The chances of winning a prize in the UK Premium Bonds draw will be reduced from 1 August, as savings rates continue to fall.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) will cut the prize fund, arguing that it must balance the needs of savers, taxpayers, and the savings sector.
There will be only three prizes of £100,000 each month, rather than five. Other prize odds will also fall.
About £44bn is invested in Premium Bonds by 21.6 million people.
The number of people who have invested in Premium Bonds has fallen by about 1.4 million in the last 10 years, but the amount invested has more than doubled, excluding the effect of inflation.
Investors in Premium Bonds forgo interest in order to have the chance to win tax-free prizes.
However, following the changes in August, the odds of each £1 Premium Bond number winning a prize will change from 24,000 to one, to 26,000 to one.
Some 1.7 million tax-free prizes will still be paid each month, totalling £49m, from August. The total value of prizes at present is £57m.
NS&I said it needed to make the changes owing to its unique position being backed by the Treasury. It must reflect the market, and not be too competitive or out of line with the rest of the market.
"Rates across the savings market have fallen over recent months, resulting in NS&I savings being increasingly attractive," said Jane Platt, NS&I chief executive.
"In light of our framework to balance the needs of our savers, taxpayers and the stability of the broader financial services sector, we now need to reduce the Premium Bond prize fund rate."
Wins range from £25 to a single jackpot of £1m. The highest award will not be affected by the change in August.
Harold Macmillan announced the launch of Premium Bonds in the 1956 Budget, in a bid to encourage saving and reduce inflation.
The draw is made by Ernie - Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment - in a secure location only accessible by a handful of NS&I employees.
The computer takes two-and-a-half hours to make the random monthly draw of the tax-free prizes.
Since April, customers have no longer been able to buy Premium Bonds in cash over the counter at the Post Office, as services continue to move online.


Middlesex managed to avoid the follow-on as bad light produced a stop-start day three against Somerset at Lord's.

Somerset started well, dismissing Nick Compton and Stevie Eskinazi before Adam Voges and Paul Sterling (52) put on a vital 101-run partnership.
Voges was forced to retire hurt on 86, but James Franklin (38 not out) and Ollie Rayner (29) saw them get within 150 runs of the visitors' 443.
Poor light stalled the final session as Middlesex finished 311-7, 132 behind.
Beginning the day on 42-0, the hosts were under pressure immediately as Tim Groenewald (2-36) trapped Compton lbw and Lewis Gregory bowled Eskinazi.
Nick Gubbins fell for 56 before Sterling and Voges steadied the ship against Somerset's seamers with a good partnership.
However, when Sterling fell just after bringing up his first half-century of the season and John Simpson departed to another Steven Davis catch shortly after, Somerset had the follow-on in their sights.
Toby Roland-Jones fell cheaply, but Franklin and Rayner's stand of 42 got them past the follow-on target, meaning neither side is likely to force a first County Championship win of the season on the final day.


The authorities in Brazil have ruled that marriage licences should not be denied to same-sex couples.

The council that oversees the country's judiciary said it was wrong for some offices just to issue civil union documents when the couple wanted full marriage certificates.
Correspondents say the decision in effect authorises gay marriage.
However full legalisation depends on approval of a bill being examined by the Congress.
Tuesday's resolution by Brazil's National Council of Justice was based on a 2011 Supreme Court ruling that recognised same-sex civil unions.
However, notary publics were not legally bound to converting such unions into marriages when asked by gay couples.
This led to some being denied marriage certificates at certain places, but being granted the document at others. That would be illegal, according to the new resolution.
"If a notary public officer rejects a gay marriage, he could eventually face disciplinary sanctions", NCJ judge Guilherme Calmon told BBC Brasil.
The ruling brings Brazil one step closer to its neighbours Argentina and Uruguay, which have legalised gay marriages.
But opponents could still challenge it at the Supreme Court.
And the same-sex marriage bill being examined by the Congress faces strong opposition from religious and conservative lawmakers.
Brazil is the world's most populous Roman Catholic nation and has an estimated 60,000 gay couples.


Plans for a £32.5m post-16 training centre in Cwmbran which included a specialist engineering centre of excellence have been rejected.

Coleg Gwent and Torfaen council submitted proposals earlier this year as a possible replacement for high school sixth forms in Torfaen.
But deputy skills minister Julie James said there was not enough evidence they were affordable and achievable.
The need for an engineering centre of excellence was also not proven.
Council leaders described the decision as "disappointing", however revised plans are expected to be submitted to the Welsh government by September.


Israel says its jets have hit two targets in the Gaza Strip.

The targets were "Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities", the Israeli military said, adding the strikes were in response to two rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel.
A woman and her young daughter in a nearby house were killed during the air raid, Palestinian officials said.
Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry expressed "deep concern" over the situation.
He made separate phone calls to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
There have been weeks of tension over access to a site in East Jerusalem sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
Can Israel and the Palestinians contain spiralling violence?
Palestinians fear Israel plans to change arrangements at the al-Aqsa mosque/Temple Mount compound, where Jews are allowed to visit but not allowed to pray - something Israel insists it will continue.
"The IDF holds Hamas responsible for any act of aggression from the Gaza Strip," said Israel Defense Forces' spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner in a statement following the air strikes early on Sunday.
As well as the two reported deaths, medical staff in the Zeitun sector south of Gaza City say three people are trapped in the rubble of the destroyed house.
In his phone calls earlier Mr Kerry "stressed the importance of upholding the status quo in word and deed" at the site, the State Department said.
He offered his support in efforts to restore calm, but both men blamed the other side for the rising violence.
Mr Netanyahu "made it clear that he expects the PA (Palestinian Authority) to stop its wild and mendacious incitement, which is causing the current wave of terrorism," his Twitter account said.
Mr Abbas told Mr Kerry that Israel should stop settler "provocations", which he said were carried out under Israeli army protection, his office said.
In other developments on Saturday:
The violence has spurred talk from Hamas, which dominates Gaza, of a new Palestinian intifada, or uprising.
But the clashes have not yet reached the scale of previous intifadas, with no clear mass movement or leadership so far emerging.


Asian shares have followed US and European markets higher as a rise in the price of oil boosted investor sentiment.

Brent crude jumped almost 6% to $32.30 a barrel during Wall Street trade, before easing back.
Asia in turn also opened higher with solid gains following yesterday's severe losses.
Japan's Nikkei 225 rose by 3.1% to 17,233.20 after shedding a hefty 2.4% on Tuesday.
Shares in carmaker Toyota rose by 3.2% on media speculation that it was exploring a partnership with fellow car manufacturer Suzuki.
Suzuki denied the reports, but its shares rose by 12.7%.
Oil made gains on hopes that both Opec and non-Opec producers would take action to tackle oversupply, after the oil cartel on Monday called for co-operation from oil producing nations outside the cartel.
But the price of Brent crude later lost most of its gains, trading just 1.4% higher at $30.92.
"The positive sentiment stemmed from strong US corporate earnings and talk of OPEC and Russia considering production cuts. We consider the likelihood of any agreement between these parties as extremely low," ANZ bank said in a note on Wednesday.
Chinese shares also followed the regional and US leads and started the day higher, recovering some of the losses of Tuesday's rout of more than 6%.
The mainland Shanghai Composite opened 0.7% up at 2,768.23 while Hong Kong's Hang Seng also went up, climbing 1.8% to 19,189.42 points.
Australian markets reopened Wednesday after a national holiday and the ASX 200 fell by 0.6% to 4,978.20 points, still tracking Tuesday's sell-off elsewhere in Asia.
Latest economic data from Australian showed consumer prices had edged up only modestly in the last quarter.
Core inflation slowed to the lower end of the central bank's target range which could be an incentive for the central bank to cut interest rates further.
In Korea, the benchmark Kospi index, rose by 1.5% to 1,900.00 points.


The former owner of BHS, Sir Philip Green, appears before MPs from the Work and Pensions Committee and Business, Innovation and Skills Committee this week to discuss the sale and collapse of BHS.

You'd think it would be hard to top the drama of last Wednesday's session of the parliamentary inquiry into the demise of BHS. Death threats, insults and apologies all helped the five hours of evidence fairly whizz by.
However, the appearance on Wednesday of former owner Sir Philip Green was always going to be the main event.
Only he knows how all the pieces of the BHS jigsaw fit together. Even before he sits down, the stakes have been raised by his repeated insistence that one of the inquisitors-in-chief should stand down.
Frank Field, who chairs the Work and Pensions committee, has been highly critical of Sir Philip and has made no secret of his desire to see the retail tycoon put his hand in his own pocket to plug a shortfall in the pension scheme of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Sir Philip maintains this compromises Frank Field's impartiality making him unfit to chair a parliamentary inquiry. It's an unwelcome diversion ahead of a crucial session of evidence.
But, assuming Sir Philip does turn up, here are the key questions he needs to answer:
All these questions and the many others he will face on Wednesday could be summed up in one overarching question:
Did he knowingly condemn 11,000 workers and 20,000 pensioners to a short changed future by selling to a man who had no chance of success? I know what his answer will be, but will he be able to convince MPs and the court of public opinion?
Perhaps we could add just one more - what is a knighthood worth?


A man has been charged with the murder of a student outside Wembley Stadium.

Djodjo Nsaka, 19 from Streatham, was attacked in Fulton Road, north-west London, shortly after 01:00 GMT on Friday.
He was treated by paramedics but died at the scene. A post-mortem test found he died from a stab wound to the chest.
Ali Tas, 20, of Eagle Drive, Edgware, was also charged with common assault against another man. He is due to appear at Hendon Magistrates' Court.


South Africa-born Keaton Jennings thanked England for giving him a chance after he made a century on his debut in the fourth Test against India.

The 24-year-old opener top scored with 112 as England ended day one on 288-5.
The Durham batsman, whose mother was born in Sunderland, became eligible to play for England in 2016 after serving a four-year qualification period.
"England and the ECB have given me the opportunity to try to live my dream," he told BBC Test Match Special.
"I'm very thankful to England and the guys that put me in the position I am today.
"As soon as I came over I knew I wanted to play, but when you're playing county cricket you have to focus your mind on scoring runs."
Jennings made 1,548 first-class runs for Durham last season, including seven centuries, and was named in the England Lions squad in September.
He was captaining the Lions in Dubai last month when called up to the senior squad as a replacement for the injured Haseeb Hameed.
"If someone had said to me at the end of September you'd score as many runs as you have, and have the opportunity with the Lions, I would have snapped their hand off," Jennings added.
"If someone said to me there would be a Test hundred waiting a couple of weeks later, I would have jumped all over it.
"It's been a surreal seven, eight months. To top it off the way with a Test cap and Test hundred, it's the best Christmas present I could get really."
As Jennings made his century, former South Africa captain Jacques Kallis said on Twitter: "Yet another one slips through our system. Well played Keaton Jennings."
Of the last five England players to make a century on Test debut, Jennings is the fourth to have been born in South Africa, with Alastair Cook's hundred against India in 2006 the exception:
There was plenty of reaction to the Durham batsmen's hundred, much of it focusing on his South African upbringing:
BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew: "The first thing to make clear about Jennings, who was born and brought up in South Africa and captained their under-19s, is that he is eligible to play for England.
"The selectors do like the look of Jennings, ahead of Middlesex's Nick Gubbins. That's the debate - should they have gone for Gubbins first, because he has come through the English system or do you go with somebody who has been captain of South Africa's U19s? It's a very difficult debate."
Former England captain Michael Vaughan: "It looks to me that they've found someone special. You've got pick your best players - the best that are available. We've had plenty over the years."
Former England batsman Geoffrey Boycott: "Keaton Jennings was a big plus for England. He looked very much at ease. He didn't do anything silly, he just waited for the bad ball and played immaculately."


A paraglider has broken a leg in a crash on a hill in the Cairngorms.

The person came down on Meall A' Buichaille, an 810m (2,657.5ft) hill above Loch Morlich near Aviemore, on Thursday.
Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team and a coastguard helicopter went to their aid.
The paraglider was airlifted to Raigmore Hospital in Inverness.


An Australian family at risk of being deported from the UK have been told they can stay until August, but will not be allowed to work in the meantime.

Kathryn Brain, her husband Gregg and son Lachlan moved to Dingwall in the Highlands in 2011 on a student visa, but the rules later changed.
The family had thought they were at risk of being deported on Tuesday.
SNP MP Ian Blackford said they had now been granted leave to remain until 1 August.
But Mr Blackford said Mr and Mrs Brain had been told they cannot work in the meantime.
They had hoped a job offer made to Mrs Brain by the business behind the planned GlenWyvis distillery in Dingwall would meet visa requirements and allow them to stay in Scotland.
Mr Blackford said he found it "utterly incredulous" that the Home Office had refused to grant Mr and Mrs Brain the right to work.
He added: "Both Kathryn and Gregg have secured jobs in the local area, which would benefit the local economy and allow them to continue the enormous contribution that they have already made to life in the Highlands."
The Home Office confirmed it had granted the family a further two-month extension to a grace period it was previously given, but said evidence of a relevant job in line with immigration rules had not been provided to date.
It said an application for the family to remain in the UK would be considered if submitted during the grace period.
Mr Brain said the mood within the family was currently "somewhere between elated and furious".
He added: "We're not sure how to take it. I'm grateful to (Home Office minister) James Brokenshire for giving us the extension but that gratitude is tempered by the fact that I am - as a direct result of home office actions - homeless, unemployed, my passport remains confiscated.
"They have said they will be writing to the DVLA recommending that our drivers' licences be cancelled and that consideration has been given to freezing our bank accounts."
Mr Brain said he was "having difficulty avoiding the conclusion that we're being set up to fail" because of the financial requirements they believe they may be asked to meet.
He explained: "For the visa requirements we're likely to have to meet a maintenance funds requirement which means we'd have to have for each of the three of us Â£945 sitting untouched in a bank account for 90 days prior to making the application.
"So we'd need to maintain a minimum balance of Â£2,835 untouched in an account for 90 days.
"Now there are 60 days remaining and we've not been working since mid-March, as Mr Brokenshire well knows. It's going to be physically impossible for us to meet that requirement. We've had less than nothing for some time now. We've been living on the charity of friends and the church."
The family had been given extra time to help them meet visa rules on two previous occasions.
Mr and Mrs Brain met First Minister Nicola Sturgeon last week. Ms Sturgeon said the Scottish government would do everything it could to help them.


Newport manager Terry Butcher says his side will benefit from a week's training as he aims to iron out the "naivety" in their early-season play.

Butcher's side are without a win in League Two following a 3-2 defeat by leaders Leyton Orient at Rodney Parade.
And with no midweek game, Butcher says they can work on cutting out mistakes.
"The week will give everyone the chance to refocus. And it'll be nice to have a week where we don't have to travel on a Tuesday and play a game," he said.
"After Plymouth [on Saturday] we've got three homes games on the spin. The players love playing at Rodney Parade and the fans like what they see and we want to get the results for them as much as for us."
Match report: Newport County 2-3 Leyton Orient
Newport made an awful start on Saturday, conceding two goals in the opening seven minutes.
They clawed their way back with two goals in as many minutes from Scott Boden and captain Mark Byrne moments before the break.
But Dean Cox scored the winner against the run of play on 59 minutes for Orient to leave Newport still without a win in League Two this season.
"These boys are growing together very well," added Butcher, who took over this summer.
"We're looking at all sorts of ways of stopping goals going in and looking at ways of scoring goals as well.
"It seems we just have to be more ruthless in both penalty areas, it's as simple as that.
"It's another harsh lesson for us to take but I'm determined and the player are determined to get the win.
"Once we get this monkey off our back by getting the first win, who knows what can happen after that?"


Firefighters have tackled a blaze at a chip shop in Glasgow city centre.

Four appliances were called to the Blue Lagoon on Gordon Street, next to the main entrance to Central Station, at about 13:40.
The fire was extinguished a short time later. One woman suffered slight smoke inhalation but did not require hospital treatment.
The Scottish Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze was confined to the takeaway.
In October 2012, firefighters tackled a fire at the same premises.


Long before "battle buses" were used to shuttle campaigning politicians the length and breadth of the country, London buses commandeered for the war effort were used to transport troops to France in World War One.

Now, 100 years later, the London Transport Museum has sent one of the original battle buses - No. B2737 - across the channel to commemorate the centenary of the Battle of the Somme.
What's the story of the battle bus?
Packed with men, the cheery red paint replaced by utilitarian khaki, and with the windows boarded over, the vehicles bore little resemblance to the omnibuses familiar to London.
When, in 1916, enlisted men boarded, it's unlikely they realised the ride would culminate in 141 days of horror, in which more than one million people would be killed.
The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest. For five months the British, French and Commonwealth troops fought the German army on a 15-mile front in northern France.
Once in France, although the majority of buses were used to transport soldiers, others were adapted for a wide variety of purposes, including pigeon lofts, engineering workshops and even touring cinemas.
Pte George Gwynn was a driver sent to Ypres in Belgium with his bus. He gave a recorded interview, which can still be heard, to the Imperial War Museum in 1985, when he was 95, describing how the vehicle was his only shelter.
"I slept at the roadside on those buses, with no cover. We ate on board.
"Each night in the winter we had to get out of our beds and start the engine every two hours. We had to be ready at any time to rush out and pick troops up from their billets.
"We came under fire every night and think 'game over'. The driver of the bus in front of mine was killed. Every night we had something like that."
Pte Gwynne, whose job also entailed taking injured men to field hospitals, recalled driving past "fields full of men, they'd been gassed. All the men just lying on their backs".
According to the London Transport Museum, this year's tour paid tribute to the transport workers who served during the war.
The bus - one of only two working 1914 B-types buses in the world - operated between Barnes and Liverpool Street and was transformed by the museum into a military troop carrier exactly like the ones that went to war.
It travelled along key locations from the battle, from Gommecourt in the north to Maricourt in the south.
Sam Mullins, director of the museum, said more than 1,000 London buses were requisitioned for war service - about one third of the London fleet - in many cases with their civilian drivers and mechanics.
Most vehicles went to France and Belgium, though some travelled as far as Greece.
The progress of the bus at the Somme, with information and photos, can be followed on Twitter.


Police from the force that investigated the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews have been consulted in the search for missing schoolgirl Tia Sharp, Scotland Yard has confirmed.

Tia, 12, disappeared on Friday on her way to shop at the Whitgift Centre in Croydon, south London.
Officers from West Yorkshire Police are involved to draw on their expertise.
Police warned local searchers not to enter private property after two people were threatened with a weapon.
Eighty officers are involved in the search for Tia, who went missing after a visit to her grandmother's house in New Addington in Croydon.
The disappearance of nine-year-old Shannon in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, prompted a large-scale police search in 2008.
Twenty-four days later she was found alive under a bed in Batley Carr, less than a mile from her home.
Shannon's mother Karen Matthews and Michael Donovan - the uncle of Ms Matthews's partner - were convicted in December 2008 of the child's kidnap, which they committed in a plan to claim Â£50,000 in reward money.
Tia was last seen her grandmother's home a week ago.
Her uncle David Sharp told reporters at the spot: "Everyone is trying to do their best by sticking together and keeping everything tight and supporting each other.
"I don't know what has happened to Tia. I don't want anyone to think the worst has happened to Tia."
In a message to her, he said: "Come home. There is no trouble. Walk through that door."
The partner of Tia's mother, 29-year-old David Niles, added: "Just find my little girl, just find my little girl please."
A Met spokesman said it was "routine" to liaise with all forces that have dealt with similar cases.
"This case is like the Shannon Matthews case," he said.
"This is a missing persons case and we are putting all our resources into finding her."
Stuart Hazell - the partner of Tia's grandmother Christine Sharp - was questioned by police as a witness for more than two hours on Wednesday.
The search for Tia has prompted a huge community effort with hundreds of people turning out to search woodland and fields and hand out leaflets.
But police have confirmed that at about 00:15 BST on Thursday two people from a search party were threatened with a weapon as they tried to search a garage in Foxcombe, New Addington.
A Met police spokesman said: "Two people from the search party were confronted by the homeowner.
"It was alleged the homeowner threatened the residents with a weapon.
"This was later reported at a local police station and officers from Croydon CID are now investigating. No arrests were made."
The police force has reminded people not to enter private property without permission.
Local councillor Carole Bonner said police had asked residents to concentrate on giving out leaflets and not to conduct their own searches.
She said: "People want to be doing something."
The councillor added that local people had "proved their worth" in their "fantastic" efforts so far.
Sue Randall, secretary of Croydon Rugby Club, which had become a gathering point, said she has been advised by police to close the club until further notice.
About 200 people turned out there to search woodland on Tuesday.
Ms Randall said: "They have told us to concentrate on handing out leaflets.
"I suppose they don't want people to go out on their own and contaminate evidence."


In times of trouble and uncertainty, we often look for familiar faces to provide a shining light.

With the news that Silverstone's owner, the British Racing Drivers' Club, has activated a break clause to cease hosting the race after 2019, would a home-grown winner lift the doom and gloom around F1's most famous circuit?
Jim Clark and Alain Prost may sit top of the pile with five British Grand Prix victories each, but Lewis Hamilton can draw level on Sunday - and equal Clark's record of four in a row.
With Valtteri Bottas picking up steam in Austria and Sebastian Vettel still ahead in the championship, predict who you think will be front of the grid.
Pick who you think will master qualifying for Sunday's British Grand Prix


Real Madrid are the world's most valuable sports team for the third straight year, according to business magazine Forbes.

The Spanish football club are valued at £2.08bn, with American football side Dallas Cowboys and baseball's New York Yankees (£2.04bn) in joint second.
Real's La Liga rivals Barcelona (£2.02bn) are fourth.
Premier League club Manchester United (£1.98bn) drop from third to fifth.
The other places in the top 10 are taken by American sports teams: NBA pair Los Angeles Lakers and New York Knicks, NFL sides New England Patriots and Washington Redskins and MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers.
Of the other Premier League sides, Manchester City (£890m) are 29th overall, two places ahead of Chelsea (£877m), with Arsenal 36th having been valued at £839m.
According to Forbes, the average current value of a team on the list is £1.12bn, which is the highest ever, and a 31% increase from last year.


A blind D-Day veteran who lost his medals at a motorway service station has received replacements from a fellow visually-impaired former serviceman.

Alfred Barlow, 96, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, was returning from a trip to Normandy, France, on 8 June when he noticed they were missing.
Hearing that they could not be found, Alan Walker, from Hassocks, Sussex, bought replacements from a dealer.
He presented Mr Barlow with the medals at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
The 96-year-old's wife and grandson noticed the medals were missing when Mr Barlow returned from the toilet at Norton Canes Services, near Walsall on the M6 Toll.
His grandson retraced their steps and made inquiries in all the outlets, as well as at the lost property depot but they were nowhere to be found.
Crimestoppers has offered a £5,000 reward for information about the medals and the actor Hugh Grant also said he would pay anyone who helped return them £1,000.
Speaking at Hampton Court, Mr Barlow said he had "never expected all this fuss".
"I've got some replacements now. It's not quite the same, but nevertheless, I have got some medals that I have earned," he said.
He added people had contacted him, offering their fathers' medals as a replacement "but I wouldn't want a son of mine giving my medals away just like that".
Mr Barlow served with 3rd Reconnaissance (Recce) Regiment, 3rd Division, during World War Two and later lost his sight through macular degeneration and glaucoma.
Anyone with information on the missing medals is asked to contact the Blind Veterans UK charity or Crimestoppers.


A whale has died after beaching on a shingle bank off the Suffolk coast.

The whale, which is about 10m (33ft) in length, was washed up at Shingle Street, near Hollesley shortly after 15:00 BST on Sunday.
The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) said it was a juvenile fin whale and that a post-mortem examination would be carried out on Tuesday.
Suffolk Police warned people to stay clear of the carcass, which has been tied down.
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Rob Deaville, manager of the cetacean stranding investigation programme for ZSL, said fin whales were a "fairly unusual species to be found beached in the UK".
He said that last year, out of 600 strandings in the country, only about five would have been fin whales.
"Looking at photos, it does look a little bit on the thin side, so starvation may be a factor but we have an open mind," he said.
Andrew Capell, of HM Coastguard Search and Rescue, said: "We answered the call and we originally thought it would be a porpoise, because we tend to get them quite a bit.
"But we arrived on the beach to find this rather handsome animal.
"There are a few grazes on it where it has been on the shingle, but there is no other wounds or injuries.
"There's a lot of interest today as it is not the sort of thing you see in Suffolk."
A crew from Aldeburgh Lifeboat station was also called to Shingle Street.
Coxswain Steven Saint said: "Unfortunately it had already died when the crew were there - but there were reports it had been in the water a short time before."
Another whale died after being stranded at a beach in Bridlington, east Yorkshire, on Sunday.


Namibia's national team hope to overcome fitness issues as they begin their Cosafa Cup campaign in South Africa at the weekend with most of their players idle for months as the league in the country remains dormant.

Coach Ricardo Mannetti says a lack of match fitness "is bad because of the league" but says a quarter-final win over Lesotho in Saturday's quarter-final would give his side a chance to take the title again.
Namibia won the annual southern African championship two years ago.
It's a cup we can claim again and make history again, it will be good to put behind us all the troubles and worries that Namibian football has gone through over the last year
Namibia secured the shock result in South Africa's North West Province after going through a rigorous test of physical endurance by playing six matches in the space of a fortnight - and it is a return to a happy hunting ground for Mannetti and a near-full strength squad - missing only three regulars.
But with the majority of the players home-based, the fact that the Namibian league has been dormant for more than 12 months means Mannetti's squad is nowhere near as ready as it should be.
The Namibian Premier League lost its sponsorship and has not kicked a ball since the 2015-16 season ended in April last year.
Rumours of backroom tussles between the league and the Namibia Football Association have also emerged in the Namibian media and may have hindered the search for a solution.
"The biggest headache for us at the moment is to get it together against Lesotho," added Mannetti in a BBC interview.
"I hope the league starts soon but at the moment it doesn't look like it. There will still be two-to-three months of meetings, constitutional reviews and all of that."
But with seven wins for Namibia in their last nine Cosafa Cup matches, Mannetti said he reminded his players everyday that "this is a cup that is winnable".
"It's a cup we can claim again and make history again, it will be good to put behind us all the troubles and worries that Namibian football has gone through over the last year."
Namibia enter the tournament at the quarter-final stage as one of the top six seeds. Their match against Lesotho on Saturday is preceded by Botswana taking on Zambia.
On Sunday, South Africa, the hosts and defending champions, play Tanzania, who on Thursday squeezed through as winners of Group A in the first round. Tanzania edged out Angola on goal difference.
The last quarter-final clash on Sunday night at the Royal Bafokeng Sports Palace pits Swaziland against Zimbabwe, who finished top of Group B.
Ovidy Karuru scored a hat trick on Friday as the Zimbabweans beat the Seychelles 6-0 and also went through on a superior goal difference, above Madagascar whose 4-1 win over Mozambique was not enough to avoid elimination.


The first ever census of the UK's live music scene will be held in March, it has been announced.

Researchers will audit gigs in seven cities, from street performers and choirs to pop bands playing arenas.
Described as a "Springwatch for music," the project will be conducted by the universities of Edinburgh, Newcastle and Glasgow.
They aim to discover the challenges facing artists and venues at a time when live music is under pressure.
In London, 35% of grassroots music venues have closed in the past eight years, while a report by UK Music found that 50% of Bristol's music venues were affected by development, noise or planning issues.
"Live music in the UK - from the Beatles and the Sex Pistols to West End musicals and Glastonbury - has transformed our culture, yet it is constantly under pressure," said Dr Matt Brennan from the University of Edinburgh.
"This census will help give us an accurate snapshot of the scene's health."
A pilot scheme ran in Edinburgh last year, and its findings encouraged the city's licensing board to relax its policies on noise levels.
Previously, venues were required to make sure that music was "inaudible" in adjacent properties. Under the new rules, amplified music should not be a "nuisance" in neighbouring homes.
The UK Music Census will run for 24 hours from midday on Thursday 9 March in Glasgow, Newcastle, Oxford, Leeds, Birmingham, Southampton and Brighton.
An army of volunteers will record all aspects of the shows on offer, including the musical genres, ticket prices and audience demographics.
An online survey will launch on the same day, gathering information on how much people spend and how far they will travel to see their favourite artists.
Anyone wishing to assist with the survey can register at the project's official site.
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A man has been charged in connection with a crash in which a four-year-old girl was hit and killed by a car.

Violet Grace Youens died after being struck in St Helens, Merseyside.
Dean Brennan, 27, from Prescot, is due before Liverpool magistrates accused of assisting an offender, motor theft and being a passenger in a stolen car.
Police are trying to trace another man, aged 23, who was thought to be in the car and is believed to to have left the country shortly after the crash.
Violet's grandmother, Angela French, who was also hit by the car when it mounted a pavement in Prescot Road on Friday, remains in a serious but stable condition.
A third man, aged 23 and from Prescot, arrested on suspicion of being a passenger in a stolen vehicle, was released pending further inquiries, Merseyside Police said.


A legal challenge has delayed the publication of an official report into allegations about the conduct of First Minister Peter Robinson and his wife.

The report into claims made in a BBC NI Spotlight programme has been complete for more than seven months.
Publication has been delayed by a legal challenge from Iris Robinson's solicitor.
A reference to the legal challenge is contained in an annual report from the Assembly's standards watchdog.
The Spotlight programme, broadcast in January 2010, detailed how Mrs Robinson had obtained thousands of pounds from property developers to help her teenage lover to set up a business.
Standards Commissioner Douglas Bain investigated the allegations, but his report has not yet been published.
"My investigation into the referral relating to the allegations made in the BBC Spotlight programme broadcast in January 2010 was completed in November 2013," he said.
"However, submission of my report to the committee has been delayed by a legal challenge to its contents by a person referred to in the report."
Iris Robinson's solicitor, John McBurney, told the BBC he had concerns about the impact upon his client of the production of a range of documentation included with the draft report.
Those concerns relate to the relevancy of the material to the inquiry, Iris Robinson's privacy and the impact publication might have on her health and recovery.


Statistics showing the length of time patients have to spend in accident and emergency have been described as taking the temperature of the entire NHS system.

If emergency departments are struggling then it is a good bet the entire system is under strain.
That is because the A&E stats reflect not only the demand on the system - how many patients are turning up, but also can indicate how quickly patients are moving through the hospital system.
So if there are very few beds available on the wards it creates a log-jam in A&E and patients have to wait on trolleys for space to become available.
A knock-on effect can be seen in ambulances queuing outside.
Problems are made worse if there are delays in releasing patients from hospital because a care package is not in place for them to go home to.
That is why many argue making sure social services are properly resourced is a key element in trying to tackle the pressures facing the NHS.
And then there is the impact on planned operations. If intensive care units, for example, are full then there are no available beds there for patients who need them to recover from serious scheduled operations.
If that is the case -  some elective surgery will inevitably get postponed.
Late last year, the Welsh Government pledged an extra Â£45m to health boards to try make sure scheduled, elective surgery and treatments are  more protected this winter.
NHS Wales chief executive Dr Andrew Goodall said it was still too early to tell in terms of numbers but hospitals needed to ensure elective surgery was managed in a "sensible manner" as there was a duty to patients.
Another interesting thing to note - sometimes the figures show that unscheduled care units actually see a greater number of patients during the summer months - due to trips, slips, falls, bumps and so on.
But in winter the NHS often has to deal with more severely-ill patients, for example elderly patients who have breathing problems.
These need much more care, spend more time in the system and need more support to get better.
COMPARING WALES WITH ENGLAND
Historically A&E waits have been longer in Wales than in England. Some experts argue that is because there is a bigger mismatch in Wales between the number of beds available and the demand for them.
The difference might also reflect demographic factors -  for example the Welsh population as a whole being older sicker and less well-off than other parts of the UK.
It is not straightforward comparing Wales with the NHS in England, because the "clock" starts differently when patients arrive.
For those in Wales, the waiting time starts being recorded as soon as the patient is registered inside the A&E department - or when the ambulance crew notifies the desk they have arrived outside.
In England, the arrival time starts when the patient is handed over or 15 minutes after the ambulance arrives at A&E, whichever is earlier.
Leaked data for NHS England seen by BBC News shows the figure reached a low of 75.8% on 3 January but had recovered to 82.4% last week.
HOW DO DIFFERENT HOSPITALS COMPARE?
ARE THINGS GETTING MORE DIFFICULT?
Looking back at A&E waiting times statistics in Wales over recent years - what is clear is that in each successive year things appear to be getting ever more difficult - despite the Welsh Government ploughing more money each year to help health boards deliver they're winter plans.
What is not in doubt though is staff on the front line are trying hard to make sure patients get treated safely - even when the pressure is really on.
The problem is the pressures year on year show little sign of easing.


(Noon): The London market rose, boosted by news of a potential counterbid for the London Stock Exchange, but Barclays fell after its latest results.

Barclays shares were down nearly 10% after the bank reported a fall in profits and said it would cut its dividend by more than half next year.
It also announced plans to restructure, including a reduction of its stake in its Africa business.
Despite this, the FTSE 100 index was up 45.52 points at 6,142.61.
Shares in the London Stock Exchange (LSE) rose 8.3% after the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, said it was considering making an offer for the LSE.
This could scupper plans announced last week for the LSE to merge with Deutsche Bourse.
Shares in equipment rentals company Ashtead Group sank 12%. The company reported a 20% rise in nine month pre-tax profit to Â£482m, but investors were concerned about its prospects in the US.
In the FTSE 250, shares in Greggs jumped nearly 14% after the bakery chain reported a 25% rise in annual profits. It also announced plans for a Â£100m restructuring programme which will lead to the closure of three bakeries.
On the currency markets, the pound rose 0.6% against the dollar to $1.3993, and was also 0.6% higher  against the euro at â‚¬1.2868.


Hackers supporting the Islamic State group launched an attack on a small solar energy company in Sussex with just 11 members of staff.

The so-called Caliphate Cyber Army (CCA) said it took down the Solar UK site in revenge for a drone strike which killed Junaid Hussain, a British hacker in Syria.
It later released a video which boasted of its attack on the firm.
Duncan Lee, a founder of Solar UK, said the attack was "ridiculous".
"I'm not expecting masked gunmen to appear on my doorstep at any point soon," he said.
Birmingham-born Junaid Hussain was described as a "top cyber jihadist" and played a key role in radicalising and recruiting others to plan attacks.
He was married to former punk musician Sally Jones from Chatham in Kent, who remains at large in Syria.
The initial cyber attack on Solar UK happened at the end of January, when the company discovered its website was down and replaced with CCA material.
Mr Lee said: "We just thought, 'ah well, we've been hacked, fair enough'. We didn't know we were on a video at that stage."
A Sunday Times reporter contacted Mr Lee with the news the attack on his company featured on the video, which also showed beheadings.
The video boasted about recent hacks on other organisations and firms.
"We were number 11 on the list. Can you believe it? Ridiculous," Mr Lee said.
Mr Lee said the Solar UK site was down for about two and a half hours and the offending IP address had been traced to Kuwait.
He believes his company, based in Battle, was targeted by a search robot trawling the internet looking for websites with a particular vulnerability.
"We don't have high security; we don't hold credit card information or anything like that," he said.
He said security had been stepped up since the attack.


Prince Willem-Alexander has become king of the Netherlands following the abdication of his 75-year-old mother.

Born on 27 April 1967 as the first child of Queen Beatrix and the late Prince Claus, the Prince of Orange is the first male head of state of the Netherlands since 1890.
His kingdom spans two continents and is made up of four countries: Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten in the Caribbean as well as the Netherlands in Europe.
The prince has said that as king he wants to strike a balance between upholding tradition and embracing change, which could include accepting a smaller role in Dutch politics.
Willem-Alexander's title, Prince of Orange, derives from the former Principality of Orange in southern France.
It was held by William of Orange (1533-1584), who led the revolt against the Spanish that resulted in the creation of the Netherlands.
But the prince has indicated that he attaches little importance to titles. Instead of calling him "Majesty" once he is king, he recently said that people "can address me the way they want".
"I'm not a protocol fetishist," he told Dutch TV. "It's more important to me that people feel at ease when I'm with them."
Prince Willem-Alexander attended schools in the Netherlands but finished his secondary education at the Atlantic College in Wales.
He went on to study history at the University of Leiden, where his taste for partying earned him the nickname "Prins Pils" .
But he insists that he is now ready for his new role after a "very good, long time of preparation", which has enabled him to get to know his kingdom "in and out".
He is married to Argentine-born Princess Maxima, with whom he has three daughters.
The marriage in 2002 was controversial because the bride's father served as agriculture minister in the Argentine military dictatorship from 1979 to 1981.
The prince's official biography lists water management, infrastructure, information and communications technology, sport, defence and aviation as special interests.
According to media reports, his sporting activities include tennis, running, skiing, sailing, golf, horse riding, skating and diving. In 1992, he took part in the New York marathon.
The royal couple's investment in a holiday resort project in Mozambique in 2008 turned sour amidst reports of corruption and complaints by locals.
Eventually they decided to pull out and sold their holiday home in January 2012.
On Dutch TV, the prince admitted to an "error of judgment" in trying to emphasize the positive aspects of the project for too long.
"People make mistakes. I will make mistakes in the future, too... I think we have learnt a lot from this and that it has also been part of the training in our preparation for kinghood," he said.
In his TV interview, Prince Willem-Alexander said he wanted to be a king who "adheres to tradition" and who can also "unite, represent and encourage society".
But he added that the only thing that is constant about a monarchy is that "it always moves with society".
The prince made it clear that it would be acceptable to him if MPs decided that the monarchy should become purely ceremonial. "Parliament is the highest body in the Netherlands," he said.
Asked what he would like to be remembered for at the end of his reign, he said that "the most important thing is for the king and the monarchy to pick up their changing role well and to still be able to be there as a symbol of continuity and unity".
The Dutch affairs editor of the weekly magazine Elsevier, Gertjan van Schoonhoven, said the prince's remarks were intended to show that he and his wife "know their place".
They royal couple can draw comfort from a recent opinion poll which suggests that for three quarters of the Dutch there is no question of abolishing the monarchy. Two thirds said they had confidence in King Willem-Alexander, while only 12% said they had confidence in politicians.
On TV, the prince said he had no problem with protests against the monarchy, including on the day of his investiture. "Protest is always allowed," he said.
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A motorway pile-up involving 56 vehicles has killed 17 people in China, according to Chinese state media.

The crash happened on Monday morning on an icy road in North China's province of Shanxi.
An additional 37 people were injured when the vehicles collided during snowy and rainy weather on the Beijing-Kunming expressway.
Images from the scene showed lorries that had been completely crushed by the impact.
One truck was thrown through the air, landing on the vehicles in front of it, while others dangled off the side of the road, above a sharp drop to the ground below.
Cranes were brought to the scene as rescuers tried to work through the wreckage.
State media has since reported that all the injured are in a stable condition.
The World Health Organization estimates that more than 250,000 people die in traffic accidents every year across China, though official government statistics report a far lower number.


Wales men secured promotion to the top tier of European hockey with a dramatic win over France in Glasgow.

The 4-3 victory in their EuroHockey Championship II semi-final ensured they will play in the eight-nation A Division for the first time in 2019.
Wales, who were also unbeaten in their group campaign, will play hosts Scotland in the final.
That will take place on Saturday, with both of the nations guaranteed promotion to Europe's elite.
Wales took the lead after 13 minutes after Rupert Shipperley deflected the ball superbly past the French keeper.
But the French equalised before the break through Gaspard Baumgarten's excellent reverse stick finish.
James Carson restored Wales' lead before Gareth Furlong scored from a penalty corner.
France again pulled one back before Luke Hawker scored Wales's fourth from another penalty corner.
A late French goal set up a nervy finish but Wales held on for victory.
"This is a huge moment for Hockey Wales and the squad," said Wales captain Lewis Prosser.
"We have been building towards this for the last two years and we are playing the best hockey we have ever played.
"I am so happy we got to the A division and I can't quite believe it."
Scotland beat Russia 4-3 in their semi-final.


Pop star Madonna has issued a rebuke after the power was cut during her encore at Glasgow's Hydro venue.

The singer left the stage at the end of her Rebel Heart tour concert on Sunday.
When she returned for an encore of Holiday, Madonna was forced to lead a crowd singalong after finding the power off and floor lights on.
Posting on Instagram, Madonna said: "We don't stop till its over Glasgow! Don't try to silence the Queen." The Hydro said Madonna's own team cut the power.
A spokeswoman for the venue said: "Madonna finished her agreed set and then chose to come on for another song.
"By that stage, all the power and control equipment had already been disconnected by her own production engineers. I would stress that this was not a venue decision."
Videos posted on social media showed Madonna leading a singalong of Holiday at the packed venue.
The Glasgow gig was the last of 25 sold-out shows on the European leg of the 57-year-old's latest tour.
She will perform in Mexico at the start of January.


One of the world's biggest and most successful clubs, Barcelona, is launching a football academy in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub.

The academy, in Africa's biggest city, is the first of its kind on the continent. It is modelled on Barcelona's flagship La Masia Academy in Spain which has produced stars such as Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi and Xavi.
Officially known as FCBEscola Lagos, the school is temporarily located at the multi-sports Teslim Balogun Stadium Complex in the sprawling Surulere suburb.
A bright banner of the Spanish midfielder Iniesta greets you as you enter the main gate.
Inside an assortment of big pictures of Barcelona star players Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar can be seen amongst commercial advertising boards.
Imalashe Sulyman
"Football is not only for boys...I want to become one of the famous football players and be as good as Messi"
Children aged between five and 18 years old file into the stadium to get a football education the Barcelona way.
About 400 fee-paying children are currently enrolled at the school, which costs $600 (Â£478) a year.
They attend training sessions at the academy about once a week and all of them harbour hopes of making it to the big time at Barcelona's prestigious La Masia Academy in Spain.
Among them is Imalashe Sulyman from Yaba in Lagos.
She is one of just three girls at the academy.
"I like being here because it is very friendly and fun to play," she says.
"It doesn't bother me because football is not only for boys, it's for everyone to play. You shouldn't be treated differently anyhow because you are a girl.
"I want to become one of the famous football players and be as good as Messi."
The Lagos academy joins a growing list of other similar Barcelona football schools across Asia, the Americas and Europe.
The Catalan club uses the schools to popularise its brand and transmit the club's philosophy and values to the rest of the world. The philosophy emphasise the importance of teamwork over the individual.
Among the top 10 European clubs, it is the only one with a football academy on the African continent.
Other top clubs such as Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Manchester United, Manchester City and Juventus have so far not done the same.
The academy has already started attracting children from in and outside Nigeria.
"This is a Nigerian fountain that is going to sprout. Like they say about great oak trees, it starts from a little acorn and that's the acorn you are seeing right now," says Leslie Oghomienor, Barcelona's partner and the school's administrator.
"We don't just have children from Nigeria here, we have some from Spain, Taiwan, India, Greece and other Asian people.
"We are going to give them international exposure. We are going to Barcelona in April to play against other people so that they can see what we are doing. The world has to know there's something good coming out of Africa in Lagos, Nigeria."
Bernat Gorriz, Barcelona Lagos academy's technical director
"I don't know if ever we will see another player like Messi but of course we are going to teach these kids how to be like Messi"
The Barcelona allure means a lot for many of the children at this Lagos school.
David Niu from Taiwan, lists Argentinean forward Lionel Messi, who trained at La Masia as a youngster, as his idol.
He described the school as a place "which creates the vibes that every Barcelona player should have".
"I want to get to the academy the La Masia in Spain... that's what I want to achieve."
Asked if he would consider a call from Barcelona's arch rivals Real Madrid if they come for him, he gave an emphatic: "No."
Somagbe Ipedumi, from Ikorodu in Lagos, lists Neymar, the Brazilian star player, as his favourite Barcelona player and hopes to follow in his footsteps.
"I am always dreaming of being at Barcelona and it is a great opportunity to be here. It's a great privilege for me," he said.
"It's not about power, it's about supporting your teammates and keeping possession of the ball. From here, I think I am going to go places."
The Lagos academy is an opportunity for Barcelona to tap into the abundant football talent out of Nigeria's 170 million people.
Bernat Gorriz, the school's technical director, says there is a lot of potential in Nigeria.
"The good quality that African people have is the physical condition, they have good physical condition so if they can learn and they can understand our way of training, I am sure that we can have very good players here in Nigeria."
Asked if the next Lionel Messi could come out of Nigeria, he said: "I don't know if ever we will see another player like Messi but of course we are going to teach these kids how to be like Messi."


Cleaners at Heathrow have complained to the airport's boss they are not getting a living wage for London, agreed as part of plans for a third runway.

The airport, which is waiting for an imminent decision on expansion, agreed to pay £9.40 an hour.
But the airport workers say this is paid only to directly employed staff and not those working through agencies.
They say low wages and long hours deny them "dignity" and the chance to spend time with their children.
The Airports Commission's official report into airport expansion set a number of conditions for Heathrow if it was given the go-ahead for another runway.
These included environmental and noise limits - but also said that Heathrow should adopt the London living wage.
But cleaners and other airport workers at Heathrow have written to chief executive John Holland-Kaye saying that in practice this has not been extended to all staff.
"We are the people that clean and work in your airport day in, day out. We quietly get on with our work to make sure passengers have a safe and comfortable journey," says the letter, signed by "Heathrow workers".
They say that directly employed staff are paid £9.40 per hour, but those who are employed through contractors might only receive £7.20.
This living wage refers to a voluntary rate of £8.25 an hour and £9.40 in London. The government's mandatory National Living Wage is £7.20 for workers over 25.
"We believe that not paying your cleaners and others the London living wage will be going against the Airports Commission's conditions," says the letter, which is supported by the Citizens UK community group.
"Our wages of £7.20 an hour are not enough in order to make ends meet in London. Rent is becoming increasingly expensive, transport costs too, and many of us have families to look after.
"This means that some of us have to work several jobs in order to be able to feed our families. This puts a lot of pressure on our family life as it means we work very long days and have little time to spend with our children."
They argue that if the principle of the living wage is accepted, it is only fair that it should be paid to "all workers on its premises".
"Paying people a real living wage that is linked to the cost of living makes the difference between always struggling to make ends meet versus having enough to get by," said a spokeswoman for Citizens UK.
In response, a spokesman for Heathrow said: "Heathrow is one of the few companies in London that pays all of its 6,000 directly employed colleagues the London living wage or more.
"We recognise the importance of the London living wage and we are looking at how we can roll it out to our supply chain in the future."


Russian officials say the country's most popular social network, VKontakte, was mistakenly put on a blacklist of banned websites, but the error has now been fixed.

In some parts of Russia, including St Petersburg, the mistake immediately blocked access to the site on Friday.
But the state communications regulator says access has now been restored.
VKontakte has 200 million registered users. Last year it was used heavily by opponents of President Vladimir Putin.
A spokesman for the state regulator Roskomnadzor said Friday's incident was "a human error".
Last November a controversial law took effect which blacklists websites considered harmful to children.
The law allows the government to take sites offline without a trial.
The authorities say the goal is to protect minors from websites featuring sexual abuse of children, offering details about how to commit suicide, encouraging users to take drugs and sites that solicit children for pornography.
Critics see it as another attempt by President Putin to exercise control over the population and stifle opposition.


Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been named in his country's provisional 35-man squad for the Olympic Games.

The 34-year-old, who is currently at Euro 2016, has said he will not make a decision on his participation until after the competition is over.
Hakan Ericson - Sweden's coach at the Rio Games - said he wants to keep the chance Ibrahimovic will compete "open" but admitted his "hopes are not huge".
It is widely expected Ibrahimovic will join Manchester United after Euro 2016.
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The former Barcelona, Inter Milan and AC Milan striker ended his four-year stay at Paris St-Germain at the end of the season.
He has remained quiet on his future but speculation on a link-up with his former Inter Milan boss Jose Mourinho at Old Trafford has been widespread.
Ibrahimovic - who created Sweden's goal in their opening draw with Republic of Ireland at Euro 2016 - has scored 62 goals in 114 appearances for his country.
Ericson has said it would be "fantastic" to have Ibrahimovic at his disposal at the Games and Sweden will select their final 18-man squad next month.
They have been drawn against Colombia, Nigeria and Japan at the Olympics.
The men's football tournament - won by Mexico at London 2012 - begins on 3 August in Brazil, two days before the official Olympic opening ceremony.
Manchester United meet Leicester City in the Community Shield at Wembley on 7 August and travel to Bournemouth for their first Premier League fixture on 13 August.


The Saudi-led coalition backing the Yemeni government says it has swapped prisoners with Houthi rebels.

Seven Yemenis were released in exchange for Saudi Cpl Jaber al-Kaabi, according to the official Saudi Press Agency.
The coalition said the swap was part of a deal brokered by Yemeni tribal leaders and included a "state of calm" along the Saudi-Yemeni border.
The deal is one of the most hopeful signs yet to emerge from the conflict, which has killed some 6,000 people.
The coalition said it had agreed "a state of calm on the Yemeni border adjacent to [Saudi Arabia] to make way for the entry of medical and relief materials".
The Saudi-led coalition has been carrying out airstrikes in Yemen since March 2015 in support of the internationally-recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who has been based in the southern city of Aden since July.
Saudi Arabia says the Houthis are supported militarily by its regional rival Iran - something Iran denies.
In a leaked report last month, a UN panel of experts accused the Saudi-led coalition of targeting civilians with air strikes in a "widespread and systematic" manner.
The panel said civilians were also being deliberately starved as a war tactic.
Human rights groups have also said that the already dire humanitarian situation in Yemen has deteriorated severely, with more than 21 million people, or four-fifths of the population, now requiring aid.
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Developing young people's "religious literacy" would help to make them less vulnerable to radicalisation, a conference will hear later.

"Good religious education has never been more needed," Ed Pawson, chairman of the National Association of Teachers of Religious Education, will say.
But pupils will miss out unless the government addresses a shortage of RE teachers, he will warn.
The government said training bursaries would help to recruit more RE staff.
In a speech to NATRE's inaugural annual conference, Mr Pawson is expected to ask "what hope" there is for students to receive a strong religious education when so few of those teaching the subject are qualified to do so.
RE "has never been under greater threat", he is expected to say.
Mr Pawson will cite official figures that show 54% of secondary RE teachers have no post-A-level qualification in a related subject.
"This compares very unfavourably with history, where a mere 27% of teachers lack post-A-level expertise."
Primary pupils are even worse served, he will add, with a NATRE survey of teachers in 2013 suggesting half of almost 700 who responded had received only three hours' training in the subject. A quarter had no training at all.
"We must work hard to attract bright young graduates to join the RE profession, bringing with them energy, creativity and a vision for a more respectful, understanding and diverse society - but let's be honest about some of the facts: as a subject, we need more resources."
Mr Pawson is expected to mention Ofsted's 2013 report on RE, which said more than half of schools were failing pupils on religious education and raised "significant concerns" about the training deficit.
This report found low standards, weak teaching, a confused sense of the purpose of religious education, training gaps and weaknesses in the way the subject was examined.
A report by MPs from the same year said many primary subject leaders in RE lacked sufficient experience and expertise to fulfil the role.
On top of this, from 2016, proposed changes to GCSE subject specifications for RE, requiring the study of two religions, will pose even greater challenges to teachers, he will argue.
"There is still a mountain to climb to bring RE teachers up to the level of qualification and skill that is required to make it a vibrant, exciting and academically rigorous subject in all our schools."
In the speech, Mr Pawson is expected to describe England's Education Secretary Nicky Morgan as "supportive" of religious education.
He promises NATRE will be "candid about the significant obstacles we face" in forthcoming meetings with ministers.
The government said RE was a "vital part" of its plan to prepare young people for life in modern Britain by helping children to develop an understanding of the different faiths and cultures which make up our society.
"That is why it remains compulsory at all key stages, including at primary," a Department for Education spokesman said.
From September top graduates, "including those with the potential to be exceptional RE teachers", could apply for a training bursary "worth Â£9,000 for a first-class degree and Â£4,000 for a 2:1", he added.


One of the longest-serving British prisoners of war during World War II has died aged 98.

Alfie Fripp died in hospital in Bournemouth on Thursday morning, the PoW Association confirmed.
Mr Fripp spent almost all of World War II in captivity after his plane was shot down by the Luftwaffe in 1939.
He was held at 12 different PoW camps, including Stalag Luft III, the scene of prisoner escapes which were dramatised in the film The Great Escape.
The pilot of the plane he was shot down in was one of 50 Allied airmen who escaped from the camp, only to be caught by the Nazis and executed on Hitler's orders.
Mr Fripp, who lived in Southbourne, joined the RAF in 1930 and married his sweetheart, Vera Allen, in September 1939, three days after war was declared by Britain on Germany.
His squadron of Blenheim bombers was sent to France, and just weeks later his aircraft was shot down by the Lufwaffe during a reconnaissance mission and the crew was captured.
As well as spending time in Stalag Luft III, he was also on the Long March of 1945, when thousands of PoWs were forced to march in winter from the camp in Sagan - now Zagan in Poland - to Spremberg in eastern Germany.
Many perished from the cold and starvation.
Family friend Pat Jackson, whose father was held with Mr Fripp at Stalag Luft III, said: "He was a lively, wonderful, inspirational man.
"He was marching past the Cenotaph in November 2012 - I was with him.
"He walked four miles a day. He was a ladies' man, full of humour and wit and up for anything, and that spirit - he had an amazing spirit."
Patricia Fripp announced the death of her uncle on Facebook earlier.
She wrote: "For the friends of Uncle Bill, AKA Alfie. He passed away this morning surrounded by his family.
"He never complained, was always cheerful and will light up heaven."
Mr Fripp spent Christmas in Royal Bournemouth General Hospital where he was being treated for fluid on his lungs.


A haul of Viking treasure has been unearthed from a field in south west Scotland by an amateur using a metal detector.

Derek McLennan, a retired businessman from Ayrshire, made the find in Dumfriesshire in September.
In total, more than 100 items were recovered, including armbands, a cross and brooches.
Experts have said the discovery is one of the most important Viking hoards ever found in Scotland.
The items are believed to be worth a six-figure sum.
Mr McLennan last year uncovered Scotland's biggest haul of medieval silver coins.
Among the objects within the hoard is an early Christian cross thought to date from the 9th or 10th Century.
The solid silver cross has enamelled decorations which experts consider to be highly unusual.
The haul also includes possibly the largest silver Carolingian pot ever discovered, with its lid still in place.
The pot is likely to have been around 100 years old when the hoard was buried in the mid 9th or 10th Centuries.
Stuart Campbell, National Museum of Scotland's head of Scotland's treasure trove unit, said: "This is a hugely significant find, nothing like this has been found in Scotland before in terms of the range of material this hoard represents.
"There's material from Ireland, from Scandinavia, from various places in central Europe and perhaps ranging over a couple of centuries.
"So this has taken some effort for individuals to collect together."
Mr McLennan said he had dragged himself out of his sick bed to pursue his passion for metal detecting on the day he found the Viking treasure.
He had been given permission to search the site and after an hour he found a silver object, at first he thought it was a spoon but when he rubbed the surface he recognised the Viking decoration.
Further excavation unearthed more than a hundred items of silver and gold including a bird pen, metal vessel, armbands, cross and brooches. Experts say it's one of the most significant Viking hoards ever found in Scotland.
He said: "I dragged myself out of my sick bed because I had two friends that wanted to detect and I'm a bit of an obsessive.
"I unearthed the first piece, initially I didn't understand what I had found because I thought it was a silver spoon and then I turned it over and wiped my thumb across it and I saw the Saltire-type of design and knew instantly it was Viking.
"Then my senses exploded, I went into shock, endorphins flooded my system and away I went stumbling towards my colleagues waving it in the air."
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Culture and External Affairs said: "The Vikings were well known for having raided these shores in the past, but today we can appreciate what they have left behind, with this wonderful addition to Scotland's cultural heritage.
"It's clear that these artefacts are of great value in themselves, but their greatest value will be in what they can contribute to our understanding of life in early medieval Scotland, and what they tell us about the interaction between the different peoples in these islands at that time.
"The Dumfries hoard opens a fascinating window on a formative period in the story of Scotland and just goes to show how important our archaeological heritage in Scotland continues to be."
"As ever, the Scottish government will work to facilitate and support the discovery, analysis and exhibiting of finds like this, for the benefit of people here and abroad.
"With that in mind I would like to echo the praise for the responsible behaviour of the metal detectorists: without their continued cooperation this would not be possible."


It has emerged that around 1,000 people had to leave a concert at an underground car park in Londonderry on Saturday due to a security alert.

The train station was evacuated after claims that a bomb was left there, while Quarry Steps at Spencer Road was also cordoned off in a separate alert.
A suspicious object was then discovered by officers in the Alfred Street and Clooney Terrace area at 23:00 GMT.
Police later said "nothing untoward" was found at any of the alerts.
The underground car park at Ebrington, where DJ James Zabiela was playing, was evacuated as army bomb experts examined the object.
There were three alerts in Derry over the weekend. The railway line between Coleraine and Derry was closed for a time while searches were carried out.
The alerts happened along the Apprentice Boys parade route.


A collapse in the global price paid for recycled waste has cost Welsh councils more than £1m in lost income.

Six authorities have told BBC Wales a meltdown in waste markets has hit their budgets.
Pembrokeshire council has seen the price it gets for steel drop by 88% over the year - while Flintshire has seen the price for plastics halved.
Experts say a slump in oil prices, cheap steel imports, and China's economic slowdown are to blame.
"We try to play the markets as best we can," Harvey Mitchell, the waste services manager for Flintshire, said.
"It makes it difficult when we do have a drop in issues we can't control, such as the global price of oil, or when larger countries flood the European market with steel."
Flintshire has been celebrating a record year for recycling household waste - up to 58% of everything thrown away now ends up at its waste recover facility in Buckley.
"But while we've seen an increase in the amount of material we've collected, we've actually seen a drop in the income because of the market prices," Mr Mitchell said.
Recycled waste netted the council £537,000 in revenue in 2015/16, but this represented a drop of 45% in the expected income - more than £400,000 in lost cash.
The pattern has been repeated in Pembrokeshire, where £360,000 has been wiped off the council's expected income, while four other councils saw a combined drop of £335,000.
"This is an issue which is impacting upon Wales as a whole, not just Pembrokeshire," a council official there said.
"Fortunately quotes for the coming months are starting to look more positive with prices starting to increase."
The impact on most of the other Welsh councils which responded to BBC Wales has been minimal, as they said are tied into long term contracts dealing with their recycling services.
But one academic expert said authorities and the public in Wales will need to refocus as they face ever increasing targets on recycling.
By 2025 Welsh authorities are being asked to recycle 70% of waste - by 2050, it should be 100%.
"Waste prevention is what this is all about," Rebecca Colley-Jones, from Bangor University's Sustainability Lab, said.
"It's about buying smartly, being able to think about what you do with it so it can be reused, because reuse is a form of waste prevention.
"Together we can provide solutions for the future."


Samsung has unveiled new Android and Windows-powered touchscreen devices at the IFA trade show in Berlin.

The new models include several firsts for the company: a Windows RT tablet; a Windows Phone 8 smartphone; and an Android-powered camera.
It also revealed an update to its Galaxy Note model - a so-called "phablet" that is larger than most phones, but smaller than most tablets.
The products are its first since losing a patent lawsuit to Apple in the US.
The South Korean firm faces paying its rival over $1bn (Â£663m) in damages related to several of its Android models, but has signalled it will challenge the ruling.
Samsung's new line-up includes a 10.1in (25.7cm) touchscreen tablet which uses an ARM-based chip and the RT version of Windows 8.
It also revealed Intel-based models that are more powerful and run the full version of the system. The devices, which are branded as Slate or Ativ Smart PCs depending on where they are sold, function as hybrids - working either as standalone tablets or as laptops when added to keyboard docks.
They update its 2011 Slate models and follow a similar format to Asus's Transformer hybrids.
In addition Samsung showed off the Ativ S -  its first smartphone to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 Phone system. It features a 4.8in (12.2cm) display, making it one of the bigger models on the market.
There was only one Android-tablet announcement - the Galaxy Note 2. The device features a 5.5in (14cm) screen and is narrower and taller than its predecessor.
It also features a new Air View function. When a stylus is held about 1cm above its display, previews are triggered of on-screen objects such as the contents of a photo album or an email.
The news follows on from a recent announcement of another, larger Android tablet - the Galaxy Note 10.1.
One analyst said it was no surprise to see the firm covering so many bases.
"Samsung's strategy is to make whatever the market needs," said Ken Dulaney, vice president at the tech consultancy Gartner.
"They make a lot of products in a lot of categories rather than carrying out tons of market research.
"Their greatest strengths are engineering and manufacturing, and they use those strengths to sort out what the market wants. In contrast, American companies typically spend more time on pre-development research, and then rely more on marketing."
Samsung's other announcement was the Galaxy Camera.
The device is the second mainstream compact camera powered by Android  to be announced in a week, following on from a release by Nikon.
It marks a new category of devices to use Google's system, offering the opportunity to install photo editing apps and other third-party software on the machines.
Samsung's model includes the option of using 3G or 4G data connectivity in addition to wi-fi, making it easier to upload pictures to social networks.
It can send live images to a smartphone - allowing the handset to be used as a viewfinder if the person taking the shot also wants to appear in it - and can also be controlled by voice.
"One of the big reasons the compact camera market is struggling is that people value sharing their images and doing things to them, more than they do having a picture with better picture quality," Stuart Miles, founder of the Pocket-lint gadget site, told the BBC.
"Devices like Samsung and Nikon's models capitalise on this and offer people the best of both worlds - apps and a better lens - in a device they will probably not mind being bulkier than a smartphone."


The US Senate will block a vote on any Supreme Court nominee from President Barack Obama, the Republican Majority Leader in the chamber has warned.

Sen Mitch McConnell acknowledged Mr Obama's right to propose a replacement for Justice Antonin Scalia, who died earlier this month.
But he stressed that Republicans controlling the Senate would also exercise their rights.
Scalia's death left the conservative-run Supreme Court evenly divided.
It also set off a battle in a presidential election year over Scalia's successor into the nine-member body.
"Presidents have a right to nominate, just as the Senate has its constitutional right to provide or withhold consent. In this case, the Senate will withhold it," Sen McConnell said on Tuesday.
"The Senate will appropriately revisit the matter after the American people finish making in November the decision they've already started making today," he added, in a reference to the 8 November presidential elections.
Meanwhile, the Democrat Minority Leader of the Senate, Harry Reid, described Sen McConnell's stance on the issue as "obstruction on steroids".
"Gone are the days of level-headedness and compromise," Mr Reid said.
The White House said shortly after Scalia's death that a new judge would soon be nominated by Mr Obama.
Republicans say President Barack Obama should leave this to his successor next year.
According to the constitution, the president nominates justices to the court while the Senate uses its "advice and consent" powers to confirm or reject that person.
Scalia, 79, was found dead at a Texan ranch. He had died of natural causes.
The death of a powerful conservative voice on the bench of the country's highest court threatens to spark a constitutional crisis in the US.
In recent years, the court has made key rulings on gay marriage, abortion and Mr Obama's key healthcare legislation.


A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a man in West Yorkshire.

A 43-year-old man was found at a house in Shirley Terrace, Gomersal, on Friday at about 18:30 GMT, said West Yorkshire Police.
He had been attacked and was treated by paramedics but died at the scene, said the force.
A 47-year-old woman and 26-year-old man have been arrested on suspicion of murder and are in police custody.
Police are appealing for witnesses who saw anything around Shirley Terrace.


26-year-old maths lecturer and PhD student Pietro Boselli describes himself as 'nerdy', but the internet would beg to differ.

Pictures of him have gone viral after his students posted them online, when they found out about his other job.
As well as teaching at University College London (UCL), he's also on the books of agency Models1.
He tells Newsbeat his students sometimes lose focus, and keep taking sneaky snaps when he's not looking.
When Arief Azil posted a picture of his teacher on Facebook, he wasn't expecting it would take off the way it did. Arief and his friends were in a lecture when they thought; "this guy's quite good looking," so they looked him up.
That was back in January, but interest has grown since then: "I got 100 likes at that time and I didn't know it was going to viral like this."
Arief told Newsbeat Boselli teaches a maths course called 'modelling analysis' - which fits, somehow.
Pietro is surprised by the reaction.
"I got really bombarded by messages, emails, you know, everyone, all of my friends, everyone I've ever known suddenly sending my snapshots or pictures...  I didn't really know what to make of it because I didn't feel like I'd achieved anything that was worthy of such a big thing."
Pietro specialises in engineering - designing turbines and writing computer programmes.
Originally from Italy, Pietro's been in London for eight years now, and has been teaching maths at UCL for the last five. He was scouted for modelling at the age of six, so he's pretty used to seeing himself on billboards and in magazines, but says it's never had this much attention.
"It's always been like that for me, sort of a side job."
Students have even been turning up to his lectures from other departments. Arief told us there are often 10 to 15 girls he doesn't recognise in class. Or maybe it's Pietro's maths skills they've come to admire: "He's a really really good teacher to be honest."
Pietro certainly doesn't get it: "It's strange because obviously it's just my daily life, I don't see anything special in it, but apparently it is of interest to people on the internet."
He wouldn't be drawn on which profession he preferred: "It would be unfair for me to say I prefer one or the other. Obviously most of my time and effort I dedicate to my studies, to my engineering."
But he did say it was strange being part of two completely different environments.
"That's what I like the most about it. At one moment I'm hanging out with my colleagues in my research office, and the day after, maybe on a modelling job, meeting designers or people in fashion. "
He enjoys how baffled his colleagues on both sides are.
"People in fashion see my engineering work as something so remote and advanced and at the same time my colleagues in engineering think 'it's so cool you do modelling.'"
Pietro says he thought he'd captured people's imagination because the two jobs are so different. Some of his model friends "don't even know what a PHD is, that's how far away the two different worlds are."
He sometimes has to work a bit harder to convince his students he's the real deal in engineering too.
"They're a bit set back because obviously I've a younger appearance... So I need to sort of convince them that I'm good at what I'm doing and I need to put in that extra effort."
So would he ever give up one profession to concentrate on the other? He doesn't see why he should.
"Obviously modelling is probably not as long-term as engineering would be - for obvious reasons - but you know, whilst I have it I don't see why I should give it up."
So what's next for Pietro?
"I have many many ideas and many ambitions and I'm just trying to put everything together."
He'd like to start his own engineering firm.
"What I see is starting up something that actually produces something, that creates something, I like the idea of leaving something behind. And that's why I like engineering so much because you use science, you use maths, and physics, to create something that actually works."


Labour has suspended MP Naz Shah over comments she made about Israel.

The Bradford West MP has been heavily criticised over the Facebook posts, including one suggesting Israel should be moved to the United States.
In a Commons statement she offered a "profound apology" for the posts, which were made before she became an MP.
Earlier party leader Jeremy Corbyn warned her about the "offensive and unacceptable" posts and David Cameron called for her suspension.
Labour said: "Jeremy Corbyn and Naz Shah have mutually agreed that she is administratively suspended from the Labour Party by the general secretary.
"Pending investigation, she is unable to take part in any party activity and the whip is removed."
Apologising in the Commons, Ms Shah, who had already quit as an unpaid aide to shadow chancellor John McDonnell, said: "Anti-Semitism is racism, full stop. As an MP I will do everything in my power to build relationships between Muslims, Jews and people of different faiths and none."
The announcement of her suspension came after pressure mounted on the MP, with Mr Cameron saying during Prime Minister's Questions it was "quite extraordinary" that Labour had not withdrawn the whip from her over what he suggested were "racist" comments.
Saying sorry three times didn't prevent Naz Shah's suspension.
Number 10 are taking credit - but one shadow cabinet member, Lisa Nandy, had already called for her suspension and I'm told other Labour figures had approached party officials privately to call for the same thing.
Ten days ago Labour's general secretary had reassured MPs those accused of anti-Semitism would be expelled or suspended.
Insiders say that once the Labour leader had decided to hand the matter to party officials, suspension - and an investigation - became inevitable.
Most Labour MPs recognise few members hold anti-Semitic views but that some high-profile cases have been toxic, and have been pressing their leadership to be more proactive in uncovering and rooting out unacceptable views.
And some on the party's right are keen to force a leader who has opposed "witch hunts" of party members to use disciplinary procedures to erect, however reluctantly, some walls to Labour's broad church - and to make clear that the views of some recent members and supporters aren't welcome.
Minutes before PMQs, Mr Corbyn issued a statement, saying: "These are historic social media posts made before she was a member of parliament. Naz has issued a fulsome apology.
"She does not hold these views and accepts she was completely wrong to have made these posts. The Labour Party is implacably opposed to anti-Semitism and all forms of racism."
Labour MP Lisa Nandy had called for Ms Shah's suspension, while another Labour MP, Kate Hoey, told BBC Radio 4's The World at One she should resign "right away" from the Commons Home Affairs Committee, which is carrying out an inquiry into anti-Semitism.
Sabbiyah Pervez, BBC Look North
Naz Shah burst onto the political scene during the 2015 general election, where she ousted Respect MP George Galloway.
Her selection as a candidate proved controversial with divisions emerging in the local party. The candidate who was chosen first stood down four days later, before Ms Shah was imposed by the ruling National Executive Committee.
A bitter campaign followed, with Mr Galloway sparking anger by questioning Ms Shah's account of her forced marriage.
After her victory, she was celebrated locally and nationally for her unique background and life experiences.
Growing up in poverty in Bradford, Ms Shah and her family were abandoned by her father who eloped with a neighbour's teenage daughter. She has spoken openly about her experience of surviving a forced marriage and domestic violence.
In a Facebook post in 2014, Ms Shah shared a graphic showing an image of Israel's outline superimposed on a map of the US under the headline "Solution for Israel-Palestine conflict - relocate Israel into United States", with the comment "problem solved".
The post suggested the US has "plenty of land" to accommodate Israel as a 51st state, allowing Palestinians to "get their life and their land back".
It added Israeli people would be welcome and safe in the US, while the "transportation cost" would be less than three years' worth of Washington's support for Israeli defence spending.
Ms Shah added a note suggesting the plan might "save them some pocket money".
The post was brought to light by the Guido Fawkes website, which also highlighted a post in which she appeared to liken Israeli policies to those of Hitler.
In a statement, the MP said: "I made these posts at the height of the Gaza conflict in 2014, when emotions were running high around the Middle East conflict.
"But that is no excuse for the offence I have given, for which I unreservedly apologise."
She set out a more detailed apology in an article for Jewish News.
"The language I used was wrong," she wrote.
"It is hurtful. What's important is the impact these posts have had on other people. I understand that referring to Israel and Hitler as I did is deeply offensive to Jewish people for which I apologise."
The Board of Deputies of British Jews said the comments were "simply appalling", calling for an urgent meeting "for clarification of her views on Israel and the UK Jewish community".


The newly-crowned largest container ship in the world has arrived at Felixstowe for its first visit to the UK.

MSC Oscar is shorter in length than the previous holder the CSCL Globe, which docked in Felixstowe in January, but can carry 124 more containers.
It is 396m (1,300ft) long and has a capacity of 19,224 standard containers.
Clemence Cheng, chief executive of Port of Felixstowe, said it was a "very happy day" for the port.
More than 200 people lined the beach between the public viewing platform and Landguard Point to welcome the ship's arrival, although the ship was not carrying a full load.
Barrie Bridle, 57, from Southampton, was spending the week in Felixstowe to see the ship.
"I work in the marine industry and we get a lot of shipping in Southampton, but it's always nice to see something different and we don't get them that big in our port," he said.
"She'll be just as impressive going out, hopefully with a few more boxes on her."
Graham Meadows, 60, from Ipswich, said he had a "fascination" with its size.
"I missed the Globe in January because I was away, so I got down here early this morning," he said.
"I've just finished a night-shift, so I'm tired and I want to go to bed, but I also hope to come down at night and photograph it before I go to work.
"My partner understands my interest in photography, so she accepts it whether it's wildlife or anything else."
Source: MSC
The MSC Oscar had sailed from Wilhelmshaven in Germany and will leave Felixstowe on Tuesday before heading to Rotterdam in The Netherlands and then on to China via Algeciras in Spain and the Suez Canal.
Mr Cheng said MSC had worked with the port for the past 30 years and that its continued business, despite the added option of London Gateway, was a "seal of approval".
"We're giving them the service that they want," he said. "It's good for the port, good for Suffolk and good for the country."
The size of a container ship is defined in terms of its load capacity.


Graffiti daubed across a church, including references to the "anti-Christ", is being treated as a hate crime.

The vicar of St Thomas's Church of England Church in Hitchin Road, Stopsley, Luton, arrived to find the paint still wet on Sunday morning.
Slogans including "Hell awaits you. Repent" and "Beware the beast" were painted across the exterior walls.
"Hate crime will not be tolerated," Bedfordshire police said.
The graffiti, in large white letters, appeared sometime between midnight and 08:00 BST on 23 July, officers said.
The vandal also made references to transhumanism - a movement that believes in using technology to improve intellectual, physical and psychological capacities - and wrote: "Anti-Christ" and "Hell awaits".
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St Thomas's vicar, the Reverend David Alexander said: "The slogans have been painted on the side of the walls of the church and they were still wet when we arrived on Sunday morning."
Police are investigating the vandalism and have appealed for witnesses.


Students from Northern Ireland who travelled to London to take part in protests against tuition fees have condemned the outbreak of violence.

Trouble flared after a small number of protestors attacked Millbank Tower, where the Conservative party has its headquarters, smashing windows and injuring at least two police officers.
Fiona Kidd from Queen's Student Union took part in the protest.
She said a small number of demonstrators were behind the trouble.
"It's a tragedy that something so special and so momentous has been hijacked and destroyed by a few", she said.
"We just ask people to remember the ethos of the march and that the disruption that's happening wasn't anything to do with the National Union of Students."
Ruth McKee, a Belfast student at Kingston University was covering the demonstration for her student newspaper.
She witnessed the violence as protestors entered the Millbank Tower.
"The cobble stones were ripped up, placards were thrown hard against the glass and at that stage there was a surge from a contingent who turned up at about 2pm who pushed through and were pushing through the glass and into the foyer," she said.
SDLP Youth Member Liam McNulty also took part in the protest. He said the fact that some students had become involved in violence should not overshadow the message to the government.
"Tens of thousands of people marched to demand the sort of higher education system that both David Cameron and Nick Clegg themselves enjoyed but which they are now threatening to deny a new generation," he said.
"That some students took part in civil disobedience in no way detracts from the scale of today's demonstration and their actions pale in significance to the criminal damage the Tories and Liberal Democrats are about to inflict on our universities."


Dundee United have signed Congolese-Dutch striker Patrick Nkoyi subject to international clearance.

The 27-year-old, who counts Fortuna Sittard and Rapid Bucharest among his former clubs, joins the Championship club on a one-year deal.
"I am here to score the goals that will help this club win the title. I look forward to showing the fans what I can do," Nkoyi told the club website.
The striker is boss Ray McKinnon's fifth signing of the summer so far.
James Keatings, Billy King, Thomas Scobbie and Paul McMullan have already signed on at Tannadice and McKinnon believes Nkoyi, who last played for MVV Maastricht, will have a major impact.
"Patrick is a big, strong, athletic goalscorer," the manager said. "He has good pace and can score with both feet. He will add to our attacking threat and offers a different impact to the attackers already here.
"I am delighted with this signing, and I believe he will become a big favourite with the United fans."


Two late tries from winger James Short saw Exeter come from behind to beat Bath at the Rec in the Premiership.

Victory looked set to go to Bath, who held the Chiefs at bay until a Gareth Steenson penalty on the hour.
Semesa Rokoduguni's first-half try and two penalties from fly-half George Ford gave them an 11-0 lead at the break.
But, with Bath down to 14 men after losing all available props, Exeter capitalised and replacement Short crossed twice in the last nine minutes.
Exeter climb above Bath to third courtesy of their fifth straight Premiership victory, which was also their first at the Rec in the competition.
Bath found themselves on the losing side in a Premiership home match for the first time since 1 April.
For the majority of the contest, Todd Blackadder's side looked set to continue their impressive home form as the Chiefs struggled to find a way through.
But as Bath lost front rows Nathan Catt, who was earlier selected in England's 33-man training squad, Max Lahiff and Nick Auterac, referee Craig Maxwell-Keys ordered uncontested scrums.
Auterac failed a head injury assessment with six minutes remaining which presented Exeter with the chance to make a man's advantage tell and ultimately resulted in Short's second decisive try.
Bath first team coach Toby Booth told BBC Radio Bristol:
"What we have to be really honest about is when you play against top four sides, the margins are very slight.
"Exeter are a very good side, we know that, but losing three props and going to uncontested scrums hasn't helped anyone, so from that point of view it's very disappointing.
"But you need to take your chances and ultimately they took the two chances that they had and we didn't take the two that we had.
"We're disappointed, but if you think what happened down there, I'm sure they were disappointed at home and us stealing it at the death, so I suppose it's honours even."
Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter told BBC Radio Devon:
"I thought Bath were very good for 50 minutes of the game and controlled most areas.
"Their energy, enthusiasm and competiveness was at a level above ours.
"That was all we talked about at half-time, we didn't really talk about technique or any tactical switches, we just said 'come on, we're not showing the attitude that's required here today to win a game of top four Premiership rugby'. That was the biggest shift we made.
"They stepped up attitude-wise, but they are going to get some questions asked on Monday as to why it took to 40 minutes for that to surface."
Bath: Homer; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Tapuai, Brew; Ford (co-capt), Fotuali'i; Catt, Dunn, Lahiff, Garvey (co-capt), Attwood, Ellis, Louw, Mercer.
Replacements: van Vuuren, Auterac, Knight, Stooke, Grant, Allinson, Clark, Watson.
Exeter: Dollman; Nowell, Devoto, Hill, Woodburn; Steenson (capt), Chudley; Moon, Yeandle, Francis, Lees, Hill, Dennis, Armand, Waldrom.
Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Rimmer, Holmes, Atkins, Horstmann, Maunder, Simmonds, Short.
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