Former INLA man Dessie O'Hare, once known as the 'Border Fox', has been granted bail as he fights extradition proceedings to the Republic of Ireland.

He was arrested in County Armagh on Tuesday.
Mr O'Hare, 60, is wanted over alleged offences including grievous bodily harm, false imprisonment, threats to kill and violent disorder
The offences are alleged to have happened in Dublin on 9 June 2015.
A judge told Belfast Recorders' Court in that Mr O'Hare would be released on bail once a Â£20,000 cash surety is lodged.
He is also banned from leaving Northern Ireland and must report to police daily.
The alleged offences relate to an incident at Garters Lane in Saggart, south Dublin in June last year.
As the ex-republican has confirmed he does not consent to extradition, a full hearing is due to take place next month.
Lawyers for the Irish authorities opposed his release until then, claiming Mr O'Hare could flee.
They argued that he is being sought in connection with serious offences of violence and intimidation.
The court was also told that Mr O'Hare is accused of being the leader of a gang involved in a "terrifying" incident.
When GardaÃ (Irish police) arrived, Mr O'Hare and five others allegedly escaped through a nearby golf club.
CCTV recordings and witness recognition evidence were said to form part of the case against him.
Although no further details of the alleged offences were disclosed, a lawyer for Mr O'Hare rejected claims they were serious enough to suspect he would go on the run.
The judge ruled that because Mr O'Hare's Irish passport is with the authorities, there were enough safeguards in place to grant bail.
She also told the court that Mr O'Hare is forbidden from leaving Northern Ireland without the court's consent.


Thirty security scanner staff at Stansted Airport have gone on strike in a row over pay.

Members of the GMB union working for services firm Mitie, who scan luggage, walked out in the early hours and will not return until after 23:59 BST.
The GMB said its workers at the airport had voted by 87%, in a turnout of 80%, to strike over a rejected claim for a 3% pay rise.
The airport said operations were as normal with no disruption.
Neil Banks, head of customer services at the airport, said the previous strike by scanning staff had "no impact on our operation".
Gary Pearce, of the GMB union, said staff had been left with no option but to take industrial action.
The company had rejected two offers to go to the arbitration service ACAS.
"We are confident we have have the right resources in place and right plans in place to meet all the requirements of the weekend," he said.
A spokeswoman for Mitie said the company was "committed to treating employees fairly with regards to pay and terms and conditions and will continue to do so".
The strikers have rejected a 1.5% offer from the company, whose chief executive Ruby McGregor-Smith was included in the list of new peers nominated by the Conservatives last week.


An application to give listed status to the Coronation Street set, which would help secure its future when it is vacated next year, has been refused.

The ITV soap is due to move from its current home in central Manchester to a new site in Trafford next spring.
English Heritage said the set, which has been used since 1982, was not historic enough to be listed. Listing would restrict how it could be altered.
ITV is selling the former Granada plot and the set's future is uncertain.
The broadcaster is considering all bids but has told the council it is looking at whether a tourist attraction based around the famous terraced street would be viable.
Listed status is given to buildings of special architectural and historic interest, but a building has normally to be at least 30 years old to be eligible.
A statement from English Heritage said the current Coronation Street set was "certainly unusual", but added: "However, the criteria against which we must assess the architectural significance of buildings - or in this case, a television set - is extremely strict.
"The oldest buildings are just less than 30 years old - and most do not have interiors and therefore exist as facades, most of which have been altered.
"The set as it stands today is an active reminder of the long-running television programme, rather than a survival of an earlier era of television productions."
English Heritage's Nick Bridgland added: "While listing is not appropriate for the set, a better solution could be for a local group or organisation with an interest to care for it and allow Corrie fans from all over the world to visit and enjoy it."
The soap, along with ITV's other Manchester operations, is due to move to purpose-built studios at the MediaCityUK complex, adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal.
An ITV spokesperson said: "ITV continues to consider the future use of the Coronation Street set ahead of our planned move to MediaCity."
ITV did not make the listing application. English Heritage said the application was made by an individual and it was unable to reveal their identity.
The Granada set did become a tourist attraction in 1988 and the tours are fondly remembered. But they ended in 2001 after visitor numbers dropped and Coronation Street's filming schedule increased.


Jose Mourinho moved a step closer to Manchester United and a Premier League return after his representatives  held talks with the Old Trafford hierarchy as they line up a successor to Louis van Gaal.

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Van Gaal is still in position and has a contract that ends in 2017 - but United's move for Mourinho increased the likelihood the Dutchman will leave at the end of the season, with 'The Special One' succeeding his old mentor.
No job offer has been made to Mourinho as United make their soundings out, but the man sacked by Chelsea in December, seven months after winning the title, now looks certain to be in opposition to old adversary Pep Guardiola when the Spaniard takes charge at arch-rivals Manchester City.
Mourinho has always been a divisive figure throughout a combustible career, liberally sprinkled with controversy - and when it was suggested just days after he left Chelsea that he might be Old Trafford-bound, opinion was mixed.
Since then Van Gaal's stock has fallen even further among United's fans, with the prospect of Mourinho taking the reins becoming increasingly appetising.
Mourinho is the man who can rekindle the fight, defiance and colour in Manchester United after the drab flourishes applied to "The Theatre Of Dreams" by David Moyes and Van Gaal since Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement in 2013 after 26 years.
And Old Trafford's appetite for Mourinho's unique combination of abrasive self-confidence mixed with consistent success will have been sharpened by City's coup in luring Guardiola, the world's most celebrated coach, to the Etihad.
Put simply, post-Van Gaal, United fans will demand someone who can stand toe-to-toe with the iconic Guardiola, not just in fighting their corner, but in bringing success - Mourinho's track record makes him that man.
Chelsea's fans may have mixed emotions to see the manager they worshipped battling them on all fronts - but they will also accept it was not his decision to leave Stamford Bridge.
Mourinho's career has been characterised by success but his detractors would suggest it has come at a price that has put pragmatism before football that is pleasing on the eye - how would that sit at Old Trafford?
One of the main criticisms of Van Gaal is that £250m spent on new players has delivered a functional, joyless style that has dulled Old Trafford's senses, including a run of 11 home games without a first-half goal this season.
The shadow of the flamboyant, all-out attack of the Ferguson era has hung heavily over both Moyes and Van Gaal, and there will be pressure on Mourinho to alter his usual functional template.
He might argue, with plenty of justification, that any reservations about his methods are eased by the fact he is a virtual guarantee of trophies - something Old Trafford's traditionalists may accept as a price worth paying for the Mourinho ticket.
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And is it a valid argument anyway?
When Chelsea won the title last season, their early season performances - inspired by summer acquisitions Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas - were the perfect blend of exciting attack and defensive steel that is Mourinho's trademark.
Chelsea scored 73 league goals, 10 fewer than second-placed Manchester City, but two more than Arsenal - with Arsene Wenger's side often held up as the purists' delight.
And when Mourinho won his second title with Chelsea in 2005-06, they equalled the goal tally of runners-up Manchester United with 72, but only conceded 22 to Manchester United's 34.
Mourinho also gave the lie to the image with Real Madrid when they won La Liga in 2011-12. They scored the most league goals in a season with 121, had the best goal difference in a season of +89, the most points in a season at 100 - 87.72% of points they contested. He is not a one-trick pony.
Mourinho has observed Old Trafford for long enough to know what is required - and while his first priority is always to win, he is wise enough to know that a certain style is demanded.
Silverware will do for starters. And few managers are better at that.
Manchester United are not the sort of club to be bounced into big appointments - but Guardiola's arrival at Manchester City will have concentrated minds fiercely.
It left them in the shadow of the so-called "Noisy Neighbours", whose recent growth has enabled them to secure the most coveted coaching name in world football - a man of such reputation he would have been welcomed with open arms by United fans.
It needed a response given the uncertainty surrounding Van Gaal's long-term future. The next manager, should Van Gaal go, needs to be a manager of iron will, character and a proven winner.
United surely cannot risk putting a rookie in the shape of Ryan Giggs - no full-time management experience and nothing to suggest he will succeed - against Guardiola.
Once Guardiola's arrival was confirmed by Manchester City, the chances of Mourinho arriving at Old Trafford rose instantly.
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Louis van Gaal has been in defiant mood in recent weeks, but he has been around long enough to know the credits are rolling, with United sounding out possible successors.
United would not be doing their duty if they ignored a succession plan, and Mourinho's availability and Van Gaal's struggles appear to have brought that forward.
The Dutchman, 64, was already working under a shroud of uncertainty and revelations that negotiations have been held with Mourinho's representatives will only make that darker - but he is a proud man and will not leave quietly.
Van Gaal still believes United can end the season with a trophy - but he will surely know the talks with Mourinho's people push him closer to the door.
Giggs has sat silently at the side of Moyes and Van Gaal since Ferguson left - would he be prepared to do it again should Mourinho arrive? And would it do him any good?
There is only so much managerial experience Giggs can pick up as a sidekick, even if Mourinho wants to introduce an "outsider" into the trusted backroom staff he takes everywhere with him, such as Rui Faria and Silvino Louro.
If Giggs is passed over as Van Gaal's successor then surely it is time for that member of the influential 'Class Of 92' to strike out on his own and prove his worth as a manager to make his case as a future United boss?
It would be time for Giggs to be more than a silent partner.
If Mourinho arrives, that will surely spell the end of any late and lingering hopes that Cristiano Ronaldo would return to Old Trafford.
The pair's relationship fractured totally at Real Madrid, so that can be forgotten - and even suggestions United might want to pay £65m for Everton's Romelu Lukaku may go on ice as Mourinho did not trust the striker at Chelsea and agreed to his £28m sale in summer 2014.
One Everton player who might be of interest to Mourinho is John Stones, who is expected to leave Goodison Park in the summer and was the subject of a £38m bid when he was Chelsea manager last summer.
Mourinho is also a long-term of admirer of Real Madrid's Gareth Bale, whom United have coveted for years, but he would not be alone there. Plus Real's outstanding young defender Raphael Varane might also be on his list.
It may be bad news for Juan Mata, a popular and influential figure at Old Trafford. He was, however, also popular and influential at Chelsea, but was not Mourinho's type and was willingly sold to United for £37.1m in January 2014.
Manchester United pride themselves on a certain style - and may well insist Mourinho ditches the confrontational approach that has brought so many bad headlines over the years.
Sir Bobby Charlton is not a decision-maker at Old Trafford, but the opinion of a man of such stature always carries weight and he may have pointed up areas of concern in an interview some years ago.
When Mourinho gouged at the eye of the late Tito Vilanova, then Barcelona's assistant coach, in the 2011 Spanish Super Cup, he said: "A United manager wouldn't do that."
He added: "He is a really good coach but that is as far as I would go, really. He pontificates too much for my liking. He is a good manager though."
History tells us, however, that Mourinho has always shown respect bordering on reverence for United - particularly when returning for Champions League games with Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
Was he preparing the ground and burnishing his image for his potential appointment? We may soon find out.


Great Britain broke the world team sprint record on their way to topping the medal table at the Para-cycling Track World Championships in Italy.

Jody Cundy, Jon-Allan Butterworth and 18-year-old debutant Louis Rolfe secured victory in 49.230 seconds.
Tandem sprint pair Neil Fachie and Pete Mitchell took their second title of the week to make it two golds for the day and eight for the week.
In addition, Britain won five silvers and four bronze medals.
Craig MacLean and James Ball claimed a bronze behind Fachie and Mitchell, while in the women's tandem sprint defending champions Sophie Thornhill and Helen Scott had to settle for silver.
There was also an unexpected silver for Jon Gildea in the scratch race.
Head coach Jon Norfolk told BBC Sport: "I think we are confident with our performers this week. It's a good spot check of where we are now and how people can deliver.
"There'll still be plenty more we can add into the mix to make sure we can get the right result at the Paralympics in Rio."


Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino has likened his club's pursuit of West Brom striker Saido Berahino to a frustrated love affair.

Spurs have had two offers for Berahino rejected by West Brom, who say the player, 22, will not be sold.
"It's like when you are in love with some lady," Pochettino said. "There are a lot of women around the world, but you want only one.
"Sometimes it is impossible. It's about love. And in football it is the same."
Tottenham are in talks to sign Bayer Leverkusen and South Korea forward Son Heung-min, with the proposed transfer reportedly worth 30m euros (£22m).
But West Brom chairman Jeremy Peace has told Berahino he will not be allowed to join another side during this transfer window.
The England Under-21 international was dropped last weekend, with boss Tony Pulis saying the player was not in the right frame of mind to play.
Peace said: "I have informed Saido that he will not be transferred during this summer window and that he is staying."
The Burundi-born forward, who progressed through the youth ranks at West Brom, scored 20 goals last term.
In a statement on the Premier League club's website, Peace added: "As I have made clear from the moment Tottenham lodged their first bid for Saido on 18 August, selling our top goalscorer was never on our agenda this summer.
"Not only have the offers been too low as a valuation of the player, but they have been based on stage-payments and add-ons over a long period which do nothing to reflect Saido's ability and potential.
"I have the greatest respect for Spurs chairman Daniel Levy but he must surely appreciate we would have needed to replace Saido had he left and no consideration of that position has been reflected by Tottenham's strategy."
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This month's European Championship finals will be the biggest ever, with 51 games staged at 10 locations, including new stadiums in Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon and Nice.

Building the new venues and renovating historic grounds such as Marseille's Stade Velodrome has cost 1.6bn euros (£1.2bn) - modernisation which was necessary, organisers say, because France did not fully capitalise on hosting the 1998 World Cup.
BBC Sport presents its venue-by-venue guide to the grounds that England, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland will be playing in, featuring such varied delights as vibrating stands, floating roofs and adjacent slag heaps.
Created by the architects behind Munich's Allianz Arena and Beijing's 'Bird Nest' Olympic stadium, the 42,000-capacity Stade de Bourdeaux has steep stands, with upper tiers at a 35° angle - the maximum allowed in France.
The 184m euro (£130m) stadium's stanchions are designed to resemble pine trees in the nearby Landes forest - claimed to be the biggest planted forest in Europe, and marshland until the 19th century.
'You feel vibrations - it's normal'
Some fans were unnerved by structural movement during Bordeaux's first game at their new home in May 2015. A stadium official explained: "It's a metallic stadium - when people jump in rhythmical fashion you feel vibrations. It's normal."
Bordeaux had previously played at the Stade Chaban-Delmas - a venue at the 1938 and 1998 World Cups.
And another thing...
The city was under English rule from 1152-1453 but was reclaimed during the Hundred Years' War. Bordeaux is now best known for wine - the region produces 750 million bottles a year.
The 38,000-capacity Stade Bollaert-Delelis was originally oval but rectangular stands were added in the 1970s - giving it an English-style look.
The scene of Laurent Blanc's golden goal for France against Paraguay at the 1998 World Cup, it was also used at Euro '84, but needed a 70m euro (£50m) upgrade for Euro 2016, and was shut for renovation last season.
Slag heaps and chips
For a long time Lens had a reputation as a grim, unfashionable city plagued by high unemployment, and best known for its red-brick terraces, slag heaps, football and love of chips.
But regeneration is under way, with the 150m euro (£109m) Louvre-Lens Museum - an outpost of Paris' celebrated art gallery - opening in 2012 on the site of a disused colliery.
And another thing...
Lens' entire population would not fill the Stade Bollaert-Delelis, yet the city's team attract crowds of 25,000 - despite dropping out of the top flight in 2015.
Named after a former French prime minster and mayor of Lille, the 50,000-capacity Stade Pierre Mauroy is home to the city's top-flight club but has also hosted rugby union, basketball and tennis - including the 2014 Davis Cup final.
A clever design feature allows the northern half of the pitch to be raised several metres in the air and slid directly over the southern half.
That reveals a compact 'showcase' level with room for temporary seating - ideal for focusing attention on a smaller area such as tennis court or musical stage. The unused half of the stadium is then curtained off to create a better atmosphere.
The stadium's roof can open or close in 30 minutes, is 31 metres high and was built using 7,400 tonnes of steel.
And another thing...
Lille claims to host Europe's biggest flea market - La Grande Braderie de Lille - which dates back to the 12th century. Held in September, it attracts over two million visitors.
A site was chosen for Lyon's new home in 2007 but legal action from opponents of construction meant building on the 59,000-capacity Stade de Lyon only began in earnest in 2013. The venue opened on 9 January, when Lyon beat Troyes 4-1.
The stadium is the centrepiece of a 50-hectare complex which includes a new training ground and hotels. Its most distinctive feature is its roof, which overhangs the stadium like a giant umbrella, providing shelter to fans immediately outside.
First-time buyers
It is the first major stadium privately owned by a French football club - the rest rent. Inspired by Arsenal's financial success at Emirates Stadium, Lyon expect the 405m euro (£294m) cost of their home to be returned via higher match-day revenue.
Annual income is forecast to rise by between 40m and 50m euros (£29-36m). But in the meantime they have cut spending on players, becoming increasingly reliant on their strong academy.
And another thing...
Lyon is the birthplace of cinema. The Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, invented the cinematograph camera-projector there in 1894.
That no doubt influenced the decision to christen Lyon's new home the Stade des Lumieres (which literally means the Stadium of Lights). But as naming rights will be sold to sponsors, at Euro 2016 it will be simply the Stade de Lyon.
Built for the 1938 World Cup, Marseille's Stade Velodrome originally featured a cycling track, which was removed in 1985. Capacity was expanded to 67,000 for the 1998 World Cup by adopting distinctive round stands - three of which were uncovered, exposing supporters to the powerful mistral winds that blow in off the Mediterranean.
The new Velodrome's undulating roof solves that problem while retaining the stadium's unique look. The end result is impressive - but costly.
As the club did not contribute to the 267m euro (£193m) project, the heavily indebted city council requested a five-fold increase on Marseille's 1.5m euro annual rent. A compromise was eventually agreed in 2014.
The stadium's north stand, the Virage Nord Patrice de Peretti, is named after a Marseille Ultra who watched the club's games shirtless whatever the weather- including a game in Berlin when the temperature was -12C.
Nice had been looking for a replacement for their antiquated stadium - the Stade du Ray - since the turn of the century. Plans for a new ground were abandoned in 2002 and 2006 but Euro 2016 gave the project impetus, and work began in 2011.
Located to the west of Nice, three miles from the city's airport, the 36,000-capacity Stade de Nice is a multi-event arena designed to host rugby, tennis, motorsport and concerts as well as football. The stadium also hosts France's national museum of sport.
Usually known as the Allianz Riviera for sponsorship reasons, during Euro 2016 it will instead simply be the Stade de Nice.
The stadium's east stand is named after legendary Italian politician and general Giuseppe Garibaldi, who was born and raised in Nice and played a key role in the "Risorgimento" - the union of Italy's various states into a single political entity.
He was none too happy when his hometown was handed to the French as part of a pre-unification treaty.
At 48,000 seats, the Parc des Princes may be smaller than the other Euro 2016 venue in the French capital, the Stade de France, but it boasts more history. It staged the first European Cup final in 1956 - won by Real Madrid - and France's win against Spain in the Euro '84 final.
Constructed in 1897, it was completely rebuilt in 1932 and again in 1972 - when the cycling track was removed and the stadium redesigned around an underground ring-road. Recently formed Paris St-Germain became tenants in 1974.
PSG's Qatari owners bankrolled a 75m euro (£54m) facelift prior to Euro 2016 and the club want further expansion to seat 60,000 fans - but the proximity of the ring-road may prove problematic.
The stadium's name can be traced back to the 18th century, when the area and surrounding forest was used by French royalty for hunting.
The Stade de France was the only new stadium built for the 1998 World Cup, at which it hosted nine games - including France's 3-0 victory over Brazil in the final.
It took over from the Parc des Princes as the home of France's national football and rugby union sides and has a distinctive elliptical roof, which appears to float above the stadium - despite weighing more than the Eiffel Tower.
It was the venue for November's friendly international between France and Germany, when three suicide bombers detonated devices outside the stadium.
French sports minister Patrick Kanner praised stadium officials for their calm response to the explosions. Nonetheless, security will be enhanced at the Stade de France and all other Euro 2016 venues as a result of the Paris attacks.
It is the only stadium to have hosted both the football and rugby union World Cup finals, in 1998 and 2007 respectively.
Saint-Etienne's Stade Geoffroy Guichard was initially selected only as a reserve venue (along with Toulouse) for Euro 2016 before organisers decided that both were needed to cope with the tournament's expanded format.
Capacity has increased from 35,600 to 42,000, with seats installed in the four corners, although three of those sections are single-tiered.
Welcome to Green Hell
Saint-Etienne fans are renowned for the atmosphere generated at their home - which has been dubbed "Le Chaudron" (The Cauldron) and "L'enfer Vert" (Green Hell).
The stadium is named after the businessman who purchased the site. It hosted matches at Euro '84 and the 1998 World Cup - where it staged England's last-16 exit to Argentina.
With 10 top-flight titles, Saint-Etienne are the most successful side in French football - although their last championship came in 1981 (in Michel Platini's penultimate season with them).
Toulouse is France's fourth biggest city but lies in the country's rugby heartland. The city's football side won their only honour - the French Cup - in 1957, but the rugby club boast 19 domestic championships and four European titles, both record hauls.
Mini-Wembley
Built on an island in the river Garonne, the Stadium de Toulouse - sometimes referred to as the Stade Municipal - was built for the 1938 World Cup, and was initially described as "mini-Wembley" because of its resemblance to the London venue.
It was not used at Euro '84 but was revamped for France '98, hosting six games - including England's loss to Romania.
Capacity was cut by 2,000 prior to Euro 2016 in order to meet Uefa requirements for wider seats.
Toulouse has a proud history of aviation, with supersonic passenger jet Concorde making its first test flight there in 1969.


Newspapers and commentators in China are cautiously optimistic over Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit.

Mr Modi started his three-day tour to China on Thursday with a visit to President Xi Jinping's hometown Xian.
The Indian PM's visit to Xian is seen in the context of Mr Xi's visit to Mr Modi home state of Gujarat last year.
Mr Modi is also scheduled to visit Beijing and Shanghai.
Most newspapers appear convinced that India and China are "natural partners" and the century belongs to the Asian giants.
But some Chinese media outlets have gone beyond the rhetoric to highlight the "real problems" between the two countries.
The land dispute between the two countries has been highlighted by pundits in Chinese newspapers.
The two countries share an ill-defined 4,057km (2,520 miles) border and fought a brief war in 1962.
Shen Dingli, an expert in international affairs with Fudan University in Shanghai, tells the Hong Kong Commercial Daily that the problems cannot be solved in one state visit.
He urges India to be "more kind and generous" and "bear with China's attitude of not recognising [the disputed Indian state of ] Arunachal Pradesh", which China considers as a part of Tibet.
"China should also be more pragmatic: India possesses nuclear, what can we do?" he asks.
Mr Modi's diplomacy with Japan, the US and some European countries too seems to have not gone down well with Chinese commentators.
The Indian PM has been also actively pursuing better economic and diplomatic ties with East Asian countries, which are considered by pundits as China's "diplomatic backyard".
Hu Zhiyong, a research fellow with the Institute of International Relations at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, highlights that Mr Modi has been trying to boost ties with these countries to "compete with China".
"But his diplomatic moves last year have proven that he is a pragmatist, rather than a visionary," he writes in the Global Times.
"Mr Modi has also been playing little tricks over border disputes and security issues, hoping to boost his domestic prestige while increasing his leverage in negotiations with China."
The article blames what it calls "the Indian elites' blind arrogance and confidence in their democracy" and some Indian media outlets' "irresponsible exaggeration" for fuelling "hostility among the public" of the two countries.
Some commentators also see Delhi's ties with Washington as a reason behind sporadic tensions between China and India.
Shanghai-based analyst Wang Dehua argues that the US "wants to use India to counter China".
But beyond highlighting the tensions between the two economic giants, a hint of cautious optimism appears to be in no short supply.
An article in the Global Times notes that the Sino-Indian relationship has "constantly been overshadowed by negative issues, especially border disputes", which is a "strategic conflict" and has been "articulated primarily by Indian media".
However, the commentary assures that economic ties can outweigh rivalries over territories.
The People's Daily observes that some Indian papers are "expecting" both countries to co-operate in the high-speed rail projects.
Most Chinese media outlets have mentioned disputes between the two countries, but their focus is very much on economic cooperation.
Even the nationalistic Huanqiu daily has dedicated a page to report on the Mr Modi's visit, highlighting that "cooperation in economic and trade sectors" is the main theme of the visit.
Papers in China have also noted a shift in Indian papers' attitude about China.
The overseas edition of the People's Daily observes that Indian media outlets now show more "positive energy" when they report on China.
It says India papers are still "wary of China's fast-paced growth", but they also want to learn from Beijing's development model.
Mr Modi's decision to open an account in Chinese language on Weibo, a Twitter-like service in China, has also generated much discussion in China.
Noting that Mr Modi has opened a Weibo account, an article in the People's Daily praises his attempt to reach out to Chinese web users as "Weibo diplomacy".
The paper also quotes that most web users have written enthusiastic and welcoming comments on Mr Modi's account.
The comments in the cyberspace, however, are not completely welcoming.
In one of his posts, Mr Modi commented that India and China will need to work together to help developing countries eliminate poverty.ã€€
The seemingly friendly remarks have won praises with one user agreeing that both countries need to "look beyond their differences".
But others are not too friendly. One user has reminded Mr Modi to "show sincerity" and "return south Tibet to us".
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Post-Brexit trade deals must have the "broad consensus" of all four UK nations, First Minister Carwyn Jones has said.

It follows reports the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox has suggested devolved administrations should not be able to veto trade deals.
Plaid Cymru said no deal should be signed without the "endorsement" of the Welsh Government.
The UK government said it wants a trade policy that represents all of the UK.
The Times has reported that Mr Fox has written to cabinet colleagues setting out four options for negotiating trade deals.
The newspaper claims that he is understood to "favour options that do not give the devolved administrations a veto".
Mr Jones accused Mr Fox of "huge arrogance" but stopped short of calling for a Welsh Government veto on Brexit deals.
"It's massively important there's as much support as possible for any post-Brexit arrangements," he said.
"Liam Fox seems determined to work only for one part of the UK and not for all of it.
"We should have a very strong view. We should be part of the negotiation of these deals.
"A trade deal with some countries could affect Welsh farming directly so it is massively important that we are able to give our approval to trade deals and to be able to support the UK government with trade deals that work for Wales."
The First Minister added: "Devolution in Wales exists as the result of two referendums.
"The settled will of the Welsh people cannot be ignored any more than the EU referendum result."
He added future trading relationships with the EU and the rest of the world "needs the broad consensus of all the nations of the UK to be a success".
Plaid Cymru's treasury spokesman MP Jonathan Edwards said: "If the UK leaves the customs union enabling it to strike trade deals, it is vital that no trade deal is signed without the endorsement of the Welsh Government.
"Otherwise the British government could expose key Welsh economic sectors and our public services, effectively supplanting the devolved settlement."
The department for international trade said no final position had yet been reached.
A spokesman said: "We have been very clear that we want a trade policy that is inclusive and transparent and which represents the whole of the United Kingdom.
"We will not be giving a running commentary on possible future trade policy".
A Wales Office spokeswoman said: "We are committed to working with devolved administrations to ensure we deliver a deal that works for the whole of the UK. We will continue to liaise with them closely on this important issue."


A two-tier A&E system in England should be created as part of an overhaul of services, NHS chiefs say.

The review by NHS England suggested the biggest 40 to 70 units - specialising in heart attacks, strokes and trauma - be called major emergency centres.
It would leave the remaining 70 to 100 A&Es - known as emergency centres - to deal with less serious conditions.
It also suggested changes to the way ambulance crews and the new 111 phone service work to "decongest" A&Es.
Greater co-ordination between community services, such as GPs and pharmacists, would also help, it said.
The measures have been put forward in response to the growing pressures on accident and emergency departments.
Patient numbers have risen by 50% in the past decade and last winter the problems got so severe that the NHS missed its four-hour waiting time target.
There are about 140 A&E units. The review proposes they be designated into two categories - major emergency centres and emergency centres.
The major ones would focus on specialist care, such as heart attacks, strokes and trauma.
This has already been done in London for stroke. There are now eight main centres that provide  fast access to expert care. The remaining 24 focus on rehab. It is saving 400 lives a year.
Extra money has been set aside to help the NHS through this winter and the next one.
But this review aims to set out the long-term vision for the service.
Many of the proposals are already in operation somewhere and in essence the review is calling for this to be formalised across the system.
For example, there are already a number of A&E units that act as major centres in everything but name.
But by setting a target of having between 40 and 70 major emergency centres it means this will have to be extended across the health service.
This is likely to end up a controversial process because of the fear some hospitals could lose services.
NHS medical director Prof Sir Bruce Keogh, who led the review, said: "A&E is creaking at the seams. It is not broken, but it is struggling.
"We need to change the way we work. But what we are suggesting here already exists in places, we are just trying to formalise it so it is available for everyone."
The review said there also needed to be further changes to the system if pressure was going to be relieved.
About 40% of people who attend A&E do not need treating there.
What is more, the problems developed by a fifth of patients who are eventually admitted to hospital with emergency conditions could have been avoided with better and earlier treatment in the community.
The review said key to tackling these problems was ensuring patients got access to the services that were best suited to them first time.
To achieve this, 111, which has been beset by problems since it was launched in April to replace NHS Direct, will need to be much more responsive, giving patients direct phone access to doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
The 111 non-emergency service needs to be providing better access to doctors, nurses and other health professionals so patients get the right advice first time.
But perhaps the most ambitious challenge is for the 999 system - and in particular ambulance crews.
The review says half of callouts could be dealt with at the scene. Some services, such as South East Coast Ambulance, have already started working towards this.
They have given paramedics extra training so they can treat a range of physical injuries and wounds at the scene.
Ambulance crews will need to treat more patients at the scene to reduce the number of patients transferred to hospital.
Meanwhile, there needs to be greater co-ordination between GPs, pharmacists and the network of minor injury clinics and walk-in centres to give patients 24/7 access to care outside of hospital.
Shadow health secretary Andy Burnham said Labour welcomed Sir Bruce's report but deplored "the government's attempt to avoid presenting it to Parliament and abdicate all responsibility for the crisis in A&E".
"Ministers said this report would have lessons for the immediate winter, as well as the longer term," he added.
"But they are failing to act and their response remains 'crisis, what crisis'? They are forcing A&Es to go into winter with too few nurses, doctors and beds."
In a nutshell, greater integration. The review wants to see GPs, pharmacists and the array of walk-in centres and minor injury units working together to provide 24/7 access to care to relieve the pressure on A&E.
For example, many pharmacists now have consultation rooms and can give advice on a range of minor ailments and carry out medicine reviews.
But key to this will be GPs and the lead they take in co-ordinating the care of the frail elderly.
He said the prime minister had "made it harder to get a GP appointment, closed NHS walk-in centres and scrapped NHS Direct, leaving people with no alternative but to go to A&E".
Patients Association chief executive Katherine Murphy said the review had presented a "promising vision".
"At present there is genuine confusion amongst some patients, who then opt for A&E as a safe default option," she added.
College of Emergency Medicine president Dr Clifford Mann welcomed the proposals, although he said NHS chiefs would need to be careful the reorganisation of A&Es did not lead to "detrimental" increased journey times.
He also said: "Any plan to provide emergency care must be based upon an adequate number of appropriately skilled clinicians and on this matter the review is disappointingly silent."
The changes will now go out to consultation and the review team will spend the next six months looking at the cost and staffing implications before producing another report in the spring.
It is likely to take three to five years before the overhaul is completed.


Malaysia Airlines is to cut 6,000 staff as part of recovery plan after being hit by two disasters this year.

The reduction in staff numbers represents around 30% of its workforce of 20,000.
The airline will become completely state owned, and a new chief executive will eventually be put in place.
Investigators continue to hunt for flight MH370, the Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flight which went missing in March.
The MH17 air crash in eastern Ukraine is also under investigation. The plane was shot down on 17 July, with the loss of all 298 people on board.
The recovery plan will cost about 6 billion Malaysian ringgit (Â£1.1bn, $1.9bn).
Khazanah Nasional, the state investment company that owns a 69% stake in the troubled firm, will take 100% ownership.
"The combination of measures announced today will enable our national airline to be revived," said Khazanah's managing director Azman Mokhtar.
"Success is by no means guaranteed - while it is imperative that MAS [Malaysia Airlines] as a critical enabler in national development is revived, public accountability for the use of the funds mean that it cannot be renewed at any cost," he added.
Long-haul routes will be slashed, and the airline aims to return to profitability by 2018.
Malaysia Airlines warned on Thursday that it had seen a sharp decline in weekly bookings following the two air disasters.
However, the company has been in trouble over the past few years, and has lost billions of ringgit in that time.
The firm will be completely delisted from the Bursa Malaysia stock exchange by the end of 2014.
Relevant assets, operations and liabilities of Malaysia Airlines will be transferred to a new company by 1 July 2015.
The current chief executive, Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, will continue to lead the firm until the new company is formed next year.
Travel expert Simon Calder said that the staff cuts and business reorganisation should allow the company to turn its fortunes around.
"There is a slice of business to have, but nothing like the scale and dominance it once enjoyed," he said.
Competition from low-cost airlines for short-haul flights, coupled with the expansion of long-haul Gulf carriers, had eaten into the firm's profitability in the past, he added.


A man who turned a bungalow into a three-storey mansion has been told to reduce it in size, a council has said.

Central Bedfordshire Council said it would serve an enforcement notice on Syed Raza Shah, after a planning inspector rejected his appeal.
Mr Shah was given permission to increase his house in Barton-Le-Clay, Bedfordshire, by 45%, but the council said he had increased it by 165%.
He will now be told to reduce the house to the size originally permitted.
Planning inspector Bridget Campbell said the seven-bedroom building "harms the landscape character of the area".
Councillor Nigel Young, executive member for regeneration on the council, said he welcomed the latest decision in the long-running dispute.
He said it "reflects the concerns of the council and local residents" and "defends our green belt from inappropriate and unlawful development".
The extended house was described as "Hollywood come to Barton" and hard to value by estate agent Ken Ravey from Country Properties in Barton-le-Clay.
"I sold the five bedroom house set in four acres next door about five years ago for Â£1.25m - this house has seven bedrooms and is set in 1.5 acres," he said
"If it were down the road in Harpenden, yes it could be worth Â£5m - but this is Barton-Le Clay."
In May 2013, an inspector granted retrospective planning permission for the home, named Random House, but the council challenged the decision.
The council argued that Mr Shah's alterations amounted to a "new dwelling" and was "inappropriate development" in an area of outstanding natural beauty.
Mr Shah has not yet commented on the planning inspector's decision.


A man described by a US judge as a leader of a group who plotted to travel to Syria to fight for the Islamic State group has been jailed for 35 years.

Guled Omar, 22, was one of three Somali-American men sentenced on terror-related charges by the court in the state of Minnesota on Wednesday.
The other two, Abdirahman Daud and Mohamed Farah, also 22, were each jailed for 30 years.
Six other defendants have already been sentenced to terms of up to 15 years.
Omar, Daud and Farah were convicted by a jury in June of conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation and conspiracy to commit murder outside the US.
As he awaited his sentence, Omar told the judge that he understood the gravity of his conviction.
"I always had energy for justice as a young man but I lost my way," he told the court.
But US District Judge Michael Davis described the group of nine as a "terrorist cell" and said he didn't believe Omar's words of contrition.
Prosecutor Andrew Winter said Omar's crying was crocodile tears.
"Only when backed into a corner, does he attempt to offer false contrition," he said.
"You can't fix manipulative. You can't fix deceitful. And you can't fix Guled Omar."
Prosecutors said the plot had involved a group of friends who planned to travel to Syria and fight alongside IS.
The Minneapolis area is home to the largest concentration of Somali immigrants in the US.
Since 2007, at least 22 Somali men have travelled oversees to support Islamic State or Al-Shabab, a separate militant group based in Somalia.


Payroll costs have been cut by three-quarters of offshore oil and gas operators as optimism levels plunged further in the first three months of the year.

The latest Business Sentiment Index from Oil and Gas UK showed "overwhelmingly negative" results.
Comparing the positive with negative outlooks, there was a 31 percentage point gap.
This was worse than the 23-point gap at the end of 2014.
The figures have worsened considerably since the oil price began to fall, but the declining optimism began two years earlier.
Oil and Gas UK claimed this reflected "the challenges of operating in a high-cost, mature basin".
There have been eight consecutive quarters of declining optimism, and the three most recent quarters have been in pessimistic territory.
Of those companies responding to the survey, 31% said operating and running costs were lower than in the previous quarter, and only 3% said they were higher.
Among offshore operators, 43% said operating costs had been cut, and 76% said staffing costs and day rates for contractors were down.
In the first three months of this year, 40% of companies cut research and development spending, and 46% have reduced training budgets.
Cost-cutting measures include changes to rotas, onshore travel time, with simplification programmes and better project planning.
Companies have also cut discretionary spending and re-tendered key contracts. There have been redundancies as well as freezes on recruitment, staff salaries and contractor day rates.
Oonagh Werngren, operations director at Oil and Gas UK, said: "Contractor companies have begun to feel the full impact of operators pruning back budgets and commissioning fewer projects in response to rising operating costs.
"Contractor company respondents are adjusting to these challenging circumstances by re-evaluating their own resources. They are identifying opportunities for introducing more cost-efficient practices.
"Bold and behavioural change is needed, both on an individual company basis and collaboratively across the sector, to help improve production and production efficiency in the UKCS. This work has clearly started."
Assessing the global extent of cost-cutting in the oil and gas industry, Edinburgh consultants Wood Mackenzie recently reported that companies have cut costs so aggressively that the level at which firms cease to be cash flow negative has fallen by $20 to $72.
Tom Ellacott, head of corporate upstream analysis for Wood Mackenzie explains: "Capital cost-cutting has been both rapid and in some cases dramatic.
"Individual companies have had one, two and sometimes three bites at the cherry, and industry has for the time being settled on a 24% or $126bn fall year-on-year.
"Dividends and share buyback programmes have also been targeted, while companies have turned to both the debt and equity markets to boost liquidity."
In a separate development, Deirdre Michie has taken up the post of chief executive at Oil and Gas UK.
She replaces Malcolm Webb, who formally retires at the end of May.
Ms Michie, who will be based in Aberdeen with an office in London, said: "Our industry has a tough journey ahead, but I hope by working together, this sector will become stronger, safer and have a brighter future with a thriving supply chain, for decades to come."


Business owners have given a mixed reaction to government proposals  that could require companies to disclose what percentage of their workforce is non-British.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd defended the plans for companies to do more to employ British people, saying she was not "racist" for talking about immigration.
Benji Lanyado, who runs the London-based picture agency start-up Picfair, is opposed to the plans "not as a business decision, but a very simple moral one".
He voiced his opposition on Twitter and, speaking to the BBC, said he thought the "dangerous" proposals would "weaken" the UK.
"Submitting a list of colleagues who are not British-born will make them feel less secure, less welcome, and justifiably scared," he said.
"It's not something I'd be prepared to do to my colleagues.
"To encourage broad-brush shaming of firms who employ foreign workers is clumsy at best and dangerous at worst."
Mr Lanyado's company currently has a staff of 10, but he said he would refuse to reveal how many of them were from outside the UK, "on principle".
"If I was an outstanding foreign engineer, doctor, nurse, teacher or scientist, I'd be thinking twice about ever working in the UK," he said.
"This, ultimately, will weaken us.
"We need to be seen as an exciting, global hub for exceptional companies and ideas, not an inward-looking island that is happy to scare its foreigners for the sake of political bargaining."
Hawksmoor  co-founder Will Beckett reacted to Ms Rudd's comments by tweeting a breakdown of the nationalities of the more than 650 workers employed by the restaurant chain.
The company's workforce is made up of 40% British employees and 60% workers from overseas.
"We keep track of where people [who work for us] come from, and we really like our diversity," Mr Beckett said after the social media post received more than 800 combined likes and retweets.
"I'm not sure if that makes me pro- or anti- Amber Rudd's comments.
"We're not ashamed of the number of non-British workers.
"It also matters to me that our company is seen as a legitimate job choice and that is reflected in our high number of British workers.
"Everyone in the restaurant industry is concerned.
"The number of British workers in our company is also quite high for the restaurant trade.
"There is a reaction from our staff post-Brexit like, 'Does this country now not want me here?'
"We want people to feel like we want them here.
"There is no shame in saying it."
Mr Beckett also said he "was cool with" a number of tweets pointing out "a few typos" in his breakdown of staff nationalities.
"No-one was saying anything about the numbers," he said.
Mark Catterall, who chairs Bristol-based Centaur foods, which employs 20 people - split evenly between UK and non-British employees - said he had "no problem" with the proposals and would be happy to disclose the nationalities of his workforce.
However, he said, the government needed to consider the "quality of candidates" available to businesses looking for the "best people possible".
"One of the biggest issues business owners face when advertising a job vacancy is the quality of candidates - what few there are - from the UK versus those, particularly, from other parts of the EU," he said.
"We seem to be faced with a straight choice between an enthusiastic, well qualified individual from Central or Eastern Europe, exhibiting a strong worth ethic, or a disinterested British youngster who often decides they are not interested in the job.
"The problem, in my experience, is not that businesses are unwilling to recruit or train young Brits, but parents, schools and successive governments have failed to instil in our young people the understanding that little is achieved in life without hard work."
Martin Sandhu, managing director of Nottingham-based digital marketing agency Roller, also said he had roughly an even split of UK and non-UK workers among his 25 staff.
He tweeted Ms Rudd directly, pointing out the importance of non-UK workers to his company.
"In the tech area - particularly in an area like Nottingham - there is such a shortage of skills," he said.
"My experience is that many British workers don't have the have the same skill-set or drive as workers from Asia, the US or Europe.
"I don't distinguish between 'foreign workers' or others.
"If people are committed and driven, that is what matters to employers."
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It might seem an odd moment to trumpet yourself as the stand-out club in the Midlands when you have just dropped out of the top flight of English rugby.

But it says it all about the revolution that relegated Worcester Warriors are undergoing with director of rugby Dean Ryan at the helm that they can justify such a claim.
Warriors have this week launched six new academy centres aimed at attracting the region's top young players.
And, by so doing, they are continuing to push the rugby boundaries.
Since millionaire owner Cecil Duckworth sold his heating empire and began fuelling the club's finances in 1996, the Warriors have taken massive strides forward, while clubs like Coventry and Moseley, the two traditional powerhouses of rugby union in the region, have struggled to adapt to the professional era.
Worcester's list of new recruits for next season's 16-man Academy squad, which will train alongside the first team, features three youngsters brought in from other clubs - tighthead prop Josh McNulty from Coventry, as well as two from Premiership clubs, Saracens hooker Jack Singleton and Leicester winger Perry Humphreys.
And now they will be hoping to tie up even younger talent at the six new centres, scheduled to open this autumn - two in Warwickshire, at Barkers Butts Rugby Club in Coventry and Warwick School; two in Herefordshire, at Luctonians Rugby Club and the Hereford Cathedral School; one in Shropshire, at the Telford College of Arts and Technology; and one in Birmingham, at a location still to be announced.
Running alongside the club's current youth development centre at their Sixways home, they will help Worcester reach out to the very edge of the catchment areas for this season's Premiership rivals, Leicester, Northampton, Gloucester and Sale.
"We have placed a huge focus on building relationships and finding the right locations to launch these centres to allow us to work with the best young players across the region," Ryan told BBC Sport.
"We will work with players to aid their all-round personal development and maximise their potential.
"The future success of this club will be determined by ensuring we develop our own young players who display the right attributes and motivations to play for the Warriors."
Since the arrival of high performance director Nick Johnston to join Ryan at Sixways in December, the club has built relationships with schools, colleges, universities and other clubs across the region and they have have now confirmed the six centres where youngsters between the ages of 13 and 18 will receive up to seven hours of rugby coaching every week.
A major focus of Ryan's attention, following his arrival a year ago, has been developing a sustainable Academy programme with a view to the achieving long-term success for the club.
His commitment to youth has been demonstrated by the fact that seven current Academy players have made their debuts this season.
And although being relegated, after just two wins in 22 Premiership matches this season, was certainly not part of the plan, the Warriors boss remains convinced the club is moving in the right direction.
"We're a year down now and it feels like we're in a tough space after being relegated," said Ryan. "But so much has been done over that time to put things in place to be able to grow this club. Further down the line, they'll look at this particular window of time and say the right things were being done.
"The club, the board and the shareholders were prepared to change. I wouldn't have come here if I didn't get those reassurances because I didn't want to go back into management just to be in survival mode.
"They looked at the future and understand what a top-six side needs in terms of staffing and facilities. And the implementation of those changes is probably the biggest positive of the year.
"And not only do people on the inside recognise the progress we've made, but people on the outside can see it."


Augmented reality app-maker Blippar has found a lucrative use for augmented reality by offering leading brands new ways to connect with consumers.

2 March 2016 Last updated at 13:36 GMT
Point its app at a Coke can, for instance, and it may play you a tune from Spotify.
The software does this by recognising objects and then superimposing information or triggering an action.
The firm's founder Ambarish Mitra gave the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones a demo.


Newcastle United have signed England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey from Premier League relegation rivals Swansea City for £12m.

The 23-year-old passed a medical at St James' Park before completing a five-and-a-half-year deal on Tuesday.
"I'm so glad that it's finally done," said the former Liverpool player.
"I drove up through the night to be here so it's been a manic 24 hours, but it's all been worth it to come here and play for this great club."
Newcastle head coach, Steve McClaren said he had admired Shelvey for some time, adding: "He has great experience for a young English central midfielder."
Capped six times by England, he becomes Newcastle's second January signing after Senegal midfielder Henri Saivet's arrival on Monday.
The 25-year-old, who played in the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations, joined from Bordeaux on a five-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee after helping the French club win Ligue 1 in 2009.
Shelvey, who signed a four-year contract extension with Swansea in 2015, is the first player to leave since Alan Curtis took charge.
The former Charlton player arrived at the Liberty Stadium in July 2013 from Liverpool - who will receive about £500,000 because of a sell-on clause - for an initial fee of £5m.
He helped the Swans to their highest Premier League finish of eighth in the 2014-15 season, but his performances this season frustrated many fans.
He has started just three Premier League games since October and was not part of the squad for recent matches against Leicester, Manchester City and Manchester United.
His final appearance in a Swansea shirt came in the FA Cup third round defeat at Oxford United.
Newcastle occupy the final Premier League relegation spot with the Swans two points and one place above them in 17th.
Former Newcastle and England winger Chris Waddle: "I'm surprised they've let him go to a rival team in that position but it's good money and they're making a profit. To ex-players like myself it's a lot of money.
"On his day he is very talented but whatever has happened at Swansea, he seems to have gone off the boil and become very inconsistent.
"He's still young and you would expect a lot more to come from Jonjo Shelvey. This move might freshen him up."
Ex-Swansea City winger Leighton James told BBC Wales Sport: "That's good business for a player who doesn't give me the impression that his heart and soul is in Swansea.
"He's a one-in-five, one-in-six player - a bit like his passing. For me he hits one great 40-yard pass and then the next four or five times gives the ball away.
"He's not the kind of player I'd want to see battling in a relegation fight."
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A woman is appealing for a good home for her pet after spending £700 on what she thought was a micro pig - only to see it grow into an 18 stone porker.

Tracey Lisk from Swansea says the pig called Nessa has not stopped growing since she bought if last February.
She said she never expected it to get anywhere near its current size.
"Although she is really clean they are very destructive in the house so she is now lives in the garage and garden," said the mother of four.
She said she had contacted a number of community farms but they were not interested in rehousing Nessa, who Mrs Lisk would happily give away for free to a good home.
"I really thought I had done my homework and I saved up for a year," she said.
After checking out various websites and successfully applying for a licence she bought the animal from a woman in England.
"Being honest when I first saw her I thought she was big - and she has just kept growing and growing and growing."
She says she has contacted the woman who sold it to her and was told there was nothing she could do about it.
"She said she had sold 13 without any complaints."
Mrs Lisk added: "From day one she has never made any mess in the house and she is very good with the dog.
"She is destructive and so we've made a home for her in the garage but she should be on farm.
"I just want to see her go to a good home."
The British Kunekune Society - which represents owners of a small breed of domesticated pig - said it does not agree with keeping pigs as house pets.
It said: "As a society we are regularly contacted by people who have bought a 'tiny' pig, that has grown to an unexpected size.
"There is no breed of pig called the mini, micro, miniature or teacup pig.
"These words can conjure an incorrect image in the minds of those who are not familiar with the sizes of pig breeds.
"If you are searching for a pet pig a responsible breeder will always be happy to show you all their stock and answer questions before taking deposits.
"Do not assume that a pig photographed at just a few days old will remain small after two or three years."


Eleven-time TT winner Ian Hutchinson will race for the Northern Ireland-based Tyco BMW team next year.

The Yorkshire rider will be on board the BMW Motorrad S1000RR Superbike and Superstock for the major international road race meetings in 2016.
"We've been in negotiations for a couple of months, but I've always been serious about coming to the Tyco BMW team for next year," said Hutchinson.
"I'm really looking forward to getting going now with them in 2016."
Hutchinson replaces William Dunlop, who left the Tyco BMW team earlier this month after they "mutually agreed to pursue different options for 2016".
The 36-year-old clinched a hat-trick of wins on the Mountain Course at the Isle of Man TT this year.
"After pretty much four years away from the sport I now need a bit of consistency," added Hutchinson.
"BMW is a huge brand and along with Philip Neill at TAS, they have shown how much they want to be involved with me for next season.
"That enthusiasm sold it to me and with direct support from BMW Motorrad it was hard to turn them down."
Hutchinson is also scheduled to ride BMW Motorrad S1000RR machinery next season for Tyco BMW in the British Superstock 1000cc series.
Meanwhile, Fermanagh rider Lee Johnston will remain with the East Coast Racing team for 2016.


South Korea has claimed the North has used 70% of wages earned by workers at a jointly-run industrial complex for its weapons programme and luxury goods for the elite.

Last week, Seoul suspended its operations at Kaesong following the North's recent rocket and nuclear tests to cut off the money supply.
The North has called the shutdown "a declaration of war".
Kaesong was one of the last points of co-operation between the two Koreas.
The North reacted to the shutdown by expelling all South Koreans from the complex and freezing the assets of South Korean firms. It has also vowed to cut key communication hotlines with the South.
The privately-run manufacturing zone saw thousands of North Koreans working for South Korean businesses, making clothing, textiles, car parts and semi-conductors.
On Sunday, the South's unification ministry said in a statement the wages, in US dollars, had been paid to the government instead of directly to the workers.
"Any foreign currency earned in North Korea is transferred to the Workers' Party, where the money is used to develop nuclear weapons or missiles, or to purchase luxury goods," said Hong Yong-pyo, the unification minister, in a televised interview, referring to Pyongyang's ruling communist party.
He added that 70% of the money was kept by Pyongyang while workers were given tickets to buy food and essential items, and local currency. The government cited "multiple channels" as its sources for these claims but did not divulge how it had arrived at the percentage.
The South estimates about 616bn Korean won (Â£350m, $508m) had been paid to the North over the years.
Mr Hong was quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying that the South did not suspend operations earlier at Kaesong because "the international community recognised its significance", and it shut it down this time because "North Korea was only going to intensify its weapons development, and we needed to make a decisive move to alleviate our people's security concerns".
On 7 February, North Korea conducted a long-range rocket launch. It came after the country's fourth nuclear test in January.
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The number of people infected with E. coli across England rose by more than 1,000 last year, figures have shown.

Dorset and North, East and West Devon were the worst hit for the infection with 629 and 612 cases each between September 2014 and September 2015.
Public Health England figures show there were 39,604 from September 2014 to September 2015, compared with 38,291 for the same period the year before.
The health authority said it was working to reduce the rate.
Wirral had the lowest number, 17, followed by Corby with 47.
Scientists have been working to devise a new ultra-sensitive test to detect a potentially deadly strain of E. coli, which has been found in Dorset.
To date, the O55 strain has affected 30 people, 10 of them children, in areas such as Bournemouth, Poole, Weymouth, Blandford and Christchurch.
The children and one adult developed haemolytic-uraemic syndrome (UHS), which affected their kidneys and left them hospitalised.
Two cats have also been affected.
It is hoped the new test will be ready to use on animals in the new year.
July was the worst month of 2015 for E. coli with 3,371 cases.
Public Health England said the E. coli infection was one of the most common bloodstream infections in the UK.
"Tackling infections caused by E. coli and other bacteria, both in hospitals and in the community, is a priority for Public Health England and across the NHS," a spokeswoman said.
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AC Milan chairman Silvio Berlusconi has agreed to sell his 99.93% stake in the club to a Chinese consortium.

The sale of the seven-time European Cup winners values the Italian club at €740m (£627m), with a further €220m (£186m) in debt.
The group buying the club, the Sino-Europe Sports Investment Management Changxing, have agreed to invest €350m (£297m) in the next three seasons.
AC Milan finished seventh in Serie A last season.
They will join their city rivals Inter in being owned by Chinese investors.
The announcement comes on the same day that Premier League side West Brom joined their Midlands neighbours Wolves and Aston Villa in being bought by Chinese consortiums.


Jean-Claude Juncker has told David Cameron he is "fully committed to finding solutions for the political concerns of the UK", No 10 has said.

The PM called the European Commission president-designate and the pair discussed working together to "make the EU more competitive and more flexible".
"The PM welcomed Mr Juncker's commitment of finding a fair deal for Britain," the No 10 spokesman said.
It comes after Mr Cameron was defeated in an EU vote over the new president.
Mr Cameron tried to block Mr Juncker's appointment by forcing a vote on the selection of the former Luxembourg prime minister, who is seen as a backer of closer political union.
But EU states voted 26-2 to appoint him, in what Mr Cameron described as "a bad day for Europe".
The prime minister has this idea of reforming the UK's relationship with the EU - he wants to put a reformed relationship to a referendum in 2017, if he's still prime minister then. And one of the most important people he has to deal with in securing that is Jean-Claude Juncker (pictured).
It's clearly widely publicly known that he didn't want this man in the job - but he lost that argument so now he has to build a relationship with someone from - let's put it gently - not the best starting point, and that starts with this kind of conversation.
I suppose Downing Street would emphasise that in democracy sometimes you don't win but that means that you have to congratulate those that have - and you have to work with them.
They will also point to the fact that any prime minister will always have conversations with, and relationships with, political leaders with whom they don't share a huge amount with in the first instance.
A Downing Street spokesman said: "The prime minister called the Commission President-designate, Jean-Claude Juncker, this afternoon.
"The prime minister congratulated Mr Juncker on running a successful campaign and securing the council nomination. They discussed how they would work together to make the EU more competitive and more flexible.
"The PM welcomed Mr Juncker's commitment of finding a fair deal for Britain and Mr Juncker said that he was fully committed to finding solutions for the political concerns of the UK."
The phone call comes after Mr Cameron was criticised by other UK political leaders over the defeat.
Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said Mr Cameron's failed bid to block Mr Juncker's appointment was a "catastrophe for Britain and the British national interest", adding: "I've never seen a negotiation so cack-handed."
"We won't be influential in the world, unless we are influential in Europe," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
His comments came after Confederation of British Industry (CBI) director general John Cridland warned the success of the UK economy depended on it staying in the EU.
But Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted it was "far too early" to say if the government would fail in its bid to renegotiate Britain's agreement with Brussels.
Meanwhile Germany's finance minister has told the Financial Times a British exit from the EU is "unimaginable" and "absolutely not acceptable".
Wolfgang Schauble said his country would do everything in its power to keep Britain in the union
"Clearly, we have in many economic questions and regulatory questions a broad consensus," he said.
"Historically, politically, democratically, culturally, Great Britain is entirely indispensable for Europe."


The government should stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia amid claims civilians are being killed with UK weapons in the Yemen conflict, says a group of MPs.

The International Development Committee says evidence is "overwhelming" the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels has violated humanitarian law.
The committee called for the UK to support an international inquiry into the alleged abuses.
The government said it has a "rigorous" arms export control system.
In a letter to International Development Secretary Justine Greening, the committee said the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia had risen "significantly" during the conflict.
It said close to £3bn worth of export licences for arms had been granted in the last six months.
They include £1bn worth of licences for bombs, rockets and missiles issued in the three months to the end of September last year compared to £9m of licences awarded over the same period the previous year.
"We are shocked that the UK government can continue to claim that there have been no breaches of humanitarian law by the coalition and not only continue sales of arms to Saudi Arabia but significantly increase them since the start of the coalition intervention into Yemen," said the cross-party committee.
"We are convinced that there is more than a clear risk that weapons sold to Saudi Arabia might be used in the commission of serious violations of international humanitarian law.
"The evidence that we have heard is overwhelming that the Saudi-led coalition has committed violations of international law, using equipment supplied by the UK."
The committee's intervention comes after a leaked UN report found the Saudi-led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthis had targeted civilians in air strikes in a "widespread and systematic" way.
The UN panel said civilians were also being deliberately starved as a war tactic and called for an inquiry into human rights abuses.
The war in Yemen escalated in March, when a coalition led by Saudi Arabia entered the conflict on the side of the internationally recognised government to try to oust Houthi rebels from the capital Sanaa and other areas. All sides have been accused of targeting civilians.
The UK supports the coalition and, along with the US and other countries, has been supplying some of the weapons and jets used in the bombing campaign.
But attacks directed against civilians or civilian targets constitute violations of international humanitarian law.
The government claims it has one of the most "transparent arms export control systems in the world" with each licence application assessed on a "case-by-case" basis.
It regularly stresses to the Saudis and the Houthis the need to comply with humanitarian law, according to a spokesman.
International Development Minister Desmond Swayne stopped short of backing an inquiry, telling the Commons: "We've supported the UN Human Rights Council resolution, which requires the government of Yemen to investigate with the support of the UN."
He added that only a peace process to restore the Yemeni government "will end the suffering" in the region.
Saudi Arabia is Britain's biggest market for defence exports, worth $1.7bn (£1.1bn) last year, according to IHS's Global Defence Trade Report.


The chief planning officer has said the transfer of planning powers to the new super councils has been a success.

It has been a year since Northern Ireland's 26 councils were reduced to 11 - with the new bodies given wider responsibilities.
Fiona McCandless told the BBC's Inside Business programme the Planning Service was pleased with the transition.
"The councils were sufficiently resourced to deal with the applications transferred to them," she said.
"They had the necessary skills and resources to deal with that.
"Time have proven that the backlog cases that the department previously dealt with have been really significantly reduced.
"The councils now are dealing with the cases that have been submitted, more since 1 April last year."
You can hear more on Inside Business on Radio Ulster at 13:30 BST on Sunday.


Shares in mainland China closed at a new seven-year high, with the Shanghai Composite breaching the key 5,000 level for the first time since 2008.

The benchmark index ended up 1.5% to 5,023.10 - closing above 5,000 for the first time in seven years.
Shares reversed earlier losses in volatile trade that has marred the index this week, leading it to plunge as much as 5% at one point on Thursday.
In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng index finished lower by 1.1% to 27,260.16,
Major Chinese brokerage Citic Securities was the latest to tighten margin trading rules for the second time in less than a month, showing fresh signs that a government-directed campaign to reduce leverage in the red-hot stock market is gaining momentum.
Margin trading allows investors to borrow money to buy stocks.
Shares have also been trading erratically this week as investors freed up cash for a raft of new share offerings in Shanghai.
Other shares in Asia were mixed on Friday after US stocks closed lower amid fears over Greece reaching a deal with creditors and the IMF cutting its US growth forecast.
Japan's Nikkei 225 closed down 0.13% at 20,460.90 points.
Greece has told the IMF it will delay Friday's â‚¬300m (Â£216m) debt repayment and bundle June's payments together.
Investors will also be watching US non-farm payroll job numbers out on Friday.
The numbers will give investors the most up-to-date health check on the world's largest economy.
Expectations are that the job report will show the US added around 225,000 jobs in May, up from 223,000 in April.
Analysts said a positive report of more than 250,000 would push up the value of the US dollar and could raise expectations that the US Federal Reserve may raise rates as soon as September.
In Australia, the benchmark S&P/ASX 200 closed down 0.11% at 5,498.50.
The index closed down close to 1.5% on Thursday, after the government posted its worst trade deficit on record.
Meanwhile, in South Korea, the benchmark Kospi index closed down 0.23% at 2,068.10.
Analysts suggest investor sentiment could be affected in South Korea after a fourth person died in the country from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome or Mers.
Mers has infected dozens of people and closed hundreds of schools. The latest victim contracted the disease after sharing a hospital ward with Mers patients.


Shooter Matt Skelhon has the chance to win a medal at his third successive Paralympic Games after being selected on the Great Britain team for Rio 2016.

The 31-year-old won gold in Beijing eight years ago in the R3 mixed 10m air rifle prone event while sporting a red mohican.
He followed that up with R3 silver at London 2012, and bronze in the R6 mixed 50m air rifle prone event.
London bronze medallist James Bevis is also included in a 10-strong squad.
The 39-year-old, who will also be competing in his third Games, will be hoping to better his performance from four years ago in the R5 mixed 10m air rifle prone.
Rifle shooters Karen Butler, Ryan Cockbill, Ben Jesson and Richard Davies, who all competed in London, have been selected again for the events, which run from 8-14 September at the Olympic Shooting Centre.
There are Games debuts for pistol shooters Issy Bailey and Stewart Nangle, who has major tournament experience having represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow against able-bodied shooters.
Owen Burke and Lorraine Lambert, also competing at their first Paralympics, complete the squad.
GB squad: Issy Bailey, James Bevis, Owen Burke, Karen Butler, Ryan Cockbill, Richard Davies, Ben Jesson, Lorraine Lambert, Stewart Nangle, Matt Skelhon.


Once upon a time, a six-year-old girl became part of her own fairytale after she found a wallet in a supermarket in Stafford.

When Alaynna Jetley marched out of a photo booth with a wallet in her hand, her mother, Ayesha, was at first intrigued, then full of pride.
"She went straight up to the helpdesk to hand in the wallet, and the woman behind the counter helped her fill in a lost and found form. I didn't think anything of it," Ayesha told the BBC.
But then things got interesting.
That same evening, they received a call from Matt, the owner of the wallet, and discovered just how important it was to him.
"As well as money, his HGV licence and passport photos ready for a move overseas were inside.
"Losing it would have been a huge hassle, and he wanted to thank Alaynna with a gift.
"I said there was no need, but he insisted.
"He wanted to give her something more substantial than chocolate, and asked what she likes.
"I mentioned she was keen on seeing the film Beauty and the Beast."
And so the fairytale began. Grateful Matt bought tickets for her to see the film and asked to bring them to her the following Saturday.
"It was going to be a surprise for her. She was already having her own princess birthday party that day so it was good timing. The icing on the cake was that she had even chosen a Beauty and the Beast cake. It was really magical," said Ayesha.
"My husband and son were also waiting to see Alaynna's face when Matt arrived with her present.
"He was amazing. She showed him her cake and asked him loads of questions."
She learned during his 15-minute visit that he was moving to the Philippines and that his granddaughter had been born in the back of a police car one snowy January day.
Ayesha was so moved by the kind gesture that she shared the experience with the website The Motherload, whose community has given it the thumbs up.
"She keeps telling my mum and my brothers all about Matt, who in turn wanted her to remember how good she had been.
"I thought it was such a lovely thing to do. That act of kindness in making the effort to get in touch was a wonderful gesture.
"To be honest, I thought the wallet would just be retrieved and that would be the end of it.  If that had been me, I don't know if I would have done something like that."
And now proud Ayesha's little princess has her own fairytale to tell.
The End.
Compiled by Sherie Ryder, BBC UGC and Social News team.


Scotland is to help train Syrian women who are involved in the peace process.

Nicola Sturgeon announced that the Scottish government would work with the UN to offer female peacemakers training in negotiation and communication.
The initiative emerged from discussions between the first minister and the UN special envoy for Syria.
Ms Sturgeon said the work related to UN resolution 1325, which reaffirms the role of women in preventing and resolving conflicts.
She said: "In recent months the world has been both touched by the plight of refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria and horrified by the terrorist atrocities of Daesh.
"Scotland is playing its role welcoming refugees into our communities and we have also provided funding to help support aid agencies responding to the crisis in Syria and surrounding countries.
"However, we are also open to exploring other avenues to assist where we can."
She said she had recently met the United Nations special envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, who proposed that Scotland could play a useful role in the peace process through support for female peacemakers.
"In particular, he has asked for our support in training Syrian peacemakers in negotiation and communication skills to best-prepare them to maximise their role in the talks," she said.
Ms Sturgeon said the exact details of the initiative were still to be finalised.
She added: "This is work which I hope can involve politicians across the political spectrum in the Scottish Parliament, but most importantly can also play a small but important part in helping the people of Syria find a lasting peace."
Mr de Mistura said: "Women's leadership and participation in conflict resolution are critical for sustainable solutions. The engagement of women in shaping the future of Syria is more important now than ever before.
"I am, therefore, glad that the Scottish government has agreed to work with the United Nations on this initiative."


A BBC investigation has uncovered evidence of bribery at one of the UK's biggest companies.

Panorama found British American Tobacco illegally paid politicians and civil servants in countries in East Africa.
The payments were revealed when a whistleblower shared hundreds of secret documents.
BAT told the BBC: "The truth is that we do not and will not tolerate corruption, no matter where it takes place."
Paul Hopkins, who worked for BAT, a British company, in Kenya for 13 years, said he had begun paying bribes after being told it was the cost of doing business in Africa.
"BAT is bribing people, and I'm facilitating it," he said.
"The reality is if... they have to break the rules, they will break the rules."
Find out more about the secret documents:
The secret bribes of big tobacco: The paper trail
Emails now shared by Mr Hopkins reveal BAT made illegal payments to two members and one former member of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), a United Nations campaign supported by 180 countries, aimed at reducing deaths from tobacco-related illness.
An FCTC representative from Burundi, Godefroid Kamwenubusa, and a representative from the Comoros Islands, Chaibou Bedja Abdou, were both paid $3,000 (Â£2,000). A former representative from Rwanda, Bonaventure Nzeyimana, was paid $20,000. All three men deny taking bribes from BAT.
Dr Vera Da Costa e Silva, from the WHO, said BAT "is irresponsible to say the least".
"It is using bribery to profit at the cost of people's lives, simple as that," she said.
"BAT should be investigated by the government and should be punished accordingly."
The secret documents also show the company paid bribes to undermine anti-smoking legislation.
In return for the illegal payment to Mr Kamwenubusa, a Burundian senior civil servant, BAT also wanted a draft copy of the country's Tobacco Control Bill.
And an email from a contractor working for BAT says Mr Kamwenubusa would be able to "accommodate any amendments before the president signs".
Under the UK Bribery Act, British companies can be prosecuted for bribery anywhere in the world if they fail to take steps to prevent it.
BAT could also face prosecution and huge fines in the US.
Bribery expert Jeremy Carver said: "It will set inquires in train about their operations globally, so that suddenly everything they're doing all over the world is now being scrutinised and not just by prosecutors in this country but in the United States and anywhere they are operating."
BAT said any company could fall victim to an employee acting inappropriately.
"We are rightly proud that any alleged breach of our very high expectations of transparency and honesty is swiftly investigated," its statement added.
"Any proven transgression will lead to appropriate disciplinary action.
"Our accusers in this programme left us in acrimonious circumstances and have a vendetta against us, clearly demonstrated by the false picture they present of how we do business."
Shortly before he left the company, Mr Hopkins secretly recorded a discussion with a BAT lawyer about making final payments to his informants.
He can be heard telling the lawyer some contacts would need paying "to keep their mouths shut".
The lawyer, Naushad Ramoly, is recorded saying: "That is what we are going to be paying. Yeah, OK, fine. Anything else that you think we will need to be paying for?"
Mr Ramoly, who no longer works for BAT, said he had never been involved in illegal activities or with bribes and he had reported Mr Hopkins to senior BAT management.
Mr Hopkins plans to meet with investigators from the Serious Fraud Office in the UK this week.
Panorama: The Secret Bribes of Big Tobacco, is on BBC One at 20:30 GMT on 30 November 2015 and available later via BBC iPlayer.


A confrontation between parents and the head of one of the so-called Trojan Horse schools was over the introduction of an anti-homophobia programme, a teaching union has claimed.

Jamie Barry, from Welford Primary School in Birmingham, was confronted by about 15 parents last Friday.
Rob Kelsall, from the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), is calling for a "thorough investigation".
The council said parents could not "pick and choose" the curriculum.
Welford Primary School was one of 21 schools inspected by Ofsted earlier this year during its so-called Trojan Horse investigations.
In March an anonymous and unverified letter sent to Birmingham City Council claimed there was a conspiracy to take over governing bodies and create a school culture more sympathetic to a hardline Muslim religious ethos.
In July, former counter-terror chief Peter Clarke found evidence of an "aggressive Islamist agenda".
Mr Kelsall said, as a result of those findings, Welford was one of several primary schools in the city to introduce a programme challenging homophobia.
"As a result, a small minority of parents have taken objections to this and remonstrated with the head teacher," he said.
About 100 people went to a forum on Friday and confronted Mr Barry, he said.
West Midlands Police officers were called to assist. According to colleagues, the teacher had to be escorted from the building "for his own safety".
"There was a concerted effort and very aggressive start to this meeting, which was a very direct and personal attack on the head teacher," Mr Kelsall said.
A Birmingham City Council spokesperson said it was looking into what happened.
"We are concerned that parents are objecting to elements of the equalities and diversity agenda which forms part of the... curriculum.
"It is not acceptable for parents to pick and choose between aspects of this agenda."


Catalans Dragons ran in seven tries against Championship part-timers Batley Bulldogs to progress to the Challenge Cup quarter-finals.

The French Super League side led 12-0 at the break through Fouad Yaha and Vincent Duport tries.
Duport then went in for his second score and put Richie Myler over for Dragons' fourth try.
Dave Taylor was next to cross before Tony Gigot went in either side Alex Brown's consolation effort for Batley.
Catalans are through to the last eight of the Challenge Cup for the second successive season, while Batley have now gone six years since they last reached the quarter-finals.
Batley Bulldogs: D Scott; Reittie, Ulugia, Bretherton, A Brown; Southernwood, Brambani; Hirst, Davey, J Brown, Chandler, Harrison, Blake.
Replacements: Leak, Lillycrop, Rowe, Peterson.
Catalans Dragons: Gigot; Yaha, Horo, Duport, Richards; Albert, Myler; Taylor, Pelissier, Casty, Stewart, Anderson, Baitieri.
Replacements: Bousquet, Mounis, Bosc, Mason.
Attendance: 1,249
Referee: Gareth Hewer (RFL)


Inside the Metropolitan Police Service's most secretive section, which investigates bad apples in the force.

"OK, folks, good morning and welcome, what have we got from the weekend?"
On the 23rd floor of the Metropolitan Police's west London office, Detective Chief Superintendent Alaric Bonthron begins a morning briefing for one of the force's most secretive sections.
Known as a "grip and pace" meeting, it's a regular catch-up for senior officers from the Department of Professional Standards, the 380-strong unit responsible for dealing with complaints against officers and staff, deaths in custody, police misconduct - and corruption.
"We had a CAD (computer-aided dispatch) message from an anonymous female alleging that police were involved with the supply of drugs," says one of the dozen senior officers sitting around the table, in a room with panoramic views over London.
Another policeman chips in with details of a separate allegation.
"One officer... tried to persuade another officer to amend their notes whilst they were with a prisoner in a hospital, I understand," he says.
Det Ch Supt Bonthron checks that the information is being dealt with appropriately and moves on down a list which also includes the latest court cases and misconduct hearings.
These are busy times for the department, spread over four floors and with a budget of £24 million.
Over the past two months it's carried out investigations into a Met policeman over allegations of voyeurism and inciting prostitution; a Heathrow community support officer who admitted stealing a wallet containing almost £2,500; and a police recruit, who's accused of publishing extreme pornography.
This was also the unit which investigated the so-called "plebgate" affair, which led to one officer being jailed - and sacked, along with three others.
Bonthron says he's sometimes shocked by what his colleagues have got up to.
"There are things that make you look up and think 'has somebody actually really done that?'," he says, adding that "99.9 percent" do a good job when they come to work.
"Unfortunately, we have a few people who either make mistakes or do stupid things and the rest of the organisation doesn't want those people in the job."
The corruption arm of the unit has its origins in a drive against so-called "bent cops" initiated in the early 1990s by the then Met Commissioner Sir Paul - now Lord - Condon, who famously told the Home Affairs Committee that he had "a minority of officers who are corrupt, dishonest, unethical".  He suggested they numbered around 250.
Investigations conducted by the shadowy Scotland Yard unit that became known as CIB3 found that officers were passing information to criminals - and journalists - in return for money; there were cases where evidence had been sabotaged; and police, it was discovered, had been complicit with informants in plotting crimes in order to share the spoils.
In 2000, Neil Basu, who now heads Scotland Yard's organised crime and gangs command, was recruited into the unit that was once known as the "ghost squad" because it was so secretive.
"We felt kind of excommunicated from the Met," he reveals. "I sort of joke about it now, but I can't remember being invited to a leaving do for the three years I was on professional standards."
Basu, who was then a "green" detective inspector, says he was "wide-eyed" at the extent of corruption he came across.
"My God, none of us realised it was at this level. What we were looking at here was people who were drug-dealers, conspiracy to commit kidnap, conspiracy to commit violence, serious assaults, perhaps even attempted murder".
Investigating corrupt officers was even more challenging for Basu and his colleagues because the suspects were aware of police tactics, including surveillance.
"Imagine how difficult it is to follow somebody who knows what cars the police use, who knows what techniques they use, who know exactly where to go, what to look for, where to park, how to conduct themselves in a busy environment," he says.
It may be one of the reasons why cases in which police corruption is alleged to have played a part, such as the murder of the private investigator Daniel Morgan in 1987, can be so hard to solve.
And it may explain why the Department of Professional Standards, though no longer a "ghost squad", is still sealed off from the rest of the Metropolitan Police.
"We are a force within a force", says Alaric Bonthron. "Everything I could do if I was out on a borough... we can do exactly the same".
The unit has its own intelligence hub and dedicated surveillance teams, so if it needs to move in on an officer or member of staff within the force no one else will find out.
"The people who know are the people who need to know," says Det Ch Supt Bonthron.
"The commissioner gets briefed on the high level jobs... but again you've got to be careful who you include in a lot of these jobs."
The process of preventing corruption begins at the recruitment stage, when new joiners are vetted, drug tested and warned about the dangers of dodgy friendships and inappropriate social media postings that could leave them vulnerable.
Fiona Taylor, a deputy assistant commissioner who's in overall charge of professional standards, says it's a "robust" process - but she acknowledges the need for continual vigilance as policemen and women forge their careers.
"Policing is a very, very complicated job in the 21st century - we need to understand that if somebody makes a mistake and we can rehabilitate them, we can develop them, we can bring them back into the organisation, then we will do that,".  she explains.
She adds that most officers go about their business "very bravely and very professionally". The number of dismissals for misconduct issues in the Met is fairly stable - 48 in 2013/14 and 64 the previous year.
But the former Strathclyde Police assistant chief constable, who joined the Met in 2013, has a tough side too, as she makes clear she's not "in the business" of keeping corrupt or bad officers within the organisation.
"We need to have the capacity to catch... potentially serious criminals who exist within our midst -- and you know we do that!"
You can hear Danny Shaw's full reports on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Monday 8 to Thursday 11 December from 06:00-09:00 GMT.


Vautour will run in Thursday's Ryanair Chase at the Cheltenham Festival rather than Friday's prestigious Gold Cup.

The seven-year-old's owner Rich Ricci said the switch was based on the form of the Willie Mullins-trained horse.
"I know we talked about whether he would go for the Gold Cup, that's been our intention all year," Ricci told Channel 4.
"But it's a very difficult race and if he's only 90% then we don't want to ruin the horse."
He added: "We feel the Ryanair is the best alternative. It's not ideal but it's still a great race, it's a Grade One."


At least 25 people have been killed in a car bomb attack north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say.

The blast happened in a market in the town of Saadiya, in the religiously mixed province of Diyala.
The attack comes a day after at least 29 people were killed and dozens wounded in a series of bombings across the capital.
Sectarian violence has surged across Iraq in recent months, reaching its highest level since 2008.
The bomb went off at about midday (09:00 GMT) in a neighbourhood populated mostly by Shia Kurds, officials told the French news agency AFP.
Witnesses told police that the bomb was on board a truck of vegetables.
No group has claimed responsibility for the violence, but Sunni militants linked to al-Qaeda often carry out such attacks to undermine confidence in the Shia-led government.
Officials have voiced concern that the conflict in neighbouring Syria has emboldened these militant groups.
According to figures released by the UN at the beginning of this month, a total of 979 Iraqis were killed and another 1,902 were wounded in acts of terrorism and violence in October.
There are fears that the violence could escalate to the levels seen in 2006-2007, when tens of thousands died.


Larry Steinbachek, former keyboardist with 1980s synthpop group Bronski Beat, has died at the age of 56.

Steinbachek formed the group with Jimmy Somerville and Steve Bronski in 1983 and they had chart success with songs including Smalltown Boy and Why?.
Their cover of Donna Summer's I Feel Love with Marc Almond was also a hit.
Steinbachek's sister Louise Jones told BBC News he died last month after a short battle with cancer, with his family and friends at his bedside.
The electronic trio were also known for raising awareness about gay rights.
Smalltown Boy was about the anguish of growing up homosexual, and the sleeve for their debut album The Age of Consent listed the ages of consent for gay men in different countries.
When Somerville left for The Communards in 1985, Steinbachek and Bronski continued the group. Steinbachek moved to Amsterdam in 1994 and continued to make music and worked on various stage musicals.
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