Ten-year-old Rhea has been named Child Genius 2016 after her mother intervened to dispute one of the answers in the Channel 4 show's final.

The west London schoolgirl beat nine-year-old Saffy by spelling the word "eleemosynary", meaning charitable.
Rhea got through to the head-to-head after her mother contested an incorrect answer during her earlier specialist round about Florence Nightingale.
Independent adjudicator Olivia van der Werff later ruled it was acceptable.
The dispute centred on the question: "To which medical officer did Florence Nightingale report in the Crimea?"
Rhea's answer Duncan Menzies was initially deemed incorrect. But her mother Sonal, who gave up her job as an obstetrician to help educate Rhea, successfully argued that Nightingale effectively reported to every medical officer.
The programme was watched on Channel 4 on Tuesday by an average of 1.3 million viewers, not including +1, according to overnight ratings.
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BT has started trials of the next version of the net's addressing scheme known as IP version 6.

The global addressing system needs to be updated because the older scheme, IPv4, is running out of space.
The small-scale trial involves BT staff being switched to a network that runs only on IPv6 technology.
News about the test leaked because the technical changes made to BT's network for the trial accidentally included some customers' connections.
A small number of customers who use BT's Infinity fibre optic service spotted that they had been given an IPv6 address rather than one for IPv4, reported ISP Review.
In a statement, BT explained that the address change came about when it tinkered with its network to test IPv6 equipment.
"For some tests, we have to fully enable very small parts of the network for IPv6 for a limited period of time," it said. "During this window of time, a very small number of customers who are not BT employees may get an IPv6 as well IPv4 address."
It added: "They are not included in the trial and they should not notice any issues at all with their internet experience."
BT would not be drawn on when IPv6 would be used for all customers. It said the technical change would be made "in good time".
The BT test comes soon after Sky started to update the internal software on some customer routers to support IPv6. The small-scale test is being conducted before Sky uses the protocol across its entire domestic broadband network.
The switch to IPv6 is being made because almost all the 4.3 billion addresses available via IPv4 are used up. Everything connected to the net needs an IP address to ensure data reaches the right place.
Progress towards switching to IPv6 has been slow because it would cost so much to swap equipment in homes and businesses that can only handle IPv4. Statistics gathered by Google suggest about just over 6% of all net traffic travels using IPv6.
Adrian Kennard, boss of ISP Andrews & Arnold which has offered v6 services for years, said most ISPs currently mix the two addressing schemes.
"Each device on the network can use either protocol to connect to the internet," he said. "Devices will typically try to use IPv6 where possible, using IPv4 only if there is no choice."
ISPs use technology inside their networks to handle translation between the two protocols, he said.
"This has a number of detrimental effects on the way things work," he added. "It adds unnecessary complexity and restrictions to the way things work and can mean some things break.
"It is a shame that ISPs have left it so long to deploy IPv6," said Mr Kennard. "Had this been done decades ago then IPv4 would have become unnecessary before addresses had run out and started to cause problems."


An ambitious plan to build a transport system that could theoretically travel at speeds of up to 700 miles per hour has taken a step closer to reality.

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk tweeted he would build a test track for his Hyperloop "most likely in Texas".
He provided few details about timetable or cost, although he said that he planned to use the test track to hold annual pod racer competitions.
Mr Musk envisages the system operating between cities.
There has not been much development since the founder of PayPal announced his plans in 2013.
But this week he tweeted :
And later added:
Later he told the Texas Tribune that the expected the test track would be about five miles long.
Mr Musk, founder of Space X and chief executive of Tesla Motors, first announced plans for the Hyperloop in August 2013.
The system, he suggested, could transport passengers between Los Angeles and San Francisco in less than 30 minutes thanks to an innovative design that Musk has described as a cross between Concorde, a railgun and an air hockey table.
This would see passengers sit in cars that were then fired down a tube which had had most of its air removed.  A system of magnets would accelerate and brake the capsules, and also keep them from touching the sides of the tube.
Mr Musk said that a passenger-only model would cost about $6bn and that a prototype would take three or four years to complete.
Already there is a crowd-funded California-based project - Hyperloop Transportation Technologies - that has begun thinking about how such a system could be constructed, although they have not yet produced a working prototype.
Some 100 engineers from across the US are working on the development of the system but say that they are at least 10 years away from a commercially operating Hyperloop.


Hannah Cockroft has been nicknamed 'Hurricane Hannah', and with three gold medals in Rio, it's pretty clear why.

18 September 2016 Last updated at 15:54 BST
Her wins at the Paralympics in Brazil add to the two golds she won in the London 2012 Paralympics.
She's been chatting to Martin about the success she's had in Rio.


A council has promised an improved offer to residents of a London housing estate being forced to sell their flats in a regeneration scheme.

Minister Sajid Javid blocked Southwark Council's previous Compulsory Purchase Orders (CPO), claiming Aylesbury Estate residents were not being protected.
The new offers will face a public inquiry and take account of increased property values, the council say.
Campaigners say current offers are not enough for owners to stay in the area.
New offers to seven remaining leaseholders in the regeneration project's first phase will "take into account the increases in values in the local property market" Southwark Council said.
Availability of local properties "considered affordable and suitable for residents' needs" will also be taken into account, according to the council.
But Jerry Flynn of the 35% Campaign, which contested Southwark Council's previous CPO, said: "no offers of compensation have been made that would allow leaseholders to remain in the area and maintain their community.
"If there is a fresh CPO, we look forward to the opportunity to examine thoroughly Southwark's case," he added.
The previous CPOs had offered sums below market rates, leaseholders told the BBC.
Resident Beverley Robinson claimed the council valued her property at Â£117,000, while two independent valuers priced it at about Â£300,000.
Peter John, leader of Southwark Council, said: "We remain committed to regenerating the Aylesbury Estate for the benefit of local residents."
The Aylesbury Estate in Elephant and Castle was the largest social housing estate in Europe, but it is to be demolished to make way for a Â£1.5bn regeneration scheme.


New Zealand cannot afford defeat against the British and Irish Lions in Saturday's first Test in Auckland, says captain Kieran Read.

The All Blacks, unbeaten at Eden Park since 1994, are favourites to beat a Lions side whose only series victory in New Zealand was in 1971.
"There's always pressure on us and we don't mind pressure," Read said. "Losing would be pretty bad.
"We will go out there and expect to win."
Read was part of New Zealand's World Cup wins of 2011 and 2015, but believes the opening match against with the Lions is "probably the most important right now" in his career.
The 31-year-old has recovered from a broken thumb to lead his country. He is expecting a physical battle between the two sets of forwards after the Lions' pack helped them to impressive wins over the Crusaders and New Zealand Maori during the run-up to the first Test.
"Whoever dominates the set-piece ruck area will have a strong chance of winning the game," he said.
Lions coach Warren Gatland sprung a surprise with his selection, opting for full-back Liam Williams and wing Elliot Daly, ahead of Leigh Halfpenny and George North respectively.
Gatland has promised his side will be "courageous", adding "you have to score tries" to beat the All Blacks.


Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart is considering a move away from the club after being dropped for the first two games under Pep Guardiola.

Everton and Spanish side Sevilla are interested in taking the England star.
With just two weeks left of the transfer window, Hart, 29, is only interested in a loan move in order to examine his options.
Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Claudio Bravo have been linked with moves to City.
It is understood Guardiola and Hart, who knows he has no future at the club, have not built up any kind of relationship, with Guardiola saying on Friday that Hart does not have the time to become the kind of 'sweeper-keeper' he is looking for.
"I am not saying he's not able to do it - with training he can do it," said Guardiola on Friday. "With time. But his time is now. It's not about what happens in six months, seven months."
Guardiola opted to start with Argentine Willy Caballero against Sunderland and in City's 5-0 Champions League qualifier victory over Steaua Bucharest on Tuesday.
Hart has made nearly 350 appearances for City in all competitions since joining them from Shrewsbury in 2006.
He was England's most senior player at Euro 2016 behind Wayne Rooney with 63 caps, but he had a disappointing campaign with mistakes against Wales and Iceland as England were knocked out in the last 16.


First Minister Carwyn Jones has called for calm in an increasingly bitter row over the decision to change a primary school to Welsh-medium education.

Carmarthenshire council voted in January to drop the English stream at Ysgol Llangennech, near Llanelli.
A Labour councillor called the decision "segregation" - while a Welsh-medium education campaigner suggested parents could "cross the border".
Mr Jones said it is important "toxicity" in the debate is reduced.
At First Minister's Questions, Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood claimed some Labour members had been working with UKIP to undermine the changes, which she said were in keeping with the Welsh Government's own policy on promoting the Welsh language.
Mr Jones replied: "There are some comments that have been made by politicians that I do not agree with.
"I've seen those comments and I think it's hugely important now that calm prevails, and the toxicity we last saw some years ago is now reduced."
It was for the Plaid Cymru-run administration of Carmarthenshire council to explain the decisions it had made in Llangennech, he said.
Mr Jones said the Welsh Government was committed to its "quest" of hitting a target of 1m Welsh speakers.


Throughout The Troubles, Northern Ireland's political parties took part in talks with the British and Irish governments.

In 1998, something called the Good Friday agreement was signed.
The idea was to get the Nationalists and Unionists working together in a Northern Ireland Assembly, that would make some decisions that were previously made by the UK government in London.
This is known as devolution.
A power-sharing group was set up, but there were problems.
There were allegations of spying and some of the political parties said they couldn't work with each other.
In 2002, the Northern Ireland Assembly was suspended and its decision-making duties were returned to the UK government.
But on 8 May, 2007, the Assembly was given back power.
And on 3 August 2007 the British Army officially ended its operations in Northern Ireland.


Jacques Rudolph will continue as captain of Glamorgan in 2017 despite disappointing form in 2016.

The county have confirmed the South African batsman will lead the county for a third consecutive season.
"The way he led the side, the respect he has, is really important" said Glamorgan chief Hugh Morris.
And batsman Colin Ingram is due to make a first-class comeback shortly after 11 months' absence from the longer format because of a knee injury.
Glamorgan reached the T20 Blast quarter-final in 2016, but slipped to eighth in Division Two of the Championship.
Rudolph is being backed for a return to form after scoring 659 runs at an average of 24 in the four-day game.
"By his own admission Jacques had a really disappointing season," said Morris.
"But he's been 19 seasons in first-class cricket, we all have bad seasons, and he's really excited about coming back to Glamorgan for 2017.
"There won't be anyone trying harder than Jacques to regain form and provide some success for the club.
"The way we've performed in white-ball cricket over the last two years, we've been really competitive."
Ingram return due
South Africa batsman Colin Ingram is due to return to first-class cricket with the Warriors in the next few weeks after 11 months out of the four-day game.
Ingram impressed in limited-overs cricket but could not play in the Championship because of a knee injury, which needed an operation in August 2016.
He has since played T20 cricket in South Africa but is yet to make his comeback in the longer format.
"He is spending time on strength and conditioning and is focussing on that, and he is due to play some four-day cricket before he comes across to Glamorgan," explained Morris.
"We're very comfortable with the way he's going, he's due to be playing before the end of January."
Batsman/wicket-keeper Chris Cooke is also expected to be fully fit, after missing half the 2016 season with back trouble.
De Lange talks
Glamorgan are still in talks with South African fast bowler Marchant de Lange, who could be signed for the whole 2017 season.
"We've had conversations with Marchant's agents and those are ongoing," Morris confirmed.
Young Glamorgan batsmen Aneurin Donald, Nick Selman and Kiran Carlson, along with spinner Kieran Bull, are currently playing club cricket in Australia.
All-rounder Craig Meschede is playing club cricket in his native South Africa, while Glamorgan's other home-based players have resumed net sessions in Cardiff.
The county's opening first-class game is against Cardiff MCCU starting on 28 March, while the Championship campaign begins away to Northamptonshire on 7 April.


Taxi drivers in the Bosnian capital Sarajevo have been putting posters of Robert De Niro on their vehicles in tribute to the actor ahead of a visit.

De Niro is opening the Sarajevo Film Festival on Friday with a screening of his 1976 classic Taxi Driver, digitally restored for its 40th anniversary.
He is also due to be presented with a lifetime achievement award.
Sarajevo's film festival was founded in 1995 during the Bosnian war, after nearly four years under siege.
About 300 taxi drivers have put up posters in De Niro's honour, Reuters reported.
"Many of our colleagues became taxi drivers after being retired from the Bosnian army and in a sign of gratitude and compassion with the main character we have decided to stage him a warm welcome in this way," Hasib Losic of the Sarajevo Taxi Association told the agency.
Taxi Driver depicts the life of an isolated, angry army veteran turned taxi driver on the streets of New York.


Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari will provide a tougher challenge to Mercedes than expected at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel said reigning champions Mercedes started the weekend at Melbourne's Albert Park as "favourites".
But Hamilton believes Ferrari were deliberately talking their chances down before Sunday's race.
"I think Ferrari have something up their sleeve," he said.
"I think they are going to be a lot closer than they talk about. I think they are going to surprise. They are arriving on a low but will deliver high."
Ferrari set the pace on five of the eight days of pre-season testing in Spain in the run-up to this race but Vettel said he believed they were still not yet at the level of Mercedes.
Asked if Ferrari had enough performance to trouble Mercedes, Vettel said: "I think we have. The question is: 'Are we ready in time?'
"I think we did a good step over the winter. Mercedes are the favourites but the target is to turn things around and be the favourite in the future."
He added: "We know we are still a little bit behind. We will try to be closer this year. How close I don't know yet, but we have a plan. Bit by bit, I hope we improve."
Hamilton has won the last two world titles to add to the first he won with McLaren in 2008 and has achieved his aim of matching the achievements of his childhood idol Ayrton Senna - both in championships and races won.
But Hamilton said he was as motivated as ever to keep on winning.
"You are always searching for perfection, always learning, always growing, inside and outside," he said. "I'm just looking forward to that journey.
"You're always looking for that perfect lap, that perfect race and raise the bar every time you go out, because it can always be raised."
The season starts with a raft of rule changes, including a new qualifying format and stringent restrictions on the amount of information teams can pass to drivers over the radio while they are out on the track.
Hamilton said he was not concerned about the effects of either change but team-mate Nico Rosberg believes the radio ban could have "a big influence."
The German added: "It's great because we're not muppets any more. It is now down to us to get the job done. It is going to make it more challenging as a result."


Police in Paraguay seized at least 25 tonnes of bolivar notes in a house in the northern city of Salto de Guaira, 400km (250 miles) from the capital, Asuncion, on Monday.

The Venezuelan currency was found stashed in bags and piled up against a wall in the private home.
Police said that the property belonged to a 39-year-old Paraguayan arms dealer.
Police said they would count the bills on Tuesday to determine their worth.
They said that most of the stash was in 100 and 50 bolivar notes.
Due to Venezuela's rampant inflation, the notes are not worth much in themselves. One hundred bolivars only fetch about $0.03 (Â£0.02) on the black market in Venezuela.
Paraguayan police suspect the plan may have been to use the paper from the Venezuelan notes to print fake dollar bills.
Counterfeiters bleach the markings off the Venezuelan bills and print the US dollar markings on the paper.
Venezuela has complained about its currency, its 100 bolivar notes in particular, being smuggled out of the country to be used to make counterfeit dollars.
In December, President Nicolas Maduro made a surprise announcement that he would pull the 100 bolivar note from circulation and replace it with higher-denomination bills.
The measure was postponed several times as the new higher denomination notes failed to arrive on time and Venezuelans struggled to deposit or change the notes within the tight deadline set by the president.
It is now due to come into effect on 20 February.


Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has summoned Russia's and Iran's UK ambassadors to discuss his "concern" over the countries' actions in Syria.

He said they had "failed" to uphold "humanitarian law" by not helping aid get to Aleppo when it was under siege.
Nearly 1,000 people have been evacuated from the city.
Theresa May said President Assad, Russia and Iran "bear responsibility for the tragedy in Aleppo", adding that the UK would provide Â£20m in aid.
Syrian government forces took nearly all remaining rebel-held parts of Aleppo this week after a four-year battle.
Mr Johnson, who met Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko and Iran's Hamid Baedinejad separately on Thursday afternoon, said he had conveyed the UK government's "profound concern over the situation in Aleppo".
He added: "Both Russia and Iran have failed to uphold their obligations under international humanitarian law, specifically by failing to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians during the months when eastern Aleppo was besieged.
"They deserve no credit for the fact that an evacuation appears to be under way today. Having inflicted such suffering on the people of eastern Aleppo, Iran and Russia cannot expect praise for allowing some people to escape at the final hour.
"Both countries need to ensure the UN now oversees the evacuation process and that all civilians and non-combatants are properly protected."
At a summit in London, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon also condemned the brutality of pro-regime forces in Aleppo, and reiterated the UK's view that it sees no future for President Assad in Syria.
Prime Minister Mrs May said the "appalling situation in Syria" was the most important item discussed by EU leaders at a European Council summit in Brussels.
She urged President Assad and his backers in Russia and Iran to "allow the United Nations to ensure the safe evacuation of the civilians who are left there".
"The UK is going to provide a further Â£20m of practical support for those who are most vulnerable.
"The mayor of eastern Aleppo said to us: 'We can't bring back those we have lost, but we can save those who remain.' And that is what we must now do."
A statement from the Russian Centre for the Reconciliation of Opposing Sides in Syria, part of Russia's ministry of defence, said the Syrian authorities had guaranteed the safety of all members of the armed groups who decided to leave Aleppo.


A charity volunteer who has clocked up 76 years of service is one of the UK's longest-serving poppy sellers.

Olive Cooke, 92, of Bristol, joined the Royal British Legion (RBL) aged 16 following her father who was an active member after serving in World War One.
Mrs Cooke said selling poppies took on a whole new meaning after her first husband was killed in action in 1943.
The RBL said it could not be exact but that Mrs Cooke was "one of our longest-standing poppy collectors".
For the past 12 years Mrs Cooke has sold poppies from the entrance to Bristol Cathedral.
She said she wished everyone would wear one with "great pride" to remember those who died in both world wars.
She said although she had only been married two-and-a-half years when her first husband Leslie Hussey-Yeo was killed, "he is in my memory every day".
"You never forget the lost people and he was such a good man you wouldn't want to," said Mrs Cooke.
"His words to me were that if anything were to happen to him, to always wear a smile and I've never got bitter. I never thought bitterness helped.
"I think of my husband, cousins and many of my school friends who were killed aged 18, all young men that we were at school with, so all of those faces come back to me."
Col Brian John, president of the City of Bristol group of RBL branches, said Mrs Cooke was their "most-valued poppy collector".
Sue Potepa, from the RBL in Bristol, said she was "well-loved" by the team.
"This year 350,000 volunteers like Olive will help us to ensure that the poppy is available to all those who wish to wear one and we are extremely grateful to her for the support she has given the Royal British Legion and our annual Poppy Appeal for more than 75 years," she said.


Fourteen celebrities have entered the Big Brother House, among them... glamour models, it-girls and a 90s pop star.

We all know anything can happen in Celeb Big Brother, but we've made some predictions for each of this year's contestants.
Here's what we think:
Camila "Cami Li" Figueras
Our money is firmly on Cami Li for this one and it's a no-brainer really.
The model and ex-fiance of Towie's Kirk Norcross (himself an ex-CBB contestant) admits: "I'll be like, 'I've arrived, look at me, look at these titties and this ass.'
"People are so conservative and when they look at me I'm like, 'I work out to look good naked.'
"I don't care what they say. You were born naked so why not?"
With that attitude, she's likely to fill the tabloids over the next few days or weeks, but we don't reckon we've got a winner on our hands.
Chloe Goodman
She may be a glamour model, but sorry to disappoint, Chloe Goodman is promising not to be "that girl".
The "Ex on the Beach" contestant, who was once linked to Towie's Mario Falcone, says getting naked on the show is "so obvious".
She says: "Shove a young girl in a bikini and just prance around. I'd like to think I've got a little bit more to myself than that.
"Obviously I will have to get in a bikini at least once because there is a hot tub, but I won't just do it for attention."
She's being dubbed the hottest contestant this year but reckons: "People will realise that I'm not the sexy one when I get comfortable.
"I'll have my hair up, no make-up on, sweats on. Probably burping."
Lovely.
Katie Hopkins
The ex-Apprentice candidate has been described as "the most hated woman in Britain". And she says she's not out to show viewers another side to her personality.
"I haven't got a thing to prove, I'm not trying to show people that I'm nice," she says. "I'm just going in to do 'Katie'."
The best she's hoping for?
"People might think that actually Katie isn't a bitch 100% of the time. I think there is a funnier side to me, but equally I may come out as the biggest bitch in Britain again and that is also totally acceptable."
She's sure to be the centre of many an argument inside the CBB house. And let's just hope she doesn't consider any of her housemates overweight as she warns: "I have no empathy for a fat person."
Alicia Douvall
The plastic surgery-loving model is hoping not to get into any "major arguments" but admit's she probably will, saying, "I love a good argument, I'm the first one there".
And with Katie Hopkins in the mix, the chances of Alicia getting into a barney are even bigger.
"I definitely do not want to be in a house with her," she says of her fellow contestant.
Uh oh, we see how this could end.
And there could be friction with her ex Calum Best who she'll be forced to spend time with in the house this year.
Alicia also claims "I don't cook and I don't clean". We all know where that attitude gets you in the Big Brother house.
Calum Best
Let's face it. He's a bit of a stud.
He's had a string of famous girlfriends and won Celebrity Love Island in 2006 (if you don't remember it, imagine CBB on an island where celebs are encouraged to hook up - a winning formula).
He's admitted he's open to the idea of hitting it off with someone in the CBB house, saying, "If there is a girl and something evolves organically then I like the idea of going in there and getting on with somebody, but it isn't a focus of mine.
"My focus is going in there and making some cool friends, having some banter and if something organically came about then let it be".
He could always rekindle the romance with ex Alicia Douvall, but our money is on Chloe Goodman.
Jeremy Jackson
The American actor played the part of David Hasslehoff's son in Baywatch in the 1990s, so look out for the red swimming trunks in the hot tub which he says he's got with him.
We reckon this guy's going to enjoy being in the Big Brother House.
He says: "I'm eager to go and live it. I like to have fun with everything I do. I was thinking maybe we should all write a song in there."
And why the devil not?
"I'm just going to go in, roll the dice and see what happens," he says.
Sounds like perfect housemate material.
Perez Hilton
Celebrity blogger, turned Celebrity Big Brother contestant Perez Hilton, is promising to bring not one, but two personalities into the house.
He says: "People will discover the difference between the persona and the character and the person."
He's even brought fun outfits "that Perez would wear but I wouldn't".
What's more, he could give Big Brother a run for his money, saying, "I see right through people who play games. I invented the game. I know how to bend the rules. I've already bent the rules".
We have no idea how, but we're eager to find out.
Anthony Kavanagh AKA Kavana
If you don't remember singing heart-throb Kavana from the 90s, you might remember him from reality show The Big Reunion last year.
These days though, he enjoys a more laid back lifestyle saying for him, "getting a good night's sleep is very important".
But that could be a bit of a challenge in the Big Brother bedroom.
"I'm quite a light sleeper and it worries me that with all those other people in one room there will be snoring, if I'm not asleep and someone starts then I'll be awake counting every snore," he says.
If he does get to sleep though, he admits he's likely to snore himself. Slightly hypocritical.
And when he's not snoring, he reckons he'll be embarrassing himself by singing in the shower.
Keith Chegwin
He has a reputation for being a nice guy, although he admits he does get angry sometimes (if you don't know who he is, ask your mum).
But Cheggers reckons the rage would only last a minute, saying, "I can't be bothered".
He's planning on well and truly keeping out of any rows.
"Let them fight," he says. "Mediation is fantastic but it's not my job to do it."
He's the favourite to win but isn't counting his chickens just yet.
"We all have preconceptions about who will win. Who would have thought Jim Davidson would win, or Gary Busey? You just don't know," he says. "The public will decide."
True that.
Patsy Kensit
She's been an actress, singer and model, but Patsy Kensit is probably best known as an It-girl and Liam Gallagher's ex.
But she's promising not to spill the beans about her celeb friends or the Oasis singer.
"It's like a doctor discussing their patient," she says.
"Maybe there is a time and a place to talk about things, but this is not really the right environment."
All she will say on Liam is: "We have got an amazing child and everything is cool. Our lives are all very separate. I've never said a bad word about either of my boys' dads because there is no reason to."
Very noble. But let's hope she gives us something interesting.
Alexander O'Neal
The American R&B star from the 80s and 90s describes himself as "a very private person" (has he ever seen Big Brother?).
He also claims he doesn't "hang out with people".
"I'm never around people. Not like this. When I'm on my own time it's just my wife and me. So this is going to be very different," he says.
He also says he's not a fan of "smelling people" (like the rest of us are?), so living this close to 13 other celebs may prove problematic.
"I don't want to smell their breath, I don't want to smell their feet, I don't want to smell their farts," he says.
Hmmm, meet Ken Morely....
Ken Morley
The actor and comedian is best known for playing Reg Holdsworth in Corrie in the 90s.
More recently, you might have spotted him trying to flog windows and doors during the TV ad break.
But we're a little worried about how he'll get on with the "smellophobic" Alexander O'Neal, because Ken admits his bad habit is "flatulence".
"It does annoy the wife," he says.
All we can say is... Alexander, keep your distance.
Nadia Sawalha
The ex-EastEnders actress and Loose Woman has form for winning reality TV as 2007's Celebrity Masterchef champ and she could be a contender to win CBB too.
She's surely one of the nicest people in the house.
"If somebody just really isn't a very nice person then I will have a rub up with them," she says.
On Katie Hopkins, she says: "I suspect she acts a lot of what she says because I don't think anyone could be that nasty."
Aw, what a sweet thought.
Michelle Visage
In preparation for the show, singer Michelle has spent a lot of time shopping.
She promises to "deliver fashion every day" saying "everybody is packing for a month hoping that they will stay to the end, but I've packed for four months".
"If I can dress in theme for whatever the day is then I will. If not, then I'll go for beauty," she says.
The actress, radio presenter and judge on cult show RuPaul's Drag Race adds: "I'm in there for the gay community. And not just the gays but for any kid who feels like they've never belonged to a group.
"All the freaks, all the weirdos, all the misfits who never felt like their life was worth it."
Our money is on Michelle to win.
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Millions of low-paid workers who put aside savings could receive a top-up of up to £1,200 over four years, the government has announced.

Employees on in-work benefits who put aside £50 a month would get a bonus of 50% after two years - worth up to £600.
That could then be continued for another two years with account holders receiving another £600.
But Labour said the scheme was "like stealing someone's car and offering them a lift to the bus stop".
Government cuts to universal credit will make low and middle-income families worse off, said Owen Smith, the shadow work and pensions secretary.
"These cuts will mean families are going to struggle to have enough money to make it to the end of the week, let alone save for the future," he said.
The new savings scheme, known as "Help to Save", will be detailed in this week's Budget, in which Chancellor George Osborne has already warned of further spending cuts.
He said that the UK had to "act now rather than pay later" and that the UK would see cuts "equivalent to 50p in every £100" of public spending by 2020, which was "not a huge amount in the scheme of things".
Labour shadow chancellor John McDonnell called for more long-term investment, specifically in skills, infrastructure and new technology, to enable the UK economy to "withstand the global headwinds".
Forecasters at the EY Item Club said Mr Osborne should "hold fire" on further spending cuts or risk worsening an expected slowdown in the UK economy.
Meanwhile, in a planned boost for low-paid workers, the national minimum wage is set to increase from October 2016.
The government said that research showed almost half of UK adults had less than £500 set aside for emergencies.
It said the "Help to Save" scheme would be open to around 3.5 million adults who received universal credit or tax credit. They would be able to withdraw the money if necessary and there would be no restrictions to how it could be used.
If the maximum amount was paid in to the scheme over four years, it would mean savings of £3,600, with £1,200 coming from the government.
Prime Minister David Cameron said: "I've made it the mission of this government to transform life chances across the country.
"That means giving hard-working people the extra support they need to fulfil their potential."
The saving accounts will come into effect by April 2018 , with consultations on how exactly it will be implemented to begin shortly after the Budget.
David Finch, senior economic analyst at the Resolution Foundation, said: "It's vital that families have savings to fall back on to cope with financial shocks, but far too many low earners are unable to save at all. The new Help to Save scheme will provide a good incentive to start."
I am currently able to save around £7 a week in my credit union account. But often have to take it out to pay larger monthly bills.
All in all I struggle massively to make ends meet from week to week and there is no way I'd be able to save and keep those savings in an account continuously through the year.
With Westminster gripped by EU referendum fervour, David Cameron's focus today is a reminder of what he'd like his final years as prime minister to be remembered for: what he called "an all-out assault on poverty" in his party conference speech last autumn.
But how do you encourage people without much money to save money? How many of the 3.5 million people eligible to take part in the scheme actually will?
I asked the government for their prediction - and they wouldn't tell me. But it did say it would cost an estimated £70m to the taxpayer over the first two years.
So let's, very roughly, play with that figure.
Let's imagine the average participant can afford to put aside £10 per month. That would entitle them to £120 from the government after two years.
£70m pounds would allow ministers to give just under 600,000 people £120 - or one in six of those entitled to join the scheme.
The new levels of the national minimum wage were also announced.
For 21 to 24-year-olds it will rise from £6.70 to £6.95 an hour, while 18 to 20-year-olds will see it go up from £5.30 to £5.55 an hour.
For 16 to 17-year-olds it will increase from £3.87 to £4 an hour, while apprentices will receive a 10p increase to £3.40 an hour.
Under the National Living Wage, announced last year, workers over 25 will receive a minimum of £7.20 an hour from April.


Tottenham's Champions League campaign opened in desperately disappointing fashion as they slumped to defeat against AS Monaco at Wembley.

Mauricio Pochettino's side - playing in Europe's elite tournament for the first time since 2010-11 - are staging group games at Wembley as the capacity of their own White Hart Lane ground has been reduced as they build their new stadium.
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And despite the atmosphere and expectation created by a record-breaking crowd of 85,011 - the highest ever home attendance for an English club - Spurs failed to rise to the occasion and paid the price for first-half sloppiness in defence.
Spurs dominated the opening phase, with Son Heung-min's shot being cleared off the line by Andrea Raggi, but Bernardo Silva's fine angled finish and a near-post shot from substitute Thomas Lemar put Monaco in control.
Toby Alderweireld's header right on half-time appeared to set Spurs up for a second-half recovery, but the expected siege never materialised, with Harry Kane missing their best chance late on.
Spurs can still escape a group that also contains Bayer Leverkusen and CSKA Moscow but this poor performance and result means they have instantly made life difficult for themselves.
Spurs did their best to make the national stadium feel like home.
The club's livery was in evidence all around Wembley and a giant flag emblazoned with the club's famous cockerel emblem was draped from the stands.
Spurs fans packed into Wembley, the attendance of 85,011 a new "home" record attendance for the Londoners, the highest English club "home" attendance and highest "home" Champions League attendance.
And despite talk of a Wembley curse, with Spurs winning on only one of their past five appearances there before this meeting with Monaco, none of the ills on show on Wednesday night can be blamed on the atmosphere.
There was a wall of sound at kick-off and Wembley rocked after Alderweireld's goal, which proved a real mood-swinger right on half-time.
Spurs will be back here for their remaining group games against Bayer Leverkusen and CSKA Moscow - and they should have no fears about the atmosphere because any problems they created for themselves. It was not a matter of an unfamiliar location or lack of support.
It was less than a year ago that Spurs were comfortably beating Monaco 4-1 at White Hart Lane in the Europa League - so the pre-match confidence was understandable and justified.
Spurs were vastly superior in the early stages but the strike from Bernardo Silva put them on their heels before dreadful marking at a throw-in and poor defending from the resulting cross ended with Lemar adding the second.
Group E is one they can still navigate their way out of - but this defeat has been an early lesson in the dangers of a lack of concentration and failure to take chances.
And it is one Spurs must learn quickly.
Kane may have got off the mark for this season at Stoke City on Saturday but the England striker is still struggling for his best form.
He was on the margins for most of this game and Spurs will hope he is back on song soon as he will be a pivotal figure in this Champions League campaign.
He is lacking the sort of confidence regular goals bring, as shown when he snatched at an opportunity he would normally put away when presented with Spurs' best chance of an equaliser late on.
The return of Mousa Dembele, on as a second-half substitute, should help Kane and he will surely be back to his best soon - something that cannot come soon enough for Spurs.
Match ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Monaco 2.
Second Half ends, Tottenham Hotspur 1, Monaco 2.
Foul by Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur).
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Eriksen with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jemerson.
Hand ball by Valère Germain (Monaco).
Attempt missed. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Moussa Sissoko.
Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Christian Eriksen.
Offside, Monaco. Tiemoué Bakayoko tries a through ball, but João Moutinho is caught offside.
Foul by Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
Bernardo Silva (Monaco) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Andrea Raggi (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Monaco. Valère Germain replaces Falcao.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Moussa Sissoko replaces Eric Dier.
Attempt missed. Tiemoué Bakayoko (Monaco) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by João Moutinho.
Attempt saved. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Vincent Janssen.
Attempt saved. Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Vincent Janssen.
Attempt blocked. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Bernardo Silva.
Foul by Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur).
Thomas Lemar (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Thomas Lemar (Monaco).
Foul by Vincent Janssen (Tottenham Hotspur).
Kamil Glik (Monaco) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Tottenham Hotspur. Vincent Janssen replaces Erik Lamela.
Attempt missed. Falcao (Monaco) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Djibril Sidibe with a cross.
Ben Davies (Tottenham Hotspur) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Thomas Lemar (Monaco).
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Fabinho.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Falcao.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Djibril Sidibe.
Attempt blocked. Mousa Dembélé (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Erik Lamela.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jemerson.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Djibril Sidibe.
Fabinho (Monaco) is shown the yellow card.
Corner,  Tottenham Hotspur. Conceded by Jemerson.
Attempt blocked. Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Eric Dier.


A bomb was thrown at a police patrol near the scene of a controversial nationalist bonfire overnight in Londonderry, police have said.

A number of homes on Charlotte Street were evacuated during a security alert that ended at 03:13 BST.
The "viable device" was thrown at the Lecky Road flyover, police said.
The fire reached 20ft (6m) in height and partially blocked the road, leading to complaints from some residents..
Union jacks and Sinn FÃ©in election posters were burned on the fire.
"We are investigating all offences committed at the bonfire in the Bogside last night, including a serious incident where a viable pipe bomb-type device was thrown at a police patrol," said PSNI District Commander Mark McEwan.
Foyle Democratic Unionist Party MLA Gary Middleton, who was in the Bogside earlier on Monday, condemned those behind the attack.
"The fact that a viable pipe bomb was thrown, potentially putting dozens of lives at risk, is a deeply worrying incident," he said.
"Those who constructed and threw this device are terrorists who clearly have no regard for the lives of anyone in the city.
"My thoughts are also with many residents who were forced to leave their homes for a number of hours last night," Mr Middleton added.
A last-minute attempt to move the structure from the middle of the road failed on Monday night.
Sinn FÃ©in MLA Raymond McCartney said he believed dissident republicans were responsible for the bonfire and the security alert.
"I don't think the focus should be on the election posters," said Mr McCartney.
"There was election posters of all other parties, ourselves included.
"This isn't an act of defiance, this is a group of young people aided and abetted by other dissident elements in this city."
Independent councillor Gary Donnelly said young people in the area have been forgotten about.
"People need to sit around the table and have dialogue - there seems to be a complete disconnect with the young people in that area," he said.
"All week they have been bombarded by a relentless demonisation and criminalisation policy by some elected representatives.
"They will no doubt say that two or three thousand people at that bonfire in the Bogside would be support."
A number of community festivals were held in Creggan, Shantallow and the Bogside to provide an alternative to the annual bonfire.
Bonfires are traditionally set alight on 15 August in some nationalist areas of Derry to mark the Catholic feast day of the Assumption.
The date commemorates the Virgin Mary's death and assumption into heaven.
However, nationalist and republican politicians have criticised the practice, saying it causes disruption to local residents.
Social Democratic and Labour Party councillor John Boyle said: "We need to find different ways of celebrating culture.
"If the police or any other statutory agency had attempted to remove the bonfire we may well actually have been looking at something a hell of a lot worse than we're looking at currently."


Fraudsters tried to buy Rangers before Craig Whyte took over the football club in 2011.

Two individuals managed to get through the initial stage of the buying process by making a 50m euro (£42m) bid using a fake letter from a bank.
The details emerged during a ninth day of evidence at the High Court in Glasgow where Craig Whyte is accused of a fraudulent acquisition of Rangers.
He denies a charge of fraud and another under the Companies Act.
The court heard from chartered accountant Michael McGill, who had been hired by the then Rangers owner Sir David Murray in 2009.
Mr McGill served as a director with the Murray Group and later became a Rangers director.
He explained how in the months after Sir David announced his intention to sell Rangers, there were few offers to buy the Ibrox side and that some of the bids were "more serious than others".
Among them was an approach by two individuals said to have links to the brother of an un-named English football boss.
They produced a letter from a Belgian bank stating they had 50m euros to invest.
However, one of the pair was found to have the same name as someone banned from being a company director in the UK.
The letter was also discovered to be "fraudulent" and a "forge".
Another offer, funded by a Lithuanian bank, was also made.
The court heard that the offer seemed to be from "an institution" that had the "wherewithal" to complete a sale.
But Mr McGill told the High Court that the Murray Group became "extremely uncomfortable" dealing with the Lithuanian bank.
The witness said there had been accusations it was involved in "organised crime and money laundering".
There were also added concerns about any "furore" given publicity surrounding the Lithuanian owners of another Scottish club.
At that time Heart of Midlothian were owned by Lithuanian tycoon Vladimir Romanov.
When Craig Whyte later came forward with a proposal to buy the club, Mr McGill met him in October 2010 at a lawyers office in London.
Prosecutor Alex Prentice QC asked Mr McGill if there had later been discussion about the "source of funds" for the bid.
Mr McGill replied: "At all times, Mr Whyte assured us that the funds were coming from his own personal resources."
Mr McGill said there was also a keenness to know that Craig Whyte would be able to cope with the "peaks and troughs" of the "cash demands" of a football club.
He also acknowledged that Rangers had used the firm Ticketus to obtain "short-term working capital" of up to £6m.
Mr McGill said that in 2011 Rangers had about 40,000 season ticket holders who would pay money into the club.
That income could be used to obtain cash from Ticketus "up front" if the club needed it.
However, Mr McGill insisted that he would not do "multiple-year deals" with Ticketus as it would be "unpalatable to mortgage the club's future in that manner".
He admitted this had not been shown in the club's accounts - but claimed there had been "no desire to hide" it.
Mr McGill acknowledged that using Ticketus might have been a "sensitive issue" for some supporters.
This was after Leeds United FC, in effect, sold off season tickets before hitting serious financial problems.
Prosecutors allege Mr Whyte pretended to Sir David Murray, and others, that funds were available to make all required payments to acquire a "controlling and majority stake" in the club.
The Crown alleges Mr Whyte had only £4m available from two sources at the time but took out a £24m loan from Ticketus against three years of future season ticket sales.
The court has heard the sale was eventually made to Mr Whyte for £1 but came with obligations to pay an £18m bank debt, a £2.8m "small tax case" bill, £1.7m for stadium repairs, £5m for players and £5m in working capital.
The second charge under the Companies Act centres on the £18m payment between Mr Whyte's Wavetower company and Rangers to clear a bank debt.
The trial before eight men and seven women continues.


Plans to build 2,500 homes and district shopping centre on a former airfield in Oxfordshire have been granted.

The proposals for former World War 2 Grove airfield are part of a plan to build 5,500 new homes in the area.
Campaigners said these would almost double the local population. They say they are concerned about school places, leisure facilities and roads.
The government wants 55,000 new homes built in Oxfordshire by 2026 to deal with a housing need in the county.
The Vale Of White Horse district council planners gave outline permission on Wednesday night for the 2,500 homes as well as a supermarket, shops, a library and other community facilities.
Also included are plans for two primary schools, a secondary school, playing fields, other large areas of open space and the realignment of Denchworth Road.
The site was first identified for development by the council in 2002.
Approximately 250 homes will be built a year.
Councillor Roger Cox, cabinet member for planning development, said he was "very pleased" and that the project formed "a major part of the council's five-year housing land supply calculations".
The Wantage & Grove Campaign Group estimates that the airfield development will bring an extra 6,000 people to the 2011 census recorded population of 7,178.
A campaign spokesman said: "This level of growth is not proportionate or sustainable without significant investment in infrastructure now."
Resident Richard Wood from Grove said: "As someone who lives in Grove and commutes out of Grove I am dreading the gridlocks we are going to be in for a couple of years before it improves."


Tom Cairney, Liam Cooper and Ryan Fraser are potential debutants for Scotland against Canada but James Morrison is an injury doubt.

Matt Phillips, James McArthur and Grant Hanley pulled out of the squad for the games against Canada and Slovenia.
Leeds United defender Cooper was then added to Gordon Strachan's pool.
Canada's squad for the friendly includes Falkirk duo Fraser Aird and Luca Gasparotto, Cardiff's Junior Hoilett and Burnley's Scott Arfield.
Gasparotto and fellow defender La'Vere Corbin-Ong, who plays his club football in Germany with FSV Frankfurt, could make their senior international debuts.
Dundee forward Marcus Haber is also in interim head coach Michael Findlay's squad, with Ecuadorian Octavio Zambrano taking charge after Wednesday's match.
The match at Hibernian's Easter Road will be Scotland's first since their 3-0 defeat by England in November.
That result left them next-to-bottom of their World Cup qualifying group - four points behind Slovenia, who visit Hampden on Sunday in the fifth round of qualifiers.
Strachan has said striker Leigh Griffiths is the only one of six Celtic player in the squad who will be considered for Wednesday's friendly, which means midfielder Stuart Armstrong will need to wait for his debut.
Griffiths has not started any of the past 13 games for the Premiership leaders, who were in action at Dundee on Sunday.
Morrison missed West Brom's win over Arsenal on Saturday and even if he does not feature on Wednesday, the midfielder could play against Slovenia.
With no regular right-back in the squad, Ikechi Anya is likely to fill in, although Russell Martin has also played their for club and country.
Goalkeepers: Craig Gordon (Celtic), David Marshall (Hull City), Allan McGregor (Cardiff City, on loan from Hull City)
Defenders: Christophe Berra (Ipswich Town), Liam Cooper (Leeds United), Russell Martin (Norwich City), Charlie Mulgrew (Blackburn Rovers), Andy Robertson (Hull City), Kieran Tierney (Celtic), Lee Wallace (Rangers)
Midfielders: Ikechi Anya (Derby County), Barry Bannan (Sheffield Wednesday), Scott Brown (Celtic), Stuart Armstrong (Celtic), Oliver Burke (Leipzig), Darren Fletcher (West Brom), James Forrest (Celtic), Tom Cairney (Fulham), Ryan Fraser (Bournemouth), John McGinn (Hibernian), James Morrison (West Brom), Matt Ritchie (Newcastle United), Robert Snodgrass (West Ham United)
Forwards: Steven Fletcher (Sheffield Wednesday), Leigh Griffiths (Celtic), Steven Naismith (Norwich City), Chris Martin (Fulham, on loan from Derby County), Jordan Rhodes (Sheffield Wednesday, on loan from Middlesbrough)
Goalkeepers: Simon Thomas (Bodo/Glimt), Jayson Leutwiler (Shrewsbury Town)
Defenders: Nik Ledgerwood (Edmonton), Manjrekar James (Vasas Budapest), Wandrille Lefevre (Impact Montreal), Luca Gasparotto (Falkirk), Maxim Tissot (DC United)
Midfielders: Samuel Piette (Izarra), Charlie Trafford (Sandecja Nowy Sacz), Marco Bustos (Vancouver Whitecaps), Fraser Aird (Falkirk), Ben Fisk (Edmonton), La'Vere Corbin-Ong (Frankfurt), Adam Straith (Edmonton), Scott Arfield (Burnley)
Forwards: David Junior Hoilett (Cardiff City), Simeon Jackson (Walsall), Marcus Haber (Dundee)


A "smart" prosthetic leg is one of three finalists for the MacRobert Award, a major UK engineering prize.

Made by Basingstoke firm Blatchford, the Linx Limb uses a network of sensors to adapt to changing conditions by adjusting its robotic knee and foot.
Also on the shortlist are Jaguar Land Rover, for building its own innovative engines, and Siemens Magnet Technology, for pushing the boundaries of MRI scanning.
The shortlist was announced on Monday.
The MacRobert Award, organised annually since 1969 by the Royal Academy of Engineering, will be presented for 2016 at a dinner on 23 June.
Each of the three nominees would "have a positive impact on millions of people and bolster the UK economy", said the chair of the judging panel Dame Sue Ion.
"It's often said that Britain doesn't make anything anymore, but these three companies are proof that the opposite is true, and testament to the world-leading engineering innovation that happens here in the UK," Dame Sue said.
"Each of this year's finalists has taken a different approach to innovation - from sustained incremental improvements to starting from scratch."
The Linx system is the first ever prosthetic limb with integrated, robotic control of the knee and foot. The parts work together much like those of a human leg.
For example, it senses when the wearer comes to a standstill and locks up, allowing the person to relax.
When a patient is first fitted with the Linx, the calibration process is streamlined by software which records data about the patient's walking style via a Bluetooth connection.
The prosthetic is expensive, but could save money in the long run by minimising secondary problems such as back pain or falls.
"Blatchford has achieved a huge leap forward in making the knee and ankle joints work together as an integrated system, enabling it to adapt immediately to both the actions of the wearer and changes in the environment," said Dr Frances Saunders, one of the MacRobert Award judges.
Siemens Magnet Technology, headquartered in Oxfordshire, developed the world's first seven-Tesla (7T) MRI scanner for clinical and research applications. This figure quantifies the strength of the magnetic field used to peek inside the body; the previous standard was 3T.
That boost in power delivers much clearer pictures, improving the accuracy of scientific research as well as making diagnoses, from Alzheimer's to multiple sclerosis, much more sensitive.
In fact, SMT's "Magnetom Terra" scanner is expressly aimed at satisfying the needs of both clinicians and neuroscience researchers - a combination that previous technology has not managed.
The machine uses hundreds of kilometres of super-cooled, super-conducting wire to create a magnetic field 140,000 times stronger than the Earth's.
"The Siemens team made a radical change from conventional wisdom in the development of the 7T and have achieved a step change in the manufacturability, reliability, performance and cost of MRI magnets," said Prof David Delpy, another of the award judges.
The Ingenium series of engines is the result of a big decision taken by Jaguar Land Rover in 2011: to invest Â£1.5bn per year for five years in new product development - with the aim of becoming self-sufficient in the design and building of its engines.
The results are lighter and greener than equivalent engines available today.
They are manufactured in a facility outside Wolverhampton that was built from scratch, starting in 2012.
MacRobert award judge Prof Gordon Masterton said: "The company has developed a world-leading facility of which Britain should be extremely proud. The ambition behind the decision to develop and manufacture their own engines cannot be underestimated - but it took world-class engineering talent to make that dream a reality."


Some cancer patients in Wales say they have still not been allocated a key worker to co-ordinate their care.

The Welsh Government said in May 2010 health boards should ensure key workers were in place by the end of March 2011.
But a number of cancer patients across the country told BBC Wales they have not been assigned a key worker. One patient, Nick Phillips, said it "takes months to talk to anybody".
A Welsh Government spokesman said services had made "a positive start".
In 2010, the then health minister Edwina Hart said introducing key workers meant cancer patients would know who to contact at all times should the need arise during their treatment.
But Mr Phillips, from Pontypridd, said he had not been assigned a key worker despite being diagnosed with prostate cancer in January 2016.
The 59-year-old, who runs a cancer charity from home, said: "I haven't heard of anyone around here who's had a key worker, someone you could phone up, from diagnosis, to get support and information."
Mr Phillips has undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy, but said his cancer cannot be cured, only controlled, because it has spread.
"Having a key worker would have changed my experience. Rather than me chasing around, that key worker would be able to point me in the right direction and be able to help me. It takes months to talk to anybody," he said.
"Once you've had treatment, you're forgotten about."
Carolyn Robertson, 70, from Whitchurch, in Cardiff, has been diagnosed with three different types of cancer since 2010 and has experienced both sides of the coin.
Mrs Robertson said she was not allocated a key worker for the bowel cancer she was diagnosed with in 2010 nor the skin cancer she was diagnosed with in 2016.
But she said she was given a key worker when she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.
Mrs Robertson said: "I think it's very important because, first of all, it's the comfort of knowing a name and number so you don't have to go through a switchboard and hold on to be put through.
"That person will also have the experience and knowledge to say if you need to come in and be checked.
"With Julie [my breast cancer key worker] it honestly felt out of my hands but being dealt with. It was such a relief."
Comments on the Facebook page One Voice for Wales - Campaign for Equal Access to Cancer Treatments, appear to show the experience of patients varies, even within health boards.
Two people from Swansea commented that they have non-Hodgkins lymphoma and have not been allocated a key worker.
But a breast cancer patient being treated in Swansea said she has had a key worker for the last two years.
All health boards in Wales were contacted by BBC Wales and asked whether all their cancer patients had been allocated a key worker.
Dr Graham Shortland, medical director for Cardiff and Vale health board, said they were currently providing key workers to more than 90% of patients but were aware some patients still needed support.
"If any patients do not feel they have this, we urge them to contact our Macmillan Cancer Lead Nurse who will ensure the patient is allocated a key worker and receives the appropriate support," he said.
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said its latest audit showed 93% of its cancer patients were allocated a key worker and it was working towards 100% compliance.
A spokesman for Betsi Cadwaladr health board said it was "continuing to aim for 100% compliant".
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg, Cwm Taf, and Hywel Dda health boards said a Freedom of Information request would need to be submitted to get details of key worker allocation.
A Welsh Government spokesman said: "Our updated Cancer Delivery Plan commits cancer services to providing each person affected by cancer with the name and contact details of a designated key worker.
"The 2014 cancer patient experience report showed services had made a positive start with 66% of people affected by cancer reporting being assigned a key worker, we hope to see this improve when the 2016 report is published."
Susan Morris, head of services for Macmillan Cancer Support in Wales, which carried out that survey, said: "We know not everyone with cancer has a key worker more than six years on from this commitment."
She said: "Macmillan Wales wants every person diagnosed with cancer to have access to a clinical nurse specialist who also fulfils a key worker role, and we have consistently campaigned for this over the last seven years."
Plaid Cymru's health spokesman, Rhun ap Iorwerth AM, said: "There are still far too many people diagnosed with cancer who do not have access to a key worker.
"When we highlight this, and ask why this pledge has yet to be delivered, we have been told that everyone does have a key worker, it's just that recording the data was the problem."
Angela Burns AM, the Welsh Conservatives' health spokeswoman, said: "Back then [in 2010] key workers were hailed by the health minister as 'central' to improving cancer care - maybe their view has changed.
"Either way, recovering cancer patients have the right to know when they can expect the Labour government to deliver the level of care they need and were promised."
UKIP health spokeswoman Caroline Jones AM said: "As a cancer survivor myself, I know first hand the minefield that is cancer treatment and having someone who can support you and guide you is vital.
"The Welsh Government must guarantee that health boards will provide a key worker to every cancer patient in Wales."


German business confidence suffered its steepest drop since 2008, according to a widely watched survey by Ifo institute.

The fall, the third in a row, left the Ifo business climate index at 105.7 from 107.3 in January. Economists had forecast a slip to 106.8.
The fall is being blamed on a drop in demand for German goods in emerging markets.
It leaves business morale at its lowest level in more than a year.
The survey, which is based on monthly responses from around 7,000 firms in Germany, suggests that companies are concerned about the economic outlook for the next six months.
Europe's largest economy has suffered from a drop in demand from emerging markets in Asia and Latin America,
Carsten Brzeski of ING Bank said the numbers were a "wake up call". He added that "global events have finally reached  German companies' boardrooms".
German companies have been relying on a strong US economy to offset the falling exports to China, Brazil and other emerging markets.
Ifo President Hans-Werne Sinn said the outlook for the German economy was worrying.
"The majority of companies were pessimistic about their business outlook for the first time in over six months."


Two monkeys have escaped from Belfast Zoo after giving their keepers the slip.

One of the lion-tailed macaques is being pursued near houses in the Ben Madigan Park area of the Antrim Road in north Belfast by zoo staff.
The other monkey has been spotted on the cliff face of the Cave Hill, but cannot be reached at present.
Previously, six lion-tailed macaques escaped from the zoo in October 2013.
Belfast Zoo has said they are tracking the movement of the animals.


Researchers have identified a gene that appears to curb coffee consumption.

People with a DNA variation in a gene called PDSS2 tend to drink fewer cups of coffee, a study carried out at the University of Edinburgh has found.
It suggests the gene reduces cell ability to break down caffeine.
This causes it to stay in the body for longer and means those with the gene get the same caffeine hit through less coffee.
One scientist working on the project said it suggests the "drive to drink coffee may be embedded in our genes".
The researchers studied the DNA of 370 people living in a small village in southern Italy and 843 people from six villages in north-east Italy.
The subjects were asked to complete a survey including a question about how many cups of coffee they drank each day.
The team found people with the PDSS2 DNA variation tended to consume fewer cups of coffee than people without the variation - equivalent to one fewer cup daily on average.
Researchers replicated the study in a group of 1,731 people from the Netherlands. The result was similar but the effect of the gene on the number of cups of coffee consumed was slightly lower.
The scientists said the change could be down to the different styles of coffee drunk in the two countries.
In Italy, people tend to drink smaller cups such as espresso whereas in the Netherlands the preference is towards larger cups which contain more caffeine overall.
Dr Nicola Pirastu, a Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, said: "The results of our study add to existing research suggesting that our drive to drink coffee may be embedded in our genes.
"We need to do larger studies to confirm the discovery and also to clarify the biological link between PDSS2 and coffee consumption."
The study is published in the journal Scientific Reports and was conducted at the universities of Edinburgh and Trieste, the Burlo Garofolo Pediatric Institute in Italy, the Erasmus Medical Centre and PolyOmica, a data analysis company based in Groningen, the Netherlands.


The government is to plant a quarter of a million ash trees in an attempt to find strains that are resistant to the fungus responsible for ash dieback.

The Â£1.5m project is part of the long term management plan, unveiled by the Environment Secretary Owen Paterson.
Funding will also be made available to woodland owners to help them remove infected ash saplings.
The National Trust said it was too late to eradicate the disease, but the government plan could buy time.
According to the Forestry Commission, outbreaks of the disease, caused by the fungus Chalara fraxinea, have been found at 427 sites in across Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
The government says that the plan to plant 250,000 young ash trees is the first project of this kind in Europe. Existing stocks of ash will be bought and planted in the East and South East of England where most of the Chalara outbreaks have taken place.
By planting in these areas, it is hoped that the young trees will be exposed to the fungus and can be monitored for signs of resistance.
The Environment Secretary acknowledged that taking a long term approach to Chalara fraxinea was now the most effective strategy.
"We know we can't stop Chalara infecting our ash trees, so we have to throw our resources into managing it and slowing the spread. A key part of that strategy will be identifying those trees which have a natural resistance to the disease so that we can re-stock our woodlands in the future," he said.
Most of the new planting will take place on private lands. According to the Department of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), these land-owners will not be paid for taking part in the experiment.
One group taking part in the project is the Woodland Trust. They describe the plans as pragmatic. But the trust's chief executive Sue Holden told BBC News that there was no quick fix.
"This is great to have a little bit of money but it needs a lot more - it needs long-term management."
She says she is concerned that cuts of some Â£37m in Defra's budget will affect the department's ability to tackle the threat to trees.
"You can't just fight each disease as it arrives, you have to build resilience overall. This is not something that just one action plan is able to solve," she added.
The government also announced that from April, owners will also be able to apply for funding to remove infected ash saplings and replace them with other trees.
While some critics have said the government's plans are now to manage and not control the disease, Defra also said that new chemical treatments are being evaluated that could prevent trees from dying.
Fourteen products that may be used on live trees and on leaf litter are to be evaluated in the laboratory to ensure they do not have an adverse effect on human and animal health.
The ban on the import and movement of ash trees will continue.
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As sectarian violence continues in the Central African Republic, the BBC's Thomas Fessy writes of his encounter with a lynch mob in the north-western town of Bozoum.

"Kill him. We must kill him," young men are shouting, brandishing machetes and knives.
These angry men are militiamen, calling themselves "anti-balaka". They took up arms, they say, to defend the Christian population.
But they have now turned into lynch mobs.
They have just found their prey - a Muslim man, whom they accuse of having fought with the Seleka forces who seized power last year.
Covered in amulets and talismans, which they believe will make them invincible, they all want to have a go at him.
Blood is trailing from the back of his head already, as he keeps being shoved.
"Seleka killed our families like animals, we have to kill him," one of the militiaman says.
Another one runs closer and whips him. After several failed attempts, he manages to escape, but he is quickly cornered again in a side street in the town of Bozoum, 400km (250 miles) north-west of the capital, Bangui.
"We have suffered terribly but I can't accept that we should kill as a result," a woman comes to tell us.
"They should hand him over to Misca [the African Union peacekeeping mission] instead."
Two Cameroonian soldiers force their way through the scrum, automatic rifles forward.
The man is finally extracted; the peacekeepers are dragging him toward their base down the road.
Dozens of militiamen are following them at a steady pace, some protest, shouting that they shouldn't be prevented from what they "have to do."
The anger is rising and the peacekeepers are almost encircled. One of them has no other choice, he pulls the trigger pointing toward the sky.
Only the gun makes a difference in front of these lynch mobs. It will take another burst of warning shots to keep the anti-balaka at a safe distance.
"If you cross this line, we will shoot you," the AU team leader screams, leaving a horizontal trace with his foot on the dirt road.
There are 11 AU soldiers here. They have prevented a man from being killed - but can they save the next one?
Men with machetes strapped to their trousers or wearing belts of ammunitions for their homemade guns are all over the town, we bump into them every few metres.
Seleka forces left the town of Bozoum on Monday. Since then, the anti-balaka keep pouring out of the forest.
They are on the hunt, unleashed to kill and seeking "revenge".
On Wednesday night, some of them attacked the house of imam Ahmad Mohamed.
We had heard a volley of gunfire.
As we meet the imam at his house the morning after, he explains that his quick call to the AU soldiers saved him and his family.
"In 40 years here, I have never seen that," he says.
"But the violence is out of control, we don't have a choice, we must leave or get killed."
More than 1,000 Muslims were evacuated this week. Those, like imam Mohamed, who had thought they could stay, now say there is no more alternative.
They are waiting for a military convoy - organised by the Chadian army most likely - to come and escort them all the way to Chad.
A fearful countdown has started.
Perched on a hill, the Catholic mission is holding a last church service for the displaced people it has hosted since early December.
Time seems up for some, but for the displaced Christians, the departure of the Seleka forces may allow them safe passage back to their neighbourhoods.
Many have lost relatives, and the church became their only sanctuary.
"We've had enough, we want to go home," says Martien Yeremanda as he starts walking down the hill, a wooden bench with pots and basins on it swaying on his head.
His brother was hit in his chest by a poisoned arrow and died during the violence last month.
"An international force must come to protect us because we live in fear."
The 3,500 Christian people who had chosen to camp out by the church returned home on Thursday, but they were not sure of what they would find.
On the roads north and south of Bozoum, villagers have nowhere to return; they are still hiding in the forest.
We immediately understood why as we drove outside the town.
We saw the signs of the brutality they have faced: Every single house on either side of the road has been burned down.
An estimated 1,300 homes were torched in two days last week, hours before the former Seleka's Michel Djotodia stepped down as interim president.
Jerome Ngaina is returning to his village, Bokongo, for the first time.
A group of anti-balaka militiamen - the only ones to venture around here - give him the local greeting; they gently touch foreheads together, and pat his head.
Mr Ngaina worked at the parish before he was captured last week, beaten and held for three days, deprived of water and food.
Like in all others in the village, there is nothing left in his house but cold ashes.
The man who negotiated his release is an Italian priest, Father Aurelio Gazzera.
After 22 years in this country, he has seen rebellions and coups, but he is now dealing with unprecedented sectarian violence.
He is extremely worried that the worst may still happen.
"It is possible to avoid it but it will be more and more difficult, and the margins are getting very narrow," he says.
"Especially now that the former Seleka forces have left, it was clear that we were going to need a deployment of military forces to protect both communities, avoid the looting and attacks of anti-balaka fighters, and quickly disarm them all."
Without a stronger international force around, he may be the last chance of mediation between the communities here.
He's been driving around kilometres of land outside Bozoum to meet hundreds of anti-balaka fighters.
He addresses them fluently in the local language, Sango.
When he convinced the Chadians and the AU force to force the Seleka combatants out of Bozoum earlier this week, his car was stoned and he was nearly killed by Muslim civilians who were scared that they would lose protection.
Other Muslims praise his courageous attempt to ease inter-communal tensions, and it was a Muslim man who saved him.
On the road back to Bozoum, a group of anti-balaka comes out of the bush to stop our car.
They have become Christian vigilantes and they are determined.
Father Aurelio talks to them under an imposing mango tree.
A few meters away from him though, these fighters speak their mind more freely.
Flanked by two other fighters wearing rice bags for masks, a militiaman warns the Muslims.
"If they don't leave, we will continue fighting and we will chase them," he tells me.


The story of white American GIs billeted in Wales and the sweethearts they took home after WWII has been well documented over the years.

Yet such was the racism which black soldiers were subject to during the war that much less is known about the hundred or so Tiger Bay girls who left Cardiff for the love of those men.
In fact the multicultural nature of the area around the city's docklands gained such a reputation amongst black GIs that Tiger Bay continued to be a romantic Mecca for those serving throughout Europe right up until the 1980s.
Now for the first time their stories have been gathered for a documentary by American scholar Dr Valerie Hill-Jackson, whose own mother-in-law set sail from Tiger Bay for Texas in the late 1940s.
"It's remarkable that any of the Tiger Bay marriages ever developed in the first place because the US Army did not leave its segregationist policies at home when black GIs were brought to Britain.
"They were separated from their white counterparts, held in a base at Lavernock Point in the Vale of Glamorgan, and banned from mixing with the general public; Tiger Bay being particularly out-of-bounds.
"Part of this was so that the Welsh public wouldn't get a chance to see how the black soldiers were treated in comparison to the white, and partly so that the GIs themselves wouldn't take home ideas of civil liberties picked up from their experiences of the openness and multiculturalism of the docks."
But love will find a way, and soon after their arrival black GIs were being ferried into Tiger Bay by local people via brewery dray trucks, in the footwells of taxis, and even smuggled beneath coal on barges along the Glamorganshire Canal.
Dr Hill-Jackson, who spent a year interviewing GI brides and local historians, explains that whilst there was a financial motivation behind smuggling the GIs into Cardiff, the two communities forged great cultural links.
"The soldiers who visited Tiger Bay were seemingly very generous with their gum, hams, chocolate and nylons, so of course they were welcome visitors," she said.
"But much more than that, whilst the idea of flings with foreign soldiers would have been unthinkable elsewhere in Wales, it seemed much more acceptable in Tiger Bay, as most of the girls themselves came from a rich ethnic melting pot of Welsh and Irish mothers and Egyptian and Somali sailor fathers."
It set a pattern which would persist until the withdrawal of American troops from Europe in the 1980s.
But of around a hundred women who left Wales, many were to return, their dreams shattered.
"You might think that Britain was racist during the 40s and 50s, but it was nothing compared to the prejudice and segregation which awaited these Welsh girls in the Southern States," said Dr Hill-Jackson.
"A few spoke out, like my mother-in-law who used her experience of the equality of Tiger Bay to become a leading voice in the NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People].
"But many more saw their marriages crumble beneath their frustration and homesickness."
The documentary - Tiger Brides: Memories of Love and War from GI Brides from Tiger Bay - will be shown on Saturday night at Butetown Community Centre, Cardiff.


Four teenage boys who were admitted to hospital in Londonderry had taken prescription medication.

They were brought to Altnagelvin Hospital on Wednesday evening after becoming unwell.
Three boys are in a stable condition. The condition of the fourth boy has not been released at the request of his family.
A police spokesperson warned that medication should not be taken without clinical advice.
"In general, our advice is that any drugs or medication taken without medical advice can be harmful," a police spokesperson said.
"If anyone does become ill, they should seek medical attention immediately."


Scottish soft drinks maker AG Barr has said the chancellor's announcement of a sugar tax was "extremely disappointing".

In his budget, UK Chancellor George Osborne unveiled a tax on the makers of sugary soft drinks, in a bid to tackle childhood obesity.
Mr Osborne said the money raised - equivalent to about 18p-24p per litre - would be spent on school sports.
Irn Bru makers Barr said they had already cut sugar levels.
Chief Executive Roger White said: "It is extremely disappointing that soft drinks have been singled out given it is the only food and drink category to have made any real progress in reducing sugar intake in recent years, down 13.6% since 2012.
"At AG Barr we have reduced the average calorific content across our brand range by 8.8% in just four years and are actively contributing to the soft drinks industry-wide five-year target to make a 20% reduction by 2020.
"We will await further details and ensure that we are fully involved in the consultation process to ensure our position, and progress to date, are well understood."
The sugar tax will be introduced in two years' time and will not apply to fruit juices or milk-based drinks.
The Scottish Grocers' Federation and the Food and Drink Federation are keen to point out that the majority of soft drinks now sold in the UK are actually low and no calorie.
They say soft drinks contributed 8.8% of household sugar consumption in 2015, down from 10.1% in 2011 - but it depends on how you define "sugar".
If you exclude things like bread and pasta and milk, then soft drinks are the single biggest source of sugar in the diet of Scots, followed by confectionary (12%) and biscuits, cakes and pastries (12%).
People in poorer households drink more sugary drinks than those in richer households (23% in the most deprived areas compared with 14% in the least deprived).
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sugary drinks in richer households
17% non-diet soft drinks
12% confectionery
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The proposed tax will be levied in two bands:
Scottish Grocers' Federation chief executive Pete Cheema added: "This measure by the chancellor completely ignores the efforts taken by the soft drinks industry to reformulate their products, promote low or no calorie alternatives and the commitment not to advertise high sugar soft drinks to under-16s.
"Additionally - and of great concern to retailers - is that this is likely simply to pass on the cost to consumers This is despite the chancellor suggesting last year that the obesity problem would be best tackled in other ways."
Mr Osborne's sugar tax announcement was welcomed by TV chef Jamie Oliver, who has been campaigning for such a move.
He told BBC News it was "a big moment in child health" and a "symbolic slap" to business rather than "anti-business".
Obesity Action Scotland also welcomed the move, saying it was "an important step in tackling Scotland's obesity crisis and improving our national diet".
Programme lead Lorraine Tulloch said: "We hope this is the first of many bold and brave new initiatives to improve the diet of the people of Scotland.
"We must ensure the tax is stringent and effective and that the monies raised are invested in effective obesity prevention programmes in Scotland."


Tributes have been paid to a man who died in a crash in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

Terry Hill, from Bridgend, was involved in a collision on the A4233 near Wattstown, Porth, at 22:00 BST on Thursday.
The 45-year-old was described as "a pillar" to his family and the community through his involvement as a rugby coach and with a brass band.
A man, 40, from Ferndale, was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and police have appealed for witnesses.
Mr Hill, from the Broadlands area of Bridgend, coached Bridgend Athletic under 15s rugby team and was a member of Tylorstown Brass Band.
A tribute from his family, released by police, said: "Terry was a much-loved and devoted husband, father, son and brother. He was a pillar, not only to his family, but the wider community.
"The family is devastated by this tragic event and Terry will never be replaced."


The PSNI are investigating four attacks on three Orange halls in County Tyrone.

Windows at Strawletterdallon Orange Hall outside Newtownstewart were smashed on Friday.
Early on Sunday, it was reported that an oil drum had been placed against a door of the same hall and set alight causing damage to the door and wall.
Dergina Orange Hall outside Aughnacloy had its windows smashed early on Saturday.
Paint was also thrown over the door of the hall, which was built in 2009.
A few miles away, graffiti was painted on Mullnahunch Orange Hall.
The secretary of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Drew Nelson, said it was very fortunate the hall in Strawletterdallon was not destroyed.
"A passing motorist saw smoke coming from the hall around 9.00am and raised the alarm. Without his quick thinking, the hall would probably have been burned to the ground," he said.
"A tyre was placed at the emergency exit at the rear of the building and set on fire. Oil had been poured over the tyre to accelerate the fire. We are very fortunate the hall was not destroyed."
Mr Nelson said the order was "very concerned" about the apparent upsurge in attacks in Tyrone.
"It seems too much of a coincidence that we have had three halls attacked in the county over the weekend.
"We would also appeal to the police to devote more resources to the detection of those responsible for these attacks."
Ulster Unionist leader and Fermanagh and South Tyrone MLA Tom Elliott said that "mindless thugs intent on creating community division" were responsible for the attack on Dergina Orange Hall.


Leicester City have completed the signing of Nottingham Forest defender Wes Morgan for an undisclosed fee, believed to be about £1m.

The 27-year-old, who was out of contract at the end of the season, has signed a two-and-a-half year deal.
Morgan is City boss Nigel Pearson's third signing of the January transfer window following the arrivals of Danny Drinkwater and Nathan Delfouneso.
City Ground youth team product Morgan had played 408 games for Forest.
Forest manager Steve Cotterill had been keen to keep the club's longest-serving player.
However, the Foxes had their third offer accepted.
Morgan, who joined Forest as a 15-year-old, was part of the Reds' first team set-up for eight and a half years.
The 27-year-old had a brief loan spell with non-league Kidderminster before making his Forest first team debut in August 2003, when aged 19.
He played a key role in Forest's promotion from League One in 2008 and was named in the 2010-11 PFA Championship Team of the Year when Forest reached the play-offs.


UTV Media has agreed to sell its television stations and brand to ITV for £100m.

The media company has operated in Northern Ireland since 1959 when it became the first commercial television channel in Ireland.
It launched a station in the Republic of Ireland in January this year.
But the new Dublin station struggled to find an audience and is expected to lose almost £12m this year.
In August UTV Media confirmed it was in talks regarding the potential sale of its television assets to ITV.
The deal, which was confirmed on Monday, excludes UTV Media's radio businesses UTV Radio GB and UTV Radio Ireland, and its digital media businesses, Simply Zest and Tibus Digital.
The radio stations are responsible for about 60% of UTV Media's revenue.
That part of the business which is not being sold will be renamed at a later date.
ITV said it has no plans to change the on-air branding, meaning the UTV name will remain rather than becoming ITV Northern Ireland.
Richard Huntingford, chairman of UTV said ITV would be a "good owner" of the business and UTV intend to continue to "pursue a successful strategy" in the radio business.
He said ITV's "scale and reach" would help accelerate future growth of the company and that shareholder value would increase through the television assets becoming part of ITV's global broadcast and content business.
He also thanked UTV television staff for their "outstanding service" over the years and wished them every success in the future.
UTV broadcasts many of Northern Ireland's most watched programmes.
In August, it reported half-year profits of £1m on turnover of £58.3m.
That compared to profits of £10m in the same period of 2014.
The deal will need approval from the UK and Irish broadcasting regulators and Ireland's competition watchdog before going ahead.
Adam Crozier, ITV's chief executive, said the two companies had a "long-standing relationship".
"UTV has been the leading commercial broadcaster in Northern Ireland for many years," he said.
"UTV Television's strategic objectives are closely aligned with our own and we are very pleased that they are joining the ITV family."
John McCann, the group chief executive at UTV Media, said the sale was the "best way to take [the] business forward".
However, Ulster Unionist leader Mike Nesbitt, a former broadcaster with UTV, said he was concerned about the deal.
"I think it's a shame and I think long-term it will be potentially very damaging because it may not be the endgame, ITV itself could be under threat from a global player," he said.
He said while a commitment to the UTV branding was important "the commitment may only be short-term".
On completion of the deal ITV will own 13 of the 15 regional licences for the channel three network.


A new film and television studio is to be built on a former RAF base in North Yorkshire.

Plans to transform a 100,000 sq ft air hangar at Church Fenton were unanimously approved by Selby District Council on Monday night.
Richard Knight, head of production at Screen Yorkshire, said it is hoped a big TV drama is attracted to the site.
Screen Yorkshire invests in television, film, computer game and digital content projects across the region.
"TV drama is a longer-running prospect than a Hollywood movie," Mr Knight said.
The airbase was established in the 1930s and is around half a mile from Church Fenton village, 16 miles (26 km) from Leeds and 10 miles (17km) from York.
•Peaky Blinders (BBC TV series)
•The Great Train Robbery (two-part drama, 2013)
•Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (BBC One series, May 2015)
•Dad's Army (film, release date 2016)
•Testament of Youth (film, 2014)
Chris Makin of Makin Enterprises which owns the base said: "The support is tremendous, it'll be great to see people back on the camp in large numbers; 50-100 people on daily productions, plus visitors to the studio."
Selby District Council said the studio would be "a real game changer" for the region's growing TV and film industry.
"Existing studio supply in Yorkshire currently contains no spaces at all above 20,000 sq ft so production companies have to look elsewhere.
"If we can secure big, long running productions, it helps build Yorkshire's reputation as a serious base for production.
"One vital piece of the jigsaw missing, which prevents Yorkshire from becoming a truly major film production hub, is a proper film studio."
Lisa Holdsworth, who has written for Emmerdale and Midsomer Murders, said the news was "a bit of a dream" and it could "only be a matter of months before a big production lands."
Yorkshire's reputation as a base for major film and TV projects gathered momentum following the Yorkshire Content Fund in 2012.
The fund has invested more than £21m into Yorkshire's economy through location-based dramas.


Researchers are to look into why great apes are susceptible to heart disease while in the care of humans.

A study of primates at European zoos found the condition was a "major cause" in the death of primates like gorillas and chimps.
Unlike humans, experts do not believe the disease in great apes is linked to poor diet and lifestyle.
It is also hoped the Twycross Zoo project will uncover the specific type of heart disease affecting the animals.
The Ape Heart Project is being carried out in conjunction with experts at the University of Nottingham.
Their work comes after a mortality review of European zoos, between 2003-14, uncovered how the apes had suffered from the condition.
Dr Victoria Strong, from the university's School of Veterinary Medicine and Sciences, said: "At the moment we're unsure why great apes in human care develop heart disease.
"We have also yet to find out whether their wild counterparts are affected to the same degree.
Dr. Strong does not believe the great apes' heart disease is linked to poor diet, like it can be in humans.
"In humans, we most commonly see the build-up of fatty deposits that causes atherosclerosis, which is caused by eating badly and exercising rarely," she said.
"But, so far this is not what we are seeing in apes."
The project has also produced some initial guidelines aimed at improving the health of apes at European zoos.
It has suggested all primates, which go in for surgery under anaesthetic, have their blood pressure assessed and a heart ultrasound carried out.
It is hoped it will enable zoos to identify animals with heart disease problems before it is too late for treatment.


A hospital worker has been jailed after she admitted fraudulently claiming £32,000 worth of benefits.

Margaret Grieve, 53, said she was a single mother to qualify for the cash but she was caught out when investigators checked her social media.
Dundee Sheriff Court heard she claimed to have split from her husband - but a picture of the couple together was her profile photo on Facebook.
Grieve, of Dundee, was jailed for nine months by Sheriff Tom Hughes.
The court was told that the NHS Tayside employee worked at Dundee's Ninewell's Hospital in its sterile services department.
Between 2008 and 2011, she claimed child tax and working tax credits to which she was not entitled after claiming she had separated from husband Frederick Grieve.
However, Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) investigators found she was still living with him, and splitting the cost of shopping and looking after the children.
They discovered a profile photograph of the pair attending a ball together in 2011 on her Facebook page.
And that year a friend wished Grieve a happy anniversary on the page - with Grieve replying to thank them.
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told the court that the DWP also found that Mr Grieve's car insurance was paid from his wife's bank account.
She added: "Some household bills including the council tax on the accused's home were paid from that account.
"Both were jointly liable for council tax there and no single person's discount was applied.
"When he took out AA membership in October 2011 the address was given as the accused's.
"His home address with his employer, Dundee City Council, was also the accused's."
Defence solicitor David Sinclair said Grieve would lose her job if she received a custodial sentence.
"However, she is ready for what may be visited on her," he added.


Double Olympic bronze medallist Tom Daley is expected to make a quick recovery after having an operation on a minor hip injury on Thursday.

The 22-year-old wrote in an Instagram post: "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger! Back on the board soon."
Daley last competed at a Diving World Series event in Canada in April.
He is next due to compete at the British Championships in Edinburgh in June, before the World Championships in Budapest in July.
Daley's bronze in the 10m platform in Windsor, Canada meant he finished third overall in the four-leg World Series, with three bronzes and a silver.
Jack Laugher won 3m springboard gold to finish second overall, while fellow Britons Tonia Couch and Lois Toulson won bronze in the women's 10m synchro for fourth overall.


(Noon): An early recovery in UK shares failed to last, but stock markets showed signs of stabilising.

After falling 2.6% on Monday, the FTSE 100 jumped 1% as trading began. But it then fell back and by lunchtime it was down 0.89 points at 6,092.54.
Shares across the globe fell sharply on Monday after trading in China was halted early when its main indexes fell 7%, triggering "circuit breakers".
Chinese markets fell again on Tuesday in volatile trade.
The Shanghai Composite index opened more than 3% lower, but then recovered to close 0.3% lower at 3,287.71.
In London, shares in retailer Next fell 4.7% after it reported "disappointing" sales in the run-up to Christmas.
It blamed the unusually warm weather in November and December, and poor stock availability at its Directory business.
Shares in Marks and Spencer, which is due to issue a trading update on Thursday, dropped 0.3%.
Tesco was one of the biggest gainers in the FTSE 100, rising 1.7%, after Deutsche Bank raised its rating for the UK's largest supermarket business to "buy" from "hold".
Deutsche also raised its rating for Morrisons - to "hold" from "sell" - and shares in the UK's fourth-largest supermarket group edged up 0.5%.
On the currency markets, the pound slipped by 0.3% against the dollar to $1.4667, but was up by 0.4% against the euro to â‚¬1.3638.


Crewe Alexandra have signed defender Michael Raynes from Carlisle United, following his decision to turn down a new offer at Brunton Park.

Raynes, 29, has signed a two-year deal with a further year's option.
He helped Carlisle reach this season's League Two play-off semi-finals.
The ex-Rotherham, Oxford and Scunthorpe defender, who has made 368 league appearances, is manager David Artell's second signing of the week after striker Jordan Bowery joined the Alex.
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A 21-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over a car crash on a M4 slip road in which a teenage driver died, will not face any charges, South Wales Police has said.

Corey Robinson, 18, from Neath, died at the scene at Llandarcy in May. Two passengers were injured.
The Crown Prosecution Service has decided no charges will be brought.
Mr Robinson was driving a white 63-registered Vauxhall Corsa which collided with the nearside barrier.
His family issued a statement via police at the time saying they felt as though their hearts had been "ripped out".
A former pupil of Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive, Mr Robinson was a construction engineer and a keen sportsman.