Digital music revenues matched physical sales for the first time in 2014, thanks to strong growth in the streaming market.

The digital market rose 6.9% to $6.9 billion (£4.6 billion), representing 46% of all global music sales, reported the music industry body IFPI.
CDs, vinyl and other physical formats also accounted for 46% of the market, with rights for performances, films and advertisements making up the rest.
But overall revenue slipped by 0.4%.
Pharrell Williams's Happy was the most-downloaded single globally in 2014, with Taylor Swift the most popular artist, the IFPI said.
The London-based body also noted that vinyl sales had increased by 54.7%, and now account for 2% of global revenues.
The global recorded music industry was worth $14.97 billion (£10.1 billion) last year, down from $15 billion (£10 billion) in 2013.
Although the rate of decline has slowed since the mid-2000s, it is the second consecutive year of falling music sales.
A brief upturn in 2012, when global revenues rose 0.3%, now appears to be an aberration.
But the picture varies from country to country. The US, the world's largest music market, saw an overall increase of 2.1%.
Japan, where falling CD sales have dragged down the global industry in recent years, saw an increase in digital revenue for the first time in five years, as streaming services gained a firmer foothold.
Other large markets saw declining sales - including France (down 3.4%) and the UK (down 2.8%).
And 37 countries - including Sweden, Mexico, Spain and South Korea - saw streaming revenue overtake download income.
Overall, last year saw a steep increase in subscriptions to streaming sites such as Deezer and Spotify, with revenues increasing by 39% to $1.57 billion (£1.06 billion).
That offset a decline in download sales, mostly derived from Apple's iTunes store, which fell by 8%.
The IFPI estimated that, out of the 100 million people who use streaming services, just 41 million were paid-up subscribers, with the rest accessing free, ad-supported streams.
Its annual Digital Music Report said there was "substantial untapped potential for growth within the paid-for category".
The market is still expanding, with new players such as Tidal expected to be joined by an Apple-branded streaming service later this year.
"I think we will be looking, in the next couple of years, at digital surpassing physical," said the IFPI chief executive, Frances Moore.
"We are seeing that streaming is really leading the digital market, and we can imagine a time when digital will be the majority of music sales."
Sony Music chief executive Edgar Berger added: "The industry has shifted from an ownership model to access. I've not met anyone who can see beyond streaming. So this looks like a final destination".
But the IFPI also called on European lawmakers to clamp down on sites like YouTube and Daily Motion, which claim exemption from liability when users upload videos containing copyrighted music.


The cost of prescription medicines in the Bailiwick of Guernsey fell by nearly £1m to £12.78m in 2012.

Geraldine O'Riordan, Guernsey States Prescribing Advisor, said it was down to a range of measures including an increased use of generic drugs.
She said the island's use of generic drugs over branded medicines was among the highest in the world, having risen from 38% in 1997 to 88% in 2012.
Ms O'Riordan said costs were also being reduced by a drop in overprescribing.
"Quality is really, really important, the generics we use come from the UK supply... they're made by a very small number of highly reputable companies," she said.
Guernsey's Social Security Minister Allister Langlois said it was a "significant saving" and meant medicine was prescribed to those in need "at a cost that is sustainable".


A couple have been rescued from their flooded home in Dumfries and Galloway.

They raised the alarm at 06:51 after finding the ground floor of their house in Creetown under three feet (90cm) of water.
A specialist water rescue team from Newton Stewart managed to get into the house through a first floor window.
The residents were taken to safety on an inflatable "rescue sled", according to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service.
Firefighters also used specialist pumps to remove water from the house.
A spokesman for the fire service said the water ran into the building after large trees and debris blocked water running under a footbridge.
He said neighbouring properties and cars in Mill Street were also affected.
Dumfries and Galloway Council have now removed the debris from under the bridge, he added.


Grieving relatives of a victim of Australia's Dreamworld ride tragedy have criticised police for not contacting them.

Roozbeh Araghi's family said no-one had been in touch and their own attempts to get information from police had failed.
Four people died on the Thunder River Rapids ride at the Gold Coast theme park on Tuesday.
Queensland Police said it had contacted members of the family but would review how next of kin were notified.
Roozbeh Araghi, 38, died alongside partner Luke Dorsett, 35, Mr Dorsett's sister Kate Goodchild, 32, and Cindy Low, 42.
"We resorted to even ringing [emergency telephone number] triple-0 and trying to get through to the police station via that," Mr Araghi's brother, Simon, told the Australian Broadcasting Corp on Thursday.
"We had three of us on hold for well over an hour."
But Queensland Police said it had been in touch with the family.
"Officers have been in contact with members of the family from the beginning of this tragic event and will continue to maintain contact and support with the family through the investigation team's dedicated Family Liaison Officer," police said in a statement.
Dreamworld's parent company Ardent Leisure contacted the Araghi family on Thursday to express their condolences and offer support.
Ardent Leisure CEO Deborah Thomas said she would phone the families personally. She said she would also donate her company bonus to them via the Red Cross.
But Mr Araghi said he would have preferred Ms Thomas's call earlier.
"They apologised and I think wanted to see if they can work through things with us privately, but to be honest it's not really on our radar at the moment," he said.
Dreamworld cancelled a planned memorial re-opening on Friday and will remain closed until at least Monday.


Prince Charles has expressed hope that politicians and businesses are starting to act on the need to protect forests.

The Prince of Wales told a meeting at the Paris climate summit that attitudes were beginning to change, with forest protection initiatives being introduced.
But he said too many companies still turned a blind eye to their commercial activities destroying forests.
We are testing the world to destruction, he said.
"It's very simple. We must save our forests," he added. "There is no Plan B to tackle climate change without them."
He said the best way for governments to save forests is to grant legal title to the indigenous people who inhabit them.
"We must do all that we can to support the communities that live within forests. For indigenous peoples, this is a question of the proper safeguarding of their reserves, traditions and cultures."
Prince Charles commended a declaration by 17 government leaders at the Paris summit on the essential role of forests for climate and development.
He said forests play a vital role in stabilising the climate by sucking carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the atmosphere and fixing it into soils.
Forests are estimated to hold more CO2 than the atmosphere - yet every year around 12 million hectares are destroyed.
The loss of forests accounts for around 12% of carbon emissions caused by human activity, the second biggest source after burning fossil fuels, according to scientific evidence.
For some developing nations, deforestation is the largest source of emissions.
Tuesday's meeting heard that governments must now shift from talk to action.
Forest nations have set up schemes to monitor and protect forests under an internationally negotiated agreement known as REDD+.
But finance is now needed under that scheme to compensate developing nations for foregoing the profit from cutting their forests.
Andrew Mitchell from the Oxford-based Global Canopy Programme told BBC News that aid flows to countries for forest conservation now total $1bn. That compares with the $135bn value of the industries causing forest destruction, including timber, pulp, beef, soy and palm oil.
He said forests would not be protected by transfer of aid from rich countries to poor countries for preserving trees.
The financial sums needed could only be achieved by ensuring that the cost of forest destruction is factored into the price of goods and food produced from forest regions, he explained.
Other speakers talked about the need to put pressure on major companies to take notice of the impact of their business on forests.
Prince Charles held up Unilever as an example of a business that had committed to end any involvement with deforestation.
The Prince also said forest protection was not enough - the world needed to re-forest deforested lands.
"Given that we have managed to reduce the world's tropical forests so significantly over recent decades (with over 500 million hectares lost since 1950), the restoration of forest landscapes should not be an afterthought - but an equal priority to halting deforestation and degradation."
Prince Charles' causes receive a mixed reception in the UK media.
But in the Paris meeting he was commended for using his "convening power" to bring together governments, businesses, pressure groups and indigenous people to find solutions together.
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The agreement is aimed at limiting global warming to 2C (3.6F).
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Planes are stuck on the Tarmac at Lisbon airport amid a failure with the fuel pumping system, say reports.

Portugal's flagship carrier, TAP, said there were 14 of its planes on the ground and all planes without fuel were unable to take off. Some flights have been cancelled.
The airport authority admitted it did not know when the problem would be resolved.
But passengers have taken to Twitter to complain.
Some planes coming into land at Lisbon are stopping off at nearby airports first to refuel, while other planes have enough fuel to continue their journeys, so not all planes are affected.
On the airport's Facebook page, it warns passengers of "significant delays" and suggests they check their flight status on the airport website.


Great Britain's men recovered from a surprise Brazil lead to win 9-1 and record their first victory of Rio 2016.

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Stephane Smith, born in Brazil but raised in the UK, scored from a penalty corner for the host nation's first ever goal at an Olympics.
But the team ranked 30th in the world were soon overwhelmed as GB struck nine goals without reply.
GB, who had lost to Belgium and drawn with New Zealand in Pool A, are third in the table.
The top four from each group progress to the quarter-finals, with Britain still to play Australia and pool leaders Spain.
Brazil, having shipped 12 goals against Belgium and seven against Spain in their opening fixtures, turned out to be the ideal opponents to give GB a much needed first victory of the Games.
And after the Rio crowd had celebrated the opener for the home side, GB responded with two goals each from Barry Middleton, Sam Ward and Ashley Jackson as well as strikes from Adam Dixon, Harry Martin and Mark Glerghorne.
Australia could have gone above Britain with a win, but Belgium's Tanguy Cosyns struck to secure a 1-0 victory, and Spain top Pool A after a 3-2 victory over New Zealand.
The Netherlands registered an emphatic 7-0 win over Canada in Pool B with Mink van der Weerden scoring three goals, while India beat Argentina 2-1. Pool leaders Germany beat Ireland 3-2 to leave the Irish winless after three games.


Scotland lost 4-2 in a shootout against Wales in Hockey World League 2 in Belfast after the game finished 2-2 in normal time.

Ed Greaves gave Scotland an early lead, but Benjamin Carless levelled for Wales from a penalty corner.
Alan Forsyth was clinical from a penalty corner to restore the Blue Sticks's lead as they dominated.
Wales equalised through Gareth Furlong with seven minutes to go and went on to secure victory in the shootout.
Scotland's next match in World League 2 Pool B is against Poland on Tuesday morning. They lost 3-1 to France in their opening game.
Men's head coach Derek Forsyth said: "It's disappointing to lose the match in a shootout.
"The match was ours to win. In the first half especially, we created plenty of chances to score more goals.
"In the second half, we allowed Wales too much time on the ball. We weren't as aggressive as we were in the first half and let them back in.
"Today's performance was better than the previous game's performance and it gives us something to build on for the match against Poland."


An alcoholic who almost decapitated his girlfriend has been jailed for six years after pleading guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility.

Prosecutors accepted James Richardson's alcohol dependency was a medical condition that substantially impaired his responsibility.
Natalia Czekaj died from multiple stab wounds in January.
A Met Police officer described it as a "tragic case" and a "frenzied attack".
The judge also imposed an extended licence period of five years during which Richardson will be supervised and receive help with his alcohol addiction.
Richardson, 35, from Berridge Green, Edgware, and Miss Czekaj, 34, were both believed to be functioning alcoholics.
They were celebrating the New Year at home when the defendant attacked the barmaid with a kitchen knife, the Old Bailey heard.
At the time, his blood alcohol level was four times the drink-drive limit.
Judge John Bevan QC told him Ms Czekaj had been "the gratuitous victim of your rage".
Det Insp Simon Pickford, of the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command, said: "Natalia died during a frenzied attack, which may have been fuelled by Richardson's dependency on alcohol.
"Richardson will have time to think about the consequences of his actions behind bars."
In accepting the plea of manslaughter by diminished responsibility, the prosecution had to be satisfied he had a recognised medical condition that substantially impaired his responsibility.
During the trial, Richardson's defence lawyer told the court although his client could not remember the killing, "his remorse and shock have been wholly genuine".


Formula 1's governing body has made the latest move in a battle for power, control and influence in the sport.

The FIA has published a "call for expressions of interest" for suppliers of an alternative engine from 2017-19.
It is a 2.2-litre V6 twin turbo, with no energy recovery system. It would compete against 1.5-litre V6 turbo hybrids under an equivalency formula.
The move follows the FIA's failure to get the engine manufacturers to lower the price of their customer engines.
The proposal is being pushed by FIA president Jean Todt and F1 commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff said the FIA's latest move was "what they said they would be doing" following the breakdown of talks over engine supply in F1.
Todt is keen for the manufacturers to reduce the price of the engines they sell to other teams from the current €18-23m (£12.7m-16.2m) range.
The Frenchman proposed a cost cap of €12m (£8.5m) on engines but this was vetoed by Ferrari last month.
Ecclestone, meanwhile, is motivated by reducing the power of the manufacturers in F1 and has also been concerned by Red Bull's struggle to find a competitive engine for the future.
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Todt has implied he will drop the plan for an alternative engine if manufacturers reduce their prices.
He said that if a compromise could not be found, he would press ahead with the alternative engine and was confident the FIA could operate a fair balance of performance between the two types.
But Wolff said: "A balance of performance does not work in F1."
He said the FIA, Ecclestone and the teams needed to discuss the situation.
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"We need to define what is the objective," he said.
"One person's objective might be to lower the price of the engines. Reducing influence might be someone else's. Reducing performing might be another."
One senior insider said the battle over this issue would "continue for a long time".
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Fifty years ago on Tuesday, a key report was published that marked the beginning of a change in our relationship with smoking.

Although there had been previous warnings linking smoking and lung cancer, it was the 1962 study by the Royal College of Physicians, Smoking and Health, that really broke through to the public and politicians.
Attitudes in the intervening 50 years have changed enormously.
But in 1962, very few people took the dangers posed by smoking cigarettes seriously.
That view is captured perfectly by some footage from the BBC archive, a report on the Tonight programme into the RCP study.
One man who says he smokes between 20 and 25 cigarettes a day is - by today's standards - amazingly fatalistic.
"Quite honestly, I think that the end of one's life is probably more in the hands of almighty God you know, than in my own hands or the hands of the tobacco manufacturers."
The reporter asks another man whether the enjoyment he gets from smoking is worth the risk.
"I think so, yes. If I'm going to die, I'm going to die, so I might as well enjoy life as it is now."
Watching the footage now, it seems impossible that people could have been so blase about the risks smoking poses to their health.
The 1962 RCP report was launched in a blaze of publicity, using what was then a new technique - the press conference.
But the report's authors needed to be innovative to get their message across to a public - and politicians - who probably didn't want to hear it.
After all, most of them were smokers
In 1962, about 70% of men and 40% of women in the UK smoked.
And they smoked everywhere - on trains and buses, at work, even in schools and hospitals.
Fast forward 50 years and how times have changed.
The busy street outside the pub or office is now the smokers' domain.
And today about 21% of men and women smoke.
Smoking has become a minority occupation.
Prof John Britton, chair of the the present-day RCP's tobacco advisory group and director of the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies, says the 1962 report has had a lasting legacy.
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"Modern tobacco control policy as promoted by the World Health Organization and used internationally, is really based on recommendations that are in that report.
"So 50 years later we're still, in many countries in the world, just starting to deal with recommendations that were made there.
"It really set the scene for effective tobacco policy and led the world."
The landscape changed profoundly and relatively quickly.
In 1965, cigarette advertising on television was banned in the UK while in 1971 health warnings appeared on cigarette packets.
Further restrictions followed, culminating in the ban on smoking in enclosed public places like bars, pubs and restaurants, introduced in 2006 in Scotland and the following year in the rest of the UK.
But there has been a social change in smoking too, says Dr Penny Tinkler of the University of Manchester.
"If you go back to the 60s for men, it was cross-class, and for women, it was cross-class but with particular emphasis among those who were comfortably off.
"It's really shifted over the decades in terms of who is smoking so now instead of being associated with affluence, it's more associated with disadvantage.
"In part it's because people who can afford to give up, or people who have a better quality of life, can give up.
"It's always been harder to give up if things have been difficult so it's not surprising those people in difficult circumstances are less inclined to give up."
Smokers, once comfortably in the majority, now find themselves on the outside.
A small group huddled in front of a Manchester office block reflected the feeling among many smokers that they are now marginalised.
"Sometimes you do feel a bit of an outcast if you're out in a restaurant or in a pub or something," said one woman.
"I'm not happy, I'm not proud of it. I won't encourage my children to do it - I go outside at home," said her colleague.
How alien those views would have seemed to the smokers of the 1960s.
But more change is coming.
From next month tobacco products will be banned from public display in big supermarkets. Ministers are seriously considering plain packaging for cigarettes.
And 50 years on, tobacco still has a powerful hold over millions of lives.


One of the world's best known steam locomotives - the Flying Scotsman - is making a tour to the south coast.

The special train's run saw it steam through the Thames Valley, arriving in Salisbury shortly before midday.
It made a round-trip via Southampton back to Salisbury, where it was expected to leave just before 18:30 BST to head back to London via Basingstoke.
British Transport Police (BTP) have urged the public to stay back from the railway.
The locomotive was expected back at London Paddington shortly before 21:40.
Earlier this year, dozens of other services were delayed by people encroaching on the track when the famous engine travelled from London to York.
The tour to the south coast was in doubt after the locomotive developed a mechanical problem with its injectors.
It was unable to travel from York to London on Thursday, with the run made with a diesel engine instead.
Built in Doncaster in 1923, Flying Scotsman pulled the first train to break the 100mph barrier in 1934.
The National Railway Museum in York bought the locomotive for Â£2.3m in 2004 before work got under way on its decade-long, Â£4m restoration.


The death penalty is a distraction from the real measures that India needs to take to protect women's rights to safety, writes Gopika Bashi of Amnesty International.

Earlier this month in the Rohtak district of India's northern state of Haryana, two men were arrested after the body of a young Dalit woman who had been gang-raped and murdered was found in an empty field.
A team from the National Commission for Women which visited the area demanded the death penalty for the accused, citing the brutality of the crime.
Just a few days earlier, the Supreme Court had upheld the death sentences of four men convicted of the brutal gang-rape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012.
Several political parties and media stations celebrated the verdict. But what's been lost in the din is the futility and unfairness of imposing the death penalty in cases involving violence against women.
The Delhi gang-rape sparked nationwide protests and led to landmark reforms to India's sexual violence laws in 2013.
The reforms expanded the definition of rape and criminalised acts including stalking, voyeurism and acid attacks. It also introduced the death penalty in cases of rape leading to the victim's death or her being left in a "persistent vegetative state", and rape by repeat offenders.
Convictions in cases of sexual violence, however, continue to be rare. More than 34,000 rapes were reported in 2015, but the conviction rate was only 21.3%.
The use of the death penalty in India has been flawed and arbitrary.
A 2006 study of Supreme Court judgements on the death penalty by Amnesty International and the People's Union for Civil Liberties revealed that the imposition of death sentences was like a "lethal lottery", disproportionately affecting those with little wealth or influence.
The Supreme Court has itself admitted that the punishment - meant to be restricted to those "rarest-of-rare" cases where the convicted person is deemed to be incapable of reform - has been inconsistently handed out.
Over the past four years, various official organisations have also opposed the use of the death penalty, including in cases of rape.
In January 2013, the Justice Verma Committee - set up after the Delhi rape case to review sexual violence laws in the country - recommended that the death penalty not be used in cases of sexual violence, calling it "a regressive step in the field of sentencing and reformation".
In August 2015, the Law Commission of India recommended the abolition of the death penalty for most crimes, including sexual violence, stating that the punishment was not a greater deterrent to crime than life imprisonment.
In May last year, a study by the National Law University of Delhi of all death row prisoners in India showed that three-quarters of them were from religious minority groups and marginalised caste groups.
The study also brought to light a range of structural deficiencies in the way the justice system treated death row prisoners.
Some women's rights activists in India continue to be vocal in their resistance to the use of the death penalty in cases of violence against women.
Women's rights groups protested against the government's decision to introduce the death penalty for certain cases of sexual violence even before it was finally enacted into law. However, these appeals, as well as the Verma Committee's recommendations, have been ignored.
The temptation of courts to use the death penalty to send a "strong message" to the perpetrators ignores the deep-rooted, structural causes of sexual violence.
Justice will remain elusive for victims until and unless there is an end to endemic problems that plague the criminal justice system.
These include flawed investigations, protracted delays in trials, failure to provide adequate compensation and protection, paternalistic and discriminatory attitudes in police stations and courts, and an almost complete failure to implement laws that address caste-based sexual violence.
Offences such as marital rape are not even recognised as crimes - a fact repeatedly raised earlier this month during a review of India's human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council.
When most sexual offences are not even reported to the police, it is naive to believe that executions will somehow curb violence against women.
Four years ago, the pressure on the government led to reforms that provided an opportunity to increase women's access to justice.
However, invoking the death penalty does nothing to improve access to justice or to secure convictions.
The Supreme Court's repeated justification invoking the "collective conscience" of "the community" to impose death sentences is deeply flawed, as judges are not mandated to represent perceptions of the community's opinions.
This highly discretionary standard, which seemingly assuages "public outrage", ignores the public outrage directed at the state's failure to ensure access to, and certainty of, justice in all cases of sexual violence.
So instead of hiding behind the death penalty, India needs to take real measures to protect its women from violence.
Gopika Bashi is senior campaigner - women's rights, Amnesty International India


A black inmate has appealed to the US Supreme Court for a new sentencing hearing, arguing one of the jurors who sent to him to death row was racist.

Kenneth Fults was sentenced for the 1996 killing of Cathy Bounds who was shot five times in the back of the head.
Signed statements by white juror Thomas Buffington show that he used racial slurs when referring to Fults.
So far state and federal judges have rejected the appeal.
Fults pleaded guilty at the 1997 trial and the jury sentenced him to death.
At the trial Mr Buffington told judges and lawyers on both sides that he harboured no racial prejudice.
Eight years later, an investigator for Fults spoke to Mr Buffington about his experience on the jury. Mr Buffington who was 79 at the time of the interview, used racial slurs to describe Fults.
According to the signed, April 12, 2005 affidavit, Mr Buffington said, "Once he pled guilty, I knew I would vote for the death penalty because that's what that [N-word] deserved."
State judges argue Fults waited too long to present the statement from Buffington and did not explain why the evidence couldn't be found sooner.
However, lawyer Lindsay N. Bennett, who is representing Fults, said it is common in Georgia for a defendant's legal team to reach out to jurors at that stage of an appeal, but not earlier.
"At this point, he has essentially reached the end stages of his legal proceedings with no court having assessed the substantive evidence in this case," Bennett said.


French authorities have opened a criminal investigation into two teenage girls suspected of planning an attack similar to the one on the Bataclan concert hall in Paris in November.

The girls, aged 15 and 17, had been exchanging messages on Facebook about the planned assault, police said.
Both girls appeared before an anti-terrorism judge on Friday.
Prosecutors said the alleged plan had been at an early stage and that neither weapons nor explosives had been found.
France remains on high alert following the Paris attacks in which 130 people died, including 90 at the Bataclan.
The Paris prosecutor's office said the 15-year-old would remain in custody while the 17-year-old would be released under judicial supervision.
The girls, who have not been named, were arrested on Wednesday by counter-terrorism agents.
They are suspected of criminal conspiracy in connection with a terrorist undertaking, prosecutors said.
Two other girls have been questioned by police and released.
Three gunmen wearing suicide vests stormed the Bataclan concert hall on 13 November 2015 during a rock concert. All three were later killed by security forces.
Other gunmen attacked cafes, restaurants and the Stade de France stadium.
France remains under a state of emergency following the attacks.


Wales lock Alun Wyn Jones says international rugby cannot be "sanitised" too much.

The comments come after France were criticised for their approach in their win over Ireland, which saw Irish fly-half Johnny Sexton forced off.
"There was a bit of 'afters' but you have to be careful we don't sanitise it too much or the game might turn to touch rugby," said Jones.
France lock Yoann Maestri received a warning for a tackle on Sexton.
Jones believes the sports' match officials are capable of policing the line between hard, but legal and dangerous play.
"I'm sure the officials will keep an eye on that, but that's their job," said the Ospreys player.
"What's in vogue at the moment (for offences) is no arms in the tackle, hands on the floor so there's always things that dip in and out of the game."
Charteris challenge
Jones will be partnered by Wasps lock Bradley Davies in the Welsh second row after a knee injury to Racing 92's Luke Charteris, the tallest player in the squad at 6ft 9in.
"Obviously Charts is taller than the rest of us, but we try to stick with the policies we've had," said Jones.
"It's like when someone goes off during a game, you don't want to change too much.
"He's been pretty disruptive in the driving mauls, but we'll just have to go under, rather than over the top!"
Jones is warning Wales will compete on the opposition line-out throw despite the loss of Charteris, whose place has gone to 6ft 6in Bradley Davies.
"We had two decent steals (against Scotland) so there's probably a perception now that we will compete, teams have to make sure they can win the ball before they can drive so it's good we're putting that pressure on."


Greece's political leaders are still locked in debate over the formation of a unity government they hope can save the country from imminent bankruptcy.

PM George Papandreou is to stand down once the government is formed but his replacement has not yet been named.
The new leadership will be tasked with ratifying a vital EU bailout package.
Greece is under huge international pressure to resolve its political crisis, in order to calm the global markets and protect the eurozone.
An agreement on an interim leader had been expected on Monday but by Tuesday morning, there was still no announcement from the negotiations between Mr Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras, of the New Democracy party.
An emergency cabinet session chaired by Mr Papandreou on Tuesday ended still without an announcement.
"Today is the last chance for the two main parties," daily newspaper Nea wrote in an editorial on Tuesday.
"They have to come up with a government strong enough to take the country out of the moving sand of political impasse that leaves us defenceless, at the mercy of the crisis. Time is  up."
"A national unity government, right now," the daily newspaper Ethnos wrote on its front page, adding: "The country and the society cannot endure any more."
Greece must approve the EU bailout if it is to avoid going bankrupt by the end of the year. But the deal demands stringent austerity measures and spending cuts which have proved hugely unpopular with many Greeks.
By Mark LowenBBC News, Athens
The waiting game continues in Greece as the name of the next prime minister remains unknown.
Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank, is the front runner. He helped Greece move from drachma to euro, a process he would hope will not have to be reversed as the debt crisis worsens.
And though the political turmoil is not over, MPs have broadly welcomed the coalition deal. The new government will be faced with a deeply disillusioned population and a crisis which threatens the whole eurozone.
The concern is that Greece's long-term financial prospects remain bleak. But this country is taking things day-by-day for now. It is too hard, perhaps too dangerous, to peer too far into the future.
Mr Papandreou agreed to stand down on Sunday, after days of upheaval caused by his call - now revoked - for a referendum on accepting the bailout.
Since then, he had been trying to build a national unity government to replace his Pasok party administration. However, Mr Samaras was refusing to negotiate unless his rival resigned.
The first steps in forming the new government were finally announced after late-night talks on Sunday between the two men, hosted by President Karolos Papoulias.
A Greek government spokesman said a new administration would be sworn in and a confidence vote held within a week, if all went well.
Greece's new political roadmap envisages elections being held - possibly on 19 February - once the new government has approved an EU bailout package.
Government figures spent Monday locked in discussions on the framework of the interim authority and their roles within it.
Lucas Papademos, a former vice president of the European Central Bank (ECB), is widely seen as the frontrunner to become interim prime minister, while Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos - for a time considered to be a candidate - is expected to remain at the finance ministry.
The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says it is believed Mr Papademos expressed doubts that an interim administration could be effective until proposed elections in February.
It appears he wants to stay in power longer if chosen, he adds.
Our correspondent says there will be immense pressure on whoever takes over, while European leaders will be hoping that person will work with them in trying to contain the country's debt crisis and prevent it from spreading further across the eurozone.
Eurozone finance ministers held talks in Brussels on Monday, adding to the pressure on Greece to find an early solution to the political deadlock.
Mr Venizelos also attended the talks, telling reporters that the move towards a unity government was "proof of our commitment and of our national capacity to implement the programme and to reconstruct our country".
But eurozone finance ministers have asked for written assurances from Mr Papandreou and Mr Samaras that they are committed to passing the rescue package.
Eurozone chief Jean-Claude Juncker said he was "quite confident that now the situation in Greece is developing in the right direction" but that it "should have been done months ago".
The EU says no more of the funds which have been promised to Greece will be released until the new bailout deal has been approved.
The hard-fought bailout deal for Greece agreed by the EU last month gives the government 130bn euros (Â£111bn; $178bn) and imposes a 50% write-off on private holders of Greek debts, in return for deeply unpopular austerity measures.
But Mr Papandreou faced the wrath of fellow EU leaders when he announced that he would put the deal to the people of Greece in a referendum
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The idea was dropped days later, but not without sparking a deeper financial crisis and triggering the political crisis which led to the confidence vote last Friday.
Mr Papandreou narrowly won that vote, but had been under continuing pressure to resign amid chaos over the debt crisis.
The possibility of Greece leaving the euro has also been raised by EU leaders, if Athens fails to resolve its political and financial problems.
There are fears that the crisis could spread to bigger eurozone countries like Italy.


Brentford have signed South Africa international Kamo Mokotjo from Dutch club FC Twente for an undisclosed fee.

The 26-year-old midfielder has signed a three-year deal at Griffin Park, and is the third addition to the Bees' first team this summer.
"He is a player that we have been looking at for a while," head coach Dean Smith told Brentford's website.
"Kamo is a defensive midfielder who can break play up, cover a lot of ground and use the ball intelligently."
Mokotjo moved to the Netherlands aged 18 when he joined Feyenoord, making 38 appearances.
He spent a season at PEC Zwolle before moving to Twente in the summer of 2014, captaining them last season.
Having made his South Africa debut in 2012, and won five caps, he announced his retirement from international football in 2016, only to later change his mind and play against Guinea-Bissau in March.
Brentford have already signed goalkeeper Luke Daniels from Scunthorpe and Zulte Waregem's Denmark international defender Henrik Dalsgaard this summer.
Find all the latest football transfers on our dedicated page.


The FBI has offered to unlock another iPhone for police after revealing it could access the handset used by San Bernardino killer Syed Farook.

Police in Arkansas wish to unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, according to the Associated Press (AP).
Less than a day after its San Bernardino announcement, the FBI agreed to help in the homicide case.
Syed Farook and his wife were shot dead after killing 14 people in December.
A judge agreed to postpone the Arkansas case on 28 March to allow prosecutors to ask the FBI for help.
Hunter Drexler, 18, and Justin Staton, 15, are accused of killing Robert and Patricia Cogdell at their home in Conway, Arkansas last July.
Staton had been raised as a grandson by the Cogdells.
"We always appreciate [the FBI's] cooperation and willingness to help their local law enforcement partners," Faulkner County prosecuting attorney Cody Hilland told the AP.
An attorney for Mr Drexler told the AP he was "not concerned" about any data on the phone.
Previously, the FBI had asked Apple to write new software that would allow it to gain access to Farook's iPhone.
However, the company refused, arguing it would be wrong to compromise the security of one of its devices since that might lead to vulnerabilities in many other iPhones.


A Canadian court has sentenced two men to life in prison for plotting to derail a train from New York to Toronto.

Raed Jaser, a Canadian resident of Palestinian descent, and Tunisian migrant Chiheb Esseghaier were convicted in March.
The pair were arrested in 2013 after an undercover FBI operation.
Prosecutors alleged the two men spent months plotting to kill as many people as possible on the VIA rail route.
"These are the most serious of terrorism offences, designed to result in indiscriminate killings of innocent human beings," Justice Michael Code said, according to the CBC.
Prosecutors said the men hoped the attack would encourage the US and Canadian governments to withdraw troops from Muslim countries.
Esseghaier refused to acknowledge the authority of the court and served as his own legal counsel.
He argued that the Koran should be used as the sole legal reference.
Esseghaier, 31, was studying for a doctorate at the National Institute for Scientific Research near Montreal, while Jaser, 37, reportedly worked as a customer service agent at a removal firm.
Canadian media say an investigation was launched after a tip-off by a concerned imam in the Toronto Muslim community.
At the time of their arrest Royal Canadian Mounted Police Chief Superintendent Jennifer Strachan said the attack was "definitely in the planning stage but not imminent".


Brazilian ex-President Fernando Henrique Cardoso will form part of a team defending jailed Venezuelan opposition leaders, his party says.

Mr Cardoso accepted an invitation by former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez to join a team defending Leopoldo Lopez and Antonio Ledezma.
Mr Lopez and Mr Ledezma are prominent opposition politicians in Venezuela.
Mr Lopez has been charged with inciting violence and Mr Ledezma with taking part in an alleged coup.
Both deny the allegations. Their families have tried to enlist the support of influential international figures in order to secure their release.
Mr Lopez has been in detention for more than a year since he handed himself over to the authorities in February.
He is accused of inciting violence during mass protests he led in early 2014.
Forty-three people from both sides of the political divide died during several months of protests.
Mr Ledezma, a veteran opposition politician who was serving as mayor of Caracas, was arrested last month and charged with conspiracy.
Their supporters say the charges are politically motivated, but the government argues they want to violently overthrow the democratically elected government of Mr Maduro.
Mr Cardoso will join a team made up of Felipe Gonzalez, Peruvian ex-leader Alan Garcia, and former Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler.
Mr Cardoso would travel to Venezuela to "examine the situation" of the prisoners, members of his centrist Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) said.
He is expected to be joined on the trip by Brazilian former presidential candidate Aecio Neves and Brazilian senator Aloysio Nunez.
The fate of the detained opposition leaders has divided opinion in Venezuela.
Their supporters say they are being targeted for their political views while the government accuses them of fomenting a coup.
Senior government officials regularly refer to Mr Lopez as the "monster of Ramo Verde" after the prison were he is held.
The announcement by Mr Gonzalez that he would be joining the defence team triggered a strong response from the Venezuelan government.
President Maduro accused him of forming part of an international conspiracy to overthrow the Venezuelan government.
Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said Mr Gonzalez had "no right to act as a lawyer in Venezuela" and urged the socialist former leader to "find something else to do with his life and not act as a lobbyist for international and local right-wing interests".


Details of thousands of medical staff in Wales have been stolen from a private contractor's computer server.

Names, dates of birth, radiation doses and National Insurance numbers of staff who work with X-rays were copied as hackers accessed Landauer's system.
The Welsh NHS described the data breach as "deeply disappointing" and it has started an investigation.
The Welsh Government and information commissioner have been informed and Landauer has been asked to comment.
Affected staff all use radiation dose meter badges to measure their exposure while working with X-rays.
This data is processed on behalf of the Welsh NHS by Landauer, whose computer servers were attacked.
Managers said radiographers, cleaners and other staff at most health boards in Wales are affected, including about 530 working for the Velindre NHS Trust, which co-ordinates the radiation dose meter badges in Wales.
Some 654 staff at Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board had some personal details compromised, as well as a number of people working for private dentists and vets and NHS staff in England and Scotland.
The Welsh NHS said different combinations of personal data were copied and not everyone was affected in the same way.
One affected worker said "sometimes it feels like the whole of my life has been stolen".
"My life could be compromised at any time in the future, we just don't know what the hackers will do with this," the radiographer, who wished to remain anonymous, told BBC Radio Wales' Good Morning Wales programme.
"If they are clever, they won't use it straight away. So I'm worried something can happen in 10, five years time. Even longer."
A cyber security expert said the data breach meant personal details - including National Insurance numbers - could be used to obtain mortgages, banks loans or cars.
David Jones, of Westgate Cyber Security, said most common internet thefts focus on information such as usernames, passwords and credit card information - however, these details can be changed fairly easily by the person targeted.
"You can understand why from the bad guys' perspective, having access to this [personal] data which will always be of value is actually more interesting sometimes than a pure financial fraud," Mr Jones added.
This personal data alone would not be enough for "significant financial transactions", he said, but it could be used alongside more detailed information which is available for as little as Â£50 per person online.
He added: "The threat is everywhere [for every public body and company] now. It shows anyone can get at the information if they are willing to take risks.
"And the risks of getting caught on the internet we know is quite low."
Clwyd West AM Darren Millar said he was concerned as the breach happened in October but some staff were only formally told at the start of March.
"This really is an astonishing data security breach," he said
"You've got thousands of NHS workers who've had their personal details compromised. The delays in informing those who've been affected are completely unacceptable."
Andrea Hague, cancer services director at the Velindre health trust, said an unauthorised third party illegally gained access to a data server used by Laundauer.
The trust was told of the breach on 17 January.
"The reasons behind this delay in notifying us of the breach is the subject of ongoing discussions with the host company," Ms Hague added.
Velindre NHS Trust said it was carrying out its own full incident investigation and was working with Landauer to prevent any future breaches.
A spokesman for Betsi Cadwaladr health board said: "No patient information has been affected, 654 of our staff, current and past, have been affected by this security breach.
"We have contacted all the staff affected to reassure them that Landauer has acted swiftly to secure its servers and that, since the attack, it has undertaken significant measures in connection with its UK IT network to ensure that no further information can be compromised.
"Landauer has also arranged for the staff affected to have free access to the credit monitoring agency Experian for the next 24 months."


The chair of Stormont's Justice Committee is being sued by a 15-year-old girl for allegedly breaching her privacy.

Paul Frew, MLA for North Antrim, appeared in court in Coleraine on Friday in connection with the matter.
The girl, who cannot be named, claimed Mr Frew linked her name to anti-social behaviour which was alleged to have taken place in the Ballymena area.
She said this was done via a Facebook post by the DUP politician in February.
Friday was the second day of the civil case against him. The first hearing was in June.
The court heard that following an increase in anti-social behaviour in the Harryville area of Ballymena and the nearby village of Broughshane, Mr Frew mentioned the girl's name on Facebook in relation to it.
The 15-year-old girl, who cannot be named because of her age, told the court: "It upset and annoyed me. I was being branded as something I am not.
"People throw dirty looks at me and make comments.
"I ask my dad to pick me up from the school bus because I don't want to walk past people who are judging me."
She is seeking Â£5,000 for breach of privacy and harassment.
The court heard the anti-social behaviour took place from Halloween last year until early this year and involved nuisance fireworks and eggs, stones and ball-bearings being thrown at people and property and takeaway food being smeared on houses.
In February, the girl said she sent private messages to Mr Frew on Facebook after he posted about the trouble.
The teenager said one of her friends wanted to speak to Mr Frew about it.
She admitted that, while she had been present when the anti-social behaviour was carried out on several occasions, she never took part.
It was heard that other Facebook contributors had commented on Mr Frew's post, using threatening language.
One social media user said those behind the trouble should be "hung up by the boxers" and another said they should be "taken up Slemish mountain to have their ears cuffed".
The girl said this made her feel "scared and anxious".
The court heard that in March, she took out an injunction against Mr Frew.
Taking the stand, the MLA said there was "real fear" in Broughshane and Harryville due to the anti-social behaviour and he had met parents and young people to discuss it.
He was asked about a comment on his post that said: "Any QRF in place?"
He replied: "Lol. Me."
He explained that in his view, this was a military term that stood for Quick Reaction Force.
When asked if that term could be construed as having paramilitary connotations, he said: "That's invalid and incorrect. I never thought that's what that person meant."
He added that he could not stop people making threatening comments on Facebook.
He told the court that when he named the teenager, he was suggesting she may have information about the anti-social behaviour, and not that she carried it out and that said he had been trying to "de-escalate" tensions in the community.
The MLA added: "People come to me about these things before, despite my efforts, they would go to police. I was performing a duty and doing my job to the best of my ability."
He said he had never meant to harass the girl.
Legal counsel acting for the girl said the teenager had never been questioned by police in relation to the anti-social behaviour.
A police officer told the court that Mr Frew had been helpful in the community in dealing with anti-social behaviour, which she said had taken a downturn since March.
A judge asked for written submissions in the case to be made and said he would make a judgement at a future date.


Faten Hamama, one of Egypt's best-known actresses, has died, aged 83.

An Arab film icon, she was only a child when she made her screen debut. She went on to appear in almost 100 films.
Ms Hamama was the former wife of Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. They were married for nearly 20 years and appeared in many films together in the 1950s.
She died on Saturday after health problems, according to Egypt's official news agency Mena.
Her son Tarek Sharif confirmed that she had passed away but did not give a cause of death.
Born in 1931, Ms Hamama was known as the "Lady of the Arabic Screen" and was a star of the golden age of Egyptian cinema.
Her career was at its peak in the 1950s when she met fellow actor Omar Sharif.
Born a Christian, he converted to Islam to marry Ms Hamama and described her as the only love of his life, reports the AFP news agency.
After their marriage they went on to star in many films together, including the 1961 film River of Love which was based on the Russian classic Anna Karenina.
The couple divorced in 1974.
Ms Hamama also starred in romantic films with the Arab singer Abdel Halim Hafez.
She appeared in films advocating women's rights and condemning social injustices, reported AFP.
Ms Hamama is survived by her son Tarek Sharif, her daughter Nadia Zulficar, and third husband Mohammad Abdel Wahab Mahmoud.


The first photo of Ben Affleck in character as Batman has been revealed by director Zack Snyder.

He is pictured standing next to the Batmobile in the brooding black-and-white shot, taken on set of the forthcoming Superman vs Batman film.
Although the actor was a controversial choice to play the caped crusader, the new photo has had a positive reception.
Many have suggested it shows the older Batman from Frank Miller's four-part comic book The Dark Knight Returns.
The 1986 series "depicted an aged Bruce Wayne at the end of his career," said Bryan Bishop on The Verge.
"Since Affleck is rumoured to be playing an older Batman in the upcoming film, it may not be surprising that Snyder would draw on Miller's grittier designs."
Affleck displays "serious muscle definition" and "throbbing veins" in the photo, said Rolling Stone magazine's Jon Blistein.
The smoke-filled shot suggests the character will continue to be the "brooding Batman we've come to know and love" from Christopher Nolan's tortured Dark Knight trilogy, he added.
Designed by Michael Wilkinson (300, Watchmen) the new Batsuit is "more sculpted and comic-book-like than the armour-plated version worn by Christian Bale" in those movies, noted Matt McDaniel on Yahoo Movies.
"The suit hearkens back to Michael Keaton's, with its chiselled muscles and cowl attached to the cape. It also has smaller ears and a much larger bat-symbol across the chest than previous iterations.
"Affleck does, though, stand in the same clenched fist and lowered head pose favoured by Bale."
Escapist magazine's Ross Lincoln said the "rounder, old fashioned-looking cowl, and smaller ears" made Batman "appear less a demonic personification of justice and more like an actual cartoon bat."
"The Batsuit has always been a divisive feature," wrote Justin Kroll for film trade bible Variety.
"Especially since George Clooney's costume in Batman and Robin, which came complete with the now-infamous 'Batnipples,' gave fans an advanced warning that the Joel Schumacher production might be troubled."
It also ran a readers' poll, which saw 56% of fans approving the new-look Batman.
Affleck was not a universally popular choice to take over from Christian Bale.
A petition on Change.org urging film studio Warner Bros to "remove Ben Affleck as Batman/Bruce Wayne in the Superman/Batman movie" has gathered more than 97,000 signatures since his casting was announced last summer.
But he has laughed off the criticism, saying he is "a big boy" who can "handle" the backlash.
"When you get into the arena of those kinds of movies, these superhero movies, particularly ones that are working with characters that everyone's known for so long, everybody's got these strongly held opinions and preconceived ideas about what it should be," he told Entertainment Weekly.
"At the same time, I don't think projections about something that hasn't happened yet are all that meaningful.
"I think at the end of the day, it's like any other movie or project: You go out and make it great, people will say it's great. If you go out and miss, you'll hear about it.
"The stuff beforehand is kind of just the noise that happens."
Affleck will make his debut alongside British actor Henry Cavill's Superman, on 6 May, 2016.
The as-yet-untitled film is a sequel to Man of Steel and will also feature Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman and Ray Fisher as Cyborg.
Details of the plot are a closely guarded secret, but screenwriter David Goyer told San Diego ComicCon: "We're actually not sure whether the title is Superman vs. Batman or Batman vs. Superman but yes, it's that rematch, that combination, the two guys onscreen and that's happening."


Shareholders and members of the Pompey Supporters Trust (PST) are in favour of retaining representation on the club's board in the event of a takeover.

Portsmouth, promoted from League Two on Monday, are subject to a bid from American billionaire Michael Eisner.
Eisner is in exclusive negotiations with Portsmouth until 1 June.
The PST surveyed its members over a potential ownership change with 94% agreeing to the importance of retaining at least one board member at the club.
In a recent interview, former Walt Disney chief executive Eisner said he would remove fan representation from the board if his takeover bid was successful.
The PST, which currently owns 48% of the club's shares, has three members out of nine on the board.
In a statement, the PST said: "Given we represent the largest share in the club, we would hope to see our members' views on supporter ownership and involvement, and protection of the club's heritage, reflected in any bid.
"Ultimately, it will be our shareholders and members who will vote to decide whether this, or any other bid for the club, is successful."
More than 2,000 people responded to the survey on hopes, concerns and opinions relating to an ownership change over a week-long period.
It revealed 64% initially felt positive about Eisner's interest, rising to 74% the more they heard about his intentions.


A new £7m specialist radiotherapy centre will be built at a Dorset hospital.

Based at the Dorset County Hospital, it will provide radiotherapy treatment to cancer patients in West Dorset who have previously had to travel to Poole.
Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust will fund the new centre, which is set to be be staffed and managed by staff from the Dorset Cancer Centre.
The scheme is a partnership between the Dorchester hospital and Poole Hospital.
Chief executive of Dorset County Hospital Patricia Miller said the new centre would benefit patients across the county.
Poole Hospital currently has four specialist radiotherapy machines, called linear accelerators or linacs, which a spokesman said were among the most used in England.
The Dorset County Hospital is now set to receive two new linacs of its own, one of which is a replacement for one in Poole.
Clinical director for oncology at the Dorchester hospital Dr Tamas Hickish said:  "Specialist radiotherapy treatment should be given to around half of those patients with cancer and its use is expanding.
"We are expanding capacity and implementing a solution which will bring huge benefits to cancer patients in Dorset, especially those in the west of the region."
Patients will be able to receive their radiotherapy treatment in Dorchester by the end of 2017.


Kell Brook says he chose to fight Gennady Golovkin because he needed to do something "outrageous" to stand out from the crowd.

Brook, the IBF welterweight champion, will jump two weight divisions to fight undisputed world middleweight champion Golovkin in London on 10 September.
Sheffield's Brook, 30, is one of 14 current British world champions.
"Beating Golovkin would make me the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world," Brook told BBC Sport.
"When we only had one or two world champions, the reaction when you won a world title was: 'Yes, unbelievable for Britain.' But now it's more a case of: 'Oh, someone else has won a world title.'
"No-one is shocked any more. So you do have to do something outrageous to stand out.
"I've wanted to be the best since I was a little kid. Imagine me beating him and taking those belts to be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. It would be unbelievable."
Brook is unbeaten in 36 professional contests and has made three defences of the IBF welterweight belt he won from American Shawn Porter in 2014.
However, Brook was criticised for the quality of, or more correctly lack of, his recent opponents before signing to fight Kazakhstan knockout artist Golovkin.
The 34-year-old is unbeaten in 35 pro contests and has 32 early victories to his name, giving him a knockout percentage of 91%, the highest in the history of the world middleweight championship.
"There's a buzz in the air with this fight - it's a mega-fight," said Brook, who weighed 176lb at a check weight 30 days before the fight, 16lb over the middleweight limit and 11lb more than Golovkin.
"It isn't just a world champion fighting a world champion, it's the biggest fight you can make in world boxing.
"You've got two unbeaten fighters with a lot of knockouts between them going up against each other.
"It's ludicrous a guy is jumping up two divisions to face somebody no one will fight. It's got everything and that's why everyone needs to tune in."
Brook is bidding to succeed where domestic rival Amir Khan failed - Bolton's Khan jumped two weight divisions to fight then WBC champion Saul Alvarez in May and was knocked out in six rounds.
Golovkin, who owns the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, is one of the most avoided boxers in the world - Mexico's Alvarez chose to vacate his WBC title rather than fight him.


British pairings won gold and bronze in the 49er class in the World Cup Series final in Santander, Spain.

James Peters and Fynn Sterritt, who missed out on qualification for the 2016 Olympics, pipped Poland to gold.
Dylan Fletcher-Scott and Stuart Bithell picked up the bronze while Jack Hawkins and Chris Thomas finished seventh.
Charlotte Dobson and Saskia Tidey won silver in the 49erFX, as did John Gimson and Anna Burnet in the Nacra 17, with Ben Saxton and Katie Dabson third.
Elsewhere, Tom Squires finished sixth in the RS:X Men while Emma Wilson was eighth in the RS:X Women class.


George Formby fans from around the British Isles are descending on Douglas to mark the 80th anniversary of his Isle of Man TT film No Limit.

The Wigan-born ukulele legend, who died in 1961, was one of the country's best-paid stars during his heyday in the 1930s and 1940s.
Chairman of the UK George Formby Society, Caroline Stewart, said the film put him on the "road to stardom".
In it, Formby crashes his bike around the course, performing his own stunts.
The film, his third, is widely regarded as one of his funniest.
Formby plays George Shuttleworth, a chimney sweep from Wigan who dreams of winning the Isle of Man motorcycle races.
It was shot against the backdrop of the 1935 TT races in locations including Douglas beach and the Palace Ballrooms.
A star of the stage and screen, Formby did much to keep spirits high during World War Two.
The George Formby Society will attend a series of events over the weekend including a screening of the film at the Manx Museum on Saturday at 15:15 BST.
They will also perform a ukulele recital at his statue in Douglas on Sunday at 11:00.
Finally, a Shuttleworth Snap motorcycle - on which he rode to victory in the film - will make an appearance.


The SNP has confirmed it will use an opportunity on Wednesday to hold the UK government to account over its stance on the refugee crisis.

The party will devote its opposition day debate in the Commons to the issue, having accused the prime minister of failing to show leadership.
David Cameron has said the UK will take thousands more refugees from Syrian camps.
He has also pledged an additional Â£100m in aid.
On Saturday, Scottish first minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon confirmed Â£1m in Scottish government funding to co-ordinate Scotland's practical response to the humanitarian crisis
She has urged Mr Cameron to "do more" to help those in need.
A leading member of the Scottish Catholic Church also called for action, arguing that the UK needed to be "generous in providing a safe haven" for refugees seeking to enter Europe.
The Archbishop of Glasgow, Philip Tartaglia, criticised the "mean-spirited and unhelpful" approach Britain had adopted so far.
In an article in the Herald newspaper, he said the Conservative leader "appeared to offer no hope to those who have already reached Europe".
He wrote: "In my view the refugees crisis is a test, not of political shrewdness, but of common humanity. What is happening in the Mediterranean, Calais and other access points is an affront to human dignity."
The archbishop's comments came after Ms Sturgeon hosted an emergency summit in Edinburgh on Friday involving the Scottish Refugee Council, council leaders, religious groups and opposition politicians to discuss what could be done.
The Scottish government has agreed to set up a taskforce to co-ordinate the country's response to the crisis, with Â£1m of funding being provided to support its work.
The first minister said Scotland should accept 1,000 people as a "starting point" for further help, and council leaders across the country have signalled a willingness to shelter refugees.
SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson said the prime minister "has failed to show any leadership on the refugee crisis".
"He must attend this parliamentary debate and show that he is serious about taking action and moving beyond what, to date, has been a slow and wholly inadequate response from his government," Mr Robertson said.
"The prime minister must outline the full details of whether the UK Government will now offer asylum and protection to its fair share of refugees, and how he intends to work with other EU leaders to ensure multi-lateral action and a long-term solution to the crisis."
Labour's Shadow Scottish secretary Ian Murray had earlier written to Mr Robertson urging the SNP to use its Opposition Day debate to press the UK government on what he described as its "shameful" response to the crisis.
He said opposition parties at Westminster must speak out with "one voice" on the issue, and called for the UK to provide more support for refugees.
Earlier this week, Mr Cameron said accepting more people was not the simple answer to the situation.
But on Friday, he said the UK had a "moral responsibility" to help those displaced by the four-year conflict in Syria and more details would follow next week following discussions with organisations working in the region.


The founder of Parkrun has written to all its members asking them to act with "respect and dignity" after a row over a council's decision to charge runners.

The letter came after Stoke Gifford Parish Council voted to charge runners to use Little Stoke Park, near Bristol.
In it Paul Sinton-Hewitt said it was "extremely important" matters were resolved but through "proper channels".
The fee decision caused an outcry, prompting the cancellation of this Saturday's run.
However Jane Guvenir, who lives nearby, said she supported the council for "sticking to [its] guns" and agreed Parkrun entrants should be charged.
Ms Guvenir explained that when the event started she thought it was good for local people, but added "the majority are not local and drive to the park to run".
"I know that football teams pay to play in the park and local people pay our council tax... so I don't see why these people shouldn't pay," she said.
"If the park run doesn't want to pay then let them move."
Â£60,000
Estimated cost to replace the park's path
334 runners on 9 April 2016
360 record attendance, June 2015
46 Parkruns took place in 2015
10,796 attendances by runners
Organisers announced on Wednesday that they were cancelling this week's Little Stoke Park run amid fears the number of runners wishing to join in may exceed the park's "safe limit".
Tom Williams, Parkrun's chief operating officer, said they acted because everybody was "a bit hyped up" and emotions are "running high".
Mr Williams, said it was an "unprecedented situation" and urged people "not to go to Little Stoke Park this weekend".
"We thought it would be sensible to take a breather this week and let everybody gather their thoughts, calm down a little bit and I'm sure we'll be back before too long," he said.
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The council has become the first authority in the world to charge Parkrun a fee for the use of its grounds following Tuesday's vote.
Councillors voted six-to-four in favour of charges for "wear and tear", and said it was "unfair" to expect non-running residents to pay for park upkeep.


A mystery hero who made a "wheelie-bin ladder" to rescue a woman from a burning house in Greater Manchester has been praised by firefighters.

The man spotted smoke coming from an upstairs window at the house in Tower Street, Heywood about 03:50 BST.
He kicked the door in and rescued one woman, aged about 50, who was trying to extinguish a chip pan fire.
After leading her to safety, he stacked up the bins to help her daughter, 29, as she dangled from a window ledge.
Greater Manchester Fire Service watch manager Colin Moran said: "This guy did a very good job to lead the woman to safety and try and rescue her daughter.
"He had gone to investigate a smoke alarm he could hear. He kicked the door in and kept his head below the smoke as he tried to make contact with people inside."
Firefighters used two hose reels and a high pressure fan to deal with the fire, which damaged the kitchen and caused smoke damage in the rest of the house.
The women were treated for smoke inhalation.


Shares in India's SKS Microfinance have risen after the firm said it would cut 1,200 jobs and close 78 branches in the state of Andhra Pradesh.

Its shares rose as much as 16% to 105.7 rupees on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Its business has been hit after the state introduced strict rules two years ago to curb alleged harassment of clients by microlenders.
India's biggest microlender said it had written off 11.2bn rupees ($210m; Â£130m) of its loans in the state.
"Closing down branches and reducing headcount are extremely painful decisions for us, but these have become urgent in view of the present financial situation," said MR Rao, chief executive of SKS.
"Our business in Andhra Pradesh has come to a standstill."
Microlenders provide loans as small as $20 to small business owners and farmers, and is a key way in which people living in rural areas can get access to credit.
India has a large rural population, making microlending an attractive business option in the country.
SKS, which launched in 1998, has had success tapping into this vast potential.
It attracted investment from the likes of George Soros when it listed on the stock market in 2010.
However, its fortunes have dwindled in recent times, and its share price has fallen more than 90% since August 2010.
It made a loss of 13.61bn rupees for the year ending March 2012, compared with a profit of 1.12bn rupees in the previous year.
It has also witnessed a boardroom battle that saw its founder and chairman, Vikram Akula, resign in November last year.


US researchers have made an important step forward in the quest to store electricity from intermittent energy sources such as wind and solar.

A Harvard University team came up with a way to drive down the cost of flow battery technology, which is capable of storing energy on large scales - within an electrical power grid, for example.
Grid-scale storage for renewables could be a game-changer - making wind and solar more economical and reliable.
Details appear in the journal Nature.
While flow battery designs are suited to storing large amounts of energy cheaply, they have previously relied on chemicals that are expensive or difficult to maintain, driving up costs.
Most previous flow batteries have chemistries based on metals. Vanadium is used in the most commercially advanced flow battery technology, but its cost is relatively high. Other variants contain precious metal catalysts such as platinum.
The researchers say their new battery already performs as well as vanadium flow batteries, but uses no precious metal catalyst and has an underlying chemistry that is metal-free, instead relying on naturally abundant, more affordable chemicals called quinones.
These water-soluble compounds are organic (carbon-based) and are similar to chemicals that store energy in plants and animals.
"These molecules are cheap and they're in all green vegetables, as well as crude oil," said co-author Michael Aziz from the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The mismatch between the availability of intermittent wind or sunshine and the changing demand for grid electricity is one of the main obstacles to boosting the fraction of energy that comes from renewable sources.
Prof Aziz told the Nature podcast: "What do you do when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing? This problem is the one we think we can solve with a way to store massive amounts of electrical energy, if we can make it cost effective and safe. And we think we've taken a big step in that direction now."
Much like fuel cells, flow batteries store energy in chemical fluids contained by external tanks, instead of within the battery container itself as do the solid-electrode batteries found in cars and mobile devices.
"[A flow battery is] similar to a fuel cell in that respect. It stores energy as hydrogen gas outside the fuel cell and when you need to convert that chemical energy into electrical energy, you run it through the fuel cell to make electricity," Prof Aziz explained.
"The difference with a flow battery is that you need to run it forwards and backwards. You run it backwards to turn the electrical energy into chemical energy and store it in the tanks. Then you run it forwards to get the energy back out, converting the chemical energy back into electricity."
The amount of energy that can be stored by a flow battery is limited only by the size of the tanks and the amounts of storage chemicals that can be afforded, he added.
In an accompanying article in Nature, Grigorii Soloveichik, from General Electric Global Research in New York, called the results "promising", and said the approach "may serve as the basis for a new flow-battery technology".
The scientist, who was not involved with the latest study, added: "If long-term capacity and energy efficiency retention can be demonstrated, and if practically useful batteries can indeed be prepared cheaply, then this technology will be suitable for a wide array of energy-storage applications."
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Friends of one of three children killed in a car crash have paid tribute to him at his school.

Ethan Houghton, 13, died alongside his mother Tracy Houghton, brother Josh, 11, and Aimee Goldsmith, also 11, on the A34 in Berkshire on 10 August.
All Saints Academy in Dunstable, Bedfordshire ,opened this week to allow students to sign a book of condolence in memory of Ethan and his family.
Head of year Josh Smith said the teenager "always had a cheeky smile".
He said: "Ethan was a lovely lad, he was the sort of person who could mix between all the different friendship groups. He was a really lovely lad to have in lessons and he always worked really hard."
Among the tributes to Ethan were anecdotes about his love of football and his determination to play even when he broke his arm.
"You were an amazing boy," said one message, "you always knew how to make me smile," said another.
Dunstable Football Club, where Ethan played for the under-14 team, will pay tribute to the teenager at its FA Cup preliminary round match against Chesham United on Saturday.
A photo of Ethan will be put on the front page of the programme and the under-14 team will walk on to the pitch with the first team.
Ashton St Peter's Primary School in Dunstable opened on Sunday for Josh's friends to light candles and sign a book of condolence. It did not wish to comment.
The crash happened between Chieveley and East Ilsley at about 17:10 BST on 10 August.
Ms Houghton's partner Mark Goldsmith, whose daughter Aimee died in the crash, was injured.
A 30-year-old man from Andover, who was driving one of the lorries involved in the crash, was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. He has been bailed until 5 October.


The US House of Representatives has rejected a high-profile trade bill backed by the White House.

President Barack Obama made a rare trip to Capitol Hill to drum up support for his "fast track" bill but Democrats in the House voted it down.
The measure would have allowed Mr Obama to negotiate global trade deals Congress could not change, but still approve or reject.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi led the charge against Mr Obama's plea.
Mrs Pelosi called on fellow Democrats to "slow down the fast track to get a better deal for the American people".
The vote specifically was for legislation to renew federal aid for workers who lose jobs because of imports.
The defeat of trade promotion authority legislation in the House of Representatives on Friday marks the beginning of the end of the Obama presidency. With the Republican Party firmly in control of Congress, Barack Obama's best hope for legislative success this year comes from finding common ground with his political opponents.
It's now clear that even on bipartisan issues, like trade, there is no guarantee the president can bring enough Democrats along to ensure success. While all this may sound dramatic, it's part of the inevitable circle of life in US politics.
Every day moves Mr Obama one step closer to the end of his term in office. His influence wanes, and attention turns to the 2016 election, campaigning for which is already well under way. Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton will likely take note of the president's latest rebuke. If she wants to be her party's standard-bearer, it helps to know which way progressive foot soldiers are marching.
Mrs Pelosi said she wants to "slow down" Mr Obama's aim to complete the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement, with which this particular bill was intertwined. She said she wants a better deal for America's workers.
A second vote on a portion of the bill having to do with trade negotiating powers passed, but it will not advance without passage of the first part.
Business groups favoured the measure while organised labour groups lobbied against it.
Many Republicans were backing Mr Obama's bill, though some did not want to expand his power.
"I don't think you ever nail anything down around here. It's always moving," Mr Obama said as he left the House floor.


Suicide bombers have hit the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok during market day, killing at least 13 people, reports said.

At least three attackers were involved, some of them female, witnesses said. More than 30 people were injured.
It is not yet known who was behind the attack.
But suspicion is likely to fall on militants from the Boko Haram Islamist group, who abducted more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok in 2014.
A town elder warned that the death toll could rise.
"The situation is now tense and there's so much confusion. It will take some time before we can be able to have a clearer picture of the casualties," Ayuba Chibok told the AFP news agency.
One of the attackers struck at a security checkpoint, while another managed to reach the busy market. A third was identified by residents before detonating explosives close to the market, the reports said.
"People I spoke to are in shock, some of them are still crying," a former town resident Malam Ayouba told the BBC Hausa service.
On Monday at least 25 people died in suicide bombings in the northern Cameroonian town of Bodo.
Earlier this month, Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari ordered a new investigation into the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls from Chibok by Boko Haram.
The militants stormed a boarding school, abducting the girls from their dormitories.
Although the Nigerian military has freed hundreds of people held by Boko Haram in recent months, they did not include any of the Chibok girls.
Why Boko Haram remains a threat


Wanted: Tough, intelligent, patriotic person who can keep national secrets.

I'm not sure Mumsnet would be the first place I would think of to advertise for a spy, but it's part of a new strategy by UK intelligence agencies - MI5, MI6 and GCHQ - to try to broaden their appeal to women.
Some Mumsnet users joked they would be perfectly suited, since they, as middle-aged women, were so used to being invisible.
Others were less sure. ShatnersBassoon wrote: "Yes, people who can't help but type their every passing thought into an online forum would make great spies" while iseenodust said: "I have experience in sitting in cafes and love people watching."
But the agencies believe more women should be encouraged to apply not just for legal or ethical reasons, but because it will make the country safer.
As the film industry chatters about the possibility of a female James Bond (Rolling Stone has even mocked up a Jane Bond trailer starring Emilia Clarke), the government is busy looking for a real-life one.
But - male or female - what qualities do you need to make it as a spy?
Former MI5 officer Annie Machon says it depends a lot on which of the government agencies you apply for. There are three:
At MI5 - or "the Box" as it is known inside government - you run the operation, says Machon. You need to be a team leader, you need to be able to influence people easily and you need to be able to gain people's trust.
For MI6, it's much more about the ability to operate abroad and alone, often in hostile environments, and perhaps be more "ethically flexible".
And GCHQ staff tend to be the "boffins" - the types that are technically brilliant at things like coding and encryption, but perhaps not brilliant at a party, says Machon. The centre has been known to target internet hacker circles.
Machon resigned with her former partner, David Shayler, as part of a whistle-blowing operation in 1996. They wanted to highlight what they felt was incompetent and criminal behaviour at the agencies. Shayler was sentenced to six months in prison for breaking the Official Secrets Act after leaking secret documents to the press.
But of her recruitment, she says: "I applied for a job at the Foreign Office and got a letter saying we might have something more interesting for you." She guessed it might be for the secret service.
"It's a really tough recruitment process. The first interview is about three hours long, covering your life since you were 12. Then there's a two-day course competing against other candidates - you have to analyse written data and role play around the case."
She adds that these are followed by very intense interviews, including with a psychiatrist, so you really need to be able to keep your cool.
But if you fancy yourself as James Bond, you're unlikely to get in. "Those types are weeded out early," she says.
Prof Anthony Glees, who studies the world of intelligence and teaches at the University of Buckingham, seconds that. He says the key qualities needed are "clarity, firmness, toughness and the ability to read and understand a file without jumping to conclusions".
And it's not all about chasing baddies, there are less glamorous aspects to the work as well. "You need to be good at collecting data, analysing data and presenting data. You've also got to be good at acting on it," Prof Glees says.
And, he reckons, modern-day spooks are generally very concerned about lawfulness and moral duty.
So is there anything that would stop you being employed?
"If you lied during your interview process," says Machon. It seems that it doesn't really matter if you broke the law, or dabbled in drugs, as long as there was nothing that you could be blackmailed with.
Historically, it's been a man's world. When the intelligence agencies were set up, in the early 20th Century, recruits came from the military.
And then, Prof Glees says, in World War 2, it was decided that the intelligence services needed to be intelligent. That was when tapping up the brightest students from universities began - and of course at that time it was mostly men.
But it's changed since then. A recent government report on the issue says that last year 41.6% of MI5's workforce was female, with a target of 45% by 2021.
Machon says that in her time there, in the early 1990s, it was 51% women and 49% men. She wonders whether the TV series Spooks, which ran from 2002 to 2011, may have deterred women from applying because it showed MI5 officers' work as so dangerous, much more so than the reality.
All three agencies say they have taken steps to promote flexible working. But logistically it is hard if you have to pick up the kids. If your operation "goes live" you need to be available 24 hours a day. Admittedly that might happen only a couple of times a year but the nature of it means that it's impossible to predict when.
In some cases, there might be advantages to being a woman. Prof Glees says that one of the biggest problems facing MI5 now is working out why so many women are joining so-called Islamic State. You could argue that a woman might be better suited to gaining the confidence of a female informer, for example.
Social media has changed things, with online profiles often providing details about someone's political leanings or if they have a partner - information that previously would have required a lot of man-hours to gather.
For security reasons, intelligence officers are required to have a low social media presence - as are their partners (as one former head of MI6 found to his embarrassment).
But perhaps the most important quality of all is a certain drive to want to protect your country and make it a better place. Annie Machon says she and her colleagues liked the idea of making a difference.
So for those of you who think you've got what it takes, there's an MI5 quiz to get you started. Just don't mention it on Facebook.


Dominant Derry won their first Ulster U21 Hurling Championship title since 2008 as they defeated Down 3-17 to 1-9 at Corrigan Park.

An Oisin McManus goal helped Down lead by five points early on before Derry gained control.
Two goals from sub Corey Riley sealed the victory, after Brian Cassidy had fired in a first-half three-pointer
Shane McGuigan, Cassidy, Paddy Turner and Conor McAllister all produced superb displays for the Oak Leafers.
After ending Antrim's hopes of a ninth straight title last week, Derry went in as strong favourites but Down got off to a fast start, going five points ahead inside the opening five minutes, helped by McManus' goal.
However, three Daragh Cartin frees got Derry back into the game despite the loss of the influential John Mullan to injury.
McAllister brought them level in the 12th minute, and although the Ardsmen got their noses back in front through Coulter, outstanding wing back McGuigan powered over a fine score to get the Oak Leafers level again.
And they struck for a goal in the 26th minute, Cassidy getting in to net from close range.
Cassidy's point sent Derry in with a 1-9 to 1-5 interval lead, and an immense second half display from midfielder Conor McAllister ensured Collie McGurk's side remained on top.
Down could never match their hunger and intensity, and while Marty Mallon's men did pull back scores through Daithi Sands and Pearse Og McCrickard, they lacked the penetration to get themselves back in contention.
Cassidy, Ciaran Steele and the accurate Cartin kept the score-board ticking over, and by the end of the third quarter, they led by seven.
And they put the game beyond any doubt late on when substitute Corey Riley grabbed two goals in the space of a minute later on, both created by Cassidy.
Down finished with 14 players after midfielder Jordan Doran received a straight red card.
Derry: F McEldowney; S Higgins, P Turner, P McNeill; R McCartney, C Steele (0-1), S McGuigan (0-1); C McAllister (0-2), J Mullan; E McGill, S Cassidy, O McKeever (0-2); D Cartin (0-7, 4f, 1 '65), C O'Doherty (0-2), B Cassidy (1-2). Subs: C Riley (2-0) for Mullan, N Smyth for O'Doherty, P Burke for McKeever.
Down: H Flynn; B Myers, D Mallon, P McManus; M Fisher (0-2, 2 '65), E Coulter, R Courtney; L Savage, J Doran; B Trainor (0-1), D Sands, (0-1) R Campbell (0-1); O McManus (1-0), P McCrickard (0-1), C Coulter (0-3, 3f). Subs: M Pattterson for P McManus, N Breen for C Coulter, O Duggan for O McManus.
Referee: C Cunning (Antrim).


Claims that a team of explorers discovered a famous 17th Century pirate shipwreck off the coast of Madagascar have been dismissed by UN experts.

A 50kg (7st 9lb) bar of "silver treasure" recovered from the sea was in fact 95% lead, the UN statement said.
It was presented to Madagascar's president at a special ceremony in May.
The wreckage that the ingot was found in was not that of the ship captained by notorious Scottish pirate William Kidd, the UN investigators added.
A technical team from Unesco, the UN's cultural arm, was sent to investigate the find, which made global headlines.
"The mission showed that several historic wrecks lie indeed in the bays of Sainte-Marie island," the Unesco statement said.
"However, what had been identified as the Adventure Galley of the pirate Captain Kidd has been found by the experts... to be a broken part of the Sainte-Marie port constructions."
Authorities in Madagascar should "only permit interventions by a competent team led by a qualified underwater archaeologist", Michel L'Hour, head of the Unesco technical team, added.
Capt Kidd, who inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's book Treasure Island, was first appointed by the British authorities to tackle piracy but later became a ruthless criminal and was executed in 1701.
In May US explorer Barry Clifford said: "Captain's Kidd's treasure is the stuff of legends.
"People have been looking for it for 300 years. To literally have it hit me on the head - I thought what the heck just happened to me. I really didn't expect this."


The US and China have reached a 10-point trade deal that opens the Chinese market to US credit rating agencies and credit card companies.

Under the deal, China will also lift its ban on US beef imports and accept US shipments of liquefied natural gas.
In return, Chinese cooked chicken will be allowed into the US market and Chinese banks can enter the US market.
US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said the deal should reduce China's trade surplus with the US by the end of 2017.
Mr Ross told CNBC that the US had agreed to treat Chinese financial institutions in the same way as other foreign banks that wanted to open up activities in the US.
"Clearly China, whose banks are among the largest in the whole world, wants access to the US banking market," he said.
"As long as they can comply with the normal rules, they will get access."
The deal marks the first tangible results of trade talks that began last month.
The agreement is seen as an indication that US President Donald Trump is adopting a less confrontational approach with Beijing than he promised during last year's election campaign.
Mr Trump had threatened to label China a "currency manipulator" and impose trade tariffs on its goods, but has since softened his position.
He had also attempted to link US-China trade talks to concerns over North Korea's nuclear ambitions, urging Beijing to exert more pressure on Pyongyang.
However, after the trade deal was announced, China's vice-minister of finance, Zhu Guangyao, said  economic issues should not be politicised.
"On the connection between the North Korean nuclear issue and our economic '100 days' plan' negotiations, I can tell you frankly that our economy team focused all their efforts on economic issues," he told journalists.
The criticism that foreign investors usually have of doing business with China is that typically it is China that benefits far more than the foreign business partner. That has been the rallying cry of President Trump on the campaign trail, and he has promised to get China to play by the rules.
This agreement looks set to at least give the impression that he is doing that. It certainly benefits the US by giving American financial services and American beef exporters more access to China's growing middle classes.
But China isn't one to give away something for nothing. In return, Beijing gets an important reshaping of its global image from the US.
No longer do you hear the words "currency manipulator" or "unfair trade partner" from Trump's lips. Instead, the US in a statement recognised the importance of China's One Belt and One Road initiatives, and even says it will send representatives to attend the summit - something previous administrations have thus far eschewed. China also gets to sell its cooked poultry products to the US - a market it has been keen to tap too.


Hearts owner Ann Budge has criticised the behaviour of both sets of fans at Sunday's Scottish Cup tie but aimed most of her wrath at Celtic's support.

Budge was "appalled" at vandalism she says "caused the destruction of close to 100 seats" at Tynecastle, plus "disgraceful" acts of graffiti.
She also complained of "intimidation" of Hearts fans and staff, with some young fans being "traumatised".
Celtic also published a list of concerns arising from the match.
Those included a home supporter attempting to enter the field of play.
Budge said that the police report confirmed one home fan was arrested for sectarian abuse, while five away fans were arrested for sectarian abuse, coin throwing and disorderly behaviour.
However, a Celtic spokesman told BBC Scotland that none of the five arrested were charged with sectarian offences.
And a statement from the Scottish champions said: "We share the concerns expressed by Ann Budge and her aim to eradicate all forms of offensive behaviour from Scottish football."
Celtic won the fourth-round tie 4-0, with the Championship leaders' chances having been hampered by an early red card shown for Morgaro Gomis.
"The match was a disappointing football spectacle for both sets of supporters," Budge told the club website. "It does not justify bad behaviour - on or off the field.
"I was appalled at the vandalism carried out by our visiting supporters on Sunday.
"Having recently spent significant sums to replace broken seats in the Roseburn Stand, for the benefit, primarily, of our away supporters, I was hugely disappointed to witness the destruction of close to 100 seats.
"Similarly, the graffiti on walls, tiles, doors - basically all types of surfaces - was quite disgraceful and this is not to mention the damage to toilets.
"I have received a number of emails/letters from parents stating that their children were terrified/had to be removed part way through the game/were traumatised - and as such would be unlikely ever to want to return to a game. This is appalling."
Budge has spoken to Celtic about the incidents and plans to raise concerns with the police.
"Everyone gets frustrated when officials and police appear to take little or no action," she said.
"This is something I will discuss with the authorities, but as many of us know, their response is very often influenced by a need not to further inflame a situation.
"The only real answer is to try to remove those people who cause the problems and who spoil the whole experience for so many others."
Celtic's statement referenced an attack on former manager Neil Lennon at Tynecastle in 2011 and "continued sectarian abuse directed at Celtic management, staff and players".
The Scottish champions added that a "Celtic supporter sustained injuries at the match after being hit with coins... We are also aware of a home supporter again attempting to enter the field of play at Tynecastle, this time to approach one of our players.
"We are addressing these matters with Heart of Midlothian and welcome the desire of Ann Budge to seek a positive and enjoyable matchday experience for all football supporters at Tynecastle."
Budge admitted that only "a tiny proportion of the 12,000-plus crowd" had been involved but promised a zero tolerance approach to those causing problems.
"This includes taking action against our own supporters who let the side down; vigorously pressing other clubs to be accountable for the actions of their supporters and, where necessary, petitioning the authorities to take appropriate action," she said.
Budge said that the Hearts supporter arrested for sectarian abuse would "not be allowed back into the stadium".


At 88 years old, Iva Barr is the oldest competitor taking part in this year's London Marathon.

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She has been running marathons for "30-odd years" and took part in the first London Marathon in 1981.
"At that time I was a long-distance walker and thought I can cover that because I could do 20 miles in a day, so that's what made me apply and get a place - and it went from there," she says.
"At the end I burst into tears and said 'I can't believe I did that'."
Her advice for the day?
"A good pair of shoes, nice comfortable clothes and start as slowly as you can - not much more than a fast walk - and then build it up from there."
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