The body of Fusilier Lee Rigby has arrived at his regiment's garrison church for an overnight vigil on the eve of his funeral.

The soldier, from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, was killed in Woolwich, south-east London in May.
Drummers escorted the cortege to Bury Parish Church, with onlookers applauding as it passed.
A service then took place for the family ahead of a full military funeral and private committal on Friday.
The father of one had served in Afghanistan and was a drummer for the regiment.
Ahead of the cortege, soldiers from his regiment marched and veterans carried regimental flags.
Floral tributes carrying the words "brother", "son" and "husband" accompanied his coffin draped in the Union flag.
An honour guard of soldiers from his regiment will remain with Fusilier Rigby's body overnight inside the church.
Police and councils have urged people to line the route once his body leaves the church on its way to Middleton Cemetery on Friday.
Speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons on Wednesday, David Cameron said: "We should all pay tribute to drummer Lee Rigby for his service to our country.
"We should also pay tribute to his family, to all the pain and difficulty that they are going through, and I am sure it will be a very fitting service, a very moving service on Friday and the whole country will be mourning with them."
Michael Adebolajo, 28, from Romford, east London, and Michael Adebowale, 22, from Greenwich, south-east London, are accused of Fusilier Rigby's murder.
Mr Adebolajo is also accused of the attempted murder of two police officers and possession of a firearm with intent to cause others to believe that violence would be used.


Real Madrid centre-back Raphael Varane is a major doubt for the Champions League final against Atletico Madrid on Saturday because of injury.

The club confirmed the 23-year-old has "a grade two injury in the left thigh muscle" - but did not specify a timeline for his return.
But Spanish media report that he will miss the San Siro final, and is a doubt for France's first Euro 2016 match.
Les Bleus face Romania in the tournament opener on Friday, 10 June.
France have called Sevilla defender Adil Rami into their training squad.


A US court has ordered that President Donald Trump release records of visitors to his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida.

Mr Trump has been to the property seven times this year, including when he hosted foreign leaders. But it is unclear who else he had as guests.
The move is part of a legal challenge brought by a non-profit watchdog group.
Meanwhile, the outgoing head of the government ethics agency says the US has been made a virtual laughing stock.
Walter Shaub told the New York Times that the Trump administration has ignored long-established guidelines, and that the flouting of ethics rules at home makes it hard for the US to tackle corruption overseas.
The White House has dismissed the criticism, saying that Mr Shaub was promoting himself and had failed to do his job properly.
Among the visitors that Mr Trump has hosted at his resort - which he calls the "Winter White House" - are Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The legal case for details of the visitors was launched by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (Crew), the National Security Archive (NSA) and the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.
The records must be released by 8 September, a US District Court for the Southern District of New York judge decided. It is not clear what information will be revealed.
The groups had also filed lawsuits for visitor records at the White House and Trump Tower in New York, a statement said.
The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, said it had no records of visitors at Trump Tower, while the lawsuit was still ongoing for the White House.
"The public deserves to know who is coming to meet with the president and his staff," Crew Executive Director Noah Bookbinder said.
"We are glad that as a result of this case, this information will become public for meetings at his personal residences - but it needs to be public for meetings at the White House as well."
The Trump administration has not revealed the names of White House visitors. The Obama government started disclosing its visitor records in 2009, after a lawsuit brought by Crew.


Four people were detained in Sydney, Australia, in relation to the killing of police worker Curtis Cheng.

More than 200 officers swooped on several properties early on Wednesday, police said, arresting males aged between 16 and 22. A fifth man was held over unrelated fraud charges.
Mr Cheng, 58, was shot dead outside his office on Friday in what police are treating as a terror attack.
Police shot dead his attacker, 15-year-old Farhad Jabar, at the scene.
Jabar, an Australian born in Iran and of Iraqi-Kurdish heritage, is reported to have shouted religious slogans as he killed Mr Cheng, a police accountant.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said the attack "appears to have been an act of terrorism".
According to Australian media, some of the properties raided on Wednesday had also been raided by police last year, in a major anti-terror operation in Sydney.
The four men arrested in connection with Mr Cheng's death have been identified in Australian media as Raban Alou, 18; Mustafa Dirani, 22; Talal Alameddine, 22; and a 16-year-old whose name has been withheld for legal reasons.
A fifth man, named as Rafat Alameddine, 24, was arrested for outstanding identity fraud charges.
Two of the detained men were released later on Wednesday. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation said the detention periods on their warrants had expired, without naming them.
New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn said on Wednesday that police suspect Jabar did not act alone, and that some of those arrested were known to police.
"Time will clearly tell about what their associations may have been leading up to the events on Friday," she said.
Ms Burn was questioned by reporters on why Jabar, who is not thought to have had a criminal history, was not on the authorities' radar.
"It's a reality of life we can't be everywhere with everybody at every single second of the day," she said, but added that police believe he must have come under "some influence, whether it was ideologically, religious or politically motivated".
Acting Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police Neil Gaughan said police were co-operating with Turkish officials to find Jabar's sister, thought to have flown to Istanbul not long before the attack.
But he said there was no evidence that she was involved in the attack.
Police said the raids were not connected to the arrest on Tuesday of another teenage boy, who attended the same school as Jabar.
The boy, 17, was asked about alleged social media posts, but allegedly became threatening and intimidated officers.
Local media reported he had written Facebook posts defending Jabar's actions, and made threats against another police station.
The BBC's Jon Donnison in Sydney says Friday's attack has shocked Australians, amid concerns about the radicalisation of young people.
Dozens of Australians are thought to be fighting with Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq and Syria and the Australian government has introduced new national security laws in response.
Experts are worried about the effect of returnees - and on those who support them - on security.
In September last year, police in Melbourne shot a man they called a "known terror suspect" a day after IS called for Muslims to kill Australians.


A mother accused of murdering her two-year-old son has told a jury she completely failed her son.

Rachel Fee is on trial alongside her civil partner Nyomi Fee, accused of killing toddler Liam in March 2014.
Ms Fee told a jury she was not thinking rationally when she failed to get Liam help for a broken leg he had suffered the week before he died.
The couple blame that injury, and Liam's death, on another boy.
Rachel Fee said she feared Liam would be taken off her if she had taken him to hospital, admitting the toddler would still be alive if she had sought help for him.
Nyomi Fee, 28, and Rachel Fee, 31, deny killing the two-year-old at a house near Glenrothes in Fife on 22 March 2014, by repeatedly inflicting "blunt force trauma" to his head and body.
They also face charges they neglected Liam and abused two other children.
The pair blame one of the other children in their care for killing Liam.
The women, who are both originally from Ryton, Tyne and Wear, deny all the charges against them.
Giving evidence in her own defence, Rachel Fee said she would regret for the rest of her life her decision not to get emergency medical help for her two-year-old son's broken leg.
Under cross examination, the 31-year-old admitted that she had even threatened to leave her co-accused Nyomi Fee if she called an ambulance for the toddler.
Advocate depute Alex Prentice, prosecuting, suggested she had put her own interests before those of her child.
He asked her: "How does that square with rights, duties and responsibilities of a mother you told us about earlier?"
She answered: "I completely failed Liam."
Mr Prentice told her that little Liam must have been in "excruciating pain" with a broken thigh bone.
Earlier, Ms Fee admitted that she repeatedly searched Google to find out if a broken bone could cause death and if married lesbians could share a cell if they were jailed for neglect.
She told the court she felt "really bad" that she had spent about three hours on the day Liam died at riding stables looking after her horse.
She came home at about 18:20 to have drinks and a takeaway meal with Nyomi.
Rachel Fee told how she heard Nyomi shouting her name repeatedly from Liam's bedroom and ran in to see her son "all white" being lifted out of his buggy by her partner.
Her defence QC Brian McConnachie asked her: "Can you remember how you reacted?" she said: "Yes. I think I fell to the floor. He wasn't breathing."
She said she went to the hallway where the other child was and he put his head down.
She said: "I knew by the look on his face he'd done something. Just done something.
"I was feeing completely distraught, devastated. I didn't know what was happening, didn't know what to do - so many different emotions."
She said she was aware that her son was not breathing and asked the older child what he had done.
Ms Fee told the court: "I said: 'You've strangled him or suffocated him haven't you?' and he said: 'Yes'."
Rachel Fee denied the prosecution's claim that she and Nyomi had delayed calling the ambulance to allow them to hide a makeshift cage in which they allegedly imprisoned one of two older children they were looking after.
She told the jury that the boy she accused of strangling Liam had been responsible for sexually assaulting the toddler, giving him a head injury and breaking his leg.
She claimed she did nothing about the alleged assaults because she was scared social services would take the children away from her.
Ms Fee also denied the allegations from the other children of abuse spanning a two-year period.
She denied forcing them to take cold showers as punishment for wetting the bed, tying one in a cage and tying the other to a chair at night in a room full of pet rats and snakes.
The trial at the High Court in Livingston continues.


A 15-year-old work experience student from south London was left in charge of Southern Rail's Twitter account on Tuesday.

And for a feed usually dominated by the complaints of angry commuters, things soon turned pretty surreal.
The teenager introduced himself on the social network at just after 2.30pm.
Within moments Southern Rail's 161,000 followers were tweeting Eddie questions. Probably a welcome change for the beleaguered rail firm, which has faced months of criticism from customers for cancelled services and strike action. A bitter dispute over the role of guards has affected Southern passengers for more than a year.
Eddie was quick to respond to the hypothetical duck vs horse question.
Eddie continued tackling a variety of topics such as football and his GCSEs, and answered a question on how he secured work experience at the rail company from someone wishing to do the same.
"I applied through a friend that worked here, although if you DM us your email address we can forward this onto HR."
Although some customers asked about travel, most questions were directed at Eddie's personal interests. "What video games do you play?" asked another Twitter user
"Hi, I don't play a great deal but when i do it is usually FIFA," Eddie replied. But it was his response to a random question about whether a boy could swim faster than a shark that earned the teenage schoolboy the kudos all social media users crave.
"Hi, I don't think so but you never know there could be a girl that can," Eddie responded, prompting replies of "great work Eddie" and " I love you".
Occasionally a tweet by one of Southern Rail's regular Twitter team, named Neil, appeared on the feed in response to customers unimpressed by the online discussions. "Nobody wishes to troll a 15 year old, but Eddie should be made well aware how lives are being ruined by GTR," remarked one Twitter user.
"We're showing a 15 year old the wonderful world of work today. Appreciate if you could lay off the abuse for a bit," was the response.
Other hypothetical questions followed as did Eddie's quick responses.
"Rollerblades for feet." Eddie replied. "I feel like I would get used to them pretty quickly and be able to get places quicker!"
While another Tweeter joked: "And you'd get there faster than on a @SouthernRailUK service too."
A spokesperson for Southern Rail said Eddie would be back on Twitter duty on Wednesday.
"We had planned for him to sit with our control team tomorrow and learn about train planning, however he loved his time on Twitter today and he clearly has a natural talent for it so he will most likely be paying us a visit tomorrow."
By Rozina Sini, BBC's UGC and Social News Team


Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas has quit Plaid Cymru to become an independent AM, BBC Wales understands.

The Dwyfor Meirionnydd AM is understood to have told his local party on Friday that he will sit as an independent AM in the Assembly.
The former Presiding Officer had previously been disciplined by Plaid leader Leanne Wood for criticising party policy.
Plaid Cymru said they would call for a by-election as soon as possible.
A party spokesman said Lord Elis-Thomas, who led Plaid from 1984 to 1991, had "misled" constituents.
A statement from the party said: "Plaid Cymru will begin the process of selecting a new candidate in Dwyfor Meirionnydd following Dafydd Elis-Thomas's decision to leave the Plaid Cymru Assembly group.
"Constituents, who Dafydd Elis-Thomas misled in the recent Assembly election, will expect a by-election to be held at the earliest convenience."
A spokesperson for the party's Dwyfor Meirionnydd constituency committee said: "We thank Dafydd Elis-Thomas for his work for the party and the constituency since 1974.
"We are saddened and disappointed by his departure.
"The local constituency committee now appeals to his conscience and requests that he stands down in order to allow for a byelection."
Lord Elis-Thomas has been asked to comment.
He has been an assembly member since 1999, previously serving as an MP since 1974.
In 2014, Lord Elis-Thomas lost the chairmanship of an assembly committee for criticising Ms Wood's spring party conference speech in which she said a vote for UKIP was "a vote against Wales".


Declining seaside towns in parts of the UK are stuck in a cycle of poverty, a think tank has warned.

The Centre for Social Justice - set up by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith - said some towns were suffering "severe social breakdown".
They were also becoming "dumping grounds" for vulnerable people such as children in care and ex-offenders.
This has been "further depressing the desirability of such areas and so perpetuating the cycle", it said.
The CSJ report,  entitled Turning the Tide, examined conditions in five coastal towns in England and Wales - Rhyl in north Wales, Margate in Kent, Clacton-on-Sea in Essex, Blackpool in Lancashire and Great Yarmouth in Norfolk.
Whilst each town has its own particular problems, it said "a recurring theme had been that of poverty attracting poverty".
Many seaside towns' economies were badly affected by the advent of cheaper foreign travel in the 1970s, it said. This led in turn to a depleted economy, low skills base and "dangerously high levels of family breakdown".
The total working-age benefits bill for the five towns is almost Â£2bn, it says - and the human cost of their high unemployment rates is "more considerable still".
The think tank said on key measures of poverty - school failure, teenage pregnancy, fatherlessness and lone parenting, and worklessness - some resorts now had problems as severe as deprived inner-city areas.
Of the 10 wards in England and Wales with the highest rates of teenage pregnancy, four were seaside towns.
In one part of Rhyl, two-thirds of working-age people were dependent on out-of-work benefits. Meanwhile 41% of adults in Clacton-on-Sea had no qualifications - almost double the average for England and Wales.
Blackpool local authority had the highest rate of children in care in the whole of England - 150 per 10,000 population - far exceeding the English average of 59, it said.
The CSJ said much of the accommodation in the five towns had been acquired by private landlords and converted into "extremely cheap" housing, attracting people living on low incomes and welfare claimants, as well as less economically-active people such as single-parent families and pensioners.
By Michael BuchananSocial affairs correspondent, BBC News
On a recent evening in Blackpool, among the young drinkers, 37 year-old Jodie sat begging, trying to collect enough money to avoid a night in the local public toilets, known locally as the 20p Hilton.
A mile away, as the clock struck midnight, a group of people approached a cashpoint machine, hoping their unemployment benefit had just been paid in. Some Â£40 of it would go on weed, one man said.
Nobody in the group was actually originally from Blackpool, but they had arrived over the years.
The local council believe an abundance of cheap accommodation is a magnet, as old faded guest houses are turned into bedsits.
They are trying to contain the situation by forcing landlords to get licences.
But councils in London and the Midlands have approached Blackpool landlords looking to find cheap accommodation for some of their residents - a poor town, attracting poor people.
It also found councils in high-cost areas were taking advantage of cheap accommodation in seaside towns by using them to house vulnerable people.
As a result, coastal towns were become "veritable dumping grounds for groups such as care leavers, people with substance abuse problems, those with mental health issues and ex-offenders", it said.
The influx of vulnerable people being re-housed was "further depressing the desirability of such areas and so perpetuating the cycle", the think tank argued.
Such people had "complex needs" and tended to intensify the "pressure on schools, social workers and other services", CSJ policy director Alex Burghart said.
CSJ director Christian Guy said living standards in some of the UK's best-known coastal towns had declined "beyond recognition" and locals were now "bearing the brunt of severe levels of social breakdown".
"We have found inspiring local people, services and charities working hard to turn things around, but they are struggling to do this alone.
"Some of these areas have been left behind. We must ramp up efforts to revive Britain's coastal towns, not just for visitors but for the people who live there," he said.


David Cameron has promised a future Conservative government would protect England's schools budget in cash terms, but per pupil funding would not keep pace with inflation.

The prime minister said the government would provide a further Â£7bn for extra places for rising numbers of pupils.
Mr Cameron said hundreds more secondary schools would become academies.
Labour's Tristram Hunt said Tory claims to protect funding were "unravelling" and represented a "real-terms cut".
On school funding, the prime minister promised to protect "flat cash" per pupil spending, but this would reduce in value with inflation.
Mr Cameron said this would mean "difficult decisions", but the government had demonstrated that with greater efficiency "more could be achieved with less".
But Mr Hunt said: "The truth is that you can't protect schools when you have plans to take spending as a share of GDP back to levels not seen since the 1930s."
David Laws, the Liberal Democrat schools minister, said the financial commitment from David Cameron was "unbelievably weak".
He said it would mean a real-terms cut for schools and "deep cuts" in spending on pre-school and post-16 education.
The director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Paul Johnson, said the proposal represented a "watering down" of a ring-fenced budget.
"There will just be a cash protection, so real-terms falls over the next Parliament," he said.
The Association of Colleges said restricting the budget protection to schools was "desperately disappointing" for further education and sixth form colleges.
16,266
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3,150
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81% primaries outstanding or good
18% primaries inadequate or requiring improvement
70% secondaries outstanding or good
29% secondaries inadequate or requiring improvement
On school standards, the prime minister said the government "won't tolerate failure" and would raise achievement in 3,500 schools rated "requires improvement" by Ofsted.
They would have new leaderships imposed - such as being taken over by academy trusts. Struggling academies would be switched to other academy sponsors.
Schools labelled as "requires improvement" are above the lowest "inadequate" rating, but below the levels of "good" and "outstanding".
Mr Cameron, speaking at Kingsmead school in north London, said that every secondary school in this "requires improvement" category would be expected to become an academy.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan earlier told the BBC: "This is not about saying heads would automatically be replaced.
"Where a school doesn't have the capacity to improve itself, and many do, or where they don't have a plan that is going to lead to that school being rated good or outstanding, then one of the answers might be to get new leadership in."
Almost a quarter of secondary schools, about 720 schools, are rated as requiring improvement. About 16% of primary, more than 2,600 schools, would be affected by the proposals.
"No-one wants their child to go to a failing school and no-one wants to them to go to a coasting school either," said Mr Cameron.
"'Just enough' is not good enough. That means no more sink schools and no more 'bog standard' schools either.
"Our aim is this: the best start in life for every child, wherever they're from - no excuses."
Russell Hobby, leader of the National Association of Head Teachers, attacked the proposals as "ill informed" and a decision to "declare war on schools".
"David Cameron has chosen to do what it is easy - score points off teachers and play with structures - rather than what is difficult but effective - work with the profession to improve the quality of teaching," said Mr Hobby.
But the CBI backed plans to improve "critical building blocks" such as English and maths.
"We can no longer tolerate a long tail of poor achievement that leaves many young people struggling and too many employers needing to help them catch up," said CBI director-general, John Cridland.
Mary Bousted, leader of the ATL teachers' union, criticised the plan as "self-serving, publicity-seeking nonsense".
Teachers' unions highlighted that last week the cross-party House of Commons education select committee found no clear evidence that academies had "raised standards overall".
In particular MPs said there was no evidence of improvement from primary academies and called on the government to commission research as a matter of urgency.
Schools which are already academies and which fall into the "requires improvement" category face being taken away from their existing academy chain and run by another.
Ofsted's annual report shows more than a third of sponsored academies, both primary and secondary, are currently rated as requiring improvement, a higher proportion than local authority schools.
Free schools which are in this rating could also be handed over to another academy group.
The areas more likely to be affected are those with the highest proportion of pupils not attending "good" or "outstanding" schools.
For primary schools this would be Medway, Doncaster, Bracknell Forest and East Sussex.
At secondary level, Ofsted's figures show it would be the Isle of Wight, Hartlepool, St Helens and Oldham.
The label "requires improvement" was introduced by Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw, replacing what had previously been the "satisfactory" category.
On Sunday, head teachers' leaders had reacted angrily to suggestions that primary schools could be failed or heads replaced if any pupils failed to pass a times table test.
Mrs Morgan announced plans for tougher primary maths tests, including that all pupils should know their 12 times table.
Ministers announced two years ago that primary pupils would have to learn the 12 times table by the age of nine and it became a requirement in the updated curriculum.
Mrs Morgan's target is for England's schools to catch up with international competitors and to enter the top five of the PISA tests in English and maths by 2020.
Labour's Tristram Hunt argued that the quality of teaching was the key to raising school standards to match international competitors.
"Many parents will be shocked to learn that David Cameron's government has changed the rules to allow unqualified teachers into the classroom on a permanent basis, leading to a 16% rise in the last year alone."


Fifa's World Football Museum in Zurich is set to lose 30 million Swiss francs (Â£24m; $30m) this year, according to Swiss media reports.

The attraction, which opened nine months ago, explores football's history through multimedia, memorabilia and archive photos.
It cost 140m francs to build, and was the pet project of former Fifa president Sepp Blatter.
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The museum's spokesperson Delia Fischer confirmed the losses to the Tages Anzeiger newspaper, saying "new, innovative approaches" were being explored to keep the museum afloat.
The team trying to save the tourist site includes Fifa special adviser and former Croatia captain Zvonimir Boban, and Evelina Christillin, who is president of the Egyptian Museum in Turin and sits on the Fifa Council. They will make their suggestions in January 2017.
It was hoped that 250,000 visitors annually would enjoy the story of the beautiful game, but the number showing up is around 11,000 a month - or 132,000 a year.
Ms Fischer told the Telegraph that if the numbers don't pick up, the museum will be unable to "do business viably beyond 2016".
The World Football Museum stands in the heart of Zurich. It covers 3,000 square metres on three floors, and features a library, a sports bar, a cafe, a bistro, and a 180 degree cinema.
Two World Cup trophies which were formerly kept in a Zurich bank safe are also on display.
The first sign of the museum's woes came in October, when its managing director left over "contrasting views" on its future.


Glasgow Warriors have secured hookers Pat MacArthur and Fraser Brown on new two-year contracts until May 2018.

Brown, 26, featured in all five of Scotland's World Cup matches last year, starting in the group defeat to South Africa.
The former Edinburgh player won his 15th cap as a replacement in the quarter-final loss to Australia.
MacArthur, 28, made the last of his six Scotland appearances in 2014 and has been at the Scotstoun club since 2007.
"I've really enjoyed my eight years and it was an easy decision to stay," said MacArthur.
"Everything about the Warriors has grown since I joined and I'm really excited about the future."
Brown made the move to Glasgow in 2013 and was a second-half replacement in last season's Pro12 final victory over Munster.
"Winning the Pro12 was one of the highlights of my career and I'm really looking forward to the next two seasons at Scotstoun," said Brown.


A group of 29 European journalists is taking the European Parliament to court in the hope of making MEPs' expenses more transparent.

The complaint has been filed with the European Court of Justice (ECJ), whose rulings are binding EU-wide.
MEPs' allowances "should not be allowed to remain hidden from the European public", said the group's leader, Slovenian journalist Anuska Delic.
They say MEPs' pay and expenses total more than €474m (£332m) annually.
They are particularly concerned about MEPs' general allowances, which they calculate to be almost €40m (£28m) annually.
A statement from the group said "the complete absence of monitoring of MEPs' general allowances... raises serious doubts that other spending by the 751 MEPs is monitored in a transparent, responsible and verifiable manner".
Several expenses scandals have hit the European Parliament in recent years.
The 29 journalists say they decided to go to the ECJ in Luxembourg after the European Parliament denied them access to the information on MEPs' expenses.
The anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) says it supports the group's initiative and has submitted its own access to documents request for information on MEP allowances.
"The European Parliament lags far behind other parliamentary bodies, such as Sweden and the UK, when it comes to the transparency of parliamentary expenses," said TI's EU director Carl Dolan.
One very expensive part of all MEPs' work is their monthly return trip from Brussels to Strasbourg, for plenary votes. MEPs themselves have called on the EU to make Brussels the "single seat" for their work.
On her website Green MEP Jean Lambert lists an MEP's monthly expenses - standard for all 751 - as:
MEPs' monthly salaries are set at just over €8,000, before tax.


A Shropshire councillor has criticised plans to close a Shrewsbury secondary school.

Shropshire Council has recommended the closure of Wakeman School in 2013, due to falling pupil numbers making it "financially unsustainable".
Lib Dem councillor Roger Evans said the plans would save only £300,000-£400,000 each year.
"There's 30,000 pupils in Shropshire. That's £10 per child going extra to every school in Shropshire," he said.
The proposals, announced by the Conservative-led authority on Wednesday, require approval by the cabinet group on 7 September.
From September some 240 pupils will be on roll at the Wakeman.
Mr Evans said falling numbers over recent years were due to rumours regarding the school's future.
Plans to close the Wakeman have centred on finances, rather than improving educational standards.
In March Ofsted reported that the Wakeman was a good school, with a good capacity for sustained improvement.
Last week the school also achieved its best ever GCSE results.
David Taylor, director of people services at Shropshire Council, said the school's closure would financially benefit the county overall, without damaging the pupils' quality of education.
"This is not an easy part of my job. But at the end of the day I've got to do what's right for all the children in Shropshire," he said.
Mr Taylor said the closure of the Wakeman would make about £1.75m "available for redistribution" to other schools per year.
Mr Taylor added that £1.3m of that sum would "follow the child".
That represents the total allocation for pupils at the Wakeman, a large portion of which would be spent on the cost of educating the pupils at another school.
The difference between the two figures (about £400,000) covers the annual saving made through closing the building, and the associated operational costs, such as administration, heating and electricity.
The council said the pupils could be accommodated at other schools and identified Meole Brace as the preferred option.
The number of secondary pupils in Shrewsbury is expected to rise from 2020.
The council said had not ruled out building another school on the edge of town if required, possibly through the resiting of an existing school.


Substitute Juan Mata was replaced in Manchester United's Community Shield win "because he was the smallest player", boss Jose Mourinho said.

Mata, sold by Mourinho to United when at Chelsea, looked unhappy to be taken off 30 minutes after coming on in the 2-1 win over Leicester City at Wembley.
"I needed to take off the smallest player because we were expecting a lot of long balls," Mourinho said.
But BBC pundit Danny Murphy said the decision was "embarrassing" for Mata.
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"You don't do that unless you are trying to send a message," ex-England midfielder Murphy said.
"They have a lot of history at Chelsea and he has embarrassed him in front of his supporters and his family.
"He is basically saying to him you are not important and he has done it publicly. I can't see him still being at the club at the end of August."
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Midfielder Mata, who is 5ft 7in tall, was sent on in the 63rd minute in place of goalscorer Jesse Lingard, with the score 1-1.
He was replaced 10 minutes after Zlatan Ibrahimovic's 83rd-minute winner by 5ft 10in new signing Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
Mourinho put his arm around Mata when the Spaniard came off three minutes before the final whistle but the former Valencia player looked unimpressed.
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The ex-Chelsea boss played down the incident, explaining he needed to replace 28-year-old Mata to "stop the game".
"The rules allow six changes, I had made five and I wanted to stop the game," added the Portuguese, appointed in May, after landing his first piece of silverware as United boss.
"I think he played very well. He gave me exactly what I needed," added Mourinho, who sold Mata to United for £37.1m in January 2014 before leading Chelsea to the Premier League title the following season.
"We want to win. Everyone is happy in the end."


US air strikes aimed at Islamic State militants killed 20 civilians between September and February in Iraq and Syria, the US military has admitted.

US Central Command identified nine separate strikes - six in Iraq and three in Syria.
It said it deeply regretted the unintentional loss of life.
It said a total of 41 civilians had been killed since the air strikes began in 2014. Some human rights groups say the figure is much higher.
Announcing the results of several investigations, US Central Command said "the preponderance of evidence" indicated that 20 civilians were killed and 11 other wounded in the strikes between 10 September 2015 and 2 February 2016.
The heaviest casualties were in October, when eight civilians died in an attack in Atshanah in northern Iraq. The US military did not provide further details of that strike.
It also said that five civilians were killed in a strike on a suspected IS target in Ramadi last December.
The civilians "unexpectedly moved into the target locations after weapons were already in flight," the military said.
Central Command spokesman Col Patrick Ryder said the US deeply regretted the casualties.
He added that the US operation was "the most precise air campaign in the history of warfare".
Washington says it has carried out nearly 12,000 air strikes since it launched its operation in Iraq in August 2014 and a month later in Syria.


Motorhead, Coldplay and Foo Fighters have joined U2 in cancelling gigs in the wake of the Paris attacks.

Foo Fighters, who were due to perform in Paris on Monday, have called off the remaining dates of their European tour "in light of this senseless violence".
Rock band Motorhead, who were scheduled to perform in the French capital on Sunday, will now play there in January.
Coldplay, meanwhile, called off a live stream of a concert "out of respect for the terrible events in Paris".
Friday's attacks hit a concert hall, a stadium, restaurants and bars.
Of the 129 people killed, 89 died when gunmen stormed the Bataclan concert venue where US rock band Eagles of Death Metal were performing.
The band members were unhurt, but Nick Alexander, a Briton selling merchandise at the gig, was among those killed.
Yusuf Islam, also known as Cat Stevens, has sent "love and condolences" to the family of the 36-year-old, who worked with the musician on a tour last year.
British band The Vamps have paid tribute to two others who died in Paris on Friday, who they identify as Thomas and Marie.
"We want to pass on our deepest condolences to the families and friends of Thomas and Marie who were a huge part of The Vamps team in France," the band wrote on Facebook.
"They will be sorely missed by us and all that knew them."
Thomas Ayad, who worked for Mercury Records, a division of Universal Music France, was killed at the Bataclan along with two colleagues, one of whom has been named as Marie Mosser.
"It is with profound sadness and heartfelt concern for everyone in Paris that we have been forced to announce the cancellation of the rest of our tour," wrote Foo Fighters on Facebook.
"In light of this senseless violence, the closing of borders, and international mourning, we can't continue right now.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone who was hurt or who lost a loved one."
The band had been due to perform in Turin on Sunday and in Barcelona on Thursday, with two dates in France on 16 and 17 November.
"Due to the serious situation in Paris we have to postpone our gig until January," wrote Motorhead on Twitter.
"We are rescheduling and will give details ASAP."
US metal band Deftones, who had been scheduled to play two shows at the Bataclan on Sunday and Monday and were in Paris at the time of the attacks, have also called off their shows.
"Thank for all your inquiries on our wellbeing," the group wrote on Facebook.
"Band/Crew all safe and accounted for at this time. Prayers for those affected in these tragic events."
Coldplay, meanwhile, called off a live stream of a concert at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles.
The concert was to have been beamed to fans across the world, but was not made available "out of respect for those affected".
However, the band did play a short, unbroadcast set for those already at the venue on Saturday "so that [their] journey [wasn't] wasted".
U2, who had been due to perform in Paris on Saturday, instead spent the evening laying flowers near the Bataclan theatre.
"It's very upsetting. These are our people," lead singer Bono told Ireland's RTE Radio.
"This is the first direct hit on music that we've had in this so-called war on terror, or whatever it's called."
Many music stars have turned to Twitter to express sadness about the attacks, which France is marking with three days of mourning.
"Our hearts are breaking for and with you," wrote pop star Taylor Swift, while Peter Gabriel said "we are all Parisian today".
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BT has posted what it calls a "strong set of results" after seeing a 24% rise in pre-tax profits to Â£862m in the three months to the end of December.

Third quarter revenue rose 3% to Â£4.59bn, up 4.7%, which it said was its best result for more than seven years.
It has also announced a new corporate structure following the completion of its deal to buy mobile firm, EE.
That deal brings together the UK's largest fixed-line business and the largest mobile telecoms company.
Chief executive Gavin Patterson said: "BT Consumer had a stand-out quarter, increasing its overall line base for the first time in well over a decade and capturing 71% of new broadband customers."
He added that he was confident they would "deliver the anticipated cost and revenue synergies" from its acquisition of EE.
Russ Mould, a telecoms analyst at AJ Bell, said BT was in a "buoyant mood" following its takeover of EE, but the possibility of having to sell Openreach remained a "cloud on the horizon".
Openreach looks after the network of cables and wires, that provide phone and broadband services.
It is at the centre of a report due soon from the regulator Ofcom, which is reviewing the telecoms sector for the first time in a decade.
Critics of BT say it has not invested enough in Openreach, and want it to become a separate business.
Ofcom chief executive, Sharon White, has said one option was "the structural separation" of Openreach from BT.
In January a cross-party group of more than 100 MPs, led by the former Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps, supported a split.
Today BT has announced that Clive Selley is to be the new chief executive of Openreach.
The company said Openreach had connected a net 494,000 new customers, which is a 32% increase.
BT said that under its restructuring there would be six lines of business:
Mr Patterson said: "We will operate a multi-brand strategy with UK customers being able to choose a mix of BT, EE or Plusnet services, depending on which suit them best."
BT's shares were up 3.12% in afternoon trading.
Earlier, Ofcom's Ms White also weighed in on the proposed merger between telecoms giants O2 and Three, warning it could lead to higher mobile phone bills for customers.
The new company would control two in every five mobile connections and reduce the number of networks to three, she wrote in the Financial Times.
"Many of our concerns relate to competition between operators who own the networks on which mobile phones rely.
"Only these four companies can make your mobile signal faster, more reliable and widely available," she added.
Only EE, Vodafone, O2 and Three own their own networks. Other providers, such as Virgin rent space on the airwaves.
Consumer group Which? has also written to the European Commission to express concern about the planned merger of O2 and Three.
Hutchison, the owner of Three, agreed in March last year to purchase O2 from Telefonica for around Â£10bn.
In October, the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) asked the European Commission to refer the acquisition for investigation.


Three council workers in Wales were sacked and others were warned over 21 cases of misusing social media last year, the BBC has learned.

They included making racially offensive remarks, leaking a confidential memo and posting defamatory comments.
Cardiff, Conwy and Neath Port Talbot councils each sacked a worker, but 11 Welsh councils recorded no instances of social media being misused.
The figures were obtained by a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.
The sacking at Conwy was for "sending a confidential memo to a blog".
Seven instances of social media misuse were recorded at Cardiff, five involving posting defamatory comments on Facebook, one case of putting inappropriate comments about customers on Twitter, and one case of using BBM inappropriately.
One employee was dismissed, three were given final written warnings and two received written warnings.
One person was sacked in Neath Port Talbot for "inappropriate use of Facebook", while another received a written warning for bringing the authority into "disrepute through use of eBay".
There were three cases in Bridgend, with "management holding discussions with the individuals concerned".
Two written warnings were issued in Caerphilly for misuse of Facebook, one for "racially offensive remarks" and another for "alleged communication between a teacher and a pupil".
"Advice" was given to a worker in Denbighshire, following an "inappropriate comment" about another staff member on Facebook.
A final written warning was given to an employee in Gwynedd for publishing "inappropriate material" on Facebook.
In Ceredigion, there was one incident where a member of staff "used information held by the council in an inappropriate manner in a comment on Facebook", and was therefore given a verbal warning.
A verbal warning was given after "inappropriate use of social media" at Merthyr, and there was "management discussion" in Rhondda Cynon Taf following one incident of inappropriate comments on Facebook.
There was one incident in Swansea, which declined to provide any further information "due to data protection".
All councils have social media policy which applies to employees "when they are using any type of social media and where use could be linked to their employment or the council".


Computer server problems have marred the launch of Sony's high profile racing game Driveclub.

Buyers of the game have had problems logging in, while subscribers to the PlayStation Plus service have been told that the release of a promised cut-down version has been put on hold for the time being.
Sony said it had to "ease the load and traffic" being sent to its systems.
It is the latest in a series of launches affected by such a problem.
Grand Theft Auto Online, Sim City, Battlefield 4 and Diablo 3 are among other titles that have suffered server issues at launch, which sometimes persisted for weeks.
Part of the problem is that developers are increasingly making co-operative play, part of the core experience.
In Driveclub, six players can form a "club" and then race rival teams to boost their status and unlock further content.
The issue is that when lots of new players sign up at once, there is not enough capacity to deal with all their demands.
Some titles, such as Activision's Destiny, have sought to solve this problem by hosting large-scale public beta tests in advance, when lots of people can play an unfinished title for free for a limited amount of time, on the understanding that glitches might occur.
This allows a developer to measure both how their servers cope, and get an indication of the amount of interest in their title.
While Evolution Studios, the England-based, Sony-owned studio behind Driveclub, did hold beta tests, they were "private" - meaning only a select limited number of people were invited to join in.
The title was originally supposed to have been a launch game for the PlayStation 4 last November, but has suffered multiple delays to give Evolution more time to tackle an unspecified "huge technical issue".
In a statement published on Facebook, Sony said it had decided to prioritise players who have paid for the full version of the title.
"We are seeing a lot of activity and new social behaviours right now, but unfortunately this is pushing the servers to their absolute limits.
"We are sorry if you are having a hard time getting online as we know many of you are.
"To our PS Plus fans, we're sorry you're having to wait longer to play, but we want to ensure that when you come on board, you get the best experience possible."
PS Plus is a subscription service that provides its members with "free" PlayStation games and discounts, and is required by PS4 owners if they wish to use the multiplayer sections of titles.
The taster edition - which offered access to a restricted number of cars and tracks - had been due to launch on PS Plus alongside the full version.
When questioned by the BBC, a company spokesman provided more detail.
"The problem is with the Driveclub servers, it isn't related to the PSN [PlayStation Network]," said Hugo Bustillos.
"We did a significant amount of testing pre-launch with a closed beta and while we were confident with the way it ran, we are currently experiencing high levels of engagement which exceeded what we were able to test prior to launch.
"There's no further information at this time on when a free PS Plus version will be released. PS Plus members who have bought the upgrade to the full game are still able to download the full game in the meantime."
One expert warned that the problem was likely to happen again with future launches on all types of console.
"Even though overloaded server capacity is a disaster, an even bigger disaster would be building server capacity that is too vast for how popular a game is," explained Rob Crossley, UK news editor at Gamespot.
"If only 100,000 people are playing a game and you've built capacity for one million people, you will be losing money on infrastructure.
"So, the reason companies do this is because they are trying to play it as safe as humanly possible, and it's going to be even more of an issue in the future because games evermore are going online."
Earlier this week a rival multiplayer racing game, Ubisoft's The Crew, also had its launch date postponed in order to hold a second "closed console beta".
It is now due to go on sale on 2 December.


Manchester United have been ranked fifth in Forbes magazine's list of the world's most valuable sports teams.

NFL side, the Dallas Cowboys, are top with $4bn (£3.03bn), the first time a non-association football team has headed the business magazine's list since it began in 2011.
United, who topped the list in 2011 and 2012, are valued at $3.32bn (£2.52bn).
Real Madrid are second with $3.65bn (£2.77bn) and Barcelona third with $3.55bn (£2.69bn).
United - the only English club in the top 20 - saw a 7% increase in their value despite missing out on the Champions League after signing a £750m Adidas kit deal. However, the club have the highest debt load of anyone in the top 25.
Arsenal (23), Manchester City (28), Chelsea (36) and Liverpool (41) are the remaining English clubs to make the list.
The Cowboys, who made a record $270m (£205m) operating profit last season, are one of 27 NFL franchises in the list, while the Formula 1 team Ferrari have dropped out of the top 50 completely.


More than a million adults in the UK may be wrongly diagnosed as asthmatic and be receiving unnecessary medication as a result, warns an NHS watchdog.

NICE says a third of adults diagnosed with this common lung condition have no actual clinical signs of asthma.
Some may have had asthma in the past, but many have probably been given an incorrect diagnosis, says NICE, which has drafted new advice for doctors.
But people should not stop medication on their own, warn experts.
Anyone who is concerned should talk to their doctor, they stress.
And asthma charities say under-diagnosis and under-treatment is still a big problem.
Three people die every day because of asthma. Most of these deaths could have been avoided through better control of the disease, says Asthma UK.
Source: Asthma UK and NICE
Doctors already follow guidelines to help them diagnose and treat asthma patients. But the latest advice from NICE takes the most recent scientific evidence into account.
New NICE NICE guidelines for England, which are now out for consultation before final approval, say doctors should use more clinical tests to back up their judgement and avoid the danger of wrongly labelling someone as having asthma.
The best test to start with is spirometry - a machine which measures how much and how fast a person breathes out. Further breath tests may also be needed, says the guidance.
Prof Mark Baker, director of clinical practice at NICE, said: "Accurate diagnosis of asthma has been a significant problem which means that people may be wrongly diagnosed or cases might be missed in others.
"Our aim with this guideline is to give clarity and set out the most clinical and cost-effective ways to diagnose and monitor asthma based on the best available evidence."
Over-treatment is a concern because some of the drugs used to manage asthma can have significant side-effects.
Asthma UK welcomes the new guidelines - but warns there is also evidence asthma is under-diagnosed too - and that eight out of 10 asthma sufferers are still not getting the correct basic care.
Kay Boycott, Chief Executive at Asthma UK says: "Asthma has many complex causes which is one of the reasons why it is sometimes difficult to get a definitive diagnosis.
"It is also a highly variable condition that can change throughout someone's life or even week by week, meaning treatment can change over time.
"For anyone with an asthma diagnosis, it is vital they have the right medication and a plan to better manage their condition and any asthma attacks."


Authorities in France temporarily blocked trains from Italy in an attempt to stop north African migrants from entering the country.

Trains were stopped at the border for hours - prompting Italy to launch an official complaint with France. Services were later resumed.
Italy has angered France by giving temporary resident permits to thousands of Tunisian migrants.
The permits allow them to travel freely in many European countries.
The Italian foreign ministry said the French move was "illegitimate and in clear violation of general European principles".
Speaking earlier on Sunday, Maurizio Furia, a spokesman for the Italian rail company, said that trains were not being allowed to pass into Menton, France, from the Italian border station of Ventimiglia.
The BBC's Hugh Schofield says a demonstration in support of the Tunisian immigrants had been planned, in which some 300 protesters had planned to ride what they dubbed "the train of dignity".
Because of the closure, the demonstration was unable to take place.
France has said migrants have to prove they can support themselves financially and has set up patrols on the Italian border.
But Italy says that France's actions are not in line with the EU's Schengen passport-free travel zone.
"We have given the migrants travel documents, and we gave everything (else) that is needed, and the European Commission recognised that, it has said that Italy is following the Schengen rules," Italian Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said in an interview on Italy's Sky TG24 TV.
Italy and other European countries have been increasingly concerned about migration from north Africa following the political turmoil in the region.
Earlier this month, Italy and France agreed to launch sea and air patrols to try to prevent the influx of thousands of people from Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.


Portland Port in Dorset has unveiled a new Â£3m extended cruise berth that will allow it to accommodate larger ships.

The upgraded facility will allow vessels of up to 1,115ft (340m) in length - it previously could take ships under a length of 985ft (300m).
A spokesman said the work would "future proof" the port's cruise business as the industry continued to grow.
The first vessel expected to use the new extension is the Holland America Koningsdam on 11 May.
Port chief executive Bill Reeves, said: "The berth extension is to future proof our relationship with the cruise lines.
"Cruise lines and their visits are a significant part of our turnover so we have to make sure we can continue to service them and support them well into the future."
The port said it was expecting 24 cruise ships in 2017 - 10 of which will be first time visitors - bringing a total of more than 36,000 passengers.
The engineering project to create the longer berth has taken a year.
Two concrete and steel platforms weighing 1,200 tonnes each have been attached to seven 23m-long piles, 9m-deep in the sea bed.
The berth was officially opened by South Dorset MP Richard Drax


US President-elect Donald Trump has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year for 2016.

The property tycoon and reality TV star completed one of the biggest upsets in political history when he beat Hillary Clinton to the White House.
Mr Trump told NBC's Today show shortly after the announcement it was a "great honour" which "meant a lot" to him.
He was chosen from a shortlist that included Mrs Clinton and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The former leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage, was also on the list for his role in the successful campaign for Britain to leave the European Union.
Mrs Clinton came second in the selection, Time's managing editor Nancy Gibbs said, adding that the choice of Mr Trump was "straightforward".
Time said the president-elect had redrawn America's political rules.
The magazine invites readers to vote on who they think has earned the title, but the final decision is made by editors.
Others considered included gold-medal winning US gymnast Simone Biles, singer Beyonce Knowles and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
In being named Time's Person of the Year for 2016, Mr Trump joins an illustrious list of the great and the not-always-so-good.
It is perhaps not a surprise he was chosen - Time traditionally picks the president-elect, and it has been more than two decades since the last exception was made.
But who else has graced the front cover over the years?
Pope Francis
In 2013, the world's first pontiff from the Americas was chosen as Person of the Year.
Argentinean Jorge Mario Bergoglio had become Pope Francis in March of that year, and had already made his mark, rejecting the glittering trappings of the role to focus on the poorest in society.
Vladimir Putin
In 2007, the title went to a man who Mr Trump has repeatedly said he admires: Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, whether Time Magazine admires Mr Putin is less clear.
"TIME's Person of the Year is not and never has been an honour. It is not an endorsement," it wrote in an editorial explaining the decision that year.
"It is not a popularity contest. At its best, it is a clear-eyed recognition of the world as it is and of the most powerful individuals and forces shaping that world - for better or for worse."
Martin Luther King
The civil rights activist was named Person of the Year in 1963 - the same year he stood at the Lincoln Memorial and delivered his acclaimed "I Have a Dream" speech.
He was the first African American to grace the cover, and publically said later he saw it not simply as a personal victory, but a victory for the civil rights movement.
King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize the following year.
Adolf Hitler
If there was ever a recipient to prove the claim that Person of the Year was not an "honour", it was the choice for 1938.
Among other things, 1938 was the year Adolf Hitler "had stolen Austria before the eyes of a horrified and apparently impotent world".
But it is the closing line which is perhaps the most chilling: "To those who watched the closing events of the year it seemed more than probable that the Man of 1938 may make 1939 a year to be remembered."
Wallis Simpson
The first woman to be named what had been until then the "Man of the Year" was Wallis Simpson, the divorcee who had almost brought the British monarchy crashing to the ground.
She is still one of the few women to grace the cover alone. Others include Queen Elizabeth II, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former Philippine President Corazon Aquino.


Eleven new areas in Scotland are to test out different models of childcare.

The Scottish government said this second phase of pilots - stretching from Dumfries to Shetland - was due to begin by the summer of 2017.
In November, it was announced that Aberdeen, Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders would be the first test areas.
Ministers said they were working to improve how parents accessed free childcare, which is due to rise from 600 to 1,140 hours a year by 2020.
Some parents have said they struggle to access the existing free entitlement, given to all three and four year olds and vulnerable two year olds, because of a lack of flexibility.
The pilots will try out models including;
These will commence by summer 2017
These will commence in January 2017
The first phase beginning in January will see the Borders introduce extended days and cover for school holidays.
There will also be a "stay and play" scheme for two year olds in Aberdeen and a woodland play area scheme in Edinburgh will be extended.
The cost of the 14 trials will be Â£950,000.
Minister for Childcare and Early Years Mark McDonald said that providing better access to "high-quality early learning and childcare (ELC)" was key to improving attainment.
He added: "By giving Scotland's young people the best possible start in life we can ensure they develop the skills and confidence they need to reach their full potential.
"This government is committed to almost doubling the free entitlement to 1,140 hours per year by 2020, while delivering the flexibility that families need.
"By trialling different delivery models in partnership with local authorities we will be better able to understand what parents and children need and want."


More than 60 million people are watching the BBC iPlayer for free outside of the UK by masking their location, according to a new report.

Analysts estimate 65 million people regularly access the BBC catch-up TV service using virtual private networks (VPNs) or proxy servers.
In China alone that figure is thought to be around 38.5 million.
The iPlayer is meant for UK TV viewers only and is funded by the licence fee. A global iPlayer was closed last month.
The report from GlobalWebIndex said that despite VPNs being thought of as "fairly niche tools which are the preserve of the tech-savviest individuals", around 25% of internet users worldwide now use them, primarily to access better entertainment content.
The research company surveyed more than 45,000 internet users across 34 countries, including China, the US, France, Germany, Ireland, India and Brazil.
It found that while the iPlayer is "geo-restricted to be viewable only by people resident in the country", the BBC service does in fact have "a huge global audience".
"The implications for iPlayer are stark," said Jason Mander, head of trends at GlobalWebIndex, writing in the report.
"However, rather than seeing this as a threat, there's much good news here for the BBC."
The report highlighted that 75% of the 65 million already pay for subscription services like Netflix or Hulu, so there was "clear potential" for the BBC to create "new revenue streams".
"If even a relatively small proportion users could be converted into paid users, the additional revenue it could create for the BBC would be significant."
A BBC spokesman said: "BBC iPlayer, and the content on it, is paid for by UK licence fee payers to watch and download in the UK and the terms of use reflect that.
"We do not comment on individual cases regarding breaches of BBC iPlayer's terms of use, but we take steps where appropriate to protect the intellectual property belonging to rights holders."
A global iPlayer subscription service, which allowed viewers in Europe, Australia and Canada to watch programmes like Doctor Who, was shut down last month.
GlobalWebIndex also found the domestic iPlayer to be the most popular on-demand service in the UK by far - with 45% of internet users aged 16-64 accessing it in the past month, and just 4% being unaware of the service.
Netflix is the second most popular service, attracting 24% of web users.
The BBC's most recent iPlayer figures revealed there were 222 million requests for TV programmes in May, with Peter Kay's Car Share the most popular show.
The GlobalWebIndex figures would suggest that 29% of these requests may have come from TV viewers outside of the UK.


A hospital in Northamptonshire ordered to improve quality and safety has met some national standards but must do more about staffing, it is told.

A Care Quality Commission (CQC) team visited Kettering General Hospital in September to check action had been taken following an earlier visit.
The hospital had complied with three areas of concern but action was now needed on staffing.
A senior manager said they were trying to address the "staffing issue".
Clare Culpin, the hospital's director of nursing and quality, said she was pleased that "ongoing efforts" to improve patient experience and safety had been recognised.
"We are working very hard to recruit staff to fill our vacancies both in A&E and elsewhere against the background of national NHS staff shortages," she said.
Recruitment processes were being reviewed to make them faster and more effective and they were exploring new forms of recruitment, she added.
The CQC's findings, based on a September inspection, state there were not always enough qualified, skilled staff to meet people's needs.
Staff reported that they were extremely busy, with a "high use" of agency and bank staff, and a shortage of trained children's nurses.
In May, following a an inspection in March, the CQC issued an enforcement notice demanding improvements on assessing and monitoring.
It criticised the hospital for incomplete audits, actions plans not being followed through and an A&E facility "not fit for purpose".
Patients were not being cared for in a clean environment or protected from the risk of infection, inspectors found.
The report said that in some areas of the hospital floors appeared dirty with needles and syringes openly stored in the area.
A second enforcement notice was issued in September, based on the care and welfare of patients CQC inspectors had seen in June.
It found there was "insufficient reference" to the complex needs of patients with dementia and pressure sores; inconsistent knowledge of how to prevent pressure ulcers and concerns that not enough children in accident and emergency were receiving the specialist attention they required.
Kettering Hospital must send the CQC a report by 8 November setting out the action it will take to improve standards.


The family of a man arrested after a terror attack near a London mosque say they are "shocked" and "devastated".

Father-of-four Darren Osborne, 47, was held on suspicion of attempted murder and alleged terror offences after a van hit Muslims in Finsbury Park.
They had been helping a man who had collapsed. He later died but it is not clear if it was because of the attack.
Met Police chief Cressida Dick and faith leaders were among hundreds who took part in a vigil on Monday night.
Ms Dick said the incident was "quite clearly an attack on Muslims", and the community would now see more police, including armed officers, in the area, "particularly around religious establishments".
Mr Osborne's mother, sister and nephew said in a statement: "We are massively in shock, it's unbelievable. It still hasn't really sunk in."
They added that their "hearts go out to those who've been injured".
Police have carried out searches at an address in the Cardiff area.
Security Minister Ben Wallace said the suspect was not known to the security services, and was believed to have acted alone.
The BBC understands Mr Osborne grew up in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and has lived at more than one property in Cardiff. He is also believed to have lived in Swindon.
The Metropolitan Police said he was being held on suspicion of the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism including murder and attempted murder.
The attack took place shortly after midnight close to Muslim Welfare House on Seven Sisters Road, which is also a community centre.
Police say 11 other people were injured - including nine taken to hospital and two treated at the scene.
Several of the injured are believed to be seriously hurt.
On Monday night, faith leaders addressed a crowd at a vigil outside the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque.
After a short silence, chairman of the mosque Mohammed Kozbar told those gathered that the attack was "on our families, on our freedom, on our dignity".
He said the man who died was a father of six children.
The Bishop of Stepney, Rt Rev Adrian Newman, said "an attack on one faith is an attack on us all".
It is the fourth terror attack in the UK in three months, after incidents in Westminster, Manchester and on London Bridge.
Prime Minister Theresa May said the attack was "every bit as sickening" as the others.
"It was an attack that once again targeted the ordinary and the innocent going about their daily lives - this time British Muslims as they left a mosque having broken their fast and prayed together at this sacred time of year," she said.
After speaking outside Downing Street, the prime minister visited Finsbury Park Mosque, where she held talks with faith leaders.
Labour leader and Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn also visited the area, telling the BBC that "an attack on a mosque, an attack on a synagogue, an attack on a church is actually an attack on all of us".
By Cherry Wilson, BBC News
Locals say this is a proudly multicultural area, where the biggest rivalry is whether you support Arsenal or their north London rivals, Tottenham.
Now the mood here is one of shock, as residents stand by the police cordon seeing the aftermath of yet another attack in London.
Mother-of-four Nicola Senior, 43, is walking back from taking her children to school when she stops to take in the scene.
She said: "I'm frightened. Is there going to be retaliation?
"I am fearful for my kids. Can we go to the park? Can we go to the church? It feels like this is happening all the time."
The driver of the van was detained by bystanders before police arrived.
People at the scene said he had told them he wanted to kill Muslims.
The imam of Muslim Welfare House said a passing police van was flagged down.
Mohammed Mahmoud told reporters: "We told them the situation - there's a man, he's restrained, he mowed down a group of people with his van and there is a mob attempting to hurt him and if you don't take him then, God forbid, he might be seriously hurt.
"We pushed people away from him until he was safely taken by police."
Toufik Kacimi, chief executive of Muslim Welfare House, said the suspect had told those holding him "you deserve it" and was also saying "I did my bit".
By BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner
This incident risks playing right into the hands of those planning further attacks on vulnerable citizens in the UK.
Online followers of the so-called Islamic State have been quick to seize on the Finsbury Park attack as proof of what they see as widespread hostility towards Muslims who live in the West. Inevitably, it will be used by recruiters and propagandists to incite further attacks - extremism breeds extremism.
The one thing that far right anti-Muslim extremists and violent jihadists have in common is the belief that peaceful coexistence between Muslim and non-Muslim is impossible.
The unified prayers and solidarity across communities that followed recent terror attacks are anathema to them. Extremists of both types want instead to divide society and will keep trying to bring this about by criminal acts of provocation such as this.


EE's Orange webmail has been unavailable for many users for about a day, after the service suffered problems starting on Tuesday evening.

The firm said a fibre-optic cable had been cut and could not say when it would be fixed.
An EE spokeswoman said a small proportion of the 30 million users of its network had been affected.
Some customers expressed dissatisfaction at what they said was a lack of communication from the firm.
One BBC viewer complained that EE had not posted an explanation on its website. John Edwards said he and his wife were worried that they would miss an event because they could not print tickets held in their inbox.
"You have got holiday tickets, train tickets, theatre tickets, tennis tickets - you name it. The system today with a lot of these suppliers is to do it by email. People cannot get their tickets," he told the BBC.
EE has engaged with some affected users on Twitter and posted a statement on the website-monitoring service Down Detector.
"A lot of people are complaining bitterly about the lack of information or the fact that the system has crashed.
"Why do they not make a public announcement and be quite open about [it]?" asked Mr Edwards. "That could be done through Twitter but I am not a Twitter user, I am not a Facebook user."
EE also fielded complaints from customers on Twitter.
In its statement to customers, EE said: "We have now identified a technical problem with a third-party fibre-optic cable that leads into one of our major data-centres.
"We understand the cable has been cut and we're in the process of replacing it. Needless to say we have a number of teams working to fix it as soon as possible.
"We are really sorry and know how frustrating outages such as this can be. We'll let you know as soon as the fix is in place."
A spokeswoman added that only those customers trying to access their email through a web browser, rather than through an app, were affected.
She could not say how many users had been affected, but said she believed it to be small proportion of EE's total customer-base.


Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders on the divided island of Cyprus have for the first time given a joint TV address to wish residents a happy holiday.

President Nicos Anastasiades and Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci said they hoped for a peace deal in 2016.
The latest round of negotiations aiming at reunification have been going on for more than seven months.
The Turkish-controlled north broke away in 1974 after a Greek-inspired coup.
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Mr Anastasiades said his wish was for Greek and Turkish Cypriots to be able to live peacefully together in a reunified Cyprus, while Mr Akinci said he hoped 2016 would bring lasting peace for all.
"I wish the new year will bring lasting peace, serenity and prosperity to all Cypriots," Mr Akinci is quoted as saying by the Cyprus Mail.
The newspaper said the leaders will meet three times in January.
In 2004, Greek Cypriots rejected a UN plan to reunify the island. They were unhappy at limits on their right to return to property in the Turkish north.
Turkish Cypriots voted in favour of the plan.
The self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is diplomatically isolated, recognised only by Turkey.
UN peacekeeping forces estimate that 165,000 Greek Cypriots fled or were expelled from the north, and 45,000 Turkish Cypriots from the south, although the parties to the conflict say the figures are higher.


Welsh hammer thrower Carys Parry is targeting a fourth Commonwealth Games after success at the 100th Welsh Championships in Cardiff.

Parry, 35, threw two Commonwealth Games A standards with efforts of 65.25m and 65.32m to put her in contention for a place at the Gold Coast next April.
The Rhondda athlete is looking to add the silver won in Delhi in 2010.
"I am looking to get a medal next year and won't go if I didn't think I was capable," said Parry.
Parry was the only Welsh athlete to achieve a Commonwealth Games A standard at the Welsh Championships.  It was her 12th successive Welsh title and 13th overall.
Parry  joined Melissa Courtney (1500m), Sally Peake (pole vault), Dewi Grffiths (10,000m), Ieuan Thomas (3,000m steeplechase), Josh Griffiths (marathon), Andrew Davies (marathon) David Omoregie (110m hurdles), Bethan Davies (20km walk), Jon Hopkins (3,000m steeplechase in achieving an A standard for the Gold Coast in 2018.
Brett Morse (discus), Ben Gregory (decathlon), Jennifer Nesbitt (10,000m), Heather Lewis (20km walk), Adele Nicoll (shot putt), Tom Marshall (1500m) have recorded B standards.
"I am absolutely delighted," Parry added.
"I had a bit of difficult winter and this is only my second competition back so I am pleased.
"I was walking my dog in November and I slipped down a bank and snapped my ankle and have had pins and plates put in there.
"I would hope two A standards would get me selected but you have to wait for the letter or phone call.
"It would be my fourth Commonwealth Games.
"I started in Australia in Melbourne in 2006 and maybe this would be full circle."
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Sprinter Mica Moore, who is hoping to compete at both the Commonwealth Games and Winter Olympics in the bobsleigh next year, won the 100m in a time of 11.69 seconds.
Sam Gordon ran a new personal best to win the men's event in 10.32secs.
Other winners included Bethan Davies (3km walk), Brett Morse (discus), Adele Nicoll (shot putt), Dewi Griffiths (5,000m) and Thomas Williams (200m).
Paralympic champion Aled Sion Davies, who was this week named in the Great Britain squad for the World Championships in London 2017, competed in the discus and shot putt.
Leading Welsh athletes David Omoregie, Sally Peake, Hannah Brier, Rhys Williams and Seren Bundy-Davies were not competing.
The 100th Welsh Championship was marked by a parade of more than 100 former winners, including 1964 Olympic long jump gold medallist Lynn Davies, ex-world marathon record holder Steve Jones and Merthyr Tydfil's Venissa Head who won a record 25 Welsh titles in discus and shot.


A box in which Che Guevara is thought to have kept his much-loved cigars has sold for £12,000.

The wooden cigar box, dated 1963, went under the hammer at Mullock's auctioneers at Ludlow Racecourse.
It is thought to have been a 35th birthday gift to Guevara, who was a key figure in the Cuban revolution, from staff in his Ministry of Industry.
"We wish you much happiness on your birthday. That it will be with health and success," says the inscription.
The box is embossed with the signature of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. It also includes a picture of the national flag and an enamelled coat of arms.
The Shropshire-based auctioneers said the box was likely to have been a gift "presented in an official capacity" because it included the ministry receiver's stamp, which was put on all correspondence taken in by the office.
A spokesman said the "unique" item, sold by an individual collector, displayed Guevara's "passion for cigars".
The guide price was £10,000 to £12,000.


London Irish are "not concerning themselves" with fly-half Andy Goode's decision to come out of retirement and join Newcastle on a short-term deal.

Goode cited injury problems when calling time on his career soon after joining Irish from Wasps in the summer.
But, the 35-year-old signed a three-month contract with fellow Premiership strugglers Newcastle last week.
"Andy's motivation for joining Newcastle is certainly his own," Irish coach Glenn Delaney told BBC Sport.
Bottom-of-the-table Irish host Newcastle on Sunday in the Premiership and Goode could make his Falcons debut.
The former Leicester, Saracens and England three-quarter took advice from Irish's medical staff and his own physician before initially retiring.
"Andy has explained his position pretty clearly in that Dean Richards (Newcastle director of rugby) is the only coach he would come out of retirement for," added Delaney, head of the London Irish's rugby operations.
"They've got a great affinity to each other that goes back a long time. I think Dean has probably leant on that relationship to get him to come (to Newcastle)."
Irish returned to the bottom of the Premiership on Saturday after letting a 14-6 half-time lead slip at Gloucester.
Delaney says Goode's possible Newcastle bow next weekend will not be a distraction.
"It's not something we're particularly concerning ourselves with," he said. "All we can worry about is what we're doing."
Newcastle moved above the Exiles at the weekend after picking up their first win of the season against Bath.


Monaco boss Leonardo Jardim has been rewarded for steering the club to their first Ligue 1 title for 17 years with a new contract until 2020.

Jardim, in charge since 2014, described the last three years at the club as "exceptional".
Monaco finished eight points ahead of nearest rivals Paris St-Germain to be crowned champions of France in 2016-17.
"I feel part of AS Monaco and the principality," said Portuguese Jardim, the former Olympiakos boss.
Monaco also beat Tottenham and Manchester City on their way to reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League during 2016-17, before losing to Juventus 4-1 on aggregate in the semi-finals.
Monaco vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said Jardim had received offers to coach elsewhere.
"He is one of the best coaches in European football and despite other offers he has chosen to continue the adventure at Monaco, which demonstrates our ambition," added Vasilyev.


Finn Russell and Allan Dell have no regrets about joining the British and Irish Lions as mid-tour reinforcements.

The Scotland duo were among six late call-ups to ease the burden on Warren Gatland's Test squad in New Zealand.
The pair played a combined total of 15 minutes from the bench in two midweek games and will leave the camp this week ahead of the remaining two Tests.
"It might never happen again," said stand-off Russell. "So you take it and make the most of it."
The other four additions, all from Wales, did not feature at all, with Gatland admitting the controversy surrounding their presence influenced the decision not to bring them off the bench.
A host of former Lions criticised the selection of players on logistical grounds rather than on merit.
However, Russell and Dell have enjoyed the experience, despite missing out on the last Test of Scotland's summer tour, a defeat in Fiji, which followed wins over Italy and Australia.
"I'm definitely glad I came out here; you'd really regret not coming out here," said Glasgow Warriors' Russell, who featured for five minutes as a temporary replacement for Dan Biggar in Tuesday's 31-31 Hurricanes draw.
"We've only been here 10 days, it's been so quick.
"We were on such a high after the Australia game, then we were flown out and one thing rolls into the other.
"I guess in time it will sink in what it really means to play for the Lions, once we're back home and have a bit more time to think it through.
"For the boys who were picked after the Six Nations, they had all the build-up, but for us it was a very quick turnaround. So you just jump straight in and give it a go in a completely different environment.
"That's tough, but it's good fun, and it's been a good experience. It's a no-brainer that you come."
Edinburgh prop Dell played a 10-minute cameo in the Lions' 34-6 win over the Chiefs and said: "It's something you jump at and could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
"Obviously it wasn't as much time as we would have liked, and we haven't been able to show what we're fully capable of, but it's still fantastic.
"You don't come over wanting to just fill numbers, we're professionals, and you come over wanting to prove and to show you deserve to be in this scenario.
"That's the bit of frustration, but we understand we came in with a role and a job to play, and we're more than happy to fill that job and be a part of it."


Rory McIlroy's hopes of a fast start to the new golfing year have been shattered by his latest injury setback.

The timing of his rib stress fracture could have been worse, but it has thrown into jeopardy a carefully drawn-up plan aimed at having his game in peak condition for April's Masters.
Lengthy periods on the range testing new equipment during the Christmas break are being cited as the cause of his injury.
These, perhaps along with his strenuous gym routine, caused the problem which left him unable to compete in this week's Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship.
McIlroy's participation in the Dubai Desert Classic at the start of February must also be in considerable doubt. He has the reputation of being a quick healer, but rib problems can be hard to shift and he is no position to take any chances with his recovery.
The Masters is the 27-year-old's biggest priority. It is the one major to have eluded him and he would become only the sixth golfer to accomplish the career grand slam were he to claim a first green jacket.
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This year he will be attempting to complete the full set for the third time and he has acknowledged that the longer he wait goes on, the harder it will be to complete this rare feat.
Players are always looking for the formula that helps them play their best golf in the biggest weeks. For 2017 McIlroy had decided upon a busy build up to Augusta and was planning to compete in eight tournaments before April's opening major.
Despite his injury, the Northern Irishman completed last week's BMW South African Open, losing a playoff to England's Graeme Storm. Then came the MRI scan which showed a stress fractured rib and a frustrating prescription for rest.
American orthopedic surgeon, Sandy Kunkel, who has extensive experience of sporting injuries, told the Golf Channel that the nature of McIlroy's setback is extremely rare in golf.
"They are typical in rowing or upper body weight bearing athletes," Dr Kunkel said. "Stress fractures are caused by an accumulation of micro-trauma.
"They are tiny fractures or cracks in the bone. Usually the body just heals them. If you do not give it time to heal, it can result in a full fracture.
"Typically, an injury of this sort will take a minimum of six weeks to heal."
That time frame would eliminate McIlroy's planned appearances in Dubai, Los Angeles and Florida. Suddenly the clock would be ticking rather quicker ahead of the Masters.
Realistically he might be able to return for the World Golf Championships gathering in Mexico at the start of March. Thereafter he plans to play the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill and then the WGC Matchplay in Austin, Texas.
If he plays them well it would probably provide enough pre-Masters golf but if there are kinks in his game that need ironing out, he will be under unwanted pressure in the weeks leading up to the tournament.
All he can do now is follow doctors' orders, knowing that the immediate chance of returning to the top of the world rankings has, for the moment, gone.
McIlroy is desperate for a speedy recovery, but knows it is one that he cannot rush.


Labour lost voters to UKIP at the assembly election because it appears "irrelevant to their lives", an AM in the party has claimed.

Mike Hedges said Labour's "good communicators do not communicate" with voters.
Writing on the Welsh Labour Grassroots website, the Swansea East AM set out what he thinks Labour should do to win back its traditional supporters.
Labour declined to comment while UKIP said it now spoke for working people.
In a separate article a former Labour minister, who lost his Rhondda seat to Plaid Cymru in the assembly election, warned his party's core vote in the south Wales valleys "often regard the assembly as a distant establishment".
Writing on the Labour Uncut website Leighton Andrews said assembly elections "remain second order elections" and "this is dangerous for Labour and unless addressed could be even more damaging in 2021".
The party won 29 seats at the assembly election - down one on 2011 - but its constituency vote share fell from 42.3% to 34.7%.
UKIP won 12.5% and finished second to Labour in five constituencies, including Swansea East, and won seven regional list seats, including one in the South Wales West area where Mr Hedges is an AM.
Mr Hedges wrote: "Why did former Labour voters vote for a right-wing party with a former right-wing Tory Leadership?"
He said UKIP had a simple message: "Leave the EU, end immigration and everything will be alright."
Mr Hedges said many voters suffered from a difficulty of getting social housing "either personally or for family members", a lack of employment prospects, zero hour or very few guaranteed hours contracts and "debt or the fear of debt".
Questioning what Labour had done wrong, he said the party did not engage enough with voters.
"Our good communicators do not communicate with them," he said.
He said the party did not "address their concerns" and appeared "irrelevant to their lives".
"Most importantly Labour is no longer seen as on their side," said the AM.
Mr Hedges said Labour needed to "build council and other social housing" to reduce housing pressure and support the "real" living wage which is higher than the UK government national living wage.
"What do most people want? A nice house, a job, adequate pay, no fear of debt and opportunities for their children," he said.
"We need to address these desires in the language of the electorate who we are trying to communicate with."
Welsh Labour Grassroots is a group made-up of members on the left of the party in Wales.
It is linked with Momentum, the UK-wide campaign group set up by supporters of Jeremy Corbyn following his election as Labour leader.
A spokesman for UKIP in the assembly said Labour "supports uncontrolled mass immigration" and that people on low incomes suffered as a result.
He added: "Labour used to stand up for the poor and downtrodden but the metropolitan multicultural left who now run the Labour party long since lost touch with the reality of life for ordinary working people.
"UKIP now speaks for them instead."
In his article Mr Andrews observed that with Labour being challenged by both Plaid Cymru and UKIP in the south Wales valleys "urgent lessons" needed to learned.
"Labour needs to understand that our core vote in valley seats is angry with the consequences of austerity, which despite being dictated by Westminster, are having to be implemented by local Labour councils," he wrote.
"They often regard the assembly as a distant establishment.
"We need to give much more thought, at a time of austerity, to how to maintain voter loyalty when it is Labour or Labour-led institutions - the Welsh Government and local councils - implementing service changes and closure of facilities."


Thousands of people have gathered for a rally in Moscow to mark the anniversary of a confrontation between opposition activists and police.

Opposition leaders put the number of people in Bolotnaya Square at up to 50,000, though police said the figure was about 7,000.
Last year's clashes erupted in the square before President Vladimir Putin's swearing-in.
Of those allegedly involved, 28 have been charged and two convicted so far.
Preparations for the anniversary rally were marred by the death of a man who was crushed by sound equipment.
The man was helping to build a stage when the heavy equipment fell on top of him.
"The whole square is full. There are tens of thousands of us," prominent opposition figure Boris Nemtsov told people crammed into the square.
Anti-corruption blogger and activist Alexei Navalny addressed the crowd, saying a recent series of criminal cases brought against him would not deter him from opposing Mr Putin.
"I do not give a damn. Even if I face 124 cases, I will still say what I want to say," Mr Navalny said.
An opposition banner was unfurled at the top of an apartment block in New Arbat street, a major avenue in central Moscow. It read: "Freedom for the 6 May prisoners."
Two activists - Maxim Luzyanin and Konstantin Lebedev - were jailed for deliberately plotting to foment unrest at the Bolotnaya clash a year ago.
Others are still awaiting trial.
Opposition leaders dismiss the notion of a plot, arguing that the authorities provoked the clash.
In many ways, the events of 6 May last year set the tone for Mr Putin's third presidential term, says the BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Moscow.
The Russian authorities used it to crack down on political opponents.
Since returning to the Kremlin, President Putin has signed a string of laws apparently designed to stamp out dissent and weaken civil society, including tougher punishments for unsanctioned protests and legislation which broadens the definition of state treason.


Work to finish the restoration of one of the few Coventry city streets to escape World War Two bombing and post-war redevelopment is expected to start.

Far Gosford Street is described by the council as "one of the city's most important historic streets".
In April, Â£1m of Heritage Lottery funding was given towards a programme of restoring shop fronts.
The street has 14 Grade-II listed buildings, including a number with medieval timber frames.
The project is organised by a partnership between Coventry City Council and Complex Development Projects (CDP).
Chris Patrick, the council's conservation and archaeology officer, said the first phase of the scheme in 2012, which cost Â£2.7m, had seen the repair of two timber-framed buildings and a 19th Century weaver, among other projects.
The council hopes that by restoring the rest of the street, they will be able to turn it into a "bohemian quarter for the city".
Mr Patrick said: "Many of these historic buildings look a bit sad. We want to rescue them from a world of fried chicken and general grot."
He added the final phase would start in early 2014.
Councillor Lynnette Kelly said: "Far Gosford Street is one of Coventry's gems, a great survivor from the past.
"The regeneration that has taken place over the last few years has reversed decades of decline.  But it remains a job half-done and this funding allows us to complete the job, tackling buildings that missed out in the first phase."


The sad story of 67-year-old Alan Barnes, who has problems with his sight, made the news in January.

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Alan was attacked outside his home in Gateshead and was injured. But that story had a happy ending - thanks to Katie Cutler.
When 21-year-old Katie heard about what had happened to Alan, even though she had never met him, she set up and online campaign to raise money to help him.
Since then the campaign has raised almost £300,000. Newsround went to meet the woman who started it all off.


Tributes have been paid to a triathlete whose body was found after he disappeared during a race near Maidstone on Saturday.

Paul Gallihawk, 34, failed to finish the initial swimming part of the race at Leybourne Lakes and was reported missing after he did not arrive to collect his bike for the cycling stage.
The cause of his death remains unclear.
His girlfriend Hayley said: "He was the most amazing and thoughtful partner. I loved him to bits and always will."
"He was incredible in every way and he always put others before himself," she added.
In a statement, the family said: "[Paul] had such a caring nature and will be sadly missed by all the family, extended family and friends.
"Paul was a brilliant son and brother to Nick - he would do anything to help anyone and would always put them first."
His friends also issued a statement: "Many of us have known Paul since we went to school together and we are all completely heartbroken.
"He was a genuine and honest man - he was the funniest person in the world."
The triathlon event was organised by Ocean Lake Triathlon, who said: "We are shocked by what happened."
The triathlon club, based at Leybourne Lake Country Park and Simon Langton School in Canterbury, organises a series of six sprint distance races.
Mr Gallihawk had been missing since a 750m swim at the start of the triathlon.
He had written on his JustGiving page that he was competing to raise money for King's College Hospital in London, which had looked after his father. Since his disappearance was announced, donations on the page have risen to over Â£6,000.
One donor wrote on the site: "Paul, you always had a smile and a laugh about everything, and a great teammate playing for Lenham. An absolute gent and our thoughts are with your loved ones."