York is the first city in the world to be "twinned" with its historical predecessor - the 10th century Viking settlement Jorvik.

The city's Norse history was revealed in the 1970s when an archaeological dig at Coppergate found Viking streets several metres below the pavement.
York Archaeological Trust opened Jorvik Viking Centre in 1984 on the site.
The twinning is said to mark the "continuing cultural exchange" between York and Jorvik.
Jorvik Viking Centre, which has had 17 million visitors since it opened 30 years ago, depicts daily life in the 10th Century Viking settlement.
Sarah Maltby, of York Archaeological Trust, which owns Jorvik, said little was known about the North Yorkshire city's Norse history before the famous Coppergate dig.
She said part of the museum's popularity was how it "immerses visitors in a completely different culture, with the sights, sounds and even smells of a bygone age".
The twinning will raise the profile of the "peaceful settlements and international trade links" of the Vikings, as well as the stereotype of a culture recognised for brutal pillaging.
Many York street names have Viking origins, including Coppergate which is derived from the Old Norse "Street of the Cup Maker".
Street layouts also follow Viking property boundaries which date back 1,000 years.
Other strangely-twinned cities include Swindon with Walt Disney World in Florida, and Wincanton in Somerset twinned with Terry Pratchett's fictional city of Ankh-Morpork.


The only presumed survivor from a fishing boat that capsized in the English Channel has spoken of how quickly the tragedy unfolded.

Johny Ronsijns spent 11 hours clinging to the Belgian-registered vessel after it got into difficulty several miles off Ramsgate in Kent on Tuesday night.
A second crew member was also rescued but later died while a third man is missing presumed dead.
Mr Ronsijns said: "The ship capsized in one, two, three... it was that fast."
The fisherman, who was winched to safety, told Belgian TV: "The worst thing is your colleagues who can't come with you.
"It's a lottery. I've got the main prize, they've got nothing."
Mr Ronsijns, 50, who has been a fisherman since the age of 14, said he had "heard something" but did not know what before the ship overturned.
He said: "I came up and saw the ship because the lights were still burning underwater. I could orientate myself and swam to the ship.
"You hang on tight and go with the flow and when it goes down, you can climb up."
Mr Ronsijns, from Eernegem, said it had been difficult to cope in the freezing temperatures.
He said his legs down to his feet went blue.
"I kept my head warm by pulling my sweater over my head and blowing into it.
"I moved my hands, and if my hands got too cold, I (urinated) on them. It was absolutely freezing."
The search for the third fisherman was stopped on Thursday.
An investigation into the cause of the incident, which happened at about 23:00 GMT, will be carried out by Belgian authorities as will a missing person inquiry, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.
A temporary exclusion zone has been put in place around the vessel to allow a salvage operation to take place.
It is understood the vessel will be taken back to Zeebrugge.


Serena Williams says she never believed she would return to Indian Wells after suffering crowd abuse at the tournament as a teenager.

The 33-year-old world number one is this week ending her 14-year boycott of the BNP Paribas Open in California.
Her father accused fans of racial abuse after the then-19-year-old was booed and heckled in the 2001 final.
And speaking ahead of her return, the American top seed admitted: "I didn't think I would come back."
However, Williams, who last month confirmed she would play in the tournament in a Time magazine interview, said the time "felt right" to return.
The 19-time Grand Slam winner added: "There's not one thing that said I should come back, that I should come back in 2015. I didn't even know if I would be playing in this year.
"I just felt like it was the right time for me to come back here and try to be the best that I can be."
Williams beat Belgian Kim Clijsters in a final marred by the behaviour of some fans who heckled her and her family, apparently in response to sister Venus withdrawing injured from the semi-final between the siblings.
The watching Venus was also jeered by the crowd at the final.
"The whole point of me coming back was not to necessarily focus on what happened 14 years ago," Serena added.
Williams meets Romania's Monica Niculescu on Friday.


A journalist in India is facing charges over a report he wrote saying Muslims were banned from being yoga teachers under government policy.

Pushp Sharma's report appeared in March in the Milli Gazette, a newspaper aimed at India's Muslim community.
It quoted what was said to be a government document that banned Muslims from travelling abroad to teach yoga for last year's World Yoga Day.
Mr Sharma faces charges of fabricating the document, which he denies.
His report was based on what he said was an official reply from a government ministry that promotes yoga and ayurveda medicine.
The report said that, after several queries to the ministry, it replied saying that none of the 3,841 Muslims who had applied to become yoga teachers had been hired up to October 2015.
A letter printed alongside the article, purporting to be from the ministry, said that 711 Muslims had applied to travel abroad as instructors during the first World Yoga Day last June, but none was selected "as per government policy".
The letter does not include a government letterhead and contains a number of spelling mistakes, including an incorrect spelling of the word "yoga".
The Milli Gazette confirmed Mr Sharma was arrested on Saturday morning. Its editor Zafarul-Islam Khan said the charges were "clear attempts to stifle the freedom of the press".
Police in Delhi told NDTV that Mr Sharma was facing charges of "cheating, forgery and promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion or race".
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a yoga enthusiast who says he daily practises the ancient Indian art, lobbied the United Nations to declare 21 June World Yoga Day. The first event was held last year.
His support for yoga, and creation of the new yoga ministry, was criticised as "a campaign to enforce Hindu rituals on all non-Hindus," one Muslim official told Reuters last year.
After opposition from Muslim groups, a series of Hindu practices were dropped from the first World Yoga Day events in India.
In response, a Hindu priest and MP for Mr Modi's BJP party, Yogi Adityanath, said anyone who opposed taking part should "live in a closed room or must jump into the sea".


Newport County boosted their League Two survival hopes as they struck late to beat play-off contenders Mansfield.

Mansfield striker Matt Green hit the post as both sides struggled on a poor pitch in a goalless first half.
Ryan Tafazolli had a goal disallowed for the Stags after the break, before Scott Boden fired in late on for his fifth goal in four games.
Newport climb up to 19th in the table, eight points above the relegation zone, while Mansfield drop to ninth.
Match ends, Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0.
Second Half ends, Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0.
Danny Holmes (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Clements (Mansfield Town).
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Matt Green (Mansfield Town).
Attempt missed. Chris Clements (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Attempt missed. Matt Green (Mansfield Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
Daniel Alfei (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Scott Boden (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Boden (Newport County).
Daniel Alfei (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott Shearer (Mansfield Town) is shown the yellow card.
Goal!  Newport County 1, Mansfield Town 0. Scott Boden (Newport County) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Darren Jones (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town).
Attempt saved. Adi Yussuf (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Corner,  Mansfield Town. Conceded by Medy Elito.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Sean Kavanagh.
Dean Morgan (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town).
Substitution, Newport County. Dean Morgan replaces Conor Wilkinson because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Ryan Tafazolli (Mansfield Town) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
Corner,  Mansfield Town. Conceded by Yan Klukowski.
Scott Boden (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lee Collins (Mansfield Town).
Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Conor Wilkinson (Newport County).
Mark Byrne (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Mark Byrne (Newport County).
Mitch Rose (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Corner,  Newport County. Conceded by Malvind Benning.
Attempt blocked. Darren Jones (Newport County) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
Conor Wilkinson (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Chris Clements (Mansfield Town).
Substitution, Mansfield Town. Sean Kavanagh replaces Colin Daniel.
Yan Klukowski (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yan Klukowski (Newport County).
Malvind Benning (Mansfield Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Mark Byrne (Newport County) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Twins from Caerphilly who were among the oldest in the UK have died within weeks of each other.

Glenys Thomas and Florence Davies, who were 103, lived next door to each other for most of their lives in Abertridwr.
The pair later lived together at a care home in the village before Glenys died on 23 April and Florence died on 20 May.
The twins, born on 22 November 1911, had five children, 12 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren
The pair lived through two world wars, 19 British prime ministers and were born in the same year as the coronation of King George.
In the care home they had an interior door joining their two kitchens and they had rooms a couple of doors away from each other.


Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has won a fifth term as president, extending his 30 years in office.

The 71-year-old won 60.75% of the vote while his nearest rival Kizza Besigye took 35%, the election commission said.
Mr Museveni's supporters said his opponents had failed to offer any chance of progress.
But Mr Besigye, who is under house arrest, said the results were a "sham", calling on the international community to reject them.
"We have just witnessed what must be the most fraudulent electoral process in Uganda," he said in a statement.
EU observers have also criticised the poll, saying the governing party had created an "intimidating atmosphere" and that the opposition alleged vote rigging.
While praising the "remarkable determination" of Ugandans to vote, EU Chief Observer Eduard Kukan said the governing National Resistance Movement's "domination of the political landscape distorted the fairness of the campaign".
The election has been marred by sporadic violence and opposition allegations of electoral fraud, with social media sites and messaging apps blocked.
Mr Besigye was put under house arrest on Friday on the suspicion he would announce the results himself, breaking electoral laws, police said.
It is the fourth time Mr Besigye, candidate for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change, has taken on President Museveni.
The two men were once allies, with Mr Besigye serving as Mr Museveni as his personal doctor when they were guerrilla fighters.
Mr Museveni seized power in 1986 and is credited with restoring stability to Uganda. However, critics say he has become increasingly authoritarian.
The next closest challenger to Mr Museveni, former Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, is also reportedly under house arrest.
Uganda's old guard tries new election tactics


Several bombs thought to be from World War Two have been found among scrap metal at a recycling site near Ipswich.

Bomb disposal experts were called to Sackers in Great Blakenham after staff found three devices at about 12:00 GMT.
Suffolk Police said the bombs, believed to be used for training exercises, did not contain explosives.
David Dodds, Sackers managing director, said he was "gobsmacked" as to why someone would take the bombs to a scrap metal site.
"It's thanks to the vigilance of the staff that they were spotted," he said. "As soon as they saw one everything was quarantined and the police were called.
"It was a bit daunting."
More bombs were discovered at about 15:00.
Police said the bombs posed no threat to members of the public.
Mr Dodds said: "We think they were tracer bombs which were used during World War Two for training purposes.
"They held a very small explosive, so on impact the bomb would let off a puff of smoke so the pilot could see where it landed."


British opera is in "crisis" as a result of funding cuts to the arts, says renowned director Graham Vick.

Speaking to BBC Radio 3's In Tune, he said the "radical reducing of public subsidy" was a particular threat to regional companies.
"Opera companies are [being] forced more and more to rely on any private money they can raise," he said.
"Inevitably, a theatre like the Royal Opera House is able to raise more than smaller, less attractive companies.
"That's why we're seeing the extraordinary explosion of country house opera - Grange Park, Longborough, Glyndebourne and so on - and the shrinking of regional opera.
"All our marvellous regional opera companies are in real trouble and struggling."
Grant in aid to England's Arts Council has fallen nearly 30% in the last five years, and opera houses have not been spared from the cuts.
English National Opera was hit particularly hard, with its annual grant cut from Â£17.2m in 2014/15 to Â£12.4m in the next financial year, amid concerns over its management and business model.
Vick, who is the artistic director of Birmingham Opera Company and works in many of the world's major opera houses - including La Scala and the Royal Opera House - said he "fears for the future" of the artform.
The 61-year-old was speaking to BBC Radio 3's Suzy Klein ahead of the world premiere of Morgen und Abend (Morning and Evening) at the ROH this weekend.
He described the opera, written by Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas, as "an astonishing masterpiece".
"Unusually for opera, it deals with mature emotions," said Vick, who is directing the production about the life and death of a Nordic fisherman.
"The first half hour is about the last moments in the womb and his emergence into life," explained Vick, "and the rest of the opera is about his realisation that he's dead".
Praising the composer as a "genius", he said the opera was "existential, profound, complex and simple all at the same time".
"Today a first-time opera goer came to the dress rehearsal - a woman who does my VAT receipts for me," he said. "She said to me at the end, 'it was extraordinary - I could see the music in the air'.
"That ability - to conjure that image from a first-time opera-goer - is an example of his extraordinary gift."
The Royal Opera House has fought back against cuts by programming much-loved favourites, like La Traviata, Tosca and Carmen, against cutting-edge and contemporary works.
It is premiering eight new pieces in its 2015-16 season.


An Oxfordshire man jailed for two and a half years could have his sentence increased after his victim died.

Michael Rogers, 31, suffered "life changing injuries" and was left hospitalised by Logan Usher, 21.
Usher was jailed following a trial at Oxford Crown Court in May after he denied grievous bodily harm.
The police and Crown Prosecution Service are now deciding whether he should face more serious charges.
The assault took place at The Red Lion in Kidlington, Oxfordshire, in June 2010.
A Thames Valley Police statement said: "Mr Rogers suffered life-changing injuries as a result of the assault and has been hospitalised ever since.
"As a result of recent complications, Mr Rogers' condition deteriorated and he was sadly pronounced dead after life support systems were switched off."
According to police, Mr Rogers died in Nottingham at his mother's house.


Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, but have you ever wondered why they're so huge?

New research suggests that blue whales became so big because climate change caused them to eat large amounts in one go.
Scientists studied fossils from whales that lived more than 30 million years ago and compared them to whales today.
Their findings showed that, mostly, blue whales are much bigger than they used to be.
The ocean giants feed entirely on tiny crustaceans called krill that live in all the world's oceans.
Millions of years ago, ice sheets covered the northern hemisphere.
This meant that krill could only be found at certain times of year and in certain places.
They bunched together in coastal areas where water from the new ice caps washed nutrients into the sea.
Researchers believe larger whales were at an advantage because they could make long journeys to reach the krill.
When they found them, the whales ate as much as they could in one go.
Over time, this caused them to grow to the size they are now.
Food and climate change aren't the only reasons why blue whales became so big.
Over 60 million years ago, it's thought a comet or asteroid wiped out many species.
This allowed ancestors of the blue whale to live without lots of predators.
Living in water also means there is less stress on their bodies and their large size helps them to stay warm.


Turkey has begun the trial of 45 managers and employees charged over a mine disaster which killed 301 people.

Eight of the accused, all senior managers, are charged with murder over the Soma coalmine tragedy in western Turkey last year.
The trial was adjourned until Wednesday because the court said the accused must testify in person, not via video link.
An underground fire sent deadly carbon monoxide through the mine. An inquiry criticised the mine's safety measures.
It was modern Turkey's worst industrial accident.
The trial at Akhisar, about 50km (30 miles) from Soma, drew several hundred angry relatives to the special tribunal, but police prevented them from getting in.
The BBC's Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen says the government is shielding state officials from any investigation, despite claims that they were aware of safety deficiencies at the mine but failed to act.
The managers facing murder charges could be given up to 25 years in prison.
Protests broke out after last year's disaster, fuelled by an apparently insensitive comment by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was prime minister at the time. He said accidents were "in the nature of the business".
The International Labour Organisation says Turkey has the third-highest rate of workplace accidents in the world.


Judges should consider whether a young criminal has suffered discrimination as an ethnic minority before deciding their sentence, under a new guideline.

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales says offending may be partly a product of discrimination and "negative experiences of authority".
It is the first guideline to stress discrimination as a youth crime factor.
Official statistics show that young people from minority backgrounds are over-represented in the justice system.
While national statistics show that ethnic minorities account for approximately 14% of the UK's population, the Youth Justice Board says a quarter of all young people arrested in the year to March 2016 were from these backgrounds - some 21,900 people.
The overall number of young offenders cautioned or convicted has been declining, but the rate of decrease has been slower for minority offenders.
In the new guideline - which applies to all offenders aged between 10 and 17 - the council says that any sentence must aim to prevent them from committing another crime, while also taking into account the child's welfare.
"While the seriousness of the offence will be the starting point, the approach to sentencing should be individualistic and focused on the child or young person," states the guideline, which comes into force in June.
It stresses that sentencing judges and magistrates should take into account underlying factors, including the over-representation of black and minority ethnic children in the justice system.
"The factors contributing to this are complex," it says.
"One factor is that a significant proportion of looked-after children and young people are from a black and minority ethnic background.
"A further factor may be the experience of such children and young people in terms of discrimination and negative experiences of authority.
"When having regard to the welfare of the child or young person to be sentenced, the particular factors which arise in the case of black and minority ethnic children and young people need to be taken into account."
The guidelines go on to tell judges and magistrates to take into account a youth's mental and educational development, emotional volatility and whether they were from a poor background or grew up around other offenders.
Evidence of abuse or neglect and peer pressure may have also played a role in criminality, they say.
Sentencing Council chairman Lord Justice Treacy - the judge who oversaw the trial of the racist killers of teenager Stephen Lawrence - said the guideline had prevention of reoffending at its heart.
"No-one wants children who commit offences going on to become adult criminals," he said.
"The guideline therefore looks with far greater detail at what kind of sentence would prevent this based on the age, background and circumstances of each child or young person, so that it can help them reintegrate instead of becoming alienated further."


Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel took pole position for the Hungarian Grand Prix heading a Ferrari one-two as title rival Lewis Hamilton struggled in fourth.

Hamilton, who trails Vettel by one point in the world championship, complained consistently of tyre problems in his Mercedes and had a messy session.
Vettel was 0.254 seconds quicker than the fastest Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas, with team-mate Kimi Raikkonen second.
Scot Paul di Resta qualified an excellent 19th after being drafted in as a last-minute stand-in for Williams' Felipe Massa.
Mercedes have been struggling for pace all weekend and were a second or so off the Ferraris in final practice.
Without his problems, Hamilton may have had the pace to be on the front row, but suspicion is that the long-wheelbase Mercedes is simply not as well suited to the tight and twisty Hungaroring as other, faster tracks.
Mercedes made progress in qualifying, and Hamilton actually set the fastest time in the second part, albeit doing two runs rather than only one like Ferrari.
Hamilton had complained of a tyre vibration on his first run in second qualifying and the same happened on both his runs in the top 10 shoot-out.
Hamilton ran wide at the fast, blind, uphill Turn Four on his first run and aborted it, leaving him just one lap to try to beat Vettel's scintillating initial time of one minute 16.276.
Hamilton again complained of tyre vibrations when he went out for his final run but was only 0.1secs down after the first two sectors, only to lose another 0.3secs in the final sector.
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Vettel was on course to beat his time on his second run in Q3 but lost out in the final sector, and was 0.002secs slower. He believed he had over-worked the tyres in the first part of the lap.
Red Bull had looked competitive on Friday and Daniel Ricciardo had hopes of qualifying close to the front.
But an engine hydraulics failure early in final practice robbed him of running and he was not happy with the car in qualifying. He qualified sixth, just behind team-mate Max Verstappen.
Di Resta was highly impressive in very difficult circumstances, the first time he had driven in F1 since he left the sport at the end of 2013.
His only experience of the hybrid-engined cars introduced in 2014 is a few laps in a Williams and he had never driven a 2017 new era car before. The 31-year-old was 0.766secs slower than team-mate Lance Stroll.
Massa withdrew after feeling unwell and dizzy. He had suffered the problem on Friday and went to hospital, but was released and cleared to drive on Saturday morning by F1's doctors.
But the problem recurred in final practice and he decided he had to pull out of the race.
Di Resta said: "It has been quite a long time. To get out there and drive a proper racing car again and just enjoy it, I was anxious, nervous going into it doubting your ability for whatever reasons. I have gone out and done what I could. It is going to be a long day tomorrow.
"Last night it was probably more sure I was going to drive. But then he did P3. [Going straight into qualifying] was like jumping off a cliff and fighting for survival."
Jolyon Palmer qualified 11th for Renault, but was 0.8secs slower than team-mate Nico Hulkenberg in second qualifying, after which the Englishman was knocked out.
Hulkenberg qualified seventh but will take a five-place grid penalty for an unauthorised gearbox change.
That promotes the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne to seventh and eighth on the grid.
On his 36th birthday, the Spaniard was 0.345secs quicker than his rookie team-mate.
Vettel, who saw his lead cut by 19 points by Hamilton after he finished seventh following a late puncture in the last race at Silverstone, said: "The last race wasn't great for us, but it doesn't matter now.
"I am really happy with where we are as a team. It is great to get the result on Saturday but the main task comes tomorrow."
"I got the car in quite a good spot in Q2 and was hoping to at least start there in Q3 and build on it," said Hamilton. "But that's the way it goes and at least I am on the second row. I don't think we could have matched the Ferraris even if I did a great lap."
Bottas said: "They have been quick all weekend and we knew it should be close and they would be tough to beat. They got everything right today and we still have work to do on circuits like this.
"This weekend we can see we are not performing as we would like."


A 36-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of five-month-old Hayley Davidson in Fife last week.

Gordon John Angus McKay, from Buckhaven, appeared at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court on Monday.
He made no plea or declaration and was remanded in custody. He will appear in court again next week.
Hayley, from Levenmouth, died at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh on Wednesday, three days after being admitted.


The long-awaited inquest into the Kingsmills massacre is due to begin in Belfast later this month.

It will begin on 23 May and it is expected that it will last at least a month.
Ten Protestant workmen were shot dead when an IRA gang ambushed their minibus near the County Armagh village in 1976.
The gunmen had asked the workers in a minibus about their religion, before telling the one Catholic man on the bus to leave.
An eleventh victim, Alan Black, was shot 18 times but survived the attack.
He was present at the preliminary hearing on Friday.
Families for the victims have said they are concerned that more than 1,300 pages of sensitive intelligence documents have still not been released to them and their legal representatives by the PSNI and Ministry of Defence, even though the inquest is due to start in 10 day's time.
A barrister for the PSNI told the court that checking the material was a "mammoth task" and that they were working "as assiduously as possible".
It is possible that a hearing may be needed next week to deal with a public interest immunity certificate for the material.
The inquest will call former officers of the Historical Enquiries Team (HET) which looked at the killings in 2011, and concluded that the Provisional IRA was responsible, despite being on ceasefire at the time.
Witnesses on the intelligence material are not expected to be called before mid-June.
Speaking after the hearing, Alan Black said he was disappointed that the material was being released so late in the day, giving him and relatives of the victims very little time to study and digest it.
"This is the very last chance of getting to the truth of what happened at Kingsmills," he said.
"So it is very very important that we get everything right, and get down to the smallest detail.  If that means it takes longer, so be it."
He said he hoped that a call for the former IRA informer Sean O'Callaghan to give evidence at the inquest would be heeded, in the hope of shedding light on the motives of the killers.
"These men are looking at their own mortality as well," said Mr Black.
"Now I wouldn't want to be going to my grave with that heavy stuff on my conscience."
Coroner, Brian Sherrard, repeated a call for anyone with any knowledge or involvement in the killings to contact his office and assist the inquest, "even at this very late stage".
Outside, Mr Black echoed that call: "That's my hope, that someone with a conscience will come forward."
The men who died were John Bryans, Robert Chambers, Reginald Chapman, Walter Chapman, Robert Freeburn, Joseph Lemmon, John McConville, James McWhirter, Robert Samuel Walker and Kenneth Worton.
A memorial service was held in January to mark the 40th anniversary.


A post-mortem examination has revealed that a buzzard that died in the Borders was killed by a shotgun.

The wounded bird was found at the side of the road between Heriot and Innerleithen on 24 July.
It was taken to a local vet but had to be put to sleep due to the extent of its injuries.
Tests have now shown that the bird was hit by pellets from a shotgun and the Scottish SPCA is appealing for information  about the incident.
An undercover inspector said: "A post mortem revealed the buzzard had been hit with a shotgun, with a pellet in its head and damage to its wing.
"As the bird did not die outright it would have suffered a great deal of pain and distress.
"We believe this was a deliberate act which would constitute an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981."
The charity said its inquiries so far had not produced any leads and urged anyone with information to get in touch.


Former journalist Ian Bailey, who had sued the Irish state for wrongful arrest for murder, has lost his case.

Mr Bailey, 58, was arrested over the murder of French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier but never charged.
Ms Toscan Du Plantier was found beaten to death  near her remote holiday home in west Cork on 23 December 1996.
Mr Bailey told Dublin high court his life has been destroyed for the past 19 years because the police blamed him for a crime he did not commit.
However, on Monday, a jury found certain police officers had not conspired to obtain statements from a witness to implicate him in the murder.
Mr Bailey, who is originally from Manchester, had sued the Irish police (Garda) and the state for damages.
However, most of his claims were struck out in the closing stages of the case because the judge ruled they had not been made within the six year time limit required by law.
The case began on 4 November last year and heard from about 90 witnesses.


Comedian Jason Manford has turned to social media to try to find his dad a job.

Posting on Facebook, the comic said his dad was out of work after losing his job at the local crown court.
He asked for help for his "proud legend" of a dad to "keep out of the house and his brain busy for a few quid a week".
His followers have suggested working in security and driving lorries.
Jason Manford turned to Facebook after he said his dad "couldn't even get a job cleaning floors at Aldi".
He said he was "absolutely crazy watching people close to me trying to get jobs".
His fans were quick to reply - one suggested there were jobs at Manchester Airport, while others had more creative options.
One offered Mr Manford senior the chance to help out at his allotment (unpaid) while another suggested he could spend time at an indie bookshop she planned to open in Stockport, where there would be "great music, good books and decent coffee".
One follower replied saying she was a recruiter for a nearby landscaping company and might be able to help.
Many of the replies to the post highlighted the problems of older people finding work.
Age UK's spokesperson, Caroline Abrahams said employers shouldn't ignore the older workforce.
"Knowledge, talent and ambition don't disappear because people reach a certain age, so it is very disappointing that older workers face so many ageist barriers in the workplace.
"We are all living longer and working lives are extending - by 2020 State Pension age will be 66 for everyone, and many of us will either need or want to continue working.
'It doesn't make economic sense to ignore the wealth of skills and experience that they [older people] have built up over their careers."


The third runway at Heathrow Airport could involve planes taking off from a "ramp" over the M25 motorway, the transport secretary says.

Chris Grayling said this would be "cheaper and quicker" than building a tunnel for the M25 under the new runway and would cause less disruption for drivers during construction.
Theresa May defended the government's plans to expand Heathrow during PMQs.
The prime minister told MPs the scheme could meet air pollution standards.
She was responding to a question from Tania Mathias, one of the Conservative MPs fighting the third runway.
The government's long-awaited backing for a third runway at London Heathrow has also been attacked by cabinet ministers Boris Johnson and Justine Greening and sparked the resignation of Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith.
The decision is also set to face a challenge in the courts, with the Richmond council leader Lord True telling BBC Radio 4's Today programme he was "taking legal advice".
The Conservative peer said Heathrow was "busting air quality legal limits" and was responsible for "40% of all noise pollution in Europe associated with airports".
He added: "The fact that the government has already delayed action for a year results from our reminding them that they hadn't yet fulfilled things which they're required to do under the existing law."
Lord True said he would be campaigning for Mr Goldsmith, who will contest the Richmond Park by-election as an independent with the Conservatives not putting forward a candidate against him.
The Department for Transport says the new runway will bring economic benefits to passengers and the wider economy worth up to Â£61bn and create as many as 77,000 additional local jobs over the next 14 years.
But Ms Greening said she was "extremely disappointed", while Mr Johnson said there were "colossal" problems with the proposal and anticipated it would be "snarled up" in legal cases.
A public consultation will now be held on the effects of airport expansion before the government puts the decision to the House of Commons as part of a National Policy Statement on aviation.
MPs will then vote on that decision in the winter of 2017-18. It is unlikely that any new runway capacity would be operational before 2025.
Mr Grayling added that the construction of the third runway would be "difficult for people who live close by", and said he was "sorry" Mr Goldsmith had decided to resign his seat.
But he added: "Ultimately in politics, you have to do what's best for the whole of the United Kingdom."
Responding to a question about how the runway would bypass the M25, he said many other airports around the world had built runways over motorways.
"It is a cheaper and quicker way of doing it. I am, of course, very concerned to make sure that, as this runway is built, it doesn't cause massive disruption on the M25, so I think this is a sensible way.
"It is a very gentle hill up which the planes would take off rather than a flat surface. It's what happens at very many airports around the world."


A four-year-old boy died after being run over by his father in a car park, an inquest has heard.

Barnaby Cork was out with his family when he was struck outside the Thame Leisure Centre in Oxfordshire.
His father Stefan had dropped off his wife and two other children for swimming lessons on 10 December when it happened.
Barnaby got out of the car and he reversed and hit the youngster, Oxford Coroner's Court heard.
Coroner Darren Salter recorded the cause of death as accidental.
He said: "This is clearly a tragic case... the sad facts of this incident are not in dispute.
"I offer my condolences on the loss of a young boy in these awful circumstances."
The boy's family did not attend the inquest, but Mr Cork gave written evidence and said that he did not see or hear the youngster, as he was shorter than the back window.
In a statement at the time of the boy's death, his family said: "We're truly devastated at the loss of our precious Barnaby. We're absolutely heartbroken.
"There's no words that can even begin to describe the sadness we're experiencing now that Barnaby isn't with us. He was our world."
Mr Cork set up an online fundraising page to raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance.
It has raised more than Â£30,000 so far.
The Crown Prosecution Service said it will not pursue a prosecution over the accidental death.


The brakes of a tipper truck which crashed and killed four people, were "unusually hot" after the crash, a court heard.

Mitzi Steady, aged four, Robert Parker, 59, Philip Allen, 52, and Stephen Vaughan, 34, died in the crash on Lansdown Lane in Bath in February 2015.
The court was told parts of the braking system were "fractured or loose" and would have failed roadside tests.
Driver Phillip Potter denies causing death by dangerous or careless driving.
His boss at Grittenham Haulage Ltd, Matthew Gordon, 30, of Dauntsey, who was driving another truck in front of Mr Potter, also denies 14 offences; while the truck company's mechanic, Peter Wood, 55, of Brinkworth, denies four charges.
Gary Ford, of the Drivers and Vehicle Standards Agency, described how he examined the vehicle four hours after the accident and found one of the brakes to be "unusually hot" at 62C (144F).
But, he said, one other brake was just 5C (41F) suggesting it was "doing nothing".
He also told the jury that some of the reaction brackets (part of the braking system) "were fractured or loose" and in such a poor state of repair that the lorry would "have been taken off the road in a standard roadside check".
A former driver at Grittenham Haulage Ltd previously told the court he had experienced brake failings, electrical faults and air pressure faults.
In one incident, he said he felt the brake go "straight to the floor" as he attempted to stop behind a car making a sharp turn. He described the brakes as having a "spongy sensation".
The lorry hit several pedestrians, including Mitzi, from Bath, and a car containing Mr Allen and Mr Vaughan, both from Swansea, and Mr Parker, from Cwmbran, south Wales.
Phillip Browne, who lived on Lansdown Lane, told the court last week he heard Mr Potter describing what happened immediately after the crash.
He said he heard the driver say: "I think I've killed them. I was coming down the hill. I put my foot on the brake and there was nothing there."
Mr Potter, 20, of Dauntsey, is also charged with causing serious injuries to Karla Brennan and Mitzi's grandmother Margaret Rogers by dangerous driving.
He denies a total of 10 charges against him. The trial continues.


Leyton Orient's fading hopes of avoiding relegation from League Two took another heavy blow with a convincing defeat at Crawley.

Three first-half goals in the space of 10 minutes sentenced the O's to a fourth successive defeat as Crawley tasted victory for the first time in seven matches.
Orient edged the opening exchanges but lost defender Tom Parkes through injury before Steven Alzate was denied on the edge of the area by keeper Glenn Morris.
Crawley had failed to score in their previous three home games but leading marksman James Collins swooped to give them the lead with his 20th goal of the season midway through the half.
The former Shrewsbury striker struck by heading in a free-kick from Josh Payne and, although keeper Sam Sargeant got a hand to the ball, it flew into the corner of the net.
Crawley took a firm grip of the game by scoring twice in the space of four minutes before the interval.
Defender Joe McNerney rose unchallenged to head home a Payne free-kick from 12 yards on 29 minutes and then, from an Andre Blackman set-piece, Dutch midfielder Enzio Boldewijn forced the ball home.
Crawley, who had won only two of their previous 13 games, threatened again when a header from skipper Jimmy Smith was saved by Sargeant shortly after the break.
Boldewijn, after earlier firing wide from 25 yards, should have increased the lead when putting the ball wastefully wide from a pass by Collins.
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Match ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
Second Half ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
James Collins (Crawley Town) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Billy Clifford (Crawley Town).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Billy Clifford (Crawley Town) is shown the yellow card.
Foul by Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town).
Callum Kennedy (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Henry Ochieng replaces Nigel Atangana.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Dean Cox replaces Enzio Boldewijn.
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Enzio Boldewijn (Crawley Town) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt blocked. James Collins (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Josh Payne (Crawley Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Josh Lelan replaces Andre Blackman because of an injury.
Delay in match Andre Blackman (Crawley Town) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Rhys Murphy (Crawley Town) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
Attempt missed. Gavin Massey (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Joe McNerney.
Foul by Josh Payne (Crawley Town).
Liam Kelly (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Lewis Young.
Substitution, Leyton Orient. Rowan Liburd replaces Josh Koroma.
Corner,  Crawley Town. Conceded by Nicky Hunt.
Substitution, Crawley Town. Billy Clifford replaces Kaby because of an injury.
Corner,  Crawley Town. Conceded by Myles Judd.
Attempt saved. Jimmy Smith (Crawley Town) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Hand ball by Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient).
Foul by James Collins (Crawley Town).
Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Second Half begins Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
First Half ends, Crawley Town 3, Leyton Orient 0.
Corner,  Leyton Orient. Conceded by Josh Yorwerth.


Comedian Bill Maher has apologised for using a racial slur on live television.

The host of "Real Time with Bill Maher" on HBO used a derogatory term for African-Americans while interviewing Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse.
The "joke" prompted a huge backlash, particularly on social media. Maher said he used the slur in the "banter of a live moment".
"The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry," he said in a statement released the next day.
The controversy arose during a segment of the show when Maher was interviewing the Republican Senator Ben Sasse.
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When Maher said he should visit Nebraska more, the senator quipped: "You're welcome - we'd love to have you work in the fields with us."
"Work in the fields?" Maher replied. "Senator, I'm a house nigger," he said.
The comedian immediately backpedalled as the remark was met with a muted response from the audience.
"No, it's... it's a joke," he said, turning to the crowd.
The controversy quickly became a national trending topic on social media in the United States.
The interview continued without further interruption, but Senator Sasse later tweeted that he wished he'd been "quick enough" to challenge Maher.
"Free speech comes with a responsibility to speak up when folks use that word. Me just cringing last night wasn't good enough," he said.
Maher's network, HBO, also criticised his "joke" as "completely inexcusable and tasteless," and said the network would edit it out from re-runs of the show.
Later, Maher released a statement to the press.
"Friday nights are always my worst night of sleep because I'm up reflecting on the things I should or shouldn't have said on my live show," he said.
"Last night was a particularly long night as I regret the word I used in the banter of a live moment. The word was offensive and I regret saying it and am very sorry."
In a 2015 interview with Variety magazine, Maher acknowledged the risk he takes in going live, rather than pre-recording like some of his television rivals.
"Live on tape means 'not live,' of course. It was live at some point. The difference with our show is it is 'live' live," he said.
"As I'm saying it, you are seeing it. It does add an extra, kind of tightrope element to it, because you can't take anything back or editorially fudge it. It is what it is."


Indonesia has banned the blogging platform Tumblr, saying that the site distributes pornographic content.

Azhar Hasyim, e-business director at Indonesia's Information Ministry, told the BBC the decision had been made without consultation with the New York-based company, which is owned by Yahoo.
"We must ban the site first, and tell them later," Mr Hasyim said.
Earlier this month, Indonesia ordered social networking sites to remove any emojis representing same-sex couples.
Unlike Facebook and some other social networks, Tumblr allows adult content on its site.
The closure was part of a wider crackdown, with nearly 500 sites shut down by authorities, according to Indonesian media.
Earlier this month, Netflix was blocked by Indonesia's biggest internet service provider, which said it had concerns about the content the platform was offering.
And last May, video-hosting site Vimeo was blocked in the country for alleged carrying pornographic content.
Indonesia has in the past asked social media companies such as Twitter to put in place a special filter for pornographic content.
Companies that don't comply can be charged according to Indonesian law.
Tumblr has been approached for comment.


The body of a woman who vanished after a boat capsized on a river trip in Laos, south-east Asia, has been identified, her family says.

Johanna Powell, from Cardiff, was reported missing on Saturday.
The 37-year-old, a BBC Wales picture editor, was on a tourist boat on the Mekong River near Pak Beng.
The Foreign Office told her family on Tuesday local authorities had formally confirmed a body recovered since the incident was hers.
Johanna Powell's brother-in-law Dean Price said her family was trying to arrange to bring her body home as soon as possible.
He said: "We are grateful for all the help, support and kind words that everyone is passing on to us."
Ms Powell, originally from Pontypridd, was with three friends from Wales and one of them was celebrating a 40th birthday. They were part of a group of 10 on the boat, which could hold 25.
Mr Price said the family had been told she was asleep when the boat hit a rock in rapids causing it to tip, take on water and capsize.
Speaking to BBC Wales on Monday, Ms Powell's mother Teresa said: "She got on the plane, she texted me and said 'It's going to be a lush adventure, mum. I love you loads and everything is going to be fine', because I was worried about her going."
Her father Donald added: "The boat hit some rapids apparently and overturned.
"Out of all the ones on board, the rest were lucky and they got to the bank somehow, but Johanna was missing."
The co-owner of the cruise company, Adisak Star, said the boat sank quickly after hitting a rock while travelling though rapids.
"We have been running this for 15 years now and this is the first time this happened and I am sorry this happened," Mr Star added.
BBC Wales Director Rhodri Talfan Davies said: "Jo was such a respected and admired colleague - and I know just how keenly her loss is felt by so many colleagues who had the pleasure and privilege to work alongside her for almost 15 years.
"We are of course offering to support Jo's family in any way we can."


Irvine Welsh is to spearhead a campaign aimed at reviving a neglected theatre in Leith 30 years after its last show.

The Trainspotting author has agreed to become patron of The Leith Theatre and launch a new fundraising drive.
The Leith Theatre Trust took over the lease of the art deco venue from City of Edinburgh Council last year.
It was nearly sold off by the council in 2004 to pay for the revamp of the King's Theatre before an outcry from locals forced a rethink.
The fundraising project needs £250,000.
Mr Welsh, who was born in Leith in 1961, believes it could help Edinburgh's music scene recover from the loss of a number of city centre venues.
It will come back to life temporarily in May when it will be used as the latest pop-up venue for the Hidden Door Festival, which specialises in transforming run-down spaces.
A major clean-up for that event and a subsequent overhaul, which the £250,000 appeal is expected to pay for, will allow it to be used for other events at the Edinburgh International Festival and Fringe.
The project would see the full restoration of the 1,500-capacity auditorium to its former glory, the creation of a number of permanent performance spaces and modern backstage facilities.
A longer-term vision for the building is expected to cost up to £13m.
The origins of the theatre go back to 1920 when Leith was officially amalgamated into the city of Edinburgh.
Built in 1932 as a gift for Leithers, it was forced to close in 1941 after bomb damage during the war.
It did not re-open until 1961 but went on to host festival shows and attract some of the biggest names in the music business including ACDC, Thin Lizzy and Kraftwerk.
However, it gradually fell into disrepair in the late 1980s and eventually had to be closed down by the council.
Mr Welsh said: "I used to play outside the Leith Theatre as a kid and always remember it as an impressive but dormant force.
"I recall seeing Mott the Hoople play there and thought that it was the start of good times for the impressive space.
"It wasn't to be and it lay empty for several decades. Now Leith Theatre is about to come of age again.
"The loss of city centre venues and the gentrification of Leith, making it no longer a no-go area for tourists, ensure its development as a city-wide resource is essential. And it is, and will remain, a hub for the local community."
Trust board member Mike Griffith, a former administrative director of the Traverse Theatre, said: "It actually took about four years to reach agreement with the city council for us to take on a lease.
"Even after we got into the building there were a whole load of things that we didn't know about.
"The main thing that has happened since then is that repairs have been carried out to the roof by the council to make sure the building is wind and water-tight.
"It will need a bit of a tidy up for the Hidden Door Festival.
"In terms of further work, it's going to be community spirit that gets things going. There's not a huge amount of funding around for something like this."


The man being sought as one of the main suspects of the Paris attacks may have meant to blow himself up, reports say.

Salah Abdeslam appeared to be wearing a suicide belt, one of the men who drove him back to Belgium after the attacks told his lawyer.
Friends told ABC News that they believed he was in the Brussels area and trying to get to Syria to join Islamic State militants.
IS has said it was behind the attacks that killed 130 people.
A manhunt has been under way for more than a week for Abdeslam, a Brussels-born French national.
He is believed to have rented a VW Polo car in Belgium, which was later found near the Bataclan concert hall where 89 people were killed.
He is also believed to have driven a car from which gunmen shot at people on the terraces of bars.
The day after the attacks, Abdeslam was picked up in Paris by Hamza Attou and Mohammed Amri and driven to Brussels, Attou's defence lawyer, Carine Couquelet told French TV.
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Ms Couquelet said her client told her that Abdeslam had been "extremely agitated", and "perhaps ready to blow himself up".
They had exchanged a few words and Mr Attou had been terrified during the journey, she said. But Abdeslam had been "very calm" when police checked their identity papers.
This raised questions, including the possibility that Salah Abdeslam may have been supposed to blow himself up in Paris but had had second thoughts, the lawyer added.
Two friends of Abdeslam told ABC News they had spoken to him on Skype and said he was hiding in Brussels and desperately trying to get to Syria.
They said he was caught between European authorities hunting him and IS members who were "watching him" and were unhappy that he had not detonated his suicide belt.
Abdeslam's brother, Mohamed, has issued public calls for his brother to turn himself in.
He told Belgian television RTBF: "We say to him that we prefer to see him in prison rather than in a graveyard."


Portsmouth have signed Swindon Town striker Michael Smith for an undisclosed fee on a two-year contract.

The 24-year-old spent three months on loan at the League Two club last term.
Smith scored four goals in 16 appearances for Paul Cook's side, who failed to gain promotion via the play-offs in 2015-16.
"I really enjoyed my time here last season and am over the moon to be a Pompey player again," Smith told the club website.
Smith becomes Cook's fifth summer signing, following the arrivals of Matt Clarke, Danny Rose, Carl Baker and Drew Talbot.
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A constitutional reform which would allow Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega to run for an unprecedented fourth term has been approved by the National Assembly.

The plan, which must still be ratified next year, abolishes the two-term limit for presidents.
The United States has criticised the proposal, and a crowd protested outside parliament in the capital, Managua.
Mr Ortega first came to power during the Sandinista revolution, in 1979.
He served initially as president until 1990, and then won elections again in 2006.
The Sandinista-controlled National Assembly approved the constitutional reform bill by 64 votes to 26.
The National Assembly will have to vote again on the plan in 2014.
But members of the opposition said the changes were "illegitimate" and only designed to perpetuate Mr Ortega's power.
Dozens of people protested against the reform and criticised the members of the Parliament for approving it.
Besides scrapping term limits on the presidency, the proposed changes would allow the appointment of active duty police and military officials to government offices currently set aside for civilians.
When the Sandinistas came to power in 1979, they redistributed property and made huge progress in the spheres of health and education.
However, their pro-Cuban orientation alarmed the United States, which launched a sustained campaign of embargo and armed subversion.
In 1990, the Sandinistas were defeated in elections. But Mr Ortega made a come-back at the polls in 2006 and was sworn in as president the following year.
A Supreme Court ruling allowed Mr Ortega to run for re-election in 2011.


A 24-hour Tube strike planned to start on Tuesday evening has been called off after the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union agreed to suspend it.

It follows the Aslef, TSSA and Unite unions calling off their action over pay, the Night Tube and station rotas.
The RMT said the suspension would allow for "further consideration and consultation on the current offer".
However, it said further industrial action was still planned.
The proposed agreement includes a 2% pay rise in year one, RPI inflation or 1% (whichever is greater) in years two and three, and RPI plus 0.25% or 1% (whichever is greater) in year four, plus a Â£500 bonus for staff on lines where the night Tube will run.
General Secretary Mick Cash said: "The union makes it clear that we remain in dispute and the strike action scheduled for February remains on.
"The union is finalising the details for the continuation of that industrial campaign and the on-going fight over the threat to jobs, services and safety."
The Night Tube was due to begin last September but was delayed after the unions raised concerns over pay and conditions and went on strike over the dispute.
Two more 24-hour strikes have been arranged for 15 and 17 February.
An additional strike on 7 February has also been called in a separate RMT row over jobs and station staffing.


Stand-off Stephen Myler helped Northampton Saints make it four wins from their last five Premiership games to beat league leaders Saracens.

Myler's try and 10 points with the boot, added to a score from Lee Dickson, ensured Jim Mallinder's side edged a hard-fought contest.
The hosts were unable to get over the line, with Ben Spencer and Alex Goode landing their five penalties.
Saints lost England lock Courtney Lawes to a suspected ankle injury.
That defeat leaves Saracens three points above Exeter, who play Leicester on Sunday, while the Saints move up to fourth.
There was opportunity for players on both sides to make an impression in front of England coach Eddie Jones.
However, the windy conditions and a lack of composure made it difficult for Jones to truly assess the players on display.
Full-back Goode showed his class in glimmers amid the lack of rhythm, but the absence of Charlie Hodgson hurt Mark McCall's side, notably when scrum-half Spencer was sin-binned before the break.
Ben Foden might have scored a third try for the visitors but knocked on in the process of scoring, and Saints held on to pick up four precious points.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall:
"We got away with a bonus point, and we move on to the next game. We've asked a lot from this group in the last few weeks, the physicality and the intent was there, which is pleasing, but we were undone by the small things.
"In terms of the big stuff that you require week in week out, we were good. We just got the small stuff wrong, the details - knocking on three balls in good positions.
"This is a tremendously challenging period for us and it's been tough. Despite the fact we lost, I think we are going to be ok. We are all in the race to get into a top four spot and hopefully we have enough, especially with the cavalry coming back, to stay there."
Northampton director of rugby Jim Mallinder:
"Any win down at Saracens is good. Even with their international players away it's a good win but I think it could be a different game come the European Champions Cup.
"I think our performance, particularly in the first half, was very good. And we came out in the second half and Dickson scored.
"We're slightly disappointed we couldn't finish off the (Ben) Foden opportunity but we are generally happy."
Saracens: Goode; Ellery, Taylor, Barritt (capt), Wyles; Mordt, Spencer, Barrington, George, Du Plessis, Smith, Hamilton, Rhodes, Brown, Wray.
Replacements: Saunders, Thompson-Stringer, Figallo, Hargreaves, Burger, De Kock, Bosch, Earle.
Northampton: Foden; K Pisi, G Pisi, Burrell, Collins; Myler, Dickson (capt); Waller, Haywood, Brookes, Lawes, Matfield, Gibson, Wood, Harrsion
Replacements: Marshall, Waller, Hill, Craig, Dickinson, Kessell, Hanrahan, Mallinder.
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Mae cydlynydd ymgyrch Plaid Cymru yn yr etholiad Cyffredinol wedi dweud na fedrai fod "wedi gofyn am lwyfan gwell", wedi i'r blaid ennill dros 30 o seddi newydd yn yr etholiadau lleol.

Dywedodd yr Aelod Cynulliad, Adam Price, mai dyma un o ganlyniadau gorau Plaid Cymru erioed yn yr etholiadau lleol, er na lwyddodd y blaid i ennill rheolaeth ar awdurdodau roedden nhw'n eu targedu, fel Sir Gaerfyrddin.
Mewn cyfweliad ar raglen Sunday Politics Wales y BBC, dywedodd Mr Price fod pobl, yn ystod amser o newid mawr, yn "chwilio am arweinyddiaeth newydd yng Nghymru".
"Dydyn nhw ddim yn mynd i'w gael e o'r Blaid Lafur - maen nhw wedi bod mewn grym er dros ganrif yng Nghymru.
"Dydyn ni ddim yn mynd i'w gael o'r Blaid Geidwadol, fydd yn cael eu rheoli gan Aelodau Seneddol Toriaidd o dde ddwyrain Lloegr.
"Pwy sy'n mynd i siarad dros Gymru?
"Mae Cymru'n cael ei gwthio i'r cyrion yn ystod ymgyrch yr etholiad cyffredinol hwn."
Bydd rhaglen Sunday Politics Wales yn cyfweld â ffigwr blaenllaw o bob un o'r prif bleidiau rhwng nawr a'r Etholiad Cyffredinol ar 8 Mehefin.


The heads of Dow and DuPont will get a combined $80m (£56.5m) in "golden parachute" leaving bonuses following the tie up of the two companies.

Dow and DuPont announced plans for a $130bn merger in December.
Dow's chief executive officer, Andrew Liveris, will get $52.8m in cash and stocks - a deal that includes his $40m retirement package.
Edward Breen -who became DuPont's chief executive in October - will receive $27.2m.
The new DowDupont company will be broken into three businesses focusing on agriculture, material sciences and specialty products over a two year period.
The companies have said they hope to save $3bn over this period through cost cutting efforts.
These types of leaving bonus have been given the name "golden parachute" to reflect the large payouts executives are given when a company is taken over and the executives are replaced.


Hot on the heels of the Independent Police Complaint Commission's announcement it will launch a review of its investigation into the death of Sean Rigg, a second London family have said the watchdog's probe into their son's death was deeply flawed.

Olaseni Lewis, known as Seni, was an ambitious 23-year-old IT graduate with a degree from Kingston University and plans for postgraduate study.
In August 2010 he was physically well with no history of mental illness.
But within two days of uncharacteristically odd and agitated behaviour - and 18 hours after being brought to hospital - he was all but dead, having collapsed during prolonged restraint by police.
He never regained consciousness and died three days later.
Seni was restrained three times - first by hospital staff and then by police - for 45 minutes before his collapse.
The IPCC investigation was completed in the autumn of 2011.
The family's solicitor Raju Bhatt said: "The family is faced, 12 months on, with no progress.
"The IPCC appear to recognise that 'confusion' and 'oversight' served to undermine their investigation."
The death raises uncomfortable questions in light of the inquest into Sean Rigg's death.
Mr Rigg, 40, died at Brixton Police Station in 2008. An inquest found police used "unsuitable" force.
At the inquest into Mr Rigg's death the South London and Maudsley Trust (Slam) admitted deficiencies in protocols between themselves and the Metropolitan Police.
The Met suggested they regularly look at how police and mental health practitioners work together.
So two years after Sean Rigg's death, why did things continue to go wrong?
It is not known why Seni Lewis began acting oddly, although he might have smoked strong cannabis.
When he failed to settle his family took him to Mayday University Hospital, Croydon.
His subsequent distressed behaviour concerned Accident and Emergency staff.
His family agreed he should be taken to a place of safety - known as a section 136 suite - at Maudsley Hospital to protect himself and others.
All the time he was showing signs of growing distress.
His father and friend joined him at the Maudsley and he was given medication.
But it was clear Mr Lewis was scared and uncertain what would happen next.
During the afternoon, he managed to leave the hospital, going to Denmark Hill Station - followed by hospital staff, his father and friend.
Police were called and Mr Lewis was coaxed back.
Mr Lewis's parents agreed he should stay in hospital for treatment, rest and assessment.
Mother Ajibola Lewis said: "We knew he wasn't well and needed help - more than we could give."
Staff agreed to admit him as a voluntary patient.
But admitting him required another journey - NHS managers insisted his home address meant he must go to Bethlem Royal Hospital several miles away.
Having helped Mr Lewis settle there his family left giving contact details.
At about midnight Mr Lewis's friend called the hospital to check on his welfare and was told he had been taken back to Mayday Hospital.
Staff were trying to get in touch with his family - apparently unaware they already had contact details for his mother.
The friend provided the details again and Mr Lewis's mother was informed he was taken to Mayday A&E after a "collapse".
His family have since gathered an outline of what transpired after they left Bethlem Hospital.
Mr Lewis had become increasingly agitated at their absence - especially when told he could not leave.
He understood he was there voluntarily.
The family said eventually it appears he was sectioned, restrained and held face down on the floor while medication was administered by hospital staff.
Police were called after he allegedly damaged a door and were asked to to help take Mr Lewis to the seclusion room.
His family understand that despite being handcuffed and struggling he was never violent.
Once inside the seclusion room he was held forcefully face down on the bed and then on the floor by police.
The restraint lasted 45 minutes and involved 11 officers.
Further medication was forcibly injected and - no longer struggling - he was left on his own lying face down on the floor, the Lewis family understands.
He was then seen motionless. In reality he was all but dead.
Following attempts to resuscitate him he was taken by ambulance to Mayday Hospital and put on life support, dying shortly afterwards.
The IPCC then investigated.
Mr Bhatt told the BBC none of the restraining officers have ever been put on notice that their conduct was under investigation.
They have not been interviewed, under caution or otherwise. Their written accounts remain untested.
Mr Lewis's case will offer more food for thought to new IPCC chairwoman, Dame Anne Owers.
She has already expressed concern that failure to interview police under caution undermines the search for the truth.
The IPCC has said it awaits advice from the CPS before proceeding, while the Met said it was unable to comment.
Meanwhile Slam claims it has striven to improve policies and practice.
An inquest is due next spring.


In the 2016 presidential campaign, the line between fringe theory and stump speech material is blurring.

In less than a month, unsubstantiated claims about Hillary Clinton's health have gone from chatter on Twitter to an attack line by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Without offering any evidence, Mr Trump said in Ohio on Monday that she "lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on Isis [Islamic State] and all of the many adversaries we face". Mr Trump, 70, is almost two years older than Mrs Clinton.
Most of the latest reports on her health assert that she never recovered from a blood clot that she suffered in 2012, and is keeping her frailty secret.
Her doctors say she fully recovered after surgery. Last year, in a letter accompanied by test results, her personal doctor Lisa Bardack said "she is in excellent physical condition and fit to serve as the president of the United States".
So how did we go from "fit to serve" to "secret health crisis"? Here's how it happened:
Early summer: Users on Twitter begin speculating about Hillary Clinton's health using the hashtag #HillaryHealth.
4 August: The website Infowars, run by conservative conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, begins publishing stories about Mrs Clinton's supposed failing health. The articles uses a clip of Mrs Clinton joking with an Associated Press reporter in June as evidence that the former secretary of state is "having seizures even while in public". The reporter Lisa Lerer wrote a column debunking the claims. "Where I saw evasiveness, they see seizures," she wrote.
7 August: Conservative blogger Matt Drudge runs a photo of Hillary Clinton being helped by aides after slipping on some stairs with the headline "Hillary conquers the stairs". Mr Drudge directed readers to a story, which claims "The questionable health condition of Hillary Clinton should be a major issue of the 2016 campaign." The problem? The photo was taken in February and news reports at the time showed she continued campaigning after the minor fall.
Infowars also addresses the photo of Mrs Clinton on the stairs. Infowars claims the aide helping her is actually a doctor and an item he is holding in his hand is an injection pen for the drug diazepam, which can be used to treat seizures. (Fact checking website Snopes says it actually was a small torch.)
8 August: The National Enquirer tabloid, which has endorsed Mr Trump for president, runs a story entitled "Hillary Clinton's secret health crisis".
8 August to 11 August: Fox News presenter Sean Hannity runs multiple segments on Hillary Clinton's health on his primetime chat show, claiming that she suffers from seizures. He also cites Mrs Clinton's exchange with Ms Lerer as evidence. (Ms Lerer was never contacted by Fox News.) Mr Hannity brought on medical experts to his show to confirm his suspicions, but the doctors would not concur. On CNN, Trump supporter Jeffrey Lord also repeats the claims.
11 August to 14 August: Several news organisations including CNN and the Washington Post debunk the claims pushed by Mr Hannity and Infowars. CNN media reporter Brian Stelter called Mr Hannity's coverage "reckless".
15 August: Mr Trump says Mrs Clinton "lacks the physical and mental stamina" to fight the so-called Islamic State.
Reporting by Tim Swift


Graca Machel, widow of Nelson Mandela, has appealed for African unity at a memorial service for a victim of recent xenophobic violence in South Africa.

Ms Machel called Mozambican Manuel Jossias' murder "a symbol of what must not happen again".
In an emotional speech in Johannesburg, she said the recent violence should be "a wake-up" call for the entire region.
At least seven people have died over a month of attacks on foreigners and foreign-owned property in South Africa.
To loud applause from the crowd, Ms Machel, who is a former first lady of both South Africa and Mozambique, encouraged acceptance of all nationalities:
"I am South African. I am Mozambican. I am Zambian. I am Zimbabwean," she said, continuing:
"Migration is in our blood! The borders were created by colonisers. They mean nothing to us because we are one."
Ms Machel described the recent violence as an "expression of self-hate which was inculcated by the system of apartheid".
She stressed that similar attacks would happen again unless countries throughout the region were able to provide better economic opportunities for their people.
After her speech, the former first lady broke down in tears, reports the BBC's Milton Nkosi from the scene.
Ms Machel, 69, was married to Samora Machel, the first president of independent Mozambique, who died in a 1986 plane crash.
She married Mr Mandela on his 80th birthday, in 1998.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Mr Jossias' cousin Veronica Sithole told the congregation that he had been the breadwinner for the whole family.
"You are robbers because you left us broken. You are evil. You didn't hear him pleading for mercy," she said, addressing his killers directly.
Mr Jossias was clubbed and stabbed to death in the Alexandra township of Johannesburg on 18 April.
His murder, which was was captured on camera by a photojournalist, shocked the nation and caused global outrage.
Initially, he was referred to in the media as Emmanuel Sithole, but South African President Jacob Zuma has since confirmed his real name as Manuel Jossias.
"He used a false name to avoid detection by authorities as he was an illegal immigrant", said the president in his freedom day speech on Monday.
The president also used his speech to criticise irregular migration from other countries in the region:
"As much as we have a problem that is alleged to be xenophobic, our sister countries contribute to this. Why are their citizens not in their countries and are in South Africa?" he asked, in comments reported in local media, but not included in the official government transcript of his speech.
Four suspects appeared in court last week over Mr Jossias' killing. The case has been adjourned until 4 May.
Mr Jossias in not currently included in the government's official count of victims of the recent xenophobic violence.


It's a first for Taiwan and a rarity for the world - two women competing for the presidency in the island's upcoming presidential race next January.

Taiwan's ruling party Kuomintang (KMT) has confirmed female deputy legislative speaker Hung Hsiu-chu, 67, as its candidate for the election. The opposition Democratic Progressive Party has already selected its chairwoman, Tsai Ing-wen, 58, as its candidate.
It means for the first time, the world's only Chinese democracy will have a female presidential race and very likely its first female president next year.
This follows a trend in Asia of women being elected as national leaders, but unlike examples in other countries including Thailand, the Philippines and South Korea, neither of Taiwan's two female candidates have a father, brother, or husband who was already in political power.
Neither Ms Hung nor her opponent come from a politically active or influential family. Instead, both rose up the ranks over years in government.
Many see this as a sign of progress in the young democracy which only began allowing universal suffrage in presidential elections in the mid-1990s.
"Why can't woman hold up the sky? "asks Shi Dian-hsi, the owner of an auto repair shop.
"In the past, we've only seen men get nominated, but in this election, the men are all wishy-washy, and the women are more capable and courageous, that's why we support them."
While the Republic of China (ROC) has never had a female leader since it was founded 100 years ago, women have played influential roles in its nation building or diplomacy.
They include Soong Ching-ling, the wife of the ROC's founder Dr Sun Yat-sen, as well as Soong Mei-ling, the wife of its later President Chiang Kai-shek.
Taiwan also had a female vice-president, Annette Lu, from 2000 to 2008. And the ROC's constitution stipulates quotas for women in its parliament, including a requirement that for each party, at least half of their elected legislators for at large seats must be female.
"The number of women politicians in Taiwan has long exceeded the quotas, but still more men are electedâ€¦ there are still relatively few women in positions of power," said Yu Ching-hsin, a research fellow at National Cheng-chi University's Election Study Center.
"This election will change this. It's a good thing."
Both Ms Hung and Ms Tsai are seasoned politicians well-known to the Taiwanese public.
Nicknamed little hot pepper for her outspokenness, Ms Hung, a former high school teacher and counsellor, has been a loyal KMT member from a young age, later becoming deputy speaker in parliament.
She stepped up to the plate at a time when few in her party wanted to run after it suffered a crushing defeat in local elections last year.
Ms Tsai, a former professor and trained lawyer, served as vice-premier and head of the Mainland Affairs Council during a period of tense relations with China. She ran in the presidential race in 2012 and lost, but is leading in the opinion polls this time.
How the two candidates handle relations with China will be a key deciding factor in next year's presidential race.
While Ms Hung and her party favour closer ties with China, seeing it as crucial to Taiwan's economic growth, Ms Tsai and her party have raised fears that closer ties could threaten the island's sovereignty and independence.
Demonstrators stormed and occupied Taiwan's parliament building last year in an unprecedented weeks-long protest sparked by worries that the ruling party's efforts to build stronger economic ties with China could turn the island into another Hong Kong.
So far, Beijing has kept a low profile regarding the election, not wanting to be seen as trying to influence the results. Such attempts in the past have backfired.
But many Chinese citizens, if not the government, are likely impressed by the fact that the ROC has two women running.
Mainland China, in contrast, has few women in positions of power, including none in the Communist party's top tier, its seven-member politburo standing committee. Taiwan could serve as a reminder to Beijing to promote more women in politics.
But regardless of which Taiwan candidate is elected, she will have to find a way to work with an increasingly powerful Beijing, which wants the island back one day, even though it has been ruled separately since the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949.
Perhaps more important to voters, however, is how the candidates deal with pressing economic issues, including a stagnating economy, low wages and a widening wealth gap.
"I don't really care if it's a man or woman.  What I care about is whether the candidate is capable and can make our country's economy better," said Lin Chia-chen, a 20-year-old college student who will vote for the first time.
Some believe that having a female president may reduce the divisions in Taiwanese society over China and other issues, but there is no guarantee this will happen.
After all, Taiwan's female politicians have been just as likely as their male counterparts to take part in Taiwan's notorious parliament shouting matches and scuffles over controversial issues.
"Looking at other countries, we see that if the president is a woman, the level of polarization is rather low and divisiveness drops, but we don't know why," said Lin Jih-wen, a research fellow at Academia Sinica's Institute of Political Science.
"We have seen this in Germany, Ireland and Finland, but we don't know if it will have a similar effect on Taiwan,"
Nonetheless, many hope that whoever leads will bring about harmony on this deeply divided island.


Lee Kilday is praying that his only spell out injured in two years will not rule him out of Greenock Morton's first major cup semi-final in 35 years.

The Morton captain has returned to training after four weeks out with an ankle knock ahead of the Scottish League Cup meeting with Aberdeen.
"I just started back training this week and played in a reserve game during the week there," said defender Kilday.
"I feel fit enough, but the boys have been playing well."
Morton, who beat two other Premiership sides - Kilmarnock and Hamilton Academical - on the way to the last four, have won four of their last five games.
The latest was an eye-catching 5-0 hammering of Queen of the South in Dumfries that led to their opponents being knocked off the top of the Championship table.
"The boys were brilliant last week," said Kilday. "They were magnificent - probably our best performance of the season.
"We're very confident, but we know Aberdeen are a very good team and it will be a hard game.
"We can't go to Hampden and defend for 90 minutes. We need to go out and play as well.
"Anything can happen because it's a one-off game."
Morton will be without midfielder Ross Forbes, who is suspended after picking up two yellow cards, but Gavin Gunning is another vying for a return to the Greenock side's defence on Saturday after recovering from injury.
"Since I came to Morton, I've basically played every game - I've never really been injured," said 24-year-old Kilday, who signed after leaving Hamilton in 2014.
"This is the only time I've been injured and we are in a semi-final, so it would be very disappointing if I don't play, but it is the gaffer's decision and I can't really complain if I don't play."
Kilday says his side's progress to their first semi-final since losing to Rangers in the Scottish Cup in 1981 has captured the imagination of the Greenock public and inspired the team.
"It's a big day for the club and the town," he said. "I'm sure the fans will come in numbers, so it'll be a great day for them.
"Playing the games leading up to this game, everybody's buzzing, so obviously it's been good for the club, it's been good for the boys, it's given us something to look forward to and I think it's shown in our performances.
"It would mean a lot, being the captain, just to get to a final and play in a final.
"You wouldn't expect Morton to get to a final, so it's a once in a lifetime chance because we're not expected to get to the semi-final either."
Kilday is fully aware of the threat posed by a Dons side sitting second top of the Premiership and picked out on-loan Norwich City midfielder James Maddison, along with attackers Jonny Hayes, Niall McGinn and Adam Rooney, as the major threat.
However, he suggested that Jim Duffy's side had their own match winner in Jai Quitongo, the 19-year-old former Aberdeen winger who has attracted interest from a number of English clubs.
"His pace, his power can cause them problems," added his captain. "Against Hamilton and Kilmarnock, he did really well, so I think he'll be a big threat to Aberdeen.
"Obviously it's his old club as well, so he'll want to show them what they're missing.
"He's really looking forward to it - he's a confident boy anyway, so I don't think he'll be too nervous and he doesn't let the speculation affect him."


A man has been accused of making a series of hoax bomb threats.

Peter Osbourne of no fixed address was charged with four counts of making hoax calls, Gloucestershire Police said.
It relates to calls made on Wednesday about Wiltshire Police Headquarters, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Weymouth sea front in Dorset and Bath bus station.
Mr Osbourne, 56, is due to appear before magistrates in Bath later. Avon and Somerset Police were also involved in the cross border operation.


Oxford's superb away run was brought to an end as they went down at struggling Oldham.

The play-off chasing U's had achieved five straight away wins in League One, but Lee Erwin struck twice to give Oldham's survival hopes a major boost.
Oldham should have scored within the first two minutes when Aaron Amadi-Holloway fired too close to goalkeeper Simon Eastwood after bursting into the Oxford box.
Peter Clarke also missed an early opening for the hosts, while Eastwood made further saves from Amadi-Holloway and Ryan McLaughlin.
Oxford responded with a chance for Conor McAleny, whose shot was parried by Oldham keeper Connor Ripley, before Kane Hemmings somehow missed the target from point-blank range.
Oldham took the lead on 36 minutes when Amadi-Holloway's powerful shot hit the underside of the bar and Erwin nodded in the rebound from four yards.
Oxford were level on the hour mark as Chris Maguire coolly scored from the penalty spot after he had been brought down by Ripley.
However, Erwin settled it in the 70th minute, netting his seventh goal of the campaign with a far-post header from McLaughlin's excellent cross.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Oldham Athletic 2, Oxford United 1.
Second Half ends, Oldham Athletic 2, Oxford United 1.
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Ousmane Fane replaces Chris Taylor.
Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Antonio Martínez (Oxford United).
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Brian Wilson.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Anthony Gerrard.
Foul by Peter Clarke (Oldham Athletic).
John Lundstram (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Aaron Holloway (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).
Attempt saved. Conor McAleny (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Corner,  Oxford United. Conceded by Ryan McLaughlin.
Attempt blocked. Chris Maguire (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Ryan McLaughlin (Oldham Athletic).
Chris Maguire (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match  (Oldham Athletic).
(Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oldham Athletic. Tope Obadeyi replaces Lee Erwin.
Substitution, Oxford United. Joe Rothwell replaces Robert Hall.
Substitution, Oxford United. Antonio Martínez replaces Kane Hemmings.
Foul by Brian Wilson (Oldham Athletic).
Conor McAleny (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic).
Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. John Lundstram (Oxford United) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt saved. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Aaron Holloway (Oldham Athletic).
Curtis Nelson (Oxford United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Goal!  Oldham Athletic 2, Oxford United 1. Lee Erwin (Oldham Athletic) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ryan McLaughlin.
Corner,  Oldham Athletic. Conceded by Philip Edwards.
Curtis Nelson (Oxford United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Paul Green (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Curtis Nelson (Oxford United).
Substitution, Oxford United. Liam Sercombe replaces Ryan Ledson.
Attempt missed. Chris Taylor (Oldham Athletic) header from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left.
Aaron Holloway (Oldham Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Cheyenne Dunkley (Oxford United).


A 37-year-old man charged with murdering a Bulgarian teenager will no longer face prosecution.

Denis Petkov, 19, was found with stab wounds following an incident on East Hanningfield Road in Rettendon, Essex, on 11 March.
Mihal Dobrev, of East Hanningfield Road, pleaded not guilty to murdering the teenager.
The Crown Prosecution Service cited insufficient evidence for its decision not to go ahead with a trial.
Jenny Hopkins, chief crown prosecutor for CPS East of England, said following a review of the case it had "concluded there is insufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction against Mr Dobrev".
She added: "This decision means that the case cannot proceed and so we have offered no evidence against him."
The CPS offered its sympathies to the family of Mr Petkov.


Belgium midfielder Eden Hazard has signed a new five-and-a-half-year deal with Premier League leaders Chelsea.

The 24-year-old, signed for a reported £32m from Lille in 2012, has scored 13 times in 36 appearances this season.
"Since I came here in 2012, I have always felt good and the club has been very supportive to me," Hazard said.
"He is already a top player and his evolution has been fantastic," manager Jose Mourinho said. "He is still very young and he can become the best."
Hazard, who helped Belgium reach the World Cup quarter-finals last year, has made a total 147 appearances for the Blues, scoring 43 goals.
"The manager has helped me improve a lot, the fans have been fantastic and I have an amazing understanding with my team-mates," he added.
"I always try to give pleasure to the supporters with my style of play and it is nice to know they appreciate my work."


An 18th Century Chinese imperial seal has been sold for a record €21m (£18m, $22m) - more than 20 times its estimated price.

The sale, to an unnamed Chinese collector, took place in Paris on Wednesday after a heated bidding war, Drouot auction house said.
The palm-sized seal is made of red and white steatite, a type of mineral rock.
It was one of hundreds owned by Emperor Qianlong, one of the longest serving Chinese emperors.
The previous record set for an auctioned seal was €14m in 2011.
The latest seal sold was originally acquired by a young French naval doctor who visited China in the late 19th Century, and had remained in his family ever since, Drouot said (link in French).
Asian art expert Alice Jossaume told AFP news agency it had been expected to sell for between €800,000 and €1m.
Emperor Qianlong, an avid art collector who ruled China for much of the 18th Century, was an artist himself who would use seals to sign his works, and commissioned some for their intricate craftsmanship.
The seal sold on Wednesday features nine dragons which signify masculinity and the imperial authority.
Drouot said more than 1,800 Qianlong seals were made, out of which 700 disappeared. Another 1,000 are kept by China's Palace Museum in Beijing's Forbidden City.


The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died after taking ecstasy hopes a new play about him will send a "powerful message to young people".

Daniel Spargo-Mabbs, from Croydon, died from multiple organ failure three days after taking the drug in Hayes in 2014.
The play by Southampton playwright Mark Wheeller previewed at Oasis Lord's Hill Academy in the city on Wednesday night.
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs said being involved in the production had been "incredible" but "extremely painful at times".
The play is called I Love You Mum, I Promise I Won't Die, the last words Daniel said to her before leaving home to go to a rave.
Mrs Spargo-Mabbs said: "Dan's death was so devastating for all who knew him that we committed ourselves to doing anything we could to prevent this happening to anyone else.
"We hope with all our hearts that this play will take Dan and his story to communities across the UK and beyond, and communicate a powerful message to young people about the risks, choices and consequences associated with drugs.
"We hope they'll learn through him the lesson he no longer can."
Mr Wheeller said he was "honoured" to have been trusted to tell the "tragic tale".
His previous plays are among the most performed for the Edexcel GCSE drama exam, and are set texts.
Following previews the production, performed by Southampton's Oasis Youth Theatre, will premiere at the Brit school in Croydon.
In 2014 Nicqueel Pitrora, 18, of Croydon, was jailed for five years for supplying drugs to Daniel and his friends.
The court heard Daniel, who paid Â£20 for MDMA, put about half a gram of the drug into 500ml of water. A witness claimed he possibly drank it in one go.


Voters across Northern Ireland have expressed concerns about the leader of the SDLP Alasdair McDonnell, according to the party's deputy leader.

Dolores Kelly was speaking after the former SDLP leader Mark Durkan said the party leadership needs to change in time for next year's assembly election.
Ms Kelly said voters had expressed concerns during the Westminster election campaign trail.
Alasdair McDonnell has made it clear he does not intend to stand down.
"I had every empathy with what he said in relation to the message on the doorsteps because what Mark said was not unique to Derry, it was right across the north," the SDLP deputy leader said.
"But what I do think now in the interests of the party - and that's my only interest - the debate now has to come back into the party itself.
"We need to discuss it in a mature way within the party so that we can give hope to the people that we represent and the people we hope to represent and hope to represent after next year's assembly elections.," Ms Kelly added.
Speaking on BBC One programme The View, Mr Durkan, who stepped down as leader in 2010, said Dr McDonnell's leadership was "a real issue" posed by voters on the doorstep during general election canvassing.
"If Alasdair thinks that just resigning from the assembly deals with the questions, well it won't because these questions will all surface again once he resigns from the assembly," he said.
"As we move towards an assembly election, the questions won't go away and therefore I think if we're going to be in a better position to fight the election, then the leadership needs to change."
Dr McDonnell earlier rejected criticism by party grandees Seamus Mallon and Brid Rodgers that he should step down, telling the programme: "I'm not going to run away from a task half done."


CCTV images from a North Lanarkshire pub that was badly damaged by fire have revealed the blaze was deliberate.

Emergency services were called to the Albert Bar, in Clark Street, Airdrie, at 00:50 on Monday. No-one was injured.
Police said that the pub's CCTV filmed a man breaking a window and pouring a liquid inside which he set alight.
They  have asked for help in tracing the "reckless" individual, described as white, in his late 20s to early 30s, with a full beard and muscular build.
At the time of the fire attack he was wearing a white T-shirt which he had covered with a black bin liner.
Det Con Joe Peebles, of Police Scotland, said: "When this man started the fire the flames blew back on him and it's possible he could have been burned.
"If you know anyone fitting the description that may have scalding on his body, then please contact police.
"It was a totally reckless act and the man responsible has absolutely no regard for anyone's safety or the effect the damage will have on the owner's business."
Det Con Peebles said the damage caused by the fire ran to thousands of pounds and flats next to the pub had to be evacuated.
He added: "No one was injured but it could have been much worse, indeed, if it hadn't been for the actions of a passing taxi driver who put out the flames with his fire extinguisher, there is no doubt the pub would have burned to the ground and there would have been significant damage to the flats above."


RBS and NatWest customers who had student accounts dating back to 2002 will learn whether they are owed compensation by 1 November.

The bank said that tens of thousands of customers had been charged for extended overdrafts that were supposed to be interest-free.
They included student customers from 2002 to March this year.
The bank said it would use public databases to find those who have moved home.
These students used up the advertised overdraft allowance and were then granted extra.
They were charged for this, even though the accounts' terms and conditions clearly stated that arranged overdrafts were interest-free.
David Crawford, head of current accounts at RBS, said it was "very disappointing" that the bank had got it wrong.
He said that the relatively small numbers of customers affected compared with their total customer base meant that the bank had not noticed what was happening.
Those affected will be notified by 1 November that they are due a refund. The redress, typically about Â£100, will be credited to RBS accounts or sent by cheque.
A statutory 8% interest will be added to the amount.
Mr Crawford said that the bank would use public records to track down those who - as is likely for ex-students - had moved home.
Anyone who believes they have been affected but does not hear from the bank by 1 November, should contact RBS.


A bus tour company boss has been convicted of attacking a rival employee during an alleged row over a code of conduct for operators in Belfast.

Titanic and City Tours managing director Sean Donnelly, 50, had denied a charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm by punching an employee of Belfast City Sightseeing.
He claimed he was taunted and spat at by staff from a competitor company.
One of Donnelly's workers, James Moore, was also convicted of common assault.
The victim, Kevin Boyle, claimed his nose was broken in the incident on 11 May last year.
Donnelly, of St James' Park in the city, claimed he had been on the streets to try to stop aggravation between the rivals.
He told Belfast Magistrates' Court that his firm had signed up to a code of conduct following meetings with City Centre Management and the Department of the Environment.
According to Donnelly's account, Mr Boyle and a colleague approached him and started to taunt hum.
"They said 'Stick your code of conduct up your hole'," the tour boss claimed.
Donnelly alleged that he went to their manager in a bid to get him to intervene, only to suffer further abuse.
The court heard claims that Mr Boyle spat in his direction, started to film him on a phone and tried to coax him into striking out.
"I just got frustrated and tried to grab the mobile phone, and I pushed him. That's all I did," he said.
Accepting Mr Boyle "stumbled" to the ground, he denied punching him at any stage.
Donnelly also revealed that he had suffered a minor stroke just days before the incident.
It was claimed that Moore, 30,  of Rathvarna Park in Lisburn, County Antrim, punched and kicked Mr Boyle after arriving at the scene on Callender Street.
He disputed the allegations, insisting instead that he only told the victim to lie on the ground until the situation calmed.
"I was making sure there was nothing more going to happen because of Squirt (Donnelly) having taken a stroke," Moore told the court.
"I didn't want anything more happening to him."
Despite both defendants denials, the judge convicted both of the charge against them.
They were released to return for sentencing next month.