Anti-malarial drug Lariam should be the "drug of last resort" for UK troops, MPs on the defence committee have said.

The drug has been prescribed to at least 17,000 service personnel at least once between April 2007 and March 2015.
The MPs criticised the MoD over the way it issued the controversial drug, which can cause severe side-effects, including depression and anxiety.
The MoD said the "vast majority of deployed personnel already receive alternatives to Lariam".
Lariam - the brand name for mefloquine - is prescribed to civilians as well as troops.
While it is not the main anti-malarial drug used by the armed forces, critics argue its side-effects can be more detrimental to those serving in challenging and dangerous countries.
Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease which causes fever, headaches, vomiting and diarrhoea and can be fatal.
In 2015, it killed about 438,000 people and there were 214m cases of the disease, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, according to World Health Organization estimates.
After a six-month inquiry, the defence select committee found the potential side-effects were clearly highlighted by manufacturers Roche, but there was "strong anecdotal evidence" that the stringent conditions laid down for prescription were often disregarded.
Committee chairman Dr Julian Lewis said: "It seems quite clear that not only is the MoD unable to follow the manufacturer's guidelines for prescribing the drug in all instances, but a number of troops discard their Lariam rather than risk its potentially dangerous side-effects.
"It is our firm conclusion that there is neither the need, nor any justification for continuing to issue this medication to service personnel unless they can be individually assessed, in accordance with the manufacturers' requirements.
"And most of the time that is simply impossible, when a sudden, mass deployment of hundreds of troops is necessary."
The drug's use had had " absolutely devastating psychological effects" in a small minority of cases," he told the BBC's Today Programme, and: "In a larger minority of cases there are disturbed nights, damaged sleep, psychological ideas that are unsettling and dangerous."
"In reality the whole experience has been deeply unpleasant. So much so that phrases like 'mad Monday' or 'crazy Tuesday' are used amongst the armed forces when this stuff has been doled out in the past."
The inquiry came after BBC Radio 4's Today programme revealed that a senior military medic had called on ministers to prescribe an alternative drug until it was clear that Lariam was safe.
Maj Mick Wallace took Lariam during his deployment in Kenya in 1998, and he says he has been severely depressed ever since:
"When I came back my wife said I wasn't the same man.  I was short-tempered, anxious at times. I just didn't feel right and it's still going on.
"I've had several courses of anti-depressants and all they do is stick a plaster over it and as soon as I stop taking them, I go downhill again.
"I've never attempted suicide but it's been at the back of my mind.
"Recently I went into my barn which I use as a workshop and I had to leave straightaway because I kept thinking about hanging myself.
"So many men and woman have already been affected.  I think the government would be foolish not to take up the recommendations but this should have happened a long time ago."
According to MoD figures, a minimum of 17,368 armed forces personnel were prescribed Lariam at least once between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2015.
Over the same time period, approximately 104,000 personnel were given a different anti-malarial drug, such as Malarone and Doxycycline.
As at August 2015, mefloquine constituted only 1.2% of all anti-malaria tablets held and, in terms of doses for a six-month deployment, only 14% of the stock, the MoD said.
It is not clear how many service personnel have suffered after taking Lariam but according to retired Lt Col Andrew Marriott, who gave evidence to the inquiry, between 25% and 35% of personnel who had been prescribed Lariam on deployment experienced side-effects.
Some of those affected are contemplating legal action against the MoD.
Philippa Tuckman, from Hilary Meredith Solicitors, said more than 450 personnel had come forward since late last year, saying they had been affected.
Roche said it agreed with the defence committee's report and it would continue to work with the MoD "to ensure they have all the relevant information to ensure Lariam is prescribed appropriately".
The MoD said it would consider the report's recommendations and respond in due course.
"The vast majority of deployed personnel already receive alternatives to Lariam and, where it is used, we require it to be prescribed after an individual risk assessment," a spokeswoman said.
"We have a duty to protect our personnel from malaria and we welcome the committee's conclusion that, in some cases, Lariam will be the most effective way of doing that."
Malaria is a serious illness and can be fatal. Drugs can reduce the risk of malaria by about 90%.
The MoD says Lariam is an important anti-malarial tablet within its portfolio, but it is not the only one.
The exact choice of drug offered to military personnel depends on "a number of factors", including the region the individual is deploying to, their health and any past history of side-effects.
There is no single anti-malarial that is effective against all the different possible strains of infection.
Arguably, all drugs can have unwanted effects, but soldiers have been reporting some particularly nasty ones with Lariam - depression, nightmares, hallucinations and suicidal thoughts.
The MoD says it only provides soldiers with Lariam when it is necessary and after an individual risk assessment, in line with advice given by the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention.
It says Lariam is not a "first-line drug" and is used primarily when other drugs would either not be effective or appropriate.


A giant Galapagos tortoise more than 150 years old has been put down at a zoo in California.

The tortoise, known as Speed, had been in geriatric decline for some time.
Keepers at San Diego Zoo had used acupuncture and hydrotherapy to treat his arthritis and other ailments.
Speed had been brought to California in 1933 as part of a programme to preserve the endangered species from the Volcan Cerro Azul island of the Galapagos, off Ecuador.
Thirteen Galapagos tortoises remain at the zoo.
The group has produced more than 90 offspring which can be found in many other zoos.
Many of them have been sired by Speed.


The families of indie band Viola Beach said they had been doing what they loved before they died in a car crash in Sweden.

Kris Leonard, River Reeves, Tomas Lowe, Jack Dakin and manager Craig Tarry, who were aged between 20 and 33, were killed when their car plunged more than 25m (82ft) from a bridge into a canal.
The band had hours earlier played their first gig outside the UK.
Swedish police are examining their car to try to find the cause of the crash.
UK band Viola Beach die in Sweden crash
The Warrington band were in Sweden to take part in a music festival on Friday and were due to play a gig in Guildford in Surrey on Saturday.
The incident happened in the early hours of Saturday near Stockholm.
Police say their car hit a roadside barrier and plunged into a canal - falling through a gap in a bridge which had opened to let a boat pass through.
The family of Mr Lowe said his life had been "tragically cut short".
"Tomas was the best son, brother, uncle and friend you could ever wish for and he will be missed dearly.
"Tomas had a passion for music and for life and he was, in his words, 'living the dream' when his life was tragically cut short. He will be missed by all who knew and loved him," the family added in a Foreign Office statement.
Mr Leonard's family said "words cannot express the sadness we feel at the loss of our precious Kristian".
"He was doing the job he loved and will be missed so much by his family and friends," they added in a statement.
Mr Tarry's relatives said they were "devastated" and "grieving the loss of their son and also for the other families involved in this tragic accident".
They added: "Craig was a warm, loving person who had worked tirelessly to achieve success and follow his dreams within the music industry."
Mr Reeves's family said they were "heartbroken".
"River had such talent and such humility, such charm and such innocence it seems so unfair that he can be taken so cruelly from us like this," they said in a statement.
Mr Tarry, who spent time in Los Angeles, was passionate about Manchester City football club and was a member of the Hollywood branch of the team's supporters club.
Fellow member and friend Matthew Kershaw said: "He was much loved by all of us, and all those that ever came in contact with him, and we are devastated for his family, and for his friends, who are truly all around the world."
BBC video journalist Olivia Richwald
The Lounge is a live music bar in Warrington and it's where friends say Viola Beach was "made".
Three members of the band had worked here, one of them, Tomas Lowe, for 10 years.
It's where the boys rehearsed and tried out new songs on a friendly crowd.
A poster of Viola Beach is still proudly displayed outside - it says the boys will be back in Warrington in March.
Not at the bar, because their fan base had grown too big, but at a bigger venue just over the road.
It was a homecoming gig that had sold out with two months to go, one that won't now take place.
This afternoon friends gathered inside the bar and spoke of how talented the band was and how they were just getting big. Successful but still modest, they said.
The Lounge is known as a live music venue. This afternoon it's silent.
The band's record label, Communion Records, expressed its "total shock and sorrow".
And Ian Grimble, the band's producer, said Viola Beach's energy and vibrancy "jumped out of the speakers".
He added: "It is with great sadness that we will not be able to see them grow from the spark that they are now, into the raging fire that they so desperately desired to become."
United Talent agency, which represented the band, said the four-piece was "a truly great team of young men and about to take on the world together".
Other figures from the music industry and fans of the band have also been paying tribute to the four-piece and their manager.
BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens said the Warrington band were "incredibly promising", were building a loyal fan base and had already toured with bigger bands.
Music promoter Dave Pichilingi booked the band for the Liverpool Sound City festival last year and they were scheduled to play again this year.
They were a "hungry, energetic, amazing" band who "were on the verge of great things", he said.
BBC Radio Merseyside presenter Dave Monks, who was among the first to play their music on air, said they were "great guys" who had "so much going for them".
Ross Jarman, from The Cribs, tweeted: "Heart goes out to the Viola Beach guys and their families."
Indie rock band, The Enemy, tweeted: "RIP Viola Beach and their manager. Such incredibly tragic and sad news. Thought with the friends and families of all involved x"
The principal of Priestley College in Warrington, where three of the band members went, said they had "really bright futures ahead of them".
"It is a very sad day for Priestley and for Warrington," he said.
A musician who played at the Where Is The Music? festival in Norrkoping, Sweden, said "they were fantastic people to be around".
John Olsson, from Swedish band Psykofant, said: "They were a great band. I was standing in the audience thinking I will be able to say I hung around with Viola Beach before they made it big."
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Swedish police said they received a call about 02:30 local time (01:30 GMT) and were on the scene within five minutes.
They said divers recovered the bodies of the victims after their Nissan Qashqai plunged through a gap in the bridge, which has a middle section that rises directly upwards without tilting.
A barrier before the opening has flashing lights and warning signs, the officer handling the case said.
Inspector Martin Bergholm said: "For some reason, the car drove through the barriers and crashed down into the canal.
"The witnesses just saw a car beside them and kind of disappear."
Eyewitness Jonny Alexandersson told the BBC he was waiting for the bridge to go down when he saw a car coming very fast on the left side.
"It was very tight," he said. "They passed me and in front of me was a taxi and the car smashed the side of this car and then they go in the barrier, then I don't see anything more of the car, the lights were gone."


The owners of Quintin Castle near Portaferry have applied for planning permission to convert it to a boutique hotel.

The Anglo-Norman castle was originally built in the 12th Century by John De Courcy.
At one stage it was virtually a ruin but was restored in the 19th century and further renovated in recent years.
The application is for an eight bedroom hotel with permission to use a courtyard for events such as weddings.
A community consultation report submitted with the application says the hotel might be more accurately described as "a private venue which could be hired on request".
The application is made in the name of Mullahead Property Company Ltd, a firm associated with the owners of the Tayto crisp brand.
It adds that Tayto also intend to use the venue for visiting customers and for training and conference purposes.


An MP has urged Facebook to tackle fake news in the run-up to the UK's general election on 8 June.

Conservative MP Damian Collins expressed his concerns to the Guardian newspaper, saying fake news threatened "the integrity of democracy".
A parliamentary inquiry examining the "growing phenomenon of fake news" was launched by Mr Collins in January.
Dealing with the problem was "a global priority" and an "evolving challenge", Facebook said.
Mr Collins told the Guardian that the top 20 fake news stories were shared more than the top 20 true news stories during the three months leading up to the US election last year.
"The danger is, if for many people the main source of news is Facebook and if the news they get on Facebook is mostly fake news, they could be voting based on lies," he said.
He also claimed that Facebook did not respond quickly enough to the phenomenon, despite the fact that the social media site can detect when news stories go viral.
Facebook said: "Improving news literacy is a global priority and false news runs counter to our mission to connect people with the stories that they find meaningful.
"We understand that we need to do our part to help people understand how to make decisions about which sources to trust."
The social network is examining various methods for this - including possibly adding labels to stories that have been reported as false by third parties or Facebook users, which would then warn others before sharing them.
And this month it launched an educational tool designed to help people investigate the veracity of a story shared on Facebook.
On 25 April, Google announced that it was altering the way its search engine works to try to curb the spread of fake news and hate speech.
A recent study by economists at Stanford University suggested that while fake news had been viewed by many adults before the US election, there was little evidence to suggest that such stories had had a decisive impact on voting.


The mastermind behind the Hatton Garden raid pulled out of the heist after failing to complete the task in one night, a court heard.

Brian Reader, 76, dubbed the "Master" by co-conspirators, withdrew from England's "largest burglary" when the gang struggled to get into the vault.
Up to Â£14m was looted from safety deposit boxes in London's jewellery quarter two days later on 4 April.
Reader admits conspiracy to commit burglary. Three others deny the charge.
A fourth man denies conspiracy to conceal or transfer criminal property.
The gang drilled into the secure premises on 2 April but discovered the vault was blocked off by a metal cabinet, bolted to the floor on the other side, Woolwich Crown Court heard.
The men returned with different equipment two nights later to finish the job, but Reader was not with them when they made off with the loot, which was later hidden in two wheelie bins and stashed in holdalls.
Defendants and charges
Previously John Collins, 75, of Bletsoe Walk, Islington; Daniel Jones, 58, of Park Avenue, Enfield; Terry Perkins, 67, of Heene Road, Enfield and Brian Reader, 76, of Dartford Road, Dartford, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary.
They will be sentenced at a later date.
On 3 April, Jones and Collins travelled to Twickenham in south west London to buy specialist equipment in order to complete the raid, jurors were told.
They went into two shops, Machine Mart and D&M Tools, and the former had records of selling a pump and hose to a "Jones", who gave his own address.
The court heard the parts of the pump resembled those of another left behind at the scene of the burglary.
Following a series of phone calls between the men, Collins then drove Jones and one of the accused, Carl Wood, to Hatton Garden at about 21.20 BST.
Prosecuting, Philip Evans said: "Brian Reader, on this occasion was nowhere to be seen and it appears that he had decided he no longer wanted any part in the activities at Hatton Garden."
CCTV footage from 4 April shows Jones carrying a black holdall and a red box, believed to have contained the pump and hose he bought in Twickenham.
Mr Evans said: "Where the last attempt had been unsuccessful, the inference is that this time, with the second pump and hose, they accessed the vault by pushing over the cabinet.
"In order to do that, they used the metal joists which they had taken in on the first night to anchor the pump and hose on the wall opposite the vault."
Mr Evans outlined how one of the alleged get-away drivers, William Lincoln, was connected to the conspiracy plot by ferrying other gang members to meet ups.
On the night of the aborted break-in, Reader was allegedly driven from Collins's home to London Bridge station by Mr Lincoln.
"The timing of these visits, generated as they are by short calls which were simply not long enough for Collins to have explained the plan, demonstrate that Lincoln was 'in the know' before the burglary took place, and he had therefore entered the agreement before 07.30 BST on the 5 April," Mr Evans said.
The court heard after the raid -  the "largest burglary in English legal history" - the gang stored the loot in two wheelie bins and some holdalls. Some was also hidden behind skirting boards and inside kitchen cupboards in their own homes.
The plan was to convert the stolen goods into money, but initially they divided the proceeds between them, with the intention of keeping it hidden until publicity surrounding the heist died down, it was said.
"When they were confident that had happened, they could split it up, melt it down, sell it or hide for a rainy day," Mr Evans said.
Jurors heard part of the bounty was sold for sizeable sums of money and some had been hidden in a cemetery in Edmonton.
Police swooped during one of the loot transfers to Mr Harbinson on 19 May.
The trial continues.


Ecuador has acknowledged it partly restricted internet access for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is taking refuge at its London embassy.

It said Mr Assange had in recent weeks released material that could have an impact on the US presidential election.
Ecuador also said its move was not the result of pressure from Washington.
The US denied WikiLeaks accusations that it had asked Ecuador to stop the site publishing documents about presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
Transparency activist Julian Assange has sought asylum at London's Ecuadorean embassy since 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden over sex assault allegations.
In a statement (in Spanish), the Ecuadorean foreign ministry said WikiLeaks' decision to publish documents could have an impact on the US presidential election.
It said the release was entirely the responsibility of the organisation, and Ecuador did not want to interfere in the electoral process.
"In that respect, Ecuador, exercising its sovereign right, has temporarily restricted access to part of its communications systems in its UK Embassy," the statement said.
It added that "Ecuador does not yield to pressures from other countries".
WikiLeaks earlier said that Ecuador had cut off Mr Assange's internet access on Saturday evening.
The site has recently been releasing material from Hillary Clinton's campaign, including those from a hack of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails.
It released transcripts on Saturday of paid speeches Mrs Clinton made to the US investment bank Goldman Sachs in the past, which her campaign had long refused to release.
The scripts reveal bantering exchanges with bank executives, which correspondents say may increase concerns among liberal Democrats that she is too cosy with Wall Street.
The Democratic White House candidate's camp has claimed the cyber-breach was orchestrated by Russian hackers with the aim of undermining the US democratic process.
While Mrs Clinton's team has neither confirmed nor denied the leaked emails are authentic, there have been no indications they are fake.
According to the latest leaked emails, Mrs Clinton told a Goldman Sachs conference she would like to intervene secretly in Syria.
She made the remark in answer to a question from Lloyd Blankfein, the bank's chief executive, in 2013 - months after she left office as secretary of state.
"My view was you intervene as covertly as is possible for Americans to intervene," she told employees of the bank in South Carolina, which had paid her about $225,000 (£185,000) to give a speech.
Mrs Clinton - who is accused of being hawkish by liberal critics - added: "We used to be much better at this than we are now. Now, you know, everybody can't help themselves.
"They have to go out and tell their friendly reporters and somebody else: Look what we're doing and I want credit for it."


An adventurous dog who found his way onto a London bus has been reunited with his owner six days after he went missing.

Four-year-old Boston was thought to have been abandoned on the number 158 bus on the evening of 28 April.
He spent the night on the bus as driver Amos Paul Mak launched an appeal on Facebook to get him home.
The Staffordshire bull terrier has now been reunited with "delighted" owner Paulina Rybak.
Ms Rybak, who is mum to Filip, 8, and Zofia, 3, said he went missing during a walk on Francis Road, Leyton, east London.
"It was only a few seconds and he was gone. We didn't see him. I started looking everywhere," she said.
Ms Rybak contacted her vet and Newham Council to report Boston missing - but found him after seeing an Evening Standard story on the appeal.
The pair were reunited after checks were made to make sure Ms Rybak is Boston's owner.
"I was so happy," she said. "When people lose their dogs it can be very difficult to find them.
"I don't know how he got on the bus, he is a bit scared of buses."
"We have had him since he was six weeks old, he and my daughter are best friends."
A Newham Council spokesperson said their animal welfare team took care of Boston over the weekend while they tried to track down his owner.
"This incident should remind all dog owners of the importance of microchipping," the spokesperson said.
"If Boston had been microchipped, which is now a legal requirement, then it would have been much quicker and easier for him to have been returned to his correct owner. "
Boston has now been microchipped.


A gang of thieves spent a widow's life savings on six cars and fast food in a one-day spree after obtaining her Pin code as she shopped at a supermarket.

They watched the victim enter her code as she paid for her shopping at the Balham High Road Waitrose store.
And when the 86-year-old left, one man distracted her by pretending to be lost while another person stole her card.
Scotland Yard said the gang managed to spend £21,000 before the card was reported missing the following day.
Police, who have been unable to find those responsible, have only now sought the public's help to solve the crime, which happened at the supermarket in Balham on 17 March.
"The money was the victim's life savings that she was keeping for her grandchildren," a police spokesman said.
As well as buying food and six second-hand cars, the gang used the card to withdraw cash and purchase clothing.
Two men and one woman were captured on CCTV watching the victim as she entered her Pin when paying for her shopping.
They have been described by police as a white woman aged in her 40s, a slim Asian man in his 20s, and an Asian man of medium build aged in his late 30s.
The Met have appealed for anyone who recognises any of the suspects to contact them.


Newcastle United scored a goal in each half to beat Aston Villa and go a point clear at the top of the Championship.

Yoan Gouffran netted the opener from four yards and another goalmouth scramble resulted in Henri Lansbury turning the ball into his own net.
But Newcastle's victory was soured by the loss of top scorer Dwight Gayle, who limped off after 33 minutes.
Villa striker Scott Hogan was carried off on a stretcher late on and they are now winless in nine league matches.
Hogan, who cost £12m from Brentford in January, landed awkwardly after challenging for a header at a late Villa corner.
Gayle - the Championship's leading scorer with 20 league goals this season - appeared to suffer a recurrence of the hamstring problem which had kept him out for six matches.
Villa remain six points above the relegation zone, having collected only one point in 2017, although Steve Bruce's side had more than matched the Magpies until they fell behind.
Iceland midfielder Birkir Bjarnason went closest for the visitors, failing to hook in Hogan's flick-on from close range and later having a shot saved by Karl Darlow.
Newcastle's opening goal came soon after Gayle's departure, with Villa failing to properly clear a Matt Ritchie cross and French winger Gouffran tapping in.
After that, the hosts took control and often looked likely to extend their lead, although the second goal which took them above Brighton in the table came in fortunate circumstances.
Jamaal Lascelles met Jonjo Shelvey's corner and his effort hit Lansbury, who was stationed at the near post, before ricocheting into the net.
Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez told BBC Radio Newcastle: "This is a very difficult division. Every game is tough and we were playing against a good team with very good players.
"They pressed well at the beginning and it wasn't easy for us to play how we wanted. We needed to score to open up the game, and after the second goal it was more open. We had more chances and more control of the game.
"Dwight Gayle seemed like he wasn't comfortable from the beginning and then he said he was feeling something in his hamstring. We don't know how serious it is. We have to wait."
Aston Villa manager Steve Bruce told BBC WM: "Scott's injury compounded the night, because we obviously fear the worst.
"He's definitely turned his ankle over and we don't know how serious it is until we see X-rays and scans. The consequences of losing him are huge, but let's hope it's not as bad as what we think.
"I thought we were decent in the first half, Newcastle hadn't been near our goal, and yet we gave a poor goal away. After the restart, we've given another one away and the second one was comical.
"And the two or three opportunities we've had, we've not taken them. That's where we are at the moment."
Substitution, Newcastle United. Christian Atsu replaces Yoan Gouffran.
Delay in match Scott Hogan (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
Corner,  Aston Villa. Conceded by Matt Ritchie.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Gary Gardner (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Leandro Bacuna replaces Jonathan Kodjia.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Substitution, Aston Villa. Gary Gardner replaces Birkir Bjarnason.
Delay in match Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) because of an injury.
Attempt missed. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from more than 40 yards on the right wing is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Aston Villa).
Attempt missed. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the left side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Albert Adomah with a cross.
Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Neil Taylor (Aston Villa).
Substitution, Aston Villa. Albert Adomah replaces Mile Jedinak.
Attempt saved. Jack Colback (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Aleksandar Mitrovic.
Attempt saved. Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Matt Ritchie with a cross.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Neil Taylor.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Paul Dummett.
Attempt saved. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United).
Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Own Goal by Henri Lansbury, Aston Villa.  Newcastle United 2, Aston Villa 0.
Attempt blocked. Jamaal Lascelles (Newcastle United) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Jonjo Shelvey with a cross.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Henri Lansbury.
Corner,  Newcastle United. Conceded by Sam Johnstone.
Attempt saved. Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Mohamed Diamé (Newcastle United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa).
Attempt blocked. Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Conor Hourihane.
Attempt missed. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right following a set piece situation.
Foul by Yoan Gouffran (Newcastle United).
Alan Hutton (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United).
James Chester (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by DeAndre Yedlin (Newcastle United).
Henri Lansbury (Aston Villa) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


An original work by the artist Banksy has been recovered by police investigating a suspected fraud.

The piece, called Wrong War, and a print signed by the graffiti artist were bought by a customer in south London for Â£12,990 last month.
But two weeks after delivering them, the dealer who sold the works learned that the cards used to buy the pieces had been used without authorisation.
Police arrested a man in Plumstead, south London, on 8 February.
The man, 25, has been bailed pending further inquiries.
The suspected fraud came to light when the art dealer, from Essex, received bank letters stating that the cards used to buy the images did not have the authorisation of the cardholders.
Both payments were cancelled and refunded to the cardholders, leaving the dealer without the artworks and out of pocket.
The Metropolitan Police began an investigation when, in the meantime, the suspect contacted the art dealer again in an effort to buy more Banksy artwork.
Officers were informed about this order and made the arrest. They also searched an address in Charlton, south-east London, believed to be linked to the suspect, where they recovered Wrong War.
The signed print, entitled No Ball Games, was recovered after a member of the public bought it from the suspect and became suspicious of the transaction, police said.
The buyer contacted the Essex art gallery directly and returned the artwork.
Det Sgt Geoff Grogan, from Greenwich CID, said: "We acted very quickly after the victim contacted us and this gave us the opportunity not only to make an arrest, but also to recover the artworks.
"We believe that there may be more than one person involved.
"We are also in the process of contacting the card-holders who were unaware that their cards were being used.
"Our investigation is still open and will continue."


Cornwall is to become the first county to gain historic new powers after a devolution deal was announced.

The county will be in charge of bus services and local investment, while health and social services will integrate.
Ministers said it was a key part of the government's One Nation commitment to devolve powers to local authorities across the country.
Cornwall Council had however requested a much wider range of powers.
Prime Minister David Cameron said it "marks a major shift for the people who live and work in Cornwall - putting power in their hands."
The government says the devolution deal will:
Cornwall Council leader John Pollard sad it was brilliant news.
"This gives Cornwall greater powers over public sector funding. This is the first stage of a longer journey towards delivering the full case for Cornwall," he said.
It's been clear over the last week or so that the government was very keen to finalise a devolution deal for Cornwall, but the agreement reached between Cornwall Council and ministers has been driven through by the government before the council had submitted its "Case for Cornwall" - a document, months in the preparation, asking for a much wider range of powers. Will the government still consider the more ambitious Case for Cornwall? Or does this announcement represent Cornwall's devolution settlement for the foreseeable future?
Cornwall councillors approved the plans in a private meeting on Tuesday.
Council members gave leader Mr Pollard a mandate to sign off an agreement with the government but both UKIP and Labour members voted against the deal.
Cornwall Council said it would now work with local partners and civil servants in London to develop detailed plans to implement the proposals.


Scotland's annual snowsports festival is to be held on Saturday with enough snow in some places for skiing and snowboarding.

Glencoe Mountain, Nevis Range, CairnGorm Mountain and Glenshee are preparing to hold events for Ski-Scotland's Snow Fest.
Glenshee does not have enough snow for snowsports, but is taking part by holding a live music event.
Heather Negus, of Ski-Scotland, said the winter had been "challenging".
The chairwoman of the snowsports industry body said: "No one can deny that it's been a challenging winter for Scotland's snowsports areas.
"However, it's not really been a mild winter. We have had good snow and some brilliant overhead weather for t-shirt skiing, but the fluctuating temperatures have meant that it's been a bit of a stop-start season so far."
She added: "Remember that we usually expect to ski well into May and that in previous years which had this sort of weather pattern there have often been large dumps of snow well into the spring."
Over the last few days, Glencoe, CairnGorm and Nevis Range have benefited from fresh snowfalls.
The sites provide updates on skiing conditions on their websites.


The two Muslim women in headscarves pull out weeds from between chardonnay vines at a vineyard in north eastern Tunisia.

They say that their faith is no barrier to doing their job.
"What else can we do? There is no other work," says one of the women.
"We don't drink in our family," adds her friend. "But everyone should decide for themselves."
The two women continue to tend the rows of budding vines under a bright blue sky. But this picturesque scene is sadly no longer the sort of image that springs to mind at the mention of Tunisia.
The north African country has instead been the focus of attention recently following the deadly attack on holidaymakers in the seaside resort of Port El Kantaoui, near the city of Sousse, on 26 June.
In the attack, for which the Islamic State group claimed responsibility, a gunman opened fire on a beach and at a hotel killing 38 tourists.
With foreign governments now advising against travelling to Tunisia, the country's tourism sector - a vital part of its economy - faces an uncertain future.
Yet while the Tunisian holiday industry will inevitably be most affected by the fear of further Islamist violence, and the knock-on big reduction in tourist numbers, the country's wine producers are also now increasingly nervous.
Although it may seem odd to some that a Muslim country like Tunisia has a wine industry, given that alcohol is generally considered to be forbidden under Islam, the drink has been made in the country since before Roman times.
And while production diminished after the introduction of Islam in the 7th Century, it never completely stopped. Under French rule between 1881 and 1956 it increased substantially.
Following the departure of French winemakers, and the nationalisation of the industry, the sector saw decades of decline.
However, some Tunisians still to this day discreetly enjoy a glass or two of wine, especially in the north of the country.
Wine is available for them to buy in large supermarkets, with the only restriction that it cannot be bought on Fridays, the Islamic holy day, or during the month of Ramadan, which this year is due to end this weekend.
And in the past decade, the quality of Tunisian wine has increased greatly. The state-run monopoly on production has been removed, clearing the way for the establishment of more than 10 ambitious privately-owned wineries.
Last year industry figures estimate that Tunisians drank 14.3 million bottles of the country's wine, only slightly fewer than the 14.4 million bottles consumed by visiting tourists.
But with foreign holidaymakers now staying away, the country's winemakers may be left with a lot of unsold wine on their hands.
And there is fear that Islamist extremists may turn their attention to the industry.
One Tunisian winemaker asked not to be quoted in this article, saying that the authorities had advised caution, and that he had to be discreet because of security concerns. But others remain upbeat and open.
Among the rolling hills, olive groves and fruit trees of the Cap Bon region in north eastern Tunisia - the centre of the country's wine industry - lies the winery Domaine Neferis.
"Since there are now more competitors, the quality has increased," says Samia Ben Ali, showing the oak barrels in which her red wine matures.
The 39-year-old, who learned the trade in Australia, is currently the only female Tunisian winemaker.
"My work is my passion," she says. "Not many people get to do what they want."
Despite being often warned not to talk to the media, Ms Ben Ali says: "I think it's important to let the rest of the world see that women in Tunisia can do the work they want to do."
She adds that drinking wine is certainly not taboo in her family.
"I come from the Kerkennah Islands [which lie off Tunisia's eastern coast], where people have been making wine at home for centuries."
When the moderate Islamic party Ennahda came to power in Tunisia after the 2011 revolution, there was an initial fear that alcohol would be banned.
Instead the government only increased the tax on alcoholic drinks, and this had no impact on sales. And in last year's general election Ennahda was replaced by the secular Nidaa Tounes party.
At the nearby winery, Societe Ceptunes, winemaker Yacine Amami pours a glass of white wine.
The 43-year-old, who has a Tunisian father and a German mother, says that wine will always be popular in some quarters of the country.
"Throughout the history of mankind, people have wanted to drink," he says.
A few hours drive to the west, past golden wheat fields and flocks of sheep, another woman is working in the Tunisian wine industry.
Pilar Rodrigo Monzon, a 49-year-old Spaniard, is the owner of a winery called Domaine Shadrapa.
After previously working for Tunisia's former state-run wine company, Les Vignerons de Carthage, she took over the then run down Shadrapa site nine years ago.
Many years previously it had been owned by a Frenchman who left the country when Tunisia gained independence.
Mrs Monzon says the picturesque hilly landscape is an excellent spot to grow grapes.
"The French chose a good place for the wine industry here," she says.
With foreign tourists staying away, many Tunisian winemakers are now hoping to sell more of their wine abroad. With exports in 2013 only totalling two million bottles, there is much scope for growth.
However, French-Dutch wine expert Christian Callec says Tunisia may find it difficult to greatly increase this number.
"It's difficult to convince people to buy Tunisian wine when there are already so many other wines in the world," he says. "There is [also] no money to do large-scale promotions and compete with the aggressive campaigns from other countries."
Ms Ben Ali agrees that "it's difficult to compete with cheap wines from Californian, Chile and South Africa".
Yet while Tunisian winemakers may have longer term concerns, most are now looking forward to this weekend's festival of Eid al-Fitr, which will mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Many Tunisians include drinking wine in their Eid celebration, so much so that wine sales are typically double that of normal times of the year.


Ann Barnes has failed to impress in her role as Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner, David Cameron has said.

The Prime Minister told BBC Radio Kent that he "wasn't particularly happy" about what he had heard about her.
"I don't think she's making a very good fist of her job... the people of Kent elected her, they can un-elect her at the next available opportunity."
The BBC has been unable to contact Mrs Barnes for her reaction to his comments, as she is away on holiday.
Mr Cameron's remarks follow a Channel 4 documentary last month, in which Mrs Barnes admitted she should not have taken part.
The "fly-on-the-wall" TV programme Meet the Police Commissioner, saw Mrs Barnes talk about her Â£85,000-a-year role.
At points in the broadcast, she struggled to explain an approach to policing priorities called "the onion", brought her dogs into the office and failed to write her title correctly on a whiteboard.
Mrs Barnes was also criticised last year after she appointed teenager Paris Brown as Kent's first youth commissioner.
Ms Brown later resigned over comments she had posted on Twitter.
However, earlier this month, within days of the Channel 4 programme, it was claimed Ms Brown's replacement had been involved in a relationship with 50-year-old former county councillor and youth leader Robert Burgess.
Kerry Boyd, 20, has since not undertaken any public engagements.
The BBC has also learned that Mrs Barnes will still be on holiday when a new policing model for Kent is introduced on Tuesday.
When asked about this, the Prime Minister said that while she was responsible for her own movements, "that doesn't sound particularly impressive".
"As I've said, I don't think she has impressed in this role," Mr Cameron added.


Glamorgan seam bowler Ruaidhri Smith has signed a contract extension which keeps him at the club until 2019.

Glasgow-born Smith, 21, is a product of the Welsh development system and finishes a degree at Bristol University in 2016.
He has played 14 first-class matches, but missed much of the 2015 season because of injury and university studies.
Smith has also represented his native Scotland.
He told the club's website: "I've grown up supporting Glamorgan, so to sign a new long-term contract at the club is really pleasing for me.
"There's a few of us coming up through the age groups, such as Andrew Salter and David Lloyd, and hopefully we can make an impression in the first team."
Smith has a highest first-class score of 57 not out, and best bowling figures of 3-23.
Glamorgan chief executive and director of cricket Hugh Morris said: "Ruaidhri is a very talented young bowler who has shown real potential since coming into the first team squad."
Earlier this week, spinner Andrew Salter also signed a three-year contract extension, while experienced wicketkeeper-batsman Mark Wallace agreed a deal for a further year.


Outgoing chairman Jim Mann says Kilmarnock Football Club "must do better" after reporting a loss of £724,406 for the year to 30 May 2015.

Mann, who will step down at the club's annual meeting later this month, also stated the board's desire for new investors in the club.
"Losses on this scale are unsustainable in the longer term,"  he said.
"And urgent action is being taken to stem them and to increase income via season ticket and match-day pricing."
It is the first set of accounts since the Scottish Premiership club reorganised their finances in a deal that eliminated its debt in March 2014.
One of the main reasons for such a heavy loss - up from £453,272 for the previous year - was their 10th-place finish in the Premiership last season having budgeted for seventh.
Mann described this as "a very disappointing outcome" that had the effect of reduced income, poor attendances and lower than expected season ticket sales.
The warning signs are also there for the present financial year, with the threat of relegation hanging over the Ayrshire club.
Kilmarnock currently sit in the relegation play-off spot, eight points above bottom side Dundee United and four points behind 10th-placed Hamilton Academical with five games remaining.
"In a recent BBC Scotland survey, we were shown to be the least expensive Premiership club to support in a number of categories," said Mann.
"Despite this, attendances and season ticket sales have continued to fall and this is a major concern for the club."
At last year's AGM, following the restructuring of the finances that left Killie debt free without bank overdraft facilities, Mann said they needed to be a financially self-sufficient club.
The hope was that this would come from a combination of well-controlled costs, success on the field, player sales and performances that would drive higher attendances and season ticket sales.
"Our report card on this would read, must do better, and this is clearly the major focus for the board," Mann added.
The club and the Killie Trust supporters group are currently working together on a scheme that will raise working capital through fan investment.
As part of this initiative, which they hope to launch in the next few months, supporters will be given representation on the board.


A firm that promised to block all nuisance calls has been fined by the Information Commissioner - for making nuisance calls itself.

Point One Marketing - trading as Stop the Calls - was said to have operated in a "bullying and aggressive way".
The company, based in Bournemouth, claimed it was an official service to stop nuisance calls.
It was fined Â£50,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), following hundreds of complaints.
Some people said they had been shouted at when they asked the company not to call them again.
One woman who suffered from dementia was persuaded to hand over her credit card details.
"They tried to sell a product that they claimed would stop nuisance calls, knowing full well they were responsible for so many such calls themselves," said the ICO's head of enforcement, Stephen Eckersley.
"That they operated in what appears to have been such a bullying, aggressive way only makes matters worse."
The official way to stop nuisance calls is through the Telephone Preference Service, which is free to use.


A video of a police worker dancing with a stranger in a shopping centre has been viewed online more than 50,000 times.

PCSO Steve Hopley was filmed waltzing with the unnamed woman in Wolverhampton's Mander Centre.
Despite not dancing for 30 years, the officer was persuaded by a colleague to join in when he saw people dancing in the shopping centre.
He said there had been a "very positive" reaction to the video.
"It shows the normal side to West Midlands Police", he said.
Watch police officer dancing with young concert-goers in Manchester
PCSO Hopley was on his way to patrol the shopping centre with his colleague on Tuesday when they saw people dancing.
"I said to my colleague, 'I used to do that many years ago', and then he went off, and the next thing I know he's brought one of the dancers over to dance with me," he said.
Chloe Blower, 19, from Wolverhampton, filmed and posted the video online.
"I thought it was amazing.  It just goes to show that whatever's going on, we'll still come together," she said.
The video has also garnered PCSO Hopley a new nickname. "They call me 'Twinkle Toes' now," he said.
"I put a uniform on and I have a role to fulfil.  It just happened that I had some free time and got to be involved in a community event."


The Home Office has been criticised for failing to complete a project to boost UK border security - despite spending at least £830 million on it.

The e-borders scheme was meant to collect and analyse data on everyone travelling to and from the UK before they arrive at ports and airports.
But the National Audit Office says checks remain "highly manual and inefficient", and IT systems outdated.
The Home Office says all UK arrivals are checked against watch lists.
The e-borders scheme has been dogged by problems since its launch in 2003, and in 2014, the head of the UK Border Force, Sir Charles Montgomery, told MPs it had been "terminated" in its current form.
By collecting advanced passenger information (API), such as passport numbers and nationalities, it was meant to allow officials to "export the border" by preventing people from embarking on journeys to the UK where they were considered a threat.
Among the report's key findings:
The NAO said a database known as the Warning Index - designed to flag up known criminals or terrorists - was still being used eight years after it should have been retired.
While it has been upgraded, it is "still far from good" and suffers an average of two "high priority incidents a week".
These breakdowns include situations where part of the system is not available or performing too slowly to function, or where it is inaccessible at 30% or more control points at a port or airport.
The Home Office insisted contingency arrangements were in place for when those incidents occurred.
Analysis: Danny Shaw, BBC home affairs correspondent
This is a devastating critique of a project presented by the Home Office, first under Labour, as the key to securing Britain's borders. In fact, as the report reveals, the programme has been torpedoed by its ambition.
Collecting and assessing advance passenger information on more than 200 million journeys a year was always going to be hard task - involving co-ordinating the supply of data from 600 air, ferry and rail carriers and 30 government agencies.
Add in creaking computer systems, a high turnover of key staff and a draining legal dispute with the private contractor, and it's clear that ministers and officials over-reached themselves.
There's little doubt more advance passenger information is available now than in 2003, when the scheme was first developed, but the costs have risen hugely with some border checks still being conducted using scraps of paper.
The Warning Index operates alongside another system called semaphore, but the NAO said the failure to integrate them meant staff still had to check passports manually and consult printed A4 sheets when probing suspicious vehicle registrations.
Amyas Morse, head of the NAO, said e-borders had not "delivered value for money".
"Some valuable capabilities have been added to our border defences during the life of this project, though their efficiency is impaired by a failure to replace old IT systems," he added.
Keith Vaz, chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, described the report as a "devastating indictment" of the e-borders project.
"With the terrorism threat level currently at severe, a failure to properly cover millions of people entering the country without having passenger information in advance gives a green light to people who wish to come to the UK for illegal or dangerous activity," he said.
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Immigration Minister James Brokenshire said every passenger arriving in the UK was checked against a range of watch lists.
"The e-borders programme was set up under the Labour government and when that contract ended in 2010, our immediate priority was to invest in stabilising the crucial but old-fashioned systems, to tackle the fast-evolving terrorist, criminal and illegal immigration threats faced by the UK.
"The Border Systems Portfolio, in conjunction with a range of programmes across security and law enforcement, is working effectively to keep our citizens safe and our country secure."


The public has voted Francis Crawford of Lymond the most popular character from a Scottish book.

The central character of Dorothy Dunnett's Lymond Chronicles was joined in the list by Ian Rankin's Rebus, Sherlock Holmes and Oor Wullie.
Francis Begbie from Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting came second by one vote.
The poll attracted more than 3,150 votes from 28 countries including Argentina, Singapore and Qatar.
Edinburgh-based JK Rowling earned two places in the list for Hermione Granger (sixth) and Harry Potter (joint ninth).
Begbie made a late climb into second place on Wednesday after Welsh promised to write a Begbie-based book if the character won.
You can test your knowledge about the top 10 characters by taking our quiz.
The vote, part of Scottish Book Week, invited the public to choose from a shortlist of 50 titles compiled by a panel of experts to reflect the variety of Scottish writing.
The full list is as follows:
Marc Lambert, director of Scottish Book Trust, said: "Francis Crawford of Lymond may be an unknown name to many, but Dorothy Dunnett's enduring popularity, sustained over the years by her legions of devoted fans, is testament to the strength of writing talent that we enjoy in Scotland.
"Literature is one of the best ways of really inhabiting another person's thoughts, and is the reason why people have such strong feelings about their favourite character. It isn't always a traditionally 'nice' character who gets under people's skin either, as is proven by Begbie and Miss Jean Brodie's positions in the top 10."
Commenting on Katie Morag's position in the poll, Mairi Hedderwick said: "I'm delighted that Katie Morag is still a favourite book character. All of 33 years old, she is now treading the TV boards but her first home will always be on the page. Long live books!"
If voters could not see their character of choice on the shortlist, they could nominate one.
Jocky Scott, a character from cult comedy novel The Tartan Special One by Dundee-born Barry Phillips, won the most wildcard votes and came 14th in the list.


An 11-year-old boy injured in a crash in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, on Wednesday has died in hospital.

The boy was the passenger in a car which was in collision with a van on Lough Shore Road at about 13:00 BST.
The 23-year-old driver of the car and the 47-year-old driver of the van were also taken to hospital.
Their injuries were believed to be serious, but not life-threatening. Police have appealed for witnesses to the crash to contact them.


Scientists at the University of Florida (UF) say they have developed software that can stop the growing problem of ransomware in its tracks.

Ransomware encrypts computer files and is used by hackers who then demand money in exchange for freeing the content.
It is becoming a huge problem globally.
The solution - dubbed CryptoDrop - detected the malware and stopped it after it had encrypted just a handful of files, said its developers.
Patrick Traynor, an associate professor in UF's department of computer and information science, worked with PhD student Nolen Scaife and Henry Carter, from Villanova University, on the software.
"Our system is more of an early-warning system," Mr Scaife said.
"It doesn't prevent the ransomware from starting... it prevents the ransomware from completing its taskâ€¦ so you lose only a couple of pictures or a couple of documents rather than everything that's on your hard drive, and it relieves you of the burden of having to pay the ransom."
In tests, CryptoDrop had spotted 100% of malware samples and stopped it after an average of 10 files had been encrypted, researchers said.
In May, the FBI issued a warning saying that the number of ransomware attacks had doubled in the past year and was expected to grow even more rapidly this year.
It said that it had received more than 2,400 complaints last year and estimated losses from such attacks at $24m (Â£18m) for individuals and businesses.
Governments, large companies, banks, hospitals and educational institutions are all among the victims of such attacks.
Richard Cassidy, an expert at security firm Alert Logic said of CryptoDrop: "Whilst the step taken by researchers at the University of Florida are indeed a novel way in which to detect and contain ransomware, it doesn't serve as the 'silver bullet' for ransomware as a whole."
"There are new variants being written all the time and ransomware writers will indeed take the time to dissect and understand how this new technology operates, creating versions that will attempt to either bypass detection, or at the very least search more effectively for likely sensitive files, before encrypting them, with the hope of having the biggest impact of securing a ransom payment."
The team at UF currently has a prototype that works with Windows-based systems.
It is seeking a commercial partner for the software, having recently presented its paper on the technology at a conference in Japan.


York City have made their 10th summer signing in defender Matt Fry from Braintree on a two-year deal.

The 25-year-old came through the youth system at West Ham and has also had spells at Bradford and Charlton.
He made 27 league appearances for Braintree last season as they were beaten in the National League play-off semi-finals.
Fry has is the Minstermen's second signing of the day after Joshua Robinson joined from Crusaders.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Work on a major bypass in Gwynedd is facing delays as talks continue over protecting wildlife.

Construction on the £65m Bontnewydd road was due to start towards the end of this year.
The Welsh Government said it rejected suggestions of "huge delays" to the scheme.
Orders detailing the project were due to be published in the spring. They are now expected to be made public in August.
Arfon AM Sian Gwenllian has said she fears the construction work could be put back by up to a year.
"The orders were supposed to have been published at the beginning of this year, and they haven't been, and it's likely that this scheme will not proceed for at least another 12 months," she warned assembly members last week.
"I understand that the problem is a dispute as regards what to do about the bats."
The six-mile (10km) route will take the new road around the current bottlenecks between Bontnewydd and Caernarfon, linking with the Felinheli bypass.
The new road will cross two rivers, and requires seven bridges.
A Welsh Government spokesperson said on Tuesday: "In order to assure everyone that the most appropriate environmental mitigation measures are being implemented, some short additional surveys are having to be undertaken in the next few weeks."
Officials said they expected construction work to get under way in August or September in 2017.
Welsh Government documents had suggested the work should have started by the end of this year.
Peter Evans,  the protected species officer for Natural Resources Wales, said the route passes close to a special area of conservation.
"There are concerns because this is a migration route for animals like the otter and the lesser horseshoe bat, which are protected species," he said.
"We are working with the developers at present to get more information about how bats use the land along the route."


Frances O'Grady, general secretary of trade union umbrella body the TUC, has been talking about pay on the BBC News Channel.

The claim: Workers' living standards have been falling far too fast for far too long.
Reality Check verdict: Average pay adjusted for prices has been rising for the past couple of years, but is still below the level it was 10 years ago, before the financial crisis.
"I think all major parties need to wake up to the fact that workers' living standards… have been falling far too fast for too long," she said.
The usual measure of whether living standards are falling is whether pay is rising faster than prices.
This chart adjusts average pay for changes in inflation, measured by the consumer price index (CPI), to give real average earnings.
It's been a tough 10 years for pay.
Real average earnings have still not returned to the level they were at before the financial crisis.
If prices are rising faster than wages then people's spending power falls.
In the last few years, low levels of inflation have meant that pay rises have on average outstripped price rises.
But inflation has now been boosted, partly by the rising price of imports caused by the falling value of the pound since the EU referendum was called.
You can see from this chart that average prices and pay are currently running at about the same rate.
While real wages are still below their pre-financial crisis levels, they have been rising since the autumn of 2014, although that appears to have stalled now.
But all of these figures are based on averages, which do not help with the experiences of different areas and sectors of the country.
Many workers in the public sector have had pay increases capped at 1%, which has generally been below the rate of inflation.
Levels of pay vary considerably throughout the country, with average earnings on the whole higher in the south-east of England than in most of the rest of the country.
Average pay has also grown faster for people who have been in jobs for more than a year, which some people have interpreted as meaning that it is new jobs being created that are dragging down average pay.
However, it may also be argued that it just shows more stable jobs tend to be better paid.
Bank of England governor Mark Carney warned last week that "wages won't keep up with prices" this year, meaning "a more challenging time for British households".
The latest figures for inflation will be released on Tuesday, with average earnings being updated as part of the labour market figures on Wednesday.
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British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland is sending out the wrong message to his players, says former Lions assistant Eddie O'Sullivan.

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Gatland reacted angrily to questions on his "Warrenball" tactics, and said his side will play attacking rugby.
But O'Sullivan, part of the Lions coaching staff in New Zealand in 2005, says Gatland is "reacting to stuff he doesn't need to react to".
"He has certainly made a rod for his back now," O'Sullivan told BBC 5 live.
The former Ireland head coach added: "At the moment he is prickling at a lot of things, and it's very early days for that, it's a long tour.
"So I'm surprised a coach of his experience got sucked into the "Warrenball" debate. It has put pressure straight away on the team to put in a big performance against the Blues.
"It is just symptomatic I suppose of the pressure he is under."
Following the underwhelming 13-7 win over the Provincial Barbarians, Gatland cited jetlag and a lack of time in New Zealand as reasons behind the team's sluggish performance.
"The references to needing more preparation time is almost telling the squad that they are in trouble," O'Sullivan added.
"If he thinks they need more preparation time - which they can't change - it is sending the wrong message to the squad.
"It's something you might say at the end of the tour when you are reviewing it. It's very hard to put that out on the first week on the tour."
And with two crucial games coming up this week against the Blues on Wednesday and Crusaders on Saturday, O'Sullivan has warned things could only get worse for Gatland and the Lions.
"He probably needs to step back a bit and get on with it," O'Sullivan continued.
"If the New Zealanders feel they can go for him, they will go for him. This is off the back of being asked a fairly innocuous question at the first press conference, so I think he probably needs to just cool his jets a little bit."
The Lions' first Test against the All Blacks is on 24 June at Eden Park in Auckland, the venue for their next game against the Blues.


Unaffiliated councillor David Simpson is on course to become the new leader of Pembrokeshire county council, after his only opponent withdrew.

The council is due to elect its new leader next Thursday.
Jamie Adams, former leader and member of the Independent Plus Political Group (IPPG), has removed his name from the contest.
The IPPG has led the council since 1996 but lost 20 councillors in the local elections earlier this month.
Mr Simpson stepped down from Pembrokeshire's cabinet and left the IPPG in 2014 over disagreements about the way the group was being run by Mr Adams.
He said at the time it was the efforts of Rob Lewis to derail the investigatory committee into former chief executive Bryn Parry Jones which led to his resignation.
Mr Simpson has already won the backing of the Labour, Liberal Democrat and Conservative members in his leadership bid.


More than 30,000 alleged crimes linked to schools were reported to police in 2014, a BBC investigation has found.

The figure - for England, Wales and Northern Ireland - is equivalent to 160 allegations per school day. Theft and violent crime were the most common types of offence to be reported.
The NSPCC said the number of reported sexual offences - 1,502 - was worrying.
The government said crime had "no place in our schools" and it had given teachers greater powers to tackle it.
Data was collated from 32 forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, which responded to a Freedom of Information request from the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
It is not known how many reports led to convictions.
A total of 30,394 crimes were reported place at primary schools, secondary schools and further education establishments - excluding universities - in 2014, according to the data of 32 forces. In 2013, there were 28,444 crime reports.
Theft, burglary or robbery was the most common offence, with 13,003 incidents reported. There were 9,319 reports of violent crime, 4,106 reports of criminal damage or arson, and 754 reported drugs offences.
Some forces did not provide data on sexual offences, citing the Data Protection Act. But in the 25 that did respond fully, 1,502 crimes were recorded.
The largest number of crimes were reported to the Metropolitan Police, Greater Manchester Police and West Midlands Police.
Supt Laurence Taylor - the policing lead for children and young people at a regional level - believes it is key for police forces to have a continued footprint in schools.
"If we don't get it right with policing in schools, we miss opportunities to intervene at an early stage to prevent children's behavioural issues becoming more problematic in later life," he said.
"It is important we break down barriers between children and police, intervene early when problems do arise and support schools in pupils' education [regarding issues such as online safety]."
His force, Sussex Police, currently has 27 dedicated neighbourhood schools officers, who each work with a cluster of schools in the region.
But, he added, while some forces were investing more in schools officers, others were reducing their provisions because of pressure on resources.
A government spokesman said: "Crime and violent behaviour have no place in our schools.
"We have put teachers back in charge of the classroom.
"They can search pupils without consent, confiscate prohibited items and use reasonable force to remove disruptive pupils from the classroom when necessary.
"We know many good schools already work with the police and other organisations to educate pupils and protect them from harm and involvement in crime."
*Some of the data in these files has been redacted
**These files have limited data
Note: The data has come from Freedom of Information responses from 32 UK police forces. In some cases, data that could have led to the identification of individuals was removed. Data for Cambridgeshire Police was created by the BBC on the basis of information supplied by the force. Some forces included information about universities. These numbers were removed from the overall analysis.
Additional data research by Pupul Chatterjee and Antia Geada.
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Police investigating a serious crash on the outskirts of Aberdeen have appealed for a driver who may have information to come forward.

A 19-year-old man and 22-year-old woman were badly injured after the crash on the B979 stretch of South Deeside Road on Tuesday night.
One of the cars burst into flames.
Police Scotland want to speak to driver of a dark 4x4 with a personalised registration.
Another driver police wanted to speak to has been traced.
The crash happened about 200m west of the Deeside Holiday Park, near the Peterculter bridge.
It involved a blue Ford Fiesta and a Ford Ka, which caught fire and was completely burnt out as a result of the collision.


The way cycling deaths are treated by police and prosecutors may need to change, the former Director of Public Prosecutions has said.

Sir Keir Starmer said there was a "very strong case" for the Crown Prosecution Service to make the final decision on whether to prosecute cases.
Currently, police forces in England and Wales decide whether to pass a case on to the CPS after investigating a death.
The CPS said cases should be referred to a prosecutor as early as possible.
Department of Transport figures show 113 cyclists were killed in the UK last year.
Last year a Freedom of Information request by BBC's Newsbeat found that between 2007 and 2014 there were 276 recorded incidents where a cyclist was killed in an accident involving a motor vehicle.
Of these, 148 - 54% - resulted in the driver of the vehicle being charged with an offence. Of those found guilty, fewer than half went to prison.
Sir Keir, now a Labour MP, told the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire programme that if a death was involved and it was serious enough to have had a criminal investigation "then it really ought to go off to the CPS for the final decision".
In Scotland, if evidence suggests the driver is to blame for a collision that leads to a cyclist's death, a report is to be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
But data compiled from a 2014 freedom of information request to Police Scotland suggests this happened in only a small number of cases.
Cycling campaigners are calling for a change in liability - who is considered responsible for a collision - in civil cases.
At the moment there is no presumption on either side.
Last year, my dad Mick was killed as he cycled through central London.
After three weeks in a coma, he died.
At the inquest the driver said the first she realised was when she heard a noise, like something falling from the sky. The coroner returned a verdict of accidental death.
We had questions about how the police were investigating from very early on. Potential witnesses weren't chased as we would have liked and we felt they just didn't think about what we were going through.
A year on from my dad's death we held a vigil at the spot where his crash happened.
That day, the police told a journalist they would pass the case to prosecutors - which could lead to a trial. It felt like progress.
But this changed just four days later when police again went straight to the journalist, saying the case was actually closed.
I still want to know more about what happened on the night of my dad's crash and the only option for my family is a private prosecution.
The Met Police said they followed all available lines of enquiry in this case.
Rhia Favero, from the cycling charity CTC, said it supported the argument of "presumed liability" - placing the onus on the driver to demonstrate they were only partially liable for an accident.
"Currently it's often on the victim to prove liability - which seems very unfair, " she said.
Sir Keir said the debate over liability had been going on for some time.
"You have to be very careful with this - and I certainly wouldn't want to go to strict liability where it's automatically thought one party is at fault - but we may need to start looking again at that balance," he said.
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A senior lawyer who has dealt with a number of cases involving cyclists said he thought it was problematic that some senior police officers have said they would not commute on a bike in the capital.
Martin Porter QC said:  "They're looking at cycling as a dangerous activity. Their emphasis then, and the emphasis of some coroners, is upon whether a cyclist is wearing a crash helmet or high visibility equipment, rather than on whether the people driving in the vicinity of vulnerable road users like cyclists are taking the appropriate amount of care not to collide with them."
Suzette Davenport, roads policing lead for National Police Chiefs' Council, said: "I wouldn't do that, because it's too busy, there are too many risks.
"One of the things as a police officer, but also in my roads policing role, is my sense of risk is so heightened because of what we deal with on a day-to-day basis. We know there are a range of people who don't go home at the end of the day."
The head of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, has also previously said he would not cycle in London.
A CPS spokeswoman said the police could make the decision to take no further action.
She added: "Guidelines on early investigative advice state that specific cases, including those involving a death, should always be referred to an Area Prosecutor as early as possible."
The Victoria Derbyshire programme is broadcast on weekdays between 09:15 and 11:00 on BBC Two and the BBC News channel.


Members of a child sex ring abused two vulnerable schoolgirls on a "massive scale", a court has heard.

One girl, who was aged 12 or 13 at the time, alleges she was abused and passed between 60 men who had sex with her, in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.
Eleven men, on trial at the Old Bailey, variously deny 52 sexual offences between 2006 and 2012.
Prosecutor Oliver Saxby QC said the girls were conditioned into believing their "horrifying" ordeal was normal.
Both came from troubled backgrounds and wanted to feel grown up when they were taken in by the men.
Charges included the multiple rape of a child under 13, child prostitution and administering a substance to "stupefy" a girl in order to engage in sexual activity.
In all, 45 charges relate to one child, who cannot be identified for legal reasons and is known as "A", and four against a second girl, referred to as "B".
Mr Saxby said: "This case concerns child sexual exploitation on a massive scale.
"It features two young girls who were... sexually abused from the age of 12 or 13.
"Both girls were from unstable backgrounds, making perfect targets.
"Their lives were 'off the rails'. They were looking for excitement, for attention, for somewhere to hang out away from school and home.
"They were wanting to feel grown up and looked after. And they were easy prey for a group of men wanting casual sexual gratification that was easy, regular and readily available."
Mr Saxby said the girls were befriended and given gifts such as alcohol, DVDs, food, and occasionally drugs.
"They were children, they spoke in terms of these men being their boyfriends. And they were passed from man to man - sometimes on a daily basis.
"The scale of it is, you may agree, horrifying. A estimated that she had sex with about 60 men," said Mr Saxby.
The 11 on trial are accused of being among the men who abused the schoolgirls.
At the time they lived in Aylesbury where the alleged abuse occurred and some were friends.
The trial continues.
Vikram Singh, 45, of Cannock Road, Aylesbury, is charged with four counts of rape, four counts of sexual activity with a child, and one of administering a substance with intent.
Harmohan Nangpal, 41, of Langdale Drive, Hayes, is accused of one count of rape, and one count of sexual activity with a child.
Asif Hussain, 33, of Hodge Lea, Milton Keynes, face three counts of rape, three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of arranging child prostitution.
Arshad Jani, 33, of Cousins Drive, Aylesbury, denies one count of rape, and a further count of sexual activity with a child.
Mohammed Imran, 38, of Springcliffe Street, Bradford, is accused of three counts of rape, three counts of sexual activity with a child, two counts of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child, two counts of conspiracy to rape and one count of child prostitution.
Akbari Khan, 36, of Mandeville Road, Aylesbury, denies two counts of rape, one count of of sexual activity with a child, and one each of administering a substance with intent, conspiracy to rape, and conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.
Taimoor Khan, 29, of Highbridge Road, Aylesbury, is charged with one count of rape, one count of sexual activity with a child, one count of conspiracy to rape, and one count of conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.
Jerome Joe, 35, of Pightle Crescent, Buckingham, is charged with one count of rape and a single count of sexual activity with a child.
Sajad Ali, 34, of Brockhurst Road, Chesham, is charged with rape, sexual activity with a child and administering a substance.
Sohail Qamar, 41, of St Anne's Road, Aylesbury, is accused of sexual activity with a child, two counts of rape, and assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
Faisal Iqbal, 32, of Pixie Road, Aylesbury, is on trial accused of conspiracy to rape and conspiracy to commit sexual activity with a child.


A World War Two aircraft has taken part in a memorial flypast over a village where a Wellington Bomber crashed 75 years ago killing its crew.

The Dakota, from the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, performed at the event held in tribute to the five men who died, near Ilkeston, on 12 July 1942.
The crew's W5795 was on a secret experimental flight when it came down on a field in Stanley, Derbyshire.
A service, attended by relatives, was followed by a 1942-themed parade.
The men were flying at 35,000 feet to see whether it was possible to fly over the top of German fighters.
But, a propeller on the bomber sheared off and tore through the pressurised cabin causing the fatal air crash.
Hillary Eddleston, whose father Mr Radford was the rear gunner on the bomber, was amongst the dozens of people at the service at St Andrews Church.
She said: "It has brought closure to us as a family because the bomber crashed when my mother was only six week pregnant with me, so I never knew my father."
Ms Eddleston added it was "really lovely" that her children and grandchildren were at the even to mark the 75th anniversary.
Mr Radfords's great-granddaughter Rosin Eddleston-McGrath said: "All the men died in the war so we can have our future and have peace, so it's really special to be here."
Ex-serviceman Terry Hall, one of the organisers, said he and church warden Bernard Walters, who witnessed the crash as a boy, commissioned a memorial to honour the five men.


What will the US withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement mean for the rest of the world?

There's no doubt that President Trump's withdrawal will make it more difficult for the world to reach the goals that it set for itself in the Paris agreement - keeping global temperature rises well under 2C. The US contributes about 15% of global emissions of carbon, but it is also a significant source of finance and technology for developing countries in their efforts to fight rising temperatures.
There's also a question of moral leadership, which the US will be giving up, which may have consequences for other diplomatic efforts. Michael Brune, from US environmentalists, the Sierra Club, said the expected withdrawal was a "historic mistake which our grandchildren will look back on with stunned dismay at how a world leader could be so divorced from reality and morality".
Will Paris pull-out hurt Trump?
The key relationship that brokered the Paris agreement was between the US and China. President Obama and President Xi Jinping were able to find enough common ground to build a so-called "coalition of high ambition" with small island states and the EU. China has rapidly re-affirmed its commitment to the Paris accord and will issue a statement with the EU tomorrow pledging greater co-operation to cut carbon.
"No one should be left behind, but the EU and China have decided to move forward," said EU climate commissioner Miguel Arias CaÃ±ete. It's also likely that Canada and Mexico could emerge as significant players from the Americas in global efforts to stem rising temperatures.
One of the strongest voices in favour of the US staying in the Paris deal has been corporate America. Leaders of companies such as Google, Apple and hundreds of other including major fossil fuel producers such as Exxon Mobil have urged the President to stick with Paris.
The Exxon chief executive Darren Woods wrote a personal letter to Trump saying the US is "well positioned to compete" with the accord in place and staying in means "a seat at the negotiating table to ensure a level playing field".
The shift in the US away from coal is mirrored in other developed countries. The UK will phase out coal for the generation of electricity by 2025 - the number of jobs in the US coal industry is now just a half of the number employed in solar.
While developing countries are likely to still depend on coal for decades to come as their primary source of energy, the impact on air quality and public anger about pollution will be a limiting factor.
The tumbling price of renewables is also encouraging emerging economies to leapfrog to greener sources.  In recent auctions in India, the price of solar energy was 18% lower than the average price for electricity generated by coal-fired plants.
Despite President Trump's withdrawal from the accord, US carbon will continue to drop. The projections are that they will fall about half as much as had been planned by President Obama. That's because US energy production is now powered more by gas than by coal.
The fracking revolution has seen a huge jump in the production and a huge drop in the price of natural gas. Energy producers like gas because it is flexible and integrates better with renewable sources which are also growing rapidly.
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Morecambe boss Jim Bentley has questioned whether the club negotiated the best deal for Tom Barkhuizen when he moved to Preston in January.

He has scored four goals in eight games since his move to the Lilywhites.
Ex-Blackpool player Barkhuizen, 23, had mutually cancelled his deal at the Shrimps but the League Two side did get compensation for the transfer.
"Let's not forget we've sold our best player who is now pulling up trees at Preston," said Bentley.
He told BBC Radio Lancashire: "For me, the people who negotiated that deal could've done better.
"Without going too in depth because he could easily get a move again, there are certain things that I was unhappy with in that department."


Amnesty International has warned of a catastrophic decline in human rights in Egypt, a year after the military ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The campaign group says at least 16,000 people have been detained in the last year alone as part of the government's bid to silence Mr Morsi's supporters.
Eighty of the detainees have died in custody, the report adds.
Security was tight for the anniversary of Mr Morsi's removal, with his supporters turning out to protest.
Egyptian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters who had gathered across the capital and the coastal city of Alexandria on Thursday, with reports of dozens of arrests.
The authorities have cracked down harshly on Islamists and other political opponents since former President Mohammed Morsi, who belongs to the Muslim Brotherhood, was removed by the military in July 2013 following mass protests.
The group - which was banned in December 2013 - had called for a "day of anger" to mark the anniversary.
In a report released on Thursday, Amnesty International says that 1,247 death sentences have been handed down this year, with at least 247 of these upheld.
It said Egypt was "failing at every level in terms of human rights," citing "harrowing incidents of torture and deaths in police custody".
"Egypt's notorious state security forces are back and operating at full capacity, employing the same methods of torture and other ill-treatment used during the darkest hours of the Mubarak era," says Amnesty's Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui.
Torture methods, the report says, include the use of electric shocks, rape and handcuffing detainees and suspending them from open doors.
It cites one case involving a 23-year-old male student, who says he was tortured and raped during 47 days of detention.
"They cut my shirt, blindfolded me with it and handcuffed me from behindâ€¦they beat me with batons all over my body, particularly on the chest, back and faceâ€¦Then they put two wires in my left and right little fingers and gave me electric shocks four or five times," he said.
Amnesty says Egypt's criminal system "has suffered huge setbacks over the past year with several politically-motivated verdicts".
The military-installed government has sentenced hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters through a series of speedy mass trials in the past year, drawing widespread criticism from human rights groups and the UN.
Those convicted include Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Badie, who had his death sentence upheld in June.
Last month's sentencing of three Al-Jazeera journalists to at least seven years in jail on charges of supporting the Muslim Brotherhood sparked widespread international outrage.


Exercise can aid recovery after breast cancer but many women are not active enough, a study suggests.

Being active is known to be beneficial but US researchers, writing in the journal Cancer, said they had found many women did too little.
Only a third met recommended activity levels.
UK breast cancer groups said women here also needed more support to keep active after having the disease.
The American study looked at the pre and post-diagnosis exercise levels of 1,735 women aged 20-74 who had breast cancer between 2008 and 2011 in North Carolina.
In the US and the UK, adults are recommended to do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity each week.
But this study found only 35% of women who had experienced breast cancer met the physical activity guidelines.
In the UK, campaigners said women here also needed to exercise more.
Caroline Dalton, of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, said: "Physical activity after a breast cancer diagnosis has been shown to improve a patient's chances of survival and there is also some evidence that it may help to reduce the risk of breast cancer returning.
"Keeping active may also help patients cope, both during and after treatment, by improving general health and wellbeing."
She added: "Although this study was conducted in America rather than the UK, the results suggest that women who have received a breast cancer diagnosis need better support to keep active."
"There are no specific guidelines in place at the moment to tell us precisely how much physical activity is needed after a breast cancer diagnosis, but Breakthrough Breast Cancer suggests aiming for 3.5 hours per week, after checking with your treatment team to see what is appropriate for you."
Baroness Delyth Morgan, chief executive at Breast Cancer Campaign, said: "This study serves as a reminder of how important it is that women with breast cancer are made aware that physical activity can improve their chances of survival.
"Recent research has shown that even small increases to the amount of exercise done after a breast cancer diagnosis can give women a better chance of survival.
"This is why it is essential that women are given a clear written follow-up care plan, which should include practical advice about diet and exercise."


Jockey Kieren Fox escaped unhurt when he fell from his horse in a bizarre incident involving a golf ball during a race at Sandown.

Fox was unseated after his mount, Luxford, veered sharply to the right.
Television replays showed the filly had been distracted by a stray golf ball on the course, which appeared to be thrown up by eventual winner Big Lachie.
The ball ricocheted off the helmet of another rider and across the sightline of Fox's mount.
Sandown Park in Surrey has three nine-hole golf courses close to the racetrack, but clerk of the course Andrew Cooper said they were not open on racedays.
"I am satisfied that we take all reasonable precautions to make sure that the course is as clear as we can make it but we accept that there will be some balls buried in the grass," said Cooper.
"We have a 14-strong team that walk the course, and other parts of the track, looking for golf balls.
"Even where there is netting next to the driving range we have found them. It is not a unique occurrence and we probably have this happen once every three or four years."
The afternoon ended on a more positive note for Fox as he partnered First Experience to victory.
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A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of a man in Glasgow.

The body of Kirk Cole, 36, was found in a flat in Cairnhill Drive, Crookston, at about 09:15 on Thursday.
Police Scotland previously said they were treating his death as murder.
A spokesman said the arrested man was in police custody and a report would be submitted to the procurator fiscal.


Motherwell need to beat the second best team in the country to progress in the Scottish Cup, says Keith Lasley.

The Steelmen face Premiership rivals Rangers at Ibrox on Saturday with a place in the fifth round at stake.
"I think they seem to have improved. They lost the Old Firm match, but even within that match they played well in large spells," said the Well captain.
"We know we are up against it. But we are capable of competing against anybody in this division on our day."
The Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox is the first of 14 on Saturday, and Lasley is under no illusions as to the challenge they face.
"They [Rangers] have brought in a couple of new faces," Lasley said of his opponents who sit second in the Premiership.
"I think they are starting to gel better than they had done in the early part of the season, and at home they will be a tough proposition.
Lasley feels Rangers are on their way to showing they are the second best side in Scotland this year.
"They are at the moment according to the league, and I believe at the moment they probably are," he said.
"I think recent results have proved that. I expect them to finish there [second] at the end of the season to be honest."
"Of course it is going to be tough. It is probably one of the toughest draws you can get at this stage of the cup - take away Celtic, it's probably the next toughest assignment at the moment."
However, Lasley is confident the Steelmen can hold their own at Ibrox.
"We feel capable on our day in a cup competition especially. Our recent performances against Rangers and against Celtic, against the better teams in this league, give us the belief and confidence that we can compete against anybody."
This will be Motherwell's second visit to Ibrox this season. Back in August they took the lead through Scott McDonald, before goals from Harry Forrester and a 90th-minute winner from Kenny Miller saw Rangers take all three points.
"I think anybody that saw the last meeting at Ibrox would concede that we were very unfortunate to take nothing from that game," said Lasley.
"In fact, at one point in the game well into the second-half we're thinking we would be disappointed not to win this match - never mind take nothing from it.
"We can't control Rangers tomorrow. What we can control is turning up and giving our best and being at our best. If we do then I think we have a good chance of progression."


The US state of Colorado is making history by becoming the first to allow stores to sell cannabis.

As many as 30 stores around the state are expected to start selling the drug for recreational purposes from 1 January, dubbed Green Wednesday.
Colorado, along with Washington state, voted to legalise the use and possession of cannabis for people over the age of 21 in November 2012.
Washington is not expected to allow the sale of it until later in 2014.
Colorado and Washington are among 20 states to have approved marijuana use for medical purposes. The drug is still illegal under federal law.
Store owners had stocked up, prepared celebrations and hired extra security in preparation for their opening on Green Wednesday.
Burning questions
Under the new law, cannabis will be sold like alcohol. Residents will be able to buy up to one ounce, while those from out of the state can purchase up to a quarter of an ounce.
Cannabis can only be smoked on private premises, with the permission of the owners.
The sale of the drug will be taxed in the same way as alcohol, and state officials have said they expected it to raise millions - the first $40m of which will be used for school construction, The Denver Post reports.
It was not clear exactly how many shops were expected to open on New Year's Day, though around 30 were listed by The Denver Post.
A total of 136 stores have been given licences to sell marijuana. Most of the shops are based in Denver. Some communities elsewhere in Colorado have exercised their right not to have the stores.
Supporters of legalising cannabis have praised Colorado's move.
Rachel Gillette, of the Colorado branch of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, said the state "has found an exit strategy for the failed drug war and I hope other states will follow our lead".
But critics say it sends the wrong message to the nation's youth and fear it will lead to serious public health and social problems.
"There will still need to be a black market to serve people who are ineligible to buy on a legal market, especially kids," said Kevin Sabet of Smart Approaches to Marijuana. "It's almost the worst of both worlds."


Police have issued a CCTV appeal after a "vicious" assault in an Aberdeen nightclub.

Police Scotland said a 25-year-old man was the victim of an unprovoked attack in Nox, in Justice Mill Lane, in the early hours of Sunday 8 May.
He suffered serious facial injuries.
The man police want to trace is described as in his mid-20s, about 6ft tall, of medium build, with short dark hair. He was wearing a long sleeved top with dark coloured sleeves, and jeans.
PC Paul Slatter said: "This was a vicious attack resulting in a male sustaining severe facial injuries.
"Assaults of this nature have a significant impact on the life of the victim.
"I would appeal to anyone who recognises the male pictured or has any knowledge of this incident to come forward and contact the police."


A dance choreographer has sued Cher for racial discrimination claiming the singer stopped him hiring any more  black dancers.

Kevin Wilson has alleged Cher told him the tour had "too much colour" already.
Mr Wilson and two other dancers have also alleged they were fired for reporting a sexual assault on a female fan by another dancer.
"The accusations are ridiculous," Cher's publicist said. "They couldn't be further from the truth."
The trio are seeking $10m (Â£6.1m) in damages.
Mr Wilson and fellow dancer Suzanne Easter have claimed race discrimination over their firing, while fellow dancer Jacquely Dowsett Ballinger, 42, has alleged age discrimination, although they were told it was to cut costs from the tour.
Their lawyer, Perry C Wander, said: "The allegations are made by long term employees who have been on tour with Cher for over a decade."
He told TMZ: "Cher, while reviewing audition tapes, stated that the tour had too much colour and the choreographer was prohibited from casting any dark-skinned or African Americans even if they were better qualified than other counterparts."
Cher's long-running North American D2K (Dressed to Kill) is ranked one of the top 10-grossing tours of 2014 by Pollstar.
She is currently recovering from a viral infection and has had to postpone 10 dates until later later in the year.