People are being sent fewer spam emails than at any time in the past 12 years, according to security firm Symantec.

It said that fewer than 50% of emails which it scanned during June were junk - the lowest percentage it had seen in over a decade.
The fall suggests that cyber-thieves are looking to other ways to make money from people going online.
The security firm said legal action against the criminal networks that pipe spam to people had helped to cut junk.
However, it said the fall in spam had been offset by a rise in the amount of malware being made.
In June only 49.7% of the billions of messages monitored by Symantec were spam, it said in its latest monthly threat report. While the amount of spam being sent had been declining for some time, this was the first time since 2003 that it had dipped below 50%, said Ben Nahorney in the report.
Since the report was issued, spam levels have continued to decline further. On 14 July, of the 25 billion messages monitored by Symantec only 46.4% were junk.
It said the decline was caused by action against botnets, networks of hijacked computers that have historically been the route through which spam has been sent.
In the last 10 months, UK police forces have been involved in takedowns of seven separate botnets - many of which funnelled spam to victims. In addition, many European internet providers have joined together to share information about botnet activity to limit their effectiveness.
Symantec said other formerly popular scams, such as phishing for passwords and email with malware attached, also saw a decline in June.
However, Symantec said it had seen a significant rise in the amount of malware variants being produced. In June it caught about 57.6 million individual pieces of malware - almost double what it saw in April.
Ransomware also proved more popular: Symantec's monitoring systems caught almost 500,000 attacks based around this type of malware in June.
"This increase in activity lends more evidence to the idea that, with the continued drops in email-based malicious activity, attackers are simply moving to other areas of the threat landscape," wrote Mr Nahorney.
Andrew Conway, a research analyst at security company Cloudmark, said it was "challenging" to accurately measure global spam levels because many companies did not sample nations where junk mail levels were still very high.
Despite this, he said, successful law enforcement operations had led to steep drops in some types of spam. For instance, he said, action by the US Federal Trade Commission against one spammer resulted in an 80% drop in junk mail peddling diet pills.
Mr Conway added that spammers in China and Eastern Europe still relied on email to tempt people to buy counterfeit goods and bootleg pharmaceuticals.
"We are in a constant arms race," he said. "with spammers continually coming up with new techniques that we have to deal with, and it would be hubris to declare victory."


Accident and emergency waiting times at Scotland's newest hospital have improved since trouble-shooters arrived - but they are still below standard.

Ministers ordered specialists in after it emerged the £842m South Glasgow University Hospital was the worst-performing in Scotland.
Figures last week showed 78.3% of A&E patients were seen and treated within four hours, well below the 95% target.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (GGC) said the average was now 89.6%.
NHS GGC chief executive Robert Calderwood acknowledged that there was still work to do to meet the national target of 95%.
"There is still some way to go to achieving a sustained performance and improvement is still required to achieve the national target consistently but I am confident that we are moving in the right direction," he said.
The 1,109-bed hospital, which began taking patients in April, was built on the site of the Southern General and is one of the largest acute hospitals in the UK.
The new campus replaces the Royal Hospital for Sick Kids at Yorkhill, the Southern General Hospital, the Western and Victoria Infirmaries, and the Mansionhouse Unit.
Mr Calderwood again stressed that the process of transferring these services to the new hospital had been challenging but said progress was being made.
"There is no doubt that change on this scale - the biggest hospital migration ever undertaken in the UK - has been a significant challenge to our unscheduled care performance," he said.
"However, our teams have been responding quickly and effectively to these challenges and the tireless efforts of managers and clinicians are now bearing fruit in the form of an improving A&E performance."


Chesterfield director Ashley Carson says he is confident the club will avoid going into administration.

The club's future was put in doubt when five board members, including chairman Dave Allen, resigned in November.
Carson said Allen has agreed to continue to provide support until "a suitable investor" is found.
"The club will only be sold to someone who will satisfy not only Mr Allen's requirements, but also the long-term best interests of the club," he said.
"I am delighted that we have been able to bring talks to a satisfactory conclusion as there was a very real possibility of the club going into administration, which would have been disastrous."


Police investigating the discovery of human remains in East Lothian have spoken to the family of missing woman Louise Tiffney.

Ms Tiffney was last seen leaving her home in Edinburgh's Dean Village in May 2002.
A murder charge against her son Sean Flynn was found not proven by a jury at the High Court in Perth in 2005.
The remains were found in an area off the A198, near the entrance to Gosford House in Longniddry.
A cyclist called the emergency services when they made the discovery at about 18:30 on Sunday.
There are 40 police officers working on the find.
It is thought Ms Tiffney was murdered and her body disposed of in the Gosford House area.
The bones are still in situ and it is understood it will take a few days to recover them.
Det Supt Pat Campbell, of Police Scotland, said: "The recovery will be a painstaking process.
"We are consulting with a number of experts to ensure that the remains are recovered in a sensitive and careful manner and no evidence that helps us to establish what happened is damaged or missed.
"I understand the anxiety of those who may be waiting for news of a missing loved one, but whilst the identity of the remains is unknown we cannot speculate."
He added: "The death is being treated as unexplained and once the remains are recovered, there will be significant, detailed forensic analysis required to establish the cause of death and whether any crime has been committed."


Gloucester have named Scotland skipper Greig Laidlaw as their new club captain for the forthcoming Premiership season.

The 30-year-old scrum-half, capped 53 times by his national side, replaces England centre Billy Twelvetrees.
Laidlaw has made 42 appearances for the Cherry and Whites since his arrival in the summer of 2014.
"It's a privilege and honour to follow in the footsteps of so many great players at Gloucester, a club with so much heritage and history," he said.
"Billy did a terrific job as captain and I'm delighted that he's still around, because having so many experienced senior pros in the squad makes the role a lot easier."


Only 40% of people eligible for drugs to combat multiple sclerosis in the UK are actually taking them, says a report from the MS Society.

A survey of more than 10,000 adults with MS showed that many were missing out on the seven licensed medicines approved for use.
The charity said a lack of information and access to specialists was to blame.
It is calling for the government to provide a personalised care plan to every person with MS.
The MS Society's survey and accompanying report showed that there were differences in access to disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) across the four nations of the UK.
These are medicines that can reduce the frequency and severity of MS attacks, and in some cases can slow the progression of the disabling condition.
Someone living in Northern Ireland with MS was twice as likely to be taking a DMT (68%) than someone with the condition in Wales (30%), for example.
Access to treatment in Scotland and England was only a little higher at 36% and 40%.
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition that affects around 100,000 people in the UK.
Most patients have it diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 40, but it can affect younger and older people too.
Almost three times as many women as men have MS.
MS Society
In Europe, additional research shows that only Poland and Romania have a smaller proportion of people with MS taking licensed medicines.
The charity's report said that being well informed about the medicines available was crucial.
Those who felt they had enough information about medicines were 32% more likely to be taking a DMT, the survey found, and those with access to a specialist MS nurse or neurologist were more than twice as likely to be taking the appropriate drugs.
Northern Ireland is the only place in the UK where most people with MS are routinely invited every six months to see a neurologist or MS nurse for a review.
This means that people with MS are constantly having their treatment options assessed, the report says.
As a result, they are more likely to get the information they need and discuss issues such as side-effects.
Yet this may not be the only solution. Forty-one per cent of those who said they did have enough information about drug treatments still did not take a disease-modifying treatment.
The report concluded: "This could be due to barriers to accessing medicines; because individuals make an informed decision not to take them; or because they don't know what information is out there that they could have access to, such as around new treatments or new evidence of efficacy."
Nick Rijke, director for policy and research at the MS Society, said people with multiple sclerosis were facing a lottery.
"These findings worryingly suggest that the likelihood of someone receiving a life-changing treatment is often based on luck - like where they live or how helpful their healthcare professional is - rather than their genuine clinical need.
"When it comes to prescription rates, the UK ranks 25th out of 27 European countries. Given the relative wealth of the UK this is simply unacceptable."
The MS Society is now calling on all four governments in the UK to ensure every person with MS has a personalised treatment, care and support plan, with two comprehensive reviews each year.
Ed Holloway, head of care and services research at the MS Society, said that because some MS drugs were costly, they were often not offered when they should be because of restricted NHS budgets.
A spokesman for NHS England, which has recently taken on the commissioning of treatment for MS from primary care trusts, said a new policy from 1 April would mean that people across England would have the same access to treatment.
"By making decisions nationally about specialist treatments, we are confident that patients will now be able to receive the treatment they need, irrespective of where they live.
"As with all policies, we will continue to collect and review the outcome of treatments for patients and consider them when our policy is reviewed.
"If a patient has concerns about the treatment they are receiving we would urge them to speak to their GP or consultant."


Addressing a crowd in Stafford, Boris Johnson said: "It is absurd we are told that you cannot sell bananas in bunches of more than two or three bananas."

The claim: Boris Johnson says the European Union will only allow bananas to be sold in bunches of two or three.
Reality Check verdict: There is no such rule - we popped out and bought a bunch of five without difficulty.
A member of the tireless Reality Check team nipped off to a local shop to check this claim.
It was touch-and-go for a bit, as the self checkout said there was a problem with buying five bananas, but it turned out not to be a problem with EU regulations, and eventually the transaction was allowed.
We've been in touch with Vote Leave, who pointed us towards this directive from 2011. It goes into considerable detail about how unripe bananas should be presented by wholesalers, but nowhere does it say that you are not allowed to sell bunches with more than two or three bananas in them.
If you are a wholesaler, you are not allowed to pack bananas in bunches of two or three - they have to either be single bananas or bunches of four or more. But that doesn't affect retailers, who can sell bunches of any size they like.
Read more: The facts behind claims in the EU debate


(Close): The London market lost value in afternoon trading on Friday as concerns over Greece's ability to maintain its debt repayments returned.

The FTSE 100 was down 33.96 at 7006.96
The biggest riser was Associated British Foods (ABH), up more than 3% after investment bank Goldman Sachs changed its rating on the stock from "sell" to "buy".
Pump maker Weir Group gained 3% on positive news from North America's shale gas producers.
An upgrade by broker Credit Suisse also helped boost Weir's share price.
The broker said the stock's 17% "underperformance" over the year-to-date made it an attractive option for investors.
Another 3% riser was mining company Fresnillo, as it recovered some earlier losses over the week.
Among the FTSE 100's biggest fallers were supermarket Morrisons, down 3% and International Consolidated Airlines  also down almost 3% despite the Irish parliament - as expected - approving its plan to take over Aer Lingus.
On the currency markets, the pound was down on earlier weak UK economic growth data, although it trimmed losses. It ended down 0.27% against the dollar at $1.5273, and down 0.51% against the euro at â‚¬1.3954.


Pregnancy multivitamins are a waste of money because most mothers-to-be do not need them, according to researchers.

In Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin, researchers say they looked at all evidence and found supplements did not boost the health of mothers and babies.
But pregnant women should make sure they take folic acid and vitamin D, as well as eating a well-balanced diet, as per NHS guidelines, they add.
Supplements-makers said some women were not getting enough nutrients.
The researchers said folic acid had the strongest evidence to support its use - taking 400 micrograms a day can protect against abnormalities called neural tube defects in the developing baby.
Vitamin D - 10 micrograms a day - is recommended for healthy bones in the mother and baby.
Some women can get these two pills for free on the Healthy Start scheme.
A supplement that can be dangerous in pregnancy is vitamin A. Too much can harm the baby.
The researchers said pregnant women might feel coerced into buying expensive multivitamins in order to give their baby the best start in life.
But they would do well to resist the marketing claims, which did not seem to translate into better outcomes for mother or baby, they said.
"The only supplements recommended for all women during pregnancy are folic acid and vitamin D, which are available at relatively low cost," they said.
Janet Fyle, from the Royal College of Midwives, said: "We would encourage women who are pregnant or are thinking of becoming pregnant to have a healthy, varied diet including fresh fruit and vegetables, alongside taking folic acid supplements.
"We would also stress that there is no need for pregnant women to 'eat for two'.
"This is a myth, and all that is required is a normal balanced amount of food."
The Health Food Manufacturers' Association, which represents the food supplements industry, insists that a substantial proportion of women of child-bearing age are not getting enough nutrients from diet alone.
The industry-funded Health Supplements Information Service said food supplements could help plug dietary gaps.


The aunt of a man who is among 800 feared dead after a migrant boat capsized has said human traffickers "must be held to account".

Baboucarr Ceesay, from Gambia, is believed to have drowned when the fishing boat he boarded at Libya sank in the Mediterranean on Sunday.
Jessica Sey from Cheltenham said her 21-year-old nephew's family "will never get justice" and more must be done to educate migrants of the risks.
"We are so angry," she said.
"The people who take their money and put them on to these boats have got to be held to account.
"It's not just a foreign problem, it's actually on our doorstep."
Mrs Sey said her nephew's decision to travel to the UK from his home was "a desperate way out".
"He did it illegally and it killed him."
She said her nephew was a "promising" football player who was relatively well off in his own country, but he longed for a better life in Europe.
Mr Sey left Gambia with a friend by taking a boat from the capital Banjul to Guinea.
The pair then crossed the Sahara to Libya.
However the friend stayed in Libya when Mr Sey boarded the fishing boat which subsequently capsized on Sunday.
Mrs Sey blamed the "division of money in this world", and said it is "human nature to want to better yourself".
"Can anyone honestly say that they wouldn't put themselves through something like this if they thought they would get something better at the end?"
Prosecutors in Italy, where survivors of the capsize have arrived, say the captain crashed the boat by mistake against a merchant rescue ship.
The capsize is the deadliest recorded in the Mediterranean, the United Nations says.


A lorry has shed dozens of bags of lard on to a busy motorway intersection, leading to severe delays.

The truck overturned on the slip road leading from the M11 to the clockwise M25 at Theydon Garnon, near Epping, Essex, shortly before 12:00 GMT.
It led to the closure of the exit slip road to the northbound M11.
A Highways Agency spokesman said an "extensive specialist clean-up" was under way on the M11 but warned drivers to expect severe delays.


A total of 86 failings by six nurses, relating to vulnerable people in their care in Caerphilly county, have been found proven by a disciplinary panel.

They relate to nine residents at the Brithdir Care Home, near Bargoed, between 2004 and 2006.
They include failing to prevent pressure sores and delays in seeking advice about an infected feeding tube.
A Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) panel is yet to decide whether the nurses will face sanctions.
Rachel Tanta, Rachel Pritchard, Tembakazi Moyana, Beverley Mock, Daphne Richards and Susan Greening had been accused of more than 150 failings.
Other failings found proved at a hearing on Friday included failing to keep adequate records, failing to set up care plans and failing to ensure a resident was prescribed antibiotics for pressure sore when a GP said they were necessary.
There was also no record made of a resident vomiting and no contact made with a dietician in relation to it, the panel found.
A total of 18 failings were proved against Ms Tanta, a registered nurse. Five were proved against Ms Mock.
Twelve were proved against Ms Pritchard in her roles as clinical nurse manager and later nurse director.
Twenty eight were proved against mental health nurse, Miss Moyana.
Fourteen were found proved against against Ms Richards in her roles as registered nurse, acting manager and later bank nurse.
There were also nine proved against Ms Greening, who was a registered nurse and later care home manager.
A further hearing, on a date yet to determined, will be required before the disciplinary panel can decide whether the failings in each nurse's case amount to misconduct and whether their individual fitness to practise is impaired.
Any sanctions they face will then be fixed.
Last year, an NMC panel found seven misconduct charges proved against Christine Hayes, the director of nursing at the Caerphilly Local Health Board between 2003 and 2006.
She was found to have kept moving people to the home despite knowing of serious concerns over standards, and was struck off in January, this year.
Concerns were raised about Mrs Hayes' actions during a major investigation by Gwent Police into allegations of neglect in care homes, called Operation Jasmine.
The Â£11.6m police inquiry collapsed when the former owner of the Brithdir home, Dr Prana Das, was declared unfit to stand trial as a result of a brain injury suffered in a violent burglary.
The home - which has 40 residents with dementia, mental infirmity and learning difficulties - is now under new management.


Maths teachers will be offered extra help to boost results with the launch of a national network of excellence.

Universities and other experts will be called in to improve lessons and numeracy in an Â£800,000 plan.
Education Secretary Kirsty Williams said: "We must now work together to get the basics right", with Wales hoping to show an improvement in December in the international Pisa comparison tables.
One teachers' leader welcomed the plan, but warned of a maths teacher shortage.
The scheme, aimed at lessons for all ages from nursery to sixth form, includes:
"Education reform is our national mission," said Ms Williams.
"Working together we will ensure that our young people have an equal opportunity to reach the highest standards."
In December 2015, a task force set up by former Education Minister Huw Lewis called for a centre of excellence for maths and hubs in schools to boost what was seen as the weakest of the core subjects.
Dr Sofia Lyakhova, a senior lecturer in maths at Swansea University, said her institution had already been working with other universities to boost the teaching of further maths at A-level.
"I am delighted that the government is making that support available across all of Wales," she added.
Tim Pratt, director of the Association of School and College Leaders Cymru, welcomed the announcement, but also called for urgent action to tackle a shortage of maths teachers.
"Schools are reporting difficulties in recruiting maths teachers with the right level of skills and training they need," he said.
"We would be very happy to work with the Welsh government to develop strategies to address this situation."
However, Mr Pratt added that the initiative should not "further skew the curriculum which is already dominated by maths, English/Welsh and science".
"These are obviously very important subjects but so are other subjects, and we need to ensure that pupils are taught a broad and balanced curriculum."


Wales have the quality to top their World Cup qualifying group, captain Ashley Williams says.

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Their bid for a first World Cup finals appearance since 1958 suffered a blow when they were held 1-1 by Serbia.
Wales trail Republic of Ireland and Serbia in Group D, but Williams is not losing hope despite the late equaliser.
"They will all be big games to come. But we feel we have enough in our dressing room to win all of them if that is what we have to do," he said.
"We have to take the positives from the game. We haven't lost yet in the campaign and feel like we can beat any team."
Williams, who joined Everton in August after a decade with Swansea City, feels the group is likely to go down to the final round of fixtures.
Wales visit Ireland on 24 March before a trip to Serbia on 11 June.
"I think it will be a close group right up until the end. It is not all doom and gloom. It is just a frustrating night," Williams said.
"We are a team now that has come so far, we expect to win games, especially at home.
"But we didn't and the way it went down at the end, it is frustrating and I am sure all the fans feel the same as well.
"All of the remaining games are big now. They were before, but now the more it goes on, they turn into must-wins.
"But the positive is that we haven't lost in four games, we have played two very good teams as well."
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Chelsea's Serbian defender Branislav Ivanovic agreed with Williams that there is still all to play for, but believes the Republic of Ireland are now in the driving seat as the sides plot a route to Russia.
"It is a very tough group. A very equal group and of course it will be very close until the end," he said.
"We will decide who qualifies next year at the end of the group. It is wide open.
"Every game is like a final. This was our first big away game and we didn't lose.
"It is very difficult to say someone is favourite in this group. But in the moment, Ireland are playing very well.
"But our group is very equal and it can change. It will be interesting until the end."


A new festival from the organisers of the Glastonbury Festival will be called Variety Bazaar.

Glastonbury Festival founder Michael Eavis said they had registered the new event's name, which will be The Glastonbury Festival team present the Variety Bazaar.
The organisers say it will be separate from Glastonbury and will be at a different location.
There was no indication from Mr Eavis if this affects Glastonbury's future.
However, fellow organiser Emily Eavis tried to clarify the situation by tweeting: "We're still planning an event in the future at a different location - which we are calling Variety Bazaar. But Glastonbury Festival will always be called Glastonbury and will remain at Worthy Farm."
Mr Eavis revealed the name to Paul Cannon of Glastonbury FM and admitted he was taking "a huge risk".
"I've been a risk taker all my life. I mean 47 years of taking risks really and so far touch wood, I haven't come unstuck so far. This might be one risk too far, I don't know," he said.
There has been speculation about the future of the festival for some time.
Glastonbury will not take place in 2018 to give the Worthy Farm land a chance to recover but Mr Eavis had said he was keen to fill that year with "something special" because at his age of 81 he did not want to miss out on any festivals.
In June it was revealed the organisers had been in talks with the owners of the nearby Longleat estate to host a festival in 2018 or 2019, but in September organisers said they would not hold an event at another site next year.
In a statement on the Glastonbury Festival website, the organisers said: "We will be taking our next fallow year in 2018, in order to give the farm, the village and the festival team the traditional year off.
"There are no plans to hold an event at another location in 2018."
In December Mr Eavis said the 2019 Glastonbury Festival could be held at a site 100 miles away from Worthy Farm, "towards the Midlands" to help protect the main site.
He said the new site would be used every five years to help the land at his farm recover.


A soldier has denied having sex with an 18-year-old female private found shot dead at Deepcut barracks.

Ian Atkinson told an inquest into Pte Cheryl James's death they had only ever "kissed - that was it" and this happened on just one occasion.
The hearing has been told Sgt Andrew Gavaghan ordered her to go into a room with her fellow Private to have sex the night before she died.
Mr Atkinson told Woking Coroner's Court it was a "drunken kiss".
"It never went any further," he said. "It was just a kiss. It was a week or two before the death of Cheryl.
"We had been down the Naafi, down the bar. We had a drink and all that but it never went any further."
Pte James, 18, of Llangollen, one of four recruits to die at the Army training camp in Surrey over a seven-year period, was found shot dead at the barracks in 1995.
Who were the Deepcut four? Background to the deaths and timeline of events
Mr Atkinson said he was shocked when he heard about allegations made by former soldier Mark Beards during preparations for the inquest.
"I do not know why he would do that or what he was thinking," he said.
He said he and Mr Beards, who left the Army in 1996, "were not best friends by any means".
Mr Atkinson described Pte James as a "quiet girl, quite keen to get on".
He said he had heard she was seeing someone from a different barracks and she had slept with another Deepcut soldier, Pte Paul Wilkinson.
An electrician who worked at Deepcut said Pte James had joked about putting a gun to her head.
Keith Grieg said she and some female colleagues had spoken of wanting to leave the Army but not being able to buy themselves out.
"Cheryl then said to me that the only way to get out was to put a gun to your head. However, that was said in jest," he said in a written statement to the inquest.
He said "everyone laughed" at the comment.
The inquest was told a lance corporal was "physically sick" when he found Pte James's body in some bushes.
Stephen Kerr told the hearing in a statement: "I heard that he was physically sick actually on her body because he was so shocked."
The hearing continues.


German sportswear firm Adidas has raised its outlook for full-year sales and profits after better-than-expected results for the third quarter.

It expects net income from continuing operations, excluding goodwill impairment, to increase by about 10% from a previous 7% to 10% target.
The firm said its golf business had recovered from a recent slump.
Nevertheless, it expects to cut 14% of its TaylorMade-Adidas Golf global workforce by the end of the year.
In the third quarter, net income from continuing operations grew 20% to â‚¬337m, while sales grew 13%.
The firm reported double-digit sales increases in the US and China, despite an economic slowdown.
The company's TaylorMade golf business, which it has said it could consider selling because of the sport's declining popularity, also saw revenues rise 6%, driven by double-digit growth in North America.
Adidas said it was continuing to streamline the TaylorMade business and would cut its global staff by 14% by the end of the year, which it said would hit group profitability by a low double-digit million euro amount in the fourth quarter.
"The investments into our brands and a leaner golf organisation will directly fuel next year's top- and bottom-line performance and set us up for sustainable profitability improvements from 2016 onwards," chief executive Herbert Hainer said in a statement.


Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has said he will leave the Premier League club when his contract expires.

The Argentina international's five-year deal at Etihad Stadium takes him to the end of the 2018-19 season.
He has scored 128 goals for City since signing from Atletico Madrid for £38m in 2011, winning two league titles.
Aguero, 27, told an Argentine radio station that "it's clear" he is going to return to his first club Independiente "and retire there".
"Here (at City) they know what I want to do, they know I want to return to Argentina," he added.
"My family know that I am going to go there when my contract with Manchester City finishes in 2018."
It is unclear why Aguero referred to his deal ending in 2018, as the club have confirmed he is contracted until 2019.


Anti-virus software creator John McAfee has said he will break the encryption on an iPhone used by San Bernardino killer Syed Farook.

Mr McAfee made the offer to the FBI in an article published by Business Insider.
Apple has refused to comply with a court order asking it to unlock the device, dividing opinion over whether the firm should be compelled to do so.
Mr McAfee said he and his team would take on the task "free of charge".
The offer came as Mr McAfee continues his campaign as a US presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party.
"It will take us three weeks," he claimed in his article.
Security expert Graham Cluley told the BBC he was sceptical of Mr McAfee's claims.
"The iPhone is notoriously difficult to hack compared to other devices," he said.
For instance, Mr Cluley cast doubts on Mr McAfee's idea that he could use "social engineering" to work out the pass-code of Farook's locked iPhone.
This is a process by which hackers try to find out login credentials by tricking people into giving them away.
"In a nutshell, dead men tell no tales," said Mr Cluley. "Good luck to Mr McAfee trying to socially engineer a corpse into revealing its pass-code."
"The FBI isn't interested anyway, they want to set a precedent that there shouldn't be locks they can't break," he added.
In his article, Mr McAfee stated that he was keen to unlock the device because he didn't want Apple to be forced to implement a "back door" - a method by which security services could access data on encrypted devices.
Chief executive of Apple Tim Cook had previously said in a statement that the firm did not want to co-operate.
He argued that introducing a back door would make all iPhones vulnerable to hacking by criminals.
Mr McAfee believes that it would be possible to retrieve data from the phone by other means - though he did not give many details of how it would be done.
"I would eat my shoe on the Neil Cavuto [television] show if we could not break the encryption on the San Bernardino phone," he added.
Some, including the Australian Children's eSafety Commissioner who spoke to tech website ZDNet, have said that Apple would not necessarily have to introduce a back door, but that the firm is only being asked to provide access to a single device.
Other tech firms have rallied behind Apple's following a few days of debate over how it should respond to the FBI's request.
Google boss Sundar Pichai had already expressed his support for Mr Cook and yesterday chief executive of Twitter Jack Dorsey added his approval via a tweet.
In a statement, Facebook said it condemned terrorism and had solidarity with the victims of terror, but would continue its policy of opposing requests to diminish security.
"We will continue to fight aggressively against requirements for companies to weaken the security of their systems," it said.
"These demands would create a chilling precedent and obstruct companies' efforts to secure their products."


New Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza can be the best player in the world, says her coach Conchita Martinez.

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Muguruza beat American five-time champion Venus Williams 7-5 6-0 in Saturday's final and is expected to rise to number five in the new world rankings on Monday.
The 23-year-old is now a double Grand Slam champion, having won the French Open last year.
Martinez told Sportsweek: "She has the potential and she can win more."
Spaniard Martinez, the 1994 Wimbledon champion, added: "She is very happy with her game. She beat the world number one, Kerber, and she can go all the way."
Muguruza was ranked 15th in the world before Wimbledon but both she and Britain's Johanna Konta, who lost to Venus Williams in the semi-final, are expected to rise above former world number one Serena Williams, who is pregnant with her first child.
Muguruza beat German world number one Angelique Kerber in the last 16 and seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarter-finals on the way to the title.
She was beaten by Serena in the 2015 Wimbledon final, and was determined to avoid a repeat against her sister Venus.
"I didn't want to lose this time because I know the difference. I'm so happy," she said.
"I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do."


The latest international education league table shows the UK putting in a very creditable appearance in sixth place overall and second best in Europe.

It's only one place behind Finland, which has long been held up as one of the great powerhouses of education and a model for others to admire.
But hold on, wasn't it only a few months ago that the UK was being accused of "stagnating" in its efforts to keep up with international competition?
The Pisa tests showed the UK as a middle-ranking education performer, overtaken by high-achieving systems in Chinese cities such as Shanghai and ambitious, hungry improvers such as Poland and Vietnam.
The unimpressive performance was seen as proof of the need for radical improvement.
So how has this latest study shown the UK in such a positive light, ahead of countries such as the US, Germany, France and Sweden?
It all depends on what you measure.
This latest league table, published by Pearson and compiled by the Economist Intelligence Unit, is based on a basket of test results and education data.
It includes university-level information as well as school-level tests - and to get really specific, it measures entry to a type of academic university path which is likely to boost the UK's position rather than some other countries.
There are shorter, vocational higher education courses which are more popular in some other countries, which are not included in these rankings.
In contrast, the OECD's Pisa rankings are based on specific tests taken by 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science, with pupils in more than 60 countries answering the same questions.
So which is a more accurate reflection? Pisa has more international status - but the Pearson rankings use a wider range of indicators.
Head teachers have seized upon the apparent gap.
After being bashed over the head with the mediocre Pisa results, they are now hailing this latest league table as evidence of a "winning formula".
Russell Hobby of the National Association of Head Teachers says that the previous mood music had been so negative "you could be forgiven for thinking that our education system compares unfavourably with others".
These questions are not going to go away, because international comparisons are going to become more and more significant.
In a quietly important move last month, it was revealed that England's exam system is going to be benchmarked against international standards.
But it gets back to the question of how a successful education system should be measured.
There is always a temptation to make comparisons on the things that are most easily measured. Maths, for instance. It's relatively straightforward to see who is better at a set of maths questions.
The Pisa tests measure reading, but not writing. It's much harder to measure the handling of ideas rather than numbers. How would you compare written analytical skills across so many different cultures and languages? How would you compare creativity or innovation?
South Korea, which tops this latest league table, expects pupils to memorise 60 to 100 pages of facts, says the accompanying report. How does that compare with an intelligent use of Google?
Or how do you measure the sense of well-being? Are long hours of tuition after school an acceptable price for academic success?
Andreas Schleicher, the architect of the Pisa tests - which have really driven this global conversation on education standards - has always argued that the value of international tests is to show what is possible.
It's not about a top 10 chart show, it's about puncturing complacency.
If disadvantaged children in one country can get very high results - then why should anyone assume that they should fail in another country?
But such international tests also provide a time-lapse image of a changing economic landscape.
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The family of a man who was reported missing last month have been told of the discovery of a body.

James Fewell, 62, known as Bruce, was last seen in Plockton on 8 April. Major searches were made for him.
The body was found on Saturday in the sea at Ardaneaskan on the opposite shore of Loch Carron.
Police Scotland said Mr Fewell's next of kin had been informed of the discovery and that formal identification had still to take place.


Qualcomm has announced a fingerprint ID sensor designed to be fitted underneath smartphone and tablet screens.

It said the component could also work with wet fingers or underwater and could be used to measure heart rates.
The development paves the way for Android device-makers to be able to achieve sleeker designs.
However, one expert said Apple could still beat Qualcomm to market with a rival screen-integrated sensor of its own.
Fingerprint sensors are used to unlock devices without having to type in a code, to authenticate payments and to provide other identity checks.
Until now, they have typically taken up room beneath the touchscreen or been placed on the rear of a device.
Qualcomm unveiled its innovation at Mobile World Congress Shanghai. Its sensor works by emitting ultrasonic soundwaves, which bounce back on to the sensor with different reflection strengths depending on whether they hit the finger's ridges or valleys.
An earlier version of the tech was used by Xiaomi to embed a fingerprint sensor under a glass bezel at the base of its Mi5 smartphone.
But it partnered with Vivo, another Chinese handset-maker, to show off a prototype handset featuring the new part at the Shanghai expo.
The tech blog Engadget said the demo unit worked but was noticeably slower to carry out scans than existing sensors.
There are also other caveats:
Samsung had been rumoured to be working on a similar feature of its own for the Galaxy S8 phone but ultimately the device launched without it.
"It would have been the logical thing for Samsung because it wanted the biggest screen and smallest bezels possible," commented Ben Wood from the tech consultancy CCS Insight.
"But ultimately it was obliged to move the fingerprint sensor to the back of the phone, which drew criticism because it ended up being close to the camera."
Apple, the world's number two handset-maker, is currently engaged in a high-profile legal fight with Qualcomm over royalty payments, so is unlikely to be a customer.
Moreover, the company has published several patents indicating it is working on an under-screen fingerprint sensor of its own.
It is unclear, however, whether the tech will be ready for the next-generation iPhone, due to be unveiled later in the year.
"Apple has the purchasing power to have huge influence over the supply chain, so if its technology is ready, it has the best shot of being the company that implements this first," added Mr Wood.
"But producing big displays with limited bezels is already a technical challenge, and integrating a sensor below the glass more so.
"And Apple can ill afford to deliver a less-than-perfect solution."


A spate of deaths during sporting activities - at grassroots and elite level - in recent months has left some wondering if the dangers of participating in sport have increased.

Cricket was shocked by the death of Australian batsman Phillip Hughes last year after he was struck behind the ear by a ball.
And there have been a number of other tragic losses, in rugby league, rugby union and football, since then - some from head injuries and others from heart failure.
So is sport getting more dangerous?
Statistics tell us very little. Up until now, there has been no detailed data on the number or nature of sport injuries treated by GPs or in hospitals.
All we know is that sports injuries accounted for roughly 2% of cases seen in emergency departments last year, according to figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
But not everyone is asked how they were injured and the answer is not always noted down, so the total is likely to be much higher.
Allyson Pollock, professor of public health research at Barts and the London School of Medicine, says this has to change.
"We need to know the mechanisms of what's causing these injuries for all sports so we can assess the risks," she says.
Rugby union is one sport in which injuries, and particularly concussion, have been well monitored. Last season, in a study of nearly 600 rugby players in England, 13% experienced concussion - the most common rugby injury for the past three years.
As a result, concussion in rugby is now being taken seriously, but the risks are still there because of how the game is played.
Professional rugby players are now much bigger and heavier than they were, and they play a more aggressive form of rugby.
Prof Pollock believes this style of rugby is filtering down to young people and children playing the game, making it more dangerous.
"If other sports and young amateurs are mimicking the professional game, there's no reason to think we are not seeing the same thing at those levels."
To reduce the risk of serious injury in schools, she advocates taking contact out of collision sports such as rugby and football.
To some this might seem extreme, but she says "all games have evolved over time and we just need to make it safer for children and prevent injuries from happening".
Some sports are inherently more dangerous than others.
Snow sports, American football, equestrian sport and sky diving are all more risky than tennis, badminton and athletics, but that doesn't stop people from doing them.
In fact, more people are taking part in extreme sports such as base jumping and parachuting than ever before.
Dr Mike Loosemore, lead sports physician for the English Institute of Sport, says there is a definite trend towards trying out new and ever more dangerous activities, even though people are not always trained or equipped for them.
In an over-protective society, he suggests, it's one way of getting the adrenaline rush we all crave.
And adding lots of protective equipment isn't a solution to the increased danger.
"Padding just means you get braver. American footballers have massive, well-designed helmets but they don't stop concussion. Instead they use them as a weapon."
He says professional rugby players who wear shoulder pads just end up tackling harder.
In general, most sporting bodies are aware of the risks faced by those who take part and try hard to protect them by amending the rules and introducing new policies on injuries.
At an elite level, pushing the body harder and harder does make injuries more likely, but there will always be the risk of a freak accident or an undetected heart condition.
Thanks to round-the-clock media coverage we are all more aware of fatal injuries in sport when they occur too, which makes them feel more frequent.
At a basic level, sport is attractive because there is some danger involved. Taking that away altogether would change it completely.
Dr Loosemore says removing the risk is dangerous in itself.
"Sport is a way of putting danger into lives in a controlled way. If you get in a certain position it hurts.
"Sports that allow you to show courage are a good thing too.
"You don't want children to get hurt of course, but there is less chance of it happening if they play sport in the real world."


New York Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon has become the oldest player in Major League Baseball history to hit the first home run of his career.

The 42-year-old from the Dominican Republic, who has played in the MLB for 19 years, cleared the fence against San Diego Padres on Saturday.
It was the 226th time Colon had batted, and helped the Mets to a 6-3 win.
"I don't know how to explain it," said Colon, who weighs more than 20 stone. "Once I hit it, I knew it was gone."
Colon broke the record of Arizona Diamondbacks' Randy Johnson, who hit his first homer in 2003, aged 40.
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The demolition of an office block and shopping centre in Reading has begun.

Western Tower and the derelict Friars Walk Shopping Centre in Station Hill are being knocked down to make way for new offices, apartments and shops.
The development is next to the revamped Reading railway station, which was reopened by the Queen in July 2014 after an Â£897m upgrade.
Contractors Stanhope and TE Scudder said the town centre location meant demolition would be a complex process.
Jason Margrave, a director at Stanhope, said: "This is an important milestone in the transformation of an area that will ultimately become the heart of Reading.
"Reading is the commercial capital of the Thames Valley, making this site one of the most important schemes in the South East."


Drama students are being offered lessons in the art of drag, at a university in north-west England.

Edge Hill University is offering the course to third-year students on performing arts or dance and drama degree courses.
The university said it was the first higher education institution to offer a module dedicated to drag.
Senior lecturer Mark Edward said there was a lot more to drag studies than "wigs, make-up and high heels".
Those taking the subject would examine the relationships between performance, gender, sexuality and identity, the Ormskirk-based institution said.
The course will also look at topics such as drag performance, lip-synching, costume, the use of humour and the theories and histories of areas such as gay and lesbian theatre, transgender identities, HIV and Aids and activism.
Mr Edward said: "Despite the fact that performers have been 'dragging up' since Shakespearean times, this module is completely unique in exploring the crossing of boundaries in terms of gender and performance.
"The 2010 Education Act meant that providers of education, including universities, must go beyond non-discrimination based on gender, and in fact, promote equality, and Edge Hill has a fantastic reputation in promoting minority groups in terms of sexual identities."
Mr Edward said the module would also look at complex theories of gender, feminist and sexual identity to explore the social and political implication of "doing gender" in performance.
"Drag as a performance art form has seen a relative decline in the past decade, yet there are new and exciting emerging forms coming through which makes this module all the more relevant to performance contexts," he added.
"There's a lot more to drag studies than wigs, make-up and high heels."


Serena and Venus Williams reached the women's doubles final at Wimbledon with a straight-set victory over Julia Goerges and Karolina Pliskova.

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The unseeded American duo, who have won five Wimbledon doubles titles, triumphed 7-6 (7-3) 6-4 on Court One.
They will play Hungary's Timea Babos and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan in Saturday's final.
Serena Williams will also play in the women's singles final on Saturday, against Germany's Angelique Kerber.
Serena, 34, and 36-year-old Venus last took the Wimbledon doubles title in 2012 and have won 13 Grand Slam doubles events.
They also won Olympic gold in the doubles in 2000, 2008 and 2012.
Fifth seeds Babos and Shvedova won 6-4 6-2 against American pair Abigail Spears and Raquel Atawo.
Elsewhere, Britain's Heather Watson moved into the semi-finals of the mixed doubles as she and Finland's Henri Kontinen won 6-3 6-2 against American Scott Lipsky and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia.
Watson and Kontinen play Austria's Oliver Marach and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the last four.
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A Russian opposition activist who was a victim of a sophisticated "honey trap" operation in Moscow has told the BBC there are more videos ready to be posted on the internet to discredit other government critics.

Ilya Yashin, of the group Solidarity, is one of five opposition figures to have appeared in videos posted on Russian websites after being secretly filmed having sex with a woman who had lured them back to an apartment rigged with cameras.
The videos started to be posted on the internet at the end of March.
"The scale of the operation is stunning. It is a real special operation…. it looks like hundreds of thousands of US dollars were spent on it," Mr Yashin said.
"At least four flats were used and at least four girls took part. About a dozen people were trapped, (but)... the videos have not been published of some of those who were filmed."
Mr Yashin, who is unmarried, says his encounter with "Katya" dates back almost two years.
He thought he was getting involved in a summer romance.
"I'd been dating her for about a month, going to the cinema and cafes," he said.
"She was pretty and I fell for her and behaved like any single young person would."
"I didn't suspect anything until drugs and sex toys were brought out. Instinctively I felt something was wrong and left."
But it was already too late. Enough embarrassing footage had already been filmed.
Those behind the operation clearly wanted to make an example of Mr Yashin, as he also appeared in another video allegedly showing him trying to bribe a traffic policeman who had ordered him to pull over as he drove through the capital.
He says it was a set-up and the video has been heavily edited.
Convinced he knows who was behind the operation, he has formally asked prosecutors to investigate two government officials, including a very senior member of the Kremlin administration.
But why would they act now against the small and disparate opposition groups?
"The year started with mass protests in many Russian regions," says Mr Yashin.
"In Kaliningrad 12,000 people took to the streets demanding (Prime Minister) Putin's resignation, in Arkhangelsk 2,000 and there were also demonstrations in Samara and Irkutsk.
"In many regions the opposition was at the helm of protests and it caused the Kremlin to worry."
The government has always moved quickly to stamp out political protests, however small, apparently fearing they could spread and ultimately lead to an uprising similar to the Orange Revolution in Ukraine five years ago.
The honey trap was a favoured tactic of the KGB in Soviet times, when it was used to compromise Western diplomats, intelligence agents and other officials.
And diplomats continue to be targeted in this way. Less than a year ago the British deputy consul-general in Yekaterinburg was forced to step down after compromising footage appeared on the internet.
But not everyone is convinced the smear campaign against opposition activists is the direct work of the Kremlin and secret services.
"It looks like organisations connected to the Kremlin did this now to justify their existence and show their relevance," says Andrei Soldatov, a journalist and author who tracks the intelligence agencies.
He says the website where one of the videos was first posted is connected to a youth group set up in 2005 when Vladimir Putin was president. One of two such groups, its mission was to counter opposition activity in the run-up to the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2007 and 2008.
"The elections went ahead no problem," he says. "So now these organisations have to justify why they are financed today."
But the two pro-Kremlin youth groups, called Nashi and Young Guard, deny any involvement.
"Rubbish," says Nikita Borovikov, the Nashi leader. "That's silly and funny".


Wrexham have re-signed former trainee Kai Edwards on a one-year deal after the defender was released by Welsh treble winners The New Saints.

Edwards is Wrexham manager Gary Mills' first signing of the summer.
The centre-half made two first team appearances for Wrexham before leaving the Dragons during the summer of 2011.
The 25-year-old spent a season with Neath but joined New Saints in 2012 following the club's liquidation.
He has represented Wales at Under 17 and Under 19 level as well as the Wales Under 23 semi-professional side.


The UN is planning to air drop food and other aid to a Syrian city besieged by the so-called Islamic State (IS), officials have said.

A "concrete plan" was in place for the operation over the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, said Jan Egeland, who chairs a humanitarian taskforce.
Convoys of UN trucks on Wednesday began delivering much-needed aid to 80,000 people in five other besieged areas.
The UN says 200,000 residents remain besieged in parts of Deir al-Zour.
"It's a complicated operation and would be in many ways the first of its kind," Egeland said of the air drops.
The UN will work with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent and other local groups to drop aid by parachute for distribution, World Food Programme spokeswoman Bettina Luescher said.
She did not specify when the air drops would begin but said a single aircraft would be used initially.
The World Food Programme had previously ruled out humanitarian air drops in Syria due to the complexities of obtaining use of airspace, organising distribution on the ground, and finding suitable drop zones.
The UK government also said air drops were "high risk and should only be considered as a last resort when all other means have failed".
But Egeland said the strategy was the only way to feed people in Deir al-Zour.
"It is either air drops or nothing. Air drops are a desperate measure in desperate times," he told Reuters.
Speaking after a meeting of the 17-member International Syria Support Group (ISSG), he also said that UN aid was expected to reach all of Syria's 18 besieged areas within a week.
The UN believes more than 480,000 Syrians are living in besieged areas, with four million more people in so-called "hard-to-reach" areas.
All parties to the conflict are believed to have used siege warfare - where military forces surround an area and cut off essential supplies - in breach of international law.
On Wednesday, aid trucks reached rebel-held Muadhamiya and Madaya, near Damascus, and pro-government northern villages of Foah and Kefraya. Another town, Zabadani, was reached later.
The supplies, which included some medical supplies, are expected to last for about a month.
The deliveries were part of an agreement approved by the ISSG that world powers hope will lead to a "cessation of hostilities" by Friday.
The agreement does not apply to the fight against IS or al-Nusra Front, an al-Qaeda affiliate, and offensives by Syrian government forces and Kurdish militia fighters on rebel-held areas of the northern province of Aleppo have dimmed hopes of a truce.
A new report from humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) says 1.9 million people are under siege in Syria. It said data from hospitals and clinics it supports recorded 154,647 war-injured people and 7,009 war dead in 2015, 30 to 40 percent of whom were women and children.
The data, MSF said, showed "civilians and civilian areas continued to be devastated" by the conflict.
A strike on an MSF-supported hospital in Idlib province on Monday killed 25 people, the group says.
"Permanent members of the UN Security Council, four of whom are actively involved in the war in Syria, must answer for their failure to uphold their most basic responsibilities toward civilians," said MSF president Dr Joanne Liu.


Barnet scored three second-half goals to earn a comfortable win over Notts County in League Two.

The Magpies took an early lead when Jon Stead fired in from the penalty spot after Izale McLeod was impeded.
John Akinde's penalty levelled the scores following Mike Edwards' foul on Michael Gash, before Mark Randall fired the hosts ahead from inside the area.
Andy Yiadom added the Bees' third shortly after with a shot that deflected in over keeper Scott Loach.
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Barnet manager Martin Allen told BBC Radio London:
"We changed out team around and put most of our subs from the weekend out in the game.
"We created a lot of chances in the first half without really playing that well. They had absolutely nothing. We just totally destroyed them."


Jodrell Bank's second largest radio telescope has been given Grade I listed status for its pioneering role in radio astronomy.

The 38m (124.6ft) Mark II radio telescope is the smaller of the two large dishes at the observatory site.
The Lovell telescope, the other dish originally known as Mark I, was given the same status in 1988.
Historic England said the listing celebrated the Cheshire observatory's history and its impact on the world.
Other buildings and structures at the site that played a pioneering role in the early days of radio astronomy have also been recognised.
Four buildings and part of a converted ex-army radar antenna, known as the Searchlight Aerial, have been given Grade II listing.
They include the Park Royal building, the Electrical Workshop, the Link Hut and the Control Building.
Jodrell Bank Observatory dates from the start of radio astronomy soon after World War Two.
It was pivotal to developing the new science, which involves capturing light at invisible radio wavelengths to "see" celestial objects that would otherwise be hidden.
The site was bought by the University of Manchester in 1939 and was first used for radio astronomy in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell and his team.
The Mark II telescope was built between 1962-64 to the specifications of a design developed jointly by Sir Bernard and structural engineer Charles Husband.
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Crispin Edwards, listing adviser at Historic England, said: "Jodrell Bank is a remarkable place where globally important discoveries were made that transformed radio astronomy and our understanding of the universe.
"We are celebrating the history of the site and its impact on the world by increasing its recognition on the National Heritage List for England."
Prof Teresa Anderson, director of the Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, said: "Science is a hugely important part of our cultural heritage and we are very pleased to see that recognised, and protected, with these new designations."


Hibernian completed a cup double by beating Glasgow City on penalties to lift the Scottish Women's Cup.

Having beaten City to win the League Cup in June, Hibs took the lead with Lisa Robertson's looping header.
Hayley Lauder levelled in the second half, with goalkeeper Jenna Fife unable to keep out her curling shot.
Neither side could find an extra-time goal and Hibs recovered from Robertson's opening miss from the spot to prevail 6-5 in the shootout.
Fife saved from Lauder and Sam Kerr was the unlucky player to fire over the crossbar for City.
Hibs were the brighter side in the first half and were rewarded for their enterprise when Robertson nodded them in front on 23 minutes.
Clare Shine went close with a second-half header for City, while Hibs midfielder Lucy Graham was inches wide with a great header from just inside the box.
With City seeing more of the ball, a defensive mix-up allowed Lauder to surge into the penalty area from the right and take aim for the opposite corner.
Fife got a hand to the shot but failed to push it away.
Shine scooped a volley wide before a stoppage-time scare for City as Nicola Docherty hooked the ball off her goal-line.
Hibs threatened from a series of corners in the first half of extra-time and City's Sarah Crilly skewed a first-time shot wide from near the penalty spot in the second period.
City celebrated a 10th successive league title last month, beating Hibs three times along the way, but their closest rivals stopped them making it six Scottish Cup wins in a row.
Robertson ballooned the first penalty attempt over the bar, but her team-mates responded with six successful strikes, Joelle Murray converting the last before Kerr's miss.
Hibernian captain Joelle Murray: "I'm so proud of the team. It's been an amazing season, two cups and playing in the Champions League.
"Hopefully we can keep the team together and build again for next time."
Hibernian goalkeeper Jenna Fife: "We want to push on for next season. We're capable of a treble."


A road has been closed after a lorry carrying glue jack-knifed, spilling its load over the carriageway.

The crash has closed the A76 Dumfries to Kilmarnock Road at Sanquhar in south west Scotland.
A major clean-up operation is under way and police say the route is expected to be closed for most of the day.
Lengthy diversions are in operation and motorists are being urged to avoid the area. The driver was not hurt.
The glue container burst when the lorry jack-knifed on the road at 05:30, police said.
The incident happened in the town centre and diversions are in place around the affected area in Sanquhar.
Traffic is able to rejoin the A76 either side of the town but the re-routing has caused difficulties for large, industrial vehicles.
A Dumfries and Galloway police spokesman said: "The glue container on the lorry has burst and glue spilling is affecting the road surface.
"Road diversions are being put in place. However, motorists are asked to avoid the area if possible."
A member of police control staff said the road closure is expected to be in place for several hours.


Nigeria experienced power outages about 46 days per year from 2007-2008, with each outage lasting an average of six hours, according to a World Bank report.

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Left-wing rebels in Colombia ambushed a group carrying regional election ballots, killing 12 members of the security forces, officials say.

The group had left an indigenous reservation near the town of Guican when it was hit, defence minister Luis Carlos Villegas said.
He said the National Liberation Army (ELN), Colombia's second-biggest rebel group, was behind the attack.
President Juan Manuel Santos vowed retaliation against the attackers.
On Sunday, Mr Santos had said the election had been "the most peaceful and least violent in decades".
Eleven of those killed were soldiers, while the other was a police officer, Mr Villegas said.
Six other people, among them poll workers and a local guide, were missing, he added.
Colombia's government is locked in talks with another rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or Farc, to end more than five decades of violence.
Late last month, the two parties reached agreement on how to punish human rights abuses committed during the conflict - a detail seen as key to a lasting peace deal.
The Farc has called several times for the ELN to join their peace talks.
Occasional attacks by Farc rebels have occurred despite negotiations taking place in Havana. In May, it ambushed and killed 11 soldiers after briefly suspending its ceasefire.
A month later, rebels killed three police officers and cut off power to close to 500,000 people.
•An estimated 220,000 killed
•More than five million internally displaced
•More than seven million registered victims
•About 8,000 Farc rebels continue fighting
Sources: Unit for Attention and Reparation of Victims, Colombian government


First it was 2014, then 2015, now it is "by the end of 2016".

Everyone has been waiting a very long time for the government to announce where the second phase of HS2 will actually go, yet a couple of years on we still do not have a route.
That delay is the most likely reason that the HS2 boss Simon Kirby has just left the company for a big job at Rolls-Royce.
Phase two of the route is the bit stretching just north of Birmingham, to Manchester and Leeds.
It is longer, more complex and more politically tricky than the first part, linking Birmingham with London.
The current plan is to split into two lines, one forking west to Manchester, the other east to Leeds via Sheffield.
And it is that eastern section that seems to be causing the biggest headaches.
Take Sheffield, for instance.
Controversial plans to build a station just outside the city were unceremoniously ditched recently after months of lobbying by the council.
It wanted a city centre station instead, saying it was better for the local economy.
But the new route comes with its own problems.
Not least, it ploughs through hundreds of homes on a new Doncaster housing estate, part of which is still being built.
It has made the local MP (Ed Miliband no less) change his tune and start questioning the scheme.
He told the Doncaster Free Press: "The more I hear about this proposed HS2 route, the worse it sounds.
"It will evict families from their homes, disrupt people's lives, and have a significant impact on parts of our beautiful countryside."
I've spoken to several people in the industry, and there are a few jitters about what happens next.
The parliamentary bill to build phase one of the project should get royal assent this year.
Companies have been asked to bid for Â£12bn worth of work on the line, and those contracts could be awarded early next year.
The new Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling, has told the BBC he supports HS2 and has no plans to scrap it.
The chairman of HS2, Sir David Higgins, also told me things were progressing nicely and they were on top of the costs.
But the Prime Minister, Theresa May, has been rather quiet on the subject.
Hinkley Point proves she is not frightened to pause a mega-project if she has any doubts.
And years after we were promised one, we still do not have a route for phase two of HS2.
The government says it is coming "later this year".
None of this proves that HS2 is in trouble, or that we may end up with a kind of cheaper "HS2-lite".
Big projects such as this will always hit rocky patches.
I remember covering the Ed Balls's conference speech in 2013, when he suggested he might just pull the plug on HS2 if he became chancellor.
He is not even an MP now.
Business leaders always want certainty - but politics rarely provides that.


Lewis Hamilton was fastest by a large margin as Mercedes' closest rivals Ferrari hit trouble in second practice at the Russian Grand Prix.

Hamilton was 0.652 seconds clear of Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, whose car stopped on the track with an electrical failure halfway through the session.
Nico Rosberg was third, 0.867secs off team-mate Hamilton, but did not set a representative lap on the faster tyre.
The German was just 0.14secs behind Hamilton on the slower 'soft' tyre.
Sunday's Russian Grand Prix - which is live on the BBC Sport website and BBC Radio 5 live Sports Extra - begins at 13:00 BST. Qualifying is at 13:00 on Saturday.
It was exactly the start to the weekend Hamilton would have wanted. The Englishman arrived in Sochi on the Black Sea coast determined to notch his first win of the season and peg back Rosberg's already sizeable advantage in the championship.
Rosberg is leading Hamilton by 36 points after winning all three races so far. The world champion has had a troubled start to the season and has finished second, third and seventh.
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Mercedes appear to be in a league of their own so far this weekend.
The trend of the season so far has been Ferrari have tended to look competitive in practice only for Mercedes to extend their advantage in qualifying.
But in Russia, Mercedes have been comfortably quicker from the start of running - with well over half a second of advantage over the red cars.
And Hamilton showed highly impressive pace on his race-simulation run later in the session, comfortably clear of anyone else, including Rosberg.
"It's been a constructive day to start the weekend," he said. "I think we're looking strong here - but we need to keep working hard if we are to try and stay ahead of the Ferraris."
In addition to an apparent lack of pace, Ferrari will be concerned about another reliability failure, especially as they have brought a new, upgraded engine design to this race.
The team have suffered two in-race engine failures so far this season and the impression is forming that they have pushed their reliability too close to the edge in an attempt to close the performance gap to Mercedes.
Vettel's team-mate Kimi Raikkonen was fourth fastest overall, but more than 0.5secs slower than the German.
"The feeling was all right," said Vettel, who must take a five-place grid penalty on Sunday after being forced into an unscheduled gearbox change.
"The balance was not quite where I wanted it to be, but the circuit should come our way. It was quite slippery. Lacking a bit of information from my side but other people did their homework and hopefully we can copy that a bit."
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Behind Mercedes and Ferrari, Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo was fifth quickest, just 0.101secs ahead of Williams driver Valtteri Bottas, with the second Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat only 0.008secs further adrift.
Behind them, there was some encouraging pace from the McLaren-Hondas, with Jenson Button eighth and Fernando Alonso 10th, sandwiching the second Williams of Felipe Massa.
Next in line were the Toro Rossos, Carlos Sainz edging Max Verstappen, and the Force Indias, with Nico Hulkenberg pipping Sergio Perez.
The new Haas team - who impressed in the first two races in Australia and Bahrain - were struggling, with Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez 16th and 17th respectively, and the Franco-Swiss saying "something is not working on the car" since the Chinese weekend a fortnight ago.
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In the morning session, Ricciardo gave the first on-track test to the 'aeroscreen' cockpit head protection design, which Red Bull are hoping will be adopted next year instead of the 'halo' device tried by Ferrari pre-season.
The Australian said: "The vision seemed OK; the first impressions were fine. It was definitely drivable. I would not say you are hindered any more than we are now with visibility."
Governing body the FIA has made it clear it intends for one of the devices to be used next season.
Ricciardo is among the vast majority of drivers who back the move - despite criticism in some quarters - because of the number of accidents in recent years in which drivers have been killed or injured by head impacts.
"The talk has been about the open cockpit and that is what people know F1 for, and that is fair enough," he said.
"It would be great to keep it that way but obviously with accidents that have happened, especially more recently, I think at least not to explore this route seems a bit disrespectful.
"If this becomes the norm, I think everyone will get used to it. I don't think it is as bad as some people are saying."
McLaren driver Alonso re-iterated his support for some from of head protection to be introduced.
"It is a must that it will come from next year," he said. "It is a must for safety - we don't need heroes in the sport right now.
"We don't want anyone getting hurt in the future if there is a solution in place, and it seems there can be a solution so let's introduce it."
Team-mate Button praised design of the 'aeroscreen' device, saying: "I prefer the look of it. I think it looks better than a normal F1 car."
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About 25,000 people have been told to evacuate as a cyclone carrying winds of up to 275km/h (170 mph) moves towards the Queensland coast.

Cyclone Debbie has intensified into a Category 4 system and is due to make landfall early on Tuesday local time.
Some people have refused to leave despite warnings the destructive core could be as wide as 100km (62 miles).
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the storm would rival the devastating Cyclone Yasi in 2011.
Late on Monday, Ms Palaszczuk urged 25,000 residents in low-lying areas of Mackay to immediately find safer ground. More than 5,000 other Queenslanders were already evacuating their homes.
"The time for people to move is now," she said.
In its latest update, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said the cyclone could "intensify further" as it moved towards the Queensland coast.
It is expected to make landfall sometime after 07:00 on Tuesday (20:00 GMT Monday) anywhere in a 265km zone from Townsville to Proserpine.
"That is the uncertainty of cyclones," said Bureau of Meteorology regional director Bruce Gunn.
Authorities warned the cyclone could coincide with high tide, which is expected to peak at 3.2m. The storm surge could add an additional 4m, Ms Palaszczuk said.
She said this would bring dangerous risk of flooding, especially around Mackay.
"I am just pleading to everyone, please, listen to authorities," she said. "I do, you must as well. This is about your safety, it is about the safety of your family and the safety of your children.''
Police Commissioner Ian Stewart said the weather contributed to the death of a woman in a car crash.
Queensland authorities have closed 102 schools, 81 early childhood education centres and two ports.
All flights have been cancelled at Townsville Airport and Mackay Airport.
Mr Stewart warned that emergency crews would not provide help during the storm's peak.
"[It] will get to an extent where all emergency services will not be able to respond to calls for assistance, because obviously, we have got to maintain the safety of our staff," he said.
Ms Palaszczuk said residents should be prepared for power outages.
"Now is the time to charge your phone," she said.
"These winds are going to be severe and we are going to see structural damage."
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Australian Defence Force would help with the cyclone response.
"Time and time again, Australians show grace under pressure, bravery in the face of danger, and rally without a second thought to help each other," Mr Turnbull said in parliament.
"These virtues will be on display over the next few days where Australians face the worst that nature can throw at us."


The pound fell and the FTSE 100 rose after the Bank of England announced it was leaving interest rates unchanged and downgrading UK growth forecasts.

The Bank also warned Brexit uncertainty was beginning to drag on UK investment.
Sterling ended down dropped 0.6% against the dollar to $1.3146 and shed 0.78% against the euro to 1.1068 euros.
The 100-share index gained ground. It build gains as the pound slipped further throughout the afternoon to end 63 points higher at 7,7475.
Clothing retailer Next saw its shares surge 9.2% after it increased its dividend to shareholders.
The firm was the biggest riser on the FTSE 100 in Thursday morning trading amid positive reaction to its quarterly trading statement.
Medical technology company Convatec was the worst performer, down 5.6% after reporting a 7.4% fall in operating profit for the first half of the year.


Jim Lister claimed a second-half brace as Airdrieonians beat Cowdenbeath at Central Park in Scottish League One.

The visitors scored in the fifth minute when Jordan Thompson, on loan from Rangers, fired into the top corner.
It was 2-0 after 69 minutes when Thompson's cross found Lister and the 35-year-old striker headed home, although moments later the Blue Brazil pulled one back through Lewis Milne.
But Lister fired his second with just over 10 minutes left to seal the win.
Airdrie manager Eddie Wolecki Black took ill during half-time and was taken to hospital. The club said later on Saturday that the 50-year-old was in a stable condition.


A boy was left with a nail embedded in the back of his head when an older "bully" threw a plank of wood at him.

Romeo Smith's mother said her nine-year-old son had been bullied all week by a group of older boys before the attack at about 21:15 BST on Sunday.
Natasha Smith said Romeo was assaulted in Ilion Street, Mansfield, and the plank needed removing in hospital.
Nottinghamshire Police said the assault is being reviewed by its youth offending team.
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Romeo's father, Craig Smith, said he saw his son being confronted by two boys.
"As Romeo was walking away one of the lads came running up behind him and threw a bit of wood with a nail in it," he added.
"I saw it just stuck there, in the back of his head, and then Romeo started screaming and running towards me."
Romeo is autistic and his mother thinks this may increase the long term impact of what has happened.
"Now I feel I can't let him out on his own because due to his ASD [autism spectrum disorder] he is very vulnerable.
"And this has been happening and he hasn't even told me about it - I just feel I wouldn't be able to let him out because it could happen again and he probably wouldn't mention it," she said.
Nottinghamshire Police said the incident could be dealt with "via the restorative justice route".
"We recognise that children sometimes do things without considering the consequences or the seriousness of their actions," the force said in a statement.
"In cases such as this, where genuine remorse is shown and there is an understanding of the consequences of their actions, we try to mediate between both parties to avoid progressing down the criminal justice route."


The music industry's parental advisory scheme has been extended to explicit content in music and video downloads.

The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) scheme has applied to physical music and video since 1995, with logos attached to material deemed offensive or inappropriate for children.
The logo now signposts unsuitable files on sites including iTunes and Amazon.
Singer and mother-of-two Jamelia said the scheme meant parents could "quickly and easily judge" content.
She said it had previously been "almost impossible to stay on top of what's suitable and what's not".
The updated scheme states that UK digital music retailers and streaming services use the Parental Advisory logo or the word "explicit" alongside files that could be considered unsuitable.
The BPI said that while some sites already flagged up explicit content, the scheme, introduced on Tuesday, would provide consistent labelling.
Speaking in June, BPI chief executive Geoff Taylor said it was "important for parents to get the same standards of guidance and information online as they get when buying CDs or DVDs on the high street."
Entertainment retailers and digital service providers have welcomed the move.


Torquay United boss Kevin Nicholson has hailed striker Nathan Blissett after he scored both goals in the side's 2-1 win at Macclesfield.

The victory was United's third in a row, cutting the gap to National League safety to five points.
"Bliss was an animal today," Nicholson told BBC Radio Devon.
"He got a bit of luck for his second goal, but if you throw yourself in there like he's done, those are the bits of luck that you get."
Blissett's work rate also impressed Nicholson, whose side have not been beaten since the end of January.
"With his first goal, he's chased down something, he's bullied the goalkeeper and he's got his reward," added Nicholson of the former Bristol Rovers striker, who joined the club on a free transfer in January.
"He's gone from his first couple of games where he's finding his feet, to all of a sudden looking like the real deal."


The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) has launched its Welsh campaign, promising to increase the minimum wage and end austerity.

TUSC is contesting 135 seats across Britain, and 12 of the 40 in Wales.
Party candidate Ross Saunders said the party provides a real anti-austerity alternative for ordinary people.
TUSC's policies include raising the minimum wage from Â£6.50 to Â£10 an hour, scrapping university tuition fees and introducing rent controls.
"We think that the brutal austerity the coalition government has visited upon ordinary people in Britain has made misery for millions and has also damaged the economy," Mr Saunders
"We think an alternative has got to be forced on the agenda and we don't think any of the existing parties can be trusted to do that."


The days when Apple had a free run for our smartphone hearts and minds are over.

It's the first time that Apple's latest offering, the iPhone 4S, encounters a truly competitive field of rivals.
The competition is powered by Apple's former partner Google, whose Android operating system for smartphones is rapidly gaining marketshare.
Mobile phonemakers, long suffering under Apple's smartphone dominance, have embraced Android with gusto and are jostling to add software and hardware touches that trump Apple's offering.
Samsung's Galaxy S II, for example, is already slimmer and lighter than both the old iPhone 4 and the new 4S and arguably has a better screen.
Taiwanese competitor HTC, meanwhile, hopes that a clever user interface dubbed HTC Sense will help it to beat Apple.
Instead of the iPhone's static icons, HTC has improved Android to offer a raft of rich, dynamic widgets that bring information and functionality directly to the smartphone screen. HTC's Sensation, for example, is currently hard to best in terms of ease of use, not just when compared to the new iPhone but Android rivals as well.
For its top-end phones HTC also throws in a free service that allows owners to track and remotely manage their phones, probably one of the reasons why Apple recently stopped charging for a similar service.
Android has even allowed Sony Ericsson to get back into the game. For several years the company and its lacklustre range of phones have been losing market share; now the company is back with the Android-based Xperia Arc S - a well-built and user-friendly phone that can compete with most rivals.
Apple also lags in terms of hardware innovation, with several competitors pushing phones that sport 3D cameras and glasses-free 3D screens - like the Sharp 3D Aquos, the HTC Evo 3D and the LG Optimus 3D.
Google is also constantly updating Android, and provides the software free to manufacturers. This is not charitable behaviour, of course. Google search is deeply integrated into Android phones, providing healthy profits from clicks on sponsored search results (although a few network operators have begun to point customers to different search engines).
The rise and rise of Android is reflected in the market share.
According to research firm Gartner, during the second quarter of 2011 Android captured a massive 43.4% of the global smartphone market - up from 17.2% just a year ago.
In contrast, Apple's iPhone software iOS gained just four percentage points to 18.2% - mainly by entering 15 new countries and signing up 42 new network operators to sell the iPhone.
The big losers are Nokia's Symbian smartphones, Blackberry maker RIM - and Microsoft who is struggling to gain traction for its new mobile operating system Windows Phone 7.
Despite Android's advances, Apple still dominates the "mindshare" of the smartphone market.
This is less a function of the many Apple fans amongst tech journalists. It's more a question of first-mover advantage and, most importantly, branding.
Dozens of manufacturers are now selling numerous Android phones, ranging from the cheap and cheerful to the high end of the market. Apple and its network partners can focus all marketing around a single brand and - now - two devices.
No wonder that the iPhone is still seen by many as the benchmark against which other smartphones have to be measured - even though the new iPhone 4S has arguably failed to raise this benchmark in a significant manner. Some of the new features on the 4S have been standard on Android phones for many months.
The lack of a big "and one more thing" unveiling by Apple's new chief executive will have been greeted with loud sighs of relief by rivals.
Still, any move by Apple creates headaches for competitors. Internal documents of a mobile phone maker seen by the BBC last week showed how worried this company was that an iPhone 5 could steal all attention from the forthcoming launch of its top-end Android smartphone.
Amidst all the Android and iPhone frenzy, spare a thought for Microsoft. A year ago and to considerable acclaim the software giant launched an all-new mobile phone software, Windows Phone 7.
The operating system broke new ground in terms of usability, with a fresh look and many clever little features that neither Google's nor Apple's developers had thought of. Considering this was version one of the software, it was surprisingly polished.
So far, Microsoft has had little commercial success in return for its efforts. But Microsoft hopes that it can still challenge both Android and iPhone. After ironing out a few software wrinkles it has just launched Windows Phone 7.5, also known as Mango.
It's a compelling offering. The software delivers a deep integration with social networks like no other phone. Short messages exchanged with a friend - whether on SMS, Facebook or Twitter - will show up in one thread chronicling the conversation, regardless of which service was used.
A contact stored on the phone shows not just address and phone number but the most recent Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn status updates too. And the diary is easier to use than any other.
However, Microsoft's fresh assault on the smartphone market is slow out of the starting blocks.
Mango was presented to the public many months ago. A few handset makers have announced a handful of new Windows phones. The first HTC phones running Mango are only now - slowly - arriving in the shops. Microsoft's new best friend, struggling Finnish phone company Nokia, won't launch its first Windows phone before 26 October, at Nokia World in London.
Apple, in contrast, is set to bring the iPhone 4S to market in less than two weeks.
As operating systems and mobile phone makers jostle for position (don't forget RIM's Blackberry, about to roll out a range of handsets with a new operating system) it may be neither clever software nor stunning hardware that decides who will win the smartphone war.
The clincher will be the services connected to smartphones. Just as Google uses Android to lure people into their ecosystem, from email to media storage to YouTube videos to documents, Apple tries to lock in its customers into the world of iTunes and iCloud services.
Surprisingly, it is Microsoft that is offering the most open mobile phone ecosystem right now.
Consumers should be able to cherish this fierce competition. They may not get the chance. As iPhones, Androids and other devices rush to market, the patent lawyers of all sides are gearing up for epic court battles over patents and protected designs.
Not all that we'll see presented on stage will reach consumers' hands.


The former Liberal Democrat MP for Colchester, Sir Bob Russell, is to stand as a candidate in the general election, despite retiring from politics after his defeat in 2015.

He lost his seat to Conservative Will Quince who was returned with a 5,575 majority.
As a Liberal Democrat MP, Sir Bob served his constituency for 18 years, after first being elected in 1997.
In a statement the 71-year-old said he was "under a lot of pressure to stand".
"I have given the matter considerable thought," Sir Bob said.
"My wife has said she will back me, and pledges of support and encouragement have come from friends and party members."
Speaking to the BBC, Sir Bob denied he was too old for the job, adding he was younger than the region's longest serving MP, Saffron Walden's Sir Alan Haselhurst.
Sir Bob said: "It's an attitude of mind. I am pretty fit. We are living longer. We have an ageing population and I think an ageing population needs to have representation."
Mr Quince said he would not be focusing on his opponent but pointed out that "people had voted for change" in 2015.
Since leaving office Sir Bob, who grew up in the garrison town, has been offering tours of his former constituency for Â£5 a time, with the money going towards funds for a statue of a local author.


A man has been arrested after an attack on an SDLP constituency office in Strabane, County Tyrone.

A window at the office, on Butcher Street in the town, was smashed at about 23:45 BST on Wednesday.
The police said a man was detained on Thursday and subsequently released on bail pending further inquiries.
Daniel McCrossan, who is the party's West Tyrone candidate in the general election, described the attack as cowardly and anti-democratic.
"We have seen our campaign materials defaced before and this latest and much more violent attack is indicative of the contempt with which these criminals hold the democratic process," he said.
Mr McCrossan said he heard loud smashing noises on Wednesday night while on the campaign trail.
"I assumed it must have been someone making a trip to the bottle bank but I was disgusted when I learned that it was our office which had been targeted," he said.
"Their attacks have failed to intimidate us and the SDLP will continue to work in the true interest of the people of Northern Ireland and speak out against hypocrisy and social injustice."
Other candidates standing in West Tyrone are: Barry Brown, CISTA, Tom Buchanan, DUP, Pat Doherty, Sinn F??in, Stephen Donnelly, Alliance Party; Ross Hussey, UUP; Claire-Louise Leyland, Conservative; Ciaran McClean, Green and Susan-Anne White, Independent.


India says tobacco firms will soon have to reserve almost all the space on cigarette packs for health warnings.

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said by law warnings in pictures and text would need to cover 85% of the surface of packs - just 15% would be for branding.
The new rules will be in force within months, he said, adding: "Tobacco means nothing else except death."
India has about 110 million smokers and the government says smoking kills nearly a million people a year.
Government orders on new pictorial warnings have faced stiff resistance from tobacco manufacturers and the deadline for implementing them have been postponed a couple of times in the past.
The new rules take effect from 1 April next year and the health ministry said printed warnings will need to be carried on the front and back of cigarette packs, with highly visible pictorial warnings as well as the information that "tobacco causes mouth cancer".
In 2010, two top tobacco manufacturers in India halted production in a row over new health warnings they were required to put on their packaging.
In recent years, India has come up with stringent rules to curb the use of tobacco.
Tobacco-related advertisements are banned and the sale of tobacco products to minors is also an offence.
A countrywide ban on smoking in public places came into effect in 2008 - although correspondents say it is blatantly flouted and poorly enforced.


The Isle of Man's attorney general has retired on the grounds of ill health, Government House has announced.

Stephen Harding, 54, was suspended three years ago after allegations of perjury and committing acts against public justice were made against him.
He was acquitted of all charges in 2014 but later failed in a bid to stop disciplinary action taken against him.
In November 2015, a court hearing was told Mr Harding had become "severely depressed".
The doctor's report said it was due to prolonged stress over the past four years, the court heard.
During his suspension Mr Harding, from Glen Vine, received his annual salary of about Â£160,000 a year.
John Quinn has been acting attorney general for over two years.
The position is a Crown appointment and not a government post.
By virtue of the position the attorney general has a seat on the Isle of Man's Legislative Council but cannot vote.
The attorney general is appointed by the Queen on the advice of the UK's Secretary of State for Justice.


Bird keepers in Scotland have been reminded to keep their poultry and captive birds indoors, after bird flu was found at a farm in Lincolnshire.

More than 5,000 turkeys at the farm in Louth have been diagnosed with the H5N8 strain of avian flu.
Earlier this month, the Scottish government declared an Avian Influenza Prevention Zone and put restrictions in place.
It said the zone would remain in force until 6 January.
It was introduced in response to multiple reports of the disease causing deaths among wild birds in mainland Europe.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in England said most of the birds found to have avian flu at the farm in Louth had died and the remaining were due to be culled.
The Scottish government has urged Scottish keepers to be aware of the need for "excellent biosecurity".
The restrictions in place mean that all bird keepers should keep their birds housed if possible or otherwise take steps to ensure they are separated from wild birds.
Fergus Ewing, Scottish Rural Affairs Secretary, for the Rural Economy and Connectivity, said: "I am aware of the case of Avian Influenza in Lincolnshire and we are working with Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) to determine the cause and possible spread of the disease.
"The arrival of H5N8 in the UK highlights how essential it is that bird keepers comply with the Avian Influenza Prevention Zone, as well as maintaining excellent biosecurity on their premises.
"The Scottish government declared this zone as a precaution against disease, although we knew that there was always a risk of the virus arriving in the UK with migratory wild birds."
Scotland's Chief Veterinary Officer Sheila Voas added: "The fact that H5N8 has been detected in housed turkeys highlights the importance of biosecurity. We know that H5N8 is circulating in wild birds, and simply moving your birds indoors may not be enough to protect them if your biosecurity is not sufficient.
"Businesses should also review their contingency plans in case of an outbreak."
Dr Jim McMenamin of Health Protection Scotland said: "Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has advised that the threat to public health from this strain of avian influenza H5N8 is very low."


Plans for a controversial recycling plant near Calne in Wiltshire have been rejected by Wiltshire Council.

The Hills Waste site at Lower Compton has consent to operate until December 2016. After that it has to be restored back to greenfield.
In spite of 129 letters of objection, it was expected the application to retain and extend the site would be approved.
A spokesman for the waste firm said it was "extremely disappointed".
The company was hoping not only to retain the site but process up to 119,000 tonnes of household waste a year there.
However, residents claimed it would result in an HGV every two minutes, 12 hours a day, on the road to the site.
Despite being recommended for approval by planning officials, the proposal was rejected by the council's strategic planning committee.
A spokesman for the firm said councillors had "behaved unreasonably" in voting against the scheme.
"The issues do not reflect the planning position or the technical reports which have been scrutinised by Wiltshire Council and by external consultants," he said.
"Hills is confident that this decision will be overturned on appeal and will be looking to recover full costs of the appeal from the council."


Torquay United midfielder Will Hancox has signed a one-year deal at the club, his first professional contract.

The 18-year-old joined the National League side from Plymouth Argyle two years ago and made his first-team debut against Basingstoke in October.
"I'm delighted to sign my first pro contract, it's what I have lived for since being a young kid," Hancox said.
"I want to be more consistent and show what I'm good at - I've got to kick on and see what the season can bring."
Hancox is the third player to sign a new deal with the Gulls, joining Ben Gerring and Sam Chaney.