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Denmark's high court has overturned the controversial acquittal of three young men in a rape case involving a drunk, diabetic victim, 17, at a party.

She was found unresponsive behind bushes at a community hall in Herfolge, with her insulin pump disconnected.
The three defendants, all 17 at the time of the offence in September 2014, have now been convicted of rape or attempted rape and given jail terms.
Their acquittal in April sparked anger and demonstrations in Denmark.
The High Court of Eastern Denmark ruled on Monday (in Danish) that the victim was so drunk and affected by her diabetes that she was unable to consent to sex.
The district court in Roskilde had earlier found that the teenager was in a fit state to consent.
She was found with multiple abrasions on her body, and lacerations to her vagina and anus.
She had apparently drunk 12 units of alcohol since arriving at the party and said she had never been so drunk.
When the perpetrators were acquitted in the spring, there was a great debate in Denmark, not just about the case but about rape in general.
Although the Danish justice system works, our legislation needs correcting because we focus too much on violence and coercion instead of consent.
We ask the perpetrator, 'Did the woman say no? Did she fight for herself?', instead of asking if she said yes.
The problem in this case was that the woman was unable to consent, so the main topic was whether she was in a state of mind in which she was unable to say no. But that is the wrong way to look at a rape case. It should have been whether she was able to say yes.
Human freedom is for women too and if you want to go into a relationship, you have to have consent. Many Danish MPs have focused on rape this summer as a result of this case. I think they'll change the law so justice will be done in a more appropriate way.
The woman's blood sugar levels were several times higher than normal, though her diabetes was usually well controlled.
Two of the defendants admitted not knowing the girl's name, and did not speak to her during the sexual acts.
Two of the young men have received eight-month prison sentences, and the third a six-month jail term.
Helena Hansen from the Danish Women's Society told Denmark's TV2 that Monday's verdict would "give rape victims the courage to stand up".
Danish feminist organisation Joan Sisters also welcomed the High Court's judgement - criticising the "unfortunate signal" in the earlier judgement from the lower court that as the girl had danced earlier in the evening with one of the accused this "could provide indirect consent to sex".
Amnesty International says there is "impunity" for the majority of rape cases in Denmark as most cases never reach trial. It says there is a "disproportionately high attrition rate in prosecuting cases of rape" there.


A 42-year-old man has died after getting into difficulties in waters off Gower, South Wales Police has said.

Emergency services went to Three Cliffs Bay, near Swansea, after the alarm was raised at 14:10 BST on Saturday.
The man was taken to Swansea's Morriston Hospital, where he later died.
Two more people were taken to hospital but their injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
South Wales Police have asked anyone with information about the incident to get in contact via the 101 phone line.


New UFC champion Miesha Tate says she wants to face Ronda Rousey for a third time but doubts whether her nemesis will be the same fighter.

Rousey beat Tate in 2012 and 2013 but lost her bantamweight title and unbeaten record when she was knocked out by Holly Holm last year.
"She's never been hit like that in a fight," Tate, 29, told BBC World Service reporter Ade Adedoyin.
"That head kick was brutal. I don't know if she'll come back the same."
Tate beat Holm in Las Vegas last weekend to become champion and is keen to avenge her double loss to fellow American Rousey.
However, she claims Rousey does not appear too focused on a return to the octagon.
"She is doing movies, she seems to have a career path in other areas," said Tate.
"She's obviously in love with [fellow UFC fighter] Travis Browne. She wants to have his kids. It seems like her mind is in so many other places than fighting."
Tate also says Rousey's reputation has been damaged.
"Ronda has had everything work out perfectly in her career so far," said Tate.
"Her whole plan was to retire undefeated. Now that is scratched, so her legacy is tarnished in a sort of way. I would say in a big way, actually."
Tate submitted Holm in the fifth round of their contest in UFC 196, rendering her compatriot unconscious with a choke hold.
"I'm trying to let it sink in, I'm trying to be in the moment and enjoy this because I worked very hard on this for a long time," said Tate.
"It's a very good feeling to have that sense of accomplishment.
"At the same time, there's so much to take in, so much emotion and so much to process, I don't think I've fully processed it yet."
"She chose to step up, to take the risk," said Tate. "This time it didn't pay off the way she wanted it to.
"But it's more admirable in my mind for her to be that kind of a champion and that kind of a woman than it is to be the person who runs from a challenge.
"She wanted to take on the next biggest challenge, which was myself. She went out on her shield like a warrior. She just has all my respect."
The new champion said: "At some point. I think it's maybe returning the favour because she stepped up for me and took that risk. When you respect someone as much as Holly, how could I tell her 'no'?
"I'm just more confident after this fight. It's just done something different for me and I think I would win before the fifth round.
"I really feel super confident now. I took her best shot. I took her down and I feel like she crumbled under that pressure.
"If she wants to do it again at some point, I'm sure we could do that, but I'm confident I will win again. Faster."
"I'm not a fan of fighters who just win, I'm a fan of fighters that push through adversity or carry themselves in a way that I feel is more humble," adds Tate.
"I admire humble champions because that's when you have the opportunity to do all the bragging.
"When I'm done fighting some day, I hope people say: 'Man, that Miesha girl was so tough she never gave up.'
"We all win some and lose some, but I would rather be remembered for the person who, when they get knocked down, they get back up, rather than just for winning."


Derry City progressed to the FAI Cup third round thanks to victory against Drogheda in the United Park replay.

Rory Patterson gave City the perfect start when his free-kick hit the bottom corner after just three minutes.
The hosts came into the game after early City dominance and Sean Thornton levelled from a penalty.
Josh Daniels grabbed the Derry winner 10 minutes after the restart, his curling strike finding the top corner and sealing a place in the last 16.
Derry were held to a 1-1 draw by the First Division side on Friday but they were deserved victors on Tuesday night.
Patterson's 25-yard free-kick went through the wall and past keeper Stephen McGuinness for the opener.
However, the striker was forced off with a hamstring injury 10 minutes later to make him a doubt for Sunday's league clash against Bray Wanderers.
Thornton fired a free-kick just over and City stopper Ger Doherty denied Aaron Ashe before the 36th minute equaliser.
Aaron Molloy was pushed by Dean Jarvis as he prepared to strike on goal and Thornton stepped up to drill home from 12 yards.
Austrian midfielder Lukas Schubert was making his first start for the Candystripes and he flashed wide before setting up Daniels for the decisive third goal of the game.
Daniels latched on to Schubert's pass before bending his shot beyond McGuinness.
City pressed for a third goal and McGuinness managed to claw away an Aaron Barry header while Drogheda failed to threaten at the other end.


Wolves goalkeeper Carl Ikeme has been included in the Nigeria squad for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Tanzania next month.

New Super Eagles coach Sunday Oliseh has stuck largely with the same squad as predecessor Stephen Keshi.
But there are recalls for UAE-based forward Emmanuel Emenike, Werder Bremen striker Anthony Ujah and midfielders Lukman Haruna and Obiora Nwankwo.
Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi and winger Victor Moses miss out.
Académica de Coimbra's Nwankwo has been overlooked since the country's Nations Cup win in 2013, while Anzhi Makhachkala's Haruna has not played for his country since the 2010 World Cup.
There is no place for Watford striker Odion Ighalo. He was in the squad for Nigeria's first 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier and scored in a 2-0 win over Chad in June.
Captain Vincent Enyeama will lead the 18 foreign-based players to Abuja where they are expected to join up with 23 Nigeria-based players by 31 August.
"Coach Oliseh has fulfilled his promise that only players playing regularly at the top level will be invited," Nigeria Football Federation spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC Sport.
"This is a new opportunity for some old players as well players who have been on the fringes of the squad.
"The locally-based players are already in Abuja, now the preparations can truly begin for Mr Oliseh and his players."
Nigeria 18-man foreign squad:
Goalkeepers: Vincent Enyeama (Lille, France); Carl Ikeme (Wolverhampton Wanderers, England)
Defenders: Leon Balogun (FSV Mainz 05, Germany); Kingsley Madu (AS Trencin, Slovakia); Godfrey Oboabona (Rizespor, Turkey); William Troost Ekong (FK Haugesund, Norway); Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa, Turkey)
Midfielders: Joel Obi (Torina FC, Italy); Izunna Ernest Uzochukwu (FC Amkar Perm, Russia); Obiora Nwankwo (Coimbra FC, Portugal); Lukman Haruna (Anzhi, Russia); Rabiu Ibrahim (AS Trencin, Slovakia)
Forwards: Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow, Russia); Emem Eduok (Esperance, Tunisia); Emmanuel Emenike (Al Ain, UAE); Anthony Ujah (Werder Bremen, Germany); Sylvester Igboun (FC UFA, Russia); Moses Simon (KAA Gent, Belgium)


The M56 has reopened in Cheshire after an overturned lorry closed it for more than 12 hours following a crash on Tuesday afternoon.

The motorway was closed in both directions between junction 11, Daresbury and junction 14, Hapsford.
Emergency services worked through the night to deal with a non-explosive substance which leaked onto the eastbound carriageway.
At one stage the central reservation was removed to relieve the tailbacks.
The driver of the tanker, which crashed at about 15:45 BST on Monday, suffered minor injuries.
A Cheshire Police spokesman said: "There were eight casualties as a result of the incident. Five were treated by North West Ambulance Service at Hapsford Services and three were taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital, they have all since been released.
"Specialist equipment was required at the site both to enabled the removal of the central reservation barriers and facilitate the movement of the traffic from the tailbacks, and to get the required agencies to the site to deal with the spillage and the damage on the road surface.
"All of this was challenging due to the congestion on the road network."


Irish language campaigners are to hold a demonstration in Belfast to highlight the need for a rights-based Irish language act in Northern Ireland.

The demonstration, organised by Irish language support group Conradh na Gaelige, is scheduled for 12 April.
Local and European election candidates are to be canvassed on their attitude to Irish and asked to honour promises.
News of the Belfast demonstration follows a rally attended by thousands of people in Dublin on Saturday.
Irish language enthusiasts said they intended to press the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Assembly to recognise their language rights and ensure "equality for the language throughout the island".
Conradh spokesman Julian de Spáinn said: "There will be a number of actions in the weeks ahead including a demonstration in Belfast on 12 April.
"This demonstration will focus on the need for a rights-based Irish language act in the north.
"There is nothing unusual about legislation to protect speakers' rights. There is such legislation in the south of Ireland, in Wales and in Scotland."
Mr de Spáinn said the campaign would also focus on the upcoming local and European elections.
"We will be asking candidates to choose a future for Irish, and when elected, to act on that choice made."
A demonstration is also to be held in Connemara, at the offices of the Irish government's language commissioner.
The commissioner, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, has announced his resignation in protest at what he described as the marginalisation of the Irish language by the government of the Republic of Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Assembly was recently criticised in a Council of Europe report for failing to provide the council with information on the use of both Irish and Ulster-Scots, because the NI parties could not agree a submission.


Police searching for two elderly women who went missing in Moray earlier this week have found their bodies.

A body found near to the Bridge of Sourden in the Rothes area has been identified as Kathleen Edward, 85, from nearby Aberlour.
A second body recovered in the same area was later identified as Rosemary Laing, 77, who went missing from her home in Rothes.
It is understood police are treating the deaths as unrelated.
Ch Insp Stewart Mackie, of Police Scotland, said: "I would like to take this opportunity to thank the public for their help and information in relation to the searches for both ladies.
"The support from the public for both of these sad cases has been very much appreciated.
"I would also like to express our gratitude for the assistance we've received from the coastguard and members of the Braemar mountain rescue team."
Kathleen Edward was last seen on Monday and reported missing from the Broomfield Square area of Aberlour on Tuesday afternoon.
Rosemary Laing was last spoken to on Tuesday evening and reported missing the following day.


Police have named a man found dead in Bath as Patrick Sullivan.

Mr Sullivan, 53, was discovered on Abbey Green on Wednesday afternoon and was taken to hospital with serious bruising and internal injuries.
A post mortem proved inconclusive and police say his death is being treated as unexplained.
Three men, aged 44, 60 and 63, have been arrested in connection with his death and remain in custody.


North Korea claims it has missiles capable of reaching the US mainland, but its latest threat is against Guam, a much closer target.

The small island in the Pacific is home to an important strategic US airbase, US nuclear bombers and about 6,000 troops along with some 165,000 civilians. It's a US territory, so an attack on Guam would be an attack on the US.
The Guamanian authorities were quick to say there was nothing to fear from North Korea's angry rhetoric.
"I want to reassure the people of Guam that currently there is no threat to our island," Governor Eddie Baza Calvo said in a statement on Facebook, adding that the island was "prepared for any eventuality".
But it has left many on the tourism-reliant island concerned.
"Yes, of course people are worried," front desk manager at a local hotel, Adele, told the BBC.
"It is scary to think that there is a threat from North Korea on Guam."
Local stand-up comedian Chris "Malafunkshun" Barnett said there was a real level of anxiety: "There have been threats before but this time feels different.
"We're really in caught in the cross fire. President Trump seems as much of a sabre-rattler as Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.
"And a lot of people here feel like Trump is the guy who might actually press the button."
The story is all over the local media on Guam, adding to the nervousness of the residents.
"We should all prepare for whatever happens," Adele suggested, adding that she planned to stock up on food after work, in case the crisis escalated.
"Many people are taking such precautions. We're keeping an eye on the news and we're all praying that the military will help us."
Isa Baza, a local television reporter, said the authorities believe it would take about 14 to 15 minutes for a North Korean missile to reach Guam.
"And so, that's not a lot of time to respond," she told the BBC. But Ms Baza added that the Guam Homeland Security Office "did say that if there were any threat they would put out a mass public notification via the emergency broadcasting system".
It is not the first time the small island has found itself named as a potential target for North Korean rockets - aside from US military bases in South Korea or Japan, the Pacific island is the closest target for Pyongyang should the regime want to attack the US.
Congresswoman for Guam Madeleine Z Bordallo said in a statement the most recent threat was "dangerous and it further heightens tensions in our region".
She went on to criticise President Trump for his "unhelpful" tweeting on the matter and "strongly urged" him to "explore every avenue" to peacefully respond.
But while local media are citing many residents sharing the heightened concern, not everyone is fazed by the situation.
"It's not a big deal," Cathleen Viray, another hotel worker, told the BBC.
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She pointed out that such threats were not new and that people had been living with this situation for a couple of years already.
Local dive instructor Yuka, who caters mostly for Japanese tourists, agreed with her.
People were concerned, she said, but said she herself was not too worried.
"There's a sense of resignation among many people here," Mr Barnett agrees. "After all, we're talking about a possible nuclear strike here.
"But I think this is moving too far too fast - and that we haven't really given diplomacy a chance yet."


Lee Westwood feels he let down Europe captain Darren Clarke "a little bit" by failing to claim a point at the Ryder Cup.

The United States beat Europe 17-11 at Hazeltine this month to win the Ryder Cup for the first time since 2008.
England's Westwood, 43, was one of Clarke's three wildcard picks but lost all three matches he was involved in.
"I was a captain's pick and I would have liked to have performed well for him," Westwood said.
Westwood, who has competed in 10 Ryder Cups, lost Friday's foursomes with Thomas Pieters and then missed a putt from three feet on the 18th when he and Danny Willett had the chance for a half in Saturday's fourballs.
The world number 50 then looked set to claim his first point of the weekend as he led Ryan Moore by two with three to play in Sunday's singles.
But Moore eagled the 16th and birdied the 17th before Westwood bogeyed the last as the US regained the Ryder Cup with three matches still in play.
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Asked if he felt he had let down Clarke, he replied: "A little bit."
Westwood said he played well in "spells" and dismissed criticism of his putting.
"People are always going to miss putts," he said. "It was a lot of pressure on that situation and just one of those things. Sometimes I get judged unfairly on my putting because the rest of my game is so strong."
Westwood ruled out succeeding Clarke as captain at the next Ruder Cup in 2018 but said the 2020 tournament was on his "radar".


At least 34 people have been killed in an attack on a cattle market in north-eastern Nigeria, security officials have told the BBC.

Another 29 people were injured, said Nigerian military spokesman Col Dahiru Abdussalam.
The market in Potiskum, Yobe state, was set on fire by gunmen armed with explosives.
Police say the attack may be in revenge for the killing by traders of a man who had earlier tried to steal cattle.
The joint taskforce, a combined operation between Nigeria's army and police, is pursuing the "unidentified gunmen", Col Abdussalam said.
"A group of gunmen armed with around 20 explosives and assault rifles attacked the Potiskum cattle market," police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told the AFP news agency.
"They threw explosives and shot indiscriminately, setting fire to the market, killing lots of livestock and wounding many people, mostly cattle dealers," he said.
A gang of men locked the gate of Potiskum's fenced cattle market, trapping many traders and livestock inside, residents told the BBC.
The market - a bustling trading hub, with cattle on sale from neighbouring Chad, Cameroon and Niger - was razed to the ground late on Wednesday and many animals were also burned to death, residents say.
Witnesses say they saw several bodies being removed from the market.
Correspondents say the attack does not appear to be the work of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram, which has carried out deadly bombings and shootings across northern Nigeria, including Potiskum, in the past 20 months.
Cattle raids are common in the north of Nigeria.


When Richard and Loretta Walters renew their wedding vows, they hope it will be a day their three young children will always remember.

Richard was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer last November and he made it his mission to create lasting memories for Callum, 11, Lillianna, eight and six-year-old Sophia.
Last month, the 33-year-old's condition got worse and his family was told he only had two to three months left to live.
They hope the blessing near their home in Merthyr Tydfil on Friday will be a day to focus on something positive.
"For me and my sister Lillianna, we have had a hard time over the last few weeks... Sophia doesn't really understand it yet," said Callum.
"My grandmother told me about my dad and I didn't really cry about it. I was just thinking in my head 'how has this happened?' and I was really upset.
"I hope when my parents renew their vows that it's going to be a really happy day."
Lillianna, who will be bridesmaid with her younger sister, said: "I think it's going to be the best day of my mother and father's life and I don't think my father will ever forget it.
"We can all remember that day and remember our father."
Sophia added: "I'm looking forward to being a bridesmaid - I'm really excited."
After Richard's diagnosis, the blessing became top of his wishlist of things he wanted to do before he died, along with creating a wheelchair-friendly garden for Sophia, who has spina bifida, and taking family holidays together.
"The children haven't got much time left with their dad, it's heartbreaking," Loretta, 30, said.
"But Richard just wants to make memories for them. It's very important because Sophia, she's so young and has problems with her memory because she has hydrocephalus - fluid on the brain.
"So he's trying to fit in as much as possible."
Richard, a former security guard, was first diagnosed with a benign brain tumour at the end of 2012 and had an operation to remove it, along with radiation treatment.
He was told he would be fine but symptoms reappeared last year - this time they were a lot worse, with seizures and constant sickness.
In November 2016, Richard was told the tumour had become cancerous and had spread throughout his brain. It was terminal.
He started chemotherapy and had another operation, but last month he was told the treatment was not working.
"He was shocked, very shocked," recalled Loretta.
"I don't think he took it in in November but I think it's really come down on him like a tonne of bricks since they gave the last prognosis.
"He won't speak about being ill.
"He will say to people 'I'm dying' but when you ask him 'how are you feeling', he won't speak about his actual feelings. He will just say 'I'm fine'.
"He gets awful mood swings since he had his operation. One minute he's perfectly fine, his normal self, the next he goes into a rage and that's it."
She said the children had been having counselling to help them cope and had enjoyed family holidays to Bluestone in Pembrokeshire, Disneyland in Paris and a trip to Porthcawl in Bridgend county.
Next week they are going on a caravan holiday in Pendine, Carmarthenshire.
"Callum is coping the worst," Loretta said.
"He seems to hold everything on his shoulders and he doesn't understand or know what to do with it so it comes out in a lot of rage and anger and things like that."
Callum said he now spent as much time as possible with his father while he rested  in bed at home.
"Recently I have been playing upstairs on my Playstation with my dad," he added.
"I have been going to the shop with him, I have been doing stuff with my mam and helping her keep the house tidy."
And how will Loretta feel walking up the aisle again to renew her vows with the man she first met when she was 15?
"I'm nervous but happy it's being done and Richard's wish is being fulfilled," she added.


The leader of Yorkshire First has called for "tried and tested, first-rate devolution" for the county.

Richard Carter said the new political party, standing in its first general election, wanted a "real voice" for Yorkshire.
The party, set up in 2014, stood in the last EU elections gaining 19,017 votes.
It intends to stand in 13 seats across Yorkshire in the election. Mr Carter is to contest Dewsbury, currently held by Conservative Simon Reevell.
The party would influence the outcome in certain "ultra-marginal" seats, said Mr Carter.
He said if local government reform only led to a "glorified county council there is no point" but the party wanted devolution "similar to Scotland and Wales" and to establish a parliament for Yorkshire.
"We absolutely do not want independence, we want a stronger United Kingdom that works for all parts and regions," he added.
He was speaking on BBC Look North as part of a series of interviews with party leaders.
Mr Carter qualified as a teacher at Leeds University before setting up his own business and was previously a member of the Labour Party.


The Islamic State group's commander in the besieged Iraqi city of Falluja is among 70 militants killed in coalition air strikes, the US military says.

Colonel Steve Warren said more than 20 strikes have been carried out in the past four days, destroying IS positions.
The raids are in support of Iraqi forces who are trying to retake Falluja from IS.
Meanwhile there are dire warnings about conditions in the city.
The IS commander in the city, Maher Al-Bilawi, was killed in bombardments targeting IS fighter positions and gun emplacements, Col Warren said.
However, the colonel warned that it was unclear how long the battle to retake the city would last.
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Some 50,000 civilians remain trapped in the city and have been told via leaflet drops to avoid IS areas and put white sheets on their roofs, Col Warren said.
The UN says it has reports of people dying of starvation and being killed for refusing to fight for IS.
"We have dramatic reports of the increase of the number of executions of men and older boys, refusing to fight on behalf of Isil," said Melissa Fleming, a spokeswoman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, using an alternative acronym for IS.
"Other reports say a number of people attempting to depart have been executed, or whipped. One man's leg was amputated reportedly."
The UN says hundreds of families were able to flee the city on Friday with the help of government forces.
The assault is being carried out by a combined force comprising thousands of Iraqi army troops, the federal police and Sunni tribal fighters, Col Warren said.
Militia forces were also involved but had pledged to remain outside the city, he added.
Falluja fell to IS in 2014, a key moment in its rise that saw it declare a caliphate across swathes of Iraq and Syria.


Five boys have been charged after a man with learning difficulties was attacked and suffered a fractured skull.

The 40-year-old was followed after getting off a bus in Market Street, Hyde, Greater Manchester, at about 23:30 BST on 24 May.
He walked up to Tower Street and was attacked from behind and robbed, police said.
The teenagers, aged between 13 and 15, have been charged with assault and will appear at Tameside Magistrates' Court.
The victim remains in hospital where he is being treated for a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.


A service has been held to mark 40 years since three children and two aircrew died when an RAF plane crashed into a housing estate.

The Canberra was on its way back to RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire when it plunged into houses in Oxmoor, Huntingdon, at about 11:00 BST on 3 May 1977.
A memorial bench featuring five doves - one for each of the dead - was unveiled earlier, as the Hunts Post reported.
It is thought the plane crashed when the pilot lost control.
The Canberra was returning to its base after a routine photo-reconnaissance mission when it crashed into the row of terraced houses on Norfolk Road.
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Sisters Kelly Middleton, aged two-and-a-half years, Tracey Middleton, aged four-and-a-half, and baby Adrian Thompson, who was just three-and-a-half months old, all died.
The pilot, Flt Lt John Armitage, 27, and navigator Flt Lt Lawrence Davies, 26, were also killed.
Eyewitnesses at the time described a "blinding flash of light" as the plane hit the houses and exploded.
Speaking in the Commons the day after the crash, then-Secretary of State for Defence Frederick Mulley, told ministers: "I am sure that the House will wish to join me in expressing great sympathy to the parents and relatives of the little children and of the crew who died and to those who were injured."
He said the crew did not use their ejector seats and the weather at the time was good.
The 40th anniversary service at Sapley Playing Field at 12:00 BST was organised by Huntingdon Town Council to remember those who lost their lives and to pay respect to their families.
Two of those attending were baby Adrian Thompson's mother Brenda and his sister Nicola.
Mrs Thompson recalled how "there was this explosion and flames and fire".
"We were trying to get out the back of the house," she said.
"I got Nicola out, but Adrian was asleep upstairs and I couldn't get upstairs to get him."
The service was followed by the unveiling of the bench and five plaques.
The council is collating people's memories of the incident, to be published in a book at a later date.


London Irish will continue playing in Reading next season even if they miss out on Championship promotion, chief executive Bob Casey has said.

The Exiles have applied to groundshare at Brentford FC's planned new stadium.
The Madejski Stadium looks set to continue as Irish's "home ground" until the Lionel Road site in Brentford is completed - hoped to be in August 2019.
"It's very difficult for us to make ends meet renting a stadium off Reading FC," Casey told BBC Radio Berkshire.
"We have to look at it from a commercial side of things," the former Exiles second row added. "Where rugby is going at the moment, for us to be able to compete, we have to generate much more revenue.
"The best way to do that is to get more bums on seats and having a better deal with the stadium we play at."
Irish, who are looking to return to the Premiership at the first attempt this season, are contracted to play at the Madejski Stadium until 2025-26, but the deal does contain a break clause.
Hounslow Borough Council granted the club a licence in February to play rugby at Lionel Road, but construction of the planned 20,000-capacity stadium is yet to begin.
"We've been very upfront with the supporters that we're exploring all the options and the potential to play in London back to our roots," Casey said.
"We're in discussions with Brentford, but as yet nothing has been finalised. We'll let our supporters know every step of the way."


Uber has been using a secret program to prevent undercover regulators from shutting down the taxi-hailing service in cities around the world.

The software, called Greyball, sought to identify officials trying to catch its drivers and deny them service, the New York Times reports.
Uber has frequently been at odds with governments - and with competitors.
Greyball was used to secure early access to cities where its operations had not been authorised.
In most cases, local officials wanted to make sure the company was subjected to the same conditions of service required by the legislation.
The New York Times said existence of the Greyball program was confirmed by four current and former Uber employees, who were not named.
Greyball identified regulators posing as ordinary passengers, by collecting data on the location used when ordering a taxi and determining whether this coincided with government offices.
It also checked credit card information to establish whether the user is linked to an institution or law enforcement authority.
Uber, the report adds, even visited phone shops to trace smartphones bought by city officials setting up multiple accounts in an effort to catch the company's drivers.
Once individuals suspected of attempting to entrap drivers were identified, they would be served a "fake" version of the Uber app, with fictitious cabs on view, and where they were successful in ordering a real one, they would have their booking cancelled. Local officials contend this is illegal.
"This program denies ride requests to fraudulent users who are violating our terms of service," Uber said in a statement.
"Whether that's people aiming to physically harm drivers, competitors looking to disrupt our operations, or opponents who collude with officials on secret 'stings' meant to entrap drivers," it added.
It comes in the same week that the chief executive of Uber, Travis Kalanick, was forced to apologise after a video emerged of him swearing at one of the company's drivers. Just two weeks earlier he apologised for "abhorrent" sexism at the company.


The rest of the UK is lagging behind London when it comes to accessing 4G data services, according to a report from mobile coverage company OpenSignal and consumer watchdog Which?

While mobile users in London can access 4G nearly 70% of the time, in Wales users can connect only 35% of the time, the findings suggest.
Regulator Ofcom receives a large volume of complaints about mobile coverage.
All the mobile companies said they were investing in mobile networks.
The State of the Mobile Network report found that EE had the greatest availability of 4G networks, on 64%, with Vodafone on 60%. 02 was slightly behind on 59.9%. And 3 offered the least availability, with 43.7%.
When it came to average download speeds, EE was again in first place with, 27.9Mbps on average, followed by 3, on 24.4Mbps, Vodafone, on 17.9Mbps and O2, on 16.1Mbps.
Although London has the most availability, the speeds there were not as high as in other regions, due to the number of users attempting to use the network.
"It's clear mobile providers must do much more to improve their networks if they are to provide greater access to their customers," said Alex Neill,  Which? managing director of home and legal.
An earlier report from OpenSignal and Which? found that users in the UK were able to access 4G about half of the time on average.
"Finding a 4G signal outside of London can still be a bit tricky," said Brendan Gill, co-founder of OpenSignal, but he added that mobile data speeds were "consistently fast".
Regulator Ofcom is currently compiling a crowd-sourced coverage map and calling on the UK's 20 million Android users to help build it by downloading an app that automatically measures signal strength and data speeds.
In response to the report, Vodafone said: "Thanks to our Â£2bn investment in our network and services since 2014, with another Â£2bn expected over the next three years, our customers across the country are experiencing a significantly improving and stronger network every day."


Hampshire need 310 more runs to beat Yorkshire after 15 wickets fell on a gripping second day at Headingley.

Tim Bresnan took 4-53 as Hampshire, who started on 58-5, were dismissed for 141, helped by a 52-run stand between Lewis McManus (41) and Brad Wheal (18).
The efforts of new signing Kyle Abbott (7-41) kept Hampshire in touch, limiting Yorkshire to 187, with Gary Ballance scoring 55 and Andrew Hodd 54.
Openers Jimmy Adams and Michael Carberry then survived to finish 10-0.
On a topsy-turvy day, Yorkshire seamer Ben Coad (6-37) - who had taken all five Hampshire wickets on day one - looked set to continue his remarkable run when he had Abbott caught early on.
However, Bresnan took over wicket-taking duties, removing England international Liam Dawson lbw and then having Gareth Berg caught in the slips in the same over.
Wicketkeeper McManus played sensibly to help his side recover from 75-8, before Bresnan returned to clean up the innings and give Yorkshire a first-innings lead of 132 runs.
Yorkshire began well, but Adam Lyth (29), Peter Handscomb and Alex Lees all fell to former South Africa international Abbott to leave Yorkshire 59-3.
Home captain Ballance, who scored a vital 120 in the first innings, was again on form, hitting seven fours in his half-century before Hodd's quick scoring pushed Yorkshire's lead beyond 300 as the tail was knocked over.
Hampshire, whose top six all fell to Coad in the first innings, negotiated four overs to leave a fascinating third day in store.
Yorkshire seamer Ben Coad told BBC Radio Leeds:
"We're fairly happy. We could have done with getting a few more runs today, but we've put ourselves in a good position and hopefully we can get over the line.
"The pitch is still doing a bit. It's up and down now as well, so it's bowler-friendly. 350-400 would have been ideal, but 320 is enough, hopefully.
"Gary Ballance batted unbelievably well, and Andrew Hodd at the end counter-attacked and played like he does. They were outstanding.
"I'm very happy with my own performance. I felt like I probably bowled better against Leeds/Bradford last weekend, but I was just unfortunate in not getting the edges and a couple of decisions. "
Hampshire fast bowler Kyle Abbott told BBC Radio Solent:
"I'd like to think we're back in the game. We had a poor session on Friday evening which put us on the back foot after a pretty good day. I probably thought we let them get 50 too many in the first innings - 200 would have been great. But we've given ourselves every opportunity.
"History shows it shouldn't deteriorate too badly, and scoring's been pretty quick. There's no reason why we can't knock those off.
"If it's not in the right spot and you're slightly off, it's pretty easy to bat on and is quite nicely paced. But, if you get it right as a bowler, there's still something there.
"It's coming out nicely for me, but it's still not exactly where I want to be, if I'm critical. I'd like to keep the run-rate a bit tighter, but it been pretty much three and a half an over for most of the game."


The world's largest online ticket retailer is to stop requiring users to enter hard-to-read words in order to prove they are human.

Captcha - which asks users to type in words to prove they are not robots trying to cheat the system - is used on many sites.
But Ticketmaster has moved to ditch it in favour of a simpler system.
It means users will write phrases, such as "freezing temperatures", rather than, for example, "tormentis harlory".
Captcha stands for Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart, and was first developed at Carnegie Mellon university in 2000.
For sites such as Ticketmaster, Captcha is used to make sure robots are not used to buy up tickets automatically.
As these robots have become more sophisticated, Captcha has had to become more advanced in order to stay effective. But in the process, it has become more difficult for humans to understand.
"It is generally speaking the one of the most hated pieces of user interaction on the web," said Aaron Young, from user experience consultancy Bunnyfoot.
"The major problem with them is that it's not unusual for several attempts to be needed.
"So when people see them again on different websites they have negative expectations."
He told BBC News: "It's not going to be immediately extinguished. It's evolving into something easier."
A move away from Captcha would also be good news for users with accessibility difficulties, Mr Young added.
"Captcha has a spoken command, which meets to some degree the accessibility challenge, but it's still not ideal."
Ticketmaster is now using software created by New York start-up Solve Media, a similar service that asks for well-known phrases, or simple multiple choice questions.
Solve Media's system can be used for advertising as well as user verification - and uses a combination of digital cues to work out whether a person is real or not.
Trials of the new system had shown positive signs, Ticketmaster said.
"We're starting to see an uptick in fan satisfaction," said Kip Levin, Ticketmaster's executive vice president of eCommerce.
"We're happy with what we've seen from a security standpoint as well."
He added that the average time to solve a Captcha puzzle was 14 seconds, while the new system was taking users an average of seven seconds to figure out.


Seven sports set to receive no government funding to prepare for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games have appeals heard on Monday and Tuesday.

The sports are to receive no investment for the four-year cycle leading into the Tokyo Games.
Badminton was the biggest loser, with £5.7m of funding withdrawn.
Others hit are Olympic sports table tennis, weightlifting, archery and fencing, plus goalball and wheelchair rugby on the Paralympic programme.
Badminton was hit despite exceeding UK Sport's performance target at the 2016 Rio Olympics and being the only one of the seven sports to win a medal there - bronze for Chris Langridge and Marcus Ellis.
Powerlifting is also challenging UK Sport over the decision to allocate its £1.3m of funding for its Paralympic athletes to the English Institute of Sport (EIS) to manage, rather than British Weightlifting's own programme.
UK Sport says it must prioritise sports with the strongest medal potential for Tokyo.
The appeal process is essentially a second opportunity for officials to demonstrate why they deserve funding for the four-year cycle leading into the Tokyo Games.
The findings will be revealed by the end of the month, with those still unhappy with any verdict able to make a formal appeal to the arbitration service Sport Resolutions UK.
Archery, badminton, weightlifting and powerlifting appeals will be heard on Monday, 6 February, with fencing, goalball, table tennis and wheelchair rugby putting their cases forward on Tuesday.


Donald Trump's pick to be the next US Supreme Court justice has been on a charm offensive here in Washington.

Neil Gorsuch met with the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the President has urged the leaders of Congress to "go nuclear" if need be - that is, change the rules to get his appointment through.
Who is Judge Gorsuch, and what impact might he have on the bench? Watch below.


Consultation is starting on plans to modernise the overhead power line network stretching from Ayrshire across Dumfries and Galloway and into Cumbria.

Scottish Power Energy Networks says it needs to replace much of the ageing system with a new higher voltage line.
It said the project would make the network "more resilient for homes and businesses" and increase capacity.
It said much of the existing 132,000 volt (132kV) system was coming towards the end of its operational life.
The Dumfries and Galloway Strategic Reinforcement Project project proposes a new high voltage overhead line of up to 400,000 volts (400kV) between Auchencrosh in South Ayrshire and Harker in Cumbria.
Initial consultation will seek views on a broad corridor of land that has been identified where potential routes for a new overhead line could be situated.
Consultation events are taking place at the following venues:


Four men jailed over a failed plot to bomb the London transport network on 21 July 2005 have lost an appeal at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Three of the men claimed their human rights had been breached because statements they made to police without lawyers present had been used as evidence.
A fourth man argued he had been treated unfairly when interviewed as a witness.
The court ruled no prejudice had been caused to their right to a fair trial.
Three of the men were convicted in 2007 over a botched attempt to repeat the attacks in London of 7 July 2005.
Ramzi Mohammed, Muktar Said Ibrahim and Yassin Omar were found guilty of conspiracy to murder and sentenced to minimum terms of 40 years' imprisonment.
A fourth defendant, Ismail Abdulrahman, was convicted in 2008 of assisting one of the failed bombers and failing to disclose information about the planned attacks. He was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, which was reduced to eight years on appeal.
Judges at the ECHR said: "It has been convincingly established that at the time of the impugned police interviews there was an exceptionally serious and imminent threat to public safety, and that this threat provided compelling reasons which justified the temporary delay of all four applicants' access to lawyers."
Abdulrahman had argued that he should have been arrested and offered access to a lawyer when he began incriminating himself in an interview as a witness.
The court said the decision not to arrest him at this stage was not unreasonable "based on the fear that a formal arrest might lead him to stop disclosing information of the utmost relevance to public safety issues".
It also said the interviews in question were "far from being the only incriminating evidence".
The failed bombers had targeted three Tube trains and a bus - in an attempted repeat of the 7/7 attack - but their devices failed to explode.
Because the bombs did not explode, police were able to recover forensic material from the scenes of the attacks. CCTV images of the bombers were also available.
A huge manhunt followed, with the men named and pictures published. Within eight days, two of the bombers were arrested in London, one in Birmingham and another - Hussein Osman, who was also convicted but was not part of the ECHR case - in Rome.
The judge at the men's trial, Mr Justice Fulford, described the plot as a "viable attempt at mass murder".
He said the failed attacks were inspired by militant Islamist group al-Qaeda and were clearly connected with the bombings that had killed 52 people in London two weeks earlier.
"If the detonators had been slightly more powerful or the hydrogen peroxide slightly more concentrated, then each bomb would have exploded," he said.


Nicola Sturgeon has been named Scotland's Politician of the Year, winning the honour for a fourth time.

The first minister was awarded the title by The Herald newspaper exactly a year on from taking on the job.
It comes after the SNP virtually swept the board in the Westminster elections earlier this year, taking all but three seats north of the border.
Ms Sturgeon saw off competition from Ruth Davidson and Willie Rennie to collect the award.
At the ceremony at Edinburgh's Prestonfield House Hotel, she said it was a "huge honour".
"This has been without a shadow of a doubt the most exciting, exhilarating, challenging, privileged and downright exhausting year of my life," she added.
Ms Sturgeon, who won the same award last year, is now the only person to have lifted the annual prize four times.
Alex Salmond, her predecessor as both first minister and SNP leader, won it on three occasions.
The Scottish Conservative leader Ms Davidson was awarded E-Politician of the Year, after she used Twitter to criticise Downing Street for lowering flags to half-mast following the death of Saudi King Abdullah earlier this year, describing the move as a "steaming pile of nonsense".
She also used social media to highlight some of the homophobic abuse she receives, and jokingly suggested to Ms Sturgeon and Labour's Kezia Dugdale that they should call off First Minister's Questions at Holyrood to watch Andy Murray in a tennis match together.
Scottish Liberal Deomcrat leader Mr Rennie also picked up an award, as he was named the Donald Dewar Debater of the Year, with judges praising his tenacity in highlighting the problems at Police Scotland.
Fellow Liberal Democrat Alison McInnes was also honoured for her efforts to hold the force to account, as she was named Committee MSP of the Year.
The Best Scot at Westminster award went to SNP Commons leader Angus Robertson, after the party went from having a group of six MPs to being the third largest party in the House of Commons following May's general election.
Motor Neurone Disease (MND) patient Gordon Aikman was chosen as the Campaigner of the Year, for his Gordon's Fightback campaign, which has now raised more than ??400,000 towards finding a cure for the condition.
Mr Aikman, who was diagnosed with the terminal disease at the age of 29, has also secured public funding for specialist MND nurses in Scotland, and has won a guarantee from the Scottish government to provide communications equipment to those patients who lose their voice.
Accepting his award he made a plea for carers to be paid the Living Wage, saying: "Carers are my hands, arms and legs. They are my independence, my freedom, carers allow me not just to live but to enjoy life."
Labour's Neil Findlay was named Community MSP of the Year after the Lothians MSP raised local concerns about a flight path trial at Edinburgh Airport.
Conservative Gavin Brown, who is stepping down from Holyrood in May, collected the Politics in Business Award, while Scottish Local Politician of the Year went to Cllr David Parker, the leader of Scottish Borders Council, for his efforts to ensure the Borders Railway, which links Edinburgh and Tweedbank, was completed.


Saying prayers with colleagues would feel a bit uncomfortable, too intimate an activity in the workplace for many people.

Yet at Chinese real estate giant Tiantai Group, known as Tentimes Group in English, that is exactly what they do in the boardroom before making important decisions.
Three-quarters of the firm's eight-strong senior management team are Christians and founder and chairman Wang Ruoxiong, who himself became a Christian seven years ago, says that when the company has to make difficult decisions, it turns to the Bible for guidance.
In fact, he goes as far to say that it's not him but God running the firm.
"He controls everything. I am merely a housekeeper of Jesus, assisting him in taking care of the company," he says.
Mr Wang admits that Christian beliefs alone have not driven the firm's success, acknowledging that employees' technical skills such as marketing and sales capability have also played a big part.
But he believes that following Christian values have helped to make the firm more effective.
He says that employees feel cared for, helping them to perform better, and that treating the company's suppliers more fairly has created stronger relationships with them, for example.
He also believes his approach is unique, which he says will help the company to survive despite increasing competition.
"When the senior managers at the top are willing to use the values in their own work and life, the values are passed down. Eventually they become the shared values of the common employees of the entire company.
"At that time, the company becomes truly irreplaceable," he says.
Nonetheless meeting a company boss who is so open about his religion at work is rare. While organisations themselves must make allowances for their staff to be able to practise their religious faith, providing prayer rooms for example, those at the top normally keep their beliefs private. Typically they're wary of being seen as promoting their own faith to those below them.
Gavin Oldham, executive chairman of retail stockbroker The Share Centre, is an elective lay member of the General Synod - the highest governing body of the Church of England - a fact he states openly on his firm's website biography and his Twitter account.
But while he never hides the fact that he is a Christian, he says he is careful not to "flash the brand" at work.
"It can't be overt. There's such a huge range of backgrounds. It may be that people have no faith. You have to respect others," he tells the BBC.
But he says his faith does guide his business life as well as his personal life - particularly, he says, his belief in God's unconditional love, which he tries to apply in his own life.
He says the belief of "love your neighbour as yourself" provides a structure for when he's making difficult business decisions and ensures a consistency which he believes ultimately has helped him to make better judgements at work.
"It's not even necessary to chart them down as Christian values, they are universal values," he says.
It's a view shared by Whole Foods Market co chief executive Walter Robb, who says that while "spirituality" is often a charged word for people, it could just as easily be replaced with "love".
While for many, "love" at work may seem equally inappropriate, Mr Robb believes that a softer approach from those at the top, emphasising that the firm is part of a larger world with wider responsibilities, can be very powerful.
He recalls recently holding his granddaughter for the first time, reminding him of holding his own children when they were young, as an explanation for the feeling.
"That depth of feeling in your heart, your capacity to bring that to your work as a leader, your capacity to develop that capability in the organisation and to celebrate it, to reward it, to acknowledge it, to model it.
"Those sorts of things are part of creating a wider vessel and not a narrower vessel. And to the extent that that's spiritual, then I think that's a good thing."
Chen Feng, chairman of Chinese conglomerate HNA, whose empire spreads from aviation to real estate and financial services, draws on Buddhist teachings to help underpin his company's culture, but emphasises that religion alone isn't enough to create a successful company.
"Incentives and profits must also be given so that people are guided to the right way of life for themselves and the right way of development for the company.
"Buddhism is my thing. People have to solve their problems on their own. We cannot simply use one culture for all. We need to use all good cultures, and integrate them with modern management methods," he says.
This feature is based on interviews by leadership expert Steve Tappin for the BBC's CEO Guru series, produced by Neil Koenig.


More than 20 crofters are to share a £705,000 grant to improve their housing.

The Scottish government said the Croft House Grant would entitle each crofters to funding of up to £38,000.
The money is being spread across crofts in the Highlands, Western Isles, Northern Isles and Argyll.
Ministers said the funding would allow them to build or improve homes, helping to retain and attract people to rural communities.
Cabinet Secretary for the Rural Economy Fergus Ewing said 21 crofters would receive the funding.
He said: "Good quality housing is essential for crofters. We need to draw people to Scotland's most remote and rural communities and the Croft House Grant can do that.
"Upgrading or building new properties can help crofters fulfil their duty to live on or close to their croft and can help them undertake additional agricultural activity."
Funding will be made available to crofters in Caithness, Inverness-shire, Lewis, Skye, Islay, North Uist,, Ross-shire, Shetland and Sutherland.


There has been a boom in organ donation in the UK according to figures by NHS Blood and Transplant.

The number of people donating organs after death has risen by 50% to 1,200 people since 2008. It led to about 3,100 transplants last year.
What is organ donation?
For some seriously ill patients, such as those with acute liver failure or a seriously diseased heart, there is no treatment which can save the organ.
The only option to save their life is an organ transplanted from another person.
There are several types of donation.
The latest figures relate to organs taken after a patient had died. A kidney can be taken from a living donor, often a family member.
Which organs can be donated?
The main transplants are heart, lungs, both kidneys, the pancreas, liver and small bowel. Two corneas can also be transplanted. This is why campaigners say one donor can transform the lives of nine people.
Other tissues such as skin, bone, heart valves, tendons and cartilage can also be used.
Meanwhile, more complicated procedures are being developed.
The UK's first hand transplant took place this year.
Is 1,200 really a success?
Nearly a third of people in the UK, 20 million people, are on the NHS Organ Donor Register.
While half a million people die in the UK each year, fewer than 5,000 die in circumstances which mean they can donate their organs.
Organs can degrade rapidly after death. If the heart stops then oxygen is no longer pumped round the body so tissues die. Most donors are patients already in intensive care who die after a brain haemorrhage, severe head injury, or stroke.
Doctors confirm the patient is brain dead, but a ventilator can keep the blood pumping around the body - preserving the organs for transplant.
Why have the figures gone up?
The increase has been put down to specialist nurses focused on donation who have become a familiar face in intensive care wards.
They approach and support bereaved relatives in hospitals and discuss organ transplants.
Is age a barrier?
No. It is the quality of the organs which count and there have been donations from people well into their 80s. The oldest kidney donor was person aged 85, while the oldest heart donor was 65.
What about poor health?
There are only two conditions which mean people cannot donate - being infected with HIV or having vCJD (the human form of mad cows disease).
A lifetime of heavy smoking is unlikely to leave lungs fit for transplant, however, other organs may still be suitable.
The decision is taken by the surgical team which will access the organs.
Does this affect the presumed consent debate?
In order to be an organ donor you have to opt-in by signing up to the organ donor register.
Some have argued for an opt-out system in which everybody is assumed to be an organ donor unless they state otherwise. This system is in place in other countries and the government in Wales is aiming to introduce presumed consent in 2015.
There is a shortage of organs available for transplant and three people a day still die while on the waiting list. While there has been a surge in donations, it seems unlikely that this will be the end of the debate.


Getting stuck into a good book can boost people's ability to relate to each other and increase their empathy, a report suggests.

A review of research for the Reading Agency says reading for pleasure does much more than boost educational outcomes among adults and children.
One recent study quoted - of 4,000 UK adults - says reading for pleasure can help them enjoy social occasions more.
It can also boost children's emotional understanding, the research adds.
In general, the study found reading was associated with enjoyment, relaxation and escapism.
The research involving a poll of 4,000 people that is cited by the report looked at how mental and physical health can be boosted by the enjoyment of reading.
It said those who read regularly for pleasure:
It also cited research carried out in Germany, with children aged seven to nine, that looked at possible links between literacy and emotional understanding.
The report focused on the impact of after-school literacy sessions in which children's books with emotional content were read and discussed by the group.
It found the scheme enhanced the children's emotional vocabulary, knowledge and understanding of emotions.
It also found boys were more "positively influenced in their capability to recognise masked feelings than girls".
The report concluded that: "Reading is closely linked to increasing understanding of our own identities and can also play a large part in relating to others, understanding their world views and so forth."
Sue Wilkinson, chief executive of The Reading Agency, said the findings of the report showed that "everything changes when we read".


Notts County crashed into League Two as three late goals from Gillingham condemned them to defeat.

The Magpies knew that a win would preserve their League One status and Graham Burke put them ahead from an acute angle in the 61st minute.
They looked to be safe but John Egan set nerves jangling again when he headed home two minutes from time.
Brennan Dickenson's curling shot put County behind before substitute Luke Norris hit the third to relegate them.
County had started the day outside the bottom four and missed several opportunities to make the game safe before their late collapse.
Gills goalkeeper Aaron Morris made a string of stops to keep them out - first superbly saving Garry Thompson's low effort and then making a double save to keep out Haydn Hollis and Jimmy Spencer just before half-time.
At the other end Bradley Dack's effort for Gillingham was cleared off the line.
The defeat meant Notts County ended the season with a run of just one victory in 13 games, which ultimately condemned them to League Two for the first time in five seasons.
Gillingham finished the season in 12th, after coming 17th in their first season back in League One in 2013-14.
Notts County manager Ricardo Moniz told BBC Radio Nottingham:
"It's a disaster, with five minutes to go and everything is in your own hands and we have given it away.
"It starts with a foul and the referee didn't give it, but we did it ourselves. We must defend better, we must mark better because we conceded too easily from set pieces.
"Words about next season are unnecessary at the minute. We are dead now and we will deal with the playing staff on Tuesday. Today is not the time to be talking about next season.
"This is a massive disappointment, I don't think the boys deserve this and it's a massive shock."
Match ends, Gillingham 3, Notts County 1.
Second Half ends, Gillingham 3, Notts County 1.
Goal!  Gillingham 3, Notts County 1. Luke Norris (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Max Ehmer.
Substitution, Gillingham. Michael Freiter replaces Cody McDonald.
Goal!  Gillingham 2, Notts County 1. Brennan Dickenson (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner following a set piece situation.
Paddy McCourt (Notts County) is shown the yellow card.
Bradley Dack (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Paddy McCourt (Notts County).
Corner,  Gillingham. Conceded by Jordan Williams.
Attempt saved. John Marquis (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Notts County. Leroy Lita replaces Hayden Mullins.
Goal!  Gillingham 1, Notts County 1. John Egan (Gillingham) header from very close range to the top left corner. Assisted by Doug Loft with a cross.
John Marquis (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mustapha Dumbuya (Notts County).
Attempt saved. Balint Bajner (Notts County) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Doug Loft (Gillingham) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Foul by Cody McDonald (Gillingham).
Roy Carroll (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Notts County. Mustapha Dumbuya replaces James Spencer.
Attempt missed. John Marquis (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Bradley Dack (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Jones (Notts County).
Foul by John Marquis (Gillingham).
Hayden Mullins (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Notts County. Paddy McCourt replaces Graham Burke.
Max Ehmer (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Balint Bajner (Notts County).
Substitution, Gillingham. Luke Norris replaces Aaron Morris.
Liam Noble (Notts County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jermaine McGlashan (Gillingham).
Garry Thompson (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Max Ehmer (Gillingham).
Attempt missed. Balint Bajner (Notts County) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner following a set piece situation.
Garry Thompson (Notts County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aaron Morris (Gillingham).
Attempt missed. Liam Noble (Notts County) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt missed. John Marquis (Gillingham) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.
Balint Bajner (Notts County) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Leon Legge (Gillingham).
Goal!  Gillingham 0, Notts County 1. Graham Burke (Notts County) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Liam Noble with a cross following a set piece situation.


Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have both won the most states on the biggest day of the race for the US presidential nominations.

Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia were among the states where both triumphed. Mr Trump was defeated by Ted Cruz in Texas and Oklahoma.
Democrat Bernie Sanders won four, including his home state of Vermont.
Super Tuesday sees 11 states voting on the biggest single day ahead of the 8 November presidential election.
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Winners and losers on Super Tuesday
Results as they come in
The former secretary of state and real estate mogul entered Super Tuesday as the favourites to win the vast majority of states for their respective parties.
In her victory speech on Tuesday, Mrs Clinton appeared to already be looking towards a potential presidential race against Donald Trump, saying: "The stakes in this election have never been higher and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower."
Donald Trump, for his part, insisted that he was a "unifier" who could put internal fighting in the Republican party behind him to focus on a general election race against Mrs Clinton.
"Once we get all this finished, I'm going after one person - Hillary Clinton," he told reporters in Florida, where he has been campaigning ahead of the state's vote later this month.
The billionaire also insisted he had "expanded the Republican party", referring to higher turnout from a broad demographic in states that have already voted.
Texas Senator Ted Cruz called on his rivals to drop out of the race, which he says would enable him to contend Mr Trump's lead more effectively.
Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who was hoping to emerge as the main alternative to Mr Trump, won his first state on Tuesday in the Minnesota caucuses.
This was a man not looking to the next primary, the next bit of slog along that long and exhausting road. This was a man with an eye on the much bigger fight in November, and his presumptive opponent Hillary Clinton.
He graciously congratulated Ted Cruz over his wins in Texas and Oklahoma. No mention last night of him being the biggest liar he's ever met. And no demeaning of Marco Rubio either. Were it not for the unmistakable blond hair and the family members at his side, you might have been forgiven for thinking an impostor had entered the room.
But no it was Donald 2.0 that we had with us. The trouble, though, when you upload a new operating system is there are inevitable bugs and glitches. And the new OS takes a bit of getting used to.
And there will be many who say what brought me to the product was the original software. So can and will the new magnanimous Donald be able to keep up this new modus operandi, and will his army of fans like what they see?
This was a strikingly different Donald Trump who met reporters on Tuesday night. His tone was conciliatory. He was quietly spoken. He said he would be a unifier - of the Republican Party, of the nation. He didn't crow and he didn't claim to be the nominee, but he clearly thinks the primary race is effectively over.
Mr Trump has stunned the Republican establishment to become the party's front-runner. Despite his controversial policies on immigration, the former reality TV star has been consistently polling well above his rivals - Ted Cruz, Mr Rubio, Mr Kasich and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson.
Both Senators Cruz and Rubio have ramped up their anti-Trump rhetoric over the past week, in a bid to halt his commanding lead in the race. The outcome of Super Tuesday will be critical for both candidates to remain the race.
Mr Trump has faced heavy criticism this week over his failure to disavow David Duke, a leader of the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan, who has endorsed the Republican candidate. The front-runner later said he had on several occasions in the past disavowed Mr Duke.
On the Democratic side, Mrs Clinton had already secured three wins in the first four early-voting states and has led significantly among blocs of black voters there.
Bernie Sanders, who describes himself as a democratic socialist, has put up an unexpectedly strong challenge against the former secretary of state after his sweeping victory in New Hampshire last month.
Alongside wins in Vermont and Oklahoma, he also was projected to win the Democratic Colorado caucuses - although this was merely a projection, as delegates do not vote until the state convention in April.
Addressing cheering supporters at his victory speech in Vermont on Tuesday, Mr Sanders aimed a jibe at the Republican front-runner saying: "We are not going to let the Donald Trumps of the world divide us."
The proportion of vote won equates to the number of delegates who will then go on to the Democratic and Republican parties' national conventions in July to officially choose the nominees for the presidency.
Super Tuesday is pivotal because it allocates nearly a quarter of the 2,472 Republican delegates and some 20% of all delegates for the Democrats.
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Plans to raise funds for a proposed private railway project in Windsor have been approved by Network Rail.

The Windsor Link Railway (WLR), costing £100m-£150m, would link the Thames Valley to Waterloo by building a tunnel at Windsor.
A second £200m-£300m phase would then connect Windsor to Heathrow and Maidenhead.
George Bathurst, from WLR, said: "The earliest I would expect the project to start is in the next five years."
The company said it would now look in more detail about how its proposals could be funded through an investment partner.
Mr Bathurst added: "There is much more work to do before we can even be sure it is possible and that the numbers add up."
If it goes ahead, the company said it would be the "first wholly privately promoted and funded railway project for over 100 years".
Plans for the railway began four years ago, with a formal proposal submitted to Network Rail last year.
In a statement, Network Rail said: "We will continue to invest billions of pounds to improve the railway and private sector investment can complement this.
"Wherever possible we will engage with potentially viable schemes such as the Windsor Link Railway to help support the proposals."
A spokesman for the Department for Transport said: "Privately funded railway projects offer the potential to expand the network but must demonstrate that they are economically sustainable and do not have negative impacts on existing services."


The death of a 44-year-old man in South Ayrshire is being treated as murder, Police Scotland have confirmed.

John Kiltie died after a disturbance outside a property in Park Road, Girvan, on Saturday morning.
He was pronounced dead at the scene after emergency services responded to calls about the disturbance at around 11:10.
Police said two men aged 24 and 18 have been arrested in connection with Mr Kiltie's death.
They added that "extensive inquiries" were under way and a report would be sent to the procurator fiscal.


Aviation and print distribution group John Menzies has posted a rise in revenue and profits, helped by a strong performance from its ground handling division and favourable exchange rates.

The Edinburgh-based company said pre-tax profits for 2016 rose year-on-year by £1.6m to £19.8m. Underlying pre-tax profits were up 30% at £49.7m.
Turnover climbed from just under £2bn to more than £2.07bn.
John Menzies described it as a "transformational" year for the group.
Its aviation business saw underlying operating profit rise by £11.1m to £34.2m. Ground handling volume grew by 5%, driven by contract wins in Europe and North America.
However, cargo handling volumes were down in absolute terms by 7%, which the group attributed in part to high volumes in North America in the previous year.
Menzies recently completed the acquisition of plane refuelling business Asig, which has doubled the size of its North American operations.
It said it was now focusing its efforts on integrating the businesses before looking "to take advantage of the exciting opportunities that the combined platform gives us".
The group's distribution division performed broadly in line with the previous year despite increased cost pressures, the company said.
Underlying operating profit for the division was £24.7m, compared with £25.1m in 2015.
The company said trading benefited from strong football-related sticker sales and cost reduction measures.
It added: "Our strategy to diversify into new market segments, reducing our reliance on newspapers and magazines, continues to make progress with an acquisition within Menzies Parcels and new contracts delivered in the retail logistics sector."
Menzies, which came under pressure from an investor last year to split up the two divisions, said it continued to work on a review of the group's structure.
It hopes to update shareholders on the outcome of the review when its interim results are released in August.


Staff at a petrol station in County Donegal have been threatened at gunpoint by two men during a robbery.

It happened at a shop on the Circular Road in Letterkenny just before 22:00 GMT on Monday.
The two men, one armed with a firearm, entered the business. They left with a sum of money.
No one was injured and there have been no arrests.


An Australian cricketer has received a six-month ban for bets totalling Aus $15.50 (£7.60) on a Test match between Australia and New Zealand.

Piepa Cleary, 19, who plays for Perth Scorchers in the women's T20 Big Bash League, was guilty of breaching Cricket Australia's (CA) anti-corruption code.
"Bets totalling £7.60 might seem small but it doesn't matter," said CA Integrity Unit boss Iain Roy.
Cleary is the second female Australian cricketer to receive a ban for betting.
In December, Angela Reakes, who plays for ACT Meteors in the Women's National Cricket League, was given a two-year suspended sentence for bets totalling Aus $9 (£4.36) during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Cleary also received a further 18-month suspended sentence after CA said she had received face-to-face anti-corruption training two months before she placed the bets.
Roy added: "We take a zero tolerance approach to any form of gambling on cricket by players in order to protect the integrity of the game."


Belfast High Court has quashed a report compiled by the Police Ombudsman into the Loughinisland massacre.

Six men died in the attack when loyalist gunmen opened fire in a pub in the County Down village in June 1994.
Relatives of those who died were strongly critical of the 2011 report, published by the former police ombudsman, Al Hutchinson.
Mr Hutchinson has since been replaced by Dr Michael Maguire, who will now lead a fresh investigation of the case.
The victim's families, who had branded the previous report a whitewash, welcomed the court's decision.
The six men who died in the in the Heights Bar shooting were all Catholics.
They were among customers watching the Republic of Ireland play Italy in a World Cup football match when UVF gunmen entered the pub and opened fire indiscriminately.
Those shot dead included 87-year-old Barney Greene, one of the oldest victims of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Also killed were Adrian Rogan, 34, Malcolm Jenkinson, 53, Daniel McCreanor, 59, Patrick O'Hare, 35, and Eamon Byrne, 39. Five others were seriously wounded.
No one has been convicted of the murders, although 16 people have been arrested in connection with the attack.
Victims' relatives suspect the RUC investigation was undermined in order to protect informants.
But in June last year, Mr Hutchinson found there was not enough evidence of collusion between police and the loyalist gang.
The relatives sought to have these findings' quashed, with lawyers for the families claiming the conclusions reached were flawed.
Mr Maguire took up office as Police Ombudsman in July.
His decision to re-open the case is believed to relate to statements made by a self-confessed UVF informer and a former RUC detective.
The move has been welcomed by both Sinn Fein and the SDLP.
"The decision to quash this investigation which was brought forward by the previous Ombudsman Al Hutchinson and to re-investigate the tragic events that happened in  Loughinisland is the right one," Sinn Fein's Caitriona Ruane said.
"It was clear that the families had no confidence in this investigation and its findings."
South Down MP, the SDLP's Margaret Ritchie, said: "The previous report posed more questions than it answered and pointed to collusion in the murder of six innocent catholic men."


England suffered semi-final heartbreak for the second consecutive major tournament as they were beaten 3-0 by Euro 2017 hosts the Netherlands.

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The defeat will represent devastating failure for the Lionesses, who had targeted a first major trophy as their sole aim from the tournament.
Having lost their 2015 World Cup semi-final to Japan thanks to an injury-time own goal, individual errors again proved decisive.
The Dutch had already taken a 1-0 lead thanks to Vivianne Miedema's first-half header when Fara Williams's poor header was seized on by Danielle van de Donk.
And another stoppage-time own goal sealed England's fate when Mille Bright turned in Lieke Martens' shot.
Jade Moore hit the post and England wasted several good second-half chances, but they could not pierce the hosts' defence.
Although reaching the last four may be deemed as a relative success in some eyes, and despite becoming the first England manager since Sir Alf Ramsey to reach two consecutive major tournament semi-finals, Mark Sampson and his players felt they could win the competition.
After finishing as the top European team in the World Cup, and being the highest ranked team left at Euro 2017, they seemed well set to take another step on the road to their ambition of becoming the "world's number one team".
But they were well beaten by a Dutch team which were technically superior, led by Van de Donk, and roared on by a record crowd of 27,093 for a women's football match in the Netherlands.
The Dutch will now be favourites to beat Denmark in their first European Championship final, while England will have to regroup for the 2019 World Cup in France, perhaps having wasted their best chance of silverware with this group of players.
England were called a "long-ball" team by their opponents in the build-up to this game, which was a repeat of the Euro 2009 semi-final, and for periods in the game they looked one-dimensional.
By contrast, the Dutch were more patient on the ball and in Van de Donk, they had a midfielder who pulled the strings before she put the game beyond England's reach with an opportunistic finish.
The fact that she took advantage of a mistake by her Arsenal team-mate Williams, who tried to nod back to Siobhan Chamberlain, will make it tough on the England midfielder, who could yet end a 16-year international career on a sour note.
Williams, who has amassed a record 165 caps including the Euro 2009 semi-final where England beat the Netherlands, has only been a bit-part player in this campaign but replaced the suspended Jill Scott in midfield.
But when the 33-year-old returns to training at her club she will also be given another reminder of a torrid England night after Miedema recently signed for the Gunners.
The 21-year-old striker, who now has 43 international goals, powered in a back-post header to show the kind of ruthlessness that England were missing.
For all the Dutch possession, England did limit them to few chances and the Netherlands' twin threats down the wings - Martens and Shanice van de Sanden - were largely kept quiet until Martens forced a late own goal from Bright to seal England's misery.
Despite missing Scott's energy in midfield, Sampson's team were not as clinical as previously seen at Euro 2017, where they have become the tournament's top scorers, and they paid a heavy price.
Once Miedema had opened the scoring, Moore hit the post from a deflected header and Ellen White had a good penalty appeal turned down. Sampson was so animated in his reaction that he ripped his shirt.
But England rarely tested Sari van Veenendaal - another Arsenal player - in the Dutch goal.
Jodie Taylor also shot straight at her Gunners club-mate from close range late on, but could still finish as the tournament top scorer with five goals.
But that will be no consolation to her or an England team who failed to take advantage of their ranking and who beat the Netherlands in Tilburg last November.
England head coach Mark Sampson: "Over the course of the tournament, we have been one of the of best teams here. But, in tournament football, small things can make a big difference.
"I made some mistakes, for sure. I'll go away and reflect. I'll look at it all and then do a better job next time.
"We didn't get the decisions. But I'm incredibly proud of the players tonight.
"They've worked so, so hard over the past year."
Match ends, Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Second Half ends, Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Own Goal by Millie Bright, England.  Netherlands Women 3, England 0.
Attempt missed. Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
Offside, England. Jordan Nobbs tries a through ball, but Jodie Taylor is caught offside.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Jill Roord replaces Daniëlle van de Donk.
Attempt missed. Francesca Kirby (England) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kika van Es (Netherlands Women).
Karen Carney (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Renate Jansen replaces Shanice van de Sanden.
Attempt blocked. Toni Duggan (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Karen Carney with a cross.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Sari van Veenendaal.
Attempt saved. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Francesca Kirby.
Corner,  Netherlands Women. Conceded by Toni Duggan.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Kelly Zeeman.
Attempt saved. Jodie Taylor (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ellen White with a headed pass.
Attempt missed. Toni Duggan (England) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jordan Nobbs with a cross.
Foul by Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women).
Lucy Bronze (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Stephanie Houghton (England) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner from a direct free kick.
Foul by Lieke Martens (Netherlands Women).
Jodie Taylor (England) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, England. Karen Carney replaces Jade Moore.
Attempt missed. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left following a set piece situation.
Jackie Groenen (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jade Moore (England).
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Attempt saved. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Netherlands Women. Kelly Zeeman replaces Stefanie van der Gragt because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ellen White (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jade Moore.
Substitution, England. Toni Duggan replaces Fara Williams.
Attempt blocked. Francesca Kirby (England) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Lieke Martens.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Kika van Es.
Goal!  Netherlands Women 2, England 0. Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands Women) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Stephanie Houghton (England).
Daniëlle van de Donk (Netherlands Women) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.


An Egyptian artist has been forced to change a sculpture honouring fallen soldiers after it was criticised as apparently depicting sexual harassment.

Mother of the Martyr features a slender peasant woman - a common representation of Egypt - being held by a helmeted soldier.
But residents in the city of the Sohag claim it is inappropriate.
The concrete statue, located close to a girls' school in the city, has yet to be formally unveiled.
Along with criticism of an apparent unwanted advance on a woman, others suggest the 8.5-metre-tall artwork depicts Egypt's military seducing the country.
The governor of Sohag, Ayman Abdel-Monaim, has ordered an investigation into the commissioning of the statue.
The controversy, which made national headlines and a flurry of comments on social media, underlines the difficulties faced by artists in the country, analysts say.
Sculptor Wagih Yani, 60, is now modifying his work, removing the soldier and placing an olive branch in the hands of the woman.
White doves symbolising peace will form a crescent over the woman's head, he said.
Mr Yani has defended his work, telling the Associated Press news agency he rejected suggestions of impropriety and insisting the soldier represented the "spirit of the martyr" protecting Egypt.
"I remain convinced of the sculpture's original idea and the modifications will not steer far from that," he said.
"But I personally feel that it's important to me that everyone is happy with the sculpture."


Two people have been seriously injured and 32 others hurt following the collapse of several buildings after a suspected gas explosion on Merseyside.

Emergency services were called to a "major incident" in Bebington, Wirral, at about 21:15 GMT.
The buildings destroyed included a dance studio for children in Boundary Road, which was unoccupied at the time.
The injured were taken to hospitals in Merseyside and Chester, North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) said.
A number of houses in the immediate area were evacuated and more than 100 people moved to a nearby church, NWAS added.
Dan Stephens, chief officer at Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service, said the scale of damage is considerable.
"It's what we would describe as a total collapse, or the explosion has blown the walls out, which has caused the roof to collapse," he said.
"It's a very significant debris field and [there is] lots of structural damage to the surrounding buildings."
The seriously injured people were taken to Aintree Hospital in Liverpool. Others, less badly hurt, were treated at the Countess of Chester and Arrowe Park hospitals in Merseyside. One person was taken to the Royal Liverpool Hospital, NWAS said.
A police investigation is under way.
"We've got officers at all the hospitals. Detectives are gathering the relevant information in relation to victims and we will commence the investigation... from this point on," Ch Insp David Westby of Merseyside Police said.
The fire service has warned that the after effects of the explosion will last for some time.
"This incident is likely to be protracted. This is likely to last several days. There is very significant damage, so it will be some time before people will be allowed back into their homes," Mr Stephens said.
The violent explosion was heard by many people living in the Bebington area, Lew Hopkins, who lives close to the site, said: ""It sounded like an earthquake. Our whole house shook. It sounded like the windows were about to smash in.
"I know people about five, six miles away and they heard the explosion as well. Straight away I ran into the street and all the neighbours were outside."
Another resident, Mark Hamley, said: "There was a sense of quiet at first. Then you'd hear the odd shout or scream and cry.
"My main concern was for my girlfriend and my baby. I wanted to know they were safe. I put some clothes on, went outside and by the time that happened, the police were on the scene."
Josh Parry of The Liverpool Echo told BBC News the dance studio was next door to a Chinese restaurant, where a number of customers may have been injured.
He described a "significant" emergency response with about 12 ambulances and between 30 and 40 firefighters on site.
"There's been a huge amount of National Grid workers here, a huge response from the fire and ambulance and police, but also five or six accounts from people in the area that said yesterday they could smell gas in the area.
"That has not, I must stress, come officially from anywhere yet, but that is something that a number of people who live in the area have said to me," he added.
Local MP Alison McGovern said: "I live in New Ferry. I obviously felt it, didn't know what it was and then it became clear that there had been this very large explosion.
"There's very, very little we can say at this point. I would just ask people to stay away if they can, keep clear of the area and just let the police and the emergency services do their job."
A local churchman, pastor Aaron Partington, opened the doors of the My Life Church in Bebington to offer food and shelter to residents forced from their homes.
"There's been over a hundred people through the doors here. There's been a lot of stunned people," he said.
"A lot of people just feeling really, really at a loss.
"You kind of see this stuff happening on the news in other places, you don't really think it's going to happen on your doorstep."
A message posted on the Complete Works Facebook page said: "We are absolutely devastated that our lovely dance studios were impacted by tonight's events but first and foremost we are so very grateful that no one was in them at the time and now we hope there are no serious injuries and that everyone local is safe."
More than Â£600 has already been donated to help the dance school recover from the loss of its building.
Lauren Dickson, who set up the Just Giving page to raise funds, wrote: "Please donate anything you can to get Complete Works studios back on their feet.
"Complete Works was a home to 100s of children taught by hardworking Kim McDonald and Victoria Charlton. A devastating gas leak destroyed the whole building and all its contents."


Complaints by Sports Direct about a BBC investigation into working conditions at the company have been rejected by the BBC Trust.

The complaints centred around the programme's reference to a member of staff giving birth in warehouse toilets.
It said Inside Out East Midlands had misled the audience and not given the company an opportunity to respond to this "serious allegation".
The BBC Trust rejected both points.
The programme, Investigating Sports Direct, was broadcast on BBC One on 5 October last year.
As a result of the programme and other media coverage, MPs in the Business, Innovation and Skills Committee examined working practices at Sports Direct.
In their report, the MPs accused Sports Direct of not treating its workers like humans.
The programme included testimony from Sports Direct agency workers who said they were managed by a "six strikes" disciplinary policy. Workers would be sacked if they exceeded six strikes in a six-month period, for "offences" including reported sickness, excessive chatting, and excessive or long toilet breaks.
Workers alleged that this policy meant they attended shifts even when they were ill.
Sports Direct had two points of complaint:
The BBC Trust noted that the reference to the birth was "factually accurate" and "went no further than the known facts".
It also said Sports Direct had been given an adequate "right of reply".
The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee chairman, Labour MP Iain Wright, has thanked the programme for its work.
"We wouldn't have been here, and we wouldn't have had any success in the select committee had it not been for... Inside Out," he said.
"Ultimately, as a result of the work of Inside Out, thousands of lives, workers at Sports Direct, will now start seeing their conditions improve, and their lives improve as a result."
Sports Direct has not yet commented on the BBC Trust's finding.
The birth of the baby in the warehouse toilets was widely reported when it happened in January 2014, including by the BBC.
The BBC Trust noted that the information was therefore already in the public domain prior to the programme's broadcast.
Police investigated the circumstances of the birth and charged the mother, a Polish woman in her 20s, with abandoning her baby.
However, the case was later dropped before the mother was due to stand trial.


Hosts Zambia reached the final of the Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations for the first time after beating South Africa 1-0 after extra-time in Lusaka.

Edward Chilufya finally broke the deadlock in the 108th minute as he headed home Proper Chiluya's free-kick.
Play had to be stopped for six minutes during extra-time after teargas fired outside the stadium filtered inside.
The Zambians will meet either Senegal or Guinea, who meet in Ndola on Thursday, in Sunday's final.
Zambia's previous best finish in the tournament was a fourth-placed finish in 2007.
The team also reached the semi-finals of the competition's forerunner, the African Under-21 Championship, in both 1991 and 1999.
Like the host nation, neither the Senegalese nor Guineans have ever won the tournament before.


Rape is not just about violent attacks by strangers, a campaign to raise sex abuse awareness among teenagers says.

The government fears too many teenagers have a false view of what constitutes rape, and are unaware of the risks of being raped by people their own age.
It is highlighting research suggesting that a third of teenage girls and about one in six boys have experienced some form of sexual violence from a partner.
The new campaign will include TV, cinema and online advertisements.
A 2009 survey by the children's charity NSPCC suggested that the highest proportion of sexual abuse experienced by teens (66%) was perpetrated by people under 18.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, who is launching the campaign, said: "This hard-hitting campaign shows that rape is not just about violent attacks by strangers.
"We want to bring this issue out into the open and get young people talking about the importance of consent.
"The campaign will give teenagers the facts and support they need to recognise abuse and form healthy relationships."
One of the adverts - aimed at 13 to 18-year-olds - features a teenage girl being coerced into sex at a party.
The girl says "I don't want to", but the boy persists.
A double of the boy appears from behind an invisible wall, and the viewer is asked: "If you could see yourself, would you see rape?"
Jon Brown, head of the NSPCC's sexual abuse programme, said many young people misguidedly accepted rape or other sexual acts as part of a relationship and did nothing about it.
Research had shown as many as 250,000 teenage girls at any one time were suffering in this way but were too embarrassed or frightened to say anything about it, he added.
"They will report a sex assault if it's committed by an adult, but when another teenager carries out the offence the same alarm bells don't ring and they suffer in silence."
Holly Dustin, director of the End Violence Against Women Coalition, welcomed the campaign but said the Department for Education should be promoting it in schools, not just on Twitter and Facebook.
Lib Dem Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone, who is launching the campaign alongside Mr Clegg, said: "This campaign aims to dispel the myths that can lead to acceptance of rape in relationships.
"Bringing the issue out in the open will help teenagers feel confident about challenging abuse when they see it and ultimately protect potential victims."
This latest push for greater awareness builds on the government's wider This is Abuse campaign which aims to help teenagers develop healthy relationships.


A former policewoman from County Tyrone has admitted causing the death of a man by dangerous driving and drink driving.

Eilish MacSherry, 41, of Brookmount Heights, Omagh was a serving off-duty PSNI officer at the time of the crash.
Paul Mills, a 49-year-old father of two from Killyclogher was killed in the collision on Omagh's Clanabogan Road on 10 October 2015.
She admitted four charges including driving while unfit and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Members of Mr Mills' family including his widow, Anne, wept in the public gallery of Dungannon Crown Court as the pleas were entered on Friday.
A defence solicitor said that "alcohol dependency is a feature of this case" but that his client "has been dry since this accident happened".
A prosecution lawyer said a victim impact statement would be obtained from the Mills family before sentencing in February 2017.
The judge told MacSherry that "the offences are serious and have had a devastating affect, as they always do, on the family involved".
Releasing her on bail until the sentencing hearing, he warned her "a significant custodial sentence in this case will be inevitable".