England's Kevin Pietersen dilemma was neatly encapsulated within eight days in August.

In the second Test against South Africa at Headingley, he  that had cricket correspondents competing for superlatives.
Little more than a week later, the 32-year-old was  to players in the South Africa team.
Pietersen is the most individual of talents in a sport that prizes the team ethic.
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Now there has been a truce, with  for his actions and the England management bringing him back into the fold.
Perhaps it is naive to presume he will be welcomed back into the dressing room though, and the player himself has admitted there are "issues that need to be sorted".
Before the furore over the texts, Pietersen suspected some of his team-mates were involved in a  'KP Genius', which sent up the batsman with tweets such as: "Plenty of bonuses for KP this Test: ton bonus, wkt bonus, MoM bonus and genius bonus. That's more cash than the average human can count".
Several players denied any involvement, but some had certainly followed the account and even retweeted messages.
And Pietersen had been accused of putting his own interests ahead of those of the team early in the summer.
The South Africa-born batsman asked to miss two Tests against New Zealand next summer after being signed by Indian Premier League side Delhi Daredevils.
The £1.3m transfer fee was dependent on him playing the entire IPL, but the England management refused the request and Pietersen's central contract went unsigned.
He then  only to  instead of going through the England and Wales Cricket Board's official media channels.
After failing to deny sending the texts to his "close friends" in the South Africa squad, Pietersen was left out of England's squad  later this year and was not offered a central contract.
It all seemed a far cry from the years after Pietersen made his England debut, when he was such an enthusiastic member of the team, setting new levels of performance and preparation for his colleagues.
Having moved to England in 2000 at the age of 19 because he was disillusioned with the quota system in his native South Africa, Pietersen made his international debut in a one-day international against Zimbabwe four years later.
He was key to England's famous Ashes win in 2005 and became the fastest player to 2,000 one-day international runs and 5,000 Test runs.
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In July 2008 the Times newspaper described him as "the most complete batsman in cricket".
The big turning point in his relationship with his adopted side was the removal of the England captaincy in January 2009, after a brief but controversial tenure.
Pietersen had tried to remove Peter Moores as coach and Flower as assistant in a move that backfired, with Moores being sacked and Pietersen resigning.
Andrew Strauss took over as skipper, leading England to the top of the Test rankings, and Pietersen found the transition back to mere team member a difficult one, admitting "being told what to do all day every day is hard".
In his autobiography, spinner Graeme Swann said Pietersen had not been "a natural leader", a view privately held by many others in the team.
The imperious innings against South Africa in Leeds in August showed what Pietersen can still do with the bat, and  served only to highlight his absence.
But it remains to be seen whether Pietersen's undoubted quality will outweigh the baggage he brings.


Swansea City are "too good to go down" despite sitting in the Premier League relegation zone, says midfielder Leroy Fer.

Saturday's 3-2 defeat at Arsenal, the Swans' first match under new boss Bob Bradley, saw them slip to 19th place.
Swansea have not won in seven league matches since they beat Burnley on the opening day.
"We have strong players and a strong team. We just need to get the points," Fer told BBC Wales Sport.
"The Premier League is hard, but I think our players are too good to go down.
"It is easy [to know what we need to do] to climb up the table and not go down. We need some wins to go with strong performances."
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Fer, who joined the Swans on a permanent basis from QPR this summer following a loan spell last season, says Bradley is making his mark.
"We have a new coach and I think he has brought some life into the team and I think you could see that in our performance [against Arsenal]," he said.
"His training sessions are hard. He's trying to get us fitter and fitter and I think we need that as well.
"The mindset is different. We fought to the end against Arsenal and if we do that against other teams, we are going to get results.
"Hopefully we are going to start getting points."
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Who are likely to be key players in Team May as Theresa May starts her time as UK Prime Minister?

Fiercely loyal and seen as a formidable operator, Fiona Hill, known by her married name Cunningham before she was divorced, has been brought back into the fold after being forced to resign as Mrs May's special adviser in a 2014 dispute with Michael Gove over who was to blame for briefing newspapers about an increase in extremism in schools.
A former Sky News and Scotsman journalist in her early 40s, she was at Mrs May's side for four years at the Home Office, becoming a close confidante of the then home secretary, describing her as a "lioness", according to the Spectator. She led work on the Modern Slavery Act and published her own report on the subject. Spent her time in exile from politics as a director of lobbyists Lexington Communications.
Another former special adviser to Mrs May who is to advise her in Number 10, Nick Timothy is credited with influencing her views on social mobility and the need to put the Conservatives "at the service of working people". He is a firm believer in ending the UK economy's reliance on financial services and promoting a wider range of industries. He has also spoken out against George Osborne's plan to give China a stake in Britain's nuclear energy industry, arguing it could compromise national security, in one of a series of articles for the ConservativeHome website.
The bearded Brummie is the son of a steelworker, who went to grammar school and joined the Conservative Party at the age of 17. His ambition to be a Conservative MP was reportedly thwarted by David Cameron, following a row over special advisers being asked to canvass in a by-election. He resigned his post as head of the New Schools Network, set up in 2010 to promote free schools, to join Mrs May in Number 10.
A former special adviser to Mrs May, Stephen Parkinson worked on her leadership campaign despite being part of the Vote Leave campaign in the EU referendum. A former lobbyist for Quiller Consultants, he is reported to have worked on the team that briefed David Cameron on media appearances and successfully campaigned for a No vote in the 2011 referendum on changing the UK's voting system.
Like Nick Timothy, he was removed from the list of Conservative candidates over his refusal to canvass for votes in the Rochester and Strood by-election, over concerns it broke guidelines.
Former Sky News deputy political editor Joey Jones was hired by Mrs May earlier this year as the Home Office's head of news. Although a civil servant, and technically impartial, his appointment was seen as a move to beef up Mrs May's press operation ahead of a leadership bid. The speculation at Westminster is that Mr Jones will slot into the role expected to be vacated by Craig Oliver, another broadcast specialist, who was hired from the BBC by David Cameron to be the government's chief spin doctor.
The Oxford-educated former TV journalist worked for Sky News from 1999 to 2015, when he left to join a consultancy firm.
A former Daily Mail journalist, who broke the news that Mrs May had type 1 Diabetes in a 2013 interview, in which the then home secretary said she wanted to end gossip about her weight loss. Liz Sanderson was brought in to handle Mrs May's media when Fiona Hill was forced to quit as her special adviser and was recently credited by her old newspaper, which backed Mrs May's bid for the Tory leadership, as "softening" the new prime minister's image.
Ian Duncan Smith's former special adviser, who quit to be a press officer for the Vote Leave campaign, when her former boss walked out of the cabinet. Lizzie Loudon is being tipped by Westminster insiders as being in line for a job.
Mrs May's husband of 36 years will not have any formal role in her administration, and he is expected to remain out of the spotlight but Philip May will be a vital source of support and, as an experienced political hand in his own right, a valuable sounding board for the new prime minister. He was president of the Oxford Union as a student - which is normally seen as the precursor to a political career (He was preceded in that role by Conservative MP Alan Duncan and succeeded by Channel 4's Michael Crick)  Read more - New PM's 'real rock'.
As the head of the UK's civil service, Sir Jeremy Heywood is, of course, strictly impartial and, although he will know Mrs May from her time at the Home Office he is not part of her inner circle. The British system of government means that civil servants are generally expected to be able to serve any political master. His relationship with the new prime minister will be crucial to the success of her premiership. Not for nothing is the Cabinet Secretary often described as the second most powerful person in government.
Sir Jeremy served as a senior aide to Conservative chancellors Norman Lamont, Ken Clarke, Labour's Gordon Brown and then PM Tony Blair, before quitting for a job in investment banking after being criticised in the Hutton report. He was drafted back into government by Mr Brown and rose to become Downing Street chief of staff and then, in 2011, Cabinet Secretary.
Meon Valley MP George Hollingbery, a former parliamentary aide to Mrs May, is among those thought to have her ear. Dominic Grieve, the former attorney general, and former immigration minister Damian Green, were both contemporaries of Mrs May at Oxford University, as was Sir Alan Duncan, an enthusiastic early cheerleader for a May premiership.


Sale Sharks fly-half Danny Cipriani has been named in the England squad for the Six Nations opener against Wales.

The 27-year-old, who has not featured since last summer's tour of New Zealand, is set to start on the bench.
Harlequins number eight Nick Easter, 36, returns for the first time since the 2011 World Cup.
Leicester Tigers trio Dan Cole, Tom Croft and Tom Youngs and Saracens prop Mako Vunipola are also named in Stuart Lancaster's 25-man party.
Bath centre Jonathan Joseph returns to the squad for the first time since the 2013 tour to Argentina.
The starting XV is due to be confirmed on Wednesday morning and the two players expected to miss out on the matchday squad of 23 are Bath prop Henry Thomas and Exeter's Jack Nowell.
England have lost six players to injury ahead of Friday's match. with Owen Farrell, David Wilson, Joe Launchbury, Courtney Lawes, Tom Wood and Ben Morgan all unavailable, but head coach Lancaster is happy with the quality of the players he has brought in.
"Everyone named is fit and ready to go and we are looking forward to finalising our preparations over the next few days," he said.
"While we have certain players unavailable through injury, it's great to be able to welcome back guys who missed the autumn internationals, such as Dan Cole, Mako Vunipola and Tom Youngs.
"Their experience, alongside that of players like Tom Croft and Nick Easter, will be invaluable against a strong Welsh team."
England, who beat Wales 29-18 at Twickenham in last year's Six Nations, finished second in the table behind Ireland on points difference.
England squad to face Wales:
Forwards: Dave Attwood (Bath Rugby), Kieran Brookes (Newcastle Falcons), Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers), Tom Croft (Leicester Tigers), Nick Easter (Harlequins), Dylan Hartley (Northampton Saints), James Haskell (Wasps), George Kruis (Saracens), Joe Marler (Harlequins), Chris Robshaw (Harlequins, captain), Henry Thomas (Bath Rugby) Mako Vunipola (Saracens), Billy Vunipola (Saracens), Tom Youngs (Leicester Tigers)
Backs: Mike Brown (Harlequins), Luther Burrell (Northampton Saints), Danny Cipriani (Sale Sharks), George Ford (Bath Rugby), Jonathan Joseph (Bath Rugby), Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby), Jack Nowell (Exeter Chiefs), Billy Twelvetrees (Gloucester Rugby), Anthony Watson (Bath Rugby), Richard Wigglesworth (Saracens), Ben Youngs (Leicester Tigers)


The introduction of the controversial new 'halo' cockpit head protection system into Formula 1 hinges on a critical meeting to be held on Thursday.

The 'strategy group' of the sport's leading figures is having its latest meeting ahead of this weekend's German Grand Prix and the 'halo' is one of the main items on its agenda.
The key decision is whether a device aimed at addressing the single biggest area of vulnerability for drivers should be adopted in 2017.
On the face of it, the answer might appear simple. The halo undoubtedly improves safety. It exists. It has passed all the tests. It does what it is meant to do. And the 2017 cars are being designed for it.
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But the debate that has raged about it - and will be addressed by the strategy group - goes beyond that, into aesthetics and the central philosophy of what F1 should be, and be seen to be.
The idea of the halo was initially proposed by Mercedes, and has been further developed fundamentally by Ferrari under the aegis of governing body the FIA, to address the single biggest safety failing of F1 cars.
Safety has improved dramatically and consistently over the last couple of decades, since the death of Ayrton Senna in 1994 led to a renewed and more focused approach to the issue.
The cars have got stronger, safety systems have improved and the biggest risks have been removed from circuits. But one major anomaly has remained - the driver's head sticks out of the car, and is protected only by a helmet.
The risks are obvious - flying debris can hit the driver's head; an inverted car can land on a wall upside down; and on and on.
These sorts of incidents have been the central cause of all the major injuries and deaths that have occurred in forms of motor racing in the last few years.
So rule makers set themselves a simple task - come up with a device that deflects large objects that could otherwise encroach on the cockpit.
The halo is the answer - made of titanium, in an oval, or halo, shape above the driver's head, secured at three points, one directly in front of him and two at the back of the cockpit.
If it is adopted, all teams will use a single design, and it is not expected to have any effect on the racing.
As an engineering solution, it is elegant and effective. But not everyone is happy about it.
The drivers, through their union the Grand Prix Drivers' Association, have made it clear they would like to see some form of additional head protection introduced as soon as possible.
They recognise the limitations of the halo - it is unattractive, some would say ugly; looks like a bit of an after-thought - but also its strengths - it is very effective at doing what it was designed for. For them, it works, it is available, it is the best system for the moment, so introduce it.
There have been some dissenting voices - among them world champion Lewis Hamilton, who in March called it "the worst-looking modification in F1 history".
Even Hamilton, though, has now come around.
The drivers were given an extensive presentation on the effectiveness of the halo by the FIA at last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, aimed also at addressing their concerns about visibility and its potential downsides in specific types of incidents.
The FIA's research shows how in almost every single incident in which a driver's head was vulnerable in the last 20 years, the halo would either have reduced his risk of injury, or made the situation no worse. And that visibility, while affected to a degree, was nowhere near the issue they thought it was.
Afterwards, the shift in Hamilton's opinion was dramatic.
The halo, he said, "doesn't look like it belongs on an F1 car". But he added: "I paid close attention. I take safety very, very seriously.
"It can still be improved so at some stage we will have canopies and then it will be 100%. I don't think we can ignore it and if there is any way to make it look a little better (that would be good) but it's a safety thing that we all have to accept."
Those objecting to the halo recognise its value in improving safety, but object to it on grounds of aesthetics, because they feel it undermines the spirit of F1 as an open-cockpit formula, and because it feels to them a little rushed, like a halfway house to a better thought-out system.
Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has already said he is going to vote against it, saying it is "an inelegant solution to the problem it is trying to deal with". His team had its own proposal, the so-called 'aeroscreen', which they felt looked better, but it failed the FIA's tests.
F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone has not yet expressed a view but is said by senior sources to be campaigning behind the scenes fairly vigorously against the halo.
And two other team bosses on the strategy group, Mercedes' Toto Wolff and Willams' Claire Williams, also have doubts, although are reserving their position for now.
Wolff says he wants to see the FIA's presentation before he decides.
"Whatever can be done for the safety of the drivers needs to be done, even if it looks disgusting," he said. "I don't think it looks F1. I don't think it makes the sport and the cars and the drivers appear spectacular.
"But all that doesn't count because safety goes first and we are going to have a discussion about all the safety aspects of the halo - is it the safety tool that we need in order to protect the drivers more?
"We need to look at all the studies that have been done and discuss them and come to a decision that either it is a good thing or it is not where it should be yet, or we don't like it.
"I haven't made up my mind because I want to hear the other arguments as well."
Many of the drivers share the reservations about aesthetics and the purity of F1. But by and large they have little time for them within the bigger picture.
Four-time champion Sebastian Vettel, a director of the GPDA, said: "It is not made for looks, is it? The outcome was positive in all the scenarios the FIA went through. It is now up to the FIA to push it through.
"You can debate about the advantages and disadvantages of the strategy group but overall we need to trust the results of the FIA and their findings and on balance it always looked positive."
It's not that simple, though.
The strategy group voting system is complex. It comprises Ecclestone, FIA president Jean Todt and the Ferrari, Mercedes, Red Bull, McLaren, Williams and Force India teams.
Ecclestone and Todt have six votes each, the six teams one each; items need a two-thirds majority to pass. So the vote is on a knife-edge.
Todt has not made his position clear publicly, but sources close to him say he wants to see the halo introduced, even if he sees the problems others do.
His F1 director, Charlie Whiting, is most definitely pro-halo, but acts in the strategy group only in an advisory capacity.
Whiting dismisses aesthetics concerns as peripheral, saying that once the halo is painted the same colour as the cars, many concerns will fade, and that within a few races everyone will accept it. As they always do with such innovations, such as high cockpit sides.
The FIA has the right within the rules to force it through on safety grounds, but Todt has told his fellow strategy group members that he would rather go with the consensus.
But if the strategy group votes goes against the halo, F1 could find itself in a thorny situation.
Now that the halo exists, what happens if it is not adopted and then someone is killed next year in just the sort of accident the halo is designed to prevent?
If it's one of the less high-profile drivers it would be bad enough - the FIA and F1 would be open to lawsuits. The damages could be very serious. Uncomfortable questions would be asked.
Imagine if a global superstar such as Hamilton, Alonso or Vettel were killed. Beyond the legal and financial ramifications - which would already be enormous - the public image impact would be potentially seismic.
Senna's death in 1994 raised questions about F1 at the highest levels in governments across the world. For a time, the very future of F1 seemed at stake. Things only quietened down when Todt's predecessor Max Mosley started a very public campaign to improve safety and made it clear that something was being done.
In this scenario, though, the sport and its bosses would be seen to have been wilfully negligent and who knows what would happen as a result.
Will anyone on the strategy group really, when it comes down to it, take that risk?
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Canadian potato farmers have offered a reward of 500,000 Canadian dollars (US $400,000; Â£255,000) for information about an unknown saboteur.

Farmers on Prince Edward Island say that needles and nails have been pushed into the potatoes as they are grown.
Since the objects first began appearing in potatoes in October, rewards of 50,000 and 100,000 Canadian dollars have been offered with no success.
Recalls of potatoes have already cost farmers millions of dollars.
Nails have been discovered by customers in bags of potatoes sold in stores.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating and have appealed for anyone who finds damaged potatoes to report them.
"Anyone who finds any foreign metal objects in a potato is asked to refrain from throwing out the potato, metal object or the bag it was located in when purchased," they said in a statement.
The Prince Edward Island (PEI) Potato Board, who represent farmers, have increased the reward for information leading to a conviction to 500,000 Canadian dollars until 15 August.
After that tipsters have until the 31 October to claim a 100,000 Canadian dollar reward.
The board's chair, Alex Doherty, said that recent incidents had caused the "industry to increase the profile of this reward in order to maximise the chance that those responsible will be brought to justice".
Potato farming is the island's main industry and the PEI Potato Board say it is worth over a billion dollars a year.
The island's farmers have begun installing metal detectors and scanners in an attempt to halt the problem.
"It's food terrorism," farmer Alex Docherty told the UK's Guardian newspaper. "The people doing this are cowards, lower than a snake wearing snowshoes. These are really evil people."
The cost of the news scanners is put at five million Canadian dollars by the PEI Potato Board. The local government has announced they will contribute two million Canadian dollars to the new equipment.
Farmers say they cannot relax because of the sabotage.
"The fear is always there for other people [who] will want to do the same thing because somebody got away with it," Randall Neiuwhof told CBC.


Chesterfield confirmed their place in League One next season with an emphatic victory over Bury.

Jay O'Shea opened the scoring from the penalty spot after Cian Bolger had blocked Gary Liddle's run into the box.
In first-half stoppage time Lee Novak's 25-yard strike deflected in to double the hosts' lead.
Danny Mayor wasted a chance to pull one back before Dan Gardner finished off a classic Chesterfield counter-attack to seal the win.


Global experts are meeting in Morocco to assess the adequacy of politicians' pledges to protect the climate.

So far, about 150 nations have promised the UN to curb (NB: Not cut) CO2 emissions, but analysts say the pledges are not enough.
One think-tank, Climate Analytics, estimates promises so far will lead to a global temperature rise of about 2.7C - well over the 2C "safety threshold".
At the Morocco meeting of 36 nations, governments will judge the pledges for themselves.
The EU proposed at previous climate talks that the UN should hold a meeting before the Paris climate summit at the end of next month to determine the size of what's known as the "emissions gap" - the shortfall between actions governments have promised and actions scientists say are needed.
China blocked that proposal, nervous of being asked to improve on its long-term climate plan, which it already considers more than adequate.
So the EU has taken the initiative to host the Rabat gathering in conjunction with the hosts of next year's UN climate talks, Morocco.
The US and India will take part with others, including the UK, Germany, several African nations and Australia, which has been heavily criticised over the adequacy of its pledge on emissions.
Miguel Arias Canete, EU commissioner for energy and climate action, said the meeting would not be "a punitive exercise which points its fingers at other countries". But China has not been persuaded.
The pledges process is the first time that rich and poor nations have all agreed action plans to tackle climate change together. It is a marked departure from previous "rich versus poor" climate negotiations, and already is being hailed as a diplomatic success (albeit a scientific failure).
Nick Nuttall from Unep, the UN body overseeing the Paris talks, told BBC News: "Without these action plans, we would be heading for a much higher temperature rise - 3C, 4C... some would say even more. What has been put on the table is a floor, not a ceiling, and it is bending the curve quite dramatically.
"We are talking about changing two centuries based on the burning of fossil fuels into a world where fossil fuels will become something of the past. So this is an amazing start."
Bill Hare from Climate Analytics told BBC News: "There is a lot of progress but it's not enough. A lot of countries are not going as far as they could - or even as far as would be in their long-term interests."
He said if governments managed to create policies to deliver their current pledges, "we estimate median warming of around 2.7C, likely below 3C.
"After 3C, we see severe risk to food production, particularly in regions of the world that are already extremely vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition. At 3C, for many parts of world - including Europe, America and Australia - water will be severely at risk.
"Two degrees warming would avoid some of the worst problems, particularly for food production and drought. It would lower the level of sea-level rise, heatwaves and damage to economies. But it is still not safe for many regions."
Indeed, some vulnerable states say global temperature should be allowed to rise no more than 1C - a level we have almost reached already.
Mr Hare's projections are based on computer model findings from the global climate assessment authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Some thinkers believe these models exaggerate likely warming. Others warn the models can't foresee potentially irreversible sudden shifts in the climate.
Governments have collectively resolved that the risks of dangerous climate change are so huge, it's imperative to cut emissions, but there is a divergence between what the pledges appear to promise and real investment trends.
Mr Hare said he was very worried about the rising trend of coal in South-East Asia, which he said could keep emissions high for many decades to come.
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A woman has been found guilty of stealing £2,590 from a pensioner who considered her to be his friend.

Rona Macdonald, from Dundee, stole the money from David Bowman who had trusted her to help him with his banking.
The 59-year-old originally faced 19 charges alleging that she stole £11,430.20 from Mr Bowman.
However, 18 were found not proven after Mr Bowman, 77, told a trial he could not remember if they were authorised transactions or not.
The pensioner told Dundee Sheriff Court he had known Macdonald for "years" after meeting her in a pub and considered her to be a friend.
He said he trusted her to withdraw money for him because he was "too lazy" to go to the bank and did not know how to work a cash machine.
Macdonald was found guilty of stealing £2,590 between 26 December 2013 and 15 June 2015 at Hayat Supersave Shop in Happyhillock Road, Dundee.
Mr Bowman told the trial: "I only ever take out cash by writing a cheque to myself and cashing it at the bank.
"In June 2015 I went to the bank and they said there was a concern and I'd noticed my bank card was missing.
"I got her to help me because I was too lazy to go to the bank myself.
"She would come along to the house for a coffee and go and get me money and always return the card. It would normally only be for £20 to £50."
He said there were transactions he did not recognise.
"There were far too many for it all to be ones I'd said were OK," he said.
After being shown CCTV footage of Macdonald taking money out at the shop Mr Bowman said: "I don't know where that is. I wouldn't have authorised that."
Sheriff George Way deferred sentence until 10 April for social work reports.


Emergency services are currently on standby after a Staffordshire prison was placed on lockdown.

Ambulance and fire crews were called to Swinfen Hall prison and young offenders' institution at 19:37 BST.
The incident involves D wing at the prison, near Lichfield, with Staffordshire Police guarding the perimeter.
The jail holds up to 624 male adults aged between 18 and 25, serving between four years and life.
A Prison Service spokesperson said: "Staff are working to resolve an ongoing incident at YOI Swinfen Hall.
"Specially-trained staff and emergency services are attending the scene and the police have been informed."


A Kenyan ministry bought sex toys on expenses, senior Kenyan MP Nicholas Gumbo has told the BBC.

The items appeared on a list of expenditure that parliament's public accounts committee (PAC), chaired by Mr Gumbo, was looking into.
Kenya's Ministry of Devolution is alleged to have bought a series of goods at inflated prices.
But the minster in charge, Anne Waiguru, said that the allegations were not true.
The corruption investigation comes as the government tries to deal with a growing budget deficit.
Mr Gumbo told the BBC that he was shocked when he saw what was on the list.
In addition to the sex toys, the ministry is also alleged to have bought over-priced condom dispensers, stationery, photocopiers and a piano and television for the minister's office.
On Wednesday, Ms Waiguru was questioned for nearly four hours by the PAC over the corruption allegations, reports the BBC's Bashkash Jugsooda'ay from the capital, Nairobi.
She denied her ministry had bought a television screen for $19,000 (Â£12,000), or that she was involved in the purchase of a condom dispenser for $250.
There was no mention of the sex toys.
Earlier, Ms Waiguru distanced herself from the alleged corruption saying on her Facebook page that she does "not purchase anything for the ministry".
She added that there was no TV screen or piano in her office.


A former soldier has said he will be left homeless if West Sussex County Council (WSCC) removes his caravan from a lay-by near Chichester.

Unemployed Paul Wright, 53, fears he may be forced to camp in nearby woods, despite "serving Queen and country".
WSCC said Mr Wright had been asked to move the caravan after complaints.
If Mr Wright refuses, the council will move it and keep it in a safe compound for a certain time, after which it will be dismantled, a WSCC spokesman said.
Mr Wright said he was in the Parachute Regiment for nine years, which included two tours of Northern Ireland.
"When I was in the Army quite often we lived rough because of the jobs that we did, but it still doesn't excuse the fact that a man should have to live like this after serving Queen and country," he said.
"They're not looking after the people that have looked after them. There's an awful lot of ex-servicemen in awful situations, it's not just me."
He said he had been told the caravan would be removed from the lay-by on the A259 in five days.
"The council have told me they can't offer any accommodation - the only place I can sleep is in the lay-by in the trees," he said.
But on Friday, WSCC said Chichester District Council was helping Mr Wright to find alternative accommodation.
The spokesman said: "We understand Mr Wright is in a difficult position, but we have had to take action in this case following complaints.
"We have been working with the district councils to assist him.
"The issue is subject to ongoing court proceedings therefore we are unable to comment further."


Gaming experts are predicting a big future for virtual reality at E3 - the world's biggest convention for games.

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All the big gaming companies including Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are showing off what they've been working on.
Virtual reality usually involves putting on some glasses that contain video screens.
The specs give you the impression you're in a totally different world, that changes as you look around the room.
For years, virtual reality has been tipped as the next big thing in technology - but now it looks like it might finally be ready for action.
Radio 1 reporter Steffan Powell sent us this report from E3.


The Brit Awards have announced an overhaul of their voting system in an attempt to promote diversity.

This year's awards were criticised after BAME artists were excluded from all but the international categories.
Laura Mvula threatened to boycott the ceremony, while Stormzy branded the Brits "embarrassing" in his song One Take Freestyle.
Now organisers have invited 718 potential new pundits to "refresh" the voting system following a major review.
Voters from BAME backgrounds will make up 17% of the panel, up from 15% last year.
The gender balance has also been reviewed, after a review discovered that 70% of the voting academy was male.
Next year's winners will be chosen by a panel that is 52% male and 48% female.
Hundreds of former voters will find they have been culled from the list, which includes about 1,200 artists, journalists and music industry insiders every year.
Ged Doherty, chairman of the Brits, said the changes meant the awards were now "better equipped to reflect the diverse nature of Britain and British music".
He told Radio 1's Newsbeat that Stormzy's comments were "a wake up call". He later met with the MC to discuss the awards process, which led directly to the overhaul.
"A lot of people think the Brits is a stitch-up between the major record companies who sit in a dark room and decide who are going to get the awards [but] it's over 1,000 people from all over the industry.
"Each year we change about 300 members to keep it fresh but this year we've decided to change over 700 people as a result of... everything that happened."
However, Doherty said he had resisted the idea of introducing genre-specific categories to boost representation of hip-hop, grime or dance.
"Nobody wants to be doing something that could be seen as tokenistic in any way, shape or form," he told the BBC.
The Brits' push to reflect the diversity will be aided by the fact that some of 2016's best albums have been released by artists from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Kano, Michael Kiwanuka and Mvula are all likely to receive nominations, after being shortlisted for the Mercury Prize earlier this year. Skepta's self-released grime album Konnichiwa eventually won that prize, beating bookmakers' favourite David Bowie.
Stormzy is likely to be eligible for the Critics' Choice award, which recognises up-and-coming artists who will release their debut album in 2017.
The move was praised by King, founder of the Mobo awards, who said: "I am delighted, congratulate and thank the BPI for responding to feedback and improving diversity on their Brit awards voting panel. This is a really positive move forward.
"I founded Mobo 21 years ago in order to raise awareness of the imbalance within the music industry, so applaud any move to create broader platforms and level the playing field so that more talent can shine through."
Mvula said she was "happy" that progress has been made, but added: "This should have been happening a long time ago".
"My longing is just for us to represent the UK as it truly is, and it is one of the most diverse musical palettes on the planet," she told Radio 1.
"I want to be excited about going to the Brits. I want to feel like, 'you know what, this is a room where I'm acknowledged, and I'm as relevant as the next person".
The 2017 ceremony will be held on 24 February at the O2 arena and broadcast on ITV2. The late architect Zaha Hadid has designed the trophies.
Singer Michael Buble is due to host - but it is unclear whether he will be able to fulfil the role after his son was diagnosed with cancer last week.
The author of this story is a member of the Brits' voting academy.
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Indians have reacted with joy to a court verdict that said a ban on popular Maggi noodles was "untenable".

#Maggi became the top trending tag on Twitter, with most celebrating the verdict.
The Bombay High Court called the ban by food safety authorities "arbitrary" and said it violated the "principles of natural justice".
Nestle will not be able to sell Maggi until fresh tests ordered by the court clear the popular snack.
The six week rider has however been mostly lost on what is clearly a Maggi craving public.
Some drew ironic comparisons to another popular hashtag "taste of freedom" relating to India's Independence Day which falls on 15 August.
Maggi is one of the most popular snacks in India, and ban and food safety concerns notwithstanding, many hoarded away packets to tide them over the ban.
"The young and old ones in my home can't go without Maggi. So, I got about 30 packs before it went out of stores. Turns out, there are still six of them left", Gargee Borah, a  30-year-old professional from Assam told the BBC.
Facebook shout outs where people have pleaded for Maggi from others who have hoarded packets have also been a common sight since June, when the ban was enforced.
"Cravings happen. All the time. Especially when at the middle of the day (or night), the wind carries the whiff of some selfish neighbour's meal menu", Mala Magotra complained.
"One such day, I pleaded to anyone who was ready to listen - "do you have Maggi? And are you ready to share?" Several replied "I do". Only one offered to send me some. But never did."
Food writer Sourish Bhattacharyya explained India's enduring relationship with its favourite noodles saying, "When Maggi instant noodles arrived in India in 1983 - the year when India lifted the cricket World Cup for the first time - they instantly caught the nation's imagination."
"When the brand launched the Me and Meri Maggi campaign (Me and My Maggi campaign) in its silver jubilee year in 2008, inviting people to send in their personal Maggi stories, its advertising agency Publicis Capital was deluged with more than 30,000 entries."
The High Court order is by no means a complete reprieve for Nestle and Maggi, and even in a best case scenario Indians will have to wait six weeks, assuming the fresh tests declare Maggi safe for human consumption.


Things in Northern Ireland can change pretty quickly.

And that's what has happened around abortion law in Northern Ireland.
On Thursday, Belfast's Court of Appeal overturned the 2015 judgement that the current law was incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
By 14:00 BST, the government announced it will fund abortions for women from Northern Ireland in England for free.
That overturns a court ruling made earlier this month which rejected an appeal by a mother and daughter in their legal battle for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England.
It is a story that continues to evolve.
Back to Thursday's case, and it was Stormont's Department of Justice and Northern Ireland's Attorney General who had brought the appeal against the 2015 judgement.
Overturning that ruling is significant.
Again it demonstrates how the public, charities, families even the courts have difficulty reaching a decision and even interpreting the local abortion law.
Overthrowing the previous ruling came as a shock to Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and Amnesty International.
While they had claimed victory in 2015 for moving the local abortion story closer in line with the rest of the UK -  on Thursday all that was undone.
Meanwhile, as anti-abortion campaigners were celebrating at that decision -  their feelings quickly turned to absolute dismay and disbelief as the news emerged from Westminster.
It's safe to say that this is a mixed day for Northern Ireland's abortion campaigners - on both sides of the argument.


The NHS in England should pay care homes to look after patients trapped in hospitals because of the delayed discharges problem, a report suggests.

Every day thousands of elderly patients are unable to leave hospitals despite being medically fit to do so, because care is not available in the community.
But Respublica said if care homes took them in it would be a "win, win".
The think tank said it would free up hospital beds, while bringing in vital investment into the care sector.
Currently there are about 4,300 patients stuck in hospital each day because of problems discharging them - taking up over 4% of all general beds in hospital.
The report, which received funding from care home providers, said if current trends continued the numbers could increase by about 1,000 in the next five years, costing the NHS Â£3.3bn in total over the period.
It said if this money was spent on care homes they could take on all the patients facing delays, while investing in staff and facilities.
The patients would be cared for temporarily in the care homes until permanent arrangements could be made.
Respublica director Phillip Blond said: "The bed blocking crisis in the NHS is only getting worse - clogging up wards and leaving newly arrived patients on trolleys in hospital corridors."
He added the extra money could also help care homes stay afloat. A report last year by the think tank warned 37,000 beds could be lost in the sector in the coming years because of the squeeze on fees paid by councils.
The idea - known as step-down care - is already being piloted in a number of areas.
And a Department of Health spokesman said attempts to get the health and care sectors to "work better together" would be aided by a new initiative called the Better Care Fund, which was launched last year.
The fund involves a Â£5.3bn annual pot which is being used to boost shared projects between the two sectors.


A Banksy artwork painted on the wall of a house in Cheltenham has been defaced.

Earlier this week it was announced a deal was almost secure to keep "Spy Booth" in the town, after campaigners raised the money to buy it.
The piece, depicting men "snooping" on a phone box, appeared in April, three miles from government listening post GCHQ.
The local businessman, who has agreed to pay for the artwork, said he was "confident" it could be saved.
Jenny Lyon, whose boyfriend David Houghton spotted the vandalism on an early morning run, said: "There appears to be silver writing all over the three spies. It's completely ruined. It's awful.
"People have worked so hard to keep it here and then somebody overnight has ruined it for everybody."
Businessman Hekmat Kaveh, who agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to keep the artwork in place, said he believed it could be saved.
"I believe the original paint had some anti-graffiti products in it and also an anti-graffiti product was put over the top of it. I am confident that it will come off," he said.
Mr Kaveh said he was "rather surprised" local people had begun trying to remove the silver paint with a brush. "I would much rather get the professionals onto it," he said.
Experts will be called in to complete the clean-up work on Saturday and Perspex will be put over it for protection.
Gloucestershire Police said officers were carrying out inquiries and appealed for anyone who witnessed the act of vandalism to get in touch.
Campaigners have been trying to keep the artwork in situ on the corner of Fairview Road and Hewlett Road after owners of the house claimed it had been sold and workmen arrived to remove it.
Last month, Cheltenham Borough Council issued a temporary stop notice preventing further removal work from taking place on the Grade II* listed building.


Tim Murtagh will be part of the Ireland squad at next month's World Twenty20 in India after reversing his decision to retire from the shortest format of the game at international level.

Bowler Murtagh missed last year's World Cup with a foot injury.
Ireland have named an experienced 15-man squad for the biennial tournament.
John Bracewell's side have been drawn in the same group as the Netherlands, Oman and Bangladesh, with the winners qualifying for the Super 10 stage.
Captain William Porterfield is one of five players ready to embark on a fifth campaign in the competition.
The O'Brien brothers, Kevin and Niall, Paul Stirling and Gary Wilson have also competed in all four previous tournaments.
Porterfield was at the helm when Ireland first took part in the global showpiece in England in 2009 and has participated in all three subsequent events in the West Indies, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Ireland Head Coach John Bracewell is relishing the opportunity to lead Ireland at a major global event for the first time and is confident his side will acquit themselves well.
"The squad has got a real balance to it, with that blend of youth and experience that every coach likes. Ireland are now regular performers on the world stage so there's no fear or intimidation factors," said Bracewell.
"Everyone has been given a real boost by the return of Boyd Rankin, and Tim Murtagh's rethink on retirement in this format. Porty (Porterfield) has plenty of options with the ball as so many of the squad are genuine all-rounders," said the New Zealander.
"We will be well prepared for the competition, as we're currently playing Papua New Guinea, will take on the UAE later this week, and will be India for a training camp ahead of the competition.
"It's another great chance for the squad to showcase Irish cricket to a global audience, and the guys are determined to prove they belong at the top level of the sport."
The tournament will be played from 8 March to 3 April, with Ireland facing Oman in their opening match on 9 March.
William Porterfield (capt) (Warwickshire), Andrew Balbirnie (Middlesex), George Dockrell (Leinster Lightning), Andy McBrine (Donemana), Tim Murtagh (Middlesex), Kevin O'Brien (Railway Union), Niall O'Brien (Leicestershire), Andrew Poynter (Clontarf), Stuart Poynter (Durham), Boyd Rankin (Warwickshire), Max Sorensen (The Hills), Paul Stirling (Middlesex), Stuart Thompson (Eglinton), Gary Wilson (Surrey), Craig Young (Bready).


The getaway car used in the murder of a man in the Republic of Ireland earlier this week was stolen last year.

Vincent Ryan, 25, was shot dead in Finglas in Dublin on Monday after he had dropped off his partner and five-month-old baby.
The gunmen escaped in a silver Volkswagen Golf that was taken during a burglary in County Kildare in October.
Detectives are trying to establish where the car was kept until it was found burned on Monday night.
Irish police do not believe the murder of Mr Ryan, a dissident republican, is connected to the murder of David Byrne at a boxing weigh-in at a Dublin hotel last month.
Mr Ryan had been charged with possession of guns linked to the fatal shooting of Dublin criminal Michael Kelly but was later acquitted, although he remained a suspect in the murder.
His killing is believed to be connected to a feud between dissidents and criminals in Dublin that led to the murder of his brother Alan Ryan three-and-a-half years ago.


Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani campaigner who survived being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen, has joined Twitter with a call for people to help her fight for girls' education.

The 19-year-old sent her first tweets the same day she finished school, which she said was a "bittersweet" moment.
She said her thoughts turned to the millions of girls who would never get the same opportunity.
Malala was just 11 when she first began writing a blog on girls' education.
But it was after she was attacked as she boarded her school bus in October 2012, aged 15, that her fight made global headlines.
Malala was flown to the UK to undergo urgent treatment to save her life. She recovered, and has been attending school in the UK ever since.
On Friday afternoon, like millions of teens before her, she took her first steps into the world of social media, using the Twitter handle @Malala.
As well as calling for people to back her fight for girls' education, Malala also revealed she would be spending the summer campaigning around the world.
It was reported earlier this year she had received a conditional offer to study at a top UK university.


Plans to turn one of Brighton's oldest theatres into a multiplex cinema have been approved by the council.

The plans for the Grade II-listed Hippodrome theatre, which has been empty for 10 years, would see the theatre turned into a Â£35m eight-screen Vue cinema and four restaurants.
English Heritage said the cinema proposals were likely to represent a "final chance to save the Hippodrome".
Brighton and Hove City Council will now refer the plans to the government.
The Victorian Society had objected to the plans. Kathy Clark from the society said: "The division of the magnificent auditorium would be too harmful to this grade II* listed building."
A spokesman said the council was "minded to grant" listed buildings consent for the changes to the Hippodrome.
"Because of objections from the Victorian Society, the council will refer the issue to the government to see if it wishes to decide the listed buildings consent application itself," he said.
The now derelict building began life as an ice rink in 1897 before becoming a circus, which closed in 1902. It reopened as a theatre the following year.
During the 1960s it hosted The Beatles and The Rolling Stones and in 1967 it was transformed into a bingo hall, which it served as until 2006.
Works would include fully restoring all ornate plasterwork created by famous theatre designer Frank Matcham.
A new mezzanine floor would be installed across the main auditorium, with three cinema screens below and a restaurant above.
A new extension would be built to the north of the building and Another to the rear would house five more screens.


Celtic had no answer to a tireless and buoyant Dundee display as the champions were booed off after seeing their Premiership lead cut to four points.

The visitors were worthy of a point and might have taken all three but Gary Harkins slashed wide late on.
The best players were all in dark blue, with Kostadin Gadzhalov also spurning a chance as he headed over from a corner.
Celtic came closest through Charlie Mulgrew, his shot brilliantly tipped away by Dundee keeper Scott Bain.
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But the hosts were booed off after a second successive draw, Aberdeen's 1-0 win at Dundee United narrowing the gap at the top.
The home support was not immediately forlorn, since optimism was evident in the cameos of Patrick Roberts and Leigh Griffiths in the opening stages.
Even if the central midfielders tended to be ponderous, flashes of intent came from Roberts, who has a low centre of gravity and drifting menace that allows him to glide past opponents, and Griffiths, who would shoot at every opportunity.
Dundee were initially subdued, as they looked to establish their organisation and apply their work rate.
It could be considered a weakened starting line-up, since Kane Hemmings, Greg Stewart and Harkins were all on the bench, and Darren O'Dea and Thomas Konrad were missing through injury. Even so, there was no inferiority complex to Paul Hartley's side.
They had moments to endure, with Griffiths driving one effort wide and sending another straight at Bain, who also had to tip over a Mulgrew free-kick from 20 yards.
Dundee, well-drilled and urged on incessantly from the touchline by Hartley, refused to be unsettled.
Nick Ross, Nicky Low and Paul McGowan scurried around midfield closing down space and time, while Julien Extabeguren and Gadzhalov defended stoutly at centre-back.
Bain still had to bundle away a Rogic effort, before Extabeguren had to rush back to clear from Griffiths as the striker broke clear in the penalty area, but these were passing moments in a display that lacked a sense of authority.
Scott Brown and Mulgrew lacked sharpness in midfield, and the whole team looked sluggish as Craig Wighton ran from the halfway line to the edge of the area, cutting inside and out to befuddle Brown and Dedryck Boyata before firing just wide.
That memory would have been fresh in the minds of the Celtic fans as they booed their side off at half-time.
Discontent only grew as the game progressed, not least because Dundee became increasingly self-assured.
Celtic goalkeeper Craig Gordon had to move smartly to hold a Wighton show low down at his post.
In the final stages, the game became a battle of nerve, as tension and fatigue imposed themselves.
Both sides came close to scoring - Mulgrew's first-time shot on the slide brilliant pushed away by Bain and Gadzhalov inexplicably heading Stewart's corner wide from close range.
Harkins came close again before the end, but Dundee could be satisfied with their night's work and the point gained lifted them to fifth on goal difference above St Johnstone, beaten 2-1 at home by Partick Thistle.


An emaciated female body found in a suitcase floating near the Italian port of Rimini has been identified as a Russian woman who had been suffering from anorexia.

Police believe the distraught mother of Katerina Laktionova put her remains into the suitcase after she died from her condition, Italian media say.
The body was found, wrapped in a black plastic bag, by fishermen on 25 March.
Gulnara Laktionova confessed to a friend, Italian media said.
Police found no evidence of violent death during an autopsy.
The Corriere Romagna newspaper reported that a male friend became concerned that he had not heard from the mother and daughter since 10 March, and then learned about the grisly discovery.
He phoned the young woman's mother several times, and she eventually told him she had shut the body in the suitcase and thrown it into the water, after keeping it in her house for at least a week, the newspaper said.
Gulnara Laktionova, 48, flew back to Russia shortly before the body was found, reports say.
She told her lawyers that she had "lost her mind" and that "the world fell apart," according to the Italian news agency ANSA.
Katerina Laktionova had been hospitalised for a short period in Italy in 2015 and had requested a residency permit in February to continue treatment for her anorexia, ANSA said.
Gulnara Laktionova was quoted by Russia's NTV as saying: "I don't know anything. I don't remember anything. I'm not feeling quite right in the head."
The Italian investigation is continuing.
Previous reports had linked the body to a missing Dublin-based woman, who has not been seen since 10 February when she boarded a ship to Genoa.
Chinese-born Xing Lei Li is still unaccounted for, and her husband Daniel Belling was arrested in Rome attempting to board a flight to Dublin last month.


A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing at least 45 people.

It shattered coaches and set cars on fire, leaving a trail of bodies including children, as the convoy waited in rebel territory near Aleppo.
There were fears of revenge attacks on evacuees from rebel-held towns, being moved under a deal.
But the exchange later resumed, with coaches reaching safety on both sides.
The "Four Towns" deal brokered by Iran and Qatar was meant to relieve suffering in besieged towns - Foah and Kefraya in the north-west which are under government control, and rebel-held Madaya and Zabadani, near Damascus.
Some 20,000 besieged people would be taken out in all. According to AFP news agency, up to 5,000 government evacuees and 2,200 from rebel towns had been stranded in transit on Sunday.
Last month, the UN described the situation in the besieged towns  as "catastrophic". More than 64,000 civilians are "trapped in a cycle of daily violence and deprivation", it said.
The bomb reportedly went off at Rashidin, west of government-held Aleppo, at around 15:30 local time (12:30 GMT) at the checkpoint where the handover was due to take place.
A suicide bomber driving a van supposedly carrying aid supplies blew it up near the coaches, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.
"A van was distributing crisps," one civilian evacuee told @ZamanEnglish News. "Children started running after it. It then exploded."
At least 45 body bags were counted at the scene of the blast, while White Helmets rescuers, who operate in rebel-held areas, said at least 100 people had been killed. Many were also injured.
Images from the scene show bodies lying on the ground outside blackened and devastated vehicles.
Most of the dead were evacuees but they also included several rebels who had been guarding the buses, the Observatory says.
Convoys on both sides had been held up overnight, but by Saturday evening 15 coaches from the government towns had arrived at their destination in Ramouseh while between 25 and 30 carrying evacuees from the rebel towns had reached Rashidin.
Rebels had accused the government of breaching the terms of the deal, accusing it of trying to bring out more loyalist fighters than agreed, along with civilians.
According to a 24Aleppo tweet, a special unit of the Russian army surrounded the convoy from the rebel-held towns after the bombing and closed the road there to "prevent any reaction".
Evacuees from Madaya heard the blast from a bus garage where they had been waiting in Ramouseh, just a few miles away, Reuters news agency reports.
They called on international organisations to protect them from any possible retaliation, saying they condemned the attack on the other convoy.
Madaya resident Ahmed, 24, told Reuters earlier that evacuees had been waiting without drinking water or food at a since Friday night.
The Madaya and Zabadani evacuees are going to rebel-held territory in Idlib province.
Many people are reported to have died as a result of shortages of food or medicine in the four towns.
Foah and Kefraya, most of whose residents are Shia Muslims, have been encircled by rebels and al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim jihadists since March 2015.
Madaya and Zabadani, which are predominantly Sunni Muslim, have been besieged since June 2015 by the Syrian army and fighters from Lebanon's Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement.
A previous attempt at mutual evacuations failed in December when rebels burnt coaches due to be sent to the towns.
More than 300,000 people have lost their lives and millions of people have been displaced since a peaceful uprising against President Bashar al-Assad six years ago turned into a full-scale civil war.
More than 80 people were killed in a suspected chemical attack on the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun, in the north-west, on 4 April, prompting the US to bomb a government air base with missiles.
Russia and Iran also have military forces deployed in the country, backing President Assad.
Rescue workers from both the government and rebel sides worked at the scene of Saturday's attack.
"Today, rebels and regime, Sunnis and Shias shed blood, sweat and tears together to save #Syria children," tweeted BBC producer Riam Dalati. "Maybe not all is lost, yet."


Nine police officers have been injured after missiles were thrown at an illegal rave in Barking.

Two police sergeants, two dog handlers and five police constables were hurt while investigating the unlicensed music event in Thames Road.
About 1,000 people had gathered inside, while another 1,000 were outside.
Missiles were thrown at officers and nine men have been arrested, the Met said. Four officers were taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Police remain at the scene and road closures are in place.
Temporary Ch Supt Sean Wilson, borough commander for Barking and Dagenham, said: "A number of officers were injured whilst going about their duties and this will not be tolerated.
"A full investigation has been launched and we will endeavour to bring those responsible to justice."


England fast bowler Steven Finn has been ruled out of the first Test against Pakistan with a stress injury to his left foot.

Finn, 26, impressed in last week's final warm-up game against Pakistan A in Sharjah when he took four wickets.
Captain Alastair Cook announced he will open the batting with Moeen Ali, spinner Adil Rashid makes his Test debut and James Anderson returns.
The first Test in Abu Dhabi begins on Tuesday at 07:00 BST.
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Cook said on Finn's injury: "It's a bitter blow for him, he's had a huge 12 months. Hopefully he'll be right for the second Test."
Asked whether he was in contention for a spot in the team, the skipper added: "Absolutely, he was. His performance in that warm-up game was good.
"After the warm-up game, he complained of a pain in his foot. Yesterday he bowled pretty well in the nets, and got through. But obviously it's got worse."
Rashid has also been in good form while in the United Arab Emirates. The 27-year-old Yorkshire bowler scored 51 with the bat in the first warm-up match against Pakistan A and took 3-53 in the second.
"He can bowl some absolute jaffers and is a wicket-taking threat," Cook said of the leg spinner.
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Meanwhile, Pakistan have doubts over leg spinner Yasir Shah, who limped away from practice on Monday.
Shah, who is the fastest Pakistan bowler to reach 50 Test wickets, suffered a suspected back injury in the nets.
"Back spasm I think so," said captain Misbah-ul-Haq. "He tried to bowl a delivery and his spikes stuck. He felt something in his back. Let's see how he feels tomorrow.
"That could be a big blow for us. He's the key player for us so we are really concerned about him."
Pakistan have called up left-arm spinner Zafar Gohar, who played for Pakistan A in both warm-up matches in Sharjah last week, as cover.


The first boats carrying migrants being deported from Greece have arrived in Turkey as part of an EU plan aimed at easing mass migration to Europe.

Most of the 202 people who left Lesbos and Chios, and arrived at Dikili in western Turkey, are Pakistanis.
Under the deal, for each Syrian migrant returned to Turkey, the EU is due to take in another Syrian who has made a legitimate request.
Thirty-two Syrian migrants were the first to arrive in Germany from Turkey.
They were flown to Hanover in Lower Saxony, officials say.
The Greek authorities say 130 of those returned to Turkey on Monday were from Pakistan. There were 42 migrants from Afghanistan and others from Iran, Sri Lanka and Morocco, as well as several other countries.
Two Syrians were on board, and the Greek authorities insisted that those deported only included migrants who had not sought asylum.
The first returns were carried out calmly, Ewa Moncure, spokeswoman for the EU border agency Frontex, told reporters in Lesbos.
Activists staged small protests there and some shouted "No to deportations" and "EU, shame on you".
There was also a demonstration in Dikili.
Under the EU-Turkish deal, migrants arriving illegally in Greece are expected to be sent back to Turkey if they do not apply for asylum or if their claim is rejected.
Shortly after the returns started, Greek coast officials rescued two boats near Lesbos with more than 50 migrants, including children and a woman in a wheelchair, Reuters news agency says.
Migrants in Greece have complained of a lack of information about the asylum procedure and some say they were unaware they could be returned.
Frontex has been calling on EU member states to come forward with additional police officers and other staff to bring its mission in Greece up to strength.
The deportations began at first light. Dozens of migrants were bussed to the port, where two small Turkish ferries were moored and waiting.
Riot police were deployed to the quayside and each person being sent back had an individual police escort.
But the migrants, mostly Pakistani men, did not resist. The Greek authorities say none had requested asylum.
Those who have are entitled to individual hearings. The UN refugee agency says more than 2,800 people have already applied: that's almost everyone held at the detention camp here.
Three boats docked at Dikili port, and were met by local officials and the Turkish Red Crescent.
They were registered in a small tent before being driven away on buses.
Along with other non-Syrians, the returning migrants will be taken to deportation centres where their cases will be assessed.
Turkey has now signed readmission agreements with 14 countries. Syrians refused asylum in Greece will be taken to refugee camps in southern Turkey where, in time, they will take the place of those Syrians directly resettled in the EU under the so-called "one-for-one plan".
Short journey back  - BBC correspondents in Turkey and Greece
The arrangement has alarmed rights groups, who say Turkey is not a safe country for migrants.
Amnesty International has accused Turkey of illegally returning Syrians to their homeland, something Turkey denies.
Save the Children called the deal "illegal and inhumane", saying people had told them they would kill themselves if sent back to Turkey.
154,227
in 2016, up to 20 April
376 died on Turkey-Greece route
37% of 2016 arrivals are children
853,650 arrivals in 2015
Since the deal was struck in March, about 400 people have been arriving each day on the Greek islands.
Tens of thousands have been stuck in Greece after northern countries closed their borders. There have been clashes in camps amid dire conditions.
One million migrants and refugees have entered the EU by boat from Turkey to Greece since last year.
Many are keen to travel to Germany and other northern EU countries and experts have warned the deal could force them to take alternative, more dangerous routes.
In Austria meanwhile, pro-migrant protesters clashed with police at a border crossing with Italy.
Austrian Defence Minister Peter Doskozil recently said soldiers would be deployed at a key transit point, saying the EU's outer borders were not properly protected.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


Grant Elliott said his match-winning 84 that took New Zealand to the World Cup final at the expense of South Africa was a repayment to his adopted home.

Johannesburg-born Elliott, 36, who immigrated to New Zealand in 2001, hit the penultimate ball for six to seal victory in Auckland.
"I wanted to become a New Zealander and I have made it my home," said Elliott.
"It's great to repay the hospitality that everyone has shown. I love this country."
Elliott arrived at the crease with New Zealand 149-4 in the 22nd over, needing 298 from 43 overs for victory and a meeting with either Australia or India in Melbourne.
By hitting Dale Steyn for six over long-on in Auckland, he sealed the co-hosts' first appearance in a World Cup final after six previous semi-final defeats.
"That win is for the fans and the four million people in New Zealand," said Elliott. "The support has been overwhelming.
"The feeling in the team is that it is destined. That is how I felt. It feels like it was meant to be."
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Elliott said he had always wanted to play in a World Cup since 1992, when his mother let him stay home to watch Australia play South Africa in Sydney in what was the Proteas' inaugural appearance at the tournament.
"I got suspended from cricket and from school for a while because I did that, but it left a massive impression on me," said Elliott.
"I thought that tournament, the coloured clothing, everything was what I wanted to do and it's funny how life works. It's amazing to be at Eden Park today to hit the winning run."
Elliott was recalled to the Black Caps squad for the World Cup after an 18-month international absence.
"He came out of the wilderness not long ago and now just played a match-winning innings in a World Cup semi-final," said New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum.
"Everyone that was here will remember it for the rest of their lives. We have given ourselves a chance of World Cup glory and I'm proud of our efforts."
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After being hit for the winning runs, South Africa pace bowler Steyn sank to the turf in disappointment.
In scenes reminiscent of the famous embrace between Andrew Flintoff and Brett Lee during the 2005 Ashes, Elliott helped Steyn back to his feet to commiserate him.
"You have to feel compassion," said Elliott. "I felt quite sorry for him and a lot of the South African guy. We could have lost and it could have been me sitting there.
"To stay humble in victory and humble in defeat is part of who I am."
Elliott also revealed that he will have to miss his sister's wedding in order to prepare for Sunday's final.
"Unfortunately I'll miss her wedding, so can it go into the press that I'm sorry?" he said. "She's pretty happy for me, but I'll have to give her a special gift."
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Welsh boxer Ashley Brace will fight for her first professional title in her hometown of Ebbw Vale on 22 April.

Brace will take on an as yet unnamed opponent for the vacant WBC International bantamweight title.
The 26-year-old has won all five of her professional bouts so far.
Brace quit amateur boxing after being told she was ineligible to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games because of suggestions she had fought professionally as a kickboxer.
Her involvement at the 2013 Unified Kickboxing World Championships ruled her out of the Games in Glasgow, an amateur-only event.
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A legal battle continues over whether Ofsted can publish a critical inspection report, after an Islamic state school went to the High Court to seek to overturn its findings.

The court found that the school had not breached equality legislation in how it taught boys and girls separately.
But the judge rejected claims that the Ofsted inspectors had been biased.
Mr Justice Jay, sitting in London, has given both the school and Ofsted leave to appeal.
For legal reasons, the BBC cannot name the school or where it is located.
In the judgement Mr Justice Jay found "no evidence in this case that segregation in a mixed school, still less segregation in an Islamic school, has a greater impact on female pupils".
However, he did not overturn the report and the school remains in special measures.
Responding to the announcement, chief inspector Sir Michael Wilshaw said: "It is our intention shortly to publish a revised inspection report for this school.
"We are, however, disappointed that the court has determined that the practice of completely segregating boys and girls in this publicly funded mixed-sex school does not amount to unlawful discrimination.
"I do not believe that segregating children without an educational reason is in their best educational interests. Ofsted has obtained permission from the Judge to appeal this judgement."
He continued: "As a society, we expect men and women to integrate freely and fully both in the workplace and in social settings.
"Here was a mixed-sex school where children were being kept apart on the grounds of gender. This segregation took place in all lessons, in the corridors, during breaks and lunchtimes and for all social and extra-curricular activities."
Senior inspectors visited the maintained Islamic school and compiled a highly critical report last summer.
The report highlighted a serious failure of leadership at the school, based not just on the segregation of boys and girls, but also on grounds of poor safeguarding of pupils and the discovery of offensive literature in the school library.
According to the inspection report, quoted in the court judgement, these books "included derogatory comments about and the incitement of violence towards women".
The judgement revealed that one of the books stated "that a wife is not allowed to refuse sex to her husband" and another "that women are commanded to obey their husbands and fulfil their domestic duties".
Two books made clear that a husband might in certain circumstances beat his wife, "provided that this is not done 'harshly'".
The Ofsted report said that boys and girls were being taught separately and kept apart for other school activities, a practice which the inspectors said did not prepare pupils for life in modern Britain.
The school accused the inspectors of bias and irrationality in their report, particularly in their conclusion that segregating girls and boys amounted to unlawful discrimination.
It also accused Ofsted inspectors of acting unfairly because teaching girls separately had been a practice at the school for many years and yet the issue had not been raised at previous inspections.
While the judge upheld the school's argument about segregation not necessarily being discriminatory, he rejected its claim that the inspectors were biased and irrational.
In particular, the discovery of offensive literature in the library meant that Ofsted "was surely entitled to consider that the proper inference to be drawn was that there had been a significant failing of leadership and management at the school," said the judgement.
The school's submission to the High Court - which had the backing of its local authority - said publishing the original report would have caused unnecessary harm to the school and local community.
In recent months, the school has improved academically and both boys and girls achieve higher than average exam results.


The former chief executive of the NI Events Company quango has been banned from acting as a company director for 14 years.

Janice McAleese ran the organisation from 2003 to 2007, resigning shortly before serious financial problems came to light.
The NI Audit Office has previously described her conduct as the worst it has seen from a senior public official.
The maximum period that someone can be banned from directorship is 15 years.
An audit report found Ms McAleese was involved in fabricating documents provided to a government department and her board of directors.
She also failed to disclose a personal relationship with a contractor who was paid Â£120,000 for a motocross bike event in Moneyglass, County Antrim.


Thousands of members of the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union at the Home Office are set to go on strike over jobs, pay and other issues.

The PCS said 57.2% of those who voted backed strike action - the turnout was 20%.
Although dates have not been set, there is the prospect of strikes affecting the London 2012 Olympic Games because Border Agency staff are involved.
Immigration Minister Damian Green said a strike was "completely unacceptable".
Details of strike dates and what form the industrial action will take are expected on Thursday. Just over 75% of members who voted were in favour of action short of strike action.
The union said it was in dispute over longstanding issues with the Home Office, including cuts to UK Border Agency staff.
About 16,000 union members were balloted across the Home Office, including in the Border Agency, the Identity and Passport Service and the Criminal Records Bureau.
The PCS said the cuts at the UK Border Agency were continuing "to cause chaos at the borders and queues at airports".
PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka said: "We believe [ministers] have acted recklessly and irresponsibly in cutting so many jobs and, in the case of UKBA, they have simply tried to paper over the cracks by deploying severely undertrained staff at our borders.
"If these issues are not resolved, they threaten to seriously undermine the Home Office's ability to provide vital public services, and we cannot sit back and allow that to happen."
This week the National Audit Office said the UK Border Agency had laid off 1,000 more staff than intended and was having to hire extra people and increase overtime to meet its workload.
The union said for its members the wider issues under dispute were: job losses, particularly compulsory redundancies; pay and conditions such as government plans to cap pay increases at 1% for the next two years; and privatisation, such as using private companies to clear up a backlog of immigration and asylum casework in the Border Agency.
Mr Green warned the union that he did not believe the public would support any disruption, and called on it to reconsider.
He said: "Only about one in 10 PCS members voted for strike action. The union leadership has no authority to call disruptive strikes on that basis and should think again.
"The security of the UK border is of the utmost importance and we will use our trained pool of contingency staff to ensure we minimise any disruption caused by planned union action.
"Any action that disrupts the Olympics will be completely unacceptable and the public will not support it."
The PCS is one of the largest unions in the UK with around 250,000 public sector members.
PCS members at the Department for Transport have been taking industrial action over the past few weeks, while staff in other departments, including the ministries of defence and justice, are set to vote shortly on how to campaign against cuts.


8 February 2017 Last updated at 16:37 GMT
He is a copy of one of the world's first ever robots, and has now gone on display at the Science Museum in London.
Eric was originally built in 1928, but mysteriously disappeared, never to be seen again.
That is until 2016, when the Science Museum launched a campaign to raise money to build a copy of Eric.
Take a look at Eric's journey from bolts to built...


Lindsey Vonn raced with a hairline fracture of her knee but still managed to extend her World Cup lead in Andorra.

The 31-year-old wore a brace on her left knee to protect an injury suffered in a crash on Saturday.
Vonn set the fastest time in the super-G leg of the event on Sunday and finished 13th in the combined event.
"No-one can ever call me a wimp," tweeted the American, who is seeking her fifth overall World Cup title.
Vonn had fluid drained before deciding to start Sunday's event.
She had the 23rd best time in the slalom leg of the combined but her closest rival for the overall trophy, Swiss Lara Gut, failed to finish.
Vonn's advantage in the overall standings is now 28 points.
"So the MRI shows a pretty substantial fracture in my tibial plateau," wrote Vonn on Instagram. "MCL looks decent as well as the rest of my knee.
"Now I will talk to my trainers and make a plan."


Shopping trolleys at Tesco's biggest supermarkets will be left unlocked when the new £1 coin is released on Tuesday.

The company said it was an "interim" measure while it carries out work to replace the locks on its trolleys to take the new 12-sided coins.
Fewer than 200 of Tesco's 3,500 UK stores have trolleys which need a coin or keyring token to use them.
Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury's have said their trolleys accept both the old coins and tokens and the new ones.
Tesco said in a statement: "We're replacing the locks on our trolleys to accept old and new pound coins as well as existing trolley tokens.
There would be "colleagues on hand to attend trolleys in our stores, so our customers aren't affected by the changes", it added.
Staff would also make sure the trolleys were returned to the trolley park, a spokesman told the BBC.
Only trolleys in Tesco's largest stores need coins or tokens to access them.
After the new £1 coin comes into circulation on 28 March there will be a six-month transition period during which both the old and the new coins will be accepted as legal tender. The old round coin is to be completely phased out by 15 October.


Unbeaten Yorkshire are aiming to set a new record points total as they close in on winning the County Championship for a second successive season.

They are 43 points clear at the top of Division One and only need six points from this week's game against second-placed Middlesex to retain the title.
"We need a handful of points and we're set on doing it this week," bowler Steven Patterson told BBC Radio Leeds.
"We're on course for the record points total since it became two divisions."
The County Championship was split in 2000 and the top-flight record is the 257 points that Sussex picked up in 2003, although Somerset collected 266 points when they won Division Two in 2007.
Yorkshire are on 241 points with three matches remaining and 31-year-old Patterson, who has taken 43 Championship wickets in 2015, thinks his side's winning run can continue beyond this season.
"If you see the team we've had and how many players we've missed then there seems to be no reason why we can't repeat it for the next three or four years," he added.
Despite their Championship success, Yorkshire's hopes of winning the One-Day Cup ended on Sunday when they suffered an eight-wicket loss to Gloucestershire in the semi-final at Headingley.


Last week he was whipped 50 times and this week he was supposed to be beaten again.

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi's been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in prison for cybercrime, disobeying his father and insulting Islam.
The 31-year-old's website promoted debate over religion and politics in Saudi Arabia.
On Friday, the Saudi king said his case had been referred to the Supreme Court after protests over the flogging.
Earlier, Amnesty International said Raif's latest lashing had been postponed for medical reasons.
Saudi Arabia's judges can hand down beatings with whips or sticks to those found guilty of offences.
As well as cuts and bruises, the punishment can cause nerve damage, infections and even death in extreme cases.
But what else can you be flogged for in Saudi Arabia? Here are a few examples:
In 2006, two men and a 75-year-old woman were sentenced to flogging for "moral crimes" - they'd met members of the opposite sex who weren't "close relatives".
During their trial the men claimed they had been delivering bread to Khamisa Mohammed Sawadi.
One also argued he was related to Khamisa, who had breast-fed him as a child.
The court rejected their arguments, sentencing Khamisa and one of the men to 40 lashes and four months in prison - the other to 60 lashes and six months in prison.
A 19-year-old woman known as the "al-Qatif Girl" was with a male friend when she was attacked and gang-raped by seven men.
The pair later received a six-month prison sentence and 200 lashes each, with authorities claiming the woman confessed to having an affair.
Her lawyer had his own legal licence temporarily removed after criticising the teenager's treatment at the hands of judges.
Authorities are worried letting women drive would encourage them to leave their houses "more often than they need to".
They're only allowed to drive in the desert or inside private compounds, with families often having to hire private drivers to get them around.
Several women have been sentenced to lashes after they staged a driving protest to highlight discrimination against women.
Homosexuality is illegal in Saudi Arabia and punished with prison sentences, fines, whippings, chemical castrations and even the death penalty.
In July 2014, a court there jailed a 24-year-old man for three years and sentenced him to 450 lashes for arranging a date with a man on Twitter.
Men have also been flogged for attending "gay weddings", even though gay marriage isn't legally recognised in the country.
In 2000, it was reported that teenage boys in Saudi Arabia who "pestered" schoolgirls faced public floggings and possible prison terms.
It followed complaints from girls and parents about boys loitering outside schools.
A Filipino man was sentenced to jail and 75 lashings for bringing two chocolate bars containing alcohol into the country.
He claimed he'd bought the chocolates on a flight stopover and hadn't realised they were alcoholic.
Alcohol is banned in Saudi Arabia.
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Forests with dense canopies create a microclimate that protects a variety of cold-adapted plant species from warming air temperatures, a study has shown.

Researchers found plants that favoured cooler conditions fared better under dense canopies than in ones that were more open to the elements.
They added that these conditions could be a "critical mechanism" in the conservation of forest plant diversity.
The findings appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
A team of international researchers, headed by scientists from Belgium, noted that previous studies had shown that "biological signals of recent global warming" had been increasing across an array of ecosystems.
"Around the globe, climate warming is increasing the dominance of warm-adapted species - a process described as 'thermophilisation'," they observed.
The team gathered data from vegetation survey from more than 1,400 plots in temperate forests across North America and Europe.
In each plot, they compared the results from an original survey with a repeated survey that was, on average, carried out 34.5 years later.
The results showed that there had been a sizeable turnover, with about one-third of the species present in the original survey being replaced by other plants.
Shaded sanctuary
However, they also found that the thermophilisation of vegetation was lowest in forests where canopies had become denser.
"These results suggest that recent forest canopy closure in northern hemisphere temperate forests has buffered the impacts of macroclimate warming on ground-layer plant communities, thus slowing changes in community composition," they wrote.
As well as lowering temperatures, the dense canopy cover also increased relative air humidity and shade within forests' understorey.
The researchers explained that these conditions also offered protection to forest herbs and tree seedlings from summer drought, "decreasing mortality and thus buffering the impacts of large-scale climate change".
They noted that in western Europe, a number of factors  - such as changes to management regimes - had resulted in increased tree growth and forest densities.
"Logging and natural losses of tree biomass have been consistently lower than annual growth increments, resulting in an almost doubling of standing stocks of trees per hectare between 1950 and 2000," they wrote.
Temperate forests account for about 16% of the world's tree cover, while understorey plants account for 80% of the flora diversity found in these habitats.
Co-author Keith Kirby, a woodland ecologist from the University of Oxford's Department of Plant Sciences, said the microclimate created by a dense forest canopy allowed some plants to remain within their comfort zone.
However, he warned: "The other thing we must remember is that this moderating characteristic only works as long as you have got the canopy there.
"At some stage, the trees themselves may die from disease, they may get felled or they themselves might succumb to the effects of climate change.
"Once that happens, what we might then see is that the ground flora might start to shift quite rapidly, so we might have things keeping relatively stable for quite a while but then we pass a tipping point once the canopy opens up."
After a prolonged post-war hiatus, traditional woodland management techniques - such as coppicing - are becoming popular once again.
But Dr Kirby told BBC News that this study's findings suggested that a more considered approach might be needed.
He observed: "This might be a case to say hold on a minute because if we start coppicing and opening up the canopies, we will also be exposing these plants to future climate change more.
"Maybe in the future we should be reducing the extent that we break up canopies."
But he added that perhaps "the gentle intervention" of management techniques was needed in order to strengthen woodlands' resilience to the threats posed by pests, pathogens and extreme weather events.


Two leading universities have announced their intention to work more closely together to meet the challenges of the future.

The Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham intend to share some academic appointments, research initiatives and facilities.
They will also work together on management, administration and improving teaching, learning, and the student experience.
Both are insisting it is not a merger.
The universities - which are about 50 miles apart  - will keep their distinct identities and will only collaborate in areas where it is beneficial to do so, they say.
But the vice-chancellors have suggested that in the long term they could collaborate on widening participation and even create jointly-awarded degree programmes.
They also say the move is not motivated by the need to save money amid university funding cuts.
But in a joint statement Professor David Eastwood, vice-chancellor of the University of Birmingham, said: "UK higher education faces increasing challenges in the coming years to enhance the provision of services and facilities to students and staff in a more constrained funding environment.
"This collaboration will enable both universities to explore opportunities to share best practice and to diversify income streams."
Professor David Greenaway, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, said: "Academics instinctively collaborate, and this is an opportunity for us to send a much stronger signal about collaboration within our institutions - to build on existing links and develop new ones.
He adds that the international domain is a good example of where collaboration could work well because the two institutions do things slightly differently.
"While we have overseas campuses in China and Malaysia, Birmingham has a bigger footprint in North America, so the new framework for collaboration opens up new opportunities for both institutions."
The universities already collaborate in a number of areas including involvement in a regional physics project and two doctoral training centres.


BT is to recruit 67 people to work in its contact centres in Cardiff and Swansea.

Successful applicants will be answering calls and helping customers from around the UK, providing them with technical and billing advice.
Forty two people will be based at BT Tower, Swansea, and 25 at Stadium House in Cardiff.
It is part of plans to employ 1,000 new contact centre staff around the UK. BT employs almost 3,000 people in Wales.


The government is demanding businesses repay millions of pounds of European grants, the BBC has learned.

The cash was handed out to businesses and public sector organisations to promote development.
Businesses told the BBC the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) is demanding funds be returned due to EU rules not being followed.
The DCLG said the issue could affect businesses across the UK and it had to ensure funding was properly managed.
However affected organisations say the government is trying to retrospectively enforce new funding rules.
The BBC understands the government is retrospectively applying criteria on points such as the transparency of bidding processes for contractors.
A DCLG spokesman refused to outline the specific issues being raised with businesses or the amounts involved.
He said: "From the outset every project agrees a funding contract which includes regular checks and if expenditure is found to have been inappropriate then the overall value of the award is reduced."
A spokesman for the EU commission said the rules "haven't changed in the past couple of months" but did not respond to questions regarding who had launched the attempts to retrieve the cash.
Companies raised the alarm in Cornwall which has received hundreds of millions of pounds in EU funding but firms across the country could be hit.
£400m of EU funding between 2000 and 2006
£500m of EU funding between 2007 and 2013
£416m of further funding coming  between 2014 and 2020
Sandra Rothwell, chief executive of the Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership, said she was "perplexed".
She said: "What has changed given that previous audits have given a clean bill of health?"
Bernard Ballard from the Wheal Jane Group, which has benefited from EU funding, said the attempts to claw back cash were "a terrific blow to confidence".
This has sent chills down the necks of business people who have built grant-aided projects in Cornwall.
I've spoken to one firm, who requested anonymity, who are being asked for the entirety of their European grant back running to several millions of pounds.
The most pressing question is whether the rules that the DCLG is now seeking to apply were in force at the time these projects were put together.
This could reopen an ancient debate: In a small business community like Cornwall, surrounded on three sides by water, is it realistic to have to demonstrate the same level of competition as you might in, say, Birmingham?
Clare Moody, Labour MEP for the South West, said: "This needs to be properly investigated - moving the goalposts on funding post application and huge unexpected recalls of funding are quite clearly unacceptable."
Steve Double, Conservative MP for St Austell and Newquay, said the clawback was "completely being driven by the EU Commission".
But Russell Dodge, managing director of Business Location Services in Truro which has helped businesses with EU grant funding, said enforcement and compliance was "being driven by the Department for Communities and Local Government".


The US government is concerned it could be implicated in potential war crimes in Yemen because of its support for a Saudi-led coalition air campaign.

Official documents obtained by Reuters news agency show government lawyers advised the US it might be considered a co-belligerent under international law.
The Obama administration has continued to authorise weapons sales to Saudi Arabia despite the warnings last year.
On Saturday, an air strike on a funeral hall in Sanaa killed some 140 people.
The coalition denied responsibility for the attack, but Washington said it would review its support to "better align with US principles, values and interests".
US President Barack Obama agreed to provide "logistical and intelligence support" to the coalition after it intervened in the conflict between forces loyal to Yemen's internationally-recognised government and those allied to the rebel Houthi movement in March 2015.
Since then, more than 4,125 civilians have been killed and 7,207 injured, the UN says, with air strikes believed to have caused about 60% of the deaths.
The documents detailing US government concerns about the civilian casualties and the potential legal implications for US military personnel were obtained by Reuters under the Freedom of Information Act and date from May 2015 to February 2016.
One document quotes a state department official as telling human rights groups in October 2015 that he believed coalition strikes were "not intentionally indiscriminate but rather result from a lack of Saudi experience with dropping munitions and firing missiles".
"The lack of Saudi experience is compounded by the asymmetric situation on the ground where enemy militants are not wearing uniforms and are mixed with civilian populations," the official said.
"Weak intelligence likely further compounds the problem," he added.
US officials also compiled a list of "critical infrastructure" that should be spared to enable Yemenis to restart commercial access and deliver humanitarian aid.
An email shows state department officials organised a meeting in January to discuss "options to limit US exposure to LOAC [Law of Armed Conflict] concerns."
The Law of Armed Conflict prohibits attacks on civilians and says civilians and civilian objects must be spared from incidental or collateral damage to the maximum extent possible when military objectives are attacked.
Reuters reported that another email made specific reference to a 2013 ruling from the war crimes trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor, who was found guilty of aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war.
The ruling found that "practical assistance, encouragement or moral support" is sufficient to determine liability for war crimes.
In August, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said they had documented more than 70 unlawful coalition air strikes, some of which they believed might amount to war crimes, and 19 attacks using internationally-banned cluster munitions.
The coalition has said its forces have clear instructions not to target populated areas and to avoid civilians, and has dismissed previous allegations of civilian deaths as fabricated or exaggerated.