Nine people remain in hospital after a rollercoaster crash at a theme park in North Lanarkshire.

Eight children and two adults were injured when the ride derailed at the M&D's park near Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, on Sunday.
Three of the children are in a serious condition. Another child has been released from hospital.
The park's owners said they were co-operating with a joint police and Heath and Safety Executive investigation.
A statement on the M&D's website said the theme park was "closed until further notice".
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed on Monday that it has four children at the Royal Hospital for Children. Three of them are in a serious condition, while one is described as stable.
One adult is in a stable condition at Glasgow Royal Infirmary, a health board spokesman confirmed.
NHS Lanarkshire said that five patients were taken to Wishaw General Hospital.
Of those, three children and one adult are said to be in a stable condition. One other minor has now been discharged, a spokesman confirmed.
Details of their injuries have not been released.
Witnesses said people were trapped upside down on the Tsunami ride when it crashed at 15:37 BST on Sunday.
The bright neon sign at the main front entrance to the M&D's theme park is still switched on and flickering away this morning but the park itself is anything but.
It is remaining closed as health and safety officials continue their investigations.
There is also a small police presence here at the site.
Katie Burns, who had just finished riding the rollercoaster, wrote on Facebook that she watched in disbelief as it derailed.
She said: "Honestly never been so scared in my life, with this weather they should not be on.
"Kids and adults are still on it upside down, it's like something out of a horror film, children crying and everything."
The park was evacuated as six ambulances and six fire engines attended the scene.
Ch Insp David Bruce said: "On arrival it became clear a series of five gondolas connected on a train on the Tsunami ride had detached from the rails, struck the superstructure and then struck the ground.
"They [the gondolas] fell less than 20 feet. It would appear that they had been coming round a bend and at that point it detached."
The ride travels at up to 40mph through corkscrew turns and loops but police could not confirm the speed it was moving at when it derailed.
A spokesman for the theme park's operators M&D's said: "As a family-run business, our thoughts are with those who have been injured and their families.
"We wish everyone a full recovery. We are co-operating fully with Police Scotland and the Health and Safety Executive on their joint investigation to ascertain the cause of the accident."
Speaking on BBC Radio Scotland, Euan McLean, a sports journalist at the Daily Record who was waiting in a queue for the ride with his 9-year-old-daughter, said people rushed to help after the crash.
"We had already been on the ride three times and nothing was amiss at all. My daughter was excited about going back on it," he said.
"The yellow car went in to the first corner at high speed and didn't turn. It just went straight off the rollercoaster, flying through a barrier and on to the concrete below.
"It was a horrendous thing to see and a horrendous sound. Some people panicked. My first thought was to get my daughter out in order for her not to see any more, but there were many, many people who just ran straight to help and they obviously deserve huge praise."
Samuel, 14, who was at the park with his family and witnessed the crash, told BBC Scotland: "I could see one of the wheels was shaking so I started to walk away from it and then it was about to turn the corner and it started heavy shaking and everyone was screaming.
"It then just fell straight of the lines. It just crashed and all you could hear was a big bang."
It is not the first time the park has experienced problems with its rides, including Tsunami.
Nine passengers, including children, were stranded for eight hours on the ride in July 2011 when it came to a halt 60 ft (18.2m) above the ground. The malfunction was blamed on a broken lift chain.
In March, eight people had to be rescued by firefighters when the park's Tornado rollercoaster ground to a halt 20 ft (6m) in the air.


A Zimbabwe deadline for all firms to transfer most of their shares to black Zimbabweans has passed, but it is not clear how many have complied.

The government had said that companies should meet the requirements of a 2008 indigenisation law by the end of March.
Theoretically, non-compliance could lead to a company losing its license.
This was a key part of Robert Mugabe's 2013 election campaign - on the basis that black people were discriminated against during the colonial era.
But it has proved controversial, with detractors saying that it could discourage much-needed foreign direct investment.
The Reuters news agency quotes the minister responsible, Patrick Zhuwao, as saying that most of the country's foreign-owned banks and mining companies have not submitted their indigenisation plans, adding that he thought they would do soon.
But Mr Zhuwao told the BBC that his ministry was currently "going through submissions made by companies [and] we don't have statistics yet" on who has complied.
Standard Chartered and Barclays are among the banks operating in the country, and Zimbabwe also hosts the mining firms Anglo American Platinum and Impala Platinum.
BBC Africa Business Report editor Matthew Davies says that an attempt to implement the law two years ago was largely ignored, but this time the government is promising action.
The indigenisation plan for businesses echoes the country's land reform programme that started in 2000.
At that time, the process of transferring around 4,500 farms held by white commercial farmers distributed to nearly 170,000 black Zimbabwean families began.
This has been widely blamed for causing Zimbabwe's economic collapse, but a 2010 study by Sussex University found that the programme had had some positive effects, and that the idea that it was a complete failure was a myth.
Zimbabwe is currently coping with the impacts of a severe drought.


Faissal El Bakhtaoui's 30th goal of the season secured victory for Scottish League One champions Dunfermline Athletic against Albion Rovers.

The hosts' Spas Georgiev and Dunfermline's El Bakhtaoui and David Hopkirk had efforts saved and Dunfermline's Ryan Wallace hit a post.
Brad McKay's header was cleared off the Rovers goal-line before El Bakhtaoui converted Joe Cardle's cross late on.
And Cardle also hit the woodwork before the end.


A woman and her three daughters have been attacked by a knife-wielding man at a holiday camp in the south of France, French media report.

All four were wounded, and the youngest of the victims was given emergency surgery because of her wounds.
A man, 37, was arrested trying to leave the scene in a vehicle after the attack, which happened around 09:30 local time (07:30 GMT) near Sisteron.
Local prosecutor Raphael Balland said the motive was still "very vague".
The mother, 46, and her daughters aged eight, 12 and 14 were regular visitors to the holiday camp at Garde-Colombe and had been having breakfast when they came under attack. All four were taken to hospital and the youngest suffered a punctured lung, reports said.
According to authorities, the suspect in custody was of Moroccan origin and had been staying on the site with his own family next door to the victims.
Although he had been in trouble with police many years ago, reports said there was no indication of a religious link to the case.
Unconfirmed reports suggested he had objected to the light clothing worn by his victims but Mr Balland said "it's all rumour, the man's not said anything".


A school called Guns Village, named after its historical links with the gun manufacturing trade, is to change its name.

The primary school in West Bromwich dates back to 1878 and the name reflects the links of its former site to the manufacture of gun parts.
But a recent spike in gun crime across the Birmingham led governors to consider a name change.
It will be known as Hanbury Primary from September 2017.
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Dawn Cooper, head teacher, said: Many visitors to the school from outside the area have expressed surprise at the school's name and frequently it is misspelt as 'Gunns' in correspondence due to the disbelief that a school carries the name 'Guns' within its title."
She claimed staff were hindered when using IT systems as use of the word "guns" would see them blocked by sites.
A petition against the change attracted several hundred signatures.
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Immediate changes are being made to improve safety on a Swansea city centre road following the death of an off duty police officer who was hit by a bus.

Sgt Louise Lucas, 41, a mother-of-three, was airlifted to hospital but later died. Her eight-year-old daughter suffered minor injuries in the incident on The Kingsway on Tuesday.
Swansea council has said it is taking action to improve safety on the road.
Temporary barriers are to be installed along the central reservation.
Cllr Mark Thomas, Swansea Council's cabinet member for environment and transportation, said: "We are now taking immediate steps to further improve safety for pedestrians by introducing temporary barriers along the central reservation on The Kingsway.
"We will also be holding urgent discussions with the police and bus operators to consider further safety measures which, subject to their agreement, may include re-routing buses and potentially changing the direction in which they travel on The Kingsway."
Swansea council dropped the speed limit to 20mph last year as an initial response to calls for improved safety on The Kingsway.
Sgt Lucas' son Grant, 21, paid tribute to his mother with a post on Facebook.
It read: "On behalf of the family, we would like to thank all friends for their support.
"I am absolutely well and truly gutted. It's mad how my mum and I became much closer over the last couple of weeks and had it all planned out!
"Mum was the best there is and was simply amazing. I love you with all my heart and WILL make you so so proud RIP Mum."
Colleagues from South Wales Police also took to social media to pay tribute to Sgt Lucas, who was based at Llanishen police station in Cardiff where she ran neighbourhood policing teams.
South Wales Police east division tweeted that the "communities of Llanishen, Rhiwbina, and Thornhill lost a police officer who really cared".
The sentiment was echoed by Alun Michael, Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales, who tweeted she was a great loss to her family, the force and the community.
Richard Jones, a special chief officer at Gwent Police, described her as an "exceptional lady", adding that he had worked with her several times.
Richard Lewis, a senior officer for territorial policing at South Wales Police, said her death was "incredibly sad".
Steve Trigg, chair of the South Wales Police Federation who had known her for a number of years, said: "She was really well respected.
"It is just a huge loss to her family, her friends and to South Wales Police."
In a statement, Chief Constable Peter Vaughan said: "Louise was a great police officer who was universally respected and was dedicated to her role of serving the communities of South Wales.
"The many tributes which have been paid to Louise are a reflection of how highly she was regarded not only by her colleagues in the police service but by the wider community."
Sgt Lucas's husband Gavin played rugby for Newport, Pontypool and Cardiff. He is also head coach at Llandaff North RFC, who have cancelled all their Easter fixtures.
A spokesman for Llandaff North RFC said: "We at the club send Gavin, the children and all Louise's friends and family our deepest condolences and warmest thoughts at this most difficult and painful of times.
"The North family stands beside you. As a mark of respect all matches scheduled for this weekend have been postponed."
Nearly 3,000 people have signed a petition calling for changes, including a return to a traditional two-way system on the road.
The current system has two lanes of traffic travelling in the same direction on one side of the road, but two lanes of traffic going in opposite directions on the other.
Tuesday's incident has been highlighted by an online petition calling for more road changes, saying: "Too many people have been injured and now a young lady has lost her life."
There have been a number of accidents on the road over the last few years and in September 2013, Daniel Foss, 37, from Reynoldston, Gower, died after being struck by a National Express bus.
First Cymru Bus said staff were "working with the police to establish exactly what happened" in the incident with a X11 bus on Tuesday shortly before 11:25 BST.
South Wales Police are continuing to investigate and witnesses are asked to call 101.


Two men who were arrested on suspicion of murder have been released after a post-mortem examination showed their alleged victim had not been murdered after all.

The men, aged 19 and 20, were arrested following the death of a 24-year-old man in Leicester on Tuesday morning.
The man was found injured at a flat in De Montfort House, Oxford Street, and taken to hospital where he later died.
Police said they were no longer treating his death as suspicious.
They have not revealed what the man's cause of death was, and said the results of the post-mortem examination would now be a matter for the coroner.
No further action will be taken against the men arrested.


Ireland women's coach Tom Tierney has picked uncapped scrum-half Ailsa Hughes for Friday's Six Nations opener against Scotland in Glasgow.

With regular skipper Niamh Briggs ruled out by injury, number eight Paula Fitzpatrick will captain the side.
Hooker Leah Lyons will earn her second cap at the Broadway Stadium.
Ulster prop Ilse Van Staden joins other uncapped players Ciara O'Connor, Jennie Finlay and Eimear Considine in the Ireland replacements.
Another Ulster player Claire McLaughlin is also named on bench.
Highfield's Lyons is joined in the front-row by props Lindsay Peat and Ailis Egan while experienced Marie-Louise Reilly joins St Mary's College player Orla Fitzsimons at lock.
The back-row will see flankers Ciara Griffin and Claire Molloy pack down with Fitzpatrick.
Uncapped Hughes will partner experienced Nora Stapleton at half-back with Sene Naoupu, Jenny Murphy, Alison Miller, Niamh Kavanagh and Mairead Coyne also named behind the scrum.
Ireland will be strong favourites against a Scottish team which has failed to qualify for next year's World Cup but coach Tierney is warning his side against complacency.
"The first game of the Six Nations is always a big challenge, as it's very difficult to know what the opposition are going to throw at you," said Tierney.
Scotland in front of their home crowd will be looking to give their fans something to get excited about, so it's really important that we go into the game fully focused."
After Friday's game against Scotland, the Irish face Italy in L'Aquila nine days later.
Donnybrook hosts the game against France on 26 February with Tierney's side facing Wales in Cardiff on 11 March before completing their campaign at home to England on 16 March.
Ireland women's team: M Coyne (Connacht); N Kavanagh (Munster), J Murphy (Leinster), S Naoupa (Aylesford Bulls), A Miller (Connacht); N Stapleton (Leinster), A Hughes (Leinster); L Peat (Leinster), L Lyons (Munster), A Egan (Belvedere); O Fitzsimons (Leinster), ML Reilly (Leinster); C Griffin (Munster), C Molloy (Bristol/Connacht), P Fitzpatrick (Leinster) capt.
Replacements: J Finlay (Leinster), I Van Staden (Ulster), C O'Connor (Connacht), E Anthony (Munster), N Fryday (Connacht), M Healy (Connacht), C McLaughlin (Ulster), E Considine (Munster)


The release of the next Star Wars film has been delayed until the end of 2017, Disney has announced.

Star Wars: Episode VIII was due to go on global release in May 2017 but instead will not be aired until the following December.
It will follow The Force Awakens, which is still showing and has become the biggest-grossing film in US history.
In the five weeks since its release, it has earned $861m (Â£607m) in the US and $1.88bn globally.
Disney did not say why the film had been delayed until 15 December 2017, but there had been speculation that the script was being rewritten.
Production is set to begin next month at Pinewood Studios, west of London.
The new release date means it could come up against another long-awaited blockbuster, Avatar 2, which is set for Christmas 2017 but could be further delayed.
Despite the bad news concerning the postponement, Star Wars fans have the consolation of the spin-off Rogue One, which is due out in December this year.
The film, starring Felicity Jones, is set in the Star Wars universe, but with new characters.
Disney will be releasing the fifth Pirates of the Caribbean film in May 2017 in the slot that would have been occupied by Episode VIII.
Daisy Ridley, who stars as Rey in the revived Star Wars franchise, will also be teaming up with director JJ Abrams at the Oscar Wilde awards on 25 February.
Ridley is to be honoured at the ceremony as she has Irish ancestry. She also shot a scene of The Force Awakens  on Skellig Michael, off the west coast of Ireland.
Abrams hosts the event, which has been held at his Bad Robot production company in Santa Monica in recent years.


Scotland is to become the first country in the world to introduce standard guidelines for dealing with concussion in sport.

It will be launched at Hampden Park in Glasgow by Peter Robinson, whose son died after a double concussion in a school rugby match.
The new guidelines are meant for people involved in sport at all levels.
Until now, each sport has had its own means of dealing with head injuries sustained during play.
The new advice has been drawn up by the Scottish government's chief medical officer, leading medics and representatives from sportscotland and several of the country's sporting bodies.
Mr Robinson, who now lives in Midlothian, has campaigned for schools and sports clubs to correctly identify concussion and to remove a player from the field at the first sign of symptoms.
His 14-year-old son Benjamin died in 2011 after getting concussion twice during a rugby match at Carrickfergus Grammar School in Northern Ireland.


Fed up of having to scroll through your Twitter feed to see what you've missed?

Fear not. The site is rolling out a recap service for its iOS app from Thursday.
The "while you were away" tweets, first mentioned in November, will appear when you open the official app on an Apple device.
Your feed will now show you a snapshot of popular or relevant tweets that you missed from accounts you follow since last checking in.
The company says the feature will be launching on its Android app and twitter.com soon.
In a blog post, Twitter explained: "Our goal is to help you keep up - or catch up - with your world, no matter how much time you spend on Twitter.
"With a few improvements to the home timeline we think we can do a better job of delivering on that promise without compromising the real time nature of Twitter."
The change was first announced by boss Dick Costolo in November.
The company's stock price rose after the announcement, something vitally important to Twitter's financial future given the competition it faces from other social media companies.
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A man who changed his name to Buzz Lightyear for charity has won a battle with the DVLA to have a driving licence in his new name.

Mr Lightyear, formerly Sam Stephens, had changed his name by deed poll but said the DVLA would not honour his request, citing reputational damage.
The 26-year-old from Devon, who also has a tattoo of the character, said he had now been issued with a new licence.
The DVLA said a "range of evidence" was needed with the application.
The spokesman said: "We recognise people may choose to change their name for many reasons. The driving licence is an important official document which is used both here and abroad.
"That is why we look for a range of evidence to support the application before we update our records."
Mr Lightyear said he wanted to do "the most outrageous thing" possible to raise money for the children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent, and chose the Buzz Lightyear theme because Toy Story was his favourite childhood film.
As part of his fundraising campaign, Mr Lightyear got a tattoo on his leg, ran the Brighton marathon in April 2015 and signed the deed poll on the finishing line when he reached his target of Â£2,000.
"Cancer's not the greatest thing and in children it's horrible", he said.
He said his original application to change his driving licence was rejected in May 2015, despite having sent the DVLA his legal paperwork.
The electrical wholesale manager described how his new name meant he had struggled to book tables at restaurants, and had had online shopping orders cancelled, but would still do another "name-changing fundraiser".
"I'm not married yet - I am looking for Mrs Lightyear", he said


An inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police's Special Demonstration Squad is being established by Home Secretary Theresa May.

It will consider the deployment of police officers in undercover roles by police forces in England and Wales.
It comes after controversy surrounding the conduct of undercover officers.
Meanwhile, a separate review into the relationship between the Home Office and the SDS says a key file is missing.
The inquiry announced on Thursday will also make recommendations about how undercover policing is conducted and will scrutinise the use of undercover officers by the now-defunct SDS and National Public Order Intelligence Unit.
Among the allegations are that undercover officers took fake identities from dead children, had relationships with campaigners and fathered children.
Mrs May said that the work of barrister Mark Ellison and Operation Herne - an investigation into undercover policing at the Metropolitan Police - has unearthed "serious historical failings" in undercover policing practices.
Mr Ellison - who in 2012 successfully prosecuted Gary Dobson and David Norris for the murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence - has been examining police corruption during the original investigation into the killing in 1993.
She added: "As I said last year, I was profoundly shocked by Mark Ellison's findings and committed to establishing a public inquiry to thoroughly investigate undercover policing and the operation of the SDS.
"While I initially said that Mark Ellison's further work and criminal investigations needed to conclude before the inquiry commences, it has become apparent that these pieces of work were much larger than initially envisaged.
"In the interest of learning the lessons of past failures, I have decided to establish the inquiry now while ensuring existing work is not affected.
"Undercover policing is an essential tactic in the fight against crime but to improve the public's confidence in undercover work we must ensure there is no repeat of these failings in the future."
This latest inquiry will be led by judge Lord Justice Pitchford.
Mrs May had announced her intention to set up a judge-led public inquiry following the report of the independent Ellison Inquiry in March last year.
That had found Scotland Yard spied on Stephen Lawrence's family.
And Operation Herne found that the SDS had carried out undercover operations to gather information on 18 justice campaigns over 35 years.
This included the campaign regarding Jean Charles de Menezes, shot by police after being mistaken for a terrorist in the days following the London Underground bombings in 2005.
The SDS was set up in 1968 to infiltrate pressure groups and remained operational until 2008.
It has been the focus of controversy over claims that some undercover officers had sexual relationships and fathered children with campaigners, to help build trust in their false identities.
Chief Constable Mick Creedon of the Association of Chief Police Officers said: "Undercover policing is a vital police tactic has saved lives, protected victims and brought dangerous criminals to justice."
He also said that the public inquiry would help make sure that the "unacceptable behaviour of some officers in the past never happens again".
"Changes have already been made to the authorisation and management of these operations.
"New training and guidance for undercover officers guidance developed with the College of Policing reinforces the need for them to meet the highest ethical standards."
The allegations about the SDS include that its officers worked to discover information about the Lawrence family, which could be used to smear them following Stephen Lawrence's death.
His father, Neville, said he would like to be fully involved in the inquiry.
He added: "I've always felt that my family were under greater investigation than those guilty of killing my beloved Stephen and so it is only natural to want to discover what was really going on."
Jules Carey, of Bindmans solicitors, which represents the woman known as "Jacqui" who had a child with an undercover officer, said: "For the inquiry to fulfil its purpose of restoring public confidence it will be vital to ensure that there is proper consultation with all interested parties in the framing of the terms of reference for the inquiry."
She also said that the inquiry must be "conducted in an open manner that allows those affected by spying to question the undercover officers and those who responsible for their deployment".
Meanwhile, Mrs May has also published an independent review of the Home Office's knowledge of SDS activities, commissioned in March last year and conducted by Stephen Taylor, former director at the Audit Commission.
Mr Taylor said it was not possible to say if a missing file regarding SDS, which would have included documents classified as "secret" and "top secret", was due to "human error or deliberate concealment".
Mr Taylor also said that "given the absence of documents and the passage of time" he could not rule out the possibility that "an individual or individuals within the Home Office" may have been aware of:


Angelina Jolie has fiercely denied playing tricks on Cambodian children while casting for a film.

The actress and UN special envoy recruited local children to star in her film about Cambodia's Khmer Rouge, First They Killed My Father.
She spoke to Vanity Fair about the film and explained how they used a casting game which involved giving money to poor children then taking it away.
The interview caused outrage, with many accusing Jolie of being "exploitative".
In it, Jolie explains how the directors looked through slums and orphanages to find actors for the film, and were "specifically seeking children who had experienced hardship".
Their casting game saw children being asked to snatch some money, and then when caught, come up with a lie for why they stole it.
"Srey Moch [who was selected for the lead role] was the only child that stared at the money for a very, very long time," Jolie told the magazine.
"When she was forced to give it back, she became overwhelmed with emotion... When she was asked later what the money was for, she said her grandfather had died, and they didn't have enough money for a nice funeral."
Jolie, who directed the Netflix film, said it was "false and upsetting" that people misinterpreted her description of the casting process.
"I am upset that a pretend exercise in an improvisation, from an actual scene in the film, has been written about as if it was a real scenario," Jolie said in a statement.
She added: "The point of this film is to bring attention to the horrors children face in war and to help fight to protect them. The suggestion that real money was taken from a child during an audition is false and upsetting. I would be outraged myself if this had happened."
"Every measure was taken to ensure the safety, comfort and well-being of the children on the film starting from the auditions through production to the present," she said.
First They Killed My Father is Jolie's directorial debut for streaming giant Netflix.
It is based on a true-life account of a survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide and is told through the eyes of a child.
Jolie told the BBC earlier this year that she hoped the film would help Cambodians speak more openly about their period of trauma.
Jolie's controversial account of casting drew outrage among many, with social media users calling it "emotionally abusive and cruel".
"Angelina Jolie has gone too far," wrote one woman on Facebook. "For someone who constantly declares her love for Cambodia and children, this was a sick and depraved stunt she pulled. Some philanthropist she is."
"Child abuse" was how one Facebook user described it, slamming Jolie's "authentic methods" of casting. "You are no longer welcome in my world. You didn't realise you were dealing with children with post-traumatic syndrome (PTSD) and poverty?"
But some fans stood by Jolie's defence.
"This all sounds like it was taken out of context," said Nathalie Anderson. "She is a humanitarian and I believe she would never traumatise children like that."
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Stiliyan Petrov can be a "big part" of Aston Villa's season after his recovery from cancer says defender Joe Bennett.

Bulgarian Petrov, 37, made his comeback on Villa's pre-season tour of Austria, just over four years after being diagnosed with acute leukaemia.
"It was really good to see him back out there," Bennett, 26, told BBC WM 95.6.
"He's obviously been through a tough time and I've got a lot of respect for him and you can see, when he's out there, he can still play football."
Former captain Petrov, who retired in May 2013, now has his sights set on making a professional return with the Championship club and has been building his fitness during pre-season with Villa.
He played the second half in Villa's 8-0 friendly win over sixth-tier club GAK 1902 on Saturday.
"He's still got it and I think Stan can play a big part for us this season," Bennett added.
Following last season's dismal relegation from the Premier League, Villa are determined to get back into the top flight as soon as possible under new owner Tony Xia.
New boss Roberto Di Matteo has already spent £3m on Bournemouth defender Tommy Elphick and has also completed deals for Reading youngster Aaron Tshibola and Italian goalkeeper Pierluigi Gollini.
And left-back Bennett, who joined Villa from Middlesbrough in August 2012, says there is a good vibe at Villa Park.
"There's a lot of positivity around the club at the moment with the new manager and owner," said Bennett, who scored from two free-kicks in Saturday's victory.
"We've got a few new players who are gelling well - I think the fans can look forward to a good season."
Bennett made 25 appearances in his first season in the Premier League with Villa but only played five times the following campaign and spent 2014-15 on loan with Championship Brighton.
He spent three months at Sheffield Wednesday last term but is now back hoping to force his way into Di Matteo's plans.
"I want to prove to the manager I can play in this league," Bennett added.
"Obviously there's competition with Jordan Amavi and Aly Cissokho - but you get that at any club and it pushes you to play better.
"Promotion is the main aim - Aston Villa need to be in the Premier League."


London Wasps have signed Italy international hooker Carlo Festuccia from Pro12 side Zebre on undisclosed terms.

The 33-year-old has 54 caps, although over half have come off the bench, and has also played for L'Aquila, Aironi and French side Racing Metro.
This is an exciting move for me
He will provide competition at hooker for Neil Cochrane and Tom Lindsay.
"It's a great bonus to bring in Carlo, who has such strong experience," said Wasps director of rugby Dai Young.
Festuccia will again join up with compatriot Andrea Masi, a team-mate at two of his former clubs, at Adams Park.
"I am delighted to join Wasps and test myself in a new environment," he said.
"I have played in the Pro12 and the Top 14 and always wanted to compete in the English Premiership, so this is an exciting move for me."


Government ministers are phoning opposition MPs in a bid to build support for Syrian air strikes, as anti-war activists hold demonstrations.

Stop the War protesters staged a sit-in outside Downing Street.
The foreign and defence secretaries are among those contacting MPs as David Cameron considers calling a Commons vote on extending strikes next week.
Jeremy Corbyn has written to Labour MPs saying he opposes action, but some in his shadow cabinet support strikes.
The prime minister has said bombing so-called Islamic State militants in Iraq will make the UK safer.
However, Diane Abbott, Labour's shadow international development secretary, told the crowd in Westminster: "David Cameron has not made the case for bombing Syria.
"At this point, I do not believe that bombing Syria will make it safe, any more than bombing Iraq made Iraq safe, bombing Afghanistan made Afghanistan safe and bombing Libya made Libya safe."
She said she hoped Labour MPs will "do the right thing".
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Actor Mark Rylance also took to the stage and said: "I fear we may be playing right into what they [IS] want - bombing more civilians - and therefore helping them recruit more desperate young men."
He was among a number of high-profile people, including film-maker Ken Loach and comedian Frankie Boyle, to sign a letter delivered to Downing Street.
Smaller protests at 20 locations across the country have also been held.
Mr Corbyn has faced warnings of resignations after he wrote to Labour MPs rejecting Mr Cameron's case for military action.
Sending out a survey to party members, he asked for their views and urged them to respond by the start of next week.
Speaking in Malta, where he is attending a Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm), Mr Cameron said the government was seeking to reassure "all sides" of the Commons over air strikes.
He said "carefully thought-through and effective action" was required against IS.
Some MPs still needed reassurance over the "vital" reconstruction work required in Syria and around the military strategy to target IS - and not other forces in Syria - the PM added.
In Parliament on Thursday, Mr Cameron set out what he called the "compelling case" for extending air strikes against IS from Iraq into Syria.
Shadow chancellor John McDonnell said MPs should be allowed to make their "own judgement".
While making clear his personal opposition to the extension of air strikes, Mr McDonnell said the "horrendous mistake" of the Iraq war had been partly due to MPs being "whipped and threatened and pushed" into supporting "something many of them did not believe in".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Any Questions, he said: "There shouldn't be any party discipline on matters like this. You should follow your own judgement on what you think is best for the constituency and the country."
"There are some issues like going to war that should be above party politics", he said.
Labour deputy leader Tom Watson said shadow cabinet members who disagreed with Mr Corbyn's position would not resign.
He hinted a free vote - allowing the shadow cabinet and Labour MPs to vote as they please - might be the best way out of the situation.
Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said there was growing "momentum" among MPs in support of extending RAF air strikes against IS in Syria.
Mr Hammond said ministers would give Tory MPs the chance to reflect on Mr Cameron's case before deciding whether to press for a Commons vote.


Gibraltar is in talks with Scotland about a plan to keep parts of the UK in the EU, BBC Newsnight has learned.

Fabian Picardo, the territory's chief minister, told the BBC he was speaking to Scotland's First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, about various options.
One possibility under discussion is for Gibraltar and Scotland, which both voted to remain in the EU, to maintain the UK's membership of the bloc.
Ms Sturgeon confirmed to the BBC that talks are under way with Gibraltar.
Northern Ireland could also potentially be included in the discussions.
"I can imagine a situation where some parts of what is today the member state United Kingdom are stripped out and others remain," Mr Picardo told Newsnight.
"That means that we don't have to apply again for access, we simply remain with the access we have today, and those parts that leave are then given a different sort of access, which is negotiated but not necessarily under Article 50," he said, referring to a provision in the Lisbon Treaty that sets out how a member state can voluntarily leave the Union.
There is a precedent for such a proposal. Denmark joined what was then the EEC in 1973, the same year as the UK and Ireland.
Greenland gained autonomy from Denmark in 1979 and seceded from the EU in 1985, following a referendum three years earlier.
Nicola Sturgeon has previously said that a second referendum on independence for Scotland is "highly likely", following last Thursday's Leave victory.
More than 95% of Gibraltarians voted for Remain on Thursday. The vast majority also want to remain in the UK.
The territory overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to share sovereignty with Spain in a referendum in 2002. Mr Picardo insisted Gibraltar's status as a British Overseas Territory should not mean giving up its membership of the EU.
"The position of the people of Gibraltar is that we've expressed, perhaps even more clearly than the Scots, what our view is going forward, what should happen - that we should continue to have access to the single market to the European Union. My obligation is to protect and promote the interests of Gibraltar and to find such partners who may be willing to do the same thing within the United Kingdom."
Following the referendum last week, Spain again raised the issue of joint sovereignty of Gibraltar.
"The Spanish flag on the Rock is much closer than before," Spain's acting Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said on Friday.
But speaking in his first broadcast interview since the referendum on Thursday, Fabian Picardo said any claims by Spain to the territory would be dismissed out of hand.
"Anybody who thinks that this is a time to propose joint sovereignty or that they're going to get any millimetre of advantage in respect of the sovereignty of Gibraltar is completely wrong. They shouldn't waste their breath, they shouldn't waste their time, they shouldn't waste the time of the European people as we try to navigate this issue that has been presented to us on Friday morning."
Gabriel Gatehouse is in Gibraltar for BBC Newsnight. Watch his report on the programme at 22:30 BST on BBC Two.


Morocco have been banned from the next two Africa Cup of Nations after failing to host this year's tournament.

The country's football federation was also fined US$1m (£650,000) and ordered to pay 8m euros (£5.9m) in damages.
Morocco had expressed concerns about hosting this year's event following the outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa.
They asked for the tournament to be delayed until 2016, but the Confederation of African Football (Caf) rejected the request.
Equatorial Guinea were named as replacement host for the 16-team event, while Morocco, who had qualified as hosts, were expelled.
Caf also fined hosts Equatorial Guinea US$100,000 (£65,000) for crowd trouble during Thursday's Africa Cup of Nations semi-final loss to Ghana.
Tunisian Football Association president Wadie Jary was also banned from all activities by Caf after his organisation failed to apologise for accusing African football's governing body of cheating.
Tunisia made the allegations after being beaten by quarter-final opponents Equatorial Guinea in controversial circumstances.
The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finishes on Sunday, when Ghana and Ivory Coast meet in the final in Bata.


More than 2,500 bridges in England are not fit to support the heaviest lorries, a study has found.

The RAC Foundation discovered 2,512 council-maintained bridges are not suitable for 44 tonne vehicles.
Devon County Council has the highest number of substandard bridges with 249, followed by Somerset (210) and Essex (160).
Councils currently have plans to repair just 416 of them nationally, blaming a shortage of funds and a lack of skills.
Many of the structures have weight restrictions in place, while others have to be closely monitored.
Some have also been put in a managed decline, researchers found.
RAC Foundation director, Steve Gooding, said: "In the face of growing traffic volumes and ageing infrastructure the danger is that without an adequate long-term funding settlement we will see more rather than fewer bridges with weight restrictions, with the backlog bill getting bigger all the time."
In September, a Grade 1 listed bridge in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, was closed for months after it was driven over by a lorry more than 10 times heavier than its weight limit.
Last July a driver was fined after he ignored eight warning signs before driving a lorry more than six times the weight limit over Swarkestone Bridge, Derbyshire, which is an ancient monument.
Almost half (47%) of bridges managed by Slough Borough Council are inadequate, more than anywhere else in England, followed by Bristol (37%).
The cost of clearing the backlog of work on all bridges is estimated to be Â£3.9bn.
The survey was carried out in partnership with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport.


A vicar who believes socks are an "instrument of Satan" has been turned away from a bar for wearing sandals.

The Reverend Andrew Dotchin was told he could not go into The Wine Bar in Tacket Street, Ipswich, by a doorman due to health and safety fears.
The vicar of Whitton said he was "gutted" as "dog collars and sandals" are what vicars wear.
A Wine Bar spokesman said it was "unfortunate" but a man in sandals had previously cut his foot.
Mr Dotchin had been to a beer festival with friends on Easter Sunday when they then decided to go to the bar.
"We were stopped dead - sorry, we don't let sandals in here," said Mr Dotchin.
"It's the old health and safety rules - we serve in glass and the glass might break and hurt your toes."
The vicar said he always wears sandals in line with what the Bible says but joked the doorman might not have liked the sight of his feet.
"A few of my school friends were on the side of the bouncer," he said.
"The Bible says how beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news - not these feet, no.
"Socks are an instrument of Satan - if you look at any pictures of stained glass windows, look at the toes - no-one in heaven is wearing socks.
"Jesus says only wear sandals in Mark ch 6 v 9. I am practising for heaven."
The Wine Bar spokesman said: "There is no hard and fast policy. On that evening it was fairly busy.
"It was on a bank holiday we had a gentleman wearing sandals who cut his foot.
"It was just unfortunate Mr Dotchin was at the bar on that particular evening."


Manager Brendan Rodgers has quashed speculation linking Derby midfielder Will Hughes with a move to Liverpool.

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The Reds have been heavily linked with the 18-year-old midfielder, who has hugely impressed Rodgers.
"I read we had put in a bid or something had been agreed but there has been nothing," said the Liverpool boss.
"I think he is a wonderful young talent who just needs to play football and for me he is probably at the best place he could be."
He added: "I don't normally comment on speculation but [I will] because I have the interest of the player at heart."
Hughes, who came through the ranks at Derby, scored in England U21's 9-0 win over San Marino in midweek.
"This is a very talented young player that either a person or a group of people aren't doing him any favours whatsoever by constantly linking him with coming to Liverpool," said Rodgers.
"This is a young kid learning the game - he is at an outstanding club at Derby, he has a great manager there and we sent one of our young players [Andre Wisdom] there to develop and learn."
Hughes, who joined the Rams from local rivals Nottingham Forest at the age of 12, made his first team debut in November 2011 as a 16-year-old.
So far this season he has made 18 appearances for the Championship side, scoring four goals.


An east Belfast community restorative justice group with links to the Ulster Defence Association (UDA) has taken the first step towards being fully recognised by the government.

The Resolve scheme is less than two years old.
It is thought to be the first of its kind to emerge that is linked to the loyalist paramilitary organisation.
Criminal Justice Inspection's Brendan McGuigan said the scheme was making a useful contribution.
"It is very significant in the sense that it is the first of the schemes to come forward with links from the UDA constituency," he said.
"Community-based restorative justice schemes have been operating now for approximately 16 to 17 years, but have only been formally accredited over the last nine years."
"Some of them are from republican backgrounds, others are from loyalist backgrounds, but mainly the UVF (Ulster Volunteer Force) constituency as opposed to the UDA."


Derby County have signed Guinea international Abdoul Camara from French Ligue 1 side Angers for a fee which is believed to be £1.25m.

The 25-year-old can play on the left wing or up front and has agreed a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Camara told told BBC Radio Derby: "I am happy to be here. Playing in England is my dream. I am ready to be here.
"I am a quick player. I like dribbling and to make a difference to the team but I also like to defend."
Camara began his professional career in France and represented them at under-17, U18 and U21 level.
But he opted to play for Guinea as a senior international and has featured 10 times for his country of birth, scoring four goals.
Camara, whose transfer fee was not officially disclosed, added: "I know Derby are a team who have ambition and I have ambition. I want to help the team go to the Premier League."


The secretary of state has said she cannot rule out Westminster legislating on welfare matters in Northern Ireland.

Theresa Villiers is meeting the NI parties following Tuesday night's rejection of the Welfare Reform Bill.
Sinn Féin, the SDLP and the Green Party made a petition of concern, a blocking mechanism, that meant it did not get the required cross-community support.
Sinn Féin's Martin McGuinness it would be "huge mistake" for Westminster to take control of welfare in NI.
On Wednesday, the secretary of state said: "In this situation it means looking at a range of options, some of which are certainly options we wouldn't want to choose in the best of circumstances.
"But I think I can't rule out action on this at Westminster, but we're some way away from that as we speak, there is still more that can be done to try and reach a resolution through the devolved institutions."
Sinn Féin's Mr McGuinness said it would be unacceptable for Westminster to take over Northern Ireland welfare powers.
"I'll be meeting Theresa Villiers in the morning and I'll be telling her that would be a huge mistake," he said.
The DUP's Sammy Wilson said the welfare reform bill was now dead
"The financial consequences which stem from that are going to roll out not just this year, but next year and the year after that. We're entering uncharted waters," the DUP's Sammy Wilson said.
"I think the only answer for this, since there's not the maturity amongst the nationalist parties in the assembly to deal with this issue, the government must now take on the welfare reform issue itself.
A majority of 58 assembly members voted in favour and 39 voted against the bill to make changes to benefits that have been introduced in the rest of the UK. But the bill was defeated by a petition of concern supported by nationalist parties and the Green Party.
The measure was designed as a way to safeguard minority rights in Stormont's power-sharing assembly.
If a petition of concern is presented to the assembly speaker, any motion or amendment will need cross-community support.
In such cases, a vote on proposed legislation will only pass if supported by a weighted majority (60%) of members voting, including at least 40% of each of the nationalist and unionist designations present and voting.
Effectively this means that, provided enough MLAs from a particular community agree, that community can exercise a veto over the assembly's decisions.
There were several mitigation schemes in the bill that would have lessened its impact.
David Ford of the Alliance Party said it was not clear what would happen now. "Within the next couple of weeks we have to resolve the budget issue, not just the June monitoring round - the reallocation between departments in year - but actually to pass the bill to allow departments to spend money in the second half of the financial year," he said.
"So that's a measure of the crisis we're in, that has to be resolved and it's unclear at this stage how that will be resolved."
Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt said Sinn Féin was making the vulnerable in Northern Ireland suffer for their political aspirations in the Republic.
"We now stand closer than ever to the point where we witness the death of democracy in Northern Ireland. This will come when duly elected politicians have to hand over power to a civil servant," he said.
TUV leader Jim Allister said "the chickens are coming home to roost in the failure of mandatory coalition".
Shadow NI secretary Ivan Lewis said: "All Northern Ireland's parties have to accept responsibility for making the difficult choices necessary to set a viable budget as a matter of urgency."
The Northern Ireland parties had agreed a deal on Westminster's welfare reform measures in the Stormont House Agreement last December.
However, Sinn Féin withdrew its support in March.


Comedian and actress Amy Schumer is to perform her stand-up show in the UK for the first time later this year.

The Trainwreck star will appear first at the Edinburgh Playhouse on 30 August, as part of a European tour.
She will then play Manchester Apollo on 3 September and London's O2 Arena the following night.
The 35-year-old tweeted news of the eight-city tour, which also includes a date in Dublin on 26 August, saying: "I'm going abroad!"
Tickets for the UK dates go on sale on 10 June.
The comic has won a number of awards for her TV series, Inside Amy Schumer, including an Emmy for best variety sketch series and Critics' Choice award for best actress in a comedy series.
She will next be seen on the big screen in drama Thank You For Your Service, looking at how post traumatic stress disorder affects soldiers returning home from war, due for release later this year.
She is also currently working on an untitled mother-daughter comedy alongside Goldie Hawn.


The US regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has launched an investigation into whether drinks company Diageo has been shipping excess stocks to customers to boost results.

Sending customers more cases than they had ordered would allow Diageo to report higher sales than were placed.
Diageo said it was "working to respond fully to the SEC's requests for information in this matter".
Shares in Diageo closed down 2.1% at £18.66 following the news.
The US market accounts for nearly $18bn of Diageo's annual sales.
But sales in the region have been falling since 2011.
Diageo - which makes drinks including Smirnoff vodka, Guinness and Johnnie Walker whiskey - saw its share price surge last month on reports of a possible £50bn takeover bid from the Brazilian billionaire Jorge Paulo Lemann and his private equity partners.
In the second half of last year the world's biggest distiller of Scotch whisky reported a sharp fall in sales in some of its key markets.
Diageo said profits fell by 18% to £1.7bn, while overall sales were down 1%.
Trading conditions in parts of Europe and Russia, described as "tough" at the start of the year by the company, are thought to remain difficult.


French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed a radical overhaul of the country's government.

Speaking at the historic Palace of Versailles, he said he planned to cut the number of lawmakers by a third.
Doing so would produce a more efficient government and put France on a "radically new path", said Mr Macron.
The French president says he has a broad mandate after sweeping wins in presidential and parliamentary elections this year.
If his proposed changes were not passed by parliament within a year, he said he would take the decision to a referendum.
In his 90-minute speech, the 39-year-old leader vowed to return a "collective dignity" to France.
"In the past, procedures have taken preference over results, rules over initiative, living off the public purse over fairness," he said.
The proposed cuts would reduce the number of National Assembly members from 577 to 385, and the numbers of Senate members from 348 to 232.
He also said:
Mr Macron is not the first president to convene a session at Versailles, the grand 17th Century palace outside Paris built by Louis XIV, "the Sun King".
The decision to convene Congress at the palace has come in for criticism, however, and has provided further material for critics of Mr Macron who have accused him of aloofness.
While he engaged freely with the press during his electoral campaign, he has made little contact since, and will not conduct the traditional presidential interview for the 14 July national holiday, Bastille Day.
Three parties, including Jean-Luc Mélénchon's far-left France Unbowed, boycotted the event. Mr Mélénchon accused Mr Macron of "crossing a line with the pharaonic aspect of his presidential monarchy".
The front page of Monday's Libération showed an image of Mr Macron as Jupiter, the god of gods, holding forked lightning. Expressing concern, the centre-left newspaper said the session in Versailles was the latest manifestation of the president's authoritarian nature.
Mr Macron's La République en Marche (LREM) party began life only in April 2016, but the former finance minister swept to victory in the second round of the presidential election on 7 May.
A month later, his party and its allies went on to claim 350 of the 577 seats in parliamentary elections, a win he says has given him the mandate to push through wide-ranging social and economic reforms.
Meanwhile, police have confirmed that a suspected far-right extremist has been charged with plotting to kill Mr Macron at the Bastille Day parade later this month.
The style of the Macron presidency is becoming clearer. He thinks that Charles de Gaulle, founder of the Fifth Republic, got it right: France's head of state should be distant, surrounded by symbolism and mystique, above the fray.
That is why he decided to call this exceptional joint session of the Senate and the National Assembly - to set out to lawmakers from his position of supreme authority what he expects of them in the years to come.
Of course it's convenient that the session took place in Versailles, a place of monarchical associations like no other.
Emmanuel Macron feels the presidency was debased by his predecessors, who either interfered too much in the detail of policy, or pandered to the media.
He wants to stop that, but critics are already saying he is getting above himself - and assuming powers he should not have.


The owner of a 16th Century stately home that was severely damaged by fire in a suspected arson attack has died.

Michael Treichl, 69, who owned Parnham House in Beaminster, Dorset, died "having suffered severe depression", a spokesman, on behalf of his family, said.
The blaze at the family home happened in the early hours of 15 April.
No-one was inside the property at the time, police previously said.
A 68-year-old man, from Beaminster, was arrested on 19 April on suspicion of arson.
Other media reports, including in the Dorset Echo, said the arrested man was Mr Treichl, but police have refused to confirm this.
A spokesman said: "Dorset Police is aware of recent media reports about a death abroad in relation to Parnham House.
"We are awaiting formal confirmation of the details which may take some time.
"Once this has been received, officers will look into whether the investigation will be affected."
The family spokesman said Mr Treichl "enjoyed a long and distinguished career in finance" and added his wife Emma, their two children and his two step-children were "devastated" by his death.
Parnham House was described as "architecturally brilliant" in a 2009 Dorset Life article.
It was home to the Strode family, prominent aristocrats, for about 200 years.
It was later used as a country club and nursing home. In 2001 it was refurbished by a private owner.
Much of the current design was created in 1810 by John Nash, an architect who worked on the 19th Century enlargement of Buckingham Palace.


An eight-year-old boy has died and two 10-year-olds have been injured in a "tragic accident" involving a falling headstone at a cemetery in Glasgow.

Ciaran James Williamson died after the incident at Craigton Cemetery, in Cardonald, at about 19:25 on Tuesday.
He was pronounced dead at Yorkhill Hospital, where one of the 10-year-olds is in a stable condition. The third boy was later released from hospital.
Police said they were not not treating the incident as suspicious.
In a short statement issued by police, Ciaran's family said: "We would like to take this opportunity to inform you that our son Ciaran James Williamson sadly passed away in a tragic accident at Craigton Crematorium.
"We would respectfully ask that you respect our privacy at this distressing time."
Det Insp Tom McKean, of Police Scotland, said: "This is such a tragic set of circumstances and our thoughts are with Ciaran's family.
"Inquiries are ongoing, however the incident is not being treated as suspicious and a full report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."


The authorities in Saudi Arabia have arrested two human rights activists so far this year, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International say.

Essam Koshak and Ahmed al-Musheikhis were summoned for questioning by police in Mecca and Qatif last week.
Officials have not disclosed the reasons for the detentions.
But HRW said they "fit a pattern of ongoing repression" against peaceful advocates and dissidents, at least 25 of whom have been convicted since 2011.
Many have been handed sentences as long as 10 or 15 years after being found guilty of charges including "breaking allegiance with the ruler", "sowing discord", "inciting public opinion", "setting up an unlicensed organisation", and violating the cybercrime law.
Mr Koshak was detained after being summoned for interrogation by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Mecca on 8 January.
The 45-year-old was not allowed to appoint a lawyer and was being questioned about his Twitter account, which he mainly used to tweet about human rights issues, according to Amnesty.
Mr Musheikhis, a founding member of the unregistered Adala Centre for Human Rights, was telephoned by CID officers and told to report to a police station in Qatif, in Eastern Province, on 5 January. He was subsequently transferred to the city of Dammam, where he remains in custody.
Amnesty said the 46-year-old was known for his work including helping relatives of those detained in Eastern Province as part of protests by members of the kingdom's Shia Muslim minority against what they say is discrimination against them by the Sunni-led government.
Mr Musheikhis' brother, Yussuf, was sentenced to death in January 2016 after being convicted of offences including "armed rebellion against the ruler". Amnesty said Yussuf al-Musheikhis was convicted after a grossly unfair trial at which he claimed he was tortured into "confessing".
Amnesty said another activist, Issa al-Nukheifi, had been detained in Mecca since 18 December after being summoned for questioning about his tweets.
"Saudi Arabia's relentless persecution of human rights defenders is a blatant campaign aimed at deterring them from speaking about the human rights situation in the country and working on behalf of victims of violations," said Lynn Maalouf of Amnesty's Beirut office.
The Saudi government has in the past insisted that its judiciary is independent, and that all trials are transparent and in line with Islamic law.
HRW also reported on Tuesday that the Saudi authorities had recently banned Jamal Khashoggi, one of the country's most prominent journalists, from publishing any of his writings in the country.


In China there are people who are very difficult for the foreign media to talk to.

Those campaigning for political change are monitored and are often out of bounds. So too are the leaders of unofficial churches.
But you would not perhaps think that the parents of dead children, killed in one of the most destructive earthquakes on record, would be treated in the same way. Yet they are.
This Sunday will mark the fifth anniversary of the deaths of Zhao Yaqi and Zhao Yajia, the 15-year-old twin daughters of Zhao Deqin.
They were killed when their school building collapsed, just two of the more than 5,000 young lives taken in the same way by the Sichuan earthquake.
It struck at 14:28, when classrooms across the province were full.
To meet Ms Zhao, we had to use an unregistered mobile phone to call an intermediary. We then met that intermediary at a train station before being escorted to Ms Zhao's home.
Our interview was conducted amid the fear that it could be interrupted at any time.
"It's like being treated as a spy," she said. "I've never intended to seek trouble with the government or acted against it. I simply miss my daughters, but I've been beaten up. What kind of life are we living?"
The Sichuan earthquake left up to 90,000 people dead and millions homeless.
But it was the collapse of so many school buildings that mixed anger and recrimination into the grief.
Ms Zhao says she wants a full, public investigation into whether shoddy construction was partly to blame.
These demands, as well as her claims that she has not received the promised compensation, have brought her close attention from the authorities.
And she is not alone. We exchanged messages with one mother who said her water and electricity have been cut off for more than two weeks in the run-up to this anniversary.
And in the town of Juyuan, we met a man who lost a daughter in the same school as Ms Zhao's children.
He pointed to a man standing outside his home, stationed there to watch him, he said.
So we decided to move on, but shortly afterwards we were intercepted by the police and taken to a government office.
They told us that if we wanted to speak to families, they would choose them for us. For an hour we tried to convince them to let us continue, but they were insistent.
"The families don't want to dwell on the past," they said. The foreign media should focus on the recovery and reconstruction.
And so our guided tour began. We were taken to see some of the hundreds of thousands of new homes that have been built.
And we were introduced to people like Tang Fuying in the town of Cui Yuehu, who seemed genuinely grateful for the help they received, regardless of the constant presence of the officials lurking in the background.
"This house is much better than the one destroyed in the earthquake," Ms Tang said. "I used to have to burn grasses to cook, but now I just turn on the gas."
That the reconstruction effort has been extensive is beyond dispute.
Millions of tonnes of concrete have been poured into the new roads and bridges and apartments, as well as 3,000 new schools.
The town of Beichuan, one of the worst affected, has been completely rebuilt a short drive away down the valley.
It is a modern, comfortable development, with residents playing ping-pong outside in the warm Sichuan evening.
But their old town has been preserved, left as it was after the earthquake, as a memorial.
Visitors can still see the twisted, buckled streets and the piles of rubble that used to be offices and residential tower blocks.
Some are leaning at seemingly impossible angles, and in parts where the external walls have been destroyed, you can see inside.
There is a bed and a table left in a rubble-strewn room, and a school desk on a now sloping floor, just as they were on 12 May 2008.
The town, under the fluttering national flag, is also a symbol of how the Communist Party would like the earthquake to be remembered, as a victory of resilience over adversity.
That it was an overwhelming force of nature is of course beyond dispute.
But the idea that human culpability may have also played a role in the collapse of so many public buildings, especially schools, is still seen as dangerously subversive.
"It is like the sky has fallen down," Zhao Deqin says. "My husband still dreams about our daughters every night and wakes up in tears."
She wants to know for certain whether anyone is responsible for their deaths.
And whatever the answer to that question, one thing is clear. Her story is one that China still does not want the world to hear.


The creator of an app that posted spam to peoples' Instagram accounts has said he made "a terrible mistake".

Turker Bayram's InstaAgent app was pulled from Apple and Google's stores after another developer flagged it was copying users' names and passwords for the photo-sharing service.
But although InstaAgent used the logins, Mr Bayram denies saving them.
One expert said sending the passwords to an unknown server was still "highly unorthodox".
InstaAgent had topped the free app charts in several countries, including the UK, before it was blocked.
The software promised to let users see who had viewed their Instagram profiles.
But on Tuesday, David Layer-Reiss - a German iOS developer - posted a series of tweets that included evidence InstaAgent was "hacking" people's details.
Mr Bayram failed to explain his actions when he was phoned by the BBC the next day, but later posted a statement online in broken English.
In it, he said he had been working on a new way to promote the service.
The app had charged people a fee if they wanted to see more than three people who had looked at their pictures.
Mr Bayram explained he had been working on a feature that would have unlocked full access for free if device owners let an advert for InstaAgent appear in their feeds, but said he had decided not to activate it.
"It was not a good idea," he acknowledged.
"We didn't publish because we learned that Instagram wasn't allowing private APIs [application program interfaces] for third-party applications' usage."
He added, however, that for reasons he "couldn't understand" the code still started posting the ads to some people's accounts.
"It was a terrible experience for us. Because our application has removed both mobile markets," he wrote.
But he said people who had downloaded the app should not be concerned.
"Nobody's account [was] stolen. Your password [was] never saved [to] unauthorised servers.
"But again and again we apologise... [and in the future] we must read service providers' policies carefully."
Instagram - which is owned by Facebook - has advised users against using such bolt-on services.
"Anyone who has downloaded this app should delete it and change their password," a spokeswoman said.
Security consultant Alan Woodward added that he still had concerns.
"Offering users an app to see who has viewed their profile is a classic way of scamming users into installing malware," he said.
"For a third-party app to send your password to an external server is at best a way of circumventing the policy of that social media service. At worst it is simply a means of grabbing your password for nefarious purposes.
"The particular way in which this app was sending user credentials to an unknown server seems highly unorthodox."


Derry City ended their three-game losing league run when they drew 1-1 away to one-from-bottom Sligo Rovers.

Rovers top scorer Kieran Sadlier shot the hosts into the lead on the half hour after the City defence failed to clear Craig Roddan's cross.
Derry got level just six minutes later when Conor McDermott's effort was deflected in by Kyle Callan-McFadden for an own goal.
It was Derry's first goal in 310 minutes of football.
Cathal Farren blazed over the crossbar seven minutes from time as Derry tried to find a late winner.
New Sligo boss Gerard Lyttle was introduced to the home supporters before the kick-off.
The 39-year-old from Belfast was appointed on Friday, having resigned from Irish Premiership club Cliftonville to become Dave Robertson's successor.
Declan McIntyre continued as caretaker boss for Saturday's game.


David Cameron is to spell out his case for reforming the EU as he prepares for next week's crunch summit in Brussels.

He is expected to use a speech in Hamburg, Germany, to set out the "wider agenda" behind his renegotiation of Britain's EU membership.
It is his final major speech before next week's meeting of EU leaders where he hopes to secure agreement for the renegotiation of the UK's membership.
It comes as 130 Tory councillors urged him to admit his EU talks had failed.
The prime minister. who spoke to his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy on the phone before leaving for Germany, is keen to get a final deal in place in time for him to put the new terms of membership to the British public in a referendum in June.
Speaking in Brussels ahead of a meeting of EU finance ministers, Chancellor George Osborne said there was a "real prospect" of reaching an agreement next week.
But his French counterpart Michael Sapin warned that nothing in the deal could stand in the way of further eurozone integration or confer special status on a particular industry, such as financial services.
The UK is seeking legal protection for the City of London from new regulations that would apply across the whole of the EU, including non-eurozone countries.
The BBC's Brussels correspondent Ben Wright said Angela Merkel, who will speak to Mr Cameron later, had been advising him on what is and isn't possible in his renegotiation while making it clear she wants a settlement that keeps Britain in the EU.
Downing Street said Friday's visit, including the speech at 21.00 GMT would be about "setting out the case, talking through the proposals, talking about where we are, reminding people of some of the reasons why we are taking this course of action".
Donald Tusk, the European Council president who is brokering the talks on the UK's renegotiation process, has warned that the political process remains "very fragile", with some leaders still harbouring reservations about the plan, particularly over limits on welfare payments to new EU migrants.
He has cleared his diary in order to hold talks with some of the sceptics - said to include French president Francois Hollande, Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras, Romanian president Klaus Iohannis and Czech premier Bohuslav Sobotka - ahead of the summit.
Negotiations on the final wording of the deal - which includes an "emergency brake" on benefit payments to EU migrants and a UK opt-out from "ever closer union" - look set to carry on right up to the summit.
Mr Osborne said getting "the right relationship" between countries that use the single currency and those outside the eurozone, such as the UK, was vital for boosting financial stability across Europe and further afield.
"Getting this all right is absolutely essential to make sure we protect the citizens of the EU and of course, from my point of view, protect the citizens of Britain," he said.
Mr Sapin said there would be a "dialogue" over the UK's desired changes in this area but some fundamental principles could not sacrificed.
"Economic and monetary union is going to get deeper - must get deeper. There can't be a veto, no mechanism that will slow down this deepening of the economic and monetary union," he said.
And he said the foundations of the single market had to be protected.
"It's the same everywhere - across the whole territory of 28 (members) - whatever the product, but particularly when it comes to financial products.
"We don't want any clashes, nothing to jeopardise this single financial market. The legislation may be different, but the effect must be the same across the whole European territory."
Conservative MP Mark Field, whose constituency includes the City of London, said there was a "tussle" going on over the status of Europe's largest financial centre within a changing EU and that while the City would still prosper if the UK left, most senior figures there wanted the UK to remain.
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More than 130 Conservative councillors have warned the prime minister risks splitting the party unless he accepts his renegotiation has failed and he campaigns for Britain to leave the EU.
"You made clear that if you did not get the deal you wanted in Europe you would not rule out campaigning for Britain to leave the European Union yourself, and we hope you will now unite your party and Britain in doing so," they wrote in a letter to the Daily Telegraph.
Former shadow chancellor Ed Balls told the BBC that the economic and migration challenges which have beset Europe in recent years had been a "disaster" for the EU's standing in the UK and he expected a gradual erosion of the core principle of freedom of movement in the future.
But the Labour politician told Radio 4's Today he backed David Cameron's argument that "British influence can be used to make real change in Europe".


A record number of teenagers are ending up in Welsh hospitals after being diagnosed with an eating disorder.

In 2013-14 there were 75 girls and three boys admitted for care, aged between 13 and 19-years-old.
The number being treated was up 8% on the previous year - and represents an average increase in admissions of 36% over a decade.
The Welsh government said new "community intensive" treatment teams would help tackle the problem.
Campaign group, Cwtched, which is calling for a specialist eating disorder unit to be established in Wales, says current support and treatment is patchy.
"As far as provision is concerned, I think you would find that it's in pockets, [dependant on] wherever you are living. A post code lottery, if you like," said Cwtched's Sian Pierce.
Former anorexia patient, Keira Marlow, 23, from Brecon, Powys, said teenagers can be particularly at risk, especially girls - who make up over 90% of the cases referred to hospital.
"I think you can be quite vulnerable to it because of all the pressure you are under - handling school and dealing with growing up and dealing with all of the changes that are happening," she said.
Eating disorder charity Beat said the "great lack" of information about instances of the eating disorders meant it was impossible to be sure of the size of any actual increase in cases.
It said the latest figures could reflect "better and swifter diagnosis by GPs" and other parts of health and social services.
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Keira Marlow, 23, from Brecon, Powys, was admitted to a general psychiatric hospital following her anorexia diagnosis at 17.
She said: "It was just so wrong. I was the youngest person there. Nobody else there had an eating disorder. Everyone else had a serious mental illness, like schizophrenia.
"Even the nurses said they had never seen someone with an eating disorder before. I just ate to get out."
The Welsh government said it had invested in improving treatment provision, with community treatment for those over 18 receiving Â£1m a year.
Since 2013, an extra Â£250,000 a year has also been made available to improve treatment for children and young people.
"The extra funding has enabled the recruitment of specialist staff, improved training for existing staff, created extra outpatient clinics and the increased the availability of high care beds in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services," a government spokesperson said.
"From this month community intensive treatment teams will be available across Wales, meaning many more young people with eating disorders and other disorders can be cared for in their community without need for hospital admission."


High Street retailer Wilko is facing a potential multimillion-pound fine after an accident in one of its stores left a worker paralysed.

Corisande Collins, 23, from Glenfield, was crushed when a 6ft (1.8m) metal cage full of paint toppled on top of her at a store in Leicester, in 2013.
She suffered a spinal fracture and has to use a wheelchair.
Wilko admitted liability and failing to ensure the health and safety of its employees, at Leicester Crown Court.
Ms Collins, who had just completed the first year of a degree at Northampton University, was working part time at the Wilko store in Leicester's Beaumont shopping centre.
In August 2013, the student was pulling a roll cage overloaded with 230kg (507 lbs) of paint out of a lift, which was not even with the shop floor, when it toppled over on top of her, the court heard.
An air ambulance took her to hospital where doctors later told her she would never walk again.
Prosecuting, Bernard Thorogood said it was a "high culpability case" as there was no risk assessment for the lift or the use of the roll cages.
There was also "inadequate training and supervision" and all employees over time were exposed to this "significant risk".
Ms Collins said in statement that despite the store taking responsibility it would never make up for the fact she lost the use of her legs.
She added that her injuries would not stop her achieving what she wants in life.
The store said in a statement: "From the outset Wilko has accepted full responsibility for the consequences of this tragic accident involving one of their team members.
"We are truly sorry that this incident happened and for the impact it made on our team member and those around them."
The firm will be sentenced at a later date.


A washing machine has been launched for the Indian market, with a special mode to tackle curry stains.

Panasonic said the introduction of a 'curry' button followed complaints from customers struggling to fully get the food off their clothes.
It says development took two years, testing combinations of water temperature and water flow.
The machine has five other cycles aimed at the Indian consumer, including one to remove traces of hair oil.
As part of the development, Panasonic researchers analysed what went into a typical Indian household's curry dish.
The firm said it then tried to establish the optimal time and water temperature required to remove the stains.
Panasonic said it planned similar machines for other Asian markets, tackling stains specific to those countries, but would not elaborate.
Only about 10% of homes in India have a washing machine, with most people still doing their laundry by hand.
That means there is plenty of room for market growth, and the electronics giant hopes the India-focussed machine will help it challenge the South Korean manufacturers dominating the sector.
Panasonic told the BBC that about 5,000 of the machines had been sold so far, with a target to sell at least 30,000 by March next year.
Priced at about 22,000 Indian rupees (£268;$330), the new model costs around 10% more than other washing machines.
Panasonic entered the India market in 1990, first producing rice cookers and then expanding its line to also manufacture air conditioners.
In December last year, the company announced it would set up a factory in the North Indian state of Haryana making refrigerators.
The Japanese firm has associated itself with other headline-grabbing products.
Last year it invested $60m (£49m) in Seven Dreamers, a Japanese start-up which is developing what it claims to be the world's first robot that folds laundry.


At least 60 people have died in the UK in the last eight months after taking the strong painkiller fentanyl.

Tests on heroin seized by police since November found traces of the synthetic drug, with more than 70 further deaths pending toxicology reports, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said.
Some contained carfentanyl, which is 10,000 times stronger as morphine and is often used to tranquilize elephants.
Health officials and police have warned heroin users to be "extra careful".
Most of the deaths were in the police force areas of West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Humberside and Cleveland, the NCA said.
They were predominantly men and a range of ages, with none younger than 18.
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Fentanyl, which hit the headlines after it was linked to the death of US singer Prince, is considered to be 50 times more potent than heroin according to America's Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
While it can be legally prescribed, sometimes in the form of a patch or nasal spray, carfentanyl is only used as an anaesthetic for large animals, the NCA said.
Recent NCA investigations found that fentanyl and its analogues are being both supplied in and exported from the UK.
Fentanyl is an extremely strong painkiller, prescribed for severe chronic pain, or breakthrough pain which does not respond to regular painkillers.
It is an opioid painkiller which means it works by mimicking the body's natural painkillers, called endorphins, which block pain messages to the brain.
The risk of harm is higher if the wrong dose or strength is used.
Typical symptoms of a fentanyl overdose include slow and difficult breathing, nausea and vomiting, dizziness and increased blood pressure.
Officers have warned drug users that heroin and other class A drugs were being laced with synthetic opioids like fentanyl.
Det Supt Pat Twiggs, of West Yorkshire Police, said: "People are playing Russian roulette with their lives by taking this stuff, that's why we would strongly recommend to the drug-using community to stay away from it.
"The business is not done under lab conditions, it's not done by scientists, it's done in a very uncontrolled way by people seeking out profit - this is why we're concerned when you're dealing with such toxic chemicals."
A national alert was issued in April by Public Health England to warn medical and drugs services of the need to be vigilant.
Richard Sykes, principal analyst at West Yorkshire Analytical Services, said: "If you look at normal street heroin probably something like a quarter of a sugarcube would be a normal dose, but with carfentanyl a single grain of salt would probably be enough to kill a person, so it's extremely dangerous."
On Monday a 25-year-old man from Gwent was charged in connection with investigations into the supply of synthetic opioids.
Three men arrested in April in Leeds have also been charged.


Dubai's addiction to construction is remarkable.

From my 31st floor bedroom window, I will soon be able to see the world's largest observation wheel.
My beachside flat did not even exist 10 years ago. It shot up as part of a property bubble in Dubai, which spectacularly burst in 2008 but has gradually re-formed.
Wildly ambitious construction projects put the desert state on the map.
Now they are in fashion again, with plans to build:
There is an Arabic saying that a believer does not get stung twice.
That is surely the hope for Dubai's construction industry.
It is back on its feet thanks to large foreign investment and loans.
It appears steadier, as it is based on strong consumer demand and a more regulated real estate market.
One notable downside, however, has been Dubai's ever expanding muddy environmental footprint.
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Gas turbines produce most of Dubai's energy.
As a fuel source, this is a pretty clean option, as the grid's carbon emissions are only 60% of the world's average.
The distribution of gas is also twice as efficient when compared globally, so the infrastructure is not the problem.
There is also the ambition to improve.
Dubai's rulers want 15% of electricity from renewables, with 30% less consumed per head, by 2030.
The renewables target looks achievable.
Right now, as the searing summer draws ever closer - luckily it is still cool enough to sit outside - the Sun is finally playing its part, thanks to a recent sea change in solar technology and prices.
Solar panels may soon become more familiar on people's rooftops.
A pricing scheme launched last week helps people save on their own electricity costs and encourages them to earn by feeding back to the grid.
On a much larger scale, the push for the emirate's grid to have its own mass solar supply has received some good news.
Saudi-based power plant developer and operator Acwa Power will provide Dubai with 200MW of the world's cheapest solar power, at below 4p per kWh, for 25 years.
Acwa chief executive Paddy Padmanathan said big savings were possible from utilising the creditworthiness of DEWA, the state-owned electricity company.
1991: 25 years after oil is discovered in Dubai, production peaks. Its economy has rapidly diversified since
2002: Construction booms as foreigners are allowed to buy properties. Many are sold off-plan almost immediately - with few regulations in place
2009: Following the global financial crisis, hundreds of construction projects are abandoned or suspended as credit dries up. Property prices fall by 30-50%
2013: A second construction boom occurs. Property prices rise by over 30% exacerbated by the news Dubai will host Expo 2020
2015: Dubai's property prices cool off slightly as new government regulations kick in amid a weakening global market. New constructions continues apace. Plans for the first rainforest in the desert in Dubai are unveiled as work gets under way on the biggest mall and observation wheel in the world
The consumption target could be a much trickier challenge though, as that involves changing people's attitudes.
DEWA already runs campaigns for people to turn down their air-conditioning in the summer months and do all the things responsible citizens are asked to do around the world, such as turn off lights and waste less.
Saeed Al Abbar, chair of the Emirates Green Building Council, told the BBC that "awareness of sustainability issues has definitely increased significantly over the past few years".
But the figures show there is still a long way to go.
One step the government has already taken is to ensure all new public and private buildings are constructed according to a far-reaching set of green building regulations introduced last year.
Saeed Al Abbar said: "Over 800 buildings have complied with the regulations so far at the design stage, which is a tremendous achievement.
"The real challenge is in ensuring that the code requirements are fully incorporated in the completed constructions through rigorous quality control measures."
Government-backed environmental stunts have been used to help change attitudes.
They also make good stories, such as this recent eagle flight and the opening of the Middle East's first eco-mosque.
Dubai now has just over five years to build what it calls "a monument to the green economy, a landmark in sustainable development", when it hosts Expo 2020.
Some private projects may not help though.
According to its developers, the Dubai Rainforest is a chance to learn about the jungle lifestyle in a dome-covered ecosystem.
But Prof Ali El-Keblawy, director of the Sharjah Seed Bank and Herbarium, said it was challenging nature to create an artificial forest in harsh desert conditions and told a local newspaper, The National, the impact on the environment should be assessed before the project was built.
That could indeed be sage advice for many of the constructions planned for Dubai, if the emirate is serious about its own environmental targets.


Governing parties rarely look forward to by-elections, which tend to have relatively low turnouts and are seen as having less at stake that general elections.

The claim: The Conservatives' win in Copeland is the first time since 1878 that a governing party has made a comparable gain in a by-election
Reality Check verdict: A governing party gaining a seat at a by-election is an extremely unusual event. It has happened since 1878, but you could argue that those occasions had unusual circumstances that meant they were not comparable.
It is very rare for the governing party to pick up votes from the opposition. It is even rarer for them to gain a seat, as the Conservatives did when Trudy Harrison won Copeland in Cumbria.
The constituency and its predecessor, Whitehaven, had returned Labour MPs since 1935.
The Conservatives say this is "the first time since 1878 that a governing party has made a comparable gain in a by-election".
The party was referring to the Worcester by-election 139 years ago, when they won the seat from the Liberals.
Copeland is certainly not the first instance of a ruling party winning a seat at a by-election since that year, when Benjamin Disraeli was prime minister and women could not vote.
That has happened several times since, but in unusual circumstances which are perhaps not "comparable" to Copeland.
For example, in 1982 at the height of the Falklands War, a Labour MP defected to the Social Democratic Party in the south London seat of Mitcham and Morden.
This split the left-of-centre vote, meaning the Conservative candidate won despite getting a smaller share of the vote than at the previous general election.
A Conservative/National Liberal candidate won the Yorkshire seat of Brighouse and Spenborough from Labour in 1960, but that seat was very marginal. Labour won by just 47 votes at the 1959 general election, and lost by 666 a year later.
In 1953, the governing Conservatives took Sunderland South from Labour, but this was also very close and the Conservative vote share fell slightly because a Liberal picked up some votes.
Copeland was not nearly as tight as these examples, and the Conservatives increased their vote share substantially.
Labour's Jamie Reed won the seat by more than 2,000 votes in 2015, while the new Conservative MP took it by a similar margin.
The swing was 6.7%, a stunning result for a governing party.
There are various other examples of government by-election gains since 1878.
However, as Matt Singh of NumbrCrunchr Politics points out, these are "mostly the product of freakish circumstancesâ€¦ none of which apply to Copeland".
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Two men have admitted brutally assaulting and robbing a man at a flat in Renfrew last March.

The High Court in Glasgow heard how John Steven, 39, had gone to visit a woman after a discussion about "services" to be provided to him.
Craig Dalton, 33, and Matthew Harrison, 23, entered the flat and the victim was repeatedly struck with a machete as he heard talk of him being "chopped up".
The pair were remanded in custody and are to be sentenced next month.
A judge heard how the victim feared he was going to die as he banged on a window for help.
His ordeal only ended when the pair fled and Mr Steven eventually collapsed on the street.
Harrison pled guilty to assaulting Mr Steven to his severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment.
Dalton admitted to the same charge with the added accusation his role was to the danger of the victim's life.
The court heard Mr Steven had travelled from his home in Troon, Ayrshire to meet 34 year-old Sharon Kerr, who he had known for about four years.
Advocate depute Shanti Maguire: "A discussion took place with regard services which were to be provided to him."
A charge involving Dalton, Harrison and Ms Kerr - which they had not guilty pleas accepted - stated over a six day period last March they had conspired together to assault and rob John.
The allegation included the claim they pretended to the victim they had "access to a cement truck" as well as "cement mix to pour over him".
As a result, they were said to have "induced" him to attend the flat.
Ms Maguire said, after arriving, Mr Steven went with Ms Kerr to a cash machine to withdraw £150 before returning to the house.
Kerr then left the victim with a woman called "Michelle".
Dalton and Harrison then turned up and the woman left.
Ms Maguire said Dalton initially struck him on the shoulder with a machete. The victim then noticed Harrison had a knife.
Dalton repeatedly struck him in the stomach and the back, and Harrison tried to pin Mr Steven to the ground.
Black tape was then wrapped around Mr Steven's face.
Ms Maguire said: "He recalls some discussion where one of the men said something about chopping him up."
As the tape was being wrapped around his eyes, Harrison had said: "What about the credit cards?"
Mr Steven handed over two cards along with the PIN numbers.
The court heard that Ms Kerr then returned to the flat and asked: "What the hell's happened?"
Dalton, Harrison and Ms Kerr then left allowing a bleeding Mr Steven to escape.
Miss Maguire said: "He continued to scream for help before collapsing in the street."
Mr Steven spent about ten days in hospital.
He had suffered "multiple" wounds to his hands, ear, cheek, chest and back, and his left thumb was almost severed.
He also had a collapsed lung which had put his life in danger.
Dalton and Harrison had originally been accused of attempted murder before prosecutors accepted their pleas to the reduced charge.
Ms Kerr, of Renfrew, also faced the same allegation, but instead she had guilty pleas accepted to stealing £400 from Mr Steven's bank account using his card.
Ms Kerr's bail was continued and she is to be sentenced along with Dalton and Harrison next month.
Natalie Williamson, also of Renfrew, was further accused of attempted murder and the charge of being involved in the conspiracy to rob John.
Prosecutors accepted her not guilty pleas.


Rethink Robotics, the firm behind the Baxter manufacturing robot, has released a one-armed version, called Sawyer, capable of more dexterous work.

It is designed for production lines that require a gentle touch such as manufacturing circuit boards and chips.
Sawyer is lighter than Baxter but like its predecessor will work safely alongside humans who can teach it to perform simple tasks.
The robot will sell in the United States, China, Japan and Europe.
First announced in March, the robot weighs 19 kilograms (42 pounds) and can measure forces on its joints with great precision which allows it to "feel" the right place to put a part.
It will sell for a base price of $29,000 (Â£19,000).
It has been tested by General Electric over the past month and will be deployed in its North Carolina factory - positioning parts into a light fixture.
It will also be used by furniture firm Steelcase, working alongside a welding machine, picking and placing parts in its Michigan factory.
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Steelcase already deploys several Baxter robots.
"These robots are the game-changers of modern manufacturing," said Edward Vander Bilt, leader of innovation at Steelcase.


A van driver murdered a man he had been fighting with in the street by driving at him and then reversing over his head, a trial has heard.

Michael Turner, 57, drove his van at Frank Buckley, who ended up on the ground before he backed over him, St Albans Crown Court was told.
Mr Turner, of Landau Way, Turnford, Hertfordshire, denies murdering the 51-year-old in the village last June.
He died after suffering multiple injuries including a fractured skull.
Prosecutor Christopher Donnellan QC told the jury the defendant "deliberately" knocked down Mr Buckley, then ran him over and killed him at 11:30 BST on 26 June.
"It was carried out by a man who was angry and in a temper, possibly he acted in revenge about something that had happened in the course of the confrontation," said Mr Donnellan.
He said there was no doubt Mr Turner intended to seriously hurt or kill Mr Buckley, but it was not believed the killing was planned.
The court heard Mr Buckley died despite the efforts of bystanders, the police, paramedics and a doctor at the scene.
Witnesses told the police they had seen the two men fighting in Groom Road, the same street where Mr Buckley was later struck.
Mr Turner had stopped his VW Caddy van when he saw Mr Buckley walking, the jury was told.
He is then alleged to have returned to his van before driving at Mr Buckley.
The front bumper struck him, knocked him up in the air and then he fell to the ground. The van then allegedly reversed over his head.
Afterwards the vehicle was driven around a roundabout and sped off.
Mr Turner, who drove to a hospital, told police Mr Buckley had sprayed fluid into his eyes and he had been "frightened" of him.


Thousands of people are heading to Manchester for a tribute concert remembering the lives lost in the 22 May attack.

One Love Manchester is raising money for those affected by the suicide bombing at the end of Ariana Grande's performance at the Manchester Arena.
She is returning to the city, joined by stars including Justin Bieber, Coldplay, Katy Perry and Take That.
It is not yet known how the unfolding London attack might affect the event.
Grande tweeted after the incident in the capital that she was "praying for London".
The Manchester attack killed 22 people - including children and teenagers who saw the show as well as parents arriving at the arena to pick them up at the end of the night.
The youngest victim was just eight years old.
Ariana Grande is going to be performing, having said she wanted to return to the "incredibly brave city" to spend time with her fans, and to "honour and raise money for the victims and their families".
She's bringing a host of stars with her - Miley Cyrus, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, Coldplay, Usher, Pharrell, Little Mix, Robbie Williams, Black Eyed Peas, Niall Horan and Take That are all on the bill.
The Old Trafford cricket ground has a 50,000 capacity and tickets sold out within 20 minutes when they went on general sale.
Some tickets were set aside for fans at the original concert, who were promised free entry. Ticketmaster said 14,200 tickets were being held for them.
People have been asked not to bring bags, "for speed of entry", and will be searched as they enter the grounds.
Full details are here.
Proceeds will go to the We Love Manchester emergency fund, which has been set up by Manchester City Council, in conjunction with the British Red Cross.  Organisers expect at least Â£2m to be raised from the event.
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