Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy "inappropriately approached" a primary school age girl on a secluded path.

The boy, who is in his mid-teens, approached the girl on a cycle path in South Queensferry at about 14:00 on Friday.
The girl immediately went home and told her parents what had happened.
Officers said it was a "deeply concerning incident" that had caused great distress to the girl.
The teenager left on foot shortly after the incident, which took place behind the South Queensferry Bowling Club.
He walked east in the direction of Newhalls Road and may have been seen by several drivers in the area.
Police described him as white, about 5ft 4ins, of a medium build with brown hair brushed forward. He was wearing a royal blue round neck t-shirt, navy jeans and was possibly carrying an old black and blue rucksack.
Det Insp Julie Marshall said: "This is a deeply concerning incident that has caused a great deal of distress to the young victim as well as her family.
"She has shown tremendous courage and has been able to supply us with a very strong description of the suspect and I urge anyone who has relevant information to contact police immediately."
She added: "Our inquiries are ongoing but I can reassure the public that we will use all resources at our disposal to trace this individual as quickly as possible."


Francesco Totti was in tears after a presentation to mark the final appearance of his 25-year Roma career.

The 40-year-old forward, who has scored 307 goals in 786 games for his only club, came on in the 54th minute in the win over Genoa to a standing ovation.
Roma won the game 3-2, with Diego Perotti's last-minute winner securing a Champions League group stage spot.
After the game, Totti read a letter to the fans, including: "I'm afraid. I can't see what the future looks like."
He also said: "Imagine you're a child having a good dream… and your mother wakes you up to go to school.
"You want to keep dreaming… you try to slip back into the dream but you never can.
"This time, it's not a dream, but reality. And I can no longer slip back in."
Captain Totti was also presented with a framed number 10, his famous shirt number, and had his wife and children on the pitch with him.
He is expected to become a Roma director but a statement during the week has led to reports he could play on elsewhere.
The game did not start well for Roma. Pietro Pellegri, 16, became the first player born in 2001 to score a Serie A goal when he put Genoa 1-0 ahead.
Roma, who would have dropped into the Champions League play-offs had they failed to win, cancelled out that opener with a goal from Edin Dzeko.
With 16 minutes remaining, the former Manchester City striker pulled the ball back for Daniele de Rossi, also a one-club Roma legend, to put them ahead. Totti was standing right behind him ready to shoot.
Darko Lazovic equalised with a header but Perotti fired home in the final minute from Dzeko's header to ensure Roma finished runners up to Juventus and one point above Napoli - who beat Sampdoria 4-2.
All the build-up to the game was dominated by talk of 'Totti Day' as it was known in Italy, although coach Luciano Spalletti, who has frequently kept the star on the bench this season, said the result was more important and did not start him.
He was awarded a special jersey by Genoa before the game, with Totti banners visible in the Stadio Olimpico crowd. The atmosphere rose when he replaced Mohamed Salah nine minutes into the second half.
Totti set up a chance for Stephan el Shaarawy with a great pass but rarely looked like adding to his own tally.
Earlier this season, Roma director of football Monchi had said Totti would retire at the end of the season and become a director.
Totti's statement on Thursday said it would be "the last time I can wear Roma's jersey". It added: "From Monday I'm ready to go again. I'm ready for a new challenge."
Spalletti, who is now expected to leave the club, has regularly brought Totti on as a late substitute this season and has frequently complained about the amount of questions over the forward's playing time.
Sunday's game was the first time Totti played more than 30 minutes in a Serie A game since September.
Match ends, Roma 3, Genoa 2.
Second Half ends, Roma 3, Genoa 2.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Nicola Ninkovic.
Francesco Totti (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Diego Laxalt (Genoa).
Edin Dzeko (Roma) is shown the yellow card.
Edin Dzeko (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Santiago Gentiletti (Genoa).
Edin Dzeko (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Santiago Gentiletti (Genoa).
Diego Perotti (Roma) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
Goal!  Roma 3, Genoa 2. Diego Perotti (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Radja Nainggolan (Roma) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Diego Laxalt (Genoa).
Offside, Roma. Edin Dzeko tries a through ball, but Federico Fazio is caught offside.
Foul by Kevin Strootman (Roma).
Danilo Cataldi (Genoa) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt missed. Danilo Cataldi (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is too high.
Corner,  Genoa. Conceded by Mário Rui.
Attempt missed. Daniele De Rossi (Roma) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Francesco Totti with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Santiago Gentiletti.
Edin Dzeko (Roma) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Dangerous play by Santiago Gentiletti (Genoa).
Attempt saved. Darko Lazovic (Genoa) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miguel Veloso.
Goal!  Roma 2, Genoa 2. Darko Lazovic (Genoa) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Diego Laxalt with a cross.
Foul by Kostas Manolas (Roma).
Olivier Ntcham (Genoa) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Goal!  Roma 2, Genoa 1. Daniele De Rossi (Roma) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Edin Dzeko.
Attempt missed. Davide Biraschi (Genoa) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Isaac Cofie.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Ezequiel Muñoz.
Kevin Strootman (Roma) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Danilo Cataldi (Genoa).
Offside, Roma. Radja Nainggolan tries a through ball, but Antonio Rüdiger is caught offside.
Substitution, Genoa. Olivier Ntcham replaces Pietro Pellegri.
Substitution, Roma. Diego Perotti replaces Stephan El Shaarawy.
Corner,  Roma. Conceded by Eugenio Lamanna.
Attempt saved. Stephan El Shaarawy (Roma) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Totti.
Offside, Genoa. Darko Lazovic tries a through ball, but Pietro Pellegri is caught offside.
Attempt missed. Kevin Strootman (Roma) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Francesco Totti.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


Microsoft has announced it will offer a preview version of its first major update to Windows 8 next month.

The news comes amid growing criticism of the software's user interface.
Microsoft said the revision to the operating system (OS), codenamed Windows Blue, would be released at Build, a three-day developers event in San Francisco starting on 26 June.
However, while the company said it had listened to "feedback", it has still not disclosed what changes are planned.
Microsoft added that a final version of Windows Blue would be released before the end of the year, and highlighted that it had already sold more than 100 million licences for the system.
The Verge, ZDNet and other tech blogs have reported that the update could mean Microsoft reversing its decision to remove the start button from the system's desktop environment.
They also suggested it would give users the option of booting their PCs directly into Windows 8's desktop mode rather than having to visit the tile-based Start menu screen first.
On Tuesday the Financial Times ran a front-page story suggesting that a U-turn over key elements of Windows 8 would mark "one of the most prominent admissions of failure for a new mass-market consumer product since Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco nearly 30 years ago".
This was a reference to the beverage makers' decision to launch and then abandon a new version of its fizzy drink.
The FT's article followed a news briefing given by Microsoft to mark the first six months of Windows 8.
The tech company has issued a statement taking issue with the report.
"It is unfortunate that the Financial Times did not accurately represent the content or the context of our conversation about the good response to date on Windows 8 and the positive opportunities ahead on both Windows 8 and Windows Blue," it said.
"Our perspective is accurately reflected in many other interviews on this topic as well as in a Q&A with [chief financial officer] Tami Reller posted on the Windows blog."
The FT told the BBC it stood by its story.
More than 1.5 billion devices used Windows 7 and earlier versions of the system at the time of Windows 8's launch, making the OS both the most popular of its kind and one of the company's key sources of revenue.
However, Microsoft was aware that sales of tablets and other touch-controlled devices had been growing at a much faster rate than PCs.
This helped prompt it to introduce a new start screen, initially dubbed "Metro", containing resizable tiles that could be tapped and swiped to launch and navigate apps.
Users can still switch to a more traditional desktop mode by clicking on an icon, but the environment lacks the start menu button offered since Windows 95.
This caused some people to become confused about how to shut down their PC and carry out other tasks. Several third-party developers subsequently released their own software allowing users to restore the facility.
"Many people have recoiled in horror at Windows 8 because it is such a stark change over what they had become used to over the past 15 or so years," Chris Green, principal technology analyst at consultants Davies Murphy Group Europe, told the BBC.
"Unless you are using it on a brand-new computer or laptop with a touchscreen display it's not as intuitive to use as Microsoft makes out - and these are still premium-priced products."
Since businesses traditionally wait until at least a major service pack has come out before updating their computers to a new OS, the major impact of the changes has mostly been limited to consumers.
But Mr Green added that it would be a worry for Microsoft if companies now opted to skip Windows 8 in the same way many had previously decided not to install Windows Vista.
"Microsoft wouldn't necessarily miss out on revenue from their largest blue-chip customers because they pay an annual subscription fee for access to its tech whether they use it or not," he said.
"But it's the mid-sized companies - who buy computers and software as they need it - which is where the big money and margins are."
Microsoft has acknowledged that "there is a learning curve [to Windows 8] and we can work to address that," but it also points out it has sold a similar number of licences for the OS as were achieved over the first six months of Windows 7's life.
"It's too early to say that it's flopped," said Benedict Evans, a digital media specialist at research firm Enders Analysis.
"However, there's clearly a lot of pushback from consumers and corporates about the radical change the firm wants to make in the user interface.
"The broader issue is that Microsoft is building an operating system designed with a touchscreen in mind. That's essential for its future because computing is shifting to tablets and mobile, where Microsoft has been irrelevant."
"What in effect they've done is compromise the desktop experience to create a great tablet and mobile experience. The problem is that it's the desktop buyers that pay for everything right now."


Clashes between police and Islamist protesters in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka have left at least three people dead and 60 injured.

Up to half a million Hefazat-e Islam supporters gathered in the city, where rioters set fire to shops and vehicles.
The activists are calling for those who insult Islam to face the death penalty.
Later, the police used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to expel thousands of protesters who occupied the city's main business district.
Thousands of Islamist activists were seen fleeing the Motijheel area, and by the early hours of Monday morning police had taken control of the area, reports the BBC Bengali service reports.
On Sunday, throngs of protesters blocked main roads, isolating Dhaka from other parts of the country.
Chanting "Allahu Akbar!" ("God is greatest!") and "One point! One demand! Atheists must be hanged", the activists marched down at least six main roads as they headed for Motijheel, AFP news agency reported.
The area around the city centre's largest mosque turned into a battleground as police reacted to stone-throwing rioters with tear gas, rubber bullets and truncheons.
Three people were killed, the BBC Bengali service reported, with at least one dying of gunshot wounds. Other agencies reported the death toll had risen to at least 10, with several casualties sustaining gunshot wounds to the head.
Reports spoke of some 60 people being injured, including two local TV journalists.
Hefazat-e Islam wants greater segregation of men and women, as well as the imposition of stricter Islamic education.
The group's opposition to a national development policy for women has angered women's groups.
Hefajat-e-Islam draws its strength from the country's madrassahs, or religious schools.
But the government, which describes Bangladesh as a secular democracy, has rejected the group's demand for a new law on blasphemy.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said current legislation was adequate.
A Hefajat-e-Islam activist, Hossain Soliman Abdullah, said the main aim of the protest was to press for the implementation of a 13-point demand inspired by the Koran.
Dhaka's Daily Star newspaper reports that the group hired at least 3,000 vehicles, including buses, lorries and minibuses to bring demonstrators into the capital, while others travelled there by train.
On Friday, Sheikh Hasina said the government had already met many of the group's demands.
"Many of these have already been implemented while some are in the process," she was quoted as telling the Daily Star.
She said the government had already arrested four bloggers for making "derogatory comments" against the Prophet Muhammad and they would be punished if found guilty.
Muslims make up nearly 90% of the country's population with the rest mostly Hindus.


Welsh TV channel S4C is well funded despite a UK government grant cut, the broadcasting minister has said.

Ed Vaizey told MPs S4C was "more generously funded than any other media organisation in terms of the number of viewers it receives".
S4C's grant will be cut from £6.7m to £5m by 2020, but most of its budget comes from the BBC licence fee.
Montgomeryshire Tory MP Glyn Davies said there was "widespread disappointment" in Wales at the cut.
Plaid Cymru MP Jonathan Edwards said the Conservative manifesto had promised to safeguard the channel's funding, not cut its grant by 26%.
Mr Vaizey told the Commons on Thursday that including the contribution of BBC News, S4C had a "guaranteed income" of £90m "which any other media organisation obviously apart from the BBC would cry out for".
In July, he praised S4C for programmes such as crime drama Y Gwyll (Hinterland) but said it was "reasonable" to expect the channel to make similar savings to those being made by the BBC.


The head of the Metropolitan Police has met privately with Lord Bramall, the former chief of the defence staff investigated over unproven claims of a historical VIP child sex abuse ring.

Scotland Yard said Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe had expressed "regret" at distress felt by the D-Day veteran for having his innocence called into question.
The 92-year-old was interviewed under caution in April 2015 but told in January no action would be taken.
A review of the probe is taking place.
Lord Bramall was questioned in connection with Operation Midland, which was wound up last month without any charges being brought.
How one man's claims sparked Met inquiry
It had been established in November 2014 to examine claims made by a man known only as Nick that boys had been abused by a group of powerful men from politics, the military and law enforcement agencies in the 1970s and 1980s.
The Metropolitan Police said Sir Bernard and Assistant Commissioner Patricia Gallan met Lord Bramall on Thursday.
"Whilst the content of that conversation will remain private, the Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe expressed, in person, his regret about the distress felt by Lord Bramall and his family, and the impact of having his innocence publicly called into question after a long career of public service," it said in a statement.
Retired High Court Judge Sir Richard Henriques is examining the way the Met handles cases involving claims of historical child abuse by public figures.
Scotland Yard said the commissioner had listened to Lord Bramall's concerns about how the investigation had been carried out and these would be considered during the review.
A statement issued on behalf of Lord Bramall said it had been a "useful constructive meeting".
Sir Bernard, it said, had assured Lord Bramall the Met would be taking urgent steps to implement the recommendations of Sir Richard's review.
It said Lord Bramall looked forward to contributing to the review into the investigation "with the aim of establishing whether it could or should have been handled differently".
The statement added: "Lord Bramall accepts these assurances and appreciates the great pressure the Metropolitan Police have been under."
Scotland Yard has come under fire amid concerns it overreacted to the allegations that prompted Operation Midland.
Speaking to MPs on the Commons Home Affairs Committee in February, Sir Bernard expressed "regret" at the effect of the inquiry on Lord Bramall but repeatedly refused to apologise.
He said people questioned had needed to wait to be told about the outcome of the case to allow police and the Crown Prosecution Service time to complete their work.


One of Ireland's most senior Catholic clerics has called for the Church to take a "reality check" following the country's overwhelming vote in favour of same-sex marriage.

The first gay marriages are now likely to take place in the early autumn.
Diarmuid Martin, the archbishop of Dublin, said the Church in Ireland needed to reconnect with young people.
The referendum found 62% were in favour of changing the constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
The archbishop told the Irish broadcaster RTÃ‰: "We [the Church] have to stop and have a reality check, not move into denial of the realities.
"We won't begin again with a sense of renewal, with a sense of denial.
"I appreciate how gay and lesbian men and women feel on this day. That they feel this is something that is enriching the way they live. I think it is a social revolution."
The archbishop personally voted "No" arguing that gay rights should be respected "without changing the definition of marriage".
"I ask myself, most of these young people who voted yes are products of our Catholic school system for 12 years. I'm saying there's a big challenge there to see how we get across the message of the Church," he added.
Ireland is the first country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage through a popular vote, and its referendum was held 22 years after homosexual acts were decriminalised in the Republic of Ireland.
Among those voicing their approval of the outcome was UK Prime Minister David Cameron who tweeted: "Congratulations to the people of Ireland, after voting for same-sex marriage, making clear you are equal if you are straight or gay."
Feargha NÃ Bhroin and Linda Cullen were among those who were pleased at the result of the referendum.
Ms Cullen proposed to her partner live on BBC Radio 5 Live on Sunday.
The couple, who have been together 10 years, said marriage was especially important for them as they have children.
"It means a lot in this country to be married and to have that status for your family," Ms Cullen said.
In Ireland debates about morality tend to be rooted in religion. The discussion about same sex marriage was no exception.
The Catholic Church after all still has much influence in Ireland and the no vote was strongest in rural areas where church attendance figures tend to be higher. That sharply compared to the cities where the yes campaign never doubted their support.
There was also a generational divide - with the yes campaign capturing the interest and enthusiasm of young people in a way that few elections do. Some living abroad even returned home to Ireland simply to visit the ballot box.
The Catholic Church is not immune from the influence of an increasingly liberal Ireland.
In his appeal for a no vote the church's most senior figure In Ireland  specifically recognised the love shared between same sex couples.
That is a softening of language and in its own way a sign of wider change.
In total, 1,201,607 people voted in favour of same-sex marriage, while 734,300 voted against.
Out of 43 constituencies, only the largely rural Roscommon-South Leitrim had a majority of "no" votes.
The yes vote means an amendment will be made to Article 41 of the constitution, stating that being of the same sex is no longer an impediment to marriage.
The government must bring in a new law, the Marriage Bill 2015, to give effect to the amendment and it says it hopes to do that by the time the Irish parliament breaks up in the summer.
This means the first actual marriages are unlikely to take place until September.
Same-sex marriage is now legal in 20 countries worldwide.
The Republic of Ireland has a written constitution which can only be changed by referendum.
Now that the proposal has been passed, a marriage between two people of the same sex will have the same status under the Irish constitution as a marriage between a man and a woman.
They will be recognised as a family and be entitled to the constitutional protection for families.
Civil partnerships for same-sex couples have been legal in Ireland since 2010, giving couples legal protection which could be changed by the government.
However, married gay people will now have a constitutional standing that can only be removed by another popular vote.
According to the Irish Times, there will be no new civil partnerships from the day the law comes into effect, and although civil partners will retain their existing rights, there will be no automatic upgrade from partnership to marriage.
Reaction to 'yes' vote


Unemployment has continued to fall and the number of people in work has continued to rise, according to the latest official figures.

The number of people out of work in the January to March period fell to 1.83 million, down 35,000 from the previous quarter.
The total number in work rose to 31.1 million.
The number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 12,600 in April to 764,000.


Leeds United conceded two first-half goals at Brentford on their way to a second away defeat in four days.

Romaine Sawyers fired the Bees ahead with a first-time finish after Robert Green had parried a Sergi Canos effort.
Canos was also involved in Brentford's second, his powerful shot saved into the path of Lasse Vibe to slot home.
Pontus Jansson had a header cleared off the line as the visitors improved while Modou Barrow and Kemar Roofe forced near post saves from Daniel Bentley.
Garry Monk's Leeds remain fifth, but are now just three points ahead of sixth-placed Sheffield Wednesday and have a five-point buffer over Fulham in seventh.
Brentford, 12th in the Championship, could have won by more as Green made a double save from Vibe and Florian Jozefzoon, while Chris Wood had a late penalty appeal waved away for the away side.
The only negative for the hosts was seeing midfielder Nico Yennaris limp off with a hip problem in the second half.
Victory for Dean Smith's side was their seventh from their previous eight home Tuesday night league games, while the Bees have conceded just four goals in their last eight meetings with Leeds.
Brentford manager Dean Smith: "We were very professional after the break and it was the first time they looked like a group of men.
"We showed composure, good movement and passing. All the boys were excellent in an outstanding first half. We made Rob Green make some good saves and I was pleased with the quality of the goals.
"If Romaine Sawyers keeps performing like that his detractors will get fewer and fewer. His first 70 minutes on Saturday were good but he was excellent for the 90 tonight."
Leeds manager Garry Monk: " "It's not often we have had to face back-to-back defeats this season, but we can't feel sorry for ourselves. We are still in a strong position, the same as we were two games ago.
"At the start of the season, nobody would have thought we would be where we are now. This group isn't prepared to let all of the hard work put in throughout the season go to waste."
"Credit to them and how they played because they deserved the win. I've watched a lot of Brentford this season and that's one of the best first-half displays I've seen from them."
Match ends, Brentford 2, Leeds United 0.
Second Half ends, Brentford 2, Leeds United 0.
Offside, Brentford. Konstantin Kerschbaumer tries a through ball, but Lasse Vibe is caught offside.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
Konstantin Kerschbaumer (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Kemar Roofe (Leeds United).
Rico Henry (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Kyle Bartley.
Attempt blocked. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Konstantin Kerschbaumer.
Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Attempt blocked. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Jota.
Hand ball by Alfonso (Leeds United).
Attempt missed. Gaetano Berardi (Leeds United) right footed shot from a difficult angle and long range on the left is high and wide to the right.
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) is shown the yellow card.
Kyle Bartley (Leeds United) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Romaine Sawyers (Brentford).
Substitution, Brentford. Konstantin Kerschbaumer replaces Ryan Woods because of an injury.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Daniel Bentley.
Attempt saved. Kemar Roofe (Leeds United) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Luke Ayling with a cross.
Corner,  Leeds United. Conceded by Harlee Dean.
Attempt blocked. Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Lasse Vibe.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Robert Green.
Attempt saved. Florian Jozefzoon (Brentford) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
Attempt saved. Lasse Vibe (Brentford) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Romaine Sawyers with a through ball.
Corner,  Brentford. Conceded by Robert Green.
Attempt saved. Jota (Brentford) left footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the top right corner.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
Jota (Brentford) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Alan McCormack (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Alfonso (Leeds United) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Alan McCormack (Brentford).
Substitution, Brentford. Florian Jozefzoon replaces Sergi Canos.
Foul by Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United).
Romaine Sawyers (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Leeds United. Souleymane Doukara replaces Liam Bridcutt.
Attempt missed. Jota (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Lasse Vibe.
Foul by Kyle Bartley (Leeds United).
Lasse Vibe (Brentford) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Substitution, Leeds United. Kemar Roofe replaces Modou Barrow.
Delay over. They are ready to continue.


A senior member of a  religious order who investigated claims of sex abuse at a children's home in County Down in 1958 said it was "best forgotten", an inquiry has heard.

The Historical Institutional Abuse (HIA) Inquiry is examining allegations of abuse at Rubane House, Kircubbin.
On Tuesday, the inquiry was told four boys raised the alarm about abuse at the Catholic home 56 years ago.
They told the De La Salle Order that the brother in charge abused them.
The abuser is now dead.
Following the allegations, a senior member of the order was sent to Rubane to investigate.
Afterwards, new rules were introduced, including an order to brothers to put less emphasis on sex education.
The inquiry heard that in a letter to the brother against whom the allegations were made, the senior cleric referred to one boy's accusations and assured him: "Don't think for a moment that I am accepting his word against yours."
He added: "I advise that no reference is to be made at any time or to anyone regarding the inquiry, it is best forgotten and I have told some brothers that no reference is to be made to it among themselves or the boys.
"The whole affair is best dropped."
The inquiry estimates that 200 of Rubane's 1,050 former residents have made allegations of serious sexual or physical abuse.
A total of 13 Northern Ireland institutions are being investigated.
The Kircubbin home was run by the De La Salle religious order, which has already accepted some children were abused.
A lawyer acting for the inquiry said more than 200 children had claimed they were abused at Rubane House, which was open from 1950 to 1985.
A total of 55 former residents have come forward to the inquiry to allege that they were physically or sexually abused.
Their public testimony will begin next week.
The HIA inquiry was set up in 2013 to investigate child abuse in residential institutions in Northern Ireland over a 73-year period, up to 1995.
The Rubane House allegations form the third module of its public hearings.
It had previously been examining what happened to children sent from Northern Ireland to institutions in Australia.


Mae adroddiad drafft ar ddyfodol parciau cenedlaethol Cymru wedi cael ei feirniadu gan gadwraethwyr, sydd yn dweud y gallai wneud niwed i'w enw da yn rhyngwladol.

Mae Cynghrair Parciau Cenedlaethol Cymru, sydd yn cynnwys nifer o gyrff cadwraethol, wedi dweud bod yr adroddiad fel ag y mae "yn peri risg i enw da parciau cenedlaethol fel tirweddau gwarchodedig yng Nghymru".
Dywedodd yr RSPB ac Ymddiriedolaethau Natur Cymru nad oedden nhw'n gallu cefnogi adroddiad Tirwedd y Dyfodol - sydd wedi'i lunio gan grŵp dan gadeiryddiaeth yr Arglwydd Elis-Thomas - yn ei ffurf bresennol.
Mae digon sydd i'w gefnogi yn y ddogfen, medden nhw, ond maen nhw hefyd wedi mynegi "pa mor siomedig ydyn ni gyda'r adroddiad".
Ychwanegodd y ddau gorff nad yw'n cynnwys unrhyw argymhellion clir, a bod diffyg cydnabyddiaeth o'r angen brys i daclo colli cynefin o fewn tirwedd warchodedig.
Mae'r adroddiad - oedd i fod i gael ei chyhoeddi ym mis Mawrth, ond fydd nawr yn cael eu rhyddhau yn hwyrach na hynny - wedi ei weld gan Newyddion 9.
Mae'n dweud mai ei "dyhead yw datgloi potensial llawn holl dirweddau Cymru", a bod gan y parciau cenedlaethol ac ardaloedd o harddwch naturiol ran allweddol i'w chwarae yn nyfodol y wlad.
Roedd galwad hefyd ar "gymunedau i gael eu hysbrydoli i ddatblygu eu gweledigaeth a thargedau tymor hir eu hunain ar gyfer y dyfodol, er mwyn creu swyddi a chyfleoedd i bobl ifanc aros a dychwelyd i'w cymunedau".
Ond mae cadwraethwyr yn pryderu nad yw'r adroddiad yn crybwyll 'Egwyddor Sandford' o gwbl, sydd yn dweud mai prif bwrpas parciau cenedlaethol yw gwarchod a chyfoethogi harddwch naturiol, bywyd gwyllt a threftadaeth ddiwylliannol yr ardal.
"Mae'r adroddiad fel mae o yn warthus i fod yn onest. Mae angen ailddrafftio," meddai John Harold o Gymdeithas Eryri.
"Does 'na ddim argymhellion clir, a 'dan ni'n bryderus iawn efo beth sydd ddim yn yr adroddiad. Does 'na ddim sôn am egwyddor cadwraeth yna, ac mae hynny'n bwynt sylfaenol - dyna beth mae parciau cenedlaethol i fod i wneud."
Ychwanegodd Elfyn Jones o Gymdeithas Fynydda Prydain: "Dwi'n siomedig dros ben fod yr adroddiad ddim yn dweud mwy am warchod y parciau cenedlaethol, ac am y cyfleoedd sydd 'na i gael gwell mynediad i barciau cenedlaethol.
"Dyna 'di sail parciau cenedlaethol - fe gawson nhw eu sefydlu yn 1949 er mwyn gwarchod y tirwedd anhygoel sydd o'n cwmpas ni, ac mae'n siomedig iawn gweld bod hynny i'w weld wedi cael ei dilutio yn yr adroddiad yma."
Cafodd grŵp Tirwedd y Dyfodol Cymru ei sefydlu yn 2015 gan Lywodraeth Cymru.
Mae'r Arglwydd Dafydd Elis-Thomas wedi gwrthod gwneud sylw ar y mater, ond dywedodd llefarydd ar ran y llywodraeth: "Mae'n bwysig cofio mai fersiwn drafft o'r adroddiad yw hwn.
Mae Rhaglen Tirweddau'r Dyfodol Cymru wedi bod yn hynod gydweithredol ei natur ac wedi cynnwys amrywiaeth eang o bartneriaid, sydd wedi cyfrannu at y trafodaethau a'r drafftio.
"Mae'r trafodaethau hyn yn barhaus wrth i adroddiad terfynol gael ei baratoi ar gyfer ei gyhoeddi cyn toriad yr haf."


The rebel Free Syrian Army is no longer committed to the nominal ceasefire in Syria, a spokesman has said.

Spokesman Sami al-Kurdi told Reuters news agency the FSA had begun attacking soldiers to "defend our people".
At least 80 Syrian soldiers were killed by rebels over the weekend, an activist group said.
The ceasefire is part of UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan - very little of which has been actually implemented, observers say.
The FSA's announcement and a defiant speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday have raised questions about the viability of Mr Annan's six-point plan.
On Monday French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said there had been "so many abuses" by the Syrian regime that no lasting solution was possible while Mr Assad remained in power.
But UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has reiterated that Mr Annan's plan "remains central" to resolving the Syrian crisis.
Thirty-one people were killed in Syria across Syria on Monday, largely by government forces, said the Local Co-ordination Committees, a network of anti-government groups.
Earlier the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, a UK-based group, said at least 80 soldiers had been killed in clashes with Free Syrian Army fighters in Damascus and Idlib province.
1. Process led by Syrian parties working with international envoy
2. End to violence by all sides; army troops to stop using heavy weapons and withdraw to barracks
3. Parties to allow humanitarian aid
4. Authorities to free detainees
5. Authorities to ensure freedom of movement for journalists
6. Authorities to allow peaceful demonstrations
Maj Kurdi told Reuters on Monday: "We have decided to end our commitment" to the ceasefire.
The announcement essentially formalises the existing situation whereby both sides have been conducting operations in recent weeks more or less as though the truce no longer existed, says the BBC's Jim Muir in Beirut, neighbouring Lebanon.
Meanwhile, the formation of a new opposition coalition - the Syrian Rebels Front - was announced at a news conference in Turkey.
Spokesman Khaled al-Okla said the new group represented 12,000 fighters, and that it had been formed in part as a response to Arab and international "failure" to "rein in Assad from his crimes".
The developments put pressure on Mr Annan and the international community to find a way to implement Mr Annan's plan - which has universal international support.
Mr Annan is to brief the UN Security Council on Thursday, and will go on to Washington for talks with the US administration.
Russia and China have repeatedly opposed UN-backed Western intervention in Syria - such as the no-fly or buffer zones proposed by some Syrian rebels - and observers say there is no international "Plan B" in Syria if the Annan plan fails.
The US want to try to persuade the Russians to use their leverage with Damascus, to bring about a radical change of direction by the regime, our correspondent says.
But he says there was no sign of that in President Assad's speech to parliament on Sunday. The Syrian leader he insisted Damascus was facing not an internal crisis but an external war, waged against it because of its support for resistance to Israel.
He has denied any government role in the massacre at Houla, in which 108 people were killed - many in house-to-house killings which witnesses said were carried out by pro-regime gunmen.


Bin bags could be opened and checked by Bridgend council officials to make sure residents are not throwing recycling away.

From April 2017, residents will only be able to put out two black bin bags of household rubbish a fortnight.
Larger households will be able to apply for extra but these can be checked and if they contain recyclables the service may be withdrawn.
The council said it had no intention of being "heavy handed".
Currently, there are no restrictions on the number of black rubbish bags residents can put out for collection.
While the limit is being brought in to encourage more recycling, households with more than six residents can apply for more but will be subject to a "waste audit".
The changes, which will also include the start of a nappy and sanitary item disposal service, will be introduced in April 2017.
Members of the council's cabinet approved a "special dispensation" to the two bag restriction at a meeting on Tuesday.
The changes allow homes with six or seven residents to apply for one extra bag a fortnight, while homes with eight or more occupants can apply for two extra.
A report that went before the council's cabinet states that bags "may be subject to periodic splitting and sorting and checked for compliance", while anyone who puts recyclable waste into the bags may have the service withdrawn.
The estimated annual cost of implementing the dispensation policy is Â£35,000.
The council's deputy leader, Hywel Williams, said: "We fully appreciate that adjusting to the new two bag limit might be more of a challenge for some homes than others, so we don't intend to be heavy handed.
"But there is a pressing need to change our habits so that it becomes second nature for all homes to recycle more and to help with this we'll have a team out and about talking to residents as much as possible."
A report by the council in March predicted it would fall short of the Welsh government 58% target for recycling - meaning it could be fined at Â£200 per tonne.
The two bag restriction would mean it reaches 64% by 2019-2020, it predicted.


Five To Five are the winners of BBC One's singing programme Let It Shine.

27 February 2017 Last updated at 18:04 GMT
Gary Barlow led the search for the cast of a Take That musical and these guys didn't disappoint!
But how much do you know about them?
Find out about AJ's hair, who's the funny one and who snores...


Denny Solomona set a Super League record for most regular-season tries as Castleford beat Catalans in Perpignan for the fist time in six years.

His double took his tally to 37 and helped Tigers to a 24-10 interval lead.
Paddy Flynn and Ben Crooks also grabbed first-half tries, with Oliver Elima and Glenn Stewart replying.
Crooks and Flynn added further tries, with the Tigers holding on to win as Eloi Pelissier, Louie Anderson and Richie Myler ran in late scores.
Solomona broke the record set by former cross-code international Lesley Vainikolo for Bradford in 2004.
And with his conversion of the former Melbourne Storm winger's first try, Luke Gale brought up 500 career points for the Tigers.
At 34-10 down with 19 minutes to play, the Dragons mounted a comeback despite the sin-binning of Ben Garcia, with Pelissier and Anderson both grabbing tries while they were a man down.
Castleford's triumph spoiled Gregory Mounis' farewell appearance at Stade Gilbert Brutus prior to his retirement at the end of the season.
Catalans Dragons: Gigot; Sigismeau, Garcia, Duport, Broughton; Stewart, Myler; Anderson, Mounis, Horo, Elima, Aiton, Casty.
Replacements: Taylor, Bousquet, Pelissier, Seguier.
Castleford Tigers: Dorn; Flynn, Minikin, Webster, Solomona; Hampshire, Gale; Patrick, McShane, Cook, Savelio, O. Holmes, Milner.
Replacements: Crooks, McMeeken, Maher, Douglas.
Referee: Phil Bentham (RFL)


A lung probe that diagnoses bacterial infections could prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units, researchers believe.

The fibre-optic tube can show within 60 seconds whether a patient needs to be treated with the drugs.
It is hoped the Proteus technology could tackle the emergence of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.
The project has been developed by scientists at the universities of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt and Bath.
Proteus has received Â£2m of funding from the Wellcome Trust.
It will also be boosted by nearly Â£1m from the CARB-X antibiotic resistance project co-funded by the US government and Wellcome.
Proteus uses chemicals that light up when they attach to specific types of bacterial infection.
This fluorescence is detected using fibre-optic tubes that are small enough to be threaded deep inside patients' lungs.
The research team hope it could "revolutionise the way critically-ill patients and others with long-term lung conditions are assessed and treated".
Doctors currently rely on X-rays and blood tests for diagnosis, but these can be slow and imprecise.
Patients are often treated with antibiotics as a precaution, which exposes them to potential side effects.
Dr Kev Dhaliwal, who is leading the project at the University of Edinburgh, said: "We need to understand disease in patients better so that we can make better decisions at the bedside.
"The Proteus project and clinical partners brings together scientists and clinicians from many disciplines from all corners of the United Kingdom to develop technology that can help us spot disease in real time at the bedside and help us to give the right treatments at the right time.
"The rise of antimicrobial resistance is the biggest challenge in modern medicine and the support from CARB-X will accelerate development of Proteus technology to be ready for clinical use faster and more widely than previously possible."
Tim Jinks, of the Wellcome Trust, said: "Drug-resistant infection is already a huge global health challenge - and it is going to get worse.
"We need global powers to work together on a number of fronts - from the beginning to the end of the drug and diagnostic development pipeline."


Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is back on the US's "notorious markets" list over counterfeit goods sales.

Alibaba was taken off the list four years ago, but US authorities say the firm's online platform Taobao is used to sell "high levels" of fake goods.
The company has rejected the allegations, insisting it polices its market place better than in the past.
The firm also suggested the "current political climate" in the US might be why they are back on the list.
US President-elect Donald Trump had, during his campaign, repeatedly accused Chinese firms of stealing intellectual property.
Alibaba Group President Michael Evans said he was "disappointed" by the decision and questioned whether it was "based on actual facts or was influenced by the current political climate."
The Chinese online retailer and its market place Taobao have long been accused of being a platform for counterfeit goods.
Taobao said earlier this year it had tightened controls on its sale of luxury goods, requiring sellers to show proof of authenticity.
In May though, Alibaba was suspended from the International Anti Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) watchdog over piracy concerns.
Some members, including Gucci America and Michael Kors, had threatened they would leave the IACC in protest at Alibaba's membership.
Alibaba - by far China's biggest online retailer - floated on the New York Stock Exchange in September 2014 and broke records by raising $25bn.


Police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal have made their first arrests, more than 12 days after the crime.

They say they are holding two men, after earlier detaining several others for questioning.
The incident caused outrage in India and led to street protests in many cities across the country.
Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old woman was raped.
The images, from the Convent of Jesus and Mary, were released by police who offered a reward of 100,000 rupees ($1,500; Â£1,000) for any information.
Police in Kolkata (Calcutta), the capital of West Bengal, said one of the men they are holding was arrested in Mumbai and had been brought to Kolkata.
Senior police official Rajeev Kumar named him as Mohammad Salim Sheikh.
"On the basis of information provided by Sheikh, we arrested a second man, Gopal Sarkar," he told BBC Hindi.
Mr Kumar refused to say whether the men were among those caught on camera.
The attackers ransacked the convent school in Ranaghat town on 14 March and stole money before raping the nun in the convent itself.
The men also stole money from the school, vandalised the chapel, broke open the tabernacle and took away the ciborium, the sacred vessel used during Mass.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed "deep concern" over the attack and Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee promised swift and strong action against those involved.
In recent months, there have been several attacks in India on churches and Christian institutions, leading to insecurity among the community.
But it is not clear whether the assault on the convent was sectarian.


Fleetwood recorded their first ever victory over Walsall at Highbury.

It took a fine solo effort from Ash Hunter to beat Walsall keeper Neil Etheridge and open the scoring in the 42nd minute.
The Fleetwood striker picked midfielder Joe Edwards' pocket in Walsall's half, raced towards the box and curled the ball into the net as Uwe Rosler's men continued their fine record of scoring in every league game.
Hunter was also involved in Fleetwood's second goal as his curling effort was tipped away by Etheridge but only into the path of Bobby Grant, who rifled the ball home in the 66th minute.
Out of nowhere Walsall pulled a goal back in the 77th minute as George Dobson's 25-yard effort swerved past a crowd of bodies into the middle of the goal to set up a tense finish.
The game ended on a sour note as Fleetwood midfielder Kyle Dempsey was carried off on a stretcher in injury time after coming off worse in a 50/50 challenge with Matt Preston.
But despite the injury blow Town held on and climbed to seventh in the League One table.
Report supplied by the Press Association.
Match ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1.
Second Half ends, Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1.
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Andreas Makris (Walsall).
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Victor Nirennold replaces Kyle Dempsey because of an injury.
Matt Preston (Walsall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Attempt saved. Chris Long (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
Substitution, Walsall. Andreas Makris replaces Joe Edwards.
Attempt missed. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
Corner,  Fleetwood Town. Conceded by Adam Chambers.
Attempt blocked. Amari'i Bell (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Devante Cole replaces Ashley Hunter.
Substitution, Fleetwood Town. Chris Long replaces David Ball.
Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Joe Edwards (Walsall).
Goal!  Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 1. George Dobson (Walsall) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Erhun Oztumer following a set piece situation.
Foul by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Scott Laird (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
Foul by David Ball (Fleetwood Town).
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Walsall. Simeon Jackson replaces Kevin Toner.
Goal!  Fleetwood Town 2, Walsall 0. Bobby Grant (Fleetwood Town) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner.
Hand ball by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Nathan Pond (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall).
Attempt missed. David Ball (Fleetwood Town) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Erhun Oztumer (Walsall).
Joe Davis (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by George Dobson (Walsall).
Hand ball by George Dobson (Walsall).
Attempt missed. Amadou Bakayoko (Walsall) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left.
Foul by Cian Bolger (Fleetwood Town).
George Dobson (Walsall) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
David Ball (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Kevin Toner (Walsall).
Foul by Kyle Dempsey (Fleetwood Town).
Joe Edwards (Walsall) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Conor McLaughlin (Fleetwood Town) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


New research led by scientists at Queen's University Belfast is being described as a "breakthrough" discovery in the fight against bowel cancer.

Bowel cancer is the fourth most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK and the second leading cause of cancer death.
It's a difficult cancer for clinicians to treat and currently all patients are offered chemotherapy.
While chemotherapy may work for some, for other patients it has no effect.
Those patients may also suffer debilitating side effects.
Now, researchers at Queen's, in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Leeds, have made a big advance in the future treatment of the disease.
They've analysed tissue samples to uncover different types of bowel cancer.
This is important because it means treatments can be developed to improve prognosis and enable treatment strategies that are specifically tailored to each patient.
Professor Mark Lawler is the chair in Translational Genomics at the Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology at Queen's. He described the research as "exciting."
"What we do is take cells from the patient and subject them to molecular tests. That allows us to get essentially a fingerprint of what the cancer cell is doing.
"That fingerprint tells us what's gone wrong and starts to give us clues about how we can identify it in patients, for example, with a very simple blood test.
"It can also start to tell us how we can use that information to treat this disease."
He added: "Imagine having a situation where you don't have to give the patient chemotherapy, where you give them a personalised therapy - individualised to them."
One patient who could have benefited from such an approach is bowel cancer survivor Ed Goodall.
The north Belfast man knows just how physically and mentally gruelling treatments like chemotherapy can be.
"If we could see a future -- or even in the medium term -- where, if you were diagnosed with bowel cancer, all you had to face was surgery or the excision of the tumour then that's a massive step forward.
"At the moment, it's a step in the dark - a tumour is a tumour and you are offered radio or chemotherapy.
"It may be necessary, but it damages normal cells, you are horribly sick, your hair falls out, it is almost medieval.
"This would be an entirely new approach to the problem."
He used his experience as a cancer survivor, and role with the NI Cancer Research Consumer Forum, to work with the scientists offering them point of view of the patient.
He explained that he would give talks to researchers and tell them just what it was like to fear cancer, to receive a diagnosis and to go through treatment.
"The researcher has to be reminded that's there's a person at the end of all this - but science is listening."
Queen's PHD student Luke Humphreys said he is aware of the impact his work could have.
"The work I'm doing today will hopefully change someone's life in ten years time so that's a driver for us."
Further information on the study has been published in the academic journal Nature Communications.


The murder of Father Jacques Hamel has triggered a bout of reflection among the French on a subject they normally avoid: their relationship with Catholicism and Christian ethics.

Like most European countries, France is in a post-religious phase of its history. Few attend church, and politicians who speak of "Judaeo-Christian" values are often dismissed as right-wing throwbacks.
And yet what the reaction to the jihadi murder campaign of the last 18 months shows is that people are far more influenced by their cultural and religious inheritance than they care to realise.
Since the killings began, there have been no crowds on the streets of Nice or Paris chanting "Death to Islamic State". Instead of flaming torches carried in angry procession, there are candles of remembrance.
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No-one in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray turned their attention to the nearby mosque. In the last 18 months, there has been no significant increase in crimes that target Muslims.
Instead there was the Archbishop of Rouen, Dominique Lebrun, on Tuesday saying that in the church of St Etienne there were "three victims" - Father Jacques and the two killers.
"Forgive them - they know not what they do," were the words he later quoted from the gospel.
No-one in the country was shocked by the church's reaction to the murder of one of their own - no thirst for vengeance, no anathema against Islam; instead a plea for forbearance and understanding.
As the Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois, put it: "Our belief in Christ should make us now not fighters and militants, but men of peace, reconciliation and love."
Broadly - stripping out some of the religious language - this is the same message that the politicians are giving out.
From the Socialist government, but also from the centre-right opposition, comes the constant argument: the aim of IS is to make us hate each other; they want our Muslim population to be isolated;  they want acts of vengeance. Never let us cede to that temptation.
To be sure,  there are also heated exchanges about levels of security and whether laws should toughened to target potential miscreants. But the essential ethic of tolerance and vivre-ensemble is taken as a given.
Even the far-right - though some might not like to admit it - falls within the mainstream now. When a party commands the vote of a quarter of the population, it can hardly be dismissed as unrepresentative.
And yes, it does call for tough measures like the expulsion of foreign offenders and stringent limits on immigration.
But there has been no visible far-right backlash. No arm-banded march-pasts in the banlieues. The Front National gives voice to an angry and often inarticulate part of the French population, but it has not gone down the way of violence.
Of course this might change - and the great fear today is that fringe elements on the nationalist far-right decide to take the law into their own hands. That way lies civil conflict and nightmare.
But so far one is bound to observe that the country has reacted to this horrific succession of provocations with good sense and an eye on the higher values.
Most French people will argue that these values - tolerance, respect between peoples, forgiveness, eschewal of violence - are part of the country's enlightened secular tradition.
But of course before that they were something else. They were Christian.


Fifa presidential hopeful Gianni Infantino says it is "now or never" for the future of world football's crisis-hit governing body.

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Fifa has been embroiled in a corruption scandal that has resulted in dozens of senior officials being indicted by United States prosecutors.
Infantino says Fifa's image and reputation is "at its worst".
But he says he is the person to put that right if he is chosen to succeed Sepp Blatter in Friday's election.
"We have all witnessed in the past few months sadly what has happened around Fifa," said Uefa's general secretary.
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"Something needs to be done. Reforms need to be implemented. They need to be voted first and then they have to be implemented.
"If we don't do something now about it, to restore the image of Fifa and the reputation of Fifa - and to increase the development of football in the world - then I see no future for Fifa."
Asked if that would mean Fifa could be shut down, Infantino replied: "No.
"I think football will always exist but as an organisation the way we have lived and perceived Fifa in the past months cannot continue."
Blatter has been Fifa president since 1998 but will be replaced when delegates from 209 member federations meet in Zurich to vote in a successor.
Candidate Prince Ali bin al-Hussein has made an official request for Friday's election to be suspended because he does not think it will be a transparent process.
But Infantino, who faces competition from Prince Ali and three other rivals, says it is almost certain to go ahead as planned.
Infantino is up against:
Read more: Blatter's five possible successors
Read more: Fifa election - what you need to know
Blatter will not be present in Zurich after being banned from football for eight years on corruption allegations.
Both Blatter and Uefa boss Michel Platini were suspended in December following an ethics investigation.
They were found guilty of breaches surrounding a £1.3m ($2m) "disloyal payment" made to Platini in 2011.
Blatter denies any wrongdoing and has appealed against his ban, as has Platini, who had been favourite to success the 79-year-old Swiss.
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Meanwhile, Damian Collins MP has used parliamentary privilege to accuse frontrunner Sheikh Salman of being involved in a "cash for votes" scheme during the 2013 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) election.
Collins has also accused the 50-year-old from Bahrain of using development funds to finance an earlier campaign to get on Fifa's executive committee.
But Sheikh Salman rejected the claims.
He insisted he had "no knowledge" of an "inducements offered" and that there was "absolutely no evidence" to back allegations that his 2009 campaign had been "funded entirely from his own pocket".
Collins is an anti-corruption campaigner on football governance.


A court in Egypt has ruled that the names of ousted President Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne be removed from all public places.

Hundreds of public squares, streets, libraries and schools across Egypt are named after the couple.
Mr Mubarak's 29 years in power ended with his resignation in February after weeks of mass anti-government protests.
The 82-year-old is currently under arrest at a hospital in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
He is due to be questioned about allegations of corruption and alleged violence against protesters during the popular uprising.
Egypt's state news agency Mena reported on Thursday that his health is "unstable".
Portraits of the former president have already been taken down at public institutions across the country.
Ordering the same to be done for the Mubarak name, Judge Mohammed Hassan Omar said: "It has become clear that the size of the corruption that's being uncovered every day exceeds by far anyone's imagination."
After the ruling, the transport minister said the Mubarak name would be removed from all ministry facilities, including a major underground station in central Cairo.
There are suggestions for streets to be renamed after the people who were killed in the recent anti-government protests, the BBC's Yolande Knell in Cairo reports.
An Egyptian government fact-finding panel reported recently that at least 846 people were killed and 6,400 were injured during the 18 days of protests earlier this year.
The mission - consisting of a panel of judges - said security forces fired live ammunition, placed snipers on rooftops and used vehicles to run over protesters.
Mr Mubarak's two sons are among a growing number of ministers and officials from his ruling circle who are also facing investigation.


A woman has been attacked and threatened with rape in Cheltenham.

Gloucestershire Police were called to the High Street at about 06.30 BST by a woman in her 30s who was grabbed by a man as she left Bentley's Bar.
She was pushed against a wall, kissed and threatened with rape, but managed to get away. It is believed the man also approached another woman.
A 37-year-old man from Frome has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and is in police custody.


Cab drivers have assured students in Cardiff they will not be turned away for short-distance taxi trips, after three sex attacks in five days.

It follows calls from Cardiff Central MP Jo Stevens in response to the sexual assaults near the city centre.
The city's taxi association has rejected claims some drivers have previously refused short-distance fares.
A 40-year-old man remains in police custody and a man, 22, has been bailed.
In a joint statement, South Wales Police, Cardiff University, University of South Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama said additional safety measures had been put in place following the attacks.
They said two additional buses staffed by police officers and police student volunteers had been provided as well as three buses which will will run into the night to provide students with safe transport back to their accommodation.
South Wales Police said it was continuing its high visibility patrols throughout the city centre and surrounding areas.
Meanwhile, Cardiff University and the college's students' union have been actively promoting their 'Safe Taxi Scheme' following the first of the three attacks  carried out  in the early hours of Sunday morning against a 20-year-old, close to the university's main building in the civic centre.
Another 20-year-old was attacked in Cathays Terrace on Tuesday and at about 04:30 BST on Thursday, a 19-year-old was targeted in Gorsedd Gardens.
"Our security team has been visiting student residences to discuss personal safety, while the Students' Union safe taxi scheme is now being extended to staff as well as students," explained the university's pro vice-chancellor, Prof Patricia Price.
"The scheme allows you to be safely picked up by Dragon Taxis anywhere in Cardiff and taken home even if you don't have cash at the time, provided you have your student or staff card."
Students who use the scheme can then reimburse the taxi fare through the students' union over the following days.
But Cardiff Central MP, Ms Stevens said she had written to local taxi firms after concerns were raised.
"A number of constituents have advised me that this is an issue for women travelling home from the city centre," she said.
Mathab Khan, the chair of the Cardiff Hackney Cabs Association, rejected the claim.
"That's not true at all," he insisted.
"Our advice to our drivers is to be as helpful as you possibly can, especially when it comes to lone female students, we say 'Please take them, they are vulnerable'."
Mr Khan said the only time a cab driver would refuse a fare was if the passenger was unfit to travel, due to excessive drink.
"99.9% of the taxi drivers in Cardiff are very helpful," he said.
A march is being held on Friday evening by Reclaim the Night, a group which campaigns against rape and all forms of male violence against women.
Students in Cardiff have been urged to stay in pairs on nights out, stay in well-lit areas, ensure someone knows where they are going, and to "be sensible".
Cardiff city council, which is responsible for licensing taxi drivers, said it was ready to act if fares are turned down.
A spokesperson for the council told BBC Wales: "What  you need to do if you are overcharged or refused to be carried is to note the time, date, the driver's number and taxi number - all information that is on public display on the taxi - and then we can take action.
"It is a condition of their licence that they cannot refuse a fare."


The "deliberate and devastating" actions of a newly-divorced father who killed his two sons in a house fire could not have been predicted, a serious case review has found.

Jack and Paul Sykes, aged 12 and nine, died when their father Darren, 44, set fire to the property in Penistone on 22 October. Mr Sykes was also killed.
The report found there was "no information" to cause concern.
However, it said agencies had failed to "communicate comprehensively".
According to the report, carried out by Barnsley Safeguarding Children Board, the boys' parents split-up in early 2014. Social services became involved with the family in June.
It said over the following months the children told social workers they were scared of their father, with Paul describing him as "pure nasty".
It also said that during court proceedings their mother had given a statement saying Mr Sykes had told her "he can understand fathers killing their children".
The report said "The deliberate, devastating actions of [Mr Sykes] on 22 October 2014 could not have been predicted by anyone.
"Research suggests that such incidents are rare, that the vast majority of estranged father's would not consider such actions and that there is no known way of identifying those who will do so.
"Historically there was no information regarding the family to cause concerns.
"Neither [Mr Sykes'] known offending history nor his mental health history was sufficient to make agencies believe that he posed a significant threat to himself or others."
Jack and Paul's mother Claire Throssell, however, believes she was let down by the authorities.
She said: "They did not support us from July right up until October.
"When I think about the fact that one little boy had to try to rescue his brother and when his dying testament was 'My dad did this and he did it on purpose', what does that say about the organisations that were involved, that were supposed to be helping us as a family?"
The report said: "As with many serious case reviews, this review has found examples of agencies failing to communicate with each other as comprehensively as they should have done."
It said a number of recommendations had been made and "agencies involved in this review have learnt lessons and taken several actions in order to improve services".
At an inquest into the boys' deaths the coroner found they had been unlawfully killed by their father after he lured them to the house with a new train set.
Bob Dyson, the independent chair of Barnsley Safeguarding Children Board said: "This review follows the coroner's inquest that found the death of the children was an unlawful killing and there was no knowledge by a public authority of any identifiable risk of such an event taking place.
"He found that none of the agencies involved with the family had fundamentally failed in their duty to the family."


Salomon Rondon's header was enough to give West Brom a narrow win over Crystal Palace in a dreary Premier League opener at Selhurst Park.

Both of these sides struggled for wins at the back end of last season and it showed in a game low on chances.
Crystal Palace debutant Andros Townsend failed to inspire the home side following his move from Newcastle.
Rondon flicked in James McClean's free-kick on 74 minutes for the only goal to hand Tony Pulis' side three points.
Both sides had just six Premier League wins between them in 2016 - two for Palace and four for West Brom. They also had the two lowest goal tallies in the league last season, aside from relegated Aston Villa.
The prospect of an opening-day thriller was always going to be optimistic.
And so it proved. The only opportunities of note, apart from the goal, were a Rondon header saved by Palace keeper Wayne Hennessey and Albion's Ben Foster charging down Wilfried Zaha when the forward was clean through.
Beaten FA Cup finalists Palace had finished 15th last term, one place below their opponents, but have been the more active in the transfer market, bringing in three players compared to Albion's one.
Only Townsend of those new arrivals featured, with defender James Tomkins injured and keeper Steve Mandanda left out of the squad. And while the England winger's effort could not be faulted, he failed to spark life into the side.
Boss Alan Pardew's immediate concern will be the future of forward Yannick Bolasie, who was instrumental in Palace's impressive first-half of the 2015-16 campaign.
Everton are in talks with the Eagles to sign Bolasie, and the DR Congo international came off the bench to a warm applause from the home support after 66 minutes.
"The deal is close and he will go with my best wishes. It's fair to say we know his heart and soul may be elsewhere," said Pardew of Bolasie's prospective move.
Seven of West Brom's 10 Premier League wins last season finished 1-0 and with a new campaign, and a prospective new owner in Chinese businessman Guochuan Lai, came a familiar result.
Guochuan provided the 2,000 travelling Albion fans with free scarves, but the victory would have provided the more welcome fillip to supporters who grew restless at times last season with the style of football played under Pulis.
The Baggies named their only summer signing in the starting line-up - with winger Matt Phillips making a lively start before drifting out of the game - but Pulis has reiterated his intention to bring in five more players before the end of August.
Rondon, top scorer for West Brom last season, added to his 10 league goals for the club with a clever finish, but doubt over the future of his strike partner Saido Berahino continues.
Stoke are reportedly interested in the 23-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season but looked committed until he was taken off with five minutes to go.
"He won't be leaving unless we bring someone in," was Pulis' assessment of Berahino's potential move.
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Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew: "We lacked a cutting edge, a moment, today. If we had scored first, we would've won.
"I thought we were pretty strong defensively, they didn't have many chances.
"West Brom are never easy, they camp the midfield, make it hard at the back and of course - set plays."
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West Brom boss Tony Pulis: "It was not a fluke. I think we deserved it. Palace never created a lot, they had just long range shots really. I'm very pleased.
"It is more important that we stay in the Premier League and Saido Berahino's goals will help us do that. We're hoping and praying we can keep him."
West Brom host Everton, while Palace go to Tottenham next Saturday - two teams who drew 1-1 with each other on the opening day.
Match ends, Crystal Palace 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.
Second Half ends, Crystal Palace 0, West Bromwich Albion 1.
Attempt missed. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left from a direct free kick.
Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by James Morrison (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt saved. Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mile Jedinak.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Martin Kelly replaces Pape Souaré.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Andros Townsend.
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Pape Souaré.
Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace).
Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion).
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James Morrison replaces Saido Berahino.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) is shown the yellow card.
Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Jonny Evans (West Bromwich Albion).
Attempt missed. Scott Dann (Crystal Palace) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Yohan Cabaye with a cross following a corner.
Corner,  Crystal Palace. Conceded by Craig Dawson.
Attempt missed. Matt Phillips (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
Wayne Hennessey (Crystal Palace) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion).
Corner,  West Bromwich Albion. Conceded by Pape Souaré.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Yohan Cabaye replaces Jason Puncheon.
Goal!  Crystal Palace 0, West Bromwich Albion 1. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by James McClean with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace).
Craig Dawson (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Attempt saved. Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Salomón Rondón.
Attempt missed. Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Ben Foster following a set piece situation.
Substitution, West Bromwich Albion. James McClean replaces Craig Gardner.
Foul by Joel Ward (Crystal Palace).
Saido Berahino (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace).
Salomón Rondón (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Crystal Palace. Yannick Bolasie replaces Lee Chung-yong.
Attempt missed. Jonas Olsson (West Bromwich Albion) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Craig Gardner with a cross following a set piece situation.
Foul by Mile Jedinak (Crystal Palace).
Darren Fletcher (West Bromwich Albion) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


Convicted Bollywood star Salman Khan has been granted permission by the high court in Mumbai to travel to Dubai to appear in an awards show.

Khan was convicted and sentenced for killing a homeless man in a hit-and-run case but was bailed pending an appeal.
He had sought leave from the Bombay high court to travel on 28 May.
The organisers of the Arab Indo Bollywood Awards said last week that he had already confirmed his attendance. He is to star in the finale on Friday.
The actor is due to perform two dances.
Khan is one of the most bankable stars in Bollywood with a huge fan base. He has appeared in more than 80 Hindi-language films.
He was convicted of culpable homicide on 6 May and sentenced to five years in prison.
But two days later, the high court granted him bail and suspended his sentence pending the hearing and disposal of his appeal against the conviction.
The high court said the actor would need to seek the court's permission to leave India.
The suspension of his sentence was welcomed by his fans but others argued that most do not have the benefit of having cases expedited in the same way.
A man was killed and four others injured in 2002 when he ran them over as they slept on a pavement in Mumbai.


In a bid to crack the unsolved 20-year-old murder of a postman police have issued CCTV pictures from that time.

Andrew Batten, 42, died after being punched by a man at a taxi rank in Vicar Lane, Leeds, on 13 October 1995.
Detectives have now released several images of people they want to talk to in connection with the investigation.
Det Ch Insp Jim Dunkerley said: "We believe that the answer of who was responsible probably still lies locally."
Vanessa Batten, Mr Batten's sister, said: "There is someone out there that can bring closure to the surviving members of this family.
"The people involved that night have enjoyed 20 years of life that Andrew was denied."
The "aching of his loss still cripples me", she said.
Mr Batten, who lived in Beeston, had gone out after finishing work and was still wearing his Royal Mail uniform, police said.
He was found on the pavement by an ambulance crew after an anonymous call and was taken to Leeds General Infirmary with a fractured skull. He died two days later.
He was believed to have been punched by a man, who was with a woman, in the taxi queue at the rear of the Victoria Quarter, said police.
The CCTV images are from Albion Street and Briggate
The force urged anyone with information to come forward.


St Mirren recovered from Nathan Austin's early opener to defeat 10-man Falkirk in Paisley.

Austin turned home the rebound after Craig Samson saved Rory Loy's strike with just two minutes gone.
Stelios Demetriou levelled before the break with a low drive, and the Buddies took the lead when Cammy Smith pounced a minute into the second half.
Aaron Muirhead was sent off for an elbow on Demetriou before Gavin Reilly made the points safe for St Mirren.
Match ends, St. Mirren 3, Falkirk 1.
Second Half ends, St. Mirren 3, Falkirk 1.
Attempt missed. Lee Miller (Falkirk) header from the centre of the box misses to the left following a set piece situation.
Foul by Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren).
Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Corner,  St. Mirren. Conceded by Luca Gasparotto.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Conor O'Keefe replaces Cameron Smith.
Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Mark Kerr (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Jordan Kirkpatrick (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Jordan Kirkpatrick replaces John Sutton.
Attempt missed. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
Corner,  Falkirk. Conceded by Gary Irvine.
Attempt saved. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner.
Attempt blocked. Ross Stewart (St. Mirren) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked.
Attempt missed. Jack Baird (St. Mirren) header from the centre of the box is too high following a corner.
Substitution, St. Mirren. Ross Stewart replaces Gavin Reilly.
Corner,  St. Mirren. Conceded by Tony Gallacher.
Foul by Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren).
Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Attempt blocked. Cameron Smith (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
Luca Gasparotto (Falkirk) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Cameron Smith (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Luca Gasparotto (Falkirk).
Substitution, Falkirk. Luca Gasparotto replaces Nathan Austin.
Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the right wing.
Foul by Aaron Muirhead (Falkirk).
Hand ball by Ian McShane (St. Mirren).
Stephen McGinn (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Attempt missed. Lewis Morgan (St. Mirren) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
John Sutton (St. Mirren) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Myles Hippolyte (Falkirk).
Foul by Stelios Demetriou (St. Mirren).
Scott Shepherd (Falkirk) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Gary Irvine (St. Mirren) wins a free kick on the left wing.
Foul by Lee Miller (Falkirk).
Foul by Ian McShane (St. Mirren).
Lee Miller (Falkirk) wins a free kick in the attacking half.


A Christmas advert for a Polish auction website has hit seven million YouTube views in 10 days, with almost a million more views on the site's Facebook page.

Allegro's mini-movie, What are you looking for at Christmas? English for beginners, is a tale of a Polish grandfather learning to speak English ahead of a holiday trip to London and has resonated with its online audience.
He begins with prepositions and pronouns, before making mistaken, out-of-place declarations on the city bus and foul-mouthed threats in the bath.
However, it makes little mention in its three-minute runtime of the product advertised - a Polish auction website - other than an opening title and the sign-off: "And you? What are you looking for?"
Ian Henderson, executive creative director at AML, a London-based brand and advertising agency, told the BBC: "The very modest branding works in its favour, the advertiser has had the grace to get out of the way of the emotion."
"It's beautifully made and a gorgeous little film, which helps.
"But what makes it work is the emotional authenticity - we believe it completely.
"That is surprisingly hard to do in an ad."
The website's Facebook page has fielded an overwhelmingly positive reaction in the 1,200 comments beneath the video.
Some say it is the only advertisement they have watched to the end or the only one to have made them cry, and Allegro appears to be responding to as many of the comments as possible.
"My fiance is Polish and I met my mother-in-law for the first time two months ago," says one comment. "Never cried for an ad before."
The advert elicits "the greatest feelings", says another viewer.
"So our goal was achieved," replies Allegro.
The 2,500 comments below the YouTube copy of the video, however, are also interested in the breed of dog belonging to the grandfather and the violent goading toward the rubber duck.
Allegro is the fifth largest website in Poland, according to figures from web traffic analysis site Alexa Internet, and has previously put out an advert with more than 2.5 million views on YouTube.
However, English for beginners has outstripped the viewing numbers of its most recent commercials, What do you do every year?, with 60,000 views, and What do you do every day?, with 900,000 views.
"It's yet another demonstration that a good idea well executed creates its own media space," says Mr Henderson.
"Good, original ideas can come from anywhere, and don't need massive budgets to work - great news for creative ad agencies, less good for commercial TV channels who depend on big-budget TV campaigns."
The commercial is typical of the high production values associated with adverts at Christmas time.
H&M employed award-winning film-maker Wes Anderson for its offering this year.
It is nearly four minutes long, stars Adrien Brody and Peter Serafinowicz, and has been watched by eight million people on the clothes retailer's YouTube channel.
Meanwhile UK department store chain John Lewis now commands such anticipation for its Christmas advert it has brought attention to a homage-maker, the band whose music played in it, and the dog that starred in it.
By comparison, it has clocked up 56 million views across YouTube and Facebook in four weeks.
Produced by the BBC UGC and Social Media team


The government has refused permission for a £3.5bn offshore wind farm to be built off the south coast of England.

The 121-turbine Navitus Bay project proved highly contentious with opponents claiming it would "desecrate" the Jurassic Coast and harm tourism in the area.
Supporters pointed to the benefits of renewable energy and jobs created in constructing and maintaining the turbines.
Earlier Lord Bourne, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), announced development consent had been refused for the proposed project.
Here is some of the reaction.
"There's been a collective sigh of relief.
"We do tourism extremely well here - we don't do wind farms - this was the wrong location for it.
"Tourism is so important for Dorset.  This would have been a blight on the landscape.
"The majority of people were very much against it and there was huge concern that there would be a mass impact on tourism and that's our key industry here."
"Navitus Bay was always too big, too close and threatened the very existence of England's only natural Unesco World Heritage Site.
"Yes, we need renewable energy sources for the future and already offshore wind generation forms a significant part of that, but to attempt to site it here, near some of the most highly designated coastline in England, would have been wilfully destructive... a more sensitive site is hard to imagine.
"Ultimately, I believe the threat to our Jurassic Coast, combined with damning research from Bournemouth Borough Council, which showed the wind farm could cost the area 5,000 jobs and £6.3bn in tourism revenue, swung the balance."
Jonathan Bacon - Leader, Isle of Wight Council
"My reaction is one of disappointment - if this had been granted we'd have been looking at potential employment in support of the project from Yarmouth, as well as having the preferred supplier for the blades [MHI Vestas Offshore Wind] on the island.
"Those opportunities would seem to have been lost now. It will have some unfortunate effects for the island's economy."
Mark Smith - Bournemouth Tourism
"I'm absolutely delighted - it's a decision about protecting the wonderful coastline which brings people from all over the world.
"It's very hard to overstate it - in this area tourism brings in over £1bn a year. Most of that comes from the attractiveness of the area so if you put that at risk, you put at risk 25,000 jobs."
"It is ironic that this decision is made at a time when they have announced a range of applications for oil and gas exploration on the coast.
"Surely that's going to have more of an impact than this wind farm.
"Sadly this shows that the government is not genuinely committed to reducing our use of fossil fuels and climate change.
"I would like to think we would have a site like this somewhere along the coast but that is up to the developers.
"Wind alone is not the answer, we need to have a mix of other renewable sources of energy."
"The Navitus Bay proposal was in one of the worst locations of all the new offshore wind farms and we are relieved that the government has refused to grant consent.
"With so many valid reasons for opposition, and unprecedented levels of objection, it would have been irrational to allow this scheme to proceed.
"We regret that so much time and effort has been put into examining a proposal that was clearly flawed from the outset and in a zone that should never have been included in the national offshore wind farm plan.
"We call on the developer to accept the government's decision and abandon its plans for good."
"I have said from the very beginning that the Navitus Bay proposal would be bad for Bournemouth and bad for Dorset, threatening the UK's only natural World Heritage Site and the tourism economy which is the lifeblood of my constituency.
"I very much welcome the government's decision to refuse planning consent, which vindicates my own long-standing opposition to the proposal, as well as that of many of my constituents.
"I am delighted that our case has prevailed.
"The developer should take note that we will fight any appeal with equal resolve. This scheme must now be at an end and the threat to our area removed forever."
"Not only will the UK be missing out on this important energy source but the development had enormous potential to bring hundreds of well-paid, highly-skilled jobs to an area that is dominated by low-pay.
"This decision means the UK is more reliant on non-renewable energy sources, including gas and oil from unstable countries overseas.
"This appears to be a politically motivated decision... the biggest threat to our beautiful coastline isn't from off-shore wind turbines but is from climate change, which we have already seen have a devastating impact on the South West coast line through serious storm damage.
"This decision is short-sighted and will only make the problem worse in the long-term.
"It's disappointing that the government aren't standing up for people who need this development but are caving in to those who shout the loudest."
Speaking ahead of the decision, Mr Lynas said: "The primary objections to this wind farm seemed to be aesthetic, not ecological.
"However the fact is that the UK needs large-scale clean energy developments like Navitus Bay if we are to meet our climate change targets.
"If offshore wind is rejected as an option, it will be extremely difficult to both get carbon emissions down and keep the lights on at the same time."
"We live in a beautiful part of the country and tourism plays a huge part in our local economy.
"It is right that our famous coastline has been protected and I am sure this will be a big relief to many local people.
"I believe that we need a balanced energy policy but this scheme is simply in the wrong place."
Speaking ahead of the decision, Ms Scott Cato said: "We're obliged to reduce our carbon emissions and we simply don't have any way of providing the electricity and alternatives are much, much more expensive.
"It's going to be a blow to the security of our electricity supply and it's going to undermine the many jobs and skills that could be brought into the area, so I think it will be a very serious and very negative decision if we don't get permission for Navitus Bay to go ahead."
"We always believed that this is the wrong proposal for this location and will lead to damage of a beautiful coastline.
"We commissioned our own study and found the wind park would negatively impact on these important landscapes and seascapes of nearby coastlines.
"Our objection was because of the impact on the beautiful coastlines of East Dorset and the Isle of Wight, including well-loved sites such as the Needles on the Isle of Wight, and Old Harry Rocks on Purbeck.
"However, the process for this development has also raised a number of other concerns which we would still like to see addressed."


One of Scotland's biggest law firms has reported growth in turnover and profits for the fifth year in a row.

Brodies, which has offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Brussels, saw turnover climb by 11.2% to ??57.9m in the 12 months to 30 April.
Profits before partner distributions also rose by 14.2% to ??27.1m.
Last year Brodies launched a three-year strategic plan, which included sustained investment in client services.
Investment activity during the year included opening a new purpose-built office in Aberdeen and investment in IT and technology.
Later this year Brodies' teams in Glasgow will move into a new office in the city's Queen Street.
In 2014-15, the total number of lawyers and staff at Brodies grew by 7%, from 564 to 603, taking the firm's headcount above 600 for the first time.
Over the same period, the number of partners rose from 80 to 82, while the number of other lawyers and professional advisers jumped from 268 to 293 - an increase of 9.3%.
Over the past decade, the firm has achieved a compound annual growth rate of 12%.
In November, Brodies was named UK Law Firm of the Year at the British Legal Awards in London.
Managing partner Bill Drummond said the company was pleased with the progress it had made.
He said: "The past financial year saw gradual improvement in the Scottish and wider UK economy, the historic referendum on the question of Scottish independence and continued change in the Scottish legal market, with the disappearance of yet more well-known independent firms.
"Against this backdrop, Brodies focused on delivering and investing in client services and engaging with individuals, business and organisations across the UK on the legal aspects of potential constitutional change."
He added: "A strong balance sheet coupled with being owned, headquartered and run in Scotland enables us to seize opportunities for the benefit of clients quickly and efficiently as they arise, whether investing in technology, new premises, new services, developing our people or hiring leading lawyers.
"We remain focused on our strategy of delivering on client needs in all sectors that are central to the sustained future success of the Scottish economy."


Crystal Palace winger Yannick Bolasie says he is keen to learn from new signing Emmanuel Adebayor in a bid to add more goals to his game.

Bolasie's impressive start to the season was cut short when he picked up a calf injury in December, with Palace tailing off in his absence.
But the DR Congo international, with eight goals in 50 appearances in the Premier League, is hoping to learn lessons from Togo's Adebayor, citing the striker's 96 goals in England's top flight - as a remarkable feat.
"I am looking forward to learning from Adebayor, I believe he will guide myself and our other players into goal scoring positions to best help Palace score goals and win games, " Bolasie told BBC Sport.
"When you have a proven striker like him who knows the league very well and with a remarkable scoring record then you have a dangerous asset who can hurt your opponents and grab the goals.
"Players like him are the ones I've got to look at and if I can add more goals to my game then it will only improve me and the team" Bolasie added.
At 26, Bolasie knows he still has plenty to learn about the game and hopes any time he spends with Adebayor, on the pitch or off it, can be productive.
The Togo international, who turns 32 later this month, has scored 96 top flight goals during stints at Arsenal, Manchester City and Tottenham, and Bolasie cannot wait to link-up with his new team-mate on the pitch.
"He's lit up the dressing room and we remain optimistic that he will be a great presence on the pitch," Bolasie said.
"Ade will provide us with a variety of attacking styles due to his ability to hold up the ball as a target man whilst having the ability to link up with myself, Zaha, Puncheon, Cabaye and other attacking players."
Alan Pardew's team have dropped from fifth to 12th place after losing five league games on the spin before holding Swansea City to a 1-1 draw on Saturday - for their first league point in 2016.
Yet Bolasie, who is determined to add an end product to his scintillating individual displays on a more consistent basis, is looking forward to returning from injury and help re-energise the Eagles front line.
"We've been very unlucky with the list of injuries but I'm looking forward to getting back on the pitch again."
Crystal Palace next play Watford at home on Saturday.


Robots confused about what they encounter in the world of humans can now get help online.

European scientists have turned on the first part of a web-based database of information to help them cope.
Called Rapyuta, the online "brain" describes objects robots have met and can also carry out complicated computation on behalf of a robot.
Rapyuta's creators hope it will make robots cheaper as they will not need all their processing power on-board.
The Rapyuta database is part of the European Robo Earth project that began in 2011 with the hope of standardising the way robots perceive the human world.
Instead of every robot building up its own idiosyncratic catalogue of how to deal with the objects and situations it encounters, Rapyuta would be the place they ask for help when confronted with a novel situation, place or thing.
In addition, the web-based service is able to do complicated computation on behalf of a robot - for example if it needs to work out how to navigate a room, fold an item of clothing or understand human speech.
The system could be particularly useful for drones, self-driving cars or other mobile robots who have to do a lot of number crunching just to get round, said Mohanarajah Gajamohan, technical head of the project at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.
"On-board computation reduces mobility and increases cost." said Dr Heico Sandee, Robo Earth program manager at the Dutch University of Technology in Eindhoven in a statement. As wireless data speeds increase more and more robotic thinking could be offloaded to the web, he said.
Without access to such a database, roboticists fear machines will be restricted to working in very tightly controlled environments such as production lines and never live easily alongside humans.
The project, which involves researchers at five separate European research labs, has produced the database as well as software that robots can run to connect to and quiz Rapyuta.
The name Rapyuta is taken from the Japanese film by Hayao Miyazaki Castle in the Sky - in the film it is the place where all the robots live.