Venezuelan electoral authorities have confirmed that the opposition has won a key two-thirds majority, enabling it to challenge President Nicolas Maduro.

The opposition said it would work to release jailed opposition leaders and address the country's economic crisis.
Mr Maduro has announced a cabinet reshuffle but vowed to veto any amnesty law for jailed politicians.
The election result is the worst for the Socialist movement founded by late leader Hugo Chavez in 1999.
The majority means the Democratic Unity coalition can now make sweeping changes, including replacing Supreme Court judges and making changes to the constitution pending approval in a referendum.
It also wants the release of one of its leaders, Leopoldo Lopez, who was given a 13-year prison sentence for inciting violence - a charge critics say was politically motivated.
But Mr Maduro said he would block any amnesty law.
"The murderers have to be prosecuted and have to pay," he said in a televised address.
He said his Socialist Party would hold an "extraordinary congress" to find out what went wrong at the election.
The opposition meanwhile warned of looming food shortages for Venezuelans.
"We urge the government to stop crying and start working," opposition leader Jesus Torrealba said.
"We're just a few weeks away from a very serious problem in terms of food," he added.
The elections were widely seen as a referendum on President Maduro, the handpicked successor of Hugo Chavez, and the governing PSUV's socialist policies.
The opposition accused Mr Maduro's party of mismanaging the economy and of squandering the country's oil wealth.
Venezuela has been hit hard by the continuing low price of oil, its main export. It also has the continent's highest inflation rate.
Mr Maduro has blamed the situation on an "economic war" waged by the opposition.
The opposition also accused the government of increasing authoritarianism.
The election result also gives stronger momentum to the opposition should it wish to call a referendum on Mr Maduro's future. This could take place only when his presidency reaches its halfway point in April next year.
However, some prominent opposition figures want to give Mr Maduro the opportunity to change policies they blame for the country's economic crisis.
"If Maduro doesn't change we'll have to change the government. But the opposition's response to the economic crisis right now can't be more politics," Henrique Capriles - who lost to Mr Maduro in the 2013 presidential elections - told AP.
The next presidential election is due in April 2019.
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inflation level for 2015
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-6% projected 2016 downturn
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Lewis Hamilton took a controlled victory for Mercedes in the Chinese Grand Prix as the Ferrari revival was stopped in its tracks in Shanghai.

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The British world champion drove with pace in hand, unleashing his potential only when needed around the pit stops.
Nico Rosberg was second and later accused team-mate Hamilton of trying to back him up into the chasing Sebastain Vettel - a claim Hamilton denied.
Ferrari's Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen were third and fourth respectively.
They were able to stay in touch because Mercedes were managing tyres, while Williams's Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas finished fifth and six.
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The pre-race debate had all been about whether Ferrari's lighter tyre usage could enable them to overcome the better speed of the Mercedes, as it had when Germany's Vettel won in Malaysia two weeks ago.
But Mercedes, with Hamilton and Rosberg converting their front-row grid positions into first and second places at the start, were comfortable at the front.
Hamilton drove only fast enough to keep the Ferraris at arm's length while eking out the required stint lengths to match the Italian team's two-stop strategy.
His superiority was underlined as he neared each of his two stops, when Hamilton suddenly unleashed laps more than half a second clear of anyone else, including Rosberg.
His second victory in three races this season - and his eighth in 10 grands prix dating back to Italy in September last year - extended his championship lead to 13 points over Vettel, whose advantage over Rosberg was cut to four.
In the final stint, with comfortable gaps now established between the three leaders, Vettel was left to keep an eye on team-mate Raikkonen as he slowly closed in on the German, the Finn putting in a strong performance in his first clean race of the season.
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The race, held in warm sunshine in front of busy grandstands indicating China's growing interest in F1, was not great entertainment, the tension removed once it became clear Mercedes could control their tyres well enough to do the same to the race.
But it did suggest that a theme is developing in this 2015 season - the Mercedes remains comfortably the fastest car, but Ferrari's better tyre usage will enable them to challenge and keep the champions on their toes.
Behind the leading two teams, Williams were comfortably best of the rest, ahead of a frenetic midfield battle between the Lotus, Sauber and Toro Rosso teams.
Lotus's Pastor Maldonado was leading it for much of the race, only to wreck his chances with two spins - the first on his way into the pits for his second stop on lap 39 and the second at Turn Six, dropping him way back.
That promoted the Venezuelan's French team-mate Romain Grosjean to seventh.
The Toro Rosso of the increasingly impressive 17-year-old Dutchman Max Verstappen was heading for eighth only to retire with a locked rear axle on the pit straight with three laps to go, bringing out the safety car until the end the race.
It was a great shame for Verstappen, who had pulled some impressive passing moves - lunging late but clean down the inside of Sauber's Marcus Ericsson into the hairpin at the end of the long back straight early in the race and doing the same at Turn Six on Force India's Sergio Perez later.
Verstappen's performance enhanced the growing impression that he is a major star of the future, despite his youth.
The Sauber of Felipe Nasr inherited eighth, ahead of the Red Bull of Daniel Ricciardo, who recovered from a poor start that had him down to 13th place from eighth on the grid at the start, and the second Sauber of Marcus Ericsson.
Both McLarens finished the race for the first time in their new era with Honda engines, with Fernando Alonso edging Jenson Button as they pursued different tyre strategies.
Alonso led the Briton early on as they fought to pass the struggling Red Bull of Daniil Kvyat.
Button regained the advantage by sticking with the faster soft tyres for the middle stint while the Spaniard switched to the mediums.
Then the advantage passed back to Alonso as he switched to the softs in the final stint, which the two-time champion started with a 15-second deficit.
With his team-mate closing in, Button found himself in a frantic tussle with Maldonado's Lotus, which aided Alonso's attempts to close up on the faster tyre.
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The Spaniard was poised to pass both when the battle ended in drama as Button hit Maldonado from behind on the entry to Turn One and they both spun off.
Button called the incident a "misjudgement" and was penalised five seconds by race officials, dropping him to 14th place, as well as having points put on his superlicence.
"You never want to crash and I don't crash very often and I'm not very happy that it happened," he said.
Alonso ended up 12th, behind Force India's Sergio Perez, while Button, with a damaged front wing, limped home in 13th as Maldonado retired with brake failure.
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The corporate parent of the Waco Twin Peaks restaurant has cut ties with the franchise after Texas police said the owners failed to their heed warnings of impending violence.

Nine people were killed in a shootout between rival biker gangs on Sunday.
The company said the management team "did not uphold the high security standards we have in place to ensure everyone is safe at our restaurants".
Separately, Texas officials suspended the Waco location's liquor licence.
Waco police Sgt Patrick Swanton told reporters on Sunday that the Waco Twin Peaks has "some answering not only to do to y'all, but to our community as well".
Waco police said trouble had been brewing for months, causing them to station officers outside the restaurant on Sunday even before the shootings broke out.
The Waco location had promoted Thursdays as "bike night" on its website, courting a motorcycle rider clientele.
One of the business' partners, Jay Patel, wrote in a Facebook post that the management was "horrified" by the shootings.
"Our management team has had ongoing and positive communications with the police and … we will continue to cooperate with the police as they investigate this terrible crime," Patel said.
But the Associated Press reported that Waco police "described the management as uncooperative with authorities in addressing concerns about the gangs".
Dubbed a 'breastaurant' by its CEO Randy DeWitt, Twin Peaks is one of the fastest growing restaurant chain in the US.
With about 70 locations in the US, the Dallas-based restaurant chain is known for its waitresses who wear tight plaid shirts and mini-shorts.
Last year, Twin Peaks sales increased 45% as other chain restaurants such as Olive Garden and Red Lobster struggled to retain customers.


Christie Murray scored with a late header as Scotland beat Republic of Ireland in their final warm-up match before the women's Euro 2017 finals.

The substitute steered a header home on 85 minutes to give Anna Signeul's squad a boost ahead of the tournament opener against England on 19 July.
Scotland captain Gemma Fay, winning her 200th cap, made a strong save to deny Megan Connelly.
But the hosts did most of the pressing and were rewarded by Murray's goal.
The Scots, preparing to make their debut at a major finals in the Netherlands, will also meet Portugal (23 July) and Spain (27 July) in Group D.
The visitors arrived at Stark's Park with five wins from their previous six games and were well organised in defence, sitting deep and allowing Scotland lots of possession.
Leanne Ross and Frankie Brown had early glimpses of goal for the hosts but it took until 27 minutes for Fiona Brown to test Ireland keeper Marie Hourihan with a fierce shot from 22 yards.
Minutes later, Hayley Lauder was denied when Harriet Scott blocked with a extended leg. The same player then cleared from Caroline Weir's bending corner kick.
With three minutes remaining in the first half, Hourihan made the save of the match, clawing away a looping header from Erin Cuthbert.
The second half, punctuated by several substitutions, saw Brown and Lauder capitalising on Ireland errors to cause problems down the left wing.
But it was the Scotland defence that suddenly looked vulnerable and goalkeeper Fay was left alone to keep out a forceful Connelly strike.
Lana Clelland set up Cuthburt to shoot wide as Signeul's team began to pin a tiring Ireland back in the latter stages.
A series of half-chances were spurned before Murray dashed into a good position and slipped a neat header past the grasping hand of Hourihan to send Scotland off to the Netherlands in good spirits.
Scotland head coach Anna Signeul: "We got out of it what we wanted. We wanted to have a really tough game. They were very well organised, very hard to break down.
"We didn't expect to get so much time on the ball and that slowed us down a little bit. It didn't give us much room in behind.
"We needed to be creative and we needed to find solutions to try break them down or open them up. We had some great chances in the first half and some great shots on goal.
"We have worked a lot on defence and I think we still need to do a little bit on small details here and there. Work on set prices and things like that."


Capacity on the "busiest trains" into Cardiff will double from May, Arriva Trains Wales has said.

It will add an extra 600 seats a day for commuters into the Welsh capital after being criticised for having too many overcrowded trains.
Arriva Trains Wales, whose Wales and Borders franchise expires in 2018, is adding morning weekday services into Cardiff Central from Barry and Radyr.
Economy minister Ken Skates had said Arriva's profits were "too high."
The Wales and Borders franchise - which is one of the UK's most heavily subsidised, receiving between Â£110m-Â£160m a year - has seen passenger numbers rise from 18 million in 2003 to 30 million.
About 265,000 people use Cardiff Central station weekly and a BBC investigation found overcrowding in Cardiff stations during the morning commute was rising at a faster rate than anywhere else outside London, according to figures from the Department for Transport.
Arriva Trains Wales now plans to add extra capacity and extra trains from 22 May on the following routes
Arriva Trains Wales said the additional trains were "subject to railway approval processes" but the announcement is "one of the most significant improvements to valleys commuters in a decade".
It said to implement the changes, the operator "needed to remove one midday Penarth service and one midday Barry service".
The firm has a zero growth contract - which means it has the same number of trains it had when it began operations in 2003.
It said the additions "would not have been possible" without Network Rail's recent Â£300m signalling upgrade works and new platform eight at Cardiff Central.
"This is one of the most significant improvements to valleys commuters in a decade, since the opening of the Ebbw Vale line," said Arriva Trains Wales customer services director, Lynne Milligan.
"With only a limited number of trains in our fleet and the lack of availability in the UK we have had to work hard to get the most from what we've got."
Network Rail Wales said "more trains are travelling through Cardiff than ever before".


Hull City defender Harry Maguire says he will not enter contract negotiations with the club until the end of the Premier League season.

The Tigers slipped into the relegation zone with two games to play following a 2-0 defeat by Sunderland last Saturday.
Maguire has a year left on his current deal, but is said to be interesting Tottenham, Everton and Liverpool.
"Obviously every footballer wants to be playing in the Premier League, myself included," said the 24-year-old.
The former Sheffield United centre-back has featured 28 times in the league this season for Hull, who visit Crystal Palace on Sunday.
"It's probably the greatest league in the world at the moment," he added.
"But I'm totally focused on Hull City staying in the Premier League, so new contracts etc - I'll be discussing those at the end of the season when the football has finished."


Laser pointers should be classed as "offensive weapons", the British Airline Pilots Association has said.

The call comes after a New York-bound plane was forced to turn back to London Heathrow Airport after a laser beam hit the cockpit after take off, causing a "medical issue" for one of the pilots.
It is illegal to shine a light at a plane "so as to dazzle the pilot", but not an offence to own or carry a laser.
The union says they are "incredibly dangerous", and could blind pilots.
Virgin Atlantic flight VS025 turned back after it was struck by the laser on Sunday evening, about six or seven miles west of Heathrow.
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"This is not an isolated incident," British Airline Pilots Association's (Balpa's) general secretary Jim McAuslan said. "Aircraft are attacked with lasers at an alarming rate and with lasers with ever-increasing strength."
"Modern lasers have the power to blind and certainly to act as a huge distraction and to dazzle the pilots during critical phases of flight."
Former pilot and fellow member of the pilot's union Dave Smith said legislation on lasers - first introduced in 2010 - should be much tougher.
"The law from 2010 is just an offence of shining the laser into the cockpit, but of course that is very difficult to prove," he said.
Balpa is calling for sales of all but the lowest power devices to be regulated.
"Lasers should be specifically included in the offensive weapons legislation so that if someone is found to be carrying a laser without good reason then they are treated in the same way as if they are carrying a knife," a spokeswoman added.
But Dr John O'Hagan, a laser safety expert at Public Health England, believes the existing laws are adequate.
"Our recommendation is that only low-powered lasers, one milliwatt - one thousandth of a watt - should be generally available to the public.
"And in the UK now it is relatively unusual to be able to buy a laser, that looks like a laser pointer, that's at a higher power. The trouble is that you can buy them over the internet at much higher powers."
Lasers produce a concentrated, pencil-like beam of light which can be directed over large distances.
They vary in strength and have a wide variety of uses, including CD readers, printers, barcode scanners, presentational aids, DIY alignment tools and medical surgery.
It is the misuse of laser pointers, sometimes referred to as laser pens, which is generating concern.
Last year, a man who targeted a Police Scotland helicopter with a laser pen was jailed for 12 months after detectives used thermal imaging equipment to locate him.
Craig Ryan, 23, shone the beam at the aircraft from his garden in Stevenston, forcing the pilot to take evasive action.
In 2014 three men from Leicestershire were jailed for using laser pens to dazzle pilots coming in to land at East Midlands Airport.
In one case the pilots' vision was so badly affected that they had to cover the cockpit and land using instruments alone.
The Metropolitan Police has said it is investigating Sunday's incident but there have been no arrests so far.
Virgin Atlantic said the flight returned to the west London airport as a "precautionary measure" after the co-pilot reported feeling unwell.
Passengers were grounded overnight and due to board an alternative flight at 13:00 GMT on Monday but some complained about the length of the delay.
Photographer Max Earey tweeted: "So the aircraft lands @10.30pm but you can't get me out again until 1pm tomorrow! REALLY @VirginAtlantic I'm losing a whole day of my trip."
But Jessica Moore, who was travelling to New York for a holiday with her boyfriend, said she thought the pilots were right to turn around.
"Many people on the plane were quite worried they weren't telling us the whole truth but I didn't think that was the case," she said.
According to Balpa, being hit with a laser can result in temporary vision loss associated with flash blindness; a "visual interference that persists after the source of illumination has been removed".
It can also cause an after-image - an "image left in the visual field after exposure to a bright light" - and glare in the cockpit.
In November 2015 it was reported that the eye of a British Airways pilot was damaged after a "military" strength laser was shone into his aircraft.
Between January 2009 and June 2015 more than 8,998 laser incidents across the country were reported to the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
In 2014 alone, there were 1,440 reported incidents in the UK. Heathrow had the most, at 168.
Manchester International airport had the second most in that period, with 107, followed by Birmingham airport, with 92, and Leeds Bradford airport, with 81.
In the US, CNN reported, there were 20 incidents during one night alone in November last year.
Aviation expert Julian Bray said he had heard of "laser tagging" games, where people would try to shine a beam onto the fuselage of an aircraft.
Such incidents were becoming fairly common, he said, and were "very, very dangerous".
A CAA spokesman said: "We strongly urge anyone who sees a laser being used at night in the vicinity of an airport to contact the police immediately."


Gallai pontydd Hafren fod yn rhad ac am ddim i groesi yn y nos.

Dyma un cynnig sydd yn cael ei ystyried gan Lywodraeth y DU.
Pe byddai yn cael sêl bendith, fyddai teithwyr ddim yn gorfod talu rhwng 22:00 a 06:00.
Mae'r llywodraeth wedi dweud yn barod ei bod yn ystyried gofyn i geir, faniau a bysiau bychain dalu £3 am groesi'r pontydd erbyn 2018.
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Byddai'r drefn yn golygu cael gwared ar y bariau tollau wrth i gamerâu gael eu gosod a fyddai'n adnabod ceir sydd yn croesi'r pontydd.
Mae'r holl faterion yn cael eu trafod fel rhan o ymgynghoriad sydd yn dod i ben Mawrth 10.


Striking bus drivers in Leeds have suspended further action in a bid to resolve an ongoing pay dispute with First Leeds.

Members of the Unite union walked out for 24 hours at 02:00 BST claiming drivers earn Â£2 less per hour than other regional First drivers.
First Leeds disputed the claim and said it was looking "forward to further talks" with Unite. The union said it wanted a fair settlement.
Drivers were due to walk out on Monday.
The planned action for next week was suspended after First Leeds agreed to talks on either Tuesday or Wednesday involving the conciliation service Acas.
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The bus company said Friday's walk-out had affected all of its services to varying degrees although it had managed to run the vast majority of services.
The action followed two 24-hour strikes last month.
Unite regional officer Phil Brown said it was over members asking for a "decent pay rise".
"Colleagues in other parts of West Yorkshire are on over Â£2 more than us," he said.
The union is seeking a 36p per hour increase with a view to further negotiations in April 2017.
First offered a 38p per hour rise frozen until May 2018, which the union rejected.
Mr Brown said: "The management has been in touch today to say that they now wish to enter into meaningful pay negotiations.
"Unite will be entering into these talks in a positive and constructive fashion to seek a fair settlement for our members which would avoid any further industrial action."
Paul Matthews, managing director of First Leeds, said the company "recognises the hard work they do" and had made a revised offer, which amounted to a "substantial pay increase way above inflation".
He said: "I will continue to do all I can to resolve the dispute but I won't be forced to introduce a pay increase the company cannot afford and would push fares up for customers."
First bus services in Bradford, Huddersfield and Halifax are unaffected.


The husband of woman murdered in Luton has paid tribute to his "beautiful, devoted wife", saying her death has torn "hearts apart".

Hafeez Rehman, husband of Saima Khan said the killing had also deprived four children of their mother.
He urged anyone with information to come forward to assist the police in the murder investigation.
Ms Khan, 34, was found with serious injuries at her home in Overstone Road on 23 May, but died at the scene.
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Mr Rehman said of his wife: ""She was a loving mother to four beautiful children, a devoted wife, a beloved daughter and the most caring of sisters.
"She has been taken from us at the age of 34 and my children have been deprived of their mother.
"As everyone can appreciate and understand that the circumstances have torn our hearts apart."
He said they were at a junction in their lives where they had wanted to "watch our children grow, to love them and spend quality time as a family and make memories."
Police say they are keeping an open mind as to what led to the care worker's death, but are treating the case as murder.
They have not commented on unconfirmed reports that she was attacked during a "botched" burglary while her family was at a funeral.
Bedfordshire Police's Det Ch Insp Adam Gallop said it was a tragic incident and asked anyone with information to get in touch.
He said: "Even small pieces of information could be crucial.
"You might have been driving or walking along Overstone Road and either saw or heard something suspicious - if so we want to hear from you."
Residents reported shouting, swearing and screaming in the street on Monday night.


Northern Ireland house prices could increase by 4% next year, according to a forecast by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

The predicted rise is above the UK average, which is expected to see an increase of 3% over the course of 2015.
It is also higher than most other UK regions, including London.
Northern Ireland's Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) rose 7% this year,  but house prices are still more than 40% below the peak of the boom.
Seven years ago, as the global economic downturn took hold, Northern Ireland suffered one of the most severe property crashes in economic history.
Prices fell more than 50% below their peak in late 2007.
However, the market began to show signs of recovery in the latter half of 2013.
RICS has now predicted that next year, UK house prices will be bolstered by "recent changes to stamp duty, continuing demand and lack of supply of property".
Its residential spokesman in Northern Ireland, Samuel Dickey, said 2014 had seen "stronger house price growth in Northern Ireland than RICS anticipated".
He said said this was "largely due to a stronger economic recovery than expected".
"In the local market, there is still an issue with supply, whilst buyer demand remains strong. This is creating the conditions for continuing price growth.
"However, with public spending cuts likely to act as a drag on the economy, we expect price growth to be more modest in 2015 than it has proved to be in 2014."
Mr Dickey said house sales in Northern Ireland were still at very low levels "relative to their pre-crises peak".
But he added that sales were currently increasing and his organisation expected that to continue into next year.
"The stamp duty reforms announced in the Autumn Statement, which will benefit the majority of homebuyers, will help," he said.
The institution's forecast examines all parts of the housing market, including prices, sales, rental incomes to construction and repossession levels.


A police force is being investigated after a prisoner had three fingers severed while in custody.

The 33-year-old was injured at Colchester police station in Essex during a struggle when he grabbed hold of a toilet bowl in his cell.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) has started an investigation into the incident.
It is believed seven Essex Police officers will be questioned.  The force has not commented.
It is thought the IPCC will investigate claims the man was handcuffed after his fingers were severed, and allegations of a significant time delay in taking him to hospital.
The prisoner, who lost part of three fingers on his left hand, was taken to hospital following the incident on 1 May.
He had been taken into custody in connection with a public order incident.
A spokesman for the IPCC said: "The Independent Police Complaints Commission is to independently investigate an incident at Colchester Police Station on May 1, 2015 where a man suffered serious hand injuries while in custody.
"Further information is likely to be published in due course."


Poverty is the biggest threat to children's health in Wales, a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics has claimed.

An estimated 200,000 Welsh children live in poverty and are more likely to experience poor health, according to the report.
Dr Mair Parry, RCPCH Officer for Wales, said if robust action was not taken a "whole generation" would be failed.
The Welsh Government said it would consider the report's recommendations.
Poverty is classed as those living with a household income of less than 60% of the median (middle) figure.
Children from the most deprived fifth of the population are 70% more likely to die in childhood than those living in the most affluent parts of Wales, the report claimed.
Children's Commissioner for Wales, Prof Sally Holland, said reducing poverty rates was the "most important task" facing the Welsh Government.
The RCPCH report recommends several improvements to improve children's health and reduce child deaths.
These include measuring children for obesity throughout their childhood and stopping takeaways opening near schools and swimming pools.
Dr Parry said the growing gap between rich and poor was risking children's health and the recent scrapping of the target to end child poverty by 2020 by the Welsh Government should "worry us all".
She added: "We must show real leadership to prevent illness from the very start of life and promote good health and well-being across the whole of society.
"If we don't, we will fail a whole generation in Wales."
The report recommends extending the Welsh Government's Flying Start project to allow all children living in poverty the chance to access support.
In 2014-15, 37,260 children were involved in the project, which offers part-time childcare for under-fours.
While the number of children getting help from the Flying Start programme has increased, most are "still not receiving support".
Children living in poverty are at increased risk of poor health due to a range of issues, including mothers smoking during pregnancy, a poor diet and being more likely to drink, use drugs and smoke, the report stated.
Flying Start manager for Ceredigion, Rhian Rees, said getting the "right messages" across to families was the biggest challenge.
She said: "If we want to close the gaps between the children who are in our most deprived areas and not in our most deprived areas, we have to make sure that important messages are conveyed and that sometimes takes a bit more time and resources."
Plaid Cymru AM Rhun ap Iorwerth described the poverty rate in Wales as "disturbing".
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Our programme for government, Taking Wales Forward, includes our Healthy Child Wales programme.
"The programme will ensure that inequalities linked to poor child health are further reduced by ensuring that we deliver a universal service to all children in Wales, with additional support provided in response to identified need."


Donald Trump has again defended his call for a ban on Muslims entering the US after it was used in a propaganda video by Somali militant group al-Shabab.

The Republican presidential hopeful said people had praised his courage in truthfully highlighting a "problem" that others preferred to ignore.
"Now people are getting involved" in the issue, he told CBS News.
Mr Trump's call, after a shooting in the US, has been widely condemned.
Other Republicans, the White House, and the British Prime Minister David Cameron were highly critical of the comments, which followed the San Bernardino massacre, in which 14 people died.
Democratic presidential candidate and former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Mr Trump's rhetoric was turning him into the "best recruiter" for the Islamic State militant group.
A propaganda video by Al-Shabab, al-Qaeda's Somali affiliate, used a clip of Mr Trump repeating his call at a campaign rally last month.
During an appearance on CBS News' Face the Nation programme, to be shown on Sunday, Mr Trump was questioned over how his comments had been framed by al-Shabab as an incentive for Muslims to join holy war.
"Look, there's a problem," he said. "I bring it up. Other people have called and say you have guts to bring it up because frankly it's true and nobody wants to get involved.
"People that are on different persuasions than me right now are saying, you know, maybe Trump isn't wrong. We want to examine it."
The video, released by al-Shabab's media wing, also urges African-Americans to convert to Islam and take part in holy war. It says racism, police brutality and anti-Muslim sentiment are rife in the US.
In recent years, several Somali-Americans from Minnesota have gone to fight for al-Shabab in Somalia.
Al-Shabab, which seeks to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government and impose a strict version of Sharia (Islamic law), has carried out attacks in Kenya and Ethiopia.
Last month's campaign statement from Mr Trump called for a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims" entering the US until the authorities could "figure out what is going on".
The call was issued after a deadly gun attack in San Bernardino, California, by a husband and wife who are thought to have been radicalised.


Green Party co-leader Caroline Lucas has called the Prevent counter-terrorism scheme "toxic", saying Muslim communities feel "attacked".

She said it needed to be reviewed, as she was asked about what her party would do to increase security.
Prevent was set up by Labour in 2003 and its remit was widened by the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition in 2011.
Home Secretary Amber Rudd recently said if the Conservatives were re-elected, the strategy would receive more money.
Setting out her views on Prevent on the Andrew Marr Show, Ms Lucas said: "Many in the Muslim community believe it's been an attack on their group in particular.
"We absolutely want there to be a mechanism whereby people can come to the state with concerns, but when it is perceived by the Muslim community itself as being a toxic Big Brother brand, then we need to look at it again."
Prevent is designed to support people at risk of joining extremist groups and carrying out terrorist activities, focusing on schools, faith organisations, prisons and other communities where people can be at risk of radicalisation.
Ms Lucas also defended her opposition to mass online surveillance, saying the security services should focus on "targeted" measures.
The Green co-leader told Andrew Marr she and colleague Baroness Jones had been labelled "domestic extremists" in the past by police because of their campaigning and protesting activities, which was, she said, a waste of officers' time and resources.


Joe Root was dismissed for a golden duck in his first game since the World Twenty20 final, before Yorkshire recovered against Nottinghamshire.

Adam Lyth was out to the first delivery, while Gary Ballance and Root fell in successive balls, as Jake Ball (3-40) reduced Yorkshire to 24-3.
Alex Lees (91 not out) and Jonny Bairstow (29) led a recovery and put on 83 for the fourth wicket.
After a lengthy rain delay, Yorkshire closed 91 runs behind on 170-4.
Notts have England bowler Stuart Broad and Australia's Jackson Bird in their line-up, but it was 25-year-old Ball who took centre stage in the morning session.
Ball, who toured this winter with England Lions, trapped Lyth leg before wicket with the day's first delivery and then dismissed two more England batsmen in his fourth over.
Ballance edged behind to Chris Read for seven, before Root was caught low by Riki Wessels at first slip a ball later.
Bairstow hit four fours in 71 minutes at the crease but was lbw to Harry Gurney for 29.
Captain Andrew Gale (21 not out) joined Lees with Yorkshire on 107-4 and the pair added 15 before the lunch break with the visitors on 122-4.
Rain then delayed play until 17:45 BST and Yorkshire added 48 runs before close, as Lees and Gale took their fifth-wicket partnership to an unbroken 63.
Yorkshire were particularly indebted to the resilience of Lees, who has 12 fours to his name in an innings that has so far lasted for 130 balls.


The UK Championship will return to the York Barbican for a sixth successive season in 2016.

Snooker's second biggest tournament has been on a rolling one-year contract at the Barbican since it was first staged there in 2011.
A spokesman for the sport's governing body World Snooker told BBC Sport: "The event was a big success, with increased ticket sales and a great atmosphere.
"The UK Championship will definitely be coming back to York again next year."
The tournament, which was won by Neil Robertson on Sunday, was previously held in York from 2001-2006 and returned in 2011 after being held in Telford for four years.


British Paralympic champion Anne Dickins has retired, five years after being a volunteer at London 2012 inspired her to take up Para-canoeing.

The 50-year-old won gold at the 2016 Rio Games in the single kayak 200m in the KL3 class.
In doing so, she claimed ParalympicsGB's 100th medal in Rio.
"The last four years in elite sport couldn't have gone any better," said Dickins, who became an MBE in the New Year Honours.
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"To win Paralympic gold and then to get awarded an MBE, a Blue Peter badge, and to get married concluded an amazing 2016."
Dickins had been an endurance mountain biker before sustaining a freak back injury.
She overcame seasickness to take part in Para-canoeing, in which she won two world titles and was a three-time European champion.
"Even though I won't be racing I believe I can still inspire people, which was always my goal," she said.


The new head of the oldest corporation on Earth - the Catholic Church - should have the skills of a chief executive officer, argues Reverend Robert Gahl.

Many people focus solely on the pope as spiritual leader or even policy maker, but several cardinals have suggested that the Catholic Church needs a pope with management expertise. They have also pointed to a pressing need to reform the Vatican Curia, the central offices of the Church.
To appreciate the enormous task facing the next pope, secular comparisons fade in contrast with the demands of leading the oldest and largest institution in the history of the universe. The Catholic Church is 2,000 years old, has more than 1.2 billion members, and aims to reach the entire world.
Of course, the Church is a religious institution. She organises worship, private and public, and offers spiritual formation. But she is much more. She is a humanitarian relief organisation and a global array of educational and healthcare institutions, serving Catholics and non-Catholics alike.
She is also a catalyst for countless research institutes and think tanks. Especially striking, in contrast with other religious communities, the Church's headquarters is based in its own sovereign state, with its own territory, diplomatic corps, judges, tribunals, financial institutions and, of course, sovereign head of state.
Thus, the Vatican coins money, prints stamps, recognises citizenship, offers passports and driver's licenses, and has embassies and other diplomatic missions with 179 sovereign states.
Following the edifying example of John Paul II and Benedict XVI, the qualified candidate to be the next pope must be a spiritual leader, an internationally recognised moral authority, and a man of prayer.
He will also need to be capable of carrying out the executive duties of running the institutions of the Church, governing the Vatican City State, and negotiating bilateral and multilateral international accords.
The pope also speaks as a head of state in the UN. He actively participates in international accords regarding climate change, arms-trafficking, human-trafficking, intellectual property, border disputes, peace negotiations and bioethics.
A long and rich theological tradition prizes the need for spiritual shepherds who also excel in management skills and the virtues of leadership. Recent developments in theology converge with components of contemporary management theory.
Theologians increasingly emphasise that configuration in Christian holiness involves a three-fold office called tria munera that consists in governance, teaching and sanctifying.
While all the baptised enjoy this three-fold office, pastors must especially excel in their leadership. To fulfil the demands of his office, the supreme pontiff must enjoy the special expertise in governance and management needed to take charge and direct the flock and therefore manage all ecclesiastical organisations, from the local parish in Papua New Guinea to the Congregation for Doctrine of the Faith at the Vatican.
The Church can be compared to a publicly traded corporation. She is a body and is incorporated in Christ. Both canon and civil law recognise her as a corporation. The Pope has complete executive, judicial and legislative authority because Jesus gave the first pope, St Peter, the keys to loose and to bind in Heaven and on Earth. In fact, the Pope runs a corporation and enjoys more executive powers than any other CEO.
But he is accountable to a board of directors: God Himself, the Blessed Trinity. Indeed, Benedict decided to resign after prayer, that is consultation with the board. And, in leaving his corporate chair empty, Benedict has assured the members of the corporation: Don't worry, you are in Jesus's hands. I have not left you without a leader at the helm.
With a divine board of directors and an autocratic CEO, the Church's corporate structure may seem very old-fashioned, and it is. But it also includes modern components of participatory governance - the more than one billion shareholders.
The shareholders can request that the pope report regarding organisation, mission, financials, growth, and future expectations for development. Indeed, although Benedict did not need anyone but God to accept his resignation, he also chose to give an account of his resignation to all of the shareholders with an update regarding corporate performance. Benedict did just that in his last audience, the day before he formally stepped down from office.
Many have commented that the Vatican's central offices, even aside from the scandal of Vatileaks, need an overhaul, and that the most urgent task for the next pope will be organisational reform.
The cardinals will be considering who will be the most capable of demonstrating personal union with God and ability to teach the faith, but also to reform the Vatican in order to implement some of the efficiencies taught in today's best business schools.
The Vatileaks episode offered a glimpse into some of the disfunctionality, normally due to petty squabbles among internal factions within middle management, but also drew attention to the traditional feudal structure of governance within and among the offices, and how the current structures and attitudes impede the distribution of information to facilitate efficient governance, thereby hampering the Church's mission to evangelise.
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The culture and the attitudes of governance tend toward the antiquated vertical structures of authority found in Italian public universities, not to mention Italy's notorious criminal organisations. Advancement depends upon loyalty to one's superior, who is traditionally expected to defend the department's turf from internal rivals to safeguard career advancement, often awarded more on account of seniority and credentials than for professional performance.
The next pope needs to be someone knowledgeable about the curia and its language and ready to open up the channels of information flow and decision-making to free the dedicated, talented men and women working in the Vatican to more effectively serve the pope and the Church's mission of evangelisation.
Such reform will require more effective communication, external and internal, greater transparency, and a more flexible managerial structure.
Confidentiality must be respected and safeguarded when dealing with matters of conscience. But in the governance of behavioural affairs, the officers serving the pope need to be free, at all levels, to co-operate in concert.
Many of the cardinals hope that the next pope will be able to bring managerial efficiencies to the Vatican to empower all of those dedicated clerics and lay people who give their lives while serving behind those ancient walls.
Given the need for reform, no-one should be surprised if the next pope, while drawing from his own managerial talents, were also to rely upon experts in managerial consulting while taking on organisational reform so as to better serve the mission entrusted to him by the board of directors.
Rev Robert Gahl is an associate professor of ethics at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome and member of the Catholic Church's Opus Dei organisation


Syrian government forces have resumed their bombardment of Yabroud, the last rebel stronghold in the Qalamoun mountains, activists say.

Warplanes have been carrying out air strikes and artillery has been pounding the strategic town since Wednesday.
Residents have been fleeing to nearby Lebanon, fearful of a major assault.
There has been a surge in fighting across Syria, with both sides apparently trying to gain territory to strengthen their hands in peace talks.
After government and opposition delegates at the talks in Geneva failed to even agree a common agenda on Wednesday, the opposition National Coalition presented a paper containing its vision for a political transition.
The plan called for the expulsion of all foreign fighters from Syria and a UN-monitored ceasefire, but Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad dismissed it as a "show" and refused to discuss it.
The UN and Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi was more hopeful, saying that he had received assurances from US and Russian officials that they were willing to try to "unblock the situation".
In a separate development, a UN-brokered ceasefire in the besieged city of Homs has been extended for a further three days, according to city governor Talal al-Barazi.
Troops backed by pro-government militiamen and members of the militant Lebanese Shia Islamist movement Hezbollah launched an offensive in mid-November to oust rebel fighters from the Qalamoun mountains and cut off their cross-border supply routes.
The army has already seized the towns of Qara, Deir Attiya and Nabak, to the north-east of Yabroud along the important motorway linking Damascus with the city of Homs.
Yabroud, which has been controlled by the opposition for much of the three-year uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, had until this week escaped a major assault.
But on Wednesday, warplanes and artillery began pounding the town.
A spokesman for a local rebel brigade, Liwa al-Ghuraba, said Hezbollah fighters and government soldiers were trying to position themselves on nearby hilltops.
"They are gathering their forces with the hope of taking the border road," Abu Anas told the Reuters news agency.
"Right now no-one is moving in Yabroud. The rebels are blocking the offensive."
"The hospital is filling up with wounded," he added.
The bombardment of Yabroud and the fighting on its outskirts have forced many to flee to neighbouring Lebanon, and several lorries and buses packed with people and their belongings were seen crossing the border at Wadi Hmaied on Wednesday.
"There was shelling, with planes and tanks since this morning," Ahmed, a refugee who had travelled with his mother, wife and their four children in a van, told the Associated Press.
He had seen the bodies of five people killed by the shelling, he added.
A spokeswoman for the UN refugee agency, Dana Sleiman, said on Thursday that some 400 families had arrived in the north-eastern Lebanese town of Arsal over the past four days.
Homs Governor Talal al-Barazi said that the extension of the ceasefire in his city would "allow the evacuation of the remaining civilians" from besieged areas.
He added that 1,400 out of the estimated 3,000 people trapped in the Old City had been able to leave since Friday, when the ceasefire began, although 220 were still being "screened".
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Males aged between 15 and 55 have been detained for questioning by security forces after disembarking UN and Syrian Arab Red Crescent buses, while women, children and elderly men have been free to leave.
A US state department spokesman urged the government to keep its pledge to release the military-aged men.
"Given the regime's past actions, the international community cannot take this for granted and needs to monitor the fate of these men," Edgar Vasquez told reporters in Washington.
"The regime continues to hold a large number of detainees in terrible conditions."


In a room in the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday, a group of defectors from North Korea made an impassioned plea to voters: Don't elect the man who has led the opinion polls.

The fugitives from the North said the front-runner, Moon Jae-in, might put their lives at risk if he won the only true opinion poll - the actual election.
The defectors' argument was that Mr Moon was closely involved in a previous left-of-centre government in Seoul which had closer ties with Pyongyang under what was known as the Sunshine Policy.
In a joint statement, the defectors said they had "escaped the slave-like life" under the North Korean regime, and that the re-establishment of more contact with North Korea might mean a return of freer movement between the two halves of the peninsula - with dire consequences for them.
"If candidate Moon Jae-in is elected," their statement said, "a team of North Korean assassins could frequently come to South Korea to kidnap or murder defectors.  This poses a life-threatening risk to us."
Their fears show that the election on 9 May is about much more than the mundane matters of economic policy which often dominate elections in democratic countries.
In South Korea, elections are about bread and butter, but also about life and death, peace and war.  There is a bigger, global picture with consequences far beyond the divided peninsula.
For many South Koreans, the economy remains the dominant issue but, outside the country, relations - or the lack of them - with Pyongyang dominate, particularly when the North Korean nuclear programme is advanced and there's a new brash president in the White House in Washington DC.
Not that Mr Moon says he wants closer ties with Pyongyang.
Rather, he is emphasising close ties with Washington, saying recently: "I believe President [Donald] Trump is more reasonable than he is generally perceived.
"President Trump uses strong rhetoric towards North Korea but, during the election campaign, he also said he could talk over a burger with Kim Jong-un. I am for that kind of pragmatic approach to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue."
A president Moon would be unlikely to open direct talks with Kim Jong-un, but he would want a strong and equal role in policy rather than letting Washington call the shots.
He is more likely to favour contact with North Korea rather than the severing of relations undertaken by the previous president of South Korea.
His predecessor Park Geun-hye, for example, closed an industrial complex just inside North Korea where South Korean firms employed workers from the North.  A president Moon might re-open it.
Professor John Delury of the Graduate School of International Studies at Yonsei University in Seoul told the BBC:  "We know pretty clearly what the presumed front-runner, Moon Jae-in, would do.
"He's supported by people who think the South has to go up there to Pyongyang and actively work on improving inter-Korean relations.  If it's Moon who wins this election, South Korea really becomes a new player and could be much more forcefully a part of whatever problem or solution we see on North Korea."
The second in the race is harder to read.
Ahn Cheol-soo is likely to be more conciliatory towards Pyongyang than the previous president, though he has been making tougher statements recently, perhaps to woo conservatives.
Either would pose a dilemma for Washington, according to Prof Delury, because they both want to improve the relationship between Seoul and Pyongyang:  "And that, of course, flies completely in the face of what the United States is pushing right now which is more sanctions and more pressure and getting China to cut off North Korea.
"So potentially there's a train-wreck here where you've got the Trump administration saying 'pressure, pressure, pressure' on North Korea and suddenly you have a new South Korean president saying 'that's not going to solve the problem - we need to talk to those guys, we need to improve the relationship'."
Despite that, neither candidate - and certainly not the main conservative candidate, Hong Joon-pyo - seems likely to tell the United States to pack up its anti-missile system and take it home.
Thaad, as the system is called, is newly installed on a golf course in the south of the country. Mr Moon has voiced his opposition but whether he would remove it as president is uncertain.
There is opposition to it, both from local people who feel they would be in the line of fire if North Korea attacked the system, and from people on the left who oppose the current hard line against Pyongyang.
There is a generational divide in South Korean politics.  Younger people lack the memory of war - not surprisingly because fighting in the Korean War ended in 1953 - and they feel economic insecurity.
Lee Chae-rin, a student at Yonsei University, told the BBC: "Even though foreigners always ask if we feel the threat of North Korea, the younger generation do not really that much compared with the older generation."
For them economic issues are strong. One of the classmates, Kim Tae-yeon, said: "South Korea has become much richer today but the experience of insecurity is different from that of our grandparents.
"Before, it was a problem of whether they could eat, and that was solved by economic growth.  But now we're in a state of economic stagnation and that makes us much more insecure.
"Our problem is not whether we can eat but whether we would lose our function in this society because we cannot find a job."
There is some anger, particularly when the country's former president and the head of Samsung are facing trial for alleged corruption.
One student, Song Seung-hyun, said: "People just want someone who would kick over the table like Trump did in Washington.  A lot of these politicians and business elites were in it for themselves.
"It comes down to the youth - our generation - want someone who would kick over the table."
That sentiment may or may not be prevalent in any generation. The winner of the election is not likely to "kick over the table".
They may well, though, want a thawing of relations with Pyongyang.


Voters in six states went to the polls on Tuesday to choose their preferred presidential candidate, with California and New Jersey the big prizes.

After winning New Jersey, Hillary Clinton finally declared victory in the Democratic race.
At the end of the day, she won four states, including California, delivering a massive blow to her rival Bernie Sanders.
But Mr Sanders has refused to quit and said he would contest the final primary in the District of Columbia next week.
On the Republican side, Donald Trump, the presumptive nominee, won all five states that went to the polls.
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The manufacturer of Nurofen, Reckitt Benckiser, has been fined A$1.7m ($1.3m; Â£890,000) in Australia for misleading customers.

Australia's Federal Court ruled last year that products marketed as targeting specific pains, such as migraine, were actually identical.
In a statement to the BBC, the UK-based company said it "did not intend to mislead consumers".
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had asked for a A$6m fine.
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The (ACCC) watchdog brought the matter to court last year.
The court ruled that the company had contravened Australian consumer law by saying its Nurofen Specific Pain products were each formulated to treat a specific type of pain.
Each product contained the same active ingredient, ibuprofen lysine 342mg.
The products affected included Nurofen Back Pain, Nurofen Period Pain, Nurofen Migraine Pain and Nurofen Tension Headache.
Nurofen said it recognised "that we could have done more to assist our consumers in navigating the Nurofen Specific Pain Range".
Earlier this year, Reckitt Benckiser removed a TV advert for one of its products - Nurofen Express. The advert had implied that the capsules directly targeted muscles in the head.
The company has said it will not re-broadcast it, following complaints that the ad was misleading.


Children are being targeted by criminals to act as money mules, police have warned.

The scam involves transferring stolen money through children's bank accounts to hide it from the authorities.
According to The Times, the Met Police wrote to parents warning that pupils were being approached outside school gates and on social media.
Det Ch Insp Gary Miles said the Met wanted to "make parents aware so they can discuss this with their children".
In a statement, he added: "Children are getting accounts at a younger and younger age - 13-year-olds now have access to money that they didn't have before."
According to fraud prevention service Cifas,  the number of so-called "misuse of facility" frauds involving people under 21 has almost doubled in the last year.
It said there were 4,222 cases in the first half of 2017, compared to 2,143 in the same period last year.
Cifas has previously reported that young people are increasingly tempted by fraudsters who offer a small cash fee in return for transferring money through their bank accounts.
Allowing a bank account to be used in this way carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison and could affect credit ratings, police said.
A force spokesman said: "The Met would always remind people not to allow anyone access to their bank accounts and that requests for money transfers should be declined unless you are certain you know where and from whom it has come."


Archaeologists admit they have been surprised by the interest a dig that has uncovered a Roman street.

Among the finds from the excavation at the old Stibbe factory site in central Leicester is the largest mosaic uncovered in the area for 150 years.
Items including brooches, pottery and coins have also been unearthed.
An open day held at the beginning of May saw hundreds of people queuing down the street, and the remains have already been seen by some 5,000 people.
Two last open days are being held this weekend before the site closes to the public. The mosaic will then be conserved and probably placed on display.
Gavin Speed of the University of Leicester Archaeological Services said: "We were surprised by the huge numbers of people flocking to see what we've discovered during the initial open weekend, so we extended public tours to the following weekday lunchtimes.
"We've had a tremendous amount of interest."
"The excavation has added another piece of the jigsaw into our understanding of Roman Leicester... and the extreme wealth and lifestyle of some of its inhabitants," Mr Speed added.
The mosaic in one reception room is considered "the largest and finest-quality mosaic found in over 150 years in Leicester", he said.
The dig, which began in September, has also unearthed beads, hairpins, gaming pieces and manicure objects, along with a decorated knife handle cast in copper alloy that depicts a scene showing victims being thrown to the lions in an amphitheatre.
The archaeological project was funded by Charles Street Buildings Group, which is involved in a major urban regeneration project in the Great Central Street area.


A prolific paedophile faces years in jail after admitting to 45 sex offences against children in the UK and abroad.

Retired English teacher Mark Frost, 70, admitted abusing nine children in Thailand between 2009 and 2012.
He pleaded guilty to 23 charges at the Old Bailey after admitting 22 charges last year.
Six of the charges relate to abuse of two pupils at a Worcestershire school during the 1980s and 1990s. Frost is due to be sentenced on Thursday.
Previously known as Andrew Tracey, Frost was brought to justice following an international investigation involving the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA), and authorities in Thailand, Spain and the Netherlands.
Frost raped impoverished Asian boys and encouraged them to engage in sex acts after he groomed them with money, sweets, computer games and swims in his pool.
He skipped bail to avoid prosecution in Thailand but was extradited from Spain last year after his activities were uncovered by Dutch police on the computer of a man in the Netherlands.
Frost had got the boys, aged between 10 and 14, to give thumbs-up signs and make heart gestures with their hands while being filmed on a webcam engaging in sexual acts.
The court also heard details of Frost's abuse of two pupils at a school in Worcestershire during the late 1980s and 1990s.
He had sex with the boys in a school storeroom, during breaks, at his home where he lived with his adopted son, and also at a car park in Woking, Surrey, the Old Bailey heard.
One of those victims has died since coming forward, while the other said in a statement he had "lived in fear" every day following the abuse.
Frost admitted to charges that included multiple rapes, sex assaults, inciting children to engage in sexual activity and making indecent pictures.
Prosecutor Sally-Ann Hales said images and web chats seized from Frost's Dutch contact featured 15 boys, nine of whom were identified and interviewed.
The boys' mothers expressed their "sorrow" at finding out the man they regarded as a "kind and generous foreigner" had abused their children.
One of the youngsters was "too ashamed" to tell his mother and had gone from being a "bubbly, happy boy" to being "withdrawn and sometimes aggressive", the court heard.
The court heard Frost had subscribed to the now-defunct Paedophile Information Exchange (PIE), an international organisation of people who traded obscene material.
In 1986 he tried to adopt a son through the Catholic Church and was turned down, only to succeed through a local authority. The pair are now estranged.
Having joined the Scouts in 1967, he reached a senior position but resigned in 1991 before his first conviction.
He was banned from teaching by the Department for Education in 1995.
The NCA believes he may have assaulted many more youngsters he had contact with through his 25-year career in schools and as a senior Scouts volunteer.
It has appealed for any more victims to come forward who may have gone to schools where Frost taught in east London, Worcestershire and Hertfordshire.


Switzerland's world number four Stan Wawrinka has withdrawn from the Rio Olympics because of a back injury.

Wawrinka, 31, aggravated the injury during the Rogers Cup in Canada, meaning five of the men's top-10 players will not participate in Rio.
Roger Federer, Tomas Berdych, Milos Raonic and Dominic Thiem have also withdrawn.
"I would like to have witnessed my third Olympic Games," Wawrinka said. "This will not be possible now."
Wawrinka suffered a shock second-round defeat at Wimbledon this year, losing to Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who was ranked 165th in the world.
The injury is another blow for the Switzerland team after 34-year-old Federer, the world number three and 2012 silver medallist, withdrew with a knee injury.
That leaves just two remaining players - Martina Hingis, whose last appearance at the Games was in 1996, and Timea Bacsinszky - from the initial six-member Olympic team.
World number seven Raonic and world number eight Berdych cited the Zika virus for their pullouts.


Jordan Spieth says he will enjoy his Open victory more than anything he has achieved in golf after playing the "best five-hole stretch of his life".

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Spieth lost his three-shot overnight lead by the turn on Sunday and trailed Matt Kuchar after bogeying the 13th.
But he then went on a run of birdie, eagle, birdie, birdie before making par at the last to finish on 12 under and win by three shots at Royal Birkdale.
"I feel fortunate the way everything happened," said the 23-year-old.
"I'll thoroughly enjoy this. It's as much of a high as I've ever experienced. I'll enjoy it more than anything I've achieved."
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Spieth sent a wayward drive 120 yards right of the fairway and into the deep rough on the 13th hole.
After discussing with the R&A rules officials, he took a penalty drop and played what became his third shot, more than 20 minutes after he struck his drive and went on to make bogey.
He said memories of Augusta in 2016, when he squandered a five-shot lead at the Masters, crept into his head but praised caddie Michael Greller for some wise words.
And the American then picked up five shots on the next four holes to retake the lead, before finishing with a par to claim his third major.
"That five-hole stretch is by far the best stretch of golf I have ever played," he told BBC Sport.
"To have it be at a major championship in the final round on Sunday, I'll have to sit back and think about it later on."
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The victory sees Spieth become just the 12th player in history to win three of golf's four majors and the second, after Jack Nicklaus to do so before turning 24.
Having won his first two majors, the Masters and US Open, in 2015, Spieth, who turns 24 on Thursday will head to the US PGA Championship at Quail Hollow next month looking to become just the sixth player to complete the career Grand Slam since the Masters was added to the roster in 1934.
Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Ben Hogan, Gene Sarazen and Gary Player are the five to have achieved the feat, while Bobby Jones completed the original Grand Slam of US Amateur, US Open, The Open and The Amateur Championship in 1930.
"That's now the tournament that's really holding me back from everything I wanted to achieve in my career," said Spieth, who would become the youngest to win all four should he succeed this time.
"The career Grand Slam is a life goal of mine. Growing up I just wanted to compete, but things have progressed quickly."
Kuchar turned professional in 2000 after a brief spell working in financial services and said contending in a major was part of a "lifelong quest".
The 39-year-old did little wrong in picking up two shots of his own between holes 13 and 17, but trailing by two on the 18th tee he had to force the issue and ended up dropping a shot.
"It's hard to explain, it's crushing and it hurts," said the seven-time PGA Tour winner who recorded his best finish in a major. "It's an excitement and thrill to have played well, put up a battle, a fight.
"You work so hard to get to this position and have a chance to make history and win a championship. You don't get many opportunities. To be this close and taste it with five holes to go, it's a hard one to sit back and take."
Kuchar's mark of nine under means he has now finished in the top 10 of the sport's four biggest events on 10 occasions.
"As tough as it is to finish second, I'm sure it will lead to me continuing to work hard and push me harder to finish one place better," he added.


Ospreys centre Owen Watkin faces a long lay-off after sustaining a serious knee injury in training.

The 19-year old, who enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2015-16 with 13 appearances and two tries, has ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament.
Watkin signed his first professional contract with Ospreys in April, having helped Wales Under-20s win the 2016 Six Nations Grand Slam.
He will undergo surgery in the next couple of weeks.


The number of people playing tennis in Britain has risen this summer, according to figures released by the Lawn Tennis Association.

The LTA said 131,019 more people played tennis in June 2017 than in June 2016.
The rise coincided with the grass-court season, during which Britain had men's and women's Wimbledon quarter-finalists for the first time since 1973.
During Wimbledon fortnight, there was a 30% increase in the number of tennis court hours booked.
"At a time when more and more people are enjoying the resurgence of British tennis, it's great to see that translating into more people actually getting out there and having fun on court," said Alastair Marks, participation director at the LTA.
The LTA has invested in Transforming British Tennis Together, a programme aimed at increasing participation at the grassroots level of the game.
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Two men are in jail after being caught at an improvised drugs lab capable of producing £5.5m of the illegal class A drug 25i-NBOMe, known as N-bomb.

Dutch nationals Mitchell Lotz, 27, and Robin Sedmak, 29, were arrested during a police raid at a flat in Greenock, Inverclyde, on 14 May 2014.
They both admitted being concerned in the supply of N-bomb.
At the High Court in Edinburgh, sentence on both men was deferred and they were remanded in custody.
The court heard that at the time of the offence, N-bomb was illegal in Britain under a temporary order and was later classified as a Class A drug, like heroin or cocaine.
The powerful synthetic hallucinogen is sold as an alternative to LSD or mescaline.
Police raided the flat in Greenock after receiving information that the address was part of a drug supply operation.
The court heard that Lotz and Sedmak arrived at the flat while officers were carrying out a search.
Lotz was asked if there was anything that was potentially hazardous and replied: "Yes, don't touch the chemicals upstairs with your bare hands."
He said that liquid in a container was "N-bomb".
Advocate depute Allan Nicol told the court: "It appears that N-bomb tabs were being manufactured in the flat and being sold online."
Police found about 1,150,000 tabs at the flat but the vast majority had yet to be dipped with N-bomb.
The court heard that 17,500 dipped tabs were recovered which had a street value of about £88,000.
If the remainder had been dipped the operation had the potential to realise more than £5.5m.
A third man, Roderick Boudewijns, 35, was also found in the flat and later charged with drugs offences, but he was acquitted after the Crown accepted his not guilty pleas.
Boudewijns told officers that his flatmate Lotz had an internet business selling "legal highs".
Laptop computers seized during the raid showed a link between Sedmak's email address and an internet company which sold legal highs and is believed to belong to Sedmak.
Lotz admitted being concerned in the supply of N-bomb between June and December 2013, and being concerned in the supply of ecstasy on 14 May 2014.
Sedmak admitted being concerned in the supply of N-bomb.


Many travellers buying foreign currency at the UK's airports are now receiving less than one euro to the pound.

The continued fall in sterling's value means that the average rate available at 17 airport bureaux de change is now just 99 euro cents to the pound.
The worst rate is currently 88 euro cents at Moneycorp at Southampton airport and the best is â‚¬1.06 from the Change Group at Glasgow Prestwick.
Since the UK's Brexit vote in June, the pound has fallen sharply in value.
The average US dollar rate at the airports is down to $1.08 to the pound.
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The survey of airport bureau de change currency rates was carried out by travel money firm FairFX on Monday morning.
The firm's chief executive, Ian Strafford-Taylor, said many travellers would be shocked by the poor rates on offer.
"Currency firms operating in airports are known to offer the worst exchange rates down to taking big profit margins and today are shockingly offering holidaymakers below one euro to the pound," he said.
"Unfortunately, if the pound falls even further, rates as poor as this could be seen at airport providers up and down the country - taking advantage of their captive audience of holidaymakers and business travellers."
The survey found that most quoted rates for people buying euros with sterling clustered around one euro to the pound.
That is far below the current wholesale rate of â‚¬1.11 to the pound, which is the rate at which banks are buying and selling the currencies between each other.
Another particularly low rate was 89 euro cents from ForExchange at Cardiff airport.
The US dollar rates on offer at the 17 airports vary from just $0.97 to the pound from ForExchange at Cardiff airport, to $1.13 from ICE at Heathrow's Terminal 3.
Those compare to the current wholesale market rate of just under $1.24 to the pound.
Bureaux de change at airports are notorious for their low rates.
In the past, the firms operating them have explained that they have high running costs - for instance, because of their very long opening hours.
Travellers rates are in general much more favourable with specialist foreign exchange firms, or even if ordered in advance from the bureau operators themselves.
Another effect of the falling pound is likely to be in higher petrol prices, according to the Petrol Retailers' Association (PRA).
It forecast that vehicle owners will be paying an extra four or five pence per litre (ppl) for petrol by the end of October because retail prices have, so far, only reflected part of the recent rise in wholesale prices.
Petrol prices hinge on the value of oil, which is priced in dollars, and the falling pound against the US currency means that petrol automatically become more expensive at the pump.
"Wholesale costs to retailers have increased by over six ppl for petrol and seven ppl for diesel in the last few weeks, whereas the UK average pump prices have moved up by less than two ppl for both grades over the same time period," said Brian Madderson, Chairman of the PRA.
"Thus motorists can expect increases by the end of the month unless there are favourable corrections to the exchange rate and to global oil prices.
"The double impact of the pound weakening against US dollar and global oil prices strengthening will cause pump prices to move sharply upwards," he added.
But Mervyn King, the former governor of the Bank of England, has welcomed the fall in the pound.
In an interview with Sky News, Lord King said: "The economy was slowing somewhat before the vote and we are in a position where the rest of the world is not offering us much help.
"So from that point of view the fall in sterling is a welcome change."
He said that last week's "flash crash" in the pound had generated reactions which "were over the top".
"During the referendum campaign, someone said the real danger of Brexit is you'll end up with higher interest rates, lower house prices and a lower exchange rate, and I thought: 'dream on'."
"Because that's what we've been trying to achieve for the past three years and now we have a chance of getting it."


Coastal tourist sites most affected by climate change, erosion and rising sea levels in Wales will be analysed as part of a £3.4m project.

It will fund new excavations, marine mapping and landscape modelling at the islands off Pembrokeshire and the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd.
The research aims to help safeguard the sites from the risk of climate change and minimise the impact on local economies.
Sites in Ireland will also benefit.
The five-year EU-funded project will also support plans for future climate change management and look at the longer-term changes to Wales and Ireland's coasts.
It will also provide training to encourage the development of tourism opportunities in both areas.
The project will be led by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales, along with Aberystwyth University, the Discovery Programme: Centre for Archaeology and Innovation Ireland and Geological Survey, Ireland.


Celtic produced a performance full of heart and tactical discipline but lost out to an injury-time Jordi Alba goal.

The visitors led after the presence of Georgios Samaras helped force Javier Mascherano to divert a Charlie Mulgrew free-kick into his own net.
Barcelona were not at their best, but produced a moment of sheer class to allow Andres Iniesta to equalise.
Celtic stood firm in the face of relentless pressure until the dying seconds when Alba stole in to score.
It was incredibly cruel on Celtic, who were outstanding to a man.
They remain second in Champions League Group G but now trail Barcelona, who maintain their 100% record, by five points. Spartak Moscow, who beat Benfica earlier in the day, are a point behind Neil Lennon's side with the Portuguese side bottom with a single point.
It had looked ominous for the visitors as early as the second minute when Barcelona sliced through their defence for the first time, Iniesta providing the killer ball, only for Alexis Sanchez to dink the ball wide of Fraser Forster's right-hand post.
That apart though, Celtic began the match comfortably, coping well with the constant passing and movement of the Catalan side.
Forster's first major test came 17 minutes in, and he dealt with it brilliantly.
Lionel Messi floated the ball over the Celtic defence, Iniesta turned it across goal where Marc Bartra flashed a header on target, only for the giant Celtic keeper to push it away.
And moments later, Celtic shocked the hosts by moving in front.
A Mulgrew free-kick from the right was attacked by Samaras, but it was Mascherano who inadvertently knocked the ball past a static Victor Valdes.
Barca had dominated possession, but Celtic's organisation was superb and there was almost half an hour gone before the home side fashioned another decent chance.
Again Iniesta was the source, but his chip was headed wide by Bartra.
Then, as the Barcelona pressure grew in intensity, Kelvin Wilson threw himself in the way of a Xavi drive to divert it over the bar and Adriano Correia tested Forster at his near post from the resulting corner.
Messi, by his own high standards, was having a quiet game but worried Forster with a couple of free-kicks that curled inches off target.
Celtic were dealt an enormous blow just before the break as Samaras was forced off, having rolled his ankle as he was fouled contesting a high ball.
And his replacement James Forrest had not touched the ball before Barca drew level in exquisite fashion.
Messi found Iniesta just inside the box and a lightning-quick one-two with Xavi allowed Iniesta to direct the ball just out of Forster's reach and inside his left-hand post.
The timing of the equaliser was tough on Celtic, who had executed their manager's tactical instructions almost to perfection.
They nearly moved back in front seven minutes after the interval.
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Again, the opportunity arose from a Mulgrew set-piece - this time a corner from the right - but Victor Wanyama failed to test Valdes from an excellent position.
Celtic lost the tenacity of Scott Brown with just over an hour gone, his long-term hip problem seemingly taking its toll once more.
Soon after, Forster held efforts from both Messi and then Iniesta from outside the box as Barcelona upped the ante yet further.
Midway through the second half, Alexis Sanchez fed Pedro Rodriguez on the right of the Celtic box and when his low cross found Messi on the six-yard box, a second Barca goal seemed inevitable, but Forster stuck out a hand and somehow denied the Argentine.
The Celtic keeper was performing heroically and he was swiftly off his line to deny Alexis before an unbelievable flying save kept Messi's diving header from finding the back of the net.
Celtic were becoming more and more hemmed in, but a wayward Xavi effort told the story of Barcelona's increasing frustration as time ticked away.
Barca substitute David Villa struck a post late on as it appeared Celtic would hold on, but in the fourth minute of injury time, Alba sneaked in at the back post to knock Adriano's cross past the helpless Forster from just a yard out.
Despite the bitter pang of disappointment, Celtic can be hugely proud of their side's display ahead of the return fixture against Tito Vilanova's side in Glasgow on 7 November.
Full Time   The final whistle is blown by the referee.
Assist by Claro Adriano.
Goal!  - Ramos Jordi Alba -    Barcelona 2 - 1 Celtic        Ramos Jordi Alba grabs a goal from close in to the bottom left corner of the goal. Barcelona 2-1 Celtic.
The ball is swung over by Claro Adriano,
The ball is sent over by Ramos Jordi Alba.
Booking      James Forrest receives a caution.
David Villa produces a  right-footed shot from the edge of the area and hits the post.
The ball is delivered by Ramos Jordi Alba, clearance by Kelvin Wilson. Inswinging corner taken by Hernandez Xavi, clearance made by Kelvin Wilson.
Cristian Tello takes a shot. Efe Ambrose gets a block in. Claro Adriano takes a shot from just outside the penalty area which clears the crossbar.
Effort from long distance by Hernandez Xavi goes wide right of the goal.
Cristian Tello produces a cross, clearance made by Kelvin Wilson.
Outswinging corner taken left-footed by Lionel Messi from the left by-line to the near post, Mikael Lustig manages to make a clearance.
Cristian Tello produces a cross, clearance by Efe Ambrose.
Corner taken by Lionel Messi.
Joe Ledley takes the direct free kick.
Substitution      David Villa joins the action as a substitute, replacing Alexis Sanchez.
Booking      Claro Adriano is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour.
Joe Ledley fouled by Claro Adriano, the ref awards a free kick.
The ball is swung over by Cristian Tello, Emilio Izaguirre gets a block in.
Substitution      Beram Kayal joins the action as a substitute, replacing Charlie Mulgrew.
Substitution      Cristian Tello joins the action as a substitute, replacing Rodriguez Pedro.
Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Hernandez Xavi, Kelvin Wilson makes a clearance.
Lionel Messi takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a brilliant save.
Ramos Jordi Alba takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
Unfair challenge on Mikael Lustig by Ramos Jordi Alba results in a free kick. Mikael Lustig takes the free kick.
Lionel Messi delivers the ball, clearance by Kelvin Wilson.
Direct free kick taken by Victor Wanyama.
Booking      Booking for Javier Mascherano for unsporting behaviour.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Javier Mascherano on Kris Commons.
Drilled right-footed shot by Hernandez Xavi. Blocked by Joe Ledley.
Kris Commons is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Javier Mascherano.
Centre by Rodriguez Pedro, Lionel Messi takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a fantastic save.
Andres Iniesta takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
Shot by Lionel Messi. Save by Fraser Forster.
Shot from 18 yards from Lionel Messi. Blocked by Kelvin Wilson. Hernandez Xavi decides to take a short corner.
The ball is sent over by Mikael Lustig, Victor Valdes makes a save.
Kris Commons delivers the ball, Claro Adriano makes a clearance.
Short corner worked by Lionel Messi.
Substitution      Kris Commons is brought on as a substitute for Scott Brown.
Lionel Messi produces a cross, Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Javier Mascherano by Gary Hooper. Javier Mascherano takes the direct free kick.
Short corner taken by Ramos Jordi Alba from the left by-line.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Rodriguez Pedro by Joe Ledley. Free kick taken by Marc Bartra.
Centre by James Forrest.
Short corner taken by Hernandez Xavi from the right by-line. Claro Adriano takes a shot. Save by Fraser Forster.
The ball is sent over by Rodriguez Pedro, Efe Ambrose manages to make a clearance.
Centre by Lionel Messi.
Mikael Lustig crosses the ball, Ramos Jordi Alba gets a block in. Corner taken by Charlie Mulgrew from the right by-line, Header by Efe Ambrose from deep inside the penalty area misses to the left of the target.
Lionel Messi takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Alexis Sanchez on James Forrest. Charlie Mulgrew produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick. Scott Brown produces a right-footed shot from just outside the area that goes harmlessly over the bar.
The ball is delivered by Alexis Sanchez, Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Alexis Sanchez gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Mikael Lustig. Fraser Forster takes the free kick.
The match restarts for the second half.
Half Time    The whistle is blown to end the first half.
Effort from the edge of the penalty box by Lionel Messi goes wide of the right-hand upright.
The assist for the goal came from Hernandez Xavi.
Goal!  - Andres Iniesta -    Barcelona 1 - 1 Celtic        Andres Iniesta gets on the score sheet with a goal from inside the box to the bottom right corner of the goal. Barcelona 1-1 Celtic.
Direct free kick taken by Kelvin Wilson.
Substitution      Georgios Samaras leaves the field to be replaced by James Forrest.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Alex Song on Gary Hooper.
Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Georgios Samaras by Claro Adriano. Free kick crossed left-footed by Emilio Izaguirre from left wing.
Free kick awarded for a foul by Andres Iniesta on Kelvin Wilson. Fraser Forster takes the direct free kick.
Efe Ambrose gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Lionel Messi. Lionel Messi produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick.
Foul by Gary Hooper on Javier Mascherano, free kick awarded. Javier Mascherano restarts play with the free kick.
Alexis Sanchez crosses the ball, Effort from the edge of the penalty box by Hernandez Xavi goes wide of the right-hand upright.
Victor Wanyama gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alexis Sanchez. Alexis Sanchez takes the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi takes a shot. Blocked by Efe Ambrose. Short corner worked by Hernandez Xavi. Shot from 20 yards from Alexis Sanchez. Save by Fraser Forster.
The ball is crossed by Claro Adriano. Alexis Sanchez decides to take a short corner, A cross is delivered by Andres Iniesta. Close range header by Marc Bartra misses to the right of the target.
Georgios Samaras concedes a free kick for a foul on Alex Song. Alex Song takes the free kick.
Ramos Jordi Alba is caught offside. Fraser Forster takes the free kick.
Alexis Sanchez takes a shot. Efe Ambrose gets a block in.
Corner taken short by Hernandez Xavi.
Lionel Messi fouled by Scott Brown, the ref awards a free kick. Strike on goal comes in from Lionel Messi from the free kick.
Rodriguez Pedro delivers the ball.
The assist for the goal came from Charlie Mulgrew.
Goal!  - Georgios Samaras -    Barcelona 0 - 1 Celtic        Georgios Samaras finds the back of the net with a headed goal from inside the six-yard box. Barcelona 0-1 Celtic.
Unfair challenge on Scott Brown by Alexis Sanchez results in a free kick. The ball is delivered by Charlie Mulgrew,
Rodriguez Pedro takes a shot. Blocked by Charlie Mulgrew. Floated corner taken by Hernandez Xavi from the left by-line. The ball is swung over by Andres Iniesta, Rodriguez Pedro takes a shot. Fraser Forster makes a save.
Alexis Sanchez decides to take a short corner.
Scott Brown concedes a free kick for a foul on Andres Iniesta. Andres Iniesta takes the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi decides to take the corner short.
The ball is sent over by Ramos Jordi Alba.
Scott Brown concedes a free kick for a foul on Alex Song. Alex Song restarts play with the free kick.
Hernandez Xavi decides to take the corner short.
Scott Brown gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Alexis Sanchez. Hernandez Xavi takes the direct free kick.
Alexis Sanchez has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the goal.
The referee starts the match.
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Chelsea striker Diego Costa was at the centre of a biting controversy as Romelu Lukaku wrecked what was left of his former club's season to secure Everton's place in the FA Cup semi-finals at Wembley.

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Costa appeared to make contact with the neck of Everton's Gareth Barry at the end of a running battle between the pair as he received his first red card in English football - although managers Guus Hiddink and Roberto Martinez later refused to condemn the striker.
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Everton were leading through Lukaku's superb 77th-minute solo goal - reminiscent of Ricky Villa's famous weaving run for Spurs in the 1981 FA Cup final against Manchester City - and the Belgian's low drive when Costa was dismissed by referee Michael Oliver.
It was Lukaku's brilliance which decided this stormy quarter-final - and there was still time for Barry to be sent off after receiving a second yellow card for a foul on Cesc Fabregas.
That could not stop the elation sweeping around an ecstatic Goodison Park as manager Martinez, under the watchful eye of Everton's new majority shareholder Farhad Moshiri, celebrated a hugely significant victory.
This was the day Chelsea would have had to acknowledge the error of their ways for their lack of patience in refusing to persist with Lukaku, 22, who is now approaching world class.
He has scored 25 goals this season and the goal that changed the direction of this feisty FA Cup tie was a thing of power and beauty.
Lukaku picked up Ross Barkley's pass on the left flank and embarked on a run that simply possessed too much power and skill for four Chelsea defenders before he had the composure to slide a finish under Thibaut Courtois.
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And as Chelsea now look at a major rebuilding job under owner Roman Abramovich's next managerial appointment, how they must wish they had a player of Lukaku's potential to act as the centrepiece.
As for Everton, the fact they do have the giant Belgian means they have a potent match-winning spearhead.
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The sight of Costa, with the mockery of almost 40,000 Everton fans ringing in his ears, sloping off after a red card encapsulated a week of abject misery for the Stamford Bridge club.
Chelsea were well beaten by Paris St-Germain and now this FA Cup exit means they have nothing left to fight for and no Champions League football to look forward to next season for the first time since Abramovich took charge in July 2003.
It was as if all those frustrations poured out of Costa, who was agitating for a battle from the first whistle and found an opponent in Barry who was more than happy to oblige.
Costa finally boiled over in a close range, head-to-head spat with Barry and Chelsea's chances of getting back into this game went with him.
With a new manager to be appointed, captain John Terry facing an uncertain future, and a squad needing urgent rebuilding, this day almost felt like the end of an era for Chelsea.
Everton's new majority shareholder Moshiri, who saw his 49.9% stake in the club approved by the Premier League, was attending his first game since effectively taking control of the club.
And while he confirmed the issue of Everton's ground is high on his agenda, he sampled this glorious old arena at its finest - a bear-pit from first to last and resounding to raucous sounds of victory at the final whistle.
In a message in the match programme, Moshiri also revealed he has pledged funds to keep Everton's best players.
What price Lukaku?
Everton boss Roberto Martinez: "My interpretation is I don't think it was a key moment [involving Costa]. It was an emotional game and rightly so.
"Diego Costa had a fighting spirit and I would like to praise the referee. The sending-off of Costa was right.
"The sending-off of Gareth Barry was right and the referee never allowed those emotions to stop the fluency.
"Whatever happens with Diego Costa I am sure the two players shook it off. From where it was he moved his head towards Gareth Barry and I lost sight of that action.
"I thought it was a second yellow. It was a moment that didn't have an impact on the scoreline."
Chelsea boss Guus Hiddink:  "I try to be fair in my judgement [on Diego Costa], I haven't seen it and it is difficult for me to say yes or no [if he had bitten Barry].
"He was chased a bit in the game. They went after him. They knew it. It is within the rules.
"I like him still going towards the edge but you also have to take into consideration he was desperate to play today.
"It would have been better to rest him but it is not the type of game you rest players.
"It is all the combination; not fully physically fit and all the provocations and he has to take responsibility for the incident."
Everton play Arsenal at Goodison Park in the 12:45 GMT kick-off next Saturday, while Chelsea host West Ham in the Premier League on the same day at 15:00 GMT.
Match ends, Everton 2, Chelsea 0.
Second Half ends, Everton 2, Chelsea 0.
Substitution, Everton. Oumar Niasse replaces Romelu Lukaku.
Substitution, Everton. Muhamed Besic replaces Ross Barkley.
Offside, Chelsea. John Obi Mikel tries a through ball, but John Terry is caught offside.
Attempt blocked. Loïc Remy (Chelsea) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Oscar.
Substitution, Everton. John Stones replaces Aaron Lennon.
Second yellow card to Gareth Barry (Everton) for a bad foul.
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Pedro (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ross Barkley (Everton).
Substitution, Chelsea. John Terry replaces Kenedy.
Gareth Barry (Everton) is shown the yellow card.
Second yellow card to Diego Costa (Chelsea).
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Goal!  Everton 2, Chelsea 0. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ross Barkley with a through ball.
Substitution, Chelsea. Loïc Remy replaces Nemanja Matic.
Foul by Gary Cahill (Chelsea).
Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James McCarthy (Everton).
Diego Costa (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Ramiro Funes Mori (Everton).
Goal!  Everton 1, Chelsea 0. Romelu Lukaku (Everton) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ross Barkley.
Corner,  Chelsea. Conceded by Seamus Coleman.
Substitution, Chelsea. Oscar replaces Willian.
Offside, Chelsea. Cesc Fàbregas tries a through ball, but Diego Costa is caught offside.
Willian (Chelsea) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gareth Barry (Everton).
Foul by Pedro (Chelsea).
Phil Jagielka (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Ross Barkley (Everton) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Gareth Barry.
Corner,  Everton. Conceded by César Azpilicueta.
Corner,  Everton. Conceded by Gary Cahill.
Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Cesc Fàbregas (Chelsea).
Gareth Barry (Everton) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Diego Costa (Chelsea).


The man who first bought the beloved and feared monster Godzilla to life has died, the film company behind the monster says.

Haruo Nakajima, who wore the Godzilla suit in 12 movies, died on Monday from pneumonia at the age of 88, it said.
In an interview this year Nakajima explained how the original 1954 costume was created from ready-mixed concrete and weighed up to 100kg (220lbs).
He said he studied animals in the Tokyo zoo to prepare for the role.
Nakajima started off as a stunt actor in samurai and war films including "Seven Samurai" by Akira Kurosawa.
He first played Godzilla - a giant beast who emerges from the deep after a nuclear test - in the 1954 film entitled Godzilla directed by Ishiro Honda and produced by the famed Japanese film studio Toho.
He went on to play the character in consecutive sequels as well as playing other beasts Rodan, Mothra and King Kong.
His last outing in the suit was in the 1972 Godzilla vs. Gigan.
Godzilla has since become a monster classic with dozens of Japanese and Hollywood movies made featuring the character. Most of the newer movies use computer graphics to create the monster.
The latest instalment called Shin Godzilla was released last year under the original Toho studio.


Essex County Cricket Club, together with the University of East London, have applied for the right to become tenants of the Olympic Stadium after London 2012, BBC Essex has learned.

The club have confirmed they have made an approach to "utilise space in the Olympic Stadium".
The pair are the fourth party to launch a bid.
West Ham United confirmed they were one of the candidates last Friday, which was the deadline day for applications.
Essex said in a statement: "We can confirm that the University of East London and Essex County Cricket Club have jointly put in a bid to the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) to utilise space in the Olympic Stadium.
"We cannot provide any further detail at this stage, as we are bound by a legal confidentiality agreement.
"We [...] see this as a fantastic opportunity [and] are committed to supporting the achievement of the best possible outcomes from the legacy operation of the Olympic Stadium."
West Ham were initially awarded the stadium in a partnership with Newham Council in October last year, but the deal fell through following complaints from rival clubs Tottenham Hotspur and Leyton Orient.
The OPLC subsequently decided the venue would remain in public ownership, retaining the athletics facilities, and opened a fresh bidding process to find a tenant, which ended last week.
It is not known at this stage whether the proposal from Essex and UEL, who are based in Stratford, combines a cricket pitch with the athletics track.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground was temporarily adapted to accommodate track and field sports for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
County Championship Division Two side Essex currently play in Chelmsford, their home for 87 years, and announced profits of over £300,000 for 2011.
However, that figure included "exceptional income" from the England and Wales Cricket Board to cover the cost of previous ground improvements.


Volunteers and charity champions from across mid Wales have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.

Aberystwyth University Professor Lynda Warren was conferred a British Empire Medal (BEM) for her services to environmental protection.
Prof Warren, of Machynlleth, Powys, sat on the UK government committee for radioactive waste management.
Five other Mid-Wales champions are honoured in the list.
These are:
100-year-old leads Welsh Queen's honours
Nursery owner 'humbled' to receive BEM
Caernarfon mountain rescue volunteer honoured
Flintshire Iceland boss knighted in Queen's honours


Britain beat Denmark to set up a semi-final against France at the Wheelchair Rugby European Championships.

Paul Shaw's side built on wins against Poland and Ireland by deservedly beating the Danes 60-47 to top their group at the event in Koblenz, Germany.
In reaching the semi-finals, Britain have qualified for the World Championships in Australia next year.
They meet France on Friday at 14:00 BST, with a place in Saturday's final against Sweden or Denmark at stake.