A 30-year-old man has escaped injury after a shot was fired at him in Dungannon, County Tyrone.

He was walking in the Fairmount estate at about 12:30 BST on Friday when he was approached by four masked men.
They threatened the man before one of them fired a shot.
The man was not injured and made off towards the Ballygawley Road. Police have appealed for anyone with information to contact them.


Parliament is currently debating the fourth law changing the Welsh constitution inside two decades.

Each of them has promised, in varying ways, to settle constitutional arguments for, if not a generation, then a long time. The current Wales Bill is no exception, its author Stephen Crabb having set out in 2014 to create "a stable and lasting settlement".
Monday's House of Lords debate suggests his goal remains elusive, with peers lining up to highlight the Bill's flaws. Perhaps we should not be surprised.
Wales's newest member of the Lords, Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist (although she's from Bonvilston), used her speech to remind peers that "the Statute of Rhuddlan in 1284 was intended to settle the government of Wales once and for all following the execution of Dafydd ap Gruffydd, Prince of Gwynedd".
Lady Bloomfield is one of a number of Conservative supporters who were included in David Cameron's resignation honours list.  "Although not a native Welsh speaker, dwi'n dysgu Cymraeg - I am at least a Welsh learner - so it is a great honour to be making my maiden speech in the context of a subject so close to my heart."
Monday's debate featured some familiar arguments from some familiar faces, among them five former secretaries of Wales. Each offered their unique insight into recent Welsh political history.
Lord [David] Hunt said (for the first time, I think, publicly) that the Conservatives under John Major came close to devolving policing to the old Welsh Office in 1992-93.
He spoke of "an agreement I reached with the then Home Secretary, Kenneth Clarke, about the transfer to Wales of powers over the police, but perhaps I should not delve too deeply into that because it was stopped by the bureaucracy of Whitehall. Both Ken and I have several times realised that we face quite a difficult task in taking this further forward and getting it on to the statute book".
Labour's Lord Hain explained openly why the Welsh, unlike the Scots, were not asked a second question on tax in the 1997 referendum - because ministers thought they would lose the vote on devolution.
He said: "There was only one question before voters in 1997: did they want an Assembly or not? There was no second question on whether they wanted income tax devolved, as was specifically and importantly the case in the referendum on a Scottish Parliament. Ministers at the time took the view that to have such a second question in Wales would be to lose the referendum. Given how narrowly it was won, with just 0.2%, how wise that turned out to be."
Peers now have a pause before they begin line-by-line scrutiny of the Bill in November.
For MPs, work on the Wales Bill is (subject to possible parliamentary ping-pong later) all but done. Their focus this week has largely been on Brexit and Syria as they sought to influence both.
On Tuesday, former Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb used his first speech since leaving the cabinet to accuse Russia of behaving like a "thuggish, international gangster".
Cynon Valley Labour MP Ann Clwyd set the agenda for the foreign secretary by suggesting to Boris Johnson that people should demonstrate outside the Russian embassy.
Mr Crabb's predecessor as Welsh secretary, David Jones, returned to the despatch box to wind up Wednesday's Brexit debate. With ministers under pressure to reveal their strategy, he explained the UK government's approach in about as much detail as the government is currently willing.
He told MPs: "The government's position is that although the ability to trade with EU member states is clearly vital to our prosperity, there is clearly no mandate for a deal that involves accepting the existing arrangements governing free movement of people from the European Union, but we do not accept that there is a binary trade-off between border control and access to the single market for goods and services."
And in other news, "born-again backbencher" (his words) Paul Flynn revealed he is considering standing for the chair of the home affairs select committee left vacant by Keith Vaz. Mr Flynn may have given up his two shadow cabinet jobs he held during Labour's leadership crisis but his spell in the shadow cabinet has clearly given him a taste for power.


New Zealand won the World Rugby U20 Championship for the fifth time after beating England 21-16 in Italy.

The Baby Blacks - who won the tournament from 2008 to 2011 - ended England's two year hold on the trophy.
England went in front through Max Clark, who burst through, before New Zealand hit back through Vince Tavae-Aso to lead at half-time.
Akira Ioane went over from close range to extend their advantage, as Otere Black added four penalties.
England beat South Africa in the semi-finals, while New Zealand went through to the showpiece after thrashing France in the last-four.
The New Zealand juniors performed the haka before kick-off, but England started confidently, going ahead through Bath centre Clark.
After a slow start, New Zealand got back into the game as Tavae-Aso powered over for a narrow 11-10 half-time lead.
Ioane bundled himself over early in the second half, before being sent to the sin bin, and although Rory Jennings kicked four penalties for England, they relinquished their hold on the trophy.


A former police officer has been jailed for five years for raping a sleeping woman.

Iain James Clarke, 48, a PC with North Wales Police's major crime team, lost his job and marriage after raping the victim.
Judge Rhys Rowlands told Mold Crown Court Clarke had "a quite immature, offensive if not dismissive attitude towards women" at times.
He said Clarke, of Northop, Flintshire, did not have "an ounce of remorse".
The jury heard the defendant, who served with the Territorial Army in Afghanistan, raped the victim believing "she was up for it" and was unable to resist him.
Judge Rowlands said Clarke was a man with a high opinion of himself and the rape of the woman in her 40s in December 2015 showed "a complete lack of any moral compass whatsoever".
The court heard Clarke portrayed himself as "the victim of a drunken, consensual dalliance" in which he simply regretted cheating on his wife.
Judge Rowlands described it as "drunken risk taking" born out of "your own sense of worth, bordering on sheer arrogance."
He added: "You showed a callous indifference to her feelings and an overblown sense of your own importance and raped her."
The judge said the defendant maintained he had been treated unfairly by his police colleagues and felt like an outsider after his transfer to North Wales Police from Greater Manchester Police in 2013.
Judge Rowlands said his colleagues had behaved responsibly and professionally.
Defending barrister Bob Sastry said the rape was not premeditated and was "completely out of character. "
"There is no pattern of offending, quite the opposite, " he added.
A North Wales Police professional standards investigation is now being carried out.
Det Supt Jo Williams of North Wales Police said: "I hope that this outcome gives the people of north Wales confidence in the fact that North Wales Police and its criminal justice partners are committed to bringing those people who perpetrate crimes of this nature to justice no matter who they are."


A US policeman who climbed on to a car bonnet and fired repeatedly through the windscreen at unarmed black occupants has been cleared of all charges.

Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams died in 2012 in a barrage of bullets fired by 13 officers in a car chase.
Michael Brelo, 31, the only officer to be charged, was cleared of voluntary manslaughter at the court in Cleveland.
The US has seen a series of police race-related killings, some of which have led to serious civil unrest.
In Cleveland itself, the police shooting last November of a 12-year-old black boy, Tamir Rice, as he waved a replica firearm, fuelled the national debate over police use of deadly force.
The ruling has caused anger in the community but protests held after the verdict have been peaceful.
Protesters gathered outside the cordoned-off courthouse, some chanting, "Hands up, don't shoot!"
They later marched from the courthouse to the recreation centre where Tamir Rice was shot.
Some 200 people also held a mock funeral procession in the city, carrying a black coffin and singing to mark six months since the shooting of Tamir Rice. Some held signs that said: "Will I be next?"
Analysis: BBC North America correspondent Rajini Vaidyanathan
The dramatic car chase that ultimately led to the deaths of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams happened more than two years ago, but many are hearing their story for the first time.
Police shootings aren't uncommon, but events in Ferguson and more recently Baltimore have propelled these issues to the top of the agenda, forcing America to take a long hard look at the way it handles these cases. In this instance, the judge decided to acquit Michael Brelo - a conviction required a burden of proof he believed wasn't there.
But recent protests on the streets of Cleveland show that campaigners are keeping up momentum in raising the wider issues of police brutality. Earlier this week activists took to the streets to highlight the number of black women victims of police violence. The #SayHerName #BlackWomenMatter campaign is designed to raise awareness of black female victims, who don't always attract the same level of media attention.
Police Chief Calvin Williams vowed to support peaceful protest but warned the city would not tolerate violence.
The case involving the deaths of Russell, 43, and Williams, 30, had sparked a department of justice inquiry that concluded Cleveland police had engaged in a pattern of excessive force and violation of civil rights.
Only Mr Brelo was charged because prosecutors said the pair in the car were no longer a threat when he climbed on to the bonnet of their car and fired 15 shots through the windscreen in 7.4 seconds.
But the judge said that as other officers had fired in a 137-shot barrage, he could not rule beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Brelo was responsible for the deaths.
Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell also cleared Mr Brelo of the lesser count of felonious assault.
The judge said he would not "sacrifice" Mr Brelo if the evidence did not warrant conviction.
"Guilty or not guilty, the verdict should be no cause for a civilised society to celebrate or riot," he said.
County prosecutor Timothy McGinty said he was "profoundly disappointed" with the verdict.
Russell's sister, Michele, said Mr Brelo would not "dodge this just because he was acquitted. God will have the final say."
Mr Brelo had faced up to 22 years in jail if convicted of voluntary manslaughter.
The incident occurred when the car, a Chevy Malibu, backfired while speeding past Cleveland police HQ, and officers thought a gun had been discharged.
Some 62 police cars were then involved in a 22-mile chase at speeds up to 100 mph.
Both Russell and Williams had previous convictions and a crack pipe was found in the car.
Mr Brelo's lawyer, Patrick D'Angelo, said his client had risked his life during the chase and that the prosecution of the case was "vicious and unprofessional".
There have been a number of deaths at the hands of police in the US that have sparked race-related protests.
The two most serious were in Ferguson, Missouri, and in Baltimore.
In April, Freddie Gray died in hospital a week after Baltimore police had taken him into custody.
His death sparked weeks of protests and later riots and looting in the city.
In Ferguson, teenager Michael Brown was killed last August by a white police officer. Protests followed, and there was further unrest after a grand jury decided not to charge the officer.


Crystal Palace boss Sam Allardyce fears on-loan Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has suffered knee ligament damage after he was carried off against Tottenham on Wednesday.

Sakho fell awkwardly after challenging Spurs striker Harry Kane for the ball in the second half of the 1-0 defeat.
The 27-year-old joined Palace in January, signing on loan until the end of the season.
"It looks like ligament trouble for Mama," said Allardyce.
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"We certainly hope it's not the cruciate but it could be the medial or the lateral.
"It certainly looks like a hyper-extension of the knee and we wait and see what the scan shows."
Sakho has made eight appearances for Crystal Palace, helping them move up to 12th and seven points clear of the relegation zone.


A stretch of motorway in Berkshire that was closed for 19 hours after a fatal lorry crash has reopened.

The lorry overturned between junctions 12 and 11 of the London-bound M4 near Reading on Wednesday. The 49-year-old driver, from Essex, died at the scene.
Repair work was carried out through the night on the road and central reservation that had been damaged.
The closure meant some drivers were stuck in their cars in tailbacks for up to seven hours.
Anyone who witnessed the crash has been urged to contact police.


Aberdeen moved back into second place in the Premiership and ended Partick Thistle's four-match unbeaten run.

Partick wasted good first-half chances through Ade Azeez and Daniel Devine.
They were made to pay for those misses when Anthony O'Connor drove Aberdeen into the lead after Adam Rooney touched on Andrew Considine's header.
Adam Barton headed Partick level, but Jayden Stockley restored the Dons' lead with an excellent lob over goalkeeper Thorsten Stuckmann.
During a minute's silence prior to kick-off in advance of Remembrance Sunday all that could be heard was distant firework displays.
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However, if there were expectations of an explosive start to this encounter, in particular from the in-form home side, it failed to materialise.
The visitors rejigged their formation to accommodate Thistle's three centre-backs and they enjoyed the majority of possession for the opening period.
The talented James Maddison was at the centre of a lot of the Dons' early offensive moves but the home defence held firm. A Stockley shot that Stuckmann saved low to his right was the biggest threat.
Thistle did eventually get into their stride and should have taken the lead through Azeez.
The striker had a glorious opportunity when Christie Elliot set him up with fine through ball. Azeez just needed to lob the ball over the advancing Joe Lewis to claim the opener, but he failed to get enough elevation on his effort and the goalkeeper stretched his arms to save.
Azeez had an another effort from an overhead kick which flew over the bar but he was not the only Thistle player to miss a great chance in the first half.
Devine sent a half-volley high over the bar from six yards after a Sean Welsh corner when he should have hit the back of the net.
Thistle were to regret those misses six minutes before the interval when O'Connor gave the Dons the breakthrough. Maddison chipped the ball to the back post, and Considine headed it down for Rooney to set up his fellow Irishman to fire home a low shot for his first goal for the club.
It took Thistle only five minutes of the second half to equalise. A corner from the right saw Barton emulate O'Connor by claiming his first for the Firhill club.
Barton looked to be impeded by McLean as he tried to get on the end of Welsh's delivery, but that still did not stop the tall defender rising high to power a header into the top corner.
Aberdeen regained the lead almost immediately, courtesy of a brilliant goal from Stockley, who provided the perfect example of how to lob the goalkeeper.
The Dons striker latched on to a neat pass from Maddison and from around 25 yards chipped over the advancing Stuckmann with his left foot.
It was Stockley's fourth goal of the campaign and thrilled the 1,365 visiting support.
Thistle rallied near the end as they sought an equaliser but Chris Erskine's left-foot shot from a Declan McDaid flicked pass was well saved by Lewis.
The goalkeeper did well again as he denied Devine who sent the last kick of the match into his hands, which ensured the visitors earned the victory.
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Partick Thistle's Alan Archibald: "Obviously disappointed with the result but I thought out performance was good in patches. I thought we created the better chances in the first half.
"We went for it, we wanted to have a go, we didn't want to go in a whimper. I thought we did that but it just didn't fall for us in the right place."
Aberdeen's Derek McInnes: "Very good performance. By and large to compose ourselves as an away team against a good Thistle team, we're delighted we managed to do that tonight.
"We didn't expect to come here and get it all our own way but there's no doubt the better team won the game."
Match ends, Partick Thistle 1, Aberdeen 2.
Second Half ends, Partick Thistle 1, Aberdeen 2.
Attempt saved. Danny Devine (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by David Amoo (Partick Thistle).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Mark Reynolds replaces Jayden Stockley.
Attempt saved. Adam Rooney (Aberdeen) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Niall McGinn (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Declan McDaid replaces Ryan Edwards.
Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle).
Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Danny Devine (Partick Thistle).
Kenny McLean (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Niall McGinn replaces James Maddison.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. David Amoo replaces Adebayo Azeez.
Chris Erskine (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Abdul Osman (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Shaleum Logan (Aberdeen).
Corner,  Partick Thistle. Conceded by James Maddison.
Attempt saved. Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Callum Booth (Partick Thistle).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Partick Thistle. Chris Erskine replaces Kris Doolan.
Attempt missed. Sean Welsh (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Callum Booth (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
Liam Lindsay (Partick Thistle) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jayden Stockley (Aberdeen).
Foul by Christie Elliott (Partick Thistle).
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. James Maddison (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Adebayo Azeez (Partick Thistle) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is too high following a corner.
Corner,  Partick Thistle. Conceded by Andrew Considine.
Danny Devine (Partick Thistle) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Danny Devine (Partick Thistle).
James Maddison (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. James Maddison (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.


The UK Anti-Doping Agency (Ukad) will provide no funding this year to help with drug testing in Scottish football.

The Scottish Football Association (SFA) was criticised this year for failing to provide its own funding for testing.
BBC Sport revealed only eight tests were carried out between April and December 2015, with 20 further tests in the first three months of this year.
But the SFA will have to use its own money for any testing in the 2016-17 period, which started in April.
The governing body, which intends to invest between £100,000 and £150,000 in testing, told BBC Scotland it is "disappointed" that Ukad will not be contributing any funding.
"The Scottish FA has already made plans to enhance the provision of testing from next season and will do so from its own funds," said the SFA.
"While Scottish football can be proud of its 'low risk' status in the eyes of Ukad, we are nevertheless disappointed they have taken what seems an arbitrary decision not to provide any future testing in Scottish football from next season.
"Recently, Ukad's chief executive, Nicole Sapstead, was quoted as saying her organisation 'can only do so much'.
"We are disappointed that these latest comments from Ukad seem to suggest that 'so much' equals nothing at all with regard to Scottish football.
"It is important to stress that the intelligence-led testing to date has been robust and effective and that there has been additional testing done since the matter originally came to light."
The figures BBC Sport revealed in March surprised Premiership managers and, the following month, former Commonwealth Games gold medallist Drew McMaster claimed he knew of Scottish footballers who doped during the 1980s.
However, Ukad views Scottish football as a low-risk sport for drug misuse.
"The amount of intelligence Ukad has received about Scottish football in the last two years is small," said a spokesperson.
"As a result, the level of publicly-funded testing in Scottish football has fallen year on year and, indeed, was very low last year.
"In determining the test distribution plan for 2016/2017, Ukad has taken the decision to not allocate any publicly-funded tests to Scottish football.
"However, it is important to note that, should information be passed to us of potential doping, we will pursue that intelligence and target test if appropriate."
Ukad points out that Scottish players playing in English leagues will be subject to testing as part of the Football Association's testing programme, while clubs playing in European competition will face tests under Uefa's anti-doping programme.
It also stressed that it had to prioritise its own funding across 47 Olympic, Paralympic and professional sports, including football, depending on the "size and status of the league" as well as success on the international stage.
"Ukad actively encourages all sports to invest in anti-doping, which includes investing in a robust testing programme but also developing comprehensive clean sport education for all its participants," it added.


Australia will largely end granting visas to foreign workers to fill jobs in the fast food industry, the nation's immigration minister has said.

Peter Dutton said the decision was designed to protect Australian jobs.
Since 2012, more than 500 foreign staff have been granted a visa - known as 457 - to work at businesses including McDonald's, KFC and Hungry Jack's.
The skilled worker visa, designed to fill Australian shortages, also extends to family members.
"Australian workers, particularly young Australians, must be given priority," Mr Dutton said in explaining the change.
He said visas would still be granted under exceptional circumstances.
Why Australia's temporary workers' scheme is under fire
According to government statistics, 95,758 people were living in Australia on 457 visas in September last year, compared with 103,862 in 2015.
The highest proportion came from India (24.6%), the UK (19.5%) and China (5.8%).
Foreign workers had been able to apply for fast-food industry jobs since an agreement in 2012, when the opposition Labor Party was in power.
But Labor's employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor queried the new decision, saying the visa did not apply to unskilled workers.
"The notion that 457s can take jobs of flipping burgers means either Peter Dutton is lying or they are misapplying the 457 visa," he said.
Mr Dutton conceded the change mostly affected managerial staff, but said the current arrangement did not put Australian workers first.
"Genuine business needs for overseas workers which contribute to economic growth will still be considered," he said.
More than half of the 500 workers granted visas since 2012 were employed at McDonald's, while almost 100 found work at both KFC and Hungry Jack's.
Mr Dutton in December ordered a review of Australia's Consolidated Sponsored Occupational List, which lists more than 650 professions, to ensure that overseas workers "supplement rather than provide a substitute" for Australians.


Michael Smith's excellent first-half strike extended Peterborough's winning streak to four games as they beat third-placed Bolton in League One.

Having brought down a bouncing ball on the right, Smith took one touch before powering home a half-volley from 25 yards out.
Zach Clough should have equalised for the visitors but his 73rd-minute effort from six yards was blocked.
A minute later, Chris Forrester had a similar effort blocked for Posh.
Peterborough move up six places to fifth in League One.
The end of Bolton's five-game winning streak in the league leaves them one point behind second-placed Bradford City.
Match ends, Peterborough United 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Second Half ends, Peterborough United 1, Bolton Wanderers 0.
Hand ball by Lawrie Wilson (Bolton Wanderers).
Lee Angol (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Paul Taylor (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Michael Smith.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Sammy Ameobi.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Gwion Edwards replaces Chris Forrester.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Angol (Peterborough United).
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Tafazolli.
Attempt saved. Lee Angol (Peterborough United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Jack Baldwin (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Lee Angol replaces Tom Nichols.
Substitution, Peterborough United. Paul Taylor replaces Shaquile Coulthirst.
Attempt missed. Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the left.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Chris Taylor replaces Tom Thorpe.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Attempt missed. Leonardo Da Silva Lopes (Peterborough United) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is too high.
Attempt missed. Michael Smith (Peterborough United) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left.
Attempt missed. Zach Clough (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Chris Forrester (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers).
Foul by Ryan Tafazolli (Peterborough United).
Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Peterborough United. Conceded by Lawrie Wilson.
Attempt missed. Michael Bostwick (Peterborough United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Marcus Maddison (Peterborough United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Liam Trotter (Bolton Wanderers).


One of the UK's "most wanted" men has been found hiding behind a wardrobe in Bradford, police have said.

The unnamed Slovakian national, who was being sought for multiple serious sexual offences in his native country, was found in Girlington on Saturday.
Officers searched three different homes before he was found at a fourth address.
He has been arrested and taken to a detention centre before being deported, West Yorkshire Police said.
In a Facebook posting, the force said it was "feeling accomplished" and several officers had "conducted enquiries" in that part of Bradford, looking for the man who they said had links to the area.
It added: "After speaking with members of the local community four different addresses in Girlington were searched by the above officers. The male was located at the fourth address hiding behind a wardrobe.
"Good mornings work!"


Hip hop star Kanye West is being sued by Death Row Records founder Suge Knight over a shooting at a beach party in August 2005.

Knight was shot in the leg by an unknown gunman at Miami's Shore Club where West was holding a pre-MTV Awards celebration.
At least six shots were fired, but few witnesses came forward and no-one has been ever arrested over what happened.
Celebrities like Jessica Alba and the Black Eyed Peas were all at the event.
Marion "Suge" Knight, a controversial figure in the hip hop community, helped launch the careers of rappers like Tupac Shakur and Snoop Dogg.
The 44-year-old is claiming that Kanye West and the club's owners didn't provide enough security to keep people with weapons out of the venue.
Knight's lawyer, Marc Brumer, said: "He had an expectation of security there. How someone came with a gun into a very VIP party, that just doesn't meet the smell test in life."
Knight is also seeking more than Â£650,000 in damages, which includes compensation for a 15-carat diamond earring he says was lost in the chaos.
He also claims that he had to pay Â£130,000 in medical bills due to a shot that shattered his femur.
Kanye West and the Shore Club's owners have denied the claims and a trial has been scheduled for 6 December in Miami.
The former Death Row boss went bankrupt in 2006, so if he wins the case he'll have to share the payout with the tax man and his bankruptcy trustee.


A woman who first exposed the child sexual abuse scandal in Rotherham has been made an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Jayne Senior was honoured for services to child protection in the town.
She helped reveal a pattern of exploitation that saw large numbers of children and young people groomed, gang raped and tortured by groups of men.
The former youth worker said it "totally exonerated everything that went before".
Mrs Senior said: "I am saddened for the reasons that I got listed but it is an opportunity to keep raising awareness of the girls that were abused.
"It is an exoneration for telling the truth and also for all the victims who were telling the truth."
Mrs Senior, a youth worker, helped to set up an outreach service, Risky Business, to work with young people being abused through prostitution in the town.
By the late 1990s, it had identified vulnerable girls and young women on the streets who reported they were being abused.
Mrs Senior previously said there was enough information to launch a criminal investigation "in the early 2000s".
But it later emerged some of the information had gone missing.
The 2014 Jay report found at least 1,400 children were subjected to appalling sexual exploitation in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013.
Mrs Senior was elected as Labour councillor for Valley ward in Rotherham in May.
She said: "I want to be part of the solution to make the town safe for all children."
She was among 1,149 people to be acclaimed in the birthday honours.


A new set of bells has been blessed as part of a service to celebrate their arrival at a Gloucestershire church.

In 2015, Cheltenham Minster launched a Â£400,000 appeal to replace its 12 "tonally not good and difficult to ring" bells.
The new set of 13 bells is due to be winched up into the tower from 17 July.
Liz Coke, from the church's bell ringers, said they hoped to start ringing the "brand new, lovely shiny" bells next month.
The last time the bells were replaced was in the 1800s and the church hopes it will not be doing so again for a "similar period of time".
"The old bells were originally made in 1823 and for the last 100 years nothing has happened to them," said Ms Coke.
"We are the only church in the centre of the town with bells, so we decided to get a beautiful ring of 12 bells with an extra [one].
"It will take about another month for the bell hangers to hang them in the frame and they'll be in a position for us to ring them."
St Mary's is the oldest church in Cheltenham and has been in continuous use for more than 850 years.
In 2013, the site was made a minster by the then-Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Reverend Michael Perham.


Three people from North Ayrshire and Perth have been charged with drugs offences following their arrests as part of a UK-wide police operation.

Police Scotland officers launched raids alongside Merseyside Police's Matrix Serious Organised Crime unit.
William Williamson, 31, of Perth, and Candice Gorman, 31, and Donald Campbell, 46, both of Irvine, will now be interviewed by police in Liverpool.
All three are charged with conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.
The Scottish arrests follow the charging of 22 people in Merseyside, South Wales, Devon and Cornwall last week after a series of co-ordinated dawn raids led by Merseyside Police.
Large quantities of Class A drugs, cannabis and cash were recovered during the searches.


The Burmese army says debris and bodies have been found after a military plane went missing with 122 people on board.

Dispersed wreckage was found in the Andaman Sea, the military said in a statement on its Facebook page.
The aircraft, a Y-8 transporter made in China, was carrying 14 crew. Most of the passengers were military personnel and family members, including children.
The plane was flying from Myeik to Yangon and the debris was found in the sea off the coastal town of Dawei.
Communication with the flight was lost on Wednesday half an hour into the short routine trip.
According to the military, by mid-afternoon on Thursday search teams had recovered 29 bodies - 20 women, eight children and one man.
A wheel, several life jackets and some luggage were found earlier.
Should everyone on board have died in the crash, the death toll would make it among the country's worst aviation disasters, says the BBC's Myanmar correspondent Jonah Fisher.
The reason for the crash remains unclear. There has so far been no report of a mayday call and the dispersed nature of the wreckage suggests it could have broken up in mid air.
Although it is monsoon season in Myanmar, there were no reports of bad weather at that time.
The plane was purchased from China in March last year and had logged 809 flying hours, according to the military.
Myanmar has seen a number of aircraft incidents in recent years.
In February 2016, the five-member crew of an air force plane died when the aircraft crashed in the capital of Nay Pyi Taw. A few months later, three officers were killed when a military helicopter crashed in central Myanmar.
An Air Bagan commercial aircraft made an emergency landing in 2012 and burst into flames, killing two people.


Pakistan's Shoaib Malik marked his first Test for five years with a century as England struggled on the opening day of the three-match series.

Malik - caught off a no-ball on 40 - hit an unbeaten 124 and Mohammad Hafeez 98 to help Pakistan to 286-4 at the close of play in Abu Dhabi.
Younus Khan scored 38 to pass Javed Miandad's mark of 8,832 runs and become Pakistan's leading Test run scorer.
James Anderson claimed two wickets but Ian Bell dropped two simple catches.
While Pakistan will be content with their position, England's bowlers deserve credit for the perseverance they showed on a surface offering minimal assistance.
Stuart Broad and Mark Wood claimed a wicket apiece, but Test debutant Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali went wicketless in a combined 36 overs after the tourists lost the toss in unfavourable conditions at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium.
Playing his first Test since 2010 and his first first-class match for almost a year, 33-year-old Malik justified the selectors' faith with his third Test century.
The all-rounder, who has credited his wife - Indian tennis star Sania Mirza - with the revival of his international career, came to the crease with Pakistan 5-1 after Shan Masood was bowled via his helmet ducking into a James Anderson bouncer.
He showed occasional signs of impatience, most noticeably when he was caught by Joe Root at gully off a Broad no-ball.
However, he was largely untroubled as he added 168 for the second wicket with Hafeez, who was lbw playing across the line to Ben Stokes on the stroke of tea.
Younus Khan was far from at his best in making 38, but he did enough to become Pakistan's leading run scorer.
The 37-year-old overtook Inzamam-ul-Haq and Miandad, who had held the record for 30 years, when he clubbed Moeen Ali over mid-wicket for six to pass 19.
The third-wicket partnership was worth 74 when Younus drove Broad to Alastair Cook at the straighter of two short mid-ons.
Misbah-ul-Haq perished shortly after courtesy of a faint outside edge and a successful England review, but Asad Shafiq accompanied Malik until the close as Pakistan saw off the first three overs of the new ball.
On a day when England managed only four wickets in 90 overs, they were left to rue the mistakes which cost them three more.
Bell dropped two straightforward chances at second slip, both off Anderson.
Hafeez was put down when he had made only seven - a wicket which would have left Pakistan 12-2 - and Shafiq was reprieved on 10 in the penultimate over of the day.
But arguably of greater importance was the no-ball which aided Malik, who hit 13 fours on the way to a 182-ball century, his third in Tests.
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England's Stuart Broad, speaking to BBC Sport: "I blame myself for the no-ball. We pride ourselves on our catching and not bowling no-balls. I can't think of many times I've had one chalked off, if at all. It's a feeling of distraught.
"I'm not a regular no-ball bowler so it took me a bit by surprise but it's not really acceptable at this level. After lunch it was a gusty wind and as a bowler it can affect your stride pattern. It's about millimetres really. I apologised at tea to all of the guys because it was disappointing."
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott on Test Match Special: "England need 10 wickets and it's hard enough.
"With Ian Bell dropping two catches and Stuart Broad taking a wicket with a no-ball, it adds up to a lot of runs and creates despondency. Pakistan have been given three extra lives."
Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez on Sky Sports: "Once you get past the new ball, you can score runs. I can't believe I got out in the nineties, but hopefully 98 is enough for the team.
"England bowled well with the older ball but hopefully we can push beyond 400 now."


Selfie-seeking fans of gold medal-winning US gymnast Simone Biles delayed the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics.

Video showed Biles, the US flag bearer in the ceremony, repeatedly being stopped by fellow athletes.
The winner of four gold medals was swamped by demands for pictures next to the famous "Biles smile".
The ceremony was the culmination of a whirlwind two weeks for the gymnast.
And "America's new golden girl" rose to the occasion - wearing a big grin for every picture.
She was one of the most successful athletes in the Games, leading the American team to a second consecutive team gold medal by an eye-catching eight points before winning the all-round title and gold medals on vault and floor exercises.
The parade of athletes was dubbed "Simone Selfie Central" by NBC's Mary Carillo, who described a "conga line of people" asking for a #simoneselfie.
"Simone Biles, in all of her petite, air-defying athleticism, was the ultimate breakout star of the 2016 Olympics," the New York Times Magazine said. "And on Sunday night, during the closing ceremony, it seemed every top athlete from around the world wanted a selfie with her."
"Athletes from various countries kept stopping Biles during the ceremony to take the perfect selfie with her." the magazine reported.
Such was the demand, it reported, the closing ceremony itself was delayed.
The athlete, who stands at 4ft 8in (1.42m), was widely reported to be a little nervous about carrying a flag that was about twice her size.
"I'm afraid the flag is going to be too heavy for me," she was quoted as telling reporters ahead of the closing ceremony.
"Because Michael Phelps is so much taller and he seemed to carry it so easily and I'm very short so I'm a little worried about that part but I think they'll guide me through it."
Biles' medal tally equals those of Nastia Liukin in 2008, Shannon Miller in 1992 and Mary Lou Retton in 1984 with American newspapers over the weekend describing her as the best gymnast of her time.


Controversy has been a constant at Cardiff City in recent years but, this season, it seems to be apathy which reigns.

After a turbulent few campaigns of rebrands and relegation, the Bluebirds have stabilised on the pitch and currently sit eighth in the Championship table.
Despite a steady start to this term, however, Cardiff City Stadium crowds are dwindling.
Only 13,371 watched Cardiff beat Middlesbrough in October, the lowest league attendance at the ground since it opened in 2009.
That was no one-off. Instead, it was symptomatic of a malaise which had seen the previous three games attract gates of 13,980, 13,763 and 13,715.
Cardiff had an average crowd of 21,123 last season, while the figure was 27,429 when they were in the Premier League for the 2013-14 campaign.
So why, with the team enjoying on-field consistency, are the fans staying away?
A large part of supporters' disillusionment can be traced back to the controversial change to a red kit in 2012.
Although Cardiff returned to their traditional blue shirts in January, some fans have boycotted the club since the initial rebrand while others followed suit later.
"The red kit had a delayed reaction," says Ben James, a blogger who runs the 'View From The Ninian' podcast.
"Most fans were happy to put up with it as long as success was coming with it but, as soon as that started fading away, most fans lost interest.
"Most fans would admit, even when we were in Ninian Park, we've always had floating fans. Fans have always been a bit fair-weather.
"When the price freeze [on season tickets] went, a lot of fans took the decision alongside the terrible football and the overriding anger towards [owner] Vincent Tan over the red kit.
"It culminated in a perfect storm of two or three seasons which meant a lot of fans turned away from it."
If a residual disdain for the rebrand may be difficult to remedy, Cardiff will at least feel they can lure fans back with success.
Having lost only once at home this season, promotion remains a realistic aim, with the hope of strengthening in the January transfer window.
Asked about the falling attendances in September, manager Russell Slade was upbeat.
"Fans want to see a winning team," he said.
"Of course you want more and more numbers to come and watch your team and I'm sure in time, if we continue to progress, they will be there.
"I think we're playing a decent brand of football. I'm sure they'll come back if we can maintain it."
Cardiff have the third best home record in the Championship this season, but have scored only eight goals in their seven games.
As James argues, the lack of entertainment on the pitch has compounded the disenchantment originally caused by off-field issues.
For other supporters, the problem lies with the diminishing atmosphere in the stands.
Cardiff City Stadium was expanded to a capacity of 33,280 in 2014 but, as attendances dropped towards the end of last season, the Bluebirds decided to close the new section for this campaign, reducing the capacity to 27,978.
It was hoped the move would help condense the atmosphere, but some fans claim overly zealous staff at the stadium are spoiling their match-day experience.
As part of the Bluebirds Unite group, Sian Branson played a prominent role in the campaign for Cardiff to return to their blue kit.
"It's almost like a school trip to the library. You're constantly being monitored and told what you can and can't do," she says.
"That's not down to Vincent Tan," she added. "He and his representatives seem interested in what we have to say.
"The people involved in the day-to-day running don't seem to get it.
"The stewards need better training. They're constantly telling people to sit down."
Even a Severnside derby against Bristol City failed to rekindle the passion.
A crowd of 15,287 watched a dour 0-0 draw, in stark contrast to the 25,586 present when the teams last met at Cardiff City Stadium in 2013.
"We really don't understand why they can't let Cardiff City fans express themselves," adds Branson.
"Even people who've renewed their season tickets don't want to go down there and be treated the way fans are being treated. It's stifling.
"I work in Bristol and Bristol City fans at work were asking me 'What's happened to Cardiff City? The atmosphere's gone'.
The BBC has asked Cardiff City if they would like to respond to Branson's comments.


This year's Nobel prize in physics has been awarded to two researchers for their work with light and matter at the most fundamental level.

Serge Haroche of France and David Wineland of the US will share the prize, worth 8m Swedish kronor (Â£750,000; $1.2m).
Their "quantum optics" work on single photons and charged atoms has opened up a whole new field of study in physics.
It could lead to advanced modes of communication and computation.
The Nobel citation said the award was for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems".
Light and matter, when the minuscule scales of single particles are reached, behave in surprising ways in a part of physics known as quantum mechanics.
Working with light and matter on this level would have been unthinkable before the pair developed solutions to pick, manipulate and measure photons and ions individually, allowing an insight into a microscopic world that was once just the province of scientific theory.
Their work has implications for light-based clocks far more precise than the atomic clocks at the heart of the world's business systems, and quantum computing, which may - or may not - revolutionise desktop computing as we know it.
But for physicists, the import of the pair's techniques is outlined in a layman's summary on the Nobel site: they preserve the delicate quantum mechanical states of the photons and ions - states that theorists had for decades hoped to measure in the laboratory, putting the ideas of quantum mechanics on a solid experimental footing.
Those include the slippery quantum mechanical ideas of entanglement - the seemingly ethereal connection between two distant particles that underpins much work on the "uncrackable codes" of quantum cryptography - and of decoherence, in which the quantum nature of a particle slowly slips away through its interactions with other matter.
The prize is the second in quantum optics in recent years; the theory behind decoherence formed part of 2005's Nobel physics prize citation.
Prof Haroche was reached by phone from the press conference. He had been told he had won just 20 minutes before telling reporters: "I was lucky - I was in the street and passing near a bench, so I was able to sit down immediately.
"I was walking with my wife going back home and when I saw the... Swedish code, I realised it was real and it's, you know, really overwhelming."
Prof Sir Peter Knight of the UK's Institute of Physics, said: "Haroche and Wineland have made tremendous advances in our understanding of quantum entanglement, with beautiful experiments to show how atomic systems can be manipulated to exhibit the most extraordinary coherence properties."
The Nobel prizes have been given out annually since 1901, covering the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry, literature, peace and economics.
Speculation had been rife, in light of the discovery of the Higgs boson announced in July, that Peter Higgs or his colleagues may have been in the running for the prize, but historically the prizes tend to honour discoveries after a period of years.
The first-ever Nobel prize in physics was awarded to Wilhelm Roentgen of Germany for his discovery of X-rays, and with this year's winners the total number of recipients has reached 194.
On Monday, the 2012 prize for medicine or physiology was awarded to John Gurdon from the UK and Shinya Yamanaka from Japan for changing adult cells into stem cells, which can become any other type of cell in the body.
This year's chemistry prize will be announced on Wednesday, with the literature and peace prizes to be awarded later in the week.


Cardiff council says it will cut 138 posts as part of plans to find £32m in savings from the next year's budget.

It says the decision follows a month of consultation on proposals.
Council leaders said some of the posts to go are already vacant, and some staff are expected to opt for voluntary redundancy.
They said discussions with trade unions are "ongoing" to redeploy people "where possible".
The new proposals will be discussed by the full council next Thursday.
Officials said it meant the council would be able to limit a council tax rise to 3.7% for 2016-17, down from the original plans for a 4.5% increase.
The council is also proposing to ditch cuts to community arts grants, to the Artes Mundi international art competition and also to Cardiff Singer of the World.
The move follows a large demonstration over the weekend when about 400 people marched through the city in support of grassroots arts in the Welsh capital.
"As a result of changes since the consultation, our budget gap is £14m less than anticipated, but still a very challenging £32m," said cabinet member for corporate services, Graham Hinchey.
He said the latest job cuts come on top of nearly 1,500 losses in the last three years.
"However, we are determined to use this extra money to address our key priorities for Cardiff and our residents," he added.
Council leader Phil Bale said: "We are protecting school funding, spending more and delegating a greater proportion of the budget to schools than other Welsh local authorities.
"Austerity hasn't gone away and there are more cuts to come in the future, but I want our residents to know we are delivering on our priorities and on our vision to make Cardiff Europe's most liveable capital city."


Syria's government is continuing to make chemical weapons in violation of a 2013 deal to eliminate them, a Western intelligence agency has told the BBC.

A document says chemical and biological munitions are produced at three main sites near Damascus and Hama.
It alleges that both Iran and Russia, the government's allies, are aware.
Western powers say a Syrian warplane dropped bombs containing the nerve agent Sarin on an opposition-held town a month ago, killing almost 90 people.
The United States launched a missile strike on a Syrian airbase in response to the incident at Khan Sheikhoun, which President Bashar al-Assad says was faked.
The intelligence document obtained by the BBC says Syria's chemical weapons are manufactured at three sites - Masyaf, in Hama province, and at Dummar and Barzeh, both just outside Damascus. All three are branches of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre (SSRC), a government agency, it adds.
Despite monitoring of the sites by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the document alleges that manufacturing and maintenance continues in closed sections.
It says the Masyaf and Barzeh facilities both specialise in installing chemical weapons on long-range missiles and artillery.
The OPCW mentioned Barzeh and Dummar - also known as Jamraya - in its latest official progress update on its work to eliminate Syria's chemical weapons programme.
The watchdog says inspectors visited them between 26 February and 5 March and that it is still awaiting laboratory analysis of the samples that were taken.
The US imposed economic sanctions on 271 SSRC employees three weeks after the Khan Sheikhoun incident, accusing the agency of focusing on the development of non-conventional weapons and the means to deliver them.
It is promoted as a civilian research institute by the Assad government.
A source familiar with weapons inspection protocols says it is plausible that a government might only declare certain facilities on any given site to the OPCW and therefore only give inspectors access to those areas.
The intelligence document also accuses Syria of falsely declaring the work of one of its research branches as defensive - when it really continues to develop offensive capabilities.
In addition, it names senior official Basam Hassan as a key figure in authorising the use of chemical weapons.
He was previously described on a 2014 US sanctions list as President Assad's representative to the SSRC, with the rank of brigadier-general.
In a statement emailed to the BBC, the OPCW said it had asked the Syrian authorities to "declare the relevant parts" of the SSRC sites, as per their obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), an international treaty prohibiting their use.
Although the authorities have declared sections of those sites, the statement said that was "not yet sufficient".
The watchdog said it was "not yet in a position to confirm that the [Syrian] declaration is complete and accurate"
Countries signed up to the CWC would soon get a report on the recent inspections, the statement added.
Syria was obliged to give up its stockpile of chemical weapons following an agreement brokered by the US and Russia in 2013, when Mr Assad signed up to the CWC.
The deal was agreed in the aftermath of a chemical attack that killed hundreds of people in opposition-held areas in the Ghouta agricultural belt around Damascus.
The United Nations said Sarin had been used in that incident - the same nerve agent the OPCW, the French government and others say was used in Khan Sheikhoun.
At least 87 people were killed in Khan Sheikhoun, according to the UK-based monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.
Video posted in the hours following the alleged air strike showed people struggling to breathe and foaming at the mouth - some of the classic symptoms of poisoning by Sarin and other nerve agents.
The pressure group Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday alleging that Khan Sheikhoun was part of a wider pattern of chemical weapon use by Syrian government forces, including three other attacks involving nerve agents since December.
US President Donald Trump cited the pictures of children in distress as one of the reasons he decided to reverse previous policy on Syria and launch a cruise missile strike.
The missiles struck an airbase at Shayrat, which the US says was the place from which the chemical attack was launched.
The intelligence information about the suspected weapons manufacturing sites was shared with the BBC on condition the agency providing it would not be named.
It does not give detail about how the alleged evidence was gathered.
The Syrian government has denied using chemical weapons, with President Assad saying the accusations against his forces on 4 April were "100% fabrication".
In an interview last month with AFP news agency, he maintained that the entire arsenal had been dispensed with under the terms of the 2013 deal.
"There was no order to make any attack, we don't have any chemical weapons, we gave up our arsenal a few years ago," he said. "Even if we have them, we wouldn't use them, and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history."
The Russian defence ministry meanwhile says deadly chemicals were released in Khan Sheikhoun when a militant warehouse containing chemical munitions was hit in a government air strike.
The area is controlled by groups including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which incorporates fighters formerly affiliated to al-Qaeda.
Both Russia and Iran have called for a "thorough and unbiased" investigation into what happened at Khan Sheikhoun, and insisted that only rebel and jihadist groups in Syria have access to chemical weapons.


The immediate impact of South Africa's ratings downgrade by Standard & Poors is largely seen on the screens of financial traders.

The country's currency, the rand, has lost ground, bonds and banking shares have fallen and there is a general air of impending doom.
Of the big three ratings agencies, only Standard & Poors has lowered South Africa's sovereign debt to below investment grade.
Should Moody's or Fitch follow suit, big international investors like pension funds would be forced, under their own rules, to sell their South African government debt. Those rules require two of the three to move to junk status.
South Africa's major banks have been quick to point out that they are financially sound and well-positioned to withstand the impact of sovereign rating downgrades.
Nonetheless, banking shares are taking a significant battering.
But the turmoil on the currency, bond and equity markets will spread to the wider economy soon enough.
As the rand falls, inflation will increase. This is because the price of imported goods rises in local currency terms. The flip side of this is that exports become cheaper and more competitive.
As inflation increases, the central bank, the Reserve Bank, will have to increase interest rates as a counter measure. This makes the cost of mortgages, home loans and any other borrowing ordinary South Africans want to do more expensive.
It also makes the cost of borrowing for companies more expensive and, as such, plays a role in slowing economic growth.
Higher borrowing costs and slowing economic growth can lead to job losses. South Africa's economy grew by just 0.3% last year and is not expected to top 1% this year.
In fact, some economists are saying the downgrade to junk has the potential to trigger another recession.
Getting out of junk status is difficult. According to Bloomberg, over the past 30 years only six of the 20 countries that have fallen into junk status have managed to claw their way out of it.
And the time taken for those who re-acquired an investment grade rating ranges from 13 months to 11 years. The average time is around seven years.
So, has the mirror cracked? Are South Africans in line for seven years of bad luck?
The initial signs are not good. But up until now the ratings agencies have been pretty patient with South Africa.
They warned that political infighting and slow economic growth were the main factors that could lead to a downgrade.
And they have been saying that for over a year.
What kept the finger off the junk status button was confidence in former Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, but also a knowledge that South Africa has strong institutions and a working democracy.
It also has a number of sectors which are among some of the best in the world, particularly mining and financial services.
If a good degree of political stability can be achieved quickly and sustained going forward, the chances of South Africa pulling itself out of junk status in less than seven years improve dramatically.
If not, the country risks falling off the radar of the international investment community. If that happens, times could get tough, and stay tough for millions of South Africans.


Three teenagers have been injured, one seriously, after a car they were travelling in collided with a tree in a Dundee park.

A 17-year-old female passenger is in a critical but stable condition in Ninewells Hospital following the crash on Camperdown Park's, Main Drive.
The 17-year-old female driver off the red Ford Ka and a 19-year-old male passenger sustained minor injuries.
The incident happened at about 22:10 on Wednesday.
Police Scotland has appealed for information from anyone who witnessed the crash or who was in the area at the time.


An investigation into a Cardiff college has been launched over "high value transactions" which may not have been properly authorised.

South Wales Police said officers were looking into potential fraud at Cardiff Sixth Form College on Newport Road.
The force and the Charity Commission have appointed Emma Moody of Bond Dickinson as interim manager to take over the running of the college.
Restrictions on the college's bank account have also been lifted.
College principal Gareth Collier said it was "business as usual" at the college, which is a registered charity.
"We continue to deliver a high-quality education and there is no question at all of anything untoward in the activities of the college in regard to teaching and learning and pastoral care," he said.
The commission opened its inquiry on 29 July following a compliance case in April related to the charity's failure to submit its accounts on time - it does not relate to the standard of education at the independent college.
South Wales Police is investigating allegations of historical financial irregularities.
According to the Charity Commission's website, the college's accounts for the year ending 31 August 2014 were received on 23 February 2016 - 238 days late.
In February, the college featured on a BBC documentary Britain's Brainiest School.
A commission spokesman said concerns had been raised about the governance of the charity, which employs 135 people and has three volunteers.
He added: "The commission reviewed the charity's accounts and identified a number of regulatory concerns, resulting in a books and records visit being conducted in July 2016.
"As a result of that engagement, the commission has identified regulatory concerns about the charity's governance, financial management and significant related party transactions between the charity and some of its former trustees.
"The charity does not appear to have identified and/or managed conflicts of interest and there have been significant high value transactions which may not have been properly authorised."
Ms Moody's appointment meant the serving trustees were excluded, she took control of finances and will oversee the proposed sale of the college to consultancy firm Dukes Education.
She will also consider legal action if the charity has lost money if it is found trustees breached their duties.
The Charity Commission's inquiry will cover:


A woman has been charged with the attempted murder of a man who was stabbed in Moira, County Down.

The 54-year-old man was seriously hurt in the attack at a house at Manor Court at about 02:10 GMT on Monday.
The woman, who is 36, is due to appear at Craigavon Magistrates' Court in County Armagh on Wednesday morning.
A 21-year-old man who was also arrested in connection with the incident has since been released on bail pending further inquiries.


Venezuela has sacked Health Minister Antonieta Caporale after her department released statistics revealing a large jump in infant and maternal mortality.

Vice-Minister of Hospitals Luis LÃ³pez has been appointed to take over, according to state media.
The ministry's report showed the number of women dying in childbirth had risen by 65%, while child deaths were up 30%.
The national figures were released after almost two years without official data.
They also showed a jump in illnesses such as malaria and diphtheria.
The report reflects the country's deep economic crisis, which the opposition says is the result of government mismanagement.
President Nicolas Maduro argues that the health crisis is caused by medicines being hoarded to encourage a coup against him.
Venezuelans face shortages of everything, from food to vaccines, and this has provoked big protests in the country.
NGOs and international bodies have also expressed concern that the country is detaining citizens and processing their cases behind closed doors, via the military.
The government has kept quiet on the issue, but, on Thursday, President Maduro said protesters who attack military bases would face military proceedings.
"The right and basic guarantees of due process no longer exist in Venezuela from the moment a civilian is forced to appear before a military court," said Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organisation of American States (OAS), on Monday.
Venezuela announced its withdrawal from the OAS last month, accusing the US-based group of meddling in its affairs.
Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world but the collapse of oil prices a few years ago led to a recession and a shortage of the foreign currency needed to import equipment, food and medicines.
Almost 40 people have died in protest-related violence since the demonstrations began last month.
The country's opposition has arranged a grandparent's protest on Friday, which will see elderly Venezuelans marching to the office of the people's ombudsman in Caracas.
Participants say their state benefits do not cover food and medicine. They also say they are demonstrating for their grandchildren and the younger generation at large.
In a recent survey, three-quarters of Venezuelans said their health had plummeted, and that they were eating fewer than two meals a day. Many reported losing an average of about 9kg (19lb).
In the health sector, large numbers of doctors have emigrated. A leading pharmaceutical association has said about 85% of medicines are in short supply.


The body of a missing Malaysian deputy public prosecutor has been found in an oil drum filled with concrete near Kuala Lumpur.

Anthony Kevin Morais went missing on 4 September after leaving his house.
Police said they had arrested seven suspects in the case, one of whom led them to the body early on Wednesday.
One of the suspects was involved in a corruption case prosecuted by Mr Morais recently, local media quoted police as saying.
The 52-year-old armed forces medical officer is believed to have contracted the other suspects, The Star quoted police as saying.
Police were led to a river at 06:00 local time on Wednesday, Comm Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh, director of the criminal investigation department, told reporters.
Divers confirmed the oil drum was in the river and a forklift was used to hoist it out of the water, he said. The body was found after the oil drum was broken open.
CCTV footage showed Mr Morais's car being trailed by another vehicle which rammed into him. He was abducted after the collision, police said.
The body has been sent to a Kuala Lumpur hospital for post mortem examination.


India's top judge has made an emotional plea to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to recruit more judges to handle an "avalanche" of backlogged cases.

Chief Justice TS Thakur appeared close to tears as he asked how the country's current 21,000 judges could cope with tens of millions cases pending.
He said a judge at India's Supreme Court dealt with about 2,600 cases a year, compared with just 81 in the US.
Mr Modi said the government would try to solve the problem.
Speaking at a conference in Delhi, Chief Justice Thakur said: "It is for development of this country, that I beseech you to rise the occasion.
"You cannot shift the entire burden to the judiciary... There is a limit to judges' capacity."
He said the government should raise the number of judges to at least 40,000.
Nearly 30 years ago, a commission recommended a fivefold increase in the proportion of judges to people - but this has not happened, the BBC's Charles Haviland says.
India has a notoriously slow legal system, and court hearings can go for years or even decades.
At the rate they are currently being handled, it would take about 30 years to clear only the criminal cases, experts say.


AFC Wimbledon have signed Oldham striker Rhys Murphy on loan until the end of the season.

The 25-year-old will be eligible to play for the Dons if they reach the League Two play-offs.
Former Arsenal trainee Murphy has scored three goals in 14 appearances for the Latics this season.
The ex-Dagenham & Redbridge front man also spent time on loan at Crawley Town earlier in the campaign, netting nine goals in 16 outings for the Reds.
"With Bayo Akinfenwa suspended and Tom Elliott struggling, we were down to two strikers," Wimbledon manager Neal Ardley told the club website.
"Rhys has had several clubs after him so we thought it was the right time to strike."
Meanwhile midfielder Christian Toonga, who featured five times for the Dons this season, has left the south-west London club by mutual consent.
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(Close): Wall Street shares rose sharply on Friday following a solid US retail sales report and a spike in oil prices.

The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 313.66 points, or 2%, at 15,973.84.
The S&P 500 jumped 35.70, or 1.95%, to 1,864.78, while the Nasdaq rose 70.67, or 1.66% at 4,337.51
A rise in US retail sales in January by 0.2% and gains in oil prices helped boost investor confidence.
Bank shares, which had been hit hard earlier in the week, saw some of the biggest gains on Friday.
JP Morgan saw its stock price rise 8.3% after chief executive Jamie Dimon bought more than $25m of the bank's stock.
Oil prices rose sharply on Friday.  Brent crude rose 9.6% to $32.95 a barrel and West Texas crude climbed over 11.4% to $29.19 a barrel.
Wall Street markets are closed on Monday in observance of Presidents' Day.


The suburban rail routes around London are crucial to thousands of commuters a day, so how can the mayor exert control over them?

Every mayor has attempted to take them over.
Ken Livingstone grabbed the failing Silverlink franchise and turned it into the Overground, while Boris Johnson took over West Anglia.
In both cases the business model was changed to what's called a concession, which means Transport for London (TfL) pays an operator to deliver a service but keeps the fare box and sets the fares, like the Docklands Light Railway.
Broadly, the service and passenger experience has improved - although some who use West Anglia have complained to me about the service there - and passenger numbers have increased with a more reliable Metro service.
Now the current mayor Sadiq Khan wants to push on and take over the suburban routes.
The timetable is tight, TfL would have to be in a position to takeover Southeastern by 2018.
The Department of Transport had been very keen on the idea, but there seems to have been a cooling on rail devolution.
Conservative mayor Boris Johnson only managed to get one franchise in eight years and that was with friends in government.
There are other challenges as well. Network Rail will still own and operate the infrastructure and many of the routes like South Western ones into Waterloo are at capacity.
So, would TfL make a big difference on those lines?
There's also the thorny question of TfL running services outside the boundary of London, although there is precedent in Watford and Hertfordshire with the Metropolitan Line.
But none of it is straight forward and the politics could very easily get in the way.


Former Wales captain Kingsley Jones says Warren Gatland's replacement should be Welsh.

Gatland, 52, says he will step down after the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan.
Newport Gwent Dragons head coach Jones believes Wales backs coach Rob Howley or Wasps director of rugby Dai Young could step up.
"We've got to develop our own coaches," Jones said.
Ex-Wales scrum-half Howley was caretaker coach in 2012-13 after Gatland suffered two broken heels and as well as concentrating on his role with the British and Irish Lions.
Young left Cardiff Blues to join Wasps in June 2011 and has spoken of his ambition to coach at international level, having coached the Barbarians.
"Rob is someone who would have learnt a lot working with Warren and might be someone who could step into that breach," Jones added.
"David Young at Wasps is doing a good job and I'm sure he'll continue to prosper.
"It could be nice to think that one day a Welshman could coach the Welsh team."
Gatland, the third New Zealander after Sir Graham Henry and Steve Hansen to coach Wales, succeeded Gareth Jenkins in December 2007.
The former Ireland and Wasps boss has led his team to two Grand Slams and become the longest-serving coach in their history.
Former Russia head coach Jones says Gatland will go down as Wales' best coach of the professional era.
"He's been hugely successful in his time here and he'll want to finish on a high point," Jones said.
"I think coaches have a shelf life and he's done remarkably well which has allowed him to stay in the job so long."


Andy Murray has done it again - becoming Wimbledon champion for the second time - and this time he said he intends to really enjoy it.

It didn't take long for him to dive into his celebrations, popping into an ice bath with the Wimbledon trophy.
Andy's mum Judy was also close by to join in with the triumph.
Not all Murray's family were able to witness his big day first hand - his grandfather Roy missed the Wimbledon final to look after his dog.
The morning after, twice Wimbledon champ Murray revealed on a Facebook Live that there had been some good celebrations and he now can't wait to go to Rio for the Olympics.
Meanwhile, all the jubilation brought to mind some of Andy Murray's other high times on social media.


The family of a teenager who was the third person to die in a pond in Pembrokeshire this year want improved safety measures around the water.

Robert Mansfield had been out celebrating his 18th birthday when he died in July.
His aunt, Sue Mansfield, has started a petition calling for changes around Mill Pond, Pembroke.
She said: "He meant so much to so many people and for that to happen was absolutely devastating."
An inquest into Mr Mansfield's death is due to be held on 26 November.
"He was a typical teenager. He loved Xbox [and] was into technology. He was absolutely amazing on computers," Ms Mansfield said.
"He really was a special boy.
"As a family, it's brought us closer together but it's also been so emotional... everybody is trying to work their own way, in their own grief, and it has been really, really hard."
The two other men who have died in the water this year, Wayne Anthony Young, 52, and 57-year-old John Lyall, drowned accidentally, a coroner has ruled.
Pembroke Town Council has rejected calls for safety netting to be erected at the pond, with Pembrokeshire council backing that decision after saying such structures would be impractical.
Pembroke town councillor Keith Nicholas said more lifebelts have been added around the pond and improvement work will take up to six weeks.
He also said the town and county councils are discussing installing signs around the water to warn people of the danger.


The government's motion said the House of Commons "deplores" the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime and "agrees that a strong humanitarian response is required from the international community and that this may, if necessary, require military action".

It said any such action would be "legal, proportionate and focused on saving lives by preventing and deterring further use of Syria's chemical weapons" - but the motion was defeated by 285 votes to 272.
Here is a list of the 39 MPs from the coalition parties who voted against it:
David Amess (Southend West)
Richard Bacon (Norfolk South)
Steven Baker (Wycombe)
John Baron (Basildon and Billericay)
Andrew Bingham (High Peak)
Crispin Blunt (Reigate)
Fiona Bruce (Congleton)
Tracey Crouch (Chatham and Aylesford)
David Davies (Monmouth)
Philip Davies (Shipley)
David Davis (Haltemprice and Howden)
Nick de Bois (Enfield North)
Richard Drax (Dorset South)
Gordon Henderson (Sittingbourne and Sheppey)
Philip Hollobone (Kettering)
Adam Holloway (Gravesham)
Phillip Lee (Bracknell)
Julian Lewis (New Forest East)
Jason McCartney (Colne Valley)
Stephen McPartland (Stevenage)
Nigel Mills (Amber Valley)
Anne-Marie Morris (Newton Abbot)
Andrew Percy (Brigg and Goole)
Sir Richard Shepherd (Aldridge-Brownhills)
Sir Peter Tapsell (Louth and Horncastle)
Andrew Turner (Isle of Wight)
Martin Vickers (Cleethorpes)
Charles Walker (Broxbourne)
Chris White (Warwick and Leamington)
Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes)
Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley)
Michael Crockart (Edinburgh West)
Andrew George (St Ives)
Julian Huppert (Cambridge)
Dan Rogerson (Cornwall North)
Andrew Stunell (Hazel Grove)
Ian Swales (Redcar)
Sarah Teather (Brent Central)
Roger Williams (Brecon and Radnorshire)
One Tory, Tim Loughton (Worthing East and Shoreham), and one Lib Dem, Paul Burstow (Sutton and Cheam) voted in both lobbies, a technical abstention.


A fine individual goal by Bournemouth's club record signing Jordon Ibe saw them beat Cardiff City in the Bluebirds' final pre-season friendly ahead of the new Championship campaign.

Ibe, who joined from Liverpool for £15m, struck after 12 minutes with a driving run and a curling finish.
Cardiff kept possession well but created few chances, with Joe Ralls' low wide shot their best effort.
The Bluebirds' opening league game is at Birmingham on Saturday, 6 August.


A post office has been left "gutted" after a cash machine containing up to £30,000 was torn out of the shop front during a ram-raid.

Rothley Post Office, which villagers said was due to close in four days, was targeted at about 03:40 GMT on Tuesday.
Leicestershire Police said a forklift-type vehicle - believed to have been stolen from a nearby building site - was used to smash the shop.
The suspects then made off with the machine in another vehicle.
This vehicle was later found burned in a field in Belton, Rutland.
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Commenting on the raid, a local coffee shop tweeted there were "unbelievable scenes" in the village, north of Leicester, saying the post office had been "gutted".
Police are appealing for witnesses.


The EU has begun legal action against against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic for refusing to accept refugees under a 2015 solidarity plan.

Migration Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos said the three countries had ignored "repeated calls" from the EU's executive to take their share.
Only 20,869 of the 160,000 refugees have so far been relocated in the EU.
The three states could be referred to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) and eventually face heavy fines.
The relocation plan was conceived in response to the large influx of migrants and refugees in 2015, in an attempt to relieve pressure on frontline states, mainly Greece and Italy, where the vast majority of migrants were arriving.
EU countries agreed to relocate 160,000 asylum-seekers between them - though Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary voted against accepting mandatory quotas. Hungary and Slovakia challenged the quota last month in the ECJ.
While the UK and Ireland were exempt from the original 2015 proposal, Poland's previous government backed the plan, although its current Eurosceptic administration has since rejected it.
The Czech Republic has accepted only 12 of the 2,000 it had been designated, while Hungary and Poland have received none.
"I regret to see that despite our repeated calls to pledge to relocate, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland have not yet taken the necessary action," Mr Avramopoulos, told journalists.
"For this reason, the Commission has decided to launch infringement procedures against these three member states. I sincerely hope that these member states can still reconsider their position and contribute fairly."
But Poland has already signalled it will not fall into line with the quota.
"Each decision to relocate groups of migrants encourages thousands or millions more at the borders of Europe, to come to Europe, to get on boats and pontoons and risk their lives to reach the European continent," said Polish government spokesman Rafal Bochenek.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka stressed that his country too would not take part either, "with regard to the worsened security situation in Europe and dysfunctionality of the quota system".
The quotas were based on the size and wealth of each country, but Austria and Denmark have so far not taken in any refugees either. Despite the small number of refugees relocated from Italy and Greece, the European Commission says the pace has quickened since January.


Ministers are preparing to impose a contract on junior doctors in England after the profession rejected the deal that had been agreed between union negotiators and the government.

British Medical Association members voted 58% to 42% against the deal.
BMA leaders had urged members to accept the terms, which were announced in May after talks with the government resumed following six strikes.
Government sources told the BBC they were "minded" to impose the deal.
Officials are now assessing the government's legal position, but with an equality impact assessment already carried out that is thought to be a formality.
A final announcement is expected in the coming days.
Following confirmation of the result, BMA junior doctor leader Johann Malawana resigned.
In a letter to members, Dr Malawana said the NHS was lurching "headlong into a wider crisis" that was of the government's making.
"I only hope that the next government realises that this vote is a demonstration of just how appalling frontline staff have been treated and undermined."
The BMA still has a mandate to take strike action, but it will be up to a new junior doctor leader to decide what the next steps are.
Ahead of the result of the vote being announced, senior sources at the BMA had indicated there was little appetite for prolonging the dispute given the climate in the country following the EU vote.
During the voting period, the government has been pushing ahead with introduction of the contract. New rotas are due to start for 6,000 newly qualified doctors in August, with the new pay system due to kick in later in the year.
Much of the rest of the 55,000-strong junior doctor workforce are then due to be moved on to the new contract from that point onwards. The government has yet to confirm whether there will be any change to these plans, with Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt only saying the outcome of the vote will now be considered.
In May it was announced that talks at conciliation service Acas had finally resulted in a deal being agreed to end the long-running dispute, but the union said it would put the terms and conditions to a vote of members.
More than 100 road shows were organised where union leaders met with members to explain the new deal, which differed substantially from what the government had previously offered.
Instead of dividing the weekend between normal and unsocial hours, a system of supplements to be paid depending on how many weekends a doctor works over the course of a year was drawn up.
But many members remained unconvinced, believing it still did not properly reward them for the demands of the job, while they remained sceptical that the government's plans for a seven-day service would be properly funded.
December 2012 - The government invites the BMA for talks over new contract
October 2014 - BMA withdraws from talks
July 2015 - Independent pay review body publishes recommendations for a new contract
August 2015 - BMA refuses to re-enter talks
November 2015 - The government makes contract offer to junior doctors and BMA announces strikes
December 2015/January 2016 - Talks re-start at conciliation service Acas and strike for 1 December called off
January 2016 - First of four strikes, involving emergency cover being provided, is held
February 2016 - Ministers announce imposition of contract following second strike
April 2016 - First-ever all-out strike by doctors held in the history of the NHS
May 2016 - Talks restart after intervention by leaders at the royal colleges of medicine and a contract is finally agreed
July 2016 - BMA members vote to reject the contract
GP trainee Dr Francesca Silman, from London, said she voted against the new deal because of worries over working hours.
Dr Silman, who is part of the campaign group Justice for Health, said: "Moving forward, the government must now acknowledge that it is not possible to provide a seven-day NHS without extra staff and funding.
"That it is not possible to create a contract that doctors feel is safe, by stretching the current workforce."
Danny Mortimer, chief executive, NHS Employers, who was one of the government's chief negotiators in the talks, said: "I am profoundly disappointed the BMA has rejected the proposed new contract for junior doctors.
"It is imperative that patients will not be made to suffer any further impact as a result of the rejection of the contract."
The vote was open to 54,000 BMA members - junior doctors and medical students in their final two years of their degree. Over two thirds took part.
Labour Shadow Health Secretary Diane Abbott said: "Today is yet another sorry episode in the saga of the government's mishandled negotiations with junior doctors."
Katherine Murphy, of the Patients Association, added: "There have been no winners in this ongoing dispute, instead it's patients who have been the losers."


Glasgow Warriors scrum-half Mike Blair says sport can play a unifying role following the attacks in Paris.

Warriors' tie against Racing 92 was postponed on Saturday in the wake of events in the French capital.
England face France in a football friendly at Wembley on Tuesday and Blair believes it will be an emotional evening in London.
"Sport is something that brings people together, brings countries together," said 34-year-old Blair.
"From my experience of playing in France, when there is something to play for and emotion involved, that's when a team really gets behind each other.
"I hope the English supporters and French supporters really enjoy the game and get behind both teams."
Blair revealed the squad was "100% behind the decision" to postpone the game after a "distressing" evening in Paris.
The Warriors now need to refocus for Saturday's Champions Cup fixture against Northampton Saints at Scotstoun.
"Being there, we were very aware of what was happening and we need to be respectful to the people of Paris," explained Blair, who played in France with Brive.
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"But, from a sporting point of view, we need to try to move on as quickly as possible.
"People deal with these situations in different ways but one of the personality traits of top sportsmen is being able to 'park' things like that to concentrate on the matter in hand.
"It's like making a mistake on the pitch, you park that mistake and focus on what your job is.
"I'm aware that it sounds bad comparing something like that with what happened in Paris but I'm just trying to share an example of how you park an incident.
"You ask someone else and they might have it on their mind. The guys that I have spoken to are probably comfortable in dealing with their emotions.
"We now start with a home game against Northampton in front of a sold-out ground and everyone is looking forward to getting stuck in."


Shadow chancellor John McDonnell spoke to BBC Radio 4's Today Programme on Friday about the Conservative manifesto pledge to means-test winter fuel payments.

The claim: 1.7 million pensioners are living in poverty and a million in fuel poverty.
Reality Check verdict: The figure for pensioners who are defined as living in poverty in the UK is a bit higher than that at 1.9 million. There isn't a specific figure for the number of pensioners in fuel poverty in the UK but a million is not an unreasonable estimate based on the figures that we do have.
The Conservatives have not given any details of how they would apply a means test or how much they would hope to save.
The winter fuel payment is between £100 and £300 (depending on your circumstances) paid to anyone receiving a state pension or people of pension age receiving certain other social security benefits.
In winter 2015-16 it was paid to 12.2 million people, 42,000 of whom lived elsewhere in Europe.
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Mr McDonnell pointed out that since we don't know where the means test will fall, a number of less well-off pensioners could still lose the benefit.
He suggested it might just be people entitled to pension credit who would get the fuel allowance, although government sources have told the BBC that would not be the mechanism, and that there would be a consultation process to decide how it would be tested.
Pensioners with an income below £159.35 a week may claim pension credit - it's £243.45 for couples.
According to the latest figures from November  there were 1.9 million people claiming pension credit, or 2.2 million if you include their partners, although there has been research suggesting that about one-third of people entitled to it are not claiming.
Mr McDonnell told the BBC that there were 1.7 million pensioners living in poverty and a million living in fuel poverty.
People count as living in relative poverty if they are in households with an income below 60% of the median household income. The median income is the one for which half of households have higher incomes and half have lower.
The government's preferred measure of pensioner poverty is after housing costs have been taken into account. Nearly three-quarters of pensioners live in homes that are owned outright (compared with roughly one in five of the working-age population) and so are less likely to have high housing costs.
On that measure, 16% of UK pensioners are in poverty, which is 1.9 million people.
There are also measures of absolute poverty, which may measure whether people are able to afford a basic lifestyle - about 8% of pensioners fall below the threshold for material deprivation.
To measure fuel poverty, the government looks at two things - how much you have to pay for fuel, and what your income is. You'll be considered to be in fuel poverty if your required fuel costs are above average and, were you to spend that amount, your remaining income would leave you below the official poverty line as explained above.
The latest government figures we have on fuel poverty relate to 2014 and suggest 2.38 million households in total in England were in fuel poverty.
There isn't a specific figure for the number of UK pensioners in fuel poverty, but according to Table 14 there were 621,000 households just in England in 2014 in which the oldest member was over 60. Age UK says this equates to more than 1 million individuals, although some of them will not yet be entitled to their state pension.
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The Star Wars team have said they did not approve GQ magazine's photo shoot featuring comedian Amy Schumer in suggestive poses with C-3PO and R2-D2.

"Lucasfilm & Disney didn't approve, participate in or condone the inappropriate use of our characters in this manner," said a post on the official Star Wars Twitter feed.
Star Wars fans had called the photoshoot "distasteful" and "lame".
The front cover of American GQ features Schumer sucking C-3PO's finger.
Inside the magazine Schumer also appears in the back of a cab with Chewbacca, C-3PO and Yoda, dancing with stormtroopers and is pictured in bed with R2-D2 and C-3PO.
She is dressed as the character Princess Leia, who was originally played by Carrie Fisher.
The Trainwreck and Inside Amy Schumer actress was chosen as American GQ's cover star for its August comedy issue, saluting her as "the funniest woman in the galaxy".
On Thursday the comedian was nominated for eight Emmy Awards for her Comedy Central series Inside Amy Schumer, including lead actress in a comedy series and the writing and directing comedy categories.
The comment from Lucas Film and Disney came in response to tweets from disgruntled Star Wars fans.
One wrote, "I can't believe @Disney and @starwars are allowing @GQMagazine to do this DISTASTEFUL #starwars spread shame on all of you".
Another agreed, "This is the lamest thing I've seen in a while."
The new Star Wars film The Force Awakens - one of the highlights of the recent Comic-Con festival in San Diego - is set for release on 18 December.
It is the first in a new series of films in the sci-fi franchise.
Schumer is currently promoting a film of her own - Trainwreck, directed by Judd Apatow and co-starring Saturday Night Live star Bill Hader. The comedy is released in US cinemas this weekend.


A learner driver who caused £60,000 worth of damage after crashing a BMW into a footbridge has been jailed for 17 months.

A court was told that John Duncan, who had only taken six driving lessons, was spotted driving at "grossly excessive" speed on Dundee's Kingsway.
Duncan ploughed through a barrier before hitting a set of concrete steps leading to a pedestrian bridge.
The bridge has not re-opened since the incident and is waiting to be repaired.
Depute fiscal Susan Ruta told Dundee Sheriff Court that Duncan had only been released from prison a few months earlier after serving another sentence.
She said: "He drove off down the A90 Kingsway and a few minutes later approached the roundabout driving at grossly excessive speed.
"He attempted to negotiate it but took it too wide.
"He moved through the safety barrier and collided with the footbridge, causing significant damage.
"One of his passengers was taken to Ninewells Hospital with a cut to her forehead and significant swelling to her eye."
Duncan, 23, of Dundee, pleaded guilty to charges of dangerous driving, and driving without a licence or insurance on 21 January.
Solicitor advocate Kris Gilmartin, defending, said: "He had been given driving lessons for Christmas and had taken six, and in the excitement of being able to drive bought the car.
"The people he was driving that night had asked him for a favour and the temptation was too much for him."
Sheriff Alastair Brown jailed Duncan for 12 months to be served consecutively to a further five months outstanding from his licence on his previous offence.
Duncan was also banned from driving for three years and eight months.
Sheriff Brown said: "You shouldn't have been anywhere near a car that night.
"You were incompetent and over-confident."


First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said China can do more to promote gender equality and women's rights.

Speaking in Beijing, Ms Sturgeon, who is on a trade visit to China and Hong Kong, said gender equality could help transform the global economy.
Addressing senior women in government, academia and business, she referred to Hillary Clinton's famous "women's rights are human rights" speech.
Her trip is aimed at improving Scotland's links with China.
This September will mark the 20th anniversary of the then US first lady's address at the United Nations' fourth world conference on women in the same city.
Amnesty International has accused the Chinese government of a crackdown on human rights activists and women's groups in recent months.
It follows the arrest and detention for more than a month of five female activists who were planning to mark International Women's Day in March by launching a campaign against sexual harassment.
In her remarks to an audience at the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Ms Sturgeon said gender equality, as well as being a fundamental human rights issue, was "one of the great economic opportunities of the 21st century".
She said: "There are currently well over two billion working age women across the world. But there is virtually no country, on any continent, where women have equal economic opportunities to men.
"For virtually every nation, fully empowering women is probably the single simplest way, in which they can sustainably increase their productive potential.
"Gender equality can help to transform the global economy."
She added: "I know that much of the work we do in Scotland will strike a chord here in China. Gender equality is incorporated in your constitution. Women account for 45% of your workforce. And you recognise the importance of women being fully involved in decision-making.
"But like all societies - certainly including Scotland - there is also more that China can do.
"To give just one example, women are still significantly under-represented among key decision-makers in business and in government.
"The truth is, that virtually all countries are on a journey towards true gender equality, but none have completely achieved it. We all need to learn from each other how best to make progress."
Naomi McAuliffe, Amnesty International's programme director in Scotland, said: "The first minister has made a significant statement of support for equality and human rights in Beijing, and we trust that she will continue a dialogue on these issues throughout her time in China."