A father shot his daughter and wife with a single-barrelled shotgun before turning the weapon on himself, an inquest has heard.

Lance Hart, 57, shot dead Charlotte, 19, and her mother Claire, 50, near the Castle Sports Complex in Spalding, Lincolnshire, on 19 July.
The inquest heard Charlotte was shot in the upper abdomen while her mother was shot in the chest and abdomen.
Mr Hart, who shot himself in the head, was identified by his fingerprints.
Charlotte was identified by her brother, while her mother was identified by comparison with a photograph.
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During the brief hearing at South Lincolnshire Coroner's Office in Boston, coroner Paul Cooper said the full inquest would look into how the shotgun was obtained and the state of the marital relationship between Mr and Mrs Hart.
He added the full inquest is due to take place on 19 October.
After the shooting, police searched the family home in the village of Moulton, five miles (8km) from the centre of Spalding.
Lincolnshire Police previously said Mr Hart "was not a shotgun certificate or firearms licence holder".


Education Secretary Michael Gove has been forced to apologise to the prime minister after a bitter public row with Home Secretary Theresa May.

The two cabinet ministers clashed over allegations of a hard line Muslim plot in some Birmingham schools.
David Cameron was said to be furious as a briefing war between the two sides erupted in the media, overshadowing this week's Queens Speech.
Theresa May's special adviser has stood down over her part in the row.
Fiona Cunningham was found by a Downing Street inquiry to have been the source of a negative briefing against Mr Gove.
Downing Street announced the disciplinary action after Mr Cameron received the findings of an investigation into the row by Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood.
The briefing war began when sources close to Mr Gove spoke to the The Times over the alleged Birmingham schools plot, accusing the home office of failing to "drain the swamp" of extremism.
The "anonymous source" also criticised Mrs May's counter-terrorism adviser, Charles Farr.
In response, the Home Office released a letter she had written to Mr Gove, accusing his department of failing to act when concerns about the Birmingham schools were brought to its attention in 2010.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Mrs May could have breached the Ministerial Code by publishing the letter to another minister - something that would normally have remained confidential - on the Home Office website. It has now been removed.
Ms Cooper called on Mr Cameron to take action against the home secretary. She also accused the government of being "too busy fighting each other" to properly address the issue of extremism.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Ms Cooper said: "We've so far heard nothing from the home secretary, even though it looks pretty clear that she has breached the ministerial code by writing and then authorising the publication of this letter."
She added: "I think Theresa May needs to come out publicly and answer what she did to publish this letter."
Foreign Secretary William Hague said Mr Cameron had taken firm action "to make sure there is team discipline", stressing that there was no need for further action.
The prime minister's response had been a "product of the cabinet secretary's investigation, based on the facts," he added.
Mr Gove will be quizzed by MPs over the alleged "Trojan Horse" plot on Monday.
Education watchdog Ofsted is inspecting 21 schools in Birmingham as a result of the allegations of a plot. These reports are due to be published on Monday.
By Chris Mason, Political Correspondent
Two of the government's most senior Conservative ministers are wounded.
The home secretary has lost a close and trusted adviser in Fiona Cunningham; the education secretary will face the humiliation tomorrow of appearing before MPs in the Commons after publicly apologising not just to the prime minister, but also to a senior Home Office civil servant he'd criticised.
The row between Michael Gove and Theresa May, which had burst into the open in The Times on the morning of the Queen's Speech, angered the prime minister.
He will hope his swift response will draw a line under this damaging outbreak of indiscipline at the top of the government.
Mr Gove has also apologised to Home Office counter-terror chief Charles Farr after comments critical of him appeared in the Times attributed to a Department for Education source.
The claims were detailed in a so-called "Trojan Horse" letter, which was made public in March. It has not been authenticated and some believe it to have been a hoax.
The anonymous letter alleged there was a group of conservative Muslims attempting to usurp school governing bodies.
It has led to investigations by Ofsted, Birmingham City Council, the Department for Education and the Education Funding Agency.
The shadow schools minister, Kevin Brennan, said Mr Gove and Mrs May had both breached the Ministerial Code as a result of the briefings to the Times.
He told the BBC: "Really, neither of them should remain in post".
According to the Ministerial Code, ministers "should be able to express their views frankly in the expectation that they can argue freely in private while maintaining a united front when decisions have been reached".
It adds: "This in turn requires that the privacy of opinions expressed in cabinet and ministerial committees, including in correspondence, should be maintained."


The government has suffered a seventh defeat in the House of Lords over proposed changes to the welfare system.

Peers rejected plans to reduce the rate of some benefits given to the families of disabled children.
Ministers had wanted to reduce the amounts paid for children who do not need care at night - but say current recipients will not lose money.
But peers backed an amendment put down by crossbencher Baroness Meacher limiting the cuts by 246 votes to 230.
The government has already suffered a series of defeats in the Lords, notably on its proposed ??26,000 cap on total benefits, planned changes to employment and support allowance for cancer patients and charges for single parents to access assistance from the Child Support Agency.
Ministers have insisted they will seek to reinstate the proposals when MPs reconsider changes to the Welfare Reform Bill agreed by the Lords - a process beginning on Wednesday.
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Ahead of Tuesday's vote, the government said the proposed changes would help to direct more support towards the most severely disabled who do need round-the-clock care.
Under the current system, children who receive Disability Living Allowance can also receive extra money via the "disability element" of Child Tax Credit. Those with the highest needs - requiring 24-hour care and support - can get ??75 a week, those who do not need care at night can get ??53 a week.
Under the new Universal Credit system, introduced in the Welfare Reform Bill, the lower rate would be cut to ??26.75 a week, although ministers say there will be no "cash losers" - those who currently get the benefit will not lose money.
Ministers also want to introduce a slight increase to the weekly rate for the most disabled children, raising it to ??77. Critics argued the change would see many families losing as much as ??1,400 a year.
A crossbench amendment tabled by Baroness Meacher calling for the lower rate to be at least two thirds of the value of the top rate was passed by 16 votes.
"One hundred thousand or so children affected by this loss of benefit are very likely to live in poverty," she told peers, adding that "a loss of some income really does matter".
Two Conservatives and seven Lib Dem peers voted against the government, joining forces with Labour members and the majority of crossbenchers to back the amendment.


A search is under way for a crewman from the cruise liner Queen Mary 2, who is reported to have fallen overboard in the Atlantic.

The crewman is believed to have fallen from the Southampton-based ship in the early morning, Cunard said.
The company said an emergency search was under way off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
A spokeswoman said the cruise liner had been turned around to retrace its route to search for the man.
She said: "We have clearly established that the crew member went overboard earlier this morning.
"The ship is off the coast of Newfoundland and has now retraced its route to search for the crew member.
"We are working closely with local authorities."
The ship, which left Southampton on Tuesday, is scheduled to arrive in Halifax on Monday.


At least three Britons died in the Alps air crash that killed 150 people, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says.

The Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in France on Tuesday, leaving no survivors.
The Foreign Office said Paul Bramley, 28, from Hull, and Martyn Matthews, 50, from Wolverhampton, died in the crash.
It said seven-month-old Julian Pracz-Bandres and his Spanish-born mother Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, from Manchester, also lost their lives.
Mr Hammond said: "We cannot rule out the possibility" that other British people were involved in the crash.
Families of those from the UK known to have been killed have been contacted, the foreign secretary said.
In a statement released by the Foreign Office, Mr Bramley's mother Carol, who lives in Majorca, said: "Paul was a kind, caring and loving son.  He was the best son, he was my world."
His father Philip Bramley, also from Hull, said they were both deeply shocked.
Mr Bramley had just finished his first year at the CÃ©sar Ritz College in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he was studying hospitality and hotel management.
Due to start an internship on 1 April, he had been flying back from a few days' holiday with friends in Barcelona and was due to stop in Duesseldorf on his way to meet his family in the UK.
Mr Matthews, a senior quality manager thought to be travelling to Germany for a meeting, was married with a son, and daughter.
His family said in a statement: "We are devastated at the news of this tragic incident and request that we are allowed to deal with this terrible news without intrusion at this difficult time."
Margaret Goodyear, a neighbour and former colleague of Mr Matthews, said he was a "lovely, lovely man".
Yesterday Pawel Pracz, whose wife Marina Bandres Lopez-Belio, 37, and son Julian died in the crash, said he was "devastated" at the loss.
He explained that his wife had bought last minute tickets to visit her family in Spain for her uncle's funeral.
Originally from Jaca in the Spanish Pyrenees, Ms Bandres met her Polish husband at the Futureworks School of Media in Manchester and went on to become an editor and colourist in post-production for film and video.
The couple had graduated together in 2009 and had lived together in the city for seven years.
Mr Pracz said: "I'm with my closest family in Manchester, and in close contact with our family in Spain at this very difficult time. "
Richard Hellawell, Ms Bandres' former tutor at Futureworks School of Media, Manchester, described her as a "model student" who was "exceptionally talented and hard-working."
He said: "One of the nice bright lights of the world has gone out."
Prime Minister David Cameron and Labour leader Ed Miliband have offered their condolences to the families of those affected by the air crash.
Germanwings and Lufthansa staff stood in silence in Cologne on Wednesday morning to honour the dead.
Mr Cameron described the crash as "heartbreaking".
He told the Commons: "I know the whole House will wish to join me in offering our deepest condolences to the family and friends of all those killed in the yesterday's airbus crash in France.
"It is heartbreaking to hear about the schoolchildren, the babies, the families whose lives have been brought to an end."
Germanwings chief Thomas Winkelmann said 72 of the 144 passengers were German citizens and 35 were Spanish, the remainder included citizens of the UK, Australia and Belgium, among others.
The German victims included 16 pupils returning from an exchange trip.
French President Francois Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy visited the crash scene on Wednesday.
Mr Rajoy declared three days of national mourning in Spain.
Bereaved relatives are expected to visit the scene. The mayor of Seyne-les-Alpes, the town nearest the crash site, said local families were offering to host them.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Mr Winkelmann said the airline would provide financial support and transport for any relatives wanting to visit the scene from overseas.
A day of mourning is being held at the Joseph-Koenig-Gymnasium school in Haltern-am-See, north-west Germany, where the pupils were from.
Analysis: Richard Westcott, BBC Transport Correspondent
The cockpit voice recorder "black box" is pretty battered but the devices are bomb-proof, literally, so investigators should still be able to listen to what happened on board.
The large, orange cylindrical part in the middle holds the memory boards that record the pilots' voices, and that looks intact to me.
The critical question now is, were the pilots speaking during those lost eight minutes when the aircraft dropped from 38,000ft to the ground?
If they're quiet, investigators will know they were unconscious, and that suggests a major decompression took place on board.
That's when a hole in the fuselage lets all the air out. It's not necessarily fatal, if the pilots can get their oxygen masks on in time, something they train for, but if they were knocked out, it would explain the lack of a mayday call or any obvious attempt to steer the stricken aircraft to the nearest runway.
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The plane's "black box" cockpit voice recorder is believed to be damaged but has been sent to Paris where officials still hope to retrieve data from it.
Remi Jouty, from the French investigating organisation BEA, said initial examinations had found usable sounds and voices, but that it was too soon to draw any conclusions.
He said they hoped to have the first "rough ideas" within a few days, but a fuller understanding could take weeks or even months.
Investigators are still searching for the second "black box" - the flight data recorder.
Investigators said the plane hit the ground in the French Alps at great velocity, suggesting no explosion in flight.


A "community campus" vision for a Wiltshire marketplace housing a swimming pool, library and town hall has been unveiled.

Wiltshire Council's plans for Melksham are part of an Â£80m regeneration of 18 market towns across the county.
Councillor Jonathan Seed said: "We're looking at spending Â£800,000 [in Melksham] on revamping the road access and the roundabout to the campus."
An exhibition and public consultation has opened in the town.
The new campus would also have a bowling green, gym, tennis courts and is expected to be in use by 2017.
Melksham was granted a charter in 1219 to hold a market every Friday and on Michaelmas Day.
There has been a market held in the town on and off for 800 years. At the moment there is a weekly Tuesday market.
Enough space will be left for the market to continue, the council has said.
Council buildings across the county will be sold off to finance the plans. Nine buildings in Melksham will be disposed of.
The new campus will be based at the Melksham House and Blue Pool site in the town centre.


Rotherham Council is to face an independent inspection following the report that revealed 1,400 children were sexually abused in the town.

Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles said the inspection would examine whether the council covered up information about the abuse.
It comes after the council's chief executive told MPs key reports relating to abuse had disappeared.
Mr Pickles said an inspection was "in the public interest".
He said the inspection would be led by Louise Casey, the head of the government's troubled families programme, and would examine the council's governance, services for children and young people, and taxi and private hire licensing.
The report into the abuse of children had highlighted the alleged involvement of some taxi firms in transporting some victims.
Mr Pickles said the inspection would examine whether the council takes steps to ensure only "fit and proper persons" are permitted to hold a taxi licence.
It will also examine whether the council "was and continues to be subject to institutionalised political correctness affecting its decision-making on sensitive issues", he told MPs in a ministerial statement.
The report by Professor Alexis Jay, published two weeks ago, detailed how children had been subjected to trafficking, rape and other sexual exploitation over a 16-year period and how their abuse had been ignored by a range of agencies, including police, councillors and council officials.
Mr Pickles said: "With clearly documented failures by the council on so many levels, the rare step of a statutory inspection is in the public interest.
"We cannot undo the permanent harm that these children have suffered. But we can and should take steps to ensure that this never happens again and make sure that all local authorities deliver on their essential duty to protect vulnerable children."
He said Ms Casey had been asked to report to him by November and if the inspection showed the council was failing, he had the power to intervene directly.
The announcement of the inspection comes after a barrage of criticism of both Rotherham Council and South Yorkshire Police following the publication of the Jay report.
Council leader Roger Stone has already quit and the chief executive, Martin Kimber, announced he would stand down in December on Monday.
However, South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner Shaun Wright, who was in charge of children's services in Rotherham from 2005 to 2010, has refused to resign.
The council's current head of children's services, Joyce Thacker, has also resisted calls for her to quit.
Rotherham Council's Labour cabinet has been dissolved and the Local Government Association has been asked to establish an "independently-chaired improvement board".
South Yorkshire Police has commissioned an independent investigation into its handling of the abuse scandal.


Brazil may not be "totally ready" for the start of the 2014 World Cup because of building delays, admits Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke.

Two stadiums - in Porto Alegre and Sao Paulo - are still not finished, with the tournament due to start on 12 June.
Valcke insisted there is "no way" that fixtures will be postponed.
"If you want me to summarise, we are not ready," said the Frenchman. "We have two stadiums where there is still work to do."
Preparations for the World Cup have been beset by problems.
A construction worker fell to his death last week at Sao Paulo's Arena Corinthians, which is due to host the opening match between Brazil and Croatia.
That took the number of fatalities at the site to three after two people died in November following a partial collapse of the stadium. A total of eight men have already died working on World Cup stadiums.
Porto Alegre's local mayor had said the city may drop out if additional funding was not found to build facilities for media, sponsors and fans. The city's Beira Rio stadium is due to host five matches during the tournament.
But Valcke, who visited Brazil last week, insisted finance was available.
"Maybe there will be things which will not be totally ready at the beginning of the World Cup, but the most important thing for the 32 teams is the training camp and fields," he added.
"All of this will be there to ensure you have football."


The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned the beheading of a Canadian hostage kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Philippines.

John Ridsdel, 68, was taken from a tourist resort with three others by the Abu Sayyaf group in September 2015.
In November, the Islamist militants released a video showing Mr Ridsdel and three other captives, and demanded a ransom of $80m (£55m).
Mr Trudeau called his death "an act of cold-blooded murder".
A Philippines army spokesman said Mr Ridsdel's severed head was found on the remote island of Jolo, hours after the Abu Sayyaf ransom deadline expired.
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Mr Ridsdel was taken to Jolo after being kidnapped from a marina near the city of Davao, along with another Canadian, Robert Hall; a Norwegian, Kjartan Sekkingstad; and a Philippine woman, Mr Hall's girlfriend, Marites Flor.
Mr Ridsdel later warned in a video released by the group that he was due to be killed on 25 April if no ransom was paid.
The Canadian government has a policy against paying ransoms.
Confirming the death of Mr Ridsdel, Mr Trudeau called it a "heinous act".
"Canada condemns without reservation the brutality of the hostage-takers, and this unnecessary death. This was an act of cold-blooded murder and responsibility rests squarely with the terrorist group who took him hostage," he said in a statement.
One of smallest but most radical of Islamist separatist groups in southern Philippines, its name means "bearer of the sword" in Arabic.
It split from the larger Moro National Liberation Front in 1991. Membership is said to number in the low hundreds.
The group has been agitating for the creation of an independent Islamic state in predominantly Catholic Philippines, and uses tactics such as hostage-taking and bombings to pressure the government.
Several of its factions have pledged allegiance to the so-called Islamic State.
Numerous Filipino and foreign civilians have been kidnapped in south Philippines and parts of neighbouring Malaysia over the decades, and used as hostages to extract ransoms.
Though some have been released after negotiations or attacks by Philippine forces, others have been murdered when demands were not met.
Abu Sayyaf has also said it carried out bombings in cities in the south and a ferry bombing in 2004 in Manila Bay that killed more than 100 people, considered one of the worst terror attacks in the Philippines.
Islamic State threat in Southeast Asia
"It's hard," a friend of Mr Ridsdel, Bob Rae, told CBC News. "It's just very hard. I've been involved behind the scenes for the last six months trying to find a solution and it's been very painful."
A former mining executive, Mr Ridsdel is described by Canadian media as semi-retired. He also worked as a journalist.
Abu Sayyaf was set up in the 1990s and received funding from al-Qaeda.  It is fighting for an independent Islamic province in the Philippines.
Several of its factions have declared their allegiance to the militant group Islamic State. Abu Sayyaf is also holding several other foreigners.
Eighteen Philippine soldiers were killed in clashes with the militants on Basilan island near Jolo island earlier this month.


Taking up exercise in your 60s will still help stave off major ill health and dementia, research suggests.

The study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine followed 3,500 healthy people at or around retirement age.
Those who took up exercise were three times more likely to remain healthy over the next eight years than their sedentary peers.
Exercise cut the risk of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and depression.
People who took up exercise in their 60s were also less likely to struggle with day-to-day activities such as washing and dressing.
After eight years of follow-up, a fifth of the participants were defined as healthy - not suffering from any major chronic mental or physical illness.
This group was largely made up of people who always exercised and relative newcomers to exercise. Few were people who did no exercise at all.
Doing regular exercise throughout your life is ideal, say the researchers, but there are health benefits to be had even if you are a late starter.
Lead investigator Dr Mark Hamer, from University College London, said: "The take-home message really is to keep moving when you are elderly.
"It's [a] cliche, but it's a case of use it or lose it. You do lose the benefits if you don't remain active."
In the study, those who had regularly indulged in moderate or vigorous physical activity at least once a week were three to four times more likely to be healthy agers than those who had remained inactive, even after taking into account factors such as smoking.
Dr Hamer says physical activity does not necessarily mean going to the gym or going for a run - gardening or walking to the shops also counts.
The Department of Health recommends all adults, including those over 65, do 150 minutes of physical activity a week.
Doireann Maddock, of the British Heart Foundation, said: "It's well worth getting into the habit of keeping active, as we know it can help reduce the risk of heart disease along with many other conditions.
"Every 10 minutes counts, so even hopping off the bus a couple of stops early or taking a brisk walk on your lunch break will help."


One thousand handmade forget-me-not flowers have been planted on Plymouth Hoe as a remembrance garden.

St Luke's Hospice have put on the display to give the "local community the chance to remember a loved one in a very unique way".
The plastic flowers will be on display until the end of May before they are sold.
Angela Rippon OBE officially opened the garden and said it was a "great pleasure".
She said: "This is a wonderfully graphic way of reminding people of those individuals in our lives that have been important to us people who we really do want to continue to remember".
The flowers were created by the Theatre Royal Plymouth's TR2 workshops, who were also responsible for the sculpture design for the recent London Poppy Appeal.
Seb Soper, head of project development at the theatre, said: "Housed on a steal rod each flower is individually handcrafted whilst hot and therefore each flower is distinctly different."


Redundant oil and gas workers workers who retrain as teachers will be guaranteed a job for four years, the Scottish government has said.

Deputy First Minister John Swinney said applications were now open for funded teacher education training places.
It has been warned some schools in Aberdeen may close because of a "crisis" in recruiting teachers.
The Transition Training Fund (TTF) was set up to help oil and gas workers made redundant, or at risk of redundancy.
Jobs lost as a result of the downturn in the UK oil and gas sector could top 120,000 by the end of this year, according to a report on Friday.
The scheme will allow "suitably qualified" oil and gas workers to be employed by Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire councils while they do their initial training. The TTF courses start in September
Mr Swinney said: "The north east has a highly-skilled oil and gas workforce and we want to utilise these skills and offer those affected by job losses with a positive career path.
"By becoming a teacher, they can use their knowledge and expertise to inspire the next generation of young people in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.
"We know that in some parts of the country, particularly the north east, schools are facing challenges recruiting teachers in certain subjects.
"That is exactly why we have made money available from the TTF to fund an innovative teacher training proposal.
"It will result in guaranteed employment for four years for up 20 people in the two local authorities."
Aberdeen is not the only part of Scotland to warn of difficulties recruiting teachers.
Other parts of the north east, Highlands and Islands and rural areas, including Dumfries and Galloway, have found difficulty filling posts.
The problems and issues are not simple and straightforward.
Nationally, there is an agreed number of places available in teacher training. The funding deal between councils and the Scottish government commits councils to maintaining teacher numbers.
In general, the problem is not so much the number of people who are qualified to teach across Scotland as the number of people who may want to work in some parts of the country.
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Mr Swinney added: "We have been working closely with the University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen City Council and Aberdeenshire Council to ensure those interested can start as quickly as possible.
"I am delighted that people applying now will be able to start their training in the autumn."
Industry body Oil and Gas UK has estimated 84,000 jobs linked to the industry went in 2015, with 40,000 losses expected this year.
Aberdeen City Council has said there are 134 empty teaching posts in the city.
The council said consideration would have to be given to shutting the worst-affected schools after the summer unless the situation improves.


A police officer filmed in a 2015 confrontation with a black teenager at a pool party in Texas is being sued for $5m in damages for false arrest, assault and excessive force.

The lawsuit names the city of McKinney, its police department and former police officer Eric Casebolt.
Teenager Dajerria Becton was 15 when she was filmed being forcibly held face down by Mr Casebolt.
A McKinney city statement on Wednesday denied the allegations.
"The City of McKinney denies the claims alleged against it and the McKinney Police Department, and as such, will vigorously defend the recently filed lawsuit," a statement said.
"McKinney prides itself in cultivating the highest standards of training and professionalism for our officers, and it strongly believes that its standards and training will withstand legal challenge."
The teenager's lawsuit argues that the city and the police department are responsible for her injuries because it did not properly train its officers, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The lawsuit - filed on her behalf by her family - says Mr Casebolt held her down with one knee on her back and one on her neck.  It points out that she was invited to the party and did not break any laws.
In June 2015 Mr Casebolt's lawyer argued that he was acting out of stress, not racism.
Before arriving at the pool party he had responded to a suicide call where a black man shot himself in the head in front of his wife and children.
Mr Casebolt resigned from the police force four days after the pool party incident. His actions were described as "indefensible" by his former boss.
The video showed the officer throwing a girl in a bikini to the ground, then pulling a gun on other bystanders.


Volkswagen faces its first legal action in Germany from a big corporate client over the diesel emissions scandal.

Deutsche See, which leases 500 vehicles from VW, said it had been unable to reach an out-of-court settlement, Reuters news agency reported.
VW is involved in numerous lawsuits from individual owners, regulators, states and dealers, many of them class-action cases in the US.
Deutsche See is one of Germany's major fish and seafood producers.
The business promotes itself as environmentally friendly, and in 2010 won an award for being Germany's "most sustainable company".
"Deutsche See only went into partnership with VW because VW promised the most environmentally friendly, sustainable mobility concept," said a statement from the company.
German media reported that Deutsche See filed its complaint for "malicious deception" at the regional court in Braunschweig, near Volkswagen's Wolfsburg headquarters.
VW on Sunday declined to comment on the reports.
Volkswagen admitted in September 2015 that it had used software to cheat diesel-emissions tests in the US.
The company is now embroiled in investigations across the world, and will have to spend a huge amount of money to settle claims and put the engines right.
The cost of settlements and fines in the US alone are approaching $20bn.


Oil and gas services company Wood Group has been awarded a multi-million dollar North Sea contract by French oil giant Total.

Under the deal, Wood Group PSN (WGPSN) will provide engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning services to four offshore assets and two onshore facilities.
The five-year contract includes an option for two one-year extensions.
It is the second major oil sector deal Wood Group has picked up this month.
In mid-March, the Aberdeen-based company won a contract from Statoil worth more than Â£40m to expand and upgrade a Norwegian gas processing plant.
Under the Total deal, WGPSN will continue to provide services for Total's Alywn, Dunbar, Elgin and Franklin platforms and the St Fergus Gas Terminal.
It will also support the Shetland Gas Plant, the onshore receiving facility for Laggan/Tormore, which will start production later this year.
WGPSN UK managing director Dave Stewart said: "Our knowledge and in-depth understanding of this key client's needs, and our strong commitment to working safely, collaboratively, innovatively and efficiently to maximise productivity of these assets, helped us to secure this contract."


Two men have been arrested after a double-stabbing in an underpass in Basingstoke.

Police said it was believed the men were injured during a fight close to Basingstoke Leisure Centre at about 18:30 BST on Thursday.
The men, both in their late 30s, are being treated in hospital.  One of them is described as being in a serious condition.
A cordon was put in place overnight while investigators examined the scene.
Police have appealed for anyone who may have witnessed the attack to come forward.
The suspects have been detained on suspicion of causing grievous bodily harm with intent.


Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers has told striker Luis Suarez he must apologise for his recent conduct.

Suarez, 26, has been training alone after attempting to engineer a move away from Anfield this summer.
29 May: Drops a big hint that he wants to leave Liverpool after saying he finds life in England hard.
8 July: Liverpool turn down a £30m bid from Arsenal.
24 July: Arsenal offer £40,000,001 for Suarez, triggering a clause in his contract.
2 August: Says he will consider a formal transfer request and the possibility of court action if his Liverpool dispute is not resolved.
7 August: Suarez says he wants to leave Liverpool to join a Champions League side.
8 August: Told to train alone by manager Brendan Rodgers, who says the player has shown "total disrespect" for the club.
"Initially there will be a recognition that [there needs to be] an apology to his team-mates and the club," said Rodgers when asked what the striker needs to do next.
Arsenal have had two bids rejected for the Uruguayan.
"I have seen him over a period of time. I know it is not the Luis Suarez we know and I have to protect the fans and the players because they deserve more than that," added Rodgers.
The Liverpool boss was speaking after his side, without Suarez, lost 1-0 to Celtic in their final pre-season friendly.
"He has spent some days working on his own," said Rodgers, who will be without Suarez this week as he travels to Japan with Uruguay. "The group has been separate to that and working very hard.
"When he is back from his international trip we will assess it from there."
The latest blow to Suarez's hopes of concluding a move away from Anfield comes just a day after the Reds boss urged him to accept that he is going nowhere.
"There will come a point where he'll recognise the club is not going to sell," Rodgers said on Friday.
There has been no further move from Arsenal since they bid £40,000,001 for the former Ajax striker on 24 July.
December 2011 - Given eight-match suspension and fined £40,000 for racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra.
February 2012 - Refuses to shake hands with Evra at Old Trafford and is described as a "disgrace" by Sir Alex Ferguson.
October 2012 - Accused of diving by Stoke manager Tony Pulis.
November 2012 - Accused of stamping on Dave Jones by Wigan manager Roberto Martinez.
January 2013 - Mansfield chief executive Carolyn Radford says Suarez "stole" their FA Cup tie when he scored after using his hand.
The Gunners expected the bid to trigger a release clause in Suarez's contract, but his club insist it does not do so.
Suarez then told both the Guardian and the Daily Telegraph he had been promised he could leave Liverpool this summer if they did not qualify for the Champions League.
Both Rodgers and club owner John W Henry dismissed the claims.
Suarez was banned for eight matches in December 2011 after the FA found him guilty of racially abusing Manchester United's Patrice Evra and is currently serving a 10-match ban for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
"There are sections of fans who are unhappy with him and if he stays he will have to apologise to them," said Jim Boardman, a contributor to the online fanzine Anfield Wrap.
"I am sure he can say he's sorry and make it sound like he genuinely means it."


There are serious concerns about the number of people being judged as "fit to work" by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

More than 110,000 assessments in Wales to see if people, many who used to claim incapacity benefit, are well-enough to get a job have taken place.
Figures show almost one in five people who were told they were fit-to-work later had that decision reversed.
The DWP defended the assessments but Disability Wales is worried.
Marilyn Blakeman has a lung and spinal condition but was told she was fit to work and her benefits would stop.
From a really heavy sporty person and really active prior to 1994, just one accident totally changed my life radically. It's totally life-impacting.
Since 1995 I've had four assessments and they have been quite in-depth.
On the Monday morning (in November last year), there was a telephone call from DWP giving me a telephone interview for an assessment and I told them there was no good difference and only worsening of my condition.
They said they were quite satisfied with the medical evidence I provided and they'll leave it go at that.
Two days later a letter came through the post completely taking everything away from me.
It put me into a flight of sheer panic - total panic. I didn't know which way to turn.
It was soul destroying because I am a proud and independent person, or at least I used to be.
But they had put me into the wrong group. They assessed me completely wrongly. It was if I was a different person being assessed.
"People are being assessed within 30 minutes about their conditions," said Miranda French from Disability Wales.
"The person doesn't really know them from Adam and there's very little medical evidence in front of them when they're assessing people.
"To be honest, anecdotal evidence from many of our members when the report comes back, it doesn't reflect what they said in the actual assessment."
But the DWP defended the assessments, which are part of the UK government's welfare reforms, and said nationally only 15% of all fit-for-work decisions are overturned on appeal.
A spokesperson added: "This is often because people present new evidence which wasn't available when the original decision was made.
"In July 2012 we started asking tribunal judges to record their reason for overturning a decision on appeal. This will help us in improving standards of decision making.
"Since 2010 we have considerably improved the work capability assessment process.
"As a result the percentage of people getting long term unconditional support has more than doubled in two years, but everyone has the right to appeal if they disagree with the outcome of their assessment, so it's not surprising that lots of people do."
Figures obtained from a Freedom of Information request by BBC Wales showed that nearly half of those in Wales who were deemed fit to work appealed the decision and more than 40% of those won.
The figures also show the number of appeals made has more than doubled since 2009/10, along with a rise in successes.
In September 2011 about 16% of the working-age population in Wales claimed out-of-work benefits, compared to an average of 13% in Great Britain, according to Welsh government statistics.
It gives the main reasons for the high claimant number as the number of people claiming disability and sickness benefits, and the number of those claiming them for five years or more.


If Brexit means farmers cannot get the foreign workers they rely on, or it hits efficiency, could more production switch abroad?

"Lets go and see the celery rig," says John Shropshire.
I'm intrigued by the Mad Max-style vehicle I can see across the green fields. Green, that is, with celery. The smell of the stuff fills the air, crunches under foot, fills the view up to the horizon, from an ever-so-pastel, whiter shade of green to a green so deep it is almost black.
But I'll pause and do some explaining before we get to that celery rig.
This farm is in the Fens, one of the areas with one of the highest Leave votes in the country, though it's also not far from Cambridge, one of the highest Remain vote areas.
Mr Shropshire has a business to run, but he's spending too much time these days, he tells, me, trying to persuade people what Mrs May mustn't allow Brexit to mean.
His company is huge: G's Fresh has a turnover of Â£420m a year, employing 6,000 people worldwide. It owns farms growing lettuce in Spain, spring onions in Senegal, beetroot in the US and, here and in Poland, celery.
He employs 2,500 people from Eastern and Central Europe in the high season, and he doesn't think Brexit will change either his need, or the actual supply.
"Nobody wants the seasonal jobs - maybe they want the permanent jobs. Let's face it, it is higher status in Britain to be on the dole than to be a cleaner.
"It's a nice evening in these fields at the moment, but it can be raining, it can be very hot and after a day on the celery rig you don't need to work out in the gym. Five per cent unemployment is incredibly low. The reason we've got immigration is that we've created too many jobs."
He says that's not going to change: the government will find a solution.
"We've had access since long before we joined the EU to people from Eastern Europe. There was a seasonal agricultural workers scheme that was brought in in 1948. We need foreign workers to come."
He shows me where the workers live. "It's not the Ritz," he says cheerfully.
Stefania is sitting by a small table, knees drawn up to her chin, looking rather elfin in front of the cluttered dorm room, narrow but not that long, with six bunk beds, and pots and pans on the shelves.
She says the work is not too hard and her English is getting better. But she's sad about the vote.
"Not so good, because it's not good for Romanian people. I think we will have to go home."
Evelina from Bulgaria thinks there'll be another referendum: "I hope they will make a list of those who want a second vote."
Agnieszka from Poland shakes her head. "I honestly don't think so, but I hope things work out. It's not fair, we don't want to go out."
Angel from Bulgaria says: "The consequences will be terrible, very big. I don't want to say economic catastrophe, but disaster anyway. People wanted immigrants out of the country, not the country out of Europe. They didn't know what they were voting for."
John Shropshire seems unconcerned by this aspect of Brexit.
He pays the National Living Wage, but says British people shouldn't want this sort of work. Mrs May has promised them good jobs, and that is what they should get, he says. Productivity is the real problem now.
And he's heard all the complaints before. So has his son, who runs the lettuce business in Murcia in Spain. His kids got into the local school, and Spanish children didn't. The Spanish didn't like it much.
So that's not what he's worried about. Nor does he mind if farm subsidies go. He tells me some farmers voted to leave because they thought weaker rivals would go under without the handouts. He can see that might be good for business. So that's not his worry either.
His concern is the single market. He had farms in Spain before it was introduced.
"Before, getting lorries and machinery back and forth between here and there was a total nightmare. Stacks of paperwork.
"In 1992 we embraced the single market - we had a proper bonfire of regulations.  We really need access to the single market. If we lose that efficiency we are going to hammer the economy.
"We potentially could lose a lot of efficiency which could cost the consumer very dearly."
Senegal is not in the single market, I point out. "Yes," he says, "but it does have a deal with the EU."
So, let's go and see the celery rig.
It's a big, blocky vehicle, moving so slowly an energetic snail could keep up, creeping forward on tank-like caterpillar tracks.
To see what's going on underneath its metal sides, I crouch down amid the celery stalks. I catch glimpses of wellington boots, hands reaching down to grab bushy plants, and the flash of a old-fashioned butcher's knife reducing them to a uniform size.
I get a better view clambering up the iron stairway to the second floor of this brute of a vehicle.
The 10 people below, having slashed the celery, put it on a conveyor belt which sucks it upstairs, and zips the trimmed veg along, thrusting it into a plastic bag, and then shunting it on so another group of men and women can quickly pack it into cardboard boxes.
While my imagination has Mad Max riding this thing over dunes of vegetable matter, it is a rather efficient mobile factory.
John says he'll be OK. "Business will be all right." That's not his worry. If the consumer wants celery, they will pay what he will charge. But it could be higher.
And while Britain is coming out of the European Union, he could always move there.
"We're a European business, so I think it is a shame we're coming out of Europe. But we are always optimistic. We'll find a way of producing it with the greatest efficiency.
"We will certainly stay here in the Fens. There is a market for food in this country."
But the farm run by his 23-year-old son Henry in Poland could expand.
"Originally when we went in, it was to grow crops to supply people in that part of Europe in the summer, the market we'd built up, supplying from Spain in the winter.
"Now if there were controls on labour that made it difficult, or anything that made it too difficult, one option would be to take these machines, the celery rigs all around us, to Poland and grow the product there."
If his workers have to head home, some of his business might join them.


Leinster have appointed Matt O'Connor as new head coach to replace Joe Schmidt who will leave the job to take over as Ireland boss after this season.

Current Leicester head coach O'Connor's appointment to the Leinster role was widely expected.
The Australian, 42, has been head coach at Leicester since July 2010 and has led the Tigers to successive runner-up positions in the Premiership.
O'Connor was a backs coach in Australia before his Leicester role.
The son of a former Australian rugby league professional, O'Connor played most of his club rugby in Canberra with ACT and then the Brumbies and was capped at senior level by Australia against Ireland.
At this time my focus remains with Leicester, but I would like to thank the Leinster Board for this vote of confidence
He also coached in Japan before his return to Australia where he worked for four years with the Brumbies during which time he also coached Australia 'A' before joining Leicester.
O'Connor joined Tigers coaching team in early 2009 and later that season, Leicester won the Premiership trophy before losing in the Heineken Cup final against Leinster.
After Leinster retained the Premiership title in May 2010, O'Connor then became the club's head coach.
O'Connor, who will start in the Leinster job on 1 July, said he was "delighted" to take over at the Irish province.
"The playing staff, coaching team and facilities are first class and I have been hugely encouraged by the hunger within the province to push on despite enjoying an unprecedented period of success on the field in recent years," added O'Connor.
"At this time my focus remains with Leicester, but I would like to thank the Leinster board for this vote of confidence."
Leinster chief executive Mick Dawson said that the club "believe he will be carry on the fine work which has been done over the course of the last eight years".


Great Britain's 4x400m women missed out on a medal by 0.23 seconds on the final night of the World Relays in the Bahamas.

Emily Diamond, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle and Olympic gold medallist Christine Ohuruogu combined for a time of three minutes 24.36 seconds to finish fourth behind Jamaica.
USA (3:24.36) took gold with Poland finishing second in Sunday's race.
The GB men's team were sixth in their 4x400m final.
The British women's team were using the event to trial new tactics and give younger athletes opportunities before the World Championships in London in August.
"I think we can be excited about the team going into London," said Ohuruogu. "It shows what a good squad we have going forward."


Police investigating a married couple's deaths in the Republic of Ireland are treating the woman's death as murder and investigating the possibility that she was the victim of a murder-suicide.

The pair have been named locally as Jim Quigley, 69, and his wife Marie, 70, from near Hackballscross, County Louth.
He died when his car hit a truck and another car on the M1 on Monday.
When police called to the registered address of his car, his wife's body was found in a upstairs bedroom.
It is believed Mrs Quigley sustained serious head injuries.
Irish broadcaster RTÃ‰ reported on Tuesday that police are treating her death as murder and "keeping an open mind in terms of covering all aspects of the investigation".
She was found dead at about 15:45 local time when police, accompanied by the couple's son, went to notify the family of Mr Quigley's death.
The crash happened earlier near Ardee, County Louth, at about 14:00 local time.
It is reported that Mr Quigley veered into the path of the lorry on the northbound carriage of the M1.
Three people sustained injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
On Tuesday evening, the couple's relatives issued a joint statement appealing for privacy and time to grieve.
"We would like to thank our extended family and friends for their continued thoughts and prayers," the statement said.


The board at Tribune Publishing has unanimously rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from rival Gannett.

Gannett, the owner of USA Today, made an offer of $815m (Â£563m) last month.
Tribune, owner of the LA Times, told Gannett the "opportunistic proposal understates the company's true value and is not in the best interest of shareholders."
Gannett is fighting back, and wants Tribune shareholders to withhold their votes for board nominees on 2 June.
That is when Tribune will hold its annual meeting. Gannett hopes the move will send a "clear message" to Tribune's board that it should "substantively engage with Gannett regarding its proposal."
In response to the rejection, John Jeffry Louis, Chairman of the Gannett Board of Directors said, "It is unfortunate that Tribune's Board would deny their shareholders this compelling, immediate and certain cash value by rejecting our offer without making a counterproposal or otherwise negotiating or providing any constructive feedback."
Gannett had offered to pay $12.25 per share in cash for Tribune as well as absorb $390m of Tribune's debt.
That offer represents a 63% premium to Tribune's closing stock price on 22 April, one day before Gannett announced its proposal.
Founded in New York, Gannett has been working to expand its ownership of regional US newspapers. Earlier this year, the publishing group acquired the Journal Media Group, owner of the Knoxville News Sentinel and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Tribune Publishing has its headquarters in Chicago and the media brand owns 11 major US newspapers including the Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun and Hartford Courant.


Kenya's high court has ordered the country's education authorities to amend the name on a school certificate of a woman who was born male.

The name should be changed from Andrew Mbugua to Audrey Mbugua, it ruled.
Audrey Mbugua has been battling to get recognition to live as a woman, says the BBC's Robert Kiptoo in Nairobi.
This is a significant ruling for the transgender community in Kenya, a country with conservative views towards sexuality, he adds.
"We won. It's a huge watershed moment," Ms Mbugua told the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The court gave the National Examinations Council 45 days to comply with the order to to change the name on her high school exam certificate, without marking her gender.
Judge Weldon Korir said the council had failed to demonstrate why it could not make the changes she desired.
The transgender activist had stunned many Kenyans with her decision to be recognised as a woman, our correspondent says.
The court ruled that Ms Mbugua will have to pay for any extra costs incurred by the council to make the change.
This is Ms Mbugua's second legal victory.
In July, the high court ordered the authorities to register her lobby group, Transgender Education and Advocacy, saying their refusal to do so had no legal basis and was an abuse of power.


When faced with the aftermath of a plane crash, how do investigators try to piece together the facts?

The first priority is, of course, for local police or military to secure the crash site while investigators make their way there.
Sometimes the location and nature of the crash will make this very challenging - such as when Germanwings Flight 9525 crashed in March 2015 in a remote, snow-covered mountainous region of France inaccessible by road. Debris from the aircraft had been spread across an area of about four hectares (10 acres), about 1,550m up the mountainside in a sloping rocky ravine.
As well as gathering evidence, requests will also be made for copies of documentation - maintenance records and passenger lists - that will be held by the airline.
Communications with air traffic control will be sought as well as information about weather conditions at the time of the crash.
According to rules set out under the Convention on International Civil Aviation, the primary role in the probe goes to the state where the crash happened, but the states where the aircraft was registered, where the airline is based and where the plane was designed can all have a role.
This process is complicated where the crash happens over water, as with Air France flight 447, which crashed over the Atlantic en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris in June 2009.
It took almost two years for the flight's "black box" data recorders to be recovered from the ocean and another year for the final report to be issued by the French aviation authority.
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Once the investigators are in a position to assess the physical evidence, they have to keep an open mind and not narrow down the focus of their efforts too early.
Before long, the wreckage is normally re-assembled in the nearest suitable building. In the case of the Lockerbie crash in Scotland in 1988, that was initially done in an ex-military base where the wreckage was pieced together "in 2D" on the floor before being moved to the English town of Farnborough, where it could be re-constructed in 3D.
It is that physical evidence, even if it is initially hidden or distorted by the impact of hitting the ground or other factors, that can start to suggest lines of inquiry, along with the "black box" and cockpit voice recorder.
The results of autopsies performed on passengers and crew can also help narrow down what happened on board.
For example, the Dutch report into the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in July 2014 said it was able to determine the nature of the impact that brought it down partially because of the sorts of injuries sustained by the crew in the cockpit.
After the initial phase of gathering physical intelligence, it is normally possible to form a view of the physical process that brought the aircraft down - for example, an explosion.
Curled pieces of metal from the fuselage can suggest this, for example, but this would have to be evident on more than one piece of debris in order to support the theory.
"In most cases, the evidence will be there from the wreckage as to what happened. But then it's about why," says Frank Taylor, a former air accident investigator who worked on the Lockerbie crash.
In UK law, accident investigators have control over the probe for as long as they deem it necessary, but trying to get to the bottom of why the accident happened can be where other agencies start to intervene.
"The accident investigation process is very strictly a no-blame process," Mr Taylor says.
If investigators believe they have found a design or maintenance fault, they can issue recommendations immediately in order to try to prevent the problem happening to other aircraft, long before any final report is published.
Sometimes, as on 9/11, it is immediately apparent that a crime has occurred, at which point police and prosecutors will normally start conducting their own investigations in parallel, combing intelligence to look for clues as to who might be responsible.


After 30 years in the limelight, the Pet Shop Boys are tackling an unusual subject for a pop album - ageing and death.

The Pet Shop Boys are sprawled at opposite ends of a sofa in a perfectly white room on the top floor of their record company's London headquarters.
Neil Tennant, professor of pop and deadpan frontman is on the right, alert and well-groomed.
His partner in crime for the last 30 years, Chris Lowe, is on the left, slouched and sardonic in jeans and a sports T-shirt.
They are here, ostensibly, to discuss their 11th studio album, Elysium.
But, as is often the case with the polymath pop group, the conversation becomes a survey of the entire music scene.
Tennant holds forth on the state of US dance music: "It is the sound of a Las Vegas pool party. The music, and the things they sing, are so crass."
Then he argues in favour of rising concert ticket prices: "If the public were allowed to go through the accounting of the tour, they'd realise why the tickets were expensive."
Lowe, meanwhile, is mystified by the new host of Radio One's breakfast show.
"Nick Grimshaw? The middle-aged architect? What on earth's he doing on Radio One?
"Actually, what a great idea! Why not get a middle-aged architect to do the Radio One breakfast show?"
"And get Zaha Hadid for the morning show!" laughs Tennant, crediting the station's listeners with a fuller complement of cultural reference points than perhaps its controllers do.
But then, the Pet Shop Boys have never been ones to under-estimate their audience.
Their songs discuss capitalism (Opportunities), ID cards (Integral), and relationships of convenience -  both personal (Rent) and political (I'm With Stupid).
Elysium is named after the Greek word for paradise and finds Tennant ruminating about ageing and death.
On Invisible, he discovers to his horror, that "after being for so many years the life and soul of the party... I'm invisible".
The closing track, Requiem In Denim and Leopardskin, is a first-hand account of a friend's funeral.
"It's always interesting when you write songs and realise what's going on in your subconscious," says the singer.
"In the past five years, my parents have both died, so I suppose that changes your relationship with the world.
"It makes you think about death, because when your parents die you've moved into the front line, as it were," he adds with a wry smile.
Surprisingly, then, Elysium is an uplifting listen, Tennant's vocals buoyed on a sea of warm electronics and supple strings.
The record's working title, the band confess, was HappySad.
"It's one of our trademarks," says Lowe. "Even when we're superficially sounding uplifting, there's quite often a morose underbelly."
If that suggests the band have followed a strict template for the last three decades, it's a charge they deny.
"We don't really think about the old stuff," says Tennant. "People think you're going to sit down and go, 'let's re-write It's A Sin'.
"It's much more haphazard than that. If we're going to be influenced by something, it's probably going to be a contemporary pop record."
One recent influence was Kanye West, specifically his searingly personal 808s And Heartbreaks album (written, coincidentally, in the wake of his mother's death).
The Pet Shop Boys hired West's producer for Elysium, hoping to harness some of that raw, soulful power.
Tennant describes the results as "luxurious", trading the "sturm und drang" of their mid-80s pomp for a more spacious, elegant brand of pop.
Fundamentally, though, their recording methods remain the same. You might not hear a cacophonous orchestral crescendo, as in Left To My Own Devices, but the Pet Shop Boys are still cramming instruments into every available cavity.
"There's a 20, 30, 40-piece orchestra on two-thirds of the album," says Tennant. "It's just that it's barely audible."
"The music hasn't got simpler, it's often the reverse," adds Lowe. "And sometimes, in order to achieve simplicity, it takes a surprising amount of musical parts."
The band's songwriting has undergone one revolution, however, thanks to Tennant's phone, which has become a repository for song sketches and lyrical ideas.
"I sing-song ideas onto it. And then, if I'm randomly playing my iPod, you hear some ghastly thing that's just street noise and me going [sings randomly] 'zaa shnaya, aaargh nnnneiieghah'.
"The problem is that, in your head, you hear the chord changes - but when you hear it two months later, you can't tell what the chord changes were. You just hear this incredibly derivative, awful melody and you think: 'Why did that seem so good I had to rush out of this shop and sing it round the corner to myself?!'"
One song that survived from a phone demo was Elysium's first single, Winner.
Released during the Olympics, its lyrics, "You're a winner / I'm a winner / Let's enjoy it all while it lasts," became something of an unofficial soundtrack to the games - played between every tennis match at Wimbledon.
But Tennant says it wasn't written specifically for the event. In fact, he originally wanted to give it away.
"We thought it sounded like a boy band song," he says. "It's even got the key change."
"And the bit where the fireworks can come down on X Factor," says Lowe.
"I was also thinking vaguely about Eurovision," Tennant discloses.
"The BBC have asked us a couple of times if we'd be interested in writing a song for Britain's entry. Our feeling about it was that if we had the right song then we wouldn't be embarrassed in giving it to them, and this felt a bit Eurovision-y."
Tennant is cagey on whether the band would have performed at Eurovision - but he believes he has an answer to the UK's poor showing at recent contests.
"British artists - Elton John or David Bowie - have not traditionally wanted to do it because they think it looks too crass. But now reality television is possibly even more crass than Eurovision.
"So I think the winner of X Factor should represent Britain. The timing is perfect. And you will get the A&R input, either good or bad, that goes with that."
But how would he resolve the inevitable tension of an ITV reality show star making their big debut on a BBC show?
"They should just give it to ITV," says Lowe. "I mean, no-one watches it, do they?"
Elysium is out on 10 September on Parlophone Records.


More than 50 doctors in Aberdeen have expressed concern at plans which they claim would see people with the most serious injuries transferred to Edinburgh or Glasgow.

The clinicians say there are plans to centralise trauma care in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
They argue this would downgrade Aberdeen and jeopardise patient care.
However, the Scottish government insisted all options were still on the table.
Two years ago, plans were unveiled to create four 'major trauma centres' which would provide specialist care to people with the most serious injuries, such as car crash victims.
The Scottish government had said those centres would be based in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow.
However, in a letter, 57 clinicians involved in trauma care in Aberdeen said that only two trauma centres were now being proposed - Edinburgh and Glasgow.
A decision on which hospitals would achieve the status of a major trauma centre is due shortly after the election.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said: "These claims are simply not true. No final decisions about the number of trauma centres have been made.
"All options remain on the table and I am today writing to the National Planning Forum to give reassurances to clinicians on this.
"Clinicians and planners from across Scotland, including Aberdeen, are currently working closely together on what Scotland's major trauma network should look like so we can provide the best model for the people of Scotland.
"I hope everyone can get behind this important work, so we can make sure we have the best possible solution."
She explained: "We estimate that an additional 40 lives a year can be saved, with many thousands benefiting, from the enhanced care that a major trauma network offers.
"However, in order to achieve this, it is extremely important we get the model of care right, in particular taking into account the geography of Scotland and the more remote and rural areas.
"I can absolutely guarantee that clinicians from all four proposed major trauma sites have been involved in this work from the outset - and will continue to be absolutely central to informing  the decisions we take."
Labour MSP Lewis Macdonald said that meetings were held with staff last week in which it was clear that only sites in Glasgow and Edinburgh were being considered, despite the fact Aberdeen Royal Infirmary had more facilities on a single site than Edinburgh.
Lib Dem MSP Alison McInnes said the SNP must "come clean" on its plans as the electorate deserved to know what they were voting for ahead of the May election.
Scottish Conservative health spokesman Jackson Carlaw said: "Things have to become pretty serious for 50 respected clinicians to break their silence and alert the public of their considerable alarm over this potential outcome for the North East.
"It's not good enough to have a national trauma plan which only services the central belt and for this to be the only proposal on offer."
An NHS Grampian spokesperson said: "We fully recognise and understand the strength of feeling about Aberdeen Royal Infirmary being a Major Trauma Centre (MTC) in a north of Scotland network.
"NHS Grampian's position has been quite clear.  Over the last 18 months we have been preparing to be a MTC with the full support of the board.
"Our clinicians and managers are participating fully in the work of the National Planning Forum. We look forward to the outcome of the National Planning Forum's review."


A football-mad couple from Carrickfergus, who planned their wedding around Northern Ireland's European qualifier against Greece on Thursday, have their sights set on a Euro 2016 honeymoon.

Stephen Rodgers and his wife, Alison, planned their special day around the historic match.
The couple arranged for the game to be played on a big screen at their reception and had their first dance after the half time whistle.
Following Northern Ireland's 3-1 win, the newly-weds are considering travelling to France for their honeymoon to see the team play in Euro 2016.
Speaking to the BBC, Stephen said, "The wedding went as well as the match did. It was a great result for me, for my wife, and for Northern Ireland.
"Before we even had the dessert we were singing, 'We're not Brazil we're Northern Ireland'.
"We've never been to France so it would be something different, and something we'll look at," he said, adding it would be a great way to spend their honeymoon.
The team's success will see Northern Ireland make their first major tournament appearance since 1986.


Liverpool defender Kolo Toure has confirmed his retirement from international football with Ivory Coast, a week after helping the Elephants to a Nations Cup triumph.

The 33-year had indicated that the recent competition in Equatorial Guinea would be his last for his country.
Toure, who made his debut against Rwanda in April 2000, played in all six matches as the Ivorians secured their second African title after a dramatic 9-8 penalty shootout win over Ghana in the final.
I do love my country and especially love football, but at some point, there comes a time to stop
Speaking to the local media in Abidjan, Toure said: "It is with great emotion that I inform you that it is time to say goodbye."
"My goal was to win the Africa Cup of Nations and I must admit that it was a very difficult decision to make.
"I do love my country and especially love football, but at some point, there comes a time to stop."
Toure was part of Ivory Coast's 2006, 2010 and 2014 World Cup squads, but played in only one match at last summer's finals in Brazil, in the final group game against Greece.
He also played in seven Africa Cup of Nations, losing two finals on penalties - to Egypt in 2006 and to Zambia in 2012.
"Sometimes it plays in your mind, but with this incredible success you have to forget the past and enjoy the moment," he said.
The veteran defender says he wants to bring an end to his 15-year international career by leaving the current Ivory Coast manager boss Herve Renard with a smile and not a major headache as he searches for his successor.
"I am going to introduce my successor at the heart of the defence to you. He is tough. This is Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba, the new boss of the defence," Toure added.
"He is my successor and will mentor young Eric Bailly and Wilfried Kanon. I rarely make a mistake in my choice, so Viera will perfectly replace me in the team."
Having begun his career at ASEC Mimosas in Abidjan, Toure moved to Arsenal in 2002 and was part of the 'Invincibles' side who went through the whole season unbeaten in 2003/4.
He was signed by Manchester City in 2009 before joining Liverpool on a free transfer last summer.


Wales made the most of a flying start to beat the UK Armed Forces 43-5 in a special Armistice Day match at the Arms Park.

Dyddgu Hywel, Mel Clay and Sioned Harries all crossed in the first eight minutes with Alisha Butchers' try making it 24-0 at the break.
Clay again. Jess Kavanagh-Williams and Elen Evans added second-half tries with Elinor Snowsill converting four.
RAF and Wales full-back Charlie Murray scored a late Forces consolation.
Clay's second after 51 minutes was the pick of the bunch as the rangy lock ran in from a Keira Bevan break out of defence.
It was a second Wales victory of the month after beating Scotland 15-0, as they prepare for the Six Nations and 2017 World Cup.
Woman of the match Elinor Snowsill told BBC Wales Sport:
"I'm chuffed with the performance of the whole squad, we scored tries early on, then we had a 20-minute period where we switched off, but we came back out, finished the game off and scored some nice tries.
"It's a massive positive that we threw on a lot of subs, we made a lot of positional changes, and still kept our structure.
"We're really thankful for the chance (to play autumn internationals), it gives us time to work on different combinations, and you blow out the cobwebs to keep moving forward into the Six Nations and World Cup.
"I only switched to left-foot (goal) kicking two weeks ago, I'd always struggled with my right foot kicking for the posts, so I gave the left a go and it worked."
Wales: Dyddgu Hywel (Scarlets); Jess Kavanagh-Williams (Scarlets), Kerin Lake (Ospreys), Rebecca De Filippo (Dragons), Adi Taviner (Ospreys); Elinor Snowsill (Dragons), Keira Bevan (Ospreys); Cerys Hale (Dragons), Carys Phillips (Ospreys, capt), Amy Evans (Ospreys), Siwan Lillicrap (Ospreys), Mel Clay (Ospreys), Alisha Butchers (Scarlets), Sioned Harries (Scarlets), Shona Powell-Hughes (Ospreys).
Replacements: Lowri Harries (Scarlets), Gwenllian Pyrs (Scarlets), Catrin Edwards (Scarlets), Charlie Mundy (Ospreys), Rachel Taylor (Scarlets), Sian Moore (Dragons), Robyn Wilkins (Ospreys), Elen Evans (Scarlets),  Jodie Evans (Scarlets), Nia Elen Davies (Scarlets)..
UK Armed Forces: Charlie Murray (RAF); Jade Mullen, Gemma Rowland, Sarah Mitchelson (capt), Bethan Dainton; Katie Hancock, Gemma Stonebridge-Smith; Sarah Batley, Rae Metters, Bianca Dawson, Ellie Gattlin, Heidi Silcox, Erica Mills (all Army), Sian Williams (RAF), Alexandra Hardy (Army).
Replacements: Paula Robinson (Army), Maria Waghorn (RAF), Fran Athawes (Army), Kat Dale, Kate Edwards (RAF), Charlotte Fredrickson (Navy), Mariette Claasens (Army), Chrissy Siczowa (RAF), Carrie Roberts, Jessica McAuley-Roberts (Army).


A campaign calling for a war memorial to be built in Bristol has been backed by the Sikh community.

An estimated 83,000 Sikhs lost their lives in World War One and about 109,000 were seriously wounded.
During World War One Sikhs made up 20% of the British Indian Army in action, despite being less than 2% of the Indian population at the time.
The mayor and the city council have been asked to support plans for a memorial commemorating their sacrifice.
Calls were originally led by Labour councillor Ron Stone, who died in December. Labour councillor Steve Pearce and Bristol's Sikh community have taken on the campaign.
Mr Pearce said: "The service and sacrifice Sikh soldiers made during the two world wars and past conflicts should never be forgotten."
Dilawer Singh, from the city's Sikh community, said: "Tens of thousands of Sikh troops lost their lives fighting for Britain in World War One and it is important that we as a city commemorate them."
Up to 10,000 Sikhs are believed to live in Bristol.
A national war memorial in honour of Sikh soldiers was unveiled at the National Memorial Arboretum in Staffordshire last year.


Republicans in the House of Representatives unveiled their long-awaited draft healthcare bill on Monday night, amid hopes this was the first step on a road to keeping a key election promise.

Replacing the Affordable Care Act became a rallying cry among conservatives for years and here was the first attempt by the party to fashion an alternative.
But just 24 hours later and the mood in the party has changed, with the knives out for the American Health Care Act before it has even reached committee.
It is still a "work in progress", say Republicans who are behind the bill, but what happened within a few hours on Tuesday means that work may be harder than anyone imagined.
So what happened and when? All times eastern (-5 GMT)
Monday evening - last rites for Obamacare?
18:05 - Republican Party release their bill
19:50 - House Speaker Paul Ryan says "this unified Republican government will deliver relief and peace of mind to the millions of Americans suffering under Obamacare". Health Secretary Tom Price says he "welcomes action by the House to end this nightmare for the American people".
19:50 - It emerges that four Republican senators had released a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell before the bill was unveiled, expressing concerns that it would limit future federal funding for Medicaid, which covers people on low incomes.
01:13 (Tuesday) - An influential group of US House Republicans said they had "major concerns" and called it "Republican welfare entitlement", according to a memo leaked to Bloomberg
10:26 (Tuesday) - Heritage Action for America: "That is bad politics and, more importantly, bad policy."
07:13 - An early morning tweet from the president shows he is fully endorsing the House bill, which he says is "wonderful".
13:55 - Health Secretary Tom Price says the legislation is a "work in progress" that represents a step in the "right direction".
15:53 - President Trump told Republican lawmakers at the White House: "There's gonna be no slowing down. There's gonna be no waiting and no more excuses."
16:42 - House Speaker Paul Ryan says: "Obamacare is collapsing... We are doing an act of mercy by repealing this law."
14:36 - Conservative website Breitbart publishes a story headlined "Obamacare 2.0 guts enforcement, gives illegal aliens health care through identity fraud"
15:08 - Influential conservative writer Ann Coulter calls it a "piece of crap"
15:36 - Senator Rand Paul says: "We have to admit we are divided on replacement. We are united on repeal but we are divided on replacement." Earlier, he said the bill was "dead on arrival".
15:37 - Mike Lee, US Senator from Utah, says the bill was "a step in the wrong direction. And as much as anything, it's a missed opportunity."
17:40 - President Trump warns House Republicans of "bloodbath" if they can't pass healthcare legislation, says CNN
19:14 - He then cajoles Senator Rand Paul to end the dissent and rally behind the "great" health care bill.
It seems like passing the recently unveiled Republican Obamacare replacement bill will be about as difficult as making a half-court basketball shot. From a moving car. While blindfolded.
While Republicans know they have to do something on healthcare reform given seven years of promises, when the subject moves to what to do after repeal, party cohesion falls apart. Moderates hate the bill because of its coverage cuts. Conservatives hate the bill because it preserves parts of the existing system. The only real support the bill has is of the tepid variety.
Donald Trump tweeted that the legislation is now open for "review and negotiation", but the various factions within the Republican congressional caucus will be pulling in opposite directions - and the end results could be a proposal that is left in tatters.


Sunderland manager David Moyes has resigned following the club's relegation from the Premier League.

The end of the Black Cats' 10-year stay in the top flight was confirmed when they lost to Bournemouth last month.
Moyes, 54, informed chairman Ellis Short of his decision to step down at a meeting in London on Monday.
"I wish the players and my successor well in their efforts towards promotion back to the Premier League," said Moyes.
Former Everton and Manchester United boss Moyes took charge in July last year, after Sam Allardyce left to become England manager.
Sunderland finished bottom of the table this season with 24 points, having won only six games.
"I pursued the services of David Moyes for a considerable period prior to his appointment last summer, which makes the announcement of his departure difficult for everyone concerned," said owner Short.
He said that Moyes was not taking compensation for his departure, calling it a "testament to his character".
"In the days ahead we will take some time for reflection, and then focus on recruitment and pre-season as we prepare for our Championship campaign. We wish David well in the future," added Short.
The Scot had faced calls from Sunderland fans to quit and initially said it was "too soon" to commit to the club following relegation.
However, earlier this month he suggested he would stay with the club in the Championship next season, saying: "I know what needs to be done to get back in the Premier League."
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In a club statement on Monday, Moyes said: "I would like to thank Ellis Short and the Board for giving me the opportunity to manage Sunderland and the fans for always being so passionately supportive of their club."
This is the first time Moyes has been relegated as a manager, having warned supporters just two games into the season that his squad would struggle.
BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty
David Moyes' departure from Sunderland after a desperate season ended in relegation carried an air of inevitability  - and it is only a minor blessing for the Black Cats that the decision has been taken so quickly after its conclusion.
It is a sign of how his stock has fallen that since he was awarded a six-year contract to succeed Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United in 2013 he has been sacked at Old Trafford, again at Spanish side Real Sociedad and now has a relegation and resignation on his CV at Sunderland.
And there are still two years left on that original Manchester United contract.
Moyes looked a solid appointment in succession to Sam Allardyce but set the negative tone he adopted for the entire campaign when he flagged up a relegation fight after only two games.
Sunderland's football was drab and draped in defeat. The only shining lights were leading scorer Jermain Defoe and promising young goalkeeper Jordan Pickford - who now look certain to follow Moyes out of the door.
Moyes made some defiant noises about taking charge of Sunderland in the Championship but in the end his unpopularity with fans who had suffered all season, plus the embarrassment of relegation, left him with nowhere to go but away from Wearside.


Mexico's Attorney General has charged seven prison officers with involvement in the escape of the notorious drug lord, Joaquin Guzman, on Saturday.

Officials said a further 15 people were being investigated.
Guzman escaped from a maximum security prison through a tunnel that surfaced in his cell and ran 1.5 km to a building outside the prison walls.
Guzman's Sinaloa cartel is responsible for much of Mexico's trafficking of drugs to the US.
President Enrique Pena Nieto, who has just arrived back from an overseas trip, said he shared the sense of frustration and anger  of the Mexican people about the escape.
He said: "We are not going to resolve this only with anger and filling ourselves with fury.  The only way to reverse this is with a recapture."
Mr Pena Nieto said that all those who had participated in the escape would be punished with "the full weight of the law".
So far the government has fired two prison officials and the prison's warden.
A poll in the newspaper Reforma said 88% of Mexicans believed the escape was an inside job, and 65% blamed the authorities' incompetence rather than Guzman's cunning.
Many Mexicans have been discussing whether the government should have agreed to a US request to extradite Guzman on the basis that American prisons would have been harder for Guzman to break out of.
First arrested in Guatemala in 1993, Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman spent nearly a decade in another maximum-security Mexican jail before escaping, reportedly in a laundry basket.
He was on the run for 21 years during which he continued to build his drug-trafficking empire.
He was arrested in 2014 after a series of high-profile arrests of associates and covert surveillance by the US authorities.
He had been tracked by a special unit of trusted Mexican Marines to a series of safe houses.
He was finally found with his family at a seaside condominium in a resort town, Mazatlan.


The home secretary's plan to force internet service providers to store everyone's internet activity is vague and confusing, says a committee of MPs.

Police and security services will be able to see names of sites visited in the past year without a warrant, under the draft Investigatory Powers Bill.
The science and technology Committee says its requirements are confusing, and firms fear a rise in hacking.
The Home Office said it would study the report's findings.
When she announced the draft bill last year, Theresa May stressed that the authorities would not be able to see individual web pages visited, just basic data, such as domain names like bbc.co.uk or facebook.com.
But tech firms have told MPs it may not be possible to separate out data in that way and the plans were not clear about was meant by "internet connection records".
Committee chairman Nicola Blackwood said: "There remain questions about the feasibility of collecting and storing internet connection records (ICRs), including concerns about ensuring security for the records from hackers.
"The bill was intended to provide clarity to the industry, but the current draft contains very broad and ambiguous definitions of ICRs, which are confusing communications providers.
"This must be put right for the bill to achieve its stated security goals."
Mrs May insisted in January that the Home Office had been clear about what it meant by ICRs and was working closely with the industry on the legislation.
The science and technology committee also raised concerns about powers to allow spies to hack into suspects' smartphones or computers, known as "equipment interference".
Ms Blackwood said the technique may "occasionally be necessary", but added: "The tech industry has legitimate concerns about the reaction of their customers to the possibility that electronic devices could be hacked by the security services."
There are also concerns, expressed by Apple and other tech giants, that the bill will force them to adopt weaker encryption standards.
Some products, such as the iPhone, allow people to communicate privately in a form that cannot be decoded, even by the company which makes the device, known as "end-to-end encryption".
The bill would strengthen the power to force firms to give up decryption keys so that coded messages might be read.
But Nicola Blackwood said the government had to do more to "allay unfounded concerns that encryption will no longer be possible".
Service providers, such as BT and Sky, are concerned about the cost of storing internet records for 12 months, something they do not routinely do at the moment.
The Home Office says the overall cost to the industry will be Â£174m over 10 years and "reasonable costs" will be reimbursed, but the industry has cast doubt on that estimate.
The committee said the government should make an "explicit commitment" to pay the full costs incurred by compliance," to protect smaller firms hit with demands to store records.
The Home Office said it was important companies did not suffer a commercial disadvantage and stressed there were no plans to change a long-standing position of reimbursing 100% of costs associated with data retention.
Security Minister John Hayes said: "We are mindful of the need for legislation to provide law enforcement and the security and intelligence agencies with the powers they need to deal with the serious threats to our country in the modern age, subject to strict safeguards and world-leading oversight arrangements."
The government's final proposals will be set out in the spring.


Shauna Coxsey continued her Bouldering World Cup title defence by claiming gold in the third event of the season.

The 24-year-old from Runcorn became Britain's first champion in the event's 17-year history with last year's win.
After taking gold in the season-opener in Switzerland, Coxsey reversed the outcome from the last event in China by pipping Janja Garnbret to gold.
Coxsey leads the Slovenian in the overall rankings, with four more events to take place before August.
Japan's Miho Nonaka claimed bronze, with Britain's Michaela Tracey 11th.
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US special forces are helping the Philippine military retake the southern city of Marawi from IS-linked militants, the Philippine army says.

The forces are providing technical help and are not fighting, it said.
President Rodrigo Duterte had earlier threatened to throw out US troops amid strained relations since taking office.
Militants have been under siege since rampaging through the southern city on 23 May. The latest fighting has claimed the lives of 13 Philippine marines.
Hundreds of militants, who have been flying the black flag of so-called Islamic State and are led by the self-styled IS emir of the southern Philippines, Isnilon Hapilon, and the Maute brothers Omar and Abdullah, are still holed up in the city.
The latest casualties bring the number of Philippine troops killed in the fighting to 58.
At least 138 militants and 20 civilians have also been killed, the government says.
The BBC's Jonathan Head says there are several reports that the Maute brothers, who lead the Maute group, are among the dead, with intercepted communications from jihadist groups suggesting this.
In a press briefing, Lt Col Jo-ar Herrera said the army was checking the reports. He cited "strong indications" but gave no further details.
The brothers' parents, who are believed to have helped fund their armed group, have been captured.
Marawi is on the southern island of Mindanao, which has a significant Muslim population in the majority Catholic country and has seen a decades-long Muslim separatist insurgency.
Col Herrera confirmed for the first time that US special forces were helping the army.
"They are not fighting. They are just providing technical support," he said.
Reuters news agency earlier quoted the US embassy in Manila as verifying the presence of US forces. It would not go into operational details but said the US forces were helping at the request of the Philippine government.
The US has had a small logistical military presence in the Philippines, although a programme to advise the Philippine army on fighting the Abu Sayyaf militant group was discontinued in 2015.
Mr Duterte, a strongman who has supported the extrajudicial killing of drug users and other criminals, has been highly critical of the US since taking power last June, straining a long-time alliance.
But he had what the White House described as a "very friendly" phone call with President Donald Trump in April, and has since said his differences with the US were with President Barack Obama's administration.
Philippine army spokesman Brig Gen Restituto Padilla Jr has vowed that the national flag will be flying once again over all of Marawi by Monday - the Philippine national day.
The army has missed past deadlines to rid the city of militants amid two weeks of air and ground assaults.
Col Herrera said the militants were now restricted to three districts within the city.
"The world of terrorism inside the city is growing smaller by the day," he said.
Officials say that foreign nationals are among the militants in Marawi, with the list of countries and territories including Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Yemen, India and Chechnya.


A great white shark has been rescued after it was stranded on a beach at Chatham, Massachusetts in the US.

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Witnesses say the seven-foot male shark got stuck as the tide went out.
Members of the public kept the shark alive and wet by splashing it with buckets of water until officials arrived.
The harbour master then attached a line to his rear caudal fin and pulled it back into open waters to release it safely back into the sea.
Footage courtesy Mike Bartel


Donald Trump has attacked a former beauty pageant winner who criticised him for alleged sexist and misogynistic remarks as "disgusting".

In a stream of tweets, the Republican presidential nominee urged Americans to examine Alicia Machado's personal history and her "sex tape".
He implied his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton had secured US citizenship for Venezuelan-born Ms Machado.
In response, Mrs Clinton tweeted: "This is unhinged, even for Trump."
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Ms Machado says she was called "Miss Piggy" by the Republican candidate for the White House when he owned the Miss Universe beauty pageant, after she put on weight following her 1996 title win. She also says he called her "Miss Housekeeping" because of her Latina heritage.
Her case was raised by Mrs Clinton in the first presidential debate earlier this week as an example of Mr Trump's attitude to women.
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In his early-morning Twitter outburst, Mr Trump said Ms Machado had a "terrible" past that a "duped" Mrs Clinton had overlooked before holding her up "as an 'angel'".
He added: "Did Crooked Hillary help disgusting (check out sex tape and past) Alicia M become a US citizen so she could use her in the debate?"
In her Twitter response, Mrs Clinton asked: "What kind of man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?"
She added: "When something gets under Donald's thin skin, he lashes out and can't let go. This is dangerous for a president."
Mr Trump later returned to Twitter - in the daytime - after news outlets had spent hours discussing his late night tirade.
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The Associated Press news agency says Mr Trump's "sex tape" taunt appears to refer to footage from a Spanish reality show in 2005 in which Ms Machado appeared on camera in bed with a male contestant. The grainy images were posted this week to a newspaper's website.
In a statement on Instagram, Ms Machado said: "The Republican candidate and his team are again generating attacks, insults and trying to resurrect false allegations on my life. Their purpose is to intimidate me, humiliate me and tip me off balance. The attacks are slanders and lies full of bad intentions, with no basis.
"With his hate campaign, the Republican candidate insists in discrediting and demoralising a woman - one of his worse characteristics."


Flanker Sean O'Brien is set to undergo surgery on his hamstring injury and will miss Ireland's three-Test summer tour to South Africa in June.

O'Brien will travel to the United Kingdom on Friday to see a specialist.
The 29-year-old played just six games for Leinster this season, completing 80 minutes on just two occasions.
He signed a three-year contract with the IRFU last December which will keep him at his native province until after the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
At present, there is no indication as to when O'Brien will be able to play again.
"It is too early to say if he can make it back by the start of the season. Initially, he got injured in Ireland's Six Nations game against France and it was a conservative approach in dealing with it," commented Leinster coach Leo Cullen.
"Other guys have been able to rehab similar injuries without surgery, others have surgery straight away.
"It was slower to heal than we would have liked but he broke down and we sought various opinions. It is frustrating but lots of players go through that in their career. He needs a plan in place to get back to the levels he wants. He is such a key figure for Ireland and Leinster."
Another Leinster forward, prop Cian Healy, is unlikely to feature for the rest of the season as he is troubled by a knee problem.
Full-back Rob Kearney misses the Pro12 semi-final against Ulster because of an ankle injury but Leinster say they are hopeful he will be available to play soon.
Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt is unlikely to have winger Tommy Bowe available for selection for the summer tour after it was revealed last week that he is still struggling with his knee complaint.


The Raspberry Pi has become the most popular British computer yet made.

The title was formerly held by the Amstrad PCW which is believed to have sold a total of eight million units.
Sales of the Raspberry Pi will surpass that figure this month, said the Raspberry Pi project founder Eben Upton.
The milestone comes as the Raspberry Pi 3 is unveiled featuring a faster 64-bit processor and built-in wi-fi and Bluetooth connections.
"We're calling it," said Mr Upton. "We're the best-selling UK computer ever."
He said the Pi Foundation initially thought it had won the title last year when sales blew past the total set by Sinclair machines in the 1980s.
However, he said, it then emerged that the Amstrad machine had sold in larger numbers.
Now, even that total has been exceeded.
"The curve keeps trending upwards," said Mr Upton, adding that sales will get a fillip from the release of the Raspberry Pi 3 on 29 February.
It will go on sale for $35 (Â£30) and a "few hundred thousand units" will be available on launch day from online stores.
"The two main things that people do with their Pi are use it as a PC replacement or use it as an embedded computer," Mr Upton told the BBC.
"The Pi 3 is doubling down on both those things rather than going looking for new things to do."
The updated device has a 64-bit processor onboard that gives the Pi 3 a 50% performance improvement on the Pi 2.
Also built in to the new device are wi-fi and Bluetooth connections.
Hobbyists using the Pi to act as a hub for smart home gadgets would be able to use Bluetooth to link devices and sensors together, he said.
"This is the first Pi you can stick behind your TV and completely forget about," said Mr Upton.
There were also signs that the Pi was succeeding in achieving one of its founding aims - to make computer science a more popular option at degree level.
Mr Upton said that the Pi's popularity and other coding projects were boosting interest in the technical subject.
In some institutions, the numbers of people enrolling on computer science courses had recovered from the low points seen in 2008-9, he said.
However, he admitted it could still be be "too early" to see the full effect of the Pi on people who wished to pursue coding or their technical skills, given that the first Pi was only released in 2012.
The gadget was starting to be used widely in schools, and the Pi Foundation's merger with the Code Club initiative would make sure it reached more children, he said.
"With 9-11 year-olds, we are seeing a lot of people get excited about it at that level," said Mr Upton.