If your fantasy is to create a billion dollar business, why not create it out of fantasy?

That's what Nigel and Lesley Eccles have done as co-founders at FanDuel.
It's a storming success that's grown out of Edinburgh University. Alongside Skyscanner, the travel search site, it's the big consumer hope for the Scottish tech sector.
Yet few have heard of it close to home. All its customers are in the USA and Canada, and that's where they've been for the six years since it started.
Online users play daily and weekly fantasy sports, across American football, baseball, basketball and ice-hockey.
They can be in public leagues, or playing with friends, and pay stakes proportionate to the prizes.
The idea is to research players in your chosen league, using the wealth of data in US sports, building up a team with the constrained budget you've been set. That research and choice of team is what is deemed to make this a game of skill.
Then the real players take to the field, and you score points depending on how well the real players do, when their efforts are awarded to your fantasy team.
FanDuel has sponsored partnerships with 13 professional basketball league teams and 16 American football teams, and is official partner of the National Basketball Association. So it's a brand that's getting well known in the nation's sports stadiums and its sports websites.
There are reckoned to be more than 40 million players of fantasy sports online in North America. FanDuel leads the field in daily plays. By last year, it had hit a million regular active users. Since last summer, the number of active users was up four-fold.
One measure of engagement by users is the number of edits and entries they put into their gaming profiles, and that can run to 200 per second.
When I last went to its modest Edinburgh base 20 months ago, one of the things that struck me was that it didn't measure its success by profit (it wasn't making any), but by how much it gives away in prizes.
In 2012, it had given away a $50m (£32m), which seemed quite a lot for a small team in an Edinburgh office block. In 2013, they were on track to give away $135m (£87m).
But since I last checked, it's moved into swankier surroundings and that number has grown somewhat. Last year, the prize fund totalled $560m (£360m), and this year - get this - they intend to give away more than $2bn.  That's £1.3bn. And a rough rule of thumb is that for every £9 given away in prizes, £1 is taken as revenue.
FanDuel had already had to put its corporate brass plate into the US, as it needs to keep on-side with lobbying and regulation. And its customer base likes to be all-American with those World Series of theirs.
It was a loophole in 2006 US legislation that gave FanDuel the space to grow, by exempting online fantasy sports from gambling law.
But it still retains its roots in Scotland. The company is recruiting staff for its Edinburgh Quartermile office, and opening a Glasgow city centre base next month. By the end of this year, FanDuel expects to have 90 employees in Scotland, and 160 in the US.
It has offices in New York and Los Angeles, and recently set up a Florida development site with 40 staff, working on all things online sport and gaming.
With that kind of growth, it's no surprise that others are moving into the same fantasy sports field.
Its main rival is DraftKing. Yahoo has vast online sports communities, but is only now getting into the lucrative daily play market. Sports channel ESPN has its branding clout behind this too. Nigel Eccles expresses surprise that they have been so slow to spot what FanDuel has been doing, and to move in to that turf.
The New York Times recently reported analyst estimates that the daily play market is worth $2.6bn in revenue, and will rise at 41% per year to reach $14bn by the end of the decade.
The key to future success in keeping a share of that market is partly to keep the offer fresh. FanDuel has to motivate its young team to stay sharp. With daily plays and the ability to change your fantasy team regularly, it keeps people coming back frequently.
The vital challenge is to keep attracting, or "acquiring", users. That's where much of the $363m (£233m) of recently-raised capital is to go.
FanDuel has just announced the final part of that package, with investments totalling $275m (£176m). That is from some of the blue chip investors of the US tech scene, led by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and including investment arms of Google, NBC, Time Warner and the Disney family.
It's easy for marketers to find sports fans, but not cheap to advertise to them. The rewards, though, can be impressive. Not many online websites can claim more than eight hours of eyeball time per month.


MPs have agreed that England should have its own national anthem after the question was put to a vote in the Houses of Parliament today.

God Save the Queen is the national anthem for the UK as a whole but after today's vote MPs have said that England should have its own anthem in the same way as Scotland and Wales.
Scotland's anthem is Flower of Scotland, while Welsh people sing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau.
Prime Minister David Cameron's choice would be Jerusalem, which is popular among groups campaigning for England's own anthem.
Other choices include Land of Hope and Glory,  I Vow To Thee My Country and There'll Always Be an England - or an entirely new national anthem could be written.
There's plenty of time to think about it; MPs will discuss it again in March before a final decision on whether to go ahead with a new anthem for England is made.


A BBC investigation - Humans for Sale - went undercover on a bus journey from Romania to the UK with people who could become prey to human traffickers.

As a journalist, there are some stories which simply never leave you. Strangely, it is rarely the story itself which leaves its mark. It is the people you meet along the way.
For me, it was a young Romanian man.
I never learned his name. I had travelled with him for three days across seven countries on a bus, in search of work.
We ate together and I laughed with him and watched him cry yet I never learned his name.
I had been investigating human trafficking and the supply chain between Eastern Europe and Scotland.
Romanian traffickers, I heard, were bringing victims over to the UK in such large numbers that they were now using every route possible to fulfil demand.
I was told a bus now ran three times a week from Bucharest to Glasgow.
A bus which traffickers had used to bring their victims over.
I heard the bus was full every week, nearly all those on board coming to the UK for work.
All willingly, it is just some may later discover they had been trafficked.
If I wanted to understand the stories behind the people coming to the UK - by choice or otherwise - I knew I would have to get that bus, earn the trust of those on board and hope they would tell me what I wanted to know.
I knew it would be too dangerous to film openly as traffickers had used the route to bring their "merchandise" over, sometimes travelling with their victims to ensure their safe arrival.
So, armed with a small camcorder and a couple of covert ones, I headed to Bucharest.
The following morning I was taken by taxi to a car park on the outskirts of the city.
A minibus would pick me up from there, I was told, take me to the other side of Romania, where I would meet a long-distance coach which would take me to my destination.
The minibus driver wanted £165 from me for a one-way ticket to Glasgow. He insisted on being paid in pounds Sterling and told me they did this route three times a week.
I climbed inside the Transit van.
There were no windows in the back where I had to sit.
The handles had been removed from the inside of the doors, the driver told me it was because people kept trying to get out as it was travelling.
The next 10 hours were spent crossing Romania, stopping only to pick up people or parcels.
I witnessed hundreds of pounds being passed over. Everyone I spoke to was taking this route for the first time.
The men were going to work in factories or vegetable fields, car washes or construction.
The women to work in hotels or care homes. Some to visit their husbands.
Eventually we arrived in Cluj on the east of the country where we were to board the coach which was to be our home for the next three days.
Waiting on its arrival was the first time I was able to speak with my fellow passengers.
The first group I spoke to were going to Leeds, Luton, Southampton and London.
Two were going to work in construction, one in a warehouse. The others in factories.
A man who was going to work in a car wash told me he would be working six or seven days a week, 11 hours a shift. For that he would be paid £40 per day.
He said: "It's very small eh? For a Romanian it is a very hard life here.
"You work for £7 per day. It is a hard life. Romania, Poland, Czech Republic, this is the problem, we work too much. But you have to understand life in Romania. In Romania you work for £7 per day.
"You have family, you have kids, so £7 is nothing. It's a very hard life."
A construction worker told me he too would be working six days a week, 10 hours a day. For that, he would get £200.
Others would be getting £3.50 an hour for vegetable picking.
Most were told that accommodation would be provided by the people who were offering the work.
They didn't know how many others they would be sharing with, although one man told me he suspected it would be many, as that was what had happened to others he knew who had come here before.
The bus arrived shortly before 10 that evening. It was already filled with passengers as I got on board.
I found an empty seat, it was cramped and uncomfortable.
There was a toilet we weren't allowed to use. There were two drivers who rotated shifts so that the bus could drive through the coming days and nights.
Loud music was played almost non-stop for the entire journey.
Surprisingly there was an on-board entertainment system - a screen at the front of the bus.
Even more surprisingly was the movie being played - Liam Neeson's "Taken", a film about human trafficking, albeit played mute with Romanian subtitles.
The first night was hard. There was a bad smash in front of the bus as we crossed through Hungary. One dead, others badly injured. I watched the body being covered with a blanket.
It was only when we stopped a few hours later that I was able to speak to other passengers.
One man was going to work in a factory.
He didn't know what his wage would be but said he had been to the UK before and paid a pittance.
He was only returning because any money earned in the UK would be more than what he would get back home in Romania.
"Do you feel exploited?" I asked him.
"Yes, every day, yeah," he said.
The next passenger I spoke to was just 19.  It was his first time away from home and he needed to work so he could send money back to his family.
He looked frightened and I asked if he was nervous. "A little", he told me.
He had been offered a job as a waiter near Crawley.
For a six-day week, 10 hours a day, he would be paid £118. For the week.
He would be put in a flat with others. He didn't know how many.
His English was almost perfect.
He told me: "In Romania I work in IT and now I am going to be a waiter. It's kind of a big deal. I have no experience."
He told me he had a cousin in the UK. I asked if he would be able to go to her for help if he needed.
"No", he said, "My family is broken and so I have no-one here."
We travelled onwards, through Hungary, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France.
Each time we stopped, the young waiter would come and find me, talk to me about his life back home, his fear of being in the UK alone, and his sheer desperation at the situation he now found himself in.
He warned me when some of the men in the bus, bored with hassling each other, had started to target me sexually.
He would walk me to the toilets at the service stations so I wasn't alone. He told me about his family and became upset as the tiredness and reality of what he was doing began to take its toll.
Finally, in the early hours of the third day, we crossed the Channel and were driven to a service station on the outskirts of London.
It was five in the morning and a number of minibuses were waiting for us all.
Like cattle, we were herded into different groups and told to get in the minibuses.
I went and sought out the young waiter in the darkness, to say goodbye. But he had already boarded his minibus and I watched it pull out of the service station and drive off into the night.
I got into the minibus bound for Scotland.
As we headed north, I wondered which of my travelling companions - already clearly being exploited in the UK - would find out they've been trafficked.
I hoped the young waiter wouldn't be one of them.
Humans for Sale is on BBC One Scotland at 21:00 on Wednesday 10 May


Plans to build up to 400 new homes in a former industrial area in Edinburgh have been given the green light by councillors, according to developers.

The Grosvenor Group said the City of Edinburgh Council had granted planning consent for its proposed build-to-rent scheme at Springside, Fountainbridge.
The group has already completed the first phase of the development.
It comprises 250 homes, including affordable homes, serviced apartments and student residences.
David Yaldron, from Grosvenor Britain and Ireland, said: "We welcome the City of Edinburgh Council's forward-thinking decision in granting planning consent.
"Our project team has collaborated closely with local neighbourhood organisations and today's decision marks an important and exciting step forward for the area's wider regeneration.
"In addition to new homes, this consent includes plans for a new public square, community spaces and commercial and retail space, which we hope will add to the vibrancy of the neighbourhood and re-position it as one of the best places to live in Edinburgh."


Plans to frack for shale gas in North Yorkshire have been submitted to the county council.

Third Energy has applied to fracture underground rocks at a site near the village of Kirby Misperton in Ryedale and then pump gas from them.
John Dewar, from Third Energy, said operations would be "conducted safely and environmentally".
Anti-fracking campaigners are concerned about the effects of the process and the waste water generated.
Fracking is a technique for extracting gas or oil trapped between layers of rock by forcing the layers open using water under high pressure.
Mr Dewar said the application was an "important milestone" in the project to produce gas from the Bowland strata beneath North Yorkshire.
"We know that the gas is present but it is only by actually hydraulically stimulating the rock that we can understand the potential of the gas to flow and the likely volumes that can be produced," he said.
The application is for test production - if gas is found it will be extracted by the company for six weeks.
The site already has a well, known as KM8, that was drilled during 2013.
Chris Redstone, of Frack-free Ryedale, said: "Fracking produces huge quantities of waste water which contains hydrocarbons and heavy metals, many of which can be carcinogenic."
North Yorkshire County Council confirmed the application had been received.
It said it had yet to be validated and would go through the normal planning procedure, including a wide-ranging consultation.
"No timetable has been set, it's a long process", a spokesperson said.
Analysis by Danni Hewson, Business Correspondent at BBC Look North
While Cuadrilla has been garnering the lion's share of national attention Third Energy has been quietly streaking ahead in the fracking race.
The gas and oil company, predominantly owned by Barclays, has already carried out exploratory tests at their site in Kirby Misperton. They already have a pipeline in place to siphon off any gas produced and a power station on the grid to turn shale into electricity.
While Cuadrilla's latest planning application is a lot further down the line and wider in scope, in terms of logistics they are still at the starting gate.
They have no well ready to go at either of their two proposed sites and still need to test what's under the ground there.
Third Energy's operations manager is aware his company could become a reluctant trail blazer.
If planning permission is granted KM8 would be fracked for six weeks, though not continuously.  What happens after that depends on how and if the gas flows.
Energy resources firm Cuadrilla has applied to extract shale gas at its sites in Little Plumpton and Roseacre Wood, near Blackpool in Lancashire.
The decisions on whether to allow fracking are due to be made by Lancashire County Council in June.
IGas, another energy company, has also found shale gas at a test drilling well at Barton Moss in Salford.
The technique was suspended in the UK in 2011 after fracking for shale gas deposits near Blackpool was linked to two minor earthquakes.
However, a government report published in June 2012 concluded fracking was safe if adequately monitored.


Teachers and hundreds of pupils have donned Father Christmas outfits and beards to take part in their secondary school's Santa fun run.

The event at Grantown Grammar in Grantown on Spey in the Cairngorms was held to raise money for the school's funds.
Those taking part warmed up by dancing a jig in the school's playing field before running, jogging or walking.
The fun run involved about 340 "Santas" and even a few of their pet dogs.


US aerospace company Boeing has frozen defined-benefit pensions for 68,000 employees, including management and executives.

From January 2016, the funds paid out by new Boeing pensions will be market-dependent.
The switch affects non-unionised employees and follows a pension deal struck with unions in January.
Boeing said the move would curb the "unsustainable growth" of its long-term pension liability.
Pensions for most Boeing employees will move from defined benefits, such as a fixed final-salary scheme, to a defined contribution scheme from 1 January 2016.
People on the original scheme will receive benefits for contributions to the end of 2015, while benefits accrued from the beginning of 2016 will be under the new scheme.
The pension switch, which affects non-unionised employees, follows a deal that was narrowly accepted by unionised Boeing workers in Seattle in January.
Under the deal, workers voted to accept the change to their pensions as part of an agreement that Boeing would assemble 777X jets in Washington state.
Large US companies that have changed pension schemes to minimise costs include General Motors, which announced plans to reduce its pension burden by $26bn (Â£17bn) in June 2012.


World number one Mark Selby beat Mark Williams 10-8 in a tight China Open final to leave the Welshman needing to qualify for the World Championship.

Selby started well with two centuries to lead 3-1 but Williams produced 106 to be 5-4 down at the interval.
Neither man held a two-frame lead after the restart until Selby closed out after a fine 124 break to move 9-8 up.
Defeat means Williams' compatriot Ryan Day stays in the world's top-16 and qualifies for the World Championship.
Victory for Williams would have moved him from 22 in the world into the top-16 and offered an automatic place in the draw for the tournament in Sheffield, which starts on 15 April.
The two-time champion will now have to win three best-of-19-frame preliminary matches in the qualifying event at Ponds Forge in Sheffield from 5-12 April if he is to be in the 32-man draw for the Crucible.
The draw for qualifying takes place on Sunday night and those in it will dream of emulating Selby, who since winning the tournament for the second time last year, has maintained fine form.
Victory in Beijing - where he walked away with an £85,000 first prize - was his fourth ranking tournament success of the season, his previous best campaign coming in 2014-15 with two wins. He will head to the World Championships with a tightened grip on the world number one spot, with Judd Trump in second.
Williams, who has not won a ranking event since the 2011 German Masters, may look to the fourth frame as key. Trailing 2-1, he potted the opening red but brushed the brown with his cue, allowing Selby to take to the table and move 3-1 up with a 106 break.
It was not until frame 13 that Williams held a lead. Selby hauled level with a break of 95 and though Williams again edged 8-7 ahead, Selby's clearance of 70 tied at 8-8.
The Jester from Leicester delivered three centuries in all, his 124 in the penultimate frame key as he prepared for his world title defence by winning the 11th ranking title of his career.
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Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah has been given a three-month ban after admitting to a doping offence.

Yasir had tested positive for banned substance chlorthalidone in November.
The International Cricket Council said it accepted his claim of mistakenly taking his wife's medication instead of his own, but stressed their "zero-tolerance approach to doping".
The ban is backdated to 27 December - when Yasir was provisionally suspended - and will run until 27 March.
"I assure all fans and followers of the Pakistan cricket team that I have never taken a performance-enhancing substance nor have I ever had the intent of masking any such substance," said the 29-year-old.
"However, I acknowledge that I should have taken extra precautions to ensure that my blood pressure medication was stored separately from my wife's medication so that there was no possibility of it being mistaken for my own. Therefore, I accept the consequences imposed upon me."
Yasir will miss the Asia Cup and the World Twenty20, while his first major outing following his return could be with Pakistan's touring party to England this summer.
The ICC's general manager Geoff Allardice said the announcement "reminds all international cricketers that they remain personally responsible for ensuring that anything they eat, drink or put into their bodies does not result in an anti-doping rule violation".
Since making his international debut in 2011, he has played in 12 Tests and 15 one-day internationals.
He took 12 wickets as Pakistan beat Australia 2-0 in a Test series in 2014, and doubled that tally in a 2-1 win over Sri Lanka in 2015.


Up to a quarter of a million couples will say their vows in the UK this year, a privilege that on average will cost them £21,000 each.

That is not including a honeymoon or the rings.
With a venue setting you back on average £6,500, and a wedding dress costing in excess of £1,400, it is easy to see how costs spiral out of control.
Tessa O'Sullivan is getting married in a few months time and continues to be surprised at how much anything wedding-related seems to cost.
"Every time I call a supplier - whether it's a florist or the printers - the quotes I get are always so much higher than I expect," she says.
"It's like you need to add a zero on anything that is wedding-related. Everything seems to cost so much," she adds.
Source: UK Alliance of Wedding Planners
This wedding "premium" appears most stark when pricing a photographer.
One London-based professional quoted £1,500 for nine hours work at a wedding.
When we asked how much it would cost for him to photograph a 25th wedding anniversary - also for nine hours - his price fell to a far more palatable £680.
But experts say such pricing is justified.
"There is so much more emotion and work involved in a wedding than for any other party," says Sandy Moretta, a wedding planner.
"Suppliers - florist, photographers - always go the extra mile when it's a wedding. There are always more meetings, more emails, more mind changing when someone is planning their wedding.
"Brides want their perfect day," she adds.
And that is how Tess is justifying many of the additional costs at her wedding.
"This 'you only do it once' line is making me part with far more money then I probably should, but I've dreamt of my wedding for years and want it to be perfect," she says.
However there are plenty of ways to reduce the final invoices.
Moretta says that negotiating with suppliers is essential.
"Photographers and florists are nearly always willing to discuss their pricing schemes, and if there isn't another couple also wanting them on that day, you can often get a slight reduction," she says.
Reducing the guest list is another great way to cut the final bill.
Many wedding venues are costed on a per head basis, so not inviting those distant cousins could substantially cut the cost of your wedding.
Do it in November
One of the best ways to make sure your wedding comes in on budget is to chose a week day in the winter.
A wedding on a Tuesday in November could be up to 50% percent cheaper than a Saturday in June.
Emma Eeles was one bride who chose to get married out of the peak season.
She married Brett in November last year, holding the reception in a hotel on the beach near St Ives in Cornwall.
"Not only did it mean the venue was much cheaper, it also meant our guests could get cheaper accommodation too," she says.
"Many travelled down from London so this made a real difference to them."
Emma also asked for help from family and friends in her bid to come in on budget.
Her mother helped make the table centre pieces, buying ivory candles and flower petals instead of expensive out-of-season flowers.
Emma's make up was done by one friend who had trained as a make-up artist. Another designed and printed her wedding invitations.
A third friend helped make up sweet bags that were given to the guests.
"Having friends and family involved was great - it made them part of the day and made the day feel more personal … as well as saving us some money," says Emma.
She was also careful when it came to planning the menu.
"We served prosecco which was so much cheaper than champagne and tried to pick seasonal foods that were local," she says.
"I realised exotic fruits weren't going to be cheap in the winter after they'd been flown halfway around the world," she says.
As Emma says, it is about marrying the person you love, not breaking your bank balance.


Marcus Rashford made history by becoming the youngest player to score on his England debut as they beat Australia in a friendly at The Stadium Of Light.

Manchester United's Rashford - at 18 years and 208 days - beat the previous record set by Tommy Lawton in 1938 when he volleyed in after only 138 seconds.
He was then able to press his claims for inclusion in England's Euro 2016 squad when it is confirmed on Tuesday with an exciting display, especially with Liverpool's Daniel Sturridge not even able to make the substitutes' bench because of a calf injury.
Wayne Rooney, on as a half-time substitute, drilled home his 52nd England goal from Raheem Sterling's pass in the 55th minute before Eric Dier gave Australia hope with 15 minutes left by heading into his own net at the near post from Alex Wilkinson's cross.
Reaction to England's win over Australia
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From the moment he came out for England's warm-up, Rashford looked perfectly at home on the international stage - and surely now manager Roy Hodgson will take him to Euro 2016.
Rashford was a threat for the entire 63 minutes he was on the pitch. There were moments when his inexperience showed, such as when his control let him down after being played in by Sterling in the first half - but this is a young man on a mission.
He demonstrated pace, control and a nerveless approach and even when he stumbled on another chance in the second half, he recovered his poise quickly to send a cross flashing into the six-yard box with his England colleagues just unable to get a touch.
Rashford departed to a deserved standing ovation. Now it seems certain he will be packing his bags and his passport for France.
Rooney's beaming smile gave the seal of approval to the young pretender Rashford when he volleyed home - but England's captain showed he is not ready to give way to the younger generation just yet with a vibrant second-half display.
The 30-year-old has never been under greater pressure for his England place with the emergence of Tottenham's Harry Kane and Leicester City's Jamie Vardy, whose goals helped make them Premier League champions.
He looked fresh and fit in his 45 minutes on the pitch, rifling a fine finish high past Matthew Ryan and also looking to create chances for his team-mates. Rooney will start England's Euro 2016 opener against Russia in Marseille on Saturday, 11 June.
Dier's own goal was symptomatic of England's back line. They still look less than convincing in defence, even against a side as average as this Australia.
Dier, a defensive midfielder, was brought on in a centre-back role and had only been on the pitch for a couple of minutes when he dived, unchallenged, at the near post and headed a low cross under Fraser Forster.
Manager Hodgson has time to work on his first-choice line-up before the opening game of Euro 2016 but he will be hoping Gary Cahill shakes off a hip injury because central defence is already one area of the team where England look vulnerable.
Australia got at England early on but never had the quality to pose a serious threat where others will at the sharp end of Euro 2016.
Sturridge has suffered the misery of another injury setback, this time a calf problem that restricted him to a watching brief while Rashford claimed the headlines.
Liverpool's striker is a rare talent, as proved by his wonderful goal - a masterpiece of technique with the outside of his left foot - in the Europa League final defeat by Sevilla in Basel.
The problem is, however, an obvious one. Sturridge's fitness cannot be counted on and means Hodgson has only days to decide whether to take the gamble of putting him on the plane to France - especially as Rashford is providing him with an exciting new alternative.
Hodgson will trim his 26-man squad to 23 before the Tuesday, 31 May deadline and England will play their final warm-up game before Euro 2016 when they take on Portugal at Wembley on Thursday, 2 June.
Match ends, England 2, Australia 1.
Second Half ends, England 2, Australia 1.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Australia).
Andros Townsend (England) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (England) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (England) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, England. Tom Heaton replaces Fraser Forster.
Attempt saved. Craig Goodwin (Australia) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Mile Jedinak with a cross.
Bailey Wright (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andros Townsend (England).
Mark Milligan (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wayne Rooney (England).
Foul by Milos Degenek (Australia).
Ryan Bertrand (England) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Australia. Jackson Irvine replaces Aaron Mooy.
Substitution, Australia. Craig Goodwin replaces Robbie Kruse.
Attempt missed. Jordan Henderson (England) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Andros Townsend.
Corner,  England. Conceded by Milos Degenek.
Substitution, England. Andros Townsend replaces Raheem Sterling.
Own Goal by Eric Dier, England.  England 2, Australia 1.
Tomi Juric (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Nathaniel Clyne (England).
Substitution, Australia. Milos Degenek replaces Josh Risdon.
Substitution, Australia. Tomi Juric replaces Tomas Rogic.
Substitution, England. Eric Dier replaces Chris Smalling because of an injury.
Attempt missed. James Milner (England) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Attempt saved. Robbie Kruse (Australia) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Aaron Mooy with a through ball.
Josh Risdon (Australia) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by James Milner (England).
Attempt missed. Christopher Ikonomidis (Australia) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Robbie Kruse with a cross.
Bailey Wright (Australia) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jordan Henderson (England).
Attempt missed. Josh Risdon (Australia) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a corner.
Corner,  Australia. Conceded by Chris Smalling.
Attempt missed. Nathaniel Clyne (England) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Foul by Aaron Mooy (Australia).
Ross Barkley (England) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, England. Ross Barkley replaces Marcus Rashford.
Corner,  Australia. Conceded by Daniel Drinkwater.
Attempt missed. Wayne Rooney (England) right footed shot from very close range misses to the left. Assisted by Marcus Rashford.
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"Our pilots are a very important part of our safety network, they are not a threat to safety - they are guaranteeing safety in aviation."

That is the forthright response from Lufthansa Group's chief executive, Carsten Spohr, when asked about the company's reaction to the loss of Germanwings flight 9525, a year ago.
Last March the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in southern France.
All 150 passengers and crew were killed.
Investigations showed that the aircraft had been brought down deliberately by its co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz. It later emerged that he had suffered from severe depression in the past.
Prosecutors also said that at the time of the accident he had been suffering from "an illness", which he had concealed from his employer and colleagues - and had destroyed sick notes excusing him from duty.
In the wake of the accident, Lufthansa faced criticism for allowing Mr Lubitz to fly. However, Mr Spohr - himself a qualified airline pilot -  says that even with the benefit of hindsight, he doesn't believe the company did anything wrong.
"I think we've seen in this very tragic accident, one of the few examples in our industry where no significant change of procedures, of engineering came from what we learned, which makes it even more tragic in a way", he says.
"We have looked with government bodies into cockpit access procedures, into medical screening of pilots, and basically we found that Lufthansa has been doing it right."
Some changes have been made at industry level - for example the European Aviation Safety Agency now recommends that no pilot is ever left alone in the cockpit, and further talks about "optimising" cockpit procedures are still going on.
And Mr Spohr thinks the right decisions will be taken.
"It's our promise to any victim in any accident that we put all our effort as an industry into making flying ever safer", he says.
The crash overshadowed what was, on paper at least, a successful year for Lufthansa in 2015.
Passenger numbers were up across the group, and profits are expected to total more than â‚¬1.5bn ($1.7bn; Â£1.18bn). The low price of oil has helped, by significantly reducing its fuel bill.
But at the same time, the group has endured a fractious relationship with pilots, cabin crew and ground staff.
It is attempting to cut costs, and expand its budget subsidiary Eurowings, which is taking over some long haul routes, as well as developing its European network.
Its plans have antagonised unions - and the company endured a series of damaging strikes, including one that lasted a week and forced thousands of flights to be cancelled.
Lufthansa says that over the past two years, strikes have cost the airline more than $500m (Â£347m). But Mr Spohr thinks it has been a necessary sacrifice.
"Some of the structures we have at Lufthansa are from the days of state ownership. So these 30 or 40 year-old structures are just not fitting us for the future.
"There's resistance, obviously. Is this a perfect time to overcome such resistance, when we're making record profits? No.
"But I think we've waited too long already, so I think it's now time to make Lufthansa fit for growth again.
"If we don't take the pain now, the pain is just getting bigger and it has to be taken sometime in the future. So it doesn't pay off to defer it."
But can agreement ever be reached? Mr Spohr clearly thinks so.
"I know my staff love their company as much as I do", he says with a wry smile.
I'm sure there's a joint interest, we just haven't managed to find the right compromise yet. I'm very positive we will."


Captain Ashley Williams has challenged Swansea City to maintain their winning form following back-to-back wins in the Premier League.

Swansea are four points clear of the relegation zone after a much-needed 2-1 win at Everton.
The Swans had beaten Watford earlier in the week and Williams wants the team to continue the momentum.
"The main thing is we build on it and that was my message before the game," Williams said.
"We want to put a run together now and pick up as many points as we can to put a bit of distance between ourselves and the drop zone.
"Every team has a little run, whether it's a good one or a bad one, throughout the season.
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"We'll try and make it our turn to have a good one now."
New head coach Francesco Guidolin's first game in charge saw Swansea secure a first ever league win over Everton and two successive wins for the first time this season.
Wales defender Williams has been impressed by the Italian, who previously coached Udinese and Monaco.
"He's lifted the place a bit and also tried to implement some of his own ideas into the team in the week," Williams added.
"He wants us to play our own game with a few little tweaks and ideas that he thinks will help us.
"I look forward to working with him and all the lads have been impressed with his first week and the way he goes about work and what he's asking of us.
"It looks good at the minute. It's been a good week for us and now we can settle down again, collect our thoughts and go again."
Swansea's next Premier League game on Tuesday, 2 February will be away to the side immediately above them in the table, West Bromwich Albion.


Sevilla midfielder Samir Nasri is being investigated by the Spanish Anti-Doping Agency (AEPSAD) over treatment he received at a Los Angeles clinic.

The Drip Doctors clinic posted a tweet saying the on-loan Manchester City star had been given an immunity IV drip.
It triggered a series of embarrassing tweets, which were subsequently deleted, leading to the Frenchman claiming his account had been hacked.
The drip given to Nasri, 29, may break World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) rules.
The immunity IV drip involves one litre of hydration and is designed to "combat superbugs and common viruses", according to the Drip Doctors website.
Wada place a 50ml limit on IV infusions for active athletes in six-hour periods unless it was "received in the course of hospital admissions, surgical procedures or clinical investigations".
A statement from AEPSAD said it had "commenced an investigation into treatment used by football player Samir Nasri".
It added: "AEPSAD wants to gather all the information and check what happened. We must be very prudent at the moment. We can't prejudge the player."
Former Arsenal player Nasri, who has 41 France caps, joined Manchester City in 2011 but left in August for a season-long loan with the Spanish side, who are third in La Liga.


Eighty jobs are to be created in Belfast by an American web security firm.

WhiteHat Security provides web security services to businesses, including e-commerce, financial services and healthcare companies.
The new jobs will be created following the establishment of a threat research centre, customer support and software engineering operation.
Invest NI has offered the company an employment grant of £400,000.
WhiteHat Security will also get £80,000 of support under the agency's Skills Growth Programme to develop its Belfast team, while the Department for Employment and Learning has offered support of up to £240,000, towards pre-employment training costs.
The company will recruit 50 security engineers, 20 software engineers and 10 customer support staff over the next three years.
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster said: "It is very welcome news that another leading ICT company has decided to locate in Northern Ireland.
"WhiteHat Security is a rapidly expanding company that is leading the field in the area of web security.
"The ICT sector is an important and growing cluster for Northern Ireland; and WhiteHat is a welcome addition to our important IT security sub sector."


A 19-year-old man is missing and two other men have been airlifted to hospital after being pulled from the sea on the East Sussex coast.

Emergency services were called just after 12:30 BST to reports swimmers were in difficulty in the water.
Officers performed CPR on two men before paramedics arrived on the scene, Sussex Police said.
Both were then flown by helicopter to hospital where they remain in a serious but stable condition.
Three lifeboats joined coastguard helicopters to search for the missing man, but the RNLI stood its rescue crews down at about 16:20 BST.
Insp Mark Evans said: "We are working to establish who these two men are and trace their family and friends.
"We are continuing to support the search for the 19-year-old man from London who who is still missing.
"It seems this has been three people who have got into trouble while swimming with the changing tides and coastline."
Elizabeth Howarth was by the sea at the time. She tweeted: "We were on the beach just before it happened. Kids in the sea, no red flags. Hard to believe."
She said she saw one man being resuscitated on the beach, adding: "They were working on him for so long. It looked bad."


Micky Hazard has always enjoyed a special relationship with the FA Cup.

In 1982, he was part of the Tottenham Hotspur team who beat Queens Park Rangers in the final after a replay in front of 92,000 fans at Wembley.
Thirty-four years on, as the unpaid manager of Barnet-based ninth-tier side Hadley, the former midfielder is falling in love with the competition all over again.
Before this season the 134-year-old club, who play in the South Midlands Premier Division, had failed to advance past the preliminary round.
Beat seventh-tier Kings Langley in Saturday's second qualifying home tie and Hadley, who up until a few weeks ago were sharing a ground and playing in front of fewer than 50 fans, will be two wins from the first round.
"Never mind the first round," said Hazard, now 56. "The big question is: What do I do when Hadley reach the third round and draw Tottenham at White Hart Lane? I might bring myself out of retirement and come on as an 89th-minute substitute."
In a Spurs career spanning 170 games, Hazard also won the Uefa Cup under Keith Burkinshaw in 1984. Yet he is as proud of his achievements as a non-league manager as of the medals he won playing alongside Glenn Hoddle and Ossie Ardiles.
Since Hazard's appointment in 2014, Hadley have won the Hertfordshire Charity Shield, achieved their highest league finish and are now enjoying a club-record FA Cup run.
"The fact I don't get paid makes it more enjoyable in many ways," Hazard told BBC Sport. "I consider this stage of my footballing life as a hobby.
"I'm fortunate to have a fantastic committee and a wonderful group of human beings as my players, who all play for free.
"When you play for free, you are truly in love with the game. These guys are a pleasure to coach."
Hazard also played for Chelsea, Portsmouth and Swindon.
But it is Tottenham he calls home. Hazard still works at White Hart Lane on matchdays, entertaining sponsors and giving tours.
It is an arrangement which sometimes clashes with his commitments at Hadley, but Spurs remain Hazard's first love.
"I worship every moment I'm at White Hart Lane," he said. "When I became Hadley manager, I made it clear that if a fixture clashed with a Tottenham home game, then I'd be at Spurs.
"The arrangement works because I have a fine coaching team at Hadley.
"The first thing I did when I realised the next round of the FA Cup was on the 17th was check Tottenham's fixtures. Fortunately they are playing at home on Sunday, so I'll be able to make both games."
Hadley have spent around £400,000 to enable the first team to return to their Brickfield Lane facilities after eight seasons playing at Potters Bar Town.
Having entered this season's FA Cup at the extra preliminary round stage, they have already battled through three rounds and earned £6,425 in prize money. Saturday's tie is worth a further £4,500.
So, will Hazard show Hadley's players his FA Cup medal from 1982 to motivate the team before kick-off against seventh-tier Southern League Premier Division side Kings Langley?
"No. I donated my medals to the Tottenham club dentist, who is a Spurs fanatic," he added. "His whole surgery is a shrine to Tottenham Hotspur."
Teams at this stage are still three wins from the first-round draw, yet the players of Ashton Athletic have already celebrated like they have reached the FA Cup final.
They each landed a £30 bonus after beating Mossley 7-2 in the last round - and the dressing room scenes afterwards proved popular viewing on social media.
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"A lot of the players are on £15 a week and as some come from Liverpool, Manchester and Widnes, it doesn't even cover expenses for petrol," said Ben Kay, joint-manager, player and groundsman at Athletic, who are based in Ashton-in-Makerfield, near Wigan.
"The chairman trebled their wages to £45 for the first qualifying round win - I think that's the reason they celebrated like they did in the dressing room afterwards."
The Yellows, who are the last representatives of the North West Counties League and appearing at this stage of the FA Cup for the first time, entertain Halifax, who won the FA Trophy at Wembley in May.
Last season Athletic's average home attendance was 68.
On Saturday they are expecting a club record attendance of around 900 at Brocstedes Park after Halifax sold out of their initial allocation of 400 tickets. Ashton Athletic's current record crowd is 202.
Yellows forward Joel Brownhill is the brother of Bristol City midfielder Josh, while Kay was in the same Wigan Athletic squad as Leighton Baines and Arjan de Zeeuw under Paul Jewell in 2001-02.


Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored two late goals to earn Borussia Dortmund a win over Ingolstadt and move them five points behind leaders Bayern Munich.

Second-placed Dortmund were heading for a frustrating draw when Aubameyang headed home Lukasz Piszczek's cross.
The Gabon striker made it 20 Bundesliga goals for the season with a diagonal shot to ensure his side's fifth win in six league games.
Pep Guardiola's Bayern host struggling Hoffenheim on Sunday.
Elsewhere in the Bundesliga on Saturday, former Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez scored twice to help Bayer Leverkusen climb back to fourth after beating bottom club Hannover 3-0.
Stefan Kiessling gave them the lead on the stroke of half-time, before Mexico international Hernandez converted a 62nd-minute penalty and he struck his 13th league goal of the season with three minutes of normal time remaining.
Hertha Berlin remain third despite squandering a two-goal lead to draw 3-3 with Werder Bremen.
Schalke are up to fifth after a 2-0 away win against Darmstadt.


A 14-year-old Northern Ireland girl is suing Facebook after a naked photograph of her was posted on the site.

Lawyers for the child claim the picture was blackmailed from her and repeatedly published online as a form of revenge.
The girl is taking legal action against Facebook and the man who posted the photo in what is believed to be the first case of its kind in the world.
At a hearing in the High Court in Belfast, a barrister for the girl said the picture was put on a "shame" page.
He said that blocking its re-publication should have been a "red-line" issue for the company.
"A naked 14-year-old picture was being put on a shame page," the barrister told the High Court in Belfast.
"If they had blocked it all this subsequent publication of her naked image would not have taken place."
But a lawyer for Facebook argued the claim for damages should be dismissed, saying the company always took down the picture when it was notified.
The girl, who cannot be identified, is seeking damages for misuse of private information, negligence and breach of the Data Protection Act.
The judge reserved his decision on an application to have the case halted.


Scotland experienced slightly better retail sales growth than Great Britain as a whole in the three months after the Brexit vote.

Official figures showed that the value of sales increased by 2.1% between July and September - slightly above the 2% growth recorded in Britain.
The volume of sales also rose by 2.1% north of the border, compared with 1.8% in Britain.
The amount of goods sold in Scotland was 4.9% up on the same period of 2015.
However, Britain as a whole achieved growth of 5.4% over the year.
It was a similar picture for the value of sales, which grew year-on-year in Scotland by 3.2%. Equivalent British growth was 3.7%.
The Scottish Retail Index figures were released by Scotland's chief statistician.
Euan Murray, of Barclays Corporate Banking in Scotland, said the third quarter of 2016 had been "a broadly positive period in the retail space with food and non-food categories both feeling the benefits".
He added: "Consumer confidence appeared to grow despite the result of the EU referendum, which it was feared would dampen spending.
"The supermarkets were the biggest winners over the quarter with sales volumes on the up.
"We will be watching the sector with interest as the inevitable post-Brexit price rises from retailers gradually trickle down to the consumer."


A former SS guard at Auschwitz who was found guilty of helping to commit mass murder has died before he could serve a prison sentence.

Reinhold Hanning, who was 95, was convicted last June but had appealed the judgement.
The presiding judge branded him a "willing and efficient henchman" in the Holocaust.
He was sentenced to serve five years for facilitating the killing of at least 170,000 people.
However, the conviction was not legally binding as appeals were still pending at Germany's highest court.
Hanning's sentence is likely to be one of the last handed out in Germany for World War Two-era atrocities.
According to German media reports, 28 prosecutions are under way against alleged war criminals and concentration camp guards, but the accused are generally over 90 years old.
Hanning, who was an SS guard at Auschwitz from 1942 to 1944, sat silently for much of his trial. But in April last year he apologised to several victims of the Nazis who were present in court, saying he was sorry and ashamed.
"I want to say that it disturbs me deeply that I was part of such a criminal organisation," he said.
"I am ashamed that I saw injustice and never did anything about it and I apologise for my actions. I am very, very sorry."
The Nazis killed about 1.1m people at Auschwitz in occupied southern Poland, most of them Jews.
A former Auschwitz SS medic, Hubert Zafke, went on trial in September.
Hanning was on duty at the camp at a time when hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews were murdered.
Around a dozen elderly Auschwitz survivors testified against him, giving harrowing accounts of their experiences.
Prosecutors said he had met Jewish prisoners as they arrived at the camp and may have escorted some to the gas chambers.
By the time German law caught up with Reinhold Hanning he was a frail old man.
The pensioner who ran a dairy shop until his retirement was convicted last year of facilitating mass murder at Auschwitz.
There was no evidence to suggest he murdered prisoners himself, but the judge ruled that as an SS guard he was part of the Nazi machine and therefore helped to commit genocide.
Hanning's conviction was welcomed by Auschwitz survivors and prosecutors, who still hope to bring other former death camp guards to justice. But his death serves as a reminder that they're running out of time.
Hanning's lawyer, Andreas Scharmer, said he had learned of his death on Tuesday evening. He declined to comment on the cause, merely noting that his client was very elderly.
Lawyer Thomas Walther, who acted for more than 20 joint plaintiffs in the case, said he was disappointed that Hanning had died before he could be imprisoned.
"If the judiciary had not been silent for decades, then there would not have been this disappointment," he said, adding that he had expected the conviction to be upheld in the next month or so.
Hanning is not the first death camp guard to die before he could serve prison time.
In 2011, Ivan Demjanjuk was convicted in a similar case, but also died before German's courts could rule on his appeal.


Dutchman Jo Bonfrere believes he is 'the right man' to return Nigeria to the summit of African football, 15 years after he was sacked as coach.

69-year-old Bonfrere previously guided Nigeria at the Nations Cup in 2000 and is keen to replace Sunday Oliseh who resigned from the post.
Bonfrere, who was sacked by Nigeria in 2001 after losing a World Cup qualifier in Sierra Leone, was also assistant Super Eagles coach from 1990 to 1994 and led Nigeria's under-23 team to gold at the Atlanta Olympics.
No one has done what I achieved and I believe I am the right man to return Nigeria to glory days in Africa and the world
"I have worked in Nigeria for a long time in the past and I know what to do to get the Super Eagles flying again," Bonfrere told BBC Sport on the telephone from the Netherlands.
"I love Nigeria because that is where my football mentality is most at home and I have a fantastic relationship with the people there" Bonfrere added.
The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick has said they have no plans to appoint a local coach on a permanent basis.
Current under-23 coach Samson Siasia will take charge for Nigeria's Nations Cup qualifiers against Egypt later this month.
Bonfrere believes he is the right man to succeed Oliseh on a long-term basis.
"Apart from Stephen [Keshi], the other local coaches have not succeeded because they cannot give what they don't have to take the team higher.
"Other foreign coaches have also failed because they come with the arrogant attitude of being a world class coach and a big name to perform magic there, and that wrong notion meant they had no passion, desire and the required knowledge to succeed on the job.
"I was very successful because I did not separate myself from the reality. I worked with youth and domestic players; I had faith in my Nigerian assistants and gave my best despite all the challenges.
"No one has done what I achieved and I believe I am the right man to return Nigeria to glory days in Africa and the world" said the Dutchman.
Bonfrere began his stormy romance with Nigeria in 1990, when he was the de facto assistant to Clemens Westerhof.
The Dutch coaching duo worked together at the 1990, 1992 and 1994 African Nations Cups, winning silver, bronze and gold medals.
Bonfrere was also Westerhof's assistant at the 1994 World Cup and subsequently managed the Under-23 team to a gold medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.
But arguments over his salary and team selection made him quit the job in the United States, from where he returned to his native Holland.
He returned in 1999 and took charge of the Super Eagles at the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations where Nigeria won the silver medal.
During his first successful stint the country was under a military government, a suitable platform for foreign managers to enjoy great financial backing and sacred immunity from the football authority.
But Bonfrere is ready to let his work speak for him should the NFF entrust him with the three-time African champions.
"If I am asked to come back, I would have to prove to everyone that my results and performances can win me the support of everyone.
"You can't complain about criticism or ask for respect if you don't deserve it. I want another chance to set a standard that will help improve Nigeria football.
"Someone else will come and struggle because he has no idea where he is going but I'm the man to do it because I have proven that in the past."


A UK Supreme Court judge has made a strong case in favour of gay marriage.

Speaking at Queen's University, Belfast, he wondered how long Northern Ireland would "be able to hold back the tide in favour of same-sex marriages".
Northern Ireland is the only part of the United Kingdom where changes in the law are not being introduced.
Lord Wilson argued that to allow same-sex couples the right to marry strengthened rather than weakened marriage.
In England and Wales, the first same-sex marriages are due to take place at the end of March. The Scottish government passed a same-sex marriage bill earlier in February, with the first ceremonies expected before the end of the year.
At Stormont, the Democratic Unionist Party has twice tabled petitions of concern to effectively block votes about the subject at the NI Assembly, however they were not needed.
The party has indicated it will veto future bids to introduce legislation.
Lord Wilson of Culworth, a justice in the Supreme Court since 2011, was addressing the Northern Ireland Medico-Legal Society on Tuesday evening.
He said that, as an Englishman, he envied "the greater strength of traditional family values in Northern Ireland".
Lord Wilson said incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law had led to dramatic improvements for minority groups, like gay and trans-gender people.
Over 20 years, it had "raised our life together in this kingdom to a higher level of mutual respect," he said.
In his defence of marriage, Lord Wilson said that far from destroying it, allowing same-sex couples in, would strengthen it.
"The availability of marriage dignifies same-sex love," he said.
"In my view, the most important benefit of same-sex marriage is the symbol that it holds up to the heterosexual community, not forgetting teenagers apprehensively trying to make sense of their own emerging sexuality, that each of the two types of intimate adult love is as valid as the other.
"The availability of marriage properly dignifies same-sex love. To the question: 'Why should same-sex couples who can, as civil partners, already enjoy all relevant rights, be allowed to get married?' The proper response in my view is: 'Why shouldn't they?'"
The judge said that the availability of divorce had led to many re-marriages and, in their wake, many more step families and half-blood relationships.
What he termed "the blended family" had replaced "the nuclear family".
"I am not convinced it is a bad thing," he said. "Might it not be healthier for children to learn at a very early age to cope with relationships in a mixed and wider family group?"


Global average temperatures in 2015 are likely to be the warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).

Data until the end of October showed this year's temperatures running "well above" any previous 12 month period.
The researchers say the five year period from 2011 to 2015 was also the warmest on record.
The rise, they state, was due to a combination of a strong El Nino and human-induced global warming.
The WMO said their preliminary estimate, based on data from January to October, showed that the global average surface temperature for 2015 was 0.73 degrees C above the 1961-1990 average.
Their scientists also found that global temperatures were approximately 1 degree C above the 1880-1899 period, mirroring a recent finding by the UK Met Office.
The record-breaking five year period from 2011 to 2015 was 0.57C above the average for 1961-1990.
The WMO said that levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached new highs. In the northern hemisphere, the spring of 2015 saw the three-month global average concentration of CO2 cross the 400 parts per million barrier for the first time.
"The state of the global climate in 2015 will make history for a number of reasons," said WMO secretary-general Michel Jarraud.
"2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest level since measurements began.  It is probable that the 1C threshold will be crossed.
"This is all bad news for the planet."
Other researchers agreed that the latest data from the WMO reinforces the view that human emissions of carbon dioxide, from burning fossil fuels, are continuing to heat the Earth beyond natural variability.
"The fingerprint of a warming planet is becoming clearer in nearly every corner of the world," said Dr Ed Hawkins, a climate scientist at the University of Reading.
"Moreover, 2015 is not a one-off, as indicated by the last five years' average also being the warmest on record.
"In the UK, our variable weather means that 2015 will not set any records for warmth, but the longer view shows UK temperatures have risen about 20% faster than the global average. We can expect this faster rate to continue in future."
As well as warming the land, much of the heat has gone into the oceans. The WMO said the waters have been absorbing more than 90% of the energy that has accumulated in the climate system from human emissions of greenhouse gases. The temperature of the tropical Pacific was more than 1C above average, consistent with a strong El Nino.
The WMO said this weather phenomenon has been a factor in pushing this year past previous records. El Nino has gained in strength over the past few months and has been rated as one of the three strongest since 1950.
The researchers said that the impact of an El Nino is typically felt more strongly in the second calendar year, meaning that 2016 is likely to be more strongly influenced by the event than 2015.
The record temperatures of 2015 were being felt in many different parts of the world. China recorded its warmest ever January to October period. For Africa, this year has been the second warmest on record.
Heat waves affected many parts of the world, with India seeing average maximum temperatures over 45C in some areas. There were also extremely hot periods in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East and elsewhere.
The WMO also argued that many of the extreme weather events in the past five years, especially those relating to higher temperatures, have had their probabilities substantially increased as a result of human-induced climate change.
The new findings are likely to feature prominently at COP21 in Paris next week, when global political leaders and negotiators will aim to secure a new global deal that would limit emissions of carbon dioxide.
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Sri Lanka progressed into the Champions Trophy semi-finals with victory over Australia, who failed in their 'mission improbable' at The Oval.

The holders had to win and reach the 254-run target set by their opponents inside only 29.1 overs in order to qualify, but it proved to be too great an ask.
After a good start, the run-rate dropped as they missed the first target before losing the match by 20 runs.
Sri Lanka join England in the semis.
South Africa await Group A winners England in the last-four clash at The Oval on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka, who could have finished top of Group A had they bowled Australia out for 164 or less, will face India in Cardiff on Thursday.
"We are playing hard and passionate cricket. That has been the mantra of our success in the past and I hope it continues in the future also," said man-of-the-match Mahela Jayawardene.
"We look forward to another tough match in the semi-final."
Having lost their opening match to England and suffered a washout against New Zealand, Australia faced a big task even before a ball was bowled.
They won the toss and elected to field with the mindset of bowling out their opponents cheaply and achieving their target in quick time.
But Sri Lanka, who knew a victory without considering permutations would see them qualify, frustrated Australia with patient batting.
Sri Lanka's run-rate never rose above 5.00 after the fourth over, knowing they needed to play safe in order to set a competitive target for the Baggy Greens.
Only Dinesh Chandimal showed some urgency in the last few overs, smashing Clint McKay for six in the 44th over - the first and only six of the innings.
Jayawardene hung around from the 23rd over to the very end for his unbeaten 84.
It was a good if unremarkable innings, however the 36-year-old surpassed 11,000 runs in one-day cricket - only the eighth batsman to do so.
Lahiru Thirimanne was the only other batsman to make a half-century in the match, falling for 57 when Shane Watson caught his pull-shot at mid-wicket off the bowling of Mitchell Johnson. The Queensland paceman was the pick of the Australia bowlers, taking 3-48.
Australia lost an early wicket when opener Watson (five) was bowled by Nuwan Kulasekara, but that did not detract them from the task in hand as the run-rate leapt to more than 8.00, near what was required of them.
However, their plans were decimated as four wickets fell in quick succession to leave them on 80-5. The dismissal of stand-in captain George Bailey summed up the calamitous period when he was run-out in mid-jog unaware that Kulasekara's throw was about to hit his stumps.
Adam Voges (49) caused some frustration, but after he fell Sri Lanka must have thought victory was theirs.
But it appeared there might be one more twist, as the final-wicket pairing of McKay and Xavier Doherty stubbornly batted on knowing Australia could still win the match, although tournament progression was out of the question.
However, needing 20 runs to secure an unlikely victory, McKay looped Tillakaratne Dilshan's delivery back at him to the delight of bowler and the passionate Sri Lanka fans.
"It would have been nice to get over the line in the end," said Australia skipper Bailey.
"Our goal was to do it in 29 overs, but we never  got going. But it was good to see the last two fight it out."
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A high-rise block in South Yorkshire is to have decorative window capping removed in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire.

As a precaution it would be removed from the external stairwell windows on Silverwood House, Doncaster, starting on Monday, said the council.
A letter to the residents said: " We do not believe there is any danger".
The council has been reviewing the fire risk of its nine blocks of flats with the fire service.
The capping was found to have "some fire retardant properties - fire retardant means it slows fire down, but this is not as good as being fire resistant, which is the best standard", the letter added.
The fire at the 24-storey Grenfell Tower in London on 14 June claimed at least 79 lives.
The council and its housing provider St Leger Homes have since reviewed the block with South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue.
Tests have confirmed the cladding used on all Doncaster's high-rise blocks was not the same as used at Grenfell Tower, is fire resistant and meets safety standards, the council said.
Jo Miller, chief executive of Doncaster Council, said: "Although we have not been advised that this decorative capping detail should be removed, we have decided to remove it as a precautionary measure."
Steve Waddington, of St Leger Homes, said residents in Silverwood House had been visited about the work.
Removal of the capping should take about a week, the council said.


The mother of a little boy who accidentally smashed an 18th Century jug has said the family is "thrilled" it has been repaired.

Staff at Ipswich's Christchurch Mansion appealed for him to get in touch, so they could tell him the jug he knocked off a window ledge was now fixed.
The boy's mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, contacted the museum after reading about the appeal online.
The Delftware puzzle jug had broken into 65 pieces.
Original versions of the jug can fetch thousand of pounds at auction.
The boy was thought to be about five when the accident happened last summer.
A spokesman for Ipswich Borough Council said: "The appeal to find the mystery boy attracted media interest not only here in Suffolk, but throughout the UK and even America and South Africa.
"We received a call from his mother who told us the family were delighted that the puzzle jug had been repaired but that the family wished to remain anonymous. We only know the family were visitors from somewhere in the South East."
Carole Jones, who is in charge of Ipswich's museums, said the boy knocked the 221-year-old "beautiful, ancient puzzle jug" from a low window ledge.
"He knocked it off and it smashed into about 60 pieces," she said. "He was of course, absolutely devastated, and his family were really upset."
The restored jug has been moved from Christchurch Mansion and is on display at the Ipswich Art Museum in the High Street.


Critics have praised Bradley Cooper's portrayal of Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man on the London stage.

The three-time Oscar nominee has brought the play to the West End after winning critical acclaim for the role on Broadway in New York.
Cooper plays the deformed Merrick by contorting his body rather than using prosthetics.
The Daily Mail's Quentin Letts said Cooper's physical transformation was a "singularly theatrical experience".
"There is no mask, no plastic fakery, no false hunchback," he said in his five-star review.
"Simply by dint of his art, good-looking Mr Cooper persuades us that he is this pitiable, and soon engagingly likeable grotesque."
Billy Crudup and singer David Bowie are among others to have played Merrick in Bernard Pomerance's play, which was first staged in London in 1977.
Merrick's true-life story also inspired David Lynch's Bafta-winning 1980 film, which starred John Hurt.
The Independent's Paul Taylor was also impressed by Cooper's ability to change "from Hollywood hunk to misshapen outcast".
"Cooper effects this metamorphosis with terrific tact," he said.
"This is a wonderfully humane yet wholly unsanctimonious performance where each aspect, such as the painstakingly correct speech that issues in laboured breaths and gulps, is designed to draw attention not to the actor's technical skill (which is considerable) but to Merrick's unembittered openness to life, his gentleness, questioning humour, and romantic spirit."
But while Cooper showed theatrical prowess, he was let down by a sluggish production, observed Ben Lawrence in The Telegraph.
"Dialogues are often stretched to a point where the dramatic pace is killed stone dead.
"Essentially, Pomerance's play is a chamber piece, and with more taut direction this should have been 90 minutes straight through. Instead, we get two 50-minute acts that are peppered with uncomfortable pauses."
In The Guardian, Michael Billington described Cooper as "very good indeed" but also had issues with the play - directed by Scott Ellis - which he found "thin and tendentious".
Even less impressed was The Stage's Natasha Tripney who said in her two-star review that this was an "underpowered account" of the life of Merrick.
"While there is one powerful moment of tenderness and emotional exposure between Cooper and [Patricia] Clarkson, which they both handle with delicacy, the rest of Ellis' production is fitful and underpowered," she wrote.
"Much of this is down to the play itself, which is bitty in structure and quite dry in tone. It might work better as a chamber piece but feels rather marooned on the West End stage."
The Elephant Man is at the Theatre Royal Haymarket until 8 August.


York beat Portsmouth to keep alive their very slim chances of avoiding relegation from the Football League.

City won for the first time in 13 games but are still nine points adrift of safety with nine available - and have a goal difference 11 inferior to third-bottom Newport.
Bradley Fewster headed York ahead, Lewis Alessandra hit a low shot and Luke Summerfield scored from 30 yards.
Gareth Evans got Portsmouth's goal after a mistake from Scott Flinders.
The defeat leaves Pompey in sixth place, five points clear of eight-placed Wycombe. They could secure a play-off place this weekend.
York, meanwhile, will be relegated if they do not beat second-placed Accrington on Saturday. They could also be relegated with a win if other results do not go their way.
York City manager Jackie McNamara told BBC Radio York:
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"I thought we were excellent to a man. If anything we could have had another three or four goals.
"The players did everything we asked of them.
"The ability has always been there but the mindset has been the big problem."


Semesa Rokoduguni's stoppage-time try snatched a Premiership win for Bath in a low-scoring encounter at Exeter.

The England international went over in the sixth minute of added time, after Mitch Lees thought he had won the game for Exeter with a late try of his own.
Gareth Steenson's penalty was the only score of an attritional first half.
Dave Attwood had a Bath try chalked off early in the second half for a forward pass but two George Ford penalties put Bath ahead before the late tries.
Bath are third after a sixth win in seven league outings, three points behind leaders Saracens, while last season's beaten Premiership finalists Exeter are in seventh following their fourth defeat of the campaign.
Ford had missed two penalties in the opening 20 minutes, both of which the England half-back would have expected to put over easily.
The game did not come to life until the final 10 minutes, when first Lees was forced over after a maul that began on the Bath 22 - just reward for a Chiefs side that had dominated territory in the second period.
But Exeter failed to control the game, Steenson missing a penalty to win it with five minutes left before Bath laid siege to the Exeter line.
Winning seven penalties in a row in the left corner, Bath eventually kicked to the opposite wing and with no time left on the clock they eventually got the ball to Rokoduguni, who skipped past a couple of challenges to go over.
Exeter head coach Rob Baxter:
"The game very quickly became a confrontational battle that had some errors in it. I don't think either team will be massively pleased by some of the rugby, but both teams will be pleased by the commitment of the players.
"Fair play to Bath, they showed that bit more resilience to edge a close game and you have to give them great credit for that.
"I am disappointed and I am frustrated but, in some ways, if you lose a game like that and you look at the table now and the results we've had, you can start to set yourself new challenges."
Bath director of rugby Todd Blackadder:
"I'm not getting carried away at all. I'm just enjoying the week and the battles every week.
"I don't think we're the complete side, not by a long way. That was a true test and exposed a few areas of weakness for us, so we'll have a good look at ourselves.
"But if anything we showed fantastic character. It was good, gutsy stuff and we'll learn from it."
Exeter: Turner; Woodburn, Whitten, Slade, Short; Steenson (capt), Lewis; Low, Yeandle, Williams, Lees, Parling, Dennis, Horstmann, Waldrom.
Replacements: Taione, Rimmer, Francis, Hill, White, Maunder, Hill, Devoto.
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Banahan, Brew; Ford (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Auterac, Batty, Thomas, Charteris, Attwood, Garvey (co-capt), Ellis, Ewels.
Replacements: Dunn, Lahiff, Palma-Newport, Stooke, Mercer, Homer, Priestland, Williams.
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Rangers have named Manchester City academy director Mark Allen as the club's director of football.

The 54-year-old has spent seven years overseeing the Premier League side's youth set-up, and has a full Uefa coaching A licence.
"The time was right for me to look for a fresh challenge and I am joining one of the world's truly great football clubs," Allen said.
"Steeped in history and tradition, I am honoured to join Rangers."
Allen, who begins his new role next month, started his career as a youth player with Swindon Town before moving to San Diego to take up a football scholarship and business and accounting degree.
After returning to the UK, he attained the position of managing director of MTV's broadcast division in London during a 13-year spell with the global music corporation.
Rangers managing director Stewart Robertson added: "We are delighted Mark has agreed to move to Glasgow and become our new director of football.
"He is a man of vision who has achieved great success with Manchester City's Academy. He has excellent contacts in football but also the business world and he will be a great asset to Rangers.
"We said we would not rush into an appointment as we wanted the right candidate and we feel Mark is the best man for the job. We look forward to working with him closely in the years ahead in what will be an important role at the club."
Manchester City director of football Txiki Begiristan said: "Mark has made a significant impact at Manchester City over the years, and he leaves us with our best wishes for the future."


Conservative claims that Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) could reduce high-speed rail investment in Crewe have been dubbed "preposterous".

On Monday, Prime Minister David Cameron said Crewe could lose HS2 investment in a post-election Labour-SNP deal.
But SNP deputy leader Stewart Hosie described the comments as "utterly meaningless" and "preposterous".
Crewe's Labour candidate Adrian Heald said he would "not support any move to jeopardise the HS2 line at Crewe".
A report last year into the route of the high-speed rail line running north from London recommended a new station be built in Crewe.
But Mr Cameron said a minority Labour government, backed by the SNP, means schemes could be dropped.
The prime minister said projects linked to HS2 that could be jettisoned include Crewe's planned University Technical College and the Railway Exchange Training Academy.
Also speaking on Monday, Chancellor George Osborne said: "The SNP deputy leader has said in the last couple of days, if there was a minority Labour administration that needed SNP help to get their legislation through 'we might well say let's not have HS2 go to Manchester and Birmingham, let's have it start in Edinburgh and Glasgow'.
"That is tearing up the plan for huge investment in Crewe. That is cancelling the thousands of jobs and businesses that will come to this town.
"That is a billion pound blow to Crewe and is the price tag of voting for Labour and Ed Miliband here."
While Labour has ruled out a coalition with the SNP, Scottish nationalists for their part have said they could support a minority Labour government on an "issue-by-issue" basis.
Echoing the SNP's manifesto, Mr Hosie said he would like to see a Scottish section of HS2 built "at the same time" as the first phase planned between London and the West Midlands, allowing the line to "meet in the middle" of the country.
"Why would that put investment in Crewe at risk?" he said.
"What would put Crewe investment at risk is the Â£30bn cuts presented by Cameron and friends."
Meanwhile, Labour candidate Mr Heald said: "HS2 is the best opportunity to generate prosperity in Crewe and South Cheshire."
He said Labour is "fully supportive" of the HS2 line.
Crewe and Nantwich in Cheshire is a marginal Conservative constituency.
Roy Wood, Liberal Democrat candidate, confirmed his party were "strong supporters of HS2 even when other parties were wavering" and that David Cameron's comments were "scaremongering from someone who is getting desperate."
UKIP is the only party standing in Crewe and Nantwich to reject plans for HS2.
Richard Lee, the party's candidate, said UKIP believed the line was "an unaffordable white elephant" and that money could be better spent on upgrading the local and regional rail network.
"The benefits to Crewe, if any, will not be felt in Crewe for a number of years anyway, and it sounds as though David Cameron is merely scaremongering," he said.
"UKIP are fully committed to technical colleges and practical apprenticeship training in schools regardless of HS2."
The candidates standing in Crewe and Nantwich are:


The ousted chairman of India's Tata Group has lashed out at the way his sudden departure was handled.

In a no-holds-barred email to the board seen by the BBC, Cyrus Mistry says he had become a "lame duck" chairman and alleges constant interference, including being asked to sign off on deals he knew little about.
He also warned the company risks huge writedowns across the business.
Tata said it currently had no response to the allegations.
The Bombay Stock Exchange has sought clarification from Tata on the contents of Mr Mistry's letter.
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Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata Group, unexpectedly replaced Mr Mistry with his predecessor Ratan Tata on Monday, giving no explanation or details about its decision.
But analysts say there was a clash over strategy, with the Tata family unhappy at Mr Mistry's policy of looking to sell off parts of the business - including Tata's European steel business - rather than holding on to assets and extending the firm's global reach.
Whatever the reasons, Mr Mistry has come out fighting. In his blistering five-page attack, he wrote that the board had "not covered itself with glory" and that the nature of his dismissal had done "immeasurable harm" to both his own reputation and that of the firm.
And he said that when he moved from being a non-executive director to chairman in 2012, he did "not have a clear grasp of the gravity" of problems he had inherited.
While saying that he did not want to "air a laundry list", Mr Mistry went on to unleash a brutal assessment of many aspects of the business, warning the firm may face 1.18 trillion rupees ($18bn) in writedowns because of five unprofitable businesses he inherited.
Issues he raised included:
Mr Mistry said there was no sign of profitability on the Tata Nano project - which had been launched as the world's cheapest car - and criticised a failure to face up to the reality of its consistently losing money.
"Any turnaround strategy for the company requires to shut it down. Emotional reasons alone have kept us away from that crucial decision," he said.
Tata's foray into the aviation sector was also criticised, with Mr Mistry suggesting he signed up to joint ventures under pressure from the former chairman.
He claimed he was asked by Ratan Tata to sign off quickly on a tie-up with Malaysia's Air Asia to create Air Asia India and that "my pushback was hard but futile".
And he wrote that Tata's 51% stake in Vistara - a venture between Tata and Singapore Airlines - was also foisted upon on him "without the benefit of time and experience to fully evaluate the proposal".
Cyrus Mistry had been hand-picked as a successor to Ratan Tata as the second chairman from outside the Tata family and with high hopes that he would be the right man to steer the company.
He was the sixth chairman in Tata's 148-year history and the first chairman in nearly 80 years to come from outside the Tata family.
But Mr Mistry did not come into the job cold. His family has been a major Tata investor since the 1930s and controls companies holding 18% of Tata Sons.
And he knows the family well, not least because of his sister's marriage to Ratan Tata's half-brother, Noel.


A bumper roster of sport including the Grand National, the Masters and Premier League games, is expected to produce a record weekend for bookmakers.

The Grand National will attract about £225m in wagers across the betting industry, William Hill predicted.
Combined with other sporting fixtures it expects to take "the highest turnover levels on any weekend in history", the bookmaker said.
Saturday's race is expected to be seen by 600 million people globally.
"The Grand National is the public's race and we will see millions of once-a-year punters coming in to betting shops or downloading the app," William Hill spokesman Rupert Adams said.
The race is set to attract over 35 million bets with the average being worth £4.41.
William Hill is also hoping for another big-priced winner in the Grand National this year. The last five races have produced winners at odds of 33/1, 25/1, 25/1 and 33/1.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary owns five of the 40 horses in Saturday's field. He is hoping to become the first owner to win consecutive Nationals with different horses since 1954 after Rule the World, ridden by David Mullins, claimed victory.
Last year the start time for the Grand National was moved by an hour to 17:15 BST. The decision proved to be a boost for turnover and William Hill expects that trend to continue.
"The experiment of moving the start time really paid off and we expect the Grand National to smash betting records this year," Mr Adams said.
Last year the number of bets placed on the Grand National on William Hill's online and mobile channels peaked at about 10,000 a minute.
It is the first year that the race has been sponsored by Randox Health, which analyses blood and urine samples to detect and prevent illnesses.
The Northern Ireland-based firm was set up in 1982 by Dr Peter FitzGerald - a keen horse racing fan.
Meanwhile, the meeting at Aintree could be affected by a 24-hour strike involving members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) at Merseyrail and Arriva Trains North.
Tens of thousands of people travel by train from central Liverpool to the racecourse.
Jan Chaudhry-van der Velde, managing director Merseyrail, said the operator had devised a timetable aimed at transporting as many passengers as normal on Grand National day.


A photographer who lured men to his home before spiking their drinks and raping them has been jailed.

Nigel Brent Wilkinson, 43, of Bristol, previously admitted rape, administering a drug with intent to rape and possession of a prohibited substance.
Wilkinson was being investigated for offences against one man when officers went to his home to arrest him and found another victim asleep there.
He was sentenced to 11-and-a-half years at Bristol Crown Court.
At a hearing in July, he pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, three counts of administering a drug with intent to rape and two counts of possession of a prohibited substance.
During sentencing the court was told Wilkinson, of Hill Avenue, had taken young men drinking, then lured them to his home for photo shoots, used a drug to spike their drinks and then had sex with them while they were unconscious.
Det Con Stacey Matthews said: "The men would often stay at his home and throughout their visit he would ply them with alcoholic drinks, some of which were laced with sedatives.
"While they were in a drugged state, Wilkinson's predatory nature would prevail and he'd commit sexual acts on them without their consent."
An investigation was begun by police after they were contacted by the girlfriend of a victim who had texted her to say he believed he had been drugged.
The man was found at Wilkinson's home and taken to hospital, where traces of a sedative were found in his system.
Three months later, officers again went to Wilkinson's house to arrest him and discovered a second victim.
"When they arrived, they found a man asleep on the sofa. He was also taken to hospital and there was evidence he'd been drugged and raped," said Det Con Matthews.
"On the surface, Nigel Wilkinson was a photographer with an interest in male fitness models. In private, he was a cunning sexual offender who used his photography enterprise as a cover and catalyst for his deviant activities."
During the investigation, officers said they had identified a third victim, who was also found to have traces of sedatives in his system.
"We believe there'll be more victims who haven't yet come forward and I'd urge them to do so," said Det Con Matthews.


Dan Lawrence's 127 put Essex into a 78-run lead at the end of day two against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham.

Lawrence and Ryan ten Doeschate (52) helped the Division Two leaders to 333 all out in reply to the hosts' 255.
After Gloucestershire had added 37 runs to their overnight score, Josh Shaw removed Tom Westley and Ravi Bopara to leave the visitors 57-3 before lunch.
Lawrence survived the hat-trick ball and, although Shaw (4-72) struck twice more, Essex forged a handy advantage.
Teenager Lawrence, who celebrated his 19th birthday on Tuesday, reached his second Championship hundred of 2016 off 162 balls.
Earlier, Jamie Porter (3-67) had taken the home side's final two wickets, while Matt Quinn ended with figures of 7-76 after his fine display on day one.


BBC Sport's football expert Mark Lawrenson will be making a prediction for all 380 Premier League games this season against a variety of guests.

Lawro's opponent for this week's Premier League fixtures is England rugby league captain Sam Burgess.
You can make your own predictions now, compare them with those of Lawro and other fans, and try to take your team to the top of the leaderboard by playing the new BBC Sport Predictor game.
A correct result (picking a win, draw or defeat) is worth 10 points. The exact score earns 40 points.
In the last round of fixtures, Lawro got six correct results, including one perfect score, from 10 Premier League matches. That gave him a total of 90 points.
He was beaten by Olympic kayak gold medallist Joe Clarke, who got four correct results, but with two perfect scores, for a total of 100 points.
All kick-offs 15:00 BST unless otherwise stated.
Sunderland 1-4 Arsenal
Lawro's prediction: 1-2
Sam's prediction: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 2-1
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Lawro's prediction: 1-0
Sam's prediction: 1-0
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Lawro's prediction: 2-1
Sam's prediction: 1-0
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 1-2
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sam's prediction: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sam's prediction: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 1-1
Sam's prediction: My team-mate James Graham is a massive Everton supporter, so I am going to back West Ham. Sorry James. 0-1
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Lawro's prediction: 0-2
Sam's prediction: 0-2
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Lawro's prediction: 2-0
Sam's prediction: 0-1
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Lawro was speaking to BBC Sport's Chris Bevan.
Lawro's best score: 140 points (week three v Laura Trott)
Lawro's worst score: 30 points (week four v Dave Bautista)


Tobi Sho-Silva struck twice as Bromley held out against Wrexham's fightback in the National League to rise three places to 11th in the National League.

Sho-Silva's brace came either side of Jordan Higgs' strike to give the hosts a 3-0 lead just after half-time.
Jordan White began the visitors' comeback before Ntumba Massanka got his on the scoresheet on the hour mark.
Blair Turgott claimed Bromley's fourth before Massanka's second for Wrexham, who dropped from 10th to 12th.
Match ends, Bromley 4, Wrexham 3.
Second Half ends, Bromley 4, Wrexham 3.
Shabazz Omofe (Bromley) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Shabazz Omofe replaces Jordan Higgs.
Goal!  Bromley 4, Wrexham 3. Ntumba Massanka (Wrexham).
Goal!  Bromley 4, Wrexham 2. Blair Turgott (Bromley).
Substitution, Wrexham. Leo Smith replaces Iffy Allen.
Martin Riley (Wrexham) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Bromley. Bradley Goldberg replaces Tobi Sho-Silva.
Substitution, Bromley. Lee Minshull replaces Connor Dymond.
Goal!  Bromley 3, Wrexham 2. Ntumba Massanka (Wrexham).
Substitution, Wrexham. Ntumba Massanka replaces Izale McLeod.
Goal!  Bromley 3, Wrexham 1. Jordan White (Wrexham).
Goal!  Bromley 3, Wrexham 0. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
Second Half begins Bromley 2, Wrexham 0.
First Half ends, Bromley 2, Wrexham 0.
Goal!  Bromley 2, Wrexham 0. Jordan Higgs (Bromley).
Goal!  Bromley 1, Wrexham 0. Tobi Sho-Silva (Bromley).
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Troubled community website Reddit has lost another female member of its senior team with the resignation of chief engineer Bethanye Blount.

Interim chief executive Ellen Pao resigned on Friday after about 200,000 users had called for her dismissal.
Ms Blount told website Recode she believed Ms Pao had been put on a "glass cliff" - or set up to fail.
Victoria Taylor, who oversaw a popular question-and-answer section of the site, was sacked last month.
"Victoria wasn't on a glass cliff. But it's hard for me to see it any other way than Ellen was," Bethanye Blount said in an interview.
But Ms Blount, a former Facebook employee, added that her own decision to leave Reddit just two months after joining, had not been based on gender issues.
And new chief executive, Steve Huffman, said he was "confident" that the site could recruit female executives.
The phrase "glass cliff" is used to describe women placed in leadership roles during times of crisis, when positive change is hard to achieve.
Ms Taylor's departure threw the Reddit community into uproar, with moderators shutting down popular parts of the site in protest.
And Ms Pao was widely blamed for the sacking of the popular employee.
However, her predecessor, Yishan Wong, has since suggested that it had not been Ms Pao's decision after all, blaming Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and board member.
"Alexis wasn't some employee reporting to Pao, he was the executive chairman of the board, ie Pao's boss," he wrote.
"He had different ideas for AMAs [Ask Me Anythings], he didn't like Victoria's role, and decided to fire her. Pao wasn't able to do anything about it."
Mr Wong added that he was upset that Mr Ohanian had not defended his choice while Ms Pao had been receiving online abuse branded "sickening" by board member Sam Altman as a result.
Writing separately on Reddit, Mr Ohanian, also known as kn0thing, appeared to confirm his role in the controversial upheaval.
"It was my decision to change how we work with AMAs, and the transition was my failure, and I hope we can keep moving forward from that lesson," he wrote.
He added that Ellen Pao was "a class act".
Despite the ongoing turmoil, Reddit is in good financial shape, according to Mr Huffman, also one of its co-founders.
"Reddit has a lot of cash," he said, in an Ask Me Anything session on the site.
"Monetisation isn't a short-term concern of ours."
The site currently attracts 164 million monthly users.
It was bought by Conde Nast in 2006 but now operates as a spin-off enterprise of the firm's parent company Advance Publications.
In an official blog post, Reddit described itself as a "part-sibling-once-removed" of the publishing giant.