Hosts Netherlands got their Women's Euro 2017 campaign off to a successful start with a deserved win over Norway.

Liverpool's Shanice van de Sanden scored the only goal, heading in Lieke Martens' pin-point cross from close range after 66 minutes.
Netherlands could have opened the scoring in the opening 30 seconds, but Ingrid Hjelmseth kept out a shot from Arsenal's Danielle van de Donk.
In the second game in Group A, Denmark defeated Belgium 1-0.
Sanne Troelsgaard headed in the only goal in Doetinchem after Pernille Harder's free-kick was tipped on to the crossbar.
The closest Belgium came to finding the net was through Janice Cayman's flicked effort, but Danish goalkeeper Stina Lykke Petersen did well to push the ball to safety.
Norway come up against Belgium on Thursday in their next group game (17:00 BST kick-off), while Netherlands face Denmark on the same day (19:45 BST kick-off).
The 2013 finalists Norway were second best throughout against a Dutch side helped by a boisterous home following in Utrecht. The crowd of 21,732 at the Stade Galgenwaard was a record for a women's football match in the Netherlands.
Sarina Wiegman's side had plenty of chances, the best of which fell to new Barcelona signing Martens, who forced Hjelmseth into a fine save, while Arsenal's Vivianne Miedema dragged an effort wide.
Chelsea midfielder Maren Mjelde came close with a free-kick for Norway's, their best effort in the encounter.
Striker Ada Hegerberg, the current BBC Women's Footballer of the Year, barely got a kick during the match and was largely kept quiet by the Dutch defence.
The most presentable chance fell to her with a minute remaining, but her deflected strike was easy for Arsenal goalkeeper Sari van Veenendaal.
Netherlands forward Shanice van de Sanden said: "A dream came true today. I played in my home city, I was born two minutes from the stadium and my whole family was in the stands.
"This is the first game so we can enjoy it but we have to calm down and focus on the next game.
"My whole team played really well and it was nice to score the goal in this stadium. We win together but I like to steal the show. With all the people in the stands, everyone in orange, it was amazing.
"The King of Netherlands came to see us in the locker room after and said a few words. That was pretty cool."
Former England and Everton defender Lindsay Johnson:
It is so important for you to get the three points in the first game, but the performance from the Netherlands was fantastic too.
They have shown the rest of the group they are not here just because they are the hosts, they can play too.
With the crowd behind them, it is going to be tough to break them down.
The whole built-up to the goal was fantastic. Lieke Martens looked up and found Shanice van de Sanden, who finished off the cross with a header into the bottom corner.
BBC Sport's Alistair Magowan in Utrecht:
Norway might have a greater pedigree but they were outplayed by a more vigorous and effervescent Netherlands side, who gave the tournament a perfect lift-off in front a record crowd.
The margin of victory appeared slim, and the Dutch should have been out of sight based on the number of chances they created and missed with Arsenal forward Vivianne Miedema most culpable.
But in Lieke Martens and goalscorer Shanice van de Sanden, they have two potential stars of the tournament. On either flank, they simply destroyed the Norwegian defence.
When Van de Sanden broke down in tears at the final whistle, the pressure of performing in an opening game as a host nation was clear to see. They might not be hot favourites but with a buoyant crowd behind them, they can certainly challenge.
Match ends, Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0.
Kika van Es (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Caroline Graham Hansen (Norway).
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Jill Roord replaces Daniëlle van de Donk.
Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women).
Emilie Haavi (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Desiree van Lunteren (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left.
Foul by Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women).
Guro Reiten (Norway) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt blocked. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Stefanie van der Gragt replaces Mandy van den Berg.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sherida Spitse.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Lineth Beerensteyn replaces Shanice van de Sanden.
Substitution, Norway. Guro Reiten replaces Ingrid Schjelderup.
Corner,  Netherlands Women. Conceded by Ingrid Hjelmseth.
Attempt saved. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women).
Maren Mjelde (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Norway. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Goal!  Netherlands Women 1, Norway 0. Shanice van de Sanden (Netherlands Women) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lieke Martens with a cross.
Substitution, Norway. Emilie Haavi replaces Kristine Minde.
Offside, Norway. Kristine Minde tries a through ball, but Caroline Graham Hansen is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Sherida Spitse.
Attempt missed. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Jackie Groenen.
Foul by Kika van Es (Netherlands Women).
Ada Hegerberg (Norway) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Maria Thorisdottir (Norway).
Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ingrid Schjelderup (Norway).
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Shanice van de Sanden with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Netherlands Women. Conceded by Elise Thorsnes.
Substitution, Norway. Ingvild Isaksen replaces Frida Maanum.
Attempt saved. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Desiree van Lunteren.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Lieke Martens with a through ball.
Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Ingrid Moe Wold (Norway).
Attempt blocked. Kristine Minde (Norway) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.


The number of UK students who have applied to study at universities in the Republic of Ireland has risen by 28%, according to preliminary figures.

The Republic's Central Applications Office (CAO) confirmed 2,455 students from the UK have applied so far this year, compared with 1,923 last year.
The increase comes as UK students face tuition fees of up to £9,000 per year at some universities in England.
In the Republic, fees are much lower, at 2,250 euros (£1,810) per year.
That sum is a college registration fee as opposed to a tuition fee and is officially referred to as the "student contribution".
As regards tuition fees, UK students can qualify for the
          Free Fees Initiative
 in Ireland because they are EU citizens, provided that both they and their course meet a number of requirements.
Applicants from Northern Ireland who opt to study in the Republic can do so entirely for free as - in addition to qualifying for free tuition fees as EU citizens - their student contribution fee is paid for by Stormont's Department For Employment and Learning (DEL).
A spokesman for DEL said: "Eligible Northern Ireland domiciled students studying in the Republic of Ireland benefit from special student support arrangements, in that the cost of their registration fee is currently met in full by the department."
He also confirmed that they are eligible to apply through Student Finance NI for a maintenance loan.
The incentive to study in the Republic of Ireland is attractive, as students from Northern Ireland who opt to study at home are facing tuition fees of up to £3,465 per year from September.
According to CAO, there has been a 30% increase in the number of students with addresses in Northern Ireland who have applied to third level institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
The figure is up from 882 in 2011 to 1,148 so far this year.
The special arrangement increases the options for many prospective students from Northern Ireland.
Earlier this month it was revealed that sixth form pupils in the UK who hold Irish passports
          qualify for free university tuition in Scotland
.
The anomaly means that they are counted as EU students, while UK students from outside Scotland who hold British passports have to pay.
A spokeswoman for the Irish Department for Education said it usually worked out much cheaper to study in the Republic than in the UK.
In addition to lower annual fees, Irish colleges have the discretion to waive the 2,250 euros student contribution altogether, in extenuating circumstances.
The spokeswoman pointed out that currently, 41% of students attending Irish universities who are in receipt of some form of means-tested maintanence grant do not pay the student contribution.
In Northern Ireland, students are eligible to apply for a means-tested higher education bursary of up to £2,000 if their gross household income is less than £23,605.
The DEL spokesman confirmed that the bursary is also available to NI students who secure a place at a university in the Republic.
The number of UK applications to Dublin's Trinity College - the Republic of Ireland highest-ranked university - has increased by 18% this year.
A spokewoman for Trinity attributed the additional 259 UK applications directly to tuition fee changes which had "resulted in more students from Northern Ireland and the UK considering Irish universities as an option when making their applications".
The preliminary CAO application figures were collated up to 1 February 2012.
The CAO deals with all full-time applications to universities, colleges and third-level educational institutions in the Republic of Ireland.
A CAO spokeman could not provide a figure on the total number of places available in third level education in Ireland, as this varies on a yearly basis depending on the offers made by institutions.
However he said the CAO processed a total of 45,766 successful applications in 2011.


A 30-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a woman in Downpatrick, County Down.

The victim was critically injured in an attack at a house in Thomas Russell Park in the town last week.
The accused, Michael O'Connor, did not speak throughout the hearing at Belfast Magistrates' Court, but he nodded to confirm he understood the charge.
There was no bail application and he was remanded in custody to appear again by videolink on 29 December.
The court was told Mr O'Connor, of Westrock Grove, Belfast, was arrested on Thursday night on suspicion of attempting to murder the victim, but no details of the attack were revealed.
A detective constable said police could connect him to the charge.
It is understood the woman has been living in the house with her young child for a number of years.


A businesswoman who is being pursued over unpaid wages and tax received financial support from the Welsh Government.

Judie Thomas, who runs Project Wd in Swansea, has been a director at five other companies previously.
Two of these went into liquidation and two were struck off the Companies House register.
The Welsh Government is investigating how Ms Thomas's latest business venture was awarded grant aid.
Ms Thomas, who was previously made bankrupt, was the subject of a BBC Wales Week In Week Out programme in July 2010, which revealed a trail of debt and broken promises following an event she organised and promoted showcasing Welsh designers at London Fashion Week.
Several suppliers for the event told the programme they were owed tens of thousands of pounds by Ms Thomas for goods and services.
A BBC Wales News investigation has since discovered Project Wd, a garment manufacturing firm, was awarded £9,000 from the Welsh Government's ReAct scheme in 2014-15.
ReAct is aimed at getting people who have been made redundant back into work.
Some of those employed by Ms Thomas under the scheme are pursuing legal action for unpaid wages.
The company, of which Ms Thomas is the sole director and beneficiary, has also recruited apprentices through the Welsh Government's skills programme for 16 to 24-year-olds, Jobs Growth Wales.
The Welsh Government reimburses participating companies for the salaries of those recruited through the scheme.
Helena Foundoukis, 24, from Burry Port, Carmarthenshire, who began working as an apprentice sewing machinist at Project Wd in January said she was not paid for three weeks' work.
She said: "I feel very frustrated. I thought it would be an excellent opportunity - too good to be true, in a sense.
"So I was left feeling confused and very angry. I think the Welsh Government should perhaps have been more cautious with granting her apprentices."
It is understood the Welsh Government has recently settled Ms Foundoukis's unpaid salary of £650.
Former employee, Theresa Jones, has claimed a tax rebate of £351 was deducted from her salary by Ms Thomas - something she has reported to HM Revenue and Customs.
Ms Jones, a seamstress from Ammanford, has begun legal proceedings to recover the rebate and unpaid wages, totalling £1,037.
BBC Wales has discovered Ms Thomas has county court judgements outstanding against her former companies as well as six judgements totalling £11,500 against Project Wd.
The oldest CCJ against Project Wd dates back to April 2014 and was not in place when Welsh Government support was awarded.
However, questions have been raised about whether the proper checks and balances were carried out in view of the "red flags" evident in Ms Thomas's business background.
Chris Price, director of Marton Civil Engineering, Abercynon, said he had pursued a debt of nearly £33,000 for work his company was sub-contracted to do in 2014 for another of Ms Thomas' firm's A&J Thomas Holdings Ltd, which went into liquidation in January 2015.
Mr Price expressed surprise the Welsh Government had provided financial support to Ms Thomas in view of her track record in business.
"It doesn't take a lot of digging… previous companies have gone through, been wound up, there was a documentary on her previous business dealings, so I think a bit more due diligence would have been good," he said.
The Insolvency Service confirmed A&J Thomas Holdings was put into liquidation at the request of HMRC in early 2015, with Marton Civil Engineering among its creditors.
BBC Wales understands HMRC is pursuing a debt of between £65,000 and £95,000.
The Welsh Government confirmed Project Wd was awarded ReAct funding in 2014-15, but said nothing had been paid out to the company in respect of three separate Jobs Growth Wales positions advertised since 2015.
A spokesman said companies applying for support through either scheme were subject to financial checks "for at least the previous 12 months."
He added: "We are in the process of investigating this case and it would be inappropriate to comment further while this is ongoing.
"It's important to note that both programmes require evidence of wages paid before any funding is released to the company."
HMRC said it could not confirm or deny ongoing investigations.
BBC Wales has tried several times to ask Ms Thomas about these matters but she has repeatedly failed to answer any questions.


A Carmarthenshire sheep rustler has been convicted after police used DNA testing on lambs for the first time in Wales.

Fifty sheep were stolen from a farm in Ammanford and the farmer spotted a flock two weeks later at a livestock market in Llanybydder.
After the ewes gave birth, paternity tests revealed they were the offspring of the farmer's rams.
Andrew Thomas, 39, of Garnant admitted handling the stolen sheep.
He will be sentenced at Swansea Crown Court this month.
Dyfed-Powys Police said this was the first time DNA evidence has been used in a case of this type in Wales, and only the third time across Wales and England.
Insp Matthew Howells said: "Traditionally, sheep rustling cases are very difficult to detect and prosecute, with this case being no exception.
"Although we were unable to prove who stole the sheep, we were able to use forensic techniques usually reserved for humans to help prove that the sheep were in fact the stolen ones."


When war or natural disaster causes havoc around the world and millions of people are displaced or rendered homeless, communications and power infrastructures are often damaged or non-existent.

Yet people are desperate to let their loved ones know they're safe and to find out what's going on.
"The first questions people always ask when they arrive at a refugee camp are 'Where can I charge my phone?' and 'Is there wi-fi?'," says John Warnes, innovation specialist at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
"These often seem to be more important to people than food and water."
Administering food, shelter and medical aid is made even harder for aid agencies and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) without proper communications.
So some technology companies have been innovating to find ways of meeting these challenges.
For example, Croatian firm MeshPoint has designed a highly-portable rugged, all-weather wi-fi and 4G mobile device that can connect up to 150 people to the internet at the same time. It contains a built-in battery to enable quick set-up in the most inhospitable conditions.
The unit can be used on its own to create a local internet hotspot, or linked to others to form a network for use over a wider area.
What started out as a battery-powered modem and wi-fi router in a backpack to provide connectivity to refugees in east Croatia, has developed into a potential business, says Valent Turkovic, one of MeshPoint's co-founders, speaking at the Techfugees conference in London.
He says the firm is trying to raise investment on crowdfunding site, Indiegogo, and envisages the units selling for around â‚¬400 (Â£287) each.
Telecoms companies have been engaging in larger-scale communications projects in disaster areas around the world, but are also realising the benefits of more portable solutions.
For example, Vodafone Foundation, the telecom giant's charitable arm, has developed "instant network mini", an 11kg backpack containing a 2G mobile network that can offer a coverage radius of up to 1,000 yards (1km), a six-hour battery and a small solar panel.
It says aid workers or locals can have it up and running within 10 minutes.
"We realised that mobile telecoms tech can play a crucial role in disaster situations to reconnect people with their families," Oisin Walton, Vodafone Foundation's instant network programme manager, tells the BBC.
"It's also important for aid agencies trying to co-ordinate their efforts."
Earlier this year, the instant network mini kit was deployed in the Kathmandu valley, Nepal, to help restore communications following the devastating earthquake there. And larger versions of its instant network kits have been used in South Sudan and the Philippines.
The smartphone has certainly given people more mobile functionality but at the expense of battery life, so providing energy stations where displaced people can recharge their phones is also becoming increasingly important, Mr Walton argues.
"The old Nokia phones would last for days, but smartphones use more power and don't last as long," he says.
The Foundation has developed charging blocks that can be screwed on to makeshift tables. They feature 20 USB ports for phone cables, can be linked in groups of three, and are recharged using generators or solar panels.
Once you've established a viable local communications network, dissemination of crucial information is key for refugees, disaster victims and aid agencies alike.
But there's often a lot of confusion in crisis situations and duplication of effort because information isn't shared properly, field workers say.
So a number of organisations, from Google to Medecins du Monde, are working on apps that can act as single information points, connecting doctors in developed countries with health workers in the field, for example, or NGOs with other aid agencies, so each can know what the other is providing.
And all this data from mobiles is proving valuable, too.
Swedish non-profit organisation Flowminder uses anonymised data from mobile operators to track the movements of populations - or their mobile phones - in disaster situations.
This can help governments and aid agencies understand people's behaviour and give them a better idea of where to channel resources.
"Based on their usual activity, we can see what areas phones belong in. Then, in a disaster scenario, we can see how many phones which belong in district A have moved to district B, for example," explains Flowminder chief executive, Linus Bengtsson.
There is no other reliable way of gauging where people are located or moving to, he says. And using historical data can also help predict future movements - and the likely spread of a disease, he maintains.
This kind of analysis has been used during the recent ebola crisis in west Africa and after the Haiti earthquake in 2010.
"Assuming mobiles are being used by infected people, we can predict where people, and the disease, will go," says Mr Bengtsson. "There could be the potential to stem the spread of infectious diseases in the early stages."
Greater co-operation between mobile operators is also key to improving communications in crisis situations, believes the GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association for the mobile industry.
"Since 2012, the GSMA has been working with our mobile operator members on improving resilience and capacity to respond to humanitarian crises, recognising the critical role that mobile communication plays for those affected by these crises," says Kyla Reid, head of disaster response at the GSMA's mobile for development unit.
"What is most important is that efforts are coordinated and the partnerships necessary to deliver them are structured ahead of time, so that when disaster strikes, the potential of mobile technology can be maximised," she says.
This year the GSMA launched the Humanitarian Connectivity Charter, which unites mobile operators around shared principles of preparedness, co-ordination and co-operation.
While technology alone cannot prevent the suffering that inevitably follows natural and man-made disasters, its better use can at least improve the response of governments, aid agencies and NGOs.
And give some autonomy back to people who've been dispossessed of almost everything else.
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The UK unemployment rate fell to a seven-year low of 5.4% in the three months to August, figures have shown.

It was the lowest jobless rate since the second quarter of 2008, the Office for National Statistics said.
The number of people out of work was 1.77 million between June and August, down 79,000 from the previous quarter.
The number in work rose by 140,000, bringing the employment rate to 73.6% - the highest rate since records began in 1971.
Some 22.77 million people were working full-time in the three months to August, up 291,000 compared with the same period last year.
The number working part-time rose 68,000 to 8.35 million.
In the three months to August, workers' total earnings, including bonuses, were up 3% from a year earlier - slightly less than expected.
Excluding bonuses, growth in average weekly earnings slowed slightly to 2.8%.
Rising pay is a factor used by the Bank of England in considering when to start raising interest rates.
Wage growth remains weaker than before the financial crisis, but has gathered pace faster than the Bank predicted earlier this year.
However, consumer price inflation in the year to September turned negative once more, according to figures released on Tuesday.
Ruth Miller, UK economist at Capital Economics, said: "There does not seem much need for the MPC to panic about wage growth yet. A [rate] rise before the second quarter of 2016 still seems unlikely in our view."
The CBI said higher productivity "must go hand in hand" with wages growth.
John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC, said the strong employment figures contrasted with less robust data for retail sales, manufacturing and construction for July and August.
"We'll probably see some slowdown in overall GDP growth in the third quarter, reflecting more uncertain global conditions, but the health of the jobs market continues to underpin the domestic economic recovery," he said.
There was a 4,600 rise in the number claiming jobless benefits to 796,200 in September. However the move to universal credit has made this number more difficult to estimate and, as a result, it has lost is designation as a national statistic.
It looks like the basic state pension will go up by about Â£3.35 a week from next April.
The increase is calculated according the government's triple lock guarantee, which lays down that the pension will be increased by the highest of inflation, earnings or 2.5%.
Wednesday's labour market figures confirm that earnings will give the highest number: on average they rose 2.9% in the reference period, the year to July.
So if George Osborne sticks to the formula, the weekly payment for a pensioner with a full National Insurance record will rise from the current Â£115.95 a week to Â£119.30. Means-tested Pension Credit is expected to go up by the same percentage.
Does it mean that pensioners continue to do better under austerity than younger families?
Benefits will not be rising at all next year, so it may look like senior citizens are escaping the squeeze.
On the other hand, the Additional State Pension, also known as State Second Pension or SERPS, will not be increased, nor will Public Service Pensions for teachers, nurses and other state employees.


A council contractor was asked to clear blocked drains ahead of a landslide that buried a woman in her bed, an inquest was told.

Susan Norman, 68, died in March 2013 when mud poured into her flat in Looe, Cornwall, during torrential rain.
Looe mayor Armand Toms said Cormac - which carries out work on behalf of Cornwall Council - was offered Â£600 to clear drains in St Martins Road.
He told Truro Magistrates' Court the offer was never taken up.
More on the landslide inquest and other news from Cornwall
Mr Toms sent a confidential email to the head of Cormac which said there were three drains "blocked solid" in St Martins Road which the highways manager "had not done anything about".
Mrs Norman lived in the ground-floor flat of a house split into three apartments.
She died after a retaining wall and rock slope that stretched up to St Martins Road collapsed.
Neighbour Dwayne Brown previously told the inquest he had to clamber over a torrent of mud and water to escape his home.
In the weeks before the landslide, the court heard a bulge had formed in the wall behind the house and builders had been commissioned to repair the property.
The inquest is expected to last until 25 November.


Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenager was raped in a lane in Paisley town centre.

The 18-year-old woman was seen with a man in the grass area at Meetinghouse Lane on Thursday between 19:00 and 19:50. She was attacked by the man.
Officers have reviewed CCTV images of the area at that time.
They are keen to speak to two women in their 20s who were talking to each other outside the entrance to the walled area around 19:40.
Det Insp David Wagstaff appealed for witnesses and said his officers were following a definite line of inquiry.
He added: "We are still viewing CCTV and are keen to speak to two women aged in their twenties who were seen talking to each other outside the entrance to the walled area around 19:40.
"It is vital that these women contact police at Paisley immediately as they may hold vital information that could assist our investigation."


Dementia patients at a new care home in North East Lincolnshire can visit their own street scene created to help trigger memories from the past.

Reminiscence therapy is often used to help people with dementia who have trouble with short-term memory but whose long-term memory is unaffected.
Lindsey Hall Care Home, on Clee Road, Cleethorpes, is equipped with a bowling green, shopping arcade and hair salon.
The shop windows display original products from the 1960s.
This will help the residents to reminisce with staff and family, while visiting the working cafe, hairdresser, charity shop, mini cinema and pub.
The 78-bedroom home has been created on the former Lindsey Lower School site.
Operations director Jonathan Garton said of the street area: "It is not only for reminiscence, but the residents feel they are able to go out into the community in a way that they wouldn't normally be able to.
"It's the same for families, they can take their loved ones out in a way that they may have used to do.
"Now, rather than sit with them in the lounge, they can take them to the tea room, the pub or even the cinema."


A Sinn Féin election candidate has said he has had three death threats within 24 hours.

Mickey Brady said police officers told him on Monday that a threat had been made against him.
A second threat was later made in a phone call on Tuesday morning. Then, there was a bomb alert at his home but nothing was found.
Mr Brady, who is a candidate for Newry and Armagh in the general election, said he would not be intimidated.
He described the bomb alert at his home as a "terrifying experience for my neighbours".
"Those responsible for this latest threat obviously did not get the message that I will not be deterred from working for the community and carrying out my duties as a Sinn Féin representative," he said.
"I have been heartened by the support I have received from across the constituency and will continue to campaign to retain the Newry and Armagh seat for Sinn Féin and represent everyone equally."
Later, Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson tweeted:  "4 bomb warning calls claiming a devise at my home. My family will not be intimated - all caring 4 our 90 year old mother with Alzheimers."
Sinn Féin MLA Raymond McCartney also said a series of threats and bomb warnings had been made against Sinn Féin offices in Londonderry and the homes of elected representatives.
He said: "It is an attempt by negative elements to disrupt what has been a positive election campaign, highlighting all that is positive in the city."
The police said checks had been carried out at two houses in Derry, but nothing untoward was found.
The developments come after the home of his Sinn Féin colleague, Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness, was attacked with paint in Londonderry.
Mr Brady is standing for election in Newry and Armagh. The other candidates are Danny Kennedy, UUP;  Justin McNulty, SDLP; Kate Nicholl, Alliance and Robert Rigby, Conservative.


Channel 4 has been named channel of the year at the Edinburgh International Television festival.

The network has had a string of hits over the last 12 months, with programmes including Gogglebox, First Dates, Catastrophe and Humans.
Adele's Nicki Minaj rap on Carpool Karaoke - the popular feature on The Late Late Show with James Corden - won TV moment of the year.
BBC One comedy Peter Kay's Car Share won new programme of the year.
Channel 4's chief creative officer Jay Hunt said: "It's a huge thrill for everyone for the channel to win this prestigious award for the second time in three years.
"It's a tribute to the superlative work of brilliant independent producers working with our talented commissioning team."
British television writer and playwright Sally Wainwright, whose credits include Happy Valley, won the outstanding achievement award.
BBC Three documentary Reggie Yates's Extreme Russia, which was broadcast before the channel moved online, won factual programme of the year.
The Last Panthers, a collaboration between Sky, Sundance TV and French channel Canal+ was crowned best international co-production.
The show was written by Jack Thorne, who also wrote Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which is currently playing in London's West End.
American crime drama The People vs OJ Simpson, which was broadcast on BBC Two in the UK, won the programme choice award.
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Russian Sergey Kovalev dominated 49-year-old Bernard Hopkins from the opening bell to win their light-heavyweight unification match.

The unanimous decision gave the 31-year-old the IBF and WBA belts to go with his own WBO title.
Kovalev, who knocked down Hopkins in the first round,  had winning scores of 120-107 from two judges and 120-106 from the third.
The defeat in Atlantic City could signal the end of Hopkins's career.
It was the first time that Kovalev had been past the eighth round in his professional career but he shone in the 12th, sending the American against the ropes and landing 38 punches, the most ever against Hopkins in 41 fights analysed by CompuBox.
"I wanted to show fans that I know how to box and I did," Kovalev said. "I tried to go for the knockout in the 12th round. He has great defence. He's the best boxer in my division."
But the Russian now feels the time is right for Hopkins to hang up his gloves.
"He was a really tough opponent," he added. "He is very good at keeping distance. I really respect him for the fight but he needs to stop his career, I think, because he's already done a lot in the boxing world and he needs to give an opportunity to younger fighters to be champions. I'm next."
However, boxing legend Oscar De La Hoya, 41, who was the last man to be knocked out by Hopkins in September 2004, insists that the American will fight again.
Hopkins is a minority partner with De La Hoya in Golden Boy Promotions, and the world champion at six different weights believes Hopkins has options in a lower weight class.
"I give him a lot of respect," said Hopkins of his opponent after the fight. "We both would fight anyone and that's how we ended up here tonight. That's what brought us together. That's what the people want to see, one title, one belt, one champion.
"When he got hit with some of my shots he would step back. But he used his reach and his distance and that was the key to his victory. He has very good mechanics and patience. It was smart that he stayed patient. He had a really good game plan. I will give him that."


New images have been released showing how much six wolf pups born at the Highland Wildlife Park at Kincraig, near Aviemore, have grown.

The pups were born on 3 June and are being raised by their parents Ruby and Jax.
It is the latest litter of European wolves, a subspecies of the grey wolf, to be raised at the park.
Previously, pups were born there in 2013 and Ruby was born at the site in 2012.
Ruby's siblings went on to join other collections as part of a European wolf management programme in the UK.
The latest pups, which are four females and two males, have been named Fearn, Eadha, Rose, Cora, Darach and Simon.
A series of photographs of the pups were first released by the park in July.
In the wild, European wolves are found throughout Scandinavia. Some are also found in southern and eastern Europe and western Russia.
Wolves were hunted to extinction in Scotland in the 1740s.


President Donald Trump has accused his predecessor Barack Obama of inaction over alleged Russian interference in the US election in 2016.

Mr Trump said Mr Obama had learned well before the 8 November poll about the accusations and "did nothing".
His comments followed an article in the Washington Post which said that Mr Obama learned last August of President Vladimir Putin's "direct involvement".
The alleged meddling is the subject of high-level investigations in the US.
President Putin has repeatedly denied any Russian interference into the presidential election.
The Washington Post article says Mr Obama was told early last August by sources deep within the Russian government that Mr Putin was directly involved in a cyber campaign to disrupt the election, injure Hillary Clinton and aid a Trump victory.
The Post said Mr Obama secretly debated dozens of options to punish Russia but in the end settled on what it called symbolic measures - the expulsion of 35 diplomats and closure of two Russian compounds. They came in late December, well after the election.
The Post reported that Mr Obama was concerned he might himself be seen as trying to manipulate the election.
The paper quoted a former administration official as saying: "From national security people there was a sense of immediate introspection, of, 'Wow, did we mishandle this'."
Measures Mr Obama had considered but which were not put into action included planting cyber weapons in the Russian infrastructure and releasing information personally damaging to Mr Putin.
Imagine, for a moment, that you're Barack Obama in August 2016. You've just been informed by the CIA that Vladimir Putin has ordered a wide-ranging effort to disrupt the US presidential election.
What do you do? Mr Obama responded in typical fashion - cautiously. He alerted state officials, warned Russia and attempted (unsuccessfully) to fashion a bipartisan response with Republicans in Congress.
Now the second-guessing has begun. Some Democrats are saying the Obama team should have gone public with such a startling discovery before election day. The president feared such a move would prompt the Republican nominee to accuse him of meddling and undermine faith in the electoral process. He believed Mrs Clinton was going to win anyway, so it was best not to rock the boat.
Mr Trump himself is now questioning why Mr Obama didn't do more - a curious position given that he recently described the Russia hacking story as a Democratic "hoax".
These latest revelations add yet another wrinkle to a 2016 campaign that will be hashed and rehashed for the foreseeable future. The most pressing question now, however, is not what Mr Obama did. It's what the US government does next.
Mr Trump tweeted on Friday: "The Obama Administration knew far in advance of November 8th about election meddling by Russia. Did nothing about it. WHY?"
He followed that up with two more tweets on Saturday, the second saying: "Obama Administration official said they "choked" when it came to acting on Russian meddling of election. They didn't want to hurt Hillary?"
He repeats the argument in an interview with Fox News, which will air on Sunday.
"If he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? He should have done something about it. But you don't read that. It's quite sad."
Allegations of collusion between the Trump team and Russian officials during the election have dogged the president's first five months in office.
He has repeatedly denied the allegations, calling the investigations a "witch hunt".
US investigators are looking into whether Russian cyber hackers targeted US electoral systems to help Mr Trump win.
US media say special counsel Robert Mueller is also investigating Mr Trump for possible obstruction of justice over the Russia inquiries.
They involve the president's firing of FBI chief James Comey, who led one of the inquiries, and Mr Trump's alleged attempt to end a probe into sacked national security adviser Michael Flynn.


Barnet have made Tom Champion, Ben Tomlinson, Shaun Batt and Mauro Vilhete available on free transfers.

Champion, 29, has made 30 appearances this season and been captain, but has been told his future lies elsewhere.
Tomlinson, 26, spent much of the season out on loan, while former Peterborough striker Batt, 29, has not been a first-team regular.
Neither has 22-year-old wide-man Vilhete, who spent part of the campaign on loan at Boreham Wood.
Vilhete scored both goals in the 2-0 win against Gateshead which clinched Barnet's promotion back to the Football League last year.
"Mauro Vilhete is always going to be a legend at this football club for scoring those goals," manager Martin Allen told the Bees' website.
"So it's with a heavy heart that I feel that Mauro needs to go out and play more first-team football. He's a terrific lad that is very popular, and it's a sad decision that I've got to make.
"Tom Champion has done really well for us through this season. But I just feel that we need to make some changes this summer.
"He's a great captain and a great person to have around the place. I really like him, but I do need to try to move the whole thing forward.
"Ben has also been made available for a free transfer to find himself a new club, get playing, and get goals under his belt. I know he can do it.
"I've also spoken to Shaun Batt. He is an absolute diamond of a bloke - you couldn't wish to meet a better person than Shaun Batt. He's great in the dressing room and he has been fantastic in training. I think he needs someone to give him a break."


The editors of 16 medical journals have retracted "unethical" studies by an influential German anaesthetist.

Joachim Boldt carried out research into colloids, drugs used in surgery to boost fluid levels in the body.
But he did not get the necessary approval for 89 studies. He has been suspended, and is now being investigated for research fraud.
However, a UK expert said patients should not worry, as the work was not fundamental to how colloids are used.
Dr Boldt worked as chief anaesthetist at the Klinikum Ludwigshafen hospital in Rhineland.
In an open letter, published this week, the editors of the journals, including Anaesthesia and the British Journal of Anaesthesia, said 89 of 102 studies published by him were not found to have approval from an institutional review board (IRB) in Germany.
The retraction of the articles "means the research was unethical, and that IRB approval for the research was misrepresented in the published article," the letter said.
But it added: "It does not mean the research results per se are fraudulent."
The hospital where Dr Boldt worked is now checking the research against patient and laboratory records.
Any findings of "data fabrication, falsification, or misrepresentation" will then be communicated to readers, the letter said.
Eleven of the articles were published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.
The journal's editor, Professor Charles Reilly, said all 11 of Dr Boldt's studies published in the BJA claimed to have ethics approval but that later emerged not to be true.
Dr Boldt's work was used to inform British guidelines on intravenous fluid use.
References to his work are being removed.
But Dr Rupert Pearse, senior lecturer and consultant in intensive care medicine at Barts &The London Medical School, who helped put together the guidelines, said the general message about the use of colloids - including the risks and benefits to be considered for individual patients - would not change.
He added: "The most important point is that there are no immediate safety concerns for patients because these studies are small and they are not fundamental to how doctors use intravenous fluid in clinical practice."
He told the BBC that Dr Boldt's findings were in line with the work of other researchers which was not being questioned, so the approach to using colloids would remain the same.
But he added: "The wider issue is research fraud, which is rare but very serious.
"It's vital that we maintain patient safety and public confidence.
"And as doctors, we must continue our efforts to ensure the integrity of our research."
It was not possible to contact Dr Boldt.


Wigan wingers Joe Burgess and Lewis Tierney will miss four to six weeks respectively after picking up ankle and knee injuries in last week's 20-0 Super League win against Leigh.

Burgess, 22, was withdrawn after half an hour, while Tierney, also 22, was brought off at half-time.
Prop Ryan Sutton, 21, is also expected to miss a "few weeks" with an eye injury picked up in the same game.
All three players were assessed in hospital after the game.
"We've got a few missing," coach Shaun Wane told BBC Radio Manchester. "None of the lads are long-term, they're all four-to-six weeks.
"The good thing is we've got a few good kids coming in."
The loss of Burgess and Tierney is compounded by the long-term absence of fellow winger Dominic Manfredi, who suffered a cruciate ligament injury in August 2016 and is yet to return for Shaun Wane's side.


Martin McDonagh, whose films include In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths, is to return to theatre with his first UK play for more than 10 years.

Hangmen tells the story of "the second-best hangman in England" on the day in 1965 when hanging is abolished.
Directed by Matthew Dunster, it opens at London's Royal Court in September as part of the theatre's autumn season.
"We were very lucky to get Martin McDonagh," said artistic director Vicky Featherstone.
"Hangmen is deliriously horrendous, dark and funny. Martin is on brilliant form. I can't wait to unleash it on an audience."
McDonagh's theatre work includes The Beauty Queen of Leenane, The Cripple of Inishmaan, The Lieutenant of Inishmore and The Pillowman.
He won an Oscar for best live action short Six Shooter while In Bruges won him a Bafta for best original screenplay.
Hangmen opens at the Royal Court less than two months after Debbie Tucker Green's Hang, another play about capital punishment, which Featherstone puts down to "total coincidence".
"I never expected to do one play about hanging, and now I've programmed two," she told the BBC. "They both deal with the issue in completely different ways."
Other plays in the Royal Court autumn season include Linda, Penelope Skinner's new play about a 55-year-old woman "in the vicious world of the beauty industry"; and Nicola Wilson's Plaques and Tangles, about a woman with early onset Alzheimer's.
A play about two sisters fleeing North Korea, You For Me For You, by the Korean-American playwright Mia Chung, will also have its UK premiere in December; while Cordelia Lynn makes her Royal Court debut with Lela and Co, a play about sex trafficking.
Featherstone said the plays in the season were the "very best in fearless and excoriating writing for theatre".
Casting news will be announced at the end of the week.


Cooling chemicals that play a key role in refrigeration and air conditioning are likely to be rapidly phased out if delegates can reach agreement in Rwanda this week.

Around 150 countries are meeting in Kigali to try and agree a speedy ban on hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases.
HFCs were introduced to limit damage to the ozone layer, but cause much greater levels of global warming than CO2.
However nations are divided over the speed and timing of any phase-out.
Concern over a growing hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica saw the Montreal Protocol agreed back in 1987.
The key aim was the removal of gases called chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) which scientists had determined were causing the destruction of ozone, which protects people and animals from the dangerous impacts of ultraviolet radiation.
Found in hairsprays, refrigeration and air conditioning, CFCs were ultimately replaced by factory-made hydrofluorocarbons, which essentially do the same job but without the damage to the Earth's protective layer.
The substitution worked. Earlier this year, scientists said that the ozone hole is showing "the first fingerprints of healing."
There has been just one unfortunate side effect caused by the solution.
HFCs are several thousand times better at retaining heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. HFCs have helped the ozone layer, but exacerbated global warming.
As well as being destructive, they are also the fastest growing greenhouse gases - increasing demand for air conditioning in emerging economies has seen the use of HFCs up by 10-15% per year.
Scientists, through the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), have warned about the warming dangers of HFCs.
Unusually, governments took heed and have sought an international approach to phase out all these chemicals.
This move has been given added urgency in the wake of the Paris climate agreement, which aims to keep temperature rises this century well below 2C and as close as possible to 1.5C.
The scale of HFC growth is adding greater urgency say experts. After a year of negotiations, an amendment to the Montreal Protocol to phase out these chemicals is expected to be agreed at this meeting in Kigali.
"It's a big piece, these are the fastest growing greenhouse gases right now, although they are still a small percentage," said Durwood Zaelke, from the Institute for Government and Sustainable Development (IGSD).
"But an amendment could bend the curve down quickly and take out 100 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent by mid century, and by the end of the century you'll avoid up to half a degree of warming."
There are dozens of replacement gases emerging including natural alternatives like ammonia, hydrocarbons and ironically, CO2. Refrigerators based on these coolants are already available in some developed countries.
A new generation of short-lived refrigerant chemicals called Hydrofluoroolefins (HFOs) are also coming on stream.
However countries meeting here in Kigali are divided over the speed at which existing HFCs should be phased out.
Around 100 nations including the US, EU, African and island states are pushing for a peak in their use by 2021. India, a large manufacturer of the gases, favours a much later date of 2031.
"The Montreal Protocol has a good track record of getting things done quickly and efficiently," said Gaby Drinkwater from Christian Aid.
"We would hope that there would be an ambitious baseline and an early freeze date for all parties concerned. The earlier the freeze date the better for the planet."
There is a lot to play for. An early peak means a far greater impact on temperatures  - but it will cost a lot more in funding to help poorer nations adapt. The hope is that by having an early phase down, emerging economies will not take intermediate steps but go for the most advanced and sustainable options.
Unusually, industry and environmental campaigners are fairly well aligned on the need for an early phase out. Governments and private donors are willing to step into the breach and last month offered $80m to speed the transition.
There is also a hope that newer coolants will also spark more efficient cooling devices.
"If you increase the efficiency of your room air conditioner, you can double the climate benefits of HFC phase down," said Durwood Zaelke.
"So private funders have said this is a very good opportunity, and they have put together a fund that is designed to be a bridge to greater sources of funding."
Ministers arrive in Rwanda on Thursday to lead the negotiations to a conclusion. There is still much detail to be agreed. However, in the light of the imminent ratification of the Paris agreement, and a new deal on aviation emissions, there is added pressure for the Kigali talks to succeed.
"A meeting like this has its ups and downs, we will go through that cycle," said Durwood Zaelke.
"We just want to land on the up, that's the key."
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Ghana captain Asamoah Gyan has completed a switch to United Arab Emirates side Al Ahli on a season-long loan from China's Shanghai SIPG.

The 30-year-old striker's move came after a proposed move to English Championship club Reading fell through.
Reading confirmed to BBC Radio Berkshire that Gyan would not be joining the club, but would not comment on reports of him failing a medical.
Gyan returns to the Gulf nation having previously played for Al Ain.


Welsh 110m hurdler David Omoregie hopes to seal his World Championships place at the British team trials in Birmingham on Sunday, 2 July.

The 21-year-old has the qualification time for the World Championships in London (August 4-13).
But Omoregie needs to finish in the top two at the Alexander Stadium to rubber-stamp his selection.
"It's about making sure I finish in the top two and guarantee selection," said Omoregie.
Andrew Pozzi and David King also have the qualification times, so Omoregie knows the competition for places will be fierce.
"I am in a good place having run the times and know I just need to focus on the result and confirm my selection," Omoregie added.
There is a third discretionary place available for the selectors but Omoregie does not want to rely on that.
The Cardiff hurdler missed out on Olympics selection last summer having run the qualification standards too late.
"Since missing out on Rio, my mind has been 100 per cent focused on London through the winter," said Omoregie.
"I don't know how many more times I will be able to compete in a world event in my own country.
"So I just want to get on the team and ensure I make the most of the experience."
Welsh duo Josh Griffiths (marathon) and Bethan Davies (20km walk) have already booked their World Championship places in London.
There was a second place finish for Gareth Winter in the shot putt on the opening day of competition in Birmingham on Saturday.
Discus thrower Brett Morse, Commonwealth Games silver medal pole vaulter Sally Peake and 3,000m steeplechaser Ieuan Thomas all finished third in their events.


Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, 31, is one of the youngest monarchs in the world.

But despite his relative youth, the Bhutanese king was not thrown in at the deep end when he came to the throne in November 2008.
His father Jigme Singye Wangchuck - who himself acceded to the throne when aged only 16 - took great pains to ensure that his son was prepared to take over before his abdication in December 2006.
The young king had a difficult act to follow. His father won international acclaim for his role in turning Bhutan into a constitutional monarchy while his emphasis on gross national happiness - the idea that spiritual and mental well-being are more important than material prosperity - made him the darling of development groups the world over.
As crown prince Jigme Khesar was educated in India and the US before attending Oxford University to read politics and international relations.
After graduating, the future monarch was encouraged by his father to travel abroad and represent his country of 700,000 people.
King Jigme Khesar is the fifth in a line of hereditary rulers who have reigned in Bhutan for the  last 100 years.
Monarchs in Bhutan have always been revered - unlike in neighbouring Nepal where the king was unceremoniously deposed in 2008.
The new king in Bhutan did not have to try too hard to win over his people.
That is because most people in the kingdom were and remain staunch royalists. Some openly wept when they heard news of his father's plans to curb the powers of the monarchy.
Emotions ran similarly high when King Jigme Khesar married a commoner in October 2011.
Prime Minister Jigmi Thinley described him then as "the ultimate anchor" of the country, while opposition leader Tshering Tobgay said that the wedding "ensured the continuity of the monarchy" and "strengthened" the country's democracy.
Prior to his marriage the king's boyish good looks not only created a stir among numerous female fans but also won rave reviews in his home country, where his "diplomacy, charm and diplomatic finesse" was praised extensively in the press.
He and his wife Jetsun Pema are reported to share a passion for art.
Jigme Khesar is the oldest son of Jigme Singye and his third wife, Ashi Tshering Yangdon.
He has a younger sister and brother as well as four half-sisters and three half-brothers by his father's other three wives - all of his father's wives are sisters.
The young king began his reign without being officially crowned but was nevertheless confronted by a series of challenges that would have taxed the wisest of monarchs.
Prominent among them was overseeing the final stages of democratisation in his country before the elections of March 2008.
Like his father, the new king stressed that it was critically important that his country complete the process of becoming a constitutional monarchy despite the reluctance of many of his subjects to see any diminution of the monarch's powers.
He travelled extensively around the country encouraging people to take part in the vote - in which both main parties competed for power on similar manifestos, utterly loyal to their king.
"Even though in terms of governance we are now a democracy, there is no elected individual who will enjoy the kind of respect, trust, confidence and reverence our kings enjoy," the prime minister said in 2008.
Perhaps the most high-profile challenge for the government in recent years has been the plight of thousands of ethnic Nepalese, who used to live in Bhutan but who say they were forced to take refuge in camps in Nepal in the 1990s.
Their status is still in dispute even though many have with the help of international agencies emigrated to the US, Canada and Australia.
Since coming to the throne the new king has been careful to ensure that his government has not upset Bhutan's larger neighbour, India, which is known to be concerned about what it says is the presence of Assamese rebels in the south of the kingdom.
Jigme Khesar signed a new treaty of friendship with India in February 2007, replacing a 1949 treaty. Delhi retains a strong influence over Bhutan's foreign policy.
Above all, the new king has ensured that the Bhutanese monarchy does not suffer the same fate as the royal family in Nepal.
The forward thinking of his father in scaling back the monarchy - and the popularity which has been lavished on his son - make that prospect unlikely.


Great Britain enjoyed their most successful day at an Olympics in 104 years by winning six gold medals on day eight of the London Games.

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I am so shocked I can't believe it. I'm going to savour the moment.
Jessica Ennis, Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah capped a historic day - the best ever for GB athletics - by winning the heptathlon, long jump and 10,000m in front of 80,000 jubilant spectators at the Olympic Stadium.
The rowers had started the celebrations with gold in the men's four and the women's lightweight double sculls before the women's team pursuiters added track cycling gold in the London Velodrome.
Saturday's series of successes keep the host nation third in the medals table with 14 golds, behind the United States and China.
Britain has now won 29 medals overall, having also taken seven silvers and eight bronzes at these Games.
Ennis had dominated the heptathlon from the start, leading her rivals after the four events on day one.
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She then effectively clinched gold with strong performances in the long jump and javelin on day two, before rounding off victory in the 800m.
Her time of two minutes 8.65 seconds meant she smashed her own British record for the heptathlon, finishing the seven-event competition with 6,955 points, 49 more than she scored in a the Hypo meeting Austria in May.
"I am so shocked I can't believe it," said Ennis. "I'm going to savour the moment. I've had great support, although I've been under a huge amount of pressure."
It's never going to get any better than this. It's the best moment of my life.
Prime Minister David Cameron tweeted: "Awe inspiring win for Jessica Ennis. Proud to be cheering her on with the home crowd. Atmosphere electric on #SuperSaturday."
Germany's Lilli Schwarzkopt took the silver, with Russian world champion Tatyana Chernova in bronze.
Rutherford took gold in the long jump with a fourth-round leap of 8.31m, equalling the feat of Lynn Davies in 1964.
Davies had been the only British man to have won an Olympic medal in the event, taking gold in Tokyo.
"What a night for British athletics," Rutherford told BBC Sport. "Three gold medals. It's absolutely incredible."
Farah followed Rutherford's success by controlling the 10,000m from start to finish.
"I just can't believe it," said Farah, who could also go for 5,000m gold. "The crowd got behind me so much and it was getting louder and louder.
"What unfolded over the course of a single day has been years in the making. It is a day unlike any that has been seen in the modern history of British Olympic sport and it is a day our country will never forget.
"Most importantly, it is a day for the athletes - the Olympic champions - and the millions of supporters who have lifted them on their shoulders and helped make this possible."
"I've not experienced anything like this. It's never going to get any better than this. It's the best moment of my life."
The wins for Ennis, Rutherford and Farah created history for Britain. Never before had they won three gold medals in a single athletics session at at Olympics.
Britain's first gold of the day came at Eton Dorney as the  of Andy Triggs Hodge, Pete Reed, Andy Gregory and Tom James led from the start to triumph.
Just 20 minutes later, the  team of Sophie Hosking and Katherine Copeland did the same, before the men's lightweight double sculls duo of Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter  following a restart after their seat broke.
I can't believe it. It's been my dream since I was eight.
Britain have won a total of four rowing golds, with two silvers and three bronzes, to set a new record for an Olympic regatta.
Copeland said: "I can't believe this is real. We've just won the Olympics. I've been trying all week not to think about it because it has been making me cry."
Hosking added: "It's something we have been working on for so long."
On the men's four victory, Triggs Hodge said: "It was our masterpiece. Four years we have worked on that."
Laura Trott, Dani King and Jo Rowsell crushed the United States to win the team pursuit. They claimed victory in a time of 3:14.051 to set their sixth successive world record.
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"It's mad," said Trott. "I can't believe it. It's been my dream since I was eight. We've gone and done it. I don't think we expected it."
Rowsell added: "I could tell we'd done it by the cheer of the crowd."
In the tennis, Andy Murray guaranteed himself another silver medal by reaching the mixed doubles final with playing partner Laura Robson.
The Scot is already through to Sunday men's singles final, where he will play Roger Federer.
They beat Germany's Christopher Kas and Sabine Lisicki in the last match on Court One at Wimbledon.
Back on the athletics track, defending champion  winning his heat in 10.09 seconds.
American Ryan Bailey qualified fastest in 9.88, with world champion Yohan Blake running 10.00.
British hope Adam Gemili, who was playing non-league football as recently as January, also qualified in 10.11, behind Jamaica's Asafa Powell, who ran 10.04. Briton Dwain Chambers is through in 10.02.


Batsman Nick Compton says he will be playing for his place in the side when England face Sri Lanka in the second Test in Durham starting on Friday.

The 32-year-old was out for a third-ball duck in England's only innings of the first Test win at Headingley.
In 14 Tests, the Middlesex player has scored 724 runs at an average of 30.16 and strike-rate of 35.62.
"If you don't play well enough, you get dropped," said Compton "That's fundamentally how it works."
Compton returned to the Test side last December for the tour of South Africa, following a two-and-a-half-year absence.
He scored 245 runs in eight innings batting at number three.
He admits his style of play is not as exciting as all-rounder Ben Stokes, who has been ruled out of the rest of the Sri Lanka series through injury, but is confident about his own value to the side.
"We're in the entertainment business, it's about getting bums on seats, and I suppose watching Ben's 200 is better than watching Compton's 80," he said.
"If I was sitting on the couch I'd rather watch Stokes' 200. I'm by no means unaware of that. The way that I play doesn't always look that pretty.
"I know deep inside me there's a player in here who could change all those opinions very quickly, but, unfortunately, until you do it and people see it in real life, there's no point in me saying anything else."
Victory at Chester-le-Street will give England an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-Test series, with the final match at Lord's starting on 9 June.


Jeremy Clarkson's contract will not be renewed after an "unprovoked physical attack" on a Top Gear producer, the BBC's director general has confirmed.

Tony Hall said he had "not taken this decision lightly" and recognised it would "divide opinion".
However, he added "a line has been crossed" and he "cannot condone what has happened on this occasion".
Clarkson was suspended on 10 March, following what was called a "fracas" with Top Gear producer Oisin Tymon.
The row, which took place in a Yorkshire hotel, was said to have occurred because no hot food was provided following a day's filming.
An internal investigation began last week, led by Ken MacQuarrie, the director of BBC Scotland.
It found that Mr Tymon took himself to hospital after he was subject to an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
"During the physical attack Oisin Tymon was struck, resulting in swelling and bleeding to his lip."
It lasted "around 30 seconds and was halted by the intervention of a witness," Mr MacQuarrie noted in his report.
"The verbal abuse was sustained over a longer period" and "contained the strongest expletives and threats to sack" Mr Tymon, who believed he had lost his job.
Mr Tymon did not file a formal complaint and it is understood Clarkson reported himself to BBC bosses following the incident.
After that, the BBC's director of television, Danny Cohen, felt he had no choice but to suspend the presenter pending an investigation.
The decision caused an outpouring of support from Top Gear fans, with more than a million people signing an online petition to reinstate him.
Announcing his decision, Lord Hall said Clarkson's dismissal was unavoidable.
"For me a line has been crossed. There cannot be one rule for one and one rule for another dictated by either rank, or public relations and commercial considerations."
However, he added: "This decision should in no way detract from the extraordinary contribution that Jeremy Clarkson has made to the BBC. I have always personally been a great fan of his work and Top Gear."
In a statement, Mr Tymon thanked the BBC for a "thorough and swift investigation into this very regrettable incident".
"I've worked on Top Gear for almost a decade, a programme I love," he continued.
"Over that time Jeremy and I had a positive and successful working relationship, making some landmark projects together. He is a unique talent and I am well aware that many will be sorry his involvement in the show should end in this way."
North Yorkshire police have asked to see the BBC's internal report, saying it will be "assessed appropriately and action will be taken... where necessary".
Responding to the news, Prime Minister David Cameron said he believed that "if you do something wrong at work there can be consequences" and that "aggressive and abusive behaviour is not acceptable in the workplace".
Jeremy Clarkson took a slightly dull and failing car programme and turned it in to the biggest factual TV show in the world.
But this sacking has nothing to do with style, opinions, popularity - or even his language on the show.
It's about what stars are allowed to get away with off screen, a topic that's been top of the agenda for the BBC in recent months.
The corporation has had to overhaul all of its policies and attitudes towards bullying and harassment, and a long verbal tirade and a physical assault would have crossed the line for any member of staff.
Clarkson may be popular with the audience, and the BBC really did not want to lose him, but this was a star who admitted he was on his final warning and a corporation that was under intense scrutiny over what its top talent can and cannot get away with.
Top Gear, which is one of BBC Two's most popular programmes, will continue without Clarkson, who will now become the subject of a bidding war by other broadcasters.
The magazine show is one of the BBC's biggest properties, with overseas sales worth an estimated Â£50m a year for the corporation's commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.
350 million
Top Gear's estimated worldwide audience
1977 Top Gear began as a local show on BBC Midlands
170 plus episodes in its current format (since 2002)
3 million YouTube subscribers
1.7 million global circulation of Top Gear magazine
Whether Clarkson's co-presenters James May and Richard Hammond will remain on the show has yet to be confirmed.
All three had their contracts up for renewal this year, with Clarkson's due to expire at the end of March.
Hammond tweeted: "Gutted at such a sad end to an era. We're all three of us idiots in our different ways but it's been an incredible ride together."
May also updated his Twitter profile to say: "Former TV presenter".
Lord Hall said he had asked BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw to handle "big challenge" of renewing Top Gear for 2016, and to investigate how the channel could broadcast the last three episodes of the current series, which were pulled when Clarkson was suspended.
Meanwhile, Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans, has rubbished press speculation that he was to join the show.
"Not only is it not true, it's absolute nonsense," he told his listeners on Wednesday morning.


Microsoft has lost the first round in a patent battle that could see its handsets banned from import into the US.

The country's International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled that it used technology developed by InterDigital without permission.
Microsoft said that it would challenge the decision.
The judge's findings will be subject to a review before any import ban comes into force.
"This is one step in the process and we look forward to the full Commission's thorough review," Microsoft said in a statement.
"We have a successful track record challenging patent assertion entities that misuse industry standards."
Judge Theodore Essex ruled that Microsoft infringed two wireless cellular patents which relate to technology that powers up phones and connects them to 3G networks without interference.
The ruling would cover the majority of its handsets which are manufactured outside the US.
The next step will be a review by the ITC with a decision expected by late August.
In response, InterDigital said it would have "continued discussion" with Microsoft to license its patents.
It has also been involved in patent disputes with several large mobile vendors including Samsung and Huawei.
It first accused Nokia of infringing its patents in 2007. It lost that case but won an appeal in federal court.
Microsoft acquired Nokia's handset division last year but it is struggling to make its phone business profitable.
According to its latest quarterly earnings report its hardware division lost $4m (Â£2.6m) on revenues of $1.4bn.


US drug enforcement agents have raided Puerto Rico's main international airport, arresting 33 people suspected of smuggling drugs via US flights.

Among 45 people the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was looking for, 12 were current or former employees of American Airlines.
A spokesman for the airline said it had a "zero-tolerance policy" for "this kind of activity".
Puerto Rico, a US territory, is a major drug shipment point in the Caribbean.
Three additional suspects were arrested in US airports, officials said.
"We have dismantled the two most significant drug operations at the airport," said Pedro Janer, acting special agent in charge of the DEA's Caribbean division.
In addition to the 12 people connected to American Airlines, warrants were issued for workers at Ground Motive Dependable, a company that provides baggage handling at the airport.
One government worker with Puerto Rico's Port Authority is also being sought.
The morning raid involved two investigations, one stretching from 1999 to 2009, and the other from 2010 to 2012.
According to the DEA, suspects in the first case would allegedly enter Luis Munoz Marin International Airport through employee entrances while carrying concealed drugs. They then passed the drugs to another person in bathrooms beyond security checkpoints.
In the second case, a group of 20 people are accused of smuggling 9,000kg (20,000lb) of cocaine by loading suitcases filled with the drug into the cargo area and ensuring their arrival at US mainland airports.
Some of the drugs belonged to Angel Ayala Vazquez, once considered Puerto Rico's top drug dealer, the DEA said.
Puerto Rico is seeking more federal funding to fight drug trafficking. US officials say more than 70% of the cocaine that arrives on the island is destined for the mainland.


Rory McIlroy won his second major with a brilliant eight-shot victory in the US PGA Championship at Kiawah Island.

The Northern Irishman, 23, hit a six-under 66 to finish 13 under and return to world number one, while unheralded Englishman David Lynn (68) was second.
"Amazing - a headshakingly amazing performance by Rory McIlroy.
He did everything that was asked of him. He was up there from the first round and then was absolutely dominant at the weekend. He blew the field away.
This takes him back to world number one, and convincingly so."
Ian Poulter (69) faltered on the back nine to finish third on four under with Justin Rose, defending champion Keegan Bradley and Sweden's Carl Pettersson.
Four-time winner Tiger Woods stuttered to a level-par 72 and two-under total.
By contrast, McIlroy mastered the Ocean Course, even posting a second-round 75 when many of his peers were bullied by Kiawah Island at its wildest.
He became the youngest winner of the tournament since it adopted strokeplay in 1958, while his eight-shot victory was also a new PGA Championship record, beating the previous biggest winning margin set by Jack Nicklaus 32 years ago.
"I don't think I have let it sink in yet - I am speechless," said McIlroy, the first Briton to claim the US PGA title since Jim Barnes won the first two tournaments in 1916 and 1919 when it was a matchplay event.
McIlroy is also the youngest player to win two majors since Spain's Seve Ballesteros achieved the feat in 1980.
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"It was a great round of golf," he added. "The gameplan was just to play solid. I got off to a bit of a shaky start, but settled into it and I thought my putting today was phenomenal.
"Thanks dad and thanks mum - I'm sure she's watching at home. I had a good feeling at the start, but I never imagined doing this.
"It means an awful lot to look at the names on that trophy and put mine alongside them."
Lynn's second-place finish moves him to 16th on the European money list, with an outside chance of making Europe's Ryder Cup team.
"I got myself into the zone on Saturday and I was feeling comfortable on Sunday - it is all a bit surreal at the moment," said the 38-year-old Stoke-based player, who finished 53rd in only previous appearance in a major, the 2003 Open.
McIlroy's final day began earlier than scheduled as a result of Saturday's rain which brought a halt to several third rounds.
Having sunk five birdies on the front nine the previous day, the man from Holywood added two more on the 15th and 16th to start the final round on seven under, a three-shot lead over second-placed Pettersson.
Swede Pettersson's hopes of a maiden major suffered a huge blow on the first hole when he was handed a two-shot penalty "for moving a loose impediment in a hazard", when a leaf moved.
Despite the setback, Pettersson holed four birdies en route to four under for the tournament - his best major finish.
McIlroy suffered no such ill fortune; he was the only one of the top six not to drop a shot during his final round.
When he did find himself in a little bit of trouble - under the trees on the second, and in some rough on the 10th - he produced two standard recovery shots. But, as blips go, they were very minor.
His biggest challenge came from England's Poulter. The Hertfordshire golfer, who was outside the automatic Ryder Cup places going into the tournament, remarkably holed five successive birdies and six in the first seven holes to close the gap to McIlroy to two.
However, Poulter's charge was halted on the back nine by three successive bogeys from the 13th which effectively ended his major bid for another year.
World number two Woods began the day five shots off the lead but his round never got going, the tone set with relatively easy missed birdie and eagle opportunities on the first and second holes.
The 36-year-old, who opened with a three-under 69, completed his tournament with a 72.
Minutes later, McIlroy, who won the 2011 US Open by seven shots, knocked in a 25-foot putt on the 18th to seal victory with a sixth birdie of the round.
It was also the last tournament for the United States players to force their way into automatic selection for the Ryder Cup - and Bo Van Pelt's failure to finish second - he finished tied for 18th - ensured Phil Mickelson held on to the eighth and last automatic place.
Mickelson will join Woods, Jason Dufner, Bubba Watson, Keegan Bradley, Webb Simpson, Zach Johnson and Matt Kuchar in the US team, with captain Davis Love III to name his four captain's picks on 4 September.


Parliamentary candidates have clashed over a planned wind farm off the south coast during a public debate in Dorset.

The 194 turbines would be visible from Dorset, Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
On BBC TV's Sunday Politics, Labour's Simon Bowkett and Liberal Democrat Vikki Slade argued in favour of the scheme against UKIP's Robin Grey and Conservative Simon Hoare.
They were responding to a question by Angela Pooley of Friends of the Earth about cutting the use of fossil fuels.
A decision on the Navitus Bay scheme is expected by the autumn.
Mr Bowkett, Labour candidate for South Dorset, said: "The principle of developing renewables in this part of the world is important, not just from the climate change perspective but... delivering more jobs and better jobs for this area.
"When we left power in 2010, we would import 27% of the raw materials needed for power generation in this country. It's now over 40%."
Mr Hoare, Conservative candidate for Dorset North, said: "I think, in the county, we are very good because we have hit our county targets for renewables. I think we need to have far more focus on saving energy rather than how it is generated."
Ms Slade, Liberal Democrat candidate for Mid Dorset and North Poole, said: "The reality is that we have got to stop extracting fossil fuels from this planet.
"We are going to run out. We are going to devastate our futures for our children, our grandchildren and our planet. That is the biggest crisis facing the whole of mankind."
Mr Grey, UKIP candidate for Christchurch, said: "It's going to decimate our beautiful countryside. They are going to build a 40m-wide trench from where it comes into land at Mudeford right up to Mannington."


Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino says 22-year-old striker Harry Kane is not for sale at any price.

Kane scored twice in Saturday's 3-0 win over Norwich to reach 11 Premier League goals this season and 27 for 2015, breaking Teddy Sheringham's club record for league goals in a calendar year.
Last term the England man scored 31 times in all competitions during a breakthrough campaign at senior level.
"There is no price. No-one can buy him," Pochettino said.
"He is not for sale. There is not a value because it is impossible to put a price."
With Manchester United losing at Stoke and Crystal Palace drawing with Bournemouth, victory over the Canaries saw Spurs consolidate fourth place in the table.
Pochettino's side are now two points ahead of Palace in fifth and three points clear of sixth-placed United.
Spurs play next at Watford in a 15:00 GMT kick-off on Monday - with midfielder Mousa Dembele a doubt after picking up an ankle knock.


A ban on the import of ash trees will come into force on Monday in an attempt to halt the spread of a deadly disease, the environment secretary has said.

Owen Paterson has denied ministers were slow to react to the outbreak.
The Chalara fraxinea fungus, which causes Chalara dieback, has already infected 90% of ash trees in Denmark and has been found in East Anglia.
Mr Paterson said 50,000 ash trees have already been destroyed to try to prevent the spread of the disease.
Until earlier this week, the disease had only been recorded in a few nursery specimens.
Mr Paterson said: "We will bring in a ban on Monday. I have already prepared the legislation and we're ready to go. The evidence is clearly there."
The disease was first spotted in February, at a nursery in Buckinghamshire - a case that was confirmed in March, said the environment secretary.
Since then, examinations had been carried out at more than 1,000 sites and tree experts had been consulted.
Mr Paterson said ash trees were not imported commercially during the summer, so the amount of time that had elapsed since the initial discovery had not increased the risk that more infected trees had been brought in.
But Tim Briercliffe from the Horticultural Trades Association insisted the government's response to the disease had been too slow.
He said: "As a trade we're very frustrated about it, because in 2009 we saw it out in Denmark on trees and we said you should ban imports now.
"They didn't do it - they suggested that it was already endemic across Europe and across the UK, and since then the disease has continued to come in, and we believe it could be more widespread than perhaps we realise at the moment."
How to spot the signs
The Woodland Trust welcomed the ban but called on the government to set up an emergency summit to manage other diseases affecting trees in the UK.
Its chief executive, Sue Holden, said: "Ash dieback is only one of numerous tree pests and diseases present in the UK... it is crucial that the wider issue is tackled."
Ash trees suffering with C. fraxinea have been found across mainland Europe, with Denmark reporting the disease has infected about 90% of its ash trees.
Experts say that if the disease becomes established, then it could have a similar impact on the landscape as Dutch elm disease had in the 1970s.
This outbreak resulted in the death of most mature English elm by the 1980s. Elms have recovered to some extent but in some cases only through careful husbandry.
The East Anglia outbreak has been confirmed by plant scientists from the Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) at the Woodland Trust's Pound Farm woodland in Suffolk, and Norfolk Wildlife Trust's Lower Wood reserve, in Ashwellthorpe.
In a statement, the Woodland Trust said that the fungal infection had been found in "mature ancient woodland and woodland creation areas on our estate".
The disease has the potential to devastate the UK's ash tree population.
Visible symptoms include leaf loss and crown dieback in affected trees and it can lead to tree death.
In Europe, affected trees are not just in woodlands but are also being found in urban trees in parks and gardens and also nursery trees.
Chalara dieback of ash has been listed as a quarantine pathogen under national emergency measures and the Forestry Commission has produced guidance, including help on how people can identify possible signs of infection.
Experts are urging people to report suspected cases of dieback in order to prevent the spread of the disease to the wider environment becoming established.


Barcelona are in talks with the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) about entering a team for 2018.

The Catalan club opened a permanent office in New York in September, and have six academies across the US.
A statement from Barcelona said they had "approved a development plan for women's football in the US... in order to participate in the NWSL from 2018".
There are 10 franchises in the NWSL, which has never had a European side competing.
But the NWSL confirmed it "looked forward to continuing discussions" with Barcelona over the move.
The Catalan club's current team are joint-top of the Spanish top tier - which contains a mixture of full-time and semi-professional teams - with two matches remaining.
The team, founded in 1988, reached the last four of the Champions League for the first time this term before losing 5-1 on aggregate to Paris Saint Germain.
BBC World Service reporter Sarah Mulkerrins:
Barcelona have targeted women's football in the US as a way to grow the club's brand globally. When they opened their New York office, president Josep Bartomeu raised the issues of a women's team and said he had spoken with then NSWL chief Jeff Plush, and United States Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati.
Plush has previously said he only wanted an even number of teams in the league, so Barca's entrance could open the door for another major club.


Eusebio di Francesco, who won the Italian title with Roma as a midfielder, has been made head coach of the club on a two-year contract.

The 47-year-old Italian replaces Luciano Spalletti, who resigned at the end of the season and has since been appointed Inter Milan boss.
"It was like coming home after many years," said Di Francesco, who helped Roma win Serie A in 2000-01.
"There's a desire to achieve something big and build a team that entertains."
Di Francesco led Sassuolo to promotion to Serie A in 2013 and steered them to 12th spot in 2016-17.
Roma, who have signed Mexico defender Hector Moreno from PSV Eindhoven, finished runners-up last season and will play in the Champions League in 2017-18.


Morrissey has cancelled a concert in Iceland after the venue refused not to sell meat on the night of the gig.

The 55-year-old vegetarian had planned to perform at Reykjavik's Harpa concert hall but axed the date, saying it declined to observe his stipulation.
"I love Iceland and I have waited a long time to return," the former Smiths frontman told the True To You fan site.
"But I shall leave the Harpa Concert Hall to their cannibalistic flesh-eating bloodlust."
Morrissey is scheduled to play six UK dates next month, beginning at the Nottingham Capital FM Arena on 13 March.
The singer published his autobiography last year and is currently working on his debut novel.


Authorities in Cairo have ordered the arrest of seven US-based Egyptian Coptic Christians for their alleged involvement in an anti-Islam video.

The crude production posted on YouTube has sparked violent protests and riots across the Muslim world for its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad.
It is unclear who made the film, but it has been linked to an Egyptian Coptic Christian living in the United States.
An arrest warrant has also been issued for US Christian pastor Terry Jones.
One woman and seven men, including Mr Jones, are accused of "insulting the Islamic religion, insulting the Prophet and inciting sectarian strife", according to the prosecutor's office.
It said international police agency, Interpol, would be notified of the warrants.
However, Interpol later denied it had received a request and noted that its constitution forbade it from "undertaking any matter of a predominantly political, military, religious or racial nature".
Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, a convicted fraudster living in California who has already been questioned by police there, is among those facing charges, the prosecutors office said.
The film, a crudely-made portrayal of the life of the Prophet Muhammad ignited angry protests last week, mostly outside US and other Western diplomatic offices.
The unrest in Cairo has been among the most violent. Demonstrators there managed to scale the US embassy, tear down the US flag and replace it with an Islamist one.
Mystery has shrouded the individuals behind the film, entitled Innocence of Muslims.
Florida-based Mr Jones is said to have promoted the film.
He sparked protests two years ago when he pledged to organise a mass burning of copies of the Koran in Florida.
In a separate development, a Copt who lives in central Egypt was on Tuesday sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted by a misdemeanour court of blasphemy, insulting the Prophet Muhammad and insulting President Mohammed Mursi.
Cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad were allegedly published on his Facebook page. The man, who is a teacher, denied the charge.


A murder inquiry has been started after a man was left at a hospital with multiple stab wounds.

The 20-year-old was taken to Birmingham's City Hospital at about 02:45 BST, West Midlands Police said.
Despite treatment he died a short time later. A post-mortem examination is expected to be carried out later.
Specially-trained officers are with the family of the man, who has not yet been named. Anyone with information is urged to contact police, a spokesman said.


A woman who tried to save a man's life at a brothel has been found guilty of helping to run the establishment.

Christy Norman, 70, from Poole, Dorset, told a court she dialled 999 and performed CPR while everyone else fled.
The English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), which supported her, said she was only a cleaner working two days a week at the brothel in Bournemouth.
Norman denied assisting in the brothel's management but was found guilty at Poole Magistrates' Court.
She was given a conditional discharge and ordered to pay Â£400 court costs.
Cari Mitchell, from the ECP, said the "traumatised" defendant was only guilty of trying to save a life.
Ms Mitchell, who was present in court, said: "It is a terrible injustice that a woman who performed a civic duty by trying to save another human being should find herself with a criminal record.
"Shame on the police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the judge.
"If they had any morals or were in anyway concerned for women's safety this prosecution would never have been brought."
The man had asked to come and sit in the Bunnies Ranch premises on 19 May 2016 after feeling unwell, the court heard.
He then collapsed and Norman spent eight minutes performing CPR before paramedics and police officers arrived. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Norman was later arrested and charged.
In a statement, the CPS said Norman was "clearly involved in the running and management of the brothel".
District prosecutor Tim Cole said: "She had been publicising the Ranch's services on local sex sites and was keeping a book where she would record the sexual practices of the employees with their clients."
Norman, of Arley Road, was "too upset to comment", the ECP said.


Online auction site eBay is one of the world's best known firms, boasting 157 million active buyers and reporting just shy of $18bn (Â£11.4bn) in revenues last year.

Yet when it first tried to launch in China it failed. The difficulty of competing with local rivals meant that in 2006, a mere two years after entering China, it was forced to admit defeat and shut down its main website in the country.
Instead it formed a joint venture with a local partner to help operate an online auction business in the country.
Critics say it failed to recognise that having a strong US brand would not automatically translate to success in China.
And eBay is not the only firm to struggle with transferring a successful business model overseas.
Tesco reportedly spent a decade preparing for the launch of its Fresh & Easy chain on the West coast of America, with its top executives even spending time living with Californian families to observe the way they lived and ate.
Yet six years after it opened, it announced it was pulling out - costing the firm a hefty Â£1.2bn.
Similarly one of the world's best known brands, US giant Starbucks, was forced to close almost three quarters of its shops in Australia just eight years after it opened them, after it struggled to win sales from local competitors.
Despite the difficulties, international expansion is often the only way for firms to increase sales. When domestic growth has stalled, other countries can provide a business with fresh customers potentially in an area with less competition or where demand for a particular product or service is higher.
And of course, having a presence in more than one country ensures a firm isn't reliant on the health of just one country's economy for its success.
Over half of businesses (55%) saw a positive impact on their bottom line within just twelve months of expanding into international markets, according to the British Chambers of Commerce recent survey of 4,700 companies.
Ultimately, it's a matter of survival, says leadership expert Steve Tappin, who says that going global is often the only way for successful companies to keep growing.
When Jeff Immelt, chief executive of US giant General Electric (GE), took the helm over a decade ago, some 70% of its operations were in the US.
Now it operates in more than 160 countries and over half of its revenues come from overseas.
For him, targeting deals in developing countries is a top priority because their rate of growth vastly outpaces that of the US and he says GE will never be so US-focused again "unless we are failing horribly".
"I sit in my office every day and say I've got to have higher market share in China than I have in the United States," he says. "I've got to win Brazil, I've got to win Africa. There's no choice. I've got to, I've got to win those countries."
Similarly, Liu Yonghao, chairman of  New Hope Group - one of China's largest agriculture businesses, says the high population and limited land has made production in its home country expensive and forced it to look overseas to lower its costs.
It's taken the firm almost two decades to build about 50 factories in 30 countries, with different focuses on production, distribution and trade, research and development and services. And now overseas sales account for a tenth of total sales.
Mr Liu says one of the biggest lessons it's learnt is that relying just on Chinese managers to run overseas divisions is not the best approach.
Recently, when it acquired an Australian firm of around 800 people, it sent just three Chinese board members to the firm and kept the main positions of authority including chief executive, sales director and chief financial officer unchanged.
"We united the Chinese market and market forces, and the results have been good.  Your product can't be very competitive when you're not assimilated into the local market and society."
But Victor Koo, chief executive of video-sharing giant Youku Tudou, often dubbed China's YouTube, warns that having local managers on the ground isn't enough unless they are actually given genuine authority and can make decisions without having to check them with head office first.
"When you're an international company and you're trying to compete with a local company, if it means that every time you need to make a decision you need to go back to headquarters and then come back, especially in a space like ours, in the internet space. you're going to lose to your local competitor."
EBay chief executive John Donahoe, who wasn't at the helm during the firm's first foray into China, says the reality is it takes a very long time - somewhere between 10 and 15 years to establish a firm in new markets.
It now has 25 different domestic marketplaces globally which all use the same technology, but are run by local teams.
"We treat each market a little bit differently. They're all connected in a common technology platform, but balancing that local ownership, while also being part of a global technology platform, that's what we're trying to do," says Mr Donahoe.
This feature is based on interviews by leadership expert Steve Tappin for the BBC's CEO Guru series, produced by Neil Koenig.