Second seed Garbine Muguruza is out of Wimbledon after losing in the second round in straight sets to Slovakia's world number 124 Jana Cepelova.

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The 22-year-old French Open winner, who lost last year's final to Serena Williams, lost 6-3 6-2 on Court One.
It is a second big scalp for Cepelova in as many years at Wimbledon, after knocking out world number three Simona Halep in the first round in 2015.
The 23-year-old will face Czech 29th seed Lucie Safarova in the third round.
"I am so happy. I am very surprised, I did not expect two sets," Cepelova told BBC Sport.
"I have beaten some great players and I am very happy with this."
Fifth seed Halep also reached the third round with a straight-sets win over Italy's Francesca Schiavone.
The Romanian 24-year-old, a semi-finalist in 2014, needed little more than an hour to beat the 111th-ranked 36-year-old 6-1 6-1 and will meet Dutch 26th seed Kiki Bertens next after the 24-year-old beat Germany's Mona Barthel.
American ninth seed Madison Keys, 21, also progressed on day four, beating Belgium's Kirsten Flipkens 6-4 4-6 6-3. She faces the winner of the match between Italy's Sara Errani and France's Alize Cornet.
Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams progressed to the third round with victory in three sets over qualifier Maria Sakkari.
The eighth seeded American won 7-5 4-6 6-3 in two hours and 24 minutes against the Greek 20-year-old on Court 18.
The 36-year-old will play Russian 29th seed Darya Kasatkina for a place in the last 16.
Sakkari was aged four when Williams won the first of her Wimbledon titles in 2000 and, despite a nervy start, the 115-ranked qualifier put up a stern test for the seven-time Grand Slam winner out on the smallest of the venue's show courts.
Barring defeat by an unranked Kim Clijsters at the 2009 US Open, Williams has not lost to a player ranked outside the world's top 100 at a Grand Slam this century, but was broken three times in the second set.
She appeared fatigued at times against Sakkari, who was attempting to become the first Greek woman to reach the third round at a major since 2005, and incurred a time violation on her serve in the final set.
But eventually the quality and experience of Williams, the oldest woman in the main draw, proved decisive as she recorded her 78th win at Wimbledon - two matches behind sister Serena's tally.
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American Sloane Stephens returned to finish her first-round match against China's Shuai Peng.
The 23-year-old 18th seed won 7-6 (7-5) 6-2 in one hour and 29 minutes, as former world number 14 Peng, 30, racked up 23 unforced errors on Court Five.
Peng, a women's doubles winner in 2013, has dropped to 264 in the world since suffering a back injury last year.
Stephens will next face Luxembourg's world number 126 Mandy Minella.
Minella beat Anna Tatishvili in the first round, winning the opening set 7-5 before the American retired at 3-0 down in the second.
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The UK government has extended the coastal "blue belt" of protected marine areas.

The designation of 23 new Marine Conservation Zones mean that 8,000 square miles of UK waters now have environmental protection.
The announcement has been welcomed by conservation and wildlife organisations.
However they, along with fishermen's groups, are concerned that there is no management plan.
They say it will be difficult to balance competing interests in the reserves.
Originally 127 sites were proposed as MCZs. The government has so far committed to designating 50, covering an area the size of Wales.
The designation of 23 new Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs) means that 20% of English waters are now considered protected. The sites range from the Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds in the North Sea, down to Land's End in the South West.
The aim is to conserve habitats like coral colonies, geological features such as chalk reefs, and species such as the stalked jellyfish and spiny lobsters.
North Sea
Fulmar
Farnes East
Coquet to St Mary's
Runswick Bay
Holderness Inshore
Cromer Shoal Chalk Beds
South East
The Swale Estuary
Dover to Deal
Dover to Folkestone
Offshore Brighton
Offshore Overfalls (SE of the Isle of Wight)
Utopia (SW of Selsey Bill)
The Needles
South West
Western Channel
Mounts Bay
Land's End
Newquay and The Gannel
Hartland Point to Tintagel
Bideford to Foreland Point
North-West of Jones Bank
Greater Haig Fras
Irish Sea
West of Walney co-location zone
Allonby Bay
The Marine Environment Minister, George Eustice, said: "It's vital that we protect our marine environment to ensure our seas remain healthy, our fishing industry remains prosperous, and future generations can enjoy our beautiful beaches."
The Wildlife Trusts welcomed the designation of the reserves. Joan Edwards, head of Living Seas at the Trusts, said: "UK seas have the potential to be full of incredible life and colour but continued destruction has reduced them to a shadow of their former selves.
"We are pleased by this government's commitment to addressing the decimation of our seabed over the past century, and to delivering an ecologically coherent network of marine protected areas. This second step towards the completion of a 'blue belt' in UK seas is crucial in turning the tide on the state of our seas but there's still work to be done."
However, designation and management are treated as separate processes. So until bylaws or legislation has been put in place, then activities in the reserves will remain largely unchanged.
Paul Trebilcock, from the Cornish Fish Producers Association, commented: "It's madness. A line has been drawn on a map but there is no management plan in place. No-one knows what will and will not be able to continue.
"The majority of fishermen rely on the marine environment being healthy to make a living - they have more interest in keeping it healthy than anybody. To hear the government drawing a line and saying it's all fine doesn't inspire much confidence."
Sam Davies is chief officer for the Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority. Her organisation will work with the Marine Management Organisation to find a way of managing the reserves. She said that the new boundaries didn't mean that one day you could take a boat in and the next day you couldn't.
"We now need to fill in the gaps. We are in the early stages of developing management for these areas. We have to understand exactly what species are there.
"Most of the science has been done, but now it's looking at the really fine detail. That involves dropping a camera down there."
Tine Eisfeld-Pierantonio, conservation and policy officer from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), said this was "brilliant", but that some sites vital for the protection of whales and dolphins had been left off the list.
"Fourteen sites were taken out without consideration. According to the Marine and Coastal Access Act (2009) the government has to establish a network that protects species - not just habitats - in UK seas. So this isn't creating a coherent ecological network," the WDCS policy officer explained.
The 23 additional sites are the second of three planned phases of MCZs, an obligation set out under the Marine and Coastal Access Act. The last will be put out to consultation in 2017, and designated in 2018.
A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs commented: "Defra and delivery partners are working together with stakeholders to ensure that management measures are put in place within two years of designation and that measures provide effective protection for designated sites."
There is also other work being done by the government to protect the marine environment, with consultations being held on Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) for harbour porpoise, and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) to protect the feeding and bathing areas of iconic birds.
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A 16-year-old has been sentenced to four years in custody for causing the deaths of two teenagers by dangerous driving during a police pursuit.

Reigan Knight and Liam Phillips, both 17, died when the Ford Escort they were passengers in crashed in Leigh-on-Sea last December.
A boy from Great Wakering, who cannot be named, admitted two counts of causing death by dangerous driving.
He was also banned from driving for four years at Chelmsford Crown Court.
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Other charges of driving without a licence and insurance will lie on file, the court was told.
After sentencing Det Insp Scott Egerton speaking said: "They (Reigan Knight and Liam Phillips) were passengers in the car and had no control over the events that led to their tragic deaths.
"The driver of this car has pleaded guilty; he drove dangerously without a licence or insurance in a car he had bought and he caused their deaths.
"He has to live with this for the rest of his life, but so do the families of Reigan and Liam."
In the wake of the deaths about 300 people attended a candlelit beach vigil for the two boys.


Community facilities in Cardiff's parks are set for a £600,000 makeover.

Half of the work is intended as a Champions League legacy, with the city hosting this year's final, with the money coming from the council's budget.
Work will see changing rooms refurbished, new playground equipment installed and a drainage scheme for Thornhill's football pitch.
Councillor Peter Bradbury said the quality of public facilities can impact on people exercising.
Changing rooms will be refurbished at Trelai Park and Rumney Recreation Ground and a playground in Lisvane will be expanded.
Seven other playgrounds across the city will also be refurbished.


A heroine of Ukraine's Orange Revolution, Yulia Tymoshenko is one of the country's most high-profile political figures and a key candidate in its presidential election.

Two days before the vote, she called for a national vote on joining Nato, what she termed a second referendum on Ukraine's independence.
She was freed in February after spending three years in jail for criminally exceeding her powers, charges that she says were politically motivated.
The glamorous, fiery orator helped lead Ukraine's revolt against a corrupt election in 2004, gaining international recognition.
But in 2011 she was convicted over a 2009 gas deal agreed with Russia and given a seven-year sentence.
She always argued the charges of abuse of power against her were a tissue of lies, inspired by the man she helped oust in 2004, Viktor Yanukovych - who returned to defeat her in the 2010 presidential election.
Tymoshenko was for years a talisman for Ukraine's opposition but when she addressed crowds in Kiev's Independence Square hours after her release, the response was not entirely enthusiastic.
Her lawyers had long complained that the authorities had wanted her to remain in jail for the rest of her life. She was also facing tax evasion charges dating back to her time as head of a private energy company in the 1990s.
Her release was one of the conditions facing Mr Yanukovych before he baulked at signing an EU-Ukraine trade and partnership agreement last November.
During her time in jail she urged the authorities to transfer her to a German hospital so that doctors there can treat her chronic back pain.
In April 2013 the European Court of Human Rights ruled that her pre-trial detention had been "arbitrary and unlawful", though the judges did not rule on the legality of her conviction.
They did not explicitly support her claim that her detention was politically motivated, nor did they accept her allegations of physical maltreatment and medical neglect in prison.
Initially she was sent to Lukyanivska prison, where she suffered back problems. Tymoshenko's daughter Eugenia said she feared for her mother's life.
In late 2011 she was moved to a jail in the eastern city of Kharkiv. But her health problems continued and German doctors said she needed specialised medical care.
In 2012 she complained that she had been punched by prison guards as she resisted attempts to move her to a local hospital for treatment. She staged a temporary hunger strike over her prison treatment. The authorities disputed her version of events.
By the time of her release, she was under prison guard at a hospital in Kharkiv.
Yulia Tymoshenko became wealthy in the 1990s at the head of an energy company and swiftly moved into politics.
She became prominent in 2004 during the Orange Revolution, when she and her ally Viktor Yushchenko packed the streets of Ukraine in protest at a rigged election that went in favour of the pro-Russian Mr Yanukovych.
The Supreme Court ruled in their favour, and the Orange alliance took power on a firmly pro-Western, anti-Russian platform.
No sooner had they taken over, with Tymoshenko as prime minister and Mr Yushchenko as president, than their relationship turned sour.
He sacked her later that year as she feuded with his party colleagues.
She was reappointed in September 2007 as the parties resurrected their alliance, but the constant political squabbling between the president and the prime minister continued.
Political paralysis prevented any effective handling of the global economic crisis, which hit Ukraine hard.
Voters seemed to lay much of the blame at Mr Yushchenko's door, and by the time of the 2010 presidential election, the Orange Revolution was consigned to history. Mr Yushchenko won less than 6% of the vote in the first round, coming fifth.
Tymoshenko, meanwhile, remained a front-runner, going through to the second round against Viktor Yanukovych.
But much of her previous popularity had evaporated in the intervening five years, and she was beaten.
Despite her protests that Mr Yanukovych's victory was rigged - again - this time international monitors gave the vote a clean bill of health.
She was then ousted by MPs from the post of prime minister, despite her best attempts to cling on.
Forced to go into opposition, she promised to make life for President Yanukovych as difficult as possible, declaring: "We will protect Ukraine from this new calamity that has befallen her."
But many analysts argue that the calamity came earlier, as Tymoshenko and her two main rivals bickered while the country's economy went into freefall.
Her supporters have always seen Yulia Tymoshenko as a glamorous revolutionary challenging a corrupt, macho political elite.
Her stinging attacks on the oligarchs who prospered under the pre-Orange Revolution administration of Leonid Kuchma boosted her popularity among many Ukrainians frustrated by years of economic stagnation and corruption.
But critics point out that she made a fortune of her own.
She was born in 1960 in the industrial city of Dnipropetrovsk, in the mainly Russian-speaking east, which is now a stronghold of Mr Yanukovych.
She trained as an engineer and economist in the east and, when the Soviet Union broke up, sought to take advantage of the business opportunities that emerged.
In the mid-1990s she formed United Energy Systems of Ukraine, which helped supply gas to Ukraine's huge industrial base.
By some estimates, she became one of the richest people in Ukraine. She was nicknamed "the gas princess".
Like many tycoons in Ukraine, she sought to become involved in politics, and became part of Mr Yushchenko's government in 1999-2001, pushing through energy sector reforms.
But she fell out with then-President Leonid Kuchma, and after being held in prison for a month on corruption charges, she made it her goal to unseat him, launching a campaign that reached its climax in the Orange Revolution.


Cardiff City manager Malky Mackay blamed "basic errors" as his side's water-tight start to the season unravelled in defeat at Bristol City.

"We gave really poor goals away," said Mackay after losing 4-2 at Ashton Gate.
"I'm absolutely not taking anything away from Bristol's performance but as far as we're concerned we gave away bad ball in poor areas.
"It's certainly not like us. If we give them the ball in poor areas then you're going to get punished by good teams."
Cardiff arrived for the Severnside derby having kept clean sheets in their opening two Championship games.
But errant passing in their own half allowed the hosts to score twice before the break through Stephen Pearson and Martyn Woolford.
Joe Mason's early goal after the break gave Cardiff hope, but Woolford struck for a second time and home debutant Sam Baldock answered Heidar Helguson's reply.
"We just have to stop making basic errors like that," added Mackay. "It's not something that's been regular from my team.
"Cardiff had little threat in the attacking third and they lacked that killer pass. They lacked movement and certainly movement up front. Malky Mackay will need to work on making Cardif more effective in possession."
"Defensively we've been tight as a team, but you have days like that when you give away ball between your 18-yard line and the halfway line - poor areas. You expect to be punished and that's what happened."
Mackay gave debuts to forward Tommy Smith and defender Matthew Connolly, both of whom joined from Queens Park Rangers in the week leading up to the match.
They were direct replacement for injured pair Craig Bellamy and Ben Turner, who failed fitness tests on Friday.
"Considering the lack of game time they've had, both of them did well," said Mackay of the newcomers.
"They showed exactly why I bought them. Tommy in the first half got into some great positions and on another day those shots can go in.
"Barring the misplaced pass for the fourth goal, Connolly had an excellent debut."
Two other new recruits, Heidar Helguson and Jordan Mutch, also started, with Etien Velikonja coming off the bench to add to the new-look nature.
A change of formation at half-time contributed to Mackay's tinkering as he searches for the right balance after his summer recruiting.
"That's something we're always striving for but at the same time players have got to play to their normal standard, and the standard I expect them to play to," he said
"We've got players that can play to different systems but it wasn't about systems, it's about making sure you play to your level and to your standard. We didn't have enough [players] that did that."


When Paul Massey was gunned down outside his home by a masked man on a Sunday night in July, Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were aware reprisals may follow.

The 55-year-old father of five, once dubbed "Salford's Mr Big", had a conviction for stabbing a man and had been under investigation from the regional organised crime squad over allegations of money laundering.
On 27 July, the day after the murder, Greater Manchester Police and Crime Commissioner, Tony Lloyd, warned against any other shootings: "Clearly no-one wants to see any further retaliation.
"The right answer for this is for people to come forward and help the police to arrest those who are responsible - because that's what will put a stop to guns in Salford," he told the Manchester Evening News.
Mr Massey, who worked as a security boss, stood for mayor of Salford in 2012 vowing to rid the city's streets of drugs.
He had told a BBC documentary which was filmed in 1998 but never broadcast: "The only reason that's kept me alive today is because the person who fires that shot knows that they've got to fly the flag and handle the pressure after it... and they won't be able to handle the pressure."
GMP were so concerned about possible reprisals at Mr Massey's funeral in August they had armed response units on standby.
Supt Mark Kenny even made a direct appeal to criminal gangs in the area "not take action into their own hands" on the day.
In the months since Mr Massey's killing, GMP have now linked two shootings with his death and believe they may be connected to a feud between two rival gangs in the Swinton and central Salford areas.
On 12 August, just over two weeks after Mr Massey's killing, a 33-year-old man was shot in the hip in the Weaste district of the city.
There have been several shootings in Salford since, but the only one formally connected to Mr Massey's death is the doorstep shooting of a 29-year-old mother and her seven-year-old son in Eccles on Monday.
Hours earlier, police had confirmed three shootings, in Salford and Bolton on Saturday, were part of a separate feud in an "escalating" gang rivalry between two "serious and organised crime groups" in the Little Hulton area dating back a year.
Police said they do not know what is at the root of that particular feud, which has prompted at least six shootings.
Det Ch Supt Russ Jackson said there was nothing to link the Little Hulton feud with the Massey shootings "at the moment".
GMP also believe both feuds may have spawned a series of "low-level shootings" which have not been reported to police.


Winter storms have led to a spike in the number of turtles washed up in the British Isles.

Sixteen warm-water turtles were found on shorelines in December - the highest number for that month since 2008, according to Marine Environmental Monitoring and Cork Nature Network.
Some, such as endangered Kemp's Ridley turtles, come from as far away as the Gulf of Mexico.
Experts believe storms Desmond, Eva and Frank have led to the increase.
Turtles are carried across the Atlantic by the Gulf Stream, but winter storms "have been tough on them" said the Marine Conservation Society (MCS).
Spokesman Dr Peter Richardson said: "The first strandings started with Storm Desmond.
"You probably had a group of turtles feeding on jellyfish and then Storm Desmond blew them into our chilly waters.
"When it gets cold they don't function. Loggerheads stop feeding after 15C (59F) and shut down at 10C (50F)."
If turtles are found alive, they are usually hypothermic and starved "so they are in a really bad condition when they wash up", he said.
And he predicted many more would be found over the winter if Britain was hit by another run of storms.
There have been four turtles found so far this year, including a small young loggerhead found at Gwithian in Cornwall on 6 January.
It has been in a special quarantine unit at the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, where staff have been working around the clock to save its life.
General manager Steve Matchett said: "He's still going, which is a bit of a surprise for us all because he was so weak.
"We are warming him up slowly and he is taking on larger amounts of fluid.
"If he continues to gain strength we will start feeding him squid through a tube.
"What we don't know is if there is any long-term internal damage such as organ failure, so it's pretty touch and go."
On 23 December a live loggerhead turtle found near Worth Matravers in Dorset had to be put to sleep because of its injuries.
Since then, three critically-endangered Kemp's Ridley Turtles have been found dead by beach walkers at West Bay, West Bexington and Kimmeridge.
If someone finds a stranded turtle, they are advised to contact wildlife experts on a list published by the MCS as soon as possible.


A £170m railway franchise is "flawed" and has led to a decade of overcrowding, a former transport minister has said.

Plaid Cymru leader Ieuan Wyn Jones inherited the Arriva Trains Wales contract in 2007.
He told BBC Wales of his frustration at the franchise and said it should undergo a radical overhaul in 2018.
Arriva said it had invested tens of millions in services, in many cases over and above its commitments.
The Welsh government said it was looking at how to get better value for money.
BBC Wales has been examining spending on rail subsidies as part of an analysis of government expenditure.
The Welsh government is committed to paying Arriva Trains Wales (ATW) a subsidy of £170m a year under the terms of a 15-year deal signed in 2003. It is due to expire in 2018.
According to figures from the Office for Rail Regulation, last year ATW received the highest public subsidy per passenger mile of any franchise across the UK.
Mr Jones said: "What was obvious is that this wasn't a contract that recognised the substantial increase in train passengers that there's been since 2003.
"It was predicated on the basis that it would grow far more slowly than it has, so you have the examples of many trains, particularly the Valley Lines services, where you had severe overcrowding and you hadn't got more services available."
He added: "Because the franchise was written in the way it was, Arriva was under no obligation to provide extra services, and because we felt that it was necessary to meet some of the demand, we had to pay for that under our own revenue, so we were paying over and above the franchise money simply to order to deal with capacity issues.
"The original contract was flawed because it didn't anticipate the increase in passenger numbers."
The former minister now wants to see major changes, including a "not for dividend" model for the franchise after 2018, where profits would be re-invested in the service, rather than being paid to shareholders.
Transport expert Prof Stuart Cole, from the University of Glamorgan, said the model could deliver real improvements for Welsh travellers.
"It has the potential to keep the profits that are made on the business, and any other surpluses within Wales and within the railway franchise," he said.
"It's fair to say that any of the train operating companies have to make profits for their shareholders.
"The particular problem we had with the Welsh franchise was that it was designed for a low level of demand, and that low level of demand has not, in fact, continued - it has grown substantially.
"The Welsh government had to acquire more trains, through Arriva, and all that builds up the cost."
ATW said that while the original franchise let by the then strategic rail authority made little provision for investment, it had invested more than £30m in improving passenger facilities at stations and on trains.
A spokesman said: "We have also increased the number of services running in Wales where possible in areas of high passenger demand in response to growing passenger numbers.
"Many of these changes have been provided over and above Arriva Trains Wales' commitments in its franchise and at no additional cost to tax payers."
He added: "Since taking over the franchise, customer satisfaction and performance remain high and passenger numbers continue to grow. Arriva Trains Wales remains in discussions with the Department for Transport and Welsh government, who have also invested significantly, regarding future service provision and accommodating further passenger growth."
A Welsh government spokesman said: "The Welsh government will lead on the process to relet the Wales and Borders rail franchise from its expiry in 2018, and we are in the early stages of preparing for this.
"We are committed to exploring the option of the next franchise being operated on a not-for-dividend basis.
"As part of this officials are considering how better value for money could be achieved."
He said the work was linked to other projects, particularly the electrification of the Cardiff Valley Lines network. The Welsh government is working with the Department for Transport on a joint business case, to be finished next month.


A man was knocked unconscious in an attack by three muggers in North Ayrshire.

The victim was struck on the head with a blunt instrument before being robbed of money and other personal items.
The attack took place in an open field area in Bourtreehill, Irvine, at about 20:00 on Friday.
The injured man was taken to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock where he was treated for a head injury before being released.
The three suspects are described as being around 30 years old and were wearing grey-coloured clothing.
Det Sgt John Deans, of Saltcoats CID, said: "This was a very cowardly attack on a frail, defenceless man who suffers from various health problems and I appeal to members of the public who have any information that could assist our inquiries to contact police immediately.
"There were many youths in the area at the time this incident took place and we believe that they may have seen the three suspects hanging around. If so, please get in touch with police before they cause misery and harm to someone else."


The trial of three people accused of starting a fire in Derby which caused the deaths of six children has heard a recording of a 999 call reporting the incident.

Mick Philpott is charged with manslaughter, along with his wife Mairead and their friend Paul Mosley. All three deny six counts of manslaughter.
The jury at at Nottingham Crown Court heard the recording during their trial.
The following is a transcript of the call made to the emergency services by Mr and Mrs Philpott.
Operator: Emergency, which service?
Mairead: Hello
Operator: Do you need fire, police or ambulance?
Mairead: All three please.
Michael: Tell them the kids are in the bedroom.
Mairead: My kids are in the bedroom. Me house is on fire.
Operator: Yeah, hello police emergency.
Operator: Just connecting a multiple request for all services.
Mairead: 18 Victory Road. 18 Victory Road. 18 Victory Road. My house is on fire, my kids are in bed.
Operator: What address?
Mairead: 18 Victory Road.
Operator: At 18, where's Victory Road?
Mairead: Allenton, Derby.
Operator: Your house is on fire at 18 Victory Road and the kids are inside?
Mairead: Yeah, me kids are in bed.
Operator: OK. Where are you? Where are you phoning from now?
Mairead: I'm in the garden, I'm in the back garden.
Operator: You're in the back, back garden, 18 Victory Road.
Mairead: Yeah, I can't...
Operator: 18 Victory Road. What's your name, duck?
Mairead: I can't get, get into my kids. Mrs Philpott.
Operator: Mrs Philpott, how many kids are in the house, Mrs Philpott, and where are they?
Mairead: There's six. There's six of them.
Operator: Sorry.
Mairead: There's six of them.
Michael: I can't get in the window, duck.
Operator: You've got six kids in the house.
Mairead: Yeah.
Unknown: Mairead.
Operator: Right. Where are the kids? Do you know?
Mairead: They're upstairs in three bedrooms.
Operator: They're upstairs in their bedrooms. Where's the fire?
Mairead: Here. It's, I don't know. It's at the front of the house somewhere.
Operator: It's at the front of the house somewhere.
Mairead: Yeah.
Operator: Can you hear, are there any flames there?
Michael: Smoke's everywhere.
Mairead: Oh my God, please.
Operator: It's all right, we've got the fire service coming on their way. Can you see any flames or anything?
Mairead: Oh God I can't say from in here.
Operator: Sorry, can, can, can you see...
Mairead: He's just, he just smashed the bedroom window open and there's smoke.
Operator: Sorry.
Mairead: My husband's just smashed the bedroom window open and there's smoke coming from everywhere.
Operator: Your husband has just smashed the bedroom window.
Mairead: Yeah.
Michael: I can't get in. Hello.
Operator: Yes all right.
Michael: Please mate, I can't get in the house, my babies are upstairs.
Operator: We've got the fire service on their way.
Michael:  I can't get out.
Operator: Right. It's all right. You, you talk to me.
Michael: Please mate.
Operator: The fire service are on their way.
Michael: I've tried to get in the bedroom. I can't get in.
Operator: Right, how old are the kids?
Michael: Get outside, quick (whispers).
Operator: Hello there Mr Philpott, how old are the kids?"
(panting, coughing)
Mairead: Please.
Operator: Hello. Can you talk to me?
(inaudible)
Operator: Talk to me.
Michael: I can't get in the bedroom mate.
Operator: Yeah.
Michael: I can't get in me bedroom, the kids are all upstairs, six of them.
Operator: Is it a terraced house?
Michael: Please.
Operator: Yeah, we've got some, we've got the police on their way. Have you any idea what caused the fire?
Michael: I've no idea mate, we've just been woke up by the alarm. There's smoke everywhere.
Operator: There's smoke everywhere.
Mairead: The electric's gone.
Michael: Me electrics gone and all my babies are all upstairs.
Operator: You're all right, you're in the garden are you?
Michael: I'm round the back mate. I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't get out. (inaudible)
Operator: OK. What's your name please?
Michael: Michael, I'm the, the daddy.
Operator: OK.
Michael: I can't get in.
Operator: Sorry. All right, yeah, I know that. We've got the fire service on their way to you.
Michael: (coughing) I didn't open the door.
Operator: Sorry.
Michael: I can't open the door.
Unknown: Come round the other side door, both the doors are locked.
Operator: Right. Can you, Michael, can you see any flames?
Michael: No, all I can see is black smoke. I can't see anything else than black smoke.
Michael: Mairead, don't go round there.
Mairead: There's somebody out there.
Michael: Help me. Who is it?
Mairead: Help. (inaudible)
Michael: Who's that? Help me. Me babies are trapped inside the house.
Operator: It's all right.
Michael: Help me.
Operator: We've, we've got people on their way.
Michael: Get down.
Operator: We've got the fire service are on their way.
Michael: Please hurry up.
Operator: Yeah but Michael, Michael.
Michael: What?
Michael: My babies are...
Operator: Michael, I need you to calm down and give you some advice. Michael, Michael.
Michael: God please help me.
Operator: It's all right if you go outside now and speak to our police officers. They're there.
Michael: I can't get out mate, I'm stuck in the back because there's the caravan at the side of the house and there's smoke all downstairs.
Operator: All right yeah. But is there someone round at the front.
Michael: Yeah, we're stuck in the back. We can't get, we can't get round. I can't get round to my babies.
Operator: OK. OK. We've got police officers at the front now. If, now upstairs in the bedrooms. Where are the kids?
Michael: Oh my God. What was that?
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Who is it?
Unknown: (inaudible) Daniel.
Michael: Adam mate, the babies are stuck inside and I can't get to them.
Operator: Michael, who are you talking to now?
Michael: My neighbour Adam. Adam, where are you? I can't get in the house.
Operator: Michael, Michael talk to me.
Operator: Up upstairs. Upstairs.
Operator: Are the kids in the front or the back bedroom?
Unknown: (inaudible) What, where's the big... (inaudible)
Michael: I don't know mate.
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Yes mate.
Operator: Michael, are the kids in the front or the back bedroom?
Michael: They're in the back bedroom mate.
Operator: All of them?
Michael: All of them yeah. I, we just can't get in. There's smoke everywhere. (starts coughing)
Operator: Yeah it's all right, yeah.
Operator: The fire service will be with you very shortly.
Operator: Michael.
Michael: Yes.
Operator: How old are the kids?
Michael: Erm the youngest is erm, erm, erm, five and the eldest is, is, the oldest is, is 11.
Unknown: Have you got a hammer Mick?
Michael: Aye?
Unknown: You got a hammer? You got a hammer?
Operator: Yeah, anything...
Michael: Erm, I can't see out here. Maireid, have we got something to bang the door down with (inaudible) anything.
Operator: Yeah, the trouble is you might spread the fire if we do that.
Michael: Oh, he said we might spread the fire if we do that.
Operator: Can, can you go through your neighbour's property and speak to our police officers out there.
Michael: I've got a ladder here mate and I've smashed the window. I can't, I can't get in. There's no noise from the children. There's no noise from my children. There's no noise from my children.
Unknown: Mick, I've got it, Mick.
Operator: Are they all, how many you say the kids are there?
Unknown: Where are you? Open a window.
Operator: Michael, who are you talking to now?
Michael: Me neighbours have come to help me.
Operator: Yeah.
Michael: We can't get in the bedroom.
Operator: Right. OK, Michael, Michael.
Unknown: Michael, come on man.
Michael: I can't get in.
Operator: OK yeah. Michael, we've got police officers at the front.
Michael: Somebody's here, I don't know who it is.
Operator: We've got the police there.
Michael: I don't know, Mairead, where are you?
Michael: Please.
Mairead: My babies, please.
Michael: Come here, come here, shh, shh, shh.
Operator: Michael?
Mairead: (wailing)
Michael: The babies are in the house, yeah.
Operator: Michael. How many kids are there?
Michael: There's six of them, one, me daughter and five boys.
Operator: Six children, right.
Michael: There's smoke coming out everywhere.
Operator: One girl and five boys.
Michael: Yeah.
Operator: OK.
Michael: I tried to get up mate, I couldn't get in the bedr... I couldn't get in the window. I couldn't get in. I've smashed it but I just can't get in.
Operator: Right, OK. So we have got the police officers around the front.
Michael: Yeah there's some everywhere. (sobs)
Operator: OK yeah.
Unknown: Hello, hello, it's the police.
Michael: I'm here mate, where are ya?
Unknown: Come on mate, it's all right.
Michael: My babies are inside. The police are, the police are here now.
Operator: Yeah, aye, Michael, is Lisa Willis out of the address?
Michael: Pardon?
Operator: You're talking to the police now, is Lisa out of the address?
Michael: Mate, they're in the bedroom here, I can't get at them.
Unknown: Come on mate, come out of the way, come out of the way.
Operator: Michael, is Lisa out of the address?
Michael: Yes mate.
Operator: Yes she's out of the address.
Operator: It's the children that are at the address. There's not adults in the address.
Michael: No, no adults or 'owt, it's just the babies.
Operator: You talk to our, you talk to our police officers.
Michael: All right mate.
Operator: OK Michael.
Unknown: Do you want to come out?
Operator: Thank you very much.


The PSNI has said identifying who rented a garage where a weapons dump was found days after Constable Ronan Kerr's murder could hold the key to catching his killers.

Detective Superintendent Raymond Murray has appealed for information about who used the garage in Coalisland, County Tyrone.
A £50,000 reward remains on offer from Crimestoppers.
This is for information leading to the conviction of those responsible.
A splinter group claiming it was made up of former members of the Provisional IRA said it killed the 25-year-old police officer in Omagh, County Tyrone on 2 April, 2011.
The PSNI believe the group was also responsible for at least nine other dissident republican incidents.
One man has been charged in relation to the arms, ammunition, explosives and vehicles found at the garage on Coalisland's Mountjoy Road, but no-one has been charged with Constable Kerr's murder.
Mr Murray said detectives had identified some people who used the garage, but that they were still looking for others, including those who rented it.
"This is a long-term investigation with Ronan's murder at its core but incorporating several linked incidents," he said.
"It is an extremely large investigation which, as we said at the outset, will rely on detail to succeed.
"We believe we have identified some key individuals connected to the discovery at the garage at 187A Mountjoy Road.
"But we also believe there are other people, both men and women, who remain to be identified.
"This is an integral part of our investigation.
"We need to know who was renting these premises and who frequented them."
Anyone with information is asked to call the PSNI in Omagh on 028 8225 6687 or via the Crimestoppers number 0800 555 111.


A two-year-old girl was lured from her mother and kidnapped by a woman singing a song from the Disney film Frozen, Leeds Magistrates' Court heard.

The girl was rescued after a passer-by managed to restrain the woman in a car park, the court was told.
Jade Mellars, 23, of Harlech Crescent, denies a charge of kidnap in relation to the incident which took place on Tunstall Road in Beeston on Wednesday.
She was remanded in custody to appear at Leeds Crown Court on 13 April.
More on this and other stories on BBC Yorkshire Live


Italian police have arrested mafia boss Roberto Pannunzi after he was deported back to Italy from Colombia.

He was detained in a shopping centre in Bogota on Friday in an joint operation carried out by the Colombian authorities and US anti-drug officials.
Pannunzi is alleged to be responsible for importing up to two tonnes of cocaine into Europe every month.
He is the alleged leader of the 'Ndrangheta crime network based in the southern Italian region of Calabria.
The Italian was detained on Friday with the help of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Colombian defence ministry said in a statement.
"When he was captured, Pannunzi identified himself with a fake Venezuelan identification card bearing the name Silvano Martino," Colombia's defence ministry said in a Twitter post.
Less than 24 hours later, he was put on a plane from Bogota.
Pannunzi was arrested by Italian police upon his arrival at Rome's Fiumicino airport on Saturday evening.
Roberto Pannunzi, 65, is said to have organised huge shipments of cocaine from South America to Europe.
He collected the money from different criminal organisations and smuggled large scale, profitable drug smuggling operations.
"He is not a mafioso, not a killer, he is a broker," Roberto Saviano, an Italian investigative journalist told the AFP news agency.
Roberto Pannunzi, 65, was first detained in Colombia in 1994 and extradited to Italy but was released when his detention order expired.
He was re-arrested in 2004 and later convicted. But he staged an dramatic escape from a private hospital in Rome in 2010, where he was being treated for heart disease.
Italian authorities have described the 'Ndrangheta as the country's most dangerous and wealthiest crime syndicate, overtaking the Sicilian Mafia.
"He is the biggest cocaine importer in the world," said Nicola Gratteri, deputy chief prosecutor in the Reggio Calabria province.


Indian police have made four more arrests in connection with the rape of an elderly nun in West Bengal state.

Police said the four men were all Bangladeshi and were being held in the northern state of Punjab. It takes the number of arrests in the case to six.
Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old woman was raped.
The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country.
It is still not clear whether the men who have been arrested so far were those caught on camera.
Senior West Bengal police official Dilip Kumar Adak told the AFP news agency the four men resembled the photographs and sketches of the suspects which had been circulated.
Last week, the police said they had arrested two men in connection with the case. One of them was held in the western city of Mumbai.
Mr Adak said police had identified all eight people who broke into the convent in Ranaghat town on 14 March.
The attackers ransacked the convent school and stole money. The nun was then raped in the convent itself.
The men also stole money from the school, vandalised the chapel, broke open the tabernacle and took away the ciborium, the sacred vessel used during Mass.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed "deep concern" over the attack and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee promised swift and strong action against those involved.


A drop in oil prices together with a stronger yen against the dollar sent Japan's stocks down by more 1.5% in morning trading on Wednesday.

Japan's Nikkei 225 was later down 0.8% to 15,918.7 points.
The yen rose as much as 0.3% against the dollar in early Asia trade, hurting some of Japan's big exporters, while oil prices lost more than 4% overnight.
In Australia, energy related shares were hit by the fall in oil prices.
BHP was down more than 7% and Santos fell nearly 3%.
Australian miner Fortescue said on Wednesday that its first-half net profit fell by 3.6% as the price of iron ore tumbled amid a mounting global supply glut. Its Sydney-listed shares were down 1.4%.
Sydney's ASX 200 was down 1.2% to 4,919.3 points.
In China, shares were mixed in early trade. The Shanghai Composite index was up 0.67% to 2,922.9 points, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong was down 0.3% to 19,355.43.
Shares in lender Standard Chartered sank more than 6% in early Hong Kong trade after the Asia-focused bank on Tuesday posted a $1.5bn (Â£1.1bn) loss.
In his annual budget speech on Wednesday, Hong Kong's financial secretary John Tsang said he expected the city's economy to grow between 1% and 2% this year.
South Korea's Kospi index was up 0.13% at 1,916.46 points.


Three men from London have been charged with offences under the Terrorism Act over an alleged UK terror plot.

Umar Ahmed Haque, 24, and Muhammad Abid, 27, both from Newham in east London, were arrested on 17 May along with Abuthaher Mamun, 18, from Barking.
They have been remanded in custody and will appear before Westminster magistrates on Friday.
A fourth man, Nadeem Ilyas Patel, 25, from Newham, faces a charge of conspiring to possess a firearm.
Mr Haque has been charged with preparing to commit acts of terrorism and four counts of possessing records useful for committing or preparing acts of terrorism.
Mr Abid has been charged under terror laws with failing to disclose information and Mr Mamun is accused of assisting another to commit acts of terrorism.


The family of a man who died after being hit by a coach while walking his dog in Manchester said he was a "well liked, respected, man's man".

Ian O'Mara, 55, was walking his dog along Princess Road in West Didsbury at about 13:30 GMT on Friday when he was struck while crossing Darley Avenue.
Mr O'Mara suffered serious head injuries and was pronounced dead at Wythenshawe hospital.
His dog Tia died at the scene.
The O'Mara family said in a statement: "Ian was a fantastic husband to Glynis and father to son's Ross, Neil and Glenn. He was also a doting grandfather to Max.
"He was a well-liked, respected and much loved member of the Withington community and surrounding areas.
"Ian had lots of friends who saw him as a strong and popular individual, a man's man."
Police are continuing to appeal for information about the crash and want the driver of a dark blue or black Mercedes car to come forward.
Officers believe the driver may have witnessed the crash after stopping at the pedestrian crossing on Princess Road at the junction with Darley Avenue.


The plight of the honey bee is a major cause of concern for the world's scientists, environmentalists and the food industry, not to mention beekeepers.

Bees play a crucial role in the survival of many of the crops in our food chain - one in three mouthfuls of food depends on the pollinating insects, according to the British Beekeeping Association - but their numbers are significantly declining.
A recent US report said that American beekeepers lost 44.1% of their hives between March 2015 - April 2016 - the highest rate of decline since the annual study began six years ago.
There are a number of reasons for this dramatic fall. One is the deadly varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that feeds on bees, and can kill off a whole hive.
At present, varroa infestations can be controlled, but not removed completely.
Bee populations have also been killed by disease, and the use of certain pesticides and fungicides on crops.
Together with the impact of varroa mites, this has also led to a big increase in colony collapse disorder - when worker bees abandon their hives.
In the US the precarious situation has been made much worse since the summer, due to aerial spraying of insecticides to target mosquitoes that could carry the Zika virus.
As the insecticides also kill bees, millions have died, wiping out whole honey farms. One report from South Carolina earlier this month said it looked as if the bees had been "nuked".
But despite the continuing woes faced by beekeepers, a number of technology firms are trying to help.
Bee Smart Technology aims to allow beekeepers to remotely monitor their hives, so that they can more quickly, and more easily, check whether there is a problem.
Ivan Kanev, co-founder and chief executive, says: "We figured beekeepers don't really rely on modern technology.
"The last meaningful innovation was the invention of the motorised vehicle so they could transport hivesâ€¦ so we decided to do something about it."
Bee Smart, which has a research and development division in Mr Kanev's native Bulgaria, and a marketing team in California, has developed a small box of sensors that attaches to the frames in a hive.
The system monitors a number of metrics including temperature, humidity, the colony's levels of activity, whether the queen is mating, and even the sound of the bees.
Bee Smart also claims that its sensors can predict when a swarm is imminent.
The box is battery operated and needs charging every three months. Data is sent via the cloud's data centres to Bee Smart, where it is processed, analysed and then sent to the beekeeper.
Mr Kanev adds that in the US the beekeeping industry is big business, but is not predominantly about harvesting honey.
"Here honey is a secondary thing for bee keepers, [instead] they rent out their bees for pollination services," he says.
"They are transporting bee hives across the country to pollinate different crops."
The almond farms of California, for example, which rely on honey bee pollination, will pay around $200 (Â£150) per hive for the service.
Mr Kanev adds: "When you're transporting your beehive, as a beekeeper you might think of those as your assets - being able to remotely monitor their state is becoming very important."
Bee Smart is set to launch a closed trial of its technology in the coming weeks, but Mr Kanev says that in tests so far there has been a "visible improvement" in beehive health, season after season.
"The product is based around the idea that bees are critical for us and they are in danger," he says.
In the UK Plan Bee is hoping to go one step further with a complete one-stop-shop for potential beekeepers when it launches in the next few weeks.
Based in Motherwell, Scotland, it offers a monitoring service for the hives, complete with data analysis, powered by a credit-card sized Raspberry Pi computer.
But Plan Bee does not want to exclude the human touch.
"We'll provide the hives, the honey bees, and 28 visits a year to the beehive," said chief executive Warren Bader.
"It's like garden maintenance but for bees."
Fellow UK business Tumbling Dice is another firm looking to help beekeepers.
It has developed an active vision system called Rana, which is currently being trialled by researchers in the US state of Utah.
It also uses a Raspberry Pi computer to analyse individual video frames received from monitor cameras. The system can be programmed to track a specific event, such as when individual bees leave a hive.
"This is more about looking at the foraging behaviour of the bees than the health of the hive," says Tumbling Dice founder Mark O'Neill.
But what about efforts to tackle the varroa mite?
Current treatments tend to involve chemicals, but one successfully crowd-funded scheme called Thermosolar Hives hopes to offer a hardware solution after raising more than $44,000.
Invented by Czech scientist Roman Linhart, the Thermosolar Hive uses solar power to heat the inside to 40C for 150 minutes. He says this doesn't harm the bees, but will destroy the mites.
The treatment then has to be repeated 10 days later to attack mites that return to the hive attached to bees who were out during the initial treatment.
Mr Linhart, who has been a beekeeper for 25 years, and spent 10 developing the product, says his technology is preferable to the uses of chemicals, to which he says mites are becoming resistant.
"Our [development] work took so long because we have tested it in different areas like high mountains, lowlands, cities, or regions with very hot summers," he told the Digital Trends website back in May.
He also said he faced hostility from rivals.
"There were some problems with company producing chemicals for varroa treatment, and some with people who are trying to breed varroa-tolerant bees," he added.
"They were not very happy to see that something like our hive can disrupt their business."
The Thermosolar Hive is due to start being delivered to buyers in January 2017.


Mexican security forces have found 19 bodies in mass graves in the northern state of Chihuahua.

They said 11 of the bodies had been buried about two years ago in a desolate area about 40km (25 miles) southeast of Ciudad Juarez.
The remaining eight victims, who had been tortured and killed only days ago, were found along a road near the town of Rosales.
Chihuahua is one of the states hardest hit by drug-related violence in Mexico.
All the victims were male and had been shot dead. Many also showed signs of torture.
According to figures released earlier this year by Mexico's National Human Rights Commission, 16,000 bodies remain unidentified and a total of 24,000 people are missing.
Most of them are believed to be victims of fighting between rival drug gangs or the military response to the drug violence.


A primary school teacher accused of indecently assaulting pupils and a child in the community has been banned from teaching for life.

Nicholas John Lewis denied indecent assault and inappropriate behaviour at the Cardiff school and at a leisure centre.
A Cardiff Crown Court jury cleared him of indecent assault in 2009.
But a General Teaching Council for Wales (GTCW) panel found the allegations against him proven.
Mr Lewis, who was not present, has 28 days from the receipt of the judgement to appeal against the ban to the High Court.
On Tuesday, the hearing was told about a dozen pupils had made very similar claims that Mr Lewis had put his hands down boys' trousers and underneath shirts, sometimes while marking their work at the front of the classroom.
The General Teaching Council for Wales's professional conduct committee hears evidence from a presenting officer about the facts of the case.
The teacher has a right to attend, have legal representation and cross-examine witnesses.
The panel, which includes a legal officer, has to decide firstly whether the facts presented have been proven.
The standard of proof is the civil one of "on the balance of probabilities" rather than the criminal "beyond reasonable doubt" applied in crown court cases.
If found proven, the panel must decide whether to take no action against the teacher, or issue a sanction ranging from a reprimand through to a prohibition order preventing the person from teaching.
Orders banning teachers from the classroom only apply to maintained state schools and not independent schools or further education institutions. They do not stop the person from working as a teaching assistant or with children in another capacity.
Source: GTCW
The incidents in school had happened over a period of seven years. Mr Lewis was arrested in June 2008 and suspended from his job. He was dismissed in 2010 following an internal school investigation.
The panel, chaired by Jacquie Turnbull, upheld two claims of indecent assault, one involving school children and one relating to a child in the community.
The also found him guilty of inappropriate behaviour towards pupils, and towards children at a city swimming pool.
An allegation of indecent assault on a child at the city leisure centre was found not proven.
Issuing a prohibition order banning Mr Lewis from teaching in maintained schools, Mrs Turnbull said: "There was serious misconduct which took place over a number of years.
"Mr Lewis has denied the allegations and has failed to demonstrate any insight into his behaviour and there has been no apology."
She added: "This suggests there was a deep-seated attitudinal problem."
Presenting officer Gwenno Hughes-Marshall had told the hearing one child explained Mr Lewis would ask him to stand next to him while marking his work and put his hand on the child's bottom.
The desk was shielded at the front by drawer units, the panel was told.
Another said Mr Lewis had called him over, told him "you're the light of my life", then put his hand down the front of his trousers and boxer shorts and under his shirt, saying, "Does this feel nice?"
The children's reports about Mr Lewis's behaviour and the words he had used were consistent across several years.
The panel had heard the children did not all know one another, despite claims of collusion made by Mr Lewis.
Some of Mr Lewis's colleagues had spoken to the school investigation in his defence, saying he was an excellent teacher who did have a tendency to put his arm around pupils, but it was all done in the open.
The deputy head teacher had warned him on a number of occasions that it was not appropriate.
The panel had also heard evidence from leisure centre staff that they had watched Mr Lewis for about six months because he would visit the pool only at times children were likely to be present and would swim very close to or among them and go under the water to watch them.
Staff eventually contacted police after a boy made an allegation that Mr Lewis had touched his bottom in the changing room.
Explaining the panel's findings, Mrs Turnbull said: "We have noted the account of former pupils from different year groups. Their accounts describe a consistent pattern of behaviour.
"We have noted that Mr Lewis had said the pupils were colluding. We think this is unlikely."
In relation to the behaviour witnessed in the swimming pool, Mrs Turnbull said: "Teachers have a responsibility to maintain professional standards and demonstrate appropriate behaviour towards children even outside the school environment."


Plans to build 366 houses in Bangor have been rejected over concerns the development would harm the Welsh language.

Councillors also felt local schools and infrastructure could not cope with the additional homes in the Penrhosgarnedd area and that it would constitute over-development in the city.
The proposal had been recommended for approval by Gwynedd council officers.
But the planning committee voted by 6 to 5 to reject the application.
A planning report said the application on land at Pen y Fridd had attracted "a substantial number of correspondence and a petition" with concerns ranging from an impact on traffic to a lack of capacity in nearby schools.


A new feminist film classification is to be used at this year's Bath Film Festival to highlight the lack of women working in the movie industry.

Organisers believe it is the first UK festival to use the "F-rating" which will go to 17 of the 42 films being shown.
Films with a female lead, director or are about women will get the rating.
Festival producer Holly Tarquini said she hoped it would create debate and equal representation in film.
She said the F-rating was inspired by US cartoonist Alison Bechdel whose 1985 comic strip Dykes to Watch Out featured two women discussing "movies".
The cartoon became known as the "Bechdel Test" with the characters deciding a film should include at least two women who talk to each other about something besides a man.
Ms Tarquini said: "If our films have a female director, a female lead who is not simply there to support the male lead, or are specifically about women then they will receive an F-Rated stamp of approval."
The under-representation of female screenwriters and directors is backed up by the British Film Institute's (BFI) Statistical Yearbook for 2013.
BFI figures showed that in 2011, 15% of all UK films released were directed by women, but in 2012, this went down to 7.8%.
Director Elaine Constantine said she thought the F-rating was "a good idea even if it only serves to highlight who the women film makers are".
"It's a job that takes balls. The laws in this country changed a long time ago in order to stamp out sexual discrimination.
"But unfortunately culturally things don't catch up as fast. I think role models are always a good thing - look at Kathryn Bigelow (director of The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty), it doesn't get much better than that does it?"
Women in Film and Television chairwoman Elizabeth Karlsen said the F-rating was a "positive thing" if it raised awareness about the lack of women both on screen and behind the camera.
Ms Karlsen said: "But one concern would be that it could lead to some sort of segregation and we don't want to be in that situation."
She said gender inequality still existed "on a national and global level" and it had to be addressed "at a young age" and to say to young girls and women "you have a story and a history to tell".


Royal Dutch Shell profits last year were held back by the cost of its record-breaking purchase of BG Group, and a lacklustre performance from its oil and gas trading arm.

Shell, the UK's biggest oil company, saw 2016 profits fall from $3.8bn (Â£3bn) to $3.5bn.
In the final quarter of the year, profits dipped to $1bn from $1.8bn for the same period a year earlier.
Shareholders, however, will be cheered by the company's underlying strength.
Shell's chief executive, Ben van Beurden, said the fourth quarter fall was in part the legacy of its BG acquisition and the reassessment of its tax position.
He told the BBC that this cost Shell about half a billion dollars and there were also headwinds from poor conditions for its trading unit.
The oil giant is the biggest company - and biggest dividend payer - in the FTSE 100, and its payouts are vital to the pension funds of millions.
Mr van Beurden said the cash inflow during the final quarter had been $9bn, more than covering the dividend, and that the company had also been able to repay $4.5bn worth of debt.
Some analysts had become worried that Shell was borrowing to fund its dividends.
Mr van Beurden said he would not offer oil price forecasts - "because we are not very good at that" - but said he expected the point of peak global oil demand "sometime in the 2030s" and that gas demand would continue to grow after that: "I don't expect there to be a sudden falling off of demand for oil after that - it will be a flat peak."
Shell is the middle of a $30bn sale of oil and gas fields following the BG deal, and earlier this week sold a clutch of North Sea assets for nearly $4bn.
Mr van Beurden said it was part of a winnowing out of the company's portfolio to concentrate on "younger, more profitable assets".


The classic line-up of Guns N' Roses have announced their first concerts in the UK and Ireland since 1993.

The band kick off their 19-date European tour at Dublin's Slane Castle on 22 May, 2017; and visit the London Stadium on 16 June.
Other dates are scheduled in Paris, Stockholm and Madrid.
Eagle-eyed fans have spotted a gap in the band's schedule during the Glastonbury festival, suggesting they could be the Sunday night headliners.
Guitarist Slash previously played there as a solo artist in 2010.
The original members of Guns N' Roses reformed in January after years of acrimony.
Singer Axl Rose, guitarist Slash and bassist Duff McKagan launched their comeback in April with two well-received performances in Las Vegas; followed by a headline set at the Coachella festival, where Rose had to sing from a "throne" after breaking his foot.
The band spent the rest of 2016 touring North and South America; while Rose also played several shows with AC/DC, whose singer Brian Johnson had to quit touring due to hearing difficulties.
By playing Slane Castle next year, the band will be revisiting one of the most tense shows of their two-year Use Your Illusion Tour.
Twenty-five years ago, Rose skipped a sound check at the venue, and arrived by helicopter long after he was due on stage. While they waited, the rest of the band were sent a crate of Irish whiskey and a barrel of Guinness by U2.
"Axl Rose nearly induced a nervous breakdown," wrote the castle's owner Lord Henry Mountcharles, years later. "However, it was a magic show. It kicked off the 90s."
Despite starting the show more than an hour late, Guns N' Roses appeared to enjoy the show, too.
"Playing in sunshine - it's a new concept," remarked Axl, who played impromptu covers of Black Sabbath's It's Alright and U2's One alongside hits like November Rain, Paradise City and Welcome To The Jungle.
Speaking on Monday, Lord Mountcharles said he was "thrilled" to be welcoming the band into his back garden after 25 years.
Tickets for Guns N' Roses European tour go on sale this week. Full information is available on the band's website.
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A woman has been arrested in connection with two attempted child abductions in a small Lincolnshire market town.

The 48-year-old was arrested on Tuesday after police received reports of a nine-year-old girl being grabbed outside a chemists in Queen Street, Market Rasen.
There were also reports of a four-year-old boy being grabbed in a newsagents on the same road.
No-one was hurt but both children were left shaken, police said.
Det Insp Pete Grayson said: "These incidents will understandably be of great concern to the local community, to parents and to families, and I would like to make it clear that they are isolated and one-off occurrences.
"We have a suspect in custody and are not looking for anyone else in connection with this investigation."
Patrols have been increased in the area to provide reassurance.


An 18-year-old woman has been raped and robbed in Manchester city centre.

A woman and a man held her down while another woman stole from her, then the man raped her and the three offenders ran off, police said.
The assault happened on Major Street at about 02:50 BST on Wednesday.
Detectives are appealing for information about the three people involved in the "horrendous attack" which left the woman "extremely distressed".
The man is described as white, in his early 20s, slim, with a clean-shaven face. He was wearing sports clothing.
The first woman, who assisted in restraining the victim, is described as about 18-years-old, mixed race and scrawny, with her hair tied up in a ponytail.
The second woman, who carried out the robbery is described as mixed race, in her early 20s and also had her hair in a ponytail.
Both the women spoke with local accents.


Russia's defence ministry has accused the family of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of being directly involved in the trade of petroleum with the Islamic State group.

Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov said Turkey was the biggest buyer of "stolen" oil from Syria and Iraq.
Mr Erdogan said Russia had no right to "slander" Turkey with such claims.
Russia and Turkey have been locked in an angry dispute since Turkey shot down a Russian jet last month.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already accused Ankara of downing the plane on its Syrian border to protect oil supply lines.
"According to available information, the highest level of the political leadership of the country, President Erdogan and his family, are involved in this criminal business," Mr Antonov told journalists in Moscow.
"The Turkish leadership has demonstrated extreme cynicism. Look at what they are doing!" he said.
"They have invaded the territory of another country and are brazenly plundering it."
The defence ministry cited satellite images that it said showed oil tankers travelling from IS-held territory to Turkey.
The trucks, it said, travelled to three locations - including refineries - in Turkey and some was then moved on to a third country.
Russia said it was producing only "part of the evidence" for now and did not provide direct proof of their claim that Mr Erdogan and family were involved.
US officials have previously said they have information suggesting Turkish "middlemen" were involved in the illegal IS oil trade.
The Turkish authorities have made commitments to tackle smuggling on their territory.
Despite the tensions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said he is prepared to meet Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu at a conference in the Serbian capital Belgrade this week.
Mr Lavrov said he was willing to "hear what Mr Cavusoglu has to say", in comments broadcast on the Rossiya 24 news channel.
It would be the first time the men have met since the downing of the jet.
Turkey said the Russian SU-24 fighter plane intruded into its airspace and ignored repeated warnings to leave.
The two sides have important economic ties, and in the wake of the incident Moscow imposed visa requirements for Turkish visitors, and placed restrictions on trade with Ankara.


An online entrepreneur says that poor spelling is costing the UK millions of pounds in lost revenue for internet businesses.

Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.
Mr Duncombe says when recruiting staff he has been "shocked at the poor quality of written English".
Sales figures suggest misspellings put off consumers who could have concerns about a website's credibility, he says.
The concerns were echoed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), whose head of education and skills warned that too many employers were having to invest in remedial literacy lessons for their staff.
Mr Duncombe, who runs travel, mobile phones and clothing websites, says that poor spelling is a serious problem for the online economy.
"Often these cutting-edge companies depend upon old-fashioned skills," says Mr Duncombe.
And he says that the struggle to recruit enough staff who can spell means that this sector of the economy is not as efficient as it might be.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics published last month showed internet sales in the UK running at £527m per week.
"I know that industry bemoaning the education system is nothing new but it is becoming more and more of a problem with more companies going online.
"This is because when you sell or communicate on the internet, 99% of the time it is done by the written word."
Mr Duncombe says that it is possible to identify the specific impact of a spelling mistake on sales.
He says he measured the revenue per visitor to the tightsplease.co.uk website and found that the revenue was twice as high after an error was corrected.
"If you project this across the whole of internet retail, then millions of pounds worth of business is probably being lost each week due to simple spelling mistakes," says Mr Duncombe, director of the Just Say Please group.
Spelling is important to the credibility of a website, he says. When there are underlying concerns about fraud and safety, then getting the basics right is essential.
"You get about six seconds to capture the attention on a website."
When recruiting school and university leavers, Mr Duncombe says too many applications have contained spelling mistakes or poor grammar.
"Some people even used text speak in their cover letter," he says.
Even among those who appeared to be able to spell, he says that a written test, without access to a computer spellchecker, revealed further problems with spelling.
William Dutton, director of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, says that in some informal parts of the internet, such as Facebook, there is greater tolerance towards spelling and grammar.
"However, there are other aspects, such as a home page or commercial offering that are not among friends and which raise concerns over trust and credibility," said Professor Dutton.
"In these instances, when a consumer might be wary of spam or phishing efforts, a misspelt word could be a killer issue."
James Fothergill, the CBI's head of education and skills, said: "Our recent research shows that 42% of employers are not satisfied with the basic reading and writing skills of school and college leavers and almost half have had to invest in remedial training to get their staff's skills up to scratch.
"This situation is a real concern and the government must make the improvement of basic literacy and numeracy skills of all school and college leavers a top priority."


Deputies in Russia's parliament broke into applause at the news Donald Trump had been elected US president.

Vladimir Putin wasted no time sending his congratulations and state TV channels switched quickly from claims of fraud, to hailing the triumph of the "man of the people".
Donald Trump's win clearly suits Moscow.
In a telegram dispatched soon after the victory speech, President Putin hoped the two could work together to end the "crisis" in US-Russian relations.
He also called for constructive dialogue, based on "mutual respect and a real consideration for the other's interests".
Pro-Kremlin commentators and politicians were openly gleeful.
"I want to drive through Moscow with an American flag in the window. Come and join me," Russia Today editor Margarita Simonyan tweeted, with a smile emoji. "Today, they earned it."
"They were fighting the establishment, traditional Washington and the lies pouring from all the TV channels," is how Vyacheslav Nikonov, a deputy with the pro-Putin United Russia party, interpreted Donald Trump's voters.
"This election was a protest vote. Against the existing way, and the existing White House," Mr Nikonov pronounced, speaking on the state run TV channel Russia 24, which covered the US election extensively throughout the night.
Not everyone in Russia was rejoicing though.
"I'm watching his speech and I have to pinch myself," tweeted an activist with the Parnas opposition party. "I can't believe this is happening," Natalya Pelevina wrote.
"It's like being arrested. Dramatic at the beginning. But then you start to figure out how to live and create in prison. You'll overcome," consoled a tongue-in-cheek tweet from the Pussy Riot girls, imprisoned for performing an anti-Putin song in Moscow cathedral in 2012.
The US has accused Russia of helping to engineer the election outcome by carrying out cyber attacks that weakened Hillary Clinton's campaign.
President Putin himself recently laughed off the suggestion of Russian interference, wondering whether the US was a "banana republic".
But antipathy to Hillary Clinton is deep-rooted here. As Secretary of State, she was sharply critical of Russia's flawed 2011 parliamentary elections, leading President Putin to accuse her of fomenting the mass protests against him that followed.
Russian media coverage of her own campaign was vicious, portraying her as an aggressive Russophobe, a criminal and a liar.
"Clinton will surround us with nuclear missiles; Trump would recognise Crimea," a typical tabloid headline read on election day.
"We are very glad that relations will improve with Russia and stop the artificial Cold War which Washington and London try to push on the world," pro-Kremlin analyst Sergei Markov told the BBC.
"We're glad the new president will be Donald Trump who respects Vladimir Putin and recognises that Crimea is part of Russia," he said, referring to Mr Trump's comment that Russia's annexation of the peninsula could be 'looked at'.
So could this herald a thaw? Or is Russia planning to exploit the division and disarray caused by this result to pursue its own priorities, including in Syria?
There are growing hints that whilst Americans are reeling from their bitterly-fought election, Russian troops will launch a new push with Syrian government forces to take Aleppo.
That way, Russia would ensure that the new, "constructive dialogue" President Putin is calling for with Donald Trump, starts from a position of strength.


Mickey Rooney, the child actor who became the world's top box office star, has died aged 93.

Born in Brooklyn, he began his career aged 18 months in his parents' vaudeville act, Yule and Carter, and continued filming right to the end.
In a film and musical career spanning nine decades, Rooney was nominated for four Academy Awards and received two special Oscars for his body of work.
By 1965, Mickey Rooney's 200 films had earned more than $3bn (Â£1.8bn).
Oscar-nominated actor Bruce Dern, who was pictured with Rooney at this year's Vanity Fair party after the Oscars ceremony, told the BBC: "Mickey Rooney was everything that's right about Hollywood.  He is Hollywood."
Sir Laurence Olivier once referred to him as the greatest film actor America ever produced.
Rooney's death was first reported by US entertainment magazine Variety. The actor is said to have been ill for some time.
Los Angeles Police Commander Andrew Smith said  Rooney was with his family when he died at his North Hollywood home.
Smith said police took a death report but added that there was nothing suspicious and it was not a police case.
Star Trek actor William Shatner was one of the first to pay tribute to Rooney on Twitter, describing the actor as "one of the greats!"
Broadway star Carol Channing said: "I loved working with Mickey on Sugar Babies. He was very professional, his stories were priceless and I love them all... each and every one. We laughed all the time."
Rooney was married eight times, including a first marriage to screen beauty Ava Gardner.
He separated from his last wife, Jan, in 2012. They married in 1978.
Asked once if he would marry all his wives again, Rooney replied: "Absolutely. I loved every one of them."
Initially named Joe Yule Junior, he was barely six years old when he had his first film role as a cigar-smoking adult in Orchids and Ermine.
In 1937, the actor took the part of Andy Hardy in the film A Family Affair. Playing the son of a small-town judge proved a huge box-office draw, and spawned a hit series lasting eight years.
At the same time, a series of barnyard musicals - including Babes on Broadway and Strike Up the Band - paired him with another celebrated youth star, Judy Garland.
By 1939, Rooney was established as the film industry's top box office draw and that year, at the age of 19, he became the youngest person to be nominated for a best actor Oscar for his role in Babes on Broadway.
His other Oscar nominations were for The Human Comedy (1943), The Bold and the Brave (1956) and The Black Stallion (1979).
Rooney joined the Army in 1943, spending most of his World War II service entertaining troops.
On his return, he went on to enjoy international triumph alongside Elizabeth Taylor in the 1944 movie National Velvet.
But despite his success, Rooney admitted his fame had forced him to grow up too quickly. By the time he was 30, he said he felt 100 years old.
Rooney appeared in four TV series during his career, including The Mickey Rooney Show in the 1950s.
But his star was on the wane, as he dropped from leading man to second man in films such as Military Policeman with Bob Hope and Korean war drama The Bridges at Toko-Ri alongside William Holden and Grace Kelly the following year.
The show business legend was declared bankrupt by the early 1960s, with much of his money spent on maintenance for his ex-wives and a reckless lifestyle.
However, his career enjoyed a revival with the film Pete's Dragon in 1977, and his show Sugar Babies, which hit Broadway in the late 1970s.
True to his motto to "never retire but inspire",  Rooney continued to work in film, television and theatre.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, at the time of his death, Rooney was working on a film called The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
And Night at the Museum 3 director Shawn Levy tweeted that Rooney had shot scenes for the film just last month.


The planned Hinkley C nuclear power station in Somerset is the subject of a new legal challenge.

A German energy co-operative founded by environmental lobby group Greenpeace is to launch a legal action against the European Commission.
It accuses the Commission of wrongly approving the nuclear reactor project in October following a lengthy state aid inquiry.
The co-operative argues the new plant threatens to "distort" competition.
EDF Energy is due to build the plant, the first in the UK in almost 20 years.
The Commission gave the go-ahead to the project after the government reduced the subsidy by more than £1bn.
The most recent estimate put the cost of Hinkley C at £24.5bn - much higher than the government and EDF's original £16bn forecast.
The latest figure includes the impact of inflation as well as interest costs for the 10 year construction period.
Soenke Tangermann, managing director of Greenpeace Energy, said the "highly subsidised" electricity produced by the plant would "noticeably distort European competitiveness."
The energy cooperative was founded by Greenpeace 15 years ago and now operates as an independent company.
"This effect will have economic disadvantages for committed green [energy] providers like us and that's why we are going to court," Mr Tangermann said.
Greenpeace Energy says the subsidies planned for the controversial scheme are far higher than those for wind and solar power in Germany.
Austria - which opposes nuclear power - has also signalled it will launch its own legal challenge against the project, arguing that subsidies ought to be restricted to renewable energy sources.
Greenpeace Energy is also calling on the German government to take action against what it calls "the unfair state aid approval."
A German government official told the BBC last autumn that he could see no grounds for launching a legal challenge despite widespread opposition to the Hinkley decision in the country.
Berlin is committed to phasing out nuclear power as part of its long-term transition to renewable energy known as the "Energiewende."
The law firm Becker and Buettner has been instructed to prepare the application for an annulment of the Commision's decision, which will then be put before the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.


Prince Harry has said the experience of helping to move African elephants across Malawi was "amazing"

The royal spent three weeks in Malawi in July and August working on a major project to transfer 500 elephants more than 200 miles to a wildlife reserve.
He said elephants "cannot roam freely like they used to without coming into conflict with communities, or being threatened by poaching and persecution"
Wildlife is "increasingly susceptible" to growing human populations, he added.
Harry has released four photographs - which were all captioned by him personally - of his time in Malawi working with the 500 Elephants initiative, led by African Parks.
The animals were being moved 200 miles (322km) across the country from the Liwonde National Park and Majete Wildlife Reserve to Nkhotakota Wildlife Reserve, where it is hoped they will be able to thrive.
Harry said: "They need to be moved to another place and this is the most efficient and least invasive way of being able to do it.
"I can tell you after three weeks there is zero stress on these animals and they're going from one beautiful place to another beautiful place."
The photographs show Harry helping to "tip" a standing elephant onto its side after it was sedated, while he was also part of a group hanging on to a rope to prevent a male elephant running away after being darted.
The prince said Africa's wildlife will be "increasingly susceptible" to growing human populations.
"To allow the coexistence of people and animals, fences are increasingly having to be used to separate the two, and try to keep the peace," he added.


British astronaut Tim Peake has spoken to hundreds of children from across England and Wales in a live space chat.

The event, held at the World Museum in Liverpool, was streamed to thousands of schools where pupils simultaneously conducted simple experiments.
The live link-up with the International Space Station lasted about 20 minutes.
Major Peake made history last month when he became the first Briton to walk in space.
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Among the questions was: "What can you see out of the windows?"
Major Peake replied: "I have got a window right behind me - let me go take a look." The children laughed as he turned and floated away from the camera to look out of the window.
He added: "At the moment we are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean coming up to the coast of Africa with the beautiful colours of the Sahara Desert."
There was a huge gasp of delight when his beaming face appeared on the screen in front of the young audience.
Standing in front of a union flag, the astronaut seemed to be in good spirits, demonstrating how you touch your toes in space - turning upside down in a backward roll as the children laughed.
Matthew Savage, 10, from St Anne's Fulshaw CE Primary School in Wilmslow, Cheshire, asked if he got hit by meteors on the International Space Station.
Major Peake replied: "We do get hit by small particles every day and they have even caused some damage. On space walks we have to be careful where we put our hands." He said the "clever people on earth" made sure they were safe.
He said he liked experiments involving vegetables and flowers grown in space the most. "We are going to need that information for longer missions on Mars," he said. He also liked experiments on the human body because they could have health benefits back on earth.
"Does your heart beat faster in space?" asked Riley, aged five, from Wilberfoss Primary School in York.
"It actually slows down and would shrink if you didn't regularly exercise." he replied. He explained this was why astronauts had to exercise regularly in space.
The call ended with rapturous applause from his young audience.


British Rowing is to conduct an internal review after bullying claims were made against a senior coach.

Former Great Britain rower Emily Taylor described Paul Thompson, 52, as a "massive bully" in an interview with online magazine The Mixed Zone.
The governing body says it has made contact with Taylor, 29, to hear her allegations first hand.
However, Australian Thompson defended himself in the Daily Telegraph, saying he does not feel he is a bully.
British Rowing's chief executive Andy Parkinson said in a statement the governing body was committed to providing a "positive experience" for everyone in the sport.
He added: "We have a duty of care to everyone involved in the high performance programme and we treat allegations of this nature very seriously.
"As a responsible national governing body we will make every effort to assess the facts so that we are able to address the current situation and continually improve our programmes."
Taylor was selected in the original squad for the London 2012 Olympics but was left out of the women's eight and retired after the Games.
The team, coached by Thompson, won three gold medals.
Thompson, who joined British Rowing in 2001, was awarded an MBE following the team's success at the London Games and will again lead the medal hunt at Rio 2016.
He told the Telegraph: "Someone has to make hard decisions and that is my role to do that. I'm sorry to hear that [Emily] has a perception that she is hard done by.
"There are things there that [she claims] I have said that I haven't said. There are also situations where my recollection of the situation isn't the same."
Taylor said in her interview: "No-one stood up to him. He surrounded himself with yes-men and everyone was scared of him.
"He is fantastic technically, but in terms of people-management, his skills are non-existent."
Thompson has also faced criticism for his handling of double sculls pair Vicky Thornley and Katherine Grainger, who have been made to wait before being included in the GB team for Rio.
After poor form earlier in the season, 40-year-old Grainger, seeking a fifth Olympic medal to become Britain's most decorated female Olympian, and Thornley attempted to switch into the women's eight boat but failed to beat the current crew in recent testing.
Reverting to their partnership, they could only finish third in their heat at the Rowing World Cup in Poznan on Friday. They face a repechage on Saturday in order to make Sunday's final.
Olympic medallist Rick Egington, boyfriend of rower Thornley, said the pair had been "mismanaged" by Thompson.


Child abuse survivors have said they felt so "belittled" during a meeting with the leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, they almost walked out.

They told a Stormont committee that Archbishop Eamon Martin had given the impression that he felt the church was now the victim.
Jon McCourt and Margaret McGuckian also claimed the Executive Office had let victims down by failing to establish a compensation scheme following the end of the Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry (HIA).
And they claimed ministers had ignored repeated requests for meetings over a nine-month period.
But they reserved their strongest criticism for the Catholic Church, claiming that during a meeting with Archbishop Martin in Armagh in July, he seemed to believe it was turning from an issue of concern about the abuse of children into a financial argument about compensation.
They said that in previous discussions, the church had shown a lot of concern and compassion.
Jon McCourt, of the group Survivors North West, told MLAs on Stormont's Executive Office committee that people were entitled to be compensated for abuse as they would after any other criminal act.
"The church, I think, just literally just fobbed us off and in fact there was a point where both Margaret and I were going to get up and leave the meeting because we were more or less told that if the church hadn't done what it done in the fifties or sixties things could have been a lot worse for us," he said
"In other words, we were made to feel so belittled in that meeting."
Margaret McGuckian said: "Archbishop Eamon Martin had asked or said 'you know, what did you expect us to do; what did you want us to do' and I had to reply 'well we didn't ask to be abused whether it was sexually, physically or mentally or emotionally'."
She said Archbishop Martin "had his guard up", adding: "I told him he had settled in very, very well. He was just more of the ilk of Cardinal Brady and he felt that they (the church) were the victims."
Archbishop Martin said he was "somewhat taken aback" by the comments.
In a statement, he said: "I asked for and hosted this meeting in Armagh.  The sentiments which I have learned of today were not conveyed to me at that time or since.
"I have always maintained that the Catholic Church must fully accept its responsibilities to those who have suffered abuse.  The church recognises the need for a compassionate and proper response to redress in the context of historical institutional abuse.  Abuse not only damages lives, but casts a long, dark shadow, which can obscure the light of the gospel.
"I have greatest of respect for Margaret and Jon, and for those who, like them, have bravely come forward to share their stories and who have advocated on behalf of others.  I will continue to do my best to communicate their concerns to all with leadership responsibilities in the church, and to attempt to do so in a spirit of compassion and concern.
"I sought the July meeting as I was motivated to hear directly from survivors regarding their views about redress.  I did this notwithstanding the fact that the decision to establish any redress scheme will be a matter for the executive, and this in turn will be guided by the outcomes of the HIA Inquiry when it concludes its work."
In November last year Sir Anthony Hart, chair of the abuse inquiry, announced that he would recommend a financial compensation scheme for victims when he reports to ministers next January.
But, even though a panel of experts on redress set up by four different victims groups has produced two reports setting out proposals for such a scheme, it has been claimed repeated requests for meetings with ministers have been ignored.
One of the panel members, Prof Patrician Lundy told the committee: "This is a very vulnerable group of people and it is very surprising that a minister or junior minister would treat such a vulnerable group in such a way."
A spokesperson for the executive said although ministers remain "sensitive" to the views of those who have suffered abuse they had not engaged in consultation "as it would be inappropriate to pre-empt the Sir Anthony Hart Inquiry findings".
"The inquiry will be making its recommendations, including a fully-formed recommendation with regard to redress, in its report to the executive in January 2017," they added.
"The nature or level of any potential redress, as stipulated in the inquiry's terms of reference, is a matter the executive will discuss and agree following receipt of the inquiry's report."
The Executive Office said that during the course of the inquiry, ministers had met and "continue to meet" with organisations representing victims and survivors.
The Historic Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry is examining allegations of child abuse in children's homes and other residential institutions in Northern Ireland from 1922 to 1995.
The HIA began its public evidence sessions at the former Banbridge Court House in January 2014.
It is scheduled to report to the Northern Ireland Executive in January 2017.


Wigan Warriors pair Sam Tomkins and Sean O'Loughlin will miss the rest of the Super League season and are doubts for England ahead of the Four Nations.

Full-back Tomkins, 27, has a foot injury that requires surgery to see the extent of the damage, while captain O'Loughlin, 33, has a calf problem.
Both players will miss Friday's play-off semi-final with Hull FC and then a potential Grand Final on 8 October.
England host the Four Nations tournament starting in late October.
Forward O'Loughlin suffered his latest injury setback on Friday, hurting his calf in the warm-up before the win against Catalans Dragons that secured a home semi-final against Hull FC.
"Wigan have only 20 players available from a squad of 35 but there is a tremendous spirit and confidence amongst this group that thrives in adversity," said chairman Ian Lenagan.
"Despite all of the challenges that the club have faced this year I, head coach Shaun Wane and the squad believe that we can defy the odds to make this an excellent season end."
The Four Nations, in which England face Scotland, New Zealand and Australia over a three-week period, starts on 28 October.


Voting has ended in two key southern Indian states, where PM Narendra Modi's BJP is trying to a gain a foothold.

More than 80 million voters were eligible to cast ballots in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Polls were also being held in the union territory of Pondicherry.
Regional parties dominate in Tamil Nadu, while Communists are trying to stage a comeback in Kerala.
Polls have already been held in West Bengal and Assam in April and May. All the votes will be counted on Thursday.
Shortly before polls closed turnout was put at 69% in Tamil Nadu while Kerala recorded 70%.
In Tamil Nadu, where polling was held in 232 seats, the BJP is seen as having little chance against the regional AIADMK and DMK parties, who are locked in a fierce contest.
The DMK, led by 91-year-old Muthuvel Karunanidhi, is trying to wrest power from the rival AIADMK party, which is led by the charismatic former film actress and current Chief Minister Jayaram Jayalalithaa.
The BJP is trying to secure a toehold in Kerala which has been traditionally ruled by either Congress-led governments or a coalition of left-wing parties.
This year, the left coalition, led by 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, is trying to regain power from the Congress-led coalition.
Last week Mr Modi's comparison of Kerala with Somalia on infant mortality rates angered politicians and social media users.
Polls were also held in 30 seats in Pondicherry, where Chief Minister N Rangaswamy, the leader of a party comprising breakaway Congress party workers, is seeking re-election.


Vern Cotter says that a "juggernaut" is coming Scotland's way when they play the second match of their Six Nations campaign against France in Paris.

The Scotland coach thinks that the French will be confident of their chances of winning the physical battle, and therefore the match, at Stade de France on Sunday.
"They'll believe they can overpower us," said Cotter.
"You can see that reflected in their team selection."
While the Scots were starting their campaign with a home victory over Ireland, Sunday's hosts were losing narrowly to England at Twickenham.
"They'll believe that this is the game that will set their Six Nations alight," said Cotter.
"We've seen and heard noises coming out of their camp, so it's pretty clear what's coming: a big juggernaut is going to try to roll over the top of us."
Scotland are going to Paris without Ryan Wilson, who is out of the team with an injured elbow.
John Barclay steps into the back row in place of Wilson and the fit-again John Hardie - "hard to hold back and tearing the paddock up", according to the coach - comes in on the bench.
Scotland will have three number sevens in their squad that can be classified as groundhogs on the floor - Barclay, Hamish Watson and Hardie.
The change to the French team that Cotter referred to is the introduction of Bordeaux-Begles' Loann Goujon at blind-side instead of Damien Chouly.
"Chouly is their line-out specialist, but Goujon's another ball-carrier, very similar to Louis Picamoles, so it's obvious how they are going to play," said the Scotland coach.
"They're very heavy and powerful, very good going forward, but I want to see how they go when they have to go backwards.
"Turning them round will be key to the game. We've got to push them backwards and, if we can do that and force errors out of them, we'll free up the game. We have to be smart."
The hosts have a poor recent record in the championship and have lost their last three Tests, against Australia, New Zealand and England.
However, all three defeats were by narrow margins.
The French may not be a winning team, but there's a feeling that a new team is emerging and that better days lie ahead and beating Scotland is key to that progression.
"They have a more confident mix now," said Cotter. "When French teams are looking for a win, everybody talks about their attack, but actually it's their defence that sets it alight.
"They'll try to put a lot of speed and power into the game. They'll want to go harder and faster and try to make it as difficult for us as possible."
Losing Wilson is an undoubted set-back given his work-rate around the field, but Barclay was hugely effective when appearing early in the second half against Ireland and the return of Hardie is a boost.
"He looks great," said Cotter of the open-side. "Having his energy later in the game will be important against this team."
The oft-stated stat of Scotland not having won in Paris since 1999 is one that Cotter's team is trying to wipe from the record books.
"We want to make it a tussle," said the coach.