Hackers boasted of thefts from Tesco Bank months before the company reported losing Â£2.5m in an attack.

Cybersecurity company Cyberint said it had discovered posts on a variety of dark web forums whose members had described the lender as being a "cash milking cow" and "easy to cash out".
It is not clear, however, whether there is any link between these claims and the money stolen just over a week ago.
The bank has repeatedly declined to give details of the crime.
It says it is unable to do so while a criminal investigation is being carried out.
Elsewhere, the Sunday Times suggested that the raid had involved the use of contactless payments triggered by smartphones.
And a second cybersecurity company said it had warned Tesco of problems with several of its mobile apps four months ago, but had been ignored.
The Financial Times was first to report that Cyberint had carried out its own probe of hidden web pages following the thefts over the weekend of 5-6 November.
The Israeli company said it had found discussions about a tool that "brute forced" access to Tesco's accounts by testing thousands of login and password combinations until one was found to work.
It said the bank had repeatedly taken steps to prevent such attacks, but the hackers had apparently bypassed the measures.
"It was a cat and mouse game, but we saw indicators starting from September - so two months before the actual attack - of quite a few threat actors saying, 'We've been successfully getting into accounts and cashing out through various means.'" Elad Ben-Meir, Cyberint's vice-president of marketing, told the BBC.
"This was on the AlphaBay forum, Hacking Forum and some lesser known places - and there was plenty of proof.
"One of the guys said, 'I used to cash out Â£1,000 every week without anyone ever noticing.'"
Mr Ben-Meir said his company had attempted to pitch for business with Tesco Bank earlier in the year, but the talks "didn't proceed anywhere".
Mobile app specialist Codified Security said it had not received any response when it had contacted the supermarket Tesco and its subsidiary Tesco Bank four months ago by email.
"We were doing research into mobile apps across the UK market and found some problems with various apps that they have and reached out to try and warn them," the London-based company's chief executive, Martin Alderson, told the BBC.
Mr Alderson is not making public what the flaws involved, but said Tesco Bank was not the only lender his company had contacted.
"The top tier banks are really good with their mobile security - so, NatWest, Barclays et cetera are fantastic," he said.
"But the second-tier banks and some of the financial tech companies can struggle with this.
"They are pressured to bring out a coherent mobile strategy because their customers are demanding it.
"But often I'm not sure they have the understanding of all the technical aspects to make them secure."
Mr Alderson said roughly half of the companies Codified Security wrote to never responded, so Tesco's handling of the matter was not unusual.
The bank has not officially commented on this, but a source at the company told the BBC: "Tesco Bank regularly receives promotional information from consultancies, but in all areas we have first-class colleagues working hard to serve our customers."
The Sunday Times says the attack was carried out by thieves using mobile phones that used stolen Tesco Bank data to set up contactless payment accounts.
It says fraudulent purchases of thousands of low-priced goods were made at Best Buy electronics stores in the US as well as other American and Brazilian retailers.
The paper does not credit a source for this information.
However, it might tie in to an alert from Europol two months ago that criminals had begun using Android phones to trigger fraudulent tap-and-go payments.
"The possibility of compromising NFC [near field communication] transactions was explored by academia years ago, and it appears that fraudsters have finally made progress in the area," the organisation's Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment said.
"Several vendors in the dark net offer software that uploads compromised card data on to Android phones in order to make payments at any stores accepting NFC payments."
A spokesman for Tesco Bank said that "none of our systems were breached" and no personal data had been lost, but would not comment further.


Militants with suspected ties to Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram have killed 10 people in a raid on a remote village in north Cameroon, police say.

Nine bus passengers and a soldier were shot dead after coming "face-to-face" with heavily armed militants in Zigague, they add.
The son of a local chief was kidnapped in the attack, local media reports.
Boko Haram, based in north-eastern Nigeria, has intensified cross-border raids into Cameroon in recent weeks.
It follows the deployment of more than 1,000 soldiers to Cameroon's long and porous border with Nigeria last month, in a bid to prevent such attacks.
"A group of people we think are linked with Boko Haram made an incursion this afternoon in Zigague. They blocked the road and opened fire," a police officer told AFP news agency.
The villagers were killed when the militants were confronted by Cameroonian soldiers, according to local media.
State radio said suspected Boko Haram militants - who are fighting for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria - were behind the attack.
Militants were also seen storming the house of a local chief and abducting his child, the radio reported, quoting an army commander.
Cameroonian President Paul Biya sacked two senior army officers at the forefront of the battle against Islamist militants last week.
The decision came just days after the deputy prime minister's wife was abducted by militants from the northern town of Kologata, along with her maid, a religious leader and the local mayor.
Militants have also kidnapped foreign nationals in northern Cameroon before, including a French family and Chinese workers.


A man has been arrested and bailed after muck was spread across the steps of Derby Crown Court.

A tractor pulled up outside the building, in Morledge, at 07:10 GMT and deposited the dirt, police said.
A note left inside the abandoned vehicle said the action was a "personal protest against the severely flawed judicial system".
The 49-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and later released on bail.
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The note left in the tractor read: "What a shame to have to resort to this, today is a personal protest against the severely flawed judicial system that has consistently failed to listen to simple truth and reason.
"Sorry for any inconvenience caused (to the general public)."
BBC Radio Derby reporter Nigel Cash said: "The pile immediately behind the trailer is probably a couple of feet high and couple of feet wide.
"It looks as if whoever has dumped it there may have deliberately spread it out."
Police removed the tractor and spreader after a few hours.
They said the man was bailed while their investigation continues and they "consult with the Crown Prosecution Service".
Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information has been asked to contact the force.


Locating objects by listening to echoes is an important skill for both blind and sighted people, says University of Southampton research.

It is similar to a technique used by bats and dolphins, which requires good hearing in both ears.
In experiments, scientists found that people who lost hearing in one ear struggled in tests on locating objects.
As people age and their hearing declines, audiologists should be aware of this fact, the study said.
The study, published in Hearing Research, conducted a series of experiments with both blind and sighted people, asking them if objects were to the left or right of them.
Sounds were manipulated in various ways in a 'virtual auditory space' to give the impression of objects being in various different positions in the space.
The study found that people could locate the object accurately, but only if they had good high-frequency hearing and in both ears.
Dr Daniel Rowan, lead author of the study and lecturer in audiology at the University of Southampton, said this could affect elderly people suffering from hearing loss, because they tend to lose hearing at high frequencies in both ears.
"We wanted to get some insight into how much those particular forms of hearing loss might affect users of echoes to locate objects: our results suggest they would struggle."
Dr Rowan said hearing aid services tend to focus on how well someone can hear speech.
"Our research indicates that those services also need to take into account whether someone needs to hear echoes in their daily life," Dr Rowan said.
"For example, they might need hearing aids in both ears, despite the emerging trend in some parts of the country to only fit one."


A woman confirmed to be one of the victims of the Manchester terror attack shielded her niece from the blast, her family have said.

Kelly Brewster, from Sheffield, died in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on Monday.
Her uncle Paul Dryhurst said 32-year-old Ms Brewster had "heroically shielded" her 11-year-old niece from the blast in the foyer.
Her partner Ian Winslow confirmed on Facebook Ms Brewster had been killed.
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Mr Winslow wrote: "Not sure how this works but it isn't good news.
"Kelly Brewster wasn't one of the unidentified hospital patients.
"She has sadly passed away in the terror attack yesterday.
"Kelly really was the happiest she has ever been and we had so many things planned together.
"My daughter Phoebe will be absolutely devastated like we all are."
Ms Brewster, a former City School pupil, who worked for Irwin Mitchell Solicitors and insurance company Aviva, had been to the Ariana Grande concert with her sister, Claire Booth, and her sister's 11-year-old daughter.
The family say Ms Booth and her daughter were both being treated in hospital.
Close friend Alix Bingham said she was struggling to come to terms with news of Ms Brewster's death.
"It hurts every time I see her face on TV or on Facebook, it brings it back home that it had really happened and it's not something I can wake up from," she said.
"She was amazing. She was one-in-a-million. She was so happy and loving. She loved life and everyone in it. She was very close to her sister and absolutely loved both her nieces."
Neighbour Irene Mcilhagga said: "I can't get over it. I can't even think about it.
"I've known her since she was a little girl.
"She was very kind. She would help anybody."


Monaco have a number of "great clubs" interested in signing their £50m striker Falcao should Manchester United decide against making his loan deal permanent at the end of the season.

The Premier League club signed the Colombian, 29, on a season-long loan last September and have the option of paying £43.2m for him in the summer.
In an interview to run on Football Focus on BBC One on Saturday (12:10 GMT), Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev says: "I'm not worried for Falcao, he is a world-class striker."
Falcao has scored only four goals in 19 appearances for United.
Vasilyev adds: "If Manchester United decide not take up the option at the end of the season, we have interest from other great clubs. So I am really not worried for him at all."
United have already paid a £6m loan fee and the striker's £265,000-a-week wages.
Falcao was substituted an hour into the Red Devils' FA Cup fifth-round victory at Preston on Monday.
United manager Louis van Gaal said last month: "If a player costs £95m or £5,000, it doesn't make any difference. You have to prove yourself.
"We have made this deal and everything is clear."


With the news that the BBC is holding open auditions to find new co-hosts for Chris Evans on Top Gear we take a look at a selection of previous high profile open auditions and how the winners fared.

The upcoming Star Wars film is the most high profile movie franchise to hold open auditions for lead roles.
The filmmakers hosted open auditions in the US and UK as well as accepting online applications,  which Top Gear is also doing.
While most of the the lead roles went to established actors, professional free-runner Pip Andersen and US-born Crystal Clarke, who is studying in Glasgow also won parts.
They were chosen from 37,000 hopefuls who attended casting calls held in 11 cities across the UK and US, while a further 30,000 others applied online.
Film producer Kathleen Kennedy said they decided to have open auditions because of the film's tradition of casting unknown actors in the past such as Mark Hamill, albeit through the traditional casting process.
"The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent and in casting Episode VII, we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition," she said.
We will see how they fare when Star Wars: Episode VII is released at Christmas.
Another movie franchise behemoth that has found cast members through open auditions is Harry Potter.
However, they were for secondary characters in the later Potter films.
The first open auditions for the role of Luna Lovegood saw 14-year-old Evanna Lynch beat 15,000 other girls to win her first film role.
However, with the later open calls for people to play Lavender Brown and Tom Riddle, the parts went to people with acting experience, despite the casting stating no acting experience was necessary.
Announcing the auditions, director David Yates said: "These auditions are open to everybody and we can't wait to see who comes in the door.
"Normally I have all these casting agents sending me kids who have been to stage school and who come in tap-dancing and singing.
"What we are looking for is someone natural and absolutely credible in their own right."
Seven thousand people auditioned but the parts eventually went to Jessie Cave, star of CBBC drama Summerhill and movie Inkheart and Christian Coulson who had appeared in BBC series Love in a Cold Climate.
Other notable open auditions in the film world saw actress Dakota Blue Richards win the lead role of Lyra in The Golden Compass, the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's Northern Lights, through open casting.
Meanwhile, Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks has also held open casting auditions a number of times - finding Roxanne McKee among others in the process.
Britney Spears started on her road to fame with an open audition for The All New Mickey Mouse club.
The TV show was also the first step on the road to A-list stardom for Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguilera and Ryan Gosling, who won their parts in regional auditions.
More than 100,000 kids in North America auditioned to be in the show and casting director Matt Casella said an open casting was the right way to find talent for the show:
"If I wanted polish, I'd have done the casting in L.A. These were ones that kids could relate to."
Even the cast of Mouse rejects is impressive - among those who failed to get on the show include Kirsten Dunst, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jessica Simpson.
In 2005, rock group INXS started the process of holding open auditions for singers to replace the late Michael Hutchence.
The Australian band held auditions in six continents as part of a reality TV series, INXS Rock Star.
The eventual winner was Canadian singer JD Fortune.
However, joining such a well known band was not plain sailing for the newcomer.
In 2009, Canada's The Star reported he was homeless and living out of a pickup truck after the other INXS members abruptly sacked him.
He said his heavy use of cocaine was the cause: "It got as bad as it needed to be for me to numb out the fact that this was going to come to a screeching halt,"
However, the band denied he had been sacked and he continued to perform with the band until 2011.
He now has a solo career.
When longstanding member Kym Marsh left Hear'Say in 2002, the band - who were created when they won ITV talent show Popstars - held open auditions to find a replacement.
Johnny Shentall from Doncaster won after queuing up with 3,000 other hopefuls and was chosen after two days of intensive auditions.
When it emerged that he was married to former Steps singer Lisa Scott-Lee and an ex-member of chart group Boom! the band were forced to issue a statement refuting claims their auditions to find a new member were "fixed".
However Johnny Shentall couldn't save the band, they split later the same year blaming abuse from the public


A young woman from south Armagh accused of running a bomb-making factory for dissident republicans has been acquitted of all charges.

Her boyfriend was cleared of the majority of the charges.
He was convicted of two separate counts of possessing items in suspicious circumstances.
Orla O'Hanlon, 20, was living with her partner, 21-year-old Keith McConnan, at Tievecrom Road in Forkhill when it was raided by police in December 2013.
Officers found a number of items, including an industrial grinder, fertilizer and a bag containing an improvised mobile phone unit, power supply and a cartridge - items prosecutors claimed could be used for homemade bombs.
Ms O'Hanlon was cleared of all charges at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday.
Judge Sandra Crawford said there was insufficient evidence to suggest the defendant had any knowledge of the contents of the bag and pointed to the fact that her finger prints were not found on it.
Ms O'Hanlon's solicitor said his client had maintained her innocence from the outset and that she was glad to put the case behind her.
Her partner and co-accused, Keith McConnan, was cleared of the most serious of the charges, including the intention to commit acts of terrorism.
During the trial, he claimed he was being threatened by a prominent dissident republican with links to the Omagh bomb. The judge said there was no direct evidence to support that claim.
Keith McConnan was convicted of two counts of possessing the bag with the mobile phone unit and power supply in suspicious circumstances.
Sentencing for these two offences will now take place in June. However, having already spent two and a half years in prison, he is unlikely to receive any further time behind bars.
His legal team told the court they will make an application as early as Friday.


Emmerdale is the "booziest" British soap, according to a study on the depiction of alcohol consumption and healthy habits on TV soaps.

Emmerdale, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Hollyoaks were examined over a two-week period.
The study also looked at exercising, drinking water and healthy eating.
Emmerdale characters managed to consume 46 alcoholic drinks during the research period, with Coronation Street not far behind on 40 beverages.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Emmerdale said it was a "small community", adding: "Characters regularly meet in the pub where the focus is on story as opposed to alcohol intake. We present a balanced view of alcohol as we take our responsibilities for portraying alcohol consumption seriously."
Hollyoaks was named the healthiest UK soap overall, while EastEnders came second, followed by Emmerdale in third and Coronation Street in fourth spot.
In total, 48% of activity in Hollyoaks was considered healthy, with EastEnders on 36%, Emmerdale on 18%, and Coronation Street on 15%.
The Hollyoaks characters were the most active, with characters sitting down for just 15% of the episodes compared with Coronation Street's cast, who spent 31% on the couch.
EastEnders characters enjoyed the most nights out, with 11 in total, while there were no evenings out on the town on Coronation Street.
Corrie's characters also consumed the most takeaways, while Emmerdale consumed the least.
A spokesperson for Coronation Street said: "We present a balanced view of alcohol consumption, healthy eating and the lifestyles of our characters as we take our responsibilities for these issues seriously. Characters do frequent the pub but we also see them engaging in exercise and we have explored lifestyle related health issues through many different storylines."
Lee Matthews of Fitness First, which conducted the study, said: "While studying Hollyoaks, we saw that despite there being three big nights out, there were zero instances of smoking shown on screen. In comparison there were 13 instances of jogging, walking and playing a sport.
"Hollyoaks has demonstrated perfectly that we can play hard and still incorporate healthy habits along the way."
The show is aimed at a younger audience than the other soaps, which is reflected in its earlier broadcasting timeslot.
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US defence chiefs have been clarifying the whereabouts of warships that President Trump erroneously suggested last week were sailing for North Korea.

US Defence Secretary James Mattis said the USS Carl Vinson strike group is now proceeding to the Western Pacific.
The ship is part of what President Trump said last week was an "armada" being deployed off North Korea amid tensions over its nuclear plans.
But the vessels were heading the other way for training with Australia's navy.
Seeking to clear up confusion on Wednesday, the Pentagon chief said he wanted "to be open about what we're doing".
Speaking in Saudi Arabia, Mr Mattis said: "We're doing exactly what we said we're going to do. She will be on her way.
"And I'll determine when she gets there and where she actually operates - but the Vinson is going to be part of our ensuring that we stand by our allies in the north-west Pacific."
The confusion began on 9 April when the US Navy said the Carl Vinson strike group was travelling from Singapore to the Western Pacific.
Two days later, President Trump said in an interview with Fox Business: "We are sending an armada, very powerful" towards the Korean peninsula.
His remark stoked fears across East Asia that the US was poised for a pre-emptive military strike.
But rather than heading north to the Sea of Japan, on 13 April the Vinson was travelling in the opposite direction, south towards Australia, for a scheduled weekend exercise with that country's navy.
A US Navy photo dated 15 April showed the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier heading through the Sunda Strait into the Indian Ocean.
The Vinson battle group is not expected to reach the Korean peninsula until next week.
Questioned on Wednesday at the daily White House briefing, press secretary Sean Spicer insisted the administration did not mislead anyone.
"The president said we have an armada that's going toward the peninsula," Mr Spicer told reporters. "That's a fact, it happened. It is happening, rather."
The BBC's Korea correspondent, Stephen Evans, says it is not clear whether the mix-up was a deliberate deception, perhaps designed to frighten North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, a change of plan or simple miscommunication.
But some questioned why the timeline was not corrected earlier given the tensions involving nuclear-armed North Korea.
On Tuesday, the Pentagon's chief spokeswoman, Dana White, conceded: "This should have been communicated more clearly at the time."
Some Chinese have taken to social media to tease the US.
"American imperialism is a paper tiger," said one user on Weibo, China's version of Twitter.
"The aircraft carrier was sleep-walking," joked another.


Coventry City caretaker boss Mark Venus says there is no time limit in finding the right man to succeed Tony Mowbray.

Venus has so far enjoyed two wins in four days, since stepping up to take charge following Mowbray's departure.
It is a role he performed for three games when Mowbray left his previous club Middlesbrough - but it is not yet clear whether Venus may stop at City.
"I don't want to just go for the job if I can't do it properly and give them what they need," Venus told BBC Sport.
"There's no time schedule. It's however long it takes to get the right person. The board will take due diligence on the all the applicants.
"I'm privy to all the conversations with the board. I'm very much included. It's an ongoing process. We just have to take our time and pick the right candidate."
A suspension of betting by bookmakers triggered rumours of an announcement, but City have advised that will not happen this week.
Until coming to Coventry, Venus had not had a day-to-day coaching role since his brief caretaker role ended with Aitor Karanka's appointment following Mowbray's departure from Boro in October 2013.
When Mowbray then returned to football at Coventry in March 2015, his long-time number two Venus joined as technical director, in a scouting, not a training ground role.
"I've been out of the grass for two and three quarter years," Venus told BBC Coventry & Warwickshire. "I need to feel if I can be of benefit to the club. That's something I need to find out before I decide whether I can take the club further.
"It was really one of the low points of my career when Tony decided to resign. I'd hoped he could turn the club round that I'd maybe have a different role and that we'd build this club up again.
"It was not to be but, on a professional front, you have to readjust. It's a difficult time, but we have to move forward. The players have given me maximum effort. I can ask no more that."
After City's first League One win in 11 attempts this season, to lift themselves off the bottom of the League One table, Tuesday night's 3-1 win over former landlords Northampton Town saw them qualify for the second round of the EFL Trophy.
Following the postponement of this weekend's scheduled home game against Chesterfield due to international commitments, Coventry do not play again until visiting 18th-placed Charlton Athletic on 15 October, followed by successive home games against Oxford United and Rochdale.
And Venus hopes that, at a time when City's long-suffering fans remain disenchanted with the club's owners, they may have turned a corner.
"I understand the feelings the fans have got," he said. "But I want them to support the club. Everyone needs to get together. If we can get positive vibes, then they can enjoy their football."


Lynsey Sharp is determined to justify her controversial selection in the 800m for Team GB's athletics squad for the Olympics in London.

Sharp is joined by fellow Scots Lee McConnell (400m and 4x400m relay), Eilish McColgan (3,000m steeplechase) and Eilidh Child (400m hurdles).
But she was chosen ahead of four women who had recorded faster times.
"I feel it was a really brave decision. I am absolutely determined not to let them down," said the 21-year-old.
"I'm absolutetly delighted that the selectors have had faith in me.
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"They have looked at my recent form and decided I was the one to go with for the Olympics."
Sharp ran a personal best in winning the silver medal at the European Championships but failed to make the 'A' qualifying time by 0.62 seconds.
Her inclusion in Team GB could yet be challenged, with head coach Charles van Commenee admitting he is bracing himself for a "heap of appeals" from athletes in a variety of disciplines after Tuesday's announcement.
However, Jenny Meadows, the 2009 world bronze medallist and a former European 800m bronze medallist, now says she will not appeal despite previously threatening to do so.
Marilyn Okoro and Emma Jackson have also run the 'A' standard this year but finished fifth and seventh respectively at the Olympic trials won by Sharp.
Jemma Simpson competed in Helsinki but finished seventh in the final behind the Scot, while Meadows was forced to pull out before her European Championships race after aggravating an Achilles injury.
International rules mean an athlete who has achieved the 'B' standard can only be selected if there are no 'A' standard athletes in that event selected to the team.
Van Commenee revealed that two of the six hours spent making the selections were spent on the 800m women and that they had decided to go with the woman on form.
"I feel bad about those athletes who have missed out," said Sharp. "I know I don't need to, but I can't help it.
"But I won the trials and I got a silver medal at the European and ran a PB when I was there, so clearly I am in great form and I've beaten all the girls that were in the picture, so I guess that's what the selectors have looked at and I'm really grateful for that."
Sharp follows in the footsteps of a famous parent, sprinter Cameron having competed at the 1980 Moscow Games.
"My dad got a silver at the Europeans and I got a silver at the Europeans at the weekend," she told BBC Scotland.
"So it is really nice that I am following in his footsteps. He was 21 when he went to the Olympics and I am 21 now, so it's really special."
The 21-year-old McColgan, who won the 3000m steeplechase at the same event, follows in the footsteps of her mother, Liz, the former 10,000m world champion who won silver at the 1988 Games in Seoul.
Child, 25, qualified for the team after a second-place finish at the Aviva 2012 Trials in Birmingham, a stumble at the final hurdle allowing English rival Perri Shakes-Drayton to win.
McConnell also had not achieved the 'A' standard in the individual 400m but was delighted to be one of Van Commenee's three discretionary picks.
"I was always confident about the relay place but was pleasantly surprised to get the pick for the individual," said the 33-year-old.
"To go to one Olympics is very special, but with this one being in London, I just didn't want to miss out on it."
There was disappointment for Steph Twell, who competed in the 1500m at the Beijing Olympics, who missed out after being unable to run in Helsinki and was discounted for selection on fitness grounds.
Freya Murray could yet land a slot in the marathon, with the Scot unofficially on stand-by in case of an injury to the three British picks in that event.
As expected, there were no Scottish men in the Team GB squad.


A flight from Aberdeen to Faro in Portugal has finally arrived at its destination after take-off was delayed by more than 38 hours.

The 140 holidaymakers had been stranded at Aberdeen Airport since arriving on Thursday morning for what should have been the 06:00 flight.
The flight was delayed because of a technical issue with the aircraft.
There were also 114 stranded Thomson passengers in Portugal waiting for the return flight.
The flight from Aberdeen to Portugal did not depart until 20:43 on Friday evening, the airline said.
Those affected by the delay were put up in hotels overnight and given vouchers to buy refreshments.
Thomson said the Aberdeen to Faro flight had arrived at 23:40 local time.
Passengers flying from Portugal were diverted to Manchester and then taken to Aberdeen on a coach, arriving in the city at about 01:00 on Saturday.
"We would like to apologise for the inconvenience caused to customers who travelled on flights FPO811 from Aberdeen to Faro and FPO812 from Faro to Aberdeen, which unfortunately were delayed as a result of a technical issue," a spokeswoman for Thomson said.
"We provided affected customers with overnight accommodation and vouchers for refreshments. We also be providing letters to customers with EU flight delay claim information in line with the Civil Aviation Authority's guidelines.
"We understand how frustrating a flight delay can be and we would like to thank affected passengers for their patience and understanding."
Speaking earlier on Friday, Susan Davidson told BBC Scotland that she and the other passengers had been taken off the aircraft shortly before it had been due to depart Aberdeen on Thursday morning.
"We were really given no information whatsoever and just left waiting in the airport," she said.
"Finally I think it must have been about 14:15 yesterday we were told we would be put up in a hotel and just to await further information from the company."
Mrs Davidson said passengers had been "pretty much kept in the dark" by the airline, with most of the information coming from the hotel she had been staying at.
She added: "The children are exhausted and desperate to get away. It has just been awful."
James Hepburn, who should also have been on the flight from Aberdeen on Thursday morning, described the delay as "horrific" and said he was "very, very angry".


Kickstarter, one of the world's leading crowdfunding websites, has launched in both Hong Kong and Singapore, its first sites in Asia.

The crowdfunding concept allows people to present innovations or business ideas online to ask for funding.
Until now, Kickstarter has operated in North America, Australia and Europe.
As a result, entrepreneurs in Singapore or Hong Kong had to co-operate with overseas partners if they wanted their ideas on the website.
With Kickstarter now launching in Hong Kong and Singapore, people can present their projects from a local base and with their fundraising goals set in Hong Kong or Singapore dollars.
Kickstarter will have to compete with local crowdfunding platforms such as Singapore's MoolahSense and OurCrowd or Hong Kong's FringeBacker.
Crowdfunding sites offer a platform to present a project or business idea and ask for financial support.
In order to win financial pledges, the projects needs to spell out the exact financial goal and by when it aims to reach it.
Kickstarter makes money by taking a cut from the amount the projects receive.
Prominent examples of products started on Kickstarter include the Oculus Rift headset, which received its first funding via Kickstarter in 2012, and the Pebble smartwatch.
However, the site has also witnessed high profile failures such as the Zano mini drone, which raised Â£2.3m ($3m) but then failed to launch a successful product.


Mining is the backbone of the DR Congo's economy and the south-east province of Katanga holds enormous deposits of precious minerals - including copper, cobalt and uranium.

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But as minerals prices plunge, investing in agriculture is now seen as the key to reducing poverty in one of the world's least developed nations.
Kennedy Gondwe reports from Lubumbashi:


A Newport paedophile who preyed on two girls as young as eight has had his jail term almost quadrupled by the Court of Appeal.

Daniel Waters, 36, of St Johns Road, was convicted of three counts of rape, six of indecent assault and one of indecency with a child last year.
He was sentenced to three and a half years at Newport Crown Court in December.
Lord Justice Davis said the original sentence was "far, far too low".
Waters, who had denied the charges and had no previous convictions, had his sentence extended to 12 years at the hearing on Thursday.
The court heard Waters was a teenager when he committed the offences.
James Tucker, defending, said the sentence was "lenient" but urged the court not to increase it.
Lord Justice Davis said Waters' original sentence was "wholly unsustainable" and must be increased "very significantly".


Former Spooks star David Oyelowo has expressed disappointment at the way Bafta has snubbed his new film Selma.

The British actor plays Martin Luther King in the film about the 1965 campaign in Selma, Alabama, for equal voting rights for African-Americans.
The film, out in the UK next week, has been lauded by critics but received no Bafta nominations.
The film received two Oscar nominations - for best picture and best original song.
"When it's the best reviewed film of the year, and it's a film of this significance, and you have British company Pathe producing it, and you have four Brits as the main characters of the film, you expect to be nominated for Baftas," Oyelowo told the BBC.
"When that doesn't happen it sends an odd message."
The Oxford-born actor, who now lives in Los Angeles, said he was proud to be a British actor and it was meaningful to him to have his work well-received in the UK.
"For me, you keep it moving, you go on to the next thing, you have to, but I would not say that it is something you just brush off, and go 'OK, that's just happenstance'. It's disappointing."
Selma has been a long-term project for Oyelowo, who first came across the script when he relocated to LA in 2007. He is best known to British TV viewers for his role as MI5 officer Danny Hunter in Spooks.
His recent film appearances include Interstellar, A Most Violent Year, The Butler, Jack Reacher, The Paperboy and Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Earlier this week Oyelowo attended Selma's European premiere in London. He was joined on the red carpet by co-stars Tom Wilkinson, who plays President Lyndon Johnson; Colman Domingo, who plays civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy; and director Ava DuVernay.
DuVernay, who Oyelowo brought on board to make the film, said at the premiere that it was a "shame" that Bafta voters had not acknowledged his performance.
"He's one of the brightest stars to come out of Britain of any colour. But particularly around this performance, that's so transformative, so important, so immersive. I'd have liked to have seen him get that."
When the Oscar nominations were announced, a week after the Baftas, there was widespread surprise that both Oyelowo and DuVernay missed out in the acting and directing categories.
Oyelowo told the BBC that he would be at the Oscars ceremony in Hollywood, on 22 February, to support the film in its best picture nomination. "We're not underplaying at all that achievement," he said.


Nicki Minaj has failed to capture the first UK solo number one single in her own right as her song Anaconda was beaten into third place in the chart.

The US singer was routed by Meghan Trainor, who galvanised pole position with All About That Bass.
Bang Bang - Minaj's joint effort with Jessie J and Ariana Grande - was ahead of her solo record, remaining steady at number two.
George Ezra retained top spot in the album chart with his debut collection.
The singer-songwriter was ahead of Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and Barbra Streisand in the rundown.
Smith's album The Lonely Hours clocks up its 20th week in the chart this week.
Irish musician Hozier scored the highest new entry at five with his self-titled collection.
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A large number of other new entries peppered the chart, including Canadian star Caribou at eight, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr at nine, with electro-house duo Gorgon City rounding out the top 10.
Another Canadian, Bryan Adams, was just outside at 11 with his 11th studio album.
Elsewhere in the singles chart, Taylor Swift was at four with Shake It Off, which was the most-streamed track of the week.
US R&B star Jeremih went in at number five with Don't Tell 'Em.
A cover of Beach Boys classic God Only Knows - covered by 27 artists including Coldplay's Chris Martin and Sir Elton John - made number 20 after just four days on sale.
A lavish music video was unveiled to launch BBC Music this week, with proceeds of sales going to Children In Need.


Ballymoney motorcyclist Seamus Elliott is seriously ill after crashing at a meeting in county Tipperary on Sunday.

Elliott, 30, sustained head injuries and multiple fractures at the Faugheen 50 event and was airlifted to Cork University Hospital.
The county Antrim man's successes in recent years include a victory at last year's Southern 100 on the Isle of Man.
A serious practice crash at the Tipperary meeting on Saturday left Cork rider Brian Coomey in intensive car.
Laois rider Noel Carroll also sustained injuries in the practice accident and both riders were also airlifted to the Cork hospital.
Elliott, who made his Isle of Man TT debut this year, was scheduled to compete in his home meeting at this weekend's Armoy Road Races.
The county Antrim rider was also entered for next month's Ulster Grand Prix, a meeting in which he achieved two top-10 finishes last year.
The Faugheen crashes are the latest in number of serious incidents during the current Irish road racing season.
English rider Malachi Mitchell Thomas was killed during the North West 200 in May when Dungannon rider Ryan Farquhar was seriously injured in a separate crash at the triangle meeting.


Former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson has been sacked by Chinese second-tier side Shenzhen after just six months in charge.

The club then issued a poem to welcome back former coach Wang Baoshan as manager, before confirmation arrived that Eriksson, 69, was leaving.
The Swede replaced ex-Netherlands midfielder and AC Milan coach Clarence Seedorf as Shenzhen boss in December.
But he has been dismissed after a run of only five wins from 13 league games.
The Guangdong-based side are fourth in League One after a winless eight-game run.
"The negotiations between the two sides were very smooth, leaving only some details to be completed by lawyers," read a statement on the club's website.
A translation of the club's poem, announcing Wang's return, reads:
Eleven years ago, you led Shenzhen football and never let us down.
Nine years ago, you took over responsibilities and saved Shenzhen football.
Memories of fighting together have never gone away, and now we recall the legend.
For Shenzhen, we are reunited, starting a new trip together.
Coach Wang, welcome home.


More needs to be spent fixing a problematic IT system paying subsidies to farmers, says Audit Scotland.

The £178m Business and Change Programme led to delayed and missed payments to hundreds of farmers.
Auditors warn the Scottish government could still be fined up to £60m over the fiasco.
The Rural Affairs Secretary, Fergus Ewing, said improvements had been been made and a new senior management team was now overseeing the system.
The Audit Scotland report said the IT programme still presented "significant risks and costs for the Scottish government."
The system was introduced to bring payments into line with reforms to the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The report acknowledged that the application process for subsidies had improved, but warned that there were still problems making payments.
Perhaps most concerning was the claim that there was "not yet a fully developed or tested plan for recovering the systems in the event of a breakdown."
The report also acknowledged that a loan scheme announced by ministers, got money to farmers more quickly, but said payment delays in 2016 meant some loans took longer to recover than planned.
According to NFU Scotland, there are 1,700 farmers still awaiting payments for the 2015 Less Favoured Areas Scheme, totalling £12m.
Another £6m from the 2016 Hill Sheep schemes has also not been paid.
Andrew McCornick, president of NFU Scotland, said change was needed.
"For three years, we have been highlighting the problems of the IT system," he said.
"Several loan schemes have been won by NFU Scotland and put in place to bypass the IT system and deliver much needed funding to farms and crofts.
"But we know that the loans don't work for everyone.
"While loans ensure the majority get some assistance, the only way to ensure that everyone gets what they expect and need is to fix the IT system.
"This report clearly shows that the system still requires much work and cost to get it up to the standard that we want and expect."
There has been speculation that a drop in support for the SNP in areas like the north east at recent elections was down to the failures over payments.
The Scottish government's former rural affairs secretary, Richard Lochhead, stepped down after months of criticism over the IT system's problems.
His successor, Fergus Ewing, said: "Clearly there is more for us to do and I recognise that we are not there yet, but I welcome that this updated report from Audit Scotland recognises a range of improvements that have been made and reinforces the actions we have taken since last May.
"We will consider the findings carefully in the context of the significant improvement activity already under way.
"However, it is disappointing that overall the key points do not fully reflect all the progress made.
"In particular, some of the conclusions reached bear further scrutiny. For example, the loan schemes we established have been a prudent measure and have offered positive benefits for farmers."
Reforms to the CAP were brought in back in 2014 and are worth about £4.5bn to farmers over six years.
Caroline Gardner, auditor general for Scotland, said: "The challenges of building a complex rural payments system mean the Scottish government is juggling multiple demands on its time and resources. This has had an impact on its progress over the past year.
"It's crucial that knowledge is effectively transferred to staff so the system can be maintained and payments made on time for 2017.
"The Scottish government also urgently needs to fully understand the financial risk it faces, so that it can target funding at ensuring the system is compliant and secure."


The leader of the SNP at Westminster wants a June referendum on Britain's membership of the EU to be ruled out.

Speaking in the Commons, Angus Robertson said out of respect to the devolved nations the vote should not take place before the summer.
It has been mooted that the ballot could be held on 23 June, just weeks after parliamentary elections in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Europe Minister David Lidington said no date had yet been set.
He added that negotiations involving Prime Minister David Cameron and EU politicians had still to be concluded.
The issue was raised in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon following the publication of proposed changes to the UK's relationship with the EU.
Mr Cameron believed that the draft deal delivered the "substantial change" he wanted.
But he added that there was "detail to be worked on" before a crunch summit on 18-19 February.
The deal, published in a letter by European Council President Donald Tusk, would allow for an "emergency brake" on migrant benefits.
The Scottish government, which wants Britain to stay in the EU, said it would now be studying the deal.
Holyrood's Europe Minister Fiona Hyslop said: "We have not been consulted on the detail of these latest proposals so will need time to study them and their implications for Scotland. But if we are to influence positive change in Europe, we must preserve our EU membership."
She added that she was "strongly opposed" to a referendum in June.


The National Trust has bought 900 acres of land surrounding the historic Mount Stewart house and gardens in County Down at a cost of £4m.

The deal, which follows years of negotiations with the estate of the late Lady Mairi Bury, will increase the size of the attraction ten-fold.
It will lead to the opening up of 20 miles of walking trails, as well as the restoration of Georgian buildings.
It comes as a £7.5m project to restore the stately home nears completion.
The trust hopes the renovation, together with the land purchase, will boost annual visitor numbers from 160,000 to 250,000.
The charity has acquired rolling parkland and woodland which make up the historic demesne of the famous house and gardens near the shore of Strangford Lough.
The purchase reunites the house with its demesne, decades after the gardens and house were gifted to the National Trust.
Lady Bury, who died in 2009, was the youngest daughter of the 7th Marquess of Londonderry. The family had owned Mount Stewart since 1740.
Jon Kerr, the trust manager at Mount Stewart, said: "In time, visitors will be able to explore extensive woodland, previously unseen walled gardens, farmland and a range of historic monuments and buildings."
The trust said if it had not bought the land, there was the prospect of development activity.
"At a number of points, we were not sure we were going to be successful," said Mr Kerr.
"We just could not miss the opportunity to secure it for the people of Northern Ireland."


Two men arrested in connection with the murder of a woman who was bludgeoned to death outside her home in Surrey have been released on bail.

The body of 50-year-old antiques specialist Robyn Mercer was found in Walton Road, West Molesey, on Monday.
A post-mortem examination revealed she died from multiple blows to the head.
Surrey Police said two men arrested on suspicion of murder, a 52-year-old on Monday and a man aged 25 on Thursday, had both been bailed until 20 May.
On Thursday, relatives of the mother-of-two said they were "utterly devastated to have lost Robyn" who worked at JH Bourdon-Smith in Mayfair, west London.
Fellow art and antique specialists described her as an "extremely kind-hearted lady".


The Conservatives have retained control of Devon County Council.

The Tories won 38 out of 62 seats - a reduction of three from their previous figure of 41, captured in the last poll in 2009.
The Liberal Democrats also saw a decrease in seats, dropping by four to nine.
Labour has seen an increase of three seats and now holds seven wards; UKIP have won four seats on the authority after fielding candidates in 61 wards.
The Greens took one seat and independents took three.
Council staff said that the countywide average turnout was 32.9%, down from 43.9% in 2009.
Conservative leader John Hart, who held his Bickleigh and Wembury seat, said he was "delighted" with a "good working majority".
He said: "It shows that our local policies and our manifesto - where we said we would look after the people of Devon - has been listened to by a lot of people."
However, UKIP said national interest in the party showed that people were taking it seriously.
Devon UKIP chairman Steve Crowther said: "I think the people have spoken.
"What I'm finding is the more people call us clowns and fruitcakes, the more people are inclined to give us their vote."
Nearly 600,000 residents were eligible to vote for a total of 313 candidates.


A nursery assistant is to face a disciplinary tribunal, accused of threatening to drown a six-year-old girl's family cat.

Kelly Cameron is also said to have threatened to take a fish belonging to the girl out of its tank and "dangle it by its tail".
Ms Cameron was working at an Aberdeen after-school club at the time of the alleged incidents in August 2013.
She will face a hearing in Dundee later in April.
The charges against her allege that she also called the girl "mink", "skank", and "sexy", called another child, aged nine, "ugly", and told a group of children to "shut up".
It is alleged that by these remarks, Ms Cameron "failed to communicate in an appropriate manner" with the children and placed them at risk of harm.
The nursery assistant, who could be struck off if the charges are found proven, is further accused of failing to inform a later employer, Bright Horizons Family Solutions Ltd, that she was under investigation by the Scottish Social Services Council.
The charge sheet states that the charge against Ms Cameron is current at the date of its publication, but may be amended during the hearing.


An off-duty policeman who tried to catch a supermarket shoplifter had his own shopping stolen while giving chase.

PC Graham Thomas was leaving Asda in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, with his shopping when he saw security guards confronting a man.
When the man ran off, the officer joined the chase, but returned to discover his own bag had been taken.
"It was annoying, but people will find it amusing and ironic that this has happened to a copper, " he said.
PC Thomas said he saw the thief being confronted by Asda security on Wednesday afternoon.
He left his bag of vegetables and hamster treats, along with a case of beer, at the store's customer service desk before joining the chase.
The thief got away and when the policeman got back he was told staff had placed his bag in a chiller cabinet, but it was no longer there.
When the store's CCTV footage was reviewed later, it turned out a woman had taken it.
"When I got back I was told they'd placed my bag in the chiller, presumably because they didn't know how long I would be gone - although there was nothing that particularly needed keeping cool in it," said PC Thomas, who is based at Chelmsford Police Station.
The beer had not been taken and the shop reimbursed him for the rest of his Â£18 shop, which he had already paid for.
An Asda spokeswoman said: "We take incidents like this very seriously and we would like to thank Essex Police for their assistance with this matter."
Neither thief has been caught.


Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has defended the repeated arrest of his main rival Kizza Besigye during fiercely contested elections, saying he wanted to cause violence.

22 February 2016 Last updated at 12:51 GMT
Mr Besigye has been arrested four times in just over a week, in a move condemned by the US and election observers.
Mr Museveni beat Mr Besigye by a wide margin in Thursday's election to extend his 30-year rule.
Mr Museveni spoke to the BBC's Zuhura Yunus about the crackdown on Mr Besigye.


A former Shropshire cinema could be turned back into an arts venue under plans by a local community group.

The Clifton cinema in Wellington closed in 1989 and was used as a furniture store until Dunelm Mill moved out last year.
Campaigners said they hoped to raise Â£10m to buy the site and convert it into a cinema, theatre, dance studio and exhibition space.
They said the site could also be used to host artists' studios.
Chairman of the Clifton project Bill Graham said the site was expected to cost Â£1m to buy.
He said the scale of the refurbishment would depend on what funds could be raised through grants or by selling shares through a community benefit society.
"The first thing to do is to preserve the building and the site from other development," he said.
"We have to raise the money to acquire the buildings and once we get that we can look at the detailed design work."
He said the Â£10m was a "top-end" estimate to complete the full project, although a more modest refurbishment would cost considerably less.
If the group's full ambitions are realised it could see a cafe bar built at the front of the building, along with a gallery, dance studios and community rooms.
Mr Graham said there were also plans to build a 100-seat cinema, modelled on Shrewsbury's Old Market Hall, and a 400-seat theatre.
He said the arts in Telford were "significantly under-provided for".
"We have The Place at Oakengates. Creating another centre here will bring a lot more cultural activities together," he said.
"A lot of the activities that are at TCAT [college] are there by default, because there is nowhere else."


Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh has told how she went to "very dark places" in her mind while filming her latest storyline.

The actress, who lost a son in 2009 after 21 weeks, plays Michelle Connor, who will lose her baby at 23 weeks.
Marsh said she thought "long and hard" about taking on the storyline.
But she said she felt it was "an important story to tell to raise awareness of something which affects thousands of women every year".
She added: "It is obviously a cause very close to my heart, having lost my beautiful Archie at 21 weeks and five days."
The storyline will explore how the death affects both the parents and their extended families.
Marsh said she was "proud" of the scenes they have filmed but admitted she found them difficult.
"I have had to go to some very dark places in my mind whilst filming these heartbreaking scenes but my family, friends and colleagues have been incredible.
"Losing a child is something that never leaves you so to revisit those feelings as Michelle has been challenging."
She said Coronation Street ensured she had a counsellor on set "at all times to go to after filming".
She added: "For me the best tonic after a hugely emotional day was to go home to my kids and be reminded of how lucky I am to have them."
Coronation Street producer Kate Oates said she hoped the programme would "encourage discussion, understanding and compassion for those viewers affected by the loss of a baby".
The stillbirth charity Sands has worked with the ITV soap on the storyline.
Erica Stewart, the charity's bereavement specialist, said she hoped that "with a TV drama as popular as Coronation Street covering this heartbreaking experience, it will help to lift the taboo, and raise awareness of all the issues that surround the death of a baby."
The episode will air in the week beginning 9 January.
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The girlfriend of a paedophile rapist used her mobile phone to record one of his victims giving evidence in court.

Patrice Brown denied making the 12-minute clip of the police interview with one of Dwayne Kesto's victims at Wolverhampton Crown Court.
Kesto was jailed for 16 years in July for raping two girls, police said.
Brown, who said her phone recorded it automatically as it was malfunctioning after being dropped in a toilet, was convicted of contempt of court.
The court heard Brown had been in the public gallery during her boyfriend's trial but suspicions were raised on the second day about her making an illicit recording.
She was arrested two days later on 14 July.
When police checked her phone they found the video clip and audio clips discussing the trial which had been sent to Kesto's mother via WhatsApp.
The 28-year-old student, of Parkfield Avenue in Wolverhampton, denied she was "particularly interested" in the evidence of one of the complainants.
She said: "I was not there to contempt the court, I was just there to get the truth."
Tom Kenning, defending, said evidence indicated there was a "real possibility" the phone malfunctioned, or Brown "inadvertently" activated the recording.
But Judge James Burbidge said there were "too many coincidences" to suggest the phone started recording at the same moment key evidence was being played.
Brown will be sentenced in January.


More than £6.5m is to be spent on 44 new ambulances for the Welsh Ambulance Service.

Health Minister Mark Drakeford said the investment would allow the service to buy 35 standard ambulances and six non-emergency patient transport vehicles to replace older models.
He said it would help cut running costs and reduce the number of vehicles needing repairs and maintenance.
The service has more than 700 vehicles covering Wales.
Mr Drakeford said: "The demands on our ambulance service grow every year and we are determined to invest in the service to deliver the best service to patients."
Last month the service again fell short of its response time target for life-threatening calls, with 61.7% of so-called Category A calls arriving within eight minutes.


Australia boss Michael Cheika has ruled himself out of the vacant England head coach position.

England failed to progress beyond the group stages of the World Cup on home soil and coach Stuart Lancaster left the post by mutual consent last week.
Cheika led the Wallabies to the World Cup final at Twickenham where they lost 34-17 to New Zealand on 31 October.
"I'm an Australian coaching Australia. It's the dream. There is nothing that would change my mind," Cheika said.
Speaking to BBC Radio 5 live, he added: "No-one has contacted me, and they know they can't contact me because I'm committed to Australia."
Cheika was only appointed Australia coach in October 2014 and in a year turned a side then in disarray into World Cup finalists.
The 48-year-old coached Leinster to the Heineken Cup title in 2009 and has also been in charge of French club Stade Francais and Australian state side NSW Waratahs.
Despite the Rugby Football Union being linked with approaches for a big-name, foreign Test coach, Cheika believes there is coaching talent in England good enough for the role.
"I just think there are good coaches coaching in the Premiership," he said.
"Exeter's Rob Baxter and the guys at Northampton [Jim Mallinder, Dorian West and Alex King], [Newcastle's] Dean Richards... there are heaps of guys coaching the same England players on a day-to-day basis in the Premiership, who given the right support could do a really good job.
"There are a lot of guys who have good quality here. They just need to be given the chance."


More than 200 of the oldest photographs taken in Scotland are to go on display at the National Galleries of Scotland.
The influential partnership of David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson lasted for less than five years before the premature death of Adamson, aged just 26.
But it produced thousands of images which are admired by photographers to this day.
Within four years of the invention of photography being announced to the world in 1839, Hill and Adamson had mastered the new medium and were producing innovative work from their studio in Edinburgh.
A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill & Adamson is one of the biggest exhibitions of their work to be staged in recent years.
The pioneering partnership came about due to an unlikely event, the 'Disruption' of the Church of Scotland Assembly.
This was where 450 ministers - upset over the issue of the church's relationship with the state - left to form the Free Church of Scotland.
Hill decided he would record the event with a painting. He was put in touch Adamson, who could take photographs of the clergymen.
This would be a quick way for Hill to record a likeness of the men at this momentous meeting so he could transform them into a large painting.
Over the next four years, they took about 3,000 pictures including images of the clergymen.
The duo's ambitions saw them quickly extend their repertoire to include portraits of Edinburgh society figures, scenes from the capital and documentary images of fisherfolk in nearby Newhaven.
Their images of the working class community in the Newhaven area of Edinburgh are thought to be the first photographic studies of ordinary working people.
Their partnership came to an early end when Adamson died in 1848.
A Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson is being shown at the National Galleries of Scotland from 27 May to 1 October.


A former Manx Grand Prix winner has been killed during qualifying for this year's event in the Isle of Man, organisers have confirmed.

Stephen McIlvenna, 40, from Randalstown in County Antrim, crashed on the Mountain Mile section of the TT course on Tuesday.
Race organisers said he was an experienced competitor who had been racing in the event for nine years.
McIlvenna won the 2009 Junior MGP and went on to compete in the TT.
A Manx Motor Cycle Club spokesman said it passed on its "deepest sympathy to Stephen's family and friends".
The coroner has been informed and an investigation into the circumstances of the accident is under way.
Clerk of the course Phil Taubman told the BBC he was "one of a large number of fantastic Irish supporters of Manx road racing".
He said: "The Manx and the Irish have a great affinity for road racing and Stephen was one of those guys who was always there.
"He was a terrific and well experienced rider."
Northern Ireland's Sports Minister CarÃ¡l NÃ ChuilÃn expressed her shock and sadness at Mr McIlvenna's death.
"Stephen was an experienced rider who clearly loved the sport of motorbike racing," she said.
"He was a regular competitor on the Isle of Man and his death is a tragedy."


Britain's Nile Wilson has become the first in junior European Artistic Gymnastic history to win five gold medals at the same competition.

Wilson, 18, won the pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar events on Sunday - adding to all-around and team successes earlier in the week.
Giarnni Regini-Moran, Brinn Bevan and Jay Thompson also secured medals as GB surpassed their previous haul of seven, with 11 at the European Championships.
"It's amazing," Wilson told BBC Sport.
"For me personally I don't think it could have gone any better and as a team we have shown just how strong this country is."
Regini-Moran, 16, claimed gold on the floor and vault silver despite competing with a heavily strapped ankle - having required hospital treatment on Saturday.
"I fell running for the team bus and was really worried I'd broken something," the teenager admitted.
"It did hurt today but I have a saying that 'pain is temporary and pride is forever' so I wasn't going to drop out."
Bevan was second on both the rings and parallel bars while Thompson won floor silver and their success follows a record-breaking haul of six medals for GB's junior girls at their Europeans last week.
For Leeds teenager Wilson, the competition in Sofia, Bulgaria, represented his final junior event and he will now switch to senior competition and hopes to represent England at the Commonwealth Games later this summer.
"I'm going to train hard to try and make that team because some of the British squad are Scottish so there could be an opening," he said.


A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Syrian-born preacher who was found shot dead in his car in north-west London.

Abdul Hadi Arwani, 48, was found dead on 7 April in Wembley. He was believed to be a critic of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad.
A 36-year-old man was arrested on Friday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder and has since been bailed.
Two people arrested remain in custody and a man has been charged with murder.
Leslie Cooper, 36, appeared in court charged with Mr Arwani's murder.
At Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court Mr Cooper, of Nightingale Road, Brent, was remanded in custody.
Last week, officers said they were searching a number of addresses including the mosque at the An Noor Cultural and Community Centre in Acton, west London, where Mr Arwani had been an imam.
Mr Arwani, who was a British national, was found with bullet injuries to his chest in a parked car at the junction of Greenhill and The Paddocks.
The father of six had been an imam at the An Noor mosque from 2005 to 2011, and is believed to have attended protests against the Assad regime outside the Syrian embassy in London in 2012.
In 1982, he claimed he was forced to flee Syria after being sentenced to death for photographing damage in his home city of Hama following government suppression of a rebellion.
A 61-year-old man held in connection with the murder has also been arrested over terrorism acts.
A 53-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of terror acts in connection with the death.


Up to 200 jobs are at risk after a food company announced plans to shut a dairy in Essex.

Arla Foods plans to close its milk processing plant at Hatfield Peverel at the end of July, with much of the work moving to its Aylesbury site.
The company said a staff consultation was under way, and that some employees could be relocated.
Dan Kolding, from Arla Foods, said: "We are committed to supporting affected colleagues at this difficult time."
The company said the decision to recommend the closure of the Hatfield Peverel facility followed "an extensive review".
It said a recent Â£150m investment in its Aylesbury plant made it the "world's largest dairy operation".


The world's tallest dog has died at the age of seven at his home in Tucson, Arizona.

Giant George weighed more than 17.5 stone (111kg) and was able to reach a height of 7ft 3in (2.2m) standing on his hind legs.
The news of the Great Dane's death was announced on George's official Facebook page.
Owner David Nasser said: "It is with a heavy heart that we announce Giant George died last night."
The message, posted on 18 October, went on to read: "George passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones; one month before his eighth birthday."
Giant George started life as the runt of a litter of 13 puppies, but went on to grow to 43in (109cm) from paw to shoulder.
In 2010, he was named by Guinness World Records as both the world's tallest living dog and tallest dog ever.
He made it into the record books by beating his nearest rival, Titan, a Great Dane from California, by three-quarters of an inch.
The titles landed him spots on the Oprah Winfrey Show and ABC's Good Morning America.
He also had his own website, Facebook page and Twitter handle.
On a plane trip in 2010 for a media appearance in Chicago, George was given a row of three seats to himself.
He ate around 110lb (50kg) of food each month.
George was so big he had to have his own queen-sized double bed inside the house, where he slept until he passed away last week.
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Portsmouth defender Ben Davies is looking forward to "a straight shoot-out" in the League Two play-offs against Plymouth Argyle.

Pompey will meet Argyle in the semi-final first leg at Fratton Park on Thursday after they finished sixth.
"When you look at the bigger picture, you have to play your opponents home and away whatever happens, so it doesn't really matter," Davies said.
"What happened earlier in the season between us goes out of the window."
A 2-1 home defeat by champions Northampton on Saturday meant Pompey finished below Argyle, but 34-year-old Davies believes two massive games are ahead of them.
"It's about a straight shoot-out now," he told BBC Radio Solent.
"We can take confidence into the play-offs with some of the performances we've had this season.
"Play-offs are tense games and we'll be well-organised. We firmly believe in ourselves.
"We've got players and a gaffer with experience of these games and situations. You have to be on it from the first minute to the last in both legs."


The Conservative employment minister Esther McVey has narrowly lost her Merseyside seat to Labour.

Margaret Greenwood won in Wirral West after securing 18,898 votes - just 417 more than Ms McVey.
Wirral West was one of the key marginal seats in the North West, with Ms McVey the Tories' sole Westminster representative from Merseyside.
"I was the only Conservative MP on Merseyside and it shows we have a lot more to do," she said.
"You have your highs and lows in politics, but I'm going to pick myself up, dust myself down, and I'm going back out there to become an MP because I believe in the Conservative party and all it stands for - you ain't seen the last of me yet."
Former NHS campaigner Ms Greenwood said: "It's just a fantastic result. We've worked phenomenally hard."
She added: "We are all thrilled. It's been about talking to people on their doorsteps. We've had about 13,000 conversations with people during this campaign."
Nigel Evans, Conservative MP for Ribble Valley, called for the Prime Minister to appoint Ms McVey into the House of Lords.
He said: "She is top quality and we can't afford to lose that sort of talent, I think she would make a great contribution from the other place."
Ms McVey was born in Liverpool and rose to become a cabinet minister after a career as a TV presenter.
Elsewhere, Labour held Bootle, with Sefton council leader Peter Down becoming MP and winning a massive majority with 33,619 of the votes.
UKIP deputy leader Paul Nuttall came in second, but was way behind with 4,915 votes.
Across Merseyside, Labour hung on to seats in Birkenhead, Garston & Halewood, Knowsley, Liverpool Riverside, Liverpool Walton, Liverpool Wavertree, Liverpool West Derby, St Helens North, St Helens South & Whiston, Sefton Central, Wallasey and Wirral South.
While the Tories were wiped out on Merseyside, the Liberal Democrats retained the sole seat of Southport.
To find out your election result, go to BBC Election 2015.


Flooding continues to disrupt many parts of the north of England.

Torrential downpours caused rivers to burst their banks in Yorkshire, Lancashire and Greater Manchester, leaving homes and businesses wrecked and infrastructure damaged.


Irish paceman Max Sorensen has retired from international cricket after taking 95 wickets in 68 appearances.

The 31-year-old, whose best bowling display of 5-37 came against Scotland in 2013, has not played for Ireland this year.
"At this stage of my career, I feel I need to move on with my life," he said.
"I realise the likelihood of me getting back into the set-up is unlikely, with my various injuries and fluctuating performances in the past year or so."
Sorensen took his 95 wickets at just 20.16 - putting him 14th on the all-time averages list of bowlers who have taken more than 50 wickets.
"I'd like to thank Ireland for the wonderful opportunity of playing cricket for my adopted country," said South African-born Sorensen.
"It's time for me to move forward and hang up the international boots."
He will continue playing for Leinster Lighting and The Hills, although primarily as a batsman as he has not bowled in recent months because of a shoulder injury.
Ireland head coach John Bracewell said: "Max was a tireless worker, never giving anything less than 100% effort - he always exhibited professionalism and passion, as well as obvious skill."


Ronnie O'Sullivan says his combination of winning and entertaining the crowd means he should be considered one of snooker's greats.

"That is what makes me unique and separates me from the others," O'Sullivan, 40, told BBC Sport.
"Watching sport, I am a winner's man but I like to be entertained too. You have hit the jackpot if you have both."
Five-time champion O'Sullivan is the favourite to win the 2016 World Championship, which starts on Saturday.
'The Rocket' comes up against qualifier Dave Gilbert in the first round of the tournament at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre on Sunday at 14:30 BST.
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This season, he won the Welsh Open in Cardiff to move second on the all-time list of most ranking titles with 28 alongside John Higgins and Steve Davis, eight behind Stephen Hendry's 36. Scot Hendry's record also included seven world titles.
Reigning world champion Stuart Bingham recently told BBC Sport O'Sullivan must match Hendry's World Championship title haul to be considered snooker's greatest player.
"I am not saying I am the greatest - that would be too big-headed to have as an opinion of myself. I will leave that for other people to decide," added world number six O'Sullivan.
"If I was to stake my case for reasons why I should be considered as one of the greats, I would like to think I entertain the fans like Jimmy White and Alex Higgins did, being the fans' favourite.
"I have also done what Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis did, which is dominate and claim world titles and be a winner.
"I can possibly reach 36 ranking events - that's winning two a year if I play for the next five years. I could do that, which is more realistic than winning seven world titles."
The top 16 ranked players were all present in Sheffield on the eve of the event, and BBC Sport asked each player to sum up their chances of winning the title in three words or fewer (seeding in brackets):
Stuart Bingham (1): Enjoy myself. Mark Selby (2): Play with confidence. Shaun Murphy (3): Level playing field. Neil Robertson (4): Give my all.
Judd Trump (5): I'm gonna win. Ronnie O'Sullivan (6): Average. Mark Allen (7): It's my time. John Higgins (8): Good outside bet.
Ricky Walden (9): Every chance. Joe Perry (10): Gonna be tough. Barry Hawkins (11): Not very good. Martin Gould (12): Same as everyone.
Mark Williams (13): Half a chance. Marco Fu (14): Better than before. Michael White (15): Possible world champion. Stephen Maguire (16): Don't play safe.
Defending champion Bingham goes into the tournament knowing he needs to overturn the record books.
Bingham was a shock winner last May but no first-time winner has gone on to defend their title the following year, a phenomenon known as the 'Crucible Curse'.
He faces two-time finalist Ali Carter in the first round on Saturday (10:00 BST).
"I wish I was playing someone else," said Bingham, who has failed to win a title this season. "I have not beaten him the last six times we have played and it is going to be tough. There is a different pressure on me this year and I want to go out and enjoy myself."
World number five Judd Trump, 26, won the last tournament, the China Open, but no player has gone on to claim the season-ending World Championship in the same year.
"My form and my game is there," Trump, who faces Liang Wenbo in the first round, told BBC Sport. "This is the only tournament I get excited for.
"Not winning both events in the same year will change this time. It is an advantage to win the previous event, it gives me a confidence boost which will help."
BBC Sport pundit and 1991 world champion John Parrott: "This is the hardest championship I have ever seen. The draw is an absolute minefield. It is so difficult to choose just one player because wherever you look, there will be tough matches. Judd Trump and Neil Robertson will take some beating this year but they could meet as early as the quarter-final stage."


Pitch Perfect 2 is the follow-up to a surprise hit about a university a capella group - but can it live up to the beloved original?

Anna Kendrick is exhausted.
The star of Pitch Perfect 2 is on the promotional trail for the third time this year, making a flying visit to London before going back to work on one of the seven films she has lined up for the next 18 months.
"I can't tell if I'm really jetlagged," she laughs, "but I woke up at three in the morning and, just five minutes ago, I told someone 'goodnight' instead of 'goodbye', so we'll see how this goes."
Despite this, she's as irreverent and zesty in person as she is on Twitter - devilishly suggesting we use our interview slot to catch some shut eye.
"Five minutes of us sleeping would make compelling TV," she argues.
Her disregard for the conventions of press junkets is part of the 29-year-old's appeal. She brings a down-to-earth, acerbic edge to all of her films and public appearances, while managing to be warm and likeable.
To adapt a well-worn cliche, girls want to be her, and guys want to be her, too. She's that cool.
Kendrick first came to attention in her Oscar-nominated role as a no-nonsense management consultant in George Clooney's Up In The Air, but it's in musicals that she's made her name.
She got her professional start on Broadway, and was nominated for a Tony Award for playing Dinah in High Society when she was just 12.
The original Pitch Perfect - a comedy musical about the quirky world of competitive a capella - was her first lead role and a surprise sleeper hit.
Produced for a meagre $17 million, it made $113 million at the box office and another $103 million in home video sales.  It even gave Kendrick a top 10 single in the US.
The success made a second movie all-but inevitable. But comedy sequels are notoriously difficult. And musical sequels are even worse.
"Wait, have there been many musical sequels?" asks Kendrick, astonished. "I never even thought of this!"
A quick brainstorm brings up Love Never Dies, the ill-fated follow-up to Phantom of the Opera, as well as film flops Blues Brothers 2000 and Grease 2.
"But Grease 2 is kind of fabulous in its own way," Kendrick argues, breaking into Michelle Pfeiffer's Cool Rider... A song which brings to mind the full horror of the film.
"No, it's a terrible movie," she corrects herself. "I agree with that."
Historically speaking, then, the prospects for Pitch Perfect 2 were suitably dim.
"People keep saying that," laughs director Elizabeth Banks. "It's almost as if they're rooting for us to fail."
Kendrick is more sanguine. "To me, it felt like the pressure was off because I knew people wanted to see Pitch Perfect 2," she says.
"When you do almost every other film, you have no idea if anybody's going to be interested in sitting down and watching your stupid movie."
Pitch Perfect was based on the true story of an all-female a capella troupe who fought their way to the national finals of a college singing competition.
It was adapted from a non-fiction book by Mickey Rapkin, but it was the catty, shrewdly-observed characters - invented by 30 Rock writer Kay Cannon - that gave the movie its real heart.
Kendrick played Beca, a spunky freshman dragged reluctantly into the Barden Bellas; but the stand-out was Rebel Wilson's Fat Amy (self-professed so "twig bitches like you don't do it behind my back"), who shamelessly stole scenes from the rest of the cast.
"I've got a trophy cabinet now, thanks to Pitch Perfect!" says the Australian actress.
"The MTV Movie Awards are pretty cool, 'cause they look like popcorn. And sometimes in the middle of the night, you're like 'that's not real popcorn, that's gold!'"
The sequel broadens the scope - as the Barden Bellas square off against German aca-champions Das Sound Machine (an arrogant bunch of "Deutschbags") in an international singing contest.
But not before Fat Amy destroys the girls' reputation with a mid-air wardrobe malfunction.
"Yeah - there's a 'muffgate', when I expose myself to the President of America," Wilson deadpans.
"I did have to train very hard to do that 40-second stunt," she says of her acrobatic exposure.
"I only did three takes of the actual routine at 27 feet because it's very dangerous to hang upside down for a long period of time.
"But luckily I smashed it and got to go home early. And then we did a couple of cut-away takes of me hanging upside down by the butt."
The sequence, filmed at the Lincoln Center, is indicative of the increased ambition (and budget) of the sequel, all of which presented a challenge for first-time director Elizabeth Banks - who also plays commentator Gail Abernathy-McKadden.
"I think I was very naive," she laughs. "I was very confident going in. But it is, of course, a challenge, to give people more of what they loved about the first film but also expand the world.
"What helped is that we had a sweet, small, university-set story the first time around and we had a great opportunity to blow it up this time.
"The musical numbers were all bigger and crazier and more comedic. We just leaned into what people already liked."
Despite the pressure, Banks, an accomplished comedic actress, allowed her cast to improvise extensively on set.
The jokes occasionally got out of hand (expect an 18-rated gag reel), but the best lines undoubtedly go to John Michael Higgins, who plays a staggeringly sexist commentator, calling the Bellas "an inspiration to girls all over the country who are too ugly to be cheerleaders".
"He's one of the great improv artists of all time, and he's not afraid of anything," says Banks. "I think comedy has to be very fearless or it just gets bland."
Kendrick adds: "There'd be times when we would be doing improv and I'd think 'this is never going in the movie,' but it is!
"I think we definitely pushed it a little further in this one, and somehow managed to sneak it in."
And if the film matches the success of the first one, is a three-quel on the cards?
Banks, who spent so much time editing Pitch Perfect 2 that "all I see now are the mistakes", says she won't make a decision in haste.
"If people embrace it in the way we hope that they do, we will absolutely talk seriously about what the next part of this journey could be," she says.
But she has reservations about where the story of the Bellas could go.
"I think we have to do a big right turn and do something completely different, otherwise we'll be facing off against aliens," she laughs.
"We'll be the Avengers of a capella."
Pitch Perfect 2 reaches cinemas on 15 May, 2015.


The US ambassador to Bogota says the US will leave it up to Colombia to decide how to deal with demobilised Farc rebels who have committed crimes.

Ambassador Kevin Whitaker said the US would not press for the extradition of left-wing Farc guerrillas.
A number of Farc rebels have in the past been extradited to the US to serve long sentences for drug trafficking.
The Farc and the Colombian government are engaged in peace talks and recently reached a deal on transitional justice.
Speaking to Colombia's Caracol Radio, Ambassador Whitaker said the agreement the Colombian government and rebel negotiators had reached on 23 September was "historic".
Under the deal, rebels who have committed political crimes as part of the conflict will be granted an amnesty.
Only those who refuse to own up to crimes committed will be sent to ordinary prisons while the others will undergo "alternative forms" of punishment.
Farc negotiators have in the past said they would not accept any agreement which could see their members deported to the United States,
They have also been pushing for the release of the senior Farc rebel known as Simon Trinidad from US custody.
Trinidad, a senior Farc rebel, was deported from Colombia to the US, where he was sentenced to 60 years in prison for plotting to hold three Americans hostage.
Ambassador Whitaker said on Tuesday that US justice authorities would always seek those suspected of crimes.
"But if the [Colombian] government decides it is not convenient to extradite them [to the US], we'll respect that."
"If you want to see that as the US's contribution to the peace process, you're welcome to do so," he added.
According to Mr Whitaker, some 2,000 Colombians have been extradited to the US since 2002, when an extradition agreement came into force.
The possible extradition of demobilised Farc rebels to the US was seen by analysts as a potential stumbling block on the road to peace.
"We're friends and allies and if we can help in this way, we will," Ambassador Whitaker said.
The agreement on transitional justice between the Farc and the Colombian government is seen as a major breakthrough in the peace negotiations which started in November 2012.
The negotiations are currently continuing in the Cuban capital, Havana.
On Tuesday, Farc leader Timochenko tweeted that he hoped that by the end of the week there would be "an agreement on the disappeared which will fulfil the expectations of all the victims of the conflict".
An estimated 220,000 people have been killed in Colombia since the conflict began in 1964.
Many bodies have never been located and it has been a key demand by victims' groups that the Farc reveal the location of mass graves.
Special courts and a peace tribunal will be set up to deal with alleged crimes related to the conflict and will try all participants in the conflict, including members of the security forces.
Yes and no. Combatants will be covered by an amnesty, but war crimes and crimes against humanity will not fall under it.
That depends. Those who confess to the most serious crimes will see their "freedom restricted" and be confined, but not in ordinary jails. It is not yet clear where they would serve their sentence instead. Those who confess past a certain deadline or refuse to admit their crimes altogether will go to prison for up to 20 years.
Even those who will not be sent to prison will have to carry out work aimed at repairing some of the damage caused in more than 50 years of conflict, such as helping to clear landmines and plant alternative crops where coca was grown.


A missing man feared to have been swept away in the swollen River Dee in Aberdeen has been found safe and well.

Divers had searched the flooded river after two bags containing the belongings of Terence Kilbride, 48, were washed up.
Police Scotland said: "The public are thanked for their assistance in tracing him.
"We received an overwhelming response from the public, which was greatly appreciated."
Mr Kilbride, who is originally from Warrington in Cheshire, was traced in Aberdeen.


Warren Gatland revealed himself and his Wales squad as sensitive souls after the emphatic 67-14 win over Italy in Cardiff.

The record-breaking result saw Wales claim second place in the 2016 Six Nations Championship behind England - the first time they have taken the runners-up spot since 1980.
But it's a tournament when the Welsh have come in for criticism at home for the style of their play. Even a fourth consecutive win over France could not stop the media sniping.
Gatland was out of the blocks like a rush defence when asked if the development would continue on the summer tour of his homeland.
"It depends on how much you criticise us," the New Zealander replied.
"It kind of has an impact on us in spite of what you might think.
"We've been criticised for playing same way rugby, playing the touch lines. I think if you are observant, we haven't been playing that way as much.
"We've played other players in wider channels and some different patterns and yet we still get criticised as same old same old."
Gatland's response was perhaps understandable at the end of a week when he had to apologise for describing Joe Marler's "Gypsy boy" comment as banter and found himself involved in a controversy over promotion and relegation from the Six Nations.
It's also a reasonable response given the level of success Wales have enjoyed under him since 2008.
His team has walked the walk the Kiwi has talked. They have three Six Nations titles and a World Cup semi-final to show for it.
Gatland says Wales are changing their game, but asked for patience.
"We've mixed it up with forwards in some of the wider channels and it hasn't always quite clicked," he said.
"But there are times when it has like the last part of that second half against England and today and parts of other games. It looks like a game we can develop."
Wales' tournament swung on a point dropped in Ireland and a defeat by England, which has had a profound impact.
Ireland deserved credit for their performance in the 16-16 draw in Dublin, but the first half against England which saw them trailing 16-0 before hitting back late to lose 25-21 was the real cause of Welsh disappointment.
The silver lining in that very black Twickenham cloud was the nine-try route of Italy, said Gatland.
"That was not good enough. But the players responded after half-time last week and they certainly responded today," he said.
Looking ahead, Wales face England next at Twickenham on 29 May, before three Test matches against a New Zealand rebuilding after losing key players after winning the World Cup.
Wales have not beaten New Zealand since 1953, and face a daunting challenge in June.
Even in the absence of Carter, McCaw, Nonu and Smith, the All Blacks will be formidable opposition.
"With any team you have to believe in your own ability and we're wasting our time getting on the plane if we don't think we can go there and push New Zealand hard," said Gatland.
"We've got to believe in ourselves and this group of players and the squad.
"We have to go down there and believe that if we're on our game and things go our way we're good enough to win.
"There's a lot of pressure on those new players coming in to the [New Zealand] squad and for both sets of teams there's 12 months later and a Lions tour to look forward to as well."
New Zealand rugby is not big on sentiment or sensitivity.
And Gatland is a product of the tough Waikato school of the game - a hard-headed coach whose teams play hard rugby with considerable success.
He wants the Welsh public to get behind him and his team.
"You have no idea what it means to these players when people believe in them and get behind them - it has a massive influence," said Gatland.
There'll be no argument with that on the streets of Cardiff.
They just really love it when their team plays with style - the way they did in the final 10 minutes at Twickenham and in the second half against Italy.


Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will appear together in the night sky on Wednesday morning for the first time since 2005.

It's been more than a decade since the five planets have aligned.
They will line up diagonally from the Moon to the horizon, and should all be visible from Britain.
The best time to see the amazing alignment will be at 6.45 in the morning, just before the sun comes up.
The best views will be from flat open spaces, which don't have tall buildings blocking the sky or city lights
But don't worry if you miss the moment - they will stay in their line for about a month.


Somerset's progress was stalled as poor weather meant only 13 overs were bowled on day two against Hampshire.

The visitors, who resumed on 18-0 having dominated the opening day, lost Marcus Trescothick for 13 when he chopped on from Gareth Berg (1-14).
But debutant Eddie Byrom and Adam Hose prevented any further loss before the rain arrived at Southampton.
Somerset, who are winless this season, now have two days to try to convert their strong position into a victory.
Hampshire first-team coach Craig White told BBC Solent:
"We knew there was going to be a little bit of rain around. A frustrating day but we bowled better this morning.
"I can only go with what the boys say but it doesn't sound like a cricket ball when it hits the bat.
"It sounds more like an indoor ball. It is hard to time and soft on the bat when you hit it. And I find it hard to follow along the ground."
Somerset opener Eddie Byrom told BBC Radio Bristol:
"Since I was small it has been a massive dream of mine to play first-class cricket so it was amazing to make that dream come true. I moved over to England three years ago to finish my schooling at King's College in Taunton and my cricket flourished from there.
"Steve Snell, the second-team coach, has been great for me and being able to learn off the likes of Marcus Trescothick is amazing.
"It was young and old last night. There was about 20 years' difference between us. He is such a calming influence so when I was walking out with him, that was exactly what I needed on my debut."


Rhodri Morgan stabilised Welsh devolution after its rocky first year, and spent nine years as first minister in his own idiosyncratic style.

At a time when soundbites were the norm, he spoke like no other politician - his response to being asked whether he wanted to lead the yet-to-be-created assembly was "do one-legged ducks swim in a circle"?
In office he pursued a strategy of differentiating his administration from Tony Blair's New Labour government, using the new devolved powers to opt-out from Blairite reforms to health and education.
It was called "clear red water", but in true Morgan style he never uttered the phrase, leaving it out of a key speech in order, he later suggested, to save time.
Born in Cardiff just after the outbreak of war in September 1939, Hywel Rhodri Morgan was educated at Whitchurch Grammar School, Oxford and Harvard University. He worked for South Glamorgan Council before becoming head of the European Community's office in Wales in 1980.
In 1987 he was elected as the MP for Cardiff West, serving in various front-bench roles until Labour won the 1997 election, when he took on the chairmanship of the Public Administration Select Committee.
He yearned to take the helm in the new assembly created by the 1997 referendum, but lost two leadership elections, one to Ron Davies, and a second, in bitterly contested circumstances, to Alun Michael.
But within nine months of the first devolved elections in May 1999, Mr Michael was out, unable to free himself from the thickets of a row over EU funding.  Mr Morgan took over in February 2000.
By the autumn he had formed a coalition with the Liberal Democrats, showing a pragmatism that lay behind the rhetorical flourishes - it was to the fore again in 2007 when he formed another coalition with Plaid Cymru, despite the horror of some in Labour at the thought of any dealings with nationalists.
Those talks - prompted by Labour losses in the 2007 Assembly elections - proved stressful; in July he was admitted to hospital where he underwent heart surgery.
He recovered, changing his diet and telling friends he felt a decade younger.
He had already announced his retirement date of 2009, and in December 2009 he handed over the reins to Carwyn Jones.
In 2008 he told BBC Radio Wales of his wish to spend his final day on earth swimming with dolphins at his beloved Mwnt in West Wales, scene of annual family holidays.
He is survived by his wife, Julie, and two daughters and a son.


The Welsh Rugby Union had a record turnover of £73.3m last year which allowed it to reinvest £33m in the game, its annual report shows.

In the financial year to June 2016, its turnover rose by 13% from £64.8m, while its debt reduced from £14.2m to £11m.
All revenues - a total of £33.1m - were invested in clubs and schools, an increase of 11% on what was given out the year before.
This left the WRU with a profit after tax of £0.1m.
Among revenue-making moves in the past year, a 10-year sponsorship deal with the Principality building society saw the Millennium Stadium renamed.
Chief executive Martyn Phillips said: "Our clubs, the community game and all the players, coaches and other volunteers at that level are the lifeblood of our national sport.
"We are proud to be able to say that all the group's revenues have been re-invested back into the game and that investment is at record levels."
Over the coming year, he said a focus will be putting on more events at the stadium - with Coldplay the latest to announce a July 2017 performance.
Chairman Gareth Davies said: "Helping clubs to invest in their facilities allows them to become more attractive to their local communities as a social hub.
"We want to ensure that our clubs are at the heart of their communities."


A drug dealer found with an illegal stun gun that looked like a torch, next to his stash of drugs, has been jailed.

Corey Collinson, 25, was sentenced to three years and nine months for possessing a stun gun and possessing cannabis with intent to supply.
Police raided his home with a drugs dog in Tiverton, Devon on November 3, 2016.
They found 204 grams of cannabis with an estimated street value of Â£1,350, and Â£2,375 cash kept on top of a wardrobe.
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Collinson, of Park Street, Tiverton, claimed a friend had left the weapon at his house, but Devon and Cornwall police officers suspected he used it in his cannabis dealing.
He was found with the weapon in a box kept on top of a wardrobe, alongside drugs, scales, and snap bags.
The judge, Recorder Mr Martin Meeke, QC told him: "I have given this case anxious consideration. It was not a rifle, shotgun or pistol and could not discharge a bullet and to that extent it differs from what is normally seen as a firearm.
"There is no suggestion you had it for any specific intent although there must be suspicions when a weapon is found in the hands of a drug dealer, which you undoubtedly were.
"I take into account your personal circumstances and the fact you are hard working, have good references and I am conscious of the imminent birth of your child."