Plans for a rail link between Glasgow Airport and the city centre have been revived with two options in the frame.

One scheme, costing £144.3m, would see tram-train carriages run from Glasgow Central to the airport via Paisley.
The other £102m option would see a new light rail system installed between Paisley Gilmour Street and the airport.
A previous £120m plan was scrapped in 2009. Any new scheme will be paid for through the £1.13bn city deal fund from the UK and Scottish governments.
Glasgow City Council leader Frank McAveety said a rail link was essential to the economic prosperity of the area.
"Glasgow and the Clyde Valley is the economic powerhouse of Scotland and Glasgow Airport plays a crucial role in the continued growth of the region," he said.
"We've long argued that a new rail link between the airport and the city centre is essential for the thousands of tourists and business travellers who fly into and out of Glasgow every day.
"The airport already supports thousands of jobs but this new rail link, which is the single biggest element of our city deal, will be the catalyst that takes us to a new level, vastly improving the customer experience and generating even more jobs and inward investment."
Previous plans for a £120m Glasgow Airport rail link were scrapped in 2009 by the Scottish government, which said the scheme was unaffordable in the face of budget cuts imposed by the UK government.
The proposal was revived, however, when the UK and Scottish governments funded a £1.13bn city deal for Glasgow and the Clyde Valley.
Under the deal, Westminster and Holyrood give £500m each in additional funding to the area for infrastructure investment.
The eight councils - East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire - then supplement this by borrowing £130m.
The new options for the rail link are being led by Glasgow and Renfrewshire Councils which have developed a business case for each.
These will be put before councillors in both authorities before going to the Glasgow and Clyde Valley Cabinet for approval in December.
If approved, further work would be done to develop more detail on both options before a final, preferred choice is made next year.
The tram-train option would offer a 16.5-minute direct journey between the city centre and the front door of the airport.
Construction on this could start in 2021 with the service being operational by 2025.


Jayaram Jayalalitha, who has been sworn in as the chief minister of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has begun her new term by announcing curbs on alcohol sales.

The authorities ordered 500 government-run liquor shops to shut down and also reduced the store timings.
Ms Jayalalitha had promised in her poll manifesto to gradually ban the sale and consumption of alcohol in the state.
She has been sworn-in for the sixth time as the state's chief minister.
On Monday morning, thousands of people lined the streets with posters and flowers as she drove to Madras University, the venue of the oath-taking ceremony in the capital, Chennai (Madras).
Her AIADMK party won the assembly polls with a comfortable majority last week, defeating the rival DMK party, led by 93-year-old Muthuvel Karunanidhi.
Twenty-six ministers also took oath on Monday with Ms Jayalalitha.
Within hours of taking oath, the new chief minister approved several government orders to fulfil some of the promises she had made in her election manifesto:
A former film actress, Ms Jayalalitha has been a leading figure in south Indian politics for three decades.
She enjoys enormous popularity in Tamil Nadu, where fans know her simply as "Amma" or mother.
During a press conference last week, she had hailed her party's win as a major achievement.
"After 1984, no ruling party in the state has been able to win an election and form the government for a successive term," she said.
Her party won 134 seats, while the DMK secured 98 to become the main opposition in the assembly.


Bournemouth have had a club record £15m offer for Liverpool winger Jordon Ibe accepted.

Ibe, 20, has been given permission to speak to the Cherries after a 2015-16 season that saw him make 12 Premier League starts for the Reds.
The transfer would top the reported £10m Bournemouth paid Wolves for Benik Afobe in January.
England Under-21 winger Ibe has made 58 appearances for Liverpool since signing from Wycombe Wanderers in 2011.
Ibe had been earmarked as the natural replacement at Anfield for Raheem Sterling after he made a £49m move to Manchester City last summer.
The youngster's form dipped, however, and he was not a regular under Jurgen Klopp after he succeeded Brendan Rodgers as manager.
Ibe did show a glimpse of his promise with a spectacular goal at West Bromwich Albion in Liverpool's final Premier League game of last season.
Bournemouth are seeking reinforcements after selling Matt Ritchie to Newcastle United in a deal that could eventually be worth £12m.


Nearly one third of people in Wales have no religion, according to census data.

A total of 58% (1.8m) give Christianity as their belief, a 14% drop since 2001, a larger fall than any English region.
But a total of 32% in Wales said they had no religion, the highest total was in Blaenau Gwent with 41.1%; the lowest in Flintshire with 25.4%.
The Church in Wales said Christianity is "no longer the default setting" for many people but the picture is complex.
A quarter of the population in Wales and England as a whole said they have no religion.
This was a rise of 10% from 15% (7.7 million) in 2001 to 14.1 million in 2011.
Census: Key Welsh data on religion
But the proportion in Wales with no religion was higher than across Wales and England as a whole.
Those stating that they were Muslim in Wales is 1.5% - up from 0.7% - with the highest proportion in Cardiff (6.8%) and Newport (4.7%).
There were also slight increases in the percentage of people who said they were Hindu or Buddhist - both up from 0.2% to 0.3%.
There was also a rise in people saying they had other faiths - from 0.2% to 0.4%
The percentage who said they were Sikh or Jewish remained unchanged between 2001 and 2011 at 0.1%.
The Church in Wales said the figures show that Christianity "is no longer the default setting it once was for many people in Wales".
But a spokeswoman added that the reasons were complex.
"Today we find people go to church because they want to, not because they feel they have to or because it's the place to see and be seen," she said.
"It should also be borne in mind that statistics can't show the whole picture in matters of faith.
"The past few months, for example, have seen people in different parts of Wales turn to churches in their thousands following various tragic events: in Machynlleth, in Ely, in St Asaph.
"People find God when life gets tough and it is the Church's privilege to be there for them whenever and wherever we may be needed."
Canon Bob Reardon, communications officer for the Catholic diocese in Cardiff, said the faith communities were already aware of the challenges shown up by the figures.
"It's apparent in organised religion there has been a decline but that's not to say there is not a spiritual side to people," he said.
"There is still a spiritual dimension to how people live their lives, that is something we all share."
Meirion Morris, general secretary of the Presbyterian Church of Wales, said that despite "rumours to the contrary", the census showed that almost 60% of the population of Wales still considered themselves to be Christian.
"As a bilingual denomination that serves communities across Wales we are aware of this underlying sense of belonging to the Christian tradition," he said.
"However, we are also realistic and know that the level of this commitment varies enormously, and that during the last century the life of the church has become increasingly marginalised."
He said churches were seeking to find "relevant ways of reaching our communities".
Dr Geraint Tudur, general secretary of the Union of Welsh Independent Churches, which represents nearly 450 chapels in Wales, said: "In what's often called a secular society, it's amazing and uplifting that 58% of Welsh people still consider themselves to be Christians.
"Although only a minority attend services and other religious events, it's obvious that there's still a strong sense of loyalty and affection towards Christianity in Wales."
Lorraine Barrett, a former Welsh assembly member who now works as a humanist celebrant, said it was interesting that people had the confidence to declare themselves of no religion or non-Christian.
And she said it meant a challenge for policymakers to ensure the non-religious were accommodated equally with faith groups.
She said: "People have almost felt obliged to say they have some sort of religion.
"Public policy is geared towards those with some sort of religious faith, they are given some sort of privilege or automatic right to be considered.
"For the establishment, whether the Welsh government or the UK government, it will give pause for thought when they are considering issues and how they interact with groups and societies."
The religion question was the only voluntary question on the 2011 census.
Stephen Hicks from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) said: "Older people are more likely to affiliate with the Christian religion.
"Our snapshots have been showing (the decline) for a while and this wasn't a surprise to us, this big change."
Mr Hicks stressed that identifying with Christianity could be a cultural thing rather than signifying actual church attendance or even a belief in God, adding that the census did not ask about church-going activity.


West Ham have signed Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike on loan, with an option to make the deal permanent at the end of the season.

The Nigeria international has been on loan at Qatari club Al Ain this season.
"I'm very happy and very excited that I'm here," 28-year-old Emenike told the club's website.
"I have always known West Ham as a great club. I have known [manager Slaven] Bilic for years and thank God we are here together."
Bilic previously managed Besiktas, based in Istanbul, Turkey - the city rivals of Fenerbahce.
Emenike, who has scored nine goals in 37 international appearances, becomes the club's second signing of the January transfer window, after Leeds defender Sam Byram.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


Chelsea captain John Terry could stay at the club after his contract expires in the summer, says boss Guus Hiddink.

Terry, 35, said on Sunday that he had not been offered a new deal at Stamford Bridge and he was ready to move abroad.
However Hiddink said Chelsea are still keen to discuss a possible contract extension with the centre-back.
"The club want to have dialogue, there are open doors. There was no specific decision, the door is not shut, " said the interim manager.
Terry has ruled out joining another English team and the possibility of playing against the club he joined when he was 14.
Since suggesting that he would be leaving Chelsea, Terry has been linked with moves to Qatar side Al Arabi - managed by Gianfranco Zola - Major League Soccer in the United States. and the Chinese Super League.
Terry told the Daily Mail in December that he was not ready to retire from playing and would consider a move to the United States, but Hiddink says there is no sign of age catching up with him.
"He's very fit. He's not what you would normally see a 35-year-old, 36-year-old player, that you feel that you get a little bit slower, you cannot accept that you're getting into a danger zone for red cards." said Hiddink.
"None of that for John. He's fit and he's performing."
Hiddink added that he found Terry's decision to go public with Chelsea's lack of a contract offer "a bit surprising", but added that it was "completely entitled to do so".
With less than six months remaining on his deal, Terry is free to sign a pre-contract agreement with a foreign club.
The lack of a permanent manager since Jose Mourinho's sacking in December has not prevented Chelsea conducting transfer and contract business - most notably agreeing a one-year deal with defender Branislav Ivanovic, 32.
"You have to see every issue as an individual case," Hiddink added.
After months of speculation, Manchester City confirmed on Monday that Bayern Munich boss Pep Guardiola would take over at the Etihad Stadium at the start of next season.
"No one has achieved what he did but this is a bit different there is no favourite team," said Hiddink.
"I know him well, he's very stable - very, very kind - but he knows what to do."
Chelsea's only permanent signing of the January transfer window was defender Matt Miazga from New York Red Bulls.
However the Blues also secured Alexandre Pato - who spent an injury-ravaged five years at AC Milan from 2007 - on loan from Corinthians until the end of the season and the Brazilian could play against Watford on Wednesday.
"He is not fully fit but is formally available. it is another thing if he is physically or mentally ready," said Hiddink.
"He will train on Tuesday afternoon and we will decide later."


The 2017 Ulster Grand Prix is to retain the same dates slot in the motorcycling calendar as this year, with the event running from 7-12 August.

Practice sessions will be held on Wednesday 9 August, with final qualifying and the Dundrod 150 meeting being staged on Thursday 10 August.
The main event of the week, the Ulster Grand Prix, will take place on Saturday 12 August.
Ian Hutchinson dominated the 2016 races with four victories on Saturday.
The Bingley rider also set a new absolute lap record for the 7.4-mile Dundrod circuit at 134.087mph.


Police are investigating an apparent confession by a student who threatened to carry out a school shooting.

Threats were posted on Facebook to "kill as many people as possible" at Montgomery High School in Blackpool on Monday.
Lancashire Police dismissed the threat as "not credible".
A person claiming to have written the post has since apologised on the Blackpool Gazette website, saying it was "a gigantic mistake".
In the original post, made during the school holidays, the Facebook user praised people who killed students in the US, and wrote on the school's page: "Nobody talks to me or notices me except when they're calling me a nerd and pushing me around."
Responding to one student, they commented: "You think it's a joke? You'll see bullets, bodies, and blood."
Later, a long apology appeared on the Gazette's website, saying: "I am a bullied student at Montgomery, I did start the threats but they are NOT genuine; I simply wanted to shock the school into handling the bullies."
Describing their actions as "the stupidest decision I've ever made", the author, who claimed to be 15 years old, continued: "I just wanted to do something about the bullies because all other channels of communication were ignored.
"I thought scaring the bullies and the teachers would simply sort out the bullying problem and then everyone would just move on; I was incredibly wrong."
Lancashire Police has confirmed the apparent confession is one of the lines of inquiry in their investigation.
The school, which said more than 1,000 of its 1,375 pupils did not attend on Monday, added it was "unable to comment" on the apparent confession as it did not want to "compromise what is an extensive ongoing police investigation".
On its website, principal Tony Nicholson wrote there had been a "much higher attendance" on Tuesday.


St Mirren moved to within a point of Ayr at the bottom of the Scottish Championship and put another dent in Dundee United's promotion hopes.

Harry Davis struck early on to put the Buddies ahead against United.
Tony Andreu equalised but Stevie Mallan's free-kick restored St Mirren's lead before the break.
And Lewis Morgan's close-range effort in the second period gave the Paisley side a cushion, with Andreu pulling one back for the visitors.
St Mirren and Dundee United will meet again on 25 March in the Challenge Cup final at Fir Park.
Manager Jack Ross guided the Buddies to their first win since 1 March and also cut the gap on eighth-placed Raith Rovers to four points, while Ayr have a game in hand.
The hosts were ahead with less than two minutes on the clock. William Edjenguele handled and Mallan's set-piece delivery was headed into a crowded area by Rory Loy.
Defender Davis won the scramble to force the ball home and score his third goal since joining on loan from Crewe Alexandra.
The Paisley team were dominating with Billy O'Brien not even touching the ball but the goalkeeper was soon picking it out of his net after Andreu found himself unmarked and had a simple job of levelling with a low shot.
St Mirren regained the lead with a phenomenal free-kick from Mallan. Right-footed from the left side 30 yards out, he shaped to play in a cross but then whipped the ball in at Cammy Bell's right post.
It was a ridiculous piece of skill which deserved witnessing by more than a disappointing attendance of 2,766.
Both teams sustained first-half injury problems. Thomas Mikkelsen, who later headed off the post, replaced Scott Fraser for United and goalscorer Davis was taken off on a stretcher with a serious kneecap injury, Jack Baird coming on.
St Mirren got their third against the run of play. After United had survived a couple of efforts on goal, the ball fell for Morgan to convert a straightforward tap-in.
But United in general, and Andreu in particular, refused to surrender the points without a fight. The on-loan Norwich City forward scored his second with a fine low drilled shot.
The hosts hung on for a vital victory that could yet help bring them Championship survival while United remain 10 points off leaders Hibernian after missing the chance to move above Greenock Morton into third.
Match ends, St. Mirren 3, Dundee United 2.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 3, Dundee United 2.
Attempt missed. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by William Edjenguele (Dundee United).
Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Adam Eckersley.
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Craig Storie (St. Mirren).
Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Sean Dillon (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren).
Substitution, St. Mirren. Craig Storie replaces Cameron Smith.
Willo Flood (Dundee United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren).
Substitution, Dundee United. Nick van der Velden replaces Simon Murray.
Foul by Alistair Coote (Dundee United).
Gary Irvine (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt saved. Kyle Magennis (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Alistair Coote (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Adam Eckersley.
Attempt blocked. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Tony Andreu (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Adam Eckersley (St. Mirren).
Attempt missed. Cameron Smith (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right following a corner.
Corner,  St. Mirren. Conceded by Mark Durnan.
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) is shown the yellow card.
Thomas Mikkelsen (Dundee United) has gone down, but that's a dive.
Goal!  St. Mirren 3, Dundee United 2. Tony Andreu (Dundee United) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Thomas Mikkelsen.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Kyle Magennis.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Kyle Magennis replaces Rory Loy.
Rory Loy (St. Mirren) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Corner,  Dundee United. Conceded by Stephen McGinn.
Attempt blocked. Simon Murray (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Dundee United. Alistair Coote replaces Alex Nicholls.
Goal!  St. Mirren 3, Dundee United 1. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Cameron Smith.
William Edjenguele (Dundee United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by John Sutton (St. Mirren).
Attempt missed. Charlie Telfer (Dundee United) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Foul by Tony Andreu (Dundee United).


A diver has been airlifted to a specialist hyperbaric unit after suffering from "the bends".

Coastguards received a Mayday broadcast from a dive vessel about 40 miles south of Plymouth shortly after 14:00 BST, reporting that one of their divers needed urgent assistance.
A search and rescue helicopter based at Newquay winched the diver from the sea and flew him to the Diving Diseases Research Centre for treatment.
His condition is not known.
Hyperbaric medicine is used to treat divers with decompression illness - commonly known as "the bends" - where gas bubbles form in tissues or the blood during a rapid ascent.


Jessica Bell has loved to dance since she was three.

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However, after nine operations on her stomach which caused scar tissue to form and after the birth of her daughter, she gained weight that she was unable to safely lose.  Many dance instructors told her she needed to change her shape if she wanted to continue to dance.
Despite this, Jessica went on prove her detractors wrong and achieve a degree in dance practice - she now teaches ballet to others.  She is a UK size 14-16 and her size does not hold her back: she is still body positive.
Please note that pointe work in ballet should not be attempted by untrained dancers as this can cause damage to your feet.
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Lock Bradley Davies believes Wales will thrive on the challenge of facing England at Twickenham in a potential Six Nations title decider.

England beat Ireland on Saturday to go top of the table with a third straight win, relegating Wales to second place.
That has set up a mouthwatering clash between the two unbeaten sides at Twickenham on 12 March.
"It's a big challenge for us as a pack, but it's the sort of thing we thrive on," said Wasps second row Davies.
"We've got to win the set-piece battle up front, for me up front is where the game is won or lost.
"The English pack try to dominate you so we've got to raise the standard again and hopefully take it to them."
Davies believes Wales get better as the tournament unfolds.
Wales won at Twickenham in the 2015 World Cup as well as recording victories there on the road to their 2008 and 2012 Grand Slams.
They are chasing their first back-to-back victories at the home of English rugby since 1978.
Davies, 29, made his first start of the Six Nations in the 19-10 win over France following a knee injury to Luke Charteris, having been on the bench for the opening two games.
"In our [recent] history, we tend to get better the more weeks we get together," Davies told BBC Wales Sport.
"We proved that with a slow start against Ireland, and each week we've improved so hopefully we can do the same at 'HQ'.
"It's going to be difficult, but we have been there before and won.
"We always believe, wherever we play or whoever we play against, we can beat everyone. We got written off before the [World Cup] game and it was nice to get a win.
"People have said a lot about what they [England] didn't do but I think we deserve credit for what we did, we defended well and hung on in there."
Davies, who has 52 caps, has plenty of respect for the English second rows after playing with or against them for Wasps in the Aviva Premiership.
"I've seen a lot of [Maro Itoje] in the Premiership, he's very good," he added.
"George Kruis is a very under-rated player who's starting to get the fruits of that [work] with people starting to recognise how good he is.
"Joe Launchbury a club-mate of mine is very good as well. He's world-class when he wants to be, and with Courtney Lawes as well."


Five election candidates have taken part in a half-time penalty shootout at Lewes Football Club's home game against Leatherhead Town.

The sudden death shootout was won by Alfie Stirling, of the Green Party, who was the only penalty taker to put the ball past the goalkeeper.
His prize was 60 seconds on the PA system to address the crowd.
The contest also featured Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat and UKIP candidates in the Lewes constituency.
Club director Stuart Fuller said each of the candidates took two penalties but Mr Stirling was the only one who managed to score.
"There were plenty of cheers and jeers when the penalties went by," he added.
When he was asked how well the fans had taken the 60-second political broadcast. Mr Fuller said: "There was a bit of heckling but nothing serious, it seemed well received."
The candidates were introduced to the crowd at the Dripping Pan stadium before the shootout at half-time in the Ryman League match.
"We thought that a 'first past the post' system such as this would be more familiar to them," said Kevin Miller, the club's commercial manager, before the match.


Liverpool's waterfront has won a national competition to find the "greatest places" in England.

The UNESCO World Heritage Site was the overall winner of the England's Great Places awards.
The competition was run by the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), to show off the most "attractive and inspiring" work of town planners.
Thame High Street in Thame, Oxfordshire, and Saltaire near Bradford came second and third respectively.
The city of Bath and the Peak District were also named among the top 10 finalists.
Liverpool waterfront, which features the landmark buildings known as Three Graces, topped the list after more than 11,000 people voted.
Janet Askew, president of the RTPI, said:  "I think Liverpool is a great place and I think there is loads coming on in Liverpool now.
"There has been so much happening recently linking Liverpool One with the waterfront itself and to the spectacular buildings of the Cunard and the Liver and the designation of the World Heritage site."
She added: "All these things come from good planning I think perhaps the public has just suddenly woken up to it."
Liverpool mayor Joe Anderson said the waterfront was "recognised around the world" as a "unique" area, combining business and tourism.
Liverpool waterfront
The area stretches along the waterfront from Albert Dock, through The Pier Head and up to Stanley Dock, and up through the historic commercial districts and the RopeWalks area to St George's Quarter
It was granted World Heritage Site status by UNESCO in 2004, reflecting the city's significance as a commercial port
The Pier Head encompasses a trio of landmarks known as the Three Graces - the Royal Liver Building, the Cunard Building and Port of Liverpool Building
The Albert Dock, designed by Jesse Hartley, opened in 1846 and remained a fully working dock until closing in 1972. It later underwent a restoration programme and was reopened as a visitor attraction in 1988.
Source: Visit Liverpool/UNESCO


Three teenagers playing Pokemon Go have been robbed at gunpoint of their mobile phones in a north London park, Metropolitan Police has said.

The victims, aged 15, 16 and 18, were targeted in Islington's Whittington Park at about 22:30 BST on 26 July, by three suspects armed with a handgun.
Half-an-hour earlier a man, 24, walking through the park near Holloway Road was robbed at gunpoint by three people.
Police are linking the incidents and are looking for three teenage suspects.
The suspects have been described as Asian youths aged between 16 and 17 years and between 5ft 6ins and 5ft 8in tall. All three had masked their faces.
Police said suspect one, who was wearing a black zip-up jumper, black trousers and a black bandana covering his face, was referred to as 'Kushi' by another suspect who was armed with the handgun. He was wearing a North Face gilet.
The third suspect was wearing a grey puffer jacket.
Police said all the victims were "shocked" but unharmed, and are appealing for information and witnesses.


Conor McGregor says he will not vacate his UFC featherweight title if he moves up to fight for the lightweight title.

The Irishman, 27, stunned champion Jose Aldo on Saturday night with a 13-second win, the fastest ever knockout in a UFC title fight.
"If I go up to that lightweight division, there's no way in hell I'm vacating my belt," he said.
"There'll be a belt on both shoulders. The belts will still be active because I'm active."
The Dubliner, who says he will decide his next move during the Christmas period, added: "I know the option is there for the 155lb lightweight belt.
"Maybe I feel there's a couple of contenders in the featherweight mix - let them compete against each other while I go up and take the lightweight belt, and then go back down and take out that contender.
"Then I'll go back up after a lightweight contender has emerged and take them out."
McGregor has been credited, along with former women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey, with widening the appeal of mixed martial arts.
There were an estimated 10,000 Irish fans among the 16,516-strong attendance at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
"The Irish fans, you can't beat them. We're making this sport what it is today. They're doing us proud."
McGregor had predicted he would beat Aldo in the first round in the build-up to the fight.
"If you can see it here and you have the courage to speak it, it will happen. I knew he would overextend and I knew I'd catch him. Mystic Mc strikes again.
"Jose has been a phenomenal champion. It would have been nice if the contest had stretched out a little longer, but I still feel the same process would have happened."
McGregor had to lose weight to reach the 145lb cut-off for the featherweight title, and looked gaunt at the weigh-in before putting on weight for the fight the next day.
"I always giggle. Every time on the scales, everyone says 'it's the worst I've ever seen him - he'd better rehydrate right or he's in a lot of trouble'. Don't get me wrong, it's a tough weight cut but tell me one time I've missed it or not shown up fresh the next day."
He also repeated the fact he would love to fight in his home city of Dublin. "If they offer me Croke Park or the football stadium, you're damn right I'll take it."
Brazilian Rafael dos Anjos, 31, defends his lightweight championship against 32-year-old American Donald Cerrone next weekend.


Barack Obama has been sworn in for a second term in office as president of the United States.

In his inauguration speech, Obama told the American people to "seize the moment",  laying down his vision for the next four years.
BBC Washington Correspondent Katty Kay has covered Obama's re-election to the White House, looking at the key issues and challenges facing his second term.
Katty answered your questions directly via her Twitter account: http://twitter.com/KattyKayBBC
Read her Q&A here.


Scottish college lecturers have begun the first of a series of potential walkouts over pay.

Almost nine out of 10 lecturers who took part in a ballot voted for strike action, on a turnout of 61%.
Colleges Scotland had urged the EIS teaching union to call off the national strike and said it was "disappointed" the action had gone ahead.
Many lecturers are angry at a 1% pay offer and the differences between pay at different colleges.
They claim there are disparities of up to Â£10,000 a year.
"Lecturers are taking this action as a last resort, following the failure of college management to offer a fair deal on pay equality," said EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan.
"Management side negotiators have dragged their feet for well over a year, before finally making a completely unacceptable pay offer that fails to make any attempt to address pay inequities across the sector.
"Some colleges have refused to take part in negotiations at all, highlighting the non-delivery of a national bargaining process that was promised to lecturers by colleges and the Scottish government."
If no resolution is reached in the pay dispute, the programme of strike action is scheduled to continue until the summer, escalating to two and then three days per week.
Colleges Scotland said the pay offer which it put before the union was the best deal possible and argued the strike would be damaging to the country's 227,000 college students.
Shona Struthers, Colleges Scotland chief executive, said: "It is disappointing that it has come to this. As ever, the students are our top priority, but a number of colleges have had to advise students not to come in today.
"There is an absolute commitment to minimise disruption to students' learning and 'continuity of learning plans' have been activated around the country.
"We are delivering a reasonable and fair pay rise to all college staff. The 1% pay rise, which is in line with other public sector agreements and above the rate of inflation, was accepted by three out of the four trade unions in Scotland's colleges."
She added: "It is the best possible offer in the current difficult funding situation and is intended to protect jobs as well as the needs of students into the future."
Ms Struthers said Colleges Scotland was "fully committed" to continuing to work with the trade unions to tackle the differences in pay and conditions.


MPs will vote on 18 July on renewing the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system, David Cameron has said.

Mr Cameron, speaking at the Nato summit in Warsaw, said he believed the vote would confirm support for replacing the full fleet of four submarines.
The PM said Trident was an "essential deterrent" to both Britain's security and the overall security of Nato.
Labour is currently considering the party's stance on Trident, which leader Jeremy Corbyn wants to scrap.
Its internal review of Labour's defence policy will keep open the possibility of retaining Trident, BBC Newsnight understands.
It is expected to suggest five tests which nuclear weapons must satisfy.
At a news conference in Warsaw, Mr Cameron, who is standing down in September, said it was not right for the Trident issue to be left to his successor.
"The nuclear deterrent remains essential, in my view, not just to Britain's security but, as our allies have acknowledged here today, to the overall security of the Nato alliance," he said.
"We need certainty about it so the investment decisions can go ahead, so I think it makes sense to hold this vote... now to put it beyond doubt."
Scottish finance secretary Derek Mackay told the BBC the SNP - which has called for Trident to be scrapped - would be "resolute" in its opposition, saying the current political uncertainty may provide a chance to vote down a renewal of the nuclear deterrent.
He said it was quite significant that there would be a vote on the issue, adding: "We would encourage others to reflect on their position... Even others who might be thinking just about value for money - are these weapons worthwhile? And encourage others in other parties to oppose trident as well."
The Trident system was acquired by the Thatcher government in the early 1980s as a replacement for the Polaris missile system, which the UK had possessed since the 1960s.
Trident came into use in the 1990s. There are three parts to it - submarines, missiles and warheads. Although each component has years of use left, they cannot last indefinitely.
The current generation of four submarines would begin to end their working lives some time in the late 2020s.
Mr Cameron's announcement came amid reports Labour had been planning to formally debate the party's stance on Trident in September.
It is understood that Mr Corbyn has accepted draft conclusions of an internal defence review, which he commissioned in January.
Newsnight understands it keeps open the option of Britain retaining a nuclear weapons system - despite the Labour leader's lifelong support for unilateral disarmament.
Mr Corbyn told Sky News: "We are having a look at all the issues surrounding it.
"I believe security in the world is achieved through peace, through democracy, through justice, through human rights.
"I do not believe that nuclear weapons actually enhance security, I support the nuclear non-proliferation treaty - which we are signed up to - which is trying to bring together collective disarmament.
"Those are the views that I will be putting forward."
Among the five tests for the UK's continued status as a nuclear power expected to be set by the review are whether it makes a "demonstrable contribution" to the defence of the country and if it represents value for money.
Under the proposals, Labour would also have to consider the impact on jobs and regional development, whether it would contribute to the party's support for multilateral disarmament, and whether the nuclear weapons system would stand the test of time in the face of new technology.
Mr Corbyn is said to believe the report could provide a middle way between unilateral disarmament and maintaining a full-scale nuclear weapons system.


The conviction and jailing of Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny has led to widespread criticism.

Navalny was imprisoned for five years for embezzlement from a timber firm. He had denied the charges, saying the trial was politically motivated.
The EU said the verdict posed "serious questions" about Russian law, while the US said it was "deeply disappointed".
Later, police detained dozens of protesters following scuffles in Moscow, St Petersburg and other cities.
Thousands took to the streets for protests which continued late into the evening.
In Kirov, where the trial was held, at least two Navalny supporters were arrested after the verdict and sentence were announced.
By Bridget KendallDiplomatic correspondent, BBC News
In the last year or so Alexei Navalny had become probably Vladimir Putin's most prominent critic.
And his apparent sympathy for nationalist sentiments, reflected in his infamous jibes at the expense of non-Russian migrants, while upsetting liberals, would have worried the Kremlin.
Not only is he young and vigorous and an effective user of social media, he is also a talented orator. If ever he gained access to mainstream Russian media - and crucially, Russian state television - he could appeal to the same strata of society Mr Putin needs to maintain his hold on Russian politics.
One can be sure that Navalny, who made his reputation through whistle-blowing activities as a lawyer, will use every avenue to appeal against his sentence. Even if he is unsuccessful, a life behind bars will not entirely silence him. The activities of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, an earlier political opponent of the Kremlin who ended up with two long sentences, have shown that in today's Russia it is still possible to be heard from inside prison.
But once the appeals are exhausted, today's verdict bars Navalny from political office. He has already withdrawn from the race to become mayor of Moscow.  The Kremlin will hope the outcome of this trial will in effect sideline him from the frontline of Russian politics.
The 37-year-old is a leading campaigner against President Vladimir Putin's United Russia party, and regularly blogged about corruption allegations.
He came to public attention when he inspired mass protests against the Kremlin and President Putin in December 2011.
Before he was handcuffed and led away, Navalny urged his supporters to continue his anti-corruption struggle, tweeting: "Don't sit around doing nothing."
Later it emerged that he could be temporarily freed until the sentence comes into force in 10 days' time, or pending an appeal.
Navalny had recently registered his candidacy for the next mayor of Moscow, and Interfax news agency quotes the head of his election headquarters as saying he will take part in the September poll if he remains free.
But Russian officials say if the verdict does come into force, he will be barred from running in any future election.
Navalny was found guilty of heading a group that embezzled timber worth 16m rubles ($500,000; Â£330,000) from the Kirovles state timber company while working as an adviser to Kirov's governor Nikita Belykh.
The prosecution had asked for a six-year jail sentence, but judge Sergei Blinov decided on five years, and said there were no extenuating circumstances that would warrant keeping Navalny out of prison.
Navalny's co-accused, Pyotr Ofitserov, was also found guilty, and given a four-year jail sentence.
State television has only shown limited interest in the process despite Navalny's prominence, but online the trial has been followed extensively.
The BBC's Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford says that when the sentence was handed down, there were tears from Navalny's supporters and an explosion of anger on the social networking sites that he has used so effectively.
Anti-Putin activist and former cabinet minister Boris Nemtsov told reporters the trial was "completely fabricated from start to finish, and even the judge could not say what the reason for the crime was".
Jailed former oil executive and Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky said the conviction was "predictable and unavoidable", according to the independent Ekho Moskvy website.
"There is nothing unusual for the government's opponents to be convicted of crimes in Russia," he added.
The last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, said using courts to punish political opponents was "unacceptable".
In a statement posted on his charity's website, he said: "Everything I know about this case... unfortunately confirms we do not have independent courts."
The US ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul, said: "We are deeply disappointed in the conviction of Navalny and the apparent political motivations in this trial."
A spokesman for the EU's top foreign policy official, Catherine Ashton, said the embezzlement charges were unsubstantiated, and that Navalny's jailing posed "serious questions as to the state of the rule of law in Russia".
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A spokesman for German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the trial had "raised doubts about whether criminal justice was the main motive".
"Five years in prison appears disproportionate, given the alleged crime," Steffen Seibert added.
Russian rights group Memorial said the country "now has one more political prisoner", while Amnesty International's Europe and Central Asia director, John Dalhuisen, said in a statement: "This was a parody of a prosecution and a parody of a trial."
But the Kremlin denies that Mr Putin uses the courts for political ends, and the judge rejected Navalny's claim the trial was politically motivated.
Pro-government analyst Sergei Markov said many Navalny supporters "realise deep in their souls that the court has proven in a normal way that Navalny was a thief".
Our correspondent said Navalny smiled in a resigned manner when the guilty verdict came.
His wife, Yulia Navalnaya, said her husband knew he would get a custodial sentence and was mentally prepared to go to prison.


Donald Trump has said the United States will "solve" the nuclear threat from North Korea, with or without China's help.

"If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That is all I am telling you," he said in an interview with UK paper Financial Times.
Pressed on whether he thought he could succeed alone, he replied: "Totally."
Mr Trump was speaking ahead of a scheduled visit from Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.
"China has great influence over North Korea. And China will either decide to help us with North Korea, or they won't. And if they do that will be very good for China, and if they don't it won't be good for anyone," Mr Trump told the FT.
Asked if he meant "one-on-one" unilateral action, Mr Trump said: "I don't have to say any more. Totally."
He did not give any further details on what action he would take.
Mr Trump's brief comments, published just days before the key meeting with Mr Xi at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, are the latest in a series of warnings over North Korea's nuclear development.
There are fears that Pyongyang could eventually develop the ability to launch long-range nuclear missiles capable of striking the mainland United States.
During a trip to Asia in March, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said pre-emptive military action was an option "on the table".
A month earlier, Defence Secretary James Mattis warned that any use of nuclear weapons would be met with an "overwhelming" response.
China - which is North Korea's only international ally - has taken action in light of the reclusive nation's latest missile tests.
In February, it banned coal imports from North Korea until the end of 2017, cutting a major source of cash income for Pyongyang.
But Mr Trump is expected to pressure China's president to do much more at their meeting this week - and he has implied that the issue of trade could be used as leverage.
The president told the Financial Times that "trade is the incentive. It is all about trade." But he said he did not plan to discuss tariffs during the meeting.
At the end of March, he signed two executive orders to deal with the US trade deficit, reviewing current rules and foreign trade abuses.
White House officials insisted China was not the focus of his orders - but it is the largest source of the US trade deficit, accounting for about $347bn (Â£276bn) a year, out of a total of $502bn (Â£400bn).
And Mr Trump himself tweeted that "the meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one in that we can no longer have massive trade deficits".
Mr Trump has not said how he will negotiate trade with China while also pressuring them to influence Pyongyang.
Analysts say China has maintained its support for Pyongyang as it fears a complete collapse of the North Korean regime could lead to Korean unification, with US soldiers based in a country with a land border with China.
It is thought that China is also concerned at the prospect of millions of North Korean refugees entering its borders.


Carmaker Volvo has said all new models will have an electric motor from 2019.

The Chinese-owned firm, best known for its emphasis on driver safety, has become the first traditional carmaker to signal the end of the internal combustion engine.
It plans to launch five fully electric models between 2019 and 2021 and a range of hybrid models.
But it will still be manufacturing earlier models that have pure combustion engines.
Geely, Volvo's Chinese owner, has been quietly pushing ahead with electric car development for more than a decade.
It now aims to sell one million electric cars by 2025.
"This announcement marks the end of the solely combustion engine-powered car," said Hakan Samuelsson, chief executive of Volvo's carmaking division.
"People increasingly demand electrified cars, and we want to respond to our customers' current and future needs," he said.
Volvo's announcement sounds dramatic, but the reality is it simply reflects the direction much of the auto industry is travelling in.
The internal combustion engine is not dead - and won't be for a while at least. It still offers a relatively cheap and well-proven means of getting around.
The problem is that emissions regulations are getting much tighter. From 2021, for example, carmakers in the EU will have to ensure that across their fleets, average CO2 output is no higher than 95g of CO2 per kilometre. That's a lot lower than current levels.
Carmakers are reacting by developing fully-electric models. Some are already pretty impressive. But developing mass market cars that are affordable and have the right levels of performance is a research-intensive and expensive process, while persuading consumers to buy them in large numbers may also be time consuming.
In the meantime, hybridisation - fitting electric motors to cars which also have conventional engines - offers a convenient way to bring down emissions without harming performance. And there are plenty of different kinds of hybrid systems to choose from.
Volvo is making headlines, but other manufacturers are doing much the same kind of thing.
Tim Urquhart, principal analyst at IHS Automotive, said the move was a "clever sort of PR coup - it is a headline grabber".
"It is not something that moves the goalposts hugely," he said.
"Cars launched before that date [of 2019] will still have traditional combustion engines.
"The announcement is significant, and quite impressive, but only in a small way."
It comes after US-based electric car firm Tesla announced on Sunday that it will start deliveries of its first mass-market car, the Model 3, at the end of the month.
Elon Musk, Tesla's founder, said the company was on track to make 20,000 Model 3 cars a month by December.
His company's rise has upset the traditional power balance of the US car industry.
Tesla, which makes no profits, now has a stock market value of $58bn, nearly one-quarter higher than that of Ford, one of the Detroit giants that has dominated the automotive scene for more than a century.


Details are emerging of plans to pay farmers who manage their land in a way that helps prevent flooding in towns and cities.

The Environment Secretary Liz Truss says she will use EU farm grants to incentivise English landowners to catch water on their fields.
Farmers in areas vulnerable to flash floods might be paid to turn pastureland to woodland.
Or they may allow mini-dams to be built to hold water until rains subside.
The farmers union, NFU, supports the idea but insists that extra cash is needed additional to EU funding.
Ms Truss told BBC News she has instructed officials to study how farmers working in some river catchments in Cumbria and Yorkshire can be given grants to slow the flow from hills to towns.
It will utilise part of the EU farm fund known as Pillar 2, which allows governments discretion over spending on rural development and wildlife.
She is acting on long-standing proposals from environmental campaigners and flooding experts to treat river catchments as a whole, with schemes that benefit wildlife, slow the flow of water and improve water quality.
“We clearly need to do more in urban areas in terms of conventional flood defences,” she told BBC News. “But that can’t be enough - we have to manage water in the whole catchment.”
She pointed to the apparent success of a scheme in Pickering highlighted two years ago.
Environmentalists have welcomed the incentives for farmers, but some argue that all farmers should be obliged to catch water on their land if they want to receive EU farm funds. They complain that currently farmers are paid for little more than owning land.
They point to a study by the government-funded Centre for Ecology Hydrology into floods in Oxford in 2007. It found that the peak river flow through the city would have been reduced by several feet if levees had been removed and fields upstream had been allowed to flood.
Ms Truss said EU rules did not allow the main tranche of farm spending – Pillar 1, which swallows 88% of the budget – to be used to combat flooding.
Dr David Tickner from the green group WWF told BBC News: “This proposal is a step in the right direction but seems contradictory to the Secretary of State’s announcement two weeks ago that farmers could dredge ditches  without needing permission - potentially increasing flood risk downstream.
“Solutions need to be underpinned by scientific evidence and not just instant reactions whenever floods occur.”
The NFU has already expressed support in principle for rewarding farmers for catching rain, but views differ among individual farmers. Robert Heath from South Warwicks said: ”If we were in an area affected by flooding I would definitely be interested because at the moment farmers are losing out.
Phil Barber from near Witney has switched to spring crops because of regular winter flooding from the Thames. He said: ”I’d rather they spent money on dredging rivers.”
Ms Truss said the policy area was complex and would not be rushed. Pilot projects would be set up across rivers at greatest risk before the flood grant scheme was widened. She is working with the Environment Agency, Natural England and the Natural Capital Committee on a 25-year plan for managing England’s environment.
The government will want to ensure value for money – a recent report by the European Court of Auditors  found that whilst three-quarters of the audited projects under an EU farm environment scheme contributed to landscape and biodiversity protection, costs in 75 % of cases were unreasonably high or unjustified.
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Twitter's rolling out a feature which could instil fear into your social media hearts.

It's letting you search for every public tweet since its creation in 2006, roughly half a trillion posts.
On the one hand, it could be seen as a helpful and extensive tool for information.
On the other, it could flag up any user who may have forgotten about a potentially embarrassing post from their distant past.
In theory, it means anyone can look back at your FULL tweet history.
If you so wished, you could go back to the beginning of your timeline and see just how mundane - or thrilling - your early tweets were.
Perhaps more interestingly, you can search through your friends entire history, as long as they were posting publicly.
In a blog post which explains the complexities of its update, Twitter's said the new search service has been several years in the making.
Before, the search would give you a limited amount of results, with a focus on an individual's recent history or the recent appearance of a hashtag.
The advanced search has been expanded, offering you the chance to look back through a specific time period, with specific words or for a specific user.
If, for example, you search for a hashtag it will eventually start giving you the results it thinks are most relevant from its entire history in the 'top' tab, instead of the 'all' tab next to it.
You can now search for the earliest times a certain phrase or word was mentioned on Twitter.
The same goes for tracking a certain hashtag.
For example, did you know that Chris Messina, a former Google executive, was the first person to start using hashtags on Twitter back in 2007?
He's also the first person to have ever posted #justsayin.
The first time the word 'totes' was used on Twitter was in 2006, four years before it came to prominence in TOWIE.
Because of the size of the database, it takes an effort to go through every mention of One Direction, Katy Perry or Rihanna.
It's handy though for uber fans wanting to know exactly when and where their idols were in their early days.
For some, the prospect of a boss or parents looking back through your entire history with relative ease may fill some people with dread.
However, the tools were already in place to delete past tweets through Twitter itself and third party sites.
Twitter allows you to request your full Twitter history in which you can search for anything you don't want to be seen publicly anymore.
The new search will be rolled out to all users in the coming days.
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The Venice Film Festival's new artistic director has pledged to revive the event's facilities and fortunes as this year's festival gets under way.

There are questions over whether the event can continue to attract top talent and retain its position as one of the movie world's leading festivals.
Alberto Barbera said a major new cinema complex would be built despite being abandoned in 2011 due to lack of funds.
He said: "We cannot host a modern event and attract film-makers without it."
He added: "So yes, it has to happen. It was one of the conditions for me taking the role.
"We know we have this reputation for quality. It's our greatest asset, and it's a privileged position."
Barbera has cut the number of films being screened and has faced criticism over the number of stars attending this year.
Venice has come under increasing competition from the Toronto Film Festival, which overlaps with its Italian rival. Since the economic crash of 2008, Hollywood studios and celebrities have often preferred to show their movies there.
A new, state of the art cinema complex was due to open in Venice in 2012, but work was shelved last year when asbestos was discovered. That left a 100ft crater next to the Palazzo Del Cinema.
But Barbera promised the new buildings would be finished by 2015.
"It's a deal, it is signed and sealed," he told BBC News. "We will start work either later on in the year or in 2013."
Local authorities, including the city of Venice, will now fund the renovations, he added.
The film festival is the oldest in the world, and will show more than 60 world premieres over the next 10 days, including Wednesday's screening of Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, starring Kate Hudson and British actor Riz Ahmed.
Barbera, who used to head Italy's Museum of Cinema at Turin, also said he had other plans to change the event, including introducing a five-day film market starting this year, and giving a first time film-making prize, which would involve the festival funding three movies by new directors.
The Observer film critic Jason Solomons blamed the exodus of top films and stars on the high cost of conducting press interviews in the city and accommodating film talent.
"A few years ago, Joe Wright's Atonement had its world premiere at Venice," he said. "Now he's made Anna Karenina, again starring Keira Knightley. It's a period film all about decadence and decay, and it belongs in Venice. It should be here. But they can't afford to launch it here now."
Another problem, according to Solomons, was the recent closure of the Hotel Des Bains on the Lido island - the setting for the 1971 film Death in Venice. The hotel is being turned into luxury flats.
"Death in Venice says it all," Solomons continues. "By closing the Des Bains, the stars have nowhere to stay."
Critics, though, still say they rate the festival highly. As well as The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the event will also show Tree of Life director Terence Malick's To The Wonder and Robert Redford's The Company You Keep.
Meanwhile, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Joaquin Phoenix will star in The Master, the story of a religious cult during World War Two, directed by Magnolia's Paul Thomas Anderson.
"They've actually gone against the grain by reducing, not increasing, the amount of films on offer, and that's brave," suggested The Independent's Kaleem Aftab.
"It looks like less will be more from now on in order for Venice to overcome the impression that this is a festival on the wane. But on paper, it's delivered some big names this year."
The Venice Film Festival runs until 8 September.


There are lots of different ways for a sportsperson to raise their profile: a reality TV show, a piece with a glossy magazine, a spot of charity work perhaps.

Rugby league veteran Paul Wood took a rather more painful route to public recognition.
Wood is the Warrington Wolves prop forward who, as you may remember (and apologies in advance if you don't), ruptured a testicle after catching a knee in the groin during the Super League Grand Final defeat to Leeds in October.
The 31-year-old somehow played on for 20 minutes and made no mention of the injury in post-match interviews, but was subsequently taken to hospital for surgery to have the testicle removed.
On leaving hospital Wood endeared himself to the public by immediately making light of his misfortune: "Just coming out of hospital to go home … Seriously feel like I've left something?" he told his Twitter followers.
The tweet soon went viral and, for the first time in a 13-year career at the highest level of domestic rugby league, Wood was a man in demand.
"The reaction was absolutely unbelievable - everyone wanted to talk to me," Wood tells BBC Sport as he reflects on the most hectic period of his life.
"The weirdest thing was seeing my story come up as a question on The Million Pound Drop with Davina McCall. They were given four possible answers for what had happened to me and I think they got it right."
Wood's tale of sporting bravery even made waves beyond rugby league's traditional hotbeds of northern England, Australia and New Zealand.
My missus says it's the best thing that's ever happened to me
"I did a few radio shows in America and someone told me they used a clip on the Jay Leno show. You know what Americans are like - they love their sporting drama.
"A mate of mine has been keeping all the newspaper clippings and apparently the story was even in a paper in Poland. Rugby league has gone worldwide."
While achieving overnight celebrity status might have gone to some players' heads, Wood's ego has been kept in check by merciless mocking from his team-mates. As he lay in the hospital bed on the night after the final, he received a text from one of them praising him for "working his b***s off" during the match.
A married father of two, Wood was relieved to be informed by doctors that a man can still function with one testicle. Although he and his wife Shelley have not decided whether they want to add to their flock, Wood is determined to take measures to avoid a repeat of his Old Trafford agony.
"I'm going to wear a box," he says. "But I need to make a decision on which one I am going to wear. It's not going to be a cricket box because I don't think I'd be able to play properly with one of them.
"I need something a bit more moulded. We've been looking at an adaptation of the kind of groin guard they use in boxing or mixed martial arts. I think a few other guys might be wearing protection as well."
Wood is back training with Warrington as they gear up for next season's Challenge Cup defence and their annual bid for a first domestic league title since 1955. However, after the latest mishap in an injury-plagued career, he admits that this campaign could be his last.
"I'm contracted for 12 months at Warrington but this has probably got me thinking about how much longer I want to play and what I'm going to do after this," he says.
"I've had four shoulder operations, a back operation, a hernia operation, a broken leg and then I do this to my testicle. I just don't know if I can take any more.
"I just need to play my first game - once I've done that and provided I can get my confidence back then I can just concentrate on my rugby again."
Wood has already started preparing for life after rugby. He is studying at Bolton University for a Masters degree in strength and conditioning and offers his services as a personal trainer.
But he knows that the key to maintaining a healthy bank balance may require cashing in on his infamous injury.
"The Sydney Morning Herald dubbed me 'the world's toughest athlete' so I'm going to try to market my personal training business as offering a chance to train with the world's toughest athlete," he says.
"I'll definitely see if I can develop something off the back of this. My missus says it's the best thing that's ever happened to me."


Celtic captain Scott Brown says unhappy fans have every right to vent their feelings after a season in which the team have "let themselves down".

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Sunday's 1-1 draw against Ross County, which took the Hoops nine points clear with four games left, saw anti-board protests and boos at the final whistle.
"They can say and do as they please because we have not been producing the right results as we should be.
"We know that and we have let ourselves down," Brown said.
Manager Ronny Deila's announcement that he will leave at the end of the season because of a lack of improvement in performances has cast a shadow over the remainder of the club's season.
But Celtic could effectively wrap up their fifth Premiership title in a row with victory against Hearts at Tynecastle on Saturday, given their vastly superior goal difference to second-placed Aberdeen, who they face the following weekend.
"We need to bounce back from this now," said Brown, in Dublin to promote Celtic's pre-season International Champions Cup match against Barcelona on 30 July.
"We need to start getting ourselves together. We need to go back to winning ways. We've got next season to look forward to.
"We are going for five in a row now and we want to continue it, we want to get six and seven.
"We believe we've got the players in that dressing room that can do that and we've just got to put a lot of faith and trust in ourselves and express a lot more than we have been doing in recent weeks.
"As everyone knows there's going to be a new manager but we're concentrating on the last three or four games of the season.
"For now Ronny is still our manager and now we need to try and win the league for him as soon as possible and give him something back."
Deila resigned days after the Hoops were beaten by Old Firm rivals Rangers on penalties in the Scottish Cup semi-finals.
Fans were also frustrated at the club's lack of Champions League progress under the Norwegian.
Former West Brom boss Steve Clarke has become the latest to declare his interest in the vacancy, although David Moyes remains the bookmakers' favourite.
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A man has died in a fire at a bungalow in Doncaster.

A woman who was also in the property on Pinfold Close in Tickhill managed to escape, according to the South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
Three crews were sent to the scene at around 21:30 BST on Saturday.
The man, who has not been named, was pronounced dead at the scene. An investigation is under way to determine the cause of the fire.


Campaigners attempting to save a 1920s' theatre threatened with demolition want a "stay of execution" to come up with a business plan.

Councillors in Scarborough will discuss plans to demolish the Futurist Theatre on 9 January.
Campaigners told a public meeting on Thursday they planned to form a charitable trust to run the theatre, which closed in 2014.
Scarborough Borough Council has not commented on the proposals.
The Conservative-run council's cabinet has previously judged the Futurist is not sustainable as a theatrical venue.
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Adam Flynn, a Save our Futurist campaigner, said the venue could host large-scale musical productions.
He said: "If it was brought up to modern standards to allow these shows to come, then we could see huge economic benefits."
He added the group would need 12 to 18 months to allow it to raise around Â£40,000 to carry out a full feasibility study and develop a business plan.
Reports to be considered by the council on 9 January said that if it does not approve demolition costs of Â£4m, the building will remain in its current state of repair.
Only minimum repairs would be carried out in the future to ensure compliance with health and safety requirements, council officers warned.
The council plans to clear the site and stabilise a cliff behind the theatre to allow the land to be made available for redevelopment.
Flamingo Land, which is a large visitor attraction in Malton, North Yorkshire, has already expressed interest in developing a new year-round tourist attraction on the site.


Ex-football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with a further 14 counts of historical sex abuse against boys, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.

The charges, which include indecent assault and sexual assault, involve four boys, who were aged between 11 and 14 at the time of the alleged offences.
The ex-Crewe youth coach is accused of a total of 55 offences between 1979 and 1991 against young boys.
The 63-year-old denied all accusations during previous court appearances.
Mr Bennell - who also coached a number of junior teams in north-west England and the Midlands, some with associations to Manchester City and Stoke City - will appear at South Cheshire Magistrates' Court via video-link on 28 June.
The latest accusations include four counts of indecent assault on a boy aged 11-14, four counts of indecent assault on a boy aged 11-12 and two counts of indecent assault on a boy aged 11-13.
He is also charged with four counts of sexual assault on a boy aged 11-14.
Last month, Bennell appeared at Crewe Magistrates' Court, where a further 21 child sex offences were put to him, but he did not enter a plea, and was remanded into custody.


A Monmouthshire wildlife photographer involved in a copyright row over a monkey selfie was "relieved" after a court ruled in his favour.

Animal rights activists argued all proceeds from the picture, taken in 2011, should benefit the monkey.
But a court in San Francisco disagreed, ruling copyright protection could not be applied to the monkey.
Snapper David Slater, of Mathern, said he believed he was "the first person in history to be sued by an animal".
The case was brought by the campaign group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) which claimed Naruto, a crested macaque from Indonesia, should be the author and owner.
Yet Mr Slater, 50, said the monkey in his photograph was a female called Ella.
The monkey took the photograph after Mr Slater set up the camera and purposefully left it alone so it would approach and play with it.
He described the case as a "long saga" which he was "relieved to get out of the way".
"They [PETA] are more about money and publicity than animals. They have wasted people's donations on pursuing this case," he said.
"At least it's got people thinking about the monkey, its situation, animal rights and how intelligent these animals are."
A spokeswoman from PETA said despite the "setback", the case was "a vital step toward fundamental rights for non-human animals for their own sake".


The partner of Sarah McClay, who was killed by a tiger at South Lakes Safari Zoo, hopes the attraction can stay open after its owner was refused a licence.

Cumbria Zoo Company Ltd (CZCL) wants to buy the zoo and end its connection with David Gill, who founded it in 1994.
On Monday, Barrow Council refused Mr Gill a licence to continue running it, amid concerns over animal welfare.
David Shaw said he hopes CZCL, which took over operational control in January, will succeed with its plan.
The zoo remains open but could close within 28 days, unless Mr Gill appeals against the council's decision.
CZCL has been operating the zoo through a six-month leasing agreement with Mr Gill, who remained only as landowner.
It has submitted its own licence application, which is due to be inspected later this month.
In it Mr Gill will have no management, operational or other role.
In a social media posting CZCL said: "Despite the short time in which we have had sole operation of the site, we have developed and mitigated many of the welfare concerns that were inherited when we took over."
Mr Shaw said of CZCL: "They've come a long way, they have the right enclosures, they mix the right animals and they're looked after in the right way.
"Provided they can prove they do it in a safe manner, the enforcement legislation will require them to do it in a way that's suitable for the animals."


A large-scale cannabis factory has been found in an underground former nuclear bunker, Wiltshire police have said.

Several thousand cannabis plants with an estimated street value of £1m were seized in a raid on RGHQ Chilmark.
Five men and a teenager were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production after the midnight raid on Wednesday.
There are 20 rooms in the building with almost every one converted for the wholesale production of cannabis plants, police said.
The former Ministry of Defence bunker was built in the 1980s to protect local dignitaries and government officials in the event of a nuclear attack.
Described as "almost completely impenetrable", Wiltshire Police had to wait for the suspects to leave the bunker before they could gain access.
Det Insp Paul Franklin, said it was only after getting through the nuclear blast doors, that the "enormous set up" was discovered.
"There are approximately 20 rooms in the building, split over two floors, each 200ft long and 70ft wide," he said.
"Almost every single room had been converted for the wholesale production of cannabis plants, and there was a large amount of evidence of previous crops."
He added that he was convinced it was "one of the largest crops ever discovered" in the county.
A teenager and two men, aged 15, 19, and 37, all of no fixed abode, were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production.
A further three men, aged 27, 30 and 45, all from Somerset, were arrested on suspicion of cannabis production and human trafficking offences.


Work to dig four trial archaeological trenches at Gloucester Cathedral has begun ahead of a £6m redevelopment.

The dig in the car park in Upper College Green and south of the building aims to establish if there is anything significant that could be disturbed.
The area is to be landscaped as part of a 10-year plan, known as Project Pilgrim, to improve facilities at the medieval building.
If anything significant is discovered the plans could be altered slightly.
Cathedral archaeologist Richard Morriss said: "What we're trying to do is understand what's beneath the ground."
"For the [proposed] scheme, we don't want to disturb the archaeology, so the less we find the better."
Mr Morris said the four trial trenches were being dug at "hotspots" of the planned landscape design, where the work would go deepest.
"We can then judge if that scheme is going to work, or if we'll have to tickle it a little bit," he said.
Kath Crooks from Border Archaeology said: "We're pretty certain we'll find some burials but it's the depth of the burials that we're trying to find out."


Burnley have signed Republic of Ireland striker Jon Walters from Stoke City for a fee that could reach £3m.

Walters, 33, has signed a two-year deal after spending seven years with the Potters, scoring 62 goals in 269 appearances.
He becomes Burnley's second summer signing after full-back Charlie Taylor joined from Championship side Leeds.
Walters' move means the Clarets now have five Republic of Ireland internationals in their squad.
He joins defenders Stephen Ward and Kevin Long, and midfielders Jeff Hendrick and Robbie Brady at Turf Moor.
Clarets striker Andre Gray, who has reportedly rejected a new contract, has been linked with a £15m move to fellow Premier League side West Ham.
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A £3.3m grant has been approved by the government to rebuild the badly-damaged road bridge in the centre of Tadcaster.

The 18th Century bridge over the River Wharfe was damaged in flooding and could take up to 12 months to repair, leaving the town separated.
The Department for Transport will also fund the provision of a temporary £300,000 footbridge at the site.
The government's Flood Envoy, Yorkshire MP Robert Goodwill, said the bridge was "a national priority".
A bus has been transporting people from one side of the river to the other after the bridge remained closed.
Shops and businesses in the town were badly affected by floods after river levels rose following heavy rain on 26 December.
The leader of North Yorkshire County Council, Carl Les, said: "We want to get life in Tadcaster back to normal as quickly as possible."
Other bridges in Yorkshire suffered serious damage during the recent floods, including Elland Bridge in Calderdale, while a 180-year-old bridge collapsed in Copley, near Halifax.


Apple has reported a second consecutive quarter of falling iPhone sales, but the 15% drop was not as bad as analysts had feared.

The US tech giant sold 40.4 million iPhones in its third quarter, slightly above forecasts of 40.02 million.
Apple chief executive Tim Cook said the results reflected "stronger customer demand... than we anticipated".
The firm said it expected sales to fall again in the fourth quarter to between $45.5bn (Â£34bn; â‚¬41.4bn) and $47.5bn.
Demand for Apple's flagship product has been slowing since the second quarter when the firm reported the first drop in iPhone sales since their 2007 launch.
The iPhone makes up for around two-thirds of Apple's sales and accounts for even more of its profits.
The slowdown in iPhone sales sent profit down 27% to $7.8bn in the three months to 25 June, while revenues fell 14.6% to $42.4bn.
Apple's sales in Greater China - defined by the company as China, Hong Kong and Taiwan - plunged 33%.
The firm blamed economic uncertainty and people not upgrading their phones as often for the drop.
China accounts for almost a quarter of Apple's sales, more than all of Europe combined.
"It is very clear that there are some signs of economic slowdown in China, and we will have to work through them.
"We understand China well and we remain very, very optimistic about the future there," said Apple chief financial officer Luca Maestri.
Results were also hit by the impact of a stronger dollar.
Nonetheless, shares, which have fallen almost 20% over the past year, rose over 7% in after-hours trading because the firm's overall performance was not as bad as analysts had expected.
Mr Maestri said comparisons to the second quarter last year, when iPhone 6 sales surged 35%, made its performance seem worse than it was.
He also pointed to its services business, which includes the App Store, Apple Pay, iCloud and other services, as a bright spot.
The division made nearly $6bn in revenue, up 18.9% from the same time last year, and is now the firm's second-largest sales generator after the iPhone.
The shift is good news for the firm because it allows it to make more money from its existing users.


European ministers have agreed tighter controls at railway stations, the French interior minister has announced.

Bernard Cazeneuve said there would be increased identity and baggage controls at stations and more police patrols on board international trains.
France called the emergency meeting in Paris, attended also by security and transport officials, after the foiled attack on a train on 21 August.
A heavily-armed man was overpowered on the Amsterdam to Paris train.
French prosecutors have filed charges against 25-year-old Ayoub El-Khazzani.
But questions have been raised about how someone was able to board the train in Brussels carrying an assault rifle, 270 rounds of ammunition, a handgun, a box-cutter and petrol.
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Mr Cazeneuve announced a raft of tighter security measures after meeting with ministers from Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland as well as the UK.
"Visual passenger identity checks will be reinforced as well as random controls. Official inspections of luggage will step up, both at stations and onboard trains, where appropriate," he said.
"Mixed patrols, made up of law enforcement personnel from several countries, already exist in many countries. We will further reinforce these teams and deploy them more extensively."
He said the ministers also agreed to study the idea of name-based ticketing for international trains.
This is significant because it would allow the intelligence services to keep closer track of suspect individuals when they travel, the BBC's Hugh Schofield reports.
But, he adds, in Europe's Schengen border-free zone, the free movement of people is supposed to be matched by closer co-operation between intelligence services - and on this, Mr Cazeneuve, admits, there is still a way to go.
At his news conference, the French interior minister called for "an enhanced and more focused" co-operation between transport bodies, intelligence services and the police.
The recommendations from the meeting are expected to be debated first by a European rail security working group on 11 September and then by EU transport ministers meeting on 7-8 October.
Mr Khazzani is accused of carrying out a "targeted and premeditated" jihadist attack.
No-one died in the incident, although two passengers who helped to overpower the gunman were injured in the struggle.
Three Americans and one Briton have been awarded the Legion d'honneur by President Francois Hollande for their bravery, with awards for four more on the train likely to follow.
Mr Khazzani is said to have denied plotting a terrorist attack, saying he found a bag of weapons the night before and planned to use them to rob passengers.
However, prosecutor Francois Molins said his explanation became less clear during questioning and eventually he stopped talking altogether.


Asian stock markets mostly tracked the gains made on Wall Street after the US central bank took a more cautious approach to its monetary policy.

The Federal Reserve scaled back the number of interest rate rises it expects to make this year because of concerns over the global economy.
China's Shanghai Composite rose 1.2% to 2,904.83 while in Hong Kong the Hang Seng climbed 1% to 20,460.92.
Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed 1% higher at 5,168.15.
In South Korea, the Kospi index climbed 0.7% to 1,987.99.
However, Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.1% to 16,936.38 as the yen strengthened against the dollar.
With fewer US rate rises now being predicted this year, the US dollar weakened against Asian currencies.
"A risk in recent times has been that a too-aggressive Fed will threaten the global outlook by further pushing up the US dollar which in turn would threaten US growth, put more downwards pressure on oil prices and hence energy producers and add to the risk of a funding crisis in the emerging world," Shane Oliver, chief economist at AMP Capital in Sydney said.
"By continuing to indicate that it is conscious of global risks and that US rate hikes will be data dependent and gradual, the Fed is clearly indicating that it is not going to do anything to consciously threaten the global and US outlook."
Among individual shares, Toshiba fell nearly 10% following a report that the Japanese company is under investigation in the US over its accounting practices.
According to Bloomberg News, the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are looking into allegations it hid more than $1bn in losses at its nuclear power operations.
In 2015, Toshiba revealed that it had inflated profits for almost seven years leading to a major restructuring, record fine in Japan and the resignations of its top several executives.


A midwife who threatened to deliver a baby "with a knife and fork" is to face a misconduct hearing.

Marion Owens made the threat and swore in front of a patient at Liverpool Women's Hospital in 2012, Nursing and Midwifery Council papers revealed.
She previously admitted the charges and had agreed to three years of midwifery sanctions but on Friday, the NMC said a review into her fitness to practise as a nurse was needed.
Mrs Owens no longer works as a midwife.
In a hearing to review the sanctions decision, the panel heard the exchange between Mrs Owens and the woman took place in the labour induction suite on 14 June 2012.
The woman reported Mrs Owens was "slurring her speech and behaving erratically".
She said during a conversation, the midwife had told her about a previous patient who had a hypnotist as a birth partner.
Mrs Owens became animated and swore four times, while explaining how long she had been a midwife, the panel heard.
Mrs Owens also admitted failing to make sure her patients all had name bands, failing to keep notes up to date and administering a drug to a patient before it was prescribed.
Mrs Owens, who qualified as a midwife in 1993, now works at a care home in Liverpool.
The panel said she had "put patients at unwarranted risk of harm and brought the profession into disrepute".
Ordering a new hearing into her case, the NMC said the case needed to be reviewed as her "misconduct related to record keeping, medication administration and general behaviour" and so "were equally relevant to Mrs Owens' nursing registration".
Her case will be heard by the NMC at a later date.


The art gallery at Milton Keynes is to continue its renovation and expansion programmes after winning a £2,950,000 grant from Arts Council England.

MK Gallery is to use the funds to double exhibition space and provide new education and community facilities.
Three new cinema screens to show independent film will also be built.
Programmes will expand to include historical as well as contemporary exhibitions, film, talks, community and schools visits and events.
Director Anthony Spira said: "This opportunity will enable the gallery to diversify its programme and to engage with much larger audiences."
Hedley Swain, from Arts Council England, said: "MK Gallery plays a key role in bringing more arts and culture to the region and makes an important contribution to contemporary visual arts.
"We are pleased to be able to support the gallery in its continued development and expansion through our capital programme, enabling them to be more resilient and also helping to develop and widen both its audience and artistic offer."
Sarah Betteley, of Milton Keynes Council, said it was "excellent news" for the town.


Motherwell's Fir Park will host the Irn-Bru Scottish Challenge Cup final on Saturday, 25 March.

The match, which will be shown live on BBC Alba, has a 12:30 GMT kick-off.
Dundee United overcame Queen of the South 3-2 in Saturday's semi-final and St Mirren came from behind to beat The New Saints 4-1 on Sunday.
TNS were one of two Welsh sides to feature in this year's competition, with two from Northern Ireland also taking part.
Next season, League of Ireland sides Sligo Rovers and Bray Wanderers will play in the cup tournament, which is run by the Scottish Professional Football League and involving teams from the Scottish Championship, League One and League Two.
United have never won the Challenge Cup but fellow Championship side St Mirren took the trophy in 2005.
"We're delighted to make today's announcement that Fir Park will stage this season's Irn-Bru Cup Final, including making tickets available to fans from as little as £5," said SPFL chief executive Neil Doncaster.
"We wish both clubs the very best of luck for the final and hope they produce a classic for supporters in the stadium and those watching live on BBC Alba."


Sir Chris Hoy is to join a host of influential people sleeping out in Edinburgh to help the homeless.

More than 250 Scots from industry, sport and politics will spend the night in Charlotte Square on 15 December for the Social Bite CEO Sleepout.
The group, which will include business leader Sir Andrew Cubie and hairdresser Jennifer Cheyne, will bed down from 19:00 and stay overnight until 07:00.
Breakfast will be served by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Cabinet Secretary for Equalities Angela Constance will also be serving up breakfast.
All participants will be raising money to build the country's first village for the homeless, in the city's Granton area.
The Social Bite Village project has a fundraising target of Â£500,000 and aims to house up to 20 homeless people in a purpose-built, safe living environment for about 12 months each, from summer 2017.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: "Tackling homelessness is a priority for the Scottish government and we collaborate closely with local government and a range of national and local partners to work towards ensuring everyone has access to a warm and safe place to stay.
"Social Bite has done incredible work to help homeless people in Scotland by giving them the opportunity to work in their cafes and restaurants. The money raised from this event will go towards their groundbreaking new homeless village which will help break the cycle of homelessness.
"I look forward to meeting all those taking part in the sleepout and hearing of their experience."
Social Bite co-founder Josh Littlejohn said: "There's a beautiful symmetry that the country's most wealthy and influential people are braving the freezing cold for one night to help fund a long-term solution to homelessness.
"The Social Bite Village will tackle the problem of homelessness full circle by putting roofs over people's heads, a supportive environment around them and giving links to employment opportunities. It's incredibly humbling to see so many influential names getting behind the project and if there are more who want to join us, we want to hear about it.
"We will soon be launching our annual itison.com fundraising campaign to buy homeless people Christmas dinner and I am hoping that the public get behind us again, as they do every year."
Six-time Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy said: "It takes a lot to get me to give up my bed but the Social Bite Village is an extremely worthwhile cause.
"Social Bite is being bold in trying to show how the cycle of homelessness can be broken, by giving people support and stability, and that's something that I'm keen to back.
"Sleeping rough for one night might just be a small gesture but the money raised will go to kick-start the fundraising for this extraordinary project."


A Â£410,000 plan to develop a first full-size, third-generation all-weather football pitch in Dumfries and Galloway has been rejected.

Councillors voted down the proposals on the grounds of visual impact on the Crichton site in Dumfries.
The Dumfries and Galloway College plan had been recommended for approval.
A spokesman for the college said it was "disappointed" by the decision but would now have to look at a smaller scheme or alternative location.
The further education body had earmarked a shared funding package for the project with Sportscotland and Dumfries and Galloway Council.
It will now explore the possibility of a smaller-scale development in the same area or a full-size pitch at another site.


Italian sports agent Federico Rosa, who managed disgraced former Kenyan Olympic athlete Rita Jeptoo, has been charged in Kenya with doping offences.

Mr Rosa denied six counts of doping athletes in court in Nairobi.
They include Jeptoo, who was banned for two years in 2014 after testing positive for blood-boosting drug EPO.
Kenya passed emergency new anti-doping measures in May to avoid a ban on its athletes attending the Olympic Games in Rio.
Mr Rosa, who is a director of Italy-based sports management company Rosa and Associati, was remanded in police custody until Monday, when the court will rule on his bail application.
It will also decide whether he should be given back his passport so that he can travel with his athletes to Europe and Latin America.
However the Italian has been defended by one of his athletes, Asbel Kiprop, who is the reigning 1,500m world champion.
Kiprop - who has a vehement anti-doping stance - said he had worked with Mr Rosa since 2008 and never seen any evidence of doping.
"What I can tell, with my own judgement, is that Federico is innocent. With due process, I think justice is going to prevail," he told the BBC in Monaco, where he is due to race on Friday.
"If there was doping, they would have given me first because many times I have attempted to run the world record and I'm not getting it. They'd have given it to break the world record," he added.
More than 40 Kenyan athletes have failed drugs tests since 2011.
As of January 2016, 18 Kenyan athletes were suspended for doping. The best known is Rita Jeptoo, who won the Boston and Chicago marathons.
Last November, former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said it was "pretty clear that there are a lot of performance-enhancing drugs being used" in Kenya.
Meanwhile, British Athletics has said it is reviewing its policy of holding winter training camps in Kenya due to allegations of widespread doping in the country.


The dangers of playing football matches in 40-50C temperatures could mean that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar takes place in the cooler, winter months.

Meanwhile, parts of England have seen six consecutive days of temperatures above 30C, prompting official health alerts.
So what is the body's key way of dealing with the heat?
When temperatures rise, the body reacts by increasing blood flow to the skin's surface, taking the heat from within the body to the surface.
This means sweat.
As the sweat evaporates, the body cools down.
If, as in the UK, our skin temperature is warmer than the external temperature we are also able to lose heat to the environment, termed 'dry heat loss'.
But in hot, dry climates - like Qatar - this would not happen.
The body would be completely dependent on sweat.
The body's normal core temperature is 37-38C.
If it heats up to 39-40C, the brain tells the muscles to slow down and fatigue sets in.
At 40-41C, heat exhaustion is likely - and above 41C, the body starts to shut down.
Chemical processes start to be affected, the cells inside the body deteriorate and there is a risk of multiple organ failure.
The body cannot even sweat at this point because blood flow to the skin stops, making it feel cold and clammy.
Heatstroke - which can occur at any temperature over 40C - requires professional medical help and, if not treated immediately, chances of survival can be slim.
The best method of cooling people down is to immerse them in ice water or apply ice packs to the groin and armpits where crucial arteries are located - but it all depends on how long the body has been at an elevated temperature.
George Havenith, professor of environmental physiology and ergonomics from Loughborough University, says humidity - the amount of moisture in the air - is critical in determining how much we can sweat out.
If humidity is high, our ability to sweat is impaired and this makes us feel awful.
But if it is hot and dry - like Qatar - sweat can help.
"We can evaporate a lot of moisture from our skins - but we also have to produce it," says Prof Havenith.
"This means going to very high sweat rates quickly, and people might be limited by the amount of sweat they can produce."
So someone running at around 15km per hour in temperatures up to 37C would need to produce four litres of sweat per hour.
Jamie Pringle, an exercise physiologist, works with professional triathletes at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield.
He says the fitter athletes are, the better they are able to cope with heat - and Tour de France leader Chris Froome is a good example.
"Training increases blood volume in the body and that's where you sweat from so someone like Froome will have 10-12 litres of blood in his body compared to six litres in the average male."
A serious athlete is going to build up high blood volume and can therefore sweat more and cool down more quickly and effectively when the going gets hot.
Pringle says we can all improve our ability to hold on to fluids by spending a week or two in a heat chamber and exercising on a treadmill.
The key is to listen to your body, Prof Havenith says.
"Most amateur runners naturally slow down when they get too hot, but there are always people who keeping pushing themselves further and that's when things go wrong."


Syrian peace talks have ended on a more positive note than previous meetings, according to the UN envoy for Syria.

But the slow-moving discussions, which took place in Geneva and are the first in almost a year, still led to no major breakthroughs.
"The train is ready, it's in the station, it's warming up its engine. It just needs an accelerator," said the UN's Staffan de Mistura.
The Syrian government's delegation left without comment.
The proxy talks included a delegation representing the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and three opposition groups, who only met at the opening ceremony.
Chief opposition negotiator Nasr al-Hariri said, "Although we are closing this round without clear results ... I can say this time was more positive.
"It was the first time we discussed in acceptable depth the future of Syria and the future of political transition in Syria," he continued.
Russian representatives met both sides behind the scenes, according to Reuters news agency.
Mr De Mistura said the UN-led talks had the support of key regional player Turkey, which supports the opposition, as well as Russia and Iran, who are Syrian allies.
He said, "[There are] people in Syria and outside who still believe there is a military option or a military solution. That is fantasy."
The parties have agreed to return to the negotiating table later in March to discuss four key issues: governance, a draft constitution, elections and counter-terrorism.
Counter-terrorism was added to the agenda at the insistence of President al-Assad's delegation, according to the UN.
The Syrian government considers all rebels to be terrorists.
The UN recognises two groups as terrorists: the so-called Islamic State and the former Nusra Front, which was once an al-Qaeda affiliate. Neither is part of the UN peace process.
Another separate round of talks in Kazakhstan, sponsored by Russia, Turkey and Iran, and dealing with military issues, is also expected to go ahead later this month.


Worcestershire have re-signed New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner for the 2017 T20 Blast competition.

Santner, 24, broke his finger in only his second game for the county in 2016.
"There is some unfinished business with Mitch," director of cricket Steve Rhodes told Worcestershire's website.
"Last summer he was very unlucky. Losing Mitch was a massive blow to our hopes of qualifying. We'd had a good start and him playing all those games would have been an extra bonus for us."
The left-arm batsman and spinner, who made his Test debut in 2015, will rejoin the Rapids following June's ICC Trophy in England.
Santner added: "I really enjoyed my time at Worcester with a great bunch of lads and it was so frustrating for me to pick up that injury in the very first T20 game.
"It's fantastic that I've got the chance to come back again next summer and hopefully I can make up for lost time and make an impact with bat and ball."
In August, Worcestershire signed Australia pace bowler John Hastings as their main overseas player for the 2017 season across all formats of the game.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman's body was found in Clacton.

Essex Police were called to a house in Old Street at 10:50 GMT on Friday and found the dead woman, who was believed to be in her late 50s.
A post-mortem test has not yet been carried out and a forensic team is examining the scene.
The man, who is 25-years-old and from Clacton, has been taken to the town's police station for questioning.


Grimsby Town have signed former Hartlepool defender Dan Jones and ex-Dagenham & Redbridge forward Ashley Chambers on one-year deals.

Jones, 21, made 12 appearances for Hartlepool last season, but was released by the club in May.
Chambers played in 39 games for the Daggers last term, but could not help them avoid relegation from League Two.
The 26-year-old has previously played for Grimsby, scoring two goals in four games during a loan spell in 2010.
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