The second part of a festive collection of some of the best reads from the BBC Science and Environment team this year.

Is our Sun falling silent? By Rebecca Morelle
In January, Rebecca Morelle examined what might be behind the current, baffling silence of the Sun. Our parent star is usually a churning cauldron, exploding with dazzling flares and spewing huge clouds of charged particles into space. But scientists have to go back about a century to find a period when the Sun was as inactive as it now is. Yet the Sun is currently at solar maximum, when activity should be at its peak. "I've been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I've never seen anything quite like this," solar physicist Richard Harrison told the BBC.
Is our Sun falling silent?
Oklahoma drought kindles Dust Bowl fears. By David Shukman
In the Oklahoma Panhandle, the most remote area of the state, recent rainfall has been so meagre that fears have been kindled of a return to the apocalyptic Dust Bowl scenes of the 1930s. In an echo of that devastating period, the panhandle has experienced fearsome dust storms that have wrecked crops and engulfed towns. BBC News science editor David Shukman travelled to the area to learn what the parched conditions mean for the economy and the rural communities hit by the worst drought in decades.
Oklahoma drought kindles Dust Bowl fears
The confusion over fusion. By Matt McGrath
The BBC's Matt McGrath reported on some of the new teams trying to crack the decades-old problem of nuclear fusion with different approaches. US defence giant Lockheed Martin is one of those backing a new effort to harness the process that powers the Sun for energy here on Earth. But what are their chances given the failures and disappointments of the last 50 years?
The confusion over fusion
How do we really make decisions? By Toby Macdonald
With every decision we take, there is a battle in our minds between intuition and logic. The intuitive part of your mind is a lot more powerful than you may think. BBC Horizon director Toby Macdonald delved into the science of decision-making for this fascinating article about the hidden auto-pilot in our brains that is actually responsible for most of the things that we say, do, think and believe.
How do we really make decisions?
The book that helped save UK's forests. By Mark Kinver
John Evelyn is best known as the diarist who recorded some of the defining moments in English history, including the Civil War, the great plague and the fire of London. But it his book Sylva that is perhaps most influential. Some 350 years after its first publication, the survival of the nation's woodlands depend on management programmes that were inspired, influenced or even instructed by Evelyn's book.
The book that helped save UK's forests
A glimpse of computing's future? By Paul Rincon
For the modest sum of $15m (Â£9m), a start-up near Vancouver will sell you a black box the size of a garden shed with its logo emblazoned on the side in white neon. Inside the box is - they claim - nothing less than a real quantum computer. Quantum computing exploits weird physics to solve difficult classes of problem faster than their conventional counterparts. However, not everyone is convinced by the company's claims.
A glimpse of computing's future?
Radars of the lost shark. By Roger Harrabin
The sea around Cocos Island, Costa Rica, are a globally important hotspot for sharks. They are also the setting for a game of cat-and-mouse between government patrols and illegal fishermen intent on luring sharks from the protected waters. Now, wealthy donors such as Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio have funded a powerful radar system that could help rangers keep track of unauthorised vessels. But will it be enough to stop this island paradise being stripped of its rich marine life?
Radars of the lost shark
Mapping the ballet of the skies. By Jonathan Webb
Each year in Britain, starlings swirl in their hundreds and thousands, in shapes that defy mathematical description. Even using computer models, physicists and mathematicians have struggled to explain the synchronised, rapidly fluctuating movements of starling flocks. So how on earth do they co-ordinate these aerobatic displays, and what purpose do they serve?
Mapping the ballet of the skies
X-rays shed light on 'early bird'. By James Morgan
James Morgan reported on how an old technique inspired by Leonardo da Vinci could help us understand how birds evolved. The extinct species known as Archaeopteryx is transitional between birds and dinosaurs. Now, the simple and ancient concept of the pinhole camera is being adapted for the 21st Century in a bid to capture the clearest images of fossil specimens and answer a 150-year-old riddle: could Archaeopteryx fly, or not?
X-rays shed light on 'early bird'


Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants US troops to leave the country, possibly within two years.

Speaking while on a state visit to Japan, he also called for an "independent foreign policy".
Under a current defence pact, the US maintains troops at five military bases in the Philippines.
Since taking office Mr Duterte has strongly emphasised a pivot away from the US, a long-time ally and former colonial ruler, towards China.
"I want, maybe in the next two years, my country free of the presence of foreign military troops. I want them out," he told a forum in Tokyo on Wednesday.
He reiterated the possibility of cancelling current agreements with the US, as well as his desire to be "closer to China".
Last week while visiting Beijing, he declared his country's "separation" from the US, though he said later it did not mean a complete severing of ties.
Mr Duterte has in the past complained that the US has exploited the Philippines and interfered with its foreign policy.
The Philippines is seen as a linchpin of the US strategy in South East Asia, particularly in counterbalancing China's maritime ambitions.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, US State Department spokesman Josh Kirby said the US was "not going to react and respond to every bit of rhetoric" from Mr Duterte.
"We're going to continue to work at this relationship. We're going to continue to meet our obligations under the defence treaty," he said.


Thieves who stole a fire engine in County Donegal may have driven the vehicle with its sirens and flashing lights switched on, police have said.

The truck, worth more than â‚¬400,000 (Â£340,000) was stolen on Sunday night in the small town of Stranorlar.
It was later recovered close to the border with Northern Ireland.
The Scania fire truck, which has only been in service for a year,  was returned to the station for a technical examination.
Garda (Irish police) Insp Goretti Sheridan said vital equipment was missing from the fire engine.
"These people might have thought this was funny but it could have been a much more serious incident had there have been a fire overnight," she said.
GardaÃ have appealed to anyone in possession of CCTV footage that may show the incident to contact them.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland is also investigating the possibility that the fire engine may have been driven across the border.


Spending on private ambulances in London grew by 1,000% between 2011 and 2013, the Labour party has claimed.

The NHS spent £8.84m on private ambulances in the capital last year compared to £795,000 in 2011, according to Freedom of Information data.
The London Ambulance Service (LAS) conceded it was losing staff due to "pressure on the organisation".
But LAS denied claims it had employed private staff previously sacked by the NHS.
Heidi Alexander, Labour MP for Lewisham East, claimed London ambulances were taking "on average two minutes longer than three years ago" to respond to the most serious call-outs.
Labour said its research discovered private ambulance usage by ambulance trusts across the country grew by 82% between financial years 2011/12 and 2013/14, from £37m to £67.5m last year.
Private ambulance spending In Yorkshire and the North East more than quadrupled to hit £3.56m and £2.9m respectively, said Labour, although other ambulance services maintained low spending during the two years, while one trust reduced its reliance on private vehicles.
Shadow health minister Jamie Reed raised concerns over the figures and the "increasing use" of private ambulances during health questions in the House of Commons.
But his comments were branded "absolute nonsense" by public health minister Jane Ellison, who said that previous Labour government "occasionally deployed private ambulances too".
Brendan Kemp, regional organiser for the GMB union, questioned the hiring practices of ambulance trusts and their ability to keep staff.
"Who's checking the qualifications of the staff that man these vehicles?" he said on BBC London 94.9.
"Often staff that have been dismissed by London Ambulance Service for something, often they'll reappear working for a private contractor."
But Jason Killens, director of operations for the LAS, said every private contractor "is checked by us before we use them".
"Staff that leave the LAS for reasons of clinical safety would not be redeployed on those private contracts with us," he told BBC London 94.9.
Mr Killens said increasing demand each year "is adding pressure in the organisation" and conceded that "some staff leave" as a result, with about 500 vacancies currently unfilled.
He added: "There is a small number that leave us and go and work in the private sector, but the vast majority of people that leave the ambulance service in London go to work elsewhere in the NHS."


Newport County have signed Brentford midfielder Reece Cole on loan until January.

The 19-year old academy product made his senior Brentford debut in the win over Nottingham Forest towards the end of last season.
Cole signed a new three-year deal with the Bees in April 2017.
"The gaffer [Mike Flynn] really sold Newport to me. He said he was going to be playing youth and there's obviously a few experienced pros," Cole said.
Manager Flynn said: "I'm really pleased to get Reece in.  He comes in and offers good competition in midfield and I'm looking forward to see what he can do and looking forward to him fighting for a place in the starting line-up."
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A second case of bird flu in Northern Ireland has been found in a whooper swan.

The avian influenza strain H5N8 was discovered in the dead wild swan, northwest of Lough Neagh.
The first case in Northern Ireland was confirmed near Lough Beg, County Londonderry in early February.
As a response, the Department of Agriculture has extended restrictions on poultry flocks until at least 16 March.
This means they have to be kept inside to avoid infection - that brings them up to the 12 week limit.
After that, they can no longer be considered free range.
Chief veterinary officer Robert Huey told BBC's Good Morning Ulster Programme it was a "big decision" to extend the restriction.
"It wasn't unexpected since there have already been five cases in the Republic of Ireland," he said.
"The industry has done a good job - the fact that we haven't had it in backyard flocks or commercial poultry.
"This virus namely exists in bird faeces and the biggest risk is people carrying it into houses on their feet or clothes. The most important thing here is good bio-security, and keep at it.
"For consumers there are no health issues."


Patients who have been diverted away from a Pembrokeshire hospital will be able to return next month.

Hywel Dda University Health Board made temporary changes to Withybush Hospital's catchment area last August.
It meant GP admissions and ambulance transfers from Narberth, Kilgetty, Saundersfoot and Tenby were sent to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthen instead of Haverfordwest.
The health board said it was in response to a junior doctors' shortage.
It announced on Tuesday that from 1 September the catchment would return to normal.
Hywel Dda UHB chief executive Steve Moore said: "We are pleased to be able to reinstate the boundaries as we have managed to stabilise medical staffing, with recruitment of a number of locums.
"We are grateful to both our staff and our patients for their support during this period, although I recognise and regret that it did take us longer than expected to get to this more stable position."
Clinical director for Withybush Hospital, Dr Iain Robertson-Steel said: "We are putting worldwide efforts into recruiting medical and nursing staff for Withybush Hospital and indeed across the health board, so that we can maintain safe care across our services.
"It remains a challenge for us, and indeed the NHS across the UK."
Withybush Hospital will now return to having 95 medical beds, 17 adult clinical decision beds for general medicine and a total of 76 surgical beds.
There will be capacity to open a maximum of nine additional "surge" beds.
A Hywel Dda UHB spokesman added: "As was the case prior to August 2015, there may be the requirement to divert Pembrokeshire patients to other hospitals during periods of high demand."


Police in Ceredigion are continuing to investigate the death of a 57-year-old woman.

Two men were arrested by Dyfed-Powys Police after the woman's body was found at a property in the Pentop area of Cardigan on Sunday.
Her cause of death is yet to be established and a post-mortem examination is being carried out.
The men who were arrested are still in police custody while investigations continue.


People living on a road in New Zealand's Dunedin described this week what life is like on the "steepest residential street in the world".

At its steepest, Baldwin Street has a gradient of 35%.
But people in a north Wales street claim theirs is a clear rival in the steepness stakes.
Ffordd Pen Llech, in Harlech, in the Snowdonia National Park, is so steep that vehicles have been banned from driving up some parts in a bid to avoid them getting stuck.
It is said to be the steepest, signed, public, Tarmacked road in the UK.
The road sign boasts a gradient of 40%, but this is said to have been rounded up from 36.63% to avoid confusing road users.
Mark Jones, who has a holiday home in Harlech, said most of the people living there had become very good at parking their cars.
"We get lots of bottles of wine, lots of beer, off people when they get stuck on the corners and we have to go and back them up and reverse so they can get their cars down," he said.
Jennifer Hudley, who has lived in Harlech for five years, said: "The only problem is when there's snow. You hibernate, you don't try and go up or down.
"When I first moved here it was pretty daunting, but now I just go down on my brakes and pray nothing is coming up - which it shouldn't be.
"The views are incredible."
Gavin Brick and Chris Wilderspin moved to Harlech from London three years ago to "get away from the craziness" and enjoy a "slower pace of life".
Mr Brick said: "I walk from the railway station up this hill several times a week with my rucksack and carrier bags of shopping and you just get used to it.
"It's just a little harder in the winter when there are leaves or ice."
He said he believed it was the steepest residential street in the world.
"I have researched it. It is certainly a bit more dynamic and has more twists and turns than the road in Dunedin."
Mr Wilderspin added: "I think people around here, particularly cyclists, look to prove how tough they are and how they can do all the hills. That's why they come to Snowdonia really.
"This one's a particularly tough one."
But it is far from being the only Welsh street to test the heart and lungs of visitors.
One road in Prestatyn, Denbighshire claims a 33% gradient.
Hillside runs from Prestatyn to the nearby village of Gwaenysgor and is a challenge for any cyclist.
Meanwhile Cefn Llan, in Aberystwyth, the road that leads up to the university from Llanbadarn has a gradient of 25%.
This makes it a suitable setting for the Aberystwyth Cycle Festival hill climb challenge.
And it also keeps pupils at Penglais School fit, as many of them have to climb up it to get to lessons.
In Swansea, Constitution Hill, which features in the 1990s film Twin Town, has a gradient of 20%.
Postman Mike Neil said: "I come down every day, bar Sunday, but I rarely go up.
"I've seen a lot of people jogging up the hill, roller skaters skating down the hill. It's a well-used hill for keeping fit, but I don't fancy going up - not every day."


A man has been crushed to death by boulders as Hurricane Sandy sweeps across Jamaica, moving north to Cuba.

The category one hurricane struck the island on Wednesday, unleashing heavy rains and winds of 125km/h (80mph).
Schools and airports are closed, and a curfew has been imposed in major towns. A police officer was shot and injured by looters in the capital, Kingston.
A hurricane warning has also been issued in Cuba, where Sandy is expected to make its next landfall.
Moving at 22km/h, the hurricane struck Kingston on Wednesday evening and headed north, emerging off the island's northern coast near the town of Port Antonio.
Sandy has prompted a hurricane watch in the Bahamas, while Florida has been placed on tropical storm watch.
"It's a big storm and it's going to grow in size after it leaves Cuba," said forecaster Michael Brennan from the National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami.
The NHC predicts that Sandy could dump up to 50cm (inches) of rain across parts of Jamaica, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and eastern Cuba.
In pictures: Hurricane Sandy
"These rains may produce life-threatening flash floods and mudslides, especially in areas of mountainous terrain," the centre warned in a statement.
More than 1,000 Jamaicans have sought refuge in shelters, with residents reporting widespread power outages, flooded streets and damages to buildings.
An elderly man was crushed to death by stones that fell from a hillside as he tried to get into his house in a rural village, authorities said.
Much of the island's infrastructure is in a poor state of repair, and a lack of effective planning regulation has resulted in homes being built close to embankments and gullies.
"A part of the roof of my veranda just went like that [and] at least five of my neighbours have lost their entire roofs," a resident of the coastal city of Iter Boreale told Reuters news agency.
The country's sole energy provider, the Jamaica Public Service Company, said 70% of its customers were without electricity.
Authorities have imposed a 48-hour curfew in all major towns. But looters in Kingston ignored the order and wounded a senior officer in a shooting, police said.
In some southern Jamaican towns, crocodiles were caught in rushing floodwaters, which carried them out of mangrove thickets, the Associated Press reports.
One big croc was washed into a family's front yard in the city of Portmore, according to the news agency.
While Jamaica was ravaged by winds from Hurricane Ivan in 2004, the eye of a hurricane hasn't crossed the island since Hurricane Gilbert in 1988.
Almost 50 people were killed by that storm, and the then Prime Minister, Edward Seaga, described the hardest hit areas near where Gilbert made landfall as looking "like Hiroshima after the atom bomb".


Swansea City have signed goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski from Arsenal.

The 29-year-old Poland international will join the Swans on a free transfer when his contract with the Gunners expires at the end of June.
Fabianski's last game for Arsenal will prove to be the FA Cup win over Hull City, bringing a seven-year spell with the club to an end.
"The main reason I came to Swansea was because I want to be the number one goalkeeper," he said.
Fabianski's arrival at the Liberty Stadium will increase speculation over the future of first-choice keeper Michel Vorm.
Vorm, 30, has been Swansea's first-choice keeper since joining in 2011, but has been heavily linked with a move to Liverpool.
Reds manager Brendan Rodgers brought the Dutchman to the Liberty Stadium from FC Utrecht and is looking for a goalkeeper to provide back-up for Simon Mignolet.
Swansea insist Liverpool have not been in touch over Vorm, who has two years to run on his contract, but Fabianski's arrival could alter the situation significantly.
Ex-Swansea goalkeeper Roger Freestone is among those who believe Vorm could move on in the off-season.
"I don't think he's [Fabianski] going to come to Swansea to be a reserve team goalkeeper.
"It throws a few question marks for Vorm, but if they can get £5m or £6m for him, it'll be sound  business," said Freestone.
Liberty Stadium boss Garry Monk told the club's website: "He's [Fabianski] come from a big club where it has been difficult for him to command the number one spot.
"It's been frustrating for him at Arsenal because he hasn't played as many games as he would have liked.
"But speaking to him this week I could see the hunger he has to come here and prove he is a number one goalkeeper.
"That's a great attitude to have and it's the only type of player I want at Swansea City."
Despite playing in the FA Cup final, Fabianski had played second fiddle to fellow Pole Wojciech Szczesny, five years his junior, for the past three seasons.
In February, Arsenal manager Arsene Wegner said it was likely Fabianski would leave at the end of the season in search of more regular appearances after rejecting an offer of an extended contract.
Fabianski, who joined Arsenal from Legia Warsaw in 2007, made only one Premier League appearance in the Premier League this season - the last league game of the season against Norwich City.
His other 13 appearances came in cup competitions, playing a starring role in the FA Cup semi-final against Wigan Athletic by saving two spot-kicks in the penalty shoot-out.
He also saved a penalty in the 1-1 draw with Bayern Munich in March as Arsenal bowed out of the Champions League in the last 16.
"I want to play week-in, week-out. It's going to be a real fight, but I'm not afraid of that," said.
"Competition is always good, so I think everyone will take positives from that.
"I'm excited. I've already asked for the pre-season programme to see how it looks.
"I'm really looking forward to starting with my new team-mates and I think it's going to be a fantastic new chapter in my life.
"I will be working hard for the club, giving everything every single day."


Shinzo Abe, 60, became Japan's prime minister in December 2012 after his Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) landslide election win.

It was Mr Abe's second shot at the top job, after a brief term as prime minister from 2006 to 2007.
He was then Japan's youngest leader since World War Two - but he stepped down less than a year later, citing ill health, as support for his administration plummeted.
Under him, a raft of measures have been introduced aimed at boosting Japan's struggling economy. Ties with China, however, have been tense over territorial and historic disputes.
Known as a right-wing hawk, he hails from a high-profile political family. His father, Shintaro Abe, was a former foreign minister and his grandfather was former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.
Mr Abe won his first seat in parliament in 1993. Appointed to the cabinet for the first time in October 2005, he was given the high-profile role of chief cabinet secretary.
When he became prime minister a year later, he was seen as a man in the image of predecessor Junichiro Koizumi - telegenic, outspoken and with a similar popular appeal to voters.
But a series of scandals and gaffes harmed his administration, including the revelation that the government lost pension records affecting about 50 million claims.
A heavy loss for the LDP in upper house elections in July 2007 provided a catalyst for his decision to resign. He stood down from the post in September of that year.
He returned to Japan's political stage in 2012, renewing his mandate in the 2014 elections, and is known for his muscular stance on Japan's defence, particularly in territorial rows.
He has pushed for Japan's right to collective self-defence, which is the ability to mobilise troops overseas to defend themselves and allies under attack.
This change in law is being debated in parliament and has been met with significant opposition from the Japanese public, who have staged vocal protests. China and South Korea have also opposed it.
Read more: Japan's (self) defence forces
He has also ruffled feathers by questioning whether women were forced to become Japanese soldiers' sex slaves in World War Two.
After taking office, he paid a visit to the controversial Yasukuni Shrine, which commemorates Japan's war dead including war criminals, angering neighbours.
China-Japan relations chilled over such issues, as well as the continued dispute over islands in the East China Sea.
Read more: How uninhabited islands soured China-Japan ties
Ice-breaker talks with China's President Xi Jinping at the November 2014 Apec summit raised hopes of improved ties, but relations still remain far from warm.
At home, Mr Abe put into place a series of measures known informally as "Abenomics" - monetary policy, fiscal stimulus and structural reforms - aimed at boosting Japan's long-stagnating economy.
The measures initially worked in boosting GDP growth in 2013, but later had more mixed results, due to a controversial rise in sales tax which shrank private consumption.
Read more: Could women help fix broken Japan?
To solve a labour crunch caused by a declining and ageing population, Mr Abe has tried to push for more women to re-enter the workforce.
But the campaign has had limited success, due to longstanding cultural norms where women quit their jobs after having children, and are deterred from rejoining the workforce because of Japan's punishing work culture.
Mr Abe's attempt to include more women in his cabinet also stumbled when two of them resigned in 2014 over scandals.
Read more: Japanese women at a crossroads


The chief executive of luxury fashion firm Ralph Lauren is to step down after less than two years in the post.

Stefan Larsson, a former head of Gap's Old Navy division, was appointed chief executive of the firm in late 2015.
He will leave on 1 May with a $10m pay settlement after disagreements with founder and chairman Ralph Lauren over the direction of the brand.
Mr Lauren headed the firm for nearly 50 years before being succeeded by Mr Larsson.
The company said a search was being conducted for a new chief executive.
"Stefan and I share a love and respect for the DNA of this great brand," said Mr Lauren.
"However, we have found that we have different views on how to evolve the creative and consumer-facing parts of the business."
Ralph Lauren also reported a 12% fall in holiday quarter revenue to $1.71bn, after a slump in wholesale shipments to customers.
Neil Saunders, managing director of GlobalData Retail, said the "dire results" and "sudden departure" by Mr Larsson "gives the impression of a brand in crisis, and we believe it signals significant internal wrangling over the future direction of the firm".
"It also demonstrates the founder's continued dominance over the business," he added.
"This, in our view, is not the way to reinvent a brand that has clearly lost its way."


A £120,000 investment has been approved to boost security at Abergavenny's Nevill Hall Hospital after a nurse was attacked on site.

Royston Jones, 39, from Brynmawr, was jailed for 15 years for the attempted murder of his wife Claire at the intensive care unit where she worked.
Plans for security staff to be on site at the hospital were also accepted.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said work to implement the measures was "underway".
The investment will enable CCTV to be expanded and monitored while security doors and access points will be upgraded, a health board spokesman said.
A second phase of funding was also approved for two security staff. They will initially be on duty overnight and at weekends.


The prime minister will announce plans to limit EU migration before Christmas but the search is still on for a way to do this without needing to re-write the founding treaty of the EU - the Treaty of Rome - which enshrines the principle of the freedom of movement of people.

Sources stress that no final decisions have yet been made on what the specific measures will be, how they will be announced (ie whether in a speech or an article or an interview) or when they'll be made (ie before or after the Rochester by-election).
Yesterday's Sunday Times story about a possible limit to the number of national insurance numbers issued to new arrivals from the EU is said to draw on current practice in Croatia - the latest country to join the EU.
British workers wanting to live and work in Croatia for more than three months need a work permit which - according to one website - requires:
These requirements also apply to citizens of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain who have also applied so-called transitional controls limiting free movement for the first seven years of Croatia's EU membership - up until 2020.
It is unclear how or whether this regime could be applied to an existing member state though, perhaps, it suggests that it could be possible provided the restrictions work in both directions.
This is just one of a number of options being considered, I'm told. Last week another possibility emerged - a so-called "emergency brake" mechanism which would allow a country to stop migration after it reached a certain level.
This has never previously been used to stop immigration and EU officials are fond of pointing out that at the same time as immigration levels to the UK are high unemployment levels are much lower than other EU countries - suggesting, they argue, that there is no evidence that immigrants take the jobs of UK workers.
Several countries - German, Austria and the Netherlands - have already agreed to the desirability of limiting benefit payments to the families of migrants and changing the so-called transitional arrangements which apply when countries join the EU.
However, as yet, there is no sign of any other country wanting limits to the total numbers allowed to move from one EU country to another.
There is some frustration amongst the prime minister's advisers that ideas are leaking out before they have had proper time to assess them.
That, of course, is the problem with simultaneously trying to solve a political problem - the rise of UKIP - by talking up how tough you'll be in Europe at the same time as considering whether any of your promises will be agreed to by 27 other EU countries.


Andy Murray will return to the Louis Armstrong Stadium for Saturday's third-round match against Andrey Kuznetsov at the US Open.

Britain's eighth seed Murray, champion in 2012, is scheduled to face Russia's world number 96 at about 18:00 BST.
Murray will again take to the second show court during the afternoon heat, having suffered cramp in the same circumstances on Monday.
"I've felt fine the last couple days," the 27-year-old said on Thursday.
"I hope I feel better every day now."
The Scot enjoyed cooler conditions in the night session for Thursday's second-round match against Matthias Bachinger, and the temperature is expected to peak at around 25C on Saturday - considerably lower than on day one.
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Murray has also benefited from surprise results in his section of the draw, at least in terms of rankings.
Kuznetsov, 23, beat 31st seed Fernando Verdasco in five sets to earn what he described as "probably the biggest match of my life" against Murray.
And Murray will not be taking anything for granted against a player enjoying his best season.
"He's had a couple of big wins in the Slams this year," said Murray. "He beat David Ferrer at Wimbledon and obviously Verdasco.
"I've never played him before. I don't know his game that well, but I've seen him play a little bit. He hits the ball pretty flat. Likes to go for his shots a lot.
"This court's fairly quick, so that will probably help him as well. But I'll watch a little bit of video, try to understand his game a bit better."
Unlike Murray, Kuznetsov does not need to do much research on his opponent.
"For sure, I know him better than he knows me, because I can see him on the TV and I watched a lot of his matches," said the Russian.
"He is a good player of course and a Grand Slam champion, but for me it's no pressure and I'm sure I will have some chances."
Kuznetsov won junior Wimbledon in 2009, but found climbing the senior rankings a tough process.
"It was pretty hard, I had some bad periods," he said.
"In the beginning it seemed it was going to be easy to go to the top 100 but I lost some matches. Finally I came to the top 100 two years ago and again this year."
The winner will go on to face Jo-Wilfried Tsonga or Pablo Carreno Busta in the last 16.


Russia should be banned from both competing in and hosting international sporting events, say the leaders of 19 national anti-doping organisations.

More than 1,000 Russians benefited from a state-sponsored doping programme between 2011 and 2015, according to a report released last month.
National anti-doping organisations (NADOs) from around the world met at a special summit in Dublin on Tuesday.
They hope their proposals will "help sport move past these dark times".
Russia, which is due to host the football World Cup in 2018, last month gave up a World Cup biathlon meeting set to be held in March and was stripped of a speed skating meet for the same month.
It also lost the right to host the 2017 bobsleigh and skeleton World Championships.
At least 30 sports were implicated by the second part of the report into Russian doping by lawyer Richard McLaren.
He said the London Olympics were "corrupted on an unprecedented scale", while medallists at the 2013 World Athletics Championships and the 2014 Winter Olympics were also implicated.
The NADOs said Russian sports bodies should be banned until a credible anti-doping system was in place, and suggested a "uniform process for athletes to compete as neutrals" until reforms are made.
They added: "It is imperative that those responsible for Russia's state-supported system are held accountable."
The proposals were written and endorsed by anti-doping leaders from Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States.
The group backed the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) as the global regulator, but reiterated the need for a "truly independent anti-doping model".
Russia has always denied allegations the state was involved in doping, and officials say they are making progress in cracking down on drug cheats.


Edward Snowden's bid to guarantee that he would not be extradited to the US if he visited Norway has been rejected by the Norwegian supreme court.

The former National Security Agency contractor filed the lawsuit in April, attempting to secure safe passage to Norway to pick up a free speech award.
It had already been rejected by Oslo District court and an appeals court.
Mr Snowden is a former NSA analyst who leaked secret US surveillance details three years ago.
As a result, he is facing charges in the US which could put him in prison for up to 30 years.
Mr Snowden's lawyers have previously said if he were extradited to the US, it would be "a foregone conclusion" that he would be convicted and jailed.
Mr Snowden has been living in Russia, out of reach of the US authorities, since the leaks in 2013.
He had hoped to travel to Oslo to receive the Ossietzky Prize, for "outstanding efforts for freedom of expression".
The award was due to be presented earlier this month.
But the Norwegian Supreme Court said it could not rule on the legality of any move to extradite Mr Snowden as the US had so far made no such request.


Thai police investigating the deadly Erawan Shrine bombing in Bangkok last month say that neither of the two men detained in connection with the blast are believed to be the main suspect.

This suggests that the key suspect - a man wearing a yellow t-shirt who left a rucksack at the shrine moments before the blast - is still on the run.
No-one has laid claim to the attack, which killed 20 people.
Artists have meanwhile repaired damage to the statue caused by the blast.
Police say that the two foreign suspects - identified as Adem Karadag and Yusufu Mieraili - they have arrested are thought to be part of a group responsible for the 17 August blast, but do not appear to be the main protagonists.
"Evidence has showed that Yusufu was probably not the yellow-shirt," national police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri told reporters in Bangkok.
He said that furthermore "nothing had confirmed" that Mr Karadag was the chief suspect. Both men have been charged with possessing "illegal bomb weapons", police say.
Police have yet to confirm the nationalities of the two arrested men because they suspect that both used fake identity documents.
Police on Saturday arrested Mr Karadag in a raid on a flat on the eastern outskirts of Bangkok. It was their first blast-related arrest and he has since been subjected to DNA tests.
The samples taken from him do not match the DNA found on evidence that the bomber is believed to have left behind on the night of the attack, police say.
Police say that seven other people are wanted over the crime.
Earlier on Friday repairs to the shrine were unveiled - its centrepiece being a four-faced golden statue of the Hindu god Brahma.
It was damaged in at least 12 places, most obviously the chin of one of the faces.
The shrine is also considered sacred by Thai Buddhists, and attracts many foreign visitors. The unveiling was attended by worshippers and Thai soldiers.
The repairs were carried out by the culture ministry's fine arts department.


About 6% of domestic energy customers were in debt to their supplier in 2013, figures show, but energy firms still owe money to customers too.

Newly published figures from regulator Ofgem showed that 1.5 million electricity accounts and 1.4 million gas accounts in Britain were in debt.
This was a slight rise on 2012, but the amount owed was unchanged.
The figures come shortly after the industry opened a new scheme aiming to return credit to customers.
In February, Ofgem revealed that the suppliers held at least £202m from 3.5 million former domestic customers whose accounts had been closed but who had made payments for unused gas and electricity.
It has also reported that the number of free gas safety checks by suppliers for customers who are elderly or have long-term health problems has fallen from 40,000 in 2009 to 17,000 in 2013.
The regulator said that suppliers should do all they could to support customers struggling to pay.
Customers in debt typically owed £323 on gas bills, and £306 on electricity bills.
The number of people repaying debt rose in England, but fell in Scotland and Wales.
Joanna Elson, chief executive of the Money Advice Trust, said that nearly one in five callers to its National Debtline advice line had energy bill debts.
"This is part of a dramatic shift in the type of debt problems we are seeing in the UK, with fewer people falling behind with traditional credit products and more and more struggling to repay household bills," she said.
"If you fall behind with your energy bills, it is important to stay in contact with your supplier, who have a duty to support customers who are struggling to pay.  You can also seek free advice from a debt charity such as National Debtline."
Earlier in the month, the big six suppliers who owe money to customers who may have moved home launched a nationwide campaign aiming to hand back overpayments averaging £50 on closed accounts.
Meanwhile, the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has opened an investigation into price comparison websites.
MPs said that the way these websites operated, when householders were looking to switch suppliers, had been a source of concern in recent months.


Bayern Munich have signed Germany internationals Sebastian Rudy and Niklas Sule from Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim.

Both players will continue to play for Hoffenheim, who are fifth in the table, before moving to Bayern in the summer.
Defender Sule, 21, has signed a five-year deal for an undisclosed fee.
Free agent Rudy, 26, who captains Hoffenheim from midfield, will join Carlo Ancelotti's side on a three-year contract.
"Signing two Germany internationals is an investment in the club's future," said Bayern Munich's executive board chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.
"Sebastian Rudy comes on a free, while we have come to a serious and fair agreement with Hoffenheim for Niklas Sule."
Sule described Bayern as "one of the best teams in the world", while Rudy said "moving to Munich is an absolute dream and I want to win trophies there".
Bayern resume their campaign after the winter break on Friday when they play away at Freiburg.
Ancelotti's side are three points clear at the top of the Bundesliga.


Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton edged out Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to take pole position for the Spanish Grand Prix.

Hamilton failed to improve on his final run, but his first lap was good enough to beat Vettel by 0.051 seconds.
A mistake by the German in the final corner could have been crucial as Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas took third ahead of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen.
Home hero Fernando Alonso produced an exceptional effort to take seventh place for McLaren-Honda.
Sunday's race is live on 5 live sports extra and the BBC Sport website - with coverage from 11:30 BST.
Hamilton's superb effort was exactly what he needed after a difficult weekend last time out in Russia, where he finished fourth.
He set the pace in final qualifying with a one minute 19.149 seconds lap, and was just 0.025secs slower on his second run.
That gave Vettel a chance, but he locked up into the last chicane and missed out by just 0.051secs.
Hamilton's pole also owed a lot to a major upgrade the team brought to the race, with a narrower nose cone and major aerodynamic changes around the front of the car.
It was the team's first big upgrade of the season and seemed to have cancelled out two upgrades Ferrari brought to Russia and this race, which were smaller individually but seem to have been worth about the same amount overall.
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Vettel still had reason to be thankful - after a last-minute engine change before qualifying, he was told to stop the car on track by his engineer on his first lap of qualifying.
Vettel questioned the decision, asking: "Are you sure?" He was told to try to bring the car back to the pits. But a change of engine settings got the car running properly and Vettel was able to continue.
Bottas was just 0.224secs behind Hamilton despite missing three-quarters of final practice in the morning because of an engine change, edging out Raikkonen by 0.066secs.
Red Bull were fifth and sixth, with Max Verstappen beating team-mate Daniel Ricciardo by nearly half a second and providing evidence that an aerodynamic upgrade had closed the gap to the top two teams.
Verstappen was just 0.557secs off pole position - about half the deficit Red Bull have had over the first four races of the season.
But their progress was overshadowed by Alonso's superlative effort in beating both Force Indias and Felipe Massa's Williams, cars with a Mercedes engine that has at least 100bhp more than McLaren's Honda.
His performance suggests McLaren might be strong at Monaco, which raises doubts about the wisdom of their best asset missing the race and being replaced by Jenson Button, whose motivation to return to F1 after his retirement is being questioned by sources close to the team and driver.
However, Alonso said he had "zero regrets" about missing Monaco.
Alonso said: "Zero regrets. I will race the Indy 500, one of the best or the biggest race in the world.
"There are six cars - two Mercedes, two Ferraris, two Red Bulls - that will be unbeatable for the next couple of races. So to fight for P7 in Monaco? No thanks."
Jolyon Palmer - the other British driver on the grid - qualified 17th, knocked out in the first session in which he was just under 0.4secs slower than team-mate Nico Hulkenberg, who is 13th on the grid.
"Yesterday felt good," Palmer said. "Today I have struggled. I don't really know why. I just didn't have the pace at all."
Hamilton: "First Q3 lap was very, very good. The last lap was not quite as good. I was up by 0.2secs I think, but I didn't finish it that way.
"I didn't make a mistake, but it is very gusty out there and sometimes you brake in the same place and the car stops really well or locks up and I braked and the car really stopped [too quickly]. But it was enough to keep me ahead."
Asked whether his mistake was the difference, Vettel said: "I'm afraid it was, yeah. Always the last chicane is a tricky one for me. The second run was really good up to that final chicane."
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Alonso, who is missing the next race in Monaco to race in the Indianapolis 500, said: "Maybe running the ovals I learned how to go quick in the straights. It was a good qualifying for us and P7 is a gift.
"Today was a beautiful day, a beautiful qualifying in which we were finding tenth after tenth. Then surprisingly we made it into Q3, and we had another very good lap.
"The important thing is tomorrow, to try to get a few points."


Dundee United have signed former Ivory Coast midfielder Guy Demel until the end of the season, subject to international clearance.

France-born Demel was released by West Ham in June after making 83 appearances in four seasons.
The 34-year-old has also had spells at Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund and Hamburg.
He told the club's website: "Once I spoke to the head coach, I was excited by the challenge of Dundee United and the role he has planned for me."
United manager Mixu Paatelainen said: "Guy comes with a lot experience and fantastic pedigree.
"He can add a lot to our squad. He is a powerful player, but above all a good footballer.
"He will be a strong character in our dressing room and I am delighted to start working with him."
Primarily a defensive midfielder, Demel was capped 35 times by Ivory Coast, played in the Africa Cup of Nations twice and was included in the World Cup squads in 2006 and 2010. He retired from international football in 2012.
"I want to identify myself with the club," said Demel, who played only six games for West Ham last season.
"I have many years of experience in football and, if I can use my knowledge to help the younger players here, that is what I will do."
Demel was part of the Hamburg team that beat Celtic 1-0 in Glasgow in the Europa League in 2009.


Norwich City and Newcastle United had to settle for a draw after a frantic Championship game at Carrow Road.

Newcastle had led after just 23 seconds thanks to Ayoze Perez's placed effort.
Jacob Murphy's far-post finish made it 1-1 before goalkeeper Karl Darlow gifted Norwich the lead as he scuffed a clearance and Cameron Jerome tucked in.
Matt Ritchie hit the bar for Newcastle before they deservedly levelled through Jamaal Lascelles' sweet finish, keeping them top after Brighton also drew.
The draw saw seventh-placed Norwich slip further behind sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday, who won to move themselves four points clear of Alex Neil's side with a game in hand.
The hosts were stunned when Perez had time and space to tuck in a right-footed shot in the opening minute, and a lively Newcastle could have doubled their lead but John Ruddy saved well from Aleksandar Mitrovic.
A fine throw from keeper Ruddy then led to Norwich levelling from an exquisite team move, with Murphy applying the close-range finish at the far post after Jerome had shown good strength to get to the byeline and square the ball.
The former Birmingham and Stoke forward then capitalised on Darlow's howler to score the simplest of his 10 league goals so far this season and the Canaries were on course for what would have been a fifth win in six games.
But the visitors began to dominate after half-time and Ritchie's shot struck the underside of the crossbar as they controlled possession and created the greater number of chances.
Lascelles' crisp, left-footed effort from the far post after a neat team move was enough to earn the Magpies a point, though they could have won it late on when Jonjo Shelvey scuffed a shot wide and Perez was denied by Ruddy.
Norwich manager Alex Neil:
"To be honest, there are mixed emotions after that. Obviously, you are not expecting to concede a goal in the first minute and we were really nervy in the first five minutes.
"But once we got our goal and then got ahead, I thought we were excellent - the response from the players was top class.
"In the second half, we started okay and then we started to drop deeper and deeper to protect what we had and the frustrating thing from our point of view is that we didn't see it out."
Newcastle boss Rafael Benitez:
"I thought we responded brilliantly to going behind - the character of the players, and their reaction to the setbacks, was the most positive thing for me tonight.
"We had a lot of supporters in the corner and I am sure they will have enjoyed the effort the players put in.
"It was a very open game - good for the fans but perhaps not for the managers. Norwich might think differently but I think we had enough chances to have won it - but you can't always take three points and if we can take four points every two games we will go up."
Match ends, Norwich City 2, Newcastle United 2.
Second Half ends, Norwich City 2, Newcastle United 2.
Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from long range on the left is saved in the centre of the goal.
Jonny Howson (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Steven Whittaker (Norwich City).
Corner,  Norwich City. Conceded by Christian Atsu.
Attempt saved. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Christian Atsu with a through ball.
Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Timm Klose.
Substitution, Norwich City. Josh Murphy replaces Wes Hoolahan.
Offside, Newcastle United. Jamaal Lascelles tries a through ball, but Christian Atsu is caught offside.
Dwight Gayle (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alexander Tettey (Norwich City).
Foul by Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United).
Alexander Tettey (Norwich City) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Mitchell Dijks (Norwich City) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Norwich City 2, Newcastle United 2. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ayoze Pérez with a cross following a set piece situation.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Alex Pritchard (Norwich City).
Substitution, Norwich City. Kyle Lafferty replaces Cameron Jerome.
Substitution, Newcastle United. Dwight Gayle replaces Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Attempt missed. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Mitchell Dijks.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Mitchell Dijks.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cameron Jerome (Norwich City).
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Matt Ritchie.
Attempt missed. Ayoze Pérez (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by DeAndre Yedlin with a cross.
Attempt blocked. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Mohamed Diamé.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Jonny Howson.
Hand ball by Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City).
Attempt saved. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mitchell Dijks with a headed pass.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich City) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt blocked. Jacob Murphy (Norwich City) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cameron Jerome.
Substitution, Norwich City. Alex Pritchard replaces Yanic Wildschut.
Attempt missed. Cameron Jerome (Norwich City) right footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jonny Howson.


Stand-in captain Abu Ogogo says in-form striker Sullay Kaikai will play a key role in Shrewsbury Town's bid to avoid relegation from League One.

Kaikai, 20, is back with Town for a second spell from Premier League Crystal Palace and has scored six goals in his last five appearances to lift the club two points clear of trouble.
"He's very important for us," Ogogo, 26, told BBC Radio Shropshire.
"He's got the quality and can score goals out of nothing."
Kaikai, who scored on his only appearances to date for Palace in their League Cup tie against Newcastle in September 2014, first moved to Greenhous Meadow last September and scored five times in 17 games before returning to Selhurst Park at the start of January.
Since coming back to Shropshire the goals have flowed, leading Shrewsbury boss Micky Mellon to question why he has not been part of the England Under-21 squad.
Ogogo, who is wearing the armband in the absence of suspended Nat Knight-Percival, thinks Kaikai has improved since he was last at the club.
"He's always played well but he's now adding goals to his game," said Ogogo.
Kaikai's 11th strike of the season put Town ahead league leaders against Wigan last Saturday before the title challengers hit back in style to win 5-1.
But Ogogo is staying confident over their survival chances despite having to play four sides currently in the top six in their next five games.
"One defeat in 10 games isn't bad - we've been on a good run so we need to dust ourselves down and go again," said Ogogo.
"We've got a tough run-in bit we can't look at other teams."


Burnley have handed out life bans to 21 fans who took part in a mass brawl with rival supporters after a match.

The club, now in the Premier League, acted after the 21 were given football banning orders ranging from four to 10 years at a court hearing on Monday.
The fight happened after Burnley's Championship match against Sheffield Wednesday at Turf Moor in January 2014.
Nineteen fans were given jail terms of between five and 22 months for violent disorder at the town's Miners Club.
Those sentenced ranged from a 17-year-old boy to a man aged 54.
Furniture was broken and a window was smashed during the disorder at the club on Plumbe Street, which broke out around 18:00 GMT.
The football club's chief executive Lee Hoos said: "These people are clearly not fans and there is no place for them at Burnley Football Club."
Ch Supt Chris Bithell of Lancashire Police said: "The behaviour of all those involved in the disorder was disgraceful and completely unacceptable."


The Football Association has cleared referee Mark Clattenburg of using "inappropriate language" towards Chelsea midfielder John Mikel Obi.

But Mikel, 25, has been charged by the FA with misconduct following his involvement in the incident.
The Blues had claimed Clattenburg directed racial language at Mikel in their home defeat by Manchester United.
"The FA's verdict of no case to answer against referee Mark Clattenburg was hardly a surprise.
"Ever since it emerged the alleged victim John Obi Mikel hadn't even heard the comment but was relying on second-hand evidence from Brazilian team-mate Ramires, Chelsea's case looked as wafer thin as their managerial contracts.
"Rightly, given how high the stakes were, the FA has taken its time to be sure.
"And while their reluctance to criticise Chelsea for bringing the case is designed to avoid other players from clamming up if they believe they have been racially abused, this is yet another damaging blow for a club which seems a magnet for trouble."
Clattenburg said it was "truly frightening" to have faced the prospect that his career might be over.
Following the match at Stamford Bridge on 28 October, the FA interviewed Clattenburg, Mikel and several other Blues players before reaching its decision to clear the official and charge the Nigerian.
"It is alleged that in or around the match officials' changing room at the end of the fixture, Mikel used threatening and/or abusive and/or insulting words and/or behaviour," an FA statement read.
Mikel has until Friday, 30 November to respond. Chelsea have indicated he will not deny the charge but will request a hearing to "explain the mitigating circumstances".
The evidence for Chelsea's allegation towards Clattenburg came from their midfielder Ramires who, when interviewed, explained that his instinctive reaction was to seek confirmation from Mikel as to what the referee said.
Mikel, who was being spoken to by Clattenburg, was much closer than Ramires and did not hear what it is suggested was said to him.
The two assistant referees and the fourth official revealed they did not hear any of the comments Clattenburg was accused of making, despite being linked up to the referee via microphones.
An FA statement also said the complaint by Mikel's team-mate Ramires was "made in good faith".
Clattenburg, 37, has always maintained his innocence and the Metropolitan Police dropped its own inquiry earlier this month.
He missed four weekends of Premier League matches while the FA investigated Chelsea's complaint.
"I am looking forward to putting this behind me and concentrating on refereeing in the Premier League and other competitions," said Clattenburg.
"The messages of encouragement from those inside and outside of the game have helped me through the most stressful time of my professional life.
"To know you were innocent but there was the opportunity for it to wreck your career was truly frightening.
"Racism has no place in football and this experience should not discourage those to speak out if they genuinely believe they are a victim of abuse.
"However, there are processes that should be adhered to in order that any investigation can be carried out in a manner that is fair for all parties involved.
"I know first hand the ramifications of allegations of this nature being placed into the public domain ahead of a formal process and investigation. I hope no referee has to go through this in the future."
What has happened over the last few weeks should not overshadow the fact the on-pitch relationship between match officials, players and managers is the best we've ever known it
Responding to the announcement, a Chelsea statement said: "Chelsea Football Club accepts the Football Association's decision regarding Mark Clattenburg and welcomes the fact that the FA recognises the club and players were correct in reporting the matter.
"The club accepts the case is now concluded and notes the FA states the allegation was made in good faith.
"Chelsea FC has a duty of care, as do all employers, to act responsibly when such allegations are reported by employees.
"We did not take the decision to lodge a formal complaint with the FA lightly and followed the correct processes and protocols throughout."
Referees' union Prospect, on behalf of Clattenburg, are asking Chelsea for a full apology and compensation.
Police dropped an investigation into the alleged comments towards Chelsea's Mikel and Juan Mata in the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge last month.
Chelsea initially suggested Spanish midfielder Mata had also been verbally abused by Clattenburg, before deciding there was insufficient evidence to support these claims.


A county councillor has been targeted in a blackmail scam falsely accusing him of being a paedophile.

The Lincolnshire councillor, who has not been identified, received a number of threatening letters demanding £10,000 be paid in Bitcoins.
He was told his friends and associates would be told if he failed to pay. Two letters were sent to people he knew.
Lincolnshire Police has been informed and are appealing for anyone with information to contact them.
Supt Mark Housely, said it looked as if the scammers had targeted their victim using details on the council's website.
He said: "Recognising that the person had a reputation to uphold, they used the details to contact them three times in six days."
Although worrying, Supt Housely's advice was for anyone receiving  a similar letter "to treat it with the contempt it deserved" and inform police.
He said the blackmailers, who could be based anywhere in the world, had previously targeted officials in the Thames Valley area, where letters were sent to 11 people.
Supt Housely said it was possible the scammers were now targeting Lincolnshire.


Permission has been given for exploratory drilling for oil and gas in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Plans were approved for Coastal Oil and Gas Limited to drill in a field at St Nicholas.
The permit does not allow the company to carry out fracking - hydraulic fracturing of the land - to extract any oil or gas.
Fracking is subject to a temporary ban in Wales until decision-making powers on the practice are devolved.
Natural Resources Wales said it had carried out a "thorough assessment" of the company's plans before approving them, with all work including reinstatement of the land to be completed within 12 months.
"It's important that any activity of this kind doesn't harm the environment, and this permit makes it clear what Coastal Oil and Gas Limited will need to do to comply with this," a spokesman said.
"Once the work begins, our officers will regulate and monitor the site to ensure it complies with the conditions of the permit, to protect people and the environment."
The permit for exploratory drilling comes despite a moratorium on fracking in Wales pending devolution of responsibility for such decisions.
In August, the UK government urged councils in England to speed up the process of approval for fracking projects.
However, Natural Resources Minister Carl Sargeant said fracking technology was "unproven", and that Welsh Labour ministers preferred to look at renewable energy.


Rihanna has reached a settlement with celebrity photographer David LaChapelle after he claimed her S&M video was "directly derived" from his pictures.

LaChapelle sued the singer earlier this year seeking $1m (Â£630,000) in damages, saying scenes from the controversial video plagiarised his own shoots.
A New York judge granted permission in July for the case to go to trial.
A publicist for LaChapelle confirmed the case had now been settled out of court for an undisclosed sum.
"David is happy with the settlement," Jaret Keller told the BBC.
LaChappelle said Rihanna had appropriated eight of his images in the video, including one where she is shown in profile against a blue background with a sweet on her tongue.
His case stated that Rihanna's video copied the "composition, total concept, feel, tone, mood, theme, colours, props, settings, decors wardrobe and lighting" of his work.
"This is not personal, it's strictly business," the photographer said on filing the legal claim.
"Musicians commonly pay to sample music or use someone's beats, and there should be no difference when sampling an artist's visuals."
A spokeswoman for Rihanna did not immediately reply to a request for comment.


There are calls for the speed limit on a Conwy county mountain road to be reduced after a horse was hit by a car on Wednesday and died.

The incident follows three cases of wild ponies being killed by cars on the Sychnant Pass in 2013 and 2014.
North Wales Police has launched an investigation, and it is understood the driver and horse rider were not seriously injured.
Conwy council said warning signs were installed on the pass in 2014.
But horse riders and farmers said the speed limit should be reduced.
Wendy Tobias-Jones, the British Horse Society's safety officer for north west Wales, said the road, which has a national speed limit of 60 mph, was a "rat-run".
Councillor Goronwy Edwards said there were health and safety concerns over the number of horses, cyclists, walkers and riders on the road.
"It's something the authority needs to look at," he said.
Farmer Gareth Wyn Jones, secretary of the Carneddau Mountain Pony Society, said: "It's dangerous because you have got wild mountain ponies on the road.
"I have asked the council for flashing lights for the cars and some kind of different signage.
"There will be a (human) fatality one day, it is only a matter of time."
Conwy council said in 2014 a number of signs warning of horses in the road were installed on the pass.
A spokesman said: "Since then, these have been supplemented with signs warning of sheep in the road.
"We have no information at this time as to the cause of Wednesday's incident and will require details of the collision to consider whether further warning signs would be beneficial."


Police are trying to trace a man who robbed a shop at knifepoint while wearing a 'Joker' mask.

The robbery was carried out at the McColl's convenience store in West Doura Court in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, at about 21:50 on Friday.
During the incident, the suspect presented a knife at two members of staff before leaving with a three-figure sum of money.
The staff members were left shocked but uninjured.
The man was described as wearing a black and grey camouflage jacket with a hood, grey tracksuit bottoms and black and white Nike Air Max trainers.
He had black woollen gloves covering his hands and was wearing a 'Joker' mask in the style of the Batman movies.
Det Con John Scott, from Saltcoats CID, said: "Two staff members were left in a state of shock following this incident and we are determined to trace the suspect with the help of the community.
"Officers are in the area today conducting door-to-door inquiries. We are also assessing opportunities to capture CCTV which will help us determine where the suspect fled after the incident."


A 73-year-old woman has been injured in a "sickening and unprovoked" attack after asking a man to stop urinating against her home.

Kathleen Maccuish had returned from walking her dog when she was thrown to the ground and punched in the face in Roylelands, Rochdale.
She suffered bruising around her eyes, nose and mouth in the assault at about 20:15 BST on 10 September.
The attacker was white, in his early 30s, slim with short dark hair.
Greater Manchester Police revealed details of the attack as they search for the suspect.
PC Michelle Farmer said: "This was a sickening and unprovoked attack on an elderly woman that has left her shaken and anxious about going out.
"It is fortunate that she was not seriously injured."


Craig Gordon insists Scotland cannot afford to focus on in-form striker Harry Kane when England visit Hampden on Saturday in World Cup qualifying.

Tottenham Hotspur's Kane finished as the Premier League's top scorer for the second successive season, netting 29 times in the 2016-17 campaign.
But Gordon says his side will suffer if they pay too much attention to Kane.
"We can't focus too much on one player because they do have threats all over the park," the Celtic goalkeeper said.
"He's had a fantastic season, finishing top scorer in England, so he's another one we have to be wary of. But they have more than one.
"They've got good goal threats from a number of areas. It's up to us to try to nullify those."
Kane, who will captain his country at Hampden, came in for criticism after talking about the possibility of netting a hat-trick at Hampden in Saturday's Group F match.
Gordon said he does not have the "slightest" issue with those comments. In fact, he reckons Kane is right to target a goal haul.
"I hope our strikers want to score a hat-trick as well," Gordon said. "He's a striker that wants to score goals - there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever."
Scotland lost 3-0 at Wembley in October, when the sides first met in Group F, and while Gordon knows Southgate's side are expected to triumph at Hampden, the goalkeeper insists confidence is high in Strachan's squad.
"We got a good home win the last time [1-0 against Slovenia] and we know from that performance what we can do to hurt England," he said.
"Of course England are favourites. We just have to go out and impose ourselves a bit more.
"I don't think we feel overawed by this at all. They're a good team and we respect that, but at the same time, we want to go out and put a performance on of our own.
"We do have to be brave. We might have to take the ball in tight areas and try to play football. We've got players that can do that, without a doubt, we've got players capable of hurting England.
"If we get enough of the ball and create chances, we fancy our chances to take one or two.
"We'll have to play at our very best and if we do that then we give ourselves a chance, but we'll need to defend really well, we'll need to make blocks and throw our bodies on the line - do everything to keep the ball out of our net."
Scotland started six Celtic players in the win over Slovenia last time out and Gordon believes the confidence his club-mates can take from their unbeaten, domestic treble-winning season can only benefit the national side.
"We've had as good a season as we could've asked for, so if you're not confident after that you're never going to be," he said.
"I think there will be a fair few Celtic players in the team that know what each other is capable of, so that's going to stand us in good stead."


Canoe fraudster John Darwin and his ex-wife Anne have no known assets after the seizing of his £40,000 pension, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

The couple, from Seaton Carew near Hartlepool, were jailed in 2008 for making false insurance claims after faking his death in the North Sea.
A total of £541,762.39 has been repaid by the couple, according to the CPS.
The couple's fraud was exposed when a photograph of them in Panama appeared on the internet.
The CPS said Mrs Darwin, 63, had repaid more than £500,000, while the £40,000 her husband paid in July last year from his pension meant he no longer had any assets.
While Mr Darwin hid in the marital home, his wife pretended to be a grieving widow, fooling even their two sons.
The couple then moved to Panama to start a new life.
But their story unravelled when Mr Darwin returned to the UK, claiming to have amnesia, in December 2007.
The couple, who have since split, have been subject to Proceeds of Crime hearings.
Following his conviction, the court found Mr Darwin, 64, had benefited by £679,194.62 but as he had pretended to be dead, all assets were in his wife's name.
The court therefore made an order for £1 allowing the CPS to amend the order should any assets, such as the pension, become available.
The CPS spokesman added: "The Darwins now have no known assets remaining for confiscation."
Nick Price, head of proceeds of crime at the CPS, said: "When John Darwin devised his plan to defraud insurance companies, he didn't think he'd get caught at all.
"But he also didn't bank on the dedication and determination of my team to recover the money he stole - even seven years later."


Hearts won at Motherwell for the first time since 2010 to move up to second in the Scottish Premiership.

Stephen McManus diverted Sam Nicholson's shot into the bottom corner for the opener.
Callum Paterson thumped in a left-foot shot from distance to make it two.
And after Tony Watt had hit a post, Arnaud Djoum scored the third with a 20-yard shot, before James McFadden's stunning free-kick gave Motherwell a late consolation.
Hearts had sold 2,000 tickets for the fixture, but their supporters - and indeed the team - were plagued by traffic chaos on most of the main roads leading to Motherwell - including the M8.
There were rich pickings for the winners, a slot behind Celtic in second place in the Premiership. Both managers set up with attacking formations, yet there was a curious absence of real chances.
Watt delayed with his shot and the opening was gone. Ryan Bowman troubled Jack Hamilton in the Hearts goal, but it was a cross that ended up as a shot.
Craig Clay had a deflected effort and that brought a fabulous one handed save from Scotland goalkeeper Jack Hamilton.
Almost right on the half-time whistle Sam Nicholson shot from just outside the box that Samson in the Motherwell goal surely had covered.
However, a wicked double deflection off both Keith Lasley and McManus wrong-footed him and the ball rolled into the goal at his right post.
Goals change games, but that one would not deflect the observation that Hearts needed a half-time rethink because it was clear the partnership of Conor Sammon and Watt was not a marriage made in heaven.
Motherwell thought they had equalised early in the second half when Scott McDonald rattled the bar only for Louis Moult to force the rebound over the line, but it was chalked off by a correct offside decision against McDonald.
Hearts were actually wobbling at this stage until Scotland defender Paterson scored a fabulous goal from around 25 yards; left-footed and with enough power to test the holding power of the net to its very limit.
This time there was no hard luck story for Motherwell to embrace.
Now, for Robbie Neilson's team, it was simply a task of managing the dying moments of the game. But they did so much more.
Djoum threatened to eclipse even Paterson's effort with another glorious finish which flew beyond Samson.
But there was a final moment of magic.
McFadden scored a trademark free-kick from 30 yards which gave Hamilton no chance. It made little difference to the outcome - but what a joy to watch.
In the end it was a hugely convincing win for Hearts which for a long time most of us couldn't see coming. But luck and class - it is a hard combination to beat.
Motherwell's Mark McGhee: "I thought the first goal we conceded was ridiculous. We should be clearing our lines and getting in at 0-0.
"First 20 minutes of the second half I thought we were fantastic. We did everything but score, but the second goal kills it.
"I thought we deserved something out of the game.
"We come out of this with a lot of positives. We'll be a stronger squad after the international break with players coming back."
Hearts' Robbie Neilson: "I'm delighted with the three points, it's the first time we've won down here since 2010.
"It was two teams tonight that if they won they went second in the league, so it shows the level we're at, but it shows the level Motherwell are at.
"The first goal is a stroke of luck really, we have Jack Hamilton to thank for keeping us in the game at 0-0. But the first goal took the pressure off the players because the previous games it's been difficult to find the back of the net."
(On goalkeeper Jack Hamilton) "He makes a great save but it's also the little things. He organises the back four, he kicks well, he comes for crosses, he's aggressive, he's vocal and the players love him."
Match ends, Motherwell 1, Heart of Midlothian 3.
Second Half ends, Motherwell 1, Heart of Midlothian 3.
Foul by Lee Lucas (Motherwell).
Prince Buaben (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  Motherwell 1, Heart of Midlothian 3. James McFadden (Motherwell) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top right corner.
Louis Moult (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from the right side of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Lionel Ainsworth (Motherwell) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Attempt saved. Robbie Muirhead (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Goal!  Motherwell 0, Heart of Midlothian 3. Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Robbie Muirhead replaces Jamie Walker.
Corner,  Heart of Midlothian. Conceded by Steven Hammell.
Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) hits the right post with a left footed shot from the centre of the box.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Prince Buaben replaces Sam Nicholson because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Bjorn Johnsen (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Attempt missed. Louis Moult (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is too high.
Foul by Ben Heneghan (Motherwell).
Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) left footed shot from the right side of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt saved. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Substitution, Motherwell. James McFadden replaces Keith Lasley.
Substitution, Motherwell. Lionel Ainsworth replaces Ryan Bowman.
Substitution, Heart of Midlothian. Bjorn Johnsen replaces Conor Sammon.
Goal!  Motherwell 0, Heart of Midlothian 2. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
Attempt blocked. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Arnaud Djoum (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt blocked. Tony Watt (Heart of Midlothian) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Foul by Louis Moult (Motherwell).
John Souttar (Heart of Midlothian) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Louis Moult (Motherwell) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Igor Rossi (Heart of Midlothian).
Attempt missed. Callum Paterson (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner,  Motherwell. Conceded by Perry Kitchen.
Attempt blocked. Ryan Bowman (Motherwell) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Scott McDonald (Motherwell) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Jamie Walker (Heart of Midlothian) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.


Hungary's Aron Szilagyi retained his Olympic individual sabre title by winning gold at Rio 2016.

Szilagyi, 26, won 15-8 against American world silver medallist Daryl Homer, with South Korea's Junghwan Kim claiming bronze.
In the women's individual foil, Russia's Inna Deriglazova deposed reigning champion Elisa Di Francisca.
Deriglazova, 26, won 12-11 in the final against the Italian, while world number one Arianna Errigo lost in the last 16.
Tunisia's Ines Boubakri took bronze.
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Most countries in the world have little capacity to deal effectively with invasive species, a study suggests.

The spread of non-native species threatens livelihoods and biodiversity, but the issue is worsened by global trade, travel and climate change.
Writing in Nature Communications journal, and international team forecast how the spread of species could change over the 21st Century.
They show that one-sixth of the world's land surface is vulnerable to invasion.
In what the authors say is the first evaluation of its kind, the paper assesses individual nations' abilities to manage existing invasive species and respond to new ones.
Regan Early from the University of Exeter, Jeffrey Dukes from Purdue University in the US and other co-authors suggest that developed countries, which have been most affected by invasive species - and have the strongest management efforts - will continue to face an onslaught of new arrivals.
However, they predict that non-native plants, animals and microbes will increasingly threaten developing countries with some of the last remaining biodiversity hotspots, due to increased air travel and the expansion of agriculture.
This could endanger livelihoods and food security in fragile economies that are ill-prepared to deal with the expansion of invasive organisms.
Dr Early commented: "Rampant globalisation will lead to invasions in countries with the least capability to deal with them.
"We need more international cooperation, and the US, Australia and nations in Europe to share expertise."
Prof Dukes added: "Low-income countries stand to lose a lot by having their natural resources sapped by invasive species.
"We hope this analysis can be a conversation starter for governments around the world to strengthen their protection."
Invasive species often travel as stowaways or contaminants in goods imported by planes and ships. They also arrive as exotic pets or plants that subsequently escape or are released deliberately into the wild.
This can pose challenges native species that have evolved over thousands of years to be well adapted to their ecosystems. Consequently, new arrivals can quickly change the nature of a whole region and often outcompete native organisms for resources and habitat.
Burmese pythons originally arrived in the US as exotic pets, but they escaped and quickly established themselves in the Florida Everglades, where they have contributed to a catastrophic decline in native mammals.
In Europe, forests and woods have been transformed by introduced diseases and pests such as Dutch elm disease and Ash dieback.
"You can think of invasive species as biological pollution - a self-replicating change," said Prof Dukes.
"It doesn't take much effort or intention to bring in an invasive species that then wreaks havoc on a landscape."
Biological invasions in the developing world so far have included influxes of Diamondback moths, which can devastate broccoli, cabbage and other crops; Panama disease, which wiped out banana plantations in central and south America; and prickly pear, which devastated grassland in Africa, leading to cattle being malnourished.


Scot Russell Knox was one shot off the lead when the third round of the WGC-HSBC Champions event in Shanghai was suspended because of darkness.

With one hole of his third round remaining, the 30-year-old is a shot behind leader Kevin Kisner, as are Dustin Johnson and China's Haotong Li.
Kisner leads on 16 under after shooting a two-under-par 70 on Saturday.
Jordan Spieth, who is hoping to return to world number one, had a nine-under 63 to move to 13 under overall.
Spieth began the day 10 shots behind Kisner, but carded nine birdies to move three adrift of his fellow American, who had his first bogeys of the week.
On a day when play was delayed because of the weather, the final group of Knox, Kisner and Branden Grace were asked on the 18th tee if they wanted to play the hole.
Knox opted not to, while Grace carded a birdie to finish on 12 under and Kisner had a par.
Northern Ireland's Rory McIlroy is eight under after a four-under 68.
With Knox choosing not to finish in the dark, he will have to return on Sunday to play the par-five 18th.
"I played beautifully the first 12 or 13 holes and then I started to limp in a little bit so I decided not to play the last hole because it was awfully dark," said Knox, from Inverness.
"Branden and Kevin wanted to get done. It was into the wind and I was like, maybe I'll just wait until the morning and see if I can catch it downwind or no wind.
"I was happy with my decision. My caddie didn't want me to play the last.
"I'm going to have to wake up a lot earlier, starting at 7.45 and I won't tee off again until probably 10.45. It's going to take the best round of my life, so I'm going to have to go for it."
Spieth, playing in his first tournament for two weeks, showed signs of rustiness as he shot 68 and 72 in his first two rounds but was close to his best in his third.
"This will be the first and only time I would say this, but I was not expecting to be in this position come Sunday when the week started," said the American, who needs to finish in the top 13 to reclaim the world number one ranking from Jason Day, who is absent as his wife is due to give birth to their second child.
"I've struggled to shoot lower than two or three under on this golf course in the past couple years, but Saturday was the day to do it with ball in hand, very little wind and some gettable pins.
"I missed four putts inside eight feet - I'm not going to complain about the round but I felt like the way I played could have been 10 or 11 under, for sure."


Italian researchers say they have identified 35 living people who are related to Leonardo da Vinci, using genealogical records.

They include the acclaimed film director Franco Zeffirelli.
The Renaissance polymath was born in the Tuscan town of Vinci in 1452.
He never married and left no direct descendants, so historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato sought to find those who are descended from his siblings.
Leonardo's remains were lost in the turmoil of the 16th Century, so DNA research was not used in their work to construct a family tree, which began in 1973.
Most of those identified are still living in Tuscany, reports say.
But, as La Stampa reports (in Italian), a connection to Leonardo da Vinci may not come as a surprise to Franco Zeffirelli. The director made reference to a family connection when he was presented with a Leonardo Prize by the Italian president in 2007, the newspaper says.


Watching on as Somerset were denied a first County Championship title was "horrible", says James Hildreth.

After sealing a 325-run win over Nottinghamshire on Thursday, Somerset needed Middlesex and Yorkshire to draw at Lord's for them to become champions.
But Toby Roland-Jones' hat-trick sealed a dramatic 61-run win for Middlesex and their first title since 1993.
"A lot of us couldn't watch. It was an emotional, up-and-down rollercoaster," batsman Hildreth told BBC Somerset.
Spinner Jack Leach added: "It was a nightmare. A lot of us were struggling to watch it."
Somerset finished four points behind Middlesex, finishing second in Division One for a third time since 2010.
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Captain Chris Rogers - who announced his retirement on Thursday after hitting two centuries in his final match - said: "To come second and nearly win, it's a pretty special achievement.
"To go to Headingley and thump Yorkshire shows what a good side Somerset is. I think there are some special times ahead.
"You have got a lot of players who are still two or three years away from becoming very consistent players, in terms of their development."
Hildreth, who fractured his ankle while batting on day one against Notts but went on to make a hundred, continued: "There are such good signs from this year. We have such a good crop of young talent.
"If you can build that momentum over the next few years, it could be a great team."
Opener Tom Abell added: "We're all pretty gutted in the changing room. We came so close. To have it taken away in the final moment of the season is very disappointing.
"At the start of the season we were written off a little bit. The end of the season probably came at the wrong time.
"It's a great advert for county cricket, what's happened over the last week or so and how it's unfolded."
Leach, who ended the season with 65 County Championship wickets after taking 4-69 to help beat Nottinghamshire, revealed he has signed a new three-year contract with Somerset.
"I can definitely keep improving. I'm excited that I can keep getting better," said the 25-year-old. "I do see myself staying here for a long time.
"We've done well this season and we've come up with a method to win at home now, which is massive for us."


A man has appeared in court accused of attempting to murder a woman by repeatedly striking her with a dumbbell in Dundee's Templeton Woods.

Robbie McIntosh, 31, is accused of hitting Linda McDonald on the head and body rendering her unconscious.
Prosecutors allege he seized the 52-year-old by the body and dragged her from a path to her severe injury and permanent disfigurement.
The alleged incident took place on Monday.
It also alleged that Mr McIntosh, of Strathmartine, Angus, attempted to defeat the ends of justice by washing clothing worn at the time of the alleged assault to avoid detection, arrest and prosecution.
He made no plea or declaration during a private hearing at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Simon Collins remanded Mr McIntosh in custody and continued the case for further examination.


When the crowded command control room of India's Mars mission exploded into applause after it successfully put a satellite into orbit around the Red Planet, photographer Manjunath Kiran of the AFP news agency clicked this remarkable image of scientists congratulating each other.

Wednesday's picture arrived with a rather anodyne caption saying "staff from the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) celebrate after the Mars Orbiter Spacecraft (Mom) successfully entered the Mars orbit".
But in reality, the picture was about much more than that - a bunch of smiling Indian women resplendent in gorgeous saris greeting each other as their male colleagues look on admiringly at mission control in Bangalore.
"The women were leading the applause when the good news arrived. They were celebrating more than men. Who said men are from Mars and women are from Venus?" says senior science journalist Pallava Bagla, who was present in the control room.
The picture - which brightened up my manic morning writing up the Mars mission story - went viral and became the event's image of the day.
People in their thousands tweeted that they loved it. One said "when was the last time you saw women scientists celebrate a space mission?"; another that the women showed "we don't need to wear labcoats". Others said the scientists in saris had "redefined mission control" and called them "true role models".
The chatter even veered into the contentious Indian debate about tradition and modernity.
Look at our rocket scientists, said one tweet, when women working in call centres think that wearing jeans "makes them modern and scientific". Somebody wondered why "no matter how much women succeed/achieve, the focus ultimately is on what they are wearing?" That, another respondent tweeted, is "because we have newspapers telling us that smart career women don't wear saris only western business suits!".
Although we do not know for sure whether all the women in this picture are engineers or scientists, they all probably work with India's space agency. Some 20% of Isro's 14,246 employees are women and their numbers are growing.
Nandini Harinath, 44, a physicist and a mother of two, was the deputy operations director of the Mars mission - in other words, she was the person "operating" the spacecraft between Earth and Mars. "It's easier to bring up children than to control the Mars orbiter," she told the NDTV news channel. Minal Sampath and her team built three instruments for the spacecraft and she wants to become "the first woman director of a space centre".
A woman leads one of the agency's main strategic programmes. Another female engineer was in charge of wheeling out the 15-storey-high 320,000kg (320 tonne) Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) from the vehicle assembly building to the launch pad. Tessy Thomas, a scientist from India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is thought to be one of the very few women working on strategic nuclear ballistic missiles in the world. Three women led a team which launched a  communication satellite three years ago.
What next? Will a woman head India's space agency one day? (All seven chairmen of Isro so far have been men.) And, as Pallava Bagla writes, Isro reckons that the first astronaut from India "could well be a woman". When that happens, Indian women will be over the moon.


Nottinghamshire Police's handling of a rape inquiry which led to one of its detectives being wrongly convicted is to be investigated.

Trevor Gray was jailed in May 2012 for attacking a woman in her home, but then cleared last month after a retrial.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said it was examining whether steps were taken to identify and locate significant witnesses.
Nottinghamshire Police said it "fully supported" the IPCC's investigation.
In 2012, Mr Gray, 49, was found guilty of rape, attempted rape and sexual touching. He was given an eight-year jail sentence.
Mr Gray appealed against the decision on the grounds police had failed to locate a significant witness who would have assisted his defence.
At the appeal hearing, evidence from a witness traced by Mr Gray's wife Alison led to the conviction being quashed.
A retrial was ordered at which Mr Gray was found not guilty of all charges.
Mr Gray said he found it difficult to understand why the witness had been overlooked by police.
IPCC Commissioner Derrick Campbell said: "Where justice has not been properly served, there are many victims.
"Our investigation will look at whether Nottinghamshire Police properly and thoroughly followed all lines of inquiry into this matter.
"It will also look at whether there are lessons for Nottinghamshire Police to learn from these events."
The IPCC added it would also look at what information was given to the Crown Prosecution Service.
The Police Federation, which represents rank and file officers, condemned the original investigation.
Phil Matthews, from the Federation, had previously said it "beggars belief" that a vital witness who was not traced by police was found by Mr Gray's wife in four days.
Mr Gray spent 14 months in prison and was dismissed from the force.
His appealed against his dismissal is still being considered by Nottinghamshire Police.


A "unique" network of tunnels used to train soldiers to fight in World War One has been found on Salisbury Plain.

Archaeologists working with the Ministry of Defence, which is building hundreds of military homes at Larkhill, made the discovery.
The site was used to emulate conditions soldiers would face in trenches in France and Belgium during the war.
More than 100 pieces of graffiti have been uncovered in the chalk walls of the trenches and tunnels.
Soldiers training on the site who left their names include decorated heroes and one recorded deserter.
The names feature Wiltshire men as well as West Yorkshire coal miners, and two brothers wrote "Semper Fidelis" (Ever Faithful) beneath their signatures.
Archaeologist Si Cleggett, who described the Larkhill excavation as "unique", said:  "It has been a humbling experience to stand and read the names of young soldiers in the very spaces they occupied before leaving for war.
"Having stood in their footprints a century after their time at Larkhill, we really will remember them."
Training relics such as grenades, ammunition and food tins were also found.
The Australian 3rd Division infantry trained on Salisbury Plain in 1916 and the dig uncovered a chalk plaque inscribed with the names of Australian bombers - soldiers specially trained to use hand grenades.
One name is Private Lawrence Carthage Weathers, who won the Victoria Cross in September 1918 for attacking a machine gun post with grenades, capturing it and taking 180 prisoners.
Steve White, of building contractors GABLE, said the Larkhill tunnels project "represented a unique opportunity to be a part of a story of unprecedented archaeological significance".
About 4,300 soldiers and their families are to move to Wiltshire from Germany and UK bases by 2019 as part of the Army Basing Plan.


A record-breaking two million people attended Homecoming events across Scotland last year, according to Visit Scotland.

The tourism agency said many events sold out as the spotlight shone on the country.
Events such as the Commonwealth Games, Ryder Cup and the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn helped bring tourists from across the world.
There were 1,049 events in 2014, more than twice as many as in 2009.
New events included the European Festival of Brass, the MTV European Music Awards, McLaren 2014 and Pipefest.
Existing events were also able to extend their programmes as a result of additional Homecoming funding including Borders Book Festival, Big Burns Supper in Dumfries and Doors Open Days.
The 2009 Year of Homecoming was mired in controversy after economic impact figures were exaggerated and the flagship Gathering event went bust.
It will be several months before the economic impact figures for Homecoming Scotland 2014 are published to establish if the Â£5.5m public funding was a worthwhile investment.
Chairman of VisitScotland, Mike Cantlay, said: "There really was no place like home for the people of Scotland during 2014.
"We welcomed the world in their millions and boy did we have fun doing it. We opened our arms and laughed and cheered with our guests.
"We gave them directions, provided sunscreen and sometimes the odd umbrella. We didn't just show them a good time - we joined in."
Tourism Minister Fergus Ewing said: "Homecoming has been a huge success, bringing millions together in a joint celebration of all that is great about our country and showcasing all of our unique attractions and icons to a massive worldwide audience.
"The eyes of the world have been on Scotland like never before in 2014 and working together we will benefit from these experiences as we begin the Year of Food and Drink in 2015 and beyond."