Shares of Australia's biggest lender, Commonwealth Bank, hit a record after the firm reported higher profit.

The stock rose 0.5% to A$80.40 in Sydney trading, bucking a downward trend in the overall market.
The firm's unaudited cash profit, which excludes one-time items, rose 16% from the previous year to A$2.2bn ($2.1bn; Â£1.2bn) for the three months to March.
Commonwealth Bank said it benefited from increased mortgage lending as well as lower bad debt charges.
"System mortgage credit growth was moderate," the firm said in a statement.
"Lower interest rates supported strong growth in new business activity compared to the prior year, however this was balanced by higher levels of loan repayments."
Commonwealth Bank issues one in every four mortgages in Australia, making home loans its biggest business.
However, the bank said commercial lending remained "subdued" and that increased competition among the nation's lenders would put pressure on future profits.
Commonwealth Bank is the largest of Australia "Big Four" lenders, with the others being Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ), National Australia Bank and Westpac Bank.


A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a woman found at a property on the Isle of Wight has been released without charge.

Police found the body of Deborah Fowler, 45, in Barton Road, Newport, on 2 August.
Following the release of the 53-year-old man, Hampshire Constabulary said it was not looking for anyone else in connection with the death.
A post-mortem examination has not identified the cause of death.
A police spokesman said it was still being treated as unexplained.


A panoramic camera designed by an Edinburgh firm has been selected for a mission to create digital records of dozens of at-risk heritage sites in Syria, Iraq and the Middle East.

NCTech's iSTAR camera will help conservationists keep a 360-degree visual image of the sites.
It will be used in a mission called Project Anqa.
Anqa is run by non-profit organisation CyArk and the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
The organisations will work with local experts in the Middle East to record cultural landmarks, using reality-capture technologies such as 3D laser scanning and traditional surveys.
The mission was formed after Islamic State militants targeted monuments in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra and museum artefacts in Mosul.
Ben Kacyra, president of CyArk, said: "The beloved heritage in the ancient 'cradle of civilisation' is under threat, evidenced by the destruction of landmarks at Palmyra and Mosul.
"Project Anqa needs to leverage the most cutting edge and user-friendly technology available.
"Due to the instability in the region, in many cases we may only have one shot at doing it, so we are thrilled that NCTech has joined us as a technology partner in this monumental challenge."
Neil Tocher, from NCTech, said: "When we heard about Project Anqa, we immediately recognized the synergy between the project's requirements and the core benefits of iSTAR.
"It is already used by organizations around the world, many of whom operate in hostile environments, so we're confident that it will be up to the task."
The data collected by Project Anqa at each location will generate blueprints that can be used to rebuild a site if damage or destruction occurs.
CyArk aims to digitally preserve 500 cultural heritage sites across the world within the next five years.
It has already completed 40 projects, including Pompeii, Babylon, Mount Rushmore, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sydney Opera House and, most recently, the Tower of London.


Competitors in all sports should follow Chris Froome's lead and be open and honest about missed doping tests, says former heptathlete Kelly Sotherton.

Sotherton said 2013 Tour de France winner Froome had "got the ball rolling" by explaining how he missed a test on holiday in Italy this year.
Froome said staff at the hotel where he was staying denied the testers entry.
"It was hugely frustrating," said Froome, 30, who also said he missed a test when out training in 2010.
Team Sky rider Froome, who was tested "30 times in three weeks" when he won the Tour, failed in an appeal to have his missed test struck from the record, but still accepts responsibility.
"I should've been more proactive in letting the hotel know that this is a possibility that I could be tested. I've certainly learnt my lesson there.
"It's always the athlete's responsibility to make sure he or she is available for testing."
Responding to Froome's admission in a series of tweets, Sotherton, 38, said: "I believe in honesty, transparency and openness.
"Therefore I feel all anti-doping info regarding testing and results should be public. Why don't sportspeople past and present state whether they've missed tests or not now?"
In another tweet, Sotherton, who retired in 2012, revealed she missed two doping tests during her athletics career.
British athlete Mo Farah confirmed he missed two tests before winning double gold at the 2012 Olympics.
At that time, three missed tests in 18 months could lead to a ban, but rules have been amended so a suspension comes after three in 12 months.
UK Anti-Doping said it does not comment on individual cases.


Airbus delivered a record number of planes in 2015 but failed to dethrone Boeing as the world's biggest aircraft manufacturer.

The European company delivered a record 635 planes last year, compared with a tally of 762 jets for Boeing.
However, Airbus said it had 1,036 orders after cancellations, compared with 768 for the US company.
The number of orders fell by 29% and 46% respectively following two years of strong growth.
Airbus delivered 491 jets from the A320 family, 103 A330s, 27 A380 super-jumbos, and 14 A350 XWB planes.
Airbus hopes to deliver more than 650 planes this year, with the wide-body A350 expected to help it close the gap.
The company missed its target for 15 deliveries of the A350 in 2015 by one plane following shortages in cabin equipment. At least 50 planes are expected to be delivered this year.
Despite signs that demand for aircraft was slowing, Airbus remained upbeat about the health of the aviation industry.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) recently lowered its long-term forecast for air traffic, and warned that low oil prices have hurt the economies of emerging markets such as Russia and Brazil.
Airbus announced a late firm order for three A380s - the first sale for the 500-seater plane for the whole of 2015. The buyer is thought to be Japanese airline ANA.
Chief salesman John Leahy said the A380 was "still very important'' despite poor sales.
He blamed US engine maker Pratt & Whitney for a delay in the first delivery of the new A320neo.
Airbus opened its first US factory in Alabama in September and will open a second facility in China in Tianjin next month.


The way the NHS in England is organised is hindering its ability to meet its challenges, a review led by former Health Secretary Alan Milburn says.

Mr Milburn said the current system was "confused and complex".
The review, for consultants PwC, called for a gradual evolution of the structures, saying those who worked in the health service supported reform.
But the Department of Health said its plan for the future would be "delivered within the NHS's existing structures".
The PwC report was critical of the changes introduced in 2012 by then Health Secretary Andrew Lansley, which have resulted in the creation of "myriad" national organisations, including:
The consultancy said it meant hospitals and other services faced the "daunting challenge of managing competing requirements".
The review said many of the functions of these competing organisations could be gradually merged into one and in time regional bodies be created to take charge of budgets for the NHS and council-run care services.
It said this would aid integration between the two systems - seen as key to shifting care out of hospitals and coping with the ageing population.
The report acknowledged these changes would take up to a decade - but said the polling it had carried out with NHS staff suggested there was widespread support for reform.
Mr Milburn said: "Despite the best efforts of its leaders to make it work, the current national architecture is confused and complex.
"The artificial divide between health and social care makes as little sense as the division of labour between a myriad of national bodies.
"Organisational change is always a risk but without it, the move towards integrated systems will be undermined."
But the Department of Health said there was no need for more reform as there was "a plan for the future... that is being delivered within the NHS's existing structures".
It said this would be funded by the extra money being invested in the NHS during the Parliament.


Surrey teenager Sam Curran claimed a career-best 5-44 to help his side fight back on the second day against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

Playing in only his 13th first-class match, Curran's mid-afternoon burst of three for two in 18 balls left the home side rocking.
Replying to Surrey's 252, the Bears made 247 after a 95-run stand from Keith Barker (62) and Ian Bell (43).
Having led by five runs after the first innings, Surrey then closed on 33-1.
Warwickshire had begun the afternoon decently placed at 91-3, but Curran had Laurie Evans and Tim Ambrose superbly caught by Rory Burns in the gully before trapping Surrey old boy Rikki Clarke lbw with a swinging yorker.
Former Bears skipper Ian Westwood, on his recall as opener after being dropped following early season struggles, went just four runs short of a first Championship half-century.
After adding 40 in 15 overs with Jonathan Trott, both fell in the space of nine balls from Stuart Meaker.
Warwickshire all-rounder Keith Barker told BBC WM:
"The game is in the balance. We have managed to get ourselves back in the game. It would have been better if we had been able to go past them but it is going to be a big day for us tomorrow.
"There are runs to be scored there. You have just got to stay out there long enough for the bad balls to come. It may take a while but you have got to latch on to them if you get the chance.
"There is still a bit of movement in the pitch and we have just got to squeeze them tomorrow and put them under pressure. The pitch might deteriorate a little bit so that will give Jeets something to work with.
"It is effectively a one-innings game so if we can get some wickets tomorrow it will change the game massively."
Surrey bowling coach Stuart Barnes told BBC London 94.9:
"We took 10 wickets in 78 overs, which was the goal at the start of the day. We were not 100 per cent happy with the first session, but we put it right.
"Sam Curran fully deserved his five wickets on the back of a really good first spell, which he followed up with a great second spell after lunch.
"We talked about using the wicket and surface, which has been offering a bit of nip and we were able to swing the ball all day, which helped."


Day three of Somerset's County Championship Division One match against Surrey was called off without a ball being bowled because of rain.

Umpires Nicholas Cook and Nigel Cowley inspected conditions at Taunton before abandoning play at 13:20 BST.
The match now looks certain to end in a draw with Surrey 69-1 in reply to Somerset's first-innings 436.
Somerset have only won once in four-day cricket this season, while Surrey have drawn six of their eight games.


Lawyers for US First Lady Melania Trump have re-filed a defamation case against UK newspaper Daily Mail.

The new complaint drops wording that said Mrs Trump missed a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity" to profit from her brand, due to a Daily Mail article.
The initial complaint had led critics to question if she intended to gain financially from being first lady.
The Daily Mail had reported allegations that she once worked as an escort, but later retracted its article.
Mrs Trump is still seeking damages of $150m (Â£120m).
The suit initially said that Mrs Trump had the "unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... to launch a broad-based commercial brand in multiple product categories, each of which could have garnered multi-million dollar business relationships for a multi-year term during which [she] is one of the most photographed women in the world".
The products categories would have included apparel, accessories, shoes, jewellery, cosmetics, hair care, skin care and fragrance, it added.
After criticism, her lawyer, Charles Harder, denied to US media that Mrs Trump had plans to profit from her high-profile status as first lady.
"It is not a possibility. Any statements to the contrary are being misinterpreted," a statement said.
The new version of the complaint, filled in New York on Friday, focused on the emotional distress of the Daily Mail report.
"[The] false and defamatory statements about [Mrs Trump] have caused tremendous harm to [her] personal and professional reputation and prospective economic opportunities, as well as causing her significant humiliation and emotional distress," it said.
In its retraction of the 20 August article, the Daily Mail had said it "did not intend to state or suggest that these allegations are true, nor did it intend to state or suggest that Mrs Trump ever worked as an 'escort' or in the 'sex business'."
Mrs Trump had also sued a US blogger, Wester Tarpley, for making similar allegations to the Daily Mail. The case was settled after he issued an apology and agreed to pay a "substantial sum as a settlement", her lawyers said.
Earlier this month, a reporter from the New York Times was reprimanded by the paper for referring to Mrs Trump as a "hooker". He later apologised, saying the remark was based on "unfounded rumours".


The legendary Canadian ice hockey player, Gordie Howe, has died at the age of 88, US media say.

Howe, nicknamed "Mr Hockey", spent most of his career with the Detroit Red Wings, winning the Stanley Cup four times.
He was in the top 10 of scorers for 21 consecutive years and was named MVP six times, before finally retiring in 1980.
Howe was also named an NHL All Star 23 times and was inducted into the hockey Hall of Fame in 1972.
Gordie Howe died just before 08:00 on Friday at his son's home in Ohio, according to Sportsnet and CBS News. CNN reported his son Marty as confirming the news.
Gordie Howe had suffered a stroke in 2014.
He made his debut in 1946, played 26 NHL and six World Hockey Association seasons and held many of the scoring records until the rise of fellow Canadian-born legend Wayne Gretzky.
Howe retired in 1971 but made a comeback with the Hartford Whalers in 1979-80 before finally quitting at 52.


The US media have given their verdict on who won the second presidential debate after Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton engaged in attack and counter-attack.

While opinion is divided, Mrs Clinton is largely thought to have come out on top in Sunday's debate in St Louis. But columnists raised the issue of her failure to tackle Mr Trump effectively, allowing him to "exceed expectations".
"The smiling Hillary we saw throughout the first debate on Long Island? She didn't make the trip west."
Fox News concludes that Mr Trump managed to pull off a surprising performance, although the news channel does not explicitly state that the Republican candidate won the debate.
The conservative network says he performed well, pivoting and manoeuvring through questions, allowing him to save his presidential hopes.
Political analyst William Whelan said the night fell into the hands of Mr Trump.
He said the Republican defended his record and unlike the first debate, when he was often blown off course by the former secretary of state and "torpedoed by his own badgering performance", he improved as the night went on.
Mr Trump's decision to launch a blistering attack against Hillary Clinton and her husband is described by Fox as the equivalent of "Hillary dropping Alicia Machado on Trump" in the previous debate.
That was the line used by Breitbart news, which is in a minority in handing the title to Mr Trump.
In a leading story quoting comments from former mayor of New York City, Rudy Giuliani, it reports that Mrs Clinton was "pounded on bad decisions".
It refers to accusations from Mr Trump that Mrs Clinton and the Democratic Party helped "create the vacuum in the Middle East" that allowed so-called Islamic State to form.
The hard-right news website, whose executive chairman Stephen Bannon was appointed Mr Trump's campaign chief in August, is running its own readers' poll, the results of which have yet to be announced.
The site also highlights support from Republican vice-presidential nominee Mike Pence, who said in a tweet that he was proud of Mr Trump and congratulated him on "a big debate win", while ending it with a shortened form of Mr Trump's 'Make America Great Again' slogan.
"All Hillary Clinton had to do was remain upright for 90 minutes."
The Washington Post's verdict is that the debate highlighted an "increasingly isolated" Mr Trump during an "unusually dark and bitter face-off". Over the past year, the newspaper has been at the forefront of investigations into Mr Trump, and has published several editorials condemning the candidate.
On the news site's Right Turn blog, Jennifer Rubin says Mrs Clinton had very little to do in order to go "the last little way in wrapping up the election".
She writes that Mrs Clinton handled the audience well when answering questions, adding that the former secretary of state effectively won the debate early on by "simply keeping her cool".
Issues ranging from Mr Trump's tax payments to his foreign policy have, according to the Post, given Mrs Clinton plenty of material for a new raft of political ads.
In a separate piece for the Post, opinion writer Eugene Joseph Dionne Jr writes that Mr Trump's "petulant" and "boorish" approach on the night was an indication of "a man aware that his campaign was at the edge of extinction".
"It took the nastiest, most bitterly personal presidential debate in recent memory for the Republican nominee to stanch the downward plunge" - so writes Stephen Collinson for CNN.
He says that Mr Trump will live to fight another day "after throwing out a battery of vicious counter punches", while US politics "changed in the course of one nasty night".
Meanwhile a CNN/ORC poll of debate watchers handed Sunday's victory to Mrs Clinton. But the results also showed that Mr Trump managed to exceed expectations.
Mrs Clinton took the win with 57% of the vote, the poll says, while Mr Trump managed to achieve 34%. The result could be considered a disappointment for Mrs Clinton, who scored 62% in the first presidential debate.
The Atlantic, which endorsed Mrs Clinton last week, suggests that Mr Trump suffered an "implosion" in St Louis on Sunday.
Ron Fournier, whose coverage of US politics dates back to the days of Bill Clinton, writes that Mrs Clinton did about as well as anyone could while dealing with a "barking" opponent and "pouting menace".
Mr Fournier said that throughout the debate the controversial Republican "failed to patch together his collapsing campaign".
The website suggests that Mrs Clinton perfectly handled Mr Trump's comment about "instructing my attorney general to get a special prosecutor" to look into allegations that she deleted thousands of emails in violation of a congressional subpoena.
Mrs Clinton laughed and said it was a good thing "somebody with Donald Trump's temperament" doesn't have such power.
"Nothing hurts a bully like somebody laughing at him," the column says.


An unsolved 1970s case of a headless woman's body found bound in jute and wrapped in a Dundee factory's plastic sheet is being investigated by students in the city.

Forensic psychology students at Abertay University are helping murder detectives working on the 1974 cold case of the body found in Norfolk.
The woman's hands were bound with string only manufactured in Dundee.
The students are scouring 1970s local reports of missing people for clues.
The woman's badly decomposed body was found in East Anglia wrapped in a National Cash Registers' (NCR) plastic sheet and clothed in a pink Marks and Spencer's nightdress.
Norfolk Constabulary, which has named the case Operation Monton, exhumed the woman's body in 2008 and obtained DNA samples.
They have traced and eliminated 470 women from across the UK who were reported missing during the 1970s.
Officers said the rope manufacturer went out of business many years ago and detailed police records do not date back as far as 1974.
Twelve students from the university are examining newspapers including the Dundee Courier and Evening Telegraph from January 1973 to January 1975.
Dr Penny Woolnough, a lecturer in forensic psychology at Abertay University, said: "Her body was wrapped in a dust sheet that connects with factories in Dundee at the time.
"The students have been reviewing local papers to see if there are any missing people or particular clues or circumstances dating back to those times that could connect to the case."
Student Amy Morrison said: "It's really exciting to get an opportunity to get involved in a murder case. It's high-profile and because it's a cold case we're gaining a lot of knowledge."
Insp Marc Lorente from Police Scotland said: "The student support to this long-term investigation is an integral part of ongoing inquiries.
"We are delighted to be working in partnership with Abertay University, and to be making good use of the students' excellent knowledge and skills base."


Warwickshire have announced a small profit of £4,500 for the 2013 season.

This compares to the loss of £668,000 they suffered in their County Championship-winning year in 2012.
Edgbaston was not awarded a Test in 2013, but staged five games in the ICC Champions Trophy in June, FL t20 Finals Day in August and the England-Australia rain-hit ODI day-nighter in September.
Chief executive Colin Povey said: "The Champions Trophy matches made a lasting impression on all major stakeholders."
He added: "The club has made good progress on many of the objectives set within our strategic plan.
"The absence of Test cricket once again in 2014 represents a further challenge, before the return of an Ashes Test to Edgbaston in 2015.
"However, hosting India on two occasions and the changes to the domestic Twenty20 cricket schedule, featuring more Friday night games, are great opportunities that we are looking to make the most of in 2014."
Warwickshire's turnover increased by £222,000 to £11.74m, while the county's primary profitability measure, EBITDA, increased by 90% from £755,000 to £1.4m.
The Bears begin the 2014 season on Monday, 7 April with a three-day trip to The Parks to play Oxford MCCU.
Their County Championship campaign begins the following weekend with a home game against Sussex, starting on Easter Sunday (14 April).


Middlesbrough have signed Arsenal defender Calum Chambers on a season-long loan deal.

The 21-year-old, who can play centrally or at right-back, joined the Gunners from Southampton for £16m in 2014.
He quickly became a first-team regular for Arsenal, and won three senior caps for England, but he only featured 12 times in last season's Premier League.
Chambers' Arsenal and England team-mate Jack Wilshere could also be going out on loan this week.
Head coach Aitor Karanka said Chambers had rejected an offer from another club to join Boro.
Chambers is Boro's 11th signing this summer, with the Premier League club bringing in goalkeeper Victor Valdes, striker Alvaro Negredo and midfielder Marten de Roon among others.
The Gunners signed Deportivo La Coruna forward Lucas Perez for £17.1m and Valencia's Germany defender Shkodran Mustafi, for a fee in excess of £35m, on Tuesday.


Great Britain's Elise Christie won gold in the 500m at the speed skating World Cup in Calgary, Canada.

Christie, 26, clocked a time of 42.565 seconds to finish ahead of Canadian Jamie Macdonald and Netherlands skater Yara van Kerkhof.
The Nottingham-based Scot has been training with men and "learning to lose" to boost her medal prospects.
She was controversially disqualified three times at Sochi 2014 but won World Cup and European honours last season.
"It's been great to be back here in Calgary," said Christie.
"I haven't had the most straightforward of competitions with a few falls on Friday and Saturday. My coaches and support team worked with me and my equipment overnight and the adjustments paid off."
Christie was also part of the GB ladies relay team who broke the 3,000m British record on Friday.
The team of Christie, captain Charlotte Gilmartin, Kathryn Thomson and Samantha Morrison finished in four minutes 13.719 seconds, with the previous record having stood at four minutes 14.57 secs.
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Striker Tammy Abraham scored his 10th goal of the season as Bristol City comfortably won at 10-man Fulham.

Abraham, on loan from Chelsea, gave the Robins an early lead with a close-range volley from Jamie Paterson's cross.
Luke Freeman doubled their advantage after an hour, and Bobby Reid struck a third from distance for the visitors.
After Fulham midfielder Kevin McDonald was shown a straight red card for a late tackle on Callum O'Dowda, Aden Flint tapped in City's fourth late on.
It was a first league win for Lee Johnson's side since beating Aston Villa on 27 August and their second victory at Craven Cottage in a week, adding to Wednesday's 2-1 win in the EFL Cup.
City carved out regular chances after Abraham's opener, with Paterson and Lee Tomlin forcing home goalkeeper David Button into saves before the break.
Neeskens Kebano shot wide and Sone Aluko drilled a shot against the bar for the Whites in the early exchanges of the second half, but Slavisa Jokanovic's side rarely threatened after Freeman struck the visitors' second following good work from Tomlin.
Defeat extended Fulham's winless run in the Championship to four matches.
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic:
"We are not solid as we were at the beginning of the season. We had two good chances after they scored but we had 15 shots at goal and only two on target.
"At the beginning of the season we more compact, more solid and aggressive. We have try to dominate matches like we did at the beginning of the season.
"Now we have to go back and understand what we wanted to do in pre-season. And maybe the new players still need time to adapt to what we want to do."
Bristol City head coach Lee Johnson:
"The family are very strong Fulham fans and they were here today. I was really chuffed with the performance.
"Fulham are such a good side in possession that you're always going to have to deal with spells of sustained pressure.
"We had to defend resolutely at times, but on the break we were outstanding. We have energy, pace and quality in the group and we're starting to understand each other's games."
"We broke from positions of strength and once we got the second they were always going to become stretched."
Match ends, Fulham 0, Bristol City 4.
Second Half ends, Fulham 0, Bristol City 4.
Attempt saved. Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Sone Aluko (Fulham).
Josh Brownhill (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Bristol City. Hördur Bjorgvin Magnusson tries a through ball, but Aaron Wilbraham is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right following a set piece situation.
Attempt blocked. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Sone Aluko (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jamie Paterson (Bristol City).
Chris Martin (Fulham) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Mark Little (Bristol City).
Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Fulham 0, Bristol City 4. Aden Flint (Bristol City) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Jamie Paterson.
Attempt blocked. Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Aden Flint with a headed pass.
Corner,  Bristol City. Conceded by Denis Odoi.
Attempt saved. Joe Bryan (Bristol City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Aaron Wilbraham.
Kevin McDonald (Fulham) is shown the red card.
Foul by Kevin McDonald (Fulham).
Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jozabed.
Corner,  Bristol City. Conceded by Ragnar Sigurdsson.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Callum O'Dowda.
Ragnar Sigurdsson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ragnar Sigurdsson (Fulham).
Jamie Paterson (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Bristol City. Callum O'Dowda replaces Lee Tomlin.
Substitution, Bristol City. Josh Brownhill replaces Luke Freeman.
Attempt saved. Aaron Wilbraham (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Bobby Reid.
Offside, Bristol City. Aaron Wilbraham tries a through ball, but Lee Tomlin is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Matt Smith (Fulham) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Sone Aluko with a cross.
Substitution, Bristol City. Aaron Wilbraham replaces Tammy Abraham.
Goal!  Fulham 0, Bristol City 3. Bobby Reid (Bristol City) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner.
Foul by Denis Odoi (Fulham).
Luke Freeman (Bristol City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Chris Martin (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aden Flint (Bristol City).
Substitution, Fulham. Jozabed replaces Michael Madl.
Substitution, Fulham. Matt Smith replaces Neeskens Kebano.
Foul by Chris Martin (Fulham).


Warwickshire director of cricket Ashley Giles says it is time to stop debating about why England's proposed new city-based T20 competition will not work, and concentrate on making it a success.

Plans for a new eight-team tournament from 2020 were announced on Monday.
"I compare it to Brexit," said Giles, who this winter rejoined his old county, who now play their T20 cricket under a city brand as Birmingham Bears.
"We've made a decision. Let's get on with it."
The former Warwickshire and England spinner, 44, part of his country's 2005 Ashes-winning side, added: "We've seen these vehicles work well round the world. T20 is here to stay.
"It should protect the whole game. It's not in anyone's interest to see counties go out of business.
"The best players in fewer teams, in front of big audiences in big stadiums and watched by bigger TV audiences, can only be good for the game.
"If we're to get this through, which I think we have, let's stop talking about why it's not going to work and how we can make it work as well as anywhere in the world."
Speaking at Warwickshire's pre-season press day, Giles had alongside him two of his England stars: Chris Woakes, who has been signed to play for the Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League, and Ian Bell, who helped Perth Scorchers win Australia's Big Bash League in January.
Woakes says English cricket will only find out whether an extra city-based competition will work alongside the current T20 Blast once they have tried it.
"I don't know how the scheduling is going to work," said the 28-year-old all-rounder.
"There will be quite a lot of T20 cricket, but we will have to learn from how it goes. We'll soon find out whether it needs to be reduced or not. Only experience will dictate that.
"It's a great idea and a great prospect for English cricket. We've seen it work in other countries. The IPL in India, and the Big Bash in Australia in particular, has brought in a huge number of new faces coming to cricket grounds. We want to get new people playing it and this is a step in the right direction.
"But if it can go on free-to-air, that's a huge factor, making it easily accessible for people watching on their sofa.
"I grew up watching Test cricket on Channel 4 and Channel 5. Get home from school, flick it on. We didn't have Sky. If that hadn't been the case, I might not have been here now."
Bears skipper Ian Bell saw the success of city-based cricket for himself when he spent a memorable six weeks down under with his family starring for the victorious Perth Scorchers.
And he believes that the fact that it was on terrestrial television is a huge factor.
"Free-to-air works brilliantly on terrestrial TV," he told BBC Sport. "All through the Christmas holidays, they're talking about it.
"I'm not sure how many countries have two T20 tournaments. The schedule is already pretty packed but, if cricket wants to keep pushing itself, we have to get into as many homes as we can.
"If it takes off like it has in Australia, it's something to look forward to. The first two years down under it wasn't really there but, six years on, it's a massive tournament.
"It surprised me the amount of kids and women there were in the ground. It's a bit different to an Ashes Test match, but my experience from Big Bash was that it's a great tournament to be involved in."
Hampshire chairman Rod Bransgrove is quite clear on his views as to how the game should proceed, warning that the game "as we know it" could die.
Talking to a BBC Radio Solent supporters' forum on Wednesday, he said: "It's our job to give an audience what they want, to get involved and that's what this new competition does.
"County chairmen are now confronted with this decision to either do something now which will either ensure the future of the game that we love in all of its forms, or continue to watch dwindling crowds and basically the end of cricket as we know it.
"There is only one escape route for this game and that is to back the game all the young people and the families around the world are asking for."


Four teenagers bailed over a fire which gutted a church in Carmarthenshire will not face any further police action.

Five were arrested on suspicion of arson after the blaze which  ripped through the disused Park Congregational Church in Llanelli last month.
A number of nearby residents had to be evacuated from their homes.
On Wednesday, Dyfed-Powys Police said just one 15-year-old remains on bail and the others, aged 15 and 16, had been released.


A consultation on increasing the number of organ and tissue donors has been launched by the Scottish government.

People are being asked to give their views on measures including the introduction of a soft opt-out system for organ donation.
Under an opt-out system, organs could be removed from a dead person if they had not registered or expressed an objection during their lifetime.
People have to opt in, under the current system.
That includes signing up to the Organ Donation Scotland.
Ministers have said they would consider introducing an opt-out system if it had wide support and could be introduced in a way that did no harm.
While progress has been made in increasing organ donation and transplantation in Scotland, there are still insufficient donors to meet the number of organs needed.
In 2015-16, despite 183 deceased and living organ donors and 415 people receiving transplants, there were still 542 people on the active transplant waiting list.
The consultation follows a previous bid to change the law by Labour MSP Anne McTaggart, which failed when Holyrood voted by 59 to 56 against her Transplantation Bill in February.
The Scottish Government described the Bill as well-intentioned but "seriously flawed".
Launching the 14-week consultation, public health minister Aileen Campbell said: "This year, there have been 85 deceased organ donors in the eight months since April compared to 60 over the same period last year.
"However, there is more we can do for those who are still waiting for a transplant and it's essential that we make sure we're doing all we can.
"That is why we are launching this consultation which looks at ways in which we could increase the number of people being referred to the donation services in Scotland and the number of times when donation is 'authorised' to proceed.
"In particular, we have agreed to consider the introduction of a soft opt-out system of donation if this can be developed in a way which will do no harm to trust in the NHS or to the safety of transplantation."
A soft opt-out system was introduced in Wales in December 2015 and Ms Campbell said the government would monitor its progress.
The consultation was welcomed by BMA Scotland, which supports the move to a soft opt-out system.
Dr Sue Robertson, a renal physician and member of the BMA's Scottish council, said: "Organ transplantation is an area that has seen amazing medical achievements but has not yet reached its full life-saving and life-transforming potential.
"The whole transplant community has worked tremendously hard to increase donation rates but we believe that more can be done.
"We believe that genuine choice over organ donation can be facilitated through a soft opt-out system.
"If properly implemented, with adequate resources and staff, and backed up by a high-profile campaign, an opt-out system could save or transform peoples' lives."


A Welsh tourist has spoken of the "horrible atmosphere" in Thailand's capital Bangkok after a bomb exploded, killing at least 16 people.

Josh Henson, from Rhondda Cynon Taff, was 300m (980 ft) away from the Erawan Shrine having a meal when the blast happened on Monday.
He said shops had shut early and traffic was at a standstill as medics tried to deal with the casualties.
But he said Thai authorities had dealt with the situation "superbly".
Mr Henson, of Brynna, was celebrating his 10-year-old cousin's birthday when the bomb exploded.
He and his relatives quickly began checking social media and news services to find out what had happened before returning to their hotel near the bomb site.
"It was just a horrible atmosphere and we just felt on edge and just so uneasy walking down the main street," he said.
"There was traffic - the cars were just stopped still. It was a very uneasy walk, it was not nice at all.
"We do feel a level of safety as we have been watching the news and we have found out about how they are dealing with the situation at the moment, [but] there is a level of caution that we do have to take."
Mr Henson said he and his family had planned to visit the capital's Grand Palace on Tuesday but they would be changing their plans on the advice of the Thai authorities.
The Erawan Shrine, which was crowded at the time, is a major tourist attraction and foreigners, including Chinese, are among the reported casualties.
No-one has yet said they carried out the attack, but Thailand's defence minister Prawit Wongsuwon said the bombers had "targeted foreigners... to damage tourism and the economy".


A New Zealander of Asian descent has shrugged off the rejection of a passport application photo by software because of his eyes.

The system sent an error message after deciding Richard Lee's eyes were closed, when they are clearly open.
It was not racism he suggested. "It was a robot. No hard feelings."
The DJ and aerospace engineering student had submitted the photo to an online photo checker at New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs.
"No hard feelings on my part, I've always had very small eyes and facial recognition technology is relatively new and unsophisticated," the 22-year-old told Reuters.
Mr Lee is studying in Melbourne, Australia.
Born in Taiwan but brought up in New Zealand, he was trying to renew his passport so he could return to Australia after a Christmas break in New Zealand.
After contacting the Department of Internal Affairs, he was told there was too much shadow in his eyes. Another photo was later accepted and the passport renewed.
A department spokesman said up to 20% of photos submitted online were rejected, usually because the subject's eyes are closed.
"That was the generic error message sent in this case," he said.


Departing Glasgow coach Gregor Townsend rued his side's inability to take their chances after slipping to defeat by Edinburgh in his final game in charge.

The Warriors could have led by more than 11-9 at half-time.
"We had enough opportunities to be further ahead, and second half we made too many mistakes," Townsend said.
"Edinburgh took their chances. It took a bit of character and skill from us to get a chance to win near the end, but we weren't nearly good enough today."
Glasgow had the small consolation of winning the 1872 Cup for the first time in three years, prevailing 43-41 on aggregate after winning the away leg 25-12 at Murrayfield on Boxing Day.
"[That's no consolation] at the moment, but in future that's something on record," Townsend told BBC Scotland.
"Our players are obviously really disappointed, they wanted to finish the season with a win, and it shows how competitive these fixtures are.
"I thought Edinburgh played really well in defence, and really stopped us creating quick ball. That's a credit to them, and they took their chances really well as well, so they deserved to win today.
"Even though we were getting penalties a lot around the breakdown we didn't convert our opportunities with the line-outs we had close to the line."
After reaching the Pro12 semi-finals for the past four seasons - reaching the final in 2014, and winning the title in 2015 - Glasgow had to settle for sixth place in Townsend's final campaign, but reached the European Champions Cup quarter-finals for the first time.
Townsend addressed the Scotstoun crowd after the final whistle, thanking fans for their support, and will name his first Scotland squad on Monday as he takes over the national job for the forthcoming southern hemisphere tour to face Italy, Australia and Fiji.
"I'll miss it a lot," he reflected of his final Scotstoun experience as head coach. "We've got the best supporters in the world and we're just disappointed today we weren't able to give them the performance they deserve.
"Just now I'm still a bit down, but I'll miss coming to work, I'll miss working with this group of players and I'll enjoy coming back and watching, seeing how this club continues to progress, getting more and more people watching and also playing some really good rugby."


US scientists say they have bred a genetically modified (GM) mosquito that can resist malaria infection.

If the lab technique works in the field, it could offer a new way of stopping the biting insects from spreading malaria to humans, they say.
The scientists put a new "resistance" gene into the mosquito's own DNA, using a gene editing method called Crispr.
And when the GM mosquitoes mated - their offspring inherited the same resistance, PNAS journal reports.
In theory, if these mosquitoes bite people, they should not be able to pass on the parasite that causes malaria.
About 3.2bn people - almost half of the world's population - are at risk of malaria.
Bed nets, insecticides and repellents can help stop the insects biting and drugs can be given to anyone who catches the infection, but the disease still kills around 580,000 people a year.
Scientists have been searching for new ways to fight malaria.
The University of California team believe their GM mosquito could play a pivotal role - breeding resistant offspring to replace endemic, malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
They took a type of mosquito found in India - Anopheles stephensi - on which to experiment.
Dr Anthony James and his team showed that they could give the insect new DNA code to make it a poor host for the malaria parasite.
The DNA, which codes for antibodies that combat the parasite, was inherited by almost 100% of the mosquito offspring and across three generations.
The researchers say the findings offer hope that the same method could also work in other mosquito species.
Although it would not be a sole solution to the malaria problem, it would be a useful additional weapon, they say.
Prof David Conway, UK expert from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, said: "It's not the finished product yet but it certainly looks promising. It does look like the genetic editing works."
Other scientists have been looking at genetically modifying mosquitoes to render them infertile, so that they die out. But some experts fear that eliminating mosquitoes entirely may have unforeseen and unwanted consequences. Replacing disease-carrying mosquitoes with harmless breeds is a potential  alternative.


The lodger of a man who was found stabbed to death in the doorway of a house has been arrested by police.

The 50-year-old victim was found with stab wounds in Osmonde Close, Worthing, on Tuesday afternoon. A knife was found nearby.
Police said they arrested his lodger, Alan Knight, 51, in Lancashire overnight on suspicion of murder.
A police cordon in the Broadwater area is expected to remain until at least the weekend.
The dead man is still to be formally identified.


Tributes have been paid to a prominent figure in the London arts world who was killed while cycling in London.

Moira Gemmill was struck by an HGV near the junction of Horseferry Road and Millbank, close to Lambeth Bridge, on Thursday morning.
The 55-year-old joined the Royal Collection Trust as director of capital programmes in February.
Director of the trust Jonathan Marsden said: "We are deeply saddened and shocked by this tragic news."
He added: "In her very short time with us, Moira had become both a good friend and a highly respected colleague, and we shall miss her very greatly."
In her role Ms Gemmill had been working on the delivery of major programmes at Windsor Castle and at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh.
Ms Gemmill, who was cycling to her workplace at St James's Palace, was pronounced dead at the scene of the collision. She is the fifth cyclist to die on the capital's roads this year.
Ms Gemmill, who was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, spent 13 years at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) as director of design, before leaving in January.
Martin Roth, director of the V&A, said: "We are devastated to hear of the tragic death of our much-loved and respected colleague of many years, Moira Gemmill.
"I cannot overstate Moira's remarkable contribution in making the V&A the global leader in museum design that it is today.
"She will be greatly missed and our thoughts are with her family at this very sad time."
Ms Gemmill had also been a judge for the Architectural Review's (AR) Women in Architecture Awards since their launch in 2011.
AR editor Christine Murray said: "The profession has lost one of its great patrons and champions."
Ms Gemmill grew up in a farming family in Kintyre on the west coast of Scotland and studied graphic design and photography at the Glasgow School of Art.
She went on to work for Aberdeen Art Gallery and in 2011 was made an honorary fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
The 40-year-old lorry driver stopped at the crash scene but was not arrested, Scotland Yard said.


A health centre in County Donegal will be closed for months after recent flooding in the area, its GP has said.

A number of families in Castlefin have also moved out of their homes.
Patients have been moved from the Castelfin surgery to its sister surgery in Lifford.
Dr Martin Coin, the GP for both surgeries, said Storm Desmond "has caused havoc". "We are dealing with an extra 200 patients now in Lifford because of the closure," he saidd
"The car park is crowded every day but we are trying to manage.
"The HSE is trying to get port cabins for us but everything takes time.
"So many things need replaced because of contamination. It will more thank likely be months rather than weeks before we are up and running again.
Stephen Kennedy, from the Castlefin Partnership Initiative, said "people are trying to rebuild their businesses again".
"People are trying to get on with things but it's awful that people have to travel so far to see their GP though.
"A number of families will have to spend Christmas out of their homes. They had up to 3ft of water inside their houses.
"Some people have gone to stay with family. Others have moved in to rented accommodation.
"The CPI centre had flooding issues before. We were working on that but Storm Desmond disrupted things.
"The surge of water was unbelievable."
The Health and Safety Executive said the Castlefin centre was flooded on Sunday 15 November and subsequently flooded again on 5 December.
It said the suitability of alternative accommodation was being assessed, with a "view to agreeing on the most appropriate interim accommodation".
"It is anticipated that the primary care centre will be reinstated within a time frame of five to six months provided there are no unforeseen difficulties that would delay the re-occupation of the property."


The number of giant house spiders creeping into UK homes is set to rise after the hot wet summer weather, experts say.

The spiders, which can grow up to 12cm in length, are heading indoors to find a dry place to mate.
Despite the name, house spiders more commonly live in sheds and gardens.
Stuart Hine, insect specialist at the Natural History Museum said "they can give you a nip if you pick them up" but they are not harmful to humans.
He said: "This is mating season. The males when they are mature will leave their webs in search of a female spider, so off they go on their little trek to find love.
"In doing so they stop feeding so they actually don't live that long as an adult and they're just sort of roaming around."
The spiders enter homes through open doors and windows.
Mr Hine said: "When we get this type of weather we see a lot more of them but it doesn't necessarily mean there are a lot more of them. That said, they do well in years when there is plenty of food."
He said despite the name house spiders more commonly live in garages, sheds and under shrubs in the garden.
"They can give you a bit of a nip if you pick them up by the leg, saying 'please let go of me' in the politest way they know," he added.
"They can even draw a bit of blood, but they don't have venom that can have any effect on us."
Many people are frightened of spiders but don't panic - there are many ways to get rid of the eight-legged crawlers without killing them.


A death row inmate in the US state of Georgia is applying to be executed by firing squad on the grounds that lethal injection would be too painful for him.

J W Ledford Jr has been taking a drug for nerve pain which his lawyers say may change his brain chemistry and expose him to "unconstitutional pain".
Ledford was convicted of the 1992 murder of his neighbour.
A judge dismissed his lawsuit on Friday but the lawyers say they will appeal. The execution is scheduled for Tuesday.
The lawyers said in court papers that Ledford had taken the drug gabapentin for more than a decade.
They cite experts who say long-term exposure to gabapentin alters the brain in such a way that the lethal injection drug pentobarbital cannot be relied upon to make him unconscious and devoid of sensation or feeling.
"There is a substantial risk that Mr Ledford will be aware and in agony as the pentobarbital attacks his respiratory system, depriving his brain, heart, and lungs of oxygen as he drowns in his own saliva," the court papers said.
They said this would violate Ledford's rights under the Eighth Amendment of the US Constitution, which prohibits "cruel and unusual punishment".
However, the US Supreme Court requires that an alternative method of execution be offered.
US death sentences fall to 40-year low
Only three states allow for firing squad as an alternative to lethal injection - Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah.
Georgian law allows no alternative. Other methods of lethal injection are no longer available as manufacturers of many drugs have prohibited their use for capital punishment.
This has led Ledford's lawyers to argue that his "dilemma illustrates why [the Supreme Court] standard is unworkable".
Lawyers for the state of Georgia said there was "no substantial risk" of severe pain and questioned the timing of the lawsuit.
"Plaintiff has waited until the eve of his execution to suddenly claim that he has been treated for pain with medication that will allegedly interfere with his execution," they said in court papers.
"If plaintiff really thought the firing squad was a reasonable alternative he could have alerted the state years, instead of five days, before his execution."


The family of Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto say attempts were made to sabotage his appearance at a rally in London on Sunday.

Mr Bhutto was led to safety after crowds began heckling him and throwing items reportedly including eggs, tomatoes, empty water bottles and cans.
He was attending a march asserting Pakistan's right to the disputed territory of Kashmir.
The heckling began when he took to the stage to make a speech.
His sister later tweeted that attempts were made to disrupt his speech, blaming what she described as "Indian agents" disrupting his appearance at the rally.
She tweeted: "Despite an attempt to sabotage the his speech Bilawal still gets a rousing reception."
Mr Bhutto, the son of murdered Pakistani Prime minister Benazir Bhutto, led his first major political rally in the Pakistani city of Karachi on 18 October.
Tens of thousands of people attended that rally, which correspondents say was an attempt to show the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) still has mass appeal and that it can compete with other opposition groups.
But in London on Sunday, Mr Bhutto attempted to make a speech at the so-called "Kashmir Million March" from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street, which was called to protest against alleged Indian violations in Kashmir.
When he took to the stage parts of the crowd began to chant slogans and hurl objects towards him.
Claimed by both India and Pakistan in its entirety, Kashmir has been a flashpoint for more than 60 years. The South Asian rivals have fought two wars and a limited conflict over the region.


President Robert Mugabe has said Zimbabweans failed in their responsibility to protect Cecil, a lion shot by an American hunter.

President Mugabe said his compatriots should protect their natural resources from what he called foreign "vandals".
In a speech for National Heroes Day he said: "Even Cecil the lion - he is yours. He's dead!"
The lion - a favourite at Hwange National Park - died after he was shot by Walter Palmer using a bow and arrow.
The dentist from Minnesota has said he believed the hunt was legal.
It is thought he paid about $50,000 (Â£32,000) to hunt 13-year-old Cecil, who wore a GPS collar and was being studied by Oxford University for conservation purposes.
Mr Mugabe used a speech in Harare to make his first public comments about the lion, whose death sparked international condemnation.
He said: "He was yours to protect and you failed to protect him.
"There are vandals who come from all over of course... some may be just ordinary visitors, but (there are) others who want to vandalise, to irregularly and illegally acquire part of our resources."
Prosecutors have said the lion was shot with an arrow after being lured out of its protected zone, and died from a bullet wound inflicted 40 hours later after it had suffered major blood loss.
Zimbabwe is battling to curb illegal hunting and poaching which threatens to make some of its wildlife extinct.
The country is seeking Mr Palmer's extradition.
Some commentators have criticised the attention that the death of an animal has received when the nation has endemic poverty and unemployment, and political strife and repression are commonplace.
Much of Mr Mugabe's speech was spent remembering those killed in the struggle for independence.
The BBC's Brian Hungwe reports he made startling allegations that skulls of liberation war heroes of the late 1890s were being kept as "war trophies" in a museum in the UK, which he described as the "British History Museum", an apparent reference to the British Museum.
The British Museum told the BBC that it did not have any human skulls from Zimbabwe in its collection.


A 41-year-old maths teacher has been jailed for two years for sex attacks on two teenagers.

Craig Walker admitted engaging in sexual activity with a 15-year-old boy in May 2014 while he was his tutor.
Paisley Sheriff Court heard the boy had previously been a pupil at a school in the town where Walker worked.
He was convicted of sexually assaulting the other teenager between 2006 and 2013. The court heard the attacks took place after the boy had left care.
Sheriff Seith Ireland said that due to the gravity of the offences, custody could not be avoided.
He jailed Walker, who is from Paisley, for 24 months and told him he would be monitored in the community for two years after his release.


Meryl Streep is in talks to reunite with her Devil Wears Prada co-star Emily Blunt on Disney's upcoming Mary Poppins sequel, according to Variety.

Streep is linked to the role of Mary's cousin Topsy - a role that would see her sing, as she did alongside Blunt in 2014 film musical Into the Woods.
Lin Manuel-Miranda, star of Broadway hit Hamilton, will play another new character, a lamplighter named Jack.
Rob Marshall's film is set for release on Christmas Day in 2018.
Set in Depression-era London, the film will see flying nanny Poppins make a return visit to Jane and Michael Banks, now grown-up.
Streep was seen at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia earlier this week, screaming in delight at the prospect of Hillary Clinton becoming America's first female president.
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Shares in Mattel, the maker of Barbie dolls, jumped 8% on Thursday following a report it had discussed a merger with rival Hasbro.

Hasbro, the maker of My Little Pony, approached Mattel about a deal late last year, according to Bloomberg news.
The combination of the two toy-makers would produce a company with a $20bn market capitalization as of Wednesday.
In 1996, Mattel made a $5.2bn (Â£3.5bn) offer to buy Hasbro, but the two sides failed to reach a final agreement.
Over the last few years, Mattel has lost market share to Hasbro and Denmark's Lego. Lego overtook Mattel as the world's largest toy-marker in 2014.
In its most recent quarter, Mattel reported a 4% drop in worldwide sales and expects sales to decline this year.
That is partly because Hasbro has taken over the contract to produce toys based on the Disney movie Frozen, and toys sold under the Princess brand.
Mattel estimated in 2014 that the Princess brand brought in $300m.
In an effort to boost sales of its Barbie line, Mattel introduced three new body types and seven new skin tones in January. Sales of Barbie dolls fell 10% globally in 2015.
Neither company has commented on the rumoured deal.
Hasbro's share price rose 1.5%. In afternoon trading, Mattel shares fell back and were trading up 1.6% on the day.
Hasbro reports its full-year earnings report on 8 February.


A Brexit-backing businessman rejected appeals to set up a manufacturing base in Wales in favour of Malaysia, former First Minister Rhodri Morgan has said.

He was responding to Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies, who highlighted vacuum cleaner tycoon Sir James Dyson's support as a reason to leave the EU.
Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, Mr Morgan said Sir James was not only backing Brexit, but "backing Malaysia" too.
Mr Davies said the views of a "global entrepreneur" should be heeded.
Sir James Dyson, who pioneered the bagless vacuum cleaner, caused controversy in 2002 when he announced he was closing his factory at Malmesbury, Wiltshire, with the loss of around 800 jobs.
He said at the time he had "agonised" over the decision, but said it was far cheaper to make his products in the far east.
Naming him as a leading voice for the UK to leave the EU, Mr Davies said: "James Dyson, one of the most successful entrepreneurs this country has produced, has clearly come out and said the economy will benefit from Brexit."
Mr Morgan retorted: "James Dyson is the person who decided to do all his manufacturing in Malaysia.
"We made him an offer on several occasions to try to get him to come to Wales because he couldn't hire workers in the Marlborough area of Wiltshire.
"But no, he went to Malaysia, so let's not listen too much.
"A brilliant guy, absolutely, but he doesn't manufacture anything in the UK."
Mr Davies defended the views of Sir James, saying: "He's a global entrepreneur who is bringing manufacturing back to the UK and has kept the hi-tech part of the business at the home company base in Wiltshire.
"He is a self-made individual who has clearly looked at the numbers and has clearly made that choice [to manufacture in Malaysia].
"He knows how to run a company, he knows how to make money and he knows how to employ people.  And ultimately he's a successful individual who's backing Brexit."
"Backing Malaysia too," Mr Morgan replied.
The Dyson company has been asked to comment.


A police helicopter was used to film two people "brazenly" having sex in their garden, a court heard.

The trial of two South Yorkshire Police officers and two pilots has begun at Sheffield Crown Court.
Matthew Lucas, 42, Lee Walls, 47, Matthew Loosemore, 45, and Malcolm Reeves, 64, all deny misconduct in a public office.
On other occasions people sunbathing naked and naturists at a campsite were filmed, the court was told.
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Richard Wright QC prosecuting, said the crew used their "unique viewing position [and] powerful video camera" to film people "in a gross violation of privacy."
The court heard that five people were filmed sunbathing naked, as well as naturists on a campsite, and a couple having sex in their garden.
Pilots Mr Reeves, of Farfield Avenue, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, denies two counts of misconduct in a public office, and Mr Loosemore, of Briar Close, Auckley, Doncaster, denies one count.
Police officers Mr Walls, of Southlands Way, Aston, Sheffield, denies one count, and Mr Lucas, of Coppice Rise, Chapeltown, Sheffield, denies three counts.
A fifth man, former police officer Adrian Pogmore, 50, of Whiston in Rotherham, has admitted four charges of misconduct in a public office.
Footage showed a couple having sex on their patio in July 2008 and at one point the naked woman waves at the aircraft.
Mr Wright said the couple shared Pogmore's interest in swinging and added it was "no coincidence" that the helicopter flew above "while they brazenly put on a show."
The accused deny the charges and, "in short", blame Pogmore for what happened, Mr Wright said.
A couple sitting naked by a caravan were also filmed unawares in July 2008, and the aircraft filmed a garden where a woman was sunbathing naked with her daughters in 2007.
The court heard the woman felt the filming was "a complete and utter violation of my privacy" and added: "It makes me feel sick to think that this took place."
In 2012 other naked sunbathers were filmed, the jury were told.
Statements from all except the couple filmed having sex on the patio - who did not make a statement to police - said their privacy had been invaded.
Mr Wright told the court it was a "gross waste of valuable resource".
The trial continues and is expected to last three weeks.


Edinburgh Airport has said its trial of a new flight path was a success, despite receiving complaints from residents living under the route.

A report published by Edinburgh Airport shows findings from last year's trial, which saw planes take off towards the Forth, passing over West Lothian.
The trial was held to find a way for planes to depart every minute at peak times instead of every two minutes.
It began on 25 June and was brought to early close on 28 October.
The trial route, which was called Tutur, had been due to run until the end of November 2015.
Airport officials had said flights leaving only a minute apart could relieve congestion at Scotland's busiest airport.
The report said the airport experienced a peak in complaints during the trial period with 7,934 complaints from 567 individuals.
It said analysis showed over 57% of the complaints were not about trial flights but were about aircraft operating on flight paths that have existed since the runway was built in the mid-1970s.
Meanwhile, the report claimed a large percentage of complaints came from the same people - with 40% of all complaints coming from five individuals.
No decision will be made on the new flight plan's future until the end of the year.
An Edinburgh Airport spokesman, said: "While the trial was a success, there is still work to do both technically and with our neighbouring communities.
"The majority of complaints received during the trial period came from a relatively small number of people who live in pockets of communities in West Lothian.
"While the majority of these complaints did not relate to flights on the Tutur flight path, we take our neighbours' concerns seriously.
"Our decision on Tutur will be not be taken hastily."


Tottenham have beaten Liverpool to the signing of Hoffenheim midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson, who had a spell on loan at Swansea last season.

The 22-year-old Iceland international is the first recruit for new Spurs boss Andre Villas-Boas in a deal reported to be worth £8m.
Sigurdsson was linked with a move to join former Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.
He scored seven times in 19 games on loan under Rodgers at Swansea.
Iceland manager Lars Lagerback told BBC World Service that Spurs had brought in a player with many attributes.
"He understands the game. He's good with both feet. He's not a physical player or the best tackler, but he is very fit - I've met few so skilful players who can run so much for 90 minutes. You shouldn't underestimate him when it comes to the defensive part of the game."
Lars Lagerback, Iceland manager
"He's a fantastic team player. He reads the game very well and I don't think you would find too many better link players," he told the World Football programme.
Sigurdsson was close to joining Swansea on a permanent basis before Rodgers left for Anfield, and his £6.8m transfer to the Liberty Stadium collapsed.
Michael Laudrup, who succeeded Rodgers at Swansea, conceded defeat last month in his efforts to resurrect a deal.
The move to Tottenham comes as speculation continues over the future of Spurs midfielder Luka Modric, who has been linked with a transfer to Manchester United or Real Madrid.
Sigurdsson originally moved to England in October 2005 when he joined Reading's academy.
He spent loan spells at Shrewsbury and Crewe before securing a regular place in the first team in the 2009-10 season when Rodgers managed the Royals.
Sigurdsson won the player of the year award in his first full season at Reading, before being sold to Hoffenheim for a reported £6.5m fee at the start of the following campaign.
He joined Swansea on loan in January and won the Premier League player of the month award for March.


A Japanese parliamentary panel has delivered a damning verdict after investigating the accident at the Fukushima nuclear plant which followed an earthquake and tsunami on 11 March 2011.

Although such an event should have been predicted and planned for, the panel said, it found gaping holes in safety standards and emergency procedures.
Here is an outline of key quotes, findings and recommendations from the 88-page executive summary of the Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission's report.
The earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 were natural disasters of a magnitude that shocked the entire world. Although triggered by these cataclysmic events, the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. It was a profoundly manmade disaster - that could and should have been foreseen and prevented...
Our report catalogues a multitude of errors and wilful negligence that left the Fukushima plant unprepared for the events of March 11. And it examines serious deficiencies in the response to the accident by Tepco, regulators and the government.
For all the extensive detail it provides, what this report cannot fully convey - especially to a global audience - is the mindset that supported the negligence behind this disaster. What must be admitted - very painfully - is that this was a disaster "Made in Japan."
Its fundamental causes are to be found in the ingrained conventions of Japanese culture: our reflexive obedience; our reluctance to question authority; our devotion to 'sticking with the program'; our groupism; and our insularity.
(Chairman Kiyoshi Kurokawa)
Collusion and lack of governance
The Tepco Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident was the result of collusion between the government, the regulators and [private plant operator] Tepco, and the lack of governance by said parties. They effectively betrayed the nation's right to be safe from nuclear accidents. Therefore, we conclude that the accident was clearly "manmade"...
We believe that the root causes were the organizational and regulatory systems... rather than issues relating to the competency of any specific individual.
[All parties] failed to correctly develop the most basic safety requirements - such as assessing the probability of damage, preparing for containing collateral damage from such a disaster, and developing evacuation plans for the public in the case of a serious radiation release.
Organisational problems within Tepco
Had there been a higher level of knowledge, training, and equipment inspection related to severe accidents, and had there been specific instructions given to the on-site workers concerning the state of emergency within the necessary time frame, a more effective accident response would have been possible... Sections in the diagrams of the severe accident instruction manual were missing.
Emergency response issues
The government, the regulators, Tepco management, and the Kantei [prime minister's office] lacked the preparation and the mindset to efficiently operate an emergency response to an accident of this scope. None, therefore, were effective in preventing or limiting the consequential damage.
In the critical period just after the accident, the Kantei did not promptly declare a state of emergency. The regional nuclear emergency response team was meant to be the contact between the Kantei and the operator, responsible for keeping the Kantei informed about the situation on the ground. Instead, the Kantei contacted Tepco headquarters and the Fukushima site directly, and disrupted the planned chain of command.
Evacuation issues
The Commission concludes that the residents' confusion over the evacuation stemmed from the regulators' negligence and failure over the years to implement adequate measures against a nuclear disaster, as well as a lack of action by previous governments and regulators focused on crisis management. The crisis management system that existed for the Kantei and the regulators should protect the health and safety of the public, but it failed in this function.
The central government... failed to convey the severity of the accident... [O]nly 20% of the residents of the town hosting the plant knew about the accident when evacuation from the 3km zone was ordered at 21:23 on the evening of March 11.
There was great confusion over the evacuation, caused by prolonged shelter-in-place orders and voluntary evacuation orders. Some residents were evacuated to high dosage areas because radiation monitoring information was not provided.
Continuing public health and welfare issues
[R]esidents in the affected area are still struggling from the effects of the accident. They continue to face grave concerns, including the health effects of radiation exposure, displacement, the dissolution of families, disruption of their lives and lifestyles and the contamination of vast areas of the environment. ...
The Commission concludes that the government and the regulators are not fully committed to protecting public health and safety; that they have not acted to protect the health of the residents and to restore their welfare.
Approximately 150,000 people were evacuated in response to the accident... Insufficient evacuation planning led to many residents receiving unnecessary radiation exposure. Others were forced to move multiple times, resulting in increased stress and health risks - including deaths among seriously ill patients.
"If there had been even a word about a nuclear power plant when the evacuation was ordered, we could have reacted reasonably, taken our valuables with us or locked up the house before we had left. We had to run with nothing but the clothes we were wearing. It is such a disappointment every time we are briefly allowed to return home only to find out that we have been robbed again." (Comment by a resident of Okuma, from report appendices)
Regulator failures
The regulators did not monitor or supervise nuclear safety... They avoided their direct responsibilities by letting operators apply regulations on a voluntary basis. Their independence from the political arena, the ministries promoting nuclear energy, and the operators was a mockery. They were incapable, and lacked the expertise and the commitment to assure the safety of nuclear power.
Operator failures
Tepco did not fulfil its responsibilities as a private corporation, instead obeying and relying upon the government bureaucracy of Meti, the government agency driving nuclear policy. At the same time... it manipulated the cosy relationship with the regulators to take the teeth out of regulations.
Shortcomings in laws and regulations
Laws and regulations related to nuclear energy have only been revised as stopgap measures, based on actual accidents. They have not been seriously and comprehensively reviewed in line with the accident response and safeguarding measures of an international standard. As a result, predictable risks have not been addressed.
The existing regulations primarily are biased toward the promotion of a nuclear energy policy, and not to public safety, health and welfare. The unambiguous responsibility that operators should bear for a nuclear disaster was not specified. There was also no clear guidance about the responsibilities of the related parties in the case of an emergency.
No 'cosmetic solutions'
Replacing people or changing the names of institutions will not solve the problems. Unless these root causes are resolved, preventive measures against future similar accidents will never be complete...
The underlying issue is the social structure that results in "regulatory capture," and the organisational, institutional, and legal framework that allows individuals to justify their own actions, hide them when inconvenient, and leave no records in order to avoid responsibility.


Among the half a million archive videos recently uploaded by the Associated Press news agency and British Movietone are some key moments from Africa's past.

We have selected seven highlights:
In this film Emperor Haile Selassie, exiled in the UK a year after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, speaks about his hope for the "the final triumph of justice".
He was restored to his throne in 1941, four years before the end of World War Two.
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Ethiopia's emperor and Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah were among the leaders of the pan-African movement.
This 1958 footage shows a meeting between the two men in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia - also then known as Abyssinia, when Mr Nkrumah was Ghana's prime minister - and an encounter with a pet lion.
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Nigeria's civil war began in 1967 after Biafra declared independence from the rest of the country.
In this film from 1969, Biafra's leader Colonel Emeka Ojukwu talks about how Biafran soldiers "have turned the tide of this war", but a year later Biafra's army was defeated.
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As Rhodesia's leaders were negotiating a new multi-racial future for the country - which became Zimbabwe in 1980 - bars, schools and other public places began to desegregate.
This shows desegregation in different parts of the capital in 1978, known at the time as Salisbury, black people are shown walking down one of the city's main streets which had been out of bounds to them.
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After 27 years in prison South Africa's anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela walked free in 1990.
The footage shows that moment as well as the start of his emotional address to people in Cape Town a few hours later.
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Zairean rebel leader Laurent Kabila was on his way to peace talks in South Africa in April 1997 when he spoke briefly to reporters at Lubumbashi airport.
When asked about his goal, he says he will reach the capital Kinshasa "in three weeks".  He took just a bit longer and overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko in May, become president and renamed the country the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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In this film from July 2003, Nigeria's then-President Olusegun Obasanjo flies to Liberia's capital, Monrovia, to offer his Liberian counterpart Charles Taylor asylum as a way to help end instability in the country.
Lurd rebels were besieging Monrovia and Mr Taylor was wanted for war crimes in Sierra Leone. He eventually went to Nigeria that August, but he was arrested nearly three years later and tried by a UN-backed court and found guilty.
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You can discover more old footage by exploring the AP and British Movietone archives.


Eurostar passengers experienced delays after a train hit a wild boar that had strayed onto the track.

The 14:22 service from London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord was delayed for about an hour on Sunday after hitting the animal in the Haute Picardie area of northern France.
A Eurostar spokesman said this led to minor delays as temporary speed restrictions were put in place.
He said the train arrived safely at the Paris terminus.
"The collision caused a few delays as the train was stopped to be checked," he said.
"After any collision we need to make sure everything is safe.
"There are wild boars in that area, which can take it upon themselves to roam from their area onto the track."
It is understood no-one was injured, but there has been no further information about the wild boar.
While services appeared to be running as normal by 19:30 BST, the company's website still warned passengers of possible delays.


Samir wants to be a veterinarian and Samira wants to be a dentist.

The 11-year-old Brazilian twins have just finished the school year but before they can set out on their dream careers they have to overcome some hurdles in their education.
They have missed countless schooldays this year because of frequent shoot-outs in their area.
And they are not alone.
According to the city hall education office, 129,000 students in Rio de Janeiro had classes cancelled at least once between January and October because of outbreaks of violence in the 300 or so public schools located in violent areas of the city.
The twins live in Complexo da Mare, a sprawling poor area of Rio wracked by gang violence.
"When there are shoot-outs we can't go to school," says Samir in the small house he shares with his mother, grandmother and two sisters.
"So we stop studying and stay home. What can we do?"
On other days, they were stuck at school while shots rang out around them.
The outbreaks of violence in Mare were so frequent this year that the local authorities shortened the school day to lessen the risk of students being caught in crossfire between gangs and the police.
Classes now start at 08:00 rather than at 07:15, and finish at 11:30.
"Seven AM is critical because police change their shifts, so that's when the shooting starts," explains Glauce Arzua, campaigns coordinator at ActionAid, a non-governmental organisation which works with local organisations to defend residents' rights.
But the new timetable means that students miss 75 minutes each class a day, a big setback to their education, Ms Arzua argues.
Complexo da Mare is home to about 140,000 people.
Last year, ahead of the World Cup, security forces occupied the area to implement the state's "pacification policy", which seeks to establish a permanent police presence in the area.
But the twins' mother, 46-year-old Sirlene da Silva says the "pacification policy" has actually increased tension in the area and clashes have become more frequent.
Ms Silva is on the minimum wage (around $250; Â£168 per month) and cannot afford to send her children to a private school in a safer area, so the family has little choice.
"We live in the crossfire," she says. "There's violence from criminals and violence from the police.
"When the police come in, they shoot first and ask questions later.
"When there are police operations, the kids can't go to school, the teachers can't come to class and the residents can't go to work."
The Rio authorities say extra classes are held to compensate for violence-generated gaps, and assure all schools fulfil the 200-day school year.
But the problem goes far beyond timetables.
Roberta de Sousa, 38, has been a teacher in a state school in Mare for eight years.
She says the frequent outbreaks of violence seriously undermine the children's performance and self-esteem.
"They go to school hoping it will lead to a better life, but instead, violence invades the walls. They feel that here, too, they are abandoned as citizens and aren't entitled to their basic rights," she explains.
Ms Sousa says she has had to switch classrooms or seek refuge in the school corridors for fear that bullets would come through the windows.
"I've had to teach literature with a shoot-out raging outside. It's not easy."
She is one of the teachers trained through a partnership between the state of Rio and the International Committee of the Red Cross to reduce the impact of violence on education.
Since 2009, the programme has been training teachers to deal with the violence which surrounds the pupils in both practical and psychological terms.
This ranges from drills on how to stay safe during shoot-outs to debating problems in class.
"Children don't talk about violence openly for fear of being punished," says Patricia Tinoco from Rio state's education office.
"We create a room for dialogue and this helps them deal with fear and understand what's happening."
She says that while pupils' performance has been consistently below average in troubled areas, the programme has led to improvements.
Meanwhile, Samir and Samira dream not only of their future careers but also of earning enough money to be able to leave Complexo da Mare and move somewhere safer.
Their mother hopes the constraints they are currently living under will not affect their chances of achieving their dreams
"I can't offer my children the education they deserve," she says. "It's a huge disadvantage but I have to have faith the situation will improve, or else nothing will make sense."


Michael Gove has said he chose to run for the Conservative Party leadership after deciding "reluctantly but firmly" that Boris Johnson was not capable of uniting the party or the country.

"It had to fall to someone else... I felt it had to fall to me," he said.
The justice secretary was set to back his fellow Leave campaigner. Mr Johnson pulled out after Mr Gove's switch.
Home Secretary Theresa May, who backed staying in the EU, is favourite to win the contest and become prime minister.
The other contenders are Work and Pensions Secretary Stephen Crabb, who backed Remain, former defence secretary Liam Fox, who backed leaving the EU, and energy minister and Leave campaigner Andrea Leadsom.
Nominations for the Conservative Party leadership closed at midday on Thursday.
The winner of the contest - sparked by David Cameron's decision to resign after the UK voted to leave the EU - is set to be announced on 9 September.
Mr Gove's decision to run for the leadership and Mr Johnson's subsequent decision to bow out of the contest sent shockwaves through the political world in a day of high drama.
In an interview with the BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg, Mr Gove, explaining his reasons for standing, said following last week's Brexit result he felt the country needed a leader "who believed heart and soul in leaving the European Union".
"I also believed we needed someone who would be able to build a team, lead and unite. I hoped that person would be Boris Johnson," he said.
But he added: "I came in the last few days, reluctantly and firmly, to the conclusion that while Boris has great attributes he was not capable of uniting that team and leading the party and the country in the way that I would have hoped."
Mr Gove said he had only decided to run for the leadership late on Wednesday evening, and was still to speak to Mr Johnson about his decision.
He rejected as "just not true" accusations from Mr Johnson's supporters that he had betrayed the former London mayor by deciding to stand for leader, rather than throw his weight behind him.
He said he had been "trying hard to persuade" Conservative MPs over the course of the week that Mr Johnson was the right candidate to be leader but after reflecting on conversations with colleagues "I realised it was not going to work".
"So I tried as hard as I could but last night, reflecting on this, I came to the conclusion that ultimately Boris could not build that team, could not provide that leadership and that unity.
"It had to fall to someone else. As someone who had argued consistently that we should leave the European Union, and as someone who's experienced at the highest levels in the Cabinet, I felt it had to fall to me," he said.
Mr Gove - who along with Mr Johnson was a prominent figure in the Leave campaign - also confirmed he had not discussed his decision with Chancellor George Osborne.
Echoing arguments he made during the EU referendum campaign, he said he would work to bring down immigration outside the EU to a "manageable" level, built on an Australian points-style system.
"I'll negotiate with toughness, and with great attention to detail to get the best possible deal for Britain.  It's only when we are outside the European Union that we can at last bring those numbers under control in the way that the public want," he said.
Setting out his Brexit plan, Mr Gove said he would not trigger Article 50 - the formal process for leaving the EU - until he was ready to do so.
"The decision to trigger Article 50 is in the hands of the next prime minister. If that is me, I will make a judgement as to when is right for Britain and I won't be hurried or hassled by anyone into pressing that button or triggering that article until I believe it is right for this country," he said.


A teaching assistant tied a six-year-old to a chair at a Newport special needs school, a hearing has been told.

The Education Workforce Council hearing in Cardiff was told Annette Henderson was a learning support worker at Maes Ebbw School when the incident happened on 26 January 2016.
She admitted tying the child, who has additional learning needs, to the chair using the sleeves of a hooded top.
But she denied her behaviour amounted to unacceptable professional conduct.
Presenting officer Patrick Llewelyn described "Pupil A" as a young girl who did not communicate verbally. He said the child had previously hit out at other pupils.
Another teaching assistant, Tom Green, said he saw Pupil A approach another girl and "anticipated she was going to attack her" so he distracted her.
He said he did not notice Pupil A approach the girl again but saw Mrs Henderson lead her to an adult swivel chair.
Mr Green said she sat Pupil A on the chair and tied the arms of a hooded jacket on the back of the chair "in a double knot under her arms so she could still use them but she would have been unable to get off the chair".
He said the bell rang "moments later" and Mrs Henderson left the room, and another teaching assistant, Susan Ainscough, untied Pupil A.
Giving evidence, Mrs Henderson admitted to sitting the child on the chair, but denied using a double knot.
Asked why she had done it, she said Pupil A was pushing the chair away from the table and spinning around.
"I didn't want her falling," she said.
"I know it looks bad, it wasn't done maliciously, it was not done as a restraint, it was done from a safety point of view."
Mr Green said Pupil A was tied to the chair for "two minutes maximum" and was her usual self afterwards - "smiling, happy and laughing".
Mrs Ainscough said she was in the classroom minutes before she noticed Pupil A was sitting on the chair.
She told the hearing she was "absolutely shocked" and "knew it was not correct procedure to tie a pupil to a chair".
She said the knot was "not tight in that it was digging in, but she could not have got out if she wanted to".
Mrs Ainscough said she untied her immediately, adding: "It took some time, it was tied tightly."
She also spoke of friction between Mrs Henderson and Mr Green and between Mrs Henderson and herself.
She said Mrs Henderson was "not very pleasant at times" to Mr Green.
"I think he realised perhaps he should have stopped it happening but the way Mrs Henderson had been with him he felt he couldn't challenge her about it."
But Mrs Henderson she had not been aware of any tensions between herself and the other teaching assistants.
Deputy head teacher Mark Evans said Mrs Henderson's actions were "not in line with school policy".
He said it was not a recognised intervention and was not "reasonable, proportionate or in the best interests of the child".
He said training which Mrs Henderson had taken part in was 95% de-escalation skills and 5% physical intervention.
He said the training had not been followed in this incident.
The hearing continues.


An intense conservation campaign has brought the Iberian lynx back to the south of Spain from the verge of extinction barely 10 years ago, Guy Hedgecoe reports from Spain.

At the La Olivilla lynx breeding centre in Santa Elena, in southern Spain, a group of conservationists are in an office, gathered around a TV monitor.
On it they watch an Iberian lynx cub learn to hunt by playing with a domestic rabbit in one of the centre's compounds. The lynx, the size of a small cat, is only a few weeks old but already has the sharply pointed ears and mottled fur that make the species so recognisable.
It swipes playfully at the rabbit with its paws, but still has a long way to go before it graduates to killing its own prey.
When it does, it will probably be released into the wild, following in the tracks of many other animals born in captivity here.
Just over a decade ago, the Iberian lynx, also known as Lynx pardinus, was on the verge of extinction, with only 90 animals registered, in the Andujar and Donana areas of southern Spain.
But an intense campaign over recent years has brought it back from the brink, with 327 lynxes believed to be roaming southern, central and western Spain, as well as parts of Portugal, last year.
"We're on the way to saving the species," says Miguel Simon, director of the Iberlince lynx conservation programme.
"Losing this unique natural treasure would have been as bad for us as losing the Great Mosque in Cordoba or the Alhambra in Granada."
In June, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) improved the status of the Iberian lynx from "critically endangered" to "endangered". In its appraisal, the organisation saw the mammal's recovery as "excellent proof that conservation really works".
Around 140 specimens have been released into the wild, with the Iberian wildcat programme borrowing reintroduction techniques used by German conservationists.
But this success has not been cheap. Between 2002 and 2018, the programme will have received â‚¬69m (Â£49m; $76m) in funding, mainly from the European Union.
Much of that money has gone into three breeding centres in Spain, including in Santa Elena and one in Portugal.
Teresa del Rey Wamba, a veterinarian who works on the conservation programme in southern Spain, says that prior to the animal's recent comeback, a lack of appropriate prey was a major problem, as was illegal hunting.
Clamping down on poaching and encouraging the growth of rabbit populations - the lynx's favoured food - were therefore key, with private landowners, local governments and hunting federations all supporting the programme.
But it is not all good news. Last year, 22 lynxes were killed by vehicles on Spanish roads.
Miguel Simon says that while this is a problem, it also reflects how the lynxes' movement has increased as their numbers have risen.
His team has overseen the installation of underground tunnels, custom-built for the animals to cross busy roads, and more are planned.
Of greater concern however is a recent outbreak across southern Europe of rabbit haemorrhagic disease, a highly contagious virus that has been killing off the lynxes' staple diet since 2011 and reducing their reproductive rate.
In light of this threat, the IUCN decision to take the lynx off the "critically endangered" list was incorrect, according to Emilio Virgos, a lynx expert at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid.
"If all the data we have so far about how lynxes live and survive and reproduce are correct, and we have no reason to think otherwise, the number of lynxesâ€¦ will drop drastically," he says of the outlook for the next few years.
He warns that extinction is still a possibility within decades.
While Mr Simon is worried about the rabbit virus, he describes such forecasts as "alarmist" and points to an emergency plan to boost rabbit numbers. Its success, he says, will depend in great part on continued funding.
"The battle for conservation of the lynx is never-ending," he says.


China has banned the construction of government buildings for five years, according to state media.

The move comes as part of a campaign by President Xi Jinping to show that the ruling Communist Party (CPC) is cracking down on corruption and waste.
Glitzy new government buildings, sometimes in impoverished areas, have been a source of public outrage.
The directive forbids luxury makeovers and expansions done under the guise of repair work, Xinhua news agency said.
The notice says some departments and local authorities have built huge government office compounds against regulations, tainting the image of the CPC.
Among the buildings that have attracted widespread disapproval in recent years is the western-style government office building in the city of Fuyang in Anhui province, in eastern China.
It reportedly cost 30 million yuan ($4.89m, Â£3.19m) to build and is referred to as the 'White House' by residents.
A state-owned drug company also caused outrage after photographs emerged apparently showing a building decorated to mimic France's Versailles palace, complete with gold-tinted walls and chandeliers.
Some government agencies have reportedly built luxury offices in seaside resorts where officials can stay for free or at deeply discounted prices.
The ban - described as an "across-the-board halt" - includes training centres, hotels or government motels, Xinhua said.
It also says government organisations should not receive sponsorship or donations towards construction projects, or collaborate with private companies.
"Banning the building of new government buildings is important for building a clean government and also a requirement for boosting CPC-people ties and maintaining the image of the CPC and the government," Xinhua quoted the directive as saying.
Tackling corruption has been President Xi Jinping's most high-profile policy since he became China's leader earlier this year.
He has warned that "corruption and bribe-taking by some party members and cadres" pose "severe challenges" to the Communist Party's rule.


Adam Rossington's career-best 138 not out on day three put Northamptonshire in a strong position against Sussex in their Division Two game at Arundel.

Rossington reached his fourth first-class ton off 101 balls as Northants declared on 478-5, exactly 300 ahead.
He hit 17 fours and five sixes, and was also involved in an unbroken 199-run partnership with David Murphy (60 not out) before the declaration came.
Openers Chris Nash and Ed Joyce saw Sussex to 70-0 at stumps, 230 behind.
The visitors will aim to complete their first Championship win of the season on Saturday and will hope that the bad weather which caused almost 100 overs to be lost on the first two days will not prove costly.
Murphy was one of five Northants batsmen to pass 50 in their first innings.
Earlier, captain Alex Wakely (46) failed to add to his overnight score but a fourth-wicket stand of 119 between Sean Terry (54) and Rob Keogh (75) forged a lead.


Plans to save the Isle of Man's historic horse tram service are set to go before Tynwald later this month.

Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne will propose a government buy-out, after Douglas council announced the service was no longer "financially viable".
In its final year, the council said the service ran at a loss of £263,000.
The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway was terminated in January after ferrying tourists along the town's promenade for more than 140 years.
Mr Gawne said: "I am passionate about preserving our culture and heritage and believe the horse trams should remain an integral part of Douglas Promenade."
The report, which will go to the Manx parliament on 19 July, proposes that the government buys the tram depot, trams and horses for a "nominal amount".
The next step, which would cost about £5.5m, would be to create a tram line between Derby Castle and the War Memorial.
The report also suggests that a charity could be established to help fund the service into the future.
"An independent report in 2012 revealed that heritage railways contributed £11 million to the local economy," continued Mr Gawne.
"The department is confident it can further capitalise on the success of the transport-related travel market".
The Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, which was built and originally operated by Thomas Lightfoot from Sheffield, runs along Douglas promenade for 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from the Strathallan terminal to the Sea Terminal.