left following a corner.
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Nacho Monreal.
Second yellow card to Marco Verratti (Paris Saint Germain).
Second yellow card to Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal).
Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain).
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Shkodran Mustafi.
Foul by Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain).
Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Olivier Giroud (Arsenal) is shown the yellow card.
Thomas Meunier (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Substitution, Arsenal. Mohamed Elneny replaces Mesut Özil.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thomas Meunier replaces Serge Aurier because of an injury.
Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Héctor Bellerín (Arsenal).
Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
Marquinhos (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by Laurent Koscielny.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Javier Pastore replaces Grzegorz Krychowiak.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match David Ospina (Arsenal) because of an injury.
Goal!  Paris Saint Germain 1, Arsenal 1. Alexis Sánchez (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Attempt saved. Alex Iwobi (Arsenal) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mesut Özil.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Thiago Motta (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Paris Saint Germain. Thiago Motta replaces Adrien Rabiot.
Offside, Paris Saint Germain. Serge Aurier tries a through ball, but Ángel Di María is caught offside.
Corner,  Paris Saint Germain. Conceded by David Ospina.
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Verratti.
Substitution, Arsenal. Granit Xhaka replaces Francis Coquelin.
Ángel Di María (Paris Saint Germain) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Olivier Giroud (Arsenal).
Attempt saved. Edinson Cavani (Paris Saint Germain) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.


A taxi boss who killed a love rival by repeatedly running him over, has been found guilty of murder.

Nasser Rezaie, 63, of Petersfield in Chelmsford, Essex, used his Mercedes to kill Allan Frampton, 60, in May, the city's crown court heard.
He had threatened to kill Mr Frampton 11 months earlier during a conversation recorded by his estranged wife, Jane, on her phone.
Rezaie had denied murder, but admitted killing the divorced grandfather.
His claim that his actions were the result of losing control and not premeditated, were rejected by the jury after three hours of deliberation.
The four-week trial heard Rezaie drove over the mechanic on Osea Way in Chelmsford and he died at the scene.
Mr Frampton had been renting a car workshop unit from the couple's taxi firm.
The jury was told Rezaie had "collapsed" after his wife admitted to the affair with the victim in June last year.
Mrs Rezaie, 57, told the court she and her husband had opened the taxi business after moving to the UK from the Iran in 1973.
Their marriage started to break down in 1990, but they stayed together for the sake of their three children and her affair with Mr Frampton started in July 2012.
In June last year, she met her husband at a Sainsbury's cafÃ© and recorded the threats he made about Mr Frampton.
Rezaie later reminded his wife of the threats, saying in one voicemail message: "Every day, every hour, I am thinking about the promise I made you in Sainsbury's. I will do it."
In a statement the Frampton family said Rezaie was "hell-bent on taking our father's life long before he killed him".
"Nasser Rezaie's callous bid for revenge has not only robbed us of a loving father and grandfather, it's turned our lives and his own children's lives upside down," they said.
Rezaie is due to be sentenced on Monday.


The Dutch anti-immigration politician Geert Wilders has appeared in court charged with inciting hatred against Moroccans.

The controversial MP looked relaxed during the hearing at a secure courtroom near Schiphol airport.
Mr Wilders is the leader of the Party for Freedom (PVV) and has often spoken out against Islam and immigration to the Netherlands.
His full trial is due to start on 31 October.
The charges date back to a rally in The Hague in March 2014.
Mr Wilders asked supporters if they wanted more or fewer Moroccans there.
When they chanted "fewer, fewer," Mr Wilders said: "We'll organise that."
Prosecutor Wouter Bos told the court that freedom of speech was of great importance, but it was not an absolute.
Mr Wilders's legal team is demanding an investigation into how its draft opening statement was leaked to a Dutch newspaper.
His lawyer told the judges that the case should be stopped so the investigation into the leak could be completed.
On his way to court, Mr Wilders tweeted: "No one will silence me. No terrorist, no prime minister and no court either."
In 2011, Mr Wilders was acquitted of incitement after being accused of encouraging hatred towards Muslims.


People in Northern Ireland have given more than £900,000  in this year's BBC Children in Need appeal.

As the phone lines closed early on Saturday, the UK total stood at £46,624,259 and, locally, at £950,239.
Barra Best and Jo Scott presented the evening show in Titanic Belfast.
They linked up with the BBC One Children in Need live show to give updates on what was happening around Northern Ireland.
One of the highlights of the night saw 178 children from Northern Ireland joining thousands of others from across the UK to form a choir singing "Lean on Me".
The fun-packed BBC Children in Need evening on BBC One got underway at 19:30 GMT on Friday with Tess Daly and Greg James opening the fantastic night of entertainment.
Barra and Jo gave BBC Northern Ireland viewers a taste of the ingenious and inventive ways local people have been fundraising for this year's appeal and also looked at some of the many local groups that have been supported by BBC Children in Need.
Throughout the week, BBC Radio Ulster has supported the appeal. As part of this, Hugo Duncan and his team raised more than £18,000 towards this year's NI total through Hugo's on-air auction.
Barra, Jo and Pudsey will be back for BBC Children in Need: The Best Bits - a 70-minute special on BBC One Northern Ireland from 17:45 GMT giving viewers the chance to relive some of the highlights from Friday.
BBC Children in Need spends the money raised by the appeal to make a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people  in Northern Ireland and across the UK.


A man who was jailed for running a cold-call scam in which hundreds of customers were defrauded has been ordered to repay £1.2m to his victims.

Jonathan Rivers was head of Derby-based Wyvern Media group, which pressured firms into buying worthless adverts.
He was jailed for six years in October after admitting fraudulent trading following more than 500 complaints.
At the proceeds of crime hearing, he was given three months to pay or face a further sentence of up to 10 years.
When he was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court, Rivers, 55, formerly of Coleshill, Warwickshire, was described by the judge as the "head, heart and soul" of the company, which had about 18,000 customers a year and an estimated annual turnover of £7m.
Trading standards officers found small firms were targeted by Wyvern with high-pressure sales techniques and multiple calls.
Once paid for, the adverts would only appear in low circulation publications put out by the company itself.
Businesses were sometimes also billed for unsolicited extra adverts.
Along with Rivers, four other Wyvern employees were jailed for their part in the scam, with another five handed suspended sentences.


"I wanted to see if I could write something that people liked, without knowing everything about me," says Harry Styles in a documentary about the making of his first solo record.

Of course, the number of people who are unfamiliar with former One Direction heartthrob and paparazzi magnet Harold Edward Styles, are few and far between - but in accordance with boy band tradition, he's wiped the slate clean for his solo debut.
The first single, Sign of the Times, is a billowing rock ballad about a woman dying during childbirth (yes, really), adorned with blazing guitar solos and a choir singing from the gates of heaven.
Stylophiles will know it's the sort of song he's wanted to make for years - having worked with Snow Patrol's Gary Lightbody as far back as 2013 - but there's always a delicate balance between establishing your musical credentials and subliminally telling fans, "That pop music? The stuff that soundtracked your life? I thought it was naff."
So far he's gotten away with it. Sign of the Times went to number one and his self-titled album will undoubtedly punch an Ed Sheeran-sized hole in the charts next week. But the real test is whether those songs will stick around the week after that, and the week after that.
The album is a mixed bag - good, odd, awkward, clever and heavily indebted to 1970s soft rock. Here's our verdict on the 10 tracks.
Harry counts in the opening song - "2... 3... 4..." - because that is how real musicians do it.
The band come in with a gentle finger-picked guitar and a few ambient synth bleeps as Harry's drowsy lyric establishes the album's main theme - two lovers who have fallen out of sync with each other.
"Maybe we'll work it out," he sings in the chorus. "I gotta get better."
It's a strong, confident opening that sets the tone for what follows.
You know this one already - a weepy, six-minute piano ballad that nods to Queen, Bowie and Prince, with a rather unconventional lyric.
"The song is written from a point of view as if a mother was giving birth to a child and there's a complication," Harry told Rolling Stone.
"The mother is told, 'The child is fine, but you're not going to make it.' The mother has five minutes to tell the child, 'Go forth and conquer.'"
We're not sure why she sings about "running away from the bullets", though.
After two pensive ballads, this pulse-raising rock number is a breath of fresh air. With its snaky bassline and Muppety "la la la" backing vocals, it sounds very much like Wings playing Stuck in the Middle With You.
Speaking of which, the pedigree of Harry's influences can't be faulted on this album - he's delved into rock's back catalogue for sustenance and, while he sometimes fails to put his stamp on those influences, his love of the music shines through.
This one features some of his best lyrics so far, about a girl who "gets into parties without invitations".
"How could I tell her what I think about her?" he sings. "Well, I guess she just found out."
Fans have long suspected that when Taylor Swift's Style - with its references to a boy with "long hair, slicked back, and a white T-shirt" - was about Harry Styles. So this song, in which one of the characters wears that "same white shirt", is bound to set tongues wagging.
Whether it's about the couple's failed relationship or not, Swift's influence is apparent in the storied lyrics, which describe a couple who've become "two ghosts, standing in the place of you and me, trying to remember how it feels to have a heartbeat".
In which Harry reveals he has listened to, and enjoyed, the song Blackbird by The Beatles.
That said, this is the album's most effective, direct song - a folksy ballad about a lover who's Harry's lifeline.
"When I run out of rope, you bring me home," he sings over a sprightly guitar line.
It wouldn't have come as a surprise to discover this was the star's long-rumoured collaboration with Ed Sheeran - but, in fact, it's a co-write with erstwhile Skrillex collaborator Kid Harpoon.
A sweeping, orchestral introduction suddenly gives way to a Rolling Stones rock hustle, complete with hollered "woo-hoo"s and copious amounts of cowbell.
Indeed, Harry goes full Jagger in this song, about a girl who claims to be an angel but is a "devil in the sheets".
"Couldn't bring you home to mother in a skirt like that," he drawls, "but I think that's what I like about it."
It's easy to imagine this as the album's opening track in an earlier configuration.
A partner piece to Only Angel, this is another song about an irresistible bad girl, who tells Harry she's having his baby "but it's none of your business".
The loudest, rawest track on the album, it's faintly ridiculous, but bound to go down a treat at live shows.
And the rumour mill will have a field day with that title - given that one of Harry's (rumoured) ex-girlfriends is New Zealand-born lingerie model Georgia Fowler.
After the glam rock rush of Only Angel and Kiwi, its back to the ballads with this jittery track, which Harry premiered on Saturday Night Live last month.
Once again, it finds the star wandering the streets of Brooklyn, fretting over the state of his relationship.
It's pretty stodgy stuff, elevated only by Harry's supple backing vocals.
Woman opens with a snatch of conversation: "Shall we just search for romantic comedies on Netflix and then see what we find?"
It sets the tone for the album's quirkiest song, whose menagerie of sounds includes what appears to be an asthmatic duck.
Over a backing track that recalls the juddering stomp of Elton John's Benny and the Jets, Harry issues a plea to a girlfriend who's run off with someone else.
"I hope you can see the state that I'm in while he's touching your skin," he pleads, before confessing his jealousy "howls like a beast".
Cripes.
The album closes with - you guessed it - a ballad about a relationship on the rocks.
This one is more reflective, as Harry sings sotto voce about waking up alone in his hotel room (and, in a frankly unnecessary detail, "playing with myself").
"Even my phone misses your call," he sighs wearily in the chorus.
A hopeful mid-section is all blossoming, Beatles-esque strings and gorgeous harmonies as the singer fantasises: "Maybe one day you'll call me and tell me you're sorry." But the facade collapses and he's left alone and bereft as the album fades out.
It's a subdued ending to an album that strains to establish Harry Styles as a credible musician.
Taken as a whole, it just about works, often in spite of itself - and there's certainly something intriguing about the idea of Harry as a tortured rock balladeer.
But we'd still like to see him do Best Song Ever when he tours later this year.
Harry Styles is out now on Columbia records.
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A man has been charged with murder after a man died following an attack by a group of people in Greater Manchester.

Edward Wood, 50, was injured close to the Oceans Eleven chip shop in Railway Road, Leigh, on 4 May.
He was taken to hospital where he later died.
Dwayne Turner, 28, of Railway Road, Leigh, has been charged with murder and is due to appear before Wigan Magistrates' Court on Friday.


US President Barack Obama says the US is "not as divided as some have suggested" in the wake of fatal shootings involving African-Americans.

Five white police officers were shot dead by a black man, Micah Johnson, during a protest rally on Thursday.
The march was against the killing of black men by police. Two deaths this week have led to nationwide protests.
Mr Obama said "it was just not true" the US was returning "to the situation in the 60s".
His comments, on the side of a Nato summit in Warsaw, echoed those earlier of Vice-President Joe Biden, who said Americans had a duty to stand up against injustice, but that people also needed to support police.
Johnson, who was himself killed during the assault in Dallas, supported black militant groups who encouraged violence against police.
Dallas police chief David Brown said Johnson had told a negotiator that he had wanted to kill white people, especially white police officers, because he was angry about the recent shootings of black men by police.
The attack came after the police killings of Philando Castile in Minnesota and Alton Sterling in Louisiana.
Mr Obama said Americans of "all races, all backgrounds", including many of those who were protesting, were outraged by the Dallas killings.
The unity shown in the wake of the attack was a strong foundation on which to build, he said.
"When you start suggesting that, somehow, there is this enormous polarisation and we are back to the situation in the 60s, it's just not true," he said.
"You are not seeing riots and you are not seeing police going after people who are protesting peacefully.
"We have seen almost uniformly peaceful protests and we have seen, uniformly, police handling those protests with professionalism.
"And so, as tough, as hard, as depressing as the loss of life this week, we have got a foundation to build on. We just have to have confidence that we can build on those better angels of our nature."
He also repeated his call for urgent action on gun control, saying anyone who cared "about the safety of our police officers" had a duty to address the issue.
As well as the five police officers killed, another seven were injured. Two civilians were also hurt.
The shootings of police officers have made even the critics of the police force here soften their language.
One of these critics, Greg Johnson, a stage technician, came into a convenience store with a colleague, Keelen Whitfield, during their lunch break.
Mr Johnson said he resented the way police officers carry heavy weaponry and artillery when dealing with the community. He said that they tote around the kind of weapons used in war zones.
"Why do you have to got so militarised?" he said.
Still, he didn't condone the violence. "At the end of the day, those police officers - they're innocent," he said.
Mr Whitfield said he hoped that the shootings, however brutal, might change things.
"The police may get the message to kind of tone it down on African-Americans."
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Johnson, 25, who officials say acted alone, was killed by remotely detonated explosives that were sent into a car park where he had taken refuge after the shootings.
He was a member of the US Army Reserve from 2009 to 2015 who had served in Afghanistan.
Bomb-making material, rifles and a combat journal were found his home in the Dallas suburb of Mesquite.
A number of gun attacks involving police officers and civilians have occurred in other parts of the US in the aftermath of the deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana.
The violence was also addressed by US tennis player Serena Williams after she won her 22nd Grand Slam title at Wimbledon on Saturday.
"I do have nephews that I'm thinking, 'Do I have to call them and tell them, don't go outside. If you get in your car, it might be the last time I see you?'
"I don't think that the answer is to continue to shoot our young black men in the United States."
Protests against the recent police killings took place on Friday in cities including Atlanta, Houston, New Orleans and San Francisco.
Leaders of the Black Lives Matter organisation have condemned the Dallas killings but say planned marches, including a "Weekend of Rage" in Philadelphia, will go ahead.
A Black Lives Matter march was also held in London on Friday.


Tributes have been paid to a 19-year-old girl and her mother's partner who have been confirmed as victims of the Manchester terror attack.

Courtney Boyle and Philip Tron, 32, had travelled from Gateshead to attend the Ariana Grande concert on Monday.
A statement from Miss Boyle's mother, released by Greater Manchester Police, described the Leeds Beckett University student as "her rock".
Mr Tron's family said he had been a "fun-loving and energetic soul".
Miss Boyle's mother, Deborah Hutchinson, said: "My stunning amazing beautiful daughter, you were my rock you made me so proud with all you had achieved.
"My gorgeous, crazy, Philip, you made my world a happy place and now you are both my angels flying high in the sky."
Miss Boyle's father Rob Boyle said: "I am going to miss my baby girl Courtney Boyle for the rest of my life.
"I will never forget you and I will love you forever. Grandad Bob misses you loads also."
Her sister Nicole added: "Courtney my wonder of a sister who is now a shining yellow star in the sky.
"Phil, my stepdad, my Costa buddy, you were always there no matter what to keep me safe and make me happy."
Mr Tron's family said: "Firstly, we would like to thank the emergency services, police, nurses, support staff, family and friends and the people of Manchester for their continued help and support which they have given us throughout this harrowing time.
"Our most amazing son, partner, brother, father, uncle, nephew and cousin, Philip Tron, sadly passed away on the 22nd May 2017. Philip was such a fun loving, energetic soul, he would light up the darkest room and lift your spirits with his infectious laugh, witty sense of humour and his beautiful smile.
"Words cannot express the huge void his passing has left in all our lives."
Miss Boyle's boyfriend Callum Maundrill said: "My Courtney was an adventurer, a precious and joyous soul. She made people feel loved and feel safe.
"She was a soul mate, a friend, a daughter and a sister. No-one had what that lass had, she was like no other.
"And she was on a path to fulfilment, and was happy when she passed.
"Nobody has ever made me as happy as her and I'm the person I am today because of her."
The vice chancellor at Leeds Beckett University where Miss Boyle studied said everyone was "deeply saddened".
Professor Peter Slee said: "Courtney was a lovely, bright and hardworking student who had achieved excellent marks in her first semester with us.
"She is a great loss to the university and to her fellow students."
Principal of Lord Lawson of Beamish Academy, Mark Lovatt, paid tribute to his former pupil, whom he described as the "epitome of a perfect student".
"She really grasped life with both hands and she will be dearly missed and remembered by all who knew her," he said.


Cutting the number of councils could save up to £650m over 10 years, the Welsh government has claimed.

Public Services Minister Leighton Andrews confirmed plans to cut the 22 councils to eight or nine.
The shake-up could result in the loss of up to 1,900 jobs as administration services are slimmed down.
But Bob Bright, the Labour leader of Newport council, complained the plans were advancing without "meaningful discussion".
The Draft Local Government (Wales) Bill, published on Tuesday, forms the basis of consultation but will not become law until after the assembly election next May.
The proposals to bring back bigger county councils are broadly similar to pre-1996 arrangements.
The up-front costs of the merger would be between £97m and £246m, but the Welsh government said it expected that will have paid for itself within two to three years.
The number of councillors would fall from 1,250 to between 700 and 900, although the final decision would be taken by the independent Boundary Commission.
And there would be fewer administrative jobs in local government, with the current number of around 9,000 expected to fall by about 1,400 and 1,900.
Decisions on whether those staff are made redundant, offered early retirement or given new jobs would be taken by the new councils.
Reducing the number of administrative posts would cost up to £40m, with redundancies and early retirement for senior managers costing an additional £6.6m to £12.4m.
Mr Andrews said: "Our vision for local government is for activist councils, engaged in delivering modern, accessible, high quality public services with their local communities."
He added: "There is a real opportunity here for local government to make significant savings for taxpayers and if councils work together, plan well and involve their staff there is the opportunity for savings even greater than the £650m we have identified.
"This means more money for front line public services, more money to invest in communities and more money to support local economic prosperity."
Mr Andrews has previously called the case for fewer local authorities "compelling", but the plans have been criticised by the body representing local authorities, some Labour council leaders and an ex-Labour minister.
Dyfed would be brought back by re-merging Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion, and West Glamorgan would return by joining Swansea once more with Neath Port Talbot.
Cardiff would merge with the Vale of Glamorgan, while a merger between Caerphilly, Torfaen, Blaenau Gwent, Newport and Monmouthshire would create Wales' biggest council, with a population of nearly 600,000.
Bridgend would join Rhondda Cynon Taf and Merthyr Tydfil.
In the eight-council model, Anglesey, Gwynedd and Conwy would merge, as would Denbighshire, Wrexham and Flintshire.
The alternative would see Conwy and Denbighshire merging.
Newport council leader Bob Bright told BBC Wales the lack of "meaningful discussion" with local authorities about the plans "horrifies me".
"We are heading towards this re-organisation in a lemming-like way without any research of the costs and whether it will deliver what the people of Wales deserve and expect," he said.
"If Newport is subsumed into a huge conglomeration, I believe the people of Newport will be short-changed.
"We are in a position of providing regeneration, jobs and economic growth which will radiate out from the city into the valleys and all this will be stunted if we become subsumed into this bigger local government."
Conservative Shadow Local Government Minister Janet Finch-Saunders responded: "We heard similar rhetoric ahead of Labour's last NHS reorganisation, which led to huge deficits and unprecedented pressure on frontline staff.
"Communities will rightly question whether these figures can be trusted and it's local people who continue to be ignored by Labour."
Liberal Democrat AM Peter Black said Mr Andrews was "trying to stitch this process up to benefit Labour", and called for the Boundary Commission to be given the job of making a "fresh map".
Plaid Cymru's Simon Thomas said Labour's "hotch-potch of different educational consortia, health boards and other bodies" with different boundaries proved it was "not capable of planning strategically for a number of different services".
UKIP Vale of Glamorgan councillor Kevin Mahoney said: "While we are all for a reduction in bureaucracy and fewer politicians, this is an arbitrary figure plucked from thin air by failed minister Leighton Andrews, with absolutely no rationale behind the proposed mergers."
Consultation on Welsh ministers' plans is open until 15 February, with a bill due to be presented to the assembly in the autumn if Labour is still in power after the election.
The 500 pages that make up this draft bill will form part of what Labour hope will be an oven-ready plan to dramatically change councils if political agreement can be reached after the election.
And therein lies the problem. The opposition will describe this as the cart before the horse, particularly as agreement has been so difficult to achieve so far.
Nevertheless, there are details here which will be at the centre of a major election debate.
Under these plans, a new administration will have around six months to formally start the process by introducing the legislation in order to hit the timeline of eight or nine new councils being fully operational by April 2020.
The figures that stand out are annual projected savings of £60 to £90m a year; a reduction in "backroom posts" of between 1,400 and 1,900; and a cut in the number of the existing 1,200 councillors - on a basic salary of £13,000 a year - to between 700 and 900.
Officials say the current 22 councils have senior management teams of between eight and 15. They say the senior management teams of the new eight or nine bodies will be the same size.
These will now be pored over in the coming months.


Burkina Faso has more than 200 radio and TV stations, and at least five national newspapers.

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Radio is the most popular medium. State broadcaster Radiodiffusion Television du Burkina (RTB) competes with dozens of private and community radio stations.
Foreign stations such as the BBC, Voice of America and Radio France Internationale also broadcast freely.
There are a handful of private TV stations and many private publications.
The Ministry of Communication and Culture regulates the media. Reporters Without Borders says the written press is "relatively free" and criticism is tolerated.
Many media outlets, particularly private ones, are often critical of the government, although some also practise self-censorship.
Some journalists are reported to have been threatened or arrested. Inquiries into the 1998 killing of the well-known and respected newspaper journalist Norbert Zongo have yet to bring to book those responsible.
Only 4.4% of the country's population have access to the internet, and most of them access it through a mobile device. Broadband subscription costs more than the average yearly income.


Moves by smartphone and tablet manufacturers to make their devices less damaging to sleep have been praised by a leading doctor.

Prof Paul Gringras had accused tech giants of being irresponsible as their products made large amounts of bright, blue-spectrum light that damages the body's ability to sleep.
Both Apple and Amazon have recently announced plans to tackle the issue.
Prof Gringras said the move was fantastic, if well overdue.
As it gets darker in the evening, the body starts to produce the sleep hormone melatonin.
Wavelengths of light at the blue-green end of the spectrum can stop melatonin being produced, making it harder to nod off.
But Prof Gringras' work, published in Frontiers in Public Health, showed there was a clear trend for each new generation of tablet and smartphone to be bigger, brighter and emit more blue light.
Other studies show being exposed to this light at night is making people take longer to fall asleep, have less deep sleep and be more tired the next morning.
The professor of sleep medicine told the BBC News website: "I think the industry has deliberately avoided passing any comment or even acknowledging the evidence and research until very recently.
"I think industry has been very worried about affecting sales and the use of their devices."
He was contacted by some manufacturers after his work was published and said: "I wonder if it was fear over could anybody sue them?"
Apple has since announced its next iOS update will include a "Night Shift" mode that "may even help you get a good night's sleep".
It will use the time and where you are in the world to alter the colour of the display to remove blue light in the evenings.
Meanwhile Amazon has acknowledged that "evening exposure to blue light from tablets may suppress our bodies' production of melatonin, which can prolong the time it takes to fall asleep, delay REM sleep, and reduce the level of alertness the next morning".
So it is introducing "Blue Shade" to its Fire tablet range.
Prof Gringras, from the Evelina Children's Hospital in London, told the BBC: "I'd like to think we're part of the tipping point.
"This will have a small impact, but on a unbelievably huge number of people, by baking it into the devices it will become part of the way they are used.
"It's an incredibly welcome move, it's fantastic, although it's late it is to be applauded and it will become a natural way for people to use tablets."
Some apps, such as f.lux, are already available on Android.
When the devices are switched into a "sleep-safe" mode then the screen takes on a red-orange hue.
"Of course blue light becomes insignificant when you're setting an alarm at 0200 to see what social media messages have popped up during the night.
"That's a tricky problem and not in the grasp of the manufacturers," Prof Gringras concludes.
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Former Manchester City striker John Guidetti has joined Spanish side Celta Vigo on a five-year deal.

The 23-year-old made only one appearance for City since joining them in 2008 and had been a free agent after his contract expired last month.
The Swede previously had loan spells at Burnley, Feyenoord, Stoke and Celtic, where he won the Scottish Premiership and League Cup double last season.
He helped Sweden win the European Under-21 Championship in June.
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Sam Allardyce will take charge of Crystal Palace for the first time on Boxing Day as their Premier League meeting with Watford kicks off a busy day of action in England.

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"I hope I can bring some joy, particularly over Christmas and New Year," said the new Palace boss.
That match, the first of eight Premier League fixtures, starts at 12:30 GMT.
There is also a full EFL programme, but there are no top-flight fixtures in Scotland.
Former England manager Allardyce was appointed on 23 December - just one day after Alan Pardew was sacked as boss of the Eagles.
The Boxing Day matches mark the start of what is traditionally a very intense period of fixtures - and for some in the Premier League, this year is their first taste of the flurry of festive games.
"This is the first experience for me and my family, to work, to play football at this time of year," said Chelsea boss Antonio Conte.
"It can be, and I hope it will be, a fantastic experience."
The Italian is still hopeful of enjoying something of a family Christmas, saying: "It's not important where you stay, but it's important to stay together with your family."
With his team six points clear at the top of the Premier League, perhaps Conte can afford to indulge himself a little in the joys of the season.
But this is seemingly not the case for another foreign manager new to the league - one for whom the past few weeks have been far from joyous.
Manchester City trail Chelsea by seven points, and boss Pep Guardiola has decided Christmas will have to be cast to one side as his team attempt to make up ground on the leaders.
"We're going to train on Saturday and on the 25th, then get a bus in the afternoon," said the Spaniard, whose team visit Hull City on Boxing Day (17:15).
"We're going to prepare like it's not Christmas."
Chelsea host Bournemouth at 15:00 GMT - the first of three fixtures in 10 days for Conte's side.
Liverpool, another title-chasing side, do not play until 27 December - the start of three games in seven days. The situation is even worse for Southampton, who are not in action until 28 December but then have three matches in just six days.
Arsenal are at home to West Brom on Monday, and boss Arsene Wenger is far from pleased with the schedule.
"It's a bit surprising this year because I don't completely understand the organisation of the fixtures," said the Frenchman.
Wenger has not always seen eye to eye with Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho, but they are in agreement on this.
The Portuguese said: "The busy period is for some clubs, not for everyone. It looks like the fixtures are chosen to give rest for some and to create problems to others."
There will be Premier League matches every day from 26 December to 4 January barring 29 December, when fans will have to make do with Aston Villa v Leeds and Burton at Rotherham in the Championship.
There hasn't been much cheer in recent months for Rotherham and Wigan - the bottom two clubs in the Championship - but one of them might have something to celebrate on Boxing Day.
The two teams meet at the New York Stadium - with the Millers desperate for some good news after picking up just 10 points from 22 games so far.
Leaders Newcastle host Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship's late fixture (19:45 GMT), and a win for the Magpies will take them four points clear of second-placed Brighton, who play QPR on Tuesday.
Earlier on Boxing Day, third-placed Reading host Norwich, who have lost seven of their past nine league matches.
Fellow play-off contenders Huddersfield are at home to Nottingham Forest, while Leeds go to Preston.
What could be more appropriate than Russell Slade making his debut on Boxing Day? Whether or not it will be a 'Merry Xmas' for the 56-year-old probably depends on how his Coventry side, second bottom of League One, fare at Bristol Rovers.
Scunthorpe, top of the third tier on Christmas Day, are away at fourth-placed Bradford in the pick of Monday's League One fixtures.
Second-placed Sheffield United host bottom club Oldham, while third-placed Bolton are at home to lowly Shrewsbury, who have won their past two league matches.
In League Two, leaders Plymouth Argyle host sixth-placed Wycombe, while their nearest promotion challengers - Carlisle and Doncaster - are at Crewe and Notts County respectively.
While the action comes thick and fast in England, it is a different story north of the border.
There were Scottish Premiership fixtures on Friday and Saturday but the Scottish top flight does not resume until Tuesday, when Aberdeen host Hamilton and Kilmarnock travel to Hearts.
Scottish fans desperate for some Boxing Day action can pick from one fixture in each of the Championship, League One and League Two.


A World War One Victoria Cross winner has been honoured at a special ceremony on South Tyneside.

A commemorative paving stone was unveiled in a South Shields street, named after Private Henry Robson.
Pte Robson was born in the town in 1894 and joined the Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment) in 1912.
He was awarded the medal for leaving his trench near Ypres in Belgium on 14 December 1914, under heavy fire, to rescue a wounded officer.
Pte Robson was later given the Freedom of the Borough of South Shields in 1915. He died in Canada in 1964 where he had served as the Sergeant-at-Arms in the Ontario Parliament in Toronto.
The paving stone was unveiled in Robson Close, which is one of a number of streets in South Shields named after local people awarded the Victoria Cross.
The Mayor of South Tyneside, Fay Cunningham, laid a wreath during the ceremony.
Ed Malcolm, chairman of the South Tyneside Council's Armed Forces Forum, said: "This year is a hugely important year for the armed forces, marking the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of The Great War and it is very fitting the selfless act of valour shown by Pte Henry Robson is being commemorated in his birth place."
Serving soldiers from the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland - the successor unit to Pte Robson's old regiment - will also be present.
Military organisations involved in the ceremony also include The Royal Scots Association, The Royal British Legion and the Durham Light Infantry Association.
The stone is part of a national scheme that will see every one of the 628 Victoria Cross recipients of the First World War commemorated.


Jay-Z's digital-only album 4:44 has gone platinum within five days - despite limits on who could access it.

The music was only available on Tidal, the star's own streaming service, and to customers of US mobile firm Sprint.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) platinum certification, which requires more than one million sales, is rare for digital-only albums.
The RIAA only started counting digital streams last year, with 1,500 plays considered equal to one album sale.
4:44 will reportedly be available on Apple Music and iTunes this week.
Sprint was a significant contributor to 4:44's early success, giving away large numbers of the album to its users for free.
The firm is a major shareholder in Tidal, which launched in March 2015.
It is not the first time Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, has partnered with a phone company to generate a sales splash.
His 2013 limited-release album Magna Carta Holy Grail, which was initially only made available to some Samsung users, also went platinum.
On the face of it, this is hugely impressive. In the space of five days, Jay-Z has sold more than one million copies of 4:44 in the US - instantly giving him the sixth biggest-selling album of the year.
His first-week sales are now expected to double those of Kendrick Lamar's Damn! - previously the year's fastest-selling album, shifting 603,000 copies back in April.
But then Variety magazine noticed something odd: The photograph of Jay-Z receiving his platinum award was taken before 4:44 was released.
How could the RIAA be so sure he'd pass the sales barrier? Well, it turns out that Jay-Z had done a deal with mobile company Sprint (a major shareholder in his streaming company Tidal), who gave away copies of the album to their subscribers.
Crucially, they paid for each of those copies, making every "free" album chart-eligible. But the RIAA rules state that the wholesale price of the album only needs to be $2 (£1.55) to register as a sale - so Sprint probably paid Jay-Z less than it would cost to air an advert during the Super Bowl (up to $3.8 million for 30 seconds).
Jay-Z has generated a lot of buzz with the 10-track album, which addresses racial politics and appears to confirm that his mother is "in a same-sex relationship".
On the title track, the star responds to Beyonce's Lemonade album - which appeared to chart a breakdown in her marriage to Jay-Z - and apologises for cheating.
"Look, I apologize, often womanize," he raps. "Took me too long for this song / You mature faster than me, I wasn't ready."
The American rapper has been looking to translate his chart success to his music streaming venture Tidal.
Jay-Z has had 13 solo platinum albums, which his label Roc Nation says is more than any other hip-hop artist.
Last year Tidal said it had three million subscribers but some have questioned the accuracy of those numbers.
Spotify, which now has more than 140 million active monthly users, remains the market leader but has yet to turn a profit.
The number of subscribers paying for its premium service, which does not have advertising, rose by 20 million in 2016 to 48 million.
Apple Music, a key competitor, has doubled its number of subscribers over the last year to 27 million. Unlike Spotify it does not offer a free tier.


Aaron Ramsey scored in stoppage time to break the resolve of Crystal Palace and give title contenders Arsenal a winning start to their league campaign.

Managerless Palace looked set for a point but had forward Jason Puncheon sent off for a second offence in the 89th minute before Ramsey pounced.
The visitors took a shock first-half lead when Brede Hangeland headed in.
The Gunners equalised just before the break when Laurent Koscielny nodded home from Alexis Sanchez's free-kick.
Despite kicking off their Premier League challenge with a win, it was an inauspicious start having barely made Palace keeper Julian Speroni work for his wage.
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Apart from the two goals, the only other time the Palace stopper was called to save his team was when he pushed away Jack Wilshere's drive in the first half.
Credit for keeping Arsenal at bay should be given to Palace caretaker boss Keith Millen. The 47-year-old, originally from down the road in Croydon, was thrust into the hot-seat on Thursday following the shock departure of Tony Pulis.
So having had less than 48 hours to plan Palace's assault on their London rivals, Millen's team did brilliantly to restrict the Gunners for so long.
But their good work came undone in three minutes at the death, when first they were reduced to 10 men when Puncheon went in late on Nacho Monreal, before Ramsey grabbed the winner. The Wales midfielder was quickest to the loose ball after Mathieu Debuchy's snap-shot had been saved.
Wenger might point to the fact he did not have his full squad available for the opening match as a reason for the below-par display - only five of the many who spent their summer in Brazil started today.
One of those absent was Germany's World Cup winning defender Per Mertesacker, who might have made a better attempt of preventing Hangeland from scoring.
The Norway player, who had not scored in the previous three league season for Fulham, was inexplicably left by Sanchez to roam to the near post to meet Puncheon's corner.
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However, just before half-time, the hero at the other end appeared to lose his bearings as Koscielny sneaked clear to connect with Sanchez's lofted free-kick.
It was the only major lapse of concentration from the former Fulham player, who could prove to be a key signing for the Eagles, while Sanchez, who cost Arsenal considerably more, also impressed on his league debut.
The Chile international played the full 90 minutes, but it was only when rested France striker Olivier Giroud was introduced in the second half that the Gunners looked like a team who would break down Palace for a second time.
And in the closing seconds, the club's top scorer last season proved how key he is to the attack when he headed the ball across goal for Debuchy, whose shot was saved, only for team-mate Ramsey to tuck in.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger: "They made it very difficult, they defended very well and took their first opportunity. After that they made it very tight, they were physically very strong and we needed to keep going. Our desire got us through.
"If you look at the results, no home team won, we were the only one so it shows in the first game it is not easy to win.
"The Champions League qualifier is massive game for us next week against Besiktas, we have a short time to recover. Normally the German players would not play in that game. We will have to see on Sunday but only in case of emergency."
Crystal Palace caretaker manager Keith Millen: "I'd like to continue, I enjoy being in charge. Whether it's the right time or not I'll speak to the chairman tomorrow.
"If the chairman felt it was right for me then I would sit down and talk to him about it. I like working at this club.
"The circumstances of last year were that we had a really poor start, winning one in 10 games. There was a lack of Premier League experience at the club. This group of players now have that experience."


Leyton Orient have signed former Millwall defender Shane Lowry on a two-year contract.

The 25-year-old, who can play at left-back or centre-back, made 91 appearances for the Lions, including 23 last season.
Lowry started his career at Aston Villa and has had spells at Sheffield United, Plymouth and Leeds on loan.
Meanwhile, Orient winger Dean Cox, 26, has signed a new deal, keeping him with the O's until June 2017.
Cox is the club's longest-serving player, with 210 appearances and 46 goals in all competitions since signing from Brighton & Hove Albion in 2010.
"I'm very pleased - it was quite an easy process and I'm over the moon to get it sorted," Cox told the club's website.
"There were a couple of other options but I think we've got a really strong unit here and I want to go one better than last year and go up."