Thousands of people are protesting in Hong Kong in a pro-democracy civil disobedience movement.

It's all about city elections in 2017.
The Chinese government's issued a ruling limiting who can stand as a candidate, which hasn't gone down well with pro-democracy activists.
It started off as a student protest last Wednesday but spiralled over the weekend with protestors using various Twitter hashtags including #OccupyCentral and #HKDemocracy.
Yellow ribbons have become a symbol of the protests.
And yellow umbrellas are also being shared online after protesters used them to stop pepper spray getting in their eyes.
Dozens of protesters were arrested at the weekend.
Riot police say they used tear gas 87 times and some main roads are still blocked and schools in three areas of the city are closed.
Watch drone footage of parts of the protests.
Protesters are a mix of students and supporters of the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement.
Occupy Central is led by Benny Tai, a law professor, Chan Kin-man, a sociology professor and Chu Yiu-ming, a church minister.
The student movements are led by Alex Chow and Lester Shum from the Hong Kong Federation of Students.
They were both arrested on Saturday but released later.
Teenager Joshua Wong is a high school student protest leader who founded Scholarism.
It's a movement that successfully stopped the main Chinese education system (which teaches children to be patriotic) being implemented in Hong Kong.
In August the Chinese authorities said they would allow direct elections in 2017 for a new chief executive, but voters will only be able to choose from a list of pre-approved candidates.
Protesters want a free choice when they cast their ballots.
The Chinese government is stopping potential protests in the rest of the country by apparently blocking Instagram and censoring internet search terms and forums discussions.
Student activist leader Joshua Wong says he managed to get 100,000 people to download a Bluetooth-powered messenger app Firechat, getting around the internet blocks.
Not everyone's happy with the protests though.
There are several pro-China groups who say protestors are making their lives harder and are damaging the city's reputation and economy, as well as its relationship with Chinese authorities.
Business leaders are also generally in favour of stability.
China has warned other countries not to support what it calls the "illegal rallies".
Its foreign ministry said it opposed any interference in China's internal affairs.
The British government has called for the right to protest to be protected.
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Plymouth Argyle are preparing for Saturday's derby against Exeter with some warm-weather training in Spain.

The Pilgrims, second in League Two, will return to England on Thursday.
"We're going there to train for three days in preparation for the remaining games of the season," Argyle manager Derek Adams told BBC Radio Devon.
"I've done it before as a manager. It's about getting us focused with 18 games to go, and allowing us to train in hot weather and a very good area."
Adams added to his squad during the January transfer window, and believes the trip will help integrate his new players.
Jakub Sokolik, Nathan Blissett, Antoni Sarcevic, Ryan Taylor and Matthew Kennedy were brought in as Argyle look to strengthen their promotion challenge.
"It's been in the planning for a while and we've been able to factor it in," said Adams.
"We've got new players in and it's about trying to get them to know what the other players are about, and also to get my ideas across to them."
Sarcevic, signed from Shrewsbury during the final days of the window, added: "It's nice to get away from everything and get a good few days in Spain. But it will be hard work."


A man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of a 43-year-old woman whose body was found at a Nottinghamshire house.

Police cordoned off a property in Ridge Close, Sutton-in-Ashfield, after the discovery on Monday morning.
A 44-year-old man, who was being treated in hospital, has now been detained on suspicion of murder, police confirmed.
Officers said they were not looking for anyone else over the death.
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Anyone with any information about the death is asked to call Nottinghamshire Police.


Planned operations on Monday will be cancelled after flooding in five operating theatres at a hospital.

It follows a leak in an engineering plant room on the fifth floor of Derriford Hospital in Plymouth on Friday night.
The leak caused water damage in the operating theatres on the fourth floor.
The affected theatres have been closed while contractors carry out repairs "as quickly as possible", hospital managers said.
Chief operating officer Kevin Baber said: "The water damage to the theatres means we have no choice but to close them and make good the repairs.
"Our clinical staff are going through all the lists of planned operations due for patients this week to work out which can now go ahead, based on the theatres affected and prioritising those patients with the greatest clinical need.
"At the moment it is too early to say how many patients will be affected but all patients affected by a cancellation will be personally contacted.
"We can only apologise for this unforeseen event and reassure patients and their families that we are doing everything we can to get back to normal as soon as possible.
"I would like to thank our staff for their, as ever, professional response to this event."


Jockey Frankie Dettori says he is "ashamed and embarrassed" after admitting for the first time he used cocaine in 2012.

Dettori, 42, was given a six-month ban after testing positive in France.
He told Channel 4 News ahead of his expected return on Monday that he took the drug in a "moment of weakness".
"Things were going bad, I was depressed and I guess [in] a moment of weakness I fell for it and I've only got myself to blame," said the former champion.
The Italian-born rider, who has won the Flat Jockeys' Championship in the UK three times, was suspended  by French racing authority France Galop after returning a positive test following a routine examination at Longchamp on 16 September last year.
Dettori will ride as a freelance this season after he split in the autumn from Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin racing team after an 18-year association.
After the failed test, France Galop and Dettori's lawyer refused to confirm the substance despite reports he had taken cocaine.
"I'm very ashamed and embarrassed, and paid a very big price for it. I spent six months not doing the thing that I love, racing," he said.
"I can't blame anybody else. The embarrassment of when it come out, I had to hide in my house for a week with the paparazzi outside.
"The embarrassment of telling the children. They still go to school, they might get bullied and so it was a very, very difficult time."
Dettori endured a difficult 2012 when his place as Godolphin's number one rider came under threat as younger riders Mickael Barzalona and Silvestre de Sousa were recruited by the Dubai-based team, which has two stables in Newmarket.
His failed test came the day after Barzalona won the season's final Classic, the St Leger at Doncaster, on 25-1 shot Encke, trained for Godolphin by Mahmood Al Zarooni.
Al Zarooni was banned from racing for eight years last month after admitting giving anabolic steroids to 15 horses earlier in 2013.
Dettori has been riding out on the gallops since mid-April - including a stint with Godolphin's Irish rivals Ballydoyle - as he prepares for a return which looks set to start on Monday evening at Leicester racecourse, which has named a race in his honour.
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The British Horseracing Authority's licensing committee said on Tuesday it has no objection to his return, which needs to be ratified by France Galop before rides can be booked for Dettori.
"His licence cannot be formally issued while there remain some outstanding test results in France. As soon as France Galop confirm that these are clear the licence will be issued and he can be formally booked for ride," said a BHA spokesman.
Dettori's agent Ray Cochrane, who survived a plane crash alongside the jockey 13 years ago, has said he hopes to book at least five rides for him on Monday.


The brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Hossein Ferydoun, has been detained, a judiciary spokesman says.

Mr Ferydoun failed to meet the bail terms on unspecified financial issues and was taken to prison.
He has previously been linked to officials at the centre of a scandal involving inflated salaries for managers at the state insurance firm. He has always denied any wrongdoing.
The saga has dogged President Rouhani for more than a year.
The judiciary spokesman, Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejeie, said: "Multiple investigations have been conducted regarding this person [Mr Ferydoun], also other people have been investigated, some of whom are in jail.
"Yesterday, bail was issued for him but because he failed to secure it he was referred to prison."
Mr Ejeie said Mr Ferydoun would be "released once he provides the bail".
It has not been made clear on what charges Mr Ferydoun has been detained.
The so-called "payslip scandal" began in May last year, when salaries of top managers started making their way into the public domain. Some were around 50 times the minimum public sector wage.
The saga has been a major blow to the reputation of the government of President Rouhani.
Mr Rouhani was re-elected for a second term in May. in the first round of voting, taking 57%.
But during the election campaign he came under fire for his policies on corruption.
In a heated TV debate, Mr Rouhani was accused of blocking an inquiry into corruption charges against relatives.
It was also alleged some of his ministers were linked to illegal imports and that the president had received heavily subsidised public properties.


Players and coaches at National League club Woking are in dispute with its board of directors over bonus payments based on their league performance.

BBC Surrey understands players and management were told at the start of the season to expect bonuses as usual.
But, Woking's board have since decided the bonuses will only be paid if the currently ninth-placed Cards finish in the top five promotion play-off places.
Director of football Geoff Chapple insisted the issue will be resolved.
"It's never helpful when matters such as these are discussed outside of any club," Chapple added.
"In the meantime, the club will not be making any further statements."
Woking's players, along with manager Garry Hill and his assistant Steve Thompson, locked themselves in the dressing-room after Saturday's 1-0 home defeat to Guiseley.
They are understood to be increasingly unhappy as the club struggles financially after recording debts of £437,000 in the last financial year.
Surrey-based businessman Ashley Read submitted a "statement of intent" in November to lead a consortium looking to buy a 75% stake in the club.
But, the club confirmed last month that the 34-year-old had withdrawn his interest.
"Woking fans will simply be wondering whether the bonus issue is just one of those problems that can surface at any cash-strapped club, or a symptom of a greater financial concern for the Cards.
"Potential new owners like Ashley Read may or may not be the correct solution. But fans will hope the current owners keep them, and the management team as well, abreast of any growing financial concerns.
"Expectations on the pitch must be balanced with the state of the club's accounts off it."


Striker Didier Drogba has re-signed for Chelsea on a one-year deal.

The Ivorian, 36, won 10 trophies at Chelsea from 2004 to 2012 and was a free agent after leaving Galatasaray.
Manager Jose Mourinho had earlier said the forward "belongs" at Stamford Bridge - but that any deal would be made "in a non-emotional way".
Drogba told Chelsea's official site: "It was an easy decision - I couldn't turn down the opportunity to work with Jose again."
He said: "Everyone knows the special relationship I have with this club and it has always felt like home to me.
"My desire to win is still the same and I look forward to the opportunity to help this team. I am excited for this next chapter of my career."
Mourinho said: "He's coming because he's one of the best strikers in Europe.
"I know his personality very well and I know if he comes back he's not protected by history or what he's done for this club previously. He is coming with the mentality to make more history."
Drogba, who joined Chelsea from Marseille for £24m in July 2004, won three Premier League titles, four FA Cups, two League Cups and a Champions League during his spell at Stamford Bridge.
He left the club in 2012 after scoring the winning penalty in the Champions League final against Bayern Munich.
After a brief spell at Chinese Super League side Shanghai Shenhua, Drogba joined Galatasaray in January 2013 and scored five goals in 13 league games as the Turkish club won the title.
The following season, the striker netted 10 times in 32 games as Galatasaray reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League - where they lost to Chelsea - and finished as runners-up to Fenerbahce in the Turkish league.
The Ivory Coast international was voted Chelsea's greatest ever player in a poll of fans in 2012 and has spoken of his close ties to the Blues.
His 34 goals for Chelsea in European competition remains a club record, as do his nine strikes in nine cup finals.
Mourinho had previously said: "If you bring him back it is not because he is Didier or scored the most important goal in the history of Chelsea, or because I read I need an assistant, no.
"We want to win matches and win titles and Didier is one of the best strikers in Europe. He is still very adapted to the needs of the Premier League and we are thinking about it in a non-emotional way."
Mourinho also intimated that Drogba, who made one start and two substitute appearances during the Ivory Coast's three games at the 2014 World Cup, would be a squad player.
He joins Fernando Torres, new signing Diego Costa, as well as Romelu Lukaku and Victor Moses, who both spent last season out on loan, as striking options at Stamford Bridge.


The US has said it is suspending talks with Russia over Syria, accusing Moscow of having "failed to live up" to its commitments under a ceasefire deal.

Washington blamed Russia and the Syrian government for intensifying their attacks against civilians.
Last week, the US warned it would halt the talks unless Moscow stops bombing the city of Aleppo.
Russia said it regretted the US move, accusing it of shifting the blame for the collapse of last month's truce.
Aleppo, Syria's largest city in the north, has come under heavy aerial bombardment since the end of the ceasefire two weeks ago.
The main trauma hospital in the rebel-held eastern part of the city was hit in an air strike for the third time in a week, activists said on Monday.
Hundreds of people, including children, have died since government forces launched an offensive to take full control of Aleppo after the week-long truce lapsed.
Some 250,000 people are trapped in eastern Aleppo.
In a statement, state department spokesman john Kirby said: "The United States is suspending its participation in bilateral channels with Russia that were established to sustain the cessation of hostilities.
"Unfortunately, Russia failed to live up to its own commitments... and was also either unwilling or unable to ensure Syrian regime adherence to the arrangements to which Moscow agreed.
"Rather, Russia and the Syrian regime have chosen to pursue a military course," Mr Kirby said, admitting that "this is not a decision that was taken lightly".
He said Moscow and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's troops had been "targeting of critical infrastructure such as hospitals, and preventing humanitarian aid from reaching civilians in need, including through the 19 September attack on a humanitarian aid convoy".
Moscow strongly denies involvement of its own or Syrian planes in the deadly aid convoy strike, and says the incident was caused by fire on the ground and not by an air strike.
In response to the US suspension of the talks, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said: "We regret this decision by Washington."
"Washington simply did not fulfil the key condition of the agreement to improve the humanitarian condition around Aleppo.
"After failing to fulfil the agreements that they themselves worked out, they are trying to shift responsibility on to someone else," Ms Zakharova said.
She also said that the US had failed to divide jihadist groups in Syria from the moderate opposition.
Russia and the US were due to convene in Geneva to try to co-ordinate air strikes against jihadist groups, but American officials were told to return home.
The US also said that it would withdraw personnel "that had been dispatched in anticipation of the possible establishment of the Joint (US-Russian) Implementation Centre".
However, the two sides would keep talking about counter-terrorism operations in Syria to avoid unnecessary clashes.


Dan Braid's try earned Sale a narrow victory to end their four-year wait for Premiership victory over Harlequins.

Nick Evans and Danny Cipriani kicked three penalties each in cagey affair at Twickenham Stoop.
But the game came alive on 68 minutes when captain Braid forced himself over the line and Cipriani added the extras.
Quins searched for a response but had to settle for losing bonus point, while Sale claimed their first league away win of the season.
It was also the Sharks' first win at the Stoop since May 2008.
The result also meant Sale leapfrogged their opponents into sixth in the standings.
Harlequins, buoyed by last weekend's win over Gloucester at Kingsholm, looked the most likely to cross the whitewash but it was flanker Braid's score that proved decisive.
Cipriani's kick gave the Sharks the lead in the second minute and Evans levelled soon after when a powerful scrum from the hosts forced a penalty.
The pair exchanged three-pointers again before the break, and the visiting defence was able to nullify Harlequins' building attacking threat, leaving the game poised 6-6 at half-time.
Quins scrum-half Danny Care, dropped from the England squad for Saturday's game with Samoa, came off the bench to a warm reception shortly after the restart and his side pushed ahead with Evans' third penalty.
The kicking battle continued though, as Cipriani stepped up to square the game again only for Evans to notch another three-pointed to make it 12-9 to the hosts.
However, Sale made the breakthrough when skipper Braid turned and drove over the line from close range, after an Andy Forsyth break, and Cipriani added the conversion.
Quins threw everything at the visitors in the final 10 minutes but the Sharks held out to secure their first back-to-back wins of the campaign.
Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea: "It wasn't pretty, was it?
"As a game it was always going to be given the conditions. It was a very frustrating night.
"We played the second half in the wrong parts of the pitch. Twice when we took the lead, we gave away soft turnovers and penalties off kick-offs by not clearing our lines.
"We're massively frustrated."
Sale director of rugby Steve Diamond told BBC Radio Manchester: "It's a good away win. The competition is so tight you rarely win away from home.
"We've got a good side with our first choice out. Belief is a big factor to success and we concentrate on that and not the oppositions.
"We want to have 25-30 points by Christmas and that will give us a chance of finishing in the top six.
"It is a tipping point of the season, you can go on and achieve the points you set."
Harlequins: Chisholm; Walker, Hopper, Casson, Lindsay-Hague; Evans, Dickson; Lambert, Ward, Sinckler; Matthews, Robson; Trayfoot, Wallace, Easter (capt).
Replacements: Buchanan, Marfo, Collier, Twomey, Clifford, Care, Swiel, Turner-Hall.
Sale Sharks: Haley; Brady, Jennings, Tuitupou, Arscott; Cipriani, Cliff; Lewis-Roberts, Jones, Cobilas; Mills, Paterson; Braid (capt), Seymour, Beaumont.
Replacements: Neild, Flynn, Harrison, Lund, Easter, Fowles, McLeod, Forsyth.


Derby County have signed teenage Scottish winger Kyle McAllister from St Mirren for an undisclosed fee.

The 18-year-old, who made his debut for the Scottish Championship club in February 2016 less than a month after his 17th birthday, has signed a three-and-a-half-year contract.
Scotland youth international McAllister has played 14 games this season, scoring one goal.
Rams manager Steve McClaren said McAllister is one for "the future".
He said: "Kyle turned 18 last week, so now we have him on board we will look to develop him."
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Adventure company Go Ape has reported a "record turnover" of £1.2m in Scotland after more than 50,000 customers used its centres in 2015.

The company has three bases in Scotland - Aberfoyle in Stirling, Peebles in the Borders and Crathes in Aberdeenshire.
Go Ape said the turnover represented a growth of 3% over the year.
Its 400m (1,312ft) zip wires at Aberfoyle, in the Queen Elizabeth Forest park, are two of the longest in Britain.
The Peebles centre in Glentress Forest has the highest zip wire in the country and the facility at Crathes includes a skateboard zip wire.
The company said it had seen revenue increase to £20m across the UK in 2015 - an 8% rise year-on-year.
Jerome Mayhew, managing director of Go Ape, said: "Despite one of the rainiest Scottish summers in history, we achieved a record turnover in Scotland in 2015, showing that regardless of the weather, there's still strong demand for outdoor-based activities from Scots who love living life adventurously.
"Our Scottish customers can swing through the tree-tops on zip wires and tackle obstacles and rope crossings in the great outdoors, whilst enjoying some of the country's most breathtaking scenery."


Qatar's Al Jazeera media network has undoubtedly put the tiny Gulf state on the international map.

It is the showpiece of the oil- and gas-rich nation's efforts to turn its financial largesse into outsized global influence and visibility, a two-decades long effort that includes its successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
But there are growing fears that the current diplomatic crisis in Qatar could place the high-profile network's future in jeopardy.
Al Jazeera's broadcasting has caused controversy and drawn anger in various Arab states, not least in Egypt after the fall of Hosni Mubarak during the Arab Spring and the subsequent ousting of the elected president, Mohammed Morsi - a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood.
It has already been caught up in the current crisis, with its website blocked by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Egypt and Bahrain in late May.
Those nations all severed ties with Qatar on 5 June, accusing the country of supporting extremism. Saudi Arabia has closed Al Jazeera's offices and withdrawn its broadcast licence, saying it promotes terrorist "plots", supports Houthi militias that Saudi Arabia is fighting in Yemen, and has attempted to "break the Saudi internal ranks".
Al Jazeera has long defended its editorial independence and says it is objective.
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Qatar now finds itself isolated and vulnerable. It denies backing terrorist groups but will be pressed for concessions in order to resolve the tense situation, which left its international airport, a key hub, virtually deserted, and residents stocking up on food supplies.
BBC Arabic's Feras Kilani, in Doha, says sources tell him that media reforms will be a key condition placed on Qatar. Al Jazeera might not be closed but its editorial policies will have to change, he says, while the newer Qatari Al-Araby TV network, based in London, could be shuttered.
"For many years Al Jazeera has been a bone of contention for the Gulf states and Egypt, even before its heyday of rolling news coverage during the Arab Spring," writes the Emirati commentator Sultan Sooud al-Qassemi.
He points out that in 2002, Saudi Arabia was angered over coverage of its peace plan for the Israel-Palestinian conflict and recalled its ambassador from Qatar as a result. An ambassador was only sent back in 2008.
In 2014, Qatar promised to stop "interfering" in its Gulf neighbours' domestic politics to resolve another diplomatic spat that saw Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Bahrain withdraw their ambassadors
This time around, Qatar's neighbours in the Gulf "will demand the complete shuttering of the Al-Jazeera TV network before any mediation can take place", Mr Qassemi predicts.
That would have major consequences for the country's media ambitions, and for the network's 3,000-plus staff in Doha and around the world.
The BBC has contacted Al Jazeera for comment.
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Qatar finds itself in a delicate position, says H A Hellyer, a senior non-resident fellow at the Atlantic Council.
It is perceived as a "loose cannon" over its coverage of the Muslim Brotherhood, he says, and its relationship with Saudi Arabia's chief rival for regional influence, Iran.
US President Donald Trump, a key ally, has meanwhile praised Qatar's isolation.
The country has little wiggle room, and any deal to bring Qatar's foreign policy closer in line with Saudi Arabia's will probably involve changes to its influential media networks - including Al Jazeera - and possibly the end of Al-Araby Al Jadeed (The New Arab), an outlet part of the same company as Al-Araby, Mr Hellyer writes.
David Roberts, a Qatar expert at King's College London, agrees that Al Jazeera will probably be on the Gulf countries and Egypt's "shopping list" of concessions they want from Qatar.
"But this is a negotiation and there is no certainty that Qatar would capitulate on this point," he told the BBC.
He says that Al Jazeera Arabic, although it has toned down its coverage, "is still prickly towards Egypt in particular".
But the channel did stop "going after" Saudi Arabia close to a decade ago - around the time the ambassador was returned.
It has been reported that in late 2007, Qatar's government assured Saudi Arabia that its coverage of the kingdom would be mellowed as it moved to reset relations as Iran's nuclear ambitions grew.
"Orders were given not to tackle any Saudi issue without referring to the higher management," a newsroom employee told the New York Times. "All dissident voices disappeared from our screens."
Others aren't convinced that the end of Al Jazeera will be a specific demand made of Qatar, but agree its foreign policy will undoubtedly have to change if it wants to bring an end to its current isolation.
This means changes to the tone and coverage of government-funded media networks like Al Jazeera would follow, says Professor Noha Mellor, a pan-Arab media expert at the University of Bedfordshire.
"They might just tone down their media discourse in line with their foreign policy, because [Qatar's] foreign policy will have to tone down, in style and ambition."
Al Jazeera's Arabic channel was strongly supportive of the 2011 Arab uprisings and it has veered towards an overtly pro-Islamist line amid the upheavals that have engulfed the region since.
With that shift, the channel has come to be perceived as a pillar of Qatar's foreign policy and a reflection of its ambitions in a changing Arab world.
Al Jazeera was at the forefront of tensions that strained relations between Egypt and Qatar after the toppling of Mohammed Morsi in 2013.
In Syria and Iraq, Al Jazeera's coverage of the so-called Islamic State (IS) militant group has differed from other outlets.
In referring to the group, Al Jazeera uses the expression "the state organisation", which is not very far removed from what IS calls itself, as opposed to the pejorative Arabic acronym "Daesh" used by Saudi media, including Al Jazeera competitor Al-Arabiya.
In 2015, Al Jazeera used the positive term "Sunni revolutionaries" to refer to Sunni fighters, including IS militants, who took control of Iraq's key city of Mosul.


The Scottish government said it would consider bringing forward new legislation on an "opt-out" system for organ donation despite MSPs rejecting a Labour member's bill on the topic.

MSPs voted by 59 to 56 to reject taking forward Anne McTaggart's Transplantation Bill.
Holyrood's health committee backed the aim, but not the detail of the bill.
The government amendment accepted by MSPs said there were "merits" to such a system and pledged a consultation.
The amendment, lodged by public health minister Maureen Watt voiced "serious concerns" about the "practical impact of the specific details" of the bill as it stood, and prevented it from proceeding to the next stage of consideration.
However, Ms Watt did say a "workable" opt-out system should be considered, calling on the government to "commence work in preparation for a detailed consultation" during the next parliament.
The SNP offered members a free vote on the issue, and 11 administration MSPs voted against the government amendment, which won out only with the votes of Conservative and Liberal Democrat members.
Anyone who wants to donate their organs after death currently has to "opt-in" through the donor card scheme.
Ms McTaggart's bill proposed a move to a "soft opt-out" system which would allow parts of a dead adult's body to be used in transplants in the absence of express permission.
It would have still been possible for people to opt-in to organ donation, but the bill would also have given adults the option of appointing someone to make a decision about authorisation on their behalf.
BMA Scotland had called on MSPs to support the general principles of the Transplantation Bill, and MSPs from across the chamber spoke in favour of it during the debate.
SNP MSPs including Kenneth Gibson, Sandra White and Stewart Stevenson spoke in favour of Ms McTaggart's bill, with Mr Gibson calling on members to "stand up and be counted".
While they and a number of their colleagues voted against the government amendment, the votes of 11 Conservative MSPs and one Liberal Democrat ensured the bill will not proceed to the next stage.
Ms Watt said: "While we're very supportive of measures to increase organ availability, in our view the Member's Bill before the Scottish Parliament is seriously flawed and could actually harm organ donation.
"Many of the measures set out in the Bill could make things worse due to legal ambiguities and delays in decision-making processes.
"We have concerns that the proposals around authorised investigating persons (AIPs) and proxies will add significant complexity into the donation pathway, and may lead to potential donors being lost.
"We also have concerns that provisions in relation to adults with incapacity may make it difficult for such adults, or their relatives, to opt-out, leaving them 'locked in' to donation."
The minister said Ms McTaggart's bill had "helped to raise the profile of the debate".
She said the government's consultation would be "an opportunity to seek the views of the public on a range of issues, including soft opt-out, and determine what action the Scottish government should take next to increase the availability of organs".
Ms McTaggart, who is unlikely to be re-elected to Holyrood in May after placing last in Labour's Glasgow list, said the outcome was "deeply disappointing".
She said: "If the government was serious about introducing soft opt-out, then they should have taken the opportunity to table amendments at stage two and stage three, in accordance with parliamentary procedure.
"I find it staggering that over 200 amendments to the Land Reform Bill have already been lodged, yet the SNP government find my relatively short and less complex bill unamendable."


Midfielder Joe Allen says he does not see his move from Liverpool to Stoke City as a "big drop" in his career.

The Wales international, 26, joined the Potters for £13m in July after four seasons at Anfield.
"Everything's been positive," Allen told BBC Radio Stoke.
"Stoke and Liverpool came to agreement very quickly and it was all very smooth - that's been great because I've had a couple of weeks with the team ahead of the new season."
Allen arrived at the Bet365 Stadium on the same day as Egypt winger Ramadan Sobhi, with the pair becoming boss Mark Hughes' first signings of the summer.
And Allen says the calibre of players already at his new club meant he was always confident he was coming to a serious team.
"You look at the quality that's already here, like Glenn Whelan and to get Glen Johnson was a real coup," he added.
"With the ones they've recruited in the last few seasons, like Shaqiri, Bojan, Imbula, Arnautovic and Jack Butland pushing for the England spot in goal, it's a squad that's got quality throughout.
"I'm hoping to add to that and I certainly don't see leaving Liverpool and joining Stoke is a big drop - I wasn't expecting it to be."
After three successive ninth-placed finishes, Stoke have become regulars in the Premier League's top 10.
And Allen says that consistency under Hughes was one major pull.
"There were so many factors," Allen said. "The stability that they've had over recent years, the manager and his staff have improved the team and the players I'd get to play with meant it was a no brainer for me.
"I trust myself to give 100% effort and that's what my focus is on - I can't wait."


The EU naval mission to tackle people smuggling in the central Mediterranean is failing to achieve its aims, a British parliamentary committee says.

In a report, the House of Lords EU Committee says Operation Sophia does not "in any meaningful way" disrupt smugglers' boats.
The destruction of wooden boats has forced the smugglers to use rubber dinghies, putting migrants at even greater risk, the document says.
Operation Sophia began in June 2015.
At the time the conflicts in Syria and Iraq had begun fuelling an unprecedented flow of refugees from the Middle East to Europe.
But the majority leaving Libya - itself wracked by fighting and human rights abuses - are migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.
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The operation was launched in the wake of a series of disasters in which hundreds of migrants drowned while trying to cross from Libya to Italy.
The numbers risking their lives on the Libya-Italy route have been increasing, while the numbers reaching the Greek islands from Turkey have dropped.
An EU agreement with Turkey to intercept migrant boats in the Aegean Sea and send many migrants back took effect in March.
Last year the EU authorised its vessels to board, search, seize and divert vessels suspected of being used for people smuggling in the central Mediterranean.
Source: EUNavFor Med - Operation Sophia, 13 May 2016
The House of Lords report states that "the arrests made to date have been of low-level targets, while the destruction of vessels has simply caused the smugglers to shift from using wooden boats to rubber dinghies, which are even more unsafe".
It says that there are also "significant limits to the intelligence that can be collected about onshore smuggling networks from the high seas".
"There is therefore little prospect of Operation Sophia overturning the business model of people smuggling," the document concludes.
So far this year, 187,920 refugees and migrants have arrived in Europe by sea - 155,765 in Greece and 31,252 in Italy, the UN refugee agency UNHCR said on Friday.
They included about 1,000 rescued off the Italian coast on Thursday and taken to Sicily. About 500 of them - aboard two fishing boats - had left Egypt, and the others had sailed from Libya.
The number of dead or missing in the Mediterranean in January-May 2016 reached 1,357, the  International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
The House of Lords report complains that the EU mission is still operating out in international waters, and not - as originally intended - in Libyan waters.
The weakness of the Libyan state is seen by the report's authors as another key factor.
They say the absence of a formal invitation from Libya is preventing European Nato members from launching a military intervention, aimed at tackling the threat posed to Libya - and the wider region - by so-called Islamic State.
"However valuable as a search and rescue mission, Operation Sophia does not, and, we argue, cannot deliver its mandate. It responds to symptoms, not causes."
The report also urges the EU to urgently develop a strategy aimed at tackling the root causes of mass migration.
An EU spokesperson called the report "an informative contribution", adding that the EU would take account of its recommendations.
The spokesperson acknowledged the need to operate in Libyan waters - contingent on getting an invitation from Libyan officials.
Operation Sophia "served as a disincentive for traffickers" and improved the EU's knowledge of their criminal networks, the spokesperson said.
The mission is named after a baby born on an EU ship that rescued her mother off the coast of Libya in August 2015.
A note on terminology: The BBC uses the term migrant to refer to all people on the move who have yet to complete the legal process of claiming asylum. This group includes people fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria, who are likely to be granted refugee status, as well as people who are seeking jobs and better lives, who governments are likely to rule are economic migrants.


A second man has been arrested over the death of a 43-year-old man at a park in South Lanarkshire.

Jason McCue, from East Kilbride, was found injured in John Hastie Park, Strathaven, on Tuesday afternoon. He died while being treated by paramedics.
On Thursday, a 50-year-old man appeared in court charged with murdering Mr McCue.
A 27-year-old man is currently in police custody and is expected to appear at Hamilton Sheriff Court later.


A County Armagh GP practice that faced closure is being taken over.

The Southern Health Trust is to take over the contract of Bannview Medical Practice in Portadown.
It faced closure after its last remaining doctor resigned. On Monday, a contractor in negotiations to take it over withdrew from the process.
The practice has 5,200 patients on its books. According to the Health Board, the trust will ensure greater stability for both staff and patients.
Bannview once had four full-time GPs.
Earlier this month, BBC News NI reported how the last remaining doctor had said she could simply no longer cope with the pressure.
In an emotional letter, which was presented to the Stormont Health Committee and published in the Portadown Times, Dr Heanen said she simply "couldn't cope" with 12 to 14 hour working days with no breaks.


Sri Lanka pace bowler Suranga Lakmal took four wickets to restrict South Africa to 267-6 on the first day in Port Elizabeth.

Lakmal dismissed openers Stephen Cook and Dean Elgar in quick succession after their 104-run partnership gave the hosts a strong start.
JP Duminy's aggressive 63 steadied the innings before he was trapped lbw by left-arm spinner Rangana Herath.
Lakmal then struck with the new ball as he had Faf du Plessis caught at slip.
Sri Lanka are searching for their first Test victory in South Africa since December 2011, where they won by 208 runs.


Hull City have signed left-back Andrew Robertson from Dundee United and defender Harry Maguire from Sheffield United on three-year deals.

Scotland international Robertson, 20, has joined for a fee of £2.85m, while Maguire, 21, has signed for the Premier League side in a move worth £2.5m.
Robertson missed only two Dundee United matches last season as they finished fourth in the Scottish Premiership.
Maguire, meanwhile, played 166 games for Sheffield United.
He has been named in the PFA's League One Team of the Year for the past three seasons and was part of the Blades side who lost 5-3 to Hull in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley in April.
Robertson only became a professional footballer last year after joining Dundee United from Scottish League Two amateur side Queen's Park.
His performances while at Tannadice led to him being voted PFA Scotland Young Player of the Year.
As one left-back moved from Tannadice to Hull, another moved in the opposite direction as 21-year-old Conor Townsend joined the club on a season-long loan.
Hull have been busy in the transfer market this summer, with manager Steve Bruce keen to get business done early ahead of their Europa League third qualifying round first leg against AS Trencin in Slovakia on Thursday.
The arrival of Robertson and Maguire at the FA Cup runners-up follows deals for Tom Ince,Jake Livermore and Robert Snodgrass.


Novelist Sue Townsend, best known as the author of the successful Adrian Mole series, has died.

Townsend, 68, died at home on Thursday after a short illness.
The first of her comic series, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, was published in 1982 and the eighth instalment, Adrian Mole: The Prostrate Years, was released in 2009.
Her other best-selling novels included The Queen and I.
Townsend, who was left blind after suffering from diabetes for many years, achieved worldwide success following the publication of the books about teenager Adrian Mole.
The series followed the main character from adolescence under Margaret Thatcher's government, to maturity in Tony Blair's Britain.
Townsend said that, in many respects, her hero mirrored her own experience.
In March 2013, she told the Oxford Literary Festival that publication of the next Adrian Mole book had been pushed back as a result of a stroke she had suffered.
She was diagnosed with diabetes in the 1980s and underwent a kidney transplant in 2009. She had the stroke in December 2012.
Comedian and writer Danny Wallace is one of a number of those who have paid tribute to Townsend.
Wallace told the BBC: "If ever I saw that she was in a town close to me - and I'd never been to book readings or book signings before - but I always made sure I went to hers.
"She was incredibly sweet to her younger fans and I've got all these books at home that she had signed and she would say, 'To Daniel, from Sue Townsend aged 43 and three quarters' or '45 and a half'.
"So she really understood what people loved about Adrian Mole I think."
Actor Stephen Mangan, who played Adrian Mole in a 2001 television adaptation, told Radio 4's Today programme that Townsend took him "under her wing" during filming.
"There was something really special about Sue. She was a hero of mine when I read the books as an adolescent - I was pretty much the same age as Adrian - but when I met her I just fell in love with her really," he said.
"She was warm, she was funny, she was self-deprecating. She was incredibly encouraging.
"It was the first time I'd ever played a lead part in a series and, however confident I must have tried to appear, she instinctively knew how difficult it was for me to come and lead a company with people like Alison Steadman and Zoe Wanamaker and Helen Baxendale. I'll miss her a lot."
Harry Potter author JK Rowling paid tribute on Twitter, writing "So sad to hear about Sue Townsend. She gave me so many laughs."
She added: "#AdrianMoleWillLiveForever."
David Walliams also paid tribute on the social networking site, calling Townsend "a comedy genius" and "lovely lady" who wrote "some of the funniest books of all time".
Crime writer Ian Rankin described her death as "a real loss".
Writer Caitlin Moran tweeted that Townsend was "one of the funniest women who ever lived."
Townsend was born in Leicester in 1946, and set her most famous work in her home city.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, aged 13 3/4, was followed by The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole in 1984.
The two books made her the best-selling novelist of the 1980s and they were followed by others in the Mole series, including The True Confessions of Adrian Albert Mole.
Several of her books were adapted for the stage, while the Mole series was adapted for radio, television and theatre.
Townsend was awarded an honorary Masters of Arts from Leicester University and in 2008 was made a Distinguished Honorary Fellow of the university.
She was also an Honorary Doctor of Letters at Loughborough University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
In 2009 Townsend was given the Honorary Freedom of Leicester.
She said at the time: "I have been a citizen of Leicester for over 62 years, most of my family and friends live here, so I was delighted when I was nominated to receive the freedom of the city."
She leaves her husband and four children.


From a height of 8,000ft (2,500m), the mighty Amazon can be seen giving way to swathes of grassland, as the Rupununi savannah opens up.

Spanning thousands of acres of virtually untouched plains, rain-forested mountains, Amerindian villages and rare wildlife, it's one of the brightest jewels in Guyana's tourism crown.
Venezuela wants all of this - and more. It has long maintained it has a legitimate claim to two-thirds of Guyana's current territory.
That encompasses 250,000 people in 700 villages and communities, the formidable Kaieteur Falls - the world's highest single-drop waterfall - and most of Guyana's precious mineral resources to boot.
The decades-old dispute could now be a step closer to being resolved, after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon promised to deliver an assessment before he leaves office at the end of December. He was responding to renewed calls to intervene from Guyanese President David Granger at September's UN General Assembly in New York.
The bitter dispute has its roots in border lines drawn up by former colonial powers. While Guyana accepts a 1899 tribunal ruling, Venezuela insists the process was flawed by political collusion, staking a claim over the entire Essequibo county - "Cinderella county" to Guyanese - everything west of the Essequibo river.
Guyana's gifts to the world
Vast amounts of offshore oil discovered in the Stabroek Block, 120 miles (200km) out into the Atlantic, by Guyanese subsidiaries of ExxonMobil reignited and widened the spat in May 2015.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro promptly issued a decree of sovereignty over waters off the Essequibo region and demanded a stop to oil exploration. A subsequent find in June this year was also estimated to be worth tens of billions of dollars. ExxonMobil told the BBC it would not comment on "proprietary commercial" issues.
Guyana says the ongoing feud is hindering the country's development as it wrestles with a crippling housing crisis and high youth unemployment, despite being recently recognised by the World Bank as an upper-middle-income nation.
Around the Rupununi's dusty laterite roads, linking tiny indigenous settlements and the commercial centre of Lethem, the sun assaults the bleached savannah grasses. The Kanuku mountains turn violet in the haze.
This is south-western Guyana, far away from the capital, Georgetown, and people here laugh off the claims of what they consider their truculent, acquisitive neighbour.
"It's only the politicians we ever hear talk about it," says Linda Khan, owner of the Savannah Inn hotel and store. "I have been here since 1976 and nobody has ever come from Venezuela and said they're going to take this land. The only Venezuelans we see are the ones who come searching for food because of shortages back home."
Thomas George, from the nearby Amerindian village of Mocu Mocu, agrees. "We hear about it in the news; it rises and it dies again. But it doesn't make us feel vulnerable - we ain't giving up the mountains."
Back in Georgetown, national sentiment is rather more vitriolic. The ubiquitous slogan "Essequibo is we own" clamours for attention from banners and bumper stickers alike.
The 117th anniversary of the 1899 ruling on 3 October sparked another war of words between the two countries. The Kaieteur News quoted Venezuela's government as lambasting Guyana for using "lies and subterfuge" to ramp up hostility.
Guyana's foreign ministry immediately issued a statement decrying a "frenzied display of ill temper" from Venezuela - which it dubs the "new conquistadors" with a "greed for territory".
"As far as we're concerned, the border was settled in 1899," Guyana's Vice-President Sydney Allicock tells the BBC. "Every time Venezuela has economic problems, they work up their people to get support for the border issue. Now we have found oil they're doing it again."
He says that revenue generated from the oil could dramatically improve Guyana's essential infrastructure and food security.
"Venezuela is already big; they are blocking us from developing," he says, adding: "This has been going on far too long. We need to settle it - and we won't give up."
During last month's address to the UN, President Granger reiterated pleas for the dispute to be referred to the International Court of Justice for a final settlement.
Venezuela has often said it prefers the route of the UN's Good Offices process - diplomatic discussions involving a third party acceptable to both sides.
Only time can predict the fate of Cinderella county, the pearl of the nation.


Sparks famously once sang "This Town Ain't Big Enough For Both of Us", but that is not a sentiment that is shared by Shrewsbury Town Football Club.

In June 2013, Shrewsbury Town's Community Trust programme reformed the Shrewsbury Town Ladies team and it has been a growing success story since.
Managed by lifelong Shrewsbury fan Sean Evans, the club achieved their first promotion last season to the West Midlands Division One league.
The club are now in the sixth tier and are four potential promotions away from the Women's Super League - the pinnacle of women's football in England.
"I've got my own ideas where I want to be in five years," Evans told BBC Sport. "I'm a believer in a good work ethic, and if everyone works hard then I firmly believe we can get to Women's Super League standard."
The manager is very aware that work must be done with the side before they can achieve those lofty ambitions, with teams looking to enter the Women's Super League needing to first meet sufficient licensing requirements.
"We feel lucky that we have use of the badge and club colours," he said. "We want to become self-sufficient and self-funded, and over time it will improve. I'm just proud to be involved with the club."
Evans, 27, works full-time in I.T. for the National Health Service at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital. He and his staff - composed of Tom Leather, Penny Owen, Alun Owen, Chris Bradshaw and others - all work for free in their spare time for Shrewsbury's community programme.
"I absolutely love what I do," he said. "I don't get paid, but I don't expect to or want to at the moment.
"Winning promotion was probably one of the best moments of my life. With Shrewsbury Town winning promotion and me being manager of the ladies team, it was brilliant."
Shrewsbury Town chief executive Matt Williams says he has been delighted by the progress made by the ladies team.
"I'm grateful to Sean, the coaches and the community team for delivering these projects, in their own time for no money," he said.
"We will support Shrewsbury Ladies in the sense of letting them tap into the kit deals, and we give them free advertising in the programme and on the website.
"But we can't afford to subsidise a ladies team. Every penny we generate goes into the first team - it must be likewise with the women's team.
"In the short-term, they have to be a standalone business. From an accounting point of view and a committee point of view, they need to be kept separate. We will apply the same principles that are used running the first team to the running of the women's team."
Following England's third-place finish at the Women's World Cup in Canada last month, attendances in the WSL have increased, with the FA Cup final between Chelsea and Notts County played out in front of a record crowd of 30,710 at Wembley.
"The women's game is growing," said Williams. "The days of it being all women are gone, and the fact that England did so well in Canada speaks volumes for how much the game is growing.
"I believe it will result in male ex-players with UEFA B licences running women's teams."
Tania Prior, a former Portugal international, who now plays for Shrewsbury Ladies after spells with Portuguese sides Sequeirense and Fonte Boa, says that women's football has greater status in England than in her homeland.
"It's definitely more appreciated in England than in Portugal," she said. "Portugal doesn't appreciate women's football that much. There's more developing teams now, but nothing compared to England."
Despite Prior's positive assessment, Evans believes the perception of women's football in England still needs to alter.
"The mindset needs to be changed," he said. "Some haven't watched a game of women's football and there needs to be a 'have a go' attitude. It's enjoyable and we will be grateful for any support we get.
"I really believe every professional football club should have a women's team. It baffles me that so many clubs such as Manchester United do not."
Shrewsbury Town Ladies' are now set to begin their first-ever campaign in the sixth tier, with their first league game of the season away to Stone Dominoes on 20 September.
"To represent the town is really good," said midfielder Daisy Bradshaw, sister of Walsall striker Tom Bradshaw. "My brother made it a big deal because he played for Shrewsbury and it made me realise how big the club is.
"This season we will take it bit by bit. We have better players and we have grown as a team. It's definitely possible that we can get higher up the leagues."
When asked about his hopes the ladies team, Williams added: "I want the number of girls and ladies playing football under the Shrewsbury Town banner to have increased.
"We want our players to enjoy the experience of playing and being involved in football. We want them to become better people because they have been involved with Shrewsbury Town.
"It really is a growth area that we can tap into. Yes, our aspiration is to play at the top level, but let's be realistic - we are at the very bottom of the ladder."


A planning application for the onshore elements of a carbon capture and storage plant at Peterhead power station has been approved by Aberdeenshire Council.

Shell and energy firm SSE are in the running for UK government funding to develop a commercial scheme.
Shell's project leader Bill Spence said it was "encouraging" news.
It is thought about 600 jobs would be created at the height of the construction phase.


A man has been arrested at Stansted Airport in Essex by counter-terror police who suspected he was planning to travel to Syria.

The 37-year-old was due to board a flight for Turkey on Tuesday evening when he was held on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism.
His arrest is not connected to Monday night's suicide bomb attack at Manchester Arena, Scotland Yard said.
Two residential addresses in north London are being searched.
The UK's terror threat level has been raised in the wake of the arena attack, which killed 22 people and injured 59.
It stands at its highest level of "critical", indicating further attacks may be imminent.


The Isle of Man has gifted £50,000 to international charities working to improve the lives of "thousands of vulnerable people" said the government.

Medair UK is to receive £20,000 to support Syrian refugees in Lebanon and £20,000 has gone to Plan International (UK) which works in Mozambique.
A further £10,000 has been awarded to Save the Children to help youngsters affected by violence in South America.
The government said the gift will help thousands of vulnerable people.
Chairman of the International Development Committee (IDC), Phil Gawne added: "These charities urgently need funding to deliver emergency aid in countries scarred by conflict and natural disasters."
In Lebanon, the cash will go towards building medical clinics, in northern Mozambique to constructing toilets and washing facilities and in South America, in support children affected by violence and organised crime.


Only Conservative councils can be trusted to keep taxes low and give more power to local residents, David Cameron has said, as he launched the party's English local elections campaign.

The vote on 5 May is a clear choice between "Tory competence and the disarray of the rest", he said.
The prime minister argued council tax had fallen in real terms since 2010 as town halls gained budgetary freedoms.
The Conservatives are defending about 880 seats last contested in 2012.
More than 2,700 seats in 124 councils across England are up for grabs next month in what will be Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's first national test in England at the ballot box.
Labour did well the last time the majority of the seats were contested in 2012, while the Conservatives - who are the largest party in local government but are fighting their first set of council elections as a majority government for 20 years - lost about 300 seats.
The government has been accused of giving local authorities no option but to cut services such as as libraries, children's centres and bus routes by slashing the value of the Whitehall grant to councils over the past five years.
Mr Cameron has clashed with the Conservative leader of Oxfordshire County Council, which covers his Witney constituency, over whether councils are doing enough to cut their operating costs and make efficiency savings as a way of protecting core services.
Speaking at the Conservatives' Spring Forum, Mr Cameron urged voters to focus on Tory councils' record of "getting things done" while "delivering more for less".
"These local elections provide a clear choice - the competence of a strong Conservative council who will keep taxes down with quality local services, against the disarray of the rest," he said.
The Conservatives say council tax has risen by an average of 6% since 2010 - lower than the rate of inflation - because of the funding it has given to councils to cover a freeze in rates.
Mr Cameron argued the decision to allow councils to retain 100% of their business rates by 2020 was evidence of a bold, reforming government that was willing to trust local communities and give them a direct stake in economic growth.
He also defended a series of controversial policies - such as giving all social housing tenants the right to buy their own home, turning all schools into academies by 2022 and making the NHS a "truly" seven-day service - as evidence of a government doing "big things".
"A Conservative government could be proud of achieving any one of those things in one term. We are doing them all."
In her speech, Home Secretary Theresa May said councils had new powers and voting on 5 May would decide how billions of pounds would be raised and spent.
"A vote for a Conservative is a vote for a local authority that respects the council tax payer and works hard for them," she said.
"Conservative councils have innovated to turn back the tide on the years when Labour let council tax double and services stagnate."
Labour has suggested its councils are being targeted in the latest round of spending cuts, which will see average funding fall by 6.7% by 2020. This comes on top of a nearly 30% reduction in Whitehall grants between 2010 and 2015.
They also argue councils in poorer areas could also lose out from the business rate changes.
Also in England on 5 May there are elections for a new mayor in London as well as Bristol, Liverpool and Salford. The elections are taking place seven weeks before June's referendum on the UK's future membership of the EU.


League Two side Wycombe Wanderers have offered out-of-contract defender Aaron Pierre a new "improved" deal.

The 24-year-old centre-back has appeared 149 times for the Chairboys since joining from Brentford in 2014 and was offered new terms last summer.
The Buckinghamshire club also turned down a bid for Pierre last summer.
"We have tabled a new deal to Aaron and his representatives which is now left for them to consider again," boss Gareth Ainsworth told the club website.
"There is an opportunity here for him to help us achieve something next year and we would love him to be a part of that.
"Aaron is an ambitious person and wants to play at the highest possible level and we know that he will be keeping his options open."


A state of emergency has been imposed in the Burmese town of Meiktila following three days of communal violence between Buddhists and Muslims.

A statement announcing the decision on behalf of President Thein Sein was broadcast on state television.
He said that the move would enable the military to help restore order in the riot-hit town, south of Mandalay.
At least 20 people are reported to have been killed since the violence began, but exact figures are unclear.
A BBC reporter who has just returned from the town said he saw about 20 Muslim bodies, which local men were trying to destroy by burning.
Meiktila MP Win Thein told the BBC Burmese service that scores of mostly Buddhist people accused of being involved in the violence had been arrested by police.
He said that he saw the bodies of eight people who had been killed in violence in the town on Friday morning.  Many Muslims had fled gangs of Buddhist youths, he said, while other Muslims were in hiding.
Mr Win said that that violence that recurred on Friday morning has now receded, although the atmosphere in Meiktila remains tense.
Police say that at least 15 Buddhist monks on Friday burnt down a house belonging to a Muslim family on the outskirts of the town. There are no reports of any injuries.
In pictures: Burma violence
The disturbances began on Wednesday when an argument in a gold shop escalated quickly, with mobs setting mainly Muslim buildings alight, including some mosques.
Fighting in the streets between men from rival communities later broke out.
Meanwhile people in the town have told the BBC of food shortages because the main market in the town has been closed for the last five days.
Hundreds of riot police have been sent into Meiktila. They have been seen hurriedly evacuating crowds of men and women from their burning homes.
However they have been accused of doing little to stop the razing of entire neighbourhoods and the accumulation of casualties from both communities.
The BBC's south-east Asia correspondent Jonathan Head says that the eruption of communal anger uncomfortably echoes what happened in Rakhine state last year, where nearly 200 people were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes.
The conflict that erupted in Rakhine involved Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims, who are not recognised as Burmese citizens. Scores of Rohingyas have fled what they say is persecution in Burma in recent months.
The government has yet to present any long-term proposals to resolve that conflict, our correspondent says, and simmering fear and mistrust between Buddhists and the country's Muslim minorities has boiled over in the more open political climate prevailing since the first elected government in half a century took office two years ago.
Meanwhile residents in Meiktila have complained that police have struggled to control groups of people on the streets armed with knives and sticks.
Most of these men are Buddhists, police say, angered over the death of a Buddhist monk who suffered severe burns on Wednesday.


Scottish councils may lose out on more than £44m of income over the next 20 years if changes are made to wind farm subsidies, according to a trade body.

The UK government recently announced changes to the way onshore wind energy schemes are supported.
Critics fear this could lead to some proposed schemes getting the axe.
Industry body Scottish Renewables said five Scottish councils could lose out on income if developments they have invested in do not go ahead.
The UK government announced last month that new onshore wind farms would be excluded from a subsidy scheme from 1 April 2016 -  a year earlier than expected.
But there will be a grace period for projects which already have planning permission.
Energy firms had already been facing an end to subsidies in 2017.
The funding for the subsidy comes from the Renewables Obligation, which is funded by levies added to household fuel bills.
Making the announcement, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Amber Rudd said: "We are driving forward our commitment to end new onshore wind subsidies and give local communities the final say over any new wind farms.
"Onshore wind is an important part of our energy mix and we now have enough subsidised projects in the pipeline to meet our renewable energy commitments.
The Scottish government condemned the move.
Scottish Renewables, which promotes the industry, said five councils, had already invested more than £650,000 in site investigation and pre-planning work on publicly-owned wind farm projects.
Glasgow is one of the five local authorities. The other four were not identified in the survey.
The wind farms, if they go ahead, would bring in revenue to the councils over the next two decades.
The planned UK government changes mean many schemes could face delays or cancellation.
The survey - carried out by the Association for Public Service Excellence for industry body Scottish Renewables -  also found that 30 jobs would be at risk if projects were scrapped.
Joss Blamire, senior policy manager at Scottish Renewables, said: "Given the pressures on local authority budgets, many have looked elsewhere for income.
"Renewables not only allow Scotland's cities and towns do their bit to cut the carbon emissions which are causing climate change, but also support almost 12,000 Scottish jobs.
"With the premature end of one renewables support scheme already announced last month and two others - Contracts for Difference and the Feed-in Tariff - the subject of significant uncertainty, councils have been left in limbo.
"That means more than £650,000 of public money which has already been spent, not to mention projected incomes in the tens of millions of pounds, could now be lost if the UK government doesn't urgently reconsider its position."
The survey, conducted between 6 and 10 July, found a total of 25 wind turbines were planned by the five Scottish councils who responded.
Glasgow City Council currently operates a single turbine at Cathkin Braes on the south edge of the city.
Plans for 11 more wind turbines on sites around the city were all at the pre-planning stage and the authority was about to commit £70,000 on feasibility studies to see if they could go ahead.
It is estimated that those plans could have brought in about £11m over the 20-year life of the turbines but the schemes are now on hold.
Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson, who is also chair of the Sustainable Glasgow partnership, said: "Glasgow aims to lead the way in using new green technology in our city to improve the environment, create jobs and reduce our carbon footprint.
"Our wind turbine at Cathkin Braes, which is a joint venture between SSE and the council, pays a dividend to a local community trust to support local projects.
"I have also pledged that revenues from renewable projects will be directed to supporting Glasgow's affordable warmth strategy, with a particular focus on our most vulnerable residents.
"Our plans to increase the number of wind turbines in the city now face uncertainty due to recent policy changes and, due to these changes, the community benefits, which would help local people and their neighbours grow and prosper, are at risk."
APSE Energy is a local authority collaboration group on civic energy and renewables schemes, and carried out the snapshot survey on behalf of Scottish Renewables.
APSE Energy director Mark Bramah said: "Councils have invested a great deal of time, resources and money to bring forward projects which have the benefit of contributing to the sustainable energy mix of their localities and can generate significant revenues to support hard-pressed communities and local public services."


Daisy Hill Hospital's emergency department will remain a 24-hr service, the Southern Health Trust has said.

The announcement followed a meeting of health professionals, the Public Health Agency and the ambulance service.
The Department of Health said everyone agreed that it should be retained because of the "clinical need" and "projected population growth".
Health officials had warned that overnight closures may be unavoidable due to staff shortages.
Following the meeting, Southern Health Trust said it remained committed to delivering safe, sustainable 24/7 emergency services at the Newry hospital for the foreseeable future.
The announcement addresses the immediate staffing pressures at the hospital but by no means suggests that a long-term solution has been found.
The BBC understands that consultants will be drafted in from the Belfast Health Trust to help fill the emergency department rota.
The Department of Health's statement reminded the public that Northern Ireland's health service requires transformation and that work will continue at a regional level.
Those who have been campaigning to save the service can breathe a sigh of relief for the time being.


Many parts of the UK have been enjoying one of the hottest weekends of the year so far.

With temperatures reaching as high as 24 degrees in some places.
We want to know how you are enjoying the sunny weather.
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I'm playing with my new dog Willo in the back garden.
Finlay, 11, Kent
I am going horse riding.
Skylar, 11, London
I went with my friends to Anglesey abbey and  had my friends over for a sleepover and then the next night I went to see their house!
Georgie, 12, Hertfordshire
I have just been chilling out and watching CBBC, we are going to get many Easter eggs and my friend might come after.
Manelle, 11, London
Last night we slept out in our tent in the garden and toasted marshmallows!
Emily and Lauren, 9 and 8
It has been great weather,  I have been to the fair and I hope this nice weather stays for the summer.
Destiney-Porscha, 12, Wales


The dispute over the imposition of a new contract for junior doctors "could become a war" between NHS staff, employers and the government, the public service union has told the BBC.

Unison's Christina McAnea said imposing the contract "sends a very worrying message to other members of staff".
"Everybody else is really worried that if they can do this to doctors, what does that mean for us?" said Ms McAnea.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said the contract will improve patient care.
He has criticised the British Medical Association (BMA), which represents doctors, for failing to reach a deal over the past three years and said the contract is an "important step" in improving care at weekends.
Ms McAnea told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "Our feeling is the government wants to extend seven-day services but they don't want to fund it.
"They want staff to fund it through accepting cuts to pay and conditions."
Asked if she thought more strikes were likely from other categories of NHS staff if contracts were imposed on them, she said: "Yes, if there is a cut to unsocial hours payments or an imposition [of a new contract] then I think they would look to take some kind of action."
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A petition on a government website calling for a vote of no confidence in Mr Hunt has gained more than 180,000 signatures - above the 100,000 threshold for a Commons debate to be considered.
The office of the Conservatives in Fareham said it had cancelled a public event with the health secretary on Friday evening "on security grounds" after critics of the government's reforms began circulating details of the reception online.
A smaller private event went ahead at a different venue.
Paul Brooks, who runs an agency placing doctors in jobs abroad, told the BBC he had seen only "a few" more enquiries from junior doctors.
"Most, though, do not seem to be wanting to go overseas yet, as juniors. It's the doctors who have got their specialisation who are looking to move overseas - GPs or A&E doctors," said Mr Brooks.
"In the traditional places like Australia and New Zealand, there are many fewer jobs now than there were. They've trained quite a lot of their own doctors - there are already more doctors in Australia per head of population than we have here by quite a significant number.
"And I just don't think the opportunities are there for doctors without a specialisation."
However, he said the opportunities for GPs in Australia were "definitely better".
"It's fairly clear cut that they're getting a better quality of life," he said.


Alan Pardew leaving Newcastle United to take over as Crystal Palace manager may be seen by some - when placed in the context of scale, potential and Premier League placing - as a step down into a relegation fight.

And yet it seems clear that Pardew can barely wait to pack his bags and leave Tyneside for Selhurst Park once the call came from his former club following the sacking of Neil Warnock.
So why did Pardew finally feel it was time to end his loveless marriage with the Toon Army and what will await him at Palace after a reconciliation with the club where he distinguished himself as a player?
WHAT PARDEW LEAVES BEHIND
At Newcastle, Pardew's stock with the supporters was so low that few will mourn his departure. Even if he had brought a trophy to Tyneside, you suspect credit from fans would have been delivered elsewhere rather than at the door of the manager.
From his appointment in succession to the popular Chris Hughton in December 2010, many fans simply viewed him as part of owner Mike Ashley's so-called "Cockney Mafia" and a stooge for the man who runs such a tight ship. He was regarded with suspicion by supporters who felt he was simply a "yes man" for a disliked hierarchy.
In some instances Pardew hardly helped himself, such as when verbally abusing Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini in the technical area or putting the head in on Hull City's David Meyler.
This season "Pardew Out" banners have been held aloft at regular intervals and a fans' website was set up devoted to getting him sacked. "Pardew Is A Muppet" was also daubed on a bedsheet paraded by fans - in others words he was fighting a battle for acceptance that he would never win.
When he got good results, Pardew was simply disliked a little less.
WHAT PARDEW TAKES ON
Pardew will receive a warm welcome from passionate Palace fans who remember him as the man who scored the decisive goal in the famous 4-3 FA Cup semi-final win against Liverpool at Villa Park in 1990 and played in the finals against Manchester United.
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He will be well received by supporters who could see the Warnock reign was not working and he will also be well-regarded for leaving a club higher up the Premier League to embark on a survival mission.
Pardew will be viewed as someone who knows what makes the club's supporters tick. He will already be aware of the noise and hostility that can be generated by Palace fans in some of the most atmospheric surroundings in the Premier League.
Results are the traditional barometer of managerial popularity and Pardew will need them quickly - but he will surely feel a burden has been lifted by doing his job in an atmosphere of support and affection from a fanbase that was never afforded him at Newcastle.
WHAT PARDEW LEAVES BEHIND
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley deserves credit for refusing to bend in the face of fan protests and sack Pardew - but this may have been a matter of convenience as his manager accepted the way he wanted to run the club.
Football is strictly business to Ashley, especially at a club where he also has little affection or respect from fans. Transfer budgets were strictly controlled and prize assets such as Yohan Cabaye were always prey if the chance of a big profit came along, such as when the Frenchman was sold to Paris St-Germain last January for £19m after signing from Lille for £4.3m in June 2011.
Ashley was never going to cede control to Pardew when it came to signing players and it is believed a conversation which suggested no transfer funds would be forthcoming this January - unless of course midfielder Moussa Sissoko was sold - was part of the process that led up to this move.
Ashley, like the shrewd businessman he is, keeps his eye on the cash but at least he kept Pardew in place when many others would have bowed to demands from supporters.
WHAT PARDEW TAKES ON
Crystal Palace chairman Steve Parish will back Pardew after acting decisively to dismiss Warnock - and he will need this appointment to work as much as his new manager. Pardew will instantly be working from a position of greater power than he ever had at Newcastle.
Parish, a passionate Palace supporter, has had a chequered recent record and will not want history to judge him as making another poor decision - especially after circumstances surrounding the departure of Tony Pulis.
The chairman deserves credit for appointing Pulis last season and watched with delight as he plotted an escape from what seemed certain relegation, only for the mood to change when he left just 48 hours before the start of the new season.
Parish always denied claims the pair had a rift over transfer targets but did admit "the communication was difficult".
Warnock was a mistake, albeit a short-lived one. Pardew would be working for a chairman who is as desperate to make a go of this as him. Parish cannot afford another failure with the stakes so high.
What is certain is that Parish would give Pardew a much greater say in who comes and goes at Palace than he had at Newcastle, although not a huge budget. This will have great appeal.
WHAT PARDEW LEAVES BEHIND
Pardew leaves behind a Newcastle side in 10th place in the Premier League, respectability and the same position they finished last season. He will also have gone out with a 3-2 win against Everton.
Newcastle's squad contains real quality in the shape of players such as goalkeeper Tim Krul, defenders Daryl Janmaat and Fabricio Coloccini and midfielder Sissoko.
It was a group of players that would never threaten the top four places but had enough to ensure a very comfortable Premier League existence - which is exactly how owner Ashley likes it.
WHAT PARDEW TAKES ON
Palace are 18th and seemingly condemned to another fight to stay up, a fight that has increased in intensity with Burnley's recent upturn in form and Leicester City's win at Hull City.
There is quality about, however, in the shape of captain Mile Jedinak - who also leads Australia - and the maverick Yannick Bolasie can offer the unexpected when in the mood.
And, as Pulis proved, if the right buttons are pressed in this squad they have the pace and attitude that can make the unlikely happen. Pardew would hope to re-ignite some of the spirit that served Palace so well towards the end of last season.
Will he also be able to re-ignite Wilfried Zaha, so impressive in his first spell at Selhurst Park before his ill-fated move to Manchester United? If he can do that, Pardew will have another talent to work with.
Pardew's first job, however, would be to restore confidence on and off the pitch and hope to do some clever work in the January transfer window.
WHAT PARDEW LEAVES BEHIND
Pardew leaves behind a one-club city in Newcastle with a passionate (albeit success-starved) support and regular attendances of more than 52,000 at St James' Park. Had he been able to create success it would have resulted in almost limitless fervour and perhaps even some fulfilment of the potential this club possesses.
Much was made of supposed "over-expectation" from Newcastle's fans. This was unfair - they were not demanding a regular supply of silverware, simply some indication the club might fulfil that potential. Not actually too much to ask.
Ashley's insistence on such control at Newcastle may see some managers less than enticed by the prospect of succeeding Pardew, but such is the history and passion that surrounds this club there will always be plenty of takers.
Newcastle spent more than £30m last summer, which included a £12m deal to sign Montpellier's Remy Cabella and around £11m on Dutch pair Siem de Jong - out injured for most of this season - and Daryl Janmaat.
In line with Ashley's policy, this was offset by that £19m sale of Yohan Cabaye to PSG last January and the summer departure of France defender Mathieu Debuchy to Arsenal in a £10m deal. The books have to be balanced and this is something Pardew's successor would also have to address.
The highest transfer fee Newcastle have received was the £35m spent on Andy Carroll by Liverpool in January 2011, while their biggest buy remains the £16m handed over to Real Madrid for Michael Owen in August 2005.
WHAT PARDEW TAKES ON
As with Newcastle, Pardew will be doing his work in front of supporters who have a fierce passion and love for their club. There are rarely too many empty seats at Selhurst Park with attendances around the 25,000 mark.
Last season's dramatic 3-3 draw with Liverpool, as Palace came from 3-0 down in the dying minutes, was an electrifying night and even earlier this season when they were again managerless and losing 3-1 to West Ham United, the level of support was remarkable.
Newcastle can attract a greater level of support in their home city than Palace can in London and despite Ashley watching the pennies, they can always pay bigger fees and attract bigger names.
Palace's summer spending was on a more modest scale, with the main purchase being James McArthur from Wigan Athletic in a £5.5m deal, parting with around £11m overall.
The McArthur deal edged out the previous record deal of £4.5m paid to Peterborough for Dwight Gayle in July 2013, while their record fee received was the £15m Manchester United paid for Wilfried Zaha in January of that year.
But no-one should underestimate what the Palace environment could create if Pardew gets it right - this and more control over his own destiny will have been a lure.
WHAT PARDEW LEAVES BEHIND
As stated previously, Newcastle's fans simply want the club to deliver on the huge support they attract by at least looking like they might win a trophy or edge into the top six.
It should be remembered Newcastle were in contention for a Champions League place under Pardew until the final day of the 2011-12 season, when they finished fifth.
Expectations have not been met and Newcastle's will always be higher than Palace. Pardew may feel more comfortable with the levels at Palace despite his very ambitious nature.
WHAT PARDEW TAKES ON
Expectation is very simple at Crystal Palace. Survive in the Premier League and if possible establish themselves there for the foreseeable future.
For this season though, the only expectation on Pardew would be that he keeps Palace up after their poor start. Higher goals can wait for another day.


Social services alerted police to a possible relationship between County Tyrone schoolgirl Arlene Arkinson and the man suspected of killing her, a coroner's court has heard.

Police notes read out revealed a social worker had confirmed the pair were at least known to each other - a few days after she went missing in August 1994.
Arlene, 15 from Castlederg went missing after a night out at a disco in County Donegal in 1994.
Her body has never been found.
Det Con Gareth Jenkins told the inquest in Belfast that the Omagh-based social worker had confirmed that a "relationship existed".
He added: "What sort of relationship that was, without having anything written down, it would be unfair to comment further."
She was last seen with convicted child killer Robert Howard, who died in prison last year.
Howard was acquitted of Arlene's murder by a jury unaware of his long record of sex crimes, including the murder of a south London schoolgirl. He always remained the police's prime suspect in Arlene's death.
Howard, 71, had been due to give evidence before the inquest.  He died at HMP Frankland in County Durham last October.
The court also heard that social services found Arlene had a poor attendance at school, was a smoker and drinker who did not go anywhere without make-up or money and who "looked about 19 years old".
There was also a brief mention of a "relationship" with a second older man.
At the time she was living with her brother, Martin Arkinson, in Castlederg and had, on occasion, gone missing, staying with her father or another relative. However, she had always made contact within 48 hours.
After two days family members told social services that Arlene was missing, but it took two more days before police were informed, the court heard.
The initial missing person investigation had two main lines of inquiry - that Arlene had travelled to Birmingham to obtain an abortion or that Howard was involved.
Although he was aware Howard had been on bail for serious sexual offences, Mr Jenkins said he was unsure whether he was still signing bail when the schoolgirl vanished.
"It was not a criminal investigation at this stage where I had taken my initial answers," he said. "It was not solely focused on Robert Howard. It also focused on the possible travel to England."
The police investigation was heavily scrutinised during Howard's trial.
Mr Jenkins said he had done everything possible but, as a junior officer, could not decide the course of an investigation.
"I had raised my concerns about irregularities in the accounts that the three or four people had given," he said.
Meanwhile, the court has heard harrowing details about an alleged sex attack carried out by Howard.
"I was terrified," said the victim in a statement read out to the court.
In another development, the coroner has requested further clarification on the public interest immunity application request by the Police Service of Northern Ireland to withhold a number of confidential documents.
Another behind-closed-doors hearing may take place on Friday to discuss the matter but this has not been confirmed.
The inquest has been adjourned until next week.


Saoirse Ronan and Brie Larson are to be honoured at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival - sharing the outstanding performer of the year award.

It is the first time the award has been given to two winners.
Both are tipped for Oscar nominations for their roles in Brooklyn and Room respectively.
Larson and Ronan have both previously been awarded the festival's Virtuoso award.
They will be honoured at a ceremony on 8 February.
The festival's executive director Roger Durling said they were "proud" to jointly celebrate "these two great actresses in such strong performances".
"This is an incredible year for emerging talent to take centre stage and showcase their abilities. We've long been following the careers of Brie and Saoirse and their recent roles as empowered young women transcend time, place and circumstance."
Ronan's performance in Brooklyn has already won her the New Hollywood Award at the Hollywood Film Awards.
In the film she plays Eilis Lacey, a young woman from rural Ireland in the 1950s, who has to leave her home to find job opportunities and a future in the US.
Brooklyn won the top audience award at the Vancouver Film Festival in October.
While captivity drama Room took home the People's Choice award at the Toronto Film Festival in September.
The film sees Larson play a woman who is kidnapped and gives birth to a son while being held captive.
Both the actress and eight-year-old Jacob Tremblay have been winning critical praise for their harrowing performances.
Tremblay will also be honoured at the festival for his performance. He will be one of four actors who will take home a Virtuoso Award.
The award recognises a group of actors who have distinguished themselves through performances in the past year.
The other honourees are Elizabeth Banks for her role in Beach Boys biopic Love & Mercy, Joel Edgerton for Black Mass and Paul Dano for his roles in Youth and Love & Mercy.
Also being honoured at the festival is Johnny Depp, who is being awarded the Maltin Modern Master award.
While Spotlight stars Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams will be honoured as an ensemble with the American Riviera Award.


Microsoft is recalling more than two million power cords sold with Surface tablets worldwide after 56 reports of them overheating and emitting flames.

It has also received five reports of customers receiving electrical shocks.
Users should unplug the cords and contact Microsoft for a free replacement, the US Consumer Product Safety Commission added.
Microsoft announced the recall at the end of January, but did not reveal how many of complaints it had received.
The recall is of power cords sold with the Surface Pro, Surface Pro 2 and Surface Pro 3 tablets before March 2015 in the US and Canada and July 2015 outside of those countries.


Scotland Women's European Championship hopes suffered a further blow with striker Jane Ross an injury doubt for the next Group D game against Portugal.

Ross, the joint top scorer in qualifying, damaged her shoulder in Scotland's 6-0 defeat by England.
The 27-year-old was taken to hospital and she will be assessed again before Sunday's meeting with Portugal.
Head coach Anna Signeul conceded that she is almost certainly out but could return against Spain.
"We don't know how severe the shoulder injury is, but we're going to continue to assess it and be in contact with her club doctor as well," Signeul said of the 107-cap forward.
The Manchester City striker's injury is another setback for Scotland, who lost the services of leading players Kim Little, Jen Beattie, Emma Mitchell and Lizzie Arnot before the tournament began.
Signeul is hopeful, though, that attacking midfielder Hayley Lauder will recover from injury in time to face Spain.
"Hayley is progressing well," Signeul said. "It will be touch and go for Portugal, but it looks very good for Spain."
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Losing Ross would be a significant blow to Scotland, with the striker having scored 50 international goals in her career, including 10 during the qualifying campaign.
Signeul said that the players need to remain positive as they prepare for the crucial game against Portugal, who lost their opening match 2-0 to Spain.
"It's tournament football. Both teams have lost their first game, so both teams need to go for the win," Signeul added.
"You need to approach the game to win it. Both teams will need to take chances and open up a little bit.
"We're strong and believe in what we're doing. The thunderstorm last night hopefully took everything out and we start again."
Meanwhile, midfielder Leanne Crichton was remaining positive despite the heavy defeat.
"For us, it's maybe an eye-opener," she said. "We feel we are as fit as most teams that are here.
"Heads are still high, of course they are, we're not here to make up numbers."
Defender Ifeoma Dieke thinks the Scots can recover from the loss to England.
"We've got to be tough mentally - we're all big girls," she said. "We learn from it and move on."


Western delegations attending the inauguration of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni have walked out of the ceremony in protest.

US, European and Canadian diplomats left abruptly when Mr Museveni made disparaging comments about the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The US state department said they had also objected to the presence of Sudan's Omar al-Bashir at the ceremony.
Mr Bashir is wanted by the ICC on charges of genocide.
Thursday's inauguration - the fifth since Mr Museveni took power in 1986 - was attended by leaders from Chad, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
In his address, Mr Museveni described the ICC as "a bunch of useless people" and said he no longer supported it.
State department spokeswoman Elizabeth Trudeau said: "In response to President Bashir's presence and President Museveni's remarks, the US delegation, along with representatives of the EU countries and Canada, departed the inauguration ceremonies to demonstrate our objections."
"We believe that walking out in protest is an appropriate reaction to a head of state mocking efforts to ensure accountability for victims of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity."
Ms Trudeau said that was especially the case as Uganda was committed to accountability as a party to the Rome statute, which established the ICC.
The Hague-based court has issued international warrants in 2009 and 2010 for Mr Bashir's arrest on charges of genocide for atrocities in Sudan's western Darfur region.
Correspondents say that states in theory have a legal duty to arrest ICC suspects on their territory, but African leaders are increasingly doubtful of its authority.


German police have arrested a teenage asylum seeker suspected of planning a suicide attack in Berlin.

The suspect, 17, was arrested in the Uckermark, a district in Brandenburg, the state's Interior Minister, Karl-Heinz SchrÃ¶ter, announced.
He entered Germany in 2015, police said. They have not confirmed reports that he is Syrian.
In December, a jihadist killed 12 people with a lorry at a Berlin Christmas market.
That attack by Anis Amri, a Tunisian, put security services under intense scrutiny because of the way in which the attacker, who was later shot dead by police in Italy, evaded their surveillance and crossed European borders undetected.
Special forces arrested the teenager after police received a tip-off, Brandenburg police tweeted (in German). He had sent a message to his family saying farewell and that he was joining the "jihad", the police said.
The boy told his family he planned to carry out a suicide attack, Mr SchrÃ¶ter said.
His ministry said the suspect was Syrian but police tweeted that neither the "Syrian nationality" nor "concrete attack plans" could yet be confirmed, and that investigations continued.
The suspect had been living in a home for unaccompanied underage refugees in Uckermark since 2016 and had never before come to the attention of police.
He is currently being questioned and the home is being searched by the state criminal investigation office, Brandenburg police said.
Details of the plot cannot be released due to police operations, which are ongoing, the police added.
Some 280,000 asylum seekers arrived in Germany last year, a drop of more than 600,000 compared to 2015.
Chancellor Angela Merkel's decision to temporarily open the country's borders at the height of the European migrant crisis divided opinion and immigration is an important political issue ahead of the parliamentary election later this year.
Mrs Merkel recently moved to try and ramp up deportations of failed asylum seekers.
Tunisia had refused to take back Anis Amri after his asylum bid was rejected and pressure has increased on Mrs Merkel's government since the December attack.


The resignation of Martin McGuinness as Northern Ireland's deputy first minister and the threatened collapse of the Assembly has concentrated minds on the future of the devolved institutions and outstanding issues.

The Budget
The executive has not agreed a budget for the 2017-18 financial year.
Finance Minister Máirtín Ó Muilleoir said he had drawn up a draft budget but it had not gone to the executive for approval.
The minister told BBC NI's Talkback programme that "monies will continue to flow" and projects such as the A6 and  the mother and children's hospital would continue but "other initiatives that were planned and were in the draft budget, they cannot go forward".
RHI audit
Michael Doran of Action for Renewables, who heads a newly-established group of boiler operators told the BBC's Good Morning Ulster that the political crisis "might provide an opportunity to carry out the audit that we have been asking for, both business audits and technical audits".
He said this could be completed in eight to 10 weeks under the direction of civil servants.
Mr Doran said the association was "still not convinced that the problem is as big as was highlighted by the auditor".
Bedroom tax
DUP Communities Minister Paul Givan said there was now a threat to the mitigation measures intended to over 30,000 people in Northern Ireland from the effects of the so-called bedroom tax.
"It requires executive agreement," he said. "As a result of that I do not have the legal basis to provide the £25m that is needed in the next financial year."
Mr Givan said he had asked officials to look at emergency procedures but added: "We may well be having the bedroom tax being introduced on 20 February".
Abuse Inquiry
The Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry, headed by Sir Anthony Hart, is due to publish its report on 20 January.
Margaret McGuckin of Survivors and Victims of Institutional Abuse (SAVIA) said the report had already been delivered to the Executive Office.
"Victims and survivors are just heartbroken at this debacle that's going on," she said, referring to compensation payments recommended by Sir Anthony.
"Please, we're asking them to initiate this, implement this payment. So many people at death's door and I'm afraid for their welfare, said Ms McGuckin.
In a statement on Tuesday, a spokesperson said: "The Executive Office has received the Inquiry Report and findings in line with the legislation and the timeframe in the Terms of Reference.
"The publication is entirely a matter for the Inquiry and no further comment will be made by the Executive Office at this time."
Free Derry Corner
Following his resignation, a poster praising Martin McGuinness was erected at Free Derry Corner, the preserved gable wall carrying a message dating back to the Troubles.