Great Britain middle distance runner Jemma Simpson says she will need a "miracle" to make the Rio Olympic Games after rupturing a tendon in her foot.

The 31-year-old 800m and 1500m athlete from Cornwall competed in the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2008 Olympics.
"I won't be able to run until at least April and then it's qualifying. It's a big ask," she told BBC Radio Cornwall.
"This was going to be my last push to make a real go at the Olympics - there was a real opportunity to go to Rio."
Simpson, who considered retiring in 2014, snapped her posterior tibial tendon - which supports the arch of the foot - in training.
She has been operated on by specialist foot surgeon James Calder, who has previously treated the likes of footballer Jack Wilshere.
"I'm not confident (of selection for the Olympics). It would be a miracle to do that now because I have to run the qualifying time and be ready for the trials, which is in seven months, and I've got three months off," added Simpson.
"I didn't feel any pain necessarily, but I heard something and my foot went limp - then I knew I'd done something quite major.
"It's hard to take the decision in your mind to stop, without having a reason to stop. It's hard to explain but when you have something like this, it takes the decision out of your hands."


Reigning Island Games champion Dan Halksworth has been included in Jersey's triathlon squad for the 2017 Games in Gotland.

He had "retired" from triathlons to focus on cycling but returned to win the Jersey Triathlon this summer.
Tom Perchard, Demri Mitchell, Michael Charlton and Ollie Turner join Halksworth in the team.
Jo Gorrod, Philippa Worth, Katie Silva, Della Roderick and Mel Messervy make up the women's squad.
Gorrod was Jersey's top female performer at the 2015 Island Games, taking silver on home soil, before clinching the Jersey Triathlon title in July in two hours, 14 minutes, 44 seconds.
The Gotland Island Games run from Saturday, 24 June to Friday, 30 June 2017.


An architect has fallen to his death from a New York City skyscraper after losing his footing while at work.

Bruno Travalja, 52, was kneeling to take a measurement on the 42nd floor of the Manhattan building when he stood up and felt "dizzy", say police reports.
His body was found between 52nd and 53rd streets in midtown on Thursday afternoon, according to local media.
Officials are investigating whether faulty equipment or any violated safety protocols were factors in the death.
It is thought the New Jersey architect fell from the former Flatotel, which construction crews are converting into condominiums and offices.
The NYPD and the city's Department of Buildings are investigating the incident.
Mr Travalja was the owner of Crown Architectural Systems, according to his Facebook page.
Cetra/Ruddy, the architectural firm of record on the project, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


A senior violinist at Russia's Bolshoi Theatre has died after falling into the orchestra pit below the stage.

Viktor Sedov, 65, a veteran of the opera house's orchestra for four decades, played in the second violins.
Bolshoi spokeswoman Katerina Novikova confirmed the incident happened on Tuesday and Sedov died of his injuries in hospital on Wednesday.
She added Sedov was much loved in the theatre for his "sense of humour and extraordinary erudition".
The exact circumstances of the incident remain unclear.
His death is the latest tragedy at the Bolshoi, considered one of the world's greatest theatres.
Anatoly Iksanov, the former head of the Bolshoi Theatre, was removed from his post earlier this month, following a series of scandals including an acid attack on the ballet company's artistic director, Sergei Filin.
The Russian government appointed a new general director, Vladimir Urin, who previously headed Moscow's highly-regarded Stanislavsky Musical Theatre, in an attempt to lead the Bolshoi out of its crisis.
Soloist Pavel Dmitrichenko and two alleged accomplices have been charged in connection with the attack on Filin and are in jail awaiting trial.


Evo-Stik Northern Premier Division strugglers Colwyn Bay have sacked manager Kevin Lynch following Easter Monday's 3-0 home defeat to Marine.

The former Chesterfield first team coach replaced Ashley Hoskin as manager in October 2015.
But the Seagulls managed four league wins under Lynch and are nine points from safety with eight games remaining.
"We thought he was the man for the job but unfortunately it didn't work out," Bay chairman Dave Titchiner said.
Captain Carl Rodgers and Luke Denson will be in charge for Thursday's home game against Mickleover Sports.
Colwyn Bay were relegated from the Conference North at the end of the 2014-15 season.


The grandmother of a four-year-old boy who received part of his father's liver has said all is going "according to plan" following the operation.

Harry Maceachen, from Shrewsbury, was born with a rare disease and had the life-saving transplant on Thursday.
His father Simon donated part of his liver after no suitable match was found from the organ donor register.
Grandmother Alison Price, a former theatre sister, said: "The consultants are very happy with their progress."
She said it had been a "very, very difficult 12 months", adding: "The operations were satisfactory. Everything is going on according to plan....the consultants are very happy with their progress."
Harry was born with biliary atresia, which meant he had blocked bile ducts.
He had a transplant before his first birthday but that liver had begun to fail, so a second one was required.
Harry underwent the operation on Thursday at Birmingham Children's Hospital and Mr Maceachen was operated on at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the city.
His grandmother said: "I used to look after him (Harry) three days a week when his mother went back to teaching and he got to know me very well.
"I think we've got a special bond. He was born on my 63rd birthday."
She said Harry's two-year-old brother, Sam, has been "impeccably behaved".
"It's hard for him. It's the first time he's been away from his mother for as long as this and he obviously misses Harry, as we all do."
She added: "It's brilliant with the support (the family have) had and the support we've had as grandparents.
"The whole family's pulled together and they have a wonderful lot of friends."


China says the US has committed an "illegal" act in sailing a navy warship near islands it claims in the South China Sea.

The USS Decatur passed near disputed islands earlier on Friday in what the US says was "a routine, lawful manner".
It went close to the Paracel Islands, claimed by China but also by Taiwan and Vietnam.
China's defence ministry said two of its warships had warned the USS Decatur to leave the area.
The ministry, which called the move "intentionally provocative", said it had lodged a protest with the US.
It accused the US of being "motivated by a desire to see the world in chaos".
China's island factory
Disputed islands from the air
What does disputed Paracel island look like?
US Navy Commander Gary Ross, a Department of Defence spokesman, said the ship passed through an area of water subject to what he called an "excessive" claim by China.
It is not known how close to the islands the ship passed.
"This operation demonstrated that coastal states may not unlawfully restrict the navigation rights, freedoms and lawful uses of the sea that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise under international law," White House spokesman Josh Earnest said.
China claims almost all of the South China Sea, including reefs and islands also claimed by other nations, and has caused dismay in the region by building artificial islands and restricting access.
But in July, an international tribunal ruled against Chinese claims to rights in the area, backing a case brought by the Philippines. China dismissed the ruling and said it would not be bound by it.
Last month, while visiting China for the G20 summit, President Obama told his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping he expected China to abide by the findings in what the White House called a "candid exchange".


The Home Office has been accused of delays and poor decision making in its handling of immigration cases.

The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman investigated 158 complaints against the Home Office and agencies last year, and upheld 69% of them.
That is more than double the average for the public sector. In one case, a teenage refugee had to wait nearly 10 years before he was allowed to stay.
The Home Office said it would consider the report's findings.
According to the report, the main problem the watchdog identified with the Home Office concerned immigration casework, where procedural errors, delays and poor decisions meant people had to endure "prolonged uncertainty".
In the case of the 17-year-old asylum seeker, he spent almost a decade without legal status in the UK even though his mother, who had fled her home country, had been allowed to stay permanently.
The report said the young man was in "administrative limbo" because officials continually overlooked his application. He has since received an apology and Â£7,500 in compensation.
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Julie Mellor said: "We have seen far too many cases where people have been separated from their loved ones, unable to work and where their children have been denied access to education.
"It is the responsibility of every board of every UK government department and agency to recognise the profound impact poor services can have on people's lives and make sure they learn from complaints to improve services for all."
Complaints about the NHS form the bulk of the ombudsman's work but it completed 885 investigations into 981 complaints about UK government departments, their agencies and some UK public organisations in 2014-15.
Four government departments accounted for 85% of the investigations - the Ministry of Justice, Department for Work and Pensions, Home Office and HM Revenue and Customs.
Overall the ombudsman upheld 33% of the complaints investigated.
"The large proportion of complaints that we upheld about the Home Office can partly be explained by the high volume of old legacy immigration cases they are dealing with," the report said.


Chelsea have "solemnly and sincerely" apologised after Brazilian Kenedy posted offensive social media comments before a pre-season match in China.

Fans accused the 21-year-old of xenophobia and racism over comments made in Instagram posts before Saturday's 3-0 win over Arsenal.
"We sincerely apologise for the hurt caused to our Chinese fans as well as Chinese people," a statement read.
Kenedy, who was booed by fans at the game, also later apologised.
Writing on social media, Kenedy said he was sorry if "someone was sad because I used an expression". He added it was "no racism, just an expression".
Chelsea said the player, signed from Fluminense in 2015, had been "strongly reprimanded and disciplined".
"Kenedy's actions were a mistake that he will learn greatly from," the statement added. "His behaviour does not represent the entire team and does not align with our expectations and strict requirements of the young players."
On Sunday, Chelsea arrived in Singapore to prepare for the next match of their pre-season tour, against Bayern Munich at the National Stadium on Tuesday.


Golf's generational shift gathered unstoppable momentum in 2015 as Jordan Spieth, Jason Day and Rory McIlroy became the dominant stars at the top of the men's game.

This youthful trio pushed the sport into a new era and established stars faded from prominence, with Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson leading the retreat of the older order.
It proved one of the most compelling periods in recent times and there was plenty that made 2015 memorable and significant.
Augusta is the place where the season always comes alive and this year's Masters proved the perfect template. Set up for low scoring, Spieth took full advantage and matched Woods' record 18-under-par total to land his maiden major with a four-stroke victory.
This was the year when broomhandle putters were being jettisoned in preparation for the ban on anchored putting, which comes into force on New Year's Day.
Among those most affected is 2013 Masters champion Adam Scott. The 35-year-old Australian's move to a conventional short stick coincided in a fall from three to 12 in the world rankings.
Nevertheless, Scott contributed to the most enthralling of the year's majors - the US Open staged at Chambers Bay for the first time.
Scott charged into contention with a closing 64 as Gary Player blasted the new venue saying it was "the most unpleasant golf tournament I've seen in my life".
The greens were awful - Henrik Stenson said it was like putting on broccoli - but on a stunning final day, Spieth's birdie at the last gave him back-to-back majors.
While the young Texan sensationally remained on course for a Grand Slam, the real star of that US Open was Jason Day. Flattened by vertigo at the end of his second round, he bravely battled to a share of the 54-hole lead.
Although the Australian ran out of steam, he challenged for The Open at St Andrews, won the Canadian Open the following week and secured a record-breaking first major with a 20 under par victory at the US PGA Championship in Wisconsin.
There were plenty of sideshows, among them the US election campaign. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump's outspoken comments on Mexican immigrants and Muslims were problematic for golf, which is distancing itself from its highest profile course owner.
Already the PGA Tour is considering moving the 2017 WGC from the presidential candidate's Doral property, while the R&A considers whether to keep Trump Turnberry on the Open rota.
The European Tour seems to be ditching plans to take the Scottish Open to Trump's place near Aberdeen, and also got into a lather over the status of its PGA Championship at Wentworth.
Marketed as the tour's flagship event, new chief executive Keith Pelley stunned observers by stating it could no longer be regarded as such because of the £3.7m tournament's relatively small prize fund.
A bigger controversy was the 'Gimmegate' row at the Solheim Cup. US rookie Alison Lee erroneously picked up her ball thinking a tiddler on the 17th had been conceded by the European pair of Suzann Pettersen and Charley Hull.
Pettersen was vilified for a lack of sportsmanship and although the home pairing won a point from that fourball contest, they lost the moral high ground.
The visitors were galvanised by the unsavoury incident and surged back from 10-6 down to regain the trophy in thrilling fashion.
Hull, though, emerged from the row with her reputation intact, and it was a steady year of consolidation for the British number one. Still only 19, Hull ended the year 41st in the women's world rankings.
Back in the men's game, Italy caused a major shock by landing the rights to stage the 2022 Ryder Cup thanks to an 11-year commitment to elevate the Italian Open prize fund to 7m euros (£5.13m).
Justin Rose can reflect on 2015 with much satisfaction. The Englishman was a combined 34 under par for the four majors, the fourth best tally in the history of the men's game.
Rose won titles in New Orleans and Hong Kong and his consistency after a lacklustre start to the year kept him firmly ensconced in the world's top 10.
He may well have claimed a second major but for the exploits of Spieth, the undoubted king of golf in 2015. Rose was joint runner-up to him at the Masters.
Spieth claimed five victories including the first two majors before coming up a shot shy of making the play-off for The Open and finishing runner-up to Day at the US PGA. He is a most worthy world number one.
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Davis Love will undoubtedly make Spieth a focal point in his US Ryder Cup team next year.  Last February the 51-year-old was the surprise choice to return to the captaincy after leading the US to defeat at Medinah in 2012.
Martin Slumbers was another appointment in 2015. The successor to Peter Dawson as R&A chief executive shows no signs of sleeping on the job, having energetically embraced his role as one of the most powerful men in the game.
Golf's nearly man remains Dustin Johnson. The big-hitting American three-putted the last at the US Open to lose to Spieth by a single shot, and led at the Open and US PGA but failed to secure a first major title.
The Olympic countdown continues and while Scott has made known his antipathy towards Rio 2016 and McIlroy was lukewarm in his latest comments, the Games will be a big part of the golf narrative next year.
So too Pelley, the European Tour's vibrant new boss. In his first three months in charge he achieved gold card airline status as he set about a globe-trotting shake-up of the Wentworth-based circuit.
If Spieth is the king of the game, Lydia Ko should be crowned queen. In February she went to number one in the world, three months before her 18th birthday and in late summer the New Zealander landed her first major at the Evian Championship.
The men's Race to Dubai came to a thrilling climax with Danny Willett pushing McIlroy all the way. The Northern Ireland player was granted a special dispensation to play only 12 events as Pelley put commercial imperatives before sporting integrity, a move that drew little criticism.
St Andrews staged a memorable five-day Open as most of the Saturday was lost to high winds. It was the only course in Fife to be shut that day. Have Open green speeds been made too fast for the prevailing conditions?
Tiger Woods failed to make the cut at the Old Course, one of three early major exits in a disheartening year that ended with two back surgeries. He says he wants to be playing at next year's Ryder Cup but that looks a forlorn hope. Merely returning to playing regularly would be a triumph.
Among the year's unlikely heroes was the American-based Scot Russell Knox who was the last reserve into the WGC Champions tournament in Shanghai. He emerged victorious, joined the European Tour and harbours hopes of a Ryder Cup debut next year.
While Paul Casey's decision to ditch the European Tour was vindicated by his climb from 75 to 22 in the world, it is hard to fathom why he continues to stay away. The Englishman could make himself eligible with just four appearances (if he played the French Open) and the Ryder Cup and Olympics would also count in that tally.
Whistling Straits, in the middle of nowhere in Wisconsin, staged the US PGA and is slated to hold the 2020 Ryder Cup. It is a fine course for matchplay but its remoteness makes it an awful location for the biggest show in golf.
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McIlroy made it to that PGA despite the X-rays that showed a ruptured ankle ligament from his footballing accident in July. The injury cost him his Open defence and ripped the heart out an ultimately frustrating year.
Expect the Northern Ireland star to ditch his footy boots and to have a huge season in 2016.
He will need it too - this is now a game for a burgeoning younger generation. Great strides were made by the likes of Matthew Fitzpatrick (21), Byeong Hun An (24), Justin Thomas (22) and Thomas Pieters (23). Remember Spieth is also still only 22.
But there is still room for the older guard. Well done to Zach Johnson for proving St Andrews isn't just the preserve of the game's biggest hitters by beating Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in a play-off to lift the Claret Jug.


Leicester centre Manu Tuilagi is hopeful he can put his injury problems behind him but has played down the prospect of an international recall.

Tuilagi, 25, has been beset by injuries in the last couple of years and recently returned to action after two months out with a groin problem.
It potentially puts him in contention for a place in England boss Eddie Jones' Six Nations squad.
"I'm just focusing here at Tigers. I want to get some game time," he said.
Tuilagi has scored 11 tries in 26 appearances for England, the most recent against Wales in March, when they secured a Triple Crown.
"I get a text from Eddie every now and then just seeing how I am," he told BBC Radio Leicester.
"If I play well here then hopefully the rest of it will take care of itself."
Tuilagi has started the Tigers' last two matches and says his confidence is returning.
"I'm feeling good now. Mentally you do still think about it, but that's going to come good in time," he added.
"I'm in good shape. I've been working hard to get back playing and get some game time.
"For me it's about doing the basics right and working hard to help the team."


Writer and broadcaster Amy Lame has become London's first "night tsar" in a move to boost the after-dark entertainment scene in the capital.

The 45-year-old will work with police, businesses and the public to create a vision for the city's nightlife.
Ms Lame said she intended to "inspire a positive change in the way people think about the night-time economy".
The Conservatives at London Assembly said the post may be "less about the economy and more about ribbon cutting".
London's late-night industry is worth £26.3bn annually but research suggests this could rise to £28.3bn by 2029.
The broadcaster promoted Camden's live music venues and nightclubs as mayoress of Camden in 2010 and is known for campaigning to save renowned LGBT venue the Royal Vauxhall Tavern.
The former BBC Radio London co-presenter also co-founded and hosts the Olivier award-winning comedy theatre Duckie at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and was chosen to the new post from 200 candidates.
Ms Lame said she would hold monthly surgeries to speak to businesses, police, councils, night-time workers and Londoners to create a safer and more responsible nightlife.
She said: "For too long, the capital's night-time industry has been under pressure - music venues and nightclubs in particular are closing at an alarming rate."
Fabric nightclub, one of the UK's best-known clubs, lost its licence and shut down over what Islington Council said was a "culture of drugs".
In response to the closure, Mayor Sadiq Khan claimed the capital had lost 50% of its nightclubs and 40% of its live music venues in the past eight years.
Mr Khan said: "The recent closure of the world-famous nightclub Fabric and the threats facing other venues across the capital show why Amy will be a much-needed ambassador for the city after dark."
Gareth Bacon, Conservative London Assembly member, said appointing a "celebrity over someone with more experience running a business in the night-time economy is a decision the Assembly will need to seriously scrutinise".


A plane with 76 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing at Birmingham Airport when a tyre burst after take off.

The Flybe flight 1274 from Amsterdam to Manchester was forced to ground early after passengers alerted cabin crew.
Birmingham Airport was closed for half an hour from 15:25 BST due to the incident, a spokeswoman said.
No-one was injured but flights were delayed on the ground and in the air while safety checks were carried out.
Passenger Suhail Ahmed-Qadri, from Manchester, said he and others on board felt "a big shudder" shortly after the plane took off.
"We looked out of the window and could see the tyre of the plane had burst," he said.
"It hadn't gone back up into the undercarriage. We called over one of the cabin crew who couldn't believe it. She informed the captain who made an announcement.
"We had to circle Birmingham Airport for about an hour to burn fuel before we could land.  The runway was shut because of the emergency landing and we could see ambulances and emergency services crews and their flashing lights from up in the sky.
"It was a scary experience and I have mixed feelings about it. A couple behind me were very upset and were crying and hugging. I thought we would make it and that we would be OK."
A Flybe spokesman apologised to passengers for the inconvenience, and said the decision to redirect the flight was taken "as a precautionary measure, to take into consideration more favourable wind conditions".
The company also confirmed passengers would be taken by bus from Birmingham to Manchester.


Former Sunderland footballer Cabral has denied raping a woman he met in a Tyneside nightclub.

The midfielder, real name Adilson Tavares Varela, is accused of raping the 21-year-old at his flat in Gateshead in January 2015.
Hull Crown Court heard the woman, who cannot be named, tried to call for help as she was pinned down on his bed.
The 27-year-old, who is now signed to Swiss club FC Zurich, denies two counts of rape.
The jury heard she met the footballer in a nightclub in Newcastle and went back to his flat with friends.
Giving evidence from behind a screen, the woman sobbed uncontrollably as she denied she was attracted to the player and was expecting a sexual relationship.
She said she went into his bedroom with him to fetch socks for herself and her friends because their feet were cold.
She said the player then pushed her down on to his bed and raped her as she told him to stop and tried to push him away.
The woman denied they had earlier danced and kissed in the nightclub and said she did not know that he was a footballer.
The trial continues.
Cabral only made one Premier League appearance for Sunderland in 2013-14.
Sunderland AFC announced on 2 February 2015 that the player had left the club by mutual consent.


The Cabinet Office has been forced by the Information Commissioner to release an official version of what could be called an alternative honours list - names of people who rejected honours.

The information covers individuals who declined an honour from 1950 to 1999 and have since died. It identifies 287 instances [PDF list], including 89 rejected MBEs, 89 OBEs, 61 CBEs and 27 knighthoods.
For some people such honours and the official recognition they represent can be a high point of their lives, but clearly for others they have been unwanted, whether for reasons of principle or otherwise.
This official data confirms much that has been reported previously, for example that a serial refuser was the painter L S Lowry, who over a period of 21 years dismissed the offer of an OBE, a CBE, a knighthood, and twice becoming a Companion of Honour.
The list also confirms that those who have rejected knighthoods include the actor Robert Morley, the writer Aldous Huxley and the physicist Paul Dirac, while those who dismissed lesser honours include the author Roald Dahl, the painter Francis Bacon and the biologist Francis Crick.
Some who accepted one honour previously or later refused another, such as the film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock who had earlier turned down a CBE before he was knighted.
The list also discloses some apparently new information, however. The author and publisher Leonard Woolf declined to be made a Companion of Honour in 1966, the journalist and editor of the New Statesman Kingsley Martin turned down a knighthood in 1965, and the critic and academic F R Leavis rejected a CBE in 1966.
As far as I know, these facts (among others in the list) are previously unreported, although I am not an expert on their biographies and could be wrong.
The list also identifies many more obscure figures who for whatever reason did not want to accept the honours on offer.
The Cabinet Office has been keen to preserve the secrecy which has traditionally surrounded the honours system and at first refused to reveal the list in response to a BBC freedom of information request. The BBC then complained to the Information Commissioner who ruled that it was in the public interest to disclose the information for honours rejected before 2000.
The Commissioner argued that disclosing more recent rejections was more likely to undermine the integrity of the honours system and that 2000 was a reasonable if arbitrary cut off point.
The data does not cover living individuals since that may constitute personal information protected by the Data Protection Act. And to avoid doubt it is restricted to people where, according to the Cabinet Office, "it is immediately apparent as a matter of fact that a relevant individual is dead".
This means that the individuals listed are only a limited proportion of all those who have declined honours. It does nevertheless show that over the decades there have been many individuals who have not wanted to accept a form of recognition which the British state wanted to bestow on them. What we don't know, however, are their various motives.


A man who danced around his victim after delivering a fatal blow during a street attack in Stirling has been jailed for 32 months.

Jamie Spendiff's attack on Craig Logie, who was out with friends on a stag night, was captured on CCTV.
Spendiff took part in a further assault on other men with co-accused Shaun McCarthy after killing the married 36-year-old last August.
McCarthy was sentenced to 250 hours of unpaid work and a weekend curfew.
In CCTV footage, Mr Logie can be seen lying motionless on the ground after the assault.
Advocate depute Andrew Brown QC told the court: "Witnesses speak to hearing the sound of a crack as the deceased's head hit the ground and he did not move thereafter."
The construction manager suffered a brain injury and fracture to the back of his head following the attack at Friars Street on 7 August.
Spendiff, of Cullercoats, North Tyneside, admitted assaulting and killing Mr Logie by punching him on the head causing him to fall to the ground where he struck his head.
He also pled guilty to committing a breach of the peace along with Shaun McCarthy by conducting themselves in a disorderly manner and fighting with others.
Both also pled guilty to assaulting Paul Stubberfield and Stuart McKee in a taxi in Friars Street.
The court heard that Spendiff and McCarthy had gone out drinking for the evening after working together as technicians on wind turbines.
Mr Brown said that everyone appeared to be in good spirits, but a member of the stag party and another drinker then became involved in a heated argument.
After patrons left the pub, a general melee broke out which ended with the fatal blow to Mr Logie.
Mr Brown said: "With the deceased now on the ground Spendiff initially moved away before returning and danced round the deceased, at all times being moved away by the accused McCarthy and at one stage a female passer-by."
At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lady Stacey told Spendiff: "After you had punched Mr Logie and must have known that he had hit his head and was flat out on the ground, you went up to a taxi and punched other people.
"I accept you did not intend to cause his death, but that is in fact what happened.
"I understand you are remorseful and you are accepting responsibility for the terrible harm caused by your actions."


Film-maker Christopher Nolan has made a plea to preserve the film medium in the face of digital domination.

Speaking in Los Angeles, the director of Interstellar and the Dark Knight trilogy said: "We need projectors and film prints - forever."
North American cinemas have almost entirely moved to digital. Yet Nolan argued film print "can be a selling point for a theatre".
"We want to see a world where there's a choice," he went on.
"It's important to preserve it for future generations," he said,  according to the Hollywood Reporter.
Visual artist and former Turner Prize nominee Tacita Dean was another of the panellists at Sunday's event at the Getty Research Institute, where she also made the case for preserving film stock.
"Art institutions should project a piece of art so that it can be seen in the medium that it was made," she said. "We have to persuade some institutions."
A deal was made with Kodak - the last remaining maker of motion picture film - to keep film alive in February. But Nolan said that more should be done.
"We don't have a uniform standard for preservation and archiving for the studios, at the Academy, or at archival institutions," he warned.
"There's no stable digital archiving medium, [at least not] in the immediate future. If there is, it would need to be tested for decades."
Nolan said his latest release, space exploration drama Interstellar, "did incredibly well" in cinemas that showed the movie on film.


The DUP's Edwin Poots has defended comments he made that party members have to hold their noses when doing business with Sinn Féin.

Mr Poots made the comments on the BBC's Nolan Live on Wednesday night.
Speaking to Sinn Féin's Alex Maskey, Mr Poots said: "We'll do business with you because it's in the interests of Northern Ireland.
"We have peace in Northern Ireland, so we'll hold our noses and do business with you."
He added: "I do not like doing business with Sinn Féin. I hold my nose about what has gone on in the past, about the activities of the IRA over 25 years, of the murders that took place and there's a stench that still rises from that in many homes across Northern Ireland."
Mr Maskey said the comments had shown Mr Poots in his "true colours"
However, speaking on the BBC's Good Morning Ulster on Thursday, Mr Poots said "many people across Northern Ireland find it appalling that Sinn Féin are in government".
"They have an association with the IRA, who committed over 2,000 murders in Northern Ireland, and that's something that's very hard for all of us to accept, but we do it because we want to ensure there aren't thousands more people lose their lives as the result of Troubles in Northern Ireland in the years to come," he said.
"Whenever I look across the benches at Stormont, I see people who have been charged and convicted and served lengthy prison sentences for the most heinous of crimes, and that is not the case for republicans.
"I work with those people because they have got a mandate, but that doesn't mean I have to like it."
Speaking on the Nolan Show, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said he "understood entirely" what Mr Poots had meant.
"I think my generation maybe didn't suffer as much as others did during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, but that doesn't mean that I don't forget what the IRA did," he said.
"But I have a family of my own now and I don't want them to grow up into the sort of Northern Ireland that many people had to live through in the 70s and 80s and because of that I'm prepared to work with, and my party is prepared to work with, Sinn Féin who have a mandate from the electorate.
"I know what Edwin meant when he talked about a stench and it is that legacy of violence, IRA violence, down through the 70s and 80s and into the 90s that left a lot of people dead, left a lot of people injured."
Mr Hamilton, the health minister, has come under criticism recently over the DUP's policy of keeping its ministers in office for only a few hours each week while talks continue to resolve the current Stormont crisis.
Asked about his position, he said he would resume his duties for one day next week.


Archaeologists believe they have found the remains of a Bronze Age boat building community in Monmouth.

Excavations show 100ft-long (30m) channels in the clay along which experts think vessels were dragged into a long-gone prehistoric lake.
Monmouth Archaeological Society started to unearth new findings when work started on Parc Glyndwr housing estate two years ago.
The research is being published in a book called The Lost Lake.
Author and archaeologist Stephen Clarke, 71, said: "I started digging here with the society 50 years ago - I wish I had another 50 years."
He said finds had helped the group to better understand the ancient history of Monmouth long before Roman times.
The town is served by three rivers but the group said it had evidence to suggest it was actually built on what was a huge prehistoric lake which became a home to hunter gatherers.
Over millennia it drained away and finds including charcoal from fires, flint shards and pottery from the Stone Age, Iron Age and Roman times have been found by the town's professional and amateur archaeologists.
They have been excavated in sites around the town and in different layers of clay, sand, gravel and peat as the earth-bed composition changed from lake, lagoon, marsh and dry land, according to Mr Clarke.
Among the discoveries are a pair of "dead-straight" metre-wide channels in the clay shaped like the bottom of wooden canoes - along with a third smaller groove.
Mr Clarke said it supported the theory of a vessel having a support arm, adding he was seeking the opinion of marine archaeologists.
These channels were found over a mound of burned earth which has been carbon dated to the Bronze Age although other finds around the area date back to the Stone Age.
"I have seen 14-tonne machinery sliding in the clay so it would have been easy to push a boat," said Mr Clarke.
He believes the finds suggest a settlement and boat building industry although no boat timbers have been found.
"There is a lot to explain," said Mr Clarke, adding that the area "must have been alive with activity for thousands of years".
"It is so new [the findings] that most people in the country do not know about it," he said.


Wales and Cardiff Blues centre Cory Allen will miss the rest of the season after injuring an ankle against Leinster on Saturday.

Allen, 23, went off on a stretcher during Blues' 14-13 Pro 12 defeat at the Arms Park with ligament damage.
He said on social media: "And with that comes the end of my season! Gutted to have to go under the knife again."
He had been released to the region from Wales Six Nations squad duty, having not played in the tournament.
Allen suffered a hamstring tear after scoring a hat-trick in Wales' 2015 World Cup win over Uruguay, but returned at the end of December in the Pro12 derby win over Newport Gwent Dragons.
He added: "Can only hope for an injury-free season next season."
Blues have officially confirmed Allen's misfortune, saying he will undergo surgery in the week beginning Monday, 29 February.
He was among four recognised centres in Wales' initial tournament squad, alongside Jonathan Davies (Clermont Auvergne), Tyler Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons) and Jamie Roberts (Harlequins).
Wales could opt to bring in back-up. If so, Gloucester's James Hook would be among the options for national coach Warren Gatland.


Two retired prison officers are trying to help the men they used to guard to return to the world of employment.

Steve Freer and Val Wawrosz, who worked together in HM Prison Leeds, have founded a charity called Tempus Novo to find jobs for prisoners who have served their sentences.
They work unpaid in offices opposite the looming Victorian hulk of their old employer.
Val used to run the prison print shop with "the same faces" turning up time after time and would ask why they had come back into prison.
They would explain how they could not get a job, often sending hundreds of applications and getting nowhere, so, as a result, they had turned back to crime.
Paul is one of their success stories.
After serving nearly nine years in prison, he struggled to find employment. His probation officer suggested he talk to the pair and for the last six months he has been employed by Winder Power, a manufacturer in West Yorkshire.
"They brought me here, got me an interview, got me through the door," he said. "They gave me a chance."
Steve acknowledged employers were wary of ex-offenders at the start and has found small and medium-sized businesses easier to engage.
He takes the boss of each company into the prison and shows them the prisoners hard at work, as "human beings".
Steve and Val then pre-interview candidates, ensuring they are prepared to do any job, even sweeping the floors as a start.
Then they ask the company to give them an interview and treat them like any other applicant.
Crucially, they offer support to both employer and employee for 12 months. "We're there all the time for them," said Val, who told me that it can be difficult for ex-offenders, or "graduates" as they call them, to "settle into ordinary employment".
"The slightest thing can send them off track, so we're there at the end of the phone just to pick them back up so they can keep their jobs," he explained.
"The savings are staggering," Val said. "The first 54 guys that we placed into work had between them 838 convictions, which shows you we don't cherry-pick."
Prisoners with multiple convictions are often hardest to place, but so far the overwhelming majority have kept their jobs.
Deteriorating conditions in prisons have encouraged some repeat offenders to try much harder to find work, according to Val and Steve. One man told them: "I don't really want to go back to prison. It's changed a lot recently."
Both men say there are not enough staff to deal with problems of violence and legal highs.
However, Justice Secretary Liz Truss hopes to address that by announcing the recruitment of 2,100 extra prison officers in England and Wales, in addition to the 400 recently promised.
She is planning measures to tackle drug smuggling into jails and to target reoffending rates. More than 100,000 crimes are committed annually by former prisoners.
Ms Truss wants to see people improve their education and skills in prisons, so they are more likely to find work. Many ex-offenders find it very difficult to get a job, regardless of their qualifications.
Steve told me that throughout his career prison "was always quite a safe, not overly violent environment. But over the last two, three years, that's changed in many prisons".
Tempus Novo is now working in several prisons. Steve and Val believe their approach could help ex-offenders across the country. "It would be an incredible win for society," said Steve.
"Less crime, less victims, and a huge saving to the taxpayer."


Liam Kelly's penalty gave Oldham a 2-1 win at Peterborough as they extended their unbeaten League One run to five games to enhance their survival hopes.

On-loan Burnley full-back Cameron Dummigan fired Oldham ahead with his first career goal after two minutes.
Peterborough, who have won just one of their past seven league games, levelled through Souleymane Coulibaly's header.
Oldham made it successive wins when Kelly scored on 73 minutes after keeper Ben Alnwick fouled Matthew Palmer.
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Oldham manager John Sheridan told BBC Radio Manchester:
"It was a good team performance against a good footballing side in a difficult place to come. It's full credit to the players to come out with three points from the game.
"It's a great strike from Cameron, he's finished well with his weak foot and it was a great start. He's got that in his locker and he's a great little player.
"I was disappointed to go in level at half-time, but I thought our second half performance was really good. We looked really strong and were pushing on to get a winner and we did."


Midfielder Jonas Gutierrez was dropped by Newcastle United because of his cancer diagnosis, an employment tribunal has found.

The 32-year-old was suing the Magpies for about £2m on the grounds of disability discrimination.
The tribunal also ruled the club made it impossible for Gutierrez to trigger an appearance-based contract extension.
Newcastle say they are "dismayed" by the judgement and are considering further options with their legal team.
Gutierrez's barrister Martin Budworth said: "The tribunal has made it clear that a Premier League football club owes the same duties to a disabled person as any other employer."
Claims of unfavourable treatment and another of harassment related to disability were dismissed.
A further remedy hearing will be held in due course, in which compensation will be addressed.
Although Gutierrez has not released a statement, he did post on social media, saying: "Always in my heart Geordie nation. I love you."
Gutierrez, who joined Newcastle from Real Mallorca in 2008, was diagnosed with testicular cancer in October 2013.
He had been a regular at St James' Park before that time, scoring 10 goals in 177 appearances at the time of the return of the illness and subsequent treatment.
The Argentina international sued Newcastle over the way he was treated following his diagnosis and claimed the Premier League club saw him as a liability after he returned from treatment.
Gutierrez, now playing for Deportivo La Coruna in Spain, also alleged that he was not selected for some of the second half of the 2014-15 season, when the Magpies avoided relegation on the final day of the campaign, so the club would not trigger an automatic one-year contract extension.
The tribunal found that Gutierrez was discriminated against following his diagnosis and subsequent return to fitness as it deemed he was considered part of the club's plans right up to the point of his absence.
The ruling stated:
The tribunal also concluded that Gutierrez was not considered for selection following his return to fitness until he could not achieve the 80 Premier League starts required over the length of his four-year contract to trigger the extension.
As a result of his absence because of cancer, Gutierrez had only 121 games instead of 152 to earn his extended deal and the club had discriminated against him by failing to make reasonable adjustments.
The ruling stated:
Claims of unfavourable treatment were rejected, as his move to Norwich City on loan in January 2014 was consensual.
A claim of harassment which related to Gutierrez training and playing with the under-21s was also dismissed as the tribunal ruled that many players, such as "Davide Santon, Siem de Jong and Gabriel Obertan" were required to do so to gain match fitness after injury.


More rape victims would come forward if a law allowing their sexual history to be brought up in court is changed, a Plaid Cymru MP has said.

Liz Saville Roberts, who tabled a private members' bill last week over the issue, said current legislation was "inadequate" for protecting victims.
It comes after the Ched Evans retrial jury was allowed to hear details about the sexual history of the complainant. He was cleared in October.
The UK government is reviewing the law.
Ms Saville Roberts said that victims enduring the "degrading and humiliating experience of being cross-examined on their sexual history" was "wholly unjust".
The Dwyfor Meirionnydd MP said she would be seeking an urgent meeting with Justice Secretary Liz Truss to discuss the review.
Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 protects complainants in proceedings involving sexual offences by restricting evidence or questions about their previous sexual history.
But the Plaid MP said the practice was happening far more often than intended and introduced a private members' bill in Parliament on Wednesday to make changes to legislation.
It replicates the so-called Rape Shield Law which exists in the USA, Canada and Australia and aims to prevent the cross-examination of a rape complainant's sexual history, previous behaviour or appearance.
Ms Saville Roberts said: "Rape victims should not have to endure the humiliation of their sexual history being made public and being used against them in court.
"Whether or not someone has consented to sex in the past is not relevant to whether or not they gave consent to an alleged attacker."
The UK government's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) department said the Justice Secretary had met with victims' groups to discuss strengthening support for victims of rape.
A spokesman said: "It is vital that we have a justice system where victims of rape are given the right support and protection.
"The bar for the disclosure of a complainant's sexual history is high but we have listened to the concerns raised and are looking at how the law is working in practice."
The Prisons and Courts Bill, due later this month, will stop women being cross-examined by their violent ex-partners in family courts, the MOJ said.
Last month, Justice Secretary Elizabeth Truss ordered an emergency review into the practice she branded as "humiliating and appalling".
In 2012, Mr Evans, 28, was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman in a hotel room in Rhuddlan, Denbighshire, the previous year. He served half of a five-year prison term.
But that conviction was quashed on appeal last April and he was found not guilty of the same charge at the subsequent retrial.


England opener Tammy Beaumont top-scored 47 against Yorkshire Diamonds to lead Surrey Stars to their first Super League win.

Surrey's six-wicket victory in front of a crowd of 2,250 at The Oval consigned Diamonds to their second defeat in two games since the competition started.
Yorkshire posted 134-5, Hollie Armitage leading the way with 43.
Beaumont shared a 65-run first-wicket stand with Bryony Smith to help the Stars triumph in their first home game.
Assisted by a quick outfield, the visitors raced along to 74 without loss before Alex Hartley struck twice in three balls - the England off-spinner taking a simple caught and bowled after a leading edge from Lauren Winfield before she bowled Armitage.
Stars skipper Natalie Sciver, with one stump to aim at, ran out Beth Mooney after collecting the ball sharply at extra cover, as the hosts battled their way back into the contest brilliantly and the visitors stuttered.
The home side looked to attack the ball from the off and Diamonds debutant Laura Spragg's only over went disastrously wrong, with the former England bowler opening up with three wides on the way to conceding 16 runs in an 11-ball over.
Smith batted fearlessly, hitting four boundaries in one Katherine Brunt over, before being caught at point off Jenny Gunn for 31.
Beaumont was largely untroubled, hitting six fours in her 45-ball innings, and was eventually caught off Stephanie Butler late on - with Sciver left to lead her side home with 11 balls to spare.


More than 150 endangered olive ridley turtles have been found dead along the eastern coast of India.

Forest department officials say the turtles may have been hit by trawlers fishing along the Puri beach in Orissa.
Local fishermen often flout the ban on fishing along the coast, disturbing the natural nesting space of turtles, they say.
Olive ridley is one of the five species of marine turtles to mate and nest on India's shores.
The turtles come in "large numbers to Gahirmatha, mouth of rivers Devi and Rushikulya in Orissa coast, for annual nesting", Sarat Chandra Behera, an official of the Puri-Balukhand forest range, told the Indian Express.
"We suspect that they were killed after being hit by fishing trawlers in the sea," he added.
Tens of thousands of olive ridley turtles also come to the shores of southern India to lay eggs every year between January and April.
In 2014, more than 900 olive ridley turtles were found dead along the coast of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.


President Donald Trump's son Eric has announced that he and his wife, Lara, are expecting their first child.

They posted on social media that the baby is due in September, saying: "It's been an amazing year. We are blessed!"
The couple got married at the Trump family's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2014.
The baby will be President Trump's ninth grandchild. His son Donald Jnr has five children and his daughter, Ivanka, has three.
Eric revealed in an interview with People magazine that they are expecting a boy, but said the couple have not decided on a name yet.
Lara Trump also told the magazine: "[Eric's] dad is so excited that we were worried he'd blurt it out at a press conference."


South Korea's In Gee Chun has a two-shot lead after the second round of the Evian Championship - the fifth and final women's major of the year.

The 22-year-old, who won the 2015 US Open, carded six birdies to end the day with a five-under-par round of 66.
Compatriot Sung Hyun Park made three bogeys to lose her share of the lead and ended the day tied in second with China's Shanshan Feng at 11 under.
England's Laura Davies, 52, missed the cut after she finished four over par.
Four-time major winner Davies followed up her first-round 69 with a round of 77, which included three bogeys and a double bogey.
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Charley Hull, England's highest ranked player at 26th in the world, made the three-over cut as she shot a second-round 73. The 20-year-old heads into the weekend one under par, while 47-year-old Scot Catriona Matthew will return on Saturday after a round of 70 left her at one over.
New Zealand's world number one and defending champion Lydia Ko is tied for 13th on the leaderboard at three under after she shot 68.
Chun, who holds the lead in a major after 36 holes for the first time, said she has not contemplated the prospect of winning a second major title.
"I had one bogey early on today but recovered to have a good round and that gives me a lot of confidence," she told the Ladies European Tour.
"I always try not to think about winning a tournament because if I think about that it gives me more pressure, so I just try to focus on my game."
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Five men involved in a drugs plot uncovered during investigations into an unsolved murder have been sentenced.

Michael Freshwater, 49, was found stabbed to death at a flat in St Denys, Southampton in April.
Portsmouth Crown Court heard the property was used for "cuckooing", where dealers take over drug users' homes in order to trade.
Four of the men were jailed and one man was given a suspended sentence.
They were all found guilty last month of conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine worth about Â£676,000 worth between June 2015 and April 2016.
Police uncovered the plot after Mr Freshwater's body was found at an address in Westridge Road.
The killing "created panic" among drug dealers in the city, which led to evidence in the case being unearthed.
Passing sentence, Judge Linda Sullivan QC said the flat had been taken over by drug-dealers to use as a base, as part of a "sophisticated conspiracy".
No-one has been charged with Mr Freshwater's murder, and police have said they are not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.
Daniel Ferrett, 29, of Darlington Gardens, Southampton received four-and-a-half years .
Tristan Pope, 22, of no fixed address, was jailed for eight years.
Kevin Suika, 23, of Holloway Road, north London, was jailed for six years.
Dantai Thompson, 18, of Dorset Road, Bromley, south east London, was sentenced to two years.
Daniel Sadler, 35, of King Georges Avenue, Southampton, received a two year suspended sentence.
Mr Freshwater's partner Jenny Downey said at court: "I miss him terribly and nothing's ever going to bring him back."
The father-of-four, who was known as Micky, died from a stab wound, a post-mortem examination found.
A reward of Â£10,000 from the Crimestoppers charity, for information that leads to the successful conviction of anyone responsible for Mr Freshwater's death, remains on offer.
A sixth man, Jammoy Bent, 25, of Golden Grove, Southampton, will be sentenced on 3 February, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to supply heroin and cocaine.


An offer has been made to buy the majority of a North Yorkshire village after it was put up for sale following the death of its most recent owner.

West Heslerton, near Malton, has a 21-bedroom mansion, pub, petrol station, 43 homes and 2,116 acres of land.
It has been owned by the same family for more than 150 years.
Cundalls estate agents confirmed an offer for the estate was "on the table", but would not go into any further detail.
The sale, with a guide price of £20m, picked up media interest from national press in the UK, America and Australia earlier this year.
Eve Dawnay owned the estate until her death five years ago, with the family now deciding to sell.
About half a dozen properties in the village are privately-owned and, therefore, not included in the sale.


UKIP leader Paul Nuttall is ready to carry on as leader "without question" his deputy has told the BBC.

Peter Whittle said his party was "more united than ever" with a "sense of renewed purpose" despite failing to take Stoke-on-Trent Central from Labour in Thursday's by-election.
Mr Nuttall said he was "not going anywhere" after the defeat. Mr Whittle told Andrew Marr he was currently "on a trip he had booked" beforehand.
Labour held Stoke with 7,853 votes.
Gareth Snell beat Mr Nuttall into second place on 5,233 votes.
Mr Whittle said Mr Nuttall was taking time out after the "gruelling time" he had been through and the "particularly personal" attacks he experienced.
The UKIP leader was criticised over fake claims he lost close friends in the Hillsborough tragedy and investigated by police over whether he spent time in the house he rented during the campaign to be elected as the local MP.
Mr Whittle said of his leader: "Without question, he has united the party. Of course it's disappointing that we didn't win in Stoke. But we are more united than ever, everything is more in place than ever and there's a real sense of renewed purpose."
Asked about a report in the Sunday Express that multi-millionaire UKIP donor Arron Banks had threatened to take his money elsewhere unless he was made chairman, Mr Whittle said the party already had a "great, young, dynamic chairman" in Paul Oakden.
While he was "always very grateful for Arron's contributions", he added: "If Arron were to take his money away, there are always other people... Obviously I wouldn't want that to happen."
Former UKIP leader Nigel Farage had said the Stoke seat was "fundamental" to the party's future, in a constituency where 69% of the electorate voted to leave at the EU at the referendum.
Mr Whittle said Mr Nuttall had only been leader for 12 weeks at the time of the by-election and people "hadn't got to know him well enough".


More than 11,000 cases of so-called honour crime were recorded by UK police forces from 2010-14, new figures show.

The Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation, which obtained the data, called for a national strategy for police, courts and schools to follow.
The crimes are usually aimed at women, and can include abductions, beatings and even murders.
Commander Mak Chishty, head of police policy on the issue, said there was now a better understanding of the problem.
So-called honour crimes are acts which have been committed to protect or defend the supposed honour or reputation of a family and community.
The figures revealed 11,744 incidences of these crimes between 2010 and 2014, consisting of data from 39 out of 52 police forces in the UK. They included forced marriage and female genital mutilation (FGM).
The Metropolitan Police recorded the highest number of incidents at 2,188, followed by West Midlands Police with 1,269 and Bedfordshire Police with 1,106 examples recorded.
South Yorkshire had 1,009 unconfirmed incidents in 2014 alone while Lancashire Police had 1,049.
Diana Nammi, director of the Iranian and Kurdish Women's Rights Organisation - a charity that provides support to Middle Eastern women living in the UK who are facing "honour" violence - said the figures suggested incidence of the crime remained "consistently high" in the UK and that the issue was "not going away".
She said: "Unfortunately they [the figures] do not show the real extent of the problem. So many crimes are unreported because the perpetrators are often the victim's own family.
"We need a national strategy for all agencies - including police forces, courts, and schools - to be trained and to work together to end this problem."
Anisa - not her real name - is a British Asian woman in her early 20s.
She has been staying in one of only a handful of safe houses in the UK just for Asian women, run by the charity Hestia, to protect her from her parents.
She says they believe she has shamed and dishonoured her family by leaving her abusive husband.
"My husband would beat me at least twice a week. If he wasn't strangling me, he was punching me and slapping me. My parents knew what was going on and they let it happen," Anisa said.
"When I ran away from my husband, my parents threatened to kill me if I didn't go back. They see it as a big dishonour, like I've slated the family name.
"I'm really scared they are going to find me and force me to go back, and if I refuse, they will kill me," she added.
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) is carrying out its first review into police handling of these crimes this summer, saying the issue remains "largely under the radar of most agencies, including the police".
Commander Chishty said: "There have been huge failings and we are sorry about those cases."
"I think we're in a better place because of our training given to all officers - our understanding is better. Honour-based violence is no longer a fringe issue.
"I think if we work hard enough at it together, we can start to eradicate this," he added.
You can hear and watch the documentary, The Honour Code, on BBC Asian Network and Victoria Derbyshire on Thursday 9 July.


Senegal have included five England-based players in the 23-man squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.

The Teranga Lions could be spearheaded in attack by Liverpool's Sadio Mane and Mame Biram Diouf of Stoke.
And their midfield could be filled by three more from England in the shape of Cheikhou Kouyate of West Ham, Newcastle's Mohamed Diame and Everton's Idrissa Gana Gueye.
Senegal begin their campaign in Gabon on 15 January against Tunisia.
They will also face Algeria and Zimbabwe in Group B at the tournament, which is being held between 14 January and 5 February.
Senegal squad:
Goalkeepers: Khadim N'Diaye (Horoya AC, Guinea), Abdoulaye Diallo (Çaykur Rizespor, Turkey), Pape Seydou N'Diaye (ASC Niarry Tally)
Defenders: Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor, Turkey), Cheikh M'Bengue (Saint-Etienne, France), Kara Mbodj (Anderlecht, Belgium), Zargo Toure (Lorient, France), Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, Italy), Saliou Ciss (Valenciennes, France)
Midfielders: Idrissa Gana Gueye (Everton, England), Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham, England), Cheikh N'Doye (Angers, France), Papakouli Diop (Espanyol, Spain), Henri Saivet (Saint Etienne, France), Papa Alioune Ndiaye (Osmanlıspor, Turkey), Mohamed Diame (Newcastle, England)
Forwards: Sadio Mane (Liverpool England), Keita Balde Diao (Lazio, Italy), Moussa Konate (FC Sion, Switzerland), Famara Diedhiou (Angers, France), Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke, England), Ismaila Sarr (Metz, France), Moussa Sow (Fenerbahce, Turkey)


Middlesbrough boss Aitor Karanka is to stay at the club after walking out of training following a row last week.

The 42-year-old Spaniard did not take training on Saturday and assistant Steve Agnew was in charge for Sunday's 2-0 defeat at Charlton.
Karanka was thought to be considering his future at the Championship club.
But a Middlesbrough statement on Monday said he "will be resuming first-team duties with the club with immediate effect".
It added: "We have 10 games left this season and as a club we are fully focussed on what remains of our Championship campaign."
Karanka took charge at the Riverside in November 2013.
His Middlesbrough side were top of the table by six points on 12 January, but they are now seven points behind leaders Burnley.
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Kyle Vassell scored twice and helped create two others as Blackpool moved to within a point of the play-offs with a win over 10-man Notts County.

The Seasiders, who have lost just once at home in all competitions this season, took the lead after 20 minutes as Vassell picked up the loose ball and slotted past Adam Collin from 12 yards.
Jamille Matt then rounded Collin, but somehow placed the ball wide of the post.
But Gary Bowyer's side did double their lead three minutes after half-time, as Vassell's shot from 12 yards was parried as far as Colin Daniel, who tapped into the empty net.
The hosts had another four minutes later, as Matt made amends for his earlier miss by thumping home from 10 yards after Vassell's deflected shot broke his way.
Notts County's misery was compounded when Vadaine Oliver was shown a straight red after 79 minutes for a tackle on Tom Aldred.
The rout was completed on 87 minutes as Vassell robbed Louis Laing of possession and placed it past Collin for his 10th goal of the season.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Blackpool 4, Notts County 0.
Second Half ends, Blackpool 4, Notts County 0.
Aaron Collins (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jim McAlister (Blackpool).
Richard Duffy (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Attempt saved. Colin Daniel (Blackpool) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Andy Taylor (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal!  Blackpool 4, Notts County 0. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tom Aldred.
Attempt missed. Bright Samuel (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Substitution, Blackpool. Bright Samuel replaces Brad Potts.
Substitution, Blackpool. Jim McAlister replaces Jack Payne.
Attempt missed. Colin Daniel (Blackpool) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card.
Vadaine Oliver (Notts County) is shown the red card.
Tom Aldred (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Vadaine Oliver (Notts County).
Attempt missed. Armand Gnanduillet (Blackpool) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Richard Duffy.
Louis Laing (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Brad Potts (Blackpool).
Substitution, Blackpool. Armand Gnanduillet replaces Jamille Matt.
Corner,  Notts County. Conceded by Brad Potts.
Richard Duffy (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kyle Vassell (Blackpool).
Foul by Richard Duffy (Notts County).
Colin Daniel (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Danny Pugh (Blackpool) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
Andy Taylor (Blackpool) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Elliott Hewitt (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jamille Matt (Blackpool).
Robert Milsom (Notts County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Robert Milsom (Notts County).
Brad Potts (Blackpool) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Blackpool. Conceded by Haydn Hollis.
Attempt blocked. Kyle Vassell (Blackpool) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is blocked.
Substitution, Notts County. Aaron Collins replaces Adam Campbell.
Substitution, Notts County. Robert Milsom replaces Carl Dickinson.
Substitution, Notts County. Vadaine Oliver replaces Alan Smith.


Chris and Gabby Adcock led the British charge into the finals of the European Badminton Championships in Denmark.

The married English pair beat France's Ronan Labar and Audrey Fontaine 21-14 21-13 to reach the mixed doubles final.
Kirsty Gilmour will meet Spanish top seed Carolina Marin in the women's final after the Scot beat Swiss Sabrina Jacquet 22-20 21-10.
Briton Rajiv Ouseph beat Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus 18-21 23-21 21-16 in the men's semi-final.
The Adcocks, in their first European final, will face Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen after the Danish top seeds saw off Irish brother and sister pair Sam and Chloe Magee with a 21-14 21-10 victory.
Gilmour will be aiming to go one better than her silver in 2016 while Ouseph, bronze medallist last year, will take on either Viktor Axelsen or Anders Antonsen, both of Denmark.
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England will kick off the eighth Rugby World Cup on Friday when they take on Fiji at Twickenham (20:00 BST).

The hosts are aiming to repeat their success of 2003, when Jonny Wilkinson's dramatic drop-goal saw them become champions for the only time.
About 2.3 million of the 2.45 million tickets have been sold for 48 games.
New Zealand are defending champions, Wales are in a competitive pool with England and Australia, while Ireland and Scotland also hope to progress.
In addition to fourth-ranked England and fifth-ranked Wales, who meet in a hugely important match on the second weekend of the tournament, Pool A contains two more sides in the top nine of the world rankings - second-placed Australia and Fiji.
The 20-team World Cup, which runs until 31 October, will take place in stadiums across England and at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff.
Eight of the 13 venues are football stadiums, while Twickenham, the Millennium Stadium, Gloucester's Kingsholm and Exeter's Sandy Park are the traditional rugby grounds to host matches.
With Wembley and the Olympic Stadium also World Cup venues, 17 games will take place in London.
Global governing body World Rugby says almost 500,000 overseas fans are expected to visit England and Wales during the tournament, with the World Cup bringing £1bn to the economy.
A total of 102 nations entered the tournament, which will be broadcast to 772 million households - 15% up on 2011 - with games being shown live in both Germany and China for the first time.
Reigning champions New Zealand go into the tournament as favourites, with England, South Africa and Australia - all former champions - among those tipped to do well.
Ireland, France and Wales have also been touted as potential winners, although one of England, Wales or Australia will fail to reach the last eight as they are in the same pool.
The tournament was last hosted by England in 1991, when an Australia team containing legends such as David Campese beat Will Carling's England 12-6 in the final.
The last time the World Cup was held in Britain was in 1999, when Wales were hosts and Australia were once again crowned champions, beating France in the final at the Millennium Stadium.
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Among the stars set to grace England over the next six weeks is the most capped player in the history of the game, Richie McCaw.
The 142-cap New Zealand captain, who led the All Blacks to victory four years ago, will be joined by Dan Carter, the all-time leading Test points scorer.
England and Wales are captained by open-side flankers in Chris Robshaw and Sam Warburton, Scotland will be led by scrum-half Greig Laidlaw and Ireland have iconic second row Paul O'Connell as their skipper.
As Six Nations champions for the past two years, Ireland are fancied to top a group that also includes France and progress beyond the quarter-finals for the first time, while Scotland may need to beat Samoa in their final pool game to reach the last eight.
Wales wing George North and England counterpart Anthony Watson could dazzle on the world stage, while Ireland's Johnny Sexton is one of the world's best fly-halves, an accolade 22-year-old England player George Ford could claim for himself over the next six weeks.
Other stars set to light up the tournament include Australia full-back Israel Folau, South Africa lock Eben Etzebeth, New Zealand's Brodie Retallick and Julian Savea, and Italy captain Sergio Parisse, provided he recovers from injury.
You can follow the World Cup on BBC Radio and online, with the BBC Sport website providing live text commentary on all the 48 matches. You can also get World Cup alerts direct to your phone.


A man has died following an assault in Peterborough.

Ali Qasemi, 45, of Birchtree Avenue, Peterborough, was delivering pizzas when the attack happened in Shrewsbury Avenue, in the early hours of Sunday.
He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital, in Cambridge, but died on Tuesday afternoon.
In a tribute to her husband, Mrs Qasemi said: "My husband was my everything; my best friend, my soul mate, my life partner and an amazing father."
Anyone with information is asked to call Cambridgeshire Police.


A journalist who interviewed Jimmy Savile extensively over the last six years of his life has won an award for his book about the fallen celebrity.

Dan Davies won the Gordon Burn Prize for his book, In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile.
Actress - and judge - Maxine Peake described it as "compelling".
"This is so much more than a book about the monster that is Savile. It's about grotesque social attitudes towards the famous and money," she said.
The winner was picked from a selected shortlist by a judging panel comprising of Peake, authors Roddy Doyle and Doug Johnstone, artist Gavin Turk and journalist Suzanne Moore.
'Clear-eyed examination'
Davies' book details Savile's secretive life and the author's own developing relationship with the TV presenter over the course of multiple interviews, as well as examining the many inquiries which have followed the discovery that Savile was one of the UK's most prolific sexual predators.
Originally turned down by a slew of publishers prior to Savile's death, because it was deemed too controversial, it was published to critical acclaim last year.
Johnstone, author of The Jump, called it "a clear-eyed examination of a terrifying personality".
"Dan Davies has dug deep to produce one of the finest examples of investigative journalism I've ever read."
The Gordon Burn Prize was set up in 2012 to honour the late journalist whose extensive books covered topics such as the Yorkshire Ripper, Fred and Rosemary West and the Moors murderers.
According to organisers, which include publishers Faber & Faber (one of those who originally turned down Davies' book), the Gordon Burn Trust and New Writing North, the award seeks "to illuminate the work of those writers whose work follows in his [Burn's] bold footsteps".
Davies receives Â£5,000 and the offer of a writing retreat for three months.


The so-called Islamic State group has said it was behind an attack carried out on traffic police outside Moscow on Wednesday.

Both attackers, reportedly from Central Asia, were shot dead after wounding two policemen.
The gunmen were wielding firearms and axes and attacked police in Balashikha, east of Moscow.
IS made the claim via Amaq, a news agency linked to the group.
Also on Wednesday Russian special forces killed four suspected militants in a shoot-out forces during a raid on an apartment block in St Petersburg.
Russia has long been battling extremism in the North Caucasus. Most Russians who have gone to fight for IS in Syria come from this area.
The insurgency in the Caucasus followed two bitter separatist conflicts in Russia's Chechnya republic and has occasionally spilled over into violence in other parts of Russia.


A youth pastor from Sydney has created a stir online with his very simple tutorial titled How to Speak Australian.

In just two words, Josh Hawkins teaches the basics of the Australian vernacular.
The 30-year-old's advice is to "abbreviate everything".
"We're from Australia. We love a good chat, but not for too long," Josh says at the start of the video, which also stars local actor Rhys Keir.
The pair then run through a list of some of Australia's favourite abbreviations, including:
The clip has already been viewed on Facebook more than 1.5m times since it was uploaded on Monday.
It has been a surprise success for Josh, and a little like lightning striking twice, after he made headlines in May for his trick-shot video "The thug life chose me".
"It was pretty insane and I didn't think it would happen again," he told the BBC.
His only regret: misspelling the town of Wollongong (south of Sydney).
"Practically the whole town has been messaging me.
"I was in a rush so I didn't spell-check it and I got a whole bunch of messages today."
He says he will use his appearance on breakfast television on Wednesday to issue a very public apology to Wollongong.


Oil prices have fallen to levels not seen since 2004, surpassing the lows seen during the recession of 2008.

Brent crude sank to $36.05 a barrel - its weakest since July 2004 - before recovering slightly to $36.56.
A global oversupply has dramatically driven down the price of oil, with suppliers failing to reach agreements to address the glut.
Just 18 months ago, in June 2014, the price of oil was traded at $115 per barrel.
The price of US crude was also down on Monday, dropping 40 cents to $34.17 a barrel - the lowest since 2009.
Analysts and oil bosses have said there is little sign that the downward trend will change, with more US and Russian oil reaching the markets.
Iranian oil supply will also resume in 2016, following the lifting of sanctions.
In November, the 12 members of Opec maintained production at 30 million barrels per day, as first agreed in December 2011.
Many consumers have enjoyed the falling price of fuel in the form of lower petrol prices; several UK supermarkets have begun selling petrol at below Â£1 per litre - which they last did in 2009.
However, oil firms have had profit margins squeezed, forcing them to cut spending in investment and exploration.
Governments of some oil producing countries have also been forced to cut spending as revenue from oil plunges.
The falling price has also led to questions about the merger of energy giants Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group. Earlier this month, David Cumming, head of equities at Standard Life Investments, told the BBC that the deal no longer "makes financial sense" with the oil price at current levels.


The man who assassinated US Democratic senator and presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy has been denied parole.

Sirhan Sirhan says he does not remember shooting Kennedy at a Los Angeles hotel in 1968 on the day he won the California Democratic presidential primary.
Sirhan, a Palestinian Christian, was convicted in 1969 of murder.
The California parole board said it was his 13th effort to win release; he will be considered again in five years.
Early in the morning of 6 June 1968, Kennedy had narrowly won the Democratic presidential primary election in California.
After giving a victory speech to supporters at the Ambassador Hotel, Kennedy entered the kitchen to exit the hotel when six shots rang out, fatally wounding him. Five others were injured but survived.
Rosey Grier, a former professional football player and member of Kennedy's entourage, and another man tackled the gunman and fought off a mob that lunged at him.
Kennedy was the younger brother of President John F Kennedy, who was killed by an assassin's bullet in November 1963.
Sirhan was sentenced to death in April 1969 but that sentence was commuted in 1972 when the US Supreme Court temporarily banned capital punishment.
"Every day of my life, I have great remorse and deep regret," Sirhan, 66, told parole commissioners during a four-hour hearing on Wednesday at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga, the Associated Press reported.
He begged for release, saying he wanted to "get lost in the woodwork" and live out the rest of his life.
He also said he expected he would be deported to Jordan, from where he immigrated, if released and would accept that.


A "rigorous" air search has resumed for a US Marine helicopter declared missing in Nepal, according to the US military.

Six US Marines and two Nepali soldiers were on board the helicopter as it delivered aid to earthquake victims.
A second earthquake struck on Tuesday, nearly two weeks after an earlier one killed more than 8,000 people.
A Nepali battalion are searching on the ground, while US aircrafts work in shifts to search for the missing crew.
The air search had been halted overnight due to darkness, but resumed in the morning with the Americans deploying two Huey helicopters and two MV-22 tilt-rotor Osprey aircrafts.
The missing US team had been working in the vicinity of Charikot, a village that has been hit hard, a spokesman for the US Pacific Command said.
The helicopter was declared missing Tuesday evening, according to Pacific Command spokesman Major Dave Eastburn.
It had been flying from Kathmandu airport as part of the US Operation "Sahayogi Haat", which means "helping hand" in Nepali.
According to the Pentagon, there was talk of "fuel issues" heard over the radio by a nearby Indian helicopter before the flight went missing in the rugged, mountainous region.
Pentagon spokesman Lt Col Jeff Poole told BBC News that the team was delivering food and shelter before it went missing.
The aircraft had dropped off supplies at one location, and was en route to a second site when contact was lost, according to Col Warren.
Officials are hopeful that the flight had not crashed, since no sign of smoke or fire has yet been discovered.
"Essentially what we have right now is truly a missing helicopter. We simply don't know its location," Col Warren said.
There are currently 300 US troops conducting relief missions in Nepal, and another 270 assisting from nearby Thailand.


Peterborough have signed Port Vale midfielder Anthony Grant for a "six-figure fee" and Luton's Craig Mackail-Smith on loan to the end of the term.

Grant, 29, made 24 appearances for Vale this season, but moves to the ABAX Stadium on a two-and-a-half-year deal.
Striker Mackail-Smith, 32, has scored only five goals in 40 games for Luton since joining the club in August 2015.
He scored 99 goals in 212 games for Posh from 2007-2011, before returning for a one-month loan spell in 2014.
The Scotland international has made six appearances this season, with three of those coming in the EFL Trophy.
"Unfortunately we haven't seen the best of Craig due to his injuries, but with a prolonged run of games I'm sure he'll be an asset," Luton manager Nathan Jones said.
Posh chairman Darragh MacAnthony said on Twitter that Mackail-Smith had insisted that he would pay back his wages if he was not fit to play whilst on loan.
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The first phase of a £927,000 project to transform a Pembrokeshire harbour into an international marine tourism destination has opened.

The project to revamp Saundersfoot has already been awarded £463,500 in European regional funds, as well as £200,000 in tourism development cash.
The rest of the funding is being met by the Harbour Commission.
Deputy Minister for Culture, Ken Skates, opens phase one - the new harbour decking area - on Wednesday.
The project also includes a new slipway, sea wall, visitor pontoon and dry boat racking facilities.
The harbour project is the first part of a £4m scheme to boost tourism and jobs in the town.
Mr Skates said: "Saundersfoot harbour has long been recognised as one of the jewels in the crown of Pembrokeshire.
"This development will help establish a reputation for the harbour as a high-quality international marine destination and make it an iconic tourism destination for Wales."


An at-risk World War II building which was used to train anti-aircraft gunners will now be saved thanks to grants from the lottery and English Heritage.

The Langham Dome in North Norfolk, one of only six training domes in the country, was built in 1942 and sits on the edge of a former RAF base.
Film of enemy planes was projected on its walls to simulate target practise.
It is being restored thanks to Â£200,00 from English Heritage and Â£426,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Source: BBC and friends of Langham Dome
Once renovations are completed, the dome will open to the public as an education centre.
John Ette, from English Heritage, said the concrete used to build it had suffered severe decay.
The metal rod and mesh sub-structure was also decaying.
"It's required an absolutely innovative technique to run a current through it to drive the moisture out," said Mr Ette.
"Then it has to be refaced, so it's actually quite a technically difficult job and it's taken years to build up the right expertise."
Patrick Allen, from the Friends of Langham Dome - the organisation instrumental in securing the grants for the dome's restoration - said it was the culmination of 20 years' work.
"Future generations can come in here and hopefully will be able to learn what went on in 1940 to 45 in Langham," he said.
"Langham went from a village of 200 people to 2,000 people living here during the war, so it was quite an upheaval for the village.
"I think it's important to remember this," added Mr Allen.


One in five bowel cancer patients diagnosed in an emergency had "red flag" symptoms that should have been picked up earlier, a study in the British Journal of Cancer suggests.

And 16% of emergency bowel cancer patients had seen their GP three times or more with relevant symptoms.
Overall, these symptoms were less common in patients diagnosed at an emergency stage rather than earlier on.
The study looked at data on diagnoses in England from 2005 to 2006.
The researchers, from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, focused on what had happened to patients in the five years leading up to their cancer diagnosis.
They analysed National Cancer Registry data that was linked to GP data for 1,606 patients from more than 200 GP practices.
They found that in England 35% of colon cancers and 15% of rectal cancers were diagnosed after an emergency presentation.
Although many of these patients often did not display obvious symptoms for bowel cancer, making it harder for GPs to diagnose their cancer early, 17.5% of colon cancer patients and 23% of rectal cancer patients did have "red flag" symptoms.
These symptoms include rectal bleeding or blood in the stools, a change in bowel habit and stomach pain.
The researchers say these figures indicate there could have been opportunities to pick up the disease earlier.
Paul, 47, from Manchester, started to feel unwell in 2007. He had no energy and constantly felt worn out.
Something was wrong, but the GP told him to lose some weight and come back if things did not improve.
He did go back - several times - and eventually, after he noticed blood in his stools, his GP arranged for a sample to be sent away for tests.
But there was a delay after his name was not put on his sample. And then, the test came back saying everything was OK.
However, he was increasingly concerned at feeling tired all the time. Sometimes after work, as a self-employed builder, he had to go straight to bed.
Finally, early in 2008, with the encouragement of his family and friends, he decided to pay to see a specialist privately.
Within days of having an internal examination and a scan, he was diagnosed with bowel cancer that had spread to his liver and lungs.
The following week, Paul had the first of several major operations to remove the cancer.
He says: "I was practically begging them in the end to do something.
"They told me that if I'd left it another couple of months, the cancer would have spread and I would have had no chance."
Doctors removed more than 2ft (60cm) of his bowel before taking half of his liver out too, then chemotherapy followed.
"My energy levels are back to a certain extent, but I'll never be the same as I was," he says.
"I can't do all the things I used to do because of all the surgery I've had - but I count my blessings."
Most patients, regardless of how they were diagnosed, visited their doctor in the year before their diagnosis.
And patients tended to see their doctors more often in the months and days leading up to their cancer diagnosis - whether it happened in an emergency or not.
The research team suggested that specially trained nurses could support GPs and act as a safety net during consultations.
Easier access to specialist advice for GPs was also important, the study said.
Cristina Renzi, lead researcher from University College London, said patients diagnosed with cancer after an emergency presentation did not fare as well as patients diagnosed by their GP.
"However, in most cases they visit their doctor for various reasons multiple times during the months leading up to their diagnosis, which could represent opportunities to diagnose the cancer earlier.
She added: "It's important to find ways to ensure these patients can be diagnosed at an early stage.
"And this study highlights the need to support GPs and give them the tools to diagnose and refer patients promptly when they feel it's necessary."
Dr Julie Sharp, head of patient information and health at Cancer Research UK, said diagnosing patients who were not showing typical symptoms of bowel cancer was very difficult.
"So research like this, to understand more about people's symptom histories, is crucial to find better ways to diagnose the disease at an early stage, when treatment is more likely to be successful."
If you have any concerns about bowel cancer you can speak to the Beating Bowel Cancer nurse helpline on 020 8973 0011 during office hours.


Yvon Flahaut, a local official of the far-right National Front, shakes his head in disgust when asked if he will vote for President Nicolas Sarkozy or the Socialist Francois Hollande in the final round of the presidential election.

"There's nothing to choose between them," he says. "I'll go and vote because it's my duty, but I'll leave my ballot blank."
The National Front leader, Marine Le Pen, won almost 18% of the vote in the first round, and told thousands of supporters on Tuesday that she too would refuse to back either candidate.
Her 6.4 million supporters now hold the key to the outcome of the second-round run-off between Mr Sarkozy and Mr Hollande on Sunday.
According to the opinion polls, Mr Sarkozy needs about 80% of them to vote for him if he is to overtake his Socialist opponent's lead and win a second term.
But if the reaction of Mr Flahaut and many of his fellow party supporters is anything to go by, Mr Sarkozy faces an uphill battle.
The idle textile mills on the outskirts of Flixecourt, a decaying red-brick town in the Picardy region of northern France, symbolise the predicament of its people.
"We've known nothing but job losses here for 20 years and the politicians haven't lifted a finger to help us," says Mr Flahaut.
Blue-collar Flixecourt is traditionally left-wing and its mayor is communist. But high unemployment and a sense of neglect have sent many of the town's voters on a remarkable political journey to the far right.
In Flixecourt, Ms Le Pen won more votes than any other candidate in the first round of the presidential election. She did better in Picardy than in any other region.
Twenty-year-old Kevin Masse, a National Front youth organiser with close-cropped hair and an intense gaze, is typical of the party's young supporters.
Unemployed, he left school with a vocational diploma in construction trades, but without the baccalaureate needed to go to university.
"I'd like to be a machine operator or a crane driver, but it's tough to find a job," he says. "It's even hard to get unpaid work experience."
About 15% of people in Flixecourt are jobless and youth unemployment is much higher.
Like many here, Kevin feels abandoned by the apparatus of power. "Politicians come to see us before elections and the rest of the time they forget about us," he says.
He is unmoved by Mr Sarkozy's efforts to woo National Front voters, saying that "he spits on us".
Many National Front supporters who voted for Mr Sarkozy five years ago now feel betrayed, especially on immigration.
In the nearby village of Conde-Folie, surrounded by wheat and barley fields, Marine Le Pen's photo is proudly displayed in the local cafe, along with hunting and fishing trophies.
"We hate Sarkozy," says a grey-haired man standing at the bar. "We won't vote for him, whatever promises he makes."
Bar owner Jean-Francois Wogtysiak agrees. A former soldier whose grandparents came from Poland, he says the number one issue is immigration.
"We don't have enough money to take any more immigrants," he says. "Our companies are moving abroad and there's no work for French people."
Asked why immigration was such an important issue in a rural area where there are few immigrants, Mr Wogtysiak replies: "There's no work either."
"The French love their country," says Mr Flahaut. "Our values are disappearing and we see the bad effects of immigration in the big cities. We don't want that here and Sarkozy hasn't done anything to stop it."
But in other towns and villages in the area, I met some Le Pen supporters who said they would vote for Mr Sarkozy in the second round.
"I'll vote to beat the left," said Gilbert Pruvot, a retired dustbin lorry driver in the nearby village of Bernaville. "Those who cast blank votes are making a mistake."
According to opinion polls, up to 45% of National Front supporters will swing behind Mr Sarkozy, probably not enough to secure him victory.
The polls also indicate that up to 20% may back Mr Hollande, who has conceded that immigration has to be limited at a time of economic hardship.
And he says he would maintain the ban on the Islamic face veil, a measure he opposed when it was introduced by Mr Sarkozy.
In the more prosperous town of Eu, less than an hour's drive from Flixecourt, antique dealer and National Front activist Christian Mandrosse says he won't vote for either candidate.
The party's strategy, he says, is to let Mr Sarkozy lose in the hope that his UMP party will implode.
"If Francois Hollande wins, the UMP will be in a total mess," he says. "It will be a fight everywhere and of course it will be good for us - because it will be Socialists in the future against a new right, and the new right won't be any more UMP but perhaps, National Front."
But if Ms Le Pen is seen to support Mr Hollande, she risks losing credibility.
Kevin Masse is horrified that his father, who voted for her in the first round, says he'll vote for Mr Hollande in the second. "Surely Sarkozy would do less damage," he says.
But that's not the message coming from the top.
Ms Le Pen held a May Day rally in front of a statue of Joan of Arc in Paris on Tuesday and urged her supporters to vote with their consciences, while refusing to endorse either man.
Ten years ago her father and another far-right candidate together won a similar proportion of the first-round vote in the presidential election.
But Mr Sarkozy then neutralised the National Front in 2007 by campaigning on traditional far-right issues such as immigration.
This time, however, Ms Le Pen has moderated the party's message and softened its image - and her supporters are convinced she can continue to gain more support and command new political clout.
"We're looking to the future and we're hoping to win seats in the parliamentary elections in June," says Mr Mandrosse.
Many people in Picardy blame immigration, the euro and the international financial markets for France's economic difficulties.
They believe the euro has increased prices and they resent European Union regulations which they say restrict hunting and fishing.
Ms Le Pen says she would pull France out of the euro. And she has also won support locally with promises to scrap speed cameras on the roads and abolish the system of deducting points from driving licences for speeding.


Premiership side Worcester Warriors have signed Jersey prop Simon Kerrod on a deal to start next season.

South African Kerrod joined the Reds in January 2016 after leaving Eastern Province Kings.
The 24-year-old has made 28 appearances for Jersey, and scored two tries in 12 Championship games this season.
"He is a promising prop and we're looking forward to trying to help him reach the top of his game at Warriors," director of rugby Gary Gold said.


Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time on the final day of Formula 1 pre-season testing.

The four-time champion ensured Ferrari were fastest on five of the eight days in Spain.
World champions Mercedes are regarded as favourites before the first race of the season in Australia on 18-20 March.
But Vettel said: "The new car gives us the chance to close the gap. How much? We need to be a bit more patient."
The German's fastest time at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya was just 0.04secs slower than the fastest time of the winter set by his team-mate Kimi Raikkonen on Thursday, on the ultra-soft tyre.
Vettel was using the super-soft, which is said to be between 0.4-0.6 seconds slower, and was 0.282 seconds quicker than Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz, who was on the ultra-soft tyre.
Headline lap times in pre-season testing are a notoriously poor guide to form, as they are subject to a huge number of variables and teams do not reveal the specification in which their cars are running.
Williams' Felipe Massa and Force India's Sergio Perez were next on the super-soft tyre and world champion Lewis Hamilton fifth on the medium tyre, 1.6secs down on Vettel on a tyre regarded as about 1.7secs slower than the super-soft.
Nico Rosberg believes there will be little between Mercedes and Ferrari in Australia.
"We know that Ferrari is very close," he said. "They've been very quick.
"All of the teams have their strategists, so we know more or less what fuel the other teams are running and they know our fuel. So we know more or less where we are compared to Ferrari - that's why I say it's close.
"But we're not sure if we are ahead or behind."
Mercedes have shown remarkable reliability over the testing period and have done so many miles that they have been using two drivers per day rather than the normal one to avoid tiring them out.
However, they had their first on-track stoppage because of a transmission problem on Hamilton's car shortly before lunch on Friday.
Hamilton said: "Best test ever in terms of how many laps, but it is not the best test in terms of it gets a bit boring after a while going around and around without learning too much.
"It has put us in a good position for the first race, but I have never been a fan of testing. It's been gruelling.
"The car just goes and goes and goes. So on one hand it has been great; on the other it's like: 'Oh my god, how many more laps have I got to go?'"
Hamilton said he was pleased to have the reliability problem in testing so the team could fix it in time for the first race.
Jenson Button was seventh fastest in the McLaren-Honda on ultra-soft tyres, just over 0.1secs quicker than the Renault of British novice Jolyon Palmer on super-softs.
Fastest times
1 Sebastian Vettel (Ger) Ferrari 1:22.852
2 Carlos Sainz (Spa) Toro Rosso 1:23.134
3 Felipe Massa (Brz) Williams 1:23.644
4 Sergio Perez (Mex) Force India 1:23.721
5 Lewis Hamilton (GB) Mercedes 1:24.133
6 Daniel Ricciardo (Rus) Red Bull 1:24.427
7 Jenson Button (GB) McLaren 1:24.714
8 Jolyon Palmer (GB) Renault 1:24.859
9 Marcus Ericsson (Swe) Sauber 1:25.031
10 Romain Grosjean (Fra) Haas 1:25.255
11 Esteban Gutierrez (Spa) Haas 1:25.422
12 Rio Haryanto (Idn) Manor 1:25.899
13  Nico Rosberg (Ger) Mercedes 1:26.140
Vettel, Massa, Perez, Palmer and Gutierrez set their best times on the super-soft tyre, Sainz, Button and Haryanto on the ultra-soft, Ricciardo, Ericsson, and Grosjean on the soft and the Mercedes drivers on the medium