An Edinburgh primary school where part of a wall was blown off during stormy weather earlier this year has been closed as a "precautionary measure".

Hundreds of bricks were blown from Oxgangs Primary school during Storm Gertude in January.
Parents have been told that pupils should not attend the school on Wednesday and alternative arrangements will be put in place from Thursday.
The school will not reopen until after the Easter holidays on Monday 11 April.
The school was shut immediately after the incident which happened on 29 January but reopened a few days later following a safety inspection.
Edinburgh City Council said the decision to close the school again was taken after a further building survey was carried out earlier this week.
Councillor Paul Godzik, education convener, said: "By closing the school now it means the necessary works can be started immediately.
"The council will be providing alternative arrangements at other locations to ensure pupils' education can continue until the start of the Easter holidays.
"I want to reassure parents this is a purely precautionary measure but I am sure everyone will agree that the health and safety of our pupils and staff is paramount."
The Easter holidays begin on Friday 25 March.
Parents were informed of the closure by an email from the council's education department on Tuesday.
It said: "I realise this may cause inconvenience for you regarding childcare arrangements and apologise for this.
"We will confirm by 2pm tomorrow exactly what the contingency arrangements are for your child to attend school from Thursday until the Easter holiday."
A parent, who did not want to be named and has a five-year-old son at the school, told the BBC Scotland news website: "I'm shocked and upset that this school survey wasn't done sooner as it's terrible thinking the children have been going to school when it's obviously so unsafe that they are immediately having to close it now.
"I hadn't seen any workmen or officials at the wall until yesterday, which is unbelievable as you would think the company that built the school would have been wanting to make sure it was safe straight after the wall blew down weeks ago."
She added: "It's very short notice to be told the night before too that the children are to be off tomorrow.
"It will also be very difficult to get my son to the school they choose for the next week. I'm very concerned and unhappy about all of this."


You can sum up the challenges facing London transport long-term broadly as population growth and money.

How does London pay for more infrastructure as funding shrinks and the population grows?
The predictions are that London will have a population of 10 million by 2030. That puts immense pressure on transport.
What is interesting in this mayoral election is there is now a broad political consensus around the need for investment in transport - but budgets are shrinking.
Transport for London's (TfL) operational budget will be non-subsidised by 2018/19 as the Government withdraws £2.8bn.
Stephen Joseph at the Campaign for Better Transport says: "I think the big challenges facing transport in London are really about money and how to deal with growth - both the population and the economy and those are big challenges in relation to transport.
"TfL is losing its grant from the government by 2018/19 so it will have to survive on what it earns and on capital funding and that will have challenges around fares and then there is also the issue of how it manages burgeoning population growth and the economy.
"I think it is quite clear that whoever gets in in May the direction of travel is about more public transport and managing traffic in various ways but connecting development sites with better public transport."
So innovation and change will be needed in the funding. Multiple funding streams are more likely now with less reliance on the public purse.
Colin Stanbridge at the London Chamber of Commerce says: "I think the mayor is going to have to show great innovation and TfL's going to have to show great innovation when it comes to trying to raise the money.
"I think that we all accept now that going to government and saying we need billions and billions over and over again is not going to work.
"What the government needs to do is to give the mayor the freedoms and the power to be able to raise that money. The London Finance Commission came up with a very interesting idea - which the Chamber supported - about raising money from property taxes from council tax - from business rates.
"Well, we need something along those lines if the mayor's going to be able to raise that money. What we really need to protect is the investment."
And there are some elephants in the room. Most notably around traffic and congestion.
If the economy grows as does the population, then how will the finite number of roads cope?
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These are early days but we are seeing signs of these policies emerging.
London is arguably the home of transport innovation. The first urban underground railway was here, along with the congestion charge zone, the Oyster card and contactless payments.
Now, we are seeing long segregated cycle lanes. But what is next? Some are disappointed at the limited number of the radical ideas.
Rachel Holdsworth at Londonist.com says: "I think innovation is crucial and what is actually sadly lacking in the two front runners manifestos is a big picture, a big ambition of how they want London to be in the next 30 or 40 years.
"I don't get a big vision from them. They are promising things that are already in the pipeline such as Crossrail 2 and the Bakerloo line extension. There does not seem to be an acknowledgement that maybe we are at peak car right now so why are we carrying on building road tunnels?
"Shouldn't we be doing river crossings that are for public transport? Shouldn't we be focusing more on moving people rather than vehicles? Shouldn't we be focusing more on cycling?"
Whoever gets elected the challenges in transport are big. Keeping London moving costs billions and budgets are being squeezed.
And, as more people move here, the challenges and the decisions become more acute.


Bob Dudley has said that investment in the UK energy sector could suffer if Britain were to leave the European Union.

The chief executive of BP said that being outside the EU would be "worse" as many of the rules would still apply and Britain would be in danger of losing influence on the world stage.
He said that the EU also needed Britain, which is the fifth largest economy in the world.
And he backed the Prime Minister who he said was pushing to make the EU more competitive.
"I think many of the trade regulations would still apply even if Britain were outside of [the EU]," he told me.
"And then it would be potentially worse being outside of it.
"I think also Britain's role in the world in terms of influence - it will have more influence being a part of Europe.
"There are lots of technical tax reasons, trade flows, regulation, that would make it better for our business and the energy business in general, the oil and gas business, [if Britain] were a part of Europe."
I understand that David Cameron has been speaking to businesses about being more vocal on their attitudes to Britain remaining in a reformed EU.
At a business meeting in Number 10 yesterday the issue was discussed, I am told.
The Prime Minister arrives at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, tomorrow.
Europe will be high on the agenda as Mr Cameron pushes for a deal on Britain's relationship with the EU by February.
I am told the issue will make up a large part of his speech in front of business and political leaders, including the Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte.
Mr Rutte is important, as the Netherlands presently holds the EU presidency. That makes his support for any changes vital.
I asked Mr Dudley if Britain remaining in the EU would be good for the country.
"I would say yes, most certainly.
"I would also say that I am very supportive of the Prime Minister's efforts to talk with Europe to make it more competitive.
"Because I think Europe can be more competitive [and] I think it is important for Britain as a trading partner with Europe.
"I think Europe needs Britain.
"Britain is the fifth largest economy in the world so I am reasonably hopeful of some changes and some reforms that would come about."
As the referendum date on remaining in or leaving the EU approaches - some predict it could be held in June, other senior government figures suggest autumn - it seems that Downing Street has changed tack on encouraging businesses to speak out.
Last year, it was reported that Mr Cameron thought business leaders should hold their fire until it was clear what was on the reform agenda.
With confidence on that issue growing inside Number 10, it appears that Mr Cameron is now keener on hearing from chief executives.
Of course there are plenty of business leaders who do not believe that leaving the EU would be bad for Britain.
It could in fact open up new trade opportunities as, they argue, Britain would less shackled by EU rules.
And would become more outward looking.
Mr Dudley does not agree, and I pressed him on whether Britain leaving the EU would change BP's attitude to investing in the UK.
"I think uncertainty always changes what businesses do," he said.
"And if certain events unfolded that made it more uncertain on the future of those investments and the viability then we would have to look at it carefully.
"But right now we are are a long way from that.
"I actually believe that the Prime Minister will secure some reform and I think Britain will realise its role in the world - [it] will be more important being part of the EU."


Leicester City have signed Nigeria international Ahmed Musa from CSKA Moscow on a four-year contract for a club-record fee of around £16m.

Musa, 23, joins the Premier League champions after helping CSKA win the Russian title.
Southampton, Everton and West Ham were interested in the forward.
Musa is Leicester's fourth signing of the summer after goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, defender Luis Hernandez and midfielder Nampalys Mendy.
Leicester's new signing joined CSKA in 2012 and scored 54 goals in 168 games, and has scored 11 times in 58 appearances for Nigeria since making his debut in 2010.
He scored twice in his country's 3-2 defeat by Argentina at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, becoming the first Nigerian to score twice in a World Cup finals match.
His first goal in that Group F game was his country's fastest at the tournament, coming after just four minutes.
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Secret squirrels, covert recordings and a supply deal with the Germans.

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It has all the hallmarks of a World War II conspiracy theorist's dream, but they are in fact the elements of British Bobsleigh's bid for Winter Olympic success in Sochi.
'Project 50' - as it has been dubbed - comes half a century on from Team GB's only Olympic gold medal in the sport, achieved by Tony Nash and Robin Dixon at the 1964 Games in Innsbruck, Austria.
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Technological developments are now more crucial than at any stage in the sport's history and as such Formula One team McLaren [Applied Technologies] and British Aerospace [BAe Systems] have been recruited to boost Britain's medal prospects.
With pilot John Jackson leading his four-man crew to European silver last month and posting the quickest time in one of their pre-Games training runs, they would appear to be on-course to at least match the sport's last Olympic success - a bronze medal achieved in 1998.
"Secret squirrels are elements of the project that we've been keeping under wraps," British Bobsleigh performance director Gary Anderson told BBC Sport.
"They are like buried nuts which we're now starting to uncover - ready to unleash at the Olympics and the signs so far are very positive."
Anderson joined the setup in the summer of 2010, tasked with shaking up the programme after a disappointing Vancouver Olympics where two of the four crews crashed and their best result was 11th.
They initially had all of their funding pulled but Anderson and his colleagues were able to convince UK Sport to invest in the programme after impressing them with their ambitious medal-winning eight-year plan.
A large portion of the £3,304,250 award they received has been invested in innovative cutting-edge technology and hiring experts from McLaren and BAe Systems.
This move began to pay dividends over the last year after the sport launched a new 'Omega system' which monitors all aspects of the sled as it slides down the track.
It produces a colossal amount of data, but the vast majority of teams have struggled to analyse it.
"The access we have to equipment and software gives us the potential for much quicker progress than the traditional garage enthusiast's approach [which some nations have]," said McLaren designer James  Roach, who has been working with the British programme since 2010.
"What we have discovered is that we can use data loggers from F1 cars to gain detailed information about how the sled is responding to changes on its journey from start to finish."
Anderson continued; "They attached a wireless connection to every single instrument on the sled, which gives us lots of instantaneous feedback on vibration, angle of tilt, speed and velocity.
"What we would do is look to minimise the vibration so it is losing less energy."
Leading Great Britain Bobsleigh pilot John Jackson is something of a technological miracle himself having come through pioneering surgery on a ruptured Achilles tendon in July.
Although the GB four-man bobsleigh has been enhanced by British technologies from McLaren, the chassis was built by German manufacturer 'Singer Carbontechnik'
It reduced his rehabilitation time to less than a third of what traditional treatments would have recommended and he is impressed by the sled developments he has seen.
"The technology coming into the sport is absolutely amazing so we need to try and grab every 100th of a second and extra point of a mile-an-hour we can because it all counts," Jackson told BBC Sport.
"With McLaren, Ferrari and BMW all getting involved and making sleds and equipment it's almost getting like formula one."
Roach - who helped create the Olympic gold medal winning sled Lizzy Yarnold used in Sochi and Amy Williams four years earlier - agrees and believes his colleagues find to be a motivational factor.
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"At one point last year during off-season testing in France there was McLaren, Sauber and Ferrari as well as BMW all trying out new equipment with different nations, so there was a bit of trying to get the upper hand," he said.
"We're quietly confident about the future and having competitors like that both keeps you on your toes and motivates you.
Not all nations have been happy with GB Bobsleigh's developments though and several filed protests over two mysterious 'red box' data recorders at the front of the British sled earlier in the season.
They were subsequently withdrawn after the British team agreed to share 'some' of the data, but it was far from the GB team's only development tool.
Last summer they tested the aerodynamics of the sled, helmets and kit at BAe Systems' wind tunnel at Warton in Lancashire - which is usually reserved for fighter jets.
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"If you can get the right equipment you have a chance, but you need that edge if you want to win a medal," said Jackson, 36, who is also a royal marine sergeant and won a historic World Cup silver in December.
"We found a lot out in the wind tunnel testing and without giving too much away it was a good evolution which will improve our performance on the track."
In addition to data analysis McLaren Applied Technologies have played a key role in sled enhancements including design of the 'runners' which allow the craft to slide down the ice.
However, the basic chassis of the bobsleigh is in fact German, with manufacturer 'Singer Carbontechnik' supplying British sleds for many years.
In the long-term this is a relationship which Great Britain aims to end before 'Project 50' reaches full maturity come the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
"When you're buying sleds from another nation you're only ever going to get their second-best sled," admitted Anderson.
"We're working on a production line of sleds which will soon be ready for testing which makes for an exciting future."
Roach continued; "We've designed a four-man sled which will be used later this year - it's the next natural step from where we have come from by designing smaller elements."
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Great Britain will not be able to use their wireless gadgets during the Sochi four-man bobsleigh event itself due to an Olympic ban on these technologies.
However, with the enhancements and improvements made to date the GB squad are convinced it will boost their medal prospects.
"It's certainly not going to hinder us," Anderson said.
"Everything we do here is to go faster and I think that provided we can make the adjustments we need to on the day, we'll be fine."


A lawyer for Donald Trump says the US president's legal team is not looking at ways he could pardon himself.

"I don't know where this came from. There is nothing to pardon," Jay Sekulow said.
On Saturday, Mr Trump said he had "complete power" to issue pardons, following reports he had asked advisers about the scope of his authority.
Criminal and congressional inquiries are underway into alleged collusion between Russia and Trump's campaign.
Earlier in the week, the Washington Post reported that Mr Trump had inquired about his ability to pardon himself, family members or aides in connection with special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into claims Russia interfered in the US election.
Mr Trump has reportedly been infuriated that the inquiry has widened to consider his finances and close family.
Presidents have broad abilities to issue pardons and Mr Trump could potentially restrict Mr Mueller's investigation.
His tweet said: "While all agree the U. S. President has the complete power to pardon, why think of that when only crime so far is LEAKS against us. FAKE NEWS."
But Mr Sekulow said they were not looking into the question of pardons.
"We're not researching it, I haven't researched it because it's not an issue we're concerned with or dealing with," he told ABC.
He went on to say whether a president could pardon themselves remains an open question.
"With regard to the issue of a president pardoning himself, there's a big academic discussion going on right now," he added. "From a constitutional, legal perspective you can't dismiss it one way or the other."
A spokesman for the Democratic Party called the reports Mr Trump could pardon himself "extremely disturbing".
US intelligence agencies think Russia tried to help Mr Trump to power. Russia denies this, and the president says there was no collusion.


A man raising money for a cancer charity after surviving Hodgkin Lymphoma as a child has died in the RideLondon 100-mile (160km) event.

Robin Chard, 48, from Bicester, suffered a cardiac arrest after about 25 miles in Sunday's cycling event and died in hospital, the organiser said.
He was taking part as a "personal crusade" after his father and stepfather died from lung cancer.
His wife Vickie said he was doing "something he loved".
Donations to Mr Chard's fundraising page, on behalf of Cancer Research UK, have already passed Â£15,000.
She said: "Robin was doing something he loved to raise money for Cancer Research UK, a cause that was very important to him after losing his father, his mother's partner and my mother to cancer.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has helped and supported Robin and me, especially the event stewards, the event team and the amazing staff at Kingston Hospital."
RideLondon said Mr Chard suffered a cardiac arrest at Kingston Bridge "and although he received immediate treatment from fellow riders and medical personnel at the scene, he died later in Kingston Hospital".
"Everyone involved in Prudential RideLondon would like to express sincere condolences to Robin's family and friends."
Tributes have been left on Mr Chard's JustGiving page.
One message read: "Hi daddy, I'm so proud of you. Well done for getting as far as you did. I love you so so so much, I know you'll be proud of all the money you raised. You did such an amazing thing. I love you."
A message signed by Ashley read: "So sorry to hear about the tragic accident, I hope this page serves as a legacy of your hard work and fund raising for a great cause."
Judie Pierce added: "A sad ending to someone doing an act of generosity and kindness for others. May you rest in peace and your family and friends be proud of you."
On his fundrasing page Mr Chard said he wanted to "try and find more effective and permanent cures and improve the treatments available today".
"So you can see it's a bit of a personal crusade, but I'm not riding a white charger, just a bike 100 miles in and around London."
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Ofcom is to investigate EastEnders over a storyline in which Linda Carter the Queen Vic landlady was raped.

More than 90 people complained to the media watchdog and several hundred viewers also complained to the BBC over the episode screened on 6 October.
The BBC has defended it as part of the soap's "rich history" of portraying difficult storylines.
The broadcaster said it had been careful to avoid any graphic depictions.
The show's makers also contended that the attack was "implied and was not explicit".
Separately, Channel 5 has been censured by Ofcom over swearing on three shows - Big Brother, It Takes a Thief To Catch a Thief and and the Hotel Inspector Revisited, all of which were repeated during the daytime.
The broadcaster admitted that "human error" meant it had failed to broadcast a warning over offensive language prior to a screening of It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief at 10:30 on 22 March, 2014.
The channel said that as a result of this error, it had reviewed its internal records to ensure that all pre-watershed versions of programmes were correctly labelled and reviewed by its compliance team.
All screenings were daytime repeats of evening shows and Ofcom ruled that the channel did not take appropriate steps to avoid frequent use of offensive language before the watershed.
Three people complained to Ofcom about a Big Brother episode screened at lunchtime on 7 August, which involved a conversation between five of the housemates - Chris, Ashleigh, Ash, Winston and Helen.
Ofcom noted 14 instances of different variations of the same swear word within a 50-second part of their conversation.
Channel 5 said that "none of the language identified was used in connection with violent or particularly aggressive behaviour.
"The tone of the conversation was light and in keeping with the kind of banter that was frequently heard in the House when alcohol had been consumed," the broadcaster added.


Lush greenery in the lower Mekong region sprawls as far as the eye can see, an illustration of just how fertile the delta is.

The endless green fields scored by the river's nine tributaries, which the Vietnamese call "Nine Dragons", explain why this area is one of the world's major food baskets.
It houses the richest inland fishery and accounts for more than a fifth of the world's rice exports, although looks can be deceptive.
Encroaching sea water from the south, a proliferation of hydro dams in the north and large-scale sand mining are endangering the delta, officials warn.
As a result, an alarming 500 hectares (5 km2) of land is being lost to soil erosion every year, they say.
"The sea level rise is bringing up water so fast that our defences against it have failed," said Ky Quang Vinh, director of the Climate Change Coordination Office, a government agency in Vietnam's Can Tho, the most populous city in Mekong.
"We've stopped growing mangrove trees on the coast because they only grow if the sea level rise stays below 1.6mm (0.06in) a year, and our work shows that  in Vietnam it's going up by 5mm (0.2in)."
"Several of our sea dykes have collapsed too."
As inland river water gets saltier, rice farmers across the lower Mekong delta are responding by switching to shrimp farming or growing reeds.
Salt water has been found 60km (37.3 miles) inland.
According to the Southern Irrigation Research Institute, saltwater intrusion destroyed more than 6,000 hectares (60 sq km) of rice field last year.
"Nearly half the delta population now has no access to fresh water and that's serious," says Le Anh Tuan, deputy director of the Research Institute for Climate Change.
Scientists at the Mekong River Commission (MRC), an intergovernmental body, also warn that if the sea level continues to rise at its projected rate of around one metre by the end of the century, nearly 40% of the delta will be wiped out.
The MRC covers four countries in the lower Mekong region: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
In the north, it is the pace of dam expansion that is causing most concern.
Several dams upstream are already accused of disturbing the ecology of the river, which stretches nearly 5,000 km ( 8,047 miles) from Tibet in China to the sea.
According to International Rivers (IR), an organisation working on trans-boundary rivers, China has built six "mega dams" on the river and is planning another 14 over the next 10 years.
"China's dam construction on the Upper Mekong has already had an impact downstream, especially along the Thai-Lao border where communities have suffered declining fisheries and changing water levels that are seriously affecting their livelihoods," the IR says in one report.
"By changing the river's hydrology, blocking fish migration and affecting the river's ecology, the construction of dams on the Lower Mekong will have repercussions throughout the basin."
Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam are planning to follow China's lead by building a dozen more dams on the lower Mekong.
The Don Sahong hydro dam project in Laos is especially controversial in Cambodia and Vietnam, the two countries at the basin's southernmost tip.
There is also evidence that new dams retain vital nutrient-rich sediments which replenish the river bed and which marine life depends on to survive.
According to the Mekong River Commission, roughly 85 million fewer tonnes a year of pebbles, boulders and sand are deposited in the river today than in 1992, mainly due to the construction of hydropower dams and reservoirs upstream.
"Less water and sediment from the north mean more saline intrusion from the sea in the south and more losses for the delta and its inhabitants," says La So Sinh of the Vietnamese government's natural resources and environment monitoring agency.
Even though the MRC coordinates water resources development between its member countries in the Mekong basin, critics say it is not doing enough to resolve dam disputes and their consequences.
Heads in the sand
There is a third disturbing development:  the tens of millions of cubic metres a year of sand being mined from the lower Mekong river that flows through Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
A World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) study suggests most extractions are happening in Cambodia and Vietnam.
"In the Vietnamese part of the delta, over 150 sand mines, spread across 8,000 hectares (80 sq km) of the river's surface, have been licensed by 13 Mekong Delta provinces," it says.
"One billion cubic metres (35.3 billion cubic feet) of sand would be needed by 2020 to fulfil the demand for construction materials in the Mekong Delta region."
Environmental campaigners in Vietnam say the government is aware of the ecological cost of allowing the mining but does not act.
"It cannot ask local authorities to withdraw licenses because private companies will then demand compensation," says Duong Van Tho from the Vietnam Mining Coalition.
There is a further risk.
"Some parts of the river within our territory are just five metres (16.4 feet) deep, so big ships just can't sail through them," says Phan Thanh Tien, general director of the Cai Cui port in the lower Mekong.
"But to expand our navigation capacity here and abroad, our only option is to dredge the river bed."
With both government agencies and private companies involved in dredging, riverside communities are left feeling more vulnerable.
"After such dredging, big ships have started entering smaller tributaries and canals, which causes big waves of water that break our embankments and flood our homes," says An Binh's community leader Pham Vam Xuong.
Experts say erratic rainfall patterns have made floods worse during the wet season.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has long warned that the Mekong delta will feel the effects of climate change.
Its latest assessment report says: "National climate change adaptation plans have been formulated in all four Lower Mekong Basin countries, but trans-boundary adaptation planning across these countries does not exist."
Just when they could have joined forces to combat climate change, experts say, the countries in this region are embroiled in dam development disputes.
And the deeper their differences, the bigger the fears for the delta become.


More than 1,100 people have been recognised in the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Here are 12 of the more famous faces.
1. Kevin Spacey
Occupation: Actor and outgoing artistic director at the Old Vic
Honour: Honorary knighthood for services to theatre, arts education and international culture
Quote: "I am honoured and humbled by such recognition from the Queen. I must thank the British public for being so supportive of my efforts on behalf of the Old Vic. I feel like an adopted son."
Kevin Spacey: UK's 'adopted son'
2. Eddie Redmayne
Occupation: Actor
Honour: OBE for services to drama
'Rising star' comes a long way
3. Jo Pavey
Occupation: Long-distance runner
Honour: MBE for services to athletics
Quote:  "Everything has been a big surprise and to get something like an MBE is just another surprise - it's all so surreal."
4. Lesley Manville
Occupation: Actress
Honour: OBE for services to drama
Quote: "I've been working abroad quite a bit lately and it's served to make me appreciate even more the amazing arts we have in Britain. At least now everyone will know why I've been walking around with such a big smile on my face."
5. Van Morrison
Occupation: Singer-songwriter
Honour: Knighthood for services to the music industry and tourism in Northern Ireland
Quote: "Throughout my career I have always preferred to let my music speak for me, and it is a huge honour to now have that body of work recognised in this way."
Here comes the knight
6. Jonny Wilkinson
Occupation: Rugby player
Honour: CBE for services to Rugby Union
7.  Loyd Grossman
Occupation: Former journalist, chairman of the Heritage Alliance
Honour: CBE for services to heritage
Quote: "It's wonderful to get recognition for heritage. I'm only one of hundreds of thousands of people that help protecting, promoting and explaining our heritage, including so many volunteers, so it's wonderful for them."
8.   Gareth Edwards
Occupation: Former Wales rugby player
Honour: Knighthood for services to Sport and for charitable services
Edwards leads Welsh honours
9. Simon Hughes
Occupation: Former MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Honour: Knighthood for public and political service
10. Lenny Henry
Occupation: Actor and comedian
Honour: Knighthood for services to drama and charity
Quote: "This is not just for me, this is for everyone who has done something for Comic Relief, every person who has helped us raise Â£1bn and for everyone who works at Comic Relief, this is for you too."
Pieces of Sir Lenny Henry
11. Frank Lampard
Occupation: Footballer
Honour: OBE for services to football
Quote: "I feel very fortunate to have had such a long and fulfilling career in football. This is an extremely proud moment for myself and my family."
12. Benedict Cumberbatch
Occupation: Actor
Honour: CBE for services to the performing arts and to charity


Ukraine's president says his forces have ousted pro-Russia rebels from the eastern town of Maryinka and captured 12 "saboteurs", including one Russian.

Petro Poroshenko's claim has not been independently confirmed.
Heavy fighting erupted on Wednesday in Maryinka and Krasnohorivka, west of rebel-held Donetsk.
The opposing sides have accused each other of shattering February's Minsk ceasefire, requiring them to withdraw heavy weapons from the frontline.
The Donetsk rebel leader spoke of huge losses in the Ukrainian army.
Alexander Zakharchenko, leader of the self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic", said the Maryinka fighting had left about 400 Ukrainian troops dead and up to 1,000 wounded.
"This was a counter-attack. If we had attacked, we would have captured Maryinka," he said on Friday.
Quoted by Russia's RIA Novosti news agency, he said 15 rebel fighters had been killed and 30 wounded.
Ukrainian officials said three government soldiers and about 80 rebels were killed in the intense fighting.
Tanks and other heavy weapons were used in the clashes, despite the terms of the Minsk accord agreed in February demanding that both sides pull heavy weapons far back from the frontline.
President Poroshenko told a news conference on Friday that Russia had massed troops on the border and in rebel-held areas "in unprecedented numbers" - but Russia again denied that its military was involved in Ukraine.
Mr Poroshenko said Ukraine has deployed 50,000 troops in the conflict zone to meet the threat.
He also said he would not allow any Russian forces to transit Ukraine in order to reach the Russian army in Trans-Dniester. Pro-Russian separatists run the breakaway region on Ukraine's western border, which remains legally part of Moldova.
The White House said US President Barack Obama spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday about the violence in the east of the country.
It said both leaders expressed their "deep concern" about fighting near Donetsk and urged rebels to respect the Minsk ceasefire.
Their concern was echoed by Alexander Hug, deputy chief of the OSCE monitoring mission in Ukraine, who told the UN Security Council that there had been "a significant deterioration of the security situation".
"The violence witnessed in and around the town of Maryinka close to the [frontline] constitutes a new worrying development in the conflict in eastern Ukraine," he said.
"Our assessment from the ground is that tension levels have increased and that ceasefire violations are becoming more frequent as well as more severe."
More than 6,400 people have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the conflict began in April 2014, when rebels seized large parts of two eastern regions, following Russia's annexation of the Crimea peninsula.
If there is a spike in fighting, like the battle in the town of Maryinka on Wednesday, then both sides know they cannot be seen as the aggressor, because they lose credibility and damage the negotiating position of their allies in either Moscow, or in European capitals.
Neither side wants to be seen as responsible for breaking the highly publicised, but so far unsuccessful, Minsk peace agreement.
And bargaining power for either side will become ever more crucial because in three weeks the European Union will decide whether to renew sanctions against Russia.
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Accrington boosted their play-off hopes with a bad-tempered win over Crawley.

Gwion Edwards' shot put the visitors ahead but Billy Kee levelled with a tap-in soon after the break.
Stanley's Shay McCartan and Crawley's Simon Walton were then sent off following a melee, while Accrington's unused substitute keeper Jason Mooney saw red for racing onto the pitch.
The home side took control and goals from Matty Pearson, Seamus Conneely and Piero Mingoia sealed the points.
Crawley Town boss Mark Yates told BBC Surrey:
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"The sending off affected us massively and it was a disgraceful tackle.
"I've just seen the incident 20 times and how he [the referee] can pick Simon Walton out and send him off is beyond me.
"But why the heck are we getting involved? Their lad is getting sent off straight away for a disgraceful tackle and we decided to even it up.
"The referee lost the plot for two or three minutes, I don't think he knew what he was doing. I am fuming at my players for getting involved and I am even more fuming with that last half hour display."


Hundreds of people have fallen silent to mark one week since the Shoreham air disaster in which 11 people died.

Last Saturday a vintage Hawker Hunter jet crashed into traffic on the busy A27, causing the most serious crash at a UK air show in years.
People gathered to join minute silences held across various events.
The West Sussex Coroner is expected to begin the formal identification of the victims and open the inquests into their deaths on Wednesday.
At 13:20 BST, the time the plane crashed onto the A27 last Saturday, a minute's silence was observed on the wooden toll bridge overlooking Shoreham Airport and the crash site which has become the focus for public tributes to the 11 people who died.
Members of the Surrey and Sussex Drum and Bugle Corps sounded the Last Post to signal the start of the silence.
Bugler James Williams, 31, from Worthing, said: "My dad Ian Williams saw the plane going up on the other side of the Southwick Tunnel and as he came through it crashed.
"If it wasn't for the fact that the person he was picking up was late he could potentially have been caught up in it.
"It makes it harder for us to play. Nothing is settled and it's all so raw at the moment."
In Lancing, West Sussex, a memorial event was held at the Manor Recreation Ground from 13:00 BST including a two-minute silence.
A minute's silence in honour of the dead was also held at the Wings and Wheels event at Dunsfold, Surrey, at 11:30 BST.
In Littlehampton, hometown of one of the victims - Matt Jones, a memorial was held on the seafront with balloons released to remember the 24-year-old personal trainer.
And a candlelit vigil was held at 19:30 BST on the Adur Ferry Bridge in Shoreham.
Those attending were given a tea-light in a jar to place on the bridge and a book of remembrance was opened.
The families of those killed have been invited to attend the opening of the inquests at Parkside, County Hall North in Horsham.
Penelope Schofield, the West Sussex Coroner, said she had already met with the families affected.
"Identifying all 11 victims has been a difficult process due to the horrific nature of the accident and the intensity of the fire," she said.
Sussex Police have confirmed 11 victims have been been formally identified.
Det Ch Insp Carwyn Hughes said: "We cannot discount any further victims as our search at the scene continues but we have no reason to suspect that there is anyone else."
Six victims have so far been named and the relatives of two missing men have posted tributes online.
The pilot of the Hunter Hawk jet, Andy Hill, was left fighting for his life and has now been moved to a specialist hospital for treatment.
In response to the crash, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has banned vintage jets from carrying out "high-energy aerobatics" over land.
Mark Swann, of the CAA, said: "We have not had a major flying accident that has affected the public in this way since 1952."
Then, 31 people died after a De Havilland 110 fighter disintegrated and fell into the crowd at the Farnborough Air Show.
A host of air shows are taking place over the weekend in accordance with the new restrictions, although the CarFest event in Hampshire has cancelled its air display and a show in County Durham has been postponed.
Other shows taking place, some with restrictions, are:
What we know so far about the air disaster
Who were the victims?
Jet restrictions announced
'Like a bomb exploding' - eyewitness accounts
The air crash in pictures


World number 12 Marin Cilic has split with his coach, former Wimbledon champion Goran Ivanisevic.

Croatian Cilic, 27, has worked with compatriot Ivanisevic since September 2013 and won the 2014 US Open by beating Kei Nishikori in the final.
He reached the semi-finals the following year and has three Wimbledon quarter-final appearances to his name.
"I enjoyed our work all this time and Goran helped me to reach many goals," Cilic said on Facebook.


The UK's trade deficit widened in May after the value of exports fell faster than imports.

The figures, which precede the Brexit vote, show the deficit in goods and services widened to £2.26bn, up from a downwardly-revised deficit of £1.95bn in April.
The deficit on trade in goods alone was £9.9bn in May, up from £9.4bn in April.
The Office for National Statistics said goods exports fell £2.1bn to £23.7bn, while imports fell £1.6bn to £33.5bn.
The sharp fall in the value of the pound since the EU referendum vote - it is currently at its lowest level for 31 years against the US dollar - has prompted hopes that it will boost demand for UK goods.
But Howard Archer, chief economist at IHS Global Insight, said there was "no guarantee that the markedly weakened pound will provide a major boost to UK exports".
He said the very fact of the UK leaving the EU could hold back economic growth in both the EU and globally, which would hit demand for UK exports.
Mr Archer added that "imports are likely to rise markedly in value terms in the near term due to the sharp drop in sterling".
However, he said that the volume of imports could be affected by weakening domestic demand.
The British Chambers of Commerce said the figures painted a "rather bleak picture" of the UK's external position.
Suren Thiru, the lobby group's head of economics, said not all exporters would necessarily benefit from the lower pound.
"A weak pound is something of a double-edged sword, as many UK exporters are also importers as a result of global supply chains and so will be facing higher input costs due to the weakening currency."


Millwall defender Mahlon Romeo will miss their entire play-off campaign after the Football Association upheld his three-match suspension.

The right-back was sent off in Sunday's 2-1 win at Gillingham following a challenge on Brennan Dickenson.
The FA rejected Millwall's appeal of wrongful dismissal.
Romeo, 20, will miss both legs of the semi-final tie against Bradford and, should the Lions progress, the League One play-off final on 29 May.
Millwall face Bradford in the first leg on Sunday, with the return at The Den on Friday, 20 May.
Should Neil Harris' side fail to beat the Bantams over two legs, Romeo will miss the opening game of the 2016-17 season.


Australia and the US stand "shoulder to shoulder" in condemning the violence in Libya, President Barack Obama has said.

Mr Obama met Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard at the White House on Monday. The two leaders also discussed climate change, the war in Afghanistan and trade.
The visit marks the 60th anniversary of the Anzus military alliance between the two nations.
It is Ms Gillard's first official visit to the US since taking office.
By Katie ConnollyBBC News, Washington
Australia has long had a close, warm relationship with the US, epitomized by the 60-year-old Anzus treaty. America has "no stronger ally", according to President Obama.
But it's the personal chemistry between the countries' leaders that is often the subject of scrutiny.
John Howard got along famously well with President George W Bush. Mr Bush invited the former Aussie PM to spend time at his Texas ranch, and gave him a pair of cowboy boots.
Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama - both cerebral centrists with a deep interest in world affairs - were said to have a strong personal rapport.
Ms Gillard, it seems, is no exception. Barack Obama told reporters he was "immediately charmed" by Australia's first female prime minister. He gave her a "hearty welcome" to the Oval Office, while she smiled proudly for the assembled cameras.
Bryant's blog: Barack and Julia
The situation in Libya and anti-government protests across the Middle East were high on the agenda. The two leaders presented a united front against violence in the region.
"We have no stronger ally than Australia," Mr Obama said. "Australia joined with us in imposing swift and firm, comprehensive sanctions against the Libyan government."
Both leaders emphasised the warm friendship between their nations, with Ms Gillard saying they were "great mates".
She also affirmed Australia's ongoing commitment to the war in Afghanistan, while admitting that the mission was "hard".
Other topics raised during the bilateral meeting were security, the economy and trade, particularly in the Pacific region.
Ms Gillard said she hoped that Mr Obama was able to provide leadership on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a multilateral free trade agreement focused on the Pacific and Oceania, which both the US and Australia are in negotiations to join.
Mr Obama offered his condolences to victims of Australia's recent floods.
Mr Obama and Ms Gillard, a former education minister, then visited a Washington area school where they took questions from history students.
During the session, Ms Gillard boasted about the virtues of Vegemite, an iconic Australian food spread which Mr Obama called "horrible".
Earlier Ms Gillard visited the Lincoln Memorial, where she announced a $3.3m (Â£2.0m) investment in an education centre honouring Vietnam veterans.
On Tuesday, she will join Senator John McCain, a former presidential candidate, to unveil an art exhibition commemorating the US-Australian alliance in the US Capitol building.
In her appearance with Mr Obama, Ms Gillard declared the alliance "60 years young", saying that she envisioned a great future for the continuing partnership.
Ms Gillard will address a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday.
She will be the first foreign dignitary to address congress since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in November's midterm elections.
While in Washington, Ms Gillard will also have meetings with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, US Trade Representative Ron Kirk and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.


They were two of the most high-profile court cases of the last 25 years, thanks to the man who sat in the dock.

OJ Simpson found himself in front of a judge twice in 13 years.
The first time, he was accused of the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Simpson Brown, and Ron Goldman. The second, the kidnap and armed robbery of two memorabilia dealers.
He was only convicted of the latter and, having served nine years, is set to be freed in October.
So, as Simpson prepares to leave jail, the BBC takes a look back at the other people who became as much a part of the headlines as he did.
Simpson's first trial gripped America, divided opinion and made celebrities of everyone who came into contact with it.
The prosecutors: Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden
Marcia Clark would later describe the 135 days she spent as lead prosecutor in the OJ Simpson case as a "trial by fire".
She not only found herself the fodder of tabloid gossip but also the victim of sexism at the hands of many of the men inside the courtroom.
Ms Clark was also forced to live with the guilt - as she saw it - of failing the Brown and Goldman families.
Afterwards, she withdrew from prosecution and is now a best-selling novelist, having published her first book in 2011.
Her colleague Christopher Darden, the co-prosecutor on the case, did not come in for quite the attention Ms Clark did.
However, he too left with a bitter taste in his mouth, telling Oprah Winfrey in 2014 he had been "devastated and decimated by the trial" which, looking back on after two decades, had left him with an "angry" feeling.
Mr Darden swapped practising law for teaching straight after the trial, before turning his hand to criminal defence.
The defence team: Robert Shapiro, Johnnie Cochran and Robert Kardashian
Simpson's so-called "dream team" was a collection of lawyers known for representing the rich and famous. Of course, after they were done clearing Simpson's name, they were also rich and famous.
Johnnie Cochran - who had just represented Michael Jackson in his sexual molestation case - is probably best remembered for the phrase "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit" - a reference to the blood-stained glove found at the scene which the prosecution hoped would place Simpson at the scene.
After the trial, he made millions from a book deal before dying of cancer in 2005.
Robert Shapiro had also established himself as a celebrity lawyer long before taking part in the Simpson trial. He is practising to this day.
As for the 1995 Simpson trial, he told the Hollywood Reporter in 2016: "There's two types of justice that we deal with in America: there's moral justice and there's legal justice.
"If you look at it from a moral point of view, a lot of people would say he absolutely did it. I deal in legal justice, as you did as a lawyer, and that's proof beyond a reasonable doubt. And there's no question in my mind that any fair juror who saw that case from the beginning to the end would conclude there was reasonable doubt."
Simpson's long-time friend Robert Kardashian was thrust into the spotlight after reading out the sports star's goodbye letter following the infamous car chase.
Mr Kardashian apparently believed in his friend's innocence so much he reactivated a long dormant attorney's licence to help at the trial.
Afterwards, he would say he had doubts over Simpson's innocence. Mr Kardashian died of oesophageal cancer in 2003 - four years before his family would become household names, although this time for quite different reasons.
The cop: Mark Fuhrman
Police officer Mark Fuhrman was supposed to be the prosecution's star witness during the trial. Instead, after tapes of him using the n-word emerged, he was labelled a racist and accused of planting evidence to frame Simpson.
He retired during the trial, and was later charged with perjury  - which he admitted - having denied using the n-word during his testimony.
It did not stop him going on to be a successful true crime writer starting, of course, with Murder in Brentwood, and later a television pundit, a role he retains to this day.
The witness: Kato Kaelin
Brian "Kato" Kaelin was staying in Simpson's guesthouse on the night of the murder. An aspiring actor, he testified against Simpson during the trial but was roundly derided as looking like a beach bum.
He has gone on to have various screen roles, the most recent of which is in an advert for GuestHouseRent.com - released days before Simpson's parole hearing.
'I AM the guest house expert,' he tells the camera.
The victims' families: The Browns and Goldmans
The families of Nicole Brown Smith and Ron Goldman were not prepared to give up after Simpson was declared not guilty by the jury.
They went on to win a civil case against Simpson, who was ordered to pay $33.5m (Â£25.8m) in damages to their families.
As a result, the families also own the rights to If I Did It, Simpson's 2008 book explaining how he would have committed the murders had he been responsible.
Ron's sister Kim - who dedicates a lot of her time to helping victims of domestic violence - said earlier this year there was "no escaping" the killing, as it continued to fascinate the public.
Simpson's second trial was never going to be as high-profile as the first.
However, it too had its key players - his accomplices, the majority of whom turned state's witness, and the two victims.
The co-conspirators
The court heard how in 2007 the former football player was accompanied by five other men as he tried to reclaim family pictures and footballs peddled by sport memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room.
Four of these five men made plea deals, testifying against the former sports star. Three were given probation, and one was given total immunity.
It led to Simpson being sentenced to 33 years for armed robbery, assault, kidnapping and other offenses.
The only co-accused who did not testify against Simpson was his golfing friend Clarence Stewart, who was sentenced to a minimum of seven-and-a-half years behind bars, which could have stretched to a 27-year prison term.
However, he was released from prison in 2011 after reaching a plea deal with the prosecutor.
The victims
Simpson's group kidnapped two memorabilia dealers in September 2007: Alan Beardsley, and Bruce Fromong.
The former was a convicted felon who died in 2015, and the latter had been a friend of Simpson's since the 1990s.
Both denied having stolen anything from the NFL player and Fromong has indicated he planned to testify on Simpson's behalf at his parole hearing.
"I never thought that the crime deserved that much time, that long of a sentence," Fromong told CNN.


Alcohol switches the brain into starvation mode, increasing hunger and appetite, scientists have discovered.

In tests on mice, alcohol activated the brain signals that tell the body to eat more food.
The UK researchers, who report their findings in the journal Nature Communications, believe the same is probably true in humans.
It would explain why many people say they eat more when they have had a few drinks.
Rather than loss of restraint, it is a neuronal response, the Francis Crick Institute team says.
The mice were given generous doses of alcohol for three days - a dose being equivalent to around 18 units or a bottle-and-a-half of wine for a person.
The alcohol caused increased activity in neurons called AGRP. These are the neurons that are fired when the body experiences starvation.
The mice ate more than normal too.
When the researchers repeated the experiment but blocked the neurons with a drug, the mice did not eat as much which, the researchers say, suggests that AGRP neurons are responsible for the alcohol-induced eating.
Alcohol itself contains lots of calories. A large glass of wine, for example, can contain as many as a doughnut.
The study authors, Denis Burdakov and colleagues, say understanding how alcohol changes the body and our behaviour could help with managing obesity.
Around two-thirds of adults in the UK are overweight or obese.
Prof Sir Ian Gilmore, from Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said people should be made aware of the impact alcohol can have on how much they eat and what they eat, along with the associated health risks.
"Alcohol is responsible for over 60 illnesses and conditions on its own, and drinkers place themselves at even greater risk when their drinking is combined with over-eating: especially because when people drink they are more likely to make less healthy food choices.
"Alcohol and obesity cause 90% of liver deaths and alcohol is twice as toxic to the liver in very obese patients."
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Wolves have named former Porto and Valencia boss Nuno Espirito Santo as their head coach to succeed Paul Lambert, who left Molineux on Tuesday.

Nuno, 43, is the seventh man to take charge of the Championship club since February 2012 and the fourth boss in 10 months under Chinese owners Fosun.
"I first got to know Nuno two years ago," said Wolves director Jeff Shi.
"At that time, we hadn't taken over Wolves. But, when talking to him, I was impressed by his football tactics."
Former Porto, Dynamo Moscow and Desportivo das Aves goalkeeper Nuno has signed what is understood to be a three-year contract.
He has brought in a new backroom team - Rui Pedro Silva as assistant head coach, Rui Barbosa as goalkeeping coach and Antonio Dias as fitness coach.
"Since the very beginning of the Wolves project, Fosun has been very clear on our strategic thinking and philosophy, and has huge ambition and confidence to achieve our goals," added Shi.
"In a sense, we are very glad to find Nuno with a football philosophy that is similar to ours. He has an impressive track record in the top divisions in Spain and Portugal."
Wolves, who began last season under former Italy goalkeeper Walter Zenga, finished 15th in the second tier in 2016-17.
Zenga lasted just three months before Lambert took charge and, seven months later, Wolves "parted company" with Lambert following an end-of-season football review.
Born on the African island of Sao Tome and Principe, Nuno played for Vitoria Guimaraes, Sport Clube Vila Real, Deportivo La Coruna, Merida, Osasuna, Porto, where he played under Jose Mourinho, Dynamo Moscow and Clube Desportivo das Aves in an 18-year playing career.
Having become the very first client of agent Jorge Mendes in his playing days, Wolves will be Nuno's fourth club as manager.
He began with Rio Ave in Portugal's top division, before 16 months in Spain at Valencia, who he took to fourth in La Liga, before leaving the following November, when he was succeeded by Gary Neville.
Nuno was appointed Porto head coach in June 2016 on a two-year deal, but he left in May having led his team to second in the Portuguese Primeira Liga, six points behind champions Benfica.
Porto also reached the last 16 of the Champions League, losing 3-0 on aggregate to eventual finalists Juventus.
Five of the top six clubs in the Championship in 2016-17 had foreign managers, including three - Newcastle's Rafael Benitez, Huddersfield's David Wagner and Reading's Jaap Stam - who had not experienced a full season in the division before.
BBC WM's Mike Taylor
There are no surprises in Wolves' announcement. The arrival of Nuno Espirito Santo had been well trailed, and he brings with him a three-man coaching staff, replacing all of Lambert's assistants, whose dismissals were announced 24 hours earlier.
It is understood that he has signed a three-year contract, a luxury not afforded to his predecessor.
Wolves' main director Jeff Shi is quoted as saying that Nuno has a similar football philosophy to that of the club's owners Fosun.
Nuno also has a long-term association with the so-called super agent Jorge Mendes, with whom Fosun work very closely.
A raft of potential new signings - many of them from Portugal, although not all - are already being linked with moves to Molineux.
While Norwich's Ryan Bennett is the first to arrive, Ghanaian international Phil Ofosu-Ayeh is reported by newspapers in his own country to be another about to sign up.


Medical and nursing organisations have united to attack the "unsustainable culture" of targets in the NHS.

Two professional bodies have also called for a "bold and visionary" approach to ensure the health service is "fit for purpose".
The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in Scotland and the Royal College of Nursing Scotland said tough spending decisions were required.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said substantial improvements had been made.
"Targets" is one of four areas in which the health professionals said a new approach was needed.
A joint statement by the royal colleges said: "The current approach to setting and reporting on national targets and measures, while having initially delivered some real improvements, is now creating an unsustainable culture that pervades the NHS.
"It is often skewing clinical priorities, wasting resources and focusing energy on too many of the wrong things.
"As a matter of urgency, there needs to be a more mature approach to how the NHS uses targets, standards and other performance measures to ensure better and sustainable outcomes across the health service."
The royal colleges also called for a "frank debate" about the pressures the health service is under, new models for delivering care to ease pressure on hospitals and improved collaboration between health professions.
RCN Scotland director Theresa Fyffe said: "Tinkering around the edges and simply putting more and more money into the current system is not the answer."
She said a public debate needs to take place about the future of the NHS.
Academy chairman Ian Ritchie said: "We're seeing day in, day out the immense pressure which the NHS is under as patient demand and public expectations soar, and funding is unable to keep up, even with increases in the NHS budget."
Ms Robison insisted the Scottish government had delivered record staffing and funding.
The health secretary also highlighted plans to integrate health and social care to shift the balance from hospitals to the community.
She said: "While we must consider the future of our health service, we should not lose sight of how far we've come.
"Substantial improvements under this government have led to historically-low waiting times, large reductions in MRSA and C. diff rates in our hospitals, and delivery of some of the most high-quality and safe healthcare anywhere in the world.
"But we fundamentally agree with the proposition that we need to change and evolve our health and social care services to meet rising demand, tackle health inequalities and meet the challenges of an ageing population."
The Liberal Democrats said the concerns were a reflection of "eight years of inaction" by the SNP government.
The party's health spokesman Jim Hume said: "The facts are that the crisis in our A&E units continues, hospital beds continue to be cut and NHS staff do not have the resources they need to meet demand."
Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jenny Marra said: "On a range of measures from A&E waiting times to delayed discharge and key clinical tests, it is clear our NHS is on the brink of being overwhelmed by demand if it is not already.
"Scottish Labour supports the calls of the experts today to have a public debate on our health service. The Scottish government cannot continue to ignore these warning signs about our health service."


A senior executive at a private US health firm has been appointed to lead NHS England - the most powerful body in the health service.

Simon Stevens, who has worked as an NHS manager and acted as a health adviser to Labour, will take over from Sir David Nicholson in April.
Mr Stevens is currently working for United Healthcare as its global health president.
His appointment comes at a challenging time for the health service.
While the NHS budget has been protected - it is rising 0.1% each year at the moment - the settlement still represents the biggest squeeze on its funding in its history.
This is happening at a time when there are growing demands for care.
There have already been signs the NHS is struggling to cope.
Last winter pressure on A&E units meant the waiting time target was missed from January to March.
Meanwhile, a growing number of trusts are running up deficits.
Despite having worked in the US for the past three years, the Oxford University graduate has plenty of NHS experience.
During the late 1980s and for much of the 1990s he worked in a number of management positions, including a stint at Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Trust in London and for a mental health service in Northumberland.
In 1997, he became an adviser to Alan Milburn and co-authored the 2000 NHS Plan, which led to record increases in investment for the health service.
From 2001 to 2004 he worked directly with Tony Blair and was a strong advocate for increasing the use of the private sector.
After that he joined United Healthcare, first to lead their European arm and then as a senior executive in the US.
As chief executive of NHS England, Mr Stevens will have control over the day-to-day running of the health service.
Mr Stevens would be paid the same as Sir David - Â£211,000 per year - but had offered to take a 10% pay cut in the first year due to "NHS spending pressures", NHS England said.
He will draw a salary of Â£189,900 in the first year.
Christina McAnea, head of health at the union Unison, sounded a note of caution about Mr Stevens' appointment.
She told the Today programme on BBC Radio 4: "I am surprised that they haven't been able to find someone within the NHS... and somewhat concerned that this is the Tory-Lib Dem government trying to install American medical values."
Ms McAnea said she hoped it was not a "surreptitious attempt" to move away from the NHS values of "free medicine for all"
But the chairman of NHS England, Sir Malcolm Grant, said they wanted to do a global search and believe Mr Stevens is the right person to lead the health service through the coming years.
Sir Malcolm told the Today programme: "We wanted the best in the world and we've got I think the best in the world. Of course we've got somebody who's got experience both of the public health system in this country and of the best of American healthcare.
"The NHS has to be open to ideas from across the world. All nations are facing a crisis in the affordability of healthcare and the American experience is valuable to us."
Mr Stevens said: "It will be a privilege to lead NHS England - at a time when the stakes have never been higher - because I believe in the NHS, and because I believe that a broad new partnership of patients, carers, staff and the public can together chart a successful future for our health service."
NHS England chairman Prof Sir Malcolm Grant said: "I am delighted that Simon will be taking on this exceptionally challenging leadership role for the NHS.
"We have been through a rigorous global search, and engaged with a range of excellent candidates.
"I am confident that Simon Stevens is the right person to lead NHS England through the coming years, bringing new ideas and fresh energy."
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "Simon has an extraordinary reputation in the UK and abroad as a reformer and an innovator, and we are lucky to have someone of his calibre doing such a vital role.
"He will make a key contribution to the two biggest challenges facing the NHS right now - how to raise standards of care and also be financially sustainable.
"His passion for our universal health service free at the point of use goes back many years but he will add international expertise as we face the challenges ahead."
The announcement comes after Sir David said in May he was stepping down after seven years leading the health service.
He had faced repeated calls to resign over his role in the Stafford Hospital scandal.
Sir David spent 10 months in charge of the local health authority in 2005 and 2006 at the height of the problems.


Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry was "wrong" to suggest Labour might drop its commitment to the UK's nuclear deterrent, the party's defence secretary has said.

Nia Griffith told BBC Newsnight it was "already settled" that Trident would remain if the party came into power.
Ms Thornberry had suggested support for the missile system could not be guaranteed following a defence review.
Tory MP Bob Neill said Labour wanted to put the UK's "security at risk".
Labour's manifesto - launched on Tuesday - included support for the nuclear deterrent.
Speaking on LBC radio, Ms Thornberry had said she was "sceptical" about Trident.
When asked to confirm that it would remain as Labour policy after a defence review, she added: "Well no, of course not, if you are going to have a review, you have to have a review."
The shadow foreign secretary said the UK needed to keep updating its defence policy and make sure any war would be "fought on 21st century terms".
But Ms Griffith said Labour's defence policy was her responsibility and not Ms Thornberry's.
Speaking on BBC's Newsnight she said the party was "fully committed" to having a nuclear deterrent and that the defence review would look at how a Labour government would spend money.
"What it is not about is actually questioning whether we would have a Trident nuclear deterrent because we settled that last year," she added.
Asked if Ms Thornberry was wrong, Ms Griffith went on: "Indeed. Last year we looked at it, in particular, at the national policy forum and it was decided that we would keep the nuclear deterrent."
The shadow defence secretary also distanced herself from Jeremy Corbyn's stance on the potential use of nuclear weapons and the commitment to the Nato principle of mutual defence.
The Labour leader - a long-standing opponent of nuclear weapons - has previously said he would never launch a "first strike" attack as prime minister.
He has also said he would not "automatically" send UK troops to support a fellow Nato member which came under attack.
Ms Griffith said for the nuclear deterrent to be effective it was necessary that "you are prepared to use it", including a first strike policy if required.
She also said Labour was "fully signed up" to Article 5 of the Nato treaty - which commits member states to collective defence.
She told Newsnight there would be diplomatic processes but "ultimately you have to back up your defence and your support" of Nato allies.
Mr Neill said: "Jeremy Corbyn and Emily Thornberry want to disarm Britain and put our security at risk. Corbyn's coalition of chaos would scrap Trident, abandon our allies and would rather talk to Daesh [so-called Islamic State] than strike its barbaric leader."


A driver eating a bowl of cereal at the wheel of his car has been stopped by police during a crackdown on road safety in Greater Manchester.

The man, who was stopped in Manchester Road, Hyde, was one of four people reprimanded for not being in proper control of a vehicle.
He was given six points on his licence and an on-the-spot fine.
A further 142 people were stopped for using a phone while driving in the first week of the campaign.
The campaign to educate drivers on road safety will continue up to Christmas.
Supt Craig Thompson said: "You wouldn't drink and drive so why is it OK to use a phone when in control of a vehicle?
"We can all make a difference by urging people to think about their actions."
From next year, new penalties will be in place with motorists caught using a mobile phone receiving six points on their licence rather than the current three.
The fine will also double, to Â£200.
More than 5,000 drivers in Greater Manchester have been given fixed penalty notices or sent on a mobile phone awareness course in the past two years, the force said.


We've been poring through the division lists to get a Welsh breakdown of the House of Commons vote in favour of air strikes against so-called Islamic State targets in Syria.
The 11 Welsh Tory MPs voted with the government. Four Welsh Labour MPs - Stephen Doughty, Chris Bryant, Wayne David and Susan Elan Jones - voted with the government.
Twenty of the 25 Welsh Labour MPs voted against air strikes, including shadow cabinet members Nia Griffith and Owen Smith. They were joined by Kevin Brennan, Geraint Davies, Chris Evans, David Hanson, Paul Flynn, Carolyn Harris, Huw Irranca-Davies, Gerald Jones, Stephen Kinnock, Ian Lucas, Madeleine Moon, Christina Rees, Jo Stevens, Nick Smith, Mark Tami and Nick Thomas-Symonds,
Wales's only Liberal Democrat MP, Mark Williams, defied his party leadership to vote against military action.
Plaid Cymru's Hywel Williams and Jonathan Edwards voted against bombing and Liz Saville Roberts was a 'teller' for the noes (technically, her vote isn't counted).
Ann Clwyd is unwell and was absent from the vote.
Cardiff South and Penarth MP Mr Doughty told me afterwards: "We have to respect that the Labour Party is a broad family. People have genuine and principled views, including Jeremy. I respectfully disagreed with them on this occasion, but that doesn't mean that people don't think these things through very carefully."
Delyn MP David Hanson said: "It took a lot of deliberation but I didn't believe in the prime minister's plan for after the air strikes."
"I still support action against IS if it was under a concerted UN resolution with a proper ground plan. I also still support the action against IS in Syria."


A Romanian gangmaster kept 15 people in appalling conditions in a three-bedroom house in County Armagh, a court has heard.

Ioan Lacatus forced his victims to work up to 70 hours per week, sometimes for weeks on end without a break.
They were given only limited cold food and shared one toilet and one shower.
Lacatus, known to the people he exploited only as "the minister", will be sentenced next week.
He has previously pleaded guilty to conspiracy to traffic people for exploitation within the UK, four counts of trafficking into the UK migrant workers for exploitation, acting as unlicensed gang master and converting criminal property.
Craigavon Crown Court heard that Lacatus, who arrived in Northern Ireland seven years ago, already had a string of convictions in France and Italy.
The court heard that he took almost all his victims' wages. When they complained about the conditions, Lacatus - who has an address at Hanover Street, Portadown -  told them they could "eat stones".
They were told not to go outside the house, nor to speak to any fellow workers.
Eventually, four people fled from the house and went to Portadown police station.
When the police turned up to rescue another five people,  a doctor had to be called for one, while others had to be fed immediately.
Most of the workers are from a remote part of Romania close to the Hungarian border.
When they arrived in Northern Ireland their passports were taken away and they were made to sign various forms arranging for their wages to be paid into bank accounts.
The court heard these were set up by Lacatus and his wife, Cristina Covaci, who was also in court, as was her brother Samuil Cavaci. They are also due to be sentenced next week.


Reduced street lighting at night does not lead to an increase in crime or car crashes, a report suggests.

Researchers analysed 14 years of data from 62 councils in England and Wales which had tried strategies such as permanently switching off lights or dimming them.
They said the findings could help save money and reduce carbon emissions.
The AA said the results were "extremely surprising" and differed from their own analysis of inquest findings.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said reducing street lighting does not happen everywhere but the research appeared to support some councils' decision "to save taxpayers' money and improve the environment without compromising public safety".
The study, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in partnership with University College London and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, looked at councils which had implemented a range of schemes.
These included switching lights off permanently, reducing the number of hours that lamps are switched on at night, dimming lights, and replacing traditional lamps with energy-efficient LED lamps.
To assess crime, they looked at data from 2010 to 2013 to analyse how many crimes took place in different areas and the types of street lighting used there.
They focused on offences more likely to occur at night, including burglary, theft of or from a vehicle, robbery, violence and sexual assault.
Overall, there was no evidence of an association between reduced lighting and increased crime.
They also looked at all roads in participating authorities, examining what type of street lighting was used and the number of traffic collisions that happened at night relative to the day during 2000 to 2013.
They found no evidence of a link between reduced street lighting and night-time collisions.
Lead investigator Dr Phil Edwards said: "An estimated Â£300m is spent every year on street lights in the UK.
"At a time when local authorities need to make spending cuts, our findings show that by carefully assessing risks, street lighting can be reduced without an increase in car crashes and crime."
Co-author Prof Shane Johnson said while the findings were "very encouraging", any changes to lighting "should be managed carefully".
AA president Edmund King said the motoring group's analysis of inquest findings uncovered six road deaths from 2009 to 2013 where coroners said the switching off of street lights had been a contributory factor.
"Police crash investigators said the drivers had little or no chance of avoiding the collisions," he said.
He said the AA advised its members to drive using their full beams on roads where street lights have been switched off, except where they might dazzle other road users.
Cllr Peter Box, environment spokesman for the LGA, which represents more than 400 local authorities,  said "careful consideration" was given to safety when reducing street lighting.
"With local government funding having seen substantial cuts, reducing or dimming streetlights can free up vital cash to protect under-pressure services such as child protection, adult social care, collecting bins and filling potholes," he added.
Research published by the Labour Party in November suggested street lights were being switched off or dimmed in three-quarters of England's council areas.


Champions Leicester City recovered from Jamie Vardy's red card and a two-goal deficit to claim an incredible draw at Stoke City.

Vardy was contentiously dismissed by referee Craig Pawson for a two-footed tackle on Mame Diouf.
Stoke took advantage to score twice before half-time, with Bojan Krkic converting a penalty after Danny Simpson's handball, and Joe Allen tapping in.
But the Foxes mounted a remarkable comeback in the final 15 minutes, with substitute Leonardo Ulloa and Daniel Amartey heading home to snatch a point.
It leaves Leicester three points above the relegation zone in 15th, while Stoke are 11th.
A draw never looked likely from the moment Vardy was sent off in the 28th minute.
The England striker went in two-footed and off the ground on Diouf, but won the ball.
Pawson deemed it reckless, though, and showed Vardy his second red card of 2016.
Listen: Man Utd decision may have been in referee's mind for Vardy red - Nevin
Leicester fell apart immediately, as Simpson gave away the penalty by putting his hand in the air while sliding to block a cross, and Allen tapped in after Giannelli Imbula's shot came back off the post and hit the hapless Kasper Schmeichel on the back of the head.
The Foxes' discipline vanished - boss Claudio Ranieri had to be held back by his goalkeeper from remonstrating with Pawson at the break, and six of his players were booked in a 10-minute spell either side of half-time.
But the finale was incredible, with substitutes Demarai Gray and Ulloa combining with their first touches of the match to make it 2-1 - Gray crossing for Ulloa to head home a goal given by goalline technology despite Ryan Shawcross' effort to clear.
Stoke were pinned into their own half in the closing moments, and Christian Fuchs crossed from the right for Amartey to head in the equaliser.
Going by the rulebook, Pawson was within his rights to send off Vardy, as the tackle looked out of control, particularly in real time.
But his inconsistency will frustrate many, with Pawson only showing Manchester United's Marcos Rojo a yellow card for a similar challenge against Crystal Palace in midweek.
Indeed, perhaps the criticism for that decision was in his mind when he produced the red card for Vardy.
It means the spotlight will shine brighter on the rest of his decisions and, though Foxes fans made their thoughts on his performance clear, the penalty award was spot on and he had little choice with most of the eight bookings.
Ranieri and Stoke counterpart Mark Hughes had contrasting opinions on the red card.
Ranieri said: "One manager says yes, one says no. If you listen to me I say 'no', if you listen to Mark Hughes he says 'yes'."
Hughes said: "It was a two-footed challenge. The lad left the floor and I don't know what Leicester are complaining about. From my point of view it was clear."
Ex-Chelsea winger Pat Nevin on BBC Radio 5 live: "When he goes with his two feet - they were off the ground - he didn't seem to hurt Diouf but that didn't matter in the referee's eyes. I wouldn't have quibbled had they shown Vardy a yellow."
Former Leicester striker Dion Dublin on Final Score: "Rubbish. The referee has got that completely wrong. Vardy makes the tackle. He has no intention of making the tackle with two feet at all. It is 100% wrong."
Ex-Tottenham striker Garth Crooks on Final Score: "Craig Pawson has fundamentally misunderstood what has gone on. Vardy left the ground with two feet but he has done that in order to get to the ball.
"He won the ball and Diouf gets out of the way. Vardy makes no contact. He has been anything but reckless. Referees are making big decisions with the little teams because it seems to be easier."
Amid Leicester's heroics, there will be concern from Stoke boss Mark Hughes at how easily his team let three points escape from their grip.
With a one-man advantage and a two-goal lead, the Potters looked to be coasting toward a third win in five games.
They forced three good saves from Schmeichel, who put in an impressive performance on his return to the Leicester side after a broken hand.
But the hosts dropped deeper and deeper in the second half and, after some slick passing play in the first period, resorted to hitting hopeful balls into the channels.
It meant Leicester could keep coming back at them and ultimately Stoke, who had kept three clean sheets in their past four games, looked tired and flimsy at the back.
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Stoke City manager Mark Hughes said: "Leading 2-0 it was well deserved, we were good value for that lead and were in good shape. You have to get the job done and we didn't do that.
"You think it should be a straightforward second half, but we made it difficult and allowed them to get back into the game.
"We are in decent shape, but this game should have been won."
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Leicester City manager Claudio Ranieri said: "It was a fantastic spirit and we wanted to fight until the end so it was important for us to play well.
"During half-time we spoke a lot and had to believe something good was possible. I am always positive.
"It could be a turning point today, but we have to wait and see the next matches.
"I was angry at the referee because I saw my players fight and there were so many yellow cards, but it was a normal battle in the Premier League."
There's a nine-day rest for Leicester as they host Everton on Boxing Day (26 December), while Stoke are in action a day later when they travel to Liverpool on Tuesday, 27 December.
Match ends, Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2.
Second Half ends, Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2.
Foul by Ryan Shawcross (Stoke City).
Robert Huth (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Stoke City. Ramadan Sobhi replaces Glenn Whelan.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
Attempt saved. Glenn Whelan (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giannelli Imbula.
Attempt missed. Ahmed Musa (Leicester City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Goal!  Stoke City 2, Leicester City 2. Daniel Amartey (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a cross.
Offside, Stoke City. Ryan Shawcross tries a through ball, but Jonathan Walters is caught offside.
Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Wes Morgan (Leicester City).
Substitution, Stoke City. Charlie Adam replaces Bojan.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).
Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Leicester City. Ahmed Musa replaces Riyad Mahrez.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Ryan Shawcross.
Attempt blocked. Demarai Gray (Leicester City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Fuchs with a headed pass.
Goal!  Stoke City 2, Leicester City 1. Leonardo Ulloa (Leicester City) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Demarai Gray with a cross.
Attempt missed. Erik Pieters (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Jonathan Walters.
Substitution, Leicester City. Leonardo Ulloa replaces Islam Slimani.
Substitution, Leicester City. Demarai Gray replaces Marc Albrighton.
Attempt saved. Joe Allen (Stoke City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Glen Johnson.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Glenn Whelan.
Erik Pieters (Stoke City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City).
Danny Simpson (Leicester City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Robert Huth.
Attempt blocked. Erik Pieters (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Daniel Amartey (Leicester City).
Attempt blocked. Wes Morgan (Leicester City) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Marc Albrighton with a cross.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Mame Biram Diouf.
Corner,  Leicester City. Conceded by Erik Pieters.
Corner,  Stoke City. Conceded by Kasper Schmeichel.
Attempt saved. Jonathan Walters (Stoke City) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Mame Biram Diouf with a cross.
Attempt missed. Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Bruno Martins Indi (Stoke City).
Islam Slimani (Leicester City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Erik Pieters (Stoke City).


Secret files concerning one of the most high profile clashes of the 1980s miners' strike should be assessed and made public if possible, a government committee has said.

The files contain "personal and sensitive information" about the confrontation between miners and police at Orgreave, South Yorkshire.
Home Affairs Select Committee chairwoman Yvette Cooper said there could be "no more secrets".
The government ruled out an inquiry.
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The committee has asked Home Secretary Amber Rudd to have files which are currently withheld until 2066 independently reviewed "to see if they can be released instead", with redactions if necessary.
"People in coalfield communities need to know what happened at Orgreave and deserve access to the truth," Ms Cooper said.
"There must be no more secrets or cover-ups."
The committee contacted 18 forces involved in policing at the Orgreave coking plant in June 1984.
It also approached the National Police Chiefs' Council, which replaced the Association of Chief Police Officers, over intelligence reports and other files it holds.
Correspondence with Scotland Yard confirmed South Yorkshire Police led operations on the day and the force still had most of the Orgreave files, Ms Cooper said.
The home secretary said in December that 30 files, at least one relating to Orgreave, would be made available at the National Archives in the first half of this year.


Glamorgan have agreed one-year development contracts with young Welsh duo Connor Brown and Jeremy Lawlor.

All-rounder Brown, 19, and batsman Lawlor, 21, are both products of Glamorgan's Academy, having graduated through the Development Programme.
The pair are currently studying at Cardiff Metropolitan University and are part of the Cardiff MCCU set up.
Both featured against Glamorgan in the first-class encounter earlier in the season.
"At the moment we are fortunate to have a number of talented young Welsh cricketers coming through our system and Connor and Jeremy are very good examples of that," said Glamorgan chief executive and director of cricket Hugh Morris.
"Over the last year we have contracted six home-grown cricketers, which bodes well for the future of the club and displays our ambition to produce and nurture young Welsh talent.
"We've seen players like Lukas Carey, David Lloyd and Aneurin Donald thrive in the team, so opportunities are available and we expect to see more products from our highly rated Academy playing for Glamorgan in the future."


Knitters have recreated Princess Charlotte's christening in wool as part of a church fundraising festival.

But organisers have admitted the scene is "not an exact recreation of the real baptism" - partly because they started planning it more than 18 months ago.
The replica royal event is at St Peter and St Paul's church in Griston in Norfolk - one of six churches taking part in a Blossom and Yarn Festival.
Over 11,000 squares were used to create themed scenes for the six churches.
The themes include Easter, Christmas, wedding, baptism, remembrance and harvest.
Artistic director Lois Gill said: "We were always going to portray baptism in one of the churches, but then the Duchess of Cambridge became pregnant and it all fitted into the timing that we could replicate Princess Charlotte's christening."
The colours chosen for the figures were dictated by the wool available, which was either donated or from charity shops.
"We chose green for the Duchess of Cambridge, the Queen is wearing peach and the Duke of Cambridge is in a dark jacket and grey trousers," she said.
Prince Harry - who was unable to attend the event at Church of St Mary Magdalene at the Queen's Sandringham estate last Sunday - is in attendance at the knitted replica in "a very jaunty lilac colour".
Most of the figures and many other items, including roses, small animals and cakes, were made from 10cm knitted squares.
A likeness of the Bishop of Norwich, the Right Reverend Graham Jones, was one of the 31 human figures created by more than 100 knitters.
The real bishop said: "My admiration is enormous - if my life depended on it, I couldn't knit a bishop."


A new bar has opened at the Clutha pub in Glasgow more than a year and a half after a police helicopter crashed into its roof.

Ten people died when the aircraft came down on the city centre venue on a busy Friday night in November 2013.
Families of the victims, survivors and members of the emergency services who dealt with the crash were invited to the pub's relaunch.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended the opening ceremony.
The Clutha had been shut since the night of the tragedy, with building work carried out to refurbish the property.
The interior of the old pub remains sealed off but a new bar has been erected in the former smoking area.
The exterior walls have been refurbished and are now covered with a mural depicting well-known faces including Billy Connelly, Spike Milligan and Stan Laurel.
A private function held for invited guests with the venue then later fully reopened to the public.
Owner Alan Crossan told BBC Scotland: "What we are trying to do is bring the Clutha back to Glasgow and give it back to the Glasgow people.
"It was the people who made the Clutha. Not the building or anything like that. It was the people - the musicians, the staff, the punters."
The helicopter crash on 29  November 2013 claimed the lives of seven customers. They were John McGarrigle, Mark O'Prey, Gary Arthur, Colin Gibson, Robert Jenkins, Samuel McGhee and Joe Cusker.
The police helicopter crew who were killed were pilot David Traill, PC Tony Collins and PC Kirsty Nelis.
A draft report from crash investigators into the tragedy has been completed, with a final public document still to be be published.
Speaking as she joined relatives of the dead, survivors and members of the emergency services at the venue, the first minister said: "It's a night of mixed emotions.
"On the one hand it is fantastic to see this great Glasgow institution, The Clutha pub, open its doors to customers again.
"But on the other hand we will never forget what happened here that night.
"People lost their lives in that tragic accident, people sustained injuries, families had their lives changed forever, so it's a night of celebrating the fact that this pub is moving on into the future, but also remembering the people who lost their lives here."
Speaking on Radio Scotland's Newsdrive programme, Billy Coyle, from the Clutha Trust said reopening the venue would be "emotional" for all those involved.
He said: "We've been planning to get the pub opened as soon as possible and it was really short notice for tonight but everything is in place.
"It will be an emotional night but it is a way forward."
Last month Princes Charles visited the Glasgow venue with his wife the Duchess of Rothesay.
He signed a ukulele to be auctioned to raise funds for the Clutha Trust, a charity working to support young people in the aftermath of the crash.


Exeter City continued their rise up the League Two table with a well-earned 4-2 win over promotion rivals Wycombe at St James' Park.

The hosts made a bright start to the game and got the breakthrough after 19 minutes through the in-form David Wheeler.
Lloyd James sent Jack Stacey clear down the right and he delivered a fine low cross which Wheeler guided in at the near post for his sixth goal in six successive games.
Troy Brown missed a glorious chance to double Exeter's lead, heading wide from a James corner, and it was costly as Wycombe drew level after 38 minutes when Garry Thompson charged in at the back post to ram home Sam Saunders' corner.
However, two goals in two second-half minutes won the game for Exeter and they were almost identical.
Brown tapped in at the back post from a low Stacey cross after 65 minutes, and then Joel Grant was on hand to slot in from Wheeler's cross.
Alex Jakubiak pulled one back with a debut goal in the 90th minute, but Ollie Watkins killed off any faint hopes of a Wycombe comeback when he rounded Jamal Blackman to fire in City's fourth deep into stoppage-time.
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Match ends, Exeter City 4, Wycombe Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Exeter City 4, Wycombe Wanderers 2.
Goal!  Exeter City 4, Wycombe Wanderers 2. Ollie Watkins (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top left corner.
David Wheeler (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Sam Saunders (Wycombe Wanderers).
Goal!  Exeter City 3, Wycombe Wanderers 2. Alex Jakubiak (Wycombe Wanderers) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Marcus Bean.
Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Will De Havilland (Wycombe Wanderers).
Foul by Ollie Watkins (Exeter City).
Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Nick Freeman replaces Garry Thompson.
Attempt blocked. Jordan Tillson (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Liam McAlinden (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Max Müller (Wycombe Wanderers).
Foul by Craig Woodman (Exeter City).
Garry Thompson (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Liam McAlinden (Exeter City).
Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jordan Tillson (Exeter City).
Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Jordan Moore-Taylor (Exeter City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Aaron Pierre (Wycombe Wanderers).
Substitution, Wycombe Wanderers. Aaron Pierre replaces Myles Weston.
Attempt missed. Michael Harriman (Wycombe Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Substitution, Exeter City. Jordan Tillson replaces Joel Grant.
Attempt blocked. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Joel Grant (Exeter City) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Substitution, Exeter City. Liam McAlinden replaces Reuben Reid.
Goal!  Exeter City 3, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Joel Grant (Exeter City) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ollie Watkins.
Goal!  Exeter City 2, Wycombe Wanderers 1. Troy Brown (Exeter City) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jack Stacey with a cross.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Will De Havilland.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Dominic Gape.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Myles Weston.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Marcus Bean.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Sido Jombati.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Will De Havilland.
Corner,  Exeter City. Conceded by Michael Harriman.
Marcus Bean (Wycombe Wanderers) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.