All of the reports from Saturday's Championship matches, as Burnley extended their lead at the top and Rotherham came from 3-0 down to earn an unlikely draw with Derby.

Blackburn Rovers 1-2 Leeds United
Bolton Wanderers 1-2 Preston North End
Cardiff City 1-0 Ipswich Town
Fulham 1-2 Bristol City
Huddersfield Town 1-3 Burnley
Hull City 1-1 MK Dons
Nottingham Forest 0-3 Sheffield Wednesday
Queens Park Rangers 3-0 Brentford
Rotherham United 3-3 Derby County


Dairy products firm Dairy Crest is to close a creamery in Somerset and bottling dairy in London, with the loss of 260 jobs.

Two hundred people work at the dairy in Hanworth, west London, where milk is put into glass bottles.
The remaining jobs will go at the creamery in Chard, which is due to shut by the end of next year.
Chief executive Mark Allen said the closures were right for the long-term future of the business.
Hanworth will remain open for another two years. Its closure is due to reduced demand for milk supplied in glass bottles, with most people opting for milk in plastic bottles.
According to Dairy Crest, the proportion of milk sold in glass bottles has fallen from 94% in 1975 to 4% in 2012.
However, the food producer said plastic containers were now as environmentally friendly as glass.
The creamery in Chard makes a range of alcoholic and retailer-branded creams.
Mr Allen said: "At Hanworth nothing is going to change immediately, but sales of milk in glass bottles are falling and we have to give our employees at Hanworth clarity over the dairy's future.
"We also have to let our milkmen and women know that we are doing all we can to protect their livelihoods."
He added that the firm had tried to make the Chard site "viable for many years" but this had not worked.
Production will be stepped up at its three plastic bottling dairies in Chadwell Heath, Greater London; Foston, Lincolnshire; and Severnside, Bristol; to make up for the loss of production at Hanworth.
A consultation with staff across both sites is now under way.


Greeks have begun a three-day general strike in protest at further austerity measures that are being proposed in return for more bailout money.

Shipping, public transport and civil service departments were among sectors hit in a bid to stop the introduction of tax and pension changes.
The sudden 48-hour strike on Friday and Saturday was called in addition to action previously planned for Sunday.
Greece's left-led government is due to a vote on the tax changes on Sunday.
The next tranche of about â‚¬5bn (Â£4bn) is overdue, after talks with Greece's international lenders faltered over the pace of reforms.
Unions said a proposed overhaul of the pensions system and rises in social security contributions were designed to win favour with eurozone finance ministers, who are due to discuss Greece's bailout money on Monday.
Greece's largest labour union, the private sector GSEE, said the changes, were the "last nail on the coffin" for workers and pensioners. A spokesman said: "They are trying to prove to the Eurogroup that they are good students but they are destroying Greece's social security system."
In Athens, no public transport service was working on Friday morning as metro, tram, bus and rail workers refused to work.
Train services across the country were halted, and ferries linking mainland Greece to the islands remained anchored in port. The strike by the powerful PNO seafarers union's strike is set to last until Tuesday morning.
Air travel was not affected by the strike. Airport workers staged their own industrial action last month.
The nationwide strikes are the fourth to be called since Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras's government won re-election after organising a referendum on the country's bailout.
Mr Tsipras was elected on an initial anti-austerity pledge but later signed up to Greece's third international bailout since 2010. He has a thin majority with 153 MPs in a 300-seat parliament.


A UK-wide programme aimed at teaching young people to stand up against extremism has been launched in a north-west London school.

Extreme Dialogue was launched at Quintin Kynaston, the school once attended by Mohammed Emwazi, who became known as "Jihadi John".
The scheme uses the stories of people who have been radicalised in the past.
Organisers said it was "vital" to give pupils "skills to challenge extremism".
"Only by discussing extremism openly can we ensure young people understand its corrosive impact", Jonathan Birdwell of the Institute for Strategic Dialogue said.
The programme started in Canada in 2015 and is aimed at pupils aged between 14 and 18.
It provides films and exercises involving people who have previously been affected by extremism.
One man involved is Billy McCurrie, who joined the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) when he was 16 after his father was killed by the IRA.
"If through this project I can reach one young person... and it causes them to stop, think, and not go down that road, it'll all be worth it," he said.
Adam Deen, a former member of the now banned Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun, is also featured.
The Extreme Dialogue films and resources will be available to UK schools during the 2016-17 academic year.
A ruling a year ago made it a statutory duty for schools to prevent pupils being drawn into terrorism.
A spokesperson for Quintin Kynaston said the programme was "a great tool to open up discussions" about extremism.
Islamist militant Emwazi, who appeared in several hostage videos for so-called Islamic State, attended the school over a decade ago.
The headteacher at the time has said he was never suspected of being radicalised at the school.


Three French defence officials and two other people died when a surveillance plane crashed shortly after take-off at Malta International Airport.

The light aircraft was setting off on a mission over the Mediterranean around 07:20 (05:20 GMT) when it nose-dived and disintegrated in a ball of flames.
There was no explosion prior to the crash, according to eyewitnesses.
Malta said the flight had been part of a French operation to track illicit trafficking of people and drugs.
An investigation into the causes of the crash is to be conducted by the French defence ministry.
The airport has re-opened with some disruption expected to the day's scheduled flights.
French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian confirmed that three of the victims were ministry staff while the other two were contractors.
Early reports that the victims had been officials from the EU's border agency were quickly denied. Frontex said none of its staff had been involved.
The Maltese government said the flight had been due to return to the island within hours without landing in third countries.
Eyewitnesses told the Times of Malta the plane had taken off before turning on its side and going "straight down into the ground".
Eyewitness Ed de Gaetano said: "Our plane was just about to take off, and there was a massive explosion on the right hand side of the plane.
"It's pretty scary, a lot of commotion in the plane and everyone was wondering what was going on."
Video shot from another plane at the airport shows flames and thick black smoke billowing from the site of the crash, next to the runway.
All of the victims' remains have been found, the Maltese government said.


The cycling revolution has begun and now Belfast is hoping to join in.

Later this month, the city will launch a new public bicycle hire scheme, following the lead of London, Dublin, Paris, Madrid, and Milan, where similar initiatives have proven popular.
But already one of the bicycle docking stations has been vandalised just two days after its installation, and some critics are arguing that cycling infrastructure in Belfast is not sufficient to allow users to bike safely.
So is the city really ready for the Belfast Bikes scheme, and will it catch on?
Belfast City Council, which is behind the scheme, says almost 600 people have already registered their interest ahead of the launch on 26 April.
Three hundred bicycles will be available to hire between 06:00 and midnight each day from 30 locations dotted around the city.
The council is expecting the bikes to be used by the city's residents, commuters, students and tourists.
Anne Madden, of sustainable transport charity Sustrans, says the scheme is proof that Belfast is catching up with cycling-friendly cities across the world.
"The bike has come of age in Belfast and about time, too, " she says.
"More people are turning to the bike as a way of getting around and for health and fitness.
"Cycling Ulster, the governing body for cycling in here, have told us they've seen a seven-fold increase in their membership in the last five years."
Belfast businessman Conor Devine says he has been waiting for two years for the scheme launch in the city, having seen the success of the Dublin model.
"The scheme works really well in Dublin - people have embraced it, it's very normal and there are bikes everywhere," he says.
"So it's about time. It's a great thing and it just shows you where the city has come from in the last 20-odd years.
"I imagine there will be good take-up. I think in 12 to 18 months' time it'll be something we will be very used to."
Commentator Jude Collins, a cyclist in the past, says he "loves the idea", but has grave concerns about the dangers of biking in Belfast.
"It sounds wonderful and it's flourishing in Dublin, Paris and other cities throughout the world," he says.
"But it's the safety of it. I'd be afraid to cycle in Belfast. Will there be the secure bike routes for people to use the scheme?"
While Anne Madden agrees to some extent, she explains that Sustrans has recently provided cycle training to over 200 people in preparation for the scheme's introduction.
"Cycling in Belfast has, until recently, not been properly catered for. Feeling safer comes with better infrastructure - it is slightly chicken-and-egg."
Anne Doherty, from Belfast City Council, says Belfast Bikes has created employment, and while it will not be profitable initially, the council hopes that will change by the end of its six-year plan.
A sponsorship deal will provide Â£300,000 over three years, while the council will cover the operating costs of Â£400,000 per year.
Funding from the Department of Regional Development has allowed for the initial 30 stations. If the scheme proves a success, it could spread out further across Belfast.
There are currently no docking stations in east or west Belfast, while the furthest south is at Bradbury Place and the furthest north at Carrick Hill.
"We took lessons from others schemes which showed that the stations should be 300m to 500m apart, so if there are no bikes at one station people can easily go on to the next," Ms Doherty explains.
"Dublin was only city centre-based at first but has since expanded out by two more phases, and from 500 bikes to 1,500.
"We would like to do something along those lines, but it's subject to getting more resources.
"The planning can start straight away and we would could expand the scheme within six months to a year."
The wheels, it seems, are in motion.


Shaun Ryder has released an unofficial anthem for the Euro 2016 football tournament, despite admitting he knows "absolutely nothing about football".

Called We Are England, the single features Ryder and his Black Grape bandmate Kermit, joined by Goldie and DJ Paul Oakenfold.
Black Grape fans will recognise the loping piano line and Ryder's laconic drawl as he sings "England til we die."
But the star says the song is really an anthem "for the working people".
The song was the brainchild of Paul Oakenfold, who produced Happy Mondays' Pill, Thrills n' Bellyaches album.
"He emailed me and said he wanted to do a tune for the Euros, but he didn't want it too football-y," Ryder told the BBC.
"He didn't want it political or religious; he really wanted it to be for the heroes of this country, which is the working men and women of England."
Although the lyrics include the line "we're not going home half-way through", Ryder said his lack of expertise prevented him writing a more explicit football anthem.
"I always say, 'whatever you're writing about, know your subject'. So it's good that Oakie didn't want a football song.
"What I do know is that we've got the youngest team in the Euros and that, to me, is a good thing - the naivety of youth.
"Basically, these kids have been knocking goals in the back of the net since they were eight years old. I'm sure when they walk out, it'll just be another job. It probably won't phase them. They'll just go out there wanting a win, and that's a good thing."
Ryder, who is currently writing a new Black Grape album, said he "doubts very much" that the England team have heard his song, but hoped it would find favour with fans.
"I can hear this blasting out of the pubs and people's garden parties while the match is on," he said.
He also admitted to sneaking in a drugs reference - the song talks about "95,000 of us off our face" - which would exclude the song from being endorsed by the Football Association.
There is no official England song for this year's tournament, leading David Baddiel to comment that his 1996 song, Three Lions, had "killed off the football anthem".
The Welsh squad is being backed by The Manic Street Preachers, who have written Together Stronger (C'Mon Wales) as their Euro 2016 anthem.
Northern Ireland is also lacking an official song. However, their Euro 2016-bound players have recorded a version of the viral hit Will Grigg's On Fire.
And there are several fan-made songs for all the sides, including The Nouvelles' Our Oui Country, in support of the Northern Irish side; and the alternative England anthems A Nation of Tribes and This Time England.


Derby boosted their play-off hopes with a win at Charlton which left the Addicks on the verge of relegation.

Charlton keeper Nick Pope made a fine double save to deny Tom Ince and Chris Martin as Derby edged the first half.
Igor Vetokele hit a post and Jorge Teixeira had a Charlton goal disallowed after the break, before Johnny Russell headed Derby in front.
Jordan Cousins fired wide for the hosts as they pushed for an equaliser, but Derby held on for a third straight win.
The result leaves Charlton second bottom of the table, 11 points adrift of safety with only four games remaining this season.
Derby remain fifth, nine points ahead of Cardiff City, who are just outside the play-off places in seventh.
Jose Riga's side matched the Rams for long periods, but their hard work was undone as they conceded a league-high 25th set-piece goal, Russell heading in after they failed to clear Ince's corner.
The goal came moments after Teixeira appeared to have given the Addicks the lead, only for his effort to be ruled out for a foul on Derby keeper Scott Carson.
Charlton's Simon Makienok missed a late header as Darren Wassall's Derby held on.
Charlton head coach Jose Riga:
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"We know we had to face a big squad and big team. Just look at their results, but we did not see any difference between a team fighting for promotion and one fighting against relegation.
"It shows we can do something with this team.
"I'm very proud with what they can give. I'm proud of my team, all the squad, that's what I was repeating."
Derby head coach Darren Wassall:
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"Our home form has been magnificent and we needed to win that away from home.
"It's four wins out of five. The response to defeat against Cardiff has been magnificent. We're starting to build momentum.
"I'm elated as it was a really big day for us. We've not secured a play-off place but that's the first time we've secured three on the trot since we've been here.
"It is close. We cannot rest on our laurels, we've not secured it yet."


Acrid smoke from a 2,000 tonne rubbish fire in Vale of Glamorgan has reached as far as Bridgend, Barry and Cowbridge, the fire service has said.

The blaze at Llandow Industrial Estate started on Thursday and is continuing to burn under supervision.
Residents are being advised to keep windows closed.
South Wales Fire and Rescue Service said the risk to health is thought to be low but the smoke could cause nose and eye irritation, and coughing.
On Friday night, three crews were still on site and the fire is expected to continue through the weekend.
The service tweeted "slow progress being made due to poor water supply".
Vale of Glamorgan council said a minor road leading to the site had been closed but others had reopened.
Nearby schools were advised to open as usual and there is no impact on the water supply.
Public Health Wales (PHW) experts said they were monitoring the situation.
Andrew Kibble said: "If you live in an area affected by smoke, stay inside and close all doors and windows. This will greatly reduce your exposure to the smoke.
"If you have to go outside, try to keep away from the areas affected by visible smoke or ash."
He added motorists should keep their windows shut, turn off air-conditioning and keep air vents closed.
He said PHW was not aware of any reports of people experiencing ill-effects from the fire as yet.
The council's emergency planning team is also working to limit disruption.


Celebrity TV chef Jamie Oliver has revealed he turned down the chance to appear as a Hobbit in one of Peter Jackson's big screen blockbusters.

The culinary guru said he had been offered the role in return for flying to New Zealand in 2001 to cook at the director's 50th birthday celebrations.
"I really wanted to do it," he revealed during filming for his new TV show. "I would have got right into it as well."
However, he went on, he was unable to accept due to work commitments.
Oliver spoke about the missed opportunity while filming his new Channel 4 series Jamie and Jimmy's Friday Night Feast, alongside his friend Jimmy Doherty.
The first edition of the six-part series, filmed in a pop-up cafe on Southend pier in Essex, is due to be screened on 2 January.
"The worst thing that happened to me was that I got phoned up by the exec producer and asked did I want to go and cook for Peter Jackson's birthday," he will be seen telling actress Kate Hudson.
"And if I did, they would fly me over and I could be a hobbit in the film. But I was working, I couldn't get out of it."
Oliver's non-appearance has not stopped the Hobbit films racking up epic box office returns around the globe.
That success story has been maintained by The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, the third and final instalment in Jackson's fantasy saga.
This weekend saw the final Hobbit film hold off war drama Unbroken and the Stephen Sondheim-inspired Into the Woods to retain the top spot at the US and Canada box office.
According to studio estimates, the film took $41.4m (£26.6m) in its second weekend in North American cinemas.
Angelina Jolie's Unbroken and Into the Woods came second and third, based on their Friday to Sunday takings.
Their four-day takings, though, would have put them ahead of the Hobbit film.
Since opening on Christmas Day, Jolie's biopic of Olympic runner turned Japanese prisoner of war Louis Zamperini has made $47.3m (£30.1m) in North America.
Into the Woods, meanwhile, has made $46.1m (£29.6m) since arriving in US and Canadian cinemas on 25 December.
The film, in which Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp and others play famous fairy-tale characters, enjoyed the biggest opening for a screen adaptation of a Broadway musical since 2008's Mamma Mia.
Unbroken made $31.7m (£20.3m) between Friday and Sunday, while Into the Woods - based on Sondheim's 1987 Broadway success - made $31m (£19.9m) over the same period.
The third Night at the Museum film took fourth place in this week's chart, while the musical remake of Annie is ranked fifth.
Mark Wahlberg drama The Gambler made a modest debut at seven, while Tim Burton's artist biopic Big Eyes missed the Top 10 altogether.
For many, though, the real talking point of the movie-going weekend was the performance of Sony's controversial comedy The Interview.
The film, about a fictional American plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has made more than $15m (£9.6m) from online rentals and purchases since being made available on Christmas Eve.
It also made $2.8m (£1.8m) from the 331 theatres in the US and Canada that have been showing the film since Christmas Day.
"I'm so grateful that the movie found its way into theatres, and I'm thrilled that people actually went out and saw it," said Seth Rogen, The Interview's writer, director and star.
Sony initially called off its release after major theatre chains refused to screen it, only to reverse their much-criticised decision shortly afterwards.


When staff at CyberKeel investigated email activity at a medium-sized shipping firm, they made a shocking discovery.

"Someone had hacked into the systems of the company and planted a small virus," explains co-founder Lars Jensen. "They would then monitor all emails to and from people in the finance department."
Whenever one of the firm's fuel suppliers would send an email asking for payment, the virus simply changed the text of the message before it was read, adding a different bank account number.
"Several million dollars," says Mr Jensen, were transferred to the hackers before the company cottoned on.
After the NotPetya cyber-attack in June, major firms including shipping giant Maersk were badly affected.
In fact, Maersk revealed this week that the incident could cost it as much as $300 million (Â£155 million) in profits.
But Mr Jensen has long believed that that the shipping industry needs to protect itself better against hackers - the fraud case dealt with by CyberKeel was just another example.
The firm was launched more than three years ago after Mr Jensen teamed up with business partner Morten Schenk, a former lieutenant in the Danish military who Jensen describes as "one of those guys who could hack almost anything".
They wanted to offer penetration testing - investigative tests of security - to shipping companies. The initial response they got, however, was far from rosy.
"I got pretty consistent feedback from people I spoke to and that was, 'Don't waste your time, we're pretty safe, there's no need'," he recalls.
Today, that sentiment is becoming rarer.
The consequences of suffering from the NotPetya cyber-attack for Maersk included the shutting down of some port terminals managed by its subsidiary APM.
The industry is now painfully aware that physical shipping operations are vulnerable to digital disruption.
Breaking into a shipping firm's computer systems can allow attackers to access sensitive information. One of the most serious cases that has been made public concerns a global shipping conglomerate that was hacked by pirates.
They wanted to find out which vessels were transporting the particular cargo they planned to seize.
A report on the case by the cyber-security team at telecoms company Verizon describes the precision of the operation.
"They'd board a vessel, locate by barcode specific sought-after crates containing valuables, steal the contents of that crate - and that crate only - and then depart the vessel without further incident," it states.
But ships themselves, increasingly computerised, are vulnerable too. And for many, that's the greatest worry.
Malware, including NotPetya and many other strains, is often designed to spread from computer to computer on a network. That means that connected devices on board ships are also potentially vulnerable.
"We know a cargo container, for example, where the switchboard shut down after ransomware found its way on the vessel," says Patrick Rossi at consultancy DNV GL.
He explains that the switchboard manages power supply to the propeller and other machinery on board. The ship in question, moored at a port in Asia, was rendered inoperable for some time, adds Mr Rossi.
Crucial navigation systems such as the Electronic Chart Display (Ecdis) have also been hit. One such incident is recalled by Brendan Saunders, maritime technical lead at cyber-security firm NCC Group.
This also concerned a ship at an Asian port, but this time it was a large tanker weighing 80,000 tonnes.
One of the crew had brought a USB stick on board with some paperwork that needed to be printed. That was how the malware got into the ship's computers in the first instance. But it was when a second crew member went to update the ship's charts before sailing, also via USB, that the navigation systems were infected.
Departure was consequently delayed and an investigation launched.
"Ecdis systems pretty much never have anti-virus," says Mr Saunders, pointing out the vulnerability. "I don't think I've ever encountered a merchant ship Ecdis unit that had anti-virus on it."
These incidents are hugely disruptive to maritime businesses, but truly catastrophic scenarios might involve a hacker attempting to sabotage or even destroy a ship itself, through targeted manipulation of its systems.
Could that happen? Could, for example, a determined and well-resourced attacker alter a vessel's systems to provoke a collision?
"It's perfectly feasible," says Mr Saunders. "We've demonstrated proof-of-concept that that could happen."
And the experts are finding new ways into ships' systems remotely. One independent cyber-security researcher, who goes by the pseudonym of x0rz, recently used an app called Ship Tracker to find open satellite communication systems, VSat, on board vessels.
In x0rz's case, the VSat on an actual ship in South American waters had default credentials - the username "admin" and password "1234" - and so was easy to access.
It would be possible, x0rz believes, to change the software on the VSat to manipulate it.
A targeted attack could even alter the co-ordinates broadcast by the system, potentially allowing someone to spoof the position of the ship - although shipping industry experts have pointed out in the past that a spoofed location would likely be quickly spotted by maritime observers.
The manufacturer behind the VSat unit in question has blamed the customer in this case for not updating the default security credentials. The unit has since been secured.
It's obvious that the shipping industry, like many others, has a lot of work to do on such issues. But awareness is growing.
The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) have both recently launched guidelines designed to help ship owners protect themselves from hackers.
Patrick Rossi points out that crew with a poor understanding of the risks they take with USB sticks or personal devices should be made aware of how malware can spread between computers.
This is all the more important because the personnel on board vessels can change frequently, as members go on leave or are reassigned.
But there are more than 51,000 commercial ships in the world. Together, they carry the vast majority - 90% - of the world's trade. Maersk has already experienced significant disruption thanks to a piece of particularly virulent malware.
The question many will be asking in the wake of this and other cases now being made public is: What might happen next?


Two former officers who were libelled by Merseyside Police have accepted a total of £25,000 in damages.

Joanne Kelly and Simon Jones took their case to the High Court over comments made about the use of Tasers after they subdued a man they had arrested.
In a BBC interview, Assistant Chief Constable Andrew Ward failed to make clear they had successfully challenged their dismissal for gross misconduct.
A solicitor said his inaccurate statements caused "significant damage".
Jeremy Clarke-Williams, representing Ms Kelly and Mr Jones, told Mr Justice Nicol "they now understand that ACC Ward says he did not intend to convey those statements about them".
The judge was told the constables were on duty in a marked van in 2009 when another officer saw Kyle McArdle urinating in an alleyway in public view.
When they spoke to Mr McArdle, there was a confrontation which led to him being arrested and taken into the van.
Mr Clarke-Williams said: "The officers contend that once in the van, Mr McArdle assaulted both Simon Jones and Joanne Kelly, necessitating the use of their Tasers to subdue him. Mr McArdle alleged that he was the victim of unwarranted treatment by the police."
The two officers faced a misconduct panel hearing in 2013 and were subsequently dismissed.
Last year, an independent police appeals tribunal ordered their reinstatement.
About a month later, when Mr Ward was asked in a BBC Radio Merseyside interview about the use of Tasers by the force, the interviewer referred to the sacking of two officers.
Mr Clarke-Williams said the senior officer did not make clear that the pair had been reinstated and instead stated that his force "would not tolerate inappropriate use of Tasers".
"By doing so, he suggested not only that Joanne Kelly and Simon Jones remained sacked from the force but also that their case was a prime example of conduct which Merseyside Police would not tolerate," he said.
He added: "These inaccurate statements caused very significant damage, distress and embarrassment... and they felt greatly injured and betrayed by them".
Counsel Hannah Ready said Chief Constable Sir Jon Murphy offered his sincere regrets for the embarrassment and distress caused. The allegations were also retracted.
The court heard both officers retired on medical grounds in March and had received letters from the force thanking them for their distinguished and committed service.


A man who taunted police by dressing as Where's Wally has been banned from driving.

JJ McMenamin dressed as the character while North Yorkshire Police searched for him at the weekend.
He was wanted for failing to attend court and handed himself in dressed in the costume on Monday.
The 30-year-old pleaded guilty at Northallerton Magistrates' Court earlier to driving whilst disqualified and driving without insurance.
He was banned from driving for three months and fined Â£235. No further penalty was imposed for the stunt.
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McMenemin, originally from Middlesbrough, was wanted by police after he failed to attend court on 19 December.
He changed his Facebook profile picture to a photo of his head superimposed on an image of Where's Wally and went on to post a series of videos, including one in which he sang along to Lionel Richie's Hello, which contains the line "is it me you're looking for?"
He also filmed himself surrendering to Harrogate police station and broadcasted the event on Facebook.


The 96 victims of the Hillsborough disaster and former Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish have been awarded the Freedom of Liverpool.

Scrolls bearing the name of each victim were presented to their families along with a medal to denote the city's "highest honour".
Dalglish's wife Marina was also honoured, as were the former Bishop of Liverpool, and Prof Phil Scraton.
Their medals were presented during a ceremony at St George's Hall.
In April, an inquest jury found the fans who died as a result of a crush at the 1989 FA Cup game in Sheffield were unlawfully killed.
Mr Dalglish, who was manager at the time of the tragedy, ensured the club was represented at the fans' funerals and, along with his wife, helped support the bereaved families.
He said: "We only did for the families what they did for us - support us."
Former bishop, the Rt Rev James Jones led the Hillsborough Independent Panel, which uncovered evidence in 2012 about the disaster.
Prof Scraton led the panel's research team and his book, Hillsborough: The Truth, first published in 1999, is widely accepted as the definitive account of the disaster.
The victims' families were awarded freedom of the city of Liverpool in 2009.


Supporters of East Anglian devolution are lobbying government ministers to "get a grip" and intervene to stop the deal from collapsing.

Chancellor George Osborne announced the proposals for an elected mayor covering Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk in his budget last week.
But some local MPs already fear the plan is starting to unravel.
It follows a unanimous vote by Cambridgeshire County Council to reject the deal in its present form.
There has also been criticism over the past few days by senior political figures including Sir Henry Bellingham and Lord Tebbit.
At Westminster Conservative MPs from the region have, off the record, used words such as "shambles", "dog's dinner" and "not properly thought through" to describe the current state of play.  One senior Tory told the BBC: "I'm glad I have nothing to do with this."
The BBC understands MPs and a handful of local councillors from the East have approached the Treasury within the past 24 hours and asked it to appoint a senior figure, either a politician or a local business person, who can oversee the negotiations between the 23 councils.
They are also asking for longer to conclude a deal. At the moment the government wants all the councils to have agreed to it by the end of June.
Some MPs said the idea of an elected mayor was not popular with many people, while others said the money on offer - Â£1bn over 30 years - was not very much.
Government sources accepted there was a lot of unease at the moment and the idea of bringing in someone to oversee the negotiations and win widespread support for devolution was being considered. But they added agreement needed to be reached quickly and that a mayor for the region was non-negotiable.
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: "We are committed to the deal and will continue to work with all the councils in the area. This is a bottom up process and councils in East Anglia have until June to decide if they want to take part in this historic opportunity."


There are a surprising number of "lost" villages lying under Welsh reservoirs.

Many of them, such as Llanwddyn in Montgomeryshire and Ynysyfelin, north of Merthyr Tydfil, were far more substantial than Capel Celyn, the hamlet which lies beneath the waters of Llyn Celyn - the Tryweryn reservoir - in Snowdonia.
It was the combination of time and place that made Tryweryn such a symbolic moment in Welsh history, and which sets Capel Celyn apart from all the other lost settlements.
The early 1960s in Wales was a period when a renewed interest in devolution coincided with a sharp decline in the number of Welsh speakers.
As one of the last virtually monoglot Welsh communities, Capel Celyn came to symbolise both the pressure on the language and the apparent powerlessness of Welsh MPs to protect Welsh interests.
Despite near unanimous opposition from Welsh politicians, mass protests and an attempt to bomb the site of the dam, the plans of Liverpool Corporation moved forward relentlessly.
For Plaid Cymru, Tryweryn was to prove transformational - although that was not apparent at the time.
The results of the 1964 general election, held while the controversy was at its height, were disappointing for the party - even in Meirionnydd, where the reservoir is located.
However, the campaign led to an influx of new party members, and the decision to reject the use of civil disobedience tactics during the campaign earned the party credibility and respect in Welsh-speaking communities that had previously viewed Plaid Cymru with suspicion.
Even so, it was Labour which swept the board in rural Wales in the 1966 general election, the first to be held after the completion of the project.
Just a few months later though, Plaid Cymru won their first ever seat in parliament in the Carmarthen by-election.
It was a victory which might never have occurred had Capel Celyn not disappeared beneath the waters of Llyn Celyn.


Scottish retailers have called for a "fundamental review" of business rates, ahead of a 2% rise which is due to come into effect on Wednesday.

The Scottish Retail Consortium (SRC) claimed the current rates system was hampering Scottish economic growth.
It said the latest rise was worth an extra £150m in tax revenues, bringing the total business rates take in Scotland to £2.8bn.
But the Scottish government said figures quoted by SRC were incorrect.
The rates increase in Scotland from 1 April has been capped at 2%, in line with England and Wales.
The Scottish government's decision to match the English poundage rates for 2015-16 was announced to the Scottish Parliament in December by the deputy first minister.
But SRC said the 2% increase was coming at a time when inflation has fallen to zero.
It claimed the rise would hit retailers particularly hard, as they contributed about a quarter of the amount paid annually by Scottish firms.
SRC argued that since 2009, business rate revenues "derived from retail" had increased by more than 30%, while there were about 1,800 fewer shops.
The consortium recently outlined its arguments for reform, claiming that the overall rates burden was "too onerous" and that the current system was out of line with other taxes.
It also argued that the "current panoply of reliefs is inefficient and unclear".
SRC director David Lonsdale said: "The current system of business rates is not fit for purpose and acts as a drag on Scottish economic growth.
"It acts as a disincentive to invest and as this recent tax hike demonstrates it fails to flex with economic circumstances and only ever rises.
"This has manifestly been to the disadvantage of businesses and town centres right across Scotland."
He added: "The UK government has launched a fundamental review of business rates in England and we would encourage the Scottish government to do the same.
"After all, the Scottish government's recently announced review of the council tax proves that reform of local government finance is not impossible.
"A fundamental reform of business rates is urgently required in order that we can have a system that better supports economic growth and job creation."
A spokeswoman for the Scottish government said: "The revenue figures quoted today by the SRC are incorrect.
"Scotland's business rates increase was capped again this year, mirroring the English rate, with most of the revenue uplift due to other factors such as new properties.
"We work closely with the SRC and major retailers, and in recent discussions have requested evidence regarding the sector's business rates, which we await.
"Small and medium retailers in Scotland already receive the best deal in the UK, with over 96,000 properties estimated to benefit this year from the Small Business Bonus Scheme, and the prospect of rates relief up to £4,800 in 2015-16."
She added: "Unlike previous administrations, this government has never set a higher rates poundage than in England.
"An estimated 64% of retail premises in Scotland pay zero or reduced rates, and our 2015-16 rates relief package estimated at £618m will help Scotland retain the most competitive business tax environment in the UK.
"The UK government's consultation on the other hand offers little new thinking or prospect of reform.
"The Scottish government will monitor that debate, but more importantly we will build on our 20-point plan to deliver improvement actions following our own review, reflecting feedback from businesses and maintaining a competitive edge for ratepayers."


A man has admitted murder part way through his trial after being confronted with new video evidence.

Keith Lowe, 22, had originally denied the attack, in which Brendan Mason, 23, suffered 99 injuries, in Abbey Park, Leicester, in July 2016.
But just days into the trial at Leicester Crown Court, footage emerged of Lowe landing blows on Mr Mason.
Joshua Hack, 21, admitted murder at an earlier hearing. Both will be sentenced on 20 February.
The court heard Hack, of St Helen's Drive, Leicester and Lowe, of Rockingham Close, Leicester, apparently lured Mr Mason to the park in the early hours of 5 July.
Police said careful examination of phone records showed messages and calls organising the attack.
Officers also confirmed the trial had been stopped when new footage was traced to cloud storage showing Lowe taking a direct part in the beating.
This was presented to the defendant who then changed his plea.
Det Chf Insp Mick Graham, who led the investigation, said: "Brendan was known to the defendants and considered them as friends, and they lured him to the park with the full intention of hurting him.
"Brendan was subjected to a vicious, sustained attack which was filmed by his attackers on their phones. He was left naked and alone in the park having been brutally beaten."


The crying of babies with colic may be reduced if they are treated with acupuncture, according to controversial research from Sweden.

But UK experts say no conclusions can be drawn from the small study of 147 babies aged two to eight weeks.
Although colic is harmless, looking after a baby who has it can be frustrating and distressing.
NHS Choices lists a number of different ways of comforting a colicky baby, Acupuncture isn't one of them.
Colic - frequent, excessive crying in a baby who is otherwise healthy - affects up to one in five babies.
The frequent, excessive crying will normally disappear by the time the baby is six months old, but it can feel a like a very long time to get to that point.
What causes colic is unknown, but it has been suggested that indigestion, trapped wind or a gut which is sensitive to breast or formula milk could be behind it.
There are a number of techniques that may help with colic. These include:
The mother might also want to try avoiding drinking caffeine drinks and spicy foods if they are breastfeeding.
Some babies may also benefit from changes to their diet, such as adding drops to breast or bottle milk that aid digestion and release any bubbles of trapped air in baby's digestive system, says NHS Choices.
Of course, there might be other things causing the baby to cry, such hunger, tiredness or a dirty nappy.
Cry-sis is a support group for families with excessively crying, sleepless and demanding babies. It advises parents to make use of friends and take breaks when possible if things are tough.
"Put baby down in a safe place, walk out of the room and shut the door, take a short break. Give baby to a trusted friend or family member for a few hours if possible and use any time away from baby to look after yourself," its website says.
In the study, published in the BMJ journal, Acupuncture in Medicine, researchers from Lund University separated the babies with colic into three groups - two of the groups received two different types of minimal acupuncture, while the remaining group received no acupuncture.
One needle was inserted to a depth of 3mm for a few seconds in the first group and up to five needles were inserted for up to 30 seconds for the second group.
This happened twice a week for two weeks and the parents of all the babies were asked to keep a detailed diary of how often and how long their child cried during this time.
The time the babies spent crying excessively reduced in all three groups, the researchers found, but the groups given acupuncture appeared to reduce their crying at a slightly faster rate.
Dr Kajsa Landgren, study author from the faculty of medicine at the university said that the babies did not cry at all during more than half of the treatments and only cried for more than one minute during 31 out of 380 sessions.
She said parents with babies who cry for more than three hours a day on three or more days of the week should try removing cow's milk from their feeds before looking at other options, such as acupuncture, if the crying continues.
But Prof Edzard Ernst, emeritus professor of complementary medicine at the University of Exeter, said any conclusions about the therapeutic effects of acupuncture could not be drawn from the study.
"We know that colicky babies respond even to minimal attention, and this trial confirms that a little additional TLC will generate an effect.
"The observed outcome is therefore not necessarily related to acupuncture."
Dr Mike Cummings, medical director of the British Medical Acupuncture Society, said he was not aware of young babies being treated for colic in the UK using acupuncture.
Specialists in paediatric acupuncture do treat children, however.
Although the study findings were not statistically significant, Dr Cummings said "there might be an effect which could be worth investigating further".
NICE (the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) only recommends considering acupuncture as a treatment option for:
Acupuncture is also often used to treat other conditions, including:


An outbreak of a sickness and diarrhoea bug in the South West of England has widened to 223 cases.

Public Health England (PHE) said the majority of cases of the cryptosporidium bug confirmed since the beginning of June were in Wiltshire.
Other cases have been identified in Gloucestershire, South Gloucestershire, Somerset, Cornwall, Devon and Dorset.
The Oasis leisure centre swimming pool in Swindon remains closed after a number of cases were linked to it.
PHE said there had now been 34 cases confirmed in the Swindon Borough Council area, 27 in Wiltshire Council's area and 31 in Gloucestershire.
A total of 131 cases in the rest of the South West include 23 in Somerset, 20 in Devon and 19 in Bristol.
An investigation into the source of the predominantly waterborne disease is continuing, a spokesperson said.
Dr Toyin Ejidokun, from PHE South West, said "appropriate control measures" were being taken to help prevent further cases.
"Cryptosporidiosis is predominantly a waterborne disease and infection can be caused by drinking contaminated water or swallowing contaminated water in swimming pools or streams.
"It can also be acquired by animal and human contact."
She added that the anyone could get cryptosporidiosis, but it is "most common in young children aged between one and five years".
"We have had confirmed reports of Cryptosporidium infection amongst a number of people who visited the Oasis swimming pool in Swindon earlier this summer.
"The swimming pool is one of a number of possible exposures that we are exploring.
"At this point, there is no confirmed source of exposure."


A plan to extend trading hours on 18 Sundays in Belfast has been heavily defeated in a vote at the city council.

The move would have been permitted had the council designated all or part of the city a holiday resort under 1997 legislation.
A council committee voted 12-3 against the holiday designation, with Sinn FÃ©in, the SDLP and DUP all against.
A recent public consultation found a majority in favour of longer opening hours during March to September.
Of 2,471 responses from organisations and individuals, 62% supported the idea.
Retail groups were split on the idea and the shop workers' union, Usdaw, opposed it.
Some shop workers protested against the plan outside city hall on Friday morning.
The decision not to extend opening hours has been welcomed by Retail NI.
"This would have given a further unfair competitive advantage to large supermarkets and disadvantaged local small shops, whose Sunday morning trade is vital for their survival," the group's Glyn Roberts said.
"Furthermore this vote puts down an important marker to the other 10 local councils not to consider relaxing Sunday trading through the back door of resort status."
Paddy Lillis, Usdaw's deputy general secretary, gave evidence to the committee on Friday.
"We are delighted that the committee listened to our evidence based case and backed our members who remain absolutely opposed to extended Sunday trading," he said.
"The current Sunday trading arrangements are a fair compromise, which has worked well for 20 years, and gives everyone a little bit of what they want."
However, Gordon McElroy, president of Belfast Chamber of Trade and Commerce said he was disappointed by the decision.
"We believe that extended Sunday trading would positively benefit trade in the city, which would have a cumulative effect across the whole of Northern Ireland," he said.
"The chamber will continue to lobby for Belfast to be designated a holiday resort, which we believe will not only help attract additional visitors to the city, but provide life and vitality to our city for those who currently visit but are frustrated by the lack of business and attractions which are open on Sunday's before 1pm."


Shares of China's largest brokerage, state-owned Citic Securities, fell as much as 4% after it said three executives, including its president, were under police investigation.

The executives are being investigated for suspected insider trading and "leaking inside" information.
The probe comes as Beijing intensifies the scrutiny on irregular stock trading that has rocked Chinese shares.
Mainland Chinese shares have lost about 40% of their value since mid-June.
Those being investigated are Cheng Boming, the general manager and president of Citic since 2012, Wang Jinling, the vice manager of information technology, and Yu Xinli, the head of operational management, the company said in a statement on the Shanghai stock exchange website.
Last month, four other senior executives admitted to insider trading, according to state media.
Citic's Shanghai and Hong Kong listed shares were down over 2% on the news on Wednesday. Its Shanghai listed shares have lost over 60% of their value so far this year.
Chinese regulators have been cracking down on alleged market manipulation intensely among other restrictive measures since mainland shares started their steep slide downwards in June.


Utah will resume the use of firing squads to carry out the death penalty when lethal injections drugs are not available.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed the measure into law on Monday.
The move makes Utah the only US state to use firing squads as a method of execution.
Some US states are considering alternative execution methods as they struggle to obtain lethal injection drugs amid a nationwide shortage.
Drug inventories dwindled after European manufacturers opposed to capital punishment refused to sell the lethal concoctions.
Civil rights groups have said use of firing squads makes Utah "look backward and backwoods".
Governor Herbert finds the firing squad "a little bit gruesome,'' but said the state needs a back-up execution method.
"We prefer to use our primary method of lethal injection when such a sentence is issued," the governor's spokesman Marty Carpenter told the Associated Press.
"However, when a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive branch."
It will probably be years before Utah's next execution. The head of Utah's prison system has said the state does not have any reserves of lethal injection drugs.
The new Utah law reinstates the use of firing squads more than a decade after the state abandoned the practice.
Because of the intense media attention, Utah lawmakers stopped offering inmates the choice of a death by firing squad several years ago.
But a handful of inmates sentenced to death before 2004 still have the option of going before a firing squad.
Ronnie Lee Gardner, a convicted murderer who shot and killed a lawyer in attempt to escape from prison, was the last inmate executed by a firing squad in 2010.


Promotion-chasing Forest Green Rovers have parted company with boss Ady Pennock - a week before the National League play-offs.

Pennock's side have secured second place in the table but are without a win in seven games.
The 45-year-old had been in charge since replacing Dave Hockaday in 2013.
Academy manager Scott Bartlett takes caretaker charge of the club, with assistant manager Jamie Day and fitness coach Neil Withington both resigning.
"It was a difficult decision just a week out from the play-offs after Ady had taken us to our highest placed finish in the National League," chairman Dale Vince said.
"However, as a club we felt we needed to make this change, in order to give us the best chance of succeeding in the play-offs.
"We thank Ady for his efforts while at the club and wish him well in the future."
Forest Green, who face Dover away on Saturday in the final game of the regular season, lost to Bristol Rovers in last season's play-offs after finishing fifth.


Gareth Bale says Wales "can have no regrets" after a 2-0 loss to Portugal in the Euro 2016 semi-final ended their hopes of a first major tournament win.

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Two goals in three second-half minutes sealed their fate in Lyon.
"We have to be proud of ourselves," the forward said. "We have given everything on the pitch and off the pitch and tried to enjoy the experience."
Prime Minister David Cameron said Wales had "inspired a nation and made Britain proud" with their exploits in France.
First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones said he was "sad it's over" but "very proud again".
Chris Coleman's side upset the odds to reach the last four as the likes of England, Italy, Spain and Croatia were knocked out in earlier rounds.
But he admitted: "It hurts that we lost. The players are gutted, but they need to look back and see they have done their country proud."
Reaching the semi-finals was a historic moment for Wales.
Their previous best tournament result came in 1958, when they reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup in their last appearance at a major finals.
After a goalless first half, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the deadlock on 50 minutes with a magnificent header.
Three minutes later, his shot was diverted past Wayne Hennessey in the Wales goal by former Manchester United team-mate Nani.
Wales began the tournament as one of the outsiders but caused a shock by topping Group B, finishing above England despite losing to their neighbours.
They then edged past Northern Ireland in the last 16 before upsetting a highly regarded Belgium side 3-1 in the last eight.
Their exploits earned rave reviews back home, securing a good luck message from the Prince of Wales before Wednesday's game against Portugal.
Footballers past and present, politicians, celebrities and other sportsmen and women were also full of praise for the Wales team.
Welsh rock band The Manic Street Preachers, who performed the country's Euro anthem Together Stronger, tweeted that the campaign had been "a beautiful dream" and thanked the team from "the bottom of our hearts".
Former Wales midfielder and BBC pundit Robbie Savage said: "The boys have made us all so proud of our country," while Wales rugby union wing George North tweeted: "Gutted but what an unbelievable tournament!"
Boxer Enzo Maccarinelli said Wales had achieved more than anyone thought possible, while cyclist Geraint Thomas, busy riding in the Tour de France, said: "The dream is over... but the boys have done themselves and Wales proud!"
Five months before Coleman was appointed in 2012, Wales were ranked 117th in the world. They reached a high of eighth in October last year, one month after moving above for England for the first time ever.
Wales were 26th before the tournament began but when Fifa updates its list on 14 July, they are set to rise to 11th - above England again.
Wales players had started referring to their fans as 'The Red Wall'.
"We want to thank the fans for all the support we have had, they have been absolutely incredible," Bale said. "I felt we deserved better.
"We wish we could have done it for them and we'd like to thank all the fans at home and all the ones who have travelled out and behaved themselves.
"It is difficult to analyse now as we are obviously massively disappointed.
"We tried our hardest to get back in the game, we fought until the last second and we are sorry we couldn't get to the final, but we gave it everything.
"It's been an amazing journey. We look forward to the future."
Coleman admitted a real sense of hurt but was proud of the performance.
"I have a dressing room full of disappointment unfortunately," he said.
"As much as I've told them that they should be proud of themselves, the nation is proud of them, they're still devastated.
"That speaks volumes for them and they'll get stronger from this experience.
"I always thought that whenever the time was to bow out it would hurt, but I didn't expect it to hurt this much. It was just one too far for us tonight."
Bale and Real Madrid team-mate Ronaldo shared a warm embrace at the final whistle.
Asked what he had said to Bale, Ronaldo replied: "I congratulated him on their run. They were the shining star, the revelation of the tournament."
Ronaldo is now hopeful of winning a major trophy with his country, 12 years after they were stunned by Greece in the final of Euro 2004 on home soil.
"I've always dreamed of winning something with my country and it's just one step away," he said. "Dreaming is free so let's keep dreaming."
Coleman believes the performances of the squad in France have set the tone for the future.
"It's not the end of this group," he said. "There's plenty of football left in them."
Bale also believes Euro 2016 can act as a spur for Wales as they turn their attentions to qualifying for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Wales open their campaign at home to Moldova on 5 September.
"We've got confidence now for the future," he said.
"We're all going to be disappointed now but we're going to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves down and we'll go again for the World Cup qualifiers."


Negotiators from Ireland's two biggest parties are to meet for a final effort to form a minority government.

Acting Taoiseach Enda Kenny of Fine Gael and Micheál Martin of  Fianna Fáil hope to avoid a second election.
Mr Martin has said his party will facilitate a minority government, but will not support a programme for government.
Water charges are one of the main sticking points to reaching agreement.
A commission to consider the future of national water utility Irish Water is one of the proposals being considered.
Fianna Fáil want to see the immediate removal of water charges, but Fine Gael see a role for them.
Following the election, almost two months ago, Fine Gael had 50 seats, Fianna Fáil 44, Sinn Féin 23 and the Labour Party got seven.
But no party was able to form a majority government and TDs have so far failed to elect a taoiseach.


Harlequins began their Pool 3 Challenge Cup campaign with an impressive bonus-point victory over Montpellier.

Benoit Paillaugue's four penalties put the French side in control early on.
But two tries in nine minutes from Luke Wallace and Nick Easter saw Harlequins turn around a nine-point deficit and lead 15-12 at half-time.
Jack Clifford and Danny Care scored tries after great driving mauls, while Ollie Lindsay-Haugue and Chris Robshaw also went over in the second half.
Montpellier, whose coach Jake White has said he is interested in the vacant England job, led early on through three successive Paillaugue penalties.
But the hosts were back in it when a great play from the lineout - after Evans had superbly landed a kick in the corner - saw Wallace sneak over from five metres out.
Evans missed the conversion attempt but was successful after Easter nipped in to score to help the home side to a three-point lead at the break.
A terrific driving maul saw Clifford go over and Evans added the conversion to score his 2,000th point for Harlequins.
Care then went over after another impressive driving maul to secure Quins a bonus point, while replacement Ollie Lindsay-Haugue raced in under the posts
And Kyle Sinckler's clever deft touch set free Robshaw for Harlequins' sixth try and ended Montpellier's six-game winning streak against English sides.
Harlequins: Brown; Yarde, Hopper, Sloan, Visser; Evans, Care (capt); Marler, Ward, Jones, Matthews, Twomey, Clifford, Wallace, Easter.
Replacements: Buchanan, Lambert, Sinckler, Treadwell, Robshaw, Dickson, Botica, Lindsay-Hague.
Montpellier: Mogg; Fall, Nagusa, Tuitavake, O'Connor; Trinh-Duc, Paillaugue; Nariashvili, Burden, Mas, Tchale-Watchou, Willemse, Ouedraogo (capt), Liebenberg, Qera.
Replacements: Ivaldi, Cilliers, Van der Linde, Timani, Galletier, Lucas, Ebersohn, Malzieu.
Sin Bin: Nariashvili (34).
Attendance: 8,500
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales).


Fellow stars of Gavin and Stacey attended the funeral of actress Margaret John, 84, who died after a short illness earlier this month.

Actress and co-writer Ruth Jones and comedian Rob Brydon were among the mourners along with other cast members.
Co-star and writer James Corden said John, from Swansea, was an "incredible lady" who "will be sadly missed".
A private funeral service was held at Morriston crematorium for the actress who played Doris in the TV comedy.
Larry Lamb, from EastEnders, and Master and Commander star Robert Pugh were also among the 150 mourners.
John, who received a Bafta Cymru lifetime achievement award in 2009, was a widow who had no children.
Her ashes will be scattered over Swansea Bay by the crew of the Mumbles Lifeboat.
Although known in recent years for her colourful one-liners in Barry-based Gavin and Stacey, the actress had a long and distinguished career, leaving drama school in 1950.
Her earlier career included a brief spell in Coronation Street in 1965 as well as a role in Z Cars, Dr Who, Dixon of Dock Green and Emmerdale Farm.
John also starred in David Schwimmer's British film comedy Run Fatboy Run (2007), and enjoyed recent appearances in medical dramas Casualty and Doctors, and the BBC drama Framed.
She played the part of Elsie 'Mam' Hepplewhite in BBC Wales comedy High Hopes between 2002 and 2008, starring alongside Robert Blythe and Boyd Clack.


Super League leaders Castleford Tigers will host St Helens in the sixth round of the Challenge Cup.

Holders Hull FC entertain Catalans Dragons while Warrington Wolves, last year's losing finalists, are at home to local rivals Widnes Vikings.
League One side Barrow Raiders, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, travel to Leeds Rhinos, who are second in Super League.
Championship side Swinton host Wigan after beating Huddersfield on Sunday.
Elsewhere, Hull KR travel to Salford Red Devils in a rerun of the Million Pound Game, which Salford won 19-18 to maintain their Super League status and relegate Rovers.
Second-tier Dewsbury Rams face a local derby against Wakefield Trinity, while Featherstone meet Halifax in the only all-Championship tie.
All sixth-round ties will be played over the weekend of 13-14 May.
Leeds Rhinos v Barrow Raiders
Salford Red Devils v Hull KR
Castleford Tigers v St Helens
Featherstone Rovers v Halifax
Hull FC v Catalans Dragons
Dewsbury Rams v Wakefield Trinity
Swinton Lions v Wigan Warriors
Warrington Wolves v Widnes Vikings
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Notts County manager Mark Cooper told his players that they will not cost him his job after slumping to a 3-1 defeat at Barnet on Tuesday.

Defeat came three days after they suffered a record 5-0 Nottinghamshire derby loss at Mansfield Town.
Cooper is in charge until the end of the season and has been set a points target to earn an extended contract.
"I said to them 'you have got two managers the sack already and you are not getting me out'," Cooper said.
After losing his first game in charge 4-0 at Portsmouth, Cooper's Notts took eight points from a possible 12 before their defeat at Mansfield.
Asked by BBC Radio Nottingham if he saw defeat coming at 1-0 up, the former Swindon boss said: "I did because I know what is in the changing room.
"What you know is with the group of players that we have got, if any real pressure comes they will cave in."
Barnet manager and former Notts boss Martin Allen said it was a "comfortable win" against a side that "offered nothing" in the second half.
"They turned their back on their club," Allen said of the Magpies players.
"They let their supporters, their manager and everyone down from the way they played.
"I have interest in that club as I worked there, I have fond memories of my time there, and whoever brought those players in needs to take a long, hard look at themselves."
Notts, relegated from League One last season, are 17th in the League Two table after 43 games.


Australian Capt Georgina Sutton has become the first female chief pilot for an Australian airline.

Capt Sutton was chosen for the role by Jetstar Airways - which covers all of Australia and New Zealand - and will oversee 900 pilots across the fleet.
The low cost airline said Capt Sutton was "leading the way" for female pilots across the globe.
Jetstar is owned by Qantas Airways, where Capt Sutton had previously been the Boeing 767 fleet captain.
There she had responsibility for 180 pilots, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
In a statement, Jetstar said: "This is the first time a female chief pilot has been appointed in Australia, and one of the first times for major airlines around the world."
Raymonde de Laroche - In 1910 the Parisian became the first woman to ever receive a pilot's license.
Amelia Earhart - The American-born pilot, who became the first woman to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.
Jacqueline Cochran - A serial record breaker, Cochran was the first woman to fly a bomber across the Atlantic (1941), the first female pilot to break the sound barrier (1953), and the first woman to land and take off from an aircraft carrier.
Emily Howell Warner - In 1976 the Colorado-born pilot was chosen by Frontier Airlines to become the first flight captain of a major airline.
Women make up a tiny proportion of the 130,000 airline pilots worldwide - around 4,000, according to the International Society of Women Airline Pilots.
The organisation says that only 450 of these women are airline captains, or the pilot in command of their aircraft,
Worldwide, the number of female chief pilots - individuals who oversee all of an airline's pilots - is even fewer.
Jetstar said that Capt Sutton was due to take up her post in February 2015.


A man has been charged with murder after a woman's body was found at a house in Caerphilly county.

Police were called to Nelson Road, Ystrad Mynach, at about 17:45 BST on Tuesday, 3 May.
The victim has been named as 75-year-old Iris Owens.
Gwent Police said a 47-year-old man has been charged with murder and appeared before magistrates in Newport on Saturday.


Ransomware attacks on businesses around the world rose 50% last year, research into successful cyber-breaches shows.

Its popularity means malware is now responsible for 51% of all the incidents analysed in the annual Verizon data breach report.
This analyses almost 2,000 breaches to find out how firms were caught out by cyber-thieves.
It also found that measures taken by some firms after payment systems were targeted, stopped new breaches.
The rapid rise in the number of successful ransomware attacks was widely expected, said Marc Spitler, senior manager in Verizon's security research division, simply because so many malicious hacking groups were adopting the tactic.
"Ransomware is all about how can they get more money per infected device," he said.
A separate report by security firm Symantec found that the average amount paid by victims of ransomware had risen to $1,077 (£834).
Consumers were likely to be hit straight away with ransomware, said Mr Spitler, but attacks on businesses were stealthier. Often, he said, attackers burrowed deeper into a company's infrastructure to find key databases that were then scrambled before payment was sought.
In most attacks, booby-trapped attachments sent via email were the main delivery mechanism for ransomware and other malware, found the report.
"These attacks are all about getting a foothold on a system," he said, adding that once attackers were inside an organisation they typically looked to use the back doors for many different types of attack.
Darren Thomson, chief technology officer for Symantec in Europe, said its statistics suggest about one in every 131 email messages was now harbouring some kind of cyber-threat.
"They are arriving in Word documents and Excel spreadsheets," he said, "the messages people get many times a day."
The Verizon report also spotted a shift in the targets of cyber-attacks with 61% of victims now being companies with fewer than 1,000 employees.
The good news, said Mr Spitler, was that some industry sectors that had been hit hard before, now appeared less often in its attack statistics - suggesting their digital defences were starting to work.
"The lack of large retailers suffering point-of-sale intrusions was a glimmer of hope," he said.


As fresh inquests into the Hillsborough disaster get under way, the sister of one Midlands victim says she is hopeful the truth of what happened will finally be uncovered.

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Louise Brookes' brother, Andrew, was among the 96 Liverpool fans who died in the tragedy in 1989. He was 26.
Ms Brookes, from Bromsgrove, has been campaigning for 25 years.
She said she will continue to fight until she discovers the truth of what happened to her brother.


Illegal sub-letters and property magnates are taking advantage of Airbnb and similar-style sites to rake in tax-free cash, an MP says.

Labour's Karen Buck said renting out properties for short holiday lets can produce up to three times the income of more traditional flat rentals.
Growth in the industry is also contributing to a loss of residential accommodation, she told the Commons.
She wants the 90-day limit for renting out homes each year to be enforced.
Ms Buck says the sharing phenomenon is putting a strain on housing stock, neighbours and cash-strapped councils that are having to deal with anti-social behaviour arising from noise and waste issues, over-crowding and a whole range of other forms of disturbance.
Since 2015, numbers of short-term lets have risen by 126% in London, with Edinburgh, Manchester, Brighton and Bristol following the trend, she said.
While most people renting out their homes are aware of their legal responsibilities, are considerate of neighbours, and are simply doing it to "earn a bit of extra cash" - there are the "irresponsible ones - illegal sub-letters, and an increasingly significant commercial operation, seeking to take advantage of potentially higher yields," she warned.
Short lets can bring in up to three times the income of more traditional flat rentals. According to Westminster Council a two-bed flat can earn Â£1,800 a week, compared with Â£620 for a short hold tenancy, she said.
"The potential to earn more from short lets is a key selling point on some of the sites."
Ms Buck said one constituent, whose neighbour rents out their flat on a short term let breaching insurance and lease, told her: "I really hate the idea of our house turning into a hotel, our front door key in a stranger's hand.,"
Outlining her ten minute rule bill, Ms Buck said: "While I welcome the freedom for homeowners to let their properties for such purposes without excessive bureaucratic interference, it is difficult and expensive for cash-strapped councils to police the rules."
Proving a property is let for more than three months in a year is labour intensive, expensive, and cumbersome for enforcement officers, she said.
Ms Buck went on: "What I believe is now necessary and what this short Bill aims to do is to introduce a light-touch online notification system that is mandatory for homeowners to complete, merely confirming the dates their property is to be used for short-letting.
"It is not asking permission, it is merely allowing local authorities to know where short and holiday lets are taking place so they are able to effectively enforce.
"By all means encourage people to make good use of their homes and extra cash but let's make sure this doesn't intensify the housing crisis, land costs on others while sharing none of the rewards, and inflict misery on long-term residents who, to their shock, can find themselves waking up in a hotel annexe but after all the hotel caretakers have gone home."
Ms Buck was allowed to bring in the Short and Holiday Let Accommodation (Notification of Local Authorities) Bill, which has cross-party support, and asked for it to be given a second reading on 24 March. However, it is unlikely to become law without backing from the government.


More than 1,700 calls have now been made to a hotline set up in the wake of claims of sexual abuse in football, the NSPCC has said.

The line, supported by the FA, was set up after ex-Crewe Alexandra player Andy Woodward revealed he had been a victim of sexual abuse as a young footballer.
The NSPCC said 75% of the calls that resulted in a referral to police or other agencies came from abuse victims.
Police have so far identified 83 potential suspects.
In the last three weeks, more than 20 former footballers - including ex-youth players, trainees and professionals - have come forward with allegations of historical abuse in football.
Within two hours of the hotline opening on 23 November, it received 50 calls, and in the first week 860 calls were made.
Not all calls result in referrals, but the NSPCC said 94% of the referrals made by helpline staff have been to police.
More than 20 UK police forces have confirmed they are investigating claims of historical child abuse in football.
The Football Association has announced an internal review.
On Tuesday, the Metropolitan Police said it was investigating people linked to 30 football clubs in London, four of which are in the Premier League.
Last week police chiefs said 98 clubs involved in the investigation.
The National Police Chiefs' Council said 98% of the identified victims were male and that investigations span all tiers of football.
NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless said it was encouraging that people were coming forward.
He said: "It's clear that for far too long, hundreds of people who suffered abuse as youngsters in the game have not been able to speak up, but it is encouraging that so many are finally finding their voice in a climate today where they know they will be listened to and supported."
The charity said the number of calls to the helpline does not reflect the number of people or victims, as multiple calls can come from one individual.


About 50 firefighters have been dealing with a blaze at a Poundstretcher store in Londonderry.

The Fire and Rescue Service was alerted around 01:30 BST on Thursday after a fire alarm went off at the shop at Bishop Street.
It's understood 100 gas canisters were inside the building at the time and exploded.
There are no reports of any injuries.
When crews arrived the fire was well developed on the ground floor.
The fire service said officers had stopped the blaze spreading to premises on either side of the building.
Group commander Colm McGuigan told BBC Radio Foyle that "substantial damage" has been caused to the building.
"One fire crew attended to a fire that looked harmless at first," said Mr McGuigan.
"But a fully developed fire was going on behind the shutters of the shop.
"There were eight crews at the scene at one time, then three other crews arrived.
"This is a four-storey building and our main focus was to make sure that this fire didn't spread.
"We don't know how exactly it happened. An investigation will start.
"The Poundstretcher store has suffered substantial damage along with a warehouse on Magazine Street.
"Gas canisters and barbeque coals were exploding, popping and burning for hours."
The fire service said they will be in the Bishop Street area for several hours on Thursday.
Derry city centre manager Jim Roddy said about 15 people worked at the Poundstretcher store.
"They are very upset and distraught," Mr Roddy told BBC Radio Foyle.
"Some of them were outside the building when it was on fire this morning and they were just watching their workplace disappear.
"We have to pay tribute to the fire service. We could have lost a lot more businesses here. We hope the city centre gets back to normal later."


A golf course has apologised after a dog was mistakenly shot by a pest controller on its land.

As first reported by Dunstable Today, the man had been targeting a fox at Dunstable Downs Golf Club on 4 February.
German Shepherd Bruno needed an operation to remove pellets from his face but has since recovered.
Club manager Duncan Mutton called it a "terrible accident" and said shooting at the site had been stopped.
Mr Mutton said that the club had received abuse on social media from people who oppose fox hunting.
"It's been horrendous," he said. "According to people on Facebook we are murderers and have no right to be killing wildlife.
"We allow people to come and shoot as their hobby and it's all controlled by the police.
"The police need to be aware that people have a full licence for whatever firearm they're using."
Foxes are considered a pest and it is legal to shoot them in rural areas using a suitable firearm and with the landowner's permission.
Mr Mutton said the dog had strayed from a public footpath that crosses the course, but the animal's owner, Mark Cornell, said they had stayed on the path.
He said: "There was someone with a torch in the field. There was a big gunshot and Bruno let out the most horrendous noise. It wasn't a bark or yelp but more of a scream.
"There was a hole in his ear and blood all over his face. I'm very angry that this has happened. It's a public footpath and you'd expect to be able to use it in safety."
Mr Cornell said the man who shot his dog had called to apologise and reimbursed the Â£600 vet bill.


Conditions at Scotland's only all-women prison have been criticised as it emerged that some inmates are forced to use a sink as a toilet at night.

Inspectors found many prisoners had to wait more than 10 minutes to use a shared toilet overnight and a small number waited in excess of an hour.
In some cases, women were told to "pee in the sink" by staff.
The Scottish Prison Service said the issue would be resolved when some offenders relocate to HMP Polmont.
Cornton Vale is due to begin a phased closure this summer, before it is replaced with a purpose-built facility in 2020.
HM Inspectorate of Prisons for Scotland said "significant progress" had been made at the women's prison since a damning report in 2009.
But inspectors said night-time sanitation arrangements at the jail were "wholly unacceptable in the 21st Century" and called for the "antiquated" night sanitation system to be replaced "as a matter of urgency".
Led by prisons chief inspector David Strang, the report's authors received numerous reports about the "distress and discomfort" caused to women who had to wait to use the toilet, particularly those who were pregnant or had health problems.
"Indeed, prisoners were extremely vocal about this subject and it was, by some way, the single strongest criticism that women made about the prison," the report said.
The arrangements had gone on "far too long", according to the inspectors.
A Scottish government spokeswoman said it accepted that facilities at Cornton Vale are out-dated.
Plans to build a new women's prison, for 80 offenders, were announced by Justice Minister Michael Matheson last summer.
It came after he blocked previous plans to construct a 300-inmate jail at Inverclyde.
The inspector's report has led opposition politicians to criticise the Scottish government for failing to improve conditions at the jail since a 2012 report by Dame Elish Angiolini found it was "not fit for purpose".
Scottish Labour's Graeme Pearson said: "It is hard to believe that in 21st century Scotland half of the prisoners at Cornton Vale have no direct access to toilet facilities and are encouraged to use wash hand basins as toilets.
"If women are to be rehabilitated and encouraged to change their ways they must be treated with dignity and respect."
The inspectors also found that facilities for female prisoners at Glasgow Sheriff Court are "not fit for purpose" and its conditions are "appalling".
They "did not reflect positively on a 21st century justice system", their report said.
During a visit to the court as part of their review of Cornton Vale, inspectors highlighted:
A spokesman for the Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service said it was working with the Scottish Prison Service to improve facilities within custody cells.
The inspection of Cornton Vale also found:
The report was welcomed by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS).
A spokesman said: "SPS is pleased to note that a number of areas of good practice have been identified, particularly in relation to family contact, where opportunities are available to women to maintain meaningful contact with their children and their family."


Bayern Munich are to set up a 'training camp' for refugees coming into Germany and will donate 1m euros (£730,000) for refugee projects.

Parts of Europe have seen an influx of migrants arriving, with many in Hungary wishing to travel to Germany.
The Bundesliga champions plan to provide food, German lessons and football equipment for children.
"Bayern sees it as its social responsibility to help the refugees," said club CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
The number of migrants entering Europe has reached record levels this year, largely driven by the conflict in Syria. Germany expects to take in 800,000 asylum seekers this year - four times last year's total.
Bayern, who have won the German league title 25 times and are five-time European champions, will also highlight the current refugee crisis in their next home match against Augsburg.
The game on 12 September will see the starting line-up enter the Allianz Arena "holding the hand of a German child and a refugee's child".
Bayern's rivals and current league leaders Borussia Dortmund invited 220 refugees to watch the side play Norwegian side Odd in the Europa League last Thursday. Rivals Mainz gave out 200 free tickets to their home match against Hannover last weekend.
Banners carrying positive messages in support of refugees were evident at last weekend's Bundesliga matches.
Meanwhile, Celtic announced their share of the proceeds from this weekend's Jock Stein 30th anniversary events will be devoted to assisting those people affected by the current refugee crisis.
Football expert Raphael Honigstein talking to BBC World Service: "The Germany refugee crisis situation plays out in city centres across the country. You either hear of them being helped by nice people or faced with demonstrators and right-wing terrorists trying to burn down places they are staying in or beating them up.
"You have to take your hat off to fans' groups who have seen this and decided they need to show whose side they are on. You have clubs all over Germany who organise games with refugees, even before this latest wave of refugees. It's a real grassroots movement."
Journalist Ronald Reng talking to BBC World Service: "It shows you that the ultra fans want to be seen as political groups. There is certainly a change. They don't want to be just football fans, but be something more.
"When football fans have been seen as political groups they have usually been associated with being right wing, particularly in Italy. In Germany they want to distance themselves from the first movement - the hooligan movement."


A host of stars paid tribute to Steve Martin as he received the American Film Institute's life achievement award, its highest honour, on Thursday.

Steve Carell, Diane Keaton and Martin Short were among those who joined Martin at the Los Angeles ceremony.
Tina Fey called him "the first rock star comedian", while Jack Black sang The Thermos Song from The Jerk.
"How do I top this parade of stars who have been so, so funny?" said Martin, as he received his award. "Easy."
"Tonight is especially meaningful to me," he added, "because when I was a kid, I used to get all dressed up and play AFI Lifetime Achievement Award".
Martin, who turns 70 this year, is best known for films including Parenthood, The Man With Two Brains, Planes, Trains & Automobiles and Roxanne.
He is also an author and a prolific banjo player, releasing a Bluegrass album in 2009 called The Crow.
"Usually, when I hear white people playing banjos, it's time for me to get the hell out of that neighbourhood," quipped Queen Latifah, who branded Martin "the whitest man in America".
Short, who starred with Martin on five films, including Three Amigos! and Father of the Bride, added that working with the comedian was like the film Deliverance: "It's all fun and games until the banjo comes out."
Looking back on their career, he recalled: "I said to Steve, what would you be doing if you weren't a talented comedic actor?' And he said, 'Probably what you're doing.'"
Fey described "the first time I saw one of Steve's movies - it was on the plane ride here today. And in the part I saw before my biscuit arrived, Queen Latifah was really funny."
She shared some of Martin's early advice to her: "Never shake hands when an open-mouthed kiss would suffice...You can fix your nose, or your teeth. But to do both is more money than I'm willing to lend you."
Carell told the audience he had "spent the majority of my life doing a pale imitation of Steve Martin, and I resent him for this".
"He's not just the silly comic genius, but a real person," added Sarah Silverman. "A real stiff, awkward, aloof person, but also standoffish."
The comedian was presented with the award by Mel Brooks, who received the same honour in 2013.
Martin, who has won an Emmy, four Grammys, a Kennedy Center Honour and an Honorary Oscar, concluded on a humble note.
"Last year I was walking down the street and a young girl about 17 said to me: 'Did you do that (1979) movie The Jerk? I said, yes, I did.
"And she said, 'You gonna do another movie?'"


Game of Thrones picked up a record-breaking 12 awards, including best drama series at this year's Emmys in Los Angeles.

Viola Davis also made history by becoming the first black woman to win the best lead actress prize for her role in How To Get Away With Murder.
Jon Hamm finally won a best actor award for Mad Men in the show's last year. He had been nominated seven times before.
Political comedy Veep was the winner in the best comedy series category.
And Inside Amy Schumer was named best variety sketch series.
It was the first time since it began in 2011 that Game of Thrones had won the best drama series award. Its other accolades included best writing, best direction and best supporting actor for Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister.
Amazon's comedy-drama Transparent won awards for best director in a comedy and for its lead actor, Jeffrey Tambor, who plays a transgender college professor.
The show also picked up best guest actor in a comedy for former West Wing star Bradley Whitford.
Viola Davis won her Emmy for lead actress in a drama thanks to her role as a tough criminal defence lawyer in ABC's How to Get Away With Murder.
Accepting her award, she said: "The only thing that separates women of colour from anyone else is opportunity.
Jon Hamm, who played Don Draper in the drama Mad Men, set in an advertising agency primarily in the 1960s, said: "It's incredible and impossible for me personally to be standing here."
Julia Louis-Dreyfus won best comedy actress for the fourth time for playing Selina Meyer on Veep, while Tony Hale, who plays her bag man, was again named best comedy supporting actor.
Veep, which is set in the office of the fictional vice-president and subsequent president of the United States, Selina Meyer, also won the comedy writing statuette.
The show's win for best comedy ended a fiver-year winning streak for sitcom Modern Family - dashing the cast's hopes of beating Frasier, which also has five wins in the category.
Uzo Aduba, who plays Suzanne 'Crazy Eyes' Warren in Netflix prison series Orange is the New Black, was named best supporting actress in a drama.
The TV Academy awarded only four prizes to the main US broadcast networks. But while the pre-awards talk had revolved around streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon, it was cable channel HBO that swept the board, with shows like Veep, Game of Thrones and Olive Kitteridge performing well.
The latter picked up six awards, including best mini-series, best lead actor in a mini-series or movie (Richard Jenkins), lead actress (Frances McDormand) and supporting actor (Bill Murray).
Andy Samberg hosted the show, his first time at the helm of a major awards ceremony.
Variety's Brian Lowry wasn't overly impressed with Samberg's debut: "What mostly came across, gradually, was that Samberg's approach just didn't wear especially well. He plays better in bite-sized bits, and his sprightly setup/joke rhythms yielded diminishing returns over the course of the evening."
But USA Today reviewer Robert Bianco was a little more effusive.
"For most viewers, the show only works if the host works, and Samberg did just fine. Like all modern awards show hosts, he did throw a few jabs at some of the folks in the room, but they were generally mild, which is what the job requires."


British authorities in Cyprus have been criticised for failing to effectively tackle the poaching of songbirds on a military base.

Some 1.7 million birds were illegally killed across the Republic of Cyprus in 2016 according to a new report.
More than 800,000 were killed on the British military territory that extends for around 100 sq km (100 sq miles).
The UK authorities in Cyprus said that their efforts had helped to halt what had been a rising trend.
The study was carried out by the RSPB and Birdlife Cyprus, during the autumn migration season between September and October in 2016.
Within the territory is a spot where nearly half of migratory bird species from Europe, Africa and the Middle East are thought to stop to rest - Cape Pyla.
According to today's report, Cape Pyla is the worst spot in the country for trapping.
The songbirds are sold on the black market to be pickled, roasted or fried and eaten in secret as a local delicacy. Criminal gangs are thought to earn huge sums from the trade.
Along with the British bases, the survey covered the popular holiday destination areas of Famagusta and Larnaca along with Ayios Theodorus - Maroni.
The poachers have found that the most efficient way of trapping birds is to use a "mist net" strung between acacia bushes.
Acacia is an invasive species that spreads like a weed and is the right height and density to make an inviting roosting spot.
Fake birdsong is played from MP3 players hidden in the branches which deceives the birds into thinking it's a safe place. They then fly straight in to the near-invisible net. One net can trap 400 birds. Getting rid of the bushes would make it very difficult to set effective traps.
But today's report criticises the British military authorities for not pressing ahead with plans to clear acacia bushes from the territory. An operation to remove the bushes was stopped after a protest last year when trucks were used to blockade the main road in and out of the base.
Martin Harper, RSPB Conservation Director said: "This report sadly highlights that the British base is the number one bird killing hotspot on the whole island of Cyprus. Many much loved garden bird species are being trapped and killed for huge profit by criminal gangs. The trappers' brazen prevention of the removal of their criminal infrastructure from MoD land could never be tolerated here in the UK."
According to a spokesman for the Sovereign Base Areas (SBAs): "The UK is committed to tackling illegal bird crime and is pleased that the RSPB has recognised a significant increase in enforcement activity that has led to a record number of arrests, equipment seizures, prosecutions and fines. For the second year running we have halted the rising trend in numbers of birds killed."
The spokesman also pointed out that from a force of 142 officers, 11 are dedicated to anti-poaching.
However while some poachers have been hit with fines of up to 17,000 euros, only two or three have ever ended up in prison.
The SBA is limited in what it can do to reduce demand for the songbirds.  The songbird dish is called "ambelopoulia" and almost all of the restaurants serving it are found in the Republic. A meal of 12 birds can cost up to Â£60. A poacher can demand Â£1 a bird. It is a lucrative, tax-free income.
Martin Hellicar, Director of BirdLife Cyprus said: "While our latest findings clearly show that the worst bird killing hotspot in Cyprus remains on MoD land, we cannot ignore the distasteful fact that the restaurants serving trapped birds operate within the Cyprus Republic. Enforcement against these law-breaking restaurants has been limited - at best - in recent years, and the Cypriot authorities must change this."


Voters have given the Conservatives another four years in charge at Devon County Council.

The Conservatives won 42 of the 60 seats, four more than they won at the last elections in 2013.
They have been in control of the county council since wrestling it from the Liberal Democrats in 1989.
Labour and the Liberal Democrats have seven seats each, Independents have three and the Green Party has one with UKIP losing all its seats.
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Local political analyst Adrian Lee said: "It's an interesting question about who becomes the official opposition because Labour and the Liberal Democrats each have seven seats.
"And the Greens won back a seat in Totnes which they effectively lost through defection.
"It's a fairly mixed picture but the Conservatives are comfortably back in power."


The sculptor behind a statue of Cristiano Ronaldo that left football fans scratching their heads has said his work is just "a matter of taste".

Emanuel Santos said the bust, unveiled on the Portuguese island of Madeira, was "not as simple as it seems" to create.
The unveiling of the Ronaldo statue led many on social media to question the work's resemblance to the player.
It was revealed at a ceremony to name the island's airport after him.
"It is impossible to please the Greeks and Trojans. Neither did Jesus please everyone," Mr Santos said.
He said that his creation was "not as simple as it seems" to produce, adding that it took him 15 days to complete and that the finished item "was a matter of taste", the Guardian newspaper reports.
"Cristiano saw the photos that his brother sent him," Mr Santos told broadcaster Globo.
"I was with his brother at Cristiano's museum in Madeira and from the messages he sent, I could tell that he liked what he saw," he said.
Mr Santos said that Ronaldo had asked him to make minor changes in order to make the player look younger.
"He only asked for some wrinkles that gave him a certain expression in his face when he's about to laugh to be changed," he said.
On Wednesday, Mr Santos told Portuguese TV channel RTP that he had not yet had the opportunity to talk to Ronaldo personally since the unveiling, but said that he would "reach out to him to know his feedback".
"It's always a great honour to work on a project like that," he said.
However, shortly after the sculpture was revealed on Wednesday, it was mocked on the social media site Twitter.
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A Lancashire soldier has become the first woman in 10 years - and only the second in history - to be made a Beefeater at the Tower of London.

Amanda Clark, 42, who has served with the Royal Logistics Corps for 22 years, is the newest Yeoman of the Guard.
The Burnley-born soldier said: "It didn't really hit me until the first time I wore the uniform and realised I am now part of the Tower's history."
The first female Beefeater was Moira Cameron, from Argyll, in 2007.
Warrant Officer Clark said: "Waking up at the Tower of London is magical. Every morning I wake up and the Tower looks so peaceful."
She added: "I can't stop smiling."
The Yeoman Warders are descended from the ancient band of warders who guarded the gates and royal prisoners early in the Tower's history.
Their modern duties mix a traditional ceremonial role with leading tours for visitors.
They are still extraordinary members of the Queen's bodyguard and, to qualify, applicants must have served at least 22 years in the armed forces, hold the long service and good conduct medal and reached the level of Warrant Officer.


Oscar-winning producer Robert Chartoff, who was behind hit boxing films such as the Rocky series and Raging Bull, has died in California, aged 81.

Chartoff's daughters confirmed he died at home in Santa Monica surrounded by his family. He had pancreatic cancer.
"He was an amazing father and person," said Julie Chartoff, adding: "There are no words."
He won the best picture Oscar for the first Rocky film in 1977, which was written by its star Sylvester Stallone.
The producer shared the Academy Award - one of three for the 1976 film - with partner Irwin Winkler.
They both went on to produce all seven Rocky movies, including the forthcoming film Creed, which is currently in post-production.
Chartoff was also nominated for an Oscar in 1981 for Raging Bull, Martin Scorsese's darker take on the sport, which starred Robert De Niro as boxer Jake La Motta.
He produced films into his late 70s and early 80s, including 2014's The Gambler with Mark Wahlberg and 2013's Enders Game with Harrison Ford.
He also worked on Jane Fonda's They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and 1983 film The Right Stuff, which won four Oscars.
Chartoff and Winkler - who worked together until 1985 - convinced United Artists to make Rocky for less than $1 million (Â£646,000), after Stallone insisted on playing the lead, according to Variety.
The film went on to earn 10 Oscar nominations and take more than $200m (Â£129m).
Chartoff is survived by third wife Jenny Weyman and his five children.