A Turkish policeman has shot dead Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, apparently in protest at Russia's involvement in Aleppo.

The killer has been identified as Mevlut Mert Altintas, 22, a member of the Ankara riot police. It was not clear if he had links to any group.
The incident happened a day after protests in Turkey over Russian support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Turkey's president said the attack was aimed at hurting ties with Russia.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone and, in a video message, said that they both agreed it was an act of "provocation".
He said that those who wanted to harm relations between the two countries "would not achieve it".
In televised remarks, Mr Putin said the act was "undoubtedly a provocation aimed at disrupting the normalisation" of bilateral ties and the "peace process in Syria".
A group of Russian investigators will arrive in Turkey to look into the case, Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
The UN Security Council strongly condemned ambassador Andrei Karlov's murder, while Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he was appalled by "this senseless act of terror".
While there were protests in recent days about the situation in Aleppo, on a political level the Turkish and Russian governments have been co-operating in the ceasefire operation, the BBC's Turkey correspondent, Mark Lowen, reports.
Before the attack happened, a meeting of the Russian, Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers had been planned for Tuesday in Moscow.
But now it seems the political fight over Syria's future has spilled over into public hatred, our correspondent says.
The attack was swiftly condemned by other countries:
The movement of US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen has also condemned the attack and rejected any links to the attacker, according to an adviser quoted by Reuters news agency. Turkish officials blame the movement for July's failed coup aimed against Mr Erdogan.
Several hours after Mr Karlov was killed, a man was arrested for firing a pump-action shotgun in front of the US embassy in Ankara. The state-run Anadolu press agency said he fired around eight shots into the air early on Tuesday. No-one was hurt.
The US missions in Ankara, Istanbul and Adana will remain closed on Tuesday.
The ambassador had been attending a photo exhibition called "Russia as seen by Turks".
Video of the event shows Karlov making a speech when gunshots ring out. Eight bullets are said to have been fired.
The camera pulls back to show a smartly dressed gunman, wearing a suit and tie, waving a pistol and shouting in Arabic and Turkish.
He can be heard yelling "don't forget about Aleppo, don't forget about Syria" and uses the Arabic phrase "Allahu Akbar" (God is great). He is said to have died in a shootout with police soon afterwards, but details have not been given.
Karlov was rushed to hospital but his death was later confirmed by the Russian foreign ministry.
Karlov, 62, was a veteran diplomat who had served as Soviet ambassador to North Korea for much of the 1980s.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, he had a posting as Russian ambassador to South Korea before returning to the North for five years in 2001.
Taking up the Ankara posting in July 2013, he had to grapple with a major diplomatic crisis last year when a Turkish plane shot down a Russian jet close to the Syrian border.
Demanding a Turkish apology, Moscow imposed damaging sanctions - notably a freeze on charter flights by Russian tourists - and the two countries only recently mended ties.
Condemning the attack as an act of "terrorism", Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Turkey had given assurances that there would be a comprehensive investigation, and those responsible would be punished.
"The memory of this outstanding Russian diplomat, a man who did so much to counter terrorism... will remain in our hearts forever," Ms Zakharova said.


A thief - most likely dressed in a full beekeeping suit - has stolen a beehive containing up to 40,000 of the insects.

Paul Williams, 43, keeps bees as a hobby and had one hive in a ditch in a field in Rhydwyn on Anglesey.
He checks on it weekly, but found the Â£400 hive and the 30,000-40,000 bees inside, had been taken sometime between 26 July and 2 August.
Mr Williams, of Caergeiliog, said: "I was shocked - the whole hive had gone, you don't expect that."
PC Dewi Evans of North Wales Police rural crime team, which is investigating the theft, said: "The fact there were thousands of bees inside suggests they were wearing a full bee suit or they risked being stung to smithereens."
No arrests have been made.
Mr Williams keeps bees with Gary Jones and Peter Bull, and they have about 15 hives between them.
PC Evans said the thief must have had some knowledge of bees or beekeeping "otherwise they wouldn't have done it".
Also, the hive was not visible from any road, so Mr Williams said he doubted it was done by an opportunistic passer-by.
Each hive has a queen bee which the others bees are loyal to and protect, so Mr Williams said if the thief had disturbed the hive, the swarm would have attacked.
"You'd have to know what you're doing. Some people wouldn't go near them - the first thing they think of is the sting," he said.
"It's not the sort of thing you have in your back garden."
This is not the first time sticky-fingered thieves have pinched a beehive on Anglesey - in 2015, one farm suffered two thefts in the space of a month.


Five people who replaced touring caravans with static mobile homes have been told to dismantle them by a judge.

They asked the High Court to authorise the changes at Wickford in Essex, saying taking action would have "a devastating impact" on 12 children.
Basildon Council argued the five, all from the same extended traveller family, carried out illegal development in breach of an injunction.
They were found in contempt of court and will be sentenced on 5 May.
The site is two miles away from Dale Farm, which was Europe's largest traveller site until the council spent more than Â£4m in a legal battle to evict 80 families from illegally-built homes.
Thomas Anderson, Eileen Anderson, Winnie Anderson, Margaret Anderson and Arran Jones developed the land at Silva Lodge Kennels on Hovefields Avenue in Wickford, near Basildon.
Their barrister Paul Clark said: "The European Court of Human Rights recognises that the lives and culture of travelling people are under threat."
They apologised for breaching the injunction and did not realise they were doing anything wrong, he added in court.
During the two-day hearing, Mr Justice Kerr told the two men and three women it was "a serious matter" and upheld the original injunction granted to the council on 14 October preventing development.
Phil Turner, leader of Basildon Council, said: "We are pleased the High Court has stood by its previous judgement and reinforced the validity of the injunction."


A boy who drowned in the sea off northern France was on a day trip when he died, an inquest heard.

Quinlan Pringle, 13, from Colchester, Essex, went to Boulogne-sur-Mer with his parents and four siblings on 15 August.
His mother saw three of her sons in difficulty in the sea when she went to get them to start the journey home.
Two made it back to shore but Quinlan could not be seen. His body was found by fisherman several days later.
A post-mortem examination found the cause of his death to be asphyxiation by drowning.
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Essex coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray recorded a verdict of accidental death.
She asked for her sympathies to be passed to Quinlan's family, who were not present at the inquest.
Colchester's Philip Morant School, where Quinlan was a pupil, described him as "an aspirational and hardworking young man with a cheeky, endearing side to him".


Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has accused the British Medical Association of being "totally irresponsible" over a lengthy industrial dispute.

The doctors' union had refused to sit down and talk about improving patient care and had spread "misinformation", he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
Mr Hunt wants to change junior doctors' contracts, which he says are "unfair".
The BMA said its door was open to talks and blamed the strikes on Mr Hunt's "shambolic mishandling" of the matter.
The dispute, which began in 2014 and centres around pay and weekend working, has led to strikes being held across England.
The next is a 24-hour strike planned for Wednesday, when emergency care will only be provided from 08:00 GMT.
Asking by Marr about low morale among junior doctors, Mr Hunt said: "One of the reasons for that anger is that they were told by the BMA that their pay was going to be cut - it isn't.
"They were told that they were going to be asked to work longer hours - they aren't," he added.
"We are actually bringing down the hours that they work. And if you are told by your union that the health secretary wants to do these awful things - of course you are going to feel devalued."
BMA junior doctor committee chairman Dr Johann Malawana said Mr Hunt was threatening to impose a contract that junior doctors had "roundly rejected".
"Junior doctors already work around the clock, seven days a week, and they do so under their existing contract," he said.
"If the government want more seven-day services then, quite simply, they need more doctors, nurses and diagnostic staff, and the extra investment needed to deliver it."
He went on to say the health secretary risked "alienating a generation of junior doctors and undermining the delivery of future patient care".
Shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander said Mr Hunt was "insulting the intelligence" of junior doctors.
"This is a group of people who are incredibly intelligent, are able to make their own minds up, have read the proposals for themselves and have followed the negotiations very carefully," she told Sky News.
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Josh Little and Lorcan Tucker have been handed a first Ireland call-up for two T20 games against Hong Kong next month.

Left-arm pace bowler Little, 16, and wicketkeeper-batsman Tucker, 19, impressed at the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Bangladesh this year and are among six new faces for the Bready matches.
Greg Thompson, James Shannon, Sean Terry and David Rankin are recalled.
The matches are part of two double-headers with Ireland women facing Bangladesh in morning matches.
The men's games take place at Bready on 5 and 6 September, starting at 15:30 BST.
Ireland women will also take on Bangladesh in ODIs at the same venue on 8 and 10 September - all matches start at 10:30.
"We wanted to bring some freshness to the squad - in particular we are delighted to see the youth of Josh Little and Lorcan Tucker added to the squad," said chair of selectors Alan Lewis.
"Left-arm quicks have been hugely successful in T20 and Josh's introduction will drive his career forward, we hope. He bowls with pace and is an excellent athlete.
"Lorcan's ability to score all around the ground with his 360 degree game - as witnessed at the U19 World Cup - coupled with his wicketkeeping gives us excellent balance."
Ireland men's squad
William Porterfield (captain), (Warwickshire), Peter Chase (Malahide/Leinster Lightning), George Dockrell (Leinster/Leinster Lightning), Josh Little (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning), Andrew McBrine (Donemana/NW Warriors), Barry McCarthy (Durham), Kevin O'Brien (Railway Union/Leinster Lightning), David Rankin (Bready/NW Warriors), James Shannon (Instonians/Northern Knights), Sean Terry (YMCA/Leinster Lightning), Greg Thompson (Waringstown/Northern Knights), Lorcan Tucker (Pembroke/Leinster Lightning), Craig Young (Bready/NW Warriors).
Ireland women's squad (T20)
Laura Delany (captain), (Dragons), Kim Garth (Scorchers), Jennifer Gray (Dragons), Cecelia Joyce (Dragons), Isobel Joyce (Scorchers), Shauna Kavanagh (Dragons), Amy Kenealy (Typhoons), Gaby Lewis (Dragons), Robyn Lewis (Typhoons), Ciara Metcalfe (Dragons), Lucy O'Reilly (Scorchers), Clare Shillington (Typhoons), Mary Waldron (Dragons).
Ireland women's squad (ODI)
Laura Delany (captain), (Dragons), Kim Garth (Scorchers), Cecelia Joyce (Dragons), Isobel Joyce (Scorchers), Meg Kendal (Scorchers), Shauna Kavanagh (Dragons), Amy Kenealy (Typhoons), Gaby Lewis (Dragons), Robyn Lewis (Typhoons), Ciara Metcalfe (Dragons), Lucy O'Reilly (Scorchers), Clare Shillington (Typhoons), Mary Waldron (Dragons).


The treatment of a South Korean contestant in the latest episode of TV show Asia's Next Top Model has sparked a backlash on social media.

Kim Sang-in, 23, made a tearful apology to Subaru executive and guest judge Glenn Tan after he lambasted her for rolling her eyes during a photo shoot.
The shoot involved models posing around a convoy of cars from Subaru, one of the show's main sponsors.
After Mr Tan's outburst, viewers expressed their anger online.
Hundreds of angry fans flooded the show's official Facebook page with strongly worded comments to defend the South Korean model after the show on Wednesday night.
Sam Gollestani, the show's executive producer, said the incident highlighted the "emotions and tensions that occur during the competition".
"Glenn provides the perspective of a client when choosing a model to front campaigns for products, which is why he was invited to be a guest judge this season," he said.
"This scene is reflective of what considerations go into making these decisions when working in the fashion and modelling industry."
A snippet of the incident, uploaded on to the show's Facebook page, has drawn more than 1,000 angry reactions from fans.
In the full episode, broadcast on Wednesday night, Ms Kim is shown looking away as Mr Tan arrives at the scene of the photo shoot challenge among the convoy of cars.
He is later shown confronting her about that moment.
"Who do you think you are to roll your eyes at me?" he says. "I would never ever hire you."
The contestant breaks down in tears and offers an explanation and apology, followed by a traditional Korean bow.
Cherry Mae Galiza, a viewer from the Philippines, wrote on Facebook it was the show's "worst cycle ever", saying Mr Tan had been "very unprofessional".
"I've had enough," she added.
"Just because he is a sponsor does not mean he can yell at a girl like that," said Lucas Tai in Malaysia.
Another fan from Singapore called for official action from the show.
"All the judges should be ashamed of themselves, for allowing a man like Glenn think that he can treat young models in that way and get away with it," he said. "I say strip Subaru of their sponsorship and ban Glenn from ever returning to the show."
The series is no stranger to controversy. A Muslim contestant from Malaysia recently hit back at critics who said it was "inappropriate" for her to compete in a TV modelling show.
While Ms Kim has not officially addressed the incident, she has uploaded her photo from the shoot, saying she still likes her picture.
The BBC has approached Subaru for comment.


An MP has warned the UK faces "embarrassment" because of a sewage stench pervading Twickenham stadium.

Labour's Ruth Cadbury said she feared spectators at the Rugby World Cup venue would be subject to smells from the nearby Mogden sewage works.
The Brentford and Isleworth MP said problems persisted despite £140m investment in 2013.
But Thames Water said it was "confident rugby fans will not be turned off Twickenham by odour".
In a statement the company, which manages the sewage works, said its £140m upgrade included the installation of odour-reducing equipment and covers.
It also said it would "continue to work closely" with stadium bosses and Hounslow and Richmond councils in the run-up to the big event.
England Rugby, which manages the west London stadium, declined to comment.
The Rugby World Cup begins on 18 September, with Twickenham stadium hosting some of the major matches.
Environment Minister Rory Stewart initially said a new sewage super storm drain further down the Thames would help, before being corrected by the Brentford and Isleworth MP who said that project was nowhere near the problem site and would not help.
Speaking in the House of Commons, Ms Cadbury said: "There is a real risk the UK could look rather embarrassing if many matches are spoilt by the stench of sewage floating over the stadium."
She called for ministerial intervention, claiming that "storm tanks need covering" and that "dilute sewage keeps discharging into the nearby Thames".


A third Blackpool supporter sued by the club's owner Owen Oyston and chairman Karl Oyston has apologised for comments made on the internet.

Frank Knight, who published his apology on the website Facebook, is also paying £20,000 damages to the Oystons.
The family is seeking £150,000 damages for allegedly defamatory comments on the Back Henry Street website.
Karl Oyston is being investigated by the Football Association over abusive texts sent to a Blackpool supporter.
In a statement published on his Facebook page, Mr Knight, 67, said he apologised for the "harm, distress and financial losses my comments have caused both BFC and the Oystons".
He added: "I note that the combined net assets value at cost of Segesta [a company that operates the club and its stadium] and BFC were £32 million as at May 2014, compared with -£42,000 as at May 1987, when the Oystons took over BFC.
"I accept the Oyston family's main objective is, and always has been, for the financial stability and success for, and of, BFC."
Football fans around the country have responded to an appeal on a crowd-funding website to help pay the pensioner's damages.
A total of £2,795 has been raised in the last 24 hours with Blackpool supporters joined by fans of clubs ranging from Liverpool to Middlesbrough and non-league teams such as FC United and Stockport County.
In February Tim Fielding, a director of a personal injuries law firm and the former chair of the Blackpool Supporters' Trust apologised for comments he had made.
Earlier that month, dozens of Blackpool fans attended a court hearing in Manchester  for a separate legal action brought by the Oystons against a fan.
David Ragozzino, 32, was given 21 days to respond to a claim for damages from the club. He is due to meet with the club next week.
On 30 January another fan, Stephen Sharpe, apologised to the Oystons over his online comments, withdrawing his posts after accepting they were "false, defamatory and, in some cases, threatening".
Blackpool supporters have been involved in demonstrations, match boycotts and social media campaigns over the way Oyston family run the club.


Leeds United have opened internal disciplinary proceedings against defender Charlie Taylor after he refused to play against Wigan.

BBC Radio Leeds understands the 23-year-old told the club on Saturday he did not want to play in Sunday's game.
Taylor is out of contract at the end of June and is expected to leave the club.
"It's hugely disappointing. He's a fantastic lad but I think he'd been terribly advised all season," boss Garry Monk told the station on Sunday.


An 83-year-old man who reversed over a teenager at a Renfrewshire petrol station has been convicted of causing her death by careless driving.

Alexander Wotherspoon struck 17-year-old Eilish Herron as she was filling her car up at an Asda petrol station in Linwood in September 2014.
Ms Herron, from Paisley, suffered a head injury and died at the scene.
Wotherspoon, of Houston, Renfrewshire, was convicted after a trial at Paisley Sheriff Court. Sentence was deferred.
During the trial the court heard that Ms Herron had been filling her blue Renault Clio up with petrol when Wotherspoon reversed his silver Ford Focus over her.
The teenager was dragged underneath the vehicle and paramedics had to jack the car up to get to her.
The court heard that Ms Herron suffered a serious head injury and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Wotherspoon admitted hitting Ms Herron, causing her to die from a head injury, on 10 September 2014.
But he denied causing her death by driving without due care and attention and claimed that his knee had hit a poorly installed hand lever next to his steering wheel, causing his car to shoot back and hit Ms Herron.
The jury, however, took just an hour to reject his version of events and find him guilty of careless driving.
Wotherspoon showed no emotion as he was convicted and Sheriff Seith Ireland adjourned the case for the pensioner to be assessed by social workers ahead of sentencing.
He also banned Wotherspoon from driving, saying the case involved "a very serious charge" and was "a matter of great anxiety" for the jury.
Following the verdict, Eilish's father John, 45, said in a written statement that Wotherspoon's "careless actions" had caused the death of his daughter,
"He has repeatedly refused to take responsibility for his actions and has hidden behind a story of adaptions to his car being solely responsible," Mr Herron said.
"The only two words the family ever wanted to hear from Mr Wotherspoon was, 'I'm sorry'."
"Instead, all we ever heard was, 'not guilty'.


This photograph of York Minister by David Kenward has been revealed as the winner of this year's My Perspective competition, run by the UK Down's Syndrome Association (DSA).

The picture, titled Misty Minster, beat more than 250 other entries to the international contest.
The competition for photographers with Down's syndrome was launched in partnership with the Shifting Perspectives project led by photographer Richard Bailey, one of this year's judges.
Alongside him were actress and writer Sally Phillips and GlaxoSmithKline's director of UK corporate contributions, Katie Pinnock.
When asked about his winning photo, Kenward said, "This is York Minster taken on a foggy, snowy morning.  It is a mysterious, moody picture."
Joint second place was awarded to Emily Buck, with her photo The Old Tree, and Edward Phippen, with Sunrise, Gorges du Verdon.
Emily Buck said: "Me and my dad went walking one day and thought it would make a good picture with the blue sky in the background."
The winner took home a Canon EOS1200D and a canvas print of his winning image.
Here are some other entries that made the shortlist.
You can find out more about the work of the UK Down's Syndrome Association on their website.


One of two men who escaped from London's Pentonville prison on Monday has been recaptured, police have said.

Matthew Baker, 28, was arrested at an address in Ilford, north-east London, on Wednesday night and is being held in police custody.
A 21-year-old woman and a man aged 33 were also arrested.
Baker was awaiting sentencing for attempted murder when he broke through cell bars at the north London prison with fellow inmate, James Whitlock, 31.
Police have renewed an appeal for information about Whitlock, who remains at large.
He had been on remand charged with conspiracy to steal from 19 cash machines across south-east England between last December and August.
He is described as of a slim build and has the name "Tracy" tattooed on his torso. Police advised the public not to approach him.
The man and woman arrested with Baker were taken to a police station in east London, where they remain in police custody, the Met said.
Baker was convicted on 4 October of the attempted murder of a man at a flat in Dagenham last year and was due to be sentenced on Friday.
He was found not guilty of making threats to kill against a woman who witnessed the attack.
It is understood he and Whitlock used diamond-edged cutting equipment to break cell bars before scaling the perimeter wall of Pentonville Prison.
In the days after his conviction, Baker warned his enemies they would "meet again one day", according to reports in the Sun newspaper.
The post on his Facebook profile read: "Let's get one thing straight to anyone who wants to say anythink behind my back.
"I know your names n where yous live n believe me we'll meet again one day n i dont forget nothinc just remember that yous know who yous are."
Baker and Whitlock's escape from G wing of the Victorian category B prison was discovered when officers carrying out checks found two pillows made to look like bodies in the prisoners' beds.


A Spanish priest has admitted to leaking classified Vatican documents to journalists, saying he had felt intimidated.

Monsignor Angel Lucio Vallejo Balda has said he was manipulated by a woman co-defendant with whom he was romantically entangled.
He was questioned as the so-called Vatileaks II trial resumed.
It centres on two books that depict a Vatican plagued by graft and where Pope Francis faces resistance to his agenda.
The books came out last year and were based on the leaked information. The five people on trial face jail terms of up to eight years.
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Mr Vallejo Balda, 54, was questioned for three hours and most of his testimony revolved around his relationship with Francesca Chaouqui, 35, a married public relations consultant.
They were members of a now-defunct commission appointed by Pope Francis to tackle the Vatican's financial holdings and propose reforms to improve cash flow to the poor.
"Yes, I passed documents," Mr Vallejo Balda told the court in Spanish.
He also admitted to giving one of the authors some 87 passwords to access electronic documents and email accounts in the Vatican.
The priest said his actions were the result of a combination of sexual tension and blackmail by Ms Chaouqui, who claimed she was a spy with Italy's secret services.
Saying he felt "compromised" as a priest, Mr Vallejo Balda recounted how she once entered his room in a Florence hotel.
The priest, at one point, described the feeling of being "in a situation with no way out".
In the testimony, he also said he received threatening messages from Ms Chaouqui and her husband, especially after the commission's work was over.
Ms Chaouqui, who is in late pregnancy, attended the hearing and is expected to give evidence next week.
She denies accusations of conspiring with Mr Vallejo Balda and his assistant Nicola Maio to leak information they had access to as members of the commission.
The two journalists on trial, Gianluigi Nuzzi and Emiliano Fittipaldi, wrote the books Avarice and Merchants in the Temple.
They are accused of putting pressure on the priest and Ms Chaouqui to get the documents, allegation both journalists deny.
The five are on trial under a legislation criminalising the leaking of documents, introduced in 2013 after a scandal known as the first Vatileaks.


A GP practice which has more than 18,000 patients on its books is terminating its contract with the health board over recruitment issues.

Pendyffryn Medical Group in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, claims it cannot recruit enough doctors to continue the service.
Doctors at the practice said they had no choice but to tender their resignation after "practically begging GPs" to join.
Betsi Cadwaladr health board said it was working closely with the practice.
Dr Eamonn Jessup, who works at the practice, said: "We can't find anyone. We keep advertising, we've been desperate to find doctors. We've been practically begging GPs to come to us.
"We've also got the perfect staff, the perfect nursing team - there are just no doctors."
Dr Jessop, who is chairman of the North Wales Local Medical Committee, said there were currently five whole-time equivalent doctors at the practice, but that was due to drop to three in the coming months.
He said the practice had seen waiting times creep "up and up and up" as efforts to recruit more staff failed.
A new way of providing primary health care would exist from 1 April, he added, saying doctors were willing to work with the health board over the transition period.
Ann Jones, Labour AM for the Vale of Clwyd, called it "a blow" to primary care delivery in the area.
A joint statement from the practice and the health board said the contract would end on 31 March 2016.
"From April 2016, the Pendyffryn Medical Group partnership will no longer be the provider of GP and primary care services," the statement read.
"The health board is responsible for making sure that people in north Wales have access to these services. It is therefore working closely with Pendyffryn Medical Practice to plan how their patients will continue to get the local services that they need from April 2016 onwards.
"Over the next six months, we will keep patients and other members of the local population informed of our progress, and will respond to any concerns and questions.
"We will also work together to support all the staff in the practice and ensure that they are kept up-to-date and understand the new arrangements that are being put in place."


There was the odd moment when you longed for the bad old days.

Maybe not as bad as someone chucking a table or swinging a chair around their head, but just a pinch of spice to give what promises to be a hearty dish an appreciable edge.
For once on English soil, Wladimir Klitschko was in control. Which is how he likes it. A dignified man, Klitschko doesn't look comfortable exchanging barbs with a 6ft 7in Batman. Then again, who does? A 6ft Robin?
But in Anthony Joshua, Klitschko has a rival he can understand. Someone safe, just like him.
At one point during his customary press conference monologue - the Ukrainian often swats away questions as if they are bothersome flies - Klitschko looked across at Joshua and said: "We are friends." It sounded like a Jedi mind trick.
Promoter Eddie Hearn had already warned Joshua not to be fooled. "Joshua must not fall into that friendly-friendly trap," said Hearn after his charge's three-round demolition of Eric Molina on Saturday. "He has to have that same ruthless streak he's had until now. He will, because he's a ruthless individual."
Joshua didn't sound too ruthless, reflecting on the challenge ahead. He didn't sound too anything in particular. In fact, he made defending his world heavyweight crown against the former king in front of 90,000 at Wembley Stadium sound like a four-rounder at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham.
When it was gently suggested that Klitschko - perhaps, just maybe - had been a little bit disrespectful by referring to him as his "little bro", Joshua - gently, respectfully - disagreed. "It's fine. I let it go over my head. It's all irrelevant."
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Joshua even felt the need to downgrade his one quote that might have sounded a tad big-headed, insisting that victory over Klitschko would not, as he had previously stated, make him an "overnight legend" but would be merely the first act in creating a great legacy. In chess terms, it was moving a piece backwards.
What will sell the fight is not needle and trash-talk but the question of timing. It is a classic clash of generations, between a youthful, unproven king and a battle-hardened ruler from a previous age.
Has Joshua, a pro for barely three years and with 18 fights to his name, learnt enough? Or has Klitschko, a man with 64 wins from 68 pro fights and a two-time world champion, amassed too much wisdom?
Will the 27-year-old Joshua have too much hunger and too much athleticism for a man 14 years his senior? Did Klitschko's chastening defeat by Tyson Fury in Dusseldorf last November, which brought to an end his second, nine-year reign, show that he was past it? Can Joshua take his power? Can the Englishman go past seven rounds, as he has never done before? Is he in the same class as Fury?
For his part, Klitschko believes his year and a half out of the ring - two scheduled rematches against Fury fell through because of injuries and the Manchester fighter's struggles with mental illness - have refreshed him.
"My brother [Vitali, the former twice heavyweight world champion] said a four-year break was good for him," said Klitschko. "It sounds like I'm really old but I don't feel this way. I was not sitting back, drinking beer and doing nothing."
Two training camps for fights that never happened might have kept him active but there are times when Klitschko's thinking sounds wishful, as when he insists that both his hands and his reflexes have become faster with age.
Before the wily Fury rendered Klitschko almost punchless, there were clear signs of deterioration when he fought unheralded American Bryant Jennings. And if Klitschko really is speeding up after 40, he's a scientific miracle.
However, it is entirely possible that nine years of largely one-side victories dulled the senses, imperceptibly. Between regaining a portion of the world heavyweight crown in 2006 and losing it to Fury, Klitschko made 18 defences, as many as Joshua has had pro fights. All that winning can become mundane.
"The Fury defeat woke me up," said Klitschko, who has had 27 world title fights in total. "After so many years I realised I was not as motivated.
"Maybe it sounds crazy, but it was good that I lost that fight and good that I'm the underdog for this one. It's nice being the challenger again. I have an adrenaline rush in my blood. I've been missing it. This time I'm obsessed."
Klitschko and Joshua sparred 20 rounds at the former's Austrian bolthole in 2014, before Klitschko's five-round knockout of Bulgaria's Kubrat Pulev. Both men will have learnt a thing or two, but not nearly enough.
"Klitschko didn't perform against Fury so when he says he's obsessed, that's him saying he wants to show people how good he actually is," said Joshua, who won Olympic super-heavyweight gold in 2012, 16 years after Klitschko.
"They say he didn't throw enough punches against Fury. Believe me, he will throw punches against me. If he wins, he will say: 'I'm still the big bro.' But if he loses he will realise that the torch has changed hands, that this is a completely different era. And after that, I want to be doing it for years. "
Some have suggested that Joshua-Klitschko isn't as big or as relevant as both camps would like us to believe, because Fury is the main man. But their point is largely irrelevant. Fury briefly had it all but was forced to abdicate. He owns no world titles, he currently has no boxing licence, he might never fight again.
In time, some of us might even miss the edge he brought to the heavyweight division. But for now, let's just appreciate some plain old boxing.
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David Cameron has called on Labour to end "segregated" party meetings, at Prime Minister's Questions.

"Let us end the process of having people with bigoted religious views treating women as second class citizens," he told Labour MPs
"I think you should all take the pledge - no more segregated meetings," he added.
It follows reports of Labour meetings where Asian men and women have been separated along gender lines.
A Labour Party spokesperson said: "David Cameron is trying to imply that the Labour Party condones segregation.
"This is absolutely untrue. We make sure that everyone is treated equally and respectfully and our record on gender equality speaks for itself."
In May last year, Labour's then deputy leader Harriet Harman told LBC radio she did not "agree" with a Labour rally she had attended in Birmingham where Asian men and women were seated on different sides of the room.
She said it would have better if the meeting had decided to "sit round in a big circle" but she did not "like to be rude" by walking out.
"This meeting was organised by a male Labour councillor and a female Labour councillor, and what they were trying to do is ensure there weren't men-only meetings, which we are even more not in favour of," she told LBC.
"It was actually bringing the women from the community into the meeting."
At the time the Labour Party said: "There was no forced segregation. Speakers at the event included both women and men."
Labour's current deputy leader Tom Watson, Ms Harman's husband, Labour MP Jack Dromey, and Birmingham MPs Liam Byrne and Khalid Mahmood were also reported to be at the meeting.


A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a nurse was strangled before being left in a house fire.

The 55-year-old man is being held in connection with the death of Lisa Skidmore, whose body was found in a bed at the Wolverhampton property.
Ms Skidmore's body was discovered on Thursday at Mill Croft, Bilston, where her mother, 80, was also found beaten unconscious, West Midlands Police said.
The suspect, from Moseley, Birmingham, is currently in custody.
Ms Skidmore, a senior staff nurse, had worked at the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust for nearly 20 years, most recently based in the community.
A post-mortem test on Friday confirmed she had been strangled.
Last week, a spokesman for the NHS trust described her as a "kind, caring and compassionate nurse and an absolute credit to her profession".
Det Supt Mark Payne, head of homicide investigations at West Midlands Police, said officers were alerted to her death by the ambulance service after the fire.
He said it had been a "very confused scene" and it had taken some time, together with the post-mortem examination, "to understand exactly what went on".
Officers believe Ms Skidmore was fatally attacked before the fire was started in the first-floor bedroom.
Her mother, who police believe stumbled upon the intruder, was later taken to hospital with severe facial injuries.
Det Supt Payne said Ms Skidmore lived alone but was part of a close family. He said the experience had been particularly "traumatic" for her mother and specialist officers were providing support.


The Archbishop of York has said his decision not to take part in the "laying on of hands" for a new bishop was not due to a "theology of taint".

Dr John Sentamu referred to the idea that he would be "tainted" by consecrating the Church of England's first woman bishop.
He will lay hands on the Rev Libby Lane when she becomes Bishop of Stockport on Monday, but will not when the Rev Philip North becomes Bishop of Burnley.
Mr North opposed women as bishops.
He will be consecrated on 2 February in York Minster, where two bishops will take part in the traditional laying on of hands while Dr Sentamu "will lead all other bishops present in exercising gracious restraint".
Campaign group Women and the Church (Watch) said it was "unprecedented" for an archbishop to attend such a ceremony in his province and not lay hands on a new bishop.
BBC religious affairs correspondent Caroline Wyatt said the two consecrations "illustrate the tensions that lie at the very heart of the Church of England's compromise between traditionalists and reformers".
In a statement, Dr Sentamu said archbishops had always had the power to "delegate" part of their role as chief consecrator.
"Any suggestion that the arrangements proposed for the consecration of the Bishop of Burnley are influenced by a theology of 'taint' would be mistaken," he said.
He cited the examples of two traditionalist bishops he had consecrated "despite the fact that I have been ordaining women to the priesthood since I first became Bishop for Stepney in 1996".
By Caroline Wyatt, BBC religious affairs correspondent
For those who fought long and hard first for women priests, then for women bishops, the consecration of the Rev Libby Lane on 26 January will be a day for celebration and rejoicing.
And for those within the Church of England clergy and laity who do not recognise female leadership, the efforts to accommodate their sensitivities at the consecration of a traditionalist suffragan bishop, the Rev Philip North, on 2 February, may be of some comfort.
As one clergyman commented on Twitter, the compromise found by the Archbishop of York in the consecration plans for Mr North "should be seen... as a loving and necessary gesture to those who oppose women priests".
But will it? Another terms it a "very Anglican compromise" - in that nobody can claim outright victory, while the church does its best to walk a sometimes uncomfortable middle way between those for and those against female church leadership.
Dr Sentamu referenced the "five guiding principles" agreed by the Church last year, in which the General Synod said all orders of ministry should be "open equally to all, without reference to gender".
But he also quoted another of the principles, which accepted that there were those who "on grounds of theological conviction, are unable to receive the ministry of women bishops or priests" and said the Church "remains committed to enabling them to flourish within its life and structures."
He said the arrangements for Mr North's consecration were made "for prayer, not politics".
A spokeswoman for Watch, which campaigned for the introduction of female bishops, said the organisation was "dismayed" at the arrangements.
"We believe it is unprecedented that an archbishop should be present at a consecration in his own province and not lay hands on a candidate," she said.
"We are saddened that there will be such a powerful visual sign of a divided College and House of Bishops at the moment of consecration."
Speaking about the consecration of the first female bishop, the spokeswoman added: "That will be a great day, and nothing should detract from that moment of affirmation for all women in all walks of life."


The transport secretary has said he is "baffled" by warnings from Transport for London (TfL) that improving road and rail links to an expanded Heathrow Airport could cost up to £20bn.

Chris Grayling was giving evidence to House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee where he dismissed the accuracy of TfL's estimate.
Last month the government backed building a third runway at Heathrow.
The Airports Commission estimated transport improvements would be £5bn.
But TfL responded to the commission's recommendations in October 2015 by insisting that figure "underestimates the actual cost by £10 to £15bn".
Mr Grayling said: "It's ludicrous, to be honest. I do not see where £15bn can come from if you look at what we're actually seeking to deliver around Heathrow Airport.
"It feels to me like somebody has taken every possible transport improvement in the whole of metropolitan London and thrown it into the mix, and probably funding a large chunk of Crossrail 2 out of it as well.
"I'm baffled as to where TfL manages to get a £15bn figure from because I don't know what you'd spend the money on."
The transport secretary said the cost of the runway crossing the M25 will be met "directly by the airport" while plans for rail links such as HS2, Crossrail and an improved London Underground Piccadilly line were already happening.
Heathrow would make a "financial contribution" towards further proposals to create rail links between the airport and the lines to Reading and Waterloo, Mr Grayling said.
The transport secretary added: "It will be a quantum step forward in public transport access to Heathrow.
"It will become by far the best connected airport in the country if you look at the different rail and Underground access it will have.
"I'm very satisfied that there is a very bold, comprehensive plan to deliver all that and I understand how it's going to be funded."
A TfL spokesman responded to the transport secretary's comments saying Heathrow expansion would "significantly increase demand for access to the airport".
He added: "Our expert analysis indicates approximately £15bn more investment will be needed beyond what is already committed and the key component of this is a new southern rail link from Waterloo to Heathrow.
"Thus far, the government have given no commitments to deliver this new rail link, despite the Airport's Commissions recommendation to do so and, without such a commitment, the aspirations for no increase in road traffic are not credible."


EDF Energy has shut one of two reactors at its Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset as part of planned maintenance.

The company said reactor 4 was shut down last Friday but the second reactor will remain online supplying electricity to over 500,000 homes.
The reactor outage, which occurs every three years, began on 14 October.
EDF director, Mike Harrison, said work will be done "to the highest possible standards of safety and quality".
He said: "This is a very important time for Hinkley Point B and is the culmination of around two years of planning.
"As well as being important for the power station itself, the work is also great news for the local economy as it results in millions of pounds going to local and regional contractors, businesses and accommodation providers."
The "planned work", according to the company, is costing Â£35m and will involve inspections of the reactor core and the "replacement of four large gas circulators" in the gas-cooled reactors.
One thousand additional contractors will also be on site, working alongside the station's 550-strong workforce.
Hinkley Point B came into service in 1976 but its working life has been extended to 2016.
EDF Energy has signalled it plans to keep the complex going for five years beyond that date.


The US has charged five Chinese army officers with hacking into private-sector American companies in a bid for competitive advantage, in the first cyber-espionage case of its kind.

Attorney General Eric Holder said the alleged breaches were "significant" and demanded "an aggressive response".
US prosecutors say the officers stole trade secrets and internal documents from five companies and a labour union.
China denied the charges and warned the case would harm US-China relations.
By Carrie GracieBBC China editor
China always insists it is a victim of hacking, not a perpetrator. And when US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden appeared in Hong Kong a year ago with evidence of US hacking into Chinese networks, Beijing felt vindicated.
The US acknowledges that it conducts espionage but says unlike China it does not spy on foreign companies and pass what it finds to its own companies.
Beijing typically shrugs this off as a smear motivated by those who find its growing technological might hard to bear. But to see five named officers of the People's Liberation Army indicted by a US grand jury is not something that can be brushed aside so easily. China has already announced the suspension of co-operation with the US on an internet working group. And once it has had time to digest this loss of face, it is likely to consider more serious retaliation.
In Washington on Monday, Mr Holder said a grand jury had laid hacking charges against the Chinese nationals, the first against "known state actors for infiltrating US commercial targets by cyber means".
He identified the alleged victims as Westinghouse Electric, US Steel, Alcoa Inc, Allegheny Technologies, SolarWorld and the US Steelworkers Union.
"The alleged hacking appears to have been conducted for no reason other than to advantage state-owned companies and other interests in China, at the expense of businesses here in the United States," Mr Holder said.
He said the US government rejected economic espionage as a trade tactic.
"As President Obama has said on numerous occasions, we do not collect intelligence to provide a competitive advantage to US companies, or US commercial sectors," Mr Holder said.
In response to the charges, the Chinese government said its "stance on the issue of internet security is consistent and clear".
Foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the allegations were "made up" and would "damage Sino-American co-operation and mutual trust".
"China is a staunch defender of network security, and the Chinese government, military and associated personnel have never engaged in online theft of trade secrets," he said.
In an indictment in the western district of Pennsylvania, the heart of the US steel industry, the US named Wang Dong, Sun Kailiang, Wen Xinyu, Huang Zhenyu, and Gu Chunhui, all officers in Unit 61398 of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), as the alleged conspirators.
FBI officials said the hacking in the years 2006-14 caused "significant losses" at the companies and that there were likely many more victims.
John Carlin, head of the justice department's national security division, said, "While the men and women of our American businesses spent their business days innovating, creating, and developing strategies to compete in the global marketplace, these members of unit 61398 spent their business days in Shanghai stealing the fruits of our labour."
By Kim GittlesonBBC business reporter, New York
It's no coincidence that four of the six groups named in the prosecution are in the metal industry, business figures say.
"Trade enforcement is always mainly a steel story - it's the only big American manufacturer that uses the trade law system effectively," says Alan Tonelson of the US Business and Industry Educational Foundation.
He says the indictments are symbolic - and may also be an attempt to mollify a  US steel industry at odds with the Obama administration over proposed international trade deals. Talks for the TTIP pact between the US and EU resumed on Monday.
"Clearly we're not going to have US Justice Department officials marching into the PLA's [People's Liberation Army's] headquarters to arrest the indicted personnel," he says.
Michael Wessel, the commissioner of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, said the case "sends a message that the US is going to actively protect its own interests and make sure that China plays by the rules."
For example, Mr Carlin said that as SolarWorld, a maker of solar panels and accessories, was rapidly losing market share to cheaply priced Chinese competitors, the hackers were stealing documents on pricing strategy from them.
While Westinghouse was negotiating a deal with a Chinese state-owned firm to build nuclear power plants, Unit 61398 stole secret designs for plant components, he said.
"In the past, when we brought concerns such as these to Chinese government officials, they responded by publicly challenging us to provide hard evidence of their hacking that could stand up in court," Mr Carlin said.
Last year, cyber-defence company Mandiant published a report on a Chinese military unit the firm said was behind the vast majority of significant attacks on American federal agencies and companies.
In March, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said the Pentagon planned to more than triple its cyber-security capabilities in the next few years to defend against such internet attacks.
US President Barack Obama has called cyber attacks a "real threat" to US security and its economy.


India's 19-Test unbeaten run was emphatically ended as Australia beat them by 333 runs in the first of a four-match series.

Australia had a first-innings lead of 155 runs after bowling their hosts out for 105 in Pune.
The tourists scored 285 in the second innings, setting India a record target of 441 to win.
However, India were all out for 107 as they lost inside three days, with left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe taking 6-35.
On a turning pitch, O'Keefe also took 6-35 in the first innings, while fellow spinner Nathan Lyon snared five wickets in total - with figures of 4-53 in the second innings - as Australia's spin duo outperformed their Indian counterparts.
Visiting captain Steve Smith also played a key part in the victory as he scored 109 in the second innings, his maiden Test century in India.
The win was Australia's first in India since 2004.
"I'm really proud of how boys have performed," said Smith. "O'Keefe was absolutely outstanding in the match."
India captain Virat Kohli was critical of his team, describing it as their "worst batting display in two years".
"We got outplayed in this match. We have to take it on the chin," he added.
"We never took them for granted but we were never good enough during the three days."
India, the top-ranked Test team, have not lost a home Test series since 2012 and the second match starts in Bangalore on Saturday, 4 March.


A pair of newborn twins have been named after two players of a Wembley-bound rugby league club.

Ellis and Taylor Welburn were born at 05:20 BST in Barnsley Hospital after mum, Rachel Carr, was moved from Hull.
The boys were named after Gareth Ellis, captain of Hull FC, and fellow forward Scott Taylor.
The twin's father, Lee Wellburn, 31, from Hull, said he was delighted the boys had arrived to allow him to attend Saturday's cup final.
Hull FC and Warrington Wolves are to meet in the Challenge Cup final at Wembley Stadium.
Mr Welburn said mother and babies were doing well and hoped to go home to Hull on Tuesday. The twins were born two weeks prematurely.
Mr Welburn said the couple had had difficulty finding names for the babies during the pregnancy until they struck on the idea of Hull FC players.
A life-long Hull FC fan, he admitted some of the players' names had "worked less well" but the choices of Ellis and Taylor "just seemed to work", he said.
Mr Welburn said the birth of the twins had made him even more confident of the outcome of the game in London.
"I've got two good luck charms now", he added.


The 10-time champion jockey Sir Tony McCoy is being immortalised in bronze for a new statue at Cheltenham Racecourse.

The life-sized statue will be unveiled on the opening day of the Cheltenham National Hunt Festival next month.
Dublin-based sculptor Paul Ferriter is creating the artwork for the north entrance to the racecourse.
Sir Tony, from Moneyglass, was champion jump jockey a record 20 times and rode 4,358 winners during his career.
He retired at the end of the 2014-15 season and is now a TV racing pundit.
"I last saw Paul's work about seven weeks ago, just before it was about to get bronzed and it looked very, very good," he said.
"Some of my friends were wondering whether the statue was going to be the old or new me - the 10-stone one or the 12-stone one.
"I thought most people got a statue when they were dead. I guess it will give the birds somewhere to sit."
The former rider won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award in 2010 and a lifetime achievement award in the 2015 ceremony.
He was a "brilliant subject" according to the sculptor and very easy to work with.
"AP has a really great face with incredible cheekbones, a great jaw and chin as well as really good hair," said Mr Ferriter.
"He is also a really funny guy and was incredibly obliging throughout the process."
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Welsh sailor Alex Thomson is set to embark on perhaps the most gruelling challenge yachting has to offer.

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The 42-year-old from Bangor will compete in the Vendee Globe which sees competitors sail alone 30,000-miles, non-stop and unaided around the world.
Held just once every four years since 1989, the race has down the years claimed three lives and seen only 71 of the 138 vessels actually finish.
"For me it's the challenge, it's the competition," Thomson said.
"It's an amazing journey, but thing for me is I get to build a €5m custom-designed carbon racing yacht just for me. If you are into boats, that's the best thing in the world.
"I started when I was 11, windsurfing in north Wales, and then dinghy sailing and finally onto yachts. I thought I would get civilised, but unfortunately my racing yacht does not even have a toilet so it's not particularly civilised any more."
Despite the lack of amenities, if he can finish, Thomson will spend nearly three months alone at sea with competitors disqualified if at any point they dock anywhere.
Thomson is looking to become the first non-Frenchman to win the race, which begins on Sunday, 6 November in France, and has high hopes this time around after finishing third four years ago.
And he puts the size of the task of sailing alone, unaided, non-stop around the world into stark perspective.
"The first man to do it was Sir Robin Knox-Johnston in 1969, it took him nearly a year and when he got back they all thought he was completely mad," Thomson told BBC Radio 2.
"Since then only 100 people have ever done it, there's probably been more than 500 people in space since and 3,000 people up Mount Everest so that gives you an idea of how hard it is."
For many the idea of spending three months alone on a 60ft "carbon coffin", as Thomson describes his vessel the Hugo Boss, would be enough to drive them slightly mad.
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And Thomson himself admits that despite his desire to win, he will be missing home comforts, even if modern technology does help.
"I've got a five-year-old boy and a two-year-old daughter and a fantastic wife so I much prefer being at home nowadays," he added.
"I get to speak to my wife every day and she sends me some voice notes from the kids so I get my family fix. It's just 24 hours a day hard labour to be honest. I love it, if I'm doing really well I love it, if I'm not, it's hell on earth."


Almost half of children in Wales are participating in sport three or more times a week, new research has shown.

Sport Wales said 48% of children played sport regularly, up from 40% in 2013.
The survey of more than 116,000 Welsh school children showed the amount of girls participating rose from 36% in 2013 to 44% in 2015, while the number of boys increased from 44% to 52%.
Forty percent of pupils with a disability were participating regularly, up from 31%.
Sarah Powell, Sport Wales' chief executive officer, said it was a "huge achievement".
"The pupils in school today are our Gareth Bales and Sam Warburtons and our Non Stanfords and Jade Joneses," she added.
"They are also our teachers, doctors, nurses, businessmen and women, and ministers of the future."
The figures showed black British children and those of mixed race were more likely to play sport regularly, while more Welsh speakers (53%) than non-Welsh speakers (42%) were likely to take part.


Renowned Liverpool playwright Willy Russell has donated "papers and manuscripts" from across his career to one of the city's universities.

Mr Russell, who wrote the films Shirley Valentine and Educating Rita - and musical Blood Brothers - gifted the documents to Liverpool John Moores.
He said creating the archive had given him a "much tidier office".
The documents will be held in the university's Special Collections and Archives and be made available online.
The archive, which includes manuscripts, programmes, newspaper cuttings and press releases, financial documents, correspondence and audition notes, offers a "comprehensive representation of Willy Russell's work to date", a university spokesman said.
Amongst the documents are items relating to early stage productions of Educating Rita and Shirley Valentine, which were both later turned into films, the former starring Julie Walters and Michael Caine and the latter Pauline Collins and Tom Conti.
Also included are casting and audition notes around productions of Olivier-winning musical Blood Brothers, which closed in October after spending 24 years in London's West End.
The 65-year-old playwright, who came to prominence in the 1970s through his association with the city's Everyman Theatre, said he was happy the archive would be held close to the venue.
"I have a quiet sense of something fitting in knowing that my manuscripts are housed in a building no more than a few yards from where most of them were written and first performed," he said.
He added that it had "always been my intention that if ever my papers and manuscripts were to be deposited, then it would be with a Liverpool institute".
Dean of the Faculty of Arts Roger Webster said he was pleased the university had been able "to acquire this archive through Willy Russell's generosity".
"It will undoubtedly attract and produce world-class scholarship and we hope to develop a number of research projects around it," he said.


A talented teenage martial artist who died at a friend's sleepover party had an undiagnosed heart condition, her parents have revealed.

Hannah Cubin, 14, from Wiltshire, suddenly stopped breathing and could not be revived. She died last December.
Her parents Andy and Dawn said tests had found she died of "heart failure from a condition that neither we, nor she could have been aware of".
Salisbury coroner's office is yet to set a date for the inquest hearing.
In a Facebook post, Hannah's parents said months of tests found she had cardiac fibrosis - a condition which affects the heart muscles.
"Given her condition we have been told that she would have died at that specific time of her life where ever she would have been," her father said.
Her parents said Hannah's loss "still affects us profoundly and we both miss her during every of our waking minutes."
"But we have gained a little peace, following the disclosure of this recent information," they added.
Since Hannah's death, her family, from Crudwell, near Malmesbury, has raised money for the Wiltshire Air Ambulance, whose emergency workers tried to resuscitate their daughter.
They wrote: "We are especially proud of the magnificent fund raising that is our daughter's legacy in support of the Wiltshire Air Ambulance, the current total sum of donations now standing at Â£64067.36.
"A truly outstanding amount for which are deeply grateful to all who have donated."
A week after she died, her local martial arts club, Malmesbury Taekwondo School, named a competition cup in her honour.
Before Hannah died, she had been talent spotted by the UK national coach.


Andy Murray will hope to extend an impressive record against sixth seed Kei Nishikori when the pair meet in the US Open quarter-finals on Wednesday.

Briton Murray, seeded second, has won seven of eight previous matches against Japan's Nishikori, the most recent being at last month's Olympics.
The pair are scheduled second on Arthur Ashe Stadium at around 19:00 BST.
"I've played well against him in the past but he likes these conditions," said the 29-year-old world number two.
"I played a really good match against him when we played a few weeks ago. I'm aware I'll need to do that again if I want to beat him, because he's one of the best players in the world."
The winner will face Argentina's Juan Martin Del Potro or Swiss third seed Stan Wawrinka, who meet in the night session at about 02:00 on Thursday.
They follow the women's quarter-final between world number one Serena Williams and fifth seed Simona Halep at 00:00, with Karolina Pliskova and Ana Konjuh opening Wednesday's play at 17:00.
Jamie Murray and Brazil's Bruno Soares take on Australian Chris Guccione and Brazilian Andre Sa in the doubles quarter-finals at 16:00.


"Inadequate" domestic violence procedures in the lead-up to the murder of a hairdresser who was stabbed by her ex-boyfriend have been criticised.

Hollie Gazzard was attacked at a beauty salon by Asher Maslin, who was later sentenced to life for her murder.
It happened three days after she reported him to Gloucestershire Police for theft of her bank card and cash.
The police watchdog said the contact was "proportionate" but the "potential importance was not fully appreciated".
The report, from the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), said the force's domestic abuse policies and training at the time "hindered a comprehensive response".
It said the investigation found that although the officers' actions were proportionate to the theft, they did not fully appreciate its potential importance when considered as one of a number of domestic incidents.
During the investigation, the call handler who took Miss Gazzard's call and the two officers who responded were investigated for possible misconduct.
Although the investigation highlighted failings by the officers in their response it did not recommended they or the call handler face disciplinary action.
The report added the officers' response was "symptomatic of the force's inadequate policies and guidelines".
But, the police watchdog said, following a re-inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary it "commended" the force's progress in this area.
Commenting on the report Ms Gazzard's father, Nick, said Hollie "gave a lot of information" to police.
"From what was known... at the time they ought to have known that Hollie was at risk and reasonable steps should have been taken to protect her."
Maslin, 22, admitted repeatedly knifing Miss Gazzard, 20, at Fringe Benefits and La Bella Beauty salon in Gloucester in February 2014. He was told he would serve a minimum of 24 years.


Swansea manager Paul Clement believes his side are in a two-team battle with with Hull City to avoid relegation from the Premier League.

The Swans are 18th, a place and two points behind Hull, and Clement feels one of the two clubs will go down.
Asked whether he sees it as a straight fight between the Swans and Hull, Clement said: "As we sit here and speak about it, yes.
"But I don't know what the situation will be in three or four games."
Clement's change in thinking came after Crystal Palace's 3-0 home win over Arsenal that pulled the Eagles further clear of the bottom three.
After an initial improvement when Clement was appointed in January, the Swans have gone five games without a win to slide back into the bottom three, while Hull have moved out of the drop zone under Marco Silva.
Clement continued: "Mathematically if we won every game and they won every game, they are going to stay up and we are not.
"But the likelihood of that happening is actually very unlikely, based on where the teams are in the league.
"As for the teams just above us. Crystal Palace are gathering some momentum, but you can lose it quickly. And the fact is, though they have beaten Chelsea and Arsenal they still have a difficult run in.
"You cannot focus too much on what goes around us. You can take your eye off the ball and not deal with what you actually have a bit of control of, your own performances."
Clement believes his squad showed signs of tension in last Saturday's 1-0 defeat at West Ham United and he has urged his players to stay focussed.
"If you over think it and read all the media reports and listen to what the fans are saying it can drive you crazy," he said.
"Ultimately you are preparing for a game of football,  you want to do well. Do your best and that's the advice I have been giving our players.
"I have always told them with the media, if you are going to listen to it and read it, like I do myself, don't get too excited when people are praising you and don't get too down when people are being critical."
The Swans will be without midfielder Jack Cork for the visit to Watford on Saturday as he is ruled out with an ankle injury.
Cork, who has been captain under Clement, will definitely miss the Watford match and is doubtful for the home game with Stoke City on 22 April.
Experienced midfielder Leon Britton, who has been on the bench but has yet to play under Clement, is vying with Jay Fulton for a recall to replace Cork.
"He has a lot of experience and what I have done with Leon, even if he has not been playing, I have tried to keep him close to the squad," Clement explained.
"Whether he's been on the bench or not. He has been a very positive influence.
"I know Leon wants to be playing, but he has shown a very professional attitude and putting the team absolutely ahead of his own thoughts and his own ideas. I like him a lot."


Four people have been charged with breaching public order after demonstrators locked themselves to each other at the first horizontal fracking site in the UK.

The campaigners were protesting after work started at the Preston New Road site at Little Plumpton, Lancashire.
Three men and a woman were charged with failing to comply with "a prohibited assembly police direction".
They are due to appear at Blackpool Magistrates' Court.
Two men of no fixed address, aged 22 and 33, another man, 43, from Bootle and a 53-year-old woman from Scunthorpe were arrested at about 13:00 on Tuesday.
The government approved energy firm Cuadrilla's plans to frack at the site in October last year.
Protests have been held at the site since work started on 5 January.
Cuadrilla has previously said drilling would start in the spring.
A second Lancashire site, Roseacre Wood, has not yet been given permission for work amid concerns over the impact on the area.
The council had initially refused permission to extract shale gas at both sites on the grounds of noise and traffic impact but the government overruled the decision for the Preston New Road site.
Fracking is the process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. Water, sand and chemicals are injected into the rock at high pressure which allows the gas to flow out to the head of the well.


A man has died while working on a building site in South Lanarkshire.

Police said emergency services were called to the site near Shott Farm on Hamilton Road in High Blantyre at about 09:45.
Paramedics treated a seriously injured 45-year-old man, but he died at the scene.
He was working at the Avant Homes construction site. The company said an investigation had been launched and all work at the site had been suspended.
The man has not yet been formally identified.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: "A post mortem will be conducted to establish the exact cause of death, which is not being treated as suspicious at this time.
"The Health and Safety Executive have been informed and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal."
A spokeswoman for Avant Homes said: "It is with great sadness that we can confirm a man died in an incident at our construction site in High Blantyre today.
"Our thoughts and condolences are with his family and loved ones at this time.  An investigation has been launched immediately and all works have been suspended whilst we assist the emergency services."


Prosecutors are to review the death of Poppi Worthington after a family court judge ruled her father sexually assaulted her before she died.

The 13-month-old was found with serious injuries at her Barrow home in 2012, and pronounced dead in hospital.
Her father, Paul Worthington, was arrested but later told he would face no charges. He denies any wrongdoing.
The CPS has now said that, following the family court judge findings, it will be reviewing the file.
The judge criticised Cumbria Police for the way it handled the initial investigation into Poppi's death, with evidence thrown away.
An investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) is under way, and will be published in due course.
However, the IPCC has now said that a serving Cumbria Police officer would face a "performance meeting" which has the power of dismissal if gross incompetence is proved.
It said in a statement: "As a result of the evidence we presented, one serving officer is to face a third stage performance meeting - which has the power of dismissal if gross incompetence is proved.
"A second officer has received management action. A third officer cited in the report has since retired from the force."
In a statement, the CPS said: "We received a file from Cumbria Police in relation to the tragic death of a 13-month-old girl in December 2012.
"We conducted a thorough review of the evidence in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors.
"This review included consideration of expert evidence which was carefully considered by the prosecutor, who took advice from experienced counsel.
"We decided there was insufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction and therefore no-one was charged with any offences relating to her death.
"Following the findings of the family court judge, we are now reviewing the case."
Mr Worthington, who was arrested along with Poppi's mother following her death, said he did not accept the findings of the family court and had never hurt his daughter.
Neither of the Poppi's parents were ever charged.


A former railway bridge is due to be removed as part of a £21m road scheme in Taunton.

Station Road will be closed until Friday while the Kingston Loop bridge is taken away.
County councillor Simon Coles said: "The disruption caused will be enormous because this is one of the main arterial routes in and out of Taunton."
The new bridge will be installed later in the year as part of the Northern Inner Distributor Road project.


Four people have been injured in a suspected gas explosion onboard a boat in Worcestershire.

Two men, a woman and a teenage boy suffered burns to the face, hands, neck and arms in the incident in Severn Side, Stourport-on-Severn at 07:30 BST.
The 17-year-old had significant burns to his hands and face and was airlifted to hospital for specialised treatment.
A man in his 60s, a woman in her 60s and another man in his 20s were taken to Worcester Royal Hospital.
West Midlands Ambulance Service said paramedics were called to reports of an explosion near to the Angel Inn.
The man in his 60s sustained superficial flash burns to his face as well as a neck injury.
The woman had partial burns to her hands whilst the man in his 20s had sustained superficial burns to his arms and neck, the ambulance service said.


Network Rail is considering the sale of a number of the UK's best known railway stations in an effort to shore up its debt-laden balance sheet.

London's Paddington and Waterloo stations and Birmingham New Street are stations that could be put up for sale.
Speaking to the Financial Times, Network Rail chief executive Mark Carne said Â£1.8bn could be raised through the sale of 7,500 other properties.
These include freight yards, car parks, arches, depots and spare land.
A spokesman for Network Rail confirmed that financial advisers had been appointed to consult on possible options.
In a statement, Network Rail said: "We are looking to generate some Â£1.8bn of funds from our property assets by 2019, enabling us to invest in building a bigger, better railway.
"We're taking a long hard look at which assets, ensuring we keep what we need to grow and expand the railway, but then looking at ways we can realise best value from the rest to reinvest."


Two Vietnamese girls who went missing six days ago have been found "safe and well", North Yorkshire Police said.

The girls, aged 14 and 15, were discovered separately at addresses in the Thames Valley area and Bedfordshire overnight.
They were reported missing after last being seen in York on Sunday.
A 28-year-old man has been charged with two modern-day slavery offences in connection with their disappearance. He is due to appear in court on Monday.
A police spokeswoman said the girls would be placed in the care of local authorities.
She said: "An investigation to establish the full circumstances surrounding the case continues."


The Scotland Bill's passage through the House of Lords has been delayed while wrangling over the fiscal framework continues.

Peers were due to resume line-by-line scrutiny on 9 February but that has now been put back until 22 February.
The Scottish government wants a deal concluded by 12 February to allow time for it to be examined at Holyrood.
Scottish Secretary David Mundell has informed Holyrood's Devolution Committee of the delay.
The negotiations on the fiscal framework - the financial arrangements underpinning the transfer of new powers to the Scottish Parliament - have proved both protracted and complicated.
The Scottish government has said there is still "some distance to go" before a deal can be agreed and threatened to veto any formula that was "unfair to Scotland".
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned recently that Scotland stood to lose billions of pounds over the next few years under the Treasury's current proposals.
Talks between the two governments are due to resume in Edinburgh on Monday.
In a letter to Holyrood's Devolution Committee, Scottish Secretary David Mundell said: "The fiscal framework talks are continuing, and I am optimistic about the process. I am doing everything I can to secure an agreement which is durable and fair to taxpayers in Scotland and the rest of the UK.
"All through the process we have made time for these issues to be properly considered and discussed, and that remains the case.
"I want to ensure both the Scottish Parliament and the House of Lords have as much information as possible for their consideration. It has been agreed, therefore, that the next parliamentary stage of the Scotland Bill will be rescheduled.
"This will allow more time for negotiations between the Scottish and UK Governments to progress. I am confident both parliaments will have the opportunity to properly consider the Scotland Bill and the fiscal framework before the Scottish Parliament's dissolution on March 23."
Deputy First Minister John Swinney responded to Mr Mundell's letter, promising the Scottish government would do "all we can" to secure an agreement.
But he added: "We will not sign up to any proposed agreement which short changes Scotland by locking in long-term cuts to our budget.
"We are working to a deadline of February 12th for talks to be concluded because the Scottish Parliament requested this, as members need time to properly scrutinise and vote on an agreed fiscal framework package before it is dissolved next month ahead of May's election - but we will give all the time possible to secure a deal."
Earlier the Treasury minister negotiating on behalf of the UK government said he was "confident" a deal would be reached.
Greg Hands said he had cleared his diary for a full day of talks in Edinburgh next Monday and he remained "upbeat" that an agreement would be struck.
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He told the Commons Scottish Affairs Committee: "I'm ready to deal. I'm off to Edinburgh on Monday and I remain upbeat on that possibility.
"The UK government remains committed to getting that deal."
An agreement would set out how Scotland's annual block grant from the Treasury will be adjusted to take account of the new tax powers.
Mr Hands insisted the proposals will provide "huge new opportunities" for the Scottish government to grow the economy.
The deal must be "fair to taxpayers in Scotland and fair to taxpayers in the rest of the UK", he told the committee.
Mr Hands said: "Neither Scotland nor the rest of the UK should be better or worse off as result of the initial act of devolution.
"Thereafter, the Scottish government should bear the fruit of good policy decisions and the consequences of poor policy decisions."
The committee chairman, SNP MP Pete Wishart, warned that Mr Hands and Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney appeared to have "very different perspectives" on the long-running negotiations.
"There does seem to be some distance to go in terms of getting an agreement on this," Mr Wishart said.
Scottish Labour had earlier called for the 12 February deadline to be abandoned, and said neither side should walk away until a deal is reached.
The party has criticised a lack of transparency in negotiations and called on minutes of meetings to be published.
Shadow Scottish Secretary Ian Murray said: "Over the past few days we have seen the negotiations descend into a blame game.
"People across Scotland will not understand that after the negotiation for more powers, this deal could fall apart at the last minute."


Ireland's opening game in their home tri-series against Bangladesh at Malahide in Dublin on Friday had to be abandoned because of rain.

Having been 9-2, the Tigers recovered to 157-4 after 31.1 overs when play was halted in the early afternoon.
The umpires admitted defeat at 16:45 BST following persistent rain.
Three Peter Chase wickets had left Bangladesh in a degree of trouble on 70-4 before Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudullah produced a 87-run partnership.
Tamim was unbeaten on 64, with Mahmudullah four short of his half-century, when play was stopped.
William Porterfield's decision to make the Tigers bat looked an obvious call on the green Malahide track and Chase, playing on his home ground, gave his team a wonderful start.
Chase had Soumya Sarkar caught behind by wicketkeeper Niall O'Brien and then dismissed Sabbir Rahman for a duck with Tim Murtagh taking the chance at third man to leave Bangladesh struggling on 9-2.
A 38-run partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim and stand-in skipper Shakib Al Hasan steadied the Tigers before both quickly departed as Barry McCarthy joined Chase among the wickets.
However Tamim and Mahmudullah gladly accepted the width on offer from Ireland's bowlers with the latter hitting five boundaries - including one six - in his knock.
With the weather the winner, Ireland will focus on Sunday's match against New Zealand at the same venue.
The series sees the Irish continuing their countdown towards possibly being handed Test status next month.
Bangladesh have their full Champions Trophy squad in Ireland while, in contrast, New Zealand aree without a number of regulars because of Indian Premier League commitments.
The Kiwis will be captained for the first time by Tom Latham, while uncapped Central Districts fast bowler Seth Rance and Northern Districts all-rounder Scott Kuggeleijn are both included in the squad.
Ireland's games against New Zealand will see home coach John Bracewell up against his native country, for whom he featured in 41 Tests and 53 one-day internationals during his playing career, later coaching the national side between 2003 and 2008.


Brighton have confirmed George Parris will remain as interim manager for the upcoming FA Women's Super League Spring Series.

Parris took caretaker charge in April after James Marrs was dismissed following a disciplinary process.
Ex-Albion midfielder Parris, 52, guided the side to promotion to Women's Super League Two this summer after beating Sporting Club Albion in a play-off.
Amy Merricks has been appointed as assistant manager on a permanent basis.
The 2017 Spring Series is a one-off, transitional competition before the WSL switches to a winter calendar.


Aston Villa winger Jack Grealish is set to turn down England and declare for the Republic of Ireland.

The Birmingham-born 19-year-old could make his Ireland debut in a friendly against the United States on 18 November.
However, he could still opt to play for England until he plays for the Republic in a senior competitive international.
Earlier this week Grealish, capped by Ireland at under-21 level, signed a new four-year deal with Villa.
It is understood Republic of Ireland manager Martin O'Neill met with Grealish and his father in September and was happy for a decision to wait until the player's club future had been settled.
Grealish made his breakthrough with Villa this season, coming on as a substitute in four Premier League matches and playing the full 90 minutes of a Capital One Cup tie.
The midfielder, a product of the Villa academy, spent last season on loan at Notts County.
His grandfather comes from Gort in County Wicklow and, after the Republic's 1-1 draw in Tuesday's Euro 2016 qualifier in Germany, he tweeted: "Come on you boys in green."
On Friday, Dublin-based newspapers the Irish Times and the Irish Independent reported that Grealish was likely to play against the USA.


A woman has died after being struck by a car in Bargeddie, North Lanarkshire.

The incident, involving a red Toyota Aygo, happened on the A89 Coatbridge Road at about 08:30.
The woman was taken by ambulance to Monklands Hospital where she died. The female driver of the car was uninjured.
The road was closed while crash scene investigators carried out inquiries. Police have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.


After sticking to the strategy of doing one thing well for a long time, Twitter is announcing changes to its service thick and fast.

The latest features to be announced by the social network are group messaging and video.
As promised in November, Twitter is now allowing users to direct message up to 20 people at once.
Users will also be able to film, edit and share video clips of up to 30 seconds in length.
The announcement will be seen as an attempt to boost the amount of time people spend on Twitter.
Group chat and video sharing are services which have proved hugely popular on instant messaging platforms such as Facebook-owned WhatsApp.
Snapchat has also capitalized on short-form video-sharing, boasting 700 million photos and videos sent daily.
As competition grows from other social networks, Twitter is clearly keen to keep its users engaged.
Announcing the news in a blog post, Twitter said group messages would provide "more options for how and with whom you communicate on Twitter".
Twitter will now allow Android and iOS users to record clips up to 30 seconds long.
The feature is in addition to Twitter's own short-form video-sharing app Vine, featuring videos up to six seconds in length.
Twitter's user numbers have grown steadily, with 284 million users now logging on at least once a day.
The company still needs to convince investors it can grow further, as its share price has fallen by around a third over the last year.
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VW's top UK executive, Paul Willis, has said that of the 1.2 million cars in the UK affected by the diesel emissions scandal, 470,000 have been fixed.

"At the current rate, we are applying these measures to 20,000 cars a week," he told MPs on the Transport Committee.
But after he had left the hearing, Mr Willis was accused of lying to MPs over whether he had supplied the government with promised information.
A VW spokesman said Mr Willis had indeed handed over what was promised.
Mr Willis told the MPs there had been no redundancies in the UK because of the diesel dishonesty.
Indeed, the company was trying to recruit more people to help with the technical fixes, he said.
Many UK VW owners are angry that they will receive no compensation as a result of the scandal, unlike customers in the US.
But Mr Willis said there was "no legal basis for compensation".
He added there was no comparison between the situation in the US and Europe.
The scandal broke in 2015, when it emerged that the carmaker had installed "defeat devices" in its diesel models that allowed them to falsify the results of US pollution tests.
Mr Willis told the MPs that VW had handed over all the information asked for by the government so it could press on with inquiries.
Later on in the what became a heated committee session after Mr Willis had left - the Transport Minister John Hayes, who is looking at the diesel emissions scandal's impact in the UK, said it was "not true" that VW had given him all the information requested.
Committee member Graham Stringer MP went further, saying of Mr Willis's testimony, "I have seen all sorts of evasive witnesses, but I think we have just seen somebody tell us absolute blatant lies."
Responding to the exchange, a Volkswagen spokesman told the BBC that Mr Willis has supplied what he agreed to supply, but that the government may have requested more.
The company will pay Â£1.1m for testing Volkswagen vehicles, but not the Â£0.9m needed to test other companies' vehicles.
In his testimony, Mr Willis had said "I don't think we did anything wrong".
For his part, Mr Hayes said this was a shift from the company's original position.
"I think VW acted extremely badly," he said.
"I think it is extraordinary in their evidence this afternoon they seemed to be uncertain about whether they had behaved badly or not.
"Yet when this scandal first broke their tone was a very different one," he added.
During the hearing Mr Hayes also asked about a report into the scandal written by lawyers Jones Day, which was commissioned by VW.
The MPs said VW had promised the committee that it would be published, but the carmaker had now decided not to.
Mr Hayes said one could "reasonably assume" that one reason is "that it contains information which contradicts what Volkswagen have said both publicly and to this committee".
While VW has agreed to pay fines and compensation in the US amounting to more than $19bn, it insists that legally in Europe it did nothing wrong.
It accepts that 8.5 million vehicles in Europe were fitted with software that could detect when they were being tested for emissions.
But it denies that the software amounts to a "defeat device" under EU law.
Ian Yarnold, head of international vehicle standards at the Department for Transport told the MPs that he thought the device was "prohibited," but that he would need to gather evidence to determine if fitting the devices amounted to a criminal act.
Mr Hayes said he and his boss, transport minister Chris Grayling, would go to Germany next month to meet their counterparts and seek more information. He added that the government had not ruled out launching legal action against VW.
VW denies misleading millions of consumers as it claims it did not sell vehicles based upon low nitrogen oxide emissions.
The chairman of the Transport Select Committee, Louise Ellman MP, said that it had heard of complaints from customers whose cars had been subjected to Volkswagen's technical fix.
Mr Willis responded that there had been around 3,500 such complaints, which he said amounted to 0.75% of those whose cars had been recalled.
He insisted that in 65% of cases, the complaints were "subjective" and linked to issues such as the feel of the car and noise levels.


A Cardiff holidaymaker has been reunited with the mystery man who saved her from drowning off a French beach.

Fran Murphy, 52, was paddling with friends on a sandbank at a resort near Perpignan when it collapsed, leaving her unconscious.
The group was saved by a man from Swansea, and Ms Murphy appealed on BBC Wales for help to try and trace him.
Now, she has met Ian Hullin and said it felt "wonderful" to be able to thank him for saving her life.
Ms Murphy, a Cardiff librarian, was with three colleagues when the incident happened earlier this month.
She was left unconscious and the group was unable to get ashore because of a rip current.
They were saved by a mystery man who got them ashore and then "disappeared".
Ms Murphy said her lungs were 80% full of water and she remained in hospital for over a week, with two days in intensive care.
She did not remember her rescuer but her friends believed he was from Swansea.
They said he joked that if he had known they were from Cardiff he would have "left them" in the water.
Ms Murphy had said she just wanted to thank him for the "amazing thing" he had done.
On Thursday Ms Murphy, her friends and Mr Hullin were finally reunited at her Cardiff home, and BBC Wales filmed the meeting.
She told him: "I'm just so glad that we managed to track you down so that we could just say thank you.
"You were just a mystery man to us at the time. We called you Mr Swansea.
"What you did was absolutely amazing. It might not be anything to you, but it meant a lot to us."
Mr Hullin said he was "really glad I could help", and told Ms Murphy: "You look better than the last time."
He also said his mother, from Cardiff, was "not happy" at his joke about leaving them if he had known where they were from.
He said he had made the joke while trying to reach shore with the second group of friends and was "running out of banter".
Ms Murphy said she was "absolutely ecstatic" to meet Mr Hullin, adding: "We're very grateful to the BBC. I don't think we would have found him otherwise."
Mr Hullin, who works in the protection of vessels as they pass Somalia, came forward after a friend of his partner's saw the story on BBC Wales Today.
His partner, Lucy Ross, said she had been having a "lovely sunbathe" when she noticed Mr Hullin had gone.
She assumed he had gone for a long swim, but said: "He just came back and casually said that he'd saved some women and then he just sat down."
She said her partner then "casually got on with his book".
For more on this story, see BBC Wales Today, BBC One Wales, at 18:30 BST on Thursday.


Two cash-in-transit staff were seriously hurt in a "violent" armed robbery at a supermarket in Bolton.

Officers were called to Sainsbury's on Darwen Road at about 10:25 BST on Friday after a "significant" amount of money was stolen.
Two men attacked the pair with a crowbar and a sledgehammer, Greater Manchester Police said.
They escaped in an Audi A3 car driven by a third man. It was found burnt out in a nearby backstreet.
One of the victims has a broken arm and the other was knocked unconscious and has a suspected broken jaw. The men continued to assault the drivers even after taking the money, police added.
Det Insp Matthew Bailey-Smith said: "This was a planned and extremely nasty attack which has culminated in a sustained, armed assault on two men.
"Both were taken to hospital after a terrifying and traumatic ordeal which has also resulted in a significant amount of cash being stolen."


A British woman has died at an Istanbul airport, her employer has confirmed.

Ex-BBC journalist Jacky Sutton, 50, is understood to have been found dead in a toilet at the city's Ataturk airport. The circumstances are unclear.
She was the acting Iraq director for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) and had been travelling to Irbil, northern Iraq.
The Foreign Office said it was "providing consular assistance" to her family.
BBC correspondent Ben Ando said Ms Sutton arrived at Ataturk Airport on a flight from London on Saturday and had a two-hour wait for a connecting flight, which she apparently missed.
"Local media are reporting that she didn't have enough money to purchase a replacement ticket and then she was found dead in the toilets a couple of hours later," he added.
"What exactly happened though is not known."
The London-based IWPR supports local journalism in countries affected by conflict and crisis.
Its previous Iraq director Ammar Al Shahbander was killed in a car bomb attack in Baghdad on 2 May and a memorial service was held for him in London last week, according to the IWPR website. Ms Sutton had been in London attending the service.
Executive director Anthony Borden said: "She was extremely bright, highly competent, and well able to handle herself in difficult environments, and she was universally loved. We are in total shock."
Ms Sutton had been studying for a PhD at the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Australian National University. Her research focused on international development support to female media professionals in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2003 and 2013.
Centre director Prof Amin Saikal said they were "deeply saddened and shocked by the tragic death of one of its brilliant PhD students".
Prof Saikal said: "She was not only an outstanding research scholar, but a highly valued friend and colleague who made remarkable contributions to the work and activities of the centre."
Ms Sutton worked for the BBC World Service between 1998 and 2000, reporting from Africa, the Middle East and London.
She also served in senior roles at the United Nations.


Three young Scottish entrepreneurs have taken the fancy dress market by storm - thanks to a costume made of polyester and Lycra.

Two years ago, brothers Ali and Fraser Smeaton and flatmate Gregor Lawson launched all-in-one, stretchy, figure-hugging outfits called morphsuits.
Since then, sales have rocketed - and they expect to rake in more than ??10m this year.
Morphsuits now appear to be turning into a global phenomenon.
The Edinburgh-based company already has more than 700,000 Facebook followers, which they say is more than Nestle, Guinness and Toyota.
The morphsuit enterprise counters recent academic research evidence that Scotland lacks entrepreneurs, particularly among people in their early thirties.
The trio gave up marketing and banking jobs in blue chip companies to develop the morphsuit after noticing the impact someone had at a party when he turned up in a figure-hugging, colourful costume.
They had 250 printed on polyester and Lycra to test the response at a rugby event, and quickly found the products selling out.
Ali said: "When we started off, the morphsuits were plain colours like red, blue and black.
"Then we launched a range of flags and now we have individual characters like mummies, ninjas and zombies etc.
"You can see through them and drink through them and they basically make a party awesome."
In the first year, they did ??1.2m of business, while holding down their day jobs. Going full-time and operating on a shoestring from the front room of a small Edinburgh flat, they pushed sales up to ??4.5m in 2010-11.
This year, they landed an initial order of 100,000 morphsuits from Party City, a 2000-outlet American retail chain. And in the financial year starting last month, the three company directors expect revenue to soar to ??10.5m.
Gregor commented: "We have a huge amount of ambition. Over the past year-on-year we have been growing by 300% - and we want to grow by another 300% in this year.
"We believe we have the tools to do that, both with going into new markets, new types of suits and new countries."
Their success is an example of what can be done marketing through Facebook, creating a community which has just passed 700,000 Facebook friends, leaving little need for an advertising or marketing budget.
And by outsourcing almost everything they do - including Chinese manufacturing, warehousing in the UK, US and Australia, and a customer contact centre in Fife - they are growing the business with no employees at all.
The company hopes to make the most of Halloween this year, after missing out on earlier opportunities.
Ali explained: "Halloween is the most important time of the year - we learnt that lesson the hard way.
"In the first year we launched, we thought there would be a small increase in sales but it was a 500% increase.
"Then we went to America last year and we thought we would plan for a 500% increase in sales. But because Halloween is so much bigger and so much longer in America, it was about a 1,500% increase."
He added: "We now know what are doing and we are well prepared for our third Halloween."
Sales are particularly strong in the young male market, capitalising on those with exhibitionist tendencies, but the company maintains there is wider appeal.
It sold 50,000 suits in its first year of trading and 250,000 in year two.
Fraser said: "Lots of different people buy them. There is the 15 to 20-year-old person who wants to have fun after school, then there is a completely different sector of people - the ones who are working during the week and are looking forward to the weekend to have a good time and let their hair down."
Future plans include trying to take the appeal beyond the morphsuit community of exhibitionist young men and stag parties, with a range of children's morphsuits soon to go on sale, and a morphsuit with a tutu for women.