Plans to upgrade public transport in south Wales may have to change after Brexit, the first minister has said.

Carwyn Jones told AMs ministers will press ahead with the £600m Metro project but warned it could take longer to deliver.
But he said there were no guarantees the UK government would protect EU funding, needed for the scheme.
Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies accused Mr Jones of using Brexit as a "smokescreen".
Later Economy Secretary Ken Skates told AMs that construction on the metro will take place from 2019.
The Metro is intended to provide better trains, faster buses and light rail or tram services in Cardiff and the valleys.
It was announced last year that £600m will be spent on the current phase of the metro.
That included £125m from the UK government and £150m in European regional development funding.
In a statement on his priorities for government, the first minister told AMs on Tuesday that despite uncertainty over significant element of EU funding for the Metro project, his government "will be pressing ahead" with its development.
"It may not be in exactly the same form as before, we will have to look at alternative funding models and it may take longer to get to where we want to be, but I believe this is an important signal to employers that Wales is still open for business", he said.
Mr Jones said he had hoped to publish a detailed programme for the government's five-year term before the summer recess started next week, but he was putting it off until September because of Brexit.
The first minister restated his call for the UK government to guarantee replacing the EU funding currently enjoyed by Wales, estimated at around £600m a year.
"Without this assurance we face a very large hole in our future budgets," he said.
But Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies said: "Instead of prevaricating, and using the Brexit vote as an excuse for a lack of ideas, the First Minister should get on with laying down his Programme for Government.
"The reality, therefore, is that the First Minister is in danger of appearing as though he is using the EU referendum as a smokescreen to conceal the fact that his government has little to say on the real issues faced by Welsh communities everyday; such as the Welsh NHS, declining education standards, and the need to kick start the Welsh economy."
He added that Mr Jones's statement failed to mention the steel crisis among the government's priorities.
Later in the Senedd Economy Secretary Mr Skates said construction on the Metro "will take place from 2019, with services operating as soon as possible, and this will depend on the solution being delivered".
Earlier on Tuesday, Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns claimed that tackling the "root causes" of economic problems in poorer parts of Wales would be more effective than replacing EU grants with Westminster cash.


Australian health officials have warned of a "serious" incidence of children inhaling aviation fuel in the Northern Territory.

Security camera footage shows children breaking into the remote Elcho Island Airport and siphoning fuel from planes.
Petrol sniffing is not a new challenge to hit remote communities, but aviation fuel is even more dangerous because it contains lead, local officials said.
Lead exposure can badly damage the brain and nervous system.
Health officials believe more than 100 youths - one as young as seven - have inhaled the fuel on Elcho Island and a nearby area since March last year.
"Our kids are ending up in hospital by getting infected by chemicals, which is bad for them," one Aboriginal elder, John Gurrumgurrum Burarrwanga, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.
Nine children and one adult have been taken to Darwin for treatment.
Miwatj Health chairman John Morgan said the situation was "serious and of concern".
"Our local teams, as part of the community, are working tirelessly to support the families and prevent further incidents," he said in a statement to the BBC.
Northern Territory government spokesman Jim Rogers said authorities would work hard to find practical solutions.
The government had already set aside A$70,000 (Â£40,000, $52,000) so a security officer could patrol Elcho Island Airport at night, he said.
"We are working closely with Miwatj, the health teams and community leaders to understand why this is occurring and to make sure that our efforts and services are targeted where they are most needed," Mr Rogers said.
Exposure to lead can cause profound and permanent health damage, especially to young children, according to the World Health Organization.
As well as damaging the brain and nervous system, lead also poses an increased risk of miscarriage, high blood pressure and kidney damage.


The repercussions of an economic blockade between the separatist-held east of Ukraine and the rest of the country are beginning to reverberate.

For five weeks, groups of armed, former Ukrainian soldiers and members of small, nationalist political parties have blocked rail lines.
The Ukrainian government has condemned the action, which has stopped trains from transporting coal and other industrial goods.
The blockade has cut off vital links between industrial plants on either side of the conflict's frontline and is greatly damaging Ukraine's economy.
As a result, operations at three steel and coal plants on the separatist side have been suspended.
If the blockade were to continue for a whole year, it is estimated it would cost the Ukrainian economy a staggering $2.5bn (Â£2.04bn).
Thirty thousand jobs are said to be at risk, as well as Ukraine's energy supply, and more industrial plants could close if the blockade does not end.
The man who employs all those people is Ukraine's richest man, Rinat Akhmetov.
In the past at least, Mr Akhmetov was a political power broker in Ukraine.
He had particular influence in the Donbass region in the east and was born in the region's main city of Donetsk.
When the war broke out in the spring of 2014 he faced criticism for failing to publicly condemn the Russian-backed separatists for several weeks.
However, Mr Akhmetov claims that he has always worked for the unity and prosperity of both Ukraine and Donbass.
Now though, Mr Akhmetov is the biggest loser in the fallout from the economic blockade.
Not only are his businesses on the Ukrainian side being starved of natural resources, such as coal, but the separatist authorities have begun seizing his assets.
Perhaps the most symbolic building is the stadium of Shakhtar Donetsk, the football club, which he owns.
However, the internationally unrecognised separatist authorities have also taken control of infrastructure belonging to his telecoms company, Ukrtelecom.
The firm said 200,000 people were left without telephone and internet coverage.
The separatists have threatened to "nationalise" all businesses that are still under Ukrainian control if the blockade is not ended.
Industrial plants belonging to Mr Akhmetov remain open, but armed men have appeared outside some buildings.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed the confiscation of Ukrainian assets was further proof of Russia's "occupation" of the Donbass.
Russia in turn has defended the action of the separatists, arguing that it is a justified response to the blockade.
Taras Berezovets, who used to sit on Ukraine's National Security Council, said internal politics and power games were probably the cause of the blockade.
According to him it's a disaster for Ukraine's economy, and "the real winner is Russia".


Stag beetles used to be as much part of a British childhood as the Chopper bike and power cuts.

But now numbers are falling in many parts of the UK, with loss of woodlands thought partly to blame.
The People's Trust for Endangered Species wants the public to record encounters with Britain's biggest beetle to find out how many are left.
Amid concern that modern children have become disconnected from nature, I took my own kids on a stag beetle hunt.
And, as it turned out, we didn't have to go too far.
At the park, watching our sons playing Saturday football, a friend mentioned he had found some of the beetles in his garden the previous year.
They had set up home in a pile of logs from an old apple tree.
Only an hour or so later he called to say he'd seen a stag beetle crawling down a wooded track not far away.
"It was moving slowly," he said, "If you get there quickly it might still be there."
After a short time wrestling electronic devices away from my children, we jumped on our bikes and cycled a few streets away to where the beetle had been spotted.
It was much bigger than the beetles I remember from my childhood - with a distinctive shiny chestnut-brown back and antler-like jaws.
"Is it still alive?" my daughter asked.
We weren't sure. Marooned at the side of the path, it was frozen either in death or in fear.
We tickled it gently with a frond of grass to check its vital signs. It turned out to be alive, but dozy.
So we photographed it to send to the charity, then left it to get on with its own business.
Keen to find out if our fortuitous find was a one-off, I called Laura Bower, conservation officer of the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species.
There have been massive declines in the UK, she said, but in some parts of England the insect is hanging on.
Stag beetles are relatively widespread in southern England, and are also found in the Severn valley and coastal areas of the south west.
Elsewhere in Britain, they are rare or extinct.
"It's stable in England as far as we can tell - the range hasn't changed but it is hard to give accurate numbers," she said. "This is a really important key population which is why we want to find out as much as possible about it."
Loss of habitat is one factor in the beetle's decline as well as the trend to have pristine gardens.
Clearing up dead wood and digging up stumps is bad news for stag beetles, as their larvae spend years living in rotting wood before emerging for a few brief weeks of life in the outside world.
"People want tidy, low maintenance gardens so there aren't those wild areas you used to have," said Bower.
"We really want the public to record sightings so we can keep an eye on them. If they can leave dead wood or put a log pile in, that would be good too."
So have my children rekindled their fascination with nature?
The tablets still hold sway, but my son has a new impression to add to his repertoire.
He holds both hands to his head, like antlers, and shouts: "I'm a stag beetle!"
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Wales striker Natasha Harding has left Women's Super League side Manchester City.

Harding joined City in March 2015 after her proposed move to Washington Spirit in the United States fell through when she was denied a visa.
The 26-year-old's exit comes after City signed Sweden striker Kosovare Asllani.
"To the Man City fans I want to say a special thanks and let you know how much your support has meant to me during my time at City" she tweeted.
"You made me feel welcome from day one and I appreciate everything you have done for me, I'll never forget it."
Harding spent five years at Cardiff City before switching to Bristol Academy in 2012.
She was appointed Wales vice-captain by manager Jayne Ludlow in 2015.


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There is a "possibility" some of those killed in the Tunisia terrorist attack came from Wales, First Minister Carwyn Jones has warned.

At least 15 of the 38 people shot dead during the attack on a beach in the popular resort of Sousse were British.
None of the victims have been formally named by the Foreign Office.
Meanwhile, the family of a Trehafod man shot while protecting his fiancee say he is now "stable" and "comfortable" in hospital, after flying home.
Many British tourists returned on Saturday on special flights while the first of two scheduled flights to Cardiff arrived on Sunday morning.
Mr Jones said: "It has been shocking to hear the details of the horrific attack in Tunisia. My thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this senseless act of violence.
"I am being kept informed about the situation in Tunisia as we learn more about the identities of those killed.
"We know that at least 15 of those killed have been British, and while there have not yet been any confirmed victims from Wales, we must prepare ourselves for that possibility.
"The Welsh government is ready to offer any assistance it can as we deal with the aftermath of this tragedy."
Tunisian student Seifeddine Rezgui, 23, who has reported links with Islamic State (IS), opened fire on tourists at noon on Friday.
Matthew James, 30, from Trehafod, near Pontypridd, used his body as a human shield while trying to protect his fiancee Saera Wilson, 26, when the gunman began firing.
He has since flown home, his family confirmed on Sunday.
In a statement released by police, his family said: "Matthew is currently in a stable and comfortable condition - and he and his fiancee Saera are doing well, and are happy to be back in the UK.
"They wish to thank all of the medical teams in both Tunisia and the UK for all of their professional assistance, care and support."
More details have emerged of the attack, which saw Rezgui shoot at people on the beach near the Imperial Marhaba and Bellevue hotels.
He entered at least one of the hotel lobbies, where grenades were also detonated.
He then walked through the streets of Sousse where he was reportedly chased by local Tunisians, firing shots at them.
It has also been reported that local builders threw rubble down at him from rooftops as he passed by in the street. The attack eventually ended when he was shot dead by police.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered close to the scene a day after the attack for a rally against terrorism, with some holding candles and others carrying flags of the UK and Tunisia.
One of the survivors who was flown into Manchester on Saturday, has arrived back in Wales and posted on social media her family was "totally traumatised and in total shock and disbelief".
Leiha Shaw, 28, from Swansea, said: "I cannot explain to you how terrifying and frightening the past 24 hours have been for myself and my family.
"I have never in all my life been so scared and I honestly thought that we were going to lose our lives to an out of control gunman that had totally devastated so many peoples lives throughout the country.
"Although I didn't see anyone being shot I will forever be haunted by the noise of bullets and explosions that seared through the beach. My thoughts and prayers are with the families that have had loved ones murdered in cold blood."
Several other tourists from Wales have also been caught up in the attacks.
Elsewhere, Wrexham FC footballer Wes York, 22, left Sousse just 48 hours before the killings.
The striker told the Daily Post he would have been at the targeted beach, had he not cut his holiday short to prepare for pre-season training.
"I have been watching what has happened on TV and it just sends chills down your spine to think I was only just there," he said.


Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has pledged to work tirelessly in support of the union if there were to be a second independence referendum.

She made her promise during a speech to her party conference.
Ms Dugdale said that the country still bore the scars of the September 2014 vote.
Earlier, the Perth gathering heard UK Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson talk of his "huge disappointment" the party did not win the Copeland by-election.
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Ms Dugdale resolutely stressed that she was not keen to engage in a further constitutional battle in Scotland, indyref2.
It was a bad thing. It was other than good. It was not desired by the people of Scotland. It was a mistake. It was not needed. It would not put bread on the table. It was a hissing and a byword.
Having thus denigrated constitutional politics, she proceeded to deliver a speech which dealt, very substantially, withâ€¦.constitutional politics.
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Ms Dugdale has reaffirmed her party's opposition to a second referendum.
She added that she was ready to "step up and make the case for the union" once again, if the SNP broke its vow to not hold another contest.
The MSP argued that Labour's "historic values can endure even under this greatest threat" and that it will "always put the people of this country first".
Ms Dugdale added: "The Labour Party I lead will never support independence.
"It's not an escape from Tory rule, it's not an escape from Brexit, it's not an alternative, it's the same old song that the SNP has been singing for decades.
"It's time Nicola Sturgeon changed her tune.
"I want the first minister of Scotland to focus on the Scottish NHS, on our economy and on our schools. I don't want a first minister whose priority is the constitution."
Ms Dugdale also used the speech to announce her party's campaign to create a new Scottish Child Benefit.
The plan could see the monthly sum go up to Â£20 per child per month by 2020.
She believed the move would help reverse the fall in the value of child benefit and send a strong message that Scotland would not allow hard working families to "bear the brunt of Brexit".
Ms Dugdale highlighted a conference vote in favour of a People's Constitutional Convention to look at establishing a federal power plan for the UK.
She said in the "coming months" she, former Labour prime minister Gordon Brown, and party representatives from Wales and the English regions would begin to set out "how we will take this agenda forward together".
Ahead of Ms Dugdale's speech, Mr Watson told members gathered: "All of us with leadership roles in the Labour Party need to have a long hard look at ourselves at what's not working. Seven years into a Tory government we should not be facing questions about whether we can retain seats we already hold.
"Our job at the next general election is to gain over 100 seats - keeping what we have is supposed to be the easy bit and here in Scotland you have seen what happened when Labour's long standing supporters stop voting Labour.
"We cannot afford to have that happening in England too."
London Mayor Sadiq Khan also spoke on the second day of the three-day conference.
He was forced to clarify his views after using social media to indicate what he would be saying in his address.
Mr Khan tweeted an extract which said: "Now's not the time to play on people's fears.
"Or to pit one part of our country - or one section of our society - against each other.
"In that respect there's no difference between those who try to divide us on the basis of whether we're English or Scottish, and those who try to divide us on the basis of our background, race or religion."
That prompted reaction on social media including a response from First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who described Mr Khan's intervention as "spectacularly ill-judged".
She added: "It is an insult to all those Scots who support independence for reasons of inclusion & social justice - the antithesis of what he says."
When he made his speech to the conference he said: "Now of course I'm not saying that nationalists are somehow racist or bigoted - but now, more than ever - what we don't need is more division and separation."


Peers have voted to block a reduction in the number of MPs from 650 to 600, which the coalition had originally planned to put in place for the next general election, in 2015.

The House of Lords voted by 300 to 231 to delay until 2018 a boundary review necessary to make the change.
Labour peer Lord Hart of Chilton said this would mean the review was based on a more accurate register of voters.
But he was accused of "riding roughshod" over Lords procedures.
Lord Hart had won cross-party support for his proposed amendment to the Electoral Registration and Administration Bill, aiming to postpone the current review of the UK's parliamentary constituency boundaries until October 2018 at the earliest.
BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said: "Had there been a review of the boundaries, and a reduction in the number of MPs from 650 to 600, many analysts suggest that this could have helped the Conservatives secure an additional 20 seats at the next election."
A Downing Street spokesman said the government would try to overturn the Lords amendment when the legislation returned to the Commons towards the end of its parliamentary scrutiny.
"The PM remains of the view that we should have fewer MPs to cut the cost of politics, and more equal size constituencies so that people's votes have more equal weight," he said.
But our correspondent said the reduction in seats was now "very unlikely", with some Conservatives suggesting this could make the difference between them winning or losing the next general election.
Lib Dem leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced that his party would withdraw its support for the boundary review, after the coalition abandoned reform of the House of Lords.
But senior Lords officials had advised peers that the amendment was inadmissible because it was not sufficiently relevant to the main aim of the bill, which is to change the way people register to vote.
Urging Lord Hart to drop his amendment, the new Leader of the Lords, Conservative peer Lord Hill of Oareford, said it would be "unwise" to break with precedent and ignore the ruling from the clerks of the House.
The Labour peer refused, setting the stage for what BBC parliamentary correspondent Mark D'Arcy understands to be the "first occasion since the founding of the coalition in which Conservative and Liberal Democrat ministers are whipped to vote in opposite lobbies".
The vote signifies that a majority of the House of Lords, which is a self-regulating chamber, disagreed with the clerks' ruling.
Lord Hart said the amendment would "ensure the 2015 general election was contested on the basis of current boundaries and provide a window of time to address the current deficiencies in the electoral register".
The peer also said it would ensure that the boundary review was based on the new system of individual voter registration, to be brought in under the bill with all-party backing.
But Tory former cabinet minister Lord Forsyth of Drumlean accused Lord Hart of "driving a coach and horses" through Lords procedures and "riding roughshod" over the advice of the clerks.
He accused the Liberal Democrats of "double crossing" Prime Minister David Cameron and making "an attempt to gerrymander our constitution for political reasons".
He said they were opposing the boundary review only because Mr Clegg was "cross" about the failure of House of Lords reform.
Senior Liberal Democrat peer Lord Rennard, said: "Many in my party take the view that the reduction in the number of MPs proposed in the boundary review should not take place without reform that would strengthen the legitimacy of this House.
"Too much will be made by the media of two coalition parties going into two different lobbies today, but in countries across Europe where coalition is much more the norm, it is much more normal and people understand that different parties vote in different ways on some issues, while agreeing on packages of measures where they can find agreement in what they both consider to be in the national interest."
He said the Conservatives had blocked Lords reform and should therefore not be surprised that they were now in this position.
But author and Conservative peer Lord Dobbs accused Mr Clegg of inventing a link between constituency boundaries and Lords reform as an excuse to "exact a little retribution" from his coalition partners.
"It's nothing less than a great political sulk," he said.
If it is to become law, the amendment will need to be approved by MPs when the bill returns to the House of Commons.
The boundary changes, approved in principle by Parliament last year, would see England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland lose 31, seven, 10 and two seats respectively.


Institute's Riverside Stadium is likely to be unavailable for some time after their pitch was badly damaged by flooding on Tuesday night.

The serious flooding affected large parts of county Londonderry as well as nearby Donegal.
On Wednesday morning, the flood water was still several feet high outside the Drumahoe venue after the nearby River Faughan burst its banks.
Friday's Championship game against Ballyclare switches to Dixon Park.
The expectation is that Institute will be unable to play home games at their premises for at least a month.
The club's dressing rooms are also understood to have been damaged by Tuesday's flooding which caused major disruption throughout the North West.
Pictures of the damage were put on Institute's Twitter feed on Wednesday and the club described the situation as "soul destroying".


A man who subjected his partner's two-year-old son to a "regime of brutality" before murdering him has been jailed for life with a minimum of 21 years.

Chevaze McGregor, 27, left Jeremiah Regis-Ngaujah with more than 100 injuries, including a skull fracture, broken ribs and a bite wound.
Prosecutor Sally Howes told Birmingham Crown Court Jeremiah was left "broken and battered" by "callous" McGregor.
Jeremiah's mother Sindyann Regis, 25, previously admitted allowing his death.
She was jailed for three years and four months.
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The court heard McGregor repeatedly struck his stepson with a rod and a belt at the boy's Wednesfield home in Wolverhampton.
A heavy blow ultimately caused Jeremiah's death, on 21 November last year.
Miss Howes told the court: "This is a case of a callous, sustained regime of brutality against a defenceless two-year-old in his own home.
"Jeremiah was left broken and battered with life-threatening injuries and as his life ebbed away moment by agonising moment, Chevaze McGregor stood by and watched, knowing full well what he had done."
Judge Mr Justice Morris told McGregor: "It is hard to imagine the pain inflicted upon such a defenceless child of two years of age.
"You were in a position of trust and you abused that trust in the most extreme manner."
McGregor told police that because of his strong Christian beliefs he believed it was necessary to use physical punishment when the boy misbehaved.
In police interviews McGregor, who claimed not to remember hitting Jeremiah around the head, produced a letter in which he stated: "Sindyann does not discipline him so it must be me.
"The job of the parent is to correct. God gave us pain so we know to do the right thing."
Miss Howes said McGregor formed a relationship with Regis after meeting her at a Pentecostal church when she was about seven months pregnant.
McGregor pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to murdering Jeremiah, who was born in Romford, Essex, in February 2014.
Regis, 26, of High Street, Wednesfield, initially told police she was unaware of any wrongdoing but later revealed she had seen McGregor holding Jeremiah off the floor after hearing "loud banging noises" coming from a bedroom.
During Friday's sentencing she could be heard sobbing in a room beside the dock after being allowed to leave court as Miss Howes detailed Jeremiah's various injuries, including bruising and a brain injury.
Jeremiah's father Sahr Ngaujah said he "had many hopes and dreams for Jeremiah", in a statement read out in court by Miss Howes.
"I will never know what Jeremiah may have become as a young man," he added.
"Losing your child is hard enough to deal with, but losing them to murder is just inconceivable."
Jeremiah was confirmed dead at Wolverhampton's New Cross Hospital, hours after his body was carried by McGregor to an ambulance.
The judge said the two-year-old died from multi-organ failure after his abdominal injuries caused septic shock.
Det Insp Warren Hines, from West Midlands Police's homicide team, said evidence showed Jeremiah had "defensive wounds to his hands and arms, which shows he tried to shield himself from the beatings".
He said McGregor was "a controlling, manipulative and violent individual".
Det Insp Hines said: "Evidence shows McGregor was prone to bouts of extreme loss of temper.
"Sindyann must have known what was happening, we have been told Jeremiah whimpered when McGregor was around and yet she allowed him sole charge and discipline of the toddler."


Wet and cold spring and summer weather has been blamed for one of Scotland's rarest breeding birds having a poor season this year.

The number of corncrakes dropped by almost a fifth, RSPB Scotland said.
The birds are counted by listening for the call of males. This year 1,069 were counted, while last year there were 1,289 - the highest total in 45 years.
Corncrakes migrate from Africa to the Hebrides, with largest number of the birds flying to Tiree to breed.
There were 333 calling males counted in Tiree this year.
In Orkney, there were 16 calling males recorded - down from 36 last year.
RSPB Scotland said Islay and Iona had a slight increase in corncrakes, but there were fewer in almost every other part of the Highlands and Islands where they are found.


An Australian man has found instant fame after being filmed pretending to fish during flash floods in Melbourne.

Video of Paris Diaz Jordanou hamming it up for news crews has been viewed more than five million times since Thursday.
In the footage, Mr Jordanou is heard yelling "I'll catch him" as a car begins to float in floodwaters.
Social media users widely enjoyed his antics, with some joking he should be "Australian of the year".
But they were critical of the motorist, who escaped unharmed, amid warnings by authorities about driving through floods.
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Mr Jordanou told Nine's Today programme he was having coffee with friends nearby when they decided to go to the South Melbourne underpass, which is notorious for flooding.
He said he was "just being a larrikin (joker)" after becoming aware he was being filmed.
"It all happened organically - it was bit of a light bulb moment," he said.
"This time of year where there's a torrential downpour, somebody usually drives through there so we thought we'd come and have a look."
Despite laughing during the video, Mr Jordanou can also be heard trying to warn the driver to stop.
Victoria's State Emergency Service said 41 people were rescued from cars after the storm on Thursday, although not all deliberately drove into floods.
"Our advice is really strong not to drive, walk or play in floodwaters," a spokeswoman said.
"You're never sure what you're actually playing in. There could be debris that you can't see."
The emergency service received more than 2500 calls for assistance following the storm.
"This was a significant event that caused quite a bit of flash flooding to wide parts of Melbourne's greater area," the spokeswoman said.


Photographs of Prince George have been released by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to mark his birthday.

The pictures were taken at his home in Norfolk to celebrate the little prince turning three.
Photographer Matt Porteous took the shots in July at Anmer Hall.
The photos show George playing on a swing and eating ice cream on a picnic blanket with his cute dog Lupo, an English Cocker Spaniel.
A Kensington Palace spokesman said: "The Duke and Duchess hope that people will enjoy seeing these new photographs.
"They would like to thank everyone for all the lovely messages they have received as Prince George celebrates his third birthday."


Lionel Messi is La Liga's all-time leading goalscorer after scoring a hat-trick in Saturday's 5-1 thrashing of Sevilla.

Messi had been one short of the record for over a month but finally matched Telmo Zarra's 251 league goals with a fantastic free-kick, before adding two more after the break.
The 27-year-old Argentine has scored 368 goals for Barcelona, the only senior club he has ever played for.


Ratings agency Moody's has upgraded its outlook for the US credit rating, citing a declining budget deficit.

The agency lifted its outlook to stable from negative, as it affirmed the country's AAA rating.
It said the US economy was growing at a "faster rate compared with several AAA" peers and has demonstrated a "degree of resilience" to major reductions in the growth of government spending.
It added it expected the deficit to shrink further in the next few years.
According to the Congressional Budget Office, the budget deficit for the 2013 financial year is likely to decline to 4% of gross domestic product (GDP), down from 7% in 2012.
Moody's said the decline was greater than the fall it had anticipated when it cut the outlook on US rating to negative from stable in 2011.
The agency added that growth forecasts for the US economy for the next few years were "close to the long-term average for the decades before the financial crisis".
"These forecasts of accelerating growth are supported by a lower magnitude of fiscal tightening, continued strengthening of consumption and investment, and somewhat better international economic conditions," the agency said in its statement.
Last month, another ratings agency - Standard and Poor's (S&P) - also raised its credit outlook for the US economy from negative to stable.
S&P had also cited a resilient economy, monetary credibility, and the US dollar's status as the world's key reserve currency as being the key strengths of the US economy.
In August 2011, S&P downgraded its US rating one notch from AAA to AA+, but Moody's kept its rating for the US at AAA.


The Seattle city council has voted to fine businesses and residents that do not recycle their food waste.

Under the new rules, households will be fined $1 (Â£0.61) if their rubbish bins contain more than 10% food waste, and businesses and apartment buildings $50.
The city already recycles 56% of its waste but is aiming for 60% by 2015.
Seattle, in Washington State, is the second US city after San Francisco to make composting mandatory in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Composting is the processing of breaking down food and lawn refuse into useable soil through decomposition.
Up to 40% of food in the US is wasted, according to a report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Only 5% of food scraps are composted, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Many Seattle homes and businesses have food compost bins but are not required to use them - now they will have to.
The city will begin issuing warning tickets on 1 January 2015 and fining customers on 1 July, according to the ordinance, which passed unanimously on Monday.
Under the new rules when Seattle garbage pickers see too much food waste in a rubbish bin, they will note it in a computerised system and the fine will be added to the customer's rubbish carting bill, local media reported.
Multi-unit flats and businesses will also be required to limit their food waste but will get two warnings before they are fined, according to the Seattle Times newspaper.
Seattle officials do not expect the programme to be a money-maker for the city, Tim Croll, the Seattle Public Utilities solid waste director, told the newspaper.
He added the city has collected less than $2,000 (Â£1,220) over nine years of a similar programme that banned recyclable items from the rubbish.
"The point isn't to raise revenue," Mr Croll said. "We care more about reminding people to separate their materials."
Correction 10 October 2014: This report has been amended to clarify that fines will apply for disposing of food waste incorrectly rather than doing so at all.


Troubled Japanese electronics giant Sharp is trying to persuade its employees to buy its products in a bid to help sales.

The firm said it was not mandatory for staff to buy its goods, but confirmed that it wanted workers to choose its products over that of its competitors.
Local media had reported that Sharp had set targets for executives, managers and other staff to buy its products.
Sharp has been bailed out twice in the past three years by its lenders.
The company has been under pressure from its banks to sell its loss-making LCD business, and announced last month that it was in talks with several companies to make such a deal.
It also announced that its operating profit tumbled 86% in the September quarter from a year ago, while the LCD unit saw a loss of 12.7bn yen ($102m; Â£67m).
The dismal earnings come after the firm reported losses in the year to March and announced more job cuts.
Sharp's spokesman in Japan, Kyo Ontani, told the BBC that no targets had been set for staff to buy its products, but such a sale was taking place.
He said employee participation in the event was completely voluntary, and the company had not decided what products would be on sale.
The tech giant, well known for its television and solar panels, pulled out of the television market in North America and has been facing stiff competition from cheaper Chinese and Taiwanese rivals.


Families of 52 elderly residents at two care homes have said they are upset and disgusted that they are to close.

Clyde House and Leolyn care homes in St Leonards, East Sussex, are the second and third homes in the town to be shut by New Century Care within a year.
The company has blamed the national funding climate, saying it has "a moral and regulatory duty to make sure our homes are financially sustainable".
East Sussex County Council said it would explore potential alternatives.
Colin Paige-Mitchell's 88-year-old mother, Marjorie, has dementia and is facing her second home in the space of a year after being moved from St Paul's, in St Leonards, to Clyde House when it was closed by the same company last March.
He said: "We had a residents' meeting after Christmas and we said how wonderful the home is... and then a week later we get a [closure] letter saying exactly the same as last year."
Mr Paige-Mitchell added: "We've already been turned away by two homes that we thought we could put her into because they couldn't meet her needs."
New Century Care said its "absolute priority" was the health, well-being and safety of residents.
Linda Astell, who used to be a manager with the company, said "the government needs to put more money into social care".
Challenged about social care funding on The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, the prime minister said she recognised there were pressures but said more money was being made available.
"This is an issue that's been ducked by governments for too long," Theresa May said.
"That's why I have set up work to say we need to find a solution so that we've got a long-term sustainability of our social care provision."


A British national who walked onto the track during the Singapore Grand Prix in September has been sentenced to six weeks in jail by a local court.

Yogvitam Pravin Dhokia, 27, breached security fences and wandered onto the circuit, taking photographs while the Formula 1 race was under way.
He pleaded guilty to committing a "rash act" and endangering drivers' safety.
The six-week sentence was backdated to 16 October, as Dhokia voluntarily spent a period in custody while on bail.
It is the first case of track intrusion in the Singapore Grand Prix.
TV footage showed Dhokia entering the track through a gap in the Marina Bay circuit's fencing while cars sped at 280km/h (175mph).
Race-winner Sebastian Vettel was the first to raise the alarm, screaming: "There's a man on the track!"
He told reporters Dhokia's actions were "pretty crazy", adding: "I saw him taking a picture. I hope it was a good one at least, I hope it was in focus."
Announcing the sentence on Tuesday, Judge Chay Yuen Fatt said: "Any dangerous intrusion onto the race track can and could have resulted in disastrous and fatal consequences."
Dhokia's lawyer told the court his client had not intended to "disrupt the race" but admitted his actions had been "childish".
Singapore Grand Prix organisers are looking into tighter security for next year's race, with higher fences and more marshals.


A Japanese road in which a giant sinkhole was hastily repaired earlier this month has again shown signs of subsidence, officials say.

The repaired road in Fukuoka sank by about 7cm (2.7in) on Saturday over a 30-sq-m (322 sq-ft) area and was temporarily closed.
The chasm first appeared on 8 November in Fukuoka's business district.
Construction officials quoted by Jiji Press on Saturday said the latest subsidence was "within expectations".
They said it happened because "special soil" used to repair the sinkhole may have compressed soil underneath it as it hardened.
The Japan Times said the road was only closed for a few hours on Saturday.
Workers moved fast to fill the first hole, which spanned a five-lane street, stretching 30m (98ft) wide and 15m deep.
The street was reopened within a week. City officials say the collapse was caused by underground construction nearby.
No one was hurt in either incident.


Chris and Gabby Adcock reached the European Badminton Championships mixed doubles semi-finals by beating Sweden's Nico Ruponen and Amanda Hogstrom.

The married pair, seeded second, won 21-17 21-12 and go on to play France's Ronan Labar and Audrey Fontaine.
Irish brother and sister duo Sam and Chloe Magee play Danish top seeds Joachim Fischer Nielsen and Christinna Pedersen in the other semi-final.
GB's Rajiv Ouseph made it into the men's singles semi-finals in Denmark.
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Second seed Ouseph, who won bronze last year, beat Germany's Fabian Roth, seeded eighth, to set up a tie with the host nation's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus, seeded fourth.
Scotland's Kirsty Gilmour is also guaranteed a medal after beating Line Kjaersfeldt to reach the women's singles semi-finals.
Gilmour's victory means the Scot will secure at least a bronze to add to the silver she won last year.
But England's Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge were knocked in the men's doubles quarter-finals by Mads Conrad-Petersen and Mads Pieler Kolding.


A council has warned residents not to attach objects to trees - in a notice attached to a tree.

Islington Council said the poster in Highbury Fields, north London, had been put up "in error" by a junior worker.
It read: "Please do not attach or affix any structures or objects to the park furniture and trees at Highbury Fields including the benches and lamp posts."
A council spokesman said it had now moved the notice to a nearby noticeboard.
The notice, which asked residents to respect the park and be responsible, was spotted by Nadi Jahangiri, an architect who lives nearby.
He said: "A lot of people have been putting signs up on the trees about lost cats and so on with drawing pins - it really annoys me.
"I walked up to it to rip it down, only to find it was telling people not to attach anything to trees!"
He continued: "Lots of people soon gathered around laughing.
"There was lots of grumpy huffiness and indignation about our taxes being used for this.
"If you want to stop someone doing something, doing it yourself is an odd way to go about it - but that's Islington Council for you."
A spokesman for the council said: "This was a mistake by a junior member of staff who thought they were doing the right thing to protect the trees.
"Yesterday we removed the sign to a nearby noticeboard as intended."


Leicester City midfielder Marc Albrighton has signed a new four-year deal.

The 26-year-old helped the Foxes win the Premier League title last season, scoring twice in 38 matches.
He joined them on a free transfer from Aston Villa in July 2014.
Albrighton told the club website: "The club have been great to me since I signed. I've had some amazing times here and we've reached the ultimate by winning the league last year."
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Manager Mark McGhee is frustrated to have missed out on fourth place but is content with Motherwell's season.

Motherwell were 3-1 winners at Ross County but cannot catch St Johnstone after the Perth side beat Celtic.
"We kind of hoped we might make fourth and we haven't so there's a little bit disappointment," said McGhee.
"But we'll reflect in the end and we'll be satisfied that fifth is a decent show. Of course, we're overjoyed to make the top six."
A dominant early display provided the platform for victory with Stephen Pearson and Keith Lasley putting Motherwell two up after just 16 minutes.
The visitors threatened to run away with it in the first half but Ross County battled back with Liam Boyce reducing the deficit before Pearson nodded home his second deep into injury time.
"It was a sunny night and we started with sunny football," enthused McGhee. "We played some good stuff, created chances, scored two goals and looked comfortable.
"Any opportunity for us to run away with it was gone because they made changes but overall I think we did enough to win the game and deserved it."
The club are in negotiations with a number of senior players who are nearing the end of their contracts and now know how much finance will be available.
"We know the importance of these players," McGhee explained. "Stephen McManus, Stevie Hammell, Keith Lasley and Scott MacDonald have been terrific all season but we have to cut our cloth accordingly. Hopefully we will get it sorted."
Ross County will have to settle for sixth place and manager Jim McIntyre is disappointed with the post-split form.
"We wanted to make sure in the five games we tried to move up at least a place," he said.
"Overall, in the context of the season we wanted to try and get top six, we managed that and we wanted a decent cup run and we managed to win the cup.
"As disappointed as I am tonight, I'm sure we'll reflect in a few weeks time and be satisfied with our season's work."
McIntyre bemoaned a sluggish start from his side but was happy with the response in the second half.
"We were very sloppy, slow out the traps, made some very basic errors and that afforded Motherwell a good bit of pressure and they've scored and deservedly so," he said.
"We created a host of chances but couldn't quite put the ball in the net. You're always going to be susceptible to the counter attack and we've been punished right at the death.
"Motherwell showed better quality on the night when it came to putting the ball in the net.
Liam Boyce netted just this second goal of 2016 with McIntyre hoping the striker can rediscover his early season form after a summer break.
"It's been a frustrating time since Liam broke his hand," he explained.
"It was great seeing him getting back on the scoresheet. I thought he did well and it was nice to see him hopefully get a goal that will help him get to the Euros with Northern Ireland."


Two Australian men convicted of leading the Bali Nine drug smuggling ring have been moved to the Indonesian island where they are due to be executed.

Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are among a group of foreigners expected to face a firing squad in the coming days.
Australia has heavily lobbied Indonesia to halt the execution - PM Tony Abbott said he was "revolted" by the prospect.
The pair were convicted in 2005 after being caught attempting to smuggle heroin from Bali to Australia.
Indonesia has some of the toughest drug laws in the world and ended a four-year moratorium on executions in 2013.
President Joko Widodo has said the drugs trade destroys lives in Indonesia and he will show no mercy to convicted dealers.
Chan and Sukumaran left Kerobokan jail in Bali early on Wednesday morning in armoured cars. They were then flown to Nusakambangan, the high-security prison island where Indonesia conducts executions.
Chan's brother Michael and Sukumaran's mother Raji, who have visited the pair regularly, were seen talking with prison guards after the convoy left. Australian media said they were refused a request to see the pair.
The men are scheduled to be executed alongside citizens from countries including France, Brazil, Ghana and Nigeria. A woman from the Philippines also facing execution has appealed for a judicial review.
It is not clear when the executions will take place, but the authorities must legally give the convicts 72 hours notice.
There have been unprecedented levels of security for this transfer. Some media outlets have reported that members of Indonesia's anti-terror unit Detachment 88 are also involved - highly unusual for the transfer of two drug convicts.
But that may be because of the unprecedented level of media interest in this case.
Chan and Sukumaran have had all their appeals and applications for clemency rejected by the Indonesian government, despite repeated representations on their behalf by the Australian government and human rights activists who say the two men have reformed.
Their planned executions have raised tensions between Australia and Indonesia, at a time when the two countries were just starting to repair ties after a spying incident.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has said that no amount of foreign pressure will stop the executions from going ahead.
Speaking to ABC News on Wednesday, Mr Abbott said millions of Australians were feeling "sick in their stomachs at the thought of what's likely to happen to these two men".
He acknowledged that they had "committed a terrible crime", but added: "We abhor the death penalty, which we think is beneath a country such as Indonesia."
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Chan and Sukumaran's relatives and supporters have pleaded for their lives to be spared, arguing that they have been rehabilitated while in jail.
Lawyers for the two men said they were still attempting to mount a legal challenge but Indonesia's Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said on Monday that any legal appeals were no longer valid following the earlier rejection of clemency by Mr Widodo.
France and Brazil have also protested: Paris has summoned the Indonesian envoy and Brazil's president refused to accept the credentials of the new Indonesian ambassador.
If the executions go ahead, it would be the second group of drug offenders to be put to death since Mr Widodo came to power.
In January, Indonesia executed six people, five of whom were foreigners, for drug offences.
The Netherlands and Brazil, whose citizens were executed, recalled their ambassadors to Indonesia in response, saying this severely affected diplomatic relations.


Notts County owner Alan Hardy has become embroiled in a Twitter row after breaching the Football Association's guidelines on child protection.

Hardy shared video shot inside the club's academy dressing room before a game at Manchester City.
He removed the video after the FA, which prohibits filming in changing rooms, contacted the club.
A children's charity said Hardy should take guidelines "seriously" but he said they must not be "overly restrictive".
When the FA's safeguards relating to changing rooms and photography were pointed out to Hardy after he initially published the video, he posted a series of tweets defending it.
The video, which was removed after the FA approached Notts County, did not show any player in a state of undress.
When Hardy took the video down, he tweeted an apology, but again defended the filming and sharing of the video.
"Apologies to those who felt they had to complain to FA re: video of academy team jumping around in their full kit excited at Man City. Deleted," Hardy tweeted.
He followed up with: "Our children enjoying themselves too much. We'll be sending them back up the chimneys next!!"
In a statement, Hardy said he had "received overwhelming support from parents of the children concerned".
He continued: "What frustrates me in this particular case is that I am said to have contravened a guideline which prevents images being taken of children who are undressed.
"My view is that the fact the video was shot inside the changing room is completely irrelevant as the children were all suitably clothed.
"As a father of five children, three of whom are under the age of 10, as well as a coach of under-eights and under-10s football teams, I am well aware of my responsibilities as a parent, adult and coach."
More than 8,000 youth football clubs have renewed their safeguarding commitment with the FA since the sport's child sexual abuse scandal emerged in 2016.
The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC), the United Kingdom's leading children's charity, which has worked with the FA since the the 1990s and set up a dedicated football abuse hotline following allegations of historical child abuse, said "they prohibit anyone taking photos or filming within areas where young people are changing".
An NSPCC spokesperson said: "With the recent shocking revelations about sexual abuse in football clubs, we would hope that everyone involved in children's sports, particularly at the highest level to take safeguarding seriously."
The FA said Notts "dealt with the matter" after being contacted, and that there will be no further investigation, although they will keep and "open dialogue" with the club.
However, Hardy said he does not want to see children's enjoyment of the game "diminished" by guidelines, or parents and coaches denied the chance to "capture precious moments on film".
He added: "My opinion is that, while I fully advocate tough punishment for those who pose a genuine threat to children, we must be careful when setting safeguarding rules to ensure they are not overly restrictive.
"What next? Are mobile phones going to be banned at beaches and waterparks? Yes, we must protect our children, but common sense has to prevail in an era when photography, videography and social media play such a prominent role in everyone's lives."


Former Germany player and boss Jurgen Klinsmann has been sacked as coach of the United States.

The 52-year-old, who won the World Cup as a player with Germany in 1990, took over as US boss in 2011.
"We remain confident we have quality players to help us advance to Russia 2018," said US Soccer president Sunil Gulati.
"But the form and growth of the team up to this point left us convinced that we need to go in a different direction."
Klinsmann steered the United States to the last 16 at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after finishing above Portugal in their group.
However, they lost 2-1 at home to Mexico and 4-0 away to Costa Rica in their opening two qualifying matches for the 2018 tournament.
The US are pointless and bottom of the six-country qualifying group, below the likes of Panama and Honduras, albeit only a fifth of the way through the qualifying process.
"With the next qualifying match in late March, we have several months to refocus," added Gulati.
"We need to determine the best way forward to ensure a successful journey to qualify for our eighth consecutive World Cup."
Former Tottenham striker Klinsmann was linked with the England job after Sam Allardyce left his post in September.
USA Today sports correspondent Martin Rodgers on BBC Radio 5 live:
Klinsmann has had some decent results as US head coach but ultimately too many setbacks and this was the time to pull the plug.
It now looks like Bruce Arena, the former US coach, most recently of LA Galaxy, will take over. Arena was head coach between 1998 and 2006 and maybe it is time to go back and do things the American way.
I think it's an admission that the experiment with Klinsmann didn't work. Everyone remembers what he did with Germany in 2006 and the free flowing and attacking football they played.
People expected him to come in and do the same with the US. The problem is the US is not blessed with the same kind of players as that Germany squad - or any Germany squad.
That's really where the downfall came. The way Klinsmann wanted to play, the players he had couldn't play that way.
It created tension within the camp and it created a little bit of a rift between some of the German-American players he had brought in and some of the more traditional American players.


Network Rail has been fined £80,000 and ordered to pay costs of £32,000 after admitting causing a train to derail in Leicestershire.

The East Midlands Trains service was travelling at 65mph (105 km/h) when it derailed at Barrow on Soar in Leicestershire in February 2008.
The train derailed after an engineering works tipper lorry hit a footbridge.
Leicester Crown Court heard the firm did not have a proper construction site safety assessment in place.
A train driver had to be cut free from his cab after the bridge collapsed in the accident, but no-one else was hurt.
A warning message had been sent out, but the Nottingham-to-Norwich passenger train was unable to stop in time.
The tipper truck driver did not realise the height of his truck and had left the back of it raised in the air, the court heard.
The train driver was trapped for two-and-a-half hours and suffered serious leg injuries.
"Network Rail's poor planning and management of construction site safety at Barrow placed members of the travelling public a risk," Darren Anderson of the Office of Rail Regulation said.
The court heard that the train driver "thought he would die" and still suffered from flashbacks.
"It should never have happened and I would like to say sorry for the fact that it did happen," Network Rail spokesman Martin Frobisher said.


A shearer from south west Scotland has tackled more that 2,000 sheep in a 50-hour endurance challenge.

Grant Hurcomb was raising funds for Cancer Research UK and MND Scotland.
He had previously undertaken a 24-hour challenge two years ago but decided to more than double his efforts this time around on a Stranraer farm.
Organisers said he had sheared a total of 2,142 sheep and also raised thousands of pounds for charity.
Allowing for breaks, it translated to an average of more than 50 sheep per hour.
The action got under way at High Balyett farm at 19:00 on Thursday and finally reached its conclusion at 21:00 on Saturday.
Hundreds of supporters turned out to watch his efforts as well as raise funds for charity.
Rowan Main, Cancer Research UK local area manager for Dumfries and Galloway, described Mr Hurcomb as a "remarkable young man" and his achievement as "fabulous".
"Grant had a huge support team and getting more than 2,000 sheep to the farm where the shearing challenge took place was an incredible logistical feat," she said.
"I know Grant also appreciated round-the-clock support from those cheering him on while the challenge took place.
"Our heartfelt thanks goes to Grant, his friends, family and supporters."


The firm which took over First Group bus routes in the Scottish Borders is asking its customers to help it improve its services.

Borders Buses said it had spent Â£3.5m on new vehicles and information and ticketing systems in the region.
It has now launched an online survey and will be staging drop-in sessions to assess the views of its passengers.
First Group decided to sell its services earlier this year blaming competition from the Borders Railway.
Sharon Morrison, commercial manager at West Coast Motors, parent company of Borders Buses, said: "We are committed to delivering a reliable bus service which meets the travel needs of our customers.
"Therefore, the best way to find out if our customers are satisfied with the service is to engage with them directly.
"Face to face is always the best way, however we understand work and family obligations make it difficult for people to attend the drop-in sessions so the online survey is a simple and easy way to provide feedback and suggestions."
Future drop-in sessions are planned in Hawick, Melrose, Jedburgh, Selkirk, Kelso and Peebles later this month.


Wales' 61-year wait for a victory over the All Blacks goes on after a blitz of three late tries snatched what had been a see-saw contest away from them.

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A try from Rhys Webb and 11 points from the boot of Leigh Halfpenny had given Warren Gatland's men a one-point lead with 11 minutes left.
But with characteristic ruthlessness, New Zealand accelerated away.
Two tries from Beauden Barrett and one from Kieran Read meant they ended the match in complete control.
It means Wales have now lost 26 games in a row against the men in black.
And, while the performance was an improvement on the dire display a week ago against Fiji, this was a wonderful chance to end that horrible run.
Wales had begun well, winning three penalties at the breakdown in the first five minutes and converting the sole kickable one as the All Blacks coughed up a series of uncharacteristic knock-ons, forward passes and kicks put out on the full.
Barrett missed a simple penalty to compound the sluggish start but he levelled from halfway midway through the half.
And, as the Welsh scrum began to creak, the visitors muscled their way into a fierce contest. The home defence was ferocious, though, holding off a series of drives off a New Zealand scrum 20 metres out.
But within moments of the re-start much of that hard work was undone.
Wales did well to turn over New Zealand ball on their own try-line but Halfpenny then opted to go back into contact rather than kick clear and was stripped of the ball.
The All Blacks went left, Conrad Smith flipped a pass out of the back of his hand as Jamie Roberts thundered into him and Savea wriggled free of Biggar's tackle to score in the corner.
Barrett's conversion made it 3-10 but Wales' response was as impressive as it was instant.
Webb darted off a scrum 10m out, fed the on-rushing Faletau and seized the return inside pass to dive across the line.
A tight game had sprung open. New Zealand went again at pace only for their subsequent driving maul to be held up short, Dane Coles lucky not to be sin-binned for grabbing Webb by the throat.
Halfpenny struck a penalty after Sam Whitelock was caught on the wrong side to edge Wales back into the lead at 13-10 and only a Webb knock-on a few metres out denied another mighty red surge.
It was furious, frantic stuff, both sides hammering deep into opposition territory only to cede momentum and control with handling errors.
Wales threw on Mike Phillips, Luke Charteris and Justin Tipuric, yet that old ruthless streak of New Zealand resurfaced just as history appeared to be beckoning.
Coles escaped down the left and fed Richie McCaw and, although the skipper was held up, Barrett found Smith free on the left wing with a beautifully judged cross-kick and the centre popped the ball back inside for Kaino to run in unopposed.
However, Barrett missed the conversion and Wales would seize back a 16-15 lead through Halfpenny's second penalty, only to themselves be rocked backwards once more.
Barrett chipped over the covering defence on the right and gathered his own kick as the bounce beat Halfpenny before going under the posts.
Slade's conversion made it 16-22 and, seconds later, Read silenced the stunned Millennium Stadium crowd as he charged down Phillips' kick to score in the corner.
Inside three minutes, Wales had seen their lead turn into a 13-point deficit.
And when Barrett gathered Smith's dab back inside from another sweetly angled kick to wriggle clear for his second, the coup de grace was complete.
Teams:
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny, Alex Cuthbert, Jonathan Davies, Jamie Roberts, George North, Dan Biggar, Rhys Webb; Paul James, Richard Hibbard, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones, Dan Lydiate, Sam Warburton (captain), Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: Scott Baldwin, Nicky Smith, Rhodri Jones, Luke Charteris, Justin Tipuric, Mike Phillips, James Hook, Liam Williams.
New Zealand: Ben Smith, Charles Piutau, Conrad Smith, Sonny Bill Williams, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith; Wyatt Crockett., Dane Coles, Owen Franks, Brodie Retallick, Sam Whitelock, Jerome Kaino, Richie McCaw (captain), Kieran Read.
Replacements: Keven Mealamu, Joe Moody, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Liam Messam, TJ Perenara, Colin Slade, Ryan Crotty.


Many people would celebrate turning 100 with a slice of cake and a glass of fizz - but Dame Vera Lynn is doing it by releasing a new album.

She's breaking her own record in the process, having last put out an album at the age of 97, back in 2014.
The singer is known as the forces' sweetheart for entertaining troops during World War Two to boost morale.
Dame Vera - 100 in March - currently holds the record for being the oldest living artist to get a top 20 UK album.
Vera Lynn 100 comes out on 17 March, three days before her birthday.
Some of her best-known songs have been re-orchestrated for the album, which features her original vocals.
Dame Vera said: "It's truly humbling that people still enjoy these songs from so many years ago, reliving the emotions of that time - I was after all just doing my job as a singer - and it's so wonderful for me to hear my songs again so beautifully presented in a completely new way."
The vocals of top British singers also feature on the album - Alfie Boe on We'll Meet Again, Pointless host Alexander Armstrong on White Cliffs of Dover and Aled Jones on As Time Goes By.
A previously unreleased cover of Sailing, made famous by Rod Stewart, also makes an appearance.
It wasn't widely known that Dame Vera had recorded a version of the track.
As well as the new album, her centenary is being marked with a concert at the London Palladium on 18 March that will raise money for her children's charity.
Dame Vera has described turning 100 as "an incredible adventure of song, dance and friendship".
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A Flintshire paper mill worker who was hit by a large bucket loader died of crush injuries, the opening of an inquest has heard.

Father-of-one Austin Thomas, a contractor, was killed while working at UPM Shotton on 6 February.
The driver of the loader was arrested but later released without charge.
The inquest in Ruthin heard Mr Thomas, 29, of Oakenholt, formerly served in the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards and toured Kosovo and Afghanistan.
At the brief hearing on Monday, north east Wales coroner John Gittins said a pathologist had given a provisional cause of death as crush injuries.
The inquest was adjourned for a full hearing later in the year.


Microsoft shares rose in after-hours trading as it reported strong growth in its cloud computing and mobile applications divisions.

Chief executive Satya Nadella has been focusing on cloud services and revenue for the division rose 5% to $6.3bn.
However, profits for the three months to 31 December fell 15% to $5bn (£3.4bn) as the strong dollar and falling PC sales took their toll.
Total revenue also slipped 10.1% to $23.8bn.
Both numbers were better than analysts had expected.
NPD Group analyst Stephen Baker said: "People who think Microsoft is sliding into irrelevancy really need to re-evaluate how they see the company. They are a software-first company in a world that is increasingly about software."
Matt Howard, a venture capitalist at Norwest Ventures, said Microsoft had "nailed the cloud".
Mr Nadella said: "The enterprise cloud opportunity is massive - larger than any market we have ever participated in."
Microsoft's combined cloud business, which also includes other divisions such as Office 365, was on track for $9.4bn in annual revenue - higher than its previous forecast of $8.2bn.
The global cloud storage industry was worth almost $19bn last year, according to Research and Markets. The group estimates that will rise to $65bn by 2020.
Microsoft's decision to focus more on cloud services - where its competitors include Amazon, Google, IBM and Cisco - has helped it move away from the declining PC market.
Microsoft's revenue from personal computing, which includes the Windows business, fell 5% in the quarter to $12.7bn.
Global PC shipments fell 10.6% in the fourth quarter compared with the same period in 2014, according to IDC.
The research firm said PC sales should improve later this year as companies that had delayed replacing computers ahead of the release of Windows 10 last summer start buying again.
Tablet computers were a bright spot for Microsoft, with revenue up 29% following the launch of the Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book.
The number of people using the Xbox Live service for digital content and video games climbed 30% to a record 48 million.
Shares in Microsoft were up 4.2% to $54.25 in after-hours trading in New York and have risen 10% in the past 12 months.


Supermarket Asda has reported a 5.7% fall in like-for-like sales during the first quarter of the year after facing "fierce competition".

It follows a 5.8% slump sales during the previous quarter, which was Asda's biggest sales fall on record.
The chain, which is owned by US retailing giant Walmart, said UK sales "continue to struggle".
Walmart also reported falling profits. Net income for the first quarter fell 7.8% to $3.08bn (Â£2.1bn).
"The UK continues to struggle, due primarily to fierce competition," said Walmart's chief financial officer Brett Biggs.
"Improvements in price and product availability throughout the quarter were not enough to overcome traffic and food volume declines in our large format stores."
According to the consumer research firm Kantar Worldpanel, Asda lags behind Tesco and Sainsbury's in terms of "big four" supermarket sales.
But each of the four major UK supermarket chains, which also includes Morrisons, have been engaged in a long-running and bitter price war as part of an attempt to slow gains in market share by discounters such as Aldi and Lidl.
Asda is attempting to recoup sales by cutting prices to narrow the gap with the discounters and widen its price advantage over its three biggest rivals.
It is also in the middle of a programme to overhaul its product range, modernise its 95 largest stores, and reduce costs.
Duygu Hardman, an analyst at Verdict Retail, said that Asda needed to compete in terms of quality as well as price.
"While Asda has traditionally attributed its suffering market position among the Big Four to the short-term tactics of its competitors, this is no longer the case with the focus shifting to value rather than price," she said.
"Asda needs to achieve the right balance of price, quality and service if it wants to better address the fast-changing needs of its customers".
Parent company Walmart reported a profit for the quarter of $3.1bn, a decline of 7.8% from the previous year.
Despite the fall in profits, Walmart's results were better than analysts had predicted. Shares in the company rose more than 9% in early trading in the US.
The company said that was mainly down to the cost of increasing its minimum wage to $10 an hour and investment in new warehouses.
In addition, the US retail giant said like-for-like sales rose 1% in the quarter which ended on 29 April, and that it had seen more customer visits.
"Overall a pretty strong quarter," said Mr Biggs. "We are very pleased with the traffic increases, and I think that goes along with what we are seeing with customer experience scores that continue to improve."


He is Wales's most quoted economist, his name often called in aid by those who think the country is under-funded from Westminster.

Gerry Holtham was commissioned by the Welsh government to look at the pros and cons of the way that government gets its budget.
He found, among other things, that Wales would be treated more generously if Wales were funded on the basis of need rather than the population-based Barnett formula.
Politicians have used his findings ever since to make the case for a change to the formula on the basis of the shortfall suffered by the Welsh government.
I've been talking to Gerry Holtham as part of a discussion on a report he wrote for the Institute of Welsh Affairs. So how big is that shortfall?
He told me: "At the time we did the research it was Â£300 m to Â£400 m a year less than it would get if it were an English region getting needs-based grants. We don't know what that is now.
"Given the squeeze on public finances it's probably a smaller number, the shortfall is probably less than it was then. Even then, it was only a couple of per cent of the Welsh budget so we're probably down to one per cent of the Welsh budget."
In comments that may yet be worth recalling the next time you hear a politician use his figures, he added: "It's not going to change the world. Welsh government has to find a way forward apart from just complaining about the grant."


Middlesbrough goalkeeper Dimi Konstantopoulos has signed a new one-year contract at the Championship club.

The 38-year-old has played 104 games in a four-year spell on Teesside, but failed to make a Premier League appearance last season as Boro were relegated from the top flight.
Prior to that, he had played every minute of Middlesbrough's 2015-16 Championship promotion campaign.
Goalkeepers Brad Guzan and Victor Valdes have already left the club.
That left 24-year-old Connor Ripley and Spaniard Tomas Mejias as manager Garry Monk's only first-team goalkeepers before confirmation of Konstantopoulos' new deal.


A bill to make major changes to public sector pensions has passed its further consideration stage at the assembly.

The Public Service Pensions Bill aims to move pensions to a model based on average earnings with the public sector pension age linked to the state pension age.
It may affect teachers, civil servants and health, fire and police employees.
Chancellor George Osborne has announced that the state retirement age would go up to 68 sometime in the mid-2030s.
The further consideration stage passed following a lengthy debate on 20 amendments put forward by the SDLP, Sinn FÃ©in, the Green Party and the TUV.
Sinn FÃ©in amendments aimed at giving the assembly flexibility in relation to any further changes made at Westminster concerning pension age were not voted through.
North Antrim MLA Daithi McKay explained why his party was calling for this.
"It is crucial that we have a devolutionary role in terms of the accountability of the age for pensions and we should not hand that over en masse to Westminster," he said.
"The main issue for me, and for our party, is that you're almost giving a blank cheque to the Westminster government by ensuring that any future increases in the state pension (age) automatically becomes the norm here."
The DUP East Antrim MLA Sammy Wilson disagreed.
"If we deviate from the legislation and from the provisions in the rest of the UK, we will pay for it out of the public purse and out of the block grant," he said.
Judith Cochrane of the Alliance Party said the Sinn FÃ©in amendments would essentially delete the linkage of scheme pension age to state pension age and in doing so, would "move the bill away from its intended outcome".
Ulster Unionist Leslie Cree said he too would be voting against these amendments.
The Green Party leader Steven Agnew was more supportive. He said special considerations needed to be taken into account for certain professions such as prison officers and paramedics.
"We do have to weigh up the costs but we do have to, through devolution, make our own choices in Northern Ireland," he said.
Finance Minister Simon Hamilton said he had yet to hear any strong argument why particular employees should be treated more generously.
He also raised concerns over cost and said his department would not pay to make up any shortfall if the amendments seeking flexibility were passed.
"HM Treasury will not, or indeed why should they, foot the financial bill for more generous public service pension provision in Northern Ireland compared to the rest of the UK," he said.
Amendments proposed by the TUV leader Jim Allister which sought to address the "inequality" in regard to widows of police officers retaining lifelong benefits were voted through.
Mr Allister explained that under a new scheme, passed in 2009, the widowed spouse or partner of a police officer could remarry and retain their pension.
However, before this was introduced, a police widow who remarried lost their pension.
He said his amendment would "apply the same rights" for all police widows as it "makes no distinction or discrimination".
A joint SDLP and Green Party amendment which called for representation from a recognised trade union on pension boards did not pass.


League One side Charlton Athletic have signed Wigan winger Nathan Byrne on loan until the end of the season.

The 24-year-old has made 14 appearances for the Latics since moving to the DW Stadium from fellow Championship club Wolves in August.
The former Tottenham and Swindon player is Addicks boss Karl Robinson's fourth signing of the transfer window.
"Nathan can be phenomenal going forward, is very quick and will add energy to the squad," Robinson said.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page or visit our Premier League tracker here.


Wales are the only home nation left in Euro 2016 and are in the last eight at the finals of a major tournament for the first time since 1958.

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Belgium, ranked second in the world, are the next test for Chris Coleman's side as they look to continue their remarkable progress in France.
Legendary Wales strikers Dean Saunders and John Hartson, who between them won 126 caps and scored 36 goals for their country, explain how Wales can win and book a place in the semi-finals.
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Saunders: Belgium are going to dominate possession, which is fine, but we have got to stop them from hurting us - that is difficult because they have so many different weapons in their attack.
We will have to close down Kevin de Bruyne, who has been playing behind Romelu Lukaku and has got a stinging shot in him on either foot, but if Eden Hazard is fit then he will be Belgium's most dangerous player.
When we beat Belgium in Cardiff in June, Coleman kept Hazard quiet by bringing in Jazz Richards at right wing-back and moving Chris Gunter infield to be the right-sided centre-half in our back three.
Between them, they handled him really well down Belgium's left, but I don't see Chris doing the same this time because continuity has been a big part of why we have done so well in France, especially at the back where we have been unchanged in all four games.
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I can see Chris sticking with the same team that started against Northern Ireland, but our right-sided defensive midfielder - either Joe Allen or Joe Ledley - will have to get across to help Gunter as soon as Hazard gets the ball, along with James Chester, the right-sided centre-half.
Their job will be to stop Hazard from coming inside and to show him down the line instead. When that happens, Gunter will also try to stop the cross from coming in, but you have to be realistic - Hazard is so good, he is going to get some balls over.
So all our midfield players will have to pick their runners up around the box, not just De Bruyne, and the most important thing will be to mark Lukaku tightly because he will be trying to get between our other two centre-halves when the cross comes in.
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Saunders: When we clear those crosses, we have got to counter-attack like I know we can do, because while Hazard's attacking play is one of Belgium's strengths, it is also a weakness.
Jan Vertonghen's injury means we do not know who will play as Belgium's left-back against Wales but, whoever it is, we will be able to isolate them because Hazard does not run back.
Hungary did it effectively, and they do not have the same attacking threat as us.
The mistake they made was leaving their wide players too far up the pitch and that allowed Hazard to hurt them more - he was on fire in that game and Belgium should have won by more than 4-0.
After watching that game again on Wednesday, though, I now have a clearer picture of what Wales will have to do to win.
There is no way we will be as open as Hungary were from the start because we have so many unselfish and disciplined players like Allen and Ledley who do a lot of running just to support our defenders and ensure we do not lose our shape.
But, when we steal the ball back, we have to use it properly. That starts with the first header clear from one of those Hazard crosses.
I would be telling Gareth Bale or Aaron Ramsey to drift over to Belgium's left where they will have space - and the aim should be to get the ball to them and build the attack from there.
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Hartson: There is a decision to be made up front because Hal Robson-Kanu played in both games against Belgium in the qualifiers and did not let us down.
Hal is very mobile and gives us a threat in behind their defence with his pace, and he can also carry the ball better than Sam Vokes can.
Sam is a big centre-forward that you can hit the ball to, and he will keep hold of it. He has a similar role to the one I had up front for Wales - winning headers and winning fouls so the team can advance up the pitch.
It depends which way Chris wants to go, but Sam has started the past two games and I don't think he has done an awful lot wrong.
He will contain both of Belgium's centre-halves like he did against Russia and give them problems in the air and on the ground - you cannot get around him.
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Sam missed a good chance against Northern Ireland but the next one he gets like that, he will put it away. I have worked with him and I know how good he is.
I also think he will now be feeling like the Wales number nine, not a bit-part player, which is something else I can relate to.
At first I was always behind Ian Rush, Mark Hughes and Dean Saunders, but when Hughes became manager he made me first choice and my confidence went through the roof.
I took on the mantle of being the main striker and I think Sam is in that position now, as an important member of this team.
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Hartson: Coleman has got pretty much every tactical and selection issue right at this tournament so far but we have to appreciate how good this Belgium team is and what an incredible victory this would be.
For it to happen, we need to have total focus at the back and we will rely on our best two players again - Ramsey and Bale, who have been involved in every Wales goal at this tournament - if we are going to score.
I am optimistic we can get through, but I would not say I was overly confident about it because watching Belgium the other night was frightening, even if it was only against Hungary.
One big factor in our favour is that we are unbeaten in our past three meetings, including a win - so we do know how to get a result against them.
Saunders: Belgium are favourites for a reason but we have a good record against them, even going back to when I was in the team.
Wales have a winning formula and Bale is part of that. He is a proper match-winner and, for me, the best player in the tournament. With him in the team, anything is possible.
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Defeated Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has endorsed Donald Trump in the race for the White House.

The Texas senator fought Mr Trump in a bitter primary battle, marked by mud-slinging and personal insults.
Mr Cruz said he would fulfil his promise to vote for the Republican nominee and that electing Hillary Clinton would be "wholly unacceptable".
He drew ire at the Republican National Convention in July, when he was booed off stage for not endorsing Mr Trump.
"This election is unlike any other in our nation's history. Like many other voters, I have struggled to determine the right course of action in this general election," Mr Cruz announced in a Facebook post.
"After months of careful consideration, of prayer and searching my own conscience, I have decided that on Election Day, I will vote for the Republican nominee, Donald Trump."
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The comments underscore a dramatic U-turn for Mr Cruz, who has referred to Mr Trump as a "trainwreck" and a "pathological liar" who could not be trusted in the White House.
Mr Trump responded to the Cruz reversal by saying he was "greatly honoured" to have the endorsement of "a tough and brilliant opponent".
But some of Cruz supporters decried the senator's announcement, including his former campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler, who told NBC: "It's mourning in America for conservatives. We lost our leader today."
Meanwhile, Trump campaign manager, Kellyanne Conway, who previously worked for a super PAC supporting Mr Cruz, expressed her relief on social media.
By endorsing Donald Trump now - after all the heat he took for his "vote your conscience" stand in July - Mr Cruz appears to be acknowledging two realities.
The first is that Mr Trump might actually win the presidency even without Mr Cruz's support.
At the very least, he will be competitive, diminishing the Texas senator's ability to tell his fellow party mates "I told you so".
The second is that Trump-ism is the future of the Republican Party - and if Mr Cruz wants to be a part of that, he's going to have to play ball.
The Texas senator has to run for re-election in 2018, and he faces the threat of a pro-Trump primary challenger. This endorsement could be a way to defuse that political bomb.
Although he styles himself as an ideological true believe, Mr Cruz has shown remarkable political flexibility.
The Ivy League establishment lawyer turned into anti-Washington firebrand to win a Senate seat. During the presidential campaign, he embraced Mr Trump when he saw it in his interest, then turned on the front-runner when the field narrowed.
Now, it seems, the Trump-Cruz bromance has been rekindled. But the Republican nominee would be wise to watch his back.
Mr Cruz said he decided to back his former foe due to six key policy differences between Mr Trump and Hillary Clinton, including the fate of the Supreme Court, Obamacare, immigration and energy.
Mr Trump and Mr Cruz repeatedly clashed during the primary campaign both on and off the debate stage.
Mr Trump came under fire after he tweeted an unflattering photo of Mr Cruz's wife, Heidi.
He also suggested that Mr Cruz's father, Rafael Cruz, was connected to the assassination of US President John F Kennedy.
Just before the Indiana primary election, Mr Cruz called the New York businessman a "braggadocios, arrogant buffoon" and a "serial philanderer".
At the Republican National Convention in Ohio, Mr Cruz refused to throw his support behind the official Republican nominee while giving a speech during a primetime slot.
He instead told Americans to "vote your conscience" in November and was subsequently booed off the stage.
After the event, Mr Cruz said:  "I am not in the habit of supporting people who attack my wife and attack my father."
In announcing his decision on Friday, Mr Cruz emphasised that he was focused on preventing Mrs Clinton from winning the White House.
"Our country is in crisis. Hillary Clinton is manifestly unfit to be president, and her policies would harm millions of Americans," he said.
"And Donald Trump is the only thing standing in her way."
The news comes as Mr Trump prepares to face Mrs Clinton in the first presidential debate on Monday at Hofstra University in New York.


A second girl has died after an apparent hit-and-run in Oldham on New Year's Eve that killed her cousin.

Zaneta Krokova, 11, died in hospital from the injuries she suffered in the collision.
Her cousin Helina Kotlarova, 12, died at the scene on Ashton Road at about 19:15 GMT on Saturday.
Four men aged 59, 48, 38 and 18 remain in custody after being arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving.
A fifth man, aged 23, who was initially arrested for the same offence has been de-arrested and is assisting police with enquiries, said a Greater Manchester Police (GMP) spokesman.
People are continuing to lay floral tributes at the scene.
Sgt Lee Westhead, from GMP's Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "This is a heart-breaking incident which has now taken the lives of two young girls and all of our thoughts remain with their families, who are understandably devastated.
"We have made significant progress with our investigation since the collision happened and I would like to thank everyone who has contacted police with information so far."
He said GMP officers had now identified the car as a Blue Peugeot 807.
The car was found abandoned on Honeywell Lane.
Sgt Westhead added: "I am releasing pictures of the vehicle in an attempt to establish its movements on 31 December in the hours prior to the collision.
"As you can see in the images, the vehicle is dark blue, people carrier shaped and is in poor physical condition and notably has pre-existing damage to its rear window."
Michael Greaves, a teacher from the Oasis Academy in Oldham, which the girls attended, said their deaths had "hit everyone hard".
"I know I've been in touch with a lot of staff and they're deeply saddened by it and it's really affected them over this New Year period."
Helina's sister Sylva, 19, said on Sunday the two girls were holding hands as they crossed the road.
They had been out with a larger group of family and friends who had already crossed and were waiting on the opposite pavement.
"She had asked mum for £2 as she just wanted to buy some food," she said.
"It is just hard to believe she has gone, she was just too young."
The family of seven sisters and one brother came to England from the Czech Republic eight years ago.


A new record has been set by the Large Hadron Collider: its latest trials have smashed particles with vastly more energy than ever before.

On Wednesday night, two opposing beams of protons were steered into each other at the four collision points spaced around the LHC's tunnel.
The energy of the collisions was 13 trillion electronvolts - dwarfing the eight trillion reached during the LHC's first run, which ended in early 2013.
"Physics collisions" commence in June.
At that point, the beams will contain many more "bunches" of protons: up to 2,800 instead of the one or two currently circulating. And the various experiments will be in full swing, with every possible detector working to try to sniff out all the exotic, unprecedented particles of debris that fly out of proton collisions at these new energies.
For now, however, the collisions are part of the gradual testing process designed to ensure nothing is missed and nothing goes awry when the LHC goes into that full "collision factory" mode.
"We begin by bringing the beams into collision at 13 TeV (teraelectronvolts), and adjusting their orbits to collide them head-on," said Ronaldus Suykerbuyk from the operations team at Cern - the organisation based near Geneva in Switzerland that runs the LHC.
The huge collider has been through a planned two-year refit, after the conclusion of its first run - which in 2012 produced the first solid evidence for the famous Higgs boson.
So physicists are excited to see the machine winding back up again, although it is an overwhelmingly incremental process.
In early April, after a slight delay, twin proton beams circulated the LHC's 27km ring, 30 storeys below the Swiss-French border, for the first time in two years. This was at a much lower, preliminary energy; five days later the energy reached 6.5 TeV per beam for the first time.
The first collisions followed in early May - again, at a lower, safer energy to begin with. Thursday's collisions are in new territory.
Prof David Newbold, from the University of Bristol, works on the CMS experiment. He said the new energies present new technical challenges.
"When you accelerate the beams, they actually get quite a lot smaller - so the act of actually getting them to collide inside the detectors is really quite an important technical step," Prof Newbold told BBC News.
"13 TeV is a new regime - nobody's been here before."
Now that collisions are under way, Prof Newbold explained, the engineers in charge of the beams can start to pump in more and more protons.
"The special thing about the LHC is not just the energy we can collide the beams at, it's also the number of collisions per second, which is also higher than any other accelerator in history.
"The reason for that is - like the Higgs boson last time - what we're principally looking for is incredibly rare decay particles. And the more collisions you have per second, the more chance you have of finding something that's statistically significant."
So the build-up that will now unfold, from one or two bunches of protons to thousands, will make even more history. But these early tests are critical to make sure that the 6.5 TeV beams can be steered onto collision course without damaging any of the detectors, or the massive magnets that steer the protons and accelerate them to very near the speed of light.
Dan Tovey, a physics professor at the University of Sheffield who works on the LHC's Atlas experiment, said the teams were having to "re-learn" how to run their detectors.
"We know how everything worked back in 2012, but a lot has changed since then, both with the machine and with the experiments as well," Prof Tovey told the BBC.
"At this stage it's not telling us anything about new physics. Mainly it's helping us learn about the performance of our experiments."
Come June, however, the data emerging from the LHC will shift the scientific horizon. Researchers hope to tackle big, unanswered questions and push our knowledge beyond the Standard Model of particle physics.
"It's tremendously exciting," Prof Tovey said.
"Individually, we all have the things that we're particularly interested in; there's a variety of new physics models that could show up. But to be honest, we can't say for certain what - if anything - will show up.
"And the best thing that could possibly happen is that we find something that nobody has predicted at all. Something completely new and unexpected, which would set off a fresh programme of research for years to come."
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A Tube passenger was left with her back fractured after a prank by a 50-year-old man trying to prove he "could still move" went wrong.

RAF flight sergeant Frans Bekker, 50, from Cardiff, tried to slide down an escalator handrail at London's Holborn station, Westminster Magistrates' Court heard.
But he lost control and ploughed into three women, including Linda Soulsby who fractured a vertebra.
He will be sentenced next month.
Jonathan Swain, prosecuting, said: "Mr Bekker had hopped backwards onto the handrail of the escalator."
It was then he hit the women, he said.
"They did not have a chance to brace themselves as they didn't see it coming," he added.
Miss Soulsby was forced to wear a brace and has been left with "an approximate 15 percent loss of vertebral body height", the court heard.
Christian Cormack, defending, said: "As a prank, he attempted to leap on and off the escalator, to show in his own words, that he could still move.
"He was mortified and has been since."
Bekker admitted endangering the safety of a person conveyed by railway.


Annual fraud and cybercrime losses in the UK have grown to the equivalent of £210 per adult, according to research.

A total of £10.9bn was lost to the UK economy in the 12 months to April, prevention group Get Safe Online said.
Fraudulent emails and messages directing people to websites that gather victims' personal information are the most common con-trick, it said.
It urged people to use many different strong passwords and to ensure security updates are loaded.
"Online safety needs to be part of our everyday routines," said Tony Neate, chief executive of Get Safe Online.
Other tips for staying free from fraud included checking social media settings to ensure posts are only  seen by trusted friends.
The group also urges people to back up their information such as documents and photos to hard drives or cloud storage.
Victims have found themselves suffering financial loss after hacks into email and social media. Others find themselves on the end of ransomware - when criminals block access to a device until the victims responds to a demand for money.
In September, bank-funded crime prevention group Financial Fraud Action said that a financial scam was committed once every 15 seconds on average in the first half of the year.


Scotland lock Jonny Gray says playing alongside brother Richie can prove an "emotional" experience.

The Gray brothers are likely to make up the second row for Scotland against Argentina on Saturday, two years after starting their first international together against the same opposition.
"During the national anthem when I've got my brother by my side it's pretty emotional," said the younger Gray.
"It's hard to describe and it does make you feel lucky."
He added: "To be involved in the Scotland set-up and have my brother by my side is something I never thought [would happen].
"I'm very lucky that I've always had Rich by my side growing up to see how he's got to that level and how hard he's had to work to get there."
Gray, 22, believes Scotland will face a "world class" Argentina side at Murrayfield on Saturday.
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The Scots were edged out 23-22 by Australia last weekend, and Gray says the Pumas pose just as big a threat.
"They are a great team that can attack from anywhere," said the Glasgow Warriors co-captain.
"They've got dangerous strike runners and they're always keeping the ball alive so you can never switch off. I think they're a world-class side."
Argentina have improved markedly since they were admitted to the Rugby Championship in 2013, registering victories over Australia and South Africa in recent years.
Their style has evolved from the traditional Pumas' brand of set-piece, forwards-dominated rugby, and Gray warns they have the weapons to hurt Scotland this weekend.
"When you look at some of the results they've had in the Rugby Championship, and some of the games they've lost to New Zealand, they've pushed them all the way. The brand of rugby they play is very exciting, very threatening, so defensively we have to be switched on.
"I think they are dangerous whether they're home or away. Every time they play they are very physical. We need to be clever in attack. We can't be coughing up ball to them."