A recent study commissioned by Brighton and Hove city council recommended the opening of drug consumption rooms, places where people could inject drugs under medical supervision without fear of prosecution.

The aim is to lower the number of drug-related deaths in the city, a problem Brighton suffers with particularly, and reduce the amount of drug-taking on the street and the associated problems that it causes.
Critics however have suggested the policy would risk condoning illegal behaviour, will enable people to continue a poor lifestyle and places too much emphasis on harm reduction at the expense of care for users.
The policy, which aims to reduce the health risks associated with drug-taking and help users get access to treatment programmes, has already been implemented, in different ways and to a different extent, in Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Australia, Spain, Luxembourg, Norway and the Netherlands.
The first officially-sanctioned drug consumption room opened in Berne in 1986. Health workers had noticed that drug users were being shunned by cafes and bars and so were gathering in the street. They opened cafes for them where they would have access to healthcare information and the opportunity to seek treatment.
People then began using these cafes as places to take drugs and the authorities decided that, rather than banning the practice, it would be more effective to monitor it and provide users with a safe and clean environment.
The facilities provide, along with a place to take drugs, a cafeteria, showers, fresh clothes and provisions for health and social care. No drug-dealing is allowed on the premises and no alcohol is sold in the cafeteria, but there are places for smoking and sniffing as well as injecting.
Users of the rooms must be at least 18 years of age and be a dependent drug user with official documentation, casual users are not allowed to use the rooms.
Vancouver has the only legal drug consumption room in North America. It operates under a special exemption from the country's drug laws which it nearly lost in 2008. The minister for health refused to extend the exemption but the Canadian Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favour of the facility staying open.
Users in Vancouver remain anonymous and, unlike most other drug consumption rooms, no admission criteria are required.
The room is also used for research projects, but these are optional for users. The facility has 12 fully-equipped injection booths, with syringes, cookers and tourniquets, as well as a "chill-out" lounge and rooms where people can stay if they wish to detox, before moving on to a longer-term rehabilitation programme.
In 1990 a church-operated social care institution began allowing drug-taking on its premises but consumption rooms were not officially established by law until 1996.
By 2010 there were 37 consumption rooms in 25 different cities, many of which form part of a larger facility offering a broad range of social and medical care.
People using the rooms are required to sign a contract agreeing to the house rules and must already have their drugs on them.
There are limits on how long a user can spend in the rooms, with separate rooms for injecting and smoking.
Australia's only consumption room is in Sydney and is run by a non-government Christian organisation. Like many other drug-user facilities around the world, people must be 18 to enter, be already dependent on drugs and not be pregnant or accompanied by a child. Drug-dealing on the premises is banned and people must not be intoxicated when they arrive.
Upon arrival visitors to the centre are assessed, their personal information and medical history, including overdose and treatment history, are taken. They then go to the injection rooms, where medical help is available in case of overdose.
There is an aftercare room where they can be observed after using until they are ready to leave, they are not allowed to immediately return to the injection rooms. As well as health advice the centre also helps users with housing, welfare and legal issues.
Drug consumption rooms were already operating in Hamburg and Frankfurt before they were formally legalised in 2000 and there are now 26 in existence in 17 different cities. German consumption rooms refuse entry to people who are under opioid replacement therapy, such as the methadone programme, as well as new injectors and intoxicated people.
The centres provide clean drug paraphernalia as well as advice on how to use safely. There are also on-site counselling programmes, which aim to refer users to treatment programmes. They also provide free condoms and affordable meals and often have showers and laundry services.


Millwall midfielder Ben Thompson has signed a new contract which will keep him at The Den until 2021.

The 21-year-old has risen through the club's youth ranks and made his senior debut against Southampton in 2014.
He has now made 53 league appearances for the League One side, with a single goal against Shrewsbury in April 2016.
Thompson told the club website: "I love it here. I love playing here. It's a great club and a great place to play your football. Long may it continue."
Millwall, who are 10th in League One and five points outside the promotion play-off zone, host 12th-placed Walsall on Wednesday.


British pentathlete Jamie Cooke proved his Rio Olympic credentials by easing into Saturday's European Championship final at the University of Bath.

Cooke finished third in qualification, and a top-eight finish in the final will secure his place in Brazil.
Team-mates Tom Toolis (10th) and Joe Choong (22nd) will also bid for GB's maximum allocation of two Olympic places at the weekend.
However, London Olympian Nick Woodbridge (53rd) missed out.
Cooke - a World Cup winner in February - was one of three men to make the Olympic qualifying standard a year before London 2012, but was overlooked in favour of Woodbridge and Sam Weale.
After recording the quickest 200m freestyle time in his favoured event, and impressing in his weaker fencing discipline, the 24-year-old is determined not to miss out on another Games.
"It would be amazing to get that place, but it wouldn't take the pressure off," Cooke told BBC Sport.
"We have such a strong squad that anything could happen next year, so I'll have to keep fighting all of next year as well."
Toolis secured his place in the final with an impressive run-shoot combined phase.
"It will be really different in the final and everyone will up the intensity but I'm looking forward to it and the crowd backing me up," said Toolis.
On Friday, Olympic silver medallist Samantha Murray will bid to reach the women's individual final safe in the knowledge she has already achieved the Olympic standard.
Murray's fifth place at this year's World Championships secured her a named place at the Rio Games.
However, team-mates Frejya Prentice, Kate French and Francesca Summers could yet deny her that place if they are able to achieve top-eight finishes in Sunday's final.


Middlesbrough have signed Atalanta midfielder Marten de Roon for an undisclosed fee, widely reported to be around £12m.

The 25-year-old Dutchman scored once in 36 Serie A appearances last season.
The defensive midfielder is Boro's third summer signing as they prepare for their first season back in the Premier League after promotion in May.
"Really happy with my transfer!" he tweeted. "Let's make a good season in the Premier League. Come on The Boro!"
The Riverside team had already signed defender Bernardo Espinosa from Sporting and winger Viktor Fischer from Ajax in this transfer window.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Seventeen people have been arrested after a protest at Stansted Airport in Essex temporarily halted take-offs and landings on Tuesday.

Police were called at 21:30 BST as a group entered a non-commercial runway and locked themselves in an aircraft.
Those involved were trying to stop a charter flight which they claim was due to deport people to Nigeria and Ghana.
A spokesman for the airport said the runway was closed as a "precaution" but reopened at 23.17 BST.
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In total, 23 incoming flights were diverted to other airports, including scheduled arrivals from Naples, Cologne, Glasgow, Riga, Belfast and Bilbao.
The spokesman said the protest took place in a remote part of the airport used by private operators, away from the passenger terminal or runway.
Essex Police said on Wednesday that officers were at the scene and in the process of removing protesters from the aircraft, which was destined for Nigeria.
Acting Assistant Chief Constable Sean O'Callaghan said police "quickly contained" the protesters in one area of the airport.
"We continue to work closely with our partners and the airport authority as we are working to apprehend the protesters quickly and effectively," he said.
He added that there was "minimal impact" on the airport. The force said three arrests had been made so far, but no more details were given.
The activists posted images of the protest on social media, including a photograph of people lying on the ground as they were surrounded by security staff and police.
In a Facebook post they said the flight was due to "forcibly deport dozens of people to Nigeria and Ghana" but this has not been confirmed.
One of the protestors, Susan James, said: "I don't want to stay silent in the face of mass deportations that are deliberately rushed and secretive."


Wales stand on the brink of history with the sense of anticipation around the squad palpable on the eve of their first match at a major tournament for 58 years.

Chris Coleman's side face Slovakia in Bordeaux on Saturday in their opening Group B fixture of Euro 2016.
Yet Coleman has told his team they must focus on putting in a good performance before they are able to revel in the significance of the occasion.
"I thought it would never happen, but we're here. It's something we've dreamed about," he said.
"I understand we've got 25,000 or 30,000 Welsh supporters here to back us, which is incredible. We want to do them proud.
"It's not the time to sit back and enjoy the moment.
"It's time to do what we can, perform like we can perform and then we will enjoy the moment."
Wales' last match at a major tournament was in 1958 - 35 years before Czechoslovakia reverted to Slovakia and the Czech Republic.
Slovakia, by contrast, played at a major international tournament as recently as the 2010 World Cup, but both sides are about to make their first appearance at the finals of a European Championship.
Coleman says he has no concerns about the fact Wales have won only one of their past seven matches, and he is eager for his players to immerse themselves in the magnitude of Saturday's encounter.
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"Walking out will be something special but we've got to remember we're not just here to smile and have a laugh and a joke - we're here to perform," he added.
"If we perform, that's what it's all about. I just want to see them do what they're capable of doing.
"Taking points on top of that would be superb, but we can only do what's made us successful, concentrate on our performance.
"Just walking out and singing the anthem in any game when you play for Wales is the most powerful emotion.
"The fact we're at a tournament is the icing on the cake."
Coleman has spoken about doing the nation proud, seizing the opportunity that eluded the illustrious former Wales players who never qualified for a major tournament.
John Toshack, Neville Southall and Ian Rush are among those often mentioned, as is Ryan Giggs, who remains an inspiration to the talisman of the current side, Gareth Bale.
"He was my hero growing up, an amazing player and it would have been amazing for him to play on an international stage like this," said Bale.
"I've been playing for Wales for 10 years and it's been a massive goal of mine to get to a major championship.
"We've achieved that but, as I've said many times before, we don't want to come here just to make up the numbers.
"We've done something amazing our country hasn't done in a long time, but now we want to do even better."
Bale insists Wales are not a one-man team, although it is no secret how pivotal a role the Real Madrid forward plays for his country.
Scoring seven and assisting two of Wales' 11 goals in qualifying, Bale is their undoubted star man- but what about the rest of the team?
Coleman favours a 5-3-2 formation, where the team's width comes from the two wing-backs, Chris Gunter and Neil Taylor, whose advances when Wales attack mean the shape can morph into a 3-4-2-1, allowing Bale and Aaron Ramsey to roam behind the lone striker.
Hal Robson-Kanu is likely to fill that position having recovered from injury, and his role is to occupy opposition defenders with tireless running to create space for the likes of Bale and Ramsey.
Holding in midfield are Joe Allen and, when fit, Joe Ledley. The latter is not expected to start against Slovakia having only recently returned to full training after breaking his leg in May, so he is likely to be replaced by Andy King or David Edwards.
The foundation upon which this team is built is the defence, which conceded just four goals in 10 qualifiers.
With Gunter and Taylor the wing-backs, the three centre-backs against Slovakia are expected to be captain Ashley Williams, Ben Davies and James Chester, whose main competition for a starting spot comes from James Collins.


Kilmarnock-born writer Graeme Macrae Burnet is among six authors shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Macrae Burnet's 19th Century-set novel His Bloody Project has put him in the running for the award.
It tells of the murder of three people in a crofting community in Applecross in the Highlands and the trial of the young man accused of the killings.
The winner of the fiction prize will be announced on 25 October in London.
Previous Man Booker Prize nominee Deborah Levy, Paul Beatty, Ottessa Moshfegh, David Szalay and Madeleine Thien have also been shortlisted.
Macrae Burnet, who has degrees in English Literature and International Security Studies from Glasgow and St Andrews universities, won the Scottish Book Trust New Writer Award in 2013.
His first first novel, The Disappearance of AdÃ¨le Bedeau, was longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Award.
The writer, who lives in Glasgow, said: "I'm so thrilled to be on the shortlist, especially when you consider the calibre of authors that were on the longlist.
"As a writer, all you want is for readers to have the opportunity to discover your work, and a Man Booker nomination propels your book to a wider audience than I could ever have dreamed of. It's quite astonishing."
Sara Hunt, of the book's Scottish publisher Contraband, said: "We are so very excited, both for Graeme and the book - we couldn't be happier."


A man will be detained in a mental health unit after setting a series of fires across Oxfordshire.

Andrew Main admitted setting fires that caused major damage at South Oxfordshire District Council's office, an undertakers and a thatched cottage.
The 47-year-old, of Rokemarsh, pleaded not guilty to a further charge of arson with intent to endanger life.
The prosecution decided not to proceed to trial with the charge at Oxford Crown Court, and it will lie on file.
The estimated cost to the council of repairing damage from the fires on 15 January was about Â£20m, the court heard.
Sentencing, Judge Ian Pringle said: "We will never know why you picked on the targets you did, but we will always know that the consequences were utterly, utterly devastating."
At their peak, 27 crews tackled fires in Rokemarsh and Crowmarsh Gifford, which were started within 10 minutes of each other shortly after 03:00 GMT. No-one was hurt.
In the first blaze, Jean Gladstone, 80, escaped from her thatched cottage on Quakers Corner in Rokemarsh.
Minutes later, a second fire was reported at Howard Chadwick Funeral Service in the village of Crowmarsh Gifford.
The third blaze engulfed the council offices.
It was revealed in court Main had mental health issues, most likely a severe bi-polar disorder.
The court was told he intended to kill himself after setting the fires.
He told a psychiatrist he wanted to use a chainsaw to cut his neck.
Prosecutors said CCTV footage from the night showed Main had a chainsaw with him.
He set the fires using gas cylinders, which were found at all three fire sites as well as Main's home.
The burnt-out wreckage of a car that ploughed into the council building moments before it caught fire was found in the foyer.
Main was told he would be detained in the mental health unit for an unlimited period of time.
Det Insp Louise Tompkins, senior investigating officer in the case, said the hospital order reflected "how unwell Mr Main was at the time he committed the offences".
"The fires had a significant impact on the local communities in and around Crowmarsh Gifford and Rokemarsh," she added.
Adrian Foster, chief crown prosecutor for Thames and Chiltern Crown Prosecution Service said the motives behind Main's "reckless actions" remained "unclear".
He added: "Main was assessed by two psychiatric doctors, who both agreed that it would not be possible to make a jury sure that he was capable of forming the requisite intent.
"Therefore, the pleas were accepted by the prosecution team.
"Main was clearly seriously ill... it is incredibly fortunate that nobody was hurt."
About 400 staff worked at the offices.
The fire completely destroyed the planning department and badly affected the environmental health department and housing department.
Planning applications and comments submitted in the days before the fire were destroyed and had to be resubmitted.
The complex also housed about two-thirds of the Vale of the White Horse District Council's staff.
The funeral parlour reopened last month following Â£100,000 of repair work.


Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray have so much shared history.

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And now, in the space of just four days in Melbourne, the world's top two players have both been on the receiving end of upsets almost without parallel in the past 10 years.
Former players were cheering Mischa Zverev on from the locker room - not because of any antipathy towards Murray, but because his opponent was playing the style of tennis many of them used to play to great effect.
Serving and volleying against the Briton seems counter-intuitive. Along with Djokovic, he is the best returner in the world - and if he does not manage to pass you, then he is more than likely to send a top spin lob fizzing over your head to within inches of the baseline.
But Zverev served superbly, and volleyed even better, again and again and again. The German hit some astonishing returns and made short shrift of Murray's second serve. And when the pressure started to rise, his level did not start to fall.
Pinned behind the baseline too frequently for comfort, Murray started missing more regularly. The Scot was unable to turn the tide or summon up the aggression that served him so well in the second half of last season.
Andre Agassi addressed this subject before the match. The four-time Australian Open champion was very complimentary about Murray in a video link to Melbourne Park on Saturday, as he explained how the 29-year-old could improve still further.
"I have always sort of talked about Andy as a person that has never really utilised his game to his maximum potential. He's so good at certain things that it almost makes him a bit indecisive," Agassi said.
"If you actually minimised his defensive skills just 5%, he might even actually be a better player.
"He puts himself through unnecessary wear and tear on a court, because his offensive upside is, I think, still more than he shows."
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Murray says he will now reflect on whether he could have done anything differently to prepare for the first Grand Slam of the year. He only had time for two weeks off after a frenetic end to last season, and must now balance the need for rest with his instinctive desire to play in Great Britain's Davis Cup first-round tie in Canada the week after next.
Murray suggested in the immediate aftermath of defeat that he intends to play in Ottawa, but his coaching team may well argue he should take a longer break before heading to Dubai in late February. The first two Masters events of the year follow in Indian Wells and Miami.
There is no immediate threat to Murray's world number one ranking - he will be 1,715 points ahead of Serb Djokovic when the list is refreshed at the end of the Australian Open.
He is certain to be number one until at least May because he has just a handful of ranking points to defend between now and the start of the clay court season.
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Can anything further be read into the early exits of both Murray and Djokovic, who will both have turned 30 by the time the next Grand Slam is staged at Roland Garros in four months?
Ageing players are once again doing very well at this Australian Open, with half of the 12 men left in the draw on Sunday night older than the pair of them.
And yet in the modern era, men have found it tricky to win Grand Slam titles in their thirties. Stan Wawrinka and Agassi have each done it twice, but even Roger Federer has managed it only once.
Mats Wilander, who won the last of his seven Grand Slam titles at the age of 24, explains why it can become harder to find the consistency required over seven rounds.
"You have good days and you have bad days when you get older," Wilander told BBC Sport.
"You don't have to call on anything when you are younger - it's just there naturally. You don't worry about the consequences, you just play and you fight until the bitter end. I think the mind gets in your way when you get older."
There are still three Grand Slam champions left in the draw, with Federer, Wawrinka and Rafael Nadal all now over 30. The younger challenge is led by Milos Raonic, Dominic Thiem and Grigor Dimitrov.
Along with Federer - who will not now have to face Murray in the quarter-finals - it may be Raonic who takes most heart from Sunday's events.
You will not find him at the net as often as Zverev, but he did add the 1996 Wimbledon champion Richard Krajicek to his team in December with the explicit intention of trying to move forward on a more regular basis.
We are a long way from declaring a new serve-and-volley era, but Melbourne Park's quicker courts have contributed to an enthralling first week - unless, that is, you happen to be ranked number one or two in the world.


Top Gear host Matt LeBlanc gatecrashed a "wedding" at St Paul's Cathedral while touring round the capital during filming.

He was joined by professional rally driver Ken Block as he spun around the city in a Ford Mustang.
The "wedding party", staged by actors outside the London landmark for the show, got a wave as they drove through the City of London.
The duo in Block's 845bhp 4WD Hoonicorn Mustang took a selfie on Tower Bridge.
At first it was thought it was a real wedding, but it later became clear the event had been staged for the programme.
Matt LeBlanc also tweeted a picture of himself from Canary Wharf saying: "Canary wharf is nice."
Paul Bradbury, head of retail at West Bromwich Albion Football Club, was in the capital with his wife for the weekend for a football match and caught the action at St Paul's Cathedral.
Mr Bradbury, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, said: "It was very very loud and entertaining but everyone seemed to enjoy it.
"Matt LeBlanc walked down and had a quick look of the route before he jumped in the car.
"The car seemed to stall for a couple of minutes but they got going again and made a couple of takes with the wedding party on the steps."
The new series of BBC Two show is due to start in May.


Former Health Minister Norman Lamb has confirmed he will run for the leadership of the Liberal Democrats.

The Norfolk North MP said he had "never shrunk away from a challenge" and that he wanted to work to restore trust in the party "undermined" in recent years.
Nick Clegg quit as leader after his party was left with eight MPs and a new leader will be elected in July.
The party's former president, Tim Farron, is also seen as one of the frontrunners to become leader.
Mr Lamb, who held his seat with a reduced majority of 4,043, said the general election had been "absolutely punishing" for his party.
He told BBC Look East he made his decision to stand after "an awful lot" of soul-searching in a period of "complete exhaustion" after the election.
But he concluded he should do it, he said, as "obviously the party suffered devastating results last Thursday. It's critically important that we reconnect and... have an effective advocate for what modern liberalism is all about."
He added: "As health minister I put body and soul into it and I would do the same for this job."
Mr Lamb told Radio 4's Today programme the public's confidence in his party had been severely damaged by its decision to go back on a pledge, made before the 2010 election, to oppose any increase in university tuition fees.
Mr Lamb voted in favour of the increase in fees to Â£9,000 in December 2010 when he was a whip in the Conservative-Lib Dem coalition government.
"Trust for me is critically important and that debacle massively undermined people's trust in the party," Mr Lamb said.
"I believe very strongly that we have now learned a massive lesson, an extremely painful one. But I don't think we will ever make that mistake again."
The Liberal Democrats have set in motion a two-month contest to succeed Mr Clegg after they said a new leader would be elected in July.
Mr Farron, who voted against the tuition fees increase, said his party must "turn our anger into action" and rebuild from the bottom upwards. He said he felt a sense of anger the election had been fought "on the politics of fear".
Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Farron added: "When one looks back at the election and you realise that the best asset David Cameron has is the SNP and the best asset the SNP has is David Cameron."
It was an election fought on the basis of people being terrified of the other, he said.
"Fear is a hugely motivating factor in elections, I'm sad to report."
Nominations for leader will open on 13 May and close on 3 June. Ballot papers will be sent out on 24 June and must be returned by 15 July. The winner will be declared on 16 July.


Shares in Tesco led the declines on the FTSE 100, giving up some of Friday's gains when the stock surged in the wake of news of its planned tie-up with food wholesaler Booker.

The supermarket's stock fell by more than 4% to close at 197.8p.
Over the weekend, press reports suggested the deal faced a lengthy investigation from competition regulators.
Shares in Booker also fell, with the FTSE 250 company down 3.6%.
Overall, the FTSE 100 ended down by 66 points at 7,118.48. Most major stock markets around the world fell after President Donald Trump's decision to impose a travel ban on seven Muslim-majority countries.
Among the gainers in the UK, Vodafone rose after the mobile phone company said that its Indian unit was in merger talks.
A combination of the two companies would create India's biggest telecoms firm. Shares rose 1.3%.
On the FTSE 250, shares in WS Atkins jumped 6% following a report in the Times that the engineering company had been approached by US company CH2M over a possible merger.
Flybe shares dipped 1.1% after the airline said it had seen a "slow start" to trading since the start of the new year, blaming "uncertain consumer confidence and poor weather".
That was despite the carrier reporting "solid" trading for the final three months of 2016, with revenues boosted by extra capacity. Flybe said passenger revenues rose 13.5% in the quarter, compared with 5.7% in the previous six months.
On the currency markets, the pound fell 0.5% against the dollar to $1.2484, but rose 0.4% against the euro to 1.1682 euros.


A routine blood test could predict whether a patient is likely to survive after surgery, a new study suggests.

Researchers found patients with lower levels of the protein troponin were less likely to die after an operation.
The test is normally used to diagnose a heart attack, during which the protein is released into the bloodstream.
Dr Matthew Jackson from Middlesbrough's James Cook University Hospital said the test could identify patients who needed extra medication, tests and monitoring.
"Now we need to find out why troponin levels are raised in some patients before surgery, and why these patients are more likely to die, in order to identify treatments that could reduce the risk of death following non-cardiac surgery," he said.
The study, which looked at patients who had not had a heart attack, has been presented to the British Cardiovascular Society conference in Manchester.
Blood samples from 993 patients were tested for troponin levels before they had non-cardiac surgery.
A quarter with levels above 50 nanograms per litre (ng/l) died within six months and 37% within a year, the researchers found.
Of those with lower than 17ng/l, just 2.5% died within six months of surgery and 3.7% within a year.
The link is not yet clear but patients with high troponin levels could have underlying inflammation, researchers said.
British Heart Foundation associate medical director Prof Metin Avkiran said if the "underlying causes" could be understood, treatment could be "tailored to improve outcome".


Singer Will Young has announced he has quit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing for "personal reasons".

The former Pop Idol winner said he left with "joy in my heart that I have been able to take part in one of the most loved shows on British television".
The 37-year-old praised his professional partner, Karen Clifton, saying that the partnership with her had been "the most wonderful thing".
The BBC said the show "fully respects" his decision and wishes him well.
In a statement, Young said: "To be a part of Strictly has been a long-time ambition of mine.
"As a performer, a viewer, and a fan of the show, to dance as a contestant was an experience I always hoped for.
"I have made some great friends, and am in awe of their performances week in, week out.
"I have found a creative partnership with Karen that has been the most wonderful thing to experience."
Young said he would be  "eternally grateful" to his dancing partner for "her direction, talent and guiding me through three wonderful dances that I will be able to show my grandkids in years to come."
He went on: "Unfortunately, I am leaving the show for personal reasons. I leave with joy in my heart that I have been able to take part in one of the most loved shows on British television."
The singer did not elaborate further on why he was leaving the show.
Clifton said Young had been fun to work with.
Writing on Twitter, she said: "I'm so sad that Will has decided to quit the show and I know it wasn't an easy decision for him.
"It was great dancing with him, he was such fun to work with and I wish him all the very best for the future."
Other members of the show took to the social media site to express their sadness at the announcement.
Professional dancer Natalie Lowe, who is partnered with athlete Greg Rutherford, wrote: "its been an absolute dream working & getting to know u. Your calm energy, smile & eyes are infectious & Light up the room."
Former Hollyoaks actor Danny Mac said he was "gutted" to lose Young from the show but everyone "fully supported" his decision.
Birds of a Feather actress Lesley Joseph uploaded a photo of herself with the singer and said she was "sad" to hear the news.
Young thanked everyone involved in Strictly and described them all as a "unique family".
He said in a statement: "I thank them from the bottom of my heart. And finally thank you to the BBC for supporting me throughout my journey. I wish my compatriots so much luck, and although I am back to being a viewer again, I'm certainly going to 'keeeep dancing'!"
The BBC said: "Due to personal reasons, Will Young has decided to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing. The show fully respects his decision and wishes him all the best for the future."
Young and his partner Clifton were joint fourth on the leader board at the end of week three after scoring 31 points for a salsa dance during a movie-themed week.
He drew criticism from head judge Len Goodman who told the pair he thought there was "not enough salsa" in the routine.
The couple were due to dance the Viennese Waltz to Say Something by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera on Saturday's show.
The programme will proceed as normal with a results show on Sunday when the third celebrity will be eliminated.
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Amazon has doubled the minimum spend UK shoppers must make before they qualify for "free" deliveries.

The online store will now require its customers to spend at least £20 to make use of its "super saver delivery" offer for most purchases.
The facility originally did not have a price barrier when it was introduced in 2009, but a minimum £10 spend was added in 2013.
The latest move comes at a time of historically low UK inflation rates.
It comes a month after the US-based company posted a $57m loss (£36m) for its last quarter.
But one expert suggested the reason was more likely an effort by Amazon to drive more users to a £79-a-year service that covers the next-day delivery of many items, rather than an effort to combat costs.
"There is always a pressure on Amazon from its investors to increase profitability, but I think the bigger factor is trying to shepherd people into Prime membership as well as improving the margins on each basket [of goods sold to others]," said Steve Mader from the Kantar Retail consultancy.
"What we have seen when it increased the minimum threshold in a couple of other markets is that there isn't a significant decrease in the amount of transactions that take place because of the convenience it offers."
Amazon is making an exception for one category of product - any purchase including a £10 spend on books will still qualify for a free drop-off.
The super saver delivery service is limited to goods dispatched to customers from Amazon's own warehouses, and requires them to wait longer for delivery than they would if they had paid for a Prime subscription.
Amazon is also investing heavily in streamed TV shows and movies, as well as other bundled services, to attract new members to Prime.
It recently told analysts it had spent more than $1.3bn on such content in order to deter its users from shopping elsewhere.
"It's certainly impacting our operating results, but we like what we see," said its chief financial officer Tom Szkutak during a conference call a fortnight ago.
"This video content that we're spending [money on] is helping us get customers who buy consumables from us, they will buy clothing from us, they will buy shoes from us, they will buy electronics, they will buy media items."


A statue has been unveiled of Mahatma Gandhi in London's Parliament Square.

The unveiling of the 9ft (2.7m) bronze statue marks 100 years since Gandhi returned to India from South Africa to begin his struggle for independence.
The Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust raised more than Â£1m for the work which was described as a "magnificent tribute".
The statue was unveiled by Indian finance minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, in a ceremony which also involved Gandhi's grandson, Gopalkrishna Gandhi.
British sculptor, Philip Jackson, was commissioned to create the work with his previous pieces including statues of the Queen Mother and Bomber Command.
He said he was inspired by photographs of the civil rights leader outside 10 Downing Street on a visit in 1931.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "This statue is a magnificent tribute to one of the most towering figures in the history of world politics and by putting Mahatma Gandhi in this famous square we are giving him an eternal home in our country."
Gandhi was known for his use of non-violent protest and undertook various hunger strikes to protest against the oppression of India's poorest classes.


A proposal by Sinn Féin to change the official name of Londonderry to Derry has been described as "sectarian" by unionists.

A motion supporting the name change was passed at a meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council on Thursday.
The council will now write to the environment minister to seek clarification on how to go about the change.
All previous attempts to change the name have failed.
The London prefix was added to Derry when the city was granted a Royal Charter by King James I in 1613.
In 1984, the name of the nationalist-controlled council was changed from Londonderry to Derry City Council, but the city itself continues to be officially known as Londonderry.
The issue was addressed in the High Court in 2007 when the judge ruled that only legislation or Royal prerogative could change the city's name.
On Thursday, Sinn Féin councillor Eric McGinley brought the motion to the council.
"In the previous Derry City Council there was a clear policy to change the official name of the city back to Derry.
"Unfortunately that proposal was defeated by the DUP and SDLP so we're simply revisiting the issue and yesterday's decision now seeks again to change the official name."
Mr McGinley added that the proposal was not about airbrushing London from the history of the city.
"We have a clear view that the city needs a clear brand, one single name, one single identity would help promote the city around the world."
DUP councillor David Ramsey said the motion was simply another attempt to stir up tensions.
"If republican and nationalists politicians in the city are serious about equality and a shared future we should be celebrating our connection with London.
"We should also be celebrating our diversity of our British and Irish cultures and history which includes the historical name Londonderry after the stonemasons who built the city.
"It creates sectarian tension and how does this reflect upon the nationalist republican goal to achieve a shared future?"
DUP Foyle MLA Gary Middleton condemned the proposal and claimed Sinn Féin had introduced it to distract from their "illogical position on welfare which is taking £2m per week away from frontline services".
He said the matter had already been ruled upon by the courts.
"In 2007, Mr Justice Weatherup ruled that the city charter could only be changed by prerogative or legislation," he added. "The council is irrelevant to the name of the city.
"Therefore no matter how much Sinn Féin want to change the name of the city, they know that they cannot."
Ulster Unionist councillor William McCandless said the "official name of the city is Londonderry".
He said it was a name that "unites the two communities -  London for the British tradition and Derry for the Irish tradition".
"Indeed many unionists are quite prepared to use 'Derry' as a shorthand term in everyday speech, but they are in no doubt that for official purposes the full name of the city is Londonderry," he added.


A Flintshire man who shot himself in the foot has been told to expect a long prison sentence.

Mark Hughes, 23, from Buckley, admitted to the possession of a sawn off shotgun and stun gun last summer, as well as drugs offences.
He said he found the weapons while digging in his grandparents' garden.
But that was dismissed as "utter nonsense" by Judge Rhys Rowlands at Mold Crown Court.
Hughes was found in possession of the double barrelled 60cm (24 inch) shot gun and the stun gun - which gives off an electrical charge - on 31 July 2016.
Both were in working order.
He told the court he had the weapons as he was considering taking his own life.
Judge Rowlands said it was a sad case and it was clear Hughes had suffered a very unpleasant injury.
But he dismissed his claim of finding the weapons in a garden.
He told Hughes: "You are addressing a very keen gardener. I don't come across weapons in my garden and I suspect no one else does either".
Judge Rowlands added that Hughes may well have considered harming himself, but if he persisted with his claims of how he came by the weapons, evidence would have to be called. He would then lose credit in sentencing.
Hughes will be sentenced next month.


Tony Bellew and David Haye will meet in an all-British non-title heavyweight fight on 4 March at London's O2 Arena.

WBC cruiserweight champion Bellew, 33, taunted 36-year-old former world heavyweight champion Haye after retaining his title by knocking out BJ Flores in October.
As their fight was announced, Bellew said: "I cop him with my best punch, he's going to sleep."
Haye said: "He is completely delusional if he thinks he can beat me."
The Londoner returned to the ring in January after a three-and-a-half-year absence with a knockout win over Mark de Mori, and beat Arnold Gjergjaj in May.
"He hasn't been in a hard fight for over five years," said Bellew. "I know that he does not want it as much as me and he is not going to be as brave as me."
Liverpudlian Bellew also had time away from the ring - to play a supporting role in the Rocky spin-off Creed - before winning the world title with a third-round knockout of Ilunga Makabu at Goodison Park in May.
"He still thinks he's on the set of Creed and there will be some kind of Rocky-style happy ending," said Haye, who was previously a unified cruiserweight world champion.
"I've earned my credentials the hard way - inside the ring, not on film sets. There will be no second takes, no stuntmen taking the blows and no flashing lights on the red carpet. The only lights Bellew will see are those of the spotlights shining down on him when he wakes up from his nap on the canvas."
Former British light-heavyweight champion Bellew jumped to cruiserweight after failing to win a world title at his first two attempts.
'The Bomber', known for his punching power, is aware of the risk he is taking by stepping up further.
"I know what I am up against," said Bellew. "He cops me with his best punch, more than likely I am going to sleep.
"If it comes down to a question of heart and determination, I win hands down. If it comes down to one punch, it's a 50-50."


As the Westminster government considers the fallout of the Scottish 'no' vote in the recent independence referendum, students at Queen's University in Belfast have been debating Northern Ireland's future position within the UK.

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BBC Ireland correspondent Chris Bucker spoke to Young Unionist Cathy Corbett, Sinn FÃ©in member OisÃn Hassan, and Julia Andrade-Roche - an American student studying for a PhD about identity in Northern Ireland.


China's leading search engine Baidu has posted its first-ever decline in quarterly revenue in the wake of regulatory pressure over ads.

Revenue fell to 18.3bn yuan ($2.7bn, Â£2.2bn) for the third quarter, 0.7% down from a year earlier.
The drop comes as a government curb on its advertising continues to affect profit.
The crackdown by regulators was in response to paid-for ads listing suspect, ineffectual medical treatment.
It comes after an outcry over the death of a student who tried an experimental cancer therapy that came top of the list in his Baidu web search.
Student Wei Zexi, who was diagnosed with synovial sarcoma in 2014, had said he found out about a controversial cancer treatment through Baidu.
The treatment was unsuccessful and the 21-year-old student died on 12 April.
Before his death, Wei publicly accused the hospital of misleading him and his family of the treatment's effectiveness, and criticised Baidu for selling search listings for medical information to the highest bidder.
Baidu has denied ranking hospitals in promoted search results solely based on how much they paid, and says the hospital had been approved by the Beijing municipal government.
Baidu is China's largest search engine with 80% market share and is often compared to Google.
The company also said it expects revenue for the fourth quarter to again show a slight decrease from the previous year.
Earlier this month, Baidu had announced a $3 billion investment fund focused on mid- and late-stage start-ups to explore new growth opportunities.
Baidu is also investing in artificial intelligence and self-driving car technology.


Hundreds of staff at Scotland's largest local authority have voted in favour of strike action in an on-going dispute over pay and conditions.

The GMB union said it would ballot for strike action unless Glasgow City Council "immediately withdraw" proposed cuts affecting its members.
In a consultative ballot of 1,000 staff, more than 80% voted, with 95% backing industrial action.
The council said it had consulted with the unions "every step of the way".
Those balloted work in areas such as refuse, street cleaning and parks.
GMB officer Benny Rankin said: "There has never been such a level of support for strike action in living memory.
"After years of pay freezes and seeing their standard of living eroded, our members have had enough."
Mr Rankin said GMB members were "not going to pay for the financial crisis in Glasgow".
"We don't care if the financial problems are down to John Swinney's cuts or failings in Glasgow City Council, enough is enough," he said.
"We demand that Glasgow City Council immediately withdraw the cuts to pay and conditions they tabled. If they do not, we will move to a formal ballot for strike action."
Cllr Frank McAveety, leader of Glasgow City Council, said: "I'm surprised to hear of these claims from the GMB. When the budget options are put to the council next week, I believe there will be no grounds for the threat of strikes.
"We have consulted with the unions every step of the way and have delivered our pledge of no compulsory redundancies. Staff will also have among the best terms and conditions in the country.
"This is despite having to save Â£130m over the next two years after the Scottish government made unprecedented cuts to our budget."


Hillary Clinton has launched a full broadside against Donald Trump, accusing her Republican opponent of issuing a "steady stream of bigotry" and espousing policies that would "put prejudice into practice".

"From the start, Donald Trump has built his campaign on prejudice and paranoia," she said. "He is taking hate groups mainstream and helping a radical fringe take over the Republican Party. His disregard for the values that make our country great is profoundly dangerous."
The 35-minute speech was largely a recitation of Mr Trump's most controversial statements and actions over the years - his "Mexican judge" comments about Gonzalo Curiel, his questioning of Barack Obama's birth status, his campaign ties to the "alt-right" movement and a 1973 Justice Department lawsuit that accused him of refusing to rent apartments to minorities.
Mrs Clinton also took a few swipes at what she characterised as her opponent's unpresidential temperament.
"Don't worry, some will say, as president, Trump will be surrounded by smart advisers who will rein in his worst impulses," she said. "So when a tweet gets under his skin and he wants to retaliate with a cruise missile, maybe cooler heads will convince him not to."
It was a reprise of criticisms she had made in a June speech in which she targeted the Republican's foreign policy views, prompting an angry response from Mr Trump. Thursday's speech was no different.
"Just watched recap of #CrookedHillary's speech," Mr Trump tweeted. "Very short and lies. She is only one fear-mongering!"
The campaign also released statements from several political advisers and business associates denouncing Mrs Clinton's speech.
"Today proved to the American public what we have known all along - Hillary Clinton has no hope, no vision and no ideas for the future of our country," campaign manager Kellyanne Conway said. "We're living in her head rent-free, and that must terrify the political insiders who want to keep things exactly the way they are."
Outside the confines of Mr Trump's campaign team, however, the Republican Party establishment's reaction has been the political equivalent of crickets chirping.
According to Frank Thorp of NBC News, press representatives of both Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell - the highest-ranking Republican officeholders in the US - said the two men probably did not watch Mrs Clinton's speech.
The Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus, who has laboured to smooth relations between the Trump campaign and the party apparatus, also has gone dark - as has the party's media office.
It's a telling development - and one that plays directly into a rapidly unfolding Clinton campaign strategy to drive a wedge between mainstream Republicans and their presidential candidate. Instead of trying to hang Mr Trump's current unpopularity around the neck of establishment officeholders and their rank-and-file supporters, the Democrats have offered their counterparts an olive branch.
Mrs Clinton's speech on Thursday, in fact, was a natural extension of Mr Obama's address during the Democratic National Convention last month, in which he portrayed Trumpism as not "particularly Republican" or conservative.
"I think it's fair to say, this is not your typical election," he said. "It's not just a choice between parties or policies; the usual debates between left and right. This is a more fundamental choice - about who we are as a people."
If this is now the official strategy of the Democratic Party, its adoption was far from certain. According to hacked party emails made public by Wikileaks last month, officials in the Democratic National Committee debated the merits of - and expressed unease with - drawing distinctions between Mr Trump and the rest of Republican Party.
"We would basically have to throw out our entire frame that the GOP made Trump through years of divisive and ugly politics," Democratic Party communications director Luis Miranda writes to a colleague. "We would have to say that Republicans are reasonable and that the good ones will shun Trump. It just doesn't work from the party side."
From the Clinton campaign side, however, the strategy has obvious appeal. It may make it easier for the former secretary of state to negotiate with Republicans if she is elected president - and ensure that election is more likely.
Mrs Clinton has a lead in both national and swing-state polls, but Mr Trump is currently in the middle of attempting - sometimes awkwardly - to smooth out some of his sharper rhetoric and back away from controversial stances.
He has a new campaign team and has replaced his occasionally meandering, inflammatory rally speeches with scripted addresses that focuses on what he describes as Mrs Clinton's ties to the corrupt establishment.
Earlier this week, Mr Trump said he was open to "softening" his hard-line position on deporting the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the US, for instance.
Mrs Clinton may have decided this was opportune moment to unload her trove of opposition research in hopes of turning up the heat on her opponent and solidifying her current advantage.
At least so far, it appears that many mainstays in the Republican Party are happy to let their nominee - the supposed standard-bearer of their party - endure the flames on his own.


Concepta Leonard's brother Fergal has said the support his family has received since her murder is helping them to cope with their loss.

The body of Ms Leonard, 51, was discovered in Maguiresbridge last week.
Monday's attack is believed to have been carried out by Ms Leonard's former partner Peadar Phair, whose body was also found at her County Fermanagh house.
Ms Leonard's son Conor, who has Down's Syndrome, was also injured.
He had been stabbed in the stomach, and was taken to hospital where he received stitches for his wounds.
Conor, who is in his 30s, is thought to have summoned help via an alert system installed in their home.
Mr Leonard told BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday News programme that Conor is a very special person.
"Conor may have gifts that we don't even know he has," he said.
"He has a great network of friends and family.
"He has lots of great friends through his own network and I am sure there will be lots of professional people available to help Conor as well."
Mr Leonard added that the community in Maguiresbridge was very close-knit, and that his family appreciated the messages they had received.
"There's been support from right across the country, I've even had support from people that I've never met and probably will never meet," he said.
"It's all been a great source of strength to our family knowing that there are lots of people that care about us."
Mr Leonard said his nephew was taking it a step at a time to deal with the loss of his mother.
He described Conor as an "inspiration to all our family and friends" and that he was incredibly proud of him.
Ms Leonard had applied for a non-molestation order on Phair.
She was murdered a day before a court hearing had been due to take place in Enniskillen, in relation to the order.
Police are treating the attack on Conor Leonard as attempted murder. They are not looking for anyone else in connection with the stabbing.
Ms Leonard was well-known from her involvement with the Irish music organisation Comhaltas.
She also ran a catering business in Lisnaskea, County Fermanagh.


A tribute singer has been jailed for 14 years and 10 months for a string of sex offences against children.

Robin Maughan - who is best known for his Frankie Valli act - had sex with a 14-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl and exchanged indecent photos with other children online.
Leicestershire Police believe there could be more victims of the 34-year-old than they know about.
They have encouraged other victims to get in touch.
Det Con Rob Waddington, the investigating officer, said: "Officers are here to help and will take all reports seriously, no matter how long ago the offences took place.
"If you have been a victim, please come forward."
Maughan, of Western Avenue, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, admitted 21 offences at Leicester Crown Court.
The offences were:
Police initially started investigating when they received information about his online activity.
They checked his devices and discovered he had been talking to children online, sending sexual images of himself to them and encouraging them to send sexual images of themselves in return.
Police also discovered Maughan had been trading indecent images of children with adults online.


Baboons have briefly forced a radio station off air in Zimbabwe after apparently eating the station's transmission cables.

YA FM radio station head Munyaradzi Hwengwere said he first thought the show had gone off air due to a power cut, the Chronicle newspaper reports.
However, it turned out that baboons had chewed through the station's fibre optic cables in a mountainous area near the central town of Zvishavane.
YA FM launched last weekend.
"I'm told there were more than five of them that ate into the cable," Mr Hwengwere said, adding that the breakfast show remained off air for an hour.
"When we got to the tower, we saw the baboons scurrying away," he added.


A top Australian government business adviser has said climate change is a hoax by the United Nations.

Most climate models were wrong and there was little evidence of climate change, said Maurice Newman.
He said the UN had used climate change as a "hook" to establish and control a new world order.
Mr Newman's comments were rejected by climate scientists, while Environment Minister Greg Hunt said it was "not something I would express".
Asked at a press conference what he thought of Mr Newman's comments, Mr Hunt said individuals were "entitled to their views".
On a per capita basis, Australia is one of the world's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Coalition governments in Australia have a history of climate change scepticism. One of the current government's first actions when it won power in 2013 was to dump the previous Labor government's tax on carbon emissions because of the cost to industry.
The UN says there is a strong scientific consensus that the global climate is changing and that human activity contributes significantly to this trend.
Political agenda
Mr Newman chairs Prime Minister Tony Abbott's Business Advisory Council and is a former chairperson of the Australian Stock Exchange.
He wrote in an opinion article for The Australian newspaper on Friday: "It's a well-kept secret, but 95% of the climate models we are told prove the link between human CO2 emissions and catastrophic global warming have been found, after nearly two decades of temperature stasis, to be in error."
Mr Newman said the public had been "subjected to extravagance from climate catastrophists for close to 50 years", and swallowed "dud predictions" from weather bureaus who presented "homogenised" data to suit narratives.
He also said the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which reviews and assesses scientific work relevant to climate change for the UN, had been exposed  "repeatedly for misrepresentation and shoddy methods".
The UN, he said, was spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year on "futile climate change policies".
"The real agenda is concentrated political authority," he said. "Global warming is the hook."
Mr Newman, who is also a former chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, said the executive secretary of the UN's Framework on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, was using climate change to oppose capitalism.
"This is not about facts or logic. It's about a new world order under the control of the UN. It is opposed to capitalism and freedom and has made environmental catastrophism a household topic to achieve its objective."
Ms Figueres was in Australia this week and addressed a climate summit in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Climate change expert Professor David Karoly from the University of Melbourne, said Mr Newman's comments did not represent any peer reviewed study or assessment of climate change.
"It is clear he has deliberately tried to mislead the Australian public," said Professor Karoly, who is considering making a complaint to the Australian Press Council about the article.
He said the government's decision to appoint Mr Newman to its business advisory council was akin to Qantas having a chairman that believed the earth was flat.


A landowner has put up signs with the message "RSPB not welcome here" on his estate in the Highlands.

John MacKenzie has accused the charity of treating landowners, farmers, crofters and estate workers with "suspicion".
The owner of the 60,000-acre (24,281 ha) Gairloch and Conon Estate, said he believed 99% of people involved in land management felt the same way.
RSPB Scotland said it preferred "constructive dialogue" to signs.
Mr MacKenzie told BBC Radio Scotland that he erected the notices after similar action was taken by another Highland landowner.
He said he wanted to show his unhappiness with the RSPB.
Mr MacKenzie had given permission for the monitoring of a red kite nest on his estate, believing that the work was being done by staff from Forestry Commission Scotland.
However, he withdrew his consent when he learned it was being done by an RSPB employee.
Mr MacKenzie said he also found out that the RSPB was monitoring a different bird's nest on his land than the one he had been told about.
He said the charity treated landowners, their workers and others involved in agriculture with a "degree of suspicion".
Mr MacKenzie added: "If you were to speak to 98-99% of all shepherds, farmers, crofters, ghillies, foresters, stalkers, gamekeepers and landowners in the Highlands they would say they simply do not trust the RSPB in the way they operate."
He said the vast majority of these people supported wildlife conservation.
RSPB Scotland said it was not required by law to notify landowners of its survey work, but usually did so as a courtesy.
A spokesman added that the monitoring that was done on Mr MacKenzie's estate had involved the use a vehicle provided by the Forestry Commission as part of its support of red kite conservation.
Checking on the health of the Highland's red kite population has added significance following the deaths last year of 16 kites and six buzzards. Some of the birds were poisoned.
The RSPB spokesman said the charity wanted to be clear that the Gairloch and Conon Estate had not been implicated.
Responding to Mr MacKenzie's signs, the spokesman said: "Whilst we would prefer a constructive dialogue with anyone who disagrees with our charitable work, especially in local communities, it is of course the right of any individual to erect a sign on their private land expressing their opinion, if they wish to do so."


The clean-up has begun in parts of Mexico in North America after the country was hit by Hurricane Patricia.

25 October 2015 Last updated at 09:49 GMT
It was one of the strongest storms ever recorded when it made landfall on Friday night, with wind speeds of around 165 miles per hour.
By Saturday afternoon it had weakened and was downgraded to a Category One tropical storm.
Martin reports on the clean-up operation in Mexico after Hurricane Patricia.


A shopkeeper was threatened by a man with a gun during an armed robbery in Edinburgh.

The robber stole a three-figure sum from the Niddrie Licensed Grocers in Niddrie Mill Drive during the incident, which occurred around 13:10 on Thursday.
Police have appealed for three customers who were in the shop moments before the robbery to get in touch.
The suspect has been described as a white man aged around 30.
He is around 5ft 10in - 6ft tall (1.8m) and of gaunt appearance.
The man was wearing a black hooded top, a black scarf covering his mouth, black jogging trousers and white trainers.
He was carrying a black and white polythene shopping bag and fled the shop on foot.
Police have said he used a handgun during the incident.
Det Sgt Robbie Wallace said: "While the shopkeeper was not physically harmed, this was a very distressing experience for her.
"We are keen to trace the suspect as quickly as possible, and ask that anyone with information should contact police immediately."


At Stormont there may be political division over the Irish and Ulster-Scots languages.

But in the world of music, musicians from both traditions are in total harmony.
Many have spent the week playing together at the first Belfast Summer School for Traditional Music.
They have also been teaching more than 150 budding musicians to play almost 20 different instruments.
According to the school's musical director Donal O'Connor - who is also a top traditional musician - partnerships reflect trad's history and heritage.
"Traditional music here in the north is very influenced by the traditional music of Scotland, so it was key to us that we would reflect that," he told BBC News NI.
"So we have fifing, drumming and bagpipes as well as fiddles, flutes, concertinas and Uilleann pipes.
"Music brings people together, and it's one of the ways we think we can push things forward here.
"Tunes from the fifing world have come into the traditional music world and vice-versa.
"Music doesn't have any boundaries - or barriers or borders for that matter - and that's something we're keen to reflect."
Tara Breen from the Chieftains is one of the other top musicians at the school, as is Steven McWhirter.
Originally from Ahoghill in County Antrim, he is a seven-time world drumming champion and plays in one of the world's leading pipe bands.
He has been playing alongside Irish traditional musicians during the week.
"Pipe band musicians generally like to be very prepared all the time to give their absolute best performance in a competition," he said.
"But these guys get together 20 minutes before a gig and put sets together and just go for it.
"It's been enlightening for me to be involved with them and see what they're all about."
As part of the school, gigs, talks and events have been taking place at venues in the north, south, east and west of the city.
However, the hub for all of the classes during the week has been the Ulster University's Belfast campus in the city's Cathedral Quarter.
One of those who has come to learn is Yuliana Pavlova-Scott, who is originally from Siberia in Russia.
"In the summer school I took a class of songs as I'm developing my voice," she said.
"Traditional music is like the soil, and I look at the people and they are happy.
"I see sunshine coming from their eyes and their hearts."
The school ends on Friday, but it has been such a success that plans are already in place to run it again next year.


Mae Cyngor Sir Fynwy wedi cadarnhau fod ganddyn nhw ddiddordeb mewn cynnal yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol unwaith eto ymhen ychydig flynyddoedd.

Dywedodd arweinydd y cyngor, Peter Fox fod sawl lleoliad "allai fod yn briodol ar gyfer digwyddiad o'r natur a'r maint yma".
Roedd prif weithredwr yr ŵyl, Elfed Roberts wedi dweud wrth BBC Cymru Fyw ei fod ar ddeall fod y trafodaethau cychwynnol hynny wedi dechrau.
Ychwanegodd Mr Roberts eu bod wedi "plesio'n aruthrol" gydag ymateb trigolion Y Fenni yn 2016, wedi i'r Brifwyl ymweld â'r sir am y tro cyntaf ers dros ganrif.
Dywedodd Mr Fox fod y cyngor wrthi'n ystyried gwneud cais, ond nad oedd "unrhyw gynlluniau pendant wedi'u gwneud".
"Roedd hi'n fraint aruthrol croesawu'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol i'r Fenni haf diwethaf ac rydym wedi mynegi diddordeb mewn cynnal [un arall], o bosib yng nghanol tymor nesaf y cyngor [2022-27]", meddai.
Ychwanegodd: "Mae'n rhaid i ni edrych ar sawl ffactor gan gynnwys yr effaith a'r buddion i'r sir, cefnogaeth gymunedol a'r safle sy'n cael ei ddewis.
"Cafodd Y Fenni ei chydnabod fel un o'r lleoliadau gorau yn y blynyddoedd diwethaf, ond mae gan Sir Fynwy leoliadau posib eraill allai fod yn briodol ar gyfer digwyddiad o'r natur a'r maint yma."
Dywedodd Mr Roberts fod diddordeb y cyngor yn dangos eu bod yn teimlo fod Sir Fynwy wedi elwa o gynnal yr Eisteddfod.
Mae hynny, meddai, yn gwrthbrofi'r cyhuddiad cyffredin fod gormod o ddigwyddiadau wedi'u canoli ar y maes bellach, ac nad yw'r ŵyl yn cyfrannu digon i'r ardaloedd y mae'n ymweld â nhw.
"Os ddaru Sir Fynwy ddim cael budd allan o'r Eisteddfod, dwi'n gofyn pam fod y cyngor sir eisiau hi nôl", meddai.
Ychwanegodd: "Mae mynd â'r Eisteddfod i rywle fel Sir Fynwy a chyflwyno'r Gymraeg i bobl ddi-Gymraeg yn bwysig i ni.
"Mi gawson ni ein plesio'n aruthrol gan ymateb y rhan fwyaf o bobl y sir, oedd yn ofnadwy o gynnes a chefnogol i'r iaith."


Two members of the ambulance service were assaulted and their vehicle was damaged during an attack in Greenisland, County Antrim.

Police said the incident happened in in the Knockleigh Drive area at about 06:50 BST on Sunday.
They said a man attacked a woman in her 30s, before assaulting the ambulance crew.  He smashed a windscreen on the ambulance and caused damage to a defibrillator.
Police said a man had been arrested.
They said he was arrested on suspicion of possession of a class C controlled drug, two counts of criminal damage and three counts of common assault.


Fifa has opened disciplinary proceedings over the Republic of Ireland's use of a logo to commemorate the centenary of the Easter Rising.

The Republic's players had the years 1916-2016 on their shirts during a friendly against Switzerland in March.
Fifa's decision comes amid discussions with the English and Scottish football associations over wearing poppies for their Armistice Day match.
The most likely punishment will be a fine, the BBC's Richard Conway reports.
A Fifa spokeswoman confirmed proceedings had been opened, adding: "We cannot comment further at this stage nor speculate on any outcome."
The Football Association of Ireland has declined to comment.
The Easter Rising was an Irish rebellion against British rule, which lasted from 24 to 29 April 1916 and resulted in 485 deaths.
England and Scotland have used the Ireland example in their negotiations with Fifa over whether they can wear poppies on black armbands when they meet in a World Cup qualifier on 11 November.
The two FAs say they will defy any ban and are willing to accept any punishment handed down by the world governing body.
Before the investigation began, Fifa had been accused of double standards over the Republic's use of the Easter Rising logo.
Damian Collins MP, chairman of the Commons' Culture, Media and Sport select committee, called on Fifa to "clarify the issue", adding that it appeared to be "an absolutely classic example of leniency being shown to other countries".
The International Football Association Board (Ifab) - made up of the four British FAs and Fifa - is responsible for formulating the laws of the game, which are then upheld by Fifa.
The laws cover everything from the field of play to the equipment used and how the result of a game is determined.
A section of law four, which deals specifically with players' equipment, reads: "Equipment must not have any political, religious or personal slogans, statements or images.
"Players must not reveal undergarments that show political, religious, personal slogans, statements or images, or advertising other than the manufacturer's logo.
"For any infringement the player and/or the team will be sanctioned by the competition organiser, national football association or to be justified by Fifa."
It does not specify what the sanctions are for breaching those rules.


Celtic's board had to withstand strong criticism from shareholders over the proposed reappointment of Lord Livingston at their annual meeting.

Chairman Ian Bankier staged a passionate defence of Ian Livingston - a Conservative peer who recently voted in favour of cuts to tax credits.
He claimed Livingston had been "subject to a torrent of utterly base personal abuse conducted over social media".
"The messages posted, in quite a few cases, are criminally racist," he said.
The decision by Livingston, a former minister for trade and investment, to vote in favour of the UK Government's tax credit cuts policy in the House of Lords prompted a section of the Celtic support to start an online petition calling for his removal.
Almost 10,000 have signed it, but the proposal to re-elect him to Celtic's board is likely to be carried when the votes are counted.
One shareholder was given a rousing round of applause when he claimed Livingston's "role in society is contrary to the ethos of the club".
"Ian Livingston is a consummately able business executive," said Bankier in response.
"We are grateful that he is prepared to devote his time and considerable talents to the affairs of this club.
"The fact that he also happens to be a member of the House of Lords creates no conflict of interest with the business of Celtic."
Footballing matters caused minimal controversy at the annual meeting, but Bankier was also forced to respond to criticism of Celtic's refusal to sign up as official Living Wage employers.
He said it was "not in the interests of the business or the club", but it was the campaign against Livingston that appeared to particularly anger the chairman.
"I condemn this activity and appeal to you to see it for what it is because intolerance soon leads to hatred and hatred leads to a lot worse as we well know," he said.
"Our fans come from every quarter of society and share the common bond of supporting the team.
"We are not a conduit for political statements and campaigns. No fan or section of fans has the right to set up a stall that proclaims political intolerance in the name of what they invariably cite as their club."
The gathering at Celtic Park came after another eventful year for the Glasgow club.
They retained their league title once again last season and lead the Scottish Premiership in this campaign.
However, they failed to progress to the Champions League group stages under Norwegian Deila.
Club captain Scott Brown on Thursday urged fans to "keep faith" with the club, promising they will return to the Champions League group stage.


Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan have killed at least 22 security force members in an ambush in Sar-e-Pol province north of Kabul, officials say.

The Taliban attacked from the mountains as the convoy was travelling through Laghman valley, officials say, and at least 22 insurgents were also killed.
The Sar-e-Pol provincial governor said that a number of security force vehicles were destroyed.
Earlier a civilian was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Kabul.
Villagers also accused Nato of killing seven civilians, including a nine-year-old child, in an air strike in eastern Paktia province.
They were the first people reported killed in air strikes since the new government was installed at the end of September.
However, Nato said Sunday's strike had killed "eight armed enemy combatants".
The issue of Nato air strikes was the most contentious of the many disputes that former President Hamid Karzai had with the international community, reports the BBC's David Loyn in Kabul.
The violence comes ahead of the withdrawal of most foreign troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year, with Afghan security forces increasingly taking over from Nato-led forces in the fight against the militants.
Officials say that at least seven security force members were wounded in the Sar-e-Pol ambush.
Correspondents say that the early morning attack highlights Afghanistan's fragile security structure as Nato withdraws all of its combat troops.
The ambush took place as security forces were travelling to reinforce colleagues in another district of Sar-e-Pol, officials say.
"They called for foreign forces' air support, but they arrived very late," provincial governor Abdul Jabar Haqbin told the AFP news agency.
He said the attack triggered a gun battle that lasted several hours.
The Taliban were not immediately available to comment


Teenagers' likelihood of applying to university depends heavily on where they live, according to new figures.

The study, by the Press Association (PA) news agency, showed London had the highest application rate of 47%, while the South West had the lowest at 32%.
It found four times as many teenagers in Wimbledon, south London, applied compared with Havant in Hampshire.
Universities UK acknowledged institutions should do more to boost social mobility within their regions.
Sir Peter Lampl, chief executive of the Sutton Trust education charity, said the "massive difference... reflects the fact that the chances of getting to university are very much dependent on where you live and where you go to school".
The researchers analysed data from the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas) on 18-year-olds applying this year.
According to the calculations, 55% of 18-year-olds in the top 10% of parliamentary constituencies in terms of university applications, had applied for a degree course by the main 15 January Ucas deadline.
But only 24% of those in the bottom 10% had applied by the same date.
In the Conservative seat of Wimbledon, south London, 70.3% of 18-year-olds applied.
But in Havant, Hampshire, also a Tory seat, the application rate was just 17.4%.
Sir Peter said work by charities like the Sutton Trust, running summer schools and providing extra support for able pupils in poorer areas, was crucial.
Research last year by the Universities UK Social Mobility Advisory Group urged universities to become "anchor institutions within their local communities to promote economic, social and cultural regeneration".
"There are no quick and easy solutions," said UUK chief executive Nicola Dandridge.
She said the report had recommended universities work "even more closely with schools and colleges" to boost young people's uptake of higher education in areas where it is lower than expected given their attainment at GCSE.
Overall, young people in Tory seats are slightly more likely to apply than those in Labour seats.
The average application rate in 328 Tory seats was 38%, compared with 34% across 231 Labour seats.
Schools and colleges in challenging areas were "working incredibly hard to close the attainment gap and support pupils who do not have the same advantages in life as their wealthier peers", according to Malcolm Trobe, interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders.
"However, the education system cannot solve the impact of significant socio-economic inequality on its own," he said.
"There are a range of social factors which must also be addressed in disadvantaged areas, such as improving the provision of secure, well-paid employment, and good-quality, affordable housing."
England's Department for Education said applications from 18-year-olds, particularly those from poorer backgrounds, were at record levels.
A spokesman said the government was spending Â£120m on outreach, while further reforms would "mean even more people can benefit from a university education".


A pre-fabricated property dubbed a "shed" in south-east London has been auctioned off for just under £1m.

The 1950s bungalow situated on 0.6 acres of land in Peckham contains three rooms, a kitchen and unfitted bathroom.
Described as "dilapidated", Southwark Council said it was "extremely pleased" it sold for £950,000.
The money raised for the property, which is not thought to have been lived in since 2002, will be ploughed back into the council's housing programme.
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Councillor Richard Livingstone said: "Although selling council homes is not something we would normally want to do, sometimes the costs for repairs and refurbishment... is simply too high.
"We have managed to raise a significant amount of money from the sale of a property, that was far past its expected lifespan."
The council said the property had been sold without planning permission for demolition, but that did not stop the new owners applying for it.
Mr Livingston added the money would be used to fund its housing investment programme which includes building 11,000 new properties in the borough by the 2040s.
Chris Coleman-Smith, director and auctioneer at Savills, said the property was in a "hotspot" so the sale price was not a complete surprise.
"Peckham has connotations of Only Fools and Horses and that can be one side, but the other side is traditional, old Victorian areas," he said.
"Someone has bought it to develop it and that area is a hotspot. It is a really good location."
He added the site looked like it had been in the same condition for "donkeys years" and the sale meant the money could be reinvested "where the council needs it to go".


Carrie Fisher's acting career was dominated by her role as Princess Leia Organa in the Star Wars franchise.

It was a part that catapulted her into the limelight as one of the most famous faces on the planet.
But the fame brought a price and her personal life was dogged by failed relationships, mental health issues, and drug and alcohol abuse.
She later turned to writing before returning to Star Wars in the 2015 film, The Force Awakens.
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on Oct 21 1956, the daughter of Academy Award-nominated actress Debbie Reynolds and pop singer Eddie Fisher.
Fisher's parents divorced two years later, after her father had an affair with one of Reynolds' closest friends, Elizabeth Taylor. Her father and Taylor later married.
She was a self-confessed bookworm as a child reading poetry and classical literature. Her high school education was disrupted by the lure of the stage when she appeared in the musical Irene alongside her mother, and she never graduated.
She moved to London where she enrolled in the Central School of Speech and Drama before returning to the US and attending the Sarah Lawrence arts college near New York.
Fisher made her big screen debut in the film Shampoo (1975), alongside Goldie Hawn, Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, but it would be another two years until she got her big break in Star Wars.
She told the Daily Mail  in 2011 that when she got the part in a "little science-fiction film", she just thought of it as a bit of fun. "But then Star Wars, this goofy, little three-month hang-out with robots did something unexpected," she said.
"It exploded across the firmament of pop culture, taking all of us along with it. It tricked me into becoming a star all on my own."
Fisher's memoir, The Princess Diarist, released in 2016, revealed for the first time that the then 19-year-old actress had an affair with co-star Harrison Ford, who was then married to Mary Marquardt. The affair ended after three months.
In the memoir, she wrote: "I don't remember much about things like the order we shot scenes in, or who I got to know well first.
"Nor did anyone mention that one day I would be called upon to remember any of this long-ago experience."
In 1980 she reappeared in The Empire Strikes Back and, three years later in the third Star Wars film, Return of the Jedi.
She married singer Paul Simon in 1983. The pair had been in a relationship for five years, but they divorced just a year later.
Fisher had other roles during the decade, including in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and When Harry Met Sally (1989), but none had the same impact as the Star Wars franchise.
She also made a number of stage appearances during and after the filming of Star Wars.
Having managed to kick drugs and alcohol, she was rushed to hospital in 1985 after accidentally taking an overdose of sleeping pills and prescription drugs.
The episode formed the basis for her first novel, the semi-autobiographical Postcards from the Edge, in which she satirised her own dependence on drugs and the sometimes difficult relationship she had with her mother.
Three years later Fisher adapted it into a screenplay, and it was made into a film starring Meryl Streep, Shirley MacLaine, and Dennis Quaid.
There were three further novels, Surrender the Pink, Delusions of Grandma and The Best Awful.
She had a number of minor roles in various films but she found herself unable to recapture the profile that Star Wars had given her.
Fisher - who had bipolar disorder - also wrote and frequently talked in public about her years of drug addiction and mental illness.
In 2001, she told Psychology Today: "Drugs made me feel normal. They contained me."
She also featured in a 2006 BBC television documentary Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive.
By the turn of the century she had made something of a reputation as a script doctor, revising and polishing screenplays by other writers. Among the films she lists as having worked on were Hook, Sister Act and Lethal Weapon 3.
In 2007, she wrote and performed her autobiographical one-woman show Wishful Drinking, which was released as a book the next year.
It was confirmed in 2013 that she would reprise her role as Leia in Star Wars VII which screened in 2015 as Star Wars - The Force Awakens. She appeared alongside original cast members Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill.
Billed as a sequel to The Return of the Jedi, the film became the highest grossing episode of the Star Wars franchise. Her character leads the resistance against the First Order, as she continues to seek the missing Luke. She won a Saturn Award in 2016 for Best Supporting Actress.
Days after the release of the film it was announced that Fisher would return in Star Wars VIII in 2017.
As well as her marriage to Paul Simon, Fisher also had a three-year relationship with talent agent Bryan Lourd, which resulted in the birth of her daughter, Billie Lourd.
Carrie Fisher's fame as an actress rested on just one role, but it was a role in one of the best known and most successful film franchises in cinema history.
She was remarkably frank about the personal difficulties she had fought and overcome.
"There's a part of me that gets surprised when people think I am brave to talk about what I've gone through," she once said. "I was brave to last through it."


Five 999 control room staff have been suspended amid claims workers made emergency calls at "quiet times" in a bid to improve call answering data.

Lincolnshire Police began an investigation after the allegations first came to light in January.
G4S took over the running of backroom services for the force as part of a Â£200m deal in 2012.
The workers are being investigated and are due be interviewed by G4S and Lincolnshire Police.
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Police said the staff involved are all former Lincolnshire Police employees who transferred to G4S four years ago.
G4S will deal with the matter under company disciplinary procedures after it was determined there was no basis for a criminal prosecution.
The company aims to answer 92% of all 999 calls within 10 seconds, and the firm is subject to financial penalties if performance targets are not achieved.
John Shaw, a G4S director, said: "While I can reassure the public that at no stage did the actions of these people put the public or police colleagues at risk, I am nevertheless dismayed that this group of staff sought to influence important performance measurements.
"There is no place for anyone in our organisation who behaves in this way."
The Independent Police Complaints Commission has been informed, and is assisting with the investigation.
G4S previously said it had exceeded its targets for 999 call answering.
The firm has been at the centre of several controversies.
In January, it sacked four of its staff following a BBC Panorama programme which exposed the alleged abuse of inmates at a young offenders' institution in Kent.
It was also stripped of responsibility for tagging criminals in the UK following allegations they charged the government for tagging people who were either dead or in jail.


Ian Brady's ashes will not be scattered on Saddleworth Moor, the inquest into his death has heard.

The hearing was told Brady's solicitor, Robin Makin, had given assurances "there is no likelihood" it would happen.
On Tuesday, Coroner Christopher Sumner said Brady's body would not be released until such a guarantee was made.
Brady, who tortured and killed five children with his lover Myra Hindley, buried four of his victims on the moor.
The body of the serial killer, who died at Ashworth Hospital secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside on Monday, is under police guard at a mortuary.
Mr Sumner said the remains of the 79 year old will be released at 14:00 BST on Thursday.
The inquest at Southport Town Hall heard Merseyside Police asked for the release of the body to be delayed in order for funeral arrangements to be made by Mr Makin, the executor of Brady's will.
Michael Armstrong, counsel for the force, said: "The deceased's body is currently under police guard.
"Upon release to the executor the police will no longer be in a position to provide any assurances in respect of the safety of the body."
Mr Armstrong said officers understood there were no suggestions Mr Makin had made arrangements to have Brady's body dealt with.
The coroner said he would delay the release of the body for almost 24 hours to allow the police time to "negotiate" with Mr Makin about funeral arrangements.
Brady, who along with Hindley became known as the Moors Murderers, was jailed in 1966 for the killing of John Kilbride, aged 12, Lesley Ann Downey, 10, and Edward Evans, 17.
In 1985 he also admitted to the murders of Pauline Reade, 16, and Keith Bennett, who was 12, although he was never tried for those crimes.
Born in Glasgow in 1938, Brady later moved to Manchester where he met Hindley and died at Ashworth Hospital, a secure psychiatric unit in Merseyside, where he had been detained since 1985.
The inquest was told on Tuesday that Brady's cause of death was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cor pulmonale, a condition that causes the right side of the heart to fail.


Police investigating dissident republican activity have been carrying out searches in Strabane, County Tyrone.

Properties were searched in the Townsend Street area on Saturday morning.
The PSNI said recent policing operations had disrupted dissident republican activity in Strabane.
They have asked the public to remain vigilant and "report any suspicious activity".


Josh Daniels has joined Irish Premiership leaders Glenavon from Derry City on a two-year deal.

The 21-year-old completed his move after the Lurgan Blues hammered Ballymena 6-1 on Saturday to go top of the standings on goal difference.
"He excites me - young, talented and can play on either wing or up front," said Glenavon boss Gary Hamilton.
"He's got pace, he's got energy. Josh is good at taking people on and making things happen in the final third."
Daniels came through the Candystripes reserve team and earned his first professional contract with Derry in 2013.
"Josh fits the bill of what we're looking for, we're trying to bring young players in and get a hungry squad," Hamilton told the club website.
"We have to thank Derry as well. Josh was looking away to get game time, to play football and, to be fair they've been very, very good with him.
"We've come to an agreement in terms of if we ever sell him on they'll get a percentage of it so it works for everybody.
"He's just excited to get involved but he knows himself he has to wait his chance because the boys are flying at the moment but hopefully we'll have another good young footballer on our hands."


No deal to build a new generation of Royal Navy warships will be signed until it offers "value for money", Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said.

MPs heard claims the project to build eight Type 26 frigates on the Clyde had been delayed due to the Ministry of Defence's attempts to save money.
Manufacturing of the Type 26s was initially expected to start in 2016,
Confirmation of when the work will begin has still to be announced.
Speaking in the Commons, SNP MP Douglas Chapman asked Mr Fallon: "The Type 26 frigates are well behind schedule. It's been said the Navy had 'run out of money' to progress these contracts.
"Given the perilous state of the economy as of last Friday morning, can you give us assurances that we can please, please, please run out of money for Trident as well?"
Mr Fallon replied: "Let me just say to you that the schedule for Type 26 has not yet been set.
"These are ships likely to cost between half a billion and £1bn each, and I am not going to sign a contract for these ships until I am satisfied that they represent good value for our navy and good value for the taxpayer."
SNP MP Chris Stephens asked Defence Minister Philip Dunne: "Can you confirm press reports today of leaked correspondence showing that the MOD is looking for savings of £500m in the Type 26 programme, refusing an offer from BAE systems of savings of £270m and starting that programme on time?"
Mr Dunne replied: "As I've already said in answer to other questions on the Type 26 programme, we will enter into a contract once we have established best value for the taxpayer and a delivery schedule that can be met by the contractor."


The speed limit has been temporarily cut on a stretch of road in Cambridgeshire after a man died in a sixth accident in six days.

The body of Keith Pettitt, 50, of Deene Thorpe, Corby was recovered from a Skoda Octavia in the River Nene off North Bank, Whittlesey, on Monday.
Police believe his car may have entered the water as early as 26 November.
Peterborough City Council said the speed limit had been reduced from 60mph to 40mph "as a precaution".
There have been five other accidents on the road since Wednesday but no serious injuries. However a month ago a teenage driver died on the same stretch.
Hannah Yates, 18, died after her car left the same 0.5-mile (0.8km) stretch of road and plunged into the River Nene on 3 November.
North Bank is expected to remain closed until Wednesday while investigations into Mr Pettitt's death are carried out, and Cambridgeshire Police have appealed to anyone who may have seen his Skoda being driven along the road between November 26 and 14:30 GMT on Monday.
Simon Machen, from the council, said initial inspections of North Bank had found "no defects with the road or its surface", both of which it maintains.
"However, we are aware of a number of incidents in the past week, and have therefore decided as a precautionary measure to introduce a temporary 40mph speed limit until we can fully investigate any road safety issues," he added.
"If new measures are required following consideration of the police investigation reports and our ongoing inspection, an appropriate scheme will be designed and implemented."
Road safety campaigners have called for barriers to be installed on North Bank.
Members of the Fenland Road Safety Campaign are currently raising funds for a 250m (820ft) barrier to be installed at a cost of Â£45,000.
Officials from the council are meeting the group on 12 December to discuss their concerns.


World number one Jordan Spieth is in danger of missing his second cut this year after carding an opening-round five-over-par 76 at the Valspar Championship in Florida.

The American, 22, is nine shots behind American joint leaders Keegan Bradley, Ken Duke and Charles Howell III.
"I got off to a poor start," said Spieth. "It was a very tough day."
Spieth, who will defend his Masters title in April, also missed the cut at the Northern Trust Open in February.
The defending champion never recovered from making five bogeys and a birdie in the first seven holes.


Jersey is to host part of squash's European Team Championships for the first time.

The island, which has only been an international nation in the sport since January 2015, will host the division three tournament from 4-7 April 2017.
Jersey finished third this year, having come fifth on their debut in 2015
"This is fantastic for Jersey and fantastic for our squash community," Jersey director of squash, Nick Taylor, told BBC Radio Jersey.
Portugal, Sweden and Israel will be among the nations competing in Jersey.
"We had a delegate over who looked at the facilities and was very impressed with the club," Taylor added.
"It's great that we've been accepted, we just need to deliver a world-class event now.
"Last year there were players within the top 100 in the world."


Southampton have signed FC Twente attacking midfielder Dusan Tadic for an undisclosed fee, believed to be £10.9m.

The 25-year-old Serbia international scored 16 goals in 33 league games last season as Twente finished third behind Ajax and Feyenoord in the Dutch league.
Tadic is the Saints' first signing since Ronald Koeman replaced Mauricio Pochettino as manager in June.
"It was very important to get this signing done - not only for me, but for the squad and our fans," Koeman said.
Koeman wants to bolster his squad following the sales of defender Luke Shaw, midfielder Adam Lallana and striker Rickie Lambert.
Tadic, who Twente signed for £6.1m from FC Groningen in 2012, can play on either side of midfield and is viewed as the ideal replacement for Lallana, who joined Liverpool in a £25m deal at the start of the month.
"This is a really nice club of which I have heard a lot of good things about," said Tadic.
"I have already seen the beautiful training centre and there are lots of nice people that work here including the coaches, so I am really happy to be here."
Koeman feels Tadic's arrival will act as a "great signal" of Southampton's intent to move forward following last season's top-10 finish and the departure of three key players.
"We have lost some good players, but we want to continue the ambition and philosophy of the club," he said.
"We now look forward to bringing in more players because we want to continue and maybe even better what Southampton did last season."
Saints centre-back Dejan Lovren remains a target for Liverpool, who had a £20m bid for the player rejected last week.


A motorcyclist has died after a crash with a 4x4 vehicle in Staffordshire.

The Kawasaki motorbike and Toyota Land Cruiser collided in Teddesley Road, Penkridge, at 17:40 BST on Monday.
"Despite the efforts of the police officers, paramedics and doctors, the motorcyclist was confirmed to have died after arriving at hospital by air ambulance," Staffordshire Police said.
The Toyota driver was not hurt in the crash, which closed the road for three hours. Police appealed for witnesses.


One of the companies shortlisted to run rail services in the East of England has pulled out of the bidding.

Stagecoach was mounting a joint bid with the present operator Abellio but the two companies have failed to agree terms.
Abellio said it would continue with its own bid for the East Anglia franchise, which is being re-let in October 2016.
It includes services to Stansted Airport and to Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Hertfordshire and Suffolk.
The other two shortlisted companies are FirstGroup and National Express.
A Stagecoach Group spokesman said: "We have been unable to reach an agreement with Abellio on elements of the proposed bid.
Abellio says it'll continue to bid on its own after Stagecoach pulled out of a joint deal.
Final bids to run rail services across East Anglia have to be submitted by next week.
National Express and First group have also been shortlisted but the Abellio/Stagecoach bid was seen in political circles as being the favourite because Stagecoach has a good reputation and a lot of money.
"As a result of that, and taking account of the other rail bidding opportunities that we anticipate over the next two years, we have decided not to proceed with an equity participation in the bid for the new East Anglia franchise.
"We have confirmed to Abellio our commitment to provide support and advice to the franchise if Abellio's bid is successful."
An Abellio spokesman said: "We have made the Department for Transport aware of the decision taken by Stagecoach Group.
"Abellio UK will now continue to finalise its bid and feel it represents a compelling proposal for the people of East Anglia."