Despite military humiliation and sharp criticism of his human rights record, Mikheil Saakashvili has managed to maintain a strong grip on Georgia.

By law, he must stand down as president in 2013, having completed two consecutive terms as president of the former Soviet republic.
However, his years in office have marked Georgia for years to come.
To some he will always be the hero of the Rose Revolution, sweeping away Soviet-style corruption and courting the West.
To others, he is the leader who rashly sparked a dangerous war with Russia.
Mr Saakashvili's background has all the ingredients of a successful career on the international stage and helps explain his appeal to Brussels and Washington.
Born in 1967 in the Georgian capital Tbilisi to a doctor father and a historian mother, he did his Soviet military service in Ukraine, where he went on to study international law.
Receiving a fellowship from the US state department, he attended Columbia University law school and was hired by a New York-based law firm.
In addition to his native Georgian, he speaks English, French, Ukrainian and Russian.
He and his Dutch wife, human rights specialist Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs, have two sons.
Returning to Georgia from his career abroad, he was appointed justice minister in October 2000 by the then President, Eduard Shevardnadze.
But he resigned the following year, saying he considered it immoral to remain a member of a government plagued by corruption and cronyism.
After forming an opposition party, the National Movement, he was elected head of Tbilisi city council where he built up a power base.
Discontent with Mr Shevardnadze grew steadily and when parliamentary elections in November 2003 were tainted by allegations of fraud, Mr Saakashvili organised daily protests.
The Rose Revolution culminated in the bloodless storming of the Georgian parliament and Mr Shevardnadze's resignation. In January 2004, Mr Saakashvili was elected president of his country with 96% of the vote, at the tender age of 37.
"I'm not pro-American or pro-Russian - I am pro-Georgian," the new president said in his inaugural speech.
However, it rapidly became clear that he meant to take Georgia out of Moscow's orbit, by joining Nato no less.
Relations between Georgia and its giant neighbour rapidly deteriorated, as Tbilisi pressed for the return of its breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, which had allied themselves with Russia.
Meanwhile, President Saakashvili cemented his reputation as a Western ally by committing Georgian troops to the Nato-led coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Ill-feeling between Tbilisi and Moscow erupted into open war in August 2008, after Georgia made a lightning military assault on South Ossetia, where Russia kept a peacekeeping force.
Russian troops struck back rapidly, driving out President Saakashvili's soldiers and pushing into Georgia.
While they stopped short of a full invasion and eventually withdrew back into South Ossetia, the Russians had humiliated the Georgian leader.
Not only did Georgia's chances of regaining its territories look even more remote but its Nato ambitions were badly damaged, since a condition for membership of the alliance is the absence of territorial disputes.
Mr Saakashvili had already been re-elected as president before the war, although his share of the vote in January 2008 was sharply down, at 53%.
Internal political opposition to his rule has grown - a development that might be welcomed as a sign that a healthy democracy is taking root in Georgia.
However, Mr Saakashvili's opponents accuse him of exhibiting the very authoritarianism of which he has accused Kremlin leaders.
During huge street protests against alleged political corruption in 2007, his government used police to disperse demonstrators and declared a temporary state of emergency.
Protests demanding the president's resignation ended in bloodshed in 2011, and 2012 saw mass rallies in Tbilisi in protest at prison abuse, prompting Mr Saakashvili's interior minister to resign.
The prison scandal was a particularly sensitive issue for the president as he has made much of his law and order policies, eradicating much of the corruption that used to mar everyday life.
Critics also accuse Mr Saakashvili, the economic liberal, of having failed to tackle poverty. Although per capita GDP has nearly doubled since he took power it remains a fraction of that of Russia or Estonia.
Under his rule, Georgia's external debt has grown while direct foreign investment has been uneven, a recent report by the Carnegie Endowment found.
In his defence, Mikheil Saakashvili took power at a time when Georgia looked like becoming a failed state.
Perhaps the biggest test of his credentials as a statesman will be how he handles the transition to his successor as president.


Halifax Town moved out of the relegation zone with an important win over second-placed Forest Green Rovers.

James Kingsley and Jake Hibbs fashioned early chances for Halifax before Richard Peniket forced Rovers goalkeeper Steve Arnold into a save.
Marcus Kelly had a goal ruled out for offside for play-off bound Rovers, who are now without a win in seven games.
Shaquille McDonald fired home to earn a vital three points as the Shaymen moved past Guiseley into 20th place.


Mixu Paatelainen has left Dundee Utd with immediate effect after discussions over a financial package for his departure were concluded on Wednesday.

The Finn met chairman Stephen Thompson on Tuesday following their relegation from the Scottish Premiership.
United will now begin the search for a new head coach, with Raith Rovers boss Ray McKinnon an early favourite.
"I would like to thank the players, staff and supporters," Paatelainen said after his departure was confirmed.
"It has been a difficult winter and the challenge was huge but nevertheless I have enjoyed every day working for the club and with this group of players".
Former Finland boss Paatelainen, whose contract ran until the summer of 2018, replaced Jackie McNamara in mid-October with United bottom of the table after just one win in their first 10 Premiership games.
But he was unable to inspire an upturn in fortunes, overseeing just five wins in 25 Premiership matches before Monday's 2-1 defeat at city rivals Dundee sealed their relegation fate.
United chairman Thompson apologised "unreservedly" to fans on Tuesday, promising "radical changes" in the "near future" to try to ensure a swift return to the top flight.
United's next match is at Inverness Caledonian Thistle on Friday.
The Tannadice outfit have placed Rovers boss McKinnon at the top of their wanted list to replace Paatelainen.
But the Championship club have made it clear they will not welcome an approach for the former Terrors midfielder, at least while the club is involved in the Premiership play-offs.  Raith face Hibernian in the first leg of their quarter-final on Wednesday.
"We have not had any contact from Dundee United or any other club regarding Ray McKinnon," director Eric Drysdale told BBC Scotland
"And should any be forthcoming it would be extremely unwelcome.  Ray and the team are fully concentrated on the play-off matches against Hibernian and nothing will distract them from this."
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A champion cheese-roller is hoping to match the all-time record for the most cheeses won when he takes part in this year's festival in Gloucestershire.

Chris Anderson has taken home 17 double Gloucester cheeses in 12 years, after chasing the hefty 8lb (3.6kg) cheeses down Cooper's Hill.
The 29-year-old is now three races shy of current record holder Stephen Gyde.
Mr Anderson said: "I've been up a few times because I was worried I'd lose my bottle but I feel quite good."
Each year thousands of spectators turn out to watch thrill-seekers hurl themselves down the 1:2 gradient, chasing wheels of double Gloucester cheese.
However, injuries are inevitable for competitors chasing a 70mph cheese down a rough, uneven hillside.
In 2005, Mr Anderson won the race but broke his ankle and in 2007 he suffered "quite bad concussion".
"You go slower if you stay on your feet," he said.
"You have to stay on your on feet to about halfway down and once you fall you have to pick yourself up and start running again."
With his quickest time clocked at eight seconds, Mr Anderson's reward - as with all winners - is to take the cheese home with him.
"I don't really like double Gloucester, it's too strong so I give it out around the family," he admits.
With the prospect of matching the all-time record on Monday, the cheese-rolling champion said it was actually more important to "keep a local person winning".
"I'm getting older and wising up - I don't want to get injured," he said.
"It's a bit worse each year but this year I do feel quite good."


Love it or hate it, it's that time of year when snow is a hot topic - pardon the pun.

But as kids up and down the country are digging out their sledges, or hoping to, there is one burning question.
Can it really be too cold to snow?
Newsbeat takes a look at whether there is any truth in the phrase or in several other well-known weather sayings.
Hasn't everyone's mum said this at some point?
Many people believe icy temperatures reduce the number of water droplets that can freeze into snowflakes.
But according to the Met Office, this is a myth.
It can snow even at incredibly cold temperatures as long as there is a source of moisture and some way to lift or cool that moisture in the air.
However, exceptionally cold weather is often associated with very dry air, making snow more unlikely.
This means that if the clouds mushroom into large cloud "mountains", thunderstorms will follow in the afternoon.
This is true - if the clouds have developed during the morning, by the afternoon, they will have risen to the top of the atmosphere which results in rain and lightning.
This is often true.
Red sky - which appears when small particles are trapped in the atmosphere by high pressure - means fair weather is generally headed towards you.
This is especially true in the UK where the weather system usually comes in from the west.
A red sky at sunset means high pressure is moving in from the west so the next day will usually be pleasant.
A red sky in the morning appears due to the high pressure weather system having already moved east, which means the good weather is on its way out.
This saying is based on the fact that weather systems tend to move through the UK quite quickly off the Atlantic, so there is some logic to it.
But we do still have weather systems that like to hang around all day so it's not really reliable.
So if it rains on 15 July, it's supposed to rain for the next 40 days.
St Swithin was a bishop of Winchester who died around AD 862.
He requested that his remains be interred among the common people outside the church, but in 971, after he had been made patron saint of Winchester Cathedral, his body was dug up and moved to a new indoor shrine.
Legend has it that this action displeased God and caused the heavens to open, raining continuously for 40 days.
But since records began, there has never been a 40-day drought in the UK during the summer months, and there has been not one instance at any time of the year of 40 consecutive days of rainfall.
Even if it sometimes feels like it.
This old saying suggests that the weather at the beginning of March is wet and windy but by the end of the month it's fine.
While it's true that we're more likely to get strong winds and heavy rain at the start of spring, it's certainly not always the case that the end of March is settled.
And, of course, April showers are only just round the corner.
This has some truth to it.
The air mass that comes into the UK from a north-easterly direction is the Polar Continental, which has been known to create bitterly cold winds and record low temperatures on our shores.
If the ash tree shows buds before the oak then the summer is supposed to be a washout.
But if the oak buds before the ash tree then the summer should be fine.
A survey by the Woodland Trust found that the timings of the first buds appearing depends on the springtime temperatures.
Generally oak came first.
Using data collected over 250 years it showed that the proverb is no help in predicting summer rainfall.
This means that in our UK climate, heavy rain doesn't really last for very long, and it largely holds true.
Cloudy and rainy weather can continue for several days at a time but really heavy rain rarely goes on for longer than a couple of days.
It's colder when there's a clear sky because there are no clouds to trap the heat in from the earth's surface.
Stars are the most clearly visible when the air is very dry and clean.
In our case, this kind of air often arrives from the Arctic.
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Volkswagen has announced plans to cut 30,000 jobs worldwide with about 23,000 of the losses borne in Germany.

VW, still dealing with the aftermath of the emissions-cheating scandal, aims to rejuvenate its core brand, and develop new electric and self-driving cars.
VW says it will create 9,000 jobs as part of investments in new products.
The cuts should bring annual savings of â‚¬3.7bn (Â£3.2bn; $3.92bn) by 2020. VW and unions have been hammering out a plan to revive its fortunes since June.
Volkswagen chief executive, Matthias Mueller, said it was "the biggest modernisation programme in the history of the group's core brand".
"The VW brand needs a real shake-up and that is exactly what the future pact has turned out to be," he added.
The car giant - which employs 610,000 people in 31 countries - wants to increase the brand's profit margin from 2% to 4% and to do this it will need to improve productivity at its German plants by 25%.
It has 120,000 workers in Germany so the cuts represent a fifth of employees in its heartland.
Volkswagen has pledged there will be no compulsory redundancies and the top staff representative in Germany, Bernd Osterloh, said the new models would be built there: "The next generation of electric vehicles will be made here in Germany, not abroad."
Volkswagen has been battling a crisis caused by its attempts to dodge strict US emissions limits.
It was revealed in the US last year that VW's diesel cars were fitted with software that "knew" when cars were being tested.
The company has agreed to pay $15bn in a settlement with US authorities and owners of about 500,000 vehicles.
Around 11 million cars worldwide have the software.
The VW group comprises 12 brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen passenger cars, Audi, Seat, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN.
Professor Christian Stadler, from Warwick Business School, said Friday's announcement about electric cars marked "a new strategy in a rapidly changing car market".
China, the world's biggest car market, is introducing an e-vehicle quota in 2018, where 8% of all vehicles sold will have to be electric. That quota rises to 12% in 2020.
Prof Stadler said: "It means VW would have to sell 60,000 e-vehicles in China by 2018, and hybrids only represent half a point. Even BMW, one of the pioneers of electronic cars has sold just 1,204 e-vehicles in China in 2016 up to September.
"Norway's sovereign wealth fund holds a sizeable stake in VW and has been putting pressure on them to become more environmentally friendly." he said.
Volkswagen is cutting 23,000 posts in Germany alone, but don't expect protests in the streets of the company's home town of Wolfsburg. This has been a hard-won deal drawn up after lengthy negotiations with union leaders. They call it the Future Pact.
No-one in Germany will be forced out - early retirement is likely to provide a large portion of the cuts. And VW is creating 9,000 'future proof' positions as part of a major investment in new technologies. Many workers will simply move into new posts.
What this plan really represents is a culture shift at Volkswagen. Even before the emissions scandal, it was clear the core brand in the group was underperforming, with profit margins well below those of its rivals.
The scandal provided the catalyst for a major shift towards electric cars and potentially self driving systems. In future VW may be making fewer engines and more electric motors, fewer gearboxes and more batteries. Software and sensors will become ever more important.
Such a transformation will cost money - at a time when VW is still paying the price for its emissions misdemeanours. So saving $4bn a year looks like a very good idea.


A ballot of steel workers to decide on whether to accept Tata's less generous pension scheme is expected to begin on 30 January.

It comes after a turbulent year for the 6,300 staff employed by the firm in Wales.
"Save our steel" became a familiar chant as workers rallied the public to back their campaign to protect their livelihoods and the thousands of other jobs that depend on Tata's Welsh businesses.
Tata's steelworks has dominated the Port Talbot skyline for decades and this year it has also dominated the news headlines.
2016: A TROUBLED YEAR FOR STEEL
January: Tata Steel confirms plans to cut 1,050 jobs in the UK, including 750 at Port Talbot, the UK's biggest steelworks, blaming a fall in prices and cheap Chinese imports.
February: Thousands of steelworkers protest in Brussels and call for EU support. The Community union is worried about changes at the top in Tata Steel.
March: Tata announces its plans to sell its UK business, with ministers saying they are looking at "all the options" to support Port Talbot plant. The assembly is recalled. Unions are concerned Port Talbot could be mothballed.
April: Prime Minister David Cameron on the election trail visits Port Talbot. The UK government says it would consider a stake in any rescue plan.
Tata Steel's UK boss leads management buy-out team Excalibur while steel and commodities tycoon Sanjeev Gupta's Liberty House group is another contender .
May: Liberty House and Excalibur both submit interest in buying Tata's UK operations .
June: With seven bidders lined up and still no announcement, unions express "serious concerns" about the sale process and the future.
July: Tata puts sale on hold and it looks at European tie-ups including possible merger with German rival Thyssenkrupp.
August: Despite uncertainty elsewhere, Shotton steelworks, which employs 700 workers, gets a £7m investment boost.
September: Tata's former plant in Motherwell re-opens while talks continue about the sale of Tata plants at Rotherham, Stocksbridge and Hartlepool to Liberty.
October: Despite improvements, the company said Tata's operations were not "out of the woods yet".
November: Prime Minister Theresa May's visit to India which does not include a meeting with Tata is criticised back at home.  In the background, there is a battle in the boardroom in Mumbai.
7 December: Tata unveils a deal including a five-year commitment to Port Talbot's blast furnaces, a 10-year £1bn investment plan but also changes to the pensions scheme.
21 December: The pensions part of the deal is proving harder to sell to staff, BBC Wales understands.
There was a perfect storm at the start of 2016: the viability of the giant Port Talbot itself - said to be losing a million pounds a day; falling steel prices; high energy costs and cheap Chinese imports.
The response started with 1,000 UK job losses and a survival plan, drawn up in south Wales. Tata and the unions demanded the EU take action by putting tariffs on Chinese steel, which they said was being dumped on Europe at prices below the cost of making it.
They also wanted UK government action on energy costs. Port Talbot steelworks alone uses as much electricity as the whole of the city of Swansea a few miles along the coast.
But just as important as external economic forces, the internal politics of Tata were playing out.
Decisions about the plant's future were being made behind closed doors 4,500 miles away at the company's headquarters in Mumbai.
The board shocked everyone by rejecting the survival plan and putting its entire UK operation up for sale.
The Welsh Government pledged support including £60m but it was clear that due to the scale of the industry if taxpayer support was needed it could take the financial firepower of Westminster to make the sale a success.
UK ministers were prompted into action, committing the government to taking a stake of up to 25% with any interested buyer.
Despite initial concerns that nobody would be willing to take over the whole business including the loss-making Port Talbot, seven potential buyers did come forward.
Production continued and things started to turn around as the plan rejected by the Tata board was put in place and showed signs of success.
Steel prices rose, the EU put tariffs on some cheap imports and the UK government scheme to help with energy intensive industries with costs came through.
Abruptly, Tata halted the sale of its Welsh operations saying it would pursue a merger with the German firm, Thyssenkrupp.
A boardroom battle at the top of Tata in India saw the man who was trying to sell Port Talbot, then chairman, Cyrus Mistry, replaced by the man who had bought it in the first place, former chairman,  Ratan Tata.
In a deal with the unions, the company set out its new plan earlier this month.
It involves a £1bn investment in Port Talbot over 10 years if savings can be made in the business and a commitment to keep the two blast furnaces for five years.
But the price is high for workers.
It is tied to them voting to move from the final salary pension to a much less generous one.
It is by no means a done deal though.
2016: THE WORKERS AND COMMUNITY
David Edwards, a steelworker for 11 years at Port Talbot, said it had been a difficult and frustrating year around the sale of the company and the mood was still depressed.
"It's been a very worrying time and it continues to be worrying," he said.
"When we were first put up for sale - there seemed to be a few potential buyers with the good of the company and the workers at heart.
"But that seems to have been shut down and we don't really know if there's anyone still out there and if we're going to be put up for sale, no-one knows the outcome to.
"I don't feel any more secure now than I did back in January."
Recalling the day it was put up for sale, Aberavon councillor and retired steelworker Tony Taylor said he was "flabbergasted" but after a difficult year, the deal on offer at least offered investment.
"We need this plant to be running over the next 20 or 30 years if possible," he said. "There's still uncertainty but there's more optimism, guarded optimism."
After a year of decisions being made about them elsewhere, the decision on pensions is now firmly in the hands of Tata's Welsh workforce.
They will have a lot to think about before they receive their ballot papers at the end of January.


Europe is on the cusp of approving a gene therapy for the first time, in what would be a landmark moment for the field.

Gene therapies alter a patient's DNA to treat inherited diseases passed from parent to child.
The European Medicines Agency has recommended
 a therapy for a rare genetic disease which leaves people unable to properly digest fats.
The European Commission will now make the final decision.
The idea of gene therapy is simple: if there is a problem with part of a patient's genetic code then replace that part of the code.
The reality has not been so easy. In one gene therapy trial a US teenager, Jesse Gelsinger, died, and other patients have developed leukaemia.
There are no gene therapies available outside of a research lab in Europe or the US.
The European Medicines Agency's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use has considered the use of Glybera to treat lipoprotein lipase deficiency.
One in a million people have the deficiency. They have damaged copies of a gene which is essential for breaking down fat.
It leads to fat building up in the blood, abdominal pain and life-threatening pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas).
The only way to manage the condition is by having a very low-fat diet.
The therapy uses a virus to infect muscle cells with a working copy of the gene.
It was recommended for patients with severe pancreatitis, who cannot control the disease through diet.
The manufacturer, UniQure, said the decision was a "major breakthrough" for patients and medicine as a whole.
UniQure chief executive officer Jorn Aldag said: "Patients with lipoprotein lipase deficiency are afraid of eating a normal meal because it can lead to acute and extremely painful inflammation of the pancreas, often resulting in a visit to intensive care.
"Now, for the first time, a treatment exists for these patients that not only reduces this risk of getting severely sick, but also has a multi-year beneficial effect after just a single injection.
"Restoring the body's natural ability to break down fat particles in the blood, in order to prevent pancreatitis and excruciating abdominal pain suffered by patients, is what gene therapy is all about: curing disease at the genetic level."
Dr Tomas Salmonson, from the agency's Committee, said the use of Glybera should be restricted to patients "with greatest need".
China was the first country to
          officially sanction a gene therapy
.


Cases of skin cancer in Scotland have increased by more than 30% in the past decade, according to latest NHS figures.

There were 1,172 diagnoses of melanoma in 2013, making it the sixth most common form of the disease.
Lung cancer remains the most common, accounting for 17% of all cases, followed by breast cancer and colorectal cancer.
More than 31,000 people in Scotland were diagnosed with cancer in 2013.
The statistics from ISD Scotland found the risk of skin cancer has increased more for men - with a 38% rise during the past ten years, compared to 22% increase over the same period for women.
Scotland's chief medical officer Dr Catherine Calderwood urged people to take more care in the sun and to contact their GP if they have any cause for concern.
She said: "The best way to cut your chances of getting melanoma is to reduce your exposure to the sun and avoid using sunbeds.
"The most common symptom of melanoma is a new mole or a change in the appearance of an existing mole.
"Melanomas are usually irregular in shape and contain more than one colour. They can be larger than usual moles and might itch or bleed."
Overall, during the past ten years cancer incidence has fallen in men but increased in women.
The total number of cancers diagnosed has also risen but this is likely to be because of the ageing population.
But survival rates have improved. It is estimated that there are 176,000 people in Scotland who have been diagnosed with cancer during the past 20 years and who are still alive - approximately 3% of the population.
Gregor McNie, senior public affairs manager for Cancer Research UK, said the figures showed the importance of research.
He said: "These statistics reinforce the vital need for more research to better prevent, treat and cure all types of cancer.
"But there is good news. Cancer is no longer the death sentence it used to be. Cancer survival has doubled since the 1970s and Cancer Research UK's work has been at the heart of that progress."
It is estimated two in five people in Scotland will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime.


Hundreds of professional Latin American clowns have condemned the recent global "creepy clown" craze, saying it is harming their image.

The clowns, attending an annual convention in Mexico City, chanted: "We are clowns, not killers".
The craze, in which people dress up as clowns and scare people, spread quickly with the help of social media.
Scary clowns were first reported in the US in August and quickly spread to the UK, Australia and Brazil.
Last week, five teenagers dressed as clowns were detained in the Mexican city of Mexicali after frightening people with bats. Clown sightings were also reported in the city of Queretaro.
The hysteria over the past weeks has prompted police in several countries to increase patrols outside schools, and in some areas fancy dress shops were asked to remove clown masks from the shelves.
The craze also saw fast food giant McDonald's limiting the public appearances of its well-known clown mascot, Ronald McDonald.
But those who earn a living from the profession are fighting back, hoping to reverse the negativity that has cast a shadow on their trade.
Hoi Hoi, a professional clown at the Mexico city convention, told Reuters: "There is more good than evil. Clowns show we are good people and we do our work in the best possible way."
An Argentine clown who went by the name Fluorescent Plug said: "I don't see anything funny about it."
Others were concerned about the safety of professional clowns. Tomas Morales, president of the Brotherhood of Latino Clowns, said: "If [people] see in the news that we are evil, they can take a machete or a gun and kill a clown."
Latin American clowns were dogged by controversy in 2013, when they gathered at that year's convention to deny allegations that one of their colleagues was responsible for the killing of a former Mexican drug cartel leader.
The clowns argued at the time that their costumes were frequently stolen and then used to commit crimes.
The annual clown convention, known locally as the "Kings of Laughter" convention, brings together professional clowns from across the continent.
There are about 10,000 professional clowns registered in Mexico, according to the Latin-American Clown Association.


Items connected to a maritime disaster that came just months after the end of World War One have been sought for new exhibition.

The yacht Iolaire was wrecked on a reef called the Beasts of Holm just off the Isle of Lewis in the early hours of 1 January 1919.
The ship was carrying home hundreds of sailors following the end of World War One. Of the 280 on board, 205 died.
Museum nan Eilean in Stornoway on Lewis is preparing the exhibition.
It will run from late 2018 until early 2019 in the new museum at Lews Castle and is part of a larger series of events by a number of organisations marking the centenary of the disaster.
The planned events include a project involving local schoolchildren.
There are several artefacts relating to the Iolaire in the museum's collection already, but staff have sought objects and papers from the descendants of those caught up in the disaster for inclusion in the new exhibition.
A spokesperson for the museum said: "At the present time we plan to take objects as loans from their owners during the exhibition period rather than as permanent additions to the museum collection.
"If you are the owner of anything relating to the Iolaire which you think may be suitable for display, please let us know by email or post.
"Please include photographs of the object and a full description as well as your contact details."
The spokesperson added: "Please don't bring any objects or original paperwork to the museum as unfortunately our staff will not be able to accept them for consideration."
The museum's exhibition committee will consider all objects nominated by 31 January 2018 and will keep in contact with owners to let them know progress.
Most of those killed in the Iolaire Disaster were from the islands of Lewis and Harris.
The last survivor of the Iolaire - which means "eagle" in Gaelic - died in 1992.
The yacht set sail from Kyle of Lochalsh on the west Highlands mainland on New Year's Eve 1918.
Making its final approach into Stornoway harbour on a dark night and in a strong gale, it changed course at the wrong point.
With the lights of the harbour in sight, the ship struck rocks at full speed and immediately began to tilt, filling up with water.
Although the stern of the boat was at one point just six metres (20ft) from land, many of the men onboard were weighed down by their heavy uniforms and were unable to swim ashore.
The next morning the bodies that had been recovered or washed up were laid out for families to identify.
The cause of the disaster was never conclusively determined. A public inquiry was unable to establish the reasons for the accident.


Neil Etheridge saved Billy Sharp's late penalty as Walsall held on to beat Sheffield United and end the Blades' 15-match unbeaten run in League One.

Erhun Oztumer hit the bar for Walsall early on with a free-kick before Amadou Bakayoko poked them in front.
Jack O'Connell had a header ruled out for the Blades for pushing.
Etheridge palmed away Sharp's penalty after James O'Connor handled, before Sharp had a stoppage-time effort ruled out for handball as Walsall held on.
The Blades, who had not lost in the league since August, would have gone second in the league with a win.
Walsall, who also won at Bramall Lane in the EFL Trophy last month, climb a place to 16th after ending a run of five league games without a victory.
Match ends, Sheffield United 0, Walsall 1.
Second Half ends, Sheffield United 0, Walsall 1.
Attempt missed. Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) right footed shot from very close range is high and wide to the right.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Josh Ginnelly.
Attempt blocked. John Fleck (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Attempt saved. Kieron Freeman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Foul by Billy Sharp (Sheffield United).
Matt Preston (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Neil Etheridge (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leon Clarke (Sheffield United).
Attempt missed. Jack O'Connell (Sheffield United) header from the left side of the box is too high.
Scott Laird (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Scott Laird (Walsall).
Harry Chapman (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Caolan Lavery (Sheffield United).
Isaiah Osbourne (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Penalty saved! Billy Sharp (Sheffield United) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity,  right footed shot saved  in the bottom right corner.
Penalty conceded by Matt Preston (Walsall) with a hand ball in the penalty area.
Attempt missed. Leon Clarke (Sheffield United) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Caolan Lavery replaces Daniel Lafferty.
Foul by Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Sheffield United).
Simeon Jackson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Neil Etheridge.
Attempt saved. Mark Duffy (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal.
Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Amadou Bakayoko.
Foul by Josh Ginnelly (Walsall).
Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by Joe Edwards.
Attempt blocked. Harry Chapman (Sheffield United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked.
Substitution, Sheffield United. Harry Chapman replaces Chris Basham.
Substitution, Walsall. Josh Ginnelly replaces Erhun Oztumer.
Substitution, Walsall. Isaiah Osbourne replaces George Dobson.
Attempt missed. Daniel Lafferty (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high.
Corner,  Sheffield United. Conceded by James O'Connor.
Attempt blocked. Paul Coutts (Sheffield United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Matt Preston (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
John Fleck (Sheffield United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Matt Preston (Walsall).
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).


The MP Lisa Nandy has spoken to Newsround about Jo Cox's work helping children around the world.

17 June 2016 Last updated at 17:48 BST
Jo Cox was an MP who died after being attacked on 16 June in Birstall in West Yorkshire.
Lisa Nandy, who worked with Jo in Parliament, said that she "spent her whole life sticking up for vulnerable children".
Watch what Lisa had to say here.


A memorial to the thousands of crewmen who served in Bomber Command during World War Two has been damaged by trespassers.

The spire is part of the International Bomber Command Centre, which will tell the story of more than 55,000 personnel killed in the conflict.
Officials said while the damage is minor, it showed great disrespect.
It is thought vandals used breeze blocks from the site to try and climb up inside the memorial.
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Nicky Barr, director of the centre, said it looked like those responsible had cut a perimeter fence and that the scuff marks inside the memorial were probably caused as the blocks fell.
"It is hugely disappointing that a memorial this county has worked so hard for, that honours the dead of Bomber Command, has been subjected to this kind of abject vandalism," she said.
"We are so proud of this spire, and the way people refer to it as 'our memorial'.
"It's only been up about a year.
"But it's the effort it took to get there, so whoever these people were, it really is [showing] disrespect."
She said whoever tried to climb the memorial was also putting themselves "at real risk of injury".
"It is about 30 metres high, with paving at the bottom, if you fall from there you would be in serious trouble, and be stranded here badly injured."
The spire was unveiled in October, with about 300 Bomber Command veterans in attendance.
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Food Standards Scotland has ordered the recall of six varieties of pre-packed sandwiches after they were labelled with the wrong use-by date.

The Deli Food snacks are marked with the date 23/07/17 rather than 23/06/17.
It is thought the error could pose a food risk to anyone who eats one of the sandwiches.
The varieties being recalled are Egg Mayo, Ham & Cheese, Ham & Cheese Savoury, Chicken Mayo, Cheese & Red Onion and Ham & Egg.
Food Standards Scotland said customers should return the sandwiches to the shop where they were bought to receive a full refund.


World powers have reached a deal with Iran on limiting Iranian nuclear activity in return for the lifting of international economic sanctions.

US President Barack Obama said that with the deal, "every pathway to a nuclear weapon is cut off" for Iran.
And President Hassan Rouhani said the "historic" deal opened a "new chapter" in Iran's relations with the world.
Negotiations between Iran and six world powers - the US, UK, France, China, Russia and Germany - began in 2006.
The so-called P5+1 want Iran to scale back its sensitive nuclear activities to ensure that it cannot build a nuclear weapon.
Iran, which wants crippling international sanctions lifted, has always insisted that its nuclear work is peaceful.
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There has been stiff resistance to a deal from conservatives both in Iran and the US. The US Congress has 60 days in which to consider the deal, though Mr Obama said he would veto any attempt to block it.
The Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, John Boehner, said the deal would only only "embolden" Tehran.
"Instead of stopping the spread of nuclear weapons in the Middle East, this deal is likely to fuel a nuclear arms race around the world," he added.
Israel's government has also warned against an agreement.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a "stunning historic mistake" that would provide Iran with "hundreds of billions of dollars with which it can fuel its terror machine and its expansion and aggression throughout the Middle East and across the globe".
He said he did not regard Israel as being bound by this agreement. "We will always defend ourselves," he added.
In a televised address, Mr Obama insisted the deal would make the world "safer and more secure", and provided for a rigorous verification regime. "This deal is not built on trust - it is built on verification," he said.
Immediately afterwards, Mr Rouhani gave his own televised address, in which he said the prayers of Iranians had "come true".
He said the deal would lead to the removal of all sanctions, adding: "The sanctions regime was never successful, but at the same time it affected people's lives.''
After 12 years, world powers had finally "recognised the nuclear activities of Iran", he said.
The agreement will change the Middle East, perhaps a lot, but at the moment no-one knows exactly how. The biggest question is whether it will reduce or increase the turmoil in the Middle East.
Iran and the world's big powers, most significantly the US, now have a habit of working together - but don't assume that will help automatically to resolve the crises and wars that Iran, the US and their allies are involved with in the region.
There is a danger that mutual suspicion will heat up the Middle East's fault lines, especially the cold war between Iran and Saudi Arabia - and with it sectarian conflict between Shia and Sunni Muslims.
But the agreement in Vienna removes Iran's nuclear programme from the danger list. Two years ago, as Israel threatened to bomb Iran, it looked likely to lead to a major Middle East war. That in itself is a major diplomatic achievement.
Both Mr Rouhani and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif referred to the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme as an "unnecessary crisis".
Mr Zarif said the deal was "not perfect for anybody'', but that it was the "best achievement possible that could be reached".
Mr Obama, who is trying to persuade a sceptical US Congress of the benefits, said it would oblige Iran to:
Sanctions relief would be gradual, Mr Obama said, with an arms embargo remaining in place for five years and an embargo on missiles for eight years.
Separately, the IAEA and Iran said they had signed a roadmap to resolve outstanding issues.
IAEA head Yukiya Amano told reporters in Vienna, Austria, that his organisation had signed a roadmap "for the clarification of past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran's nuclear programme".
He called the agreement a "significant step forward", saying it would allow the agency to "make an assessment of issues relating to possible military dimensions to Iran's nuclear programme by the end of 2015".


Wales' environment body is not clear of its own purpose, the chair of the assembly's environment committee has claimed.

Alun Ffred Jones said Natural Resources Wales (NRW) had offered confusing advice and was sometimes seen as being "too close" to the Welsh government.
Mr Jones has outlined his concerns in a letter to NRW, following an inquiry.
But NRW said it was "clear" about its purpose and insisted it was already dealing with many of the points raised.
The body was formed in 2013 by merging the Countryside Council for Wales, the Environment Agency and the Forestry Commission.
In his letter, Mr Jones wrote: "NRW does not appear to be clear about its purpose as an organisation... many of the more specific issues raised... stem from the confusion that exists within NRW about its purpose and the apparent lack of awareness at the top of NRW of how it is perceived on the ground by key stakeholders and staff."
The letter states some councils were confused on occasions when NRW stated it had no objection to a planning development, but then listed "serious concerns" about its impact.
Mr Jones added some organisations raised concerns the environment body was too close to Welsh ministers, particularly in relation to the controversial Â£325m Circuit of Wales race-track project planned in Blaenau Gwent.
NRW chief executive Emyr Roberts said creating NRW had been "uniquely complex" and "nothing like this has ever been attempted before anywhere in the world".
"We are clear about our purpose and working with staff and stakeholders around this new concept of managing our natural resources in a more joined up way," he said.
"We are already taking action on many of the points raised and, against a backdrop of significant change, I'm very proud of the fantastic work our staff have continued to do for the people, environment and economy of Wales," Dr Roberts added.
A staff survey published in April found only 14% of workers at NRW felt the merger that led to its creation was well managed and one in five thought the organisation was well managed.
Just over half of its 2,000 staff took part in the survey.


Google is helping to raise cash to restore a derelict building  at Bletchley Park.

During World War II,  Bletchley code-breakers gleaned information from German communications that proved vital to the Allied victory.
The building, known as Block C, held the punch card index that acted as a "search engine" at the heart of decryption work.
In 2010, Google helped return papers of cryptanalyst Alan Turing to Bletchley.
Bletchley Park, which now houses the National Museum of Computing, is also widely recognised as having a pivotal role in the computer industry because machines built to help crack codes laid the foundation for more modern devices.
Block C was built of brick and had an internal steel frame and a reinforced concrete roof to protect the punched cards stored inside. Last used in 1984, the building is now derelict.
Efforts to raise cash to fund the restoration began with a garden party held at Bletchley on 4 August. The event raised about £10,000.
Once restored, Block C will serve as a visitor and learning centre for both Bletchley Park and the National Museum of Computing.
Efforts to save and restore Bletchley have been ongoing for some years. In October 2009, it received £500,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to begin restoration work.
In March 2010 it won a government grant of £250,000 for critical repairs. Many others, both individuals and businesses, are helping it build up a fund of about £10m to restore the entire site.


Unseeded Jelena Ostapenko fought back to stun third seed Simona Halep and become Latvia's first Grand Slam champion at the French Open.

The 20-year-old trailed by a set and was 3-0 down in the second to Halep - who would have become world number one with a win - but prevailed 4-6 6-4 6-3.
Ostapenko, ranked 47th, had never won a Tour-level title before and was playing in only her eighth Grand Slam.
She is the first unseeded woman to win at Roland Garros since 1933.
Halep, 25, was playing in her second French Open final, after losing in three sets to Maria Sharapova in 2014.
She had been the tournament favourite this time in the absence of Serena Williams, but again missed out on a first major title.
Ostapenko's carefree attacking tennis ultimately proved too strong for the consistency and experience of Halep, with the favourite helpless by the closing stages.
The difference in approach was clear in the final statistics, Ostapenko ending with 54 winners and 54 errors, to Halep's eight winners and 10 errors.
Halep looked to have ridden out the storm after twice coming back from a break down to take the first set, with Ostapenko giving it up with her 23rd error and swiping her racquet in frustration.
The Romanian had played the percentages, with just one winner and two errors, and she looked set to end her wait for a major title when she moved 3-0 up in the second.
A large contingent of Romanian fans was now chanting her name with confidence, but her run of six games in a row came to an end, and Ostapenko grabbed the momentum.
She tore into the Halep second serve, stepping inside the baseline and attacking off both sides, and her power was simply too much for her opponent's defence.
A forehand down the line brought up Ostapenko's 36th winner, and with it a huge roar from the captivated home crowd, as she drew level at one set all.
Halep took charge again early in the final set, getting the break at 3-1 after taking some pace off the ball and drawing an error, but again Ostapenko came straight back.
A fortunate net cord gave her the crucial break of serve at 3-3, prompting Halep's coach Darren Cahill to look to the sky in disbelief, but the Latvian was on a roll.
She stormed through the last five games in a row, apparently free of nerves, to clinch victory and grab her place among the elite of women's tennis.
"I always had the possibility I could hit the ball really hard. If I have a chance to go for a shot, I'm trying for it," Ostapenko said.
"Nobody taught me. It's just the way I play. And also I think my character is like that. So I want to really hit the ball."
Jelena Ostapenko: "I cannot believe I am champion at 20 years old. I love you guys. It's so amazing to be here.
"I have no words, it is my dream. I'm so happy. I knew Simona was a great player, but I tried to play aggressively and everything turned my way. I fought for every point. I'm glad it finished my way."
Simona Halep: "I'm sad I couldn't win it, but it was a great experience.
"Now I want to congratulate Jelena - it's an amazing thing. Keep it going because you are only a kid.
"I would like to thank my team, my parents. It's a tough day, but let's keep working and let's believe.
"I felt sick in the stomach to play in this final, so maybe I wasn't ready to win it, but maybe next time."
Russell Fuller, BBC tennis correspondent:
"Ostapenko was a teenager before Thursday and had never previously featured in the second week of a Grand Slam.
"She was playing an opponent who had experienced the 2014 French Open final and was one win away from becoming world number one, and yet the 20-year-old seemed from the start to have the ability to control the match.
"She goes for broke and misses a lot, but when it really mattered - when she was a set and 3-0 down - she had the power and nerve to take the match away from Halep.
"Can she become a serial Grand Slam champion?
"Time will tell, but she certainly has the game and the presence of mind. She kept Halep waiting on the baseline for nearly a minute as she rearranged her towels and her bag at the start of the match."


A new enterprise zone across the whole of south Wales valleys has been urged in a poverty report by two think-tanks.

The £400m a year Wales gets from EU structural funds should also be earmarked in future to ensure the Welsh economy is "rebalanced" to support jobs and growth.
The Bevan and Joseph Rowntree foundations say poverty's impact is costing services £3.6bn a year.
Their report says everyone needs to "get to grips" with its root causes.
"Just as almost anyone is at risk of poverty, so too must we all - government, businesses and charities - take action," said Dr Victoria Winckler, director of the Merthyr Tydfil-based Bevan Foundation.
The report defines a person as being in poverty when their resources are "well below their minimum needs, including the need to take part in society".
It is estimated an average of 700,000 people were affected in Wales in the three years to 2014-15, equivalent to 23% of the population.
The report sets out an action plan between now and 2030, some involving government, but others involving councils, businesses and the voluntary sector.
It looks at encouraging better paid and more full-time jobs but also issues like the cost of fuel bills and rented housing and how to improve training and education to make it relevant to economic challenges.
Recommendations include:
Julia Unwin, chief executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, said:  "Poverty in Wales is holding back almost a quarter of the population, damaging the economy and affecting the life chances of the next generation.
"This is unacceptable. The Welsh and UK governments have an opportunity to end this damaging cycle and ensure that everyone in Wales has the chance of a decent and secure life."
She said the Welsh Government had long been committed to action to solve poverty but more needed to be done "to end the problem once and for all".
The Welsh Government said it was taking a cross-government approach to boosting prosperity and building more resilient communities "which is entirely consistent with the recommendations being made in today's report".
A spokesman said it was committed to rising to the challenge and in the taskforce for the south Wales valleys, announced in July, it was "developing a fresh approach to improving prosperity".
"We have big ambitions for Wales and its economy and we will continue to work hard to create and safeguard jobs."
Welsh Conservatives leader Andrew RT Davies said it was important to recognise that challenges exist in communities across the whole of Wales, not just in one area.
"In the past, towns such as Barry and Wrexham, and many of Wales' rural communities, have missed out on the levels of support afforded to other parts of the country and we cannot allow them to be left behind," he said.
Plaid Cymru's spokeswoman on housing and poverty, Bethan Jenkins, called for re-investment in public services and said the report should serve as a "massive wake-up call to the entire political establishment, both here in Cardiff and in Westminster".
Analysis by Sarah Dickins, BBC Wales economics correspondent
Poverty doesn't just hurt those who are struggling to survive but it affects all of us. That is the strong message from this report.
The calculation, that £3.6bn is spent every year in Wales coping with the consequences of poverty, brings home the enormity of the challenge.  That represents 20% of the Welsh budget and therefore limits Wales' chances of becoming more vibrant.
Many reports into poverty examine it in a more isolated manner and often places the issues at the feet of the Welsh Government.
This research calls on businesses do their bit too and argues it is in their self interest to do so.
If low paid sectors can be helped to become more innovative that helps the company itself and the income levels of people working there. Similarly, if employees are trained to have higher skills, the better the organisation they work for will perform.
In the 1990s, the belief was that the way out of poverty was through work. This report reminds that this is not always the case. Wales has had lower unemployment than the UK average for many months but still has some of the lowest levels of household incomes.
Wales also has high levels of under-employment - people not working as much as they would like to. The reports calculates that 17% of part time workers in Wales would like to work more hours and it says that while average pay for full time workers in Wales is £12.26 an hour, for part time workers it is £8.12 an hour.
Its recommendations are pertinent as the move towards city region models of economic growth develop in Cardiff, Swansea and North Wales.
It talks about the need for inclusive development, not leaving some communities behind in the rush for growth - a line of thinking that is gaining traction.
Many recognise that the post-industrial communities in the south Wales valleys need special attention to bring more well paid jobs to communities there.
The Welsh Government has launched a Valleys task force. This report suggests that there should be a new enterprise zone stretching across the valleys area. It says it should be able to use local planning powers and tax breaks to help job creation.
The report's own analysis shows that education and skills, from early years to adulthood, are desperately needed to attract higher paying jobs. But that kind of investment takes a long time to take effect.


Senior cabinet ministers have pledged their support for the prime minister in the wake of Friday's election result.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said Theresa May was the "best placed person" to lead the country through Brexit.
International Trade Secretary Liam Fox said he had "absolute faith" in the PM.
Earlier, former Chancellor George Osborne described Mrs May as "a dead woman walking" and said she would inevitably face a leadership challenge.
Michael Gove, who has returned to the front bench as environment secretary, said it was "vital the PM is given strong support for key Queen's Speech and Brexit talks."
Mr Osborne, now editor of the Evening Standard, said Tory MPs were "furious" that Mrs May had not acknowledged their losses in the general election.
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show, Mr Osborne said a leadership challenge could come "at the end of next week".
He said: "It's just how long she is going to remain on death row."
He described Boris Johnson, who has been named as a possible challenger in the Mail on Sunday, as in a "permanent leadership campaign".
But Mr Johnson dismissed the reports, tweeting: "Mail on Sunday tripe - I am backing Theresa may. Let's get on with the job."
Other Conservative MPs have predicted that the party is likely to choose a new leader after a transitional period.
Former education secretary Nicky Morgan told ITV's Peston on Sunday the party needed to change leaders before the next election, saying a contest could take place over the summer.
But she said: "If we are going to have another leadership contest in the Conservative party, we cannot have another coronation like we did last summer."
Anna Soubry, former minister for small businesses, told the BBC's Sunday Politics programme she believed Mrs May would go before the end of the year.
"We don't want her to go now, we want a period of stability," she said.
"She is flawed, she is in a desperate situation. I think her position is untenable and I think she knows that."
But Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of Tory backbenchers, told Sunday Politics that it was important for Mrs May to stay in office at a time when no other party could form a government.
He said: "It's her duty to make the best of that. It's her duty to try to offer government as resilient as it can be in quite difficult times."
And home secretary Amber Rudd said: "I think she's an excellent leader and I hope she stays on."
Turning to Brexit, the election had given more power to Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, and to Conservatives in Scotland, Mr Osborne said.
He said this shift would change the debate, because the DUP were committed to avoiding a hard border with Ireland.
Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservatives, has called for a new approach to Brexit, prioritising free trade and the economy over restricting immigration.
"I don't think there is a majority now in the House of Commons for the kind of hard Brexit which is a route to political ruin for the Tory party, but more importantly is a real route to trouble for the country as a whole", Mr Osborne said.
Mr Osborne also revealed Mrs May's words to him when he was sacked last year.
"She said I needed to get to know my party better."
Also speaking on the Andrew Marr show, Sir Michael Fallon said Mrs May was right to call an election, and as the biggest party it was now their "duty in the national interest" to form a government.
"We have to get on and make the best of it. There is no other party that has any legitimacy or credibility in forming a government", he said.
The Conservatives "fully understand what people are saying to us" and the Prime Minister would take a more collaborative approach to government, he added.
"Clearly a minority government requires a different approach. You've already seen some changes in personnel at Number 10 Downing Street. I welcome that.
"You're going to see more collective decision-making in cabinet. I and other senior colleagues have made that clear to her," he said.


Mark Selby hailed "the best night" of his life after winning the world title for a second time, 13 minutes after his home town Leicester were crowned Premier League champions.

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Selby, 32, beat China's Ding Junhui 18-14 to become only the sixth multiple winner of the title in the modern era.
"I don't know what is more of a shock, me winning it a second time or Leicester becoming champions," he said.
"To win the title once is great, but to win it twice is a dream come true."
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At the start of the season, Leicester were 5,000-1 to become champions, while world number one Selby went into the final still searching for his best form.
"Hopefully in another two years they will win the Premier League again and I will come back and win again," he added.
"I'm quite emotional. When you look at people who've won it twice, to join that elite group is something special."
Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams are the only players in the modern era to have won two or more titles.
Selby's first world title victory against O'Sullivan in 2014 was the same year in which Leicester were promoted to the top flight from the Championship.
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On Monday evening, Selby - whose nickname is the Jester from Leicester - potted the first red of his match-winning 74 break at the same time as the final whistle blew at Stamford Bridge.
"I didn't know Leicester had won it until after," he said. "The guy who was sat next to me called Brian told me the Chelsea v Tottenham game was 2-2 and Leicester are champions. That was the first time I knew.
"Going out there, I knew the game was kicking off but I tried not to think about it too much to distract me from what I had to do."
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Selby admitted he had played "average or lower" during the tournament and came in for criticism because of his slow and meticulous style of play.
A 66-minute frame on the first day of the final was just 10 minutes short of the longest frame at the Crucible, set by Selby and Marco Fu in the semi-final.
Asked if the disapproval of his performances upset him, Selby said: "Not really. Some of the frames I made breaks in one visit and I looked at the time and it played on my mind a little.
"When I made a break, I looked at the scoreboard and saw it was around 10 or 11 minutes so obviously it was not that slow.
"It was just when the frames were scrappy, when I played safe, and that put Ding under pressure."
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China's Ding came over to England at the age of 15 and has been living in Sheffield - the home of the Crucible Theatre - for the past decade.
The 29-year-old qualifier missed the chance to become the first Asian world champion, but despite falling short this time, showed his class with 15 centuries during the tournament.
"It is the first time I felt like I have played at home," he said. "The fans wanted me to win the title and they love to see other countries' players win it. It felt good.
"People will be disappointed in China but there is nothing disappointing in reaching the final. I just wanted to enjoy the day.
"Five years ago I was in the semi-finals, this year I took one step up, maybe next year I will win it, but it is great experience for my career. I may never have a chance again but I enjoyed the final. Not many players can get in the final."
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Frame two, an early blow: Needing a snooker with the colours from the green remaining, Selby managed to get it and cleared to go 2-0 ahead.
Frame seven, on the board: Having fallen 6-0 behind, Ding finally got his first frame of the final. He needed a couple of chances but the puff of the cheeks showed his relief.
Frame 10, a reprieve: Selby was in among the reds when a miscue allowed Ding to counter-attack with a 76 break and he took the next two as well to cut the lead to 7-5.
Frame 15, marathon of the mind: Ding won the 66-minute frame but it seemed to take a lot out of him as Selby won the next two to lead 10-7 after the first day.
Frame 23, resolve: Ding had closed to within one at 11-10, but Selby made a breaks of 52 and 68 to hold a 14-11 advantage.
Frame 27, winning line in sight: Ding was on 60 points when he lost position on the penultimate red as Selby cleared up to go two away from victory.
Frame 31, vital scrap: Ding had made breaks of 73, 70 and 103 to leave Selby not having made a pot for an hour, but the Englishman took a scrappy 50-minute frame to edge closer to the winning line which he managed in the next frame.
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Ospreys will assess second row Alun Wyn Jones early next week before deciding if he can make his return in the Pro12 match with Scarlets on 6 May.

Jones has not played since injuring a shoulder in Wales' final game in the Six Nations against France on 18 March.
Ospreys need a point against Scarlets to secure a play-off spot following a 24-10 win over Ulster.
"There's hope of Alun coming back in this campaign but it's making sure he's ready," said coach Steve Tandy.
"But he's excited, it's great have him around the group around training, he's done a little bit of units last week so we'll assess him early in the week.
"We've said all along we're not going to rush a player like Alun back, he needs to be ready to perform."
Ospreys had lost their last three Pro12 matches without Jones before "riding their luck" against Ulster to all-but claim a play-off spot while causing potentially terminal damage to the Irish side's hopes of reaching the final stages.
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Ulster will have to beat Leinster in their final game of the season and gain a bonus point to threaten Ospreys' play-off place.
In addition to having five more league points than Ulster, Ospreys' points difference is 73 better than their rivals.
Despite that, Tandy says his team are determined to win at Parc y Scarlets in their final game of the regular season.
Scarlets secured their place in the play-offs with a 30-8 win over Connacht later this evening.
"They are always great games and we know it'll be pretty ferocious going down there and everyone wants to beat each other," said Tandy.
"We've got to go down to the Scarlets clear in our own heads how we want to play.
"It's a massive points difference but we know Ulster have a lot of firepower and we don't know what sort of team Leinster are going to send over there so we've got to be really focussed and ultimately we're going down the Scarlets to win the game."
Tandy added it was a relief to bring an end to a four-match losing run which had threatened to derail their season.
"It's obviously a relief," he added.
"We've lost in the quarter final of a European competition and  lost to the top team in the league here when we've missed a last kick for a victory.
"It's small margins in high performance sport and we haven't had those margins in recent weeks, but I thought we had a bit of luck today and it's something we're pretty pleased with getting a victory against a strong Ulster team."


Conservators have released images of the contents of a pot of Viking treasure more than 1,000 years after it was buried in a field in Galloway.

Items inside include six silver Anglo-Saxon disc brooches, a gold ingot and Byzantium silk.
The pictures give the public a chance to see the items for the first time as they are not currently on display.
It follows a painstaking project to remove and conserve the items which date from the 9th to 10th century AD.
The hoard was discovered by metal detectorist Derek McLennan in Dumfries and Galloway in 2014.
The images show a cache of objects contained in a Carolingian pot which was part of the wider hoard.
Items in the pot included:
The conservation project is being funded by Historic Environment Scotland, working in partnership with the Treasure Trove Unit, and the Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer (QLTR).
Richard Welander, of Historic Environment Scotland, said: "Before removing the objects we took the rather unusual measure of having the pot CT scanned, in order that we could get a rough idea of what was in there and best plan the delicate extraction process.
"That exercise offered us a tantalising glimpse but didn't prepare me for what was to come.
"These stunning objects provide us with an unparalleled insight to what was going on in the minds of the Vikings in Galloway all those years ago.
"They tell us about the sensibilities of the time, reveal displays of regal rivalries, and some of the objects even betray an underlying sense of humour, which the Vikings aren't always renowned for!"
Stuart Campbell of the Treasure Trove Unit, said there was further research to be done on the items.
"The complexity of the material in the hoard raises more questions than it answers, and like all the best archaeology, this find doesn't give any easy answers," he said.
"Questions about the motivations and cultural identity of the individuals who buried it will occupy scholars and researchers for years to come."
The vessel contents are now with the Treasure Trove Unit, who are responsible for assessing the value of the hoard on behalf of the QLTR.
The hoard will then be offered for allocation to Scottish museums, with the finder eligible for the market value of the find - a cost that will be met by the successful museum.
Dumfries and Galloway Council is working up a bid to give it a permanent home in Kirkcudbright.
However, it has been estimated it might need up to £1m in order to do so.
The hoard's discovery is also set to feature in the latest episode of Digging for Britain hosted by Dr Alice Roberts.
The programme is broadcast on BBC Four at 21:00 on Thursday 24 March.


The avalanches triggered by Saturday's earthquake in Nepal led to the worst disaster in the history of Mount Everest.

Eighteen people have been confirmed dead so far and rescue teams are racing to get to those who survived before their supplies run out.
People involved spoke to the BBC about how they are co-ordinating the rescue operation.
Altogether 42 teams were attempting to scale Mount Everest at this point early on in the climbing season, according to Nepal's tourism ministry.
That means hundreds of mountaineers, all of them starting and ending their ascent at Everest Base Camp.
About 210 of them were trapped at either Camp 1 at a height of 6,400m (21,000ft) or Camp 2 at 6,750m when the avalanches hit, tourism department Director General Tulsi Gautam told the BBC.
The avalanches swept away their climbing ropes and ladders leaving them unable to come back down the mountain.
It was not until Monday that helicopters were able to reach Camps 1 and 2 to evacuate some of those trapped.
But many remain stranded at the two higher camps, according to Himalayan Guides Nepal, a local company providing logistics services to foreign tour operators.
Separately, about 300 trekkers are said to be trapped in the Langtang region, north of Kathmandu bordering Tibet.
Tourism department Director General Tulsi Gautam said the trekkers "are safe there, albeit without enough food and it's a bit crowded".
Among those who didn't survive the avalanche are five local guides working for one New Zealand tour company, Adventure Consultants. Their names have not been released.
A documentary-maker from Santa Monica, Tom Taplin, and a Google engineer, Dan Fredinburg, were also among those killed. Mr Fredinburg died from a head injury after the avalanches, according to the mountaineering company Jagged Globe that took him to Base Camp.
Sherpas, porters and yaks usually carry supplies to Base Camp for their teams and a rudimentary camp is set up there where climbers spend a week acclimatising to the altitude.
Reports say some teams' entire camps were swept away by the avalanches, while others still have some supplies.
Steve Moffat, operations manager at Adventure Consultants, said guides and sherpas have qualifications and the experience to deal with situations of this kind.
"[Our teams] don't have a lot of supplies because their camp at Base Camp was badly damaged, but they are being accommodated by other teams," said Mr Moffat.
"Teams that weren't affected at Base Camp - those that were not directly hit - they have cooking facilities, they have food and fuel."
He said the company had now managed to get the rest of their team, 37 people, down to Base Camp.
The tourism ministry says more than 200 mountaineers have been rescued so far from Base Camp and brought to villages at lower altitudes or to Kathmandu for medical treatment.
Those in a critical condition were taken to a clinic in the village of Pheriche.
Helicopters are the only vehicles able to reach the higher camps but the altitude causes problems, weather conditions have to be good and finding a spot to land is very difficult.
Other government and private rescue operations were continuing on Monday.
"We have mobilised four small helicopters to airlift sick or injured climbers near the Base Camp," Tulsi Gautam said.
Iswari Paudel, the managing director of Himalayan Guides Nepal, said they had also sent four helicopters on Monday to bring people in their teams down from Camp 1 to Base Camp.
Those in Camps 1 and 2 are in touch using satellite phone and are being briefed on the arrival of helicopters.
They are prioritising those who need immediate medical help. He says the others have food and supplies to survive another day or two.
"From Camp 2 we can only pick up one person at a time. The altitude makes it hard to pick up more than one person. From Camp 1 we can pick up two or three at a time."
Mr Paudel says his company is co-ordinating rescues despite their own office in Kathmandu being badly damaged.
"We are not able to open our office, the landlines don't work, there is no electricity or water," he said. "I'm charging my mobile phone in my car."
Jim Davidson, a climber from the US who was among those trapped at Camp 1, updated his Facebook page on Monday saying he had now been evacuated to Base Camp.
Some tour agencies say they will not move people from Base Camp to Kathmandu, until accommodation and onward travel is sorted out.
Many buildings have collapsed in the capital and it continues to experience aftershocks. The airport has also suffered damage.
Special Report: Climbing Everest


Amber Heard has demanded that Johnny Depp double the amount that is paid to charity following their divorce settlement.

She recently pledged to donate the $7m (Â£5.3m) settlement to two charities for abused women and ill children.
But he has begun to donate the money directly in her name, instead of giving it to her first, leading her to accuse him of trying to reduce his total bill.
She said he must now "honour the full amount by donating $14m to charity".
On Thursday, the Pirates of the Caribbean star revealed he had paid the first instalments of the original $7m sum to the charities "in the name of Amber Heard".
Her spokeswoman responded in a statement: "Amber Heard appreciates Johnny Depp's novel interest in supporting two of her favourite charities, the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union) for domestic violence and the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. This is great and unexpected news.
"However, if Johnny wishes to change the settlement agreement, we must insist that he honour the full amount by donating $14m to charity, which, after accounting for his tax deduction, is equal to his $7m payment obligation to Amber.
"We would also insist that the full amount be paid immediately and not drawn out over many years.
"Anything less would be a transparent attempt by Johnny's counsel, Laura Wasser and Patti Glaser, to reduce their client's true payment by half under the guise of newfound concern for charities that he has never previously supported."
A spokesman for Depp earlier confirmed that the actor had sent the first instalments to the two charities.
In a statement, the spokesman said: "Following Amber Heard's announcement that her divorce settlement was to be divided equally and gifted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles and the American Civil Liberties Union, two exceptionally deserving and important charities, Johnny Depp has sent the first of multiple instalments of those monies to each charity in the name of Amber Heard, which when completed will honour the full amount of Ms Heard's pledge.
"Ms Heard's generosity in giving to these wonderful causes is deeply respected."
The 30-year-old actress and Hollywood star Depp, who were married in February 2015, announced their split this May.
She accused him of striking her and throwing a mobile phone during a fight. He denied the allegations.
She then took out a temporary restraining order against the 53-year-old obliging him not to get in contact and to stay 100 yards away from her.
The order was withdrawn when they agreed the divorce settlement.
Depp earns $48m (Â£36m) a year, according to Forbes magazine. Charity donations are usually tax deductible up to 50% of someone's salary in the US, according to the IRS.
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European Under-23 champion Amy Livesey will make her senior European Championships debut later this month.

The 22-year-old Walsall-based judoka is part of a 13-strong Great Britain team competing in Russia from 21-24 April.
Livesey and Danny Williams are the only team members who did not compete in last year's European Games.
The Kazan tournament is the last major championships before this summer's Rio Olympics, giving competitors the chance to earn valuable qualifying points.
The qualifying period ends on 30 May, after the IJF Masters in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Two members of the team - Colin Oates and Ashley McKenzie - have won European medals, while Williams will make his first appearance at the event since 2012.
Wales' Natalie Powell, who won -78 bronze at this year's Paris Grand Slam, said: "My year so far has gone relatively well.
"Winning my first Grand Slam medal has to be the high. However, the Europeans has been my main focus from the start.
"Just missing out on a medal last year was devastating so I will be looking to put my best performance in this year and get on the podium."
Nigel Donohue, British Judo's performance director, believes the team will go to Kazan with "great confidence" and "high expectations".
"The team on the whole across the IJF World Tour have performed well and won a number of Grand Prix and Grand Slam medals and defeated some of the best players in the world," he said.
Great Britain team
Men: -60kg Ashley McKenzie (Camberley), -66kg Colin Oates (Kumo), -73kg Danny Williams (Camberley), -81kg Owen Livesey Camberley/SKK), -90kg Frazer Chamberlain (Camberley), -100kg Ben Fletcher (Pinewood/Team Bath),
Women: -57kg Nekoda Davis (Ealing), -63kg Alice Schlesinger (not stated), -63kg Amy Livesey (SKK), -70kg Sally Conway (Edinburgh), -78kg Natalie Powell (Irfon), -78kg Gemma Gibbons (Metro), +78kg Sarah Adlington (Edinburgh).


One of them kept finding himself in the parliamentary kitchen after getting lost all the time.

Another was determined to carry on being a part-time shepherd.
The six new MPs I followed a year ago for New Wave at Westminster, a radio documentary, found the House of Commons challenging, baffling and often infuriating.
I've caught up with five of them for The World at One on BBC Radio 4, after the most tumultuous year in British politics I can remember in nearly 30 years as a political journalist.
So how has the class of 2015 coped?
A year ago, Labour MPs were being lobbied for their votes after the resignation of the their leader, Ed Miliband.
Tulip Siddiq, the newly elected MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, was one of the members who nominated Jeremy Corbyn.
That allowed Mr Corbyn's name to appear on the ballot paper - and led her and the 34 colleagues who joined her in proposing Mr Corbyn to be labelled "morons" by John McTernan, a former adviser to Tony Blair.
One year on, Ms Siddiq says she has no regrets - though she does think the current leadership contest is necessary.
"If you can't command a parliamentary mandate, then something needs to be done," she says.
That does not necessarily make her an Owen Smith supporter though, even though she says she is "leaning towards" him.
"I'm at that point where, whether Owen or Jeremy wins, I'll unite behind them, but the person I really wanted was Angela [Eagle]," she adds.
Ms Siddiq's fellow Labour MP, the outspoken Jess Phillips, has maintained a high profile all year.
The member for Birmingham Yardley is very clear about her attitude towards her own party.
"The Labour Party is in a very difficult position at the moment, with a lot of abuse being thrown around," she says.
She lists a series of threats and acts of intimidation targeted at her.
"Last week, somebody thought it was funny to mock up a picture of a woman with a spear through her heart and put my face on it. I've got two small kids. I'm a human being. Nobody sees beyond the title and realises how damaging that is," she adds.
"If Jeremy Corbyn wins and something doesn't dramatically change in the way that people are being treated online, and on the streets, I can't imagine why I would want to stay somewhere where I am so obviously not welcome."
What, in her view, do Mr Corbyn and his team need to do?
"Words are all well and good, but I'd like to see some action," says Ms Phillips. "I'd like to see them calling out some of the ringleaders."
In comparison, the Conservative Party leadership contest was a walk in the park. The new MP for Lewes, Maria Caulfield felt a bit excluded though.
"Stephen Crabb was the only one who ever approached me for support," she says.
After Mr Crabb removed himself from the contest, Ms Caulfied then switched to Andrea Leadsom.
"The people I backed seemed to drop out, basically," she adds.
The EU referendum had a profound effect on all the MPs.
Johnny Mercer, Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View, was in two minds last year about which way to vote, but wanted to reflect the sentiment in his constituency.
In the event, he voted to remain, but his constituency didn't.
"I'm not too proud to say that I got that wrong.  I believed the overwhelming body of evidence out there would have brought people to vote Remain," he says.
The people have spoken, but Tulip Siddiq MP has been taking advice as to whether to vote against triggering Article 50.
"It's something that I'm considering because 75% of the population in Hampstead and Kilburn actually voted to remain," she says.
"I know that wasn't reflected across the country - but if I'm reflecting the wishes of my constituents, I have to make a decision accordingly."
Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU, so the Brexit result has raised the question of whether there could be another referendum on independence for Scotland.
The Edinburgh East SNP MP Tommy Sheppard is not so sure. "It's inevitable at some time, but I don't know if it's inevitable in the short term," he says.
"It's definitely not a racing certainty just yet."
All the new MPs say they want to influence policy and make a difference in Parliament, whichever side of the Commons they sit.
The two new Conservative MPs have not been afraid to put their heads above the parapet.
Maria Caulfield says backbenchers such as her have a responsibility to hold the government to account.
"Particularly with the Labour Party being in such disarray at the moment, we're kind of acting as the opposition on a number of issues," she says.
Ms Caulfield, who still works as an NHS nurse, was unhappy with how the junior doctors' dispute was dealt with.
"I think the way it was handled initially was very, very poor.  It was a conflict right from the start, and I was very vocal that that was not the way to negotiate the new contract," she says.
For his part, Johnny Mercer thought the Conservatives got the Budget wrong. "You cannot announce tax cuts for the middle classes and cuts to disability benefit in the same Budget," he says.
"Mistakes like that that really have an impact."
Over on the Labour benches, Tulip Siddiq found herself at odds with Jeremy Corbyn's position of backing HS2.
On her way to informing the whips that she was going to rebel and resign from her position as shadow culture, media and sport minister, she bumped into the man himself, Jeremy Corbyn.
She told him of her intention.  "He looked at me, winked and said, 'I've done it enough times myself, so you're welcome to rebel,'" she says.
The last - highly eventful - 12 months in Parliament have left some of the MPs with work to do they may not have anticipated.
"My public speaking has a lot to be desired," says Johnny Mercer.  "I feel as if I'm briefing up the House of Commons as though we're about to go over the top, which is not the best form of oratory."
And while Maria Caulfield has not found as much time to work as a shepherd recently as she was hoping to, she says she is determined to return to pastures old.
"It is a juggling act, but I will definitely be going on to the next [shepherding] rota," she says.
Listen to the interviews all this week on The World at One, on BBC Radio 4 at 13:00 BST.  If you miss them, you can catch up later online.


The number of firefighters could be cut in the West Midlands in a bid to save up to £3.8m.

West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) has announced two trials to see how services could be protected with fewer staff.
WMFS said the public would see "no change to the service they receive" throughout the trials.
The Fire Brigades Union (FBU), warned it would mean fewer firefighters working more hours.
Steve Price-Hunt, acting brigade secretary of the FBU in the West Midlands, said the changes were ultimately expected to lead to 150 frontline cuts, taking the overall number of posts closed to some 400 over five years.
John Edwards, chair of the West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority, said the trials would "produce the evidence we need to consider any permanent changes in staffing to deal with another deficit in our budget of £3.5 million that we face in 2016-17".
He said any long-term job cuts would be made through retirement and there would be no compulsory redundancies.
The two trials approved by the fire service mean watches will be merged at some stations, while others will see the number of staff reduced on each watch.
In the first trial, firefighters are expected to "self-rota", rather than being confined to specific shifts.
The FBU said the shift changes could force the service to call in firefighters at late notice to ensure engines were staffed.
Chief Fire Officer Phil Loach said WMFS faced "extremely challenging cuts".
A report to the fire authority said £21m in grants had been lost since 2011.
WMFS currently employs 1,322 full-time firefighters, who work from 38 fire stations serving a population of 2.7 million people.
Community fire stations in trials


The State Opening of Parliament is one of those occasions when the Queen appears, well, queenly.

The ceremony was adjusted last year so that the then 90-year-old monarch could use a lift rather than walk up some stairs.
This year it will be a pale shadow of its former self.
A "dressed down" head of state will turn up in what is described in certain circles as a "day dress". And a hat.
Missing will be any robes and the Imperial State Crown will be present, but the Queen won't be wearing it.
Constitutional purists may be further troubled by the absence of any carriages.
The reduction in pomp is being blamed on time pressures and the need to rehearse properly.
Trooping the Colour will take place two days before the State Opening of Parliament, which is scheduled for 19 June.
Officials insist the temporary changes have nothing to do with the Queen's age.
Normal ceremonial service will resume next year.


Oklahoma City Thunder small forward Kevin Durant is joining the Golden State Warriors.

The 27-year-old, who is in the US squad for August's Rio Olympics, has been in seven NBA All-Star teams.
He will be joining the team who finished last season with an NBA record 73 regular-season wins.
"It really pains me to know that I will disappoint so many people with this choice, but I believe I am doing what I feel is the right thing," he said.
"The primary mandate I had for myself in making this decision was to have it based on the potential for my growth as a player — as that has always steered me in the right direction.
"But I am also at a point in my life where it is of equal importance to find an opportunity that encourages my evolution as a man: moving out of my comfort zone to a new city and community which offers the greatest potential for my contribution and personal growth.
"With this in mind, I have decided that I am going to join the Golden State Warriors."
Durant's decision to join the team who were beaten by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA finals last month has been met with an angry reaction from many basketball fans.
Durant tweeted in 2010: "Now everybody want to play for the Heat and the Lakers? Let's go back to being competitive and going at these peoples."
The tweet is now being widely shared as people perceive the Olympic gold-medal winner to have turned his back on his previous sentiments.


Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho has rejected being affected by 'third season syndrome' and told a BBC reporter to "Google answers to stupid questions".

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The Premier League champions are 17th in the table after losing three of their opening five games of the season.
Asked if he still has the qualities of a great manager, Mourinho replied: "The point is that the question is stupid. I am sorry."
The Blues face Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Champions League on Wednesday.
The Portuguese manager, who joined the club in 2013 for a second spell, said losing is a "strange feeling" after his side's worst start to a top-flight season in 29 years.
Chelsea's 3-2 victory away at West Brom in August is their only victory in the league so far.
He added: "I promise you I am fine. I am not happy. I am not used to losing so many times but I am adapting to the situation.
"You cannot expect me to say it is all smiles, laughing and jokes. When people are not getting success we work for, we are going to be frustrated.
"We know what we are - champions of England. The fans sing that. Nobody can steal what we are or our trophies or our history, you can try but you can't do that.
"When you are used to winning all the time, then when you don't it is a strange feeling. Some people deal well with it, others not as good."
In a testy exchange with BBC Sport's Ben Smith, Mourinho rejected the idea that performances of the teams he has managed deteriorated in his third season in charge:
Ben Smith: Do you believe that you still have all the qualities that made you such a great manager? A lot has been made of the third season in your time at clubs - what do you say to that?
Jose Mourinho: Look, my third season - in Porto, I didn't have a third season. My third season in Inter, I didn't have a third season. My third season at Chelsea the first time, I won the FA Cup and the Carling Cup, and I played the Champions League semi-finals. My third season in Real Madrid, I won the Super Cup, I lost the cup [Copa del Rey] final, and I went to the Champions League semi-finals. These are my third seasons...
BS: Sure, but you know what I'm getting at...
JM: So click Google, instead of making stupid questions, click Google and try to find.
BS: Jose, you know what I'm getting at though, don't you, how important is it for you to build...
JM: No, you spoke about the third season, and I am telling you that the question is stupid, because the third season is what I told you.
BS: Jose, you know the point of the question...
JM: No, I know the point, the point is that the question is stupid. I am sorry...
[At this point a Chelsea press officer intervenes]
Mourinho also rebuffed a suggestion from one journalist that his new short haircut was a response to the turmoil at Chelsea.
Asked if there was any correlation between his haircut and his mood, Mourinho replied: "My haircut isn't as radical as it has been. I am fine, I promise you."
Pressed further on whether the stress of Chelsea's poor run had caused his hair to fall out, Mourinho smiled and shook his head.


A decision on a "Hillsborough Law" to ensure legal funding for bereaved families at inquests where police are involved has been put on hold.

The government said any decision should await a report being written by the former bishop of Liverpool James Jones.
Andy Burnham, who called for the law, criticised the failure to include it in the Policing and Crime Bill.
He said it was wrong Margaret Aspinall had to use compensation for her son's death towards the "fight for justice".
The shadow home secretary said Ms Aspinall, whose son James died in the 1989 disaster, had to put the Â£1,000 she received in compensation towards legal fees and was then "living on the breadline" trying to cover the cost of fighting for justice.
The Leigh MP said the 27-year fight Hillsborough families had to endure showed how the odds were stacked against families seeking the truth.
It has been revealed South Yorkshire Police spent at least Â£2.1m on legal fees representing its suspended Chief Constable David Crompton during the inquests into the deaths of the 96 fans who were killed.
The Labour MP said: "This Bill was an opportunity to make this country fairer, to even up the scales and tip them in favour of ordinary families and away from the establishment.
"I fear we have failed to do that."
He said Ms Aspinall, who is chairwoman of the Hillsborough Family Support Group, watched the debate from the public gallery, and was "disappointed" by the government's refusal to accept equal legal funding in to the Bill.
The Policing and Crime Bill gives police stronger powers and hands responsibility for fire and rescue services to elected police and crime commissioners.
It creates so-called super complaints which will allow organisations like charities to bring a large-scale complaint against the police and strengthens protections for whistleblowers so identities are protected while investigations are conducted.
Home Secretary Theresa May said the Bill would allow police to go "further and faster" and "radically reform" the complaints and disciplinary systems.
However, Mr Burnham said it was a "mixed bag" that included improvements but also missed opportunities including the equal legal funding for victims as well as a second Leveson Inquiry into the relationship between police and the press.
The Bill will now pass to the House of Lords for further scrutiny.
In April, jurors ruled the 96 victims of Hillsborough were unlawfully killed.
The Rt Rev James Jones, the former Bishop of Liverpool, led the Hillsborough Independent Panel now acts as the home secretary's adviser on Hillsborough.


Twelve of London's "most evasive" burglary suspects, including a man who stole more than £10,000 worth of Asian gold, are being hunted by the Met.

The force has released images of the suspects and said the stolen gold, worth a lot for sentimental reasons, is "irreplaceable".
A 39-year-old man is being hunted in connection with the crime.
More than 1,400 people were arrested over burglary offences from 21 September to 14 December, the Met said.
Suspects photographed, left to right:
Top row
Second row
Third row
Simon Letchford at the Met's Territorial Policing arm said he was stepping up efforts to find and arrest "outstanding wanted suspects" to tackle burglary in the run up to Christmas.
He asked anyone with information to get in touch.
Mr Letchford added: "We will use every means at our disposal to catch those wanted so they can face justice, so our message is clear, 'if your face is on this list, hand yourself in - don't ruin Christmas for your family'."


A man has been jailed for more than five years for causing the death of a woman in a crash in Harrogate.

Simeon Denny had admitted using cannabis and drinking alcohol before the crash last August.
He drove through a red light at 60mph, hitting Carol Jones as she drove to work at the town's police station.
The 29-year-old was jailed at York Crown Court for five years, nine months. He was also banned from driving for six and a half years.
Denny, of Pontefract, West Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and driving over the prescribed limit for both alcohol and cannabis at an earlier hearing.
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North Yorkshire Police said Denny was driving a BMW 1 Series at high speed on 14 August when he collided with Mrs Jones' car.
Investigations found he did not try to brake, hitting Mrs Jones' vehicle at the junction of Otley Road and Cold Bath Road.
Mrs Jones, who was a member of police staff, died at the scene.
Ch Con Dave Jones said: "We all still feel the loss of our friend and colleague Carol, who was a valued member of our policing family.
"She embodied the values of the policing service. She carried out her job and served her community with commitment, integrity and enthusiasm and was a credit to the force."