A vote on plans to upgrade Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent system is a "stunt designed to expose divisions in the Labour party", Shadow Welsh Secretary Paul Flynn has said.

MPs will vote on Monday on a UK government plan to renew the ageing weapons system.
It is opposed by the SNP, Plaid Cymru and some Labour MPs.
Tory MP David Davies said discussions on Trident cannot be put on hold while Labour "sort themselves out".
In Wales, the Pontypridd MP and Labour leadership contender Owen Smith has said he would vote to support the renewal of Trident, which is based on the Clyde in Scotland.
This puts him at odds with the current party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
Mr Flynn has previously called Trident a "sinful waste of money".
Renewing the weapons would cost billions of pounds.
Mr Flynn told BBC Wales: "This is a crude political stunt designed to expose divisions in the Labour Party.
"This is not about retaining an expensive but unusable virility symbol. It's about posturing and playing party political games.
"Labour's free vote will avoid political damage."
But David Davies, Conservative MP for Monmouth, said: "We have been talking about Trident for ages. We are going to have to have a vote on it at some point.
"The Labour party has had internal problems for what seems to be quite some time. They show no sign of ending any time soon.
"We can't put the discussion about the nation's defences on hold while we wait for the Labour party to sort themselves out."
The SNP has said that the Trident renewal plans "need more scrutiny".
The party's Westminster group leader Angus Robertson said "neither the Tories nor Labour are in any fit state to be giving proper scrutiny to decisions as important as this."
A Ministry of Defence spokeswoman said: "The UK's independent nuclear deterrent is the ultimate guarantee of our nation's safety which is why the government is committed to maintaining it.
"We estimate costs will amount to around 0.2% per year of government spending - a small price to pay to ensure the security of British citizens."


A record number of people celebrated Diwali in Leicester in what is thought to be the largest event outside India.

About 41,000 people descended on the city's Golden Mile to mark the Hindu festival of light, with entertainment including fireworks and dancing.
The lights switch on earlier this month also attracted a record attendance with 37,000 in Leicester's south Asian area.
The festival, also marked by Jains and Sikhs, celebrates the victory of good over evil.
At the centre of Leicester's celebrations was a 110ft (34m) ferris wheel, known as the Wheel of Light. About 6,000 coloured lamps were strung up around the city.
As well as fireworks and the street lights, shops put on entertainment and there was traditional dancing and music to mark the festival.
Rangoli sand art decorations and light displays also wowed the gathered crowds.
The demolition of the Belgrave Flyover last year allowed for an extension of the celebration along the full length of Belgrave Road.


Police should change their approach to allegations of sex abuse and not automatically believe the complainant, Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe has suggested.

Speaking at a BBC event, the Met Police commissioner said it was time to "reformulate" the policy, so police showed empathy towards victims but kept an open mind as they tested claims.
The policy is expected to be considered in a review of the Met's procedures.
The NSPCC said it was "deeply disturbed" by the proposed change.
The review, which will be led by an ex-judge, follows criticism of the Met's handling of high-profile investigations into claims of historical sex abuse.
It will scrutinise the force's handling of investigations including Operation Midland - which is looking at claims that boys were abused by powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies in the 1970s and 80s.
In 2014, Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary said "the presumption that a victim should always be believed should be institutionalised".
However, Sir Bernard told BBC Radio 4's Today programme police had become "hung up" on the word belief and it had "confused officers".
He said: "My point would be of course we've got to be empathetic. We want people to believe we're going to listen to them, we want to be open minded, what they tell us and then what the suspects tell us, and then we've got to test all that evidence.
"I think there is a grave danger at the moment with the advice that is around that perhaps there is a tendency to think that we will always believe any complaint that is made and that's not wise for any good investigator, nor as it would be for any journalist."
Much of the criticism of Operation Midland has revolved around comments made by one senior detective.
At the beginning of the investigation, the officer described allegations made by a man known as Nick as "credible and true".
Sir Bernard said the officer had "misspoken" after becoming "confused" by the need to follow guidance about complainants being believed.
Asked whether the Met risked dissuading victims from coming forward, Sir Bernard said police had been criticised for carrying out a "witch hunt" after previously being accused of not properly investigating abuse claims.
"We are now being accused of being witch hunters and doing it in a very inappropriate way and I'm prepared to look at that and that's why I've set up this review.
"If we get this wrong, not just police, but society, lawyers, etcetera, people won't come forward, and surely what we we all want to happen, particularly a child today, wants to feel confident that someone is not going to hang them out to dry," Sir Bernard said.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw
"The police should immediately institutionalise the presumption that the victim is to be believed".
Those were the words of Sir Tom Winsor, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary, speaking in November 2014 - the month, coincidentally, that Scotland Yard launched Operation Midland.
Sir Tom was commenting after an inspection found that one in four sexual offences - and one in five of all crimes - reported to police in England and Wales weren't being recorded.
Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe's suggestion that police now adopt a more "open-minded" approach to victims' allegations is perhaps more of a change of gear than a handbrake turn.
He's not saying allegations shouldn't be taken seriously, logged properly and investigated thoroughly.
It's more about the need for detectives to remain objective throughout the process, and not to give the impression, least of all to suspects, that they're siding with victims.
The review into the Met's procedures comes as the former head of the Army Lord Bramall, 92 - who last month found out he would not face any further action in connection with Operation Midland - called for a review into the case.
The peer strongly denied claims, and said detectives had taken 10 months before speaking to witnesses who cast doubt on the allegations.
There has also been scrutiny of the Met Police's handling of an investigation into a rape allegation against the late Lord Brittan, a former home secretary.
He died in January 2015 without being told that the case against him had been dropped.
Sir Bernard has come under mounting pressure to apologise to Lord Bramall.
Critics have also questioned whether his contract with the Met - which is up in September this year - should be renewed.
Sir Bernard insisted he had not set up the inquiry to "divert attention" away from himself.
However, he defended his decision not to apologise to Lord Bramall.
Sir Bernard told the Today programme: "I can't really apologise for investigating a serious allegation and that's what we've done.
"I have expressed regret and it's a genuine regret, if he, Lord Bramall, or his family has been damaged in this process, this investigation."
The commissioner said if the inquiry found the force could have "done it better" he would "acknowledge" the criticism.
Sir Peter Fahy, a former chief constable of Greater Manchester Police, told BBC Newsnight he felt some of the criticism Sir Bernard was receiving was unfair and that he was a "remarkable police leader".
However, he said that in the same position he would apologise to Lord Brittan's wife for the delay in informing him his case had been dropped.
"There is clearly a particular issue about a delay... that is a clear mistake, an error. It is not how the procedure should work," he said.
"But I certainly think that no chief constable would apologise for investigating anybody."
The NSPCC said it was "deeply disturbed" by the suggested change of police approach to sexual abuse victims.
"At a time when people have at long last found the confidence and courage to report these crimes it would be a tragedy to bring this progress to a juddering halt.
"Telling those who have been sexually abused they will no longer be automatically believed seems to be a panic measure which could have an adverse effect on a crime the government has classified as a 'national threat.'"


A main road on the Isle of Wight is to be repaired more than two years after it collapsed due to heavy rain.

Two sections of the A3055 Undercliff Drive suffered landslips in February 2014, creating a three-mile detour between Niton and St Lawrence.
Some residents, frustrated with delays, resurfaced the road themselves in October 2014, but the council shut it again for safety reasons.
The authority says the new route will only be open for local access.
The landslide, which happened during work to repair the road, caused eight homes to be evacuated.
The council said the collapse was caused by unusually heavy rain in an area of "known land instability" where there had been numerous landslips in the past.
The authority's planning committee has approved a new route, slightly inland, providing full access for local residents' vehicles, walkers, cyclists and horse riders, but closed to through traffic.
The work will be carried out by the authority's contractor Island Roads under an existing Private Finance Initiative (PFI) deal.
The company said the work would last eight weeks.
Resident Tim Wright said the solution was a "temporary scheme" which failed to address drainage problems.
The council said "retaining the existing drainage arrangements for the highway would not increase the potential for ground movement to occur".
Planning chairman Bob Blezzard said he hoped in the future there would be another application for the road to be "fully reinstated".


Strictly Come Dancing pro Gorka Marquez has told fans he is "feeling better" after being assaulted in Blackpool.

The 26-year-old had to undergo dental surgery after two of his front teeth in his lower jaw were badly chipped.
Lancashire Police has contacted the BBC to "establish the details of the incident" so it can be investigated.
Marquez was reportedly walking to a nightclub with other Strictly dancers on Saturday when he was attacked following filming in the seaside town.
The incident, said to have involved a gang of youths, has not been reported to the police.
Marquez tweeted: "Thanks for all your kind messages and support about Blackpool.
"It was a bad experience but I'm feeling better and just want to look forward to the show on Saturday!"
The BBC said the Spanish dancer had been "sadly the victim of an unprovoked incident".
A spokesman added: "He will be back in training this week and is looking forward to the group routine next weekend."
Marquez made his Strictly debut in this year's series and had been partnering EastEnders actress Tameka Empson, who plays Kim Fox in the BBC soap.
The pair were eliminated in the second round but Marquez has continued to appear in the programme as part of the weekly group routines - including one featured on Saturday night's live show.
Strictly's annual special filmed in the Blackpool Tower Ballroom is seen by celebrity contestants and the professional dancers alike as one of the highlights of the series.
Marquez also stepped in to dance with singer Anastacia in week five when her partner Brendan Cole was ill.
According to the The Sun, Marquez was with fellow professional dancers Aljaz Skorjanec and Neil Jones when he was assaulted.
The newspaper said they had been walking to the Flamingo nightclub near Blackpool Tower when a group of youths approached them.
It added that Marquez had not been drinking and had not made any contact with the gang before the assault.
Speaking about the attack on Twitter, Strictly contestant Ore Oduba said: "Are people for real? Sending the best to our guy @GorkaMarquez1."
Marquez represented Spain in the World Latin Championships in 2010 and reached the semi-finals of the 2012 World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) World Cup, according to his biography on the BBC website.
In 2014, he joined dance show Burn The Floor as one of the leads and has toured the world.
This weekend's Strictly Come Dancing saw British track and field athlete Greg Rutherford voted off the show.
In addition to Oduba, the remaining celebrities in this year's series are Claudia Fragapane, Danny Mac, Ed Balls, Judge Rinder and Louise Redknapp.
Marquez is due to partner The Saturdays singer Frankie Bridge in the show's Christmas special.
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A Devon farm which featured in the children's book War Horse has opened a museum dedicated to the story.

Parsonage Farm, which has been farmed by the same family for nearly 100 years features in the Michael Morpurgo book, along with the parish of Iddesleigh.
The farm's 500-year-old cob barn now houses a War Horse exhibition, along with World War One artefacts.
Local residents have contributed letters and photos from 100 years ago to the exhibition.
Graham Ward, from the museum, said: "Michael Morpurgo is a neighbour and he based his book on this farm.
"He has lived here since 1974, Iddesleigh is his home. There are several people that Michael spoke to when he was writing his book.
"We've had several people come to the village through the book and the film."
In the book, which has been turned into a film and stage play, the main character Joey the horse grows up at the Wards' family farm. Several fields mentioned in the story belong to the farm.
The museum also looks at farming in Devon, 100 years ago, showing off a variety of machinery.
Mr Ward said: "Life would have been hard work, lots of manual work. People worked together in large numbers.
"To milk one cow would take about a quarter of an hour manually, now with machinery we can milk 14 cows in 10 minutes."
The farm was also once home to the Reverend John "Jack" Russell, the first breeder of the terriers to which he gives his name.
The new museum, called War Horse Valley Country Farm Park, opens to the public each weekend from Easter until the end of September.


About 20,000 revellers were at Stonehenge to mark the Summer Solstice, each hoping to see the sun as it rose above the ancient stone circle at dawn.

Police described the event on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire as one of the safest in years, although 34 people were arrested for minor drug offences.
Sunrise, marking the longest day of the year north of the equator, occurred over the circle at 0452 BST.
The Heel Stone, just outside the main circle, aligns with the rising sun.
Peter Carson from English Heritage said: "It has been quieter this year but it's been a great solstice.
"It's an improvement on the last few years - the last time I remember seeing the sun rise was in 2003 - so it's great to see the sun has put in an appearance.
"This year there are about 20,000 people and last year it was about 35,000 - so that is quite a bit down which has meant the operation is a lot easier. "
He said two years ago the solstice happened early on a Saturday and about 30,000 people attended.
He added: "I think the days of the week do make a considerable difference to the number of people who come along - this year it's a Monday morning.
"The people who are streaming out now -  a lot of them are going to work."
Victoria Campbell, 29, was among those marking the solstice.
She said: "It means a lot to us...being British and following our pagan roots."
The Londoner, who works in the finance industry, added "getting away from the city" was a major draw.
On Sunday police chiefs said they had planned for "all eventualities" ahead of the event.
Last year a record 36,500 revellers attended, causing traffic chaos and road closures.


An Edinburgh high school is planning to immunise "vulnerable" staff and students after a pupil contracted measles.

James Gillespie's High School said the immunisations would be carried out on 12 October.
The school told parents it had been informed "too late" to take any preventative measures.
NHS Lothian said the case at the school was part of a wider increase in measles in the area.
In a letter to parents of pupils at the school, business manager David Anderson said: "Unfortunately by the time we are informed of an infection it is too late to apply preventative measures for the current outbreak.
"However, we are trying to arrange immunisation on Wednesday, 12 October, for vulnerable staff and students to protect against future outbreaks.
"NHS Scotland will provide us with details of students who they believe have not had the full course of vaccinations and we will aim to target those students and give them further information and consent forms to take home."
A spokesman for City of Edinburgh Council said: "In line with the guidance of NHS Lothian letters have been issued to parents advising of the situation and including facts on measles vaccinations."
The MMR immunisation programme prevents against measles with the first dose given soon after a child's first birthday and the second dose before they go to school.
The NHS said some people were at greater risk of complications if they contracted measles, including pregnant women, babies under 12 months of age and people who have weakened immune systems.


It's the kind of place that when you press the doorbell, you may hear a distinct "bling, bling" coming from the inside.

Welcome to the UK's first block of flats where the style and interiors have all been designed by the global fashion house, Versace.
As a result, fashionistas who choose to live their lives smothered in Versace will soon be able to live under its roof as well.
Every morning they'll be able to wake up in Versace sheets, drink tea from a Versace cup, wallow in a Versace bath and walk on Versace-patterned carpets - even before accessing their Versace wardrobe.
From now on, let no-one else tell you that they live in a designer flat.
In fact, no-one will be moving in for another five years or so, but such is the hype surrounding this week's launch, that dozens of the apartments have already been sold.
That will leave many people wondering which is the more frightening trend: the fact that developers may be able to charge an even higher premium for their bricks and mortar or that the boundaries of taste may be shifting ever further from the simple and the understated.
The quickly nicknamed Jenga tower - after the game with wooden blocks - is due to open in the Nine Elms area of London in 2020.
All the residents will have access to a Versace-designed communal lounge, a "sky garden" on the 24th floor, a 900 sq ft pool on the 23rd floor and a Versace-designed children's' play area.
In this universe, even two and three-year-olds need to be discerning, apparently.
All bathrooms will have Versace tubs, taps, tiling and a floor made from a single sheet of marble, while all kitchens will contain a Versace breakfast bar.
The reception rooms will be carpeted with a classic "Greek key" designs, and the bedrooms will have a "feature wall".
The word from Milan is that aficionados have not lived, or loved, till now.
"Versace is synonymous with fashion and luxury, and its participation in the real estate business provides the opportunity to fully experience the Versace lifestyle," says Gian Giacomo Ferraris, the company's chief executive.
Prices start at £1m for a two-bedroom apartment, and £3m for a three-bedroom.
And those spending that amount will be able to immerse themselves even more fully in the world of the Italian fashion house.
They will be flown free of charge to its Milan headquarters, where they will be able to discuss their interior design needs in greater detail with a Versace consultant.
"Each one will be overseen by Donatella Versace, as she does all her designs," says Krete Luca, sales manager with Hamptons International, which is handling inquiries for the development.
At that point, a whole new world of "Versace-ness" opens up.
The owners will be able to buy branded cutlery, glasses and tablecloths with the word Versace embossed in the corner and pictures, sofas, table lamps and cushions bearing the signature Medusa head.
"Versace is a very specialised taste," says Daniel Hopwood, presenter of BBC Two's The Great Interior Design Challenge and a designer himself.
"It was big in the 1980s. It's quite excessive and quite baroque in design - shiny surfaces and a lot of gold. But it's bling in a nice way."
However, most of the design and the colours in London will be muted, says Mr Luca.
"The bathroom's a light grey marble, with a subtle finish. However, if you want a more flamboyant look, you can have that," he says.
In the future, more and more interiors may come from fashion designers. After all, they are already established brands. Few other interior designers - apart from perhaps Kelly Hoppen - are household names.
The developers of the Nine Elms project, Damac, have already used Versace to design apartment blocks in Saudi Arabia and Beirut.
And its Italian rival Armani is currently building a block of apartments in Florida, with prices of up to $6m for ocean-front units.
"We are going to see more of this," says Daniel Hopwood.
"It's a scary future, but it will happen, especially with internationalism."
Fashion brands are moving into the hotel market too, providing further impetus for their interior design products. An Armani hotel already occupies 11 floors of the Burj Khalifa hotel in Dubai. There is also a branch in Milan.
The Bulgari hotel in London's Knightsbridge provides other clues as to what the future may look like.
The website explains that the hotel "offers subtle quotations from Bulgari's beginnings as a Roman silversmith".
In other words, there's a lot of shininess here too.
Branded interior design doesn't have to be posh, of course.
"It could be Armani, Versace, or even Ikea," says Hopwood. Indeed Ikea has been helping to build affordable homes in Sweden since 1997.
Nevertheless, for those who like to put their own stamp on their homes, the idea is unlikely to be popular universally.
"As a concept, for most people, walking into a branded house will feel very alien," says Hopwood.
"Do you have to take it right down to the socks and underpants, for goodness' sake?"


As cities grow and technology evolves, the increasing level of complexity enhances vulnerability to earthquakes.

It's not a question of if the San Andreas fault ruptures in Southern California, but when.
This was the message of US Geological Survey (USGS) scientist Dr Lucy Jones here at the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
Giving a public lecture at the gathering of more than 20,000 geoscientists from across the globe, Dr Jones outlined the dangers and challenges Southern California faces as it waits for the next "big one".
The region accommodates the major urban centres of Los Angeles and San Diego.
At the time of the infamous earthquake that hit San Francisco in 1906, less than one in three US citizens lived in cities, but now the overwhelming majority of the American population is urban, and urban resilience is a big issue.
Much of the current focus on earthquake planning is acted out in building regulations. Californian construction codes are based on satisfying a target of 90% probability that a building does not collapse.
In other words, there is a tacit acceptance that 10% of buildings could collapse in the vicinity of the next maximum credible earthquake. Such earthquakes hit California once every three centuries or so.
In addition, in the event of such a quake, some buildings that do not collapse will nonetheless remain uninhabitable, due to the risk of collapse in aftershocks. These are given a so-called "red tag".
Past experience shows that this is a significant multiplier. In the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that hit Northridge, 20 miles north-west of Los Angeles in 1994, around 230 buildings collapsed but around 2,300 red tags were issued.
Similarly, in a quake that hit the San Francisco Marina District in 1989, for every collapsed building, around 10 others receive a red tag.
Carrying these results over to the worst-case scenarios for Los Angeles, this suggest that almost all buildings could become uninhabitable and still satisfy the definition of success for the building code.
Seismologists at the US Geological Survey have simulated the effects of the next big Californian earthquake in a programme of study called ShakeOut.
One of their computer models assumes that the next big event on the San Andreas fault will be magnitude 7.8, with a single event in which a rupture starts in Southern California near the Salton Sea and then shoots north along the fault to hit Los Angeles.
In their model, the thick sediments that downtown LA sits upon amplify the strong shaking of the quake, which would happen around 75 seconds after the first small signal of the earthquake.
Ground motions would be of "Intensity 9", corresponding to accelerations of one G, causing significant damage to buildings. The model suggests the collapse of possibly around 1% of the buildings in an area of 10 million people.
The end result would be that around half the buildings in the area would have to be abandoned. But the model's most disturbing results show that beyond the building damage there would be significant disruption of inter-dependent infrastructure.
Transportation, gas and electricity supplies, sewerage systems, water supplies and communications would all be affected.
Whether a modern civic society could operate under such conditions is questionable. At the instant of the USGS model earthquake, debris would close roads, extinguish traffic lights, water supplies would be cut off, and emergency responders would have difficulty operating.
Beyond that, the disruption of the supply chain also becomes an issue, pointed out Dr Jones. The move towards a "just in time" economy in grocery stores and elsewhere has introduced additional vulnerability.
There are few warehouses or stockpiles of food on the western side of the San Andreas fault.
The water system is vulnerable: 70% of the water pipes in Southern California are made of brittle concrete which would likely fail in a large quake, with LA served by water supplies that traverse the San Andreas fault.
Even repairing the pipe network was stated as an issue, since current pipe manufacture in the US is insufficient to replace the damage in under six months. Replacement by polyurethane piping, which can withstand earthquake shaking, could overcome this problem.
The impact of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans serves as a cautionary example of the impact on society of a major natural catastrophe.
If water, power, transport and other infrastructure was cut off to downtown LA for six months or more, it seems likely that many commercial businesses would fail.
In the case of earthquakes in particular, aftershocks could cause additional psychological distress that would likely result in the net movement of populations away from the stricken zone, again damaging local economies.
The largest growth decade in the history of LA was the one that followed the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco. In short, people left San Francisco and moved south.
"It will be interesting to see where LA ends up going," said Dr Jones.
"Critical infrastructure needs to be kept in place so that society can continue working."
The last big earthquake that hit California, the one at Northridge, occurred when the internet age had just got going. Now, two-thirds of the data capacity of LA is carried in fibre optic cables that cross the San Andreas fault and would likely be broken in a large quake.
Mobile phone antenna towers are not covered by earthquake building regulations. The magnitude 8.8 quake that hit Chile in 2010 wiped out all electronic communications for three days, Dr Jones said.
And there are other vulnerabilities. The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are the largest in the US, with 80% of container traffic and 40% of total US imports going through them.
While they themselves are not particularly vulnerable, transportation from those ports to the remainder of the US would likely be disrupted, claimed the USGS researcher, pointing out also that oil pipelines from these ports to Nevada and Arizona cross the fault, with the possibility of wildfires erupting should they be broken.
San Francisco was destroyed by fire in 1906, not by the earthquake. Fire-fighting remains a huge problem in the face of a major quake, said Dr Jones. Cascading events, where disaster moves to catastrophe, must be avoided, she continued.
The outcomes in Japan at Fukushima, where a chain of failures cascaded to a catastrophe, demonstrate the type of unforeseen consequence that may ensue following a major quake.
Should a San Andreas quake coincide with the strong Santa Ana winds that frequently blow down over LA, fires could take hold and destroy large parts of the city.
Answers to such vulnerability lie in cooperation within communities, claimed Dr Jones. And while the internet is adding a level of complexity and vulnerability to civic society, it may also impart some small hope, by allowing the development of early warning systems.
Those 75 seconds between the initial (P-wave) shake of the next big quake and the devastating impact of the secondary wave could be critical in saving life.
But Dr Jones's message rang clear: the viability of communities after a major event depends upon preparation now.


A small London airport needs to extend its hours to avoid being forced to take on holidaymakers and more commercial airlines, its boss has claimed.

Biggin Hill Airport wants to increase bank holiday and weekend opening times to increase the number of flights.
Director William Curtis said he feared the airport could be asked to help the UK meet increased demand for air travel if the extension was not granted.
Bromley Council has approved new hours "in principle".
The airport, which caters to the business and general aviation sectors, is pushing for an hours' extension on weekdays, five-and-a-half hours' extra flying time on Saturday, and a further four-hour increase on Sundays.
Mr Curtis was asked whether he was "scaremongering" about taking holiday airlines during a BBC London interview.
He said: "What we will do is to ensure that we have set our stall out in the business and general aviation sector and we won't therefore be potentially looked at later by government as a solution to the capacity crisis."
Councillor Stephen Carr, leader of Bromley Council, said the move had the needs of residents versus those of a successful airport "at the heart of" it.
Bromley Council said the length and timings of the extension were yet to be decided, and would be subject to noise controls and monitoring.
The agreement follows an eight-week consultation period which saw 76% of respondents support the plan, it said.
In total, the consultation received more than 41,000 responses, with 31,500 coming out in support of the proposals and about 10,000 against.
However, some have expressed concern at the council's decision.
Hugh Bance, of Bromley Residents Against Airport Development, said there were 200,000 people living under the flight path who would be affected.


A virtual reality experience which allows people to encounter one of the world's most impressive trees is coming to Wales.

Treehugger: Wawona, which showcases the giant sequoia of California, won an immersive storytelling award at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.
It will go on show for the first time in Wales at Margam Country Park, Port Talbot, from Saturday until 1 July.
The 15-minute experience is for four visitors at a time.
It was created in a collaboration between researchers at London's Natural History Museum and Salford University, using the latest 3D imaging techniques.


British boxers made history at the European Championships by guaranteeing more medals than ever before in the competition's 90-year history.

Eight of the GB boxing team reached Friday's semi-finals in Ukraine, guaranteeing medals in the process.
Galal Yafai (49kg), Peter McGrail (56kg), Luke McCormack (64kg) and Cheavon Clarke (91kg) won through.
Niall Farrell (52kg), Pat McCormack (69kg), Calum French (60kg) and Frazer Clarke (+91kg) won later on Wednesday.
The GB Boxing team have got a new Olympic cycle of athletes with the majority of the Rio 2016 fighters now professional or set to turn pro.
Only Yafai and McCormack have experience at an international tournament yet the squad still outperformed the six-medal haul achieved at the 2015 European Championships.
"This young team are developing well considering the Tokyo Olympics are just over three years away," said Team GB performance director Rob McCracken, who is Anthony Joshua's coach.
"The challenge for the boxers and the team is to try to turn those medals into a silver or a gold. It has been a tremendous showing out here and bodes well for the future."
All 10 of the squad qualified for the World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, in August, courtesy of reaching the quarter-finals in Kharkiv.
Only Lee McGregor (56kg) and Tom Whittaker-Hart (81kg) of the British squad failed to reach the semi-finals.
Scotland's Sean Lazzerini (81kg) and Aqeel Ahmed (49kg) were beaten in the last eight but consequently secured places at August's Worlds.
Clarke at heavyweight was impressive as he knocked out Abdulkadir Abdullayev of Azerbaijan in round one of their quarter-final.
Yafai, McGrail, Pat McCormack and Farrell all claimed every round in their wins. Victories for both McCormack twins and French ensures Gateshead's Birtley ABC Gym has three fighters still in the competition.
Those through to the semi-finals will compete on Friday, live on the BBC Red Button, with finals taking place on Sunday.


A giant gold coin bearing the Queen's image, and worth $4m (Â£3.2m), has been stolen from a museum in Germany.

The Canadian coin, nicknamed the "big maple leaf", has a face value of $1m - but because it is 100kg (220lb) of pure 24-carat gold, its value is much higher at today's price for gold bullion.
It was taken during the night from the Bode Museum in Berlin.
It is not clear how the thieves evaded the alarm system or carried the heavy, half-metre (20.9 in) coin away.
The theft is believed to have happened at around 03:30 Monday morning (01:30 GMT).
The coin is thought to be too heavy for a single person to carry, and police believe the thieves entered through a window.
A ladder was found on the train tracks nearby.
"Based on the information we have so far we believe that the thief, maybe thieves, broke open a window in the back of the museum next to the railway tracks," police spokesman Winfrid Wenzel told Reuters news agency. "They then managed to enter the building and went to the coin exhibition."
"The coin was secured with bullet-proof glass inside the building. That much I can say," he added - but refused to discuss details about security staff or the alarm system.
The coin was minted by the Royal Canadian Mint in 2007.
It is 3cm (1.18in) thick, 53cm in diameter, and carries a likeness of Queen Elizabeth II on one side, as Canada's head of state.
The other side shows the Canadian national symbol, the maple leaf.
The coin cabinet at the Bode Museum holds more than 540,000 objects, but German media report only the "big maple leaf" was stolen.


The governor of California has implemented the first mandatory water restrictions in the state's history.

The order implements a 25% reduction in water usage for cities and towns across the parched state.
Vast areas of government-owned lawns will be replaced by drought-tolerant landscaping, and towns will be banned from watering ornamental grass.
Last year, Governor Jerry Brown proclaimed a state of emergency after years of drought.
The snow in the mountains is at its lowest level since records began, so water supplies from melting snow will be lower than normal in coming months.
"We are standing on dried grass, and we should be standing in five feet of snow," said Mr Brown, speaking in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
"People should realise we're in a new era. The idea of your nice little green grass getting lots of water every day - that's going to be a thing of the past," he said.
The new order will require university campuses, cemeteries, golf courses and other large landowners to make major cuts in their water usage.
Farmers in the United States' largest farm state have been hit hard in recent years.
But Mr Brown's critics said his order did not go far enough to address agricultural use of water.
"In the midst of a severe drought, the governor continues to allow corporate farms and oil interests to deplete and pollute our precious groundwater resources that are crucial for saving water,'' said Adam Scow, California director of the group Food & Water Watch.
Previous extremely dry years led to catastrophic wildfire seasons in California in 2003 and 2007.


An Edinburgh advocate has been found guilty of defrauding the Scottish Legal Aid Board of £11,663 and attempting to defraud it of another £37,882.

Mark Strachan, 55, was found guilty by majority verdict after a 10-day trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Strachan had denied falsely claiming travel allowances and mileage fees on 341 instances between March 2006 and November 2010.
Sentence was deferred until 14 March for reports and Strachan was bailed.
The court heard that Strachan had homes in Aberdeenshire, West Lothian and Edinburgh.
When he was in Aberdeen on business, he would sometimes see a number of people on the same day.
He then charged the board the full fee of £100 travel allowance and £108.80 mileage for a 272-mile return journey to the central belt, at 40p a mile, for each person he saw.
He was entitled to claim only one travel and mileage allowance.
The Crown held that Strachan was not making the return journey to Linlithgow or Edinburgh every trip, as he claimed, but was staying with his wife, Elaine, at their home in Old Leslie, 30 miles from Aberdeen. This was denied by Strachan and her.
Strachan's defence counsel, Brian McConnachie QC, had told the jury his client was no longer practising as an advocate, but was studying for a degree in oil and gas law at Aberdeen University.
Fiscal Depute, Keith O'Mahony, told Sheriff Kenneth Maciver that Strachan had no previous convictions.
He added that the Faculty of Advocates' financial section had repaid £4,509, but nothing more had been received by the board since September 2011.
The Crown, he said, was seeking a confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act.
The sheriff told Strachan it had been a serious and significant fraud.
He added: "The court has to consider not only the scale and nature of the crime, but also the issue of a breach of trust, because as an advocate you are in a special position".
The sheriff warned Strachan: "You must prepare yourself for the possibility the court may require custody."


The Iraqi government has declared a "magnificent victory" over Islamic State militants in the city of Tikrit.

Troops are still fighting to clear the last remaining IS holdout in the city, but Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi was filmed raising an Iraqi flag there.
The month-long operation to recapture Tikrit has been the biggest launched yet by the government against IS.
It stalled for a time, but was given fresh momentum when the US-led coalition began air strikes last week.
The army says it regards Tikrit's recapture as a key stage before it tries to retake Iraq's second city, Mosul, and drive IS out of the country altogether.
On Wednesday, state television broadcast pictures showing Mr Abadi, army and police commanders, Shia militia leaders and the governor of Salahuddin province walking through Tikrit.
The Reuters news agency said explosions and gunfire could be heard as Interior Minister Mohammed al-Ghabban told reporters: "Most of Tikrit today is liberated, only small parts remain [outside our control]."
Troops were trying to clear the northern district of Qadisiya, and were also working to remove mines and bombs from recaptured areas, Mr Ghabban said.
"We will reopen police stations to restore normalcy in the city, and we will form committees to supervise the return of people displaced from their homes," he added.
Tikrit, about 140km (90 miles) north of the capital Baghdad, was captured by IS militants last June, as they swept southwards from Mosul through predominantly Sunni areas and routed the army.
The offensive to recapture Tikrit was launched on 2 March and involved some 30,000 personnel, two thirds of them from the Popular Mobilisation (al-Hashd al-Shaabi), a force comprising dozens of Iranian-backed Shia militia.
Iranian military advisers, led by Gen Qasem Soleimani of the Revolutionary Guards' Quds Force, initially co-ordinated the operation.
Although there was no air support from the US-led coalition, the government's forces made rapid progress over the first two weeks, driving IS militants out of towns and villages along the Tigris river near Tikrit and then encircling the city. But the offensive then stalled.
IS militants were able to repel assaults on the city centre until Mr Abadi requested coalition air strikes last week, prompting a boycott by most of the militia in the Popular Mobilisation.
Separately on Wednesday, the UN mission to Iraq announced that at least 997 people, including 729 civilians, had been killed in violent attacks in March, slightly down from February's toll.
The new UN envoy, Jan Kubis, said the recapture of Tikrit represented a "victory for all the Iraqi people", and that the UN was ready to provide assistance to the Iraqi authorities.


Paramedics in Northern Ireland face an "enormous burden of stress", a trade union's survey suggests.

Unison said 96% of 248 ambulance workers questioned suffer from work-related stress.
It also said more than 80% of staff had considered leaving their jobs and that 71% suffered from sleep problems.
The Department of Health has said it will consider the report's findings to ensure front-line staff are given appropriate support.
In the report, one paramedic said hospital closures meant they had to drive hundreds of miles every day.
Unison regional organiser Nuala Conlon said pressure on emergency staff was reaching "dangerously high levels".
"The pressure on workers is mounting and the apparent lack of support from their employers means they are suffering in silence," she said.
"Year after year, the levels of stress remain unacceptably high and yet neither employers nor the government have done anything to address this."
In a statement, the Department of Health said: "The department looks to all health and social care organisations to ensure that staff working on the frontline are given appropriate support to carry out the vital services that they deliver to patients."


Seven people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected Â£21m money laundering fraud.

The joint operation is being conducted by the UK's HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), the Guernsey Border Agency and the Manx and Cheshire Constabularies.
Raids took place in and around Douglas, on the Isle of Man, as well as across the UK and Guernsey.
An Isle of Man police spokesman said "significant amounts of cash and business records" had been seized.
However, the force declined to provide any further details about the suspects.
Insp Derek Flint, from the Isle of Man force, had earlier warned of "considerable police activity" in and around Hill Street in Douglas and Manor Park in Onchan.
He added: "The public should not be alarmed to see officers from HM Revenue & Customs and the National Crime Agency, who are supporting the searches on the Isle of Man.
"A considerable number of staff have been deployed to the various addresses, with a view to minimising the time it takes to search each address and reduce the impact on businesses and staff in and around those premises."


Late Beastie Boys member Adam Yauch has used his will to stop people from using his music or image in advertising.

The will was filed at Manhattan Surrogate court in New York earlier this week leaving instructions from the pioneering rapper, also known as MCA.
It read: "Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event may my image or name or any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes."
Yauch died of cancer in May aged 47.
His will leaves his $6.4m (Â£4.1m) estate to his widow, Dechen Yauch, and their 13-year old daughter, and gives Dechen the right to sell and manage his artistic property as the executor of the estate.
The phrase "or any music or any artistic property created by me" was added in handwriting, according to Rolling Stone magazine which has seen a copy of the document.
Yauch founded the Beastie Boys with rappers Ad-Rock and Mike D in the 1980s, going on to have a string of hits including Fight for Your Right (to Party) and Sabotage.
He was diagnosed with cancer of the salivary gland in 2009 and underwent surgery and radiation therapy, which delayed the release of their latest album Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
Corporations have regularly used the images of deceased musicians, celebrities and historical figures in their advertisements, such as Apple's 1997 Think Different campaign featuring John Lennon, Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi.
This week the remaining members of the Beastie Boys took legal action against US energy drink company Monster over allegations of copyright infringement.
They lodged papers in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday, claiming executives have been using their tracks in a promotional video and downloadable audio file without their permission.


BBC Northern Ireland has joined forces with Age NI to call upon everyone to play their part this Christmas to help older people within the community.

The Playing Our Part appeal is fronted by BBC NI's Barra Best and BBC Radio Ulster's Kim Lenaghan.
It encourages as many people as possible to play their part and advises on some simple ways to help an older person.
They include calling or visiting them, helping out with some jobs around their house or just making some time for an older friend or relative.
The latest advert to go viral on social media is from a German supermarket chain.
In it an lonely man invites his far-flung family to his funeral at Christmas, only to surprise them with Christmas dinner.
Their father asks them "how else could I bring you all together?"
The advert tugs on the emotional heart strings over elderly people left alone at Christmas.
BBC News NI's Mervyn Jess talked to pensioners at an Age NI centre in east Belfast what they thought of the advert.
Among them was Robert, a stroke sufferer, who's been living alone for the last nine years.
"It brings tears to my eyes," he said.
"Watching it there I immediately thought back to my own family and the times we had at Christmas."
Siobhan Casey of Age NI said some people she had talked to about such adverts loved them, while some disliked them intensely.
"From an Age NI perspective we see these ads as important, in so far as they're shining a spotlight on what we know to be happening," she said.
"We know that one in three people are lonely, we know that 30,000 older people feel trapped in their own homes
"So these type of adverts just make that suggestion, which is what we're doing with Playing Our Part with the BBC.
"It's asking people to just reach out, nothing grand no big gestures - sharing a cup of tea, particularly the phone call, or conversation, because it might be the only conversation that older person might have that day.
"We're asking everybody to reach out to their older friends or neighbours."
Speaking about the campaign, Radio Ulster's Kim Lenaghan said that while loneliness and social isolation do not only affect older people, they are a problem for many in later life.
"As neighbours and family members there are lots of things we can do to help make a difference," she said.
"The message is simple - everyone can play their part - as individuals, organisations and communities - and it is the small things that can make a huge impact."


Storm chaser Travis Cruz has captured this amazing footage of a large tornado swirling over fields in Colorado, USA.

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Mr Cruz said that the tornado was turning clockwise, also known as an anti-cyclonic motion.
Most tornadoes in the northern half of the globe rotate anti-clockwise.
Footage: Storm Cruzzer


Child abuse survivors in Scotland have said they hope resignations from a Scottish government inquiry could redefine the investigation.

The panel's chair stepped down. It followed the departure of another panel member, claiming government interference.
Now campaigners have said they hope it will lead to a new remit for the inquiry.
Education Secretary John Swinney has promised to consider changes.
Victims and survivors have expressed concern about the appointment of replacement panel members.
And they would like the inquiry widened to include abuse committed outwith residential settings.
Helen Holland, from the In Care Abuse Survivors group (Incas), told the BBC's Sunday Politics Scotland programme that they also want the inquiry to be able to consider the award of recompense to victims of abuse.
"It means someone can go forward, speak about their experience, speak about the abuse that they suffered," she said.
"The panel of the inquiry would then have the power to include redress for that individual."
That would mean, she explained, that survivors wouldn't have to wait for the inquiry process to be completed before they then having to go to a civil court to get justice.
Fellow abuse survivor and campaigner in Ireland Colm O'Gorman, who founded the "One in Four" campaign group, said redress in this context means much more than cash compensation.
He told the programme it is about "working to ensure, so far as is possible, we restore people to the place they may well have been in their lives had these violations not happened in the first place".
He said that could include "access to good education services, to housing supports, sometimes ensuring that you have appropriate medical services to refer people on to".
"In my experience working with victims of abuse," he added, "it's often these unseen support services that are really important."
After meeting campaigners last week Mr Swinney said: "I want to assure survivors that I have heard them today. I recognise how important it is for us to build trust and I am absolutely committed to that.
"I am utterly committed to an independent inquiry and I have tried to answer all the questions survivors had. I will now take time to consider the issues they have raised, including expanding the remit of the inquiry.
"All the evidence already collected by the inquiry will be utilised and work has begun on filling the panel vacancies while the remaining panel member and the team continue processing applications. The inquiry remains on track, and I will be meeting survivor groups again over the summer."
But victims are realistic about what any inquiry process can deliver.
Colm O'Gorman said: "Of course the first thing victims want is for the abuse not to have happened."
And Helen Holland of Incas told me: "Human beings are capable of doing that to children. And that will always be the case. As long as there are human beings in the world."


Watching porn or smoking drugs is easier for politicians to admit to than praying to God, Welsh Secretary Stephen Crabb has said.

In a lecture on faith and politics, he said talking about prayer was a "total no-go area" for a UK prime minister.
A practising Christian, Mr Crabb warned that faith was being pushed to the margins of national life.
He said it left a society "less resilient to the poison of the extremists".
Giving the Wilberforce lecture to the Conservative Christian Fellowship on Tuesday, Mr Crabb said: "Muslim families I have spoken to know that they face a battle to save their young people from the poison of extremism.
"They know they are not sighted on what their children are doing online, and fear them turning their backs on the mosque for other forms of religious exploration."
He added: "If you are a young Muslim growing up in east London, Cardiff or Luton, the only time - the only time - you will see your faith being mentioned in mainstream British media is in connection with death and violence.
"That has consequences, especially when there are complex issues of identity involved."
Warning of a "creeping intolerance" towards Christianity and religion, the Conservative Cabinet minister said "hard-edged secularism" had created "an enormous chilling effect" in workplaces that prevented people talking openly about their beliefs.
"I have never found it easy as a politician to talk about my faith," he said.
"In an age where every word is watched for something that can be construed as a gaffe, off-message or representing some bigoted or irrational attitude, it is a topic which many of us steer clear of.
"It kind of makes life simpler."
Mr Crabb criticised the decision of leading UK cinema chains not to show adverts for the Church of England.
"I believe this incident reflects a broader shift within our society which places one of our core freedoms - that is freedom of religion - under threat," he said.


The condition of the Italian actor left in a coma after a hanging scene went wrong during a live theatrical production is deteriorating, it has been reported.

Raphael Schumacher, 27, was appearing in a production of Mirages at the Teatro Lux in Pisa when an audience member realised he was in trouble.
Pisa Today reported the actor was not currently responding to treatment.
The newspaper added investigators were satisfied the incident was an accident.
They will now try to identify if the theatre was negligent in following safety standards.
Police launched an investigation after sealing off the theatre at the weekend, and interviewed members of the cast and audience.
It concluded the incident was an accident after speaking to the audience member - believed to be a recent medical graduate - who helped Schumacher.
The theatre-goer went to assist the actor - who was wearing a bag over his head - after seeing his body was trembling, and lowered him to the ground.
Schumacher was taken to hospital but remains in a coma.
The actor reportedly changed the ending of the scene, which was meant to involve a gun rather than see him hanging.


Two prominent Turkish journalists have been charged with espionage after alleging that Turkey's secret services sent arms to Islamist rebels in Syria.

Can Dundar, the editor-in-chief of Cumhuriyet daily, and Erdem Gul, the paper's Ankara bureau chief, face life imprisonment if found guilty.
Their report and video footage attracted a political storm in Turkey and a lawsuit filed by the president.
Turkey faces severe criticism over its press freedom record.
The journalists, who deny the allegations against them, reported that  trucks belonging to the Turkish intelligence agency MIT were used to carry weapons to Islamist opposition groups in Syria.
Video footage published alongside their report purported to show Turkish police officers intercepting the trucks and discovering crates containing weapons and ammunition.
The government claimed that the intelligence trucks were carrying aid to the Turkmen minority in Syria - a Turkic speaking ethnic group.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally filed a lawsuit against the newspaper.
"This paper has engaged in acts of espionage. Whoever wrote this story will pay a heavy price for this," Mr Erdogan said on television in May.
Both Mr Dundar and Mr Gul are accused of conducting espionage and aiding the Fethullah Gulen movement - which was previously a close ally of Mr Erdogan but is now considered a terrorist organisation by Turkey's government.
"They ask us why we published that story," Mr Dundar said. "The history of journalism is full of such examples as Watergate or Wikileaks that show states would like to keep some facts secret. But it's for common good to bring them to light."
The charges have been heavily criticised by press freedom groups.
"This case will seriously damage Turkey's pledge to carry out EU reforms and the promised standards of fundamental rights and freedoms," said Erol Onderoglu from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Turkey ranks 149th amongst the 180 countries in RSF's World Press Freedom Index 2015.


Mae'r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol wedi cyhoeddi'r artistiaid fydd yn perfformio yn 'Gig Pafiliwn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ynys Môn' eleni.

Bydd Yws Gwynedd, Yr Eira, Alys Williams a'r band, a'r beatbocsiwr Mr Phormula yn perfformio gyda cherddorfa'r Welsh Pops, oedd hefyd yn perfformio yn Gig Pafiliwn y Fenni llynedd.
Bydd y gig yn cael ei gynnal nos Iau, 10 Awst.
Yn ôl yr Eisteddfod roedd 'na alw mawr arnynt i lwyfannu gig arall yn y pafiliwn yn dilyn llwyddiant y gig llynedd ble roedd 'na dros 1,600 o bobl yn y gynulleidfa.
Dywedodd prif weithredwr yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, Elfed Roberts: "Roedd Gig y Pafiliwn 2016 yn torri tir newydd i ni fel Eisteddfod.
"Roedd yn brofiad gwefreiddiol i weld cynulleidfa o bob oed yn mwynhau bandiau Cymraeg yn y Pafiliwn," meddai.
"Cawsom nifer o alwadau ar ôl yr Eisteddfod yn gofyn i ni gynnal noson debyg yn Ynys Môn felly roedd yn benderfyniad hawdd i'w wneud gydag Yws Gwynedd a'r band ac Yr Eira ar dop y rhestr o artistiaid i'w gwahodd."
DJ Radio 1 a Radio Cymru, Huw Stephens fydd yn arwain y noson a bydd y cerddor Owain Llwyd yn dychwelyd i arwain y gerddorfa.
"Mae'r bandiau sydd gyda ni eleni yn rai sydd yn sicr o apelio at ddilynwyr y Sin Roc Gymraeg a dwi'n edrych ymlaen at gydweithio gyda nhw," meddai Mr Llwyd.


British number one Johanna Konta will play in the first women's Tie Break Tens event, in Madrid on 4 May.

The world number seven will feature alongside seven other players, including Maria Sharapova.
All matches in the event, which begins with a round-robin stage, comprise a single tie-break to 10 points.
"Tie-breaks provide so many pressure-filled moments and it will be fascinating to see who handles it best," said Konta, 25.
The winner of the inaugural women's tournament will receive $200,000 (£161,000), with an additional $100,000 (£80,547) donated to a charity working to combat domestic violence.
The men's tournament, which features US Open champion Stan Wawrinka and world number seven Kei Nishikori, runs alongside the women's event.
Britain's Andy Murray has reached the final of the past two events, losing to compatriot Kyle Edmund in London, and Austria's Dominic Thiem in Vienna.


He jointly came up with the theory of evolution by natural selection, corresponded with the great and good of society, and was given the highest honour possible from a British monarch.

His correspondents included David Lloyd George, William Gladstone, Rudyard Kipling, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Conan Doyle.
And on his death 100 years ago, obituaries were effusive in their praise, calling him the last of the great Victorians.
You would be forgiven for the name Charles Darwin popping into your head - but you would be wrong.
The theory of evolution by natural selection was published jointly between Darwin and Monmouthshire-born Alfred Russel Wallace, whose interest in natural history developed when he moved to Neath and worked as a land surveyor with his brother.
But while today Darwin is a household name synonymous with the theory, Wallace struggles to gain anywhere near the recognition of his friend.
This is illustrated by an appeal this year to raise funds for a life-sized bronze statue to honour Wallace - it only reached half of its Â£50,000 target.
Wallace expert Dr George Beccaloni, who is a curator at the Natural History Museum where the statue would stand, said: "We have enough money to pay for a torso and arms at the moment.
"There are hundreds of Darwin statues and busts but there's not even a bust of Wallace.
"There's a side-profile roundel on the wall at Westminster Abbey - not far from Darwin's grave. There's not a lot else."
Interestingly, Wallace was not overlooked during his lifetime and was awarded the Order of Merit, the highest honour that could be given by the British monarch to a civilian.
His correspondents included some of the most significant politicians in recent British history, and celebrated authors and poets.
"He was extremely famous and possibly the most famous scientist and one of the most famous people in the world when he died (in 1913)," said Dr Beccaloni.
"There were very long, glowing obituaries in all the world's papers from Bombay to Boston saying he was the last of the great Victorians.
"One of the papers said only a great ruler would have had the sort of level of obituary recognition as Wallace."
He said Darwin was more famous but died many years before Wallace leaving Wallace to go on and become "the most famous living biologist in Britain".
So where did it go wrong for Wallace's reputation?
Prof Jim Costa, director of a biological research station in North Carolina, USA, and an expert on both men, says part of the problem appears to be that Wallace failed to promote his role in formulating the theory as effectively as Darwin.
While they had jointly published the theory of evolution by natural selection in a paper in August 1858, it was Darwin's On the Origin of Species the very next year that truly grabbed the public's imagination.
Even one of Wallace's own books appeared to pass on the credit for the discovery. It was called 'Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of Its Applications'!
Prof Costa said another factor was what became known as the "eclipse of Darwinism", when natural selection fell out of favour in the late 19th Century.
By the time it was revived in the 1930s, neither man was around and the world was a very different place.
"I think when this idea was resurrected in 1930 there was a new generation and they very much had Darwin on their minds," said Prof Costa.
"Wallace I think had a role in this - his book 'Darwinism' for example. He tended to downplay his role in public forums and that just didn't serve him well.
"When it [natural selection] was resurrected, it was always associated with Darwin."
He said when evolutionary biology really took off in the 1940s, the history of the discovery had been largely forgotten.
A Darwin "industry" developed and, said Prof Costa, it viewed Darwin as the "great visionary".
While little has changed since in terms of public acclaim, there are signs that Wallace's work is gaining more recognition in certain circles.
A series of events are being held around the world to commemorate the centenary of Wallace's death this year under the Wallace100 banner.
These include an exhibition in Swansea, a lecture in Berlin and a two-day conference in Malaysia.
Comedian Bill Bailey recently unveiled a restored portrait of Wallace at the Natural History Museum and has also filmed a two-part documentary for the BBC about Wallace.
Thousands of Wallace's letters have been put online for the first time, including correspondence with Darwin about evolution by natural selection.
There is even hope for the statue with renewed efforts being made to raise the rest of the money by August.
But gaining the same level of acclaim as Darwin is another matter.
"I think that in the popular imagination, it would be very, very difficult. It's indelibly Darwin and monkeys," said Prof Costa.
"I don't think there's much we can do about that but I do think he will emerge from relative eclipse by Darwin, certainly in the broad academic world and the world of naturalists.
"He contributed so much."


A record number of luxury cruise ships have come to Belfast this year, making it one of the fastest growing cruise destinations in the world.

Almost 80,000 passengers and crew have sailed into Belfast this year on 43 different tourist ships.
One of the big draws is the new Titanic Visitor Centre, which so far has welcomed people from 111 different countries.
Belfast is no longer building ships, but it is now attracting them.
The peace process has transformed the city. During the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s the cruise ship industry steered clear of Belfast.
It was not until 1997 that modern luxury liners started sailing up Belfast Lough.
In recent years, numbers have soared. Next year, more than 50 are expected.
So what's the big attraction?
The Giant's Causeway, golf and Titanic Belfast are pulling in the visitors. However, there is also a human factor - curiosity.
Gerry Lennon, chief executive of the Belfast Visitor and Convention Bureau, said: "Curiosity is a huge driver for tourism. A lot of people are curious about Belfast and Northern Ireland.
"The political stability has given us that ability to go to the market-place and now say 'look what we have to offer'."
The Glens of Antrim, the walls of Londonderry and Belfast's shopping districts are also proving popular.
The recent three nights of rioting in one part of north Belfast do not seem to have put people off.
Money has been invested in Belfast Harbour to ensure it can cope with the increasingly large vessels sailing into the city, including the latest arrival, the 113,000-tons Emerald Princess.
Tony McAuley, commercial officer for Belfast Harbour, said: "Once we get people here, the facilities almost sell themselves."
The Titanic Visitor Centre has attracted more than 500,000 visitors since it opened six months ago - double what was expected.
The cruise ship business alone is worth an estimated Â£15m a year to Northern Ireland's economy.
There is a certain novelty factor to Belfast at the moment. This will wear off in time.
In the meantime, the city is enjoying riding the wave of international interest.
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Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon went head-to-head with the king of the US satirical chat show, Jon Stewart, when she appeared on Comedy Central's hit programme The Daily Show.

The SNP leader began the interview by saying she was excited and scared to be on the show, especially as its website had billed her as a comedian.
She said: "You've raised all these expectations that I'm going to be funny. I'm a politician and as you know politicians are very rarely funny."
However, the first minister traded banter with the veteran comedian in an interview that touched on subjects such as the Edinburgh Fringe, Twitter, oil and haggis.
Stewart explained to the US audience that the SNP had won an "unprecedented" 56 out of 59 seats in Scotland at the general election.
Nicola Sturgeon joked: "I have ordered an inquiry into why the SNP did not win the other three. It's reporting directly to me."
Stewart said: "What do you think you are, Saddam Hussein? You get 99%? 56 out of 59 is pretty good."
Sturgeon said: "Always aim for more."
Having settled Ms Sturgeon, the host went straight for the big question he needed to address.
He asked: "You have pledged for Scotland greater self-determination, more financial independence, but now after the election that has crashed head-on with the reality that Westminster still controls the purse strings and still believes in austerity. My question to you is this first minister. What is haggis? Why would anyone eat that?
Ms Sturgeon said haggis was delicious.
"It is spicy, it is tasty, it is absolutely delicious and you get vegetarian haggis as well. So another reason to come to Edinburgh."
Stewart told the first minister that the US went through a similar process to get away from the UK.
Ms Sturgeon said: "You were a bit more successful, although I don't think we'll try to do it your way."
Jon Stewart said: "Let me tell you what they hate. They hate when you throw their stuff into the water."
"That's where we went wrong," Ms Sturgeon said.
Jon Stewart asked where the money would come from if Scotland were to become independent.
Ms Sturgeon said: "We've got a brilliant economy. We are an oil producing country."
Stewart replied: "You have oil? May we invade you?
Addressing the audience, Ms Sturgeon gave the host a taste of his own medicine when she said: "This is progress. You just heard there, Jon, presumably on behalf of the United States, asking for permission to invade an oil-producing country. It doesn't usually work that way."
The US chat show host asked the first minister how bad the divide got in Scotland over the independence referendum.
He said: "I know it was bad on Twitter. Have you thought of seceding from Twitter?"
Ms Sturgeon replied: "I think about seceding from Twitter every day.
She added: "You know what? We hurl insults at each other on Twitter occasionally but the independence referendum was entirely democratic. It was peaceful and it has had an amazing legacy in Scotland.
"In Scotland now, we are really interested in politics. Imagine that. People actually want to vote in elections. They want to get involved. They want to get their politicians on the spot and make sure they deliver for them. That's a fantastic thing. Democracy has really been strengthened by it."
Jon Stewart said: "Our democracy here is so strong that we don't even need to pay attention to it."


A future Conservative government would seek new powers to ban extremist groups and curb the activities of "harmful" individuals, Theresa May has said.

Banning orders and "extreme disruption" orders will feature in the party's 2015 election manifesto, the home secretary told the party's Birmingham conference.
She got a standing ovation as she said "British values" would prevail in the end in the battle against extremism.
The Liberal Democrats accused her of "peddling misinformation".
Mrs May was among a number of high-profile speakers on the third day of the Tory conference, with Mayor of London Boris Johnson, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Nicky Morgan also taking the stage.
In her speech, the home secretary also:
The new measures will be targeted at people and groups who "stay just within the law but spread poisonous hatred", she said.
The decision to bring extremism strategy into the Home Office is already policy - and it is about more than rearranging the machinery of government: It's a symbol of the tensions inside Whitehall over whether every previous attempt to combat extremism has been a muddled flop.
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Mrs May told the conference the UK should not "shy away" from tackling radical Islamist group Islamic State (IS), which has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria.
British hostage David Haines was "murdered simply for being British", she said.
A "studied, careful approach" was required, she said.
Mrs May said a "very complicated battle" was taking place for the "heart and soul" of Islam, saying it was not for Britain to try to resolve it.
But she said it was right that the UK was part of an "international coalition" to tackle IS, also known as Isil.
If IS succeeded, she said, "we will see the world's first truly terrorist state established only a few hours' flying time from our country".
She added: "We must not flinch, we must not shy away from our responsibility."
In a speech which got a standing ovation from the audience in Birmingham, she said: "In the end, as they have done before, these values, our British values, will win the day and we will prevail."
Mrs May said that getting access to communications data - details of who called who and when, but not the content of the calls - was vital.
She said 12 cases were dropped by the Metropolitan Police in three months because communications data was not available.
In a reference to the government's previous attempt to introduce new powers, she said: "The solution to this crisis of national security was the Communications Data Bill, but two years ago that was torpedoed by the Liberal Democrats."
She said the Liberal Democrat position was "dangerously irresponsible".
Mrs May also said the misuse of stop and search powers was still a "real problem" and said legislation would be used if necessary.
More than 250,000 stops last year were "probably illegal", she said, because they were not carried out with "reasonable grounds for suspicion".
Stop and search could be a "legitimate and useful police tool".
But black people were six times more likely to be stopped than white people, she told the conference, adding that she was determined that "nobody should be stopped and searched because of the colour of their skin".
Mr Cameron has warned the Islamic State insurgency in Syria and Iraq poses a direct threat to the UK, with 500 British jihadists believed to have travelled to the two countries.
Earlier on Tuesday he told BBC Breakfast: "The problem that we have had is this distinction of saying we will only go after you if you are an extremist that directly supports violence.
"It has left the field open for extremists who know how not to step over the line. But these are people who have radicalised young minds and led to people heading off to Syria or Iraq to take part in this ghastly slaughter."
Among other things, the new strategy outlined by Mrs May will seek to bolster Islamic institutions that operate in a way which is "compatible" with British values and look to improve vetting procedures to prevent extremists being appointed to positions of authority, including in schools.
The government's new approach will bring together existing measures, such as the statutory duty for public bodies to have a counter-radicalisation strategy and enhanced powers for the Charity Commission to close down charities that are a front for extremist activity, with new efforts to improve awareness and training about the risks posed by extremism.
The Home Office will take the lead across government by creating a central hub of knowledge and expertise to advise other departments, the public sector and civil society about the risks of extremism, particularly of infiltration.
At the moment, organisations can only be banned if there is evidence of links to terrorism.
Under the Tories' new proposals, groups that cannot currently be proscribed could be subject to banning orders should ministers "reasonably believe" that they intend to incite religious or racial hatred, to threaten democracy or if there is a pressing need to protect the public from harm, either from a risk of violence, public disorder, harassment or other criminal acts.
The granting of a ban, which would be subject to immediate review by the High Court, would make membership or funding of the organisation concerned a criminal offence.
The police would also be given new powers to apply to a court to impose extreme disruption orders on individuals, using the same criteria.
This could result in those targeted being stopped from taking part in public protests, from being present at all in certain public locations, from associating with named people, from using of conventional broadcast media and from "obtaining any position of authority in an institution where they would have influence over vulnerable individuals or children".
Breach of the restrictions - which would be time limited - would be a criminal offence.
Liberal Democrat peer Lord Carlile, the former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he did not think some of the measures were sufficiently tough, and called on Mrs May to reintroduce powers to relocate terror suspects to other parts of the country.
Conservative MP Dominic Raab told BBC News there was already a "very wide criminal basis" to prosecute extremist groups.
"I think you need to be very wary about criminalising thoughts and views", he said.
Former Attorney General Dominic Grieve said there was a risk new measures could "simply fuel resentment".
He told BBC Radio 4's The World at One: "If there is to be any restriction on the freedom of expression outside the criminal law - we have to tread very carefully."
Labour has questioned the effectiveness of the strategy, saying all individuals returning from the Middle East should have to undergo a programme of de-radicalisation.
It has called for the government to reintroduce control orders scrapped in 2011.
A Lib Dem spokesman said: "We utterly reject the allegation that the blocking of the Communications Data Bill has put lives at risk."
He said the availability of devices' internet protocol (IP) addresses  was the "real problem", accusing the Home Office of "woeful inaction" in dealing with it.
"Liberal Democrats will continue to oppose the Tories' obsessive intrusion into people's lives," he added.
UKIP said the moves paved the way for governments to "block free speech", while campaign group Big Brother Watch said it was "wholly wrong" to label someone as an extremist without a "due legal process".


As France scales back its military operation in Mali, the European Union is trying to turn Mali's army into a professional fighting force to take on Islamist militants and other rebel fighters.

Irish and British troops have joined an EU mission: 31 soldiers from the Royal Marines, 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment and the Irish Defence Forces are training an initial group of some 800 Malian troops.
The project aims to create four new battalions capable of defending the West African country.
In January, France sent 4,000 troops to Mali after the Islamist fighters, who nine months before had taken over the vast northern desert region, began to take over central towns - threatening the capital, Bamako, in the south.
Their advance was helped by the fact that members of the divided and demoralised Malian army took off their uniforms and fled their positions.
Major Simon Holden, from the Royal Irish, who is commanding British and Irish trainers in Mali, said the standard of the first Malians going through the 10-week course was higher than he had expected.
''What we are here to do is form a battalion into a cohesive unit so that it's ready to go on operations at the end the 10-week package.
"I think the wealth of experience that we can bring from both Afghanistan and Iraq will be of huge benefit to these soldiers.''
The British and Irish trainers are part of the European Union Training Mission to Mali (EUTM).
It is made up of some 200 trainers from France, the UK, Ireland and 19 other countries and has an initial brief to train 2,000 Malians.
The British and Irish troops are largely carrying out infantry training; the Greeks handle intelligence classes; and Germany has built a field hospital at the training camp at Koulikoro, about 60km (37 miles) north of Bamako.
Brussels is spending 12.3m euros (£10.3m, $16m) on the facilities and administration of EUTM. Contributing countries pay the salaries and living expenses of their own soldiers.
Most of the practical training takes place in scrubland on a hill above Koulikoro.
Groups of two dozen Malian soldiers, in uniforms provided by France and carrying brand new, unloaded Kalashnikovs, are led by their trainers through mock assaults.
When directed, they hunker down or lie flat and say ''pow-pow-pow'' to imitate the sound of firing.
The training mission aims to build cohesion among the soldiers who are of different ages and ranks and do not know each other as they have been hand-picked for the course from across the country by the Malian armed forces.
The soldiers appear ethnically mixed - both pale and dark-skinned - but the Malian authorities have not given details of how they were selected.
Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch say that Malian soldiers have been guilty of human rights crimes against civilians they suspect of having hidden rebels.
The EUTM says it has asked civil society groups to come forward with names of any soldiers suspected of abuses.
But it adds that it considers the issue of the trainees' past records to be a political matter, irrelevant to their military training.
Irish Defence Forces trainer, Sgt Gerry Setright, said outside agencies would carry out human rights training at Koulikoro.
''The UN and other civilian organisations give all the Malian soldiers human rights training - how to handle prisoners of war and how to handle non-combatants.
"We emphasise that training in our field exercises by building scenarios where they have to take prisoners and treat them correctly, just as we would in Ireland and the UK."
Sgt Setright says they are taught "respect for sensitive locations such as libraries and mosques and historical monuments and so on".
There is an urgent need for Mali to be able to deploy an army worthy of the name.
France wants to withdraw most of its troops by the end of the year and hand over patrolling duties to an international force which was approved by the UN Security Council on 25 April - Minusma (the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in Mali).
But the former colonial power's decision to keep 1,000 crack troops in the country to work alongside Minusma suggests France realises that EUTM graduates will be unable to shoulder anti-terror responsibilities.
However well trained, Mali's army remains overstaffed, though no-one knows by how much due to years of phantom payrolls.
A less visible element of EUTM will be a large-scale shake-up in personnel.
Previous governments, fearing coups, have promoted legions of officers to high grades.
Long-serving, low-ranking soldiers have remained in the force well past the age at which troops in other countries retire.
The army is ill-equipped. Over the years, Mali has been given or sold cut-price or obsolete military equipment from different countries.
One example is communications equipment from France, Russia and China, all of it set to different frequencies.
Currently, in Mopti, in the north-east, soldiers are confined to base and only carry out patrols on days where the French Operation Serval gives them fuel for their patrol vehicles.


Manager Darrell Clarke says he opted to commit his future to Bristol Rovers over the Leeds United job because he is "excited" about the Pirates' future.

The 38-year-old was speaking publically for the first time since he signed a new three-year Rovers deal in May after Leeds made a formal approach for him.
Clarke has guided Rovers to successive promotions up to League One.
"They met the compensation and I spoke to Leeds. But my head was at Bristol Rovers," he told BBC Radio Bristol.
"We're certainly going the right way, building the infrastructure. That's excited me, with the thought of potentially building a new training ground and a new stadium.
"That's why I've committed myself to the long term for the football club.
"You've got to respect Leeds as a massive football club, but I'm excited about the project here. I have no hesitation in knowing that I've made the right move."
Leeds subsequently appointed former Swansea City boss Garry Monk as their new head coach on 2 June.
Rovers were taken over by the Jordanian Al-Qadi family - who bought a 92% stake in the club - in February but Clarke is not anticipating spending large transfer fees on players this summer.
"People think we're going to be making unbelievably big, marquee signings - it's not going to be the case," he added.
"We'll keep building it in the right way and not be paying ridiculous wages.
"The owners want to build an infrastructure. It's massively important for the future of the football club that we get the stadium and a training ground."
Clarke offered fresh deals to all but one of his first-team squad after they finished in the automatic promotion places in League Two in 2015-16, with 12 signing new contracts.
But top scorer Matty Taylor has yet to decide his future, with his contract at Rovers now up.
"I thought at the end of the season, we'd lose him (Taylor)," said Clarke. "That hasn't changed. But you never know.
"People have to appreciate that players have a livelihood to make. It's his obligation whether he wants to take the deal that we've offered him or not.
"But the door won't always be open for that.
"If I think a player comes in that's the right one to come in, at the right price that could potentially get the 20-plus goals, then we'll take that and then that door will shut."
On 23 June, chairman Steve Hamer said time was "running out" for the former Forest Green Rovers striker to sign a new deal.


Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes insists defeat is not an option for his side away to Hearts on Friday if they want to maintain their title challenge.

The Dons trail Premiership leaders Celtic by four points having played a game more and McInnes knows his men can ill-afford any slip-ups.
"We're going there to try to win because we know we don't have a lot of room for error, "McInnes said.
"We want to keep ourselves in the fight as much as possible."
McInnes is hopeful Friday night's match at Tynecastle will go ahead after the Edinburgh side's scheduled game on Tuesday against Inverness Caledonian Thistle was postponed due to an outbreak of illness in Robbie Neilson's squad.
Up to 12 Hearts players have been suffering from gastroenteritis, but there is no suggestion that Friday's match is under threat.
"I'm encouraged by what's coming out of Hearts when they said yesterday that they're confident that the game will go ahead on Friday," the Aberdeen manager said.
"Our preparation's the same. We're looking forward to the game. It's a very important game, as every game is at the minute.
"We know there's no real margin for error at this stage of the season to keep close to Celtic."
Aberdeen have visited Tynecastle twice this season, with mixed results.
Hearts knocked the Dons out of the Scottish Cup at the fourth round stage with a 1-0 victory in January.
McInnes has fonder memories of the 3-1 league win his side registered in Gorgie in September that extended Aberdeen's Premiership winning streak to eight matches.
"We were strong that day," he said. "We got ourselves in front and were quite clinical with our work in that first-half.
"We thought Hearts would be a strong side this season with the squad they've managed to put together.
"They've shown that and I think they deserve huge credit for the way they've performed this season. Very confident side, good experience in the right areas.
"We've got a tough job. But, if we get that level of performance again, it gives us a chance to go and win the game.
"We didn't set out this season to finish second. Last season, we were 20-odd points ahead of third spot and Hearts have certainly made sure that we are having to keep concentrating on that side of it.
"Hearts will qualify for Europe, as we have done, and they'll be trying to pull back us towards them as we're trying to pull Celtic back towards us.
"There's still plenty to play for. The three points are equally as important for both teams."


Madagascar's conservationists are working in secrecy to protect one of the world's most beautiful tortoises from poachers, writes journalist Martin Vogl.

The villa on the outskirts of Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo, has no sign to indicate what goes on there. There is barbed wire on the walls and dogs patrol at night.
The staff do not talk much to outsiders about what they do, and I promised not to give away any more about the location, other than to say that it is somewhere near the airport in the north of the city.
The secrecy and security is due to the fact that the villa is the headquarters of the Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) and just next to the main building in small pens made from wood are more than 500 radiated tortoises.
It is these tortoises that need protecting. They are worth a lot of money.
They were going to be smuggled out of Madagascar when they were seized by officials and handed over to the TSA.
If the tortoises had made it to the international black market they could have been sold for around $800 (Â£600) each.
Radiated tortoises are sought after by collectors around the world, in part because of their stunning shells.
The name "radiated" refers to the black and yellow star-like pattern on their backs.
Radiated tortoises: Pride of Madagascar
Source: BBC Nature
Engraving tortoise shells
'Tortoise mafia' on the attack
The TSA received around 3,000 radiated tortoises seized by Madagascar's authorities in 2015.
Although TSA staff are pleased the tortoises were found, the numbers they are being asked to look after are straining the non-governmental organisation's resources and diverting them from what they see as their main job.
"The main thing we do is to save the species where they are, in their natural habitat, working with the community," says Herilala Randriamahazo, TSA's Madagascar coordinator.
Mr Randriamahazo says TSA would much rather be doing this than acting as a tortoise rescue centre.
Caring for hundreds of tortoises presents all sorts of logistical and financial problems.
It is difficult to find the right medical care for the animals which often arrive in a very poor state, having spent days or weeks hidden in baggage without food or water.
They need de-worming and sometimes antibiotics. Feeding them greens is also expensive as they have a big appetite.
"Even in the market, we can't find the amount of food that we'd like to buy in order to feed these animals properly," Mr Randriamahazo says.
All this care is not for a short period. TSA keeps most young tortoises for at least five years so that when they are released back in the wild their shells are strong enough and they are not at risk of being eaten by wild dogs.
Liva Ramiandrarivo, the director-general of forests at Madagascar's Environment Ministry, knows the pressure that organisations like the TSA are under.
He says tortoise trafficking is a serious concern for the government, but admits that efforts to stop it have often been compromised because of a lack of coordination between government departments.
"It's not just a job for the Ministry of the Environment, Ecology and the Sea. It should also involve the other sectors - for example the Justice Ministry, the security services," he says.
According to Mr Ramiandrarivo, the issue of coordination is being addressed, but even once this is resolved corruption will remain a problem.
He says some officials help directly with the smuggling - sometimes loading hundreds of tortoises straight onto planes without going through customs.
They are usually hidden in personal luggage or freight and are wrapped up in plastic bags, clothes or even nappies.
Other officials, he says, can be bribed by traffickers if they get caught.
Miguel Pedrono, a French expert on tortoise conservation in Madagascar, says all the money used to look after the tortoises would be much better used to fight poaching.
"Radiated tortoises which have been seized, be they tortoises found by customs at the airport here, or ones found overseas, are definitively lost, as far as the species is concerned," he says.
He suggests that the tortoises could be given away to zoos.
Alternatively, he says they should at least be released into areas where there are no radiated tortoise populations.
This, he says, would minimise the risks of introducing diseases in existing populations and reduce the risk to genetic diversity.
At the moment, the TSA releases the tortoises into areas where there are already tortoise populations.
Mr Randriamahazo says the TSA is already overwhelmed and it does not have the resources to do much more.
For now, he is simply preparing the TSA villa to look after more seized tortoises.


We live in the social mobile era, where we all collect and share vast amounts of data about ourselves and others.

By handing over that data to corporations and governments we are promised great benefits in everything from our health and our wealth to our safety from criminals. But of course there are dangers too and I've been hearing some horror stories about when Big Data becomes Big Brother.
The first was from one of the technology industry's more colourful figures. John McAfee, who is in London this week for the Infosecurity Europe conference, is the man who virtually invented the anti-virus industry. He sold his stake in McAfee more than 20 years ago and has since had numerous adventures, culminating in his flight from Belize in 2012 after police in the Central American state tried to question him about a murder. He was described by Belize's prime minister at the time as "extremely paranoid, even bonkers".
So, perhaps not surprising, that the Infosecurity crowd who gathered to hear him speak were treated to dire warnings about the threat to their security from two sources - their mobile phones and their governments.
But of course just because you are paranoid it does not mean they are not out to get you, and when I meet John McAfee after his speech he gives a perfectly coherent account of why we should be worried. We are now all carrying around smartphones, he explains, but security has not caught up with the fact that they are very advanced computers which can be used to spy on us if we install any number of untested apps that may have been created by people with criminal intent.
But it's government spying on those phones that really worries him. He cheers the brake which the Senate applied to the US government's surveillance powers at the weekend, but fears that in Britain no such limits are in place.
In  particular, he rails against any attempt to try to crack the encryption that protects many personal messages. When I suggest that there might be a need to know what criminals and terrorists are planning, he bats that away: "We have lived with criminals for ever - does that mean we should all have to suffer?"
He compares encryption with whispering a message in your wife's ear and asks whether we would have thought it justified years ago to ban whispering. "If it sounds insane for govenment to say you are not allowed to whisper to your wife - it is insane." And he says the big technology companies should have the courage to stand up to governments on this issue: "If enough people stand up the government will back down."
When I suggest delicately that his colourful past might make people disinclined to take him seriously, he bats that straight back at me. "My colourful life implies that I've done some serious things," he says, explaining that his experiences in Belize have shown him just how dangerous a rogue government can be.
You can hear my interview with John McAfee on Tech Tent, which this week comes live from the Cheltenham Science Festival. Here too, the question of what we are doing with our data has been a major theme.
Last night I was the moderator at an event called Big Data, Big Brother, where the panel expressed their worries about the uses to which our data could be put, in front of an audience which shared their fears. The lawyer Marion Oswald mentioned the Samaritans' Radar Twitter app as an example of where public data posted by people who might or might not have been suicidal could have been used in a questionable way without their consent.
A software engineer Martyn Thomas advised us to be wary of claims that data was anonymised, explaining how easy it was to identify someone once you had pieced together just a few data points. Here in the home of GCHQ, the audience seemed more concerned about corporate surveillance than government spies, and many were enthusiastic about ad-blocking software and other means of throwing the likes of Google off your trail.
But afterwards in the more relaxed setting of the Festival's Ideas Cafe, data scientists from Warwick University reminded us of the positive aspects of their work. I sat at a table where a computer scientist explained how he was mapping London to spot which areas should be targeted for diabetes prevention measures. He was using data from a variety of sources, including a credit rating agency, to examine lifestyles and hence vulnerability to Type 2 diabetes.
While some will be concerned about how medical and financial data are combined in this way, many will see the benefits of applying data science to this kind of task. As the Big Data gold rush continues, lawyers, ethicists and consumer groups are all going to have their work cut out to help us get a good balance between the risks and rewards of crunching the numbers.


The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says insurance companies are not being clear enough about the cost of paying premiums in instalments.

The FCA said online sales by insurers, brokers and price comparison websites could leave people unaware of the difference between paying monthly or yearly.
It said this made it difficult to compare products.
The regulator said it expected all firms to take action where necessary.
The FCA said its findings revealed that insurers and intermediaries did not always provide clear and easily understandable information about the overall cost of paying for insurance, meaning that consumers could struggle to compare the difference between paying upfront or in instalments.
In some cases, people may not realise there is a price difference between the two.
The FCA focused on the online sale of home and car insurance and followed the process up to the point where customers are required to input their payment details.
The review included 13 insurers and 30 insurance intermediaries, including four price comparison websites.
Linda Woodall, acting director of supervision at the FCA, said: "Consumers should expect clear information about the payment options available to them.
"Regardless of whether people choose to pay upfront or in instalments, it's important that they can see exactly what they are signing up for and how much it costs, so they can decide whether they are getting a fair deal."
The FCA also said firms providing regulated credit or acting as credit brokers were failing to provide a representative example setting out the interest rate, any fees or charges, a representative annual percentage rate (APR) and the total amount payable, which they are required to do.
In some cases, it was not made clear that a fee would be charged by firms using a credit broker.
A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said: "Insurers want to ensure that any premium finance options are clearly and fully set out as part of the sales process, so that customers know exactly how much they have to pay for their insurance.
"Our members will be carefully considering the findings of this FCA review to ensure that all motor and household insurance customers understand the cost of the different premium payment options."