A major retailer is withdrawing a line of hats emblazoned with a map of Australia that omits Tasmania.

Woolworths was selling the product ahead of Australia Day on January 26, but Tasmania, south of Victoria, was nowhere to be seen.
Woolworths said an Australian-based company supplied the inaccurate caps, but that they were expected to be taken off the shelves by late Wednesday.
But Tasmanians took to social media to voice displeasure over the error.
While some people said they were "disgusted" and threatened to take their business elsewhere, others saw the funny side of the situation.
"I was thrilled to see you forgot my favourite holiday destination from your Australia Day Caps. Keep on keeping Australia's best kept secret a secret," another Facebook user said.
It is not the first time the island state has been forgotten.
Performers created a map of Australia during the Opening Ceremony of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, but forgot to include Tasmania.
Pictures of native Australian animals obscured Tasmania on training swimsuits used at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
At the time Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman described the oversight as "unforgivable" and "un-Australian".


A detective sergeant who was wrongly convicted of rape has won his appeal to return to work.

Trevor Gray was sacked by Nottinghamshire Police after he was handed an eight year jail term in May 2012 for attacking a woman in her home.
But the conviction was quashed and he was cleared at a retrial in February.
A Police Appeals Tribunal board has now directed that Mr Gray, who had 25 years experience, be reinstated with Nottinghamshire Police.
He will now be able to return in the same rank as detective sergeant and his service will be considered continuous from the date of his dismissal.
A statement from the board read: "We... having considered the appellant's notice of appeal, relevant evidence and other documents connected with the appeal, hereby allow the appeal against the finding of gross misconduct on the ground there is evidence that could not reasonably have been considered at the original hearing which could have materially affected the finding."
In 2012 Mr Gray was convicted of rape, attempted rape and sexual touching and given an eight-year jail sentence.
He appealed on the grounds that police had failed to find a significant witness who would have assisted his defence.
His wife Alison Gray then traced the witness and their evidence led to his conviction being quashed on appeal.
The Independent Police Complaints Commission said it was examining Nottinghamshire Police's handling of the investigation and whether steps were taken to identify and locate significant witnesses.


Dorset Wildlife Trust says new footage of endangered undulate rays in Studland Bay is "exciting", and could add weight to its campaign to have it made a marine conservation area.

Wildlife photographer Steve Trewhella shot footage of the rays earlier in August, confirming the site is a nursery for the endangered species.
Marine awareness officer Julie Hatcher said rays reproduced very slowly.
Nurseries are found in only in a couple of places along the south coast.
Ms Hatcher said the trust had long been aware Studland Bay was a nursery area for rays, as in autumn and winter hundreds of egg cases, known as "mermaids' purses" are found along the shore.
Volunteers have been collecting the egg cases, and the majority are those of undulate rays.
However, the baby rays have not been photographed for a number of years: they are so well camouflaged, it is very difficult to spot them.
Ms Hatcher said: "They are a very beautiful animal.
"They have fantastic markings which looks a bit like Aboriginal art."
The nursery is particularly important because rays only lay a few eggs which take a long time to hatch, and take a couple of years to reach maturity, making the species very vulnerable to over-fishing.
Commercial fishing of undulate rays is prohibited, but they can be caught legally by recreational anglers.


A film to be made about football legend George Best will mix acting and archive, the man behind it has said.

Producer Stephen Evans made a similar film about the late golfer Seve Ballesteros last year.
He has also produced The Madness of King George for which he won a BAFTA, and Henry V starring Kenneth Branagh.
Mr Evans said that while an actor is being sought to play the young Best, it would be impossible to find anyone to play the Belfast star in his prime.
"George had similarities to Ballesteros," he said.
"And also it's the same game when people asked me about who was playing Ballesteros, well no-one can, it's impossible. Who is going to play George Best, well no-one can.
"The essential drama is about him growing up and that is totally cinematic - when he's growing up and also when he goes to sunny Manchester.
"And then what happens is we're using archive footage."
The search for the young Best actor is continuing, but Mr Evans said he was hopeful he would be found soon.
"We're down to our final run, so I think I'll have my George in the next two or three weeks," he said.
"He has to be naturally self-confident, because we're not finding an actor to teach them how to play football, we're finding a footballer who we want to act in front of the camera by being himself."
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players to have graced British and world football, Best, who was from east Belfast, died in November 2005 at the age of 59.
The producer said Best had something that no modern footballer has.
"What I'm doing on George is to give people an idea of where he came from, what trials and tribulations he had and indeed joys when he was young," he said.
"And so when they look at his life after that when he became at one point the greatest footballer in the world, how did he get there, what happened to him?"
Mr Evans said he hoped to start shooting the film in January.


The Irish government arranged for a doctor to visit Ibrahim Halawa in jail in Egypt following concerns about the health of the 21-year-old Dubliner.

He has staged a series of hunger strikes in protest at being imprisoned without trial for over three years.
Last month, his lawyer said he was so weak that jail staff used a wheelchair to take him to family visits.
On the doctor's recommendation, the Irish government called on Egypt to release him for further medical tests.
Before the visit, Taoiseach [Irish Prime Minister} Enda Kenny said he was "disturbed" by reports that Mr Halawa was using in a wheelchair and wanted his health to be assessed "from an Irish medical point of view".
In a statement on Monday, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan confirmed that the prison assessment took place last week, at his government's request.
"It has long been the government's stated desire to see Mr Halawa returned to Ireland and we have made direct appeals to the Egyptian government on a number of occasions," Mr Flanagan added.
He said that the after receiving the doctor's report, Mr Kenny wrote to the Egyptian president, asking for Mr Halawa's release to facilitate further tests.
The foreign minster added that he discussed the case with the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Abou El Gheit, on Monday.
"I also again raised the case with the EU's High Representative, Vice President Federica Mogherini, who has taken a personal interest in the case," Mr Flanagan added.
He said case was continuing to receive "unprecedented attention and resources" in Dublin and in Cairo.
However, the Halawa family have said that the Irish government must do more and have previously called on Mr Kenny to bring international legal action against the Egyptian government.
Mr Halawa is the son of the most senior Muslim cleric in the Republic of Ireland.
He was 17 when he was arrested with three of his sisters during a siege at the Al-Fath mosque in Cairo in 2013.
The women were released after three months, but their younger brother remained in jail and his court case has been adjourned 20 times.
For several years, Mr Halawa was told he would face the death penalty if he was convicted at a mass trial.
However, in January the Egyptian president told a delegation of Irish politicians that he will offer a pardon Mr Halawa once his trial is over.
The Egyptian parliament has previously objected to calls from the Irish parliament to release the Dubliner, saying the request would interfere in the affairs of the Egyptian judiciary.


A statue is to be commissioned by Watford FC to honour the club's former manager Graham Taylor.

Taylor, who also managed England from 1990 until 1993, died on 12 January, aged 72. His funeral was attended by hundreds of fans.
A statue celebrating his footballing career will be erected at Watford's Vicarage Road ground, the club announced.
A pre-season tribute fixture in Taylor's memory is also being planned.
The exact location of the statue and details of its design have not yet been decided.
Watford said it would be working on the plans with fans' representatives and the borough council.
On its website, Watford FC described the proposed statue and pre-season match as "two significant tributes... to remember Watford's greatest ever manager".
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Taylor took Watford from the Fourth Division to a second-placed finish in the top flight in five seasons. He also guided the club to the only FA Cup final of their history - a 2-0 defeat against Everton in 1984 - and European football.
He also had spells in charge of Lincoln City, Aston Villa and Wolves.


A paedophile who possessed and distributed indecent images of children has been jailed for 32 months.

Anthony Newman, 48, of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth was caught in a police sting operation while making plans to sexually abuse minors.
He pleaded guilty to 12 counts and was sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court.
Police said the jail term was a "warning to anyone involved in downloading indecent images of children".
Newman was arrested in Bournemouth on 8 February and charged on 21 May.
It follows an extensive undercover operation relating to him attempting to meet a like-minded individual who he believed had access to young children he wanted to sexually abuse.
The court heard that on searching Newman's home, officers seized electronic devices containing indecent material of young children.
The equipment was found to contain four category A, 11 category B and 98 category C indecent moving and still images, with category A being the most serious.
Newman pleaded guilty on 16 July to 12 counts relating to possession and distribution of indecent images of children, arranging to meet a child to commit a sexual offence and possession of cannabis.
Det Con Paul Chessell, of Dorset Police's paedophile online investigation team, said: "I am pleased that a man who presented such a risk to members of the public is now behind bars".


Injured Southampton goalkeeper Fraser Forster has been replaced by club-mate Alex McCarthy for England's World Cup qualifier in Slovakia on Sunday.

Uncapped McCarthy, 26, was called up after Forster, 28, returned to his club for treatment on an arm injury.
The ex-Crystal Palace keeper has played three times for England's Under 21s.
Joe Hart, on loan at Torino from Manchester City, and Burnley's Tom Heaton are the other goalkeepers named in Sam Allardyce's first England squad.
McCarthy joined Saints in the summer as deputy to Forster but has yet to feature in a game.
Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Manchester City), Tom Heaton (Burnley), Alex McCarthy (Southampton).
Defenders: Gary Cahill (Chelsea), Nathaniel Clyne (Liverpool), Phil Jagielka (Everton), Danny Rose (Tottenham Hotspur), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), Chris Smalling (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kyle Walker (Tottenham Hotspur).
Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur), Michail Antonio (West Ham United), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Danny Drinkwater (Leicester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Adam Lallana (Liverpool), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Theo Walcott (Arsenal).
Strikers: Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Daniel Sturridge (Liverpool), Jamie Vardy (Leicester City).
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A road has reopened following a four-car crash which led to a woman being airlifted to hospital.

Three other people were taken to hospital by ambulance following the collision on the A472 Hafodyrynys Road near Pontypool, Torfaen, at 13:45 BST.
The road was closed in both directions between the roundabout at Pontypool and the B4471 at Crumlin.
Following accident investigation work, the road reopened late on Tuesday evening.


US Secretary of State John Kerry has said the number of states ready to take military action against Syria's government is in the "double digits".

Speaking in Paris, he said the world could not be "silent spectators to slaughter" after Syria's alleged use of chemical weapons against its civilians.
The US accuses President Bashar al-Assad's forces of killing 1,429 people in a gas attack on 21 August.
EU foreign ministers say there should be no action before a UN report.
French President Francois Hollande, a key ally for the US on military action against Mr Assad, has said he expects the preliminary UN report into the incident to be submitted at the end of next week.
A G20 summit in Russia failed to produce international agreement on military action, with US President Barack Obama at odds with Russia's President Vladimir Putin, who blames the gas attack on rebels.
Mr Obama has said any military action will be "limited both in time and scope - designed to deter the Syrian government from gassing its own people again and degrade its ability to do so".
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Some 100,000 people have been killed in the two-and-a-half-year-old Syrian conflict, according to the UN.
Mr Kerry, who is in Europe for a four-day visit, met his French counterpart Laurent Fabius in Paris, where both men spoke of their determination to respond to the use of chemical weapons in Syria.
Repeating a phrase he used earlier in the week, Mr Kerry said the international community was facing a "Munich moment" - a reference to the policy of appeasement that failed to stop Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
"We in the United States know, and our French partners know, that this is not the time to be silent spectators to slaughter," he said.
"This is the time to pursue a targeted and limited but clear and effective response that holds dictators like Bashar Assad responsible for the atrocities which they commit."
"There are a number of countries, in the double digits, who are prepared to take military action," Mr Kerry said.
This was more countries than could actually be used "in the kind of military action being contemplated", he added.
Earlier, in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, Mr Kerry welcomed a statement on Syria by EU foreign ministers who were meeting there.
The EU ministers said available intelligence "seems to indicate strong evidence that the Syrian regime is responsible for the attack" and urged a "clear and strong response".
But they added that they welcomed French President Francois Hollande's call to wait for the report before taking any further action.
Mr Kerry is due to meet Arab League representatives in Paris before travelling to London for further talks with UK Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Both Russia and China, which have refused to agree to a UN Security Council resolution against Syria, insist any military action without the UN would be illegal.
President Obama faces a tough week of trying to persuade Congress to authorise military action.
He has only a few days to convince Congress, which returns from its summer recess on Monday. Both the Senate and House of Representatives could vote on the Syrian issue next week.
A poll commissioned by the BBC and ABC News suggested more than a third of Congress members were undecided whether or not to back military action - and a majority of those who had made a decision said they would vote against the president.
Many remain concerned that military action could draw the US into a prolonged war and spark broader hostilities in the region.
At the Vatican, Pope Francis called for "reconciliation and peace" in Syria. "War always marks the failure of peace, it is always a defeat for humanity," he told Roman Catholics at a mass peace vigil on St Peter's Square.
Vigils were also held in churches, mosques and synagogues around the world.
Small crowds of demonstrators rallied in New York's Times Square and near the Capitol in Washington on Saturday to oppose any attack on Syria, the Associated Press news agency reports.


"Super-fertility" may explain why some women have multiple miscarriages, according to a team of doctors.

They say the wombs of some women are too good at letting embryos implant, even those of poor quality which should be rejected.
The UK-Dutch study published in the journal PLoS ONE said the resulting pregnancies would then fail.
One expert welcomed the findings and hoped a test could be developed for identifying the condition in women.
Recurrent miscarriages - losing three or more pregnancies in a row - affect one in 100 women in the UK.
Doctors at Princess Anne Hospital in Southampton and the University Medical Center Utrecht, took samples from the wombs of six women who had normal fertility and six who had had recurrent miscarriages.
High or low-quality embryos were placed in a channel created between two strips of the womb cells.
Cells from women with normal fertility started to grow and reach out towards the high-quality embryos. Poor-quality embryos were ignored.
However, the cells of women who had recurrent miscarriages started to grow towards both kinds of embryo.
Prof Nick Macklon, a consultant at the Princess Anne Hospital, said: "Many affected women feel guilty that they are simply rejecting their pregnancy.
"But we have discovered it may not be because they cannot carry, [but] it is because they may simply be super-fertile, as they allow embryos which would normally not survive to implant."
He added: "When poorer embryos are allowed to implant, they may last long enough in cases of recurrent miscarriage to give a positive pregnancy test."
This theory still needs further testing and will not explain all miscarriages.
Dr Siobhan Quenby, from the Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, told the BBC: "This theory is really quite attractive. It is lovely. It's a really important paper that will change the way we think about implantation."
"It had been thought that rejecting normal embryos resulted in miscarriage, but what explains the clinical syndrome is that everything is being let in."
She said research would now need to discover whether this could be tested for in women and whether their receptiveness to embryos could be altered.


A soldier killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence.

L/Cpl Kyle Cleet Marshall, of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, died after being caught in a roadside bomb blast in the Nahr-e Saraj district of Helmand province.
The 23-year-old, from Newcastle upon Tyne, had been due to marry his fiancee, Hayley, in July.
The UK death toll since operations began in Afghanistan in 2001 is 357.
Lt Col Andrew Harrison, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment, said: "He died as he lived, at the front, guiding his men, surrounded by friends and at the very tip of the battalion spear."
He said that, shortly before his death, L/Cpl Marshall had led his team in the discovery of a huge bomb-making factory, where 35 devices were found.
"This discovery will undoubtedly save numerous colleagues and locals falling prey to the most insidious of insurgent threats.
"His friends have lost the closest of mates and the most able of colleagues. The battalion has lost a stunning young leader and a bright hope for the future," he said.
Describing him as a "charismatic, upbeat Geordie," his commander said he was "ice-cool under fire and a natural leader always".
Lt Col Harrison added: "He mentored, coaxed and taught his soldiers with consummate passion and consistent diligence. He was ever-optimistic, even in the bleakest of circumstances, and could charm all he met. He is irreplaceable."
L/Cpl leaves his father, Garry, mother, Olywn, and fiancee, Hayley, whom he was due to marry after the tour.
His family said in a statement: "Kyle was a very lively, outgoing, loving and much-loved son."
The MoD said L/Cpl Marshall was a keen footballer, a passionate Newcastle United supporter, and had played to county level in his youth.


A hospital placed in special measures two years ago has been told it will remain so until significant improvements have been made.

Medway Maritime Hospital, in Gillingham, has been rated "inadequate" following its latest Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection.
It found the hospital's A&E department could not cope when busy.
Medway Maritime's chief executive Lesley Dwyer said the hospital was on a "continuous journey of improvement".
The trust was originally placed in special measures in July 2013 because of concerns over mortality rates and standards of care.
The latest inspection took place in August and September 2015 and found there were continuing concerns with medical care, surgery, outpatient and diagnostic services.
The chief inspector of hospitals, Prof Sir Mike Richards, said he was not satisfied the "underlying issues" had been resolved.
"It is disappointing to report that performance may even have deteriorated in some areas, despite the support which has been offered to the trust up until now," he said.
"It is clear that the trust cannot solve these important issues on its own, and will require continued support for the foreseeable future."
However, the hospital was praised for the "compassionate care" staff provided in "almost all their interactions" with patients.
The report said patients spoke positively about the staff and said they considered their privacy and dignity had been maintained in most cases.
Ms Dwyer said: "We accept the findings of the CQC, we recognise that was in a point of time in August and take their concerns seriously.
"We are continuing to make changes that we know will improve the safety and quality of care we provide here at Medway."


Mixed-gender events in athletics, swimming, table tennis and triathlon have been approved for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the IOC has announced.

The Games will include a 4x400m mixed relay in athletics and a 4x100m medley mixed relay in swimming.
IOC president Thomas Bach said the Games will be "more youthful, more urban and include more women".
Swimming will also include two further new events - a men's 800m and women's 1500m freestyle races.
Tokyo will have five more sports than Rio, taking the total to 33, but the existing sports have been given 15 more events.
Cycling has gained two new events, for men and women, and basketball will have a three-on-three event.
The introduction of freestyle BMX and the madison to the cycling programme make that sport the third largest at the Olympics in terms of medals, with 66 up for grabs.
Other additions include a mixed relay in the triathlon and a mixed doubles in table tennis.
"We have taken a really important step forward in terms of gender equality," said IOC sports director Kit McConnell.
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Rio 2016 champion swimmer Adam Peaty said on Thursday the introduction of mixed events for Tokyo 2020 would make the Olympics "more fun".
He told BBC Sport: "It's something that would make things [at the Olympics] a little bit more fun.
"Obviously it's very serious, but it's great to mix things up from what they've been for so long as it adds a little spice and they're great to watch."
The IAAF welcomed the introduction of mixed relays but says it could be difficult to implement.
It said in a statement: "We should not expect the athletes entered to compete in the men's and women's 4x400m relays, from which the participants for the mixed relay will be naturally drawn, to compete in a third round of heats and finals for the mixed relay without allocating the appropriate space and time in the programme or enabling teams to bring additional athletes."
IAAF president Sebastian Coe said: "Athletics is the number one sport at the Olympic Games so we want to work with the IOC to drive effective and meaningful change.
"We will also work with the IOC on how best to introduce a mixed relay event in Tokyo following the huge success it enjoyed in IAAF world relays and Nitro Athletics this year."
BBC Sport's Alex Capstick
The IOC is treading a fine line.
Introducing the likes of skateboarding, sport climbing and BMX freestyle is aimed squarely at building a youthful audience, a constituency it's desperate to attract.
Improving gender balance in the Olympics has also been a long stated ambition. It all means at Tokyo 2020 there will be an increase of more than 30 medal events, but the IOC is also tasked with a commitment not to make the Games even more bloated. So there will be fewer athletes. That means some traditional sports have been told to trim their quotas.
Athletics has been hit hard. The IAAF expressed its disappointment and wondered how it could implement a mixed relay with fewer competitors. More grumbles can be expected.
Mutterings of discontent can also be expected with the addition of hip trendy urban sports.
Some will say it dilutes the overall quality and importance of the Olympics. Faced with an ever dwindling number of cities prepared to host the Games and a generally older demographic watching them the IOC felt compelled to act.
The Olympic world moves slowly and the pace of change might not be rapid enough, but with advertisers and broadcasters coveting younger viewers it's a direction the organisation must surely follow.


Six people who died from overdoses bought drugs via the online Silk Road marketplace, claims the US government.

Sited on the dark web, the Silk Road was a marketplace for illegal drugs that was closed in 2013, after the FBI arrested its creator - Ross Ulbricht.
The claim was made in court papers filed by the US government prior to the sentencing hearing for Mr Ulbricht.
Mr Ulbricht was convicted of narcotics and money laundering charges in February 2015.
The maximum sentence he faces for these crimes is life in jail.
In its testimony at the 15 May hearing, the US is also planning to let parents of two of the deceased testify.
Defence lawyers acting for Mr Ulbricht are seeking to delay the sentencing hearing while they evaluate the evidence the US government has amassed to make its claims about overdose deaths.
Lawyer Joshua Dratel, who is representing Mr Ulbricht, said the information provided by the US government was "woefully incomplete". Mr Dratel is asking for a delay of a month while he gathers expert witnesses and other testimony to counter the claims.
In defence court papers quoted by tech news site Ars Technica, Mr Dratel said it planned to argue that the Silk Road had in place policies that tried to limit the risk faced by those buying drugs.
The Silk Road was in operation from 2011 to 2013 and was available via the Tor dark web network. Payments for drugs and other services on the site were made with bitcoins. Mr Ulbricht is believed to have made about $18m (Â£12m) from running the site.


The sun may be shining on the Killarney lakes this week, but the Garda Síochána is operating under a cloud.

The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) began its annual conference in County Kerry at a difficult time for the Republic of Ireland's police force.
This week will also see the Dáil (Irish parliament) debate a vote of confidence in Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan.
Issues of pay and conditions usually dominate the AGSI gathering: In December, members voted overwhelmingly to accept an independent labour court offer.
Timeline of Garda controversies
This year, delegates gather at a time when there is great public unease about the force's culture and leadership.
Earlier this month, the government announced a "root-and-branch" review of how the Garda carries out its work after a number of worrying revelations.
In March, it emerged that gardaí recorded nearly one million more roadside alcohol tests than had actually been carried out in a five-year period to 2016 - almost twice the real figure.
Senior officers conceded it was likely some of the 937,000 tests were simply made up by members of the force.
Commissioner O'Sullivan said the bogus breath tests were due to incompetence at best, and deception at worst.
At the same news conference, senior officers revealed that about 14,700 people convicted in the courts were prosecuted without a fixed-charge notice first being issued.
Gardaí, who have apologised to those affected, now have to appeal against all those convictions and have the court-imposed penalties removed. The state has to cover all costs, estimated to run into millions of euro.
It is not the first time Garda numbers have been called into question.
Last September, the Central Statistics Office said that gardaí were not recording up to one in six of crimes on their computer system, which meant, either intentionally or unintentionally,  inflating their crime detection rate.
The Policing Authority, an independent body that oversees the performance of the Garda Síochana, says the road traffic offences and breathalyser controversy "is not just an academic, statistical matter, it is an ethical one".
It also says the controversy raises serious questions of integrity for the Garda Síochana organisation and, combined with previous issues regarding inflated activity levels, erodes confidence in the credibility of Garda data generally.
All of this is also happening at a time when there is a question mark over the future of Commissioner O'Sullivan.
Even before the latest controversies, she was already under pressure over her alleged involvement in a campaign to smear a garda whistleblower, Sgt Maurice McCabe, with the false allegation that he was a child sex abuser.
She strongly denies the charge, which will be investigated by a sworn public inquiry headed by Supreme Court judge Peter Charleton.
On Wednesday at 16:30 BST, Sinn Féin is to table a motion of no confidence in her leadership of the force, with a vote the following day.
She can only be sacked by the government, or by the Policing Authority, but if the Dáil passes such a motion there has to be a huge question mark over her stewardship of the Garda Siochana.
Much will depend on what  way the main opposition party, Fianna Fáil, votes.
It has said it cannot express confidence in the commissioner until credible explanations are given for the latest roadside controversies.
The party, which supports the minority government in motions of government confidence and on budgetary matters, is to put down its own motion seeking more powers for the Policing Authority.
It is calling for the authority to be asked to assess whether it has confidence in Commissioner O'Sullivan's capacity to restore confidence in the force.
That looks very like Fianna Fáil looking for a way not to support the Sinn Féin  motion.
So, the expectation must be that the Dáil will not vote that it has no confidence in Commissioner O'Sullivan, which is not quite the same thing as saying it has confidence in her.
Whichever way the vote goes, the Garda Síochána will remain a force under a cloud until the whistleblowers issues and the "root and branch" review are dealt with.
And it is likely the AGSI at its conference next year, wherever that might be, will be dealing the fall-out of similar controversies.


Improved childcare has been identified as the single policy that could do most to reduce income inequality, in research at Heriot-Watt University.

That could be allied to closing the gap between women's and men's pay, and finding ways to help families remain together.
Raising the minimum wage and linking benefits to inflation is seen as effective.
A boost to the regions and nations of Britain would also have an impact.
This would, according to the research, spread prosperity more evenly around the UK.
However, the Edinburgh research found that increases in part-time pay, encouragement to take up unclaimed benefits, and efforts to increase housing supply had less effect on inequality.
The research helps explain ways to reduce the inequality gaps highlighted in a week-long series of reports for BBC Scotland news.
They show that Scotland's income inequality is not as extreme as portrayed in some political debate.  Much of Britain's inequality comes from the boost to earnings and wealth for the most prosperous 1%, concentrated in London and south-east England.
By international standards, income inequality in Scotland is mid-range.
However, there remain wide differences between the earning power of those at the high earning end of the scale and those at the bottom.
The most recent figures show the top 1% of earners received more than 9% of the nation's total pay packet.
Economists avoid the extremes of earning to measure inequality, and often compare the person whose income was just ahead of the lowest-earning 10% of Scots with the person whose income was just below the top earning 10% of Scots.
The 2014-15 statistics show that came to Â£264 and Â£881 per week.
The findings of the Heriot-Watt research point to support for women at the lower-paid end of the workforce being particularly effective in addressing inequality. That reflects the fact that poor households are often female-headed.
Figures issued last month showed the pay gap for median hourly earnings has narrowed from 7.7% in 2015 to 6.2%. The gap for the UK as a whole, at 9.4%, was wider, and the narrowing much slower since 2015.
The Heriot-Watt research was led by Prof Glen Bramley.
He said: "The report looks at around 40 individual policy or contextual scenarios as well as combined packages. Most of these make some difference, but in quite a number of cases this is small or ambiguous in terms of effects on different poverty outcomes.
"A smaller number of policies make a sizeable difference. There is no single magic bullet, and to make large inroads into poverty would require concerted action on a number of fronts."
Improved access to more affordable housing was found to have unexpected and sometimes negative effects, as it can encourage people on the margins of poverty to move out of homes shared with other family members - that way tipping the new householder into poverty.
Encouragement for people to take up benefits was found to be ineffective because many of those who are not taking up benefits are not the ones who need them most.
The effect of an increase in part-time pay would often reach households where the part-time worker is bringing in the second income, putting the household into a higher income bracket.
Childcare was found to have the biggest impact of any single policy because it would enable parents to work or to work longer hours. That is apart from the impact that quality childcare can have on helping children develop.
"A further positive element would be measures - counselling, mediation, mental health, substance treatment, offender rehabilitation - which led to a reduced rate of relationship breakdown," according to Prof Bramley.
Jim McCormick, Scottish director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and an expert in studying poverty, told the BBC of his priorities for reducing income inequality: "Short term, it's about attending to the pay and conditions people face when they're in low paid, casual and temporary work, we need to stack the odds in their favour so that people can progress.
"Longer term, the big challenge for inequality is to reduce the gender pay gap, which is about pay, hours, childcare - and within that, to attend to inequalities like ethnicity and disability, because we could reduce poverty, but still have gaping inequalities for new Scots, who have newly arrived, and those with disabilities, who have poor employment prospects."
Ahead of the BBC series Unequal Scotland?, a spokeswoman for the Scottish government said Westminster policies on welfare cuts were having a "direct and devastating impact on Scotland".
"Increasing income and protecting family budgets is a key element of lifting people out of poverty and is a priority for the Scottish Government. We are using the powers of the Scottish Parliament to create a fairer Scotland for everyone, and the devolution of social security powers is a significant step forward in enabling Scotland to chart a different course.
"We are working across the board to ensure people are bringing home more money, through increasing the number of employers paying the living wage, working towards closing the gender pay gap and ensuring we have a strong and inclusive labour market.
"We are also helping to protect low income households, through the likes of the council tax reduction scheme and mitigating the bedroom tax, as well as working towards our target of 50,000 affordable homes in the lifetime of this parliament."


Historic sites in Portsmouth will receive £1m for essential maintenance work.

Southsea Castle will receive £200,000 and Square Tower - one of the oldest parts of the fortifications of Portsmouth - will benefit from £250,000.
The Round Tower and Cumberland House Natural History Museum will also get a combined upkeep fund of £150,000.
The funding is part of the council's capital budget.
Linda Symes, Portsmouth City Council's cabinet member for culture, leisure & sport, said: "Everyone in the city enjoys these fantastic buildings and places but people don't often realise the work that goes into making sure they look their best and are safe to use.
"This work will ensure we can all continue to enjoy these sites for years to come."


A collection of portraits depicting a host of household names is set to open in Hull as part of its city of culture celebrations.

The National Portrait Gallery commissions feature people from the worlds of culture, politics, sport and fashion, including Dame Helen Mirren, Sir Paul Smith and Dame Kelly Holmes.
The works were all commissioned as part of the BP Portrait Award first prize.
'Paul Smith to J.K. Rowling' opens at the University of Hull on Wednesday.
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First prize winners of the BP Portrait Award are invited to create a portrait of a public figure who has made an important contribution to British history and culture.
The National Portrait Gallery said it was a "rare opportunity" to see all the commissions in one place.
Professor Glenn Burgess, acting vice-chancellor of the University of Hull, said: "Not only does the exhibition depict a wonderful range of famous faces, from actors to athletes and beyond, but the artists responsible have used an amazing variety of styles and compositions in creating these beautiful works."
The free exhibition runs at the Brynmor Jones Library until June.


Life is a challenge these days in Germany if you are not a football fan.

You simply cannot avoid it. The media is awash with interest in Sunday's World Cup final, with the 'Nationalelf' (national 11) involved against old rivals Argentina.
The stunning 7-1 semi-final win over hosts Brazil resulted in football euphoria only seen before in the country when West Germany won previous World Cup tournaments in 1954, 1974 and 1990.
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"Three days to go", "two days to go", "one day to go" - these have been the headlines from Germany's biggest selling tabloid Bild. It's the countdown to the final or the 'finaaaaale o-ho' as German fans always sing when their team reaches this biggest of big games.
"Only one more victory to glory" proclaims the twice-weekly football-magazine Kicker.
One thing is for certain: this is a nation with a yearning hunger to win the World Cup, a hunger formed in the 24 years of waiting since the last triumph against, who else, Argentina in 1990.
A Germany versus Argentina final also brings heavy work for all the heroes of 1990, especially Lothar Matthaus, Andreas Brehme, Rudi Voller and goalkeeper Bodo Illgner.
They are suddenly hot property again for the media, who want them to re-tell the story of how the Germans edged out Argentina thanks to an 85th-minute penalty scored by Brehme as then coach Franz Beckenbauer, who captained the nation to glory in 1974, became the first player to win as both captain and coach.
Jurgen Klinsmann, head coach of the US team and beaten by the Germans in the group stage in Brazil, posted via Facebook, holding a German shirt: "Our team will take the crown. Enjoy the moment!"
All the past heroes are certain that the new generation of 2014 will make it.
Confidence in Germany is sky high, with flags draped on balconies, from windows and attached to cars. So much schwarz-rot-gold (black, red and gold) has not been seen since 2006, when Germany hosted the event and Italy beat France in a penalty shootout in the final.
That was the time when the word 'schland' was born - a nickname for the football nation and easy for fans to bawl in stadiums.
Everybody, it seems, expects Germany to win against Argentina on Sunday. Anybody who doubts it risks being called a moaner, a spoilsport. However, the near-hysteria of the media is not excessive; the media merely reflects the atmosphere of an expectant nation.
Losing against Argentina is just not an option. Not at all.
Not after this outstanding tournament. Not with Thomas Muller, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos and goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in such great form. Not after a 7-1 routing of Brazil in their own backyard. Not after these huge reactions from fans and VIPs alike.
From Heidi Klum to Steffi Graf, from actor Til Schweiger to former F1 driver Nick Heidfeld, from basketball player Dirk Nowitzki to Boris Becker - everybody cheered the Low team on Twitter, Facebook or on TV.
German chancellor Angela Merkel and president Joachim Gauck are going to attend the final in Rio de Janeiro, so important is this occasion.
In Germany the feeling is they are all but champions already; the mood here is one of total confidence and belief going into Sunday's game.
It is worth pointing out that being critical about the team had almost become a type of sport in itself in Germany, such was the relatively low belief in Low and his squad going into the 2014 Fifa World Cup.
Results during the preparation period disappointed. A subdued goalless draw against Poland and a 2-2 draw against Cameroon left many observers - both media and fans - believing that Germany might risk not even qualifying for the knockout stages of this tournament. How things have changed since the beginning of June.
The stunning 4-0-victory against Portugal in the opening match was regarded as being comparable to the start in 1990, when Beckenbauer's side hammered Yugoslavia 4-1.
And so to the all-important question: can Die Nationalmannschaft (the national team) repeat the outcome of 1990?
The longing and hunger for the ultimate title in world football is enormous. After winning Euro '96 in England (and knocking the hosts out in the semi-finals), a veil of gloom descended on the team when they were beaten 3-0 in the 1998 World Cup quarter-finals by Croatia in Lyon.
That was followed by a new low point in Euro 2000 when Germany failed to win a single match during the group stages - an outcome which resulted in the youth system being re-organised across the country.
Youth academies were set up with new rules and the promotion of more home-grown players in the Bundesliga.
After losing the 2002 final against Brazil in Yokohama, the first success for the new generation of football was the Sommermarchen (summer fairytale) of 2006 when Germany finished third on home territory, beating Portugal 3-1 in Stuttgart.
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Jurgen Klinsmann and his then-assistant coach Joachim Low created a new style, an optimistic, more attacking way of playing as the Germans reinvented themselves on the international stage.
They were runners-up to Spain at Euro 2008, gained another third place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and featured in the semi-finals of Euro 2012. Now, the uncrowned Golden Generation is at its peak and ready to go one step further.
Miroslav Klose, now the highest World Cup finals goalscorer of all time, Per Mertesacker, Lukas Podolski and the captains Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm were already part of the team in 2006 and all are now mature enough to expect victory.
According to all the experts in Germany, it seems Argentina should be an "easier" team to beat than losing semi-finalists Netherlands would have been.
The Germans are confident that any Brazilian supporters in Rio will cheer for them despite their humiliation in the semis. Surely the locals will not support arch-rivals Argentina on the hallowed turf of the Maracana.
Low has pointed out the significance of this final and has tightened up how his squad are approaching the game.
There have been no more open training sessions for the media, no one-to-one interviews, just press-conferences. Wives, girlfriends of the players or family members are allowed into the self-built exclusive base camp of Campo Bahia. But a glass of beer or wine is forbidden.
Germany are planning (and hoping to have) a big party in Rio on Sunday night at which all the relatives and friends will be welcome. And the German football federation will present the full squad at the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin on Tuesday - but only if they are winners. National heroes.
This third meeting in a final of the two rivals will be different from the previous encounters. There will be no Diego Maradona against Matthaus. It will be Lionel Messi against a team rather than a single German star.
"The atmosphere in the squad has been enormous," Low said. "Even the players on the bench and the ones who did not play a single minute were enthusiastic and got the others water."
The last encounter between Germany and Argentina in a World Cup was the quarter-final in 2010. Germany dominated Argentina, featuring a below-par Messi, coached by Maradona, and won 4-0. Muller scored, Klose twice.
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A graffiti-damaged mural in Cheltenham by street artist Banksy can be restored at a cost of almost £26,000, a professional art conservator has said.

The 'Spy Booth' artwork, which depicts three spies "snooping" on a telephone box, appeared in Hewlett Road in April.
It was badly damaged with spray paint earlier this month.
Robin Barton, from London's Bankrobber gallery, who asked Tom Organ to assess the damage, said the six-week project would return it "to its former glory".
Mr Barton said it had been "established beyond doubt" that the mural could be successfully restored whilst keeping the structural integrity of the Grade II* listed building intact.
Mr Barton added that Roger Wilson, the man who claims to own the house, had "agreed to cover the costs of the restoration in full".
In a letter to Mr Barton, professional art restorer Mr Organ said he aimed to recover the original image, under the recent graffiti, and to carry out "essential stabilisation and work" in order to improve its long-term conservation.
Mr Organ, who also warned the cost of any restoration project could rise, added he would need "proof of ownership of the piece" before any work could be carried out.
The artwork was daubed with white paint just days after it appeared in April but it was saved by drinkers who rushed from a nearby pub to wash off the paint before it dried.
In August, silver and red graffiti was sprayed over the mural and, less than two weeks later, protective hoardings were removed and holes made at the four corners.
After the holes appeared, businessman Hekmat Kaveh - who has offered funds to buy the house to ensure the mural stays in the town - said he thought an attempt was being made to remove it.
And on Wednesday, photos emerged of the inside of the house on which the Banksy is painted after "substantial work" was carried out on the listed building.


The Church of England's investments are wide-ranging and complex.

They range from pieces of woodland used for timber to investment strategies run by some of the world's biggest hedge funds, and stakes in big oil companies.
The whole operation is overseen by an ethical investment advisory board designed to prevent the Church from funding any businesses seen as against Christian principles.
Around £5.2bn of investments are managed by the Church Commissioners - a body charged with managing the Church's assets in order to produce money to support its work.
Most of that - £3.25bn - is invested in securities - bonds and shares - both in the UK and abroad.
About £460m is invested in UK Treasury bonds and bills. The remaining £2.8bn is invested in stock markets, in major companies like Shell, HSBC and GlaxoSmithKline.
Some £1.71bn is invested in property - both directly and indirectly though third party investment companies. A further £96m is invested in woodland around the UK used to produce timber.
The church also has fixed assets worth £94m, including its huge network of properties and estates across the UK, and cash deposits and debts worth a further £379m.
A separate investment fund is run by the Church of England Pension Board, which is responsible for investing more than £1bn on behalf of the church's numerous pension schemes.
According to the latest figures available from 2011, £730m of that is invested in equities, both in the UK and abroad.
The rest is invested in government and corporate bonds, property, and investment schemes operated by hedge funds.
The board employs a whole host of investment companies to manage its investments, including BlackRock Advisors, Bridgewater Associates and Winton Capital Management - some of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Finally, a smaller Church of England investment pot is administered by CCLA, a company that provides investment management services for charities.
In order to keep these vast investments in check, the various bodies are advised by the church's Ethical Investment Advisory Group.
According to its official guidelines, it advises against investing in any company:
It is that last figure that Archbishop Welby said was "probably too high" and would ask the Church's advisory group to review.


The parents of twins who have spinal problems say it is "disgraceful" that Derby City Council has not agreed to provide special transport.

The two 10-year-olds, Zara and Haajra Hamaeoun, suffer from congenital deformities and use wheelchairs.
Their father Mohammed Hamaeoun said the family moved to the city six months ago but had not been given enough support.
The council said the family had been "encouraged to apply for help with transport".
A Derby City Council statement said that "a good schoolâ€¦ with good provision for the girls' needs" had been found.
The council added: "Transport options initially begin with fuel or bus fare reimbursement."
But Mr Hamaeoun said the school was located about one mile from their home and the children's wheelchairs would not fit into a car.
He said the twins would not be able to start school until April and the council had not agreed to provide transport to get them there.
He said the girls were "prone to infection" and he was concerned about getting them to school in wheelchairs in "the cold and rain and the wet".
The twins' mother  Nosheen Hamaeon said: "I am really worried in terms of safety for my daughters - and I am really frustrated as to why they have been out of school for so long."
The family moved from Birmingham, where the twins attended a special needs school, to Derby last June.
Mr Hamaeon said: "They are highly dependent and we have been struggling... to get any schooling or any home education - it's just been uphill."
Council spokesman Lynda Poole said: "As with all cases and any other children we put the needs of children first to ensure they receive schooling with an appropriate provision for their needs."
She said transport to school for the girls would be "looked at on its individual circumstances and requirements".


Masked gunmen shot dead a mum-of-two by mistake after being hired to kill her on-off boyfriend, a court has heard.

Hayley Pointon died at a house in Sunnydale Road, Hinckley, Leicestershire, in February 2013 from a single gunshot to her chest.
The trial of six men charged in connection with the 30-year-old's death has heard she had been visiting her boyfriend when she was targeted.
Aaron Power and Aaron Newman, from Coventry, deny her murder.
Craig Adamson, Dylan Whitty and Jamie Simpson, all of Coventry, and Matthew Dicey from Rugby, Warwickshire are also on trial for assisting an offender and deny the charges.
Opening the case at Leicester Crown Court, prosecutor James House QC told jurors Ms Pointon's boyfriend, Nigel Barwell, had lived at the address where she died.
Mr House said Mr Barwell had a criminal record and connections with gangs in the West Midlands.
He said two of the defendants had been hired to kill him.
"Someone, we don't know who, wanted Barwell dead," he said.
In a 999 call played to the court, Mr Barwell told the operator Ms Pointon had been leaving his house when two men dressed all in black entered his back garden with a gun.
He said he pushed Ms Pointon back into the house and ran upstairs to get his machete, but heard a gunshot as he did so.
Mr Barwell said when he came back downstairs she had been lying face down and "there was blood everywhere".
On the recording, he could be heard to say "she's not moving or breathing" and "they've killed her".
He told the call handler someone had tried to shoot him two months earlier, when he was attacked by five men.
Mr Barwell said people were after him because of "stuff that's happened" in his life.
Ms Pointon, from Coventry, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The trial is expected to last for six to eight weeks.
The defendants are:


Former finance minister Sammy Wilson has described an assembly committee's inquiry into the sale of Nama's Northern Ireland property loans as "a Mickey Mouse exercise".

The finance committee is investigating the £1.2bn sale of assets owned by Nama to US investment firm Cerberus.
On Thursday, Mr Wilson accused the inquiry of being "incompetent and biased".
He said the inquiry had not separated out fiction and prejudice from fact.
This would be seen as a reference to evidence the committee had previously taken from the loyalist blogger Jamie Bryson.
Mr Wilson said he had told the committee in August that he would be happy to give evidence to it.
"Had I known subsequently how this committee was going and had I not made the promise, I doubt very much if I would have come along to grace the kind of Mickey Mouse exercise that has been undertaken with credibility," he said.
Mr Wilson added that Northern Ireland had gotten a very good deal out of the Nama sale.
Defending the committee's work, its chairman Daithí McKay of Sinn Féin said: "We have uncovered a great deal of evidence that has been useful."
Nama - the National Asset Management Agency - is the Republic of Ireland's state-owned so-called 'bad bank'.
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The eventual deal to sell its Northern Ireland portfolio has since been the subject of claims involving fixer payments.
The finance committee has heard an allegation that five individuals were to benefit from the sale, including one politician, First Minister Peter Robinson.
He has denied the claim as "scurrilous and unfounded."


Aberdeen's new major shareholder Dave Cormack says he will offer "financial support" to help the Scottish Premiership club to "kick-on".

Cormack, a former chief executive of Aberdeen, sold his software company for £630m last year.
"I can offer both financial support and my time to the club," Cormack told the Aberdeen website.
"I look forward to attracting American investment and strategic partnerships [to] help AFC maximise its potential."
Cormack will work with existing board members, including chairman Stewart Milne, while splitting his time between Atlanta and the north east of Scotland.
The 58-year-old was interim chief executive of the Pittodrie club between 2000 and 2001 during a sabbatical from his business interests in the USA.
He is seeking to "work with the management team at AFC to explore some innovative ideas I've seen work Stateside".
Cormack returns to the club after selling the software company that he helped to grow from a firm employing 12 people in 2004 to a 500-strong workforce, generating £107m in annual revenues, in 2016.
"While I have continued to support and provide advice to the club for many years, I'm honoured to be back on the board," Cormack said.
"The club's performance in recent seasons, both on and off the pitch, is a testament to how hard everyone at Pittodrie has worked.
"Having a team that is performing well and a club that is debt-free is an enviable position to be in. But we must fully exploit opportunities to increase revenues and our fanbase.
"I'm looking forward to working with the existing leadership team at the club, with whom I've already got a great relationship.
"Between us, and with the support of our fans, I'm sure we can get the club into a position where increased revenues, an expanded fanbase, and a state-of the-art community stadium and training campus will position AFC well to exploit changes that evolve in European club competition."
Milne welcomed Cormack's involvement and the experience he will bring to the club.
"Running a club in the modern era is increasingly challenging and we will greatly benefit from having someone with Dave's expertise, experience, enthusiasm and commitment," the Aberdeen chairman said.
"He brings a new perspective along with an innovative approach and commercial acumen to help meet the challenges head-on."


Cyber-thieves have turned to web programming languages to create a cheap ransomware service.

On infected machines, ransomware encrypts data and frees it only when victims pay for it to be unscrambled.
Many gangs making ransomware keep the code for themselves, but Ransom32 is freely downloadable from one dark web site.
News site BleepingComputer said Windows users had been targeted by the malware over the Christmas period.
Ransom32 was designed for those that lacked the technological skill to create their own brands of malware, said Bleeping computer editor Lawrence Abrams.
The malicious program and its administration system are written in HTML, CSS and Javascript - languages more usually used to create mainstream websites. It is believed to be the first virus written with these languages.
The malware can be downloaded from the dark web by anyone who supplies a Bitcoin wallet number,
The malware's developers take a 25% cut of any ransom collected and forward the rest on to the Bitcoin wallet supplied.
Victims who unwittingly download the malware can be locked out of their computers and asked to pay a ransom in bitcoins to get back in.
The malware looks for and scrambles a huge variety of files including images, movies, documents and data archives.
Those who do not pay up could have their hard drives wiped.
Security expert Graham Cluley told the BBC: "By turning their ransomware into a sellable service, the criminals behind Ransom32 are providing an opportunity for other hackers to easily launch attacks that will encrypt users' documents, including personal photographs, movies and more."
"They demand payment via anonymous Bitcoin to ensure the safe return of the otherwise unrecoverable data."
Those who use Ransom32 control it via a basic administration panel, that allows them to configure the malware to their liking.
The bug's developers even offer them advice on fraud strategies, in one instance suggesting: "Don't be too greedy or people will not pay."
In a blog post, Fabian Wosar of security company Emsisoft said users' best line of defence was "a solid" strategy for backing up files.
That way, should the worst happen, they can recover data without having to pay the ransom.
Mr Cluley added: "Presently, the attack appears to have been distributed via email, so once again users are advised to exercise great caution over what they run on their computers - especially if it arrives via unsolicited email."


Radical plans to scrap tuition fee subsidies and pay half of students' rent instead have been announced by the Welsh Conservatives.

Students from Wales currently pay only £3,810 towards their fees wherever they study in the UK.
The Welsh government pays up to £5,190 on top of that, which the Tories claim is "unsustainable" at an annual cost of £229m.
The party said its £75m-a-year plans help with living costs and were fairer.
Their argument is accommodation costs often take a chunk out of a student's maintenance loan and the plan would help free up funds for their education.
Tory leader Andrew RT Davies said higher education funding in Wales needed a "radical shake-up".
"Welsh Conservatives are the only party proposing a radical new approach which offers students the support they need with potentially prohibitive living costs," he said.
"Accommodation costs often swallow up maintenance loans, meaning students - and their parents - often struggle with everyday living costs associated with university life.
"We want to change that - offering students timely, urgent support that will improve the accessibility of education; simultaneously ending Labour's unsustainable tuition fee grant."
The Tories said average rental costs in Wales for students were around £118 a week, meaning students would receive on average £59 a week in rent subsidy.
The money would be paid wherever in the UK the student chooses to go to university.
Education Minister Huw Lewis has suggested Labour would continue to subsidise tuition fees if the party won the election in May, but hinted the subsidies may be means-tested.
Responding to the Conservative plan, he said Labour was "proud" of a policy which he said had protected thousands of Welsh students, facing on average £22,000 less debt compared to graduates in England.
Plaid Cymru said it would shift to a system where graduates who work in Wales would get £6,000 a year of their tuition fee debts written off.
Education spokesman Simon Thomas claimed the Tory plan would push up rents and buy-to-let house prices in university towns and cities.
"While Plaid Cymru will reward students for working in Wales after graduation, the Tories will reward landlords for being lucky enough to own property to let out," he said.
The Welsh Liberal Democrats have said they would replace tuition fee subsidies with maintenance grants for students and more direct help for cash-strapped universities.


Spanish racing driver Maria De Villota died as a consequence of the injuries she suffered during a crash last year, her family have been told.

De Villota, 33, was found dead in a hotel room in Seville, Spain on Friday.
The Formula 1 reserve driver lost her right eye in a crash in July 2012, while testing for the Marussia team.
In a statement, the family said a forensic doctor told them she had died "as a consequence of the neurological injuries she suffered" in the incident.
De Villota needed lengthy surgery on serious head and facial injuries after colliding with a lorry at Duxford Aerodrome, Cambridgeshire, but had been cleared to resume driving.
The family statement added: "Maria is gone, but she has left us a very clear message of joy and hope, which is helping the family move on in these moments."
The potential link between De Villota's crash in 2012 and her death is being investigated by Britain's Health and Safety Executive.
An HSE spokeswoman said the organisation "would expect to be kept informed of any new evidence". The Banbury-based Marussia team said last year the car was not a factor in the accident.
The De Villota family, who confirmed Maria will be buried in Madrid "in the most strict intimacy", have made no mention of whether there is a legal case to answer on safety grounds at the aerodrome.
Formula 1 drivers will hold a minute's silence at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday, and dedicate the winner's podium to De Villota.
A statement from the Grand Prix Drivers' Association (GPDA), which represents most competitors, said the silence would be held before the drivers' parade at Suzuka.
"She has been an active member and contributed to driver safety in a very enthusiastic and most professional manner," the GPDA said.
"Her positive attitude, maturity and extreme commitment will never be forgotten and are something we have learned from. Maria will be missed and always remembered by all of us."
De Villota, daughter of former Formula 1 driver Emilio, was reported to have been in Seville to launch her autobiography.
A police spokeswoman said her body was found at around 07:00 (06:00 BST) at the Hotel Sevilla Congresos in the southern Spanish city.
She previously competed in her country's Formula 3 competition and the Daytona 24 Hours race in the United States.
De Villota, who had been in motor racing for 12 years, first drove a Formula 1 car when testing for Lotus Renault two years ago.


No action will be taken against a website supporting rapist Ched Evans following an inquiry into whether his victim was identified.

The case concerned whether the publication of pixelated CCTV footage meant a criminal offence had been committed.
But the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) ruled there was "nothing sufficiently distinctive" likely to identify her.
Evans and his supporters are trying to get his conviction overturned.
The disgraced Wales football international was jailed for five years in 2012 after being found guilty of raping a 19-year-old woman at a hotel near Rhyl, Denbighshire.
The 26-year-old was released last year after serving half of his sentence.
In January, the CPS was asked by the Attorney General to consider whether there was a case to answer.
CPS Wales chief crown prosecutor Ed Beltrami said it was "deemed unlikely that a member of the public could identify the victim and for that reason it was decided that there was insufficient evidence to charge".


Animal charities have won an appeal to inherit a property worth £350,000 despite claims it had been a "deathbed gift" to the homeowner's nephew.

Kenneth King, 60, said his aunt handed him the deeds to her house in Harpenden, Hertfordshire, in 2011, saying: "This will be yours when I go."
But lawyers argued Mr King's story was "too convenient by half".
Judges have now ruled in favour of Chiltern Dog Rescue and Redwings Horse Sanctuary, the main beneficiaries.
Last year, the High Court heard June Fairbrother had left her Kingcroft Road property to seven animal charities when she made a will in 1998.
In 2010 she had signed documents, but not a proper will, which left the house to her nephew in the hope he would care for her pets when she died.
But following Ms Fairbrother's death in April 2011, Mr King - who has twice been made bankrupt - did not follow her wishes and sent her dogs Tinker, Bonnie and Patch to an animal home.
At the High Court, lawyers for Mr King invoked an ancient legal principle that his aunt had given him her home "in contemplation of her death".
But Court of Appeal judges have now disagreed, saying it had not been established that Ms Fairbrother had effected a "deathbed gift" and ruling in favour of the two charities which appealed against the High Court decision.
Lord Justice Patten said Ms Fairbrother's words "This will be yours when I go" did not mean she was giving her nephew the property there and then, or had any intention to.
The three appeal judges backed the High Court's finding that if he was wrong about the gift, Mr King should receive £75,000 from his aunt's estate.


More patients will be seen by community health workers instead of hospital doctors under a planned shake-up of the outpatient system.

The Scottish government claimed the new system would lead to faster, more locally-available care.
Greater use would also be made of "e-consultations" to avoid unnecessary referrals to hospital consultants.
GPs have given a cautious welcome to the proposals but said more staff would be required to make them work.
Health Secretary Shona Robison said she would consult staff and healthcare bodies about the planned changes.
There are currently about 4.5 million outpatient appointments delivered by the NHS in Scotland each year.
The new strategy, The Modern Outpatient: A Collaborative Approach 2017-2020, aims to free up 400,000 hospital outpatient appointments by 2020.
It proposes that some patients, particularly those who are waiting for a routine check-up or test results, would be seen closer to home by a team of community healthcare professionals with close links to hospital departments.
Examples of such changes already being introduced include:
The plan also includes greater use of remote self-monitoring equipment and video consultations, allowing care to take place at, or near, a patient's home.
Ms Robison said the changes would help the NHS meet rising demands by avoiding unnecessary trips to hospital without increasing the workloads of GPs or community nurses.
She said: "This plan contributes to our strategy of shifting the balance from acute to community and primary care, something that everyone agrees is vital to the future of our NHS.
"This will work in tandem with our commitment to increase the share of the NHS budget available for primary care to 11% - an extra Â£500m over the next five years.
"However, I am clear that this is not about giving more work to GPs or community nurses. Underpinning this plan is an aim for our community and hospital professionals to work more closely together, reducing unnecessary waste in the system and getting people seen by the right professional first time around."
She added: "We recognise, though, that this plan represents a change to the way that things have been done traditionally, and that is why we will consult with staff and professional bodies to seek their views on this document and the future of outpatient care."
Dr Alan McDevitt, chairman of the Scottish GP committee of the British Medical Association, said that the strategy was good news for people who wanted to work in health care in Scotland.
He added: "There are things in here which will help to make the NHS more affordable and also more effective and also easier for patients to use.
"But it's also vital, and I'm very glad that in the paper it expressly states that this isn't work that's going to move on to hard-pressed GPs and community staff who are there now, it has to be new staff in the community able to do, that but also new technology available for people.
"I think patients will want to know that consultants and specialists are being consulted and how this will work to make sure that both safety and quality are being maintained."


Scotland's first government-backed public bike hire scheme has been mothballed, BBC Scotland has learned.

The £155,000 Bike2Go scheme was launched in Dumfries in 2010 in a bid to boost cycling in the town - but it failed to win popular support.
When council officers quietly withdrew the cycles last autumn, they promised to re-launch the scheme this spring.
Now Dumfries and Galloway Council has admitted more funding is needed before the bikes can return to the streets.
A spokeswoman said it hoped to help a local voluntary group support the scheme.
Bike2Go was the first scheme of its kind in Scotland and it was based on similar models in London, Paris, Barcelona and Stockholm.
It provided bicycles free of charge to subscribers at 11 locations across the town.
However uptake was low and, three years after it launched, it emerged that the town's 42 bikes had been hired just 2,270 times.
It worked out at more than £60 per rental.
When the bikes were removed from their stands last October, a council spokeswoman said they hoped to re-launch the project in conjunction with ScotRail's Bike and Go scheme in spring this year.
However, the cycles have not returned to their stands and a spokeswoman for the council admitted: "The bikes are currently being stored following refurbishment."
She added: "Bike2Go was a Scottish government-funded scheme with a time-limited budget from the government.
"The council is aiming to submit a funding bid to support a voluntary sector partner to provide future support for the bikes, as well as local employment.
"We are also seeking discussions with ScotRail on the anticipated timescale for implementation of their cycle hire scheme"
Transport Scotland confirmed that the Bike2Go scheme was funded as part of a sustainable transport pilot which ran in Dumfries from 2008 to 2012.
A spokeswoman for ScotRail said: "We would welcome the opportunity to meet with Dumfries and Galloway Council to discuss integrated cycling plans."


More than 100 people have taken part in a run at a Manchester park a week after a jogger was attacked.

"Run toward, don't run away!" was organised after a man tried to strangle a woman, 25, with the wire from her headphones in Fog Lane Park, Didsbury.
Runners set off at 15:00 - the time the victim was attacked.
Organiser Louise Hudson said many people had been shocked by the attack but added "we're not afraid" and said a new runners' network has been set up.
Ms Hudson, from West Didsbury, said: "It is shocking what's happened. It startles people and frightens them.
"My hope is that we might meet new people, new friends to go running with."
Runners of different abilities did laps around the park during the event.
Ms Hudson said it was about "feeling safer in numbers and feeling that we're not detracted or deterred by this but actually more enthused".


The man who has identified himself as the creator of Bitcoin plans to provide further proof to his claim.

Craig Wright's spokesman told the BBC that he would "move a coin from an early block" belonging to the crypto-currency's inventor "in the coming days".
The Australian entrepreneur announced he was behind the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto on Monday.
Critics have said that the evidence produced to date is unconvincing.
You can read the strongest case for the prosecution in this post on Github, where Wright's blog is described as "flimflam and hokum which stands up to a few minutes of cursory scrutiny, and demonstrates a competent sysadmin's level of familiarity with cryptographic tools, but ultimately demonstrates no non-public information about Satoshi."
The author goes on to speculate that Craig Wright "used amateur magician tactics to distract non-technical or non-expert staff of the BBC and the Economist during a stage-managed demonstration."
It's not completely unfair to describe me and Mark Ward - the other BBC reporter at the briefing - as non-technical or non-expert. Indeed, in yesterday's blog I said this: "What we saw seemed impressive - though it would need a far higher level of expertise than we possess to be certain."
But what I also said was that Jon Matonis - a senior director at the Bitcoin Foundation - was present at the briefing and actually talked us through the process being demonstrated by Craig Wright. He had told us earlier that he had first suspected Craig was Satoshi last year, after meeting him at a Bitcoin convention in Australia, and in recent weeks had spent a lot of time with him and seen evidence he found compelling.
We also knew that the Bitcoin Foundation's chief scientist Gavin Andresen, a respected figure I had interviewed a couple of years ago, was going to say that he believed Craig was Satoshi.
On Monday morning, conspiracy theories began to spread that Andresen had been hacked and these were not his views. I explained to a few people that we'd soon know as he was due to speak at a New York conference, and a few hours later up he popped to say, no, he hadn't been hacked, and yes, he was convinced by Craig Wright.
The trouble is that Dr Wright's blog has not convinced the wider public.
He had told me last week that he intended it to be convoluted. He wanted to show those who doubted his intellectual capabilities that he really knew what he was talking about - instead he has managed to make them more suspicious.
This morning, I have managed to reach Jon Matonis, who is at a cryptocurrency event in Kenya. He remains absolutely convinced by Craig Wright but agrees that the blog hasn't helped his case.
"It needs to be amended because it's not conclusive for the general public. But that does not take away from what I saw in private," he explained.
As far as I can see it, if Dr Wright can move one of Satoshi's bitcoins - as promised - that should convince many of the doubters.
It would constitute proof that he is who he says he is - although one suspects that even then some will never believe his story.


Airbus shares have fallen 6% after it warned investors of mounting costs on its A400M military aircraft programme.

It also said delays in deliveries of its new A350 and A320neo airliners were creating a drain on cash.
The world's second largest aircraft maker reported a 23% fall in first quarter operating profits to €501m ($568m; £390m).
Chief executive Tom Enders said: "2016 turns out to be the challenging year we anticipated."
Finance director Harald Wilhelm said the financial impact from recent problems with the gearbox on the A400M's giant turboprop engines could be "significant".
Airbus has already taken charges of more than €4bn for delays to the A400m programme, as well as a €3.5bn bailout from government customers in 2010.
The company also said problems in its supply chain had led to a queue of A350 and A320neo jets waiting for delivery. But it said it would ramp up deliveries in the second half of 2016 and should hit its target of 50 this year, although Mr Wilhelm admitted it would be "tougher".
Airbus' profits from its helicopter business have also been hit by weaker demand from the oil industry.
The freezing of export credits by European agencies this  month has forced Airbus to provide its own financial help to customers
Airbus offered €255m in loans to customers in the last three months - compared with just €31m in the same period last year.
European export credits were put on hold after Airbus said it had uncovered errors in declarations on the use of foreign sales agents and reported them to the UK authorities. Airbus said it was confident the credits would be restored later this year.


A community group is to set up an election for an honorary mayor of Guernsey.

The Dandelion Project said the mayor would be "symbolic" but the election would be a study in democracy.
Marc Winn, founder of the project, said he wants to see if island-wide electronic voting can work.
Chief Minister Jonathan Le Tocq said it was an interesting concept and he was in favour of engaging more people in politics.
However, he said a mayor would not solve the question of how Guernsey should be governed.
"We are not going to please everyone, there is not a utopia out there but there is a journey and the more people on the journey the better it is for everyone," he said.
Guernsey's parliament, the States of Deliberation, is made up of 47 representatives, elected as people's deputies, in multi-member districts, and two representatives of the States of Alderney.
Mr Winn said the successful candidate would have no power, but it could show that island-wide voting was feasible.
He said: "We could be testing an electronic voting system for island wide voting, which the population wants but the government can't work out how to achieve."
The Dandelion Project was launched with the goal of making Guernsey "the best place to live on earth by 2020".
Mr Winn said it had been set up to bring islanders with a range of skills together to work to improve conditions for everyone.


A woman's body has been found in a canal in Greater Manchester, police have said.

A Greater Manchester Police spokesman said officers were called to Audenshaw Road, Audenshaw, Tameside, at about 09:20 GMT.
They found the woman's body in the water close to the Boundary Pub and Restaurant.
Police said a cordon was in place and inquiries surrounding the death were ongoing.


An 18-year-old cyclist has died after a collision with a car in the outskirts of Edinburgh.

The accident happened on Standingstane Road at its junction with Burnshot Road at about 10:30 on Monday.
It involved a silver Land Rover Discovery travelling from Kirkliston on Burnshot Road. The male cyclist, who was travelling from the Dalmeny direction, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Police have appealed for witnesses.


A car has fallen down a huge hole in a street in south-east London.

The Vauxhall Zafira was left on Woodland Terrace in Charlton by Ghazi Hassan, who was visiting his brother on Wednesday night.
He said this "wasn't a good day" but was "thankful" his family were not hurt and no-one else was injured in the incident.
BBC Radio London has reported speculation that the collapse could be due to recent heavy rain.
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The blue people carrier has since been lifted out of the hole by a crane, and was first discovered by police outside St Thomas' Church at about 03:20 BST.
Mr Hassan said: "In life you have good days and bad days. This morning wasn't a good day.
"But I'm thankful me or my family wasn't in the car.
"I've told the insurance. They are coming to pick it up and repair it so that's the positive side, and that no-one was injured."
Mr Ghazi's brother, Abdul Ahmadzai, said: "I woke up very surprised. The police were here about 4am so I came outside and saw the car - they said it was in a hole.
"I thought: 'There's nothing I can do' and went back to sleep. I just woke up again now."
The Reverend Erica Wooff, the rector of Charlton, who lives next door to the church, said her initial reaction was: "Oh my goodness, there's a hole in the road".
"There was a massive storm last night. It has been raining constantly for the past two days but I didn't hear tarmac rip open," she said.
Resident Cleo O'Kane, 25, said she heard a loud bang during the night.
"It was raining so much I thought it was thunder," she said.
"I woke up and then just went back to sleep - my window was open - then woke up at six this morning, came outside and there was a car in a hole."
She added: "All the car is resting on apparently is a pipe, otherwise it would have disappeared."
The road has been closed near the church due to "subsidence problems", London Buses said.
A council spokesperson said it was expected the road would remain closed for several days but the hole is "stable".
The spokesperson said: "It has been confirmed the car is not resting on a gas main and can safely be removed. Once the car has been removed this will facilitate the investigations into the causes of the incident.
"The geology in the area is sand/gravel and there is nothing to indicate that the collapse is related to old mine workings."
Thames Water said there were engineers at the scene checking whether there is any damage to clean water or sewer pipes.
A diversion is in place for bus route 380.


A Texas man has died two months after contracting a flesh-eating bacterium through a new tattoo on his leg, medical officials say.

The man, who has not been identified, had received a tattoo with the words "Jesus is my life" five days before going for a swim in the Gulf of Mexico.
The man was then admitted to a Dallas hospital complaining of severe pains nearby to the tattoo on his calf.
Doctors advise that new tattoos be kept clean in order to prevent infection.
The man had a history of alcohol cirrhosis of the liver, and reportedly told doctors that he drank six beers daily.
Doctors at the Parkland Memorial Hospital put the man on life support 24 hours after he was admitted, as he went into septic shock.
Doctors say he tested positive for the flesh-eating bacterium Vibrio vulnificus.
The British Medical Journal reports that the pathogen is common in the Gulf of Mexico's coastal waters, and the risks of infection rises during warmer months.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, V. vulnificus causes 80,000 illnesses and 100 deaths each year in the US with most infections being attributed to eating raw shellfish.
Medical professionals advise that new tattoos be covered during bathing, and that people avoid swimming after getting new ink.


Two US soldiers have been killed by a suicide car bomber in Afghanistan, the Pentagon says.

The Americans, whom officials have not yet named, were killed after an explosive-packed car rammed their convoy in Kandahar province.
The attack, claimed by the Taliban, took place near the regional airport.
It comes as President Donald Trump reportedly considers adding 4,000 soldiers to the 8,000 or so US troops currently supporting Afghan forces.
Wednesday's attack brings to 10 the number of American soldiers killed in Afghanistan this year.
The bombing was claimed by Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who said 15 foreign soldiers, including two "high-ranking officers", had died.
The blast comes a day after dozens died in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque. The  Islamic State group claimed that attack.


Delia Smith has shown her support for the campaign to find missing RAF serviceman Corrie Mckeague.

The TV chef posed with a police poster at Norwich City Football Club, where she is a director.
As reported in the East Anglian Daily Times, she was approached by a fan who said Ms Smith promised to "keep Corrie in her prayers."
Mr Mckeague, 23, based at RAF Honington in Suffolk, disappeared after a night out in Bury St Edmunds on 23 September.
Norwich City fan Sarah Tali Blewden said: "My husband is in the army and I couldn't help feeling that it could have been him or one of his friends and I would want someone to help if we were in that situation.
"I handed-out posters and leaflets at the ground.
"At the end of the game I went up to the directors' box and asked Delia if she would mind having a picture with Corrie's poster.
"She hadn't heard he was missing and seemed genuinely shocked and concerned. She said she would keep him and his family in her prayers."
Mr Mckeague was last spotted on CCTV walking alone and eating fast food in Bury St Edmunds at 03:20 on 24 September.
It is thought he stopped for a brief nap in a doorway before setting off to walk the nine miles (15km) back to the RAF Honington base alone.
His mother, Nicola Urquhart, said she still believes he is alive and made an appeal for information about his whereabouts.
Police said on Friday that a dismembered body found in a suitcase in a lay-by in Derbyshire last week was not that of Mr Mckeague.


German prosecutors are investigating the Swiss-based private banking arm of Coutts over allegations it helped clients evade tax.

Coutts, which manages the Queen's private accounts, is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS).
RBS said that the investigation involved current and former staff as well as the bank itself.
The bank said it was co-operating with the prosecuting authority.
RBS chief executive Ross McEwan told a press conference on Thursday: "Any situation like this we take seriously… it is the reputation of our business. This is what has tarnished the banking industry and in my view private banks have taken far too long to catch up with the public's expectations."
Swiss private banks are under intense scrutiny in the UK following revelations that HSBC's Swiss unit helped clients evade tax.
On Wednesday the chairman and chief executive of HSBC apologised publicly for "unacceptable" practices at the private bank.
Last year RBS appointed Goldman Sachs to find a buyer for Coutts' international operations, as part of its drive to focus on the UK business.
Coutts International employs 1,200 people, has some £21.5bn of assets under management and has an estimated value of up £800m .
A buyer would have to find a new name for the international operation as RBS intends to keep the Coutts brand for the UK business.


National League side Dagenham & Redbridge have signed defender Craig Robson from Bognor Regis Town.

The 24-year-old, who has spent the last three seasons with the Ryman League Premier Division club, has agreed a two-year deal with the Daggers.
Robson becomes Dagenham's ninth signing since their relegation from League Two last season.
"He can play centre-half and centre midfield and likes to go forward for set-pieces," boss John Still said.
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The girlfriend of a teenager who died in the sea off Sunderland says she "can still hear him shouting for help".

Liam Hall had tried to swim to shore when the dinghy they were in, along with two other friends, started taking in water on Tuesday afternoon.
The 17-year-old, from Southwick, got into difficulties and disappeared. He was found two hours later following a search operation but died in hospital.
Courtney Anne Richardson, 18, said Liam had not been a good swimmer.
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The four friends had taken a trip on the dinghy from Roker Beach on a sunny day in calm seas, but it began drifting further out to sea and taking in water.
Miss Richardson said: "Liam wasn't that much of a good swimmer, but we didn't know that at the time.
"He swam about half way and then just stopped.
"All I can remember is just panicking, seeing Liam's head going under the water and not coming back up.
"It was horrible, I can still see it all the time. I can still hear him shouting for help."
The three others tried to help but were unable to get to him. They were eventually helped to safety and there was a major search operation to recover Liam.
He was recovered from the water and taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary but could not be saved.
Miss Richardson said: "It doesn't even feel like he's gone. Sometimes I hope he walks through the door.
"He was a really happy person, who loved to be out with his friends. He just laughed at everything."


With one year to go to the start of the Rio Paralympics, organisers say they expect the Games to break records.

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The event will run from 7-18 September 2016 and will feature 4,350 athletes from 178 countries.
Over the 11 days of competition there will be 528 medal events taking place across 22 sports.
"Our aim is to build on the success of London 2012 and Sochi 2014," said International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Sir Philip Craven.
"You could not ask for a more vibrant host city. Brazilians are huge lovers of sport."
A total of 3.3m tickets will go on sale on Monday to Brazilian residents, with 94% of tickets costing less than $23 (£15), while organisers hope to surpass the 2.8m tickets which were sold for London 2012.
Monday is a public holiday in Brazil and as part of the festivities, the city's Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas will stage two 100m races to find the world's fastest female and male Para-athletes with competitors including Ireland's visually-impaired four-time Paralympic champion Jason Smyth and American amputee sprinter Richard Browne.
The Games will feature the biggest number of sports with the inclusion of Para-canoe and Para-triathlon, while the IPC says more broadcasters will be showing the Games than ever before and they are confident of beating the 3.8bn who watched the 2012 Games.
The GB team is expected to have somewhere in the region of 250 athletes, with 93 slots already secured across 12 sports, but the final team size will not be confirmed until next year at the end of the sports' qualification periods.
The most recent qualifiers were the men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams, who secured their places thanks to their performances at the European Championships in Worcester, and the Para-rowing squad, who secured qualification for four boats through last week's World Championships in France.
Sailor Helena Lucas created history in April when she became the first member of the 2016 Olympic or Paralympic team to be selected for the Games.
The 40-year-old won gold in Weymouth in 2012 in the single-handed 2.4mR keelboat and will be aiming to be the first sailor to retain a Paralympic title.
The team won 120 medals, including 34 golds, in London to be third on the medal table behind China and Russia and the UK Sport target for Rio is to beat that total having invested over £72m in summer Paralympic sport over the current cycle.
Brazil finished seventh in the medal table in London - their best ever placing - with 43 medals including 21 golds and their athletes will be hoping for a big performance in front of a home crowd in Rio.
Craven believes the Games will have an impact not just in Brazil, where 50m people have an impairment, but across the whole of South America.
Already, Rio is improving accessibility while in July, Brazil president Dilma Rouseff announced new legislation with the Inclusion of People with Disabilities Act and confirmed additional funding for the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (BPC).
BPC president Andrew Parsons also believes the Games can bring huge benefits.
"I think the Games have to be a catalyst for change but that change is different from the Olympics," he told BBC Sport.
"When we speak about people with a disability or impairment we're talking about a diversity issue as well because we're trying to change the attitudes towards people with disabilities and who are different. This is something the country needs very much and I think intolerance is everywhere.
"You see this throughout the world, because people hate what is different, and I think the Paralympics has the potential to change the perception and respect the difference."


Music-streaming service Spotify has become the latest high-profile technology company to be hit by a security breach.

The Swedish firm said no financial data had been accessed, and there was no "increased risk".
A portion of its 40 million users will need to re-enter, but not change, their log-in credentials.
Furthermore, all users of its Android mobile app would be forced to upgrade "over the next few days".
"We've become aware of some unauthorised access to our systems and internal company data," chief technology officer Oskar StÃ¥l wrote on the firm's website.
"Our evidence shows that only one Spotify user's data has been accessed and this did not include any password, financial or payment information.
"We have contacted this one individual. Based on our findings, we are not aware of any increased risk to users as a result of this incident."
While the breach was small in scale, Dwayne Melancon, chief technology officer at security firm Tripwire, said it could hint towards a troubling problem for the streaming firm.
"Had this been as simple as one user over-sharing their login credentials, it would not warrant an all-user notification," he said, in an email.
"Given that Spotify claims that only one user's data has been compromised, I suspect this was achieved via a re-usable, broadly applicable attack method perhaps affecting older versions of the Spotify app.
"My guess would be that someone demonstrated a proof-of-concept attack for the Spotify team and that constitutes the single known affected user."
News of the breach comes a week after auction site eBay told all of its users to change their passwords.
Again, no financial data was believed to have been taken - but other personal data, such as home addresses, was accessed.


Comet is unlikely to be trading beyond Christmas, the head of the firm wanting to buy the insolvent electrical chain's website has told the BBC.

John Roberts, boss of Appliances Online, said it was "very unlikely" administrators Deloitte would be able to sell Comet as a going concern.
He said he has made an offer of "millions" of pounds for the chain's brand and website.
Deloitte said it was in talks with a small number of potential buyers.
It wants to sell the business as a whole, rather than split the physical stores from the online division.
Earlier, Deloitte announced plans to close another 125 stores, beginning next month, if a buyer could not be found. That would leave just 70 stores from the original 236.
Reports suggest more than 3,000 jobs could be affected by the latest round of store closures.
"Should any acceptable offers be received for stores, we will delay the closure process," said joint administrator Chris Farrington.
"Unfortunately, in the absence of a firm offer for the whole of the business, it has become necessary to begin making plans in case a sale is not concluded."
Reports earlier this week suggested that entrepreneur Clive Coombes was in discussions with Deloitte about making an offer for 180 Comet stores.
But Mr Roberts, founder and chief executive of Bolton-based Appliances Online, said 85% of Comet's white goods were delivered and yet it "no longer has any delivery network".
He said it was a business that relied on high volumes, and closing stores was undermining vital economies of scale. "Costs spiral when you close stores, and the business is massively cash hungry," he said.
"It's very, very unlikely that a white knight will emerge for these operational reasons... [so] I do not believe Comet will trade beyond Christmas."
If Deloitte cannot find an outright buyer, it would have to sell off the assets of the group - the leases on the physical stores, the stock and the brand and website.
Mr Roberts said he had made an offer for the stock as soon as the administrators were called in, which was rejected. He has also made an offer for the brand and website worth "millions".
He said his company was ready to take on the brand. "We either compete against ourselves or against somebody else, and I'd rather we compete against ourselves," he said.
He said he would reposition the Comet brand more towards customer service.
More than 1,000 employees, out of a total of 6,611, have been made redundant since Comet went into administration at the beginning of this month.
The chain has struggled to cope with the drop in consumer spending in the UK since 2008, and is the latest in a long line of High Street retailers that have gone out of business during the downturn.