Three teenagers who attacked a rival football supporter leaving him with a life-changing brain injury have been given custodial sentences.

Watford fan Nic Cruwys, 44, spent three weeks in a coma after being attacked following a match at Wolves in March 2015, Wolverhampton Crown Court heard.
The supporters were aged 13, 14 and 18 when they stamped on and kicked him.
Wolves said the three, who pleaded guilty, had been banned from Molineux for life along with three others.
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The father-of-two was attacked as he made his way to the railway station, the court heard.
Prosecutor John Hallissey said Mr Cruwys "appears simply to have been picked out of the crowd".
He fell to the ground following a punch.
Joe Wood, now 15, of Woodstock Road, Wolverhampton, was ordered to be detained for 56 months after admitting wounding Mr Cruwys with intent.
Joseph Lister, of Palmer Close, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, was given a 30-month sentence after the now 19-year-old admitted wounding.
Connor Pearson, now 16, of Ettingshall Road, Wolverhampton, admitted wounding and was given a one-year detention and training order.
None of those convicted of wounding had attended the match, the court heard.
Ex-Wolves season-ticket holder Ryan Meer, 19, of Watling Street, Gailey, Staffordshire, admitted affray and was given a suspended eight-month sentence.
He was not involved in the attack and was ordered to carry out 200 hours of unpaid community work.
Robert Beech, of Springhill Road, Wednesfield, admitted threatening behaviour and was handed a two-month suspended sentence.
Beech, 19, was ordered to complete 100 hours of community work and given a three-year football banning order.
Daniel Lloyd, 19, from Longfellow Road, Dudley, will be sentenced at a later date after admitting grievous bodily harm.
In a statement issued through West Midlands Police, Mr Cruwys' family said: "Although Nic will never fully recover, we are now hoping to try and move on with our lives and try and put the horrific situation behind us."


Jurgen Klopp has long been considered one of European football's most charismatic and coveted coaches.

A difficult season at Borussia Dortmund may have chipped, very slightly, away at his burgeoning reputation but the floppy hair, the stubble, the designer frames, the unique sense of humour and the hugely engaging manner have long marked him out as a man who stands out from the crowd.
His decision to end his seven-year love affair with Dortmund came as a shock to many and immediately prompted speculation about his next move. Having ruled out a sabbatical from the game, BBC Sport looks in detail at where 'Kloppo' may end up next.
Manchester City: The latest information I have on the long-running 'Klopp to Manchester City' talk, is that the German is no longer on the club's radar. Now, clearly it is dangerous to be definitive about anything in football but it seems Klopp goes in the 'no interest in him' list alongside Atletico Madrid manager Diego Simeone.
In the past Klopp has hinted that his philosophy may not tally with City's anyway, having said: "I don't want the most money for a team because that brings problems. I don't want these problems." It is no secret that City, along with Chelsea, discussed Klopp as a candidate before appointing Manuel Pellegrini and Jose Mourinho respectively two summers ago.
At the time, he indicated that he wanted to stay with his outstanding young Dortmund team, intent on rising to the challenge posed by the arrival of Pep Guardiola at Bayern Munich that summer. With Pellegrini's tenure looking increasingly under threat, City want Guardiola, although it remains to be seen if the feeling is mutual. Chances: 1/10
Manchester United: A year ago, Old Trafford felt like a very different place. David Moyes was no longer the chosen one, but the sacked one, and the search had begun for a new manager with Louis van Gaal very much to the fore from the early stages.
Klopp was asked whether he wanted the United job and responded by saying: "Man Utd is a great club and I feel very familiar with their wonderful fans. But my commitment to Borussia Dortmund and the people is not breakable." With Van Gaal in the process of turning United into contenders again, the door is now firmly closed.
It is far more likely we will see centre-back Mats Hummels making the journey from Dortmund to Manchester, than his manager. Chances: 0/10
Liverpool: The Liverpool owners may have had their faith in Brendan Rodgers tested at times this season, particularly in early December, but the Northern Irishman is very much their man for now.
Klopp's name featured prominently on the shortlist put together by Liverpool owners Fenway Sports Group in the wake of Kenny Dalglish's departure in 2012, but he quickly made it clear that he had no wish to leave Dortmund, then champions of Germany.
Almost three years later and Rodgers has already mounted one title challenge and, for now, is still seen as the man to mount another, despite this season's problems. Chances: 1/10
Any other Premier League club? In an interview last November, Klopp made it clear that England was his next challenge. "It's the only country, I think, where I should work, really, next to Germany, because it's the only country I know the language a little bit and I need the language for my work."
With Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea apparently out of the running, it remains to be seen if he is still as interested as he was before.
West Ham are likely to be in the market for a new manager, as will Newcastle, but neither match the ambition of a man who wants to conquer Europe again.
Arsenal admire Klopp, the German admires them and - whenever the Gunners endure a rough patch - his is the first name on the lips of many of their fans. However, the chances of him replacing Arsene Wenger this summer are miniscule.
Wenger is less than a year into a new deal that runs until 2017, he has never broken a contract, his current team are looking better than any of their recent predecessors and few are calling for the Frenchman's head. In the future it might happen but, barring a disastrous end to the season, not now. Chances: 2/10
Real Madrid: The Bernabeu is certainly a potential destination for Klopp because Carlo Ancelotti's future is far from clear.
Notably, at a recent news conference staged to deny he was on the verge of sacking Ancelotti, Real president Florentino Perez pointedly stated Ancelotti would be in charge for "days and weeks" ahead - but refused to commit himself further than that.
The major stumbling block is Real legend Zinedine Zidane, who is being groomed as a future manager by Perez and is currently gaining experience in charge of the club's reserve team.
If this summer comes too early for Zidane, however, Klopp would be a major contender. Chances: 7/10
Barcelona: Despite leading his team to 20 wins from their last 22 games, Barcelona boss Luis Enrique may be out of a job after one season in charge because of presidential elections which will take place in June or July.
Current president Josep Maria Bartomeu is mandated to serve until 2016, but he recently brought elections forward by a year after a series of damaging scandals.
Former president Joan Laporta - Bartomeu's sworn enemy - is expected to stand for election, and whoever wins the battle will want to make a statement by appointing their own man as coach.
Whether Klopp is prepared to enmesh himself in Catalonia's political infighting remains to be seen. Chances: 5/10
Atletico Madrid: In many ways, Atletico Madrid are the best natural fit for Klopp in Spain.
Like his team at Dortmund over the past few years, Atletico have overachieved by marrying a fast-paced, counter-attacking style with whole-hearted physical effort, backed up by passionate fans who revel in their ability to get one over the nation's big boys.
Current Atletico boss Diego Simeone, though, has just signed a new five-year contract to stay at the Vicente Calderon and appears fully committed despite strong interest from elsewhere.
But if Simeone broke Atletico's hearts by making a U-turn and deciding to leave, Klopp would be the perfect replacement. Chances: 2/10
A manager jumping ship to join their biggest rivals, it could never happen could it? Unless your name is Harry Redknapp perhaps, no.
Treble-seeking Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola has a watertight contract until 2016 and, according to chairman of the board Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Spaniard is "unsackable".
Even if Guardiola chooses not to prolong his stay in Bavaria, there isn't a vacancy at Bayern until next year.
By that time Klopp will, rest assured, be safely installed as an employee of a money-rich Premier League club, where the effervescent German will astound everyone with his near flawless English skills, as well as his coaching ability and motivation skills. Chances: 3/10
A move to Italy or France would be very unlikely.
It's not that there is no love to be had in Serie A or Ligue 1, it's more like arriving at the disco two hours too late, everyone good is already taken.
It's hard to see Juventus divorcing Massimiliano Allegri, a man who has just masterminded a comfortable Champions League win over Dortmund in favour of the very coach he outthought over two legs.
Only Klopp knows for sure but it seems the established elite are what may well tempt him, but a move to (for example) Inter Milan is also unlikely. After too many years in the shadows of Jose Mourinho, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini looks like he's beginning to turn things around there.
Despite sitting two places above Inter in eighth, their city rivals are perhaps the most likely (or least unlikely) Italian destination. Former AC Milan player Zvonimir Boban is one of many to voice strong criticism of current boss Filippo Inzaghi in recent weeks.
If he's likely to swipe "no" to Serie A on world's football's management carousel then the pool of potential in France may be even smaller.
If everything we hear about Klopp is correct it's hard to see anyone outside of Paris St-Germain or Marseilletempting him.
PSG have had a great season under Laurent Blanc and are in the Champions League quarter-finals as well as chasing a domestic treble.
While Marseille would have been screaming out for a suitor like Klopp 12 months ago, they are now firmly in a relationship with Marcelo Bielsa, who has them challenging again domestically for the first time in years. Chances of Ligue 1 or Serie A move: 3/10


Police officers who give evidence to an inquiry into the death of an unarmed man will not be immune from criminal prosecution, the Attorney General said.

Anthony Grainger was shot in the chest during a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) operation in Cheshire in 2012.
Public inquiry lead Judge Thomas Teague QC suggested evidence given in the inquiry by witnesses should not be used in any prosecution against them.
But Attorney General Jeremy Wright said that would not be appropriate.
Mr Grainger, 36 and of Bolton, died during the operation in Culceth.
The inquiry into his death, due to start on 16 January 2017, will look at the police operation, the decision to send armed officers, and any failures in gathering intelligence.
The partner, brother, mother and stepfather of Mr Grainger, along with "GMP officer Q9", have been named as "core participants".
Judge Teague has previously said it was the "utmost public concern" when an unarmed person was shot dead by police.
He said some evidence may not be made available to the public, due to the "nature of the documentation".
[CORRECTION - 1 December 2016: The original version of this story, published at 10:03 GMT on 26 December, stated "Judge Thomas Teague QC, leading the public inquiry, had asked for immunity for those giving evidence". This is incorrect - the judge instead asked that evidence provided by witnesses should not be used against witnesses in any future proceedings.]


The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says a three-person panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Games.

Last week the IOC said individual sports' governing bodies must decide if Russian competitors are clean amid claims of state-sponsored doping.
But it now says the newly convened panel "will decide whether to accept or reject that final proposal".
More than 250 Russian athletes have so far been cleared to compete.
The three-person panel comprises Ugur Erdener, president of World Archery and head of the IOC medical and scientific commission, Claudia Bokel of the IOC athletes commission, and Spanish IOC member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr, son of the ex-IOC president of the same name.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) had recommended all Russian athletes be banned after its independently commissioned report found evidence of a four-year "doping programme" across the "vast majority" of Olympic sports.
The IOC stopped short of applying a blanket ban in a move criticised by Wada and others, while swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev have become the first Russian athletes to appeal against their ban to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
The Olympics start in Rio on Friday.
Meanwhile, Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova has asked again for the IOC to reassess her exclusion from Rio.
The 800m runner's testimony helped shed light on the scale of doping in Russian sport, and she was to compete under a neutral flag in Rio.
But the IOC ruled that she should not be allowed to take part as she had previously failed a doping test.
In a letter to the IOC on Saturday, Stepanova and her husband Vitaly asked the body to "reassess the decision on Yulia".
The IOC responded by saying it had rejected any review of her case and had not discussed the matter at its executive board meeting.
"The final decision has been taken already," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said.


Tranmere have extended the loan spell of Brighton striker Shamir Fenelon for another month.

Fenelon, 20, has made eight appearances since joining in November and scored in the win over Portsmouth in that month.
"Shamir has done well in his time here and I'm pleased to be able to keep him for another month," said Rovers manager Micky Adams.
"He's quick, lively, causes defenders problems and has given us something different in our attacking options."
The former Rochdale and Torquay loanee is available for the FA Cup tie against Swansea City on Saturday,


Staunchly Catholic Malta only introduced divorce following a referendum in 2011, to the dismay of many in authority.

Six years later, it ranks top in Europe for gay rights, it was the first country to ban gay conversion therapy - and it's about to legalise same-sex marriage.
"Malta wants to keep leading on LGBT issues and civil liberties, to serve as a model for the rest of the world," Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told the BBC.
Fresh from a resounding electoral victory, Mr Muscat put forward the Marriage Equality Bill as the first law to be discussed in parliament.
Aware of the potential backlash, centre-right Nationalist Party leader Simon Busuttil killed off speculation that the conservative faction within his party was against gay marriage. He insisted the opposition would support the new law.
It is not a standalone law, but consists of changes to the Marriage Act and several other laws.
Among the most contentious changes, it scraps references to "husband", "wife", "mother" and "father", preferring gender-neutral terms. It also gives gay couples equal rights to adopt children.
Marriage will be put on an equal footing for everyone, removing the notion that there is a "first-class" union for husband and wife and a "second-class" version for the rest, according to Mr Muscat.
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But the law has also been dismissed by critics as too progressive and even of going beyond the mandate of the Labour government's pledge.
Nationalist Party whip David Agius protested in parliament: "From now on, you cannot call your parents 'mum' or 'dad' because it is not in the law. Will we be celebrating "person who gave birth today" instead of Mothers Day?"
Maltese Catholic organisation Cana warned that gay marriage was a prelude to sperm donation and surrogacy for same-sex couples wanting children.
The suppression of the cherished terms 'husband and wife', 'mother and father' in Maltese law is lamentable
Malta Archbishop Charles Scicluna told a church community recently: "We are not against gays... But we do not need to change the way in which God created marriage to enable us to say that two men or two women can get married."
The amended law undermines the true procreative purpose of sexual intercourse between a husband and a wife, Mgr Scicluna told the BBC.
"The suppression of the cherished terms 'husband and wife', 'mother and father' in Maltese law is lamentable."
The Mediterranean island nation of fewer than 450,000 inhabitants has seen dramatic social changes since it joined the EU in 2004.
As Malta's first children's book about gay love is published, Prime Minister Muscat knows the tide is changing - and he is taking some of the credit.
"The change in civil liberties in Malta came because the Labour government put issues of equality as a matter of principle rather than mere cosmetic changes."
Gay marriage (marriage equality) is legal in these EU states: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK (excluding Northern Ireland)
Registered partnerships (with similar rights to marriage): Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Slovenia
Registered partnership (limited rights): Czech Republic, Estonia
No legislation: Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia
Source: ILGA Europe
When Maltese couple Neil Falzon and Roderick Vassallo got married in Portugal in July 2013 they could only host a small celebration, certainly nothing like the massive family feasts synonymous with Maltese weddings.
"At the same time it was surreal, almost other-worldly, that I was sitting before a marriage celebrant doing the unthinkable: marrying another man," recalls Mr Falzon, a human rights lawyer.
He said that from the age of 10 he knew he had a "dark corner" inside, which he felt nobody should see.
"Throughout those difficult years the toughest moments were those battling with the certainty that I would live alone forever, with nobody to love and no family of my own."
His partner Roderick faced the same dilemma.
"Since my coming out I always excluded the possibility of being ever married. The Maltese mentality was quite medieval at the time and being openly gay was somehow frowned upon, let alone the formal sanctioning of a relationship."
When Malta introduced civil unions in 2013, which gave several rights to gay couples but recognised only marriages contracted abroad, the two men felt they could finally become integrated into Maltese society.
"We had chosen to marry in Portugal on a point of principle. Why should we settle for a civil union when everyone else can marry? Although the legal effects are identical, the name is everything. This is why the new legislation is so important," Mr Falzon says.


As the battle buses criss-cross West Yorkshire's closely fought parliamentary constituencies it has almost been overlooked that 128 other election battles are being fought in the same area.

All five of West Yorkshire's powerful district local authorities go to the polls on the same day as the general election, each with a third of their council seats up for grabs.
Local polls on the same day as a general election sometimes produce surprising results and 2010 was no exception.
As the headlines were grabbed by a Conservative surge and "Cleggmania", voters in West Yorkshire took part in what political academics call a "reverse bounce".
As seats held by Labour MPs were toppling in the Leeds area, the city council saw a power-sharing Conservative and Liberal Democrat administration pushed aside.
In Bradford, a previously safe Labour parliamentary seat was snapped up by the Liberal Democrats, but in City Hall a minority Labour administration gained enough extra council seats to come close to gaining a majority.
Calderdale, the authority centred on Halifax, saw Labour take control and just down the road in Wakefield Labour strengthened its grip.
In the three rounds of council elections since then it has been largely a story of Labour gains, but with the odd blip.
George Galloway's "Bradford Spring" in 2012 resulted in five Respect councillors being elected but storm clouds soon moved in and the party has not won a single seat since then. In fact, after internal ructions, one of them switched to Labour this year.
The UK Independence Party (UKIP) also huffed and puffed in 2014 but it has hardly blown any of the council houses down. It now has two councillors in Wakefield and another two in Bradford.
So where does that leave the prospects for 2015?
Leeds City Council: It would take an earthquake to shift Labour from its position of power in West Yorkshire's biggest council, the city of Leeds. It has grown from being the biggest party, but needing the city's three Greens to take power in 2010, to now holding almost two thirds of the 99 seats in the council chambers. Keith Wakefield has announced he is stepping down as leader and the party will elect a replacement after the election.
Bradford City Council: Labour is by far the largest party, but with by-elections and defections this year its 45 seats leave it now one short of an overall majority in the 90-seat chamber. Respect, with its four members, claims it will squeeze Labour even further but is fielding candidates in just seven of the 30 seats up for election. As with all of the West Yorkshire councils UKIP is putting up more candidates than ever before.
Calderdale Metropolitan District Council: Despite Labour ending up as the largest party with 25 of the 51 seats in Halifax Town Hall after last year's elections it was just short of a majority, taking power with the help of the six Liberal Democrats. When those parties fell out last summer, the Conservatives added their 19 seats to the Liberal Democrats and Stephen Baines became West Yorkshire's only Conservative council leader. With Labour so close to a majority he will do well to stay in power.
Kirklees Metropolitan District Council: Labour, with 32 of the 69 seats in Huddersfield Town Hall, is by far the largest party but only holds control with the help of four councillors who make up West Yorkshire's strongest group of Greens. Labour needs three more for a majority but the expectation is for little change this time around.
Wakefield City Council: A Labour stronghold where the party holds 54 of the council's 63 seats. Upheavals have happened in the past here but few see veteran council leader Peter Box shifting out of his office any time soon.


Highland Council is to seek a cut of "at least" 200 jobs to help it make budget savings.

Almost 400 staff at the local authority took voluntary redundancy packages last year.
Information on a "early release scheme" is to be made available to workers online in the effort to achieve a further reduction in posts.
The GMB union, which represents many said it was disappointed at the level of cuts proposed.
It warns that a further reduction in the council's workforce will increase work loads on remaining employees and affect the running of services.
Bill Fernie, Highland Council's budget leader, told BBC Alba that the early release scheme should mean compulsory redundancies could be avoided.


Fourteen people have been given potentially life-saving stem cell donations thanks to a campaign launched to help a young boy with leukaemia.

A match was found for Joel Picker-Spence, but it was too late and he died shortly before his seventh birthday in 2008.
His mother continued the Join for Joel campaign even after her son's death.
Since then, 14 people have contacted her saying they have donated stem cells after hearing about Joel's story.
These people were among the hundreds and possibly thousands who have joined stem cell donor registers after hearing about the campaign.
Most people who join the registers will not go on to donate their stem cells, as the odds of being a match for someone within five years of signing up is only 1 in 900.
Joel's mother Ann-Marie Spence, from Farndon in Nottinghamshire, said she never imagined she would still be campaigning so many years after her son's death.
"Through this alone we've potentially saved 14 people's lives, which those 14 people wouldn't have got if we hadn't carried on doing Join for Joel," she said.
"We've made a difference to so many people's lives."
Source: Anthony Nolan
The Anthony Nolan register said more than 200 potential donors had joined its register after signing up at Join for Joel events, and more had joined online.
The organisation only accepts people aged 16-30, but Joel's mother said people had also signed up to alternative registers as a result of the campaign.
Helen Billam, from Anthony Nolan, said: "Joel's family and friends should be really proud of everyone they have inspired to take this potentially life-saving action."
Donors who have already saved lives include data analyst Alan Fisher, who joined the register after hearing about Joel's story on BBC Radio Nottingham.
"It's not going to cause any lasting damage to me and somebody else gets an opportunity to carry on living, so it's a pretty small price to pay I think," he said in 2014.
He later discovered the recipient was a boy about the same age as Joel.


A trial has begun in London of an immunotherapy treatment aimed at halting the progression of type 1 diabetes.

Twenty-four volunteers are being recruited for the study in the Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's hospital.
In type 1 diabetes the immune system destroys the cells that make insulin, the hormone needed to control blood sugar levels. The hope is the treatment will re-train or reset the immune system.
All the patients being recruited have been recently diagnosed with type 1 and so still have some remaining beta cells - which are found in the pancreas and are responsible for making insulin.
Prof Mark Peakman, King's College London, who is leading the trial, said: "If we get in with this therapy early enough we may be able to protect the beta cells that remain in those patients so that they continue to make some of their own insulin which would give them better control of blood glucose and mean their risk of future complications of diabetes is reduced."
Natalie Worrall from Kent, aged 20, was the first volunteer to receive the MultiPepT1De injection.
Natalie, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in December 2014 and needs to inject insulin four times a day in order to keep her blood glucose levels stable, said: "I'm hoping the injections will slow down the progression of my diabetes so that I can live a more normal life."
Another trial participant, Aleix Rowlandson, aged 18, from Lancashire, was diagnosed with type 1 in September 2015.
She said: "It was a big shock when I found out I had type 1. I was keen to volunteer for something that may help find a cure at some point in the future."
All the volunteers will receive six injections, four weeks apart.
In healthy people the immune system has a complex system of checks and balances to enable it to destroy harmful pathogens - but not healthy tissue.  Part of the regulation is done by T regulatory cells, which suppress the immune response from attacking the body.
The injections contain peptides - small fragments of protein molecules found in the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas.
It is hoped these will prompt T regulatory cells in the immune system to mount a protective response to the beta cells, so re-training the immune system.
There are two main types of diabetes -
Type 1 diabetes can develop at any age, but usually appears before the age of 40, particularly in childhood.
Around 10% of all diabetes is type 1, but it is the most common type of childhood diabetes, so it is sometimes called juvenile diabetes or early-onset diabetes
In type 2 diabetes, the body either fails to produce enough insulin to function properly, or the body's cells do not react to insulin. Around 90% of adults with diabetes have type 2, and it tends to develop later in life than type 1.
Source: NHS Choices
The development of MultiPepT1De, and the science behind it, has been funded by the Wellcome Trust, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and Diabetes UK.
The primary goal of the study is to assess the safety of the treatment, but researchers will also be looking at its effectiveness including whether any protective effect continues after the injections have stopped.
Prof Peakman said laboratory and animal model research had produced promising results, and early studies in patients showed some potentially important immune and metabolic changes.
Jack Meaning, aged 29, an economist, was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in October 2014.  He was on a trial of an earlier, simpler version of the immunotherapy, MonoPepT1De,  which has now been completed, although the results have yet to be published.
He said: "It's been fantastic. The trial finished nine months ago but my blood glucose control continues to be really tight. To my mind, a large part of that is a result of the study I was on."
The research team at Guy's stress it is far too early to make any claims about the effectiveness of their immunotherapy approach.
If the current trial is successful then the eventual aim is to test the treatment in children, before diabetes develops, with the goal of preventing the loss of insulin production.
That would, in effect, act like a vaccine against type 1 diabetes, which affects around 400,000 people in the UK, 29,000 of them children.
Karen Addington, UK Chief Executive of JDRF said: "If we can teach the immune system to stop attacking the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas we can potentially prevent type 1 diabetes from developing.
"This would be a major breakthrough. Incidence of the condition is rising, especially among young children, so research projects like this must be supported."
Researchers at the Biomedical Research Unit at Guy's hospital are still recruiting for their trial.  Volunteers need to be aged 18-45 and have been diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in the last four years.


Swindon Town have appointed caretaker boss Luke Williams as head coach on a five-year contract.

The Robins have won six of their 10 League One games since former Brighton Under-21 and reserves coach Williams took interim charge in December.
The 35-year-old replaced Martin Ling at the County Ground, after Ling stepped down citing "health reasons."
"He is a fantastic coach, the best I've come across in 25 years of football," chairman Lee Power said.
"The reason Luke is 'head coach' and not 'manager' is because that is what he is: the head coach.
"No players will come into the club that Luke is not happy with, but his main job is to coach the group and improve them."
Williams is the fourth person to take charge of Swindon this season, following Mark Cooper, Ling, and chairman Power, who looked after the first team for a spell following Cooper's dismissal in October.
The Robins are currently 13th in the League One table, seven points outside the play-off places.


A man has been found guilty of raping a woman, who was drunk, while she slept.

The High Court in Glasgow heard Amir Bakhjam, 38, met the woman and her boyfriend in Ashton Lane in Glasgow before heading to a nightclub in the city centre in July 2015.
After the woman had a row with her boyfriend she went home with Bakhjam.
He claimed they had consensual sex but she said she woke up to find him "helping himself". He was convicted of rape and will be sentenced in March.
The court heard that Bakhjam had gone with the woman and her boyfriend to Kushion Night Club in Bath Street.
She told the court she had drunk Prosecco, rum and cokes, a cocktail and shots.
The woman said: "The last thing I remember is going up to get another round of drinks at Kushion."
Bakhjam was found guilty of removing her clothing and raping her while she was heavily under the influence of alcohol, a drug or similar intoxicating substance and was unconscious or asleep and incapable of giving consent.
The court heard that in a phone call to a friend that night Bakhjam described his victim by saying: "She's steaming. She's out of it, she's a riot."
He had also faced another rape allegation at his home on 30 June 2013, but this charge was withdrawn after the alleged victim refused to give evidence.
The court heard that Bakhjam has a previous conviction for assault.
He was placed on the sex offenders register by Judge Graeme Buchanan who remanded him in custody pending background reports.


The first US presidential debate is over after a frenetic 90 minutes - now it's time to get your breath back.

We had teams all across the US, including the venue in Hofstra University, New York, on the night.
Here's a one-stop shop for all our best material from the debate, including all the latest reaction.
by Anthony Zurcher, BBC North America reporter
While Mr Trump had a strategy - and pursued it on occasion - he was often blown off course by the former secretary of state and torpedoed by his own sometimes badgering performance.
While Mrs Clinton was occasionally prone to know-it-all-ness - particularly in her repeated appeals to outside fact-checkers - she largely maintained the upper hand.
Read Anthony's analysis here of the three ways she scored points, the two times Mr Trump gained an edge and one very important wildcard.
Here's our pick of the most important parts of the evening.
by the BBC's Jessica Lussenhop
Ahead of time, many wondered if Donald Trump - who in past debates with his mostly male Republican rivals used insults and personal attacks - would use the same tactics with Hillary Clinton.
But Trump never openly insulted Clinton, never called her "Crooked Hillary", nor did he cross the stage at any point, as a former senate opponent famously did with Clinton in 2000 - a move that was seen as physically intimidating towards a female candidate.
Despite that, gender and sexism did feature prominently during several exchanges in the debate, and in the initial feedback on the candidates' performance on social media.
Read Jessica's analysis here
We sat with supporters of both camps in Seattle to see how they responded as the debate went on.
by BBC Trending
On Twitter the debate racked up numbers more commonly seen during international sporting events or shocking breaking news. Nearly five million tweets were sent out using hashtags #DebateNight and #Debates2016.
To put that into perspective, that's about 20 times the comparable number sent during the  first big showdown of the UK 2015 general election - considered at the time to be a massive online political event.
And one candidate dominated the majority of the conversation: Twitter's communications team estimated that 62% of tweets were about Trump.
Read BBC Trending's wrap of the night here
During the debate Mr Trump said African-Americans were "living in hell" in the US due to gun violence.
We asked voters in Harlem what they made of the debate.
(Actually, he did support it, sort of, and moderator Lester Holt tried his best to point this out.)
In general, the debate was a bonanza for fact checkers - you can read more from BBC Reality Check here.
Much of the pressure was on NBC anchor Lester Holt - half the country demanded he take a firm hand, and the rest were worried he might interfere - so how did he perform on the night?
At least one did. Walt in Philadelphia told the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan that before the debate he was leaning towards Trump but now believes Clinton has the better plan.
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Most large US media outlets awarded victory to Mrs Clinton.
But columnists also noted that Republican Mr Trump had the ability to "adapt after failure" and said there was a risk Mrs Clinton could become "cocky" after her assured performance.
Read what more US and foreign media said here
We can't speak for the whole world, but this is how it went down with young people in China.
Quite a bit, including the Syria conflict and Trump's Mexican border wall. (But don't worry, there are two more presidential debates to come).
Read more: What they didn't say in the first debate
Our live page is no longer running (though it will at various times between now and the election), but you can follow the events of the night here.


Two young girls were shot in the head over the weekend in Chicago in separate incidents, leaving both in a critical condition in hospital.

The shootings, which occurred about 30 minutes apart, happened on Chicago's South Side, an area which has been plagued by gun violence for years.
Takiya Holmes, 11, was sitting in her family's minivan when she was shot.
Kanari Gentry-Bowers, 12, was hit while playing basketball at her primary school's playground.
Both girls are in a critical condition in hospital, and family members say they are each fighting for their lives.
This past weekend in Chicago 27 people were shot and injured and five more were killed in violent attacks around the city.
Takiya, who is currently on life-support, was in the backseat of a vehicle with her mother and little brother when shots rang out around 19:40 local time on Saturday.
The girl, who police said was not the intended target, was hit in the back of the head.
Minutes earlier, Kanari was shot in the head by a gunman who opened fire at the Henderson Elementary School school playground, where she studied.
"She was just playing basketball outside and I guess a car came up and got to shooting and shot her in the back of her head," Rochetta Tyler, Kanari's cousin, said through tears.
Neither perpetrator has been arrested so far, police say.
The families of both girls have appealed for them to turn themselves into police.
Last year was Chicago's most violent in 20 years.
In 2016 more than 4,300 shootings and 762 murders were recorded by the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
More than 400 shootings have been recorded in 2017 so far, they report.


Three men jailed over their part in the £25m Hatton Garden raid have failed in their appeal bid.

Carl Wood, William Lincoln and Hugh Doyle wanted the Court of Appeal to reconsider their convictions.
But on Wednesday, three judges ruled the men had no realistic chance of winning their appeals.
The gang breached the vault at Hatton Garden Safe Deposit in London in April 2015, stealing items initially thought were worth £14m ($20m).
That estimate was recently revised to £25m ($30m).
In total seven men were jailed.
Wood, 59, and Lincoln, 61, were found guilty of conspiring to burgle and conspiring to conceal, convert or transfer criminal property. Wood was given a six-year jail term and Lincoln was sentenced to seven years.
Doyle, 49, was found guilty of concealing, converting or transferring criminal property and was given a 21-month jail term suspended for two years.


Bogus workmen who stole jewellery and money from an 85-year-old man in Edinburgh are being sought by police.

The man was in his Westfield Road flat at 16:30 on Thursday when a man called at his door claiming to have been carrying out work in the common stair.
He asked for access to check water pressure, then distracted the victim while a second man entered the flat and stole the items from the bedroom.
Officers have issued descriptions of the two men they are trying to trace.
One was described as having a tanned complexion and was between 5ft and 5ft 2in tall, of heavy build, with broad shoulders, dark shaved hair and a clean-shaven face.
He was wearing a dark bulky Barbour-style jacket, dark trousers, had a lanyard round his neck and spoke with a Polish accent.
The second man was white, in his mid-40s to early 50s, 5ft 7in tall, of slim build, with grey scruffy hair that was shaved at the back and sides and a wrinkled face. He spoke with a Scottish accent.
Police said various items of jewellery and a three-figure sum of cash had been stolen.
Det Con Jim Philp said: "We believe that while the first suspect was distracting the victim within the kitchen, the second male entered the property and stole the items from the bedroom.
"Officers are currently carrying out local inquiries to determine whether any other properties were targeted by these men and to establish their identity."


A Brazilian football player who survived a plane crash in Colombia on Monday is recovering and may be able to resume his career, his father says.

Helio Hermito Zampier Neto, a 31-year-old defender for Chapecoense, was in a stable condition, doctors said, after surgery on a lung, a knee, a wrist and his head.
Five other people survived the crash, which killed 71 people.
Colombian officials say evidence is growing that the plane ran out of fuel.
Miguel Quiroga, the pilot of the British-made Avro RJ85 aircraft, had been warned by an official at Santa Cruz airport, in Bolivia, where the plane took off, that he might not have enough fuel, Bolivian Deber newspaper said.
But, despite the official's concerns, he went ahead with the flight to Medellin. The country's authorities have not yet commented.
In a leaked tape, the pilot can be heard warning of a "total electric failure" and "lack of fuel".
The flight missed a planned refuelling stop in Cobija, on the border between Brazil and Bolivia, because the airport did not operate at night, Brazil's O Globo newspaper reported.
The pilot had the option to refuel in Bogota, it said, but headed straight to Medellin.
Bolivia's President Evo Morales said he would take "drastic measures" to determine who was responsible for the crash. On Thursday, the country's aviation authority suspended the operating licence of charter airline LaMia, which was part-owned by the pilot and two other aviation officials.
Colombian police released a video (in Spanish) with the moment crew member Erwin Tumiri was rescued alive. It showed him conscious, screaming for his colleagues. He is in hospital and reports in local media suggest he may be discharged this weekend.
The other crew member who survived, Ximena Suarez, was said to be in good condition in hospital. The four other survivors were still in intensive care.
Neto's father, Helam, said on Facebook that news of his recovery was giving the family "renewed hope and faith".
"My son is getting better and better. He has just undergone surgery on his leg and doctors say he will return to football," he said.
"We shall continue praying because we still need his discharge from hospital to see him closely."
Doctors said 24-year-old goalkeeper Jakson Ragnar Follmann would not lose his left leg, after having his right one amputated.
Defender Alan Ruschel, 27, had spinal surgery, but his movements were not affected, they added.
Journalist Rafael Henzel was listed as stable.
The bodies of the Brazilian victims were flown out of Medellin on Friday. Many of the victims were players and staff of Chapecoense, who were due to play in the final of the Copa Sudamericana against Medellin team Atletico Nacional.
In the squad's home town of Chapeco, in southern Brazil, temporary structures have been set up in the football stadium for an open-air wake on Saturday. Some 100,000 people are expected to attend.
The plane's flight recorders are to be examined in the UK. A full investigation into the crash is expected to take months.


Rangers have had two six-figure offers for St Johnstone forward Michael O'Halloran rejected by the Perth club.

It is unclear if the Scottish Championship leaders will increase their bid again for the 25-year-old.
O'Halloran, who joined Saints in 2014 after leaving Bolton Wanderers, won the Premiership player of the month award for November.
"The players we bring in have to represent value for the club," said Rangers manager Mark Warburton.
"We think we know what is good value. Other people might disagree, but that's our figure.
"It's got to work for the selling club too but we are comfortable our judgement is good."
The Scotland Under-21 cap has made 23 appearances this season for the Saints and scored four goals.
He played for Celtic as a youth before joining Bolton and was loaned to Sheffield United, Carlisle United and Tranmere Rovers before switching to McDiarmid Park.
Meanwhile, Warburton says there "hasn't been any contact" from clubs regarding Martyn Waghorn, following reported interest from English clubs in the 25-goal striker.
"If we get it right then players will want to stay, simple as that," said Warburton. "If a player does want to leave then they will leave on our terms."
Warburton says Rangers are "very close" to a agreeing a new contract with winger Barrie McKay.
And Ibrox midfielder Tom Walsh has been loaned to Dumbarton for the rest of the season.


Lewis Hamilton fears engine-related grid penalties will harm his attempts to win the world title this year.

A maximum of five changes are permitted to the six parts of an engine before a grid penalty is incurred.
The Mercedes driver has made a fifth change to two parts for this weekend's Austrian Grand Prix.
"We are putting in the last new engine this weekend and so at least one race I will start last and will need a sixth and even a seventh engine," he said.
Hamilton said he felt that the problems were singling him out, and that the other seven drivers using Mercedes engines were not suffering the same issues.
"I'm the only Mercedes driver to have that," Hamilton said. "And we are the Mercedes team. If there are 40 engines then you'd hope that we would have the best ones.
"Everyone else is on their normal plan and have four engines left. There's nothing I can do about it, it is what it is. I hope Mercedes learn from it and from the faults on mine."
As a comparison, drivers' championship leader Nico Rosberg is on his second of all the six elements of the engine, while Hamilton is on now on his fifth turbo and MGU-H (the part of the hybrid system that recovers energy from the turbo), his fourth energy story and control electronics and his third engine and MGU-K (energy recovery from the rear axle).
Some of the engine parts Hamilton has already used can be run again in practice sessions to limit the mileage on his race engines.
After the last race in Azerbaijan, which Rosberg won to open up a 24-point lead over the defending champion, Hamilton said he felt this was "looking like a good year for Nico".
But Rosberg countered in Austria by saying: "What he says, with all due respect, doesn't change my way of thinking and how I approach it.
"The fact is he's always beaten me in the last two years so it's always going to be tough against him and I can guarantee you he hasn't given up, far from it.
"The best way for me to win is Austria is just to focus on the task at hand and make sure I get this one right."
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A £20m plan to expand a major West Midlands tourist attraction has been revealed.

Bosses at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley want to increase its size by a third.
Proposals include creating a new 1940s'-style town complete with a pub and library.
They also include moving the Tipton Road entrance to Castle Hill and linking the site with attractions such as Dudley Zoological Gardens.
Museum chief executive Andrew Lovett said: "There's great opportunity to fulfil potential here.
"There's great opportunity to increase attendance and tell the story... the Black Country had a global impact, so why shouldn't the museum have a global impact?"
Bosses said 60 jobs would be created as a result of the expansion, while hundreds more short-term jobs would be created during construction.
Mr Lovett said the project would allow the museum to contribute an extra £3m to the local economy - taking the total up to £7m.
"There is no doubt we can help change perceptions of the town and the region and I think it needs that," he said.
"By creating a bigger and better museum there's a great opportunity."
The plans are subject to raising £18.9m required to do the work.
Investment is being sought from the West Midlands Combined Authority. The remainder will be achieved through fundraising activities.


U2 guitarist The Edge has said he is fine after falling off stage during the opening night of the band's world tour.

The group were performing their encore at the Rogers Arena in Vancouver when the 53-year-old took a tumble.
A video posted online of the incident shows the guitarist appearing to misjudge the unconventional shape of the stage and stepping off the side.
He later posted a picture of his grazed arm on Instagram saying: "Didn't see the edge, I'm ok!"
U2 have just begun their Innocence + Experience tour, which will see them play some 70 dates across North America and Europe.
It is not the first stage fall the band has had the misfortune to experience - frontman Bono has taken a dive on several occasions.
He fell backwards off stage at a Miami concert in 2001 and slipped off a rainy stage in Washington DC in 1987 - dislocating his arm and requiring him to wear a sling for a dozen shows.
He also fell in 1983 during a gig in Germany after trying to climb a barricade.
Last November, Bono also underwent five hours of surgery after breaking his arm in six places and suffering a broken eye socket as a result of a "high-energy bicycle accident" in New York.


A speed camera fire in a residential street in Buckinghamshire is being treated as arson, police said.

The yellow mounted device on West Wycombe Road in High Wycombe was set on fire at about 19:15 BST on Saturday.
Fire crews and the police were called out, but the fire was out by the time they got there.
Thames Valley Police said they had carried out house-to-house inquiries and were seeking information about the crime.


US researchers say that they can distinguish individual whales based on the sound of the animals' voices.

Using a large set of recordings of North Atlantic right whales, they found that detailed analysis of one particular type of call allowed them to single out individual whales.
The biologists want to explore whether acoustic identification could be useful for monitoring whales in the wild.
Practically, however, this idea remains very difficult to put into practice.
The findings were presented at the spring conference of the Acoustical Society of America, in Pittsburgh.
Current estimates suggest there are only around 450 North Atlantic right whales left in the wild. They feed on plankton off the east coast of the US and Canada, which is where the recordings were made that were used in the new study.
Suction-cap sensors were attached to the backs of 13 right whales and used to record their vocalisations, over a period of more than a decade.
Masters student Jessica McCordic and her supervisor Prof Susan Parks analysed these recordings in various ways to see if they could identify sonic signatures of the individual animals.
They concentrated on "upcalls", one of the most common noises made by this species. These are fairly low-pitched vocalisations that rise over about one or two seconds.
Because they are one of the most useful signatures for differentiating human voices, the researchers first looked at whether different whales made upcalls with obviously different "formants". Formants are the loudest frequencies in the stack of harmonics within a sound. It is formants that create the different vowel sounds in human speech.
"What I found was that there actually wasn't much difference in the formants, but one of the variables that came out as most important in discriminating the individuals was the duration of the call," Ms McCordic said.
It was a combined analysis of several properties, including the rate that the upcalls went up in pitch, their duration, as well as their formants, that eventually allowed successful identification.
"The analysis classified the whales well above chance levels, so that was really exciting," Ms McCordic added.
She and Prof Parks want to see if they can achieve the same feat using fixed microphones to record whale noises at a distance, in the wild. That could be a great help to conservationists monitoring this critically endangered species.
Dr Denise Risch, a postdoctoral researcher at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, was impressed by the findings. She said the work was "very valuable and interesting" but that it was limited in terms of application - for now.
"I think it's a bit of a stretch to say that we'll be able to apply this to passive acoustic monitoring," Dr Risch told the BBC.
"It would be great, but the problem is noise. You need really clear and close recordings in order to use data from stationary acoustics to tell individuals.
"We're still working on really good detectors, just to hear the calls themselves - our detectors are not that great yet.
"So in the future, it's definitely something that would be good to aim for. But it's difficult."


All this week, the BBC has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of its iconic soap opera EastEnders.

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The week culminates with Lucy Beale's killer being revealed on Thursday, while a live show will follow on Friday 20 February at 20:00 GMT.
Meanwhile, old faces will be popping up on various BBC shows all week.
But no amount of scripted drama, an elderly lady smoking in a launderette and lots of people arguing can match the explosiveness of sport. Here, BBC Sport takes a wander down memory lane and remembers what sport looked like when EastEnders first aired in 1985.
Future England great Paul Gascoigne made his debut for Newcastle at the age of 17 on 13 April 1985, against QPR at his beloved St James' Park. In top-flight football at the time it was common practice for youth team graduates to be made to wear the hair of a senior pro, as part of the initiation process. In the picture above, Gascoigne can be seen sporting the mullet of Chris Waddle, who was nursing a tongue strain.
Nicknamed 'The Jarrow Arrow', because of his proficiency at archery, Steve Cram set world records in the 1500m, 2000m and the mile during a 19-day period in the summer of 1985. What is less well-known is that Cram supplemented his income by competing on the north-east school sports day circuit. Here he is, having beaten off all-comers in the Jarrow Primary School egg and spoon, for which he won a goldfish.
On 8 June 1985, Barry McGuigan outpointed Panama's Eusebio Pedroza to claim the IBF featherweight crown. With 25,000 crammed into QPR's Loftus Road ground and 20m watching on TV, McGuigan became a hero in Britain and his native Ireland and was named BBC Sports Personality of the Year. The rules of boxing were later changed so that fighters were banned from using their children as shields.
Having surrendered the Ashes in Australia in 1982-83, David Gower's England regained them on home soil in 1985, winning the series 3-1. Elegant left-hander Gower scored 732 runs at an average of 81.33 in six Tests, with three centuries. Mike Gatting made two tons of his own and Ian Botham starred with bat and ball. The urn recaptured, Gatting and Botham were subsequently reported by Gower for bullying, as pictured.
In September 1985, Tony Jacklin's Europe won the Ryder Cup for the first time at The Belfry in Warwickshire. The United States had not lost a staging since 1957. Scotland's Sam Torrance made the winning putt for a European side brimming with legends such as Seve Ballesteros and Nick Faldo. However, the celebrations were somewhat marred by the revelation that Europe's suits had been stolen from a local brass band.
At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, South African-born Zola Budd, competing for Great Britain, caused one of the sensations of the Games when she accidentally tripped home favourite Mary Decker in the 3000m. Budd bounced back in 1985, breaking the 5000m world record. Budd was most famous for running without shoes, although few knew that a genetic quirk meant she was actually born with spikes on the soles of her feet.
Seventeen-year-old German Boris Becker arrived at Wimbledon in 1985 unseeded, despite winning the warm-up tournament at Queen's Club. The big-serving Becker came through five-set epics against the seeded Joakim Nystrom and Tim Mayotte before seeing off Frenchman Henri Leconte in the last eight and Anders Jarryd in the semi-finals. In the final, the Duchess of Kent was shown no mercy and dispatched in straight sets.
The final of the 1985 World Snooker Championship pitted potting machine Steve Davis against chirpy Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor. Davis led 8-0 at one point but Taylor produced one of the great comebacks, forcing a deciding frame. When Taylor eventually beat Davis on the final black, 18.5m people were watching at 12.19 am. Although, it should be noted, there were pages from Ceefax on the other side.
The UK went American Football mad in 1985 and one of the NFL's first poster boys on these shores was William 'The Refrigerator' Perry. 'The Fridge', as he was more normally known, scored for the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX as his team beat the New England Patriots 46-10. It is often thought Perry earned his nickname because of his size but he actually owned the largest collection of antique fridges in Illinois.
Manchester United beat Everton 1-0 in the 1985 FA Cup final at Wembley. In normal time, United's Kevin Moran became the first man to be sent off in the showpiece event for a foul on Peter Reid. But Northern Ireland's Norman Whiteside curled in the winner in extra time to steal glory for the Red Devils. Everton goalkeeper Neville Southall later said he had been distracted by the beauty of his left-back, Pat van den Hauwe.


China "is not making significant efforts" to stop human trafficking, the US says, claiming that fewer people are now being prosecuted than before.

The US Department of State released its annual Trafficking in Persons Report on Thursday, and downgraded China to one of the worst offenders.
The reports highlights the treatment of North Koreans who may have been trafficked and then sent home by China.
There has been no response from China, which could now face sanctions.
Countries placed in the third tier of three in the report - including North Korea, Sudan and Venezuela - can lose non-humanitarian aid. But Associated Press reports that presidential waivers mean Tier Three countries do not always get punished.
Afghanistan, Qatar and Malaysia were upgraded to Tier Two as they were seen to be making efforts to crack down on the practice, and improve conditions for those who have been trafficked.
Trafficking victims in their own words
Princesses guilty over trafficking
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said China was downgraded "in part because it has not taken serious steps to end its own complicity in trafficking, including forced labourers from North Korea that are located in China".
Too often, the report says, China sends North Koreans home without having screened them for signs of human trafficking - even though they could face torture or execution on their return.
Mr Tillerson said an estimated 50-80,000 North Koreans were working overseas in forced labour, often up to 20 hours a day.
While the report comes from the Department of State rather than the White House, it is nevertheless the most significant rebuke against the Chinese government by the US since President Donald Trump took office in January.
However, Reuters reported that Mr Trump was becoming "increasingly frustrated" over Chinese inaction on North Korea, and that he was considering trade actions in response.
The human cost of trafficking
Among the other findings on China highlighted in the report:
The report, which covers 180 countries, is billed as the most comprehensive resource of efforts being done to stop trafficking.
China was among 21 countries downgraded by the State Department, perhaps for good reason.
Beijing made it off the lowest rank of the US human trafficking index four years ago, but has hovered just above it ever since.
This year it was determined that Beijing simply wasn't doing enough to protect victims and prosecute traffickers. But it's also true that the political preoccupation of the moment is North Korea.
The Trump administration has become concerned about North Korean labourers who are forced to work abroad, many in China, with their pay directly funding the leadership in Pyongyang. So it was interesting that Secretary Tillerson chose to highlight this issue in his comments about China's record.


A woman who lost her brother in the Hillsborough disaster says she can no longer face regularly attending the inquests, one year after they began.

Julie Fallon's brother Andrew Sefton, 23, was one of 96 fans who died.
She said families were sitting through traumatic evidence and that having to listen in silence made it doubly tough.
Charlotte Hennessy, whose father James died in the disaster, told the BBC the inquests in Warrington had "opened up a whole new grieving process" for her.
The new inquests were initially expected to last nine months, but may now continue until early 2016.
Events of 15 April 1989, which resulted in the deaths of 96 football fans, have never been scrutinised in so much detail.
Over the past year the jury has examined the safety of the stadium, which one expert said had its terraces' capacity set too high.
For the first time, the way the emergency services responded has been analysed fully in court.
And the jury has heard claims of a police cover-up - allegedly designed to deflect blame on to the fans.
But the evidence began on March 31 last year with emotional portraits of those who died.
In Mrs Fallon's statement read to the jury, she said: "My brother's life was like a book that had a title, an introduction, described the characters, set the scene and then someone ripped out the rest of the pages."
Mrs Fallon has been a regular at the hearings but now plans to dramatically cut the number of days she attends - restricting herself to those directly relevant to her brother.
She said: "You can see the strain up close.
"You can see the fact that people's heads are bowed, the fact that they're tense, the fact that, you know, some people are crying.
"It's palpable because you're in amongst it and that is really difficult to sit amongst, day after day."
For the past year Charlotte Hennessy has been juggling bringing up her three boys with going to the inquests.
Her father James Hennessy, known as Jimmy, was 29 when he died - she was aged six.
She said: "I don't think I was prepared for quite how traumatic it would be.
"I think that maybe it's opened up new wounds, but it's opened up a whole new grieving process for me because I was so little."
Ms Hennessy said she attended 10 days in a row around the time of former match commander Ch Supt David Duckenfield's evidence.
"To be honest I don't remember most of it, [because] you're just getting up, driving there, driving back, making tea, going to bed," she said.
"I felt really sorry for the boys then because they [have] hardly seen me."
"I'm hoping that once this is all over, I can have a life without Hillsborough and it doesn't take any more of my children's lives."
The evidence at court is now moving into how South Yorkshire Police gathered statements after the disaster.
There will then be individualised hearings for all of the 96 who died.
For Ms Hennessy and the rest of the families, it is a process that is set to last for at least several months.


Brighton and Hove Albion became Women's Premier League champions at Adams Park with a 4-2 play-off win over Northern Division winners Sporting Club Albion.

Brighton can now be promoted to Women's Super League Two, should they meet the necessary WSL licensing requirements.
They netted quickfire second-half goals through Kate Natkiel, Sophie Perry and Amy Taylor, after Natkiel had earlier cancelled out Leigh Dugmore's opener.
Karen Clough scored a late consolation, as Sporting Club stay in tier three.
The Women's FA Cup quarter-finalists, affiliated with West Bromwich Albion, had won 17 of their 22 league games in 2015-16 to win their division by four points, ahead of Preston North End Ladies.
Southern Division winners Brighton, who lost just two league games all season, terminated manager James Marrs' contract following a disciplinary hearing in April.
The Seagulls could now become only the second team to join the WSL via the promotion route, after Sheffield FC Ladies went up to WSL 2 ahead of 2016.
The WSL is expanding to 20 teams by 2017, with just one team promoted from the third tier this year and no side due to be relegated from WSL 2.
Brighton's Kate Natkiel: "It has been a hard few months, but we really rose to it and we've come together as a team and we didn't let anything get us down.
"It's amazing, I couldn't think of anything better, I couldn't ask for a better performance.
"All the fans that came to watch us, gave us their support - and I think we rose to the occasion and we gave them everything we had."
Sporting Club Albion boss Graham Abercrombie: "We created lots of chances. We put a really good side under lots of pressure and forced them into lots of errors. It was an even game for me but unfortunately the scoreline reads differently.
"We've lost a game today, that's all, we've lost one game, but this team as a group has a togetherness that's unbreakable.
"This team will go again and again and again, not just next year, but for the next 10 years."
Brighton and Hove Albion (3-5-2): Baker; Cooper, Ashton-Jones, Boswell; Perry, Barton, Young, Olding (Rowe 90), Somes (Dorey 80); Taylor (Fulgence 86), Natkiel.
Subs not used: Leitch, Wilson.
Sporting Club Albion (4-4-2): Thomas; Crossman, Conroy, Darby, Highman; Smith, Holmes, Greaves, Parnell (Clough 74); Dugmore, Cottam (Haynes 74).
Subs not used: Edmunds, Dicken, Wright.
Referee: Anthony Tankard
Attendance: 648


The families of two teenagers who died at the T in the Park have spoken of their "devastation" over the tragedies.

Megan Bell from Seaham, near Sunderland, and Peter McCallum from Lochgilphead, who were both 17, died in separate incidents at the festival.
Mr McCallum was described by his family as a "kind and caring brother and son".
Miss Bell's family said her death would leave an "irreplaceable gap" in their lives and that she would be "so sadly missed".
Police Scotland said that both deaths were not being treated as suspicious and a report had been sent to the procurator fiscal.
Mr McCallum's family said in a statement: "Peter was a kind and caring brother and son.
"He was a talented singer who had ambitions to become an architect.
"We hope that people, especially the younger members of society, learn a lesson from Peter's death and that they don't put their families through the devastation we are experiencing just now."
Miss Bell's family said: "We are devastated at the tragic loss of our wonderful daughter Megan.
"Her death leaves an irreplaceable gap in our lives and she will be so sadly missed by all her family and friends.
"We would also like to thank everyone for the overwhelming number of flowers, cards and condolences sent to us as this very sad time."


A fitness camp popular with celebrities "destroys" the peace of a hamlet, some nearby residents have complained.

The military-style camp in Heydour, near Grantham in Lincolnshire, is a regular haunt for TV stars and cast members of TOWIE and Made in Chelsea.
But residents have complained it is too loud and creates too much traffic.
The camp, which had its planning application deferred on Tuesday, said residents had been "hostile" but they were working to resolve the issues.
Team Bootcamp, which is run by husband and wife Craig and Paula Williams, opened last year in the hamlet which only has eight properties.
It offers a range of military-style training and relaxation programmes, walks and accommodation at a Grade II listed house.
Paul Richardson, who lives nearby, said: "I just think it is the wrong place for something of that nature.
"I don't particularly like seeing the group coming round the village. The building should be used for offices or something that doesn't affect other people."
Mr and Mrs Williams said they had been unaware planning permission was needed to use the site for their camp and had submitted a retrospective application.
"The noise does travel really well here and we are aware of it," said Mr Williams, a former marine.
"We do spend a lot of time and energy keeping on top of the noise and the complaints and we have stopped using music and our trainers from shouting.
"I am used to hostile environments all over the world. The feeling I get when I walk through the village is the same... it's not nice."
The bootcamp has received 27 letters of objection from nearby residents, who said music blared from the site and it affected the local environment.
Councillors at South Kesteven District Council deferred making a decision on the application to a later date. They had asked for amendments to be made before planning permission would be granted.


The Metropolitan Police believe there were about 255 survivors from last month's fire at Grenfell Tower.

Police say "extensive investigations" led them to conclude 350 people should have been in the Kensington tower block on the night of the blaze on 14 June.
That night, 14 residents were not in the building, leaving at least 80 people dead or missing, the Met said.
Detective Chief Inspector Andy Chalmers, leading the Met's operation, described the task as "unprecedented".
In the update to its operation, which includes a criminal investigation into why the fire began, police said the coroner had formally identified 32 bodies.
"You can't listen to the families and to the 999 calls and not want to hold people to account for a fire that should not have happened," said Metropolitan Police Commander Stuart Cundy.
Speaking after the briefing, Cdr Cundy denied claims from former residents and politicians that the number killed in the tragedy could be far higher than 80.
"We've been working tirelessly to ascertain how many people died in the fire," he said, describing the night as one where "the lives of so many changed forever".
Labour MP David Lammy told BBC's Newsnight in June that he was "sympathetic" to the view that the number of dead was being covered up.
Scotland Yard believes around 10 people managed to escape the tower "but for a number of different reasons" were not willing to come forward.
The government has promised not to conduct immigration checks on survivors and those coming forward with information in a bid to aid the investigation.
It has also said tenants illegally subletting flats in the tower would not face charges.
Cdr Cundy said the Met's investigations would "not be hampered in any way" by a separate judge-led public inquiry into the blaze.
"We are absolutely determined to do everything new can to identify what offences have been committed,"  he said.
"We will seize information for wherever it comes from."
Detectives said they were looking at "every aspect of fire safety" at Grenfell - including fire doors, exit routes and emergency procedures.
So far, 140 witnesses have been spoken to, with plans to interview the 650 firefighters and 300 police officers involved in the rescue operation, and all residents.
The retired judge leading the public inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick, said it would seek to discover the truth about what happened at Grenfell Tower, "so that we can learn lessons for the future".
Sir Martin recently held a meeting with residents also attended by the Met. The first public hearings are expected to be held in September.
By Tom Symonds, BBC home affairs correspondent:
Since the fire, the claim that 150 or more people lost their lives has persisted.
After all, there is no official register of those living in the tower and a list provided by Kensington and Chelsea Council has proved to be inaccurate.
As a result, it was crucial that police worked out how many people should have been in the tower that night.
Their estimate of 350 is far fewer than the 500 to 600 people claimed by some. And 14 people, police say, were out for the night.
Police also say that many of the flats were not family-sized, but one or two-bed properties, which may explain the belief that more people were living there.
It has also been said that sub-letting may have resulted in the tower having a "hidden" population. Police have identified 10 people who didn't want to come forward to confirm they had survived.
The police have repeatedly explained their methodology, which has not been challenged.
Unless major flaws are found in the way detectives have attempted to get the truth, its likely the final number of dead at Grenfell Tower will be around 80.
Cdr Cundy said the Grenfell investigation was "probably one of the biggest investigations the Metropolitan Police has conducted outside of a terror attack".
There are 250 specialist investigators working on the Met's operation, including the process of identifying those who died, and finding out how the fire started.
Scotland Yard said forensic pathologists were sieving through debris in the building to look for human remains.
"Phase one" of the operation - removing identifiable bodies - has now been completed.
All remains have been scanned for objects which may be used to identify victims, such as surgical implants, personal jewellery, glasses and teeth.
Cdr Cundy said officers involved "can't help but have an emotional attachment to this case".
The police investigation into the causes of the fire is also continuing, including an examination of "all criminal offences that may have been committed".


Tom Jones fans were left disappointed when the power failed three times during his Alnwick Castle performance, forcing the show to be cut short.

One fan said the lights went out at the Northumberland venue just as the entertainer sang the line "turn on the light" from Leave your Hat On.
Organisers, Teesside-based Loose Cannon Events, said there was an "unforeseen major technical issue".
The performance ended after about 50 minutes.
Dave Moor from Seahouses, who was at the concert, said there was "a lot of anger" from fans.
He said: "When he came on, I've got to say for the 50 minutes or so that he was playing, he was very very good.
"Then at that opportune moment, that line, 'you can turn on the light', the lights went out and that was it.
"Everybody was hanging around for about five minutes or so and then we realised nothing was happening and then somebody came on and made an announcement and said that Tom Jones had left the arena so we all trooped out."
Conservative MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, was also there.
She said: "It was so exciting, the prospect of seeing Tom Jones.
"Just as it was all kicking off, the power went. Once is funny, twice is boring, three times, the lead artist goes home.
"Something needs to be sorted out. The organisers need to consider whether they want to actually give some sort of partial refund at least to those who would have saved up to go and see this concert."
Fans are thought to have paid between Â£45 and Â£100 for tickets.
Vivienne Milne from Jarrow, who was at the concert, said: "He apologised and his words were, 'it looks like the shilling didn't drop in the meter' and he said hopefully all will be well'."
Loose Cannon Events said in a statement on Facebook: "This evening's performance with Tom Jones was unexpectedly cut short as a result of an unforeseen major technical issue.
"This is currently being investigated by independent experts, and we hope to be able to provide further information as and when it becomes available."


New South Africa Test captain AB de Villiers says he is "not sure" if he wants to remain in charge beyond the Test series against England.

De Villiers, 31, replaced Hashim Amla, who resigned after last week's drawn second Test with England in Cape Town.
"My focus is on international cricket and I want to play for as long as possible," said De Villiers.
"I'm still very committed. To the job? I'm not sure. The two Test matches for now is all I'm focusing on."
The third Test in Johannesburg begins on Thursday, with England leading 1-0 in the four-match series.
De Villiers, South Africa's one-day captain since 2012, has played 104 Tests and 195 one-day internationals since making his debut in 2004.
It was reported in December that De Villiers would quit Tests at the end of the series to focus on limited-overs cricket.
He said on Wednesday: "There have been a few rumours floating around and in most rumours there is always a little bit of truth.
"I've found myself on the pitch in the past few years, every now and then, not enjoying myself as much as I should be."
After the England series, South Africa do not play Test cricket again until New Zealand's tour begins in August.
De Villiers added: "Lots of things can happen before then and I don't want to commit myself to too much."


The fourth named storm of this winter, Doris, is expected to bring high winds and snow to Scotland on Thursday.

The Met Office has issued a yellow "be aware" warning for parts of the Highlands, Aberdeenshire, central and southern Scotland.
An amber "be prepared" warning for high winds and heavy rain has been issued for parts of England and Wales.
A warning of gales for Scotland's north mainland coast and the Northern Isles is in place for Wednesday.
Drivers have been warned to expect disruptions and plan their journeys before setting off.
Thursday's Storm Doris could see the heaviest snow falls in Scotland on highest parts of the Southern Uplands.
Accumulations of up to 10-20cm (4-8in) have been forecast. Winds gusting to up to 60mph are also expected, causing blizzard conditions over high ground.
Doris is the latest storm to be named by the Met Office of the most recent autumn/winter. It follows Angus in November and December's Barbara and Conor.
While snow is far from unexpected in winter, heavy snowfalls followed shortly afterwards by milder weather have been a mark of this Scottish winter.
Wednesday's yellow warning is for west to north westerly severe gales.
The Met Office said there could be gusts of 65-70 mph and locally 75-80 mph over parts of the Northern Isles.
In the warning, it said: "A swathe of very strong winds is expected to affect Orkney, southern parts of Shetland and the far north of mainland Scotland early on Wednesday, easing from the west through the morning.
"These will however briefly clip the far north east of Aberdeenshire around the middle of the day."
Stein Connelly, from Traffic Scotland, said: "With the unsettled conditions expected over the next few days, we are advising road users to check all of the available information on the Traffic Scotland web site before they set off on their journey.
"Any disruption tomorrow is likely to be caused by the high winds in the north of Scotland and temporary restrictions may be required on road bridges, especially for high sides vehicles.
"On Thursday the worst of any snow will be on the higher routes, especially in the central and south of Scotland, and we would ask road users to keep this mind when they are planning their journeys and that they drive according to the conditions."


Teenagers who run away are at a higher risk of being sexually exploited, research from a charity has shown.

A report from Barnardo's Cymru and GlyndÅµr University said 80% of children deemed at significant risk of sexual exploitation had previously gone missing overnight or for longer.
It said they were more likely to have experienced abuse, to have struggled in school or have mental health issues.
The report was released to mark Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day.
Yvonne Rodgers, director of Barnardo's, said: "Young people become emotionally isolated and vulnerable when their relationships with responsible adults break down.
"Stories of young people who run away paint a bleak picture of the realities facing them and their vulnerability means that they can be targeted by dangerous adults who manipulate and abuse them".


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a two-month-old baby.

Daisy Mae Burrill was found in a serious condition by paramedics on 11 March at Warren Street in Fleetwood, Lancashire.
She was taken to hospital having suffered a suspected cardiac arrest but died three days later. A post-mortem examination revealed she died from a head injury.
A 30-year-old man is in custody after he was arrested in Fleetwood.
A 29-year-old woman was also arrested in Thornton on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of a child and remains in custody.
Lancashire Police said it could not confirm their identities at this stage.
They were initially arrested on suspicion of wounding with intent and were bailed pending further enquiries before their re-arrests on Wednesday.


About 200 former miners from one of the UK's biggest coal mines have gathered to mark the 25th anniversary of its closure.

Coal was last extracted from Gedling Colliery, in Nottinghamshire, on 7 November 1991.
During its operational life it became known as the Pit of Nations due to the diverse workforce.
A commemoration was also held to remember the more than 120 miners who died in the pit over its lifetime.
Experts understand Gedling to have been one of the biggest mines in terms of manpower, employing about 2,000 men in the 1950s and 1960s.
Graham Tavner, who began working at Gedling Colliery in 1956 as an apprentice, said it was a special community.
"We'd got 25 different nationalities down the pit," he said.
"For example, we had Jamaican miners - can you imagine leaving a beach in the Caribbean to come and work in a pit in Gedling?
"It was brilliant, when you talk to miners today, they say they miss the 'craic'.
"We just took the Michael out of each other."
Although production ended in 1991, Gedling had been identified as one of three mines in the early 1980s that could have had a "long term" future.
It was because Gedling, along with Calverton and Cotgrave, were on the eastern side of the South Nottinghamshire coalfield and had richer resources to exploit.
However, the deal between the regional management of the National Coal Board and the local branch of the National Union of Mineworkers did not come to pass.
During their return visit to the site, miners toured the memorial gardens and saw plans for a new visitor centre.
They were joined by Gedling MP Vernon Coaker for a special commemorative event at the Gedling Miners Lamp, a memorial to those who died working at the pit.


Michael Crawford is set to reprise the role of Frank Spencer in a one-off special of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em.

The BBC comedy last aired on Christmas Day in 1978.
The sketch reunites Crawford, 74, with on-screen wife Betty (Michele Dotrice), and features an appearance from Olympic cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins, leading to one of Frank's typical disasters.
"I am thrilled and delighted to have been asked to bring Frank back," he said.
Dotrice said it would be an "absolute joy to be reunited again with Frank" and that it was fitting "for it is such a wonderful cause".
Sir Bradley added: "I am a huge fan of Michael so it's an absolute honour to be asked to be involved alongside such an icon of British television... and all for a great cause."
When the show wrapped in 1978, Crawford went on to star in the original production of The Phantom of the Opera and other successful Andrew Lloyd Webber productions such as The Wizard Of Oz.
Sport Relief Night airs on BBC One on 18 March from 19:00 GMT.


A fatal accident inquiry has opened into the death of a digger driver who was killed while working on the Beauly to Denny power line project.

David McClorey suffered fatal injuries while working near Kinbuck in Stirlingshire on 11 April 2012.
The first day of the inquiry heard that the 31-year-old, from Stranraer, became "somehow trapped" between his digger and a giant roller.
An air ambulance was called in, but Mr McClorey died at the scene.
Supervisor and roller driver Paul Cooper told how the pair had been preparing to transfer fuel from the roller to the digger when the incident happened.
He said this was "not a normal thing", but that it happened when machinery was running low on fuel with no extra on site.
He added that "no-one's ever told us not to do it".
Mr Cooper, 44, was backing the roller towards the digger, which was positioned close to what he described as a "little lip" in the track, about 10 to 19 centimetres (4 to 7.5 inches) high.
He said: "I wasn't using my mirrors, I was turned round in my seat, looking over my shoulder, with constant eyesight on David.
"He gave me a 'high five' sign to stop, and I turned away from him to put the machine in the stop position, and as I turned round there was a slight movement in the machine.
"It kind of rocked backwards as if it had come off the edge of the stones. When I turned back there was no visual of David."
After moving the roller forward again, Mr Cooper found Mr McClorey lying face down.
He continued: "I rolled him over and there was swelling round his neck and his cheek and I realised he had been caught somehow between the two machines - that was the first thing that came to my head."
Mr Cooper performed CPR for "10 to 20 minutes" until paramedics arrived, but Mr McClorey was pronounced dead at the scene.
The men were working for RJT Excavations on the Balfour Beatty project, creating access tracks for the erection of pylons on the Beauly to Denny power line.
The inquiry at Stirling Sheriff Court, before Sheriff William Gilchrist, is expected to run for four days.


Renault is to return to Formula 1 as a constructor after deciding that it will take over the Lotus team.

The French car giant had been debating the decision as recently as last weekend but is now committed.
Chairman Carlos Ghosn said: "We had two options: come back 100% or leave. After a detailed study, I decided Renault will be in F1 from 2016."
Renault said its takeover of Lotus had not yet been completed but will be done "in the shortest timeframe possible".
However, the company added that the "principal contracts were signed" on Thursday.
The move ends months of speculation and secures the future of the team based in Enstone in Oxfordshire, which has in its history won four world drivers' titles, two as Benetton with Michael Schumacher in 1994 and 1995, and two as Renault with Fernando Alonso in 2005 and 2006.
Renault sold the team to investment group Genii Capital at the end of 2009 after deciding to quit as a constructor but remained involved as an engine builder.
Ghosn has decided that Renault will be best served by running its own team, a conclusion reached following the breakdown of its relationship with Red Bull.
Renault and Red Bull won four world driver and constructor doubles together from 2010-2013 but tension grew following the engine builder's inability to produce a competitive power-unit under the new turbo hybrid formula introduced at the start of 2014.
Red Bull had a contract with Renault until the end of 2016 but broke this off in the summer in order to seek a different engine.
But after being rejected by Mercedes and Honda and failing to secure a satisfactory deal with Ferrari, Red Bull will again use Renault engines next season, but as a customer not a factory partner.
Red Bull's Renault engines will be given a different name in order to distance the team from Renault. The former champions hinted on Thursday that they would be branded after their new sponsor, the luxury watchmaker TAG Heuer.
Renault's buy-out of Lotus was in doubt as recently as Saturday following a row over prize money with F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone.
But an agreement was reached at the 11th hour and that was enough to convince Ghosn to go through with the deal, which sources say commits Renault to F1 until 2024.
Ghosn said: "The final details supplied by F1's main stakeholders gave us the confidence to accept this new challenge. Our ambition is to win - even if it will take some time."
The decision to return with its own team was based on the lack of exposure Renault received despite its success with Red Bull.
A Renault statement said: "As a full team, Renault will take maximum benefit from its victories. The payback as an engine supplier proved to be limited.
"The return on the investment necessitated by the new engine regulations and the return in terms of image were low."
Renault staff have been working with Lotus for some months on the presumption the takeover would eventually be completed.
Sources say experienced engineer Bob Bell, who was technical director of world champions Mercedes until the end of last season, is to take on a role overseeing both the chassis design operation in the UK and the Renault Sport engine facility in Viry-Chatillon near Paris.
Bell, who was managing director of Renault F1 before moving to Mercedes, has already held meetings with Renault and Lotus staff as the team plan the build of next year's car.
The Renault drivers for next season will be Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado and British rookie Jolyon Palmer, who was the Lotus reserve driver this season. Both drivers were signed by Lotus while the Renault takeover was still in doubt.
The role of team principal is expected to be taken by Frenchman Frederic Vasseur, the boss of the successful ART team in the GP2 feeder category.


Australia is to compete at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

Organisers issued a one-off invitation as part of the contest's 60th anniversary celebrations.
"It's a daring and at the same time incredibly exciting move. It is our way of saying let's celebrate this party together!" contest supervisor Jon Ola Sand said.
Australia will be fast-tracked to the final, which will take place in Vienna, Austria, on 23 May.
A total of 40 countries will now compete in the contest.
The European Broadcasting Union said Australia had been given a wildcard for the final "to not reduce the chances" of the semi-final participants and because of the "one-off nature" of its participation.
Australia will be allowed to vote in both semi-finals, as well as the grand final. The possibility of allowing the public to have a 50% stake in the Australian vote through televoting is also being explored.
The other participating countries will be allowed to vote for the Australian entry - who has yet to be selected - however should their act win the contest, next year's show will be held in a European city and Australia will be allowed to defend its title.
The show has a long tradition of being broadcast in Australia by broadcaster SBS.
"SBS has been broadcasting Eurovision for over 30 years and we have seen how Australians' love of the song contest has grown during those years," managing director Michael Ebeid said.
"We are very excited to have secured this historic opportunity for Australia to be represented on the world's biggest stage and are honoured that the European Broadcasting Union has supported us to achieve this ambition."
Host broadcaster ORF added: "With the participation of Australia, together with our partners at the EBU and SBS, we have succeeded to lift [Eurovision] to a new global level and to build another bridge for the 60th anniversary."
It is not the first time Australians have participated at the song contest.
Singer Jessica Mauboy - who appeared in the 2012 film The Sapphires - provided the interval entertainment at last year's contest.
Australians have also competed representing the UK - including the New Seekers, Gina G and Olivia Newton John - who lost to Swedish pop group Abba in 1974.
It might seem a little bizarre, but Eurovision doesn't always follow the rules of geography.
Many of the competitors are from outside of Europe, like Israel and Azerbaijan - and Morocco also entered in 1980.
Participation is defined by being a member of the European Broadcasting Union. Australian broadcaster SBS is a member, and they've broadcast it for 30 years.
Eurovision is hugely popular in Australia - three million watched it last year and they have a very loyal fanbase. This is a one-off: a way of saying thank you for the support, so come and join us for the 60th contest.
I think Kylie would make a fantastic participant, but the question is whether she'd do it or not. It would be interesting to see who Australia chooses - would a big artist with a credible career touch the contest? That's the difficultly we've had in the UK in recent years - it's seen as a poisoned chalice.
It would be a real coup if Australia won because it's supposed to be a one-off a light-hearted gimmick, but there's potential they could win.
It also demonstrates how strong the Eurovision brand is. As a TV format, it has existed for 60 years and it's hugely impressive. Other countries and continents have tried to emulate it, but it's never got off the ground.
What we've got here is a very special song contest that everyone has an opinion on whether they love it or hate it - it's really quite a nice idea of uniting Europe and, in the case of Australia, the world.


Bristol's Ben Glynn says the heartache of their previous Championship play-off defeats will stand them in good stead for their second leg against Doncaster.

They finished top of the table for the fifth time in seven seasons but have been out of the Premiership since 2009.
Bristol hold a 15-point lead from the away leg and will play in front of a packed Ashton Gate on Wednesday.
"We know what it's like to be in the other camp, so it gives us a kind of advantage," he told BBC Points West.
"I don't think you can compare it to previous years - obviously you can say we've been in similar situations before."
Andy Robinson's side were dominant at the semi-final stage this season, thrashing Bedford 90-35 on aggregate.
Glynn, who plays at lock, is one of Bristol's longest-serving players and thinks there is still room for improvement from the first leg.
"Obviously the scoreline is slightly in our favour at the moment but we weren't 100% happy with our performance, so there's lots of little things that we can tweak and work on," he added.
"There are lots of areas that we've looked at. We're hard on ourselves, I think that's good - we've been like it all season.
"We know what it's like to be on the other foot and obviously Doncaster will still have that belief."