A powerful cyclone carrying winds of up to 163 miles per hour has battered the coast of Queensland, Australia.

28 March 2017 Last updated at 15:43 BST
Cyclone Debbie, a 'monster' category four storm, has left at least 45,000 homes without power and damaged buildings, although it is too early to say how many.
The huge storm is moving inland with its power decreasing but could cause damage for hours yet.
Watch Leah's report to find out more.


Australia batsman Chris Rogers says he plans to retire from international cricket after this summer's Ashes in England.

The 37-year-old had a five-year wait between his first two Test appearances but has been a regular opener alongside David Warner since 2013.
"I've been fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it," he told Fox Sports.
"But time calls on everyone and I think it's nearly up for me."
Rogers, who has had spells with Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex and Northants in the County Championship, added: "I think to go out in the Ashes and in England where I've played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting."
In his 20 Tests for Australia, Rogers has scored 1535 runs, including four hundreds, at an average of 39.


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Two men have been arrested and charged with torture in south-eastern Brazil accused of tattooing "I'm a thief" on the forehead of a teenager, police say.

The suspects said the 17-year-old boy had tried to steal a bike, which he denies. His family says he has mental health problems and is a drug user.
Police identified the men after they shared a video online of them making the tattoo.
An online campaign has been created to help the boy get the tattoo removed.
The suspects, aged 27 and 29, confessed to writing the message, which said in Portuguese "I'm a thief and loser", as a "punishment".
Police in the city of Sao Bernardo do Campo, in Sao Paulo state, have not yet confirmed that the attempted robbery took place.
The boy said he had fallen over the bike for being "very drunk", but that he was not trying to steal it.
The two men caught the boy, tied his hands and feet and said they would tattoo him, he added.
"I asked them to make the tattoo on my arm but they said they would do it on my forehead and started laughing," he told Folha de S.Paulo newspaper (in Portuguese).
"I begged them to break my arms and legs instead."
In the video, the boy, who seemed frightened, is seated on a chair but not tied, while a man with a tattoo machine holds him by the hair. The man who is filming laughs and says: "It's going to hurt."
The boy also had his hair cut by the suspects after he tried to hide the tattoo.
The teenager's family said he had gone missing on 31 May and recognised him after seeing the video, which was uploaded on Friday. He was reunited with his family on Sunday.
The online campaign to help him has raised more than 19,000 reais ($5,800; Â£4,500).


Sony Pictures has cancelled the planned US release on 25 December of the film The Interview, after major cinema chains decided not to screen it.

The film is about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Hackers have already carried out a cyber attack on Sony and warned the public to stay away from cinemas screening the film.
The US government said it was considering a "range of options" on how to respond to the attack.
"We know that criminals and foreign countries regularly seek to gain access to government and private sector networks - both in the United States and elsewhere,"  a National Security Council statement said, adding that the FBI was leading the investigation.
"We take very seriously any attempt to threaten or limit artists' freedom of speech or of expression."
The statement came after US media quoted anonymous officials as saying that the FBI had linked North Korea to the attacks.
Earlier on Wednesday, the New York premiere of The Interview was cancelled. Sony says it understands its partners' decision.
However, in a statement it said it was "deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie".
"In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release," it said.
"We respect and understand our partners' decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theatre-goers."
It added: "We stand by our film makers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome."
Hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace have released emails and data stolen from Sony in late November.
In a recent warning they mentioned the 9/11 attacks, claiming "the world will be full of fear".
"Remember the 11th of September 2001. We recommend you to keep yourself distant from the places at that time," the hacker group wrote in a message on Tuesday.
"Whatever comes in the coming days is called by the greed of Sony Pictures Entertainment."
Earlier, Sony had given theatres in the US and Canada the option to bow out of showing The Interview in the wake of the threats.
Regal Cinemas, AMC Entertainment and Cinemark Theatres - the top three theatre chains in North America - subsequently announced they were postponing screenings, and Canada's biggest theatre firms also pulled out, leaving Sony seemingly no choice but to postpone the film.
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel tweeted that the decision by theatres to refuse to show the film was "an un-American act of cowardice that validates terrorist actions and sets a terrifying precedent."
The Interview cost Sony an estimated $42m (Â£27m) to produce - not nearly as much as action films like The Hunger Games or the X-Men films - but still a significant amount for a comedy film.
So far, however, investors have not been too concerned about the potential hit to Sony's bottom line. Sony's share price has declined by just over 5% since the hack was revealed.
An effort by activist shareholder Daniel Loeb to get Sony to spin off its entertainment arm was thwarted in 2013, but the hacking revelations and their subsequent hit to Sony's reputation could renew calls to reconsider the structure of the firm.


A guide to the row involving Fleet Street, press reform campaigners and the Labour Party over revelations about Culture Secretary John Whittingdale's relationship with an escort.

He is currently the secretary of state for culture, media and sport.
The MP for Maldon and East Chelmsford, 56, was previously chairman of the influential Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee for 10 years.
Before becoming an MP in 1992 he was political secretary to former prime minister Margaret Thatcher.
Mr Whittingdale had a relationship with a woman he met on an online dating website who turned out to be an escort.
He says he had no idea she was a sex worker and ended the relationship when he found out in 2014 - before he was made a government minister with responsibility for press regulation.
Four newspapers knew about the relationship but decided not to publish the story.
The newspapers involved, and many of the media pundits who have had their say so far, say there was simply no public interest in publishing a story about the love life of a single man who was not a government minister.
But campaign group Hacked Off points to Mr Whittingdale's remit, which includes press regulation, saying the papers have questions to answer about why the story never saw the light of day.
Hacked Off - and the Labour Party - say the unpublished story presented a potential conflict of interest for Mr Whittingdale, in particular concerning his decisions on how tightly the press should be controlled. His position has been compromised, they say.
Labour's Chris Bryant, who was previously shadow culture secretary, says it "seems the press were quite deliberately holding a sword of Damocles over John Whittingdale".
Mr Whittingdale did not inform Downing Street about the story when he was made culture secretary, and No 10 confirmed it was not aware of the relationship.
BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said the question for him was not about the relationship, but about his role in regulating the press when the newspapers had a story about his private life.
Mr Whittingdale denies his decision-making was affected.
Kuenssberg: Why does the story matter now?
The backdrop to the row is the Leveson Inquiry into press standards, established in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal which led to the closure of the News of the World in 2011 after revelations journalists illegally accessed people's phones for stories.
Published in 2012, the inquiry made a number of recommendations and many newspapers were strongly opposed to key parts.
Newspapers have set up their own regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation, but Hacked Off says important parts of Lord Leveson's report have not been implemented.
In particular, one of the regulations would require newspapers to pay libel costs even if they won a case brought against them, should they not have previously offered a low-cost means of resolving the claim.
There is also due to be a second part of the inquiry, looking at ties between newspapers and the police, which could not take place until criminal cases had been completed.
There have been reports this inquiry has been shelved, but the government says it has not yet decided whether to pursue it.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "We've always said that criminal investigations and legal processes relating to Leveson need to have fully concluded before we consider part two."
Press regulation: What you need to know
The opposition has called on Mr Whittingdale to withdraw from decisions on press regulation.
His opposite number, Maria Eagle, said he had "reneged" on a cross-party agreement to implement Leveson having previously supported it when select committee chairman.
She said he should "recuse himself" from decisions on the subject "in order for the public to have any confidence in the government's approach to press regulation".
Downing Street sources say it would be ludicrous for Mr Whittingdale to be vulnerable because of a decision by newspapers not to publish a story about him.
The BBC's Laura Kuenssberg said there was no sense Labour would get its demand, adding that it was important to note Mr Whittingdale as a political character would always have be expected to favour "light touch" regulation of the press.
The culture secretary put out a statement saying the "old story" about his relationship had been "a bit embarrassing at the time".
He added: "The events occurred long before I took up my present position and it has never had any influence on the decisions I have made as culture secretary."
Downing Street said he was "a single man entitled to a private life" and had the full confidence of the prime minister.
Should the story have been published in any case? On the Today programme, Hacked Off's Evan Harris said there were public interest arguments in favour of publication, including the fact that Mr Whittingdale had "lectured" former F1 boss Max Mosley, who had been the subject of a tabloid expose, during a committee hearing. He also said "these sorts of stories" are often run with no public interest justification.
Former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis said such a story may have been published in the pre-Leveson era, but said under the new regime it had been judged not to merit publication.
Media pundit Steve Hewlett said the newspapers had in fact behaved "entirely in keeping with the way that the privacy campaigners wanted them to behave in any other circumstances".
Some have accused Hacked Off themselves of hypocrisy for calling for publication of a story about Mr Whittingdale's private life having long campaigned against press intrusion.
While Mr Whittingdale does not look like losing his responsibility for press regulation as Labour demand, Laura Kuenssberg said a reshuffle was expected in the aftermath of the EU referendum.
She added: "This is certainly the kind of headache that the government could do without, and it's the kind of story, involving politicians, the papers, and sex, that could well take an unpredictable turn."


Imagine being in your garden, hanging out some washing, when the ground suddenly drops away from under your feet.

That's exactly what happened to a woman in Melbourne this week, when a sinkhole three metres deep opened up beneath her while she was doing chores.
A neighbour heard the 45-year-old screaming for help and called rescuers.
Firefighters then managed to pull the woman out of the hole, which had partially filled with water.
Amazingly she was unharmed by her fall but told medical staff that she had to tread water for 20 minutes while waiting for help.
"The issue is the hole in the ground is only 500 (centimetres) wide but it actually opens up very big inside so there was nothing for her to grab onto to try and get herself out," explained local fire official Paul Carrigg.
"Every time she put her hands up, the dirt disappeared. So, there was nothing she could do to help herself.
"She's extremely lucky person, there's no doubt about that."
Local council engineers blamed an old well for the collapse.
Sinkholes, or dolines, often take thousands of years to form and vary hugely in size.
The deepest is China's Xiaozhai Tienkeng at 2172ft (662m). The Qattara Depression in Egypt is roughly 50 miles (80km) by 75 miles (121km) in surface size.
But often sinkholes can be only a few metres in diameter.
They are often caused by acidic water dissolving a layer of rock underneath the ground.
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The end is in sight for one of the longest running financial sagas in Scottish football.

After two tribunal verdicts and a Court of Session verdict, the Supreme Court in London will have the final say on Rangers' use of a controversial tax avoidance scheme between 2001 and 2010.
The implications of the verdict could have huge implications either way.
Under former owner Sir David Murray, Rangers issued some employees, including players, managers and directors, with tax-free loans from off-shore trusts called Employee Benefit Trusts. In total, more than £47m came out of these trusts to over 80 individuals.
Since 2010 the HMRC have argued that these loans were actually earnings and should be taxed accordingly.
Two tax tribunals found in Rangers' favour but as the club fought the tax man it was forced into administration and liquidation. HMRC appealed against the tribunal decisions and won in the Court of Session in 2015.
Knowing huge tax liabilities would ultimately affect the cash available to Rangers' creditors, it was then up to the liquidators to take the fight to the highest court in the land, the Supreme Court, for a final judgement.
If the Supreme Court finds in favour of HMRC, liquidators BDO would be liable for the tax and would ultimately have to come to a deal with the taxman to pay it off. They have amassed a pot reported to be in the region of £40m from legal disputes and money owed to the former company.
HMRC could then issue something called Follower Notices, which would demand payment from companies who ran similar schemes and have been waiting anxiously for a verdict on this test case. A number of football clubs in England fall into this category.
In a strange twist, those individuals who were in receipt of an EBT may well benefit financially from a win for the tax man. A defeat for Rangers in liquidation would put the onus of liability on the company, and in this case, the liquidators.
A win for BDO would move the onus of responsibility to the individuals. Legislation in the draft finance bill means those in receipt of EBT loans from April 1999 onwards, must pay PAYE on them after 2019 if they have not settled with the tax man.
In another twist, if the decision goes against the tax man, the liquidators could sue HMRC. This has happened in similar cases in the past where companies were forced into insolvency.
Whatever happens, the outcome is unlikely to have any financial or material impact on Rangers Football Club as they are now. The club is owned by a different company.
That will not stop calls for action to be taken if a result in HMRC's favour suggests trophies were won with the help of players who were given financial incentives subsequently deemed illegal.


Wolves captain Danny Batth scored the only goal of the game to round off the Championship season with victory against Preston North End at Molineux.

Batth struck with a first-minute header from Jordan Graham's corner - his fourth goal of the season.
North End finished the season with just one point from their past six matches.
But this was only Wolves' eighth home win in 23 attempts this season to leave Paul Lambert's side 15th in the table, four points behind 11th-placed Preston.
The hosts made the perfect start when winger Graham, making his first start since January 2016 after his long spell on the sidelines with a knee injury, won a corner with his run into the area.
He then floated over the kick which Batth met with a powerful header at the far post to secure Wolves' eighth win in their last nine final-day league matches at home.
Batth was inches away from doubling Wolves' advantage when he flashed another header narrowly wide following a ball from Andreas Weimann.
Wolves were by far the more positive-looking side and should have made the game safe with two early second-half chances for Nouha Dicko.
Preston finally threatened with two Jordan Hugill headers, the second of which was saved in the top corner by Harry Burgoyne, who also saved from substitute Daryl Horgan.
Wolves head coach Paul Lambert:
"I have been successful on a lot of fronts - as a player I was successful in Europe, I played in two European finals, I played in the World Cup and I won the biggest honour in club football (the Champions League with Borussia Dortmund), so I know what success is.
"I want the club to have success and to have a fighting chance that you have something to play for towards the end of the season.
"If we can get the consistency levels and get some lads in to help the current group then this could be an unbelievable club.
"If we can get that help then this club has a great chance and the work starts now to make this club the best it can be."
Preston manager Simon Grayson:
"Obviously, we are disappointed with the way that the season has panned out. But you've got to look at the bigger picture.
"I am immensely proud of the players with what they have done this season. If someone had said we would finish the season above Aston Villa we would have taken that.
"We have finished above a lot of teams who have got bigger resources, so I don't want the last month to cloud what has been a really good season.
"The players have just run out of steam that they have had for 90% of the season."
Match ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Preston North End 0.
Second Half ends, Wolverhampton Wanderers 1, Preston North End 0.
Foul by David Edwards (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Preston North End. Conceded by Harry Burgoyne.
Attempt saved. Daryl Horgan (Preston North End) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jermaine Beckford.
Attempt missed. Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Gallagher (Preston North End).
Attempt blocked. Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Preston North End. Conceded by Dominic Iorfa.
Attempt blocked. Paul Huntington (Preston North End) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jermaine Beckford.
Foul by Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Daryl Horgan (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Dominic Iorfa replaces Andreas Weimann.
Paul Huntington (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Paul Huntington (Preston North End).
Corner,  Wolverhampton Wanderers. Conceded by Alex Baptiste.
Foul by Bright Enobakhare (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Thomas Spurr (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Offside, Preston North End. Paul Huntington tries a through ball, but Jermaine Beckford is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Conor Coady (Wolverhampton Wanderers) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Silvio with a cross.
Ben Pearson (Preston North End) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Pearson (Preston North End).
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Jón Dadi Bödvarsson replaces Nouha Dicko.
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Boyle (Preston North End).
Foul by Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Jermaine Beckford (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Paul Gallagher (Preston North End) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Aiden McGeady.
Substitution, Preston North End. Daryl Horgan replaces Tom Barkhuizen.
Attempt missed. Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Conor Coady following a fast break.
Foul by Nouha Dicko (Wolverhampton Wanderers).
Andrew Boyle (Preston North End) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Preston North End. Jermaine Beckford replaces Jordan Hugill.
Attempt saved. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Thomas Spurr with a cross.
Substitution, Wolverhampton Wanderers. Joe Mason replaces Jordan Graham.
Attempt missed. Jordan Hugill (Preston North End) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Aiden McGeady following a set piece situation.


Reopening minor injury units and not reorganising the NHS are among the Welsh Conservatives' pledges ahead of the assembly election.

The party has also said it would re-establish special care baby services at Withybush Hospital in Pembrokeshire.
Care for complex births was moved from Haverfordwest to Glangwili Hospital in Carmarthenshire in 2014.
Shadow Health Minister Darren Millar said Labour was running the NHS "into the ground".
Labour's Health Minister Mark Drakeford said: "According to the Treasury's own figures, Wales spends Â£172 more per person on health and social services combined than in England.
"By seeking to reopen minor injury units which only saw a handful of patients every week, the Tories are not just wasting money but they are threatening the very viability of the emergency departments they claim to want to protect by diverting experienced A&E staff away from the busy frontline."
The Tories promised to keep all existing emergency departments open and reopen minor injury units in community hospitals in Newtown, Powys, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Colwyn Bay in Conwy county and those in Rhyl and Prestatyn in Denbighshire.
A Â£20m will also be created to encourage the "innovative use" of community hospitals.
Mr Millar added: "In contrast to their [Labour's] legacy of cuts, closures and downgrades, we are making a commitment today to secure, reopen and widen access to NHS services in Wales.
"There would be no reorganisation of the health service under a Welsh Conservative health minister and key minor injury units so cruelly closed by Labour would be re-established to relieve pressure on our emergency departments and provide more convenient access to patients."
Elin Jones, Plaid Cymru's health spokeswoman, said: "If they [the Conservatives] think everything is fine as it is and all that needs to change is that minor injuries units in only four community hospitals need to be reopened, then they obviously have no desire to tackle the lengthy waiting times for diagnosis and treatment in Wales."


The time is not right for an interest rate rise, Bank of England governor Mark Carney has said.

Wage growth is falling, and the impact of Brexit on the economy is unclear, Mr Carney said in a speech at Mansion House in London.
The pound fell sharply after Mr Carney's comments.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Philip Hammond called for a smooth Brexit to avoid a "cliff edge" for businesses as the UK leaves the European Union.
In his Mansion House speech, Mr Carney said: "From my perspective, given the mixed signals on consumer spending and business investment, and given the still subdued domestic inflationary pressures, in particular anaemic wage growth, now is not yet the time to begin that adjustment [rate rises].
"In the coming months, I would like to see the extent to which weaker consumption growth is offset by other components of demand, whether wages begin to firm, and more generally, how the economy reacts to the prospect of tighter financial conditions and the reality of Brexit negotiations."
As Brexit negotiations unfold, the UK economy will be influenced by the expectations of domestic consumers, firms, and markets about any transition period and what will happen in the longer term, Mr Carney said.
He said companies on both sides of the Channel may "soon need to activate contingency plans".
"Before long, we will all begin to find out the extent to which Brexit is a gentle stroll along a smooth path to a land of cake and consumption," he said.
Following Mr Carney's comments, the pound fell about 0.4% against the dollar to trade at $1.2682.
The Bank governor warned that monetary policy, which is controlled by the Bank of England, "cannot prevent the weaker real income growth likely to accompany the transition to new trading arrangements with the EU".
But he said the Bank's policy could influence how "the hit to incomes is distributed between job losses and price rises".
Meanwhile, in his speech at Mansion House, Mr Hammond outlined priorities for a "Brexit for Britain", including a comprehensive free trade agreement for goods and services.
He said the UK and the EU needed to negotiate "mutually beneficial transitional arrangements to avoid unnecessary disruption and dangerous cliff edges" from Brexit.
The chancellor added that the UK needed "frictionless customs arrangements", especially on the land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
He said the UK would "almost certainly need an implementation period, outside the Customs Union itself, but with current customs border arrangements remaining in place, until new long-term arrangements are up and running".
Mr Hammond added that the negotiations need to take a "pragmatic approach" to the export of UK financial services, and he warned against "protectionist agendas" dressed up as arguments about supervisory oversight.
However, he said there were also legitimate concerns, such as those raised by the European Commission about euro clearing.
Last week the EU revealed a draft law that would give it the power to move the lucrative euro clearing business out of London and keep it in the EU.
Mr Carney echoed Mr Hammond's comments, saying that "fragmentation of such global markets by jurisdiction or currency would reduce the benefits of central clearing."


New Zealand police say they have arrested and charged a man over the assault on cricketer Jesse Ryder outside a bar in Christchurch.

The 20-year-old suspect is due to appear in the Christchurch District Court on 4 April, officials said.
Police said they were also following a line of inquiry in relation to another person.
Ryder is in a medically induced coma after being attacked twice in quick succession as he left the bar.
He is believed to have suffered serious head injuries after the assaults and is now in intensive care.
At least 10 or more people are thought to have witnessed the incident, a police spokesman said earlier.
Ryder has a history of disciplinary lapses and alcohol-related incidents. Although he had been drinking before the assault on Thursday morning, police said  alcohol was not a factor.
The cricketer was in Christchurch playing for Wellington against Canterbury in the domestic one-day competition.
The 28-year-old had been due to fly to Delhi to start his $300,000 (Â£200,000) contract in the Indian Premier League.
He had chosen not to play for New Zealand since the Napier ODI against South Africa in February 2012 after he was disciplined by team management for being out drinking while carrying an injury.
Police believe two or three men attacked Ryder outside the bar, before following him to a car park and launching a second, more serious assault on the cricketer.
A witness told New Zealand's One News that she could hear the impact of the blows from inside the bar.
"As soon as the fight started there were probably four or five guys that ran out to pull them off him and hold them back while he stumbled off over the road," the witness said.
Ryder's friends and domestic and international cricketers have sent messages of support via social media.
New Zealand Cricket chief executive David White said he was "extremely concerned" for Ryder.
Meanwhile, the head of the country's Cricket Players' Association, Heath Mills, has flown to Christchurch to be with Ryder.
"The cricket community's very shocked at what's happened to Jesse. It's a sad day for us," he said.
The attack has also been condemned by Prime Minister John Key, who expressed his shock over the "sinister" and "vicious" incident.


Across the south of Scotland and beyond this week brings a significant anniversary from many men now well into their seventies.

It is 60 years since the King's Own Scottish Borderers were deployed to a campaign they will never forget.
The Malayan Emergency, as it became known, was a bitter conflict against hardened ethnic Chinese communists.
Sometimes called the "forgotten war", its memories remain strong among the young national servicemen of the day.
Few of the teenage soldiers had previously been away from home and  were setting off on a lengthy journey unaware of the conditions they would have to face.
For many of them, the furthest afield they had travelled was Southerness, Edinburgh or perhaps Blackpool.
To Arthur Haining from Glencaple, for instance, a trip to his uncle on a farm at New Galloway had been a major event.
"My father couldn't afford to go anywhere on holidays like they do nowadays - Butlins or abroad," he said.
"We got the boat from Southampton - the troop ship - we couldn't compare it with anything.
"It was great - seeing the sea and the flying fish - everything was new. There was no television when I was a boy so seeing all these foreign people and seeing how they operated, it was great."
That experience was echoed by Leslie Thin from Galashiels.
"In those days it was only those and such as those that could go holidays abroad," he said.
"You saw things things that you never dreamed you would have seen."
Their destination saw them enter a conflict in which they not only had to face a hostile environment of heat and humidity, deadly insects and debilitating illnesses, but fight an unseen enemy in guerrilla-type fashion.
Willie Jardine, from Dumfries, had never imagined the conditions he met could exist.
"Nobody knew where the enemy was, but they were there," he said.
"You were walking in darkness in the jungle - you never knew what was in front of you.
"It could have been an ambush - there were one or two. It is something you will never forget."
It was a very similar experience for George Wright from Jedburgh.
"The heat and the humidity was something else," he said.
"When you made camp at night, each person had a poncho cape - you used it as a ground sheet.
"The whole movement of earth under your feet was just a mass of ants and beetles. And during the day you were just soaking wet with sweat."
Mr Wright, too, lived with the constant threat of ambush from the enemy.
"The jungle was so thick," he explained, "that he could have been four feet away from you and you would never have seen him."
This week these former servicemen will mark the anniversary of the regiment's introduction to the campaign.
Eventually the British, Malayan and Commonwealth forces pushed the communists back far into the jungle, finally ending the conflict in 1960.
But by then 2,500 soldiers had died and those who survived will never forget their experiences.


The North West is set to benefit from a £45m investment in fields including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare technology.

The fund - financed equally by private investors and the government - will be made available to help boost the growth of firms in the "life sciences" sector.
Cheshire's Alderley Park research hub, where drugs giant AstraZeneca cut 1,600 jobs in 2013, will host the fund.
Many firms with fewer than 250 staff will be eligible to apply for funding.
Since AstraZeneca's decision, Alderley Park has been designated a medicine research "catapult centre".
This has brought businesses, scientists and clinicians together to develop new medicines.
About 450 jobs have been created by 28 firms there.
The chief executive of Alderley Park's owners Manchester Science Partnerships, Rowena Burns, said: "Our goal is to work with our businesses to support their next stage in growth, by reducing their risks and accelerating successful innovation.
"This new fund is just part of our commitment to the region's wonderful life science entrepreneurs."
The funding will be available to life sciences firms with fewer than 250 employees and and turnover of less than €50m (£37m).


As the annual National Famine Commemoration ceremony takes place in Northern Ireland for the first time, historian Dr Éamon Phoenix looks at its devastating impact on counties in Ulster.

The Great Famine of 1845-51 has the grim distinction of being the most costly natural disaster of modern times.
Ireland had witnessed a massive surge in population from 2.6 to 8.5 million by 1845 when blight struck the staple food of the masses - the potato.
Some 80% of this teeming population lived on the land, making Ireland one of the most densely populated countries in Europe.
Under a land system where most of the land was owned by the great Plantation landlords, vast numbers of the poorest 'cottier' class lived on 'potato gardens', often sub-divided among their sons.
By the 1840s, close on two-fifths of the population were totally dependant on the potato and it was the major food-source of the rest.
Between 1845 and 1849, the potato crop failed in three seasons out of four.
The result was starvation and the spread of the "road disease" -  dysentery, typhus and cholera.
One million people died of hunger and disease during the crisis and more than one million emigrated, mainly to the United States - often in the notorious 'coffin ships', so-called because many people died because of the terrible conditions during the crossing.
In dealing with the crisis, the British government introduced 'Outdoor Relief' - the provision of soup kitchens in distressed area and public works, such as the building of roads and harbours.
However, these measures were woefully inadequate.
The country's workhouses were grossly overcrowded, adding to the vast mortality.
The claim that the Famine did not affect Ulster has been debunked by recent historical research.
Between 1845-51 Ulster's population fell by 340,000, a drop of 15.7% compared with 19.9% for the whole of lreland.
The greatest losses of population were in the south Ulster counties of Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan.
Fermanagh lost almost 30% of its inhabitants.
Tyrone, Antrim and Armagh were close to the national average with rates of around 15%.
Surprisingly, research shows that the events from 1845 to 51 affected normally prosperous parts of the north-east, including Belfast, north Down and particularly the linen triangle of north Armagh.
By December 1846 the first deaths from starvation were reported in the local press.
By early 1847 cholera was spreading in Fermanagh, with the Erne Packet reporting: "In Garvary Wood hundreds of corpses are buried, they were the victims of cholera and their relatives too weak to carry them to the graveyard."
One of the most surprising aspects of the Famine was its searing impact on traditionally prosperous parts of eastern Ulster.
Particularly hard-hit was the Lurgan-Portadown linen triangle of north Armagh.
Lurgan Workhouse in 1847 recorded the third highest mortality of any workhouse in Ireland.
An inquiry blamed the crisis on overcrowding and the fact that the corpses of fever victims were interred beside the workhouse well. The result was a cycle of death.
In normally prosperous Newtownards, there were queues at the soup kitchen of "emaciated and half-famished souls", covered with rags.
In 1847 the worst affected areas in Down included the Mournes and the fishing port of Kilkeel.
The reactions of the landlords varied. Lord Londonderry, the largest landowner in north Down, rejected rent reductions due to "personal inconvenience" and was much criticised.
Newry - the site of the all-island Famine Commemoration - became a key centre of emigration from south Ulster, with vessels carrying thousands direct to Canada and the United States.
Among these was the ill-fated 'coffin ship', the Hannah, carrying emigrants from South Armagh. Fifty people were drowned when it struck ice near Quebec.
The Famine had a traumatic impact on the growing industrial town of Belfast, which attracted large numbers of famished and disease-ridden people from all parts of Ulster.
In March 1847, typhus fever swept the town following the arrival in the port of the Swatara, an emigrant ship from Connacht.
The Plaguey Hill at Friar's Bush Graveyard in south Belfast is a grim cenotaph commemorating some 800 victims of 'Black '47'.
The commemoration to mark the 170th anniversary has been held at the Albert Basin in Newry, County Down.
Attended by ministers from the Irish government and the Northern Ireland Executive, it was the high point of a week of talks, walks, music and drama about the tragedy.
In her remarks, the Irish Minister for Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, recalled how in Newry workhouse all the health professionals died of fever.
"A point that has struck me forcibly is how the legacy and memory of the famine is deeply ingrained in the collective memory of the host community in Newry," she said.


A decision on the future of Torquay United's Plainmoor stadium has been delayed until the club's owners produce "comprehensive" plans for a new ground.

Chairman Clarke Osborne is keen to buy the freehold of the ground, which is owned by Torbay Council.
Both parties say "concern" among fans over the "controversial" prospective purchase has led to the postponement.
"We completely understand the need for the council to fully scrutinise our plans for a new stadium," said Osborne.
"The results of our recent survey and representation by fans has clearly indicated a level of concern surrounding our proposed first phase, in bringing stability and sustainability to the club."
Mayor of Torbay Gordon Oliver added: "The planned purchase of the freehold of Plainmoor has proved controversial with certain fans, and that is why I have agreed with the club's new owners that this first phase should be postponed."


Friends of the freediving champion Natalia Molchanova, who died last month, are appealing to members of the diving community to hold their breath for a minute to remember her.

Molchanova was the most successful woman in the history of the sport, with 41 records across several disciplines.
She was undertaking a routine dive off the coast of Ibiza in August when she failed to resurface.
The minute's breath hold will take place at 18:30 GMT on Friday.
Aida International, the sport's governing body, has asked people taking part to send photographs, messages or videos for a compilation to be shown at the World Championships.
Freediving is diving without using breathing apparatus.
Freediving: The lure of the deep
Freediver reveals breath-holding secrets
What freediving does to the body
Tributes poured in from the freediving community when Molchanova went missing. The 53-year-old Russian is presumed dead, though her body has not been found.
New Zealand freediving champion William Trubridge called her the "queen of freediving" and said the sport had lost its greatest competitor.
Only one person has lost their life in a competitive freediving event. About five people are thought to have died while training.


A report into allegations of fraud at Tower Hamlets Council reveals a "culture of cronyism", the government has said.

The investigation has prompted Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to send in three commissioners to work at the council for three years.
Auditors said the council grant system lacked transparency and some groups got cash without applying for it.
The east London authority said it "regretted" flaws in its processes.
The council said the report showed "no evidence of criminality or fraud" and issues identified by it had already been flagged up internally and were being "rectified accordingly".
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was instructed by Mr Pickles to investigate "allegations about governance failures, poor financial management and possible fraud".
It follows allegations in a BBC Panorama investigation that directly-elected mayor Lutfur Rahman diverted charity money for political support.
Mr Rahman has denied all allegations of electoral malpractice.
Mr Pickles said he had no choice but to appoint three commissioners to work with the council until March 2017 as there was "no place for rotten boroughs in 21st Century Britain".
The report highlighted the "954 Fund" of £954,000 in surplus monies identified in 2012.
By Karl Mercer, BBC London political correspondent
So three commissioners are to be sent in to Tower Hamlets. They will be the eyes and ears of Eric Pickles, reporting to him every six months and overseeing large parts of the work of this east London council.
They will effectively be in charge of handing out grants, of selling unwanted council property, of senior appointments and of many contracts the borough enters into.
The last time the government stepped in in such a way was in Doncaster back in 2010.  And it won't be a fleeting visit.
They will be there until March 2017, unwelcome visitors with the right to oversee pretty much every move of the borough's directly elected mayor, Lutfur Rahman. Or at least, that's the theory.
Tower Hamlets has two weeks to respond to the proposals and it's unlikely to go quietly. And of course, this being Tower Hamlets, a legal challenge may well be round the corner.
It was found to have "no open application process at all, with monies targeted at member discretion" and in some cases grants were awarded to organisations ruled ineligible.
The report also found that a proposal to award money to lunch clubs for Jewish, Sikh and Hindu communities resulted in £99,212 being awarded to Bangladeshi or Somali groups, none of which had applied for the money.
The report also highlights the controversial sale of Poplar Town Hall to Dreamstar Ltd in 2011.
The authority accepted a late, lower bid from the company, which was found to have an "association with the mayor", despite being advised to accept an offer from another bidder.
Dreamstar's owner had helped the mayor in his election campaign.
PWC said: "The acceptance of a late bid in whatever form created the possibility of manipulation, which could have been avoided or significantly reduced, either by excluding the late bid... or by delaying the opening of all bids."
Dreamstar won the contract race but did not have the finances available to purchase the lease within the four-week timeframe.
It also asked for and received the council's consent to change the contract to sub-let and to change the use of the listed property.
This was granted at the discretion of the planning officer, rather than referred to the development planning committee, as would be expected.
PWC said the actions showed the "existing governance arrangements have weaknesses".
Addressing the House of Commons, Mr Pickles said: "It paints a deeply concerning picture of... denial, secrecy the breakdown of democratic scrutiny and accountability, and a culture of cronyism risking the corrupt spending of public funds."
Mr Pickles said he had proposed an intervention package which included:
The council has 14 days to consider and respond to the proposals.
Mr Pickles said: "The report has cost just under £1m which will be borne by the council. It would have been much cheaper had the mayoral administration not been so obstructive.
"In all of this it is the residents of Tower Hamlets that have been let down."
In a statement, Mr Rahman said he was "surprised at the secretary of state's comments".
He said: "I believe that there is a huge disparity between the detail of PwC's report and the level of the secretary of state's comments.
"We will be responding to Mr Pickles in due course."
The report also found that in response to the BBC Panorama programme The Mayor and Our Money, the authority spent £101,479 getting advice from law firm Taylor Wessing and PR consultants Champollion.


The UK is to increase the humanitarian aid it gives to Yemen to help millions who are suffering in the war-ravaged country, International Development Secretary Priti Patel has said.

She told the BBC that the government would spend an extra £37m this year, bringing the total to £100m.
It comes as the UK is facing criticism for selling arms to Saudi Arabia which could be used in Yemen's civil war.
Ms Patel said the UK has "a robust policy and position" on arms controls.
Last year the British government approved more than £3bn worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia.
For more than a year, a military coalition led by the Saudis - and backed by the UK - has been bombing rebel forces in Yemen, in a bid to reinstate the government that was overthrown in 2014.
More than 3,000 civilians have been killed in the conflict, and millions have been forced from their homes.
The fighting has pushed one of the poorest countries in the Middle East to the brink of famine.
Speaking at the United Nations in New York, Ms Patel told the BBC: "People are suffering. There's no water or clean sanitation, there is a public health crisis, children are dying, there is a need for food and shelter."
She added that 19 million people in Yemen had no access to water or sanitation, while 80% of the population were in need of humanitarian assistance.
She described co-chairing a meeting that was attended by the whole international community including the Saudis, who she said recognised the international community needed to work together to get aid to Yemen.
The £100 million commitment this year makes the UK the world's fourth largest donor.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale said there was a paradox to the humanitarian aid.
"With one hand, Britain is giving more aid to Yemen. But with the other, it is also selling lots of weapons to Saudi Arabia, some of which - MPs claim - are being used in airstrikes that breach international humanitarian law by targeting schools and hospitals."
Former Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said this contradiction meant the government had to do more to restrain the Saudis.
The government insists it is putting pressure on Saudi Arabia to investigate alleged atrocities.
Last month, the aid agency Oxfam accused UK ministers of "denial and disarray" over an agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, which could be used in Yemen.
At the time, a government spokeswoman said it was satisfied that the Saudi deals complied with the UK's "export licensing criteria".
Competing forces are fighting for control of Yemen, in a power struggle with serious implications not just for the region, but the security of the West.
The battles are between several different groups, with the main fighting between forces loyal to President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi, and those allied to Zaidi Shia rebels known as Houthis, who forced Mr Hadi to flee the capital Sanaa in February 2015.
But Yemen's security forces themselves have split loyalties, with some backing Mr Hadi, and others the Houthis and Mr Hadi's predecessor - the still-influential Ali Abdullah Saleh.
Meanwhile, both President Hadi and the Houthis are opposed by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP).
And the emergence in late 2014 of a Yemen affiliate of the jihadist group Islamic State, which seeks to eclipse AQAP, has further complicated the deadly ongoing scenario.
Yemen crisis: Who is fighting whom?


Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has a problem - and he knows it.

How does he handle two intensely ambitious racing drivers competing for the world title in his team while also protecting the interests of the global corporation behind it?
There is no easy answer.
For Wolff - as for any F1 team boss - the golden rule is always that team-mates must not crash into each other. Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg have now broken it twice in the last five races.
In Austria on Sunday, a collision on the last lap cost Mercedes what would have been a one-two finish. Hamilton successfully - in the end - passed Rosberg for the lead, and Rosberg slipped back to finish fourth with no front wing.
In Spain back in May, another one-two went begging - this time when they crashed out on the first lap.
The incidents were very different. But what they shared was that Hamilton was trying to pass Rosberg after the German had made a mistake, and Rosberg refused to let it happen. Or at least tried to, in the case of Austria.
The drivers, unsurprisingly, blamed each other.
Wolff said he "had an opinion" but refused to say what it was, while Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda said initially that the fact they hit each other was "I think, Nico's fault - although I have to see it again".
Outside Mercedes, virtually all pundits and ex-drivers who expressed an opinion on the incident were unanimous - Rosberg was to blame this time. Crucially, so did the stewards.
Why? Because Rosberg had not turned in when he should have.
On-board camera shots were clear. Hamilton was on the outside and marginally ahead when they reached the turn-in point for the corner. But Rosberg kept going straight on.
When he did finally turn - way beyond where he would normally - he does not attempt to make the full corner, but turns the wheel considerably less than that.
The issue is that Rosberg did not look to be trying to make the corner - he seemed intent only on keeping Hamilton on the outside.
Yes, the initial collision comes as Hamilton finally tries to turn in, but most ex-drivers and experienced observers would say that he had no choice at that point. Again, the stewards agreed.
Parallels will inevitably be drawn with two incidents between the two last year - in the Japanese and US Grands Prix.
In both, Hamilton was on the inside and ran Rosberg out of road on the exit of the corner.
But that is an accepted - if hard - tactic in racing. Whereas what Rosberg did was not acceptable, by the standards by which these incidents are judged.
Rosberg contended that he had "always left him track space". But the key was in the phrase the stewards used - Rosberg did not allow Hamilton "racing room", they said.
Hamilton was "in front - i.e. more than fully alongside and could have clearly made the turn, if not for the resultant collision."
The phrase "racing room" does not appear anywhere in the regulations but the decision was based on an understanding of which all drivers are aware.
That is that when a driver is attempting to pass on the outside, if he is fully alongside he has the right to be given room on the exit. In this case, they never even got that far - Rosberg did not even allow him room on the entry.
Although the problem for Mercedes is not so much who was at fault as why it keeps happening and what to do about it, the two things may well be interlinked.
Wolff said he was "fed up with trying to analyse it - I just don't want any contact." He added that "all options" were on the table.
"One option is to freeze the order at a certain point in the race, which is unpopular and makes me (want to) puke myself but if the racing is not possible without contact that is a consequence," said Wolff.
"I have to cool down a little bit and in the next couple of days figure it out."
In doing so, he will have to consider what role is being played by the raised stakes compared to last year and even 2014.
In 2015, Hamilton got a flying start to the season and never looked back. The way things worked out, he and Rosberg were hardly ever racing together.
It was a similar situation in 2014, with two exceptions - in Bahrain, when they raced cleanly and brilliantly and Hamilton came out on top, and Austin, when Hamilton chased his team-mate down and passed him fairly to win.
This year is different. Hamilton finds himself playing catch-up again, but this time he seems to be facing a more formidable and resolute competitor.
Until this year, Hamilton always seemed to come off better when the two were battling closely and he remains the more instinctive natural racer.
Austria showed once again that Rosberg does not have the same instinctive feel for wheel-to-wheel duels - if he was going to give Hamilton the choice of going wide or colliding, it was not a great idea to do it in a way that ensured his car would be the one that was damaged. But Rosberg seems to have coupled it with a harder edge to his approach.
It is impossible to get him to admit it, but the loss of the title so comprehensively last year seems to have had an effect on his mindset.
He seems tougher and more determined than before, less willing to give in to the inner demons that tell him - correctly - that, all things being equal, Hamilton will be faster than him more often than not. And less willing to back down on the track, too.
Rosberg brushes off questions about it, says he is focused only on the now. But it looks from the outside as if he has realised that he may never have a better chance to win the world title than this year when, lest we forget, he was 43 points clear after just four races.
Spain was the next race after Rosberg established that formidable lead, and he started it by taking the lead with an audacious and highly skilled move around the outside of Hamilton at the first corner.
Two corners later, after he had been delayed by being in the wrong engine mode, his defence against Hamilton trying to re-take the lead was aggressive in the extreme.
Technically, it could be argued he broke in Barcelona the rule that demands drivers leave a rival a car's width of space on the approach to a corner if they have a "significant" part of their car alongside.
The move was adjudged just within the letter of the regulations, on the basis of how quickly events had unfolded, and the crash filed as a "racing incident", in which neither driver was specifically to blame
But now there is Austria, and another incident in which Rosberg has gone right out to the very edges of ruthlessness - and beyond, the stewards say, in this case.
Meanwhile, Hamilton is already nursing a sense of injustice about this year - as a result of the engine problems that wrecked his races in China and Russia and have left him likely to suffer grid penalties down the line for using too many engine parts.
In Austria, Hamilton should never have been behind Rosberg in the race, having led the first stint so comprehensively.
When Hamilton emerged behind Rosberg from his first pit stop - thanks to a problem with the left-rear wheel - he was surprised but was reassured that his team-mate had to stop again.
So it was little wonder that Hamilton admitted to finding it "a little bit disturbing initially" to be switched to a two-stop and find Rosberg was still in front once the stops were completed. Three hours after the race, he said: "I didn't understand it and I still don't - I'm sure they will explain it later."
When they do, they will tell him that only a problem with his left-rear wheel at his first stop prevented him rejoining in the lead - and that they organised it so he would pass Rosberg at the second stops with the so-called 'undercut', only for another slow stop and a subsequent error from Hamilton in running wide at Turn Two on his out lap to scupper the plan.
Hamilton did not know that in the race, so what was his mindset out on track at the time?
"I let it go over my head," he said, "and kept pushing, thinking: 'If I am going to win this world title, I am going to have to dig deep.' I gave everything I had today. I feel proud I didn't leave any stone unturned."
As for Rosberg, even after his penalty he was still protesting his innocence.
So Mercedes are faced with a dominant character who believes in his own fundamental superiority and another, hard-headed to the point of stubbornness, who is determined to take the best chance he has ever had.
Wolff clearly does not want to impose team orders on the drivers but somehow he has to create some rules of engagement to ensure they don't keep crashing into each other.
Painless it won't be, but handling the fall-out of Austria and containing it over the remaining 12 races might be that bit easier because there is an obviously guilty party.


A team from the University of Aberdeen has captured underwater footage of dolphins in the Moray Firth.

The firth provides habitat to the world's most northerly resident population of bottlenose dolphins.
The team, which was working from the university's Lighthouse Field Station, took the footage in September and recently uploaded it to Facebook.
They said the film offered a new perspective into the lives of the animals.
The field station is an old lighthouse in Cromarty. It has been used by university scientists to research marine life since 1990.
An estimated 102 individual dolphins breed and feed in the firth, according to a recent survey of the animals.
The species is protected by European Union rules.


A man and a woman have appeared in court charged with causing or allowing the death of a baby.

Four-month-old Eli Cox was found at an address in Lapwing Close in Minster, Sheppey, on 13 April and died in hospital on 27 April, Kent Police said.
Katherine Cox, 32, and Danny Shepherd, 25, both of Millfield Road, Faversham, appeared at Medway Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.
Both were released on conditional bail.
Ms Cox and Mr Shepherd are also accused of one count of causing or allowing serious injury to a child and one count of possession of a class B drug (amphetamine).
They are due to appear at Maidstone Crown Court on 13 December.


Quindell, the insurance technology and claims management group, is under investigation by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for alleged accounting irregularities.

The FCA investigation centres on public statements that Quindell made about its accounts in 2013 and 2014.
Trading in the company's shares was temporarily suspended on the Alternative Investment Market.
Quindell has admitted that some of its accounting polices were "aggressive".
The group has been conducting its own review, advised by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).
The review concluded that accounting policies relating to revenue and acquisition costs in some of its businesses - since disposed of - were "at the aggressive end of acceptable practice".
PwC also found that some other policies were "not appropriate", the company said.
Investors saw more than 80% wiped off the value of their shares in a disastrous 2014, as rumours of the accounting irregularities emerged.
A more conservative way of accounting for revenues and case acquisition costs would "materially impact previously reported results for the year ended 31 December 2013 and the six months ended 30 June 2014", the company said in a statement.
Quindell, which has a market capitalisation of Â£555m and revenues approaching Â£400m, has been restructuring following the recent sale of its professional services division to compensation claims firm Slater & Gordon for more than Â£600m.
Responding to the news, a Slater & Gordon spokeswoman told the BBC: "We have always been of the view that the accounting policies of Quindell plc were aggressive.
"Our assessment of the professional services division [PSD] was not based on their historical financial statements, but on a detailed bottom-up assessment of the key drivers of the business applying our own accounting policies.
"Quindell's historic accounting policies were irrelevant to our valuation of the PSD. We made this clear when we announced the acquisition and in all subsequent statements."
Quindell has a new management team in place, but is still searching for a new chief executive. It is refocusing its business on insurance technology services, which include the in-car telematics equipment that measures people's driving habits.


US-backed Libyan militias say they have seized control of the headquarters of so-called Islamic State in Sirte.

"The Ouagadougou [convention] centre is in our hands," a spokesman for forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government of national accord said.
Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast, is IS's most significant stronghold in Libya.
The city has been under the militant group's control since February 2015.
The pro-government forces said IS fighters still held positions in three residential areas of Sirte and in a villa complex near the seafront.
But capturing the Ouagadougou centre had been a key aim of the offensive against IS in the past few weeks.
Fighters also took Sirte's Ibn Sina hospital and university campus, spokesman Rida Issa said.
At least three fighters were killed and several others wounded, he said. IS was said to have lost at least 20 of its men.
The US has estimated that IS has fewer than 1,000 fighters in Sirte, many of whom are foreigners and veterans of the conflict in Syria and Iraq.
Earlier, a news agency affiliated with IS said the group had brought down a Libyan fighter jet in Sirte.
Pro-government forces said they had lost contact with one aircraft. Two people were reportedly on board.


(Close): London's leading shares rose for a second day, led by mining firms Glencore and Anglo American.

The benchmark FTSE 100 index closed up 1.18%, or 71.58 points, at 6,146.10.
Whitbread shares lost 1.4%, the biggest faller on the FTSE, after it said it would have to cut costs and raise prices to pay its staff the new government recommended Living Wage.
Housebuilders Redrow shares rose 1.9%. Profits rose 53% helped by government's Help to Buy subsidy for some buyers.
Shareholders in fellow builder Berkeley were also in the money after its shares climbed 2.3% on news it was on track to meet its profit targets.
Outside the top 100, Punch Taverns' shares were up 3.2% after it said it would sell its 50% stake in its UK-based drinks wholesaler for Â£100.7m.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.65% against the dollar to $1.5373 and also gained 0.45% against the euro to â‚¬1.3738.


In the way that Welsh rugby fans still support Wales even if they no longer live here, could successful Welsh business people who have made their mark outside Wales share their experience and connections to help the Welsh economy?

That is the proposal being championed by software entrepreneur Walter May.
Originally from Pontypool, he started work as an apprentice with British Steel and left Wales to study for an MSc at Cranfield University.
He built a successful career in the software sector and since returning to Wales has been a business support advisor for tech companies in their early stages and is involved in peer-to-peer mentoring.
Mr May is also conducting a feasibility study for the Welsh government into how five different nations - India, Ireland, New Zealand, Portugal and Scotland - have benefited from tapping into the success of exiles.
Ministers will get a sight of that report next month.
One of the most successful countries in terms of getting money, influence and experience from its ex-pats is Ireland.
Kingsley Aikins set up Diaspora Matters four years ago . He wanted to reverse the brain drain and form networks of successful people across the world who wanted to help their home country's economy. It has been hugely successful and he now advises groups across the world.
Walter May, inspired by Aikins, is now building a network of Welsh exiles who he hopes will be interested in using their experience and connections to help the Welsh economy.
One person he is talking to is Warren East, former chief executive of ARM Holdings - a UK multinational and one of the world's most successful technology companies.
He comes from Newport originally but has built his career in Cambridge and around the world, although he regularly returns home.
Mr East is particularly interested in inspiring young people to take up a career in engineering and he says networks and connections can make a difference.
"Comparing Wales to where I've been working in Cambridge and all over the world you can see  the economy is not in a good state.
"Business happens between people and this kind of networking effect that Walter is talking about is a necessary condition for inward investment and trade.
"Government initiatives are great but actually it's other businesses that businesses do business with and if you don't create that environment then things don't happen."
He adds that if he is connected with other people from Wales then he is more likely to think of doing business with Welsh companies.
Mr May is planning a Global Welsh conference at this year's Hay Festival and hopes to attract top Welsh business exiles.


Spain's left-wing Podemos (We Can) party has refused to join any coalition led by the centre-right Popular Party (PP), which won the 20 December election but fell short of a majority.

Podemos was launched nearly two years ago, based on mass anti-austerity protests. It came third, with 69 seats.
Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias rebuffed the PP leader and acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, as did the Socialist (PSOE) leader Pedro Sanchez last week.
New elections might have to be held.
The PP came top with 123 seats in the 350-seat lower house of parliament - far short of a majority. In second place was the PSOE with 90, and the new liberal Ciudadanos (Citizens) party was fourth with 40.
Speaking after talks with Mr Rajoy, Mr Iglesias his priority was "social emergency" legislation to help families threatened with eviction and other socially vulnerable groups, such as poor pensioners.
He refused to support Mr Rajoy "whether actively or passively" - ruling out a coalition partnership or abstention in a confidence vote.
Ciudadanos leader Albert Rivera also told Mr Rajoy he would not back him. But Ciudadanos would abstain in the confidence vote if Mr Rajoy managed to put together a coalition, he said.
The PSOE says it will only consider a leftist coalition with Podemos if the latter drops its support for an independence referendum in Catalonia.
Many Catalans want such a referendum, but Podemos is the only one of Spain's major parties to back the idea.
Mr Sanchez called on Podemos to "renounce any position that implies the rupture of co-existence between Spaniards".
Next month King Felipe VI will seek to nominate a party leader for government, but that leader must then win a vote of confidence in parliament. If there is deadlock two months after that the king will call a fresh election.


Aberdeen surely kissed goodbye to any already distant lingering Premiership title hopes with defeat and a nightmare performance against St Johnstone.

A free-kick from David Wotherspoon gave Saints the lead and Steven MacLean got a touch to Steven Anderson's header to add a second before half-time.
Liam Craig polished off the win with a third as the Pittodrie side produced a shambolic show of defending.
It was a spirited display by the hosts, who leapfrog Motherwell into fourth.
However, it is hard to underline just how sloppy the Dons - whose fans in the crowd of 3,990 booed them off - were at the back - and, for that matter, the middle and the front.
But for a mysterious decision by referee Craig Thomson to disallow a seemingly legitimate goal it could have been even worse for the visitors.
This was perhaps Aberdeen's worst performance of the season. There were 87 minutes on the clock before they forced a save from Saints goalkeeper Zander Clark.
It was - to the day - the third anniversary of Dons manager Derek McInnes's first game in charge of the club and he used the opportunity to give a debut to young right-sided centre-back Michael Rose in place of the injured Ash Taylor.
But he had a tortuous start to his first-team career.
Saints had a golden chance to take the lead when former Dons player Joe Shaughnessy rattled the bar with a header from a corner. The defender should really have buried the opportunity.
However, there was only a short delay in the home side taking the lead.
Wotherspoon curled a free-kick over the wall after a Rose foul. It was a fine strike but Dons goalkeeper Scott Brown looked slow getting down to his right side.
It was a goal that was worthy reward for Saints' first-half efforts. They were totally in command, while Aberdeen were all over the place and so too was another Craig Thomson refereeing decision with 34 minutes gone.
Wotherspoon took a corner on the left, Brown went down like the victim of a sniper among a bunch of his own players and the ball fell to Anderson, who bundled it home.
But, mysteriously, Aberdeen were awarded a free-kick and the goal was chalked off, despite there being no apparent challenge on the goalkeeper.
The blunders just kept on coming. A harmless looking ball was floated towards the far post and Anderson knocked it back towards goal. Brown was flailing again as MacLean claimed the slightest of touches to carry the ball over the line.
Barry Robson replaced young Rose at the interval and reorganised the back line, but it made no difference.
Mark Reynolds lost possession to Graham Cummins, who played in the unmarked Craig to finished with aplomb.
Aberdeen, along with their championship chances, were dead and buried, with Robson's late free-kick their only real effort at goal.
Celtic, who face Ross County on Sunday and now need two wins for a fifth straight title, can prepare their celebration party.
Match ends, St. Johnstone 3, Aberdeen 0.
Second Half ends, St. Johnstone 3, Aberdeen 0.
Michael Doyle (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Barry Robson (Aberdeen).
Attempt missed. Connor McLennan (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Michael Doyle (St. Johnstone).
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Barry Robson (Aberdeen) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Foul by Steven Anderson (St. Johnstone).
Simon Church (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Joe Shaughnessy (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Simon Church (Aberdeen).
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Michael Doyle replaces Chris Millar.
Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Christopher Kane (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Graeme Shinnie (Aberdeen).
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Steven Anderson.
Substitution, Aberdeen. Connor McLennan replaces Niall McGinn.
Darnell Fisher (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Simon Church (Aberdeen).
Attempt blocked. Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Corner,  Aberdeen. Conceded by Tam Scobbie.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Graham Cummins.
Attempt saved. David Wotherspoon (St. Johnstone) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Graham Cummins (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Andrew Considine (Aberdeen).
Steven MacLean (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Niall McGinn (Aberdeen).
Foul by Chris Millar (St. Johnstone).
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Chris Millar (St. Johnstone).
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Chris Millar (St. Johnstone) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen).
Foul by Chris Millar (St. Johnstone).
Jonny Hayes (Aberdeen) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, St. Johnstone. Simon Lappin replaces Murray Davidson because of an injury.
Goal!  St. Johnstone 3, Aberdeen 0. Liam Craig (St. Johnstone) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Graham Cummins.
Foul by Murray Davidson (St. Johnstone).


An Indian man who posted a Facebook video of him assaulting a stray dog has been arrested.

The man was tracked down via the social network by animal rights activist Saurabh Gupta.
Animal lovers in India were outraged by the 23-second clip of the man swinging the dog by its hind legs and throwing it at a parked car.
Activists had called for the arrest of the man soon after the video went viral on the social media.
Mr Gupta had had taken screenshots of the man's Facebook account before it was deleted, according to a report in the Times of India.
The report added that Mr Gupta, who works with people for animals, contacted friends of the man on Facebook to track him down and then approached the police with the man's mobile number and address.
"I had immediately saved the video and took screenshots of his Facebook profile. I knew he will deactivate his account if he gets noticed. I had, therefore, started contacting his friends, who had liked that video," The report quoted Mr Gupta as saying.
Police arrested the man on Monday night.


The Liberal Democrats have won the Eastleigh by-election, with the UK Independence Party pushing the Conservatives into third place.

Leader Nick Clegg said the party's candidate Mike Thornton had pulled off a "stunning victory" which had been secured "against the odds".
UKIP leader Nigel Farage said its best-ever performance in a Westminster poll showed it had "connected with voters".
David Cameron said the Tories would recover from a "disappointing" result.
The by-election was called after former Lib Dem cabinet minister Chris Huhne resigned as an MP following an admission he had perverted the course of justice over driving licence points.
But the party, which has held Eastleigh since another by-election in 1994, won despite a fall in its share of the vote of more than 14 percentage points since the 2010 general election.
Nick Robinson: Disbelief, despair, concern
UKIP candidate Diane James got 11,571 votes, on a 19.3% swing from the Lib Dems.
Conservative Maria Hutchings won 10,559 votes, representing a 14 percentage points fall in her share of the vote since the general election, when she came second to Mr Huhne.
Labour's John O'Farrell was fourth with 4,088 votes.
Lib Dem Mr Thornton, who has been a parish and borough councillor since 2007, said: "The people of Eastleigh recognise that the Liberal Democrats have always had a superb record of delivery, we've always listened to what people want, and we always make sure that we do a good job."
By Robin  BrantBBC News political correspondent
What does this result mean?
At a victory celebration in the constituency, Mr Clegg said the party had won in the "most exceptionally difficult circumstances" - given the manner of Huhne's departure and allegations surrounding the party's former chief executive Lord Rennard.
"We held our nerve. We stood our ground... We overcame the odds with a stunning victory," he said, adding that the result proved the Lib Dems "can be a party of government and still win".
UKIP's Nigel Farage said the surge in support for his party was not a "freak result" but a continuation of a trend which had seen it rise in the national polls.
"We have really connected with voters in this constituency," he told the BBC. "And that is because we are talking about issues that the other parties would like to brush under the carpet."
Prime Minister and Conservative leader David Cameron said his party would not "change tack" on the economy, immigration or welfare in response to the poor performance.
"This is a by-election. It's mid-term. It's a protest. That's what happens in by-elections," he said.
"It's disappointing for the Conservative Party but we must remain true to our principles, true to our course, and that way we can win people back."
Labour leader Ed Miliband said he would have preferred to have done better but it was "tough" territory for his party as it had never come close to winning Eastleigh before, even in its 1997 landslide election year.
The result, he added, showed Labour needed to "redouble its efforts" to increase its appeal to voters, in the south of England and elsewhere, who were not traditional supporters.
Turnout was 52.7%, down from 69.3% at the 2010 general election.
Results in full:
Mike Thornton (Liberal Democrat) 13,342 (32.06%, -14.48%)
Diane James (UKIP) 11,571 (27.80%, +24.20%)
Maria Hutchings (Conservative) 10,559 (25.37%, -13.96%)
John O'Farrell (Labour) 4,088 (9.82%, +0.22%)
Danny Stupple (Independent) 768 (1.85%, +1.56%)
Dr Iain Maclennan (National Health Action Party) 392 (0.94%)
Ray Hall (Beer, Baccy and Crumpet Party) 235 (0.56%)
Kevin Milburn (Christian Party) 163 (0.39%)
Howling Laud Hope (Monster Raving Loony Party) 136 (0.33%)
Jim Duggan (Peace Party) 128 (0.31%)
David Bishop (Elvis Loves Pets) 72 (0.17%)
Michael Walters (English Democrats) 70 (0.17%, -0.30%)
Daz Procter (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts) 62 (0.15%)
Colin Bex (Wessex Regionalist) 30 (0.07%)


The UK government has intervened in the "overnight" closure of Port Talbot steelworks, George Osborne has said.

The chancellor claims its actions have given "breathing space", but would not say what he meant by intervention.
It follows Tuesday's announcement that Tata Steel is selling its entire loss-making UK business, with more than 4,000 jobs at Port Talbot at risk.
But the Indian firm has not given an "open ended" commitment to keep plants open during the sale.
The UK government has faced criticism that it has not helped the industry enough.
But Mr Osborne said the UK government is taking action to cut energy prices and to ensure British steel is used in British construction.
"Faced with a collapse of the world steel price, we were facing a situation where Port Talbot could have closed overnight," he said.
"We have intervened, with Tata Steel, to make sure that the plant doesn't close overnight, to give us breathing space and find new long-term owners for the site."
The steel industry across Europe has suffered from a excess of supply and falling steel prices with imports from China. Tata itself had lost Â£2bn in the UK over five years.
Tata's Port Talbot plant is the biggest in the UK and is said to be losing Â£1m a day.
The company has other Welsh plants at Trostre, Shotton, Llanwern and Newport, while UK plants in Rotherham and Corby are also affected.
Earlier on Thursday, Prime Minister David Cameron held an emergency meeting and said the government is "doing everything it can" but warned there were "no guarantees of success".
Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns did not clarify whether nationalisation was being ruled out when interviewed on BBC Radio Wales on Thursday.
Asked if it was still on the table, he said: "Nothing is being ruled out. But we want a long-term solution for Port Talbot. And we don't think nationalisation is the solution to that."
First Minister Carwyn Jones said the Welsh Government would be willing to "put money on the table" to help find a new buyer for Tata Steel's UK business.
It is understood a package of support from Cardiff that had been available to support Tata through the crisis is still available to support another firm that may come forward.
Mr Jones told Channel 4 News: "We're not talking about setting up a nationalised company here, as it was in the old days, but taking the industry on in order to allow time for a new buyer to come forward.
"The UK government has the resource to do this. We'll put money on the table, but we don't have the resource on our own to do it."
Earlier Mr Jones called for Tata to allow months for the sale of the business, rather than weeks.
Plaid Cymru economy spokesman Rhun ap Iorwerth accused Mr Cameron of ruling out nationalisation for "ideological reasons", said his government was in "disarray" while the Labour Welsh Government had "no plan" either.
Kirsty Williams, Welsh Liberal Democrat leader, said she was disappointed with Mr Cameron's comments and added: "Without any form of part nationalisation, I fear we could be putting the Welsh steel industry under unnecessary strain at a time when everything must go smoothly."
Mark Reckless of UKIP Wales said: "I find it difficult to see how we'll have a sustainable future for the steel industry until we get energy prices down and proper tariffs on Chinese dumping. We can't do either of those in the EU."
But former Labour Welsh Secretary Lord Peter Hain said: "It is simply not accurate to say our steel industry would be better off outside Europe when the European Commission has a record 37 anti-dumping measures in place, with 16 of those are specifically targeting Chinese imports."


A new year usually implies a fresh start, a chance to set things right, and begin anew.

For Chinese shares though, the first trading session of 2016 has resulted in more of the same.
More panic, more pessimism and more people selling their shares because of - well frankly, other people selling their shares.
So why did Chinese shares fall by 7% today, causing trading to be halted? And what does it say about confidence in the Chinese market and more importantly - the economy?
Here are four things you should know about the stock market falls in China today:
This was what most analysts said was the reason behind why shares fell. Manufacturing data contracted again - for the tenth straight month. The figures are further demonstration of the ongoing narrative about China's economy, that state led investment into manufacturing is slowing down and that the economy is transitioning into services. China releases services data on Wednesday - which should show things are improving.
This was the first day that China's new "circuit breaker" came into effect, and that's why when shares plunged by 5% trading was halted by 15 minutes. When trading resumed, and shares continued to fall by 7%, trading was suspended altogether. The measures were created last year after the stock market crash in China, but only came into effect today. Circuit breakers in themselves aren't unusual - lots of countries have them for individual stocks, or for a few minutes - but it is unusual to stop trading altogether for a share fall of 7%. An indication perhaps of just how much the authorities want to avoid another crash.
There was a sharp depreciation in the yuan just ahead of the plunge in Chinese shares. China cut the yuan's value against the dollar, making it weaker than 6.5 for the first time in more than four-and-a-half years. There's speculation that the People's Bank of China has abandoned trying to hold the yuan up against the dollar, which means it's signalling that it won't step in to shore up the yuan. There are concerns that this indicates money is flowing out of China, and that the fall could get out of control. Some investors may be worried about what would happen if the yuan continues to weaken - and the fact that policy makers are allowing it to weaken shows they're concerned about the economy's outlook too.
There's nothing like the herd mentality to get things started for the new year. Retail investors in the Chinese stock market are often driven by sentiment and tend to follow the crowd. When they hear of some bad news from brokers or their friends, and other people start selling - they start selling too. Falling prices attract more people to dump their stocks, and although shares are still above their lows, authorities will be keen to avoid the kind of share market crash we saw last summer.
So what do today's falls tell you about the fate of the Chinese economy in 2016? Well, nothing you didn't know already. China is slowing down, people are nervous and that means volatile trading for the rest of the year.
Happy New Year everyone. If the first day of trading is anything to go by, it is definitely going to be an interesting one.


Honeymoon murder suspect Shrien Dewani has been extradited from the UK to South Africa, Scotland Yard has said.

Mr Dewani, 34, is accused of ordering the murder of his new wife, 28-year-old Anni, who was shot in Cape Town in November 2010. He denies murder.
The Bristol businessman has been fighting against extradition for three years but lost his latest appeal.
Mr Dewani is expected to appear at Western Cape High Court on Tuesday.
In a statement Scotland Yard said: "Shrien Dewani, 34, has today, 7 April, at approx 20:00hrs been extradited from the UK to South Africa."
He was taken from Fromeside Hospital, a secure mental health unit in Bristol, to the city's airport by officers from the Metropolitan Police Service Extradition Unit.
Officers were met at the airport by representatives from the South African authorities who have escorted him on the flight to South Africa.
Mr Dewani was originally arrested by officers from the extradition unit on 7 December 2010 at the request of the South African authorities.
The family of Mrs Dewani, a Swedish national, welcomed the extradition adding that they "need justice".
Mr Dewani and his wife were held at gunpoint while being driven in a taxi through Gugulethu township near Cape Town.
He was thrown from the car later that night and the body of Mrs Dewani was found the next day with a single gunshot wound to the neck.
Speaking at a news conference earlier, Mrs Dewani's brother, Anish Hindocha said: "It's been very difficult.
"There is no life in our family any more, we struggle. With the help of the South African people, with the help of the British people, we are at least trying to cope."
Mr Hindocha said the protracted legal battle to have Mr Dewani extradited had been "very heavy" for the family.
Mrs Dewani's uncle, Ashok Hindocha, said the family would be attending the court hearing.
He said: "From today and onwards this case will be about Anni. Until now it hasn't been about what really happened to her.
"The justice system is the way it is. Obviously we were extremely surprised that it took such a long time. There is one nation, one powerful nation called the United Kingdom, that has a treaty with South Africa.
"That treaty was challenged, so we are happy that it went through. Unfortunately it took a long time."
Mr Dewani's lawyers argued that he should not be forced from the UK to face trial until he had recovered from mental health problems, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
But last month judges at the High Court rejected his appeal and denied him the chance to take the case to the Supreme Court.
They agreed with the South African authorities that if Mr Dewani was not fit to stand trial within 18 months he would be returned to the UK.
The South African Department of Justice said Mr Dewani will be taken straight to court after he lands and is expected to appear at Western Cape High Court, where he will be formally charged.
He will be accompanied by a doctor, nurse and police officers during the journey, because he is "a patient and suspect who is in police custody".
Journalists will be allowed to film inside the courtroom but all cameras will have to be switched off as soon as the judge enters the room.
It is understood Mr Dewani's legal team could apply for bail. If that is refused, he will be taken to the high-care wing of Valkenberg, a psychiatric facility, the BBC's Karen Schoonbee in Cape Town understands.
Three men have been convicted and jailed over Mrs Dewani's death, including taxi driver Zola Tongo, who was given 18 years after admitting his role in the killing.
Xolile Mngeni, who prosecutors claim was the hitman, was convicted of premeditated murder over the shooting, and another accomplice, Mziwamadoda Qwabe, pleaded guilty to murder and was handed a 25-year prison sentence.


Ebbsfleet won their opening home game following promotion to the National League as Maidstone United finished with 10 men.

Maidstone's Stuart Lewis carried the main goal threat in a low-key first half, but was denied in the 13th minute by Myles Weston's well-judged tackle and in the 38th by a superb save from Nathan Ashmore.
It was Ebbsfleet who broke the deadlock in the 66th minute, though, when Luke Coulson cut in from the left and fired home in style.
Danny Kedwell made it 2-0 in the 77th minute after he was played in by Jack Powell and Lewis was sent off in stoppage time for a foul on Andy Drury.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Ebbsfleet United 2, Maidstone United 0.
Second Half ends, Ebbsfleet United 2, Maidstone United 0.
Stuart Lewis (Maidstone United) is shown the red card.
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Sean Shields replaces Dave Winfield.
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Aaron McLean replaces Darren McQueen.
Goal!  Ebbsfleet United 2, Maidstone United 0. Danny Kedwell (Ebbsfleet United).
Substitution, Maidstone United. Alex Wynter replaces Alex Finney.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Harley Willard replaces Tom Wraight.
Substitution, Maidstone United. Jack Paxman replaces Jai Reason.
Goal!  Ebbsfleet United 1, Maidstone United 0. Luke Coulson (Ebbsfleet United).
Dave Winfield (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.
Substitution, Ebbsfleet United. Marvin McCoy replaces Myles Weston.
Jack Powell (Ebbsfleet United) is shown the yellow card.
Second Half begins Ebbsfleet United 0, Maidstone United 0.
First Half ends, Ebbsfleet United 0, Maidstone United 0.
Tom Wraight (Maidstone United) is shown the yellow card.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.


Renowned US film critic Roger Ebert is to take a "leave of presence" and write fewer reviews after revealing he is facing a fresh battle with cancer.

Ebert, who has written for the Chicago Sun-Times for 46 years, lost his voice and much of his lower jaw after suffering from thyroid cancer and complications from surgery.
Writing in his blog, he said while he normally produced around 200 critiques a year, in 2012 he wrote more than 300.
He added: "I must slow down now."
Explaining his decision, he added: "I am not going away. My intent is to continue to write selected reviews but to leave the rest to a talented team of writers handpicked and greatly admired by me."
"What's more, I'll be able at last to do what I've always fantasized about doing: reviewing only the movies I want to review."
Ebert, 70, suffered a hip fracture in December. He said the "painful fracture that made it difficult for me to walk has recently been revealed to be a cancer.
"It is being treated with radiation, which has made it impossible for me to attend as many movies as I used to."
Ebert was named the most powerful critic in America by Forbes magazine in 2007.
The author of more than 15 books about the movies, he began his career at the Chicago Sun-Times in 1967. The same year, his first book, a history of the University of Illinois was published by the University's press.
He began an association with US "sexploitation" director Russ Meyer and co-wrote several of his movies.
In 1975, Ebert became the first film critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.
But it was in the 1970s and 1980s, through his partnership and verbal sparring with fellow critic Gene Siskel that Ebert became a household name.
The duo were known for their thumbs up/thumbs down reviews until Siskel's death in 1999.
Ebert's TV career was curtailed in 2002 when he was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.
Further surgery in 2006 resulted in a portion of his jaw being removed, after which he lost the ability to speak and to eat.
Writing in his latest blog, he said: "It really stinks that the cancer has returned and that I have spent too many days in the hospital.
"So, on bad days I may write about the vulnerability that accompanies illness. On good days, I may wax ecstatic about a movie so good it transports me beyond illness."
Ebert said he would also be relaunching his website and unveiling a new project - Ebert Digital - which he, along with his wife Chaz, will run.
The movie critic is also the subject matter of a new documentary made by Hoop Dreams director Steve James, which is being produced by Martin Scorsese.
Ebert said: "I am humbled that anyone would even think to do it, but I am also grateful."


Dixons Retail, the owner of Currys and PC World, has reported growth in sales in the last 12 months.

The company said like-for-like sales grew by 4% in the year to April, although trading in southern Europe continued to perform badly.
It said it expected underlying profits before tax to be at the top end of market expectations of Â£75-85m.
Sales fell 8% in Italy, Greece and Turkey, where economic growth has been relatively weak.
Dixons also said trading at its online electric retail site, PIXmania, "continues to be very challenging".
Sales at the website were down 24% for the year.
In contrast, sales at UK and Ireland operations, which consist of Currys, Currys Digital, PC World and Dixons.co.uk, grew 7%.
Dixons.co.uk closed in October last year, though PC World and Currys continue to trade online, alongside PIXmania.
Chief executive Sebastian James said he believed the company had "a clear business model that allows us to flourish in an internet world".
"We remain steadfastly focused on sorting out our businesses in more challenged markets and, in particular, PIXmania," he said.
"Above all, we are enjoying the feeling of a little wind in our sails and we want to make sure that, in spite of continued economic uncertainty, this carries on into next year and beyond."


League One side Gillingham have signed Billy Knott following the midfielder's departure from Bradford City,

The 23-year-old scored eight goals in 79 appearances in two seasons at the Coral Windows Stadium.
Knott, who began his career at Sunderland, has agreed a two-year deal at the Priestfield Stadium and becomes Gillingham's second summer signing.
"I needed a manager who trusts me and who can get the best out of me," he told the club website.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Bulgarian runner Silvia Danekova has tested positive for banned blood booster EPO at the Rio Olympics.

The 33-year-old, a 3,000m steeplechase athlete, tested positive in a doping control conducted a few days after her arrival in Brazil on 26 July.
Her case has already gone before the Court of Arbitration for Sport's anti-doping panel in Rio, which declared her "ineligible to compete".
Athletics' governing body, the IAAF, will now decide her punishment.
Danekova told Bulgarian television: "I've been tested four times after entering the Olympic Village.
"The results of three of the samples were negative. It's an incredibly big shock.
"I don't feel guilty. I cannot tell you how humiliated I feel.
"I feel robbed emotionally. But we're coming from the East [eastern Europe], we're too close to Russia."
Danekova raced in the 3,000m steeplechase at the London Olympics in 2012 but did not get beyond the heats.
Hers is the third case to go before the Cas anti-doping panel - it has also banned Polish weightlifter Tomasz Zielinski from the Games, while China's teenage swimmer Chen Xinyi has accepted a provisional suspension while a positive drug test is investigated.


Australia's Nick Kyrgios struggled with a shoulder injury as he lost to compatriot John Millman at the US Open - admitting: "I don't know what to do."

The 22-year-old 14th seed went down 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-1 in the first round in New York.
Kyrgios looked to have taken control of the match before he hurt his shoulder in the third set.
"One serve and my arm's totally dead," he told the physio while receiving treatment.
"I don't know what to do. It's so dead and numb, it's incredibly weak. I wasn't feeling it at all, and all of a sudden, bang, with one serve."
After dropping the first set to Millman, the world number 235, it appeared as though Kyrgios was on his way to victory when he took the second 6-1.
However, the contest changed dramatically with Kyrgios serving at 1-1 in the third, at one point asking a ball boy to help him stretch his right arm.
To add to his frustration, Kyrgios was given a warning for an audible obscenity and, after losing the third set, penalised a point for violently smashing his racquet.
"My forehand's painful, it's just so annoying," he told the trainer.
When fully fit, Kyrgios has shown the kind of form this year that has made him tipped as a possible Grand Slam champion, taking a rampant Federer to a final set tie-break in Miami and reaching his first Masters final in Cincinnati this month.
"I don't know what to do, I really don't," he added on court.
"I'm feeling good, I finally had a good week last week, playing a good match, middle of the third set against an Aussie, and bang - that's it."
Millman goes on to face Tunisia's Malek Jaziri or Thiago Monteiro of Brazil in the second round.
"I know Nick's shoulder deteriorated as the match went on, so it's a victory, but slightly hollow," said Millan. "I feel for him."