The mother-of-six who invented the disposable nappy has died at her home near Inverness aged 94.

Valerie Hunter Gordon's family said she died on 16 October in Beauly.
She created the first "Paddi" after having her third child, Nigel, in 1947 and becoming fed-up with washing traditional nappies.
The two-part garments were initially made out of old nylon parachutes, tissue wadding and cotton wool.
Mrs Hunter Gordon made hundreds of the nappies using a sewing machine at her kitchen table, supplying friends with the product and constantly modifying the design.
Her husband, Major Pat Hunter Gordon, was also pressed into helping make the nappies when he returned from fighting in Borneo.
Speaking to the BBC in 2015, Mrs Hunter Gordon said she had found washing nappies much too laborious and so began searching for disposables.
"I thought you must be able to buy them - but you couldn't, not anywhere," she said.
"It seemed extraordinary that it hadn't been done before. I thought, it's easy, I'll make them. But it wasn't easy. It was quite tricky.
"Everybody who saw them said, Valerie, please would you make one for me? And so I ended up by making about over 600 of them.
"I spent my time sitting at my mother's sewing machine, making these wretched things."
Paddis replaced absorbent cotton towelling nappies, which had to be washed after each use.
"Everybody wanted to stop washing nappies. Nowadays they seem to want to wash them again - good luck to them," Mrs Hunter Gordon said last year.
The couple applied for a patent in 1948 and signed an agreement with Robinsons to manufacture the nappies in 1949. The first nappies were modelled by her son, Nigel.
Possible names for the product included Valette, Snappy, Napkins, Lavnets and Drypad. The name Paddi was chosen after a meeting between Major Hunter Gordon and a group of senior executive Army officers at The Army Staff College in Surrey, according to the Paddi website.
At first, there was resistance to the nappies from doctors, who thought it would harm babies' skin, and a general public not used to throwing things away in the post-war years.
However, an article in Lancet written by an Army doctor who used Paddis for his baby helped change medical opinion and they began to be stocked by Boots.
They were advertised as "A really attractive garment, skilfully designed by a Mother, to make the whole-time use of disposable nappies a practical possibility".
The company eventually went into decline in the 1960s, with the arrival of the American brand Pampers.
Mrs Hunter Gordon's daughter, Frances Ross, said her mother had been survived by six children, 19 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren, with another due in a few months.


A section of a London Tube line had to be closed after contractors drilled a hole through the roof of an underground tunnel.

Central Line services were suspended between Marble Arch and White City after masonry fell on the track outside Shepherd's Bush station.
The damage was repaired before the line reopened about 21:30 GMT.
Transport for London (TfL) said it was possible to see into the tunnel from a building site above.
It is understood contractors were working on an extension to the Westfield shopping centre when a small amount of loose concrete fell on to the westbound line below.
No damage was caused to trains or the track, but TfL said the risk that other debris might fall through the hole meant it had to be filled before trains could begin running again.
Operations director Peter McNaught apologised to passengers affected by the disruption.


An eight-year-old boy was rescued after a blaze broke out in a two-storey maisonette in Basingstoke.

The boy had shut himself in a first floor bathroom to escape the fire in Winklebury that was first reported at 19:54 BST on Wednesday.
He was rescued by ladder and taken to hospital after being treated for smoke inhalation at the scene, Hampshire Fire and Rescue said.
Hampshire Constabulary said it was investigating the cause of the fire.
Police said the boy was kept in Basingstoke hospital overnight for observation.
A five-year-old boy was also taken to the hospital "as a precaution" and a 26-year-old woman managed to escape the building, police said.
The blaze damaged the ground floor, kitchen, hall and storage area of the property in Watson Way.
Four crews from Basingstoke and Odiham attended the fire, which was put out at 21:40 BST.


Detectives investigating an unprovoked attack on a Tottenham Hotspur fan who was mistaken for a Chelsea supporter have released an e-fit of the suspect.

Michael Voller was assaulted after his team's FA Cup semi-final defeat by Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday 22 April.
He was set upon after the match outside an Indian restaurant near the stadium.
The 23 year old was punched in the face and suffered a broken skull and damage to his cheekbone and eye-socket.
Michael's father, Chris, told the BBC the only reason he could think of for the attack was that "one of his friends had a navy blue jacket on".
Doctors feared he could be left with permanent damage to his eyesight following the attack.
The e-fit shows a white male in his early 20s.
Police said the suspect was approximately 5ft 10ins tall and was wearing a black hooded top or jacket at the time of the attack.
Det Con James Robb, of The Met, said: "This unprovoked and cowardly attack has resulted in injuries that could affect the rest of a young man's life.
"There is no place for this kind of violence in football or anywhere else.
"Someone knows who committed this unprovoked attack and I sincerely hope they do the right thing and help us place this violent individual before the courts."


Jediism, the worship of the mythology of Star Wars, is not a religion, the Charity Commission has ruled.

The commission rejected an application to grant charitable status to The Temple of the Jedi Order.
It said Jediism did not "promote moral or ethical improvement" for charity law purposes in England and Wales.
In the 2011 census, 177,000 people declared themselves Jedi under the religion section, making it the seventh most popular religion.
The following began as a tongue-in-cheek response from some atheists on the UK's 2001 census when a question on religious belief was asked for the first time.
But others took the message from the Star Wars films further, aiming to build a belief system and religious code inspired by the franchise.
In its ruling the Charity Commission said Jediism "lacked the necessary spiritual or non-secular element" it was looking for in a religion.
It said there was insufficient evidence that "moral improvement" was central to the beliefs and practices of Jediism and did not have the "cogency, cohesion, or seriousness" to truly be a belief system.
The commission said to be classed as a religion it must also have a positive beneficial impact on society in general and raised concerns that Jediism may, in part, have an "inward focus" on its members.
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Daniel Jones, leader of the Church of Jediism in the UK, said Jedi would continue to do charity work without any legal status and was convinced "Jediism's status will change in the next five years".
"It's not what anyone in the Jediism community wants to hear, when you have churches like Satan and Scientology with charitable religious statuses," he told the BBC.
Jediism has more adherents than Rastafarians and Jains, according to the 2011 census.
But the number of Jedi fell sharply from 2001, when 390,000 people said they were followers of The Force.
Kenneth Dibble, the chief legal adviser at the Charity Commission, said: "The law relating to what is and is not a charity evolves continuously and, as in this case, can be influenced by decisions in other areas. Our role is critical in interpreting and explaining the extent of what the law considers charitable."


A shopkeeper has said she may have to close for good after an event to promote small businesses prevented her from opening.

Stalls were placed in front of Andrea Welsher's craft shop Dragonflies in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, during a vintage vehicle event on Sunday.
She said stock was made specifically for the day but, because she could not open, she may now lose the business.
Organisers, the Erewash Partnership, said it "regretted" the incident.
A tearful Ms Welsher said she arrived at Dragonflies on Sunday to find stalls were blocking her entrance despite asking the organisers to avoid her shop front.
She said passers-by could not see the shop and it would have been a fire hazard to open.
"It's heartbreaking. I put my life and soul into this business and right now I don't know whether we have the funds to go forward through no fault of my own," she said.
"Erewash Partnership is supposed to help and support businesses... and they've left me with the possibility that we have to close."
No-one was available from the partnership but in an email to Ms Welsher, chief executive Ian Viles blamed private contractors.
"We very much regret that market stalls were erected in front of the Dragonflies shop on Sunday," he said.
"Although this did permit pedestrian passage to your shop door and windows, the situation was as unfortunate for you as it was unwanted by us."


Repairs to a corroded bridge have been causing traffic tailbacks of up to seven miles (11km) on the M23 in Surrey and Sussex.

The delays are affecting blood delivery service Serv, whose managers have complained about a lack of information.
Alan Rogers, Serv Surrey controller, said bikers had been affected by the roadworks on the Coopers Hill Viaduct.
The Highways Agency said drivers should allow an extra 40 minutes for journeys, especially if heading for Gatwick.
In peak times about 4,500 vehicles an hour use the section of the M23 between junctions eight, which joins the M25, and nine, for the airport.
Night-time closures and a variable contraflow system, which started last month and will last until the end of November, have been causing tailbacks on both carriageways.
Mr Rogers said Serv's bikers collected blood at night from Tooting in south London for distribution to hospitals in Surrey.
They also meet riders on the A23 at Hooley to transfer blood for hospitals in Kent and Sussex.
"We don't know which parts of what roads are going to be closed on any particular night and that makes planning quite difficult," he said.
"The challenge is getting to the liaison with the Kent or Sussex guys for our pre-arranged rendezvous time."
Peter Phillips, Highways Agency manager for the M23, said: "If you are trying to get to Gatwick then please give yourself plenty of time or find yourself an alternative means of travel.
"There is a very good rail link but if you have got to come by car leave yourself plenty of time.
"Our website is the best source of information."
Separate roadworks to widen the A23 between Handcross and Warninglid in West Sussex are coming to an end.
The Highways Agency said a third lane would open to the public this week, with remaining resurfacing taking place at night.


At least 54 people have been injured, one seriously, after a train crashed at a station in the Spanish city of Barcelona, officials say.

The incident happened during the morning rush hour at the Francia station, in the city centre.
Reports said the train did not brake properly when entering the station, hitting the buffers at the platform.
Dozens of emergency personnel were sent to the station, with most of the injured being treated on the platform.
Emergency services said as well as the seriously wounded person, who does not have life-threatening injuries, 19 people were moderately hurt.
They are being treated in hospital. Among them is the driver, who is said to be in a state of shock.
The remainder were lightly injured.
"At the moment of impact I had the feeling of experiencing an earthquake," one passenger, Lidia, told La Vanguardia newspaper (in Spanish). She said she had been in the front carriage.
"People were swaying back and forth and colliding into each other. Many people fell to the ground because people were standing up and I saw several people with cuts to the head and face from the blows they suffered when they fell."
Among those hurt were three citizens from France and Romania, local authorities said. Their respective consulates have been informed.
The accident happened at 07:15 (05:15 GMT) after the train had travelled from the village of Sant Vicenç de Calders, some 60km (37 miles) to Barcelona's south-west.
Íñigo de la Serna, the minister for public works, has travelled to Barcelona, in the country's north-eastern Catalonia region, to oversee the rescue operation.
The state-run railway firm Adif said an investigation had been opened.


Gareth Bale helped Real Madrid win their 10th European Cup as they finally overwhelmed arch-rivals Atletico Madrid in a compelling Champions League final in Lisbon.

Story of the match:
The emphatic scoreline after extra time does no justice to the drama that unfolded at Estadio da Luz as Atletico stood moments from winning the trophy for the first time only to end exhausted and well beaten.
Diego Godin capitalised on an error from Real's veteran goalkeeper Iker Casillas to give Diego Simeone's newly crowned La Liga champions a first-half lead, one they protected with fierce intensity until 90 seconds from the end of five minutes of stoppage time when Sergio Ramos headed in Luka Modric's corner.
Atletico wilted visibly after that, and Real ruthlessly completed the job of becoming the first club to claim the trophy 10 times, an achievement known as "La Decima" (the 10th).
Bale, who had wasted earlier chances, headed in from an acute angle after goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois blocked Angel Di Maria's shot with 11 minutes left. This was effectively the match-winning moment.
The Welshman kept going despite not being at his best and this was the sort of contribution that he and Real had in mind when he made his £86m move from Tottenham last summer.
Substitute Marcelo added a third with a shot Courtois should have saved before Cristiano Ronaldo salvaged something from a disappointing personal performance, scoring his 17th goal of this Champions League campaign from the penalty spot after he was fouled by Gabi.
It was all too much for the combustible Simeone, the game ending amid chaotic scenes when he raced on to the pitch to confront Real's Raphael Varane and was sent off.
In contrast, the calm figure of Real coach Carlo Ancelotti was able to enjoy his own place in history alongside Bob Paisley, joining the former Liverpool manager as the only men to win the trophy three times as a coach having previously secured the crown twice with AC Milan, and twice as a player.
Gareth Bale spurned two clear openings in the first half, before twice firing wide after the break.
But when the crucial moment came, one month on from his Copa del Rey-winning goal against Barcelona, Bale remained calm in front of goal to put Real ahead.
After thoughts of "do not miss, literally, do not miss" passed through his mind, "it was great to see it go in", he said.
Real ultimately deserved the victory for their greater attacking intent but Atletico came so close to delivering another spectacular affirmation of their progress under Simeone.
The fitness of striker Diego Costa was a central topic of debate in the build-up, with the Spanish striker using horse placenta as part of his treatment for the hamstring injury he suffered when Atletico clinched La Liga for the first time in 18 years with a draw at Barcelona.
It was only nine minutes before the answer was delivered as a clearly unfit Costa signalled to the bench that he could not continue and was replaced by Adrian Lopez.
Ancelotti gambled on the fitness of  Sami Khedira as a starter even though the German midfielder had only played an hour in six months after a knee ligament injury.
He had little chance to make an impact as the intensity of Atletico's approach - which also carried the occasional over-physical edge - offered no time and space for their creative players.
Real's best chance in the first half fell to Bale after 32 minutes when he was carelessly presented with the ball by Tiago but, after showing typical pace to surge into the area, he placed his shot inches wide.
Atletico took advantage and went ahead four minutes later, the responsibility for the goal lying predominantly with veteran Real and Spain goalkeeper Casillas.
He was indecisive as he rushed out recklessly to claim Juanfran's header back into the box, allowing Godin to nudge the ball over him as he desperately tried to recover his ground.
Ronaldo, who had also been an injury doubt with a hamstring problem, had been marginalised but finally got in on the action early in the second half with a free-kick that was turned away by Courtois.
He was then only inches away from getting his head on a cross from Ramos as Real looked to their talisman to haul them back into contention.
Ancelotti made his move with a double change just before the hour, sending on Marcelo for Fabio Coentrao and Isco for Khedira.
Bale had opportunities to bring Real back into the game but he was off target from the edge of the area and was wide again with an angled finish when his pace took him into the area.
Atletico's defending was becoming increasingly desperate but they showed great resilience, only to be denied deep into stoppage time as Ramos rose magnificently to direct Modric's corner past Courtois.
During the break before the restart, Atletico's drained and disappointed players were stretching out on blue mats laid out on the turf while the revived Real side gathered in a huddle to galvanise themselves once more.
It was a clear indication of how the momentum had shifted so significantly and those three goals in the second period of added time wrote another chapter in the history of this tournament's most successful club.
Match ends, Real Madrid 4, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Second Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 4, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Attempt saved. Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrián.
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!  Real Madrid 4, Atlético de Madrid 1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card.
Penalty Real Madrid. Cristiano Ronaldo draws a foul in the penalty area.
Penalty conceded by Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) after a foul in the penalty area.
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adrián (Atlético de Madrid).
Marcelo (Real Madrid) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!  Real Madrid 3, Atlético de Madrid 1. Marcelo (Real Madrid) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Cristiano Ronaldo.
Foul by Daniel Carvajal (Real Madrid).
David Villa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Tiago (Atlético de Madrid) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Diego Godín following a set piece situation.
Foul by Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid).
Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by David Villa (Atlético de Madrid).
Goal!  Real Madrid 2, Atlético de Madrid 1. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) header from very close range to the top right corner.
Attempt saved. Ángel Di María (Real Madrid) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
Attempt saved. Diego Godín (Atlético de Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Gabi with a cross.
Foul by Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid).
José Sosa (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Luka Modric (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Second Half Extra Time begins Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
First Half Extra Time ends, Real Madrid 1, Atlético de Madrid 1.
Attempt saved. Raphael Varane (Real Madrid) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ángel Di María with a cross.
Corner,  Real Madrid. Conceded by José Sosa.
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Juanfran (Atlético de Madrid).
Corner,  Atlético de Madrid. Conceded by Daniel Carvajal.
Foul by Álvaro Morata (Real Madrid).
Koke (Atlético de Madrid) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Real Madrid. Conceded by Gabi.
Attempt blocked. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Gabi (Atlético de Madrid) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Marcelo (Real Madrid) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Gabi (Atlético de Madrid).


A colt that nobody wanted could be the one to prove Frankel really is 'the Daddy' as the champion racehorse-turned-stallion gets his hotly anticipated first chance to father a Classic winner.

The oldest of Frankel's offspring are now aged three - part of the 'Classic generation' - and four of them are due to contest the first two of British flat racing's historic features, the 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket.
Colts Eminent and Dream Castle have the 2,000 Guineas in their sights, while it's the 1,000 Guineas, open to fillies only, for Fair Eva and Queen Kindly.
Because of their famous sire, considerable interest surrounds the quartet, though perhaps most of all the Jim Crowley-ridden Eminent - winner, in a record-breaking time, of the Craven Stakes, at Newmarket in April.
Despite his parentage, Eminent was considered likely to be anything but when offered for auction at Newmarket's Tattersalls Yearling Sales in October 2015.
After failing to reach his reserve price, the bay-coloured youngster was secured by trainer Martyn Meade in a deal struck outside the ring with breeder Premier Bloodstock, part of the Irish-based Coolmore racing empire.
While the figure of 150,000 guineas - £157,500 - is hardly to be sniffed at, it's one of the lowest for any progeny of Frankel, the winner of 14 races from as many starts.
Indeed, the top price paid at auction for a son or daughter of the brilliant champion, with whom matings are advertised at £125,000, is 1.8m guineas (£1.89m) for a colt named Elarqam, trained by Mark Johnston.
Now the once-disregarded Eminent, known in his stable as 'Frank' and one of his dad's impressive tally of 18 individual two-year-old winners in 2016, is poised to become a horse everyone wants to know.
In a good quality staging of the 2,000 Guineas, he's fourth favourite just behind Churchill, Barney Roy and Al Wukair.
Meade told BBC Sport: "I can only assume that the people that looked at him [at Tattersalls] considered that he was going to take a long time to mature.
"The immediate thing that I saw was a similarity to Frankel, certainly in his head, and just his general presence, a great walk.
"The first hurdle was to get him to win: everyone else was firing them in, and I thought 'oh my God, what happens if we fire a dud here, this won't be too good', but luckily that hasn't been the case."
It's now six years since Frankel, trained by the late Sir Henry Cecil for Saudi prince Khalid Abdullah, and ridden by jockey Tom Queally, himself won the 2,000 Guineas.
It was a virtuoso performance in which the horse, whose sometimes-volatile temperament tested the skills of the Cecil team, ran his rivals ragged pretty much from the start.
Individuality can take some managing, but Meade describes Eminent, owned by New Zealand racing tycoon Sir Peter Vela, simply as "playful".
"He's a horse that always needs to have attention; he's got to be kept amused, kept active, and I wouldn't like to have to sit on him that's for sure," Meade said.
"How Glenn [Osborn], who rides him, sits on him sometimes I'm not sure - he can be quite a monster to sit on, but playful with it.
"I thought he was going to be a handful at the races, especially the first time, but in fact when we got there he was absolutely perfect, and at the Craven an absolute gentleman."
In contrast to Frankel's success on the racecourse and what he's already achieving at stud, Meade, 69, has taken his time to reach racing's summit.
A keen horseman in his youth, the trainer of 50 horses at Newmarket's well-appointed Sefton Lodge stables, where owners include England fast bowler Jimmy Anderson, first held a licence in the 1970s.
Then based in Wiltshire, Meade initially concentrated on national hunt racing, which he combined with a highly successful business career.
Once known as a businessman-cum-trainer, life is now all about the horses, though he retains a non-executive position in investment company Hadleigh Partners.
Perhaps it's the discipline gained by the boss during years in the boardroom, but for an operation with a potential break-through race approaching all seems very cool and calm.
"It's quite quiet and controlled really, but we do have a very good system here which means no-one rushes about or anything like that," Meade said.
"I think that with this horse we are only just beginning to see the tip of the iceberg.
"There is no doubt that the mile [Guineas distance] is his minimum trip - the Derby is the dream for later - and he's still very inexperienced, improving, and we think he's the real deal."
Team Meade seeking Guineas eminence, Frankel even more.


Young people who have been through cancer treatment are taking on the demands of sailing around Britain on a 44ft yacht.

"It felt like being in control again," says Tom Roberts, who will be one of those setting off from Largs on Saturday to sail a 2,400-mile relay around the UK coastline.
Sailing has been a real contrast to the medical world he had been in, where the demands of cancer treatment meant pretty much doing as he was told.
Round Britain 2017 is organised by the Ellen MacArthur Cancer Trust, set up by the well-known yachtswomen to help young people recovering from cancer regain confidence and a sense of independence through sailing.
A cancer diagnosis is devastating at any age but if you are a child or young person, going through other changes in your life, that can add another dimension.
Tom Roberts, now 24, was diagnosed with bone cancer on his 16th birthday and says dealing with the emotional side of things was especially hard.
"It certainly doesn't stop when you stop your treatment," he adds.
Surgery and then about 18 months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy meant he missed out on crucial bits of his development.
"There's a lot of rebuilding that needs to go on to bring you back into the world and develop to a level where your peers are," he says.
He will be recording life throughout the trip as the on-board reporter.
His home for the next four months is the 44ft yacht, the Moonspray.
In relays it will also host about 100 young people on different legs of the trip.
It will stop at more than 60 towns and ports including Glasgow, Inverness, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, Plymouth, Liverpool and London.
The journey begins and ends in Largs.
Each young person on board has their individual story.
"I was terrified by the thought of stepping on a boat," says 20-year-old Victoria Sanches.
"I never even considered it, especially after all I'd been through."
She first sailed with the trust in 2013 and is doing so again this time.
After being diagnosed with a benign brain tumour, aged about 11, she feels she had to grow up earlier than she should have done.
"I never thought I'd be saying, I have a brain tumour but I still sail," she says.
"It's almost showed me that my illness doesn't have to stop me from trying new things and doing everything I want to do."
Being with other people who really understand what they've been through was important to the young people I spoke to.
Learning how to tie knots, socialise and make relationships, was how one of them put it.
The full-time mate on this trip, Hannah Spencer, 23, found sailing made a huge difference to her life and now she would like to pursue a career on the water.
Diagnosed during her exams, she too felt she missed out on things that teenagers do, like going out and learning social skills.
"It (sailing) opened my eyes really," she says.
"I was so insular, in my little chemo world, going to hospital every other day.
"Coming away for just four days out of the year to different people, a different lifestyle really helped me, just showed me a different way I could live my life if I got through this, which thankfully I did."


A convicted murder who sparked a nationwide hunt after breaking the terms of his license has been arrested.

William Kerr, 53, absconded from a bail hostel in Hull in March and was wanted on emergency recall to prison.
North Yorkshire Police arrested him in the Waterloo area of London on Friday, following an appeal on BBC Crimewatch.
Kerr was jailed for life in June 1998 for the murder of Maureen Comfort in Leeds. Her body was found in a bedroom cupboard and she had been strangled.
He was released on license earlier this year.


Marine accident investigators are to attempt to send a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) to survey the wreck of a cargo ship that capsized and sank in the Pentland Firth.

The Cemfjord - which was carrying cement - sank earlier this month.
The bodies of the eight men on board - seven Polish nationals and one Filipino - have never been found.
It is understood the ROV will survey the outside of the wreck at the weekend, if weather allows.
But it will not be looking for, or intending to recover bodies of the crew, which could still be on board.
A memorial service for those who died is take place in Wick this Sunday.


A former health boss has been given a suspended prison sentence for paying her husband Â£11,000 of NHS cash.

Paula Vasco-Knight admitted paying her husband Stephen, 46, for work on a publication which never existed.
She was CEO at South Devon NHS Foundation Trust and national lead for equalities for NHS England at the time.
The 53-year old was given a 16-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to do 250 hours unpaid work by Exeter Crown Court.
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Mr Vasco-Knight admitted submitting an invoice to the NHS in 2013 knowing he had not produced any work.
He was sentenced to 10 months, suspended for two years, for his involvement and ordered to do 150 hours unpaid work.
The pair initially pleaded not guilty to fraud but later changed their plea to guilty.
When questioned by police the pair provided a document which they claimed Mr Vasco-Knight had produced.
But it emerged material in it was copied from a document from the King's Fund which had not been publicly available at the time the couple claimed it had been created.
Mrs Vasco-Knight was given an honorary doctorate by the University of Exeter in 2013 and received a CBE in 2014 for her work as an ambassador for equality and diversity within NHS England.
In one set of ratings the hospital was ranked as the 10th best performing in the country in 2012 and she was named as the best in her field at the NHS Leadership Recognition Awards in that year.
Sue Frith, managing director of NHS Protect, which conducted the investigation, said afterwards: "Between them, Paula and Stephen Vasco-Knight defrauded over Â£11,000 of NHS money that was sorely needed for its intended purposes."


The number of children in social care has increased by 25% to 475 since 2009, Somerset County Council has said.

Referrals, where a child is reported due to welfare concerns, have also gone up from 3,500 to 5,500, between 2009-11, and child protection plans have increased by 30% in two years, to 290.
The increase has been blamed on drug and alcohol misuse or parents with "personal difficulties".
The council has spent an extra £3.9m to pay for the increased workload.
The legal costs of care and placements account for a large part of the budget.
The service director for safeguarding and children's social care at Somerset County Council, Linda Barnet said: "Assessments where a parent and child go for a placement can cost £2,500 - £3,000 a week if it's out-of-county with an agency."
"It could be for a period of up to six months but we would try to make those periods for as short as possible and we are developing in-house provision for that."
During assessments, both the parent and child are put under 24-hour observation with a trained foster carer to see whether the child will properly cared for.
Child protection plans, where the child might be taken into care with another member of the family or into foster care, can cost an average of £470 a week in Somerset.
The original budget for children's social services in 2010-11 was £30m.
An extra £3m has been put aside this year which will bring the the total amount spent on children's social care to £33m for 2011-12.


UK unemployment fell slightly to 1.62 million in the three months to October, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

It meant the unemployment rate held steady at 4.8% in the period, remaining at an 11-year low.
Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose by 2.6% - a slight increase on the previous month.
But economists warned there were signs the labour market had started to "cool off" since the Brexit vote.
In total, there were 31.76 million people in work, which was "slightly down on the record set recently", said ONS senior statistician David Freeman.
"The labour market appears to have flattened off in recent months," he said.
Fewer people looked for work, leading to lower unemployment but also a rise in "economic inactivity", which measures people without a job who are not seeking or available to work.
There were 8.91 million people of working age who were economically inactive - 76,000 higher than in the previous period.
"Today's data provides the clearest evidence yet that the jobs market has started to cool off since the Brexit vote," said John Hawksworth, chief economist at PwC.
The number of people in work was "flat", whereas before the 23 June referendum it had been "rising strongly", he said.
The Bank of England and other economists have forecast that unemployment is set to rise amid uncertainty over the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
Although there is nothing too dramatic about these monthly figures, there does seem to be a trend developing. As the ONS says, "the labour market appears to have flattened off in recent months". That means jobs are not being created at the same impressive rate recorded in recent years.
While unemployment is down by a small amount, there have also been small increases in the number of people claiming unemployment benefit and a fall in the number in work. That has been possible because of a rise in what is called economic inactivity, which covers large numbers of people including those who are ill, have taken early retirement, or just not looking for a job.
The fact that average earnings are increasing by 2.6% a year also suggests that the labour market is tightening - forcing companies to pay more to attract or keep staff.
Work and Pensions Secretary Damian Green said it was "too early" to conclude Brexit uncertainty was affecting the labour market.
"We are in a broadly flat situation, but it's a flat situation at a very low level of unemployment," he told the BBC.
Going into next year's Brexit negotiations, "it's extremely encouraging that our labour market is so resilient", he added.
The UK has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the EU, behind only Germany and the Czech Republic.
That was helped by more women in work - rising to a record high of nearly 15 million - and the addition of 129,000 self-employed workers to 4.75 million, according to the ONS figures.
Surveys continue to indicate more UK jobs will be created and suggest "any further deterioration in the labour market" will not be severe, said Paul Hollingsworth, UK economist at Capital Economics.
"The combination of the weakest employment data since mid-2015 and the fastest wage gains since June will raise eyebrows, but it probably is not as alarming as it might seem," said Ian Shepherdson, chief economist at Pantheon Macroeconomics.
"The employment data are very erratic and sudden swings, in either direction, are not unusual."
The figures are based on the Labour Force Survey, in which the ONS speaks to about 40,000 households every quarter. That is a very large survey, but it still means the figures are not precise.
The ONS is 95% confident that the figure of a 16,000 fall in unemployment is accurate give or take 81,000. That means that the fall in unemployment is not statistically significant.


Oldham Athletic defender Carl Winchester's first-half goal helped his side to a vital three points at fellow League One strugglers Shrewsbury Town.

Oldham, who had last won in the league back on 14 November, went close early on when Matty Palmer fired over.
But, on 23 minutes, Winchester then fired low past Jayson Leutwiler from 20 yards for his first goal of the season.
Shrewsbury's chances were at a premium, James Wallace being denied by Joel Coleman before Ian Black drilled wide.
Oldham had Anthony Gerrard playing at the back after re-signing for the club as a free agent earlier in the day.
The former Walsall, Cardiff City, Huddersfield Town and Shrewsbury centre-half, who had a loan spell with the Latics at the end of last season, has re-signed on a deal until the end of the current campaign.
It meant an instant return to the Meadow for Gerrard, six days after ending his non-contract arrangement with Shrewsbury, where he had been playing for free in an attempt to kick-start his career.
Oldham's first win since the return of manager John Sheridan lifts them a place to 22nd, within seven points of 20th-placed Shrewsbury.
Micky Mellon's men, who won on Saturday at leaders Burton Albion, have not won at home in the league now in three months, having picked up just two points out of a possible 18 at the Greenhous Meadow.
Shrewsbury Town boss Micky Mellon told BBC Radio Shropshire:
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"I cannot argue with the stats but it shouldn't be a negative playing at home. It is just about working hard and working smartly. We were not smart tonight and that cost us.
"Maybe a few of the lads are fatigued, I don't know, but I am as baffled as anyone else. It is difficult to explain why we played as we did.
"Oldham outran us all over the pitch. We didn't keep the ball well enough. It is hard to know why after Saturday this happens. I cannot explain it."


Leeds United midfielder Kalvin Phillips has signed a contract extension to keep him at the club until the end of the 2020-21 season.

The 21-year-old academy graduate has made 45 league appearances for the Elland Road side.
He told the club website: "I joined the club when I was 14 and grew up in Leeds, so to sign a contract extension is an honour."
Leeds start the Championship season with a trip to Bolton on Sunday.


So-called Islamic State says it was behind the new year attack on a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people.

The group said in a statement it was carried out by "a heroic soldier".
At least 600 revellers were celebrating in the early hours of Sunday at Istanbul's Reina nightclub when the gunman began firing indiscriminately, discharging some 180 bullets.
The gunman is still at large and a manhunt is under way. Police say they have made eight arrests so far.
IS has been blamed for recent attacks in Turkey, which is taking military action against the group in neighbouring Syria.
The militant group has already been linked to at least two attacks in Turkey last year.
The IS statement accused Turkey of shedding the blood of Muslims through "its air strikes and mortar attacks" in Syria.
Turkey launched a military operation in August aimed at pushing back IS and Kurdish forces, with some of the most intensive recent fighting against IS around the northern town of al-Bab.
Turkey has also been a key player with Russia in negotiating a truce between moderate rebel forces and the government.
Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus said on Monday that the nightclub attack was a "message" against Turkey's operations in Syria but that they would not be affected.
More details of the nightclub attack have been emerging. The gunman arrived by taxi before rushing through the entrance with a long-barrelled gun he had taken from the boot of the car.
The attacker fired randomly at people in an assault lasting seven minutes, starting with a security guard and a travel agent near the entrance. Both were killed.
The gunman is reported to have removed his overcoat before fleeing during the chaos.
Turkish media reports quote police sources as saying he may have been from Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan.
Kyrgyzstan's foreign ministry said the reports that the suspect might be Kyrgyz were "doubtful" but that it would carry out checks.
Mr Kurtulmus said Turkish authorities were still working to identify the attacker.
"Information about the fingerprints and basic appearance of the terrorist have been found," he said.
Police are investigating whether he belongs to an IS cell blamed for an attack in June on Ataturk Airport in Istanbul.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused groups such as IS of trying "to create chaos".
"They are trying to... demoralise our people and destabilise our country," he said.
Turkey suffered a bloody 2016 with a series of attacks, some carried out by Kurdish militants.
But a day before the IS claim, the banned Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was quick to distance itself from the nightclub attack, saying it would "never target innocent civilians".
Some two-thirds of those killed were foreign, according to local media, among them citizens from Israel, Russia, France, Tunisia, Lebanon, India, Belgium, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
Bollywood director and producer Abis Rizvi was one of those who died, Indian media report.
The victims
A complete record of those killed has yet to emerge. The body of one of those who died has yet to be identified.
Security guard Fatih Cakmak was one of the first to die.
His brother said he narrowly escaped a double bombing three weeks ago, having been on duty when Kurdish militants launched an attack near a football stadium, killing at least 44 people, mostly police.
At least 69 people are being treated in hospital, officials said, with three in a serious condition.
The nightclub, which sits on the banks of the Bosphorus, is one of Istanbul's most fashionable venues - popular with foreigners and often frequented by singers and sports stars.
Some guests are reported to have thrown themselves into the water to escape.
Istanbul was already on high alert with some 17,000 police officers on duty in the city, following a string of terror attacks in recent months.
10 December: Twin bomb attack outside a football stadium in Istanbul kills 44 people, Kurdish militant group claims responsibility
20 August: Bomb attack on wedding party in Gaziantep kills at least 30 people, IS suspected
30 July: 35 Kurdish fighters try to storm a military base and are killed by the Turkish army
28 June: A gun and bomb attack on Ataturk airport in Istanbul kills 41 people, in an attack blamed on IS militants
13 March: 37 people are killed by Kurdish militants in a suicide car bombing in Ankara
17 February: 28 people die in an attack on a military convoy in Ankara


Thousands of people have attended St Patrick's Day parades and festivities in towns and cities across Northern Ireland.

The Belfast parade began from the city hall at noon and made its way to Custom House Square for a free concert.
Parades and celebrations were also held in Londonderry, Armagh, Newry, Enniskillen, Omagh and Downpatrick.
For the first time, Stormont was among landmark buildings "going green" in honour of Ireland's patron saint.
Derry City Council had promised a "kaleidoscope of colour and culture" during its celebrations, with a free family fun day in the city and a carnival parade set off from the council's headquarters at 14:30 GMT.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, was the guest of honour in County Down, where he took part in a service at Saul Church - built in 1932 to commemorate St Patrick's first church in Ireland.
The archbishop then set out on the pilgrimage walk to Downpatrick, where he laid a wreath at St Patrick's grave before joining a parade through the town.
Armagh's five-day St Patrick's Day festival culminated in a carnival procession through the city centre on Tuesday, which began at Palace Demesne at 13:00 GMT.
Earlier, the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, Archbishop Eamon Martin, delivered the homily at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh.
"All over the world today people of many creeds, languages and race are celebrating our national saint, Saint Patrick," he said.
"It is a testimony to the tremendous outreach to the rest of the world that Ireland has had over many centuries."
Newry's parade began at noon outside The Quays shopping centre and was followed by live music, Irish dancing and street theatre in the city.
Enniskillen's celebrations started at 13:30 GMT with a family fun day at Broadmeadow, followed by a parade through the County Fermanagh town from 15:30 GMT.
Omagh hosted a parade followed by an open-air concert, and the festivities kicked off in High Street from 13:00 GMT.
Elsewhere, in the Republic of Ireland, thousands of people attended parades, with the largest event taking place in Dublin where the comedian Brendan O'Carroll led participants as Grand Marshal.
Irish President Michael D Higgins and his wife Sabina attended the Dublin parade.
There were various events in Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and many other towns and villages.
Meanwhile, in England, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were guests of honour at the annual St Patrick's Day Parade by the Irish Guards in Aldershot.
The Duchess handed out shamrocks to officers and guardsmen at Mons Barracks.
However, she struggled to pin a sprig on the collar of the regiment's mascot Irish wolfhound, Domhnall, as it kept falling off.


An avid food blogger, a Manchester United fan, and a Malaysian family of four were among the 20 people killed by the bomb blast in Bangkok on Monday night.

More than 120 people were injured in the explosion at the Erawan shrine, a Hindu tourist hotspot also frequented by Buddhists.
Authorities have been releasing details of those confirmed to have been killed or injured, while Asian media outlets have revealed more about those who died, more than half of whom were foreigners.
Suwan Sathman, 30, worked for a foundation that manages the Erawan shrine. He was killed in the blast.
His family members told Thai media that he had a six-year-old son and had been planning to marry his fiancee soon.
"They [the bombers] have total disregard for victims' families. This is murdering innocent people. Suwan has worked hard to take care of his family," Mr Sathman's mother told the Bangkok Post.
Other Thai victims include: Yutthanarong Singror, 44, who was on his way to deliver documents when the blast happened; Standard Chartered bank employee Suchada Niseeda, 32; and Namouy Sangchan, 30.
Chinese state media has reported that as of Tuesday evening, six Chinese citizens had died - four from mainland China, the other two from Hong Kong.  Twenty-two Chinese nationals were also among the injured.
The UK Foreign Office said a British national resident in Hong Kong was among the dead, with Prime Minister David Cameron saying on Twitter he was "deeply saddened" to hear of her death.
That person has been named as 19-year-old law student and food blogger Vivian Chan.
She graduated from Harrow International School in Hong Kong in 2014. The school said in a statement that she was a "tremendous role model".
The South China Morning Post said she was a fan of Hong Kong singer Joey Yung, whom she met in 2014. Ms Yung posted a picture of herself with Ms Chan on her Facebook page and said: "I'm very sad at this moment, she left such a deep impression on me."
Pontakorn Urapeepatanapong, who went to school with Ms Chan, told the BBC: "[She was] very easy to like. Everyone got on well with her. She'd always have a smile. You'd think she was happy about everything."
Ms Chan was travelling with Hong Kong resident Arcadia Pang, 24, who also died.
Ms Pang had studied human resource management at the Institute of Vocational Education in Hong Kong. A friend of hers told the Post that she was "very gentle and quiet".
Authorities have confirmed four Malaysians were killed, and three were injured.
Malaysian press reports said the dead were all from the same family.
They are: Lee Tze Siang, 35, and his four-year-old daughter Lee Jing Xuan; as well as Lim Saw Gek, 49, and 20-year-old university Neoh Jai Jun.
The Star said they came from a family well-known in their hometown of Butterworth for their kueh (traditional cakes) business.
One Singaporean woman was killed and seven other Singaporeans were injured, the foreign ministry said in a statement to parliament.
Sources confirmed the dead woman to be 34-year-old Melisa Liu Rui Chun, who worked for the Singapore branch of French insurance company AXA.
She was on holiday with her husband and brother - both were injured, reported The Straits Times.
Friends of Ms Liu remembered her as a bubbly and outgoing person who was a fan of football club Manchester United.
"She was always laughing, very loud and outgoing. I saw her as one of the boys," the newspaper quoted one of her friends as saying.
An Indonesian government statement reported by Indonesian media said a 61-year old woman, Lioe Lie Tjing, had been killed.
Her husband, Hermawan Indradjaja, is in intensive care at a Bangkok hospital.
Taiwan media report that at least five Taiwanese nationals were injured.
Thailand's Institute of Forensic Medicine said that among those injured were citizens of Japan, the Philippines, Oman, Maldives and Qatar.


A whistle-blowing helpline for employees in England to raise concerns about child protection failures in the workplace is to be launched on Monday.

Run by the NSPCC for the Home Office, which has provided Â£500,000, it will advise callers from any sector on whistle-blowing and help protect them from any resulting discrimination.
The charity's boss said the "vital" service would help children in danger.
The helpline number is 0800 0280285, from 08:00 to 20:00 Monday to Friday.
Any concerns raised will be passed on to relevant authorities to investigate.
The establishment of the helpline follows the Rotherham abuse scandal, in which at least 1,400 children were sexually exploited amid a series of collective failures by the authorities.
The helpline is aimed at staff in any sector who are afraid to raise concerns about the way their organisation is dealing with child abuse cases or potential risks to children, or who feel they have exhausted all avenues with their employer.
NSPCC chief executive Peter Wanless said: "If an employee thinks a child is in danger or has been failed by their organisation then nothing should stand in the way of them speaking out.
"Too often people with concerns have kept silent because they have been fearful of the consequences for their jobs, and this can have devastating consequences for the children involved.
"A feature of the child abuse scandals of recent years has been people who said they thought something wasn't right but were unsure whether they could discuss their concerns confidentially outside their organisation."
1,400
children were abused, 1997-2013
1/3 of victims were already known to social services
157 reports concerning child sexual exploitation made to police in 2013
10 prosecutions were made between 2013 and April 2014
Karen Bradley, minister for preventing abuse, exploitation and crime, said the helpline would be "a vital service in our fight to end child abuse, including sexual exploitation".
"No-one should be afraid to report concerns about failures in child protection."
The new service will also be used to highlight patterns of failure across the country.
The NSPCC said it would work with authorities to gather information about reports relating to child abuse in order to identify and address trends.
The helpline will also be able to receive emails. Those who call at the weekend or outside the operating hours will be able to leave their details so they can be contacted later.


The inventor of the lawn-mower has been honoured with a commemorative plaque on the site of his workshop.

Engineer Edwin Beard Budding patented his world-first design in 1830.
A plaque marking his achievement has been put on a wall of the Stroud Brewery in Thrupp, Gloucestershire, which stands on the original workshop site.
He got the idea from the cross cutting machines used to finish woollen cloth in the Stroud valleys' textile mills.
The plaque was donated to Stroud District Council by Chris Biddle, editor of trade magazine Service Dealer, and was unveiled by David Withers, president of lawn-mower manufacturer Ransomes Jacobsen.
Ransomes acquired the first manufacturing licence for Budding's lawn-mower in 1832.
Mr Withers said: "It's amazing that his invention is pretty much unchanged, nobody's found a better way of doing this than he found in 1830."
Mr Biddle said: "The visual impact of Wimbledon, Lord's, Wembley or any golf course, they are immaculately turned out, and it's all down to this guy's vision nearly 200 years ago."


Ask any football fan and they'll tell you who their club's worst manager is in a heartbeat.

The poor relationship with fans, bad signings, dreadful performances and even worse results will all come flooding back.
We asked Sportsday readers for their #worstpremboss and this is what they said:
lloyd davies @_lloyddavies  #worstpremboss has to be Terry Connor? 10+ games in charge of Wolves without a win...
Andy @SAFCsource No, not Roy Keane. He's not even OUR #worstpremboss
Oliver Chandler @benchandler93  No worst Prem boss debate could be complete without a mention of Charlton's old Les 'Miserables' Reed. Truly abysmal record.
Damian Tabbinor @charmingman83  Without a shadow of a doubt Steve Kean.
Charlie Large @CharlieLarge  Stuart Pearce at #MCFC. Record low with 10 home goals in a season, and a beanie baby as some weird good luck charm!
Affy @AffyAffyAffy  Louis van Gaal; Spent more than most in the worst PL year ever, with the best fans in England & he still can't finish in top four.
Adrian Reynolds @adereynolds  Harry Redknapp at @SouthamptonFC Near three decades in the top fight, kept up everyone and he signs Nigel Quashie.
Ben Jacobs @JacobsBen Peter Taylor. Signed Adi Akinbadbuy & Junior Lewis & took Leicester from Europe to the Championship. Oh & DON'T even mention Wycombe.
Jamie Rowland @rowloefc  Mike Walker - he was so bad at Everton it was embarrassing!
Sam @MaudzleySam  Sorry but Paul Jewell. Even though he saved Wigan he still has to be one of the worst?
Paul Jewell's Derby returned what is still the lowest points total in Premier League history (11) - but he spent barely any money and took over a Billy Davies team lacking any confidence - a team many thought had overachieved in winning promotion to the top flight anyway. He had also kept Bradford City up in the 1999-2000 season, the Bantams' first in the top flight for more than 70 years.
Is it really fair to look at the results of managers of promoted or traditional 'smaller' clubs? Chris Hutchings (Bradford and Wigan, 13% win percentage), for example. Or Brian Laws (17%), who had the job no-one really wanted when he replaced Owen Coyle at Championship-bound Burnley. Terry Connor was dealt the same hand at Wolves.
Some others who struggled didn't help themselves by suggesting they were the best coach in the Premier League or using cheese to help injured players.
But John Carver's 20% win ratio isn't the worst and he inherited a side which has continued to struggle without him, while Felix Magath might not even be Fulham's worst manager - they were already bottom when he took over.
What about those who are largely spared this ignominy of making the 'worst manager' lists - usually because they are good with the fans, or chalk up the odd League Cup semi-final appearance.
Those who spend money and fail - or spend money and don't do as well as expected. Like this lot:
The Chosen One, right? An excellent reputation all-but destroyed inside nine months. That was done with the help of £27.5m Marouane Fellaini and the others he spent £70m on as he took the Premier League champions and led them out of the top four. Still, a win ratio of 50% would be considered success at some clubs.
Ramos spent one year in charge of Tottenham. He also spent in the region of £70m, with some of those signings questioned by supporters, although £15m for Luka Modric seems a steal now. He was sacked with Spurs rooted to the foot of the table with no wins after eight games. A 29% win ratio.
Mark Hughes? Seriously? Hear us out. Hughes arrived in June 2008, three months before the huge Middle East investment that has since brought titles to the blue half of Manchester. He went on to spend some £270m over the next 12 months. But for every Vincent Kompany, there was a Tal Ben Haim. For every Carlos Tevez, a Jo. He got his marching orders after two wins in 11 games left City sixth in December 2009. Win ratio: 40%.
The England boss did not have a great time at Anfield. Despite a modest £20m outlay on a team who had reached the Europa League semi-finals the previous season (though Hodgson's Fulham reached the final), Liverpool were knocked out of the League Cup by Northampton Town and lost seven of Hodgson's 20 league games. A 2-1 home defeat to Blackpool meant they dropped into the bottom three of the top flight for the first time since September 1964. His 35% win ratio is the same as that achieved by Christian Gross at Spurs.
Won promotion from the Championship - then spent the best part of £75m on players who delivered him a 28% win ratio before he was sacked. He made Craig Gordon the most expensive goalkeeper in British football history.
Kean was in the role a full year after the local paper's front page declared it was "Time To Go" in November 2011. By the time he went, the club had slipped into the Championship. Kean's 22% win rate wasn't great, but it was the frequent declarations that seemed at odds with reality which did him no favours.
Like Kean and Sherwood, it's been argued McClaren is suffering from being at a dysfunctional club. But spending £83m and heading for the trap door to the Championship with a 21% win ratio - or to put it another way, being 1% better than John Carver after spending a small fortune on England internationals - is never going to bode well. The fans have had enough.
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Manager Lee Clark is urging Kilmarnock to build on the first win of his tenure and make sure they are part of an exciting top flight next season.

Killie moved eight points clear of bottom side Dundee United with a 3-0 win over St Johnstone on Saturday.
With five games matches remaining, the target is to make ground on Hamilton who are four points better off.
"Rangers are coming up and, if Hibs manage it too, then the league gets it's wow factor back," said Clark.
"You want to be part of that and it gives me the chance to attract the kind of players I would like to make sure the club isn't in this situation again.
"The club has been dicing with survival for many seasons and that needs to change."
Clark, 43, arrived at Rugby Park in mid-February on a three-and-a-half-year contract.
The former Blackpool and Huddersfield boss went six games without a victory, with the team scoring just one goal, before a Kris Boyd double helped see off St Johnstone.
Kallum Higginbotham was also on target in a comprehensive victory.
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"We'd been creating chances, so it was never an issue," Clark told BBC Scotland. "It was just getting the players to have the confidence to take more risks and finish off those chances.
"In previous games I'd been pleased with our level of performance. There was only one indifferent performance against Ross County when we weren't at the required standard.
"I knew, with a little bit of luck in front of goal, that the results would come.
"We had Hearts, Aberdeen and Celtic in that run and we should have taken points in those games.
"We've got one (win) but we still need a few more."
With Clark arriving after the transfer window, his recruitment has been restricted but he has managed to bring in Julien Faubert, along with Miles Addison and Alex Henshall.
"I felt we lacked pace and power and that's what I've tried to address in the out of contract market," said the former Newcastle and Fulham midfielder.
"When I came through the door we had one of the worst defensive records in the league.
"You've got to start from the back and we've been stronger. We've had three clean sheets.
"We need to start scoring more and hopefully Saturday is the start."


Singer Cerys Matthews and Game of Thrones actor Iwan Rheon have been named ambassadors of Wales' 2017 Year of Legends.

The year-long celebration of Wales' past will promote the nation's heritage and culture with events covering everything from food to sport.
Tourism body Visit Wales has already approved Â£1.2m for 35 projects as part of the project.
Now, Matthews and Rheon have thrown their weight behind the campaign.
Born in Carmarthen and raised in Cardiff, Rheon shot to fame in smash hit TV show Game of Thrones.
"I'm really excited to be a part of this project, I was so lucky to have Wales' stories, history and culture as part of my upbringing," he said.
"I'm looking forward to sharing Wales' epic story."
Former Catatonia front-woman, Matthews, said she too was excited by the idea of sharing Wales' rich history and culture with the world.
"Wales' myths and legends have been huge inspiration for creativity from music, art to literature," she said.


Last year the eyes and ears of the world were on London as it hosted the Olympic Games.

Listen to Gemma's BBC Radio 1 documentary on the BBC iPlayer.
The mantra of the Games was to create an Olympic legacy to "Inspire a Generation", making sure that sport is accessible for everybody.
But there are still lots of barriers to young people in sport: money, gender and family - and how about just trying to be a normal young person? How do you balance training, school work and your social life?
I've been able to look into these issues for a special BBC Radio 1 documentary as part of the Radio 1 Stories documentary strand.
Making the documentary was a great learning experience as I heard from Usain Bolt, Mo Farah, Jessica Ennis-Hill, Greg Rutherford, Gemma Gibbons, the Brownlee brothers, Karina Bryant and quite a few more about what it takes to make it to the top of the podium.
But I also discovered how hard it is to grow up attempting to become an elite athlete, thanks to the touching stories of four people who are smashing down barriers to follow their Olympic dream.
There's Aaron Turner, a 21-year-old judoka who struggles to make ends meet with the cost of training.
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Kyle Powell is a T45 Paralympic sprinter who had to move away from his friends and family to give himself the best shot.
Mercy Brown is a female weightlifter from Tower Hamlets, making her way in a sport that is traditionally dominated by men.
And finally, Dan Neilson, a showjumper who used to box and play football but now loves this unconventional sport for a 21-year-old.
But the Olympic impact wasn't only felt by elite athletes - you didn't even have to be good at sport to be inspired.
A couple of months ago I found myself in the unlikely scenario of doing a 10K run.
Stomp, stomp, stomp, I pounded along, desperate for it to be over, but not stopping nevertheless. My only training had been momentary jogging spurts, (endorphin chasing, I call it), a 'one lap' jog around my local patch of grass.
To give myself the tiniest bit of credit, I do sometimes go to the gym - my trainer their calls me 'Bambi' as my balancing ability is abysmal.
Some people at the gym think I'm unhinged because I'll often be vocally repeating the mantra of finding life's 'balance'. But I figure that if the joy I find in food can be matched by an hour's exercise and wipe out the post-indulgence guilt, then why not try?
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Despite being terrified on the day of my 10k, I was invigorated by how many people had signed up to do it. It lifted me and forced me not to stop.
The velocity of sport in numbers I find giddy. There is a new high to be found in looking after yourself and engaging in sport and fitness.
In the UK 1.4 million more people are playing sport regularly since the bid to host the Olympics was won in 2005. If there was a 'well-being revolution' gently rumbling along over the past five years, then last year's Olympics jolted us all into action.
Sport became the new rock 'n' roll, with its stars our new idols. Glitzy, loud, and unpredictable. Glamour and spandex in abundance.
This revolution swept me up unexpectedly. I didn't know how much sport could connect with us normal, crisp-munching human beings. Having reached the end of my 10k hot, sweaty but exhilarated, I now know.
Whether an elite athlete or a novice like me, I hope you enjoy my documentary and if you feel the tiniest bit inspired, you can find out how to get involved in sport near you by going to bbc.co.uk/getinspired … just don't forget your spandex!
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A Belfast woman described as a lone-wolf dissident republican posed as a Swedish model online to lure a man into helping with a plot to kill police officers.

Christine Connor, 31, pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a police officer and other terror offences.
Three of the charges related to a homemade grenade thrown at a police vehicle in May 2013.
She had previously claimed to be "at war" with the PSNI.
Police confirmed that Connor lured Stuart Downes, from Shrewsbury, into her plot by using a fake online profile, including a fictitious name and photo that "bore no resemblance to her".
Mr Downes was arrested, questioned and charged with a series of offences linked to the May 2013 attack but took his own life last year.
Connor appeared at Belfast Crown Court on Wednesday and declined to stand when the charges were put to her.
When each one was read out, she said: "I am not guilty but on advice I will plead guilty."
She admitted:
The court had heard that she had lured a police patrol to a house in the Crumlin Road area of north Belfast in May 2013 by claiming that a woman living there was in danger.
The PSNI said that Connor was "not aligned" to any dissident republican organisations.
"She was working on her own and she worked under a name that she used called United Struggle, but she was very much like a lone wolf," said Det Supt Kevin Geddes.
He said it had been a "hugely complex and unusual case" and that Connor had meticulously planned the attack on officers.
"Her deceitfulness knew no bounds," he added.
Connor was granted bail on medical grounds but told by the judge not to take that as an indication of the sentence he would impose.
She will be sentenced in June.


British boxing chiefs will not sanction a third fight between Nigel Benn and Steve Collins, says BBC Radio 5 live pundit Steve Bunce.

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Benn, 53, and Collins, 52, have told BBC Sport they have agreed to meet again, 21 years after their last fight.
"If it was a charity match, the British Boxing Board of Control might turn a blind eye," said Bunce. "But neither would make enough money."
Benn told 5 live there were "other avenues" for getting a licence.
British fighters David Haye and Dereck Chisora obtained clearance from Luxembourg's boxing federation prior to their fight at Upton Park in July 2012.
"They will not fight in this country under BBBofC rules," said Bunce. "You can forget that.
"That means it will take place under a Maltese licence or some other foreign body."
Londoner Benn feels he could convince the BBBofC that he is fit enough to compete.
But Dublin-born Collins, who beat Benn twice in 1996, and leading promoter Eddie Hearn do not think the organisation will sanction the fight.
BBBofC general secretary Robert Smith said on Thursday that neither Benn nor Collins had applied for a licence to fight again.
He said the only age limit imposed on those applying is they must be over 18, but added: "The older you get, the more unlikely it is."
Smith said he would be "surprised" if anyone wanted to promote the fight.
The BBBofC seeks to "minimise risk" and ensure boxers are "fully prepared" when giving the go-ahead for them to compete.
Obtaining a licence involves a series of administrative tasks but, more importantly, fighters must also pass brain scans, medicals and blood-testing.
Both Benn and Collins say they are healthy.
Bunce said: "They are in sensational shape. Nigel Benn has been as fit for 21 years since he left the ring as Steve Collins has since he left the ring, and they left the ring just 11 months apart.
"They have been close to having fights. Two weeks ago they sat together at a dinner and the penny dropped.
"What is good about this is both of them know they can only fight men of the same age, with the same amount of decline, stamina loss and power loss.
"They are peak for their age but they are their age. At some point, after five or 10 minutes, they will be blowing hard."
Collins says his motivation is purely financial, while Benn hopes to find "closure" from boxing and insists he is fitter than late in a career which ended with his second defeat by Collins.
But his son Conor, who is unbeaten in six fights as a welterweight, feels Benn should "leave it" and says he would refuse to work in his corner on fight night.
Collins' son, Steve Collins Jr, is also a boxer and has lost just one of his 12 fights at light-heavyweight.
After BBC Sport published news of the potential bout involving his father, he tweeted: "When I'm 50-something and have a mid-life crisis, I will just buy a new motorbike. You get me."
Hearn, who oversees Matchroom Sport's boxing events, told Sky Sports: "It would be almost sad to see those guys return to the ring.
"Nigel is in great shape. I watched him growing up and he's one of my favourite fighters of all time.
"For me, sit on the sofa and enjoy the legacy you created in this sport."


Pupils and staff who were stranded at an airport in Turkey as a result of an attempted military coup are on a flight out of the country.

The 41 pupils and seven staff from Arthur Terry School, Sutton Coldfield, were kept "safe and well" and had consular support, the school said.
They were stuck at Istanbul Ataturk airport for more than 24 hours after landing during the coup attempt.
The group was expected in Cape Town to start a 10-day South Africa trip.
They will be driven to an outward bound centre in Sedgefield on the Western Cape, to take part in community projects, working in two schools.
Headteachers, Neil Warner and Richard Gill, said the "students were delighted" to be continuing their trip and "have made us all very proud with how they have reacted to a challenging situation".
Richard Moore, British Ambassador to Turkey, said on Twitter a consular officer was with the group until about 02:30 BST on Sunday. He praised the children for their "patience and bravery" as well as their "amazing teachers".
Information about the South Africa trip said it would provide a "real insight into a totally different culture and way of life".  The students had raised funds through events such as a fun run and raffle.
Flights at Ataturk airport were grounded during the coup attempt and parents of the pupils who had travelled with Turkish Airlines took to Twitter to say they were "petrified" and called for help from the airline, Foreign Office and media.
One worried mother wrote: "Help! Please get our children out of Ataturk airport".
The school was able to reassure parents their children were safe.
A statement later said: "It's great to know that many of you have had direct contact with your sons/daughters and know that they are safe, well cared for and in good spirits."
The Foreign Office, which initially advised British nationals in Turkey to stay indoors, said the situation "appears to be calming" and flights were returning to normal. It added people should remain vigilant.


The US has charged Ahmad Khan Rahami with planting bombs in New York and New Jersey, in court documents that shed more light on his alleged motivations.

The federal charges include use of a weapon of mass destruction, bombing and use of a destructive device.
The 28-year-old allegedly bought bomb-making equipment on eBay and was filmed by a relative lighting "incendiary material" in a bin.
Mr Rahami remains in hospital with gunshot wounds from a police shootout.
The Afghan-born US citizen was already charged by the state of New Jersey with the attempted murder of police, stemming from his arrest on Monday outside a bar in Linden, New Jersey.
The FBI complaint reveals that 31 people - two more than previously reported - were injured when a bomb went off in the Chelsea neighbourhood of Manhattan on Saturday.
Unsealed on Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court, the document says an unnamed Briton was among the casualties.
The victims included a woman who "had to have multiple ball bearings removed from her body, as well as metal fragmentation from her ear and wood shards from her neck".
The FBI said Mr Rahami was also found with a notebook containing such writings as, "my heart I pray to the beautiful wise ALLAH. To not take jihad away from."
Another passage in the journal allegedly said: "You [USA Government] continue your [unintelligible] slaught[er]" against the mujahideen, or holy warriors, be it Afghanistan, Iraq, Sham (Syria), Palestine."
Yet another refers in glowing terms to Osama Bin Laden; Anwar al-Awlaki, a US-born Muslim cleric killed in a 2011 drone strike; and Nidal Hasan, a former Army officer who killed 13 people at a Texas Army base in 2009.
Mr Rahami - who worked at a family-owned fried chicken shop in his hometown of Elizabeth - was preparing for months for the attack, the court documents suggest.
He bought citric acid, a circuit board and electric igniters for fireworks from eBay, according to the complaint.
The FBI said they had recovered video from a mobile phone belonging to one of Mr Rahami's relatives.
Allegedly filmed at or near the family home two days before the blasts, it showed the suspect igniting incendiary material in a cylindrical container.
As the object bursts into flames, laughter is heard on the footage.
US media are reporting that Mr Rahami's wife - who is thought to be a Pakistani national - is being questioned in the United Arab Emirates.
The terror charges come after the FBI admitted they investigated Mr Rahami for terrorism in 2014.
This followed a complaint from the suspect's father, but they found no link despite alleged acts of violence.
Investigators say Mr Rahami planted two bombs in Chelsea but one failed to detonate.
Another bomb exploded in a New Jersey seaside town earlier on the same day but no-one was hurt.
He is also accused of leaving explosives in a discarded rucksack in a rubbish bin in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
The series of bombings over the weekend have sparked a heated debate about national security between the two presidential candidates, days before their first televised debate.


Plans to introduce a "soft opt-out" system for organ donation in Scotland have been published at Holyrood.

Labour's Anne McTaggart has support from MSPs of all parties for her bill.
The current "opt-in" system requires a proactive choice by an individual to register to become an organ donor on their death.
The Scottish government said it would examine the bill to see if a "convincing case" could be made for a move to an opt-out system.
The new legislation would mean people would have to actively opt out or else their name would be added to the NHS Organ Donation Register.
Under the terms of the "soft opt-out" system, families of deceased patients would be given a say on donation if they could confirm their relative had made an unrecorded objection during their lifetime.
Ms McTaggart, who introduced the bill, cited evidence which said that three people died every day across the UK waiting for a transplant. She claimed her legislation could save lives.
"That's what the bill is about. It's about making more organs available to people who need them, ultimately," she said.
According to the government, there has been a 63% increase in the number of transplants carried out on Scottish patients since 2007.
Maureen Watt, minister for public health, said: "There is currently no consensus amongst experts as to whether this would make a significant difference and the international evidence is not clear.
"However the Scottish government welcomes any debate in relation to the important issues of organ donation and transplantation."
Ms Watt added: "In Scotland we lead the UK in increasing donation and transplantation numbers.
"The transplant waiting list is now at its lowest level to date. In addition, 41% of Scots are signed up to the NHS Organ Donor Register - the highest percentage of any of the four UK countries."
Ms McTaggart hosted an event at Parliament to mark the formal introduction of the bill, which was attended by representatives of a number of medical organisations including the British Medical Association (BMA), the Cystic Fibrosis Trust and the Scottish Kidney Federation, as well as transplant recipients and their families.
Ms McTaggart said she was "delighted" with the event, and the introduction of the bill.
"There's still a long way to go in the legislative process but I'm confident that the overwhelming evidence in favour of my proposals will ensure the success of my bill," she said.
Scottish TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, who had previously offered support, reiterated her backing for the bill via a video message where she stated that being an organ donor was a "unique opportunity for people to leave behind an amazing gift."
The BMA welcomed the publication of the bill. In a statement, Dr Sue Robertson, a member of the BMA's Scottish Council and a renal physician, said: "The whole transplant community works tremendously hard to increase the levels of organ donation with significant support from the Scottish government, but there are still people in Scotland waiting for an organ transplant.
"We believe that more can be done and more lives can be saved and this bill represents a positive step towards that goal," she added.
The British Heart Foundation also backs the bill.


A proposed merger between top French sides Racing 92 and Stade Francais has been called off.

The clubs, who are based in Paris and play in the Top 14 league, announced their intention to merge six days ago.
However, Racing 92 president Jacky Lorenzetti said, in agreement with Stade president Thomas Savare, they were "giving this project up".
Stade Francais players began an open-ended strike last week, denouncing what they deemed a takeover in disguise.
They refused to train or play against Castres this weekend, forcing Saturday's game to be postponed, while the French league also called off Racing's game against Montpellier.
Stade Francais supporters demonstrated against the proposed merger at the club's stadium after the initial merger announcement.
"I heard and understood the strong reservations expressed in response to this project," added Lorenzetti.
"In any case, the social, political, cultural, human, and sporting conditions were not in place. Perhaps we had the right plan too soon, only the future will tell."
Players, officials and supporters from both clubs were taken by surprise by the initial announcement on 13 March, with Stade centre Jonathan Danty saying he and his team-mates, who were on international duty with France, thought it was "a joke".
The merger had yet to be ratified by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR), who met team representatives on Friday.
Another meeting was also scheduled for Monday, while LNR president Paul Goze and French federation boss Bernard Laporte were also going to meet later the same day.
New Zealand legend Dan Carter leads Racing's list of stars while Italy's Sergio Parisse is on Stade's books.
Stade Francais won the French Top 14 title in 2014-15, while Racing took over as champions the following year, though both are currently in the lower half of the division.
Racing's new 30,000-capacity stadium is due to be completed later in 2017 while their rivals have updated and expanded their Stade Jean-Bouin home to hold 20,000 fans in recent years.


Teenager Ryan Sessegnon snatched an injury-time equaliser to rescue a point for Fulham and deny Burton their first away win in the Championship.

The 16-year-old struck from close range after Burton goalkeeper Jon McLaughlin could only fumble Sone Aluko's effort.
The visitors had taken the lead early in the second half when Jackson Irvine swept home his fourth goal of the season from just inside the area.
The result keeps Fulham in the play-off places and leaves Burton in mid-table.
Fulham dominated proceedings against the Championship new boys but had nothing to show for their efforts in the first half.
And they paid the price when Irvine put the visitors ahead in the 51st minute after good work by Stuart Beavon.
Fulham piled on the pressure but Chris Martin and Matt Smith missed chances and Aluko was denied by McLaughlin.
Sessegnon finally beat the Albion goalkeeper in the third minute of stoppage time, leaving Burton to settle for their third draw of the season.
Burton manager Nigel Clough: "Fulham deserved a point at least and dominated for long spells in the game. It's hard to hold out for that long. I wasn't surprised six minutes was added on.
"We are disappointed now but without a doubt when we go on the bus it will become a brilliant point. We had a makeshift team out so to get a draw is a superb result for us.
"We've been to Molineux on the weekend and here to Fulham and got two draws against two big teams."
Fulham manager Slavisa Jokanovic: "It was important not to lose two home games in a row.
"We have to be the more clinical and score the goals - they scored with their first shot.
"I have to be satisfied when you score the goal in extra-time. It was some kind of salvation but you generally believe, especially in our stadium, that we can win our home games."
Match ends, Fulham 1, Burton Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Fulham 1, Burton Albion 1.
Attempt missed. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high from a direct free kick.
Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Tom Cairney (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jackson Irvine (Burton Albion).
Substitution, Burton Albion. Shaun Barker replaces Hamza Choudhury.
Jozabed (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Fulham 1, Burton Albion 1. Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner.
Attempt saved. Sone Aluko (Fulham) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tom Cairney.
Jamie Ward (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Tomas Kalas (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jamie Ward (Burton Albion).
Foul by Matt Smith (Fulham).
Matthew Palmer (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Floyd Ayité (Fulham) because of an injury.
Foul by Ryan Sessegnon (Fulham).
Hamza Choudhury (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jozabed (Fulham) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
Attempt missed. Jamie Ward (Burton Albion) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Chris O'Grady with a headed pass.
Foul by Scott Parker (Fulham).
Hamza Choudhury (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Fulham. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
Attempt missed. Floyd Ayité (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Offside, Burton Albion. Matthew Palmer tries a through ball, but Chris O'Grady is caught offside.
Ragnar Sigurdsson (Fulham) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Ragnar Sigurdsson (Fulham).
Chris O'Grady (Burton Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, Fulham. Jozabed replaces Kevin McDonald.
Substitution, Fulham. Floyd Ayité replaces Chris Martin.
Foul by Matt Smith (Fulham).
Ben Turner (Burton Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Fulham. Conceded by Hamza Choudhury.
Ben Turner (Burton Albion) is shown the yellow card.
Sone Aluko (Fulham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Turner (Burton Albion).
Attempt blocked. Tom Cairney (Fulham) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Scott Parker (Fulham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Hezbollah - the Party of God - is a Shia Islamist political, military and social organisation that wields considerable power in Lebanon.

It emerged with the help of Iran during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in the early 1980s, though its ideological roots stretch back to the Shia Islamic revival in Lebanon in the 1960s and '70s.
After Israel withdrew in 2000, Hezbollah resisted pressure to disarm and continued to strengthen its military wing, the Islamic Resistance. In some ways, its capabilities now exceed those of the Lebanese army, its considerable firepower used against Israel in the 2006 war.
The group also gradually became a key power broker in Lebanon's political system, and has effectively gained veto power in the cabinet.
Hezbollah has been accused of carrying out a string of bombings and plots against Jewish and Israeli targets and is designated a terrorist organisation by Western states, Israel, Gulf Arab countries and the Arab League.
Some Lebanese consider Hezbollah a threat to the country's stability, but it is enduringly popular within the Shia community.
Hezbollah's precise origins are difficult to pinpoint, but its precursors emerged following the Israeli invasion of South Lebanon in response to attacks by Palestinian militants in 1982, when Shia leaders favouring a militant response broke away from the leading Amal movement.
The new organisation, Islamic Amal, received considerable military and organisational support from Iran's Revolutionary Guards based in the Bekaa Valley, and emerged as the most prominent and effective of the Shia militias that would later form Hezbollah.
The groups launched attacks on the Israeli military and its ally, the South Lebanon Army (SLA), as well as foreign powers in Lebanon. They are believed to have been behind the bombings of the US embassy and US Marine barracks in 1983, which together left 258 Americans and 58 French servicemen dead, and led Western peacekeeping forces to withdraw.
In 1985, Hezbollah officially announced its establishment by publishing an "open letter" that identified the US and the Soviet Union as Islam's principal enemies and called for the "obliteration" of Israel, which it said was occupying Muslim lands.
It also called for the "adoption of the Islamic system on the basis of free and direct selection of the people, not the basis of forceful imposition".
The 1989 Taif Accord that ended Lebanon's civil war and called for the disarmament of militias prompted Hezbollah to rebrand its military wing as an "Islamic Resistance" force dedicated to ending Israel's occupation, allowing it to keep its weapons.
After the Syrian military imposed peace on Lebanon in 1990, Hezbollah continued its guerrilla war in South Lebanon, but also began to play an active role in Lebanese politics. In 1992, it successfully participated in national elections for the first time.
When Israeli forces finally withdrew in 2000, Hezbollah was credited with pushing them out. The group resisted pressure to disarm and maintained its military presence in the South, claiming as justification the continued Israeli presence in the Shebaa Farms and other disputed areas.
In 2006, Hezbollah militants launched a cross-border attack in which eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two others kidnapped, triggering a massive Israeli response.
Israeli warplanes bombed Hezbollah strongholds in the South and in Beirut's southern suburbs, while Hezbollah fired about 4,000 rockets at Israel. More than 1,125 Lebanese, most of them civilians, died during the 34-day conflict, as well as 119 Israeli soldiers and 45 civilians.
Hezbollah survived the war and emerged emboldened. Although it is has since upgraded and expanded its arsenal and recruited scores of new fighters, there has been no major flare-up along the border area, which is now patrolled by UN peacekeepers and the Lebanese army.
In 2008, when Lebanon's Western-backed government moved to shut down Hezbollah's private telecommunications network and remove Beirut airport's security chief over ties to the group, Hezbollah responded by seizing much of the capital and fighting rival Sunni groups.
To end the sectarian clashes that left 81 people dead and brought Lebanon to the brink of a new civil war, the government backed down and a power-sharing agreement gave Hezbollah and its allies the power to veto any cabinet decision.
In 2009 elections it won 10 seats in parliament and remained in the unity government.
Later that year, Hezbollah's secretary general Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah issued a new political manifesto that sought to highlight the group's "political vision".
It dropped the reference to an Islamic republic found in the 1985 manifesto, but maintained a tough line against Israel and the US and said Hezbollah needed to keep its weapons.
In 2011, the group and its allies forced the collapse of the unity government led by Saad Hariri, a Saudi-backed Sunni, with Hezbollah warning that it would not stand by as four of its members were accused of involvement in the 2005 assassination of Mr Hariri's father Rafik.
Hezbollah and its allies have continued to be part of subsequent governments, where they wield considerable influence.
As the war in Syria escalated, thousands of Hezbollah militants went to fight for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, proving decisive in helping pro-government forces recover ground lost to rebels, particularly along the Lebanese border.
Hezbollah's involvement in Syria, however, has sharpened sectarian tensions in Lebanon, where the group has been targeted in a series of bombings by Sunni militants.
Its support for Syria's Shia Alawite president and alliance with Iran has also seen a deepening of hostility from Gulf Arab states, led by Iran's main regional rival, Saudi Arabia.
In early 2016, Saudi Arabia led Gulf countries and the Arab League to declare Hezbollah a terrorist group, accusing it of "hostile acts".


Sale Sharks scrum-half Peter Stringer could be out for up to three months with a torn biceps.

The 38-year-old former Ireland international suffered the injury in Sale's 34-34 draw at Worcester.
Stringer joined the Sharks from Bath last season and made 24 appearances in his debut campaign.
"He snapped his bicep tendon on Saturday so he's going to be out for two to three months," director of rugby Steve Diamond told BBC Sport.
"The rest of the walking wounded are about two or three weeks away."
Diamond also confirmed that former Bath, London Welsh and Newport Gwent Dragons winger Nick Scott has joined on a deal until Christmas.


Garry Monk praised the collective spirit of his Swansea City side following their win at Manchester United.

Swansea kicked off the Premier League season with a 2-1 win to spoil Louis van Gaal's first game in charge.
Monk was happier to have secured three points rather than masterminding a first ever league win at Old Trafford.
"The whole key to it all was us coming together as a group and working together," he said.
"I made it clear to the players this week to go up here and show exactly what we're about.
"We had a game plan to try and work to and to a man they were very, very good.
"We could have improved in a lot of areas [but] to come to Old Trafford in the first game of the season with everything going on… it was very good to get that level out of the boys already.
"There will be ups and downs but as long as I keep that focus on them and give what I feel is right for them then hopefully we'll have more days like this."
Swansea had beaten Manchester United 2-1 at Old Trafford in the FA Cup third round in January 2014.
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But goals from Ki Sung-yueng and Gylfi Sigurdsson in between Wayne Rooney's equaliser secured a historic win.
Despite the opening day win, Monk is working to further strengthen his squad before the transfer window closes on Monday, 1 September.
"We're trying to work on certain areas to bring two or three bodies in which we really do need," Monk said.
"We need to add two or three players to boost the squad in terms of numbers and quality and that's what we'll be looking to do."
Argentina defender Federico Fernandez is set to undergo a Swansea City medical on Sunday after the club agreed a fee with Italian side Napoli.
Fernandez will become Swansea's seventh summer signing, one of which saw the return of Icelandic midfielder Sigurdsson.
Sigurdsson, who spent a season on loan with the Swans during the 2011-12 campaign, signed from Tottenham in July with Wales international Ben Davies going to Spurs.
The 24-year-old scored the winner. "That's why I brought him in and that's quality he can offer us," Monk said.
"When you come to places like this this those opportunities don't come around very often.
"You have to be very patient, be very concentrated and focused and be ready for that moment and Gylfi was."


The star of the US TV reality show Duck Dynasty is facing criticism after a speech that included a graphic story about an atheist family being killed.

Phil Robertson appeared to be using the imagined story to claim that atheists would not find rape or murder immoral.
Atheist groups denounced the speech, saying it was unlikely Robertson actually knows any atheists.
In 2013, he was suspended from his TV show and quickly reinstated following derogatory remarks about homosexuality.
Robertson has since become a political figure. He recently spoke at CPAC, a large gathering of American conservatives that included presidential hopefuls such as Ted Cruz and Rand Paul.
"Two guys break into an atheist's home," Robertson said in the speech. "He has a little atheist wife and two little atheist daughters.
"Two guys break into his home and tie him up in a chair and gag him. And then they take his two daughters in front of him and rape both of them and then shoot 'em and they take his wife and then decapitate her head off [sic] in front of him."
He continued: "And they can look at him and say, 'Isn't it great that I don't have to worry about being judged? Isn't it great that there's nothing wrong with this? There's no right or wrong, now is it dude?'"
Duck Dynasty - now in its seventh series - has broken several ratings records on both A&E and cable television as a whole, with the fourth season premiere drawing 11.8 million viewers.
It follows the lives of the Robertson family, a clan with old-fashioned values who live together in Louisiana, running their multi-million dollar family business, Duck Commander - which makes products for duck hunters.


Three early 19th Century buildings in Reading are to be converted into private homes, under plans published by the University of Reading.

The listed properties on London Road were last used by the Witan International College 10 years ago.
The university, which owns the buildings, and a private developer plan to convert them into 53 apartments.
Christopher Reeve of the university said the buildings "create a sense of heritage" in the town.
If planning permission is granted by Reading Borough Council, restoration work will start in early 2016 and is expected to take approximately nine months.