Behind a grey door in Mayfair is a hidden part of London's history.

This is Down Street Tube station. It opened in 1907 but shut again in 1932 because it was too close to other stations to attract sufficient passengers.
During World War Two Winston Churchill initially held cabinet meetings here.
Later the railways were run from the corridors.
You can still see some of the baths in the staff quarters.
Transport for London is seeking expressions of interest to open these spaces to the public.
There are seven sites it thinks could be turned into restaurants or art galleries and it will work in partnerships or lease the spaces out to entrepreneurs.
Transport for London (TfL) is trying to optimise its commercial revenue and aims to increase revenue by Â£3.4bn in the next 10 years.


An Israeli committee has postponed a vote to authorise construction of almost 500 new homes in Jewish settlements in occupied East Jerusalem.

The move apparently follows a request from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office.
It also comes ahead of a speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by US Secretary of State John Kerry.
On Friday, the US chose not to veto a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to settlement construction.
The decision to abstain infuriated Mr Netanyahu, whose spokesman said on Tuesday he had "ironclad information" from Arab sources that the White House had helped draft the language of the resolution and "pushed hard" for its passage.
A US state department spokesman said the accusation was "just not true", but he hoped the resolution would "serve as a wake-up call" for Israel.
More than 500,000 Jews live in about 140 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.
The Security Council resolution passed on Friday stated that the establishment of settlements "has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace".
Israel rejected the resolution, and the BBC's Yolande Knell said it was particularly angry about the condemnation of building in East Jerusalem - which it sees as part of its capital, but which the Palestinians want as the capital of their future state.
Mr Netanyahu responded over the weekend by summoning the ambassadors of the US and the 14 countries on the Security Council who voted in favour of the resolution, recalling Israel's ambassadors to New Zealand and Senegal, cutting aid to Senegal, and cancelling a visit by Ukraine's prime minister.
The Jerusalem Planning and Housing Committee had indicated it would press ahead with a planned vote on authorising 492 new homes in the settlements of Ramat Shlomo and Ramot.
But on Wednesday, planning committee member Hanan Rubin said the vote had been postponed.
Mr Rubin told the BBC this was at the request of the prime minister's office, to avoid further straining relations with Washington hours before Mr Kerry's speech.
"It's in our interest to avoid political voting in Jerusalem because Jerusalem is not the same as settlements around Israel," he said.
"We are creating affordable housing and housing for young families... and if there is a big storm and Kerry's speech today, we are looking to avoid this conflict."
Mr Kerry is expected to lay out his vision later on Wednesday for ending the Israel-Palestinian conflict, and address what a senior state department official described as "misleading critiques" of the Obama administration by the Israeli government.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said the resolution "paves the way" for the upcoming conference on Middle East peace in France on 15 January.
"We hope this conference comes up with a mechanism and timetable to end the occupation," he told a meeting of his Fatah party on Monday.


Prestigious French department store Galeries Lafayette has apologised to a woman being treated for cancer after an over-zealous security guard ejected her because her head was covered.

The woman went to the shop in Toulouse on Monday to buy a brooch for her hat.
When she showed the guard she had lost her hair, he apparently insisted she remove the hat in the store which she refused to do.
Her daughter's account on social media prompted a wave of sympathy.
"Mum, you just wanted to have some fun, buying a brooch to stick on your woolly hat to look more cheerful, but instead you left the store in pieces and humiliated," she wrote on Facebook.
"They refused to let my mother come in who's sick with cancer because she doesn't have her hair, she didn't wanted to go in with her head bare. It's shameful and inhuman."
Her post went viral and Galeries Lafayette was widely criticised on French social media.
The store quickly contacted the family and responded to the post, saying it was "a shocking action that in no way reflected the values of our store" and made no sense to the management or their 500 colleagues.
"What's important is to provide clear instructions and ensure it doesn't happen again. Anyone can make a mistake."
In a subsequent message on Facebook the woman's daughter praised the store's response and said they planned to meet soon.
Why the security guard had stopped the woman entering the store was initially unclear as it appeared to have nothing to do with France's 2010 law on banning face veils in public places.
Galeries Lafayette eventually explained that as a result of France's "vigipirate" anti-terror alert plan, some of its security guards had the right to ask visitors to its stores to remove anything that could obscure their faces.
France has been under a state of emergency ever since the November 2015 jihadist attacks in Paris which claimed 130 lives.
The store emphasised it was important not to take its measures too far and said it would take action against the overzealous guard.


A man has denied causing the death of a friend by careless driving.

Joel Jones, now 24, is accused after the death of Jack McKenzie, 18, who was involved in a crash near Peterchurch, Herefordshire, on 3 September 2010.
Mr Jones, of Skenfrith, Monmouthshire, struck a hay baler's wheel because he was driving too far to the right of the road, Hereford Crown Court heard.
The prosecution said he was driving at "more speed" than was appropriate but was not exceeding the speed limit.
His speed was estimated at being between 40mph and 50mph when the crash happened at 23:30 BST, the court heard.
It was told the two students at Hereford Sixth Form College were in a Vauxhall Corsa when the car was involved in a collision with a seven-tonne hay baler being pulled by a tractor.
A "competent driver" would slow down or pull over while going past the tractor, the prosecution said.
The court was told following the crash, a Fiat Punto was also involved in a collision with the Corsa, which had been on the opposite side of the road to the tractor.
Mr McKenzie, who was originally from Hereford, died.
Mr Jones was also injured, the court heard.
The trial continues.


Bydd rheolau mwy llym ynglŷn â threfnu streiciau yn y sector cyhoeddus yn cael eu diddymu dan gynlluniau Llywodraeth Cymru.

Fe wrthododd gweinidogion awgrymiadau eu bod nhw'n ceisio plesio'r undebau sy'n ariannu'r Blaid Lafur, gan ddweud bod cyflogwyr yn y sector cyhoeddus yn cefnogi eu cynlluniau.
Maen nhw hefyd yn dweud eu bod nhw'n hyderus bod gan y Cynulliad yr hawl i ddeddfu yn y maes, er gwaethaf ffrae gyda Llywodraeth Prydain yn y gorffennol.
Mae Llywodraeth y DU yn dweud bod gan bobl "hawl i ddisgwyl cael eu hamddiffyn rhag streicio annemocrataidd".
Bydd mesur yn cael ei gyhoeddi ddydd Llun sy'n cael gwared ar rai o gymalau'r Ddeddf Undebau Llafur, gafodd ei phasio yn San Steffan llynedd.
Mae'r ddeddf yn dweud bod yn rhaid i 40% o aelodau undeb pleidleisio o blaid gweithredu yn ddiwydiannol cyn ei fod yn gyfreithiol.
Fe addawodd Llafur yn eu maniffesto llynedd y bydden nhw'n cael gwared ar y rheol yma ar gyfer gwasanaethau cyhoeddus datganoledig. Byddai hynny'n cynnwys ysgolion a'r gwasanaeth iechyd - ond nid y rheilffyrdd.
Fe fydd Mesur Undebau Llafur (Cymru) hefyd yn cael gwared ar newidiadau i'r ffordd mae aelodau undebau yn talu ffioedd aelodaeth, a'r amser a chaniateir i swyddogion dreulio ar waith eu hundebau.
Ond fe fydd isafswm newydd sy'n golygu bod rhaid i 50% o aelodau undeb gymryd rhan mewn pleidlais ar weithredu yn parhau.
Dywedodd Mark Drakeford, yr Ysgrifennydd Cyllid: "Mae cyflogwyr yn ein gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn cefnogi'r ffordd yr ydym yn cyflwyno'r mesur yma.
"Maen nhw'n gweld mai dyma'r ffordd gywir i wneud pethau yng Nghymru hefyd."
Mae Llywodraethau Prydain a Chymru wedi anghytuno yn y gorffennol ynglŷn â phwerau'r Cynulliad yn y maes.
Llynedd, fe bleidleisiodd y Cynulliad yn erbyn rhoi sêl bendith i ddeddf Lywodraeth Prydain.
Dim ond y Ceidwadwyr bleidleisiodd o blaid.
Ychwanegodd Mr Drakeford bod Llywodraeth Cymru yn hyderus y bydden nhw'n ennill achos llys petai Llywodraeth Prydain yn herio gallu'r Cynulliad i ddeddfu.
Dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y Ceidwadwyr Cymreig: "Pan rydych yn ystyried angerdd anhygoel teuluoedd sy'n ymgyrchu dros ddeddf awtistiaeth, mae'n rhwystredig ac yn siomedig i weld bod llywodraeth Cymru yn defnyddio eu darn cyntaf o ddeddfwriaeth i ad-dalu eu meistri yn yr undebau."
Dywedodd Llywodraeth y DU y byddant yn edrych ar y ddeddfwriaeth mae'r Cynulliad yn gynnig pan fydd yn cael ei gyflwyno, ond maent yn parhau i gredu ei fod yn fater i'w llywodraeth nhw.
"Mae gan bobl gyffredin yr hawl i ddisgwyl cael eu hamddiffyn rhag streiciau annemocrataidd ac fe fydd Deddf Undebau Llafur yn gwneud hynny," meddai'r llywodraeth.
"Bydd yn rhaid i'r Cynulliad esbonio i'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru pam eu bod eisiau dileu'r cymalau yma."


The UK's highest court has rejected an appeal by a mother and daughter in their legal battle for women from Northern Ireland to receive free abortions on the NHS in England.

The Supreme Court challenge centred on the case of a Northern Ireland woman who became pregnant when she was 15.
She went to England with her mother for an abortion in a private clinic in 2012, at a cost of about Â£900.
Northern Ireland's abortion law is much stricter than the rest of the UK.
Terminations are only permitted if a woman's life is at risk, or there is a permanent or serious risk to her mental or physical health.
Rape, incest and fatal foetal abnormalities are not circumstances in which abortions can be performed legally in Northern Ireland.
The mother and daughter took the case against UK Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt, who conceded that he had the power to make provisions for Northern Ireland residents to access free NHS abortions in England.
They claimed that it was "unlawful" that he had not done so.
However, Supreme Court judges dismissed the mother and daughter's appeal by a narrow majority of three to two.
Delivering the ruling, Lord Wilson said it was not for the court to "address the ethical considerations which underlie the difference" in the law regarding abortion in Northern Ireland and England.
However, he said the five judges had been "sharply divided" on the case.
He expressed sympathy for women facing unwanted pregnancies in Northern Ireland and said the law put many of them in a "deeply unenviable position".
He said they faced "embarrassment, difficulty, and uncertainty" in their "urgent need to raise the necessary funds" to travel to Great Britain for private abortions.
Lord Wilson conceded that the financial burden had added to their "emotional strain".
But he did not rule in favour of the women's case, and dismissed their appeal, a decision with which his fellow judges Lord Reed and Lord Hughes agreed.
Their judgement acknowledged that under devolution, separate authorities in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are responsible for providing free health services to those usually resident there.
It stated that the health secretary was entitled to restrict access to NHS abortions "in line with this scheme for local decision-making".
The judgement added that Mr Hunt was "entitled to afford respect to the democratic decision of the people of Northern Ireland not to fund abortion services".
Lord Wilson added that Lady Hale and Lord Kerr gave dissenting judgments and would have allowed the appeal.
The mother and daughter, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said they will now take their case to the European Court of Human Rights.
In a joint statement, they said they were "really encouraged that two of the judges found in our favour" and that all of the judges had been "sympathetic" to their situation.
"We have come this far and fought hard because the issues are so important for women in Northern Ireland. For this reason, we will do all that we can to take the fight further.
"We have instructed our legal team to file an application with the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, to protect the human rights of the many other women who make the lonely journey to England every week because they are denied access to basic healthcare services in their own country."
Last year, more than 700 women from Northern Ireland travelled to England for an abortion last year, according to UK Department of Health figures.
The number was 100 fewer than the year before.
The mother and daughter initially took their case to the High Court in London in 2014, when the court heard they had struggled to part-raise the funds for a private abortion in England.
High Court judge, Mr Justice King, ruled at the time that the health secretary duty's to promote a comprehensive health service in England "is a duty in relation to the physical and mental health of the people of England".
He said that duty did not extend "to persons who are ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland".
His 2014 ruling also said that devolutionary powers had to be taken into consideration.
The following year, the women took their case to the Court of Appeal but again, they lost the argument.
The Supreme Court is the final court of appeal in the UK for civil cases.
However, the mother and daughter's lawyer, Angela Jackman, said on Wednesday her clients had made "significant strides" since the original High Court ruling.
She added that the split decision of the Supreme Court judges provided them with a "firm basis" for taking their case forward to the European Court of Human Rights.
The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which was among organisations that participated in the legal challenge, said it was disappointed with the overall verdict of the Supreme Court.
BPAS's chief executive Ann Furedi said: "NHS-funded abortion care may not have been declared a legal right for Northern Irish women today, but it is morally right to provide it."
She added: "They deserve the same care and compassion as all other UK citizens."
However, the Iona Institute, which is anti-abortion, said Northern Ireland "should be proud of its life-saving abortion law".
The Christian organisation added: "At a time when scientific advances have given us an amazing 'window' into babies in the womb we are right to continue to reject the permissive British abortion model."


A helter-skelter which collapsed on a pier during a storm nearly two years ago has finally been "fully repaired".

The Clacton Pier attraction "buckled in the middle" when the coast was hit by 80mph (129km/h) winds in October 2013.
The pier's admin manager Sharon Charters said the process had been slow because they wanted to make sure the ride was "restored to its former glory in the correct and proper way".
It is likely to be back up and running at the Essex attraction in September.


Now we know the more important tax choices being set out by political leaders ahead of the Holyrood election.

Nicola Sturgeon and John Swinney have long argued that they need the levers of power at Holyrood. And having got powers over income tax, it seems they're barely going to touch them.
Council tax goes reformed - a bit, but not that much.
The SNP leaders' calculation appears to be a safety-first, cautious appeal to the part of the electorate that pays taxes, as well as those looking to the state for public services.
From the SNP's position of electoral and polling strength, some - such as the Scottish Trades Union Congress - argue there's no better time to be courageous.
The brothers and sisters of the STUC argue that the SNP should follow through on its rhetoric, and do some serious re-distribution through the income tax system. If there's no courage now, they ask, then will we ever see some?
But perhaps that position of leadership strength is the time to be just as courageous in choosing not to do much. That's also a choice, and one that could mean standing up to the party membership.
The SNP conference was offered up the red meat of a renewed campaign for independence, starting this summer.
But it came with at least one sting in the tail - that the case for independence is going to have to be re-worked, because quite a lot of it didn't convince voters. (And the oil-dependent bit of it certainly won't in future.)
The second sting is that winning the election requires further compromise with the electorate.
We're being told from all sides that this election is going to be a landmark one, shifting Holyrood from arguments over the distribution of a spending budget, to decisions about how to raise tax.
And as the Institute for Fiscal Studies has just set out in some detail, political leaders should be very cautious about tax increases that could hamper economic growth.
With lower growth than the UK, there would soon be a lot less tax revenue than Holyrood would have had under the block grant system that's being replaced.
In other words - get Scotland's growth rate a bit wrong, and you'll have to explain to the electorate in five years time why there appears to be a half billion pound gap in Holyrood's takings.
So the Sturgeon-Swinney combo, astride the centre left and centre right aisles of the SNP's very broad church, have opted for a tax policy that risks the minimum amount of harm, by having the minimum difference with Westminster.
It has a modest progressive element. It eschews George Osborne's tax cut for higher earners in which he is raising the 40% threshold faster than inflation.
And it's pragmatic. Though it may be tempting to raise the 45% rate of tax on those earning more than £150,000, that is a choice that would be more symbolic than useful in raising revenue, and it stands a reasonable chance of backfiring.
The evidence is sketchy, but there's a significant risk of the highest earners taking their pay elsewhere, and that the signal of Scotland becoming a high tax regime would put off those with the potential for inbound investment.
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Labour is using that highest rate decision to portray the SNP as too chummy with the highest paid 17,000 people in the country.
It is also pushing the case for using these much-hyped levers of power to raise basic rate tax by 1 penny in the pound.  Likewise Liberal Democrats.
And Labour's Kezia Dugdale has just announced a property-based replacement for council tax that is, again, redistributive - skewing bills towards those in the more valuable houses.
When she says 80% of people will be no worse off, you can be sure she ain't pitching for the votes of the other 20%.
Tories are, and they "aspire" to cut such tax rates. But the inside intell is that focus groups heard the words "Tory cuts" and associated them with austerity.
So for this manifesto at least, Conservative tax reductions look set to remain merely "aspirational".
On the more radically redistributive end of things, the left alliance known as RISE also wants to differentiate itself; the top 10% of earners paying 45% tax, with a 60% tax on earnings over £150,000.
And if you think you can hire a smart accountant to keep your earnings from the clutches of a RISE administration at Holyrood, be warned - they plan a shakedown squadron of crack tax investigators to go after elite evaders.
One perhaps confusing element of these tax plans which might need explanation is the starting threshold for basic rate tax. George Osborne aims to put that up from £11,000 to £12,500 by 2020.
Nicola Sturgeon says she wants to put it up to £12,750 by the following year.
But it is a threshold controlled by Westminster. It's still "reserved". How can the SNP, Labour or anyone else claim to be able to set it at Holyrood?
The answer seems to be a zero rate band. That is, if the Chancellor at Westminster has a starting level at £12,500, and the Holyrood administration wants a higher starting level, it could set the first, say, £250 of tax at a zero rate, and nothing is paid on it.
Similarly, food, newspapers and children's clothes are brought within the VAT net, but they are zero rated for it.
However, as such a move on income tax might appear to challenge the spirit, if not the letter, of the Scotland Act, it could be open to challenge. No doubt some MSPs, and lawyers, would quite like that.
It appears to leave the SNP as broadly camped across the middle ground of Scottish politics as it could ever wish to be.
Its polling position, its leader's standing, and the absence of much internal dissent, mean that it can almost certainly live until early May's election with the tensions and inconsistencies of talking radical and redistributive on one hand, while acting safely centrist on the other.
Labour's Kezia Dugdale can claim to have a more consistent position of wishing to use these new powers to re-distribute and protect public services.
And perhaps she will succeed. But the pitch Labour is making looks like one aimed at its traditional core - a narrower appeal to a chunk of the more radical left. That's in the hope it can be peeled away from its recent adherence to the SNP.
Narrowly-focussed or broadly-based, if this election campaign is to move Scottish politics towards a grown-up argument over the best balance of taxation and spending, we now have a spread of ideas and choices.
We'll hear much more about them when my colleague, Glenn Campbell, starts a six-way leaders' televised debate on Thursday evening.
But there is a risk in this fifth Scottish Parliament campaign, and not one you might have predicted. It is that the taxation choices draw so much attention that questions of priorities for spending are overlooked, along with the challenge to spend that scarce, hard-won cash more effectively.


Japanese side Gamba Osaka have been fined and reprimanded after their supporters waved a flag bearing a symbol similar to a Nazi SS insignia.

The flag, bearing a double 'S' in the style of the Nazi paramilitary force, was seen at Gamba's J-League game at city rivals Cerezo Osaka on 16 April.
The league has fined them two million yen (£13,500).
Gamba have banned members of the group responsible and issued an indefinite ban on flags and banners at games.
The club "immediately identified the supporter group in question and took swift and appropriate measures", the J-league said on its website.
"However, the club's efforts to establish a system of monitoring supporter activities and enlightening them is not enough to meet its important responsibility of preventing discriminatory action from happening," it added.
Gamba are third in the J-league with 19 points from 10 games and travel to Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo on Sunday.


Argentine soldiers were subjected to abuse and torture by their own superiors during the 1982 Falklands War against Britain, files released by Argentina's armed forces reveal.

They are the first official documents from the conflict to be made public and contain testimonies from soldiers who say they were poorly equipped and cold.
They say they were severely beaten for leaving the trenches to look for food.
The conflict over the islands cost the lives of more than 900 soldiers.
For years, war veterans have complained about the terrible conditions during the conflict, including lack of proper boots and coats, says the BBC's Ignacio de los Reyes in Buenos Aires.
The previously secret files describe mock executions and soldiers being tied up inside empty graves.
A lieutenant describes how another officer tied his hands and legs to this back and left him face down on the wet sand of a cold Falklands beach for eight hours.
A sergeant says he had to be operated on after being kicked in the testicles.
"These documents lift the veil on facts that were hidden for so many years by the armed forces," said Ernesto Alonso, from a veterans group in La Plata.
The Falklands War began in April 1982, when Argentine troops invaded the British overseas territory which Argentina calls the Malvinas.
A British task force was sent to the area and regained control of the islands in June. Three Falklands civilians and 255 British servicemen died during the conflict.
The number of Argentine dead is estimated at about 650.
Argentine defeat precipitated the end of the country's brutal military government, which was already facing serious economic problems and lack of popular support.
Despite widespread criticism in Argentina of the 1982 invasion, most Argentines continue to claim the islands as theirs.
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has previously described British presence as "a blatant exercise of 19th-Century colonialism".
The British government says it will defend the self-determination of the islanders.
An overwhelming majority of Falkland residents voted in March 2013 to remain a British territory. About 2,900 people live on the islands.


Cardiff Blues expect Wales centre Cory Allen to return from injury during their festive Pro12 Welsh derbies.

Allen, 22, tore a hamstring after scoring a try hat-trick while winning his fourth Wales cap in their 2015 World Cup win over Uruguay in September.
He could face Newport Gwent Dragons at Rodney Parade on Sunday, 27 December.
Failing that Allen would be back on New Years Day when Blues host Scarlets in the Welsh capital.
A successful return would give Allen the chance to press claims for a Wales spot in the 2016 Six Nations.


Lengthy talks to settle how Cardiff council will deal with a budget shortfall of £41m have ended in agreement.

Councillors voted to pass the Labour cabinet's plans which will see a 5% council tax rise and up to 600 posts under threat.
There was also a vote of no confidence in Labour's council leader Phil Bale tabled by opposition parties.
About 100 protesters gathered outside City Hall ahead of Thursday's meeting.
Inside the chamber, Labour members put forward a new pledge, promising more cash for day centres, play groups and drugs services.
But there  were several angry calls from the public gallery about the cuts and the way which the late changes were proposed.
The amended cabinet budget was passed following a lengthy debate, with changes put forward by Plaid Cymru and the independents rejected.
The council's meeting comes after a seven-week public consultation on its 2015-16 budget proposals.
Following the confidence vote call by opposition groups on the council against leader Mr Bale, an emergency meeting is expected to take place next week.


A tenant who took on a £1m farm in Conwy county for just £1 a year rent is to reintroduce sheep to its headland.

The National Trust handed the keys to Parc Farm on the top of Llandudno's Great Orme to 38-year-old Dan Jones from Anglesey in October.
The site has rare habitats and species - some of which the charity said existed nowhere else on Earth.
The 360-strong flock will graze on the grassland to encourage the survival of rare plants and animals.
Sheep have not been seen on the headland since the foot and mouth crisis more than a decade ago.
Property manager William Greenwood said: "If we get this right, we should see the rarer species such as the silver studded blue butterfly and wild cotoneaster, which exist only on the Great Orme, really flourishing."


A prisoner accused of stabbing a fellow inmate in the heart in a row over a mobile phone has been cleared of murder.

Madala Washington, 25, from south-east London, died at HMP Coldingley at Bisley, in Surrey, last April.
King Jahzeel Lewis, 24, from Sutton, south London, denied murder and said he had only punched the victim.
Guildford Crown Court heard Mr Washington was stabbed with a homemade knife by a third party.
Jurors were told the two men had had an argument over the use of a mobile phone.


An animal shelter, which is braced for an influx of unwanted pets after the festive season, has warned that it cannot accommodate any more pigs.

Newcastle Dog and Cat Shelter said it had received seven in the past two years, and blamed the fashion for so-called "micro" or "tea-cup" pigs.
Three of the shelter's porcine intake had been sold under false pretences and then dumped when they got too big.
The others were a genuine small breed but were deemed unsuitable as pets.
Leyla Rutter, from the shelter, said: "We got three pigs in a short period of time.
"People had bought them from 'a man in a pub', thinking they were getting a micro pig, but then they grew and grew.
"However even the real micro pigs grow bigger than people believe and need a lot of work.
"They're not really pets, they are still farm animals. They can ruin a garden in minutes, dig up all your plants, and you can't really keep them in the house.
"They're very intelligent and need a lot of entertaining, if not they get bored and can end up eating your furniture or doors.
"Although you can put them into a harness and take them for a walk you need a licence to do so from your local council."
She said they had to keep the pigs currently in the shelter, because Newcastle "isn't really the kind of place where you'd get anyone to re-home them".
"We have some space, and they live happily here, but we're at full capacity and would struggle if we have to take any more in."
The British Kunekune Pig Society - which represents owners of a small breed of domesticated pig - said it was regularly contacted by people who had bought a "tiny" pig, which had grown to an unexpected size.
It said in a statement: "We as a society, do not agree with keeping pigs as house pets, as ... a minimum of half an acre of grazing is required for two and they should be kept in groups of two or more as they are a herd animal.
"If you are searching for a pet pig, a responsible breeder will always be happy to show you all their stock and answer questions."
As guidance, it added: "Use common sense ... and above all, consider the long-term commitment and responsibility of owning pigs."


A five-week-old baby girl allegedly murdered by her grandfather had suffered "significant brain damage", a jury has been told.

Amelia Jones was critically injured leaving her paralysed following an attack possibly motivated by Mark Jones's strong dislike for her father, Newport Crown Court was told.
Mr Jones, 45, of Cwmbran, denies killing Amelia in Pontnewydd.
He was looking after her when she was injured  in November 2012.
The jury was told the little girl was rushed to Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital in a state of cardiac arrest on Sunday 17 November, 2012.
Mr Jones had called 999 because, he said, Amelia had stopped breathing when he went to make a cup of tea.
At his trial on Friday, in a statement read to the court, a consultant paediatrician who treated Amelia said she had been suffering seizures, her eyes were flickering and she was "unresponsive".
The court heard Amelia had been in cardiac arrest for 35 minutes, and was put on life support when she arrived at hospital.
She was later transferred to the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, but two days later Amelia's mother, Sarah Jones, and father, Ian Skillern, were told their daughter had "significant brain damage, and would not recover".
Doctors withdrew life-support and Amelia died that evening.
She had a fractured skull, brain swelling and multiple rib fractures. She had been injured at least three different times, the court heard.
Previously, the jury heard the defendant had been mostly absent from his daughter, Ms Jones', life until she was 16 and he strongly disliked Mr Skillern.


About 20 houses have been burnt down in riots by cashew nut farmers and other protesters in southern Tanzania, the local MP has told the BBC.

Faith Mitambo said two buildings at her home in Liwale town had been set alight and that other houses targeted belonged to members of the ruling CCM party.
The trouble began after payouts being made to farmers for their crop were less than the price agreed last year.
More police have been deployed to the region to stop further unrest.
Ms Mitambo, who was in the capital, Dodoma, at the time, told the BBC Swahili service she was travelling down to her constituency to assess the situation.
She had been told the protests, involving groups of young men, began in villages on Tuesday morning and reached Liwale town by the evening.
A resident of Liwale told the BBC that on Wednesday there was a sense of fear in the town and police had fired tear gas in the market to stop crowds gathering.
He said a police helicopter was flying over the town, which is about 500km (310 miles) south of the main city of Dar es Salaam.
Thousands of small-scale cashew nut farmers in Tanzania - who usually begin to harvest in October - sell their crops to co-operative societies at an agreed price.
The BBC's Erick Nampesya in Dar es Salaam says this was set at 1,200 Tanzanian shillings ($0.74; Â£.048) per kg.
Towards the end of last year, the farmers received the first instalment of the money they were owed.
But when representatives from the co-operative societies went to the Liwale district on Tuesday to pay out the second and final instalment, the terms had changed.
The farmers were offered half or less than half of the outstanding money as they were told that the prices had fallen on world markets.
Ruling politicians, who the farmers blame for not helping them, became the target of their anger, our reporter says.
Farmers have long complained about the instability of the prices paid for their cashew nut crops - as it fluctuates from season to season, he says.
Police spokesperson Advera Senso told the BBC a special team had been sent to Liwale from Dar es Salaam to investigate and assist with making arrests.


Norwich have named Gary Holt and Mark Robson as first-team coaches to assist manager Neil Adams.

The club - relegated from the Premier League this past season - have also brought in Joe Royle as a football consultant.
Holt left his role as Falkirk boss to take up the position, while Robson continues in a role he took up at the end of the the last campaign.
Royle was Adams's manager at Oldham between 1989 and 1994.
Adams told the Norwich website: "Mark and Gary are two people I've worked with closely and both will bring enthusiasm, hunger and experience to the coaching team.
"They have also played at the highest levels in this country.
"Joe is someone who I have played for at both Championship and Premier League level, and he has amassed a vast amount of knowledge during his time in the game.
"He has been there, seen it and done it, so to speak, and has also been very successful during his time as both a player and a manager."
Holt is back at Norwich having left his role in the Carrow Road youth set-up to become head coach of Falkirk in April 2013.
The Scot, who played for Norwich between 2001 and 2005, led Falkirk to a third-place finish in the Scottish Championship this season.
Falkirk had initially released a statement saying Holt was set to join Norwich and they were actively seeking a replacement.
However, the club amended that stance, saying that a formal agreement was still to be reached, before the appointment was confirmed.
Gary Locke, who has left relegated Hearts, was immediately installed as bookmakers' favourite for the role at Falkirk Stadium ahead of exiting St Mirren manager Danny Lennon, Stephen Aitken, who led League One side Stranraer to the promotion play-offs, and former Dundee United boss Peter Houston, presently scouting for Celtic.
Falkirk said on their website: "The club aims to have a new head coach in position by the time the team come back for pre-season training on Thursday 26 June.
"To meet this very tight timescale, the club will draw up a shortlist of potential candidates by the end of this week."
Former Kilmarnock and Scotland midfielder Holt played 182 times for Norwich and was a member of the side that won promotion to the Premier League in 2004.


One story fills the front covers of all of Monday's papers as the dailies get their first chance to reflect on the latest attacks on London.

Seven members of the public were killed when a van drove into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then its occupants got out and stabbed victims at random.
A photo of the three suspects - after they has been shot dead by police - is the stark image on front of the Daily Mirror and the News Letter.
The Mirror condemns them as "monsters".
It compares the actions of the three suspects with the bravery of unarmed police and members of the public who tried to fight back against the attackers.
The paper reports how a British Transport Police officer was stabbed in the head and leg after he "took on the killers" with only a baton to defend himself from 10-in (25-cm) knives.
"Enough is enough," says the News Letter's front page, quoting Prime Minister Theresa May after the third attack in England in as many months.
It reports how Mrs May has vowed to crack down on "tolerance of extremism" by forcing internet companies to do more to prevent the spread of propaganda.
The News Letter also comments on the strength of the police response, noting how officers fired an "unprecedented" 50 bullets in a public place to kill the suspects.
The Irish News dedicates its first seven pages to the recent attacks in England, including Sunday's star-studded benefit concert for victims of the Manchester bombing.
It says US singer Ariana Grande changed her set list for the One Love Manchester concert, after the mother of one of the teenage victims told the pop star her late daughter would have "wanted to hear the hits".
The Belfast Telegraph opts for a dual image on its front page - showing the singer trying to comfort Manchester's victims as a casualty from the London attack is taken to hospital.
"Bloodied... but unbowed," is the paper's headline and in a small show of solidarity, it notes how police officers and security guards could be seen dancing with the crowd at the benefit gig.
Closer to home, the dailies report the sudden death of Prof Patrick Johnston, Vice Chancellor of Queen's University, Belfast.
The Irish News carries a statement from Queen's conveying staff's "deep sense of shock" over the unexpected death of the 58-year-old "visionary".
The paper says he is a "real loss to cancer research" as he was one of the driving forces behind QUB's Centre for Cancer Research.
The Mirror and others report how more than 1,300 health workers in Northern Ireland are being paid less than the National Living Wage.
The Department of Health has admitted staff still have not received the rise they were due in April, but has promised to rectify their pay packets by next month.
Gossipers beware - your own "rail life" story could be turned into a best seller and you many not even know it.
Novelist Emma Heatherington has admitted to the Belfast Telegraph that she eavesdrops on her fellow passengers' conversations while travelling on buses and trains in Northern Ireland.
The enterprising young writer revealed how a train trip from Belfast to Dublin provided inspiration for her latest novel.
You never know who is listening...
The Belfast Telegraph also carries a true tale of a picture perfect romance, kindled in the days long before Tinder and internet dating were even imagined.
In the early 1950s, Tom Darcy caught sight of a photograph of his future wife, Pam, and was so impressed, he began writing to her.
Within eight short months of meeting face to face, the pen pals got married and this week they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary.
Old romantic Tom still has the best lines, telling the paper: "It's been nothing but nice all the way."


The full list of candidates for the three constituencies covering Dumfries and Galloway and the Scottish Borders has been confirmed.

There are four contenders vying for votes in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale and Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk.
However, Dumfries and Galloway will be a five-way fight with one independent standing against Conservative, Labour, Lib Dem and SNP candidates.
Voting takes place on 8 June.
Standing in Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk are:
Seeking election in Dumfries and Galloway are:
The four candidates in Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale are:


Education Secretary Nicky Morgan says a future Conservative government would "guarantee the future" of GCSEs and A-levels in minority languages such as Polish, Gujarati, Bengali and Turkish.

There has been a campaign against exam board plans to withdraw these languages as exam subjects in England.
Mrs Morgan has written to exam boards telling them to reverse their decision.
Labour's Tristram Hunt says it is a "desperate attempt" to "undo the damage of chaotic exam changes".
Mrs Morgan has added her voice to warnings that these languages should not be lost in the shake-up of A-levels and GCSEs.
In a letter to the heads of exam boards, she says she has received "numerous representations" from ethnic minority communities about fears that these languages would be dropped from A-levels and GCSEs.
She says she shares the concern that young people from minority communities would not be able to study their "mother tongue or that of their parents and family".
"I am therefore calling on you to work with the regulator to secure the future of these qualifications and reverse your decision to cancel them," says Mrs Morgan.
If agreement was not reached, she said, a future Conservative government would launch an "immediate consultation" on "how best to secure the future of these qualifications".
The move follows a campaign to protect these minority languages. A petition to keep Polish A-level has more than 14,000 signatures.
Following the coalition's overhaul of the exam system, the OCR exam board said it would be dropping GCSEs and A-levels in Turkish, Portuguese, Persian, Gujarati and Dutch.
And AQA has announced the end of A-levels in Polish, Punjabi, Modern Hebrew and Bengali.
The support of the education secretary to protect the language exams was welcomed by the British Academy.
"Our rich multicultural society is itself a soft power asset for the UK. There is a wealth of untapped linguistic resource amongst the school age population in the UK," said Prof Nigel Vincent, who leads on languages for the British Academy.
"This needs to be mobilised, supported and given recognition through accreditation. The academy has called for strategic oversight by government and relevant funders regarding higher education language provision, where similar issues around take-up of languages exist," said Prof Vincent.
Labour's shadow education secretary, Tristram Hunt, said: "This is a desperate attempt by the flailing Tory campaign to undo the damage that has been caused by David Cameron's chaotic exam changes.
"The public will be right to be deeply sceptical of any attempt by the Tories - at this late stage - to ditch their own policy, when they have time and again refused to change course.
"The Tories will be judged on their damaging education record. Labour has been clear from day one: we will save these important language qualifications."
A Conservative spokesman accused Mr Hunt of "deliberately misrepresenting" the Conservative Party's position on this issue in order to scaremonger among minority communities, and said the last Labour government had undermined language teaching in schools.
Liberal Democrat Education Spokesperson David Laws said it was vital a wide range of modern languages were available in schools, and that Liberal Democrats support those parents who are making their case to the exam boards.
"In government, we made sure more children had the opportunity to study a language - by putting modern and foreign languages on the National Curriculum from the age of seven."


Yannick Carrasco scored a hat-trick as Atletico Madrid came from behind to overwhelm bottom club Granada and reclaim top spot in La Liga.

Sevilla briefly replaced Atletico at the top with a 3-2 win at Leganes and Granada threatened an upset thanks to Isaac Cuenca's superb early strike.
But Atletico responded superbly with Carrasco making it 3-1 after an hour.
Substitute Nicolas Gaitan added two more and late goals from Angel Correa and Tiago completed the rout.
Diego Simeone's Atletico are unbeaten this season and could not have been more ruthless in brushing aside Granada before turning their attention back to the Champions League.
Last season's beaten finalists have won both their opening group games and play Russian side Rostov on Wednesday.
Simeone was able to withdraw Koke and forwards Antoine Griezmann and Kevin Gameiro in the second half against Granada in preparation for the trip to Russia.
Griezmann did not get on the scoresheet but Belgium international Carrasco, 23, made up for it with his first La Liga goals of the season.
He struck twice before the break to make it 2-1 before completing his first hat-trick for the club when converting a cross from Griezmann.
Gaitan added the fourth almost immediately after coming on before a late flurry of three goals in the final eight minutes.
Match ends, Atlético de Madrid 7, Granada CF 1.
Second Half ends, Atlético de Madrid 7, Granada CF 1.
Fernando Torres (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Tito (Granada CF).
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 7, Granada CF 1. Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Attempt blocked. Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Fernando Torres.
Attempt missed. Andreas Pereira (Granada CF) right footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
Foul by Nicolás Gaitán (Atlético de Madrid).
Javi Márquez (Granada CF) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 6, Granada CF 1. Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt missed. Javi Márquez (Granada CF) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
Foul by Tiago (Atlético de Madrid).
Uche (Granada CF) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 5, Granada CF 1. Nicolás Gaitán (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Attempt missed. David Barral (Granada CF) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Nicolás Gaitán (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filipe Luis with a headed pass.
Corner,  Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by David Barral.
Attempt blocked. Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
Corner,  Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Rúben Vezo.
Attempt missed. Javi Márquez (Granada CF) left footed shot from more than 40 yards on the left wing is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Rúben Vezo (Granada CF) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andreas Pereira with a cross.
Substitution, Granada CF. Artem Kravets replaces Ezequiel Ponce.
Corner,  Granada CF. Conceded by Diego Godín.
Foul by Tiago (Atlético de Madrid).
Ezequiel Ponce (Granada CF) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ezequiel Ponce (Granada CF).
Foul by Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid).
Javi Márquez (Granada CF) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Fernando Torres replaces Antoine Griezmann.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Tiago replaces Koke.
Attempt missed. Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left.
Uche (Granada CF) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Granada CF. Uche replaces Victorien Angban.
Substitution, Granada CF. David Barral replaces Alberto Bueno.
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 4, Granada CF 1. Nicolás Gaitán (Atlético de Madrid) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Atlético de Madrid. Nicolás Gaitán replaces Kevin Gameiro.
Goal!  Atlético de Madrid 3, Granada CF 1. Yannick Carrasco (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Antoine Griezmann.
Ángel Correa (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.


Glamorgan were left frustrated by the rain after running up an impressive 171-5 in 17.2 overs against Somerset in Cardiff.

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Captain Jacques Rudolph led the way with a beautifully-timed 65 not out off 37 balls, including six fours and two sixes.
He accelerated after the dismissal of Colin Ingram for 39 off 21 deliveries.
The match, which began 35 minutes late, was called off at 21:25 BST, giving Somerset their first point of 2017.
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Spinner Roelof van der Merwe (0-29 in 4 overs) was Somerset's most economical bowler, while Aneurin Donald (24) and Chris Cooke (21) also chipped in quick runs for the Welsh county.
Both teams faced rapid turn-arounds for Sunday fixtures, with Glamorgan facing Essex at Chelmsford and Somerset taking on Middlesex at Uxbridge.


National League side Lincoln held on to shock League One strugglers Oldham and reach the third round of the FA Cup for the first time since 2010.

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The Imps, who have not lost since 24 September, took the lead through Theo Robinson's close-range header.
Terry Hawkridge slotted in the second shortly after, and Robinson chipped in to make it 3-0 after the break.
Peter Clarke and Billy McKay scored to give Oldham hope, but they could not find a late equaliser.
Cameron Burgess came closest to levelling the scores, planting a free header wide of the target.
Lincoln, who are second in the National League, will now face a trip to Championship side Ipswich in the third round, which takes place on 6-9 January 2017.
They last made it to the last 64 in the 2009-10 season, losing 4-0 to Bolton, then of the Premier League.
Two-goal hero Robinson, released by Port Vale at the end of last season, had been a free agent until 8 October, when Lincoln boss Danny Cowley signed him on a short-term contract.
Oldham, who are 23rd in League One, have now failed to win in five matches in all competitions.
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Lincoln manager Danny Cowley paid tribute to the club's fans after the game, saying the 7,012 supporters in the ground "carried" his side to the win after conceding two quick goals.
"For us to have over 7,000, it's beyond all of our wildest expectations," he told BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
"I think credit goes to the players, because they've got people in the city believing again
"We said it in the dressing room that they might have League One players, but we've got Premier League people.
"We've got proper people, proper characters and they dug in when it really mattered."
Match ends, Lincoln City 3, Oldham Athletic 2.
Second Half ends, Lincoln City 3, Oldham Athletic 2.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
Bradley Wood (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Harry Anderson (Lincoln City).
Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt missed. Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Attempt blocked. Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Ryan McLaughlin.
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Harry Anderson (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Oliver Banks (Oldham Athletic).
Jack Muldoon (Lincoln City) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Jack Muldoon replaces Theo Robinson because of an injury.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Darius Osei replaces Freddie Ladapo.
Attempt missed. Cameron Burgess (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Oliver Banks with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Sam Habergham.
Attempt missed. Freddie Ladapo (Oldham Athletic) header from the left side of the six yard box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Oliver Banks with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Bradley Wood.
Attempt saved. Lee Croft (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Cameron Dummigan.
Goal!  Lincoln City 3, Oldham Athletic 2. Billy McKay (Oldham Athletic) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lee Erwin.
Substitution, Lincoln City. Harry Anderson replaces Terry Hawkridge.
Attempt missed. Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Goal!  Lincoln City 3, Oldham Athletic 1. Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Oliver Banks with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Matt Rhead.
Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Nathan Arnold (Lincoln City).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Paul Farman (Lincoln City) because of an injury.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Billy McKay replaces Jamie Reckord.
Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alan Power (Lincoln City).
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Paul Farman.
Attempt saved. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Jamie Reckord.
Offside, Lincoln City. Matt Rhead tries a through ball, but Theo Robinson is caught offside.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
Alex Woodyard (Lincoln City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Matt Rhead (Lincoln City) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.


A woman who thinks her baby was stolen at birth in Spain has travelled to Madrid to join MEPs investigating a raft of similar claims.

Ruth Appleby was told her daughter died after she gave birth in 1992 but later learned thousands of Spanish babies were taken and given up for adoption.
The EU delegation say they will speak with various officials about what could be done to reunite those affected.
MEP Jude Kirton-Darling said there needed to be a "full investigation".
Mrs Appleby, from Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, gave birth at a hospital in La Coruna in northern Spain where she was living at the time but the following day was told her child had died.
When she returned to the UK in 2010 she had her daughter's remains exhumed for cremation but said the skeleton she saw in the coffin appeared to be that of a much older infant.
The following year she learned of the scandal of stolen babies in Spain and went on to report the matter to police in 2012
Her case was then referred to the Spanish authorities, but she was unhappy with their handling of it and petitioned the European Parliament.
Spain's 'NiÃ±os robados' (stolen children)
Mrs Kirton-Darling, a member of the European Parliament's Petitions Committee, said: "Ruth's case is absolutely crucial. It is the lynchpin of why we are here in Madrid.
"What we are talking about is a serious crime and it needs to be investigated as a serious crime.
"What happened to her child we cannot know until the evidence comes out.
"What we need is a full investigation to try and establish what the actual facts were."
Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Appleby said had she known her child may not have died she would have "moved heaven and earth" to find her.
"Even though she won't know the name she was given; Rebecca, you have always been very loved and you have a family who are just dreaming of the day they can welcome you in to our hearts and complete our family."


Services on the Woolwich ferry have been suspended to allow staff to attend the funeral of a teenage colleague who died after falling off a boat.

Ben Woollacott, 19, died after falling off a ferry on 3 August and is thought to have been hit by the propellers.
The free two-boat service between Woolwich and North Woolwich will resume from 06:10 BST on Tuesday.
Sightseeing river tours by Thames River Services and Crown River Cruises were also suspended for the day.
The funeral of the teenager took place at All Hallows Church near the Tower of London.
The family of Mr Woollacott, of Swanley, Kent, had worked as Thames boatmen for five generations.
It is believed he fell while mooring ropes were being untied, London Coastguard said.
Andrew White, chief executive for Serco's Marine business - which runs the ferry service, described the fatal incident as a "tragic accident".
"Ben was a valued colleague and friend and, having completed his apprenticeship at the Woolwich Ferry, was looking forward to continuing the family tradition of working on the River Thames.
"His presence at Woolwich Ferry will be missed by all, not only because of his natural ability but also his colourful and friendly nature."
James Buckingham, an apprentice, who was a close friend of Mr Woollacott, said: "He loved a laugh and a joke with everyone.
"If you went to work down in the dumps you could guarantee after working with him you would go home with a smile on your face."


A book celebrating a city's social housing was a surprise Christmas hit.

Homes and Places: A History of Nottingham's Council Houses was published to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the city's modern housing association.
The work includes pictures and planning documents dating back to the 1800s as well as memories of people who lived in the houses.
The book was a bestseller at independent bookseller Five Leaves.
As well as the personal tales of people who live in the housing, the book covers key events such as post-war rebuilding, high rise developments and Margaret Thatcher's Right to Buy scheme.
Nick Murphy, chief executive of Nottingham City Homes, said: "We wanted to produce a book to celebrate the housing achievements of the city of Nottingham to provide a social and historical look back at the city and its municipal housing."
Author Chris Williams said: "We have been very lucky to have had lots of material to work with and I'm really proud of what we have achieved. I hope Homes and Places contributes towards a better understanding of our city."


The Grand Tour presenter Richard Hammond is vowing to be "back in action soon" following surgery on his knee after a car crash in Switzerland.

The 47-year-old was on a practice run for a race in an electric car for the Amazon Prime show when the vehicle burst into flames.
Hammond injured his knee and leg and in a blog entry says he had "two sleepless nights and several hours' surgery".
The ex-Top Gear host posted photos of himself on crutches and his stitches.
Another image shows his X-rays and the metal pins he has had inserted in his knee.
The presenter had sustained a fracture to the knee, a spokesperson for The Grand Tour said.
Writing on the Drive Tribe website, Hammond says: "I'm pleased to announce that after two sleepless nights and several hours' surgery, my Swiss Army Knee is finished and works.
"It bends in the middle and whilst a problem at airport security, is at least rustproof.
"Back in action soon."
The incident on 10 June, which took place as Hammond completed a hill climb in the Hemberg area, was described as a "serious crash" by The Grand Tour.
He had been driving a "Rimac Concept One", an electric super car built in Croatia, during filming for the show's second season.
A photograph shows the burned out car overturned in a field.
The Grand Tour said Hammond had "climbed out of the car himself before the vehicle burst into flames".
It added: "The cause of the crash is unknown and is being investigated."
The crash came 11 years after the presenter suffered life-threatening head injuries in a high-speed crash as he filmed for BBC's Top Gear.
He was in a coma for two weeks after losing control of a Vampire dragster at Elvington Airfield, near York.
The presenter suffered brain injuries and was in a coma for two weeks but made a full recovery.


The guitarist for Welsh progressive rock band Man, Deke Leonard, has died at the age of 72.

Leonard, who was born Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, had four Top 40 UK albums with the band from the late 1960s.
He recently returned to his home town with his long-term partner Mary.
Friend Kevin Allen, who directed the film Twin Town, said: "Deke was a true gentlemen of acid rock and he had a fantastic presence on stage."
Man toured across Europe and America and could include Frank Zappa among their admirers.
As well as working as a radio and television panellist, Leonard was a regular guest at the Laugharne Festival.
Mr Allen added: "Deke was such an interesting, gentle and lovely person and he was part of a dying breed - he'll be really missed."
Another friend, Paul Durden, who co-authored Twin Town, said: "I am really very sorry for both Mary and his daughter Kate. It is very sad news.
"Deke was an old mate, who I had known since the '60s. He was an elder statesman of rock music and was a brilliant man himself."
Leonard's bandmate, Micky Jones, died in 2010 at the age of 63.


The government’s wholesale cuts to renewable energy subsidies are sending a worrying sign to investors, says employers' group, the CBI.

The head of the group, John Cridland, said firms must be given confidence that ministers really mean to tackle climate change.
The government cut subsidies in the summer because the £7.6bn budget had been exceeded.
Ministers say they are committed to protecting the climate.
They said they would announce replacement renewables policies soon.
Critics say new policies can’t come quickly enough. Mr Cridland said: "The green economy is an emerging market in its own right, brimming with opportunity.
"Yet, with the roll-back of renewables policies and the mixed messages on energy efficiency, the government risks sending a worrying signal to businesses.
"We need all countries to pull in the same direction at the Paris Climate Summit (in November) to give firms the certainty and confidence they need to invest in the green economy for the long run".
The former Treasury chief economist Lord Stern warned: “The test is coming. In the coming few months, will policies be put in place that take account of the great cost of emissions and air pollution?
"If there are not policies, that would be deeply worrying... we are subsidising hydrocarbons big time.”
Critics are also complaining that recent tax changes will actually deter people from taking decisions that help the climate.
The chancellor, for instance, shifted Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) so a Porsche pays as much as a Prius – a decision the AA said would lead to drivers using more polluting cars.
He also placed a £3.9bn carbon tax – the Climate Change Levy – on wind and solar power and biogas, which emit no net carbon.
Lord Stern told BBC News it was “potty” to put a carbon tax on renewables.
His Stern Review in 2006 found that cutting CO2 emissions immediately was far cheaper than paying later to solve problems in a heating world.
The author has since concluded that he underestimated the costs of burning hydrocarbons because he did not include the health costs caused by air pollution from vehicles and industry.
He said the case for low-carbon development taking climate and air pollution into account was “inarguable”.
A Treasury spokeswoman said: "Our support has already driven down the cost of renewable energy significantly. As costs continue to fall it becomes easier for parts of the renewables industry to survive without subsidies."
She said any loss UK renewable generators faced would be small compared with other financial support they received from government.
Defending the decision to impose a carbon tax on green energy, she added that it was right to incentivise the efficient use of renewable power as it would supply 30% of UK electricity in 2020.
Prof Richard Tol, from Sussex University, told BBC News that Lord Stern’s idea of calculating the costs of air pollution alongside the costs of climate damages was appealing – but the sum was simply too complicated, with too many imponderable judgements and values involved.
He said: “A switch from petrol to diesel, for instance, is good for carbon dioxide emissions but bad for particulate emissions. Filters and scrubbers on power plants are good for acid rain but bad for climate change.
“A switch from traditional biomass to fossil fuels is good for indoor air pollution but bad for greenhouse gas emissions. Dearer energy is good for the environment but bad for development.
“Unfortunately, taking a holistic view of energy is not how we organise policy and certainly not how we organise research. We can confidently say that the current energy system is sub-optimal, but we cannot begin to answer the question what the optimal energy system would look like.”
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Kidderminster prevented Altrincham from climbing out of the National League drop zone with a late equaliser.

Damian Reeves fired Altrincham ahead early on, finding the top corner from Adam Griffin's pass.
But Gary Whild's side were stunned when Ben Whitfield's left-footed effort found the top corner to earn the home side a point.
Altrincham remain in 21st place on goal difference, with Kidderminster six points adrift at the bottom.


A rug has been removed from a sheriff's office in Florida after it was noticed that it read "in dog we trust" instead of "in God we trust".

The $500 (£329) mat lay at the entrance to the office in Pinellas County for two months before someone noticed, a spokeswoman said.
The error was made by the rug's manufacturer and it is being replaced.
Pinellas Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said they were looking at auctioning it for charity, the Tampa Bay Times reports.
There have been several offers to buy the misprinted rug .
"I'd buy or donate to a charity to get one," wrote one user on the office's Facebook page.
"I'm a great dog person and really find that a rug like that would be wonderful for my dogs to have for beds," wrote another.
The rug was put away on Wednesday after a deputy spotted the mistake.
"In God we trust" was adopted as the national motto of the US in 1956. It is also the official motto of Florida.


An employee at ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has been nominated for an award for her efforts to help seven island weddings go ahead.

Demi Wylie organised a small team to liaise with the couples and guests during industrial action that affected CalMac sailings in June last year.
Some travel plans for the more than 600 people involved were adjusted so they could reach the Western Isles weddings.
Ms Wylie, 23, has been put forward for a Scottish Transport Award.
She will find out if she has won the Frontline Employee of the Year category at a ceremony in Glasgow on 16 June.
Ms Wylie is based in CalMac's contact centre in Gourock which handles calls across the company's services.
Ferries had been key to getting brides, grooms and many of their guests to ceremonies and venues for the weddings across the Hebridean islands chain.
The industrial action came amid a row over tendering process for the Clyde and Hebrides Ferries Network.


Screaming through the skies at speeds of around 160mph, this is racing of a very special type.

22 November 2016 Last updated at 11:47 GMT
The Red Bull Aces Wingsuit race for 2016 took place in Arizona, USA over the weekend.
The competition aims to find the world's best overall wingsuit pilot.
The greatest pilots in the sport train specifically for this race every year.
They wear cutting-edge wingsuits specially developed for the blinding speed, aggressive turns and steep dives of the race.
Advanced GPS technology enables them to be tracked from the ground and the winner is determined even in close finishes.
The winner is based on not only how quickly they finish, but also on how many gates they correctly pass through.
The first-ever Red Bull Aces was in 2014, making this year the third time the race has been held.
Find out more about the wingsuit race in the video above.


Yorkshire have signed Northants and England all-rounder David Willey on a three-year deal.

The 25-year-old will join the White Rose club for the start of next season.
Willey, who has played five limited-overs games for the national team, took a hat-trick to help Northants win the FLt20 trophy in 2013 and has also claimed 148 first-class wickets.
"I'm looking forward to working with Jason Gillespie and the rest of the lads," he told the county website.
Last week, Willey smashed a 40-ball century against Sussex to steer Northants through to the quarter-finals of this year's T20 Blast competition.
And he admitted it would be a wrench to leave the club for whom he made his first-team debut in 2009.
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"This has been a tough decision to make because of my personal attachment to the County Ground. I came here many, many times as a boy and dreamed of playing for Northants," the left-arm quick bowler said.
"I will always be grateful for the years of coaching and mentoring that I have received which gave me the best start to my career.
"However, I feel that the time is right to move on, to experience a new approach to training and to broaden my cricket education. Yorkshire gives me the best opportunity to challenge myself working alongside some of the best players in the country."
Northants head coach David Ripley told BBC Radio Northampton: "He's one of our best players so obviously there's disappointment about that, but certainly no bitterness. He [Willey] has come through the system and been a great ambassador for the club.
"We hoped to keep him for the last year of his contract, but we also appreciate that his desire to play Test cricket might be better suited in Division One.
"It's difficult to argue with that; he's going to a good club and if he makes it to the Test match arena then good on him."


A man has died in a crash involving two vans on the M6 motorway which closed the southbound carriageway.

The crash happened between junctions 1 for Rugby and 2 for Coventry at about 05:00 BST.
A man driving a Sprinter van, aged in his 40s, was confirmed dead at the scene, ambulance crews said. The driver of a Mercedes box van was uninjured.
The motorway was shut until about 10:00 BST and drivers were advised to find other routes, Highways England said.
More updates on this and other stories in Coventry and Warwickshire
A West Midlands Ambulance Service spokeswoman said driver who died was found in cardiac arrest and it was not possible to save him.
Warwickshire Police is investigating and asked anyone who witnessed the crash to make contact.


A level crossing where a man died in January has developed a fault, preventing its barrier from closing.

Bedfordshire Police urged drivers to "use caution" at the Marston Road crossing near Lidlington until it could be closed to traffic for repairs.
A spokeswoman said they had received reports of people ignoring the junction's flashing warning lights.
A man died in January when the car he was in was hit by a London Midland train at the same crossing.
A nearby resident, who did not wish to be named, said at the time "people try to dodge the barriers".
"People always try to jump it because they can't wait for the train to come through," he added.
The crossing features what Network Rail described as a "half barrier", where only part of the road is blocked off.
This section of railway line is used by about 36 trains and 1,200 vehicles each day. Trains can pass through at up to 60mph (96kph).


A man who was stabbed to death in a street attack was "a good guy with a big heart", his girlfriend has said.

Sebastian Zuchlinski, 39, was found injured in Davenport Street, Bolton, on 6 February and died at the scene. Post-mortem tests confirmed he had suffered multiple knife wounds.
Mr Zuchlinski's girlfriend Anna said his death was "a massive loss".
His mother said he was "a loving son, brother and father to his 15-year-old daughter Kinga".
"His jokes and his smile will be greatly missed," she added.
A 37-year-old man, from Bolton, has been charged with murder and is due before Bolton Crown Court in March.


Worcester Warriors have made their 11th pre-season signing by bringing in vastly experienced Munster and Ireland lock forward Donncha O'Callaghan.

The 36-year-old, who has won 94 caps for his country, leaves Munster after 270 competitive appearances in 17 seasons for the Irish province.
"Donncha has tremendous know-how at the highest level," boss Dean Ryan said.
"To bring in someone with such international and European experience is a real coup for the club."
O'Callaghan, who also made four appearances for the British & Irish Lions in 2009, has played in three consecutive World Cups for Ireland and helped to win the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2009.
He has also picked up two Heineken Cup winners' medals, along with two Magners League titles, for Munster.
"I'm very grateful to Munster for all that they've done for me," he said. "But now I'm hungry for my new challenge.
"I watched the Bristol game where Warriors turned it around in the last seven minutes at the end of last season, and that was really impressive."
There may be more new signings at Sixways before the new Premiership season kicks off at home to Northampton on Friday, 16 October.
Experienced Springbok centre Wynand Olivier is also reportedly set to sign on a two-year deal following his release by Montpellier.


Brussels has been placed on its highest level of terror alert.

Prime Minister Charles Michel said: "Several individuals with arms and explosives could launch an attack... perhaps even in several places."
This comes a week after Paris suffered a series of attacks that killed 130 people.
People in Belgium have been describing what the atmosphere is like in the Belgium capital.
Kiran from Brussels says: "Army and police are on patrol in the Sainte Catherine area of Brussels.
"Rue Neuve the main shopping street in Brussels is fully closed.
"On one main road running from north to south from the station I could see every 100m there were army trucks or police patrols.
"From my house earlier I could see a large police and army presence."
@IdairaRobayna tweets what the feeling is like in Brussels:
@OphelinhaP tweets her concerns for the coming days:
University student, Marie-Emmanuelle AndrÃ©-Dumont says it's been a day full of insecurities.
"Everything has been cancelled, or almost. I feel like the city is in a state of war.
"I was actually out in the early hours on Saturday when I first saw lots of police and military vehicles on the streets suddenly.
I planned to go to a concert and shopping which has now been cancelled. My little brother's soccer game has been cancelled too because there's no public transport.
It's a strange atmosphere. We never knew anything like this."
Chris Foreman is spending the weekend in Brussels with his girlfriend but says he has been in his hotel for most of the day because of the security alert.
"We were walking down the street last night looking for a restaurant and we saw at least 15 armoured military and police vehicles pass by at top speed with the sirens ringing.
"We decided to play it safe and not go to the centre.
"Today has been another 'play it safe' day and now we are thinking about how to get to the airport tomorrow and whether or not there'll be delays or cancellations etc.
"Suffice to say, all hopes of a nice city break have been dashed.
"We hope nothing happens and that life in Brussels, and the rest of Europe, can go on as normal."
@NiallForKidney tweets about the atmosphere in the city:
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A Â£250,000 reward has been offered in an attempt to track down the killers of a much-loved goose which was reportedly shot at point-blank range.

The white goose, known as Grumpy Gertie, was so well-known in Sandon, Hertfordshire, he appeared on the village's sign.
But he was found shot dead at the village pond on Sunday amid reports he was gunned down by a gang in a 4x4.
One man has offered the reward for the capture of the "vile killers".
As reported by the Hertfordshire Mercury, Villagers said Gertie was considered a fixture in Sandon, where he could often be seen standing guard in a disused phone box.
Gay Ayton said: "He was a real character - he was hand-reared here and thought he was a duck.
"You'd see him in the middle of the road stopping traffic so the ducks could get by.
"It's very sad."
Now the phone box is filled with flowers, letters from children and a lantern.
Villager George Wallbridge, who pulled the goose out of the pond, said he was told by witnesses that the bird was shot from a blue 4x4 car.
The RSPCA said it was appalled.
"It is a reckless and senseless act to shoot a goose in the head at point-blank range," inspector Stephen Reeves said.
Grumpy Gertie's fate featured on the Jeremy Vine Show on Friday, when a Peter Hunt from Eastbourne in Sussex texted in to offer Â£250,000 to catch the "vile killers".
Speaking on the show, villager Jean Handley said people were "incensed".
"He's been around for years. Everyone is really upset about it.
"To see the flowers there, on the floor of the phone box.
"Goose had that as his little house."
A Hertfordshire Police spokesman said the goose was buried before officers arrived.
"At the moment we only have third-party reports," he said.
"If the body is examined and it can be confirmed the bird was shot this would of course be investigated."


Dover Athletic maintained their National League play-off hopes with a win at 10-man Guiseley.

Stefan Payne's low 20-yard strike beat Guiseley goalkeeper Dan Atkinson to put the away side ahead early on.
James Hurst saw red after he was shown a second yellow card for a late tackle on Jack Parkinson.
The home side looked to draw level and came close when Ryan Toulson squared for Oli Johnson, but his effort was kept out on the line.


Discount retailer Poundworld has been fined £60,000 after a woman's arm was crushed in a cardboard compactor.

The staff member became entangled with the hydraulically operated machine at the firm's shop in Middlesbrough's Captain Cook Square in December 2013.
The company must also pay £4,800 in costs.
It was sentenced at Teesside Crown Court having pleaded guilty to a health and safety offence at a previous hearing.
Easi Recycling Solutions Limited, which supplied and installed the machine, was fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £6,800 costs having also previously admitted its guilt.
Judith Hedgley, Middlesbrough Council's environmental health and trading standards manager, said the woman's "serious crushing injuries" would have been avoided "if better safety procedures, supervision and training had been implemented for the users of the machine".


For many tech companies the race is on to build ever smaller computer processors, but one British man has gone in the opposite direction.

James Newman is building a 14m (45ft) computer processor in the lounge of his bungalow in Cambridge.
Mr Newman's 16-bit "mega processor" will contain 14,000 individual transistors and 3,500 LED Lights.
So far the project had taken him three years and cost about Â£20,000, he told the BBC.
Mr Newman said he hoped it would have educational value but it would be hard to transport as it was likely to weigh about half a tonne once finished.
Bits of the processor light up as they operate, but other than that the entire machine operates just the same as a standard chip-sized microprocessor found in all computers.
"I was taken with the idea of being able to see how the thing works," Mr Newman, a digital electronics engineer, said.
"I have a visual way of thinking about things, I wanted to be able to see how a computer works and how things flow around within it.
"I intended it as a learning exercise, and I have learned a lot."
He said his enthusiasm for the project had ebbed and flowed over the years but he hoped to complete it by the end of 2015.
Mr Newman is now relying on "determinedness" to finish his creation, but he is concerned about the space the processor, which is 2m high, will take up.
"When it's set up and running in the living room, there won't be much space for living," he said.
"One of the fantasies is to line the hallway with it."
He said the first programs he intended to run on his mega processor were likely to be Tetris, noughts and crosses and 1970s evolutionary simulation Life by mathematician John Conway.
Mr Newman said: "My mother keeps asking, 'What can it do?' I keep saying, 'It's a computer, it can do anything.'
"My friends think it's mad, but I think they are also slightly jealous that I can allow myself to do it."


A great-grandmother who has Alzheimer's is to become a first-time author.

Joan Porter, 85, lives in sheltered accommodation in Bearsden, East Dunbartonshire.
But 40 years ago, she wrote down the stories she used to tell her children when they were small.
Now the same stories are to be published for the first time - and can sit on the book shelves of her seven great-grandchildren.
The series is being published after her daughter Arlene Harrison found the stories in one of her mother's cupboards.
She agreed with the rest of her family to send them off to a publisher and see what happened.
Arlene said: "We grew up in Kilberry - surrounded by countryside.  Mum used to make up stories for us, and then she started telling the stories to the children in her playgroup and started to write them down. Everyone always encouraged her to get them published, but she wouldn't.
"She said she was too busy and didn't think anyone would be interested.  She was always too busy running about caring for the family to ever fulfil her own ambition."
But now, Joan has - the first two books in the series are to be released in October.
"When I first told her we had sent her books off, she kept asking me not to make a big fuss of it and said that no-one would be interested in her ramblings.
"She still can't believe that her writings are being made into children's books. It's got her talking about writing more. It's a lovely legacy to leave.
"She really is wonderful - she never lets her dementia stop her doing anything. She is proof that being a pensioner and having dementia shouldn't get in the way of fulfilling your dreams."


All 300,000 mosques in Bangladesh have been asked give a sermon against terrorism and extremism in their Friday prayers this week.

The sermon, written by the state-run Islamic Foundation, condemns the "unjust killing of any human being".
It also urges parents to protect their children from "brainwashing".
The move comes after two deadly Islamist attacks in Bangladesh in recent weeks, including a siege on a Dhaka cafe that left 20 people dead.
That attack, and an attack on police guarding the country's largest Eid gathering in Kishoreganj, were both claimed by the Islamic State militant group.
The sermon said: "The Prophet says the greatest of all sins is to kill a human being. No distinction between Muslim or non-Muslim has been made here."
The foundation said it hoped imams would use the message, or take inspiration from it.
Although the sermon is not mandatory for mosques, observers say they expect most clerics will deliver the message, which was approved by the government.
The imam of the national mosque, Mohiuddin Quashem, read out the message in his Friday sermon.
He told the BBC's Akbar Hossain: "I said no human being can kill another human being. Islam never supports this."
The move is seen as part of the government's efforts to monitor activities in mosques, following concerns about radicalisation.
Abdullah Hasan, who joined the prayer at the national mosque, told the BBC: "I support the government's move to have an identical khutba [prayer]. The imams should deliver this sermon to fight against militancy in the name of Islam."
However, another worshipper, Muniruzzamn, argued that it was excessive regulation. "The imams should have their freedom, they should choose what they will speak about. It looks like government-controlled khutba. I don't think it will help."
Bangladesh has seen a spate of attacks on secular bloggers, gay activists, academics and members of religious minorities, with more than 40 killed since February 2013.
Many of those attacks were claimed by Islamic State militants or al-Qaeda affiliates, although the government has blamed local groups and the opposition instead. The opposition denies the claims.


Greek politicians say they are hopeful that Eurozone ministers will recognise the fiscal progress that the country has made.

Eurozone finance ministers are meeting in Brussels on Monday to continue negotiations on a deal to release a portion of billions of bailout funds.
Greek ministers says they will honour a payment of €750m (£544m, $834m) to the IMF due on Tuesday.
No breakthrough is expected at Monday's talks, with many issues unresolved.
Greece's left-wing government has said it will not break anti-austerity electoral promises, something that has put the country at odds with European creditors.
Greece has until June to agree a new reform deal with its creditors.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is reported to have told his cabinet that Europe needs to acknowledge the economic reforms that Greece has made.
"We want a clear confirmation of the progress that has been made," he told a meeting on Sunday, Greece's Ana state news agency reported.
Eurozone ministers are not hopeful of a deal being struck.
"We have made progress, but we are not very close to an agreement," Eurogroup chair Jeroen Dijsselbloem told the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
"It will surely not be reached at the Eurogroup meeting on Monday," he said.
Since January the government has been dominated by Syriza, the coalition of the radical left, which came into office promising to end austerity.
However, its international creditors remain unconvinced that its alternative plans to raise money will be sufficient to pay the bills.
Hence this prolonged stalemate - which has stretched Greek state finances to the limit.
The pressure on the Greek government to do a deal is immense. But if the only deal available is one that means it will have to break many of its election pledges, it could face rebellion within its own party.
That means a referendum could be called in Greece on whatever deal finally emerges. It would become, by necessity, a vote on whether the country should stay in the euro, or default on its debts and leave.
Last week Greece's Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis told the BBC that he did not expect a deal to be agreed on Monday but said agreement could be reached "within the next couple of weeks or so".
Mr Varoufakis also accused the Eurozone of dragging its feet over agreeing a deal.
"Europe works in glacial ways, and eventually does the right thing after it has tried all alternatives."
Greece did meet last Wednesday's deadline to pay €200m (£148m) in interest to the IMF.


Cycling stars - including eight medallists from the Rio Olympics - are racing from Glasgow to Castle Douglas as the Tour of Britain begins.

The opening stage of the week-long event is the only one in Scotland.
The Grand Depart saw riders rolling out of Glasgow's George Square before doing a circuit of the city.
They headed south, and have taken in Kilmarnock, Auchinleck, Cumnock and Dalmellington. They are due to finish in Castle Douglas at 15:30.
Spectators lined the route with the race also being televised.
The Tour of Britain has grown in stature in recent years and now attracts some of the biggest names in the sport.
Olympic medallists Mark Cavendish, Sir Bradley Wiggins, Owain Doull, Elia Viviani, Jack Bobridge, Alex Edmondson, Michael Hepburn and Tom Dumoulin are all among the line-up.
Former world hour record holder Rohan Dennis and German sprinter Andre Greipel, nicknamed The Gorilla, are other high profile riders taking part.
Sports bodies hope that staging major events can also help to create the stars of the future or simply encourage people to get more exercise.
Hours after the Tour of Britain started in Glasgow, the Sky Ride cycling event kicked off in the city.  Thousands of cyclists of all ages took part in the event, which was started by Sir Chris Hoy.
Vicky Strange, head of development at Cycling Scotland, said: "To have such a big event now coming to Scotland for its first stage is just fantastic.
"The Tour of Britain is one of the biggest events on the calendar - it has really gained in profile.
"So to have the big names coming to Scotland and having these people - household names - right there on your doorstep and we can all get the chance to go and see them up close, I think is hugely inspirational for us."
Past winners of the Tour of Britain's previous visits to Scotland are:
Large crowds gathered at the start and finish of the race will provide a boost for businesses in the area.
Dumfries and Galloway Council, which has hosted the event on a number of occasions, estimates the visitor expenditure at between Â£250,000 and Â£300,000.
There is also a further boost for accommodation providers with the huge entourage which follows a major cycling race.
Television coverage of the race, which is beamed around the world, is seen as providing a major opportunity to raise the tourist profile of an area.
It has previously been estimated to translate to the equivalent of an advertising campaign costing hundreds of thousands of pounds.
Councils which have helped to host the event will hope it shows off the attractions of the west and south of Scotland to its very best.
Across the opening stage there was a breakaway attempt, and a bunch sprint finish on King Street looks a likely outcome.
If that is the case, there are few sporting scenes more dramatic than a huge group of cyclists hurtling at top speed in their multi-coloured kits.
Rival teams will battle in the final kilometres to try to get their lead-out "train" in position to give their best sprinter a chance of victory.
Spectacular crashes are commonplace but, if he emerges unscathed, Mark Cavendish has to be among the favourites to take the win.


Two schools have closed after a developer broke planning rules by bulldozing a nearby building.

The demolition work, close to Robert Bloomfield Academy and Shefford Lower School, in Shefford, Bedfordshire, began on Saturday.
Developer Black Horse Residential had not been given permission for the work by Central Bedfordshire Council.
About 1,400 pupils attend the schools which were closed over safety concerns.
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The site is known as the "old lower school" and was originally owned by the council before being sold on to the developer.
A digger moved in on Saturday and began knocking down buildings.
On Sunday, parents of pupils at both schools were told they would be closed on Monday.
"We have been advised that the old school buildings have started to be demolished on the Old Lower School site," notes on social media and the school websites said.
"A number of concerns and unconfirmed risks concerning the safety of the site have emerged today, the safety of the boiler room which is now partially demolished and a potential asbestos risk," the head of Robert Bloomfield said.
Subsequently the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said any asbestos had been removed before demolition work started.
A spokeswoman for the council said: "The developer did not follow the correct process in respect of planning."
She said the developer did not need planning permission but needed to tell the council before the demolition work started.
The firm also had to give the council 28 days to "review the developers proposals, put the necessary conditions in place and inform local residents about the work", she said.
The council is discussing the planning issues with the developer and looking at what action is needed.
The BBC has contacted Black Horse Residential, which is based in Ampthill, but the developer has yet to comment.


The US Navy is to provide custom e-readers, dubbed the Navy eReader Device (NeRD),  to some of its sailors.

For security reasons, they will have no ports, wi-fi or roaming data capabilities as these features could be exploited by the enemy.
Five devices will be distributed among each US Navy active submarine fleet.
A broad range of books will be available from classics to best-sellers.
"At this time only submarines will receive devices," explained Nellie Moffitt, manager of the Navy General Library Program.
"[There will be] five per submarine, with a total of 355 for the submarine force. Eventually, we will send NeRDs to all vessels in the active fleet - it will take time as each collection will be tailored for specific audiences," Ms Moffitt told the BBC.
Traditional e-readers are not permitted on many Navy vessels as their GPS, wi-fi and roaming data features can give away their position to the enemy.
NeRD is said to overcome these issues thanks to its portability and lack of inputs and internet connectivity.
Unfortunately the absence of features means new books cannot be added to or removed from the device.
As a result, the e-readers come pre-loaded with 300 books, selected from the General Library Program's 108,000 titles.
Confirmed authors featured on the device include Jane Austen, Shakespeare and James Joyce.
However, there are also popular classics such as The Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones.
Storage restrictions, particularly in submarines, have meant keeping a well-stocked library in the Navy can sometimes prove challenging.
The NeRD is the brainchild of the US Navy General Library Program in partnership with Findaway World.
Sailors will not be charged for the device.


Boxing has a "major problem" with drugs, according to Liverpool's European cruiserweight champion Tony Bellew.

Australian Lucas Browne tested positive for a fat-burning drug after beating Ruslan Chagaev for the WBA heavyweight title.
"I think professional boxing has a major problem with drugs," said Bellew.
"There are not lives at risk in a 100m race. There are in a boxing ring and that is why it is so alarming."
Australian Browne, 36, has denied any wrongdoing and had said that he will clear his name.
Drug testing was a major issue of contention during Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao's long-running negotiations for their May 2015 superfight, with both fighters eventually agreeing to unannounced blood and urine testing.
Sheffield fighter Kid Galahad was banned for six months after failing a drugs test for steriod Stanozolol in September 2014.
Bellew believes the greater risks in boxing should correspond to lengthier bans.
"Steriods allow people to train much much harder and recover much much quicker," he added
"If someone is taking them in the couple of months in the lead-up to a fight they have such a huge advantage
"I suggest nothing less than a lifetime ban. It shouldn't take someone dying in the ring at the hands of a steroid-user for this to happen."
Bellew is to fight Congo's Ilunga Makabu for the WBC cruiserweight world title this summer, with Goodison Park mentioned as a possible venue.
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Police investigating the killing of three swans at a Pembrokeshire wood have made two arrests.

The swans suffered fatal injuries when they were shot with what is believed to be an airgun at Haverfordwest's Withybush Woods.
An unharmed cygnet was also recovered and put in the care of the RSPCA.
Insp Tim Davies, of Dyfed-Powys Police, said: "This was a distressing incident, and we are aware of the impact in the local community."
He added: "We are thoroughly investigating this serious wildlife crime."
He also appealed for anyone with information about the shootings, which were reported to the police on Saturday, to contact the force.
The RSPCA said it was "very shocked and saddened" to hear about the deaths.
The swan is a protected species in the UK and it is a criminal offence to harm one.


Edinburgh vice-captain Grant Gilchrist has been ruled out for the rest of the season through injury.

The Scotland lock has been forced to have further surgery for the broken forearm he picked up in October's European Challenge Cup game with Lyon.
Edinburgh said in a statement: "Grant has, unfortunately, fallen into a percentage of people who can have a delayed healing response."
Gilchrist picked up his injury shortly after being named Scotland captain.
New national coach Vern Cotter had earmarked the 24-year-old to lead the squad in the autumn Tests against Argentina, New Zealand and Tonga.
But Gilchrist did not feature in any of the games because of his injury.
The decision for revision surgery was taken after consultation with upper limb specialist Mr Doug Campbell at Spire Hospital Leeds," added Edinburgh's statement.
"Following a period of rest, Grant will continue his rehabilitation under the care of the Edinburgh Rugby and Scotland medical teams."


Cassette tapes, a lunch box and ballet shoes owned and used by Princess Diana will be put on public display at Buckingham Palace.

The exhibition of Diana's rarely-seen personal belongings opens on Saturday and coincides with the 20th anniversary of her death.
Also included in the collection are photos of the Princess with her sons, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
Many of the objects in the exhibition were selected by William and Harry.
The centrepiece of the collection is a desk where the Princess of Wales read and answered official correspondence in her sitting room in Kensington Palace.
Her love of music is documented in her cassette collection, which includes albums by Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and Elton John.
The exhibition, which runs until 1 October, will also include gifts presented to the Queen over her 65-year reign.
These gifts include a paperweight made from a fossilised dinosaur bone, and a union jack badge worn in space by British astronaut Major Tim Peake.