A transgender man posted a "revenge porn" picture of his ex-girlfriend online after she made fun of his plans to have gender reassignment surgery, a court heard.

Jesse Hawthorne, 23, from Caerphilly, posted the image on Facebook.
He previously admitted disclosing a private sexual photograph with the intention of causing distress.
He was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison, suspended for 12 months, at Newport Magistrates' Court.
The court heard Hawthorne posted the "extremely intimate" pictures after he and his victim ended their lesbian relationship.
They broke up because his girlfriend was unhappy about his plan to have gender reassignment surgery.
After Hawthorne posted the images, his victim said she felt "upset, distressed, alarmed, humiliated and abused", Jamie Dewar, prosecuting, told the court.
Rod Smith, defending, said Hawthorne posted the photographs after the victim made fun of his decision to have surgery on social media.
He added this was "probably" the first transgender "revenge porn" case in the UK.
Hawthorne was made the subject of a restraining order banning him from contacting his victim, including on social media, for two years.


Manchester United will face Everton in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley after showing class and then character to beat West Ham United.

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In the final FA Cup game at Upton Park before the Hammers move to the Olympic Stadium, visiting manager Louis van Gaal once again engineered a result when he needed it most.
Marcus Rashford gave Van Gaal's men the lead in this quarter-final replay after 54 minutes, the 18-year-old collecting a pass from Anthony Martial before curling a magnificent finish into the top corner past West Ham keeper Darren Randolph.
And when Marouane Fellaini bundled in Martial's cross 13 minutes later it looked all over - only for West Ham to mount a fierce siege in the closing minutes.
Relive Man Utd's win over West Ham
FA Cup more important to Man Utd than me - Van Gaal
Visiting keeper David de Gea, who gave a virtuoso display, had already saved superbly from Michail Antonio when James Tomkins stooped bravely among flying footwear to head in and give West Ham hope with 11 minutes left.
The hosts finally hammered at Manchester United's defence with De Gea saving once more from Andy Carroll and Cheikhou Kouyate, the latter ruled narrowly offside as he headed in a rebound.
With Wayne Rooney coming on for the final four minutes in his first appearance in two months after a knee injury, it ended as a very satisfactory night for Van Gaal and his side.
Manchester United defender Phil Jones described this tie as a "defining moment" in their season - and manager Van Gaal has had plenty of those as he has been surrounded by speculation about his future.
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And in this managerial high-wire act, Van Gaal has always seemed able to steady a stumble by pulling out a result when he needed it most.
Van Gaal has fought off his critics with crucial wins at Liverpool and Manchester City as well as progressing in the FA Cup - and the heat was on again here after the comprehensive 3-0 loss at Tottenham on Sunday and more reports of player unrest at his methods.
There was no sign of discord here in a performance that showed control for the first 70 minutes and grit for the last 20 to send United to Wembley and offer Van Gaal the chance to answer his critics with a trophy.
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De Gea will rightly take the plaudits for another display of the kind that has offered his side some respite in their darkest moments - but Van Gaal's willingness to risk young talent paid a rich dividend here.
Youngster Rashford was replaced at half-time at White Hart Lane, his manager unhappy with his performance, but he produced the moment of class that shifted the emphasis and momentum in United's favour here.
As he did when scoring the winner at Manchester City, Rashford showed a clinical edge and natural talent to score that wonderful opener.
And in defence, Timothy Fosu-Mensah showed tremendous maturity, a tower of strength when the Red Devils needed him most. He was powerful in the air and in the tackle.
Manchester United have had their difficulties, but in these two 18-year-olds and Martial they have talent they can build around.
Danny Mills - take Rashford to Euro 2016
There has been a feeling around the Boleyn Ground that West Ham's name was on the FA Cup this season as they pursued silverware in their last season at the stadium.
Maybe there was a touch of complacency in feeling they had done the hard part with the 1-1 draw at Old Trafford - or perhaps nerves that the dream might be coming close to reality.
Whatever the reason, it was not until the last 15 minutes that they actually started playing to their strengths, using Carroll and bombarding their opponents.
Even then, with the visitors on the rack, their decision-making was poor on a night that will be a bitter disappointment to manager Slaven Bilic, his players and everyone at the club.
In the closing moments, with Carroll winning everything in the air, they tried an elaborate corner routine that ended with captain Mark Noble shooting yards off target.
The last hope had gone, as had their chances of winning the FA Cup. The subdued reaction from the home fans told the story.
Both clubs still have hopes of a top-four Premier League finish. Manchester United host Aston Villa on Saturday, while West Ham visit Leicester on Sunday. Manchester United's FA Cup semi-final against Everton at Wembley is on Saturday, 23 April.
Match ends, West Ham United 1, Manchester United 2.
Second Half ends, West Ham United 1, Manchester United 2.
Foul by Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United).
Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt missed. Mark Noble (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Dimitri Payet following a corner.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Morgan Schneiderlin.
Attempt blocked. Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Foul by Jesse Lingard (Manchester United).
Dimitri Payet (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Manchester United. Wayne Rooney replaces Marcus Rashford.
Offside, West Ham United. Andy Carroll tries a through ball, but Cheikhou Kouyaté is caught offside.
Attempt saved. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt missed. Andy Carroll (West Ham United) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Aaron Cresswell with a cross.
Jesse Lingard (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Cheikhou Kouyaté (West Ham United).
Anthony Martial (Manchester United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Angelo Ogbonna (West Ham United).
Attempt missed. Emmanuel Emenike (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Victor Moses with a headed pass.
Foul by Morgan Schneiderlin (Manchester United).
Aaron Cresswell (West Ham United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Goal!  West Ham United 1, Manchester United 2. James Tomkins (West Ham United) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andy Carroll with a headed pass following a corner.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by David de Gea.
Attempt saved. Michail Antonio (West Ham United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Dimitri Payet with a cross.
Corner,  West Ham United. Conceded by Timothy Fosu-Mensah.
Attempt missed. Emmanuel Emenike (West Ham United) header from very close range is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Victor Moses with a cross.
Substitution, Manchester United. Morgan Schneiderlin replaces Ander Herrera because of an injury.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.
Delay in match Ander Herrera (Manchester United) because of an injury.
Foul by Ander Herrera (Manchester United).
Michail Antonio (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Substitution, West Ham United. Emmanuel Emenike replaces Manuel Lanzini.
Ander Herrera (Manchester United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Ander Herrera (Manchester United).
Mark Noble (West Ham United) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt blocked. Manuel Lanzini (West Ham United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Mark Noble.
Corner,  Manchester United. Conceded by Victor Moses.
Substitution, Manchester United. Antonio Valencia replaces Marcos Rojo.
Goal!  West Ham United 0, Manchester United 2. Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United) left footed shot from very close range to the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Anthony Martial (Manchester United) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jesse Lingard with a cross.


A coroner has rejected a request to rule that neglect played a part in the deaths of 30 Britons killed in the Tunisia resort attack in 2015.

Tour operator TUI has been accused of failing to vet security at the hotel in Sousse where a gunman killed 38 people.
Andrew Ritchie QC said the families of those who died believed TUI's "utter complacency" amounted to neglect.
TUI's lawyers had argued against a neglect finding, saying "matters could have been worse" during the attack.
Islamist Seifeddine Rezgui attacked the five-star Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel on 26 June 2015, before he was shot dead by police.
The inquest into the deaths of the Britons heard that "part of the attack or most of it could have been prevented" had security been tighter.
Who were the British victims?
What exactly happened on the day?
Mr Ritchie said it was the victims' families' submission "that TUI's utter complacency in the face of the risk posed to its customers in Tunisia and its abrogation of responsibility for security was the very essence of neglect".
He told the inquest at London's Royal Courts of Justice that the Tunisian government had been taking the terror risk seriously, but TUI and the hotel operators had not.
Guests were "dependent" upon hotel owners, operators and travel companies for their safety, he added.
He went on to say the guards at the Riu Imperial Marhaba had not been an effective deterrent and the lack of CCTV had made it a target.
Mr Ritchie argued the coroner, Judge Nicholas Loraine-Smith, should consider a "neglect" conclusion, saying there had been "gross neglect" on the part of TUI.
But Howard Stevens QC, counsel for TUI, told the inquest: "It's relevant to note that some steps were taken, even if [in] your conclusion of these steps you incline to the view that perhaps more could have been done or things could have been done better."
He said even if there had been additional CCTV cameras or guards it "cannot be said that any of these measures would probably have made a difference".
A suggestion the beach gate should have been shut or locked to stop the attacker entering did not amount to a "gross failure", he submitted.
He said "matters could have been worse" because people on the beach would not have been able to escape through the gate had that been the case.
Mr Stevens also told the inquest there had not been any "gross failure" to contact the police by hotel staff, and TUI acted in line with other operators in sending tourists to Tunisia.
Counsel to the inquest, Samantha Leek, had said she did not agree with incorporating "neglect" in the conclusion and unlawful killing verdicts were the only ones open to the coroner.
The Foreign Office's counsel, Andrew O'Connor, called for a "neutral and non-judgmental" conclusion, saying a neglect verdict was "not available" on the evidence heard.
Coroner Judge Loraine-Smith indicated he would not accept the neglect submission and would give his conclusions on Tuesday.


Former boxer Michael Watson has told of being attacked by two men who dragged him along the road as one of them tried to drive off in his car.

Mr Watson, 51, described the incident in Chingford, east London, on Thursday as "a very frightening, violent situation which came out of the blue".
The boxer, who suffered a near-fatal brain injury in a 1991 fight with Chris Eubank, appealed for witnesses.
He said he had been "overwhelmed" by the kindness shown to him afterwards.
"I don't want anyone else to have to go through that, so I'm asking you to help the police in finding these men and bring them to justice."
Mr Watson, who was left partially disabled by his boxing career, was in a car with his carer Lennard Ballack when it was hit from behind by a white Mercedes at traffic lights at about 17:00 GMT.
Mr Ballack tried to speak to the driver but was sprayed in the face with "some sort of ammonia", former boxer Spencer Oliver told BBC Radio 5 live.
Mr Watson got caught up in the seatbelt as he tried to get out. As the car was driven off, he was "hanging out of the door", said Mr Oliver.
Mr Watson is recovering at home from injuries to the skin caused by being dragged along the road.
Mr Watson's 1991 WBO super-middleweight title fight with Mr Eubank left him partially disabled and ended his boxing career. He spent 40 days in a coma and had six brain operations.
In 2003, he completed the London Marathon over six days, defying doctors' predictions that he would never walk again.


Never before has a British team won a world sprint gold, but now they can give thanks to their NI coach for achieving that dream.

Appointed as Head of Power in 2014, Stephen Maguire's mission was to oversee British athletics sprint, hurdles and relay programmes.
On Saturday, Great Britain's men claimed a stunning 4x100m relay gold at the World Championships in London.
On Sunday, Britain won silver in the women's 4x400m and bronze in the men's.
But the 53-year-old native of Strabane is no stranger to success.
He coached Ireland's Paralympics star Jason Smyth for many years, before taking up a role with Scottish athletics as director of coaching in 2012.
Maguire's former boss, Scottish athletics chief executive Nigel Holl, praised his "excellent impact".
"His influence in the two years leading in towards the Commonwealth Games has been significant," he said.
"That has been not only at the elite performance end of things but further in helping integrate and support our development plans and programmes."
It has been a remarkable career for a man whose talents were acknowledged in 2006, when he was named Northern Ireland's sports coach of the year.
"I've been coaching for a long time," Stephen Maguire told BBC Radio Foyle.
"I moved on to Scotland for a few years and then I was approached to come down and head up the sprints programme in Loughborough for British athletics.
"Something like that, you can't turn down. I firmly believe that within British athletics we have the potential to be the best sprints nation in the world and that's the goal."
Britain's men had looked smooth in qualification but not many predicted they were capable of an upset against the Americans.
Maguire said he was not surprised.
"I thought it was going to be close but it's like any competition - you go in hoping to win it," he explained.
"We thought if we could get out fast and put the others under a little bit of pressure it could happen, and thankfully it did.
"You've always got the USA and Jamaica - the sprint kings of the world - but we were quietly confident."
And Maguire feels Britain's sprinting success leaves him with satisfaction of a different kind to that with sprinter Jason Smyth.
"The two of us worked extremely hard and he is a tremendous athlete," he said.
"This is different, it's more of a team and it's trying to pull a lot of individual athletes with individual aspirations into a team environment.
"Over the last two nights it all came together. The 4x100m is now one of the fastest teams ever in the world, but the girls 4x100m team and the two 4x400m teams did their business as well.
"I loved the time with Jason but this is good as well."
Gold - Mo Farah - Men's 10,000m - day one - report
Gold - Great Britain (CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot, Neethaneel Mitchell-Blake) - Men's 4x100m relay - day nine - report
Silver - Mo Farah - Men's 5,000m - day nine - report
Silver - Great Britain (Asha Philip, Desiree Henry, Dina Asher-Smith, Daryll Neita) - Women's 4x100m relay - day nine
Silver - Great Britain (Zoey Clark, Laviai Nielsen, Eilidh Doyle, Emily Diamond) - Women's 4x400m relay - day 10 - report
Bronze - Great Britain (Matthew Hudson-Smith, Dwayne Cowan, Rabah Yousif, Martyn Rooney) - Men's 4x400m relay - day 10


Same sex marriage is now legal in the entire US after a Supreme Court ruling striking down state marriage bans.

The ruling means all US states must grant marriage licences to gay and lesbian couples and recognise marriages that have taken place in other states.
So how did we get to this point?
In 1996, the US Congress passed and President Bill Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act, a law that prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages.
In 2003, Massachusetts judges ruled the state constitution allowed gay marriage, and marriage licences followed shortly after that. In the following years, a handful of states passed gay marriage bans while others began working towards allowing same-sex unions - either by court order or legislation.
One high-profile ban occurred by referendum in California in 2008 after courts had previously allowed same-sex marriage.
This continued across the US until the Supreme Court heard a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013.
What did justices have to decide in this case?
The justices, who had previously stopped short of resolving the question of same-sex marriage nationally, had to consider whether or not states were constitutionally required to issue marriage licences and if states were required to recognise same-sex marriages performed elsewhere.
How many states previously allowed same-sex unions?
Before the ruling, 36 states were issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples, as well as Washington DC, which sets its own marriage laws but is not legally a state.
A critical turning point came in October 2014, when the Supreme Court chose not to hear appeals against lower court rulings that had overturned same-sex marriage bans - expanding the legality of gay unions to many more states.
In other states, same-sex marriage has been approved either through legislation or voter referenda.
Michigan couples were briefly able to marry before a court stayed a ruling overturning its ban.
What have been the key Supreme Court rulings?
On 6 October 2014, the court turned away appeals from five states with gay marriage bans on the books that had challenged court rulings overturning those bans.
In challenging the gay marriage bans, proponents relied on a 2013 Supreme Court ruling in the case of United States v Windsor.
In that case, the court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (Doma), which barred the federal government from recognising same-sex marriages.
Under Doma, for example, individuals in same-sex marriages were ineligible for benefits from federal programmes such as the Social Security pension system and some tax allowances if their partners died.
Another key case, Hollingsworth v Perry of 2013, was filed by two lawyers, Theodore Olson and David Boies, working together on behalf of their California clients, Kristin Perry and Sandra Stier and another couple, Jeffrey Zarrillo and Paul Katami.
They argued that the Supreme Court should strike down a state law, called Proposition 8, which stated that marriage is between a man and a woman. The law, approved by California voters in 2008, overrode a state Supreme Court decision that allowed for same-sex marriage.
What is next?
Marriages will continue as before in the 36 states. The remaining states will have to issue licences, although it is unclear how long they have to comply with the court's ruling. However, there were reports of court clerk offering licences only an hour after the Supreme Court decision.


Nigeria's foreign spy chief Ayo Oke has been suspended after anti-corruption officers found more than $43m (Â£34m) in a flat in the main city, Lagos, the president's office has said.

Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into how the spy agency headed by Mr Oke came into possession of the money, his office added.
Mr Oke has not yet commented.
However, unnamed intelligence officials told local media that the money was kept in the flat for covert operations.
Anti-corruption officials have uncovered bundles of cash in Nigeria this year.
Mr Buhari took office in 2015 with a pledge to root out corruption in government.
In a statement, his office said he had also suspended his close aide, David Babachir Lawal, pending an investigation into contracts awarded to deal with the humanitarian crisis in the north-east. The region has been hit by an insurgency by militant Islamist group Boko Haram.
A three-member panel, led by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, will investigate both cases, Mr Buhari's office added.
Apart from US notes worth $43.4m, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)  found nearly Â£27,800 and some 23m naira ($75,000) at the empty flat in Lagos's affluent Ikoyi suburb.
The National Intelligence Agency (NIA), which led by Mr Oke, had laid claim to the money, Mr Buhari's office said.
The panel has been ordered to report within 14 days on who authorised the release of the money to the NIA and whether any laws or security procedures had been breached, Mr Buhari's office added.
Mr Oke would remain suspended pending the outcome of the investigation, it said.
Last week, the EFCC said it carried out the raid after a tip-off that a woman, looking "haggard" and wearing "dirty clothes", was taking bags in and out of the seventh-floor flat.
The "neatly arranged" cash was stashed in "sealed wrappers" in wardrobes and cabinets in the four-bedroom flat, the EFCC added.
In March, it said it had found "crispy" banknotes worth $155,000 at the airport in northern Kaduna city.


The United Kingdom's relationship with the EU - or, in political parlance, "Europe" - has long been one of the most divisive, emotive issues in British politics.

Now it is centre stage again, and the debates between Eurosceptic Nigel Farage and Europhile Nick Clegg bring the argument down to a stark, binary choice not seriously faced in decades - In, or Out.
But why does Europe produce such a polarised reaction? Many Britons, on both sides of the debate, love visiting European countries and idolise elements of their culture - not least the food. Indeed, more than 1.5 million Britons have moved there to live.
But Europeans viewing British newspaper coverage, political debates or opinion polls would be forgiven for thinking we have little but contempt for our neighbours. It is, to say the least, a complex relationship.
Maybe it is the long history of hostilities that clouds the British view of Europe with suspicion. As an empire builder and major trading power it was inevitable that Britain would come into conflict with rivals vying for the same territories and trade routes. And allegiances shifted. All of its main rivals - Germany in the world wars, Russia in the Cold War, and France through most of modern history - have also at times been important allies.
But for many historians the most enduring influence on Britain's self-image is World War Two. And it may be that the popular perception of Britain in its Darkest Hour, standing alone as the British Empire against Nazi Germany in 1940-41, informs a modern view of the UK as its own best friend. And that if anyone can be relied on to come to her aid, it is the United States.
BBC History: British history
Britain, obviously, is an island nation. Is this the key to its arms-length attitude to Europe?  For centuries "we lived in splendid isolation, protected by the Navy and the Empire", the historian Vernon Bogdanor has said. "Now, of course, that period of isolation has long gone, but perhaps it still retains some of its impact upon the British people, who do not want ties with the Continent."
But other members of the EU - Ireland, Malta, and Cyprus - are islands, and they do not object so much to handing powers to Brussels. Perhaps it is Britain's island mentality, combined with that imperial hangover, that is at play - Britain is used to giving orders, not taking them.
Prof Vernon Bogdanor: Britain and the Continent
The formation of the European Union had its origins after 1945, in the desire to tie Europe's nations so closely together that they could never again wreak such damage on each other. Winston Churchill fully supported this idea, proposing for Europe "a structure under which it can dwell in peace, in safety and in freedom... a kind of United States of Europe".
But as the European Coal and Steel Community was forged in 1951, Britain stood on the sidelines; and it declined an invitation to join the six founding nations of the European Economic Community in signing the Treaty of Rome in 1957.
One of the architects of the ECSC, Frenchman Jean Monnet, said: "I never understood why the British did not join. I came to the conclusion that it must have been because it was the price of victory - the illusion that you could maintain what you had, without change."
Winston Churchill's 1946 Zurich speech (full text)
The Schuman declaration (EU site)
Step by step - how the EU grew
With its own economy stuck in a rut, Britain saw France and Germany posting a strong post-war recovery and forming a powerful alliance, and changed its mind. It applied to join the EEC in 1961, only for entry to be vetoed - twice - by French President Charles de Gaulle. He accused Britain of a "deep-seated hostility" towards European construction, and of being more interested in links with the US.
Britain may have had selfish reasons for wanting to sign up, but then seeking mutual benefits is part of the motivation for the European project. As the historian James Ellison points out, Europe has not just been a place of conflict for Britain over the centuries. "It was also a place of diplomatic agreement, trade, co-operation and - through most of the second half of the 20th Century and the 21st - peace and stability and growth," he says.
James Ellison: Is Britain more European than it thinks?
Conservative Prime Minister Edward Heath finally led Britain into the EEC in 1973, after Gen de Gaulle had left office. When membership was put to a referendum in 1975, it had the support of Britain's three main parties and all its national newspapers.  The result was resounding - with more than 67% voting in favour. But that did not end the debate. There was no immediate economic fillip - in fact strikes and power cuts continued, and rising oil prices caused double-digit inflation.
British prime ministers' key speeches on Europe
In the 1970s, the Conservatives backed British membership - though there was some opposition on the right of the party. The most concerted opposition came from the left of the Labour party, led by Tony Benn and Michael Foot. Mr Foot's 1983 Labour manifesto promised withdrawal from the EEC - by then more commonly called the European Community (EC) - after the pro-Europe wing of the party had split off to form the SDP.
"Europe has been a toxic issue in British politics," Prof Bogdanor says, not just because it caused division between parties, "but also deep divisions within the parties".
"Some might argue that the fundamental conflict in post-war British politics is not so much between left and right as between those who believe that Britain's future lies with Europe and those who believe it does not."
The 1970s - really that bad?
In 1984, Margaret Thatcher corrected what was seen as an injustice, negotiating a permanent rebate for Britain on its EC contributions, because it received much less in agricultural subsidies than some other countries, notably France.
The 1980s saw a growing divide between Britain and Brussels, where the socialist Jacques Delors had taken the helm at the European Commission and was steering towards a more federal Europe and a single currency.
Mrs Thatcher was uncompromising. Her 1988 speech in Bruges, in which she rejected "a European super-state exercising a new dominance from Brussels", has become a seminal text for Eurosceptics. But, with many Europhiles in her cabinet (far more than nowadays), her stance fuelled the Conservatives' internal warfare, and helped lead eventually to her downfall.
Margaret Thatcher's 1988 Bruges speech (full text)
BBC History: Thatcherism and the end of the post-war consensus
"Black Wednesday" was one of the lowest points in Britain's relationship with Europe. After failing to fend off intense currency speculation, Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont was forced to announce Britain's withdrawal from the Exchange Rate Mechanism on 16 September, 1992.
Mrs Thatcher had been unable to stop Europe's march towards political union, and was gone by the time the Maastricht Treaty was signed by her successor John Major in 1992. This involved huge transfers of power to the new European Union. Britain secured opt-outs from the single currency and the social chapter. But to the treaty's critics - including many Tory rebels - it undermined the British tradition of the inviolable sovereignty of parliament.
Treaty of Maastricht
Tony Blair followed a landslide election victory in 1997 by quickly patching things up with Europe. He signed Britain up to the social chapter, delivering some of the social protections long coveted on the left, and setting his sights on the euro. But Britain's economy was doing well, support for euro entry was not widespread, and Chancellor Gordon Brown put the plans on hold.
Brown: I would have quit over euro
The euro crisis has put paid to any prospect of Britain adopting the single currency, and has perhaps fuelled the Euroscepticism that now apparently runs strongly through parts of the Conservative Party and the public at large.
In December 2011, as EU leaders tried to tackle their problems through a treaty setting new budget rules, David Cameron demanded exemptions and then vetoed the pact. To critics, this cut Britain adrift. But it delighted Eurosceptics and encouraged them to demand more. Soon enough, the prime minister promised a referendum on British membership. Britain's most poisonous political issue was back centre stage.
Britain: Better off out or in?
The BBC will be hosting the Europe debate between Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage, on Wednesday, 2 April. You can watch live on BBC News Online, with rolling video and text coverage of the key points, reaction and analysis. There is a BBC News Channel special programme from 18:30 GMT to 21:00 GMT.


Titanic Belfast is to be the venue for the new Irish Open tournament in November, at which 128 of the world's leading players will compete.

The world ranking event is part of the new Home Nations quartet of events - any player who wins all four tournaments will receive a £1m bonus.
It is the first professional tournament in Northern Ireland since 2008.
"It's brilliant. Everyone's been asking about an event here and now we've got one," said Belfast player Joe Swail.
The format for the tournament, to take place from 14-20 November, will be a flat draw with all players starting in the first round.
Total prize money for each of the Home Nations events will be £366,000, with the winner to receive £70,000.
"There's definitely an appetite for a ranking event. Belfast is a brilliant place and I think the event will be a great success," added the two-time World Championship semi-finalist.
"I feel as if snooker is coming home with these new big events in the UK.
"I know the game is growing massively in China and it's nice to travel.
"But for snooker in the UK to keep improving, it's important that we develop the game at grassroots and it helps the profile of the game having tournaments like this."


Officials are working to determine the cause of a train derailment which killed at least seven people and injured more than 200 others.

Seven carriages including the engine of the Amtrak train bound for New York went off the track on Tuesday evening.
Over 200 people have been treated in area hospitals, says Mayor of Philadelphia Michael Nutter.
Investigators are searching the wreckage in order to confirm that all on board have been accounted for.
Part of the US's most travelled stretch of passenger rail between Philadelphia and New York is closed as officials continue to try to determine the cause.
US media report that the train was travelling over 100mph (160km/h) as it entered a sharp curve in the track - twice the local speed limit.
President Obama called the section of rail, "a way of life for many" and that he was "shocked and deeply saddened to hear of the derailment".
Only two victims have so far been publically identified so far:
The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched a team to the crash site on Wednesday, but they stress the priority is to confirm that all passengers are accounted for before the investigation into the cause of the crash begins.
The train recorder has been found and the information, including train speed, video of the accident, and the engineers steering attempts, is being downloaded. More than 240 people were on board Train 188, officials said.
NTSB representative Robert Sumwalt says that recorder will be "key to the investigation".
The train engineer was also injured in the crash, and is giving a statement to city police, says Mayor Nutter.
The train derailed where the tracks curve in the city's Port Richmond section, shortly after leaving the city's main station.
At least eight of the victims were listed as being in a critical condition at local hospitals.
Most of the injured sustained fractures, said Dr Herbert Cushing of Temple University Hospital, where many of the victims were treated.
"It is a devastating scene," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter told reporters. "Never seen anything like this in my life.
"We walked the entire length of the train area. The engine [is] completely separated from the rest of the train and one of the cars is perpendicular to the rest of the cars. It's unbelievable."
Daniel Wetrin was among more than a dozen people taken to a nearby elementary school afterwards.
"I think the fact that I walked off (the train) kind of made it even more surreal because a lot of people didn't walk off," he said. "I walked off as if, like, I was in a movie. There were people standing around, people with bloody faces. There were people, chairs, tables mangled about in the compartment ... power cables all buckled down as you stepped off the train."
The crash took place close to the scene of one of the worst rail accidents in US history. In 1943, 79 people were killed when a train travelling from Washington to New York derailed.
Amtrak is a national publicly funded rail service, serving tens of millions of people every year.


Buying powerful laser pens could require a licence in future, the government has said, amid concerns over the number of attacks on aircraft.

Ministers say they could also bring in new measures to license retailers and restrict advertising after warnings about the risks to pilots and planes.
The government said it wanted to find "the best way to protect the public".
Last year, 1,258 incidents of lasers being shined at aircraft were recorded by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority.
This week, Spanish police said a British man and his son had pointed a laser at an airliner over the Costa del Sol.
Earlier this year, the government said it would introduce a new law meaning people who deliberately shined lasers at aircraft could face larger fines or even a jail sentence.
However, the proposal was dropped from the government's legislative programme after June's general election.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has now launched an eight-week consultation on the issue.
Business Minister Margot James said: "Public safety is of the utmost importance and we must look carefully to make sure regulations are keeping up with the increased use of these devices.
She added: "Used irresponsibly or maliciously, these products can and do wreak havoc and harm others, with potentially catastrophic consequences.
"That's why we want to hear from business groups, retailers and consumers about the best way to protect the public from this kind of dangerous behaviour and improve safety."
Licensing schemes already exist in countries such as Australia, Canada and the US.
In the UK, shining lasers at aircraft can incur a fine of up to £2,500.
Brian Strutton, general secretary of the British Airline Pilots Association, said shining lasers into the eyes of a pilot a critical stage of a flight "has the potential to cause a crash and loss of life".
"There is also a growing concern that, as the power of available lasers increases, the possibility of permanent damage being caused to pilots' and passengers' eyes increases," he added.
Three pilots reported being dazzled during the incident in Spain.
If found guilty, the two British holidaymakers could face a fine ranging from €30,001 (£27,280; $35,425) to €600,000 for endangering flight safety.


Fans, friends and family have been paying their respects to singer and TV star Cilla Black at her funeral in Liverpool.

Crowds applauded her funeral cortege during its two-mile journey to St Mary's RC Church in Woolton.
Here are some pictures from the day:
Members of the crowd read a copy of the order of service ahead of the funeral.
The coffin of Cilla Black made its way to the church through crowds of mourners.
Fans travelled from across the UK to pay their respects.
Her death and the funeral have dominated headlines in her home city of Liverpool.
Carol Vorderman, Sir Tom Jones and Mike McCartney, brother of Sir Paul, arrived at the church together.
A Cilla Black tribute singer entertains members of the public outside the church.
Carol Vorderman was joined by actress Lorraine Chase inside the church.
The coffin went on a two-mile procession as it made its way to St Mary's Church in Woolton, Liverpool, ahead of her funeral service
Cilla Black's close friends Christopher Biggins and Paul O'Grady both gave readings during the service.
Sir Cliff Richard, who sang during the service, described Black as "our greatest TV presenter, probably of all time".
Floral tributes outside St Mary's Church included a message from her record company.
Paul O'Grady leaves St Mary's Church after paying tribute to Cilla with a number of anecdotes.


World number seven Tomas Berdych has appointed Andy Murray's former coach Dani Vallverdu for the 2015 season.

Vallverdu, 28, left Murray's coaching team last month after five years, in a split described as 'mutual'.
Berdych, 29, had been looking for a new coach after most of his rivals made big-name appointments.
He approached Ivan Lendl, the man who helped Murray to two Grand Slam titles, but said the eight-time major winner was "too busy".
Posting on Facebook on Tuesday, Berdych said: "Dear fans and friends... my new coaches for next year will be Dani Vallverdu and Azuz Simcich.
"Thank you to Tomas Krupa and David Vydra for a great time and fantastic work."
Murray met Vallverdu when the pair were teenagers at the Sanchez-Casal Academy in Spain, and the Venezuelan worked closely with Lendl during the Czech great's two-year stint with Murray.


With about 250 friends on Facebook, Paul Cookson did not expect a "rant" he posted to have much impact.

He wrote that he was "sick to death" of being "ripped off" by companies which put up holiday prices outside school term time.
A few friends agreed, and followed his request to "share this post if you have also had enough".
It soon went viral, and more than 143,000 people have shared it so far.
Supporters also began signing an online petition calling for government action and this has now gone far beyond the 100,000 signatures needed for a possible debate in Parliament.
Mr Cookson's initial post, entitled "school holiday rant", asked why parents should be "penalised" for doing the right thing and not taking their children away during term time. It came about after he tried to book a holiday with his daughter.
He told the BBC he was stunned by the response on Facebook, with many people encouraging him to "carry it on and fight".
So the 41-year-old set up a Facebook group called Holiday Price Increase, in which many people have shared examples of price changes.
One of the group's members posted a link to the e-petition, which is entitled: "Stop holiday companies charging extra in school holidays".
Mr Cookson, who lives in Chillington, south Devon, said the petition had about 3,000 signatures when it was first posted on his group.
"I thought it was exactly what I would've started, so thought I may as well help it along," he said.
Mother-of-two Donna Thresher, from Essex, set up the petition in March 2013 after being "outraged" at the Â£600 difference in the cost of taking her family away for a weekend during the holidays.
She thought the petition - which calls for a "cap" on percentage price rises in the school holidays - was "dead in the water" until Mr Cookson's Facebook post ignited interest in it.
Campaigns which reach 100,000 signatures on the government's e-petitions website can be considered by the Backbench Business Committee for parliamentary time - though this petition has not yet been considered.
Mr Cookson said the petition's call for price regulation might not be successful but it was raising awareness and increasing the chance that holiday providers would change their policies.
"The ideal is to work with the holiday companies directly to advise them on the business of reduced-priced holidays in these set times - it can be done," he said.
Earlier this month, a Shropshire couple who took their children on a week-long holiday during term time were ordered to pay Â£1,000 in costs and fines by magistrates.
New rules which came into force in September mean head teachers can only grant absence outside school holidays in "exceptional circumstances".
Defending the new rules, the Department for Education (DfE) said children who missed school lost out on "valuable learning time".
Almost 200,000 people have signed another petition on the 38 Degrees Campaigns by You website calling for the rule change to be reversed.
In a 2012 poll of 2,000 parents by LV travel insurance, 55% admitted they had taken their children on holiday during term time.
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) said prices were "an issue of supply and demand".
But it said a "potential solution" would be "staggering" holiday dates, rather than having most schools off at the same time. Such a system is already used in Germany, it said.
Virgin Holidays said its view on the issue was "broadly in line" with ABTA's.
The DfE said academies and free schools already had the power to set term dates and council-run schools would get that power from 2015.
"We want schools to consider changes to term times that will benefit pupils' education and work for their families," a spokeswoman said.
But last year the National Union of Teachers warned letting schools set different term dates would cause "chaos" for families booking holidays and would allow holiday companies to extend their premium rate periods.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said the UK holiday industry was an "extremely competitive market" which relied on profits from "peak periods".
A spokeswoman added that any suggestion of "anti-competitive" behaviour should be reported to the Civil Aviation Authority or the Office of Fair Trading.
Center Parcs, the subject of Mr Cookson's original "rant", said its prices were based on supply and demand.
"We reduce our prices significantly during off-peak periods to reflect the lower demand at these times," it said, adding that it reinvested "millions of pounds each year" into its holiday villages.


Protesters have set up camp in Moldova's capital to demand the president's resignation and early elections after a $1bn bank fraud.

Demonstrators erected dozens of tents in Chisinau's national square where tens of thousands took part in a mass rally on Sunday.
They called for action after living standards were damaged by the fraud.
The state was forced to bail three banks out last year after $1bn (Â£655m) vanished from their coffers.
A leaked report said a 28-year-old businessman, Ilan Shor, was the main co-ordinator and beneficiary - but in an exclusive BBC interview he proclaimed his innocence. Much of the money passed through UK companies.
The missing money caused a rapid depreciation of the national currency, the leu, and a decline in living standards.
Protesters have demanded resignation of President Nicolae Timofti and other officials, including the governor of the national bank, and early parliamentary elections.
Organisers from the Dignity and Justice movement said supporters would stay camped out near the government building in the city's main square until their demands were met.
Tens of thousands took part in one of the largest protests ever seen in the ex-Soviet country on Sunday.
Many directed their criticism at Moldova's super-wealthy oligarchs - a source of much anger in one of Europe's poorest country.
Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine, Moldova signed an association agreement taking it closer to European Union membership last year, despite opposition from Moscow.


On the anniversary of Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged the harm caused by Western sanctions.

He said the measures, imposed on individuals and key economic sectors, were "not fatal, but naturally damage our ongoing work," Interfax reported.
Thousands of Russians gathered for celebrations outside the Kremlin.
The future of the sanctions is set to be discussed by EU leaders this week.
European Council President Donald Tusk will push for the measures to be linked explicitly to full implementation of the Ukraine ceasefire deal agreed in Minsk, Belarus, last month, a senior EU official has told the BBC.
Mr Tusk wants the sanctions maintained until the end of the year, when Ukraine is supposed to regain control of its eastern border from pro-Russian rebels under the truce conditions.
Crimea was taken over shortly after months of protests had led to the downfall of Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych.
Within weeks, pro-Russian rebels had taken over cities in eastern Ukraine sparking a conflict with Ukrainian armed forces that has led to more than 6,000 deaths and the displacement of some 1.1 million people, according to the UN.
To chants of "Russia, Russia", Mr Putin told the crowd outside the Kremlin, estimated to be greater than 100,000 by state-run media, that Russians and Ukrainians were "one people".
He blamed the February 2014 revolution in Kiev on extreme nationalism and hoped normal relations with Ukraine would soon resume. Russia would "of course overcome all the problems and difficulties they try to impose on us from outside", he said.
Earlier, Mr Putin signed a deal that further cements Russian control over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia.
The "alliance and integration" treaty, agreed with South Ossetian leader Leonid Tibilov, brings the region's military and economy into line with Russia.
Russia went to war with Georgia in 2008 and declared both South Ossetia and another region, Abkhazia, as independent states. Abkhazia signed a similar integration treaty last year.
Nato condemned the deal as a violation of Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity while Georgia said it was a "de facto annexation".
In a sign of continuing tensions between Russia and the West, Lithuanian authorities said eight Russian fighter jets had been intercepted over international waters in the Baltic Sea by a Nato patrol.
A Lithuanian spokeswoman said civil aviation had been endangered during Tuesday's incident because the Su-27 and Su-34 planes had switched off their transponders to avoid radar.
Russia's military is conducting widespread military exercises at the moment, with an estimated 76,000 troops involved in drills in the Arctic and separate drills taking place in its Kaliningrad enclave, which borders Lithuania.


Defender Kirk Broadfoot has signed for Kilmarnock after leaving Rotherham United.

The 32-year-old former Blackpool, Rangers, St Mirren and Scotland player has signed a three-year deal at Rugby Park.
Broadfoot spent five years at St Mirren before joining Rangers in 2007.
He signed for Blackpool in 2012, spending two years there before switching to Rotherham, for whom he made 60 appearances.
During his time at Ibrox, Broadfoot earned four Scotland caps.


England suffered a shock one-wicket defeat by Sri Lanka in their opening group match at the Women's World Cup after a thrilling contest went down to the final ball.

The defending champions had been well below their best throughout, but still looked likely to defend their total of 238-8 as the Sri Lanka middle order buckled.
But, a brilliant 41-ball 56 from Eshani Kaushalya left the minnows needing only nine to win from the final over and, when Georgia Elwiss was dispatched over mid-wicket for a maximum, the result was as good as confirmed.
There was still time for Elwiss to drop a simple chance to remove Kaushalaya - who had earlier been dropped by Jenny Gunn - and the same batter to be run out looking for the winning run.
Two dots followed, but with a single needed to win and the final pair at the crease, Dilani Manodara hit the last ball of the match for six to give Sri Lanka their first win over England in any form of the game and with it, produce one of the biggest shocks in World Cup history.
"This was definitely a major blow. I think the girls should go away and forget about today and go back to basics. With the West Indies and India coming up they need to make sure they hit their mark in time for the Super Six stage. It is possible, but they need to go away and regroup."
With three teams set to qualify from Group A, England's chances of progressing are far from over, but they may now have to beat India and West Indies if they are to reach the Super Six stage.
And on this evidence, Charlotte Edwards's side need to improve in every department if they are to advance, as they were given a lesson in accurate bowling and boundary hitting by the lowest-seeded team in the tournament.
England's top order had failed to fire in the warm-up defeat by New Zealand and now, with a hamstring injury denying them the services of Sarah Taylor, they again struggled in dewy conditions after being asked to bat first.
Skipper Edwards, Danielle Wyatt and Lydia Greenway all fell cheaply, leaving Arran Brindle and Heather Knight to rebuild.
Their calm progress showed that the Sri Lanka attack posed no great threat, but Shashikala Siriwardene's side were so disciplined as to not concede a single boundary from the 18th to 41st over.
Still, it was batting errors that further hampered England, with Brindle run out after being sent back by Knight and the latter being bowled when attempting a slog sweep of the impressive leg-spin of Sandamali Dolawatte.
At 114-5 England were again in trouble as debutant Amy Jones - in the side as Taylor's replacement - joined Gunn.
Their response was a counter-attacking stand of 83, both players looking to sweep and use their feet to the spinners.
Finally England were able to use the lightning-fast Brabourne Stadium outfield to their advantage and, even though Gunn fell for 50 and Jones 41, Katherine Brunt arrived to hit the only six of the innings as 94 came from the final 10 overs.
Sri Lanka, though, were not daunted by the prospect of the chase and, with Yasoda Mendis enjoying the luck of being dropped off Brunt by Knight at first slip, she and Chamari Atapattu set about their task with some free-flowing strokeplay.
With the left-handed Atapattu often flaying through the off side and both players keen to sweep, some wayward England bowling was punished.
As an almighty shock became a possibility, England finally made the breakthrough when Atapattu slapped Brindle to midwicket.
And, after Brunt's extra pace had Mendis miscuing to Danielle Hazell, the door was open to make inroads into the Sri Lanka middle order.
But still Sri Lanka chased, led by the powerful Kaushalya, whose savage treatment of Gunn in the 48th over tipped the balance.
And, when she hit Elwiss into the stands two overs later, Sri Lanka were as good as home. There was still drama to come, but Sri Lanka were not to be denied.
In Friday's other games, elsewhere in Mumbai, New Zealand racked up a massive 320-5 after losing the toss against South Africa, as captain Suzie Bates scored 72 and Sophie Devine smashed six sixes in her 145 from 131 balls.
South Africa were never in the hunt, and were bowled out for 170 as the White Ferns wrapped up a 150-run win.
Meanwhile, in Cuttack, Pakistan bowled Australia out for 175 as left-arm spinner Sadia Yousuf taking 3-30.
However, only Bismah Maroof (43) made more than 10 in Pakistan's reply as they were skittled for 84 in 33.2 overs, handing the Southern Stars victory by 91 runs.


The officer leading the search for missing Ben Needham will remain in charge despite reports members of his team went on an eight-hour drinking session, South Yorkshire Police say.

The force met with Det Supt Matt Fenwick after The Sun claimed officers went drinking after launching a new appeal for information in Greece.
Ben, from Sheffield, was 21 months old when he disappeared on 24 July 1991.
A force spokesman said the decision was "in line" with Ben's family's wishes.
He said: "The senior officer responsible for Operation Ben has now met with the Deputy Chief Constable to explain recent events on Kos.
"He has been advised about the high professional standards that are required.
"We have been in regular contact with the Needham family throughout the last couple of days and it is a clear that they have full confidence in the investigative team."
In a letter to South Yorkshire Police the solicitor acting for Ben's mother, Kerry, said she "trusts" the officers involved in the investigation and "believes they are working to the highest standard" and urged the force not to recall Mr Fenwick.
Earlier this year, the force secured £450,000 from the Home Office to help in the search on top of the £700,000 it secured in 2015.
Officers travelled to Kos on Sunday to carry out "house-to-house visits" and distribute leaflets and posters.
A DNA test was carried out on a man in Cyprus in an attempt to establish if he could be Ben, but it proved negative in 2013.
In 2012, a police operation focused on a mound of earth and rubble close to where the toddler was last seen, but no trace of him was found.


Ulster ended a run of three PRO12 defeats with an emphatic bonus-point win away to Cardiff Blues.

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Charles Piutau, Stuart McCloskey and Kyle McCall scored tries in Ulster's first-half purple patch, with Kristian Dacey replying for Cardiff Blues.
Chris Henry and Louis Ludik added second-half scores while man of the match Ruan Pienaar converted all five.
Willis Halaholo and Alex Cuthbert crossed for home consolation tries.
Wales captain Sam Warburton was a late withdrawal from the Blues side with a sickness bug, despite recovering from the shoulder injury which kept him out of Wales' win over South Africa.
Shingler's early long-distance penalty was the only score of a cagey opening quarter, before Ulster took control with three converted tries in 13 minutes.
A snipe from Pienaar set up the attacking position for All-Black Piutau to bag an overlap try after 24 minutes, with opposite number Blaine Scully in the sin-bin for killing the ball at a ruck.
Four minutes later giant centre McCloskey cut through on a clever angle from 20 metres out to stroll through some weak Blues defence.
Scully's return did not prevent Ulster turning the screw as prop McCall bundled over from close range following Pienaar's charge-down of Lloyd Williams' attempted clearance, Pienaar again converting.
The Blues finally roused themselves for hooker Dacey to be driven over with the final move of the first half, making it 21-8 at the break.
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Clinical Ulster
The visitors were twice reduced to 14 when Iain Henderson and Luke Marshall were yellow-carded, but a punchless Blues attack could not take advantage.
Even with Marshall off, a clinical Ulster bagged the bonus point as Chris Henry crossed,  following a break-away led by Pete Browne and Tommy Bowe.
Crowd favourite, former Wales fly-half Nicky Robinson, returned to Blues colours in the final quarter and converted a jinking effort by Halaholo with ten minutes left, before putting Cuthbert over and goaling again.
But replacement Ludik eased any Ulster nerves by scrambling over from a charge-down to leave the Blues pointless.
Cardiff Blues: Blaine Scully; Alex Cuthbert, Rey Lee-Lo, Willis Halaholo, Tom James; Steve Shingler, Lloyd Williams; Gethin Jenkins (capt), Kristian Dacey, Taufa'ao Filise, George Earle, James Down,  Josh Turnbull,  Ellis Jenkins, Josh Navidi.
Replacements: Matthew Rees, Rhys Gill, Scott Andrews, Shane Lewis-Hughes, Macauley Cook, Tomos Williams, Nicky Robinson, Matthew Morgan
Ulster: Charles Piutau, Tommy Bowe, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Craig Gilroy, Brett Herron, Ruan Pienaar; Kyle McCall, Rob Herring (capt), Wiehahn Herbst, Pete Browne, Franco van der Merwe, Iain Henderson, Chris Henry, Sean Reidy.
Replacements: John Andrew, Andrew Warwick, Rodney Ah You, Kieran Treadwell, Clive Ross, Paul Marshall, Louis Ludik, Darren Cave.
Referee: Andrew Brace (SRU) Assistants: Sean Gallagher (IRFU), Aled Evans (WRU) TMO: Charles Samson (SRU)


Pioneering TV weatherman Trevor Baker has died at the age of 94, ITV has announced.

Nicknamed Trevor the Weather, he began his broadcasting career with the BBC before presenting weather bulletins on Southern Television and TVS throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
ITV said he had been a "much loved" presenter.
A family statement said he died at his home in London following a short illness.
Swansea-born Baker joined the Met Office at the age of 18 before serving with the RAF during World War Two.
In the early 1960s he began his TV career with the BBC before joining Southern Television in Southampton as a regular presenter on the Day by Day programme and was later given his own show - The Trevor Baker All Weather Show.
Because of his Welsh origins, he soon established the nickname Trevor the Weather although to many viewers he was simply known as Trevor.
He continued appearing on the Coast to Coast regional news programme after TVS took over the ITV franchise for southern England.
After his retirement in 1987 he spent 20 years working as a volunteer at Southampton General Hospital, taking a confectionery trolley around the wards.


At least 20 soldiers have been killed in Niger in an attack on a camp for Malian refugees, officials say.

The attack took place in the western Tahoua region, Prime Minister Brigi Rafini told state TV.
Assailants targeted a military post near the camp, a local official told the Associated Press.
Northern and central Mali remain unstable nearly four years after France led a military intervention to drive out jihadists.
Niger battles terrorism threats on all fronts
Three soldiers were also injured in the attack, the local official said, and Prime Minister Rafini said the death toll could rise.
Last month, two refugees were killed when unidentified gunmen attacked a security post near Niger's Tabarey-barey camp, which also houses Malian refugees.
Niger's military is currently battling Boko Haram militants launching raids across the country's southern border from Nigeria as well as attempting to prevent violence spilling over from Mali to the west.


A lit firework has been thrown into a West Yorkshire Police car.

The force said the police car was parked unattended on Devonshire Street, Huddersfield, at 22:30 GMT on Friday.
A window was smashed and the firework was thrown inside the car, leaving smoke damage and scorch marks on the back seat. No-one was injured.
West Yorkshire Police said officers returned to the car and "removed the firework before extensive damage was caused".
Police have appealed for witnesses to come forward.


A French court has found eight people guilty of exploiting 92-year-old L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, one of the world's richest people.

Among those convicted was photographer Francois-Marie Banier, given three years in prison and ordered to pay â‚¬158 million ($170 million) in damages.
But a former ally of ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy was acquitted.
The verdict brings to an end a long-running case that began with a feud between Mrs Bettencourt and daughter.
In 2007, Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers filed charges against Banier, who had become a close companion of her mother.
Mrs Bettencourt had lavished the photographer with gifts worth hundreds of millions of dollars, including artworks by Picasso and Matisse.
She even made him her sole heir - although this was later revoked.
At the time Mrs Bettencourt said she was a free woman, and her daughter would just have to accept it.
Ms Bettencourt-Meyers said her mother, who medical records later revealed suffers from dementia and Alzheimer's disease, was being exploited by Banier.
The court agreed. The president of the hearing in Bourdeaux said Banier had "a real moral and psychological hold" on Mrs Bettencourt.
Patrice de Maistre and Pascal Wilhelm, who oversaw her estimated $40.1 bn (Â£26.1 bn) fortune, were given fines and 18-month jail sentences.
But Eric Woerth, who served as campaign treasurer during Nicolas Sarkozy's successful bid for the presidency in 2007, was cleared of taking donations from her.
Mr Sarkozy was placed under criminal investigation for allegedly receiving illegal funding from Mrs Bettencourt but this was dropped in 2013.


The future of healthcare in mid Wales is being discussed at a series of meetings.

The first took place in Machynlleth on Monday, where more than 70 people talked about Bronglais Hospital, mental health and community services.
Another three will take place in Powys and Ceredigion in February.
The Mid Wales Healthcare Collaborative has organised the gatherings to give people a chance to influence the future of health services.


The Football Association will lead a study into possible links between football and brain diseases.

The family of former England, West Brom and Notts County striker Jeff Astle has campaigned for research since he died from brain trauma in 2002.
A coroner described his illness as an "industrial disease", in reference to him heading leather balls.
The FA said it was working with the Professional Footballers' Association to secure funding for the research.
It said it had been in talks with organisations, including Fifa, since 2014 but wanted to press on with the research and it had "now been agreed that solely UK-based research could give us an opportunity to work with other sports".
The possible dangers of heading footballs, especially older heavier designs, was brought to light following the death of Mr Astle aged 59 in 2002.
Earlier this year it was also revealed three members of England's 1966 World Cup squad had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's.
Mr Astle's daughter, Dawn, who set up the Justice for Jeff campaign group in 2014, said families of other players and football supporters had been in touch about other potential cases and she was unhappy about the delay in starting the research.
"This could be the most important research the game has ever done so it's ridiculous that they can't just get on with it," she said.
"It's a shocking failure and disrespectful to the families of players who are living with dementia, stripped of their dignity."
Dr Michael Grey, from the University of Birmingham, said football authorities "should be leading the way" in commissioning more independent research.
"This important issue has a dearth of good science and a great deal of unfounded opinion," he said.


England have named Durham fast bowler Mark Wood in their 15-man squad for a one-day series against South Africa and the Champions Trophy that follows.

Wood returns after missing the winter tour of India following ankle surgery, while Liam Plunkett, who has yet to play this season for Yorkshire after injuring his calf, is also included.
The Champions Trophy is being held in England and Wales from 1-18 June.
Northamptonshire's Ben Duckett is in a separate squad to face Ireland in May.
The 23-year-old batsman scored 2,706 runs in all forms of cricket last season and made a one-day double-hundred for the England Lions.
Middlesex fast bowler Steven Finn also makes the 14-man squad that will play two one-day internationals against Ireland on 5 and 7 May.
Wood is joined, among others, by Yorkshire all-rounder David Willey and Nottinghamshire bowler Jake Ball in both squads.
"We have made encouraging progress in white ball cricket and the squads selected reflects consistency and gives options across all disciplines," national selector James Whitaker said.
England all-rounder Ben Stokes, bowler Chris Woakes and wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, who are all playing in the Indian Premier League, will return for the three-match series against South Africa, starting on 24 May, before the Champions Trophy begins.
The hosts open the eight-team tournament on 1 June against Bangladesh and will also face Australia and New Zealand in Group A.
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England have never won a 50-over international competition and have won just one global trophy - the World Twenty20 in 2010 - but reached the final of the 2013  Champions Trophy, where they lost to India by five runs at Edgbaston.
Wood, 27, has struggled with injury throughout his international career and was only able to make four one-day appearances for England last year.
He has not played international cricket since September 2016 and made his return to competitive action in March this year.
All-rounder Willey, who made his return from a shoulder injury for Yorkshire in last week's second round of County Championship games, has also not played one-day cricket for England since 2016.
The 27-year-old has scored 1,256 runs in domestic one-day cricket and taken 98 wickets.
"Mark Wood and David Willey add variety and quality to our bowling strengths and David's ability as an attacking batsman is also an important element for us," Whitaker added.
Kent's Sam Billings will keep wicket against Ireland in Buttler's absence.
Jonathan Agnew, BBC cricket correspondent
England have high hopes of winning the Champions Trophy on their home soil and with Mark Wood back in their squad they look to have every base covered. The fast bowler will always be an injury risk but his ability to bowl faster than 90mph gives Eoin Morgan the firepower to change a match.
Steven Finn will be disappointed to miss out but Jake Ball continues to improve and is now probably the more consistent of the two. Interestingly, in Buttler's absence it is Sam Billings who will keep wicket against Ireland, allowing Jonny Bairstow to concentrate on his batting.
New Test captain Joe Root attended his old primary school in Sheffield on Tuesday, and he was asked if this is England's best ever crop of limited-overs players.
"The squad's very talented, there are a lot of bases covered but it's about performing under pressure," the 26-year-old told BBC Sport. "The important thing is that we put in the performances against Ireland and South Africa first.
"The Champions Trophy is going to be very exciting. We're playing a block of white-ball cricket and we're got a great opportunity to get things right."
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Jos Buttler (Lancashire), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), Ben Stokes (Durham), David Willey (Yorkshire), Chris Woakes (Warwickshire), Mark Wood (Durham)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex), Moeen Ali (Worcestershire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Jake Ball (Nottinghamshire), Sam Billings (Kent), Ben Duckett (Northamptonshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire), Liam Plunkett (Yorkshire), Adil Rashid (Yorkshire), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jason Roy (Surrey), David Willey (Yorkshire), Mark Wood (Durham)


Taylor Swift has been praised for her "sharp, gutsy and satisfying" testimony over allegations of sexual assault.

The pop star claims former radio DJ David Mueller groped her while posing for a photo at one of her concerts in 2013 - a charge which he denies.
"Just like her expertly crafted lyrics, Taylor Swift was precise, self-assured and direct," said Billboard magazine.
Speaking in court, Swift refused to back down or give ground to the DJ's lawyer.
Asked if she was critical of her bodyguard, Swift replied: "I'm critical of your client sticking his hand under my skirt and grabbing my ass".
She testified that her security team had seen Mueller "lift my skirt" but only a person on the floor "looking up my skirt" could have seen the entire act "and we didn't have anyone positioned there".
Swift also rejected the accusation that she had misidentified Mueller, saying: "I'm not going to allow you or your client to say I am to blame."
"He had a handful of my ass. It happened to me. I know it was him."
Fans and critics have praised her performance on the stand.
"Taylor Swift did not sugarcoat her testimony," said Variety Magazine's Jem Aswad, singling out the moment Mueller's lawyer, Gabriel McFarland, asked why the front of her skirt did not appear to be ruffled in the photograph.
"Because," Swift replied, "my ass is located in the back of my body."
Billboard's Gil Kaufmann applauded the star for refusing to let Mr McFarland sway her interpretation of the incident.
"It happened to me. I have a 3-D rendition of what happened in my brain," he quoted her as saying. "I could have picked him out of a line of 1,000. I know exactly who did this. It is not alleged. It is a fact.
"You can ask me a million questions about it and I'm never going to say anything different."
Buzzfeed's Claudia Rosenbaum, who was in the courtroom, said Swift was at times "aggravated" and "pissed off" at "being forced to relive the details of this incident".
End of Twitter post  by @CJRosenbaum
According to the reporter, the star bristled when she was asked why she hadn't called off the meet-and-greet following the alleged incident.
"Mueller's attorney said, 'You could have taken a break,' and Taylor Swift responded: 'And your client could have taken a normal photo with me.'"
Swift's testimony was "sharp, gutsy and satisfying," said Slate magazine's Christina Cauterucci.
"For young fans of Swift's, hearing a beloved artist speak candidly about the emotional damage of sexual assault and stand up to a courtroom of men trying to prove her wrong could be a formative moment for their developing ideas of gender, sex, and accountability."
Fox News reporter Michael Konopasek, meanwhile, noted that elements of Swift's testimony were "heartbreaking" but she "stayed strong throughout".
End of Twitter post  by @MikeKonopasek
Fans spoke out in support of the star following her hour-long appearance on the stand.
"Proud and inspired by Taylor Swift today," wrote Alex Goldschmidt. "This is what strength looks like."
"I hope Taylor Swift wins this trial/ There's no excuse for any sexual abuse. She is taking a stand for ALL WOMEN," added Marcus Kawa.
"Taylor Swift has probably watched every single Law And Order episode," concluded one fan account. "She knows what she's doing. She came for blood."
Coincidentally, Swift had been asked in court whether she watched any police shows. "Yes!" she exclaimed. "I named my cat after Olivia Benson on Law and Order."
End of Twitter post 2 by @CJRosenbaum
Following Swift to the witness stand on Thursday was radio station boss Robert Call, who fired Mueller two days after the alleged incident, acting on a complaint from Swift's radio publicist.
Call said Mueller had initially denied touching Swift, but when shown the photo in question, he responded: "Well, if it did happen, it was accidental."
Call said he fired the DJ because of his shifting accounts of the incident, and because the photo showed that Mueller's hand was "not where it was supposed to be".
Mueller, 55, testified on Tuesday that he may have made innocent contact with Swift but denied any inappropriate behaviour.
Asked if he grabbed her backside, the broadcaster replied, "No, I did not."
The trial continues.
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Platinum-selling Leeds band The Pigeon Detectives have been confirmed for this year's Loopallu music festival.

They are the first act to be announced with confirmation of others expected soon.
The festival in Ullapool will be marking its 13th year when it is held to a new format on 29 and 30 September.
For the first time it will be held on the town's pier after the organisers were unable to secure the continued use of the site's usual venue
Organisers said the new set up meant the event could no longer offer a campsite and tickets would be restricted.
Over the last 12 years, Loopallu's performers have included Paolo Nutini, Franz Ferdinand, Mumford and Sons and Jake Bugg.
Last year's festival's headliners included The Wonder Stuff and The Stranglers.


The US military is trying to confirm whether insurgent fire brought down a helicopter in Afghanistan with the loss of 38 people, most of them Americans.

The dead included Navy Seals, Afghan commandos, US Air Force personnel, a dog handler, the Chinook crew and a civilian interpreter.
The 30 US deaths are the largest single American loss of life in the conflict.
On Sunday another four Nato soldiers were killed in two separate attacks in Afghanistan.
France has confirmed that two of its soldiers were among the dead - they were killed during an operation in the Tagab valley in Kapisa province, north-east of Kabul, President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said in a statement. Five other French soldiers were injured.
Nato has not confirmed the nationality of the other two soldiers but said they were killed in an attack in the south.
The Chinook helicopter went down in a district of Wardak province, west of Kabul, early on Saturday.
Officials, witnesses and the Taliban have said it was shot down by insurgents during a combat mission.
The presence of at least 17 of the Seals has led to speculation that they were involved in a highly significant operation, such as targeting a high-ranking figure in the insurgency.
Source: BBC and news agencies
US sources have said they were from the same Navy Seal unit, known as Team Six, which killed Osama Bin Laden in May, but are "unlikely" to be the same personnel.
American officials have refused to confirm the cause of the crash on the record but some have told news agencies they believe the Chinook was shot down.
Afghan officials in Wardak province said a Taliban rocket hit the craft.  A local resident who saw the incident told the BBC that he saw the Chinook catch fire and crash after a rocket hit it.
The Taliban claimed they shot the helicopter down as it was involved in a raid on a house in Wardak where insurgents were gathering.
The BBC's Quentin Sommerville in Kabul says it is rare for the Taliban to shoot down aircraft.
The Taliban say they have modified their rocket-propelled grenades to improve their accuracy but that may not be true, our correspondent says.
The top US military officer, Adm Mike Mullen, said it was too soon to say what brought it down.
The team that killed Bin Laden
"Information is still coming in about this incident. I think it's important that we allow investigators to do their work before jumping to too many conclusions," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said.
President Barack Obama paid his condolences to the Americans and Afghans killed in the crash.
"Their deaths are a reminder of the extraordinary sacrifices made by the men and women of our military and their families, including all who have served in Afghanistan," he said in a statement on Saturday.
The US is relying more on special forces to fight the war against insurgents in Afghanistan, carrying out night raids against key leaders and conducting surveillance operations.
After last year's increase in troop numbers - credited with some success in reducing Taliban activity in southern Afghanistan - some withdrawals have begun.  The goal is for all foreign combat forces to leave the country by the end of 2014.
There are currently about 140,000 foreign troops - about 100,000 of them American - in Afghanistan, fighting the Taliban insurgency and training local troops to take over security.
The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force has begun the process of handing over control of security in some areas to local forces. Bamiyan became the first province to pass to Afghan control in mid-July.


Atletico Madrid striker Fernando Torres has signed a new contract.

The Spain international has agreed to stay for another season after his previous deal expired last week.
The 32-year-old former Liverpool and Chelsea player returned to Atletico, with whom he began his professional career, from AC Milan in 2015.
He scored 12 goals in 44 games last season for Atletico, who were beaten in the Champions League final by Real Madrid and finished third in La Liga.
His strike partner, France international Antoine Griezmann, signed a new deal last week.


A 19-year-old man is in a critical condition in hospital after he was stabbed in the neck in north Belfast.

It happened on Clifton Street on Saturday.
He was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast for treatment.
There are no further details.


Leftist parties in Germany have agreed a historic coalition deal which will see the first far-left regional president since the fall of communism.

Bodo Ramelow of the socialist Die Linke (Left party) is set to become state premier of Thuringia next month.
Die Linke, rooted in the old East German state Communist party, has never led a state government.
But all three coalition parties said they saw East Germany as a state that did not operate within the rule of law.
What is now Thuringia was part of East Germany during the Cold War but is at the heart of the reunified country.
Broken taboos - by Damien McGuinness, BBC News, Berlin
The region's new political leaders were clear that coalition negotiations were difficult - mainly because until now Die Linke has had pariah status in the eyes of many mainstream politicians.
The party is often accused of being a successor to oppressive East German communism, unwilling to confront the crimes of the past. But alongside a radical programme of radical left-wing policies to please each party - from a ban on fracking to free kindergarten places for the first year - a commitment to addressing the region's controversial communist history was also announced.
The real significance of this new left-wing government is not a sign of a rise of the radical left. Overall support for Die Linke has not risen dramatically over the past few years. Rather, it is proof that the long-fragmented left is getting its act together, and is able to break taboos to co-operate.
Meanwhile Chancellor Angela Merkel finds that her centre-right party is being undermined by the new anti-euro Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD). Now the rest of the country will be watching closely to see if Thuringia can deliver such left-wing policies affordably.
Presenting the unprecedented "red-red-green" coalition, which includes the Social Democrats (SPD) and the Greens, the parties emphasised that dealing with the past had been a major issue in their talks.
Die Linke chairwoman Susanne Hennig-Wellsow told reporters in Erfurt, Thuringia's state capital, that recognition of the German Democratic Republic (DDR) as an "Unrechtsstaat" - a state operating beyond the rule of law - had been included in the preamble to the coalition document.
The Thuringia deal comes barely a week after celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of Berlin Wall and has angered senior German figures, including President Joachim Gauck, a former dissident pastor in communist East Germany.
People who had lived under communism would "find it quite hard to accept" a socialist-led state government, Mr Gauck said.
In an indication of the party's socialist heritage, Bodo Ramelow delivered campaign speeches ahead of the Thuringia election in September alongside a red bust of Karl Marx.
The Greens said on Thursday that without the agreed declaration on East Germany, they would never have signed up to the coalition deal.
Mr Ramelow has said that a Linke-led coalition government will pursue "pragmatic policies" and will be a "project of reconciliation".
His appointment is still subject to a vote in the state assembly due on 5 December.
Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, who rule at national level in coalition with the SPD, are expected to form the opposition in Thuringia. Germany's chancellor also grew up in East Germany.
A spokesman for her CDU party in Thuringia said the coalition could threaten everything that had been achieved there in the past 25 years.
However, Die Linke believe the coalition could send a signal to other states in Germany ahead of the next federal elections in 2017.


A family have won a court ruling after the UK Government cut their housing benefit over a spare bedroom used by their grandson's carers.

Judges dismissed a government appeal against a Court of Appeal ruling in favour of Paul and Susan Rutherford, who care for their grandson Warren.
The Supreme Court ruled the housing benefit cut discriminated against them.
Mr Rutherford, of Clunderwen, Pembrokeshire, said: "We are happy and hugely relieved with today's result."
The Rutherfords argued the room was essential because it was used by carers who look after Warren overnight and said the Â£14 a week reduction to their benefits was unlawful.
Warren suffers from a rare genetic disorder which means he is unable to walk or talk and cannot feed himself and needs 24-hour care.
In the same hearing, Jacqueline Carmichael, from Southport, Merseyside, who has spina bifida, won a similar ruling.
Judges unanimously ruled "the scheme in relation to her is discriminatory".
However, judges rejected the cases of five others who have had their housing benefit reduced as a result of the government's changes.
A Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spokesman said: "In the two specific cases where the court did not find in our favour, we will take steps to ensure we comply with the judgement in due course."
Sophie Earnshaw from the legal team at Child Poverty Action Group, which acted for the Rutherfords, said: "In this case, disabled children were being treated worse than adults.
"For Paul and Susan Rutherford, the judgment lifts an enormous burden of uncertainty about their grandson's future - an uncertainty they've had to live with since 2013 when the legal process started."
Mr Rutherford added: "It has been an extremely stressful and long three years and we are glad that it is has come to a close.
"We never imagined this would happen to us - our priority has always been Warren's happiness. We can now move on with our lives secure in the knowledge that we can continue to care for Warren at home."
Those who had their cases dismissed were:


Celtic beat Rangers at Hampden to set up a Scottish Cup final against Aberdeen and the chance to complete a domestic treble.

Callum McGregor's superbly placed finish put the Premiership champions ahead during a dominant first half from Brendan Rodgers' side.
Scott Sinclair squeezed in a penalty after Rangers' James Tavernier had fouled Leigh Griffiths.
Goalkeeper Craig Gordon twice denied Kenny Miller in Rangers' best attacks.
But the Ibrox side could not prevent the first defeat of Pedro Caixinha's reign as manager and must now focus on securing European qualification through the league.
Celtic have already won that tournament and the League Cup and will face the Dons back at the national stadium on 27 May - the second Aberdeen-Celtic cup final this season - hoping to complete the domestic clean sweep for the first time since 2001.
This was a difficult day for Rangers, but one can only speculate as to how much sorer it might have been had Andy Halliday been sent off after lunging in on Patrick Roberts early on. The Rangers midfielder took Roberts out and was fortunate to see yellow instead of red.
Quickly, Celtic took hold of things and their greater intensity, accuracy and quality paid off with the opener. Mikael Lustig hit a long ball over Danny Wilson's head and into Moussa Dembele, who took it down, looked around him and saw McGregor steaming forward untracked.
The Frenchman played it to McGregor, who stroked it coolly into the corner of Wes Foderingham's net.
Celtic were dominant but their mission was not helped when they lost Dembele to a hamstring injury just before the half-hour. Griffiths came on.
Rangers had been fortunate to escape a dismissal earlier with Halliday and were lucky again when Myles Beerman, already on a yellow for fouling Roberts, impeded him again a minute later.
Beerman survived, but it was not long before Rangers' hopes of a cup final appearance were extinguished.
Caixinha made two substitutions at the break - Joe Dodoo coming on for the peripheral Joe Garner and Barrie McKay replacing Halliday - but no sooner had those changes bedded in than Celtic hit their opponents on the counter-attack and smoothed their passage to the final.
It was Dedryck Boyata who broke up a Rangers attack and got his team on the front foot. Roberts took it on and put Griffiths into the box, where he was taken down by Tavernier. The spot-kick from Sinclair found the target via Foderingham's diving hands and then the inside of his right-hand post.
There could have been more. Foderingham tipped over Griffiths' shot, Boyata headed over and Roberts had one saved. Celtic then lost their edge and Rangers got on top and started creating chances - good ones.
Just after the hour, Miller had a close-range header saved by Gordon. The striker might have done a whole lot better.
Then, with 10 minutes left, he had another opportunity - a point-blank shot kicked away by Gordon. Again, it was the type of opening that Rangers had to convert.
Martyn Waghorn headed over from a good position, Dodoo forced a diving save from Gordon and, at the other end, McGregor's replacement Tom Rogic hit a post for Celtic.
Those late chances will give Rangers hope for their Old Firm league meeting at Ibrox on Saturday - but Celtic's victory was well earned and their treble dream remains very firmly on track.
Match ends, Celtic 2, Rangers 0.
Second Half ends, Celtic 2, Rangers 0.
Corner,  Rangers. Conceded by Craig Gordon.
Attempt saved. Joseph Dodoo (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner.
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) hits the left post with a right footed shot from outside the box.
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Josh Windass (Rangers).
Corner,  Celtic. Conceded by Myles Beerman.
Tomas Rogic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Tomas Rogic (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) header from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top right corner.
Corner,  Rangers. Conceded by Dedryck Boyata.
Substitution, Celtic. James Forrest replaces Patrick Roberts.
Danny Wilson (Rangers) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Jozo Simunovic (Celtic) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Attempt missed. Kenny Miller (Rangers) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Stuart Armstrong (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Josh Windass (Rangers).
Substitution, Celtic. Tomas Rogic replaces Callum McGregor.
Foul by Scott Sinclair (Celtic).
Jason Holt (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Rangers. Josh Windass replaces Emerson Hyndman.
Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by David Bates (Rangers).
Foul by Kieran Tierney (Celtic).
James Tavernier (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Jozo Simunovic (Celtic).
Martyn Waghorn (Rangers) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Leigh Griffiths (Celtic).
Barrie McKay (Rangers) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Attempt saved. Kenny Miller (Rangers) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
Corner,  Rangers. Conceded by Mikael Lustig.
Mikael Lustig (Celtic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Joseph Dodoo (Rangers).
Attempt saved. Leigh Griffiths (Celtic) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.


The World Health Organization (WHO), set up by the United Nations in 1948, is the world's biggest and most important public health body.

There is no question that it has had some major successes: it has ensured that millions of children worldwide are free from the danger of polio, the crippling virus is now endemic in just three countries.
It runs huge programmes aimed at combating HIV/Aids, malaria and tuberculosis, and its Framework Convention on Tobacco Control is ensuring that countries are banning smoking in public places and clamping down on tobacco advertising.
But when it comes to a sudden new health threat, or a danger in an unexpected region, many say the WHO does not really deliver.
The 2009 swine flu pandemic is, it is claimed, a case in point.
When the first cases of a new flu virus were reported in Mexico City, the WHO had already been preparing for a global influenza pandemic with many experts suggesting it could be as devastating as the post-World War One Spanish flu.
There were reasons for the fears. Medical historians knew that a serious flu pandemic could be expected once in a generation.
Furthermore the H1N1 "bird flu" virus did have a high mortality rate, although it had not shown much ability to spread from human to human.
So by 2009 the WHO had a huge "pandemic preparedness" plan, and when swine flu appeared, it swung into action.
A global pandemic was declared and pharmaceutical companies fast-tracked billions of doses of a new vaccine.
Many countries diverted their public health budgets in order to buy a dose for every single member of the population.
The problem was, swine flu was not the major global health threat the WHO had been preparing for.
"What we experienced in Mexico City was a very mild flu which did not kill more than usual," said German epidemiologist Wolfgang Wodarg in 2010.
"(It) even killed less people than usual, it was suddenly used... as a pandemic and I asked myself why does WHO do such a nonsense?"
But the voices raising doubts went largely unheard. The WHO's pandemic preparedness had been long in the planning and, once up and running, seemed unstoppable.
And the very planning that went into preparing for an influenza pandemic seems have to worked against the WHO during West Africa's Ebola outbreak.
Although a flu pandemic was expected, Ebola was most definitely not expected in Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone. The virus had never been seen in West Africa before.
So when the first cases were reported in March there was no big WHO machine ready to roll. As it turns out, West Africa's Ebola outbreak actually began in Guinea last December and seems to have gone almost unnoticed for three months.
"Nobody knew that this disease called Ebola would be possible in such parts of Africa," said Dr Isabelle Nuttall, the WHO's Director of Global Capacities, Alert and Response.
"The speed of reaction was initially determined by the fact that the disease was not known to occur in this part of Africa."
But even if the WHO did not expect Ebola in West Africa, it did receive information, and warnings, from medical experts on the ground.
Medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on 31 March that Guinea was facing "an epidemic of a magnitude never before seen in terms of the distribution of cases in the country".
The organisation warned that the geographic spread of the cases indicated the epidemic would be very difficult to contain.
But just one day later, on 1 April, the WHO's senior communications officer, Gregory Hartl, suggested that MSF was scaremongering.
"We need to be very careful about how we characterise something which is up until now an outbreak with sporadic cases," he said.
"What we are dealing with is an outbreak of limited geographic area and only a few chains of transmission."
For the following three months, the WHO continued with that interpretation. Meanwhile media attempting to report the obviously spreading epidemic faced major hurdles.
The WHO's regional headquarters in Africa issued irregular online statements as to new cases and death tolls, which were often not confirmed by WHO headquarters in Geneva for several days.
Calls to communications officers went unanswered, their voicemail boxes were full.
Only in June did the WHO call a meeting of its Global Outbreak Alert committee, and only then, it seems, did WHO Director General Margaret Chan take a long hard look at the situation, telling Bloomberg's news agency last week that she was "very unhappy" at what she had discovered.
Despite her dissatisfaction, it still took the WHO until August to declare Ebola to be a health emergency.
Today, although Nigeria has just been declared Ebola free, the epidemic is still raging in Guinea, where it began, and in Liberia and Sierra Leone.
The WHO admits there is no sign it is even close to being brought under control and almost 10 months after it first began this outbreak has claimed at least 4,500 lives - more than three times the death toll from all previous outbreaks put together.
An embarrassing internal WHO document, leaked to the Associated Press last week, indicates senior WHO officials know mistakes have been made, suggesting "nearly everyone involved in the outbreak response failed to see some fairly plain writing on the wall".
The WHO has refused to comment on the document, but some suggest the financial cutbacks that the WHO, like all United Nations agencies, is facing, may be part of the problem.
However, others argue that money shortages should not cause a failure to listen to clear warnings and should not have caused months of delay in recognising the extent of the Ebola epidemic.
The WHO says it will investigate its handling of the crisis but not until the outbreak is over.
What is clear is that the organisation's structure, designed decades ago to support carefully planned, long-term public health campaigns, will need a major re-examination and there will be calls for more flexibility and transparency when facing the next sudden health crisis.


Leigh Centurions have continued their recruitment drive for next season by signing Hull KR forward James Green on a two-year deal from next season.

The 25-year-old joins St Helens back-row Atelea Vea and Catalans hooker Eloi Pelissier in agreeing moves this week.
Green made his debut for Hull KR, who have been relegated to the second tier, in 2012 after being in their academy.
"He's ready to stamp his authority within our playing group," head coach Neil Jukes told the club website.


Police have launched a murder investigation after finding the body of a man in a flat in Weymouth.

Police have cordoned off Bath Street by Commercial Road where officers found the man, who has not yet been identified, at about 08:00 GMT.
Three men and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Some of the arrested people were found injured at the property, and are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Det Insp Neil Devoto said: "Following the discovery of a man's body and a number of injured people, Dorset Police has launched a murder investigation.
"Inquiries are now under way to establish exactly what happened earlier this morning.
"I am appealing for anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the Bath Street area this morning to contact us as soon as possible."
Bath Street has been closed and Commercial Road was closed between Wesley Street and Bath Street.
Crime scene investigators have been examining the property and officers carrying out house-to-house inquiries.