Media in Japan and the rest of the world have expressed relief that Japanese schoolboy Yamato Tanooka was eventually found safe and well after being lost in remote woods for nearly a week.

Some outlets have also reflected on lessons learned about disciplining children, after the boy's parents admitted that they briefly abandoned him as a punishment for throwing stones.
The English-language version of Japan's The Mainichi runs the headline: "Hokkaido boy's rescue draws wild cheers; father apologises".
Another Japanese paper, The Asahi Shimbun, says "It started with a boy acting up. It ended with a collective sigh of relief across Japan, cheers from a school and an apology from a father who acknowledged that his punishment may have gone too far."
Several European papers stress the almost fairytale nature of Yamato's disappearance and eventual rescue, especially given that brown bears are known to frequent the area where he was abandoned.
The German daily Die Zeit says that it is "little short of a miracle" that the boy lived to tell the tale of his time in the forest.
And the weekly Der Spiegel hails the fact that Yamato's story has ended happily, noting that Japan has been "holding its breath for almost a week" over his fate.
Several Russian media outlets, including state-controlled Rossiya 24 TV, Zvezda TV and the popular tabloid Komsomolskaya Pravda, also celebrate the story's eventual "happy ending".
The French magazine Paris Match describes seven-year-old Yamato as "a little Bear Grylls in the making", in a nod to the British wilderness survival expert.
While French news weekly Le Point describes his adventures as "a story worthy of Tom Thumb", referring to a fairytale character noted for his impish pranks.
More sombre comparisons are drawn elsewhere - for example, Massimo Gramellini, writing in the Italian daily La Stampa, refers to the story of Hansel and Gretel - a brother and sister who were abandoned in the woods.
It is difficult, he says, to imagine such an incident occurring in a Mediterranean country, "where a modern parent would have defended their offspring from the victims of his stone-throwing ('such a lot of fuss, he's only a child') and would have explained how to throw stones without getting caught".
And Italian website Viaggi News has this advice: "If your children get on your nerves, don't worry, that's normal. What isn't normal is to abandon your child in a forest as a punishment."
In Russia, a correspondent's report for Rossiya 24 TV points out that although Yamato's parents had intended to discipline him, "who was it that was taught a lesson in the end?"
And the Czech news website iDnes.cz notes that "The case of young Yamato has sparked a debate in Japan over what is punishment and what is in fact abuse."
As for China, the finding of Yamato has become a major talking point on social media, where he is regularly referred to as "the bear child" - a nickname commonly used to denote a naughty or troublesome child.
Many Chinese social media users have also been quipping about his "tough character" and sense of "adventure".
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A 37-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Ronald Reid in County Down in 2014.

Mr Reid, 63, was found in his apartment on Donaghadee Road, Bangor, on Christmas Eve that year.
Stuart Alexander Reid, whose address was given as Bingham Street in Bangor, was charged with his murder on a date unknown between 18 to 21 December.
His solicitor said he is currently detained at Knockbracken Health Care Park in south Belfast.
The lawyer asked for the case to be adjourned for two weeks, as arrangements for Mr Reid's attendance would have to be made with the hospital.
The application was granted by the judge.


The Vatican has been confronted publicly for the first time over the sexual abuse of children by clergy, at a UN hearing in Geneva.

Officials faced a barrage of hard questions covering why they would not release data and what they were doing to prevent future abuse.
They insisted the Church had learnt from the crisis and had taken action to prevent future abuse.
Victims' advocates complained there was still too little transparency.
Last month, the Vatican refused a request from the UN's Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) for data on abuse, on the grounds that it only released such information if requested to do so by another country as part of legal proceedings.
The Vatican came to Geneva expecting a rough ride and it got one, the BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports.
Victims say they hope the hearing, which is being broadcast live, will prompt the Church to end its "secrecy".
Pope Francis announced last month that a Vatican committee would be set up to fight sexual abuse of children in the Church.
The Holy See is a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, a legally binding instrument which commits it to protecting and nurturing the most vulnerable in society.
It ratified the convention in 1990 but after an implementation report in 1994 it did not submit any progress reports until 2012, following revelations of child sex abuse in Europe and beyond.
In a homily on Thursday, Pope Francis said abuse scandals were "the shame of the Church".
"The view of committee is that the best way to prevent abuses is to reveal old ones - openness instead of sweeping offences under the carpet," Kirsten Sandberg, chairwoman of the 18-strong CRC, told the Vatican delegation.
"It seems to date your procedures are not very transparent."
The Vatican was asked why it continued to describe abuse as an offence against morals rather than a crime against children.
Q&A: Child abuse scandal
"Does the Holy See believe that paedophilia is something that can be successfully overcome?" was another question.
Archbishop Silvano Tomasi said: "To prevent abuse of minors is a real, immediate concern."
On prosecution of offenders, he said priests were "not functionaries of the Vatican but citizens of their countries and fall under the jurisdiction of their own countries".
When asked if the Vatican would hand over Archbishop Jozef Wesolowski, a Polish papal envoy recalled from the Dominican Republic in September amid claims of sexual abuse there, Archbishop Tomasi said he was being investigated by the Vatican's own prosecutors.
A member of the CRC asked about the Church's practice of moving priests suspected of abuse.
"It is a no-go simply to move people from one diocese to another," said Bishop Charles Scicluna, the Vatican's former chief prosecutor of clerical sexual abuse.
He insisted it was "not the policy of the Holy See to encourage cover-ups" but added: "The Holy See gets it that there are things that need to be done differently."
While Thursday's questions were numerous and far-ranging, some observers vented frustration at the lack of specific answers.
"Holy See: 'We get it' in UN review on child sexual abuse Catholic Church," wrote the children's rights watchdog CRIN in a tweet. "Do you? Why then don't you make statistics public?"
Barbara Blaine, president of a group representing US victims of abuse by priests, told BBC News that the hearing had brought "hope to victims across the globe".
But it would also stand, she said, as a "record of how the Church officials refused to answer the questions, how they claim to be open and transparent, and yet they don't live up to that ideal".


Last year in Japan, more than 25,000 people took their own lives.

That's 70 every day. The vast majority were men.
Those figures do not make Japan's the highest suicide rate in the world in a developed nation.
That dubious title belongs to South Korea.  But it is still far, far higher than virtually all other wealthy countries.
It is three times the suicide rate in the United Kingdom.
The grim self-immolation of a 71-year-old man aboard a Japanese bullet train on Tuesday has once again rammed the issue back in to the headlines here.
What drove a quiet, elderly man, to douse himself with fuel and set fire to it in a packed carriage on a speeding train?
As he tipped the liquid over himself he is reported to have shooed away other passengers, telling them it was dangerous.
Some said there were tears in his eyes as he did so.
Now, as they start to dig in to his background, members of the Japanese media are turning up the tell-tale signs of a man on the edge. He lived alone and had no job. He spent his days collecting aluminium cans to sell for recycling.
Neighbours told reporters they had heard him smash a window after locking himself out of his dilapidated apartment.
Others said they rarely saw him outside, but could often hear the sound of a television playing. Poor, old and alone. It is an all too familiar tale.
"Isolation is the number one precursor for depression and suicide," says Wataru Nishida, a psychologist at Tokyo's Temple University.
"Now it's more and more common to read stories about old people dying alone in their apartments," he says. "They are being neglected. Kids used to take care of their parents in old age in Japan, but not any more."
People often cite Japan's long tradition of "honourable suicide" as a reason for the high rate here.
They point to the Samurai practice of committing "seppuku" or to the young "kamikaze" pilots of 1945, to show there are distinct cultural reasons why Japanese are more likely to take their own lives.
To an extent Mr Nishida agrees.
"Japan has no history of Christianity," he says "so here suicide is not a sin. In fact, some look at it as a way of taking responsibility."
Ken Joseph from the Japan Helpline agrees. He says their experience over the last 40 years shows that elderly people who are in financial trouble may see suicide as a way out of their problems.
"The insurance system in Japan is very lax when it comes to paying out for suicide," he says.
"So when all else fails - some people feel - you can just kill yourself and the insurance will pay out.
"There is sometimes an intolerable pressure on the elderly that the most loving thing they can do is take their lives and thereby provide for their family."
Because of this, some experts think Japan's suicide rate is actually much higher than reported.
A lot of lone deaths of elderly people are never fully investigated by the police.
According to Ken Joseph, the almost universal practice of cremating bodies here also means that any evidence is quickly destroyed.
But it is not only elderly men in financial trouble who are taking their own lives.
The fastest growing suicide demographic is young men. It is now the single biggest killer of men in Japan aged 20-44.
And the evidence suggests these young people are killing themselves because they have lost hope and are incapable of seeking help.
The numbers first began to rise after the Asian financial crisis in 1998. They climbed again after the 2008 worldwide financial crisis.
Experts think those rises are directly linked to the increase in "precarious employment", the practice of employing young people on short-term contracts.
Japan was once known as the land of lifetime employment.
But while many older people still enjoy job security and generous benefits, nearly 40% of young people in Japan are unable to find stable jobs.
Financial anxiety and insecurity are compounded by Japan's culture of not complaining.
"There are not many ways to express anger or frustration in Japan," says Mr Nishida.
"This is a rule-oriented society. Young people are moulded to fit in to a very small box. They have no way to express their true feelings.
"If they feel under pressure from their boss and get depressed, some feel the only way out is to die."
Technology may be making things worse, increasing young people's isolation. Japan is famous for a condition called hikikomori, a type of acute social withdrawal.
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The young person affected may completely shut himself - it is most often a male - off from the outside world, withdrawing in to a room and not coming out for months or even years.
But that is only the most extreme form of what is now a widespread loss of direct face-to-face socialising.
A recent survey of young Japanese people's attitudes to relationships and sex turned up some extraordinary results. Published in January by the Japan Family Planning Association, it found that 20% of men aged 25-29 had little or no interest in having a sexual relationship.
Wataru Nishida points to the internet and the pervasive influence of online pornography.
"Young people in Japan have a lot of knowledge," Mr Nishida says, "But they have no life experience. They have no idea how to express their emotions.
"They have forgotten what it's like to touch a person. When they think about sex they have high anxiety and no idea how to deal with it."
And when young people do find themselves isolated and depressed, they have few places to turn to.
Mental illness is still very much a taboo here. There is little popular understanding of depression. Those suffering its symptoms are often too scared to talk about it.
Japan's mental healthcare system is also a mess.
There is an acute shortage of psychiatrists. There is also no tradition of psychiatrists working together with clinical psychologists.
People suffering from mental illness may be prescribed powerful psychotropic medicines but unlike in the West, this will often not be accompanied by a recommendation that the patient seek counselling.
The counselling industry itself is a free-for-all.
Unlike in America or Europe, there is no government-mandated system of training and qualifying clinical psychologists.
Anybody can set him or herself up as a "counsellor" and it's very hard for someone seeking help to know whether they actually know what they are doing.
It is not a happy picture, and while the suicide rate has actually begun to decline in the last three years, it is still woefully high.
Wataru Nishida says Japan needs to start talking about mental illness much more, and not just as something scary and strange that afflicts a few.
"When you see a television discussion on mental illness in Japan they still talk as if  'depression equals suicide'," he says. "That needs to change."


A financial company which left Wales a year after setting up has been asked to repay £700,000 of public funds.

Guardian Wealth Management closed its Caerphilly office in June 2014 blaming low demand for a financial product aimed at the Muslim community.
The firm said it would repay around half of its Welsh government grant aid.
Ministers already facing questions over the collapse of a Cwmbran financial services firm given £600,000 said they had to take "managed risk".
However, the Federation of Small Businesses has questioned the policy of backing "low level" financial companies.
Doncaster-based Guardian Wealth Management originally planned to open an office in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff, but eventually set up in Caerphilly.
A Welsh government spokesman said: "A first payment of around £700,000 was made to Guardian Wealth Management in March 2013 when the firm had met our targets for jobs created.
"Those staff were subsequently absorbed into other parts of the group when Guardian Wealth Management later decided to relocate to premises outside Wales.
"We are in negotiations with the company to recover the grant paid."
A number of firms backed by Welsh government grants have subsequently closed.
In July, another financial services firm - Griffin Place Communications Ltd in Cwmbran - went into liquidation with the loss of 140 jobs, having received £600,000 in 2014. Bridgend-based finance technology company Ideoba - backed by £176,000 of grant aid - closed in April.
And in June, it was revealed Cardiff-based financial services firm, Open Resolution, had gone into liquidation without collecting a promised £250,000 grant from the Welsh government.
Iestyn Davies, from the Federation of Small Businesses in Wales, said: "Trying to pick winners has proved problematic over many years.
"The government has to have an appetite for risk but you have to ask whether the due diligence is being done."
The Welsh government said: "Full due diligence is always carried out before we offer any financial support - however there are occasions when businesses are not successful.
"As a pro-business government we must be prepared to take managed risk to meet our economic objectives and create jobs."


Bolton Wanderers took another step towards automatic promotion to the Championship with victory at 10-man Port Vale in a game marred by crowd trouble.

David Wheater and Gary Madine secured all three points for the Trotters, whose fans brought play to a halt with a pitch invasion following the first goal.
The home side had Riginio Cicilia sent off after 33 minutes when he was shown a second yellow card for handball following a foul on Madine eight minutes earlier.
Wanderers took the lead after 66 minutes when Wheater rose highest to nod in Filipe Morais' free-kick.
In the aftermath, referee Carl Boyeson took the players off the pitch for 10 minutes after clashes broke out between both sets of fans.
Madine then doubled the visitors' advantage, sliding home from Morais' pass in the 80th minute, but Wanderers' celebrations were put on hold after Fleetwood's late win at Gillingham.
Match report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Port Vale 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Second Half ends, Port Vale 0, Bolton Wanderers 2.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Conor Wilkinson replaces Gary Madine.
Foul by Ryan Taylor (Port Vale).
Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt saved. Gezim Shalaj (Port Vale) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Port Vale).
Derik (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Port Vale. Gezim Shalaj replaces Chris Eagles.
Substitution, Port Vale. William Reeves replaces Jerome Thomas.
André Bikey (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers).
Goal!  Port Vale 0, Bolton Wanderers 2. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Filipe Morais.
Nathan Smith (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers).
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by JJ Hooper.
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. Derik replaces Jay Spearing.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Nathan Smith.
Attempt saved. Chris Eagles (Port Vale) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Danny Pugh (Port Vale).
James Henry (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Sam Foley (Port Vale).
Josh Vela (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. James Henry (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Goal!  Port Vale 0, Bolton Wanderers 1. David Wheater (Bolton Wanderers) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Filipe Morais with a cross following a set piece situation.
André Bikey (Port Vale) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by André Bikey (Port Vale).
Adam Le Fondre (Bolton Wanderers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) right footed shot from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.
Attempt missed. Chris Eagles (Port Vale) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Sam Foley (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jay Spearing (Bolton Wanderers).
JJ Hooper (Port Vale) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Dorian Dervite (Bolton Wanderers).
Substitution, Bolton Wanderers. James Henry replaces Jem Karacan.
Substitution, Port Vale. JJ Hooper replaces Dan Turner.
Attempt missed. Mark Beevers (Bolton Wanderers) header from the right side of the six yard box is just a bit too high following a corner.
Corner,  Bolton Wanderers. Conceded by Ryan Taylor.
Attempt missed. Gary Madine (Bolton Wanderers) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high.


Three zebras from a Kent wildlife park are on their way to east Africa as part of an education programme.

The males, called Casper, Babati and Karumwa, are returning to Dijbouti as part of a conservation project about  the environment.
They have begun their 20-hour journey from Port Lympne Wild Animal Park near Hythe to the Decan Sanctuary.
Adrian Harland, Port Lympne's animal director, said: "Our three boys will act as ambassadors for biodiversity."
He said the trio would help demonstrate the role zebras and other species play in maintaining the environment.
The project is backed by the Aspinall Foundation, which owns Port Lympne and Howletts animal parks in Kent.


In a landmark trade ruling, the World Trade Organization will this afternoon find Boeing has illegally benefitted from billions of dollars from the most anti-competitive type of subsidy.

These so-called "prohibited" subsidies are considered the most serious form of anti-competitive practice as they require an undertaking from the company in receipt of them to promise not to operate in other jurisdictions.
You can have the money if you promise you won't open plants elsewhere - in this case even in another US state.
This particular subsidy was offered by Washington State - home of Boeing's vast Everett and Renton plants - and covers the development of its wide bodied 777X aircraft.
Previous examples of this kind of ruling usually require immediate repayment - a sum that by some estimate could approach $9bn, a figure Boeing itself, however, hotly disputes.
Boeing has previously called for an Australian company, found to be in receipt of similar prohibited subsidies, to be forced to immediately repay them, but it's unlikely it will take such a hard line on itself.
This marks a victory for Airbus in a war without end.
Back in September the European aerospace giant, which employs 15,000 people in the UK, was on the receiving end when it was found that billions of euros in low interest loans amounted to illegal subsidies.
Boeing celebrated that moment as a comprehensive victory which would deal a mortal blow to Airbus and result in more US jobs.
The reality is that neither of these companies can exist without government subsidies.
The development costs of new aircraft are just too big, and the risks and rewards too great, for governments to stay out of it.
Boeing gets money from NASA and the US Department of Defence; Airbus from very, very cheap government loans.
For years this was the case and an uneasy truce reigned over the world aerospace market throughout the 1990s and beyond.
Then, in 2004, all hell broke loose and the lawyers on both sides have been at each others throats for 12 years - a nice little earner for them.
Could the end of this legal gravy plane be in sight?
Perhaps.
It's not just the US and Europe who are at it.
Canada's government subsidises Bombardier, and then there is the biggest threat to the Airbus and Boeing duopoly.
It is called Comac, the state-funded Chinese plane maker with the world commercial aviation market its number one target.
Its recent wide bodied aircraft combine features of both the Boeing 777 and Airbus A350 and caught many eyes at a recent airshow in China.
Perhaps this potential common enemy will one day prompt Boeing and Airbus to bury the hatchet.
The world's longest running and costliest trade dispute does shed some interesting light on the workings of the World Trade Organization.
This is a body the UK may get to know a bit better in the coming months and years if the UK leaves the EU without striking a replacement trade deal.
The big lesson is this: disputes take years, are rarely conclusively settled, and do not take the heat out of international trade disputes.


An 11-year-old girl has been winched to safety after becoming stranded on rocks off the Moray coast.

The emergency services had been called out to the incident near Cullen at about 13:20 on Sunday.
RNLI lifeboats from Buckie and Macduff were called out to assist coastguard rescue teams.
The girl was eventually picked up by helicopter and returned uninjured to shore.


Chelsea have signed midfielder Tiemoue Bakayoko from French champions Monaco in a reported £40m deal.

The 22-year-old France international has signed a five-year deal with the Premier League champions.
He becomes Chelsea's second major summer signing after they brought in defender Antonio Rudiger from Roma.
Bakayoko joined Monaco from Ligue 1 rivals Rennes in 2014 and made his France debut in a friendly defeat by Spain in March this year.
He was part of the Monaco squad that reached the Champions League semi-finals last season, going out of the competition to Juventus.
Bakayoko, who will wear the number 14 shirt at Chelsea, said: "I am very happy to be here and to join this great team.
"I have grown up watching Chelsea. Signing was the natural thing for me because it is a club I loved very much in my childhood.
"I am now looking forward to evolving under this fantastic coach [Antonio Conte] and alongside so many great team-mates."
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A passenger ferry which was taken out of service and deemed unsafe has failed a second inspection.

The Pride of Hayling, which travels between Portsmouth and Hayling Island, was inspected last week by coastguards as part of its annual checks.
Life-jackets were "defective" and staff members were not "able to cope" with a set of emergency scenarios put to them.
The coastguard said although progress had been made by the ferry's operator the ship failed a second inspection.
Operator Edwards and Co said the crew were working to address the concerns.
Owner Freda Edwards said the service would be resumed as soon as possible.
The service has been running for more than 200 years linking Hayling Island to Portsmouth.
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said a number of issues remained regarding the vessel's "ability to respond to key emergency scenarios".
The agency said it regretted that it was "unable to permit the ferry to return to service".
The ferry is used by 70 children to get to school each day and can travel up to 30 times a day during the week.
The only alternative to the three-minute ferry ride is a 30-mile round trip by road.


The UK's counter-terrorism strategy must be broadened to all communities so it doesn't appear to target Muslims, says Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

The Prevent scheme was "often counter-productive" and appeared to cast suspicion on all Muslims, he told ITV.
Far-right extremism and racism must also be dealt with, he said.
Conservative peer Baroness Warsi said Prevent was "broken". Home Secretary Amber Rudd said she recognised the need "to sell it to communities".
Prevent is a multi-agency programme which aims to stop people being drawn into terrorist-related activity in sectors "where there are risks of radicalisation" like prisons, education, health and online.
Khalid Masood killed three people and injured 50 when he drove a car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge on Wednesday.
The 52-year-old then fatally stabbed a police officer before being shot dead by police - all within 82 seconds.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu said detectives believed Masood had acted alone and added that there was a possibility that his motive may never be known.
Following Wednesday's attack, Mr Corbyn suggested the government's counter-radicalisation programme needed to be changed.
He told ITV's Peston on Sunday: "I talk to people in the Muslim community, I talk to people in mosques, I talk to people in churches, I talk to people that go to synagogues, all kinds of different faiths and different groups.
"I think what Prevent has often done is seen to target the Muslim community, not anybody else, looks to say there is a kind of suspicion over the whole community and it's actually often counter-productive."
He said: "Deal with the issue of far-right extremism within our society, deal with the issue of racism in our society, deal with the issues of discrimination within our society, deal with the issues of the perceptions of stop and search within our society, above all be inclusive of people and what Prevent does, it says 'hang on, let's look at only the Muslim community'."
Pressed on what he felt needed to change, he said: "I'm saying broaden it into an agenda of inclusion ... Focus it on all communities."
The Home Office has said the Prevent strategy plays a key role in the fight against terrorism, but it has faced criticism, including from some British Muslims, who say it alienates them.
Conservative peer Baroness Warsi, who was minister for faith and communities between 2012 and 2014, told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show the scheme should be "paused" for an independent review.
She told the programme: "There is a lobby out there which absolutely trashes Prevent and says we don't need it, there's another lobby out there which says it is absolutely perfect ... I think the reality is somewhere in between.
"I think Prevent in its current form has huge problems, I think it's broken, I think the brand is toxic, I think there are question marks about the training, the trainers, the quality of training within schools, about how it is being implemented."
She called for it to be reviewed, adding "A prevent-like strategy" was needed which was "deeply trusted by the communities that it is trying to engage."
Home Secretary Amber Rudd rejected the call for a "pause", telling the BBC: "I think that now is exactly the wrong time to have a pause. What we have seen this week reinforces the need to make sure we have active communities trying to stop people becoming radicalised.
But she added: "I do recognise what Baroness Warsi said about needing to make more of an effort to sell it to communities: "We need to do better there to show that this is a safeguarding initiative, it's about protecting young people."


Britain's double Tour de France winner Chris Froome is to reveal the results of his independent physiological testing this week.

They will be published by Esquire magazine on Friday and submitted to a scientific journal.
Froome, 30, chose to share the data because he wants to prove that people can "trust" his achievements.
The Briton was spat at by some spectators during this year's Tour following media claims of doping.
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline performed the tests in its human performance laboratory.
Froome, who won the Tour this year and in 2013, wanted to determine the characteristics which make him an exceptional athlete.
Team Sky manager Sir Dave Brailsford said: "There are opportunities to do what we can to make the unbelievable believable.
"I think the independence thing is a good thing. And why not? I can't see the negative in it.
"There's a lot of talk about transparency these days, trying to have a leadership role. He's won the Tour twice, we should make the effort."


A murder inquiry is under way after the body of a woman in her 30s was found at a house in an exclusive part of Surrey.

Police called to the property in St George's Hill, Weybridge, at about 10:00 BST by ambulance crews also found a man in his 30s with serious injuries.
Formal identification has not yet taken place, Surrey Police said.
St George's Hill is a private, gated estate with a golf club and tennis club, where six-bedroom homes are listed for about £14m.
Det Ch Insp Jason Taylor said officers believed they knew the identity of the woman and the man, who was taken to hospital for treatment.
He said next-of-kin had been informed.
"The investigation into this tragic incident is still in the very early stages but at this time I believe this to be an isolated incident,"  the detective said.
The 964-acre estate is described by the St George's Hill Residents' Association as having been "designed for driven, motivated and successful high achievers".


The car ferry service between Gourock and Dunoon town centres is to come to an end.

CalMac currently operates a car ferry crossing on the route in competition with private company Western Ferries.
The new tender, for a passenger only service, has been awarded to CalMac's Argyll Ferries and starts on 30 June.
Both Argyll and Bute and Inverclyde councils had hoped it would be possible to find another way of keeping a car service going.
Argyll Ferries are part of the Caledonian MacBrayne group David McBrayne Ltd.
Agency Transport Scotland said the Â£10.6m, six-year contract would provide a bigger and faster ferry, with increased services.
Infrastructure Secretary Alex Neil, said: "This bid is set to deliver real benefits for passengers with a larger boat and additional sailings, offering best value for money and protecting the majority of existing jobs."
He added: "This has been a fair and open tendering process within the confines of an EU decision that only allows for a subsidy for a passenger service on this route.
"We are disappointed not to be able to offer a vehicle and passenger service, however appreciate that under the EU decision this was not a viable option for tenderers."
The Argyll Ferries bid will involve a larger vessel, with capacity for up to 244 people, running alongside a smaller alternate boat. It will run a half-hourly service on the route.
Argyll and Bute Council leader Dick Walsh, said: "It is very disappointing that the process has not produced what the communities wanted - a regular vehicle and passenger service between Dunoon and Gourock town centres.
"Having said that, I am pleased that we finally have a clear decision from the government which will allow us to move on and work out how best to ensure that  the people of Dunoon and the surrounding area can benefit from the service they will have."
The two car ferry services between Gourock and Dunoon, cut the road journey to Glasgow from more than two hours to as little as 40 minutes.


President Barack Obama has described the torture of a mentally disabled man in Chicago, streamed on Facebook Live, as a "despicable" hate crime.

The president said that while he did not believe US race relations had worsened, public exposure to race crimes had grown in the digital age.
He said the video encapsulated problems that have existed for some time.
Three teenagers and a woman, 24, are due in court on Friday accused of aggravated battery with a weapon.
Jordan Hill, Brittany Covington and Tesfaye Cooper, all 18, and Tanishia Covington are also accused of aggravated unlawful restraint.
Torture video prompts online race fight
In the video, the assailants can be heard making derogatory statements against white people and Donald Trump.
"What we have seen as surfacing, I think, are a lot of problems that have been there a long time," President Obama told CBS Chicago.
"Whether it's tensions between police and communities, hate crimes of the despicable sort that has just now recently surfaced on Facebook."
The president said that while the Chicago incident was grounds for serious concern, he remained optimistic about the long-term state of US race relations.
"The good news is that the next generation that's coming behind usâ€¦ have smarter, better, more thoughtful attitudes about race," he said.
"I think the overall trajectory of race relations in this country is actually very positive. It doesn't mean that all racial problems have gone away. It means that we have the capacity to get better."
All the suspects, apart from Tanishia Covington, each face an additional count of residential burglary.
Mr Hill is further charged with robbery and possession of a stolen motor.
Police said the unnamed 18-year-old victim was dropped off by his parents at a McDonald's restaurant on 31 December to meet his friend, Jordan Hill, who later became one of his attackers.
The pair drove around for two days, sleeping inside a van that Mr Hill had allegedly stolen without the victim's knowledge, before ending up at the Covington sisters' home.
Police said a play fight led to a prolonged assault in a flat on the Illinois city's west side.
The captive was made to drink from a toilet bowl, had part of his scalp removed with a knife, and was bound, gagged and beaten.
At one point in the 30-minute video, the attackers can also be seen cutting the victim's clothes, dropping cigarette ash on him and pushing his head back with a foot.
Chicago Police Commander Kevin Duffin said the victim finally escaped when his attackers went downstairs to confront a resident who had called police because of the noise.
Cdr Duffin said the racial slurs and references to the victim's mental capacity, depicted in the video, led to the hate crime charges.
The escaped captive was found disorientated and traumatised, walking the streets in shorts and sandals with Mr Hill.
The victim, who had difficulty communicating with police, was taken to hospital for medical treatment, and discharged.
In other videos posted online the young man is forced at knife-point to say: "I love black people".
The incident has provoked a strong reaction on Twitter, especially among the alt-right - the fringe group that celebrated US President-elect Trump's election win with Nazi salutes.


Northern Ireland gardens are among the best places in the UK to see a red squirrel.

According to this year's RSPB Make Your Nature Count summer wildlife survey, the region is home to some of the few remaining pockets of red squirrel populations in the British Isles.
Compared to national figures, Northern Ireland gardens also attract more finches, as well as jackdaws and coal tits.
In June, the RSPB asked people around the UK to spend an hour counting the animals they saw in their garden, local park and school grounds.
Stephanie Sim from RSPB Northern Ireland said that this year's count was particularly important in light of the harsh weather last winter.
"We were particularly keen to learn how garden wildlife had weathered the difficult conditions last winter.  Make Your Nature Count was one of the first garden wildlife surveys since the extraordinarily cold spell."
In Northern Ireland the most commonly sighted bird was the house sparrow with more of the birds spotted on average per garden than the national average. The house sparrow was seen in 81.59% of our gardens.  The next most visible birds were starlings, goldfinches and chaffinches.
Conservationists have been concerned about the decline in numbers of summer migrants such as house martins and swifts.
However, house martins seem to be doing better here than in other regions.
In Northern Ireland nearly 11% of respondents had nesting martin colonies. That is compared to a UK average of 4% of households reporting the birds nesting in their eaves.
Sightings of young robin and song thrush are also much higher than national averages.  An estimated 22% of gardens had breeding robins, while 6.45% were home to families of song thrushes.
The RSPB said the healthier population numbers  were thanks to people in Northern Ireland providing food, safe nesting spots and wildlife-friendly conditions.
Richard Bashford, RSPB Make Your Nature Count organiser said that it was an important task because "for many species the only way of counting them is to ask people to take part in a garden survey like this."


A giant dinosaur footprint measuring over a metre wide has been discovered in Bolivia in South America.

It's thought to have been made by an Abelisaurus, a predator that lived around 80 million years ago.
These massive creatures once roamed South America, according to palaeontologist Sebastian Apesteguia.
The print was found by a tourist guide in Maragua, a place well known for dinosaur tracks.
Other dino remains have also been found in the area.
Experts think the footprint is one of the largest of its kind ever found.
"This print is bigger than any other we have found to date in the area," Apesteguia said.
"It is a record in size for carnivorous dinosaurs from the end of the Cretaceous period in South America," he added.


With those words, Donald Trump became only the second president to fire his FBI director.
But why was he dismissed?
This was the first official reason. The president opened his missive to Mr Comey by citing a damning letter from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein that accused the now-former FBI director of "serious mistakes".
Among other things, it said Mr Comey had "usurped" the authority of the former attorney general by announcing last July the closure of the inquiry into Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server.
The letter faulted him for "gratuitously" releasing "derogatory information" about the subject of an investigation - Mrs Clinton.
It even criticised his public reopening of the inquiry 11 days before the election, a step which some say contributed to Mr Trump's shock victory over Mrs Clinton.
At the time Mr Trump had praised Mr Comey's unusual move, saying it "took guts".
This was President Trump's first in-person explanation, given from the Oval Office in an interview with NBC News.
He said he had already decided to fire Mr Comey, "regardless of recommendation" as the FBI had been "in turmoil".
This appeared to contradict White House claims that Mr Trump acted on the deputy attorney general's recommendation.
Mr Trump tweeted that Mr Comey had "lost the confidence of almost everyone in Washington".
But Mr Comey's successor, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, told the Senate "the vast majority of employees enjoyed a deep and positive connection to Director Comey".
Democrats assert that Mr Comey's role leading the FBI investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the election - and possible Kremlin links to the Trump campaign - was the real reason for his abrupt dismissal.
Mr Comey confirmed that such an investigation existed on 20 March, when he spoke before a congressional intelligence committee.
After his dismissal, Politico reported the president "had grown enraged by the Russia investigation" and was "frustrated by his inability to control the mushrooming narrative".
"He repeatedly asked aides why the Russia investigation wouldn't disappear and demanded they speak out for him," Politico reported. "He would sometimes scream at television clips about the probe, one adviser said."
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"He's become more famous than me!" Mr Trump said of Mr Comey at a January meeting, sending an air-kiss his way.
But could this have been a problem, rather than a compliment?
In his NBC interview, the US president described Mr Comey as a "showboat" and "grandstander".
Citing unnamed White House officials, the Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Trump chafed at the increased media attention on Mr Comey.
"He viewed Mr Comey as eager to step in front of TV cameras and questioned whether his expanding media profile was warping his view of the Russia investigation," the officials said, according to the report.
Loyalty is one Mr Trump's most prized qualities - and according to the New York Times, two of Mr Comey's associates say he declined to pledge it.
Over dinner in January, the president asked the FBI head whether he could count on his loyalty, but Mr Comey only promised to be honest, according to the newspaper.
Mr Trump is also reported to have been furious that Mr Comey publicly dismissed his sensational claim in March that President Barack Obama had wiretapped him.
After Mr Comey testified to a Senate panel on 3 May that he felt "mildly nauseous" to think he might have swayed the election, Mr Trump began seriously considering firing him, the New York Times reports.
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China's equivalent of Black Friday helped send Alibaba's sales soaring, prompting the e-commerce giant to lift its full-year forecasts.

Sales from Singles' Day, held on 11 November each year, rose to 120.7bn yuan (Â£13.9bn) from 91.2bn a year earlier.
Alibaba also reported rising numbers of customers shopping on mobiles and paying to use cloud computing.
The firm expects annual sales to grow by 53% from a previous forecast of 48%.
In the three months to December, total revenue rose by 54%. Alibaba said 114,000 more people signed up to use its cloud computing services, taking the total to 765,000 customers and lifting revenue in the division by 115%.
The company also said it had been working to clamp down on counterfeit products being sold on its platform and had recently formed a coalition with major brands such as Louis Vuitton, Samsung and Swarovski to stamp out trading in fake goods.
Jack Ma, the founder and chairman of Alibaba, recently held a meeting with US president Donald Trump. While President Trump has been critical of China, he said he had a "great meeting" with Mr Ma, who chose to float Alibaba on the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr Ma reportedly discussed a plan to permit one million small American businesses to sell goods on Alibaba's platform.
HÃ¥kon Helgesen, retail analyst at Conlumino, said: "The international side continues to do well. Here, Alibaba's role as a facilitator for Western brands wanting to sell into China continues to be a major advantage and a significant source of growth.
"In short, Alibaba provides a shortcut for retailers looking to expand and grow in China."


A BBC Spotlight poll strongly indicates voters in Northern Ireland would reject a united Ireland in a border poll.

Even with the usual caveats attached to opinion polls, a 65% to 17% majority for Northern Ireland remaining in the UK suggests little room for doubt.
The British and Irish governments have both made it clear they don't think now is the time to hold a border poll.
Sinn Fein are campaigning for a poll and the DUP have discussed, in their words, calling Sinn Fein's bluff.
But after weeks of controversy about flags and national identity, politicians' claims about Catholic unionism, and a census showing a growing number identifying themselves as Northern Irish, what lies behind that headline figure in the Spotlight opinion poll is particularly revealing.
Not surprisingly, more than 90% of those who identify themselves as Protestants told the pollsters they wanted to stay in the UK.
But on the other side of the religious divide, a substantial 38% of Catholics also favoured remaining within the UK - three percentage points more than the number who backed a united Ireland.
While only 5% of Protestants don't intend to vote or haven't decided which option they would pick, more than a quarter of Catholics are either undecided or not planning on voting.
As avowed believers in a united Ireland and the party running a border poll campaign, Sinn Fein might be surprised to learn that nearly a quarter of those who identified themselves as Sinn Fein voters - 23% - told the pollsters they would back the status quo in a border poll.
More than half of SDLP supporters - 56% - also said they would opt to stay in the UK if a poll was held tomorrow.
Prime Minister David Cameron said the survey for the BBC Spotlight programme on the potential outcome of a border poll should lift the spirits of all those who value Northern Ireland's place within the union.
The results of the 2011 census, released in December last year, revealed that just over a fifth of the population considers itself "Northern Irish".
That posed a political puzzle - in a border poll would these people tick a British or an Irish box? Well, those who identified themselves as "Northern Irish" for the BBC Spotlight poll back staying in the UK by a significant margin - 72% to just 7%.
At the DUP conference late last year Peter Robinson hinted that his party hopes to make inroads into Catholic unionist territory. Since then commentators have expressed the view that the union flag dispute and the ensuing protests make this a pipe dream.
The Spotlight survey suggests the main parties have a long way to go to reach across the religious divide. Those identifying themselves as DUP supporters are 97% Protestant, while UUP supporters are 99% Protestant.
Those backing Sinn Fein are 99% Catholic, while SDLP supporters are 92% Catholic. Alliance, as an identifiably centre ground party, is the one bucking the trend - with 51% Protestant backing and 36% Catholic support.
Alliance's support for a "designated days" flag flying policy at Belfast City Hall stirred controversy and led to attacks on the party's offices and a death threat against its only MP, Naomi Long.
However the Spotlight poll suggests raising the flag on 18 designated days is the most popular compromise across the community as a whole.
Of those interviewed, 44% backed the designated days policy, in comparison to 35% wanting the union flag raised throughout the year.
A further 10% told the pollsters no flag should be flown at the City Hall, while only 2% opted for the union flag flying alongside the Irish tricolour.
Although designated days was the most popular option, flag flying polarises unionists and nationalists. 73% of unionists want the union flag up at Belfast City Hall 365 days a year, while 64% of nationalists support the 18 day policy.
Even though the designated days compromise got more support than any other option, just over half of those interviewed thought the union flag protestors were right to take to the streets when Belfast City Council made its decision in early December.
This result may reflect some people's belief in the right to protest, even if they don't back the aim of a particular demonstration.
However this support appears to have dwindled sharply during the course of January, as by the time the Spotlight survey was carried out more than three quarters of interviewees wanted the protests to stop.
They told the pollsters this was for a variety of reasons, the main ones being the violence sparked by some protests and the disruptive impact on business.
Although the Stormont politicians might take heart from this shift of opinion, the protest organisers will point to the fact that by late January 45% of unionists still believed the demonstrations should continue. This shows a degree of resilience given the barrage of negative publicity generated by the protests.
The poll was carried out for the BBC Spotlight programme by Ipsos Mori, whose researchers interviewed more than 1000 adults at 64 locations across Northern Ireland between 17 and 26 January.
The full details are available as a pdf, 897kb in size.
They include findings on how people rated individual politicians' handling of the flags crisis, which parties those interviewed support and whether those surveyed believe the Stormont system favours one community over another.


Somali authorities have arrested seven head teachers who they accuse of meeting al-Shabab militants.

They are said to have discussed changing the curriculum at private schools to favour the Islamist group's ideology.
Each of the principals is responsible for around 1,000 students, ranging in age from seven to 15.
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Mahad Hassan Osman, the information minister for the central Hir-Shabelle region, told the BBC's Somali service that the teachers had been intercepted and arrested near the town of Jowhar.
''We arrested them 15km outside the town.
"They were attempting to change the school's curriculum to suit what the group believes in, which is the implementation of strict Islamic law.''
The minister has said the teachers will be taken to court once an investigation has taken place.
Al-Shabab, which is affiliated to al-Qaeda, has been pushed out of Somalia's main towns but still controls many rural areas.
The militant group launched its own curriculum in April, and produces school textbooks reflecting its Islamist agenda.


Glenda Jackson has made a "ferocious" and "magnetic" return to the stage after a 25-year break.

The Oscar-winning actress and former MP received glowing reviews for her lead performance in Shakespeare's King Lear.
Deborah Warner's modern-dress production opened at London's Old Vic on Friday night.
Its starry cast also includes Celia Imrie, Jane Horrocks and Rhys Ifans. The action mainly unfolds on a sparse set consisting of large white panels.
As the Fool, Notting Hill star Ifans wears a tattered Superman suit, sings like Bob Dylan, and, at one point, dons a scary clown mask.
In another scene, Ab Fab star Horrocks, as Lear's daughter Regan, playfully lobs an "eyeball" into the audience.
Jackson, 80, gave up acting for politics a quarter of a century ago and served as a Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn for 23 years, stepping down prior to the general election in 2015.
One of the biggest laughs of the night came after a line in the play about "scurvy politicians".
The Old Vic's artistic director Matthew Warchus said he felt "very honoured" that the actress had chosen to make her stage return in his theatre.
"I've asked her several times in the last 25 years if she'd be interested, but this time she was ready," he told the BBC.
"She came to me in the office and we walked on the stage together and she was primed and eager to come back.
"I asked her what she wanted to do and she said 'I want to play King Lear'.
He went on: "She's got that incredible voice. Obviously she's been using it as a politician so it's never lost any of its muscle."
The critics were largely in agreement.
The Guardian's Michael Billington said Jackson had ended her 25-year absence with "a ferocious, unflinching performance" that transcended gender.
"Jackson, like all the best Lears, shifts in a moment between madness and sanity, anger and tenderness, vocal force and physical frailty," he said.
The Telegraph's Dominic Cavendish said Jackson made a "tremendous" Lear.
"No ifs, no buts... she has pulled off one of those 11th-hour feats of human endeavour that will surely be talked about for years to come by those who see it."
Anne Treneman, in The Times, observed: "The cast is stellar and the brightest of all is Glenda Jackson".
"Thanks to its magnetic star this show is undeniably theatrical," Quentin Letts wrote in his Daily Mail review.
"Lear played by a woman? Daft, but you are forced to take notice. This is showbusiness, after all.
"She makes for a shrivelled Lear, lined as a walnut, scuttling, hobbling, flicking her unisex fringe and waving two distractingly large, washerwomanish hands as though in semaphore."
Actress Celia Imrie, who plays Lear's scheming daughter Goneril, told the BBC she had known Jackson for 41 years having been her "tea-girl" on a tour of Hedda Gabler.
"It's wonderful that we know each other, especially as she says such horrible things to me during the course of the play," she said.
"What a way to come back," she added. "What is quite astonishing is that you don't have any doubt during the play that she is a king. I'm very proud to be in it."
She said rehearsals had been "quite full on" because "it's a monster of a play".
"Her brilliant power has never faltered since day one," she said, "and has never faltered from when I knew her 41 years ago."
Warchus added: "The Old Vic is a stage that's had a lot of great performance on it in its time and it was like watching a little piece of history being made tonight."
King Lear is at The Old Vic until 3 December
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Gordon Reid says he is feeling "pretty good" before the defence of his Wimbledon wheelchair tennis men's singles and doubles titles.

Scot Reid, 25, also won gold (singles) and silver (doubles) at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games to cap off an excellent season.
"I'm sitting at number one in the rankings," he told BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme.
"And I've got a couple of titles under my belt this year."
Reid and Belgian Joachim Gerard beat Gustavo Fernandez and Alfie Hewett in the Australian Open doubles final in January.
Last year, Brits Reid and Hewett were successful together at Wimbledon and also reached the final in Rio.
With Japan's Shingo Kunieda, Reid has won the French Open doubles twice and he also won the US Open doubles with Frenchman Stephane Houdet in 2015.
And Reid likened his position to that of fellow Scot Andy Murray, who is defending men's singles champion at Wimbledon.
"I feel pretty good," said Reid, who reached the quarter-finals of this year's Australian and French Opens.
"The Australian Open and Roland Garros didn't go to plan, really, in the singles. It's a bit like Andy - maybe not the best start to the year and the best year so far but I'm still sitting at number one in the rankings like him and going back to a place where I've got great memories from last year.
"Hopefully, I can use this to kick on and have another strong end to the season.
"It's always a great feeling going back to the place where you won the titles the year before, especially when it's something so special as Wimbledon.
"Maybe feel a little bit of extra pressure because, especially in the home country, everyone just all of a sudden expects you to defend it and you're supposed to win it no matter what.
"At the same time, you should take confidence from the fact that you did so well there the year before."
Reid also feels boosted by the invitational event he will take part in before Wimbledon.
"For the first time ever, we've got an invitational tournament at Surbiton on the grass there from Thursday till Saturday and then I'll just head across and start training on the grass at Wimbledon before we start on the second Thursday," he added.
"Every year, the grand slams are holding us in higher recognition and they're putting more into the wheelchair events at slams.
"I think there's plans next year to try and create a grass-court season with more international ranked tournaments.
"We have the same differences to cope with, the way the ball comes through the court and the tactical changes to adapt to grass.
"But, for us, the movement side of things is an even bigger part of it.
"When we push our wheelchairs on a hard court, we could roll for 20 metres without touching the wheels again, but then when you're on grass, you push your chair and you'll stop about a metre in front of you because there's just no momentum.
"The grass is so heavy under the tyres. Physically, it's a lot more difficult for us and it's much more demanding playing on grass."


A statue has been unveiled in honour of a Derbyshire soldier who died trying to save a colleague in Afghanistan.

Cpl Liam Riley was killed in Helmand Province attempting to rescue his friend L/Cpl Graham Shaw following an explosion in February 2010.
The steel statue has been installed next to a bench in his home village of Killamarsh.
His mother, Cheryl Routledge, said she was delighted with how the statue looked.
She said: "We're so chuffed with it. I'll be able to drive home from work and he's going to be standing there at the at the side of the road welcoming me home."
Cpl Riley, 21, and L/Cpl Shaw, 27, from Huddersfield, were on patrol with 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, when they stood on improvised explosive devices.
Prince Harry, who trained alongside him in Canada, described him as "a legend" after learning of his death.
His statue, which sits alongside the Trans Pennine Trail on Forge Lane, forms part of a national public art installation by cycling charity Sustrans, funded by the Big Lottery Fund.
It will stand between statues of Sheffield boxer Clinton Woods and Rotherham-born Colin Savage who has campaigned to make the countryside more accessible.
Sustrans has already organised similar installations along public paths in Hastings, Northampton and Port Talbot.


Russia is to blame for "every civilian death" in the chemical weapons attack last week in Syria, Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has claimed.

Sir Michael, writing in the Sunday Times, said the Kremlin was responsible "by proxy" as the "principal backer" of President Bashar al-Assad's regime.
It comes after Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson cancelled a visit to Moscow to meet his opposite number.
The attack has been widely blamed on the Syrian government.
Sir Michael said last Tuesday's gas attack was "barbaric, immoral and illegal" and the response of air strikes from US President Donald Trump was "the right call".
Referring to Russia, Sir Michael wrote: "This latest war crime happened on their watch.
"In the past few years, they have had every opportunity to pull levers and stop this civil war. Russia must show the resolve necessary to bring this regime to heel."
The defence secretary said Syria needed a government in which Mr Assad played no part. He acknowledged achieving that was "not easy, but not impossible".
"By sending Tomahawk missiles to attack the airfield, aeroplanes and equipment believed to be involved, it has sent a strong signal to the Syrian regime to think twice before using gas in future," said Sir Michael.
"Justified and appropriate though US action was, it was also necessarily limited. We now need a long-term solution to this conflict."
Sir Michael said Mr Assad must depart and the search for stability begin.
"Someone who uses barrel bombs and chemicals to kill his own people simply cannot be the future leader of Syria," he stated.
Mr Johnson, who called off a trip to Moscow on Monday, is attempting to co-ordinate a united response from the G7 group of industrialised nations, whose foreign ministers meet in Italy this week.
The Russian foreign ministry said Mr Johnson's decision not to visit Russia was "absurd".
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Moscow as planned after the G7 meeting in Italy this week.
Eighty-nine people, including 33 children and 18 women, died in the suspected nerve agent attack in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhoun on Tuesday.
The figures come from Idlib's opposition-run health authority. The country's government denies using nerve gas.
On Friday, the US carried out missile strikes on a Syrian air base it says is suspected of storing chemical weapons. At least six people are reported to have died.
In response, Syria's ally Russia accused the US of encouraging "terrorists" with unilateral actions.
Moscow has further promised to strengthen Syria's anti-aircraft defences and it is shutting down a hotline with the US designed to avoid collisions between their air forces over the country.
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has said "terrorists are celebrating" the US strikes on the air base.
But he also backed calls for an independent inquiry into the suspected chemical weapons attack.
Mr Johnson's visit, for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, would have been the first by a UK foreign secretary in more than five years.


On one day of the year "fake news" is only to be expected and this first of April is no different.

As brands, embassies and media outlets compete to raise a chuckle with their sham announcements, here are some of 2017's best spoof stories.
If you believe the Irish Times, Dublin is to get its very own "Trump Tower". "Trump Dublin is expected to be completed by the end of 2018," it exclusively revealed.
Extra credit should go to whoever completed the joke with a fake tweet from Donald Trump: "Bought a small tower in Dublin, Ireland. We are going to build an awesome hotel in Dublin. It will be totally great. Love Ireland! Great country! #trumpdublin".
Inspired by claims that Kremlin-sponsored hackers tried to rig the US election, Russia's foreign ministry shared "a new answering machine for Russian diplomatic missions abroad" on Facebook.
"To arrange a call from a Russian diplomat to your political opponent, press 1," the fake switchboard message suggests. Your other options? "Press 2 to use the services of Russian hackers", or 3 "to request election interference."
The scamps at the UK's German embassy tweeted that Germans would shortly vote to "leave, or remain in" Central European Time (CET). "A replica of the Shepherd Gate Clock in Greenwich would be placed atop the World Time Clock in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, in a frivolous symbolic gesture," the writer deadpanned.
The clues were there for linguists, however - the surname of the "government spokesperson" quoted - Frau Sommerzeit - translates as "Summertime".
Emirates airline almost had us going with the claim that it's planning to unveil a triple-decker plane. Why? Time zones. The UAE gets to 1 April before the UK and without that all-important date-stamp... could it possibly - somehow - be true?
No, is the answer. The Dubai-based carrier has not designed a plane including "a swimming pool, games room, gym & park". Our sympathies to the 6,800 excited people who re-tweeted that...
Meanwhile in the Antipodes... Virgin Australia will be the first airline in the world to employ dogs as cabin staff, the company announced on Twitter.
While less useful in an emergency, these little guys might have been a loveable distraction at 40,000ft.
Google has clearly decided April Fool's pranks don't contravene its mantra "Don't be evil".
The tech giant got a head-start on its comedy competitors by revealing "Google Gnome" -  a sort of do-it-all outdoor assistant - ahead of the big day.
"Google Gnome is like having a tiny, little meteorologist at your beck and call," the GoogleStore claimed.
The sullen character "comes programmed with the ability to take charge of your backyard tools," it enthused.
Or, for the curious: "Ask Gnome all kinds of questions, like: 'what's the difference between cirrocumulus and cumulonimbus clouds', 'why is humidity the worst', and, for windswept hair in summertime photo shoots, 'which way is the wind blowing'?"
The jokers confessed in the small print: "Google Gnomes are real, but only in our hearts - for now."
Not to be outdone, Amazon breathlessly broke the news of "Petlexa" - allegedly an animal-friendly version of its voice-activated personal assistant, Alexa.
"Now your dog, cat, or favorite pet can communicate with Alexa just like you do," the firm promised, - even including an instructional video.
Reader, it was all a lie.
The BBC dipped a toe into the jovial April waters with a mocked-up BBC Three documentary, purportedly starring national treasure David Attenborough. The subject? Grime music.
If that seems unlikely to fool anyone, we'd like to introduce Stormzy, one of the urban genre's brightest stars, who fell for it hook, line and sinker.
According to the man himself, he sent a savage direct message to BBC Three on Twitter, airing his views.
"Public apology," the red-faced MC confessed as the penny dropped.
In Scandinavia, some editors are concerned that in an era of outlandish, fact-free headlines, April Fool's Day stories could muddy the waters of truth even further.
Yulf Yahr-tenes, editor of the Bergen Times, one of Norway's largest papers, told the BBC it was time to take the journalistic high ground instead.
Magnus Karlsson, editor-in-chief at the daily Smalandsposten in Sweden, agreed. In his view, April Fool's stories could be devastating for the credibility of local newspapers in particular - a price too high to pay for a quick-fire giggle.
Readers inclined to their view might enjoy the following - our favourite "weird but true" stories from Fake News Day.


A police investigation into the deaths of 12 red kites and four buzzards in the Highlands in 2014 is now no longer active.

Police Scotland said this was because of a three-year time bar on the offences that were committed in the Conon Bridge area.
The birds were killed by pesticides banned under UK-wide legislation.
Police Scotland and bird conservation charity RSPB Scotland said they were disappointed no-one had been charged.
The deaths of so many birds of prey was condemned by wildlife charities, the police and politicians at the time.
Offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 must be prosecuted within three years of a report of a crime being made.
Divisional Commander Ch Supt Philip Macrae said: "Every line of inquiry has been explored as part of our investigation into the deaths of these birds of prey, including large scale searches and a detailed investigation by CID and wildlife officers.
"We liaised closely with a number of partners including the National Farmers Union, RSPB and the Scottish SPCA as well as the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
"The inquiry has been regularly reviewed for any new lines of inquiry and it is therefore very disappointing that there has been insufficient evidence to progress this case any further."
Det Insp Scott Macdonald, who led the inquiry, said: "I remain convinced, based on the advice of partners involved in the investigation, that the bait was laid for illegal pest control and not specifically to target the birds of prey, however they became the unfortunate victims of this illegal act.
"Using illegal pesticides is wholly unacceptable; it poses an indiscriminate danger to humans and wildlife alike."
The officer said that although the case was no longer active, Police Scotland continued to take the use of illegal pesticides seriously.
Duncan Orr-Ewing, head of species and land management for RSPB Scotland, said: "This appalling incident should act as a warning to anybody contemplating using illegal poisons in the countryside as to the possible risks to red kites and other vulnerable wildlife."
Shortly after the discovery of the dead birds, a reward of Â£10,000 was offered for information on the poisonings.


Thousands of Santas took to the streets of Glasgow on Sunday for the city's biggest ever Santa Dash.

The event saw 7,500 runners make their way along the 5km route which started and finished in George Square, the venue for Glasgow's festive market.
This year - the event's 10th anniversary - participants were raising money for the Beatson Cancer Charity.
The Santa Dash has raised more than Â£100,000 for various charities working in and around Glasgow since 2006.
Beatson Cancer Charity's mascot Bella and Kingsley, mascot for Partick Thistle football club were among those taking part.
Joyce Ross, corporate partnerships manager at Beatson Cancer Charity, said: "We are overwhelmed with the incredible support from everyone who contributed to the success of this year's Santa Dash.
"The event wouldn't be as special without the valuable support from volunteers, fundraisers, sponsors and, of course, the 7,500 Santa Dashers. Thank you to each and every one of you!
"All funds raised from the event will provide vital specialist staff posts including nursing, radiography, physics and research based staff as well as funding enhanced medical equipment, innovative service developments, research projects and educational initiatives to support the 8,000 new patients and their families who attend the Beatson and its related facilities each year."


Floyd Mayweather's bout with UFC lightweight champion Conor McGregor will benefit boxing, says Amir Khan.

Former five-division champion Mayweather, 40, takes on McGregor in a boxing match in Las Vegas on 26 August.
The contest has drawn criticism from middleweight world champion Gennady Golovkin, among others.
"To combine both sports is going to be great for boxing more than MMA," said Britain's former light-welterweight world champion Khan, 30.
"We are not getting the good pay-per-view numbers we used to.
"At the moment, MMA and UFC is doing so many great numbers on TV, on pay-per-view. Boxing is doing OK but it took little bit of a dip.
"We hit a wall and we didn't really do anything. Boxing never moved forward around the world, whereas MMA kept moving forward and got bigger and bigger and bigger.
"Boxing kind of stalled in my opinion and we needed something like this."
Both fighters will reportedly earn around $100m (£77m) from the match, which will take place in Las Vegas.
Mayweather will end a spell of retirement as he bids to extend his 49-match unbeaten record against 28-year-old McGregor, who has never boxed professionally.
Khan, who last fought when beaten by Saul Alvarez in May 2016, has been unsuccessful in attempts to secure a fight with Mayweather, but still hopes to face the American or former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao.
"When Mayweather beats McGregor, which I think he will, that fight can still be there. It really can happen," said Khan, who has 31 wins from 35 fights.
"There are still some big fights out there for me."


A man has been arrested after the attempted rape of a woman on a late night train.

The 27-year-old was travelling with her partner on the delayed 22:24 GMT train from Sheffield to Leeds on 19 November.
British Transport Police (BTP) said the incident happened while her partner was in the toilet.
A 33-year-old man, from Barnsley, has been arrested on suspicion of attempted rape and bailed until 20 January while police inquiries continue.
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BTP said the woman did not reveal to her partner what had happened until  the couple got off the train at Swinton station.
Det Insp Mick Jackson said: "Incidents of this nature on the railway network are rare, and it is vital that we establish the exact circumstances of what happened.
"The victim continues to be supported by specially trained officers as the investigation continues."


Kevin Pietersen smashed a second successive unbeaten hundred in South Africa's Ram Slam T20 event.

The 35-year-old ex-England batsman, who made his highest Twenty20 score with 115 not out from 66 balls on Wednesday, hit seven sixes in 100 from 45 balls.
It took Durban-based Dolphins to their 168 target as they beat the Knights by nine wickets with 20 balls to spare.
Pietersen will appear in two more games for the Dolphins before heading to Australia for the Big Bash League.
The South Africa-born batsman last played for England in the 2013-14 Ashes whitewash in Australia and was told in March that year that he was not part of England's future plans.
Meanwhile, there was a new Twenty20 world record in New Zealand as former Kiwi opening batsman Peter Fulton claimed five outfield catches for his Canterbury province against Northern Districts in their domestic Super Smash T20 league.
Listen to BBC World Service's Stumped programme, featuring an interview with Kevin Pietersen.


Most of us love cycling and at a school in Yorkshire the pupils have proven that two wheels are better than taking the car.

8 June 2016 Last updated at 11:17 BST
The pupils are so good at cycling that they have won an award for it.
For five days each pupil used a scooter or a bike to get to school.
The children like to get to school on two wheels because it's fun and helps the environment. Check out the video.


US President Barack Obama says there have been gains against so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria but warned the group still poses a threat.

As the jihadist group lost ground, he said, there were signs it was shifting to attacks abroad.
"The possibility of a lone actor or a small cell that kills people is real," he said, adding that networks in the US could be activated.
Mr Obama was giving an update to reporters after a Pentagon meeting.
Separately, he strongly denied that a $400m (Â£305m) cash payment to Iran was a ransom for the release of American prisoners in January.
The White House provided extensive comments on the issue on Wednesday.
Speaking after the meeting with top military and national security officials on Thursday, Mr Obama said IS was "not invincible".
"In fact, they are inevitably going to be defeated," the president said, predicting that the jihadist group would lose its self-proclaimed capital of Raqqa in Syria, in addition to their stronghold of Mosul in Iraq.
Mr Obama also said that IS "has not had a major successful offensive operation in Syria or Iraq in a full year".
While the militant group has been pegged back in those countries, it has carried out or claimed several high-profile attacks this year, such as in Iraq, France, Germany, Bangladesh and several other countries.
President Obama said it was important not to give in to fear.
"Isil can't defeat the United States of America or our Nato partners," he said, using an alternative acronym for IS.
But he warned the US could defeat itself if its leaders made "bad decisions" - like indiscriminately killing civilians or introducing religious tests on who could enter the country.
"Those kinds of strategies can end up backfiring because in order for us to ultimately win this fight we cannot frame this as a clash of civilisations between the West and Islam," he said.
"That plays exactly into the hands of Isil and the perverse interpretations of Islam that they are putting forward."
The US recently stepped up its efforts against IS, bombing one of the group's strongholds in Libya on Monday after a request by the UN-backed government.
Western powers have become increasingly concerned at IS's growing presence in Libya.


A bullet found in the exhumed body of a man killed in shootings in Ballymurphy in 1971 was not sent for forensic examination for three months.

The family of Joseph Murphy has hit out at authorities for the delay.
Forensic tests have confirmed that the bullet was fired from a military-issue weapon.
Mr Murphy, 41, a father of 12, was injured in Ballymurphy, west Belfast, in August 1971 and died 13 days later in hospital.
Nine others were also killed during a series of shootings by paratroopers over three days.
The shootings occurred during Operation Demetrius, when paramilitary suspects were being detained and interned without trial.
The bullet was found in the body of Mr Murphy in October 2015.
Mr Murphy's family have said that they believe he was shot at a military barracks after being injured and that the bullet may still be lodged in his leg.
However, his daughter, Janet Donnelly, said that the delay in examining the bullet had hurt her family as they have been unable to rebury him.
"I received the report a couple of days ago," she said.
"They know rightly my daddy hasn't been reburied yet and won't be until all these tests are completed. And they're sitting on their hands doing nothing."
Mrs Donnelly's solicitor Mark O'Connor said: "This is significant because it confirms what we already suspected - that there was a bullet lodged in Mr Murphy's body which wasn't picked up by a post-mortem.
"This will help us to establish the type of weapon used and potentially the trajectory that it entered Mr Murphy's body."
Mr Murphy was shot in the thigh and taken to the Henry Taggart army barracks, where he said he was shot through the open wound a second time.
Earlier this year, Coroner Jim Kitson told a preliminary hearing an exhumation order had been granted because of the "exceptional circumstances" of the case.


North Korea says it has successfully tested its first "intercontinental ballistic missile" (ICBM).

A state television announcement said the missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, could hit targets anywhere in the world.
But the US and Russia said the missile had a medium range and presented no threat to either country.
North Korea has increased the frequency of its missile tests, in defiance of a ban by the UN Security Council.
China and Russia  called on Pyongyang to freeze its missile and nuclear activities.
The announcement on North Korea state television said the Hwasong-14 missile test was overseen by leader Kim Jong-un.
It said the projectile had reached an altitude of 2,802km (1,731 miles) and flew 933km for 39 minutes before hitting a target in the sea.
North Korea, it said, was now "a full-fledged nuclear power that has been possessed of the most powerful inter-continental ballistic rocket capable of hitting any part of the world".
It would enable the country to "put an end to the US nuclear war threat and blackmail" and defend the Korean peninsula, it said.
While Pyongyang appears to have made progress, experts believe North Korea does not have the capability to accurately hit a target with an ICBM, or miniaturise a nuclear warhead that can fit onto such a missile.
Other nuclear powers have also cast doubt on North Korea's assessment, with Russia saying the missile only reached an altitude of 535km and flew about 510km.
The big question is what range it has, says the BBC's Steven Evans in Seoul. Could it hit the United States?
David Wright, a physicist with the US-based Union of Concerned Scientists, says that if the reports are correct, this missile could "reach a maximum range of roughly 6,700km on a standard trajectory".
That range would allow it to reach Alaska, but not the large islands of Hawaii or the other 48 US states, he says.
It is not just a missile that North Korea would need, our correspondent adds. It must also have the ability to protect a warhead as it re-enters the atmosphere, and it is not clear if North Korea can do that.
Once again North Korea has defied the odds and thumbed its nose at the world in a single missile launch. With the test of the Hwasong-14, it has shown that it can likely reach intercontinental ballistic missile ranges including putting Alaska at risk.
Kim Jong-un has long expressed his desire for such a test, and to have it on the 4 July holiday in the US is just the icing on his very large cake.
Despite this technical achievement, however, it is likely many outside North Korea will continue to be sceptical of North Korea's missile. They will ask for proof of working guidance, re-entry vehicle, and even a nuclear warhead.
From a technical perspective, though, their engines have demonstrated ICBM ranges, and this would be the first of several paths North Korea has to an ICBM with even greater range.
North Korea's missile programme
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has called on the UN Security Council to take steps against North Korea.
Japan described "repeated provocations like this are absolutely unacceptable" and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his country would "unite strongly" with the US and South Korea to put pressure on Pyongyang.
Russia and China said the launch was "unacceptable".
Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Moscow, where he held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The two leaders urged Pyongyang to suspend all its tests. They also asked the US and South Korea to not hold joint military exercises.
US President Donald Trump also responded swiftly on Tuesday.
On his Twitter account he made apparent reference to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, saying: "Does this guy have anything better to do with his life?"
"Hard to believe that South Korea and Japan will put up with this much longer. Perhaps China will put a heavy move on North Korea and end this nonsense once and for all!"
President Trump has repeatedly called on China, Pyongyang's closest economic ally, to pressure North Korea to end its nuclear and missile programmes.
On the prospect of North Korea being able to strike the US, he tweeted in January: "It won't happen". However experts say it might - within five years or less.
Beijing called for "restraint" following the latest test on Tuesday.
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China was opposed to North Korea going against clear UN Security Council resolutions on its missile launches.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for Prime Minister Theresa May said the UK "stood alongside the US and our allies to confront the threat North Korea poses to international security".
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The UK's largest High Street bingo operator, Gala, is being taken over by investment trust Caledonia for £241m.

Gala Bingo operates 130 bingo clubs with 1.1 million members and claims 38% of the UK retail bingo market.
The move is the latest in a series of ownership changes in the betting sector this year.
Gala Coral, Gala Bingo's parent company, is itself in the process of being bought by rival betting business Ladbrokes.
Gala said the sale of the clubs would help to pave the way for the deal, which is subject to approval by regulators.
Other tie-ups in the sector this year include Betfair and Paddy Power, and online firm 888 with rival Bwin.
Gala Coral will keep ownership of the online bingo website, galabingo.com.
Gala Coral has been owned by a number of private equity firms, including Apollo Global Management, Cerberus Capital Management, Anchorage Capital Partners and Park Square Capital, since 2010 when it was struggling with £2.5bn of debt.


Chinese authorities have launched a campaign to "eliminate" malpractice on instant messaging services.

They allege that some people have used such services "to distribute illegal and harmful information, seriously undermining public interests".
China has said suspects arrested in recent anti-terror sweeps shared their knowledge of making explosives via chat services and text messages.
Instant messaging apps have become hugely popular in China.
One of the biggest ones, WeChat, boasts more than 800 million users.
Over the past few years social media platforms have gained popularity among Chinese internet users keen to voice their opinions and share unfiltered information.
However, this has resulted in increased scrutiny and censorship by the authorities.
China even introduced a law to allow the government to imprison microbloggers, and dozens were arrested last year.
Subsequently, many users have ditched social media platforms in favour of mobile messaging services.
China's state-owned media agency, Xinhua, reported that the latest campaign will "target public accounts on instant messaging services, which can spread information on a large scale and mobilize followers".
It will crack down on those spreading rumours and information relating to violence, terrorism and pornography.
Those using instant messaging services for fraud will also be targeted.
"We will firmly fight against infiltration from hostile forces at home and abroad," Xinhua quoted China's state internet information office as saying.
Seven firms offering instant messaging services, including WeChat, Momo, Mi Talk and Yixin, have agreed to co-operate with the authorities and launch internal inspections, Xinhua said.


Lionel Messi matched Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo with a hat-trick this weekend as Barcelona returned to second in La Liga with victory over Espanyol.

The 27-year-old struck either side of half-time with two typically well-taken finishes to put his side ahead after Sergio Garcia's solo goal had given the visitors a surprise early lead.
After Messi's second, Barca took charge with Gerard Pique heading their third.
Pedro scored a fourth before Messi had the last word by completing the rout.
Messi's three goals - the first a pinpoint finish from the edge of the box, the second a side-foot strike after he had controlled Luis Suarez's pass and the third a tap-in following a one-two with Pedro - took him to 256 goals in La Liga in 291 appearances.
They also took him past the 200 goal mark in Spain's top flight since the 2009 arrival at Real Madrid of Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored his own 200th goal as part of a hat-trick in a 3-0 win over Celta Vigo on Saturday night.
Ronaldo's treble was a record 23rd in La Liga, but Messi is not far behind, having now notched up his 21st in the competition.
Ronaldo still leads the goalscoring charts for this season with 29 goals in 21 appearances in all competitions (and a stunning 23 in 13 in la Liga), with Messi having now scored 20 in 19 games this campaign, 13 of which have come in the league.
Barca were once again indebted to their Argentine forward for turning the game around after Garcia had charged forward to slot Espanyol into a 13th-minute lead and give them hope of a famous victory at the home of their local rivals.
However, having claimed the lead, Barca kicked on and Pique's header from a corner and substitute Pedro's drilled finish from Jordi Alba's pass swung the game decisively in their favour before Messi added the gloss.
Real's win (their Spanish record-equalling 18th in succession in all competitions) took them five points clear of their great rivals overnight.
But Barca's victory means the gap is now back to two points, with reigning champions Atletico Madrid two points behind Luis Enrique's side in third.


Junior doctors in England are striking again by refusing to go to work.

26 April 2016 Last updated at 08:14 BST
It's because of an argument with the government about changes to their pay and working hours.
The government says it wants to improve hospital services at weekends, but many doctors say the new plans aren't safe and will put patients at risk.
It's the doctors' fifth strike this year, but it's the first time the strike will affect things like accident and emergency and maternity units.
Those in need of care will still be looked after, because more senior doctors are stepping in to help.


They are used to generate electricity but this wind turbine at Ballynahinch, County Down, sparked interest from a sharp-eyed snapper after appearing to keel over.

The cause of the damage to the turbine near Begny Hill Road is still to be established.
But the eagle-eyed photographer was at the scene to capture what happened.
It is understood the turbine had only been installed in the last few days, but was not in operation.
The NIdirect government website says it is best to position a turbine "high on a mast or tower, as wind speed increases with height".
It adds that the "ideal site is a hill with a flat, clear exposure, free from strong turbulence and obstructions like large trees, houses or other buildings".


Manchester City missed a golden chance to close the gap on league leaders Chelsea as they surrendered a two-goal half-time lead against Burnley.

City were cruising when Fernandinho followed up David Silva's opener with a fine curling shot.
George Boyd scored straight after the break, turning home Danny Ings' shot while in an offside position.
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Then Ashley Barnes reacted quickest in a crowded penalty area to smash home a loose ball to earn the visitors a draw.
It was a result that didn't seem likely at the break, when, despite being without Yaya Toure, Manuel Pellegrini's side looked sure to cut Chelsea's lead at the top of the Premier League to a single point and a club record 10th successive win.
Samir Nasri's precise pass had been perfect for Jesus Navas to run on to. Silva had found enough space to collect his fellow countryman's cross.
He spun round and beat Burnley keeper Tom Heaton by his left-hand post from eight yards for his fourth goal in three games.
Nasri then showed admirable patience in waiting for an opening before eventually rolling a pass back to Fernandinho, whose superb curling shot provided him with his first goal of the season when it crashed in off the underside of the crossbar.
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The first-half was not without its mishaps for City.
Fernando was shown a yellow card for fouling Scott Arfield, a booking that will rule him out of the New Year's Day encounter with Sunderland, and Pablo Zabaleta needed a bandage applying to a wound sustained in a clash of heads with Eliaquim Mangala.
It took a slice of good fortune for Burnley to get back into the game at the start of the second period, with none of the officials spotting Boyd was in an offside position when he got the slightest of touches to Ings' shot before it squeezed under Joe Hart.
Both sides had chances after that. Heaton denied Nasri with a full-length save and, at the other end, Ings was narrowly wide with a shot from 25 yards before Arfield was denied by a well-timed tackle from Martin Demichelis.
Burnley kept going and their attacking intent was rewarded when a long free-kick bounced off Michael Keane and Barnes wasted no time in driving a first-time shot in to the roof of Hart's net before the City keeper had a chance to react.
Rather than risk losing their point, the visitors, who have not won an away game in the league against City since 1963, opted for a safety-first strategy at the end, with manager Sean Dyche telling his players to take the ball towards the corner flag during five minutes of injury time.
Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini: "It is a big opportunity to get two more points.
"At half-time everybody would think the game was over but I always say it is never over until the last minute. Burnley's first goal was a mistake by the referee but once it goes to 2-2 we didn't have the legs to score.
"We were at home. That is an advantage but Chelsea and Manchester United also drew."
Burnley manager Sean Dyche: "At half-time I thought we were performing well. The key was getting that first goal so early.
"I believe in the physicality of my players. Last season we would have played seven more games than this so I am not worried about fatigue.
"But it is only a point. It might be Manchester City and we might have been 2-0 down, but it is still only a point."


A wooden sculpture stolen just before its official unveiling four months ago has been found in Wrexham.

The 2m-high (6ft 6in) oak sculpture of a scarecrow was taken from Caia Woods soon after it was put in place in September.
Wrexham council said it reappeared nearby on Wednesday morning, none the worse for its ordeal.
The artwork, named Tattybogle, was made by tree carver Simon O'Rourke with help from local children.


Classic car aficionados descended on the National History Museum at St Fagan's on Sunday to celebrate the short life of Wales' only car company.

The South Wales group of the Gilbern Owners Club brought the annual Gilbern Weekend to their area, as they do every four years.
These cars, manufactured between 1959 and 1974, returned to their spiritual home, just a few miles from Llantwit Fardre, where two eccentric engineers built cars to take on the best British and German sports cars in a garage behind a butcher's shop.
It's a story of Welsh pride, engineering bravery in the face of big business and eventual failure in an economic crisis.
Bryan Mote, member of the Gilbern Owners Club and organiser of the weekend, is one of those 700 or so people worldwide who owns one of these cars.
"Most Gilbern owners love their cars because of the rarity, driveability and Welshness," he said.
"These cars were a wonderful feat for a local butcher and ex-prisoner of war, experimenting with fibre glass."
Giles Smith of Llantwit Fardre and Kent-based ex-prisoner-of-war Bernard Friese met by chance in the late 1950s and decided to build a one-off car in the fibreglass technology that both men admired.
Their first effort was judged, by Welsh racing driver Peter Cottrell, as too good to be a one-off.
Encouraged by this, they started production, to praise from the motoring press. Over 1000 GTs, Genies and Invaders were produced over the next 14 years.
By 1966 Gilbern had begun putting powerful V6 engines in its cars, taking on the might of British makes like Jaguar and Rover, and the German likes of BMW and Mercedes.
It had a celebrity following, with drivers including the Prince of Wales, Sir Anthony Hopkins and Ms Marks, of Marks and Spencer fame.
Gilbern Cars eventually fell victim to the 1974 economic crisis, with the stock market and the three-day week playing more of a part even than the oil crisis.
Bryan Mote says that Gilbern cars are only going up in value. "Out of about 1000 cars produced, the club are aware of about 700 still around, with many undergoing restoration or awaiting restoration.
"The value in recent times has increased, with a restorable car from about £2,000 to a concours-standard car as much as £18-20,000."
The fibreglass body of the Welsh car means that they have a survival rate matched only by the likes of Aston Martin and Rolls Royce.
Philip Ivimey of the Gilbern Owners Club, talking to BBC Wales after the funeral of Giles Smith in 2003, said: "The Gilbern was in its time the very best in terms of quality and I think that it is up there with Lotus and TVR."
The Gilbern Weekend took in a range of locations across south Wales, including a two-hour drive through the Vale of Glamorgan.
That included a visit to Llandow, where the prototype car was tested by the late Peter Cottrell in 1959, and the site of the factory at Llantwit Fadre.
The highlight of the weekend was a static display at St Fagan's, featuring around 50 cars, which were judged in different classes.